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Best Tourist Places in Himachal Pradesh
Are you planning to make a visit to Himachal Pradesh, the land of Snow? Here is the list of best travel destination of the state. Read this article best tourist places in Himachal Pradesh and make a trip to Himachal.
Himachal Pradesh is known as the Land of Snow. Moored in between the lofty mountains, Himachal Pradesh at one breath is one such destination in India where the vacations find the supernal definition of nature at its best. The mountainous landscape of the state is made up of series of valleys and snow – clad mountains. Himachal Pradesh is the best place for the adventure and snow lovers. It attracts not only domestic but also international tourists every year. The land is blessed with snow covered picturesque mountains which make the destination perfect for the tourists. Here is the list of best tourist places in Himachal Pradesh.
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Let's go through some of the popular hill stations, Lakes, natural parks, wildlife centuries and a lot more which make the Himachal Pradesh as the ideal tourist destination.
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Kullu is one of the frequented tourist destination. It is well – known for its serene beauty and pleasant temperature. Nestled in the lap of majestic mountains, Kullu is the veritable jewel in the crown of the Himachal Pradesh. The breathtaking beauty of its marvelous landscape, the hospitality of its people and their distinctive lifestyle has enthralled the travelers.
Some of the attractions are
You may also visit Basheswar Mahadev Temple, Karrain, Bathad, and Jagatsukh.
Manali, with its soothing backdrops of Himalayas, offers a blend of tranquility and adventures that make it one of the best tourist places in Himachal Pradesh. It is surrounded by the high peaks in the beautiful green valley of the Beas River. Manali is the year – round magnet. It is the magical place bordered by heavy pine forest and raging river Beas which gives the special energy.
Some of the attractions are
You may also visit Jana Falls, Jogini waterfalls, Van Vihar National Park and Rahala falls.
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Shimla is one of the popular hill resorts of India, buzzing with the happy flow of Indian vacationers and echoes of its past roles as the summer capital of the British India. Being the capital city, its beauty is spectacular. The town enveloped in the oak, pine and rhododendron forests and sprawl around the mountains ridge. Shimla is well – known for its colonial style building and historic railway. There are numerous adventure sports and short hikes on offer in the vicinity as well.
Some of the attractions are
Don't forget to visit Chadwick falls, Annandale, Naldehra and Shaily Peak and Wildflower hall.
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Dharamshala is famed as the Scotland of India. It has snow covered mountains on the three sides and valley on the one side. The hill station is dotted with several cultural and architectural attractions. It is an elevation of approximately 1,500 meters and surrounded by Deodar forests and pine trees. Dharamshala is the perfect gateway for leisure and adventurous travelers.
Some of the attractions are
You may also visit Bhagsu waterfall, and Brajeshwari Temple, Bhagsunag Temple, and Jawalamukhi Temple.
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Dalhousie gets its name after the British governor Lord Dalhousie in the nineteenth century. This hill station is spread over five hills. It is popular for its colonial looks and has an elevation of 1,970 meters above the sea level.
Some of the attractions of this hill station are
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Another best tourist places in Himachal Pradesh is Chamba. The spectacular and serene beauty of this land make its perfect destination for the domestic as wells as international tourists. Chamba is situated at the bank of river Ravi at the height of approximately 900 meters above the sea level.
Some of the best attractions are
You may also visit Akhand Chandi Palace, Church of Scotland and Manimahesh Lake.
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Kangra is another ideal the best tourist places in Himachal Pradesh which is not just rich in nature but also in history and culture. It is one of the scenic valleys of the Himachal Pradesh. The temperature is quite pleasant which is one of the reasons of its attraction. It provides an excellent view and attracts a large number of tourists.
Some of the attractions are
Kasauli is another colonial landmark in the state which is situated at an elevation of approximately 1,927 meters. It is in the Solan district. It has gained a lot of attraction from the tourist due to its picturesque environment.
Some of the attractions in this region are
Manikaran is amongst the best tourist places in Himachal Pradesh. It is the well – known pilgrimage site for both Hindu and Sikh pilgrims. It is situated at an elevation of 1,770 meters and blessed with numerous temples. There are many hot water springs where devotees can take a sacred bath.
Some of the attractions are
Solan is among the top tourist destinations of the state and popularly known as The Mushroom city of India. It is surrounded by the scenic forests and snow covered mountains. The land derives its name due to extensive mushroom farming. It is the ideal place for the nature lovers and the great place of trekkers.
Some of the best attractions in the Solan region are
You may also visit Rajgarh, Kuthar Fort,Nalagarh and Majathal Sanctuary.
Some of the National Parks of tourist interest are
Read more about Top Trekking Destinations to Explore in this Monsoon
Now, you have all the names of the best tourist place in Himachal Pradesh. Go hit the road and enjoy your vacations..!!


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The place has laminate flooring (which looks pretty realistic, I thought it was hardwood for a few days) and popcorn ceilings. Not sure if this is a problem, just thought I'd mention it.
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Release Date: April 28, 2020
SYNOPSIS: Court Kensington is a thorn in my side. I'm hired to clean up his badboy image, which would've been easy if my life wasn't falling apart.
First, I catch my movie star husband having an affair with his co-star. Then when I return to work, my job is at stake, because Court has gotten himself into trouble…again.
Instead of getting him back in line, I find myself falling for his charm. And into his bed. And against the wall. And, and, and…
Except Kensington charm shouldn't work on me. Not when I've sworn to never ever sleep with a client.
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REVIEW: Dear Lord this series is AMAZING! Seriously, K.A. Linde was a new-to-me author when I read the first book, The Lying Season, and I was hooked! When I met English and Court in the first book, I just knew it had to happen (even if English was married). K.A. Linde knows how to give major depth to her characters and getting to know these two throughout this story was so, so good. I knew this book would be great, but she really developed Court in a way that made me like him despite all the crazy stuff he's pulled. And English is just such a ball buster in the best damn way. She is strong and fierce, and I loved her so much.
This series has moved to one of my all-time favorites and I cannot wait for the next book with Camden and Katherine–it's going to be an emotional mess and I am here for it! I'd obviously recommend this whole damn series!!
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We are thrilled to announce the brand new vaccine program that has began last week at Adama Martha Memorial Community Health Center! The Integrated Health Services Organization supplies data on occupational medication, industrial hygiene, and safety; gives health advantages and wellness professional; and implements employee nicely-being programs (IBM). This happened to me and to the University of Alabama's Roy Spencer, who also hypothesized that world warming is likely to be modest. The government then sent in closely armed safety forces to brutally lockdown West Point slum in a badly orchestrated manner, making it appear to be war on the poor. One source (Segouin et al. 2005), states that there are issues of entry to well being care and moral dimensions.
The world well being disaster of HIV/AIDs has affected Africa the worst, some 34 million individuals have HIV/AIDs and 68% of them reside in Africa (World Wide HIV & AIDs statistics, 2011). In 2005, Partners In Health was invited by the Rwanda Government to start working in Rwanda, and a sister group regionally referred to as Inshuti Mu Buzima" (IMB) was initiated. Health inequality : an introduction to theories, concepts, and strategies, Cambridge, UK, Polity. Each 12 months, strategic planning is done to debate new international objectives that can be translated locally (IBM). At its peak, it was the biggest empire in the world, making Britain the world's foremost global power.
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At St Peter's School, parents are the prime faith educators and our Holy Trinity Parish Sacramental Program is Parent Initiated, Parish Based and School Supported. Children in Year 3 receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation; children in Year 4 receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist while Year 6 children receive the Sacrament of Confirmation from the Archbishop at St Patrick's Cathedral.
Children are introduced to our Catholic tradition through daily prayer, Bible stories that are retold in simple language, Liturgies as well as participation within special masses. The children are able to retell stories about Jesus and why these stories relate to their lives today.
Our Catholic teachings impact on the way our students live out their daily lives showing care, respect and uniqueness for each other in the classroom and in the playground.
When rich and powerful learning experiences are provided students take responsibility for themselves as they engage in authentic and just action for the common good of all, with consideration for the most vulnerable. At St Peter's we seek to create a Spirit filled community of students, parents and staff as all of us engage in a life long journey of faith development depending on our individual narrative. Our curriculum links drawn from Hebrew Scripture (Old Testament), and Christian Scripture (New Testament), assist our students to make links and contextualise this information for life in today's world. As Catholic Primary teachers we continually work at further developing a sound understanding of Hebrew and Christian scripture links that further enhance our Catholic tradition. The origin of Catholic Social Teaching principles together with Religious Education becomes a meaningful springboard for many other subject areas where Religious Education sits at the core.
As this method of teaching is inductive, it works well with our contemporary inquiry process. Engaging students within the Religious Education Curriculum requires to also acknowledge the many distractions confronting students. As technology plays a major part in the lives of young people today it is important to use relevant, provocative and engaging resources when planning our curriculum units.
Students are invited to work within a group, with a partner during sharing sessions. This is especially important during Religious Education sessions as there needs to be time to share experiences of the topic/subject, then to listen to others' experiences and make sense of what one hears.
St Peter's Primary School has "Our Sacred Spaces". It involves the practice of Christian Meditation as a form of prayer and as a means of enhancing a sense of community connectedness and improving social and emotional wellbeing for all.
Each morning at the beginning of the school day, between 8.50am and 8.55am the school community takes part in Christian Meditation. This practice promotes a sense of calm, silence and reverence.
The time spent meditating depends on the age of the students. Prep students currently meditate for two minutes and Year 6 students for up to five minutes. The time is then extended as the students become more experienced. The main features of "Our Sacred Space" are silence, stillness, simplicity, focus on natural breathing, upright comfortable posture, eyes closed or slightly open, and importantly, praying with a silent mantra, "Maranatha" which means "Come Lord, Jesus".


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Souhan; Teague Wasn't a Fit with the Wolves [PODCAST]
The Timberwolves traded point guard Jeff Teague and Treveon Graham to the Atlanta Hawks for Allen Crabbe Thursday. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says Teague fit with the Tom Thibodeau scheme but not with Ryan Saunders. Jim says the Wolves would still like to acquire D'Angelo Russell but he doesn't think they can pull that off.
The Wild defeated Tampa Bay Thursday night. Jim says the Wild don't really have an identity and are not interested in tearing it down right now.
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The menace of cultism in Nigerian tertiary institutions calls for diligent analysis and pragmatic remedy.
The menace of cultism in Nigerian tertiary institutions calls for diligent analysis and pragmatic remedy.
A few weeks ago, the Obafemi Awolowo University administration handed over 12 suspected cult members (students and ex students that have refused to graduate) to the Osun State CID, Osogbo.
While it is a commendable development, it is equally clear that the university may only be interested in cheap populism and cosmetic face-saving drama, as the concerned individuals have been released.
Obviously, the scenario is dangerous to the university community and the country at large.
For the sake of records, this scenario is recurring and the scenes are playing out like the 1999 brutal attack that claimed the lives of five Obafemi Awolowo University students. For students of history, the events preceding the July 10, 1999 massacre is grossly similar to the current events.
The university administration has forgotten that he who fails to learn from history is doomed to repeat it, as a farce.
George Iwilade Afrika (Secretary General of the Great Ife Students' Union 98/99) alongside other bold students got the hint of a cult-initiation going on at the University staff quarters and mobilised to arrest the cultists with different arms and ammunition. They were interrogated and later confessed to being members of the Black Axe Confraternity.
The arrested cultists were charged to the Magistrate Court, Ile-Ife, but the Students' Union (the Complainant) was not at once invited to give evidence till the case got buried.
The then Professor Wale Omole university administration was said to have influenced the prosecuting counsels, demobilised them and the case struck out.
The same cultists were seen on campus again, boasting and waxing stronger.
Strangely, whenever the management was at loggerheads with the union leadership, the cultists that were freed by their shenanigans and hanky-panky were mobilised. The climax played out on July 10, 1999, when cultists allegedly sponsored by the Vice Chancellor (within and outside the campus), massacred five students, among many other casualties, with the then Union President, Lanre Adeleke escaping by whiskers.
The brief account of events before/on July 10, 1999 will bring to the fore the issue of university administrations politicising serious security issues, just like the days of the 1999 sacked Vice Chancellor, Prof. Wale Omole.
It is no coincidence that the university administration seems always swift to prosecute student-activists who mean no harm to the university community. A perfect example is the recent case of OAU5 who were remanded in Kosere Prison with the alleged conspiracy of a particular Magistrate in March 2018. The swift suspension of students who participated in a peaceful protest in October 2017, and also the unlawful deactivation of five students' e-portal pages are fresh in our memories.
Till now, the university administration has refused to issue out a release on what led to the arrest, detention and also sudden release of these cultists without prosecution.
It must be noted that the only solution to the present cult crisis on campus is for the university to recognise and encourage radical, vibrant, ideologically-guided student unionism.
The Vice Chancellor, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, should be called to order by members of the public, activists and labour unions to expose and demand the public profile of these cultists in the Obafemi Awolowo University.
It is only with our collective demand that we can pressure the university management on what seems to be the continuous victimisation of innocent student-critics and taking security issues seriously, without politicising it.
Alawode Afolabi Samuel (Afoo Revo) is a member of the Alliance of Nigerian Students against Neo Liberal Attacks (ANSA), and a penultimate year student of the Department of English.


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Mutants, I don't hate them. They must be controlled.William Stryker
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I'm coming for blood, no code of conduct, no law.Logan
William Stryker: Don't worry, we'll stop him.
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All the horrible things in your life... Your father, the wars, knowing that the woman you loved was hunted down. I can make all this go away. Join me, and you will have your revenge.William Stryker
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Censure hearings have resulted in Nanaimo's mayor and a councillor being directed to attend training courses.
The City of Nanaimo released a statement Tuesday night about council's decision following a censure hearing held Monday in camera.
Mayor Bill McKay and Coun. Diane Brennan have been directed to comply with the city's respectful workplace policy and are required to attend training courses. Council also recommends that McKay and Brennan apologize to chief administrative officer Tracy Samra before the end of the month.
Coun. Jerry Hong, acting chairman, said the censure hearings were related to council's response to last year's Goldner report. The report investigated the workplace environment at city hall after a complaint by the CAO.
Hong referenced a letter from city council to Samra last September that expressed regret for "the deterioration of relationships." Hong said the letter showed that most members of council accepted the findings of the report, but McKay and Brennan didn't.
"I don't think you've publicly heard them accept the findings and we never heard them either, on the public record and so unfortunately, this was what had to be done to move forward with the report to satisfy the complainant, so that's why we're where we are."
Hong said he thinks council has "done its job" as far as its response to the Goldner report, and "these were just some of the outstanding issues that the complainant had requested based on the findings that were not followed through.
"We've looked at the report, we've accepted it, we've digested it, we've now taken the recommendations into effect, so now it's up to [McKay and Brennan]."
Hong said the censure hearings led to the same conclusion as was suggested in the Goldner report, rendering the process "a complete waste of time.
"I'm sorry to the taxpayers that we actually had to do it because in the end, it was exactly what the report said."
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According to the city statement, McKay is directed to attend two training courses "consistent with the findings of the Goldner report" by July 30, Brennan is directed to attend one, and "failure to comply may result in future sanctions."
Brennan and McKay will each face another censure hearing on separate matters; McKay's comes after the city chose not to proceed with a civil lawsuit against the mayor a year after it gave notice of claim.
"I don't like judging my peers on this," Hong said. "We are politicians and the public is the ultimate judge for us."
He said he doesn't expect the censure hearings to impact council's ability to work together constructively, saying that Monday's decision related to events that happened months ago.
"We're not doing this out of anything other than the fact we have to do these things and it's not like we want to do these things," Hong said.
McKay and Brennan could not be reached for comment.
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text: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Flipboard 2 The decision to add "tele" to your arsenal will soon be easy. If you don't, you're dead. What is called "Inside Sales", "Sales Support", "Telesales" and dozens of other names is growing 15x faster than field sales—in fact, my colleague, Jonathan Farrington, published a blog stating that within three years 80 – 90% of all B2B transactions will be done online—most with some form of sales support but not field sales. Given that I run one of the many lead generation companies it will not surprise you to learn that I believe a 3rd party focused on response management, lead generation and qualification and lead nurturing is capable of doing a much better job of those services than you are likely to find inside most companies. Some of the reasons for this are: capacity, consistency, attrition, onboarding, peak staffing (such as to build pipeline for new reps…) but that is not what this article is about. This article is about how to select a partner once you decide to go in that direction. The word "partner" is critical. Are you looking for a vendor or a partner? Your answer should be that you're looking for a partner. So many so-called lead generation companies are incapable of delivering work that elevates them to the position of partner (because of this, I am fond of saying, "we don't get invited to the company Christmas party—but the ad agency does…"). However, if you look closely at each element on the list below, I believe you will be able to tell which companies are likely to be true partners and which will end up being vendors. Here are some truths you should know about selecting a partner among lead generation companies: Virtually 100% of marketing qualified leads should become sales accepted leads. We have clients that buy leads from other sources only to find out that one out of a hundred is actually qualified. On paper, a $25 lead looks like a great deal. When you realize that you're actually paying $2,500 per fully qualified lead you begin to understand why an exclusive focus on "inbound" leads at the expense of proactive, more strategic "outbound leads" is a huge mistake. Why buy leads that are not going to be accepted by sales? For our average client, a proactive, strategic, outbound lead (that will be 100% sales accepted) costs about $1,250. That is half of what many companies pay—though they don't know it because they don't do the math. Students, prisoners (yes, there's a company out there that does this), appointment setters and offshore call center staff should not be contacting your target market. These groups are incapable of having meaningful conversations with C-Level executives about strategic business initiatives that lead to high quality opportunities and become sales accepted and qualified. Find out about the average age, education and experience of your potential partner's staff. For example, our staff averages 42.7 years of age, all with four-year college degrees and the average tenure is 4.7 years. Companies that do a good job partnering with their clients will do a good job partnering with you. How long have their clients been with them? For example, in 2012 91% of our revenue was from existing clients—and we will grow about 20% this year. Some examples (many client agreements restrict us from publishing that we work with them): CenterBeam—since 2002 One of the world's largest software companies—since 2002 D&B—since 2003 Large medical device manufacturer—since 2005 Global healthcare software and services company—since 2007 Large call center and security software company—since 2009 Large, strategic waste services company—since 2010 Large, regional energy company—telesales since 2010 Another very large software and services company—since 2010 Another global healthcare software and services company—since 2010… You should be allowed to speak with every staff member of your partner, not be closeted in a conference room while selected employees are brought to you for a meeting. Walk around. Ask multiple staff members what they are working on, why they like their job. Each dial, voicemail, email and other "touch" should lead to an outcome and you should own all outcomes. Many approaches used today place no value on outcomes other than "leads". The following outcomes (followed by 2012 average percentage across all clients) are important and as a client you should own them: Lead (lead definition specific to client and signed off on by all parties—4%) Pipeline (specific next step for your partner—4%) Nurture (no specific next step, but nurturing qualified prospects and gaining actionable market intelligence through the qualification process are extremely valuable outcomes missed by many if not most companies—18%) Disqualified (21%) Not Responsive (to be re-segmented and touched on a later cycle—AN IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE GROUP—balance). Like most companies, lead generation companies are hardly created equal. I hope this helps you select a true partner as this will be an important element of future success—perhaps more important than any other decision you might make. Twitter Tweet Facebook Share Email This article originally appeared on ViewPoint | The Truth About Lead Generation and has been republished with permission.Find out how to syndicate your content with B2C Join our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Author: Alan Draper Based in the United Kingdom, Business 2 Community editor Alan is part of the team that's responsible for ensuring all the content on our site is accurate, relevant and up-to-date. In addition to editing, he is also a writer and an expert on the stock market. Alan has previously writtenView full profile ›More by this author:Trade Crypto CFDs on Axi with Zero CommissionsGet Free Bitcoin and Earn Interest on Crypto with ZenGo5 Best Cryptos to Buy on the Dip in the May Crypto Crash


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Interview with Peter Vanderheyden, Vice President, Global Intellectual Property, LexisNexis
In a world now awash with free information it is easy to forget that there are still many companies out there making a good business from selling data, not least traditional online services like Dialog, LexisNexis, Questel, and STN International.
The raison d'être of these proprietary online services — which pre-date the Internet, and started out as dialup services — has always has been heavily focused on selling value-added data at premium rates, primarily to businesses, research libraries, and large legal firms. And the jewel in the crown of these services was always the patent databases that they offer — not least because they were able to sell access to them at very attractive rates.
Evidently, the patent information market is still considered a good business to be in: Last month LexisNexis (a division of publishing behemoth Reed Elsevier) launched a new web-based patent product called TotalPatent. This is not so much a patent database, as a collection of patent databases. As LexisNexis boasts, TotalPatent is, "the world's largest collection of searchable full-text and bibliographic patent databases".
More precisely, TotalPatent offers access to around 60 million patent documents from 22 of the world's largest patent authorities. It also includes content from 500 scholarly journals published by LexisNexis' sister company Elsevier, a number of advanced analysis tools like PatentOptimizer, and machine translation capabilities. For this, customers pay an annual subscription charge of $2,000 per user.
But it would be wrong to suggest that all is dandy in the value-added patent information market. Like most providers of proprietary information, paid-for patent information services face increasing competition from free sources on the Web, including the Google Patent Service, and an ever growing quantity of free data provided by the world's major patent offices (PTOs).
In fact, PTOs first entered the electronic patent information business way back in the mid-1990s, when they started offering CDROM products of patent information. And with the arrival of the Web, they began providing patent information on the Internet for free. Since then their offering has constantly grown and expanded over time. Moreover, while initially providing just raw data, some PTOs have begun to offer value-added data as well, and so now directly compete with commercial providers. The European Patent Office (EPO), which runs the esp@cenet service, has been particularly aggressive in doing this.
Unsurprisingly, this was controversial from the beginning, with private vendors warning that if they continued to offer free information PTOs would force commercial providers out of the market, leaving the distribution of patent information in the hands of a small group of state monopolies.
Yet 12 years later, LexisNexis clearly believes there remains a healthy market for valued-added patent data. TotalPatent undoubtedly cost a considerable sum of money to develop — money LexisNexis would not have invested had it not been confident that it could recoup it, and make a healthy profit to boot.
Is LexisNexis living in cloud cuckoo-land, or is it rightly confident that valued-added patent information will remain a good furrow to plough — even in a world flooded with free information?
I have been curious about current thinking inside commercial information vendors for a while now. So when I was invited to talk about the launch of TotalPatent with Peter Vanderheyden — vice president of global intellectual property at LexisNexis — I took the opportunity of raising some of the wider issues with him as well.
Vanderheyden has been in the patent information business for ten years. Amongst other things, he was involved in the development of the first free patent information service to be launched on the Web — IBM's Patent Server. This was released as a free service in 1997, but later re-engineered as a proprietary paid-for service called Delphion, and eventually sold on to Thomson's Derwent.
So what is Vanderheyden's take on the current environment for paid-for patent information services? While expressing confidence that the market remains a good one, he did not hide his irritation (anger even) at the activities of the EPO, and echoed the oft-repeated claim that this was threatening the viability of commercial providers. He also suggested that the EPO's actions had chilled innovation, and held back the development of new patent information services.
It is also clear that these are sensitive issues — as evidenced by LexisNexis' stipulation that I only publish the interview with Vanderheyden if I attach a statement indicating that his answers represent Vanderheyden's personal opinions alone, not the official position of LexisNexis, or its parent company, Reed Elsevier.
For me the experience was instructional. Having spent the last couple of years speaking to leaders from the various free and open movements I had formed the impression that there arenow two very distinct cultures driving the so-called "information economy," and that an ever widening gulf separates these two cultures. Venderheyden's answers to my questions appeared to confirm this.
What are these two cultures? On the one hand is the traditional corporate culture, and on the other what one might call a new culture of "the commons".
The former tends to be very narrowly focused on corporate missions, market opportunities, business strategies, and things like cash cows, and "budget realities" — usually without any reference to wider society (other than acknowledging that that is where a company's customers come from). The latter, while not anti-business, tends to take a much broader view of the world, and of society, and is often deeply interested in ethical issues, and "the public good".
What this means in practice is that corporate culture views information as essentially an asset to be exploited for commercial gain, and those who subscribe to this culture assume therefore that the default position is that information should be treated as a product to be bought and sold. Those who subscribe to the culture of the commons, by contrast, believe that information is most useful when it is shared by as many people as possible, and used to promote social good. For them, therefore, the default position is one in which information is freely available to all.
That there has been a serious breakdown in communication between these two cultures first became apparent to me when I interviewed the founder of the Free Software Movement, Richard Stallman.
When I reminded him that companies lock up their content with digital rights management (DRM) technologies because in a digital environment information can be so easily copied (which reduces its value as a commercial product), Stallman snapped back that operating from purely selfish motives is no excuse for mistreating people. (Stallman, like many, believes that DRM is socially unacceptable, since it erodes both freedom and privacy).
He added, "There is this bizarre idea nowadays that all a person has to do to excuse nasty treatment of others is to say: 'I am just trying to make money.' As if making money were so admirable that it could justify absolutely anything. 'Oh, I punched him in the nose; but I am trying to make money, so let me do it.'"
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Queen Elizabeth national park is located in western Uganda, about 376 kilometres (234mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital spanning an estimated 1,978 km² (764 mi). Park area extends from Lake George in the northeast to Lake Edward in the southwest, and includes the Kazinga Channel that connects the two lakes. The park is named after Queen Elizabeth II and was established in 1954. It was later renamed Ruwenzori before it returned to its royal name. QENP is known for its wildlife, although many animals were killed in the 1978–1979 Uganda-Tanzania War (usually referred to in Uganda as the Liberation War that led to the overthrow of Idi Amin's regime. Idi Amin's forces included thousands of troops sent by Muammar Gaddafi, and some Palestinian support.
Many species have recovered, including hippopotamuses, elephants, leopards, lions and chimpanzees; it is now home to 95 species of mammal and over 600 species of birds. The area around Ishasha in Rukungiri District is famous for its tree-climbing lions, whose males sport black manes, a feature unique to the lions in this area.
Day 1 : Kampala-Queen Elizabeth Park Drive.
An early morning start at around 6 am from Kampala and (English Speaking Driver - Safari Equipped Vehicle) drive on through some of Uganda's most beautiful countryside arriving at Queen Elizabeth around lunchtime. Here we check in to the lodging Accommodation of your choice. There is the average or better budget Bush Lodge - beautifully set overlooking the Kazinga Channel and they have tasty food, and the great up-market Myeya Safari Lodge plus many other recommended lodging options as you may see after clicking on the link above.
A comfortable lunch and some deserved rest, in some of accommodations there is a pool where you can relax, but let the realizations set in that you are in African Wilderness even though you might be in an up-market facility
In the afternoon is the first of your game drives for you to see the animals and birds of Queen Elizabeth National Park. When one says game drive, it is slow in order not to miss anything. A resident UWA armed guide is on board who knows the animals, the birds, reptiles, plants and trees. From the lovable warthogs with their raised tails, to the giant African Elephant, then the king of the beasts, the majestic Lion. Keep your eyes wide open, camera ready and enjoy.
Dinner at the accommodations that you have chosen and a quiet evening overlooking the savanna, a crater lake, Kazinga channel, depending on where you are staying.
Day 2: QENP Safari Drive & Launch Cruise/Boat Safari
There is nothing like a breakfast while on Safari and there is nothing like the smell of it as you awaken. It is off to a morning game drive catching some of the nocturnal animals as they call it a night. As you drive along there is nothing like a herd of Elephants moving across the track ahead of you. A pair of lions in the distant savanna grass. Buffaloes grazing in the early morning hour. Birds flying overhead, maybe a rock python here or there. The game track rides last about 2½ to 3 hours but you won't even realize the time has gone by.
Back to your accommodations here at Queen Elizabeth, enjoy some unscheduled time andthen it is lunch time after which you are off on a boat ride along the Kazinga Channel where there are hippos, hippos and more hippos. In between are hundreds of birds of all kinds, some crocodiles and of course more hippos, and elephants and buffaloes. It is simply a fabulous, slow boat ride that usually is one of the highlights of a safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Enjoy dinner and another night under the African star filled sky as you sit outside quietly taking it all in.
Day 3: Homeward Drive - Kampala
Another fulfilling breakfast and then the sad part of checking out and our journey back to Kampala begins with lunch in Masaka and onward to Kampala, a stop at the Equator for some photos and we will reach Kampala in the early evening.
Make it a four day Safari and add on Chimpanzee tracking in the Kyambura Gorge of Queen Elizabeth National Park. OR, you can choose to do it on the day you check out of the park. It can easily be added to any Safari to QENP and gives you complete look at various aspects of the park.
Since you are already at Queen Elizabeth there are no separate entrance fees, just the tracking fee itself making it also economical for visitors to Queen Elizabeth Park in Uganda. The tracking increases your price of a Queen Elizabeth Safari slightly, but our clients feel it well worth the added cost, enhancing their overall Queen Elizabeth Park Safari experience. Explore the chimpanzees in Uganda here >>
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Critical Edition of Penelope Aubin's Translation of Mme. Gillot De Beaucour's the Adventures of the Prince of Clermont, and Madam De Ravezan (1722)
Edited by Anne de Sola
Set in 17th-century France, this novel tells how love gets around obstacles to fulfill its objective in the celebration of marriage. The main story of Madam de Ravezan and her Prince is developed as an echo of the story of her parents, and a template for the story of her children. This novel is a perfect example of what constituted the taste of the reader in late 17th-century France and early 18th-century England. In terms of narrative techniques, it is also an illustration of the evolution of the genre toward modernity.
"This edition of a translation, together with its accompanying translation, will prove very useful for students of the eighteenth century in France, whether undergraduate, postgraduate, or academic. It is far from an act of rescue on a largely forgotten writer. It is, indeed, a valuable, scholarly addition to knowledge about the literary production of this important stage in the development of French fiction and its reception in England." – Professor Walter Redfern, University of Reading
"This novel Anne de Sola has gratifyingly resurrected from its obscurity, providing also an elegant Introduction that powerfully evokes its many qualities. As she shows, the traditional carapace of courtly love contains an astonishing, nay bewildering, diversity of tales around that theme. This diversity has much to offer the postmodern reader, with its multiple variations on the ambivalences of erotic passion, often touching the darker depths of treason and gratuitous cruelty…..We owe a large debt to Dr. de Sola for having recovered this dazzling récit and presented it with a highly perceptive overview, of a notable contribution to the feminine novel of the classical period." – Prof. H. T. Mason, DPhil, Professor Emeritus, University of Bristol
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A Critical Study of Vladimir Nabokov's Theory and Practice of Translation
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Philosophical Meditations of Lady Wang: Ethics and Gender in Imperial China: Together with the First Translation From Chinese Into English of the plaint of Lady Wang
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Egg Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality The Physicians' Health Study
Reduction in dietary cholesterol is recommended to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although eggs are important sources of cholesterol and other nutrients, limited and inconsistent data are available on the effects of egg consumption on the risk of CVD and mortality.
To examine the association between egg consumption and the risk of CVD and mortality.
Prospective cohort study of 21,327 participants from the Physicians' Health Study I. Egg consumption was assessed using a simple abbreviated food questionnaire. We used Cox regression to estimate relative risks.
After an average follow up of 20 years, a total of 1,550 new myocardial infarction (MI), 1,342 incident strokes, and 5,169 deaths occurred in this cohort. Egg consumption was not associated with incident MI or stroke in a multivariable Cox regression. In contrast, adjusted hazard ratios (95% CI) for mortality were 1.0 (reference), 0.94 (0.87-1.02), 1.03 (0.95-1.11), 1.05 (0.93-1.19), and 1.23 (1.11-1.36) for egg consumption of <1, 1, 2-4, 5-6, and 7+ per week, respectively, (p for trend <0.0001). This association was stronger among diabetic subjects with a 2-fold increased risk of death comparing the highest to the lowest category of egg consumption than non-diabetic subjects (HR: 1.22 (1.09-1.35) (p for interaction 0.09).
Our data suggest that infrequent egg consumption does not influence the risk of CVD and only confers a modest increased risk for total mortality in male physicians. In addition, egg consumption was positively related to mortality and such relation was stronger among diabetic subjects in this selective population.


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Also, my recent post on faux OHV groups and eco-hoaxes resulted in The General getting a large number of private emails. Most were complementary, but several challenged my blog's tone and direction.
Eco-Hoax and Global Warming Blog
As you know, I have long believed the public has been subjected to a large number of eco-hoaxes over the years. But as I told more than one of my skeptics, my greatest contention I have with many "environmental leaders" is the amount and scope of the lies and hypocrisy they will employ to enact their political agenda.
Algore flies around the world on a private jet and then tells us regular citizens that we have to ride bicycles, reduce electricity, and turn down our heaters at the same time as his home(s) is consuming more electricity then some small towns.
In California, several faux environmentalists (I call them that because they are hypocrites) long argued for new science to be used to manage OHVs on public lands. I, on behalf of BRC, supported and worked in the field with researchers, students, agency biologists, and academics to develop new science to help formulate future guidelines for OHV use in spotted owl habitat. What many people don't know is that those same "environmentalists" tried to kill that project when they feared the results would not match or support their closure agenda.
The results of this almost 10 year project should be out late this year or early in 2010. I don't know what the results will be, but at least The General, the CA OHMVR program, and a number of OHV clubs had the courage to participate and support a project, the results of which have yet to be published. No such moral fortitude is noted on the faux green side.
Spotted Owl OHV Study
As more news outlets and blogs expose ClimateGate and the upcoming farce known as the Copenhagen Climate Conference scheduled to start on Dec. 12, I am reminded of what my dad did when I was a kid growing up in Eureka, California.
Good Blog from the UK on ClimateGate
Funny Video on Climate Gate
Back in the day, he used to chew Copenhagen smokeless tobacco. When he was through chewing he would spit it out since all value of the product had been realized. As more folks object to proposed Cap and Tax Legislation that will dramatically increase our energy bills and devalue our American way of life, maybe it is time for the public to "spit" out the lies and hypocrisy of the global warming scandal onto the ash heap history's other eco-scams such as the global cooling prophesy of the 1970s or the Alar Scare of 1989.
In my state, I and many others have blown extra insulation in our attics, installed double pane windows, recycle our oil and plastics, plan our trips to the store, and a have employed a plethora of other actions to conserve energy and live responsibly. All that seems to have gotten us is new proposals to increase our electric rates, impose new energy taxes, and more promises of the same.
I do have respect for real environmentalists such as Ed Begley Jr. When he speaks… I listen. He has long practiced what he preaches. He lives in a small house, rides a bicycle, composts his waste, etc.
What I don't have respect for are eco-hypocrites who practice a form of environmental elitism where they can build homes out of redwood, fly in private jets, use obscene amounts of energy, and develop carbon credit programs designed to line their pockets with millions of dollars.
Be assured, The General will continue to maintain trails, practice common sense stewardship, and promote a responsible OHV land use ethic. What he won't do is stand by while certain politicians and eco-hypocrites pour wet stuff down his neck and proclaim it is simply raining.


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Research shows that people who believe
abilities and talents can be developed – a "growth mindset" – are on average more successful than people who believe abilities and talents are fixed – a "fixed mindset". A growth mindset allows people to respond more adaptively to challenges and setbacks. It turns out companies can have mindsets too, and that these mindsets influence their ability to attract people from underrepresented backgrounds.
In a recent US study by Katherine Emerson and Mary Murphy, researchers asked men and women to view company websites; one portrayed a growth-mindset culture and one a fixed-mindset culture. The fixed-mindset company talked, for example, about hiring employees "who have the intelligence and abilities that we are looking for". The growth-mindset company focused on how the company helps employees to grow. After reading these descriptions on company websites, women trusted the growth-mindset company more.
Why? They believed that when a company emphasises fixed traits, that company is more likely to form stereotypes – that is, to apply fixed traits to groups and that its managers are less likely to view women as smart, qualified or assertive. A growth-mindset company, on the other hand, is less likely to rely on stereotypes.
Here are three ways to create a more attractive and inclusive environment for employees from different backgrounds.
Reward smart risk-taking, not just outcomes
Most companies recognise employees when they get a promotion or achieve some form of objective success. Focusing only on outcomes can create a sense that failure or mistakes should be avoided.
Employees who worry that they'll be stereotyped as having low ability may be especially likely to avoid risks if only outcomes are valued. Companies should acknowledge employees when they take smart risks, even if those risks don't lead to the desired outcome. For example, an advertising agency in New York created the "Heroic Failure Award" to reward employees for taking big, edgy (but reasonable) risks.
Discuss mistakes openly
Companies that want to benefit from diverse perspectives should discuss mistakes openly. At Etsy, for example, engineers send company-wide emails confessing their mistakes. This practice encourages people to think about mistakes as learning opportunities rather than signs of incompetence.
Not only does it mitigate fear of failure, but it helps the whole company learn more quickly by publicly sharing lessons from mistakes. Here's a fascinating and relevant example of companies admitting and discussing mistakes: an increasing number of firms now publicise how few women and underrepresented minorities they have in leadership positions, and solicit ways of improving their numbers.
Recruit learners, not
'natural geniuses' A recent study found that fields whose practitioners believe "brilliance" is the main requirement for success have fewer women, because women are stereotyped as less likely to possess this trait.
The researchers suggest that the results have implications for African-Americans as well, who face similar stereotypes about innate abilities. When a field signals that inborn traits are more important than hard work, it seems to discourage women from choosing that field, since they worry they won't be given a fair evaluation.
Companies that want to attract diverse talent should emphasise that they are looking for people who are excited to learn. In addition to attracting candidates from a range of backgrounds, this attracts people who are more likely to take risks, bounce back from setbacks and learn from their mistakes – all key ingredients for innovation. – Copyright Harvard Business Review 2015 Carissa Romero is a partner at the consulting firm Paradigm


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A man from Central Troms is charged with drunk driving after driving 100 meters to the store to buy beer. Now he must face in court.
The blood sample that was taken from the man showed a blood alcohol level of 2.29, writes Nordlys.
Police showed up at the home of the 50-year-old after he had come home from the store. The man is also accused of riding without a license.
The case will go in Senja District Court in late August.
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I have lost quite a few friends over the course of the last few years and some were by choice. For most it was simply that I had grown in a different direction than they had and suddenly we didn't have a whole lot to talk about anymore. It seems life sometimes unhinges you, resets you, and when you rise from the ashes you look around and things look and smell a little different than they did before. You don't have as much in common anymore, conversations are disjointed. You break up quietly. You just don't talk as much and you don't label it. The voices are softer, sweeter and suddenly take on a more formal tone than they did when you were so close you could start a conversation through text five sentences in and they got it because they got you. Now the texts start with formalities like, "Hi," and "How are you? I miss you."
We sometimes try to hang on and reminisce, but on occasion you find that the only times you laugh is when you are reminiscing. The only time you have anything that ties you to one another is when you talk about when you were tied to one another. Talking about your life now is uncomfortable. You don't relate. The puzzle pieces don't fit anymore and that is ok.
There are those that say, "That's all well and good, but just don't forget where you came from."
But, what if you left that place?
Then respect that place. You have scar tissue and soul from that place, but you live somewhere else now. You've built something new, don't apologize. Be grateful for the path, the lessons, the friendships that created your foundation, but don't feel guilty if that place isn't every part of you today. The new parts are called growth and if you aren't growing you are wallowing.
There are the other kinds of friends you leave. They are the ones who aren't good for you anymore. Maybe you started growing apart, but in that growing apart you realized that the relationship was unhealthy. You realized that a clean break was needed. One with boundaries, maybe even silence. You struggle with it because at our core we all want to believe that everyone is good.
Not everyone is good.
This is not judgment. The not good is someone else's stuff, their own struggles, their own insecurities, their past relationships being relived and played out, bless them. Say a prayer for them, pour out a drink for them and their demons, toast them and walk away. If a person makes you feel sad, hurts you, judges you, manipulates you or lies to you then you can walk away.
It is ok.
I recently ended a long term friendship very unceremoniously because I no longer had a choice. I wanted to believe that there was love there, history, of course we can get through our differences. When patterns became clear and I realized I'd been lied to, manipulated, it was very simple. I remember the words coming to me as if I'd known them in my soul so completely, so many years before they found their way out of my mouth, "I'm done."
And I was.
There was no break up, no yelling, no days worth of texts or phone calls because the manipulation had been so destructive. I knew anything I said or did wouldn't matter. I chose me. I chose not to put any more energy in a relationship that was not what I thought it was and for some time before that night. If I was honest I'd tell you I remember the exact date, where I was and what I'd eaten. I had a glass of champagne in my hand the moment the words came out of my mouth.
That night started a soulful cleanup of my crew. I realized I didn't want anyone in my life that made me feel bad, asked me why I was wearing a certain outfit, why my brows were unwaxed or made me feel guilty in any way shape or form. If you made me question myself in a way that was unloving you were out. If you were gifted in manipulation I had unwittingly just taken a master class and could sniff you out before honey dripped from your lips. If you talked trash about other women in your life I knew you wouldn't hesitate to do the same with me. If I was happy about something and you couldn't be happy for me I knew that was about you and it wouldn't change. I knew I'd have to mute myself and I would never press mute again. If my posture changed when you reached out to me I knew you weren't good for me.
I had to choose me.
So, I did. Unapologetically over and over again.
This weekend I looked around at the ladies I've befriended or brought closer over the course of the past few years. We were all dancing and singing along to Bruno Mars at a music festival. Every single one of the women is strong, beautiful, confident. Not one has a mean girl bone in her body. They hold confidences like we'd be indicted for war crimes. They are proud of each other's accomplishments and all feel thankful to be surrounded by soulful, confident women.
So many times we let history and guilt keep us around people that we've either outgrown or who bring us back to places we've left. So many times we make excuses for other's bad behavior because, "That's just so-and-so, God love her."
God does loves her.
But, if so-and-so is not growing with you, is keeping you down, hurting you, mistreating you then may I suggest you consider the fact that you can love her from afar. Send that girl love and light. If you need permission to say goodbye then here I am, girl. I give you permission and tell you that not everyone is meant for the long haul. Thank her for who she has been to you.
Then choose you.


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Previous years' Love To Roll!
Each year Frocks On Bikes celebrates summer, cycling and love with our Valentine's Ride.
Love To Roll 2011 was even bigger and better than 2010's!
Click here for video!
Over 170 Wellingtonians dressed up for a date and accessorised with two wheels for the Valentine's ride.
From rendez-vous at Oriental Bay, the Love to Roll cavalcade gathered sunglasses, wheels and (prospective) better halves and headed South – en route for the Island Bay Festival.
We cruised along at a leisurely pace, with the passing traffic waving, smiling and tooting to us. Our marshalls, their bikes marked with yellow hearts, helped keep Love To Roll safe and road-legal.
In case you missed it – video!
Halfway we stopped to judge the hotly-contested competitions, with prizes from Duke Carvell's, Emma Collections, Paramount Cinema, and A La Mode photography up for grabs.
Yes, it's superb video by Little Fighters!
Contestants vied for Most Awesome Bike, Most Chic Lover To Roll, and Best-Dressed Couple (any combination).
Despite best guesses about category winners, a random draw for a Mamachari urban bike kept everyone guessing through the final part of the ride to Island Bay's Festival.
Lovers To Roll look great in motion! The gorgeous South coastal road took us smoothly around towards Island Bay, enjoying the seagulls and chatting to fellow Lovers To Roll.
The Island Bay Festival was a blast, with excellent food, music and scorching sun.
Frocks On Bikes' mothership crew took to the stage and had the crowd cheering Love To Roll's prize-winners, applauding the eventual winner of the Mamachari urban bike and leaping for spot prizes from On Yer Bike.
See our Facebook page for gorgeous photos by Jess and click here for some cool colourful photos from Paul.
Another Love To Roll… another fantastic celebration of summer, love, and Wellingtonians looking great on two wheels!
Frocks On Bikes sends our heartfelt thanks to our amazing project manager Claire Pascoe
and to all our supporters and sponsors for Love To Roll 2011!
Love To Roll 2010: Frocks On Bikes celebrate Valentine's Day
A stunning grand total of 151 – yes, that's ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE Wellingtonians came out on their wheels in their flashest threads to join the inaugural Love To Roll!
Check out the nice VIDEO (with photos below)
We donned our best date outfits, polished up our steeds, and gathered at Oriental Parade …
…for a bit of mutual admiration…
…safety briefings (the lei was our marshals' badge of authority)…
…and getting our photos taken.
And then… we hit the road!
Round Oriental, Little Karaka, Balaena and Weka Bays, through Evan's Bay we rolled, with the traffic tooting and waving to us!
Only momentarily distracted by lovely kids selling lemonade…
…we headed out through the city to Lyall Bay in style.
Please note: what looks like a merry mess in this photo was in fact one of our many intersection navigations – all of them safe, smooth and smiley for traffic and Lovers To Roll alike.
Props to the be-lei'd Marshals!
We were aided by funky on-the-road sounds, courtesy of the tailor-made mobile high-fi – thanks to Paul and Nick, trailer-makers (and trailer-tower) extraordinaire.
Now it's an impressive thing to see 150-odd stylish cyclists of any stripe, but a massed peloton of Lovers To Roll is a special spectacle.
Here's what part of the massive Flock looked like, mustering at the Maranui surf club in Lyall Bay…
…before heading South-west to the Dorrie Leslie Park for prize judging. At Dorrie Leslie Park the Lovers To Roll paraded for the hotly-contested prizes: Best-Dressed Couple, Best-Matched Bike-and-Rider Pair and Most Loved-Up Bike. They were competing for a suite of superb prizes from our generous sponsors – Welly's funkiest fashion from Emma, Starfish, and Duncan and Prudence, and dinner for two at Duke Carvell's – Welly's most delightful place to dine your date. And they were all in the draw for the R&R Sport Supreme Frocker Prize – a brand-new $900 bike! Some highlights:
The Judges had a tough time deciding the eventual winners, which took us all the way to the Island Bay Festival… but we got there! The Frocks On Bikes Mothership took to the stage in the Pavilion…
…to tell the crowd what Frocks On Bikes and Love To Roll are all about. We also had the delightful task of announcing runners-up and winners of the categories, a spot prize for effort, and drawing the Grand Prize – the R&R Supreme Frocker!
The winners of the well-fought competitions basked in the crowd's applause…
…and the winner of Supreme Frocker was delighted with her prize!
From then the Lovers To Roll ate, drank, socialised, and danced the day away, entertained by the Island Bay Festival's many delights.


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25 minute cardio interval workout. If you are just beginning follow Kerri, she is doing low to moderate intensity. Follow Sonya if you want more intensity, and to keep the overall calorie burn up, move throughout the 20 second breaks: jog in place, run up a flight of stairs, or do any of the simple moves we demonstrate in the video such as high knees or skaters. If you put the effort in you will maximize the benefit of your 25 minutes.
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See the Cripple Dance | A farewell: Eight of Pentacles, language, & emerging themes of Venus RetrogradeOctober 30, 2018
In their final column, Maranda talks about building a legacy word-by-word, a commitment to further development of writing skills, and imagining age. Read more
Fool's Journey: A new collection of tarot poetry & artOctober 27, 2018
"If you want to be
immortal, stick a
wax mould all around
your bones and take your
temperature when the moon
is full." Read more
See the Cripple Dance | When the Four of Cups reminds us to resist apathy & cynicism even as we're being attackedOctober 23, 2018
On attending an anti-poverty march, coping ahead, and dreaming despite disaster. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Leaving things unfinished while wandering & recalibrating with the Seven of PentaclesOctober 2, 2018
Maranda on sickness as a sign that life has become unmanageable again. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | The sparks that build The Tower & then burn it downAugust 21, 2018
On the weight of the wreckage of the loss of love during recuperation from surgery. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Post-surgery & post-break-up introspection with the Page of CupsAugust 7, 2018
On reading poetry, refusing to hide from pain, and blossoming in the mud during Chiron Retrograde. Read more


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Police making progress in investigating latest Baltimore violence
Suspects identified in at least three recent homicides, police say
Suspects identified in at least three recent homicides, police say
Suspects identified in at least three recent homicides, police say
City police said they are making progress in their investigations into several murders and shootings during a violent weekend in Baltimore.
These leads come as Baltimore is experiencing its highest homicide rate in decades. Police announced an arrest in one case and said they know who they are looking for in two other incidents.
Police said that in a lot of these cases both the suspects and the victims are known to investigators.
Friends, family and neighbors gathered Monday night in the 700 block of North Rose Street where a 29-year-old woman was shot Saturday afternoon. Investigators said that the victim knew her killer, who police believe is Qu'sean Swilling.
Police said that they have a warrant out for Swilling's arrest Swilling is one of three men who police said they have identified or arrested for homicides in the city.
The most recent string of violence began Thursday night when a 29-year-old man died after he was shot in the 2100 block of Ashton Street.
Police said that they've arrested Christopher Hill in that case. Hill was out on parole at the time of the shooting, police said.
A 40-year-old man was shot and killed Friday night in the 200 block of East Street. Investigators have issued a warrant for 29-year-old Avon Byrd in that case.
"All of these were targeted incidents, and not random acts of violence," Baltimore police spokesman Chief T.J. Smith said.
Police said that in the majority of these cases where they have identified suspects, and in several open cases from Saturday and Sunday, the victims and gunmen knew each other.
"When we say domestic related, it involves family members or some known parties that get involved in some sort of dispute and it escalates into violence," Smith said.
Smith said that at least one case they're investigating from the weekend involves a juvenile suspect.
"What's synonymous about this is that people have the availability and accessibility of guns and they aren't afraid to use them," Smith said.
Police and city leaders are expected to announce on Tuesday new crime-fighting initiatives, specifically an effort to get guns off the street.
Anyone with information about the open homicide investigations are asked to call police at 410-396-2100.


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How long does it take to buy short term medical health insurance?
It usually takes a day or two after you've been approved to be covered by short term medical health insurance. However, this usually depends on the insurance policy or plan you've signed up for.
To compare different short-term health insurance quotes, enter your zip code in the box now!
According to MoneyCentral by MSN, states and federal governments now offer short-term health insurance to those with pre-existing conditions that have been denied coverage. This plan covers those who have been without insurance for at least six months and who have not been able to get insurance because of their illness.
What is short-term medical health insurance?
Short-term medical health insurance is also known as temporary health insurance. Just like regular health insurance, short-term health insurance offers the same benefits. Those who have a medical emergency or become ill will have full coverage by their short-term policy.
However, this is a temporary insurance and only offers coverage for a certain period of time. How long the policyholder has coverage totally depends on the plan that was bought. Usually, short-term medical health insurance plans are paid for upfront, rather than on a monthly basis like most policies.
What are the reasons for buying short-term medical health insurance?
Short-term medical health insurance is specifically designed to give you coverage for those times when you have a gap in insurance. People who are between jobs will sometimes not have coverage for a short period and rather than letting their insurance lapse, they find temporary coverage.
After graduation, students will run out of medical health insurance coverage. For those who are starting their jobs a couple months after graduation or for those who are still looking for a job, short-term medical health insurance is essential.
There are those group health insurance plans that have waiting periods. Because of this, there can be a gap between insurance policies. Short-term health insurance is beneficial for those who find themselves waiting for group health insurance coverage.
How do you qualify for short-term insurance and how long does it take for coverage?
The process for applying and being approved for short-term medical health insurance isn't drawn out long. Most find it to be a fairly simple and quick process. The length of acceptance more or less depends on how you answer the questions asked by the short-term health insurance company.
Those answers are simple and if the insurance agent doesn't need further information, the turnaround time from application to acceptance can be quick. The questions that are typically asked by short-term medical health insurance agents are the following:
- Have you been treated by any major illness such as stroke, diabetes, cancer, AIDS or HIV?
- Are you pregnant or is anyone you're covering under your policy pregnant?
- Will you be covered by any other health insurance during the start of your short-term medical health insurance coverage?
- Have you ever been turned away from a health insurance policy because of a pre-existing health condition?
If the questions asked are answered entirely, insurance companies will decide immediately whether you're eligible for short-term medical health insurance.
While there can be waiting periods for individual or group health insurance plans, short-term health insurance does not have waiting periods. Usually coverage begins within 24 hours of acceptance.
The reasons behind a quick turnaround are mostly that it is temporary coverage. Long-term health insurance takes much more into consideration when deciding to accept or reject applicants because they need to weigh out risks of the individual or group being insured.
What are some good short-term medical health insurance plans?
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) was designed by the U.S. Department of Labor to cover those workers and their dependents when they've lost their health insurance.
COBRA offers workers short term health insurance at the group insurance rate. Those who qualify for COBRA will need to pay the entire premium.
Those companies who employ 20 or more people can offer COBRA to those employees who lose their health care benefits. COBRA usually covers those employees who lose their benefits because of quitting a job or job loss, reduction in hours, during the transition from present job to new job and other life events such as death or even divorce.
Finding the right short-term medial health insurance doesn't have to be a drawn out process. To research health insurance rates enter your ZIP now!


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For the first time the National Portrait Gallery opens a display space of prints made from portraits from its collections – which visitors can buy!
Sir Michael Gambon, Robert Powell, Antony Andrews, Steven Berkoff and Tim Piggott-Smith launched the new Print Sales Gallery today. They were part of a group of leading figures from the British stage who recreated the Last Supper in one of the largest portraits, which was recently acquired by the National Portrait Gallery.
Actors' Last Supper can be bought as part of a limited edition of ten prints for £11,125 unframed (£12,375 framed). If you don't feel like plashing out a landscape postcard of the portrait can be purchased for £2.99 and a mounted postcard for £9.99.
Conceived by photographer Alistair Morrison who holds over 80 photographs of iconic British public figures in the National Portrait Gallery Collection, Actors' Last Supper features a select group of actors and directors. Under Morrison's direction everybody was asked to react to Jesus' proclamation that one of the disciples would betray him, with Leonardo da Vinci's painting as the inspiration.
My first two choices were Robert Powell who had to be Jesus, recreating the famous role played in Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth and Julie Walters, who was asked to play Mary Magdalene (there has been speculation about whether it was Mary Magdalene or John the Apostle who was seated next to Jesus) and they both readily agreed. Their enthusiasm and influence helped to bring together this outstanding group of actors.
said Morrison.
Other portraits on view and for sale include Kate Moss by Corinne Day at £25,000, a selection of photographs of Bob Dylan by Barry Feinstein and of 1960s musicians such as The Rolling Stones and David Bowie by David Wedgbury.
The new Print Sales Gallery not only displays high quality prints, ranging from historic paintings to contemporary photography, in both open and limited editions but also for the first time make available prints made from original negatives held in the Gallery's Archive. Visitors can buy the prints they can see either unframed or the Gallery offers a bespoke framing service using museum-standard materials.
Perry Bushell, Head of Retail, National Portrait Gallery, London, said,
We are absolutely thrilled with our new Print Sales Gallery that allows us to offer our visitors the chance to take home something really special. We have prints from our extensive archives right up to the latest works by contemporary artists. Many galleries offer prints but we are one of the few lucky enough to have somewhere to display them, and our visitors already seem to love it.
The Print Sales Gallery
Floor –3 National Portrait Gallery, London
Left to right: John Alderton, Sir Richard Eyre, Steven Berkoff, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sir Antony Sher, Julie Walters, Robert Powell, Colin Firth, Tom Conti, Sir Michael Gambon, Simon Callow, Peter Eyre and Anthony Andrews.
by Alistair Morrison with Andy Teare and Dean Mitchell
Digital C-type print, 2011 Edition 5/10 £11,125 unframed, £12,375 framed


text: Clear-Com introduces RS-700 series beltpack Products 26/11/2015 Clear-Com has kicked off its line of RS-700 series wired, analogue partyline beltbacks with the RS-701.The product was introduced at Mediatech Africa 2013 in Johannesburg and is designed for small to medium sized productions. It has a rugged housing and a design based on Clear-Com's RS-500 Series beltpacks. It is a single channel beltpack, equipped with an XLR-3 line connector, swappable microphone options, built-in limiters and combines high headroom with low-noise audio. All 700 Series beltpacks feature recessed rotary volume controls as well as Talk and Call keys that are guarded against accidental activation. An LED off mode is available for instances when the user requires complete darkness. For these situations, the switches are placed in convenient locations for ease of use. A concealed DIP switch on the back of the beltpack affords the capability to select audio and key options quickly. This includes switching between electret or dynamic headset microphone options and setting a minimum or off level for headphone input and microphone output. Call with talk operation and latch or non-latch keying are also available. Electrically, the 700 Series requires a lower operating current for additional beltpack drops. The beltpacks are built to be fully compatible with all Clear-Com legacy partyline systems and are protected against damage from accidental connection to other XLR-3 equipped digital systems, such as HelixNet Partyline.


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Less than a week after the election, a leak from Karl Rove delivered a slap in the face to the Republican conservative base: Florida Sen. Mel Martinez, the co-author of the president's bill to grant amnesty to illegal aliens, has been handpicked by the White House to be the new chairman of the Republican National Committee. The next day Bush made it official, although this choice still must be approved by state party leaders.Did Rove learn nothing from the Republican bloodbath? What about his boss?
The Martinez-Bush amnesty plan is as popular as horse droppings. Cow droppings make good fertilizer, but horse droppings are a poor substitute. They have to be broken up or they pile up and stink.
Bush fired Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who was the favorite target of Democrats and the liberal media. It is obvious that it was Rove, not Rummy, who should have received the ax.
Bush was the target of disenchanted voters. His name wasn't on the ballot, so they simply voted against his party. Most Americans can't even tell you the name of their congressman, much less how he or she voted on the major issues. This wasn't about individual congressmen. It was about numero uno.
The media made the war the big story, and Bush and Rove dutifully followed those breadcrumbs and did nothing to address the other major areas of dissatisfaction: corruption, spending and illegal mmigration. These were the festering sores under the scab of discontentment over Iraq.
War, by its very definition, is imprecise and messy. The other three issues, however, are black and white. Failure to address these problems is unforgivable!
Congress is, in large part, responsible for the first two issues but the plan to give amnesty to our illegal alien population can be laid squarely at the feet of Bush and Rove. Last spring, when the Senate passed the Martinez-Bush amnesty bill (largely with Democrat votes), this issue drew ire from Americans of all political stripes, which caused House Republicans to block it.
As the issue faded from the headlines, the only thing voters remembered was that this president and this Congress tried to shove amnesty down our throats. House Republicans were the unsung, unnoticed heros in this seminal event; Democrats were the beneficiaries.
Amnesty, or "comprehensive" immigration reform as it is called, is the only issue on which Democrat leaders and President Bush agree.
With all this talk about "cooperation" between the newly elected Democrat majority and the White House, it is reasonable to expect that this is where they will begin, right? Wrong!
Democrats got the message. The Bush/Rove team did not!
During his post-election press conference, the president brought up immigration and called it "a vital issue" and suggested that this is where he could find some common ground with the Democrats. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has made the same suggestion on more than one occasion. However, Democrats have avoided the issue. Soon-to-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to go forward with the "Six for '06" agenda:
- Make our country safer by implementing the 9/11 commission recommendations
- Make our economy fairer
- Make college and health care more affordable
- Move toward energy independence
- Guarantee a dignified retirement
- Do this in a fiscally sound way with civility, integrity and bipartisanship.
Did anyone see the word immigration in there? Clearly, Democrats are not anxious to commit political suicide. Meanwhile, Rove and company are sniffing the carbon monoxide and getting high off the fact that two die-hard border enforcement advocates, J.D. Hayworth and Randy Graf, lost in Arizona. They ignore the fact that Arizonans passed four tough immigration ballot measures and not one winning Democrat campaigned on amnesty.
In an op-ed for the Arizona Central, Harry Mitchell, who beat Hayworth, said this: "Enforcing our nation's immigration laws is an absolutely necessary ingredient to securing the U.S.-Mexico border. … That's why the news last week that work-site enforcement of our nation's immigration laws has been cut 95 percent to virtually none at all is cause for serious concern. Even more troubling is the revelation that law enforcement officials were pressured by members of Congress not to crack down on companies that hire illegal workers."
It's no wonder many Arizona voters were confused and Hayworth and Graf lost. After all, John McCain, the Republican Senate leader of the amnesty brigade, was out there campaigning for them.
Make no mistake, Democrat leaders would like nothing better than to pass the amnesty bill if they think they can get away with it. The time to weigh in on this issue is now!