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You'll find plenty of things to do in Corfu, a wonderful mash-up of the island's British, French and Italian past.
By Jim Ferri
It doesn't take long to see how Corfu, one of the best Greek islands to visit on Greece's western Ionian Coast, differs from other Greek islands.
Step off the plane or the ferry from the mainland, and you find it's much greener than the islands of the Aegean in eastern Greece.
You also quickly realize something even more obvious: its architecture is more Italian than Greek, the result of 400 years of Venetian occupation after the island was cleaved from the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
Occupation of this beguiling bit of real estate continued with both the French and British nesting here until forced out prior to Greece unification in the 19th century.
This colonization mash-up has had a pleasant consequence, however: it's embedded Corfu with a unique blend of cultures found nowhere else in Greece.
I visited the island for a few days, and stayed in Corfu Town, the little cosmopolitan capital that's the perfect location for exploration of the island. I quickly found there are many things to do in Corfu.
First Thing to Do in Corfu: Explore Corfu Town
On the first morning of my visit I had breakfast below a wisteria arbor in the garden of my hotel, the lovely little boutique Bella Venezia Hotel, in the old city. Over eggs and coffee served from a little garden kitchen, I planned my day.
After 45 minutes, I was down the steps of the Bella Venezia with map in hand. I crossed the street and cut across a little park to Gilford Street, a cobblestone pedestrian street lined with restaurants, cafés and a multitude of shops.
The entire area was a maze of zigzagging streets and the occasional narrow lanes, above which housewives hung their laundry, giving it all a colorful and Old World atmosphere. I soon found myself only a few minutes from the sea.
The Lure of Shops and Singing
It was 9 o'clock in the morning, and the town was still very quiet, the only noise that of chattering children on their way to school. I soon began passing people out walking their dogs, and an occasional shopkeeper opening for the day.
The city began to rouse as I neared the old British cricket field, where the cafes and shops in the French-built colonnaded buildings provided more than a nuance of Paris's Rue de Rivoli.
There was a cruise ship in port and by 9:45 am a few tour buses had arrived, their passengers soon swarming through the shops in the warren of souk-like lanes nearby.
I milled about with little groups of them, taking in the local color before I was lured further up one street by the sound of singing. I followed my ears and found it was ecclesiastical refrains wafting from services at two Greek Orthodox churches within a block of one another.
A Perfect Thing to Do in Corfu: Wander Aimlessly
I spent the rest of the day just wandering about aimlessly.
I walked back towards the Cricket Ground, still much used by local teams, and then onto the nearby Palace of St. Michael and St. George.
The oldest official building in Greece, it was built by the British for its High Commissioner and then became the home of the Greek royal family when the British left Corfu in the mid-19th century. Today it's home to a few governmental offices and a Museum of Asiatic Art.
I later drove around the colorful port area pass the Old Fortress on the east side of the old city, and later past the New Fortress on the west side, both built by the Venetians during a 30-year period.
It was a delicious way to enjoy a few hours exploring the old city, meandering here and there, poking into shops along the way.
Achílleion Palace
In the afternoon I drove south down the coast about a half hour to the popular Achílleion Palace, built for Empress Elizabeth of Austria, it's said, as a getaway from the pressures of the Hapsburg court. In the 1980s though, it became better known as the set for the casino scenes in the James Bond film For You Eyes Only.
It's now an interesting museum, made all the more so since there are no signs around saying "no flash" or "don't touch anything." It's rather fascinating, especially the terrace on the top floor, with its busts and statues of famous Greeks and others, and its beautiful view out over Corfu.
More Things to Do: North to Palaiokastrítsa
The next morning, following another breakfast in the garden, I decided to drive northward to Palaiokastrítsa, a popular resort area on the island's west coast. Corfu is so small it was a relatively short drive across the island, only about 10 miles.
I had been to Palaiokastrítsa years ago and remembered it as a beautiful area, three small coves separated by a forested headland with a monastery atop it, with few tourists and no hotels. Now, however, I found that civilization had arrived.
The area has been taken over by resorts catering to the British and Germans, although, thankfully, the beaches themselves weren't packed with tourists. I looked around for a half-hour or so and then drove up the headland to Moní Theotókou, the monastery I had seen from below years earlier. Unlike the coves below, it turned out to be just as I had imagined it.
Although it is no longer home to monks, the 17th-century Moní Theotókou is a beautiful place. In its church there's a carving of The Tree of Life on the ceiling; outside bougainvillea appears to cascade everywhere. There's a little museum there also, which I found interesting, that contains everything from ancient religious icons to a giant clamshell.
Up Through the Mountain Villages
Instead of heading directly back to Corfu Town, I took the road up through the mountains to Lakones, which I heard provided a spectacular view of the coast. I reached the tiny village after a three-mile serpentine ride, with beautiful wildflowers cascading out onto the pavement all along the way.
The town was tiny, and the road became one lane as it wove through it. Along it were a few cafés where people sat sipping and chatting as they whiled away the day. All about was a the down the coast that was nothing short of spectacular.
I continued through Lakones and several other tiny villages, passing through ancient olive groves terraced on the mountainside. In the nearby little village of Makrades, every house seemed to be a mom-and-pop shop selling olive oil and honey on its front steps.
I continued along the road through small olive groves that wafted into little vineyards and then into forest that climbed to the top of the mountain. After a while, I came to a sign that said Corfu Town was 20 km away. I looked around and thought the two areas were so different it could easily be 200 kilometers away.
One could easily succumb to lingering in the villages of the mountains and these western coast towns, and I considered it. But I decided to stick with my original plan and headed directly back to Corfu Town.
In the old city the day before I had found a restaurant whose menu had been calling me to dinner all afternoon. It was a Corfu Town experience I didn't want to miss.
Editor's Note: you may also enjoy Best Greek Islands, Day Trips from Dublin, and Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House Restaurant, Savannah
If you go:
Greek National Tourism Organization
305 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 421-5777
Bella Venezia Hotel
Napoleontos Zampeli 4
Kerkira 491 00, Greece
+30 2661 020707


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Japan, where regular e-cigarettes with nicotine-laced liquid are effectively banned, has become the main market for "heat not burn" (HNB) products which emit less smoke and smell less than conventional cigarettes. The country accounts for over 90 percent of the $5 billion HNB market, according to Euromonitor.
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In my haste to download the update and get going with patch 13, I came across an interesting site. My version of the launched game is the following: Diablo III Retail. Not Diablo III Beta, or any derivative. Take this as you will, but it seems that the current version of the beta will be the retail version – meaning the game is primed and ready for a release announcement. While this seems to be fairly solid proof, take this with a grain of salt because… you know, it's Blizzard.
Comment your experiences with updating the client. Are you getting this same message? If you want to check, launch the game and tab-alt out. Right-click the icon on your task bar and you should see it.
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Crew Xpress gives you the power to separate your business connection from crew internet use with a dedicated Business Channel providing connectivity for daily operational business use and a dedicated Crew Channel providing a managed internet access service to the crew.
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Arrivals Surge Puts Puerto Plata On Dominican Republic Travel Map
Destination & Tourism Brian Major May 05, 2016
PHOTO: A seaside amphitheater is under construction near historic Fortaleza San Felipe in Puerto Plata. (Photo by Brian Major)
While the all-inclusive Punta Cana resort district remains the Dominican Republic's tourism staple, the country's surging arrivals growth is also due to development in other regions. In recent years, Puerto Plata has emerged as a rival to the capital city of Santo Domingo as a new center of Dominican Republic tourism.
Puerto Plata tourist arrivals surged in 2015 as visitors to the city on the country's northwest coast increased 11.5 percent year-over year, officials from the Dominican Republic's Puerto Plata Tourism Cluster (CTDPP) said this week.
Puerto Plata's tourism leap is due in significant measure to the October 2015 opening of Carnival Corp.'s $85 million Amber Cove cruise port, which will host more than 400,000 vacationers this year according to CTDPP officials. The operations at Amber Cove, which refers to the region's historically rich mineral wealth and generous amber reserves, bring an average of 5,000 visitors to Puerto Plata each week.
PHOTO: Carnival Corp's Amber Cove as seen from Sky Bar. (Photo by Barry Kaufman)
Additionally the Dominican government has launched infrastructure projects in the city's historic center and surrounding region. An amphitheater under construction near Fortaleza San Felipe, a 16th century fortress, is nearing completion, while a seaside malecon (boulevard) winding through Puerto Plata's downtown districts is slated for renovation. The malecon offers a scenic and popular gathering spot for tourists and locals.
Puerto Plata's attractions also include an amber museum and the Caribbean's only aerial tramway, which takes visitors to the summit of Pico Isabel de Torres, a 2,601-foot high mountain located within Puerto Plata's city limits.
The government is also restoring historic buildings, installing new safety surveillance systems and improving roads in downtown Puerto Plata and the neighboring resort town of Sosua. CTDPP is also planning an artisanal marketplace in the Imbert municipality, said Lorenzo Sancassani, interim director of tourism. The marketplace will "allow simplified access to the popular goods created by Puerto Plata artisans," said Sancassani.
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The government's infrastructure programs are designed to support growing hotel development and demand in Puerto Plata. The city now accounts for 18 percent of the Dominican Republic's hotel inventory, trailing only Punta Cana while eight percentage points ahead of the next-largest city, Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic's capital and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Even prior to Amber Cove's arrival Puerto Plata had experienced a tourism rebound this decade, driven in part by its proximity to the increasingly popular resort towns of Cabarete and Sosua. The former town is recognized as an international destination for kiteboarding and both offer numerous adventure tourism activities including hiking, canyon exploration and rappelling, mountain biking and whitewater rafting.
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- He has obtained Super Speciality training in England for four years under the Royal College of Surgeons U.K. Worked at centres of very high repute like –
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Event Name: National Level Workshop on "Digital Signal Processors and Architectures" Organising College Name: GITAM University Hyderabad Event Type: Workshop Event Start Date: 20th Jan 2012 Event End Date: 21st Jan 2012 Event Info: The goal of the workshop is to unite the faculty/researchers from around the country to discuss novel signal processing theories and methods, and to bring together world-class educators and thinkers to discuss all aspects of signal processing education. The workshop focuses on DSP
Processors and Architectures.Workshop includes lectures, discussions and hands on training using MATLAB & DSP Kits. The workshop will provide an opportunities to pursue research in this area.
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Barnaby's Public House Now Open in Providence
The restaurant and bar has quite a story to tell in its pre-Prohibition style dining room at the historic Conrad Building.
Barnaby's Public House opened with quite a story to tell in its pre-Prohibition style dining room at the restored historic Conrad Building at 385 Westminster Street in Providence. Providence Coal Fired Pizza owners David Bertolini and Michael Santos have led the renovation of the building that's located next door to the original Providence Coal Fired Pizza that was erected in 1885 by the restaurant's namesake, Jerothmul Bowers Barnaby.
You might be familiar with the Barnaby name thanks to the beautiful Victorian mansion Barnaby's Castle on the West Side of Providence, which was once Jerothmul Barnaby's residence. The 19th century millionaire made his fortune selling clothing in Providence, and his wife was the victim of the first murder committed through the United States postal service. Barnaby's wife, Josephine, was killed after drinking from a bottle of poisoned whiskey that was sent to her through the mail by an undetermined source in 1891. The story will be shared in various ways throughout Barnaby's Public House, from the restaurant décor to the menu, and you can read all about it on the restaurant's website.
The dining room's Victorian details have been restored and the owners have remained faithful to the pre-Prohibition era in the design of the space. Details include a tin ceiling, dark wood detailing and art that tells the infamous tale on the walls. The menu includes craft cocktails and beers, fine wines and liquors including whiskeys, bourbons and ryes, but don't worry, there will be no poison in these bottles.
The food menu features appetizer choices of roasted Brussels sprouts, nachos, smoky mussels and more, with entrees of hearty salads, burgers with meaty toppings and stacked sandwiches including pulled pork, pastrami, a Cuban, buttermilk fried chicken and more.
See a slide show of images of Barnaby's Public House.
Barnaby's is open seven days a week, serving a full menu Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and a late-night menu on Fridays and Saturdays. The bar is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to Midnight, Sunday to Thursday, and until 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. 385 Westminster St., Providence, 401-455-6857, barnabyspublichouse.com
Barnaby's Castle is also open for tours by appointment or private party. Funds raised help to renovate the mansion to its former glory. Contact Kaitlyn Frolich at 401-617-4660 for more information. Click here to visit the Facebook page.
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Little Lambs International News Update
Our Director's Sam, Michelle, and the Nanny Staff are currently caring for the needs of 10 children. This number is ever changing due to the nature of each child's case. The ages of the children range from 4 months to 12 yrs. These two little lambs pictured above came to us about a year ago as they were abandoned on the streets. After several court hearings a judge has decided that they will remain with Little Lambs until late October. The future is uncertain for these boys but we trust a God that knows and is in control of all things. Continue to pray for Sam, Michelle and our Nannies as they raise these children in light of Gods love and provide them with healthy community and family.
Building Project Update
This year, we received 7 teams with close to 120 volunteers made up of over 20 different churches from New England to Florida. In January we were able to continue the site work on our lower compound area of 12+ acres, where the houses and small community will be for our children. The site-work is now nearly completed, and we hope to have that finished before the end of the year, to start laying underground pipework and electric beginning of 2019!
We then moved onto other projects such as completing the director's house and nearly 600 feet of our driveway up to the team house. The upgrade of the road was so desperately needed. In the rainy season, the road would wash out leaving only parking at the bottom of the hill. This posed a challenge for the children and staff having to walk all the way up in the pouring rain! Now that it's completed it has been a huge blessing!
Along with the construction and physical labor, most teams participated in community outreach, by planning and running a great VBS for the local children and woman. As well as visiting a local church and many homes spreading the love of Jesus! We even held our first Sports Bible Camp in a local village (allowing us to reach over 100 men with the gospel!). Concluding our projects with a big dental and medical outreach for the local communities, blessing over 200 people with free healthcare.
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Archive for July 8th, 2015
Does Australia need a SYRIZA?
Posted by John, July 8th, 2015 - under Labor Party, Solidarity, Solidarity magazine, SYRIZA.
Tags: ALP, Australian Labor Party
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I cannot predict if the Australian working class will abandon Labor and create a radical left party akin to SYRIZA, although the portents are there. My task at the moment is to help build Solidarity, a small group of revolutionaries who believe that the emancipation of the working class must be the act of the working class. If you want to be one part of building for the future today, check us out.


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Tax Fraud Blotter: Wide world of fraud
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International schemes sought millions; an asset shuffle; time's up for temp agency; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
Christiansburg, Va.: Regan Dwayne Reedy, 56, and Susan Annette Reedy, 50, have been sentenced following convictions on tax fraud and multiple bankruptcy fraud charges.
Regan Reedy received nine years in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to commit tax fraud, making false declarations in a bankruptcy proceeding, concealment of property in a bankruptcy proceeding and false testimony in a bankruptcy proceeding. Susan Reedy was sentenced to 78 months in prison after being convicted of making false declarations in a bankruptcy proceeding, concealment of property in a bankruptcy proceeding and false testimony in a bankruptcy proceeding.
According to trial evidence, Reagan Reedy filed a number of fraudulent returns for individuals claiming refunds. The returns claimed excessive federal withholdings that resulted in excessive claims for refunds of more than $1 million. Most of the fraudulent returns were detected before refunds were issued; one refund for $156,191 was issued.
The couple also filed three Chapter 7 bankruptcies seeking to discharge debts to private and governmental creditors. In filings in 2012 and again in 2014, the Reedys omitted assets from their bankruptcy schedules and concealed assets from the bankruptcy trustee. Those assets included bank accounts, real estate, and vehicles they had placed in nominee names.
At a creditors' meeting in December 2014, both falsely testified regarding their assets; Regan and Susan Reedy were each eventually held responsible for concealing more than $1.8 million in assets during the course of the bankruptcies.
Boston: Tien Chau, operator of a temporary employment agency, has pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with conspiring to defraud the government, failing to pay over employment taxes and obstructing internal revenue laws.
According to the indictment and statements in court, Chau ran an agency that provided temporary labor to businesses in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The agency operated under at least four different names: Central Boston Staffing Services, Metro Boston Staffing Services, General Staffing Inc. and Kim's Staffing Inc. Chau and others used nominees to conceal their ownership of the business.
From 2006 through 2011, Chau and others conspired to conceal the agency's total number of employees from the IRS to lower the agencies' employment tax liabilities. Chau attempted to hide the size of their workforce from the IRS by paying most of the employees cash and filing returns that both underreported the number of employees and omitted wages paid in cash.
The conspirators sought to obstruct an investigation by, among other things, directing an employee, after learning of her interview with special agents, to assist with shredding the agency's records. Chau also allegedly destroyed and removed computers and computer equipment from the agencies' office.
Sentencing is May 17, when Chau faces a maximum of five years in prison for the conspiracy charge, five years for each employment tax count and three years for obstructing the internal revenue laws. He also faces a period of supervised release, restitution and monetary penalties.
Columbia, S.C.: Local resident Desmond Lamar Williams has been sentenced to two years in jail for preparation of false returns.
Facts presented in court established that Williams was on active duty with the U.S. Army for many years and that for the tax years 2011 to 2014 he also worked as a tax preparer.
IRS investigation revealed that many of the returns Williams prepared contained false information. The government's loss was $712,728.
Medford, Mass.: Local pizza shop owner Nikita Yanakopulos, 40, has pleaded guilty in connection with filing returns that failed to disclose the cash payroll payments he paid to employees.
Yanakopulos, owner of Pinky's Famous Pizza, pleaded guilty to two counts of aiding and assisting in filing false 941s. Yanakopulos owned and operated Pinky's from approximately 2000 to 2016 and during that period paid several employees by check and cash and other employees entirely in cash.
Yanakopulos caused his payroll service to file 941s that only included the payroll paid by check. During those years, he made cash payroll payments to his employees totaling approximately $675,000 but failed to report those payments to his payroll service or pay the required withholding amounts to the IRS.
Sentencing is May 22. Aiding and assisting the filing of false returns carries a maximum of three years in prison, a year of supervised release and monetary penalties.
Milwaukee: Dimas Chavez-Pina, 29, has pleaded guilty to theft of government money and aggravated ID theft in connection with a return fraud.
According to the plea agreement, Chavez-Pina fraudulently obtained ITINs using the personal ID documents from citizens of Mexico and then fraudulently filed returns. In the returns, he claimed the Additional Child Tax Credit by falsely claimed dependents.
From 2011 through June 2014, Chavez-Pina received $1,058,827.69 from his scheme.
He faces two to 12 years in prison when he's sentenced on May 1. Chavez-Pina agreed to pay $1,058,827.69 restitution to the IRS and to be voluntarily deported to Mexico due to his lack of legal status in the United States.
Sun Valley, Calif.: Resident Karen Pogosian, 47, has been sentenced to 54 months of imprisonment for his participation in an international ID-theft scheme that fraudulently obtained tax refunds by using bogus Republic of Armenia passports and then engaged in money laundering of more than $14 million in stolen money.
According to court documents, the scheme involved more than 7,000 false returns that claimed approximately $38 million in refunds. Approximately $14 million obtained through the fraud was then deposited into bank accounts to conceal its illegal source. The returns were filed using ID information stolen from thousands of victims.
From August 2012 through March 2014, Pogosian opened mailbox and bank accounts using fraudulent IDs with the names and personal information of victims. He also used the identification documents to create other IDs. For example, Pogosian used a foreign passport in the name of another person to obtain a Costco membership card also in that same person's name but with Pogosian's photograph.
His use of stolen IDs resulted in approximately $277,617 in loses. According to court records, the defendant was present illegally in the U.S. at the time he committed the crimes and had been receiving public benefits.
The case is part of a larger investigation in which 14 defendants have been charged, nine have pled guilty and of those eight sentenced, two are fugitives, two are pending trial and one is awaiting extradition.
Pogosian, who pleaded guilty in September, was also ordered to pay $277,617 restitution to the IRS.


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Genealogy of the nobility
Information on the genealogy of the Belarusian nobility and gentry (shliakhta) can be
found in a number of general historical sources: parish registers, census records (gentry was included in those sources until 1816), the registers of municipal and Zemstvo courts of the Rech Pospolita, records
of judicial institutions of the Russian Empire and other sources. Moreover, there are
special historical sources on genealogy. They are kept in the fonds of the Noble Deputies
Assemblies (which existed in each province) and in the fonds of provincial and uyezd
marshals of the nobility.
The procedure of recognition and confirmation (approval) of shliakhta families of the former Rech Pospolita as the noble families of the Russian Empire took place at the nobiliary deputies' meetings. Information on each family (which had to pass through this confirmation procedure) is reflected in the protocols of the Commission on Confirmation, in the family history records, and records on the nobility of the family.
Protocols of the Commission on Confirmation were made as soon as families proved their nobility. These protocols are subdivided into Protocols on Confirmation and Protocols on Adding. Protocols on Confirmation were made in the case of the first approval of the noble origin of the family (in the territory of the Russian Empire). They usually contain the following information: place of birth, place of residence of the ancestors, names of the first representatives of the family and their descendants with definition of their relationship (in the form of a genealogical tree), the name and description of the family arms, records on the property and land owning (the supported records on possession of manors or so-called mayentoks), on the holding of positions and others proofs of the nobility. Protocols on Adding contain information not only about the joining of individuals to the already recognized noble families, but also for all children and those who did not get into the "first recognition". Protocols were made annually and were kept in the archives of the Noble Assemblies.
Family history records were compiled simultaneously with Protocols on Confirmation. Originally this was done annually, but later repeated every few years. The noble families were placed in the alphabetical order. Each family was represented in the form of a genealogical tree with a picture of the family arms. Near each branch of the tree, the generation description was given with reference to the records which proved the nobility. Each history was written in triplicate. Originals were kept in the fonds of the provincial Noble Assembly, the first copy – in the fonds of the provincial management board, the second copy was transferred to the Heraldry Department Archives in Saint Petersburg.
Records on the nobility of a family (or of a person) include documents which can prove the nobility, correspondence on the problems of submitting, registering and correcting these documents, checking of proofs, confirming and adopting the whole family in nobility, as well as adding individual persons and then adding other representatives of the family. The following records were usually considered to be the proofs: originals or copies of the extracts from registers, census records, parish registers, lists of families, and other documents. Usually, files contain copies of the protocols on confirmation and protocols on adding, Senate edicts, pictures of arms, genealogical schemes, any other information in existence from the moment the application for recognition was submitted, (as a rule, since1820 when people began to submit such applications in large numbers until 1917 when the last information on recognition was received). Archives of the Noble Deputies Assemblies preserved all files on the nobility. They were kept there so as both to confirm the nobility of families and for those persons who were transferred to the tax estates. The second copy of files of the confirmed noble families was preserved in the Archives of Heraldry department in Saint Petersburg.
The fonds of the Noble Deputies Assemblies which existed in the territory of the contemporary Belarus are kept in the following archives:
- Vitebsk province – in the National Historical Archives of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk (fond 2512). This fond includes 1130 files. The protocols and family history records have been preserved partly (approximately a half of the original number). The files on the nobility of families are totally lost. The fond of the provincial marshal of the nobility (fond 2626) contains electoral lists on elections to the different nobiliary institutions and some other records.
- Grodno province – in the National Historical Archives of Belarus in Grodno (fond 332). This fond is almost totally lost. It contains 45 files including records on the history of only two families for 1875 (letters B, C, G). The protocols of Commissions on Confirmation and files on the nobility are lost.
- Minsk province – in the National Historical Archives of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk (fond 319). This fond contains 5351 files including the protocols for practically all the years and the files on the nobility of about 4000 families. The family history records are lost. The fond of the provincial noble marshal office (fond 320) contains 1, 002 files including electoral lists, and other information.
- Mogilev province – in the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk (fond 2066). This fond is almost totally lost. There are just 58 files, including several protocols of the Commission on Confirmation.


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While many governments struggle to ban soda to curb obesity, the tiny Torba Tourism Council in the remote Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is planning to outlaw all imported food at government functions and tourist establishments across the province's 13 inhabited islands.
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"We want to ban all other junk food from this province," Luke Dini, the council's chairman and a retired Anglican priest, said in a telephone interview from Torba. He said the province had about 9,000 residents and got fewer than 1,000 tourists a year, mostly Europeans.
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Public health experts who study the island nations of the Pacific welcomed the ban, saying that bold measures were necessary for an impoverished and isolated region of 10 million people — one where the cost of sending legions of patients abroad for dialysis treatment or kidney transplants is untenable.
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I wake up around 3 o'clock in the morning only to find out my feet are icy cold. No one can help me. No one can deliver a eulogy for my lower body. Here I am sitting in a deep darkness. I can form no conjecture of what is in front of me. Just like every other night, all of sudden, the single light is out; amidst snores and stinginess, I fall asleep. It's only five past three, but my guard shift does not begin until broad daylight. I do not know what I ought to do for the next three hours, but it seems clear to me that my bedtime has marked its end.
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I return to my ice-covered tent and bury myself under a blanket. Only 20 minutes have passed, and I have nothing to entertain myself. I give a quick look inside the tent, and I find a moon pie wrapper. I teach myself the nutrition facts of a single moon pie. Five grams of fat, 30 milligrams of cholesterol, 120 milligrams of sodium, and four grams of protein. I am not a reader, but when it comes to boredom, nothing can stop me. Even a single wrapper can enlighten me, and I can probably devise a novel out of this nutrition facts.
I wish I had a family photo to glance at. That's what Tom Hanks did in Saving Private Ryan. Reminding me of the good old times I got to spend with my family may kill some time. It looks kind of cool to examine a family photo just like Hollywood stars do in movies, but at the same time I do sincerely miss them. Most of the friends I made in high school and college don't necessarily form a section in my brain, and when I was given a chance to call them for shooting a bullseye at the range, they weren't any of my options; however, my parents and my siblings always have their spot. Did I call my parents for that special prize? Yes, I tried, but I guess they were too busy to mind my call, or they were just suspicious of an unknown number, so I missed my chance.
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|We will (kill the Head Hunter). Even if we must sacrifice our lives in the process!
—Claude assures Elliot that he and Ernest would kill the Head Hunter
Claude Nightray was the second eldest heir to The Nightray Dukedom. He was known to be rather close to all his legitimate siblings, but he hated Gilbert and Vincent. His hate became so much more when Gilbert contracted with Raven rather than a legitimate Nightray heir. Claude could not contract with Raven because of Gil's tie to it that existed for over 100 years, though it is unknown if Claude would have been able to contract with any other Chain.
Claude was born as the second son of Bernard Nightray and Bernice Nightray, after Fred Nightray and before Ernest Nightray, Vanessa Nightray and Elliot Nightray. When Claude became old enough, he attempted to form a contract with Raven, the Nightrays' guardian of their Door to the Abyss. Claude failed, as had Fred and Bernard, and later Ernest, but Claude still had faith that Elliot would be able to form a contract with Raven successfully.
One day, a boy was found barely alive outside of the Nightrays' Door to the Abyss. For a reason unknown to Claude, Bernard adopted this child, Vincent, into the Nightray family, which infuriated Bernard's brother-in-law as well as Fred, Claude and Ernest. This malice escalated when Bernard adopted another boy into the Nightray Family, Gilbert, apparently being Vincent's long lost brother, who had been found in a similar condition as Vincent in front of the Vessaliuses' Door to the Abyss. Whenever Bernard, Bernice or the valets of the family weren't around, Claude, his uncle, Fred and Ernest would take the opportunity to beat on Gilbert and Vincent for calling themselves Nightrays.
When Elliot turned fourteen, Ernest brought Elliot with him and Claude to Sablier to visit The House of Fianna, which Claude objected to, however Ernest told Claude not to worry as he didn't plan on telling Elliot everything. While Claude and Ernest spoke with Mrs. Finn, Elliot wandered off and got into a fight with an orphan named Leo. Ernest and Claude heard this and so they came into the room with Mrs. Finn to break up the fight, Claude restraining Elliot. The three went home after this, where Bernard lectured Claude and Ernest severely for bringing Elliot to Sablier before he planned to himself.
Claude's utter hatred for his adoptive sibling reached a peak when Claude heard that Gilbert had formed a contract with Raven. Claude and Ernest stormed into their father's office, asking Bernard why he would allow Gilbert to form a contract with Raven when h wasn't even a legitimate Nightray. Bernard was confused by Claude's fury, saying that finding Raven's contractor at long last is cause for celebration. Claude stated that while it was true that Fred, himself and Ernest had failed to form the contract, Elliot was never given the chance. Vincent, who was also in the room, scoffs and says that Elliot wouldn't do, as a contract with Raven didn't just require aptitude, but also qualification, and Gil had those qualifications for some time now.
Following this, Fred was decapitated by someone who became known as The Head Hunter while he was out in Reveil, and soon enough, Claude's uncle had fallen victim to the Head Hunter as well. Claude and Ernest took the Head Hunter as an opportunity, and so Ernest had obtained some poison. Claude was to slip the poison to Gilbert without notice, and the Head Hunter was meant to take the blame for the assassination. However, defying all odds, Gil survived and Ernest blamed Claude for their failure.
Sometime later, Claude and Ernest set fire to the Nightray mansion, before tracking down Elliot and telling him to leave with their mother while they 'took care of the Head Hunter'. Elliot left and when they believed that he was out of earshot, Claude and Ernest spoke of their plans to kill Vincent and Gilbert. Claude was hesitant because they had already failed once, so the two of them would be on their guard, but Ernest tells him that they couldn't give up on their plans now after how far they'd come. Claude reluctantly agrees and tells Ernest that they should hurry before they die in the fire they'd started. Ernest notes of how much of an honor it would be for Gil and Vincent to die by the hands of the Head Hunter, whom they'd blame the assassination on, before remarking on how they'd also take the opportunity to kill Leo, as they didn't understand how Elliot could keep a commoner around as his valet, deciding to find Elliot a new valet before finding the guests of the Nightray mansion, whom they planned to safely escort out of the mansion.
However, what they didn't realize what that Elliot had heard Claude and Ernest's plans to kill Gilbert, Vincent and Leo. Humpty Dumpty, Elliot's newly Illegally Contracted Chain, had put Elliot in a hypnotic state and convinced him that it would be best to kill his two elder brothers to save Leo (as Humpty Dumpty's purpose is to protect Glen Baskerville's destined vessel). Elliot massacred all of the guests in the mansion as well as fatally wounding Claude and Ernest, Humpty Dumpty finished the job by using his tongue to decapitate Claude and Ernest so that Elliot wouldn't have to bear the burden of their deaths, as Humpty Dumpty had convinced Elliot that it was the Head Hunter who'd assassinated his brothers. Although Humpty Dumpty blocked these memories from Elliot, Elliot still often dreamed of this event, cringing at the bloodshed, unaware that it was the day that he'd murdered his brothers.
In life, Claude had inherited his father's pitch-black hair, which he kept slicked back, his hair coming to a point at the top of his head while the rest flowed down his neck, Claude only allowing his sideburns to face forward and curl into the form of his face. All in all, Claude's hairstyle held some similarities to Raymond Nightray's. Claude had a strong jaw structure, as well as high cheekbones. Claude's eyes were light brown and were often glaring to some degree, adding to the intimidating appearance of Claude's stern face. Claude's attire commonly consisted of a black overcoat, pants and shoes, a white undershirt, an ascot and a pair of white gloves.
Claude was a loyal member the Nightray family, and grew to be disgusted by his father's decision to adopt Vincent and Gilbert as Nightrays, taking out his rage on the two brothers whenever Bernard and Bernice were not around. Claude was usually more quiet and reserved than his siblings, often sitting back and drinking tea whilst Ernest or Vanessa spoke with Elliot. However, Claude displayed his masked anger following Gilbert forming a Legal Contract with Raven. Claude was outraged that his father would allow such a thing to occur, and because Claude was not able to get through to his father, he allowed Ernest to talk him into trying to kill Gilbert and Vincent. Claude was seemingly not as adamant to kill Gilbert and Vincent as Ernest had been, worrying about getting caught or somehow having their intentions exposed as the regret began to set in. Ernest's dominant relationship over his older brother, allowed him to talk Claude back into Ernest's scheme.
Ernest Nightray
Ernest was Claude's younger brother, but it often seemed like Claude allowed Ernest to push him around sometime. The two were close, closer than Claude was with any of his other siblings. He often seemed bored, having a very laid-back personality and not saying much in numerous situations. When Ernest decided that they needed to kill Gilbert and Vincent, Claude went along with it because he felt that he had to. Claude was apparently the one to prepare the poison for Gilbert on their attempt to assassinate him. Ernest blamed Claude for their failure because he had suggested fast-acting poison so that they had time to decapitate Gilbert, impersonating The Head Hunter, and Claude often took the blame without question. Claude was beginning to feel regret after he and Ernest set the Nightray mansion on fire to cover up their planned murder for Gilbert and Vincent, but Claude let Ernest talk him back into their plan, showing that between the two, Claude was not dominant even though he was the older brother, and because of his choices to let Ernest take control, Claude died alongside his younger brother.
Elliot Nightray
Elliot was the next closest sibling to Claude. Claude cared for Elliot's safety and didn't usually like to tell Elliot what to do, having left that task to Ernest. Claude had thought that Elliot had the potential to make the contract with Raven, had he been given the chance, even though Fred, Ernest and himself had already failed, showing that he had faith in his youngest sibling. Claude alongside Ernest told Elliot to take their mother and leave the mansion while they dealt with The Head Hunter, though his true intentions were covered up, Claude genuinely cared for Elliot. He was shocked when he saw Elliot with Humpty Dumpty as he arrived to kill the two brothers.
Vincent and Gilbert Nightray
Claude was known to hate both adoptive Nightray brothers for having the nerve to call themselves members of the Nightray Dukedom despite not being members of the Nightray bloodline. Claude was never shown beating the two as Ernest was or Fred and his Uncle were described to do, but because of his hate for them, it can be assumed that he too abused Gilbert and Vincent.
Claude even allowed Ernest to talk him into attempting to assassinate Gilbert, and it was Claude who handled organizing the poison for Gilbert, though it didn't work to the extent that it was meant to. Ernest wanted to try again, but Claude had feelings of regret, making it possible that Claude didn't hate Gilbert and Vincent as much as he claimed, but he soon allowed Ernest to manipulate Claude back into his plan, and as such he went with Ernest to fulfill his assassination attempt, which failed yet again by Elliot's hand.
Though the two were never shown to interact, it is assumed that Claude did not think highly of Leo, even though he had approved of Leo becoming Elliot's Valet. Ernest brought up killing Leo as well after talking Ernest back into killing Gilbert and Vincent in order to find Elliot a "decent servant", something to which Claude never objected to.
-To Bernard Nightray-
- "Why, father!? Why did you allow Gilbert to Contract with Raven!? That boy is not of Nightray blood!"
- "It is true that Fred and I... even Ernest did not succeed in making the Contract. However... we still have Elliot-"
-To Ernest Nightray-
- "Hey! What's Elliot doing here!?"
- "We've already failed once. Those two (Vincent and Gilbert) will be on their guard."
- "All right, all right. Come on, let's go. It would be a real shame if we die in the fire we started ourselves."
Inner Thoughts
- "Was there no other pose?" (Claude thinks of the awkwardness of his pose with Ernest and Vanessa in Pandora Hearts 18.5: Evidence).
Chapter Appearances
(*) - Denotes that the character did not appear physically, but as a part of another character's memories.
- After Claude and Ernest died, Duchess Nightray went insane and was driven into the cult of Isla Yura.
- Claude likes horses more than any animal, but in a contest between cats and dogs would choose a dog.
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|Nightray Dukedom
|Current Duke/Duchess
|Previous Dukes/Duchesses
|Raymond Nightray (†) • Bernard Nightray (†) • Bernice Nightray (†)
|Previous Members
|Fred Nightray (†) • Claude Nightray (†) • Ernest Nightray (†) • Vanessa Nightray (†) • Elliot Nightray (†)
|Adoptive Members
|Gilbert Nightray • Vincent Nightray (†) •
|Mrs. Finn
|Previous Valets
|Leo • Hans (†) • Echo (†)
|Raven • Dormouse • Humpty Dumpty (†)
|v - e - t
|Sheryl Rainsworth
|Previous Dukes/Duchesses
|Raymond Nightray (†) • Arthur Barma (†) • Sara Vessalius (†) • Bernard Nightray (†) • Bernice Nightray (†) • Oscar Vessalius (†) • Rufus Barma(†)
|Gilbert Nightray • Alice • Sharon Rainsworth • Reim Lunettes • The General • Turner
|Previous Members
|Jack Vessalius (†) • Gruner (†) • Vincent Nightray • Elliot Nightray (†) • Fred Nightray (†) • Claude Nightray (†) • Ernest Nightray (†) • Vanessa Nightray (†) • Shelly Rainsworth (†) • Calum Lunettes (†) • Xerxes Break (†)
|Oz • Raven • Snap-Dragon-Fly • Owl • Equus
|Previous Chains
|Dodo • Dormouse • March Hare • Rocking-Horse-Fly (†) • Mad Hatter


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An object printed in 3D can change a person's life or that of a community? The revolution of 3D printing can make the world a better place?
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"Why participate in the contest 3DPRINTforAID? I rather ask: why not do it "Says Antonello Balestrieri of Thingarage, "3DPRINTforAID is an ideal contest for a Maker: he opened a brief, very few constraints, leaves great room for creativity and the fantasy. And most of all is for a good cause: to improve the living conditions of the less fortunate. And 'certainly the most ambitious contest that Thingarage has hosted on the platform since its inception, but we are sure that will give us great satisfaction. "
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The postal processing center north of the airport is once again being considered for closure.
This time, the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is weighing whether to consolidate the local Manasota mail processing center at 850 Tallevast Road with a plant in Fort Myers. In the past, the USPS has eyed merging the local plant with its Tampa office; either move would force the relocation of more than 300 local workers.
A study that looked at a merger with Tampa found that consolidating there would not save the USPS any money.
The Tampa office is about 50 miles from the Manasota location; the Fort Myers center is even further away, at roughly 90 miles.
Local postal workers, who only recently received a reprieve from the potential consolidation with Tampa, are worried that any merger would result in families being uprooted, and their union contracts being broken and possible layoffs.
"We don't see how they would save any money either," Jim DeMauro, president of the Manasota branch of the American Postal Workers Union, said of the new study. "They're not releasing any information on why they think it would be more feasible. We have spouses, children who live in the community. There's a lot of uncertainty right now."
Postal officials say the study, which will take about five months to complete, is part of a nationwide effort to re-examine all of its operations for potential savings.
"Instead of just arbitrarily saying, 'Oh, there won't be any savings,' we want to do a study to determine that," Postal Service spokeswoman Enola Rice said of the Fort Myers study.
She said she did not know how much the study would cost.
Similar studies nationwide led the Postal Service to announce this week it would consolidate 183 centers. The mail service, which is fully funded through sales and gets no federal assistance, has pledged to reduce its operating costs by $20 billion by 2015 to return to profitability.
Rice said that due to union protections, if the Manasota location were to be consolidated, the more than 300 employees there would be offered jobs elsewhere in the USPS.
DeMauro also said consolidating operations would likely lead to slower mail service.
"It's too far for the mail to travel to maintain the level of standards that we're used to," he said.
Since 2006, mail volume has declined by 25 percent as more customers move to doing their business through the Web. The situation is widely regarded as a crisis for the USPS and its leaders have been working with Congress to find a solution.
The postal processing center north of the airport is once again being considered for closure.


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Monday, July 25, 2011
Walgreens run!
I was talking to Shannan last week about how excited we were for Walgreen's this week! They have some great deals that you will want to get in on before it's all gone! Unfortunately for me, they were out of a couple things I wanted (no Pure Silk shave cream, no Oral B Indicator toothbrushes, sad face), but I just readjusted my plan. Here's what I did:
Transaction #1
6 -3 Musketeers bars, .49 ea
2 Twizzlers, 2/$3
2 Scunci hair bands, 2/$3
1 Tylenol Precise, $7.99
- (3) .50/2-3 Musketeers bars, RP 6/25
-(2) .75/1 Twizzlers, found in store blinkie
-$5/1 Tylenol Precise product here, NLA but there's one for $2 available!
-$3/1 Tylenol Precise Walgreens booklet coupon
-$3 RR from last week
Total: 2.93! (+.87 tax), plus I got a $3 RR for the Scunci, and $1 from the Twizzlers!
Transaction #2:
4 Scotch Magic tape, 1.99 ea, BOGO free w/in ad coupon
1 Dentek Flosser 2.99
1 Walgreen's Tampon, 1.50
2 Skintimate Shave Cream, 1.99 ea w/in ad coupon
3 filler candies, .25 ea
-(2) $1.50/1 Skintimate Shave Cream printable
-(4) $1/1 Scotch Magic tape from printable here
-$6 RR from previous transactions and last week
Total: .20! (+.83 tax) Received $2 RR from the Dentek and $1.50 RR from the tampons!
Transaction #3
1 Revlon nail clipper, 2.99
1 Tylenol Precise, 7.99
2 Twizzlers, 2/$3
4 Filler candies, .25 ea
-$2/1 Catalina coupon from Walgreens, received last week
-$1/1 Revlon beauty tool printable here
-(2) .75 /1 Twizzlers blinkie found in aisle
-$3/1 Tylenol Precise from Walgreen's July coupon booklet
-$5/1 Tylenol Precise here, NLA but there's one for $2 available!)
-$2 RR from previous transaction
Total: .48! (+.76 tax) Happy dance! I received a $1 RR for the Twizzlers!
Total all together, $3.61 -$1 RR= $2.61 for all that! Walgreen's is quickly becoming a hot spot to coupon!
Remember, if your Walgreens is out of the Pure Silk shave cream as well, and you have the .80/1 coupon from 7/10 SS, you can price match it at Walmart! I plan on going there tomorrow to price match it.
What was your favorite item at Walgreens this week??
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