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Scope Of The Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities And The Optional Protocol To The Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities
Original Language Title: Geltungsbereich des Übereinkommens über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen sowie des Fakultativprotokolls zum Übereinkommen über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen
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47. Revelation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification or ratification. Certificates of accession and the following organisation of its document of formal confirmation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (BGBl. III n ° 155/2008, last proclamation of the BGBl scope. ) No 79/2009):
States/Organization:
Date of deposit of the instrument of ratification, accession, or Certificate of formal confirmation to the Convention:
Date of deposit of the instruments of ratification. Instrument of Accession to the Optional Protocol:
Arab Republic of Syria
The following states: In the event of the deposit of their instruments of ratification, accession, or Certificate of formal confirmation shall declare the following reservations or Declarations made on the Convention:
European Union 1 :
Declaration pursuant to Art. 44 Abs.1:
Article 44 (1) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") provides that an organisation of regional integration in its instrument of formal confirmation or declare the scope of their powers in relation to matters covered by this Convention.
Members of the European Community are currently the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Estonia Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Malta, the Republic Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The European Community notes that the term "States Parties" shall apply for the purposes of the Convention to regional integration organisations within the framework of their responsibilities.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities shall apply, as regards the competence of the European Community, to the territories in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applicable, in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, and in particular Article 299 thereof.
In accordance with Article 299, this declaration shall not apply to the territories of the Member States in which the said Treaty does not apply and shall not affect acts or positions adopted by the Member States concerned in the framework of the Convention on behalf of the and in the interest of these areas.
This declaration states that, in accordance with Article 44 (1) of the Convention on the areas covered by the Convention, the powers of the Member States of the Community in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community have been transferred.
The extent and the exercise of Community responsibilities naturally evolve continuously; therefore, if necessary, the Community will supplement or amend this declaration in accordance with Article 44 (1) of the Convention.
In some matters, the European Community has exclusive competence, and in others the competence is shared between it and the Member States. Member States shall continue to be responsible for all matters for which competence has not been transferred to the European Community.
The Community has exclusive competence with regard to the compatibility of State aid with the common market and with the common customs tariff. In so far as provisions of Community law are affected by the provisions of the Convention, the exclusive competence for the adoption of the relevant obligations for the public administration of the European Union is the exclusive competence of the European Union. Community. In this context, the Community declares that it is responsible for the following areas: regulation of recruitment, working conditions, remuneration, training, etc. for unelected officials in accordance with the Staff Regulations and the Implementing Rules 2 .
The Community and the Member States have shared competence with regard to measures to combat discrimination on the grounds of disability, free movement of goods, persons, services and capital, agriculture, rail, road, sea and air transport, taxation, the internal market, equal pay for men and women, the policy of the trans-European networks and statistics. With regard to accession to the Convention, the European Community has exclusive competence in respect of such matters in so far as the provisions of the Convention or of the Convention adopted pursuant to the Convention are Legislation to be applied to common rules established in advance by the European Community. Without prejudice to the competence of the European Community to act in this area, Community rules which remain unaffected, in particular Community provisions laying down only minimum standards, shall be applicable, the Member States. In the other cases, the Member States shall remain responsible. A list of the relevant acts adopted by the European Community shall be annexed. The competence of the European Community resulting from these legal acts shall be assessed on the basis of the precise content of the individual act and, in particular, on the extent to which common rules are laid down therein.
The following EC policies can also be important for the UN Convention: the Member States and the Community are working towards the development of a coordinated employment strategy. The Community shall contribute to the development of quality education by encouraging cooperation between the Member States and, if necessary, by supporting and supplementing the activities of the Member States. The Community shall implement a vocational training policy which shall support and supplement the measures taken by the Member States. The Community continues to develop and pursue its policy of strengthening its economic and social cohesion, in order to promote the harmonious development of the Community as a whole. Without prejudice to the respective responsibilities of the Member States, the Community shall pursue a policy of development cooperation and economic, financial and technical cooperation with third countries.
Community acts on matters covered by the Convention
The Community acts listed below illustrate the extent of the competence of the Community in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community. In some matters, the European Community has exclusive competence, and in others the competence is shared between it and the Member States. The powers of the Community resulting from those acts shall be assessed on the basis of the precise content of the individual act and, in particular, on the extent to which it lays down common rules laid down by the provisions of the Convention.
-in the area of accessibility
Directive 1999 /5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (OJ L 197, 21.7.1999, p. OJ No L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10).
Directive 2001 /85/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2001 laying down special provisions for vehicles intended for the carriage of passengers comprising more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat and amending Directives 70 /156/EEC and 97 /27/EC OJ L 42, 13.2.2002, p. 1).
Council Directive 96 /48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system (OJ L 177, 30.6.1996, p. 6), as amended by Directive 2004 /50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 344, 27.12.2004, p. OJ L 164, 30.4.2004, p. 114).
Directive 2001 /16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 on the interoperability of the trans-European conventional rail system (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 1), as amended by Directive 2004 /50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 210, 31.7.2004, p. OJ L 164, 30.4.2004, p. 114).
Directive 2006 /87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC (OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. OJ L 389, 30.12.2006, p.1).
Directive 2003 /24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 April 2003 amending Council Directive 98 /18/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (OJ L 283, 31.7.2003, p. OJ No L 123, 17.5.2003, p. 18).
Directive 2007 /46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units for these vehicles (Framework Directive) (OJ L 136, 31. OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1).
Commission Decision 2008 /164/EC of 21 December 2007 laying down the technical specification for interoperability relating to restricted mobile persons in the trans-European conventional rail system and in the trans-European network High-speed rail system (OJ No L OJ No L 64, 7.3.2008, p. 72).
Directive 95 /16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 1995 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts (OJ L 164, 30.6.1995, p. 1), as amended by Directive 2006 /42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on machinery and amending Directive 95 /16/EC (OJ L 327, 30.11.2006, p. OJ L 157, 9.6.2006, p. 24).
Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (OJ L 108, 27.4.2002, p. OJ No L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33).
Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users ' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51).
Directive 97 /67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service (OJ L 378, 27.12.1997, p. 14), as amended by Directive 2002/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 amending Directive 97 /67/EC with a view to the further liberalisation of the market in postal services in the Community: 21) and Directive 2008 /6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 amending Directive 97 /67/EC with regard to the completion of the internal market of Community postal services (OJ L 176, 15.7.2008, p. 1). OJ L 52, 27.2.2008, p. 3).
Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 1). OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p.25).
Directive 2004 /17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (OJ L 344, 27.3.2004, p. OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1).
Directive 2004 /18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114).
Council Directive 92/13/EEC of 25 February 1992 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of Community rules on the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy and energy sector Transport and telecommunications (OJ C 327, 30.4.2004, p 14), as amended by Directive 2007 /66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 amending Council Directives 89 /665/EEC and 92 /13/EEC with a view to improving the effectiveness of the Review procedures relating to the award of public contracts (OJ L 327, 22.7. OJ L 335, 20.12.2007, p.31).
Council Directive 89 /665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures in the context of the award of public supply and public works contracts (OJ L 327, 30.12.1989, p. 33), as amended by Directive 2007 /66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 amending Council Directives 89 /665/EEC and 92 /13/EEC, with a view to improving the effectiveness of Review procedures relating to the award of public contracts (OJ L 327, 22.7. OJ L 335, 20.12.2007, p.31).
-in the areas of self-employment, social inclusion, employment and employment
Council Directive 2000 /78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ L 378, 27.12.2000, p. OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring the compatibility of certain categories of aid with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation) (OJ L 327, 31.12.2008, p. OJ No L 214, 9.8.2008, p. 3).
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2289/83 of 29 July 1983 laying down provisions for the implementation of Articles 70 to 78 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 on the Community system of reliefs from customs duty (OJ L 327, 31.12.1983, p. OJ No L 220, 11.8.1983, p. 15).
Council Directive 83 /181/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down the scope of Article 14 (1) (d) of Directive 77 /388/EEC as regards the exemption from value added tax of certain definitive imports of goods (OJ 1983 L 73, p. 1). OJ No L 105, 23.4.1983, p. 38).
Directive 2006 /54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ L 283, 27.9.2006, p. OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of 28 March 1983 on the Community system of reliefs from customs duty (OJ L 378, 31.12.1983, p. 1). OJ No L 105, 23.4.1983, p. 1).
Council Directive 2006 /112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ L 327, 30.12.2006, p. 1), as amended by Council Directive 2009 /47/EC of 5 May 2009 amending Directive 2006 /112/EC as regards reduced rates of value added tax (OJ L 378, 27.12.2009, p. OJ L 116 of 9.5.2009, p. 18).
Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 327, 30.12.2005, p. OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1).
Council Directive 2003 /96/EC of 27 June 2003 October 2003 on the restructuring of the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (OJ L 327, 28.12.2003, p. OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 51).
-in the area of personal mobility
Council Directive 91 /439/EEC of 29 July 1991 on driving licences (OJ L 42, 15.1.1991, p. OJ No L 237, 24.8.1991, p. 1).
Directive 2006 /126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licences (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. OJ L 403, 30.12.2006, p.18).
Directive 2003 /59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on the basic qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain motor vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers by road and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 and Council Directive 91 /439/EEC and repealing Council Directive 76 /914/EEC (OJ L 139, 30.4.1996, p. OJ L 226 of 10.9.2003, p. 4).
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to air passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (OJ L 327, 31.12.1991, p. OJ L 46, 17.2.2004, p. 1).
Regulation (EC) No 1107/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 1).
Regulation (EC) No 1899/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. OJ L 377, 27.12.2006, p.1).
Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2007. October 2007 on the rights and obligations of rail passengers (OJ L 327, 30.12.2007, p. OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 14).
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2007 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 1191/69 and (EEC) No 1107/70 (OJ L 107, 30.4.7/70, p. OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 1).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 8/2008 of 11 December 2007 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 as regards common technical requirements and administrative procedures for commercial air transport by aeropautic aircraft (OJ L 327, 31.12.2008, p. OJ L 10, 12.1.2008, p. 1).
-in the area of access to information
Directive 2001 /83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67), as amended by Directive 2004 /27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 311, 28.11.2004, p. OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 34).
Directive 2007 /65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 amending Council Directive 89 /552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States relating to the exercise of Television broadcasting (OJ C 327, OJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 27).
Directive 2000 /31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the internal market (Directive on the protection of the environment) Electronic commerce) (OJ C 327, OJ L 178, 17.7.2000, p. 1).
Directive 2001 /29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. OJ L 167, 22.6.2001, p. 10).
Directive 2005 /29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84 /450/EEC, which provides for: Directives 97 /7/EC, 98 /27/EC and 2002 /65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive) (OJ L 327, 30.11.1997, p. OJ No L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).
-in the field of statistics and data collection
Directive 95 /46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 1 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ C OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31).
Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (OJ L 139, 30.4.1998, p. 3) and its implementing regulations.
Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (OJ L 297, 15.11.2003, p. 1) and its implementing regulations.
Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 April 2007 on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) (OJ L 139, 30.4.2007, p. 3) and its implementing regulations.
Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (OJ L 378, 27.12.2008, p. OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 70).
-in the field of international cooperation
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p.41).
Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p.1).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) (OJ L 210, 31.7.2007, p. OJ L 170, 29.6.2007, p. 1).
Reservation on Art. 27 (1):
The European Community declares that, in accordance with Community law (in particular Council Directive 2000 /78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation) Member States may, where appropriate, bring their own reservations to Article 27 (1) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, since they may provide for this Directive to be laid down in accordance with Article 3 (4) of the Council Directive in respect of discrimination on grounds of disability, not in respect of employment in to the armed forces. Therefore, the Community declares that it shall conclude the Convention without prejudice to the above-mentioned right which is granted to its Member States in accordance with Community law.
With regard to Art. 46, the Islamic Republic of Iran declares that it considers itself unbound to any reservations that are incompatible with the aim and purpose of this Convention.
Canada recognises that people with disabilities enjoy equal rights and ability in all areas of life on an equal footing with others.
Canada states its view that Article 12 allows for the supported decision-making and decision-making by substitutes under certain circumstances and in accordance with the law.
To this extent, Art. 12 may be interpreted as whether it is required to remove all decision-making arrangements by substitutes; Canada reserves the right to continue to do so under certain circumstances and subject to a adequate and effective protection. With reference to Article 12 (4), Canada reserves the right to regularly review all such measures by an independent authority, provided that such measures are not already the subject of the review or complaint.
Canada interprets Art. 33 (2) in such a way as to take account of the situation of the States, with the implementation of the Convention at more than one level of government and through a variety of mechanisms, including those already existing, will take place.
Lithuania:
The Republic of Lithuania declares that the term "sexual and reproductive health" uses in Art. 25 lit. (a) the Convention is not to be interpreted in such a way as to establish new human rights and to create relevant international obligations of the Republic of Lithuania. The legal content of this concept does not include support, encouragement or promotion of abortion, sterilization and medical procedures of persons with disabilities, which discriminate on the basis of genetic characteristics can cause it.
Malaysia:
Malaysia recognizes that the principles of non-discrimination and equal opportunities, as in Art. 3 lit. b, Art. 3 lit. (e) and Article 5 (2) of that Convention are provided for, essential to ensuring the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons with disabilities, and respect for them To promote inherent dignity, which should be applied and interpreted on the basis of disability and on the basis of equal rights with others.
Malaysia declares that its application and interpretation of the Federal constitution of Malaysia in respect of the principles of non-discrimination and equal opportunities does not constitute a violation of Art. 3 lit. b, Art. 3 lit. (e) and Article 5 (2) of the Convention should be dealt with.
Malaysia recognises the participation of people with disabilities in cultural life, recreation and leisure, as provided for in Article 30 of the said Convention, and sets out the recognition as a matter of national legislation.
The Government of Malaysia ratifies the aforementioned Convention on the condition that it does not consider itself bound by Articles 15 and 18 of the said Convention.
Mauritius:
The Republic of Mauritius declares that, in view of its serious financial consequences, it does not currently have any of the provisions of Art. 9 (2) (lit). I would like to take the necessary measures. With regard to Article 24 (2) (b), the Republic of Mauritius pursues a policy of general education, which is currently increasingly being implemented alongside special training.
Slovakia:
In accordance with Article 46 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Article 19 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties:
The Slovak Republic shall apply the provisions of Article 27 (1) (1). a on the condition that the implementation of the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability in relation to the selection, recruitment and employment conditions does not apply in cases of recruitment for the service as a member of the armed forces, to use armed security forces, armed forces, the national security bureau, the Slovak information service and the fire and rescue services.
On the occasion of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, the Arab Republic of Syria issued the following statement on the Optional Protocol:
In accordance with Article 8 of the Protocol, which states that each State Party may, at the time of signature or ratification of this Protocol or of its accession, declare that it does not recognise the competence of the Committee referred to in Articles 6 and 7 thereof, Declares the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic that it has the competence of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ("Committee") in accordance with Art. 6 and 7 of the Optional Protocol.
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<i>What to Pack For</i>...Santorini
What to Pack For...Santorini
Our Deputy Editor (and resident packing expert) Lindsay Silberman shares the essentials you'll need on your next trip.
By Lindsay Silberman
Designed by Michael Stillwell
There are few places as visually breathtaking as Santorini. The crescent-shaped island—known for its signature white-washed stone buildings perched atop craggy volcanic cliffs—seems to have a place on everyone's bucket list these days. Sunsets in Santorini are nothing short of magic, the black sand beaches are otherworldly, and wandering through the village of Oia will make you feel like you've been transported back in time.
But if you're thinking about planning a trip, it's crucial to pack strategically. Here's why.
Sensible Shoes
Sea Star Beachwear Espadrille Sandal, $94.95
If there's one mistake that most people make when packing for Santorini, it's not bringing the proper footwear. You'll likely spend most of your time in the village of Oia, where there are hundreds of uneven stone steps—and since cars aren't allowed past a certain point on the caldera, you should expect to do a lot of walking. Leave the cute wedges at home and opt for a sensible (but chic!) pair of flats, like these neoprene espadrilles, which come in black, navy (above), and white. Bonus: they can even be worn in the water.
Lightweight Dresses
Camilla Wings To Fly Embellished Printed Silk Maxi Dress, $600
Assuming your trip falls during high season—which is between late June and early September—the weather will fluctuate between "hot" and "oppressively hot." Light, breathable fabric is key: think linen, sheer tops, and shorts to tour around during the day; flowy maxi dresses or caftans for dinner at night. Most restaurants are low-key and accept walk-ins, but you might consider making reservations at highly sought-after spots, like Metaxy Mas, which locals often say is the best restaurant in all of Santorini.
A Straw Hat
Ale by Alessandra Luca Hat, $59
Even if you don't consider yourself a "hat person," do yourself a favor and bring one anyway. You'll be glad you did, particularly if you choose to make the pilgrimage from Oia village to Ammoudi Bay Harbor. The cliffside trek is not for the faint of heart (there are a total of 300 steps, plus tourists and donkeys to dodge around every turn) but you'll be rewarded handsomely once you reach the base of the caldera. Lunch at Ammoudi Fish Tavern is a must, as is a post-meal swim. (There's a small pier just a few feet from the restaurant where you can dive in for a quick dip.)
A Subtle Scent
Creed Floralie Fragrance, $415
I love the idea of taking a new fragrance with you on vacation—it's a way of creating a "scent memory" that you'll forever associate with your trip. Of course, given the heat and the time of year, you'll want to avoid anything too heavy. This fresh floral scent, which Creed just released as an exclusive to Neiman Marcus, has notes of Bulgarian rose, tuberose, lilac and marigold.
Sophisticated Swimwear
Tory Burch Lipsi Swimsuit, $228
This swimsuit provides coverage and support in all the right places, which makes it perfect for an island-hopping boat trip (Captain Ted's Santorini Sailing is considered the best) or a lazy afternoon at the hotel pool. Speaking of hotels...there are dozens of fantastic boutiques to choose from, but I'd recommend splitting your stay between Adronis Concept (a wellness-focused retreat in the quiet village of Imerovigli) and Adronis Luxury Suites (in the heart of Oia.)
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Return to Monkey Island is a new game in the franchise from Ron Gilbert
With Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games publishing, Gilbert's Terrible Toybox will pick up where Monkey Island 2 left off sometime in 2022.
TJ Denzer
In the pantheon of old school point-and-click adventure games, one of the most wonderful franchises among the bunch is that of Monkey Island. A classic of the glory days of Lucasfilm Games, Monkey Island was a product of the equally legendary Ron Gilbert of Maniac Mansion fame, but the franchise has rested dormant for quite a while… until now. Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games have officially announced a new Return to Monkey Island game and Ron Gilbert's Terrible Toybox studio will lead development for a 2022 release.
Lucasfilm, Devolver, and Gilbert himself shared the reveal of Return to Monkey Island with a teaser trailer on April 4, 2022. According to Devolver Digital's Twitter post on the game, Return to Monkey Island will be a Gilbert-led adventure that picks up where The Secret of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge left off. It's also slated for a release sometime in 2022, meaning the game has already spent some time in secret development as Ron Gilbert confirmed in his own post.
Fans of the Monkey Island games should be thrilled to see a new game come from the franchise, and from Ron Gilbert no less. There has only been a little activity in regards to Monkey Island for the past few years. Limited Run Games did a release of a Monkey Island Premium Edition in 2020. However, Ron Gilbert has also done other projects at Terrible Toybox, including 2017's delightful Thimbleweed Park. During this time, Lucasfilm Games also saw a rebirth in 2021 and has since been working on a number of games related to licenses under the company.
With Return to Monkey Island confirmed for a launch sometime in 2022, there are a great many details we're still waiting to see. Stay tuned as we await further updates such as launch dates and platforms later this year.
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TJ Denzer is a player and writer with a passion for games that has dominated a lifetime. He found his way to the Shacknews roster in late 2019 and has worked his way to Senior News Editor since. Between news coverage, he also aides notably in livestream projects like the indie game-focused Indie-licious, the Shacknews Stimulus Games, and the Shacknews Dump. You can reach him at tj.denzer@shacknews.com and also find him on Twitter @JohnnyChugs.
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The Macrobians (Μακροβίοι) were an ancient Somali Proto-Somali tribal kingdom positioned in the Horn of Africa mentioned by Herodotus.  It is one of the legendary peoples postulated at the extremity of the known world (from the perspective of the Greeks), in this case in the extreme south contrasting with the Hyperboreans in the extreme east.

Accounts
According to Herodotus' account, the Persian Emperor Cambyses II upon his  conquest of Egypt (525 BC) sent ambassadors to Macrobia, bringing luxury gifts for the Macrobian king to entice his submission. The Macrobian ruler, who was elected based at least in part on stature, replied instead with a challenge for his Persian counterpart in the form of an unstrung bow: if the Persians could manage to string it, they would have the right to invade his country; but until then, they should thank the gods that the Macrobians never decided to invade their empire.

Culture
Herodotus detailed how the Macrobians practiced an elaborate form of embalming. The Macrobians preserved the bodies of the dead by first extracting moisture from the corpses, then overlaying the bodies with a type of plaster, and finally decorating the exterior in vivid colors in order to imitate the deceased as realistically as possible. They then placed the body in a hollow crystal pillar, which they kept in their homes for a period of about a year. This is described by Herodotus in the following quote:

People
In the fifth Century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus, known as the father of History in western traditions, referred to a race called the Macrobians who dwelled in present-day Somaliland. These people were famous for their longevity (an average age of 120 years) due to their diet which mainly comprises meat and milk. They were also, according to Herodotus, the "tallest and most handsome among all men". They were fierce warrior herders and wealthy seafarers according to Herodotus again. All descriptions of the people agree with the pastoral Somali figures who are tall, handsome warriors, with a diet mainly consisting of meat and milk. Somalis also have a rich maritime culture. This point of view was affirmed by the Indian scholar, Mamta Agarwal, who wrote "these people were none other than the inhabitants of Somalia, opposite the Red Sea.

See also

 Greco-Roman ethnography
 History of Djibouti
 History of Somalia
 History of Somaliland
 History of Eritrea
 Proto-Somalis
 Somalis
 Aithiopia
 Ancient Libya
 Sigelwara Land
 Fountain of Youth
 Kingdom of Kush

References

Longevity myths
Tribes described primarily by Herodotus
Legendary tribes in Greco-Roman historiography
Ancient Africa
Ancient peoples of Africa
Cambyses II

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GKFX Financial Services Ltd was formerly called Smart Live Financial Services Ltd. The company was established in 2010 and specializes in providing an online trading platform with varying spreads and trading services. Users can trade commodities, CFDs, spot forex, etc. GKFX is regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and in Germany by Bafin.
GKFX is unique in the sense that its services cannot be compared to other competitors owing to the options it provides to traders. Despite being a relatively young brokerage, it has still managed to compete and remain on the top.
One of the unique aspects of GKFX's service is that they are the only broker that supports MetaTrader 4 (MT4) for spread betting. All other brokers while having MT4 support it's only limited to CFDs and spot forex.
Is GKFX a reliable company or just another elaborate scam?
Many big players in the forex trading industry prefer to signup with big-name brokers with established brand names mainly for peace of mind. Knowing that your broker is established helps foster a sense of peace and security because each is regulated by an agency in at least the countries of their origin.
Though the trade-off with using a prominent name broker with an established brand name is that you'll never get personalized service. It is the personalization of service where smaller yet also equally established brokers like GKFX tend to outshine big-name competitors.
Originally founded back in 2010 as Smart Live Financial Services Ltd. GKFX is a relatively new business though they have managed to establish some incredible credibility compared to brokers who have been around for over a decade.
GKFX offers a very compelling Demo account
GKFX is one of the fewer small brokers who has been able to provide their traders with the very same peace and security that big-name brokers offer. GKFX is not surprisingly regulated by just one regulatory authority but five in three different countries, i.e., the UK's FCA, Japan's JFSA, Hong Kong's SFC, Germany's BaFIN and Australia's ASIC.
Now in addition to being regulated in several countries, it provides excellent support to traders. So, everyone using the service knows that their problems will be addressed. GKFX is headquartered in London, UK, and employs over 400 people.
Additionally, the company has offices in 25 other locations across the world. They cover Cairo, Beijing, Frankfurt, Dubai, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Bucharest, Madrid, Istambul, Milan, Johannesburg, Moscow, Madrid, Prague, Santiago, Paris, Manila, Lima, Mexico City, Tokyo, Stockholm, Sydney, and Shanghai.
GKFX's website is available in 30 languages. If anything that makes it easier to access and use for traders who don't natively read or understand English. When it comes to trading platform, GKFX boasts of providing traders with the immensely popular and robust MT4 or MetaTrader 4 trading platform.
Keeping in mind their clients' trading needs, especially those with more experience the company has teamed up with MYFX. The partnership with MYFX brings the MYFX trading console to power users so that they can get more out of the MT4 platform.
We concluded from our observation of the company and traders that used the service is that they are reliable. They are credible and tend to keep their integrity intact with their philosophy of offering a customized experience. As professional traders ourselves we know that big is not necessarily big, something that GKFX can prove.
The mobile platform is a delight to use
Choice of Trading Platforms
GKFX stands by the MT4 trading platform like many other brokers owing to its popularity. The platform is very robust and intuitive making it one of the best for those who want to trade spot forex.
GKFX also provides an excellent platform for spread betting. As it so happens, they are perhaps the only brokers in the industry who offer spread bettors all the benefits of a regular trading platform with MT4 support.
Furthermore, GKFX provides traders with an assortment of apps for various mobile devices like tablet computers and smartphones. So, traders can use the platform to trade while on the go easily.
Those who are searching for more exclusive options can add the premium MYFX console to the MT4 platform via a subscription fee. By combining the MYFX console traders can further enhance their trading experience owing to greater control over their trading activity.
GKFX provides traders with a choice of five different account types. So, traders can choose the ones that suit their needs the best. The types of accounts include:
Does not require a minimum deposit
Offers fixed spreads
Unlimited Maximum Open lots
The Min Trade Lot is set at 0.01
Standard (Fixed) Account
Variable Account
Varying spreads
Swap Free Standard Account
Only Fixed spread
VIP Account
A mandatory $25,000 deposit
Variable spread
The Min Trade Lot is set at 1
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Spreads and commission
The WebTrader Platform is a welcome addition
When it comes to payable spreads that really depends on the type of account you have. The fixed spread for each trader is set at 2.5 pips for the Swap Free Account. Using the micro account traders can set the minimum spread at just 1.5 pips.
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GKFX's website is accessible to traders in 30 languages, the same goes for their customer service. Traders can also contact the team via live chat, over the phone or via live email.
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The ability to trade micro lots
You can choose from multiple accounts based on your trading style
Low Minimum Spreads
No Min Deposit Requirements by the company
The company is regulated in various countries by By Bafin and FCA
An Intuitive Trading Platform that's made more powerful with Add-Ons
The way in which the market is covered tends to be rather limited
We also noticed that the spreads for Swap Free Account are higher than the market average
Expect frequent requotes especially during peak trading hours
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Ubuntu has recently become my favorite Linux distro among competitors such as Redhat, Fedora, Mandrake, SUSE and DSL. I've found that Ubuntu offers more support from the community than any of the other distros that I mentioned and also have great support for a wide variety of hardware vendors. For example, I found myself frustrated with Fedora Core 6 (Zod) when I installed it on my HP Pavilion dv4000 laptop. The main problem was getting my wireless card working..or should I say finding drivers to install to get it working. With Ubuntu I noticed right away that my wireless card was working from the live disk alone! I hadn't even installed Ubuntu yet, just put in the install disk and booted up to it and my wireless card was working and as it should have with Fedora after installing.
I installed Ubuntu on my desktop with slight difficulty. Mainly, it would install fine, but Grub would not work properly. I have two hard drives in my desktop, both Sata drives. One is a 300GB drive that I use to install Windows Vista Ultimate x64 and Ubuntu x64 on with ~290GB and ~10GB respectively. The second hard drive is a 750GB drive that I use for storage. I found that Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) and maybe earlier versions do not install Grub well to dual boot on the same hard drive with another drive connected. For some reason it just won't find the partitions to boot. A simple fix for this was to open the tower and simply unplug the 750GB drive from power and the board (while the power was off of course 😉 ). After eliminating this drive, Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) installed just fine! Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbons) seems to install with no problems from the 750GB drive so you most likely will not need to disconnect your extra hard drive to install this one. Now let me get into the comparisons..
Feisty Fawn is the code name for this specific release of Ubuntu which was released in April 2007 or 2007 April..7.04. Feisty Fawn is currently a very stable release. It has had plenty of time to receive deep testing from Alpha testers, Beta tester and to the general public and most all of the haunting bugs have been patched and repaired so it is a release that you can count on. Performance is great. It's a snappy release that is highly customizable and easy to get used to after switching from Windows (like I did). Granted, this transition may be more difficult for others, however, once you find the applications that you need you'll quickly learn that it can perform any task that you needed in Windows and possibly in a more efficient and easy way.
All hardware was detected properly and worked from installation. The only tweak that I had to make to my machine was enabling restricted drivers (nVidia graphics drivers) so that I could take full advantage of my dual screen display. After that it was just add/remove programs from a huge list of available packages. Anything from games to text editors to media players and tools to Beryl, etc.
Just like Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10 has a code name..in this case Gutsy Gibbons. It was first released in August 2007 and has just recently been publicized as a "Stable" release. When I first saw that Gutsy Gibbons had become stable, I received a notification from my update manager in Feisty Fawn and decided to just upgrade from the manager. I would now recommend that if you want to upgrade from Feisty Fawn to Gutsy Gibbons..just do a clean install. My upgrade encountered numerous errors and was forced to quit only after half-way upgrading my system. This left my Ubuntu os unusable and forced me to manually reinstall. I would suggest backing up your documents and any other saved material that you will want later to a disk or jump drive, then do a fresh install over your Ubuntu partition and move your data back. That being said, I would also suggest waiting to let Gutsy Gibbons receive more testing from the general public if you plan on using it as your main desktop. I quickly ran into a problem with video drivers not working properly for nVidia and also read many forums talking about ATI video cards have similar problems. I was encountering random freezes that would sometimes return to normal, but most of the time just lock up the entire computer. Apparently the drivers are not yet stable. I'll keep you updated when they have become stable enough to use, however, for now I have reinstalled Feisty Fawn so I can use my pc. There are several people complaining about these problems, but who knows..you might not ever encounter them.
With the update, I did notice that the layout had changed a little and several personal folders had been added such as Pictures, Documents, Music, etc. The icons got a small update as well as the mouse cursors. NTFS-3G had been installed and enabled by default to allow reading and writing to NTFS drives with ease. This means you can access your Windows partitions and save files to those drives by default now! If you liked using Beryl in Feisty Fawn to get cool desktop effects such as a rotating cube to switch between work spaces and wobbly windows then you'll be happy to know that Gutsy Gibbons has all of these features installed by default. There is no longer a need to manually install Beryl, just drop down your System->Preferences menu and click on appearance!
Gutsy Gibbons definitely takes first place over Feisty Fawn, however, I've decided that until Gutsy Gibbons is cleaned up and patched up a little more, I'll just have to stick with a release that has been through all of the stages already and I can count on.
If you are interested in downloading Ubuntu to give it a try, just go to Ubuntu.com. It is completely free and easy to use!
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This unconstrained zip talk occurred at my folks' home on September 1, opening day of my monthlong arrangement to turn healthful conventionality on its head. For the third time in scarcely 60 minutes, I surged with the desperation of an Olympic race walker to the nearest washroom. Give me a chance to be decided: I was not peeing.
That morning I had set out on a dietary mission to eat meat for 30 days. Later that evening, after my significant other and I landed at my folks' place for a visit, my first dinner hit me. I prepared myself on the can in a condition of skepticism—first, at what a solitary steak breakfast was doing to my body, and second, at my mom for neglecting to find the temperances of two-utilize bathroom tissue.
Everything sounded magnificent. In any case, would it work for me? I needed to discover. Tuning in to Baker, I couldn't resist considering my own poor dietary patterns, which are at any rate halfway an aftereffect of the excited idea of my activity as a specialist. Among my staples: pizza, burritos, burgers, and espresso—some of the time upwards of five glasses every day. I'm lucky to have been honored by hereditary qualities: I'm a 125-pound ectomorph with a quick digestion, yet as I crawled more like 30, I saw that I had less vitality.
Wellbeing experts have numerous worries about the eating routine—both for what it discards (nutrients, fiber) and for the rising danger of longterm sicknesses that can result from extreme red-meat utilization. There's additionally the way that the cases made by Baker and his devotees are primarily narrative.
All things considered, I needed a change, so I obtained 40 pounds of steak. Not being a prepared meat eater, I just stacked up my truck with what I thought would continue me for a month. With $170 worth of meat close by, I commenced my 30-day venture with a steak and eggs breakfast. I felt fine: full however not enlarged, satiated yet not lethargic. And afterward came the runs.
Dough puncher found the flesh eater diet in 2016, not long after he started seeing the impacts of middle age. He had dependably been a major weight lifter, breaking records by deadlifting 772 pounds and winning challenges predicated on accomplishments of solidarity, including the 2010 Highland Games in Colorado, where he hurled a pitchfork snared to a 16-pound pack of straw 34 feet into the air. A muscular man with a thick neck and a square jaw, and as a rule tank-topped, he looks plentifully solid.
By age 45, Baker got himself maximized at the rec center. Regardless of being a restorative expert—he finished his residency in orthopedic medical procedure at the University of Texas in 2006—he didn't have an inkling how to control his hypertension or deal with his weight. So he started trying different things with eating routine. First he went paleo, devouring just meat and produce, and lined that up with a stretch on a low-carb diet. At that point he tried out a high-fat ketogenic diet. By that point he had shed 50 pounds yet at the same time felt lazy. Subsequent to finding out about different weight control plans on the web, he found Vince Gironda, a working out incredible from the 1960s who supported an inquisitive methodology: steak and eggs with a negligible measure of carbs blended in. Dough puncher was snared, and Gironda's eating routine turned into his door into all out carnivorism.
In 2016, Baker attempted the flesh eater diet for seven days, at that point two weeks, at that point a month. To straighten something up, he returned to his ketogenic diet, which included greens and dairy, however he didn't feel as great. "It resembled, I don't generally appreciate this serving of mixed greens at any rate. That was basically the distinction. It didn't taste that great to me," he said. Starting in 2017, he came back to the all-meat diet for good.
Pastry specialist's eagerness for the eating regimen before long spread past his own life. While filling in as an orthopedic specialist in New Mexico, he started examining diet with patients experiencing osteoarthritis and different conditions. "I was essentially rehearsing way of life medication rather than carefully performing medical procedure," he let me know. A debate with the clinic followed, and in 2017, Baker was compelled to surrender his therapeutic permit pending an autonomous assessment, which happened toward the finish of 2017. "The assessment said there's nothing amiss with me. I'm totally capable to rehearse medication," he said. He currently lives in California and hopes to have his therapeutic permit reestablished in February.
While Baker is a glad believer, he's not an extremist. He doesn't push an all-meat diet on his three children, for example; he enables them to eat foods grown from the ground however next to no prepared sugar. When I addressed Baker in September, he had been on a flesh eater diet for in excess of 18 sequential months. He appreciates greasy cuts of steak like rib eye however joins eggs, bacon, chicken, salmon, and shrimp. From time to time, he'll toss in a bit of cheddar. The greater part of his eating regimen is hamburger, yet in the event that it's meat, he'll eat it. Typically, individuals devour around 100 grams of protein for each day. On an eating regimen like Baker's, that number skyrockets to almost 500 grams, mocking the sorts of nourishment rules bunches like the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics suggest.
Eating a damn steak sounded sufficiently straightforward. Be that as it may, preceding starting my everything meat-all-the-time grubfest, I inquired as to whether he had any counsel.
His directions were fundamental: don't stress over weight, and eat at whatever point you're ravenous. "Kick those carb and sugar yearnings," he said. "It's tied in with changing your association with sustenance." No vegetables, no natural products, no bread, no sugars, no milk—and no brew. I drank bourbon and red wine, yet just in little amounts, as Baker endorsed. The general principle, given my weight, was to eat around two pounds of meat daily. I ate for the most part steak, yet in addition chicken, salmon, and brisket. My better half, a veteran CrossFit member, is certifiably not a major aficionado of steak, however she likes salmon, brisket, and chicken, so I'd concoct a few steaks alongside some chicken or fish. (Luckily for us, our home has two washrooms.) For snacks I ate venison and chicken protein bars. As per Baker, red meat will in general be supported via flesh eater calorie counters: all things considered, a greasy rib eye is more tasty than insipid chicken.
Like a great deal of weight control plans, the most troublesome part is staying with it when you aren't close to your very own kitchen. Away on a detailing trip right off the bat in the month, I ended up sitting in a roadside motel room, utilizing a plastic fork to choose protein from a ten-inch steak sandwich. At first, the longing to cheat was solid. An eating regimen of meat and eggs gets exhausting before long.
Be that as it may, following seven days I was really very much adjusted and getting a charge out of a delightful blend of throw, strip, and rib eye steak. My guts were getting along, as well; no more power-strolling to the can. I saw that I was dozing better, and I felt less slow every morning and progressively lively toward the evening, which is regularly when I'd pour my third or some espresso. For the vast majority of the month, I drank just two mugs every day without intentionally attempting to curtail. And keeping in mind that I shed a few pounds—an aftereffect of the water content in my body moving as I became accustomed to an eating routine without starches—I never felt starving. In the rec center, I was before long sidelining 130 pounds effortlessly. (Hello, it's a great deal for me.) My yearnings for different sustenances died down. Exploding my eating regimen constrained me to concentrate on how my dinners were readied, the amount I ate, and whether I felt fed or enlarged a while later. For the absolute first time, I thought about what I put in my body. I truly felt great.
And after that came a new surge of the runs.
To be perfectly honest, it amazed me. I'd perused articles before beginning the eating regimen that prominent stoppage as the principle issue of rapacious living. That appeared to bode well: you're not getting any fiber. Be that as it may, when I began hunting down answers, and a conceivable treatment, I turned up various carnivores who referenced the runs. In a meeting she did on Rogan's webcast in August, Mikhaila Peterson said that her swelling and looseness of the bowels persevered for quite a long time before it got itself straightened out.
"The looseness of the bowels thing is exceptionally normal," said Baker, who additionally prescribed that I stay with the eating routine for 60 to 90 days.
To enable me to distil this data, I swung to Stanford University School of Medicine teacher (and veggie lover) Christopher Gardner. He said that while the human body can store a couple of pounds of starches and flaunts an unending limit with respect to clutching fat, it doesn't store protein. Throughout the day, protein helps make and fix cells, produce compounds, and complete different undertakings. Before the month's over, I was normally eating many grams of protein every day, far more than I required. Therefore, my body was endeavoring to change over that overabundance protein into vitality.
While Baker permits that not every person ought to be an exacting meat eater, he wears the mantle of Carnivore King gladly, utilizing Instagram to jab at the veggie lovers and vegans who blame his association with sustenance.
Creature protein will in general toss the parity of good and terrible cholesterol in our bodies askew, which can prompt cardiovascular infection. As indicated by the World Health Organization, red meat is related with higher long haul danger of diabetes and colorectal malignant growth. Questions stay about the flesh eater diet's impact on the gut microbiome (the sound microscopic organisms that live in the colon, help in insusceptible reaction, and subsist on fiber). There's likewise a deceptive, concealed hazard that accompanies substantial meat utilization: meat is very anabolic, which invigorates cell development and lifts digestion. Rehashed contemplates demonstrate that such incitement can make us age quicker.
The absence of dietary fiber is of specific worry to fitness coach (and known self-experimenter) Ben Greenfield, who calls attention to that the prebiotics and probiotics important to encourage the gut microbiome—which assumes a job in the long haul soundness of the invulnerable framework—are absent in huge amounts in meat like they are in vegetables. Last May, he offered a basic evaluation of the meat eater diet on Rogan's digital broadcast.
Adversaries of the eating routine likewise raise the ecological hubris of concentrating on a nutrition class that adds to 14.5 percent of worldwide ozone harming substance emanations, as per the United Nations. The figure refered to by the UN is a purported life-cycle evaluation number, which considers the feed, manure, and land required to raise dairy cattle as well as other meat-yielding domesticated animals, for example, pigs and chickens. In the U.S., meat contributes just 2 percent of generally ozone depleting substance outflows, as indicated by Sara Place, ranking executive of economical hamburger creation look into for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. In any case, look into from 2017 contends that substituting beans for hamburger could give seventy five percent of the outflows decreases required for the U.S. achieve its 2020 objectives.
Yet, maybe the greatest question mark is the reason precisely a few people's bodies appear to react so well to the flesh eater diet. "It's actually difficult to coax out whether it's the nearness of meat or the nonappearance of different things," said Gardner, taking note of that wiping out sugar, low quality nourishment, and wheat items—particularly white-flour items like pizza, bagels, and oats—makes us more beneficial.
Dough puncher repels these worries. When I raised his higher fasting glucose, he brought up that he's not diabetic, refering to an examination that recommended superior competitors who wore consistent glucose screens routinely enrolled exceptionally high glucose levels. Also, an ongoing coronary-supply route calcium examine, a standout amongst the best indicators of cardiovascular hazard, demonstrated zero calcification of his courses, he noted. Concerning the World Health Organization, Baker indicated its own writing, which permits that assessing malignant growth hazard related with red-meat utilization is hard to do in light of the fact that the proof that red meat causes disease isn't as obvious as the proof that prepared meat (your inexpensive food cheeseburger) does.
On the last Saturday of September, I had four eggs for breakfast and a bunless bacon burger for lunch, at that point appeared at my brother by marriage house with a jar of ocean salt and ten pounds of meat: four thick strip steaks and four greasy rib eyes. I promptly called dibs on a strip and a rib eye, two delicious pounds we cooked to medium uncommon on the barbecue.
When I previously declared to my family in August that I would eat meat for 30 days, the main genuine response I got was from my mom, who was persuaded I would turn out to be fiercely sick. In all actuality, the stretches of time I spent in her restroom on September 1 did nothing to soothe her apprehensions. However I'd lie on the off chance that I said I didn't care for being a meat eater for a month. I like steak, and 30 days of only meat did little to demolish my satisfaction in it. I savored the straightforwardness of supper time, in spite of the test of discovering diet-accommodating alternatives on certain eatery menus. (Socially, as well, it could be somewhat clumsy; a few times I needed to disclose to inquisitive spectators what lipase was.) Once I made sense of my entrail inconveniences, proceeding with the eating regimen was a snap. Beside my marginally raised fasting-glucose levels, my circulatory strain and weight both stayed typical.
I handed-off this to Baker when we talked toward the finish of September. And still, at the end of the day, he let me know, I was taking a gander at the eating regimen the incorrect way.
Since finishing my 30-day try, I've turned out to be progressively orderly about what I eat, coming back to sustenances I've since quite a while ago delighted in, similar to broccoli, rice, and dark beans, and including others I infrequently ate previously, similar to asparagus and sweet potatoes. I used to have a sandwich for lunch, however I've relinquished that, simply because it made me sluggish, which drove me to drink more espresso. The lucidity I picked up from eating a constrained eating regimen has made me additionally perceiving. In December, I ate pizza without precedent for months, however I didn't feel enlarged, lethargic, or wiped out—presumably on the grounds that I had two cuts rather than six.
There surely isn't for me. I don't figure I will ever go full meat eater again. In any case, for one month, I was extremely intentional about the nourishment I put into my body. I contemplated how it was readied. I ensured I ate it in the correct amounts. I restricted how much my work routine intruded on the dinner designs I was building up. Presently when I take a seat to supper, I eat what I need. I'm less drained. I'm progressively dynamic. Regardless I eat a steak sometimes. Furthermore, I feel better.
#1 New Release, #1 Best Seller. Stephanie Laska lost 140 pounds, roughly half of her body weight, by following a ketogenic inspired diet. She figured out the secret to losing weight without the crazy restrictions of a traditional keto diet by following a "dirty" and "lazy" version of keto.
Stephanie spent most of her adult life in the Morbidly Obese Class III BMI category. Hovering close to 300 pounds, she avoided booths at restaurants and feared not fitting into amusement park rides. "I once hid my jacket over my lap so the flight attendant wouldn't see that my seatbelt wouldn't close," she admits.
It wasn't until a friend suggested she could continue to drink beer while still losing weight that Stephanie decided to "try one last time". Any diet that included loopholes for having a cold beer might be worth a try, she reflected.
Through trial and error, Stephanie learned how eating a low carb, moderate protein, higher fat diet could finally nudge her weight in the right direction. "This is the weirdest diet ever!" went through her mind every time she got on the scale. Coming from an era of eating FruitLoops© washed down with a pitcher of Kool-Aid©, Stephanie was clueless about the metabolic effects of consuming too many carbohydrates.
Stephanie has kept her weight off for six years! She left behind a giant dent on the couch to run twelve marathons, two of which earned her a first-place marathon medal. As part of the chosen "Clean Start Team", Stephanie ran the New York City Marathon in 2017 as a sponsored athlete from PowerBar©. Her story even appeared in the international publication, Muscle and Fitness: HERS, Spring 2018. More recently, Costco Connection Magazine shared Stephanie's story in an article about the merits of an anti-inflammatory diet (January 2019).


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Rapid Reviews: Part V
Check out parts I-IV for more rapid reviews.
Walking Dead: The Final Season (Switch) - I couldn't help but play this game while thinking about how it was the last for Telltale. It was a bittersweet ending to a unique experience.
Mana Spark (Switch) - A simple and fairly bland roguelike. While the town dynamic provides a sense of growth and purpose, it lacks a true sense of a unique hook to make it stand out from a sea of similar games.
Kid Dracula (Castlevania Anniversary Collection on PS4) - Kid Dracula finally comes to the US. Big, colorful sprites pop, the levels have a smooth flow, and your character grows (gaining magic) as you progress. It's a neatly packaged platformer that holds up well.
Ghostbusters (Switch) - There's a risk in playing a game that's 10 years old: it's not recent enough to be cutting edge and it's not old enough to be retro. And Ghostbusters (the game) is not aging well.
Castlevania: Fan Edition (NES) - This is one of the many Castlevania hacks, leveraging sprites, music, and mechanics from the first two Castlevania games. This version attempts to recreate the original via a modified experience. I applaud the restructuring vision, namely how the adventure twists and turns through ruins and abandoned towns (Castlevania II is to thank for these assets). The execution, on the other hand, leaves more to be desired (Why are so few enemies from the originals used? Why is the same Dracula battle the end of two levels? Why not add a scared towns person or text to the signs?), as there is a sloppiness to much of the level layout (Why are there random platforms moving under the town that you can't reach? Why remove the guarantee of whip upgrades when you aren't fully powered from those candles?), and some unusual bugs (e.g. items constantly falling through floors) that did not exist in the originals.
Cave Story+ (Switch) - A mild and overrated retro platformer. If there is a semblance of depth and substance later I won't be sticking around to find out.
Rapid Reviews: Part IV
Quick reviews of games. Short and sweet.
Link's Awakening (Switch) — This is easily the cutest Zelda game to date. And with some of the best diegetic sound I've experienced in a game. It respectfully doesn't change up much from the original, providing mostly a facelift, which is all it really needed.
Castlevania III (NES) — A classic that, until now, I had not played through to the end. The level design is expertly crafted such that a difficult scenario, at first attempt, feels impossible, and through some repetition patterns are unveiled, leaving you washed in the glow of solution discovering excitement. The soundtrack contains some of the absolute best the series has to offer.
Undertale (Switch) — Silly, weird, playful, funny, odd, surprising, thoughtful, unique.
Untitled Goose Game (Switch) — What a wonderful jerk this goose is.
Katana Zero (Switch) — Katana Zero is visually stunning. The tiny characters and environments pack a ton of detail with richly decorated scenes, moody colors, and carefully crafted animations. The gameplay, on the other hand, while occasionally rewarding, requires a bizarre level of precision that frequently results in annoyance. Despite its shortcomings, it's the mysterious story that kept me coming back for more. After hours of play I got used to the gameplay and mechanics, and eventually got into a rhythm. There is a richness to this game, in terms of story and mechanics, both of which grew to be increasingly interesting the deeper I progressed.
Return of the Obra Dinn (Switch) — It has a retro look not well tapped into yet and a unique twist on the mystery and puzzle genres. It's just not for me as I found the task before me to be daunting and stressful, rather than fun.
Cuphead (Switch) — It's exactly what I expected: looks great and is really hard. At around the 7th or 8th boss I got frustrated and switched to some other games. After taking a multi-week break I returned, and this time, grinded my way to the end. Defeating a boss in this game is incredibly gratifying, and I felt accomplished when I KOed that last baddie.
Odallus: The Dark Call (Switch) — It's rough around the edges. This was not the retro style game I was looking for.
Control (PS4) — After a few hours my feelings are mixed. It feels unpolished and clunky at times. The battles are repetitive and lack a sense of thrill. Thematically, in terms of the story, it is something that interests me. I just don't quite enjoy how it is being executed.
Retro City Rampage (Switch) — I was expecting a GTA 1 / GTA 2 clone and was pleasantly surprised to find something much, much deeper than that. It oozes 80s nostalgia, and mashes up classic characters in unusual and surprising ways.
Contra 4 (DS) — Contra 4 looks great and is extremely challenging, much like the original (more challenging than the original, in fact). Even with the extra life code I found myself getting destroyed.
Little Sampson (NES) — Wonderboy meets Mega Man. A diverse set of playable characters and level design makes for a game that sadly was not experienced by the breadth of audience it deserved.
Blaster Master Zero (Switch) — Poorly crafted level design with meaningless dead ends makes this a hard to love game. Bosses exhibit repetitive patterns and are extremely easy to defeat. While it retained my interest enough to see it all the way through, I can't recommend it. It's one of those games I played at a friend's house on the NES originally, so the nostalgic value is what kept me going. The remake is mostly a face lift with a few other minor improvements, and my biggest beef is in the level and boss design, which carries over from the original. The caves you explore as Jason often have useless dead ends, and at times are completely devoid of anything to discover (you literally just find health and weapon refills that you don't need). And the bosses can be obliterated with extreme ease. The dialogue is also cringe worthy. It was nice to revisit a childhood game. It just doesn't have good bones.


How are the Teams Stacking up versus each other for Today's Matches?!
Today's Quarterfinals are highly anticipated for this World Cup! Check the schedule here.
It will be France's attack versus Uruguay's defense! Uruguay has just conceded 1 goal for the tournament so far. On the other hand, France's forward, Kylian Mbappe is like the Usain Bolt of football.
Integral central midfielder for France, Blaise Matuidi got his 2nd yellow in the Round of 16 match versus Argentina. So he will be on the bench today.
It is unlikely that striker, Edinson Cavani will play for Uruguay. He pulled up with a hamstring injury versus Portugal in the round of 16. His teammate, Adil Rami says that Cavani will have to 'destroy science to face France'. That is likely to be true since hamstring injuries can be a showstopper. They have to get weeks, possibly months of rest, depending on the severity of the injury.
Uruguay's other popular striker, Luis Suarez isn't worried though. He says that Uruguay can cope without injured Cavani. We shall see!
Brazil have Neymar, but have been defending more than attacking, just conceding 1 goal so far. Brazil are tournament favourites, but Belgium is being described as one of the most exciting teams, nicknamed Red Devils. This is especially after Belgium's epic comeback versus Japan in the last round of 16.
Stay tuned and 'like' the Suga Lifestyle Facebook Page for up to the time updates!


Each year, November is recognized as National Adoption Awareness Month. This is an important observance for me because there are approximately 140 million children worldwide who are orphaned and in desperate need of a family.
At the same time, an estimated 25% of Americans consider adoption each year, but just two percent will complete the process. According to Adoptive Families Magazine, international adoptions cost an average of $44,000, while U.S. newborn adoptions cost an average of $40,000.
Being an adopted child myself, I was introduced to the Gift of Adoption, a national charitable organization in 2017. The organization's mission aligned with my own passion of connecting children in need with a loving family so I helped found a local chapter here in California. The Gift of Adoption assists families by providing grants to qualified parents — giving children a permanent home and a chance to thrive. This includes grants to families who are working to unite or keep siblings together, those adopting children with critical medical conditions or those welcoming children who are aging out of orphanages.
I am proud to say that over the past 22 years, the Gift of Adoption has distributed more than $7.6 million in adoption assistance grants, uniting 2,619 children with adoptive families from varied walks of life. As of June 2018, our California chapter alone has awarded $205,500 in adoption assistance grants to complete the adoptions of 64 children across California.
Devan, a teenage boy adopted by a family in Stockton, CA. Close to aging out of the system, there would not have been many opportunities for him to find a forever family.
Rocky, 4-month-old baby boy was adopted from China by a couple in Ridgecrest, CA. Today, Rocky is growing and thriving under his parents love and care.
Kensington, a baby girl adopted from South Africa by a single mom in Ramona, CA. Kensington was able to travel home with her mother to CA in July with the help of a grant from Gift of Adoption.
These are examples of the success stories we want to see repeated over and over again. Gift of Adoption is the largest provider of adoption assistance grants given without consideration of an applicant's marital status, sexual orientation, age, race, or nationality when awarding adoption grants. Any U.S. citizen with an approved home study from an accredited agency and a financial need is invited to apply for a grant.
We are constantly responding to need. Our grants range from $1,000 – $15,000, but we don't have the resources to help every child so we're in a constant state of fundraising.
We urge everyone to join in on the cause–especially during National Adoption Awareness Month in November. You don't have to adopt to give a child a safe and nurturing home. You can help by spreading awareness about available adoption grants, donating to the Gift of Adoption fund or volunteering with us. We also invite anyone to attend the California chapter's annual fundraising event in February 2019 that will be held at the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, featuring keynote speaker, Olympian Ryan Hall. For more information on the event, visit www.giftofadoption.org.
Jeff Baker is president of California's Gift of Adoption, a national 501(c)3 charitable organization that inspires adoption by providing grants to qualified parents–giving children who need families a permanent home and a chance to thrive. The organization helps fund domestic and international adoptions of vulnerable and at-risk children. Visit www.giftofadoption.org to learn more.


At the Magaziner Center for Wellness we have long suggested higher doses of vitamin D in selected patients for various health remedies. Now researchers at the University of California San Diego and Creighton University have challenged the intake of vitamin D recommended by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Institute of Medicine (IOM), stating that their Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin D underestimates ten times over or by a factor of ten.
In a letter published last week in the journal Nutrients the scientists confirmed a calculation error noted by other investigators, by using a data set from a different population. Dr. Cedric F. Garland, Dr.P.H., adjunct professor at University of California San Diego's Department of Family Medicine and Public Health said his group was able to confirm findings published by Dr. Paul Veugelers from the University of Alberta School of Public Health that were reported last October in the same journal.
"This intake is well below the upper level intake specified by IOM as safe for teens and adults, 10,000 IU/day," Garland said.
The list of growing research in support of vitamin D and other nutrients for the aging brain are beginning to show positive proof that nutritional supplements and proper diet have a positive effect the aging brain.
At the Magaziner Center for Wellness, we prescribe dietary supplements to protect you from free-radical damage on an individualized basis, often using specialized laboratory testing to determine areas of weakness. We also perform tests of blood, urine, and hair to check for toxins and heavy metals which can inhibit the brain from releasing hormones as well as directly damaging it. (One such metal, aluminum, has been scientifically linked to Alzheimer's disease.) One of the most powerful tools we use to remove toxins, free radicals, and heavy metals from the body is chelation therapy — that is, direct intravenous infusion of antioxidants and other cleansing substances such as EDTA.


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package kamal.calculator;

/**
 * Created by navneetgarg on 2016-02-01.
 */
import java.text.BreakIterator;
import java.util.Stack;

public class CustomAST {
    public static enum Parentheses { LEFT, RIGHT }

    public static enum BinaryOperator {
        ADD('+', 1) {
            public BigRational eval(BigRational leftValue, BigRational rightValue) {  return leftValue.add(rightValue);  }
        },
        SUB('-', 1) {
            public BigRational eval(BigRational leftValue, BigRational rightValue) {  return leftValue.subtract(rightValue);  }
        },
        MUL('x', 2) {
            public BigRational eval(BigRational leftValue, BigRational rightValue) {  return leftValue.multiply(rightValue);  }
        },
        DIV('/', 2) {
            public BigRational eval(BigRational leftValue, BigRational rightValue) {  return leftValue.divide(rightValue);  }
        },
        MOD('%', 2) {
            public BigRational eval(BigRational leftValue, BigRational rightValue) {  return leftValue.mod(rightValue); }
        },
        EXP('^', 3) {
            public BigRational eval(BigRational leftValue, BigRational rightValue) {  return leftValue.pow(rightValue.intValue()); }
        },
        LOG('$', 3) {
            public BigRational eval(BigRational leftValue, BigRational rightValue) {  return leftValue.log(rightValue); }
        };

        public final char symbol;
        public final int precedence;

        BinaryOperator(char symbol, int precedence) {
            this.symbol = symbol;
            this.precedence = precedence;
        }

        public abstract BigRational eval(BigRational leftValue, BigRational rightValue);
    }

    public static class BinaryExpression {
        public Object leftOperand = null;
        public BinaryOperator operator = null;
        public Object rightOperand = null;

        public BinaryExpression(Object leftOperand, BinaryOperator operator, Object rightOperand) {
            this.leftOperand = leftOperand;
            this.operator = operator;
            this.rightOperand = rightOperand;
        }

        public BigRational eval() {
            BigRational leftValue = (leftOperand instanceof BinaryExpression) ? ((BinaryExpression)leftOperand).eval() : (BigRational)leftOperand;
            BigRational rightValue = (rightOperand instanceof BinaryExpression) ? ((BinaryExpression)rightOperand).eval() : (BigRational)rightOperand;
            return operator.eval(leftValue, rightValue);
        }

        public String toString()
        {  return "(" + leftOperand + " " + operator.symbol + " " + rightOperand + ")";  }
    }

    public static void createNewOperand(BinaryOperator operator, Stack<Object> operands) {
        Object rightOperand = operands.pop();
        operands.push(new BinaryExpression(operands.pop(), operator, rightOperand));
        return;
    }

    public static Object createExpression(String inputString)
    {
        int curIndex = 0;
        boolean afterOperand = false;
        Stack<Object> operands = new Stack<>();
        Stack<Object> operators = new Stack<>();
        inputStringLoop:
        while (curIndex < inputString.length()) {
            int startIndex = curIndex;
            char c = inputString.charAt(curIndex++);
            if (Character.isWhitespace(c))
                continue;
            if (afterOperand) {
                if (c == ')') {
                    Object operator = null;
                    while (!operators.isEmpty() && ((operator = operators.pop()) != Parentheses.LEFT))
                        createNewOperand((BinaryOperator)operator, operands);
                    continue;
                }
                afterOperand = false;
                for (BinaryOperator operator : BinaryOperator.values()) {
                    if (c == operator.symbol) {
                        while (!operators.isEmpty() && (operators.peek() != Parentheses.LEFT) && (((BinaryOperator)operators.peek()).precedence >= operator.precedence))
                            createNewOperand((BinaryOperator)operators.pop(), operands);
                        operators.push(operator);
                        continue inputStringLoop;
                    }
                }
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
            }
            if (c == '(') {
                operators.push(Parentheses.LEFT);
                continue;
            }
            afterOperand = true;
            while (curIndex < inputString.length()) {
                c = inputString.charAt(curIndex);
                if (((c < '0') || (c > '9')) && (c != '.'))
                    break;
                curIndex++;
            }
            operands.push(BigRational.valueOf(inputString.substring(startIndex, curIndex)));
        }

        while (!operators.isEmpty()) {
            Object operator = operators.pop();
            if (operator == Parentheses.LEFT)
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
            createNewOperand((BinaryOperator)operator, operands);
        }
        Object expression = operands.pop();
        if (!operands.isEmpty())
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        return expression;
    }

    public static String evaluate(String input) {
        Object result = createExpression(input);
        return ((BinaryExpression)result).eval().toString();
    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


As we get ready to welcome the Year of the Pig, you've probably noticed that Chinese culture uses a lot of red to celebrate this holiday. But this isn't something new. Red has been used in China for centuries to celebrate special occasions, giving this color a cultural significance you might not even know about.
The legend says that in ancient times, during New Year's celebrations, the mythical beast Nián shòu would come to the villages and devour livestock, crops, and people. Villagers soon discover that the beast was afraid by the color red, and since then on, they started hanging red lanterns to keep it away.
Red in China symbolizes fire in the four elements theory. It is also a color to attract good fortune and happiness. This is why the Forbidden City's wall are all painted in red, as this pigment was exclusively reserved for royalty, and also the reason why brides wear this color on their wedding day (while white is considered a color of mourning). For Lunar New Year, besides keeping Nián shòu away, red lanterns, signs, and envelopes filled with coins are considered to bring luck, prosperity, and joy.
If you're planning to celebrate Lunar New Year, don't forget to pour a cup of ORGANO™ Red Tea this February 5th. This flavorful and aromatic tea is packed with antioxidants to help and defend your health. With ingredients like Lingzhi mushroom and cordyceps, this beverage will make your body feel like royalty!
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