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Il Tempio di Roma Italia (in inglese: Rome Italy Temple) è il 162° tempio della Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi Giorni ed è situato a Roma, nel quartiere Porta di Roma, in via di Settebagni n. 376.

Inaugurato il 14 gennaio 2019, è il primo tempio della Chiesa di Gesù Cristo in Italia e il 162° aperto nel mondo. L'edificio si trova all'interno di un sito che include anche una chiesa, un centro visitatori, un centro per la storia familiare, una foresteria e giardini, aperti al pubblico.

Il complesso architettonico progettato dall'architetto statunitense Hanno Luschin è costato circa 60 milioni di euro, interamente finanziati dalle decime versate dai fedeli alla Chiesa.

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Alla fine degli anni 1990 la Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi giorni acquistò per 2,5 miliardi di lire un terreno di circa 15 ettari sito nella periferia nord di Roma. Al centro della proprietà vi era una villetta degli anni 1920, in cui erano ospitati i missionari.

L'anno successivo alla stipula dell'intesa tra il Governo italiano e la Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi Giorni, la costruzione del tempio di Roma venne annunciata il 4 ottobre 2008 da Thomas S. Monson, presidente della chiesa, durante una sessione della Conferenza Generale. La posa della prima pietra avvenne il successivo 23 ottobre, con una cerimonia inaugurale presieduta da Thomas S. Monson.

Il 25 marzo 2017 è stata installata sulla guglia orientale la statua dell'angelo Moroni, realizzata in vetroresina placcata d'oro, alta quattro metri e pesante 200 chilogrammi. Il profeta Moroni è rappresentato mentre suona una tromba, che simboleggia la diffusione del Vangelo e l'annuncio della seconda venuta del Salvatore Gesù Cristo.

Il 14 gennaio 2019 il tempio di Roma è stato aperto al pubblico per le visite guidate, a cui hanno partecipato circa 70.000 persone.

Dopo essere stato ricevuto in visita per la prima volta in Vaticano da papa Francesco il giorno precedente, domenica 10 marzo 2019 il Profeta Russell M. Nelson, presidente della Chiesa, ha effettuato la dedicazione del Tempio con la cerimonia della posa della pietra angolare.

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Il tempio di Roma, alto 18 metri con due guglie di oltre 42 e 48 metri e una superficie di circa 4.000 metri quadrati su tre livelli, è caratterizzato da un rivestimento grigio-bianco in granito sardo e dall'uso massiccio del marmo di Perlato Svevo proveniente da cave italiane, utilizzato in tutto l'edificio (pavimenti, pareti e controsoffitti). Alcuni intarsi sono stati realizzati con pietre provenienti da Italia, Spagna, Turchia e Brasile.

Nel battistero è presente un grande altare, mentre il foyer è ispirato allo stile michelangelesco di piazza del Campidoglio a Roma: il motivo della piazza capitolina è infatti presente nelle decorazioni dei tappeti delle stanze celestiali e in quelle dedicate ai matrimoni. Sono state realizzate altresì opere d'arte, vetrate, modanature a corona e altri preziosi arredi e finiture.

Presso il centro visitatori sono esposte le copie in marmo di Carrara del Christus dello scultore danese Bertel Thorvaldsen e dei dodici apostoli, alte tre metri ciascuna e ricreate a mano dallo scultore italiano Luciano Massari.

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Voci correlate
 Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei santi degli ultimi giorni
 Chiese di Roma

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Templi di Roma
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Léo Duguay (born 13 March 1944) is a Canadian politician, educator and school administrator prior to getting elected. Duguay served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Duguay was born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba. Duguay was elected at the riding of Saint Boniface in the 1984 federal election and served in the 33rd Canadian Parliament. He left federal politics after the 1988 federal election after being defeated by Ron Duhamel of the Liberal party.

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There is a Léo Duguay fonds at Library and Archives Canada. Archival reference number is R10108.

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Žilvinas Lapėginas  ist ein litauischer Schachspieler. Bei der 26. und 27. Meisterschaften von 2005 bis 2009 wurde er litauischer Meister im Fernschach. Seine höchste Elo-Zahl (ICCF) betrug 2571 (im Januar 2006). Mit seinem Vater Jonas, Mutter Lina und Bruder Mindaugas nahm Žilvinas in einer Mannschaft an mehreren Turnieren im Familienschach in Litauen teil.

Lapėginas lebt in Klaipėda.

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Sein Vater war Jonas Lapėginas (1949–2006), Chemielehrer und Schachtrainer (von ihm wurde Mindaugas Beinoras betreut), ab 1978 Mittelschuldirektor in Klaipėda. Jonas Lapėginas und seine Frau Lina Lapėginienė lernten einander als Kommilitonen im Valstybinis pedagoginis institutas in Vilnius kennen. Žilvinas hat einen Bruder: Mindaugas Lapėginas (* 1975) spielt ebenfalls Schach und wurde zweimal (1993 und 1996) Vizemeister der Stadtgemeinde Klaipėda.

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Beloit Juniors Creighton Johnson & Jessica Meier have been named the NCKSSports.com/Cunningham Telephone and Cable Athletes of the Week.
Both athletes claimed individual overall championships at the 3A State Powerlifting Meet this past Saturday in Halstead.
Johnson took home first place in the men's 242# division, claiming individual titles in all three events. He had a lift of 315# in the bench, 450# in the squat and 330# in the clean, finishing with a total of 1.095 lbs lifted.
Meier was the champion in the women's 132# division. She finished first place in the clean with a lift of 175#. She also finished second in the bench at 115# and second in the squat with a lift of 230#. She total 520 lbs lifted for the overall title.


There is a particular brand of travel poetry—marked by the cataloguing of sensual spices, exotic flora, and the sitting-in-an-outdoor-café speaker marking the wrinkles in streetperson hands—that I feel is my solemn duty to despise. Doubtless, this comes from the deep well of psychic gloop I swam in during college, writing undergrad papers about Marxism during Budweiser blackouts in the restaurant break room between shifts while other people did something called "study abroad." Apologies.
But, I also think there's more at work than my own class bias—these poems (and you know them if you've ever confronted a slush pile) enact the same cathartic bait-and-switch found in Sour Patch Kids commercials, merely as a way of obscuring their own role in the very power dynamics the speaker decries. The gummy-child cuts off your hair and then humps your leg: sour then sweet. These poems are like watching a grim documentary about human trafficking on a thousand-dollar laptop, viewers feeling as though they have participated merely by learning about it. This is the way this particular travel poet experiences the world—through the little window of a laptop, oversimplifying or ignoring power dynamics to bolster some self-righteous sense of being a passport-carrying member of the culturally educated class.
For a book that exists in multiple universes and locations, place-names are seldom mentioned. When they are, the naming of the place is deployed as a kind of counterpunch to the travel clichés described above: "At Tivoli / we leaned on a balustrade. At Frascati, / were cooled by a spigot. // Why does the tourist mind / always linger?" This is mature self-awareness. What could possibly be a more surprising and accurate word in English after "Frascati" than "spigot"? Where a lesser poet would aim for the ornate, Arthur heads us off at the pass.
show me your famous graffiti on the famous wall.
Out in sour sulk rains.
What do you mean, "satisfied"?
Show me your lasting peace, and the logo on your thigh.
Jacob Sunderlin is a contributing editor to Sycamore Review and a poetry fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. His poems appear in Colorado Review, Caketrain, Forklift Ohio, and elsewhere.


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JPMorgan boss: 'Trump is our pilot' even when we disagree
At an annual meeting in Delaware, Jamie Dimon calls for bank reform.
by Joseph N. DiStefano
Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and one of the few big-bank bosses to keep his job after the Great Recession, will keep advising President Trump even when they might disagree, Dimon told shareholders at the company's annual meeting at its Delaware Technology Center north of Wilmington.
"Trump is the pilot flying our airplane," and as "a patriot" Dimon will continue to serve on a Presidential advisory panel, even though he may not "agree with all his policies," he said during a shareholder question-and-answer session.
Boasting the bank had boosted profits — which totaled nearly $25 billion last year, on sales of $99 billion — in six of the past seven years, Dimon complained that "something is holding (the U.S.) back" from faster economic growth.
He called for "regulatory reform" including an easing of capital requirements and policies restricting lending that were enacted in the Dodd-Frank reform law of 2010. That law was intended to prevent JPMorgan and other banks from repeating the reckless loan financing that nearly wrecked the financial system in 2008.
Dimon stood at the podium and said little as he was hammered by a string of activists speaking during the investor question period. Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, Brooklyn, N.Y., led several speakers calling on JPMorgan to stop financing companies that operate immigrant detention centers for the government in furtherance of what she called "racist" national policy.
JPMorgan "has always supported Mexico," Dimon said in reply. (The bank has helped finance U.S. and Mexican corporations in Mexico, among other clients.) "We believe in free and fair trade with Mexico," he added, without noting Trump's past criticism of U.S.-Mexico trade relations. "We will look into these prisons," he promised, adding that "I'm not sure I agree" with criticism of U.S. immigrant detention policy.
Andy Morrison, campaigns director for the New Economy Project in New York, accused Dimon and his bank of making large financial contributions to U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, and other members of Congress who want to stop or restrict the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other government agencies that have punished JPMorgan for ripping off borrowers.
Dimon said he was not trying to eliminate the CFPB entirely. He said he "never called for wholesale repeal" of the Dodd-Frank law, but "it is time to review" its impact on "first-time homebuyers," including, he noted, "immigrants."
Vanloads of protesters rallied at a shopping center but were turned away at the gate of the bank's Delaware Technology Center, according to Daniel Altschuler, a spokesman for Make The Road New York, an activist group. The center was guarded by private security and more than a dozen Delaware state troopers. (Updated)
Dimon noted his company's predecessor banks had been active in Wilmington since at least 1915, when J.P. Morgan financed DuPont Co.'s shipments of explosives to armies on the lethal European battlefields of World War I.
The bank now employs nearly 10,000 staff in northern Delaware, including the company's credit card headquarters and units of its investment, tech, and other business units, eclipsing the shrunken DuPont Co. and the Bank of America (formerly MBNA) card center as the state's largest business employer, noted Thomas Horne, JPMorgan's top Delaware executive.
Dimon, Comcast executive Steve Burke, and other JPMorgan directors, who stayed at the Hotel du Pont in downtown Wilmington the night before and were served by students at William Penn High School in New Castle, ran unopposed to keep their seats and were each reelected with at least 96 percent of votes, the company said.
A shareholder resolution to separate Dimon's board and CEO roles failed with 33 percent of shareholders' support, and other shareholder resolutions opposed by the company also went down.
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Free Shadwen update adds 14 "re-worked" levels and improved AI
By Andy Chalk published 9 August 16
You made it into the castle. Now you have to get out.
Frozenbyte's stealth-assassination-babysitting game Shadwen ends rather abruptly: You get to the castle, conclude your business, and that's the end of the tale. But the free "Escape From the Castle" update released today changes all that by adding 14 "re-worked" levels, which you'll have to get through in order to make good your escape.
The new levels are actually reversals of those in the original release, each with "new gameplay," more guards for an increased challenge, and new treasure maps hidden throughout. The update also fixes numerous bugs and makes improvements to the game's AI, which if we're being honest could really use it: As we noted in our review, enemy intelligence is one of Shadwen's most glaring weak points.
The update was released as part of Frozenbyte's 15-year anniversary celebration, a birthday that may make Shadowgrounds fans out there (like me) feel uncomfortably old. Speaking of Shadowgrounds, it and Frozenbyte's other games—Shadowgrounds Survivor, Trine 1, 2, and 3, and of course Shadwen—are all on sale in the creatively-named Frozenbyte 15 Year Anniversary Sale, which runs until August 12.
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Meeting the Big Bad Wolf:
Tulsa Ballet's 'Peter and the Wolf' is the perfect way to introduce kids to ballet
It will probably be another year before I make the leap and enroll Joss in any kind of after-school program (with the exception of swim lessons…which I need to enroll him in ASAP! Don't let me forget!), but I'm well aware that the options are endless and overwhelming. Martial arts? Soccer? Music?
Time, money, and a desire not to be stressed out will limit the number of activities he's involved in, and as of yet, he hasn't been begging for any extra classes. He already learns Hebrew, music and yoga at school, so I'm not (or at least trying not to be) concerned about the fact that many of his classmates have already been enrolled in extracurriculars for a few years now–or that I started learning violin at age 2! *deep breaths, he's fine*
Anyway, ballet or other dance lessons are on my mental list of potential activities for Joss, although they were firmly on my list of "things NOT to do" as a child. Growing up, I always wanted to be considered more of a tomboy than a "girlie-girl," (in reality, I was neither–just a kid who loved to read)–and this clashed with my naive prejudice towards ballet.
Now, I'm in awe of how athletic dancers are, and with that brilliant 20-20 hindsight, older, decidedly unflexible me is disappointed in young Tara for never giving ballet a chance. No, I don't think that I missed out on a potential career option or anything–I stayed busy enough with music lessons that I wouldn't have actually been able to devote loads of time to dancing–but it's always disappointing when you look back and realize how mistaken your ideas were about something, in a negative, stunting way. Hopefully Joss will be less antagonistic toward dance than I was, and who knows? Maybe ballet lessons are in his future.
Tulsa Ballet's "Peter and the Wolf" production is designed to give kids an introduction to ballet. The performances are just 45 minutes long and, of course, the classic tale of "Peter and the Wolf" is simple enough even for young children to follow. Joss and I attended the final "Peter and the Wolf" production of the season on March 9, but it will be returning with a new set of dancers beginning September 27, 2019, with performances scattered throughout the year (see details below).
Although I'd previously taken Joss to "The Nutcracker," this was our first time attending a performance at Studio K, a more intimate theater than the Tulsa PAC's main stage. It was fun to see all the children in the audience, dressed up and excited to see the show! Several of them (ourselves included) took the opportunity to do a mini photo-shoot with the production poster in the lobby.
I asked Joss to do his best wolf face; he treated us all to a Hooooooooooowl!
Joss was fascinated by the program, asking me over and over again to tell him who the different characters were, and I was able to explain, by pointing to the dancers' photos, how they came from all over the world–as far away as Japan, Italy and Brazil!
The best part about being in a theater full of kids is that you don't have to worry so much about your own kid making inappropriate noises–although in this case, Joss actually did quite well! (Better than that time at "The Nutcracker" when he started singing out loud!) Plus, the actors ran up into the audience occasionally, making it a truly immersive experience.
If you do attend a "Peter and the Wolf" performance next season, be aware that there is a mildly traumatic part where the duck–who provides the best comic relief–gets eaten by the wolf! A young girl behind us started to cry, and there were cries of dismay from all over the audience. But don't worry!! It turns out that the wolf swallowed the duck whole and alive, and she gets regurgitated at the end, with no lasting harm done. *Whew* I think I almost cried at that point, mostly just from imagining how relieved all the young audience members would be! But also–it was a really cute, funny duck.
Sorry, no pictures of the awesome costumes, but…here's one of us!
After the performance, the enter cast lined up along the stage for a Q&A session, which was a nice opportunity for fans to realize that the wolf was not as scary as he appeared onstage (he did leap about in a very threatening manner!). The first two questions were, "How did the duck come back?!" Which was answered to the effect of, "That's ballet magic, you'll just have to discuss it with your parents!" Several questions targeted specific cast members, asking when they started ballet, and why. It is astounding that the oldest one of them was 23–considering how far so many of them have moved to be part of Tulsa Ballet! I love that the audience members had this chance to directly interact with the performers–Joss wasn't in a questions-asking mood and probably wasn't paying close attention, but I can imagine how inspiring it would have been for other kids to get to hear the stories of the talented dancers up on stage, some of whom had begun their dance "careers" at age 3 and others who had begun later, like around 8. (See? Joss can still become a world-class dancer even if he doesn't start right away!)
If you're interested in attending a performance of "Peter and the Wolf" next season, here are the dates and locations:
Friday, Sept. 27, 10 and 11:45 a.m. (at Studio K, 1212 E. 45th Pl.)
Friday, Nov. 8, 10 and 11:45 a.m. (at Zarrow Performance Studio, 1901 W. New Orleans St., Broken Arrow)
Friday, Jan. 20 (2020), 10 and 11:45 a.m. (Zarrow Performance Studio)
Friday, April 3 (2020), 10 and 11:45 a.m. (Studio K)
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Kevin joined as Head of Manchester School of Architecture in September 2020 having previously led the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design since 2011.
He is a Chartered Architect with a career in higher education that spans over 25 years which includes leading a BA Interiors and M.Arch course. His Professorship was conferred under the categories of Learning and Teaching and Academic Leadership and was also awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2015, which led to a spell as a Visiting Professor at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
He is a very active member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) having been a member of the Education Committee since 2014, a term on RIBA National Council, tutoring for RIBA Studio, as well as numerous roles at RIBA West Midlands. He also have extensive experience as a Chair of RIBA Visiting Boards both in the UK and Internationally and is also a member of SCHOSA Council and was previously on the Commonwealth Association of Architects executive committee. He is currently an External Examiner for BA Interior Architecture and Design at Sheffield Hallam (including their franchise course in Malaysia) and will be starting at the Mackintosh School of Architecture this academic year. He was previously an External Examiner at University of Nottingham and London South Bank. He has also worked with a number of Schools as a critical friend either in preparation for RIBA visits or for course approvals, including Ulster University, University of Swansea, Robert Gordon, and Ravensbourne, as well as with Ulster, UWE, and Northumbria on reviewing senior academic promotions.
Alongside his academic career he co-founded a design-led SME practice, the space* studio in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter (www.thespacestudio.com), working on interiors, refurbishment and new build projects across numerous sectors, including numerous Higher Education projects, social housing, the interior of the English National Ballet and numerous concept designs for Manchester City Football Club.
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Having found out about the physical characteristics of your town, it's now time to think about how your community functions within its environment- your community's wellbeing. Wellbeing simply means the state of being comfortable, happy and healthy. To achieve this state, however, depends on a series of needs being met within the community- educational, cultural, housing, health, employment, leisure and social needs.
In this section you will look at a range of factors which, when taken in combination, can be seen as measures of community wellbeing. At the end of this stage, consider organising a stakeholder event to gather wider views on the findings of your wellbeing assessment.
Welsh Government is committed to improving the social, economic, cultural and environmental wellbeing of Wales. Through the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act (2015) public bodies are being encouraged to think more long term and consider the future by working better with communities and local people. The act means that public bodies must consider what they do in a sustainable way. By considering local people and their needs and requirements your plan can support and enhance the wellbeing of your area and feed into wider wellbeing strategies developed by your local authority.
The starting point for finding out about your community wellbeing is to find out about the people who live in your community and make it unique. You can find out about your community from local census data, which will give you information about a wide range of topics such as the age of residents, household type and size, ethnic group, economic activity and general health.
Alongside information you can gather from analysing data, you can also ask people how they feel about their community, and what they think its strengths and weaknesses are. This will give you a view from the people who live there to support evidence from data.
You should try to identify parts of the community that you need to get input from to go into your place plan, but who may be difficult to contact or to get to attend your events. These groups may include children, young adults, disabled groups, ethnic minorities and the elderly.
How would you describe the feel of the community in your area? Ask people what they think makes up their community.
What is the demographic of the area? Young families? Predominately retired?
Are there hard to reach groups within the community?
How are younger and older people served within the community?
How economically active is the area? Are there local opportunities to access jobs? Do people travel to work or work locally? How far do they travel? What sectors do people work in?
Having found out about the people and demographics of your area, now look in more detail at housing provision. To be successful, communities need to provide a range of housing opportunities for a wide range of people at a level they can afford. This may include rental properties, social or affordable homes, houses for first time buyers, apartments, accessible homes and retirement homes. In some places, in-migration or a shortage of housing can increase house prices, preventing young people from getting on the housing ladder; in other places the lack of employment and opportunities can lead to out-migration and empty homes.
Exploring the housing market will give you a snapshot of the affordability and types of homes available. Local estate agents or online property search engines will be able to tell you about local market trends. Census data can be used to explore accommodation types and dwelling sizes. Organising a housing need survey or event can help to gather the opinion of local people.
Identifying different stages of housing growth or contraction can help understand the changing fortunes of your area- both historically and in the present day. Mark areas of historic growth, future expansion, empty homes and the different ages of houses on a map. Use the information provided by your NPA officer to find out where sites have been identified for future housing.
What is the housing market like in your area?
Are there enough homes to meet demand? Are there areas of expansion or areas of empty homes?
What is the age of different areas of housing? Are houses expensive to heat?
What types of tenure are found in your area? Are houses owner-occupied, rented, belong to social landlords or council owned?
Do young people struggle to get on to the property ladder?
Community facilities enhance the lives of inhabitants and support community cohesion, contributing to the quality of life in your community. Good facilities can instil a sense of community pride, increase equality and fairness and can help prevent crime and antisocial behaviour. Libraries, museums, community centres and performance spaces open doors to enjoyment, culture and ideas. Medical facilities ensure and safeguard health, while public transport options increase mobility and allow access to facilities in other areas. Schools and colleges provide education opportunities for children and adults alike, and often provide facilities for community use outside of school hours.
Finding out about the facilities in your community can be done in several ways. A walk around your area will allow you to locate facilities, while talking to local people can reveal facilities, activities and opportunities that you do not know about. These can be located on a map, perhaps by using different colours for different types of facility. Creating a list of all the groups and activities available in your area and where they operate from will highlight the range of opportunities available. Remember to think about all age groups, genders and ethnicities in your survey; you could talk to local people, check local listings and use the internet to search for what happens in your area. You may also be able to find out what activities people have to journey outside your area to take part in.
Think about the level of education provided in your area. Where are local nurseries, primary schools, secondary schools and tertiary colleges? Do people have to travel outside your area for education, and if so how far? What opportunities are there for adult or further education? What opportunities are available to learn the Welsh language?
What facilities are available within the community, e.g.: community centres, doctors, dentists, libraries, leisure centres? Who operates them? How secure is their functioning long –term? How easy are they to access? How big are these facilities? What condition are they in?
What services and facilities are accessed from outside the area of the plan?
What health services are available within the community? Are there any health promotion schemes in the community e.g. walking clubs, healthy eating education schemes or mindfulness groups?
What transport options are available to the community?
What learning opportunities are available within the community? Who are they open to?
Are there schools within the area of the plan? How do local people access schools and colleges outside of the area? How are they performing?
What cultural activities take place in the community? Is there one or more places where the community can come together?
What leisure facilities, classes and clubs are available within the community? Are there any local groups that help perform this function?
How important is the Welsh Language within the community? Is it in decline/increase? Are there opportunities to learn in the community?
What, if anything, is needed to meet the needs of the community? How could this be provided?
The future success of your settlement will depend on how it can adapt to changes associated with climate change. Considering energy sources and their improvement, risks of flooding and the ability to cope with extreme weather events will help to make your area more resilient. You can consider risks that your area may face in the future and ways that you could address these risks within the scope of your plan. This may require further in-depth studies or a dedicated working group to identify significant issues for the community or a more detailed carbon footprint analysis.
What is the main energy source in the community?
What is the average carbon footprint of people living within the community?
How resilient is the community to the likely and predicted effects of climate change?
Are there any local energy improvement schemes?
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Spend a summer day strolling through beautiful gardens, perusing fine art, listening to music and enjoying a sampling of tasty foods at Taste of the Gardens at Wellfield.
The tranquil gardens surrounding the ponds of Elkhart's historic well field are filled with artists exhibiting wares from impressive sculptures to exquisite jewelry. A variety of area restaurants serve up their scrumptious fare, wine and beverages, while local musicians entertain throughout the day.


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Why I stopped Okorocha, others' jumbo pay –Uzodimma
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo state has explained that his government sponsored the bill on the repeal of governors and Speakers' pensions and privileges law of 2007 because it was illegal and designed to allow a few privileged people feed fat on the commonwealth of the people. He gave the explanation yesterday at the government house, Owerri when he signed the bill repealing the pensions law which was passed by the House of Assembly on Thursday
He said the law was against the Pensions Act which stipulates that only those who have put in a minimum of 10 years in public service are entitled to pensions, adding that former governors and speakers stay in office for only a maximum period of eight years. He also wondered how the same people who collect fat severance allowances at the end of their tenure can turn around to be paid pensions as well. With the amended law, former governor Rochas Okorocha and his predecessors would not be able to enjoy the jumbo pension pay.
According to the governor "As a young state grappling with enormous challenges, it dawned on me that the Imo state Governors and Speakers Pensions and Privileges law No 5 of 2007 was a bad omen.At the age our Governors and Speakers are leaving office it will not be out of place to assume that many of them will be alive and kicking in the next 15 years or more. This will mean that by then the state will have more than 20 governors and speakers qualified for pensions and privileges
"I was alarmed that the financial implications for the state will not only be scandalous but indefensible. My simple calculation told me that there could come a time when the state could be spending more than one third of its resources to maintain former Governors and Speakers" Uzodimma said he could not condone such a law, and that history and his conscience will not forgive him if he allowed it. "I had no choice but to ask for its repeal as part of my government's recovery agenda. Yes, I needed to recover the billions of public funds that would have been lavished on a privileged few and plough it back to the more important business of developing our state."
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Hannah Arendt Explains Why Democracies Need to Safeguard the Free Press & Truth … to Defend Themselves Against Dictators and Their Lies
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Two of the most trenchant and enduring critics of authoritarianism, Hannah Arendt and Theodor Adorno, were also both German Jews who emigrated to the U.S. to escape the Nazis. The Marxist Adorno saw fascist tendencies everywhere in his new country. Decades before Noam Chomsky coined the concept, he argued that all mass media under advanced capitalism served one particular purpose: manufacturing consent.
Arendt landed on a different part of the political spectrum, drawing her philosophy from Aristotle and St. Augustine. Classical democratic ideals and an ethics of moral responsibility informed her belief in the central importance of shared reality in a functioning civil society—of a press that is free not only to publish what it wishes, but to take responsibility for telling the truth, without which democracy becomes impossible.
A press that disseminates half-truths and propaganda, Arendt argued, is not a feature of liberalism but a sign of authoritarian rule. "Totalitarian rulers organize… mass sentiment," she told French writer Roger Errera in 1974, "and by organizing it articulate it, and by articulating it make the people somehow love it. They were told before, thou should not kill; and they didn't kill. Now they are told, thou shalt kill; and although they think it's very difficult to kill, they do it because it's now part of the code of behavior."
This breakdown of moral norms, Arendt argued, can occur "the moment we no longer have a free press." The problem, however, is more complicated than mass media that spreads lies. Echoing ideas developed in her 1951 study The Origins of Totalitarianism, Arendt explained that "lies, by their very nature, have to be changed, and a lying government has constantly to rewrite its own history. On the receiving end you get not only one lie—a lie which you could go on for the rest of your days—but you get a great number of lies, depending on how the political wind blows."
Bombarded with contradictory and often incredible claims, people become cynical and give up trying to understand anything. "And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please." The statement was anything but theoretical. It's an empirical observation from much recent 20th century history.
Arendt's thought developed in relation to totalitarian regimes that actively censored, controlled, and micromanaged the press to achieve specific ends. She does not address the current situation in which we find ourselves—though Adorno certainly did: a press controlled not directly by the government but by an increasingly few, and increasingly monolithic and powerful, number of corporations, all with vested interests in policy direction that preserves and expands their influence.
The examples of undue influence multiply. One might consider the recently approved Gannett-Gatehouse merger, which brought together two of the biggest news publishers in the country and may "speed the demise of local news," as Michael Posner writes at Forbes, thereby further opening the doors for rumor, speculation, and targeted disinformation. But in such a condition, we are not powerless as individuals, Arendt argued, even if the preconditions for a democratic society are undermined.
Though the facts may be confused or obscured, we retain the capacity for moral judgment, for assessing deeper truths about the character of those in power. "In acting and speaking," she wrote in 1975's The Human Condition, "men show who they are, reveal actively their unique personal identities…. This disclosure of 'who' in contradistinction to 'what' somebody is—his qualities, gifts, talents, and shortcomings, which he may display or hide—is implicit in everything somebody says and does."
Even if democratic institutions let the free press fail, Arendt argued, we each bear a personal responsibility under authoritarian rule to judge and to act—or to refuse—in an ethics predicated on what she called, after Socrates, the "silent dialogue between me and myself."
Read Arendt's full passage on the free press and truth below:
The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer. This is because lies, by their very nature, have to be changed, and a lying government has constantly to rewrite its own history. On the receiving end you get not only one lie—a lie which you could go on for the rest of your days—but you get a great number of lies, depending on how the political wind blows. And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please.
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You never mentioned Open Conspiracy. H G WELLS.
A prediction of what happens when a few very wealthy CEO's control what we can see and hear. FACEBOOK. INSTAGRAM. UTUBE, etc. there should be NO CENSORSHIP OF WHAT THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE. All speech should be free. It is none their business to monitor my thoughts and thoughts if others, even so called hate speech. This is currently where the problem currently lies. Newspapers are really no longer read by the public. We get our news and opinions on line. Really do not care what newspapers are merging. They will become a thing of the past.
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Diageo Tackles Danger of Binge Drinking in new VR Experience
By Peter Graham	 Last updated Sep 2, 2017
Last year global drinks manufacturer Diageo entered the virtual reality (VR) sphere with an experience aimed at educating the public on the dangers of drink driving. Now the company has announced plans for a second VR installment, this time focusing on the dangers of binge drinking.
Scheduled to be released it 2018, it'll be a first-person, multi-perspective story looking at the importance of responsible decision-making when drinking. The new program around binge drinking is being spearheaded by Diageo's Digital and Technology Partnerships teams in collaboration with Jaunt, which will help with the creative vision, production, development and distribution of the experience.
"We made the choice to break into VR with our social responsibility program because it gives us the proper medium to explore numerous dangerous drinking situations in a very real way," said James Thompson, Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, Diageo North America in a statement. "Telling people about the effects of irresponsible decision-making when drinking is one thing – but giving them the opportunity to see, hear and feel what can happen because of even one bad choice is a potential game changer. 'Decisions' and its portrayal of the impact of drunk driving stuck with viewers, even after they removed their headsets. Now, we're aiming to prevent binge drinking with the same high impact intervention."
Diageo's previous 360-degree experience Decisions placed consumers in the front seat of a fatal drunk driving crash. Stats released by the company show the video accumulated almost 14 million views in the four months after release, with 73 percent of viewers surveyed after watching the film saying they are now more likely to stop other people from drinking and driving. Additionally, 75 percent of viewers said they will prevent drinking and driving by planning ahead with a designated driver.
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If Desk Space Is a Priority, This Discounted Lenovo Thinkcentre Can Help
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What the Lenovo Thinkcentre may lack in bulk, it makes up for it in ability. Despite its impressively small size (that's not a comically large pencil), this little guy gets you a 128GB SSD, 4GB of RAM, and a 2.2GHz Core i5 processor with integrated Intel HD 530 graphics. If you like tiny things that are the best price…
Explosions may be the answer to mass-producing graphene
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/30/explosions-may-be-the-answer-to-mass-producing-graphene/
Graphene is difficult and expensive to mass produce, but while trying to make something else altogether, Kansas State University (KSU) scientists may have lucked into a promising technique. The team was attempting to make carbon soot aerosol gels by detonating acetylene gas and oxygen with a spark plug. That yielded soot resembling "black angel food cake," according to lead researcher Chris Sorensen. It proved to be graphene, a discovery that could pave the way for cheaper manufacturing of lightweight but incredibly strong materials, superconductors, and more.
Graphene consists of bonded carbon that's just one atom thick, making it one of the lightest, strongest materials out there. It also has interesting electrical properties and has shown tons of experimental promise for rapid-charging "supercapacitor" batteries, solar cells and superconductors. However, more widespread use is limited by its cost -- methods like chemical "cooking" and high temperature heating have proven to be low-yield, expensive and even dangerous.
The KSU team's technique simply requires an oxidizing agent like oxygen or air, acetylene or other hydrocarbons and a spark, according to a patent it filed. The resulting detonation creates a 3,000 degree K temperature inside the vessel, enough to create pure graphene stacked in single, double or triple sheets. "What might be the best property of all is that the energy required to make a gram of graphene through our process is much less than other processes because all it takes is a single spark," Sorenson said.
The researchers are now working to improve the quality of the graphene and scale it up to industrial levels. The aim is to get the material out of the chamber several seconds after the detonation, so it doesn't form into an aerogel. However, the technique seems far along along already compared to other types of promising research, which often never leaves the lab. "The real charm of our experiment is that we can produce graphene in the quantity of grams rather than milligrams," says post-doc researcher Arjun Nepal.
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Travel to Faraway Places Beyond the Guidebooks
Myanmar – The Land of Splendid Golden Stupas
Posted on September 8, 2016 by cindyadventures
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) is an archaeological wonder with its thousands of bell shaped glittering gold leaf Buddhist shrines called stupas, terracotta temples and rustic teak wood monasteries visually dominating the landscape. The languid Irrawaddy River supports the agricultural heartland, where simple fishing villages on stilts and "floating farms" are juxtaposed with an occasional 5 star hotel resort.|
Gold leafed Buddhist shrines called "Stupas" dot the country's landscape
Aung San Suu Kyi, the popular new leader, brings hope of liberalization.
An emerging liberty has cautiously spurred a Myanmar Spring among the people, bringing renewed religious freedom, a rebirth of traditional practices and a return to Buddhist tranquility. There is guarded excitement and energy over the 2016 election victory of Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party. This allows her to handpick the next President from her loyalist circles. There are pictures of her everywhere, even in the remotest villages. She is known as 'The Lady,"
Ethnicity, Industry and Economic Conditions
Myanmar is bordered by Bangladesh to the west, India and China to the north, and Laos and Thailand to the east. Most of the 45 million population and agricultural lands are found along the Irrawaddy River. The other regions are characterized by mountains, high valleys and plateaus. Ethnically, the Burmese account for about 70% of the population. Other major ethnic groups include the Shan, Karen, Rakhine, Chin, Wa and Mon.
For most of its 50+ years since disengaging from British colonial rule, Myanmar has been bogged down in turbulent strife among its myriad ethnic groups in one of the world's longest running civil wars. Recently the conflicts have abated along with the iron fisted military control.
Harvesting apples on a floating garden
Agriculture accounts for 60% of the country's GDP, with rice as the main product. Although the country has substantial gem, oil, and natural gas reserves, extraction and processing capabilities are limited. Myanmar is the world's second largest supplier of illegal opium and heroin, and a growing exporter of amphetamines. Money from the illegal narcotics trade plays a crucial role in the national economy, and keeps the military regime solvent.
In stark contrast to the abundance of glittering golden Buddhist stupas, colonial mansions and luxury cars, one-third of the population is living below the poverty line. In Yangon, the poor erect bamboo squatter huts on available grounds while rubbish and garbage litter the streets. But the people are resilient, gentle, humorous, engaging, and considerate.
There is a small tourism industry, concentrated in a few areas dominated by travelers from the UK, Germany, Japan and France.
The primary attractions for visitors are the sheer architectural wonders of the countryside coupled with the agricultural and artisan ingenuity of its beautiful people. In addition, it is still relatively untouched by Western ways.
With travel restrictions recently lifted, Americans are beginning to travel to Myanmar, but there are still snafus. The best way to reach Myanmar is to hire a local tourist agency to help you with the bureaucratic hurdles. The Visa application asks the name of your tour agency as well as the locations and hotels where you intend to stay. My Myanmar visa was checked three times before I was allowed to board the first leg of the international flight. My credit card company refused to accept charges from Myanmar locations (a "restricted country") although earlier they had cleared me for travel charges there. In-county air travel, services and native goods are relatively inexpensive.
"Benevolent Bird People" are an example of the country's unusual cultural and artistic inhabitants.
Myanmar has what can be described as a tropical monsoon climate characterized by lots of sun and rain and high humidity. The temperature in February was routinely in the 90's and swelter- ing. Touring holy temples was part of the daily routine, and all are required to wear respectable clothing which covered the knees and shoulders, plus shoes and socks must be removed in order to enter. My pants were too warm, so I spent $8 to purchase a native outfit of beautiful paisley "silk" made from lotus threads. Comfortable sandals are a must. Women wear lightweight, versatile sarongs, and paint their cheeks with a creamy base made by rubbing a moistened porous stone into sandalwood, which serves as an inexpensive sunblock. The food is a mix of Indian, Thai and Chinese cuisines, with lots of curries with fish or chicken, pickled tea leaf or starch salads and rice, but nothing remarkable. If you like me have a sweet tooth, Asians do not typically do desserts well, at least to western standards. Beware, we all got traveller's diarrhea, so take along a remedy for that possibility.
Women apply moistened sandalwood to their cheeks, which serves as an inexpensive sunblock
The Myanmar people practice Theravada Buddhism, where it is up to each individual to seek salvation and achieve Nirvana. Our guide told us that religion in Myanmar is more "theo- retical," owing to the government putting many restrictions on religious freedom after a bloody uprising of 1988. The abundance of stupas and temples built over the centuries were funded by rich Buddhists from Myanmar and other countries to insure personal passage to Nirvana. Bronze plaques at these sites tell the story of family or state donations. Between the ages of ten and sixteen, many young men become Buddhist novices and go to live in a monastery. While most remain for only a short period before returning to the sec- ular life, some become fully ordained monks. Myanmar has more monks per capita than any other Buddhist country in Southeast Asia.
Stupas represent Buddha's holy mind and are built to purify negative karma and to accumulate merit. They contain jewels, precious texts and holy relics such as replicas of sacred Buddha's teeth and hair.
Gold leaf adorned Buddhist temples are centers for a wide variety of community religious and secular functions.
Buddhist temples are more than just places of worship. The temple serves as a religious school, a community center, a guest house, a place where the government and other agencies post information, a site for sports activities, a center for welfare services for those who are poor or ill, a morgue, and a center for music and dance. The temple also provides economic services such as making loans and renting lands and homes.
Our starting point was Yangon, Myanmar's largest and most commercially important city which appears both provincial and pastoral. Our tour included the downtown area, reminiscent of the city's British past as Rangoon, where well-preserved colonial buildings are situated among ancient pagodas.
Yangon, formerly British Rangoon, retains well-preserved architectural remnants of its colonial past.
Next we visited the revered Shwedagon Pagoda, a 2,500 year old wonder of the religious world which Kipling described as a "golden mystery." Shwedagon's gold-leafed dome sparkles with 4,531 diamonds – and is crowned by a single diamond of 76 carats.
It was also the site of political protest: in 1946 General Aung San addressed a mass meeting de- manding "independence now" from Britain. In 1988, his daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi addressed another crowd of 500,000 Burmese demanding democracy from the military regime. This move- ment was called the "second struggle" for independence.
The Shwedagon Pagoda is a 2,500 year old wonder of the religious world with 4,531 diamonds on its dome crowned by a single 76 carat diamond
On to Bagan, which is one of the richest archaeological sites in all of Asia. Who needs a museum? Of the over 10,000 pagodas, temples, and monasteries built over the centuries on the plains bordering the Irrawaddy River, 2,200 are still standing. Bagan captures the very essence of Myanmar's Buddhist culture. We observed the ancient art of making laquer ware, a predominant artistic heritage that entails covering objects made of bamboo or wood with a liquid made from tree sap. We watched skilled artisans craft containers, tables, screens, and carved animal figures. The process preserves, strengthens, and waterproofs objects of decorative art.
The ancient art of lacquer ware entails covering objects made of bamboo or wood with a liquid made from tree sap.
There are plenty of fun and interesting things to do in Bagan. We visited a few markets, took a short boat ride and then a horse carriage ride up to one of the more prominent temples to see the sunset.
Leaving Began, we traveled to fabled Mandalay, the former royal capital of Amarapura made famous by a Rudyard Kipling poem. It was once a center of commerce and is still a repository of ancient culture.
A famous land mark is the iconic U Bein Bridge. Built of teak posts, it is a pedestrian walkway that spans lovely Taungthaman Lake.
We visited jade and marble markets, a Mahamoni temple where 24 carat gold leaf was being pasted onto Bhudda, and a tranquil nunnery, where poor families send their daughters for housing, food, clothing and education, and to pre-empt sex trafficking.
A tranquil Mandalay nunnery, where poor families send their daughters for housing, food, clothing and education, and to pre-empt sex trafficking.
While touring this country, it becomes evident that there is every conceivable configuration of Buddha replicated many times over. He is represented as reclining, long ear, short ear, emaciated, sleeping, in prayer, achieving nirvana and even depictions of a "dead" Buddha. Most are truly unique and beautiful. The latest addition to showcasing Buddhas is with LED "halos" around Bhudda's head, a juxtaposition of ancient and modern which I found rather amusing.
A reclining Buddha is one of the myriad ways in which the religious deity is depicted in public displays
After Mandalay, our next stop was picturesque Inle Lake, with its shores and islands home to 17 villages on stilts. The inhabitants are mostly native Intha people who are primarily farmers and fishermen. We visited one of the lake's improbable floating farms. They dredge up river mud to create rows for planting and use bamboo poles to secure it. Plants such as beans, squash, cucum- bers, peas and tomatoes 'climb up' the poles as they grow. Quite a gardening feat!
Paddle rowing to net fish on Inle lake
Fishing here is unusual as well. The Intha locals row their flat bottomed boats using one leg and an oar so their hands are free to work with the cone-shaped fish nets. They lower the net to entangle and trap the fish. They also slap the water with their oars to stir up the fish to the surface for easier netting.
Inle Lake has several lotus (like cotton) weaving mills as well as boat making shops. Fishing or larger transport boats are hand made from teak wood using lacquer to seal the seams in the
The "Jumping Cat" monastery on stilts in Inle Lake where cats used to be trained to jump through high hoops to entertain guests
We also visited the "Jumping Cat" monastery, a modest structure on stilts in Inle Lake. It used to be that if you dropped some cash in a "cat's" donation box a monk would then have a bunch of cats jump through fairly high hoops. Today, the cats are no longer trained to jump, as they were getting exhausted by the throngs of tourists who came to gawk at them.
Our last stop was a few days at a lush all-in- clusive Ngapali beach resort on the Indian Ocean. There we enjoyed ocean swimming (no snorkeling reefs), beach lounging, Thai massage & spa, and Continental as well as Asian buffets. A relaxing end to our Bhu- ddist immersion adventure. Thwa dau mal (goodbye) Myanmar. May peace and democracy be in your near future.
Sources: Lonely Planet, Wikipedia, Countries and Their Cultures
Slovenia On Foot – The Jewel of the Alps
I have traveled in over 40 countries, many of them off the beaten path – including Martinique, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Crete, Elba and Montenegro. For those who want to venture beyond the guidebook shelves at the book store, there is a treasure trove of nooks and crannies around the globe for the adventurous traveler. Slovenia presents a wealth of them.
I advocate touring in a group on foot – walking, hiking, or trekking. This up close perspective is not only preferable to scenery flying by out the window of a bus or car, but the exhausting days become a catalyst for evenings of bonding, bonhomie, celebration, singing, dancing and unusually good cheer These elevated spirits in turn permeate interactions with people you encounter along the route. The locals sense a refreshingly different disposition than the people who step out of cars or off buses.
On September of 2015, I set out for Slovenia. The country is an infrequently traveled destination that rewards visitors with sublime crystal lakes, picturesque Alpine meadows, aquamarine-colored whitewater rivers, and rugged limestone mountain ranges.
On this trip, I joined up with 10 hikers from Minneapolis, Chicago, and Massachusetts to explore the countryside on foot, hiking around a series of Bed and Breakfast accommodations throughout urban and rural locations. From this up close perspective, we got an intimate sense of the country's history, landmarks, wildlife, botanical treasures, culture, food, drink, singing and dancing.
Slovenia is a small country that despite its tumultuous past, has successfully come into its own since independence in 1991. It is now a flourishing economic, political and cultural hub in Central Europe. Nestled between Croatia, Italy, Austria and Hungary the populace has been dominated by foreign rule since the Celts established the first state in the 3rd century BC. They were ruled by the Roman Empire for centuries, then overtaken by the Franks and briefly, the Turks. Compulsory education was established under Marie Therese's Hapsburg reign in the 18th century. With the ensuing flowering of literature, art, political and financial clout, Slovenia began to claim equal footing in cultural circles with other European nations.
Monastery Ruins
World War I was devastating for Slovenia, as a 3 year battle was waged on the Austro- Hungarian side of the border formed by the Soca river. Numerous bunkers, trenches and roads rutted from armaments still scar the countryside. The Austro-Hungarian army conscripted several hundred thousand Slovenes, and the ensuing battles caused 30,000 deaths on native soil. Hundreds of thousands more were resettled in refugee camps in Austria and Italy. After the war Slovenia was sliced up and absorbed into Austria and Italy.
Kobarid Museum – View from the Trenches WWI
In 1921 the kingdom of Yugoslavia was formed by Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, with Slovenia being the most prosperous, industrialized and westernized. During World War II Slovenia was the only European nation to be completely annexed once again by Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Hungary. In Kobarid Slovenia, a young Ernest Hemingway collected the wounded in his ambulance and immortalized the last battle for the front in "A Farewell to Arms." In 1945, Yugoslavian liberators created a federal communist state which Slovenia joined as a socialist republic. Yugoslavia did enjoy broader freedoms under Josep Tito than the USSR-controlled Eastern Bloc countries. I travelled the Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia quite freely in 1973, and it was a marked contrast to the tight military controls exercised in Hungary and Bulgaria. Finally, in 1990, Slovenians walked out of the Serbian controlled Yugoslav Congress, effectively causing it to cease as a national party. In 1991 Slovenia held free elections creating a multi-party democracy. Subsequently they were welcomed into the United Nations, NATO and the EU.
Despite past transgressions, the country remains the jewel of the alps; incredibly picturesque, accessible and not nearly as tourist-trafficked for adventurers as the French, Italian, Austrian or Swiss Alps. I find the Slovenians quite genial and resilient, perhaps because they have successfully weathered a turbulent history.
Recovering from breast cancer surgery just 4 months previously, I got the news that I needed follow up surgery to remove additional tissue. I had signed up for the trip before I got the surprise diagnosis, and deliberated back and forth whether I should go. But mentally I needed this trip to fortify myself, so I got the authorizing letters from various doctors saying I was fit to do it. I struck a deal with my surgeon to take a couple of weeks off from cancer treatment to take this plunge.
I would have accompanied my husband, Foreign Service daughter and her spouse to New Zealand in early October, but I had a wedding which conflicted with their timing. So I was able to join an REI tour to Slovenia's Julian Alps instead. This was to be a hiking or "trekking" tour. It had been four years since I trekked 60 km in Bhutan and a year since I solo backpacked the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Ljubljana Prešernov Trg Square
The capital city of Ljubljana was our gathering point, and I arrived a day early on to explore the Old Town, Prešernov Trg square overlooking the linden-lined terraces along the Ljubljanica River, the Modern Art Museum, and the Kastle featuring a unique puppetry exhibit. I dined at an outdoor restaurant that served traditional dishes such as kranjska klobasa (sausages), fragrant sauerkraut, štruklji (rolled dumplings), venison and rabbit among other offerings, all washed down with Lasko beer or sparkling water.
Kastle Puppetry Exhibit
Our tour mates convened the next afternoon with native guides Alesa and Nina. Nearly everyone in our group of 11 had met the previous year on an REI tour to Mount Blanc, France. We had so much fun together we decided to replicate the experience in Slovenia. From Minneapolis we had a surgeon, family practice doctor duo, a dentist and dental hygienist couple, a stock market research analyst, a widowed Norwegian dad raising 3 daughters and a retired marketer (me) .There was a software developer and an event planner husband and wife from Chicago and a Massachusetts couple who were a nurse and nurse anesthetist. In terms of professional expertise, we had all of the bases covered medically. I appreciated having these resources at hand for bandages on blistered feet and electrolyte tablets for muscle cramps.
REI Slovenia Tour Mates (Cindy in the shorts)
This was a group of rigorous hikers and riotous partiers! The cookies, chocolate, chips, beer and wine came out every afternoon after we finished hiking. Then dinner with the guides and often dancing with the Brits or the Slovenes, with singing and international toasting contests.
My companions were all in their late 40's to early 60's, younger than me and incredibly fit. Two couples were going biking for 3-4 days in France or the Czech Republic after Slovenia. Several were half marathon runners. Not me, but I am a YMCA workout fanatic. Nonetheless at age 66 I invariably took up the rear, lagging about 5-10 minutes in summiting, but I did successfully complete all 8 days of it. A highlight was the thrill of white water rafting on the clear, emerald blue waters of the Soca River. I couldn't see without my glasses, but it was captured on video for later enjoyment.
The first afternoon we went for a two hour walk around pristine Lake Bled, a glacial lake fed by thermal springs. There is a church-topped islet and a cliffside medieval castle basking in the autumnal afternoon sun. Afterwards we enjoyed the local confection of Cream Cake and traveled to our next event, a day's hike on the ridgeline toward Mt. Rodica.
Lake Bled in Triglav National Park
We took a gondola and then a ski lift to the Mt. Vogel ski area. Riding high in the cable car affords a spectacular view of the surroundings – oak and hornbeam forests at lower levels transitioning into massive beech forests with touches of larch, spruce and dwarf pines in the alpine elevations. The mountain views are stunning from the ridge. We hiked 10 miles in 5 –6 hours with a 2000 foot elevation gain.
Ridge Lake toward Mt. Rodica
Alpine wildflowers have made amazing adaptations to cope with harsh weather. They entrap rapidly draining precipitation, attract rare pollinators with colorful and fragrant flowers and provide enticing food for animals. Varieties here include edelweiss, bellflowers, orchids and gentians.
Each night except one we spent at a pleasant small hotel or pension with continental/English breakfast then often dining at a good local restaurant for dinner. We are reminded by our bus driver, Tomas (who dances a rousing polka) that if you drive anywhere in Slovenia for 1 ½ hours you hit another national border.
Joan and the Leopard Boy at the mountain hut
We trekked from Lake Bohinj to a rustic mountain hut near Mt. Bogatin. A series of steep switchbacks took us up out of a box canyon and into lovely alpine country. We were on the lookout for unique local fauna such as chamois, brown bear, or alpine ibex, but no sightings other than squirrels, the occasional black grouse, or peregrine. We stopped at a hut for lunch, joining other hiking groups, but continued upward in the afternoon. The day's trek was 11 miles, 5-6 hours and an elevation gain of 3,000' feet. That night we shared the hut with a group of young Brits bent on dancing and singing with whoever in our group would join them. There is always bonhomie among fellow hikers.
Lake Bohinj
The weather was BAD….a torrential downpour with lightning that dropped more than 3 inches of rain in just a few hours. We had to descend and it took about 5 hours because of slippery paths. Unfortunately, the storm obscured what would have been a stunning view of the Gulf of Trieste, the Dolomites in Italy and the Austrian Alps which had been our plan. We all used newspaper and hair dryers to take care of soggy boots. Our hotel that night had a sauna and a pool which was a great relief for weary bodies.
We visited a haunting WWI commemorative museum in the morning, reminding us of the desolate bunkers and largely unmarked cemeteries we had seen in the mountains.
Kobarid Museum – WWI Armaments
At lunch after much teasing about his dancing skills, our guide Alessa donned an Austrian Tyrol hat and Lederhosen , brought out an accordion player and danced the polka with Joan, our party instigator. Soon everyone joined in.
In the afternoon, most of us opted for rafting the amazingly clear, emerald blue Soca River. Wet suits were a given, and the rapids were tough at times and unusually rough at the highest elevation due to the area rainfall. Our Scottish guide and skipper regaled us with stories of wild rafting escapades. While our run was hair raising, there were no casualties.
We spent the evening in Koberid, scene of the 1917 Battle of Caporetto and as mentioned earlier, Hemmingway's "A Farewell to Arms." At night we dined on seafood that was exquisite: fresh mussels from mussels farms close by, sea bass, prawns, pasta, polenta, yellow beans, roasted vegetables and sorbet for dessert.
Piran, Slovenia
We began to wind down, hiking the vast meadows from Livek to Mt. Matajur on the border with Italy. We had breathtaking views of Slovenia's Krn ranges as well as the plains of Friull and the Gulf of Trieste. Our day ended in Piran, a picturesque Adriatic fishing village. We hiked 7 miles in 4 hours on dirt paths and through green meadows with an elevation gain of 3,000 feet. That evening we dined on goat and wild boar, which were surprisingly tasty.
We explored the open market in Piran, replete with WWI helmets, antique crocheted items, vases, old trunks, antlers, and all sorts of what is best described as "junk." There are a number of affordable Slovenian fashion shops as well. We strolled along the beach from Piran to the Bay of Strujan where we took a look at how sea salt is produced. We passed through a pedestrian tunnel that took us to Portoroz for further exploration Late morning we boarded a traditional fishing boat and spent the afternoon cruising the Slovene coastline. It was too cold to swim however with air temperatures at 60 degrees.
For dinner we had mussels, black ink risotto with squid, sea bass, octopus, French fries and green salad with cabbage and tomatoes. Then we got into a "shot" contest instigated by a table of Germans, with a few of the challengers ending up on the floor to gales of laughter. We had a final dessert then reminisced individually about our trip over a candlelit square, with the stars overhead. We gave heartfelt thanks to our guides Alessa and Nina.
All in all, a most satisfying adventure— with exquisite scenery, rugged hikes, wonderful food and hospitality plus amiable companions— to an oft-overlooked European gem of a country.
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Heritage Tour in India
India is a country with an ancient heritage of its own. The medieval temples, rock-cut caves, palaces, forts or the exhibitions of the majestic lifestyle of the Indian emperors; all possess the imperial traditions once complied with religiously in India. From Delhi, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Goa to Kerala; every destination has in store its own cultural legacy.
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The Heritage Tours of India conducted by us are an initiative to familiarize the Indians as well as the foreigners with the rich Indian legacy. India is a melting pot of religions and also cultures, with a rich history and present. With various traditions present in one nation, India draws visitors from around the world. Cultural as well as heritage tours in India take you past the lavish exterior of travel and into genuine experiences. Have a look at our picks of the best cultural as well as heritage tours in India.
If a heritage tour of India interests you, here are 5 heritage India tours you must not miss out on:
1. Taj Mahal, Agra - Symbol of Love
This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as well as one of the most important parts of India's cultural heritage. You would need to be living under a rock to not recognize about Taj Mahal, among the 7 wonders of the world. Built in the 17th century, it is a splendid example of Mughal architecture. The white stone used on the construction of the monument still shines bright. Taj Mahal is the epitome of love around the world because it was constructed by an emperor who was truly in love with his wife.
2. Gujarat: Rann of Kutch, the White Desert
Gujarat's Rann Utsav festival is a cultural program that celebrates the rich culture as well as the heritage of the country. The event takes place every year from November to February, and highlights the beauty of the 'land of the white desert'. Visitors can witness the creative ability of the local artisans and craftspeople, as well as vibrant folk music and dance performances.
3. Rajasthan: Exploring the land of the Rajput's
An alluring combination of history, heritage and the grand Rajputana way of living, a trip of Rajasthan lets you take a look of the grandeur of India's past. Rajasthan has a few of the most attractive cultural websites in India. Many cultural fairs are held in the state, where you can witness vibrant clothes, lively folk music and stalls selling local handicrafts.
4. Tamil Nadu
The heritage tours of Tamil Nadu comprise architectural galore of UNESCO World Heritage sites, the great Living Chola Temples, stunning sculptures and also early colonial charms. Explore the British Colonial structures in Chennai. Marvel at monolithic temples, arts & displays, the gem of Pallava dynasty in Mahabalipuram. Savor the beauty of the former French swarm, Pondicherry or the neglected Dutch town, Tranquebar. The old granite temples of Thanjavur and also Kancheepuram, one of the seven sacred cities of India deserve a mention. Chettinad, the old community of Chettiars is among historic places in Tamil Nadu that you must visit.
5. Kerala, God's Own Country
Kerala is the most stunning state of South India. Your journey is incomplete without a tour to Kerala. While you can invest some positive time under the darkness of the coconut trees, the backwaters exhibit a splendid view. It is a state blessed with natural bounties as well as for this reason besides sightseeing and tour, the delicious seafood is a perfect treats for a vacation.
It is a state rich in cultural activities, like Kathakali dancing. It is a seat of the old medication as well as treatment, Ayurveda and hence here you can rejuvenate your senses and return to a healthy lifestyle with the use of natural herbs and oils. We cover the popular destination of Trivandrum, Kovalam, Alleppey, Kumarakom, Thekkady, Munnar, and.
This is India, where heritage and also culture meet you at every step. We offer heritage tours of various destinations including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, and Kerala and so on.
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Incredible India is stage to explore the best tourist places In India, from the Himalayan Mountains to the beaches of Goa, and from the endlessly green tea plantations to deserts and salt pans crossed by camels.


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SEC December 24, 2018
SEC Got All Grinchy on Crowe, Four Partners for Bad Banana of an Audit
We interrupt your Christmas Eve merriment to bring you this press release from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which on Dec. 21 announced not-so-glad tidings about Crowe LLP's audit team:
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled charges against national audit firm Crowe LLP, two of its partners, and two partners of a now-defunct audit firm for their significant failures in audits of Corporate Resource Services Inc., which went bankrupt in 2015 after the discovery of approximately $100 million in unpaid federal payroll tax liabilities.
The SEC's order against Crowe finds that its audit team identified pervasive fraud risks in connection with its 2013 audit of Corporate Resource Services yet failed to:
Include procedures designed to detect the company's undisclosed payroll tax obligations;
Properly identify and audit the company's related-party transactions;
Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to respond to these fraud risks, support recognition of revenue, and otherwise support the audit opinion;
Evaluate substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern; and
Conduct a proper engagement quality review.
The order also finds that Crowe was not independent as a result of an ongoing direct business relationship with Corporate Resource Services. According to the order, the audit deficiencies occurred despite the involvement of Crowe's national office, which was aware of the high-risk nature of the engagement and the inability to obtain appropriate evidence. The order also finds that Crowe's engagement partner, Joseph C. Macina, and engagement quality reviewer, Kevin V. Wydra, caused Crowe's audit failures.
A related order finds that Mitchell J. Rubin and Michael Bernstein, former partners at Rosen, Seymour, Shapps, Martin & Co., LLP, engaged in fraud and performed a highly deficient audit of Corporate Resource Services' 2012 financial statements, which amounted to no audit at all, and that Bernstein caused the firm to lack the required independence when he failed to comply with partner rotation requirements.
"The audit standards are designed to ensure that public accounting firms have reasonable procedures to identify and respond to illegality and issues that pose material risks to the integrity of an issuer's financial statements," said Anita B. Bandy, Associate Director in the Division of Enforcement. "As set out in our order, the pervasive audit failures of Crowe and these accountants left investors with a misleading picture of Corporate Resource Services' financial condition."
The SEC's orders find that Crowe violated the audit requirement and accountant reporting provisions of the federal securities laws and that Macina and Wydra caused those violations. The orders find that Rubin and Bernstein violated the antifraud provisions and caused violations of the audit requirement and accountant reporting provisions of the federal securities laws. The orders also find that Crowe, Macina, Wydra, Rubin, and Bernstein caused Corporate Resource Services to violate the issuer reporting provisions of the federal securities laws. Additionally, the orders find that Crowe, Macina, Wydra, Rubin, and Bernstein engaged in improper professional conduct.
Crowe has agreed to pay a penalty of $1.5 million, be censured, and retain an independent compliance consultant to review its audit policies and procedures. Macina, Rubin, and Bernstein each agreed to pay a penalty of $25,000, and Wydra has agreed to pay a penalty of $15,000. Macina, Wydra, Rubin, and Bernstein agreed to be suspended from appearing and practicing before the SEC as an accountant, which includes not participating in the financial reporting or audits of public companies. The SEC's order permits Macina and Wydra to apply for reinstatement after three years and one year, respectively. Crowe, Macina, Wydra, Rubin, and Bernstein, who settled without admitting or denying the findings, also were ordered to cease and desist from future violations.
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Aten's Last Queen (The Forgotten Book 1)
by: J. Lynn Else
In a time with more change and unrest than any other in Egyptian history, one 12-year-old girl became queen over the nation. Can she stand against the tides of time which have already consumed the rest of her family? Discover the adventure of one Egyptian queen's life.
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"I am King Tut's wife, but my name is barely a whisper in history's memory. I was the last of my family to survive the Aten revolution. I had a child at age 12 and was forced to marry three times. But that didn't mean my story ended badly. My name is Ankhesenamun, my loved ones called me An, and I will stop at nothing to save my family."
Despite the vast treasure found in Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb, there is little left over regarding his bride. From the turbulence of her father's reign, Akhenaten, who forced monotheism on the country, to the mending of these wounds by the now-famous Tutankhamun, her life saw more change than most ancient Egyptians dared even dream about. Evidence left to us about her is this: She was forced to marry her father, her brother, and her grandfather. She gave birth to one healthy baby girl and two stillborn girls. She was widowed at age 12 and 23. She saw four pharaohs crowned within 23 years. After her grandfather took the throne, she disappeared from history.
Ankhesenamun grew up a princess and became a queen at age 13. Her husband, Tutankhamun, was 9. With outside forces try to influence every choice they make, Ankhesenamun finds herself torn between her heart and her duty.
With a twist of biblical history interlaced, Ankhesenamun's voice has a new song to sing which has otherwise been forgotten. Her story weaves through the sands of time as in each chapter, she narrates her past and the path her life has been directed to take. Between chapters, Ankhesenamun is dealing with the repercussions of her husband's death as power-hungry men are grappling for pharaoh's crown.
Can a lone woman stand against the tides of time which have already consumed her parents, her sisters, and her husband? Will she find a way to overcome the most terrible of all fates—having her name erased from the walls of history? May the gods have mercy that she does not become one of the forgotten . . .


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