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Dubas just the latest promotion from Marlies
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The Toronto Marlies have their latest NHL promotion, but this time it comes from the executive suite.
Marlies general manager Kyle Dubas was named the general manager of the parent Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday. For the 32-year-old Dubas, who was hired as the assistant general manager of the Maple Leafs in 2014, it continues his rapid climb in the hockey world.
Dubas spent four seasons guiding the Marlies, going 190-90-20-4. In that span the Marlies won two division titles and captured the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy this season as the AHL's regular-season champion this season and in 2015-16. Their 54 regular-season victories this season tied a franchise record set in 2015-16. That season the Marlies also established a franchise record with 114 points.
Flanked by Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan, Dubas gave thanks to the Marlies at a news conference held at Air Canada Centre on Friday.
"The people that I've worked with every day on a very, very close basis, the player development staff led by Scott Pellerin and the Toronto Marlies staff, and our research and development crew led by Darryl Metcalf," Dubas told reporters.
The Marlies still have work to do this spring. The last time a Maple Leafs affiliate won the Calder Cup was in 1982 with the New Brunswick Hawks, part of a dual affiliation with the Chicago Blackhawks.
A sweep of the Syracuse Crunch in the second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs this week moved the Marlies to their second Eastern Conference final in the past three seasons. They will meet the winner of the Charlotte Checkers-Lehigh Valley Phantoms series. The Phantoms lead that series three games to one going into Game 5 at Charlotte on Saturday.
They have also sent a stream of players on to the Maple Leafs, who had eight Marlies graduates on their final roster at the end of this season — defensemen Connor Carrick and Travis Dermott along with forwards Connor Brown, Zach Hyman, Andreas Johnsson, Kasperi Kapanen, Josh Leivo and William Nylander.
Dermott and Johnsson returned to the Marlies in the first round for additional experience.
Several other NHL organizations have tapped into Toronto's AHL pipeline as well.
Forward Nikita Soshnikov, another Marlies graduate, finished his season with the St. Louis Blues after he was acquired from the Maple Leafs on Feb. 15. The Montreal Canadiens had former Marlies in defenseman Rinat Valiev and forward Kerby Rychel as part of the price that the Maple Leafs used to acquired veteran forward Tomas Plekanec.
The Marlies have shown a penchant for finding talent everywhere.
Early in the 2014-15 season, the Marlies brought in ECHL center Byron Froese on a tryout. Froese, who ended up signing a contract with the Maple Leafs, spent parts of three seasons with the Marlies while playing 58 regular-season games with the Maple Leafs. He moved on to the Tampa Bay Lightning organization last season, went with Syracuse on a run to the Calder Cup Finals, and played 48 games for the Canadiens this season.
Leadership on the AHL roster has been a priority during Dubas's time at Ricoh Coliseum. Before this promotion to the Canadiens early this season, Froese had been named captain of the Laval Rocket. Marlies defenseman Vincent LoVerde was a free-agent signing from the Ontario Reign after captaining AHL prospects in the Los Angeles Kings organization for three seasons and winning the Calder Cup in 2015. Former Marlies captain Andrew Campbell holds the same role for the Tucson Roadrunners.
"The Marlies, I would be remiss not to mention the efforts of the players throughout the last number of years," Dubas said at the news conference. They're the ones that go on and play. The whole job is to support and give the players the proper resources to have the success that they can."
The Maple Leafs hired Dubas on July 22, 2014. Before the 2015-16 season, Dubas reunited with Sheldon Keefe, who was appointed head coach of the Marlies. Before Dubas had departed for Toronto, the two had worked together in a general manager-head coach relationship for parts of three seasons with the Ontario Hockey League's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.
There they pushed analytics into hockey's mainstream and won a lot of hockey games along the way.
The Dubas-Keefe partnership began in Sault Ste. Marie halfway through the 2012-13 season. Dubas had taken the Sault Ste. Marie general manager position at age 25 a season earlier and started the process of turning around a struggling franchise. By the end of the 2013-14 OHL season, Dubas had assembled a 109-76-7-12 mark over three seasons that attracted the Maple Leafs' attention.
"My partnership with [Keefe] and relationship with him has really helped me to grow as a manager, and he has obviously done a great, great job coaching and is a very bright young coach."
Now it is Dubas's turn to get an "opportunity," a word that Keefe uses frequently.
"You look at the opportunity for us," Keefe said at the 2018 AHL All-Star Classic in January. "Coaches, managers, trainers, all the way through to the PR staff.
"All of these people, really, it's all about opportunity."
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We're pleased people get excited at the prospect of being featured in the newspaper. Sometimes, though, that excitement can lead to unintended disappointment. A reader explains below. My response follows.
This is just a note to voice a little concern about the a recent happening concerning the Tribune. My family and I were at the Safety event at the Super K Mart on Saturday afternoon when my two boys were approached by a young lady that works for the Tribune. She asked each of my boys a couple of questions and then told them they would be in the paper on Monday.
Naturally they were both very excited and they called their grandparents and other friends and family to let them know what had happened that day and that they were going to get to be in the news paper. Monday rolled around and they raced to the paper to see that my 8 year-old son was in there and my 10-year-old was not.
Now I understand that things may happen and not every one that gets spoken to will be in the paper. I have no problems with that, what I have a problem with is telling a little boy that he IS going to be in the paper when you don't know for sure. He was absolutely crushed, disappointed, and embarrassed because he had told every one that would be and it made him look like a fool. Young people will believe what adults tell them as the truth.
in there do not put one and not the other. When that happens one is crushed and the one that is in there feels guilty about being excited that he was in and his brother was left out.
Am I super angry? No. I look at it as one of life's lessons for my children. I am just a little bit upset that this happened simply because no thought was given to the kids' feelings before promises were made. Its just my opinion I understand, but I think that if you are going to be speaking with children you might want to send someone who understands them as well.
I think it's a really neat thing you do with that part of the paper. Please make sure the person out speaking to these children understand that being in the news paper to a child is a HUGE deal. All I ask is that in the future, no matter who's children are asked questions, please take the feelings of the children into consideration before any thing is promised to them. Thank you for your time.
Thank you for writing. I certainly understand why your son would be disappointed, and I'm sorry if our intern reporter made a promise she couldn't keep. We will instruct those doing our Street Talk questions to be sure not to make such promises. I'll share this note with our opinion page editor and our editors on the city desk.
I hope we'll be able to get your other son into the paper sometime soon. If you have a Viewfinder photo featuring him, perhaps you could submit that? Our goal as a community newspaper is to feature everyone in Weld County at some point.
Again, I appreciate hearing from you. We know that we will improve as a newspaper only by listening to our readers.


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Hitler led the Munich Putsch
Hitler was first introduced to the Nazi Party when he was employed by the Army to spy on the German Workers Party (the old name of the Nazi Party).
He attended several of their meetings and realised he agreed with many of their ideas.
After speaking at one of their meetings, Leader Anton Drexler was impressed with his public speaking skills and invited Hitler to join the party. He was put in charge of Recruitment and Propaganda as he was a very talented speaker.
In 1920, Hitler wrote a new 25-point programme that listed their beliefs.
In 1921, Hitler set up the Sturmabteilung (or SA) to protect Nazi Party meetings and beat up Political Opponents.
In 1922, Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party after it had grown to 6,000 political members.
In 1923, Hitler plotted to overthrow the Weimar Government. The Government in Bavaria was made up of right-wing nationalists who opposed the Weimar Government, so he believed they would support him.
On the evening of the 8th of November, Hitler and the Nazis burst into a meeting at the beer hall in Munich and threatened the Bavarian Leader and he was forced to support their putsch.
Hitler made the mistake of letting Von Kahr leave during the putsch as he went and called the police. As a result, Hitler was later arrested, put on trial, and sent to prison. Meanwhile, the Nazi Party was banned for 2 years.
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Although the crowd around the bar and on the dance floor had thinned, there were still a lot of people. Kathy needed a break from all of them. The cruise would be over soon. They'd already taken their turn to circle back, so she wanted to go outside to enjoy the fresh air and the view of the city from the lake.
She walked out and leaned into the rail, closing her eyes and raising her face to the wind off the lake. When she reopened her eyes, she looked up at the moon and sighed.
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She spun at Kevin's voice. "I thought you were doing the entertainment." She cringed. "That sounded bad, but you know what I meant."
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She licked her lips. For as much as she'd thought she wanted to be alone, she liked the idea of being with him. "There's not far to walk."
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When they got there, they were alone in the shadows, the only sound the sloshing of the water against the boat. The scene was perfectly romantic, and Kathy's heart thundered in her ears.
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"I know I said I'd give you time, but I'm an impatient man. So unless you tell me not to, I'm going to kiss you now." He released her hand and moved it to her cheek, using his thumb to tilt her chin upward. Staring into her eyes, he waited a beat, cocking one eyebrow in question.
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2022 ELCA Youth Gathering
Boundless: 2022 Youth GatheringJason Roscoe2020-07-23T09:09:33-04:00
In 2022, the ELCA Youth Gathering lands in Minneapolis, MN, and the theme is "boundless". To learn more about the theme, the timeline, 2022 registration fees, and publicity materials for your home congregation use, please visit the Gathering website at: https://elca.org/YouthGathering/
Our Synod Gathering Synod Coordinator, Chuck Bissell at: lowerssgsc@gmail.com, in cooperation with Synod Director for Faith Formation and Youth Ministry Charlie Roberts, will host a series of Gathering Briefings, to help congregational leaders prepare for promoting the Gathering in their congregations, and for the opening of Gathering Registration. Watch for those dates as new information regarding the Gathering rescheduling comes to light.
We will cover things like transportation to and from the Gathering, plus getting around the city, how to budget for the Gathering. and why the Gathering is now a Tuesday-Saturday event. Plus, learn about the new registration process, including how to pay your deposit. If you have questions, direct them to Chuck Bissell, at lowerssgsc@gmail.com, AND register to receive the Gathering electronic newsletter the "g-News," by visiting the Gathering website at https://elca.org/youthgathering.
2022 "boundless" Theme Document :
download this one-page description of the 2022 Gathering theme to assist with preparing your publicity materials
Why a Youth Gathering?
Since before the turn of the 20th Century, the ELCA and her predecessor bodies have held a triennial Youth Gathering. In 2018, that gathering landed in Houston, Texas, and attracted 31,242 registered youth and adult leaders, with over 1,200 volunteers, making it the largest gathering of ELCA Lutherans in the country. In recent years, the "Gathering," as it has come to be known, rotates participants through three primary days of faith formation practices, a day of service in the host city, a day of interactive learning with various ELCA partners and para-church organizations, and a day to gather as synod for worship and conversation about how to take the Gathering home to the participants' communities and congregations.
In the city of Houston, the ELCA walked alongside 200 local institutions, agencies, and non-profits, to provide service within the city, including local schools, renovations to churches and homes affected by flooding, food banks, human-trafficking organizations, immigration agencies, and more. The "orange-wave" as it has become known, because our youth all wear matching orange tee shirts, sent 10,000 participants out to serve daily in the Houston metro area. The "Blast Off for Books" campaign, this Gathering's in-kind offering option, garnered 40,000 books that will be distributed to children in the Houston area who might not otherwise be able to afford these books for basic school reading programs.
Our synod had 62 congregations represented with approximately 636 participants and 48 volunteers. Bishop James S. Dunlop and his wife Connie were also in attendance, as was synod Director for Faith Formation and Youth Ministry Charlie Roberts. Roberts shared that one of the unique stories from the ELCA Youth Gathering is the growing opportunity for families to serve together.
In addition, here's just a taste of the generosity shown by participants at the 2018 Gathering:
437 hair donations to children with hair loss
1,248 units of blood donated from 987 donors
200 grace bags and 100 kindness project rocks made by tAble participants (the pre-event specifically designed for youth with disabilities)
700 individuals attended MYLE and visited 13 service sites (the pre-event specifically designed for multicultural youth and their advisors)
More than $260,000 raised for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America/ELCA World Hunger's Global Farm Challenge
$261,226.43 in offering for Prison Congregations of America, Inc., the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, and new starts globally.
An example from our synod is the Snyder family from Grace Evangelical Lutheran, Camp Hill (see photo). Parents Terry and Todd Snyder served as Community Life Volunteers for their third Gathering alongside daughter Madison, a Gathering alumni, who also served as a Community Life Volunteer and a member of our Synod Day band. In addition, daughter Chelsea, also an event alum and former event planning team member who currently serves as an ordained Lutheran minister, accompanied her youth from Good Shepherd Lutheran in Somerville, New Jersey, and was able to house with her congregation, her sister and her parents in the same property. The multi-generational aspect of this triennial event continues to be one of the powerful growing edges of this important ministry in the life of our church.
To volunteer for future ELCA Youth Gatherings, contact Charlie Roberts at croberts@lss-elca.org
Lower Susquehanna Synod & The Gathering
Our synod wasn't always as invested in the ELCA Youth Gatherings as it has been since 1997. Now, we are one of the largest synods in attendance at the event, and we send dozens of volunteers to serve every three years. Volunteer registration typically opens in May of the year prior to a Gathering, so May 2020, for the Youth Gathering in Minneapolis. Community Life, Gathering Volunteer Corp, and Servant Companions are all areas where someone can serve the Gathering community. Post-high students can begin as early as their freshmen year applying to these areas of service, and there is no age-restriction for "seasoned" adults.
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Synod Day is one of three programming days at a typical Youth Gathering. Our 2018 Synod Day included worship led by an group of talented musicians, representing a number of our congregations, all between the ages of 16-24. Bishop Jim Dunlop preached and presided at the worship experience, and our 600+ participants all had a chance to meet new friends and learn about the ways "Hope Changes Everything," even back in the communities we come from in Central Pennsylvania. Holy Communion highlighted this event, as we broke bread and encountered the living Jesus in our time together.
"Skittles" describes the mass-Gathering crowd, because of the matching tees worn by congregations
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Форт № 3 — Король Фридрих III — фортификационное сооружение города-крепости Кёнигсберг, один из двенадцати основных фортов фортового пояса «Ночная перина Кёнигсберга».

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Построен в 1879 году. Крупнейший форт Кенигсберга, площадь 350х180 метров, глубина 3-5 метров. Форт № 3 изначально назывался «Кведнау» (по названию возвышенности, на которой был возведен), позже получил название «Король Фридрих Вильгельм I», с 1894 года — «Король Фридрих III». Прикрывал железнодорожные линии на Раушен и Кранц, шоссейную дорогу на Кранц.

Форт имеет сухой ров шириной 10—11 м и глубиной 6 м, что позволило казармы для солдат и офицеров разместить в два этажа. Центральная потерна (закрытый проход, сообщение в виде галереи) заканчивается объёмным кофром (закрытый каменный ход в крепостном рву) за внешней стеной рва. Вход в кофр осуществляется из рва и из центральной потерны по подземному ходу, который идёт под рвом.

В двухэтажном центральном сооружении расположены казармы, лазарет, кухня, столовая, склады боеприпасов, продовольствия, снаряжения и топлива, караульное помещение, котельная, мастерские и вспомогательные помещения. Для жизнеобеспечения гарнизона форта предусмотрены системы отопления с дымовыми обогревательными каналами внутри стен, водоснабжения из колодца, естественной вентиляции, выгребной канализации и энергообеспечения. По обе стороны от центральной потерны расположены внутренние дворики, служащие транспортными развязками и укрытиями для орудий. Все подземные казематы имеют сводчатые перекрытия, выполненные из многократно обожженного керамического кирпича. Помещения соединяются центральной и боковыми потернами, этажи — наружными и внутренними маршевыми и винтовыми лестницами. Амбразуры кофра позволяли обстреливать передние фасы сухого рва. Над ними свисали металлические сетки, не позволявшие противнику спускать к амбразурам взрывные заряды и бросать отвесно гранаты.

На боевом вале толщиной 3—4 м располагались прикрытые брустверами артиллерийские позиции с казематированными траверсами для укрытия расчетов, оборудованные талевыми подъемниками и лифтами для подъема боеприпасов и наблюдательными сооружениями с неподвижными амбразурами и вращающимися башнями. Для обороны в пределах рва в углах центрального сооружения имеются капониры и полукапониры для ведения флангового и фронтального огня. В горжевой части форта расположены казематы с амбразурами флангового огня.

После появления фугасных снарядов, в 1887—1891 годах было произведено бетонирование по слою песка пороховых погребов, казарм и центральной потерны.

К 9 часам 9 апреля 1945 года форт № 3 «Король Фридрих III» был взят воинами 557-го стрелкового Мазурского полка 153-й стрелковой Смоленской Краснознамённой ордена Кутузова дивизии 50-й армии. В результате штурма форт получил незначительные повреждения.

В послевоенные годы форт № 3 использовался в качестве склада боеприпасов и военного имущества, с середины 1990-х годов не используется.

Постановлением Правительства Калининградской области от 23 марта 2007 года № 132 форт № 3 «Король Фридрих III» получил статус объекта культурного наследия регионального значения.

На июль 2016 года доступ на территорию форта № 3 закрыт, согласно табличке у ворот «Объект закрыт на реставрацию».

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Film / The Lodgers
The Lodgers is a 2017 Irish gothic horror film by director Brian O'Malley and writer David Turpin. Charlotte Vega and Bill Milner star as Rachel and Edward, a mysterious pair of twins living in an isolated, dilapidated mansion, while Eugene Simon stars as a young, handsome-but-troubled war veteran who becomes drawn to Rachel.
The twins are bound to the estate - and to each other - by a dark family secret, a terrible curse, and the sinister, unseen presences (the eponymous "Lodgers") that emerge every night from the water beneath a trapdoor in the entryway. The Lodgers are keen to enforce the curse, including its three rules:
The twins must be in bed by midnight
The twins must not permit any other person to enter the mansion
If one twin attempts to escape, the other twin's life is forfeited to the lodgers
The film begins as two major crises converge, straining the twins' relationship. One crisis comes from outside: creditors are closing in and the twins will soon be forcibly evicted from the mansion to which their lives are tied. The other comes from below: the Lodgers are increasingly restless as the twins draw closer to their 18th birthday without fulfilling one of the abominable curse's key edicts. Time is running out and the likelihood of survival seems increasingly slim.
Tropes found in this film include:
Abhorrent Admirer: Seen as Edward's overtures to Rachel become increasingly aggressive.
Arranged Marriage: As with the generations before them, Rachel and Edward have been groomed since birth to become sexual partners and conceive the next generation of incestuous twins.
Bizarrchitecture: How does a vast, seemingly-bottomless body of water exist inches beneath the floors of an earthbound Victorian mansion, and why is there a trapdoor in the middle of the entryway that opens directly into it?
Campbell Country: The film is a gothic horror story that takes place in an isolated family estate adjacent to a rural Irish town.
Dark Secret: The curse, along with its nature, origin and all that results from it, is rooted in a dark family secret unknown to the outside of world.
Defiled Forever: An unusual variant enforced by the curse. Should Rachel lose her virginity to anyone but her twin, her "impurity" will make it impossible to fulfill the curse, thereby inciting the wrath of the Lodgers.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Both of the twins and Edward in particular.
Flashback: We see a young Edward witnessing his parents fulfill the final edict of the curse by drowning themselves (or perhaps the father drowning both the mother and himself) in a pond.
Gravity Screw: Water seeps out from the Lodger's trapdoor and falls upward to (and slowly wears away) the stone ceiling above.
Incest-ant Admirer: Edward is eager to embrace the Mate or Die aspect of the curse, while Rachel is entirely repulsed by it.
The Ingenue: Played with. On one hand, Rachel is a beautiful, chaste young woman whose life-long isolation from society at large makes her naive to the ways of the world. On the other hand, both of the twins have been groomed to keep themselves "pure" for one another until the curse demands they produce children together, making her ingenue status mostly involuntary.
Mate or Die: The twins must conceive the next generation of twins by their 18th birthday or fall victim to the Lodgers.
Nothing Is Scarier: The Lodgers' presence is initially indicated by water emerging from the trapdoor in the entryway, either dripping upwards to the ceiling or flooding the entryway. It is only much later in the film that we finally see the Lodgers and understand their connection to family and its curse.
Old, Dark House: Naturally. Perhaps more dark than usual because the twins' resources for keeping it lit are dwindling.
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Edward crosses the threshold from an increasingly unlikeable (but ultimately sympathetic) victim and co-sufferer of the curse to an Asshole Victim when he assaults his sister and prepares to rape and forcibly impregnate her while she is unconscious. It's questionable how much of this behavior is influenced by the curse and the threat of imminent death, but it's not questionable that Edward genuinely covets his sister and has ignored several earlier pleas to flee the mansion together and avert this very scenario.
Twincest: A central plot point and a hereditary curse.
Virgin in a White Dress: Rachel is wearing her pristine-white shift when Edward realizes that she is "still pure"...and that he can take advantage of her unconscious state to relieve her of said purity.


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| namn             = Tuukka Rask
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| nationalitet     = Finland
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| född_ort         = Nyslott, Finland
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| position         = Målvakt
| plockhandske     = Vänster
| längd            = 190
| vikt             = 80

| klubb            =
| tidigare_klubbar = NHL Boston BruinsAHLProvidence BruinsLiigaIlvesExtraligaHC Škoda Plzeň <
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| draftad          = 21:a totalt
| draftad_år       = 2005
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}}Tuukka Mikael Rask''', född 10 mars 1987 i Nyslott, är en finländsk före detta professionell ishockeymålvakt som spelade för Boston Bruins i NHL. Han spelade tidigare för Providence Bruins i AHL, Ilves i finska FM-ligan och HC Škoda Plzeň i tjeckiska Extraliga. För säsongen 2013/2014 tilldelades han Vézina Trophy som NHL:s bäste målvakt.

Rask har även fått en getingart döpt efter sig, thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski.

Spelarkarriär

NHL

Toronto Maple Leafs
Rask blev draftad som 21:a spelare totalt av Toronto Maple Leafs i 2005 års draft. Året efter skickade Maple Leafs sina rättigheter till honom till Bruins i utbyte mot Andrew Raycroft.

Boston Bruins
Rask etablerade sig som NHL-målvakt under säsongen 2009–2010 och var under hela sin karriär Boston Bruins förstamålvakt. När Bruins vann 2011 års Stanley Cup sällade sig Rask till Antti Niemi som de enda finska målvakterna genom tiderna att vinna en Stanley Cup.

Den 28 juni 2012 skrev Tuukka Rask på ett ettårskontrakt med Boston Bruins, värt 3,5 miljoner dollar. Under NHL-lockouten säsongen 2012/13 spelade han för HC Plzeň i den tjeckiska toppligan. Efter att säsongen återupptogs tog sig Bruins återigen till Stanley Cup-final, men fick se sig besegrade av Chicago Blackhawks.

Den 10 juli 2013 skrev Rask på ett nytt kontrakt med Bruins, denna gång ett åttaårigt kontrakt värt 56 miljoner dollar.

Den 1 januari 2019 blev Rask historisk som den Bruins-målvakt som stått flest matcher. Han hade då stått i 469 matcher. Drygt en månad senare, i den 3 februari 2019, blev Rask, i och med en vinst mot Washington Capitals, den målvakt som vunnit flest matcher genom Bruins historia.  Båda de tidigare rekorden innehades av Tiny Thompson.

Tuukka Rasks 500 NHL-match spelade han mot Toronto Maple Leafs, laget som draftat honom, den 2 oktober 2019.  Samma säsong, den 10 mars 2020, höll han nollan för 50:e gången i karriären i en match mot Philadelphia Flyers.

Efter att ha stått under fem matcher i slutspelet 2019/2020 valde Rask att lämna den "bubbla" som skapats för att kunna hålla slutspelsmatcher under den pågående coronaviruspandemin för att åka hem till sin familj.

Internationellt
Rask vann brons i 2006 års junior-VM då Finland slog USA med 4-2 i bronsmatchen.

Tuukka Rask tog sin första OS-medalj 2014 då Finland tog brons efter att ha besegrat USA med 5-0.

Statistik
M = Matcher, V = Vinster, F = Förluster, O = Oavgjorda, ÖF = Förluster på övertid eller straffar, MIN = Spelade minuter, IM = Insläppta Mål, N = Hållit nollan, GIM = Genomsnitt insläppta mål per match, R% = Räddningsprocent

Grundserie

Slutspel

Referenser

Noter

Externa länkar
Tuukka Rask NHL Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com
Tuukka Rask hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com

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The Freixenet success story begins at its headquarters in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, a small town near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. Freixenet's roots run deep in this town, which is home to 95 percent of Spain's total Cava production. To this day, the predominant part of Freixenet's Cavas and wines are produced right here. In addition to its headquarters, Freixenet also has branches in 13 cities in Spain and 20 countries around the world. The Mainz-based German Freixenet GmbH is the largest subsidiary of the Group.
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01 October 2013 | Brief Counsel
A company has bank funding under a GSA (General Security Agreement) but is strapped for cash. The shareholders come to the party by purchasing a big slice of the company's inventory which they allow the company to keep and continue to sell to its usual customers, buying it back from the shareholders as needed.
If the company goes into receivership or liquidation, who has the best claim to that inventory? The shareholders as owner or the bank under its GSA?
A common practice
We've seen versions of this scenario many times recently in PPSA litigation.1
To date, the cases have turned on whether the sales were in the ordinary course of business, in which case the goods are transferred from seller to buyer free and clear of any security interest, such as the bank's GSA.2
We have been surprised by some of the courts' decisions, particularly when the sales appear, commercially, to be more in the nature of a financial arrangement than in the ordinary course of business.
A tougher response from the court
The High Court decision in Carey v Smith3 is tougher in its approach and should give comfort to those who take orthodox security interests, such as banks. It found not only that the sale was outside the ordinary course of the company's business, but that it was in effect a financial transaction and therefore, a security interest under the PPSA.
The shareholders entered into a sale and buy-back arrangement to help the company, which was not at that stage in financial difficulty, but needed working capital to harvest and stockpile an unusually large peat crop.
The court found that the sale was not in the ordinary course of business because:
the purchasers under the sale and buy-back agreement were not usual customers of the company, and indeed were related to it
the sale was a one-off, in that inventory was not usually sold in such a quantity and in an unprocessed state
exclusive possession remained with the company until two years after the sale, during which time the company was able to sell the inventory to its usual customers
at the end of the two year period, the purchasers had the option to "put" the remaining inventory to the company, which was then obliged to purchase it (this factor was particularly significant for the Judge)
there was no evidence that the sale or buy-back price matched market value
the purpose of the transaction was to meet a particular cash flow need. The transaction was initiated and negotiated by the company's chairman, not a manager or sales representative
there was no advertising, and
the acknowledged intention of the sale was to provide security to the purchasers. Their honesty in this regard was perhaps disarming. They were described in the agreement as "investors". In evidence, one said:
"I thought that by buying [the inventory] I would have something to sell if the put option was not exercised".
The new normal?
While some of the other judgments approached the ordinary course of business question in a similar way, this is the first judgment to take up the suggestion, in at least one academic article,4 that such transactions are, in reality, financing transactions and not sales.
In the Carey case, the Court found that the substantive purpose of the transaction was to provide funding. It was therefore, in substance, a security interest. The High Court here is protecting and upholding the power of a GSA. Financing transactions will not in the future be so easily described as sales, so as to remove assets from the reach of the GSA creditor.
Perhaps the lesson of the case to would-be providers of extra funding is best summed up by comments in the judgment itself:
"Unfortunately [the director], who thought of the idea of the sale and buy-back agreement, was not legally qualified, and he said in evidence that he was not familiar with securities like the bank's GSA.
It seems that neither [the director], nor [the shareholders] recognised the need for caution and, in particular, for sound legal advice before they proceeded to implement the idea".5
For more information, please contact the lawyers featured.
1. See for example Tubbs v Ruby [2011] 3 NZLR 551 and Stockco v Gibson [2011] NZCCLR 29. For Chapman Tripp's articles on those
cases click here.
2. Section 53 PPSA.3 [2013] NZHC 2291.4 Mike Gedye, A Hoary Chestnut Resurrected: The Meaning of 'Ordinary Course of Business' in
Secured Transactions Law (2013) 37 MULR 1.5 See the Judgment at paragraph 93, but note that the Court is incorrect in suggesting that
registration at an early stage may have led to the agreement withstanding scrutiny as a purchase money security interest. Section 53 would
still have operated, and in any event registration before possession by the debtor (required under section 74) may not have been possible.
Related topics: Personal Property Securities / PPSA; Liquidation; Restructuring & insolvency; Receiverships
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Q: Sound player not playing sound So I have a simple little program that needs to run a background sound while the user is doing other stuff. I wrote a simple code following other peoples tutorials and stuff on soundplayer. The problem is When I do soundplayer.Play(); no sound is played. Here is the code I used.
        private static SoundPlayer backgroundsound = new SoundPlayer("background1.wav");
        backgroundsound.Load();
        do{

            c_wait(0.01);}while(!backgroundsound.IsLoadCompleted);
        backgroundsound.PlayLooping ();
        //rest of program runs here
        loaddata ();

I am on a mac and using xamarin. No errors show up at all. I have no clue what is wrong.

A: Ensure that the file that you are attempting to load is actually being loaded given the name and directory. Check where the sound api checks for the file (most likely in the program's folder).
Are you sure that your library supports .wav files? That may sound silly but I've seen stranger.
Maybe you're playing the sound in your loop too often and it's repeating as soon as it plays.
Those are a few possible solutions I can give, good luck on fixing your bug!

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This is a friendly inn consisting of two comfortable mansions located next to nature, yet within walking distance of a town center and a quick bus ride or drive to Reykjavik city center. On route to the golden circle and various other day trip destinations.
Cafe and best bakery in Iceland, great for breakfast. Access to full kitchen facilities. Great fish store sells very fresh fish and fish dishes. Cheap grocery as well as 24 hour grocery and snack store close by. Lots of cheap restaurants. Quick drive to all of Reykjavik's fine food restaurants.
This is probably the best place to enjoy Iceland, where you have both proximity to nature and the city. Enjoy the spas, hiking, horse riding, golf, massage and the company of the host and guests.


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Q: For which numbers is the matrix diagonalizable? We have the matrix \begin{equation*}A=\begin{pmatrix}a & b \\ c & d\end{pmatrix}\end{equation*}
I want to find for which real numbers $a,b,c,d$ the matrix is diagonalizable in $\mathbb{R}^{2\times 2}$ and for which in $\mathbb{C}^{2\times 2}$.
The charachteristic polynomial is \begin{align*}\det (A-\lambda I)=\lambda^2-(a+d)\lambda +(ad-cb)\end{align*}
So, the eigenvalues are
\begin{align*}\lambda^2&-(a+d)\lambda +(ad-cb)=0 \\  \Rightarrow &\lambda_{1,2}=\frac{(a+d)\pm \sqrt{(a+d)^2-4(ad-cb)}}{2}=\frac{(a+d)\pm \sqrt{a^2+2ad+d^2-4ad+4cb}}{2}\\ & =\frac{(a+d)\pm \sqrt{a^2-2ad+d^2+4cb}}{2}  =\frac{(a+d)\pm \sqrt{(a-d)^2+4cb}}{2}\end{align*}
We have the following cases:
As an element of $\mathbb{R}^{\times 2}$ we have the following:

*

*Expression under the root $< 0$: no real eigenvalue, so the matrix is not diagonalizable.

*Expression under the root $> 0$: two different eigenvalues, that means that the matrix is not diagonalizable, or not?

*Expression under the root $= 0$, we have an eigenvalue of multiplicity $2$. What do we have in this case?

As an element of $\mathbb{C}^{\times 2}$ we have the following:

*

*Expression under the root $\neq 0$: two different eigenvalues , that means that the matrix is not diagonalizable, right?

*Expression under the root $= 0$, we have an eigenvalue of multiplicity $2$. What do we have in this case?

A: A matrix is diagonalizable iff its minimum polynomial is a product of simple linear factors.
Also, the distinct roots of the minimum polynomial are the same as the distinct eigenvalues of the matrix.
So for a 2x2 matrix, the only case when it is NOT diagonalizable is when the matrix has 2 repeated eigenvalues.
The matrix has repeated eigenvalues when:
$$det(A-\lambda I) = \lambda^2-\lambda \cdot (a+d) + (ad-bc)$$
has repeated roots....ie: $b^2-4ac=0$, which should simplify to: $$(a-d)^2+4bc=0$$
So all values of a, b, c and d that satisfy $(a-d)^2+4bc\ne0$ make A diagonalizable.

A: The matrix can be diagonalised iff it has a complete set of eigenvectors.
To be more explicit for a $2\times2$ matrix we can distinguish a few cases:

*

*If the two eigenvalues are distinct, which occurs when $(a-d)^2+4bc\neq0$, then the eigenvectors are linearly independent, and the matrix can be diagonalised.

*If the eigenvalues are identical (degenerate), one needs to check if the eigenvectors are linearly dependent. The degenerate condition requires $(a-d)^2+4bc = 0$, and the eigenvalues are $\lambda_1 = \lambda_2 = (a-d)/2$. The equations for the eigenvector(s) $\mathbf{x} = (x,y)$ are therefore
\begin{align}
   \begin{cases}
  \frac{a-d}{2} x + b y = 0 \\
  c x - \frac{a-d}{2} y = 0
\end{cases}
\end{align}
These equations are linearly dependent because of the degeneracy condition, so there are two possibilities:

*

*We can determine no relation between $x$ and $y$, and therefore two eigenvectors exist (we can choose any linearly independent pair). This can occur only if all coefficients of the eigenvectors system of equations vanish, i.e. $(a-d) = b = c = 0$. The matrix in this cases reduces to the (already diagonal) form
\begin{equation}
A = \begin{bmatrix}
 a & 0 \\
0 & a
\end{bmatrix}
\end{equation}

*As soon as one of the coefficients of the eigenvectors equations does not vanish, we establish a relation between $x$ and $y$, thus choosing one specific direction for the (only) eigenvector. As a consequence the matrix is defective and not diagonalisable. This can manifest in two forms:

*

*If $(a-d)=0$ then we must have that either $b=0$ or $c=0$, because we still must satisfy the degenerate condition $(a-d)^2+4bc = 0$. In this case the matrix has the form
\begin{equation}
A = \begin{bmatrix}
 a & b \\
0 & a
\end{bmatrix} \mbox{ with } b\neq0 \qquad \mbox{ or } \qquad
A = \begin{bmatrix}
 a & 0 \\
c & a
\end{bmatrix} \mbox{ with } c\neq0.
\end{equation}
which are classic non-diagonalisable Jordan blocks.

*If $(a-d)\neq0$ then, for  $(a-d)^2+4bc = 0$ to hold, we must have that both $b\neq0$ and $c\neq0$. Also in this case there exist only one eigenvector, and the matrix is non-diagonalisable. An example of such a matrix is
\begin{equation}
A = \begin{bmatrix}
 5 & 1 \\
-4 & 1
\end{bmatrix}
\end{equation}


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This is our complete beginner's guide to Tibet for 2021.
In the first installments of this all-new guide you will learn:
The top 10 questions about Tibet
What is Tibet known for?
Why visit Tibet — 10 extraordinary places to see
The biggest mistakes people make about Tibet
Because the topic is so large, we're writing it in sections. Coming up:
Fascinating Tibet facts
Tibet history in brief
Tibetan food
Famous Tibetans in history and now
Popular books and movies about Tibet
Let's jump right in with the first section, the top 10 questions about Tibet.
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TOP TEN QUESTIONS ABOUT TIBET
WHAT IS TIBET IS KNOWN FOR?
Coming Soon — Fascinating Tibet Facts
Some quick answers to your most common questions about the Land of Snows
There's no place on earth like Tibet and one of the reasons it has fascinated the world for so long is that very few people know anything much about it.
Let's start with some basic questions…
Where is Tibet?
From www.meltdownintibet.com.
Tibet is located between India and mainland China.
The huge Tibetan Plateau sits in the heart of Asia, surrounded by Myanmar, Nepal, mainland China, Bhutan and Xinjiang (East Turkistan).
See our Where is Tibet? post for more on the geography of Tibet and various Tibet maps.
Is Tibet a Country?
Tibetan currency from about the 1930's.
If you ask the Tibetan people they will say that Tibet is a country and has been since the reign of the first Tibetan king, Songtsen Gampo (604-650 CE).
However, since the Chinese invasion of 1949-50, and the Dalai Lama's flight to exile in India in 1959, Tibetans consider it now as an occupied country.
Unfortunately, since no country recognizes Tibet as a sovereign state, it is by default considered officially as part of China by other governments, so that to travel to Tibet, one must have a Chinese visa.
What is the capital of Tibet?
The capital of Tibet is the fabulous, ancient city of Lhasa.
Lhasa, which means place of the gods, is also the largest city in the Tibetan region, and is home to many of Tibet's most magnificent cultural treasures, including three UNESCO world heritage sites: the holy Jokhang Temple, the Potala Palace and the Norbulingka.
At an elevation of 11,990 ft/ 3,654 m, Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world.
What language is spoken in Tibet?
Om mani padme hum: An ancient Tibetan mantra written in Tibetan script.
Tibetan is the language spoken in Tibet, though it has 220 dialects!
According to Tibetan linguist Nicolas Tournadre, there are essentially 25 languages derived from Old Tibetan that are spoken in Tibet, China, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan. (Each of these is largely not understandable to speakers of the others.)
In Tibetan communities, three primary dialects are recognized, those of Central Tibetan, Kham and Amdo.
Fun fact: in Tibetan, the word for Tibet is Po. For such a short word, it's quite hard for non-Tibetans to pronounce, since the "p" is pronounced somewhere between a "p" and a "b" and the "o" is somewhere between the sound of "pooh" and "puh."
For more on Tibetic languages >>
Can I travel to Tibet?
Travelers with a Tibetan guide in the Kham region of Eastern Tibet.
The short answer is yes, in general, foreign tourists can travel to Tibet, with a Chinese visa, plus a special Tibet permit.
However, you cannot travel independently to the central Tibetan region, called the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), which includes many of Tibet's most famous places, like Lhasa, and Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side.
To travel to the TAR, you must be part of an organized tour with a certified Tibet travel agency.
You can travel to the Tibetan regions of Kham and Amdo, which are largely outside the TAR, with just a Chinese visa.
If you'd like us to provide you with a recommendation for a reliable Tibet travel agency for either a group or private organized tour, contact us here.
2021 Travel Advisory: Due to the current health crisis, Tibet is temporarily closed to all foreign travelers. There has been no announcement regarding a re-open date. However, travelers can pre-book travel for a later date. At the same time, you will support local Tibetan-owned businesses at a time when they are struggling to survive. To learn more, ask us for an introduction to a reliable Tibetan travel agency here.
Does it snow in Tibet?
Tibet's high-altitude Gyatso La Pass in summer.
Tibet is known as the Land of Snows mostly because of the presence of the snowy peaks of the various high-altitude mountain ranges of Tibet, such as the Tibetan Himalaya.
However, a little surprisingly, below 16,000 ft/ 4,800 m you are not likely to find much snow.
The Himalayas in particular block a good deal of the rain-bearing winds coming from India.
A Tibetan girl and her grandfather in front of the Jokhang Temple.
For this reason, the climate of the entire Tibetan Plateau is generally dry. The precipitation that does fall comes mainly as rain in the warmish summer months rather than in winter.
So generally speaking the most populated parts of Tibet don't get much snow, even in winter.
How to go to Tibet?
On an Everest Base Camp from Lhasa, you can pass by the Karo la pass, and this little hidden glacier.
First, keep in mind that you need to be on an organized tour to visit Tibet.
You will book your Tibet travel with a Tibetan travel agency, and they will arrange your travel inside the country. (Ask us for a referral here.)
To get to Tibet, you can enter from the Chinese mainland, or from Nepal.
To get to Tibet via China, you will fly first to a city in mainland China, such as Chengdu or Beijing. From there you have a choice flying, taking a train, or even overland if you have more time.
Learn more on how to get to Tibet from China here >>
If you prefer to enter Tibet from Nepal, you can fly from Kathmandu, or go overland via the Friendship Highway when the border is open.
Either way, you will require a special group visa for China, which may impact further travel in China.
We strongly recommend not traveling overland due to serious risks associated with altitude sickness.
Learn more on how to travel to Tibet from Nepal here >>
How high is Tibet above sea level?
Topographic map of Tibet and the surrounding area, with the red areas above about 4500 m/ 14,750 ft, and gold areas above 2000 m/6500 ft. (Image from Darekk2 via Wikimedia Commons.)
Tibet is extremely high above sea level, and the risk of getting altitude sickness is real unless you take necessary precautions.
The average elevation in Tibet is 14,750 ft/ 4,500 m. Which is just crazy if you think about it!
Compare that to a high altitude mountain city like Aspen, Colorado at 8000 ft/ ~2500 m.
The city of Lhasa, where many visitors begin a trip to Tibet, sits at 11,990 ft/ 3,654 m.
It may help to know this medical definition of "high altitude:"
High Altitude: 8,000 to 12,000 ft (2,438 – 3,658 m)
Very high altitude: 12,000 – 18,000 ft. (3,658 – 5,487 m)
Extremely high altitude: 18,000+ feet (5,500+ meters)
Visitors to Tibet usually enter, for all practical purposes, at "very high altitude" and continue on to even higher altitudes. Travelers to Mount Kailash even reach extreme high altitude.
If you're considering travel to Tibet, check out our beginner's guide to avoiding altitude sickness.
What to do in Tibet?
A view from the Tibet "sky" train on the way from Xining to Lhasa.
Here's a very brief list of some of the more popular things that people do in Tibet:
Take the Sky Train from mainland China to Lhasa
View otherworldly Tibetan Buddhist temples and the incomparably beautiful Potala Palace on the Lhasa Highlights tour
View mighty Mount Everest on an overland tour out of Lhasa that includes turqoise high-altitude lakes and up-close glaciers.
Join Tibetan pilgrims on a holy trek of holy Mount Kailash, on a longer tour that includes Everest Base Camp.
Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, former home of the Dalai Lamas.
This barely scratches the surface, but you get the idea.
We'll look a little more closely at some of the extraordinary historical and cultural sites in Tibet below…
To learn much more, check out our How to Visit Tibet Safely, Easily and Ethically: The Complete Guide.
Why is Tibet Important?
Location of Mount Everest on the Tibet-Nepal border.
Poised between two of the world's most populous countries — China and India — Tibet's location gives it enormous geo-political importance.
Tibet's formidable mountain terrain serves as a buffer between the two, whose relationship is tenuous at best.
Tibet is also at the crossroads of important overland trade routes.
A number of Asia's most significant rivers originate in the Tibet mountains, including the Brahmaputra, Mekong, Yangtze, Yellow River, and Indus.
You can imagine the significance of being the primary source of Asia's water.
There are apparently 102 types of mineral deposits in Tibet, with enormous value. (It has been valued at 100 billion US dollars.) Two of these are chromium and copper.
Nuns practicing in an afternoon session at the main nuns prayer hall at Yarchen Gar in Eastern Tibet.
The form of Buddhism that developed in Tibet is particularly significant among the various forms of Buddhism that exist today because it derives from the great Buddhist masters of India's Nalanda University, who relied on the discipline of logic.
Of the the different Buddhist traditions existing today, only Tibetan Buddhism relies on this lineage of logic and reason. For that reason, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said that "The Nalanda tradition seems to be the most comprehensive presentation of the Buddha's teachings available today. It incorporates knowledge of the mind and emotions which is of potential benefit to all humanity."
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is by far Tibet's most famous person, even though he has lived in exile in Northern India since he escaped over the Himalayas in 1959.
The spiritual leader of Tibet, he is sometimes referred to as a living Buddha, and is the beloved heart and soul of the Tibetan people.
His Holiness (as Tibetans refer to him) is 14th in a reincarnated line of Dalai Lamas stretching back to the 15th century.
Tibetans consider him to be a manifestation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Chenrezig. Bodhisattvas are realized beings that are committed to helping all living becomes reach enlightenment.
Chenrezig (Also known as Avalokitesvara) Bodhisattva of Compassion (From hand-made applique thangkha created by Tibetan artisans at the Norbulingkha Institute near Dharamsala.)
His Holiness is committed to the promotion of:
warm-heartedness, compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment and self-discipline.
a focus on the core similarities of all seven billion humans on the planet, rather than on our differences, and on how we all want happiness and do not want suffering.
harmony among the world's religious traditions.
the preservation of Tibetan language, culture and the special Buddhist lineage rooted in the ancient teachings of Nalanda University, as well as Tibet's environment.
reviving awareness of the value of ancient Indian knowledge and integrating it into modern education.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for: "advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people." (From the Nobel Peace Prize citation.)
Mountains, Lakes and Yaks
Yaks carrying lumber in Kham, Eastern Tibet.
Tibet is a landscape photographer's playground, with the natural grandeur of the snow-capped Himalayas, sky-blue lakes, and herds of massive, long-haired yaks dotted among magnificent green valleys.
The stuff of dreams, Mount Everest towers above the rest of the Himalayan Range, and is the highest mountain on earth at 29,035 ft/ 8,850 m.
View of Mount Everest from Rongbuk Monastery on the Tibet side.
But while Everest and the Himalayas are the highest and most famous mountains in Tibet, the vast Tibetan Plateau is actually surrounded by a number of other impressively high-altitude mountain ranges, including the Karakoram, Kunlun, Daxue, and Hengduan.
Scattered across the Tibetan Plateau you find also some of the most glorious "sky" lakes on the planet, like turqoise-colored Yamdrok Yumtso and Koko Nor, which is the largest lake in Tibet.
Winter view of Lake Yamdrok Yumtso.
Many Tibetan lakes are considered holy and among these is lovely deep-blue Namtso ("Tso" means lake in Tibetan). Lake Manasarovar, which is fed by the glaciers of the holiest mountain in Tibet, Mount Kailash, is also considered sacred by four of the world's religious followers, Buddhists, Jains, Hindus and Bon practitioners.
The World Heritage Potala Palace
The holy Tse Potala is one of the world's most extraordinary and dramatic buildings, and is a World Heritage Site.
Perched on a hill in the middle of the old city of Lhasa, the Potala is the magnificent structural center of the Tibetan world.
Built in the 17th century as a palace for the great 5th Dalai Lama, the Potala served as the palace for Tibet's subsequent Dalai Lamas, including the current 14th Dalai Lama, until he fled into exile in 1959.
The iconic golden roofs of the Potala Palace still represent, for many, Lhasa itself, even though it is now a rather empty-feeling museum rather than a living monastery and seat of government as it used to be.
The Tibetan dumplings called momos are wildly popular throughout the Tibetan world, but increasingly, have become a global phenomenon for non-Tibetan foodies.
Lovely, plump, juicy and savory, momos inspire fervent devotion in food lovers around the world.
You can eat them stuffed with meat, or veggies, and they come steamed, fried and in soup.
Get Lobsang Wangdu's beloved momos recipe here >>
Lobsang Wangdu making momos — Tibetan dumplings.
Tibetan Art
Traditionally, Tibetan art is equivalent to Buddhist art.
In the same way that Buddhism permeates every aspect of Tibetan culture, Buddhism is also inextricable from Tibetan art.
Of the deep, rich pool of Tibetan art, two are arguable the most well-known in the world: thangkhas and mandalas.
Thangkhas
Green Tara, from an applique thangkha created by Tibetan artisans at the Norbulingkha Institute.
Thangkhas are Tibetan Buddhist scroll paintings (or sometimes silk applique or embroidery) that are usually framed by riotously-colored silk brocade.
The thangkhas usually portray Buddhist deities or concepts, and are used to promote meditation or the teaching of Buddhist concepts or stories.
The Buddha Sakyamuni is one of the most common subjects though there are literally multiple thousands of deities that can be represented, like White Tara or Avalokitesvara.
The most famous of thangkhas are massive ones that are hung on major religious holidays on special walls monasteries in Tibet, like this one hung on a hillside at Drepung Monastery in Lhasa.
Giant thangkha of the Buddha Shakyamuni at the Shoton Festival, Drepung Monastery in Lhasa.
A favorite subject for thangkhas are mandalas.
The word mandala comes from the Sanskrit word for "circle" and describes the diagrams used by Tibetans (and Hindus) that offer a spiritual representation of the cosmos.
Like thangkhas, mandalas represent aspects of one's spiritual journey and are used for spiritual development.
Mandalas in particular tend to symbolize the universe, and cosmological cycles.
The kinds of mandalas most well-known outside of Tibet these days are sand mandalas, which are sometimes described as two-dimensional representations of a Buddha's celestial palace, populated with enlightened beings.
You may have seen or heard of monks spending days or weeks painstakingly creating intricate sand mandalas in museums or other cultural centers around the world, only to destroy them once they are done. Sweeping up the mandala symbolizes the important Buddhist concept of the impermanence of all phenomena.
No place on the planet can touch Tibet in terms of superlatives — the bluest skies and lakes, the whitest, highest peaks, the deepest spirituality, the weirdest and most wonderful food. It's an adventure, start to finish, and like nothing you will experience in any other corner of the world. Here are our recommendations for 10 extraordinary reasons why you should visit Tibet.
If you'd like us to provide you with a recommendation for a reliable Tibet travel agency for a trip to Tibet, contact us here.
Lhasa — exceptional City of the Gods
The front of the Jokhang Temple with Tibetans walking the Barkhor kora, in Lhasa Tibet.
Even if you visit no other spot in Tibet, you can come away with memories for a lifetime in Lhasa alone. The largest and most significant city in Tibet, Lhasa holds many of her greatest spiritual and cultural treasures. Don't miss the ancient Jokhang Temple, the World Heritage Site Potala Palace, or the three greatest monasteries: Drepung, Sera and nearby Ganden. Lhasa is truly one of the great cities of the world.
Mount Everest — roof of the world
View of Mount Everest from Rongbuk Monastery in Tibet
Mount Everest, the holy mountain that Tibetans call Chomolangma, or Goddess Mother of the World, is famously the highest spot on planet earth. When you stand at Everest Base Camp to gaze up at the stunning 29,032ft/ 8848 m summit of Mt. Everest, you are already at extremely high altitude, 17,060 ft/ 5200 m. (Check out our Beginner's Guide to Avoiding Altitude Sickness if you plan to visit.) Though you can see the peak of Everest from Nepal as well, the Tibet side has the best, most unobstructed view.
Mount Kailash — walking on sacred ground
Mount Kailash Trekking: A view of Kailash from the Barkha Plain
When we asked members of our All Things Tibet Facebook group what their most fantastic memory of Tibet was, quite a few mentioned the high-altitude pilgrimage circuit around holy Mount Kailash. It is truly an extraordinary experience, walking with Tibetan pilgrims from every walk of life, at dizzyingly high altitudes (the Dolma La pass is over 18,000 ft/ 5600 m. high!) The journey to Mount Kailash typically includes, as an incredible bonus, a visit to Everest Base Camp and a number of other highlights of Tibet travel.
Dzogchen Monastery — perfection in a hidden valley
The view from Dzogchen Monastery's Pematang Retreat Center, with Mount Dorje Ziltrom rising behind.
Dzogchen Monastery in Kham, in Eastern Tibet, is a wonderful chance to get off the beaten path. Hermitage caves with deeply significant histories populate the beautiful hills behind the monastery and the local population keep the site alive as a living source of Buddhist learning and practice.
Yamdrok Lake — bluest of blues
Yolanda at the Kamba La Pass with a view of Yamdrok Tso.
Yamdrok Yumtso can be viewed from the 15,915 ft /4852 m Kamba La Pass when you are traveling to Gyantse from Lhasa. The lake home to Samding Monastery, which is special because it is one of the few Tibetan monasteries headed by a woman.
Pelchor Chode and the Gyantse Kumbum — home of the Panchen Lamas
Along with Lhasa and Shigatse, Gyantse is among the most historically and culturally significant towns in Tibet. It houses the venerable Pelchor Chode Monastery, and the extraordinary nine-story Kumbum of the "one-hundred thousand holy images." At the Kumbum, you have the rare opportunity to literally walk through a representation of the Buddhist mandala.
Karo La Glacier and Mt. Noijin Kangsang — beauty up close
Not the least of the highlights of the roadtrip to Everest or Mount Kailash is the excellent view of what is commonly called the Karo La Glacier flowing down from Mt. Noijin Kangsang. The glacier takes it's popular name from the nearby Karo La Pass (16,522 ft/ 5035 m). You can get quite close to the glacier on a wooden walkway that snakes around the hills below the glacier, allowing for some really great, unobstructed views.
Ganden Monastery — birds eye views of the Kyichu Valley
View from the Wangpo Ri above Ganden Monastery in Tibet.
Ganden is special not only because of it's long history as one of the great three Gelugpa monasteries of Tibet, but also because it enjoys an exceptionally picturesque location high above the Kyichu River Valley. Don't miss the lovely kora (pilgrimage circuit) around the monastery and up along the Wangpo Ri Mountain ridge.
Larung Gar — magnificent center of Buddhist learning in Garze
Two young monks at larung gar
Although the expression "one of a kind" gets overused, there is no other way to describe the Buddhist "camp" that is Larung Gar. Before 2016, it was the largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in the world, full of 10,000 monks, nuns and pilgrims studying from Buddhist masters. The area has been restricted from visitors since 2016 due to demolitions for "overcrowding" but it will hopefully open again to allow more pilgrims and travelers to experience a deeply impressive example of Tibetan Buddhist practice.
Tashilumpo Monastery — home of the Panchen Lamas
Tashilumpo Monastery in Shigatse, Tibet.
Highly significant in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, Tashilumpo Monastery offers a multitude of treasures in a multitude of chapels. It is the traditional seat of Tibet's second highest lama, the Panchen Lama, behind only the Dalai Lama in importance. Don't miss the pilgrimage kora that circles the monastery, and gives you great views of Shigatse's old town.
Because so few people in the world have visited Tibet, it generates quite a sense of mystery and confusion.
In this section we'll try to separate facts from some of the fiction.
Let's jump in:
Mistake #1: Confusing Tibet and Nepal
Screengrab from the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark of the Nepali village where Indiana Jones meets Marion.
If you mention Tibet, it's remarkable how many people mistakenly think of the scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark — you know, where Indy first meets Marion in the bar she runs in a Himalayan mountain village?
That scene, though, is in Nepal, not Tibet.
There's a good reason that people get the two confused.
Both of them are Himalayan countries that share the famous summit of Mt. Everest.
Everest is located exactly on the Tibet-Nepal border, so you can climb up one side in Tibet and climb down into Nepal on the other. (Amazingly, people have actually done this, climbing up from opposite sides and passing each other on the same day!)
Tibetans and Nepalis traded salt and rice over Himalayan passes for hundreds of years. And perhaps due to that trade, they share some elements of culture. While Nepal is primarily Hindu, there are a fair number of Tibetans and therefore Tibetan Buddhists living in Nepal. You will find elements of Tibetan art and architecture in Nepal and vice versa.
But they are in fact separate countries. And the Tibet Autonomous Region is 8 times as large as Nepal. If you include the area of the entire Tibetan regions of U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo, it's more like 16 times as big!
Mistake #2: Tibetans are vegetarians
A very common type of yak noodle soup in Pelyul, Kham in Eastern Tibet.
Again, it's not surprising that folks make this mistake.
If you know that vast majority of Tibetan people are Tibetan Buddhist, it's not crazy to assume that they would avoid killing animals for meat.
However, contrary to popular belief, Tibetans are not traditionally vegetarian, and are in fact heavy meat eaters, with an emphasis on yak.
The environment of the Tibetan Plateau is not conducive to raising vegetables, so Tibetan diets have traditionally focused on barley, dairy products and meat, when the household could afford it.
Tibetans do traditionally eat some veggies, but only hardy vegetables can survive in Tibet, like turnips, cabbage, carrots, radishes, potato, mustard and green onion.
With the increase of hot-houses in modern-day Tibet, there are many more vegetables available inside Tibet. And with the Tibetan diaspora spread throughout India and the whole world, a significant number of Tibetans have turned to vegetarianism for ethical and health reasons.
Mistake #3: The Land of Snows is full of snow
The video above shows you a relatively rare sight of Lhasa fully covered in snow. Tibetans in Lhasa remarked on the unusual amount of snow this year.
Actually, the Land of Snows is not all that snowy except in the higher mountain elevations.
In the more populated areas, like Lhasa, for example, you can have cold, clear weather in winter, but not very much snow.
And summer can be surprisingly warm, even hot.
Having said that, it is entirely possible to encounter snow on the numerous high passes in Tibet, at any time of year.
Mistake #4: Tibet is closed to tourists
Our friend and Yolanda's travel companion Meg Moser on Ganden Samye Trek in Tibet.
In normal, non-pandemic times, Tibet is in fact open to foreign visitors for most months of the year. (There do tend to be closures for much of February and all of March.)
See our post: When is Tibet Closed to Foreigners for more details.
All foreign travelers require both a Chinese visa and a special Tibet permit.
And you have to be on a tour (group or private) organized through an accredited travel agency.
Mistake #5: Tibetans are frozen in time
For some reason there is a widespread misperception that Tibetans are sort of frozen in time and that they all wear traditional dress or monks robes.
The truth is that contemporary Tibetans inside and outside of Tibet are hugely diverse.
Inside Tibet, you do definitely see nomads and herders and pilgrims in traditional dress, and you do see monks and nuns in robes, but you'll also see a bunch of folks in contemporary dress, from plain-Jane every day pants and shirts, to super-stylish ladies and gents, to office workers, to hipsters, to guides in real or knock-off gear from The North Face and Arcteryx.
There are Tibetan scientists, executives, doctors, computer programmers, artists, singers, actors, nurses, and businesspeople. Just like everywhere.
Mistake #6: You find Tibetans only in Tibet
Nechung Oracle Leading a Prayer at Tibetan Association of Northern California Community Center.
A lot of people don't realize that though a majority of Tibetans do still live in Tibet, many Tibetans live in communities spread around the world.
Exact numbers are extremely hard to know, due to the vagaries of the Chinese government and of the difficulty of counting the diaspora…
But according to the 2014 Census, cited in Wikipedia, here's a rough breakdown:
Inside Tibet, six million Tibetans in the Tibet Autonomous Region plus the 10 Tibetan autonomous prefectures.
Outside Tibet, approximately 150,000 Tibetans, living in:
India 85,000 (down 44% according to the Indian government.)
Bhutan 1,800
Other Parts of the World 25,000
So that's it for our fourth installment of the beginners guide for Tibet.
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Updated on January 9, 2021. First published on December 6, 2020.
Frank A. Lojewski says
Well, nothing new for me. As to Tibetans abroad, we have a number of Tibetan temples in the city of Richmond, BC, including the magnificent Trangu temple. One item: when speaking of Tibet, I tend to think of the entire high plateau, not just the in Beijing created political unit. Consequently, getting into Tibet without permit is no issue for me. That said, all of China, including all of Tibet, is now close to foreign visitors due to the pandemic. It looks as if this situation will continue for some years in the future.
Ivan Rotman says
Nice and interesting!
Dear Lobsang and Yolanda,
We very much enjoy reading your posts and look forward to realistically planning a trip to Tibet! Thank you 🥰
We had some communication with you a while ago and had originally planned to come late spring 2020 – thankfully we didn't book anything…
We hope things will improve soon – in the meantime, take care and stay safe.
We hope to visit your beautiful country in the near future! 🙂🥰
Charlotte and Goran (from Montenegro)
Lobsang and Yolanda says
Wonderful to hear from you Charlotte and Goran and so happy that the posts are helpful. We look forward to helping you when COVID abates. Be well!
Everything mentioned in this article is true and very significant.
Don't forget to take the time to listen to their songs, music, and resonance of their Singing Bowls.
Their Artwork is also full of meaning that it takes a long viewing to grasp just a handful of what is being explained by the Artist.
TIBETANS are dedicated and extremely religious in their life and everything that they do reflect their belief.
Thanks so much for the kind support, Paul, and your helpful comments. All true!


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