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9 Valuable Things to Know Before Visiting Kosovo
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Kosovo is a destination that typically draws one of two reactions. People either wonder where Kosovo is and if its safe, or relish the idea of going somewhere that feels off the beaten path. Chances are if you're reading this you're in the latter group, but if not, I have a long list of Kosovo posts to try to change your mind. Because the truth is that my time visiting Kosovo was a thoroughly entertaining and rewarding experience, and one that I wish to encourage others to consider.
Rather than just showing you a long list of Kosovo attractions, I thought it'd be more useful to provide practical advice for travelling to this tiny pocket of the Balkans. Because Kosovo is not your everyday destination. Once you know how to navigate its peculiarities, I think that you too will find it a terrific place to visit. Below are some of the most important things I think you should know before travelling to Kosovo.
1. What Not To Talk About
2. Entry and Getting There
3. Getting Around Kosovo
4. An Uncrowded Destination
5. A Little Language Goes A Long Way
6. Safety and Friendly People
7. An Inviting History to Explore
8. The Most Affordable Place in Europe
9. More To See Than You Realise
Resources for Travel to Kosovo
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There's really no other way to start a discussion on travelling to Kosovo than with a question that always comes up: Is Kosovo a country? To tourists this may seem like an innocent question, but in reality it's a mighty difficulty subject of conservation. Rather than provide my personal opinion as I'm an outsider to it all, I thought I'd explain why this isn't a topic you want to bring up lightly while in Kosovo.
Kosovo is what's known as a partially recognised state or disputed territory. Once part of Yugoslavia, Kosovo remained under control of Serbia after the country's breakup in the 1990s. In 2008 Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, an act that had been brewing for decades. Serbia disputes this action and continues to claim Kosovo as a territory. 97 UN states currently recognise Kosovo's independent status, but as Serbia, Russia and China do not recognise it, Kosovo is not a member of the United Nations.
You can now see why raising this topic while in Kosovo and Serbia may cause problems. Depending on who you talk to, you'll get very different answers and strongly-held beliefs. Matters like this are always a sensitive subject in any part of the world with an unresolved independence movement. People often don't appreciate outsiders blindly stirring things up for no reason, so it's best to be mindful of what you say on this matter.
Understanding the contentious nature of Kosovo's statehood is the only way to make sense of the challenges tied with getting to Kosovo. Because if people can't agree on who controls the borders then how do travellers know what they have to do to cross them?
Ultimately, there's two different scenarios that travellers have to be aware of when they visit Kosovo. One is when they plan on entering from Serbia; the other is if they want to travel from the neighbouring countries of Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia.
That's because Serbia won't recognise any entry/exit stamps for Kosovo provided by Kosovo border points. As such, if you enter Kosovo from Albania, travel through to Serbia and then try to leave Serbia, it will look to them like you've entered the country illegally. That's a headache that you really want to avoid.
If your plans for Kosovo include Serbia, it's best to enter and leave via Serbia because of the way the borders are recognised. For crossing between Kosovo and Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia, you can mix and match, as these three all recognise Kosovo as an independent state.
As for actually getting to Kosovo, your options are pretty simple. By land you can either drive or use the intercity buses that connect major cities like Pristina and Prizren with elsewhere in the Balkans. Otherwise you can fly to Pristina, home of the main Kosovo airport.
The good news is that once you arrive in Kosovo, getting around is a bit less complicated. Kosovo is not a large territory and is roughly the same size as its small neighbour Montenegro. That means you won't have to travel enormous distances to get about, with most places only an hour or so away.
Getting around with your own car or a rental car is likely the most convenient option, but Kosovo does have a useful bus network. I travelled exclusively via public transport during my time there and found the intercity buses reliable and extremely affordable. With the bus network it's important to realise that Pristina is its main hub, but you will find other routes, such as Prizren to Peja. Those fine with something more adventurous can also try hitchhiking, which my friend and I had success with in a pinch.
It probably comes as no surprise that Kosovo is a destination not yet struggling with over-tourism. Compared to so many other more popular Balkan destinations, the tourist numbers for Kosovo are a mere drop in the ocean. Sure, part of that is that Kosovo lacks the beaches of Croatia or Albania, and the ski resorts of Bulgaria. But the low tourist numbers actually make it quite a good choice if you're worried about sustainability and over-tourism.
The places you're most likely to spot fellow travellers are the cities of Pristina and Prizren. In fact, Prizren is possibly even more popular than the capital due to its historical character and we actually saw a tour group or two there. It was in Prizren that we realised that most of the other tourists in Kosovo we encountered were from German-speaking countries.
We later learned that Kosovo had featured on a popular German travel series. Before that it was surprising to see the overwhelming majority of other travellers being German, especially fellow hikers doing the Peaks of the Balkans. We even got mistaken for German tourists more than once, only to really confuse people when we said we were from Australia instead.
My philosophy when visiting anywhere is to make an effort when it comes to learning the local language. Even mastering the most basic phrases shows you recognise where you are and goes a little way towards making up for them having to help you in your language. To me it's a sign of respect first, that also can be useful when you can use what you've learned.
The two official languages for Kosovo are Albanian and Serbian, but you're most likely to encounter people speaking Albanian. Serbian seems to only be spoken in parts of Kosovo where there is still an ethnic Serbian population, such as around Mitrovica, and at holy sites like Gracanica Monastery and Visoki Decani Monastery. Otherwise it's Albanian you'll hear, which makes it the more useful of the two to learn a little of. As for foreign languages, English and German are the most useful for easily getting about.
A few basic phrases to get you started include Tungjatjeta which means 'Hello'; Falemenderit for 'Thank you'; Ju lutem for 'Please'; Më falni for "Excuse Me" and Po and Jo for 'Yes' and 'No'.
Because many people still associate Kosovo with the conflict in 1998-1999 and ethnic violence, one of the most common questions is if Kosovo is safe to visit. This honestly tends to happen a bit throughout the Balkans such as in Bosnia Herzegovina. My guess is that it's because the news from that period is all people know about the region. Generally speaking, those worries are outdated and don't reflect the Balkans much at all any more.
So, is Kosovo safe? In my limited experience as a white man, yes. I felt just as safe – if not more so – as anywhere in Europe. I admittedly didn't experience too much of Kosovo's nightlife or roam city streets at night. But in terms of everyday safety, it felt no different than what I'm used to.
I will say that I felt there was a really positive attitude to visitors and tourists in general. From random offers for coffee while hiking in the Rugova Valley to overly generous guesthouse hosts, there was certainly a feeling of being welcome in Kosovo.
One note that I should make regarding staying safe in Kosovo has to do with northern Kosovo. Read up on travel to Kosovo and you'll see warnings for the north around Mitrovica regarding issues in the past of violent incidents. We avoided visiting Mitrovica partly for this reason, but I have since heard fellow travellers say they went without issues. If you want to visit northern Kosovo, do your research and make that judgement call for yourself.
With a place like Kosovo it's easy to fixate on recent history as that's what most international visitors are most familiar with. But look past the last thirty years and you learn that the region around Kosovo has quite a fascinating history to explore if you like that sort of thing. No one would fault you for not knowing the history of Kosovo, but it's easy enough to learn more.
A great place to start is the Kosovo Museum in Pristina, as it showcases artefacts from classical antiquity. There you can learn about the region once known as Dardania and see items from that era. The museum also highlighted Kosovo's part during World War I, which I also knew little about.
However it's Kosovo's time during the Middle Ages and under Ottoman Rule that has produced some of its most impressive attractions. The four UNESCO Medieval Monuments in Kosovo each highlight the region's importance to Serbian Orthodoxy. Then you have Prizren with its traditional character and its hilltop fortress that had major strategic value for medieval rulers and the Ottomans.
Having travelled through a fair share of Europe at this point, I feel confident in saying that Kosovo is the most budget-friendly destination I've been. The Balkans are well-known for being the most affordable region in Europe for backpackers and the like. And yet, Kosovo takes to it a whole other level that is more reminiscent of Georgia and southeast Asia.
Although not a member of the EU, Kosovo uses the Euro as its currency, which immediately makes life easier for travellers.
Now, you might not notice much difference in things like accommodation from elsewhere in the Balkans. But when it comes to food and things like bus fares, it's hard to believe the value for money. Intercity bus trips rarely cost more than a few euros and you should have no difficulty finding meals for 5-10€. You'll have to spoil yourself with a nice restaurant to spend more than that.
The last parting piece of advice I have is that there's more to see in Kosovo than most people realise. I say this for most places I write about, but it definitely stands true here. Many people just don't make time for it, either prioritising other countries and/or not knowing what Kosovo has to offer. Most only ever see Pristina and Prizren, but there really is so much more to explore.
If you want to see smaller cities, you can look to Gjakova, Peja and Vushtrri. I can't recommend the hiking experiences up in Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park highly enough if you don't mind hills. But there are also smaller spots like the scattered UNESCO sites, the Prishtina Bear Sanctuary and the White Drin Waterfall that are all worth seeking out.
I never knew there were so many places to visit in Kosovo before I went. I'm so glad I allowed the time to explore it in a little more depth and I'm sure you will be too if you do.
What has been your experience when visiting Kosovo? What other advice would you recommend for this Kosovo travel blog post? Please share your thoughts in the comments below.
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National bird of Brazil, rufous-bellied thrush: Lovely songbird of South America
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The national bird of Brazil is rufous-bellied thrush which is a lovely songbird of South America is biologically known as Turdus rufiventris and it belongs to Thrush family in birds. Brazilians call it as sabiá-laranjeira in their native Portuguese language. The rufous-bellied thrush has been the state bird of Sao Paulo since 1966. This cute songbird inhabits in the southern and eastern forests of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and in some parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
The national bird of Brazil is rufous-bellied thrush. Image by Gustavo (lu7frb)
Rufous-bellied thrushes can reach a length of 25 cm and weigh up to 68 g (male) or 78 g (female), though weights of about 59 g for males and 64 g for females are more usual. Their diet mainly include insects, spiders and different forest fruits and their seeds. Like other songbirds, it has tremendous vocalization and that is why it is also mainly threatened. It is a favorite pet and cage-bird in the region which is usually caught illegally in large numbers. Since ts official declaration in October 2002 by the Brazilian government as their national bird, many efforts are being made to stop its criminal acquisitions.
Rufous-bellied thrush is a lovely songbird of South America. Image by Cláudio Timm
Rufous-bellied thrush, which is a lovely songbird of South America usually builds an open-cup nest, sometimes right on the forest floor, sometimes more than 20 meters high in a tree, but usually 4–5 meters above ground. Both sexes are mainly recognized for their olive-brown upper parts, buff-brown breasts and orange under parts. Sometimes this lovely thrush is also seen having a yellow ring spot around its eyes. They are although considered least threatened specie but still habitat destruction and deforestation are contributing in the rapid elimination of the national bird of Brazil.
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There may still be no cure for Alzheimer's disease, but according to a recent study high doses of vitamin B can slow the disease's development.
This particular study led by researchers David Smith and Gwenaëlle Douaud at the University of Oxford administered high levels of B12, B6, and folic acid to 200 volunteers with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Half of the patients received 200, 20, or four times the recommended daily dose, while the other half received placebos. According to the New Scientist, MRI imaging allowed the researchers to monitor any changes of the patient's brain.
Researchers discovered that vitamin B delayed reduction in matter in the hippocampus and cerebellum, the parts of the brain most affected in patients with Alzheimer's. The patients who received the placebo experienced reduction in brain matter at a rate of 5.2 percent, while those who took the vitamins only had a 0.6 reduction rate.
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Magpie really is something to behold as Kathryn's unique approach to storytelling sees her break down what makes a traditional comic page and turns each into a work of art as well as a narrative. She even pushes the boundaries of what comics can be produced on using different textures of paper including graph paper, calendars, and even maps, to give her books a genuinely unique angle. We often talk about work having a uniqueness to it, but rarely does that adjective mean as much as it does with Magpie. The very nature of the surfaces the stories are drawn on makes them a one off and then the stories themselves make them even more so.
They are an eclectic bunch, from personal reflections and family anecdotes to scenes from Shakespeare, each one is told in a different style of artwork that showcases what an exciting and diversely skilled artist Briggs is. From stylish pen and ink, through beautiful watercolours to multimedia and more, it is worth picking up just to see the variations on show on every page and it certainly rewards re-reading as you pick over every brush stroke.
Although the stories are definitely towards the artier and more contemplative end of the comics spectrum, they are presented in such a way that you can't help but be drawn into them, as the unique art style makes you read more slowly and truly digest and appreciate every panel – not simply skirt over them and move on to the next. As such it is not the easiest of reads for those who prefer their comics to be more in-your-face, but for those looking for that next break out star in small press then Kathryn could well be the one to watch.


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You can contact Karen Brodie on FB. She's a photog here, but I don't know if she does family shoots.
Try Conch Creative. They are listed on the right side of this page under Blogs.
They do really good work.
Thank you both! I'll check them out!


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Q: Join with parameters I expected Rails' joins method to accept an array with a string and variable arguments, as I'm used to with where:
my_var = 42
Topic.where(["id = ?", my_var])

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Topic.joins(["LEFT JOIN `wave` ON `wave`.`obj_id` = ?", my_var])

How can I achieve the same (a string where the question marks will be replaced with sanitized variables) for the joins operation?

A: Left joins are not really well supported in rails. I appreciate your effort to sanitize inputs. I personally also go one step further and try to eliminate any explicit SQL statements from my code and let it be handled by the underlying framework.
If you have a relation 'wave' you could do an 'implicit' left join with includes:
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A: Topic.joins(["LEFT JOIN wave ON wave.obj_id = ", "my_var"])
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It's Never Too Late Before It's Too Late! – Talk Exchange..!
It's Never Too Late Before It's Too Late!
For the next few minutes, the only picture that your mind should visualize is about that one fight or argument which you have had in your past with that person in your life whom you loved a lot… Your few words or maybe the other person's few words costed your relationship and trust forever.
Every person living on this planet, at least once, has experienced this. What happens is that two people disagree with each other on a certain topic which gradually leads to an argument as each one tries to prove his/her point by increasing the pitch of the speech and dominating the partner. In the process, we do not realise what we are saying and understand later how hard those words were for the ears and the heart of the one we loved. Our tongue may seem boneless but it has the capacity to shoot such sharp arrows which can literally tear the heart and the soul of our beloved into pieces. Yes, Accept it! Maybe you have done this to someone or maybe someone has done this to you. But, whatever it is accept it so that you could change it.
So, what should you do to change it? Stop talking to all those you love? No way! Not at all. Never stop talking or calling or loving that person only because of one stupid verbal fight. This is the exact mistake we all make. Only because the person's thoughts did not match our thoughts, we tend to make the biggest mistake of ignoring the person. See, humans argue only with someone they really love and care for. We don't care to go and discuss something with someone whom we do not love. So, even though we have a long argument or maybe a verbal fight, we still care for that person. We just stop accepting our relationship with that person by simply ignoring that person and that is exactly where we go wrong.
The only way you could tie the knots again is to simply Apologize. Just 3 sentences of yours can change the entire scenario..1. I Am Sorry.. 2. It Was My Mistake… 3. What Can I Do To Fix Things Up?… That's it! Just Apologize. Nothing else. Instead of caring about your ego, start caring for your beloved because you can never understand the plans of your fate. You will regret for giving more importance to your ego than to the person you love because if some day you wake up and understand that the person has disappeared forever, the last memory with you will be the fight that drifted you apart.
So, why to take the road where there is complete darkness? Why have the memories which can tear you apart? It's so simple..Apologize! Your 3 statements can bring you closer instead of going apart. If you have had a fight in the past, it's ok! You still have time, you still have the person. Just gather the courage to speak 3 sentences in front of the person and you will definitely see the miracle. Whatever has happened, let it go and try starting everything all over again by simply apologizing because it's never too late before it's too late!
2. It Was My Mistake.
3. What Can I Do To Fix Things Up?
Thank you so much Nathprasad Sir. My small effort to bring people back together. (Dhanyavad..😊)..
Quality stuff Neha & true words with deep meaning !!
Thank you so much Nirant sir.. 😊.. You write real sensational stuff.. Waiting for the next..
U are strong with your words & I'm really happy to enjoy ur words ☺ .
Hey guys.. do read this amazing article & follow the talented writer.. she writes amazing post which you can relate with your life.. There are few writers, who do write for others & she is one of them & am sure her post will definitely help you ..
My pleasure. How old are you?
I will be okay with just Sameera. Don't worry.
Haha.. Thike thike.. Pia actually bahot khoobsurat naam hain..
every word you've shared is so true! loved the way you expressed your thoughts!!
My absolute pleasure! dear one little request, please call me Kranti. 😊 Thank you!
You have shown the usually missing link of communication to maintain and improve relationship. Very well explained.
Very well thoughts of you my dear. Keep writing. I am very proud of you. Love you my dear .
This is so true! I love it!
So thoughtful and so true indeed..
Yes thanks Neha.. And welcome to the innovative world as I see you are new here.. Happy blogging.
Thank you so much.. My words inspire is a complement which means the most to me.
Thank you so much for going through..
Can u also give your reviews on posts?
I was going across your posts yesterday afternoon…. I really loved them..they made me a bit engrossed in thoughts and I forgot to like them! So today I took out some time to appreciate you!! You are really a great thinker! Your writings are deep…go on like this…we are with you!!!
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Q: Docker compose gives error container name already taken The use case for me is that I need to use the containers of 3rd party services like Mongodb and InfluxDb as a part of my complete docker service setup. The containers from these 3rd party services may or may not exists in my machine. I want to use the same container and prevent docker compose from recreating them if they already exists and recreate them if they don't exist.
I have created a docker compose file as below:
version: "3.7"
services:
  mongo-database:
    container_name: mongo
    image: mongo:${Mongo_Service_Version}
    restart: always
    ports:
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    networks:
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    volumes:
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  service-test:
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     - "30091:80"
    networks:
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    depends_on:
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I have created a mongo service and then created an application service-test that depends on the mongo service.
(Note : Service-test is just for demonstration purpose)
The problem I face is that when I run the docker-compose command to up the service I am able to do it successfully. The docker compose first creates a mongo container and then a service container but the problem is that if a mongo container with the same name and same configuration already exists the docker compose gives the error that the container with same name already exists.
My use case is that i don't want to remove the old container manually and recreate it using docker-compose. My expectation is that docker compose is smart enough to handle this situation. Docker compose should not try to recreate the container if it already exists.
If there is just the service version upgrade and we run the docker compose command , docker compose behave smart and does not recreates the mongo container but why it does not acts smart when the mongo container is created separately/manually.


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I have my partner/best friend/mother/aunt supporting me - won't a doula just get in the way?
Many people feel that their birth team is complete by having a loved one with them. For some women it can be enough, particularly during the birth. The reality for most, however, is that whilst this support is loving, it is often inadequate for making informed decisions. The preparation process is greatly enhanced when a doula works with you and your support person/team to ensure you are supported in the best possible way.
Given you are Wonder Woman (awesome, powerful, capable), let us assume your birth partner is batman (no need to get caught up on gender here, batman could be your partner, your mum, a friend). Batman needs Robin. Robin is the helpful side kick. Batman gets to be the 'hero', with Robin quietly supporting.
A doula supports your partner in supporting you.
During the birth, physical support by either guiding your partner to support you, or taking over if needs be.
Transitional support in the early weeks with your baby.
A doula's skill is often invisibility - there, but not there, gentle reminding and suggesting, never instructing or taking over. The time you spend together in preparation means that during labour no-one needs to interrupt you, they just follow your instructions using your birth plan. A Birth Map is a very through plan, covering all possible pathways. During the planning phase, each persons role will be detailed, so that no-one hinders You and gets in anyone's way.


The Worcester Art Museum recently acquired the John Woodman Higgins Collection of Arms and Armor in 2014, providing exciting new learning opportunities for students. Enhance your student's tour of the Classical and Medieval Galleries by adding an arms and armor presentation and/or hands-on workshop to your visit.
The Worcester Art Museum has an encyclopedic collection of art from all over the world that covers fifty-one centuries. This includes Greco-Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance Art.
Ancient Impressions, This tour brings to life the cultures of the Near East, ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome using ancient art and architecture. Come explore the impact of those civilizations on cultures today!
The Story of Armor and the Knightly World Tour, focusing closely on the subject of knightly arms and armor using both art and artifact to tell the story of the influences that changed the knight and their weaponry.
Both Medieval tours use the following themes for the different parts of the tours listed below but in different ways. Note: The Medieval/Renaissance Tour does not use part 6.
(Near East, Greek, Roman Galleries and the Renaissance Court) Over a period of millennia, the peoples of the Mediterranean built a cultural heritage that reached its height in the Roman Empire-a vast, multicultural state with a remarkably modern infrastructure of administration, commerce, and military organization. The wealth and sophistication of this society is visible in its material remains. In the 15th and 16th centuries, these material remains from the Roman Empire would inspire the Renaissance in Europe.
(Chapter House and Medieval Galleries) With the collapse of the Roman Empire, Europe fell into a period of political and economic chaos. In the Museum's Chapter House, you stand in the heart of one of the monasteries that preserved Roman culture through the Dark Ages. In medieval culture and society, the Church played an important central role.
(Medieval and Renaissance Galleries) The armored knight was the superstar of medieval culture. For over 500 years the armored horseman dominated the battlefields of Europe. Here you will see in person the arms and armor that he wore on the battlefield and in courtly celebrations. Discover how the armor's appearance and fashion were as important as its protective function.
(Medieval and Renaissance Galleries) Nine out of ten people in the Middle Ages were peasants, whose labor supported both clergy and knights. For most of the Middle Ages the role of the church was to protect the souls of the people, while knights protected their physical well-being. All served the Sovereign. However, the common folk often lived under the thumb of both classes, clergy and knights, who took advantage of their higher social status. As the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance, the role of the common people gained importance.
(Renaissance and 17th-Century Remastered Galleries) Inventions like the printing press and oceangoing ships brought new dynamism and wealth to Europe. Also with the rise of Humanism, art became both more realistic and more inclusive of scenes of everyday people and life. Art was not just focused on the religious or on the wealthy anymore. Gunpowder weapons brought new potential for power, while also undermining the old feudal order and recalculating power equations both in Europe and around the globe. On the battlefields of Europe, the common infantryman came to dominate, overshadowing the armored cavalryman. The old titled nobility mixed with the new mercantile aristocracy to become the leaders of this new world both on and off the battlefield.
(Asian Galleries) At the eastern end of Eurasia, China maintained a rich and powerful culture throughout the Middle Ages, having survived the same invasions that brought an end to the Roman Empire in the West. Caravans of horses and camels brought Asian silks and spices to an eager market in Europe, eventually drawing men like Marco Polo to visit the Far East.
A hands-on experience guided by Museum instructors, students can work in clay, paint, collage, printmaking, or other materials. Our amazing studio experience gives your students the chance to take their new insights into the studio and create their own artwork. We will help you select the best presentation and/or hands-on project for your students to meet your educational goals and framework objectives - and to send them home with something they can treasure forever! Suggested studio projects: Heraldic Shields, Aluminum Tooling, Greek Vases, Egyptian Cartouches, Roman Mosaics, Portraiture, and Landscape Painting.
The Knight's Tale: a general overview of armor from "chain" mail to articulating plate, with discussion of the changing role of the Knightly class and the influences that shaped the Medieval World.
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The 14th Century Knight: focusing specifically on the development of Knightly plate armor in the Late Middle Ages.
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The Roman Soldier: focusing on the history and development of the Roman Legions with emphasis on the Late Republic and Early Empire.
King Arthur: Myth versus Reality. A look at the late Medieval legend we inherited and its origin in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages with a historic presentation of an Arthurian age warrior.
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30" x 30" x 1.5". Acrylic on raised wood panel by Wendy Pabich. The deer offers the lessons of unconditional love and kindness; her rose headdress is a nod to Frida Kahlo's iconic style. Pearls symbolize wisdom acquired through experience, while, among other meanings, the rose symbolizes beauty and balance.
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We've all made promises to learn a new language - technology today has made it easier than ever to keep that promise.
With game-like set ups and interactive features, these apps can help you learn without feeling like you're learning. Long gone are the times when you have to bury yourself in a thick grammar book or work your way through conjugation tables.
Covers listening, reading, and speaking.
It's like having a personal tutor in your pocket. There are currently 14 different languages you can learn from English, and now there are some courses in other languages as well. Duolingo breaks languages down into small bite-size chunks that feel manageable. The app adds a competitive edge by taking away a 'life' if you make a mistake and allowing you to compete on a leader board with friends. Oh, and Bill Gate uses it.
Mind Snacks takes gamifying learning to the next level.
Understanding that everyone learns at their own pace, the app's unique algorithm personalises the learning experience by selectively repeating content with which you've struggled. Many of the lessons have been designed by Ivy League instructors, so you feel that you are in good hands. Mini-games allow you to practice your skills without feeling like you are studying! Also, the hand illustrated images are a nice touch.
Memrise combines insights from the art and science of memory.
Mnemonic tricks help users learn quickly and efficiently. When you start a course, vocabulary items are planted as 'seeds'. As you are tested successfully, they be transferred from your 'greenhouse' (short term memory) into your 'garden' (long term memory). Also worth noting is the app CatAcademy that they've launched: an app that uses cute cats to try and teach you languages.
A slick design with a professional look.
The languages are broken down into separate apps so you can easily focus on one set of lessons before moving on to another language. The high-quality courses are available for iOS, Android, on the desktop, and now Apple Watch. Unfortunately, Babbel only includes one free lesson. To unlock more, you have to subscribe with monthly payments.
You might have heard of it - it's a well known name in the language learning community.
Rosetta Stone uses the "total immersion" approach. The program focuses on using the connections that your brain makes between pictures and words to its advantage. The app is particularly useful to those who learn best through being challenged without the help of their native language. It's worth noting that though often successful, this can be a costly way to learn a language.
Network with other language learners and native speakers for some real-time practice.
Study options are well-rounded and include reading, writing, listening and speaking. Unfortunately you need a paid Premium membership to access grammar-focused lessons, video units, and printable PDF files. This app will benefit learners who already have a basic understanding of the language they would like to learn.


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Xilazina este un analog al clonidinei și un agonist al clasei α2 de receptori adrenergici. Acesta este utilizat pentru sedare, anestezie, relaxare musculară și analgezie la animale, precum cai, vite și alte mamifere altele decât omul. Medicii veterinari utilizează xilazina și ca emetic, mai ales la pisici.

În anestezia veterinară, xilazina este adesea folosită în combinație cu ketamina. Medicamentul este comercializat sub mai multe nume de marcă în întreaga lume, mai ales Rompun, produs de Bayer. Este comercializată și ca Anased, Sedazine și Chanazine. Interacțiunile cu alte medicamente variază în funcție de animal.

Substanța a devenit un drog de abuz, în special în Puerto Rico, unde este sustras din stocuri utilizate de către medicii veterinari pentru cai și folosit ca agent de adulterare pentru heroină.

Utilizări medicale
Xilazina este adesea folosită ca sedativ, miorelaxant și analgezic. Este frecvent utilizată în tratamentul tetanosului. Xilazina este foarte similară cu medicamente precum fenotiazină, antidepresive triciclice și clonidină. Ca anestezic, aceasta este de obicei folosită în combinație cu ketamină. Xilazina pare să reducă sensibilitatea la absorbția insulinei și glucozei la om. Yohimbina a fost folosită pentru a reduce nivelul de glucoză la un nivel sănătos. În mediul clinic, yohimbina poate inversa efectele adverse ale xilazinei dacă se administrează intravenos în doză de 0,5 mL / 10 kg la scurt timp după administrarea de xilazină.

Efecte secundare
Supradoza de xilazină este de obicei fatală la om. Pentru că aceasta este utilizată ca drog adulterant, simptomele cauzate de droguri care însoțesc xilazina variază de la caz la caz.

Cele mai frecvente efecte secundare la om asociate cu administrarea de xilazină sunt bradicardie, depresie respiratorie, hipotensiune arterială, hipertensiune arterială secundară tranzitorie de la stimularea nervului vag și alte modificări ale debitului cardiac. Xilazina scade semnificativ pulsul la animalele care nu sunt tratate anterior cu medicamente care au efecte anticolinergice. Scăderea frecvenței cardiace are un impact direct asupra fluxului aortic. Bradicardia cauzată de xilazină este prevenită eficient prin administrarea de atropină sau glicopirolat. Aritmiile asociate cu xilazina includ alte simptome, precum blocaj sinoatrial, blocaj atrioventricular, disociere A-V și aritmie sinusală.

Administrara de xilazină poate duce la diabet zaharat și hiperglicemie. Alte efecte secundare posibile care pot apărea sunt areflexie, astenie, ataxie, vedere încețoșată, dezorientare, amețeli, dizartrie, dismetrie, leșin, hiporeflexie, vorbire neclară, somnolență, uimitor, comă, apnee, respirație superficială, insomnie, contracții ventriculare premature, tahicardie, mioză și gură uscată. Rareori, pot apărea hipotonie, gură uscată, incontinență urinară și modificări nespecifice electrocardiografice ale segmentului ST. S-a raportat că durata simptomelor după supradozaj la om este variază de la 8 la 72 de ore. Noi cercetări sunt necesare pentru a clasifica efectele secundare care apar atunci când xilazina este utilizată în conjuncție cu heroină și cocaină.

Utilizarea cronică este considerată a fi asociată cu deteriorare fizică, dependență, abcese, ulcerații ale pielii, care pot fi debilitante fizic și dureroase. Hipertensiunea arterială, urmată de hipotensiune arterială, bradicardie și depresie respiratorie cauzează scăderea ratei de oxigenare la nivelul țesuturilor pielii. Astfel, consumul cronic de xilazină poate duce la deficitul de oxigenare a pielii, ceea ce duce la ulcerații severe ale pielii. Oxigenarea scăzută a pielii este asociată cu afectarea procesului de vindecare a rănilor și o șansă mai mare de infecție. Ulcerele poate avea un miros caracteristic și produce puroi. În cazurile severe, sunt necesare amputări ale extremităților afectate.

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The game-changer to fix the 'emptiness' holding back Sydney Olympic Park
Best Games ever
After the Opal Tower debacle and a U-turn on plans for the Olympic stadium, it is hoped a metro line can reinvigorate the Games precinct.
By Matt O'Sullivan
Opal Tower apartment owner Tina Tong says Olympic Park lacks basics such as supermarkets. Credit:Peter Rae
Dominating the skyline near the main entrance to Sydney Olympic Park, the 36-storey Opal Tower stands as a constant reminder of NSW's residential construction crisis. For Tina Tong, it represents a crushing of dreams. She was among hundreds of residents evacuated from the newly built tower on Christmas Eve in 2018 after gaping cracks appeared in the building.
More than 18 months on, the memories remain raw. She cannot sell her four-bedroom apartment and banks refuse to lend on the high-rise tower built on government-owned land. "We thought this is a government development and nothing can go wrong. I had more than 137 defects in my apartment," she says. "Hopefully something will change, otherwise we will be here forever."
Twenty years after the Green Games signalled a coming of age for Sydney, the Opal Tower symbolises the hurdles confronting Olympic Park as it reaches a crossroads in its development. The building defects saga has dealt another blow to attempts to give the area something it has sorely lacked – residents.
Tong, a graphic designer, laments a lack of supermarkets, schools and other services. "The view is fantastic but, apart from the view, there is nothing much else. I have a young son and I'm worried about where he's going to go to school next. There's no school in this area," she says.
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing the cancellation of concerts, sporting fixtures and the Sydney Royal Easter Show, those charged with injecting new life into the sprawling precinct face more hurdles. The Berejiklian government has all but shelved plans to extend Parramatta's multi-billion light rail line to Olympic Park via the nearby suburbs of Wentworth Point and Melrose Park on the banks of the Parramatta River. In another blow, a recent decision to dump plans for an $810 million revamp of ANZ Stadium – 21 years after it was opened – dashed hopes overnight. The renovations were designed to create a "cauldron" effect by building steeper seating to draw spectators closer to the rectangular playing field.
Now the big hope for reshaping the area rests on what both proponents and critics dub a "game-changer". The fix is the promise of a new train station at Olympic Park, which will be built as part of the state government's $20 billion-plus Metro West rail line along the city's east-west spine. "The single biggest constraint has been in transport," NSW Planning and Public Spaces Minister Rob Stokes says. "That's why the big transformative thing that will really unlock the next phase of opportunity at Sydney Olympic Park is the metro, because the metro connects it as part of an integrated transport network and not a branch line ending in a cul de sac."
Construction of the mostly underground rail line will mean a westwards trip from Olympic Park to Parramatta will take less than six minutes – about 18 minutes faster than by train now. The project team's target for a journey in the opposite direction to Sydney's CBD is about 14 minutes, less than half the time of the quickest commuter train at present.
An artist's impression of the metro train station planned for Olympic Park. Credit:NSW government
It will help solve a problem the public has long recognised. About three-quarters of respondents to a survey last year believed it "very" or "extremely important" that public transport to the area was improved. After public transport, the poll of 1228 people for a report commissioned by the Sydney Business Chamber found affordable housing options and better road access rated second and third in what it would take for people to consider shifting to Olympic Park to live.
While high expectations are placed on a new station re-invigorating Olympic Park, the rail line's opening is still almost a decade away. The construction of a metro station on land held under long-term lease by GPT, the real estate trust founded by Lendlease, also raises questions about whether the existing Olympic station will become a white elephant. "Huge amounts of public money are necessary to perhaps provide energy to this place. But of course it is going to make the existing railway station obsolescent," says James Weirick, a professor in urban development at the University of NSW.
Yet more than 22 years after the loop line built for the Games opened, top former NSW rail executive Dick Day says it still achieves what it was designed to do: move tens of thousands of people who converge on the Olympic Park station after a major event. He does agree that the train services to Lidcombe on the Western line results in a slow rail commute to the CBD because of the need to switch trains there. But he insists the "Lidcombe shuttle", and the station at Olympic Park, will have a role to play after the metro line opens – albeit a quieter one. "There will still be a relief valve role," Day says.
Regardless of the existing station's future, there is little doubt that the metro trains will become the primary way to travel to and from the area. "It will put Olympic Park and all those homes there on the map," Day says. "The metro will create a lot of development opportunities."
The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, one of the precinct's most important long-term tenants, is a key backer of the metro line. It believes a lack of a modern east-west rail service connecting Olympic Park is the "single biggest handbrake" on its development.
But, for now, the rural institution has more immediate concerns ahead of its bicentenary in 2022. With the precinct reliant on thousands converging on it for events, the COVID-19 pandemic severed a major source of revenue for businesses almost overnight. The biggest casualty was this year's Sydney Royal Easter Show, which usually attracts up to 900,000 people over two weeks. "It was absolutely devastating for us. We had outlaid a lot of money," says Peter Thorpe, the general manager of Sydney Showground, the agricultural society's event management arm.
Sydney Showground general manager Peter Thorpe says coronavirus has had a devastating impact. Credit:Wolter Peeters
The cancellation of scores of events has left giant exhibition halls eerily quiet. It has forced Sydney Showground to put 150 staff on the JobKeeper wage subsidy. Thorpe estimates the loss of revenue since March amounts to up to $50 million – a figure sure to climb. The agricultural society is likely to be forced to decide within months whether it can hold the Royal Easter Show next year, an event it earns about 60 per cent of its revenue from annually.
While hopeful some exhibitions might return by October, Thorpe says uncertainty about mass gatherings is making it difficult to predict. "Most of the clients are saying, 'Let's postpone until the following year'," he says. "It's going to take us a couple of years to bounce back."
Since at least 2017, the agricultural society has been working on plans to boost the appeal of Olympic Park. A reliance on the Easter Show – spruiked as the largest ticketed event in the southern hemisphere – is one of the major reasons why the agricultural society is pushing for a $450 million upgrade to the showgrounds. The nearly two dozen buildings on the 30-hectare site close to the train station are ageing, and the society wants to attract more year-round events once the COVID-19 pandemic abates. The centre-piece of the proposed revamp is a 4000-seat conference centre, which the society says will complement the International Conference Centre at Darling Harbour in the CBD rather than be its competitor. "We need to give people a reason to come to Olympic Park from Monday to Friday and not just at weekends," the agricultural society's development manager, Jonathan Seward, says.
The Royal Agricultural Society's wants to revamp Sydney Showground at a cost of $450 million. Credit:Wolter Peeters
Now, the planned upgrade rests on the state government stumping up the money. Eighteen months after the government accepted the final business case for the project, the proponents concede it has "taken a back seat" due to the health crisis and deep recession gripping the country.
The revamp is part of grander ambitions for Olympic Park to reshape itself as a "super lifestyle precinct" over the next decade. A 2018 blueprint promised a revitalisation of Olympic Park, creating a "vibrant new town centre", educational centres, a shopping precinct, new homes, more jobs and extra open space and community facilities by 2030. A key target is for Olympic Park to have a "daily community" of more than 82,000 people by the turn of next decade, a more than two-fold rise on the number who live, work or study there at present. The overall goal includes boosting the number of people who call it home from 4000 to 28,000, and workers from 19,400 to 34,000.
Dave Wallace, the owner of the Coffee Club on Australia Avenue, says the apartment towers built at Olympic Park in the past few years, such as those at the Parkview precinct where Opal Tower is located, have boosted business at his cafe. But he is convinced the area requires a bigger influx of people. "Housing, mate," he responds, when asked what is needed. "We just need more development around here. You go two kilometres down to Wentworth Point and it is a city. You could count on your hand the number of developments here since it opened."
An artist's impression of what authorities hope Sydney Olympic Park will resemble in 2030. Credit:Sydney Olympic Park Authority
More than six months after taking over as chief executive of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Sam Romaniuk says he is "very careful" about development on the government-owned land. "If it's just about development and it's not about being inclusive with the surrounding communities, then it will become an island. That's why we have to ensure that development is carefully staged," he says. "We want to make sure it has the right balance of residents, workers and visitors."
The senior public servant now in charge is keen to talk up the opportunities, though concedes Olympic Park has hurdles to overcome. "On major events it is fantastic ... but Monday to Friday it is a challenge," he says. While he accepts that Olympic Park is "hard to get to", he believes the construction of the metro station will transform transport access and spur urban renewal. "The promise of Sydney Metro [means] it won't be a speculative investment any more," he says. "It will really super charge or attract some of Australia's most prominent educational and commercial businesses."
His appointment marked a major upheaval in the agency charged with overseeing the park since 2001. In February, the government dissolved the authority's board led by former NSW Liberal premier John Fahey – the man who famously leapt into the air when Sydney won the Olympic bid in 1993 – and folded the agency into the state's Planning Department.
The Berejiklian government's justification for the shake up is that it believed the board's job as an authority focused solely on managing Olympic Park as a standalone destination was done. "It had gone as far as it could and now the opportunity is to better integrate it into the fabric of Sydney, recognising that it has a unique heritage," Rob Stokes says.
The Planning Minister cites London's success in reinventing Olympic spaces after the 2012 Games. The London Olympics were based at Stratford, in the city's East End, and were part of broader urban renewal throughout the Lea Valley. "We don't want it to be turned into a dust bowl legacy like some of the Olympic assets in places like Athens or Rio, for example, where they have just been forgotten and full of tumbleweed. We want these assets to be a living part of Sydney and an integrated part of Sydney," Stokes says.
He freely admits that the sheer scale of Olympic Park is partly an enemy of plans to create intimate, people-focused spaces. "But my experience of design is that it is the constraints that actually make places interesting. If it was just a blank sheet of paper, you'd end up with something far more boring," he says. "London had the opportunity to embed the venues a little bit more in the city and that's what we need to do. The beauty of the Sydney site is that it's right in the centre of the city."
With Sydney's recent history of wars over stadiums still fresh in minds, the future of ANZ Stadium will inevitably re-emerge over the coming years. After all, the government will one day have to make a decision on what to do with the stadium, following it first dropping plans in 2018 to demolish and rebuild the arena at a cost of $1.33 billion and then ditching plan B to begin renovating it this year. "Something really should be done with our stadium, which is sadly a failure," says James Weirick, the urban expert who favours demolishing it and building the metro train station on the site.
But Stokes, who wants to avoid re-litigating arguments over ANZ Stadium, says it is a "reasonably modern venue" and its role hosting large events, such as concerts, will continue. In the meantime, the government has plans for significant landscaping of the area around the stadium. It was due to unveil in March the winner of an international design competition to transform the paved area around the stadium into a "green, people-friendly space" and spark the "first major upgrade for the stadia precinct" since the Olympics. While a winner has been chosen, its identity will remain secret until the end of the year. The government's justification for staying mum is that work on ensuring it is a feasible concept, and will support both the existing area and future development, needs to be completed.
It leaves many people worried that Olympic Park will remain in limbo, a state made more likely due to the enormous pressures on the state budget from the worst recession in decades. "What we are looking at is another 10 years of emptiness here on the site. Everything is too spread out at the moment and it looks like that's the way it will going to be. By trying to make it a city, as well as a sports park, it has fallen between the two stools," Weirick says.
Charting a new course for an area that officially became a suburb in its own right in 2009 was always a challenge. Much now rests on Sydney's resolve to bridge the divide between its legacy and turning Olympic Park into an appealing place to live and work. "We certainly never want to lose the sense of place and this incredible Olympic legacy that defines Sydney Olympic Park," Stokes says. "It's just that we don't want it to be limited to its Olympic legacy. We want to build on that and that is the next phase of its journey."
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One of the strongest voices in folk music turns his attention to the plight of the American farmer. This album, comprised mostly of McCutcheon originals, is among his most ambitious recordings to date. A full band accompanies John on many tracks.


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Plaintiff witness for Holliman refuses to budge on Philip Morris conspiracy allegation
By John Sammon | Feb 15, 2019
MIAMI – Defense attorneys for Philip Morris appeared to have an uphill battle on Thursday getting a plaintiff witness to back down from his opinion the cigarette maker and other tobacco companies had engaged in a collective conspiracy to hide the truth from the public about the dangers of smoking.
"Addiction is what drives the train," said Robert Proctor, a Stanford University-based professor of science specializing in the history of cigarette smoking.
Proctor was called to appear as a witness by Eric Rosen the attorney for Ulysee Holliman. Holliman died in 1993 of lung cancer. His family members are suing Philip Morris claiming Holliman's addiction to tobacco smoke caused his death and are asking for punitive damages against the cigarette maker.
A jury will decide if Holliman is to be allowed to join a class of Florida residents who sued the tobacco companies in 1994.
Proctor testified for Rosen on Wednesday and then faced attorneys for the defense on Thursday. The defense agreed smoking causes cancer, but contend Holliman knew the risks and made his own personal choice to continue smoking a legally purchased product.
Coverage of the trial is being streamed live courtesy of Courtroom View Network.
Members of the jury were warned by attorneys for Philip Morris not to fall into the trap of "presentism," or misinterpreting past events by applying current values to them.
Proctor said he did not know if Holliman knew about the risks of smoking or if he ever quit. Family members earlier testified that Holliman had attempted to quit a number of times including asking his wife for help, chewing gum as a substitute, but to no avail.
A meeting among top officials of cigarette companies at the Plaza Hotel in New York in 1953, Proctor said, was held to coordinate efforts to counteract and deny a growing body of evidence that smoking was a cause of lung cancer.
Proctor called the meeting the beginning of a conspiracy.
"You would agree it's not an all-encompassing conspiracy?" he was asked by a defense attorney.
"Right, it's a conspiracy to deny the hazards of cigarettes, but it was not an everything conspiracy," Proctor said.
Proctor said the campaign of deception was designed to influence litigation, politics and public opinion. He disputed attempts by the defense to portray the tobacco companies merely as "competitors."
Instead Proctor said they competed on everything except health.
"They were bound together in denying the health hazards of cigarettes," he said.
Proctor said the advertising campaign launched by tobacco companies from the 1950s on, including television, billboards and magazines were partly conspiratorial in nature.
"They (cigarette makers) were advertising to sell their own brands, but the conspiracy acted as an umbrella over the advertising," he said. "The conspiracy meant they could not say the truth in the advertising (about the dangers of smoking)."
The suggestion that advertising and marketing were not part of a conspiracy, Proctor called quibbling.
"Each company wants to sell the most cigarettes," he said. "But no one said our brand is safer, or less safe, because that would be admitting (the danger). That would violate the conspiracy."
Proctor responded that a similar conspiracy existed in marketing cigarettes to young people.
"Each company wanted to get its share of the youth market," he said. "They were fiercely competing, but they were also denying marketing to youth at all."
Proctor said during the 1960s an experiment took place in which higher rates of nicotine in cigarettes with lower tar amounts was attempted, but was unsuccessful. The smoke was too harsh for the public's taste.
He described the addition of filters to cigarettes as a "gimmick" that was also part of misleading the public.
"They're agreeing collectively never to say they (filters) are safer," Proctor said. "Because that would imply that others (brands) are unsafe."
Proctor took issue with a defense attorney exhibit showing a Time Magazine article in 1964 whose author Dr. Ernest L. Wynder claimed that smoking was less hazardous if reconstituted tobacco stems were left in the tobacco. He added that the author was being paid by cigarette makers for his opinions.
"That's false (safer smoking), I wouldn't agree," Proctor responded. "That's ground-up scrap. That was his (Wynder's) false view. He did not understand addiction. He was getting $3 million from the tobacco industry."
Proctor was asked if officials of Philip Morris acquired patents for their use of ammonia as an additive in tobacco. Ammonia can be used to spike the level of nicotine in a cigarette, called "free-basing."
"They did, but without mentioning the purpose of free-basing," Proctor said.
Judge Jose Rodriguez of the 11th Judicial District Circuit of Florida is presiding in the case.
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Regular tournaments and turbo tournaments aren't one in the same. The majority of tournaments will have normal blind structures whereas turbo events move much faster. For example, many live poker tournaments have blind levels that last around 45 minutes to an hour. In a turbo event, however, these same levels are shorted to 15-30 minutes. Needless to say, the game is going to be much more fast paced and your decision making is going to be directly affected. Whether you are looking at the strategy for the beginning of an event or as a whole, changes are going to be made.
The attraction to turbo tournaments is that they don't take a long time to play. The tradeoff to this is the fact that there will be less opportunity to play and there will be a heavier emphasis on the luck dynamic. You may just not be cut out to play in turbo tournaments at all. There's going to be much higher levels of aggression in a turbo tournament than what you will normally find in regular events. The types of players that you face are going to be different as well. There are so many variables that need to be accounted for when you go from one type of tournament to the next.
You may or may not realize it, but the general type of player that you'll face in these events is going to be quite different. In normal tournaments, most players are going to be very passive and will lean towards the more amateur end of the poker playing demographic. The reason for this is that many poker players are only in the game for the recreational value. They don't have any interest in being competitive to the point where they are failing to have fun with the game. This is the primary reason for why tournament poker is profitable for so many.
When you move into the turbo tournaments, you are still going to be running into many weak players. The difference is that these players tend to be more well-adjusted to their game of type and will usually have a more diverse skill set. Turbo tournaments are much like any variation of any game in that its uniqueness creates more specialized players.
The standard strategy to turbo tournaments should not be drastically different than what you would find in any other event. The primary difference is also the most noticeable, with the speed of play definitely being at a faster pace. You aren't going to have as many people who sit around and wait for hands as the structure just won't allow for this to work. You'll need to widen your hand ranges right from the beginning so as to allow yourself the opportunity to get involved before you cripple yourself through the blinds alone.
Aggression is going to be met with more opposition in turbo tournaments than in regular tournaments. In a regular event, there will be a lot of people who just back down to pressure so that they can last another hand and pick another spot. Because your odds of lasting longer are greatly decreased by the speed of the blinds, players in turbo events are more inclined to fight back. This doesn't mean that you should be backing down on your own levels of aggression, not by any means. All that it means is that you'll need to be more willing to play in raised and re-raised pots. The play in turbo events is going to be much more aggressive as a whole from start to finish and you need to adjust your play accordingly.
The amount of luck involved in tournaments is hard to overstate. When you consider turbo events, you'll be subjecting yourself to even more volatility than normal. Earlier it was mentioned that the play is much faster, which in turn leaves less opportunity for anyone to really play a ton of hands over a long period of time. Instead, you'll be playing in few pots for greater amounts of chips. There's nothing you can do to change this dynamic of the game, but you can still work towards minimizing the extent to which luck personally affects you.
One of the most optimal ways to reduce the role that luck plays in turbo tournaments is to be the aggressor whenever possible. As a general rule of thumb, the person doing the betting is going to be more likely to win a hand than the person calling down the bets. You should be trying to win all of the uncontested and unraised pots that you possibly can.
Even though players are going to be more active in turbo events, it doesn't mean that there won't be a fair share of dead money floating around. Make open raises, bet the flops, and use your aggression to force your opponents into a corner. There's no better environment in which to use aggression to your advantage than in a turbo tournament.
A deep run in these events is going to mean two very different things. Again with luck, you are going to need things to go your way in a turbo tournament. Not to say that this isn't true in any poker tournament, but the lack of actual play is going to create an even greater need for bigger hands that can win on their own. In the bulk of normal poker tournaments, even players at the final table will have 50 or more big blinds to work with. In a turbo event, the number of big blinds could easily be closer to the range of 5-20 big blinds. This will inevitably create a storm of all-ins where ultimately players become handcuffed.
In a turbo tournament, you'll need to have the will power and determination to take down pots and make plays when you are running low. You can't fold and wait for hands. Sure, your life is going to be on the line over and over again, but this is the only way that you can really expect to win.
Learn to play your opponents as much as you can because the cards can only help you so much. Turbo tournament poker is much more about picking the correct spots than it is about having good hands. If you can successfully control your opponents, it won't always matter whether you are being dealt the best of hands.


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How to forward an email with Hotmail
How to forward an email with Hotmail: You have decided to replace Outlook with Hotmail, the free Web-mail service offered by Microsoft. You are very comfortable but you still don't know how to perform some of the operations you frequently perform on your old email client. One above all? Forwarding of received messages to other recipients.
Do not fear! Hotmail allows you to do this too. All you have to do is read the directions on how to forward an email with Hotmail that I am about to give you and put them into practice. Believe me, it's so simple that it will take you longer to read what to do than to forward your emails. Let's get started right away!
If you want to know how to forward an email with Hotmail, all you have to do is connect to your e-mail box and open the message you want to forward to another recipient. At this point, click on dart located next to the button Answers and select the item Forward from the menu that opens. Then type the address of the recipient to whom you want to send the email (or recipients) in the field TO:click on the button Send (located at the top left) and that's it.
Do you want to create an automatic rule according to which all emails coming from a specific sender or meeting certain criteria must be forwarded to a specific recipient? Very easy. Scroll to the bottom of the main Hotmail page, click on the item Organize and click on the item Rules management present in the menu that appears.
On the page that opens, click on the button New one and fill out the form that is proposed to you by specifying in the appropriate fields the characteristics that the messages to be forwarded must have. Then put the check mark next to the item Forward totype the email address of the recipient to which the messages should be forwarded and click on the button Save to enable automatic mail forwarding.
After seeing how to forward an email with Hotmaillet's see how to perform the same operation on Outlook.com, the new Microsoft Web-mail service that will soon supplant Hotmail. If you have already switched to this new service and want to forward a message to another recipient, open the email to forward, click on the button Actions (located at the top right) and select the item Forward from the menu that appears.
On the page that opens, type the address of the recipient (or recipients) in the text field located in the left sidebar and click on the button Send (located at the top left) to complete the operation.
Do you want to create an automatic message forwarding rule in Outlook.com as well? Click on thegear located at the top left and select the item Other mail options from the menu that appears. On the page that opens, click on the item first Rules for sorting new messagesthen on the button New one and fill out the form for creating forwarding rules as seen in Hotmail. Easy, right?


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On Wednesday, supporters of President Trump heeded his call to go to the U.S. Capitol, where Congress was certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the November 2020 election.
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Judi Stewart
IU Foundation President's Medallion (2020)
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About Judi Stewart
Yes, Indiana University has outstanding faculty, offers a leading education and conducts important research - but Milt and Judi Stewart know that what truly makes the university special is its people.
Milt and Judi have given two gifts to the Colloquium for Women of Indiana University - one that aids the program now and a planned gift for the future. Both will help the university encourage women to stay involved and to support IU.
But beyond the impact of their gifts, the Stewarts are celebrating friendships. Milt serves on the IU Foundation's board of directors and the Maurer School of Law's board of visitors. "On both of those boards, Judi and I have developed wonderful friendships. These are people we often see socially and who have become dear friends."
For Milt, these friendships are forged through a shared love of IU. Judi loves IU too, even though she never attended. She came to know the university through Milt as he returned to Bloomington often for his law school meetings. "I feel I have been lovingly adopted by IU," Judi says. "When my first invitation to the Colloquium came in 1998, I thought, I can't go to that. I don't know anybody. After the event, I felt as if I had just spent a weekend with my best girlfriends."
Judi, an artist, became an active member of the IU Art Museum's advisory board in 2000. Milt joined her on that board a few years later. Because of the friendships Judi had built through her participation, Milt jokes that when he first joined the IU Foundation board in 2002, "Judi knew more people than I did."
Milt was a late-comer to alumni life at IU. After 25 years away from Bloomington, he found his way back thanks to a new hire at his law firm: Paul Ehrlich, the son of former IU President Tom Ehrlich. It was the friendship of these two Hoosiers that reconnected him to the university.
Milt says he sees more of the Bloomington campus these days than he did as a student. "I spent seven years in Bloomington, and I never walked into the IU Art Museum," he recalls. "I just didn't partake in the culture of the university." Today, Milt and Judi take law students and faculty members to diverse events on campus with the hope they will come to love all the university has to offer as much as they do.
The Stewarts also gave generous planned gifts to the Maurer School of Law and the IU Art Museum. The latter resulted in the naming of the Judi and Milt Stewart Hexagon Gallery.
But their favorite gift lies behind the Maurer School in Dunn's Woods. Called Stewarts' Hideaway, the couple created an oasis with a collection of benches. "We are so thrilled about it," says Milt. "It's really special to us, and it's become a popular spot on campus."
Maybe it's because such spaces offer people a chance to connect with each other. And, in doing so, maybe they'll learn that what truly makes their experience at Indiana University memorable is each other.
On June 3, 2021, Milt and Judi Stewart were presented the Keystone Award by IU Foundation.


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✓ Chipset: Apple A9 (14 nm)
✓ Release: 2015, September 09
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Name Apple iPhone 6s
Model iPhone 6s
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29 - A1688
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GPRS/EDGE Yes
Launch Date 2015, September 09
Status Available. Released 2015, September 25
Body Weight 143 g (5.04 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass), aluminum back, aluminum frame
Network SIM Nano-SIM
Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Operating System iOS 9, upgradable to iOS 13.4
Display Size 4.7 inches, 60.9 cm2 (~65.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Display Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 PPI density)
Display Protection Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Display Multitouch Yes
Display Density ~326 PPI density
CPU Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister
Chipset Apple A9 (14 nm)
GPU PowerVR GT7600 (six-core graphics)
Memory Internal 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB
Primary Camera 12 MP, f/2.2, 29mm (standard), 1/3", 1.22µm, PDAF
Secondary Camera 5 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard)
Camera Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
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NFC Yes (Apple Pay only)
Infrared port No
Audio Vibration, MP3, WAV Ringtones
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FM Radio No
Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Siri natural language commands and dictation
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser HTML5 (Safari)
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Battery Capacity 1715 mAh (6.91 Wh)
Battery Stand-by Up to 240 h (3G)
Battery Talk time Up to 14 h (3G)
Battery Music play Up to 50 h
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Apple iPhone 6s price in Bangladesh is around 36,500 BDT, and it has the body dimensions of 138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm (5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in), and 143 g (5.04 oz) weight. It has an IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors. And the display size is 4.7 inches, 60.9 cm2 (~65.6% screen-to-body ratio), with a resolution of 750 x 1334 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 PPI density). It is run with iOS 9, upgradable to iOS 13.4. The Chipset of Apple iPhone 6s is Apple A9 (14 nm), with an internal memory of 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, and 2GB Ram. The Primary camera of this phone is 12 MP, f/2.2, 29mm (standard), 1/3″, 1.22µm, PDAF, and the secondary camera is 5 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard). It comes with a Non-removable Li-Ion 1715 mAh battery (6.91 Wh). To know about Apple iPhone Showroom and Store Location, click here.
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Our research students are guided and advised by academics who are specialists in their field of knowledge and expertise. Browse Notre Dame's experts here. The University promotes multi-disciplinary projects and supports the development of postgraduate students with a broad range of skills through a variety of formal courses and workshops. Research degrees may be undertaken either full-time or part-time.
For further information see the Research Program Guide (postgraduate / international), Postgraduate Admission details, the University's Research Degree Regulations or contact the relevant School or the Research Office.
Notre Dame provides Academic English Bridging Courses on the Fremantle campus for consideration by those students needing help to meet the University's requirements in English proficiency for entry into a higher degree by research.
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Home News Can California beat the federal government in lowering drug prices?
Californian governor Gavin Newsom says he has already managed to wait for the federal government to lower the rising cost of prescription drugs.
Newsom has its own plan to alleviate this financial burden – one that he hopes other countries can join or replicate.
The Democratic Governor said he intends to use California's power as the fifth largest economy in the world to demand lower prices directly from pharmaceutical companies to millions of Medicaid followers, state employees and eventually Californians in the private sector.
"I deeply recognize the fear that so many of you have about the cost of prescription drugs," Newsom said on a live Facebook video as he announced his initiative. "And I hope that California's efforts here can show the way that other states are considering the same thing."
Newsom later said he is already talking "with other governors of the state about how they can participate."
Whether he can deliver on his ambitious promise to acquire large pharmaceutical companies is by no means certain. The plan he presented his first day in office is based on broad ideas, with few details and starting dates that may be years away.
States have taken smaller measures to contain drug prices and achieved limited savings. But the issue has hindered lawmakers at the federal level, including President Donald Trump, who called for a reduction in the cost of prescription drugs last week in his State of the Union address.
Lawmakers face a number of challenges that make reform difficult, such as the mysterious pricing of medicines and the political influence of the pharmaceutical industry, one of the country's most powerful lobbies, said Rachel Sachs, associate professor at Washington University in St Louis specializes in health law.
"Drug pricing is one of the most complicated areas in a complicated healthcare system," said Sachs.
In California, the amount spent by the state government on prescription drugs has increased 20 percent a year since 2012, according to Newsom's order.
To curb this increase, he wants the State Department of Health, which oversees Medi-Cal, the country's largest Medicaid program for low-income residents, to negotiate prescription drug prices by 2021 for all its approximately 13 million registered individuals.
Currently, the vast majority of Medi-Cal participants are receiving their prescription medicines through managed care plans that conclude a contract with the state to provide Medi-Cal – a fragmented system that does not bring the best price to consumers, argues the Newsom government.
According to the government, Medi-Cal could save $ 150 million per annum with the negotiating state, and Medi-Cal members could go to virtually any pharmacy, as opposed to the limited options offered by their health plans.
The concept of mass purchasing may sound good, health experts say, but the state faces barriers.
The federal law requires Medicaid programs to cover most of the Food and Drug Administration-approved medicines. This leaves states with one of the biggest trading opportunities available to the private sector: the ability to tell pharmaceutical manufacturers that they are not buying their products.
But California can get creative, said Jennifer Kent, director of the health department. For example, the state may create a list of preferred drugs that will encourage drug producers to lower their prices. When a drug is on the list, doctors do not need pre-authorization of Medi-Cal to prescribe it to make it more accessible and thus more likely to be used by patients, Kent said.
In addition, the sheer size of the Californian Medi-Cal program could cut prices, Kent said.
"I think of ourselves as the third largest public buyer in the nation" behind Medicare and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Kent said. "We have a very large number of people."
But representatives of California health plans and pharmacy benefit managers, middlemen negotiating with drug makers on behalf of health plans and government agencies, say their organizations are already working to find the best prices for consumers. They did not publicly reject Newsom's plan, but expressed skepticism.
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, representing pharmacy benefit managers, said in a written statement that their companies are expected to save the California Medi-Cal program by $ 8.59 billion in anticipated costs between 2016 and 2025.
Drug manufacturers have launched a nationwide campaign accusing insurers of distributing more than $ 150 billion a year in discounts and discounts to consumers.
Newsom wants to negotiate not only for Medi-Cal-Engeles, but also a better offer for state employees. He has instructed his government to investigate how agencies could pool drugs in a separate pool to buy prescription drugs as a single unit.
Currently, more than 20 state agencies are negotiating drug prices separately.
Newsom said he plans to have private buyers – including small businesses, health plans and self-insured Californians – join these government agencies at the negotiating table to "march" public and private parties for lower drug prices.
A National Academy of Sciences report last year found that spending on biopharmaceuticals accounts for almost 17 percent of the United States' annual health insurance bill and that many people have difficulty paying for the medicines they need.
Among the recommendations of the report on cost reduction: The federal government should consolidate its purchasing power and directly negotiate prices for all government health programs, including Medicare and the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, the Medicare legislation has stalled over the years and remains controversial.
Trump's proposal last year to link Medicare's spending on certain drugs to what other industrialized countries pay for has gone nowhere. Last month, the Trump government proposed a new prescription drug rebate plan designed to regulate discounts that drug companies now give to insurers directly to consumers.
Without government action, states have attempted to lower drug prices on their own. These efforts include a law by Connecticut obliging drug companies to justify price increases, a California law requiring price increases, and a cap on drug use in New York under the Medicaid state program.
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia belong to department stores with multiple countries, mainly for their Medicaid programs. However, data on how much money these pools have saved are scarce, said Edwin Park, a research professor at the Children and Family Center at Georgetown University.
"I think states have real opportunities and a genuine interest in using their purchasing power," said Trish Riley, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy. "States can not wait for federal action."
This KHN story was first published by California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation.


To whom it may concern... you're going to learn pretty quickly my grammar is not A-1, I like to speak-type (gives some sort of voice to the Verdana font).
... I gotta be honest I'm not one who's good at describing myself. If it means anything I've never signed up for a dating website. I've never really looked into seeking a relationship online... and really I'm only 20 so it kinda makes sense. I've just decided to look for other like minded individuals, and be it I'm a vegan, it's a little more challenging to find that organically (see what I did there).
I'm cheesy, always looking for the humor in things, I "keep it real" and/ or "100" and pretty into sports. I've had a life centered around sports (mostly basketball), which again don't find very often in the veggie/plant based world. I've been vegetarian for the past 10 years, and in the last year finally made the switch to vegan-ism (as a result of educating myself after refusing to do so for so many years [to stay ignorant; sub-consciouslly knowing what was going on]).
I love to go on tangents, rants, binges, researching - anything to keep me going & my mind fresh. I'm super into nutrition as well... yet I love food. They seem to not go hand in hand, but I manage to stay a foodie while keeping my nutrition on point. As you will learn I'm quite different - I'll list a 'few' things to help represent me & things I like.
I hope this helped describe myself!!!
Sooooo this is where it gets interesting... I have a clue to what type of person I am "seeking" but of course I will always keep an open mind, otherwise I wouldn't have come here in the first place.
MOST IMPORTANT... UNDER 28 YEARS OF AGE.
I'm gonna put my so-called "ideals" in bullet point format to keep it simple.
BTW... my profile pictures are to give a realistic depiction... I'm not gonna post the worst face I can make (and yes it can be terrifying haha... but I thought I'd post a normal mirror pic and a post-workout picture to show that I do not look profile perfect most of the time). Just trying to keep it "100" ya know?