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Navajo Nation woman named to Utah Indian Affairs position (June 22, 2011)
Shirlee Silversmith, a member of the Navajo Nation, was named director of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs. Silversmith worked at the Utah State Office of Education as the American Indian education specialist for nearly 20 years. Most recently she...
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Column: Proposed mine affects Bad River Ojibwe Reservation (June 22, 2011)
"Minnesota isn't the only state with an iron range. Gogebic Taconite wants to dig a 4.5 by 1.5 mile open pit mine south of Ashland, Wis. to extract billions of tons of ore. The company this week released its own...
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Inquiry clears prosecutors of bias over death of Native man (June 22, 2011)
Government prosecutors did not show bias when they declined to charge police officers who dumped a Native man in the freezing cold, according to the final inquiry report released today. Frank Paul, 48, died after he was left in an...
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Blog: Crime of the century with Indian trust fund management (June 22, 2011)
"After 15 years of fighting, a judge has approved a $3.4 billion settlement for activist Elouise Cobell and others who joined in her class action suit to recoup billions of dollars owed to Native Americans in mineral royalties, grazing fees,...
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Ben Carnes: Cobell settlement a knife in Indian people's backs (June 22, 2011)
""Real justice for these Indians may still lie in the distant future; it may never come at all. This reality makes a statement about our society and our form of government that we should be unwilling to let stand." Judge...
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Child pornography investigation grew out of BIA email probe (June 22, 2011)
The Inspector General at the Interior Department helped uncover a child pornography case as part of a probe into an email sent to a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee. A couple in Oregon photographed their two children in a sexual...
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Deadline approaches for tribal gas tax refund in North Dakota (June 22, 2011)
Members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians have until June 30 to submit requests for a gasoline tax refund in North Dakota. The courts have ruled that the state cannot tax the sale of gasoline to tribal members...
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Crow Tribe offers thanks for assistance during recent floods (June 22, 2011)
The Crow Tribe of Montana offered thanks to the community in Billings for helping its members during recent flooding. Over 300 tribal members fled the reservation and sought shelter in Billings. Most have returned but over 200 homes were damaged...
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Opinion: Tribal governments as state tobacco tax collectors (June 22, 2011)
"Anyone following the news in Indian Country is painfully aware of the most recent stream of headlines like this one from the Syracuse Post-Standard: State Vows to Collect Taxes on Indian Reservation Cigarette Sales. These articles have evoked comments and...
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Wambli Sina Win: Sharing the last moments of Lakota Heyoka (June 22, 2011)
Lightning strikes often but the thunder's echoes are seldom heard. As much as a Lakota can be gifted, my life is a perfect example. Upon humble dirt floors, as a child I often pondered without worry or hate, my silent...
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United Keetoowah Band hosts celebration for land-into-trust (June 22, 2011)
The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma will celebrate approval of its land-into-trust application this Saturday. The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved the tribe's application for 76 acres. It's a first in the tribe's history. "The traditional Cherokees,...
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Cherokee Nation moves forward with charter school proposal (June 22, 2011)
The Cherokee Nation is moving forward with plans to start a charter school. The tribal council passed a resolution to ask the state Department of Education to allow a charter school. If approved, it will be the first in the...
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Witness List: House hearing on Northern Cheyenne, Tigua bills (June 22, 2011)
The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs holds a hearing this morning on two bills. H.R.1158, the Montana Mineral Conveyance Act, transfers 147 million tons of coal to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana. The tribe would also...
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Stephanie Woodard: Group looking to exonerate Yankton men (June 22, 2011)
The following story was written and reported by Stephanie Woodard. All content © Native Sun News. From top to bottom: Russell Hubbeling, Garfield Feather, Jesse Rouse and Desmond Rouse MARTY — The National Center for Reason and Justice, which has...
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BIA concerned after Sauk-Suiattle Tribe fires 11 non-Indians (June 22, 2011)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs met with leaders of the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe of Washington to discuss concerns about the firings of 11 employees. Superintendent Judy Joseph said the tribe has a right to manage its internal matters. But the agency...
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Seneca Nation vows to keep fighting state tobacco tax ruling (June 22, 2011)
The Seneca Nation of New York will keep fighting the state's tobacco tax efforts, President Robert Odawi Porter said on Tuesday. The New York Appellate Division, Fourth Department, lifted an injunction that blocked the state from imposing its tax in...
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Turtle Talk: Indian law success rate in Nevada Supreme Court (June 22, 2011)
"In Nevada, tribal interests prevail in 33 percent of cases. Here are the cases: Pyramid Lake Paiute v. Ricco (2010) — L Parental Rights as to S.R. (2009, unpublished) — L Parental Rights as to N.J. (2009) — L Thomas...
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Big tobacco pushing states to go after tribal tobacco retailers (June 22, 2011)
Philip Morris USA and other big tobacco companies are trying to reopen the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement and force states to go after tribal retailers. According to a draft memorandum of understanding, states will be required to enact legislation to...
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S.E. Ruckman: Oklahoma tribes leading way on land-into-trust (June 22, 2011)
"An inventory of Oklahoma trust applications from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) shows that the 47,000-member Chickasaw Nation in Ada, Oklahoma has 37 applications pending, the most of any tribe in the state. The 69,000-member Muscogee (Creek) Nation in...
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Peru is one of the most fascinating countries in South America. Join us on this nine-day trip to discover its main highlights. We will explore the capital city Lima, the old Inca capital Cusco and Machu Picchu, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. We will also visit the colourful Pisac Market and have time to try some exhilarating whitewater rafting.
Itineraries on some departure dates may differ, please select the itinerary that you wish to explore.
Join tour Lima and check in to the hotel.
Founded in 1535 and called the City of Kings, Lima today is both ancient and modern. We will make an orientation tour on foot, passing through the colonial squares and under the intricate modern balconies of old Lima, seeing some of the city's best surviving examples of colonial architecture (optional). Time permitting there might be the opportunity to stroll through Plaza San Martin and Bolivar and enter the fascinating Catacombs of the convent of San Francisco.
Today we fly to Cusco. The old capital of the Inca Empire, Cusco is the archaeological capital of the Americas and the oldest continuously inhabited city on the continent. Imbued with an atmosphere of mystery and grandeur, the Spanish-style city of today, with its attractive pink tiled roofs, arcaded plazas and steep winding alleyways, stands upon tremendous Inca foundation stones, its links with the Inca Empire everywhere to be seen, from the stone walls that line the city streets, to the museums filled with artefacts and relics of a long dead people. We will make a short orientation tour of the city with the Tour Leader pointing out the key sites, before some free time to continue exploring further. We will see the Inca wall of Hatunrumiyoc with its famous twelve-sided stone (its typical bevelled joints creating the patterns of light and shadow so typical of Incan walls), as well as the rich majesty of the Plaza de Armas and the incredible remains of Qoricancha, once the heart of Inca society. The city itself is filled with monuments to its more recent colonial past too, with churches and galleries in abundance, making it an ideal city to enjoy at your own pace (entrance fees not included).
Today has been left free for you to enjoy further optional activities in and around Cusco or perhaps do some souvenir shopping in the winding streets and alleys of the city.
Today we visit the market town of Pisac, strategically located at the head of the Urubamba Valley. Pisac once controlled the road connecting the Inca Empire with Paucartambo on its eastern borders and the magnificent Inca ruins that once so dominated this valley still occupy the mountainside above the town, providing a worthy match for any of the temples of Machu Picchu.
This morning we transfer to the railway station to catch the train to Aguas Calientes, our gateway to one of the greatest of all archaeological sites. The train slowly meanders down the valley, following the tumultuous waters of the Urubamba River through a series of rock cut tunnels before emerging at the small town of Aguas Calientes, serenely nestling amidst a lush landscape of cloud forests. From here we take a public bus up to the mountain complex of Machu Picchu, the fabled 'lost city' of the Incas and probably the most spectacular feat of engineering in ancient America. The rest of our time is then spent in this magnificent city, dividing our time between a guided tour (4 hours) and some free time to explore these spectacular ruins privately. Temples, stairways, palaces and gabled stone dwellings are scattered everywhere, testifying to the energy and ingenuity of the builders. Not without reason is this site probably the most revered tourist attraction in the Americas; its location alone is dramatic in the extreme, teetering on the saddle of a high mountain peak that towers above the valley below. Built in the mid 15th century by Pachacuti, the city was thought to have been a major agricultural centre for the Incan Empire and its inaccessibility seems to have preserved it from the looters of the intervening years, resulting in the remarkably well-preserved ruins that we see today. Returning by bus to our simple accommodation in Aguas Callentes, situated on the valley floor below, this evening then affords a chance to relax in the local thermal baths (optional).
We have another chance this morning to explore the site. It is also possible to climb the steep peaks of either Machu Picchu Mountain or Huayna Picchu Mountain to look down on the citadel. Machu Picchu Mountain is a 700m climb from the top of the citadel. There are cobbled stairs all the way up with a few eye-opening drops in some parts, and the round-trip takes about 2.5-3 hours. Huayna Picchu Mountain is only 350m, half the size of Machu Picchu Mountain, but much steeper. There are many more sheer drops, and it is definitely not suitable for someone with a fear of heights. For those who fancy doing the 1 hour climb, you'll be rewarded with world-beating views of Machu Picchu, and the feeling that you're standing on a precipice at the top of the world.
These must be pre-paid at time of booking. If you change your passport between your time of booking and prior to travel please take your original passport with you.
We will take the afternoon train back to Cusco.
Today is a free day with a wide choice of things to do. For river-lovers there is the opportunity of a full-day raft-trip (optional and in season) down the Urubamba in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. This is an exciting way to see the valley and no previous experience of rafting is necessary - full instruction and safety equipment are provided. Please note: Participation in rafting requires that you are able to swim 25 metres unaided. Otherwise you may want to relax in Cusco and enjoy the atmosphere of this lively town.
The tour ends today in Cusco.
There is a rainy season from Dec - Mar however on the coast it rarely rains. Jun-Oct is damp and misty, but temperatures never drop below 10°C. At high altitudes although there are sunny days temperatures can drop dramatically, and conditions can change suddenly.
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Lima - Half day Urban cooking classes Sky Kitchen class US$97 pp; Yummy Class US$77 (both based on a minimum of 2 pers) - These are available to those who arrive early or have pre tour accommodation. On arrival you will receive a message in Reception. Cusco and the Sacred Valley - Rafting on the Urubamba River US$ 65 (1-4 pers); US$55 (5-8 pers) US$45 (9+ pers); Maras and Moray tour US$58 (based on 4 passengers); Raqchi entrance US$4, Andahuaylillas entrance US$4. Aguas Calientes - Hot Springs US$4. Machu Picchu - approx US$54 and subject to availability); bus US$25 return; Huayna Picchu - £80; Machu Picchu Mountain £80 (both including transport) - Subject to availability - these must be pre-paid at time of booking and is non-refundable. If you change your passport between your time of booking and prior to travel please take your original passport with you to avoid being fined Lima - City tour approximately US$30; Larco Herrera Museum US$41 guided, US$11 unguided; Lima detour - alternative view of the city of Lima US$35 (price may go up if less than 4 passengers).
Select your clothing carefully. A complete set of clothes which can get grubby and muddy are useful. Bring warm clothing such as a warm fleece, thermal underwear, warm hat and gloves for cooler nights in the mountains when temperatures drop dramatically. Lightweight waterproofs are essential. Bring your swimsuit.
Comfortable shoes and lightweight walking shoes and sandals. If participating in the rafting, old trainers are useful (as they will get wet).
One main piece and a daypack and an extra bag for the overnight in Aguas Calientes. In Aguas Calientes - The main bags will be left in storage in your hotel in the Sacred Valley. Remember, you are expected to carry your own luggage (i.e. on and off transport etc.) so don't overload yourself. It is recommended you bring lockable bags.
A good insect repellent is essential. Also bring a small torch, sun hat, sunscreen and a small towel (for rafting and thermal baths).
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Please note that some countries require proof of parental consent when travelling overseas with under 18s. Please check requirements with the relevant embassy or consular office well in advance of travel if this applies to your party.
Once your booking has been confirmed we guarantee the price will not increase, whatever the circumstances. Before booking please ensure you have read our important tour pricing information.Booking Conditions
Peru: Visas are not required for UK, New Zealand, Australian, US and Canadian citizens. Other nationalities should consult the relevant consulate. You should confirm all visa related issues with the relevant Embassy prior to departure. USA: (including those in transit) Citizens of the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and passport holders from several EU countries can enter the United States without a visa under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) - where you apply for an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorisation), which applies if you enter the country by sea or by air. This must be done on line - https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov no later than 72 hours prior to travel. Travellers who have not registered before their trip are likely be refused boarding. You must have an electronic passport with a digital chip containing biometric information about the passport owner. UK passports which are biometric feature a small gold symbol (camera) at the bottom of the front cover. If you have visited Iraq, Syria, Iran or Sudan since 2011 or are dual nationals of these countries, you cannot travel with an ESTA and instead you will need to apply for a visa from the nearest US Embassy or Consulate. If you are unable to provide a valid visa before boarding flights to the US, or entering via another method, you may not be permitted to travel. Please note for your ESTA application you will be required to supply Point of Contact information. Explore' s USA contact information will be listed on your final documentation which you will receive approximately 3-4 weeks before departure. If you are leaving for the USA before this, please call the Explore team to get this information.(Not necessary if in transit) For further information please check out the US embassy website. Visa applications - http://london.usembassy.gov/niv/apply.html Canada: An electronic travel authorisation (ETA) is required by British citizens transiting via Canada. For more information see the official Canadian government website: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/eta.asp Other nationalities should consult their local embassy or consular office.
If you do require assistance in obtaining a visa then you may consider applying through Explore's recommended visa service in the UK, Travcour. See www.travcour.com to download the relevant visa application for your trip, if applicable (UK citizens only), along with details of how to apply for your visa through Travcour. The Team at Travcour will be happy to answer specific questions relating to visa applications, please call them directly on 0208 5431846.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you are in possession of a full passport, with the correct validity for your chosen destination.
Before booking your Explore trip, please ensure that you read both our Essential Information and Booking Conditions.
Customers who have chosen to book on the 'Land Only' arrangements of our tour, please ensure that you have checked your tour specific 'Joining Instructions' prior to booking your own travel arrangements. Your joining instructions can be found below in the dates and prices information.
You may also be eligible for the Free Explore Transfer.
Customers booked on the 'Land Only' arrangements will now receive a Free Transfer, provided you arrive and depart on the tour only itinerary start and end dates. The transfers will be from the Explore designated airport or train station to the joining point of your tour, and then back from the ending point to the designated airport or train station. The exception to this rule is customers who are booked on a tour where the joining and ending point is at the designated airport or train station.
Free transfers are not available for Self-Guided, Polar, Tailormade or Tours for Churches customers.
If you are not eligible for the Free Transfer then you will need to make your own way through to the joining and ending point. On a majority of our tours Explore will be able to provide a private transfer at an additional cost. Please ask for a quote at the time of booking.
For more information regarding the Explore Free Transfer click here
It is a condition of booking with Explore that you have adequate valid travel insurance. It is your responsibility to arrange appropriate travel insurance and ensure you have read and understood the full terms and conditions of your travel insurance policy to ensure that you are covered for all activities you intend to undertake whilst on the tour, including all optional activities. Your Insurance Policy must fully cover you for medical expenses and emergency repatriation to your home country. Please ensure your policy includes medical emergency helicopter evacuation in the event of illness or injury and covers the entire duration of your holiday. If you are trekking at altitude please ensure that there is no upper altitude limit which may limit or exclude cover for your trip. The cost of many of our Polar Voyages will exceed the capped amount covered by standard insurance premiums and you will be required to pay an additional premium to cover the full value of your trip. Please ensure that you are covered for the full amount of your holiday cost, as insufficient cover could invalidate a claim under the policy. Medical and repatriation insurance cover is not mandatory for UK residents who are travelling on trips within the United Kingdom.
Read more information about what travel insurance is required.
Explore offers a wide range of flexible flying options to make joining and leaving our trips easy. Read more about them here.
You are able to book this tour on a 'land only' basis or as a 'flight inclusive' package. Your flight inclusive package will be fully protected by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ATOL protection scheme.
We have a good selection of flights not only from London but from many regional airports around the UK allowing us to compare fares between scheduled carriers as well as low cost and charter airlines. Our dedicated flights team will match the best flight options to your arrival and departure airport.
On our website we display a UK flight inclusive package guide price which is generally based on a London departure. To avoid paying supplements or to secure your preferred flight option, we recommend booking as early as possible, especially for peak travel dates.
This trip goes to an altitude where there is a risk of being affected by Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS, or Altitude Sickness) - this is a common and usually harmless condition caused by reduced air pressure and a lower concentration of oxygen. We have specifically designed this itinerary to allow you to acclimatise gradually. In addition, it is a legal requirement in Peru for transport operators and hotels based at altitude to carry oxygen. In the vast majority of cases, minor symptoms such as headaches and shortness of breath are experienced for a day or two before acclimatising. If any symptoms do occur - whether minor or more severe - then you should let your Explore Leader know immediately. As this tour reaches altitudes of over 3000 meters, we strongly recommend that travellers with heart or lung conditions, anaemia, asthma, high blood pressure or on the pill should seek the advice of their GP. Please also ensure that your insurance policy covers you to the maximum altitude of 3400m.
Nothing compulsory, we recommend protection against typhoid, tetanus, polio and hepatitis A. Please consult your travel clinic for the latest advice on Malaria, Dengue and Zika Virus. Please take preventative measures to avoid mosquito bites - these include mosquito repellent as well as long trousers and long sleeve shirts to cover up when necessary. Please note many countries in Central America, South America and the Caribbean require a yellow fever vaccination certificates if travelling from infected areas. A detailed list of these countries can be found on the NaTHNaC website - http://travelhealthpro.org.uk/countries. Also on the NaTHNaC site there is a list of Countries (and specific areas within a country) which are at risk of infection and a vaccination is therefore recommended. Please check the latest requirements with your travel clinic or doctor prior to departure. The above is not an exhaustive list. Further information regarding vaccinations and travel health advice can be found by following the NHS and NaTHNaC links at Explore Travel Health and from your local healthcare provider. Visa and vaccination requirements are subject to change and should be confirmed by you before travelling.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Annual All Artist Christmas Extravaganza!
Come enjoy an amazing display of beautiful Christmas and Winter artwork done by all the artists in the gallery! The Opening for this showcase will be this Sunday, December 20 from 12 to 2pm SL time. The entire first floor will be dedicated to this theme. DJ Jack will be playing a fun mix of music, including Christmas favorites :) We will also have a new display of artwork on the 2nd and 3rd levels for our regular artist rotation. Not only do we have fabulous art to view, but Ethereal has turned into a winter wonderland complete with falling snow, and a giant lighted Christmas tree. Don't miss the fun!
Location: The Lost Unicorn Gallery
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Labels: artist, artwork, Christmas, DJ, Ethereal, exhibition, expo, extravaganza, fantasy, ice, Jack, Second Life, showcase, sleigh, snow, snowman, The Lost Unicorn Gallery, tree, winter
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UNITED is committed to writing songs that speak truth, create a unique sound, connect with churches, individuals and ultimately connect people everywhere with God. UNITED serve in church as a part of the wider Hillsong Worship and Creative team when they are home. When on tour, they are accompanied by the whole Hillsong team's support and prayers that their ministry would arrest hearts and point people to Jesus, impacting individuals, local youth groups and local churches.
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This group is one of the first groups that my family started listening too when we converted from crappy music to Christlike music. We have been a fan from day one. This CD will not disappoint! I'm sure we will be jamming away, by the pool, to Hillsong United and we are thrilled to do so. It is lovely to watch my kids walk around, cleaning the house, humming the lyrics. Blesses this mama's heart!
I will be randomly drawing a name on June 5, 2015 and the winner will receive a copy of this great CD. Now, remember, I have 2 giveaways! You can enter to win on the Michael W Smith or this one. You can only win one giveaway, if your name happens to be drawn twice, then I will have to draw another. I will draw for this CD second, since it is my second giveaway. Any questions, please feel free to shoot me an email.
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Latitude: 50.7799 / 50°46'47"N
Longitude: -0.8033 / 0°48'12"W
OS Eastings: 484462
OS Northings: 98500
OS Grid: SZ844985
Mapcode National: GBR DHJ.1Q1
Mapcode Global: FRA 9760.WCF
Entry Name: Peaked Croft
Listing Date: 28 January 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1026253
English Heritage Legacy ID: 301145
Location: Sidlesham, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20
County: West Sussex
District: Chichester
Civil Parish: Sidlesham
Built-Up Area: Highleigh
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Homeopathy is a secure and gentle system of medicine that uses dilute substances from plant, animal, or mineral to aid the body's natural skill to heal itself. Only a highly educated and experienced homeopath can determine which of the obtainable cures could be right for a selected patient in any given chronic health condition. Which means a homeopathic medication would not be prescribed when, for example, a conventional remedy is definitely the higher option for a affected person.
A 2010 Home of Commons Science and Technology Committee report on homeopathy stated that homeopathic cures carry out no higher than placebos, and that the ideas on which homeopathy relies are "scientifically implausible". Every affected person is evaluated in totality associated to the disease, emotional make-up, genetic tendencies and bodily features earlier than choosing the right homeopathic medication.
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IAAPA 2016 Attractions Expo Is Largest In 98-Year History
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This year's IAAPA 2016 Attractions Expo shattered all visitor and exhibitor records, continuing an impressive growth trend for the 98-year-old amusements and attractions trade show, which has emerged stronger than ever from the Great Recession of 2007. Some 35,100 industry professionals flocked to the Orlando, FL, show last week, compared with 32,900 for the previous year's show, a 7% increase, IAAPA reported.
The conference and trade show exhibit, which was held from Nov. 14 to 18 at the Orange County Convention Center, is owned and produced by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. The association, founded in 1918, represents nearly 5,000 facilities, suppliers and individual members from more 90 countries. IAAPA said the five-day exposition pumped an estimated $51.3 million into the Orlando-area economy.
"What an amazing week and year," said IAAPA president and chief executive Paul Noland. "With the largest gathering in nearly 20 years, the success of IAAPA Attractions Expo 2016 is an indication of sustained growth in the industry. This record-setting show caps off a record year for IAAPA expos around the world."
In addition to its flagship American show in Orlando, IAAPA produces major events in Asia and Europe. This year's Asian Amusement Expo and Euro Attractions Show, held, respectively, in Shanghai in June and Barcelona in September, each drew more than 11,000 visitors. More than 8,000 of those visitors at each were registered as "buyers." According to IAAPA, the global attractions industry generated $39.5 billion last year.
At November's show, 22,600 visitors registered as buyers, compared with 21,200 in 2015, a 7% increase. Exhibit-related figures were up, too. The number of companies booking booth space was 1,136, compared with 1,066 in 2015. Accordingly, the trade show's floor space grew to 578,460 net square fee
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Seven years and five million man hours
That's the milestone Mid-South union carpenters and other site personnel achieved recently for their work at the Bellefonte nuclear site in Hollywood, Alabama.
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"When Margaret Chase Smith was young, attitudes toward drugs and alcohol were more permissive than today. Her husband, Clyde Smith, was prescribed cocaine and handed out "Vote for Smith" cigarettes as campaign souvenirs. On the other hand, as the sheriff of Somerset County, he enforced temperance laws. By the 1950's Senator Margaret Chase Smith was warning about "dope peddlers" and calling for a "crusade against this evil crime." Since the 1980's the nation has waged a war on substance abuse, with results that have been as problematic as the Prohibition crusade of the 1920's."
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The Bloody Sunday families have called for the PSNI to begin interviewing soldiers who killed anti-internment protestors in 1972 amid indications that a criminal investigation into the massacre is finally getting underway.
The PSNI has said they intend to start questioning civilians in Derry who gave evidence to the Saville Inquiry, including those who were injured and those who watched their loved ones being gunned down by British paratroopers.
However, the killer soldiers have never been questioned as a part of a criminal investigation, and remain anonymous to this day.
The PSNI claimed this week it is now necessary to re-interview civilian witnesses because they are unable to use previous testimonies, for unspecified legal reasons.
The announcement was made on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, and comes more than three and a half years after the Saville Tribunal issued a report in which it was admitted that the British Army killings of 14 civilians was "unjustified and unjustifiable".
In July 2012, more than forty years after the massacre, the PSNI finally said it had plans to investigate the deaths. However, it has since emerged that an actual investigation team was only brought together in September 2013.
John Kelly, whose brother was shot dead on Bloody Sunday, said the PSNI investgation team should first focus efforts on interviewing the soldiers responsible for the atrocity, rather than the victims.
"In any murder inquiry, the first people to be interviewed are always the suspects. I am concerned that it has taken so long to get to this point," Mr Kelly said.
"I think a lot of time has been wasted. We are completely in line with what the police are doing but they should either interview the soldiers in parallel with the civilians or they should interview the military first."
Mr Kelly said the families were also unhappy with a decision to replace the 12 PSNI members assigned to the investigation with retired officers from England, Scotland and Wales.
"We would like the 12 PSNI officers and the 12 retired officers to be kept in place. It's a fact that people are getting older and many witnesses have already passed away. By retaining all the officers, the investigation could be processed much quicker."
The Bloody Sunday families staged a minute's silence at the scene of the killings at 4pm yesterday [Thursday], while on Sunday a march for justice for the victims will retrace the steps of the original march.
In a poignant ceremony, relatives of people killed by the British Crown forces in Derry, Belfast, Armagh and Tyrone recalled their loved one's deaths.
The daughter of a Shankill Road Protestant shot dead by British soldiers in 1972 also took part in the ceremony as one of 14 speakers from across the north.
The Belfast woman's father, Ritchie McKinney, was shot dead by a member of the Parachute regiment in September 1972, the same year as the Derry killings. She subsequently passed her father's case onto human rights' group The Pat Finucane Centre.
"It didn't suit the unionist side to actually stick up for us; they were saying the army didn't shoot anybody," she said. "Today was brilliant because I have met families in the same position as myself. I just don't feel so alone now."
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The fog is lifting
The existence of homo-networks is revealed by the excessive pain with which the German Bishops are proceeding against 'kreuz.net' — but not against their own Pornography Business 'Weltbild'.
(kreuz.net) Fr. Dariusz Oko is a research fellow at the philosophy faculty of the Papal University of John Paul II in Krakow.
He has investigated homosexual networks which have infiltrated the Church the world over.
Struggle Against a Deadly Peril
Fr. Oko recently published an article in the German newspaper 'Theologisches'.
Fr. Oko sees his research work as a "struggle against a deadly peril" for Christendom.
Homo-ideologues wish to nestle themselves within the Church like a Trojan Horse.
A typical aberration of homosexuals
Fr. Oko discovered the "most general lie" of the media bosses, who are constantly talking about the "pedophilia in the clergy".
He recalled the well-known fact that over eighty percent of the cases of abuse in the Church's areas involve assaults by homosexuals on mature males.
This phenomenon of ephebophilia is described by Fr. Oko as a "typical aberration, which is linked to homosexuality."
Homosexual Networks Make it Possible
Fr. Oko insists that the toleration for highly visible homosexual attacks on sexually mature boys would be impossible without homosexual networks.
He recalled the case of Posen's homosexual-Archbishop Julius Paez, Bishop John Magee of Cloyne in Ireland, on the homosexual Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee or the founder of the Legionaries of Christ.
A Model of Old Liberals
Archbishop Weakland is an especially horrible example of homosexual decay within the Church.
For the Old Liberal Church destroyer, he was a significant model.
He has publicly admitted in the mean time that he is homosexually disturbed and has forced his impurity on many.
Rome Plays Along?
In 25 years of his office — before the eyes of the Church's hierarchy — he was a shameless campaigner against the Faith and a defender of homosexual depravity.
He covered the sodomites in his own clergy and helped them to escape responsibility for their homosexual crimes.
At last it was found out that he had stolen a half-million dollars in order to pay one of his partners in depravity.
Fr. Oko stresses that decadent clergy who are found out remain long unpunished, although there are numerous complaints against them in Rome.
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Re: 34th Div. dog tag from Italy
In reply to:
34th Div. dog tag from Italy
Greetings from Fort Worth, Texas, Stefano !!!
I tried to respond to your
My original message reads:
This is to commend you for your considerate effort to return the long lost identification tag to its owner,
Jerry A. Gorman, or to his family.
I did not know Jerry, and was not a member of the 34th Infantry Division.
However, as a member of the 985th Field Artillery Battalion, II Corps, Fifth Army, I did participate in
many fire missions in support of the 34th ID in its drive out of the North Apennines Mountains and
across the Po River Valley in April/May-45.
I visited my favorite city, Florence, many times after the war. In fact, I attended the University of
Florence for four months, Sep/Dec-45, where we had two hours of study, followed by 22 hours liberty.
We were actually housed in the upper floors of your train station. This was dormitory style living, but
wonderful to a 20 year old.
What a beautiful city, and what grand people.
Other than the war, I have nothing but happy memories of my stay in Italy, Jan 25,1945 until Feb 19,
1946. I often reflect that I am a Texan by birth, but have an Italian heart.
QUESTION: If you respond, please include the serial number on the tag. This will help identify the
state Jerry entered the army from.
I will continue to look for his unit for you,
and for John Lawson and L.E. Maxvold.
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With best regards to you and to your family.
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It has been a year-long seesaw battle between Chinese and US financial regulators on access to accounting documents of US-listed Chinese companies. A sign of relief went through the market earlier this year when a deal was reached.
Legal experts hope the US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue - held from July 8 to 12 in Washington - will hammer out the remaining details. With more transparency and better accounting standards, some say a revival in the Chinese IPO market is just around the corner.
For more than two years, US and Chinese regulators have been in a deadlock over how to oversee the auditing of China-based companies that list and trade on US stock exchanges.
Finally, a major breakthrough.
On May 24, the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and China's Ministry of Finance announced an agreement that will allow US regulators to obtain audit documents for enforcement cases.
"There are a lot of gaps in this MOU right now. But I think we have to look at it as it stands today, it is a tremendous accomplishment. They have been working on it for a number of years, there have been many challenges on both sides, I think it spells out how to re-establish the credibility of Chinese companies," Drew Bernstein, Managing Partner of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk Llp, said.
The move is hoped to improve the accuracy of audit reports at Chinese firms, increase transparency in accounting, and promote investor confidence.
But there are still plenty of lingering issues regulators need to agree on. Further progress is expected over the next few weeks.
"The next big meeting is the strategic and economic dialogue meeting between the United States and China which will take place on July 8th in Washington. At that meeting, there will be a breakthrough and a deal will be reached to allow the PCOB to join inspections, and for the SEC to get the working papers that it needs to see," Paul Gillis, Professor of Peking Univ. Guanghua School of Management, said.
Probably the most important aspect of the agreement is... It might reignite the frozen Chinese IPO market.
At least two high-profile Chinese internet companies are expected to plan IPOs in the US this year: Chinese online retailer Jingdong Mall and travel website Qunar.
Gillis said, "We're starting to see some interest in the IPO market, maybe the IPO window will open again, and I think everybody hopes so, because there is an awful amount of money locked up in China right now by investors who need have an IPO in order to exit their investments."
At the headquarters of Baidu, China's largest search engine, in the Haidian District in Beijing. Although the company says it hasn't faced any real risks prior to the agreement, it says it will make transparency and financial disclosure much easier.
The Nasdaq-listed firm also agrees that we are likely to see a pick-up in IPOs, but says that more factors need to be taken into account.
Jennifer Li, Chief Financial Officer of Baidu, said, "This progress definitely lifts one of the overhangs that inhibit some of the potential high quality companies to go to the US market. I believe this development itself is good for investors to get more comfortable with Chinese companies. But the issue of working paper controversy itself is not the sole driver that moves the IPO market in the US. The Chinese companies' specific situation, the competitive landscape of the sectors they operate in, the macro economy as well as the health and the appetite of the US investors, those all come into play when it comes to the full speed of Chinese companies going public in the US."
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Well, a MiG-25 was a pure interceptor, designed to catch and shootdown U-2s and SR-71s. It's turn radius was a hundred miles, and it could only sustain 3 G's before the wings would fall off. It was no dogfighter like the F-15, but was designed to fly mostly in a straight line like a bat out of hell.
Actually, the MIG 19 and MIG 21 were pretty decent planes. They were just pretty decent planes in the late 50's/early 60's and it was the 1970's.
Great designs, bad implementation.
>>>I got a chance to crawl around in a Mig-25 at Nellis AFB in 1984. At the time I was an avionics tech on the F-15. I was struck by how crude and primitive the Mig was compared to the F-15. The cockpit looked like something from the 40s. All the technology and engineering looked about 40 years behind the F-15 and F-16. I was told what made them a threat was the shear number of Migs the USSR could throw at us. We found out in subsequent skirmishes in the Mideast (just like in Vietnam) that the Migs were no match for our jets even with the advantage in numbers.<<<
But it still holds a record as a fastest mass-produced aircraft. Highest ceiling as well.
Mig-25 has scored the first kill in Gulf War (against F-18). It has killed Hornet with a long range missile beyond visual range undetected.
>>>IIRC there were a lot of guffaws concerning the radio because it was vacuum tube. Then they realized the radio was relatively immune to EMP.<<<
This radar was also a jam-proof. It has simply burned through countermeasures. During the first Gulf War Iraqis has easily fond allied jammers with Foxbats. If not for a numerous escorts they could 've been toasted.
All a criticism of Mig-25 comes out misunderstanding of it's role.
The reality is in late 1961 a Soviet aircraft industry was ordered to make some thousand high-performance interceptors suitable to counter a massive strategic nuclear bombing by USAF XB-70s.
Mig company hasn't thought long. They took a couple of king-size turbojets and built everything around as cheaply as possible. It made them the lowest bidder and they got this order. Powerful vacuum tube radar was essential because immunity to an EMP was crucial in terms of nuclear exchange. Another innovation was a twin vertical stabilizer.
This thing is not a dogfighter. An idea was to take-off, reach Mach 3 and 15 miles altitude and intercept as many XB-70s as possible before they've reached objectives. And Mig-25 seems like agile right enough to do exactly this job. Screw complicity and overengineering.
The problem is they built thousand+ and XB-70 hasn't ever entered service.
You see this doctrine at work in the small arms each country fielded, as well: We, with our relatively finicky M16's, and them, with their utterly rugged AK-47s.


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BRENDAN Rodgers gave his five Scotland players an extra day off to come to terms with what he called a "missed opportunity" to reach the World Cup in Russia.
With captain Scott Brown and Stuart Armstrong nursing muscle injuries, Callum McGregor and James Forrest confined to the bench, and Kieran Tierney withdrawn with ten minutes remaining, only two members of the national team's Celtic contingent, goalkeeper Craig Gordon and striker Leigh Griffiths, remained on the field when Scotland's dream of a first major finals appearance in two decades died against Slovenia on Sunday night.
While it remains to be seen whether Brown will prolong his international career under new management, and Gordon Strachan has paid the penalty for his second successive failure, all of the remainder can hope to be around for the next campaign and beyond, assuming their club form continues to progress in the way it has done in the last 12 months or so.
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Rodgers for one is in no doubt that this generation is good enough to lead Scotland back to the international football big time.
"My initial reaction through it all was frustration," said Rodgers. "I was shouting at the TV. I want the Scotland boys to do well. They have made an incredible flip and it was frustrating.
"It was a missed opportunity - there's no doubt about that," he added. "It was clear the improvement the squad had made in first, performance and second, results. Then you go into the game and take the lead. They'll be disappointed in how they played - that's for sure – and then it looked like they had maybe nicked something towards the end.
"But I've spoken to them all. It clearly was disappointing for them. I gave them an extra day off – Monday and Tuesday – and they were back on the Wednesday. I was disappointed for them, of course, but they're all getting on with the job here at Celtic."
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As demoralising as the campaign turned out, Rodgers feels that the latter part of the campaign – an unbeaten calendar year of four wins and two draws – has to go down as a qualified success. Scotland simply left themselves too much to do with their mis-steps earlier in the campaign, when many of this Celtic contingent had yet to hit full stride.
"The frustrating thing about it is that it was actually a good result, in terms of going to Slovenia, a team that hadn't conceded any goals at home," he said. "And you go there and muster a point on the back of five other good results. The second part of the competition was actually very, very good.
"I'm always one then to look at going forward and that's why it's so frustrating, because you've had 20 years of it," he added. "There is a genuine chance there because there is a group of players who can go on and qualify. There's no question about that. There are young, vibrant, exciting players who have shown in an energetic way that they can do the things you want at that level. Let's take away all the negativity and frustration ... and build something over these next couple of years that's going to allow you have a vibrant team that's going to have a real go at doing it. You've shown in the second part of the campaign that you can do it."


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Susan Charles, executive director of the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, doesn't want to ruin the surprise in Variations on Symmetry, so she won't send out press images of certain displays.
That's because this exhibit, by ceramic artists Eliza Au and Ying-Yueh Chuang, has a showstopper among its many happy surprises.
The showstopper is Chuang's work + Cross Series #3. On a large pink cross on the floor are nine "bouquets" of ceramic plant and sea life, from lollipop flowers in white polka-dotted pink and turquoise to aggressive green, pronged plants to claw forms with angel wings. There is a bulbous, encrusted, central bloom surrounded by open tubes.
The flower and sea anemone shapes on Plexiglas rods rise up in height in their movement toward the central pattern. Chuang's + Cross has to be seen to be believed. It is stunning in its multitude of parts and the patterning of the organic life.
Precision, pattern and systems are key to both artists. Au is inspired by architecture and nature, Chuang by the natural world. Both artists refer to eastern and western culture. Both express ideas about the sacred, though Au's work is more specific in its focus on sacred space.
Artisanal skill and the decorative meet conceptual rigour. This is not a pottery show but an exhibit of fine art. It is conceptual in the artists' use of repetition and grids, in the evident process and labour, in a use of systems and in references to art and cultural history.
For the viewer, there is magic and mysticism. One senses a hidden, holy, mathematical order to the universe that produces spirals in shells, branch lines in trees and the dance of white dots on a loon's back.
Au uses 3-D computer imaging to create modules based on polygonal forms. Using her hands, simple hooks and measurements, she layers her three-dimensional forms in freestanding sculptures and her flat forms on the wall to create a rhythmic, dynamic whole.
She is interested in the use of pattern and geometry in sacred Gothic and Islamic architecture. Her patterns, as in the wall work Brocade, recall Middle and Far Eastern prayer rugs. Quilt and textiles artists would love this show.
Au's work is amazing in her giant wall mandalas like The Meditation of Order. For this piece, she has placed green ceramic leaf or petal shapes in a circular, outward-expanding pattern on a large circular metal surface.
Shapes of ornately, precisely cut paper are placed at intervals, almost hiding the green pieces. Bands of white paper sweep out and back over the paper cut-outs. Au creates a depth and movement toward a still and mystical centre.
Oculus is a sculpture of 12 earthy green-and-brown ceramic structures placed three across and four deep. They have a central opening like a doorway or a mirror; if you move around the piece, you find hallways. One can hear monks chanting and see their tiny forms scurrying down corridors. Less fancifully, an oculus is an eye-like opening or ornament in architecture.
Twist is a simple, elegant work of white stoneware forms with architectural flourishes in curlicues and a twist in a central bar. When four are stacked together, the rhythm speeds up for a labyrinth.
Chaung's Flower Series features large and small porcelain persimmon-like globes stuck on a wall of a red and a green Chinese fabric, both featuring a blue-and-pink rose-like flower pattern. The fabric is the type worn by the lower class and porcelain connects to the upper class, says Charles. "Her idea of nirvana is that there would be no class distinction."
There is also an interesting contrast between the natural world and man-made constructs of nature in the fabric and clay, blanched and permanent in its representation of a red short-lived fruit.
Chuang exhibits four unique installations tied to the seasons. Summer Field is a wall work of tentacled, open-mouthed tubes held in Plexiglas cubes. Look at it from the side to see the colour pattern.
Winter Garden falls from the ceiling as Chuang mimics icicles or steadily falling snow in rods wrapped in sparkly white "eyelash" wool. Large, lustrous pale pink-and-green clay snowflakes are above them. The icicles are precisely placed so it's fun to move around and find the visual pathways.
The two artists met when Au was a student of Chuang's. Au received her BFA from NSCAD University (2005), where she has taught, and her MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University (2009).
Chuang, who was born in Taiwan and came to Canada in the early 1990s, is an award-winning artist who has a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, where she lives, and a master's degree in ceramics from NSCAD University.
This is the fifth and final stop in Canada for Variations on Symmetry. It runs to July 14 at the Mary E. Black Gallery, in the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, 1061 Marginal Rd., close to Pier 21. It is open Tuesday to Friday, 9-5; Saturday and Sunday, 11-4.