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The Autêntica Editora, a Publishing House founded on September 17, 1997, has consolidated itself in the Brazilian publishing market over these 17 years, and has become a reference in publishing Human Science books. Always true to its prospect of launching books of quality, of seeking innovative subjects and, at the same time, of diversifying the catalog to meet the demands of new readers, the House became, in 2011, the Autêntica Publishing Group, bringing together four Publishing Houses: Autêntica Editora, focusing on books for college students and children's literature; Editora Gutenberg, with titles of general interest, especially young fiction; Editora Nemo, devoted to comic books; and Vestígio, dedicated exclusively to the publication of crime novels. It is also worth noting the commitment of the Group in the national youth literature, with authors of great repercussion, such as Paula Pimenta and Bruna Vieira. Together they have sold nearly 1 million copies.
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Ique Carvalho
Ique Carvalho was always fascinated by people and he decided to write about this love in a blog, "The Love Code", created in 2010. The blog started on the same day that he found out that his father was suffering from a degenerative disease and that his girlfriend broke up with him. "Faça amor, não faça jogo" is a book not only focused on romantic relationships, but also human relations in general, like his story with his dad, who becomes sicker day after day.
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Eva Longoria : Washington Power Player?
Eva Longoria: Washington Power Player?
By Joe Guzzardi
In a recent story intended to be serious, the Wall Street Journal identified Eva Longoria as a Washington D.C. "power player." And all this time, I thought the Journal prided itself on serious journalism. Fooled me!
Longoria, former star of the night time soap opera Desperate Housewives is hobnobbing with President Obama and other Washington elites to push for her favorite cause, amnesty for the 11 million aliens living illegally in the United States.
The Texas-born Longoria's only political credentials that allow her to access Washington's inner sanctum are the millions she and her wealthy Hollywood friends donated to President Obama'sre-election campaign. In fact, because of her dubious but often repeated claim to have long ago lived a life as a Mayan princess, Longoria is the type from which a serious person might want to distance himself.
Because of her wealth and high visibility, Longoria has a platform. From it, Longoria preaches that immigration is, to use the words she and other advocates constantly use, "a broken system" that needs to be "fixed." Furthermore, according to Longoria, the Republicans need to play ball because fixing immigration is their moral and economic imperative.
Longoria's "fix" is predictable—a sweeping amnesty for everyone regardless of the consequences on 20 million unemployed Americans, including Hispanics.
Consider these daunting Hispanic employment statistics conveniently overlooked by amnesty proponents including Longoria: one in four Hispanics live in poverty, 2 million more than impoverished African-Americans. Hispanic-American's broad unemployment rate, what the Bureau of Labor Statistics refers to as the U-6 category that includes discouraged workers who have given up looking for jobs and those forced into part-time jobs, is 19 percent.
Amnesty grants work authorization to millions previously unemployable because of their immigration status and would devastate Hispanics here legally. Competition with new immigrants for jobs is most intense for Hispanics under 30 without a college degree. The U-6 unemployment rate is 28 percent for Hispanics with a high school diploma, 40 percent for those without a degree and 45 percent for teens looking for their first job. Adding roughly 11 million new workers into a market already saturated with unemployed Americans of all ages and ethnicities is unconscionable.
I agree with Longoria that the federal immigration policy should be fixed. But here's how I'd do it. I'd repeal birthright citizenship, the foolish practice that gives American citizenship to every child born in the United States regardless of the circumstances under which the parent is in the country. Most industrial nations ended jus soli, which perpetuates illegal immigration, years ago.
I'd also end chain migration, eliminate the useless Diversity Visa as well as the fraud ridden fiance © e, religious and other abused non-immigrant worker visas like the H-1B and J categories. The 1966 Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act is hopelessly outdated and like birthright citizenship should also be repealed.
At the same time, I'd impose real border security and demand mandatory E-Verify to assure that every American worker is legally eligible to hold a job.
Sadly, however, I'm not hearing so much as a peep about my reasonable plan from the White House, Senate Democrats or the ethnic identity lobby in which Longoria plays a prominent role.
Ironically, as it turns out, La Raza activist Longoria isn't Mexican at all. When Longoria agreed to participate in a DNA test for PBS as part of its Faces of America broadcast, the results showed she is of mostly European ancestry.
The desperate ones in this sad act are not the housewives that Longoria once portrayed but the politicians who don't want to miss an opportunity to advance their hurtful amnesty agenda by whatever available means.
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Sports in Portland, Oregon
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Portland, Oregon, United States, is home to three major league sports teams — the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer, and the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.[1] The city also hosts a wide variety of other sports and sporting events.
Current notable teams[edit]
The Portland Trail Blazers have played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the 1970 season. The Trail Blazers have played in three NBA Finals (1977, 1990, 1992) and have won one NBA Championship (1977). Several of the Trail Blazers' former players are in the Basketball Hall of Fame, including Dražen Petrović, Bill Walton, Lenny Wilkens, Clyde Drexler, and Arvydas Sabonis. Furthermore, the team has retired several numbers including Terry Porter (#30), Maurice Lucas (#20), Larry Steele (#15).
The Portland Chinooks played in the International Basketball League at The Courts in Eastmoreland.
The Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks have played in the city since 1976. They split their home games between the Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the Moda Center. They have won three league championships (1982, 1998, 2013).
The Portland Timbers joined Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2011 after having past incarnations from 1975–82, 1985–90 and 2001–10. They play at Providence Park, where they average over 20,000 fans and routinely sell out matches.[2] As of November 2013, the Portland Timbers had sold out the last 50 consecutive matches, and over 10,000 fans were on the wait list for season tickets. They won their first MLS Cup in 2015.[3]
The Portland Timbers 2 have been playing in the United Soccer League since 2014. Portland Timbers 2 (often referred to as "T2") is the reserve squad of the (MLS) club Portland Timbers. The Portland Timbers 2 formerly played at Merlo Field but now play at Providence Park.
The Portland Timbers U23s have been playing in USL League Two since 2010 and play in Salem, Oregon at McCulloch Stadium.
In 2012, Portland Thorns FC and the National Women's Soccer League were officially formed, with both the team and the league beginning play in 2013. The Thorns won the championship in the inaugural NWSL season and again in 2017, and have led the league in attendance in each of its first five seasons.
Professional baseball was played nearly continuously in Portland from 1901 until 2010, absent only during the 1994 season. The original Portland Beavers were the longest lived team, playing every season from 1901 to 1972, though occasionally under a different name. Various minor league baseball teams played in Portland thereafter, including revived Beavers teams between 1978 and 1993 and again between 2001 and 2010. Since 2010, there has been no professional baseball played within Portland city limits.
Established in 2015 the Portland Pickles are an active team in the GWL (Great West League). The Pickles play at Walker Stadium located inside Lents Park in SE Portland. Beginning in 2013, the Hillsboro Hops have played at Ron Tonkin Field in the nearby suburb of Hillsboro, Oregon, about 15 miles west of Portland. A farm team for the Arizona Diamondbacks, they play in the Northwest League, a Class A Short Season minor baseball league.
List of current teams[edit]
|Portland Thorns FC
|Women's soccer
|National Women's Soccer League
|2 (2013, 2017)
|Providence Park
|Portland Timbers
|Major League Soccer
|1 (2015)
|Providence Park
|Portland Timbers 2
|Merlo Field
|Portland Timbers U23s
|Premier Development League
|1 (2010)
|Providence Park
|Portland Trail Blazers
|National Basketball Association
|1 (1976–77)
|Moda Center
|Portland Winterhawks
|Ice hockey
|Western Hockey League
|2 (1982–83, 1997–98)
|Moda Center
- The Portland Timbers U-23s now play in Salem OR at McCulloch Stadium. Began playing there in 2017.
College sports[edit]
Portland is home to two NCAA Division I programs: the Portland Pilots, of the University of Portland, and the Portland State Vikings, from Portland State University. Portland State offers football, basketball, women's volleyball, golf, soccer, track and field, tennis, softball, and cross country. The Vikings sponsor football in the FCS (formerly Division I-AA) level and play their games at Providence Park. Portland State is a member of the Big Sky Conference. The Portland Pilots are members of the non-football West Coast Conference and sponsor baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, and track and field.
Other sports teams[edit]
- Australian rules football. Portland is home to the Portland Australian Rules Football Club of the USAFL, one of the oldest in the United States, having formed in 1998. The club includes both a men's team (Portland Steelheads) and a women's team (Portland Sockeyes). The Portland Steelheads and Sockeyes are both two time National Champions (winning in 2015 & 2016). The club also runs a small metro footy league.[4] Portland holds the record attendance for an Australian Rules Football match (14,787), when visiting Australian Football League clubs Melbourne and West Coast Eagles competed at Civic Stadium in 1990.
- Roller derby. The Rose City Rollers is an all-female Women's Flat Track Derby Association-affiliated league founded in 2004 with over 400 members. It consists of four home teams: the Heartless Heathers, the Break Neck Betties, the High Rollers, and the Guns N Rollers as well as the All-Star traveling team, the Wheels of Justice and the Axles of Annihilation the Travel B-Team, who represent the league in interleague bouts. Portland Men's Roller Derby is an all-male league established in 2009. The men's league plays by the current WFTDA roller derby ruleset.
- Rugby league. Rose City Rugby League were formed in 2010 and are part of the AMNRL's Western Expansion.[5]
- Rugby union. Portland is home to four senior-level men's rugby union football clubs and two women's clubs that are sanctioned members of USA Rugby. In men's rugby, the Portland Rugby Football Club (est. 1961, Pigs)[1], Oregon Sports Union Rugby Club (Jesters)[2], and the Eastside Tsunami compete in Division II of the Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union (PNRFU) [3]. Additionally, a gay and inclusive team, the Portland Lumberjacks compete in PNRFU men's division III [4]. The ORSU Women's Rugby team[5] competes in Women's Division I while the Portland Lady Pigs compete in Women's Division II.
- Ultimate. The Portland Stags play in the MLU, competing in the western conference.
- Underwater hockey, The Portland Rockfish "rock" the Underwater Hockey World. Portland is also home to many of the Team Oregon state players.[6] You can check out their regular training.[7]
- Tennis. Team Portland Tennis[8] is a gay and lesbian tennis group that hosts the GLTA sanctioned The Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance Rose City Open every Labor Day weekend and provides various opportunities to meet and compete within the gay community.
- Touch rugby. The Portland Touch Rugby team is a member of the US Federation of International Touch (USFIT)and has won the national championship several times, most recently in 2007 (Portland, Oregon), 2008 (Houston), and 2009 (Portland, Oregon). The team, the Portland Hunters [6], is home to a number of key members of the US National Touch team who have competed in the Touch Rugby International World Cup several times. There are also two other Touch Rugby teams in the Portland area, the Tigard, Oregon branch of Tumeke Touch and the Reed College Touch Rugby team.
- Paintball. The Portland Naughty Dogs compete in the National Professional Paintball League in a variety of tournaments around the U.S.
- Mixed martial arts. Portland is also known as a hub for MMA. It's the site of Team Quest, a training camp founded by MMA legends such as Randy Couture, Dan Henderson, and Matt Lindland. Lindland was also founder and coach of the Portland Wolfpack, Portland's team in the now defunct International Fight League. Portland also is host to the semi-annual Sportfight events which frequently showcase the best up and coming fighters in the Pacific Northwest.
- Electric hockey. Developed in northern Europe, electric hockey is a new sport designed specifically for power chair users. Providing opportunity for those experiencing disabilities, electric hockey utilizes a small and fast wooden cart and has game play similar to hockey. Local nonprofit Incight facilitates game play as part of their programming.
Defunct sports teams[edit]
The Portland Beavers were a Triple-A baseball team from the Pacific Coast League affiliated with the San Diego Padres. The most recent franchise, which left after the 2010 season to become the Tucson Padres and is now known as the El Paso Chihuahuas, was founded in 2001, though the Beavers name dates to an early Portland baseball team established in 1903.
Baseball teams called the Beavers existed in Portland from 1903–1917 and again from 1919–1972 and 1978–1993, and finally from 2001–2010. In 1973, after the Beavers moved to Spokane, Washington, the Portland Mavericks came to town in the form of an independent Single-A team within the Northwest League. From 1973 to 1977 they played in what was then known as Civic Stadium. The Mavericks were owned by ex-minor league player and television actor Bing Russell. When Russell sold the team back to the Beavers in 1978 it was for $116,000, at the time a record amount for a minor league franchise. The most recent Beavers franchise also played at Civic Stadium. The original Beavers stadium was Vaughn Street Park located in northwest Portland. The Beavers won the Pacific Coast League Pennant the following years: 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1932, 1936, 1945 and 1983. When the Beavers relocated to Salt Lake City in 1993, another Northwest League team, the Portland Rockies, moved in for the 1995 season, playing until 2000. When the Beavers returned for the 2001 season, the Rockies relocated to Pasco, Washington to become the Tri-City Dust Devils. The final version of the Beavers also played in Civic Stadium, renamed PGE Park upon their arrival. After the city announced plans to renovate PGE Park to a soccer-specific stadium for the Timbers, and a proposed park for the Beavers failed to materialize, the team moved to Tucson and then to El Paso.
In 2013, it was announced that the Arena Football League (AFL) was expanding to Portland and the Portland Thunder was originally owned by Terry Emmert.[9] The Thunder's first game occurred on March 17, 2014, against the San Jose SaberCats at Portland's Moda Center.[10] Prior to the 2016 season, the AFL took over operations of the Thunder while looking for new local ownership. The team then changed its name to the Portland Steel for the 2016 AFL season.[11] The team folded after the 2016 season.
Prior to the Portland Thunder/Steel, Portland had the Arena Football League team the Portland Forest Dragons. In years of 1997, 1998, and 1999, the Forest Dragons compiled records of 2–12, 4–10, and 7–7, never making the playoffs while in Portland. During the 1998 season the team featured receiver Oronde Gadsden, who won the league's Rookie of the Year award, and went on to sign with the NFL's Miami Dolphins.
Other defunct teams[edit]
The Portland Pride was established in 1992 as a founding member of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL), which began play in 1993. The team played its home games in Portland's Memorial Coliseum. In 1997, the team and the league played its last season. The CISL folded and the Pride ownership moved the team to the Premier Soccer Alliance, where the team played under the name Portland Pythons.
- The Portland Power competed in the American Basketball League from 1996 to 1998.
- The Portland Breakers competed in the United States Football League during the 1985 USFL season.
- Portland had a team (Portland LumberJax) in the National Lacrosse League.
- The Portland Storm and Portland Thunder competed in the World Football League in 1974 and 1975.
- The Portland Fire competed in the WNBA from 2000 through 2002.
- The Portland Buckaroos competed in the (PCHL/NWHL) from 1928 to 1941, in the (WHL) from 1960 to 1975, and in the (WIHL) in 1975.
- The Portland Rosebuds were two early professional hockey teams, one of which in 1916 was the first Stanley Cup finals participant from the United States.
Other venues, events, and activities[edit]
- Auto racing. Portland was on the Champ Car World Series circuit, hosting the Grand Prix of Portland race at the Portland International Raceway from 1984–2007. PIR also hosts a race on the American Le Mans Series and a variety of SCCA, historic, and annual races such as the Rose Cup during the city's Rose Festival.
- Skiing and snowboarding are particularly popular with Portlanders.[citation needed] The area is served by a number of resorts located on nearby Mount Hood, including Timberline, which allows skiing year round. The only other resort in North America with summer skiing is Whistler in British Columbia.[citation needed]
- Rock climbing is growing in popularity as an outdoor pastime. At numerous small crags around town, one may glimpse mountaineers-in-training with their ropes, alpenstocks, and hard-soled boots practicing their technical moves on the rock in preparation for difficult alpine ascents.
- Running is a major important sport in the metropolitan area, the home of Nike and of Adidas' American operations. The Portland Marathon has been held annually in the city since 1971. The Hood to Coast Relay is the world's largest running relay race,[citation needed] with approximately 17,000 racers per year running from Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood to the Pacific Ocean at Seaside.
- Horse Racing. Horses have run at Portland Meadows since 1946.
- Velodrome. Amateur cycling has occurred weekly at the Alpenrose Velodrome since 1962.
- Cricket. Portland has its own cricket league called Oregon Cricket League (OCL) established 2005 that provides 2 formats of the game of cricket year around; T20, the 20 overs cricket league played in colored clothings, and the longer format of 30 overs league played in whites. Beaverton United Cricket Club is the reigning champion of the T20 league, winning it 3 times in a row from 2011. Northwest Cricket Club is the current champion of the 30-30 cricket league.
- Delta Dome, a proposed stadium in 1964
- ^ https://www.timbers.com/thornsfc
- ^ The Oregonian, For the Portland Timbers, home field is a real advantage, Nov. 5, 2013, http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2013/11/the_home_field_is_a_real_advan.html
- ^ The Oregonian, For the Portland Timbers, home field is a real advantage, Nov. 5, 2013, http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2013/11/the_home_field_is_a_real_advan.html
- ^ http://www.portlandfooty.com/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2011-03-12. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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- ^ https://oregonunderwaterhockey.wordpress.com/
- ^ http://www.meetup.com/Portland-Underwater-Hockey/
- ^ http://www.teamportland-tennis.org
- ^ Harbarger, Holly (5 March 2014). "Terry Emmert's arena football aspiration examined: Clackamas County in the news". Portland, Oregon. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ Odem, Joel (31 January 2014). "Portland Thunder to begin training camp Feb. 25". OregonLive.com. Portland, Oregon: The Oregonian. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Portland AFL Organization Rebrands to Steel". OurSportsCentral. February 24, 2016.


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Sunday, October 12, 2008
In 2004 after traveling around Europe alone for close to two months I found myself in Paris in the company of Nikola Acin.
My first night in Paris Nikola greeted me with a warm bath and unlimited use of his bathroom and toiletries. I didn't realize until I got in the the tub how much I needed the respite of a private bathroom and a hot bath after weeks of dragging my sorry self through a string of random hostels. While I soaked Nikola worked and drank tea. It was sorta funny, as though we had been friends for a long time despite having just met.
After I spent close to an hour in the bathroom listening to the Beach Boys and soaking, we went to a fondue restaurant downstairs from N's pad off the Faubourg. Strangely, neither of us ordered the house speciality. At this particular restaurant whenever the fondue was ordered the waiter would put on a bright orange wig and a cape sort of deal when he served it to you. I never did find out what that was about. After dinner we sat around finishing our bottle of wine and watched orange hair dude flit from table to table dosing our fellow diners with fondue.
In the days that followed I bumped around Paris with Nikola and at times his friend "action" Dan, browsing book stores, riding buses, and sitting at cafes. Being on a bus with Nikola was like hiring your own private tour guide as his knowledge of Parisian history and culture was amazing.
On our last night together, Nikola took me to a photo shoot that some friends of his were involved with. The subject of the shoot was men crying and while N and I sat around drinking beers a trickle of fashionably dressed, attractive young fellows with big sloppy tears in their eyes shuffled around us. It was fairly surreal. Following the shoot we went back to his place and stayed up late listening to Moon Mulligan and talking about art, music, our respective lives, Old Man Foster - who was the link that led me to meet NA in the first place, and his girlfriend at the time.
The next day he was going to interview a certain well know hip hop group for the French publication Rock and Folk and invited me to accompany him. I'm not sure why I declined. Instead I wandered around the city alone and caught up on my journaling at a cafe near his house. The next morning my ma and sis came to join me and we traveled on to London together. I spoke with Nikola via phone a few more times on my trip before coming home but didn't end up visiting him again.
Friday night after returning home from a fundraiser the Ol' Man informed me that he had just received the news that Nikola had passed away back in May at the age of 34. I suppose it's taken a day or two to sink in the way it can when you learn that someone very far away dies. It just doesn't seem real.
I feel fortunate to have known Nikola. He was a charming, sincere, and intelligent soul, a talented writer, thinker, and musician.
He will be missed.
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The Hadith- Sunnah (Prophet Mohammad's teachings) further
explains the Qur'anic injunctions. Thus, the Sunnah stands as another important source of the Shari'ah, second in authority
only after the Holy Qur'an which stands for Allah's Commands. Thus Muslims should take the Hadith- Sunnah as a source of Islamic
Law as it has been advocated by the Holy Qur'an itself:"And We have sent down unto you also the Message that you
may explain clearly to man what is sent for them, and that they may give thought."Thus, one of the Prophet (PBUH)
duties was to interpret the Qur'anic injunctions."Obey Allah and obey the Prophet and render not your actions in
vain.""Whoever obeys the Messenger, he indeed obeys Allah."Similarly, the Prophet (PBUH) has stressed
the importance of his Sunnah. During the course of Khutbah al Wada'ah (Farewell Sermon) the Prophet (PBUH) is reported to
have said:"I leave behind two things, if you hold fast unto them you shall never go astray: the Book of Allah and
my Sunnah."He also asked his Companions to convey others what they have learned from him saying:"Haddithu
'anni" (relate my saying to others)Furthermore, he implored his Sunnah to uphold his way of life saying:'Alaykum
bi sunnati' (follow my example)'.The Holy Qur'an forbids ignoring or opposing any of the explanations or commands given
by the Prophet (PBUH):"And as for him, who opposes the Messenger after guidance has been made clear, follows a
path other than that of a believer."Qur'anic revelation and the precepts of the Prophet (PBUH) constitute the
primary sources of Islamic Law.Generally the Holy Qur'an lays down the broad aspects of the Law and Shari'ah obligations
which cannot be fulfilled without resorting to the Sunnah of the Prophet the Prophet (PBUH). For instance, the Holy Qur'an
orders Muslims to pray but does not provide its specific timings; also it does not explain the way Muslims should pray. The
details are found in the Sunnah. Again, the Holy Qur'an allows one to bequeath a share from one's estate to any person and
does not stipulate the maximum limit for such a bequest. The Prophet (PBUH) is the one who fixed its maximum limit at one
third of one's estate only.In other words then, the Prophet (PBUH) interpreted the verses of the Holy Qur'an and explained
their meanings and implications to his companions to apply them in their lives. In the process he (PBUH) also made provisions
for those aspects of the Law which were not specifically provided for in the Holy Qur'an. Likewise, all rules pertaining to
Fasting, Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mekkah) and Zakaat (compulsory charity) were laid down by the Prophet (PBUH).It is noteworthy
to mention that in the Hadith literature there exist specific laws which have not been addressed by the Holy Qur'an. For example,
the Prophet (PBUH) prohibited his followers from indulging in mut'ah (temporary marriage) at the time of the Battle of Khaybar.
Also, the consuming of donkey meat and the meat of any carnivorous animal was declared by, while no mention of such prohibition
is expressed in the Qur'an (God did not mention it in the Sunnah on purpose for us to resort to the Sunnah).
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Based on the trailer and images, your first impression of Dear Esther: Landmark Edition may be that it's a survival horror game. I mean, the premise of the game is to place you on a desolated island and explore. Don't let that fool you, though; Dear Esther is not, I repeat, NOT a horror game. Rather, it is a beautiful game of solitude and reflection that explores a human's mental state after a devastating tragedy.
Dear Esther was developed by The Chinese Room, the same minds that created the hit game Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. An interesting fact I learned while playing with the new Directors' Commentary option is that Dear Esther was originally a Half-Life 2 mod in 2008 that gained traction because of its compelling storytelling. The game won so many awards that it warranted an independent release in 2010, and now six years later, a console version with updated graphics and gameplay (like the aforementioned Directors' Commentary).
So what is Dear Esther about? Well, that, my friend, will be left up to your imagination. The story is full of layers. Originally, you take control of a man all alone to explore an island in the Hebrides (which is in Scotland, for those who need a quick geography lesson). At various points in his exploration, the man opens up about a woman named Esther, presumably his wife. While exploring, you are able to find the hints of the past in the island, most are very cryptic and up for interpretation.
Speaking of interpretation, the reason why the story is about your interpretation, is that the man you're controlling doesn't just focus on Esther's story; he talks about other people who may have previously inhabited the island as well. It is up to you to figure out how the stories intertwine and how the whole picture unfolds.
The story perfectly portrays the mental state of the man you're controlling as you figure out the overall story. What makes Dear Esther such a great game during its day, is that every bit of the design are copacetic in developing the tone of the game. The voice acting, the small details you see on the island, and the somber music sets the grim tone of isolation and depression. The emotions build up to the conclusion that, well, may be predictable, but I will not spoil.
What I do wish though is confirmation of whether my interpretation of the story is correct; I guess that's what online forums are for.
Another aspect that may disappoint you is the gameplay. Dear Esther is a "walking simulator." That means you literally guide the main character in a first-person perspective to where you want to go. That gameplay aspect isn't so bad if there were other elements of the game you can do, and similar games like Gone Home have added additional background information to the stories by adding interaction to items that you may encounter.
What Dear Esther lacks, however, are those additional gameplay elements. Besides walking, the other interaction you can do is to zoom into perspective, which assists in viewing far away objects or getting a close up on items that you want to examine further. I mean, you can't even jump, and I think that's at least the basic aspect that could enhance the sluggish pace of the main character's gait.
All in all, I definitely recommend Dear Esther: Landmark Edition for those who have enjoyed the original game back in the days of yore and want to play it on a console. The game is unchanged, but the graphics have definitely been updated. Who knows? It might bring back memories of Half-Life 2 mods as well. For the rest, this is definitely a game for those who may enjoy an afternoon game with a story (and the visuals and music) of a lonely man stranded in a Hebridean island.
This review is based on a retail copy of the game provided by the publisher.
A Walk on an Island To Figure Out What is Going On
+Story (or stories) is unchanged, graphics updated
+Voice acting, visuals, and music sets a beautiful grim tone of story
-Intertwining stories can be confusing and left for interpretation
-A walking simulator with no other gameplay elements


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Goodbye is never forever.
Over the years I have lived in several states, attended various educational institutions and gathered with friends from all areas of life. These pyramids of individuals creating a quilt of loves around the world. I am so fortunate to know so many amazing souls. Everyone of them- having a very different and distinguishable trait.
For awhile, getting away from my web of entanglements seemed like a chore. Winding up on the other side of the world, and knowing the person sitting at the table next to me. That kind of stuff happened to me all the time.
There have been times where I have taken it for granted. Rolled my eyes ( so to speak).
For the past few months I have whirled my way into this place where isolation is my best friend. Little to no conversation. Silence is what I've been seeking.
I thought it is what would cure my unrooted mind. Maybe if I fight the current, I will change me. I can surmise my life into simple, easy, sterile.
And whats been happening is that in this process, I have been taking all the color. The fascination. The surprise out of everything.
As a child till now, I have never been one for goodbyes. Everytime I have left someplace, I have cried. Every partner I have left it has been as if someone has died. Thinking it is all going to be for forever. When in- fact - it has been quite the opposite in my fortunate life. Everyone comes around as if we are just on our own orbit spinning until gravity fails and we bump into each other again.
I have never been without the love. I have never been without connection.
I feel so blessed. How did I get this gift? but more importantly, why have I been trying to loose it?


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For the mock tests, we supply the test booklet, essay booklet, answer sheet, testing timer, extra pencils, and a proctor. Students will need to bring: a calculator, two No. 2 pencils, snacks, and a drink.
Each student receives a nine page diagnostic report using Vint Hill's test scoring software. Only official ACT and SAT practice tests are used. Students that take both an ACT and SAT will receive a student scores comparison chart. This will reveal which test the student is scoring higher on, the ACT or the SAT.
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Cultivating a faithful customer base is no easy task and must be considered one of the most important objectives of any new car wash. But once a critical mass of happy local customers are familiar with the brand and wash process, a wash's work is still far from over. Maintaining these customer relationships and encouraging both increased loyalty and frequency among return customers is an ongoing objective crucial for meeting a facility's maximum potential.
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Tips for helping international tech companies develop their business in the US
New Road Media is approached by many international technology companies asking for our help in finding them US based strategic investors, partners and paying clients. Many times the technology at hand and the teams that approach us are very advanced and are on to something big.
What always makes the process of helping them much easier and fruitful is for the international technology company to have both a happy paying client in their country and marketing materials looking and sounding authentic.
So below are some "getting ready" suggestions for those international start-ups looking to do business in the US :
Create an infographic or document on how the venture fits in the current US tech landscape, including competitive companies and drawing differentiators.
2. Secure a US based Marketing Partner to analyze and assist with:
-Tweaking current website for US friendliness (wordsmith and design).
-Creating great looking collateral to explain the offering to investors, partners and clients. Include what problems are being solved, who are target US customers and the competitors.
-Design a Pro forma showing projections, metrics and high/low revenue estimates.
-Create a Social media outreach strategy and tactical plan.
-Create a Linkedin profile.
-Design and execute a PR / drip marketing strategy.
-Secure a US office legal presence.
-Create a legally drafted LOA template, ready to be customized.
-Populate CrunchBase, Angellist, Seedinvest, etc with the proper information.
3. Leveraging the clients from other countries:
-Document the successes in helping overseas clients.
-Create a US centric capabilities deck with examples of that overseas work.
-References from current clients (if possible).
4. Create a US pipeline for Partnerships and Sales:
-Identify 5-7 prospects similar to the companies' clients overseas.
-Identify decision makers.
5. Identifying the right US Investors:
-Research US based Super Angels, Strategics, HNW individuals with subject matter expertise that would benefit from investing in the venture.
-Have pitch book or investor documents legally ready to present in US, identifying company structure, listing of current investors, what financial stage the venture is in and what financial instrument is being used such as convertible note/discount or equity.
-Clarity and compliance on US- international fundraising issues such as repatriation of investment dollars and SEC rules for soliciting investors.


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Episode 16 - December 23, 2017
Well, we are here on Christmas Eve Eve, and what else should I be talking about other than the big day itself? We are at that weird intersection between a secular world that loves Christmas and a Christian world that actually has a reason for loving Christmas. That's what were talking about today.
1. Christmastime is Here — Cue the Charlie Brown Music by Barbara Lilley from The Stream
2. Why Do We All Watch "It's a Wonderful Life" Every Christmas? by Hugh Whelchel from the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics
3. 10 Christmas Carols Everyone Should Know by Keith Getty from The Gospel Coalition
4. Americans See More Jingle, Less Jesus in Christmas Celebrations by Cathy Lynn Grossman from USA Today
5. The Reason for the Season by Rev. James V Schall SJ from The Stream
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Meet Kate!
Kate is our sweet & funny Friday morning Restorative girl!
Where are you from? I am originally from northwest Atlanta, but moved to Knoxville after living in Chattanooga TN for just over a decade. I seem to be migrating north...we'll see what's next!
What is your favorite yoga pose? Most of my students know that my favorite pose is a supported twist. Like most yoga poses, this one has a deeper meaning for me- themes of trust, opening yourself while finding nourishing, and also letting go and finding support beneath you. It's a beautiful experience!
Where is your favorite place that you've traveled to? I am really grateful that I've been able to travel to a lot of places, so this one is hard! I think my favorite place will always be the English countryside though. It's stillness and beauty brings peace and calm beyond measure.
What do you like about teaching at Blue Ridge Yoga? What do I most love? Ah, so many things! I love being a part of such a thoughtful and joy-filled community. I love getting to share the gift of yoga with others- pouring back into those who give so much of themselves. And, I love getting to experience and witness my students find a place of rest and relaxation- of peace.
What do most people not know about you? Most people at this stage of my life do not know that I originally studied Art in my undergrad. I don't use it a lot anymore, but I do love exploring art and design.


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The focus of this three-day instructor-led Training course is on designing and implementing cloud data platform solutions with the Microsoft Data Platform by using SQL Server on-premises, hybrid and cloud data platform solutions. It describes how to design and implement and optimize workloads in hybrid scenarios with both on-premises and Microsoft Azure cloud-based solutions, and how to implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
Target Audience
The primary audience for this course are database professionals who want to enhance their existing SQL Server skills with hybrid solutions and cloud solution architecture using the Microsoft Data Platform.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Module 1: Microsoft Cloud Data Platform Overview
This module provides an overview of the Microsoft Data Platform Solutions in Hybrid and Cloud based scenarios. The module provides an overview of offerings and capabilities.
Module 2: Implement SQL Server on Azure VM
This module with a hands-on-lab describes the core capabilities of running SQL Server in a virtual machine environment (IAAS) on Azure.
Lab : SQL Server in Azure VMs
Module 3: Implement SQL Database
This module with a hands-on-lab describes the core capabilities of implementing data platform solutions using SQL Database on Azure. The module provides details in service tiers and offerings.
Lab : Implementing SQL Database
Module 4: SQL Database High Availability and disaster recovery
This module with a hands-on lab describes high availability and disaster recovery scenarios with SQL Database.
Lab : SQL Database HA/DR
Module 5: Hybrid HA/DR scenarios with SQL Server
This module with a hands-on lab exercise describes the design of high available, scalable data platform solutions on-premises, in the cloud and in hybrid cloud scenarios using SQL Server on premises and with Azure VMs.
Lab : Implement HA/DR with SQL Server in Azure VMs
Module 6: Design and Implement Security
This module with a hands-on-lab describes the security features and capabilities in SQL Server in Azure VMs and SQL Database including firewalls andauditing.
Lab : Design and Implement SQL Database Security
Module 7: Monitor and manage implementations on Azure
This module with a hands-on-lab focuses on management and deployment, monitoring for performance of SQL Database and SQL Server in Azure VMs.
Lab : Monitoring and manage implementations
Module 8: Design and implement database solutions for SQL Server and SQL Database
This module covers design and architecture scenarios for implementation of database solutions using the Microsoft Cloud Data Platform. This module introduces key scenarios to discuss with classroom attendees in order to build out the right architecture and infrastructure based on architecture and business requirements.
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Street Address: 12 Edward St, Wollongong
Deposited Plan: 7/DP15904
'Hillside' was built about 1880 for William John Wiseman on land purchased from the estate of Charles Throsby Smith who died on 25 September 1876. Smith had subdivided part of his 300 acre grant in 1834 to form the nucleus of the town of Wollongong. In November 1879, the northern part of the 'Bustle' estate from Smith St to Bourke St and bordered by Cliff Rd and Flinders St was subdivided and auctioned.
William John Wiseman acquired land bordered by Flinders, Edward, Keira and Bourke Streets. Here he built a substantial single storey rendered masonry home in the Victorian Italianate style which was popular during the 1870s and 1880s. The house is on the northern side of Edward St and faces south. The street elevation comprises a projecting gabled section with a bay window. Across the remaining front elevation is a verandah with a hipped roof. When built, the house had verandahs to the rear on the eastern and western sides and at the back.
The house has a hipped corrugated iron roof with two tall brick chimneys which are decorated with corbels and terracotta pots. The gable front has fretted barge boards and timber finials. The projecting bay has ogee profile roofing and three-part arched sash windows. The front verandah is supported by turned timber posts.
'Hillside' was one of the finest examples of late Nineteenth Century domestic architecture in North Wollongong. It is one of the few Victorian Italianate villas remaining in the Wollongong area.
Photographs of the house when it belonged to the Wiseman family show a quite complicated roofline at the rear. Adjoining the house to the north was a rectangular timber framed pavilion with corrugated steel hip roof of similar pitch to the rest of the house. Further to the north was another pavilion which may have originally comprised two rooms and was topped by a tower. There was a wide rear verandah that was enclosed at some time. Early photographs also show an observation tower on the western side at the rear of the house.
At some stage after 1976, the house was divided into five flats, which had some adverse impact on its fabric. Owners after 1983 restored the house to single occupancy. The interior of the house has been altered and extended but retains many period features and aspects of the original layout.
William John Wiseman started in Wollongong as a wheelwright and coachbuilder in 1864 and later extended his business interests to a timber yard and landlord of numerous rental properties around Wollongong. He also had a quarry on the western edge of his property fronting Flinders St. He died aged 79 on 16 January 1922.
Following his death, the house was sold and some of the surrounding land subdivided. The subdivision comprised 21 lots which were auctioned on 15 December 1928. The lots were on the northern side of Edward St, both sides of Wiseman Ave and a couple of lots facing Bourke St and Flinders St. (Hillside Subdivision 1928 map - Wollongong City Library - WPL 811.3141 ed. North Wg 1928)
Lot 7 in Edward St included 'Hillside', and was purchased by Edward Herbert Farmer for 760 pounds (South Coast Times. 21 Dec 1928 p23). At that time, Farmer was the assistant Chief Engineer at the Steelworks. He also purchased the land behind 'Hillside' facing Wisemans Ave. In 1929, Farmer engaged W E Gardner to build a weatherboard cottage on the Wisemans Ave property. He lived at 1 Wisemans Ave until his death on 5 April 1969. His wife sold the house soon after.
Electoral records for 1930 indicate that the occupants of 'Hillside' were Robert Claude Elliott (labourer); Lavinia (his wife); Maude Vera (his sister) and Catherine (his mother). The house was probably owned by Catherine Elliott as she continued to live there with her daughter until her death in July 1954. Maude lived there until her death in 1976. Robert and his family had moved to 6 Wisemans Ave by 1968. When the Wiseman estate was sold in 1928, Maude Elliott purchased a block of land in Bourke St.
Robert Claude Elliott was a leading hand at Australian Fertilizers at Port Kembla, and well-known as a horse breeder and trotting driver. His mother, Catherine (Cassie) was a noted equestrienne in her youth. The family rented the Mt St Thomas estate and the father, Robert Elliott, was a significant horse breeder until his death in 1916.
The house was sold:
Dec 1983 $80,000
Mar 1998 $300,000
Jun 2017 $1,450,000
John Shipp - August 2017
|Rear of 'Hillside' about 1900
|Image from Illawarra Images - Wollongong City Library
|Front of 'Hillside' about 1900
|Image from Illawarra Images - Wollongong City Library


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DeROK HOLDS SNOOKER COMPETITION AT THE NEW AFRIKAN SHRINEIntercontinental Distillers
As a fall-out of the recently concluded FELABRATION held at the New Afrikan Shrine, Lagos, Intercontinental Distillers Limited (IDL) – Makers of high quality alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks – hosted the DeROK Snooker competition at the Shrine over the weekend.
This pitched the best snooker players against each other and produced a winner Mr. Oladeji Adesoji.
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Paying attention to that simple but powerful part of the HVAC system-the filter-can save your system and your budget.
- A clean air filter prevents the HVAC's blower and cooling coils from being overworked. Changing the filter every two to three months helps guarantee a cool summer and toasty winter. A clean filter can also reduce allergens.
- Keeping the outdoor elements of your HVAC system as clean as possible can also extend its life. When mowing the yard, for example, don't allow grass clippings to blow into the outdoor unit.
- Clear away dried leaves and dirt on a regular basis, and avoid planting bushes or other plants too close to it. Anything that prevents a continuous flow of air around the unit makes it less efficient.
Energy Saving Tips
The following will save you precious time and money on your energy costs:
- Keep your system well maintained and tune up the equipment yearly-the better shape your system is in, the more efficiently it will run.
- Get a programmable thermostat-with this, you can save energy when you are away from home by setting the thermostat to increase or decrease temperatures as you please.
- Seal your heating and cooling ducts-the less air that escapes your home, the better!
- Make sure doors and windows are shut and properly sealed as well.
- Update old equipment with newer, more energy efficient models to lower energy costs.
- Make sure your components meet the following minimums:
- Air conditioners: SEER ratings of 13 or higher.
- Furnaces: AFUE ratings of 80 or higher.
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Climb aboard de Burgh's Spanish Train: Chris de Burgh is a legend with the incredible ability to remain relevant even after decades in the game. If the tickets sales to his South African concerts in April are anything to go by, then the man is still very much in demand.
"I was fortunate to be in South Africa before and I must say that we know it's not a perfect country, but I have always been impressed when I come there, not only by the natural beauty, but also the people. There is a positive hope in their hearts and after touring there many, many times I really can't wait to come back," said the softly-spoken singer.
"I lived in Africa myself, in Nigeria and what was the Belgian Congo, so I am very interested in the history and current affairs," he added.
With regards to his tour, De Burgh could not hide his elation and spoke about what his fans could expect.
"This is a very powerful show because I am drawing strength from my material from my first album, Spanish Train and other Stories. I am also an active person when it comes to making new music, with my latest album being The Hands of Man, so I am a person who doesn't dwell on the past too much as I go with all the music that I have been making throughout my career. This concert is a strong one and sometimes people get into my shows expecting to see me playing Lady in Red in a tuxedo, but that's not the case. This is a rock 'n' roll show. We want to get you dancing and it's a powerful show that will get you on your feet," he said.
While it is understandable that he is a legend, De Burgh so far has more than nine tour dates confirmed in several cities in the country and is quite surprised.
"I am not sure what's going on with the shows there. The Joburg dates seem to be increasing every other week. I think it is absolutely amazing and I am delighted. There are some territories like Canada and Germany where I have huge support, but I don't know why South Africa is this big on my material. If I were to guess, then I think it has to do with the fact that people are fed up with the sanitised music that has been fed to them over the past 10 years and they want something real," he speculated.
The dates of the Chris De Burgh tour: Joburg: April 2, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10; Port Elizabeth: April 14 and 15; Cape Town: April 17. For ticket prices and additional dates, see Computicket…..
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Dear Calves
Dear Calves,
Why do you mock me?
I provide you with nourishment in the form of amino acids, and glucose polymers on a daily basis. You receive ample stimulation throughout the week. The mind-muscle connection is Zen-like during a set of calf raises. There are contractions so hard that the subsequent cramps feel like I started my own menstrual cycle. I have produced enough lactic acid inside of you to ferment a freaking vat of yogurt.
…..and nothing. I have seen more growth out of a Buddhist Monk's ego, than I have from your muscle fibers. Is this some kind of sick joke? I can't wear shorts because my legs look like upside down bowling pins. Even the color is the same.
Shorts are now my forbidden fruit that I yearn to taste.
Why must you shame me like this? I have to fight off witches from trying to ride around on my lower legs.
Is gastrocnemius Latin for Satan?
I don't want to spend the rest of my life looking like a damn walking triangle.
What will it take? The tears of a thousand kittens? A secure e-mail server for Hillary Clinton?
I will do it.
I will do it.
Even for one smidgen of muscle growth.
I will do it.
No? That's what I figured.
One day we will show the world your glorious growth.
But for now, back in your pants…
*slides on one pant leg*
*quietly muttering*
"You bastards. I've seen better muscle bellies on a skeleton."
*slides on other pant leg*


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Simona Stesňáková
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Simona Stesňáková graduated from Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra with a degree in Mathematics and Physics. She chose these subjects as she believes that understanding physical and mathematical principles helps you see the world in a completely different way. In her free time, she loves exercising, healthy cooking, meeting her friends and living a happy everyday life, which she also wants to encourage to others.


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Art & Action: Displacing Whiteness in the Arts
How can art, actions and interventions create sites of resistance within colonial and institutionalised arts settings?
A calendar of Melbourne-based events that promote diversity and tackle pressing social, environmental and political issues.
How can art, actions and interventions create sites of resistance within colonial and institutionalised arts settings?
Disruptive and subversive, Excerpts from the Past is remembrance as resistance, and Msezane's powerfully eloquent love letter to those who have been dispossessed of their history.
Tales of an Afronaut pays tribute to the incredible lineage of storytelling embedded deep within the black/African diaspora.
This production is part of a series that looks at cultural identity with absurdity and play.
Australia's history of colonisation and detention will be put on trial when Indigenous elders, artists, human rights activists, refugees, lawyers, young leaders and outlaws come together to create an Australian Truth and Reconciliation Tribunal.
A pop-up destination for researchers, artists and book lovers, The Community Reading Room (CRR) holds space for individuals who identify as First Nations and People of Colour to encounter texts that acknowledge and place their lived experience and practice at the centre, rather than the margin.
Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre represents that moment in Australia's history which reflects what has become the main characteristic of the 21st century: the movement of people between countries.
Part school musical, part history lesson and part political probe, We All Know What's Happening sees people too young to vote confront power, complacency, children's rights and the future.
Our July short films explore family relationships, romance, and connections to country and culture.
The present works express the artist's dismay at the way in which we are ignoring the effects of climate change on others.
Melbourne's own premier international documentary film festival.
Presented by Melbourne Artists for Asylum Seekers and featuring the works of 24 artists, including artists formerly detained at the Manus Regional Processing Centre, 'Awakening' explores language, expression, identity and barriers.
Heart is a Wasteland is a luminous journey towards the recognition of everyone's worthiness of, and right to, love.
Whether you wish to just sit, read, share or create, we know you will find something special and unique about this place.
Revolt. She said. Revolt again. is a theatrical assault on the language that has reinforced violence against women* for centuries, and an explosion of what womanhood means in the 21st century.
This exhibition raises awareness of the detrimental impact plastic pollution is having on Port Phillip Bay.
Angela Lynkushka's stunning new portrait series of Aboriginal community Elders, leaders and artists from the Gippsland region was created in collaboration with the sitters.
Nicholson's new body of work considers Monas as a starting point to contemplate the formation of national identity more generally, both for those who reside in their place of birth and those who have been forced to move from their homeland to distant shores.
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The Eiffel Tower (Tour de Eiffel) is the symbol of Paris and was build for the world´s fair in 1889
in order to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the French Revolution.
The tower is 324 metres (1063 ft) tall and was up until 1931 the tallest building in the world.
The Tower offers a beautiful panoramic view of Paris with the possibility to catch a glimpse
at sites such as the Louvre, Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame.
The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower (Tour de Eiffel) is the symbol of Paris and was build for the world´s fair in 1889
in order to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the French Revolution.
The tower is 324 metres (1063 ft) tall and was up until 1931 the tallest building in the world.
The Tower offers a beautiful panoramic view of Paris with the possibility to catch a glimpse
at sites such as the Louvre, Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame.
Visiting the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower has three platforms on different levels;
* The 1st floor: Accessible by stairs or lift from the ground level, this is the largest of the platforms and ideal for hanging out and relaxing. A circular gallery with signs offers you a panoramic view of all the Paris sites and monuments.
* The 2nd floor: Also accessible by stairs or lift from the ground level or 1st floor. This floor offers another complete circular view over Paris. From here you can take the lifts to get to the top of the Tower.
* The top floor: Accessible only by lifts from the 2nd floor. The 180 meters by the glass lifts is by itself a spectacular experience which offers a really panoramic view. The top floor has two levels, one in the open air and the other under a roof. You will be rewarded by stunning views. Also at the top you will find Gustave Eiffel's office which has been restored to its original condition.
Opening hours
The Eiffel Tower is open every day of the year
• from 9 a.m. to midnight from 15 June to the 1st of September
• from 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. during the rest of the year
• At Easter weekend and during the Spring holidays : extended opening hours to midnight
Being one of the most popular attractions in Paris, prepare your visit well ahead by buying tickets in advance.
Tour de Eiffel
75007 Paris
Getting there
By metro
• Line no.6, metro station "Bir-Hakeim"
• Line no.9, metro station "Trocadéro"
• Line no.8, metro station "Ecole Militaire"
By citybus RATP
• Line no.42, at Quay Branly / Avenue de la Bourdonnais
• Line no.69, at Avenue Joseph Bouvard
• Line no.72, at Avenue de New York / Pont d'Iéna
• Line no.82, at Quay Branly / Pont d'Iéna
• Line no.87, at Avenue Joseph Bouvard
By car
Nearest parking is the underground parking on Quai Branly
By boat
Many tour boats stops at the Port de la Bourdonnais on the seine river, close to the eiffel tower
Gustave Eiffel, engineer and architect, was born in Dijon in 1832.
After graduating from the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in 1855,
he spent several years in the South West of France supervising work on the great railway bridge in Bordeaux.
In 1864 he founded a business specializing in metal structural work. His career culminated in 1889 with the Eiffel Tower.
Among his other works are the Garabit viaduct, Pest railway station in Hungary, the dome of the Nice observatory and the structure of the Statue of Liberty.
The design of the Tower was originated by two engineers, Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier who worked for Eiffel. Later the head of the company´s architectural department Stephen Sauvestre contributed to the design by adding decorative arches to the base, a glass pavilion to the first level and other embellishments. Eiffel then bought the rights to the patent on the design and exhibited it at the Exhibition of Decorative Arts in 1884. The Eiffel Tower was among 107 projects participating in a great open competition held for a centerpiece for the 1889 Exposition Universelle. All entries for the competition had to include a study for a 300 m (980 ft) four-sided metal tower on the Champ de Mars. All the proposals except for Gustave Eiffels´s were either impractical or insufficiently worked out, Eiffel won and a contract was signed in January 1887. Not everybody was excited by the project. As work began at the Champ de Mars, a committee of three hundred was formed. A petition was sent to the Minister of Works and Commissioner for the Exposition and published by Le Temps, one of Paris´s most important daily newspapers. Some of the protesters changed their minds when the tower was built, while others remained unconvinced. The french writer Guy de Maupassant supposedly ate lunch in the Towers restaurant every day, and when asked why, he answered that it was the one place in Paris where he could not see the structure. The Eiffel Tower was intended to stand for 20 years and was to be dismantled in 1909, when its ownership would revert to the city of Paris. But the tower had proved to be valuable for communication purposes and it was allowed to remain.


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Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi's regime has been bracing for unrest following the self-immolation of a taxi driver on Saturday in protest of the soaring cost of living.
Witnesses said that Ashraf Mohammed Shaheen, 30, set himself on fire in front of an army center in Sidi Gaber, east Alexandria, after criticizing the government and the country's high prices.
One eyewitness told the New Arab that passers-by rushed to put out the fire and called an ambulance, which took him to Amiri Hospital.
The directorate of health affairs in Alexandria issued a statement, saying the man, Ashraf Mohammed Shaheen, was a 30 year old taxi driver from Kafr El Dawar.
"The man's condition is serious – he poured (gasoline) on himself, causing burns to more than 95 per cent of his body.
"Another man named Abdul Alim Muhammad Abdul Alim, 32, was injured while trying to save him.
Dr. Tarek Khalifa, the hospital director, said "his condition is in a dangerous situation.
"The ambulance brought a young man suffering from third-degree burns all over his body, and carried out the necessary first aid, but that."
"A large proportion of burnt tissue has been destroyed , and this requires long-term treatment."
The incident came in the wake of an online campaign calling on Egyptians to take to the streets on November 11 under the slogan "the revolution of the poor."
The pro-government has maintained that the organizers, rather than ordinary protesters, are Sisi's political rivals who seek to undermine his government under a cloak of popular protests.
Top broadcaster Azmi Mujahed warned that "whoever calls on people to take part in the demonstration is a traitor. The people will devour the participants."
Meanwhile, Shaheen's suicide sparked a heated debate on social media.
Omar Khatab tweeted that "He will die as an infidel" because suicide is prohibited by Islam.
مات كافر
— omr Khatab (@omrkhatab84) October 15, 2016
Another user wrote: "Dear Allah, where is Sisi taking Egypt?"
لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله…إلى أين يقود السيسي مصر ?
— رايــق (@Raaaaiq) October 15, 2016
"By rushing to hell, he lost his life and his afterlife," another tweeted.
اسرع نفسه الي جهنم.
خسر الدنيا والآخرة.
— DDIdba (@DdIdba) October 15, 2016
"May Allah avenge Sisi," Mustafa wrote. "They want to lead the people to humiliation. Allah, treat these evil and corrupt leaders, but Islam shall prevail."
اللة ينتقم من السيسي هم يريدون يوصلو الشعوب الي المزلة والإهانة يارب هين هؤلاء الحكام الظلمة الفسقة لكن الإسلام قادم
— Mustafa Bashnun (@bashnun) October 15, 2016
"Tomorrow the revolution will burn you," Rebel tweeted.
Referring to the location Shaheen chose to perform his act, Abdullah noted sarcastically: "He set himself on fire near the embassy of the Army State."
أمام سفارة دولة الجيش الشقيقة !!!!
— Abdullah saidahmed (@AbdullahSayedAh) October 15, 2016


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The National Association of Attorneys General has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require tamper-resistant versions of generic prescription painkillers in a bid to deter abuse. In a letter to the agency, 42 state and territorial attorneys general said the agency should ensure that generic opioids, like their branded counterparts, have abuse-deterrent properties.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently found that drug overdose deaths increased for the eleventh consecutive year in 2010. According to the agency, 38,329 people died from a drug overdose in the U.S. that year, up from 37,004 deaths in 2009.
Overdose deaths involving opioid analgesics have shown a similar increase, the CDC found: starting with 4,030 deaths in 1999, the number of deaths increased to 15,597 in 2009 and 16,651 in 2010.
In 2010, nearly 60% of the drug overdose deaths (22,134) involved pharmaceutical drugs. Opioid analgesics, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone, were involved in about 3 of every 4 pharmaceutical overdose deaths (16,651), according to the CDC.


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Nattering women? : the psychosocial functions of cancer self help groups
Platz, Shirley
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This work arose from a concern about the psychosocial aspects of health care. Although self help groups are one means by which information and support can be offered and received, there are few studies of health self help groups in Britain. The available literature suggests that self help groups are complex organisations which are difficult to define and categorise. This study adds further confirmation to that. This research follows an ethnomethodological approach and provides an in-depth study of six cancer self help groups. Data were gathered from interviews with group members and associated professionals, and from participant observation of group meetings. Women's experience of the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer suggests that they are poorly informed and receive little or no support within the formal services. They go to self help groups with little information about them and hold unrealistic expectations of what the group might offer. Participation in groups occurs at a variety of levels and frequently over a long period of time. The groups provide women with practical and social support and act as a means of empowerment to enable them to accommodate their illness into their lives and help to realise their health potential. The interviews with professionals suggest that they were aware of the benefits and possible drawbacks of self help. However, few had fully considered the nature of self help, and professional involvement. Groups were keen to develop good relations with professionals as one means of legitimation yet wished to maintain their own integrity and control. This enabled a shift in the normal, individual social relationship between patient and professional. Several policy issues in relation to both the delivery of health care for people with diagnosed cancer and about the organisation and function of self help groups and their interactions with professionals are discussed. In particular the availability and nature of information and communication during diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer requires review. Self help groups are one way this might be facilitated. They are, on the whole, complementary rather than a direct challenge to mainstream medical services. They maintain a dynamic relationship with formal services, but generally attempt to work alongside local professionals. They provide a cost-effective psychosocial support which is unique. They provide considerable potential to advance a 'whole person' approach as envisaged by the World Health Organisation and it is in the interest of the Health Service to promote their development. Any support from medical and social services will require workers in the field to reassess their own practice and involvement with groups.


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A user playing The Modelo UFC Fighting Spirit VR Challenge through an Oculus headset. (Courtesy of Groove Jones).
Creative technology company Groove Jones has partnered with the UFC to create a virtual reality game. The Modelo UFC Fighting Spirit VR Challenge has been rolled out at bars and events during UFC Fight Nights this spring.
Users face a fictitious 6'2", 172-pound opponent in a virtual Octagon in the Groove Jones campaign. Russian fighter Blatov Brosovich leaps across the ring to begin each fight. Players use a handheld wireless controller designed by Steelseries to throw virtual punches and kicks with hopes of knocking out Brosovich. They can see the action through an Oculus VR headset, and must swiftly twist out of the way to avoid being hit by Brosovich's incoming punches and kicks.
The VR challenge iPad app also collects each user's name, email, and phone number. When the experience is over, a 360-degree panoramic image from the center of the Octagon ring is sent to the user, which he or she can share to their social media.
SportTechie Takeaway
Groove Jones previously made a giant mural of former Mavericks guard Dennis Smith Jr. in downtown Dallas come to life for a virtual slam dunk. Once Smith was traded midseason to the New York Knicks, the Groove Jones team worked to update the mural with an augmented reality experience featuring rookie sensation Luka Dončić. The Dallas-based company also created a mixed reality experience at the 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am to give fans inside info on Jordan Spieth's golf clubs.


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A taxonomy of integration interventions between health care and public health
Integration among health care professionals, health care systems, and public health organizations to improve population health has recently emerged as a policy priority for federal health and public health agencies. A large gap exists, however, between current policy and program implementation efforts and the existing evidence for integration interventions. The challenges of research into integration effectiveness include lack of a standardized definition of integration and lack of a taxonomy to allow grouping of similar interventions that helps to facilitate an understanding of their effectiveness. We address these challenges and advance research into integration. Drawing from prior evidence syntheses of integration interventions, we provide a recommended definition and a classification scheme for describing and grouping like interventions. Our work can benefit researchers engaged in generating evidence for integration interventions and policy makers; it will help to ensure that the integration policy promoted by health and public health agencies is supported by science.
Porterfield, D., Rojas-Smith, L., Lewis, M., McCormack, L., Hoerger, T., & Holden, D. (2015). A taxonomy of integration interventions between health care and public health. (RTI Press Publication No. OP-0023-1507). Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI Press. https://doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2015.op.0023.1507
© 2019 RTI International. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.


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Sunday School Nook
The Regulation Faculty Admission Check looms on every prospective legislation pupil's thoughts like an important storm on the horizon; earlier than you understand it, that dreaded day comes and you find yourself seated at a desk with two quantity 2 pencils and sweaty palms whereas your coronary heart flutters and also you strive to recall every little thing you learned through the previous n months of your life as your ready for the LSAT. First, anecdotally, Hosid says that her purchasers which have completed so are likely to have extra considerate, reasonable reasons for going to law faculty, "whether that's as a result of they've tried one thing else or they've given it some time to consider it," she says.
The course for three years LL.B. can be regularized in College of Delhi as an possibility for put up graduation after the completion of graduation degree. One among three regulation schools owned by the InfiLaw System, a corporate entity created in 2004 by Sterling Companions, a Chicago-primarily based private-fairness agency.
The percentages of a graduate getting a job that justifies incurring the colleges' typical debt are essentially one hundred to 1. Discover out more about pursuing your authorized profession at Columbia Law Faculty, one of the world's leading facilities of authorized scholarship.
Hosid says she's additionally found that each regulation faculty admissions and later employers are extra thinking about individuals who have had some actual world expertise, "even if it was only a yr or two," she says, and even if that experience wasn't completely relevant to the fields of legislation they wanted to pursue.
The standard legislation diploma required to follow legislation in Canada is now the Juris Doctor , 5 which requires earlier college coursework and is just like the first regulation diploma in the United States. The reasons are easy: legislation colleges are, or at the very least ought to be, relatively low cost to function.


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A self-supported bikepacking adventure in the Taunus hills north of Frankfurt, taking in a mix of surfaces from paved lanes, gravel roads, cobblestone alleys, dirt trails and everything in between.
Taunus Bikepacking is a self-supported adventure taking in all of the Taunus region. It starts in Hofheim and uses unbeaten paths along well known and lesser known sights. The route is undulating throughout with countless steep hills and takes the riders on a journey into the history of the region. The track runs mainly away from roads on quiet farm and forest lanes and a few trails. You'll find shelter huts, hotels, campsites, fountains as well as resupply options along the route.
After this ride you'll know the Taunus better than most locals.
New route: 800 km, ca. 14.000 hm
Limited to 60 riders in 2019.
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Austria's far-right Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is facing increased opposition after his government announced plans to seek ways to extend the country's legal working hours by 12 a day, increasing the average working week to 60.
Up to 100,000 people held a massive rally on June 30 to protest against Kurz's plan.
According to the Austrian government, the measure responds is meant to encourage competitiveness on the job mark. According to the plan, the Austrian Parliament will debate the issue on July 5. In a country where amendments to social laws are traditionally the result of negotiations between various groups, the government's willingness to go directly through legislation has been particularly badly perceived by the Austrian Trade Unions, whose resistance may soon force Kurz to call for a referendum.


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Amber J. Dood successfully completed requirements to become a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Chemistry. As part of her defense, Amber talked about recently published work on using lexical analysis techniques to characterize Lewis Acid-Base model use on a constructed response formative assessment. Congratulations Amber!
Work presented during her defense: Dood, A. J., Fields, K. B., & Raker, J. R. (ASAP). Using lexical analysis to predict Lewis acid-base model use in responses to an acid-base proton-transfer reaction. Journal of Chemical Education.


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Skype Flipping from Quarantine
A quick update, as today was the first day of using Skype to keep in touch with my classes. As I'm relegated to home because of shingles, this was one of the solutions suggested. Plus, it turns out, I can be the guinea pig for a colleague heading to Alaska in March.
It seemed to work okay.
The students, of course, were slightly enthralled by the strangeness of having me speak to them from the computer. The substitute (great favor to get her: grandma-type, but easy going, willing to be interrupted by and do these different things) was actually thrilled to be "brought into the 21st century."
The real test will be in a couple of days when I try to lead Anatomy through a case study. In the mean time, the quick check ins at the beginning and end of class, and being available for them if they made a call to get a question answered (as a couple of students did in first and second periods), definitely met the expectation I had when using it.
Though, I'm hoping a second opinion will change my current time line of time off, this is a nice enough substitute to keep my presence in the classroom and keep me from feeling like I abandoned my class.


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MUCH as I love to see Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott being nailed to the wall for his incompetence and misdemeanours, I do think it might be just a little unfair for Don Jordan (Letters, October 4) to blame him totally for the greedy expansion plans of the Kent Science Park.Yes, it is true that this development falls within the Thames Gateway, Prezza's pet scheme to concrete over Kent, and it is true that our illustrious deputy leader has neutered the powers of local councils, but we must remember that it was Swale council (Spin City), Swale Forward and the wealthy land speculators who so eagerly seized the opportunity to use Thames Gateway to achieve their ends.Spin City wanted a free south-ern relief road; Swale Forward needed something to justify its expensive, useless existence; the under-utilised science park wanted to grow its portfolio value for the Mars Pension Fund and the wealthy land speculators just wanted to make a packet.
What Sittingbourne and the surrounding villages wanted was neither here nor there.At the first public meeting to discuss the expansion plans of the science park in a packed-tocapacity Rodmersham parish hall in March, 2004, who was on the platform outlining this scheme to the audience?Who presented this plan which included 1,000 houses (subsequently 5,000, then possibly up to 10,000) and a southern relief road?Who told this meeting that this development was the way for-ward for Swale and the people of Rodmersham and was to secure the future of our children?Who was flanked on the plat-form by a planning officer from Spin City and the science park manager, with the land specula-tors rubbing their hands in the wings?Who offered this as the best thing since sliced bread? It was our councillor for West Downs, Don Jordan.By the end of the meeting there was almost total hostility from the audience.Sliced bread was no longer in vogue. Indeed, the chairman of Rodmersham Parish Council was reported in the press on April 2, 2004, saying: "We are concerned the owners of the science park and the councils are going about this in a devious way."Swale council must have known about this plan for a long time, but it hasn't made it public."After this presentation by our elected representative, it was decided to set up an opposition group which actually represented the views of the people.Two-and-a-half years in politics is a very long time, but it is truly amazing that we are now expected to swallow the spin and forget that the science park's expansion plans were secretly backed by just a handful of officials and elected representatives who were – and are – intent on ignoring the wishes of the majority.Some are now distancing them-selves from these plans, while others are seeking to rewrite history.If nothing else, it is heartening to see that people power may be having some impact on our leaders.Is it any wonder that politicians are held in such low esteem?John Bonney,Rodmersham Green.


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Unfortunately, there is no Vietnam consulate in American Samoa.
Are you looking for Vietnam consulate in American Samoa to apply for Vietnam visa ? Why you don't apply online to get approval letter from Vietnam Immigration Department for picking up visa on arrival at international airports of Vietnam.
Vietnam visa on arrival is a policy of Vietnam government to facilitate travelers from over the world get visa for Vietnam fast, cheap and easy, especially for travelers living far from Vietnam embassy and consulate or no embassy or consulate of Vietnam present.
- Complete Name: Territory of American Samoa
- Native Name: American Samoa (engl.), Amerika Sāmoa (sam.)
- ISO-Code: ASM
- Dependent from: USA
- Capital: Pago Pago
Districts : Eastern, Manu'a, Rose Atoll (Rose Island), Swains Island, Western
Villages : Aua, Faga'alu, Fagatogo, Faleniu, Ili'ili, Leone, Malaeimi, Mapusagafou, Nu'uuli, Pago Pago, Pava'ia'I, Tafuna, Vaitogi
Principal Villages : Tafuna, Nu'uuli, Pago Pago, Leone


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Eight transport start-ups are set to join the first cohort of the new Intelligent Mobility (IM) Accelerator programme, based in Milton Keynes.
The companies are all looking to solve problems within the transport sector and will now benefit from the six-month support programme that will help them accelerate their growth plans and push forward transport solutions of the future.
Starting this month, the companies will receive office space, coaching, mentoring, acceleration services and access to a network of the programme partners.
Those networks include investors, government agencies, customers, large corporates and universities, as well as opportunities to work with the TSC's capability team, featuring specialists in systems engineering, data science, AI and modelling and visualisation, and Telefónica's Smart Steps initiative.
The programme has also attracted the sponsorship of global technology consultancy ThoughtWorks and national railway infrastructure operator Network Rail, who will both provide support to start-ups at the Accelerator, including mentoring, coaching, and access to their high-level expertise and networks.
Gary Stewart, director of Wayra UK and Telefónica Open Future_ (UK), said: "Transportation is the bane of many people's daily lives, and it doesn't have to be that way.
"We were blown away by the creativity and calibre of the applicants, and I have every confidence that the customer-focused, data-driven start-ups we have selected will make transport a little less painful for all of us."
Alex Weedon, TSC Director of Commercial, added: "We are extremely excited to see the first cohort of start-ups arriving at our Innovation Centre to join the IM Accelerator.
"The UK has a long history of innovation and the quality of applicants we saw for the accelerator is proof positive that the spark is still alive and well today.
"Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Big Data and automated technologies are opening up a whole world of new opportunities to make smarter, greener more sustainable transport which is better for everyone.
"We hope many of these start-ups will end up leading the way to this bright future."
The companies selected to join the programme include:
GoMetro - a smart transport company that creates transport technology systems with a specific focus on delivering mobility as a flexible service.
Zeelo - is an on-demand coach service that allows users to travel direct when they need to.
The IM Accelerator programme focuses on Intelligent Mobility, including areas such as connected and autonomous vehicles, connected infrastructure, customer experience and transport data and analysis.
Its goal is to develop companies that will create solutions for the most pressing transport problems facing the world today, improving day-to-day life for millions of travellers while creating new UK-based industry leaders in a £900bn global transport systems market.
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