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TRIP PLANNER 58 days in Southeast Asia Itinerary
58 days in Southeast Asia Itinerary
Created using Inspirock Asia itinerary planner
Start: Auckland, New Zealand
Fly to Boracay, Ferry to Boracay
Boracay, Philippines
— 10 nights
Ferry to Caticlan, Fly to Dili
Dili, East Timor
Ubud, Indonesia
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
End: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Mon, Feb 3 - Tue, Apr 1 Edit
Boracay, Philippines — 10 nights
All of 7 km (4.3 mi) long, the island of Boracay remains an idyllic destination drawing beach-goers from around the world.
Dedicate the 9th (Sun) to wine at 1Boracay. There's much more to do: discover the deep blue sea with a scuba or snorkeling tour, head off the coast to Boracay, kick back and relax at Diniwid Beach, and stroll through White Beach.
To see more things to do, traveler tips, where to stay, and other tourist information, use the Boracay trip itinerary website.
Auckland, New Zealand to Boracay is an approximately 18.5-hour combination of flight and ferry. Due to the time zone difference, you'll gain 4 hours traveling from Auckland to Boracay. When traveling from Auckland in February, plan for a bit warmer days in Boracay, with highs around 32°C, while nights are about the same with lows around 26°C. Cap off your sightseeing on the 13th (Thu) early enough to travel to Dili.
Things to do in Boracay
Outdoors · Parks · Beaches · Tours
Find places to stay Feb 3 — 13:
Scuba & Snorkeling
1Boracay
Diniwid Beach
See Philippines Travel Guide
Dili, East Timor — 3 nights
When East Timor declared itself independent from Indonesia in 2002, the small town of Dili took center stage as the nation's capital.
Take a break from Dili with a short trip to Old Ai Pelo Prison in Liquica, about 48 minutes away. The adventure continues: appreciate the history behind Cristo Rei, see the interesting displays at The Archives & Museum of East Timorese Resistance, see some colorful creatures with Adrenalin Timor, and take an in-depth tour of Chega! Exhibition.
For where to stay, maps, photos, and tourist information, you can read our Dili holiday builder.
You can do a combination of ferry and flight from Boracay to Dili in 18.5 hours. The time zone difference moving from Philippine Standard Time to East Timor Time is 1 hour. Finish your sightseeing early on the 17th (Mon) to allow enough time to fly to Ubud.
Things to do in Dili
Museums · Historic Sites · Shopping · Wildlife
Old Ai Pelo Prison
Find places to stay Feb 14 — 17:
The Archives & Museum of East Timorese Resistance
See East Timor Travel Guide
Ubud, Indonesia — 9 nights
Experience small-town Bali in Ubud, an atmospheric town surrounded by small settlements, farms, and rice paddies.
Get out of town with these interesting Ubud side-trips: Kuta (Kuta Beach - Bali & Waterbom Bali), Seminyak (Nyaman Cafe & Boutique & Nyaman Gallery) and Tanah Lot Temple (in Beraban). There's lots more to do: tour the pleasant surroundings at Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary, view the masterpieces at Five Art Studio, relax and rejuvenate at some of the best spas, and kick back and relax at Pantai Sanur.
For photos, where to stay, other places to visit, and more tourist information, refer to the Ubud day trip planning site.
You can fly from Dili to Ubud in 5 hours. Due to the time zone difference, you'll gain 1 hour traveling from Dili to Ubud. February in Ubud sees daily highs of 36°C and lows of 28°C at night. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 26th (Wed) to allow time to fly to Bandar Seri Begawan.
Things to do in Ubud
Outdoors · Parks · Beaches · Wildlife
Tegalalang, Kuta, Seminyak, Pantai Sanur, Tirta Empul Temple
Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary
Tanah Lot Temple
Waterbom Bali
See Indonesia Travel Guide
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam — 2 nights
The capital of the Sultanate of Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan offers a variety of entertainment in a modern Islamic setting.
Bandar Seri Begawan is known for sightseeing, museums, and historic sites. Your trip includes some of its best attractions: admire the striking features of Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, Brunei, stroll around Tasek Lama Recreational Park, have fun at The Mall, and take an in-depth tour of Kampong Ayer Cultural & Tourism Gallery.
To find maps, other places to visit, where to stay, and more tourist information, read Bandar Seri Begawan online attractions planner.
Traveling by flight from Ubud to Bandar Seri Begawan takes 5.5 hours. February in Bandar Seri Begawan sees daily highs of 36°C and lows of 28°C at night. On the 28th (Fri), wrap the sightseeing up by early afternoon so you can fly to Singapore.
Things to do in Bandar Seri Begawan
Museums · Parks · Historic Sites · Fun & Games
Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, Brunei
Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque
Tasek Lama Recreational Park
See Brunei Darussalam Travel Guide
Singapore, Singapore — 6 nights
Lion City
A Singapore vacation reveals the many charms of a leading city-state and regional hub of culture, retail, and tourism.
Singapore is known for parks, sightseeing, and shopping. Your trip includes some of its best attractions: take in nature's colorful creations at Singapore Botanic Gardens, identify plant and animal life at Jurong Bird Park, learn about wildlife with up-close encounters at Singapore Zoo, and go for a stroll along the water at Marina Bay.
To see traveler tips, ratings, maps, and other tourist information, go to the Singapore tour planner.
Traveling by flight from Bandar Seri Begawan to Singapore takes 5.5 hours. Alternatively, you can do a combination of bus and ferry. In February, plan for daily highs up to 36°C, and evening lows to 29°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 6th (Thu) so you can fly to Kuala Lumpur.
Parks · Theme Parks · Museums · Nature
Find places to stay Feb 28 — Mar 6:
Singapore Zoo
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — 8 nights
Garden City of Lights
A holiday in Kuala Lumpur, a modern metropolis and capital of Malaysia, reveals a place where colonial influences, Asian traditions, and modern aesthetics come together in urban architecture and street layout.
Venture out of the city with trips to Raja Haji Fisabilillah Mosque (in Cyberjaya) and Putra Mosque (in Putrajaya). There's still lots to do: admire the landmark architecture of Petronas Twin Towers, stroll around KL Bird Park, buy something for everyone on your list at Central Market Kuala Lumpur, and explore the fascinating underground world of Batu Caves.
To see reviews, where to stay, photos, and tourist information, you can read our Kuala Lumpur trip maker tool.
You can fly from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur in 3 hours. Alternatively, you can drive; or take a bus. In March, plan for daily highs up to 39°C, and evening lows to 28°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 14th (Fri) so you can fly to Bangkok.
Things to do in Kuala Lumpur
Historic Sites · Parks · Shopping · Museums
Batu Caves, Petaling Jaya, Lord Murugan Statue, Raja Haji Fisabilillah Mosque, Putra Mosque
Find places to stay Mar 6 — 14:
Petronas Twin Towers
KLCC Park
See Malaysia Travel Guide
Bangkok, Thailand — 9 nights
Enjoy cultural, historical, and culinary exploration during your holiday in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand and the most populous city in the country.
Explore Bangkok's surroundings by going to Ayutthaya (Wat Ratchaburana (Temple of the Royal Restoration), Wat Maha That, &more). The adventure continues: contemplate the long history of The Grand Palace, shop like a local with Chatuchak Weekend Market, make a trip to Wat Pho, and browse the different shops at Siam Paragon.
To see ratings, maps, where to stay, and other tourist information, read Bangkok road trip site.
You can fly from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok in 5 hours. Other options are to drive; or take a train. The time zone changes from Malaysia Time (MYT) to Indochina Time (ICT), which is usually a -1 hour difference. March in Bangkok sees daily highs of 40°C and lows of 30°C at night. Cap off your sightseeing on the 23rd (Sun) early enough to catch the flight to Siem Reap.
Historic Sites · Shopping · Museums · Parks
Find places to stay Mar 14 — 23:
Temple Of Dawn (Wat Arun)
See Thailand Travel Guide
Siem Reap, Cambodia — 9 nights
Temple Town
Once a small village in northwest Cambodia, Siem Reap now serves as a gateway to the Angkor region's World Heritage-listed temple and other attractions.
Spend the 26th (Wed) wandering through the wild on a nature and wildlife tour. Spend the 27th (Thu) behind the viewfinder with an inspiring photography tour. And it doesn't end there: delve into the distant past at Angkor Wat, indulge in some personalized pampering at some of the best spas, make a trip to Pub Street, and see Off-Road Tours.
For more things to do, maps, other places to visit, and other tourist information, you can read our Siem Reap journey maker tool.
Fly from Bangkok to Siem Reap in 5 hours. Alternatively, you can drive; or take a bus. In March in Siem Reap, expect temperatures between 40°C during the day and 29°C at night. Finish your sightseeing early on the 1st (Tue) to allow enough time to travel back home.
Things to do in Siem Reap
Historic Sites · Tours · Outdoors · Wildlife
Find places to stay Mar 23 — Apr 1:
Bayon Temple
See Cambodia Travel Guide
Indonesia trip planner
South Korea trip planner
Philippines trip planner
Dili trip planner
Philippines travel guide
Beaches · Scuba & Snorkeling · Bodies of Water
Pearl of the Orient Seas
Encompassing over 7,600 islands, the Philippines offer plenty of vacation ideas for active travelers. Though the island chain's location leaves it vulnerable to typhoons and earthquakes, it also endows it with plenty of natural resources and biodiversity. For most visitors, a Philippines holiday includes outdoor adventures like kitesurfing, mountain trekking, spelunking, and volcano hiking. Those with a taste for something more relaxing can build a Philippines itinerary around beaches, local fiestas, and the island cuisine, which blends influences from around the world and serves up dishes at once sour, salty, and sweet.
East Timor travel guide
Monuments · Shopping · Specialty Museums
Rugged beaches lure many to take their holiday in East Timor, a former Portuguese colony that gained its independence in 2002 after a brutal occupation by Indonesia. With pristine reefs, steep mountains, mysterious jungle caves, and misty hillside villages, the country represents one of Asia's most charming destinations, where it's still possible to have an off-the-beaten-track adventure. Many choose to tour East Timor by car, stopping at various locations to snap photos, dive into the sea, and mingle with the locals at quaint settlements preserving age-old traditions lost to the rest of the world. Those preferring urban experiences concentrate on Dili, the ultra-relaxed capital with access to both sea and mountains.
Indonesia travel guide
Spas · Beaches · Scuba & Snorkeling
Emerald of the Equator
Boasting over 18,000 islands, Indonesia represents the world's largest archipelago, serving as home to about 250 million people. A kaleidoscope of cultures, the country encompasses some 300 ethnic groups and nearly 750 different languages and dialects--an astounding cultural diversity that makes an Indonesia holiday especially rewarding. Begin your Indonesia tour by discovering the country's big cities, huge melting pots bursting with energy and soaked in centuries of dramatic history. From there, head farther afield: the nation's varied landscapes of volcanoes, white-sand beaches, and sprawling tropical forests draw adrenaline junkies seeking an exotic land offering perhaps the world's last truly great outdoor adventures.
Brunei Darussalam travel guide
Landmarks · Architectural Buildings · Specialty Museums
A small but wealthy country benefiting hugely from large deposits of petroleum and natural gas, Brunei Darussalam sits on the vital sea routes connecting the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. While business-minded travelers make the trip to Brunei Darussalam to invest in some of Southeast Asia's biggest oil fields, tourists flock here to explore culturally rich cities and biologically diverse wilderness areas. National parks protect old-growth forests and coral reefs, providing a lush playground for intrepid hikers, bird-watchers, and divers. Well-rounded tours of Brunei Darussalam usually begin in Bandar Seri Begawan, a thriving capital city in which majestic mosques and modern museums contrast with a somewhat chaotic water village, where hundreds of private homes seem to float on the surface of the Brunei River.
Malaysia travel guide
Architectural Buildings · Shopping Malls · Parks
An unusual blend of a developing nation and the modern world, Malaysia ranks as one of the richest countries in Southeast Asia, its prosperity largely resting on thriving high-tech industries. Malaysia vacations remain a more affordable alternative to the expensive tourism in some neighboring countries. Take a trip to Malaysia to explore busy cities filled with colonial-era architecture, tranquil tea plantations supporting a large portion of the local population, and dozens of scattered islands happily evading the worst aspects of mass tourism. While there may be fewer visitors, there's no shortage of fine beaches, mangrove estuaries, and verdant rainforests filled with exotic wildlife.
Sacred & Religious Sites · Beaches · Gift & Specialty Shops
Land of Smiles
Offering a rich culinary heritage, sun-kissed beaches, exotic culture, tropical climate, and stunning landscapes, a Thailand vacation remains one of the world's greatest magnets for curious travelers. In between the busy and crowded cities, the Asian nation features a quiet countryside: a blend of lush rice paddies, flourishing tropical forests, and tiny villages living according to an age-old agricultural clock that continues to play a major role in the locals' lifestyle. A tour of Thailand reveals a deep devotion to Buddhism, exemplified by eye-catching temples lavishly decorated with golden Buddha statues, simple shrines, and lively religious festivals celebrated throughout the country.
Ruins · Historic Sites · Spas
For over six centuries, the mighty Khmer Empire flourished in Cambodia, a scenic land of majestic temples, pristine waterfalls, and dense jungles. A protectorate of France between 1863 and 1953, the country suffered under the Khmer Rouge, a ruling party remembered mostly for its part in organizing the bloody Cambodian genocide of the 1970s. Today, a trip to Cambodia will reveal the region's troubled history, but also some of Southeast Asia's most significant archaeological sites. Few tourist attractions in Cambodia match the splendor of Angkor Wat, a World Heritage-listed temple complex that represents the biggest religious monument on the planet.


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Rural Hospital Closures Increasing

Money problems are causing a rash of rural hospital closures -- 48 since 2010. Declining reimbursements, especially in states that chose not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, are the primary culprit, experts say. Could we be headed for a repeat of the 1980s and '90s, when 440 small hospitals closed before Congress took action?

by Guy Gugliotta March 17, 2015 March 17, 2015
Red pins designate rural hospitals that have closed since 2010, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. Yellow pins designate hospital closures from 2005 to 2009. See complete list of hospitals on the second page of the story.
[imgcontainer][img:hospclosmap.PNG][source]NC Rural Health Research Program[/source]Red pins designate rural hospitals that have closed since 2010, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. Yellow pins designate hospital closures from 2005 to 2009. See complete list of hospitals on the second page of the story.[/imgcontainer]
The following article was published originally by Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit national health policy news service.
MOUNT VERNON, Texas—Despite residents' concerns and a continuing need for services, the 25-bed hospital that served this small East Texas town for more than 25 years closed its doors at the end of 2014, joining the ranks of dozens of other small rural hospitals that have been unable to weather the punishment of a changing national health care environment.
For the high percentages of elderly and uninsured patients who live in rural areas, closures mean longer trips for treatment and uncertainty during times of crisis. "I came to the emergency room when I had panic attacks," said George Taylor, 60, a retired federal government employee. "It was very soothing and the staff was great. I can't imagine Mount Vernon without a hospital."
The Kansas-based National Rural Health Association, which represents around 2,000 small hospitals throughout the country and other rural care providers, says that 48 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, the majority in Southern states, and 283 others are in trouble. In Texas along, 10 have changed.
"If there was one particular policy causing the trouble, it would be easy to understand," said health economist Mark Holmes, from the University of North Carolina, whose rural health research program studies national trends in rural health care. "But there are a lot of things going on."
Experts and practitioners cite declining federal reimbursements for hospitals under the Affordable Care Act as the principal reason for the recent closures. Besides cutting back on Medicare, the law reduced payments to hospitals for the uninsured, a decision based on the assumption that states would expand their Medicaid programs. However, almost two dozen states have refused to do so. In addition, other Medicare cuts caused by a budget disagreement in Congress have also hurt hospitals' bottom lines.
But rural hospitals also suffer from multiple endemic disadvantages that drive down profit margins and make it virtually impossible to achieve economies of scale.
These include declining populations; disproportionate numbers of elderly and uninsured patients; the frequent need to pay doctors better than top dollar to get them to work in the hinterlands; the cost of expensive equipment that is necessary but frequently underused; the inability to provide lucrative specialty services and treatments; and an emphasis on emergency and urgent care, chronic money-losers.
'Another Disaster'
Rural health care experts caution that national and state officials need to address the problems for rural hospitals or they could face a repeat of the catastrophic closings that followed changes in the Medicare payment system 30 years ago. That 1983 change, called the "prospective payment system," established fixed reimbursements for care instead of payments based on a hospital's reported costs. That change rewarded large, efficient providers, but 440 small hospitals closed before the system was adjusted in 1997 to help them. Those adjustments created the designation of critical access hospitals for some small, isolated facilities, which are exempted from the fixed payment system.
"And now, beginning in 2010, we've had another series of cuts that are all combining to create another expansion of closures just like we saw in the '90s," said Brock Slabach, senior vice president of the Rural Health Association. "We don't want to wake up with another disaster."
The current surge in closures means federal officials need to come up with new legislation to halt the recent cuts to small hospitals in order to "buy time" to figure out how rural hospitals should effectively operate in the future, said the association's chief lobbyist, Maggie Elehwany. "It is important to stop the bleeding right now."
In Mount Vernon, a town of 2,678 people nestled in grassland and dairy country about two hours east of Dallas, family practitioner Jean Latortue has taken out a lease on the now-vacant hospital building to convert it into an outpatient and urgent care clinic at his own expense. Reopening may be a risky move, he acknowledged, but the need is there.
"The community went into panic mode," he said. "I figured I had to step up."
The non-profit ETMC Regional Healthcare System, based in Tyler, Texas, closed the Mount Vernon hospital and two others of its then-12 rural hospital affiliates because it could no longer sustain operating losses that had persisted for five years.
"There was no ill will," Franklin County Judge Scott Lee said in an interview from his Mount Vernon office. "They were losing money. We had a good working relationship for years, and they had a business decision to make."
The table below contains 48 rural hospitals that have closed since 2010. If you know of a rural hospital that has closed since then that isn't on this list, the N.C. Rural Health Research Program would like to hear from you.
Mount Vernon's Issues
Perry Henderson, senior vice president of affiliate hospitals for ETMC, a major health care provider in East Texas, noted that rural hospitals have many uninsured patients, and Medicare accounts for "60 to 70 percent of the business," while in "Dallas or Houston it's a fraction of that."
Mount Vernon, with lakefront properties that are attractive to retirees, has its share of elderly patients. Henderson also noted that many rural hospitals also have to deal with large numbers of agricultural accidents. Farming, another Mount Vernon staple, is one of the country's most dangerous occupations. Finally, he added, country roads bring large numbers of traffic accidents. When there's no hospital, emergencies mean longer trips to get help.
Henderson and other experts cite three reasons for the rash of closures nationally. Sequestration, the across-the-board federal budget cut that arose out of the legislative impasse between the Obama administration and congressional Republicans, has resulted in a 2 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursements since 2013.
"If Medicare is 50 percent of your revenue and you lose two points," North Carolina's Holmes said, "it can be a killer."
Rural hospitals took a second hit from the federal health law's reductions in "disproportionate share hospital" payments to hospitals with large numbers of indigent and uninsured patients. Federal officials made the cuts assuming that the law would assure that more patients had insurance.
It hasn't worked well in rural areas, the Rural Health Association's Elehwany said, because annual deductibles for the new insurance plans, which come out of consumers' pockets, "are running between $2,500 and $5,000," and people can't pay them.
And in communities such as Mount Vernon, this problem is exacerbated because Texas, along with 22 other states, has refused to expand Medicaid, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act.
"That's a big deal," ETMC's Henderson said. "That's when we had the hurt."
Latortue, who came to Mount Vernon as an ETMC hospital doctor in 2008, appears undaunted by the challenges of reinventing the hospital, which was treating an average of eight inpatients a week when it closed. Still, he said, "I'm very busy, and patients need to be seen—we'll be all right."
He intends to provide both outpatient services, including lab work, at the new clinic, and emergency care, stabilizing patients until they can be transferred to the Titus Regional Medical Center in Mt. Pleasant, 16 miles away, or to a smaller facility in Winfield, eight miles away. He also plans a wellness clinic to treat obesity and will offer Botox and laser cosmetic services. A cardiologist and a gastroenterologist will make weekly visits, and he is also looking for an ob-gyn.
Latortue got a favorable lease from the town of Mount Vernon and inherited an X-ray machine and other equipment from ETMC, but he still took out $150,000 in loans for remodeling and needs another $60,000 to $70,000 for equipment.
Still, none of this will replace the hospital, and his patients know it. "I live right behind the building," said Mary Hunter, a very fit grandmother of 73. "I've had very good health until my blood pressure spiked last week," she said. "We retired in 2006 and moved here, partly because of the hospital. And now it's gone."
One in Five Rural Hospitals Vulnerable to Closure, Study Says
COVID-19 Exposes the Precarious State of Rural Health Care in the South
A Tale of Two Hospitals; One Survived, the Other Didn't
Tagged: By Guy Gugliotta, Health, Kaiser Health News
Record Levels of Infections and Deaths Return to Rural Counties
Commentary: It's Time for the Hillbilly Highway to Become a Two-Way Road

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Yields for these ETFs top out at more than 10%.
With interest rates set to stay low for months to come, high-yield ETFs are attractive to some investors.
Actively managed ETF covers multiple asset classes, invests primarily in other ETFs.
The firm behind GYLD hopes to join the growing self-indexing crowd.
The company behind the U.S.-focused income ETF 'MDIV' serves up an international version.
I wrote yesterday about fake ETF pricing 'errors' in the market. But real pricing errors happen all the time.
Yield-hungry ETF investors now have viable options for one-stop shopping.
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Why Should You Buy the New Hyundai Veloster?
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Apparently today is the first day of Spring... here the sky is white and it is so very cold!
In the hope that the weather will catch up and it will start to feel a little more like Spring, here are my Spring picks from littlenestbox.
Also, don't forget to enter the littlenestbox giveaway on facebook to win a 'you are loved' print. The giveaway runs until the end of March, and is open worldwide. Good luck!
The colours and patterns in your liberty spring cloud are so lovely, they do feel very spring like. We had lots of snow here today...the novelty is wearing off.


Note: The Public Service Commission approved Rocky Mountain Power's transition program for customer generators in September 2017. Rocky Mountain Power ceased accepting net metering applications in November 2017. Existing net metering customers can be grandfathered under the previous net metering rules until 12/31/35. Any customer that owns or leases a renewable energy system, or purchases electricity from an independent energy producer operating a renewable energy system that was installed after November 2017 must take service under Schedule 136, the Transition Program. The summary below describes the rules for Schedule 136.
Utah law required the state's only investor-owned utility, Rocky Mountain Power (RMP), to conduct a study of the costs and benefits of net metering; and, working with the Public Service Commission (PSC), to determine a just and reasonable charge, credit, or ratemaking structure, including new or existing tariffs, in light of the costs and benefits. In September 2017, the PSC approved Rocky Mountain Power's Transition Program, Schedule 136, which functions as net billing. Schedule 136 is available to customers who generate electricity using solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, hydrogen, biomass, landfill gas, or geothermal energy. The system capacity limit is 25 kilowatts (kW) for residential systems 2 megawatts (MW) for non-residential systems, whether owned by the utility customer or a third party.
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Wilford Woodruff Home
75 South Main Street, Randolph, UT 84064
This two room log cabin houses artifacts and information about early Mormon leaders. Wilford Woodruff, the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lived here. The building now serves as a visitors information centers. Tours of the cabin...
Randolph Historic Jail
S 1st E St, Randolph, UT 84064
This three-cell jail was built in 1880 of plank and five tons of spikes. Operated by the local chapter of Daughters of Utah Pioneers. The DUP Museum is a log cabin near the jail, and both sites are owned and operated by the...
Paris Tabernacle
98 S Main St, Paris, ID 83261
This Romanesque-style Mormon tabernacle was constructed in 1889 of red sandstone from a quarry 18 miles away. This place of worship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is still used by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A small museum houses...
Oregon Trail - Bear Lake Scenic Byway
2842 N Bear Lake Blvd, Fish Haven, UT 83287
The intersection of US Hwy 89 and US Hwy 30 at Montpelier is the site of the attractive National Oregon-California Trail Center dedicated to the history and scenic wonders of the 2000-mile Oregon-California Trail, part of the largest voluntary migration ever. The sites in this area are...
Montpelier Historic Old Town
661 Washington St, Montpelier, ID 83254
Visit "Old Town" Montpelier, take photos of the bears (carved), where signs in front of the buildings describe the history of the area. Look for the Bank of Montpelier, which was robbed by Butch Cassidy in 1896. Cassidy and his pals got away with over $16,000. The Montpelier Historic District...
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International Frontier Science Letters
IFSL Volume 10
On the Renormalization Group Techniques for the Cubic-Quintic Duffing Equation
A Novel Exactly Theoretical Solvable of Bound States of the Dirac-Kratzer-Fues Problem with Spin and Pseudo-Spin Symmetry
Influence of the Zonal Harmonics of the Primary on L4,5 in the Photogravitational ER3BP
Mathematical Models for Interrelation of Characteristics of the Developing Defects with the Parameters of Acoustic Emission Signals
IFSL > IFSL Volume 10 > Influence of the Zonal Harmonics of the Primary on...
We investigate in the framework of the elliptic restricted three-body problem (ER3BP), the influence of the zonal harmonics (J2 and J4) of the primary and the radiation pressure of the secondary on the positions and stability of the triangular equilibrium points. The triangular points of the problem are affected by the parameters involved in the systems' dynamics. The positions change with increase in the zonal harmonics, eccentricity and radiation pressure. The triangular points remain stable in the interval 0<μ<μc as shown arbitrarily.
International Frontier Science Letters (Volume 10)
https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/IFSL.10.23
J. Singh et al., "Influence of the Zonal Harmonics of the Primary on L4,5 in the Photogravitational ER3BP", International Frontier Science Letters, Vol. 10, pp. 23-36, 2016
Jagadish Singh, Blessing Ashagwu, Umar Aishetu
Celestial Mechanics, ER3BP, Pulsar: Individual PSR J1903+0327
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[1] A. Umar, A. Abubakar Hussain, E. Abouelmagd, "Impacts of Poynting–Robertson Drag and Dynamical Flattening Parameters on Motion around the Triangular Equilibrium Points of the Photogravitational ER3BP", Advances in Astronomy, Vol. 2021, p. 1, 2021
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18th May (Issue 297)
Becky Morgans, Dublin 2 Joint agents Bagnall Doyle MacMahon and CBRE have confirmed their instructions to offer Becky Morgan's, a long-established pub on Grand Canal Street in Dublin 2, to the market for sale by private treaty. The agents are seeking offers in the region of €1.3 million. Becky Morgan's occupies a prominent trading position at the intersection of Grand Canal Street and Macken Street and is close to Barrow Street and Grand Canal Dock, two of Ireland's most coveted business locations in the city. The well-appointed, three-storey over basement property extends to c227 square metres. It comprises a ground floor lounge bar, first floor bar/function room and a second floor catering kitchen with dumb waiter. There are customer toilets at basement and second floor levels and a cold room and stores in the basement cellar. The Business Post, 16th May
Dublin Pubs Two well known Dublin pubs have come to the market with O'Neill's in Dun Laoghaire and the Eagle House in Dundrum being out up for sale. Licensed premises property specialists Lisney (incorporating Morrissey's) has been instructed to bring O'Neill's pub in Dun Laoghaire to the market for sale by private treaty with a guide price of in excess of €800,000. The well-known and popular licensed premises is being offered on behalf of the O'Neill family, who have called time on the pub in order to focus on the development and remodelling of the family's other premises, the Ramblers Rest in Ballybrack in south Dublin. Elsewhere in south Dublin, Lisney has been instructed to bring another well-known licensed premises to market for sale by Private Treaty, namely the Eagle House pub in Dundrum, for which the agent has place a guide price of in excess of €1.35 million. The Eagle occupies a high-profile corner trading position on the village's central junction between its Main Street and Kilmacud Road Upper, opposite the well-known and popular Dundrum Town Centre.The Business Post, 16th May
Trinity Street Car Park One multi-storey car park in Dublin city centre is seeking to capitalise on the changed environment brought about by Covid-19 by transforming its rooftop section into an outdoor restaurant and open air cinema. Plans to alter the upper levels of the Trinity Street car park, which is located behind Dame Street, also include an "immersive art gallery" on the building's 5th floor. Table 21 Restaurants, which is owned by chef, Niall Davidson, has applied for a temporary change of use up to a maximum of three years for the top two storeys of the multi-storey car park. Mr Davidson said he planned to operate the rooftop restaurant and raw bar serving seafood from July to October with opening times of midday to midnight. The owners of the Trinity Street car park said the proposed development "specifically addresses the restrictions of social distancing and indoor dining at a time of uncertainty and provides a unique attraction to combat the decline in visitor numbers witnessed over the past 18 months". The Irish Examiner, 17th May
Morrison Hotel, Dublin Zetland Capital, a London-based private equity firm, has bought the Morrison hotel in Dublin. No price was disclosed but it was reported in March that the deal was expected to be worth more than €65 million. The 145-bedroom boutique hotel on Dublin's quays was owned by Russian billionaire investor Elena Baturina, who bought it from Nama in 2012 for €22 million. Nama took control of the Morrison after it acquired the loans of its developer, the late Hugh O'Regan. The John Rocha-designed property was the first hotel sold by Nama after the crash. Ms Baturina is understood to have invested close to €10 million into a revamp of the property. The hotel currently operates as a Doubletree, a luxury four-star brand owned by Hilton. The Irish Times, 16th May
Ashbourne, Meath A new retail investment opportunity in Ashbourne has come to the market at a guide price of €11.5 million. Located at the heart of the busy town centre, the scheme takes in the entirety of Killegland Street and Desmond Street and is let to a range of well-known domestic and international retailers. Key tenants include McDonald's, New Look, Lifestyle Sports, Boots, Card Factory, O'Brien's fine wines and Euro Giant. The Health Service Executive's Ashbourne Primary Care Centre anchors the scheme and is in occupation on a long-term lease until 2037. While the scheme is also anchored by Tesco, this unit is not included in the sale. The centre has a current occupancy rate of about 75 per cent and a weighted average unexpired lease term (Wault) of 7.8 years to break option and 9.4 years to expiry with a total passing rent of €1,642,388 per annum. There is significant asset management potential according to the selling agent to increase the rent and improve the net operating income with seven deals currently agreed and in legals along with negotiations ongoing on another unit. Should this deal be completed, it would increase the rent receivable to approximately €1,782,000 per annum and the occupancy rate to 83 per cent. The investment's guide price of €11.5 million, exclusive of VAT, reflects a net initial yield of 12.99 per cent, assuming standard purchaser's costs of 9.96 per cent. Should the units in legals and under offer complete in the coming months, the guide price would reflect a net initial yield of 14.09 per cent. The Irish Times, 12th May
If you are interested in purchasing this asset and require financing, please contact Origin Capital as we can arrange senior debt facilities of up to €8.5m for the purchase of this Asset.
Grafton Street, Dublin 2 Tommy Hilfiger have announced that they will not be reopening its store on Grafton Street. Having remained closed since last Christmas due to Covid-19 restrictions, the US fashion retailer has decided to shut its flagship premises permanently. While the impact of the pandemic is believed to have influenced the move to a certain degree, it is understood that the company has decided to exercise the 15-year break option on its 25-year lease 12 months early. In handing back the keys to its landlord now, Tommy Hilfiger is believed to have paid the near €1.7 million rent due for that period. The retailer has occupied the premises at 13-14 Grafton Street since 2007. A spokeswoman for Tommy Hilfiger said: "In line with our strategic objective to further reach and engage with our consumers, we are focusing on next-generation retail experiences to stay ahead of continuously changing shopping behaviours. The US retailer continues to trade from its other Irish stores. The Irish Times, 13th May
HSE, Dublin 8 French asset-management company Corum has secured the HSE as a tenant at One Kilmainham Square in Dublin 8. The HSE has agreed to take the lower ground floor of the building (1,070sq m/11,522sq ft) on a 10-year lease at a rent in the region of €29 per sq ft along with 10 basement car-parking spaces for €2,500 each. The HSE joins a number of international occupiers in the building including Heineken, Parexel Pharma and Klas Telecoms. Developed in 2007, One Kilmainham Square was acquired by Corum from a joint venture partnership led by Avestus Capital Partners in 2020 alongside Classon House in Dundrum as part of its continued expansion in the Irish market. Corum is understood to have paid about €33 million to secure ownership of One Kilmainham Square, and a further €27 million in a separate off-market deal for Classon House. One Kilmainham Square is a five-storey Grade A office building extending to 6,967sq m (75,000sq ft). The property has a prominent location within Dublin 8, and is close to both Heuston station and Heuston South Quarter (HSQ). At 1,070sq m (11,522sq ft) the HSE letting at One Kilmainham Square is one of the largest office deals to have signed in the capital so far this year. The Irish Times, 12th May
Westland House, Dublin 12 Westland House, an office investment property on New Nangor Road, Dublin 12, is being offered for sale with a €4.5m guide price. Let to Actavo Group Ltd at €350,000 per annum, its price equates to a net initial yield of 7pc. The property extends to 23,336 sq ft over three floors and at its current passing rent this equates to €13.40 per sq ft. The building also comes with 58 on-site car parking spaces. The vendor, a private Irish syndicate, completed a deed of variation from October 2020 to provide a new 10-year lease term, with a break option in September 2028, and a revised rent of €350,000 per annum. Located just off the Naas Road and minutes from the M50 interchange at Junction 9, Westland House has relatively easy access to all arterial routes. Kylemore Luas Stop is about a 20-minute walk from the property. The Irish Independent, 13th May
Model Farm Road, Cork A period building, and an entire office block on a site with further scope, have come to the market in one of Cork city's most prime addresses, the Model Farm Road, for sale as one lot. Fresh to the market is Bishopstown House, set opposite the IDA's Cork Business and Technology Park, close to the CIT/MTU campus, Boston Scientific and adjacent to the Fás Training Centre, long-associated with Cork engineering firm JODA, who have relocated to a premises at Ballycurreen, off the south city ring road. The mix includes a 3,100 sq ft building, a protected structure in excellent order and currently let with an income of €60,000, plus a more modern c 20-year old compact, stand-alone 4,600 sq ft two-storey office/professional services building. JODA's original building, now carrying the name Bishopstown House, is let to a medical devices company PMD Device Solutions Ltd, on a ten year lease from February 2016 at €60,000 pa. The separate 4,600 sq ft more modern building next to PDM-occupied Bishopstown House is available with vacant possession, and the site has good parking. The Irish Examiner, 13th May
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Rathmines, Dublin 6 An attractive net initial yield of 7.1 per cent is on offer for the prospective purchaser of a fully-let pre-63 residential investment in the ever-popular rental location of Rathmines, Dublin 6. Situated just off Leinster Road and within a short walk of Rathmines village, number 15 Leinster Square is being offered to the market by joint agents Cushman & Wakefield and Martin Property at a guide price of €1.95 million (exclusive of VAT). The property comprises a three-storey over-basement terraced property with a two-storey over-basement return to the rear. The entire currently consists of 10 self-contained residential units. There are three studio units on the ground floor, two studios and a one-bedroom apartment on the first floor, and one studio and a one-bedroom apartment on the second floor. The building is fully occupied and producing an overall rental income of €144,720 per annum with what the selling agents describe as "limited management costs" The Irish Times, 12th May
Malahide, Co. Dublin The State's National Asset Management Agency (Nama) is close to signing off on the bulk sale of 69 apartments in Malahide, Co Dublin, to a UK-based investment fund. A deal has been reached in principle to sell the apartments at The Casino development in Malahide village to SeaPoint Capital, a serial block-buyer of apartments for the rental market. Some 34 apartments in the complex were sold to private buyers for an average price of €433,000 over the past 2½ years. Nama is selling the remaining unsold apartments in bulk. SeaPoint is the preferred bidder. The average market value of the remaining properties in the Malahide development is between €400,000 and €450,000, valuing the deal at up to €31 million. The Irish Times, 18th May
Ushers Island, Dublin City Centre Agent John Younge is guiding a price of €1.1 million for a redevelopment opportunity with full planning permission for 10 apartments in Dublin city centre. Located on the banks of the river Liffey and overlooking the landmark James Joyce bridge, number 14 Usher's Island is a former four-storey building which today comprises a two-storey protected structure on a site of almost 5,000sq ft. The subject site also incorporates an enclosed rear void and double-height warehouse of 2,828sq ft, with vehicular access from Island Street, to the rear. While Dublin City Council granted planning permission in August 2020 (Reference: 4252/19) for the development of 15 apartments to include the creation of a new six-storey block and the remodelling of the existing protected building, this number has since been reduced to 10 units following discussions with the owner. The Irish Times, 12th May
Crumlin, Dublin 12 Michael Moran, one of the driving forces behind the Red Cow hotel in Dublin, has secured planning permission for 152 apartments in Crumlin in Dublin 12. Moran's Seabren Developments got the green light for the €62.5 million fast-track Glebe development at St Agnes Road, Crumlin, from An Bord Pleaneála despite local opposition. The development, which will be fully owned by Circle Voluntary Housing Association when complete, involves two apartment blocks ranging in height from four to six storeys and linked by a pedestrian walkway at first floor level. Circle Housing was established in 2003 to provide social housing and operates on a not-for-profit basis. Seabren has worked with several approved housing bodies in the delivery of social housing schemes in the past and, in the Glebe scheme, 50 per cent of the homes will be cost rental while the other half will be available as social housing. Ninety-seven submissions were lodged concerning the proposal. Local residents expressed concern relating to overlooking, adverse impact on privacy on existing residents, noise pollution and potential anti-social behaviour. The Irish Times, 17th May
Glasthule, Co. Dublin Quinn Agnew is offering 23-27 Glasthule Road in Glasthule village in south Co Dublin for sale by tender on June 11. Located on the village's main street in the heart of Glasthule between Dún Laoghaire and Dalkey, the retail/commercial property is adjacent to Cavistons Food Emporium and Seafood Restaurant. The property, a former petrol station, currently comprises a retail/commercial unit of some 100 square metres and large canopy on a site of about 0.05 of an acre (the equivalent of some 0.02 hectares). It operated as a temporary pop-up outdoor, takeaway food outlet during the Covid-19 related restrictions. The property under the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Development Plan 2016-2021 is zoned Objective NC: "To protect, provide for and/or improve mixed-use neighbourhood centre facilities". The agent is seeking offers in excess of €900,000 for the property. The Business Post, 16th May
Social Housing The number of social housing units being leased to local authorities on a long-term basis has increased significantly this year despite criticism of the costs involved. Figures provided by Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien, in response to a parliamentary question from Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin, show a total of 726 new social units were leased by local authorities in the first three months of 2021. This comprised 603 dwellings under long-term lease agreements and 123 under Part V lease agreements. The 726 total compares to just over 1,000 for last year as a whole. The average cost of all long-term leases approved in 2021 was €15,000, Mr O'Brien confirmed, which works out at €300,000 over a 20-year timeframe, the typical length of a lease. The average cost of the Part V lease units, which were mainly in Dublin, was put at €18,049, which works out at €360,980 over a 20-year term. The Irish Times, 17th May
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Lee W. Badger is the original owner, director and leading designer-craftsman of Anvil Works®, in business since 1981. His life-long career as a self-employed artist-blacksmith began during the 1970's in Denver and the Colorado Rockies. He was among the first wave of apprentices trained by masters of the Mid-Century American craft revival who defined themselves as "artist-blacksmiths," including Ivan Bailey, Slim Spurling, Alex Weygers, and Francis Whitaker. Lee came to the Mid-Atlantic and National Capital region in the late 1980's, where he taught and worked as an artist-in-residence at Glen Echo National Park in suburban Washington, DC from 1989 to 1993. As the scope of his business increased, Lee began to seek a regionally central location where he could create a workshop of his own design.
In 1998 he built the Anvil Works studio and metal work shop in Hedgesville, WV and expanded it in 2005. In 2008 and again in 2014, additional specialized equipment was acquired with financial assistance from the WV Division of Culture & History and the National Endowment for the Arts. Anvil Works' location in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle provides easy access to industrial resources and transportation routes, allowing Lee to serve clients throughout the entire Mid-Atlantic region with ease.
As an artist and furniture maker, he is a member of The Furniture Society and the International Sculpture Center. He also belongs to national, regional and local blacksmith guilds and associations, and attends metalsmithing workshops and conferences wherever his interests may lead.
Lee Badger's creative work earns honors and awards in museum and gallery exhibitions. He keeps an active schedule circulating his sculpture and furniture designs throughout the region. In 2007 he became a Juried Member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. He has also recieved recognition from the WV Small Business Development Corporation and the WV Division of Arts and Culture.
The mainstay of Anvil Works' studio business is a regular flow of privately commissioned work. Carefully understood and completed commissions are the main sources of referral. Lee shares delight and satisfaction in the commissioning process with design professionals, collectors and homeowners alike.


On April 22, 2019, Arlington County will release a NOFA for FY 2020 (July 2019 – June 2020) County loan funds. Only projects that are eligible for use of Federal HOME and/or CDBG funds will be able to utilize any additional local funds that may be available. Applications that do not propose feasible use of Federal funds will not be eligible for local funding through this NOFA process. For general information about County loan funds and other sources of funding, please visit the Financial Tools webpage.
It is anticipated there will be approximately $6-$8 million in County loan funds available through this NOFA.
Applicant has owned or developed at least one development that contains committed affordable (CAF), income-restricted, or market rate housing units that have been placed in service. If applying for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, applicants will need to meet VHDA eligibility requirements.
The Federal and local loan funds must be used for rental units affordable up to 80% Area Median Income (AMI) as published by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Washington, DC Metropolitan Statistical Area, adjusted for household size. If the development is mixed-income, Federal and local loan funds will be applied only to the affordable portion of the development.
The CAF units must remain committed affordable for no less than 30 years.
The application period will begin on April 22, 2019 and applications will be due May 31, 2019 by 5PM. The County will accept applications completed and submitted through the ZoomGrants application software. The County will not accept any other form of submittal. Check back on April 22, 2019 for the ZoomGrants application submittal link.
The FY 2020 NOFA for County Loan Funds Scoring Guidance will guide the review and evaluation of loan requests and form the basis for the FY 2020 pipeline funding recommendations to the County Manager and County Board. The draft scoring guidance can be found here. The finalized scoring guidance will be released April 22, 2019.
Selection is not a commitment of loan funds. Selected applicants will move forward with financing negotiations, including negotiations on the requested loan amount, and public review process. A County Board hearing would be scheduled upon successful completion of this process. Any commitment of County loan funds is contingent upon County Board approval.
On May 2, 2019 County staff will host a Question and Answer session for prospective applicants detailing the application process. Interested applicants are highly encouraged to attend.
Out-of-cycle applications will be considered for time-sensitive 3rd party acquisitions on a case-by-case basis. "Time-sensitive 3rd party acquisition" means the development is currently listed on the open market or will be listed on the open market in the immediate future. If the applicant is applying to be considered out-of-cycle please e-mail a letter to Melissa Danowski at mdanowski@arlingtonva.us with information about the project (location, units, price) and documentation of time-sensitivity (listing or letter from owner). Describe why an in-cycle application would preclude the ability to purchase. DO NOT fill out ZoomGrants application unless advised by Arlington County staff to do so.
All questions related to the application content must be submitted in writing to mdanowski@arlingtonva.us All questions and answers will be posted to this website.
FY 2019 Q&A: Read the Questions and Answers document that contains answers to the questions staff received during the FY 2019 NOFA application period.
FY 2018 Q&A: Read the Questions and Answers document that contains answers to the questions staff received during the FY 2018 NOFA application period.


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"Shattered" is the second album to be released by Seven; a band that initially had some success in the late 80's, but which didn't release an album until "7" appeared in 2014. The second album was released on 23rd September through Escape Music. The track "Light of 1000 Eyes" is included on the Friday NI Rocks Show broadcast on 23rd Sept.
The roots of Seven originate in South Africa where the bands founders were in other groups but Seven actually formed in the UK in the late 80's. The then Radio 1 DJ Philip Schofield was apparently a fan and played the band's demos on his show and they later signed to Polydor Records. They released a couple of singles that were produced by John Parr and landed a number of support tours. Some of those support slots seem a little questionable - Jason Donovan, The Monkees and Brother Beyond – but then again Jimi Hendrix did support The Monkees on tour in the USA in the 60's! A more favourable tour run came supporting Richard Marx. The band split up in the early 90's.
Escape Music boss Khalil Turk was the driving force behind getting the band back together to release "7" in 2014 after a conversation with bass player Pat Davey. The other original members, Mick Devine on vocals, Keith McFarlane on guitar, Simon Lefevre on keyboards and Austin Lane were all brought on-board too. McFarlane and Devine had both returned to South Africa and recorded their parts for "7" there.
The success of "7" ensured that there would be a follow up and the band worked with Swedish producer Lars Chriss again to write and record "Scattered". There are 11 tracks on the album and my favourites would probably be "Light of 1000 Eyes", "Fight", "Shattered" , "Live This Life" and "Taking Over".
About "NI Rocks Recommends"
The simple idea behind "NI Rocks Recommends" is to acknowledge and promote some of the great music being submitted to Rock Radio NI. I'll not be giving marks or ratings or analyzing the tracks in great detail; just telling you something about the artist and the album. It's a personal recommendation to go check something out, not a traditional "review"!
My musical tastes cover most things rock; from the not too melodic to the not too heavy. The albums that I'll be recommending are those that you'll hear me playing tracks from on my shows on Rock Radio NI.
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In Release 12.1.3 of the eBusiness Suite, Oracle included an Environmental Accounting and Reporting application.
Environmental Accounting and Reporting (EAR) enables to record and account for activities that have an impact on the environment. It provides the ability to store date effective energy consumption and emissions by location that are later used for environmental reporting.
Supported by a built-in emissions calculation engine that takes the emission factors, the emission sources and the transactional data, it computes the CO2 equivalent and the inventory usage, and stores the data where all the reporting is then done, the Environmental Data Ledger.
Record, account, track, and report activities that impact the environment.
Participate in voluntary GHG monitoring and disclosure programs such as Carbon Disclosure Project.
Identify opportunities to improve energy efficiencies and reduce GHG emissions.
Recognize and undertake early voluntary actions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Fulfill mandatory GHG reporting requirements enforced by global and local legislations.
Enhance shareholders confidence as an environmentally conscious organization.
Store date effective energy and emission factors for location specific GHG accounting.
Maintain an emissions audit data trail in the Environmental Ledger for a time based analysis, reporting, and statutory auditing requirements.
Classify GHG emissions data as Scope 1, 2, or 3 and by standard industry codes. Refer to the Setting Up chapter for more information on Scopes.
Configure organization hierarchy to meet specific analysis and reporting needs of the enterprise.
Record environmental data through several flexible means – through ERP transactions, manual batches or import using WebADI templates.
Report emissions data using Oracle Business Intelligence dashboards.
Define KPIs for tracking an enterprise's sustainability performance.
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE).
Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Technology Stack.
The centre of the diagram [ Fig 1] shows the environmental ledger [ CHG Ledger] – the central storage for EAR, which is supported by a number of configuration screens.
EAR integrates with Oracle Payables to capture data while processing Invoices with or without Purchase Order match, related to the supply and use of products and services that have environmental impact.
EAR leverages Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) to transfer the data from the Environmental Ledger to the Environmental Data Warehouse. The Oracle Business Intelligence application uses the data for environmental reporting through the pre-built dashboards and reports.
EAR enables you to record environmental transactions involving the issue of items, to assets defined in the Oracle Assets application.
EAR allows you to map Environmental Organizations to projects and tasks defined in Oracle Projects. While processing Invoices that have references to projects and tasks, EAR uses this information to identify organizations to calculate and store environmental data based on the projects and tasks mapped to the organization.
I. What is a REIT?
In return, a REIT must distribute 90 percent of its taxable income to investors. The REIT structure was designed to provide a real estate investment structure similar to the structure that mutual funds provide for investment in stocks.
An entity that qualifies as a REIT under the Code is entitled to preferential tax treatment. It is a "pass-through" entity that can avoid most entity-level federal tax by complying with detailed restrictions on its ownership structure and operations.
REIT shareholders are taxed on dividends received from a REIT.
III. The Four Requirements You Must Know!
More details you can see under section "What are the required elements for forming a REIT?"
IV. When and why were REITs created?
REIT is essentially a tax term.
Congress passed the original REIT legislation in 1960 in order to provide a tax-preferred method by which average investors could invest in a professionally managed portfolio of real estate assets.
Many of the limitations imposed upon the operation of REITs and the taxes to which they are potentially subject are perhaps best understood in terms of the original notion that the activities of REITs were to consist predominantly of passive investments in real estate.
V. What types of REITs are there?
VII. What other countries have REITs?
A number of countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, Singapore and the United Kingdom have REIT-type legislation. The details of the rules may vary from the U.S. rules and from country to country.
VIII. What are the tax advantages of being a REIT?
If you like to learn some of the techniques and styles that make Steve Jobs such a great presenter, here's some excellent advice from Businessweek columnist Carmine Gallo, who is also the author of the book – The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs. I think it is an awesome video on presentation skills.
Oracle's EBS delivers a user interface that was designed to increase the productivity of all users. Here are the compiled list of some of the features that user experiences such rich UI functionality who moved from SAP to Oracle Apps.
Top Ten List : User can use the Top Ten List to add personal favorites and most frequently used forms to quickly navigate to them from the Top Ten List on the right side of the screen.
The good is that each list is unique to a user and responsibility.
To add a form to the Navigation Top Ten List, select a frequently used form in the navigation list (on the left side of the screen).
The form name appears in the Top Ten List preceded by a number.
Multiple Windows Open at one time : Technically called zoom in Oracle.Since 11i multiple Document Interface, which means that all windows are displayed inside a single window, with a single toolbar and menu attached to that window. So, since the toolbar opens as part of the window, there is no way for the toolbar to get disconnected or "lost".
Message and Status Line :The Message Line and the Status Line are shown at the bottom of the window, instead of on the toolbar.
Field Level Update/Validation : That you can get without 'save' or 'Update' operations.
Drag and Drop: This is feature, in which you can move a column by drag and drop.
Graphical Elements : User can get some graphical elements like 'T' Accounts, Graphs, Diagrams directly from UI.
Query in all forms : Oracle best feature for user is they can do query is most of the form.
Right Mouse click :Clicking the right mouse will open up a menu that offers the cut, copy, and paste features, as well as folders and help.
Hot keys :Hot keys can increase user productivity by allowing common operations to be executed from a keyboard shortcut, rather than a menu selection. Hot keys are an effective usability tool, especially for "heads down" mouse-less data entry such as rapid order entry.Experienced Oracle Applications users can access the menu by using a keyboard shortcut or hot key, a specific combination of keystrokes that performs the same function as a corresponding menu item. Oracle Applications assigns many commonly used functions, such as Run Query(Ctrl+F11), Save(Ctrl+S), or Clear Record(F6) to keyboard shortcuts.
Using FIND : If you want to search for records in your current block or window, the simplest way to proceed is to use Find. This will usually display a Find window, in which you can enter the criteria to match, then click the Find button. If any of the fields in the Find window have lists of values associated with them, you can use these to validate your search criteria. Find windows often provide ranges in addition to individual field values (e.g. date or value ranges). However, your search is limited to the fields that have been included in the Find window.
This quick overview of User interface for EBS is designed to provides all kind of end users with a highly productive interface.
In earlier post we have seen how Oracle Diagnotics tool makes life easy for everyone. Lets take some intresting stuff inside the tool.
The Applications Collection Tool (ACT) is a test collecting information about apps technical environment and setup of a given product. This tool is executable via Oracle Diagnostics framework under the tab 'Advanced'. Oracle Diagnostics framework is launch able via OAM.
Many time you will get this message "No Groups have been registered for the Advance Test"? What is meant?
You get this message because there are no currently available diagnostics tools for that particular product. So you haven't missed any step... It is correct behavior. Information of all currently available diagnostics tools you can find in the Diagnostic Tests Catalog for E-Business Suite.
Is some things Changed from Security side?
Is can be assigned to the current user belongs to one of the valid applications internally defined in the test.
The Diagnostic Test available are specific to an EBS module.
Each Module's test are organized into a group of related test called "test Group"
These grouping are based on what the test scripts have in common from data security standpoint.
Role Diagnostic: roles determine the set of operations that can be performed on test groups, based on the sensitivity of the test group. The sensitivity of the test group (high, medium or low) is determined by the developer of the test. The diagnostic roles and tests authorized are as follows.
End User those with low Sensitivity , most of the applications has permission to execute tests and configure results.
When should go for Batch Processing?
This option is good when diagnostic test taking too long to execute.This option, located on the home page of the diagnostics framework, allows you to select one or more tests within one or more products for execution in batch mode. It means you can do setup for Period end Close setup in GL as well as Auto invoice setup in AR.
Do you know in Oracle eBusiness Suite Diagnostics is a free tool provided by Oracle to ease the gathering and analyzing of information from your eBusiness Suite specific to a existing issue or setup.
The Oracle Diagnostic Tool is provided by Oracle to ease the gathering and analyzing of information from your eBusiness suite when diagnosis an existing data issue, transactional problem or setup error through a complete set up responsibility.
No Technical skill required: No special SQL*Plus/operating system access required.
Testing Hub: Because of Central location of all tests, it is the hub for all Diagnostic testing.
The diagnostic tool does not alter the data or setup in your system i.e. no updates, inserts, or deletes happen.
Sensitive customer information is not collected or displayed.


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Ofira Kadmor is the Director of Finance of Pitango. Prior to this, she held the position of Controller of Pitango.
Prior to joining Pitango, Ofira was a Controller in a high-tech company.
She also was a Senior Auditor at Kesselman & Kesselman, PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tel-Aviv and was responsible for a wide range of clients, which included among others, publicly traded companies, both on the NASDAQ and the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).
Ofira is a C.P.A. and holds an M.B.A. degree and a B.A. degree in Economics and Accounting, both from Tel Aviv University.
The first thing I do when I enter my house is to turn on the music. Anything goes.
Around Tel Aviv, the park. It's a great way to focus and get an energy boost.
For the soul. With two small kids at home I can't wait to have time to get back to it.


My boyfriend has been carrying hep C virus (genotype 1a) for over 20 yrs and has never been cured because of the very limited options. Few months ago we discovered Harvoni and he decided he wants to start a therapy with this 'miracle' He had done a biopsy in september 2015 and he was told that his liver looked alright and that he had "milder hepatitis". He was happy to hear that and after that he focused just on getting the virus off of his body, thinking that once he gets rid of it the liver will be just fine. He started Harvoni therapy about a month ago (16th Feb), meanwhile he did a fibroscan and he was diagnosed with F4 stadium (with 23,4 kPa) and told that he was one step close to having cirhosis.
So, my question is: What happens with the stage of fibrosis once a man is HCV free? Does Harvoni just get rid of virus or does it also improve the fibrosis? We are very confused and don't know what to think so we decided to just ask you people with experience.
Hopefully I'm making sense, thanks in advance!
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23.4 kPa is > 12.5 kPa which is where we say a patient has cirrhosis.
Yes, this is likely to improve with treatment. I think Hazel here has the record having gone from 40 kPa before treatment to 9.5 kPa after.
And I'm trying to convince him to stay positive and focus on getting rid of HCV.
How did Hazel succeed to improve his numbers so drastically? Great for him!
Stiffness measured by Fibroscan doesn't say too much about real liver condition. It is only scale of inflammation. So, maybe your BF doesn't have cirhossis. Biopsy is much more representative, because there are checked liver tissues.
Yes, feels great to me.
Who knows how it went down so far so fast. I was not perfect in taking it any particular way. Maybe what I did different was I lost a lot of weight too- about 25 kg over that time- maybe that took my poxy liver cells with it. I did that by cutting out sugar, reducing portions- all of a sudden it was easy to do, maybe it somehow seemed worth it, I had a kind of ' trudging towards doom' attitude until it got serious, and there suddenly was an answer. But, maybe something about the cirrhosis itself- scan revealed was all mostly in one spot, not evenly spread through liver, which may be unusual. Good luck to your partner, it really is worth it.
Thanks a lot for your message! It gives us hope that it's not that bad after all... And the doctor who did the biopsy 1,5 yrs. ago was also surprised to hear the fibroscan results. He was performing the biopsy in the same time he was doing laparoscopic gallbladder surgery on my BF, so it seems like he had a good view on the whole liver. I'm mentioning this because I read that the biopsy can be misleading since only a small piece of liver is taken...?
Hi Hazel, thanks for showing up.
Thank you once again and good luck to you too!
His platelets were 173 (9th of Dec 2016), so it's okay. How is this linked to liver/ cirhosis, if I may ask?
You can put in the AST or 27, the upper limit of normal (40) and the platelets of 173 to get an APRI of 0.39.
This is low and the clinical trials often use 2 for cirrhosis.
The high fibroscan probably represents relatively low fibrosis with high inflammation. The inflammation causes swelling and is a bit like blowing up a balloon that is caught in a net. It gets stiff not because there is a lot of net (the fibrosis seen in cirrhosis) but because of the swelling.
I would predict that with treatment AST will end up at 10-15, platelets around 200 and fibroscan drop to 7-9.
What your BF has is at the very mild end of things and a good response is expected.
Thank you very much James! We feel so much better now.
I'm really happy that I shared the story on this forum. Thanks again to all of you.
Hi guys, I'm here to give you some update.
And from 1 485 632 IU/ml to <12 !
We are so glad, we had to share it Have a nice day all of you!
Last Edit: 2 years 2 weeks ago by SonjaTheGF.
I was just catching up on your posts. It's so good to see those lovely numbers heading in the right direction for your BF. We can all relate to the anxiety and it's good to see the happy quota increasing in your posts!
My BF finished his 12 weeks therapy and did PCR test that says he's NEGATIVE!
We were really happy to see that although he's still worried about his F4 and doesn't know what to expect. He's planning to do Fibroscan once again by the end of the year. Hopefully we're gonna have another good news to share.
Have a nice day all of you and good luck to everyone who's fighting this virus!
Last Edit: 1 year 10 months ago by SonjaTheGF.
Great news for your BF and you Sonja. I should think with that result his Fibroscan results will improve.


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