Rotterdam is Holland's second largest city, located in the south of the country, and Europe's largest port. Thanks to its roads, rails and waterways, it is known as the Gateway To Europe, and so, it makes sense to get to this Dutch city by ferry. It means you can take your own car (saving on car hire), and really explore what the city has to offer.
Being able to drive straight off the ferry and onto a European adventure is what really attracts me to travelling by ferry to Rotterdam. It is made easy with P&O Ferries, with daily overnight (12 hour) sailings from Hull. My husband travelled to Holland by ferry many years ago, and loved it. Whilst it may take longer than a flight, the journey across the North Sea, he said, was relaxing and enjoyable, especially as he was able to walk around the boat, enjoy the entertainment, take in the views and breathe in the sea air whilst out on the deck. It was also a more affordable option, and something a little bit different.
Standard cabins come included in the price of your ticket, with shower, toilet, towels and bedding, but you can always upgrade to a premier cabin for extra comfort and more space – and sea views. You can get a mini cruise to Rotterdam for just £79 for two people.
Whilst you may be sleeping for some of the 12 hour trip, there is entertainment to suit all tastes aboard a P&O Ferry, for when you are awake. The Show Lounge, located across two decks, showcases live bands, singers, pianist and cabaret throughout the evening. You can dance the night away in the disco, enjoy drinks in one of the bars, or try your luck at the onboard casino. You can then spend your winnings at one of the shops, which offer up to 40% off the RRP on alcohol and beauty products.
Fine dining is on offer from The Brasserie, which allows you to sit back, relax and enjoy the sea views, whilst tucking into tasty dishes like steak, lobster and sea bass. If you prefer something a little bit more laid back, the all you can eat buffet restaurant – The Kitchen – serves a wide range of dishes from around the world, on a rotating menu, which includes soups, salads, meat, fish, and desserts.
And of course, can't forget about the kids! There is a play area, cinema with the latest films, an arcade, and in the summer months, Junior Crew Kids Club meets for 5 – 11 year olds on selected sailings. P&O's Mascot, Pirate Pete is on-board to join in the fun, which includes everything from arts and crafts sessions to face painting, puzzles and games – as well as special children's shows like Treasure Island and The Little Mermaid.
Rotterdam is known as Manhattan on the Meuse, because of its impressive skyline. The city has such a fantastic reputation when it comes down to architecture.
Among them are the Cube Houses of Rotterdam, built in the 1980s, are regular houses, titled to 45 degrees, and located predominately in the city centre. I don't know about you, but just looking at images of the cube houses blows my mind! They are mostly occupied, but there is one empty house you can visit – the Show Cube.
The iconic Erasmus Bridge which is 800m long and connects northern and southern Rotterdam is also quite a sight. Its nickname is The Swan, and I can see why, with its 139m high pylon. You can walk across the bridge, and it is a great place to take in the views across the river.
Whilst Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Rotterdam has the Euromast. It was built in 1960 for Floriade, the world horticulture expo. You can catch a superfast lift to the viewing platforms, and can see as far as The Hague and Antwerp. If you're feeling adventurous, you can abseil down!
The 'St. Laurenskerk' or Great Church of Rotterdam, is the only remaining medieval structure in Rotterdam, built in the late Gothic period of 1449 and 1525.
'Het Witte Huis' (The White House) was the first skyscraper in Europe and was build between 1897 and 1898. It is one of the few structures that survived the 1940 bombings of Rotterdam. You should also visit Rotterdam's City Hall, which is one of the few old buildings left in the centre of the city. It was built between 1914 and 1920 and miraculously, it too survived the 1940 bombing raids. Visiting the picturesque borough of Delfshaven will give you a unique impression of Rotterdam before the 1940s.
Rotterdam Zoo, or 'Diergaarde Blijdorp' as the Dutch call it, is one of Holland's biggest attractions. The amazing Oceanium is a 22 meters long tunnel where you will meet many marine and coastal animals, such as sharks, turtles, sea otters, puffins and king penguins.
Explore the SS Rotterdam, the biggest passenger ship ever built on Dutch soil. You can spend the night in one of the rooms, do a tour, or enjoy a drink whilst enjoying the view of the Meuse and Rotterdam's skyline. The ship sailed the seas from 1959 to 2000, and everything is as it was so you get an authentic experience of what the ship was like.
You can't visit one of the biggest ports in the world without visiting its Maritime Museum, with over one million maritime objects and all sorts of (inter)active experiences for you to explore.
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen has a collection over 140,000 pieces of art – old and modern, with some sculptures at the adjacent sculpture park. You'll find works of Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Kandinsky, Margritte, Dalí, Kokoschka, Leonardo da Vinci, Cornell, Beckmann and many others. The overall collection is acknowledged as one of the most important in the world.
Rotterdam's Market Hall is a football pitch sized indoor market with fresh fish, meat and vegetable stalls and delicatessens – a foodies delight! Winkelcentrum Zuidplein is the biggest indoor shopping centre in Holland, with over 150 shops and several cafés and restaurants, is located in Rotterdam Zuid. While the city centre has the big name shops, make sure to explore the smaller neighbourhoods for smaller shops and boutiques. There is fashion, art, books, food, gifts, music, and more to spend your Euros on.
Westelijk Handelsterrein is a complex of former warehouses, which has been fully restored, and is home to a number of shops and galleries and many great bars and restaurants. There are a variety of cuisines on offer, from Japanese to Turkish, and as night falls, restaurants transform into nightclubs where you can dance the night away. Enjoy the trendy, cosmopolitan restaurants of Rotterdam, or you could stop off at one of the many cafés or waterside terraces for a relaxing coffee and bite to eat.
Have you travelled to Rotterdam by ferry? What should I not miss when visiting?
Disclosure: Collaborative post in association with P&O Ferries.
Never been on a ferry. Plan to get on one soon though.
Ooh exciting! Where are you going? It does look amazing doesn't it!
Love those pics, it really is stunning isn't it! I went to Hull Uni, we did Amsterdam as students (funnily enough!) but not Rotterdam. Think I missed a trick, although Hull isn't that far from Nottingham! Love a ferry journey.
Haha, my husband also did Amsterdam by ferry :D It looks beautiful, so much stunning architecture.
I didn't even realise you could get the ferry to Rotterdam. I must look at some of the other routes they do as I love travelling by ferry. Rotterdam's a great city too, we loved visiting in the Spring.
A new one for you to check out! I can imagine it's wonderful in springtime.


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The impact of smoking on health is huge, obviously. Half of all lifelong smokers die early because of the habit basically losing 3 months of life expectancy for every year they smoke after the age of 35. Also, most would agree the habit is both physically and psychologically addictive. Vaping has now come along and tries to help people quit smoking; however, the jury might still be out, but Public Health England claims that vaping may be contributing to at least 20,000 smokers quitting every year.
Vaping clearly has its critics (Google vaping news and you'll 90% of the critics). Medical professionals seem reluctant to encourage smokers to make the switch to vaping despite research from the likes of Cardiff University who showed that vaping does not act as a gateway back to tobacco, nor does it normalize smoking among youth. Similarly, the Royal College of Physicians actually announced these findings back in 2016, and now, Embarrassing Bodies' Doctor Christian Jessen has put his name to a campaign calling on fellow doctors to heed this advice and support their patients to switch from smoking to vaping (what a great idea).
There is a growing list of evidence which shows vaping can reduce smoking related harm and yet despite that, more than half of hospitals across Europe ban vaping on their grounds and the majority US hospitals ban it completely. It's time we were consistent and gave clear advice to smokers to help combat the misinformation they are all too often bombarded with, about vaping.
A study commissioned by the UK Vaping Industry Association, and the widest to date into the health, financial and social benefits of vaping, found that vapers make an average saving of £346 a year compared to when they were smoking, which could equate to an annual nationwide saving of almost £1.1bn. Plus, the long term impact of vaping might be unknown, but is "likely to be very small, and is substantially smaller than that the implications of smoking," according to the RCP. In fact, the available data suggest the risks are unlikely to exceed 5% compared to the risks of smoking cigarettes and the actual figure may even be lower.
Vaping has already proven itself as a great way for people to quit smoking and for that reason alone we should encourage the habit. We all recognize that this doesn't help the addition to nicotine but let's try to reduce the risks that come with traditional cigarettes. This is very similar to our love for riding bicycles that we'd never say is harmful to us but we'd always encourage riders to wear a bicycle helmet to reduce the risk of injury. In similar fashion, we'd encourage smokers to vape to reduce the risks of smoking traditional cigarettes.
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Kudos should go out to Comcast for helping put a dent into the spam problem, but before they run around the web claiming they saved the Internet from spam, they still have a long ways to go in cleaning up their networks. SenderBase lists a handful of IP addresses that are continually pumping out over one million emails a day, and many more who are sending over 100,000 per day. Comcast attempts to notify problem users before they begin blocking port 25 traffic and these users may be caught in the middle of the process. Let's hope they can speed up the process and stop the spam emanating from these IPs soon.


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Stay up to date with MYRRHA, the very first prototype of a nuclear reactor powered by a particle accelerator.
His Majesty the King visits the MYRRHA project at SCK•CEN
His Majesty the King paid a working visit to the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre today. The visit was initiated by last year's government's decision to implement the MYRRHA project in Mol. "This new, unique research infrastructure will attract young and dynamic scientists from all over the world", says Hamid Aït Abderrahim, SCK•CEN Deputy Director-General and MYRRHA project Director.
Mol (Belgium), Wednesday 26 June 2019, 10 am. The sun reflects on the silvery aluminium experiments inside the SCK•CEN Technology Hall that were developed for the innovative MYRRHA research infrastructure. About fifteen young researchers are moving around a bit tensely. They will be hosting the King, who is about to arrive on a working visit. "One for one, they are passionate scientists", Hamid Aït Abderrahim, SCK•CEN Deputy Director-General and MYRRHA Director says as an introduction. Angélique Gatera (32 years) kicks off and takes the King along a fifteen meter long banner of the MYRRHA accelerator.
"MYRRHA will be the world's first prototype of an accelerator driven system. The particle accelerator starts and maintains the nuclear reaction inside the reactor. When you switch off the accelerator, the reactor will stop within one millionth of a second. I'm thrilled by the challenge of building the world's most reliable accelerator", says Angélique. Engineer Christophe Corazza (27 years) confirms: "MYRRHA enables us to take giant leaps into the future by linking technology with science."
MYRRHA's innovative characteristics were the main attraction for Yong-Hoon Shin. "The more I delved into lead bismuth as the cooling liquid during my nuclear studies, the clearer it became to me that I had to end up at MYRRHA. This is the only place in the world where I can put my knowledge into practice", research engineer Hoon (30 years) points out. "What drives me, is the desire to remove technical barriers on that road. The desire to work alongside colleagues who come from all corners of the planet and to share our experiences", says François Davin (27 years).
Angélique Gatera, Christophe Corazza, François Davin and Shin Yong-Hoon are no exceptions in the MYRRHA team with their young age. The average of the 135 strong team is 35 years. Hamid Aït Abderrahim explains: "MYRRHA is an ambitious project. It will result in a technological solution to reduce nuclear waste, while it will also produce new medical radioisotopes. These medical radioisotopes will allow us to combat cancer more effectively and to reduce patient side-effects. Shaping the future is clearly creating a new dynamism in the sector. A dynamisms that resonates with many young scientists."
MYRRHA addresses several societal challenges, but the materials that are used in the project also offer opportunities in other industries. The reactor's cooling liquid could contribute significantly to sustainable energy. "With thermal solar energy, we no longer work with the sun's light, but with its heat. We do this by focussing the light into a container with a heat absorbing liquid. That allows us to store the energy. Lead bismuth conducts heat and is thus an ideal candidate for this application," Hamid explains.
Eye witness
MYRRHA's construction made significant progress since the Belgian government's decision of 7 September 2018. The King was able to witness this progress at first hand during his working visit to the SCK•CEN in Mol today. "MINERVA, the project's first phase, is under full development. The installation should become operational in 2027. That will see the production start of our innovative medical radioisotopes," says Marc Schyns, Director of the Advanced Nuclear Systems Institute. MINERVA will eventually be built at the Mol site, but its construction will be done in several steps. Key components were initially tested in Grenoble and taken to Belgium, where they were reassembled at the Cyclotron Resource Centre at Louvain-la-Neuve (UCLouvain). "The MINERVA accelerator will eventually produce protons at 100 MeV, but the installation at Louvain-la-Neuve will be restricted to 5.9 MeV."
The King was welcomed by Derrick Gosselin (Chairman of the SCK•CEN Board of Directors) and Eric van Walle (SCK•CEN Director-General), in the presence of ministers Kris Peeters and Marie Christine Marghem, Antwerp province governor Cathy Berx and Mol Mayor Wim Caeyers.
Walloon Government delegation visits MYRRHA
The International jury of the Marshall Plan Competition Poles of the Walloon government visited the MYRRHA project today. During the visit, the jury members discovered the project's different components and associated support R&D program in order to identify opportunities for industrial partners in Wallonia for contributing to MYRRHA.
According to a socio-economic impact study by PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2017, the MYRRHA research project offers significant opportunities for industrial partners in the three regions of Belgium and in Europe. The world's first Accelerator Driven System consists of a linear particle accelerator that drives a lead-bismuth cooled reactor and a Proton Target Facility for radio-isotope production and physics research. The PwC study envisages € 6,700 million of economic added value and a job creation of 34,000 FTE's from construction (starting in 2021) to exploitation (until 2065). PwC pointed to Wallonia's expertise in construction, research and management consulting. In fact, the initial phase that will deliver fundamental stability for the entire accelerator is being researched and implemented at Louvain-la-Neuve.
During the visit, the jury members of the Marshall Plan's Competition Poles led by its chairman Mr Luc Van Steenkiste immersed themselves in MYRRHA's various technologies to gain a better understanding of the opportunities MYRRHA offers to several industrial sectors in Wallonia. MYRRHA Director Hamid Aït Abderrahim briefed them extensively of the project's phased implementation. In a first phase, the linear accelerator will be built with a 100 MeV output. In addition extending the accelerator to 600 MeV, designing the lead-bismuth cooled reactor and obtaining a license will be prepared, so that they can be executed in the project's second and third phases. At the end of the visit, both delegations were optimistic that it had contributed to mutually rewarding future cooperation.
MYRRHA financing is secured
In response to an article in the Belgian daily De Standaard of 12 February 2019, SCK•CEN would like to repeat that the MYRRHA project's financing is secured and is not affected by political developments in the country. The decision to finance MYRRHA, a new large research infrastructure, was made by a majority government on 7 September 2018 and remains in place, despite the resignation of that government in December 2018.
In response to an article in the Belgian daily De Standaard of 12 February 2019, SCK•CEN would like to repeat that the MYRRHA project's financing is secured and is not affected by political developments in the country. The decision to finance MYRRHA, a new large research infrastructure, was made by a majority government on 7 September 2018 and remains in place, despite the resignation of that government in December 2018. With a caretaker government in place, MYRRHA continues to be funded this year via the generally recognised system of provisional twelfths that applies to all federal government expenditure. For the MYRRHA project at SCK•CEN, it remains business as usual. The first MYRRHA components are currently being assembled and tested in Mol and Louvain-la-Neuve.
MYRRHA is a large nuclear research facility which is of paramount importance for society in more ways than one. This infrastructure aims at developing an innovative solution to sharply reduce the mass and storage duration of nuclear high-level radioactive waste.
Another huge challenge addressed by MYRRHA is nuclear medicine research and development. MYRRHA will contribute to the development of new radioisotopes that will enable less invasive cancer therapies.
With its unique accelerator driven set-up, MYRRHA is bound to attract a wide range of scientists and engineers. MYRRHA represents a distinctive fundamental and applied research infrastructure that will contribute to the innovative world awaiting us all.
All eyes on MYRRHA during the 62nd IAEA General Conference
MYRRHA drew a lot of attention at the 62nd IAEA General Conference, which was held on 17-21 September in Vienna this year. The increased interest is the result of the recent decision by the Belgian government to build this worldwide unique infrastructure, thanks to a financing of 558 million euros.
The multi-purpose research installation MYRRHA drew a lot of attention at the 62nd IAEA General Conference (International Atomic Energy Agency), which was held on 17-21 September in Vienna this year. The increased interest is the result of the recent decision by the Belgian government to build this worldwide unique infrastructure, thanks to a financing of 558 million euros.
The research installation MYRRHA has a very clear ambition: to offer a technological solution to reduce nuclear waste and produce new types of medical radioisotopes. "Through a technology that drastically reduces the volume and radiotoxicity of high-level waste, MYRRHA shortens the period of storage so that, from some hundred thousand years, it goes down to some hundreds of years. MYRRHA therefore plays a crucial role for society", explains Hamid Aït Abderrahim, SCK•CEN Deputy Director-General and Director of MYRRHA. In the future, the research infrastructure will also contribute to the research into and the production of theranostic radioisotopes (for diagnose research and therapeutic treatment).
The Belgian government acknowledges the social value of this project. The authorities consequently decided to support the project by investing 558 million euros in it. "Thanks to the Belgian financing, we can launch the construction of MYRRHA. We will start with the particle accelerator and its target facilities for fundamental and applied research as well as medical applications", states Hamid Aït Abderrahim (SCK•CEN). Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Pieter De Crem: "Belgium belongs to the most innovative countries in the world and plays a crucial role in the development of innovative, safe and sustainable nuclear technology through the MYRRHA project. As Special Envoy of the Federal Government to support the MYRRHA project, I focus on finding foreign partners to work jointly with the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre on the further development of the prototype of a nuclear reactor driven by a particle accelerator. This increased interest is an important stimulus for foreign investors and will most certainly draw them into this very promising project."
Realization of a new large research infrastructure in Belgium MYRRHA
558 million euros for a new research infrastructure in Mol
As the outcome of the Council of Ministers of this Friday, the federal government announced their support to the realization of MYRRHA, a world's unique research infrastructure, on SCK•CEN's premises in Mol. MYRRHA once again puts Belgium in the international spotlight in terms of scientific research and paves the way to new applications, especially for nuclear waste management and the development of new therapies to fight against cancer.
MYRRHA is a research facility which is paramount for society in more ways than one. This infrastructure will study an innovative solution for nuclear waste management. By designing a technology able to reprocess high-level radioactive waste, MYRRHA will reduce the waste volume by a factor of 100 and their radiotoxicity by a factor of 1000.
Another huge challenge met by MYRRHA is the research and development in nuclear medicine. MYRRHA will contribute to producing new radioisotopes and to developing less invasive therapies to fight against cancer.
The research infrastructure MYRRHA is the first prototype of a nuclear reactor driven by a particle accelerator in the world. In this setup, the 'subcritical' reactor core has the distinctive feature of not having sufficient fuel to maintain the nuclear fission chain reaction. The particle accelerator initiates and maintains the chain reaction. This innovative technology is therefore safe and easy to control: by turning off the particle accelerator, the reactor immediately and automatically stops.
"Thanks to its unique and innovative nature, the research infrastructure will attract researchers from all over the world to Belgium and will train a new generation of experts to provide technological solutions to these major challenges", claims Eric van Walle, SCK•CEN Director-General.
The financing of 558 million decided by the Belgian government will help carry out the first important part of MYRRHA: building the first part of its particle accelerator and target facilities on SCK•CEN's premises in Mol. The infrastructure, that will be put into service in 2026, will produce innovative radioisotopes and promote fundamental and applied research on materials of the future.
The Council of Ministers also approved the creation of the aisbl/ivzw MYRRHA (international non-profit-making body), a legal status adapted to large-scale projects financed by several foreign States. This decision will strengthen promotion and reception of foreign partners which are interested in the MYRRHA project and its applications.
"Thanks to our government's support, MYRRHA has made great progress. I would like to thank everyone who assisted in obtaining this decision and who supported this project from the very beginning, in Belgium and abroad. The political, industrial and local authorities support also contributed to this success and will remain crucial to complete the project", states Hamid Aït Abderrahim, Director of the MYRRHA program and Deputy Director-General of SCK•CEN.
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MYRRHA Supplier Event
The engineers of MYRRHA are busy planning the first phase of the construction: the 100 MeV particle accelerator. In order to involve the suppliers of these components early and closely in the process, the MYRRHA team organised an information meeting in Brussels on 7 June, followed by a visit to the cyclotron in Louvain-la-Neuve on 8 June.
We are actively working on the design and construction of MYRRHA, our future and multifunctional research facility. Our engineers are busy planning the first phase of the construction: the 100 MeV particle accelerator. In order to involve the suppliers of these components early and closely in the process, the MYRRHA team organised an information meeting in Brussels on 7 June, followed by a visit to the cyclotron in Louvain-la-Neuve on 8 June.
More than 80 interested suppliers of Cryogenics, FR amplifiers and control systems attended the event. "Reducing nuclear waste and producing medical isotopes. That's the vision we want to realise and that's why MYRRHA has to connect with industrial suppliers. We want to make that connection today," said Hamid Aïd Abderrahim, director of MYRRHA.
Pieter De Crem visits MYRRHA
Als speciaal gezant van de Belgische federale regering voor het onderzoeksproject MYRRHA heeft staatssecretaris Pieter De Crem een bezoek gebracht aan het Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie in Mol.
In his capacity as Special Envoy of the Belgian Federal Government for the MYRRHA research project, State Secretary Pieter De Crem paid a visit to the Research Centre for Nuclear Energy in Mol.
In 1995-1997, the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre started the MYRRHA project for the design and construction of the first prototype of a nuclear installation powered by a particle accelerator on its premises in Mol. MYRRHA focuses on reducing the radioactivity of existing nuclear waste and on producing radioisotopes for medical applications.
The Federal Government decided in 2015 to support the MYRRHA project and designated the Special Envoy of State Secretary De Crem, who supports this project in a sustainable way and helps convincing potential foreign partners to invest in it.
In this context, State Secretary De Crem already had a meeting with Mr Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency in October 2017. The IAEA was found to have a good understanding of the MYRRHA project, which in their view could significantly simplify the existing fast neutron systems.
The visit to the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre enables State Secretary De Crem to gain a thorough insight and up-to-date status of the MYRRHA project.
MYRRHA, the only Belgian infrastructure in the European large research facilities list
In 2010, through its Strategy Forum on Research infrastructures (ESFRI), the European Commission put MYRRHA on the high priority list of large research infrastructures for energy. By choosing the multifunctional Belgian installation, Europe makes sure to stay at the cutting edge of research in energy security and in fighting climate change.
The European Commission has been supporting the MYRRHA project since the very beginning. In 2010, through its Strategy Forum on Research infrastructures (ESFRI), the Commission put MYRRHA on the high priority list of large research infrastructures for energy. By choosing the multifunctional Belgian installation, Europe makes sure to stay at the cutting edge of research in energy security and in fighting climate change.
The task of these future large scientific equipment facilities, which will be built in Europe in the next few years, will be to contribute to finding safe and sustainable solutions to the major social, economic and environmental challenges. These are the challenges our societies have to face in terms of production and use of energy resources.
"MYRRHA received a double European recognition. Thanks to its position as a large scientific installation on the ESFRI Roadmap 2010 on the one hand and to its technology for fission reactors (an alloy of lead and bismuth) being chosen amongst three technologies for the European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative (ESNII) on the other hand. Europe wishes to speed up the development and roll-out of low-carbon (CO2) technologies on the continent," explains Hamid Aït Abderrahim, Deputy Director-General at SCK•CEN.
This week starts a review of all priority projects, as it is the case every two years. At the end of 2017, the decision for MYRRHA will be taken and the project will either stay on the priority list until 2020 or get the Landmark status considering phase 1 will have been started and the implementation of the project will be in progress.
"Belgium is more determined than ever to stay at the vanguard of nuclear technological innovation. As proven by the MYRRHA project, we continuously invest in nuclear research to maintain and strengthen our expertise and our infrastructures. The technological solutions offered by MYRRHA are paramount to the next generations. They will help reduce nuclear waste ecological footprint and guarantee the safe production of medical radioisotopes for everyone." claims Marie Christine Marghem, Minister of Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development.


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FGCU/GEORGIA SOUTHERN PREVIEW
Statesboro, GA- FGCU (5-2) looks to win their fourth game in a row, as they head on the road to face Georgia Southern University (4-3), Wednesday night at 7:30 PM, from W.S. Hanner Fieldhouse.
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Georgia Southern averages 68.9 ppg, shoots 45.3% (189/417) from the field, and 26.8% (37/138) from beyond the arc. The Eagles average 34.1 team rebounds per game. Georgia Southern dishes out 12.3 assists, 9.6 steals, and 3.3 blocks per game. The Eagles average 12.0 team turnovers per game.
6-3 JR G Chase Johnston 13.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg
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6'7 R-SR F Andrei Savrasov 12.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg
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-2021-22 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
6'11 R-SR F Carlos Curry 10.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg
6'3 5th G Kamari Brown 9.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg
-Averaged 9.3 ppg last season as a Senior for Georgia Southern
FGCU heads into this game, winners of three straight games, including all three games in the Gulf Coast Showcase, as they left Hertz Arena as the champions. The Eagles played some of their best basketball of the season in the Gulf Coast Showcase. FGCU is led offensively by Isaiah Thompson, who is averaging 13.9 ppg.
Georgia Southern has wins over Trinity Baptist, Houston Christian, Western Michigan, and Ogelthorpe on the season. Their losses were against San Jose State, Santa Clara, and Rice. Head Coach Brian Burg has led the team since 2020. The Eagles are led offensively by Andrei Savrasov, who is averaging 12.5 ppg. FGCU defeated Georgia Southern 73-30 on December 22, 2020 from Alico Arena, in their last previous meeting. 6'11 R-SR F Carlos Curry is the Eagles big man in the post, he averages 10.3 ppg, and limiting him is key to an FGCU victory. Should be a fun one in Statesboro Wednesday night!
RAINBOW WAHINE SHOWDOWN: GRAMBLING STATE/FGCU RECAP
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Expect high energy, insane antics and a night of top craic as Flogging Molly comes to Red Rocks Amphitheater on Monday 8th August! The rambunctious Irish-inspired punks will be tearing up the stage with their rowdy folk-rock, mixing traditional Celtic instruments with post-grunge badassery! Joining them will be English, politically-driven troubadour Frank Turner! Don't miss what will be an amazing show!
Seven piece Los Angeles based Irish punk band Flogging Molly was formed in 1997 by Dublin-born lead vocalist Dave King, formerly of 80s heavy metal band Fastway. The band take their name from Molly Malone's; the bar which gave them a weekly residency in their infancy. According to King, "We used to play there every Monday night and we felt like we were flogging it to death, so we called the band Flogging Molly." Despite their traditional influences, Flogging Molly's music is far from traditional, fusing the sound of beloved Celtic instrumentation with a punk rock energy, bluesy chord progressions and raw, relevant, politically charged lyrics. They have released one independent live album, five studio albums and a DVD/CD combo which was certified platinum. Now, much to the delight of fans the world over, Flogging Molly are set to release their first studio album in four years!


HONG KONG — A string of scandals involving both the current leader of Hong Kong and those vying to succeed him is threatening to stain what many residents here consider a source of pride: a city largely free of corruption.
The accusations confronting Donald Tsang, the chief executive of Hong Kong, and two of the candidates underscore deep-seated fears that a small circle of tycoons has come to dominate the top levels of government almost 15 years after this former British colony reverted to Chinese rule. Many worry that the city's tradition of transparent rule of law may be giving way to how business and politics are conducted in mainland China.
"This may be the accepted practice in China, but it's not permitted in Hong Kong," Fung Chi-wood, an Anglican pastor and former legislator, said of local news reports that Mr. Tsang accepted favors like rides on yachts and jets and negotiated a below-market rate for a luxury apartment from wealthy businessmen. Mr. Fung was among thousands of people who demonstrated last weekend against the influence of the rich in local government. "We are afraid our standards are becoming lower," he said.
The scandals also point to what analysts say is the driving issue in the March 25 election: Hong Kong's relationship with the mainland. Residents are asking whether the integration that has taken place since 1997, making the city more prosperous than before, may also be diminishing the territory's quality of life.
Tensions between Hong Kong residents and visitors from the mainland are feeding tabloid headlines and social media, and more people are taking to the streets to protest a widening wealth gap.
In the background is a nagging worry that a direct election of the chief executive, long promised for Hong Kong, will never arrive. The chief executive is chosen not by direct votes of residents but by a committee, most of whose 1,200 members represent interests like financial services and tourism.
Certainly, Hong Kong and mainland China have become closer since the end of British rule. The proportion of ethnic Chinese has inched up, the number of mainland students enrolled in Hong Kong universities has increased and Mandarin has overtaken English as the second most spoken language. Cantonese remains in first place.
By several international measures, Hong Kong remains a model. Its mass transit system is held up as an example of smart urban planning. Teenagers' academic scores compare favorably with those of students elsewhere, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In the World Competitiveness Yearbook, a ranking using criteria like economic performance, efficiency and corruption, Hong Kong and the United States are tied for first place.
But some analysts see troubling signs in the closeness to the mainland, with the International Federation of Journalists saying that the local news media came under unprecedented attack by the authorities last year.
"In the second half of 2011, journalists in Hong Kong experienced the biggest restriction from the local government since the 1997 handover," the group said in a report, citing cases of journalists being detained and arrested.
The candidates most widely expected to become the next chief executive, Henry Tang and C.Y. Leung, are considered acceptable choices by Beijing. Still, Mr. Tang has admitted to building a vast, unlicensed basement. Local news media reported it was to contain features like a wine cellar and a Japanese-style bath, though Mr. Tang insists it was for storage. And Mr. Leung faces conflict-of-interest accusations for his involvement in the development of a cultural arts complex being built in Hong Kong.
But traditional corruption, like payoffs to the police or government officials, is relatively low in Hong Kong, on par with Western governments, said David Webb, who runs a Web site that tracks corruption. Instead, he said, a "structural collusion" exists in Hong Kong because of the system of choosing the chief executive. The election committee is heavily weighted with business people who, eager to maintain access to mainland markets, are seen to take voting cues from Beijing.
Mainland enterprises now account for 55 percent of the listings on the Hong Kong stock exchange, and about half of the city's trade is with the mainland. The links are now so strong that economists warn that a slowdown in China's growth poses the greatest threat to Hong Kong.
"The system itself inserted special interests into the method of picking the chief executive; it makes the chief executive susceptible to special interests," said Ma Ngok, an associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Mr. Ma called Hong Kong's economy more "monopolous" than it was under British rule, as property developers buy land, build high-rises and install in them retail outlets owned by the developers.
The effect of a business-dominated government has spilled into other issues. In a January report, the local research organization Civic Exchange said Hong Kong's air pollution had become so severe that it threatened public health, the city's attractiveness as a place of business and even crucial public works projects, like building a third airport runway. A political disconnect with public concerns is one reason pollution had not been addressed effectively, the group said.
The recent political scandals are likely to feed public pressure for a direct election of the chief executive in the subsequent election year, 2017. But devising a plan that will satisfy the public while reassuring business leaders and Beijing will be difficult. In 2007, the central government in Beijing said the chief executive could be directly elected in 2017, but it did not guarantee such elections would take place, a point not lost on most Hong Kong residents.
The democratic movement itself remains divided over its own strategy, said Steve Tsang, a scholar of the politics of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong at the University of Oxford. Democracy advocates should focus on developing a unified stance on human rights, he said, citing issues like foreign domestic workers seeking residency rights as unpopular with the public but tests for the democratic movement.
Despite the scandals, analysts say the rule of law remains intact and that it was a free and diverse press that reported the accusations of impropriety by public officials.
"Hong Kong always takes care of its business, no matter who runs it," said Michael Davis, a law professor at the University of Hong Kong.
Apple Lam contributed reporting from Hong Kong.


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Magic Mountain is a ski resort located on Glebe Mountain in Londonderry, Vermont.  It features a 1,500-foot vertical drop.  The summit is at 2,850 feet and the base at 1,350 feet.

Magic has a long history, dating from the 1960s when ski instructor and film-maker Hans Thorner founded the area as its terrain reminded him of his native Swiss Alps. Part of Vermont's original "Golden Triangle" of ski areas all within 10 miles of each other (Stratton Mountain Resort and Bromley Mountain the other two large areas), Magic thrived in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.

Eventually, Magic was purchased by Boston Concessions, which also owned Bromley in the mid-1980s. After a downturn in the real-estate market starting in the late 1980s, Bromley decided to close Magic in 1991. The multi-year closure in the 1990s ended in 1997 and Magic reopened to the public and regained a small, but passionate following among ski enthusiasts because of its classic, challenging terrain.

However, the ski area also struggled through multiple owners, operators, and aging infrastructure during the 2000s, even as it continued to slowly expand its customer base. With limited capital reserves and in danger of not opening in 2015 and 2016, the ownership group decided to look for a buyer.

A group led by a local Magic skier then raised enough capital to purchase the property and invest over $2 million in significant snowmaking, lift, bar, and lodge improvements. This group, SKI MAGIC LLC, successfully closed on the purchase of Magic in November 2016 and reopened the ski area in late December. SKI MAGIC continues to operate Magic and invest in these critical infrastructure enhancements to improve and sustain the ski area.

History

In 1960, Hans Thorner opened Magic with a T-Bar on the lower half of Magic, followed by a 5,000-foot double chair in 1962. The 5400' "Red Chair" double was added in 1971 while trail expansion continued and snow-making was added.

In 1985, Magic Mountain was purchased by Bromley owernship (Boston Concessions) and dramatically increased its skiable terrain, by purchasing and connecting the former Timber Ridge Ski Area.  Located on the eastern slope of Glebe Mountain, that area became known as Timber Ridge at Magic.

In 1987, Magic Mountain added a new mid-mountain Poma triple chairlift, serving novice and intermediate terrain.

In 1991, Bromley closed Magic Mountain and Timber Ridge after poor ski seasons and real-estate downturn.  With the exception of the summit Heron-Poma double chairlift (Red) and the Pohlig-Yan triple chairlift (Black), all lifts were removed during liquidation.

In 1997, Magic was re-opened by private investors led by a dentist from New Jersey. Magic Mountain Management LLC became the property owner by 2001 led by John Nelson, Rob Lyszczarz and Tom Barker.

In 2003, construction was started on a proposed Borvig double chairlift (from Stratton) that would follow the same line as the former Poma triple chairlift.  SKI MAGIC LLC completed the installation of this lift in December 2018.

In 2009, Jim Sullivan, Magic Mountain's operator/manager from 2006-2014 (operating lease from Magic Mountain Management LLC) announced he was looking into a cooperative ownership structure to ensure the future operation, maintenance, and development of the ski area. While some money was raised, ultimately this plan did not work out, and Magic Mountain Management LLC decided to end the Sullivan operating lease in 2014 and transferred the lease to its own Tom Barker under his new company Magic Mountain Resorts, LLC. Barker operated the ski area for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 ski seasons.

In November 2016, after a poor winter and operating results, Magic Mountain Management LLC sold the ski area property to SKI MAGIC LLC, led by Geoff Hatheway.

In August 2017, SKI MAGIC LLC obtained a Vermont ACT 250 permit for upgrades to snow-making, lifts and lodge. A new magic carpet style lift and beginner/learn-to-ski area, new snow-making pipe, new mid-mountain double chair, and expanded snowmaking pond are key projects in the works for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons. A new-to-Magic fixed-grip Poma Quad (from Stratton) will be ready for the 2019/20 season replacing the old Black Triple Chair lift, significantly expanding Magic's uphill capacity.

The mountain
The mountain, although not as high as its neighbor's 2,850', has comparable vertical feet of skiing (1,500'), and it can boast of steeper trails (up to 45° at the top of Master Magician). It also has the most extensive tree-skiing/glade network in southern Vermont.

Trails
Magic has 39 trails covering over  of skiable terrain.

(g) – gladed trail with trees

Lifts

Past Lifts

References

External links
  Magic Mountain Ski Area - Official site
  Inn at Magic Mountain
  Hostel at Magic Mountain
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Ski areas and resorts in Vermont
Buildings and structures in Londonderry, Vermont
Tourist attractions in Windham County, Vermont

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Saturday Morning election nomination updates in Alberta
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From Lethbridge to Rimbey and Peace River to Cochrane, here is your Saturday morning candidate nomination update:
Airdrie: Mayor of Airdrie Peter Brown announced this week that he will seek the Progressive Conservative nomination. Mr. Brown was first elected Mayor in 2010. The constituency is currently represented by PC-turned-Wildrose-turned-PC MLA Rob Anderson, who announced his retirement from politics this month.
Banff-Cochrane: Scott Wagner has been nominated as the Wildrose candidate. In 2014, Mr. Wagner made an unsuccessful bid for the federal Conservative Party nomination to run in the Macleod by-election. During that campaign he issued criticized now-MP John Barlow and calling for a judicial inquiry into allegations that RCMP seized privately owned firearms during the High River floods of 2013.
Christine Cusanelli
Calgary-Buffalo: Well-known arts community member Terry Rock will seek the PC nomination. The constituency is currently represented by Liberal MLA Kent Hehr, who is the nominated federal Liberal candidate in Calgary-Centre and is not expected to seek re-election as MLA.
Calgary-Currie: First-term PC MLA Christine Cusanelli announced on Facebook that she will seek re-election. Ms. Cusanelli served as Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation for less than a year before an Olympic travel spending scandal led to her demotion to the backbencher. She is expected to face a challenge for the PC nomination.
Robyn Luff
Calgary-East: Ali Waissi is the Wildrose candidate in this constituency. In 2012, he was campaign manager for controversial Calgary-Greenway Wildrose candidate Ron Leech. The NDP are expected to choose Robyn Luff as their candidate at a Feb. 8, 2015 nomination meeting. Ms. Luff earned 8.73% of the vote as the NDP candidate in 2012 (her party's second strongest showing in Calgary in that election).
Calgary-Glenmore: Chris Kemp-Jackson is the Wildrose candidate in this constituency. Mr. Kemp-Jackson is a business and immigration consultant.
Jae Shim
Calgary-Hawkwood: The Wildrose have chosen lawyer and constituency association president Jae Shim as their candidate.
Calgary-Klein: Feb 8 Craig Coolahan is expected to be chosen as the NDP candidate at a Feb. 8, 2015 nomination meeting. Mr. Coolahan is a Business Representative with the United Utility Workers' Association and was the 2012 NDP candidate in Calgary-Elbow.
Calgary-Lougheed: Two-time Mount Everest climber Dave Rodney will seek the PC nomination. Mr. Rodney has also served as the PC MLA for this constituency since 2004.
David Swann
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill: Retired police officer Kathy Macdonald has been nominated as the Wildrose candidate in this constituency. In 2014, Ms. Macdonald challenged Premier Jim Prentice as the Wildrose candidate in the Calgary-Foothills by-election.
Calgary-Mountain View: Three-term Liberal MLA David Swann is expected to announce his plans to seek re-election. The Liberals have scheduled a nomination meeting on February 20, 2015. Jean-Sebastien Rioux announced he will seek the PC nomination. Mr. Rioux is the Director, Master of Public Policy program, and Associate Director, International Policy at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy. He also served as Chief of Staff to Mr. Prentice when he was a cabinet minister in Ottawa.
Edmonton-Decore: Two-term PC MLA Janice Sarich announced she will seek her party's nomination for re-election.
Edmonton-Whitemud: Health Minister Stephen Mandel is expected to seek the PC nomination for re-election. Mr. Mandel was first elected to the Assembly in a by-election in September 2014.
Lethbridge-East: Lawyer Tammy Perlich is the first candidate to enter the PC nomination contest. Current PC MLA Bridget Pastoor announced her retirement earlier this month. Helen McMenamin is rumoured to be eyeing the Liberal Party nomination.
Wayne Drysdale
Grande Prairie-Wapiti: PC MLA Wayne Drysdale announced on Facebook that he plans to run for re-election. Mr. Drysdale was first elected in 2008.
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: Mayor of Red Deer County Jim Wood announced that he will challenge Wildrose-turned-PC MLA Kerry Towle for the PC nomination. During the 2012 election, Mr. Wood endorsed PC MLA Luke Ouellette, who was unseated by Ms. Towle in the Wildrose sweep of central and southern Alberta. Following that election, he raised concerns about how the PC Government would treat rural Alberta constituencies represented by opposition MLAs.
Peace River: Energy Minister Frank Oberle announced on Facebook that he plans to seek the PC nomination and re-election.
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre: ATB employee Tammy Cote is seeking the PC nomination and may face a challenge from current Independent MLA Joe Anglin. Ms. Cote is the grand-niece of former PC MLA and lieutenant-governor Helen Hunley.
Spruce Grove-St. Albert: Jaye Walter has been nominated as the Wildrose candidate in Spruce Grove-St. Albert. Previous to this nomination he had been seeking to become the candidate in the St. Albert constituency.
I have added these updates to the list of nominees and nomination candidates planning to run in Alberta's next general election. Please email david.cournoyer [at] gmail.com if there are additions to the list. Thank you.
Tags 2015 Alberta Election, Airdrie, Ali Waissi, Banff-Cochrane, Bridget Pastoor, Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Currie, Calgary-East, Calgary-Glenmore, Calgary-Hawkwood, Calgary-Klein, Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill, Calgary-Mountain View, Candidate nominations, Chris Kemp-Jackson, Christine Cusanelli, Craig Coolahan, David Swann, Edmonton-Decore, Edmonton-Whitemud, Frank Oberle, Grande Prairie-Wapiti, Helen Hunley, Helen McMenamin, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Jae Shim, Janice Sarich, Jaye Walter, Jean-Sebastien Rioux, Jim Wood, Joe Anglin, John Barlow, Kathy Macdonald, Kent Hehr, Kerry Towle, Lethbridge-East, Luke Ouellette, Peace River, Peter Brown, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, Rob Anderson, Robyn Luff, Ron Leech, Scott Wagner, Spruce Grove-St. Albert, Stephen Mandel, Tammy Cote, Tammy Perlich, Terry Rock, Wayne Drysdale
Anglin for a fight (and more nomination updates)
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Joe Anglin
"Alleged death threats, implied bribes, constituency association ambushes and supposed Progressive Conservative Party skulduggery," is how a Red Deer Advocate report described the unexpectedly interesting Wildrose Party nomination in the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre constituency.
First-term MLA Joe Anglin is being challenged for his nomination by former local Wildrose president Jason Nixon.
Mr. Anglin is long-time rabble-rouser who set the political landscape on fire by organizing mass opposition to the construction of electrical transmission lines through vast swaths of central Alberta. Briefly the leader of Alberta's Greens, he grabbed the Wildrose nomination before the 2012 election and unseated six-term PC MLA Ty Lund, who was first elected to political office in the region in 1980.
The story was first reported by AlbertaDiary.ca and the Rimbey Review.
Twelve of the Wildrose Party's seventeen MLAs have been nominated as candidates in the next election and a handful of 2012 Wildrose candidates were also nominated: Richard Jones in Calgary-Acadia, Jeremy Nixon in Calgary-Klein, Wayne Anderson in Calgary-Hays, and Kelly Hudson in Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley.
Jackie Lovely
Leduc-Beaumont
The Wildrose nomination in the riding immediately south of Edmonton is shaping up to be a race. The contest already has attracted three candidates and more are expected to enter the race.
First to enter the race is Patrick Kobly, son of former Beaumont mayor Ken Kobly and fiancee of Nicky Walker, chief of staff to Independent MLAs Mike Allen and Len Webber.
Jackie Lovely, a former Wildrose Caucus staffer and past president of the Summerside Community League, is also seeking the nomination in Leduc-Beaumont. Ms. Lovely ran for the Wildrose Party in Edmonton-Ellerslie in the 2012 election, placing second behind PC MLA Naresh Bhardwaj, earning 3,249 votes (24% of the vote).
Ironworker Joel Hamilton is running for the Wildrose nomination in Leduc-Beaumont and has declared on his Facebook page that he "will fight Edmonton's Annexation of Nisku, the Airport and of the Beaumont expansion area."
Rod Loyola
Retired Colonel John Fletcher is seeking the Wildrose nomination in Calgary-Elbow. It is expected that current Progressive Conservative MLA and former Premier Alison Redford could resign to allow Jim Prentice to run in a by-election shortly after he wins the PC leadership race in September.
Drayton Valley-Devon
Daniel Walton, owner of the Easyford meat packing company, is seeking the Wildrose nomination. This was one of the few rural constituencies where the PC candidate earned a majority of the votes cast in the 2012 election. PC MLA Diana McQueen was elected for a second term with 51.6% of the vote.
Edmonton-Ellerslie
Rod Loyola was nominated as the NDP candidate in this southeast Edmonton constituency. Mr. Loyola is the president of the University of Alberta Non-Academic Staff Association and was the 2012 NDP candidate in this riding. He earned 2,115 votes (16%) in that election.
Laura Thibert
Edmonton-Mill Woods
Laura Thibert, Edmonton Catholic School District trustee announced on Twitter that she will seek the Wildrose nomination in Edmonton-Mill Woods. Ms. Thibert was first elected in 2010 and was re-elected in 2013 with 47% of the vote.
Edmonton-South West
Tim Grover is seeking the Wildrose nomination. A business consultant, Mr. Grover was the Get Out The Vote chairman for Karen Leibovici's mayoral campaign in 2013.
Lethbridge-West
The NDP nominated researcher Shannon Phillips as their candidate in Lethbridge-West. The NDP hope that with some hard work Ms. Phillips can build on her 2012 results, when she boosted her party's support to 29%, up from 10% in the 2008 election. Those 2012 results placed Ms. Phillips ahead of the Wildrose candidate and just over 1,000 votes behind PC MLA Greg Weadick.
Former Strathcona County mayor Linda Osinchuk was nominated as the Wildrose candidate in Sherwood Park. Ms. Osinchuk was first elected mayor in 2010, defeating incumbent mayor Cathy Oleson, who is now the PC MLA for Sherwood Park.
I am maintaining an updated list of candidates seeking party nominations to stand in Alberta's next provincial election. Please email david.cournoyer [at] gmail.com if there are additions to the list.
Tags 2016 Alberta Provincial Election, Alberta NDP Nomination, Alison Redford, By-Election, Calgary-Acadia, Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Hays, Calgary-Klein, Cathy Olesen, Daniel Walton, Diana McQueen, Drayton Valley-Devon, Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley, Easyford Meat Packing, Edmonton Catholic School District, Edmonton Leduc Nisku Annexation, Edmonton-Decore, Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Woods, Edmonton-South West, Greg Weadick, Jackie Lovey, Jason Nixon, Jaye Walter, Jeremy Nixon, Jim Prentice, Joe Anglin, Joel Hamilton, John Fletcher, Karen Leibovici, Kathy Rondeau, Kelly Hudson, Ken Kobly, Laura Thibert, Leduc-Beaumont, Len Webber, Lethbridge-West, Linda Osinchuk, Mike Allen, Naresh Bhardwaj, Nicky Walker, Patrick Kobly, Richard Jones, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, Rod Loyola, Russ Bosch, Shannon Phillips, Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Stony Plain, Summerside Community League, Tim Grover, Ty Lund, Wayne Anderson, Wildrose Party Nomination


100 breathtaking photographs have been shortlisted from over 50,000 entries from 92 countries, and celebrate the diversity of the natural world, from intimate animal portraits to astonishing wild landscapes. The competition has grown exponentially from its launch in 1965 which saw 361 entries.
The exhibition arrives in Sydney at the National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, before touring around the country, and the world – the global tour providing a platform for them to be seen by millions of people.
For more than 50 years, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has championed ethical wildlife photography while pushing boundaries of artistic freedom, narrative excellence and technical skill.
Winning images are selected for their creativity, originality and technical excellence.
"We are thrilled to be launching this popular and innovative exhibition here in Australia. One of the Museum's main objectives is conservation of our beautiful marine ecosystems and this competition raises awareness about the beauty and the fragility of the natural world," comments Kevin Sumption, Director of the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Come and see the world through a new lens.
Buy pre-sale tickets before 6 February and receive 20% off the Big Ticket, which includes Wildlife Photographer of the Year, James Cameron exhibition and access to all Museum vessels.
The Big Ticket is $32 ($25.60 pre-sale) for adults, $20 ($16 pre-sale) for children and concessions, $79 ($63.20 pre-sale) for families.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for children and concessions, $50 for families.


It was an online lobby, with 8 AI to fill. In qualifying every single AI car was disqualified. Then the same happened in the race.
From what I could tell, it looked like pit lane speeding, as the DQ didn't appear until they entered the pits. Although I don't know if that is always the case, even if you get DQed for something else.
Kind of ruined the race anyway. As there was only 2 of us left.
Yes, this happens on a few tracks (mainly the non GP style tracks). SMS is aware and has been making a sweep across the tracks for the AI line into the pits. There will be changes in the upcoming patch in this area. Not sure 'all' tracks will have a pass by patch 4, but a lot of tracks will have a pass by patch 4.
Fair enough, thanks for this, good to know SMS are aware of it. Thanks again.


Planning for an effective offer of French language services requires information and tools to be able to develop and provide services in French. In this section you will find information and tools on Written Communication, Research on the Health Needs of Francophones, Francophone Lens, Implementation of French Language Services, Identification of Francophones and Human Resources.
Written communication in French is an important tool to ensure health information is available in French.
Articles and research on the health needs of the Francophone population.
Applying a Francophone Lens for planning and implementation of services in French.
Implementing French Language Services requires planning tools to efficiently offer services in French.
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Drilling success in Guyana in 2018 earned Hess the number two spot in the industry for value created from wildcat drilling according to an annual exploration review by Rystad Energy. Only Exxon, co-owner and operator of the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, ranked higher.
Hess announced today that John Hess, Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Credit Suisse 24th Annual Energy Summit in Vail on Tuesday, February 12 at 7:30 a.m. Mountain Time.
Hess today reported a net loss of $4 million, or $0.05 per common share, in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to a net loss of $2,677 million, or $8.57 per common share, in the fourth quarter of 2017. On an adjusted basis, the Corporation reported a net loss of $77 million, or $0.31 per common share, in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with an adjusted net loss of $304 million, or $1.01 per common share, in the prior-year quarter.
Every part of the industry has a role to play in embracing Lean principles and disruptive technologies to drive better performance, increase competitiveness, Richard Lynch, a Hess Senior Vice President, told Drilling Contractor.


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The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) was one of the national environmental data centers operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The main NODC facility was located in Silver Spring, Maryland and was made up of five divisions.[1] The NODC also had field offices collocated with major government or academic oceanographic laboratories in Stennis Space Center, MS; Miami, FL; La Jolla, San Diego, California; Seattle, WA; Austin, Texas; Charleston, South Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; and Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2015, NODC was merged with the National Climatic Data Center and the National Geophysical Data Center into the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).[2]
NOAA also operated two other data centers: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, North Carolina and National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), Boulder, Colorado. In 2015, the three merged to form the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).[3] Also, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado is operated for NGDC by the University of Colorado through the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).
These discipline-oriented centers served as national repositories and dissemination facilities for global environmental data. The data archives amassed by the NODC and the other centers provide a record of Earth's changing environment, and support numerous research and operational applications and are still available through the NCEI. Working cooperatively, the centers provided data products and services to scientists, engineers, resource managers, policy makers, and other users in the United States and around the world.
Established in 1961, the NODC was originally an interagency facility administered by the U.S. Naval Hydrographic (later Oceanographic) Office. The NODC was transferred to NOAA in 1970 when NOAA was created by Executive Order by then-President, Richard Nixon. In the words of its charter, the NODC serves to "acquire, process, preserve, and disseminate oceanographic data." Its primary mission is to ensure that global oceanographic data sets collected at great cost are maintained in a permanent archive that is easily accessible to the world science community and to other users.[4][5]
The NODC's mission statement was To provide scientific stewardship of marine data and information.
Core description
The National Oceanographic Data Center, National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC) and NOAA Central Library, with its regional branch assets, were integrated to provide access to the world's most comprehensive sources of marine environmental data and information. NODC maintains and updates a national ocean archive with environmental data acquired from domestic and foreign activities and produces products and research from these data which help monitor global environmental changes. These data included physical, biological and chemical measurements derived from in situ oceanographic observations, satellite remote sensing of the oceans, and ocean model simulations. NODC personnel directly interacted with Federal, state, academic, and industrial oceanographic activities, represent NESDIS on various interagency domestic panels, committees and councils, and represent the United States in various international organizations, such as the International Oceanographic Data Exchange. The Data Center represents NESDIS and NOAA to the general public, government agencies, private institutions, foreign governments, and the private sector on matters involving oceanographic data.
Data holdings
The NODC managed the world's largest collection of publicly available oceanographic data. NODC holdings included in situ and remotely sensed physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic data from coastal and deep ocean areas. These were originally collected for a variety of operational and research missions by U.S. Federal agencies, including the Department of Defense (primarily the U.S. Navy); by State and local government agencies; by universities and research institutions; and private industry. NODC data holdings extended back over one hundred years, and the volume is expected to grow exponentially as new ocean observing systems are deployed.
Through NODC archive and access services these ocean data were reused to answer questions about climate change, ocean phenomena, and management of coastal and marine resources, marine transportation, recreation, national security, and natural disasters. Another significant user community was Education, where these data and information products help teach each new generation of students about the oceans. Requests for oceanographic data and information have increased each year since the Center was established in 1961. Access to these archives is still available through the NCEI.
International cooperation and data exchange
A significant percentage of the oceanographic data held by NODC was foreign. NODC acquired foreign data through direct bilateral exchanges with other countries, and through the facilities of the World Data Center for Oceanography,[6] Silver Spring, which is collocated with and operated by NODC.
There are three World Data Centers for Oceanography: World Data Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, World Data Center, Moscow, Russia, and World Data Center, Tianjin, People's Republic of China. They are part of the World Data Center System initiated in 1957 to provide a mechanism for data exchange, and they operate under guidelines issued by the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).
Under NODC leadership, the Global Data Archeology and Rescue (GODAR) project grew into a major international program sponsored by the Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission. GODAR is a comprehensive effort to locate, rescue, quality control, and disseminate historical global ocean profile data for use by the climate and global change research community.[7]
Data management for global change studies
The NODC provided data management support for major ocean science projects and promotes improved working relations with the academic ocean research community.
NOAA library and information network
The NODC also managed the NOAA Library and Information Network, which included the NOAA Central Library in Silver Spring, MD; regional libraries in Miami, FL and Seattle, WA; and field libraries or information centers at about 30 NOAA sites throughout the United States. The combined libraries contained millions of volumes including books, journals, CD-ROMs, DVDs, audio, and video tapes. These holdings are now managed by the NCEI.
Each year the NODC responded to thousands of requests for oceanographic data and information. Copies of specified data sets or data selected from the NODC's archive databases were provided to users on various media types, or online. NODC data products were provided at prices that cover the cost of data selection and retrieval. However, data provided on the NODC public website is free of charge.
Oceans portal
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