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Welcome to Cologne
Cologne is like a living textbook on history and architecture: drifting about town you'll stumble upon an ancient Roman wall, medieval churches galore, nondescript postwar buildings, avant-garde structures and a new postmodern quarter right on the Rhine.
Germany's fourth-largest city was founded by the Romans in 38 BC and given the lofty name Colonia Claudia Ara Aggripinensium. It grew into a major trading centre, a tradition solidified in the Middle Ages and upheld today.
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Cologne Sightseeing Cruise
While cruising down the Rhine River -- Germany's second-largest -- pass some of Cologne's top attractions, like Cologne Cathedral and the Hohenzollern Bridge (Hohenzollernbrücke), where couples traditionally leave padlocks as a token of their love to one another. See other favorite sights such as Cologne's historic old town and the Cologne Chocolate Museum.Your comfortable sightseeing boat features a spacious sun deck and bar with beverages available for purchase. Admire the city skyline of Cologne while enjoying a freshly tapped glass of Koelsch, the famous local beer (own expense). Learn about Cologne's interesting 2,000-year history from the informative, onboard audio commentary, and hear interesting stories about Germany's fourth-largest city.Choose from several departures throughout day, giving you the flexibility to easily fit this tour into your Cologne sightseeing schedule. You can even upgrade to the extended 2-hour nighttime sightseeing cruise, which allows you to admire the city landmarks lit up at night.
Rhine River Cruise: Cologne to Königswinter with Sightseeing
Head to the Cologne riverside in the morning to board your boat. Then, sit back and relax on your 4-hour cruise along the beautiful Rhine River, the longest river in Germany. Enjoy views of the historical towns, hilltop castles and prehistoric fortifications that dot the waterfront while learning about the sights from your onboard guide.Arrive in Königswinter, a resort city at the foot of the densely wooded Siebengebirge hills. Here you have between two and four hours of free time to enjoy lunch if you wish (own expense) and visit the attraction of your choice, as described below. At a prearranged time in the late afternoon or early evening, reboard your boat for a condensed 2.5-hour cruise back to Cologne.Sea Life Aquarium Admission:Get a look at the fascinating underwater world at Sea Life Königswinter, an aquarium home to more than 2,000 animals covering more than 120 species. See local and tropical sea dwellers such as stingrays and seahorses, watch animal feedings and walk through one of Germany's rare 360-degree underwater glass tunnel to come face-to-face with sharks.Drachnfels Railway Ride:Ride one of Germany's oldest cogwheel railways up to the famous Drachenfels hill and stop at the middle station to admire the Drachenfels Castle ruins. This ancient fortress was built by Archbishop Arnold I of Cologne in the 1100s to protect the Cologne region, but was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War in 1634 and was never rebuilt. Enjoy views over the Rhine Valley from the summit.
Cologne Hop-On Hop-Off Bus with Rhine River Cruise
With roots dating back to Roman times, Cologne is packed with buildings and monuments that testify to its ancient and medieval past. Add great museums, an impressive postmodern quarter and top-notch shopping and nightlife scenes, and Germany's fourth-largest city has plenty for sightseers.Armed with your 24-hour ticket (valid from time of first use), board an open-top, double-decker bus to experience Cologne's top attractions. Your ticket lets you create your own, personalized itinerary and explore at your own pace — simply hop on and off at any of the 16 stops as you wish. See the Itinerary for a full list of stops.Alternatively, stay aboard for the entire 1.5-hour loop and watch Cologne's top landmarks roll by. Learn about the sights from your English- and German-speaking guide or wear your headphones to hear the audio commentary.Admire top Cologne attractions such as the world-famous Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) with its towering twin spires, or perhaps leave the bus to stroll through the picturesque Old Town (Altstadt). Alternatively, hop off at the avant-garde Rheinauhafen quarter and visit the fascinating Chocolate Museum (Schokoladen Museum).Your hop-on, hop-off ticket includes a 1-hour round-trip cruise on the Rhine River. Board your comfortable sightseeing boat and see Cologne from the water as you drift along the legendary river. Admire the soaring cathedral, snap photos of the gabled riverfront houses, and pass the Rheinaufen waterfront, famed for its crane towers — three blocks shaped like hoisting cranes — as the informative onboard commentary brings the landmarks to life.The hop-on hop-off buses depart every hour daily from morning to evening, while the sightseeing cruises depart every 90 minutes daily, from morning to evening.
Cologne Day Trip from Frankfurt
Head north from Frankfurt on a relaxing 2-hour drive to Cologne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The old city at the River Rhine is famous for its diverse art scene, vibrant nightlife and the annual Cologne Carnival. On arrival in Cologne, join a double-decker bus sightseeing tour followed by a guided visit of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom). Learn about the history and impressive architecture of the Cologne Cathedral -- one of the largest Gothic churches in Europe -- and see the famous relic of the Shrine of the Magi, often referred to as the Shrine of the Holy Three Kings.Continue your day trip to Cologne's picturesque, historic old town, with its Roman buildings and medieval city walls. Your expert guide will tell you about Cologne's 2,000-year history and introduce you to top Cologne attractions, including the historic Town Hall (Rathaus), as well as the various museums and international art galleries.Enjoy time on your own to sightsee, shop and sample the famous local beer, Koelsch. On your way back to Frankfurt, make a brief stop in the picturesque city of Limburg, where you'll see the medieval old town, unique timber-framed houses and the beautiful Romanesque Limburg Cathedral.If you choose to visit Cologne in the month before Christmas, don't miss the opportunity to visit the Cologne Christmas Markets! The famous markets feature over 160 festive pavilions selling sweets, local delicacies and art products. No matter what time of year you visit, you'll enjoy a full day in Germany's fourth largest city and discover its cultural and historical treasures!
Cologne Rhine River Dinner Cruise
During your 3-hour dinner cruise aboard a comfortable boat, enjoy taking in Cologne's beautiful sights along the Rhine River at night.See top attractions such as Cologne's historic old town, the University of Cologne and the Chocolate Museum. Admire famous city landmarks lit up against the spectacular evening sky, such as the Hohenzollern Bridge (Hohenzollernbrücke) – where couples traditionally attach padlocks called 'love locks' as a declaration – and the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) with its silver and blue-lit spires.Choose from regional German dishes at the onboard buffet, and relax as you dine and listen to the DJ's music selection that will be sure to put you at ease. Enjoy complimentary drinks from the bar, including fresh Koelsch, the famous local beer. After returning to shore, you're free to stay on board the boat for an additional half hour to finish your drink or just relax!
KD Rhine Pass from Cologne
Use the pass as a one way ticket to get from one city to another, or maybe you prefer to use it as a return trip to spend a day elsewhere along the river, the choice is yours! Starting from Cologne, you will be able to enjoy the stunning so-called "Siebengebirge".Without committing yourself to a certain route in advance, this pass would also allow you to enjoy the Rhine Valley with its numerous beautiful castles, endless vineyards, the Loreley and much, much more -- starting from Koblenz. This is a fantastic alternative to rail travel, while viewing the Rhine Valley from it's best vantage point - the Rhine itself!The Rhine Pass is valid on all scheduled KD day cruises between Cologne and Linz as well as Koblenz and Mainz, as well as the Moselle between Koblenz and Cochem except special theme cruises and cruises including gastronomic service.For a current timetable, please click 'View Additional Info'.

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I can definitely say that I have felt these feelings. To be honest, I have felt them this week (and last week and the week before…). I get frustrated when my ideas aren't developing fast enough, I get annoyed when I can't manage to write my descriptions "perfectly," and I get discouraged when I sit down to write and I don't produce anything worthwhile or anything at all. When these minor struggles begin to add up, they sometimes cause me to feel down about my writing or about what I am doing with my time.
Imagine feeling this way every single day. Little by little, these feelings can drain a person's creative inspiration. It can also cause Writer's Block to settle in and create even more self-doubt.
While there are more reasons as to why writers end up with insecurities and self-doubt (besides the obvious fact that we are all human beings who are not perfect), it is not the end of our worlds. These feelings can be combated and conquered!
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- Try new things! Sometimes writers get stuck because we've been doing the same thing too many times. Changing up your writing routine or style can help to reignite your inspiration and get you out of a funk. For example, if you only write prose, it may be a good idea to try writing in another form, such as poetry, so that you can develop new ideas in different ways. Never be scared to get out of your comfort zone.
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- Everyone gets stuck; it's normal. Writing is hard, as I've said before, and everyone struggles at some point. Even the most-skilled writers get stuck and have a hard time. However, do not let it overwhelm you to the point where you stop writing. Wallow, then brush yourself off and continue.
- Be patient. Writing a good piece is a process and things takes time to develop. Perfect writing (if it exists) does not usually happen in the first draft.
- Remember to find motivation. Remind yourself why you are writing.
These are only a few pieces of advice I have gained from other readers and writers in my life, but I hope they help you continue writing and remind you that someone else might be going through the same thing as you.
What makes you doubt your writing or skills?
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Uelen is a rural locality in Chukotsky District, just south of the Arctic Circle in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the Russian Far East. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 720. Located near Cape Dezhnev where the Bering Sea meets the Chukchi Sea, it is the easternmost settlement in Russia and the whole of Eurasia. Uelen is also the closest Eurasian settlement to North America. It is on the northeast corner of the Uelen Lagoon, a roughly 15 by 3 kilometres (9 by 2 miles) east-west lagoon separated from the ocean by a sandspit. Municipally, Uelen is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and is incorporated as Uelen Rural Settlement.
There are a number of competing ideas as to the origin of the name of the village. The name Uelen is thought by some sources to derive from the Chukchi "uvelen" meaning "black, thawed patch", since the village is found at the foot of a hill surrounded by black mounds which are visible throughout the year and were often used as a navigation aid in the region.
There is a local legend which offers a second explanation for the origin of the name. It describes the life of a strong local man called Uvelel'yn (literally translated as "slob"), so named because he was an orphan who was dressed solely in tattered rags. As he grew older, so he used his strength to gain his revenge over the local people for perceived slights received during his childhood because of his background. In fear for their lives, the villagers killed Uvelel'yn. However they realised that in order to prevent these events repeating themselves in the future, they should take better care of their orphans and the village soon got its name to remind the villagers of their duty to those less fortunate than themselves.
Prior to being named Uelen, the village was called Ulyk, meaning land's end and flooded place respectively. Not surprising given that the village is the most easterly place in Asia and its position on a spit with the Chukchi sea to the north and a lagoon to the south makes the land prone to flooding.
The first mention of the name Uelen appears on a map from the Billings-Sarychev expedition from 1792.
Archeological investigation has revealed the existence of a settlement in and around the present day site of the village about 30 km from the village for at least 2000 years, based on fishing and the hunting of marine mammals. The main site of archeological investigation is at the Ekven site, a site of importance comparable to that of the Ipiutak Site across the Bering Strait on Point Hope.
Prior to the Russian Revolution, Uelen was, in 1912, a settlement of around 300 individuals divided into four communes and the headquarters of the Russian administration in the Chukotka Region ("Uyezd") and was an important trading port with both local Russian peoples and America.
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Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Uelen became one of the first trade co-operatives in Chukotka and a dedicated American trading post was established. The first school in Chukotka was established in Uelen in 1916.
In the first half of the twentieth century, Uelen was the site of one of the first Russian arctic research stations.
In the 1950s, Uelen became a focal point in the region, along with Lavrentiya, Lorino and Inchoun (see diagram) for the relocation of indigenous peoples following the decision to close a large number of uneconomical villages. Uelen absorbed the population from the nearby village of Dezhnevo (named, like the neighbouring cape, after the explorer Semyon Dezhnev). This village, to the west of Cape Peek and called Keniskun by the local Chukchi was an important regional coastal trading centre in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but was deemed unviable by the Soviet government and the villagers were moved to Uelen. The addition of Dezhnevo carvers to the existing artistic school in Uelen served to strengthen Uelen's cultural reputation not just in the region but across Russia with notable carvers such as Pyotr Penkok and Stepan Ettugi working in Uelen. In addition to absorbing the population of Dezhnevo, Uelen also absorbed the part of the population of the former village of Naukan, which itself had absorbed the population of a number of small villages from the Cape Dezhnev/Diomede Islands area.
Although Dezhnevo was officially abolished, the villagers in Uelen still use it as a base for their fishing and a handful of houses are still maintained for this purpose. As well as a fishing base, the site of the village is still used as an occasional port by Uelen. At the end of summer, storms in the Chukchi Sea can make it impossible for ships to dock at Uelen to unload their supplies. When this occurs, the ships dock at Dezhnevo and the cargo is carried across land to Uelen.
In more recent history, Uelen is where Dimitri Kieffer and Karl Bushby entered Russia during their Goliath Expedition after crossing the Bering Strait. The two were then arrested because they had failed to enter the country at a proper port of entry, but their journey was allowed to continue.
The population according to the most recent census results was 740, of whom 368 were male and 352 female. Uelen had a population of 740 at the start of 2009, down from 776 in 2003 (with 595 Chukchi and 72 Yupik.) Other villagers are Russian.
The village is famous for its walrus ivory carvings. It has long been a major artistic centre in the region, with Several of the leading exponents of the craft, such as Vukvutagin, Vukvol, Tukkai and Khukhutan working out of Uelen. The Uelen Bone Carving Studio contains the world's only museum of Walrus ivory carving. In 2004, a successful exhibition of their work was held in Bern, Switzerland and carvers from Uelen took first place in the category Russian hunt: Tradition and Modernity at the third Moscow Exhibition of Russian Crafts.
It is also home to an indigenous choir which has a history of cultural collaboration with Inuit across the Bering Strait in Alaska.
The writer Yuri Rytkheu was born in Uelen on March 8, 1930 to a family of trappers and hunters and was the first Chukchi author to achieve national prominence. His book A Dream in Polar Fog deals with the Chukchi people's efforts to adapt when a foreigner is shipwrecked on their shores.
The village also serves as a base for archaeological expeditions to the area, which have uncovered a burial ground containing more than 300 burials of Early Whale Hunter cultures, covering a time span from 500 BC to AD 1000. These excavations have shown that Uelen was a major settlement in the area in the first few centuries AD, as well as revealing the existence of a culture dependent on whale and walrus hunting, archeologists have also unearthed early examples of the indigenous peoples ivory carvings, a number of which are now held at the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography in St. Petersburg.
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Clean the prawns, slice the line on the back and open it. Season with ¼ teaspoon of salt + ¼ teaspoon of cooking wine + a dash of pepper powder + 20gr of minced scallion. Let stand for 10 minutes.
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Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World
IWSAW History
The Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) was established in 1973 to pay tribute to LAU's origins as a girls' school and to fulfill its commitment to education, empowerment, and equality for women and girls. IWSAW was the first institute of its kind in the Arab region. Today, the Institute honors that legacy by:
- Advancing women's empowerment and gender equality nationally, regionally and globally, through education, research, development programs, and outreach.
- Integrating gender issues across all aspects of its work and combining academia and activism in order to achieve gender equality and human rights in the Arab region.
Advancing gender equality and empowering women is at the heart of IWSAW's mission. By engaging in a unique combination of education, research, development programs and outreach with a focus on issues affecting Arab women, IWSAW represents a vital resource at the national, regional, and international levels, and a leading institution at the forefront of the advancement of women and the promotion of gender equality in the Arab region.
IWSAW raises the profile of gender as a cross-cutting issue by promoting a multidisciplinary approach within the LAU community. The institute engages students, faculty, and staff to integrate gender issues across all programs of study. IWSAW ensures that options in gender studies are available to students from a wide range of disciplines, and also offers specialized qualifications in gender and women's studies, in order to build a far-reaching knowledge base that incorporates gender perspectives, and promotes gender equality and human rights in the Arab region.
The institute also conducts and supports innovative academic research on women in the Arab region, and partners with a variety of organizations to deliver development programs addressing key issues in the region with a view to promoting gender equality, empowering women, and serving as a catalyst for policy change on women's rights.
IWSAW is guided and supported by an Advisory Board comprising prominent individuals and experts committed to advancing women's issues in the Arab region.
IWSAW: The Five Pillars
Education: Establishing high-quality education programs on gender to encourage interest and build capacity at the undergraduate, graduate, and mid-career levels
- The Minor in Gender Studies stimulates interest in gender and women's rights in the Arab region, and builds a fundamental knowledge base in gender issues for students at the undergraduate level. The minor aims to enable students to adopt a gender perspective in understandings of human rights, equality, and social change.
- An expected Masters in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies will incorporate academic and practical applications of gender through an interdisciplinary graduate program of study involving applied research, intellectual rigor, and social activism to promote gender equality.
- The Diploma in Gender in Development and Humanitarian Assistance (GDHA) builds capacity to meet a pressing need for technical skills in development and humanitarian fields. The GDHA Diploma is offered in partnership with the Continuing Education Program (CEP) at LAU and Human Rights Education Associates (HREA), and provides three focus areas: (1) Gender in Conflict; (2) Gender in Development Programming; and (3) Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response.
- These three interventions are connected and mutually-reinforcing, fostering interest in and capacity for gender issues among students at the undergraduate, graduate and mid-career levels. IWSAW aims to establish a network of highly-qualified professionals from a variety of fields, who are able to promote gender equality and women's rights in the Arab region through policy, practice and research, in academic institutions, governmental organizations and ministries as well as national, regional, and international agencies.
Research: Strengthening research on and by women and on gender issues in order to build a body of knowledge to further social change and policy change at national and regional levels
IWSAW's work in the field of research contributes much-needed Arab perspectives to global discourses on Arab women and gender equality in the region.
The institute's bi-annual interdisciplinary journal, Al-Raida, or The Pioneer, is a space for researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and students to address gender equality and women's issues in the Arab region. It was first published in 1976, three years after the founding of the Institute. Al-Raida is now fully digitized and accessible to all here.
Through Al-Raida, IWSAW aims to
- Amplify the voices of and shed light on the lived experiences of women in the Arab region by promoting scholarship on and by Arab women,
- Create a space for crucial research on gender issues in the Arab region,
- Strengthen connections between Arab women's movements and global movements, and
- Serve as a platform for young voices and activists in the region.
Alongside Al-Raida, the institute also undertakes innovative research projects on a range of topics relevant to Arab women, in order to foster a body of research that can then be used to promote social and policy change in the region. For example, the Institute provides critical information on gender issues in the 22 Arab countries through Country Gender Profiles and Regional Gender Themes, as well as addresses contemporary gender issues with an Occasional Paper Series. Together, these resources provide a gender analysis of national policies, key sectors, legal frameworks and institutions, and assess progress made in the promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women.
The Institute also works to strengthen the capacity of academics to carry out gender-related research across a variety of disciplines. One such project has included the training of 19 academics from Iraq in gender research and the integration of gender into academic curricula. Through capacity building initiatives in the field of research, IWSAW aims to stimulate the growth of a body of gender-related scholarship originating in the Arab region, and in the Arabic language.
Development projects: Conducting sustainable development projects to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls at national and regional levels
The Institute undertakes groundbreaking development programs in collaboration with a variety of national and international organizations to carry out advocacy, build capacity, and strengthen support programs for women in the region. Programs harness the significant gender and gender-based violence expertise of the institute staff to execute programs such as:
- Strengthening community capacities and building critical life skills through our Basic Living Skills Program to foster sustainable change;
- Training partners such as the Lebanese Security Sector in gender equality and gender-based violence prevention and response; and
- Supporting incarcerated women, female migrant domestic workers, and other vulnerable communities, with rights-based approaches to services and support.
Other focus areas include preventing gender-based violence; supporting women detained in corrections facilities and training corrections personnel; promoting women's political participation; and engaging young women in leadership.
Outreach: Promoting gender equality, human rights, and social justice through outreach events and activities at national, regional, and international levels
IWSAW builds networks with civil society organizations, academic and research institutes, NGOs, UN agencies, governments, donors, the private sector and other stakeholders to promote the work of the institute and to forge strong partnerships at local, regional and international levels. Outreach also includes engaging in global dialogues and promoting the institute through social media and communications materials. One such example is the animated song Bi Ideh, In My Hand, a pioneering and powerful statement led by Arab youth to build champions for gender equality.
In Lebanon, the Who is She in Lebanon? online database provides biographical information on leading Lebanese women from various areas of expertise in order to promote their work and celebrate their achievements. IWSAW has also enjoyed a long partnership with the National Commission for Lebanese Women, collaborating on events focused on issues such as gender equality and legislative reform.
In the Arab region, IWSAW joins forces with other educational institutions to collaborate on gender studies programs and shared learning events such as lectures and seminars, and undertakes joint outreach initiatives on annual events such as International Women's Day and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence Campaign, engaging with partners across disciplines and research fields. IWSAW has also worked on children's awareness initiatives, including the development of a series of children's books in Arabic, promoting positive and empowering social messages.
Internationally, the institute organizes conferences and learning events attracting academics, policy-makers and practitioners, parliamentarians, and students from various Arab countries. IWSAW creates crucial fora for the exchange of ideas and perspectives on gender, and offers participants from a range of backgrounds the opportunity to interact with gender activists and scholars working on gender issues. IWSAW serves as a resource center and knowledge hub for local, regional, and international partners on gender issues in the Arab region.
LAU Engagement: Engaging LAU students, faculty and staff, and integrating the LAU community in the work of the Institute to enhance a university culture committed to gender equality and human rights
IWSAW works with students, faculty and staff across all of its campuses – in Beirut, Byblos, and the LAU New York Academic Center - to foster the integration of gender issues across LAU. Initiatives such as the informal monthly speaking series Food 4 Thought create opportunities to engage the LAU community in activism for social change. This discussion space is open to all at LAU, and collaborates with prominent gender experts to address current topics in gender issues and engage people from diverse backgrounds in debate.
Since 2012, the Institute has hosted a prestigious competition in honor of the late Mary Turner Lane, who founded the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The annual Mary Turner Lane award recognizes the best research paper on issues affecting women, publishes the winner in Al-Raida, and promotes the paper widely.
The Institute also supports student clubs to reflect on gender issues in the region through workshops, lectures, and films to build a community committed to gender equality and human rights.
Get Involved
IWSAW welcomes visiting researchers, faculty and scholars from Lebanon and around the world to work with us on pioneering research and development projects related to women in the Arab region. The institute is also open to all forms of collaboration with national, regional and international institutions and organizations, and welcomes invitations to forge new partnerships.
For more information, contact the institute by email or follow us on Twitter or Facebook, to find out how you can get involved in the movement for gender equality and women's empowerment in the Arab region.
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2 lbs. chicken cutlets (thinly sliced)
1 lb. medium shrimp (tails removed)
1 lb. red roasted potatoes (cut into quarters)
1/2 lb. carrots (sliced thin)
4 cloves of garlic (chopped)
2 tsp. sea salt
1 tsp. black pepper
olive oil
1 tbsp. fresh chopped parsley (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1. In a large baking pan, put potatoes, carrots and garlic. Sprinkle sea salt and black pepper on top. Add parsley.
2. Drizzle olive oil on top. (about 4 tbsp.) Stir together.
3. Bake in oven about 40 minutes or until potatoes and carrots are tender. (check at 30 minutes)
4. In a skillet, put 1 tbsp. of olive oil. Cook chicken cutlets on each side for a total of 6 minutes. (3 minutes on each side.) Sprinkle with a little sea salt and black pepper. (Keep cutlets warm when done.)
5. Boil shrimps for 5 minutes and drain well.
6. On a platter placed grilled cutlets. Put roasted potatoes, carrots and shrimp on top. (See photo)
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Americans earn income when they produce things and get paid for the production. Our nation produces lots of things. Pfizer has been in the news lately because they are merging with another company. Pfizer makes Viagra. That makes a lot of people happy but I won't go into that because some of our readers might take offense. We also make guns and houses and the list goes on and on. We also produce services. In fact the majority of what the nation produces is classified as a service. If you work at Macy's you get paid the minimum wage or less to perform the sales function. If you are an Uber driver you get paid each time you deposit someone at a desired location like LaTorre's Mexican Restaurant. If you sell tickets for cruise ship voyages you receive income so that people can gain about 50 pounds and see the shorelines of very interesting places.
In 2014 USA National Output or GDP was $17.4 trillion dollars. Wow. That is a pile of stuff! Of that amount $7.9 trillion was for consumer services and pretty much the rest was for goods sold to consumers and goods and services purchased by businesses and governments. In 2014 we imported goods and services of about $2.8 trillion and we exported $2.3 trillion.
It is those exports that I want to focus on today. Look at it this way – we produce stuff at home and sell it to people both here and outside the country. Let's call the local buyers Pete and those offshore buyers Charlie. If we are US policymakers we want Pete and Charlie to buy a lot of US stuff. When they do that all kinds of good things rise – output, profits, jobs, wages, and so on. Please, no Viagra jokes. We have problems in the USA presently because neither Pete nor Charlie are on a spending spree. So the economy limps along.
I will pick on Pete another day but the question today is what happened to Charlie? And that's what the next 117 pages are about. If you are in Colorado or Washington light up your favorite smoke and hold on. Otherwise JD works well.
The first thing to keep in mind is that the US, unlike some other countries, is not dominated by export sales. That $2.3 trillion of foreign sales is only about 13.2 percent of GDP. If that figure was half of GDP then what I am about to say below would be alarming. But since export sales are 13.2% of GDP that means what foreign buyers do is important but it also means the 86.8% of local buyers are much more important.
The first thing to keep in mind is that the US, unlike some other countries, is not dominated by export sales. That $2.3 trillion of foreign sales is only about 13.2 percent of GDP. If that figure was half of GDP then what I am about to say below would be alarming. But since export sales are 13.2% of GDP that means what foreign buyers do is important but it also means the 86.8% of local buyers are much more important.
But we talk about local buyers all the time so let's spend a little time investigating foreign sales or exports.
Who buys our crap? Mostly people who are close by – Canada and Mexico are the two top foreign destinations for US goods and services. Together they bought $646 billion in 2014. That amounts to 28% of all US exports. Next in line were China and the UK. Below are the top 12 destinations for US goods and services. Together these 12 countries purchased in 2014 $1.4 trillion or a little over 60% of US total exports to the world.
United Kingdom
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
If the US economy has been slowing down because Charlie is not buying as usual, then we should be able to see this in the data. So I compared two 8 year time periods for evidence of change: 2000 to 2007 and 2007 to 2014. It turns out that exports grew much slower in the latter period compared to the former. The next table shows the increase during 01 to 07, the increase during 08 to 14, and the differences. Data are from www.bea.gov
US Export Sales to the World from 2000 to 2014.
0 to 7 7 to 14 Diff
Canada 2297 1802 -495
Mexico 1515 1068 -447
China 897 345 -552
United Kingdom 773 645 -128
Japan 760 735 - 25
Germany 531 421 -110
Brazil 415 178 -237
South Korea 404 291 -113
France 333 268 -65
India 225 93 -132
Saudi Arabia 154 75 -79
Italy 171 143 -28
Total 8474 6064 -2410
0-7 is the sum of US exports during the years 2000 through 2007
7-14 is the sum of US exports during the years 2007 through 2014
Diff is the difference between the first two columns
A negative number for Diff means lower export sales in 2007 to 2014
Numbers are in billions of dollars
The key point is that US exports have slowed dramatically. From 2000 to 2007 the US exported a total of $8.5 trillion in goods and services to the top 12 country destinations. From 2007 to 2014 we exported less, $6.1 trillion. The difference is not small -- $2.4 trillion! That is a 28 percent reduction.
While China explained about one-fifth of that seven year decline – notice that US exports slowed to every one of the top 12 country destinations. All 12! Between our NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico we explain almost a trillion of the decline.
These declines do not come from one country or one part of the world. Economic problems in Europe, Asia, South America and even the Middle East all contributed to weakness in US sales abroad. As these countries suffer economic recessions and slow growth, their people are able to buy less. They buy less at home and they buy less from other countries, including the USA.
Next we turn to economic projections for these 12 countries. Expectations of stronger growth abroad would translate into a stronger demands for US goods and services. Below is a table I generated using economic growth data from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2015) Tables A2 and A4.
97-06 07-15 16-20
Canada 3.4 1.6 1.9
Mexico 3.3 2.1 3.1
China 9.4 9.1 6.3
Japan 0.9 0.4 0.9
Germany 1.5 1.1 1.5
Brazil 2.7 2.7 0.8
S. Korea 4.9 3.4 3.4
France 2.4 0.7 1.7
India 6.6 7.3 7.6
Saudi Arabia 3.9 5.0 2.7
Italy 1.5 -0.8 1.2
Average 3.7 2.8 2.8
97-06 07-15 16-20
Canada 3.4 1.6 1.9
Mexico 3.3 2.1 3.1
China 9.4 9.1 6.3
Japan 0.9 0.4 0.9
Germany 1.5 1.1 1.5
Brazil 2.7 2.7 0.8
S. Korea 4.9 3.4 3.4
France 2.4 0.7 1.7
India 6.6 7.3 7.6
Saudi Arabia 3.9 5.0 2.7
Italy 1.5 -0.8 1.2
Average 3.7 2.8 2.8
We see two things from this above table. First, the economic growth rate of the main US trading partners declined significantly after 2006. Every country except for India and Saudi Arabia (Brazil's growth rate did not change) slowed considerably in the 2007 to 2015 time period. This helps to explain the major reductions in US exports during those years. Incomes of our trading partners slowed or declined --- and they purchased less from the USA.
Second, the IMF is not expecting things to improve in the next five years. The 12 country group's average GDP growth will not improve at all. Looking at our top three destinations only we see a big improvement expected in Mexico, a small gain for Canada, and a continued decline in China. India is expected to grow faster while Brazil and Saudi Arabia will suffer continued growth problems.
Exports are not everything to the USA -- but they are important. If we believe the IMF's economic growth forecasts it is difficult to see any real hope for an export led resurgence of growth in the USA. As I wrote last week -- free trade agreements are the right thing to do but in this slow global growth environment it is difficult to believe that countries will approve a strong agreement and even with such an agreement, income problems will swamp any gains that might come from trade-opening agreements. The world needs a locomotive but it is unclear who will play that role.


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Former Teammates Compete Against Each Other At The College Level
Taylor Edwards ['07], LaVell Hewlett, and Matt McCulloch ['07] Participate in the UW-River Falls Vs. UW Whitewater Game.
Perkins Stadium on the campus of UW-Whitewater, Saturday, October 24, 2009
|Right: Matt McCulloch [5] and Taylor Edwards [31] after the Wisconsin High School All-Star game following their senior year at Parker.
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Left: Taylor Edwards of the UW-River Falls Falcons and Matt McCulloch of the UW-Whitewater Warhawks after the River Falls and Whitewater football game on Saturday, October 24.
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After a closely contested first half UW-Whitewater pulled away in the second half to win 38-14 against WIAC Conference rival UW-River Falls. Former Viking players LaVell Hewlett and Matt McCulloch play for UW-Whitewater while former Viking Taylor Edwards is a member of the River Falls football team. McCulloch was named Whitewater's Defensive Player of the Game.
|One of the 'Honorary Co-Captains' for the game between the Warhawks of UW-Whitewater and the Falcons of UW-River Falls was Emme Bullis. Emme [purple hat, above left] is shown picking up the coin that was tossed to determine the team choices for the first and second half. She handed the coin to the referee. The coin came up heads giving Whitewater the choice. The Warhawks deferred to the the second half. Emme is the daughter of Parker High School Physical Education teacher Kathleen Bullis and Kevin Bullis. Kevin Bullis [left, purple hat] is an assistant coach for the Warhawks. Whitewater is ranked second in the D3 division of NCAA football and played Rivers Falls for its Homecoming Game.
Matt McCulloch [above left] and Taylor Edwards [above right] were teammates on the 2006 undefeated Big '8' Champion Viking football team. On Saturday, October 24th, they were opponents playing in a WIAC Conference football game at Parkins Stadium on the campus of UW-Whitewater. McCulloch is a starting cornerback for the Warhawks while Edwards is the starting tailback for the Falcons.
Below: McCulloch [23] looks into the backfield as Edwards [below far left] and the Falcons prepare to initiate a play in first half action.
McCulloch [far left] crowds the LOS as the Warhawk defense faces a Falcon offensive play.
Above right: Edwards takes a handoff from Falcon QB Ryan Lussenheide.
Taylor Edwards [25] had 79 yards rushing on 27 carries
Left and above: Matt McCulloch [23] had two solo tackles, one assist on a tackle and two breakups of passes.
Below: On punts McCulloch [23] lines up on the LOS.
Above and below: UW-Whitewater freshman LaVell Hewlett [22] is a 2009 graduate of Parker High School. Hewlett is a starting member of the Warhawk kickoff team [above and below].
Above: With 7 seconds to go in the half the Warhawks connected on a 37 yard scoring play. Quarterback Jeff Donovan threw 37 yards to Jordan Wells [8] to give the Warhawks a 21-0 lead going into the second half.
Below: A large crowd of 8,169 watched the Homecoming Game between Whitewater and River Falls.


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BY Daniel Harkins | May 18 2018 | 0 COMMENTS print
'Secular elite' at Glasgow college accused of blocking Catholic Mass
Publication Date: 2018-05-18
Complaints of a 'hostile environment' for Christians after Ascension Thursday Mass cancelled
Senior management at a Glasgow college have been criticised as a 'secularist policy-making elite' after they outraged Catholic staff by shutting down a planned Mass for Ascension Thursday.
Br Antony Connelly, the Catholic chaplain to the City of Glasgow College, had arranged the Mass with the college's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) department, but it was abruptly cancelled hours after the principal Paul Little had been copied into an email announcing the time and location.
Staff members have now told the SCO that the college is a 'hostile environment' for Christians and the Catholic Church has called for an urgent review of the decision to cancel the Mass
Br Antony, a Passionist from St Mungo's Church, has been chaplain to the college for seven months. After holding an Ash Wednesday service for the Catholic staff and pupils, and responding to a request from staff at the college, he began arranging a Mass for the Holy Day of Obligation last Thursday.
The Mass was approved by the EDI, who arranged a room for the chaplain. But when Br Antony copied the principal in an email, he soon received a terse reply demanding to know who had authorised the Mass. Within an hour, the EDI had cancelled the Mass due to 'intervention by the higher management.'
After outraged staff made their feelings clear to the college, Br Antony was hauled into a meeting with top brass.
"It was uncomfortable and it felt heavy-handed," he said. "The idea was just to help Catholic students and staff to get to Mass. I said in the meeting that there is an obligation for Catholics to go to Mass [on Ascension Thursday]."
He added that he has received no assurances that the celebration of Mass will be allowed in future on the campus, and that he is 'not optimistic' one will ever be allowed.
Most other higher learning institutions in Scotland make provisions for regular Masses, including Glasgow University and the University of Strathclyde.
A 'quiet reflection room' exists at the City of Glasgow College for people of 'all faiths and none,' but Br Antony said it has clearly been laid out for Muslim students.
And he added that 'contradictions and illogical reasoning' in the college's policy for dealing with religious services 'suggest the confusion and entrapment of the secularist policy-making elite which neglects the diversity of religions, and instead seeks to create an equality, which is a pseudo-equality, or in today's parlance, fake-equality.'
"It seems that Cardinal Ratzinger was right when he warned, just before the 2005 conclave, of the 'dictatorship of relativism' being played out," he added. "And I think that Pope Francis has also warned of this 'tyranny of relativism.'
"The main problem is the institutionalised secularism that is running our public institutions."
In his email announcing the Mass's cancellation, Br Antony wrote that the college is 'happy to have a chaplaincy service, and nice pages about equality, diversity and inclusion on their website but reluctant that it should come out of cyberspace and into the reality of religious people's lives.'
Secularist agenda
One member of the support staff at the college, who asked not to be named, said: "There are signs and TV screens everywhere promoting equality and diversity—it's almost propaganda. But this is the first time Catholics have put this into practice and our request has been point blank refused."
He pointed out that in April it was revealed the college paid £1,740 for principal Paul Little to receive media training from Donald Findlay, the QC who in 1999 was fined by the Faculty of Advocates for professional misconduct after singing anti-Catholic songs.
And he added: "If you don't support the secularist, humanist agenda then you are not going to get promoted at the college."
John Kelly, a lay officer for the EIS teaching union at a different higher learning institute, was visiting the college when he was told by irate staff of the cancelled Mass.
"A member approached me to say, 'have you heard the Mass has been cancelled?' She was absolutely furious," he said. "I have never heard of this happening before at my college—there has never been an issue with any religion."
It is understood a number of staff are set to complain to the college about senior management's actions.
A spokesman for the the Catholic Church said: "It is staggering to think that a Mass might be cancelled on the instructions of the college management. It is difficult to imagine what problems could have been caused by allowing Mass to be celebrated.
"An urgent review of this decision is needed and hopefully no such restrictions or refusals will be imposed in future."
A spokesperson for Glasgow Archdiocese said: "It is to be hoped that the college authorities will soon make it clear that they are open to cooperating with the Church in providing for the spiritual care of a significant proportion of their students."
A City of Glasgow College spokesperson: "City of Glasgow College is a beacon of excellence in equality, diversity and inclusion. We respect all religious beliefs and those with none and endeavour to create a welcoming environment to support that.
"As Scotland's super college, with many demands on our facilities from a diverse student cohort of 130 different nationalities, and a valued diverse range of staff and stakeholders, we aim to be fair in all that we do. A review is underway into how we can facilitate all religious ceremonies equitably in future."


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Lesson(s) learned: We can help younger children
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Remember those color paddles we made for Early Childhood CARES? When we talked to them, they also needed 50 stars and 4 sets of colored shapes. The shapes in particular are useful for many organizations helping young children here and abroad so we're sharing how to do them today.
Those 50 stars were easy to cut out. I enlisted the help of my niece and together we traced and cut out all 50 stars.
The idea of the shapes is to make identical sets with several different shapes in them, each shape having a different color. That way if the teacher/aid/parent is working with a few children at the same time, the color and shape are always consistent and both colors and shapes can be topics of discussion.
Foam works best since it is durable and waterproof. It can even be used in the bathtub!
I got help from another niece as well as Jillian's kids. Remember them from the color paddles? They were awesome with the color shapes as well, along with my nieces. I know such great kids!
Each set went in a plastic bag. Another option would be punching a hole in each shape and connecting them with string or ribbon; it just depends on what the preschool needs.
With stars, shapes, and color paddles, we helped a preschool get off to a great start this school year. Hope this inspires your own project!
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It is far from being implemented but is starting to emerge.
Michael Zimbalist, head of R&D at The New York Times Company, told me that the opportunities arising from the Semantic Web for The Times are "quite vast."
In this in interview, he explains how comprehensive metadata annotation of content can make it "smart," freeing it to become "device independent media." This is the promise of the Semantic Web as The Times sees it.
I spoke with Michael at Advertising 2.0 yesterday in Manhattan. We also touched on developments in the mobile space.
Update: Dan Farber at CNET highlights the Times' integration of print and mobile in his take on my interview with Zimbalist. Here's the take by paidContent's Rafat Ali.
The Semantic Web and Video Explored on the Purple Channel
The Semantic Web will be critical to search and consumption of Web video, I was told by earlier this year by Adobe's chief Dynamic Media evangelist Mark Randall.
Last year I spoke with Philippe Le Hagaret, chief architect of the World Wide Web Consortium. He explained the value the Semantic Web will bring to video search.
— Andy Plesser
The Rise of the "Implicit Web"
Here is a related video of prominent VC Josh Kopleman of First Round Capital on the evolution of the "Implicit Web" — a related trend in which the public use of content sticks "like breadcrumbs" and make content more searchable. This was published on AlwaysOn. Big trend here.


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Always start on hole 10 especially if you aren't warmed up (close to the parking lot and not by the water, plus the course is really divided into 2 sections).
There are 3 water sections a lake, a tiny creek (#13) and a bigger creek by holes #11 and #13 (#15 sorta). Easy to get the disc out of the small creek, harderish for the bigger one, almost impossible for the lake unless you go swimming. They will dredge the lake during the summer and return your disk back to you for a fee ($2-3?) as long as you have your Phone number on there.
DO NOT go into the yard nearby the park if you throw it there (plenty of signs warning you). Just ring the doorbell and ask to retrieve it if you do throw it in there (#17, #1, #2 are the most likely places).
There usually is a nice guy with a tent setup by hole #1 that will sell discs both new and used (found from the lake and traded in) for good prices and is generally nice/friendly.
I've seen people swimming in the lake so if you think you can get your disk, no one will stop you (if you ask the guy he will give the general non-committal answer).
Great course and plenty of fun. I haven't lost a disc here but I know plenty of people who have every time they go. If you are worried just play it safe. There are plenty of fun holes to air out. And if you lose one you can always buy another from the guy. Can get busy, but there seems to be plenty of space that it doesn't really slow down gameplay.
Oh and there is a practice tee by the restrooms between holes #1 & #18 if you just want to putt.
This is by far my favorite course. When I'm in the Indy area I am here every other day when the weather is right. I love the obstacles, distances, heights, hills, and water. Beautiful course, beginners beware of hole 1, 6, 9, and 11, as they are all around water. I recommend this course for anyone with a decent amount of time to burn!
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Kick out the "freakers," we say
It's the first major dance of the year, Castro Valley High School's annual Winterball. You wait in line with your friends, eager to get inside the cafeteria, and, subsequently, the dance floor. A few minutes later, your bags and coats are checked in and you're ready to hit the gym for a few hours of mindless dancing. But what's this? As you and your friends make your way to the center of the gym, you notice something strange. The closer you get to the center, the more people you see grinding against each other. "What could this phenomenon be?" you wonder as you back off, suitably embarrassed from such an awkward situation.
This is just one example of the freaking problem present at our school dances. At the moment, the administration is using a wristband system to try and counter such behavior. However, several new ideas were proposed to stop the problem, and if adopted, will begin taking effect starting next year. These punishments include a holding tank of sorts, where students would be led and given a talk by administration. The other possibility is just simply out kicking the offenders from the dance itself entirely. Though these methods may seem harsh, perhaps a bit of a heavy-handed approach is useful at times.
We at The Olympian believe that the best possible approach to the problem of freaking would be to remove the students in question from the dance, though there is a bit of debate on additional consequences. Some of the group wanted the offender(s) to be barred from the next dance as well, while the rest thought that removing the student from the dance was a bad enough punishment as it was.
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The other ideas, such as the holding area and the wristbands are definitely good, but they would not be as effective as the more harsh punishment of immediate removal from the dance, which we feel would be the best choice. The other "consequences" aren't exactly bad enough to discourage people from continuing their behavior.
In the end, we at The Olympian take a very serious stand on the issue of freaking. If students aren't going to listen to the rules of the administration, then we shouldn't give them the luxury of having a warning before punishment.


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Our company supplies virtual infrastructure to medical facilities. There are daemons in the cloud that feed data to medical devices at the local clinics, one daemon per medical device. Since it is medical information, it is required to be in a VPN.
My question is to total usage of bandwidth available. Because of latency, we know that the total single-connection throughput (TCP) is limited to (bits / latency) - inefficiency | jitter. In other words, a dataline with 52ms latency can only feed any single connection at about 10Mbs, regardless of total bandwidth available on the line.
We are just about to take on our first client that has multiple devices connected to a hub (as opposed to discreet connections), then linking up to the cloud. IOW, 6 devices connected at 1G MPLS to a central point which then has a 100 meg connection to the Internet. It's there that we will build our VPN.
So the question: when building a VPN over IPSec, is the tunnel considered a single stream irrespective of the number of devices on each side (meaning that the TOTAL bandwidth available would be based on latency like the example above) or would each machine be considered a different connection through the VPN and get it's own bandwidth? Is the IPSec stream the limiting factor meaning that the TOTAL bandwidth available between their central point and our cloud would be (10Mbs for example) or would each connection be able to use as much bandwidth as latency allows, meaning that each of the 6 machines could transmit at a maximum of 10Mbs?
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It should better utilize bandwidth to have 1 vpn per device as each tunnel will be limited separately by your long fat pipe problem (latency).
Is it possible for you to establish 6 - 10 VPNs connections? I do this all the time with Openvpn for this reason but haven't tried with IPsec. I get people in the Philippines to load client software per computer rather than on the router for this reason. I'm not sure how IPsec will perform if you did that. It should be fine.
I'd thought about parallel pipes but didn't think it was possible, due to confusion over subnetting. OpenVPN does this? How does it resolve subnet / gateway issues? And more intriguingly, "you do this all the time…?" That's great, I'm looking forward to hearing how you pull that off.
Thanks much for the reply
Ah … just saw one solution - have the VPN endpoint be at each clinic sop I get the benefit of multiple VPNs delivering bandwidth directly to each clinic. I believe that would do the trick.
Still love to hear your thoughts on multiple parallel, because this issue will come up in the future when we have multiple linear accelerators at a single location. Thus far we've been fortunate to have a single Linac per clinic.
Thanks again
I don't actually have much "pulling off" to do. I wish it was some genius move on my part.
All I do is set up a very standard TUN Openvpn server using NAT set to tunnel all connections through my server.
Then I export clients for people to install. Openvpn does all the magic for me. Not much amazingness required on my part.
It just works.
Yes - For having many many connections that originate from behind a single firewall to a single distant point, openvpn excels.
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