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Best media players
We round up the top media players for your TV
If you've got a shiny new TV and a Blu-ray player, but want to play back music or photo or video files from your desktop PC or notebook, a media player is the way to go. You can load up these devices with media files and easily access them, or you can connect them to your home network and stream video easily. We've put together a list of what we think are the best media players in Australia.
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The Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link Director Edition offers all the features one would expect from a second-gen media player. If you'd like internal storage in addition to what this player already offers, consider other media players like the Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD or the Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ instead.
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Camosun's Indigenization plan is aligned with BC's Aboriginal Post-secondary Education and Training Policy Framework and Action Plan, 2012. The vision, goals, actions, and planning contexts of the initiative are addressed in the Indigenization plan, entitled Inspiring Relationships.
Inspiring Relationships
Indigenization is a strong indicator of Camosun's leadership role in regards to Indigenous adult education in British Columbia and beyond. Depicted as a four corner-post house model, Indigenization is reflective of the traditional longhouses of the Lkwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples upon whose territories the college resides.
Indigenization broadens the college's capacity to recognize, respect, acknowledge and integrate Indigenous worldviews by:
- making the institution more welcoming and relevant to Aboriginal learners;
- preparing non-Indigenous students, graduates, and employees to better understand and co-exist with Indigenous peoples;
- demonstrating Camosun's capacity for creativity, innovation, and imagination, and
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Wearing her favorite pair of distressed denims with a white tank and nude pumps, Deepika was photographed in Mumbai recently. With her hair in a knot, it only took a Chloé 'Paraty' bag to finish out the actor's off-duty look.
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Monocle Magpie presents their Sheffield Antiques Quarter flea market at Abbeydale Picturehouse, on the first Sunday of every month. A mixture of general Flea Market stalls and specialist Antiques, Vintage, Retro, Arts, Crafts, Makers & Salvage stalls
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By Lorena Boanda
Rome, Italy's capital city, is one of the most famous travel destinations. What you will want to do when in Rome, especially if it's your first time, is to check off the list some of the city's most popular landmarks and points of interest.
Rome's most famous ruins
Start off by visiting the mighty Colosseum, probably Rome's most relevant symbol. Inaugurated somewhere around 80 A.D. and said to have been able to hold up to 80.000 spectators, the structure used to be the center of epic gladiatorial combats and animal fights. Besides its grandeur, the most astonishing fact is that is has remained relatively intact despite centuries of neglect and despite the fact that it has been used as a quarry.
Strolling through the ruins of the Roman Forum is yet another must-do activity in Rome. You don't have to be passionate about history or architecture to be able to appreciate one of the oldest places from Ancient Rome. Hiring a guide might be extremely beneficial, especially if you want to hear the very interesting stories behind the place.
Enjoy the magnificence of the Spanish Steps and The Pantheon
A visit to Rome without also climbing the Spanish Steps is said to be incomplete and for a good reason. Climb the steps leading to Trinita dei Monti church for an inspiring view of the Piazza di Spagna from atop, one of Rome's fanciest and most crowded places. It is said that throwing a coin in the Trevi Fountain will ensure that you will someday return to Rome. Whether that is true or not, you should still visit Rome's most legendary fountain.
Located in the Piazza Della Rotonda in central Rome, The Pantheon is one of Rome's best preserved Roman buildings. It's also said to be the only architecturally perfect building in the world. Make sure to walk inside and be amazed at the stunning views offered by its incredible dome.
The Vatican and the surroundings
St. Peter's Square is another unique tourist attraction. Located at the front of the Vatican state (Rome holds a small country within a country), the place is sure to leave any unsuspecting wonderer or tourist in complete awe. Slowly take-in the enormity of the square, its central obelisk, and the incredible architecture of the St. Peter's Basilica. While in the area, also consider visiting the Sistine Chapel, famous for its impressively detailed decorations.
Enjoy a bit of tranquility in Rome
While in Rome, you should also ponder about exploring Trastevere, a very bohemian and romantic place in Rome. It's home to some very extravagant jewelry, perfume, and handicrafts boutiques, and also to charming cobblestone streets and beautifully ornate buildings.
If you want to get a feel for the typical daily lives of the people who live in the city, then visiting the Market at Campo de' Fiori is a must. Immerse yourself in the local culture by watching people go about their day or by buying some fresh produce for a picnic. If you're more of a panorama type of person, then consider climbing the Gianicolo Hill for a stunning view of the city and all of its amazing landmarks.
Last but not least, remember that you are in Rome, so make sure to indulge yourself in the local Italian dishes as much as you can. Also, don't forget to try some of Italy's lovely wines, and, of course, don't forget about the mandatory, daily espresso shot.
Finally, probably the best advice of them all: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."


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This election has sunk to a new low.
First some disclosure, I want to be as transparent as possible. For those of you who read this and do not know me, I am a middle aged and white man who is registered as a Republican. I am college educated and my work is a mix of blue, white, and pink collar. As far as religion is concerned, I consider myself a cross between Pagan and Agnostic. I have lived in various states and areas that range from strong Republican to strong Democrat.
From the day Hillary announced that she was running for President of the United States I knew for a fact I would not vote for her. I also felt the same way about Donald Trump (in the primary and the general election).
I voted for Gary Johnson in the Presidential election of the United States on November 8th, 2016. I am not going to deny this fact nor will I deny that I have voted 3rd party for President since 2000. Each election, though, there were candidates in the primaries that I would have supported for President but unfortunately none of them got the nomination (personally I don't like the primary process anyway). For the past 3 elections where there wasn't an incumbent (2000 – Bush, 2008 – Obama, 2016 – Trump) I've been told I've thrown away my vote and by the winner's opposition I got their opposition elected.
Sorry, I don't see it that way. A candidate loses when they do not get Electoral College votes to win the Presidency. That is it. The losing candidate did not do enough to convince me (nor any other 3rd party candidate supporter) to vote for them. Their party also did not do enough. That isn't the third party candidate's fault nor is it their supporter's fault. If you need someone to blame, blame your own party and your candidate.
I've also been told that I've thrown away my vote. I don't see it that way. We vote for the person we think would be best for our country. It doesn't matter what part affiliation they are. Third party supporters are also more likely to have researched the candidates (yes, some do vote solely on party affiliation but I don't think the percentage is as high as the Republicans and Democrats).
Sadly, this year it has gotten much worse. Hillary supporters are out right attacking 3rd party supporters (and even Trump supporters). I've been called names, threatened, and attacked on social media (where it's easy to attack someone's beliefs from the comfort and safety of their own home). It has even reached the point of bullying. Here is a response when I was trying to defend my 3rd party vote:
Sadly, there are also memes (graphics) that are generally attacking large parts of the country, too:
Not once did someone ask me why I didn't vote for Hillary. This tells me they do not want to know (or just don't care) why I didn't vote for her which means they don't want to know what I thought was wrong with their candidate. Ignorance only fuels responses like this.
These people are acting as un-American as they can. We should celebrate our process and when a president is elected we need to support them and work with them. I didn't support Obama in 2008 but when people started complaining about him I was the first to stand up and say he is our president now, we need to support him. I am saying the same about Trump now.
There is no place in the USA for tactics like this. If you really want to, you can move to another country that does threaten and bully people into voting for the right candidate. They are countries like Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Assad's Syria, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, and many of the nations that were part of the Soviet Bloc during the cold war.
Party affiliation aside, not working across the proverbial aisle will only hurt us as a nation and keep us divided (and we're more divided now than probably any time since the civil war). Hoping the president fails because of spite is the same as hoping your airplane pilot crashes the plan (while you're flying in it) because you don't like him. If the President fails, we fail as a nation. WE are the ones who pay the price with lost jobs, higher costs, and stagnant wages.
I understand, people are emotion and upset over this and I always welcome a good, mature, and educated discussion (or debate). Now is the time to support our President and our members of congress (as well as local offices). Now is also time to take a look at your parties and see what went wrong and see if they can be fixed for better support in 2020.


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McKay has been craving birthday cake so tonight after dinner we made mini birthday cakes. Each child got to pick a color to dye some frosting and they each decorated their own.
We even sang happy birthday to nobody and blew out candles.
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| Metropolitan +Nestor (Whitworth) was born in St. Louis, MO in 1964 and grew up in St. Charles, MO. He was baptized into the Orthodox Faith in 1992 in Auburn, NE by Bp. +Seraphim (Hill). In 1996 he moved to Denver, CO and met Metropolitan. +Symeon (Holdridge), of The Russian Orthodox Church In America,who trained him to be a reader and in 2009 ordained him to the office of Presbyter. In 2012 Fr. Nestor+ came under the Omophor of Metropolitan +Vladimir (Sehorn), of The American Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church, a long time friend and companion in the fields of the Lord to Metropolitan +Symeon. In 2015 Fr. Nestor+ was elected to the office of Bishop and was consecrated by Metropolitan +Vladimir to that office with Metropolitan +Symeon as one of the Co-Consecrators on the Feast of Theophany, 2016. Upon the repose of his beatitude +Symeon, Bp. +Nestor was elevated to the office of Metropolitan as head of the newly united jurisdictions of The Russian Orthodox Church in America & The American Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church.
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|Metropolitan +Vladimir II was Born 12, 29, 1946 to Robert W and Agnes H Sehorn, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. A 1965 graduate of Harrisburg High School, and 1966 graduate of Charlotte Business College. I was raised Southern Baptist, but my hunger for more accurate ways of worship began when the "pastor" and the chairman of the Board of Deacons came to fists in the "pulpit". I was married and attended the Garr Memorial Church, where I received the call to the ministry. My wife did not want to be a pastor's wife. This eventually led to our separation because when God calls, one must answer. Entered my journey to Orthodoxy and finally came to THEOCACNA. Then American Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church. Now in my 33rd year of my episcopacy, now serve ROCIA as Chancellor to Metropolitan Nestor, Metropolitan of North America.
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The Medicine of the Song Bird ~
The message the Songbirds bring us is an affirmation of life, and the fact that, against pretty impressive odds, it's worth making a try at doing one's very best to "make it work" as an individual. Now, this will mean different things for different people. For some this affirmation will be about life itself, and finding meaning in the fact that we exist at all. This is part of the message of the Cardinal.
For others this will be about healing from early childhood traumas, so there may be more than one bird as a totem that will work with that person, depending on their age when the trauma occurred. For instance, if the trauma was the abuse of a parent who could not handle the stresses of child-rearing, The birds may range from red through to green, involving all of the early years of development from self, through community through how we relate to others, and whether we can even learn to love. So that, perhaps a robin, with that beautiful orange breast heralding the spring, or a Goldfinch, the little yellow canary of the midwest, as well as the Cardinal may be part of the early healing that must take place. It is about at the age of four when the heart chakra develops, reference Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss, and the bird of choice to use would be the hummingbird, whose medicine is love and joy. The bluebird would do well for healing of the throat chakra, and look, we have another bird with an orange breast which would help with the healing of the self image. This is all about healing, and it is your choice as to whether you are easier meditating on butterflies or birds, or any other creature whose appearance and ways could lift your spirits and help you with the bumps and bruises of life.
There are so many ways to meditate and contemplate the songbirds, you can become a backyard birder, feeding them, providing safe housing for them, and learning the ways simply by observation. Along with this, borrow some bird identification books from the local library, or get an inexpensive one so you can keep it by the appropriate window. The Peterson feild Guide is inexpensive at Amazon.com And a couple of the pictures here are linked to Whatbird.com, that is a marvelous online source for identifying birds until you can afford your own.
If you are not afraid to pick up a pencil and draw, even looking at a photo to draw the bird, as drawing itself is not unlike meditation, there comes a point when one is, as in the vernacular, "in the zone". If you are not an artist, then trace the bird, even artists use this method to get specifics right, and color it using a set of color pencils. If you excell at imaginary friends, talk to the bird in your imaginary "garden", see if it answers you, though if it tells you negative things, run, don't walk to the gate that leads out of that garden. Find an aviary near you and just go observe the birds, listen to them. Connect with them. You will find that if you adopt this as a hobby it will be healing even when you are not aiming toward healing, but just learning about the birds.


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My name is Janelle Trausch. My husband, Dennis and I, live in south central Nebraska near a small town named Roseland. We have six adult children, ages 32 to 18. We farm and raise cattle. I am actively involved with the farm and have the joy of watching our three grandbabies.
Our first encounter in our journey with hearing loss occurred in 1990 when our at the time 3 ½ year old son, Daniel seemed to ignore us, sat close to TV and easily angered. We were on our third set of tubes and nothing was helping with his chronic ear infections. After a hearing evaluation was completed locally and subsequent testing at Boys Town it was determined our son had a bilateral sensorineural moderate to severe hearing loss. At that time those types of losses were not found until a screening which was completed through school around second grade. Aids were utilized by the time he turned 4 years old. Two years later on September 2, 1992 our fifth child, Jacob was born. Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings had just started the newborn hearing screenings in August of 1992. Our fifth child was screened and also found to have a hearing loss. He was aided at seven months. We completed some genetic testing through Boys Town with no absolute results coming of that testing. Eight years later, in 2000 our daughter Elizabeth was born, eight weeks prematurely. About a week after she was born a hearing screening was performed. After a fail, pass, fail scenario we decided to have further testing done on her not knowing if it was something related to the prematurity or indeed a hearing loss. An ABR done locally revealed a mild to moderate hearing loss, bilaterally. Fast forward many years, many IFSP's, IEP's, MDT's, sets of hearing aides and batteries. Five of the six kids have college degrees (Elizabeth is a senior in high school) and own their homes. All participated in high school sports (Jacob played basketball in college), were active in clubs and organizations at school, excelled in 4-H and continue to be active members of the community.
When our hearing impaired children were growing up there were very few resources available to families. I am grateful for the opportunity provided by Guide by Your Side to help others with their journey.


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Jul 20 2017
Tomato Salad with Basil Oil
2 pounds tomatoes, scored and cut into wedges
1 medium-size sweet onion, thinly sliced (about 1 cup)
12 basil sprigs
Salt & pepper to taste
¼ cup basil oil
Basil oil: In a small bowl, prepare an ice-water bath and set aside. Bring a small pot of water to a boil over high heat. Using metal tongs, add 2 cups […]
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Spiced Peppers and EggplantAn exotic dish of sweet peppers and eggplant seasoned with basil, coriander, cumin and saffron!
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Creamy Vegan Roasted Tomato and Eggplant Sauce
Serves 6-8
2 cups eggplant cubed
1 onion, roughly chopped
3 cups tomatoes, roughly chopped – I used heirlooms but cherry or any other version will work as well
3 large or 4 medium cloves of garlic
¼ cup olive oil
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
2 tsp. Italian seasoning
2 cups non-dairy milk (soy, almond, etc.)
16 oz. pasta
1 cup basil, diced
Preheat oven […]
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Tomato PieUse up those tomatoes!
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Big-Batch Fresh Tomato Sauce
30 tomatoes (about 60 medium)
4 onions
2 heads garlic
1/2 cup olive oil
Kosher salt and pepper
1 6-ounce can tomato paste
1 bunch fresh basil
Peel the tomatoes. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Meanwhile, fill a large bowl with ice water. Using a paring knife, core each tomato and score a small X in the bottom. […]
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Tomato and Mozzarella TartWith fresh tomato and basil from your share and indulgent puff pastry, this makes for a nice lunch for 2-3 people.
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Grilled Gruyere and Zucchini Sandwiches
1 packed cup basil leaves
1 large garlic clove, coarsely chopped
1/2 tsp. hot smoked paprika
3 Tbsps. extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
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4 English muffins, preferably Bays split
4 ounces Gruyère or Appenzeller cheese, cut into 8 thin slices
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Löderup Strandbad
The beach is located right beneath the hill from our facility. Within walking distance are two miniature golf courses that are open during the summer. There is a jetty and a very child-friendly beach. The bridge has been appointed Skåne's second best swim platform of the newspaper Sydsvenska Dagbladet.
Sandhammaren best known in the past for the reef outside where ships often sank. Sandhammaren are today best known for one of Sweden's finest sandy beaches with a fantastic sandy beach both in terms of whiteness and granularity. The sandy beach stretches for several kilometers both east and west. Sandhammaren is located about 7 km west from Löderup Strandbad.
Hagestad Naturreservat / Backåkra
This beach is located approximately 2 km west of Löderup Strandbad. The western part is one of Sweden's finest nude beach. The right part is in easy walking distance from Löderups camping.
Borrbystrand, 10 km east of Löderup Strandbad, have a stunning wide sandy beach. There is also a swimming pool, tennis court and a 4-star camping with cottages. Sales of food and drink during the summer.
Tosselilla is a beautiful summer land situated in beautiful countryside just outside of Tomelilla in Österlen.
They have a huge water park with multiple water slides, amusement park country with roller-coasters and rides for the whole family and motor country with go-carts, bumper boats and Segway. Here are domestic animals, barbecues and lots of other activities for both large and small.
Hamars Backar is the most popular spot in Sweden for paragliding. Sky Adventures, located in Kåseberge, is one of Sweden's largest paragliding schools that also offer tandem jumps.
Just below us are two minigolf courses that are open during the summer. Our facility is a boules court and we bowler to lending.
Kåseberga fishing village is located 4 km east of Löderup Strandbad. One of Sweden's most visited tourist destination with fish smokehouse, restaurants and artgalleries.
Ale stenar at the top of the ridge is the largest kept ship from ancient times. You have also a view over Bornholm and the coast along Hammars backar.
Take your car or bike around Österlen and discover the range of farm shops with a lot of offers of high quality. Pastries, products from local farmers, or different kinds of locally produced products are just a few examples of what they have to offer.
Gunnarshögs Gård – outside Hammenhog is a good example. They are best known for their cold-pressed rapeseed oil. You will also find marmalade, mustard, spices, vinegar, honey, and skin and Cleaning Products, always with the best ingredients.
A visit to the best preserved medieval castle is both culturally, entertaining and impressive.
The stately building was built in 1499 by the Danish knight Jens Holgersen Ulfstand when Skåne was still danish. Driving time from Löderup beach about 15 minutes.
There are 3 golf courses within 20 minutes drive from Löderup Strandbad (Ystad Golf Club, Tomelilla GK and Stiby Golf). There is also a Pay & Play course named Gladan in Tomelilla.
Jeep Driving, murder mysteries, wine tasting or chocolate tasting are some activities that are available here in the neighborhood.
Hammars Backar just east of Löderup Strandbad is one of the best places for paragliding and there is a company that organizes paragliding school. We are happy to advise on activities for your conference.
In the middle of the moor, between sea and sky, lies the four-winged farm that was supposed to be the Dag Hammarskjöld fixed location in Sweden. The farm is surrounded by nature reserves Backåkra, Hagestad and Sandhammaren with a peculiar bird and plant life.
Towards the sea lies a ring of stones – meditation square – weddings and other ceremonies are conducted. This place is within walking distance from Löderup Strandbad and is a stunningly beautiful place to visit anytime during the year.
The art are an important part of Österlen. There are lots out of galleries to visit, and the interest have a peak during Easter and Art tour of Österlen. Wellknown exhibitors mixed with new abilities, and the range is wide and varied. Ceramics, jewelery, paintings, sculptures and blacksmith are just a few out examples of what you can see and buy.
Some examples of nice places:
Potter Elna Karin Helgesson workshop and shop, Kåseberga.
Gallery Mosseng,
Karin Szymazsko, Hagestad Mossväg 28.
Lotta Cerander, ceramics, utility ware and sculpture, Hillshög / Sandby. Annika Äikäs Pottery and Stoneware with own design, Kraftgatan 26, Löderup


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The Holzinger Group fully supports the "open" movement, i.e. open access, open source and open data. The idea of "open data" is not new. Many researchers in the past had followed the notion that Science is a public enterprise and that certain data should be openly available [1] and it is recently also a big topic in the biomedical domain [2], [3]; e.g.. the British Medical Journal (BMJ) started a big open data campaign [4]. The goal of the movement is similar to approaches of open source, open content or open access. With the launch of open data government initiatives the open data movement gained momentum [5] and some speak already about an Open Knowledge Foundation [6]. Consequently, there are plenty of research challenges on this topic. Cancer research, for example, could dramatically benefit from science without any boundaries.
[1] L. Rowen, G. K. S. Wong, R. P. Lane, and L. Hood, "Intellectual property – Publication rights in the era of open data release policies," Science, vol. 289, pp. 1881-1881, Sep 2000.
[2] G. Boulton, M. Rawlins, P. Vallance, and M. Walport, "Science as a public enterprise: the case for open data," The Lancet, vol. 377, pp. 1633-1635, // 2011.
[3] A. Hersey, S. Senger, and J. P. Overington, "Open data for drug discovery: learning from the biological community," Future Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 4, pp. 1865-1867, Oct 2012.
[4] M. Thompson and C. Heneghan, "BMJ OPEN DATA CAMPAIGN We need to move the debate on open clinical trial data forward," British Medical Journal, vol. 345, Dec 2012.
[5] N. Shadbolt, K. O'Hara, T. Berners-Lee, N. Gibbins, H. Glaser, W. Hall, et al., "Open Government Data and the Linked Data Web: Lessons from data. gov. uk," IEEE Intelligent Systems, pp. 16-24, 2012.
[6] J. C. Molloy, "The Open Knowledge Foundation: Open Data Means Better Science," Plos Biology, vol. 9, Dec 2011.
Here are some sample data sets:
[7] 1000 Genomes: A deep catalog of human genetic variation. The projects sequenced the genomes of a large number of people in order to provide a comprehensive resource on human genetic variation. It contains about 2,500 samples from 2010 and 2011:
1000 Genomes Project Consortium and others. 2010. A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing. Nature, 467 (7319), 1061-1073.
[8] Tiny Images dataset: The data set consists of over 79 million images in color. They are stored in a 227 Gb binary file. A Matlab toolbox to access the images is provided. Automatic annotation data is available for all images, but manual annotation data is only available for a smaller portion:
A. Torralba and R. Fergus and W. T. Freeman. 2008. 80 Million Tiny Images: a Large Database for Non-Parametric Object and Scene Recognition. IEEE PAMI, 30 (11), 1958-1970.
[9] Just to make ones familiar with the abundance of different skin diseases, a very informative collection of skin images, provided by Healthline.com: https://www.healthline.com/health/skin-disorders
[10] Breast Tumor (gene expression) data of Van't Veer (2002): The training data set consists of 78 primary breast cancers of which 34 patients developed metastasses within 5 years. The training set contains 19 breast cancer patients of which 12 developed metastases within 5 years. The data contains 24188 gene expression levels. The general goal is predicting metastases for improving the therapy strategy:
Van't Veer, L. J., Dai, H., Van De Vijver, M. J., He, Y. D., Hart, A. A., Mao, M., Peterse, H. L., Van Der Kooy, K., Marton, M. J. & Witteveen, A. T. 2002. Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancer. Nature, 415, (6871), 530-536.
[11] Machine Learning Repository data sets from the Center for Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems, University of California, maintains 313 data sets as a service to the machine learning community:
Lichman, M. (2013). UCI Machine Learning Repository [https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml]. Irvine, CA: University of California, School of Information and Computer Science.
[12] Data.Medicare.gov: Data sets from Medicare.gov for downloading, exploring, and visualizing. Direct access to data sets, including data sets from hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, homes, supplierers and other facilities is provided. The data gives general information about the quality of care in these facilities:
[13] re3data.org: a Registry of Research Data Repositories. Research data repositories from different academic disciplines are featured here. The projects promotes a culture of sharing between researchers. It started in 2012 and is funded by the German Research Foundation:
Pampel H, Vierkant P, Scholze F, Bertelmann R, Kindling M, et al. 2013. Making Research Data Repositories Visible: The re3data.org Registry. PLoS ONE, 8 (11).
[14] Time series data as a sequence of point sets collected over a time intervall are widely used, e.g. in biomedicine (heart rate, ECG, EEG, etc.), but also in many other fields e.g. in astronomy or eartyquake prediction. The University of California Riverside (UCR) Time Series Classification and Clustering Collection has been created as a public service to the data mining/machine learning community, to encourage reproducible research for time series classification and clustering:
Keogh, E. & Kasetty, S. 2003. On the need for time series data mining benchmarks: a survey and empirical demonstration. Data Mining and knowledge discovery, 7, (4), 349-371.
[15] The MNIST database of handwritten digits includes a training set of 60,000 examples, and a test set of 10,000 examples. It is a subset of a larger set available from NIST. The digits have been size-normalized and centered in a fixed-size image:
Liu, C. L., Nakashima, K., Sako, H. & Fujisawa, H. 2003. Handwritten digit recognition: benchmarking of state-of-the-art techniques. Pattern Recognition, 36, (10), 2271-2285.
[16] KONECT (the Koblenz Network Collection) gathers large network datasets of various types. The over 200 open datasets are collected by the Institute of Web Science and Technologies at the University of Koblenz-Landau.
Kunegis, Jérôme (2013). KONECT – The Koblenz Network Collection. Proc. Int. Conf. on World Wide Web Companion, pages 1343-1350.
[17] Kaggle offeres competitions and thus provides many different kinds of real-world open data for scientists.
[18] CKAN serves as a data management tool used by organizations, research institutions and governments since 2006. It has been developed by the Open Knowledge Foundation.
[19] The goal of healtdata.gov is to make health data more accessible for research. It contains ovre 1800 datasets at the moment.
[20] Socrata is a cloud software company which also provides open datasets of many different topics.
Data repositories of general interest:
- GenBank: GenBank is a genetic sequence database from the National Insititute of Health, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences (Nucleic Acids Research, 2013 Jan;41(D1):D36-42). GenBank is part of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration , which comprises the DNA DataBank of Japan (DDBJ), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and GenBank at NCBI. These three organizations exchange data on a daily basis.
- EMBL: The European Bioinformatics Insitute is part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and maintain the world's most comprehensive range of freely available and up-to-date molecular databases. The services let share data, perform complex queries and analyse the results. Everybody can download data and software, or use web services. More about in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.
- HMCA: Health and Medical Care Archive is a data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation preserves and disseminates data collected by selected research projects and facilitates secondary analyses of the data. The data collections in HMCA include surveys of health care professionals and organizations, investigations of access to medical care, surveys on substance abuse, and evaluations of innovative programs for the delivery of health care. Their goal is to increase understanding of health and health care in the United States through secondary analysis.
Data repositories specialized by data types:
- UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: is a manually annotated and reviewed section of the UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB).
It is a high quality annotated and non-redundant protein sequence database, which brings together experimental results, computed features and scientific conclusions.
- MMMP: is an open access interactive multidatabase for research on melanoma biology and treatment.
- KEGG: is a database for understanding high-level functions and utilities of the biological system, such as the cell, the organism and the ecosystem, from molecular-level information, especially large-scale molecular datasets generated by genome sequencing and other high-throughput experimental technologies.
- PDB: Since 1971, the Protein Data Bank archive has served as a repository of information about the 3D structures of proteins, nucleic acids, and complex assemblies. The Worldwide PDB (wwPDB) organization manages the PDB archive and ensures that the PDB is freely and publicly available to the global community.
Data repositories specialized by organism:
- WormBase: is an international consortium of biologists and computer scientists dedicated to providing the research community with accurate, current, accessible information concerning the genetics, genomics and biology of C. elegans and related nematodes. Founded in 2000, the WormBase Consortium is led by Paul Sternberg of CalTech, Paul Kersey of the EBI, Matt Berriman of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, and Lincoln Stein of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
- FlyBase: is a data repository project carried out by a consortium of Drosophila researchers and computer scientists at: Harvard University, University of Cambridge (UK), Indiana University and the University of New Mexico.
- Human Brain NeuroMorpho: is a centrally curated inventory of digitally reconstructed neurons associated with peer-reviewed publications. It contains contributions from over 100 laboratories worldwide and is continuously updated as new morphological reconstructions are collected, published, and shared. To date, NeuroMorpho.Org is the largest collection of publicly accessible 3D neuronal reconstructions and associated metadata.


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Door systems from Bode – Opening and closing around the world.
With German engineering and efficient industrial production, Schaltbau Bode implements door systems for vehicles all over the world. As a leading global provider of door and boarding systems for buses, rail vehicles and commercial vehicles, Schaltbau Bode serves its customers with the development, production, installation and commissioning of door and boarding system products.
Whether in rail or street applications, Schaltbau Bode door systems deliver safety, reliability and great value for customers, and have been setting the standard in vehicle technology for decades. The company is particularly noteworthy for its high degree of vertical integration in both hardware and software for door systems. This ensures optimal quality and flexibility with simultaneous standardization of parts, processes and electronics.
From the technology and development center at its headquarters in Kassel, Germany, the company's high standards and detailed know-how are conveyed to locations on all continents. Production sites are to be found in Kassel, Poland, Turkey, the UK, the USA and China. The company's global presence is supported through numerous international representatives and service centers. As part of the Schaltbau Group, more than 1,600 employees bring an integrated approach to vehicle systems. With its six locations, Schaltbau Bode forms the core of the Mobile Transport Division of the Schaltbau Group.
The Schaltbau Group, with a worldwide network of production and service locations and more than 3,300 employees, is a leading partner of rail system companies, rail infrastructure operators as well as manufacturers of buses, automobiles and selected capital goods.


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Odessa Charity Foundation "Way Home" began its work in 1996. For first time organization's work was focused on problems of homelessness and drug addiction among adults. Gradually foundation activity were expanded – at the beginning of it's' work appeared the Prevention Department of HIV infection, and a little later began to work Children's Department.
Children's Department.
At the actual moment Children's Department has a leading position among activities of OCF "Way Home" and includes a complex of works concerning rehabilitation and social adaptation for street children, children and adolescents from crisis and low-income families, and more recently with children of IDP families from war zones in East of Ukraine. Children and adolescents in all centers of "Way Home", depending on their needs, get assistance of psychologists, social workers, art therapists, teachers, lawyers and other specialists. On base of social hostel that is located in "Large Family" shelter, children from crisis and low-income families and internally displaced families with are provided with temporary accommodation and meals. In same time, children are admitted to schools and preschool children are selected into various centers of child's development and creativity, such as "Smile", "Sunrise" and "Sprout." Leisure time of children of "Way Home" is highly charged large various of optional lessons, sport sections and divided into groups of interests: dance classes and drama school, football section, children's jewelry workshop, sewing classes, repair and carpentry workshop, pottery studio, art therapy classes, school of journalism, English language courses, additional classes in humanities and exact sciences, and so on. In all optional classes and sport sections can take part not only kids "Way Home" Foundation, but also their guests – doors of "Way Home" are always open for everybody.
Team of "Way Home" Foundation never stops on achieved results, and is always looking for new challenges, helping those who are in need to find their " own way home".
Department of HIV / AIDS among drug users.
In 1999 "Way Home" formed Department of "HIV / AIDS" that made the beginning of development and implementation of first preventative HIV program in Ukraine among injecting drug users, based on principals of harm reduction strategies. Gradually the scope of Department's activities were expanded – new directions were added in work, such as prevention of viral hepatitis B and C, tuberculosis prevention, working with inmates in prisons, organized outreach work, social support, legal assistance. For injecting drug users were opened Community Centre, stationary and mobile NSPs (needle exchange points) started to work, mobile clinic begun its visits to drug users points, where express testing for HIV are realized, as same as for hepatitis and tuberculosis, all this allow to make medical check-ups in outdoor environments, in addition to it, Ukrainian delivery of social periodicals were spread along the city. Over time, work of "HIV / AIDS" Department of "Way Home" set up their work not only in the city but also out of Odessa. Various branches were opened in regional center of Odessa oblast, such as – Ilyichevsk, Izmail and Belgorod-Dniester. Also Department specialists work in remote settlements of region, where drug use is on a high level, social and health services are very poor. Since 1999 and until now, "HIV / AIDS" Department were reach service coverage to more than 13,500 of injecting drug users and their partners, providing an access to more than 30 types of services, affecting the change of risk behavior.
OCF "Way Home" for many years is a leader of labour market of social services of Odessa and oblast'. Foundation collaborates with public institutions and with many of leading non-governmental organizations. Foundation specialists regularly take part in official meetings of various committees and initiative groups on different levels of governance. Annually "Way Home" admits a lot of students from various faculties referring to social direction of Ukrainian and foreign universities to pass an internship; Foundation gets help for children from all over the world through volunteers that arrive. "Way Home" Foundation was nominee and rewarded as a winner of Ukrainian and international awards and honors for its active social work.
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DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit Public Schools is hosting a teacher career fair to help fill nearly 100 new teaching positions.
The event is scheduled from 4-6 p.m. Friday at Martin Luther King Jr. high school.
A majority of the jobs will be funded by Title I grant funding from the state Education department.
The district says applications are being accepted for teachers in aircraft, English and English language arts, food management, homeroom, math, special education, vocal and instrumental music, and world languages. Applications also are available for substitute teachers.
Applications must be completed online to attend the career fair. For more information, visit www.detroitk12.org/employment.
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J.L. Laynesmith unravels one of the mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry.
The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most celebrated artefacts of the medieval world, yet much about its meaning and origin is still subject to debate. The most enigmatic section of the embroidery involves a woman called Ælfgyva and an unnamed cleric who is touching her face. The scene's position in the storyline suggests that it is the subject of an important conversation between Harold Godwinson and William, Duke of Normandy. But, without knowing who Ælfgyva and her cleric are, we cannot understand what the Bayeux artist(s) were trying to communicate about this crucial meeting. Theories abound about who Ælfgyva may have been, although curiously little attention has been paid to the cleric's identity. I would suggest that this scene plays a crucial part in our understanding of the motive and message of the entire Bayeux Tapestry. Having re-examined the women most commonly identified with the Bayeux Ælfgyva, a possible alternative emerges not previously considered.


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Corporate Giving & Engagement: Nice to Have or Have to Have?
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When it comes to attracting and retaining clients and talent, and to making a difference as a good corporate citizen, the lines are blurring between corporate giving and engagement programs being "nice to have" and "have to have." Strategic, successful corporate giving and engagement programs have a few key things in common. We've identified four hallmarks of the strategic approach:
- Executive Support
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Whether you are currently running a CSR program or thinking about it, read this series to learn how to make 2016 the year of strategic corporate responsibility!
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Archive for seitan
seitan success! – veganmofo 11
I've tried my hand at seitan a number of times. Though I've experiemented with a number of different recipes, only a couple have really made me happy. One, not surprisingly, is the Seitan O'Greatness. The other is Julie Hasson's Spicy Italian Vegetarian Sausage (also not surprisingly). What do these two recipes have in common? Yep – no boiling/simmering. Like oh-so-many vegans, I have trouble making a decent simmered seitan that isn't brainy or spongy or otherwise freaksome (I've also had some baked seitan cutlets turn out weirdly bready). That was, my dears, until yesterday.
Yesterday I decided to give stovetop-simmered seitan another try. This time I was inspired by Joanna's chicken-style seitan recipe in her truly fab Yellow Rose Recipes. I'm not sure what possessed me to make seitan on a day when I had several chapters of Angela Davis' Women, Race, and Class to read, along with a Social Psychology chapter and two chapters in my ASL textbook – it couldn't POSSIBLY have been homework avoidance and procrastination. Nope. Not me!
Let me tell you, dear readers – I am in love with this recipe. My seitan was beautiful. Nicely textured, well-shaped, deliciously flavored. When I pulled those cutlets from the broth, my heart soared. I might have done totally did a happy dance in the kitchen.
I saved four for last night's dinner, and put the other six in the fridge (still in the broth). I dredged the still-wet cutlets in a mixture of whole wheat bread crumbs, whole wheat flour, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, thyme, oregano, freshly ground black pepper, and a dash of cayenne. Since the cutlets were still broth-dampened, I didn't need to dip them in milk first. After coating them, I pan-fried them until golden and crispy. I made a millet-quinoa pilaf (from Passionate Vegetarian), steamed brussels sprouts, and Punk Rock Chickpea Gravy from Vegan with a Vengeance.
Oh, beautiful cutlet!
This was also the first time I'd tried the Punk Rock Chickpea Gravy (I KNOW) – holy goats, y'all, it is INCREDIBLE. I don't know what took me so long! I want to put it on EVERYTHING.
Look at that!
Heh. Dinner steamed up the lens and made the picture all hazy.
Brussels sprouts are my all-time favorite vegetable. It's true! They are the absolute best thing about winter produce. I love them passionately! I love them most roasted, but last night I steamed them, in the interest of time. My kid doesn't like them at all (nutty!), so I got them allllll to myself. <3
Last night's cutlet love dinner was so good that my kid asked if we could have it again tonight. The teenager wanted leftovers! Wahoo! I was only too happy to comply, and tonight I added some crispy roasted kale to our plates.
This will be my go-to seitan recipe for the foreeeable future and possibly forever. Joanna's awesome. That said, I do intended to designate one week next month – probably after midterms but before Thanksgiving – "Praise Seitan" week, which will entail trying a different seitan recipe every night for seven days. Anticipation!
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For some strange reasons, I became very introspective this Diwali. Probably because for three continuous nights, I was out for festival dinners with family and friends. All 3 days were with a different group, with different sets of people.
A ritualistic pre-Diwali dinner that's been going on for 15 years, an impromptu dinner with cousins, aunts & uncles and a relatively new tradition of Diwali dinner at another friend's place.
All 3 were great fun. I caught up with some friends after ages, I chatted with my best friends for a while and I oohed & aahed over a new-born nephew.
Of course, there were a few absentees in all the groups.
Some who had other commitments, some who were ill and some because of ego issues with someone in the group.
I got thinking about the shared warmth, bestowed love and conspicuous absences.
I suddenly remembered one of my role models in life.
An octogenarian who lives in another city, who never fails to amaze me every time he visits.
He still works full time. He has a huge circle of friends and he keeps in touch with every single relative of his.
He regularly organises family get togethers, movie nights with friends and he's the first person to arrive for any wedding or a funeral anywhere in the country.
He's so cheerful, hits it off with 3 year old with the same gusto as he does with a 75 year old.
He loves to travel across the globe and regales us with stories of his trips across decades.
He makes no bones about being in love with his wife too. Not in a soppy, filmy way, but he's always fun & caring towards her. Never fails to call her every morning when he's away from home to check if she took her pills and gives her his agenda for the day. And he calls her every night to give her a brief account of his day & asks her about hers.
As I was mulling over the last three days of festival cheer, I suddenly felt I want to be like him when I turn 80. (If I make it that far!)
Not that I want to be the main anchor for every group I'm in, but I want to look back at my life that is peppered with good feelings from my family and circle of friends.
I don't want my friendships and relationships bruised by fragile egos, one-upmanships and possessiveness.
These things start small, but slowly gather momentum in our minds, split people up, turn friends into rivals (or worse, foes) and leave a bad taste that lingers long. They spread negativity all around. I know people who haven't been on talking terms for 30 years.
Marriages sour, children are forced to take sides, factions form within groups, friends are torn between two people, dinner conversations suddenly turn awkward at the mention of someone …
… the list is endless.
So my prayer this festive season would be, when I look back at my life at 80, I should still remain best friends with my husband, be an important person in my son's life and still retain the same love and warmth I share with all my family and friends for so many years.
So this Diwali, instead of crackers, let's burn hatred, ill-will, pointless competitions and inflated egos.
And light the lamp of togetherness and true friendships.
Happy Diwali!


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Although Patrice remained a dedicated member of the Aon Corporation, she was devoted wife as well. She and Rolando made their relationship a top priority. She would call him, without fail, at his office every day. Every evening he would pick her up at 2 World Trade Center where she worked.
On the morning of September 11, 2011, Patrice entered 2 World Trade Center as usual, taking the elevator up to the top floors of the skyscraper where her office was located. At 9:03 am, around the time when she would normally call her husband, radical Islamic terrorists slammed a highjacked commercial airliner into the tower. Less than an hour later 2 World Trade Center collapsed. Rolando would never again be able retrieve his lovely wife at the end of the day. Patrice did not escape.
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
et lux perpetua luceat eis.


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Information for 9323IIED
Impact of pastoral legislation on equitable and sustainable natural resource management in Guinea, The
Issue paper, 52 pages
This paper presents the findings of a study of the impact of Guinean pastoral legislation carried out on behalf of IIED as part of its sub-regional "Making Decentralisation Work" programme. Experience in Guinea shows that grassroots ownership of the pastoral legislation is essential if it is to be applied effectively. In order to meet this challenge herders' organisations need to be more aware of and engage with the issues involved in natural resource management and ongoing processes of decentralisation. The evaluation of the experience in Guinea indicates that formulating legislation or translating it into national languages is not enough to ensure its dissemination and appropriation by local communities.
Publication information
- IIED code: 9323IIED
- Published: 2004 - IIED
- Area: Guinea
- Themes: Drylands and pastoralism, Monitoring, evaluation and learning
- Series: Drylands Issue Paper E126
- Languages:
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A couple of TIDs to remember:
A couple of TIDs to remember:
TID 3618399: "How do I move the Organizational CA to another server?"
TID 3618399: "How do I move the Organizational CA to another server?"
Revision as of 20:40, 17 July 2007
Draft CA Wiki
Starting point for Certificate Authority wiki -- for those who need to move their CA
Anders says, "Make sure that you create the new one in a format that you can backup."
Richard suggests the following for health checks:
"To examine the CA and W0 objects in the Security container and make sure they're correct, check the following things (from memory, incomplete list):
- Security's NDSPKI:Tree CA DN=correct
- W0's NDSPKI:SD Key ServerDN=correct
- CA's Host Server=correct
- Validate Org Certificate Authority's certs"
Related Utilities
- pkidiag
- sdidiag
- tckeygen
- ConsoleOne
A couple of TIDs to remember:
TID 10100262: "Howto renew a server certificate for VPN server"
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=10100262&sliceId=&dialogID=41024729&stateId=0%200%2041030923
TID 3618399: "How do I move the Organizational CA to another server?"
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3618399&sliceId=SAL_Public&dialogID=33907651&stateId=0%200%2033915534
TID 3623407: "Certificate Server Issues-Removing a Server from a Tree"
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3623407&sliceId=SAL_Public&dialogID=33987106&stateId=0%200%2033989071
TID 10090166: "VeriSign Intermediate CA Replacement Instructions for NetWare 6 and NetWare 6.5"
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=10090166&sliceId=&dialogID=36982594&stateId=1%200%202682804
The ConsoleOne documentation --
For NW5.1 and NW6.0 --
TID 10050254: 'Reinstalling Certificate Server"
TID 10060118: "How do I move the Organizational CA to another server? "
TID 10065940: "Moving the Certificate Authority"
For NW6.0 --
TID 10071751: "Backing up and Moving the Tree Certificate Authority"
This Wiki artcle can help with the tranistion to Linux, if you need it:
Other Key Words to Study
- Key Material Object
Room for Corrections
Looking forward to the sysops' notes on this page.


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Goa is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast. Goa is India's richest state with a GDP per capita two and a half times that of the country as a whole. It was ranked the best placed state by the Eleventh Finance Commission for its infrastructure and ranked on top for the best quality of life in India by the National Commission on Population based on the 12 Indicators.
Panaji is the state's capital, while Vasco da Gama is the largest city. The historic city of Margao still exhibits the cultural influence of the Portuguese, who first landed in the early 16th century as merchants and conquered it soon thereafter. Goa is a former Portuguese colony, the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961.
Renowned for its beaches, places of worship and world heritage architecture, Goa is visited by large numbers of international and domestic tourists each year. It also has rich flora and fauna, owing to its location on the Western Ghats range, which is classified as a biodiversity hotspot.
Goa's main rivers are the Mandovi, the Zuari, the Terekhol, Chapora River and the Sal.
Konkani is spoken as a native language by about 61% of the people in the state but almost all Goans can speak and understand Konkani. Other linguistic minorities in the state as per the 2001 census are Marathi (21%), Kannada (5%), Hindi (5%), and Urdu (4%
The state is divided into two districts: North Goa and South Goa. Each district is governed by a district collector, an administrator appointed by the Indian government.
North Goa District: Panaji is the headquarters of the North Goa district.
The North Goa District is further divided into four subdivisions – Mapusa, Bicholim, Panaji, and Ponda; and six taluks, Pernem, Bardez (Mapusa), Bicholim, Sattari (Valpoy), Tiswadi (Panaji) and Ponda.
South Goa District: Margao is the headquarters of the South Goa district.
The South Goa District is further divided into three subdivisions – Margao, Mormugao (Vasco), and Quepem; and six taluks, Mormugao, Salcete (Margao), Quepem, Canacona (Chaudi), Sanguem, and Dharbandora.
North Goa District: Panaji is the headquarters of the North Goa district.
The North Goa District is further divided into four subdivisions – Mapusa, Bicholim, Panaji, and Ponda; and six taluks, Pernem, Bardez (Mapusa), Bicholim, Sattari (Valpoy), Tiswadi (Panaji) and Ponda.
South Goa District: Margao is the headquarters of the South Goa district.
The South Goa District is further divided into three subdivisions – Margao, Mormugao (Vasco), and Quepem; and six taluks, Mormugao, Salcete (Margao), Quepem, Canacona (Chaudi), Sanguem, and Dharbandora.
Goa's sole airport, the Dabolim Airport, is a military and civilian airport catering to domestic and international airlines that stop en route to other Indian destinations. The airport also handles a large number of chartered flights. Goa receives international flights from Qatar, Dubai, Sharjah and Kuwait in the Middle East and from Britain, Germany, Netherlands and Russia during the charter flight tourist season. Dabolim Airport is serviced by the following carriers — Air Arabia, Air India, Kingfisher Airlines, Go Air, SpiceJet, Jet Airways, Qatar Airways — besides charter flights from the UK, Netherlands, Russia, Germany operated by Thomas Cook, Condor, Arkefly, Monarch Airlines, etc. Another international airport at Mopa is proposed.
Goa's public transport largely consists of privately operated buses linking the major towns to rural areas. Government-run buses, maintained by the Kadamba Transport Corporation, link major routes (like the Panjim–Margao route) and some remote parts of the state. In large towns such as Panjim and Margao, intra-city buses ply. However, public transport in Goa is less developed, and residents depend heavily on their own transport, usually motorised two-wheelers.
Goa has three National Highways passing through it. NH-17 runs along India's west coast and links Goa to Mumbai in the north and Mangalore to the south. NH-4A running across the state connects the capital Panjim to Belgaum in east, linking Goa to cities in the Deccan. The NH-17A connects NH-17 to Mormugao Harbour from Cortalim. The new NH-17B is a four-lane highway connecting Mormugao Harbour to NH-17 at Verna, via Dabolim airport. Goa has a total of 224 km (139 mi) of national highways, 232 km (144 mi) of state highway and 815 km of district highway. Hired forms of transport include unmetered taxis and, in urban areas, auto rickshaws. A unique form of transport in Goa is the motorcycle taxi, operated by drivers who are locally called "pilots". These vehicles transport a single pillion rider, at fares that are usually negotiated. River crossings in Goa are serviced by flat-bottomed ferry boats, operated by the river navigation departments.
Goa has two rail lines — one run by the South Western Railway and the other by the Konkan Railway. The line run by the South Western Railway was built during the colonial era linking the port town of Vasco da Gama, Goa with Belgaum, Hubli, Karnataka via Margao. The Konkan Railway line, which was built during the 1990s, runs parallel to the coast connecting major cities on the western coast.
The Mormugao harbour near the city of Vasco handles mineral ore, petroleum, coal, and international containers. Much of the shipments consist of minerals and ores from Goa's hinterland. Panjim, which is on the banks of the Mandovi, has a minor port, which used to handle passenger steamers between Goa and Mumbai till the late 1980s. There was also a short-lived catamaran service linking Mumbai and Panaji operated by Damania Shipping in the 1990s.
Tourism is generally focused on the coastal areas of Goa, with decreased tourist activity inland. In 2010, there were more than two million tourists reported to have visited Goa, about 1.2 million of whom were from abroad.
The tourism board appointed Prachi Desai, a young Bollywood actress as the face of Goa. Goa has two main tourist seasons: winter and summer. In the winter time, tourists from abroad (mainly Europe) come to Goa to enjoy the climate. In the summertime (which, in Goa, is the rainy season), tourists from across India come to spend the holidays.
With the rule of the Portuguese for over 450 years and the consequential influence of Portuguese culture, Goa presents a somewhat different picture to the foreign visitor than other parts of the country. The state of Goa is famous for its excellent beaches, churches, and temples. The Bom Jesus Cathedral, Fort Aguada and a new wax museum on Indian history, culture and heritage in Old Goa are other tourism destinations.
Historic sites and neighbourhoods
Goa has two World Heritage Sites: the Bom Jesus Basilica and churches and convents of Old Goa. The Basilica holds the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier, regarded by many Catholics as the patron saint of Goa (the patron of the Archdiocese of Goa is actually the Blessed Joseph Vaz). The relics are taken down for veneration and for public viewing, as per the prerogative of the Church in Goa, not not every ten or twelve years as popularly thought and propagated. The last exposition was held in 2004. Goa also has the Sanctuary of Blessed Joseph Vaz in Sancoale, Pilar monastery which holds novenas of Venerable Padre Agnelo Gustavo de Souza from November 10 to 20 November yearly. There is also a claimed Marian Apparition at the Church of Saints Simon and Jude at Batim Ganxim, near Pilar, where a number of Goans and non resident Goans visit. There is also the statue of the bleeding Jesus on the Crucifix at the Santa Monica Convent in Velha Goa. There are a number of churches (Igorzo), like the Baroque styled Nixkollounk Gorb-Sombhov Saibinnich Igorz (Church of the Our Lady of Immaculate Conception) in Panjim, the Gothic styled Mater Dei (Dêv Matechi Igorz/ Mother of God Church in Saligao and each church having its own style and heritage, besides Kopelam/ Irmidi (Chapels). The Velhas Conquistas regions are also known for its Goa-Portuguese style architecture. There are many forts in Goa such as Tiracol, Chapora, Corjuem, Aguada, Reis Magos, Nanus, Mormugao, Fort Gaspar Dias and Cabo de Rama.
In many parts of Goa, mansions constructed in the Indo-Portuguese style architecture still stand, though in some villages, most of them are in a dilapidated condition. Fontainhas in Panaji has been declared a cultural quarter, showcasing the life, architecture and culture of Goa. Some influences from the Portuguese era are visible in some of Goa's temples, notably the Shanta Durga Temple, the Mangueshi Temple and the Mahalasa Temple, although after 1961, many of these were demolished and reconstructed in the indigenous Indian style.
Museums and science centre
Goa also has a few museums, the two important ones being Goa State Museum and the Naval Aviation Museum. The Aviation museum is one among three of its kind in the India, the other two being in Delhi and Bengaluru. Also, a place not well known to tourists is the Goa Science Centre, which is located in Panjim. The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) is also located in Goa at Dona Paula.
Old GOA:
Old Goa or Velha Goa (Velha means "old" in Portuguese) is a historical city in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. The city was constructed by the Bijapur Sultanate in the 15th century, and served as capital of Portuguese India from the 16th century until its abandonment in the 18th century due to a plague. It is said to have once been a city of nearly 200,000 where from, before the plague, the Portuguese traded across continents. The remains of the city are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Old Goa is barely 10 kilometers from the state capital of Panaji.
Churches of Old Goa
Old Goa contains churches affiliated to various congregations, including the Se Cathedral (the seat of the Archbishop of Goa), the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, the Church of S. Caetano, and notably, the Basilica of Bom Jesus which contains the relics of Saint Francis Xavier, which is celebrated every year on 3 December with novenas beginning on 24 November.
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