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Do you have a question concerning the Bachelor Honours Classes (BHC's)? You can find the answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions below.
If your question does not appear in the FAQ list, you can contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Who can apply?
Yes, you can apply for a Bachelor Honours Class if you are a third-year bachelor's student and your grade average is 7 or higher. First-year and second-year bachelor's students are not eligible to attend Bachelor Honours Classes.
Please note that for students who are following an Honours College track, completing one Bachelor Honours Class is a requirement. As an Honours College student you can follow a Bachelor Honours Class in your second or third year.
It is not recommended for third-year bachelor's students to attend the summer school Bachelor Honours Classes, because we cannot guarantee that the grades will be known in time for a bachelor's diploma request and/or master's admission procedures.
Students at TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam are welcome to apply for a Bachelor Honours Class. You do not have to be an Honours student at your own university. In case you are admitted, we will email you regarding information we require in order to request a Leiden University guest account for you.
If you are a student at a Dutch university other than TU Delft or Erasmus University and you wish to follow a Bachelor Honours Class, you can contact us at email@example.com.
No, the Bachelor Honours Classes are meant for bachelor's students. We offer a variety of Master Honours Classes for master's students.
You can attend a maximum of two Bachelor Honours Classes per academic year. If you are admitted to two classes, you can attend both classes during a single semester or one Class each semester. In order to maximise your chances to get selected, we advise you to apply for up to four classes in each application round.
Application and admission
There is a specific moment in each semester when students can submit their applications for the Bachelor Honours Classes: for the 1st semester classes the registration period is in August, for the 2nd semester classes the registration period is in November. You will find the most up-to-date information about the registration dates on the student website.
No, Bachelor Honours Classes are extracurricular classes that students attend alongside their regular study programme. Therefore, you do not need permission from the Board of Examiners to attend a Bachelor Honours Class.
It is possible for the confirmation email to end up in the spam folder. If you cannot find the confirmation email in the spam folder, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
You must write your motivation letter in the same language as the course description in the Prospectus.
Due to the large number of applications we receive each year, it is not possible to process sizeable motivation letters. Therefore, you are allowed to use a maximum of 1000 characters (including spacing).
We advise you to carefully consider the information you include in your letter. Remember that you should make clear why you wish to attend an Honours Class and what benefit the group will have from your participation, knowledge and/or experiences.
Following admission to a Bachelor Honours Class
The organisation of the Bachelor Honours Classes will take care of your registration for the class in uSis, approximately a week before the start of the class. Therefore, you do not need to register in uSis yourself.
Once your enrollment in the Bachelor Honours Class is finalised in uSis, you will automatically gain access to Brightspace. Note that we take care of both your registration in uSis and your access to Brightspace.
We urge you to contact the coordinator of Bachelor Honours Class (for contact details see the Prospectus) as soon as possible and mention the date of and the reason(s) for your absence.
You are allowed to be absent from one session at most as long as you inform the coordinator as soon as possible about the reason of your absence (for example, an overlap in your course schedule).
When you have to be absent from more than one session, the coordinator may decide that you are no longer allowed to attend the Bachelor Honours Class.
Bachelor Honours Classes are highly sought after and timely disenrollment allows for another student on the waiting list to be admitted.
If you wish to disenroll, you should contact the coordinator of the Bachelor Honours Class (for contact details see the Prospectus), as soon as possible. You must also inform the central organisation by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Do not forget to state the reason for your disenrollment.
Upon successful completion of a Bachelor Honours Class
Honours Classes are extracurricular courses, which means that the credits cannot be used for the elective space of your regular study programme*. However, the study results of the completed Bachelor Honours Class(es) will be added to your list of grades as an extracurricular course.
* Exception: if you are an LUC student, you are allowed to submit the credits of a single Bachelor Honours Class in your elective space, subject to prior approval by the Board of Examiners of the LUC.
Once you have successfully completed a Bachelor Honours Class, contact your Honours College coordinator about your grade. They will know how to add your grade to your Honours College track study results.
If you have successfully completed a Bachelor Honours Class (5 EC) and you are not following an Honours College track at Leiden University, your study result will automatically appear on your diploma supplement as an extracurricular activity. Upon request, you can get a Honours Class certificate via email@example.com.
If you are following an Honours College track at Leiden University, you will not receive a certificate for the separate Bachelor Honours Class. Instead you will receive an Honours College certificate when you complete your Honours College track (30 EC).
Upon successful completion of a Bachelor Honours Class, you will receive a certificate and a certified grade transcript that you can submit at the student administration of your university. With these documents, they can process your grade.


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Escape Enterprises is pleased to announce the addition of Anthony Ticconi and Dirk Ahlgrim to their corporate team. Ticconi was hired as VP of domestic franchise development, and Dirk Ahlgrim will be working as the director of training.
Ticconi has experience as a franchise development manager for Mrs. Fields Famous Brands, as well as Papa Gino's Pizzeria and D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches. Before he worked in development, Ticconi was a 14-unit TCBY franchisee. As the VP of domestic franchise development for Escape Enterprises, Ticconi will be responsible for helping potential franchisees determine whether or not owning a franchise is a good fit for them, and if it's affordable, as well as market assessment, site selection, and the franchise startup process.
"Anthony clearly has a lot of experience in franchise development," Ken Smith, Escape Enterprises Chairman, says. "From owning his own group of franchises, to working as a development manager, he really knows what it takes and how rewarding it can be to open a franchise."
Ahlgrim most recently was the director of training for Bruegger's Enterprises. He also worked as the director of training and store opening coordinator for Vocelli Pizza. As the director of training for Escape Enterprises, Ahlgrim will be responsible for developing and implementing the training program for new Steak Escape employees.
"In addition to his sincere passion for training, Dirk has an excellent understanding of operations," Smith says. "He is already dedicated to the mission of all Steak Escape employees making a difference in our restaurants every day."
Ticconi's first day with Escape Enterprises was April 15. Algrim will join Escape Enterprises on May 6. Ticconi and Algrim replace Jeff Fix and Amy Halley, respectively.
Founded in 1982 and based in Columbus, Ohio, Steak Escape is the originator of the mall Cheesesteak concept, though in recent years has expanded to include six different restaurant models. It stakes its reputation on freshly prepared and grilled Cheesesteaks, Fries, Fresh-squeezed Lemonade, and a variety of fresh-grilled specialty subs, salads and Smashed Potatoes. Steak Escape restaurants operate in more than 100 cities in 23 states and four countries.

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Walter P. Stacy
American judge
Walter Parker Stacy (born December 26, 1884 in Ansonville, North Carolina; died September 13, 1951) was chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1925 until his death in 1951.
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Huhtamaki, Inc. (Huthamaki North America) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Huhtamaki Oyj. Huhtamaki Oyj is a global manufacturer of consumer and specialty packaging products based in Espoo, Finland. With a focus and expertise in molded fiber packaging, flexible packaging, release films and paper cup manufacturing, the Huhtamaki offering includes standardized products and customized packaging alongside complete packaging systems. Consumers may be familiar with their retail brands such as Chinet® and BioWare®.
Huhtamaki's net sales topped EUR 2.3 billion in 2013. Their global presence includes approximately 14,100 employees distributed in 31 countries in 59 manufacturing units worldwide. The parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd under the symbol HUKI.
One of Huhtamaki North America's strategic initiatives to increase customer satisfaction and drive revenues was to use the web to expose their product catalogs to a larger audience. They had already established several internal successes using the Liferay Portal platform within their daily operations.
A key decision was made to revamp the public website presence and to integrate it with existing enterprise systems, which housed the various product catalogs.
Because the product catalogs crossed internal boundaries for lines of business, different teams needed the ability to easily and consistently maintain the system.
Huhtamaki North America selected Liferay Portal to develop their new customer website. Huhtamaki chose Xtivia for the company's track record of successful Liferay Portal implementations to help them accomplish their vision. With a timeline and budget in mind, Xtivia collaborated extensively with the business and IT teams to establish an Agile approach that would meet their needs and result in a maintainable solution. Xtivia worked cohesively with a third-party design firm to translate a modern user experience into a Liferay User Interface.
Core default Liferay Portal features that were leveraged on this project include:
- Web Content Management
- Documents and Media Management
- Enterprise Search
- Liferay Themes leveraging Velocity, CSS, HTML5, and AUI
- Site Staging and Publishing
More than 40 public facing pages were brought to life on the Liferay-built site at www.us.huhtamaki.com with a design that exemplifies the Huhtamaki brand and philosophy. Multiple content structures and display templates were designed to deliver consistency and repeatability using Liferay Web Content Management (WCM). This Sustainability page, which describes Huhtamaki's efforts towards reducing its environmental impact, demonstrates an effective and innovative use of the parallax scrolling technique.
Multiple product catalogs were designed to be highly responsive to minimize page load times. The single-page interfaces use popular JavaScript frameworks such as AlloyUI and Backbone.js to avoid page reloads and maximize system resources as users navigate through a large volume of products.
Modern best practices for application architecture were a key consideration when handling integration with existing systems to retrieve product data. A services tier encapsulates a manageable REST API to decouple the systems and enable them to scale while minimizing downtime.
"Liferay Portal is a proven enterprise portal platform with a large customer base and a high level of customer satisfaction. Liferay Portal includes an intuitive interface and the latest website technologies. These features helped us achieve rapid website development," said Chris Cooper, PMP, Project Manager at Huhtamaki.
"We are impressed that Liferay continually recognizes Xtivia as the Liferay North America Partner of the Year. We selected Xtivia and found that they were great partners with us and our third-party web design team.
"Xtivia's website development team has a friendly, professional approach to their work. They helped us achieve our website vision and provided expert guidance along the way. With Xtivia we were able to produce an outstanding, functional and reliable website to help us connect to our customers. In addition, we were able to do so within our project budget and timeline!"
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Xtivia's team leveraged the Liferay development paradigm to deliver an extremely fast and easy-to-use online product catalog, which allows users to quickly find the exact products they desire. This implementation effectively leverages Liferay capabilities that drive consistency and maintainability throughout the website.
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But no matter how much I file away, new items are still emerging, including this fascinating item. In Victoria Glendenning's biography of Elizabeth Bowen (New York: Knopf, 1978), there is this possibly scandalous revelation:
As to reviewing, which she always did a great deal of, she was ambivalent. She was a notoriously kind reviewer of novels; she preferred not to write about a book she could not praise, and was known in the business as a very soft touch. But "it is a perfectly awful business", she wrote to Virginia Woolf about The New Statesman fiction-reviewing stint she was doing in 1935, alternating weekly with Peter Quennell. Once when Henry Reed was staying at Bowen's Court and she was very involved with her own work, "Henry even did some of my Tatler reviews for me, which left me more time for the novel: a friendly act". It was indeed. (p. 146.)
I was flabbergasted. I read it again: Henry Reed wrote some of Elizabeth Bowen's book reviews for her.
Elizabeth Bowen began writing for The Tatler in 1938. In 1940 the journal merged to become the monthly Tatler & Bystander, and from 1945 to 1958 Bowen was reviewing fiction regularly, in her "Book Shelf" column.
Stallworthy mentions that Reed spent a fortnight holiday in April, 1946 at Bowen's Court, Elizabeth's ancestral summer home in County Cork, Ireland. Would this be the visit when he did her Tatler reviews for her? Which novel was she working on? Was it The Heat of the Day, her only work of long fiction published between 1938 and 1949? Also, the quote about Reed is apparently unattributed: it can't be part of the preceding letter to Virginia Woolf, because Woolf committed suicide in 1941.
I am at an impasse, however, because there is no run of 1940s Tatler & Bystander even remotely accessible, and there is no available index. Some hope may lie in a 1981 bibliography of Bowen's work (by Sellery and Harris), but according to the introduction of The Mulberry Tree: Writings of Elizabeth Bowen (Lee, 1986), 'there are almost seven hundred entries under the section that includes reviews.' That's daunting, even if I'm only looking at the mid-Forties Tatlers.
But the Big Question is: did Reed write Bowen's Tatler book reviews under his own byline, or hers? Is it possible? Are there Bowen-attributed Henry Reed blurbs littering the advertisements of literary journals from 1946? Or simply un-indexed Reed reviews waiting to be re-read?


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Guess Where Rochester Ranks Among Best US Cities for Nurses
For those of us who live in Rochester, this will come as no surprise! A recent survey conducted by healthcare recruitment company Sunbelt Staffing revealed that the Med City is the hottest spot in the country for nurses.
The survey looked at a number of factors to determine which cities were truly the best. Consideration went into the concentration of nursing jobs in the area, the wage levels of nurses in the area and the general quality rankings of the hospitals and healthcare facilities in the area.
With both Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester, chances were good that our city would end up on the list! We have a lot of highly-qualified nurses in town and this survey speaks volumes for their work here and the value that the Rochester community places on that profession.
"Nurses are the bedrock of any good hospital and we want to make sure the best nurses are finding the right location to live and work," says Tera Tuten, Sunbelt Staffing's Vice President for Finance, Office and Healthcare, when commenting on the company's study. "Rochester, Minnesota has some fantastic facilities, specifically the Mayo Clinic, which employs more than 30,000 people in the area. With the city's $5.6 billion Destination Medical Center initiative still only four years in, we're sure the city will see even more fantastic growth over the next sixteen years."
The Top 10 also included two cities in North Carolina and two in Missouri. Pueblo, Colorado was the Western-most city in the US to be recognized on the list.


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PSCBath is proud to offer the luxury European shower head by Rain Therapy, as the best shower fitting manufactured in Europe.
A square ceiling mounted shower head with water blade like no other.
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Terms & Conditions
Booking and Travel Terms and Conditions Contract (Effective 9/2/2021)
CANCELLATION FEE SCHEDULE: *Deposits and fees are non-refundable.
On or before Jun. 30, 2022 | Full refund less deposit |
Jul. 1, 2022 – Aug. 30, 2022 | 75% refund |
Sept. 1, 2022 – Oct. 31, 2022 | 50% refund |
Nov. 1, 2022 – Dec. 31, 2022 | 25% refund |
After Dec. 31, 2022 | No refunds, please refer to your travel insurance policy |
Welcome to the 2023 Faithful Cruise. This document contains an IMPORTANT NOTICE TO GUESTS for the Cruise concerning important regulations and limitations with respect to this Cruise between you and the companies booking or chartering the Cruise and programming the Cruise events. The company is Leadership League Experiences (LLE), the travel and event company producing the Cruise. It is IMPORTANT that you carefully read all terms of this Contract paying particular attention to Section 1 which limits our liability and your rights to sue, cancel and refund. Please retain this document for your reference. Also, as Royal Caribbean Cruises herein referred to as "CRUISE LINE" is the carrier for the Cruise, you as a passenger on their ship will be subject to certain limitations as more specifically set forth in the Ticket Contract at the time you complete your registration to become a passenger on the ship. If you would like to review the Ticket Contract terms and conditions set by Royal Caribbean CRUISES, please read more at: http://www.royalcaribbean.com/legal.do#0 Therefore, your Cruise is subject to this document ("Booking Contract") between you and LLE and the Ticket Contract between you and "CRUISE LINE". Both documents contain important limitations on your rights and are legally binding documents. Please read carefully all the terms of these contracts.
Section 1. Overview
This Booking and Travel Terms and Conditions Contract (the "Booking Contract") describes the terms and conditions that will apply to the relationship between you and LLE with respect to the Cruise and Cruise Events covered by this agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, this agreement supersedes any other written or oral representations or agreements relating to the subject matter of this Booking Contract. Each guest and passenger specifically agrees that the provisions provided by LLE and its partners are included within the terms and conditions noted and that LLE and its partners shall be entitled to the benefit of all the rights, terms, conditions, and limitations granted by CRUISE LINE, pursuant to its ticket contract as a charterer of the vessel as though LLE. The term Guest and Passenger describes you as the customer as applicable to the Booking Contract (with LLE.) and the Ticket Contract (with "CRUISE LINE").
Section 2. Booking Contract.
By making this reservation, or by acceptance and/or use of the registration process in booking a cruise onboard a CRUISE LINE vessel, the person named thereon as passenger, each passenger and guest on the same reservation, each acknowledges he or she has read, and understands each and every term, condition, and provision of these terms and conditions and agrees to be bound thereby. In addition, the making of this reservation by or the acceptance and/or use of the registration process issued by LLE by the persons named as Guests shall be deemed to be an acceptance and agreement by each and every person to all the additional Terms and Conditions set forth herein. You acknowledge and expressly agree that LLE and affiliated third parties are acting solely in their capacity as tour operators, brokers and independent contractors arranging this cruise and that LLE and its third party partners have no right or ability to control or direct the operational or navigational activities of the vessel or crew in any manner whatsoever whether aboard the ship or ashore, including without limitation persons furnishing services to the vessel or to the passengers including shore side excursions, personnel, or contractors, embarkation and disembarkation to and from the vessel, conditions of the vessel and its equipment.
Section 3. Cancellation by Name Talent/Substitution or Modification of Programs
While specific celebrities, players, current and former team members, coaches, and personnel ("VIP Attendees") have agreed to attend the cruise and be involved in onboard programs, LLE and its third party partners shall not be liable for failure of any VIP Attendees to attend, whether or not said person is announced in any materials relating to the cruise. Additionally, while specific Cruise- or other special events will be announced, including some that are subject to capacity limits, reservations, additional fees, and or specific accommodation levels, LLE and its third party partners shall not be responsible for the inability to hold any such program due to any reason, beyond the refund of any reservation fees paid for such a program. Autograph sessions will be scheduled with some and not necessarily all VIP Attendees at which Guests may obtain autographs from VIP Attendees. Guest acknowledges that Guest is not guaranteed autographs from any or all VIP Attendees without the purchase of an Autograph Pass. Guests will receive a complimentary Cruise lanyard which will serve as their "ticket" into special events. Extra lanyards will not be available on board. Lost, stolen, or misplaced lanyards will not be replaced. Guest agrees, acknowledges and understands no warranty is provided to the Guest that any such program or event will be available to any individual guest. Guest agrees to hold harmless any and all parties involved including the LLE, teams and the individual Promoted Persons from any liability due to a change in scheduled events, cancelled events or other reasons of unavailability. No party shall be held liable to the Guest for any loss to the passenger or others to the extent that such performance is prevented or loss is caused by Acts of God, war, fire, collision, directions of underwriters, arrest, order or restraint by any government agency or official acting under the color of authority, acts of terrorism, labor disturbances or disputes, civil commotion, weather conditions, health concerns and considerations of the safety of the vessel (for which the Master shall be the sole judge), breakdowns of or damage to the vessel's hull or machinery, requisition of the vessel by government authority, illness, death of a family member or other cause or circumstance beyond LLE and its third party partners reasonable control. In the event of any failure of any VIP Attendee described above to participate in the cruise, LLE may, at their sole discretion, engage a replacement VIP Attendee and/or change, postpone, or terminate any portion of the program. In such case, LLE shall have no liability to any passenger for any loss, damage or expense whatsoever by reason of such change.
Section 4. Changes in Reservations
Any changes in bookings may be made by any person(s) financially responsible for the online reservation system. Lead guests transferring their reservation to another name will result in a $50 lead guest name change. Name changes are permitted until December 31, 2022 for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th guests. Any changes will need to be made by calling Customer Service at 888.634.7437. If the change is permitted, Customer Service will make the adjustment. Please note that name change fees $50 may apply when changes are made within 60 days of sailing.
Section 5. Payment Schedule, Amounts and Method
At the time of booking, a minimum non-refundable deposit per person will be charged. Cruise guests will have the option to
- Pay in full for the cruise at the time of booking or
2. Enter into an interest free payment plan with LLE through ACH debit.
3. Enter into an interest free payment plan with LLE through placing a credit card on file.
For credit card purchases, a 5% credit card processing fee applies. Guests opting for either of the interest free payment plans agree that the card on file will be automatically charged on the 15th of every month. Payments will be equally divided over the remaining number of months between the date of the sale and December, 2022. A small payment plan fee may apply. A custom payment plan may be arranged with LLE by contacting customer service. An additional fee of $35 may apply for custom payment plans or making a change to an existing payment plan.
Please note that by completing your booking for the Cruise, you are agreeing to make payments for the cruise, any added fees, and optional items such as travel insurance, airfare, VIP add on items and pre- or post-cruise hotel stays.
5.2—Guests Payment Method. Any and all Guest payments contemplated hereunder may be made with an accredited credit card company, or sent by check to the address below, or appear in person and pay in cash. No booking is complete until the payment is received and confirmed by the Guests identified financial institution.
5.3—Changes in Guests Payment Method. Guests are responsible for informing LLE, the exclusive booking agent for the Cruise, of any changes to and/or updated credit card or other payment method information. In the event the Guest's selected payment method cannot be processed for any reason a $35 fee will be charged. LLE will attempt to contact the Guest to obtain updated information at which time the Guest will have two (2) business days to reply with valid payment. Should that period pass without LLE receiving a valid payment method, LLE may elect to resell the stateroom(s) identified with that reservation number to waitlisted customers or the general public.
Section 6. Booking Cancellation and Modification Policy Each passenger acknowledges that the cruise may be cancelled for any reason at which point a full refund would be granted. LLE, Cancellation Policy supersedes the policies of the "CRUISE LINE" Ticket Contract. Cancellation fees for cruise reservations as well as any refund due to the Guest for a cancellation will be assessed according to the date of cancellation, as noted in the Cancellation Fee Schedule below and will apply to all Guests on the reservation. Cancellations must be made by sending a request via email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
A change in reservation, but not a total cancellation, such as a stateroom category downgrade, may result in a change fee of $100. Adding an additional guest to an existing reservation may result in a cabin location change and a fee of $50.
Please be advised that no refunds will be made in the event of interruption or cancellation by any passenger after commencement of the cruise. Also, no refunds will be given for cruise no-shows. Cancellations can be completed by submitting the following form: https://forms.monday.com/forms/b3f4f4c3b7d627355b0f76e5427bc6ae
If no payment is received within a 60 day period, your reservation will be cancelled.
CANCELLATION FEE SCHEDULE: *Deposits and fees are non-refundable.
On or before Jun. 30, 2022 | Full refund less deposit |
Jul. 1, 2022 – Aug. 30, 2022 | 75% refund |
Sept. 1, 2022 – Oct. 31, 2022 | 50% refund |
Nov. 1, 2022 – Dec. 31, 2022 | 25% refund |
After Dec. 31, 2022 | No refunds, please refer to your travel insurance policy |
Passenger further expressly acknowledges that LLE highly recommends travel/cancellation insurance for each and every passenger. Guest acknowledges and agrees that he/she bears the sole responsibility to purchase travel/cancellation insurance.
Section 7. Stateroom Number Assignments
Approximately between three to four (3-4) weeks before the sailing date, you will receive an email confirming your stateroom number and booking number for the cruise. The email will contain directions on how to register with "CRUISE LINE" online in order to print your boarding documents for embarkation day, sign up for shore excursions, and register a credit card for onboard purchases. All guests are required to complete this online registration prior to cruising. Adults will be responsible for registering the minors in their party. Every passenger must be registered with "CRUISE LINE" before the sailing date. While guests may indicate cabin, location, deck or other preferences on their Booking Form, the Cruise line and LLE and its third party partners cannot guarantee the availability of any specific stateroom, deck or location to a booking.
Section 8. Who May Sail
Guests represent and acknowledge that he/she and individuals traveling with Guest are fit for travel and that such travel will not endanger themselves or others. Additionally, Guests understands that "CRUISE LINE" and Leadership League Experiences shall have the right to deny boarding for any violations of any of the policies set forth in this Section 8 without any liability for refund, compensation, loss or damages to the Guest or those traveling with the Guest.
Guests eligible to sail include the following and subject to following restrictions:
- Infants who are at least 6 months old on the day of departure may sail.
- Women, who will be less than 24 weeks into their pregnancy on the day of departure and for the duration of the cruise, may sail. This policy is due to the risk of premature labor. Pregnant women must have a letter from their doctor (on the physician's letterhead) stating how far along (in weeks) their pregnancy will be at the beginning of the cruise, that mother and baby are in good health and fit to travel, and that the pregnancy is not high-risk. This letter is required no less than 6 weeks prior to sailing. All guests are required to sign a health questionnaire at check-in to ensure they are aware of our pregnancy policy.
- Any Guest under the age of 18 shall be considered a minor and must travel with a parent or legal guardian.
- Adults aged twenty-one or older may sail. The Cruise Line shall refuse boarding to any guest under the age of twenty-one unless the guest is:
- traveling in the same stateroom with an individual twenty-five years or older; or
- traveling in the same stateroom with their spouse (proof of age and/or proof of marriage are required).
- traveling with a parent or guardian in an accompanying stateroom.
Section 9. Documentation
Proper travel documentation, a valid passport or a government issued original (not a copy) Birth Certificate and a laminated government issued picture ID with photo, legal name and date of birth, is required at embarkation and throughout the cruise and is the responsibility of the guest. Any guest traveling without proper documentation will not be allowed to board the vessel and no refund of the cruise fare will be issued. For further information see the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website. Travel documents (passports) must be valid up to 6 months from the date of disembarkation. The requirements above are for US citizens; non-US nationals may require entry visas in addition to their valid passports. Please check with the US Department of State and Mexican Government websites for current visa requirements.
Section 10. Cruise Fare
Cruise rates on the booking website are calculated based on double occupancy; inclusions, exclusions and additional taxes and fees are detailed in the Booking Form. The cost for third and fourth passengers sharing a stateroom with two full fare passengers will be as noted on the registration site under cabin information. Rates are the same regardless of age of passengers or cabin type.
Gratuities and Taxes.
Taxes & Fees: Port taxes, government fees, booking and processing fees total $150.00 per person.
Gratuities: $80.00 per person for all stateroom categories will cover tips for dining room waiters, room attendants and all other gratuities while on board.
Fuel Surcharge.
The Cruise line reserves the right to impose a fuel supplement if the Cruise line does so fleetwide for all Guests. In such event, the Guests may be subject to following additional costs if imposed by the Cruise line. Fuel Surcharge is not to exceed $10 per guest, per day for Guest 1 and 2 in stateroom. For 3rd and 4th Guests, shall not exceed $5 per guest per day.
Hotel Availability.
LLE may offer a partner hotel near the departure port with a group rate for guests booking through LLE in conjunction with the cruise. Pricing for rooms at the host property, any additional charges for services, taxes or fees will be available to cruise guests upon request. LLE cannot guarantee availability of rooms at any hotel, nor can LLE guarantee entry to any Faithful Cruise related program that may take place at the host hotel.
Section 12. Services not included
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If you follow me on Instagram, you probably know that I recently spent a couple of days in Miami. Aside from my (almost) daily breakfast at Zak the Baker, I made sure to head to Sarah's Tent, a kosher grocery in Aventura. Sarah's Tent is a well stocked market with a great deli, but that's not what I went for. I went for the Israeli imports, specifically, kosher Lotus Biscoff spread, also known as speculoos or cookie butter.
If you fly Delta, you may notice that they give out individually wrapped biscuit cookies made by Lotus, but sadly, I always pass on them and go for the kosher pretzels. El Al, however, offers up the Israeli-manufactured version of the biscuit, which is, in fact, kosher. I went through my kosher speculoos phase a little while back when my local kosher supermarket carried the biscuits (which I turned into these buns, these pancakes and this party mix), but I've since moved on to the spread – which is the most decadent cookie butter of your dreams – and is pretty hard to get your hands on with a kosher certification. I once made my husband travel all around Jerusalem to bring me home a prized jar, and I savored that butter like no ones business, one spoon at a time!
BUT – back to the recipe at hand. As I was strolling through the aisles of Sarah's Tent, I noticed a jar of Israeli-made charoset and I was intrigued. As an Ashkenazi, I had never tasted the "real" stuff, made with dates, apples, walnuts and wine. I brought home a jar and sadly, I was quite disappointed with the flavor. It was sitting in my fridge last week as I rummaged through, looking for ingredients to make my london broil – and then it hit me. Why not marinate my meat in it, with some red wine, and make a Charoset london broil. Alas, the beef came out of the oven smelling divine, but I did not like the flavor. Putting a condiment that I did not like on it's own on beef, only made the beef taste like the jarred stuff – and well, it was just off. But the idea was a strike of genius! I had posted a photo of the meat on Instagram (if you don't follow my Friday food fests, you must!), and requests for the recipe started pouring in! So, I decided to come up with a homemade variation on the Charoset London Broil idea, and the results couldn't have been better!
The meat marinates in a mixture of traditional charoset ingredients of red wine, walnut oil (in place of walnuts), silan or date honey (in place of dates), some grated apple and a pinch of cinnamon. After I cook up the meat perfectly medium-rare, the marinade gets cooked up thickened and tastes just like – you guessed it – charoset! This delicious Passover dish is a must, whether your Sephardic or Ashkenazi (like me!). Give it a try!
Charoset London Broil
1 1/2-2 lb. london broil, shoulder blade cut (see note)
1/2 cup dry red wine
1/4 cup walnut oil
1/4 cup + 1 tbsp silan (date honey), divided
1 apple, grated (I used Granny Smith)
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp coarse black pepper
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
In a ziploc bag, combine the wine, oil, 1/4 cup silan, grated apple, cinnamon and black pepper. Add the london broil and marinate for 3-6 hours. Remove from the marinade (try to get off as much of the grated apple as possible) and reserve.
Season the london broil with salt and pepper on both sides and broil on high for 8 minutes on the first side and 5 minutes on the second side (for medium rare). Rest for 10 minutes and slice thinly against the grain.
Pour the reserved marinade into a small saucepan, add a tbsp of silan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes, until thickened.
NOTE: London Broil is not an actual cut a beef, but rather a cooking method. The method is to marinate the beef and grill or broil over high heat. Since london broil can be cut from different parts of the animal, I prefer the butcher cut, which is cut from the shoulder blade. If you use a different cut, cooking results may vary.
VARIATION: For a smoother charoset sauce, puree the sauce until smooth (after cooking).
SUBSTITUTIONS: If you can't find silan, you may use honey instead. You may also use grapeseed oil (or any lightly flavored oil) instead of walnut oil.
Related Recipes:
"everything" london broil with red wine reduction
French roast with dried fruit
Kosher meat guide: cuts and cooking methods


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Lynyrd Skynyrd Documentary to Premiere on Showtime in August
Lynyrd Skynyrd are the subject of a documentary film that premieres next month on Showtime.
Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow is said to cover the entirety of the band's career, from their development in and rise from Jacksonville, Fla., to the plane crash that killed six people (including singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines), to their return in the '80s and continued success on the road today.
The film, made by director Stephen Kijak, premieres Aug. 18 at 9PM ET.
Watch the trailer for Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow below.
Guitarist Gary Rossington provides much of the narration for the film, which also includes interviews with former drummer Artimus Pyle and guitarist Ed King, as well as recently discovered radio interviews with Van Zant, guitarist Allen Collins and bassist Leon Wilkeson.
The film had its premiere at this year's South by Southwest Festival. "I won't be shy to say I cried a few times," Rossington admitted at the time. "You can't not, if you were part of it, you know?"
"Gregg Allman said it best," current singer Johnny Van Zant (Ronnie's brother) said after the premiere. "He said, 'If you live long enough, you're going to experience tragedy and triumphs.' That's what Lynyrd Skynyrd's been. ... It wouldn't be Lynyrd Skynyrd without that, you know?"
Lynyrd Skynyrd are currently on their self-proclaimed "farewell" tour, which they recently extended through the end of the year. They play the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Mass., tomorrow.


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Welcome to the Nutricia Flocare® website
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India's top international basketball superstars join UBA Basketball Season 4 rosters
This article was first published in my column for Ekalavyas on February 18, 2017.
The most important basketball decision in India this season didn't take place on the court. It wasn't a coaching decision, a new defensive scheme, a right pass, or a clutch three-point shot. That decision, instead, was taken in some far less dramatic settings: in sterile meeting rooms, ears plugged into cold mobile-phone screens, pens scribbling signatures over warm sheets of printed paper.
That decision was taken between the Basketball Federation of India (BFI), the governing body of basketball in India, and UBA India, the international company who have launched three seasons of short professional league basketball in the country. That decision could usher in a brand-new direction for Indian basketball.
The folks over at UBA India expanded and experimented in almost every possible direction to bring greater visibility and legitimacy to their league. They held three quick seasons of high-quality basketball in the space of one year in India. They showcased their league live on cable TV (Ten Sports) and produced high-level off-court material. They featured an experienced and highly-professional broadcast team. They found the help of Indian celebrities to celebrate and promote their product, expanded to a handful of cities in India, employed several high-calibre players and coaches, and took their top stars to the US for special pro training camps. In the announcement of Season 4 of the UBA Basketball League - set to tip off in Chennai on Thursday - they even brought ten international professional players to spike up the talent pool of the competition.
And yet, the league missed the most important of factors: the presence of India's best basketball players. A rift between BFI and UBA India had kept the best players in the national/international fray away from UBA participation. The secondary players in the UBA League were of course stars in their own right, but the names mentioned in absence were more notable than those who were marked 'present'.
That is, until now. On the eve of Season 4, the UBA Basketball League announced the rosters of all eight teams, where the biggest news here is that, in addition to the returning UBA stars of the past and the first-time international players from the pro camp in the USA, this season of UBA will feature India's top international basketball superstars. Some of India's best current players, including Amjyot Singh, Amrit Pal Singh, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Palpreet Singh Brar, Yadwinder Singh, Prasanna Venkatesh, Rikin Pethani, and more have joined UBA rosters.
"The UBA has always been about raising the game of basketball in India," said Paul Crane, the VP of broadcasting for the UBA Basketball League, "Not just from providing more opportunities to compete, but to teach more fundamentals, training and conditioning."
"Having more of the top players from India joining new international players from the United States and others countries such as Australia, the level of play and competition continues to rise," Crane added. "One of the many 'big picture' hopes and dreams of the UBA is to one day see Indian basketball be more competitive on the world stage."
The new names will bolster the already-stacked UBA rosters and help make this into the most exciting professional competition Indian basketball has yet witnessed. The league stage of Season 4 will be held in Chennai's Satyabhama University from February 16 to March 1, before moving to Goa for the championship round (semi-finals and finals) from March 10-16.
Here is a more detailed breakdown of all the eight UBA teams.
Bengaluru Beast: Bengaluru have instantly become one of the must-watch teams for the league this season. Their roster includes Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, India's most talented guard and one of the best shooting guards in Asia, and Palpreet Singh Brar, the first Indian to be drafted into the NBA D-League last year. Current and former India internationals of various age levels Pratham Singh, Kaif Zia, Loveneet Singh, and Khushmeet Singh are also in this team. Indian-American player Chris Solomon, who played college ball in Florida at Northwood University, will be the foreign import for Bengaluru.
Chennai Slam: For the first three seasons, Chennai have been the model of excellence in the UBA. They have reached all three UBA Finals and won the title two times, including the most recent championship in July last year. Former Indian player Prasanna Jayasankar coaches this team, who's strength is in their depth. Nigerian star Agu Chukwunanu (who scored a UBA record 50 points on opening night) will lead a squad of UBA veterans including Cammy Carmel, Jairam Jat, and Gopal Ram. This year, they will be boosted with the presence of national team big man Rikin Pethani and former University of Minnesota Duluth player Brendon Pineda from the USA. Home court advantage in the group stage and a winning habit makes Chennai one of the top threats once again.
Delhi Capitals: Delhi know how to win, too: they are Season 2 champions and feature former MVP Vinay Kaushik. Now, they have added the player who is perhaps the country's most electric talent, Amjyot Singh. Amjyot has played professionally in Japan's Development League, taken part in the NBA D-League draft, has been India's top player in several big international wins, and is one of the top ranked 3x3 basketball players in the world. Delhi have surrounded these two stars with Ajay Pratap Singh, Sunil Rathee, and the American Ronald March.
Haryana Gold: Haryana's big addition is Indian basketball's seasoned Punjabi veteran Yadwinder Singh, who will join a squad consisting of explosive Indo-Australian guard Eban Hyams, Akashdeep Hazra, Prakash Mishra, and American player De'Sean Mattox.
Hyderabad Sky: The Sky have an interesting mixture of new and old, and foreign and domestic on their roster. Watch out for former India international point guard Joginder Singh, Indo-Australian swingman Mahesh Padmanabhan, Tamil Nadu's veteran Gnanasekaran Sivabalan, and American additions Mak Boskailo and Tevin Kelly.
Mumbai Challengers: Mumbai have the potential to be one of the few teams with an embarrassment of riches at the league. Led by Jora Singh Gulia – who has coached India's national squad in the past – this team will feature the up-and-coming talent Prudhvi Reddy from Hyderabad, veteran former international Jagdeep Singh Bains, Gagandeep Singh, and current international Prasanna Venkatesh. In addition, they also feature three high-calibre foreign players in Alex Scales (who has played in 11 countries internationally, including one game for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs in 2005), Inderbir Gill (Indo-American former Canada NCAA Player of the Year) and Jimmy Scroggins (USA).
Pune Peshwas: Silver-medallists in Season 1 of the league, it's going to be hard to deny Pune this season. Their head coach is India's legendary basketball star and coach Ram Kumar, and he will marshal a team that features the league's most recent MVP Narender Grewal and superstar new addition and captain of India's senior men's team Amrit Pal Singh. Filling the gap between this irresistible post-and-perimeter combination will be talented players like Siddhant Shinde, Ajinkya Mehta, Gaurav Ohlan, Arshpreet Bhullar, and the American addition Pierre Newton from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Punjab Steelers: Punjab will definitely be feeling the push of positive momentum after they surprised better-favoured teams to reach the Season 3 Finals last season and pushed Chennai to the brink. Their roster features Season 1 MVP Ravi Bhardwaj, popular rising young star Gurvinder Singh 'Gary' Gill, international point guard Akilan Pari, and American Dermaine Crockrell, a product of Bemidji State.
There seems to be a fairly even distribution of talent this season, which will make it all the more difficult to predict which four teams will qualify for the championship round in Goa, and which one will eventually be the last squad standing with the Season 4 championship trophy. In particular, I expect Chennai, Delhi, and Pune to be among the top contenders for the title. But the favourites just might be Bengaluru, who have the right explosive mix of experience and youth and could separate themselves from the pack for the Finals in mid-March.
All games are televised live on Ten Networks from February 16 to March 16 in Chennai and Goa from 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM each gameday.


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Originally started in the United States, Beer Day came to light with the idea of celebrating the craft of brewing!
Gurugram, August 5: People worldwide have devoted an entire day to celebrate one of the staples that can easily be found in a good bar. To join the world in this celebration, Adsparkx– a Gurgaon-based young organization, brewed an event like no other!
You must have often heard people talk about working from mountains, working from cafes, working from home but have you ever seen a team working from a brewery that too with their Managers?
Guess what? Adsparkx actually did that.
This organization believes in the power of Right Brew and Right Crew!
Over the years, they have built a work culture where work and fun go hand in hand, and they have made sure to mention it as one of their core values – Work Smart, Party Hard.
So, they tried to seize the hop-portunity!
This International Beer Day, Adsparkx did something larger than life.
They did something that was never seen or heard of before. Team Adspark decided to change the view of their workstation for once and went to a brewery!
You must be wondering what exactly went down there. So, we asked them the same, which is what we got to know.
Oh, It Was A Brew-tiful Day!
"We know people will have their inhibitions when it comes to taking work to the brewery, and we wanted to change that. Hence, we stepped into a brewery to celebrate this day & MOST IMPORTANTLY- work!" – Vipul Taneja.
Please, don't think they are un-beer-liveable!
You may think that work from the brewery is impossible but honestly, they said it was still a booze-y day for them. From sipping on beer to taking work calls, there wasn't a single moment where they regretted the idea! In fact, it was beer-ly loved by the team!
It was a Work-Sip-Repeat kind of day!
So, to all the people who say this isn't practical, Adsparkx have something to tell you- Why be salty when you can be malty!


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Recording Industry Careers Background
Acoustical recordings were the earliest efforts in recording live music with the intention of playback. Thomas Edison invented a machine in 1877 that recorded and played back sounds. When he spoke "Mary had a little lamb" into a device that, in reaction to the vibrations of his voice, cut fine grooves with a stylus in tinfoil, he became the first person to record the human voice. To play back the sound, the stylus was repositioned on the groove at a lighter pressure and the cylinder rotated. Over the next decade Edison improved his machine and prepared it for its ultimate application: the recording of music. Between 1888 and 1894 such notables as Johannes Brahms, Alfred Tennyson, and Robert Browning all made recordings on the phonograph.
Edison's phonograph was not well suited for recording lower sound frequencies from such instruments as the bass and cello because the acoustical vibrations would not record accurately on the cylinders. Despite these early technical difficulties, phonograph copies of classical music and performers became very popular, thanks in part to Charles and Emile Pathe who, in 1894, built a small phonograph factory near Paris producing thousands of records.
Meanwhile, in 1887, Emile Berliner was busy creating the next significant advancement in sound reproduction, the gramophone. Berliner made his recordings on flat disks rather than the awkward cylinder. Disks proved to be much more practical for storage and mass production. Edison's cylinder phonographs were soon abandoned, but the term hung on in describing either device.
The Gramophone Company established branches in several countries, including Gramophone Company in London and Deutsche Grammophon in Germany; the company eventually grew in the United States to become the Victor Company. Victor produced the Victrola, a record player that was unrivaled in popularity and sales for many years after its introduction in 1901. Recording with the gramophone was known as acoustic recording. Horns of various diameters were placed near the instrument or vocalist. The diameter of the horn and its proximity to the sound source essentially determined the level at which the sound was recorded. When recording multiple piece bands, and especially with orchestras, finding the right acoustics (how many horns to use, with what size diameter, and where to place them) became a grueling, time-consuming task.
Columbia, a competitor to Victor, agreed to a cross-license arrangement in the manufacturing of records and phonographs. They combined patent assignments, allowing both to record on the newly developed wax disks. These records played for two minutes and held a recording on only one side of the disk. Most of the records were voice recordings since the reproduction quality of voices was superior to that of instruments. Other early recordings were of vaudeville skits, readings, and simple popular music, such as ragtime piano pieces.
In 1908, a new material called Amberol was developed, enabling the number of grooves on a cylinder to be increased. The higher number of grooves allowed for a longer recording, which doubled the cylinder's playing time to four minutes.
By 1913, however, disks were matching the playing time of the cylinder. The increased number of grooves and the establishment of two-sided disks in 1908 enhanced the desirability and the utility of the disk. The development of the less-expensive 78 revolutions per minute (rpm) disks completely replaced the cylinders by 1915.
Spring motors powered the early phonographs. Hand cranks had powered the earliest versions, but it was apparent that the evenness of power was important to the sound quality, and a regulated flow of power had to be developed. The Gramophone used a crank to wind a spring, and then the spring released at a regulated speed to turn the phonograph.
In the 1930s, electrically powered motors were used to turn the phonograph. The turntable could now turn continuously, allowing for a more even speed and longer playing time for the record. One of the reasons that phonographs were developed with an electric motor was the newfound capacity to combine the unit with a radio. The speaker system could be used for both, making the product more attractive to consumers.
From 1910 to 1920, the phonograph became the mass medium for popular music. Classical music recordings were by far the most widely available, but jazz, ragtime, and other band recordings began to catch on and record sales grew tremendously. However, the effect of the Depression in the 1930s took its toll on record and phonograph sales. The ability of radio to fill the void by providing free music decreased the sales of phonographs.
With the industry decline came changes to the companies that had developed the industry. Radio Corporation of America (RCA) bought Victor in 1929. The father of the recording industry, Edison, left the industry later the same year. In 1938 the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) purchased the weakened American Columbia. A significant breakthrough for the recording industry came in 1948, when Columbia Records developed a 12-inch vinyl disk that could play 25 minutes of music per side at 33-1/3 rpm, known as the long-playing (LP) record. This allowed for the typical classical symphony movement to be recorded on one side of the record, avoiding the usual disruptive breaks that had been a part of the 78 rpm recordings.
Soon after Columbia's 12-inch, Victor developed a seven-inch disc that played at 45 rpm. It contained less music time—about five minutes—but it was more economical and smaller. The industry established a standard in 1950: 12-inch LPs for classical recording and full-length popular music albums, and the seven-inch (called 45s) for shorter, single song recordings.
Another major development for the recording industry came with introduction of tape in the late 1940s. The sound quality from magnetic tape was the finest achieved to that date. Beyond the quality of the original recording, tape allowed for patchwork correction to be done to a recording, to replace sections where errors or poor sound quality occurred. It was no longer necessary to record the entire piece in one session. Tape also spawned a revival of many different kinds of music, from 18th century Baroque works to forgotten pre-war avant-garde pieces.
Tape recordings eventually allowed music to be recorded on channels; a singer's voice could take up one channel with individual instruments on other channels. This allowed the music producer an opportunity to mix the music with the desired emphasis. A flute, for example, could be enhanced beyond the original performance level, or the brass instruments could be quieted. Two-track stereophonic recordings became commonplace in the late 1950s, and phonographs were developed with two speakers to reproduce the stereo sound in the home.
The technology for recording boomed with the computer age. Synthesizers reproduced the sounds of orchestras electronically. Voices and instruments could be electronically enhanced, lowered, shifted in pitch, or adjusted to accommodate any change desired. The type of music recorded could be so stylized that it could not be reproduced in a live performance. The number of tracks recorded could be increased to meet the needs of an individual recording artist.
Along with the advancement in technology of sound recording, an advancement in the record disk began to change the shape of the industry once again. Compact discs (CDs) were invented in Japan in the late 1970s. CDs are digitally recorded discs that use a laser instead of a stylus to read the music. The benefits of CDs include the quality of the reproduction, the portability of the discs and players, and their ability to remain undamaged by wear or scratching.
The conversion by the record industry to CD technology was swift. All new popular and classical music is now produced on CD. Record companies are continually reissuing their classics on CD, and in many cases they reissue titles that were not big hits but now sell well on CD. Vinyl, however, has not completely disappeared. Despite its flaws, many audiophiles maintain that vinyl still produces better sound quality than CD. There is a continued niche market for vinyl, especially among independent record labels.
The enhanced CD is currently available. These CDs, when played on a computer, contain video clips, lyrics, artist biographies and discographies, and interactive activities. The next advance in sound quality involves DVD audio and Super Audio CD. These high-density discs produce even better sound quality than current CDs. The industry is making efforts to assure that all new formats will be compatible with each other.
With the advent of online file sharing and downloadable music, a major new avenue for distribution of music opened in the early twenty-first century. File sharing software made it possible for people to trade digital files of recorded music via the Internet, which resulted in a major campaign by the Recording Industry Association of America to fight this form of piracy and protect copyrights. In the wake of the controversy, many authorized music download sites such as iTunes and Napster brokered deals with recording companies to place singles, entire albums, and music videos online for legitimate purchasers. With the popularity of the iPod digital music player and similar devices, many listeners readily adopted the new format.
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Shamballa, Agartha and the Galactic Federation of Light
By Alberto Cogliani (Nityanand) | Exopolitics
Humanity on planet Earth is part of a much greater Divine Design based on the evolution of Consciousness. We are in this moment of time human beings in a physical body because of our present state of Consciousness. But this state of consciousness is going to change, to increase, if we want, taking us to become something else. There are other living entities who have already advanced along this evolutionary line of consciousness. There are, among many others, three examples of such an evolution in consciousness.
These are: the Agartha, Shamballa and the Galactic Federation of Light. These three elements are going to play an enormous role in the positive future of our humanity on planet Earth.
Agartha in the Hollow Earth
There is a civilization of people living in the centre of the Earth which is known as Agartha. To begin with, Buddhist theology affirms its existence. It is believed to be a race of supermen and superwomen who occasionally come to the surface to oversee the development of the human race and contact certain people in order to instruct them. It is also believed that this subterranean world has millions of inhabitants and many cities.
The King of this world is believed to have given orders to the Dalai Lama of Tibet, who is his terrestrial representative. His messages are transmitted through certain secret tunnels connecting the inner world of Agartha with Tibet.
The famous Russian channel Nicholas Roerich, who was a channel for Ascended Master El Moyra, claimed that Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, was connected by a tunnel with the inner Earth. The entrance of this tunnel was guarded by Lamas who were sworn to secrecy. A similar tunnel was believed to connect the secret chambers at the base of the Great Pyramid at Giza with Agartha. The first public scientific evidence of Agartha' s existence occurred in 1947 when Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd of the United States Navy flew to the North Pole and instead of going over the pole he actually entered the inner Earth. In his diary, he tells of entering the hollow interior of the Earth, along with others, and traveling seventeen hundred miles over mountains, lakes, rivers, green vegetation, and animal life. He tells of seeing monstrous animals resembling the mammoths of antiquity moving through the bush. He eventually found cities and a thriving civilization.
His plane was finally greeted by flying machines of a type he had never seen before. They escorted him to a safe landing place and he was graciously greeted by emissaries from Agartha. After resting, he and his crew were taken to meet the King and Queen of Agartha. They told him that he had been allowed to enter Agartha because of his high moral and ethical character. They went on to say that ever since the United States had dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they had been very concerned about their own safety and survival. They had decided that it was time to make greater contact with the outside world to make sure humanity didn't destroy that planet and their civilization with it. Byrd had been allowed in so they could make contact with someone that they trusted. To make a long story short, when their visit was finished, Admiral Byrd and his crew were guided in their plane back to the outer world, their lives having been changed forever.
Agartha consists of vast continents, oceans, mountains, and rivers. The population there is highly evolved. The civilizations of the Yucatan, Peru, Brazil, Cambodia, and Tibet also went underground and many UFOs come from the inner Earth. The Earth has a inner sun; there are openings at both Poles.
It is interesting to note that the Egyptian government has found many of these tunnels and has tried to explore them over the past thirty years but they are so complex and extensive that they have recently been sealed for fear tourists would venture into them and get lost forever.
There are entrances to the inner Earth in Egypt, Tibet, and the Yucatan, and there are other entrances in the Bermuda Triangle, the former Soviet Union, and Africa. There are different races in the inner Earth, just as on the surface, and some of them are quite tall. The United States government and those of other countries are aware of the inner Earth and are hiding the information about it just as they are hiding their connections with extraterrestrials.
There are beings who have been living in the Agharta since long before the Atlanteans came.
Among the Native American peoples, the Navajo legends teach that the forerunners of man came from beneath the Earth. The ancient ones had supernatural powers but were driven from their caverns by a great flood. Once on the surface, they passed on their great knowledge to the human race before once again seeking their great sanctuary.
The Pueblo Indians mythology also places their gods place of origin in the inner earth. The inner world was supposedly connected to the surface people by a hole in the North.
The ancient writings of the Chinese, Egyptians, and Eskimos speak of a great opening in the North and of a race of people who live under the Earth's crust. The writings say that their ancestors
came from the paradise land in the Earth's interior.
In the Buddhist tradition, ancient philosophy states that Agartha was first colonized many thousands of years ago when a holy man led a tribe that disappeared under the ground. The present population of that underground kingdom is believed to number many millions and the people are believed to possess a science, far superior to any found on the surface of the Earth, that includes cars that run at tremendous speeds through underground tunnels.
In the ancient legends of Quetzalcoatl, the great avatar of the Aztecs and Toltecs, it is told that he vanished on a flying saucer for eight days and visited the subterranean world.
Hidden Cities
There are over one hundred subterranean colonies underneath the Earth, all but one of them quite close to the surface. These underground cities have been referred to as the 'Agartha Network'. Their customs vary, but they follow a common, spiritually oriented structure of living – the Melchizedek teachings. The average population of these cities is five hundred thousand, but Telos, beneath Mt. Shasta, has over 1.5 million inhabitants. A second colony of approximately the same size is located beneath the Matto Grosso Plains of Brazil. This Atlantean outpost is called Posid. Although Atlantis and Lemuria have become myth to most people on the surface of the Earth, in reality they are just continuing their evolution underground.
Shamballa is a state of consciousness or a phase of sensitive awareness wherein there is acute and dynamic response to divine purpose. This Center is created by the Ray of Will or Power; its major activity is bequeathing, distributing and circulating the basic principle of life itself to every form which is held within the planetary ring-pass-not of the planetary Life or Logos. From that Center, the will of God goes forth and the power of God becomes the messenger of His will. The basic quality of Shamballa is dynamic. Its mode of work is inspiration. It draws response but remains immovable itself. It works not with the Law of Attraction, but by the Law of Synthesis, by a fiat of the Will, based on a clearly formulated purpose and program. Shamballa is also the City of the Gods, "Shangri-La," said to be situated in the himalayan mountains of Tibet, though in etheric substance. It is there that Men who have achieved the level of consciousness we call 'Enlightenment' dwell and it is from there that they serve humanity living on the surface of the planet.
The energy emanating from Shamballa is the animating force running through all 'power points', sacred centers or sites throughout the planet. Shamballa stands as the 'One Central Point' or innermost Heart of our Universal system.
The planetary system can be likened to the system of charkas & nadis in the human body. Each are fed by one central power source. Whether this 'power' is called Kundalini, the Holy Spirit, Shekinah, or simply the Divine Life, It is expressed through a complex system of micro & macro-cosmic inter-relationships.
"It is the prana or mana of eastern metaphysics, the "vril," the universal medium of occultists, the anima mundi of alchemy. In China it is known as "qi" .."the primal matrix of creation from which springs the yin and yang forces that give rise to substance and material forms"
The more conscious you become of the interconnectivity & synchronized activity between the human, planetary, solar & galactic levels of existence it is easier to see how magnetic & electrical currents & 'activity' in any part of the universal matrix is linked & inter-dependent.
At key points on the planetary physical-etheric grid lie recognizable power centers such as Mount Kailash, Mount Shasta or Mount Zion. Hierarchy & Humanity are themselves seen as 'centers' or outpost for the power generated from the originating or Supreme Center, we call Shamballa.
Shamballa is " the prototypic Holy Land of which all other Holy Lands such as Jerusalem, Delphi and Benares are or have been secondary reflections." In many traditions and mythologies this primordial center 'point' it is known under various names, 'White Isle' "White mountain' 'Mount of Salvation.' Its symbol is also seen in the "Tree of Life' at the center of the Terrestrial Paradise.
Accompanying the idea of Shamballa as the 'Sacred Central Place' or 'Heart' of this self-organizing universal system, it is easier to glimpse how this may be fed by the same One Universal Power. Interrelationships between micro and macrocosmic centers & systems can in one view see the energy emanating from Shamballa as a great 'stepping down' process. This 'Central Heart' pulses the entire system with 'Life' current along definite pathways & via specific alignments to each & every 'satellite' or organizing sub-center. This represents part of the Grand Cosmic or Universal Order.
When our Solar System, Planetary system & human body is seen in this light then some of the processes of the Solar or Planetary Logos, viewed within the context of this "Divine" order take on more immediate relevance and relationship.
"In line with the notion of "Gaia' which sees the planet as an integrated whole, expanded to the entire cosmos the web of "Life' sees an interactive and evolving single living entity, with each part cooperating with every other part to promote a continuation and evolution of more life. All the planet's self-regulating mechanisms, point to this conclusion."
This Life is seen as a Supra-Being organized around a Supreme center which we give the name, Shamballa.
Throughout time many names have been given to the Supreme Center from which all life is 'inspired' & ordered into activity. This is the zone of the Absolute. From this "Sacred Place" the triplicity of power (Will-Love-Intelligence) that is at the center or core of our heart, or the Heart of Solar System or the Galaxy, emanates.
Shamballa's 'veiled nature' is not only the subject of myths & legends but is also at the 'heart' of the initiatory process, whether viewed or 'taken' at a microcosmic or macrocosmic level. For the initiate the relationship with this Supreme center moves from metaphorical or symbolic terms & becomes a 'magnetic center' which 'calls' and demands knowledge & acquiescence.
This is the Point from which all things proceed and to which all things return.
This is the initiate Hierarchy of superhuman adepts of the Mystery traditions "…located in a paradisiacal place… a celestial centre at the foot of a 'World Mountain or World Tree' representing the Pole of heaven…They are the supreme authority for this planet, forming the governing core of Shamballa" extending their influence from there out through 'secondary centers' and outposts into 'our world.'
The representative physical or etheric 'place' for Shamballa on the surface of the earth has been the subject of much speculation. "Lamas declare that the profane traveler cannot find the path to Shamballa at all – one must be summoned.' There is also elaborate myth about an Underworld "Agharti" which in a sense can be see as another or second 'planetary outpost' of this Supreme Center.
Whether through the study of cosmic rays, the Sun's solar flares or electromagnetic oscillations, outer solar or planetary polar influences, magnetic currents, lightening or electricity, we can see that all sources of power have their 'originating point,' their source, as well as their direction or 'purpose' emanating from the Supreme organizing Principle, Shamballa.
Behind each 'point' stands the One Point, the location-less center at the 'heart' of all locations. Shamballa is what lies behind each and every center.
It is the Supreme Center, the Central Point from which all manifestation emerges. Shamballa is to be found wherever & whenever one is connected with this central principle, whether that center is at the core or heart of our being, or is represented by the Sun at the center of our solar system or by the Galactic center.
" The central primordial state is 'wholly independent of space.' Unlocalised, this points attainment re-unites creator & created in indivisible union."
" According to the Taoist doctrine, the perfect sage is he who has arrived at the central point and resides there in indissoluble union with the Principle, sharing its immutability and imitating its actionless activity. He, who has reached the maximum of emptiness, shall be fixed steadfastly in repose. To return to ones root (to that Principle) is at once the first origin and last end of all beings."
Finally, another element which will play a huge role in our human evolution in the future is the Galactic Federation of Light.
Galactic Federation of Light.
Long ago, the sacred Emerald Orders of the Spiritual Hierarchies of this galaxy forged a grand spiritual council of the Light. To this sacred entity came the great Beings of Light who created sacred colonies in the star groupings that you know as the constellations of Lyra, Cancer and Gemini. These grand Beings eventually formed a League of Light whose present progeny is the Galactic Federation of Light. The Galactic Federation is also overseen by the Great Blue Lodge of Creation, whose wondrous Light emanates throughout this Galaxy from a major stargate located in theSirius star system. The Sirius star-nation is a proud member of the Galactic Federation.
The Galactic Federation of Light is made up of many humanities from many worlds committed to the cause of helping Earth ascend. Within the Federation is the Ashtar Command, a division whose members have the sole mission of helping in the ascension process. They send spiritual guides who speak through a few people in this world, who have a special mission here on Earth. These people with a mission are regular humans who have taken birth just like everyone else, however, their spiritual lineage is not native to this world. Those people are light workers and starseeds, whose spirits originate from various worlds within the Federation, such as Lyra, Sirius, the Pleaides, Andromeda Galaxy and countless others. There are also children who are born today, whose current bodies are already more highly evolved than most older humans, and they are known as Indigos and Crystal children. And lastly, some souls are "walk-ins", where the original soul born to a body moves on, and a light-being walks into the body left behind.
The Agartha, Shamballa and the Galactic Federation of Light are playing already now and are going to play even more in the very near future an enormous role in the evolution of humanity on planet Earth. The people of the Agartha are going to re-unite with our human family and try to create a global state based on real democracy and integrity. They are already now part of the galactic Federation of Light and are also in touch with the masters of Shamballa. They have already contacted some heads of state on the surface of the planet to bring all countries together; they also contacted several individuals in order to instruct them about the science of alchemy, the transformation of the physical body into Prana. This science is known to us as Kundalini Yoga, the science of charkas, and also with other names, but in general it is defined as a process of 'Divine Alchemy' which brings Man to experience 'Heaven on Earth'. In order to achieve that divine state of consciousness various techniques like meditation, repetition of powerful alchemical mantras like 'Om Namah Shivaya', a certain diet of herbs, celibacy and self restraint are used, so that the four elements of the body transform into the fifth element, 'Prana', which is divinely superconscious.
The Agartha, Shamballa and the Galactic Federation of Light are already connected and cooperate together for the uplifting of Humanity on the surface of the Planet. The key element in this process is free will. If we human beings living on the surface of the planet will be able to overcome our little ego, then we will finally join the Higher Universal Self of which Agartha, Shamballa and the Galactic Federation of Light are manifestations.
It is a matter of rising our consciousness and the key to that will be the discovery of the subtle aspects of our human reality:
the fact that we have subtle bodies made of layers of energy, each layer corresponding to a level of consciousness.
These layers of energy and levels of consciousness are connected via the Chakras which are the doors to the Eternal aspect of Man. It is a higher state of consciousness that will bring us together with the Agartha, Shamballa and the Galactic Federation of Light. The entities belonging to these three families of love are simply more aware of their divinity, the state of 'Enlightenment'.
There are nowadays and there have always been men walking even on the surface of this planet who are at that stage in the evolution of consciousness. In Tibet they are called Maha Siddhas and they are already One with the Agartha, Shamballa and the Galactic Federation of Light. We have examples of them in Paramahansa Yogananda and Baba Muktananda Paramahansa.
Now it is time for the rest of our humanity to join them; for the first time in our recorded history there is a chance for a collective Awakening where billions of people will put an end to the forgetting of their divinity and to the cycle of reincarnation.
Humanity living on the surface of planet Earth is going to join the people of the Agartha and the Galactic Federation of Light, and attune itself to the frequency of Shamballa, where the Will of God is known and executed.
Shamballa is the link between Agartha and The Galactic Federation of Light… the Alfa and the Omega in this process of Re-Unification which will bring humanity on planet Earth to the state of Enlightenment and Liberation.
May all beings be happy
May all beings achieve Liberation
Om Namah Shivaya
Suggested reading:
'Voyage a Shamballa', by Daniel Meurois. Editions: Persea.
'Lights of the Great White Lodge', by Michel Coquet, editions: Arista.
'Walk-In' by Anne Givaudan. Editions: s.o.i.s.
'Alliance' by Anne Givaudan. Editions: s.o.i.s.
'Messages from the Hollow Earth', by Dianne Robbins.
'Telos, the Call goes out from the Hollow Earth and the Underground Cities', by Dianne Robbins.
'Angels in Starships', by Giorgio Dibitonto. Editions: Mediterranee.
'Bringers of the Dawn', by Barbara Mercinniak.
'Treatise on Cosmic Fire' by Alice Bailey
'The King of the World' by Rene Guenon
'Shambhala', by Victoria Le Page, 1996.


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Sybille Kraft Bellamy
Nutritional Therapies, Ketogenic diets for First Line of Treatment for Angelman Syndrome: Sybille Kraft Bellamy
Maxent is 17 years old and has Angelman Syndrome a neuro genetic disorder. He was on oxygen support his first 6 month of life, coded 2 times and was hospitalized over 20 times his first 18 months of life. Finally he was put on therapeutic diets (LGIT/MCT) Low Glycemic Index/Medium chain triglyceride and later in a 3.1 ratio/MCT. His general health improved quickly and the whole family enjoyed a new way of eating full of pleasure and nutritional power.
Ketogenic diets became the unique powerful tool to increase Max's chances to be free of seizures, enjoy a good night of sleep and grow strong and zen.
Today SKB wants to share our journey and how she avoided most of the difficult and dangerous aspects of Angelman syndrome.
Sybille Kraft Bellamy is the mother of 3 boys, she was born and raised in France and lived in US for over 20 years. With her son's medical diagnosis she decided to follow her natural instinct by helping him through nutrition. Her cultural background was enough to start a healthy and successful diet that brought immediate results that Max needed. This success prompted her to obtain multiples credits in Nutrition, ADHD, brain addictions and epigenetics. She learned and developed the most appropriate and complete therapeutic nutrition regime for Max and today he is thriving.
In addition to her classes she has been attending global symposiums that present the latest research and developments of therapeutic ketogenic diets.
Recently, she returned to France and created the bilingual ( English/ French) association "Connection Cetogenes" a ketogenic network to inform, train and support patients, their family and the medical and scientific community.


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BasqueCountry of origin:U.S. Type of music generally:Ethereal, ambient, intense (as their website says) Status:Most recent release, Falling Forward (2000) See also:AllMusic's info on Basque Comparisons:Basque sounds like a cross between Tuck and Patti and Hugo Largo, with a bit of Low thrown in for good measure. (email@example.com) Covers/own material:Own General comments:The NYC-based group Basque is a duo made up of Maryasque on vocals and Brandt on bass. It's very open, airy music, with lots of silence written into the tracks. Maryasque has a beautiful, strident voice, highly reminiscent to Sinéad O'Connor's. She slurs and mangles her lyrics until they don't quite sound like English—though you can make out bits and pieces. It's a technique that's closer in spirit to Rickie Lee Jones than to Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins. Brandt's bass-playing is incredibly expressive; he bends and twists the notes, pounds percussively on the instrument, creating evocative shades of sound. The songs are precise and haunting—I couldn't get the song "Swollen Stranger" out of my head for days. (firstname.lastname@example.com) Live Performance:I've been getting increasingly into Basque after hearing them a couple of weeks ago in DC. The bass and voice fill the soundspace beautifully. (firstname.lastname@example.com) Recommended first album:Any. My personal preferences are for Radiate and Falling Forward. (Neile) Recordings:
BasqueRelease info:1998—Laqua Records Availability:Unknown Ecto priority:Highly recommended Group members:Brandt—bass Comments:Oh. God. I'm besotted with this one. Minimalist, streamlined precision of a scalpel, but with haunting beauty lacking in surgical instruments :) This is amazing, totally addictive stuff... (firstname.lastname@example.com) RadiateRelease info:1999—Laqua Records Availability:Unknown Ecto priority:Highly recommended Group members:Brandt—bass Comments:The find of the year. I had gotten it a while back but it didn't hit me until I heard their stellar set a few weeks ago at Kramerbooks in DC (at which I suspect I was the only one listening). Beautiful ethereal vocals, mostly over solid solo bass. (email@example.com) Falling ForwardRelease info:2000—Laqua Records Availability:Unknown Ecto priority:Highly recommended Group members:Brandt—bass Comments:Falling Forward is the third recording by the New York-based duo of Brandt (bass) and Maryasque (vocals and guitar). Between the three elements voice, bass and guitar they sculpt a sparse sound that relies as much on silence as it does noise. It's a sound that mixes the ethereality of the Cocteau Twins with the emo-core aesthetic championed by Low. It's a hybrid sound: lo-fi New Age. The opening track, "Somefire," sets the contemplative mood, with a dark blue bass tone, over which a lone soprano wordlessly soars. It's a not-quite soothing track, one that avoids New Age schmaltz by telegraphing actual loneliness. The title track is an autumnal pop song, complete with a catchy (if indecipherable) chorus. Brandt augments his bass playing with audible, rhythmic clicks, while Maryasque s guitar forms a gentle circular pattern. Thanks to JoAnn Whetsell for work on this entry.
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