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With limited funds it always feels a challenge to come up with gifts for the children's teachers that truly express our appreciation for the amazing job they do.
I have been doing a fair amount of experimentation making chocolates lately, so decided to make some homemade chocolates part of the gift. I came up with a very rich dark chocolate and chilli skull-shaped one....
....and a very vanillary white chocolate fish.
I added to these a little swirly round milk chocolate, and a flower-shaped raw chocolate.
I couldn't figure out what to present them in, until I saw these cute chalkboard pots on Classic Campbell (http://classiccampbell.blogspot.com/2010/06/chalkboard-pots.html) and knew I had found the perfect thing! We even already had the pots and the spray paint! The kids helped me spray them up over the course of a few days. Papaya chose pink insides (of course!) for her teachers, and Povey chose red for his.
Then we filled them with tissue paper and the chocolates in ribbon tied bags, and the children wrote on them.
It was a bit precarious getting them into school (I was terrified of dropping and smashing them!) but the teachers seemed happy with them :-)
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A small staircase takes you to the front door. The entry way leads into a large living room, the hub of the home, with lots of seating and a large flat screen tv. From here there is access to a formal dining room with table, chairs and bench, which leads into a fully equipped kitchen with stove, dishwasher, refridgerator with ice maker, and microwave. The living room also opens out to a Florida room with sofas and chairs with coffee table, and also two high top tables with stools each, and a door to the outside deck area. This room has floor to ceiling windows which provide outstanding views over Ainger Creek. The master bedroom has a king bed, flat screen tv and large walk-in closet. The master en-suite bathroom has single vanity, large walk-in shower and separate jacuzzi bathtub. Bedrooms 2 and 3 both have delightful bunkbed sets. The family bathroom has single vanity and shower. The laundry room has washer, dryer and utilty sink and from this room there is a bonus family room. The family room has sofas and a flat screen tv, with door to steps down to a small patio area and the parking area. All bathrooms have hair dryers. This home has cable tv in the living room, master bedroom, and the bonus family room; telephone and hi-speed internet. All linens, towels and pool towels are provided.
The upper deck that is accessed directly from the house has both living and dining areas. The outside living room has sofas and coffee table. The outside dining area has table with 6 chairs. Steps lead down to the large pool which has optional electric heat. There is also a gas BBQ. Beyond the caged pool area is another huge deck with loungers and picnic style tables with shade umbrellas. A deck pathway leads to the creek with plenty of room to stack paddleboards, tie up kayaks, or dock a boat. There is a single car garage accessible from the front of the property.
This home is ideally situated just 10 minutes from the local beaches at Englewood and Boca Grande Island. There are 7 public beaches within 7 miles with first class salt water fishing and water sports facilities all in easy reach. A full service marina with boats, eco-tours and personal power catamarans for rent is situated just a couple of minutes from the home. In addition, there are 8 public golf courses within 5 miles. All information provided is reliable but not guaranteed.
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"You Only Live Twice", performed by Nancy Sinatra, is the theme song to the 1967 James Bond film of the same name. Music and production was provided by veteran James Bond composer John Barry, with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The song is widely recognized for its striking opening bars, featuring a simple 2-bar theme in the high octaves of the violins and lush harmonies from French horns. It is considered by some to be among the best James Bond theme songs,[1] and has become one of Nancy Sinatra's best known hits. Shortly after Barry's production, Sinatra's producer Lee Hazlewood released a more guitar-based single version.
The song has been extensively covered by artists, from Coldplay to Soft Cell, Björk and Little Anthony & The Imperials to Shirley Bassey. Robbie Williams notably re-recorded the opening bars of the song for his hit "Millennium".
James Bond veteran John Barry returned to the franchise to produce the score. The lyrics were by Leslie Bricusse, who had previously cowritten the lyrics for the theme to Goldfinger. Julie Rogers was asked to perform the song, and recorded it with a 50 or 60 piece orchestra at CTS Studios. The song was quite different from the later Sinatra version, with a more Oriental flavour. John Barry said: "It was usually the producers that said 'this isn't working, there's a certain something that it needed'. If that energy wasn't there, if that mysterioso kind of thing wasn't there, then it wasn't going to work for the movie."[2] The song shares only two lines with Sinatra's, "You only live twice", and "you'll pay the price". The film's producer Cubby Broccoli, wanted his friend Frank Sinatra to perform the song. Frank suggested that they use his daughter instead. Barry wanted to use Aretha Franklin, but the producers insisted that he use Nancy instead, who was enjoying great popularity in the wake of her single, These Boots Are Made For Walkin'.[3]
The version (2:46) featured in the film's opening title sequence and on the soundtrack LP is in the key of B and has a single vocal track. The song was recorded with a 60 piece orchestra on 2 May 1967 at the CTS Studios in Bayswater, London.[4] Sinatra later recalled that she was incredibly nervous during the recording, and it took around 30 takes to acquire enough material.[5] Producer John Barry eventually created the final product by incorporating vocals from 25 takes.[6]
Sinatra's American producer Lee Hazlewood created the version that was released as a single. It is in the key of C and features vocal overdubbing, backing chorus, brass and stinging twangy guitar, with a running time of 2:56.
The recognizable opening string melody of the song originates from Alexander Tcherepnin's First Piano Concerto (op.12), composed in 1919, although in his version the initial motif is succeeded by a falling octave pattern instead of transposing and repeating the motif in a different key, as is characteristic to "You Only Live Once".
Roy Wood described Barry's string introduction to his song "You Only Live Twice" as "absolute perfection". Mark Monahan of The Daily Telegraph described the lyrics as "mysterious, romantically carpe diem ... at once velvety, brittle and quite bewitching".[7]
The song is one of the most covered Bond themes.
The song was used in the closing montage of Mad Men's season five finale, "The Phantom".[1]
A parody of the song was created for The Simpsons episode "YOLO".
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Officers investigating the murder of a man found dead on the beach at St Leonards have named the victim as 71-year-old Norman Albert Clark.
Mr Clark, of Northiam, was discovered by a dog walker at about 7.40am on Thursday (April 5).
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The Always-Open Hand
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You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing. Psalm 145:16
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A child takes food from a parent's hand. An aged parent is fed with a spoon held in the hand of a loving caregiver. A family pet eats from the hand of its master. Each is evidence of a bond, a connection, a trust relationship.
We are fed daily by the hand of our Heavenly Father. He provides seeds for the farmer who plants and harvests. He has equipped the skilled cooks who prepare the food. From His hand to our mouths, God provides. We join the Psalmist in saying, You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing (Psalm 145:16).
When families gather for a meal, it is important to thank God for all He has provided. He wants us to have that intimate trust relationship with Him. We can share more than food; we can share the hope we have in Jesus Christ as a redeemed child of God.
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Lord, thank You for opening Your hand and satisfying my needs. Remind me that You are always at my table. Help me to focus on Your goodness and to trust You for all things. In Your gracious name I pray. Amen.
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OFFENCE: Will Finch, Western University Mustangs, Quarterback
Sophomore quarterback Will Finch made history in Western's 50-10 victory over the York Lions, throwing for 547 yards (32 for 48) and three touchdowns. Finch's 547 yards, the second highest single game total in OUA history, gave the Burlington native 3,047 on the year and established a new CIS single-season record for passing yards. He also set a new OUA single-season mark for completion percentage, connecting on 69.7 percent of his passes this season.
DEFENCE: Ettore Lattanzio, University of Ottawa Gee-Gees, Lineman
Ottawa's Ettore Lattanzio recorded three sacks in the Gee-Gees' 45-15 win over Windsor on Saturday. The Ottawa native was a thorn in the side of the Lancers' backfield all day, consistently bringing down quarterback Austin Kennedy. Lattanzio's three sacks accounted for 27 lost yards on the day. The 6-foot, 230-pound nose tackle finished the regular season with nine sacks, crowning him the OUA leader and CIS co-leader. Lattanzio leads the CIS with 74 lost yards due to sacks.
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Numerical approach for nanofluid transportation due to electric force in a porous enclosure
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Li, Z., Ramzan, M., Shafee, A., Saleem, S., Al-Mdallal, Q. M. & Chamkha, A. J. (2019). Numerical approach for nanofluid transportation due to electric force in a porous enclosure. Microsystem Technologies: micro and nanosystems information storage and processing systems, 25 (6), 2501-2514.
In current attempt, nanoparticle Electrohydrodynamic transportation has been modeled numerically via control volume based finite element method. Mixture of Fe3O4and Ethylene glycol is elected. Impact of radiation parameter (Rd) , voltage supplied (Δ φ) , nanoparticle concentration, Permeability and Reynolds number have been displayed. Results display that permeability and thermal radiation can improve temperature gradient.


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I left my home so long ago now
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I constructed the Boat of My Life
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An ex-cop-turned-security-auditor spending 12 years scamming the McDonald's Monopoly promotion to make over $24 million may sound like the plot to a B-level comedy staring Kevin James, but it's totally a real thing that happened and, naturally, now it's going to be a movie. No Kevin James though, this action-comedy (we assume, based on the people involved) will star Matt Damon and be directed by his buddy Ben Affleck.
The Damon-Afflect duo will also produce the flick through their production company, Pearl Street, and Deadpool writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese have been tapped to write the script. That's sure to be a wild ride.
Last week, the Daily Beast laid out the story of Jerome Jacobson, an ex-police officer who worked for the company that helped run the Monopoly promotion alongside McDonald's. Jacobson was responsible for transporting the little property tickets that participants use to try to win menu items and (ideally) cash prizes. He began by just stealing winning tickets, giving him to his friends and family with a promise of commission, and was eventually running a full-fledged operation that involved cocaine dealers and a strip club owner with New York City Mob ties.
Jacobson was originally inspired to scam the game when he found out that the campaign was already rigged against Canada. That's right, Canadians. McDonald's didn't want all their hard-earned American dollars heading north of the border so they rigged the card distribution to disadvantage Canadian customers. The telling of Jacobson's story has exposed that little fact as well.
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The FBI eventually caught on to Jacobson and staged a sting operation to take him and his network down, but the whole story is almost too weird to be true (read it in full here). No wonder these Hollywood tycoons snatched up the rights so quickly. We're looking forward to McScammer's: The Jerome Jacobson Story.


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Illalangi - a Must see in the Riverland
We recommend that all our guests stop at Illalangi which is a family-owned and run, grower, producer and providore based at Waikerie, selling and supporting a range of locally produced gourmet artisan products including giftware to showcase and to celebrate their passion for the region and premium clean green produce. In their small onsite kitchen, dukkah, olive oil, olives, chutneys and relishes are created. Their passion for local and ethical produces has the store filled with organic lamb, SA Cheese, sun dried fruit and other delicious treats.
John and Keryn established Illalangi in 2010 and have a similar history to proprietors Rick and Cathy, who are passionate local growers looking at "Changing the way people see the Riverland". At the forefront of their business is showcasing the premium produce in the region while promoting the mighty Murray. Adding to this, John and Keryn are big advocates for zero waste and are working towards a sustainable future for their business, which aligns with The Frames sustainability and Eco ratings.
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The Riverland wine region has primarily been focused on export compared to the other renowned wine regions. Unfortunately, this has resulted in the Riverland not receiving the coverage and exposure for wine production that it so greatly deserves. However, we are beginning to see change in this area, and wine connoisseurs and food critics alike are beginning to understand that our region can also grow high quality award winning wine along with citrus, almonds & nuts, fresh fruit, avocados as well as dry land farming.
We are so fortunate in the Riverland to partner with such amazing local and emerging producers all working towards a common goal with a passion for the region. Here at The Frames we cannot recommend Illalangi highly enough to guests, and like The Frames, these guys offer more than just the amazing providore that packs their shelves. It's not only the warm Riverland hospitality, free tastings and bush tucker interpretive gardens that makes Illalangi a standout, but the experience and learning's one takes away simply from walking through the front door.
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He sat at the end of the bar, his back to the video game machine, sulking eyes averting our glances. He had this annoying, boyish tendency of running fingers through his hair ceaselessly like a pitchfork gouging a hay pile. His face was greasy, especially around the nose and upper lip. When someone dropped quarters into the jukebox, he turned briefly to see who it was. A bland dance-pop tune about love oozed out of the machine. He scowled, staring into his beer glass. None of us regulars thought much of him.
I leaned to my drinking buddy Jack and whispered "he looks like the guy in that painting. That one with the old guy and his wife in front of the barn. American something, it's called."
"American what?"
"American Something. It's famous. You've seen it before."
"I have?" Jack wore a Harley Davidson t-shirt emblazoned with an American eagle, its wings outstretched. His arms were crowded with tattoos: an American flag, a skull and dagger poised above a broken heart. He was not an expert on the art world. To be honest, neither was I. I remembered a few pictures from art appreciation class in community college and that was it.
"Everybody's seen it. The guy has a pitchfork. He and his wife are staring at you. They're not happy. He's not getting any from the wife."
He shook his head, which was bent over his beer glass. "Maybe it's him. Maybe he needs to take the little blue pill, spice his hoe up."
"This dude looks just like that guy, except for the hair and he's thirty years younger and doesn't wear glasses."
"Who painted it?"
"Wood something…" said Shirley, who was tending bar that afternoon.
"Woody Harrelson?"
"That's the Cheers bartender."
"The Cheers guy is an artist too?"
I let the conversation drop. I thought, I need to stop day drinking.
Behind us a couple was seated at a table. A man in his twenties and an older woman, who was better dressed, an attaché case at her feet leaning against the chair leg. The woman was in a pressed maroon pantsuit with wide disco-era lapels. It looked like she'd been saving the suit in her closet with the mothballs for decades. Times were better then. The mill was still open. I was just out of high school and worked late shift. The bars were livelier. There were open stores downtown and the street lights worked. Now it was just Dollar General and King Pawn, and the Wal-Mart over in Thorndale.
The woman's companion was dressed more casually than her. He had leather loafers, ironed jeans and a soft ragweed sweater. They held hands over the table, and their welded fists were spotlighted by the ceiling fan lamp, so much so that their hands seemed to glow, exposing the bones and veins on their fingers. They stared at each other as if afraid to look away. It was pretty clear to me that she was married and he wasn't. I'd seen them only once or twice before in the bar.
When another bland love song piped from the jukebox, he nodded and they walked to the dance floor, where they kind of sank into each other, a large standing heap, swaying out of time to the up-tempo music with its squishy digital backbeat, so slowly that they were just barely stationary.
The stranger at the end of the bar stared at them, then jerked his head towards the lip of his beer glass, muttering something profane.
Shirley was wiping off glasses, placing them on a tray under the bar. She was keeping her eye, as we all were, on the dance floor and the guy at the bar. It was our afternoon entertainment. The stranger kept raking his hair. Shirley had a long thin neck and a prominent Adam's apple, which she pinched a lot out of habit. She walked to the end of the bar and asked the lonesome stranger if he needed another beer. The man was staring at the dance floor couple again; he made a motion with a crooked finger.
He looked at her. "Do you know the macarena?"
"It's a dance," Shirley said. "It's been years since anybody did those steps." She asked Mitch, one of the regulars, if he knew the macarena.
No, he said, but if she was willing to teach him, he was game. She laughed and looked at his watch. "Better call Judy first to get permission!" We were all first name basis, here. It was that kind of place.
The man sipped his beer, simultaneously raking his hair with the free hand and carrying on a conversation with himself. I tried to catch what he was saying. I heard the words "dolt," "bolts," and "revolts." But the in-between words didn't make any sense. He was spitting them out. It looked like it was a struggle for him to form complete sentences, like he was trapped in a time-loop and couldn't kick himself free.
Then he snapped back into the flow of the conversation, "I'm not a dancer. Do I look like a dancer? I'm not a dancer. That's not the way of our people."
Shirley sallied back to the man, a white rag in her hand, which she automatically wiped on the bar.
"Not a dancer, eh?"
"Nope. No time for dancing. Especialy the mach-ahh-reena…."
The jukebox song had finished, finally. None of us really liked the new songs, anymore, even the ballads. Even though the music was done, the couple swayed to a rhythm no one else could hear. From across the room, you could smell their perfume and cologne, a mix that curled my nostrils. I stared at the lonely guy and found myself playing with my hair, and thought, now he's got me doing it too.
Jack raised his voice. "Hey mac, where you from? You from Iowa? Don't they like to dance in Iowa?"
The guy looked up from his beer at me, thinking I had asked the question.
"Only dolts come from Iowa," he said. "What's it to you anyway? I aint from Iowa. I aint never been to Iowa."
"My pal says you look like a farmer. Aint they got farmers in Iowa?"
He looked at us. "Don't you understand anything? Nothin's gonna start in Iowa. Iowa's got nothing to do with it. They're cornball in Iowa. Maybe gonna go down in Oklahoma? Maybe Arkansas? No way. Kansas aint nothing but wheat fields and dust. Iowa? No way. They love ya and leave ya in Iowa. I been to Iowa and been back from Iowa. I aint ever come back there. There's no way out of anywhere. Nowhere."
We looked at each other. What had we started here?
"Where ARE you from, bud?" Shirley asked.
"I aint from Iowa, I'll tell you that." he said. He burped. "You think all people who can't dance the Macarena come from Iowa? That's B.S. man. You all think you're kings here? Kings of what? What's left here?"
The couple on the dance floor were groping. He had his hands on her ass. She was rubbing his chest. Another song nobody knew was pumping from the jukebox. A little more beat to it, but just as bland. I wondered whether the music I liked would ever come back in a big way. I was thinking about how bone-cold it was getting outside, a few weeks away from Thanksgiving. I was glad that this bar hadn't closed down like the rest after the layoffs at Lukens. Nothing much was making sense, but at least it was warm in here. You had your friends, someplace to go.
The stranger kept picking his scalp. He had upset the usual feel of the place. He was making us feel wobbly, like a spinning top losing its momentum.
I stared at him and he started noticing it. This was OUR place, not his. A little lupo, as the nightshift Mexican coworkers used to say. Then the guy got up, and I watched the beer glass tipping over in his shaky hand, the other hand running constantly through his hair. He walked over towards the couple, knocking over the lady's briefcase as he brushed by their table. He stood three feet away.
"You don't know the macarena, do you?" he said in a raised voice. It was like he was talking to someone else and they were in his way. "You better be ready. They're coming for us all. They're going to shut us down and put us away. You people better get ready. It's the last judgment. The final call. Don't think I don't know you. I remember. Never forget a face. I know everybody in here more than you know yourselves. A lot of screws loose everywhere." He was pointing with that crooked finger again.
She had tried to ignore him, but was finally forced to turn away from her lover's face.
"I never met you in my life."
"I know you and I know me and I know him and him too."
Shirley signaled to the bouncer Vince, who had just come through the door. He nodded and stood up from his stool.
"Anybody know this jagg-ass?" I said.
Mitch said come to think of it, he looked a little familiar. He might have worked at Lukens around the time the Brits bought them out and closed it completely. Besides the corrugated steel walls, rusting cranes, old tires, and chunks of asphalt, everything had been sold and trucked away many years ago.
"It might be the same guy, but a lot of guys look like him," Mitch said.
The stranger didn't move. He just kept staring at the couple sadly, his dizzy glass piddling beer on his shoes. Shirley nodded over at Vince. Vince came over and told him it was time to move along.
"Don't you see? I remember all the names and never forget a face. I know the dance moves and choose not to make them. That's what I'm sayin'. We gotta start from scratch. Unscrew the bolts and start over. I'm talking revolution, p-p-p-people!"
"Whatever, man. It's time to pack up and go. The revolution can start tomorrow after you dry out and get some sleep." He steered him back to the bar stool and handed him his coat. There was no need to rough him up. He was harmless, like a weed in a field that's not been farmed in years.
"I aint lookin' for nothin' in here. You got that? I don't need any of you anymore. I'm the revolution!!"
We heard him say it, screaming like that, as he was ushered out the door. When the door opened, you could feel a cold draft twirl and brush against your legs.
Mitch and Jack chuckled and shook their heads. Shirley had already washed his beer glass and wiped the bar clean. The pantsuit lady dropped more coins in the jukebox. I swilled the beer in my glass, not knowing what to say. The place felt small, cramped, but the distance between us now seemed wider. I looked around. Every head was a satellite moving in its own orbit. The song started, another tune I couldn't connect with. Nothing was connecting for me lately. I was stuck in a cycle of forgetting and coming close to remembering, then forgetting again. The ceiling fan above the dance floor rotated slowly, almost reluctantly. It was just going on with its own worn down routine.
The cold outside was filtering in and I put my jacket on. Where you going, Jack asked, and I said, nowhere yet.
Winter was almost here. I wondered why no one had remembered to turn off the ceiling fan.


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JOHANNESBURG/LONDON – Anglo American's plans to shut or sell dozens of loss-making mines have failed to halt a dramatic slide in its share price and it may need to sacrifice stronger parts of the business or raise cash from shareholders to pay down its debt.
The company, which grew from gold fields near Johannesburg to dominate diamond, platinum and, to some extent, iron ore markets, is one of many miners struggling with a fall in commodities' prices driven by lower demand from China.
That makes selling assets that much harder. Anglo's shares have slumped 11 percent since it announced the biggest restructuring in its nearly 100-year history on Tuesday, leaving it with a market value of $6.7 billion, down from $27 billion a year ago.
On Thursday, South Africa, which accounts for half its workforce, raised the alarm over the company's target of ending up with just 50,000 workers from 135,000 now, saying Anglo must make plans to save jobs and citing "national imperatives".
Bankers meanwhile were poring over its portfolio to see how it could raise the remaining $2 billion of the $4 billion it is seeking by the end of next year.
To survive the drop in commodities prices to multi-year lows, the mining group has already disposed of several non-core assets. This year it sold its stake in building materials company Lafarge Tarmac and two copper mines in Chile.
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nca | nichido contemporary art is pleased to present Belgian artist Jean-Luc MOERMAN's solo exhibition.
Moerman entered the limelight with his gigantic paintings filing public spaces and museums, and ever since his career has been extremely variegated including collaborations with firms, exhibitions at museums and at international venues both on a national and international scale.
Whether large-scale works or small ones, Moerman creates works that show no hesitation through the repetition of unique images and while capturing the structure at once. His paintings that seem to flow free, intrepid and meticulous, swiftly respond to the subject and the environment, ceaselessly altering their appearance.
Motifs that embody history and their imminent awakening
The first time I came across Jean-Luc Moerman's works was on occasion of his first solo exhibition in Japan, Tattoo Project, which took place in September 2005 at nca | nichido contemporary art. Celebrities' pictures from posters, free-papers, and magazines were covered, head-to-toe, in black-monochrome tattoos. Furthermore, an organic-like, dynamic wall painting had taken over the actual gallery space, as if evoking the tactile perception of an alien body. Both tattoos and graffities on walls were, during certain times (even now), and in certain countries and areas, illegal practices, and while now they are accepted to some degree as an artistic expression, there is still a persisting negative image attached to them. (*1)
When it comes to contemporary iconized celebrities, we hold a strong visual idea that leads us to identify them as some sort of brands. However, those faces covered in tattoos by Moerman's hand, not surprisingly, are transformed into completely different characters. Claude Lévi-Strauss, a Belgium-born social anthropologist who studied the Maori tattoo culture, said that "decoration is actually created for the face; but in another sense the face is predestined to be decorated, since it is only by means of decoration that the face receives its social dignity and mystical significance".(*2) Taking into consideration this concept, too, we can say that Moerman's Tattoo Project aims to put off balance the existing set of values, and digs up the true nature that hides behind fabricated iconographic images. Moreover, tattoos are, by their very own nature, destined to decay following the death of the body that is hosting them. Nevertheless, this body of works, conceived by the artist as an eternal entity, becomes about preserving forever the set of values and ethics societies embody at the time the work is created.
The artist Wim Delvoye, known for the use of contradictory and symbolic motifs in his work, such as fashion brand logos and body wastes, worked on the project "Art Farm" (Beijing, China/ 2004-2005) where he tattooed live pigs. (*3) On the other hand, Moerman carried on a collaboration with the famous French leather-bags brand LONGCHAMP, tattooing the products with his drawings, (2009). Considering Delvoye's approach with pigs, symbol of good fortune and wealth in the Greater China, and the ambivalent set of values that tattoos, with the stigma they bear, create, could it be that Moerman is identifying the history of his home country, Belgium, with its long years of external domination and conflicts between Catholics and Protestants, with a "sacrificial" disposition that the story of Europa (Greek myth of goddess Europa and the bull) from which the term Europe derives, symbolizes? Furthermore, I cannot help feeling as if there is some sort of teasing attitude towards high-class fashion brands that can be interpreted in terms of the worship of material goods and money which has its origin in the old testament story "The Golden Calf".
Moving on, directing our gaze to the wall, the wall painting, up until now narrowly isolated, and the tableau works appear as if they have been growing into one entity from his previous exhibition "transgenerationconnection" (nca /September 2013), as if they have become one whole big installation work. It seems as if they are penetrating at once the history of painting, from ceiling and wall painting, to the introduction of canvas painting in the 17th Century, passing through wooden board painting represented in the form of icons. And yet, if we consider the wall graffiti around cities the very origin of graffiti art, we can say that, while still maintaining a so-called graffiti-style, some of the works Moerman has made on commission are much closer to religious paintings on chapels' walls, which represent the very beginning of painting. In this way Moerman's works with their motifs are retracing the world history, looking back at our foundation, while perpetually integrating the holy dimension with the worldly one.
His new paintings appear to us as if the motifs are moving. In Moerman's works, so organically represented, the motifs will ultimately awake pretty much in the same fashion as these words describe: "up to a certain point, the pattern that tattoos possess will cease to be just a pattern, and something completely new will add up. (omission) once (the tattoo) penetrates the skin, while quietly, it will start to breathe as a "living creature" from deep down inside the body".
Daisuke Miyatsu (Art Collector)
1: A national ban outlawed tattoos in Japan in 1872 (Meiji 5) under the government's concerns over the foreign presence. Eventually enforced with the Minor Offensive act in 1948 (Showa 23), the ban stood in place for over 76 years during which time tattoos were considered illegal, leading to their becoming one of the full-scale symbols of illegal underground societies.
Furthermore, in September 2017, on occasion of the contested violation case of the Medical Practitioners Act, discussing whether the tattoo practice could be considered a medical procedure, it was ruled that such practice it is indeed of a medical nature, and the tattoo artist object of the investigation was found guilty. On the other side, in February 2018, the U.S. District Court ruled that the developer who destroyed the graffiti work at the well-known location "5 Pointz", in New York City, would pay a compensation for damages of 6,750,000 US dollars to the 21 artists who made the graffiti. This is a revolutionary decision with the Federal Law recognizing the necessity to protect graffiti art. 2: Timon Screech (translation: Hiroki Takayama) "Shunga: Katate de yomu Edo no e", Kodansha 1998, pp. 67
3: Delvoye, Wim "Art Farm" https://wimdelvoye.be/work/art-farm/art-farm/ 4: Miyashita, Kikuro "Tattoo and nude art history", NHK Publishing Inc., 2008, pp. 194
Others Reference Sources
Koyama, Noboru. Nihon no irezumi to Eikoku ōshitsu—Meiji jidai kara Daiichi Sekai Taisen made (Japanese Tattooing and the British Monarchy—From the Meiji Era to World War I). Fujiwara Shoten, 2010
Jean-Luc Moerman
Born in Brussels, 1967.
Recent Main Solo Exhibitions: Reding & Nosbaum, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2017) / Docksbruxsel, intervention in situ, Brussels, Belgium / Espace Louise 186, Brussels, Belgium (2015) / Reding & Nosbaum, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2015) / Alife, Marie-Christine Gennart, Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium (2014) / Hybridsky, Place du Carré des Arts, Mons, Belgium (2014) / Untitled, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie, Essen, Germany (2014) / Sportcomplex Drieburcht, Tilburg, Netherlands (2014) / nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo (2013) / Transgenerationconnection, Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris (2013) / Transgenerationconnection, Galerie Leu, Munich, Germany (2013)
Recent main group exhibitions: Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium (2017) / Canvas, West Palm Beach outdoor Museum show, Miami, US (2015) / Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris, France (2015) / Galerie Leu, Munich, Germany (2015) / Centre Albert Marinus, Brussels, Germany (2015) / Macro -Musée d'Art Moderne, Rome, Italy (2015) / Moderne de la ville de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (2015) / Knokke, Brussels, Belgium (2014) / Emme Otto gallery, Rome, Italy (2013) / Academia Belgica, Rome, Italy (2013) / Galerie AND, Barcelona, Spain (2013) / Cabinet de curiosités contemporain, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2013) and others


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Moscow, 29 May 2018 – PJSC Aeroflot (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) announces that Shamil Kurmashov has elected to step down as Deputy CEO for Commerce and Finance to focus on a new area of business. The Company is currently in the process of identifying a candidate to take up this position on a permanent basis.
Shamil Kurmashov has been a member of Aeroflot's modern management team since the team arrived in 2009. Aeroflot's leadership believes a senior executive's decision to change roles after occupying one position for many years to be a routine occurrence fully in line with international business practice.
Aeroflot Chief Executive Officer Vitaly Saveliev said:
"Shamil Kurmashov has worked with us for more than nine years and has made great contributions to the company. I fully understand his desire to change his professional focus. Shamil is a strong finance professional, he is young and energetic, and he is an experienced and talented manager. He has a wide array of opportunities ahead of him. I wish him success and I'm confident that he has a bright future, no matter the path he chooses."
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24: Series 2 DVD|
Jack Bauer is having another one of his "very bad days" in the second series of the ground-breaking real-time thriller 24. Once again the hours are ticking by with more guaranteed cliffhangers than a convention of mountain climbers. Holed up in a Los Angeles condo and estranged from his daughter, Jack is no longer on the government payroll; unfortunately for him, this small fact doesn't seem to matter to President David Palmer and the NSA who call him back in to the CTU and give him 24 hours to infiltrate a terrorist organisation who are planning to detonate a dirty bomb in the city of angels. All Jack wants is to get his daughter out of the city, unfortunately Kim's new employer, the abusive father of the child she is nannying, has other ideas. Fans of the original won't be disappointed, as there are more than enough shock moments in the first few hours to hint at the climactic build-up to come, while newcomers can quickly get involved in the lives of Jack and his family. There are some new characters to bolster the veteran cast and, interestingly (although not surprisingly given the outcome of the first series), Jack's character has taken an altogether darker, more psychopathic turn. The danger the characters find themselves in also has a much more global impetus, grounded as it is in the war against terrorism. Although the territory is more familiar this time around, this second series is just as much a high-tension, taut, adrenaline-fuelled ride as the first series, and one that will have you glued to your TV for the next 24 hours. --Kristen Bowditchfrom£2.99 | RRP:
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- 11 August 2003
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- 1013 minutes
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Eighteen months after the assassination attempt on his life Senator Palmer (Dennis Haysbert Far From Heaven) has been elected to the White House Enjoying a relaxing day at his country retreat he is informed by agents that there is a potential threat to national security The LA Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) are informed of the threat and told to be on high alert Department head George Mason (Xander Berkeley Gattaca) finds himself reluctantly having to call upon the services of retired Special Agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland Phone Booth) CTU have been tipped off that a nuclear bomb is set to detonate somewhere in Los Angeles within the next 24 hours
The complete second series of the real-time espionage drama. A year after he prevented the assassination of presidential candidate Senator David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) and suffered the death of his wife, CTU agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is called upon to find a terrorist nuclear bomb in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Jack's daughter Kim (Elisha Cuthbert), who has been working as an au pair, is forced to go on the run from her abusive employer after he attacks her and the little girl, Megan (Skye McCole Bartusiak), that she is looking after. But when she takes Megan to the hospital, Kim is arrested for abusing the child. As in the first series, the action takes place over 24 hours, with each episode representing one hour of actual time.
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24: Series 2David Bennett
24 is quite simply the greatest show ever conceived and after the wonderful 1st series there was a lot of hype over the 2nd, and many believed it could not live up to its own reputation. But they were wrong. Season two is just as original, griping and full of unexpected twists as the first.
The show is beautifully acted by the entire cast especially Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Haysbert, who play their parts extremely convincingly and lead the viewer to believe that they are caught in the complicated web of their existence for [close to] 24 hours of your life.
As well as being acted perfectly, the show is directed in such a way that all of the intricate story lines occurring during the "day" fit together so cleanly that you cannot help but be engrossed in the epic tale that is 24...
"And today, is the longest day of my life..."
24: Series 2Jack Naylor
As season 1 came to a close we were left on the edge of our seats as Jack was faced with 2 life changing events. This season opens 18 months after the events of Day 1, times have changed for both Jack and the people based in and around his life. I won't let too much slip about the story but fans will be glad to hear that along side Jack CTU regular Tony Almeda, the now President David Palmer and Jack"s daughter Kim all make a welcome return.
The storyline is this time based around a nuclear device planted within L.A. The story once again includes extravagant explosions and well timed twists which together will keep you on the edge of your sofa for literally hours at a time. With the clock always ticking you are left wondering what Jack can do next.
It won't take long for you to remember why you were hooked to season 1, and as the action unfolds and the plots thicken you remember all the reasons you decided to buy Season 2! I can't give too much away but all I will say is be prepared for more of the classic 24 moments and once you've watched all 24 episodes, and the fabulously produced DVD extras get price comparing for season 3, you will not be disappointed.
24: Series 2darren murphy
The series was an excellent follow up to the first to which it had a lot to live up to.I found myself watching episode after episode as I could not wait so for me it was more like a very long film than a series. Jack was once again in epic form which left me asking why has Kiefer been at in the wilderness for so long. If you liked the first series you'll love this and if you have not seen the first, WHY!!!. Great entertainment.
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The trajectory of scientific discovery often follows a similar pattern, with years of slow progress within individual disciplines suddenly giving way to a moment of extraordinary breakthrough and a giant leap forward.
The discovery and successful harnessing of the CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) system looks to be one of those step-change moments, particularly in its application in the field of gene editing. It promises to be of massive importance, not just in the treatment of genetic disorders, but in drug development, animal health, crop science and across the bio-industrial sector.
"The potential applications are so wide-ranging that it is hard to scope them out fully," says Marc Döring, head of our IP Litigation practice in London. "But I think it's fair to say that CRISPR has the potential to revolutionise just about any industry in which biology and genetic technology play a part."
Part of that is because the technology is relatively low cost and easy to use, says Daniel Lim, a senior associate in the IP Litigation practice.
"Gene editing technology is not a new idea and after more than a decade of trying we were getting close to creating one or two viable products. Then CRISPR – a Johnny-come-lately technology – arrives and really throws the cat among the pigeons because it represents such an important paradigm shift."
The previous technologies were cumbersome, expensive and just very difficult to develop, he explains.
As a gene editing tool, CRISPR is a lot easier to handle, and cheaper to develop and to use.
"Within a year or two of its arrival CRISPR was quickly being put to work by researchers in labs around the world at a fraction of the cost of previous methods. In the research sense, it has democratised gene editing."
There are now many variants of the technology but the most widely used is the CRISPR/Cas9 system, with other promising variants now being developed, including the Cpf1 and C2c2 systems.
The power of these systems lies in the relative ease with which they can be adapted specifically to target regions or genes of interest in the genome of target cells. The activity of the Cas protein causes a double-stranded break in the DNA at the target site, allowing researchers to remove or insert genetic material through DNA repair mechanisms.
Much of the media coverage of CRISPR has focused on its potential medical applications, particularly in the field of personalised medicine. For example, we are already seeing CRISPR being applied in a number of promising fields of research, such as in so-called 'killer' T-cell therapy designed to target cancer cell antigens specific to an individual patient's cancer.
In the only trial to be cleared in the U.S., the University of Pennsylvania plans to use CRISPR to introduce three different modifications to T-cells taken from the patient's body, which are then reintroduced in modified form to hone in on and attack tumour cells.
Clinical trials have already begun in China to investigate the use of similarly CRISPR-modified T-cells to treat patients with aggressive lung cancer. And in an indication of how quickly China is becoming a global force in biotech, clearance has also been given for the world's first trial of a direct in vivo (within the body) application of the technology, significantly ahead of Western trials.
In any area of rapid scientific advancement, questions of ownership and control are rarely far behind. That's certainly the case with CRISPR, with patent battles being fought in both the U.S. and Europe. The most prominent disputes centre on the foundation IP behind the technology.
Two rival groups have laid claim to inventing the fundamental components of the CRISPR system.
On one side are Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkley (UCB) and Emmanuelle Charpentier who first described the use of the Cas9 system in single-celled organisms.
On the other side are Feng Zhang and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard who were the first to publish work on the use of the system in eukaryotes – higher-level organisms (including humans) with cells in which DNA is stored as chromosomes within a membrane-enclosed nucleus.
Some hailed a widely reported ruling by the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in February 2017 as a win for the Broad Institute. But, taking a global view and in light of subsequent patent grants for UCB, that decision (currently under appeal) was actually less decisive than many media commentators had suggested and, crucially, ruled that both teams' approaches were separately patentable.
That is an important ruling because each of the three main players have separately created spin-out companies to commercialise CRISPR-based technology. Doudna has set up Caribou Biosciences and Intellia Therapeutics, which cross-license their foundational CRISPR IP with Charpentier's CRISPR Therapeutics and ERS Genomics. Meanwhile, Zhang is associated with Editas Medicine.
The spin-outs have all moved quickly to form ties with (variously) disruptive biotech groups, venture capitalists and some of the very biggest pharma and agriscience companies, among them Bayer, Novartis, Regeneron, Allergan, DuPont and Monsanto, attracting thousands of millions of dollars of investment into specific areas of research.
But the PTAB ruling is by no means the end of the story and Marc and Daniel are clear that the patenting issue, complex enough already, will only become more so.
Already hundreds if not thousands of CRISPR-related patents have been filed worldwide, they argue, and if even a small fraction of them are granted, the field will be left with an incredibly complex web of patent rights that must be navigated.
Reflecting on the PTAB ruling, Marc says: "I think we've come to the view that the ruling is effectively letting both sides have some of the IP – it's not knocking out one side or the other."
Daniel agrees, but adds: "On the commercial side, a huge number of questions have already been raised about what players need to do to ensure they have the freedom to operate given the complexity of the current landscape in terms of licensing and rights over ownership.
"And the key questions for a business seeking freedom to operate in the CRISPR space are: should I be jumping in now and with whom? If I do, what are the short, medium and long-term risks of backing one side over the other? And, if I don't, will I get left behind?"
Although both are agreed that the legal landscape will remain uncertain, they suggest a more rational outcome might be possible, given the importance of the technology and its potential uses to society. Sure, there will be a proliferation of patents, often involving overlapping scopes of protection, but how many in reality will end up being the subject of litigation and when?
As Daniel puts it: "I think the really interesting question is what sort of patent pools will form, what sort of cross-licensing and other innovative licensing solutions will we see being explored, and what groups will, in the end, band together to take different applications of the technology forward."
Notably, the Broad Institute appears to have flagged its willingness to participate in such patent pooling initiatives, recently submitting 22 of its foundational CRISPR patents for consideration in a pool proposed by MPEG-LA, the company best known for administrating the patent pools behind the MPEG video codec standards. This could be a strategic move to corral other patent holders to move towards patent pooling. However, it is still early days for such initiatives. The many exclusive licences to the Broad Institute's patents alone may well scupper any such deal.
That, however, leaves one other area of complexity.
Genetic modification has always been a deeply controversial issue, as we've seen most clearly, perhaps, in the field of GM foods.
It is an area where regulation is lagging behind the rapid pace of technological change, with existing rules, devised for an older generation of GM technology, failing to address the new landscape of which CRISPR is just a part. The future direction of regulation will have huge implications for therapeutic applications of CRISPR as well as its uses in food production and agriculture.
Ethical questions could prove even more controversial. In particular, there are deep concerns that the technology could be used eugenically.
It's an area where some of the breakthrough scientists in the field have expressed their own real concerns, including Jennifer Doudna of UCB who has spoken powerfully of her fears of science running way ahead of ethics. Despite asking scientists to refrain from clinical use of human germline editing (editing the genome in human embryos, sperm or egg cells), at least one research team has done just that in an attempt to show that diseases might be stopped before they ever start.
Marc says governments, policymakers and regulators need to perform a delicate balancing act here – introducing regulation that, on the one hand, encourages free and open research, but also protects against reckless or nefarious uses of the technology.
"It might seem straightforward. If you could edit the genome to remove coding for leukaemia in a patient – terrific, who wouldn't want that? Similarly, if you can use gene technology to eradicate malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa, the case for that might seem pretty clear.
"But is this morally right, and where do you stop? If germline editing (to prevent inheriting a disease) is permitted in the name of alleviating human suffering, why would genetic enhancement facilitating a 'better', 'improved' life be impermissible? Who ultimately is going to decide what ethical codes and legal regulations are needed to put the right limits on this technology? And if gene editing has become democratised, how are we going to be sure common ethical standards will be applied from country to country?"
On the one hand, there are stories of those who have seen family members suffer from a devastating genetic disease rejoicing at the prospect that CRISPR will potentially be able to remove the inherited genetic mutation. On the other hand, genome editing is seen by some as potentially undermining humanity itself, and has even been described by the U.S. intelligence community as one of the six weapons of mass destruction that nation-states might seek to deliberately or unintentionally misuse, leading to far-reaching economic and national security implications.
Certainly CRISPR epitomises how advances in science and technology can profoundly disrupt the world around us – and at such speed thattmany businesses, governments, policy-makers and regulators are struggling to keep up.


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Kyle is a detective working on a recent string of home robberies. He's nervous because the intensity of the attacks and the frequency are both increasing at a rapid rate. And then Gisella's place is the most recent crime scene. Gisella who had a sparkle in her eye and a deliciously sassy mouth. Gisella, whom Kyle hasn't been able to stop thinking of since they were both part of their mutual friends' wedding party.
I was both impressed by Gisella's courage in not telling the robbers where her best jewelry was, but also slightly skeptical. I couldn't decide if it was very realistic that after being beaten, robbed and cut on the neck with a knife if someone (anyone) would still refuse to hand over their possessions. On the one hand it showed an incredible strength of will and character, on the other a somewhat risky and uncaring attitude to Gisella's own safety. If nothing else this certainly drew me into the story and had me really thinking about it, pondering and weighing everything – and being able to do that within the first chapter is an addictive hook many authors find difficult to achieve. I couldn't put the book down after this even if I'd wanted to – and that is some of the highest praise I can give as a reader.
There were a few small points where reality and common sense were over-ruled – things like Kyle not assigning other detectives to Gisella's case when it became clear they had a more than friendly acquaintance, and Kyle's own dad being his Captain in the police department. Despite these things I didn't feel they drew me too far out of the story. I was intrigued enough by the robbers, and curious enough about how Kyle and Gisella were going to come together to happily and easily be able to disengage my brain, sit back and just enjoy the ride. Seeing the story and plot through – and determined to read about Kyle and Gisella getting their happy ending – was far more important than quibbling about small, "real life" things that logic dictated.
I found this to be an interesting, well paced story with some fun characters and a really solid, meaty plot. I felt almost immediately drawn to both Kyle and Gisella, and despite a few small bumps found that my curiosity about what happened next and how things would pan out was far stronger and deeper than any need for realism. I thoroughly enjoyed some of the very strong secondary characters who I imagine have their own linked stories and found this to be a well-rounded book and an excellent story to lose myself in for a short time. The chemistry between Kyle and Gisella was lovely and their sex scenes were tastefully written with plenty of foreplay and nothing I found too explicit or offensive. I feel readers who like their romance steamy but not erotic or overly detailed should be very satisfied with this.
A good story – I enjoyed this.
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Fire that works differently could be an interesting avenue to explore, though I think that something like that would probably just be documented by the existing scientific community. But this execution has major problems.
In addition to the tonal lapses cited above, you've got a lot of elements mashed together, which makes this feel kind of random. You've got (1) fire that behaves differently from regular fire, (2) and it causes things on anti-fire to experience time differently, (3) also it causes craaaazy mutations in a manner completely different than how the process of mutation actually works in real life, and (4) it specifically messes with peoples' mental states, I guess, maybe? All of this works against any sense of narrative cohesion.
The logs don't really add much to the article either. You've got a little bit of random body horror which doesn't seem at all to follow from your core concept, or at least enough to make this not feel like a Thing What Does a Thing, completely pointless redactions throughout, and weirdly specific details like the measurements of how many lumens the glowing dude was giving off.
You need to develop a little more narrative focus (as well as tighten the execution up) before this is close to ready for prime time.


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|Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), Glacier National Park
My friend and fellow children's book author Caroline Hatton and her husband visited Glacier National Park in Montana in August 2017, where, despite less than optimal viewing conditions, they saw lots of wildlife. She took the photos in this post. Caroline's latest book, C'est pas marrant is in her native French, for ages 8 and up. It's about humorous sibling antics in Paris. Here's her report of her trip to Glacier NP.
It was supposed to be a vacation, a break from L.A. smog and traffic. Not!
As we arrived at Glacier National Park, evening winds stretched a thick blanket of wildfire smoke over the Rocky Mountains,* the brownish haze blurring the ridges visible from our cabin at Rising Sun. The next morning, a Sunday, the cold air smelled smoky and the closest peak had a faint, sickly purplish tinge. The mountainscapes looked jaundiced and washed out like watercolors by an art class drop-out.To reduce pollution and enjoy sightseeing without concern about driving and parking, we left our rental car at the St Mary Visitor Center, at the eastern end of the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road, and rode the park's free shuttle to Logan Pass. A long line of cars and assorted buses approached the pass and the trail up to Hidden Lake looked like an ant hill crawling with tourists.
|Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)
Before hiking to the Hidden Lake Overlook, we squeezed onto a crowded bench for a bite of lunch. I was elbowed by what turned out to be a rude, unshaved, local resident (a Columbian ground squirrel), who proceeded to stare at me and inspect my day pack without permission.I thumped my boot but he didn't even blink. To keep him from chewing a hole in my pack, I had to yank it away. He had targeted the corner, inside which were Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts, an unexpected sign of good taste in an otherwise uncivilized individual.
|Hoary marmot (Marmota caligata), total length 2 feet ~ 60 cm or more
Having lost our appetite, we headed up the trail, onto the board walk, careful not to step on visitors crouched to hold iPhones closer to masses of pink, purple, yellow, and white wildflowers; loose toddlers; and unwashed, out of control residents (hoary marmots)**--who ate the flowers!
|Seriously: not reckless, but cautious trio of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Farther uphill, a reckless trio (three bighorn sheep) raced across the trail with no warning, between oncoming groups of hikers. It looked like a collision begging to happen. In L.A., they'd put up some kind of sign, such as those that say, "CAUTION: truck crossing!"
|Slow traffic: mountain goat
Also in L.A., they have freeway signs that say, "Slower traffic: keep right."
Oh well. At least we got our money's worth, because obviously, we weren't in L.A.!
We did not hike from the Hidden Lake Overlook down to Hidden Lake because climbing back up would have required deep breathing, which didn't seem like a good idea in the smoky air. Vistas remained hazy every one of the eight days we spent between Glacier National Park and the adjacent Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, but we were lucky to see one black bear, two moose, four grizzlies, a dozen deer, lots of squirrels and chipmunks, and many, many more bighorn sheep in several different locations.
All the shuttle drivers we encountered during our visit were highly professional, helpful, and friendly. They said that the park was usually much more crowded on weekends days than week days. At each stop, they radioed to the dispatcher the number of people waiting for rides in each direction, if any, for faster service.
We'd love to go back to Glacier National Park in other seasons!
Update as of September 1, 2017:
Since we came home from Glacier, they closed the lodge at Lake McDonald one month early due to concern for the health of the staff, who had been exposed daily to smoke from the nearby Sprague Fire. All trails around and from Lake McDonald had been closed since the fire. Then that fire grew a little larger. Now it has destroyed the historic Sperry Chalet, located in the back country about seven miles from Lake McDonald. What a sad day for the park and all who have enjoyed staying at the Chalet through the years.
Update as of September 1, 2017:
Since we came home from Glacier, they closed the lodge at Lake McDonald one month early due to concern for the health of the staff, who had been exposed daily to smoke from the nearby Sprague Fire. All trails around and from Lake McDonald had been closed since the fire. Then that fire grew a little larger. Now it has destroyed the historic Sperry Chalet, located in the back country about seven miles from Lake McDonald. What a sad day for the park and all who have enjoyed staying at the Chalet through the years.
|Hungry marmot
* Ten days before our arrival, a thunderstorm had generated some 150 lightning strikes, some of which started three wildfires in the park, including near the western end of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. More wildfires had already been burning or started burning afterwards outside of the western boundary of the park.
Fire is a natural process that improves habitat for many wildlife species and maintains certain forest types. In Glacier National Park, fires burn every year. Unless they threaten structures, fires are allowed to run their natural course as an integral part of managing ecosystems. Wildfires that start in summer may burn until snow falls.
** Implying that any marmot was on the trail, let alone that it almost got stepped on, is a grumpy exaggeration. The closest marmot was on the grass next to the boardwalk.
For more info:
For students to learn more about wildfires: Fire-in-Depth by the U.S. National Park Service https://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/learning-center/fire-in-depth/wildfire-causes.cfm
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Rio in a day: Corcovado, Christ Redeemer, Sugarloaf package tour
- Ride a train through the Tijuca rainforest and visit the famous Christ Redeemer statue
- Enjoy a panoramic city tour of downtown Rio, including the Metropolitan Cathedral
- Ride a cable car to Urca Hill and to Sugarloaf Mountain
- Roundtrip, lunch, dinner show, cable car, train and a guided tour are included
First time in Rio de Janeiro? This giant metropolis can be overwhelming, busy and crowded and yet, there are so many beautiful landmarks that you won't want to miss. This tour offers to take you to most famous sights in Rio de Janeiro in a one day tour all inclusive. No fuss, no muss, everything is taken care of, from pick-up at your hotel in the morning to the lunch, dinner and show in the evening, including the rides up and down the surrounding mountains.
During this tour you will:
- see the Sugarloaf and Corcovado Mountains, including the impressive Christ Redeemer statue overlooking the city
- do a panoramic tour or Rio with a professional guide
- see the Sambradome, stop at the Metropolitan Cathedral and discover the Cinelandia Square and its wealth of historical buildings
- see the Municipal Theater, National Library, and National Museum of Fine Arts
- ride the iconic cable cars all the way up the mountain, stopping at Urca Hill and its vantage point overlooking Guanabara Bay and its islands, the Rio-Niteroi bridge and Corcovado mountain
- finish your ascent to the top of Sugarloaf, enjoying gorgeous views of the Copacabana beach and Santa Cruz Fortress
- enjoy a lunch at a barbecue house before you head over to the base of Corcovado Mountain via the Cosme Vehlo Train
- ride through the lush and dense Tijuca rainforest to the towering Christ Redeemer statue
- enjoy a lunch and dinner at a barbecue house in the evening followed by a traditional Brazilian show
- see a Carnaval show, complete with live Samba music and professional dancers
- get a taste of local culture and folklore from all over Brazil
- ... and more!
NOTE: You can split to do the tours on two different days
NOTE: these tours are included in a package tour (4 days / 3 nights) of Rio and its surroundings.
- Roundtrip transfer
- Professional tour guide
- Panoramic city tour
- Cable car ticket
- Lunch
- Train ticket
- Brazilian barbecue dinner
- Show ticket
- Beverages
- Optional gratuities
- Children (3-12): reduced
- Pick-up is organised from your hotel in Rio
- The specific departure time for this tour will be determined upon reconfirmation
- The Plataforma does not work on Sundays
- You can split to do the tours on two different days
- Roundtrip transfer is included from and to most hotels in São Conrado, Leblon, Ipanema and Copacabana
- Please call to confirm your tour at least 72 hours prior to the activity time to organize your pick-up
- You will need to present your voucher on the day of the tour. You can choose to print it or to bring a mobile version of it on your smartphone or tablet
- This tour is available daily at 8.00am
- This tour is not available on
- February 18-21
- August 1-28
- December 25
- January 1
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Christian "Patch" Patchell is a cartoonist, illustrator, designer and all-around creative collaborator. Patch has lived in Philadelphia his entire life and truly loves the city. He divides his time between making art, teaching and collaborating with the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society. His art has appeared on everything from comic books to greeting cards. Patch is the author of the book "I Put the Can in Cancer: A Journey Through Pictures" which is a visual journey through his life-changing battle with cancer. He is also the writer and illustrator of "Monster Mondays" an online comic strip about creatively surviving and the creator of "The Brothers Brimm" the award-winning animated short and comic series. Theory on art: "Monsters & Robots make everything better." To view Patch's work and learn more, visit: http://www.artbypatch.com/


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[ syll. ni-can-dreo, nic-andr-eo ] The baby boy name Nicandreo is pronounced as NihKAENDRiyow †. Nicandreo is derived from Old Greek origins. Nicandreo is a variation of the name Nicandro (Spanish).
See also the related category greek.
Nicandreo is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.
Baby names that sound like Nicandreo include Nikandreo, Nagendra (Indian), Nicandro (Spanish), and Nikander.
† approx English pronunciation for Nicandreo: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)"