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Can Country Music Stars Speak Out Against Gun Violence?
On Sunday night, a gunman fired bullets for eleven straight minutes into a crowd attending a country music festival on the Las Vegas strip. The person behind the flurry of bullets killed 58 festival goers and himself and injured more than 500 others. The shooting has tested people's faith in humanity and pierced (once again) our ever-waning sense of security. Between this tragedy and the ongoing health care debate, fewer people trust that our lawmakers have any interest in seeing us live.
While American right-wing lawmakers are void of enthusiasm for gun control, celebrities have begun to use their individual platforms to plead with lawmakers and galvanize their fans in support of legislation that would address America's gun violence epidemic. Among those celebrities speaking out was Caleb Keeter, guitarist for the Josh Abbott band, who released a lengthy statement on Twitter expressing wrong-headedness when it comes to his prior support for the 2nd Amendment.
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— Caleb Keeter (@Calebkeeter) October 2, 2017
Roseanne Cash, daughter of gun enthusiast country star Johnny Cash, called for an end to gun violence in a New York Times column.
It's no coincidence that country music culture and gun culture seem at times almost intertwined. The NRA wants it that way, in fact. Since 2010, the NRA has had its eye on country music fandom in order to appeal to a younger demographic, the Tennessean reported in 2015.
"It's no secret," Vanessa Shahidi, director of NRA Country and special projects manager at the NRA, told the Tennessean at the time. "If you poll our members, they love country music."
While the right often lobs claims that the left only runs on identity politics, the NRA's strategy is classic identity politics taken to a much more insidious place. The NRA, knowing their fans love country, infiltrated country music and sold guns as part of a rural lifestyle: Friday night lights, pick-up trucks, country music and guns. NRA Country aligned its brand with Luke Bryan, according to the Tennessean, and Florida Georgia Line and Tracy Adkins, according to CNN.
The NRA's thesis is that it can use music stars to make sure gun culture seeps from an older generation into a younger one. The NRA understands the power of stars to influence their fandom. The opposite then, can also be true: country stars who speak out against gun violence and in favor of legislation that can curb its terrifying vicegrip on American lives.
In the year 2017, celebrity silence remains tantamount to tacit consent. Sure, it's not always right. Taylor Swift's decision to keep mum around the election issues has led to a flurry of theories that the singer may have cast her vote for Donald Trump. I'm not endorsing casting assumptions about anyone in pop music, but Swift's failure to speak out should be a cautionary tale: fans want receipts. And staying silent, or neutral, in the year 2017 is siding with the oppressor.
Advocating responsible gun ownership doesn't mean Miranda Lambert can never perform her song "Gunpower and Lead" again. Nor does it mean that stars must work to convince anyone against owning a gun. It does mean something far more difficult. It means asking people who ascribe to a lifestyle steeped in tradition to adopt a new way of thinking. But just as much as country music is soaked in nostalgia, it's also a genre of earnest reflection. And if a country music star can use their microphone to sing about the culture and country they love, surely they can use it another minute to advocate to keep that country's citizens alive.


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India Needs a Single Crypto Regulator, Says Polygon Co-Founder
India needs a single regulator to oversee all crypto-related matters, says the co-founder of Ethereum-scaling tool Polygon.
Sandeep Nailwal, who is one of the crypto industry's most prominent Indian-born entrepreneurs and who now lives in Dubai, told CoinDesk that the creation of a collective authority composed of representatives from the Reserve Bank of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India, the Goods and Services Tax Council and Finance Ministry would encourage projects like his own to set up shop in the country.
"The finance ministry should be the one heading this task force, and every other institution should be given a clear mandate that no crypto case shall be handled locally. It should only be handled by the central crypto task force," Nailwal said.
According to Nailwal, those steps are needed to secure a fair environment for dialogue and ensure progress between blockchain advocates and monetary and national security advocates.
Nailwal said that different government or enforcement institutions in different regions of India are all now actively involved in crypto and they each have their own definition of what crypto is. The technology requires a dedicated team, he said.
"What they see is that crazy value is being created and try to see how it can be taxed in India. That's needed, too.
But to expect each nodal member of each regulatory body to truly understand this new technology in their busy schedules is very difficult.
Hence we need one single highly empowered division, which has singular responsibility to interact, learn and enforce regulations on this fairly niche industry" Nailwal said.
Nailwal said it was primarily regulatory uncertainty that has kept Polygon out of India, and he has stated previously that although the co-founders are originally from India, Polygon is "not an Indian entity" but a "decentralized network with no headquarters." He also said that Polygon is an entity registered in the British Virgin Islands.
Discussing Polygon's primary focus and vision at a time when the platform has been involved in scaling, decentralized finance (DeFi), NFT (non-fungible token) apps, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and gaming, Nailwal explained that while the core goal is to purely scale up, the immediate focus is different.
"We have an obligation for the next two years and that is to evangelize because if we keep scaling, but there's nobody to use the applications, then it's not productive for anyone," Nailwal said.

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Q: How to get the timestamp of the DOM loaded? The obvious answer was using performance.timing, as described here, but it is deprecated.
The new interface seems to give only durations, but I can not see any reference of timestamp.
Example (from here):
performance.getEntriesByType('navigation').forEach((navigation) =>
{
  console.dir(navigation);
});

gives
{
    "name": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Performance/Navigation_and_resource_timings",
    "entryType": "navigation",
    "startTime": 0,
    "duration": 381.90000009536743,
    "initiatorType": "navigation",
    "nextHopProtocol": "h2",
    "workerStart": 0,
    "redirectStart": 0,
    "redirectEnd": 0,
    "fetchStart": 9,
    "domainLookupStart": 9,
    "domainLookupEnd": 9,
    "connectStart": 9,
    "connectEnd": 9,
    "secureConnectionStart": 9,
    "requestStart": 15.400000095367432,
    "responseStart": 49.40000009536743,
    "responseEnd": 52,
    "transferSize": 16819,
    "encodedBodySize": 16519,
    "decodedBodySize": 104257,
    "serverTiming": [],
    "workerTiming": [],
    "unloadEventStart": 0,
    "unloadEventEnd": 0,
    "domInteractive": 271.90000009536743,
    "domContentLoadedEventStart": 324.2000000476837,
    "domContentLoadedEventEnd": 324.2000000476837,
    "domComplete": 381.7000000476837,
    "loadEventStart": 381.90000009536743,
    "loadEventEnd": 381.90000009536743,
    "type": "navigate",
    "redirectCount": 0
}

Besides the documentation or implementation is way more complex.
How do we get now the timestamp of the page loaded (or of startTime) ?

A: I found the answer, not by google (which gives all answers based on performance.timing), but looking all the values of performance object.
I found this:
Performance.timeOrigin

Described here

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The Host Release Date
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The Host Credits
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Max Irons, William Hurt, Diane Kruger, Chandler Canterbury, and Boyd Holbrook
Written By: Andrew Niccol
Directed By: Andrew Niccol
Produced By: Nick Wechsler, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz, and Stephenie Meyer
MPAA Rating: [ PG-13 ]
Distributor: Open Road Films
From Stephenie Meyer (author of the Twilight Saga) comes The Host, a love story set in the future, where earth is occupied by a species who erase the minds of their human hosts, leaving their bodies intact. Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) is one of the last surviving humans who fights back, risking her life for the people she cares about most – Jared (Max Irons), Ian, (Jake Abel), her brother Jamie (Chandler Canterbury) and her Uncle Jeb (William Hurt) – proving that love can conquer all.
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television Aug 22, 2011 Jimmy Fallon Returns To Saturday Night Live, This Time As Host Saturday Night Live always goes through fits and starts, and the quality of an episode sometimes, or more often than not, can hinge on the quality of the host. Obviously, the better the host, the better the show, right? While not always the case, for the most part that logic seems to hold true, which is why this upcoming season seems so promising...and only more so now with today's guest host hire.
television Jun 30, 2011 Joe Rogan Confirmed To Host Resurrected Fear Factor For NBC Continuing the "everything old is new again" philosophy Hollywood has embraced of late, not only will NBC be reviving Fear Factor...they'll be bringing Joe Rogan back to host as well. I guess my snarky comment about Rogan waiting for the phone to ring proved to be accurate after all...
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working on my quads and the pain is still there, just lessen a little bit.
being able to remake ourselves."
frequently, and the chiro straightens it right out.
: working on my quads and the pain is still there, just lessen a little bit.
: being able to remake ourselves."
cushioned to stability helped. I'm now thinking of trying motion control.
weeks for the effects to begin. See http://www.drtheo.com/ for more info.
give up running, biking and hiking. Instead, I got a new doc.
Ah chiropractors, is there anything they can't do?
> frequently, and the chiro straightens it right out.
> still there, just lessen a little bit.
> being able to remake ourselves."
It sound like a biomechanical imbalance.
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2. Knee pain - knee brace?
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Disney reverses plan to replace tech employees with outsourced workers
By Tiffany Hsu
Disney has canceled recent plans to replace employees in 30 technology positions with workers from an agency known for outsourcing jobs to immigrants on temporary work visas.
Employees of Disney/ABC Television in New York and Burbank first heard of the layoffs in late May. In recent weeks, before the company reversed course, some of the employees were asked to help train their successors, mostly via teleconference but also in person in some cases.
Disney had planned to post nearly a dozen new jobs in the wake of the layoffs. The company offered few details on its reasoning for the decision.
"In the course of making any technology upgrade, we look at a myriad of options to achieve our goals," said Disney/ABC spokesman Kevin Brockman. "We're clearly on an alternative path to achieve those goals that we think is better suited to our business."
The replacement workers initially tapped for the Disney positions were from Cognizant Technology Solutions, a New Jersey information technology services firm that draws heavily from India to fill its employee pool. Cognizant did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Although it's unclear how many of the Cognizant workers were U.S. citizens or Indian nationals, the employment reshuffle has sparked more debate about the U.S. government's controversial H-1B visa program.
Only 85,000 H-1B visas -- designed so foreigners with specialty skills can fill job vacancies left by a domestic skills gap -- are granted each year. But critics complain that U.S. employers exploit loopholes in the system to hire cheaper labor from abroad at the expense of American workers.
The Disney/ABC flip-flop was first reported by the Computerworld website, but it's not the only time Disney's employment of immigrant workers has come under scrutiny.
In January, Disney eliminated 250 technology positions at the Walt Disney World resort in Orlando, Fla., and replaced them with 320 new roles. Some 120 workers were rehired, 40 retired or moved to other companies and 90 took severance packages.
Several affected workers complained that, in exchange for severance packets, they were asked to train younger, less-compensated replacements from India.
The practice has also stirred controversy at Southern California Edison Co. Last week, the federal Department of Labor began investigating the circumstances of hundreds of layoffs last year at the utility, looking into the Rosemead utility's dealings with outsourcing companies Tata and Infosys.
Keith Barrett, who had been a technology employee at Disney World for more than a decade until he was forced into retirement earlier this year, posted on his Google+ account that companies should address skills shortages by repositioning or training existing employees.
"In short; if you are laying off your good performing and long term staff, especially in bulk numbers, and replacing them with inexperienced, cheaper non-hires, you aren't using the H-1B program to increase your staff by hiring rare skills," Barrett wrote. "You are using it to cut costs."
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Going back to Nathaniel's teen years, we see his troubled home life in the form of an abusive brother. It was an interesting take on domestic abuse, and a useful way to lead in to him spending time away from his family. Rather than them being distant, Nathaniel distanced himself. Introducing Caesar as the slow burn love interest should have been the highlight of the first half of the book, but here's where the interconnectedness of the series brought it down. Knowing what Caesar gets up to in the other books just makes the build up and eventual fall seem a bit flat. You can see it coming, and that just doesn't make for exciting reading.
The addition of Marcello and later on, Kelly, perked me back up again, though. One a mentor, the other a lover, both brought something rich to Nathaniel's otherwise broken life. Marcello could be sly and cheeky at times, but he has just become this loveable, larger than life type character that you can't wait to see pop back up again and say something whacky. The way he takes Nathaniel under his wing and helps him gain some stability and control over his life is nice to witness—so is his meddling.
With Kelly and Nathaniel trapped in Marcello's office at the end of the last book, this one tries something different and actually takes place as a series of flashbacks, told by Nathaniel to Kelly, as the two of them bide their time until Marcello decides to let them out. With present day interludes added in throughout the book, it was a nice change of pace to the usual storytelling this series has brought us.
Seeing Nathaniel and Kelly's relationship blossom, even from a different perspective, was still a bit repetitive, though, with some scenes repeated from the last book. It felt like a few new adventures were added, but again, I wasn't hooked. I think I only really found myself flipping through the pages near the end once we caught up with the end of the last book and truly had new material at our fingertips. Thankfully the next book appears to have a new character, and hopefully because of that, a more gripping story. I'm certainly not done with this series—I just wish my love for it hadn't waned a bit.
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Cédric Doumbé est un kick-boxeur et pratiquant franco-camerounais d'arts martiaux mixtes (MMA).

Il a également participé à la première version française du jeu The Circle Game sur Netflix, sortie en avril 2020.

Carrière en kick-boxing

Il boxe en catégorie poids welters, il est notamment connu pour ses victoires contre Murthel Groenhart et Nieky Holzken.
Il a également fait l'objet d'une défaite controversée contre la sensation chinoise du kickboxing Fang Bian. Le  juillet 2017, il a été classé meilleur kickboxer poids welters du monde par Combat Press.

Glory
Doumbé a défendu victorieusement son titre Glory welterweight à Glory 39 le 25 mars 2017 à Bruxelles où il a battu Yoann Kongolo par décision unanime.

Titres
 7 x Glory World Welterweight Champion (2016-2017, 2019-)
 WAKO World Middleweight Champion (2016)
WKA World Middleweight Champion (2014)
WKA European Middleweight Champion (2013)

Carrière en arts martiaux mixtes

Après avoir amorcé une transition de plusieurs années vers les arts martiaux mixtes, il effectue et remporte par KO son premier combat dans cette discipline face à Arbi Emiev le 1er novembre 2021.

Managé par Abdel Khaznadji, fondateur du MMA Grand Prix, il bat successivement par TKO Title Chai et Florent Burillon au sein de cette organisation.

Le 4 mars 2023, il bat le polonais Pawel Klimas au deuxième round par TKO lors du MMAGP au Zénith de Paris .

Palmarès en kick-boxing

Palmarès en arts martiaux mixtes

Notes et références

Liens externes

Naissance en août 1992
Sportif camerounais
Kickboxeur français
Pratiquant français d'arts martiaux mixtes
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Q: Python: ValueError: I/O operation on closed file. Input/Output Lab In my Python lab, I need to ask the user how many numbers to store; have them enter said numbers individually and store them in a file named numbers1.txt. Then again, repeat this process but store the numbers in a file named numbers2.txt. From there I had to write some code that would read a line from one file and a line from the other file, the 2 integers are multiplied together and their value is added to a variable called scalar_product which was initialized at 0. The code should stop when one of the files has reached end of file.
The code I have so far is as follows:
 def main():
    num = int(input("How many numbers would you like to store"))
    numbers1 = open('numbers1.txt', 'w')
    for count in range(1, num + 1):
        nums = input("Enter each number individually {}:".format(count))
        numbers1.write(str(nums) + "\n")

    numbers1.close()

def main_two():
    num2 = int(input("How many numbers would you like to store"))
    numbers2 = open('numbers2.txt', 'w')
    for count in range(1, num2 + 1):
        nums2 = input("Enter each number individually {}:".format(count))
        numbers2.write(str(nums2) + "\n")

    numbers2.close()

main()
main_two()

numfile1 = open("numbers1.txt","r")
numfile2 = open("numbers2.txt","r")
scalar_product = 0
number1 = numfile1.readline()
number2 = numfile2.readline()
while number1 != "" and number2 != "":
    scalar_product += int(number1) * int(number2)
    number1 = numfile1.readline()
    number2 = numfile2.readline()
    numfile1.close()
    numfile2.close()

I have no issues with the first few steps, Python prompts the users for the amount of numbers they would like to store but when I reach the section on multiplying the 2 values from numbers1.txt and numbers2.txt I get the following ValueError:
 How many numbers would you like to store2
Enter each number individually 1:4
Enter each number individually 2:5
How many numbers would you like to store3
Enter each number individually 1:4
Enter each number individually 2:6
Enter each number individually 3:3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/jake./PycharmProjects/CH9_Munyak_Jacob/ReadingProcessFiles.py", line 31, in <module>
    number1 = numfile1.readline()
ValueError: I/O operation on closed file.

Process finished with exit code 1

Can anybody point me in the right direction?
I am not sure why It's a closed file when I re-opened it in line 24 and line 25

A: Files must keep open in the loop while reading.
while number1 != "" and number2 != "":
    scalar_product += int(number1) * int(number2)
    number1 = numfile1.readline()
    number2 = numfile2.readline()

# close files at the end
numfile1.close()
numfile2.close()

A: You are closing the files too soon. The calls to close should be after the loop, not in the loop, but you should be using a with statement to open the files so that they will be closed automatically once you are done with them.
Using zip to create a single iterator that reads from both files in parallel is also a good idea.
scalar_product = 0
with open("numbers1.txt") as numfile1, open("numbers2.txt") as numfile2:
    for number1, number2 in zip(numfile1, numfile2):
        scalar_product += int(number1) * int(number2)

You can shorten this even more by using a single generator expression to sum up all the products.
with open("numbers1.txt") as numfile1, open("numbers2.txt") as numfile2:
    scalar_product = sum(int(x) * int(y) for x, y in zip(numfile1, numfile2))

A: #This will be a quick fix for your problem
with open("numbers1.txt") as numfile1:
    with open("numbers2.txt", "r") as numfile2:
        scalar_product = 0
        number1 = numfile1.readline()
        number2 = numfile2.readline()
        while number1 != "" and number2 != "":
            scalar_product += int(number1) * int(number2)
            number1 = numfile1.readline()
            number2 = numfile2.readline()


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Explosion In Nigeria Hits Gathering Of World Cup Fans
By Scott Neuman • Jun 17, 2014
Originally published on June 17, 2014 7:13 pm
An explosion has rocked a northeastern Nigeria town where people had gathered to watch World Cup soccer on television, security officials say.
There were reports of casualties, but it was not immediately clear how many or whether anyone had been killed. Reuters quotes witnesses to the blast at the town of Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state, as saying they saw several trucks carry bodies to a local hospital.
The BBC says:
"Open-air viewing centres - where people pay to watch live football - are popular throughout Nigeria.
"However, the Nigerian authorities have warned residents in some states to avoid public screenings of the World Cup, fearing militant attacks.
"On Thursday, the north-eastern state of Adamawa ordered all venues planning to show live coverage of the football tournament to close, saying they had received intelligence of planned bomb attacks.
"The states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa have been under a state of emergency since May 2013. At least 2,000 people have died in the north-east since Boko Haram launched an insurgency in 2009.
"Analysts say Islamist militant groups, including Boko Haram, have described football as un-Islamic."
Update at 8:10 p.m. ET.
NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports that "Earlier this month, more than a dozen people were killed in a bomb explosion targeting another popular, informal soccer watching venue in northeastern Nigeria."
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Italian singer Andrea Bocelli (R) and singer John Legend attend a news conference for the "JCPenney Jam The Concert for America's Kids" in Los Angeles, California, June 13, 2006. The concert will be taped June 14 and will feature Bocelli, Legend and other artists including Sting and Mary J. Blige. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES)
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Of late I have restricted myself to plain, Greek yogurt to keep away from the sugar and sweeteners.
But, I had a strawberry-flavored 'Oui' as a treat. I was hooked.
Today, when I was at Walmart I went looking for them. Much to my delight they had some. I bought 5 jars … key lime, mango, blueberry and raspberry.
But, this will be just over Christmas.
I have been too chicken to even look at the label. I am sure it is ultra-high in carbs. Yikes. This is not good for me. But, I cannot resist.
Search 'yogurt', 'diet' & 'carbs'.


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National Park Overview
In terms of geography and climate Nepal has the extreme contrasts as it posses the unique topography that ranges from the lowlands that contains sub-tropical jungles to Himalayan highlands that has arctic conditions. Within the mere 150km the land of Nepal rises from sea level to south over 8000 meters touching North. The monsoon rainfall along with south facing slopes results in compacting the climate zones of Earth and due to this even Nepal embraces great diversity of life zone giving home to different animals, birds and plants. In terms of Terai lowland we have belt of well-watered floodplains that stretch from Indian border towards North Siwalik Range. It is a rich habitat in the land with tall grasslands mix together with riverine and hardwood Sal forest. At this place one can see wildlife such as the Swamp deer, Musk deer, Black buck, Blue bull, the Royal Bengal tiger, Gharial and Marsh mugger crocodile and the last of a breed of Asiatic wild buffalo. The area is so rich in birdlife that we can see the variety of babbles and orioles, Koels and Drongos, Peacocks and Floricans and a multitude of wintering wildfowl. There are five protected areas in Nepal – Koshi Tappu and Parsa in the east, Sukla Phanta and Dhorpatan for hunting in the west and Shivapuri that lies in the mid-mountain region. The Churia, also known as the Siwalik is the southernmost range of the Himalaya. No where do they rise above 1,220 meters and at this range is famous for fossil deposits of Pleistocene mammals among them 10 species of elephants, 6 rhinoceros, hippopotamus, saber-toothed cats, various antelopes and primates such as the orang-utan, long extinct in the subcontinent, Situated north of the Churia are broad, low valleys of the inner Terai known as the Doons. These valleys are not unlike the outer plains with tall elephant grass, swamps and ox-bow lakes where the last of the one-horned rhinoceros survive. Royal Chitwan National Park in the Inner Terai of central Nepal is the first and best protected area in the kingdom. Higher in the north between 2000m and 3500m lies the Mahabharat Range with its oak crowned crests. The hills of this midland are covered by a moist temperate forest of deodar, oak, maple and birch in which are found deer, ghoral serow, leopard and monkey. The gorgeous multi-colored lmpeyan pheasant (Nepal's national bird) is also found here with other endangered birds like the Koklas and Cheer Pheasants.
Five nights twin sharing accommodation at the Hotel in Kathmandu on bed & breakfast basis. One night twin sharing accommodation at Hotel Batika in Nepalgunj on full board basis.
Twelve days tented camping trek to Rara Lake as specified in the above itinerary on full board (includes breakfast, lunch and dinner) with full camping gears such as two men tents, kitchen tents, toilet tents dinning tents, tables and stools etc. Sherpa trekking crew such as Sherpa, Sirdar, guide, cook, porters etc
Three nights twin sharing accommodation at Tiger Tops Karnali Lodge in Bardiya National Park on full board basis with the jungle games offered by the lodge. Two nights Twin sharing accommodation at Temple Tiger Jungle Lodge www.templetigernepal.com in Chitwan on full board basis along with the jungle activities as mentioned in the above itinerary.
All the surface transfers and the sightseeing tours in Kathmandu as specified in the above itinerary with private vehicle. Entrance fees to the monuments during the sightseeing tour in Kathmandu valley.
English speaking local guide will accompany the sightseeing tours in Kathmandu valley. Prevailing government tax and the national park fees for RARA NATIONAL PARK,
Bardiya National Park and Chitwan National Park.
Any international airfares, Airport tax, Visa fees etc. Expenses on alcoholic /non-alcoholic beverage. Camera fees, telephone & laundry bills.
Two way airfares from Kathmandu / Nepalgunj / Kathmandu with domestic airport tax. Two way airfares for Nepalgunj / Jumla / Nepalgunj with domestic airport tax.
Two way airfares from Kathmandu / Bharatpur / Kathmandu with domestic airport tax Any kind of insurances and any extra cost arise during the trip due to the natural calamities, political disorder or due to any reason which is beyond the control of Venture Travel.
Any other services which are not specified in the COST INCLUDES section above.
Arrival in Kathmandu and we assist upon arrival at Kathmandu airport by our representative and transfer to the Hotel. The overnight stay will be at the Hotel in Kathmandu.
Sightseeing tour in Kathmandu. In the morning we proceed for sightseeing tour of Kathmandu city visiting the ancient palace square also known as the Durbar Square where you will witness the ancient palaces and the temples. Kasthmandap temple made out of a single tree during ancient age, temple of the living goddesses the Kumari, etc. Afterwards, proceed towards Swoyambhunath stupa, one of the Buddhist shrines and also known as the monkey temple situated on the hillock towards the west of Kathmandu and overlooking the Kathmandu valley. Unlike other stupas, this stupa has got a spiral shape which has typical significance. In the evening we proceed on to another city of the valley called Patan city which is also known as the city of fine arts where one can witness splendid artifacts of the medieval period. Afterwards, drive back to the HOTEL AND rest of the evening will be at leisure. The overnight stay will be at the hotel in Kathmandu.
Sightseeing tour in Kathmandu. In the morning we proceed for sightseeing tour to Pashupatinath temple, the holiest shrine of the Hindu people where the non Hindu people are not allowed to get inside the temple and they are allowed to witness the temple from the view point, situated on the opposite side of the main temple. Later, proceed to Boudhnath stupa, the Buddhist pilgrimage and biggest of its kind in Asia. In the evening we proceed for sightseeing tour of Bhaktapur city, also known Bhadgaun and the city of devotees. It is the third major city of Kathmandu valley and in many ways the most medieval city. The overnight stay will be at the hotel in Kathmandu.
Kathmandu to Nepalgunj. And for this we transfer to the domestic airport to connect the flight to Nepalgunj and from Nepalgunj airport transfer to the Hotel. The overnight stay will be at the Hotel Batika in Nepalgunj.
Fly Nepalgunj to Jumla and trek to Chala Chaur that is at 2,900m. We take a thirty-minute scenic flight from Nepalgunj to Jumla. On reaching Jumla, we begin our trekking after lunch. We traverse northwards out of the Jumla Valley. Soon after trekking for an hour, we encounter a small village of Mircha bearing a small walled enclosure and a number of Buddhist stupas. These steps were ERECTED at around the late 15th century, in the memory of important dignitaries of the region. The trail further leads to rock-strewn path and at last ends at Chala Chaur. The overnight stay will be at tented camp.
Cross the Pass. We leave Chala Chaur and follow a trail moving along path of steep stones. While ascending, we cross through birch, pine forests and grassy pass at approximately 3500m. From this point Kanjiroba becomes visible in the east with its twin peaks towering over the adjacent area. Further on, we descend as the trail opens into lush forests. After trekking for a couple of hours, we finally stop at a suitable campsite in the meadows nearby some shepherd's huts. The overnight stay will be at tented camp.
Trek via Sinja that is 2440m to Botan that is 2600m. We walk along the Jaljala Khola (river) through pine forests of and terraced farmland. The route the trail passes the 300 year old Kanaksundari Temple. The temple holds immense religious significance for Hindus. The route further bends along the main river. Crossing a thick plank bridge, we finally descend to reach Sinja village. Sinja village rests upon a small alluvial plain on the west bank of the clear Lah Gad River, also called the Sinja Khola. Sinja was once the ancient capital of the Malla kings. There are stones lying along the trail that foretell the history of Malla dynasty. After lunch, we head to Botan. On the way, we pass through a spectacular gorge and finally reach the village of Botan. Overnight stay at tented camp.
Trek to Rara National Park border. Leaving Sinja Khola we then follow the trail along Ghatta Khola amid the unparalleled beauty of nature. The sinuous route winds up into terraced farmland and beautiful valley. Soon we find ourselves within the territory of the Rara Lake National Park. We come across primitive flour mills and police post on the way. The Rara Lake National Park houses unique and rich ecosystem. We can spend half an hour exploring the beauty of the park or simply doing whatever we feel like. We spend the night in Gorosingha. The overnight stay will be at tented camp.
Trek to Rara Lake that is 3062m. We walk away from Gorosingha and ascend to the Ghurchi Mara ridge [3710m] for one and half hour. The trail is not as strenuous as it looks. On reaching the crest of the bridge, we get to experience an excellent panorama to the north, flaunting irresistible beauty and charm. As the trail descends, Rara Lake becomes visible on the northeast. The trail further passes through bamboo and birch forests before crossing the Khatyar Khola. We then follow the river upstream to Rara Lake, where we savor the most fascinating trekking experience amid the beauty of nature. The overnight stay will be at tented camp.
Rest days at Rara. We now have 2 days set aside to explore the area, including the old village of Rara. We can also climb up to the wooden observation tower behind the post office for fine views of the lake and surrounding hills. We can even visit the National Park Headquarters. Swimming is allowed in the lake and it is piercingly refreshing. This can be a perfect way for acclimatization. The overnight stay will be at tented camp.
Trek via Jhyari 2630m to River Camp. We depart from Rara Lake and continue skirting along the target destination. On crossing a ridge, we enter the village of Jhyari. Strolling by the Jhyari Khola, the trail further follows terraced farmlands. As we approach the Dhauligar Khola valley, we find a suitable camp site near the river bank. We also get to witness an exotic charisma of nature and outstanding panorama of snow-capped mountain peaks. The overnight stay will be at tented camp.
Across Ghurchi Lagna pass 3450m to Chautha that is 2770m. As Dhauligar Khola blurs out of our trekking route, we pass through farmland and then enter the village of Pina. Pina has a police post and some hotels. We continue climbing to the Ghurchi Lagna Pass and come across several small chortens, alpine-like pastures, walnut groves and a narrow valley. Finally, the steep slope guides us into the village of Chautha where we conclude the trek of the day. The overnight stay will be at tented camp.
Trek to Tharamara that is 3280m. From Chautha, the trail follows the northern bank of the Sinja Khola past the HOTEL AND health clinic under the massive overhanging rock at Kabra. Silajit found in this area is the source of the important medicinal mineral which is believed to cure almost anything. The route then passes through the villages of Bumra and Nyawre, before climbing to the pasture at Tharamara. The overnight stay will be at tented camp.
Trek to Jumla. Following the trail gently sloping upwards, we march towards Jumla. We meet tall birch trees on our way to the Khali Lagna and Danphe Lekh. From atop the ridge, we can have the most spectacular views of the mountain ridges to the south and Jumla below. Further on, we descend steeply to the first night's campsite. Utmost caution is required while trekking along this trail. We then follow the same route back to Jumla. After reaching Jumla, we can spend our afternoon exploring the busy market town. The overnight stay will be at tented camp.
Jumla – Nepalgunj – Bardiya National Park. Fly to Nepalgunj and then upon arrival at the Nepalgunj airport transfer to The Bardiya National Park. The overnight stay will be at the Karnali Resort.
Bardiya National Park. Participate in the jungle activities such as Elephant Safari, Jeep Drive inside the jungle, Bird Watching, Nature Walk, boat ride at the Bardiya National Park. The overnight stay will be at the Resort.
Bardiya National Park. In Bardiya National Park we will be participating in jungle activities. The overnight stay will be at the Resort.
Bardia – Nepalgunj – Kathmandu. Transfer to the Nepalgunj airport to connect the flight to Kathmandu. Receive upon arrival at Kathmandu airport and transfer to the hotel in Kathmandu. The overnight stay will be at the hotel in Kathmandu.
Kathmandu – Temple Tiger Jungle Lodge. Transfer to the domestic airport to connect the flight to Bharatpur. Receive by the representative from and transfer to the Lodge. The overnight stay will be at the Temple Tiger jungle Lodge.
At Temple Tiger Jungle Lodge. Participate in the jungle games offered by the lodge. The overnight stay will be at the Temple Tiger Jungle Lodge.
Temple Tiger Jungle Lodge – Kathmandu. Transfer to the Bharatpur airport and fly back to Kathmandu. Receive upon arrival at Kathmandu airport and escort to the Hotel. The rest of the day will remain at leisure. The overnight stay will be at the hotel in Kathmandu.
Departure. Free till departure and later transfer to the International airport to connect the flight to onward destination.
Glimpses of Nepal
Splendid Nepal Tour
Kathmandu Tour


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Foreign Language Learners' Beliefs about CALL: The Case of a U.S. Midwestern University
Tetyana Sydorenko, Portland State UniversityFollow
Ching-Ni Hsieh
Seongmee Ahn
Nike Arnold, Portland State UniversityFollow
A significant body of research has examined language learners' attitudes toward particular technologies used in foreign language classrooms. However, literature is scarce on foreign language learners' beliefs toward computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in general. To narrow this gap, we investigated the constructs that compose a system of language learners' beliefs toward CALL at a large U.S. university and examined whether the amount of technology used and the target language (TL) play a role in shaping learners' beliefs. The findings of this large-scale survey of 2,061 students studying nineteen different TLs indicate four factors comprising learners' belief systems toward CALL in this context: efficacy of technology for language learning and its connection to motivation, satisfaction with technology used in the learners' classes, specific benefits of technology, and the importance of computer skills and technical support. Learners' CALL beliefs were more positive when they had had more exposure to technology in their classes, but this varied based on the TL. Higher use of technology outside of class resulted in more positive beliefs across the board, independent of the TL. The pedagogical implications are that greater exposure to effective and varied models of CALL might result in more positive beliefs toward it.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/cj.28226
10.1558/cj.28226
Sydorenko, T., Hsieh, C., Ahn, S., & Arnold, N. 2017. Foreign Language Learners' Beliefs about CALL: The Case of a U.S. Midwestern University. CALICO Journal, 34(2).
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Fact 1: As each goose flap its wings it creates an"uplift" for the birds that follow. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater range than if each bird flew alone.
Lesson: People who share a common sense of direction and community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
Lesson: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership, as with geese, people are interdependent on each other's skill, capabilities and unique arrangement of gifts, talents or resources.
Fact 4: The gees flying in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
Lesson: We need to make sure our honking is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement, the productivity is much greater. The power of encouragement (to stand by one's heart or core values and encourage the heart and core of others) is the quality of honking we seek.
Fact 5: When a goose gets sick, wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay until it dies or can fly again. Then they launch out with another formation or catch up with the flock.
"Lessons from Geese" was transcribed from a speech given by Angeles Arrien at the 1991 Organizational Development Network and is based on the work of Milton Olson.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2018 by Patti Peterson.
One of the many reasons I loved Wayne Dyer's writing so much is because he seemed to connect to some of the same lessons I've experienced over my life. Having been in the recovery field and having worked my own program for so many years, I've learned to love some of those 12-Step Slogans. The slogans are used so routinely at times that they can seem trite. But in the context of immersing yourself into the program, they can become empowering. My favorite has always been Let Go and Let God. Just saying it, or thinking it gives me a sense of freedom from carrying the burden all alone.
Another practice to break an attachment is to clear out the garage, cupboards, and closets. Let go of material possessions, and practice not being attached to them. If they haven't been used in the past 12 months, they belong elsewhere.
Something else I do is to ask myself, "am I going to be upset about this in a year. . .6 months. . . tomorrow?" When I can back up & look at more long-term effects of my interactions with other people or even with material possessions or strongly held beliefs, I usually find that my perception begins to change. It's often a slow process, but I am able to see situations and people from a different perspective.
This need to be right is so prevalent in our country right now, with the political environment becoming more and more antagonistic. It's easy to get caught up in all the emotion and let it interfere with our personal relationships, if others believe differently. Any attachments we have as human beings are human obsessions. I encourage you to back up a little and open yourself to the possibility that, at another level, they are meant to help you understand yourself – NOT TO DEFINE YOURSELF.
We are all spiritual beings who have come here to learn. Maybe that attachment you have is part of the lesson. ? Only when you can truly release it, will you learn from it.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 23, 2018 by Patti Peterson.
This blog was written prior to the incident taking place in Charlottesville or Barcelona. While those are examples of the violence I am referring to in the first couple of paragraphs, finding a way through to the hatred ignited within those individuals is a whole different thing than what this blog is about. I send love and healing energy to all who are directly effected by these situations, and hope there will soon be an end to such extreme violence and intolerance.
Every day we wake up to stories about some violence being perpetrated against Americans or citizens around the world. There's also a lot of anger-filled debate about gun control/terrorism/immigration/police brutality, etc. Instances of physical, emotional and verbal violence are happening so often that we are becoming immune to the pain they cause. These are all very complex issues, and won't be resolved quickly. As individuals, the power we have to effect change should not be underestimated, if we unite with activist groups and manage to put people in the positions that can make a difference (as witnessed by the marches and protests/phone calls to representatives around healthcare and other issues have proven). But it will still be a long, incremental process of shifting universal paradigms to change the violent nature of much of our society.
Even though many of these incidents are not necessarily in our back yard, they all affect each of our lives energetically. While many of the situations mentioned above are caused, or at least fueled by things like institutional or individual discrimination/lack of available mental health services/governmental policies . . . any number of factors that we should all be conscious of and learn how to manage within our own minds and actions; the aspect I want to address here is the general energy of unchecked anger that we all see more often these days – in social settings, athletic events, instances of road rage, political rallies, and on social media.
A lot of people today are SO angry that they are blinded to any possibility other than getting revenge. It's a typical human impulse when we perceive that someone else has hurt us, to want them to experience at least as much pain as we did. When someone is in that mindset, it's difficult for them to understand that their anger really hurts them more than others. Only when someone is open to entertaining the concept that there may be an alternative perspective, can he/she make a change. No one else can make that willingness happen.
Some people seem to enjoy being angry. There are lots of extreme posts on social media, and sometimes comments made by public figures, that fuel the fire for someone who has not developed the emotional maturity to develop the skills to manage and relieve themselves of the energy without taking it out on someone else. You see, it's not the anger that is the problem. It's the aggressive behavior that stems from the anger.
I've often said that anger can be a smokescreen emotion. When we feel anger, we feel a surge of energy, and it gives us a sense of power – helping us to believe we can protect ourselves. It's as if we're putting on a bullet proof vest (we often act before we stop to think that there might be arrows shooting back at us in reaction to our aggressive behavior, so until those reach us, we feel powerful).
But it's a smokescreen because there are almost always other, more vulnerable emotions beneath the anger and aggressive behavior. Feelings like hurt, embarrassment, shame, etc. And most of those have probably been down there for some time, left unattended. We may have been able to contain them for years, but as humans we aren't built to hold them in forever. They begin to seep out, sometimes a little at a time. Since we tend to equate vulnerability with weakness, when we begin to notice these feelings, our "go-to" is usually to slip into anger. And while the stream of steaming anger may be steady, there may also be a pit of resentments inside us. As long as it's kept hidden, that pit becomes harder and harder, like petrified wood.
So the way many people try to deal with their anger is to use it against another or an organization with aggressive behavior, abusive language and/or passive aggressive acts. These are destructive, impulsive behaviors. They initially make us feel we can control a person or situation, but in the long run, they render us helpless and we eventually find ourselves at the mercy of these weapons. What we typically get in return is resentment from others, often just perpetuating the cycle of anger. The anger takes control of us, rather than the other way around.
The only way to become invulnerable is to change our view of who or what we deem as our enemies and learn to see every instance of harm as an opportunity — as something we can use to benefit ourselves and others.
Our enemies are our best teachers, because they ignite our anger and hatred. They force us to look at our own shadow sides, which is the first step to moving past impulsive aggressive behavior.
Once we have that wisdom, we can begin to employ more effective tools — tolerance, compassion and love — and begin to reap real benefits. If negative situations didn't happen to us or keep us from getting what we want, how would we learn humility, tolerance and forgiveness?
We should be grateful to our enemies, for they teach us patience, courage and determination and help us develop a tranquil mind.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 14, 2018 by Patti Peterson.
One of my favorite quotes is: My head is like a bad neighborhood and I shouldn't stay in there alone!
I've shared that with many people over the years. What it's always meant to me is that if I try to analyze my problems myself without verbalizing them to a trusted friend or therapist – or even just writing them down, or without allowing myself to actually feel through them – they just seem to take on more & more power over me. I call it the intellectual violence that I perpetrate on myself.
In the 12 Step Program we talk about getting outside our own heads, which I've taken to mean something similar – and also understood that if I carry the message on to others, then I will learn and grow more myself, as well as being of help to others.
At times when I've had some real hurt in my life I've meditated to help me stay in love as I dealt with it. Then, invariably, a friend or family member shared some very difficult problems in their lives. I've "gotten outside my own head" and reached out to them. I've put myself in their place and felt their pain. As a therapist, I've learned the art of being compassionate while detaching at the same time, so I can remain objective enough to be helpful. It's much more difficult with friends and family, but I've been able to use that skill to be there for them.
During the time I was focusing on my friends and their issues, I totally forgot my own problems. And sometimes the issue I'd been working through just turned completely around and started working well again. I know it won't be that way forever but I've learned to live in the moment, and take joy in the good times when they are here without waiting for the other shoe to drop.
The part that amazes me is that I just know part of the reason it turned around is because I let go of it for a time, and gave from love to someone else who needed it. Don't misunderstand. Very often, our problems need to be revisited until we see them through. But that means letting go of the obsessive thoughts about them and feeling the emotional part. And it doesn't help to stay in the problem constantly. Otherwise, we'd never move toward a solution. Allowing ourselves to be there for others, even in the midst of our own pain (if we are able), can help us in that process. I swear what we put out there comes back to us – and even opens up the energy field for everyone else!
The energy in the world right now feels very heavy and sometimes dark – depending on who we are listening to or what we are focusing on. We are all experiencing some very harmful, painful events, even if it is somewhat vicariously for most of us. It's difficult to just brush it off and go about our own business.
I have always been the eternal optimist when it comes to societal issues. I believe we are on the cusp of a more enlightened civilization, but there are those who are not as spiritually or emotionally advanced, and they feel very threatened. They are hanging on to everything they "know" because the unknown is too scary and they don't seem to be willing or able to learn about that uncharted territory. That heavier energy is felt by all of us.
But I do think we can combat it by doing just what I said earlier. Let it go, even if for a few minutes at a time. Do whatever works for you to free yourself. Meditate, pray, play, plan the vacation of your dreams – even if you don't believe you'll ever really take it. Most of all focus on love. Look for stories about the people who are helping in the horrific situations we wake up to on the news every day.
Nothing in this world happens that is not first imagined. Contrary to what you may have been told as a child, daydreaming is not a bad thing. We need to envision the world we want to see – personally and socially in order for it to come to fruition. That's the first step towards the solution.


When it comes to the North American continent and national birthdays, Canada has the jump on us—and the Great White North natives at Palm Beach's Chez L'Epicier are set to recognize Saturday's Canada Day with yummy instead of yahoo.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Canada's 1867 confederation.
So to celebrate July 1's Canada Day, Chez L'Epicier's hands-on owners Chef Laurent Godbout and Veronique Deneault (shown above), who hail from Montreal, plan to offer, in low-key fashion, a tweaked version of their $34 prix-fixe menu to highlight a few items for which Canada's known.
The special dinner menu will be offered this Friday and Saturday. Friday night also will feature complimentary hors d'oeuvres.
Chez L'Epicier's special $34 Canada menu this weekend includes such appetizer selections as mussels soup; beet salad with maple-accented pecans; and baked oysters with maple flakes and cave-aged cheddar.
Among main-course selections: duck-confit shepherd's pie with roasted corn and apple-cider jus, and fish quenelles with lobster bisque and green vegetables.
Desserts range from maple-caramel bread pudding with house-made vanilla ice cream, to lemon pie in a jar.


In the library, we find great books, magazines and websites to use for learning and pleasure. We learn how to access, use and present information safely and accurately. We work with our classroom teacher on projects that extend what we are studying in the classroom.
The middle school library is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
7th & 8th Grade students may check out 3 books total. One required book and two other books. Materials are checked out for a 2-week time period. Students may renew their materials for another 2 weeks if they are still needed. Children must bring the book that they wish to renew into the library in order to renew it.
Students are not charged overdue fines; however their borrowing privileges may be suspended or restricted until the overdue materials are returned. If a book is lost or damaged, a replacement fee will be charged.
English teachers bring students to the library on a bi-weekly basis to renew, return, or check out new books. As always, individual students may visit the library on a pass from their classroom teacher to choose books to meet their Accelerated Reader, classroom and individual needs. If your child needs direction in choosing books that are "just right," please encourage him/her to ask for help. The library is full of great resources and reads for all levels and interests. For information about the number of books they are allowed to check out, please visit the Circulation section of this website.
As always, classrooms often have the opportunity to come to the library and engage in lessons cooperatively taught by the media specialist and the classroom teacher that enrich and support classroom curriculum with library resources.
The 2017-18 Battle of the Books was recently held and several teams from Vicksburg competed. The preliminary and semi-final Battles were Saturday, February 17th at 10:00 a.m. in the Schoolcraft High School PAC. The Grand Battle was on Thursday February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. in the Schoolcraft High School PAC. The winning team was the Book Busters 2.0 from Schoolcraft Middle School. Congratulations to all our participating Battlers!
Did you know that every student in Vicksburg Community Schools is able to check out books from the Vicksburg District Library regardless of where they live? Just drop by the library to sign up for a library card. Also keep your eyes peeled for upcoming information about the VDL Summer Reading Program - complete with movies, games, prizes, reading clubs, guest speakers and more! Mrs. Willoughby, the children's librarian, has an entire summer's worth of reading-related activities planned.
The library uses a management system called Follett Destiny. The best thing about this program is you can now access the library's holdings from any computer...in the library, in the classroom or at home. To view what is in Vicksburg Middle School's library collection, select Vicksburg Community Schools; then select Vicksburg Middle School. You can search by author, title, series or keywords to see what is available. Please feel free to contact the library if you have any questions.
"Sheyda is a behind-the-scenes kind of girl. She loves helping out in the kitchen of Doughlicious, the New York City donut shop run by her best friend Kiri's parents. And Sheyda loves designing stage sets! Kiri is sure this will lead to stardom... and perhaps even a date with Cabe. But somehow it's Sheyda who gets picked to be an extra. To make matters worse, Cabe is spoiled and rude. Too bad he's so cute. Can Sheyda overcome her stage fright to get to know the real Cabe... and find her own kind of stardom?"--Provided by publisher.
"Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan are young heroes who stopped an unstoppable monster. They are Greencloaks--guardians chosen from every nation of Erdas--and together with their powerful spirit animals, they fight to protect their world. But in the ashes of this destruction, there are some who ask: Are the Greencloaks to blame? The young heroes are shocked to find themselves on trial, judged by a council of the world's leaders. Then the unthinkable happens. The council is attacked from within--by Greencloaks--and an important leader lies slain. In the blink of an eye, Erdas's saviors become wanted fugitives. Someone is trying to frame them as traitors, but why? As the four friends race to uncover this mystery, only one thing is clear... the war is far from over"--Back cover.
"Jacky Hart has found a hidden talent in the performing arts, and she's a triple threat onstage! She wants nothing more than to act and sing all summer--but her parents have other plans for her. Jacky reluctantly signs up for a summer job in her resort town of Seaside Heights, New Jersey, where tourists come to enjoy the beach and fun carnival atmosphere.
"Nic may have escaped enslavement in the mines outside of Rome, but his troubles are far from over. The Praetor War -- the battle to destroy Rome from within -- is in full force, and Nic is caught in the crossfire. The secretive Praetors are determined to unlock a powerful amulet -- one sure to bring the empire to its knees. Worse, the Praetors believe Nic holds the key to finding this amulet, and they will stop at nothing to steal it, even if that means harming the people Nic holds most dear. When the Praetors capture Nic's mother, Nic knows he must do anything to save her. He challenges the Praetors to a chariot race. If he wins, they will release his mother. But if he loses, he must hand over a magic that will certainly destroy Rome and end his own life. Can Nic once again harness his magic and gather the strength to defeat his enemies? Or will he lose his mother and bear witness to Rome's destruction?"--Provided by publisher.
"The final book in the Michael Vey series opens with the Electroclan facing a devastating loss: Michael is missing. He made the ultimate sacrifice to save his friends and now he's gone. What is next for them and the revolution?
The battle on the island of Hades ended with a devastating explosion that left the island a smoking ruin and much of Hatch's army dead. However, Hatch survived and while his plans have certainly suffered a setback, he's more determined than ever to bring the world's governments under his control. But first, he wants to wipe out the Resistance and capture the remaining members of the Electroclan.
As Hatch's forces storm into action, it seems nothing can stand in their way. The Electroclan is divided. The voice is captured, and Michael's mother is being used as bait to lure the leader of the Resistance out of hiding. Can anything--or anyone--stop the Elgen? Or is this the end?"--Provided by publisher.
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It is thanks to English physician and homeopath passionate Edward Bach that natural remedies such as Bach flowers can be used today for both humans and pets. Bach flower remedies are a good solution for those pet owners that are looking for natural remedies to help their pets deal with the consequences of modern day life. Yes, because indeed dogs also nowadays suffer from annoying physical and psychological ailments such as stress, anxiety and depression.
While dogs do not have to meet work related deadlines, report bankruptcy or file a divorce, they still encounter various situations that may trigger anxiety and stress. Typical culprits may be fear of thunderstorms, a new move, a new family member addition, a new pet added to the household, grief from mourning a loss, noise related stress, a trip to the vet and many more.
This is where Bach flower remedies come into place. Bach worked hard in developing a special flower extract concoction which was called ''Rescue Remedy''. This special mixture was made for specific emergency situations of acute fear and anxiety. Animals in distress after a traumatic experience appeared to relax and return to a calm state of mind after the Rescue Remedy was given.
Most Bach Flower essences are added to the pet's water or food. The drops may also be administered directly in the dog's mouth or the owner's hands may be rubbed with a few drops of the essence before petting the pet. The great thing about Bach Flower Remedies is that the drops are natural and pretty much safe, therefore, a drop or two mistakenly given will not cause any harm. However, it must be kept in mind not to overdo it since the essence is alcohol based (made with Brandy).
Rescue Remedy is an effective combination of the essence of various flowers. Flowers used in the making of the Rescue Remedy are as follows: Clematis, Rock Rose, Impatiens, Cherry Plum and Star of Bethelem . All these flowers come together for a winning combination to help pets overcome their fears, stress and anxiety attacks.
Bach Flowers can be a very effective remedy for both human and animals. They seem to have the power to restore harmony in life while providing a calming effect. Bach flowers however may not work in all dogs, and in some cases, Bach Flowers may be effective as an addition to complement other training and behavior modification methods. Bach Flower Remedies are not to be used as a substitute for professional veterinary care.
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very interesting article. I'd be interested to know what kinds of studies have been done in this area.
Some large pet stores may carry these Flowers and as seen Amzon sells both Bach Flowers and Rescue Remedy. I think Ebay and other large online pet stores may carry them.
Very interesting! Where would one come across some of Bach's flowers?


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The Great Activities Debate: Academic Perspective
Kelsey Horton, Staff Writer
Being involved in different high school clubs is one of the most rewarding things of high school. Unbreakable bonds are built with the people that you travel, work, and compete with. Alliance High School has many different clubs that you can join including but not limited to: FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, FCA, KEY Club, Speech, Academic Decathlon, Student Council, Choir, Journalism, Annual, and National Honors Society. Often times though, these activities seem to be hiding in the shadow of the major sports played at AHS.
Last year at AHS, many sports teams qualified to compete at the state level, and while this is a great accomplishment, many academic clubs also competed at the state level and some even qualified to compete at the national level. For example; last year football, volleyball, and boys basketball all qualified to compete at state. This is a great accomplishment and the teams are glorified with posters, locker signs, yard signs, and a pep rally. In addition to that, many fans, including students, teachers, the band, and cheerleaders travelled six hours to watch these teams compete, only to get out in the first round.
In academic clubs such as FBLA, FFA, and FCCLA students complete projects and study for tests for many months prior to competition. In FBLA, students begin preparing for the state competition in September – they prepare for up to seven months. At state FBLA, students take tests and the top 4% are recognized as honorable mentions while only the top eight in each test qualify for nationals. Test at state FBLA have anywhere between 2 and 500 participants, so it is very difficult to place or qualify for nationals. FCCLA begins preparing their projects in early November to compete in early February at districts. Most projects include a presentation board, a ten minute speech, and many hours of preparation. They then revise their project and speech and compete at the state level in early April. At the state level, they compete against other students from around the state. At the awards ceremony, competitors are given either a bronze, silver, or gold medal – there, only the top three move on to the national competition. FFA begins working on projects in September to compete at state in early April, and Academic Decathlon begins studying in early September to compete in mid January. Yet these groups are not met with as much support as the athletics.
Athletics get hotel rooms, meals, and even uniforms every few years, yet the school will not pay for hotel rooms for a few students to compete once a year. Some organizations including the choir are on 20+ year uniform rotations, and though this may seem unfair, the school does nothing to try to fix it. The choir is judged on their uniforms as well as their talent, while sports are not judged on appearances.
When will the school realize that their reputation does not rely on sports alone? Many academic clubs have been representing the school extremely well with state placings, only to receive no credit for their accomplishments.
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ART CRIT EUROPE
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"A Story about a Culturally Relocated Person"
Speech by Ilya Kabakov at the 28th IAAC/AICA Congress in Stockholm, Sweden (22 September 1994) (Extracts)
The circumstances of my appearance at this podium are fairly remarkable. Not thinking or even contemplating such a thing, I unexpectedly receive the news that I am supposed to speak at this Congress and that I have been "chosen" to do so. This situation instantly reminded me of an episode from my childhood, from my school days.
My classmates and I were racing during the break between classes, textbooks and notebooks were flying all over the place, when suddenly the teacher appeared and announced that I was being summoned immediately to the director's office. When I opened the tall, leather-covered door, I saw before me what we call a "Senior Pedagogical Council": the entire core teaching staff was sitting at a long table, a bit further was the director himself and the counselor of the academic program. My appearance was met with total silence. Finally the director asked: "Kabakov, can't you guess why we summoned you?" I was silent, shifting from one foot to the other. "We wanted to speak about your hooliganism." Thoughts rushed into my head with frightening speed. First of all, Sidorov and Pokrass were in our class and they were much worse than I, and secondly, as far as I could recall, I hadn't done anything at all during the past week… The director continued: "Don't worry, you haven't done anything "particularly exceptional," we summoned you as a "typical representative" since we are discussing here the problem of hooliganism in our school and we wanted to hear what you have to say about why you behave like a hooligan and why hooliganism has become so prevalent recently?"
The present situation resembles what I have recounted here exactly: the auditorium is silent and I am supposed to guess why I am here. I am supposed to guess just what it is in me that is typical.
And I, it seems to me, have guessed. I am a "relocated person." I, raised and definitively formed in one cultural region, have been living in another for a fairly long time now, 6 years already. My "cultural" past collides with my "cultural" present.
During this story I will experience a particular satisfaction that is rooted, apparently, in one circumstance that is of an entirely personal nature. It is pleasant to feel like a so-called individual, but it is no less if not more pleasant to reveal and display your individuality not as something exceptional, but just the opposite, as something entirely characteristic and typical. A psychologist would easily detect here the result of the self-repression of a person raised in a totalitarian society, and we would have to agree with his perspicacity.
As a rule, a "relocated cultural person" winds up in the "West" voluntarily, and no matter how sudden or gradual this relocation is, the "person" has been preparing internally for it for a long time, and naturally he can't help but form image beforehand of that world in which he will find himself. This image existed and exists until today (I think that it will exist also) on the territory of the Russian-Soviet world of the 1970s–beginning of the 1980s, but it seems to me that a similar picture is visible from any country, and its "realisticness" remains the same despite all the diversity of the contours.
The notion that the Western art world is hierarchical, that it has a pyramidal quality, serves as the base of this image. In this sense there exists one most important country, the main city in it, and the most important gallery or group of galleries in that city. I'll speak a bit later about why the gallery and not something else is precisely at the top and in the center of the art world. The director or directors of such galleries are crazed with their love of art, they are continually searching for "genuine" art and "genuine" artists. But to find both of these, given the fact that the Western world is enormous, is not so easy. For the most part, judging by the reproductions in journals and catalogues, what is done there is boring, third-rate, and uninteresting. And this, of course, is very good for the one who is now heading there—it will be easier to notice and "take" him against such a background.
I will not describe here in detail the fate of those artists who did not make into a gallery, be it any gallery at all, which is the majority of artists, and who are put in a position to "keep trying and waiting" for years, and do so, until such time when they lose their strength and desire. I will not talk about disillusionments, horrors, and tragedies—that is not my genre: I promised that my story would be depressing but not tragic. Let's assume that the artist has already made it into a gallery.
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, "The Fallen Angel," 1997 Exhibition View: El Lissitzky – Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Utopia and Reality. Kunsthaus Kunstaus in Graz, Austria. Courtesy of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.
I understand perfectly well the curators and their role in the contemporary artistic process. In essence fate itself has called upon them to fulfill this mission of theirs: to show in their institutions the newest, most important and interesting of what is happening in today's art world, both national and international. And I might add, in the majority of cases this profession and these people unite all that is necessary for accomplishing this. They are full of profound enthusiasm and interest in what they are doing, they combine in themselves art historians, critics, organizers, they possess complete and thorough information about today's worldwide art process and furthermore, without this there really is no curator—they have that intuition and that sixth sense which permits them to see when something is approaching us from the future. In the best sense it is a profession for the idealist, and that's why today it is so difficult and popular.
I am convinced that for each person sitting in this auditorium, the temperature of attention should rise purely automatically at the phrase "contemporary artistic language": this is precisely that vague area where each person has something to say, each person has their own notion in this regard. I also have one—it concerns the contemporary artist: his speech should be comprised of a contemporary "vocabulary": a "new" utterance pronounced taking into account precisely this vocabulary; an individual "accent," personal dominants (leitmotifs) of this utterance. In all three of these components, the arriving "person" has, as a rule, what is called "problems."
But there is still another reason why the "person" not so much cannot, but more likely doesn't want to enter into Western contemporary art. The reason will be funny to the point of incredibility when I say it: he simply doesn't like it. But as everybody knows, no one likes it: not the critics nor the collectors nor the artists themselves. It is formal, cold, heartless, boring, hermetic, and many people (as attested to by polls), if it didn't exist, wouldn't even notice it at all. It is not surprising that the opinion exists that we are talking about a unique kind of conspiracy, a "conspiracy of the untalented." But it is very simple to respond to this. We have no other language besides this one today and there can be no other one. It is what we speak, and language, it seems, like parents, we cannot choose. But many of the "relocated persons" think just the opposite, and what begins is an excruciating dichotomy. Either I must speak in it, be it a thousand times damned, in order to be contemporary and to be "accepted," or I will do what I know how to do and what I love—painting and art, as I understand them, I will make "genuine art." Very many of the "relocated persons" think this way.
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Photo by Roman Mensing.
But the problem of language appears even more decisive and radical today. This Western language is now actually a language of "common understanding," and in this sense this international "language" enters, has entered, into contradiction with local, national, and regional languages, they interact and struggle with one another. And today it is very essential what "language" the artist is speaking—local, regional, or international—in literature this is far from the case. It exists, this international language, but like air, it is impossible to see or touch it, although all of us gathered together here in this auditorium breathe it and "speak" it. It is that language, the level and attributes of which are applied as the criterion today to any work in any corner of the globe. It is that measure of assessment, it is unimportant whether we curse or praise it, by which works are exhibited today in kunsthalle, and in many galleries, it is the scale according to which museums aquire works. It is that Esperanto which never made it in the area of language, but which has been successful, born at the end of the century, in fine arts, music, and theater. And this is only good.
Are we to understand then, after all that has been said, that the method for preparing a contemporary art dish is already known: it consists of quality raw material—local, national, or regional content—as well as its preparation in the proper recipe, that is, in the mastery of international speech? Recalling the Russian proverb "God loves a trinity," we glance around, and isn't some "third one" forgotten in this "kitchen"? Of course, this "third one" is forgotten, the same one from time immemorial—the chef.
Adapted from the original speech, presented at the AICA Congress, 1994 in Stockholm Sweden. Text courtesy of Ilya and Emila Kabakov.
from the Guest Editor
By Marek Bartelik
AICA into the Age of Globalization: from Gentlemen's Club to Universal Fellowship
By Henry Meyric Hughes
Unfolding the Archives of James Johnson Sweeney
Reaching For Our Revolvers: How a United Europe Defused its Culture and Divided its People
By Yanis Varoufakis
"A Story about a Culturally Relocated Person" Speech by Ilya Kabakov at the 28th IAAC/AICA Congress in Stockholm, Sweden (22 September 1994) (Extracts)
Peripheral Gaze in the Middle of Everything
By Leena-Maija Rossi
Art Criticism in Europe Today Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson ask Nina Power
Recollections from the Congresses
By Anda Rottenberg
My Expanding Photo Album
AICA in Europe
By Kim Levin
Report from Portugal
By Lígia Afonso
Susana Gaudêncio interviews Lígia Afonso
Report from Ireland
By Ciarán Bennett
Questions by Alan Phelan to Ciarán Bennett
Criticism: a U.K. perspective
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10 Questions From Phyllida Barlow for Sarah Kent
Contemporary Art Criticism in Spain: A Recent History Survey
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Catalonia: Art and Thought in Difficult Times
By Joan M. Minguet
A Conversation between Núria Güell and Joan M. Minguet on Art, Thought, and Commitment
The Art Scene and the Art Critic in France: A Bird's Eye View
By Raphael Cuir
Raphael Cuir Interview by Tania Mouraud
translated from the French by Nick Irvin
Cross-over for the Luxembourgish Art Scene
by Lucien Kayser, translated from the French by Claude Colomer
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The Swiss Art Scene and the Role of the Art Critic
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In Conversation: Philippe Fretz with Patrick Schaefer
Report from Italy
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Jorrit Tornquist interviews Anselmo Villata
Artist Katya Gardea Browne Interviews Critic Ludwig Seyfarth
Where Art is Always Starting Anew Czech Artists Between the Local and International Art Scene
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Criticism Continues to Lag Behind Art Czech Artist Dominik Lang with Critic Tomáš Pospiszyl
On the Danish Contemporary Art Scene and Art Criticism
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Questions to the Danish Art Critic Lisbeth Bonde Posed by the Danish Artist Mikkel Carl
Art Criticism in Norway
By Dag Solhjell
Between Lotte Konow Lund (artist) and Kjetil Røed (critic)
Report from Sweden
By Ulrika Stahre
Annica Karlsson Rixon interviews Ulrika Stahre
Looking at the Vivid Local Art Scene through the Huge Change of the Media
By Marja-Terttu Kivirinta
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The Current State of Art Criticism in Poland
By Dorota Jarecka
Katarzyna Kozyra with Dorota Jarecka
When We Idolize Art
By Richard Gregor
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Hungary—A Post-Socialist Conflict Zone
By Edit András
Artist Szabolcs KissPál in conversation with art critic Edit András
Report from Croatia
By Branko Franceschi
Kata Mijatović with Branko Franceschi
Report from Macedonia On a City between two "spectacles"
By Mira Gakina
Velimir Zernovski interviews Mira Gakina
Polyna Kosmadaki with Danae Stratou
At the End of The Longest Decade
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Luchezar Boyadjiev interviews Svetlana Kuyumdzhieva
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By Adrian Guta
Artist Iosif Kiraly Interviews Critic Adrian Guta
Kiev, April 29, 2014
By Larissa Babij
Artist Anna Zvyagintseva Interviews Art Critic and Curator Arina Radionova
The Contemporary Art Scene in Turkey
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The Actual Art Scene in Russia
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By Martin Gayford
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Q: JQuery event handler executing on page load I have some html on my page, and in my head I have $("#someelement").click(alert("click"));. Whether #someelement exists or not, when I load the page for some reason the alert goes off. However, it doesn't execute when I have $("#someelement").click(function(){alert("click")});. Why is that?

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Renuamont (en wallon : À R'nouwâmont) est un hameau de la commune belge de Sainte-Ode située en Région wallonne dans la province de Luxembourg.

Avant la fusion des communes de 1977, Renuamont faisait partie de la commune de Tillet.

Étymologie
Renuamont viendrait du patronyme latinisé Renuardus pour Renaud , un seigneur local et de Mons pour désigner une hauteur.

Situation
Renuamont se trouve sur le plateau ardennais (altitude jusqu'à ). Il domine les hameaux voisins de Rechimont, Hubermont et Milliomont et la vallée du Laval.

Description
Dans un environnement de prairies, ce hameau assez concentré se situe le long d'une rue sinueuse en côte et en cul-de-sac. Plusieurs exploitations agricoles sont implantées principalement sur la partie haute du hameau.

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Renuamont possède plusieurs gîtes ruraux.

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 Site officiel de la commune

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Deere Moves to Repair 'Right to Repair' Crisis
Thom Weidlich 01.12.23
This week, farm-equipment maker John Deere agreed to a major change in how it conducts its business. It will allow farmers and ranchers to repair their own Deere gear. The issue has been a slow-burning crisis for the company, and it's good to show action. Which is not to say that action hasn't been met with some skepticism.
Deere, based in Moline, Illinois, and the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group for large farms, on Sunday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding that grants farmers, ranchers and independent repair shops access to the needed software and manuals.
Currently, for the most part, only licensed Deere technicians can work on the company's tractors and other agricultural equipment. Farmers grumble about the cost and delays in having to wait for an authorized mechanic or to travel to far-away authorized dealerships. It's been a crisis for Deere because the farmers have blamed the company for interfering with their ability to raise crops.
"The deal comes after years of pressure from farmers and right-to-repair advocates urging John Deere to make it easier to identify and repair problems with its popular yellow and green tractors and farm equipment," NPR noted.
Deere, naturally, tried to spin the move in the most positive light, noting that it does allow some access to diagnostic tools.
"This agreement reaffirms the longstanding commitment Deere has made to ensure our customers have the diagnostic tools and information they need to make many repairs to their machines," Deere Senior Vice President David Gilmore said in the statement. Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall said the pact would also protect Deere's intellectual-property rights.
Deere faces lawsuits over the repair issue, including a proposed class action in federal court in Illinois, for allegedly restricting competition. The litigation is part of a wider "right to repair" trend. Consumers, including businesses, are fed up with what they see as anticompetitive behavior that costs them money and slows them down. Last year, Apple started rolling out its "self-repair program." In 2021, the Biden administration called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to develop rules promoting the right to repair.
As for the Deere announcement, there is skepticism, especially in the tech press. The coverage quotes farmers and others who question whether the company will actually carry through — they note it made a similar promise in 2018. Observers also say Deere is merely trying to snuff out the litigation and stave off legislation. As part of the Deere pact, the Farm Bureau won't pursue right-to-repair legislation and, if any is passed, the agreement is void.
If Deere is being genuine here, it will have to communicate that it's committed to the change.
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