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It's nearly Christmas, and time is flying by as we approach the festive season. As the year ends, the Greenfield & Hunter team are reflecting on our favourite collections of 2018 from our suppliers. Take a step back in time with us as we share our top picks for the year...
de La Cuona: The beautiful range of Wanderlust by de Le Cuona exudes magnificent texture, colour and simplicity. From patterns to linen blends, explore the range and fall in love.
Thibaut: The newly released Dynasty by Thibaut takes a fresh interpretation of chinoiserie yet with a modern twist. As it's infused with the rich history and elegance of Asian culture, it has proved popular and a go-to throughout the year.
Iksel: Are you looking for a decorative wallpaper? Iksel is renowned for breathtaking works of art, all with the ability to transform any room or space. A must-see range of wallpapers and a top pick for the year.
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Lelievre: A favourite for our team, Lelievre's Voyages Voyages transports you to another world, bringing together the traditional aspects of many cultures, to create an interesting tale. The beautiful fabrics, all available for viewing at our Frewville showroom, are always a go-to for our team.
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Unique Fabrics
Arte: With a range of wallpapers that are truly incredible, Arte is synonymous with innovative and trend-setting high-end wallcoverings. Their collection Curiosa takes inspiration from exotic trinkets, animals and natural features - adding elements of adventure to your home.
Within the range, Flavour Paper has proved extraordinary. Arte's Flavour Paper is truly unique with a bold touch of irony throughout each and every wallpaper.
Textile Company
Misia: The beautiful fabrics from Misia has proved a popular choice for many designers, with many adoring the textiles on offer within the Le Chant de Kayapo collection. The French-brand provides sophisticated and contemporary options for the home, exuding class and elegance.
Trend - trims: In collaboration with Trend, Jaclyn Smith (Home) has created a beautiful range of modern, fresh and contemporary trims for the home. With a wide range of colours, the versatile collection has proved popular with clients over the year.
Domestic Textiles
Decortex: As summer approaches, the need for versatile, durable and well-made outdoor fabrics proves necessary. Decortex's Oasi Collection "Outdoor" has become a viable option for clients in their search for the perfect fabric.
Gaston Y Daniele: The sensational Spanish designer's latest collection, Casilda Book includes a range of designs that are both traditional and contemporary. Fall in love with this range as we have.
Jane Churchill: In her latest collection, Atmosphere IV, Jane Churchill has combined classic English design with a modern contemporary feel. Every year the range presented by the UK designer prove a popular choice with clients.
Westbury Textiles
Westbury's wide range of beautiful and versatile fabrics has made them a staple in client's selection. Their wonderful selection of colourways and textures enables designers to select the perfect option.

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November 3, 2012, WHITE ROCK – Burnaby Lake Rugby Club ended a three-game losing skid on Saturday with an emphatic 52-0 win over Canadian Direct Insurance Premier League new comers Bayside Sharks.
Since defeating Oak Bay's Castaway Wanderers in week one action, Burnaby had dropped three straight including a narrow 20-19 loss at the hands of James Bay last Saturday at MacDonald Park.
Today's win saw Burnaby benefit from the wet conditions as they controlled the match with their forwards. Front row standout and Pacifc Tyee prop Anthony Luca was Burnaby's top player according to their Director of Rugby Simon Smoldon.
"Luca made great decisions throughout the game and was without a doubt our man of the match," Smoldon said. "When he had the ball he kept his legs driving, he ran well and and he scored a try for us."
Burnaby were ahead 28-0 at the break and when Bayside's play caller Pete Clifford went down injured two minutes into the second half, Burnaby kept rolling and notched an additional 24 points.
"Our pack was strong and we played closer to our strengths than we have in our last few games," Smoldon added. "When they lost Clifford we knew they weren't going to come back from that."
New additions to this year's squad also played a big part in the win as Craig McLaughlin scored on his Premier League debut, with strong showings also coming from Matt Alexander and Benoit Piffero.
The win sees Burnaby climb two places in the standings with a 2-3 record, as they leap Bayside (2-5) in the standings. Up next, Burnaby will scrum down against Meraloma Rugby Club (5-1) at Connaught Park on November 17th.
Around the league…
In a rematch of last year's Rounsfell Cup Final at Klahanie Park, reigning champs Capilano (5-2) again came out on top with a 27-6 win over James Bay (3-2) . Meraloma took Vancouver's West Side derby spoils with a 28-10 win over UBCOB Ravens (1-4-1). The Castaway Wanderers (2-3-1) defeated star-studded UVic (3-3) by a score of 30-26.


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DTE Karnataka Diploma Result
Recent Update: Karnataka DTE Diploma Results Nov/Dec 2020 Declared.Links are added below.
Directorate Of Technical Education Karnataka
The Directorate Of Technical Education Karnataka was established in 1959. The DTE Karnataka is a government body responsible for conducting diploma public examinations and awarding Diploma certificates to successful candidates. It also provides procedures for selection of students to Polytechnics.The DTE conducts written examinations throughout the year.
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Memorial Day 2010 at Manila
The glorious, sunny AWON wreath remembered 122 fathers buried or memorialized in Manila.
The wreath was presented this year by Mr. Vicente Lim, Jr. with his grandson Vicente Lim, IV's assistance.
Mr. Lim's father is listed on The Tablets of the Missing at the cemetery.
Mr. Vicente Lim, right, with his Grandson, Vicente Lim IV with the AWON wreath.
Manila Cemetery Staff and Officials from left: Eric Santos (Procurement Chief), Hermie Lexlix (Cemetery Guide),
Chito Banaban (Utilities Chief), Odette Cruz (Cemetery Guide), Jejomar Binay (Vice President of Philippines),
Larry Adkison (Manila Superintendent), Jejomar Binay, Jr. (Mayor of Makati City, Manila),
Bert Caloud (Assistant Manila Superintendent), and two unknown men.
In Their Memory
Thanks to Assistant Superintendent Bert Caloud for the photos,
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Posts Tagged 'Bell Witch'
Datebook – October 28, 2010
It's Thursday, October 28.
Murray's Playhouse in the Park brings Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" to stage this weekend and next. It opens tomorrow night at 7 and there's a 7 p.m. show Saturday, 2:30 p.m. show Sunday. Tickets are 8 to $11 at the box office, 270-759-1752, or through playhouseinthepark.net.
The National Quilt Museum's 2nd Annual Halloweeen Black Light tours are tomorrow at 5:15 and 6 p.m. The 30 minute tours cost $5. Specialty threads and fabrics glow under the black lights. The Museum is at 215 Jefferson Street in downtown Paducah.
Southwestern University professor of guitar David Asbury performs a concert tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in Performing Arts Hall, 2nd Floor, Murray State's Old Fine Arts, and admission is free.
Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. hear Christian County historian William T. Turner tell the tale of the Bell Witch at the Pennyroyal Area Museum, 217 east Ninth Street in Hopkinsville. Admission is $2.
See wkms.org for details about our election night coverage with NPR, KET and WKMS News.


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An heir who stands to inherit the estate, title, or office of an intestate ancestor, but whose claim can be defeated if a relative who is closer to the ancestor is born prior to the ancestor's death.
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(Law) property law a person who expects to succeed to an estate but whose right may be defeated by the birth of one nearer in blood to the ancestor. Compare heir apparent
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The Quest for Afterlife Knowledge
These Exercise CDs are the companion to the Afterlife Knowledge Guidebook. The book contains twenty-six exercises whose verbal guidance is an integral and essential part of learning the Art of Retrieval & Afterlife Exploration. These exercises are similar to a form of guided meditation. Written scripts for each of the exercises are provided in the book for those on very tight budgets who wish to create their own exercise tapes. Those haven't the time or technical skills to do that may wish to purchase these audio exercise recordings.
All twenty-six exercises, recorded in the author's voice, are available for
purchase as either a boxed set of six Audio CDs or as a single MP3 CD. The
Audio CDs are suitable for use with any standard Audio CD player. The MP3 CD
is suitable for use with an MP3 CD player. For those with the technical skills
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"We continue to love Invenias as a company and support system. We are often approached to change services, tech support partners, and we unequivocally remain loyal to Invenias. You meet our needs wonderfully and provide exceptional service time and time again. Thank you for your continued support, and for providing a quality product we can count on."
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Rasch - My Moments - Homely design from circles, stripes and patterns in fresh colors.
In this modern Vliestapeten collection "My Moments" by Rasch, modern color combinations with classic patterns like stripes and circles add. As the name of the collection itself expresses the motto "my moments" especially by the lively wallpaper collection.


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I've been fascinated by a topic lately and have spent a lot of time thinking about it and talking with others to get their opinions on it. It is not politics, church, sports or any of the myriad of topics almost everyone has some sort of well-defined opinion on. It's something much more important than that.
I wanted to know what people's opinions of themselves are. Many are hesitant to explain how they see themselves. When they do, it is through the lenses of doubt, fear, failure, not being good enough and a myriad of other negative thoughts they have accumulated over the years.
No other opinion you have is as valuable as the one you have of yourself! Let's take this next week to give ourselves grace for past mistakes, accept ourselves as being imperfect and focus on seeing the good we each have within us.


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A Swan Valley restoration project in the Caribou Targhee National Forest was cancelled. Tuffy Backhoe & Excavation is low bidder for waste water treatment facility parking improvements in Boise, at $17,447. Seven bidders. Seubert Excavators is low bidder for 2010 ...Read More »
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Veterans Affairs Medical Center heat exchanger replacements, Buildings 44, 67 and 77, Boise. Bids 2 p.m. Mountain Nov. 30 to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Northwest Boise Sewer District closed-circuit television work, pump station annual cleaning and maintenance. Bids 2 ...Read More »
Galerie Belle Ame Silverstone Plaza, a fine-art gallery, is slated to open Dec. 2 in Silverstone Plaza, a new building in the Silverstone development in the southeast quadrant of Eagle and Overland roads, Meridian. "We anticipate a successful partnership with ...Read More »
BBB: Text-message scam reports rising
Look out for a text-messaging scam known as "SMiShing," the Better Business Bureau warns. Reports of Short Message Service "phishing" attempts are on the rise, officials with the BBB of Southwest Idaho and Eastern Oregon say. Phishing is an identity ...Read More »
Energy: What's the future for Idaho's energy demand — Roundtable
Each quarter the Idaho Business Review and the law firm of Holland &?Hart join together to bring experts to the table to discuss topical issues of concern. The topic All but 14 states have adopted renewable energy portfolio standards or ...Read More »
Plenty of thanks to share
This has been a tough year but by no means the toughest of years. Many people have lost a lot, and some people have lost everything, but the Republic remains, spending is up, our chosen President is at the helm, ...Read More »
Cattle on feed numbers rise
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market from Idaho feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 210,000 head on Nov. 1, the National Agricultural Statistics Service reported. The cattle on feed inventory was up 2 ...Read More »
Survey: More than a quarter of households to shop Friday
Twenty-six percent of U.S. households plan to shop on the Friday after Thanksgiving, the International Council of Shopping Centers-Goldman Sachs Holiday Consumer Survey found. And 36 percent of consumers aged 18 to 34 plan to shop on that day, which ...Read More »
ACHD adjusting signal timing ahead of busy post-holiday traffic
Anticipating heavy traffic in the Boise area following the Thanksgiving holiday, the Ada County Highway District is taking steps to ease congestion. Shoppers headed to the Boise Towne Square Mall on "Black Friday," Nov. 27, will get extra green-light time ...Read More »


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Congratulations to Ann Parrott (Left) and Tracey Wragg (right) who have been taken on permanently by our client after successfully completing a temporary to permanent placement!
Here they are pictured with our Consultant Danielle from Long Eaton, who popped down to see them and deliver their certificates.
We wish you all the best of luck for the future, Ann and Tracey!
Whilst on the subject of successful workers – check out our Temp of the Month archives!


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Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (NASDAQ:ASPS), International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) and Organovo Holdings Inc. (NYSEMKT:ONVO) made big gains early in the day this Tuesday. Receptos Inc. (NASDAQ:RCPT), Sears Canada Inc. (NASDAQ:SRSC) and Caesars Acquisition Company (NASDAQ:CACQ) posted losses.
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Altisource Portfolio Solutions climbed +19.14% this morning. The stock has climbed +48% over the past five days, though it is still well in the red year-to-date. Leon Cooperman holds 2.26 million ASPS shares.
International Game Technology surged +13.01% in the wake of news that it will merge with GTECH. The combined companies will be known as International Game Technology PLC and will be headquartered in the U.K. As per its most recent 13F filing, Farallon Capital holds 11.32 million IGT shares, representing a 4.58% stake in the company.
Organovo Holdings calimbed +7.6% early in the day. The development-stage company recently entered into a research collaboration agreement with L'Oreal. Tiger Global has a small stake in the company.
Receptos Inc. Dips
Receptos Inc. dipped -6.34% today but remains up +22% YTD. The drug maker is reported to be fielding takeover interest from potential buyers. This is another Farallon Capital pick.
Sears Canada tumbled -5.54% early in the day. The stock has declined nearly -40% over the past year, though it has remained somewhat flat in 2015. Edward Lampert has a 27.59% stake in SRSC, and Bruce Berkowitz has a 13.84% stake.
Caesars Acquisition Company fell -4.4% and is down -39% in 2015. George Soros, John Paulson and Leon Cooperman have stakes in the firm.


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Apple: hands down the most successful American
company. Between the ubiquity of their devices and
the almost fanatical loyalty of their customers, it should come as no surprise that Apple recently
became the first trillion-dollar company listed on the American stock market. And yet, just twenty years ago Apple was on
the verge of bankruptcy and it wasn't Steve Jobs that saved them, but rather their greatest
rival at the time, Microsoft. This video is brought to you by Dashlane. Never forget your passwords again by registering
with the link in the description. The Apple of 1997 was a very different company. It wasn't selling smartphones, they weren't
even invented yet, but what they were selling was computers. Back then Apple was a computer company and
that was even reflected in their name, but by all accounts it was a company in decline. Apple's computers were simply too expensive
to be massively popular. They did have good margins, but their market
share was abysmal. You see, Apple refused to license its operating
system to other companies, which had no choice but to go to the only other player in town,
Microsoft. Now, keep in mind back in the 1990s the vast
majority of computers were used for commercial purposes. Their main value was the software they had,
and if your computer didn't have the necessary programs developed for it, well then it was
effectively useless for big companies. In 1997 Microsoft had a staggering 90% market
share, and unsurprisingly almost all the software that was being developed at the time was made
for Windows. Every software developer had to make a choice:
he could spend only as much money as necessary to create programs for Windows, or throw almost
twice as much to also support Apple, which had less than 10% market share. It's also worth noting that throughout this
period Steve Jobs wasn't even part of the company: the Apple board of directors had
forced him out in 1985. But in 1997 the situation was truly desperate:
sales were declining rapidly and after a series of unsuccessful CEOs, the Apple board actually
brought Steve back. In February they acquired Next, the company
Steve had started after leaving Apple. But by that point Apple's finances were
in such bad shape that Steve Jobs didn't actually receive cash for this purchase; instead
he received Apple shares, specifically 1.5 million of them. But even that wasn't enough. By the end of July Apple had less than 90
days worth of cash left in the bank. Apple was worth less than $3 billion and had
lost over a billion in a single year. But then, on the 6th of August 1997, Steve
Jobs made an announcement that shocked the world. I'd like to announce one of our first partnerships
today, a very very meaningful one, and that is one with Microsoft. You probably noticed that the crowd's response
was hesitant: they just could not comprehend how Apple could possibly partner with their
biggest competitor, who was driving them out of business. As the announcement progressed, things got
worse. Next, we have taken a look at browsers out
there and Apple has decided … Apple has decided to make Internet Explorer its default
browser on the Macintosh. Since we believe in choice. The speech was sounding like a surrender statement. And lastly, Microsoft is making an investment
in Apple. Microsoft is buying $150 million worth of
Apple stock at market price. It is non-voting shares. Notice the keyword here: non-voting. Microsoft wasn't trying to acquire Apple,
instead it was just funding it. But it wasn't just cash that Bill Gates
was offering. The second part of this is Microsoft is committing
to release Microsoft Office on Macintosh for the next five years. The issue with software I mentioned earlier
that was basically bringing Apple down, was being solved by Bill Gates single-handedly. No one would ever purchase an Apple computer
without Microsoft Office on it and here is Bill Gates giving it away for shares at market
price, which he could have just purchased off of the market. So why did Bill Gates do it? Why save Apple on the eve of what would've
been their death at the hands of Microsoft? Well, as you probably guessed, Bill Gates
wasn't doing this out of the kindness of his heart. In fact, back then Bill Gates had a rather
negative reputation. He wasn't really into philanthropy yet;
instead, he was seen as a cutthroat businessman willing to do anything to succeed in his industry. And by all accounts Microsoft was successful;
so successful in fact, that it was attracting the attention of antitrust regulators. The Department of Justice had been preparing
its case against Microsoft since 1993, and obviously Bill didn't want his company broken
up, so what better way to show that Microsoft isn't a monopoly than by literally propping
up his competition. Less than a year after the Apple partnership,
the DOJ summoned Bill Gates for a painstaking three-day-long deposition. By the way, you can tell a lot about someone
based on how they act during these things. Did you ever have any discussions with any
representative of Real Networks concerning what products Real Networks should or should
not offer or distribute? No. Notice how long he takes before giving an
answer, carefully considering how his responses could be used against him. A program designed to assist in the performance
of a specific task, such as word processing, accounting or inventory management. I'd say it's a pretty vague definition. Is it accurate as far as it goes? I'd say it's vague but accurate. Throughout the deposition he'd attack definitions
and remain as vague as possible because he knew that by saving Apple a year earlier he
had really saved Microsoft. The DOJ, of course, eventually gave up and
in 2001 cleared Microsoft with minimal punishments. And as to what happened with the Apple shares
Microsoft had, well, Bill Gates got rid of them as soon as they had served their purpose. Once the Department of Justice had settled
with Microsoft, Bill Gates converted his preferential, non-voting Apple shares into regular stock. In total he ended up with 18.2 million shares
of Apple, which he sold in 2003. Now, keep in mind this was after the dot-com
bubble had crashed and in 2003 Apple's stock price was still extremely low compared to
its pre-bubble heights. So just how much money did Bill Gates miss
out on? Well, Apple has been performing so well since
2003 that its stock has split twice in that time, once at a 2:1 ratio in 2005 and a second
time at a 7:1 ratio in 2014. Thus the 18.2 million shares then would be
254 million today. As of August 2018 Apple's stock price is
roughly $210 a piece, which would make Microsoft's former stake be worth $53.5 billion today. So yeah, Bill Gates might have missed out
on a few billion dollars, but hey at least he doesn't have to worry about remembering
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amazing features, I'm giving you a free trial of Dashlane and 10% off their premium
service if register using the link in the description. Anyway, thanks for watching. Make sure to like, subscribe, leave a comment,
check out my Patreon, check out my Skillshare class and register for Dashlane and I think
that's it. You'll be hearing again from me in about
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The RSPCA says it's shocked by the discovery of 40 sick cats dumped in a state forest north of Brisbane.
Most of the cats are suffering from cat flu and two had already died when the RSPCA was alerted about the find in the Beerburrum State Forest this week.
"This large number of cats ... dumped there is virtually unprecedented. This is why we have a feral cat problem, because people dump cats and their litters in the bush. It's extremely disturbing," RSPCA spokesman Michael Beatty told ABC radio.
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Residential solar electricity adoption: What motivates, and what matters? A case study of early adopters
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This research explores the question, what motivates homeowners to adopt residential solar electric technology? Through interviews with 48 people across the state of Wisconsin, this paper examines the relative importance environmental motivations, economic considerations, and the demographic characteristics and network relations influencing the adoption and diffusion of innovations. This study suggests (1) environmental values alone are not enough, and are not always necessary, to motivate adoption; (2) rational economic calculation in the narrow sense of calculated return on investment or payback period is less important than the particular timing of economic events within a household; and (3) perceiving oneself as an early adopter is only important for some, while communication through social networks occurs in the context of communities of information. Further, these Wisconsin homeowners shared an unexpected characteristic that they identified as motivating adoption – an interest in technical innovation and enjoyment of the technical aspects of energy systems. The findings from this empirical case study offer general insight for understanding investment in renewable energy technologies at the residential scale, suggesting means of improving environmental and energy policy and highlighting avenues for future research.
Publisher's Statement
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Publisher's version of record: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2014.01.001
Publication Title
Energy Research & Social Science
Recommended Citation
Schelly, C.
Residential solar electricity adoption: What motivates, and what matters? A case study of early adopters.
Energy Research & Social Science,
2, 183-191.
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Energy2green Wind And Solar Power System
The simplest and oldest mathematical model which describes the wind turbine dynamics is the Rankine-Froude actuator-disk model. The concept was introduced by R.E. Froude in 1889 [68], after W.J.M. Rankine [231] had introduced the momentum theory. In this model the rotor is replaced by an "actuator-disk", which is a circular surface of zero thickness than can support a pressure difference, and thus decelerate the air through the disk. Physically, the disk could be approximated by a rotor with an infinite number of very thin, draggles blades rotating with a tip speed much higher than the wind velocity. The actuator-disk model is thus an approximation of a real wind turbine rotor (which has only a small number of blades). As a result the flow of the actuator-disk will be very different from that of a real rotor, which is unsteady, with a wake of discrete vorticity corresponding to the discrete loading.
The principal use of the actuator-disk model is to obtain a first estimate of the wake-induced flow, and hence the total induced power loss. Note that the actual induced power loss will be larger than the actuator-disk result because of the nonuniform and unsteady induced velocity. The assumptions on which the Rankine-Froude actuator-disk theory are based are as follows:
1. Steady, homogeneous wind;
2. No obstructions to wind flow either upstream or downstream;
3. Uniform flow velocity at disk;
4. Wind flow passing through disk separable from remaining flow by well-defined streamtube (see Fig. 3.5);
5. Wind flow incompressible (i.e. air density, p, is constant);
Assumption 3 requires that the disk slows the wind equally at each radius, which is equivalent to assuming uniform thrust loading at the disk. Uniform thrust loading is, in turn, equivalent to considering an infinite number of rotor blades.
Figure 3.5: The energy extracting streamtube of a wind turbine. By removing some of the kinetic energy in the wind, the wind flow that passes through the disk plane will slow down. Assuming incompressible wind flow, the cross-sectional area of the streamtube must expand in order to accomodate the slower moving air.
Figure 3.5: The energy extracting streamtube of a wind turbine. By removing some of the kinetic energy in the wind, the wind flow that passes through the disk plane will slow down. Assuming incompressible wind flow, the cross-sectional area of the streamtube must expand in order to accomodate the slower moving air.
Now consider the flow diagram of Fig. 3.6 for a cylindrical control volume of cross-sectional area S and note sections 0, 3, 2, and 1. Let A be the area of the rotor disk and p be the air density. Wind approaches the rotor at velocity Vw far upstream at section 0 at static pressure p0. Kinetic energy is extracted by the rotor, and the reduced velocity causes the the streamline to expand.
Figure 3.6: One-dimensional flow past the disk plane of an actuator-disk.
Figure 3.6: One-dimensional flow past the disk plane of an actuator-disk.
Fig. 3.7 shows this principle for a non-loaded and loaded machine. For instance, for a turbine with zero loading, the wind velocity in the rotor plane (Vax) is equal to the undisturbed wind velocity (Vw), while an operating and hence loaded turbine slows down the wind velocity to a lower value. If the velocity decrease induced by the rotor is v, then the velocity at the disk is Vw — v = Vax, while far downstream at section 1 the wind has been slowed further to velocity V^ and the pressure has returned to p0. The difference between the axial component of the wind velocity and the axial flow velocity in the rotor plane is usually called the "induced" velocity, the velocity induced by the presence of the turbine.
Figure 3.7: Wind turbine with (r) and without (I) loading. Vw is the undisturbed wind velocity, Vax is the wind velocity at the rotor disk position, and Vœ is the velocity far downstream, in the turbine wake. The unloaded wind turbine is transparent to the wind, the loaded turbine decelerates the wind. A change in loading implies a change in "induced" velocity.
The momentum loss of the fluid is the result of the thrust Dax that the rotor exerts against the flow, combined with the net resultant of the external pressure on the control volume, as shown in Fig. 3.6. Since the static atmospheric pressure, p0 acts on the entire control volume, its net resultant is zero.
Within the streamtube, continuity requires that Vw A0 = VaxA = V00Ai. Writing the continuity equation for flow outside the streamtube between sections 0 and 1, it follows that there must be a net flow, , out the sides of the control volume equal to the following:
Newton's second law or equivalently law of motion can be generalized from particles to fluids: "At any instant in steady flow the resultant force acting on the moving fluid within a fixed volume of space equals the net rate of outflow of momentum from the closed surface bounding that volume". This is known as the momentum theorem. Writing the momentum theorem for the cylindrical control volume, it follows pVW2S - Dax = pVW2(S - Ai) + pVlAi + f&f Vw (3.2)
Substituting from Eq. (3.1) and VwA0 = V00Ai gives the thrust as
To slow the wind, a force must be manifested as a pressure drop across the disk. After all, a sudden step change in velocity is not possible because of the enormous accelerations and forces this would require. The static pressure drop just ahead the disk is p3 and just behind the disk p2. Since it is assumed that these pressures do not vary with time, it is also assumed that there is no periodicity in the flow velocity at the rotor plane, a condition that is strictly true only for an infinite number of blades. Applying the Bernoulli theorem from section 0 to section 3 and again from section 2 to section 1, we have
The thrust on the rotor is then
Solving for the pressure difference using Eq. (3.4) and (3.5) gives
Equating Eq. (3.3) and (3.7) and using AVax = AiV00, we find that
Thus, the velocity at the disk is the average of the upstream and downstream velocities. Defining an axial induction factor, a, as the fractional decrease in wind velocity between the free stream and the rotor plane represented by a = — (3.9)
Vw it follows that
For a = 0, the wind is not decelerated and no power is extracted, whereas for a = 0.5, the far wake velocity vanishes, and, without presence of flow behind the turbine, no power is generated. The power extracted from the wind by the rotor is:
Substituting Vax from Eq. (3.10) and Vo from Eq. (3.11), we find that
A power coefficient Cp is then defined as
where the denominator represents the kinetic energy of the free-stream wind contained in a streamtube with an area equal to the disk area. Substituting Eq. (3.14) in Eq. (3.15) results in
The maximum value of the power coefficient Cp occurs when dcp = 4(1 - a)(1 - 3a) = 0
which gives a value of a = 1. Hence
Thus the maximum amount of energy extraction from the wind equals the 57th part of the kinetic energy in the wind. This limit is often referred to as the "Betz limit", or more accurately the "Lanchester-Betz limit". The power coefficient Cp versus the induction factor a is shown in Fig. 3.8. This plot illustrates that the sensitivity of Cp to changes in a in the region 0.2 < a < 0.5, is much less than for a < 0.2. The power coefficient Cp has proved to be the most useful measure of the effectiveness of a wind turbine [261]. The actuator disk "efficiency" nad (i.e. power output divided by power input), on the other hand, is nad = 1 vfv , = 4a(1 - a) (3.20)
since the mass flow rate through the actuator disk is not pAVw, but pAVax or equivalently pAVw(1 — a) using Eq. (3.10). The maximum efficiency of 1 occurs at a = 2 implying zero velocity in the wake (Vœ = 0) and a power coefficient of 1. The actuator disk efficiency is § = 0.889 at the maximum power coefficient of 0.59259.
It must be noted that according to Van Kuik [139] the radial force assumption does not hold true owing to an edge singularity of the actuator disk flow, and that the "real" maximum of the power coefficient is to be expected to be slightly higher than the Betz limit. Apart from this, it is possible to reach much higher power coefficients (i.e. to by-pass the optimum of Betz) with additional devices like tip vanes [262]. These devices are all based on the concentrator and/or ejector principle. But to date almost no such devices have progressed beyond the experimental stage, mainly due to their higher complexity and expense in comparison to the free-running turbine.
The pressure and velocity relationships of an energy extracting actuator-disk are shown in Fig. 3.9.
Upstream Rotor disk downstream
Wind velocity
Po+kpVl total pressure
dynamic pressure iPK2
Static pressure
Figure 3.9: Pressure relationships of an energy extracting actuator-disk. A wind turbine extracts kinetic energy from the wind by slowing down the wind. This results in a rise in the static pressure. Across the rotor swept area there is a drop in static pressure such that, on leaving, the air is below atmospheric pressure. As the air proceeds downstream the pressure climbs back to the atmospheric value causing a futher slowing down of the wind. Thus, between upstream and downstream conditions, no change in static pressure exists but there is a reduction in kinetic energy.
Figure 3.9: Pressure relationships of an energy extracting actuator-disk. A wind turbine extracts kinetic energy from the wind by slowing down the wind. This results in a rise in the static pressure. Across the rotor swept area there is a drop in static pressure such that, on leaving, the air is below atmospheric pressure. As the air proceeds downstream the pressure climbs back to the atmospheric value causing a futher slowing down of the wind. Thus, between upstream and downstream conditions, no change in static pressure exists but there is a reduction in kinetic energy.
The Rankine-Froude actuator-disk model has the following implications:
• The wind velocity at the rotor plane is always less than the free-stream velocity when power is being absorbed (i.e. Vax < Vw);
• This model assumes no wake rotation, i.e. no energy wasted in kinetic energy of a twirling wake;
• Even with the best rotor design, it is evidently not possible to extract more than about 60 percent of the kinetic energy in the wind.
Note that the range of the axial induction factor, a, is from zero for no energy extraction to one-half, at which point the wind theoretically slows to zero velocity behind the rotor. Outside this range, the assumptions made in deriving this model are violated.
Additional data that can be derived from this model include the thrust loading on the rotor. The thrust on the rotor is:
Dax = 2pVw2A [4a(1 — a)] = qA [4a(1 — a)] (3.22)
where q is the dynamic pressure.
If we were thinking of the rotor as a propeller, we would define a thrust coefficient, as follows:
On the other hand, if we were to think of Dax as a drag force on an equivalent flat plate of area equal to that of a rotor disk, we can define a drag coefficient, as follows:
In either case, it is apparent from Eq. (3.16) that for these definitions
Since a flat plate has a drag coefficient of about 1.28, we can note that, for a = 1, we obtain an equivalent drag coefficient of | for a rotor operating at the maximum Cp condition. Thus the rotor thrust is about 30 percent less than that of a flat plate equal in diameter to the rotor. Therefore, it is easy to see that the thrust loads generated by continuing to operate in high winds can be very large, requiring a very strong rotor and tower.
The Glauert limit
The Rankine-Froude actuator-disk model neglects both aerofoil drag and wake rotation (or "swirl"). As a result, the maximum possible level of extracted power will therefore be lower than that predicted by the Lanchester-Betz limit. Glauert developed a simple model for a rotating actuator-disk (i.e. with an infinite number of draggles blades) that includes the effect of wake rotation. The interested reader is referred to Spera [279] for derivation of this model. The corresponding limit is referred to as the "Glauert limit" and is illustrated by the solid line in Figure 3.10. At low tip-speed ratios, the maximum possible power coefficient is reduced because of large rotational kinetic energy captured in the wake. At high tip-speed ratios, the power coefficient approaches Cp,max = 0.59259 (Lanchester-Betz limit) and the wake rotation reduces to zero. The tip-speed ratio is defined here as the ratio between the rotor circumferential speed and the undisturbed wind velocity. Furthermore, typical effects of changing the number of blades Nb and changing the design drag to lift ratio D/L on the power coefficient Cp are added using the empirical relation of Wilson et al. [307]:
XNb0-67 1.92A 2Nb
Note that for an infinite number of draggles blades (i.e. Nb ^ < and D/L = 0) the maximum power coefficient predicted by the empirical relation (3.26) equals the Lanchester-Betz limit for all tip-speed ratios A.
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|Scientific classification
Wang & Zhou, 2003
Sinopterus (meaning "Chinese wing") was a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. It was first described and named by Wang Xiaolin and Zhou Zhonghe. Three species have been classified in this genus, though only two are generally considered to be valid. Sinopterus is known for its proportionally large skull, which has a birdlike pointed beak, a long bony crest that starts with a tall premaxilla and goes back along the middle of the skull to form a point overhanging the rear of the skull, and its lack of teeth.
Description and classification
The type species, S. dongi, is based on IVPP V13363, an articulated, nearly complete skeleton. The skull of this individual was 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) long, and the wingspan was estimated to be 1.2 meters (3.9 feet). The authors suggested that it was an omnivore, and noted that it was the first record of a tapejarid outside of Brazil, and the earliest and most complete tapejarid.[1]
A second species, S. gui, was named by Li, Lü, and Zhang in 2003 based on BPV-077, another nearly complete skeleton from the Jiufotang Formation. It was said to differ from S. dongi mainly in its smaller size (only about half the size of S. dongi) and the presence of a notarium,[2] though this was later disproved.[3] Some later studies found S. gui to simply represent a younger specimen of S. dongi,[4] though one large analysis in 2014 found it to be a more primitive tapejarid closely related to Nemicolopterus.[5]
A third species was referred to Sinopterus in 2007, S. jii. This species was first named by Lü & Yuan in 2005 as the type species of a new genus, which they named Huaxiapterus. Two later studies in 2007 and 2011 both showed that H. jii was in fact more closely related to Sinopterus than to two other species also assigned to Huaxiapterus, "H." corollatus and "H." benxiensis. Both groups of researchers concluded that Huaxiapterus jii should therefore be reclassified as Sinopterus jii, and that the other two species of "Huaxiapterus" require a new genus name.[3][4] However, a more complete phylogenetic analysis showed that Sinopterus may actually be an intermediate step in the grade between H. jii and the other two Huaxiapterus species, making Sinopterus paraphyletic if H. jii is included.[5]
In 2016, another species, S. lingyuanensis, was named. It differs from other species in the proportions of its nasoantorbital fenestra, its rostral index, the relative sizes of its femur and tibia, and the relative sizes of the first and second wing digits.[6]
See also
- ^ Wang, X.; Zhou, Z. (2003). "A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China and its implications for biostratigraphy" (PDF). Chinese Science Bulletin. 48: 16–23. doi:10.1007/bf03183326. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-27.
- ^ Li, J.; Lü, J.; Zhang, B. (2003). "A new Lower Cretaceous sinopterid pterosaur from the Western Liaoning, China". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 42 (3): 442–447.
- ^ a b Kellner, A.W.A.; Campos, D.A. (2007). "Short note on the ingroup relationships of the Tapejaridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea)". Boletim do Museu Nacional. 75: 1–14.
- ^ a b Pinheiro, F.L., Fortier, D.C., Schultz, C.L., De Andrade, J.A.F.G. and Bantim, R.A.M. (in press). "New information on Tupandactylus imperator, with comments on the relationships of Tapejaridae (Pterosauria)." Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, in press, available online 03 Jan 2011. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0057
- ^ a b Andres, B.; Clark, J.; Xu, X. (2014). "The Earliest Pterodactyloid and the Origin of the Group". Current Biology. 24: 1011–6. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.030. PMID 24768054.
- ^ Lü, Junchang; Teng, Fangfang; Sun, Deyu; Shen, Caizhi; Li, Guoqing; Gao, Xia; Liu, Hanfeng (2016). "The Toothless Pterosaurs from China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 90 (9): 2513–2525.


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Other members of the PDP also in the race include Aminu Tambuwwal, Sule Lamido, Kabiru Turaki, Attahiru Bafarawa, Datti Baba-Ahmed, Ahmed Makarfi, Jonah Jang and David Mark.
Officials said at least 4,000 delegates from the 36 states and the capital Abuja were expected to vote at the PDP primaries in the oil hub of Port Harcourt, in the heartland of the Niger delta, in an event due to extend to Sunday.
Atiku Abubakar won on Sunday nearly half the votes cast in a primary race to become the main opposition challenger to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in next year's elections, party officials said. Atiku and Saraki, coming second place, had a total of 11 per cent, while Kwankwaso staggered behind with a slightly lower percentage of 10 per cent.
Jonathan also appealed to delegates to choose rightly even as he commended the spirit of sportsmanship of the aspirants for choosing to support whoever emerged as the party's presidential candidate.
"I want to pay tribute to each and every one of them assure you that I am ever ready to work with each and every one of them for the realisation of the victory of our party in the forthcoming elections".
"We are with you and confident that with us as a team May 29 2019 will be a day that our party will take over".
" As former Speaker House of Representatives, what we did still speaks volume".
Nigerians on social media are trolling the Senate President for not winning the primary election after putting in some much efforts.
In their reactions, some Nigerians believe Mr Abubakar is a worthy candidate able to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari in next year's election; others, however, say a younger and "less corrupt" candidate would have been a better option.


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Best Female Vocal / Best New Talent / Producers of The Year Liza Ohlback!
Its not often Australia gets to witness artists such as Liza Ohlback ! Mas entertainment has had the pleasure of getting to know this artist and are now making her available to our most discerning clients who want something beyond the standard main stream music so commonly requested.
"I am delighted to present artists such as Liza for our corporate clients and our private parties" Mary Anne CEO of Mas Entertainment states – " its just a breath of fresh air to have this caliber of artist available and I feel our clients are going to be treated to something unique with the addition of Liza to the MAS stable of artists"
Liza is joined by husband Greg Ohlback on Drums, Percussion & Vocals. Greg also recorded, mixed and produced the album and snapped the photos for the CD. The Album also features Eric Rasmussen (Doug Williams, Ian Moss) on Guitar & Vocals, Rick Melick (Joe Bonamassa) on Keyboards , Pete Rundle (Armondo Hurley) Keyboards, Zoltan Budai (Ray Beadle, Richard Clapton) Bass, Dave Weir (Jackie Orsasky) on Sax, plus some guest appearances by other well known Sydney musicians. Sensational Singers Dee Lavell, Dan Markovina, Evelyn Duprai, Chiara Browne and Lee Noonan all contributed to the fabulous Backing Vocals, giving the Album a rich and soulful Gospel/Soul Style sound.


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After making the coffee caramel in this mocha caramel slab you'll want to put it in and on everything! Paired with the soft chocolate cookie dough base and the thin layer of chocolate on top it's one cake you won't regret making. We sprinkled some extra coffee powder on top but that's an optional step. Enjoy with your afternoon cup of coffee or tea for the perfect tea time treat.
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The 15-story Beaver Building, commissioned by the Century Realty Co. as a speculative office building, was designed in the neo-Renaissance style. The steel-framed, flatiron-shaped structure, with its two major facades joined in a rounded corner, occupies a narrow quadrilateral lot, at the juncture of Beaver and Pearl Streets near Wall Street, created by the original colonial street plan.
The design has the tripartite arrangement of base-shaft-capital common to many of New York's early skyscrapers, with a stone base, a midsection faced in brick laid in bands of tan and buff shades, and a top section richly ornamented with glazed terracotta in shades of green, cream, and russet, incorporating both classically-derived and abstract geometric motifs.
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|Buzard, Kingston Lisle,
15 July 2006
One of my better flight shots
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|Lapwing, Shellingford
Pit, Oxon
1 July 2006
A closer shot.
|Lapwing, Shellingford
Pit, Oxon
17 June 2006
|Swift, Home, Oxon
10 June 2006
|Pheasant, Kingston
Lisle, Oxon
10 June 2006
"Car hide" shot - by road!
|Sand Martin,
Shellingford Pit, Oxon
3 June 2006
Flight shots of small, fast flying birds are not easy even with a DSLR, for a beginner anyway. The best of many attempts!
|Woodpigeon, Wantage,
3 June 2006
Unlike digiscoping, flight shots are at least feasible with a DSLR, but need plenty of practice.
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Whitethroat, Wantage, Oxon
3 June 2006
Getting close enough to small passerines for DSLR is a challenge outside the garden. These two benefited from the x1.4 converter.
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This fonds consists of personal records of both George T. Taylor and William P. Taylor. Included is a single diary (1869-1871) belonging to William P. Taylor in which he records details of his activities as a carpenter and joiner, as well as those of his sons, John and George. He also mentions George's work as a photographer and John's work as a builder and repairer of steam engines, along with local events, notably, fires, earthquakes, and hangings.
George T. Taylor's records include a diary (1901-1905) and a notebook (pre-1900) pertaining to his career as a photographer. The diary contains information on his daily activities, his business and personal finances, local and family events, and his travels, including his 1901 canoe trips in Oromocto Lake and French Lake.
His undated notebook records details of a photographic tour, which included stops at Sussex, Pointe-du-Chêne, Shediac, Richibucto, Chatham, Bathurst, Tobique, and Grand Falls. It also includes a sketch titled "North West," a listing of trip expenses, and listings of "card pictures" or photographs taken. There are also copies of issues of "Photographic Notes" (1860); "The Philadelphia Photographer" (1876-1868); "The Photographic Times" (1871, 1877); Anthony's "Photographic Bulletin" (1874); "The Photographic Journal", the "Journal of the Photographic Society" (1859-1867); indexes of the latter publication for the years 1859 and 1860; and George Taylor's copy of "The Painter, Gilder and Varnisher's Companion," published in 1868.
Also included are a pass issued in 1863 by Lieutenant-Governor Arthur H. Gordon to George Taylor granting him the authority to take photographs throughout the province; a letter to Taylor (1911) regarding a fire insurance policy; transcriptions of extracts of notices published in "The Sentinel and New Brunswick General Advertiser" (1939) relating to the Bank of British North America, the Bank of New Brunswick, and the Commercial Bank of New Brunswick; and a transcription of an extract of Edmund Ward's account of his 1839 tour through northern and eastern New Brunswick.
Lastly, the fonds contains a watercolour depicting hunters at a campsite, possibly by George T. Taylor, and more than 913 photographs or negatives taken by or credited to George T. Taylor. Photographs that may have been taken by a photographer other than George Taylor have been identified. Many of Taylor's photographs are of Fredericton and area (Oromocto, Marysville, Devon) landmarks, street scenes, commercial enterprises, residences, and special events. There are photographs of businesses, residences, scenes, and landscapes taken in the Grand Falls, Boiestown, Edmundston, and Tobique areas, as well as in other communities in the province. Also included are portrait photographs, photos of Taylor family members, and shots of construction sites (bridges and railways) and steamboats on the lower St. John River. The photographs are located in P5.
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It was always going to be one of their hardest weekends of their attempt to gain promotion to the Super League and that's how it played out as the Toronto Wolfpack fell to Salford 28-16. Coming into the match Salford had yet to lose a game and they currently are still the only unbeaten team in the competition. Toronto was sitting in third place and automatic promotion but after losing to Salford they are now in fourth place which would put them in the "Million Pound Match."
Still, even though Toronto sit in fourth place it's all about point differential. Leeds, Toulouse, and Hull KR all have four points in the standings with two wins and two losses a piece. If Toronto move up they are going to need to have a higher point differential.
Up next for Toronto is a return home to Canada where they will face Toulouse. After that they stay in Toronto to face winless Widnes. If they can navigate the next two weeks with wins they should be in good position for their final match on the road to Leeds.


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The Gen2wave's RP70 is a 7" rugged tablet deployed with windows 10 IoT Enterprise. However, the RP70 will also be available with Android in October/November.
It has a 7 inch 1280x800 (WXGA) Display which is perfectly readable outside due to the display being 700 NITS.
The RP70 has a built in 2D imager and an integrated NFC reader, it also has a 8 megapixel rear camera.
With 4G LTE and Wifi the rugged tablet can always be connected, even on the road.
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China Gay Adventure Tour
Lijiang, Qiaotou, Shangri-la, Deqin County, Mt Kawagebo, Cizhong, Tacheng, Shigu, and more!
15 Days From/To Lijiang, China4 Days Pre-Tour Extension to Beijing
May 2 – 16, 2020
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Join us on our China Gay Adventure Tour of epic proportions! Cycle through towns holding tight to traditional ethnic cultures and Tibetan history and around a serene mountain lake, hike to a Holy Waterfall, brimming with contagious spiritual energy, experience romantic sunrises, partake in the feeding of the black snub-nosed monkey and raft down the Great Bend of the Yangtze Rivers remarkable 10,000-foot-deep gorge, almost twice as deep as the Grand Canyon! All this and more as we take a 15-day journey through a region of China still mostly unchanged by modern behavior and pace.
Trek, Cycle & Hike in Chinas Yunnan Province
On this trip, we will explore 120 miles of the Great Bends spectacular Class IV rapids by raft while meeting charming and prideful Naxi people along the way. Well trek the famous Tiger Leaping Gorge, cycle around the Old Town of Shangri-la, visit a monastery, hike to Binghu Ice Lake of the Meili Snow Mountain and much more. Fascinating cultural encounters, heart-pumping adventure, and breath-taking scenery abound on this once in a lifetime adventure.
Yúnnán is the most diverse province in all China, both in its extraordinary mix of peoples and in the splendour of its landscapes. That combination of superlative sights and many different ethnic groups has made Yúnnán the trendiest destination for Chinas exploding domestic tourist industry. With everything from laid-back villages and spa resorts to mountain treks and excellent cycling routes, Yúnnán appeals to all tastes.
China Gay Adventure Tour Highlights
• Explore the Holy Waterfall where Yubengs name originated
• Hike Tiger Leaping Gorge with its 28 Zigzag Bends
• Cycle around Lashihai Lake
• Relax and take in a sunset view of Meili Snow Mountain
• Tour Tacheng Black Snub-Nosed Monkey National Park
• Raft the S turn in Stone Gate Pass on the Yangtze River
• View Mt. Kawagebo Glacier while hiking to Binghu Ice Lake
China Gay Adventure Tour Itinerary
Day 1 - Welcome to Lijiang!Today, we arrive in Lijiang and head to our hotel to get settled in. Lijiang, a well-preserved old city of ethnic minorities and radiant culture, is a central town of the Lijiang Autonomous County of the Naxi Ethnic Minority in Yunnan Province. Located at 7,874 feet above the sea level plateau, embraced by the tree-covered Lion Mountain in the west, Elephant and Golden Row Mountains in the north and vast fertile fields in the southeast with crystal-clear water running throughout. The Old Town is also referred to as the Town of Big Ink Slab (Dayanzhen) due to its resemblance to a big jade ink slab. There are no activities scheduled for today. Enjoy time to recover from your long flights.
Day 2 - Relax in LijiangEnjoy your morning and sleep as long as you need. This afternoon, well have a briefing about our activities for the next 12 days. Welcome dinner to follow!
Day 3 - Lijiang-Qiaotou Town-Tea Horse Guesthouse(7.5 miles/5hrs hiking) Elevation: 8530 feet, Up 2690 feet, Down 984 feet This morning well check out of our hotel and drive to Qiaotou Town, also known as Tiger Leaping Gorge Town. During our ride, well pass Naxi ethnic villages and the Upper Yangtze River with a beautiful panoramic view of the First Bend of the Yangtze River on the way. Our first trek will take place at Tiger Leaping Gorge. This 12,795 feet deep gorge is renowned as one of the worlds four great gorges and is honored as one of the deepest and most marvelous.
We begin our journey at the Qiaotou Primary School and head to Changsheng Village where well pay a visit to Changsheng Hope Primary School. After weve met a few smiling faces, well continue onward to Zhong Nuoyu village where well arrive around noon for lunch in a Naxi Family Guesthouse. Once weve enjoyed our lunch, well take on our first challenge; the 28 Zigzag Bends trail. The lovely Tea Horse Guesthouse is our final destination for the day and where well stay for the evening.
Day 4 - Onward to Shangri-la (4.5 miles/3hrs hiking) Elevation: 7,824 feet, Up 984 feet, Down 2,296 feet This morning well rise early for a hike down to Tinas Guesthouse, passing a high waterfall along the way. At Tinas well enjoy a phenomenal view of the astounding Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. After weve taken some time to soak in the scenery, Shangri-la is just a drive away. Upon arrival in Shangri-la, we enter the Tibetan cultural area and a landscape adorned with barley fields and yak scattered valleys. If time permits, well walk around Dukezong Ancient Town, a crucial checkpoint on the Ancient Tea-horse Trade Caravan spanning from Yunnan, Tibet and ending in India. Here well have the opportunity to see the Thang-ga painting. Thang-ga is a unique style of painting developed in the 7th century Tibetan area and is a Tibetan word that refers to scroll painting mounted with vibrantly colorful satins and fabrics.
Day 5 - Shangri-la: Not Just a Fairytale(13.6 miles Elevation 7,874 feet)Today will be spent sightseeing and cycling around the Old Town of Shangri-la and getting further acclimated to the high elevation. This area dates back 1300 years and with its rich Tibetan-style architecture, there will be plenty to gaze at! Well eat breakfast together and continue our journey by bike to Songzanlin Monastery. The Songzanlin Monastery (constructed in 1679) is the largest Tibetan Monastery in Yunnan and is nicknamed the Lesser Potala due to its resemblance to the magnificent structure in Lhasa. Well gander at its iconic architecture for a couple of hours before enjoying lunch at a local restaurant.
After lunch, its back on our bikes to pedal over to Napa Lake and its Nature Reserve. This reserve is the countrys largest grassland and most scenic area of the plateau. Well have time to walk around and take in its splendor while enjoying authentic Tibetan culture. Dont forget to bring a camera, there will be plenty of things to photograph today. Well return back to our hotel this evening for a delicious dinner together. Youll want to get plenty of rest this evening, we have a big and exciting day ahead of us tomorrow!
Day 6 - Mountains & Beautiful Scenery AboundWe begin our morning with a drive to Deqin County. Along the way, well have fantastic views of various tree species, shimmering streams down the valley, prayer flags, stupas (Buddhist shrines), and Tibetan villages. Well make a stop to visit Nixi Pottery Village and take a jab at our creative side with a local pottery lesson. Then its back on the road for more serene views along the Jinsha River. Benzilan Town will be our next destination for a lunch break. After a delicious lunch, well drive to visit Moon Bend, the First Bend of the Jinsha River, which is the boundary between Sichuan and Yunnan. The Moon Bend is a wonderful place to take in the impressive scenery of the surrounding mountains. If weather permits, well have the rest of the day viewing spectacular sights of impressive Baimang Snow Mountain and a spectacular sunset view of Meili Snow Mountain from a sightseeing Platform where well also catch a view of a cluster of pagodas appropriately named Princes 13 Peaks. Today is an activity free day to allow for acclimating to the elevation.
Day 7 - Making Our Way to Great Heights(11.1miles/7h trekking 10,006 feet)Fancy a picturesque sunrise today? If youre an early riser, head out to enjoy the Golden Mountain where the sunrise delicately graces its snowcapped peak. After breakfast this morning we drive along the Mekong River to reach todays trailhead. Well exit our transportation in Xidang Village, then proceed to hike up to and over a mountain pass to Yubeng, with a picnic lunch along the way. Once weve arrived in Upper Yubeng Village well enjoy dinner tonight in a traditional Tibetan living room. Well rely on horses to carry our luggage to a local guest house where well be spending the evening.
Day 8 - Mt. Kawagebo Glaciers Ice Lake(11.1miles/7h trekking out and back)This morning will be another wonderful opportunity to catch a spectacular sunrise view, this time of the Mt. Kawagebo glacier from the comforts of our guesthouse. Well begin the day with a walk up to Binghu Ice Lake on the Meili Snow Mountain where well journey through the original forest of Yubeng Village where horses and yaks call home. If were lucky enough and keep our eyes peeled for the possibility, well be graced with the sight of local wild animals. In the Glacier Park, a beautiful river walk lined with spruce trees and jaunts over wooden bridges will give us a wonderful view of Mt. Kawagebo Glacier. Our adventure will take us to Ice Lake, located just at the foot of the glacier. After weve taken some time to take in all of the splendor of the day, well trek back to Upper Yubeng to stay overnight in a local guesthouse.
Day 9 - Holy, Waterfall!(8.6 miles/4h trekking roundtrip)If the weather permits, well wake up to another impressive view of the Mt. Kawagebo glacier. After weve enjoyed breakfast, todays hike will take us to the Holy Waterfall, from which Yubengs name originated. Buddhists have been coming to this area for centuries on pilgrimages to circumambulate the waterfall 13 times with the belief that this act will erase all sins from this life. After weve soaked up the energy of such a spiritual environment, we head back up to Yubeng for another nights stay in our guesthouse.
Day 10 - Cizhong and the Grand Canyon(13 miles/5h trekking, 1h drive 6,560 feet)This morning well say goodbye to our home over the past few days and again rely on our luggage to be transported by horseback. Todays journey will take us on a walk along the least traveled path of Yubeng, leading us to Ninong Village. After a scrumptious lunch together well drive to Cizhong where well stay overnight. On the way to Cizhong, a stop to view the impressive and awe-inspiring Grand Canyon is in order with its seemingly endless depth and idyllic scenery.
Day 11 - Monkeying Around in Tacheng TownWell begin the morning with a visit to a local Tibetan Catholic Church and act as spectators during their gathering of prayer. The iconic church was built by French missionaries in 1867 and is shared by Tibetan, Naxi and Lisu people. Youll notice old grapevines planted by these missionaries where the traditional way of winemaking is still held close to heart.
Next, well drive to visit Tongle Village, the most original and ethnic village in the Yunnan Province and home to Lisu and Naxi people. People here reside in charming, traditional houses built of wooden walls and tile roofs.
In the late afternoon, well arrive in Tacheng Town to pay a visit to the Tacheng Black Snub-Nosed Monkey National Park, home to hundreds of the magnificent animals. Weve reached our destination for the evening where well enjoy dinner together before turning in for the night.
Day 12 - River Rafting at Rooster Stone IsletThis morning well head to the park and enjoy a real treat by joining in on the feeding of the snub-nosed monkey. After that begins our rafting adventure tour. The most exquisite part of rafting today will be the Jigong (Rooster) Stone Islet, located in the middle of the Jinsha River in Shangjiang Town. From a distance, you will find a sharp peak resembling a flying rooster, hence the name of Rooster Stone Islet. The Rooster Stone Islet divides the Jinsha River into two parts down the middle which will bring forth exciting rapids, whirlpools, and waves. After an exhilarating day on the water, well set up camp for a surreal overnights stay on the beach island.
Day 13 - Journey to First Bend of the Yangtze RiverWake early this morning and enjoy a sunrise on the Jinsha River with a splendid verdant mountain range backdrop. After enjoying breakfast at our campsite, well hop back on our raft and spend another day on the water with a trip to Shigu Town. Along the way, well navigate through a grand S turn in Stone Gate Pass, a historically important military site. The First Bend of the Yangtze River will bring forth great wonder with a large turn from south to east. Our rafting adventure will end in Shigu Town where transportation will take us back to Lijiang Old Town where well reside for the evening.
Day 14 - Lijiang Around Lashihai Lake(20 miles/2h elevations of 7,217-7,874 feet)Hopefully, youve had enough rest for an easy transition from aquatic to pedaling legs! Our adventure today lands us back on the bike seat for a cycling tour of Lijiang Old Town. Well get a car ride to Baisha Old Town first to avoid the traffic, with a stop to visit Baisha Murals. Painted over 1,000 years ago, the murals display the life stories of Chinas main religions, including Confucianism, Taoism, and Tibetan Buddhism.
After weve had a chance to take in the culture of the city, its time to jump on our bikes and head to Lashihai Lake. Lashihai Lake is a nature reserve rich in biodiversity, here well have the opportunity to pedal around the lake at our leisure. If we carry our lucky charms with us today, we may get the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the endangered black-necked crane. Well loop around the lake, beginning on a paved road which leads us through Naxi villages where Naxi and Yi minorities call home. Have no fear, you adventurous souls, the terrain transitions from pavement to rougher terrain as we loop back around.
Day 15 - Farewell, Yunnan Province!Today we say goodbye to beautiful Yunnan. After breakfast, transfer to Lijiang airport and begin the journey home.
Note: While we plan to follow the itinerary as much as possible, weather, trail conditions, river crossings, and other circumstances may force us to alter the itinerary in this remote and relatively untraveled region.
• All transportation within China;
• Airport transfers on arrival and departure days;
• All hotel service charges, government taxes, porterage, and gratuities for included meals;
• Lodging in boutique hotels for all nights;
• All meals beginning with welcome dinner on Day 2 through breakfast on last morning of Day 15;
• Services of knowledgeable, bilingual local guides and HE Travel Tour Director once a certain client number is met;
• Entrance fees to all sites listed on the itinerary;
• HE Travel provides complimentary Medical & Evacuation Insurance for every US Resident on our group tours who does not have other coverage.
Not Included:
• Airfare to and from starting and ending points;
• Meals on Day 1 and lunch on Day 2;
• Personal items including: alcoholic beverages, snacks, laundry, and telephone calls;
• Gratuities for guides and HE Travel host.
Trip FAQ
Where does the tour start and end?
This tour starts and ends in Lijiang, China.
When do I need to arrive and depart?
Plan to arrive in Lijiang, China any time on Day 1 and depart anytime after 1 PM on Day 15.
What is the Activity Level of This Tour?
Travelers should be comfortable spending a full day walking on uneven hilly terrain and enjoy whitewater rafting, mountain biking, and other activities. This tour will have activities at high altitudes. Most hotels will be modern and comfortable, with private facilities. However, be prepared for one night of lodging at a rustic mountain inn and one evening camping. If you are a gay adventurer in good physical shape and like a challenge, this trip is for you!
What will the hotels be like?
Hotels are 5 stars when possible. Due to being in very remote locations on a couple occasions, 5 stars are not available on all nights. We do stay at the best-rated accommodations in the remote areas. One night will be spent camping on an island while rafting the Yangtze River.
What if I am traveling alone?
Most of our trips draw more single travelers than couples. When couples do join us, its usually because theyre looking forward to interacting with a gay group; if they wanted a holiday by themselves, they wouldnt have signed up to travel with us. Furthermore, the activities included with our trips serve as natural ice-breakers. Within a day, youll be traveling with friends. You dont need to pay the single supplement if youre traveling alone. Well be happy to match you with a roommate. Pay the single supplement only if you want a bedroom to yourself.
May 02 – 16, 2020
Tour Only, Per Person, Double Occupancy.
Tour Only, Per Person, Single Occupancy.(You don't need to pay the single supplement if you're traveling alone. We'll be happy to match you with a roommate. Pay the single supplement only if you want a bedroom to yourself.)
Beijing Pre-Tour ExtensionApril 29 – May 02, 2020
Tour Only, Per Person, Double Occupancy.Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Ming Tombs, The Great WallIncludes all vehicle transportation within China, Airport transfers; Flight from Beijing to Lijiang; 3 nights Lodging in boutique hotels; Breakfast on all days; 1 lunch and 1 dinner; Services local guides; Entrance fees
Tour Only, Per Person, Single Occupancy.Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Ming Tombs, The Great WallIncludes all vehicle transportation within China, Airport transfers; Flight from Beijing to Lijiang; 3 nights Lodging in boutique hotels; Breakfast on all days; 1 lunch and 1 dinner; Services local guides; Entrance fees
Min. Deposit: $1000. Balance Due not later than 90 days before departure
Price does not include payment card charges.
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