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About 20 years ago I bought a Lonely Planet guide to Brazil and was particularly taken by a photo of Genipabu beach near Natal in Rio Grande do Norte. It showed a sand dune several hundred feet high, studded with clusters of palms trees swaying in the breeze. There was no-one in sight except for local man walking along some rocks on the strand. I decided I would go there one day and experience it for myself.
Well, I have just done so and instead of peace and quiet and solitude I found hustlers on all sides, dune buggies polluting the air and destroying the peace and quiet, hundreds of tourists clambering to the summit where some went on tacky camel rides, bars and restaurants on the beach and real estate development encroaching onto the dune.
Looking at this confusion I found myself wondering once again why Brazilians are so careless with their natural treasures. Despite this, the location and view remain beautiful and there are still many other places in Natal where you can find peace and quiet and make it worth visiting.
Natal sits on the Brazil's right hand shoulder and is probably as near to Europe as you can get. It has exploited this advantage and attracts tourists from places like Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, the Netherlands and Scandinavia as well as southern Brazil.
This brings advantages in that the tourist infrastructure is of a fairly high standard, particularly in terms of roads and transport and hotels. I could not help but compare the clean, modern airport with the filthy shambles of João Pessoa, which I visited at the beginning of last year.
(I had plenty of time to admire it as the crisis which has gripped air travel for almost a year led to my flight being cancelled and a delay of almost six hours.) The disadvantage is that foreign visitors often push prices of products and services up. Local people often complain that foreigners are buying up land and property. It is common to see crudely painted notices on the sides of buildings in English offering help in buying property.
Some foreign real estate developers, with Brazilian partners, are also unveiling plans to build luxury resorts throughout the Northeast but I am a bit dubious about these projects. Brazil is still a long way from Europe and does not offer the infrastructure or security European and Americans require.
The luxury resort at Porto Sauípe in Bahia which opened a few years ago was targeted at foreign visitors and has not been a success. Even well-off Brazilians are more likely to go to places like the south of Bahia, the Litoral Norte between São Paulo and Rio or Florianópolis than further off parts of the Northeast.
Until recently many of these foreigners were sex tourists. A police crackdown has been in force since last year and there are now notices in English in tourist areas warning that child molesting is a criminal offense and punishable with up to 10 years in prison.
Whether this campaign will make a real difference is uncertain since girls can make a lot more money by going to bed with rich foreigners than working as maids or waitresses in the hotels and restaurants catering to them.
TV Globo presented an interesting item on this subject in March last year which described how trips are organized by Europeans who can "order" a girl or girls in advance in terms of weight, color, height and age.
Producers from the program posed as tourists, one as a foreigner, and they had no difficulty in being offered under-age girls by local pimps. The video can be seen at the following link to a feature entitled "Estrutura para o turismo sexual" http://jg.globo.com/JGlobo/0,19125,VTJ0-2742-20060308-154489,00.html.
The city of Natal itself offers little to the tourist. It is a big spread-out place, with an upper and lower part like Salvador, but with few interesting buildings or places to linger.
Brazilians may find the home of former President Café Filho, who succeeded Getúlio Vargas on his death, or the museum dedicated to the famous folklorist, Luis da Câmara Cascudo, of note, but these hold little of interest to foreigners.
The best historical attraction is the Forte dos Reis Magos, which dates from 1598. It is in the shape of a star and is located at the entrance to the Potengi river, which divides the city. It is well preserved and contains a stone pillar called the Marco de Touros, which bears the signs of the crown and cross of the king of Portugal and was originally placed at the Marco beach in São Miguel do Gostoso to mark Portugal's claim to the territory it had "discovered".
The fort is in a rather isolated spot alongside mangroves swamps which flood at certain times of the year and you have to walk along a causeway to reach it.
I was impressed by the guide who knew everything about the place and obviously cared about it very much. Like many other Brazilians I've met he was no admirer of the Portuguese even though the local people remained loyal to the colonial power in the battles against the French and Dutch who were also interested in controlling the area.
Nearby is the Farol de Mãe Luiza lighthouse which was built in 1951. It is 37 meters high but as it sits on top of a dune, it has an altitude of almost 100 meters and provides a magnificent 360 degree view. The lighthouse lies within a preserved area known as the Parque das Dunas where you can take guided tours.
The vegetation not only includes the usual palm trees but also tough shrubs and grasses and cacti which can survive the intense heat and constant wind blowing from the sea. While this wind provides a welcome relief from the constant sun it can be so strong that you have to hold onto your hat – literally – as I learned when two of my caps were blown away into the sea.
There were few seabirds around but the dunes and rock pools – which house crabs, fish and insects – provide food for lapwings, plovers, wagtails, hawks and vultures. There are groups of little owls which nest in holes in the ground and are active during the day. Crowds of hawks also take to the skies every evening just before the sun goes down, wheeling and circling.
This area, known as Via Costeira, lies between Ponta Negra and Areia Preta. It may not be as spectacular as other locations but the beaches are fine and the rocks and pools create little isolated spots. There is none of the movement or commerce you get in busier places. You are more likely to meet a solitary fisherman than a hawker trying to sell you sunglasses here. On several occasions I was able to look in both directions and see no-one else on the beach.
If you are more socially minded there are plenty of livelier beaches nearby, such as Ponta Negra with its giant Morro do Careca dune or Praia dos Artistas, which are popular with local people as well as tourists. The best beaches are reckoned to be Genipabu and Touros in the north and Pipa in the south but these are all distant from the city and require a taxi or car.
Other curios in the Natal area are the world's largest cashew tree which has become a major tourist attraction, although it is difficult to see why, and the Barreira do Inferno, a 30-meter high cliff plunging into the sea.
This was a rocket launching area until Brazil's space activities were moved further north to Maranhão some years ago but tourists can visit the site and see replicas of rockets and launching pads.
American troops and airmen were stationed in Natal during the Second World War to patrol the Atlantic Ocean and track German ships and submarines. There are a couple of remnants in the lack of anti-Americanism which is prevalent in other parts of Brazil and the birth of Forró music, which is supposed to be a corruption of the "For All" notices the Americans put on their invitations for dances. There are supposed to be quite a few older people around with American sounding names whose fathers were US servicemen.
The Indians who lived here were called the Potiguares which means "shrimp eaters" in the Tupi language and shrimp fishing and farming is a major industry. There are shrimp and fish restaurants everywhere.
Some of the busier places are like production lines, serving up indifferently dishes to a mass market of tourists arriving on tour buses. However, there are also some very good restaurants serving delicious meals at a fraction of the price you would pay in São Paulo.
For example, in one place the bill for three starters, four delicious shrimp dishes with side dishes of chips, rice, beans, sauces, vegetables, etc. plus three sweets, a bottle of wine, six Cokes and mineral water came to around 140 reais (about US$ 70).
Natal is very easy to reach (the current air traffic crisis permitting) and all the major domestic airlines have daily flights. There are also regular international flights.
If you live in Brazil, you can also book a package tour which is highly cost-effective although the red-eye flight times are generally inconvenient.
John Fitzpatrick is a Scottish writer and consultant with long experience of Brazil. He is based in São Paulo and runs his own company Celtic Comunicações. You can read more by him at his site www.brazilpoliticalcomment.com.br. He can be contacted at email@example.com.
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Skip to comments.Dead man talking: conscript comes back to life after 10 years (Russia/Kamchatka)
Posted on 12/21/2015 6:52:22 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Leonid Durkin, 30, shows how easy it is to vanish while living near to people.
'What does a person needs to be happy? To have own home and family, nothing else.' Picture: NTV
This is the first picture of the army deserter who disappeared for more than a decade, and was declared dead by his own family. His death certificate was issued in 2005 after his father mistakenly identified a corpse as being him.
All the time, he was living incognito in woodland close to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, capital of Kamchatsky region from where he fled the army. He built his own house, got jobs, drove a car, all the time living on the edge, avoiding the attention of the authorities. Talking for the first time, he explains how he disappeared and lived as a dead man walking.
'I was stupid back then. My father did not write, my girlfriend did not write. I was lonely, that's why I fled,' he said. 'I crossed the river on a makeshift raft, there were enough fallen trees in the forest. And went to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on foot.
'The first night I spent in the woods. When I came to the city, I needed something to eat there, so I collected bottles to change them into money. Then I got a part-time job.
'I recognised my mistake almost immediately.' Picture: Natalya Shirokova
'I worked as a loader at the port, had some temporary works on the market, this did not require documents. I earned some money, at one time even rented an apartment in Petropavlovsk.' He could not afford to keep the flat.
'I found an abandoned dacha [country house] near the Radygino settlement [a former military town]. When I came there, there was only bare land, all covered with tarmac. So I built it all from scratch - dragged and carried the earth, built a house, greenhouse, and shed.
'You can't image how much furniture people throw away, only needing small repairs.' This was he furnished his house in the forest.
'I brought, plywood, boards, and iron. I welded a stove to cook, made a table. I bought a car to go fishing. I bought moped to go to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. If I needed to do something, but did not know how - there is Internet. I connected via my mobile phone. Communication was not always easy there, but sometimes there was a signal.'
There were threats - from local bears. 'There was quite a lot of bears around. But I was never afraid of them. And then, I got three dogs. The main thing is not to disturb the bears. Sometimes I was fishing, and next to me I saw a bear. Well, I did not approach.'
'When I came there, there was only bare land, all covered with tarmac. So I built it all from scratch - dragged and carried the earth, built a house, greenhouse, and shed.' Picture: NTV
Several times he was stopped by the traffic police. 'I told them my real ID. I thought every time - that is all, they will check me in their database and all will be known,' he said. 'But they only gave me a fine, and I left.'
Despite his spartan existence, he went ten years without needing medical treatment. 'I never came to the doctors. I had good health.'
Not only should he have been picked out as a deserter - for which he faces up to seven years in jail - but also because of the evidence that he was plainly alive not dead.
He now says that he regretted leaving the army very soon, but was scared of arrest if he admitted his error. 'I recognised my mistake almost immediately,' he said. 'About two weeks after the escape. But I did not go to the police - was afraid of taking responsibility.
Shocked stepsister Yelena said: 'I don't know who they found. 'I have his death certificate.' Picture: NTV
'Now this has changed. I am not afraid of anything, I just want just to get back my documents' - and again become officially recognised as being alive.
He also awaits a judgement on what - if any - punishment he will face for absconding from his military service. 'Then I will understand how to live further.'
His father - who identified him as dead - is now himself dead.
'What does a person needs to be happy? To have own home and family, nothing else. When this is all over, I want to work as a driver. I plan to stay in Kamchatka.'
Durkin was finally caught because military police were alerted to his mobile phone calls.
From Taganrog, in the Rostov region of southern Russia, it was his father Alexander - who died last year not known his son was alive - who incorrectly identified a corpse as being his, and he was officially registered as dead.
Leonid Durkin fled from the military unit in Vilyuchinsk, crossed the river, and went on foot to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Then he was to resettle to the countryside, near Radygio settlement. Pictures: The Siberian Times
His shocked stepsister Yelena said: 'I don't know who they found. 'I have his death certificate. Let them now prove - that it is really Leonid.' After he disappeared 'we received a call from his military unit. They said that he was hit on the head, thrown in a forest plantation where he froze to death. And then the body was found.
'His father - my stepfather - recognised him by his photograph. We've got a picture of his dead body and he said it was Leonid. He was buried in Vilyuchinsk.'
Now police are investigating who was wrongly buried as Leonid.
Be all that you can be...
A new Red Army motto ?
Pretty cool
Living on the fringes.
I don't like that he deserted. I can honestly see myself living like that if I didn't have a family myself.
Incredible drive and toughness. Cool story (except for desertion, of course).
Sound wisdom, Pilgrim!
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I don't tend to post wholly political posts on the blog. But, today, I'm making an exception.
From the moment I was born, I have been an EU citizen. That will no longer be the case as of 11PM tonight when my country, Scotland, who voted to remain, is dragged out of the EU against our will.
For many of us, this is a sad day. But there is hope, hope for a better future where Scotland will return to the EU as a normal, independent nation.
So, to our friends in the EU, I ask that you leave a light on for Scotland. We will be back.
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Rotterdam History - Step One towards Development
It was around the year 1150 when a huge flood struck the region. It was this huge flood that halted all sorts of development work which was going on in this region. Even life came to a halt due to this serious flood. It was this heavy flood due to which the local government went on to develop dams and dikes on the Nieuwe Maas River. The most famous of these dikes was Schielands Hoge Zeedijk (which meant Schielands High Sea Dike). It was the year 1260 when another damn was built in the area which is today called as Hoogstart (which means High Street).
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It was the year 1340 when this small town was tagged as a city by Count Willem Four from Holland. At that time the population for Rotterdam was around 2000 inhabitants. The tag of a city was enough to take the development of the city to the next level. By the year 1350 this city was gifted with its own shipping canal which was named as Rotterdamse Schie. This connected the city with the major towns of the northern region and started various possible business level activities with neighboring countries like Germany, England, and Holland. Development was running at its best for Rotterdam.
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The city progress did halt during the World War due to invasion by Germany but after the 1950s it was rebuilt with more precision. The hard work of the locals and the government clearly reflects in this newly built city.
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The Maine Senate voted 30-5 Wednesday in favor of a bill that could force the administration of Gov. Paul LePage to fully staff the state's public health nursing program.
The program, which once had 59 nurses statewide, has been reduced to just 20 nurses, and lawmakers said it is having a dramatic and negative impact on the health of vulnerable populations, including infants in poverty.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Brownie Carson, D-Brunswick, sets specific staffing requirements and deadlines while requiring a written report to the full Legislature in 2018 making recommendations for any additional changes.
Carson said he was pleased with the bipartisan support the bill received on its initial passage Wednesday. Thirteen Republicans joined minority Democrats in voting for the bill, giving it the two-thirds support it needs to survive a likely LePage veto. The measure still faces additional votes in the House and Senate, however.
"This issue won bipartisan support because the health of Mainers is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue," Carson said following the vote. "It's a critical imperative for all of us elected to represent the best interests of our constituents, and nothing is more important than the health of Maine people."
Sen. Geoff Gratwick, D-Bangor, who is a retired doctor, said public health nursing was a specialized field that focused on preventing disease and disability. He said arguments against keeping the program fully staffed were being made by Maine Centers for Disease Control, which oversees the program, and they were not giving the Legislature the full picture of how dramatic the shortage of public health nurses was. "The fact is when you talk to the people on the ground, the nurses who are doing the work, they have a very, very different position," Gratwick said. "They are the people who say they need more help to do the work they do."
The five Republican opponents to the bill including Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, the Senate chairman of the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee. He said those backing the measure were exaggerating the statistics on things like infant mortality rates and that an overall shortage of registered nurses in Maine was making it difficult to fill vacancies in the program.
Trying to force the administration's hand was probably not going to solve that problem, Brakey argued, noting the Maine CDC had put in place plan to deal with the shortages. He said he disagreed with the "narrative that Maine's public health nursing program was being dismantled" but agreed that the work public health nurses do is important.
Public health nurses conduct home visits with young families and pregnant women, providing education and assessment to help new parents raise health children, a release for Carson stated. "They also play a critical role in helping families with substance-affected babies. But their work goes beyond the household. PHNs provide critical crisis response services, such as in 2009 when they established 238 clinics in Maine to provide H1N1 vaccines."
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OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Karen Blythe from Lisburn is urging all women to be breast aware and to seek immediate help if they think they may have a problem. Cancer is an ongoing battle for Karen from Haddington Hill. She was first diagnosed three years ago with breast cancer after her sister had also been diagnosed.
Although she had no symptoms Karen decided to get checked out after a little gentle persuasion from her family.
"My younger sister Sandra Mcllroy (39) had been diagnosed and our GP suggested that all the sisters get checked out" Karen recalled. "So my older eldest sister Rhonda and I went for screening together.
"When she got the all-clear and I got a letter referring me for further tests I was naturally very anxious."
Karen's main concern was for daughters Sophie (10) and Kathryn (5) who, she said, has handled things with 'amazing strength and maturity.' Karen, a production planner at RFD Beaufort in Dunmurry, continued: "I think seeing what had happened their Aunty Sandra prepared them when I had surgery (for a partial mastectomy) and when I lost my hair they would say things like 'mum you are just like aunty Sandra'."
Following radiotherapy and chemotherapy things began to return to normal for Karen until she was given the devastating news during a routine scan that she had secondary cancer in her lungs.
"This meant further surgery and chemo and a much worse diagnosis," said Karen.
"I don't know why this happened to me but I just have to draw on my strong faith and take each day at a time and everything as it comes.
"I don't look too far ahead now, I just concentrate on my family and my friends.
"My husband Brian has been amazing and his strength has helped me. We just try to be as normal as possible for the girls.
"I have been to Mexico, which I believe helped me, and I have a better lifestyle and diet. I would strongly advise all women to be breast aware as the sooner a problem is detected the earlier treatment can begin.
"I try to laugh every day and to just enjoy the life I have right here and now," she said.
Anyone who is aged 40-49 or 70 is asked to take advantage of Action Cancer's services. They can book appointments for breast screening by ringing Action Cancer on 028 9080 3344 or by completing the form in your local Gordons Chemist.
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Collection contains photographic prints, contact sheets, negatives, and slides created by Robert Broder while employed by the University of Arizona, the Tucson Citizen, and as a freelance photographer. Photographs document people and events in the Tucson ...
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Frank O. Sotomayor Collection
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Disney Dreamers Academy kicked off today with some amazing news! Five-time Grammy-nominated singer Halle Bailey has been announced as the new celebrity ambassador for the event. Bailey, who will play the lead role of Ariel in Disney's upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, will be one of several Hollywood stars participating in the annual mentoring program by Walt Disney World Resort that brings 100 students from around the country for an immersive career-inspiring weekend at The Most Magical Place on Earth. Some of the other celebrities include R&B singing sensation H.E.R., plus actors Marsai Martin (ABC show "black-ish"), and Jalyn Hall (feature film "Till''). at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
Bailey, the celebrity ambassador, is all set to light up Disney World Resorts Disney Dreamers Academy career event with a dash of glitz and glam. As a mentor and advocate, Bailey will take the stage to inspire students from different communities to explore diverse career options and make a mark in the world.
Bailey will share personal insights with the students, drawing from her own unique experiences, like playing the title character in the "The Little Mermaid." In addition to her role as Ariel, she has starred in television shows and movies such as "Grown-ish," "Let It Shine," and "Last Holiday."
"If it wasn't for my mentors, I wouldn't be where I am today," Bailey said. "I'm excited to work with these students and be a mentor for them as they find their passions in life."
Here are details about the other key celebrity participants:
- H.E.R., singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who is one of the fastest rising young stars in R&B music. Winner of an Academy Award, an Emmy and five Grammys, she has also recently launched her acting career, starring as Belle in the recent ABC special Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration. She will join the all-star cast of "The Color Purple" musical film adaptation as "Squeak" later this year.
- Marsai Martin, best known for her role as Diane Johnson on the ABC sitcom "black-ish." Martin also starred in the 2019 comedy film "Little," which she also produced, making her the youngest person ever to produce a studio film. Time Magazine named Martin on its "Time 100 Next."
- Jalyn Hall, an actor who had a breakout performance as Emmett Till in the 2022 biographical film "Till."
- Dominique Thorne, an up-and-coming actress, who recently starred as Riri Williams in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's feature film "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." Up next is her TV series "Ironheart'' on Disney+.
- Priah Ferguson, who played scene-stealing little sister Erica Sinclair on Netflix's series "Stranger Things."
During the event, the celebrities will be joined by several other speakers, including Disney executives and cast members, community leaders, business executives and educators, who will also nurture and inspire the students.
The impactful program will introduce the Disney Dreamers to an array of new opportunities, such as sessions teaching valuable life tools, leadership skills, effective communication techniques and networking strategies.
Students will also go through in-depth workshops in a variety of disciplines aligned with their dreams. These workshops introduce the Disney Dreamers to diverse career paths within business, entertainment and sciences, including career opportunities within The Walt Disney Company.
The Disney Dreamers Academy program is an important part of Disney's commitment to supporting diverse communities by encouraging the next generation to think big and to use what they learn in their relentless pursuit of their dreams in hopes of making a difference in the lives of others.
Each year, the Disney Dreamers are selected from thousands of applicants who answer essay questions about their personal stories and dreams for the future. The students and a parent or guardian enjoy an all-expenses paid trip to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida for the four-day event.
Over the years, Disney Dreamers Academy has inspired more than 1,400 students from across the country. Each year, graduates have gone on to become doctors, engineers, performing artists, entrepreneurs and more, and some have transitioned into mentors to the Disney Dreamers who followed them.
For more information, visit DisneyDreamersAcademy.com. Regular updates about Disney Dreamers Academy are also available on social media at Facebook.com/DisneyDreamersAcademy, Twitter.com/DreamersAcademy and Instagram.com/disneydreamersacademy.


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Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA) announced the appointment of Sanjay Pai, as the Regional Sales Director for the India market. In this role, Sanjay will be reporting to Vishal Agrawal, Managing Director, Avaya, India & SAARC, and will be responsible for leading the north and east markets for Avaya India.
"I am eager to work closely with customers and a very talented Avaya team in leading Avaya's sales for the India market," said Sanjay Pai, Regional Sales Lead, Avaya India. "Avaya's massive installed base along with the ability to penetrate new markets and add new customers presents an unparalleled opportunity to extend our footprint as a major force in both Unified Communications and Contact Centre solutions. With Avaya's renewed focus on creating stellar customer experiences and commitment to the API economy supported by its open and agile partner ecosystem, Avaya will be the partner of choice for organizations of all sizes."
"I am excited to welcome Sanjay to our team," said Vishal Agrawal, Managing Director, India & SAARC. "He has a proven track record of driving tangible growth for customers and partners in the unified communications and contact centre space. Sanjay's varied experience in the field of technology will be an asset for Avaya."
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500 Startups kicked off a new series called Innovation Coffee Breaks. Experts from leading companies, venture capital firms and startups join us every week to discuss how to innovate during this time of uncertainty.
We caught up with Alex Lazarow, the investment director of Cathay Innovation, a global fund affiliated with Cathay Capital. Lazarow also teaches entrepreneurship at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies and is out with a new book called "Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs from Delhi to Detroit are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley."
He believes that the best entrepreneurs in Chicago, Amsterdam or Bangalore have more in common with the best entrepreneurs in São Paulo than they do with those in San Francisco, but no one is telling their stories. For his book, he interviewed nearly 200 entrepreneurs who are leading some of the hottest companies around the world, primarily outside of Silicon Valley.
Vijay Rajendran: What kind of founders will be successful in a post-COVID-19 environment? Your book suggests that blitz-scaling doesn't work in other parts of the world and unicorns should be replaced with what you describe as "camels." Can you explain why camels and why they may be desirable?
Alex Lazarow: In the Valley, if the philosophy is to chase unicorns, it translates to an approach of growth at all costs. The context has changed a little bit in the last two months, but around the world the context is different. There's less capital, there's less depth of trained startup human capital. Often it's an ecosystem that is more susceptible to macroeconomic shocks, particularly in emerging markets. I chose the camel because it's a real animal. It doesn't live in fictitious science. It can sprint when it needs, but it can survive the world's harshest environments.
Entrepreneurs outside the Valley are infusing the business with sustainability and resilience from day one. It is about thinking very carefully about unit economics and making sure you're not subsidizing acquisition.You're charging for the value you create. Second is managing costs and managing burn, and third is taking a long-term view. The lessons won't be from the ecosystem that has thrived in a context of abundance.
Vijay Rajendran: To build that kind of sustainable early venture, do you need to focus on a hyper-local market or can you still have global aspirations from day one?
Alex Lazarow: The constraints that entrepreneurs operate in are often turned into advantages. They are starting their business in a smaller market. 500 Startups knows this firsthand with its funds around the world in many emerging markets. If the local market is smaller, it means that the opportunity must be much bigger by becoming global. It challenges entrepreneurs to build a culture, an organization and a product that can scale across borders. That's a powerful skill set.
Vijay Rajendran: To build that kind of organization, you're also now trying to do that in a current state, but probably in a future state that involves remote work and distributed teams. Does that accelerate or decelerate the kinds of companies that you'll need to see camels?
Alex Lazarow: [COVID-19] will be a catalyst for it. My Twitter feed is exploding with everyone showing me their fancy Zoom rigs in the Valley, but building distributed teams has often been par for the course for many startups outside of the Valley since the get go. Now we can learn from their best practice around doing this successfully.
Vijay Rajendran: We definitely have much to learn in the Valley; it isn't the sole source of all expertise.
Alex Lazarow: What is happening today is learning in bi-directions. Take ride-sharing. Uber and Lyft pioneered the model [and] we saw that model get replicated all over the world. It got adapted in [different] ways. Think of Indonesia's Gojek. It got adapted to ride sharing on ojeks, little motorcycle taxis. The CEO, Nadiem Makarim, thought about drivers as an ecosystem–driving people to work, delivering food, offering mobile money.
Vijay Rajendran: I couldn't agree more, particularly if you consider how other societies are leapfrogging many of the legacies that we have here.
Alex Lazarow: If you think about it, the world leader in mobile banking is probably in Kenya. One of the biggest digital banks is in Brazil, Nubank. Some of the leaders on super apps are in China. India is now inspiring a lot of new models that are getting replicated.
Vijay Rajendran: To build that, it means that startups have to build either the full stack or bigger stack than maybe we would be accustomed to in the U.S. or many other markets like the Valley. What does it mean to have to build the full stack rather than just the micro services or the application layer?
Alex Lazarow: In the book, I talk about GuiaBolso, which is trying to build the Mint.com of Brazil. For Mint.com, we have Yodlee and Plaid for the bank interconnection layer. That didn't exist in Brazil, so the first thing they had to do is build that. Flipkart (India) wasn't just an e-commerce player. It had to do cash on collection, cash on delivery, logistics and a whole range of other services. Amazon has built this already, but didn't have to build it from day one. We're seeing a lot of startups build not just the one product, but an ecosystem around it to fill institutional voids.
Vijay Rajendran: Incumbents more likely write off the startups as insignificant. Are there any cautionary tales? Is there something that leaders in big companies and institutions can take away from this?
Alex Lazarow: Think of Tencent and Alibaba, which are not only investing in startups, but through the WeChat ecosystem or through Alipay are actually helping them scale. How can corporates think about that model and infuse some of their businesses with that? There's obviously this threat narrative, but there's a big opportunity narrative as well to reinvent and reinvigorate businesses.
Vijay Rajendran: In the context of what is happening around the world, are there also some good alternatives to venture capital? And do you have any predictions of how funding companies will be different in the future?
Alex Lazarow: The venture capital model emanated from the whaling industry. One of the reasons it's called carried interest is because it used to be literally what you carried off the boat. That model has worked extraordinarily well for a particular context and for a particular type of startup. Today there are 480 startup ecosystems around the world. There are going to be different models and as a result, there will be different ways to support those entrepreneurs.
I'll give you three areas that are interesting. The first is reinventing this whaling model with something else. Another industry would have been the mining industry, which also funds high-risk ventures and if you adapt that model, you might get a revenue share, which is like a royalty. We're seeing some funds getting built like that and startups getting built to do that.
The second is thinking about the structure of the fund. The 2 and 20,10-year fund works well, but are there ways that you can take a longer term view? Naspers made arguably the most successful venture investment in history when they invested in Tencent and held it for two decades.
Third, are there other tools to invest and assess companies? I'm taking all these meetings with entrepreneurs from all over the world and Zoom is an incredible leveler. It doesn't matter if you're in San Francisco or in North Dakota. One [tool] that is exciting is computerized decision making, where you can ingest a lot of information and make an impartial decision. This will become increasingly important, giving voice and increasing diversity in the venture industry.
Vijay Rajendran is Director of Innovation and Partnerships at 500 Startups.
This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
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The old packhorse bridge of Stockley Bridge located at the head of Borrowdale where the path forks to head up to either Styhead Pass or Allen Crags Gill.
On this occasion I was heading back down after a night's wild camp at Styhead Tarn. Sadly the weather was terrible but the overcast, rainy conditions helped with this photo.


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It is a card from the Philipines. It was not sent by one of my Postcrossing friends but by Patsy, a Christian blogger from the Philippines. She participates in WOYWW so some of you might know of her. Their family have a publishing business called Papemelroti and Patsy's brother has designed this card (and others that I have seen). A few of the goodies in the picture we have in Spain too like turón and ensaymada (cheese bread from Mallorca) and Polvoron, (crumbly shortbreads).
Top right features Halo-halo, a shaved ice drink. I have never Heard of that but it qualifies me for the T-party. The name made me giggle, as there used to be a tv series called 'allo 'allo,
a funny take on the french resistance during WW2. The Brits amongst you will remember that.
I really wanted to show you the grape juice that we made. A neighbour had given us a tub full of grapes.
I have a juicer and I wanted to show you our glass of grapejuice. But when we had juiced it we drank it without taking any photos (story of my life!)
Our games evening went well last week. We played mainly Rummicub and we had a go at Ligretto, which was a laugh.
The next day my friend and I played a game that she had brought with her: Set. It has cards with shapes. 12 are layed on the table and you have to make a 'set'.
A set can be three of the same color, or same shape or same infilling. But also can be three different cards: different shapes, different colours and different infulling. It's a quiet thinking game. I really liked it once I got the hang of it.
My friend has since left and I spent the week slowly getting the room back to normal and washing all the bedding and towels. The room they slept in is actually my craft room, so hopefully I will get some crafting done next week. Watch this space.
Here is something funny I came acrfoss on the internet the other day:
Of course I'm not telling you to go away. And in the same breath I am saying I'm stopping here and get this ready to post.
Have a good week,
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New Jersey [US]: Rapper Lil Tjay was shot at a shopping promenade in New Jersey on Wednesday.
As per TMZ, the "Leaked" rapper, 21, underwent emergency surgery following the incident and is recovering.
Officers with the Edgewater Police Department "responded to a shooting at The Promenade in Edgewater at 12:08 a.m., and found a 22-year-old victim with gunshot wounds."
According to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office (BCPO), a second victim, 22, was found with a single gunshot wound at a nearby Exxon gas station, and both victims were transported to a local hospital.
The BCPO later said that one of the hospitalized victims had been upgraded from critical to stable condition, while the other was in good condition with non-life-threatening injuries, People reported. However, officials did not name either person involved.
For the unversed, Tjay became famous after sharing his own music on SoundCloud, and eventually released his debut studio album True 2 Myself in 2019 on Columbia Records.
His song "F.N." has more than 523 million streams on Spotify, and he has more than 7 million followers on Instagram.
After learning about the shocking incident, The Kid Laroi and French Montana took to social media and expressed concern about the artist's health.
"PRAY FOR TJAY ." The Kid Laroi wrote on Twitter.
— charlton (@thekidlaroi) June 22, 2022
Tjay was scheduled to perform at the Nickelodeon Universe Theme Park in American Dream Mall on July 22 as well as a slew of music festivals in Europe.


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Where to buy cheap crystal brandy snifter glasses,Many buyers want to buy the lowest quality brandy glass, but the vast majority of buyers can not find such a supplier, want to buy the most affordable price of the product is almost difficult to do To the same country, which requires us to cross-border procurement, each country's exchange rate is not the same so the same thing in different countries produced the cost is not the same.
Such as brandy glass, the price of the brandy produced in the United States is very high, and in other countries the cost of the need to compare, such as large quantities in China production brandy glass, the average price of a cup only about 1 US dollars Of the price, but if it is in the United Kingdom or the United States need up to 3 or 4 dollars price.
So there are a lot of smart buyers to see the business, in other countries at the most favorable price to buy goods and then shipped to the United States or some developed countries in the United Kingdom sales in the United States there are many such companies specializing in foreign trade import business, Are large quantities of imported goods from abroad back to sales.


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Psalm 122:1-9
by Emily Tuck
One of my earliest childhood memories is hearing my Sunday School teacher reciting the first verse of Psalm 122 as we assembled for class: "I was glad when they said unto me 'Let us go into the house of the Lord.'" Her smile, her demeanor, and her welcoming spirit evoked the joy and pleasure this verse was meant to convey. To this very day when I hear this verse read or sung I am taken back to the church of my childhood.
At first, reading this verse seems very simple and childlike, yet it is a strong statement of invitation and anticipation. It is one of the Ascent Psalms that describes the children of Israel going up to Jerusalem to enter the temple. It implies journey and pilgrimage. Going into the house of the Lord is regarded not as a duty, but as a thing of joy. It implies hope and expectation.
The Advent season in our church affords us multiple opportunities to enter gladly the house of the Lord. We come to hear the birth narrative retold, to enjoy the singing of carols, to see the candles and wreaths as we once again celebrate the Savior's birth. This is a concept that needs to be taught and demonstrated by example to our children so that their memories of worship will become firm experiences of joy.


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All the products from the Hydrating Glow line including the Thirsty Ends serum which I LOVE, are made with baobab essence which is super nourishing and hydrating. And in true Target fashion all this goodness is super budget friendly!
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Development teams seeking to create mobile apps should strongly consider using HTML5 as a platform. So says a recent article appearing on Whatech. Although the article was written by someone working for a company that provides an HTML5 software development kit (SDK), it brings up several issues that are compelling.
Cross-platform support is very important to any mobile app designed for a mass customer base. Currently, the majority of mobile devices are Android-based. It would be easy for a development team to decide to target only Android apps, but it would also be short-sighted.
Apple (News – Alert) iOS users, although a minority, make up a significant group and tend to have deeper pockets than Android users. Windows Phone is also starting to become large enough as a market that it can no longer be dismissed.
There are several ways to support cross-platform development, each with its share of disadvantages. Learning to develop native apps in Android (News – Alert), iOS and Windows Phone would be thorough, but it would be costly in the time it would take to overcome the learning curve. Many companies offer SDKs that target native apps in multiple platforms, but the licensing costs can be prohibitive and your future software development is at the mercy of a company that may or may not go out of business or decide to pull the plug on the SDK.
Since HTML5 apps run from a browser, they are not dependent on any particular OS. They can run on all operating systems, mobile or desktop, and do not require costly SDK licenses. Many developers have worked with previous versions of HTML so the learning curve is not as steep.
Other factors make HTML5 a compelling choice for developers. Teams would no longer have to deal with the approval process that app stores subject new apps to. HTML5 has added native support for video and other media, eliminating the need for installing plugins.
The decision of going with native app versus web app development is one that many teams face. If the need to support cross platform native app development is so great that the learning curves or the cost of cross-platform SDKs is no object, then HTML5 won't prevail. For many teams however, HTML5 is a better option that solves cross-platform development issues without so many costs.


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Sharon Johnson is the author of the best selling Therapist's Guide to Clinical Intervention now in its second edition. In this new book on PTSD, she lends her practical outline format to understanding PTSD assessment, treatment planning, and intervention. The book begins with a summary information on PTSD definition, and prevalence, assessment, and the evidence basis behind different treatment options. The book offers adjunctive skill building resources to supplement traditional therapy choices as well as forms for use in clinical practice.
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Great character comes from bad times as well as good, and Liverpool is a city that's had plenty of both. Now, from the Georgian Quarter to the Baltic Triangle – where dock cranes have been replaced by those of developers – new businesses are sprouting alongside established ones. The signs of past tribulations are still plain to see, but let's call that patina.
Liverpool is a city on the ascendant, and in this guide we present a careful selection of 39 entries, encompassing cultural diversions, book and record shops, wonderful food, and a generous selection of pubs. Liverpool? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sample three entries from the guide: Baltic Bakehouse, Sefton Park Palm House and 69A.
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by Cydney Posner
Hat tip to thecorporatecounsel.net blog for identifying these two new House bills. H.R. 5405, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act, is intended to relax some additional requirements for Emerging Growth Companies (EGCs), and has been passed by the House. It has some good stuff In it, like delaying (maybe even eliminating?) XBRL requirements. The other bill is H.R. 5662, CEO-Employee Pay Fairness Act, just introduced by Rep. Chris Van Hollen on Thursday. That bill is designed to address income inequality, so you can guess how likely that is to pass in the current House.
Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act
Among other things, H.R. 5405 would make the following changes:
Title VI
- Currently, under the JOBS Act, EGCs may initiate the IPO process by submitting their IPO registration statements confidentially to the SEC for nonpublic review by the SEC staff. The EGC must, however, make the entire filing public at least 21 days before it commences its road show. The bill would amend the Securities Act to reduce from 21 days to 15 days the amount of time before its road show that the EGC must make its entire filing public.
- Where an issuer was an EGC at the time it filed or submitted a registration statement with or to the SEC, but during the review process ceases to be an EGC, the bill would provide a grace period during which the company would continue to be treated as an EGC, extending through the earlier of:
- the date on which the company consummates its IPO under the registration statement; or
- one year after the company ceases to be an EGC.
- The bill would amend the JOBS Act to allow EGCs to omit from Form S-1 registration statements financial information for historical periods otherwise required as of the time of filing (or confidential submission) so long as
- the omitted financial information relates to a historical period that the issuer reasonably believes will not be required to be included in the Form S–1 at the time of the contemplated offering; and
- prior to distributing a preliminary prospectus, the issuer amends the registration statement to include all financial information then required by Reg S–X.
Title VII
- The bill would exempt EGCs and other issuers with total annual gross revenues of less than $250 million from the requirements to use XBRL for the lesser of five years or two years after the SEC conducts a mandatory cost/benefit study and concludes that the benefits of XBRL outweigh the costs. (And how likely is that? Hopefully, the study will lead the SEC to toss XBRL for everyone altogether. See the news brief, XBRL: a colossal waste of time (and money)?)
Title X
- The bill would permit a summary page on Form 10-K that includes links or cross-references (as Broc Romanek points out, is there some reason companies are prohibited from doing that now?)
- The bill would require the SEC to revise Reg S-K
- to reduce the burden on EGCs, accelerated filers, smaller reporting companies and other smaller issuers, while still providing all material information to investors; and
- to eliminate provisions for all issuers that are duplicative, overlapping, outdated or unnecessary (a process which the SEC already has underway in its disclosure effectiveness project ).
- The bill would also require the SEC to study how to modernize Reg S-K, discourage repetition and boilerplate, including methods of delivery and presentation.
Title XI
- The bill would require the SEC to revise Rule 701 to increase the threshold for information delivery from sales of $5 million in any consecutive 12-month period to $10 million, indexed for inflation.
CEO-Employee Pay Fairness Act
The text of H.R. 5662 has not yet been posted, but according to the related fact sheet, the bill is "designed to incentivize companies to give their rank-and-file employees annual raises that, on average, at least keep pace with increases in living costs and labor productivity." If a company fails to do so, the company would not be able to take advantage of IRC Section 162(m), which allows tax deductions for the CEO and other highly paid executives for performance-based compensation exceeding $1 million.
The purpose of the bill is to address the increasing disparity in the rates of growth of executive and worker pay: "Since the 1970s, compensation for regular workers has not kept up with increases in labor productivity. At the same time, executive pay continues to spiral upwards. Fifty years ago, the average CEO in the United States was paid 20 times more than the typical worker. Now that ratio is 300-to-1, far higher than in any other advanced economy.… Adding insult to injury, average taxpayers subsidize excessive executive pay through corporate tax deductions….Corporations wrote off an estimated $66 billion in 'performance' pay for CEOs and other top executives between 2007 and 2010." To satisfy this new requirement for the tax deduction, the company would be required to raise the average pay of employees earning under $115,000 by average annual net productivity growth since 2000 (approximately 2 percent), plus inflation. The bill would apply only to public companies.
According to this column in the Washington Post (also identified by Broc), "[b]etween 1947 and 1972, the nation's productivity increased by 97 percent and median pay by 95 percent. Since then, however, as the decline of unions and a host of other factors weakened employees' bargaining power, hardly any productivity gains have gone to workers. Between 1979 and 2011, productivity rose by 75 percent, but median pay rose by just 5 percent…. From 1978 to 2013, CEO pay rose by a mind-boggling 937 percent…. Before 1980, … workers had enough bargaining power to win pay increases without legislative assistance. Annual cost-of-living increases and pay raises in line with the economy's annual productivity increases were a feature of many union contracts, and non-union employers often felt compelled to match those raises lest their workers jump to better-paying companies. Today, with unions virtually vanished from the private sector, workers have no such leverage."
Van Hollen, quoted in the article, argued that his bill would not limit CEO pay, just the tax subsidy for it: "We're saying to corporations…Look, you can pay your CEO whatever you want. Just don't ask taxpayers to subsidize that pay if you don't reward workers, as you reward your CEO, for their increases in productivity."
The article observes that the current focus in Washington and around the country is on increasing the minimum wage, which seeks to provide "a lifeline for those in low-paying jobs, [but does] nothing for the majority of workers, whose incomes have also been either stagnating or declining." The author suggests that, even if the bill does not move in Congress, some states may run with the ball by, for example, lowering state tax rates on companies that meet certain criteria related to the ratio of CEO to average worker pay.


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8. A New Way to Write the Action Integral
Michael Fowler
Following Landau, we'll first find how the action integral responds to incremental changes in the endpoint coordinates and times, then use the result to write the action integral itself in a new, more intuitive way. This new formulation shows very directly the link to quantum mechanics, and variation of the action in this form gives Hamilton's equations immediately.
Function of Endpoint Position
We'll now think of varying the action in a slightly different way. (Note: We're using Landau's notation.) Previously, we considered the integral of the Lagrangian over all possible different paths from the initial place and time to the final place and time and found the path of minimum action. Now, though, we'll start with that path, the actual physical path, and investigate the corresponding action as a function of the final endpoint variables, given a fixed beginning place and time.
Taking one degree of freedom (the generalization is straightforward), for a small path variation the incremental change in action
(Recall that first term comes from the calculus of variations when we allow the end point to vary—it's exactly the same point we previously discussed in the brachistochrone problem of fastest time for a given horizontal distance, allowing the vertical position of the endpoint to be a free parameter.)
With the incremental variation, we've gone from the physical path (followed by the system in configuration space from to ) to a second path beginning at the same place and time, and ending at the same time as but at a slightly different place .
Both paths are fully determined by their initial and final positions and times, so must correspond to slightly different initial velocities. The important point is that since both paths describe the natural dynamical development of the system from the initial conditions, the system obeys the equations of motion at all times along both paths, and therefore the integral term in the above equation is identically zero.
Writing the action, regarded as a function of the final position variable, with the final time fixed at , has the differential
For the multidimensional case, the incremental change in the action on varying the final position variable is given by (dropping the superscript)
Function of Endpoint Time
What about the action as a function of the final point arrival time?
Since the total time derivative the value of the Lagrangian at the endpoint. Remember we are defining the action at a point as that from integrating along the true path up to that point.
Landau denotes by just , so he writes , and we'll be doing this, but it's crucial to keep in mind that the endpoint position and time are the variables here!
If we now allow an incremental time increase, , with the final coordinate position as a free parameter, the dynamical path will now continue on, to an incrementally different finishing point.
This will give (with understood from now on to mean , and means )
Putting this together with gives immediately the partial time derivative
and therefore, combining this with the result from the previous section,
This, then, is the total differential of the action as a function of the spatial and time coordinates of the end of the path.
Varying Both Ends
The argument given above for the incremental change in action from varying the endpoint is clearly equally valid for varying the beginning point of the integral (there will be a sign change, of course), so
The initial and final coordinates and times specify the action and the time development of the system uniquely.
(Note: We'll find this equation again in the section on canonical transformations—the action will be seen there to be the generating function of the time-development canonical transformation, this will become clear when we get to it.)
Another Way of Writing the Action Integral
Up to this point, we've always written the action as an integral of the Lagrangian with respect to time along the path,
However, the expression derived in the last section for the increment of action generated by an incremental change in the path endpoint is clearly equally valid for the contribution to the action from some interior increment of the path, say from to , so we can write the total action integral as the sum of these increments:
In this integral, of course, the add up to cover the whole path.
(In writing we're following Landau's default practice of taking the action as a function of the final endpoint coordinates and time, assuming the beginning point to be fixed. This is almost always finewe'll make clear when it isn't.)
How this Classical Action Relates to Phase in Quantum Mechanics
The link between classical and quantum mechanics is particularly evident in the expression for the action integral given above. In the so-called semi-classical regime of quantum mechanics, the de Broglie waves oscillate with wavelengths much smaller than typical sizes in the system. This means that locally it's an adequate approximation to treat the Schrödinger wave function as a plane wave,
where the amplitude function only varies over distances much greater than the wavelength, and times far longer than the oscillation period. This expression is valid in almost all the classically accessible regions, invalid in the neighborhood of turning points, but the size of those neighborhoods goes to zero in the classical limit.
As we've discussed earlier, in the Dirac-Feynman formulation of quantum mechanics, to find the probability amplitude of a particle propagating from one point to another, we add contributions from all possible paths between the two points, each path contributing a term with phase equal to times the action integral along the path.
From the semi-classical Schrödinger wave function above, it's clear that the change in phase from a small change in the endpoint is , coinciding exactly with the incremental contribution to the action in
So again we see, here very directly, how the action along a classical path is a multiple of the quantum mechanical phase change along the path.
Hamilton's Equations from Action Minimization
For arbitrary small path variations in phase space, the minimum action condition using the form of action given above generates Hamilton's equations.
(Note for nitpickers: This may seem a bit surprising, since we generated this form of the action using the equations along the actual dynamical path, how can we vary it and still use them? Bear with me, you'll see.)
We'll prove this for a one dimensional system, it's trivial to go to many variables, but it clutters up the equations.
For a small path deviation , the change in the action is
and integrating by parts, with at the endpoints,
The path variations are independent and arbitrary, so must have identically zero coefficientsHamilton's equations follow immediately,
Again, it's worth emphasizing the close parallel with quantum mechanics: Hamilton's equations written using Poisson brackets are:
In quantum mechanics, the corresponding Heisenberg equations of motion for position and momentum operators in terms of commutators are
How Can p, q Really Be Independent Variables?
It may seem a little odd at first that varying as independent variables leads to the same equations as the Lagrangian minimization, where we only varied and that variation "locked in" the variation of And, isn't defined in terms of by which is some function of ? So wouldn't varying automatically determine the variation of ?
The answer is, no, is not defined as from the start in Hamilton's formulation. In this Hamiltonian approach, really are taken as independent variables, then varying them to find the minimum path gives the equations of motion, including the relation between and .
This comes about as follows: Along the minimum action path, we just established that
We also have that so (Legendre transformation!)
from which, along the physical path, So this identity, previously written as the definition of now arises as a consequence of the action minimization in phase space.


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July 19, 2013 — Local residents waiting to pick up returning passengers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport now have an option should they get hungry while idling in the airport's Cell Phone Lot.
Harley Dogs begins operation at 11 a.m. today, offering a selection of hot dogs, bratwurst, and metts, along with nachos, chips and soda.
The Cell Phone Lot is a location set aside so those picking up returning passengers can wait for a pickup call. This allows them to avoid circling or paying parking fees. The lot is located on the right-hand side of Terminal Drive before arriving at the main terminal.
Harley Dogs will begin each day at 11 a.m. The food carts full menu includes Glier's Oktoberfest brand bratwurst, Queen City hot and mild metts and Gordon's all-beef hot dogs; nachos and cheese, Husman's® plain or barbecue chips; Coca-Cola products and bottled water. Toppings include relish, onion, banana peppers, jalapenos peppers, yellow mustard, ketchup and spicy brown mustard.
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First gov't-sponsored speed dating to lure UK women to Australia
A recruitment drive spearheaded by the South Australian Government to attract more female Brits Down Under has used its sun, surf and eligible bachelors as its marketing tools, reports the Telegraph.
A national research project has found that women in the UK are attracted to Australian emigration because of its employment opportunities, cheaper property market, better climate, low crime and more importantly, a high ratio of outdoor-loving young men.
Bill Muirhead, South Australia's Agent General in London said, "We can offer UK migrants a quality lifestyle, strong career prospects, beautiful beaches, world-class wine and fine weather."
"Our research shows that many single British women are actively looking for love but not finding it. So we asked our men, who are bronzed, sportier, and who are enjoying a booming economy, to step up to the plate and entice British women to a better way of life," he added.
According to the research, half the population of South Australian men are single, while in the UK only 34.7 per cent of men are up for grabs.
The survey also showed that single women in Britain felt the worst quality of life was surviving the long and cold winter alone.
Next week a speed dating night will be held in London and single Australian men are being asked to take part. Advertisements will also be running in newspapers and websites throughout the UK to "entice British women to pack up and migrate to the other side of the world", reports Adelaide Now.
"We don't have the budgets for UK advertising which the other states do so we have to be creative, innovative and clever if we want to win our share of the attention," added Mr Muirhead.
"More than a third of all overseas migration to South Australia comes from the UK so it's fundamentally important we succeed here."
Australia is particularly looking for tradespeople, nurses, engineers, IT professionals, farmers, miners and hairdressers to fill the skills shortages in its workforce. A more comprehensive list of the skills shortages in Australia can be found on the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL).
The Australian Visa Bureau is an independent consulting company specialising in helping people apply for an Australia visa.
Article by Jessica Bird, Australian Visa Bureau.