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JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS HOSTS OPEN AIR PRE-HOLIDAY EVENTS DEC. 19: GIFT AND ART SALE, PLUS BBQ TURKEY AND BRISKET TAKEOUT DINNERS
Jacumba events
Takeout Christmas Dinner
popup art show
By Rebecca Person
December 17, 2020 (Jacumba Hot Springs) -- The scenic route along Old Highway 80 and the I-8 freeway toward Jacumba Hot Springs is a welcome break these days as people seek the fresh air and scenery of San Diego County's outback.
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STARLIGHT AMPHITHEATRE HOSTS "SANTA'S ZOOM ROOM" DEC. 20-22
Starlight Amphitheater
A gift to the community, spreading hope and joy during the holidays, Starlight Amphitheater's New Streaming Studios give children a one-on-one personal minute with Santa
December 17, 2020 (San Diego) - This holiday season, Starlight Amphitheaters New Streaming Studios gives children a one-on-one personal minute with Santa unlike any other. The Save Starlight organization, the non-profit working in tandem with the city in the restoration and re-activation of the Historic Starlight Amphitheater in Balboa Park, is hosting Santa's Zoom Room on 12/20-12/22, this Sunday - Tuesday from 5-8 p.m.
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REVIEW: THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKY - LET YOUR BEST SELF SHINE
Lamplighters Community Theatre
La Mesa events
By Kathy Carpenter
December 8, 2020 (La Mesa) - Dateline with a touch of Glee sprinkled in best describes this virtual performance by Lamplighters Theatre in La Mesa. Director O.P. Hadlock's The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey shines a light on two things: first, the brilliant acting of James Steinberg, portraying eight characters in this one man show. It takes a great talent to pull shows like this off and have viewers leave feeling as if a whole group of people were witnessed.
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MASS APPEAL REVIEW: PRODUCTION TAKES US TO CHURCH
Point Loma Playhouse
December 2, 2020 (Point Loma) - If you are Catholic, you will identify. If not, you will identify with the perception of how people perceive Catholics.The authenticity of Bill C. Davis's production of Mass Appeal was done quite well with some creative licensing. Since I watched on Sunday, I actually felt like I was attending Mass before I watched my actual Mass. Because of Covid, I have been watching Mass online since March.
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SAN DIEGO POTTERY TOUR GOES VIRTUAL
San Diego Pottery Tour
December 1, 2020 (San Diego) – The 13th annual San Diego Pottery tour starts today. But instead of inviting visitors into artists' studios, due to the pandemic this year you can view and purchase potters' works online.
Many potters are putting work online every day or two, so check back often.
Click the website link for links to the websites of the San Diego potters who are participating this year. San Diego Pottery Tour website.
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SENATOR FEINSTEIN COSPONSORS RECOVERY ACTS FOR BUSINESSES AND THEATERS, BUT COMMITTEES STALL ACTION
Save Our Stages Act
arts relief
pandemic relief
By Miriam Raftery
Photo by Ron Logan
November 22, 2020 (San Diego) – Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) is cosponsoring two measures aimed at helping struggling businesses as other benefits run out, as well as a measure specifically aimed at helping arts organizations such as theaters.
Senator Feinstein states, "More assistance is clearly needed. Artistic and cultural institutions are struggling for their survival."
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DIGITAL THEATRE REVIEW: NOVEMBER - A POLITICAL SATIRE
Trinity Theatre Company
November 19, 2020 (Streaming) - When it comes to November, we think of two things: the election and Thanksgiving. We've had a lot of thoughts over the past few weeks to do with the election, which continues to plague us. Now you can enjoy an Oval Office farce and Thanksgiving, as we give thanks to have a spark of theatre while we continue to endure these unprecedented times.
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OWNERS CALL FOR AID TO MOVIE THEATERS IN LAME DUCK SESSION CONGRESS
#FacebookJournalismProject
National Association of Theater Owners
Facebook Journalism Project - COVID-19 Reporting
November 12, 2020 (Washington D.C.) -- The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) this week called for Congress and the Trump administration to act now to save local movie theaters devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic by passing relief legislation. According to a press release issued by the organization, 96% of movie theaters have reported over 70% in losses in 2020.
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LA MESA HISTORICAL HOME TOUR GOES VIRTUAL WITH HOMES THROUGH THE AGES OVER THE PAST CENTURY
La Mesa Historical Society
La Mesa Homes Tour 2020
November 10, 2020 (La Mesa) – On November 14 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., La Mesa Historical Society invites you to join President Jim Newland for a look back at the first 14 years of the La Mesa Home Tour. This free event celebrates the city's architectural gems from the Gilded Age to the Space Age. It will be streamed live on the Society's Facebook page. RSVP to receive a reminder notice.
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ART PROTEST AGAINST ICE: MOVING IMAGES OF CHILDREN AND OTHER MIGRANTS WHO DIED IN U.S. CUSTODY
Martha Sullivan
child deaths
Writer/Photographer Briana Gomez
"I think that we've experienced here locally deaths of children– father, daughter; we've had similar issues," said Martha Sullivan, organizer.
November 1, 2020 (San Diego) -- An art protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol took place Wednesday in downtown San Diego. The protest, held on Mexico's Day of the Day, aimed to draw attention to deaths of immigrants in U.S. custody. Tensions have risen locally after the death of a Mexican citizen at the San Ysidro Border last week.
At least 21 people died in ICE custody in the fiscal year ending July 30, nearly double the deaths in fiscal 2019, CNN reported last month.
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DRACULA: THE JOURNAL OF JONATHAN HARKER - REVIEW OF AN EERIE TALE
Trinity Theatre
October 26, 2020 (San Diego) - Halloween is upon us. We are celebrating differently this year. No traditional trick or treating and no Halloween parties, at least large gatherings. On the plus side, either since people still have more time on their hands or because we need to celebrate, people are decorating their houses outdoors more. Plenty of daytime ghouls to see or lit-up nighttime spooks.
One thing we still have is scary movies or in this case, a Zoom play. Why not stay home and cuddle up with someone you love on Halloween and watch Trinity Theatre's Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker? In days of yore we used to have stories on the radio, remember? This show reminded me of one of those old programs. I'm not that old, but my family used to catch them on Sunday nights on the way home from Vegas, since no other stations would come in. I loved listening to those old shows, mostly because they are about storytelling and sound effects, the same with Jonathan Harker.
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READER'S EDITORIAL: PROP 15 WLL HURT COMMUNITY THEATRES, NON-PROFITS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Reader's Editorials
By Lamplighters Theatre, La Mesa
Local theaters already shut down by COVID-19 may be further negatively impacted if Prop 15 becomes law.
October 23, 2020 (La Mesa) -- In the upcoming November ballot there is one proposition that will impact our theatre and most community theaters, as well as most non-profits and small businesses. Proposition 15, if passed, will raise taxes on commercial and industrial properties while exempting properties and residences worth less than $3 million.
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ROOSEVELT: CHARGE THE BEAR – ROUSTABOUTS THEATRE VIRTUAL SHOW OCT. 10-NOV. 2 SHOWS HISTORY REPEATS
Roustabout Theatre
San Diego Theatre
Roosevelt: Charge the Bear
October 11, 2020 (San Diego) - 2020 is a history making year, one historians will be documenting for years. But as much as times change, they stay the same. Almost a hundred and twenty years ago Teddy Roosevelt faced the same struggles we are facing today including bullying, racism and riots.
The Roustabouts Theatre Company, fairly new to the San Diego theatre community, has moved into digital media like some of the others in town. From October 10 - November 2, 2020. they are streaming Roosevelt: Charge The Bear. A new one man play by Phil Johnson & Marni Freedman, starring Phil Johnson.
With a compelling, storytelling plot, phenomenal actor Phil Johnson has you believing you are in the room with Theodore Roosevelt himself, glued to each word, as he tells his story. The plot is the story of the new President Roosevelt, as he takes over from President William McKinley,.after McKinley's assassination.
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SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB TO HOST FREE WRITING WEBINAR WITH RICHARD LEDERER, `A WAY WITH WORDS,' TUESDAY, OCT. 13
San Diego Press Club
October 11, 2020 (San Diego) – Is it "who" or "whom?" Or, "that" or "which?" Or, "is" or "are?"
Also, where do you stand on terminal prepositions, split infinitives, "hopefully" as a floating adverb and "they" as a third-person singular pronoun?
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JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN, WRITE OUT LOUD STREAMS POEFEST OCT. 23-NOV. 1
Travis Rhett Wilson
Write Out Loud
PoeFest
Save Our Heritage Organisation
Veronica Murphy
Source: Write Out Loud
Photo (left): Travis Rhett Wilson as Edgar Allan Poe
Six Poe-vocative Programs hosted by Edgar Allan Poe
October 8, 2020 (San Diego) -- Write Out Loud, an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience, announces the third Annual San Diego (VIrtual) PoeFest, streaming from October 23rd - November 1st. PoeFest is produced by Write Out Loud in partnership with Save Our Heritage Organisation.
Artistic Director, Veronica Murphy shared "PoeFest has quickly become a San Diego favorite Halloween adventure. Everybody loves the wonderfully chilling stories of Poe. And there are so many authors to explore that have followed in his footsteps. Virtual is our only option for storytelling now - so we are embracing the challenge of capturing a phantasmic theatrical experience on video. We've recreated the atmosphere, filming by candlelight in the Historic Adobe Chapel in Old Town."
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JOSE CUERVO PREMIERES NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM, TODAVÍA DESPUÉS AT SAN DIEGO FILM FESTIVAL FOR DAY OF THE DEAD OCT. 15-18
San Diego International Film Festival
Santiago Maza Stern
Todavía Después
Still After
San Diego film festivals
San Diego Film Foundation
Photos: Facebook
Film director Santiago Maza Stern to join other shorts directors for panel discussion during San Diego International Film Festival
October 6, 2020 (San Diego) - This year's film, Todavía Después (English: Still After), directed by Santiago Maza Stern premieres during the San Diego International Film Festival as part of the Docu-Drama shorts. Director Santiago Maza Stern will also speak on the shorts director panel where patrons will get to hear directly from Santiago and other directors in the shorts category. The San Diego International Film Festival runs through October 18th. www.sdfilmfest.com
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POWAY ONSTAGE PRESENTS STEVE POLTZ "QUARANTINE BLUES" LIVE IN YOUR HOME OCT. 14-28
Steve Poltz
Poway Onstage
Poway events
October 5, 2020 (Poway) – Alternative folk singer Steve Poltz will present "Quarantine Blues" presented by Poway OnStage and taped live at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts. "Quarantine Blues" includes many new, unrecorded songs and quirky wit.
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REVIEW OF NICETIES - HISTORICAL DIVERSITY AT THE MOXIE THEATRE THROUGH OCT. 4
Moxie Theatre
Niceties
October 3, 2020 (La Mesa) - Moxie Theatre finds a way to bring us entertaining digital theatre with Niceties by Elenor Burgess. The play is powerful, thought provoking, emotionally challenging entertainment--perfectly timed for the climate of the country.
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CELEBRATING SUNFLOWERS: POP-UP ART SHOW SEPT. 26 IN JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS
Celebrate the Sunflowers
Nancy Rupe
Kirk Gilliam
Becky Person
Bill McKee
Linda Churchill
Jacumba Pop-Up Art Exhibit
September 22, 2020 (Jacumba Hot Springs) – You're invited to "Celebrate the Sunflowers" at a pop-art art show featuring local artists on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show will be held at 44545 and 44555 Old Highway 80 in Jacumba Hot Springs.
This exhibit will feature paintings and crafts by Nancy Rupe, metal sculptures by Kirk Gilliam, basketry by Becky Person, and works of local artists Bill McKee, Linda Churchill and Paul Stevens.
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BORREGO ART INSTITUTE CALLS FOR "FLORA AND FAUNA" ART FOR FALL SHOW
Borrego Art Institute
Photo by Kathleen Raftery
September 13, 2020 (Borrego Springs)- - The Borrego Art Institute has issued a call for art with the theme "The Art of Flora and Fauna" celebrating plants and animals through art. Works selected will be shown at an art show Oct. 3-25.
An opening reception will be from 10-4 p.m. on Saturday, October 3, with an outside wine/water bar on the patio and a maximum of 25 people in the gallery at one time, due to COVID-19. Masks must be worn.
Works are accepted in the gallery Sept. 26-27 from 10:30 to 3 p.m.
For info and entry forms, contact gallery@borregoartinstitute.org.
All mediums are acceptable, with a limit of three pieces of art per artist. Work must be professionally finished; wall art must be ready for hanging using the institute's hook and cable system. Pedestals are available for standing art. There is an entry fee of $10 per work for nonmembers; free for members.
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SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL SEPT. 17-27
San Diego Latino Film Festival
September 11, 2020 (San Diego) – The 27th annual San Diego Film Festival hosted by Media Arts starts Thursday, Sept. 17 and runs through Sept. 27. This year, you can watch films from the comfort of home. View a video with some of the participating filmmakers.
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SHOW TIME! EAST COUNTY MOVIE THEATERS REOPEN
September 3, 2020 (San Diego's East County) – The magic of movies on the big screen returns after months of shutdowns due to COVID-19.
Two major theater chains, Reading Cinemas International (NASDAQ: RDI) and Regal, announced reopenings this week of cinemas including several locations in East County (La Mesa, El Cajon and Rancho San Diego) featuring long-awaited new-release films.
Both chains have also rolled out new procedures to protect guests in compliance with CDC health guidelines and state safety regulations.
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EAST COUNTY ARTISTS IN MAJOR EXHIBITS
San Diego Watercolor Society
East County artists
Source: San Diego Watercolor Sociey
Photo: "It's All About The Chrome" by Craig Anderson. Watercolor, 15 x 22 in. All images courtesy of San Diego Watercolor Society
September 1, 2020 (San Diego) - No fewer than four artists in East San Diego County have received some of the highest honors available for watermedia artists this month. La Mesa artist Craig Anderson and El Cajon residents Linda Drake and Michael Garberick all had paintings that were juried into the highly competitive 40th International Exhibition to be held virtually in October on The San Diego Watercolor Society website, www.sdws.org. The art was selected from nearly 900 entries from 21 countries by nationally known juror Michael Reardon. In addition, Lakeside artist Susan Hewitt won third place in the San Diego Watercolor Society's September Members Show. This highly selective show was juried by nationally known artist Richard Glassman.
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VALHALLA STUDENT HONORED AS ONE OF SAN DIEGO'S MOST REMARKABLE TEENS
Amelie Simpson
Valhalla High School
San Diego Public Defender's Office
San Diego Public Defender Youth Council
Mitchell Thorp Foundation
San Diego County Fair
Grossmont Center
Helix Brewing Company
Alchemy San Diego
House of Blues in San Diego
The Princess Project
Traveling Stories
Valhalla HS field hockey
Pen Pal Party
August 25, 2020 (El Cajon, CA) — Amelie Simpson, a junior at Valhalla High School, has been named one of San Diego's most remarkable teens. The award, presented annually by the San Diego Public Defender's Office and the San Diego Public Defender Youth Council, honors teen accomplishments in a wide range of categories, including civic involvement, leadership, and the arts.
Nominated by the Mitchell Thorp Foundation, Simpson is one of 25 teens recognized this year for their achievements. Beth Thorp, founder and executive director of the Mitchell Thorp Foundation, recommended Simpson for the award saying, "While Amelie's musical abilities standout publicly, the majority of her other accomplishments, especially her dedication to community service and academic excellence go unnoticed because of her humility."
The East County teen is a singer and songwriter, who performs at venues throughout San Diego, including the House of Blues, the San Diego County Fair, Grossmont Center, and the Helix Brewing Company. Ron Troyano, founder of Alchemy San Diego, who manages events for Seaport Village said, "We feature music from many local performers and one of our favorites is Amelie Simpson, a true talent."
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WHILE MAJOR EVENT PLANNERS RALLY TO REQUEST AID AS SHUTDOWNS CONTINUE, TRIBES RESUME EVENTS, EXEMPT FROM STATE RESTRICTIONS
August 24, 2020 (San Diego) – Due to state and county restrictions on gatherings of any size, most theaters, concert halls and other large event sites remained closed to prevent spread of COVID-19. On Aug. 13, the San Diego Event Coalition held an "empty venue" rally to call not for reopening due to safety concerns, but for aid to assist the industry.
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KIDZ DANZ KOMPANY PRESENTS "THE CONSTITUTION" ONLINE AUG. 29
Kidz Danz Kompany
August 26, 2020 (La Mesa) -- Kidz Danz Kompany, San Diego's premier children's dance company, presents a virtual encore performance of "The Constitution" on August 29, 2020 @ 6 p.m.
"The Constitution" received a National Youth Arts award (2018) for Outstanding Dance Performance and an award for Outstanding Dance Ensemble. It also received three nominations for Outstanding Dance Performance and one nomination for Outstanding Choreography (Spencer John Powell).
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PALA CASINO SPA RESORT ANNOUNCES NEW OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES: UP & COMING COUNTRY ARTISTS
Pala Casino
Pala Casino concert series
Pala Casino events
August 24, 2020 (Pala, CA) – Pala Casino Spa Resort in northeast San Diego County is launching an outdoor concert series in the Starlight Theater. The series is titled "Up & Coming Country Artists, opening Aug. 29 and running through Oct. 2.
The Pala tribe is able to host these events because sovereign tribal lands are not required to follow state or county restrictions on gatherings due to COVID-19. However, Pala will follow guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to protect health and safety of guests. According to Pala's press release, guests will be asked to wear facial coverings and practice safe social distancing at events. Seats will be sanitized and pre-set to enforce proper social distancing. All guests will have temperatures screened. For a full list of the property updates and safety protocols, see https://www.palacasino.com/.
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PANDEMIC ART PROJECT ADDS WHIMSICAL FLAIR TO LEMON GROVE RESTAURANT
Giardino Neighborhood Cucina
August 16, 2020 (Lemon Grove) – "What have we been up to the last few months? Oh, just a pretty incredible art project - adding a massive mural to the side of our building, as well as our very own art gallery inside," Karina Kravalis, co-owner of Giardino Neighborhood Cucina posted on Facebook this week. "Gallery chalk art pieces include classics with a COVID twist to keep things as upbeat as possible."
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THEATERS IN THE TIME OF COVID
COVID theatres
Community Actors Theatre (C.A.T.)
San Diego Repertory Theatre
By David L. Coddon
Photo: House of Joy, a virtual production of San Diego Repertory Theatre, courtesy of San Diego Repertory Theatre via Zoom productions.
July 30, 2020 (San Diego) - Lamplighters Community Theatre in La Mesa has been producing for 82 seasons, but no season presented the artistic and financial challenges of its proposed 83rd.
Photo, right: Beethoven, a Zoom production by San Diego Repertory Theatre, courtesy of San Diego Repertory Theatre via Zoom productions
"We're just trying to figure out what to do," said Paul Ericson, president of Lamplighters' board of directors. "It's very difficult to plan anything."
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RUSSELL FAMILY TO CEASE LEADERSHIP OF TROUBLED THEATER GROUP, MOST CYT STAFF LAID OFF
CYT CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER THEATERS PERFORMING ARTS
July 28, 2020 (El Cajon) – After multiple allegations of sexual abuse of students, racism and homophobia complaints, CYT San Diego has sent a text message to members of the Christian youth theater group's families announcing an "intermission" of programming until further notice, staff layoffs and an end to CYT leadership positions by members of the Russell family.
Artistic Director Robyn Rebold-Smith issued the announcement "with a heavy heart." She indicated that for the indefinite future, no programs will be offered while the group focuses on training and protocols to "help ensure that we have an environment that promotes safety for our CYT students."
The messages states that this will be the final week of employment for the majority of staff including all chapter coordinators, costumes, production, and managing director positions.
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It was the end of an era when on July 20 1967 at 4 pm, the last Dyna 24 Panhard, left the Ivry factory, 76 years after the delivery of the first car to a customer.
Introduced in 1963, the Dyna 24 was notable for its modernity, its aesthetic lines and the power available from the 'Tiger' engine, which delivered a top speed of 160 km/h. Panhard hoped the model would give it a way out of its crisis.
But the sales did not follow and instead fell from 11631 in 1965 to 3845 in 1966. The merger with Citroën in 1965 was not enough to stop the decline in orders for Panhard cars, which no longer provided what the market wanted. This was the final blow and the decision was made to completely end the production of Panhard civilian cars. On the other hand, the military vehicles department, rated first in the world for wheeled armoured vehicles, was maintained and developed. It became SCMPL (Société de Construction Mécanique Panhard et Levassor) with Jean Panhard named as president.


Do you remember this pair of photos, of dueling Israeli and Palestinian Twitter pics of children injured by the other's missile strikes? The point of our post last November was the blurring of physical and virtual war based on raw and "unfiltered" imagery being hurled via social media.
It's not only (perversely) interesting how social media is evolving as an extension of the battleground (as either digital Tahrirs or Zucottis, or at least ideological Nielson families?) but how everyday web metrics become a defacto measurement of who's ahead or behind in the contest for hearts and minds. It's curious, for example, to see the NYT Lede Blog routinely cite number of YouTube views to suggest who came out better or worse in the Brotherhood – Military battle outside the officer's club of the Republican Guard in Cairo yesterday. And the tally? In two vids that seemed to rise above the rest — one capturing military snipers firing on Islamic protesters, the other a military video propagated on state TV pinpointing shooters firing on the military among the Brotherhood protesters — we have two propaganda argument put forth as to who was the real aggressor. To the extent eyeballs do equate to sympathies and daily battles are fought just as much now in virtual space, the supposition about who did the instigating yesterday can be seen as the military losing the battle of YouTube by nearly 7-1.
One widely shared clip of the clashes, viewed more than 260,000 times on Monday, appeared to show one masked man moving through a group of stone-throwing Islamists to fire a gun.
Among the most viewed clips, watched 500,000 times on Monday, was close-up footage of a man in uniform firing down from a rooftop, as a cameraman stood behind him filming.


Of Course I'm Dumb, You're Too.
"Are you stupid?" — Well, in some cases, I am. In some others, I'm not. But I definitely know that you are. Why? Because you're asking me such a dumb question.
If a person is "dumb" or not, depends on the intellect of the person who's judging. If you ask Elon Musk if Homer Simpson is more dumb than him, he will probably answer you with Yes. But if you ask a person who's more dumb than Homer Simpson (I'm not sure if that's even possible), she will definitely answer you with No (at least if she's being honest). To cut a long story short: The state "dumb" is relative to the judging person's intellect. More clearly: If you're asking a person about being "dumb" in a non-rhetorical context, you're the dumb one.
So now tell me, how should I know by myself if I'm dumb or not? Right, I can't! I would have to compare my own state of intellect with itself. And you should know that comparing things with themselves is technically not possible. But since you've asked me that question, you don't. Therefore I'm free to call you dumb.
If someone asks you if you're dumb, you're free to use the first paragraph as an answer. But beware: If the person who's asking you is smart enough, she will answer with "It's a rhetorical question, you moron."


Not to be confused with a stationary point where f'(x) = 0, or with fixed-point arithmetic, a form of limited-precision arithmetic in computing.
In mathematics, a fixed point (sometimes shortened to fixpoint, also known as an invariant point) of a function is an element of the function's domain that is mapped to itself by the function. That is to say, c is a fixed point of the function f(x) if f(c) = c. This means f(f(...f(c)...)) = fn(c) = c, an important terminating consideration when recursively computing f. A set of fixed points is sometimes called a fixed set.
Not all functions have fixed points: for example, if f is a function defined on the real numbers as f(x) = x + 1, then it has no fixed points, since x is never equal to x + 1 for any real number. In graphical terms, a fixed point x means the point (x, f(x)) is on the line y = x, or in other words the graph of f has a point in common with that line.
In Galois theory, the set of the fixed points of a set of field automorphisms is a field called the fixed field of the set of automorphisms.
The fixed point iteration xn+1 = cos xn with initial value x1 = −1.
converges to x0. An expression of prerequisites and proof of the existence of such solution is given by the Banach fixed-point theorem.
Attractive fixed points are a special case of a wider mathematical concept of attractors.
An attractive fixed point is said to be a stable fixed point if it is also Lyapunov stable.
A fixed point is said to be a neutrally stable fixed point if it is Lyapunov stable but not attracting. The center of a linear homogeneous differential equation of the second order is an example of a neutrally stable fixed point.
Multiple attractive points can be collected in an attractive fixed set.
In many fields, equilibria or stability are fundamental concepts that can be described in terms of fixed points. Some examples follow.
In economics, a Nash equilibrium of a game is a fixed point of the game's best response correspondence. John Nash exploited Kakutani's fixed point theorem for his seminal paper that won him the Nobel prize in economics.
In physics, more precisely in the theory of phase transitions, linearisation near an unstable fixed point has led to Wilson's Nobel prize-winning work inventing the renormalization group, and to the mathematical explanation of the term "critical phenomenon".
Programming language compilers use fixed point computations for program analysis, for example in data-flow analysis, which is often required for code optimization. They are also the core concept used by the generic program analysis method abstract interpretation.
In Type Theory, the Fixed-point combinator allows definition of recursive functions in the untyped lambda calculus.
The vector of PageRank values of all web pages is the fixed point of a linear transformation derived from the World Wide Web's link structure.
In general, the stationary distribution of a Markov chain is the fixed point of the one step transition probability function.
Logician Saul Kripke makes use of fixed points in his influential theory of truth. He shows how one can generate a partially defined truth predicate (one that remains undefined for problematic sentences like "This sentence is not true"), by recursively defining "truth" starting from the segment of a language that contains no occurrences of the word, and continuing until the process ceases to yield any newly well-defined sentences. (This takes a countable infinity of steps.) That is, for a language L, let L′ (read "L-prime") be the language generated by adding to L, for each sentence S in L, the sentence "S is true." A fixed point is reached when L′ is L; at this point sentences like "This sentence is not true" remain undefined, so, according to Kripke, the theory is suitable for a natural language that contains its own truth predicate.
The FPP is a topological invariant, i.e. is preserved by any homeomorphism. The FPP is also preserved by any retraction.
According to the Brouwer fixed-point theorem, every compact and convex subset of a Euclidean space has the FPP. Compactness alone does not imply the FPP and convexity is not even a topological property so it makes sense to ask how to topologically characterize the FPP. In 1932 Borsuk asked whether compactness together with contractibility could be a necessary and sufficient condition for the FPP to hold. The problem was open for 20 years until the conjecture was disproved by Kinoshita who found an example of a compact contractible space without the FPP.
The notion and terminology is generalized to a partial order. Let ≤ be a partial order over a set X and let f:X → X be a function over X. Then a prefixpoint (also spelled pre-fixpoint) of f is any p such that f(p) ≤ p. Analogously a postfixpoint (or post-fixpoint) of f is any p such that p ≤ f(p). One way to express the Knaster–Tarski theorem is to say that a monotone function on a complete lattice has a least fixpoint that coincides with its least prefixpoint (and similarly its greatest fixpoint coincides with its greatest postfixpoint). Prefixpoints and postfixpoints have applications in theoretical computer science.
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" Firing and fighting began on April 14th, between Moslems and Armenians, which resulted in a number of casualties on both sides. By nightfall it was clear that incendiaries were at work, for several districts of the city were covered by clouds of smoke, which rolled out far into the country, where vineyard and country houses also were burning.
school showed that we were threatened by fire. The wind fanned the flames and drove them from house to house in our direction. Mr. Rogers was guarding the home of Miss Wallace and the dispensary across the street from the school. It was clear that the large school, a building of brick and wood, was in danger.
" We spent the morning in ripping off projecting woodwork and the porch posts. It soon became evident that direct efforts to put out the flames must be undertaken. Up to that time no one had dared to go on the streets because of the shooting from one end by Moslems and the other by Armenians. Moslem pillagers, armed and in desperate mood, were looting the houses opposite the buildings on fire.
apparently was directed at the houses where the Armenians were resisting by a return fire.
" When I first climbed to the roofs near the flames, armed Moslems appeared on three sides within close range. When they understood that I was not firing on them, but had come back to work against the flames, they lowered their rifles and assured me with many pledges that I might go on unmolested. Then three Turks appeared at the windows of a house just across the street, and after assuring me of my safety they dropped back again to their work of plunder.
"Back of that house in a well-protected position was a turbaned Moslem covering these looters with his rifle and firing frequently to protect them. Then other Moslems appeared suddenly on my left, but perceiving my purpose they bade me feel no concern.
ing around the street corners, shielded from the Moslem fire, to put away their arms and come and save the school building.
" The real danger that pressed upon our minds was not the possible loss of the building, but the perilous situation in which our American friends, the hundreds of Christian refugees and the eighty schoolgirls would find themselves in case the building burned.
" So we came back to the school and asked for volunteers. Mr. Rogers came at once. He had been in Miss Wallace's house and did not know how close the fire came. He carried water back three times. Mr. Maurer was using the crowbar against a wall, and I, higher up on the roof, was pouring water on places just catching fire.
" We had thus worked a considerable time without being harmed by the Moslems when the Armenians at the other end of the street commenced firing on the houses where the looters were at work.
1 The Protestant church mentioned in Mr. Trowbridge's letter was also burned.
"Suddenly two shots rang out not more than eight yards from where we were working. Mr. Rogers, who was in the street bringing water, was mortally wounded. He called to me by name, and then fell in the middle of the street. The other bullet hit Mr. Maurer in the left lung near the heart, a wound which caused him to suffer great pain. The crowbar fell from his hands. He then climbed down the ladder and collapsed at the side of Mr. Rogers.
" Immediately after these two shots several other bullets from the Moslems who had fired them whizzed past me. I dropped almost flat on the roof and made my way to the edge whence I could see Mr. Maurer climbing down the ladder with the greatest difficulty. I could also hear Mr. Rogers groaning. My first thought was to help my two comrades home to have their wounds treated. Consequently, without concealing my intention, I stepped to the lower roof and climbed down the same ladder Mr. Maurer had used. It was clear that both men would have to be carried in. I went on rapidly to the school to tell Dr. Thomas D. Christie and Mr. Frederick W. Macallum.
twenty Turkish soldiers on a tour of the city. They rode up and found Mr. Rogers and Mr. Maurer lying wounded in the street. The entire neighborhood was deserted. The soldiers were ordered to the roofs to fire in several directions, but by this time the murderers had disappeared.
" Mr. Maurer died a few minutes later in the school building and Mr. Rogers lived only a few minutes longer than Mr. Maurer. He did not regain consciousness.
" Both men passed peacefully away. They died as good soldiers of Jesus Christ."
Space will not permit me to write in detail of the many who were crucified, thrown into the river, killed with swords and axes, burned by the thousands in the churches or in their homes, and of the many who were tortured and killed in such hideous and awful ways that dare not be repeated, but it is estimated that in the vilayet of Adana between twenty and thirty thousand were slain and months later the plain was still strewn with their bones. On our trip to the coast, while resting under the large shade trees for a few moments, Armenian hands gathered the skulls and bones of their fellow countrymen and laid them at our feet.
(Back Row) Miss Nelson, Rev. Barker, Miss N. Lambert, Rev. D. C. Eby, Miss A. Bowman, Miss D. Bowman, Mrs. Barker, Mrs. D. C. Eby, Miss Tschumi, Baby Evangeline and Ruth Barker, Miss Bredemus.
Hadjin and its villages was increased to 1,100 of the former and 1,043 of the latter and amongst them a number of our married orphan girls and their babies.
While considerable relief was given at the time, it takes years for these little ones to grow up, and who will care for them ?
Oh ! the untold suffering and misery of these widows and orphans. How could God look upon such scenes of wickedness and cruelty ? But " He was their Saviour. In all their affliction He was afflicted," and as our eyes are opened we see with the prophet Isaiah that " His visage was so marred, more than any man, and His form more than the sons of man," and our hearts cry out, " Lord! what wilt Thou have me do ? " He answers, " Lovest thou Me ? Feed My lambs, . . . tend My sheep, . . . feed My sheep."
By the help of the many Christian friends the United Orphanage and Mission, an interdenominational board, is doing all in their power to prove their love to their Master in this way.
number ten, and others are preparing to go and assist in this great work while the general board at home is composed of ministers who freely give their assistance in extending this work, the treasurer being Elder O. B. Snyder, of 1123. Water Street, Port Huron, Mich.


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Clare McFarlane has a Masters and an Honours Degree in Fine Art from Curtin University, where she also completed a Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage. She has held four solo exhibitions in Western Australia and participated in many group shows. Her work can be found in numerous collections including the City of Perth, Cruthers, Curtin University, Artbank, Joondalup Hospital, Bureau of Statistics, and Alinta Gas.
Clare's paintings reference the histories of scientific inquiry and the decorative arts to investigate Australian identity. "Whereas Australian identity is commonly represented in the masculine, my work offers a 'feminine' perspective" she states. Drawing on the designs of the William Morris Company (founded in the UK during the 1860s), she combines this lyrical Pre-Raphaelite patterning with the detailed depiction of birds, butterflies, insects and plants native to Australia, arranged so as to reference the collection of specimens for scientific inquiry. The appearance of these Australian elements "is sudden: arriving or emerging from a Victorian sense of beauty and nature – tamed and domesticated – in structured patterns." Clare also looks to the mysteries of the southern night sky for inspiration, combining the seemingly random splendour of the constellations with the restrained elegance of Victorian pattern making. She observed that her paintings "represent a dichotomy between romantic beauty in the natural world and our understanding of it through scientific knowledge."

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Flaga Mauritiusa została ustanowiona 9 stycznia 1968. Widoczne na niej są 4 pasy (od góry):
 czerwony (symbolizuje walkę o niepodległość),
 niebieski (symbolizuje Ocean Indyjski),
 żółty (symbolizuje światło niepodległości rozpostarte nad wyzwolonym Mauritiusem),
 zielony (symbolizuje rolnictwo i kolor wyspy przez wszystkie 12 miesięcy).

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 Herb Mauritiusa
 Hymn Mauritiusa

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This 11-day Botswana Luxury Safari is the crème de la crème of our collection, offering the very best to the discerning traveller. All the camps and lodges featured are unashamedly top notch, pampering the senses, setting new standards for personal attention and guiding, and located in the heart of some of the best wilderness areas possible.
From the history of Livingstone and the Victoria Falls, to the intense game viewing of Selinda and the Okavango to the 'Big Nothing' of the Makgadikgadi, this tour will give you a Botswana experience of the very highest quality.
Safari Highlights
Soak in the history of Livingstone, and the spectacle of the Victoria Falls at the famous Tongabezi Lodge in Zambia
Enjoy game drives, guided game walks and boat cruises at the Relais & Chateaux Zarafa Camp in the private Selinda Reserve
Continue your safari into the game-rich Okavango Delta at the stunning Duba Expedition Camp
Conclude your safari at the inimitable San Camp, located at the edge of Ntwetwe Pan in the Makgadikgadi
Day 1 Arrival – Livingstone
We will meet you at Livingstone International Airport in Zambia, and transfer you to our lodge, where you will stay for two nights before we start the Botswana portion.
Activities at Tongabezi include guided canoeing excursions, guided walks with lunch on one of the islands, fishing, a visit to the Victoria falls on the Zambian side, a game drive to the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, a walk in the gorges below the falls, a cultural visit to the local museum, a visit to Livingstone town and sunrise and sunset boat trips on the Zambezi. Other activities on offer at an additional cost are white water rafting, horse riding, elephant back safaris, lion walks and bungee jumping – these activities can be booked prior to your arrival if you wish. The camp also has its own croquet lawn (African rules apply!), a jetty, tennis courts and a school for the local children.
Tongabezi Lodge
Meals Included: Dinner
Day 2 Livingstone
Livingstone is a historic colonial town most famous for its proximity to the Victoria Falls. The town has experienced a revival in the last decade with the old colonial style buildings which line the shaded main avenue being renovated, and now housing shops, cafes and a variety of local businesses. Livingstone offers a wide range of activities from the challenge of white water rafting and bungee jumping, to the awe-inspiring elephant back safaris and sunset cruises. Livingstone has something for everyone.
The Victoria Falls are one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the largest sheet of falling water on earth – a spellbinding and mesmerising spectacle. The sheer mass of water cascading down the 100m drop across nearly 2km makes a thunderous roar and creates a magnificent spray of water that can be seen for miles – hence the local name 'mosi oa tunya' meaning 'the smoke that thunders'. Water flow over the Falls varies throughout the year. The river's annual flood season is February to May when the spray can reach a height of over 400m, this is spectacular from above but it makes it very difficult to see the Falls at ground level as it is under a heavy shower/mist. Water levels start dropping in August and are at their lowest October – December when much of the rocky face becomes dry. At times of low water, the falls are best viewed from the Zimbabwe side or from Livingstone Island.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3 Livingstone – Selinda
After breakfast, we will be transferred by shared road transfer from Tongabezi Lodge to Kasane Airport for an onward transfer to Zarafa Camp, where we will stay for three nights.
Zarafa Camp opened in June 2008 with a beautiful new design and spectacular location to rave reviews and critical acclaim. In its November 2008 edition, National Geographic Adventure magazine honored the lodge as one of the world's top 50 eco-lodges, and Tattler Magazine has recognised Zarafa Camp as one of its top 101 hotels & lodges anywhere.
Zarafa Camp is blessed with an extraordinary location in the eastern sector of the Selinda Reserve, overlooking the vast savannahs and floodplains of the Zibadianja Lagoon under shady jackalberry and red ivory forests. The uninterrupted views from every part of the camp over these productive floodplains are truly breathtaking.
Activities offered at Zarafa include game drives, night drives, and walks, which can be arranged on request.
Zarafa Camp
Day 4 Selinda
The Selinda-Linyanti area lies to the north-east of the Okavango Delta where the Kwando and Linyanti Rivers meet at right angles, forming a swamp area within this triangle. The area's relative remoteness makes it a favoured safari destination. The wildlife in the area is spectacular and the region is famous for its enormous herds of elephant and buffalo which move down to the area at the start of the winter months and only move back inland once the summer rains arrive in November.
We spend the day exploring in the company of our guides.
We spend another day exploring this incredible wildlife area with the camp guides, who are trained and experienced in tracking and master bush craft.
The Selinda-Linyanti is known as one of the best wild dog areas in Africa. The dogs start denning anytime from June onwards after which they can usually be found with relative ease for 3-4 months afterwards as they hunt from their den. An abundance of cat species also frequent this area and the birdlife is rich with the best birding months being between October and January.
Day 6 Selinda – Okavango Delta
Following the morning activity (time permitting) and breakfast, we will be transferred by air to Duba Expedition Camp, where we will stay for three nights.
Duba offers both land and water based activities, principally nature viewing in varied habitats in open 4×4 vehicles, nature walks (on request and requiring a special guide), mokoro trips and boat excursions. Whilst exploring the spectacular ecology of this area, one can enjoy close-up viewing of lion, leopard, elephant, cheetah and buffalo along with all the abundant plains game. Birding is fabulous here with immense species diversity and mind-boggling numbers.
What makes the concession so unique is its position on the extreme north of the Okavango. This position encompasses such a wide variety of habitats and species that it has representatives of just about every animal that occurs in the Okavango biome.
Duba Expedition Camp
Day 7 Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta is one of the world's largest inland deltas, situated in the middle of the largest stretch of continuous sand in the world – the Kalahari basin. This oasis in the middle of the desert is a rich yet fragile ecosystem, providing a life source for an incredible variety of wildlife. A wealth of species have adapted to the contrasting conditions created by living in the harsh Kalahari Desert which is transformed annually with the arrival of the delta flood waters that originate in Angola.
The Okavango wetland encompasses Moremi Game Reserve and surrounding regions divided into areas known as private concessions. These concessions are wildlife management areas, carefully administrated to balance the growing community's development and conservation, whilst empowering citizens through sustainable tourism. Many of the exclusive lodges in Botswana are situated within these concessions in the delta, providing an unparalleled wildlife experience – exclusive and remote, avoiding mass tourism and exploitation.
We explore the area around our camp in vehicles, by boat and on foot.
Flood levels in the delta fluctuate dramatically throughout the year, with high water levels peaking in the central Okavango during the dry winter months and water levels at their lowest during the later summer months, contrary to the seasonal rainfall. The landscape, activities and game viewing vary considerably throughout the delta depending on your location, the season and flood levels.
Game is more concentrated around the permanent water during the dry season (Apr – Oct) with it becoming very hot in the later months. The heronries become active as the migrant birds return to Botswana from September through November, and general bird watching is excellent throughout the summer months. The rainy season (Nov – Apr) invigorates the lush scenery with wild flowers, dramatic thundershowers, spectacular sunsets and the birthing season brings great predator and prey interaction.
We will spend a second day exploring the area in the company of our guides.
Day 9 Okavango Delta – Makgadikgadi
Following a morning activity (time permitting) and breakfast, we will be transferred by air from Vumbura Plains to Jack's Camp, where we will stay for two nights.
Jack's Camp is located in the Kalahari Desert on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Pans, the largest salt pans in the world.
The Makgadikgadi area changes greatly with the seasons and consequently the focus of activities varies throughout the year. The summer rains create a warm shallow layer of water that entices waterfowl and flamingos. After the rains (December to April), there can be enormous herds of wildebeest, zebra and springbok – with the accompanying predators – on the open grasslands.
Jack's Camp
Day 10 Makgadikgadi Pans
Activities are conducted in open 4×4 vehicles custom-designed for the terrain and accompanied by knowledgeable guides. In the dry winter months, all-terrain vehicles (a four-wheeled motorcycle/quad bikes) are available, allowing guests to travel across the salt pans. Walks with a Bushman tracker and a visit to Chapman's Baobab – the historical baobab tree used by Livingstone, Selous and other early explorers – are activities also on offer. A special highlight of a visit to Jack's Camp are the local meerkats, as a group has been habituated and is accustomed to human presence allowing for incredible photographic opportunities as well as the privilege to see these lively characters up close.
Day 11 Makgadikgadi – Maun – Departure
After the morning activity (time permitting) and breakfast, we will be transferred by light aircraft to Maun Airport, for your onward travel arrangements.
Regarded as the top property in Livingstone, Zambia, Tongabezi Lodge consists of just 12 designer cottages on the edge of the Zambezi River.
From the moment you arrive at Tongabezi, you will get the sense that you are somewhere truly special. The manager and personal valet greet you on arrival, your stylishly-executed and fully-stocked villa is huge and different from every other one here, and you will enjoy the use of the most spectacular open air bathroom. Above all is the lodge's legendary but discreet service and attention to detail.
Ideal Location
Livingstone is a town steeped in history, and to this day enjoys an easy pace. The lodge engenders this feeling, as there are no schedules, and everything is scheduled to your liking. The fact that the lodge is 12 miles away from the centre of town, and right on the river means that you get a genuine safari experience, but are able to explore the Falls and enjoy Zambezi River activities very conveniently.
Just four tents on the edge of the Zibadianja Lagoon, the source of the Selinda Spillway, mean that Zarafa is one of the most desirable camps in Botswana.
Intimate Enjoyment
With the management and staff being a tight-knit team, by the end of your stay at Zarafa, you will feel that you are a member of a close, albeit privileged, family. The kitchen and camp staff are all engaged in making your stay memorable, and how they succeed! All the while you are surrounded by opulence and style that can only normally be found in an upmarket glossy magazine.
Wildest Africa
This camp is right in the heart of it. Unfenced, and open to the surrounding wilderness, a daily parade of animals ranging from elephants to leopard walk right through the camp. You very much get the sense that you are a visitor in their neighbourhood. There is a wide variety of ways to enjoy the bush, and the guides are up to the task of making the experience so much richer through their good humour and superb bush knowledge.
Duba Expedition Camp, located in the northern part of the Okavango Delta, consists of a single exclusive camp with just six expedition-style tents.
Conservation Ethos
Located on a wooded island, Duba is the only accommodation on a private 77,000 acre concession in the Kwedi Reserve. The reserve is a private partnership between Great Plains Conservation and the Okavango Community Trust, that represents five villages in the Delta. Each tent is made of light airy canvas and is placed on slightly raised decking, with views of the surrounding floodplain. Each tent features a small desk and private verandah with en-suite facilities consisting of flush loo, double basins and indoor shower. The main area is under a sweeping canvas canop, on raised decking, and consists of an open-concept dining and lounge area which opens to the outdoors on all sides. In the evenings, the fire pit is always a popular spot to recount the day's adventures.
Being in a prime area of the Okavango Delta, the main focus while staying at Duba is the game. The guides here are carefully selected and trained, as they are the individuals who will make your stay most memorable. The daily drama of Africa plays out close to the camp, and the guides make all the difference in making these encounters special, whether you are in a car, a boat or on foot.
San Camp
San Camp is a collection of 6 tents in the middle of one of the hugest expanses of empty Africa you will find anywhere.
Oasis in the Desert
San is in a magic corner of the continent, and it takes its responsibility to live up to its location seriously. The glorious colonial-style furnishings are just some of the touches that enchant the first-time or returning visitor. It's minimalist at heart though, encouraging you to shed all the trappings of western civilization and truly relax. Combine this with a manager and team who are quite clearly answering a calling, and you have the makings of a truly great camp.
Hidden Wonders
While at first sight the desert appears barren and devoid of life, it quickly reveals itself as being just as as complex and diverse an environment as the savannahs to the west. Although wildlife is regularly seen here, the experience incorporates more of the extraordinary location and the sense of liberation one gains from it. It's addictive, truly Africa for the soul, and you will want to keep coming back year after year.
Season Dates Per Person*
Low 16 Apr - 31 May 2018 $17,040 Enquire now
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* The price includes and does not include
The price is per person and is based on a minimum of two people sharing a room. Upgrades to single rooms are available on payment of a supplement. Single travellers are welcome on all of our tours, at an extra charge. Please see below for full inclusions and exclusions.
Christmas surcharge applies at Tongabezi 1-10 Jan 2016 $40 pppn nett. High Season supplement applies at Jack's Camp 16 April – May 2016 $333 pppn sharing.
The following are included in the main tour price:
Meet and greet services on arrival
Bed and breakfast only in Victoria Falls
Meals and local drinks at all other camps and lodges
Park entrance and conservation fees
Shared wildlife activities at each lodge or camp.
Scheduled internal inter-camp flights and road transfers
Medical evacuation insurance
The following are not included in the main tour price:
Any additional meals or activities that are optional at each camp, including but not limited to, quad biking, balloon safaris, longer hikes and horseback safaris.
International Air Fares, entry visa fees, domestic and international departure tax
Premium imported wines, champagnes, spirits & liqueurs where drinks are included
All expenses of a personal nature
Optional excursions not mentioned above
Tips and gratuities to your driver guide, park guides, hotel/camp staff etc.
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Mikel Landa (Movistar Team) fractured a collarbone towards the end of Trofeo Ses Salines – Puig de Sant Salvador, the opening race in the Challenge Mallorca series.
The Basque climber was involved in a pile-up, and he will require surgery for the injury. The pile-up in the bunch happened with 15 kilometres remaining from the finish in Puig de Sant Salvador.
Landa suffered a significant blow to his right shoulder, which forced him to abandon and he was transferred by ambulance to a medical centre near Palma. The radiological exams undergone by the Spaniard confirmed a collarbone fracture, which will require surgery following his arrival home in Álava on Friday.
The race was split as a result of the crash, with a 30-man peloton left out front. Jesús Herrada (Cofidis) went on to win ahead of Guillaume Martin (Wanty – Groupe Gobert) and Bauke Mollema (Trek – Segafredo) with World Champion Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) in fourth.


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és flautista, director d'orquestra, musicòleg argentí, especialitzat en música antiga i en interpretació històricament informada i polifonia medieval. És un destacat intèrpret de flauta dolça i els seus derivats. Entre 2013 i 2015, va ser director de la Schola Cantorum de Basilea.

Pedro Memelsdorff neix a Buenos Aires i, emigra a Europa el 1977, on va estudiar a la Schola Cantorum de Basilea i al "Conservatori Sweelinck" d'Amsterdam. Doctor en musicologia per la Universitat d'Utrecht. Col·labora amb Jordi Savall i el conjunt Hespèrion XXI (originalment Hespèrion XX) des del 1980. El 1987 va fundar el seu propi grup, anomenat Mala Punica, amb qui va realitzar una sèrie de gravacions. Va recórrer Europa, Amèrica del Nord i Amèrica Llatina. Va formar un duo amb el pianista i clavecinista Andreas Staier, amb el qual va actuar en gires de concerts i va gravar un disc.

Com a investigador i musicòleg, ha publicat en revistes: Acta musicologica [arxiu], Studi musicali, Plainsong i Música medieval [arxiu], Ricercare i altres publicacions especialitzades. Entre el 2013 i el 2015, va ser director de la Schola Cantorum Basilea. També és professor a l'Escola de Música de Catalunya a Barcelona, on dirigeix el Màster de Música Antiga i on entre d'altres alumnes ha tingut a Sara Parés.

Dirigeix els seminaris de música primerenca a la Fundació Giorgio Cini de Venècia. Ha estat professor a la "Civic School of Music" de Milà i a la Universitat de Zuric. El 2010 i el 2011, imparteix classes a la "Universitat Saarland" d'Alemanya 2 i el 2010 és convidat com a professor a la Universitat de Berkeley. Dirigeix els Seminaris de música antiga a la Fundació Giorgio Cini de Venècia

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Container gardening is the obvious choice because you can place the containers in your balcony, patio, windowsill. You could even place them indoors on the desk, bookshelf, closet.Another way to save up gardening space is to use vertical gardening. Here you grow plants vertically so they take up less space. You could even have hanging planters so the vines can fall over and grow vertical.
The size of the container affects the type of plant you can grow in it. A large container is good because it means more soil, more water, and more nutrients.The depth of the container should be 8 to 12 inches to give a good growing area for the roots and retain sufficient nutrients and moisture. If the moisture is not sufficient, the plants will dry out and die.
The leaves may start to yellow because either the lack of water means lack of nutrients. Or because the roots are rotting, there's a lack of nutrients.It's important to have good drainage near the bottom of the containers. You can do this by putting some gravel at the bottom of the container and then adding the potting soil.
Thanks. I have the space and I have the food plants. But I also have the snales, that start enjoying them as soon as planted. I make hay borders on the m2, but they don't mind. Or I missed one while cleaning. I don't know what to do.


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Tensions brew in Kashmir
Inside Story asks when Pakistan and India will solve this long-running issue.
18 Aug 2008 12:41 GMT Politics, India, Pakistan
Muslim Kashmiris protested against the move to donate land to a Hindu trust [AFP]
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have clashed with about 1,000 separatist protesters in the summer capital, Srinagar, police say.
The unrest was triggered by a move by Kashmir's government to donate 100 acres of land to the Hindu Amarnath shrine trust.
The decision was later reversed following protests by Kashmiris who feared the move would turn the Muslim majority state into a Hindu one.
Shots were fired and people were taken to hospital, but the number of casualties is unclear.
People hoisted black flags in many parts of Srinagar on India's independence day.
Inside Story asks: can India and Pakistan ever put aside their differences, to resolve the thorny issue of Kashmir?
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This episode of Inside Story aired on Sunday, August 17, 2008


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Which of the pairs mentioned above is/are correctly matched?
India has around 500 wildlife sanctuaries. There's no way anyone can or should spend time to remember them. We'll frame questions as and when some of them appear in the news and if the associated issue is relevant for our purpose.
The 'Kurinji' flowers which blooms once in 12 years is found here.
The 'Toda' tribe resides here.
It is a notified Biosphere Reserve.
The above statements refer to which of the following sites?
The Toda tribe (Tamil Nadu) was depicted in the Republic day Tableau this year.
As part of what some academics refer to as a "global movement towards self-respect", a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was recently sought to be removed from a University in which of the following nations?
Not a question that would be asked. But this issue – "global movement for self-respect" – is relevant for us, plus, is useful for essay-writing. And hence the question.
"His biographer and grandson, Rajmohan Gandhi, said that his grandfather had first travelled to Africa at the age of 24 to practice law. He was undoubtedly "at times ignorant and prejudiced about South Africa's blacks," says Rajmohan Gandhi.
Which of the following statements associated with National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) is/are incorrect?
Providing free Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society.
To give effect to its policies and directions, State Legal Services Authority have been constituted in every state.
Which of the above list of rivers/glaciers is/are associated with River Brahmaputra, known in China as the 'Yarlung Tsangpo'?
The NCERT (11th Class) too refers to Chemayungdung Glacier as the source for the River Brahmaputra, and not Angsi glacier (although it too is an important primary source of the river, as can be gleaned from the Britannica description quoted above).
With a view to showcasing and projecting the Buddhist heritage and pilgrim sites of India, International Buddhist Conclaves have sometimes been organised by the Government. The 5th International Buddhist Conclave, the most recent, was organised in which among the following regions?
The 22nd Conference of Parties (COP) will be held at Marrakech, Morocco. Which of the following statements with reference to the COP is NOT correct?
a)	It is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
a)	India has never hosted a COP.
a)	It meets every year, unless the Parties decide otherwise.
a)	The 21st COP was held in Paris.
a)	A movement striving to secure pan-India gender equality in practice and in laws, regardless of religious affiliations.
a)	An Amnesty International-affiliate working towards understanding and ameliorating marginalisation of Muslim women in India.
a)	An organisation which fights for the citizenship rights of the Muslims, especially Muslim women, in India.
a)	An autonomous organisation creating awareness and clearing misconceptions about the Uniform Civil Code as enshrined in the Directive Principles of State Policy.
From the given statements, the most appropriate is 'c'.
Vision: To create conditions within the Indian society where the Muslim community and especially the Muslim women are able to eradicate their own poverty and marginalization and live a life of equality, justice and with respect for human rights.
Their view on the UCC: The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, opposes move to introduce the Uniform Civil Code without taking into account the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion. Under Article 25 the Constitution of India gives the right to all including minorities to have personal laws based on respective tenets of different religious communities. Under this provision we demand a gender just reform in the Muslim personal law based on the Quranic values of equality and justice.
Take into account either the eastern-most or western-most geographical points of these nations on a map and they will be arranged in a 3-2-1 form.
d)	An independent body which organises the All India Annual Conference for Haj Chairmen & Secretaries of the Independent State Haj Committees.
Following President Pranab Mukherjee's assent to amendments to the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, the Centre on Saturday made public the gazette notification on the transfer of management of Haj Pilgrimage, including administration of the Haj Committee Act, 1959, to the Minorities Affairs Ministry.
The Ministry of External Affairs has dealt with the Haj pilgrimage and other aspects of the Act so far.
Under the amended business rules in the Second Schedule, the Ministry would however, continue to oversee other pilgrimages to places outside India under the Indian Pilgrimships Rules, 1933, and pilgrim parties from India to shrines in Pakistan and vice versa.
MEA continues to be in charge of coordinating pilgrimages to shrines in Pakistan, Nepal and China and vice versa, travel for traders and pilgrims from India to the Tibet region of China.


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Texas Bans Political Censorship on Social Media
(TargetLiberty.org) – In January of this year, several major social media platforms banned then-President Donald Trump. The move caused outrage from Conservatives who already felt as though Big Tech was unfairly targeting them. The fight over whether the companies have the right to enforce their terms of service is now heating up in Texas.
On September 9, Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed House Bill 20 into law. The legislation prohibits social media companies from banning people based on their political beliefs. Platforms "with more than 50 million monthly users" are required to implement an appeals process and "to disclose their content moderation policies." The companies must also now remove illegal content within 48 hours.
Conservative viewpoints will NOT be censored on social media in Texas.
Thank you @BriscoeCain & @SenBryanHughes.
In Texas, we will always fight to defend your freedom of speech.#txlege pic.twitter.com/FYfackYODY
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) September 10, 2021
Governor Abbott explained that social media is the "modern-day public square." When the companies censor users, they're essentially silencing them. He said that he "will always defend the freedom of speech in Texas."
The First Amendment prohibits the government from censoring speech. However, it doesn't prevent private companies from doing the same. When social media users sign up to join websites, they agree to follow the rules on the platform. The question now is whether these companies are so big and powerful that they should not be allowed to unilaterally decide what Americans post.
Abbott's new law is the latest attempt by Republicans to fight back against social media censorship.


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Alexis Martial heading to Carven?
Two months after the departure of Guillaume Henry, Carven may have finally found a new artistic director for its women's line. According to sources cited by WWD, the house appears to be in talks with Alexis Martial, the young French designer in charge of the women's collections at Italian brand Iceberg since September 2013.
Guillaume Henry left his role as artistic director in October to replace Peter Copping at Nina Ricci, where he will debut on 5 January.
Alexis Martial at the end of the iceberg show in September 2014 in Milan
Following his departure, Henri Sebaoun, manager of the company, declared that he was looking for "someone talented and with experience, like Guillaume Henry when he arrived at Carven," emphasising that the future artistic director "should incarnate possibility."
Alexis Martial corresponds rather well to this profile. After studying art and fashion design in France, the designer, born in 1985, started his professional career at Givenchy in 1997, responsible for Givenchy's women's knitwear, ready to wear and haute couture lines. In 2012, he was promoted creative director of Paco Rabanne, then looking to relaunch itself on the Parisian runways, before taking on the reins of Iceberg's principle women's line.
In terms of menswear, Paul Surridge may be the one to take over at Carven, this still according to certain rumours. The British designer has just left Z Zegna, the young line of Italian menswear group Ermenegildo Zegna, for which he was artistic director for three years.
Previously he was senior menswear designer at Burberry and head designer at Calvin Klein. Most recently Paul Surridge was head menswear designer at Jil Sander before arriving at Zegna.
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Galentines Day Movies to Watch with your Best Friends
Written by Nina Clark
With the big V-day around the corner and heart-shaped balloons and overpriced roses hounding us from every shop window, we thought we'd rather celebrate the act of staying in with your best friends for a movie marathon of the most romantic flicks, complete with home-made popcorn, G&T's, a mound of blankets and of course clad in your favourite set of pyjamas. Celebrating the joy that is female friendship is one of the best things ever, and luckily there are a ton of movies that will get us in the Galentine's Day spirit -- a term that was thought up by none other than Parks and Recreation's lead character and all around girl's girl, Leslie Knope.
These are my top faves - what's yours?
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion:
Lisa Kudrow in one of her other best roles ever (hello Phoebe)... the story centres around long time besties Romy and Michele who gear up to head to their high school reunion - surprise surprise.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants:
All my favourite gals - Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn - share a pair of pants that travel all over the world with them. Super heart-warming and uplifting all in one.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood:
There is a kidnapping (but in a lighthearted way), there are interesting family dynamics, there is Sandra Bullock. Need I say more?
Bridesmaids:
A group of funny gals get together to support their friend who is walking down the aisle soon - with hilarious consequences.
Pitch Perfect (any of the 3):
Anna Kendrick stars as a college freshman who helps revamp the schools a cappella team, The Bellas, taking them all the way to the finals. Watch out for Fat Amy, the real star of the show.
Clueless:
A 90's classic that never gets old, it's a delicious look into the life of a spoilt teenager in Beverley Hills who gets up to all kinds of mischief with her gang.
Bend it Like Beckham:
Women Empowerment Film of the Decade (well, last decade). This flick will potentially pique your interest in soccer going forward. And Keira Knightley is a spritely joy to watch (with none of that pouting that she became so well known for after).
Mean Girls:
With its memorable one-liners and hilarious cast, it truly is a modern-day classic. The plot line runs like many other American teenage romcoms (underdog outcast moves to a new school, faces bullying from the cheerleader, takes it for a while but after it all, manages to come out on top when she pushes back). Coz nice girls don't finish last.
Head Over Heels:
A slightly bizarre plot line (a regular gal becomes best friends with a group of supermodels and they all become involved in an international heist because of a secret agent played by Freddie Prince Junior), but excellent eye candy fodder and such fun to watch.
Thelma and Louise:
Obviously the ultimate tale of best friends bonding as they cruise west in a Thunderbird. Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis star in this road-show classic about two friends who go on the run after one kills a man. There is also an appearance by a gorgeous, baby-faced Brad Pitt.
Pyjamas on, remotes at the ready, happy Galentines!
Written by Nina Clark, Nightire founder.
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India–Asia collision resulted in crustal thickening and shortening, metamorphism and partial melting along the 2200 km-long Himalayan range. In the core of the Greater Himalaya, widespread in situ partial melting in sillimanite+K-feldspar gneisses resulted in formation of migmatites and Ms+Bt+Grt+Tur±Crd±Sil leucogranites, mainly by muscovite dehydration melting. Melting occurred at shallow depths (4–6 kbar; 15–20 km depth) in the middle crust, but not in the lower crust. 87Sr/86Sr ratios of leucogranites are very high (0·74–0·79) and heterogeneous, indicating a 100% crustal protolith. Melts were sourced from fertile muscovite-bearing pelites and quartzo-feldspathic gneisses of the Neo-Proterozoic Haimanta–Cheka Formations. Melting was induced through a combination of thermal relaxation due to crustal thickening and from high internal heat production rates within the Proterozoic source rocks in the middle crust. Himalayan granites have highly radiogenic Pb isotopes and extremely high uranium concentrations. Little or no heat was derived either from the mantle or from shear heating along thrust faults. Mid-crustal melting triggered southward ductile extrusion (channel flow) of a mid-crustal layer bounded by a crustal-scale thrust fault and shear zone (Main Central Thrust; MCT) along the base, and a low-angle ductile shear zone and normal fault (South Tibetan Detachment; STD) along the top. Multi-system thermochronology (U–Pb, Sm–Nd, 40Ar–39Ar and fission track dating) show that partial melting spanned ~24–15 Ma and triggered mid-crustal flow between the simultaneously active shear zones of the MCT and STD. Granite melting was restricted in both time (Early Miocene) and space (middle crust) along the entire length of the Himalaya. Melts were channelled up via hydraulic fracturing into sheeted sill complexes from the underthrust Indian plate source beneath southern Tibet, and intruded for up to 100 km parallel to the foliation in the host sillimanite gneisses. Crystallisation of the leucogranites was immediately followed by rapid exhumation, cooling and enhanced erosion during the Early–Middle Miocene.


Hi everyone! I'm so happy you're visiting me today. This is the reveal day for A Time to Stitch 5! For those of you who aren't familiar with this challenge it's the creation of Christine of One Kiss Creations and Therese of Therese's Treasures. The idea this time is to use one stitch to make three different bracelets or necklaces. The stitch I chose was Spiral Rope! I love spiral rope. I love stitching it and I love the look of it. With this challenge we were supposed to use a stitch with different shaped beads. Well, I do a lot of that with spiral rope so I was even happier! There are so many new shaped beads out there that it's not a problem to find something different.
I used drops, lentils (the original with one hole), and two hole Rulas. I've used drops before and the Rula pattern is an original my friend, and bead shop owner, Kathy designed. I have never used lentils in a spiral necklace even though the original lentil beads are some of my favorites. So, here are pictures of the three necklaces I came up with.
I wanted a plain black lariat so I used black 11s for the core beads and black 15s and hematite drops for the spiral. I ended it with black fire polished rounds and 15s and a drop. I really like the simplicity of this lariat. It's easy to wear and it goes with so many things.
The new Rula beads are so fun! They are long round beads with a hole at the top and bottom. My friend Kathy was looking for a different way to use them and came up with this necklace. You make your spiral as usual using 8s for the core, 11s and a Rula for the spiral. That leaves you with the extra hole free. You come back starting from the end of the spiral and connect the second hole with 15s. It makes for a very lovely and different looking spiral. It looks like a frill. I loved the color of these Rulas and I used a color mix of 11s to change the color dynamic a little. It's a great summer necklace!
Lastly, I used the lentils along with some fire polished beads that went so well with the lentils that I couldn't resist using them together. These lentil beads had an old gold metallic finish on one side and the other side ranged from whitish, to tan to matte gold. You can see some of the changes in color in the picture. The fire polished beads were old gold and with a black vein on the edges of the facets. I used a matte old gold 11 and a 15 in a wonderful color called Limestone. It's not a white but not a tan or grey. Just a lovely off white and I know I'll use them again. I was pleased with how this turned out. The spiral is more subtle than some but I love the way the lentils fall and dance around the core. Here's a not very good picture of more of the necklace.
There you have my three entries into this always fun challenge. I want to thank Therese and Christine for hosting.Take a minute to visit the other participants. Here is a list of names.
Thank you for visiting me today. I really appreciate your visits and I hope you have a wonderful week!
Cool! I like the spiral ropes too. I had seen these projects all over the house and wondered what you were doing! They all turned out so well! I really love the antique look of the one with the lentils.
Awesome pieces! Each one is so unique! Hard to decide which I like best. Great job!
We didn't have to do spiral rope - the choice of stitch was completely open, you could have done herringbone or peyote or whatever. I DID chose to do spiral rope, but in a different way to you. You have some great outcomes here, I love the look of the rope with the lentils. I don't' really understand what the Rula is though.
Ah, you've inspired me to use rullas in a spiral -- what a great effect it makes! And your other pieces are elegant. I'm sure you'll enjoy wearing all of them.
Thank you I will take all 3! Love your colors...that aqua is to die for....I had to get up close to see all the details. Wonderful!!
What fun designs! After reading your post, lentils are definitely on my bead-buying list. Those hematite edge beads add just the right sparkle to your black lariat and who can resist the summer colors of your second rope? But it's your final lariat that has my eyes popping. Love this one. Every inch of it!!!
I think the lentil one is my favorite, I just love how those fire polish beads go so well with the lentils. Do you remember where you purchased the fp?
Oh Wow Maryanne your Spiral Ropes blow me away. Just getting one rope long enough for a necklace is a challenge for me, but you did three same but very different ropes. I love all three so I am not going to pick a favorite, but I am going to try the rope with the Rulas. Thank you so much for participating again in ATTS challenge it is always a pleasure to see what you create. I hope that you will join us for ATTS 6 we are going to kick it up a notch.
I love spiral stitch and I love the different looks of your ropes, the 2-hole beads look like fun to use, I'll have to try this.
Spiral rope was a popular stitch (I used it too lol). I love the way all 3 of your necklaces came out. I guess the black lariat is my favorite because I just have a thing for lariats. Great job!
Wow, what wonderful beading - I adore the turquoise one and I love the little glass dish with it - just gorgeous. Thanks so much for visiting and for your kind wishes - I'm just off to see some more of your work!
They are all nice but I am partial to the black one.
Wonderful necklaces. Love the rullas!,, and the lentils. Amazed that the same stitch can be so different.
All these designs are great and wow - your bead selection really really really highlighted how the beads affect the design! Each one is so pretty!!
Wonderful interpretations of spiral rope! My favorite is the Aqua, but they are all so different and so beautiful!


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Zen Shiatsu How to Harmonize Yin and Yang for Better Health
by Masunaga, Shizuto, Ohashi, Wataru, Shiatsu Education Center of America Staff
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Comments: Paperback This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
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Masunaga, Shizuto, Ohashi, Wataru, Shiatsu Education Center of America Staff
The basic approach of oriental medicine is to emphasize natural powers of self-cure and to evolve a therapy that is entirely in harmony with the entire organism of the patient. Shiatsu is one of the oriental medical disciplines that have made great progress in such therapy. The common conception that shiatsu is no more than the application of strong digital pressure on single points on the body misrepresents the truth. Shiatsu is based on a full oriental medical system, which explains the human body in terms of a network of meridians through which flows an energy called Ki in Japanese. If the flow of Ki through the meridians is smooth, the person is healthy. If the flow becomes sluggish, the person falls ill. The nature of the flow is analyzed on the basis of the Chinese conception of the duality Yin and Yang into two states called Kyo and Jitsu. In the Kyo state, the flow of Ki is sluggish, and the body functions are dulled. In the Jitsu state, the flow is too rapid, and the body functions are overactive. A therapy that fails to take these states into consideration can only further retard the activity of sluggish functions and further stimulate hyperactive ones. In short, such therapy can produce no beneficial effect at all. The way to restore the proper balance to the system of Ki energy is the subject of Zen Shiatsu, the first book on the topic ever published in the English language. In this richly illustrated work, the author thoroughly covers to-nification-sedation, meridian shiatsu (Zen shiatsu). In addition to the services he performs as a therapist, he has devoted many years of study and much effort to developing new shiatsu ideas. Zen Shiatsu is the result of all these efforts. The inclusion of a chapter on self-shiatsu makes this an unusual and valuable book from the standpoint of people interested in home remedies.Masunaga, Shizuto is the author of 'Zen Shiatsu How to Harmonize Yin and Yang for Better Health', published 0016 under ISBN 9780870403941 and ISBN 087040394X.


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Anthony Ian Berkeley, känd som Too Poetic, född 15 november 1964, död 15 juli 2001, var en amerikansk rappare och producent. Han var en av grundarna av hip-hop-gruppen Gravediggaz, där han hade pseudonymet Grym Reaper.

Han dog på Cedars-Sinai Medical Center i Los Angeles av koloncancer.

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Thanks for joining us today. Amy Remeikis had to run over to Ultimo to appear on the Drum, if you switch your television over to the ABC you may catch a glimpse.
• The final report will be released in February and the interim released today can be found here.
The Commonwealth Bank has promised to provide a "comprehensive response" to the "confronting" interim report.
Chief executive Matt Comyn released a statement saying: "The royal commission's interim report released today is confronting and rightly critical of our industry and our bank. We have seen too many examples of unacceptable behaviour and unacceptable customer outcomes.
"The commission has highlighted the need for significant changes, particularly to systems, processes and culture. I am committed to making sure that we learn from the failures detailed in this report to fix what went wrong and put things right for our customers.
"We have already made a number of changes and will make more to meet the community's expectations and earn trust.
I have had the opportunity to read the summary of the royal commission interim report and will review the report in more detail over the weekend. I would like to thank the commissioner for his thoroughness and diligence.
For us at NAB, where we have made mistakes or done the wrong thing, we will own them and fix them.
It is difficult to face the statement of 'profits before people', but this is exactly what we need to confront. Banking was built on putting people first and earning the trust of customers. We must return to these principles once again, rather than continuing to be short term managers.
So what do we know from the report so far?
Labor has promised to establish a task force to enforce the commission's final findings.
There is more to come – again, the final report is not due until February, and who knows what the political situation will look like then.
There are also more hearings to be held in November, when the sector's policies are going to be under the microscope.
Labor will continue to use the Coalition's reluctance to hold the commission against it, while pushing for it to be extended, while the government is going to promote the changes it has already made, as well as embracing what the commission tells it.
In short, it is going to be a rough few months for the banking industry, and this is only the beginning.
We will have a review of the full 1,000-page report for you very soon, and make sure you keep checking in daily for updates as the story rolls on.
Today, Scott Morrison owes the nation an apology for standing in the way of the banking royal commission.
Twenty-six times he voted against it.
For 600 days the Liberals failed to act – at the same time as they were fighting to give the banks a $17 billion tax handout.
The release today of the Interim Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in Financial Services has highlighted shocking misconduct across the sector – and how disturbing it is that Morrison fought to protect the banks for so long.
Labor will now study the royal commission's interim report and findings closely.
The Liberals have never taken this seriously – they were dragged kicking and screaming on this royal commission and gave it an unreasonably short timeframe. They can't be trusted to properly act on these findings.
Today Labor is announcing we will crack down on the sickening rorts and rip offs that have been exposed through the royal commission.
If elected, a Shorten Labor government will establish a Financial Services Royal Commission Implementation Taskforce, to reform the culture of profit over people in the financial services sector.
The taskforce will be located within the Treasury and work closely with the Attorney General's Department, and will oversee implementation of the reforms recommended by the royal commission to ensure that they are delivered swiftly and effectively.
The taskforce will consult with victims and victim groups – in recognition that they are the lived experience of the systemic misconduct in the banking sector.
Under a Shorten Labor government, Chris Bowen as treasurer will report to the parliament every six months on progress in implementation, until the recommendations are fully implemented.
The Liberals did everything they could possibly do to keep this misconduct hidden. For 600 days, they blocked a royal commission. The prime minister Scott Morrison voted against a royal commission 26 times, calling it a "reckless distraction" and a "QC's complaints desk".
Nobody can trust the Liberals to clean up this appalling misconduct. They always have been, and always will be, on the side of the big banks.
Labor will fight for ordinary Australians, and we are absolutely committed to cracking down on corporate crooks and misconduct in our financial services sector.
Labor called for this royal commission, Labor fought for this royal commission, Labor will establish a Financial Services Royal Commission Implementation Taskforce, and Labor will work day and night to protect Australian businesses and consumers from this appalling misconduct.