Note: This post was created in collaboration with Guide to Iceland.
One of the questions I've been asked by multiple people about my current travels around Europe, is why I'm not visiting Iceland. This isn't surprising given that I said before leaving Australia for Europe that Iceland was one of the destinations I most wanted to visit.
However, that changed once I'd been in Europe for awhile and discovered that Iceland was just about the only country in Europe that still quarantines dogs. Initially, I thought no problem, we can leave our dog behind with a dog sitter or at a fancy dog hotel while we fly over for a quick trip. But despite spending nearly 2 years in Europe, there's simply been so many places we could easily visit with our dog, that we're not going to get around to it.
The most famous geothermal pool to visit in Iceland is the Blue Lagoon. It's the ultimate splurge, and can even be visited on the way to and from the airport, as long as you've booked your tickets in advance. However, there's also plenty of other geothermal pools in Iceland that you can visit for far less, or even free, without sharing the experience with so many other people. For example check out Myvatn nature baths or Reykjadalur's hot springs. Many can be visited on excursions from Reykjavik.
There's no shortage of spectacular waterfalls and geysers to visit on day-trip or extended trips on Iceland. Some of the must-see waterfalls include Gullfoss, Kirkjufell, Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss. Additionally, the seismic origins of Iceland means there's plenty of geothermal activity, including the Geysir geothermal area. The area is home to the Great Geysir, that's been active for more than 10,000 years, plus the more active Strokkur.
One of the trickiest decisions when it comes to visiting Iceland for the first time is what time of year to visit. Sure, the weather is nicer (although still not warm) in summer, the peak season, but if you visit in the winter you might be able to spot the Northern Lights. As it's a natural phenomenon sightings aren't guaranteed, but it would be amazing to finally see this for the first time.
It's no surprises that an island with the word "ice" in it's name is home to many incredible glaciers, covering over 10% of the land mass. Many of the glaciers can be visited on day trips, with the option to go on a glacier hike or enter caves in the glaciers. Another highlight is visiting the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, where the glacier can be viewed from afar, across the lagoon where ice-blue icebergs float, after carving off the face of the glacier.
Iceland lies on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a point where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet, and are in fact drifting apart every year. One of the most amazing places to experience this is Silfra Fissure, if you're got the diving skills and the courage to brave the icy cold water. Here is the only place where you can touch two continental plates underwater at the same time. If you don't have a diving license or your skills are a bit rusty (like mine), there's plenty of places to see this on dry land, too.
It's not often that a new island is formed in the world, but that's what happened not far off the coast of Iceland in the 1960s. Surtsey is a volcanic island located about 32km off the southern coast of Iceland, which has been protected from its birth and is now on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Visits to the island itself are prohibited, but instead you can take a cruise or scenic flight past the island. Already the island is home to over 60 vascular plants, 89 species of birds and 335 species of invertebrates.
The other UNESCO World Heritage site in Iceland is Þingvellir National Park. This is the site of the Althing, an open-air assembly representing the whole of Iceland, that was established in 930 and continued to meet until for centuries, until 1798. These days there are fragments of around 50 booths built from turf and stone visible, with the earliest remains from the 10th century thought to be buried underground. A visit to the national park is included on many Golden Circle tours.


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Furious union bosses slam 'heartless decision' by British Airways to axe 12,000 jobs as they demand government bailout while Spanish owners IAG leave its other European airlines 'untouched'
The British Airline Pilot's Association condemned BA's job loss consultation
The airline is considering reducing the number of staff by up to one quarter
BA said the move was necessary because of the lack of a government bailout
BALPA chief Brian Strutton asked why Germany and France have airline bailouts
Pilot unions have slammed British Airways who announced plans to make one quarter of their staff redundant in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
The firm, which is owned by the International Airlines Group, said it is planning to lose 12,000 jobs after claiming demand will not return to 2019 levels for several years.
Brian Strutton, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots Association said he did not expect BA's announcement, and said his union would fight the planned job losses.
Chief Executive Willie Walsh of International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways, said there was no prospect of a bailout of BA from the British government
Mr Strutton told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'You have to ask the question why the French government is bailing out Air France, why are the Germans bailing out Lufthansa, why is IAG itself not doing anything in its other flag carrier airlines, only British Airways.
'That is the question you have to ask. Why in our country is our aviation industry getting hammered?
'Other countries are supporting theirs. The Americans have put in $25bn in supporting their aviation industry.'
Mr Strutton said there was no justification for the loss of 12,000 jobs.
He said: 'British Airways and its parent company IAG said it had sufficient cash reserves to weather the storm of the Covid crisis.
'In their announcement yesterday they highlighted that they have nearly £10bn in cash and near cash reserves so why they are having to take such draconian steps now when the lie of the land ahead is so unclear. It baffles me and we will be testing their arguments very very thoroughly indeed to protect all these jobs.'
Mr Strutton said he agreed it will take several years for aviation demand to return to pre-Covid levels.
He continued: 'However, this is a reduction of a quarter of their workforce. It is at a time when their rivals and competitors are still working out what they are doing. I don't think anybody knows' what the future market is going to be like at this stage.
Mr Strutton said in its letter to its employees and unions yesterday, BA highlighted 'the lack of government support'.
He said: 'I suppose that is one of the reasons you see the IAG group which owns British Airways, targeting BA, but leaving its other companies, Aer Lingus, Vueling, and Iberia untouched.'
Mr Strutton said it is inevitable the government's furlough scheme will be extended as many companies will not be able to return to normal.
He said failure to provide sufficient support will lead to an 'unemployment cliff edge'. He said many industries, including aviation, will need government assistance to secure their futures.
He added: 'I would like the chancellor to keep his promise. He said in March there would be a bespoke package to help the aviation industry, we haven't seen it yet and we desperately need to see it now.'
Environment Secretary George Eustace defended the government's handling of the crisis facing the airline industry.
He told Sky News: 'It's a very difficult situation for many parts of our economy, we recognise that, we've not taken these decisions on lockdown lightly. Whole sectors such as catering, hospitality and, yes, airlines have suffered financial distress.
'We're very sad to hear this news about British Airways considering these redundancies. We put in place a very wide range of packages to support businesses through this time.
'If there's a specific case for a specific airline the Treasury has always been clear that they stand ready to look at any other individual case.'
The GMB union also condemned BA's announcement.
Gary Pearce, GMB London Regional Officer said 'This announcement from BA is jumping the gun. The company cannot know with any certainty what the future is in terms of how soon airline passenger numbers will recover.
'The company should withdraw this statement.
'Instead it should join with unions to discuss with Treasury the promised government support package for the Aviation sector and an extension of the furlough scheme beyond end June as the aviation sector gradually returns to normal.'
Shares in airline group IAG fell three per cent after the airline group launched a plan to shrink its main British Airways business, axing staff numbers by a quarter as it warned of a slow recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
With no end in sight for the travel bans which have brought flying to a near-halt, airlines across the world are facing deep uncertainty and heavy future losses, and no visibility on how and when operations can restart.
British Airways could make up to 12,000 staff redundant, its parent company said on Tuesday, as it forecast that passenger numbers will take years to recover from the crisis. BA has 45,000 employees, including 16,500 cabin crew and 3,900 pilots.
Traders said that IAG's shares fell due to the warning over demand and after first quarter results came in worse than expected. Its stock has lost 64 per cent of its value in the last three months.
The radical shake-out planned at IAG to help it survive the coronavirus crisis contrasts with moves at rival big European airline groups Air France-KLM and Lufthansa, which are both hoping that government bailouts will see them through.
Lufthansa said on Tuesday could seek some form of protection from creditors while talking to the Berlin government about a €9 billion rescue package.
But IAG's chief executive Willie Walsh has long-opposed state-backed rescues for airlines and BA said on Tuesday that there was 'no government bailout standing by for BA'.
IAG, which owns Iberia and Vueling in Spain and Aer Lingus in Ireland as well as BA, has, however, used government furlough schemes to help pay staff who have been temporarily suspended while planes are not flying.
Yesterday, the airline said: 'The proposals remain subject to consultation but it is likely that they will affect most of British Airways' employees and may result in the redundancy of up to 12,000 of them.'
BA Chief Executive Alex Cruz told staff the airline was taking every possible action to conserve cash to weather the storm in the short term, including renegotiating contracts and looking at options for its fleet, but it would not be enough.
He said: 'In the last few weeks, the outlook for the aviation industry has worsened further and we must take action now.
'There is no government bailout standing by for BA and we cannot expect the taxpayer to offset salaries indefinitely. Any money we borrow now will only be short-term and will not address the longer-term challenges we will face.'
Airlines around the world face a struggle to survive due to the pandemic.
Sir Richard Branson has warned that Virgin Atlantic will collapse unless it receives Government support.
It emerged on Monday that most of Norwegian's aircraft will remain grounded for a year.

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BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum welcomed news today that Hess Midstream Partners and Targa Resources will build a $150 million gas processing plant near Watford City, as North Dakota produces record volumes of natural gas and approaches record high oil production.
Natural gas production in North Dakota reached a record of nearly 2.1 billion cubic feet per day in November 2017, while daily oil production hit 1.19 million barrels per day, approaching the record high of 1.23 million barrels per day set in December 2014.
In addition to the anticipated $150 million in constructions costs for the gas plant, Hess Midstream and Hess Infrastructure Partners LP will invest approximately $100 million for new pipeline infrastructure to gather gas for Little Missouri Four, Hess said.
During his State of the State Address on Tuesday, Burgum said work is needed at the state and federal levels – including streamlining the burdensome process for siting pipelines on federal and tribal lands – to capture the increasing volume of natural gas as oil production grows.


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Poetry Connection > Poets > Wislawa Szymborska
Biography of Wislawa Szymborska (1923 – 2012)
Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012)
Wisława Szymborska (born July 2, 1923, died February 1, 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist and translator of French literature, laureate of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996.
She was born in Bnin (now a part of Kórnik) near Poznań in Poland. In 1931 her family moved to Kraków. Since then, Szymborska has been linked with the city of Kraków where she studied, worked, and still resides in.
In March 1945, Szymborska published her first poem "Szukam słowa" ("I seek the word") in the daily paper "Dziennik Polski." From 1945 to 1948 she studied Polish language and sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
Her poems were published in a variety of newspapers and periodicals for a number of years immediately after World War II.
In 1953, she joined the staff of the literature review magazine called "Życie Literackie" (Literary Life) where she continued to work until 1981. Szymborska wrote a book review column entitled "Lektury Nadobowiązkowe" (Non-required Reading). Many of the articles were later published in book form.
Szymborska has also translated French lyric poetry, especially Baroque poetry and Agrippa d'Aubigné. During the 1980s, she was participated in the Polish "samizdat" movement and wrote under the pseudonym Stanczykówna for "Arka" and in the exile magazine "Kultura", which was published in Paris,France.
Her poetry has been translated to many European languages, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese and Chinese.
The City of Krakow Prize for Literature, 1954
The Polish Ministry of Culture Prize, 1963
The Goethe Prize, 1991
The Herder Prize, 1995
Honorary Doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, 1995
The Polish PEN Club prize, 1996
Nobel Prize for Literature, 1996
Biography By: This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and uses material adapted in whole or in part from the Wikipedia article on Wisława Szymborska.
Poems By Wislawa Szymborska
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Late last night I received an email from a place called "Fabric Bliss". She is going out of business and selling her fabrics (some Euro ones) at a great price. Also, Farbenmix patterns are sold for $6.50 – great price. Just thought some of you might be interested. Go check her out. At these prices, she won't be doing it for long.
When I try tolook at the patterns and the DIY kits and other things, nothing comes up. Is it just me.
Same problem. Severything is blank but the Home Page. Patterns, fabrics, etc… Nothing opens, it's all blank. Perhaps she is already out of business?
Just so you all know, FabricBliss went out of business very quickly because of an overwhelming response to her sale. That's why you can't access her site anymore.


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See also Arberry, as note , p. At the time of Omar Khayyam, the Earth was generally believed to be at the centre of the universe, and surrounded by seven spheres associated with the then known seven planets. Indeed, they were eventually buried together. The grave had already been opened. Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate I rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate, And many Knots unravel'd by the Road; But not the Master-Knot of Human Fate.
Only the ignorant man expects perfection and lasting fulfillment from this earth; and brokenhearted he enters the portals of the grave. By analogy, a shadow is a 2 dimensional projection of the 3 dimensional object which casts it. One legend has it that he actually earned his nickname by slaying a lion and an onager with a single arrow! Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before I swore - but was I sober when I swore? For its origins, which are rooted in notions of the transience of empires, see to the main essay. For the origins of Father Time and his Scythe see. Donald Walters Swami Kriyananda , published 1994 Readers may consider it strange that the words of a wise man should require editing.
The trouble is, of course, that in Islam, as in Christianity, each sect believes that its members are the Saved Ones, and that all the others will go to Hell. Verse 9 means let you and I forget the Lot fate of Kings Kaikobad verse 8 and Kaikhosru; ignore the feats of that greatest of heroes, Rustum; and ignore, too, Hatim Tai, that great chieftain famed throughout the world for his hospitality for they are all of no real consequence. This verse is a prime example of the assertion that the freshness and originality of the first edition of The Rubaiyat was rather spoiled by the revisions made in subsequent editions. Incidentally, if some of these symbolic interpretations of flowers sound a little far fetched, we should remind ourselves that most of us today remember very little of the flower-symbolism used and readily understood by our Victorian forebears. Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great Argument About it and about; but evermore Came out by the same Door as in I went. Kobad, Bahman, Djemshid, their dust is here.
Using the net of introspection, he catches delusion and destroys it. That Youth's sweet-scented manuscript should close! In frolics dispose your pounds, shillings, and pence, For we shall be nothing a hundred years hence. These are some of the favorite quatrains from the translated by Edward Fitzgerald: Wake! And the poet never really gives instructions on which way to hold it. I remember the great satisfaction I derived from his explanations of the twofold significance of several Persian poems. Their monuments remain unto this day, the wonder of all time; but themselves, their history and their very names, have been swept away in the dark tide of oblivion! It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. This too is illustrated in ,.
Shrewsbury, The Visions of an Artist — Studies in G. The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face Lighting a little Hour or two - is gone. The image is not only confusing; it is self defeating. It Can Lower Your Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease 2. Nevertheless, at least one illustrator of The Rubaiyat Gordon Ross — see , has depicted the surly Tapster as the Devil, and perhaps not surprisingly. Why save fragrant wreaths for ungrateful ashes? Not that Masefield was an Omarian who believed that death was an end from which there was no return, for he seems to have believed in reincarnation.
Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires. Who dwells up there on the golden stars? Neat illustrations of this verse by Sullivan and Ross can be found in and respectively Verse 61. Forsake the slumber of ignorant habits and awaken wisdom by performing those good habits which alone can free life from danger and crown it with lasting happiness. His consciousness soared more naturally, however, in skies of divine ecstasy. The last two lines of verse 15 amuse me because they are about the only part of The Rubaiyat that I would actively disagree with, and for this reason: relics — and most particularly those of Christian Saints. Instead of letting time and fate rule our destiny, crushing out the vivacity of one incarnation after another, why not let God immortalize us with His celestial touch? In Hades all are equal, and all alike.
And this delightful Herb whose tender Green Fledges the River's Lip on which we lean - Ah, lean upon it lightly! Interestingly, flowers are shown growing in the spaces between the cracks in the floor of her cell. Some artists have also depicted the Serpent with legs — and a human-like head! With me along the strip of Herbage strown That just divides the desert from the sown, Where name of Slave and Sultan is forgot - And Peace is Mahmud on his Golden Throne!. It continues the theme started back in verses 34 to 36, where Clay Pots are seen as people who once lived, Man being originally made from Clay by God. What man can tell where Kaus and Kai have gone? This extract comes from Night 1, lines 193-8: Each Moment has its sickle, emulous Of Time's enormous scythe, whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root; each Moment plays His little weapon in the narrower sphere Of sweet domestic comfort, and cuts down The fairest bloom of sublunary bliss. But come with old Khayyam, and leave the Lot Of Kaikobad and Kaikhosru forgot: Let Rustum lay about him as he will, Or Hatim Tai cry Supper - heed them not.
Dance and sing, Time's on the wing, Life never knows the return of spring. Awaken the soul and remain ever wakeful, striving each day to be different and better in all ways. Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Promise go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum! The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. But there are Other philosophers who against all this Deny that there is any goddess Fortune, Saying it is Chance Medley rules the world. O lente, lente, currite noctis equi! To bask, however, suggests passivity, not conquest.
These are not included in the verse by verse note that follow, but are gathered together in , immediately following the section dealing with the related topic of ancient Egyptian and Babylonian Theodicy,. The legacy of how FitzGerald took an existing work and made it different and accessible while retaining the essential qualities admired in the original can be felt today in 21st century entertainment ranging from the Battlestar Galactica television series to the Rise of the movie trilogy. The thing about Philostratus, though, is that his poems are addressed both to women and boys, so that in that respect, some would say, he is not unlike Omar. Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports, and research papers in 2 minutes or less. It never fails to awe me. Finlayson-Samsour translator , Persian Miniatures 1967? Into this Universe, and Why not knowing, Nor Whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing: And out of it, as Wind along the Waste, I know not Whither, willy-nilly blowing. Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare; To-morrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair: Drink! To hell with him who thinks of tomorrow! Would it not be more amusing to obtain undeserved praise, to be worshipped by beings whom he tortured? Harriet Martineau also visited the pyramids, describing her experience in her book Eastern Life, Past and Present 3 vols,1848 , in vol.
So while the Vessels one by one were speaking, The Little Moon look'd in that all were seeking: And then they jogg'd each other, 'Brother! Nay, but for terror of his wrathful Face, I swear I will not call Injustice Grace; Not one Good Fellow of the Tavern but Would kick so poor a Coward from the place. With sturdier limbs and brighter brain The old soul takes the roads again. What are some sources I can use for the entire poem, and what is the detailed meaning of … Read more ». The credit goes to my English language teacher Mr R C Tyagi who used to recite these Rubaiyat once in a while. Away with both of you! Forsake the sleep of ignorance, for the dawn of wisdom has come. This verse is the first in which FitzGerald tackles the thorny issue of Sin, and its apparent incompatibility with a good and omniscient God.


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The Basilica of the Assumption of Mary The Duomo
The Basilica of the Assumption of Mary, The Duomo in San Gimignano dates back to the 12th century and is one of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in Tuscany. Developed over the years its interior walls are entirely decorated with frescoes dating back to the 14th century.
The Basilica of the Assumption of Mary known as The Duomo in San Gimignano is located in the Piazza Duomo in the centre of the city. It is one of the most outstanding examples of Romanesque architecture in Tuscany.
Build in the early 12th century on the site of a former 10th century church it was consecrated on the 21 November 1148 by Pope Eugenius III. Although documentation indicates that the façade was erected in 1239.
Significant alterations have been undertaken on the structure over the years. The cross vaults of the nave were built in the 14th century at the same time as the ogival windows were created. These can only be seen from the outside as they were later sealed off inside to enable the creation of the frescos on the internal walls.
In 1468 the building underwent significant modifications when the church and sanctuary were lengthened. The chapels of Santa Fina and of the Conception were also constructed while the main altar was moved and raised, and the choir was extended, and the current sacristy was constructed.
The façade is simple in appearance and is reached from the square through a wide staircase. There is no door leading to the central area of the church, it has instead, a door on each side of the stairway which leads into each of the aisles. The church is in the shape of a Latin cross, with the structure having three naves supported by Romanesque stone columns supporting seven semi-circular arches. The arches being decorated with red, white and gold.
On the entrance wall, near the door are two wooden statues, the Angel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary, which date from 1421. The walls of the Basilica are entirely decorated with frescoes. The left nave was painted in the 14th century by Bartolo di Fredi (1330-1410) and show scenes from the Old Testament. Many of these were damaged due to inappropriate restoration being carried out.
Also, in the left nave is the 16th century organ with its pietra serna balcony. Further down is the Chapel of the Conception which was created in 1477.
The central nave is decorated with three large frescoes by Taddeo di Bartolo (1363-1422) who worked in Siena, Pisa and Genoa. The most famous of which is 'The Last Judgment' painted in 1493.
The right nave contains scenes from the New Testament by Barna da Siena. He is believed to have died in the Basilica when he fell from scaffolding while working on the frescos. The work was finished by his nephew and pupil. Some parts of these frescoes were damaged by dampness and were poorly restored.
The main altar contains a large marble ciborium (A chalice-like vessel used to contain the Blessed Sacrament) with a statue of an angel either side in a kneeling position praying. Behind the altar is a large wooden crucifix dating from 1754.
The Chapel of Santa Fina was constructed in order to honour the saint when the city of San Gimignano was at the height of its splendour. The chapel was conceived in 1457 and was to consist of two finely carved pilasters supporting a main arch and three smaller arches where the altar is positioned. In 1661 the chapel was enclosed by a marble balustrade. Inside the chapel are two frescoes on either side, telling of the saint's death while others are on the ceiling and in the corners.
The Loggia of the Baptistry is located on the left side of the Basilica and dates from the 14th century. At one time this was a small cloister and then an oratory it contains the baptismal font which prior to 1632 had stood in the Basilica next to the door in the right nave.
During World War II, this church was badly damaged, and it wasn't until 1951 that restoration took place. The church contains relics of Saint Geminianus, the patron saint after which the city is named.
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Frescoes on Side Walls Chapels
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League of Legends: Wild Rift has been confirmed to hit App Store in 2020
Christian Zibreg on October 16, 2019
The iOS and Android edition of League of Legends: was confirmed in May, and today we learn that the mobile version of the multiplayer online battle arena game will launch in 2020.
This was officially confirmed by developer Riot Games at an event celebrating the tenth anniversary of League of Legends.
The Verge explains that even though League of Legends: Wild Rift will have the same multiplayer maps as the macOS and Windows version of the game, it will be polished to shine on the platforms it's coming to.
It looks to be largely the same as the main version of League, with near-identical MOBA gameplay. But it's been tweaked to better accommodate the new platforms, including a new twin-stick control scheme, a new map, and shorter matches that clock in at around 15-20 minutes long. 'Wild Rift is not a port of League of Legends on PC,' Riot says, 'it is a new game built from scratch to ensure it is a polished, legitimate LoL experience that's worth players' time.'
Wild Rift will also feature 40 characters from the main game's existing roster of champions, with more to follow in the future. Despite it being Riot's only game, League of Legends earned a whopping $1.4 billion in revenue last year. It's the most popular desktop title, with 24.7 percent of all PC gamers in the world playing League of Legends in April 2019.
The game is being ported to mobile but Tencent Holdings in China and Tencent-owned Riot Games in the United States. There's no word yet on when the game will be available on consoles, but the mobile version of Wild Rift should be "everywhere in the world by the end of 2020". The game will be free to download, but Riot swears that you won't be required to spend a dime via in-app purchases in order to fully enjoy League of Legends: Wild Rift.
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Health U.S.NEWS OUTRAGE
9-month-old dies after rape by mom's boyfriend
West Virginia officials: 'Worst case of sex assault' in decades
Published October 6, 2016 at 12:57am
(DAILY MAIL) A 10-month-old baby girl has died after allegedly being raped and beaten by her mother's boyfriend, according to reports.
Benjamin ('Benji') Ryan Taylor, 32, of Cottageville, West Virginia, was arrested and charged on Monday in the sexual assault and death of 10-month-old Emmaleigh, according to the West Virginia Gazette.
The girl's mother, Amanda Leigh Adkins, who has four children, reportedly woke up between 4.30am and 5am and found her baby girl naked and bleeding on her basement floor.


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You have several options to design a personalized fitness routine with a trainer. During your first visit, your fitness trainer will discuss the types of services available and ask you what your goals are in starting a custom program. When choosing a fitness trainer, consider his or her education, training and overall experience—so don't be shy about asking.
A professional, well-trained fitness trainer will create a personalized program to incorporate a balanced structure that develops your strength, endurance and flexibility. Aerobic exercise—such as bicycling, swimming, jogging and walking—is one form of physical activity that can increase your endurance levels and boost your overall energy.
A balanced routine should also include strength training to build muscle strength. Once you officially start a fitness program with a trainer by your side, your workout may include using weights and dumbbells. You can also strap weights to your ankles or arms using Velcro strips to keep them secure. Your fitness trainer may suggest using these while you walk as a way to build muscle strength, increase endurance levels and burn calories.
I you're just starting a training program, keeping focused and motivated is necessary to reach your goals. If you have never embarked on the path to physical fitness, your trainer will give you the support you need from keep going and not give up. A good fitness trainer will monitor your progress and suggest changes in your exercise routine. If one of your goals is weight loss, expect a weekly weigh-in to monitor your progress. If you are in doubt about a particular fitness program and potential trainers to guide you toward your goals, you may find it helpful to check Angie's List for member feedback and ratings.
Although you may be motivated to jump in and start your training, health professionals often recommend that you start slowly if you're new to any fitness routine. You'll want to work your way up gradually, incorporating additional activities and increasing the time spent on each exercise.
A recommendation before starting a fitness training program is a thorough evaluation of your health and current fitness level. See your physician if you're being treated for any medical conditions, so you can avoid any potential problems beforehand. If your doctor gives you the go-ahead to start an exercise program, you are on your way to a healthier body and state of wellness with your fitness trainer by your side to motivate and guide you.


The guys at the absolute park are keeping us in the loop with the fortnightly release of the Absoult park podcasts. Showcasing competitions, park guides, local riders and keep you eyes peeled because if you are a visitor to the park you might be the next star.
watch the first absolut Podcast with footage from the Jib King AM comp here.


This is not a customary manual. These pages, dear parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, and caregivers in general, are meant to be your traveling companion. It is Commonsense Pediatrics, rigorous in its medical approach though explained in a simple way, direct in its suggestions and prescriptions though plenty of affection in its application. It is like having your own pediatrician at home when you are in need of calm and efficient guidance. With the added plus that you count on two doctors: your pediatricians are doctors Eduard Estivill and Gonzalo Pin. It is the pediatric guide par excellence, though not only, because "commonsense" encourages us to go further: this book also reflects, in a coherent and realistic way, on the emotional aspects of the upbringing of our children, like attachment, self-esteem, values, an appropriate socialization, school, discipline, sexual education, playing, ecology, sports, out-of-school activities. This is a book based on experience, but written with heart and with a wide smile as motto.
Eduard Estivill previous book Duérmete niño have sold 3,000,000 copies.
And many other regional newspapers and radio broadcastings.


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Recykal raises $22mn from Morgan Stanley, existing investors
Existing investors Circulate Capital, Vellayan Subbiah and Arun Venkatachalam from the Murugappa Family also participated in this round, the company said in a release.
B2B marketplace for waste and provider of cloud-based solutions to facilitate traceable material flows in waste Recykal has raised $22 million from investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley India.
Existing investors Circulate Capital, Vellayan Subbiah and Arun Venkatachalam from the Murugappa Family also participated in this round, the company said in a release on Tuesday.
The funds will be used for strengthening its technology, expanding B2B marketplace pan India and building hyper-local waste processing infrastructure. It will enable the circular economy and help corporate India in achieving sustainability goals, said Recykal. This is its second institutional fundraise after the $4 million round in 2020.
The company said it works with some of the world's largest consumer brands to assist them implement sustainability solutions in India and has launched India's first B2B marketplace for waste connecting participants across the waste value chain.


Cal State Northridge (3-13, 1-5) was led by Bridgette Conejo's 15 points and seven rebounds.
Cal Poly won despite shooting just 34.3 percent from the field and 25 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.
The Matadors hit on 40.6 percent of their shots.
Raleigh O'Brien had a team-high 13 points and eight rebounds for the Cougars (4-14, 1-3 Western State Conference).
Trailing 9-8 with 10 minutes remaining in the first half, Moorpark went on a 14-2 run to take control the game.
Valerie Gee scored 10 points for the Cougars, and Kayla Cribbs added nine.
Bev Lamphlear had a game-high 17 points to lead Moorpark (11-10, 3-3).
Roger Guardia led the Cougars with a team-high 20 points and 13 rebounds.
Cuesta (17-5, 5-1 WSC) led 18-4 five minutes into the game.
Former Templeton High standout Seth Koenig added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Cougars, who Blair said missed a lot of uncontested opportunities.
Moorpark climbed to within a game of Cuesta for first place in the WSC with the win.
The Cougars had a chance to tie late, but Henok Yigzaw's 3-pointer rimmed out with two seconds remaining and Moorpark (4-2 WSC) hit a free throw to close it out.
Cuesta will host Santa Barbara City College at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a conference game.
The Cal Poly men's and women's swimming and diving teams beat UC Santa Cruz at the Anderson Aquatic Center.
Kylie France won three events to lead the Cal Poly women to a 174-114 win. France won the 100 breaststroke in 1 minute, 7.82 seconds, the 200 butterfly in 2:09.02 and 200 breaststroke in 2:22.14.
Katrina Anderson won two events for Cal Poly, placing first in the 200 freestyle (1:56.34) and 100 butterfly (1:00.37), while Amy Morales took the 100 backstroke (59.30) and 100 freestyle (54.24).
Waggoner, Chase Nick, David LaFlamme and Josh Cutts each won a pair of events as the men's team posted a 178-110 win.
Waggoner won the 1,000 freestyle (9:53.93) and 500 freestyle (4:44.39), while Nick claimed the 200 freestyle (1:46.02) and 200 backstroke (1:54.69).
LaFlamme took the 100 backstroke (52.23) and 100 freestyle (47.65), while Cutts claimed the 50 freestyle (22.18) and 200 breaststroke (2:08.07).
The Mustangs will next compete in the Big West Conference Championships beginning Feb. 17 in Long Beach.
The California Winter Invitational in Berkeley was cancelled after the tournament was rained out for the second consecutive day.
Cal has no plans to reschedule the event.
The Mustangs will next host Santa Clara on Feb. 6.


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Introduction: Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration
Günther Schlee
Chapter 1. Distances and Hierarchies: The Struggle over Ethnic Symbols in Nepal's Public Spaces
Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka
Chapter 2. Identity through Difference: Ambivalences of the Social Integration of Mauritania's Former Slaves
Urs Peter Ruf
Chapter 3. Identification with the State and Identifications by the State
Chapter 4. Politics of Belonging and Identity Transformations in Northern Côte d'Ivoire and Western Burkina Faso
Youssouf Diallo
Chapter 5. Tanguiéta: Identity Processes and Political History in a Small African Town
Tilo Grätz
Chapter 6. Transnational Practices and Post-Soviet Collective Identity
Claus Bech Hansen and Markus Kaiser
Chapter 7. Living Together: The Transformation of Multi-Religious Coexistence in Southern Thailand
Alexander Horstmann
Chapter 8. Three Dyads Compared: Nuer/Anywaa (Ethiopia), Maasai/Kamba (Kenya), and Evenki/Buryat (Siberia)
Chapter 9. Ruling over Ethnic and Religious Differences: A Comparative Essay on Empires
Günther Schlee, Alexander Horstmann, and John Eidson
Edited by Günther Schlee and Alexander Horstmann
272 pages, 10 illus., bibliog., index
ISBN 978-1-78533-715-4 Hb Published (November 2017)
eISBN 978-1-78533-716-1 eBook
"While conflict remains the dominant trope in the analysis of ethnic diversity, the book accrues its value in emphasising coexistence as a mode of managing diversity." • Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale
Günther Schlee is a Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany. Prior to this appointment he was a Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bielefeld. His main publications include Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya (Manchester University Press, 1989), How Enemies Are Made: Towards a Theory of Ethnic and Religious Conflict (Berghahn Books, 2008) and Pastoralism and Politics (with Abdullahi A. Shongolo, James Currey, 2012).
Alexander Horstmann is Associate Professor in Southeast Asian Studies at the School of Humanities, Tallinn University, Estonia. He has held visiting positions at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Mahidol University and EHESS in Paris. He is co-editor of the Berghahn Journal Advances in Research: Conflict and Society. He published Building Noah's Ark for Migrants, Refugees, and Religious Communities ( Palgrave, 2015) and Faith in the Future: Understanding the Revitalization of Religion and Cultural Traditions in Asia (Brill, 2012).
Series: Volume 16, Integration and Conflict Studies
Subject: General Anthropology Religion Peace & Conflict Studies
LC: HM843 .D54 2018
BL: DRT ELD.DS.230542
BISAC: SOC002010 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Anthropology/Cultural; SOC008000 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Ethnic Studies/General; REL000000 RELIGION/General
BIC: JFSL Ethnic studies; JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography


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Stars on 45 sind ein niederländisches Musikprojekt, das Anfang der 1980er Jahre mit Pop-Medleys große Erfolge hatte.

Geschichte
Als der holländische Produzent Jaap Eggermont 1980 auf ein Bootleg mit zusammengemixten Beatles-Liedern und anderen Oldies stieß, hatte er die Idee, eine ähnliche, offizielle Platte zu erstellen. Dabei griff er aber aus Urheberrechtsgründen nicht auf die Originale zurück und mixte sie, sondern ließ die einzelnen Hitstücke von niederländischen Studiomusikern möglichst originalgetreu nachsingen und -spielen. Diese Mixtur wurde auf einen einheitlichen, tanzfähigen Discobeat gebracht. Das ganze Projekt wurde "Stars on 45" genannt, wobei 45 für die Schallplattensingle steht, die sich mit 45 Umdrehungen pro Minute dreht. Die Urversion des Medleys dauerte ursprünglich knapp 16 Minuten, aber für verschiedene Formate wurde es immer wieder neu aufgeteilt und zusammengestellt.

Als Intro und Abschluss diente jeweils eine von Heinz Huth komponierte Hookline, die ursprünglich aus dem Lied Hallo Bimmelbahn der Berliner Band Nighttrain stammt. Darauf folgt der gesungene Text: The stars on 45 keep on turning in your mind …

Kurz vor Veröffentlichung der Single wurde im Dezember 1980 John Lennon ermordet, was das Interesse an der Musik der Beatles wieder wachrief und dazu beitrug, dass die Platte ab März 1981 weltweit zum Millionenseller wurde. Als zweite niederländische Formation der Musikgeschichte erreichten sie Platz 1 in den USA; ihre Vorgänger waren dabei Shocking Blue, deren Nummer-eins-Hit Venus auch Teil des ersten Musikmixes war.

Aber die Idee trug auch über diesen ersten Hit hinaus und mit einer zweiten Folge mit ABBA-Hits konnten Eggermont und seine Sänger an den Erfolg anknüpfen. Weitere Mixe mit Titeln von Stevie Wonder und den Rolling Stones folgten, zudem wurden zwei Alben veröffentlicht. Jedoch begann der Erfolg nun merklich nachzulassen. 1983 folgte noch einmal ein Nachschlag mit Hits der Andrews Sisters unter dem Namen The Star Sisters mit drei Sängerinnen, die danach als eigenständige Band weitermachten. 1987 gelang mit einem Frank-Sinatra-Medley zum letzten Mal der Chartseinstieg.

Eggermont löste damals eine ganze Reihe von Medleys aus, darunter Hooked on Classics, Hooked on Big Bands und Hooked on Swing, Mitte der 1980er Jahre die Hit-Mixe mit Hits des Jahres und Ende der 1980er Jahre die Medleys von Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers aus England, die mehrere Nummer-eins-Hits mit zusammengemischten Originalen hatten.

Die Sänger und Sängerinnen
Bas Muys, Okkie Huysdens, Hans Vermeulen, Albert West, Arnie Treffers, Jody Pijper, Peter Vermeij, Tony Sherman.

Die Star Sisters: Patricia Paay, Yvonne Paay, Sylvana van Veen (später ersetzt durch Ingrid Ferdinandus)

Diskografie

Alben

* In Großbritannien veröffentlichte das Projekt unter dem Namen Starsound, in den USA ab der zweiten Single als Stars On

Weitere Alben
 1983: Stars on 45 Proudly Presents the Star Sisters (NL: )
 1985: Soul Revue (feat. The New Sam & Dave Revue und Mister B)
 1987: Stars on Frankie
 1988: Beatles Medley
 1998: The Clubhits: New '98 Recordings

Kompilationen
 1981: Stars on Hits
 1981: The All Stars Mix (mit Startrax, Rock Heroes, Middle of the Road und Lobo)
 1982: Greatest Stars on 45
 1991: The Very Best Of
 1994: The Very Best of Stars on 45
 1994: Diamond Star Collection
 1996: Greatest Stars on 45 Vol. 1
 1996: Greatest Stars on 45 Vol. 2
 2005: The Best of Stars on 45
 2007: Tonight ! 20.00 Hrs. Remix 2007 (Stars on 45 proudly presents The Star Sisters)
 2011: 30 Years Anniversary of Stars on 45

Singles

* In Großbritannien veröffentlichte das Projekt unter dem Namen Starsound, in den USA ab der zweiten Single als Stars On

Weitere Singles
 1981: Rollins Stones Medley (als Stars On)
 1981: Stars on 45 Maxi Disco
 1981: Beatles / George Harrison Medley
 1982: Rollin' Stars / Stars on 45 Get Ready III
 1984: Soul Revue (feat. The New Sam & Dave Revue und Mister B)
 1985: The Sam & Dave Medley (feat. Sam & Dave)
 1989: Stars on '89 Remix
 1997: The Clubhits
 2011: 45 (Michael Jackson Is Not Dead)

Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe
Goldene Schallplatte

 1982: für das Album Longplay Album – Volume II

 1981: für das Album Longplay Album

Platin-Schallplatte

 1982: für das Album Longplay Album

Zusammensetzung der bekanntesten Medleys
Stars on 45 (1980)
 Venus (Shocking Blue); Sugar, Sugar (The Archies); No Reply; I'll Be Back; Drive My Car; Do You Want to Know a Secret; We Can Work It Out; I Should Have Known Better; Nowhere Man; You're Going to Lose That Girl (alle The Beatles)
Stars on 45 Vol. 2 – ABBA-Medley (1981)
 Voulez-Vous; SOS; Bang-a-Boomerang; Money, Money, Money; Knowing Me, Knowing You; Fernando; The Winner Takes It All; Super Trouper
Stars on 45 Vol. 3 – Star Wars and Other Hits (1981)
 Star Wars; Can't Give You Anything (But My Love); Kung Fu Fighting; Layla; All Right Now; Fire; Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?; Ma Baker; Y.M.C.A.; The Good, the Bad & the Ugly; Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough; Suicide Is Painless; The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore; Overture aus Tommy; Get Off; Baker Street; Bette Davis Eyes; Eve of the War
Medley II (1981)
 Good Day Sunshine; My Sweet Lord; Here Comes the Sun; While My Guitar Gently Weeps; Taxman; A Hard Day's Night; Please Please Me; From Me to You; I Want to Hold Your Hand
Stars on Stevie – A Tribute to Stevie Wonder (1982)
 Uptight, Everything's All Right; My Cherie Amour; Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday; Master Blaster (Jammin'); You Are the Sunshine of My Life; Isn't She Lovely; Stars on Jingle; Sir Duke; I Wish; I Was Made to Love Her; Superstition; Fingertips (alle Stevie Wonder)
Stars on Stones – The Greatest Rock'n Roll Band in the World (1982)
 Brown Sugar; Jumpin' Jack Flash; Under My Thumb; Honky Tonk Women; Out of Time; Emotional Rescue; She's a Rainbow; Start Me Up; Angie; Don't Give Up
Stars on 45 Proudly Presents the Star Sisters (1983)
 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; South American Way; Bei mir bist du schön; In the Mood; Rum and Coca-Cola; Tico-Tico no Fubá; Say si si (Para vigo me voy); Pennsylvania 6-5000; American Patrol
Stars on Frankie – Frank Sinatra Mix (1987)
 Swingtime; Stars on Frankie; The Lady Is a Tramp; Swingtime; I Will Drink the Wine; Witchcraft; Somethin' Stupid; Nancy (With the Laughing Face); These Boots Are Made for Walkin'; Swingtime; Let Me Try Again; Strangers in the Night; My Kind of Town

Quellen

Weblinks

 Dutch Stars on 45 Fansite (niederländisch)
 Nationaal Pop Instituut (niederländisch)
 Stars On 45 Medley bei Songfacts.com (englisch)
 Die einzelnen Lieder der Medleys

Popband
Dance-Band
Niederländische Band


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Galerie im Tempelhof Museum
© Ruth Stoltenberg, Apach / France, from the series Schengen, 2014
Alt-Mariendorf 43
No barrier-free access
U6 Alt-Mariendorf
Bus 179 181 277 M76 M77 N6 N77 S2X X71 X76
24 January – 17 March 2019
Photographs by Ruth Stoltenberg
Schengen is a small winemaking village in Luxembourg which shares a border with Germany and with France. It is here that the agreement to eliminate the inner-European border checks of the Schengen Area was signed. And yet today this symbolic place of international understanding as well as the successful co-existence of different cultures and nationalities has, in the truest sense of the word, run up against its borders.
Photographer Ruth Stoltenberg grew up in this border triangle and was interested in exploring just what influence the opening of the borders has had after all this time on the various cultures and lifestyles of the people in those three countries.
Ruth Stoltenberg received her photographic training at the Neue Schule für Fotografie in Berlin as well as at the Lichtblick School in Cologne, after previously working as a television editor. The work "Schengen" has received national as well as international prizes and was published as a book of the same name in October 2018 by Kehrer Verlag.
www.ruthstoltenberg.de
photos © Gerhard Haug


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Billy Hamilton
The day Billy Hamilton drowned at the New Highland Public Swimming Pool, it was hot. It had been hot for weeks, even for West Texas in June. The weather was a tick on a tired dog, heavy and bloated. Afternoon tornadoes square-danced across the dusty horizon like fierce lovers; thunderstorms crackled in at sunset and setup to stay the night. By morning, the storms were long gone, leaving a few downed power lines and wind-shorn trees, but never a drop of rain. It was hot.
That's why Billy was at the pool. Of course—every kid in New Highland was there that day, except for the losers like Keith Mackenbrook, sentenced to summer school for failing math and art. Who flunks art class? Or Scooter Jones and the rest of the football jocks—busy tackling colorful burlap dummies, and running sweaty laps round the dirt patch the town called an athletic field.
Read the rest at Foundling Review: http://www.foundlingreview.com/Oct2012Issue1Hanson.html
Leaving the Keys
Tired and dirty, Jimbo sat in the center of an empty kitchen, determined to drink until he felt normal again. Empty cans of Miller Lite surrounded the legs of the folding chair on which he was perched, a chair more accustomed to the vagaries of family gatherings and picnics at the lake than hard ceramic tile.
Wrapped around him was the cold blanket of plaster, wood, and tile where he'd spent most of his forties and fifties. The floor creaked and the doors squeaked; the roof leaked when it rained. The furnace belched out occasional but alarming gouts of foul- smelling smoke. And yet, one-hundred and thirty-seven payments more and it would have been his. His and Melissa's.
Read the rest at Eunoia Review: http://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/leaving-the-keys/
Riding the Union Pacific
"C'mon, Johnny, run. Get up here, douchebag."
Johnny sprinted after the westbound Union Pacific, stumbling over the small rocks and blackened scree bordering the tracks. The engine was a distant rumble ahead, rising in pitch, and Johnny knew he would soon be left behind; worse, he would be prone to terrific ridicule from his twin brother later that night. He tripped and nearly fell, but with a final gasping effort reached out to catch his brother's hand. Charlie swung him up to the rail, clapping him on the back once his grip was secure. Together, they climbed to the top of the car.
Despite the heat of the Arizona sun overhead, the air blowing past was chill, and the boys sprawled out upon the roof of the container, glad for its metallic warmth and enjoying the delicious feel of the air streaming over their bodies. On the horizon, a monstrous serpent crept across the desert landscape – Interstate 10, stretching from Jacksonville, Florida to nearby LA. And there in the middle loomed the tunnel, a black, yawning hole bored through and under the long spine of desert rock on which the freeway ran.
Read the rest at A Twist of Noir http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2012/05/interlude-stories-kip-hanson.html
Until the Road Ends
When I was eighteen, I bought a 67' Chevelle for five hundred bucks from a guy at work who was looking for some quick cash to score a pound of bitching Columbian.
My buddy Paul and I towed the car back to the apartment building and worked on it every weekend, tearing it down into a greasy mountain of parts and hopeful that we could put it all back together again, but better, faster – bolting on a wicked intake manifold and roaring headers and lifters that went tick-tick-tick, a thirsty 4-barrel and a screaming cam, and fat sticky tires wrapped around mag wheels that glittered in the summer sun.
Read the rest at Six Sentences http://sixsentences.blogspot.com/2010/09/until-road-ends.html
I enter this airport, this city where nobody lives, suburb of nothing, a specious, spacious, cynical gateway with walls of steel and glass, a pass-through place pulsing with fragile, firefly lives and echoes of the droning voices of salesmen and consultants, bankers and real-estate experts and seminar-attendees who carry complex solutions to nothing.
A highly-paid, arm-waving, finger-pointing businessman cuts before me, failing to notice anyone with skin darker than his as he gesticulates his carefully rehearsed bullet points and negotiates his fifth big deal of the month via Bluetooth headset, until much later tonight he'll call his family from a hotel room in Orlando or LA or Philly for their previously scheduled Skype videoconference.
Read the rest at Clockwise Cat: http://clockwisecat.blogspot.com/2011/07/jihad-satire-by-kip-hinson.html
The Last Carol
My brother is a real baby sometimes. I can understand the kid's only nine, but…okay, it's like this. It was two days before Christmas. He'd been bugging me since breakfast, saying it was Christmas Eve-Eve. And that night, we were sitting around the tree: arranging the presents, hanging tinsel, stringing the lights. Mom and Dad and Kyle and me. Of course, Dad had come home late – another executive advertising meeting, he claimed – so Mom was a little bitchy. He told her if she didn't like it, she could always get a job of her own. She shut up after that.
But there we were, and it was okay for a while. Listening to Christmas carols. Drinking hot apple cider with those little cinnamon sticks. Dad was slurping away at some eggnog. Normally I don't go in for all this family stuff. I would rather have been in my room listening to some of my own music. Reading Harry Potter, playing Call of Duty, whatever. But I admit it was sort of festive. And then the whole deal with Kyle started.
Read the rest at Full of Crow http://www.fullofcrow.com/fiction/archivedstories/711hanson/
Despite the freshly waxed dance floor,
the floral centerpieces and crooked boutonnieres,
the air is redolent with memories of catered buffets,
ancient spilled beer and stale cigarettes,
and the lingering sour smell of sweaty guests
dancing in uncomfortable formal wear,
the ghosts of weddings past. I stand
at this cheap wood-grained podium
the father of the bride, delivering
his obligatory speech. I stare out
at in-laws and cousins, friends of family,
uncles and aunts and withered grandparents,
a bored sea of shiny faces, half of which are unfamiliar
and will hopefully remain so.
Read the rest at The Camel Saloon http://thecamelsaloon.blogspot.com/2011/06/wedding-dance.html
Riding the Coaster
My Mom is always cleaning my brother's bedroom. She changes the sheets, washes the windows, dusts the dresser, the nightstand, even the fucking headboard. It's like she's trying to get rid of a bad smell, one that only she can detect.
Ray hasn't slept in there for months.
Then last weekend the vacuum cleaner broke down. I was pissed that she made such a big deal out of it. I was sitting at the kitchen table doing my homework when I heard this whining sound, like the dog wanted out to pee. And that's when I found Mom, keeled over on Ray's bedroom floor.
Read the rest at Bartleby Snopes http://bartlebysnopes.com/ridingthecoaster.htm
Margaret's Daughter
The first storm of the summer rolled in as Karen walked home from her day job, waiting tables at the corner bar for two bucks an hour plus tips. From her right hand dangled a plastic grocery bag containing a jar of peanut butter, a partially smashed loaf of bread, two packs of smokes, and a pint of Jack Daniels. She was still two blocks from her door when the rain started in earnest.
With her dress clinging to her wet skin like an unwanted lover, she splashed down the sidewalk. She jammed the key into the lock and stepped into the tiny apartment where she lived alone, with her son. The smell of stale cigarettes and tired dust greeted her at the door. Slipping off her shoes, she kicked them across the kitchen and proceeded to pour two fingers of Jack into a dirty glass. She stared out the window at the rain slanting across the parking lot, and poured two more.
Read the rest at Every Day Fiction: http://www.everydayfiction.com/margarets-daughter-by-kip/
HIroshima's Children
Albert Einstein woke from a dream of dogs ripping at his flesh. With the moon's ghostly photons streaming through the blinds, he sat in his bed and rubbed his legs. He looked at the faded picture of Roosevelt on the nightstand, his Nobel Peace Prize, and thought about the children of Hiroshima: in the late summer heat, with the sound of the aircraft droning overhead, did they look to their kimonoed mothers and ask why? He told himself Bohr would have signed the letter to Roosevelt anyway. But still, he wondered if it hurt, in that last moment before they burned.
Posted at 101 Words http://www.101words.org/hiroshimas-children/. Thinking about a rewrite


The Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology Engineering degree at HPU involves the design, development, and application of innovative technologies, products and/or environmentally sustainable systems through the efficient use of biological resources. Biotechnology specializations include those related to bioenvironmental engineering and bioprocess engineering.
Bioenvironmental engineering is the application of engineering principles to the natural environment and its ecosystems, for preserving and/or improving environmental quality of life. Bioenvironmental engineering solutions may seek to address topics of concern in soil ecology, environmental protection, environmental toxicology, waste treatment and management, land treatment, air quality, renewable biofuels and ground water hydrology. Bioprocess engineering is the application of engineering principles to the design, construction, integration and/or maintenance of environmentally responsible systems with the use of biological materials for process sustainability and/or improvement.
Bioprocess engineers may be concerned with food manufacturing processes, industrial hygiene, emergency response systems, environmental systems, food, chemical or pharmaceutical processing and packaging systems, and apply innovative solutions that incorporate biomaterials or bioresources such as cells or molecules from plant or animal matter, or by-products, toward environmental and system sustainability.
The HPU Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology Engineering is a 4-year program. HPU Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology Engineering graduates will find employment in bioenvironmental or bioprocess engineering positions, within sectors such as agriculture, environmental, healthcare, food manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries.
The first 1.5 years of the Program requires Major courses that strengthen student background in Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science and Fundamentals in Engineering, including Introduction to Engineering Systems and Professional Practice, and Linear Circuits.
Year 2 semester 2 and Year 3 focus on developing technical prowess in areas of Biomaterials, Bioprocesses, Cell and Molecular Biology, Bioengineering Thermodynamics, Signals, Environmental Science, Impact and Policy. Students also undertake a one year project course where they work in teams to design and develop a novel Engineering solution to a real-world problem.
Year 4 focuses on specialization by choice of electives in advanced areas, such as Biomanufacturing, Soil Ecology, Air Quality Management, Food Processing and Packaging, Environmental Microbiology, Ground Water Hydrogeology, Waste Treatment and Land Treatment.


This will be my second attempt at a full fledged mod. My last mod sadly didn't work out due to some circumstances. However with that experience i'm better prepared to give it another try. A fun scratch build project inspired by Overwatch Bastion. And no I've never played the game. I just loved the robot design. Mecha fanboy. Though I said this will be an Overwatch Bastion mod I will be making only its chest which by the way is awesome. Kudos to the designers. Really. I'll mainly be using wood for the frame. Wood presented by my cute waifu Tsugumi. This is just one part of the frame. I'll be using two different slabs of wood having different thickness and slab them together. This one is 0.6" in thickness. The other one will be 1.5" or 2". Since i only need some 5 ft of the wood plank its been difficult finding carpentry houses willing to cut only that short length. A full length cost a lot where i live. I also went to different sawmills but no luck till now. My search continues... I ordered some materials which I need for this project but I haven't got them yet (International order) so waiting for them. Main work shall begin once I got them. Meanwhile enjoy these sample pics of the prototype which i made. psu shroud which will also be the motherboard base. Not finalized. I may alter the design.
1337!! The best wooden case mod I've ever seen!!
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Neat! Loving the simple build. The finished (?) product is much better than I imagined. Why don't you use an acrylic on the sides instead of the mesh? IMO it will look better with acrylic because of the LED's. Another question what does "Arya" mean?
Me likey! How do I subscribe to this thread?
I just signed up. Looking at all the entries I feel like a small fry in the Pacific! Keep 'em mods coming. I have a question regarding some rules: Can I use ANY CM product? Incl. small products like thermal paste, fans etc? Does this mean the "registration" deadline or deadline of the competition? Also I registered for a Scratch Build (atleast thats what I entered in the reg. form). What if I want to cancel that and do a Tower Mod instead? Or say, do both? I was wondering why there's no CPU Cooler Mod this time?
New guy here. Busy atm. Will update later. Apologies. PS: I made a sketch of what I want to make. Posting a hand-sketch is fine right? I'm not good with photoshop and stuff. Anyway I'll update later. Cheers. PS: nub here, humbly requesting you to not expect anything stunning.


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Pocono Power Broker Donna Asure
Republican politician also finds time for martial arts and her beloved Eagles
Monroe County Commissioner Donna Asure, the longest serving incumbent on the three-person board, was first elected commissioner in 1999.
Her political career began in 1994 as a part-time auditor in Paradise Township, part of a board that reviews and rules on salaries for township supervisors who assume self-appointed township jobs. In 1995, she was elected the first female township supervisor in Paradise Township history.
Asure, 46, launched two unsuccessful bids for a state House seat since becoming a commissioner. She moved from Paradise Township to Pocono Pines, in the 118th District, where the Republican lost to then incumbent Rep. Tom Tigue in 2004. She moved to Ross Township to run for representative in the 189th District, losing to John Siptroth in 2006.
Asure became majority chairwoman of the commissioners in 2002. She was re-elected commissioner in 2003 and 2007, but lost her chairmanship in the 2007 race when Democrats Suzanne McCool and Theresa Merli won party control of the board.
Asure was born in Bucks County and moved with her family to Pocono Pines as a child. She has lived in Monroe County since then, other than attending Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she obtained a bachelor's degree.
Asure and her husband, Jack, once ran a bed and breakfast in Paradise Township.
She has two stepchildren. Sue, 31, is a geologist and lives near Philadelphia. John, 28, is in the New Jersey Air National Guard, stationed at McGuire Air Force Base in Trenton.
Pocono Record: Tell us a little about your upbringing and how that influences your approach to government and politics today?
Donna Asure: "I'm the oldest of seven and helped my mom raise my brothers and sisters. I think that made me a stronger person at a very young age. Those trials and tribulations of growing up with six siblings just help make me the person I am today."
PR: What influenced you the most to pursue a political career?
DA: "As a small-business owner in Paradise I started attending supervisors' meetings, getting involved in what was happening around just my small piece of the world. Then my husband was appointed a supervisor, so I even learned more about it. Having come home from college and running a small business, I wanted to get involved in community issues. The opportunity presented itself to become a (township) auditor and I jumped in."
PR: What aspect of public life do you think the public least understands and why?
DA: "As a county commissioner? I think they least understand the vast majority of departments and authorities and outside requests that the commissioners deal with on a daily basis."
PR: Can you name a couple of examples of requests?
DA: "Well, right now we're juggling requests from the economic development corporation, from the Redevelopment Authority, East Stroudsburg University and from Northampton Community College, and open space proponents."
PR: And these are all economic requests?
DA: "Absolutely. And those are outside requests. On a daily basis, we're dealing with inside growth needs, yet have financial constraints. Jail changes and the type of inmates we get, to Children and Youth and the number of foster kids we have in placement. So the gamut is so vast. I think they would be surprised at the total issues that we deal with everyday."
PR: Your unsuccessful efforts to win a state House seat, including moving twice to run in districts where there was a Republican opening, have been well publicized and criticized by some. Yet it is common practice for people in all walks of life to seek promotions and pursue new career opportunities — even relocating to do so. Do you think politicians are held to an unfair double standard?
DA: "Sometimes yes. It's the same people who criticized me who promoted Hillary Clinton moving to New York to run for senator. I think people need to take advantage of opportunities they see that will put them where they need to be to make a difference. I truly believed that I could make a difference trying to run for a House seat. It wasn't meant to be and everything happens for a reason.
"... It's funny though, when I first ran for county commissioner, I talked about running county government as a business. If CEOs of large companies would try to run their companies like we are constrained sometimes, or held to standards to run a government, the companies would not succeed."
PR: In other words, there are a lot more constraints on county government than on businesses?
DA: "Sometimes unnecessary, I think. Our advertising requirements or our bidding requirements (for example). If we would be able to meet those same criteria of the reasons why we advertise or put things out to bid so that the public could be assured that friends were not getting contracts and things, we would be able to save money. ... Maybe that's going to happen with our new open records law."
PR: The new state open records law might make it easier for local governments in a way?
DA: "It might. It might give people more of the security that the people they elected to do a job are actually doing that job, because there are records that were always open and are even more advertised as open."
PR: Do you think the media in general and the Pocono Record in particular has treated you unfairly at times? If so, how?
DA: "Yes. I think some of the letters to the editor are unfair. But I guess people can write whatever they choose. It would be nice if some of the information would be followed up with the facts. The constant rehashing of the past. I guess that's part of a journalist's job, such as, moving to try to run for a state seat. Is it necessary? It's part of my past, so I guess it's part of the newspaper's job. But I try to be as open as possible and give them the benefit of the doubt. My number's in the phone book. People know where I live. My picture was on the front page. I've never hidden as an elected official how to get in touch with me or how to be totally accessible to both the media and the public."
PR: Will you run again for the state House?
DA: "I have no idea. Right now it's not in the cards. I don't see myself doing it, but I never say 'never.' There are so many challenges right now on the county level I've gotten involved in as the minority commissioner, such as the jail and corrections as a whole, that I got my hands full. The people put me there as the minority commissioner to do a job, and I try to do that."
PR: You've gone from being Republican majority chairwoman of the three-member county commissioners board, to being the lone Republican member. What kind of adjustments have you had to make and how difficult has it been?
DA: "People don't get involved in politics and not have an ego, so to suddenly go from chairman to the minority took some adjusting. Anybody would lie if they said differently. The only adjustment I've had to make is just to sit back a little bit and let things take shape a little differently than I may have done it or may not have done it. Being a politician and Italian, hmmm, that takes a little patience. It's just another process in learning who I am."
PR: How would you describe your management style in county government?
DA: "I'm very hands-on, yet I rely on my elected officials and my department heads who I consider the experts in their departments to provide me with the information I need to be the spokesperson for the county. Which is why it's so important to have good people as your department heads and people you rely on. You can't know everything and we're pretty conceited if we think we do."
PR: How would you describe your campaign style?
DA: "When it comes to campaigning I believe you need to be out meeting people, you need to knock on doors, you need to shake hands and you need to look people right in the eyes, let them know you're telling the truth. The same thing works with employees, as a management style. They need to know you're right there in the trenches with them. When it comes to debates in my campaign style, I'm aggressive and I very much think that is where I let people know I have a grasp on county government and the issues."
PR: What do you like to do in your spare time?
DA: "It will be a year this March that I started Tang Soo Do, the Korean form of martial arts. I am currently testing for fifth gup, which is a stripe on my green belt. Then the next step will be brown belt. I also have gotten into exercising in the last year. It's fantastic for stress management. I'm doing treadmills and that sort of thing. It's a wonderful family atmosphere at the school I go to, and encouragement from not being able to do a pushup to being able to do as many as I need to do for a test. It's just a whole other world than what I'm in every day at work and I am hooked. I love it. I just admire all the people in my school so much. They're my second family. And I love football. I'm a huge Eagles fan."
PR: How did that happen?
DA: "Growing up (in a family) with six girls and a boy; my brother's two years younger than I am. He had no one else in the house to watch sports with so I joined him on the couch. I was born in Bucks County, too, so coming from that area. I have an Eagles shrine set up and am very superstitious and can't wait. Can't wait! Woooo! I'm so excited ... I add to (the shrine) every year. It's got all my Eagles paraphernalia at home on this table, and it just has all the knickknacks and everything that I get all the time and I just keep adding to it. I set it up at preseason and it comes down after the Super Bowl whether we're in it or not. ... I'm a fanatic. My husband doesn't even understand."
PR: What magazines, newspapers or book genres do you like to read?
DA: "I read leadership books. Believe it or not, in my travels this past year to conferences, I picked up Sports Illustrated — football previews. I will glance through USA Today and things like that. But it's mostly leadership books, leadership articles. I do a lot of reading of the different bills in Harrisburg that will affect county government, such as the new corrections package. We do so much reading in our job. I love to listen to books on tape as I'm driving. So I got my husband Bill O'Reilly books on CDs and we were listening to one last night as we went to an appointment. I like motivational tapes in the car, too."
PR: What advice would you give to someone contemplating a political career?
DA: "There are a million opportunities to get involved and you need to get involved on the municipal level first, I believe. Start attending the meetings. Do you know what your supervisors are doing on a weekly basis at their meetings, or a monthly basis? How many positions of auditor — which is the checks and balances on the municipal level — go empty on the ballot and get appointed? Get involved. Ask to be appointed to your planning commission, or your Open Space Commission, or your Parks and Rec.
"Write a letter to the county if you have an interest in one of the authorities we appoint to so we can keep your name on file. Start learning the inner workings so you actually understand why you suddenly get a burning in your belly to actually make a difference, and not just jump into running for office because you have an issue. A lot of people run for office because it's an issue they get passionate about or get involved in, and suddenly they're going to be the next person in office to deal with it. Well, that issue is going to come and that issue is going to go. There are so many other things you need to know and to deal with that you have to make sure you're ready to deal with it all. I think municipal government is the most powerful in the Commonwealth. This year is a municipal election."
PR: If you could change anything about life in Monroe County, what would you change?
DA: "I would just wish people could slow down and enjoy their family and their community a little more than I see people being able to do. Everybody right now is so involved with providing for and planning for their families and their future, which is a great thing, but I just wish everybody would be able to stop and smell the roses a little bit."
By David Pierce, Pocono Record Writer


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Colombier-Fontaine est une commune française située dans le département du Doubs, en région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Ses habitants sont appelés les Cros.

Géographie
Colombier-Fontaine se trouve à  de Montbéliard,  de Belfort et  de Besançon.

Communes limitrophes

Urbanisme

Typologie
Colombier-Fontaine est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.
Elle appartient à l'unité urbaine de Colombier-Fontaine, une agglomération intra-départementale regroupant  et  en 2017, dont elle est ville-centre.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Montbéliard, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des forêts et milieux semi-naturels (50,3 % en 2018), une proportion sensiblement équivalente à celle de 1990 (49,4 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
forêts (50,3 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (25,4 %), zones urbanisées (10,3 %), prairies (6,6 %), zones industrielles ou commerciales et réseaux de communication (5 %), eaux continentales (2,4 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Histoire

Premières traces d'habitation
De nombreuses trouvailles archéologiques ont été faites sur le territoire communal depuis le  ; celles-ci montrent que ce lieu a été colonisé par l'homme depuis plus de 2000 ans.

 Au pied des Roches, au sud du village, on découvrit en 1876 divers objets de l'époque néolithique (silex taillés, pointe de flèche) avec un site probablement d'abri sous roche.
 La période romaine a donné des vestiges plus abondants aux Neufs Prés le long de la voie romaine (Vesontio – Epomanduodurum : Besancon-Mandeure). Cette voie est portée sur les cartes dès le  (Cassini) et sur les cartes d'état-major. Les premiers témoignages furent trouvés lors du creusement du canal du Rhône au Rhin en 1825, près du village (restes de construction, tuileaux, lacrymatoire en verre contenant un anneau d'or, objets en bronze, fer et médailles). Vers 1885, sur le chemin d'Etouvans, à , des fouilles ont révélé de nouvelles constructions (avec chaudière en terre, une monnaie de l'empereur Antonin et une petite amphore - musée de Montbéliard).
 En 1870, près du moulin Rayot (usine de filature), on découvrit quelques sépultures barbares isolées, éléments d'un cimetière mérovingien - burgonde probablement plus vaste.

L'origine du nom
Colombier-Fontaine est d'abord nommé Colombier (Colombir et  Colombeur dans les chartes du ), Colombier-Supérieur puis Colombier-Savoureux (qui signifie « habitations sur l'eau ») et enfin Colombier-Fontaine à partir du  tout ceci pour le différencier de Colombier-Châtelot. Il semble que les premiers habitants de Colombier-Fontaine, ainsi que ceux de Villars-sous-Écot soient originaire des tribus bourguignonnes qui s'étaient installées dans la plaine de Mathay.

Première mention du village
Selon les historiens, la plus vieille charte mentionnant Colombier-Fontaine serait datée de 1141. Nous n'avons pas retrouvé ce document, mais il parait sûr qu'à cette époque, le village a été du ressort du comté de Montbéliard fondé aux . Par ailleurs, le 8 janvier 1147, l'archevêque de Besançon, par une charte, y confirme les possessions du prieuré de Lanthenans de l'ordre de saint Augustin. Cette maison religieuse est située entre Colombier-Châtelot et le Lomont, à une distance de  au sud-ouest. Le document dit ceci : « terram de Colombeyr superiori cum molendino », attestant de plus l'ancienneté des moulins sur le petit ruisseau. Un peu plus tard, le 4 mai 1177, une bulle du pape Alexandre III assure les mêmes possessions au même prieuré et désigne « ecclesiam de Colombier cum capella sua de Villar », c'est-à-dire l'église de Colombier avec sa chapelle de Villars-sous-Écot. Il en ressort que Villars-sous-Ecot était à cette époque un hameau peu considérable, dépendant de Colombier-Fontaine. Et il semble bien qu'une paroisse était constituée à Colombier, Villars en était la filiale et l'église-mère devait avoir une certaine importance dès le , d'ailleurs le patronage de celles-ci bénéficiait aux seigneurs de Neuchâtel qu'ils transmirent en 1316 à Girard et Jacques de Guemonhans, aujourd'hui Goumois (Doubs), puis en 1370 au nouvel hôpital de Blamont.

Dix ans après, en 1187, le pape Grégoire VIII confirme également par une autre bulle les biens de l'abbaye de Lieu-Croissant (près de  L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs) sur la demande de l'archevêque bisontin Humbert et en particulier des terres « terras in territorio de Colombiers »...

Le fief de Colombier-Fontaine
Colombier-Fontaine fit partie en 1282 du démembrement du comté de Montbéliard qui constitua la seigneurie du Châtelot  jusqu'en 1790.

À la différence de Colombier-Châtelot qui n'avait pas de fief. Colombier-Savoureux a été très convoité durant le Moyen Âge par les vassaux des Neuchâtel-Bourgogne, et un château y existait qui fut démoli après 1587. Mais, avant eux, avant la formation de la seigneurie du Châtelot, Thierry et Renaud de Trémoins (70) fils de Guillaume, tenaient déjà un fief comtal à Colombier-Fontaine en 1273. En 1298, Wuillemin de Trémoins tenait toujours ce fief, malgré la formation de la seigneurie du Châtelot en faveur des sires de Neuchâtel-Bourgogne en 1282.

On sait aussi que Richard de Neuchâtel-Bourgogne, fils aîné de Thiébaud  épousa Marguerite de Montfaucon qui possédait déjà en 1273 Lougres, Etouvans et Colombier-Fontaine. Il est possible que ces terres formèrent sa dot.

En 1284, Humbert de Longevelle écuyer, fils d'Eudes, chevalier, reprit de Thiébaud III de Neuchâtel-Bourgogne un fief à « Colombier-Saveroux » qu'il avait acquis de Simon de Falon, et ce qu'il tenait en fief de Perrin de Montbéliard. Un peu plus tard, en 1299, Villemenet, fils de Joly de Trouvans, reprit du même sire de Neuchâtel ce qu'il avait à « Logres » à « Colombier Saveroux » et à Etouvans. D'autres vassaux des Neuchâtel apparaissent au  avec les seigneurs de Saint-Maurice. Ainsi Jean Sauvageot de Saint-Maurice, chevalier, reprit de Thiébaud IV ce qu'il avait à Colombier-Savoureux, Saint-Maurice, Montussaint et Villars-sous-Ecot, en 1336. Un autre document le mentionne en 1340 et on suit sa descendance en 1380 avec un Jean de Saint-Maurice qui confirma au  l'achat des terres qu'il avait fait auprès du seigneur de Neuchâtel pour Saint-Maurice et colombier-Fontaine. Mais la branche mâle de la famille s'éteignit en 1490 et l'héritage échut à deux filles qui transmirent leurs biens à leurs héritiers.

En 1368, il y avait aussi la famille de Vaîtes. Jehan de Vaîtes et sa femme Marguerite, fille de Thiébaud de Roches, vendirent le meix qu'ils possédaient à Colombier-Fontaine à Thiébaud VI de Neuchâtel. Catherine de Dampierre, épouse de Richard de Scey, donna toutes ses dîmes qui lui revenaient de l'église de Colombier-Fontaine à la chapelle de la Vraie-Croix à L'Îsle. Au début du , deux vassaux des Neuchâtel, les nobles Henri de Villers et Thiébaud Berchenet tenaient des biens à Colombier. D'autres seigneurs en bénéficièrent encore aux  avant leur réunion au domaine direct du comte de Montbéliard dans le cadre de la seigneurie du Châtelot en 1561.

La réforme
Le  fut marqué par l'introduction de la Réforme, ainsi en 1602 le duc Frédéric de Montbéliard institua Daniel Barthol pasteur à Colombier, et par la terrible invasion des Guise pendant l'hiver 1587-1588. D'horribles excès par le pillage, l'incendie et la torture, furent commis par les reîtres du duc de Lorraine. Les mêmes horreurs se répétèrent de 1633 à 1637 pendant la guerre de Trente Ans et durant 3 ans de 1635 à 1638, la peste anéantit la population du village, tant et si bien que la paroisse de Colombier mais aussi celles de Belverne et de Goumois (Doubs) furent supprimées faute d'une population suffisante.

Le pays tenta de se reconstruire mais de nouvelles menaces apparaissaient à l'horizon avec la conquête par la France de la Franche-Comté en 1674. Cela entraîna pour Colombier-Fontaine et la seigneurie du Châtelot des tribulations à la fois politiques et religieuses et qui se traduisirent de toute manière par une annexion française « de facto » en avril et mai 1700. Dès lors, sur le plan administratif et souverain, le droit du roi prévalut sur le droit du prince de Montbéliard qui, après une période de séquestre jusqu'en 1748, ne retrouva que les droits utiles, mineurs, d'un vassal vis-à-vis d'un suzerain tout puissant.

L'annexion à la France
En 1789, le prince de Montbéliard, seigneur du Châtelot, perdit tous ses droits seigneuriaux avec leurs revenus. En 1790, la seigneurie fut également supprimée et la commune de Colombier-Fontaine entra dans le département du Doubs et dans le canton de Mathay. Ce canton fut transféré à Écot en 1800, celui-ci fut supprimé le 19 octobre 1801 et remplacé par le canton de Pont-de-Roide. Les biens ecclésiastiques qui demeuraient à Colombier-Fontaine ceux de l'hôpital de Valentigney, ceux du prieuré de Lanthenans, furent vendus comme biens nationaux vers 1793-94.

Les invasions de 1814 et de 1815 furent néfastes à Colombier-Fontaine qui dut satisfaire à de nombreuses réquisitions et au logement de troupes chez l'habitant. Par contre la guerre de 1870 causa moins d'ennuis au village. Le pont sur le Doubs, construit en pierre en 1863, sauta (3 arches) comme tous les autres de la région en 1870, ce qui protégea d'une certaine manière Colombier-Fontaine et les villages de la rive gauche du Doubs où les Prussiens ne passèrent pas et où restèrent jusqu'en janvier-février 1871 des soldats français. Le pont fut rebâti par l'État en 1873.

La Seconde Guerre mondiale
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Colombier-Fontaine fut marqué par plusieurs faits de résistance en relation avec la « bataille du rail ». Entre Voujeaucourt et Colombier, la ligne de chemin de fer fut plusieurs fois coupée par le maquis en juillet et août 1944. Le pont sur le Doubs sauta encore au moment de la Libération, les 15 et 16 novembre 1944, à la suite des durs combats de Saint-Maurice. Il ne fut reconstruit qu'en 1950.

Héraldique

Politique et administration

Démographie

Lieux et monuments
 L'église Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste.
 Le temple protestant des .
 Une gare SNCF.

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Jean Messagier, peintre, a vécu dans la commune voisine de Lougres, dans un ancien moulin au lieu-dit les Trois Cantons au pied du pont de la combe Charrot qui enjambe le Doubs.
Matthieu Messagier, poète et fils du précédent, est né à Colombier-Fontaine puis a vécu de 1972 à sa mort dans le moulin de ses parents.
 Arthur Vichot, Champion de France de cyclisme sur route 2013 et 2016, y est né.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Histoire des diocèses de Besançon et de saint-Claude, volume 2, Jean-François Nicolas Richard, 1851, 380.
 Nobiliaire universel de France ou recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume, volume 6, Nicolas Viton de saint-Allais, Bureau du nobiliaire universel de France, 1815, 180.
 Précis historique de la réformation et des églises protestantes dans l'ancien Comté de Montbéliard et ses dépendances, Georges-Frédéric Goguel, 1841, 81, 92, 168.
 Recherches historiques et statistiques sur l'ancienne seigneurie de Neuchâtel, au comté de Bourgogne, Jean François N.Richard, 1840, 66, 67, 69, 122, 138, 160, 167, 168, 182, 400, 426.

Articles connexes
 Communes du Doubs
 Gare de Colombier-Fontaine

Liens externes
 http://www.colombierfontaine.fr/
 Colombier-Fontaine sur le site de l'Institut géographique national

Commune dans le Doubs
Unité urbaine de Colombier-Fontaine
Aire urbaine de Montbéliard


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This baked ziti recipe uses a blend of three cheeses to make it gooey and absolutely delicious. It is easy to make, but tastes like it took hours of slaving in the kitchen. Serve with a salad and buttered crusty Italian bread for a hearty meal.
1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes; drain.
2. In a large skillet, brown onion and ground beef over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 15 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9×13 inch baking dish.
4. Layer as follows: 1/2 of the ziti, Provolone cheese, sour cream, 1/2 sauce mixture, remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce mixture. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.
5. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheeses are melted. Serve with a tossed salad and buttered italian rolls.


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Hiscox Launches Branded Social Magazine App for Small Businesses
Press Release Writer
Online Business News
Last edited: 28th September 2012
Today sees the launch of "Hiscox Informed", a branded social magazine app that provides small business owners with access to expert opinions and advice on all aspects of running a business. The app has been designed by specialist small business insurer Hiscox, and tech start-up Better Than Paper.
The app is free to download and aggregates relevant information and practical tips from selected media sources, respected business leaders and entrepreneurs themselves, to provide live, up-to-the-minute news and content while on the move.
"Hiscox Informed" also allows users to bookmark their favourite articles for later reference and access their social networks to stay on top of their news feeds and share content with peers.
Annabel Venner, Marketing Director at Hiscox, commented: "Small business owners tell us they are information-hungry yet time-poor and don't always have the access to experienced mentors who can help advise them. The businesses with the best chance of success are those that are aware of what's going on around them and know how to adapt to changing trends. 'Hiscox Informed' allows entrepreneurs to easily tap in to relevant and interesting insights which could help them make more informed decisions while they are busy making their businesses work."
Ashwin Saddul, Managing Director at Better Than Paper, said: "In today's fast evolving environment we understand content is key, which is why we have helped develop this social magazine app. Bringing together great content from across the small business industry, the app allows small businesses to access and share highly relevant content.
"The app is also an invaluable resource for content providers to showcase their best work to a highly targeted audience. With a real focus on collaboration via LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, the app offers a social platform for content providers and users alike."
The app is now free to download for iPhone, iPad and android tablet devices. For more information visit: http://www.hiscox.co.uk/informe
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