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Day 1: Welcome to the Eternal City of Rome.
On arrival at Rome's Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport, your airport transfers leave for your hotel at 09:30, 12:30 and 15:30. In this unique city, ancient monuments happily co-exist with some 900 churches, fine palaces, bustling piazzas, green parks and a vast urban sprawl. At 17:30, join your Tour Director for a Welcome Reception, a fun evening of pizza and wine.(Dinner with Wine)
Day 2: Exploring the Vatican City.
A Local Expert introduces the grandeur of the city. Start off in the Vatican City, the richest community in the world. While others wait in line, you will be fast-tracked through the VIP entrance into the Vatican Museums. Admire the collection of priceless art gathered by Popes over the ages. Your visit also includes behind-the-scenes access to parts of the Vatican denied to the general public - the famous Bramante Staircase. Then enter the sublime Sistine Chapel, to gaze up and admire Michelangelo's famous painted ceiling. Next door, in St Peter's Basilica, see one of Michelangelo's early works, the Pietà, and the splendid dome completed after his death. Head to the Colosseum where we embark on an included sightseeing tour to learn about the city's ancient past. For the rest of the day, enjoy free time.(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 3: Renaissance Florence and on to Monteriggioni.
Take the autostrada north to Renaissance Florence. Accompanied by an art expert, venture inside the famous Accademia Gallery to admire Michelangelo's original statue, 'David '. Back outside, see the cathedral, campanile and the baptistery, adorned with the 'Gates of Paradise'. Walk on to Signoria Square with its open-air gallery of Renaissance sculpture. There is time to shop for Florentine leather or gold before continuing to your elegant Tuscan villa near the walled town of Monteriggioni. After spending two days in the metropolis of Rome, your villa resort will be a welcome retreat. Rest in the shade of the lush, verdant gardens, take a swim in the pool, or participate in a variety of leisure activities.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner with Wine)
Day 4: Gelato in San Gimignano and Siena.
(Relaxed Start) In the morning, visit hilltop San Gimignano, famous for its medieval towers that scrape the azure Tuscan sky. Ascend serpentine alleyways to the artisan ice-cream parlour of world champion gelato maestro, Sergio Dondoli, for a taste of his finest frozen treats. On route back to your hotel, stop at a local winery to sample some of the robust red wines of Tuscany and learn about their origins. Continue on to medieval Siena, where narrow cobbled streets lined with palaces and patrician mansions, lead to Piazza del Campo, scene of the Palio horse race. With your Local Expert, visit the beautiful-striped cathedral.(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 5: The Chianti Hills to Pisa, Lucca and Santa Margherita.
Drive through the patchwork of vines, olives and cypresses that typify the Chianti hills. Head for Pisa and see the incredible Leaning Tower, from which Galileo is said to have conducted experiments on velocity and gravity. See also the splendid cathedral and baptistery, decorated with mosaics and designs in solid marble, before continuing to the delightful town of Lucca. At a traditional steam bakery, taste the history in the lavish loaves of buccellato, Lucca's sweet raisin anise bread. Continue along the coast to the pretty seaside resort of Santa Margherita Ligure.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner with Wine)
Day 6: The Cinque Terre.
Head for the port of La Spezia and a highlight of your tour, the Cinque Terre. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Italy's most beautiful landscapes. With a Local Expert appreciate the views as you approach one of the picturesque fishing villages by boat. Spend some time exploring the old medieval quarter or the popular sandy beach before returning to your hotel. With the afternoon at leisure, you may wish to make the most of the hotel's private beach before for dining at a local farm-to-table restaurant.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner with Wine)
Day 7: Portofino and onto Lake Maggiore.
(Relaxed Start) In the morning, should weather permit, cruise along the rugged Ligurian coast to the elegant seaside village of Portofino, epitome of La Dolce Vita. Admire the coloured houses, browse the boutiques, stay a while in the cafe bars on the piazzetta and watch the yachts moored in the harbour. Next, return to the mainland and head north to the beautiful Italian Lake District, a favourite retreat of the rich and famous where Alpine scenery combines with luxuriant subtropical vegetation.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner with Wine)
Day 8: Fair Verona and into the Dolomites to Cortina d 'Ampezzo.
Drive to the town of Verona, legendary home of Romeo and Juliet. Enjoy free time to admire the well-preserved Roman Arena and Juliet's Balcony. Continue through the Dolomites, to the mountain resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner with Wine)
Day 9: Experience the Dolomites.
(Relaxed Start) Today is yours to explore the colourful peaks and sheer valleys of the Dolomites - one of the most impressive mountain ranges in the Alps. Why not take a thrilling cable car ride to the summit of one of the peaks for breathtaking 360 degree views?(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 10: Venice, Queen of the Adriatic.
(Relaxed Start) Descend through the mountains to the romantic city of Venice. A private launch ferries you past canals lined with ornate palaces to St Mark's Square. See the basilica, the Doge's Palace and Bridge of Sighs. Visit a Venetian Arts centre to learn about hand-crafted glass, gondolas and lace, before checking into your intimate luxurious hotel, which is only steps away from St Mark's Square and the Rialto Bridge.(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 11: Venice at Leisure.
(Relaxed Start) Your final day in Italy is free to enjoy the magical atmosphere of this incredible city at your own pace. Mingle with the locals at the open air markets near the Rialto Bridge and explore the back lanes and squares. Later, on your romantic gondola serenade, glide along the atmospheric canals exploring the intimate and hidden parts of this unique city while musicians set the mood with traditional songs. In the evening, celebrate your tour with good food, good wine and good company in a magical setting.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner with Wine)
Day 12: From the lakes of Venice to mountain-ringed Innsbruck.
Your journey continues north through spectacular scenery as you follow the Adige River. Travel via the Brenner Pass through the magnificent Dolomites and cross the impressive Europa Bridge to arrive at wonderful Innsbruck. Your orientation will show you the 14th century houses of Old Town, the impressive Imperial Palace and the Golden Roof.(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 13: Innsbruck to Oberammergau.
(Relaxed Start) Plenty of time this morning to explore the alpine town of Innsbruck. A short journey north, cross the German border and you arrive at Oberammergau in the heart of the Bavarian Alps and home of the Passion Play since 1634.(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 14: The Passion Play.
(Relaxed Start) After a morning at leisure in charming Oberammergau, take your premium reserved seats to witness the world famous Passion Play, re-enacting the last days of Christ on earth. After a break for dinner in a local restaurant, the captivating performance continues into the evening.(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 15: Depart Oberammergau.
Your journey comes to an end after breakfast. Transfers arrive at Munich Airport at 09:30.(Buffet Breakfast)
Additional Included Highlights:
Rome: Enjoy a private guided tour of St Peter's Basilica.
Florence: During your guided walking tour, see the cathedral, the bell tower, 'Gates of Paradise' on the baptistery and visit Signoria Square
Witness a leather-work demonstration.
Italian Lakes: Join us in the social ritual of 'La Passeggiata'.
Verona: See the well preserved Roman Arena and stand beneath Juliet's balcony in the courtyard of a Renaissance villa.
Venice: Cruise to St Mark's Square by private launch
See St Mark's Basilica, the bell tower, clock tower, Doges' Palace and Bridge of Sighs.
Scenic Drives: Tuscan Hills, Apennines, Dolomites, Italian Lake District.
Authentic Regional Flavours:
Venice: Enjoy a Venetian Celebration Dinner with wine in a restaurant in the heart of this historic city.
San Gimignano: Ascend serpentine alleyways to the artisan ice-cream parlour of World Champion gelato Maestro, Sergio Dondoli for a taste of his finest frozen treats.
Tuscany: In the Tuscan countryside, where deep-green cypress trees pierce blue skies and olive groves hug the rolling hillsides, taste the wines of an eminent estate.
Lucca: Sample 'Buccellato', the sweet raisin bread typical of the region.
Included Quality Dining:: 10 Buffet Breakfasts (BB) and 6 Dinners (D) with wine (DW).
Oberammergau: Dine in a local restaurant amid the buzz of excitement from Passion Play goers and enjoy local hospitality before the second half commences.
Signature Experiences:
Rome: Gain VIP entrance into the Vatican Museums and be among the select few to admire the Renaissance Bramante Staircase, off limits to the general public. Once through the Popes' treasure-trove, you confront the genius of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.
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Tuscany: The Signature Borgo San Luigi is a restored 17th century country palazzo, once owned by the Duchy of Tuscany, offering high-quality service in a peaceful, relaxed setting in the heart of the Tuscan countryside.
Cortina d'Ampezzo Encircled by the beautiful Dolomite Alps, Cortina's delightful Hotel Ancora is built in the characteristic Ampezzano style with wooden balconies and intricately carved and painted interior details.
Top Rated Highlights:
Venice: To the tune of accompanying musicians, you will be serenaded through the atmospheric canals by gondola, past water-lapped doorways and Rococo palaces where the likes of Casanova would have come calling.
Rome: Visit the Colosseum, still echoing with the thronging crowds and ghostly cries of gladiatorial combat.
Florence: Stand beside Michelangelo's monumental statue, 'David', in the Accademia Gallery, while an art expert explains the exquisite technique and absorbing history behind the world's most famous sculpture.
Siena: Explore medieval Siena with a Local Expert and visit the cathedral.
Cinque Terre: Explore two of the idyllic villages of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Portofino: Cruise from Santa Margherita and get a taste of the sweet life in this elegant fishing village.
Oberammergau: Experience the spectacular Passion Play that has made this town famous. Watch from your premium seat as local villagers perform as they have since 1634 in this once in a decade event. An emotive and critically acclaimed performance depicting Christ 's last days, this is an event not to be missed.
Additional Five Star Services:
Our highly-skilled Insight Tour Director will ensure your journey is seamless, serving as your expert guide, consummate organiser, and friend in a foreign land
Enjoy the comfort of Insight's luxury, air-conditioned, 40-seat touring coach, with extended Business Class legroom and on-board restroom
Personal radio headsets give you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating commentary
We carry your bags for you and promptly deliver them to your hotel door
Hotel and restaurant tips are included; you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency
Plus, we include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels
Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi (where available)
From time to time, your Tour Director will enchant you with an Insight Flourish - a local tidbit representing authentic food or beverages unique to the destination
Included airport transfers at scheduled times on arrival and departure days.
Should your flights not coincide with these transfers, or additional accommodation has been booked through Insight Vacations, charged transfers are available. Alternatively, please make your own way from/to the airport.
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MARTYGIRLskinfood does Rural Women proud!!
Posted on 13 Oct 2015
Adi, owner and handcrafter of amazingly good skincare products, using olive oil weeds, and herbs from the roadside, and leaves, honey and beeswax from her farm, has made it to the 2nd round of the "Enterprising Rural Women Awards 2015".
What a fabulous achievement, we will be following her progress with much interest and a huge amount of well wishes and encouragement.

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Dawn leaked over the roof of the Rec', a pale blue canvas, a promise. I was already late but it would do. I crept out of the still sleeping house, hard frosted back garden grass, hard frosted windscreen glass. Newtonmore stirred, turned over and went back to sleep as I passed, Laggan still rested, afloat in a frozen floodplain. To the west, a milky gauze lay softly, poised between out breath and in breath, a stillness I'd forgotten existed recently. Our human world can be so self-involved, I'd not had time to look around me this winter. As the road wound around Loch Laggan and I saw Meagaidh, I swore out loud to myself, grinning widely, my scalp prickling with excitement. Today I had the time. I was checking in.
I was heading back to Beinn a' Chaorrain, named for the Rowan, the mountain ash. There's less evidence of the mountain ash at its base and much more Sitka, but I find a way through alongside a steeply side burn with a distinctive wishing-bone-split waterfall. There's a fire tower, framed between my ash mountain and the rounded shoulders of Creag Meagaidh, still heavily at rest, maybe snoring a little. Then slippery rocks to cross, the burn surprisingly lively for this time of the morning. It's not quite dawn, I'm in the mountain's shadow. It's out in the clearfell that the sun breaks behind me over the Alder hills, calmly stowing away that misty muslin blanket for the day… but nothing is rushed. There is stillness still, only broken momentarily when something heavy and military rumbles past, flying into the gold down the glen.
The forest further up is mixed pine. Sunlight catches still frozen branches as I labour up the track, now down to my baselayer, postholing. I make a turn left, following the source of the burn. Aside from the Pine Martin droppings, fox and deer tracks, I am the first this morning, and maybe for a few mornings, although I find traces of human footprints further up.
The east ridge is supposed to be an easy mountaineering route, but from here it looks beyond my abilities. I check the map; yes, on the north of the coire, leading down from the highest top of three, that was it. I am on top of the snow now, the going easier, and as I approach I scan ways through; up gullies, around bands of rock. Maybe it would go, after all.
The last time I was on the hill of the Mountain Ash, I came with a Mountain Friend – Chris Townsend. If you don't know of Chris, then seek him out electronically. Break him in half and it says mountain man all the way through, he's the nearest we've got to an Edward Abbey, a hippy from the days when the hippies were punks too. I was checking in then, too – with him, with the hills, with myself. We sweated up the walker's route, the top part clagged in, wide ranging in our discussion and a little lazy in our navigation. We'd not seen each other for a few years and there was some catching up to do. In the interim I'd suggested him for the board of the John Muir Trust (an obvious choice), and wanted to make sure the sometimes-weighty responsibilities of that kind of role were not too much. They weren't, of course. Chris is leavened by years in the wilds, and the kinds of judgement calls that will shift your priorities forever. Or at least, that's how things seemed to me, less secure in my own skin. Then, as now, I've been away from the hills, my confidence lost overboard this last year of family, births and deaths.
Back in the present, I prepped my kit at the foot of the route – helmet, harness, a couple of slings in case I need to anchor myself to rest, sharp metalwork, tea and a sandwich – I thought on the local man who'd lost his life in the coire just below me a few weeks before, at that point still unfound. The crescent moon shaped summit plateau of this mountain is a known blackspot. Later, as I climbed, I watched RAF mountain rescue conduct their line search, combing the avalanche debris for clues. I thought on what Heavy Whalley, ex RAF mountain rescue team leader, had said at his talk the previous evening. "Everyone is someone's son or daughter". I thought on my own father, whose time with us was now over and is really a story of missed opportunities, and of my own newborn son, who clawed his way fairly desperately into the world… and asked myself again what I was doing here, about to claw my own way up a grade one ridge as a way back to myself.
"There's a lot of RAF, Mountain Rescue and SARDA here tonight" Heather said after the talk. And yes, the place was heaving, and the feeling of community palpable, a background hum in the room, people for whom the mountains have quite literally changed everything; most often for good, but sometimes for ill. We don't choose our immediate family and they can't choose us, but we do choose to hear the call of the mountains, and we do choose to go. It's not inevitable, though it might feel like it. With freedom of movement and self-expression comes responsibility; to our loved ones, who might not always fully understand the draw, and to our other family; our mountain friends, who always do.
The climb is straightforward and without drama. There's a couple of brief moments of mild exposure in the middle of the route; first a kink in a gully over some ice, next an airy traverse out to the right. I'm glad of my twin axes, but otherwise, I'm surprised at myself in an off-handed sort of way. I've been away, but I am fitter than before from a little more running and a little less drinking – and somehow more relaxed, even… assured? I've waited all season to do this right, and this morning is crisp and clear, the easterly has firmed up the slopes and avalanche risk is minimal. I am learning by increments to watch and to wait, to bend and not break. I am not safe, but I am safer.
The hills are many things, but today they are a benchmark by which I track my own brief transit through the world, a measure for measures. I walk down from the top, content to have checked in, before shopping for the family on the way home for tea. Today, the sun shines and I am grateful for clean air, clear skies, a little space beneath my feet and a whole lot more above my head.


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Cathy and Endometriosis UK
Every year, each Mooncup team member is given a share of the Mooncup funds to donate to a charity of their choice. Cathy, Mooncup Advisor, explains her choice here:
"I have chosen this charity as they work to improve the lives of people affected by endometriosis and to decrease the impact it has on those with the condition and their families and friends. Endometriosis UK is a charity that is very close to my heart as I was diagnosed with endometriosis a few years ago and have found their help and support invaluable throughout my endometriosis journey. Their support network provides immeasurable support enabling those who have endometriosis to understand their disease and take control of their condition. They raise awareness of the condition and the issues that affect people living with it among healthcare professionals, the public and the media. They are also involved in research projects helping to better understand this condition."


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Attacking with an overload
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This session examines how we coach a player technically and tactically when attacking or counter attacking in overload situations. MORE
Jos Luhukay arrived at Hillsborough with a wealth of experience in the German Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga.
In the world of German football, the 54-year-old is regarded as 'the Bundesliga promotion expert' as no other coach in Germany can demonstrate a better track record.
Every club in 2. Bundesliga Luhukay has coached has achieved promotion.
Born in Venlo, Netherlands, the former midfielder signed for hometown club VVV-Venlo as a 15-year-old.
Following a spell with RKC Waalwijk between 1991 and 1993, Luhukay headed for Germany where he embarked on a successful coaching career after two stints with SV Straelen and KFC Uerdingen as a player.
His first foray into management came with Straelen and then Uerdingen before being appointed by Bundesliga side FC Koln as assistant coach.
Luhukay had a short spell as manager of 2. Bundesliga side SC Paderborn in 2005 – a club very much on the rise at that time in German football and one that would go on to achieve promotion to the top flight some years later.
His next port of call represented a big step up in class, becoming assistant coach of Borussia Monchengladbach before landing the head coach role following the resignation of Jupp Heynckes.
Monchengladbach had suffered relegation from the top flight in the 2006/07 season but under the guidance of Luhukay made an immediate return as champions of 2. Bundesliga.
In April 2009, Luhukay took charge of 2. Bundesliga side FC Augsburg. Under the Dutchman, Augsburg enjoyed a successful 2009/10 season, reaching the semi finals of the DFB-Pokal as well as finishing third in the league.
Promotion to the top tier came the following season when Augsburg finished runners-up, earning a place in the Bundesliga for the first time in the club's history.Luhukay had the same strong impact with Hertha Berlin after taking the reins in the summer of 2012.
During his maiden campaign in the German capital, Hertha broke the record for the most points in a 2. Bundesliga season on the way to the title, achieving 76 from 34 games and finishing nine clear of Eintracht Braunschweig in second place.
Having taken Hertha back to the top flight, Luhukay steered the Berlin side to an 11th placed finish in their first season back in the Bundesliga.
The 2016/17 season saw Luhukay head to the Mercedes-Benz Arena for a short spell as coach of a VfB Stuttgart team that would go on to achieve promotion.
He now begins the next chapter of his career with the Owls.
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Mrs. Connie Fink has been involved in township government since 1987 when she was first elected as the Fiscal Officer for Springfield Township in Muskingum County. Since then she has been actively involved locally in the Muskingum County Township Association where she has served as Vice President, and currently serves as the Secretary/Treasurer and the Executive Committee Person. At the state level she was elected to the Ohio Township Association Board of Directors in 2008 where she currently holds the position of First Vice President.
She has attended many local government conferences during her time as an elected official and has never missed an OTA winter conference. She is a graduate of the OTA Leadership Academy and has also participated in the Auditor of State's Local Government Officials' Conferences and the National Association for Towns and Townships Conferences in Washington DC. Locally, she serves on the Muskingum County Planning Commission.
Mrs. Fink is a graduate of Ohio University where she earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Elementary Education. She spent her thirty year teaching career in the Maysville Local School District teaching first grade and serving as the elementary literacy coordinator.
The daughter of a dairy farmer, Mrs. Fink has lived her entire life in Springfield Township. After marrying her husband Doug, over 40 years ago, they have traveled the country visiting all 50 states. They have two sons and daughters-in-law and four grandchildren. In her free time she continues to travel and enjoys sewing and spending time with her family.


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why would a posthumanist eat?
wagga wagga 17-8-18
johannes: 'why would a posthumanist eat?' 😶
bianca: Because if you don't then you die
i am not sure if a posthuman/ist would eat for that reason - it is too abstract to connect the act of putting food in one's mouth with not dying — and in any case i don't think that one's death, in a posthumanist context, is necessarily something that ought to be avoided at all costs.
i think you eat because you are hungry or because it is 'etenstijd' (= dinner time) or because it's pleasurable or because you are depressed and it is comforting or any number of other reasons…
the battle of getting children to eat not just pizza…
how to explain to a dog that this crumpet with strawberry jam is not for them?
sometimes my grandmother would ask me or my grandfather to eat something because 'het moet op' (= it has to be gone).
people don't just want to have something to eat : they want to have an 'eating experience'.
one idea that emerges from a posthuman/ist reevaluation of ethics, of what matters — and here it connects intimately with ideas about a new materialism where matter matters — is that everything matters equally, every thing that exists has the right to exist and to continue to exist in the way that it manifests then how is it possible to justify putting something into one's mouth, chewing it, swallowing it, digesting it, allowing one's body to extract the nutrients from it.
are humans just like vampires or parasites?
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When it comes to special events, I love to indulge a little bit and find pieces that are unique, stand out, and make me feel beautiful. My friend girlfriend, Justine, decided to celebrate her 30th birthday in Palm Springs this last weekend! Knowing that the weather was going to be perfect (in the low 70's) and we would be eating outside at one of the best brunch spots in town, Cheeky's, I knew which direction to go towards in term of the outfit I was looking for.
I knew I didn't want to bring a jacket with me…come on, it's Palm Springs! So I jumped online and found a dress that would work perfectly for an outdoor brunch occasion in the desert. Light and airy, with sleeves that can be pushed up to the elbow or kept down near the wrists…and flowy so I could enjoy as much brunch as I wanted!
And you all know how much I LOVE to wear black (I wore a black wedding dress!). Although at first glance this dress looks black with a floral pattern, it's in fact a deep hunter green, hence the title of this post. I was drawn to the dress first because I thought it was black, but really fell in love with the green, something I don't typically gravitate towards when I'm looking for wardrobe pieces. And once I had it on in person I knew she was a keeper!
I also wore my favorites from Beautycounter that I'm loving right now: Scarlet Lip Sheer, Dew Tint Moisturizer in #2, Color Pinch Cream Blusher in Hibiscus, and Color Shade Eye Duo in Oyster/Amethyst.
The excitement of driving to Palm Springs BY MYSELF…blasting 90's music and jamming out in the car!
Found these beauties (cactus and car) outside of Trio walking back to our car.
Before the rain found us, checked out Arrive coffee and the sweet hotel connected to it. Possibly a stay is in our future for the Traveling Pasleys?Enjoying a sweet brunch celebrating my friend and a chance to spend some time with Geoff as baby-free parents for an afternoon!
Here's the link to get your hands on the Little Green Dress! Have a fabulous weekend everyone.


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In general the meaning of "aggressive driving" is no consensus but has become a serious problem on roadways, mainly caused by roads more crowded and by irritability of drivers. It refers to any display of aggression by a driver. Every state around the world defines what actions deserve penalties. This guide describes more extreme actions of drivers and their characteristics.
There are two items associated to aggressive driving: the first term are aggressive drivers defining to whom force their way ahead traffic by engaging in reckless maneuvers with the characteristics of anger, impatience, competitiveness and vindictiveness. By other way road rage is refer to a physically attack between two drivers by a traffic dispute.
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The most common indicators that increases the measure of aggressive driving is considered as part of traffic violations, as a percent of injuries and fatalities:
Characteristics of aggressive drivers:Usually aggressive drivers don't believe there will be consequences to their actions. Read these characteristics about them:
What to do if you encounter an aggressive driver?
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Minutes from the Strip: 1 ½ Hours
Falcon Ridge Golf Course is located north and slightly east of Las Vegas in the charming and relaxing town of Mesquite. The desert layout is just over 6,500 yards and boasts several elevation changes, slick greens, several water features, and high mesa views, along with a course that will challenge all golfers. Falcon Ridge is one of the most picturesque golf courses in all of Nevada and has several amenities, including a full service pro shop, warm up area and putting green, a full bar and restaurant, and conference room for meetings.
The most difficult hole is also the longest, the par-5 7th. At 609 yards, it provides a challenge to all who play it, and sports a nice 160 yard carry from your elevated tee shot to the fairway below. Few can reach the green in two. Out of bounds guards the right side of the fairway, however the green is large and accessible.
The back nine starts off dramatically on number 10 with an elevated tee shot down to a split fairway divided by a creek. An accurate tee shot is the key. The approach is entirely uphill to a green guarded by a waterfall. The long par-4 ends with a large green that contains subtle breaks and undulations.
The par-4 13th hole features a blind tee shot to an uphill fairway. While that may seem daunting enough on this hole that stretches 435 yards, the approach offers one of the most nerve wracking shots in golf: a downhill shot to a green surrounded by water.
Winding through the hills and canyons of Northwest Mesquite, with casinos and beautiful views surrounding it, Falcon Ridge is a course you'll enjoy visiting.
Open: Year around
Bermuda, overseeded with Rye Grass
Bermuda, overseeded with Rye Grass
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No, a "warm-up area" is provided.
Rental Clubs Available: Yes
Carts Included with Greens Fee
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In Mesquite, NV, approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes away
Distance from the Las Vegas Strip:
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Quick Facts
Date Opened: 2004
Course Designer:
Kelby Hughes
Course Description:
18 Holes
Par 71
Course Yardage:
Black Tees – 6,546 Yards
Silver Tees – 5,976 Yards
Gold Tees – 4,821 Yards
Course Rating and Slope:
Black Tees – 70.3/131
Silver Tees – 67.3/120
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Following on from our previous session our heroes have found themselves on an unknown island in the Southern Hemisphere. Having investigated a temple and nearly seeing off Brother Damphire in a strange fountain they decided to head out looking for civilization.
During this journey they finally discovered Damphire's secret, he is a Cambrian (of course we already knew that). Now something I had forgotten about Cambrians is their ability to plane shift, thankfully one of players hadn't.
So that is where we left it last week, we have a new player starting and I've created a Character Sheet for them as we are potentially looking at switching system, and we will be switching DM soon as well.
Next Session?
What are my plans for this weeks session then. My prep time has decreased further as I'm back studying with the Open University so I have fewer hours free.
But I've always been keen on Raymond E Feists books on Midkemia, and especially the ideas of a multiverse. So with that in mind I think our hapless team should travel briefly between worlds, where they will meet our new player, lost and confused.
Additionally as we are losing a player too I want to start to wrap some things up for him, his character is partly searching for his lost father. It may be that he's about to find him.
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Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes
22 Mikhail Gorbachev quotes:
"A true leader, a man of his word and an optimist, he traveled the journey of his life with dignity and faced courageously the cruel disease that darkened his final years. He has earned a place in history and in people's hearts."
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"Reagan was a statesman who, despite all disagreements that existed between our countries at the time, displayed foresight and determination to meet our proposals halfway and change our relations for the better, stop the nuclear race, start scrapping nuclear weapons, and arrange normal relations between our countries."
"Taking into consideration Lenin's will and wishes of his family, we must bury his body according to all principles of human morality, although we should find an appropriate time for it."
"We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs."
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"It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction."
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"I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life."
"Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out."
"It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past."
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Romance Was Born Bush Magic at National Gallery of Victoria
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The Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival's Business event series brings together global leaders in fashion to share insights with the local design, fashion and retail industries. The March 17th seminar, produced by Event Gallery, featured Derek Blasberg, designer, and CEO of Georg Jensen, David Chu, as well as e-tailer Ruth Chapman of MATCHESFASHION.COM.


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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Eli Berlzon
GAZA/SDEROT, Israel - Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into southern Israel and Israel launched scores of air strikes in Gaza killing a pregnant woman and a child as fighting entered a second day on Thursday despite efforts to broker a truce to end months of simmering violence.
Palestinian officials said three people were killed in the Israeli attacks: a member of the Islamist Hamas group that rules Gaza, a pregnant woman, and her 18-month-old child. At least five civilians were wounded, local medical officials said.
The Israeli military said seven people were wounded in southern Israel; one was identified by her employer as a Thai agricultural worker.
The exchanges, which began on Wednesday, have stayed within familiar parameters. The rocket fire from Gaza has not targeted Israel's heartland and the Israeli military said its air strikes were limited to Hamas installations.
Yuval Steinitz, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's inner cabinet, told Israel Radio: "We are not eager for war and are not interested in a broader confrontation but at the same time it could certainly happen because we will not make any concessions to Hamas."
Netanyahu was due to convene the security cabinet later to assess the situation.
The flare-up came after officials on both sides had talked about potential progress in an effort by the United Nations and Egypt to broker a truce to end months of violence and alleviate deepening humanitarian and economic hardship in the Gaza Strip.
Rocket warning sirens sounded almost non-stop in the southern Israeli town of Sderot and other border communities from sunset on Wednesday. Many residents have a reinforced room in their homes where they can shelter. The military said more than 150 rockets and mortar bombs were fired from Gaza.
Ambulance sirens echoed through the night in Gaza, where families huddled at home as powerful explosions shook buildings. The Israeli military said its aircraft struck 140 facilities belonging to Hamas.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri blamed Israel for the escalation, citing the killing of two Hamas gunmen on Tuesday in northern Gaza which he described as unprovoked.
Israeli media reports said fire from the gunmen had apparently been part of a Hamas exercise and not directed at Israel. An Israeli military spokesman said Hamas operatives had shot in the general direction of Israel's border.
U.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov said in an overnight statement: "I am deeply alarmed by the recent escalation of violence between Gaza and Israel, and particularly by today's multiple rockets fired toward communities in southern Israel."
The United Nations, he said, has engaged with Egypt in an "unprecedented effort" to avoid serious conflict, but cautioned that "the situation can rapidly deteriorate with devastating consequences for all people".
Gaza has been controlled by Hamas for more than a decade, during which time it has fought three wars against Israel, most recently in 2014.
A senior Israeli commander said Thursday morning that the military is nearing launching an operation in the Gaza Strip, not ruling out evacuating communities near the border as the fighting continues.
"We are after another night of escalation, and at this stage we don't see it ending," the officer said.
Israel will continue striking Gaza, the officer said, noting that reinforcements are being sent to southern Israel. "The military is preparing to evacuate civilians located up to four kilometers from the border, even at the first stage of a wider campaign."
Meanwhile, Hamas on Thursday blamed the latest round of violence on Israel killing two Hamas militants on Tuesday. "Israel says it does not seek an escalation but in practice causing it," sources said. The Israeli military believes that the incident was a misunderstanding, after Israeli troops mistakenly thought that gunfire during a military demonstration in the Strip was aimed at them.


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Job Description
(A Government of India Enterprise Under the Ministry of Defence)
Bharat Electronics Limited, a Navaratna and India's premier professional Electronics Company requires Electro Optics Engineer on permanent basis for its Kotdwara Unit (Uttarakhand).
Post:- Probationary Engineer (Optics)
No of Posts:- 2
Qualification:– MSc (Tech) in Engineering Physics (Photonics) / M Tech (Applied Optics) or equivalent qualification in any recognized university or AICTE approved institution with First Class for GEN/OBC and Pass Class for SC/ST/PWD candidates
Upper Age Limit as on 01.10.2016:- 25 Years
Scale of Pay:-Rs 16400 – 3% – 40500
Age Relaxation:
SC-5 Years, ST-5 Years, OBC (Non –Creamy Layer)-3Years.For Candidates belonging to Person with Disability (PWD) category having minimum 40% disability will get 5 (five) years relaxation in addition to the relaxation applicable to SC/ST/OBC mentioned above.
Pay and Allowances:
In addition to Basic Pay, other allowances like Dearness allowance, House Rent Allowance, 48% of the Basic Pay as perquisites, Performance Related Pay (PRP), Group Insurance, Medical facilities, Provident Fund, Pension, Gratuity, as per the Company's rules will be part of the remuneration package.
Application Fee:
Candidates belonging to GEN / OBC category are required to pay the application fee in favour of "Bharat Electronics Limited" payable at Kotdwara for Rs.500/- in Demand Draft drawn from any scheduled bank (preferably SBI). SC and ST candidates are exempted from payment of application fee. The application fee is non refundable. The candidate is required to write his/ her name on the reverse of the demand draft.
Method of Selection:
The applications will be scrutinized and applicants meeting the above criteria will be called to appear for the written test (objective type question) and Interview. Date of the written test will be intimated by e-mail / Post in due course. Candidates are required to produce all original certificates, a self attested copy of each of them and a recent passport size colour photograph, if shortlisted for interview.
Selected candidates have to execute a bond to serve minimum period of three years in the company or to pay a sum of Rs 3,00,000 (Three Lakhs Rupees) to the Company.
General Conditions:
- Reservation / relaxation for SC/ST/OBC/PWD will be as per Government directives.
- Candidates working in PSUs/Government/Quasi Government organizations should submit the application through proper channel or produce No Objection Certificate at the time of the interview. Such candidates, who are unable to produce NOC, will not be interviewed.
- In case any University / Institute following an evaluation system of CGPA/DGPA/OGPA or letter grade, the candidate, wherever applicable , should submit percentage (%) conversion certificate issued by university / institution along with the application.
- BEL reserves the right to increase/decrease the number of vacancies to be filled on actual requirement at the time of selection and to cancel the advertisement and/or the entire selection process at any stage.
- Only Indian Nationals need to apply.
- Outstation candidates belonging to SC and ST will be reimbursed to and fro train / bus fare limited to II class rail fare by the shortest route for attending the written test as per rules of the company with in India only. These candidates are required to submit proof of journey undertaken for reimbursement.
- Outstation candidates belonging to General and OBC candidates will be reimbursed to and fro train / bus fare limited to II class rail fare by the shortest route who are shortlisted for Interview as per rules of the company with in India only. These candidates are required to submit proof of journey undertaken for reimbursement.
- Request for change of category once declared in the application will not be entertained.
- Candidates desirous of seeking employment with BEL need to be medically fit as per Company"s per-employment medical standards.
- In the event any applicant has litigated with his/ her employer in the past: the same should be clearly mentioned in brief.
- The candidates claiming to belonging to SC/ST category are required to submit the caste certificate in the prescribed proforma (available in Company"s website www.bel-india.com ) issued by the prescribed authority along with the application. Caste certificate in any other proforma or issued by an authority other than the prescribed authority will not be accepted.
- Candidates belonging to OBC category are required to submit the latest caste certificate in the prescribed proforma (available in Company"s website www.bel-india.com) issued by the prescribed authority along with the application. Caste certificate in any other proforma or issued by an authority other than the prescribed authority will not be accepted.
- Candidates with disability of not less than 40 per cent only will be eligible for reservation and relaxation as PWD. PWD candidates are required to submit disability certificate issued by the Medical Board in the prescribed format (available in Company"s website www.bel-india.com) along with the application.
- Candidates are required to possess at least one valid e-mail id which is to be entered in the application form. Candidates shortlisted for the written test/interview will be informed through e-mail regarding the date, time and venue for the written test and interview to the e-mail id that is furnished in the application. BEL will not be responsible for any problem related to e-mail correspondence.
How To Apply:
- Candidates are advised to download the application format available on the company's website bel-india.com. The downloaded application format duly filled in all respects with recent colour passport size photograph of the applicant duly affixed in the column provided in the Application Form along with the photocopies of the below mentioned documents/enclosures to be forwarded to The Manager (HR&A), Bharat Electronics Limited, Kotdwara , Pauri Garwhal , Uttarkhand – 246149 by POST ONLY by 16.11.2016.
- SSLC/Matriculation Certificate (as proof of date of birth)
- Higher Secondary Certificate
- Under Graduation Degree Certificate / Consolidated Marks
- Post Graduation Degree Certificate / Consolidated Marks
- Experience Certificates from previous employers / Appointment letter / Latest Salary Slip in case of present employer
- Disability certificate / Caste certificate in case of OBC / SC / ST (if applicable, strictly in the prescribed formats, which are available on the BEL website. OBC certificate should be dated on or after 01.06.2016.)
- Demand Draft
- No Objection Certificate ( if applicable)
- In case any University / Institute following an evaluation system of CGPA/DGPA/OGPA or letter grade, the candidate, wherever applicable , should submit percentage (%) conversion certificate issued by university / institution along with the application.
- To send the hard copy of the application by post to the above mentioned address superscribing the post applied for on the envelope so as to reach us by 16.11.2016. For example: "APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF PROBATIONARY ENGINEER – OPTICS".
- Applications that are incomplete, not in the prescribed format, not legible, without the required enclosures will be summarily rejected without assigning any reasons and no correspondence in this regard will be entertained.
- Document received after the last date for submission of document will not be considered.
- BEL will not be responsible for bouncing of any e-mail sent to the candidate.
Note: BEL reserves the right to debar/disqualify any candidates at any stage of the selection process for any reason what so ever. Canvassing in any form will result in disqualification.
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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)Doing nathing for "Save Haritage/Mangrove Sundorbon"
The Coal Power Plant Will Build Up.
It is a human disaster. As a result of the acquisition of 8 acres of land in 1830 dhani family will be evicted. Rampaul employment may be at the center of the top 600 people, refugees, and the action will result in almost 7 500 families. But, we have a couple of crores every year haraba agricultural production.
It's no harm to the environment. Kayalabhittika any other power projects that are likely to .
In a survey conducted in the United States, the country's total carbon dioxide in the 010 – oxide 81 percent of udagirana kayalabhittika projects, of which only 41 percent of the total energy was found. In all countries of the world to be careful of is the kayalabhittika projects.
Recently, to avoid this kind of project, I was more cestatai. Each of the 500 MW power project to generate approximately kayalabhittika. Billion gallons of water are needed. Rampal project will meet the animal is undoubtedly the Nile River. Salt water and fresh water animal river and mangrove forests to maintain a balance between the needs of a particular role. This naditira connection with the whole region, including the overall biodiversity. This field is a very important settlements in the Nile River. But we're going to build this project using the river astitbakei phelachi endangered.
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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)Doing nathing for "Save Haritage/Mangrove Sundorbon"


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You know "they" say not to wear white after labor day*? Well, I have a few questions about that. The first is- who is they? Did a committee get together one day and decide what the "rules" for what to wear are? How often do "they" meet? Do "they" ever change "their" minds? Next question- Labor Day (the first Monday in September) is a holiday in the US, but what is the rule outside of the US? IS there a particular day that the white rule starts? When is it?
Today I decided that I was going to wear my white dress since:
1. I don't live in the US and Labor Day (first Monday in September is not celebrated here).
2. Winter doesn't happen here.
3. Because I wanted to.
This dress is a perfect dress for warm weather, it is 100% cotton, lightweight and obviously, light in color (which I have heard keeps the mosquitos away).
There you have it.
*I know there are "winter whites", however, this dress does not qualify as "winter white".*


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Intelligent Design Theory HOME PAGE
PREFACE: Intelligent Design Theory Explains 2 Mysteries: Gravity and the Structure of the Atom
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In contrast to government responses to UFOs, many UFO sightings and reports give evidence that flying saucers and extraterrestrial alien life may exist. Many who believe in God, and many scientists do not believe in flying saucers, UFOs, aliens or life on other planets. Those who believe the Bible have trouble with the spaceship described in the first three chapters of the book of Ezekiel. Others either dismiss reports or the news media conceals the millions of visual sightings that have been reported worldwide, including the 12,618 UFO sightings investigated by Project Blue Book, the government collections of UFO remains at crash sites and threats to those who saw them, as reported in many History Channel reports. Likewise, the enormous structures, enormous figures carved on mountains, stones weighing hundreds of tons that were cut and moved many miles to and then up on the Pyramids, and how hundreds of ton ancient Egyptian obelisks were cut and moved many miles and then raised to an upright position hundreds of feet high remain unexplained. Without writing a book, the pictures of spaceships and strange-looking humanoids in caves and pyramids are likewise unexplained. Does life exist on other planets? What is the possibility of aliens and life on other planets?
Most Christians, because God cares about us, and perhaps some scientists, because of big bang, black holes, red shift theory all the stars appear to be racing away from the earth believe that the earth is the center of the universe. Our government has spent billions of dollars building transmitters and receivers in attempts to communicate with extraterrestrial aliens. If there is indeed an Intelligent Planner, it seems highly unlikely that He (or It) would create 1018 or more stars having 1019 or more planets without placing life on some of those planets. It seems to me that God has a purpose for everything, including other stars with planets. But it would take too long for beings from other planets to reach the earth without running out of food or dying first.
My belief in flying saucers is based on a sighting of a UFO twice from the roof of the astronomy building at University of Michigan by an entire astronomy class of about thirty-five students and their professor, Dr. Lawler in the fall of 1957 while charting the stars. Dr. Lawler told the class the next day that she received about a hundred phone calls from local residents that night. I was in that astronomy class. What we saw was a disk travel at least three thousand miles an hour with no sonic boom, stop above us instantaneously without slowing down and hover over us at about three thousand feet for about ten or twenty minutes with a pulsating red light all the way around it, and then instantaneously move from a dead stop to about three thousand miles per hour again, make a sharp ninety-degree turn at the same speed without slowing down, and race off to the horizon. About twenty minutes later it returned at the same speed from the place it left, made another sharp ninety-degree turn and left. No human could be in a vessel that goes from 3000 mile per hour to a dead stop without being crushed and vaporized. No human being could go from a dead stop to an instantaneous velocity of 3000 miles per hour without disintegrating. No human could stand a right angle turn at 3000 miles per hour and live. This event was reported about eleven years later in the NICAP Journal, the National Investigation Committee on Arial Phenomena.
The U.S. Air Force has explained such phenomena as weather balloons. Balloons do not travel 3000 mph and instantly stop and stand still for ten or twenty minutes and start at 3000 mph instantly, making 90 degree turns at 3000 mph, phenomena that our entire Astronomy class and Professor Lawler observed and talked about for a long time. On the way home that night, I was astonished to see an enormous cigar-shaped vessel hanging perfectly still about 75 feet above woodland by our dormitories and making no noise whatsoever. No one can convince me that I and a class of thirty-five students and a college professor along with hundreds of residents did not see a flying saucer that night, as reported in the Ann Arbor News the next day and in the NICAP Journal eleven years later. In contrast to government responses to UFOs, there are many reports of UFO sightings that give evidence that flying saucers and extraterrestrial alien life may exist.
These UFO alien entities, denied in government response reports, are far from being human. They are far more intelligent, and are completely immune to the laws of gravity and inertia, being able to withstand instantaneous starts, stops and turns at tremendous speeds that would crush any living being on earth. Yet there are some unanswered questions in the puzzle. The many persons that have died and gone to heaven and came back to tell about it all describe seeing their loved-ones, relatives, other humans and familiar plants, flowers, trees and animals in heaven. No creatures that look like the UFO aliens have been seen in heaven. So where are they? All angels that have been seen on earth throughout history looked like humans. Are there other heavens, or do these creatures not go to heaven? Who built the pyramids, obelisks and other enormous structures, statues and carvings on top of mountains? We know next to nothing about extraterrestrial life, except that it may exist.
However, in their book EXO-VATICANA, the authors Cris Putnam and Thomas Horn (2013) made an intensive and revealing study of UFOs and came up with very logical explanations. I highly recommend this book.
Ever since seeing two different UFO's, I have questioned, how can these beings travel the great distance from another star or galaxy and not die of old age or die from hunger? How can these beings survive the thousands of gravity forces going from 3,000 miles per hour to an instantaneous stop, or going from a stop to an instant 3.000 miles per hour? How can a UFO travel faster than the speed of sound without causing a sonic boom? A fellow Christian recently gave me the possible answers. These are physical beings; they may be demons. An indication that they may be demons from Satan is that when they have tried to abduct Christians, when the Christians told them to leave in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, they instantly and fearfully fled. They will not leave if you tell them to leave in the name of Apollo or Buddha, or some Hindu god, or in the name of Allah or Mohammed. But they do leave if you tell them to leave in the name of Jesus. It seems that the pyramids, obelisks, and other amazing stone structures and carvings may have been performed by these same demons, because all of these structures are satanic, either phallic symbols or monuments worshipping the same sun, moon and stars that the highly advanced Masons and Illuminati worship in accordance with Albert Pike's Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. And this may explain the Government response, since the government may be controlled by the Illuminati. The pyramids, obelisks and UFO sightings and reports versus the government response give evidence that flying saucers and alien life exist.
It seems that there are several life forms of which humans are unknowledgeable. There is self-existent God of the universe that created all of these life forms. These life forms include angels that are spiritual, but can materialize at will. Although there are many statues and ancient paintings of angels with wings, angels do not necessarily have wings. They do not require UFOs to space travel, nor do they take light years to get here. Angels can be either good or bad, as can alien creatures that fly in UFOs. God set angels here on earth to watch over us, and they were called Watchers. Watchers are described in the books of Enoch, a human who walked with God and learned many secrets, such as may have resulted in the building of the pyramids, obelisks and other stone structures carved in odd shapes that fit together with laser-like precision and weigh up to hundreds of tons that were moved from rock quarries to the many places where they stand by means that we cannot comprehend to this day. Watchers and giants are also described in the Bible and in Sumerian writings. These Watchers materialized and had sex with human women, resulting in the Nephilim, or giants that have inhabited the earth and caused God to destroy almost all human and animal life through the Flood of Noah. Fossils of these giants have been found all over the earth, and are always disregarded or hidden by evolution-promoting scientists, the Smithsonian Institute and many archaeologists who believe in or promote evolution. These Watchers also had sex with animals and produced strange creatures such as animals with human heads and humans with animal heads which are depicted in paintings and carvings all over the earth. Contrary to the false beliefs of evolutionists, humans cannot create children by having sex with other species, nor can other species have sex with species other than their own and create children that have then have children. But the Bible tells us that demons can possess both humans and animals. These demons are not from outer space, but they rule the atmosphere around the earth.
These are more probably fallen angels, demons who follow Satan, the leader of the fallen angels and who are spiritual beings who like to inhabit human bodies. There are aliens who use UFOs to travel, but can withstand instantaneous enormous changes in inertia without being crushed or exploded. These aliens can be good or evil as can any of God's life forms. All of these life forms are described in many publications, paintings and carvings and do not need more references of sightings or more fossils to establish credibility. Yet humans remain unknowledgeable about their past or present existence or what they really are and do..
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|Wokiksuya Remembrance at Coldwater Creek
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"Seventeen hundred of our people were here, 1300 left. We know some of our people... so called 'Sibley's friendlies' ... remained here, but what about the rest?"
Brown challenges "The military kept very good records. We know there are mass graves here. Somewhere here they were buried." Brown felt it very important for the Mendota Mdewakanton oyate to begin the process of remembrance of the winter the ancestors spent at Fort Snelling and to honor the memory of those who died here. "This is the Mendota. We are the Mendota."
The Dakota Conflict and the resultant imprisonment and forced relocation to distant reservations in the spring of 1863 marked a definitive turning point in the history of the Dakota people and way of life. Feb. 2 was selected as the date of commemoration being right in the middle of the winter season. Today bundled in thinsulate and wool, shivering for an hour or two in wind chills of 20 something below one could hardly fathom how bitter that winter of 1862/63 must have been.
Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community Cultural Chair and Historian Jim Anderson explains that many older relatives, 75+ years of age, don't know what happened here, adding to the difficulty of piecing together the past He expressed the hope that someday perhaps the names of those who spent that winter here will be known.
A pipe quarried from Pipestone and artfully fashioned with the carvings of four oak leaves representing the Four Oak trees 'The ancestors" that the MMDC and supporters had fought to save was used for the first time since the Four Oaks were destroyed more than a year ago by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to make way for the much contested Hwy. 55 reroute.
Evidence supports claims that the Four Oaks had been planted by Native Americans to commemorate those who had perished at Fort Snelling. A week after destroying the trees on Dec. 11, 1999, the State of Minnesota argued in federal court, thinking they were defending their position - that the trees were not as old as some highway opponents had initially claimed, being only "137-years-old," which incidentally would have dated them to 1862/63.
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Dwight Stately from Red Lake, MN, hoped to make such a connection, wrapped against the frigid temperature in patchwork quilt made lovingly by an aunt and holding a feather gifted by a friend, both who had recently journeyed on following the ceremony here. Stalely would be heading to Duluth to have the bustle from which the feather came blessed. Wisps of sage lingered in the chill air.
The weather also didn't deter Jane MacDonald and Jan Dalsin of the Sisters of St Joseph's of Carondelet. Sister Jane was swift to reprimand Capt Kittridge last year when he delivered arrest warrants to highway opponents trying to protect the trees. Sister Dalsin, a retired school principal, has also frequently braved the weather during the past two years to oppose destruction of the area and often facilitates weekly meetings of the Preserve Camp Coldwater Coalition, a community based group dedicated to preserving the area. Historically, the Sisters of St Joseph came to Minnesota to teach the people of the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community, a past reflective of the prevailing European attitude of that time which Sister Jan finds personally challenging today.
Also attending the ceremony were State Representatives Karen Clark (DFL Minneapolis) and Mark Gleason (DFL Richfield), both of whom have strongly supported the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community's efforts to protect and preserve the area, especially nearby Coldwater Spring which is currently in the process of being sold by the Department of Interior to Minnesota's Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC). The MAC's intent for purchase was to partially pave over the site with a 7 acre parking lot.
Coldwater Spring is central to the Dakota creation story According to Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community Cultural Chair Anderson, "We believe this is the center of the universe...the center of our universe." The area has been declared a Sacred Site by the National Congress of American Indians, representing more than 300 tribes (Resolution # PSC-99- 127). The area is also the birthplace of the political state of Minnesota. Preserve Camp Coldwater Coalition member Susu Jeffrey explains that Coldwater Spring has been in federal hands" since 1805 when it was "purchased for 60 barrels of whisky and $200... and this included all of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the cities of Richfield and Bloomington." Today the 27 acre Camp Coldwater property alone is worth $6 million. "Every time property changes hands, the price goes up," says Jeffrey opposing the sale.
Jeffrey Hamiel, MAC Executive Director, restated in a personal e-mail that MAC "wants to preserve Camp Coldwater" and that MAC's goal is to "not permit the development of the property that would interfere with the operation of the airport" However 'The airport is a transportation industry" states Susu Jeffrey and "the MAC is not the agency to protect this particular property." She cited jet fuel spills contamination from de-icing operations and a host of other issues demonstrating the airport's poor environmental stewardship. Coalition and MMDC members will be meeting this week with several state legislators to explore legislation that could transfer Camp Coldwater to a more appropriate State agency, publicly holding the land for preservation and historic interpretation.


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According to the report, the global plasticizers market had a valuation of US$14.85 bn in 2015, which is expected to increase at 5.50% CAGR from 2016 to 2024. The market is expected to reach a valuation of US$23.87 bn by the end of 2024.
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On the basis of product, plasticizers are segmented into phthalates, non-phthalates, polymeric, and aliphates. Among these, consumes are preferring phthalates owing to their properties such as durability, better weather- and temperature-resistance, and flexibility. On the basis of application, plasticizers market is dominated by the floor walls and coverings industries owing to the steady demand for new designs of coverings especially for houses and offices.
On the basis of geography, Asia Pacific presently dominates the plasticizers market and is expected to continue to dominate the market with a 6.10% CAGR from 2016 to 2024. This growth is attributed to the adoption of PVC products for decoration in houses and offices. Whereas, markets in North America and Europe are mature markets for plasticizers and are likely to have less opportunities for plasticizers manufacturers for business expansion.
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Mark spent seven years in the Royal Engineers, including time towards the end of his army career as Training Regiment Instructor training new recruits. Mark now trains technicians in turbine safety, turbine construction and turbine blade tension and is also learning to become an instructor in basic electric and hydraulic principles.
Working onsite at offshore wind farms, offers certain parallels for services leavers entering the wind power industry. Mark has travelled to Siemens' sites across Scotland, Ireland and Denmark, where technicians are often required to work away from home for long spells and in a tight-knit team responsible for each other's safety. Mark draws parallels with the team and safety culture in Siemens and the one he experienced in his previous life, "there is a real sense of mutual dependency and appreciation of the importance of best practice in all procedures, but especially safety," Mark says. "Few other jobs outside of the armed forces could offer the sense of adventure."
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Feichin McCormack is part of the new generation of Wind Power Service Engineers set to change the future of energy generation. With no two days the same, Feichin travels across the country to Siemens onshore and offshore Wind Farms supporting some of the 400 wind turbine technicians in the annual servicing of some of Siemens' 7,000 wind turbines.
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If ever there was a time warp in La Cañada, it was at Palm Crest Elementary School on Friday, when teachers and students who hadn't set foot on campus for a half-century mixed with curious elementary school kids and faculty at a spirit rally-turned-reunion.
A small group of former students, assembling in town to celebrate their 50th reunion as the school's first graduating class, convened with two former Palm Crest teachers at the school bright and early for a student pep assembly.
"We have some special guests who graduated from Palm Crest when they were in sixth-grade in 1963. That was 50 years ago," Principal Karen Hurley told students seated on the basketball court, as young minds attempted to grasp the concept of a half-century. "They used to be one of you."
After a rousing game of "Are You Smarter than a Palm Crest Panther?" in which the returnees answered grade-specific questions in a relay format to determine a winner, the assembly continued. Later, recess began and children played and ran as the group of about 10 reunion celebrants watched.
Robin Price, the lead organizer of the reunion festivities, came 400 miles from Novato to reconnect with her former classmates.
She said the group came together over the course of attending their La Cañada High School reunions. They were lumped into festivities with hundreds of LCHS alums and found themselves wanting to reminisce about earlier times, their days in elementary school.
"We have a really close class," Price explained. "Whenever we went to these high school reunions, we always wished we could have our own group, so we could just talk."
She and fellow alum Debbie Foss called the Palm Crest office and asked if they could take a tour during the reunion. Hurley suggested they come in September and attend the rally as well.
As the alumni waited for the tour to begin, small clusters of students approached them with inquiries about back in the day: "Who was your principal?" fifth-grader Alexa wanted to know.
"Was the playground different then? What did you have in it?" asked her classmate, McKenna.
The tour, led by Hurley, afforded the group more opportunities to pop in and interact with students. In one class, Mrs. Bilowitz's fifth-graders sang about all 50 states in a song. In another, the alumni chatted briefly about their memories of what the class used to look like, and of being called to the principal's office.
"It was a special place, absolutely — there was a great esprit de corps," recalled former teacher Fenwick English, who often played music in his sixth-grade classes from 1962 to 1964 and led several hootenannies. "The faculty was pretty tight and got along well. It was a great place to work."
There's just something about Palm Crest that keeps people coming back, Hurley said. Alumnus Nick Bell recently came back to build up the school's waiting area for an Eagle Scout project and enlisted the help of 44 community members, who together donated about $20,000 in goods and services to complete the beautification.
"I found it rather exciting they want to come back to their elementary school. Obviously, Palm Crest meant a lot to them," Hurley said of the reunion participants. "I want to make sure I keep that feeling going, so kids can give back to the school and come back and participate."
Tom Preston made the 6,000-mile trip from Salzburg, Austria, to La Cañada to celebrate the reunion. Being at Palm Crest and having English as a teacher were pivotal moments in his childhood, he says, and he formed a bond with students that hasn't dissipated with time.
"You realize, at various points in your life, there is an influence on you that is strong," Preston said. "Even in high school, even if we weren't friends, it always went back to Palm Crest."
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