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Sporting Kansas City announced today that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes has become a new member of the Sporting Club ownership group.
"I am grateful for the opportunity to join Sporting Kansas City's ownership team and strengthen my connection to the fans and the city I love," Mahomes said. "Sporting is a community-oriented club and I am excited to continue supporting the growth of soccer in Kansas City."
"Patrick is a tremendous ambassador for Kansas City and we are delighted to welcome him to the Sporting Club ownership group," said Cliff Illig, principal owner of Sporting KC. "In addition to achieving excellence on the field, he is deeply committed to giving back to the community and elevating the sport of soccer. Patrick is also accustomed to cultivating a winning culture, and we look forward to contending for championships at Children's Mercy Park well into the future."
Mahomes has spent his first four NFL seasons in Kansas City and guided the Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2, 2020. The three-time Pro Bowler and 2018 NFL MVP has led the Chiefs to consecutive Super Bowl appearances and was named to the Time 100 list of most influential people of 2020.
Away from the field, Mahomes is a part owner of the Kansas City Royals and his fiancée, Brittany Matthews, is a co-owner of Kansas City NWSL. In 2019, Mahomes established the 15 and the Mahomies Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of children.
About Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City is owned by Sporting Club, an entity comprised of local business and community leaders including the Patterson Family, Cliff Illig, Pat Curran, Greg Maday, Robb Heineman and Patrick Mahomes. Sporting prides itself on a commitment and vision to provide high-performance experiences. Sporting Club purchased the team from the Hunt Sports Group in 2006, and under its direction has launched Swope Soccer Village, Children's Mercy Park, Compass Minerals Sporting Fields, Compass Minerals National Performance Center and Central Bank Sporting Complex while investing in the Sporting KC Academy and Sporting Kansas City II for developing local youth into homegrown talent. A charter member of Major League Soccer, Sporting are two-time MLS Cup champions (2000, 2013) and four-time winners of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2004, 2012, 2015, 2017).
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For pictures of the U2 360 Stage, Click HERE (this post is about Vertigo).
Last night myself and Megan were extremely privileged to be able to attend the first Auckland U2 concert. The venue was Mt Smart Stadium, and despite the concert being delayed for eight months, we were amped to be there.
Before I get into the post proper, I should warn you that I shake uncontrollably normally, so take awful photos. Unfortunately, I have an old camera that doesn't help me out in that respect, so most of my pics are quite blurry. I guess that's why I don't take photos for a living.
Thanks to our fairly basic reconnaissance, we knew that queuing early was a good idea because we had general admission tickets, so theoretically, the earlier we got there, the further forward we'd be.
From left to right, me, Dave, Ray and Matt in the queue. Queuing really isn't that exciting once you get down to it.
We arrived at 2pm and the gates opened at 5pm. I was actually worried that we weren't going to be early enough. As it turned out, we could have been one or two hours later and got the same position, but we weren't to know that, so I'm glad we went when we did.
So at about 4:40 they started letting us into the stadium (we had been queuing in a huge tent known as the supertop). It was pretty awesome walking in and seeing the stage for the first time, and realizing how close we were going to be to U2.
Megan as we're walking toward the stage. Matt in background.
Fortunately, once we got into the inner sanctum we could still leave (thanks to freakish looking stamp on our necks) and return. I imagine this option wasn't available to those glued to the rails, so I guess they weren't taking in any liquids.
Dave, Megan and Matt shortly after ariving at the stage
It's worth a side note here to mention the weather. Every forecaster had been predicting showers in the afternoon and evening. Not entirely pleasant, but easily counteracted with a good coat. Before we left, my strangely absent co-blogger, aka my wife Megan, asked me whether she should bring anything additional to wear. "Bring a coat," I said, "it's going to rain."
Upon exiting the car after parking, it was realised that Matt hadn't bought a jacket. Megan decided she didn't want the hassle of holding a jacket all night and left hers behind, as did Ray. "Alea iacta est" I said. Or something like that. Later, while in queue, the issue of jackets came up again. And somehow, in the course of the conversation, I said that if it rained, I wasn't giving Megan my jacket.
Needless to say, before Kanye came out and played it rained. And it rained on and off until just after Kanye finished. Megan got wet. And cold.
So anyway, Kanye West came and went. He played a short and uninspiring set which started late and seemed to finish early. He still seems like a very odd choice for a supporting act. At one point early on he was talking to the crowd and he made some statement like "in all the venues we've been in on this tour, you've given me the warmest reception." He actually got some boos from the crowd when he said this, because it was so obvious that it was an empty statement made to win the crowd over. I'm sure anyone who went to another concert where he played can confirm this for me.
Token photo of Kanye West
After Kanye exited the stage, the real excitement started, the Edge's beautiful White/Cream Les Paul Custom came on stage. I was almost as excited as when U2 came on stage. The others will attest to this.
I have to say, by the time the stage cleared of techies we were pretty excited. There was an air of anticipation all around the stadium. When the song which we knew they were coming into started and then the lights turned off, we were almost jumping out of our skins. When Edge came on stage and started playing City of Blinding Lights, we pretty much did.
The first half dozen songs were definitely the highlight of the night. From memory, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo and Elevation were the first three, and were simply awesome.
One Tree Hill was also a huge highlight. Having the Koru on the back screen (as pictured below) during One Tree Hill was really awesome. They did a great job performing it.
The concert proceeded and continued to be unbelievably awesome all the way through. Unfortunately, at the end, the hours of queuing started to take a toll, and my legs, and back were significantly painful. I was also pretty tired, but still loving being there.
It's also interesting, whenever you get into a big group of people like that, you see how society is constructed of different types of people. For instance when Megan was trying to get back to where we were at one point, she was confronted with a solid group of people. Apparently a guy said to her "have you got friends in there?" To which she answered "Yeah." "Oh crap" he answered and followed up by grabbing one of his friends to pull him out of the way to at least give her a chance of getting through.
On the other hand, we saw a number of queue jumpers, and during the concert we had two people push in front of us, and then stand there. I yelled at them and then pushed them out of the way, but it makes you wonder about some people.
Anyway, last night was wonderful value. The best $99 dollars I've ever spent (same price as a standard PC game) and had one of the best nights of my life. Thanks U2. I hope you're working on a new album so I get to go to another U2 concert.
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Iran: Ruling on detained Americans by late August
AP: Iran expects to make a final decision in the case of three Americans charged with espionage by late August, Iran's official news agency said Tuesday. Two of the three have been in Iranian custody since 2009.
By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran expects to make a final decision in the case of three Americans charged with espionage by late August, Iran's official news agency said Tuesday. Two of the three have been in Iranian custody since 2009.
IRNA quoted Tehran's chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi as saying the Americans' next court appearance is tentatively set for the summer session of the court, between June 22 and August 22.
He said officials "are hopeful that the final decision about the three Americans' case will be taken at that session." He did not elaborate.
The three Americans — Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd — were detained in July 2009 along the Iran-Iraq border.
Bauer and Fattal remain in custody. Bauer's fiancee, Shourd, was released last year on $500,000 bail and has refused to return to Iran for trial. The three deny the allegations.
"We are hopeful that final decision about the three Americans' case to be taken in the session" set for the summer, he said, without hinting at what the decision might be.
The three were detained in July 2009 along the Iran-Iraq border. They deny the charges and claim they were only hiking in a scenic area of northern Iraq near the Iranian frontier.
The families of the two men released a statement Tuesday, hoping the court session would take place soon. "Shane and Josh are being held without any due process, and their mental and physical welfare is in grave danger," the statement said. "Their suffering needs to end now, and they should be allowed to return home immediately."
The espionage trial had been scheduled to resume May 11, but Bauer and Fattal were not brought to court and the session was called off. Iranian officials offered no explanation at the time.
Dowlatabadi said Tuesday that the delay was the result of lack of coordination. He said the prisoners have had "the best conditions" in jail.
Masoud Shafiei, lawyer for the three, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he expects them to be cleared.
He said, "There is no room for the charge if spying in their case. On illegal entry, it was not fault of my clients, if it happened."
The U.S. government has often appealed for their release, insisting that they have done no wrong.
In October, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton repeated the request. "There are many areas where we need to be discussing matters between the United States and Iran that are of great significance to not only our two countries but the world," she said then. "And it's unfortunate that Iran would be holding … two young men who should be released and returned to their families."
Shafiei said he had no access to his clients in recent months.
In May, relatives of the two men said they called their families by telephone. It was their such first phone call since Nov. 27.
Associated Press writer Doug Glass in Minneapolis contributed to this report.
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Khloe Kardashian opened up about last week's robbery at sister Kim's Paris apartment where Kim was held at gunpoint, saying that her sister still hasn't recovered from the incident.
"I mean, she's not doing that well," the reality star said on Tuesday's episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." "I mean, it's incredibly traumatic what happened to her, but our family is super close and great and we'll get through it together, and we do appreciate all of your guys' love and support. And it will take time. You know, it was horrible what happened to her."
Since the incident, the Kardashians have been notably quieter on social media. (They had a similar reaction after Khloe's estranged husband Lamar Odom collapsed in a brothel last October.) When DeGeneres asked about the unusual silence, Khloe attributed it to the robbery and noted the incident had made her family rethink safety issues.
"Well, I think it's just a wake-up call to make a lot of life adjustments," she said. "This is a really serious matter for Kim. I think that's really personal as to when that emotional terror ― you could move on from that. I think, for us, it's all a wake-up call for all of us, but definitely just to make sure our sister is OK."
Kim has yet to comment on the robbery, which occurred during the early morning hours of Oct. 3 in Paris. A spokesperson stated that two "armed, masked men" posing as policemen broke into the 35-year-old's apartment, where they bound and gagged her before making off with $10 million in jewelry and a few personal items.
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Original material: 04 hrs : 00 min
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CDs released: 11
CDs sold: 5000
Original Songs: 100
Average Draw: 75
Largest crowd: 7,000
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New CD Looking In the Mirror will be released Oct 21, 2014 by Detroit award winning guitarist Howard Glazer (Lazty Brothers Records distributed by City Hall Records). This is a follow up to his critically acclaimed 2013 Stepchild of the Blues CD. In Sept 2013 Glazer was inducted into the Michigan Blues Hall of Fame and in April 2014 he was chosen Outstanding Blues/R&B Instrumentalist by the Detroit Music Awards. While gigging regularly, (he recently has toured Finland including two Festival dates), he has been busy in the studio working on Looking In The Mirror. As the CD/song title Looking in the Mirror indicates, the musical realm of this CD is truly a reflection of Glazer's musical linage, spanning the many styles of blues, blues rock and contemporary music that has influenced Glazer's approach.
Looking in the Mirror features Glazer's signature tones on electric, slide and resonator guitar. Glazer's song writing skills are featured as well, there are several originals that will satisfy the blues purists, along with some songs that depart from the standard blues/blues rock format. Constant throughout is Glazer's fiery fret work.
The core band is Charles David Stuart – drums, Chris Brown – bass, Maggie McCabe & Stephanie Johnson vocals, special guests include the return of Larry Marek on organ, David Kocbus, trumpet, on Walking In Detroit and Tom Schmaltz, flute, on Emergency.
Midnight Postman – When the postman comes at midnight he's probably not bringing the mail! A funky blues groove that delivers, day or night.
Broken Down Hotel Blues – written about a bad hotel experience while on tour in Sweden, this is a unique blend of blues & rock. This features the rhythm section as well as the girls and a smoking tremolo guitar solo.
Take Me Baby –A driving blues rocker! Howard & Maggie sing in unison with passion fitting of the title, dynamic organ and guitar solos.
All I Ever Wanted – A very unique laid back shoegazer groove, featuring the girls, hypnotic bass and mournful guitars.
Walking In Detroit – A straight ahead shuffle with a twist. Howard & Maggie alternate vocals and a trumpet solo that reflects on Detroit's jazz heritage.
Eviction Blues – The name says it all! A slow powerful blues. All out guitar and heavy organ… reminiscent of early Led Zeppelin.- or maybe English Blues-Rock from the early 70's ??
Feeling So Bad – Metal Body Resonator guitar & kick drum highlights Glazer's adept slide technique – a musical tribute to the late great Johnny Winter.
Looking In The Mirror – Rhythmic blues rock featuring electric slide guitar in the style of the early 70's English Blues Rockers but wityh a modern twist.
Wandering Trails – Melodic and poetic, with singing slide guitar and a deep organ track, this song melds a blues base with classic rock sounds
Pushing The Limits – Pedal to the floor, straight ahead rocker ala Chuck Berry & Johnny Winter. Revved up guitar and vintage background vocals
Misunderstood The Devil – A southern swamp feel based on a metal body slide guitar groove. References to Robert Johnson and his experiences "at the Crossroads", this song includes backwards guitar and vocals with hand percussion.
Emergency – A psychedelic one chord blues groove. This song is about the state of things in Detroit (and many other major cities), featuring wah-wah guitars and electrified flute.
Howard's debut release Brown Paper Bag garnered national and worldwide attention in both reviews and radio airplay and charted at number 19 on the Living Blues National radio charts. Howard's second release Liquor Store Legend also received reviews and airplay worldwide.
Howard Glazer has performed extensively both nationally and internationally including festivals/tours in the USA, Japan, Australia, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Holland, Greece, England, Germany, Poland, Canada and The Czech Republic, among others. Howard has shared the bill with many greats including: Johnny Winter, B.B. King, Savoy Brown and David "Honeyboy" Edwards to name a few. In Oct 2009 Howard performed at The Newcastle Blues Festival in Australia and in June 2010 and also June 2012 he performed at The Kaavi Blues Festival in Finland.
Howard has received endorsements from OLympus Custom Gguitars (Greece), National Reso-Phonic Guitars, Stan Hinesley Handcrafted Pickups, GHS Strings, Ohlinger Amplifiers, Seagull Guitars, Blues Pearl Amps & Pedals and Rocktron.
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On March 14, 2019, Deborah Friedman was appointed as a director of Vista Gold Corp. (the "Company").
Ms. Friedman was Senior of Counsel at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP; Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP from August 2000 to December 2016 and of counsel from May 1999 to August 2000. Ms. Friedman was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Apex Silver Mines Corporation and its successor Gold Minerals Company from July 2007 to December 2015. Ms. Friedman served as the head of Davis Graham & Stubbs' Corporate Department and on the firm's Executive Committee for a number of years. Ms. Friedman held various positions in the law department of Cyprus Amax Mineral Company from 1982 through 1994, including General Counsel and Associate General Counsel, and served as Vice President and General Counsels of AMAX Gold Inc. from 1994 to 1998. Ms. Friedman graduated from the University of Illinois in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan in 1977.
Ms. Friedman does not have a family relationship with any other member of the Board of Directors or any executive officer of the Company, and Ms. Friedman has not been a participant or had any interest in any transaction with the Company that is reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There is no arrangement or understanding between any of the Company's officers and directors and Ms. Friedman to which she was selected to serve as a director.
In connection with her appointment, Ms. Friedman will receive compensation the Company's standard director compensation policies as disclosed in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A as filed with the Commission on March 16, 2018.
On March 14, 2019, the Registrant issued a press release that announced that it has increased the size of its Board of Directors from six to seven, and appointed Ms. Deborah Friedman as a director of the Company.
A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit99.1. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form8-K, the information set forth herein and in the press release is deemed to be "furnished" and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. The information set forth in Item 7.01 of this report shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this report on Form8-K that is required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.
*The Exhibit relating to Item 7.01 is intended to be furnished to, not filed with, the SEC to Regulation FD.
Vista Gold Corp. is engaged in the gold mining industry. The Company is focused on the evaluation, acquisition, exploration and advancement of gold exploration. The Company operates in the segment of evaluation, acquisition and exploration activities, which are focused principally in Australia and North America. The Company's assets include the Mt Todd gold project in Northern Territory, Australia; interest in Midas Gold Corp.; non-core projects in Mexico and the United States, and royalty interests in project in Mexico and Indonesia. The Mt Todd gold project is located approximately 60 kilometers by road northwest of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia, and over 250 kilometers southeast of Darwin. The Company operates Mt Todd gold project through its subsidiary, Vista Gold Australia Pty. Ltd (Vista Gold Australia). Total land holdings controlled by Vista Gold Australia are approximately 140,000 hectares.


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Did you know that the strata title is actually an Australian invention? This modern method of co-ownership is used all over the world, but the concept had a very pragmatic beginning right here in New South Wales.
The problems of pre-strata shared ownership
Prior to the existence of strata titles there were limited ways to sell and own apartments in blocks. These were typically company titles, tenancy in common titles and co-operative titles.
There were a few issues with these forms of title. Insurance was difficult to assess and pay out when it came to damage or destruction of shared buildings. Banks and financiers were often hesitant to finance mortgages because there was no set real estate to use as security via co-operative and company titles.
The launch of strata living in Australia
These concerns eventually saw a strata titles law being drafted in 1960, which led to the Conveyancing (Strata Titles) Act 1961 being passed in New South Wales. Australia's first strata property was in Burwood in Sydney's Inner West. Other states and territories followed suit with their own strata legislation in the years following, and the model was expanded throughout commercial spaces and retirement villages.
Reiterations of NSW strata legislation
New South Wales strata schemes have seen several major iterations of legislation with smaller Acts passed between these. Following on from the original Act in 1961, the 1973 Strata Titles Act and Regulations enabled the ownership of a unit within a shared space, providing greater reassurance for financiers. The Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 brought in new by-laws, definitions, increased insurance requirements and clearer dispute resolution processes. The most recent change to strata legislation came into effect just last year with the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015. This Act introduced a number of new and modern reforms, addressing pet ownership, nuisance smoking, unauthorised parking, a building bond scheme to pay for defects and overcrowding in strata units amongst other improvements.
Strata in 2017 and beyond
Our humble Australian strata model is now used in various forms in Canada, New Zealand, India, Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa. No doubt, the legislation will continue to evolve to meet and enhance the lifestyles of those living in strata. Jamesons Strata Management has proudly been around for 54 years of strata history since our doors opened in 1963, making us one of the most experienced strata managing agents in Sydney and across Australia.


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Catholic Sunday Mass Readings for October 23 2022, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C – Sunday Homily
I thank God for this special day as we seek to grow in faith and commit ourselves to the service of people. I do believe that there is a need to always remember to implore wisdom from God: the wisdom to truly value and respect each other's contributions, the wisdom to understand and overcome the barriers that our cultural differences can present, and the wisdom to know that God is the strength in our different missions.
We should be conscious that God graced us to be servants of his people. We can be in a position to judge the actions of a person but not judge the person as that is for God alone. The world needs more people who are non-judgemental and who do not condemn. This is vital in spreading the good news.
Due to many challenges today in missions, we need to beseech the Lord to renew our zeal for evangelization for the sake of salvation for all. Therefore, may our hearts thirst for new avenues of outreach.
We are called to re-commit ourselves to the Church's mission through prayer and self-sacrifice, being conscious of our weaknesses. We are called to have passion for Christ and at the same time passion for Christ's people whom we serve, where everyone feels at home. This is only achieved if we conform ourselves evermore to Christ.
There is a need to subject our human nature to humility. We need God's grace to have a natural inclination to never view ourselves as perfect, rather to always imitate Christ's humility. When we clothe ourselves in humility, our hearts can have a clear view of things. We recognize that we are not above anyone; rather, we are all unique and equal in God's eyes.
In seeking a humble Spirit, we can walk to be a blessing to others and be open to being blessed in return. Christ humbled himself as a human to walk with, and among, us. Accordingly, to truly follow his lead, humility has to be part of our walk. Becoming humble allows us to have open hearts and minds to move, and be moved by, the Spirit of God.
Therefore, our starting point in any approach in life is our relationship with God, a complete and total reverence for who God is, thus through 'self-check' with God at all times in prayer.
We often forget that the Gospel is not only a tool to reach out to those who are in search of God but is a tool for us all in our daily living and mission.
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More than 100 local businesses attended a 'Meet the Buyer' event at Bristol Airport yesterday (10 January) to find out more about becoming part of the airport's supply chain.
With passenger numbers forecast to top nine million for the first time ever this year, a range of construction projects are underway to ensure facilities for passengers and business partners keep pace. Projects are likely to include major building refurbishments, demolition of existing buildings, new aircraft stands, multi-storey car parks and more.
More than £160 million has been invested in infrastructure since 2010, and this looks set to continue should a planning application to increase capacity to 12 million passengers a year be approved. This growth could see the airport generating £2.4 billion for the regional economy and presents opportunities for a wide range of suppliers across South West England and South Wales.
North Somerset Council's consultation on the planning application to increase capacity to 12 million passengers a year runs until 26 January.
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A mug shot of the Florida man arrested for scamming restaurants. (Handout)
Get out of jail free: because you're too fat.
A 600-pound Florida man, arrested for scamming restaurants in 2007, was offered a plea deal when prosecutors discovered it was too expensive to incarcerate him, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
George Jolicoeur, 38, is infamous for ordering food and then complaining about the quality and refusing to pay after he eats it.
The obese thief once devoured five milk shakes before finding a hair in the shake and refusing to pay.
Jolicoeur was arrested in 2007 after downing nearly $50 of beef jerky from a 7-Eleven, then claiming the last few scraps were moldy.
Police tracked him down at home and arrested him.
"The beef jerky got me," Jolicoeur said on his way to prison.
After Jolicoeur was charged with five counts of felony petty theft, he became ill and bedridden. He now resides in a nursing facility and relies on a respirator to breathe.
After prosecutors discovered that the state would have to foot the bill for Jolicoeur's medical care they offered a plea deal.
"He's in his prison cell," said Assistant State Attorney Kyan Ware. "He's not getting out of that bed."


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New Zealand get first wicket against Pakistan
by Mildred Hamilton	- at January 29, 2018
Shadab was named the man of the match, whereas pacer Mohammad Amir claimed the man-of-the-series accolade.
Batting first, Green Shirts fired in unison to rattle up a challenging 181 for six against New Zealand in third and final of T20 global (T20I) match on Sunday at Bay Oval here. They did get off to a similarly positive start, with Ahmed Shehzad timing the ball beautifully.
In the reply, New Zealand were forced to introduce a new opening partner for Martin Guptill in their skipper Kane Williamson, in the absence of regular explosive opener Colin Munro. Tim Southee is also likely to return for the last match.
The crucial stage in the contest was the final four overs of Pakistan's innings as New Zealand's sloppy fielding allowed them to add 58 runs in 24 balls. But the idea of promoting Williamson backfired as he was dismissed early for just 9 runs.
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It was a quick three-over spell, just after the Powerplay, that, in hindsight, took the game out of New Zealand's hands once and for all. The Pakistan bowlers showed good discipline with Shadab Khan taking 2 for 19. The asking rate was suddenly pushing 12, and New Zealand's reliance on Guptill's explosiveness increased exponentially.
The final overs provided a pang of nostalgia as Ross Taylor unsheathed his slog sweep after years of disuse. New Zealand have won four out of their five matches in this venue.
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Trump's Immigration Plans Include Doubling DACA, Path to Citizenship, $25 Billion Wall
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These errors endanger the safety of employees working on electrical equipment as well as creating OSHA compliance risk for the facility.
As Plant Managers, EH&S professionals or electrical engineers, you are responsible for selecting a capable firm to ensure electrical safety at your facilities. Have you ever wondered whether the firm you hired to complete your arc flash assessment is truly qualified? Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of reputable firms out there with a ton of experience and passion to ensure accurate results. However, it is my true belief that many firms simply DO NOT understand what it takes to complete an arc flash assessment accurately. This concerns me and it should you too because let's face it --we are dealing with the fragility of a human being. This is dangerous stuff! Most understand the extreme importance of these assessments, as they are a requirement of OSHA. Unfortunately, all too many people out there see this as an opportunity to "get on the band wagon" without a true understanding on how to properly utilize the tools for an accurate assessment. They lack the knowledge and experience.
Let's put this in perspective. One of the main reasons we are completing these arc flash assessments is to get your facility in compliance with the OSHA mandate to provide electrical safety in the workplace for your personnel. But more importantly, we are identifying the "incident energy level" at the various pieces of electrical distribution equipment within your facility. Once we know this, we can then identify the proper level of personal protective equipment (PPE) a person needs to wear if performing live energized work on that particular equipment.
So, what is "incident energy"? In simplistic terms, incident energy is a measure of thermal energy at a working distance from an arc fault. The measurement is typically in calories/cm2. The working distance or the arc flash boundary (AFB), is the distance from where a worker stands to the flash location of which they would receive a second degree burn. A second degree burn produces 1.2 cal/cm2.
A second degree burn, although painful, will eventually heal. All the calculations for the arc flash assessment are based on the premise of a person avoiding a second degree burn or worse. Now that you understand what 1.2 cal/cm2 can do to you, just imagine what 40 cal/cm2 can do to the human body. A 40cal/cm2 arc flash event would cause excessive burns to the upper and lower parts of the body, the face and neck and in some cases (without the proper protection), death may result. 40 cal/cm2 has typically and historically been the threshold for the maximum allowable PPE. Although, the 2015 version of NFPA will allow higher levels as long as the manufacturers can produce higher levels of protection.
As I mentioned above, myself and my team have completed hundreds of assessments over the years including updates as required by NFPA 70E. When we complete an update, we are required to verify the existing study that was completed by XYZ Company and confirm the results. We do this by field verifying the existing one-line diagram for accuracy.
You may say to yourself; "Ok, the arc flash label says that the arc flash boundary (AFB) is 5613 inches or 467.75 feet and the incident energy is 14787 cal/cm2." Really?? In other words, you would need to be 467.75 feet from the equipment in order to AVOID receiving more than a second degree burn during an arc flash incident. If someone were to work on the equipment and cause an arc fault, 14787 cal/cm2 of energy would be released and essentially "vaporize" the building. Basically, this is so much energy, it's unimaginable what it would do.
This in itself, makes the light bulb go off above my head. Something is wrong here. It's virtually impossible for this much energy to be released. In other words, this assessment was done INCORRECTLY. The customer should question this immediately. It's not uncommon for much of the front end electrical distribution equipment to have high levels of incident energy due to the contribution of available fault current coming from the utility company during an arc fault situation. Typically, these levels are less than 200 cal/cm2. Anything higher should be questioned. The vendor most likely had certain settings within the software program used improperly.
Unfortunately, if you come across extremely high incident energy levels in your study, it's likely that the information was calculated incorrectly. Now let's look at what are the business and safety risks associated with an inaccurate study?
These are just some of the things to consider. If you feel you may be in this situation, I would love to hear from you and discuss it further.


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Video: Derry MP Colum Eastwood says nurses and health workers have been 'used as political pawns'
Kevin Mullan
Published: 15:45 Updated: 15:47 Thursday 09 January 2020
Foyle MP Colum Eastwood has claimed nurses and health workers have been used as 'political pawns' in the tortuous process of trying to get Stormont back up and running.
The SDLP leader praised front-line staff who have been on strike this week over pay and conditions.
Colum Eastwood.
"The people we represent have not had a Government for three years. Let that sink in. Look at the consequences for our health service. Our health services are at breaking point.
"Our school budgets are at breaking point. Our nurses, for the first time, are on strike right now. They have been used as a political pawn in this process, because of our failure to deliver for them and the people they look after every single day of the week on our behalf," he said.
Mr. Eastwood said the pay demands of health workers should be met.
"No matter what happens in our talks process, take the nurses and the healthcare workers out of this and provide them with the pay they work for, deserve and are entitled to. They should not have to strike one more day to get their full entitlement, which they absolutely and totally deserve," he said, speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday night.
The Derry MP said a deal needed to be done urgently. He said an extension of the deadline beyond Monday would be unacceptable.
"This has gone on for far too long. I for one, as leader of the SDLP, have already committed myself to compromise on behalf of the people whom we represent.
"Other parties now need to step up and get ready to compromise, because the deadline is Monday, and the deadline should stay Monday.
"We cannot drag this out any longer, because the people whom we represent screamed very loudly at the last election. They are fed up, and what do they want? What are they saying to us?
"They are saying, 'Get back to work.' Compromise is not a dirty word."
Video: Derry MP Colum Eastwood says it's devolution or joint rule from Dublin and London, nationalists will not accept direct rule
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Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I can't even believe it. Is this year going fast or is it just me? Because whoa. Crazy fast. Then again, each year goes quicker than the last. No wonder I'm always dizzy.
Every year, for many years, I had AT LEAST one kid making turkey projects in school. So, we were able to decorate the house a bit for the Thanksgiving holiday. Well, no longer will that be happening. Since none of my kids are in elementary school anymore, goodbye Thanksgiving Turkey art projects to display on the windows and walls.
Now it's up to me to motivate all the kids, even though they are 11, 17, 18 and 19, to help in the decorations. The only one that has massive talent in the art department is my daughter. The others, well, they're cute. Like…really cute. So, we needed simple turkey crafts.
I scoured the Internet to find some super easy, seemingly fun Thanksgiving Turkey projects to do with my brats. At least, the ones that want to do them with me. Read: I'll be doing this alone, probably. Well, maybe I can convince my youngest to make the Oreo Pops by bribing him with Oreos.
Hmmm, maybe I'll just run up to the store and buy a couple of decorations. But, you…my crafty friends with young kids…or non-crafty friends who just want to do easy, homemade decorations for Thanksgiving…I'll leave these here for you.
These Thanksgiving Turkey crafts are easy enough to make for classroom parties, too. For all you room mommies and teachers out there!


Of late the Searchlight team have circumnavigated the difficult questions that arise from any credible analysis of the state of British politics, and it's possible consequences for the Far Right. However on November 10th Searchlight, in conjunction with B'ham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit (BRAMU) hosted the first of three one-day conferences entitled 'Combating Fascism in the Community'. Most of the 'workshops' were of no particular interest to AFA, and were as far 'off the mark' as not to warrant attention. However, one of the early seminars set out to summarise a recent history of fascism and anti-fascism in the Midlands, the discussion being led by Searchlight assistant editor Nick Lowles. Along the way the nervously honest Lowles made a number of interesting statements that confirm Searchlight magazine's tendentious avoidance of political reality.
Under the 'younger, more dynamic, media friendly' Griffin 'the quality of intake is getting better - attracting people with more money from a less overtly nazi background.' The BNP, according to Lowles is now 'much more effective, and led by much more able people'. He also cited a 41% membership growth in the last twelve months, estimating a paid membership of around 1,500 (in spite of the fact that the BNP issued 2,000 postal ballot papers for the Tyndall/Griffin contest). He went on to outline the BNP's orientation towards community politics, be it in the Green belt or the inner cities ('the BNP have been making a big issue of pedophilia' - the alternative view of course is that pedophiles are a big issue because communities say so, and rightly so, and the BNP just set their sails to the wind).
Searchlight concludes that most of the new recruitment has come through the Internet - 'where the BNP can relay their message uncontested: No mention of AFA, and no actual examples of how that 'contest' was fought.
The national BNP focus for next May's elections, Lowles reckoned, would be the Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall areas. 'The BNP have set themselves a target of gaining a West Midlands seat within the next two years', he stated. 'A victory like this would make people think that a vote for the BNP was no longer a wasted vote, and open the doors for the future.' Yet when asked five minutes later whether he believed there would be a repetition of Europe here he replied, 'I say no -although they will probably secure members and votes from London, West Midlands, the northwest, Dewsbury, Halifax and West Yorkshire.' Allowing for areas missed off the list, such as the southwest and northeast, that's just about every city and conurbation in England covered anyway. A glaring contradiction from his earlier dirge.
If Searchlight can privately admit that 'anybody but fascists' is not enough to address working class grievances then they should do so publicly, consequently severing State ties, and abandoning their liberal bourgeois clientele in the process. Instead their analysis is so diluted and censored the reader could be forgiven for thinking that British fascists are inept to the point of virtual extinction. 'The BNP will not enter the British mainstream', he reported confidently, because of 'the inevitable conflict between urban racism and middle England. Also Britain hasn't got a tradition of fascism. Our own nationalism is geared towards competing within Europe'. Perhaps this confused and hastily beat together analysis explains why Searchlight and all their minions don't actually have a plan, because they feel they don't need one. However, Nick Lowles returned to his confessional to conclude the seminar with a single line postscript, 'We need to offer political, economic and cultural alternatives to the BNP.' A series of fund-raising cheese and wine evenings perhaps, followed by some hearty after dinner endorsement of the prevention of terrorism bill; there, that should do it.


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Q: using variables in groovy context.expand expression I tried to automate a test case using groovy script and soapUI.
Sending a soap request, I got a response contains a company list.
What I'ld like to do is verifying names of listed companies.
Size of the response array is not fixed.
So I tried the script below just for the beginning but I got stuck..
def count = context.expand( '${Properties#count}' )
count = count.toInteger()
def i = 0
while (i<count)
    (
def response = context.expand( '${getCompanyList#Response#//multiRef['+i+']/@id}' )
 log.info(response)
i=İ+1
    )

I get
org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed: Script12.groovy: 6: unexpected token: def @ line 6, column 1. def response = context.expand( '${getCompanyList#Response#//multiRef['+i+']/@id}' ) ^ org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.SyntaxException: unexpected token: def @ line 6, column 1. at

I should somehow put "i" in the "response" definition..

A: You are using the wrong characters to in your while statement, it should be braces ({}), not parentheses (()).
This is why the error is regarding the def on line 6, and has nothing to do with the i variable.
You also have İ in your example, which is not a valid variable name in Groovy.
I think you wanted this:
def count = context.expand( '${Properties#count}' )
count = count.toInteger()
def i = 0
while (i<count) {
    def response = context.expand( '${getCompanyList#Response#//multiRef['+i+']/@id}' )
    log.info(response)
    i=i+1
}

However, this being Groovy, you can do this much cleaner using:
def count = context.expand( '${Properties#count}' )
count.toInteger().times { i ->
    def response = context.expand( '${getCompanyList#Response#//multiRef['+i+']/@id}' )
    log.info(response)
}

(And if you replace i inside the closure with it, you can remove the i -> as well.)

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Persistant tearing is an aggravating problem that can cause problems with vision or even result in infection.
Tearing can have different causes including problems with the eyelid or the tear drain.
Tear drainage surgery, or DCR, is very effective in most cases and can be performed in an outpatient setting.
Nasolacrimal duct obstruction is treated with surgery to bypass the blocked portion of the system. The name of this surgery is Dacryocystorhinostomy or DCR for short. In this surgery, the blocked tear drainage system is bypassed to allows tears to exit the eye and prevent tears from rolling down the cheek.
Your surgeon will carefully evaluate the cause of your tearing and may perform tests to evaluate the presence of dry eye, a loose lower eyelid, or a blocked tear drain. Based on this examination, our doctors will provide options for improvement in symptoms.
DCR surgery is typically performed in an outpatient setting under anesthesia. The surgery itself typically takes less than an hour and is not painful. After surgery, in most cases, a silicone stent tube will be placed in the new tear drainage system. This stent tube is typically painless, does not usually cause any irritation or discomfort, nor does it interfere with vision. The stent tube is removed in the office, typically 3 months after surgery. The removal is easy and typically painless.
Patients will be provided with complete post operative insturctions; however, the care after DCR is fairly simple. Most patients will receive a prescription for eyedrops and nasal spray to use for a period of time after surgery. Most patients will be seen 5-7 days after surgery for a post operative visit.
Tear drainage surgery/DCR has a low rate of complications. Infection is very rare, but possible. Some nasal bleeding can occur for 1-3 days after surgery but is usually minimal. As with any surgery, scarring is possible; however, the skin wound typically heals well. In some patients, tearing will persist despite successfully surgery. In these uncommon cases, your surgeon will work with you to find a solution for your tearing.
Not all patients are ideal candidates for endoscopic surgery—your surgeon will be able to determine if you are a good candidate.
In patients where a blockage in the tear drainage system is identified, dacrycoystorhinostomy (DCR) is often the best solution. Endoscopic DCR offers these patients a minimally invasive means of correction that does not require a skin incision. A tiny camera is used to perform the entire surgery from inside the nose, often resulting in more rapid healing. Not all patients are ideal candidates for endoscopic surgery, for example some patients with a deviated septum or prior nasal trauma are better served with traditional DCR rather than endoscopic surgery. Your surgeon will be able to work with you to find the best option.
Your surgeon will carefully evaluate your tear drainage system and nasal anatomy to determine if endoscopic surgery is right for you. Tests may be offered to determine the amount of blockage in the tear drainage system.
Endoscopic DCR is performed in an outpatient setting under general anesthesia. A tiny camera is used to bypass the blocked tear drainage system from inside the nose. At the end of the surgery, a silicone stent is placed in the new tear drainage system. This stent is kept in place for 3 months in most cases. The stent is removed in the office and the process is typically painless. In some patients, some amount of tearing may persist while the stent is in place, but typically improves when the stent is removed. The surgery takes less than 1 hour and patients typically have rapid recovery from surgery.
Patients will be provided with complete post operative instructions; however, the care after endoscopic DCR is fairly simple. Most patients will receive a prescription for eyedrops and nasal spray to use for a period of time after surgery. Most patients will be seen 5-7 days after surgery for a post operative visit. There are no stitches to remove since there is no skin incision.
Endoscopic DCR has a low rate of complications. Infection is very rare, but possible. Some nasal bleeding can occur for 1-3 days after surgery but is usually minimal. In some patients, tearing will persist despite successfully surgery. In these uncommon cases, your surgeon will work with you to find a solution for your tearing.


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Q: Fill area between stacked lines with pgfplot
I'd like to recreate the above figure in pgfplots. Unfortunately, if I use the stacked plots option
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\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\pagestyle{empty} % Suppresses page number

%%%%%%%%%%% PLOTTING
\usepackage{tikz} % Engine for pgfplots
\usepackage{pgfplots} % For inline plotting
%\pgfplotsset{compat=1.15} % For pgfplot backwards compatibility

\pgfplotsset{compat=newest,
        width=10cm,
        height=7cm,
        xtick pos=left,
        ytick pos=left
        }

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\begin{axis}[
            stack plots=y,
            area style,
            enlarge x limits=false
            ]
\addplot [name path=A, blue] table [x=Year, y=Coal, col sep=comma] {data.csv};
\addplot [name path=B, red] table [x=Year, y=Oil, col sep=comma] {data.csv};
\addplot [grey] fill between[of=A and B];
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

I only get an error from the fillbetween package:

! Package pgf Error: fill between: the mandatory argument 'of= and  is missing or has empty arguments. Please
  ensure that the option has been set and that both path names have been
  assigned (perhaps you need 'name path global=A' somewhere?)

It works fine for
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\usepackage{pgfplots} % For inline plotting
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\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[]
\addplot [name path=A, blue] table [x=Year, y=Coal, col sep=comma] {data.csv};
\addplot [name path=B, red] table [x=Year, y=Oil, col sep=comma] {data.csv};
\addplot [grey] fill between[of=A and B];
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

but that defeats the purpose of my graph. How can I get to my desired output?

A: You actually don't need the fillbetween library to achieve what you want. For details please have a look at the comments in the code.
% used PGFPlots v1.16
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
% "simple" version when the fill color equals the draw color
\begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{axis}[
        stack plots=y,
        no markers,
        % options that are common to all `\addplot` commands
        every axis plot/.append style={
            % add the fill color to each `\addplot`
            % (`.` is an abbreviation for the "current color")
            fill=.,
        },
    ]
        % appended `\closedcycle` to each `\addplot` command
        \addplot coordinates {(0,1) (1,1) (2,2) (3,2)} \closedcycle;
        \addplot coordinates {(0,1) (1,1) (2,2) (3,2)} \closedcycle;
        \addplot coordinates {(0,1) (1,1) (2,2) (3,2)} \closedcycle;
    \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}

% not so simple version when the fill color does not equal the draw color
\begin{tikzpicture}
    % first draw the filled areas in a plot
    \begin{axis}[
        stack plots=y,
        no markers,
        every axis plot post/.append style={
            % here we don't want to draw the lines ...
            draw=none,
            % but only the (filled) areas
            fill=.!25,
        },
        % we don't want to draw the axis lines etc. twice
        axis lines=none,
    ]
        \addplot coordinates {(0,1) (1,1) (2,2) (3,2)} \closedcycle;
        \addplot coordinates {(0,1) (1,1) (2,2) (3,2)} \closedcycle;
        \addplot coordinates {(0,1) (1,1) (2,2) (3,2)} \closedcycle;
    \end{axis}
    % second draw the lines in a plot
    \begin{axis}[
        stack plots=y,
        no markers,
    ]
        \addplot coordinates {(0,1) (1,1) (2,2) (3,2)};
        \addplot coordinates {(0,1) (1,1) (2,2) (3,2)};
        \addplot coordinates {(0,1) (1,1) (2,2) (3,2)};
    \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has extended the application deadline for Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments due to the partial federal shutdown that has closed many Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices across the country.
California's SB 3 requires an increase in minimum wage each year between 2017 and 2022, until the minimum wage reaches $15 an hour. As of January 1, 2019, California's minimum wage has gone up from $11 per hour to $12 for employers with 26 or more employees. For employers with 25 employees or fewer, the minimum wage has gone up from $10.50 to $11.00 per hour. This, in turn, will raise the California exempt employee minimum salary requirement to $49,920 for large employers, and $45,760 for small employers (25 employees or fewer).
Western Growers has hired Matt Jones who will be serving as the Industry Relations Manager. Jones will be based in Fresno, California. As Industry Relations Manager, Jones is now the point of contact for both our Central Valley members as well as prospective members. He is responsible for providing Western Growers' resources and solutions to members in order to support their interest and needs.
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Why You Should Visit Northern Norway
Northern Norway is now on our bucket list! Is it on yours? When David Nikel, author of travel guide Moon Norway, reached out to us with his article Why You Should Visit Northern Norway we were delighted to publish it on our website. We have been talking about visiting Norway, one of Europe's top places to see the Northern Lights for ages and now that we have some great insider tips from David it has given us a boost to start planning a visit during our next European adventure.
Moon Guide Norway by David Nikel
Experience magnificent fjords, historical cities, and magical northern lights with Moon Norway.
1 Why You Should Visit Northern Norway
1.1 It's not cheap, but there is value
1.2 A coastal cruise
1.3 Tromsø: The Paris of the North
1.4 Dreamy Lofoten
1.5 Rock carvings in Alta
1.6 The road to Nordkapp
1.7 Lesser known stories of World War II
1.8 Chase the northern lights
1.9 About David Nikel
The West Norwegian fjords might steal the headlines, but they're also suffering from record numbers of visitors. Good luck squeezing on a fjord sightseeing trip at the height of summer! While the fjords are absolutely well worth visiting, you can see just as much of Norway's spectacular scenery with a lot less people in the way by looking to the north.
It's not cheap, but there is value
Let's deal with the elephant in the room right away. Norway is an expensive country to visit, but that doesn't mean everything is bad value for money.
Self Catering Cabins
If you hire a small car and choose to stay in well-equipped self-catering cabins on campsites, you can explore the best of the country for much less than you might expect. Perhaps more so than any other region, enjoying the north is about experiences. Grazing over a picnic on a secluded hillside with the midnight sun as your backdrop is a memory that will stay with you for a lifetime but cost almost nothing.
A coastal cruise
One option is to take the famous Hurtigruten coastal ferry. Although advertised as a cruise, it serves dual-purpose as a daily liner service for much of the remote Norwegian coastline.
The full route from Bergen to Kirkenes and back takes 12 days, but you could start and finish in Trondheim or Bodø to cut costs and focus on the north. This method covers your food and accommodation costs, with optional excursions if you want to see what lies beyond the beautiful coastline.
But if sleeping on a boat isn't your thing, hire a car and create your own itinerary from these recommendations.
Tromsø: The Paris of the North
Nobody's quite sure who first gave Tromsø its nickname, but spend a couple days in Arctic Norway's biggest city and you'll soon find yourself agreeing with it. As a regional capital, it punches way above its weight in cultural attractions.
The Artic Cathedral
The Arctic Cathedral (actually a church, but who ever let facts get in the way of marketing) is their Eiffel Tower. If you visit at the height of summer, try to catch one of the Midnight Sun concerts, which start at 11pm every evening.
A trip up the recently renovated cable car is a must for a spectacular view back across the city's gorgeous island setting. Stick around to watch planes land, or see ships come and go. During the summer the service runs until 1am to allow for midnight sun snaps.
Tromsø also offers northern Norway's cheapest accommodation thanks to the recent arrival of budget chains. Book up a room at the Comfort Hotel Xpress, Viking Hotel, or Smart Hotel while they're still available.
Dreamy Lofoten
An alternative main destination is the eye-wateringly beautiful Lofoten, which has drawn artists, fishermen and hikers from across Europe for generations.
The best option to reach the archipelago is the ferry from Bodø to either Svolvær or Moskenes. The crossing across open ocean can be rough, but you'll be rewarded with the sight of Lofoten's dramatic granite mountains looming on the horizon.
Once on the islands, head to the westernmost villages Å and Reine for some of Scandinavia's most iconic views, or pick a side road to find your own slice of paradise on a quiet secluded beach.
Lofoten is increasingly popular during the Norwegian holiday month of July, so book up accommodation well in advance, or plan a trip in May or September when the campsites – and the hiking trails – are much quieter.
Rock carvings in Alta
Alta Rock Carvings
Although there's not much to keep the curious traveller occupied in Alta for more than a day or so, the city has one major thing going for it. The UNESCO listed rock art centre is a must see for anyone passing through.
The carvings – many of which have been coloured red to make them easier to see – depict scenes from days long gone, specifically hunting and gathering, fishing, rituals, and social occasions, harking back to a time when people believed nature possessed a soul. A wooden pathway of several miles leads visitors around the otherwise boggy ground, and is split into two loops, making a shorter visit possible if time is tight.
Meet the Sami
Alta also serves as a base to explore the fascinating culture of the Sami, northern Scandinavia's indigenous people. Within a few hours' drive are the small communities of Karasjok and Kautokeino.
Here, around four in five people speak Sami as their primary language of everyday life, and throughout Finnmark county you will find road signs and place names listed in Norwegian, Sami, and possibly a local dialect too. One in three Kautokeino residents work in the reindeer business, which has sustained the Sami people for years and continues to do so today.
The road to Nordkapp
When people ask me if it's worth the journey to Nordkapp, mainland Europe's northernmost point, I'm never quite sure how to respond.
For me, the journey there is fascinating. I stayed in remote communities and met all sorts of interesting people who somehow manage to make a living up here. But the North Cape itself is rather underwhelming. It is after all just a very expensive car park. The visitor centre has some items of interest including a giant gift shop, but you absolutely don't need to go here just to see the midnight sun. That's available for free across the entire region!
If you have time to spare then sure, go ahead, especially if you plan to stay in Honningsvåg, the closest town to Nordkapp, or one of the remote campsites on the barren Magerøya island. But if you want to spend days driving to Nordkapp and back just to say you've been, there's far better things you can do with your time.
Lesser known stories of World War II
Finnmark, Norway's north-eastern county, suffered greatly in the latter days of the Second World War. When the Nazis push against Leningrad failed, they retreated and any place that could offer shelter to what the Nazis thought would be the pursuing Red Army was destroyed.
Much of Finnmark was reduced to rubble. Thousands of buildings were burned, Hammerfest was reduced to ashes, bridges and ports were destroyed. The rebuilt Hammerfest is now home to the Museum of Reconstruction, which tells the story of how the community recovered from the tragedy.
Other wartime reminders in the region include the Tirpitz museum outside Alta, where you'll find one of the largest collections of photos and artefacts from the battleship Tirpitz, which was anchored in the waters of Alta during the war. There's also a small war museum in Svolvær on Lofoten, which tends to only open for Hurtigruten arrivals.
Chase the northern lights
If you can stand the cold, a visit to northern Norway in the winter is worth it for one truly spectacular reason: a chance to see nature's own one-of-a-kind light show.
The northern lights come out to play at their strongest from mid-September to mid-November and from mid-January to mid-March. Cloudless, dark skies are required, which means heading as far away from built-up areas as possible.
Even if you don't catch the lights, there's plenty more activities to keep you busy and make your trip a success. From dog sledding to snow-shoeing and even whale watching, winter in northern Norway is guaranteed to be a memorable experience, whether the tricky lady makes an appearance or not.
Whether you prefer active experiences, or you'd rather spend your time indoors in galleries and museums, there's something for you in northern Norway.
You won't be able to fit all of this into your Arctic adventure without spending several weeks in the region. Distances are vast and you'll need a big budget. Instead, use this list as a starter for your research and pick the area you'd most like to focus on. Wherever you choose, I guarantee you a good time!
About David Nikel
Our Guest Writer – David Nikel
British writer David Nikel moved to Norway in 2011, and now calls Trondheim his home. He is the author of the Moon Norway guidebook, and runs a popular website all about living and travelling in Norway.
David has written another article for us: How to travel Oslo on a budget – tips from a local
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Ryan Biddulph says:
The Arctic Cathedral looks funky David. A bit like Iceland churches I have seen online. Amazing how 11 PM meetings yield midnight sun during optimal times of the year. Namely, the solstice period I am guessing. Norway looks inspired. On the travel list for sure. Signing off from Thailand.
totraveltoo says:
David certainly has whetted our appetite for Northern Norway. Catch you there!
Chris Fendler says:
I have traveled the coast of Norway on board one of the Hurtigruten ships five different times and always find it to be the most beautiful journey one can take. The ship passes by the farm on the island of Askrova where my family came from and that is always quite a thrill. Northern Norway is always included as I take the 12 day round trip Bergen/Bergen. Hope to be able to go again!
Sounds amazing! We would love to do that trip as well.
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We are a porridge family. We buy our rolled oats in 8 kg bags and most weekday mornings I or my husband set a pot of oats on the stove to cook before the kids get out of bed. Oatmeal is one of the few things that fills me up in the morning, and keeps my stomach from growling before 10:00 a.m.
It's handy being a lover of oatmeal since it's so darn healthy. There is a list as long as my arm of the health and nutrition benefits of oats. I consider it a bonus that oats and molasses make such a lovely pair.
My husband is the real porridge expert in our house. His is always much creamier than mine.
If you're a fan of extra creamy porridge then I think you'll enjoy this baked oatmeal breakfast pudding. Smoother than the rice custard of my childhood, when eaten warm right out of the oven it's a comfort on chilly days.
The recipe takes just a minute of prep before bed and then mixes up quickly in the morning. It also reheats well if you have leftovers or decide to bake it ahead of time.
The recipe is adapted from Simple Bites, and according to Aimee (at Simple Bites), soaking oats makes them more digestible and helps your system absorb more of the nutrients in the oatmeal.
In a large bowl combine rolled oats, buttermilk, salt and 1-1/2 cups of water. Stir then cover with a dish towel and let sit overnight.
The next morning pour oat mixture into a colander and drain for a few minutes to remove excess moisture.
Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a 9"x9" pan with parchment paper or grease it well.
In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs then add the milk, vanilla, molasses and melted butter. Mix well then sift in the baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Add soaked oats to the egg mixture.
Core the apple and grate it on the large side of a box grater. Add to the oat mixture and combine well.
Pour mixture into the prepared pan. Place additional apple slices on top and bake for 40 -45 minutes or until light golden on top.
Let stand for 5 minutes. Serve hot with milk and drizzled with maple syrup or molasses.
"I didn't soak the rolled oats overnight, so I increased the total milk to 2 cups. And I don't like grating, so I lined the bottom of the pan with 2 sliced apples. My daughter loves blueberries, so I also added about a cup of frozen blueberries to the top and finished it off with about 1/3 cup sliced almonds." Yum! I think Lorraine's version is my new favourite.
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I always loved the smell of our house in the fall. We'd arrive home from school to the warm spicy smell of homemade pickles cooking on the stove and fresh muffins cooling on the counter.
My mom baked a lot with apples and I grew up eating apple pie with Sunday supper, apple dumplings, apple sauce and lots of apple crisp.
When I was little we had the greatest crab apple tree in our back yard. It was always laden with apples and each year mom would make spiced crab apples and crab apple jelly.
On apple picking day we'd climb the tree and give it a good shake while my brother Michael, wearing an old Harbour Bridge Authority hard hat of my great uncle's, would dash under the tree and gather the apples in a bucket.
One day the tree just fell over.
We watched it fall, as though it was laying down for a nap.
It turned out the roots had rotted, leaving a hollow spot in the ground like a little nest in the roots. There in that little hole were a bunch of oyster shells. We later found out that the previous owners of our house used to bury them around the tree as fertilizer.
If you love baking with apples give these apple cinnamon muffins with molasses a try. They're light and moist and not too sweet.
Preheat oven to 400 F and grease muffin pan (or line with muffin cups).
In a large bowl, whisk flours, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
In another bowl, whisk together buttermilk, molasses, eggs, vanilla, and oil.
Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the buttermilk mixture. Stir gently until almost combined.
Add the chopped apples and gently fold them into the batter.
Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups and bake for 15-20 minutes.
*To sour milk, add ½ Tbsp. of vinegar to your measuring cup and fill to the ½ cup mark with milk. Let sit 5 minutes.
I think that cakes often get a bad rap.
They have this reputation for being a little time consuming to make and suitable for Sunday dinners and special occasions only.
But some of the best cakes out there are muffin-simple. Made with real butter and good stone-ground flour, they've got flavour to spare and have no need to be dressed with frosting.
Plus, there is only one easy pan to clean, not a dozen muffin cups.
Here's a delicious cake that's a synch to mix up and makes a wholesome treat. No occasion required.
I make this apple spice cake with stone ground flour and homemade apple sauce but it works just as well with conventional white flour and store-bought apple sauce.
It's actually a gingerbread, sweetened with molasses and lightly spiced with ginger and cinnamon. As gingerbreads go this one is on the gentle side, denser than hot water gingerbreads but mild in flavour. If you use stone ground flour it's sweet, nutty flavour will shine through.
Serve this apple spice cake as a snack cake, tuck it in your kids' lunchbox or sprinkle it with icing sugar and serve it as a dessert.
It's that kind of cake – forever adaptable to the occasion.
In one bowl place sifted dry ingredients.
In another bowl beat applesauce, molasses, eggs, and soft butter.
Beat well by hand or with an electric beater for 3 minutes.
Pour into greased and floured 9″ round or square cake pan and bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes, until a tester comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes then remove from pan to finish cooking.
To serve, dust with icing sugar and cut into wedges.
Tip: line the pan with parchment paper for extra easy removal from pan.
This is your spectacular Tuesday night meal that's ready in a flash. It won't slow down your life but it will allow you the pleasure of a fine meal once all of the rushing is done (or before the rush begins, depending on the evening's activities).
Simply warm left-over cooked chicken or turkey, grab a grocery store roasted chicken, or bake chicken pieces while you're preparing this sauce; whatever suits your schedule.
In a good-sized sauté pan over medium heat, whisk together cider and molasses.
Whisk in the vinegar and mustard.
Add the thyme (or sage).
Add the sliced apples in a single layer and let cook as the syrup thickens.
Flip the apples and continue cooking until they're tender.
When the apples are ready, plate the chicken and spoon over the sauce and apples.
Serve with a hearty green salad (kale salad is my fall favourite) and rice. To dress it up a bit more serve it with apple cranberry sauce.
Speedy tip: Freeze cider in ice cube trays so you have it on hand all fall. Use 3-4 ice cubes in this recipe.
Prefer to serve this with pork? Here's my original recipe made with pork chops.
This is such an adaptable sauce. Any suggestions for other ways to serve it?
Apple crisp was a favourite dessert when I was growing up. I loved the soft tart apples but the best part was really the crunchy topping. Mom made her apple crisp with rolled oats, butter and brown sugar which to me tasted just like candy.
My mom never wrote her recipe down. Instead she just eyed it, especially when it came to sweetening the fruit. That's the thing – the amount of sugar added to the fruit depends on how tart your apples are. I prefer firm, tart cortlands but for this recipe you can use your favourite or whatever you have on hand. The amount of molasses that I have included with the filling works for a tart apple. But if you have a really sweet tooth more is good too (up to 2/3 of a cup).
Place the apples and cranberries in a medium casserole dish.
Pour over the molasses, sprinkle with cinnamon and dab with the butter.
Combine the flour, rolled oats and brown sugar.
Add butter and mix together into a crumble.
Bake at 375 F for 35-45 minutes, until apples are soft.
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We're thick into apple season and every weekend I have a new bushel on my counter to use up. I love them for snacking, apple sauce and baking but once and a while I remember that apples are lovely in main dish meals too.
Pat chops dry, season with salt and pepper.
In a good-sized sauté pan over medium, heat oil until it shimmers then add the pork chops.
Remove chops to a plate and cover loosely with foil to keep warm.
Add cider and molasses to the same pan, whisking to incorporate the pan juices and scrape up all of the tasty bits.
Whisk in the vinegar and mustard. Add the thyme.
When the apples are ready plate the pork chops and spoon over the sauce and apples.
On a recent farm visit my kids were fascinated with the pigs. They're social and curious – kind of like my kids.
This time of year I'm always on the lookout for apple recipes. With local apples in markets everywhere it's hard to resist buying them by the bushel.
The other night I combed through my mom's big recipe binder and I came across this recipe. It's a tender, coffee-style cake but the addition of the glaze makes it something different altogether. I recommend doubling the glaze so you have lots of extra to drizzle over top when you're serving the cake. Placing each piece in a pool of the sauce would be lovely too.
In one bowl, sift flour, baking soda, spices and salt.
In another bowl whisk oil and sugar. Whisk in eggs, one at a time.
Whisk in applesauce and vanilla.
Stir in apples and walnuts.
Bake 40-45 minutes at 325 F.
Bring ingredient to a gentle boil, and stir for one minute.
While cake is still warm remove from pan and place on a cooling rack. Poke holes in the cake with a skewer. Brush glaze over warm cake.
Serve warm drizzled with any leftover glaze.


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Hart Hotels' proposal to dramatically expand its Holiday Inn hotel near the Commons has received substantial support from the community and is well underway to gaining approval for construction, board members said at a meeting of the Planning and Development Board Tuesday.
In an effort to increase its guest occupancy on weekdays, Hart Hotels proposes to expand the hotel on South Cayuga Street through two new additions. More than 110 rooms in the hotel's north, south and west guest room wings will be demolished and replaced by a banquet and meeting space, a 10-story tower with 115 new rooms and a rooftop entertainment complex.
"[The improvements will help in] building our density, bringing more people into the city, improving our tax pays and it's going to make [the hotel] more aesthetically pleasing … I don't think there was anyone who was opposed to it," Acharya said.
During the board's meeting on Tuesday, however, some board members expressed their concerns about the renovation's effects on the neighborhood.
In a letter to the board, City Engineer Tim Logue questioned the safety of two new curbcuts, or cuts in sidewalks that give cars access to properties. Meghan Thoreau Jacquet, a member of the board, added that she is concerned about the loss of 21 parking spaces and the partial removal of the landscape at the corner of Clinton and Cayuga Streets.
Despite these worries, John Schroeder '74, a member of the planning board and The Sun's Production Manager, said he believes the project will be easily approved.
After hammering out the requested changes, Hart Hotels will seek preliminary approval from the board, followed by final approval for consruction, Archarya said.