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Of sleepers and steam, semaphores, signalboxes, and grand old station hotels (Part I)
10 January, 2012
London calling.
I had The Clash in my head and a BritRail pass tucked in my camera bag as Air Canada flight 868, the "Day Tripper," touched down at Heathrow on a moonlit winter evening.
There are those who'll assert that voluntary travel to Britain in a season when the weather is at its coldest and wettest, and daylight but a fleeting seven hours and change between sunrise and set, is pure folly, if not madness. But the call of sleeping car trains departing London six nights a week for Penzance, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, and Fort William is stronger than any concerns about weather, or light, or other such trivial matters. Throw in working steam, an opportunity to spend a shift in the largest operating mechanical signalbox in the world, and accommodation in grand old station hotels, and the call is irresistible.
The truth of the matter is that Britain, no matter what the season, is irresistible.
The man behind the first class wicket in Paddington Station validated my pass with a sound thump and a stamp that started the clock on an experience beyond all expectations. In seven all-too-short days, I would manage a trifecta of sleepers, throw levers in Severn Junction Signal Box, ride the footplate of Sir Lamiel, a 1925-vintage "King Arthur" class 4-6-0, squeeze through the engine room of an operating Class 37, and rub shoulders — quite literally — with a very much alive English Electric 12CSVT prime mover. I'd follow the footsteps of David P. Morgan on the platforms at Glasgow Central on a rainy night (and on a bitterly cold morning in Inverness), spend a night in the wonderful old Grand Central Hotel (attached to Glasgow Central), and another in the grand dame of all station hotels: London's magnificently restored St. Pancras Renaissance, part of the legendary Midland Railway station of the same name.
But first, a full English breakfast at the Sloe Bar Café overlooking a Paddington concourse crowded with morning commuters, DMUs, Heathrow Express EMUs, and fleets of Great Western Class 43 HSTs.
In theory, the Day Tripper's mid-evening arrival at Heathrow makes a cross-town connection with the 23:30 Scotland-bound Lowland Sleeper out of Euston achievable if all goes well. It was a tempting idea, but who needs the stress? Besides, padding the schedule with a day in between afforded an opportunity for trainspotting at Banbury with my friend Ian. And that is time well spent.
Shades of the Night Mail!
It's been called "one of the nastiest concrete boxes in London," deemed "devoid of any decorative merit," and dismissed as a "design that should never have left the drawing-board — if, indeed, it was ever on a drawing board." Walking through the concourse of Euston Station, it's difficult to find issue with The Times writer Richard Morrison's oft-quoted assessment of the building born of the still-controversial 1962 demolition of its predecessor in "an officially sanctioned act of vandalism."
However, the trains that crowd its stark, fluorescent-lit platforms more than compensate for what Euston lacks in character and class. If sleek Virgin Trains Pendolinos and brightly painted London Midland EMUs aren't enough, one look at the Caledonian Sleeper, and the architectural sins, aesthetic shortcomings and soullessness of Euston are quickly forgotten.
Every night but Saturday, two — that's right, two — 16-car ScotRail-operated Caledonian Sleepers leave Euston for Scotland. First out, the 2115 Highland Sleeper is actually three trains in one. An English, Welsh & Scottish Class 90 B-B electric pilots the train from Euston to Edinburgh, where the pre-blocked consist is broken into sections for Inverness, Aberdeen and Fort William; each one worked by an EMD-design EWS Class 67 loco.
At 23:30, the Lowland Sleeper pulls out of Euston for Edinburgh and Glasgow. The train is split at Carstairs, with its Class 90 and first eight cars carrying on to Glasgow, while a second Class 90 takes the rear eight cars to Edinburgh. Southbound trains reverse the process, with the "Highland" trains combining at Edinburgh and "Lowland" trains uniting at Carstairs for the return trip to Euston.
All of which is to say, that any station — no matter how dreary — that dispatches two 16-car sleepers six nights a week, receives two more on corresponding mornings, and accounts for 10 sleeping car trains in Scotland every night but Saturday can't be all bad.
So I paid little mind to Euston's dreary facade, and revelled instead in the sight that greeted me on Platform 15 on a cold January evening: A train of perfectly matched cars in ScotRail blue and white with pink accents stretching the entire length of the train shed and beyond into the night, completely filling Euston's longest platform. Sixteen cars — only two of them coaches — separated the flashing red marker on the rear of the train from EWS 90020 Collingwood, the brutish 5,000-hp Class 90 electric on the head end. Just for good measure, ScotRail liveried Class 90 No. 90021, the station pilot engine that hauled the consist tail-end-first into the station, stood just beyond the buffers of the rear car.
Sleeping car attendants and stewards waited by open doors to greet those fortunate enough to have booked passage on one of the crown jewels of Britain's rail passenger network.
"Continental breakfast, or cooked?" inquired Barry, the friendly sleeping car steward who ushered me to my assigned compartment: 9L, in carriage J, an '80s-vintage, 13-compartment Mk 3A sleeper built in British Rail's Derby works as BR 10714. I signed up for a cooked breakfast and stowed my gear. There was time enough before departure to make the ritual walk to the head end and then to adjourn to the cozy leather sofas of the sleeper reception car for a snack of haggis and neeps washed down with a pint of Edinburgh-brewed Deuchars IPA.
As the clock ticked toward the appointed hour, late-arriving passengers hurried past the window, a Virgin Trains Pendolino cruised into the station, and another departed. The thump of slamming doors sounded up and down the train; a shrill blast from the station porter's whistle, and with a gentle, almost imperceptible tug, we were underway exactly on time.
Speeding past suburban stations and EMUs, past freight yards, through tunnels and over great stone viaducts, we hurtled into the night at an exhilarating pace. They say that hustling the sleepers over the West Coast Main Line puts the Class 90s to the test, pushing the aging motors to the max. If Collingwood's performance was any indication, it seems apparent that the Crewe-built machines are still more than up to the task.
At the close of a day that began long before dawn, included breakfast at Paddington, trainwatching at Reading, and Banbury (where signalboxes and semaphores guard interlocking plants at both ends of the station), and a couple hundred miles aboard First Great Western HSTs, CrossCountry Voyagers and a Virgin Pendolino, I retired to my compartment with a wee dram of Laphroaig, and every intention of calling it an early night.
But sleep would have wait. Beaming through the window, the light of a full moon illuminated not only the compartment interior, but the entire landscape beyond. I sat transfixed at the window as we sped northward at what felt like every bit of the 110 mph maximum speed of the Class 90 up front. Moonlight danced on the polished rails of the quadruple-tracked WCML and an unforgettable verse crept into my head:
This is the night mail crossing the Border,
Bringing the cheque and the postal order,
Letters for the rich, letters for the poor
The shop at the corner, the girl next door.
Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb:
The gradient's against her, but she's on time.
Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder
Shovelling white steam over her shoulder,
Snorting noisily as she passes
Silent miles of wind-bent grasses.
Birds turn their heads as she approaches,
Stare from bushes at her blank-faced coaches.
Sheep-dogs cannot turn her course;
They slumber on with paws across.
In the farm she passes no one wakes,
But a jug in a bedroom gently shakes.
Forty years ago, I was introduced to Night Mail, the W.H. Auden poem and the legendary 1936 film of the same name for which it was commissioned, in my Grade 12 film class at St. Jerome's. In 22 minutes and 23 seconds, Harry Watt, and Basil Wright's documentary on the London, Midland & Scottish Railway's London-Glasgow West Coast Postal, or "Down Special Travelling Post Office" forever enriched my appreciation of poetry, filmmaking, and British railways.
Stunning aerial and lineside views of LMS Royal Scot 4-6-0 No. 6115, Scots Guardsman, racing northward on the LMS main; signalbox interiors, postal workers loading and sorting mail; heart-stopping footage of mail drops and pickups at speed; night scenes at Crewe, and Glasgow at dawn, the images of Night Mail have been impressed in my memory — frame after wonderful frame — as surely as they were etched in the reels of 16mm stock.
As Collingwood hurried us through the night, the moonlit landscape framed in the compartment window looked for all the world like a scene from Night Mail. And well it should have, for we were racing toward Scotland on the same main line that once hosted the West Coast Postal, not to mention other legendary LMS trains: The Irish Mail, The Merseyside Express, and The Yorkshireman. So I sat at the window for mile after mile, feeling as if I'd realized, in spirit at least, a boyhood dream to ride with Her Majesty's Royal Mail.
Thousands are still asleep,
Dreaming of terrifying monsters
Or of friendly tea beside the band in Cranston's or Crawford's:
Asleep in working Glasgow, asleep in well-set Edinburgh,
Asleep in granite Aberdeen,
They continue their dreams,
But shall wake soon and hope for letters,
And none will hear the postman's knock
Without a quickening of the heart,
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
Night Mail – W.H. Auden
Riding Scotland's Railway
12 January 2012
The Class 170 ScotRail DMU that carried me back to Edinburgh couldn't hold a candle — aesthetically at least — to British Railways 45497, the hand-fired Class 5 4-6-0 that spirited DPM from Inverness to Perth, much less Spinion Kop , the three-cylinder Pacific that handled the home stretch from Perth to Waverley Station. But the ride was surely as pleasant and the scenery just as spectacular. I had images conjured by Morgan's prose running through my mind (and could all but hear the sharp exhaust of a Class 5) as we cruised through the Scottish countryside; labored up the grade to Druimachdair Summit, and accelerated away from station stops in village after village: Aviemore, Kingussie and Dalwhinnie, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, Ladybank, Markinch and Inverkeithing. We skirted the Firth of Forth through Kinghorn and Burntisland, soared over the breathtaking Forth Bridge at North Queensferry, and made Waverley Station in time to catch a mid-afternoon DMU to Carlisle after a quick snack in the upstairs station lounge.
I stopped off at Citadel Station in Carlisle, where a pair of Class 86 electrics assigned to "Carlisle Standby Ice Breaker" service awaited the call to duty and Erie-built PowerHaul 70005 idled nearby on the Wapping Sidings. All the while, hot mainline action, from Freightliner Class 66s on coal trains; to single-car DMUs drifting in from the Settle-Carlisle and Virgin Pendolinos racing to and from London took the chill off an otherwise frigid afternoon.
Spontaneity is one of the great advantages of having a BritRail pass, and when Virgin Trains 1S65, a Birmingham New Street-Glasgow Central "Super Voyager" service, eased to a stop right beside me, I stepped aboard and found a window seat in Coach E. I had a hot tea, shortbreads and a bitter delivered to my seat before we made Qunitshill some 10 minutes later. We rolled into Glasgow Central at the height of rush hour. By suppertime, I was checked in at the Grand Central Hotel (a beautifully restored 1873-vintage railway hotel that counts Churchill and JFK among its guests) and headed through the rainy streets of Glasgow for beef pie and ale at the Drum & Monkey.
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The much-hated laws give police almost unquestionable powers, and activists say they are to blame for much of the human rights abuse that occurred under Mubarak, who was ousted in February.
Friday's rallies in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other cities were held under the banner "Reclaiming the Revolution."
The latest criticism of the ruling military council also centers on a law governing the parliamentary election process that begins at the end of November. Critics say the law favors Mubarak-era officials. Activists and political parties are threatening a boycott.

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Requesting Legal Documents
Important! Please schedule an appointment before coming to the embassy.
A. Documents from Austria
a) Vital Records
(Birth, marriage, and death certificates)
On November 1st, 2014 a new electronic registry of civil status will be introduced in Austria in accordance with the new Law on Personal Status (PStG 2013).
According to § 53 Articles 3 and 4 the Austrian Embassy in Washington D.C. is now entitled to issue personal registration certificates (birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates and partnership certificates) by means of this registry.
The complete transition to the new system will however take considerably more time. Therefore we expect longer processing periods.
A novelty in the Law on Personal Status 2013 is the compulsory registration of changes in civil status which occur during a stay abroad (change of name, marriage, divorce). The Law on Personal Status, however, does not include any deadlines or any specific time frame on that matter. The birth of a child is not subject to registration.
Furthermore all registered parties have the right to access their personal records in the system of civil status registration.
Required documents:
- valid photo ID (passport)
- if possible: copy of lost or stolen document
- proof of current residence in the US (US driver's license, lease, utility bill,...)
- depending on the individual application: marriage certificate and/or divorce decrees (with apostille), other personal documents, etc.
- consular fee for vital records extract and/or apostille: the fee may be paid in cash (at the embassy), as postal money order or cashier's check. Credit/debit cards and personal checks cannot be accepted.
- self-addressed and prepaid envelope (preferably USPS Priority), if you want your document returned by U.S. mail. FedEx envelopes or shipping labels need to be prepaid; labels which only show a credit card number cannot be accepted. "Bill Sender" option on FedEx labels will not be accepted. The Austrian Embassy will not be responsible for documents after they were mailed!
The application for issuing of a personal registration certificate can be submitted by postal mail, the completed form must be signed and notarized and notarized copies of the photo IDs must be attached. The fee can be paid as money order or cashier's check.
Please note that additional documents may be required on a case by case basis.
b) Driver's License
In the case of loss or theft of your Austrian driver's license abroad, you may request a replacement at the competent authority in Austria via the Embassy. The Embassy itself does not issue driver's licenses.
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- Application (in German only)
- valid photo ID (passport)
- 1 passport picture (same criteria as for Austrian passports)
- if applicable: police report for your lost/stolen driver's license
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- proof of last residence in Austria (Meldezettel)
- proof of current residence in the US (US driver's license, lease, utility bill,...)
- consular fee: see "requesting legal document" and "forwarding of document"
- driver's license fee for Austrian authority (EUR 49.50) has to paid in USD after the new driver's license arrives at the embassy.
It is not mandatory to swap your old-format driver's license for a driver's license in check card size. The application and payment can be processed through a consulate or an honorary consulate.
c) Other legal documents and certificates
Certificates of good conduct (criminal records) from Austria may be requested via the Consulate General or one of the Honorary Consulates. For further information, please see the link "Certificate of good conduct (criminal records)."
Copies of Austrian divorce decrees may be obtained by directly contacting the District Court which has issued the decree. We recommend calling prior to a personal visit. Addresses and phone numbers are listed at www.help.gv.at.
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Since 2009, Personal Identity Cards (Personalausweis), accepted by some countries as cross-border travel documents, may also be obtained through the Austrian Embassy.
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- Affidavit for adults or affidavit for minors
- Same documents needed as when requesting a new passport
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Austrian citizens living in Austria who need official documents and certificates from governmental authorities and agencies located in the area covered by the Embassy are kindly asked to directly contact either the governmental agency (e.g. village, county) in the U.S. or the citizen help desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vienna at www.bmeia.gv.at.
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Documents that must be obtained from a U.S. State
Vital Records are documents such as birth, death or marriage certificates. In the U.S., state, county or city governments, depending on location, usually hold such records. Here is some information to assist you in obtaining copies of such records.
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The Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability has released the Supporting Families Changing Futures report to provide an overview of progress during 2016-17.
The Queensland Government is committed to restoring child safety services and has backed the reform program with an investment of more than $1.1 billion in child and family services, plus an extra $200 million over four years to continue to strengthen the child and family system.
There are 421 new Child Safety positions being created over three years to provide increase support for vulnerable families at the right time and deliver improved outcomes for Queensland children.
Highlights from the report include:
- Helping families earlier through Family and Child Connect — More than 39,000 referrals have been made to date. In the last 12 months, almost 5000 enquiries came from parents themselves. This has helped reduce the number of intakes to child safety from nearly 130,000 since 2013–14 (before the rollout) to 108,041.
- Focusing on responsive service delivery — The proportion of investigations commenced (93.4%) is the highest since reporting of this measure began in 2009–10. The timeliness of investigations commenced within timeframes has also improved: 91.1% for 24 hour notifications; 30.5% for 5 day notifications; and 26% for 10 day notifications.
- Meeting the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families — We have seen an increase in the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in home-based care placed with kin — 47% are now placed with kin, up from 46% last year.
- Implementing our new Strengths-Based Practice Framework to work with vulnerable families — Compared to before the child and family reforms, there has been a 14.4% decrease in the number of children in need of protection and a 28% decrease in the number of children who re-enter the child protection system.
- Restoring frontline services — Significant investment in new frontline staff has seen caseloads below 19 for the past 3 quarters. The additional 421 new staff to come on line over the next three years will help to bring caseloads down even further.


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The list of amazing highlights from our recent Avian Jewels of Arizona tour is a long one. Topping the list perhaps was the Plain-capped Starthroat—a super-rarity in this country—in Montosa Canyon that gave us nice scope views from close range. This was only the third time I have seen this species in the United States, and the first in nearly 15 years. The starthroat was one of 11 species of hummingbirds we would record for the trip, including such gems as Violet-crowned, Broad-billed, Blue-throated, and Magnificent.
Plain-capped Starthroat — Photo: Barry Zimmer
A male Montezuma Quail that strolled into the road in the Chiricahua Mountains was equally as exciting. This species is seen on less than half of our tours here and often the views are fleeting. This particular bird stayed in the road for a minute or so and then remained in good view as it slowly crossed a dry creek bed. It was voted the favorite bird of the tour by the group!
Owls provided myriad highlights on this trip with six species seen. Vying for top honors were the incredible views of a roosting Spotted Owl in Scheelite Canyon and the last-minute find of a Northern Pygmy-Owl in the Chiricahuas. In each case we had prolonged studies of difficult to find species. We also enjoyed a late Elf Owl, several great views of Whiskered Screech-Owl, Western Screech-Owl, and a roosting Great Horned Owl.
My personal favorite moment of the trip was a Mexican Whip-poor-will that fluttered just over our heads in the spotlight like some giant moth for about 10 seconds. This species is not typically recorded on late summer tours here.
Colorful birds were plentiful on our trip. From the plum-colored Varied Buntings (a species we rarely see on spring tours) to the incredible Elegant Trogons (we had a pair feeding young at a nest!), to sprightly Painted Redstarts, to vivid Vermilion Flycatchers, Summer Tanagers, and Pyrrhuloxias, to flaming-orange Bullock's Orioles, and to brilliant Yellow-breasted Chats, we spanned the palette of the color spectrum.
We also did extremely well with regional specialties. We had great luck with Botteri's and Rufous-winged sparrows, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (another difficult bird on spring tours), and Gilded Flicker in the Madera Canyon and Green Valley area. Patagonia yielded superb views of Gray Hawk, Zone-tailed Hawk, Thick-billed Kingbird, and Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet. Arizona Woodpecker, Buff-breasted Flycatcher, and Greater Pewee showed well in the Huachuca Mountains, while Mexican Chickadee, Crissal and Bendire's thrashers, Juniper Titmouse, Red-faced Warbler, and Yellow-eyed Junco were all tallied in the Chiricahuas.
In all we had a record-setting 189 species of birds, 17 species of mammals, 16 species of reptiles and amphibians (including a rarely seen twin-spot rattlesnake), and 29 species of butterflies. Our weather was generally excellent, as we avoided the rains almost entirely and enjoyed delightfully cool weather for much of the trip, with only two hot afternoons.


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One of the things that Jesse was most excited about for this trip (besides plenty of quality time with me, obviously) was the opportunity to surf. A lot. While a hand injury last September has limited him a little bit these past couple months, now we're down in Barra he's surfing almost everyday and mostly first thing in the morning.
As a result of Jesse's surfing habit, I see a lot more sunrises than I might otherwise. We try to wake up around 7a, grab a ponga water taxi from the boat over to the shore around 7:20 and get situated on the beach by the time the sun rises at 7:45 or 8.
I bring a sarong to sit on, a book, and a large fleece, and proceed to sit and think and watch the waves crash, while Jess paddles out for an hour or so. By the time he gets back, the once quiet town is alive with people, tourists breakfasting and locals setting up shop and rushing off to work.
The water taxi deposits us back on the boat around 9 – just in time for almond croissants and the most amazing hot chocolate. Mexican chocolate chunks sliced up in a blender, then slowly stirred into warm milk on the stovetop, before being blended and frothed back in the mixer. It's unbelievable rich and completely sinful, and combined with a sticky sweet, just baked and boat-delivered croissant might be the most delicious breakfast ever.
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DAY 1: Montecatini Terme
Arriving in the afternoon , in Montecatini Terme, famous spa town of Tuscany.
Check – in 3 * hotel. welcome drink. dinner and overnight stay.
DAY 2: Florence home of the Renaissance
Departure by coach to Florence. panoramic tour of Florence, the world capital of the arts and of the Renaissance, Visiting the Dome of the cathedral and the famous Brunelleschi dome, the Baptistery with it's bronze doors, Piazza della Signoria with the famous palace Vecchio and the Ponte Vecchio with its characteristic street full of Jewellers (headphones included) lunch in Florence After lunch free afternoon to stroll along the alleys and discover the local craft shops or even visit a museum
return to the hotel. dinner and overnight stay.
DAY 3: The road to Chianti and Siena
After breakfast depart for the Chianti region, a panoramic route between the hills of Tuscany passing : Radda, Greve, Castellina ,visitng a typical Tuscan castle to have lunch and wine tasting and also the chance to taste the local products , making our way to Siena, a medieval town , with all the buildings painted an Ocra colour, this splendid art city is situated on a hill , we visit the famous "Piazza del Campo", which is the heart of the city and every year the famous Palio takes place,we have a guided tour of the city of approx 2 hours including the entrance to the cathedral.
Late afternoon return journy to hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
DAY 4: Pisa and Lucca
Departure after Breakfast. to Pisa. Guided tour of Pisa with
the famoue leaning tower, the Piazza of Miracles, the Cathedral, with the belfry and bell tower, the Baptistery of pure Pisan Romanesque style, the cemetary, Lunch in Pisa, departure after lunch to Lucca with a guided panoramic tour of the Cathedral,with it's white and green marble facade, the church of St Michel built on a ancient Roman forum, the mansions of the old city. Late afternoon return journey to hotel in Montecatini. Dinner and overnight stay.
Early breakfast in the hotel and departure for the 5 Terre, part of the UNESCO heritage .Meeting at 09:00 in La Spezia with an official guide and departing by boat in discovering the 5 Terre, these 5 villages along the coastline will surprise you with its beauty and its landscape ,visiting the towns of Porto Venere,Vernaza and Monterosso,lunch in Monterosso ,after lunch departure by train to La Spezia, returning to hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
DAY 6: Carrara and the Marble Caves
Departure for Carrara. Located at the foot of the Apuan Alps, this town owes its world fame to the domination of it's white marble. And it's precisely this famous marble that appears, everywhere in the city,the squares, palaces, the outside of the,buildings, there is no other place where you can admire man's work of art, guided visit of a cellar at the foot of the Colonnata, which also gives its name to the famous "bacon Colonnata"a typical cold meat ,with origins dating back 3 centuries, during the course of this excursion, lunch with samples of this famous bacon in a "larderia".
Late afternoon , Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.
DAY 7: Volterra and San Gimignano
departure to Volterra. guided visit of Volterra, a jewel of the Etruscan arts, Roman, medieval and Renaissance Tuscany, 550 meters above sea level the entire Cecina valley sloping down towards the sea, Volterra has numerous artistic and architectural structures.such as the Vallebona theatre,the famous door "Allarco", the Etruscan Museum, the municipal art gallery and the museum of the Sacred Art .making our way to San Gimignano where we stop for lunch, after lunch a guided tour of the medieval city with the amazing feudal towers.
Return to hotel in Montecatini Terme. Typical Tuscan dinner. overnight stay.
DAY 8: Return Journey home
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MP3 player for karaoke to hit the market
A Motorola spinoff on Tuesday unveiled an MP3 player that lets you become a lead singer. [News.com] (January 02, 2001)
Open-source MP3 project continues after parent's demise
Open-source software developers hoping to create a free replacement for the MP3 technology are pushing ahead with their project after the collapse of their parent, Webcasting start-up iCast. [News.com] (December 11, 2000)
The Beastie Boys tone down their early MP3 enthusiasm
In 1998, The Beastie Boys posted digital recordings on their Web site and gained instant credibility as leaders in the online music revolution. [News.com] (November 06, 2000)
Sprint PCS unveils wireless MP3 ambitions
Sprint PCS is launching a new online MP3 service linked with its mobile phones Wednesday, with an eye toward capturing a large share of a market coveted by companies ranging from Time Warner to MP3.com. [News.com] (October 31, 2000)
MP3 player puts new spin on tape decks
Although the tape deck is near the end of its life, an MP3 player just hitting the market aims to give the venerable device a new purpose. [News.com] (October 30, 2000)
TI aims new chip at MP3 players
Texas Instruments today announced its first chip designed specifically for digital music players, at the same time acknowledging that industrywide shipments of MP3 players will fall below predictions again this year. [News.com] (October 02, 2000)
Getting Music Online: The MP3 Shake-Up
Websites like Napster.com and MP3.com have turned the music industry on its ear over the past year. [The-Surfs-Up] (October 01, 2000)
Iomega to ship HipZip MP3 player
Iomega today unveiled its first MP3 player, as the struggling storage maker latches onto one of the hot technologies of the moment. [News.com] (September 21, 2000)
Student's PC seized after record industry complaint
Campus police confiscated an Oklahoma State University student's computer after the RIAA notified the school that a person on campus was allegedly distributing copyrighted material including MP3s and full-length movies. [News.com] (September 15, 2000)
MP3Cafe shutdown spotlights music-swapping fears
One of the most popular meeting spots for trading MP3 songs and information on the underground Internet Relay Chat network has closed its virtual doors. [News.com] (August 31, 2000)
MP3Board sues AOL, Time Warner over Gnutella
MP3Board.com, the small MP3 search site being sued by the record industry, has a new strategy: blame America Online. [News.com] (August 21, 2000)
AOL's message in a copyright battle
Despite recent moves to stay out of copyright disputes, America Online has become embroiled in the controversy surrounding MP3 files and Napster. [News.com] (August 12, 2000)
MP3 maker unleashes 6GB player
Creative Technology today launched its much-anticipated Nomad Jukebox, an MP3 player capable of storing up to six gigabytes of audio from file formats such as WAV and MP3. [News.com] (July 31, 2000)
Dell partners with S3 on MP3 players
Dell will unveil an MP3 home stereo component, this week. [News.com] (June 20, 2000)
Programmers prepare new, free MP3 format
A group of open-source developers has created a new music format they say will be free and will equal or better MP3s quality. [News.com] (June 16, 2000)
MP3-Board in Music-Linking Dispute with Record Industry
MP3Board.com fired a legal shot over recording industry to preserve its ability to guide Web surfers to online music files, legal and illegal. [News.com] (June 06, 2000)
MP3s are Wireless Phone Companies' Next Goal
In wireless phones, the next killer application may have more to do with music than with conversation. [News.com] (June 02, 2000)
New Devices Boost MP3 Use at Home
New products have been released that may expand the popularity of digital music beyond portable devices and desktop PCs. [News.com] (May 24, 2000)
S3 Hears Sweet Music with MP3 Plans
Consumers can soon expect to see MP3 music players integrated into cell phones, handheld organizers and other appliances says S3. [News.com] (April 18, 2000)
MP3: Sound and fury
Special report focusing on MP3 files, the music business, and the regulation of online copyrighted music. [News.com] (April 27, 1999)
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This thesis aims to contribute to an agentive and comparative framework for future archaeologists to study burials in which the corpse appears to have been disturbed after initial deposition. The first case study is based on archaeological sites Winnall II from Anglo-Saxon England and Bogøvej from Viking Denmark, both of which demonstrate apotropaic burials; burials that involve post-depositional rites intended to thwart the malevolent power of the corpse. The second case study is from Tikal, a Maya site from Guatemala, and involves an aristocratic corpse being exhumed and used in a reburial ritual designed to enforce a political alliance. The third case study examines instances of grave robbing in ancient Egypt. Grounded in textual and archeological evidence, I will look at two elite New Kingdom tombs that have been ransacked and looted. In examining what the dominant structures are that determine burial treatment, the normative conception of the fate of the dead and/or of the corpse, and whether the instance of manipulation of the corpse reinforces or subverts these structures, one can determine whether or not the corpse was indeed "violated".
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Recently, some manufacturers have been making claims that their products either contain or are able to repair damaged DNA. While this sounds pretty impressive, can a topically applied skin care product truly repair damaged DNA?
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To some extent, our DNA (as well as RNA) has an impact on the way our skin looks. When we talk about having a genetic predisposition to something, wrinkled skin for example, then our DNA has an influence on this. However, we don't know for sure exactly which genes influence skin. We do know that as we age, cell communications may slow down or be misinterpreted by resulting in changes to skin texture. Cells my not retain water as well as previously, leading to skin that is drier. These changes may arise for a variety of reasons including your genetic make-up, sun damage, or free radical damage.
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Effective skin care solutions are available. They can help repair damage from the sun, they can protect against free radicals and they can even help to diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Good sunscreens such as Anthelios can prevent the sun's ultraviolet rays from penetrating deep into the epidermis and causing long-lasting cellular damage. But until technology moves forward, there isn't a way of altering your DNA to improve the appearance of your skin. Skin care products that claim to either contain DNA or be a crucial element in its repair dismiss the nature of DNA repair and the individual nature of genes.
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Mzimba, August 07, 2017: Traditional Authority (TA) Khosolo in Mzimba District has advised people in his area not to believe in rumours that the National Identification registration exercise is a mark of the beast (666) as was said in the Bible.
Revelations Chapter 13 verses 16-17 speaks of the time to come when people shall not buy or sale their products without the mark of the beast on their right hand or the forehead.
"It has been learnt that people are spreading rumours that the national Identification exercise is actually the mark of the beast or the number 666.
"This is false and misleading. And I want to urge you that you should register when this exercise comes in our district during the fifth phase because only those that will register will be issued with the identity cards," Khosolo said.
The Chief said this Sunday during a public meeting organized by Action Aid with support from UNICEF aimed at sensitizing parents, teachers and learners on the importance of taking part to curb violence in schools and homes.
National Registration Bureau spokesperson Norman Fulatira concurred with TA Khosolo in an interview that people should not be discouraged by the rumours.
"The issue of 666 says when that time comes people will be marked on the forehead and on the arm. That is obviously different from a national registration card which is a smart card.
"All our neighbours have implemented their national ID system. Why is the issue of 666 only in Malawi? Luke chapter 2 verse 1 onwards talks of Joseph and Mary going for registration in their homeland. Was that 666 as well?" he said.
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Taylor Swift Hints at Karlie Kloss Battle in 'Bad Blood' Music Video
Taylor Swift rocks fingerless gloves while channeling a character named Catastrophe in a brand new poster for her upcoming music video for her new single "Bad Blood"!
"Catastrophe vs. Knockout #BadBloodMusicVideo," the 25-year-old entertainer captioned the pic of herself on Twitter.
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It looks like she is hinting at a battle between herself and BFF Karlie Kloss, who plays Knockout in the Joseph Kahn-directed video.
Martha Hunt, Jessica Alba, Serayah, Ellie Goulding, Hailee Steinfeld, Lena Dunham, Zendaya, Gigi Hadid, Lily Aldridge, Kendrick Lamar, and Hayley Williams are also featured in the video!
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Light Chicken Cordon
Ingredients: (for six servings)
1/2 cup Dry Bread Crumbs; Seasoned
1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese; grated
1 tsp Fresh parsley; chopped
1/2 tsp Paprika
1 Egg white
(1 1/4 lb) Skinless boneless chicken
breast; sliced thin
(6 oz) Low fat Swiss Cheese
(6 oz) Turkey ham; cut in 6 slices
In shallow bowl, combine bread crumbs, Parmesan, parsley flakes and
paprika. In another shallow bowl, beat egg white lightly; set aside.
On each thin chicken breast slice, place 1 slice of cheese and 2
overlapping slices of ham; roll up, jellyroll style, and secure with
toothpick. Dip each roll in egg white and then bread crumb mixture,
coating both sides. In microwave safe utensil, arrange chicken rolls,
seam side down, in circular pattern. Cover with wax paper; microwave
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with a double thickness of paper towels. Microwave at MEDIUM HIGH 8
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…that everything just somehow fell right into place where it was supposed to, and without you even realizing it?
That's precisely how I've felt since mid May. After jumping from job to job and never feeling like I quite fit, I miraculously stumbled upon an agency here in Western Mass that works with culinary talent in doing literary agenting, media training, consulting, and spokesperson work, among many other things (and also sometimes with non-culinary types, though culinary topics are the main focus). I'm the newest literay and marketing associate, so I'll be helping to hone cookbook and culinary non-fiction proposals, writing pitch letters for said books, sending them off to editors for consideration, doing social media, pitching consultation and media training to potential clients, and just a bevy of other things – it's a world that fuses literature and food, my two absolute favorites. There are several times during each work day that I stop to ask myself how in the world I became so fortunate.
The office is also in a re-done barn, the company run by a woman who I'm already learning bucket-loads from, with her daughter as a literary agent who is just so cool to talk to, as are the other three girls who work there (one whose place I'm taking and who has been training me and another who was hired the same time as me as a part-time employee who will do more administration work). It's an environment that I just fit so seamlessly into.
I look forward to waking up every morning and going. I look forward to the challenge each day brings and I look forward to starting the path of a career I never even considered until now! When Sally (the literary agent) tells me about things she does, meetings she has, people she works with, I get so excited and think of those tales as something to shoot for.
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More locally grown and locally made products than usual were on display at Boardman's SAGE Center Saturday during the annual Morrow County Harvest Festival.
The event drew families from all over the area to shop for produce and participate in free mule rides, games and crafts. Activities were spread between the outside of the building and indoors, where attendees could also check out the SAGE Center attractions.
Anita Meinke, from Umatilla, brought her son, 6, to the event for their first time at the SAGE Center.
"I really enjoyed the inside," she said. "It was our first time and I was really impressed with what they have in there. It's very educational."
She said they also had fun riding the mule-drawn wagon, and she was glad her son had somewhere to run around outside.
"It's a fun family event," she said.
In addition to offering residents a family-friendly activity, the Harvest Festival was an opportunity for vendors to show off their wares and gain new customers. Nathan and Keri Heideman of Crappy View Farm and Stuff near Ione said it was their first time participating in the event. They had a table upstairs with jewelry, crafts and other items made from things found on their farm.
"It's a good event," Keri said. "I like that it really shows our community off and what we're about. I think a lot of people don't understand agriculture. It's nice for people to see where their food comes from."
Jolene O'Neal of Boardman has a small business selling items she crochets, paintings of her husband's and crafts made by a friend. She goes to a few bazaars a year and last year sold more than 100 crocheted hats with a hole at the top for a ponytail or messy bun. At her booth Saturday she said she wished she had more time to go look around at other vendors' displays.
"I like being involved in local stuff," she said. "I know a lot of people, so it's nice to see some familiar faces."
She said she also wanted to support the SAGE Center, which she said was "awesome" about working with the schools when she was a teacher in Boardman. The center even let her drama students use the auditorium for performances.
Virginia and Ken Harris of Umatilla were on hand selling watercolors by Virginia and photos by Ken. Virginia said they have been to every Harvest Festival since its beginning four years ago.
She said they were impressed with how the Port of Morrow had created so many jobs for so many people, and wanted to come out and be part of a community event there.
"We like what's happening in this community," she said.
The free event was hosted by the SAGE Center in partnership with Boardman, Heppner and Irrigon chambers of commerce. It included fresh produce from Threemile Canyon Farms to support 4-H programs, displays by local artisans and growers, pumpkin painting, games for children, wagon rides, a photo booth and a chance to see the SAGE Center museum, which features a variety of hands-on exhibits about local agricultural and industrial operations.
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The electronics assembly industry is being challenged with materials, components and assemblies that are more prone to warpage-induced defects both pre-reflow and in-between reflow stages. The majority of traditional warpage and deformation testing has taken place in a controlled environment ...
Flexible Industrial PC Production with SEHO Selective Soldering
By Heike Schlessmann, Marketing Manager, SEHO Systems
In 1983, Siemens Karlsruhe began manufacturing augmented standard PC technology to meet its customers' demanding industrial requirements. The operation has grown to become a 4,500-employee operation, the fifth-largest Siemens AG location in Germany. Optimized production steps carefully ...
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Housing Affordability Measure
Using household-level data from the Statistics New Zealand Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), The Housing Affordability Measure is a new approach to measuring housing affordability. First released on 10 May 2017 this measure provides a picture of shifts in affordability, broken down by region and territorial authority (and by ward in Auckland).
In August 2012, as part of a review of the Official Statistics System, Cabinet agreed that work should be undertaken towards the creation of a Tier 1 official statistic on housing affordability. The Housing Affordability Measure (HAM) is an experimental statistical series that measures household income after paying for housing costs for two subsets of the population: potential first home buyers population and renters.
Affordability is calculated by using data from Statistics New Zealand's Integrated Data Infrastructure to measure income at the household level. Housing costs – the rent lodged on tenancy bond forms for renters and mortgage payments, rates and insurance for potential first home buyers – are then subtracted. The remaining household income is then adjusted to reflect the fact that larger households generally need larger incomes.
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A new round has begun and with it comes what could be considered the largest patch to the core game mechanics ever! Yes, that's right, Fleet Wars 3.0 is here!
There have been many much-needed enhancements to the overall user experience, but the most notable must be the new fleet movement system. Fleets are now moveable units within the universe map, complete with an all new fleshed out travel system.
Your Fleets will now travel from sector to sector dominating other Empires in your quest to become the largest Empire in the universe.
Other notable additions are listed in the changelog below:
Sector system update: You now spawn into the universe with up to 15 vacant sectors ready to explore.
Sector UI enhancement: The clutter has been removed from each sector and now stored in an information panel that can be activated on each sector.
Planet UI enhancement: All planets have been given a fresh coat of paint, and to go along with that, the Planet Details and Planet Manager modules have been overhauled.
Battle Replay enhancement: You can now watch the battle play out in orbit of the defending Planet.
Fleet Attacks: It is now possible to engage in battle between two Fleets, no matter if they are defending a sector or in transit to a new location.
Puppet States: Planets can be converted to Puppet States instead of liberating them. This will halt the production of the Planet while active, but the Planet will no longer count towards your overexpansion penalty.
Ship Design enhancement: The ship design module has been overhauled with a new UI and enhanced ship renders.
New mission content has been added. See the first mission, the Rogue Outpost tutorial when you first spawn.
Turn time reduced to 5 minutes.
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"I wanted to work there around six years ago, but since I wasn't good enough I didn't get to drive anything but the wheelbarrow," Eriksson said in an email. "So the return is definitely something I'm going to enjoy."
Rest assured Eriksson will not be driving a wheelbarrow Saturday at Yonkers. The 33-year-old Swede will sit behind Oasis Bi, who finished second to Resolve in last year's edition of the International Trot. Oasis Bi, trained by Stefan Pettersson, is making his third appearance in the 1-1/4 mile invitational. He finished fourth in 2015.
"It's a great honor as well as a privilege to participate in the International Trot," Eriksson said. "To drive in the race is amazing to begin with, and to do it with a gentleman and professional like Oasis Bi is even better.
"He had a phenomenal season last year, when everything clicked. He hasn't had as much luck this year, but still has been racing on top level. Perhaps his biggest strength is his technique, which he has shown off the previous years at Yonkers."
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Eriksson's career started slowly, but he has become one of the top drivers in Sweden, where he is No. 10 in wins this year. On Sunday, Eriksson made headlines when he filled in for trainer/driver Robert Bergh to guide Diamanten, owned by former NHL star Peter Forsberg, to victory in the $176,000 Grosser Preis von Deutschland in Hamburg.
"I started at a 'harness-racing school' when I was 16, but then I didn't know much about anything," Eriksson said. "I got my driver's license when I was 18, but didn't drive much at all the first years. In fact, I think it took about five years before my first win.
"Despite that, I've never lost track of my dream, and that is to be able to compete at the highest level. And it doesn't get much higher than this. This year, especially, I've gotten to drive great horses that have raced for a lot of money, but this (International Trot) definitely tops it all."
Oasis Bi, a 9-year-old stallion, has won 18 of 80 career races and $2.06 million in purses. Owned by Sweden's Frackstad Lantbruks AB, the Italian-born Oasis Bi is a son of Toss Out, a stakes-winner in the States, out of the Self Possessed mare Up Front JM. His family includes millionaire Million Dollar Bye and Dan Patch Award winner Firm Tribute.
Last year, Oasis Bi's wins included the Group 1 Gran Premio Lotteria. He finished second to Nuncio in the UET Trotting Masters championship and finished third in the Prix d'Amerique.
At ages 2 and 3, Oasis Bi was in the stable of Per Engblom. When Engblom moved to the U.S., eventually landing a spot as Jimmy Takter's top assistant, Oasis Bi was transferred to Pettersson.
"During the last five years he's meant a lot to us," Pettersson said in a video produced by Kristin Riise Ødegård for the SOA of New York. "He's a great guy. He's a bit spoiled by his groom at home and he can be playful but once he knows it's time for work he becomes a true gentleman. He loves training and he's always happy and ready to go. He's a fantastic horse to work with.
"This year hasn't been as good as last year, but that record is tough to beat. I think he's in as good from now as he was then but the competition is very tough this year and the races haven't really panned out to his advantage. The horse feels great and he still races well every time. I'm sure he'll do a great race in Yonkers."
The International Trot was contested from 1959 through 1995 before being resurrected three years ago by Yonkers President and CEO Tim Rooney. Oasis Bi and On Track Piraten are the only horses in this year's field to appear in every Yonkers International Trot since its return.
The draw for the International Trot, part of a New York harness-record $3.3 million card at Yonkers on Saturday, is Tuesday afternoon. Racing begins at 1 p.m. Saturday at Yonkers.
"Our trips to Yonkers have been fantastic experiences," Pettersson said. "They're memories for life. We can't wait to go back. It's going to be good fun. We were ready to go before we even got the invitation."
The complete field for the 39th International Trot (with country of representation) is Dreammoko (France), In Secret (U.S.), Marion Marauder (Canada), Midnight Hour (Finland), Oasis Bi (Italy), On Track Piraten (Sweden), Resolve (U.S.), Shadow Woodland (Finland), Tripolini VP (Denmark), and Twister Bi (Italy).
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A Family that Runs Together | Galloway Running Tips
It's time for some more Galloway Running Tips, straight from the Jeff Galloway!
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National Parents' Day honors all parents on the fourth Sunday in July. Parents play a vital role in the lives of children. From the day we are born, parents are our protectors, teachers, providers and role models. As families, they are the core of our communities. On National Parents' Day, we honor all parents do every day to raise up their children in a world that is constantly changing and challenging.
Similarly, there are thousands of brands who are nurtured by their Parent companies. In the Artworks few of the brands are wishing their respective parent companies "Happy Parents' Day" by holding a huge greeting card, personifying emotions and respect these brands have towards them.
"We are always surrounded with the Brands. Most of us have a liking towards a particular brand. Being an advertising and design professional I got an opportunity to learn in detail about terms like Parent Companies, Brands, Products, Services. I have always been fascinated towards the history and development of the Brands.
Today on National Parents' Day, I would like to take this opportunity to wish a very Happy Parents' Day to the Parent Companies who have been upbringing the brands and being a part of our day to day lives. I owe my greetings and gratitude to these Parent Companies and all the brands associated with it." – Sudeep Gandhi (Artist)
This project is a Proactive Campaign designed with no other intention but to convey my greetings and gratitude to these Parent Companies and all the brands associated with it.
Mondelez International & brands associated with them.
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