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Flight from Newark to Catania Fontanarossa
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There is no major airport in Taormina. It is instead served by Fontanarossa Airport.
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How to fly to Taormina?
You cannot fly directly to Taormina. KAYAK recommends you fly to Catania Fontanarossa (CTA) (29.13 mi from Taormina). From there you can rent a car or get a taxi.
What airports are near Taormina?
The closest airport is Reggio Calabria Tito Menniti (REG) (25.04 mi). Other nearby airports are Catania Fontanarossa (CTA) (29.13 mi), Comiso (CIY) (69.73 mi) or Lamezia Terme Intl (SUF) (89.33 mi). KAYAK recommends you fly to Catania Fontanarossa.
What is the cheapest flight to Catania Fontanarossa Airport?
If traveling to Catania Fontanarossa Airport, the cheapest city to fly from in the last 3 days was Newark, with flights as low as $190 one-way and $369 round-trip. Flights from New York are the most searched and start at $376 for a return trip.
How far is Catania Fontanarossa Airport from central Catania?
The city center of Catania is 3 miles from Catania Fontanarossa Airport.
What is the name of Catania's airport?
There is only 1 airport in Catania, called Catania Fontanarossa Airport (CTA). It can also be referred to as Catania–Fontanarossa or Fontanarossa.
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Top 5 airlines flying to Taormina
Cons: "The plane was SO hot and stuffy. It was an overnight flight, so they passed out blankets—but it was so hot no one used them. The air was stale, to the point of feeling claustrophobic."
Pros: "Crew was fantastic"
Cons: "Boarding was delayed by 30 minutes. May have been beyond the crew control."
Pros: "Crew was very courteous and helpful"
Cons: "More leg room"
Pros: "Crew ignored my existence just because I sat on the window seat, plus I'm an asian, so I'm not sure which of the reason makes her to ignore me for serving my food. Luckily the guy passenger that sit beside me helped me to inform and made sure that she served the food to me."
Cons: "YEA, PLEASE TRAIN YOUR STAFF TO TREAT ALL PASSENGERS EQUALLY, NOT ONLY JUST TO CAUCASIAN, OTHER RACE AND ETHNIC ALSO DESERVE EQUALLY RESPECT AND TREATMENT. THANKS. SERVICE IS GOOD BUT ATTITUDE OF STAFFS ARE JUST MEH."
Pros: "the CREW WAS FRIENDLY AND CELEBRATING EASTER WITH THE GUESTS"
Cons: "THE FOOD WAS ADEQUATE, GIVEN THAT WE WERE ON AN AIRPLANE"
Pros: "Everything was perfect."
Pros: "The crew was great! The entertainment was pretty good too."
Cons: "The cabin was WAY too warm."
Cons: "It would have been better if I had made the flight, but the first leg was canceled. We were tortured for 6 hours before it was canceled."
Cons: "Legspace in economy class was probably good back in 1975, but in 2019 not acceptable anymore"
Pros: "The food was great. The service is excellent. Swiss Air gets an A+."
Cons: "One hour delay. Last minute change of seats."
Cons: "The crew responsible for boarding did not provide timely information (especially on who boarding order) and "made up" for this lack of communication by yelling and screaming at passengers as if they were cattle."
Cons: "I asked the Chinese flight attendant in economy to please ask the man in front of me to put his seat up since the captain and purser had already asked us to do so in three languages The man in front of me refused to do so. She said she was going to start at the front of the plane and let him leave his seat back making it difficult to see my tv monitor. I thought that she should've said that it was time to put your seat up. It was frustrating that she didn't support me and the request of the captain. Your seats are very uncomfortable upright when the person in front of you has their seat back."
Pros: "The stewardesses were absolutely amazing, asking/ offering beverages in between main meals t/ out the whole flight! They were just doing their job above and beyond! Wonderful crew especially the girls in the section 30's on the side FGJK, THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU WERE AMAZING!"
Pros: "nice flight"
Pros: "787 is an excellent plane and I could sleep a little"
Cons: "I was boarding at gate C4. Doesn't anyone get it ! Using the word "bomb" in airports is a big no-no however C4 is OK? Even a little old lady knows what C4 stands for."
Pros: "The crew and flight"
Cons: "No airconditioning while waiting on the shuttle bus to the plane"
Pros: "The staff upgraded me to business. It was a great wxperience"
Pros: "Good flight with Swiss friendliness. They even passed out food (sandwich) during this very short flight."
Cons: "Nothing, really!"
Pros: "Punctuality, onboard service and the food served were all very good. Their app is very practical, no need to go to the counter except for dispatch of luggage."
Pros: "Staff and flight was really great. Everything went smoothly and on schedule. The plane was clean."
Cons: "The seating was almost unbearable. So small and cramped. Arm rest didn't go all the way up so very hard to cuddle with my seat mate (my daughter). I couldn't even put my arms by my side without pushing my seat neighbors off. Seat in front of me was in my lap. Hard to get out of seat to use restroom. Way to tight. Long flight from Boston to Zurich was so hard to bear. I understand making money...but this is ridiculous!!"
Cons: "I arrived on Thursday, today is saturday and I am still without my luggage."
Pros: "Flight itself was good, comfortable, staff were professional"
Pros: "I liked everything except my luggage"
Cons: "I did not like the way Beatice of Swiss Air in Zurich completely rushed me at the gate without trying to talk to Mr. Mueller at checkin 1. I told her that He had starte an ardious process in recovering my luggage. She visibly tried to rush me through the process and told me there was othing that could be done. It felt really ugly to be lied to right to my face, when she diditn try to connect with someone from her own staff who had tried alot of heard to work to help me rectify the luggage question. For all we know, my luggage was in Zuruch, and her actions impeded the luggage from getting onto my plane."
Pros: "Nice sandwich and chocolate."
Cons: "Booked four flights from Zurich to Prague, but plans changed. No way to get a refund or cancellation although I tried two weeks beforehand. Disappointing to say the least."
Pros: "I love everything. The aircraft was spacious and clean. The crew excellent and the food very good."
Cons: "I wouldn't say didn't like something but we had to wait 40 min over the time we were suppose to take off. And this is notbody s fault but it was ind of long..."
Cons: "Too narrow seats."
Pros: "The flight attendants were exceptionally nice - a real pleasure. Food was also quite good and the chocolate passing out is a super excellent treat."
Cons: "It is disappointing, on an 8+ hour flight, to have the entertainment system broken. The crew was apologetic, but it still is really lame. Made the flight oppressively long."
Pros: "Friendly crew members who kept serving food and drinks before asking. Meals, snack, drinks, hot towel, and cookies! The plane was also very clean and apacious enough."
Pros: "The attendants were cordial"
Pros: "I got business class upgrade, so everything was pretty much awesome. Also, Swiss Air gives you a fun little bag as a souvenir."
Cons: "No where was it mentioned that the fair doesn't include check in item. I had to pay Euro 30 extra."
Cons: "Delayed boarding due to overheated plane, when we did board it was still warm and we had to sit longer due to other mechanical issues. Wish they would have waited for all issues to be resolved before boarding."
Pros: "Excellent service"
Cons: "Small jet for transatlantic didn't allow for being able to walk, stretch and move about much during such a long flight, unlike larger airbus planes or larger Boeing planes. Why do airlines hire chefs then serve lousy food!? First meal was so so while wake up meal was really bad. Was so disappointed in Swiss Air so will not fly with them again. Great service doesn't make up for the noted disappointments. Spending a $2-3 more on food would have helped, but placing us in a long flight in such a small airbus plane just won't do!"
Cons: "Food"
Pros: "The in flight entertainment, the food, the frequency with which they passed out water, and the crew were all excellent. Online check in was smooth and easy to transfer to my iPhone wallet. Loved the chocolate at the end of the flight!"
Cons: "The delay in flight time by 40 minutes was annoying, but understandable due to weather and delay in connecting flights."
Pros: "The entertainment system"
Cons: "Direct answer is "nothing"; however, it should be noted that this not a Swiss Air flight. It was a code share on a United Airlines flight."
Pros: "Very friendly check in clerk ( Andrea ) Easy airport"
Pros: "Crew was as helpful as they could be. A man fell ill during the flight and was carried into first class be the crew. There were screaming little kids placed all over economy with parents that did nothing about their high pitched screaming and I do mean screaming and screeching as a form of communication. There was only one much younger child that was in real distress and the Mom and Dad walked up and down the aisles trying to comfort that child and not disturb others passengers. The rows of seats were so close together that when the person in front of me reclined, I could not. get up from my seat and it was on the aisle! The young man sitting next to me just stood on the seat to climb out. We could have made an earlier flight, but the manger of the reservation desk in Tel Aviv was too lazy to check to see if we could switch to the earlier flight was easily make able with lots of seats, but I couldn't do it on line and she was busy talking to her friends. As a result, we had a 6 hour lay over in Zurich that was unnecessary."
Pros: "Direct flight"
Cons: "3 hour delay Noisy cabin due to loud engines One could hardly heard the movie audio from the Headphones during movie viewing even after they were replaced"
Pros: "Crew was friendly and made a bad situation as comfortable as possible."
Cons: "The flight was delayed for almost 3 hours for a issue with the pilot's chair. The movies reset in the middle of the showing."
Pros: "Courteous crew, good food."
Cons: "The beer selection could use some work."
Pros: "Overall service was excellent and staff was courteous and helpful."
Pros: "Seating and layout was very good. True lie flat seats in business class are a "must have" these days and the Airbus airplane interior was a very good one."
Pros: "First leg was on United (codeshare) 767. The seat pitch on that version was good, even for a tsix-footer. The flight was almost empty, so there was plenty of room to stretch across seats and sleep. In order to avoid dairy, I order kosher meals - and the quality was OK. The cabin crew was nice to start with, and very relaxed and friendly as the flight progressed because of the low-stress service for so few passengers."
Cons: "Old business class seats, not comfortable when lying flat; small media screen"
Pros: "the United Airline crews were nice and the food was good. the flight attendant could have been more attentive when they serve drinks and not to be in a hurry. i was served 2x with drinks with no napkin. I have to wait for an attendant to pass by for a napkin."
Cons: "the United airline seats are very uncomfortable. They are too high level for me. Boarding at UA was a little confusing for first time passenger.There was no information given before boarding regarding who will go to which economy line - there were 2 lines for economy."
Pros: "This was the most cheerful crew I've encountered in years. No sourpusses here. They worked together well, and helped each other as well as the passengers. They were friendly, and seemed to like their job. Made a very long flight more pleasant."
Cons: "The seats were not comfortable."
Pros: "There were extremely strong turbulences with no announcement before or/and no explanation afterwards. Passangers were strongly uncomfortable and scared"
Cons: "Explanation was the minimum expected and absolutely required"
Cons: "The crew was overly aggressive with mask policy enforcement. They patrolled the aisles and routine pointed at passengers directing them in a hostile manner to keep their masks on their faces, even when they were trying to eat or drink. They also threatened customers by stating it was a federal law several times. It was very uncomfortable to say the least. I will not fly delta again by choice."
Pros: "The space we currently have."
Pros: "Crew was friendly and engaging"
Cons: "I wiped down my seat area to clean it. It would be nice to know what Delta is doing as well."
Cons: "They lost my bags. Unacceptable"
Pros: "Pretty much everything"
Cons: "Food somewhat expensive..... boarding off the plane - ones with no baggage should get off first then more control about everybody getting in the aisles trying to get their luggage and holding everybody up"
Pros: "Crew was very friendly"
Cons: "the seats are horribly squished and uncomfortable. It's the only thing that makes the flight not excellent"
Pros: "Thanks for the monitors."
Cons: "The crew seems tired."
Pros: "No comments"
Cons: "Cleaners had not done a great job. There were paper napkins left over in the seat pocket from earlier flight."
Cons: "Late departure"
Pros: "It wasn't delayed 3 hours like the first flight"
Cons: "Departing on time"
Pros: "Delta crew is always great."
Cons: "You need to update ALL of your planes to have charging at EVERY seat, not just the passengers in comfort plus or better. It's 2019. We ALL have devices."
Pros: "Everything about delta"
Cons: "Crew was grouchy and rushed past you without really trying to cater to your needs/ get you what you want."
Pros: "Airbus was nice"
Cons: "Delayed by over 1 1/2 hours"
Pros: "Efficient, cheerful crew"
Cons: "Stop making seats smaller! The added revenue from 10 squeezed seats is not worth the discomfort it causes."
Pros: "I got to board early because I volunteered to check my carry-on. Very friendly flight attendants. Love flying delta. They are always consistent and the movies they offer with the gogo in-flight app are always updated and recently released popular movies."
Pros: "Even though the flight was delayed by a few minutes we still arrived on time."
Pros: "The whole crew was great and very accommodating"
Pros: "Excellent"
Pros: "Seat comfortable"
Pros: "Great crew and plane arrived on time."
Cons: "No entertainment and no place to charge devices."
Pros: "The crew was wonderful, the flight was on time."
Cons: "But the seats are so tight that we were definitely elbow to elbow and once seated I was unable to access even the purse that was at my feet. There was no entertainment and the tray table was tiny, not even an indentation for a cup!"
Cons: "The seat was very uncomfortable"
Pros: "Smooth flight, on-tome departure"
Cons: "Service in business class left a little more to be desired. I had to ask for food and drinks, because I feel off to sleep in the first round. Came to Gate early, but had to wait for agent to put the jet bridge. Only one person was available."
Cons: "Hassel about getting a visa to Cambodia. Refused to give me a boarding pass for 2nd and 3 rf leg of trip. Korean Air had no problems giving me yhe passes. Otter people had Delta boarding passes shivh they traded for Korran Aiir passes but the got better seats. Food was very good"
Pros: "Great service"
Cons: "No complain"
Pros: "Great service all around. As comfortable as you can get for a domestic flight."
Cons: "Food was pretty good, but not up to their usual high standards"
Cons: "Delta staff is not too friendly"
Pros: "Seating"
Cons: "The re route to MSP... Seven hour flight time for a two and half hour flight..."
Pros: "Flights were on time boarding was easy. 2nd crew from ATLANTA was friendly."
Cons: "The foldable snack tray was broken on the flight to ATL."
Pros: "This trip into Merida was amazing from start to finish. Something was lost in translation with my handicap assistance in Atlanta, but the trip was lovely nonetheless."
Pros: "The crew was very nice and attentative."
Cons: "The amount of delays causing us to miss our connection and be stuck in another city for a night before getting to our destination the next day(hopefully)."
Cons: "There was a change in our flight. According to Delta you didn't confirm every leg of our flight and the plane was over booked."
Pros: "There was a threat in the airport which caused the closure of one terminal. It happened to be the one from which this flight was due to depart. The crew was calm and able to get everyone on board with a minimum delay, considering the circumstances. The flight crew made up some time in the air and we were able to land less than 30 minutes after our original ETA. Well done, Delta."
Pros: "Smooth and easy."
Cons: "Not applicable"
Pros: "People"
Cons: "The staff"
Pros: "I had to take a United flight last week for a short flight and once again I was reminded why I ALWAYS fly Delta if at all possible. United crew hid in the galley the whole trip wit lititle to no interaction with passengers. My flight today on Delta was great; food really excellent (Chicken Tika) and the crew was great as usual. Delta remains the best."
Pros: "Efficient boarding. Friendly service."
Pros: "The leg room and freedom of not having another seat in front of me throughout this flight was great. It made getting comfortable a lot easier."
Cons: "We couldn't hear the overhead announcements at all. Seated right next to the turbine intake on the wing made the amount of ambient noise especially high, so all the in-flight announcements were pretty much unintelligible."
Pros: "Good seat, easy on and off, everything went a little ahead of schedule and smooth"
Pros: "I was able to pick my own flight online easily."
Cons: "Lack of same day, 1 connection, first class seats. Had to fly out the next day because only middle seats left. Frustrating because I paid for first class and had no good choices for my departure day of choice."
Pros: "The crew were AMAZING and made the flight so much better. Boarding was easy. I also love that the pilot acknowledged the Service men and women on our flight."
Cons: "The older plan didn't have some of the perks that I expected from Comfort +... No conformed headrest, no USB plugs... I paid extra for Comfort + and expected some of these things."
Pros: "Great plane"
Pros: "Staff were courteous. Captain explained reason for delay."
Cons: "Over 20 minute delay to begin boarding with no explanation. Boarding process very slow due to excess carry ones needing to be checked."
Pros: "Upgrading to First Class made it worthwhile."
Cons: "As a minority provider of service at BWI, the gate was the furthest from the entry. Gate security is almost always a source of delay here."
Pros: "After the extremely long wait to check bags which made us miss the flight, the date crew got us in another flight...it wasn't direct which is what I paid for, but they did get us out, but i missed an interview because of the lack of crew and a missing luggage."
Cons: "Checking a bag, delta did not have enough crew to get everyone thru to their flights. We waited for 80 minutes inline to check a bag. Then we ran to the gate inky to find the gate was closed less than 2 minutes before we arrived. At least 20 others also missed the plane because of the lack of crew and long lines checking bags. It was frustrating, irritating, uncaring crew checking in, and a bit rude. Then on of my checked luggage was lost enroute - which made getting off the flights even later which made me miss a meeting that I was scheduled to be at. All because you didn't have the crew needed to check in."
Pros: "...the fact that they got us on the plane and back to GRR even though the connecting flight from BWI was delayed and there was little time to make that last flight out of DTW..."
Pros: "I haven't traveled by air for a number of years, it had gotten to be so crazy at checkin. Well imagine my surprise when I was checked in within five minutes of arriving at the airport. KAYAK took care of everything. All the flights were on time, I received email updates along the way and I am so happy I'm planning my next trip already."
Cons: "Even the babies in the waiting area were quiet on the flight, which leaves nothing for me to complain about at all."
There was no special meal on board even though I spent hours on hold to request one!
Pros: "Great staff , amazing dinner, and the entertainment screen size was best"
Cons: "Seats could be a little bigger"
Pros: "Crew was very attentive and professional."
Cons: ". The economy seats on the Lufthansa A350 were extremely uncomfortable and seemed excessively narrow as well has having cramped legroom. I could not get comfortable let alone sleep, and my backside felt like I had been sitting on a park bench rather than a long haul coach airline seat."
Pros: "Nice crew"
Cons: "Better food, some entertainment, better bathrooms"
Pros: "Crew was excellent."
Pros: "Na"
Pros: "My flight was delayed four hours, so I missed my connection to Sofia and had to re-book for two connecting flights instead of one, which makes for a long, tiring trip."
Cons: "I understand the delay due to weather conditions, but I wish I was rebooked for one, not two connecting flights. Now, instead of flying directly to Sofia from Frankfurt, I have to go to Munich first and then to Sofia, which makes my trip 9 hours longer"
Cons: "They told us there were no earbuds so recommended using our own. Our children had left theirs at home so they ran to get a $20 pair nearby. But the the plane DID have the buds; what we did not have were blankets — the crew said none were to be had."
Pros: "I loved the Awesome Check in lady from United airlines, her name is Sandra and she is pure awesomeness. I also loved the air hostesses for the care they have given me from the time I set foot On the plane until I left."
Cons: "The attitude of the Lufthansa gate staff was anything but welcoming. Reaching the gate for the Lufthansa flight was greeted with my name shout from a distance, and my apologise for being late were met with shrugs! Not only that, but my 3 checked bags are still in at IAD, I didn't receive in CAI!"
Pros: "Efficient boarding, friendly crew, nice range of entertainment options."
Cons: "An economy seat is an economy seat ...."
Pros: "Very amazing"
Cons: "I did not like the fact that the United flight I came in on was over a MILE of corridors away from the outgoing flight."
Cons: "The flight left 19 minutes early, stranding 7 people who were connecting from New Orleans. We ran across the entire airport and made it to the gate before departure time. The employee at Lufthansa Senator lounge was nice enough to tell us that the crew must have felt like leaving early. She was very nonchalant about the whole issue. She also refused to assist us, and told us we needed to exit the airport and reenter through the ticketing counter. I upheld my end of the deal by reaching the gate in time. This situation needs to be rectified."
Pros: "Diner"
Cons: "Was told that an upgrade to premium economy entitled us to lounge privileges. Were told by attendants that we had to pay an extra $35. each. We had $6.30 subs from potbelly."
Pros: "Everything on the flight was very efficient and organized—the boarding process, the excellent and pleasant service, the food, and the entertainment selections. Thank you for making a long flight enjoyable."
Pros: "Impecable service. Even worth flying through FRA."
Cons: "Nothing. Everything, as always, great. Keep it up."
Cons: "Walked a very long way in Frankfurf airport to transfer to another flight."
Pros: "Food was great."
Cons: "Entertainment was frustrating"
Pros: "They were nice"
Cons: "They were good"
Pros: "Service was very good, flight was very smooth"
Pros: "Restful flight"
Pros: "The in flight crew was great"
Cons: "I arrived a bit late to the airport. 5:15pm for a 6:05p for an international flight. I realize It is very late. I was delayed by donald trump protestors blocking the highway (not your fault). Dulles was a ghost town ( abnormally slow). All I had was carry-on. They said they closed the flight. They quoted me at $1800 for a one way ticket directly from Lufthansa. The original round trip was $900. I declined, sat down for 15 min booked another Lufthansa flight online for $800, checked in and was through security by 5:50. Just in time for my original flights last call. I could have made it easily. Boooo Lufthansa booo."
Cons: "The flight was delayed, they said due to weather, but would not let me off the plane to make other arrangements. Terrible customer service by partner airline, United. The airline did NOTHING to help me out."
Pros: "All round excellent services. Food is good, but I wish but I wished More chooses or selection."
Cons: "A man sitting behind me probably took off his shoes and it was just terrible to smell his stinky feet..."
Pros: "the two older female stewards spoke slow enough so I could understand. The customer service rep in the lobby was always friendly, knowlegeable and able to help me. For example, I did not know, when boarding, if we had to show our passports, but I asked him and we did not. I did not grasp the five levels of boarding he mentioned. I knew our group was not handicapped and we were economy, but I did not really know if we were group 4 or 5 to board."
Cons: "There was one female steward who made me take my carry on bag from the upper deck and store it below my seat so another lady's much, much larger bag would fit. Her bag was so large, I can't believe it met the standards. On the other hand, this procedure may be the way things work out,for the good of everyone, but it came as a surprise to me. To accomplish the task, she even asked another female to move her carry on from the rack above her to another several rows down. This lady's hair was too big for such a small plane. She talked way too fast in the first monologue. The plane seemed cheap and the sub airline had an air outlet that would not turn off and leaked with water mist. There was an air conditioner that also had a water vapor leak overhead, which my son said was a 'strip' which he could not control. We were seating in the back row. We noticed the plane was operated by Mesa airlines and the plane was assembled in Brazil, giving me a feeling of excessive cost cutting. Also, the pilot had an accent that sort of added to the 'Brazil' thing that he was not a native English speaker. However, he had a good landing at Atlanta near midnight. I did not feel I was on a real 'United' Airlines flight."
Pros: "Our experience flying with Lufthansa was very pleasant. The overall process of making connecting flights through Frankfurt was much easier than we had anticipated. The cabin crew was friendly and courteous. I will be flying Lufthansa again."
Cons: "I would appreciate the ability to check in and get seat assignments at least 2 days before the flight. The day before traveling can be fraught."
Cons: "When the lufthanza gate agents saw us running to catch the flight they ran into the jetway to avoid us instead of holding the plane. We waited for 5 minutes and watched the plane back out from the jetway. Their ignorance and 5 minutes caused us to miss the wedding we were flying to Italy to attend. Ridiculous!"
Pros: "My parents had a wonderful experience. Very professional and courteous!"
Pros: "Comfortable, new aircraft. Good on-board service."
Cons: "Lufthansa should allow seat selection in advance. Other competing carriers do, without a fee (including Brussels Air), and it detracts from the experience to have this uncertainty."
Pros: "Food was actually pretty good, and was plentiful. Comfortable seating."
Cons: "I don't think my tv worked."
Pros: "The flight was delayed two hours. I flew them 10 years ago and thought their seervice rivaled the Asian airlines. Now their service and seat comfort is near the cellar dwellars. The premium coach seat I paid extra for was the narrowest coach seat I have ever had the misfortune to sit in. I am a small man. 5'*8" 165lbs. The normal sized man next to me and I had to sit with our elbows pinned to our ribs. Eight hours of hell. I also had a totally irritating woman from syria behind me. She pushed and banged on my seat back the entire 8 hours. She had to have her loud mouth yapping most of the flight. That was the worse experience I have had flying. Also the attendents didnt care about me. I had to ask for tea. Had to ask three times as they were waalking off"
Cons: "The flight was delayed 2 hours. The seat was tiny , cramped and uncomfortable. I travel a lot. This is the first negative review I have written in 55 years of flying."
Pros: "The agent at the counter was very very helpful and accommodated us to an earlier flight. That saved us lot of time."
Pros: "Fast boarding, on time"
Cons: "Too cold in plane, announcements too loud"
Cons: "Boarding three planes to three different destinations from the same gate is very confusing."
Cons: "flight was late, check-in people were mean and angry to everyone, instead of serving the food straight away since the overnight flight was delaed and then quickly turning the lights off, they waited until 3 hours in to serve food, which meant they didnt turn the lights off until well into the night and only gave us a couple hours to sleep. there were no new movies on board except for batman vs. superman. food tasted weird even for airplane standards. pretty bad overall. i've had better experience with virgin, united, or air france."
Cons: "It was too cold on the plane."
Pros: "On time!!!!"
Cons: "We were in economy class. It looked like the seats my wife and I were in were smaller than the surrounding seats. The seat I was assigned was also more narrow than the one my wife was assigned. I am tall, and could not move my legs for the trip. Also, the seat controls were on the inside is the seat. I could not move at all without turning on the overhead light or screen."
Pros: "we sat in row 9 which has extended leg room so it was a pleasant surprise."
Cons: "the staff were not very good at reading the different instructions and one of the gentlemen was of Asian decent and it was very difficult to understand his English."
Pros: "Nothing to like since it was cancelled"
Cons: "This was a very long day and when we were told the flight was cancelled and we should rebook there were 350 people being handled by 3 airline personnel and no organization or info was available to all of us in line. It took over an hour to get to talk with someone and then we had to wait for another half hour before we could get our voucher for a room and breakfast after having no dinner! Really bad, but the next day we had an easy flight, just got to our destination late and missed several tours we had booked."
Pros: "great and pleasant service, caring and helpful, frequently offered beverages, delicious vegan option, great movies selection, not much turbulence, overall like Lufthansa the best: reliable, on time,"
Pros: "Best crew ever. By far most friendly staff and excellent service."
Cons: "Nothing that I know"
Pros: "When we fly Trans Atlantic, we always hope it will be with lufthansa! Sometimes they use united as a carrier and it us never as good as lufthansa!"
Pros: "Everything else was fine."
Cons: "I had paid for comfort seats ($140) extra. When I checked in at gate I was given another seat assignment (without explanation). It turned out to not be comfort seat, in fact it was the last row in the airplane. Had to get eh gate agent back, which was not fast. She said flight was full and a family had been spread out. I understand, but you can't just bump me from a paid and selected seat to a standard seat, especially on transatlantic flight after paying $140 extra. There was no apology. She went back to gate and little while later came back with a comfort seat. Some people seem not to have shown up as the seat next to me stayed open as well. It was very poorly handled."
Pros: "Food was actually fairly good. We almost missed the connection coming from Denver, but gate crew worked to get about 8 passengers from the DEN flight on the London flight."
Cons: "Of course, the seats were uncomfortable, and it was very difficult to get much sleep."
Pros: "I love the crew, the seats, the food was wonderful and the flight was the smoothest ever. Thanks"
Cons: "Landing"
Pros: "Check in was swift"
Cons: "Friendlier approach from the crew"
Cons: "Was very satisfied with everything."
Pros: "Every thing"
Pros: "Food and workers were great"
Pros: "Good entertainment choices."
Cons: "Seat could be more comfortable"
Pros: "The crew was not very unhelpful & hardly accommodating, not helpful at all. I have never met such a cold hearted airline crew, so unthankful & not trying to help customer. They kept rolling their eyes & speaking like I was a dirt. I will NEVER fly this airline & I will make sure everyone knows."
Cons: "Came early to counter & my passport expires August 9th, so they refuse to help me & did not let me go on board even though I had approval from Jordanian country to fly there. Austerian ticket crew & supervisor did not want even to check the pass through to board with permission. The WORSE airline!!!"
Pros: "Everything:)"
Cons: "My flight was canceled and I received no communication from Austrian Airlines. There was no staff at ticketing counter. The contact number that O'Hare had was a disconnected Verizon number, which was the same number listed on their website. I had to call the international number where I was told I was rebooked on United with 2 layovers instead of one. I also lost my business class upgrade and was told there was nothing they could do about it."
Pros: "Everything went very well! Boarding was easy, the flight was smooth with little turbulence, we arrived on time, the crew was friendly and attentive, the food was good!"
Cons: "Everything was very smooth, except that the seats were not very comfortable!"
Pros: "The crew and the service was excellent. Dinner was excellent. The hot breakfast never came. We were served a roll and one small cup of coffee with no refills. That was my only complaint. On a long overseas flight I think a hot breakfast would have been better than a roll."
Cons: "very rocky,, too confined for such a long flight.thank you for a good lesson not to go austrian again"
Pros: "They were really good with checking in my excess baggage and my two cats. Cats travelled well and arrived as expected. Check in at O'Hare was very friendly. In the air, flight attendants were very accommodating and friendly. All luggage and cats arrived! The plane from O'Hare to Austria was very nice!"
Cons: "I think I have gotten used to Asiana's and Korean Airlines'. It just didn't seem to measure up to their business class service. The food (which has been highly rated!) I found to be just mediocre. Maybe it's because I was living in Asia for eight years and had become more accustom to asian cuisine?? I didn't love the seat either. When you recline, your feet are cramped inside a small area under the seat in front of you. It was cramped. The ability to customize the seat recline was limited. I like being able to move the head and feet into my own customized position. The business class seats from Vienna to Amman felt like coach."
Pros: "Very good flight crew. Decent food and nice entertainment."
Cons: "Poor web site. Very poor boarding crew. Boarding crew made no announcements for who must get re-elected ticketed for shares carrier tucked or web site ticketed passengers. No prep boarding plan given therefore mass at gate."
Pros: "A bit more leg and knee room."
Cons: "The food was dreadful. We flew Austrian last month and the food was good. We try to stay hydrated on the flights and when I asked for water at the back of the plane, I was kindly given the water and another attendant grabbed the curtain and closed it making it plain I was not to be there. (I've never had that happen on any other flight.)"
Pros: "It was perfect, very few people, great service"
Pros: "The check in crew were great. They checked my overweight carry on with no problem for free Free alcohol"
Cons: "The food was not edible"
Pros: "Vino in Plastic cups from 1L"
Cons: "Could Food"
Pros: "Nothing stood out compared to other airlines"
Pros: "Flight"
Cons: "Not enough room in the seat"
Pros: "The food was good"
Cons: "Everything was fine"
Pros: "Everything. Keep up the good work."
Pros: "Smooth strait flight, friendly polite crew"
Cons: "Our flight was cancelled .No explanation at all.Hotel was given to us.Thank you for that.We dear only 4 hours.The following day we were there since 5 in the morning and the first word was 10 o clock flight.After to many hours they decided that they can bring us to Mynih and after that flight to Tirana.So I left home Thursday 2 o clock and arrive in Tirana after 2 days. No luggage until yesterday.It never happen before.But in top of everything my plans in Albania were messed up.I have to pospne my return flight 1 week and the charges are unbelievable tooo much 650 dollars.I am not stopping here.Thank you."
Pros: "People at the desk didn't know or don't wanna say much why we have no plane"
Cons: "I arrived at Vienna on time but to Skopje we had no plans and we hade to wait till 13:40 to board"
Cons: "The aircraft was very old and smelled badly. The toillets didn't work properly and were dirty."
Pros: "Everything was great except seats uncomfortable"
Pros: "No stops"
Pros: "Would fly with them anytime."
Pros: "After departing the cluster fk that is O'Hare airport it's such a pleasure to interact with Vienna and Austrian Air. I had 'only' an hour to make the connection, and yet all, that is all, formalities took no more than 10 minutes. I had plenty of time to spare. Waiting area at the gate had plenty of seating and the staff was professional and courteous. We had to gate check bags as the plane was a regional turboprop, but everything went very smoothly."
Pros: "Compared to most American crews the Aus crew was helpful and outstanding."
Cons: "The chicken dinner was not that great and the breakfast was only a muffin, I expected more. On Turkish airlines flight from Ord to Istanbul we got a full breakfast tray."
Pros: "Very carrying crew, kind and attentive"
Cons: "Not too many choices for entertainment, a lot of Asian movies. Food was OK"
Pros: "The service and the overall flight quality, the pilot was very good!"
Pros: "Very nice and polite crew, great service."
Cons: "Regular breakfast was just a muffin and nothing else :("
Pros: "Boarding was a breeze, although the flight was not full. Food was good, but as I dozed off during courses, they decided I was finished and took all my food and didn't offer anything when I awoke shortly after. (this will go in the 'didn't like' section as well. Bed was comfortable and comfy blanket and pillow"
Cons: "Crew was not friendly at all. Amenities kit was burlap sac with nothing worth keeping or using -- even the eye covers. Business class bathrooms had nothing to offer in the areas of hand/face creams. All there was were hand wipes and air freshener. (OMG! SERIOUSLY!?); a big difference from their partners (i.e. Swiss and Lufthansa). Crew was not present -- not only were they very unfriendly they were no where to be found. TV/video didn't work properly -- kept fast forwarding or changing channels on its own. The crew of course, was not concerned."
Cons: "It was almost 2 hours delayed"
Pros: "Most things were OK"
Cons: "Except a crying baby near me, during first half of the flight"
Cons: "Plane rescheduled, left 55 minutes later than anticipated. I was already preparing for having my luggage lost."
Cons: "After dinners the crew did not remove trays fora long time preventing movement. When the finally did there was a rush for the toilets. Having some toilets out of order compounded the problem Food is ok at best. The morning muffin was terrible A poor comparison to our flight last year on Turkish air"
Pros: "The check- in experience was simple and the seat entertainment system was excellent!"
Cons: "Unfortunately, like any economy class seating, wider seats and more recline ability would be nice."
Cons: "Our baggage did not make it to our final destination"
Pros: "The boarding and exiting of the aircraft was smooth and organized. I really do prefer that passengers be strictly monitored when boarding the plane according to their seats. It really does make sense to board the plane from the rear forward. I realize airlines feel like they have to make their business class passengers feel special, but it really doesn't make sense for passengers to be climbing over one another."
Cons: "I left my entertainment at home in a mad rush to depart which is very unusual for me. As a result, I had to rely on Austrian Airlines' copyright licenses, and they were less than satisfactory. Fortunately, I'm flying back with Lufthansa, so I hope there will be more variety there. The lavatory at the back of the plane was filthy by the end of the flight. I don't understand why the flight attendants feel to good to clean the lavatories for their passengers. We are stuck on a flying can for 9-10 hours and deserve to have clean lavatories during that time. At one point, I was thirty and approached the back of the plane. When I entered the rear galley, the ladies looked at me like I was intruding. If self-service is not available for passengers, then flight attendants should be prepared to serve their customers."
Pros: "I am gluten free, and the stewardess knew what foods I could eat of the desserts and snacks, and I appreciated that there was food that I could eat."
Cons: "I wish the flight lasted longer than the usual 8 hours, such a great experience!"
Cons: "There were no air vents, which made for a hot flight."
Pros: "The crew was the only good thing about this flight/airline."
Cons: "I was very disappointed with Austrian airlines. I was not able to pick my own seat even after I checked in and the actual seats on the plane were extremely small and uncomfortable. This made it impossible for me to enjoy mi flight. A 5'6' person should not have any issues but my knees were touching the seat in front of me. The seat was very narrow - it felt cramped and as if they turned a space designed for 2-4-2 into a 3-4-3. When I called the customer service before the flight to get a seat next to my husband who had a separate reservation, it took about 4 calls before anyone even mentioned that out reservations could be linked together. will not fly Austrian airlines again."
Pros: "Airplane was clean. We traveled safe."
Cons: "They ran out of food options by the time they got to us. The arm rest didn't work. It was broken. No solutions were found to resolve the problem."
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package function.cohort.statistics;

import function.cohort.base.CalledVariant;
import function.cohort.base.CohortLevelFilterCommand;
import global.Data;
import global.Index;
import utils.FormatManager;
import utils.LogManager;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.StringJoiner;

/**
 *
 * @author nick
 */
public class FisherOutput extends StatisticOutput {

    double oddsRatio = 0;

    public static String getHeader() {
        StringJoiner sj = new StringJoiner(",");

        sj.merge(getVariantDataHeader());
        sj.merge(getAnnotationDataHeader());
        sj.merge(getExternalDataHeader());
        sj.merge(getCohortLevelHeader());
        sj.add("P Value");
        sj.add("Odds Ratio");

        return sj.toString();
    }

    public FisherOutput(CalledVariant c) {
        super(c);
    }

    public boolean isValid(String model) {
        if (model.equals("recessive")) {
            if (!isRecessive()) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        return isCaseOnlyValid();
    }

    boolean isCaseOnlyValid() {
        if (CohortLevelFilterCommand.isCaseOnly) {
            if ((calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CASE]
                    + calledVar.genoCount[Index.HOM][Index.CASE]) > 0) {
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringJoiner sj = new StringJoiner(",");

        calledVar.getVariantData(sj);
        calledVar.getAnnotationData(sj);
        calledVar.getExternalData(sj);
        getGenoStatData(sj);

        sj.add(FormatManager.getDouble(pValue));
        sj.add(FormatManager.getDouble(oddsRatio));

        return sj.toString();
    }

    public void calculateP(ArrayList<Integer> countList) {
        if (countList.size() == 4) {
            pValue = FisherExact.getTwoTailedP(countList.get(0),
                    countList.get(1), countList.get(2),
                    countList.get(3));

            oddsRatio = getOddsRatio(countList.get(0),
                    countList.get(1), countList.get(2),
                    countList.get(3));
        } else if (countList.size() == 6) {
            pValue = FisherExact.getTwoTailedP(countList.get(0), countList.get(1),
                    countList.get(2), countList.get(3),
                    countList.get(4), countList.get(5));

            oddsRatio = Data.DOUBLE_NA; // genotypic do not support oddsRatio
        }
    }

    private double getOddsRatio(double a, double b, double c, double d) {
        if (b * c == 0) {
            return Data.DOUBLE_NA;
        }

        return (a / b) / (c / d);
    }

    /*
     * allelic model:(homAlleleNum + hetAlleleNum) compared to (refAlleleNum +
     * hetAlleleNum) Note: the count for male will be excluded on chrX
     *
     * dominant model: reference allele is major: (homSampleNum + hetSampleNum)
     * compared to refSampleNum reference allele is minor: (refSampleNum +
     * hetSampleNum) compared to homSampleNum
     *
     * recessive model: reference allele is major: homSampleNum compared to
     * (hetSampleNum + refSampleNum) reference allele is minor: refSampleNum
     * compared to (hetSampleNum + homSampleNum)
     *
     * genotypic model: homSampleNum compared to hetSampleNum compared to
     * refSampleNum
     */
    public void initCount(ArrayList<Integer> countList, String model) {
        switch (model) {
            case "allelic":
                countList.add(2 * calledVar.genoCount[Index.HOM][Index.CASE]
                        + calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CASE]);
                countList.add(2 * calledVar.genoCount[Index.REF][Index.CASE]
                        + calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CASE]);
                countList.add(2 * calledVar.genoCount[Index.HOM][Index.CTRL]
                        + calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CTRL]);
                countList.add(2 * calledVar.genoCount[Index.REF][Index.CTRL]
                        + calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CTRL]);
                break;
            case "dominant":
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.HOM][Index.CASE]
                        + calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CASE]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.REF][Index.CASE]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.HOM][Index.CTRL]
                        + calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CTRL]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.REF][Index.CTRL]);
                break;
            case "recessive":
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.HOM][Index.CASE]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CASE]
                        + calledVar.genoCount[Index.REF][Index.CASE]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.HOM][Index.CTRL]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CTRL]
                        + calledVar.genoCount[Index.REF][Index.CTRL]);
                break;
            case "genotypic":
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.HOM][Index.CASE]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CASE]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.REF][Index.CASE]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.HOM][Index.CTRL]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.HET][Index.CTRL]);
                countList.add(calledVar.genoCount[Index.REF][Index.CTRL]);
                break;
            default:
                LogManager.writeAndPrint("not available model");
                break;
        }
    }
}

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Richard Hely-Hutchinson
Richard Hely-Hutchinson was born on Thu 29th Jan 1756 and died on Mon 22nd Aug 1825.
Beamish Person Id: 2766
of Donoughmore (Earldom) in the Peerage of the Kingdom of Ireland
Donoughmore (Viscountcy) in the Peerage of the Kingdom of Ireland
Hutchinson (Viscountcy) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Donoughmore (Barony) in the Peerage of the Kingdom of Ireland
Letters patent issued on Mon 20th Nov 1797
To Richard Hely-Hutchinson:
Viscount Donoughmore
Letters patent issued on Wed 31st Dec 1800
Earl of Donoughmore
Letters patent issued on Sat 14th Jul 1821
Viscount Hutchinson
Wikidata link: Q7326369

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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THE MAHAVAMSA
The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka
MAHAVAMSA
CULAVAMSA
DIPAVAMSA
History of Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. known as Ceylon before 1972 is an island nation in South Asia, located about 31 kilometers (18½ mi) off the southern coast of India. Originally known as Heladiva, it is home to around twenty million people.
Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and South East Asia and has been a centre of Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times. Today, Sri Lanka is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic nation, with a fifth of the population following faiths other than Buddhism – notably Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. The Sinhalese community forms the majority of the population (around 78%), with Tamils, who are mostly concentrated in the north and east of the island, forming the largest ethnic minority. Other communities include the Muslim Moors and Malays as well as Burghers. English is widely spoken and is studied as a compulsory secondary language in school.
Island has a pleasant tropical climate and average temperature of the low lands ranges between 25-30 degrees Celsius. Famous for the production and export of tea, coffee, rubber and coconuts, Sri Lanka boasts a progressive and modern industrial economy. The natural beauty of Sri Lanka's tropical forests, beaches and landscape, as well as its rich cultural heritage make it a world famous tourist destination.
Sri Lanka's Per Capita GDP is presently US$ 900 – the highest in South Asia and the Literacy rate is 92% – the highest in South Asia and second highest in Asia. According to the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) Forecast 1998, Sri Lanka's Business Environment ranks 11th in the region, and 42nd in the world, ahead of India, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Pakistan.
After over two thousand years of rule by local kingdoms, parts of Sri Lanka were colonized by Portugal and the Netherlands beginning in the 16th century, before the control of the entire country was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. During World War II Sri Lanka served as an important base for Allied forces in the fight against the Japanese Empire. A nationalist political movement arose in the country in the early 20th century, with the aim of obtaining political independence, which was eventually granted by the British after peaceful negotiations in 1948. Since then Sri Lanka has enjoyed a stable democracy and continuous economic progress, despite the ongoing conflict between the Sri Lankan government and a separatist militant group known as the Tamil Tigers in the northeastern parts of the country.
Naming of Sri Lanka
Known as Lamka, Lankadeepa, taprobane .. etc
In ancient times, Sri Lanka was known by a variety of names: ancient Greek geographers called it Taprobane and Arabs referred to it as Serendib (the origin of the word "serendipity"). Ceilão was the name given to Sri Lanka by the Portuguese when they arrived on the island in 1505, which was transliterated into English as Ceylon. In 1972, the official name of the country was changed to "Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka" whereas the island itself is referred to as lank?va, In 1978 it was changed to "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka".
The current name is derived from Sanskrit word lamk?, meaning "resplendent land", which was also the name of the island as described in the ancient Indian epics Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
Paleolithic human settlements have been discovered at excavations in several cave sites in the Western Plains region and the South-western face of the Central Hills region. Anthropologists believe that some discovered burial rites and certain decorative artifacts exhibit similarities between the first inhabitants of the island and the early inhabitants of Southern India. Recent bioanthropological studies have however dismissed these links, and have placed the origin of the people to the northern parts of India. One of the first written references to the island is found in the Indian epic Ramayana, which described the emperor Ravana as monarch of the powerful kingdom of Lanka. English historian James Emerson Tennent also theorized Galle, a southern city in Sri Lanka, was the ancient seaport of Tarshish from which King Solomon is said to have drawn ivory, peacocks and other valuables. The main written accounts of the country's history are the Buddhist chronicles of Mahavansa and Dipavamsa.
The earliest-known inhabitants of the island now known as Sri Lanka were probably the ancestors of the Wanniyala-Aetto people, also known as Veddahs and numbering roughly 3,000. Linguistic analysis has found a correlation of the Sinhalese language with the languages of the Sindh and Gujarat, although most historians believe that the Sinhala community emerged well after the assimilation of various ethnic groups. Dravidian people may have begun migrating to the island from the pre-historic period. From the ancient period date some remarkable archaeological sites including the ruins of Sigiriya, the so-called "Fortress in the Sky", and huge public works. Among the latter are large "tanks" or reservoirs, important for conserving water in a climate that alternates rainy seasons with dry times, and elaborate aqueducts, some with a slope as finely calibrated as one inch to the mile. Ancient Sri Lanka was also the first in the world to have established a dedicated hospital in Mihintale in the 4th century BCE. Ancient Sri Lanka was also the world's leading exporter of cinnamon, which was exported to Egypt as early as 1400 BCE. Sri Lanka was also the first Asian nation to have a female ruler in Queen Anula (47 – 42 BC)
Since ancient times Sri Lanka was ruled by monarchs, most notably of the Sinha royal dynasty that lasted over 2000 years. The island was also infrequently invaded by South Indian kingdoms and parts of the island were ruled intermittently by the Chola dynasty, the Pandya dynasty, the Chera dynasty and the Pallava dynasty. The island was also invaded by the kingdoms of Kalinga (modern Orissa) and those from the Malay Peninsula. Buddhism arrived from India in the 3rd century BCE, brought by Bhikkhu Mahinda, who is believed to have been the son of Mauryan emperor Ashoka. Mahinda's mission won over the Sinhalese monarch Devanampiyatissa of Mihintale, who embraced the faith and propagated it throughout the Sinhalese population. The Buddhist kingdoms of Sri Lanka would maintain a large number of Buddhist schools and monasteries, and support the propagation of Buddhism into Southeast Asia.
Sri Lanka had always been an important port and trading post in the ancient world, and was increasingly frequented by merchant ships from the Middle East, Persia, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia. The islands were known to the first European explorers of South Asia and settled by many groups of Arab and Malay merchants. A Portuguese colonial mission arrived on the island in 1505 headed by the Lourenço de Almeida the son of Francisco de Almeida. At that point the island consisted of three kingdoms, namely Kandy in the central hills, Kotte at the Western coast, and Yarlpanam (Anglicised Jaffna) in the north. The Dutch arrived in the 17th century. Although much of the island came under the domain of European powers, the interior, hilly region of the island remained independent, with its capital in Kandy. The British East India Company established control of the island in 1796, declaring it a crown colony in 1802, although the island would not be officially connected with British India. The fall of the kingdom of Kandy in 1815 unified the island under British rule.
European colonists established a series of tea, cinnamon, rubber, sugar, coffee and indigo plantations. The British also brought a large number of indentured workers from Tamil Nadu to work in the plantation economy. The city of Colombo was established as the administrative centre, and the British established modern schools, colleges, roads and churches that brought Western-style education and culture to the native people. Increasing grievances over the denial of civil rights, mistreatment and abuse of natives by colonial authorities gave rise to a struggle for independence in the 1930s, when the Youth Leagues opposed the "Ministers' Memorandum," which asked the colonial authority to increase the powers of the board of ministers without granting popular representation or civil freedoms. During World War II, the island served as an important Allied military base. A large segment of the British and American fleet were deployed on the island, as were tens of thousands of soldiers committed to the war against Japan in Southeast Asia.
Following the war, popular pressure for independence intensified. On February 4, 1948 the country won its independence as the Commonwealth of Ceylon. Don Stephen Senanayake became the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. In 1972, the country became a republic within the Commonwealth, and the name was changed to Sri Lanka. On July 21, 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike took office as prime minister, and became the first female head of government in post-colonial Asia and the first female prime minister in the world. The island enjoyed good relations with the United Kingdom and had the British Royal Navy stationed at Trincomalee. Since 1983, there has been on-and-off civil war, predominantly between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers), a separatist militant (Terrorist) group who fight to create an independent state named Tamil Eelam in the North and East of the island.
"The Past Is Never Past"
Historic photographs of Sri Lanka
The Sinhala & Tamil
New Year In April (the month of Bak), when the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries) in the celestial sphere; Sri Lankans begin celebrating their New Year or Aluth Avurudhu (in Sinhala) and Puththandu (in Tamil). It marks the end of the harvest season and also coincides with one of 2 instances when the sun is directly above Sri Lanka.
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Kanye West's "School Spirit" has no profanity because Aretha Franklin wouldn't clear her vocal sample if it did
by DailyRapFacts June 16, 2020, 10:55 am updated January 9, 2022, 4:18 am
Kanye West's "School Spirit", the 15th track on his 2004 debut studio album The College Dropout, has no profanity in it because Aretha Franklin wouldn't clear her vocal sample if it did.
Every single song on The College Dropout has profanity except "School Spirit", the song is edited even on the explicit version of the album. Kanye West's "School Spirit" sampled Aretha Franklin's 1970's "Spirit in the Dark".
There are uncensored versions of School Spirit available online.
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Humans evolved to have a variety of senses—smell, sight, touch, etc.—that provide information about the world around us. Our brains use this sensory information to construct a particular picture of reality. But what if it were technologically possible to hack our brains and create new senses for humans, such as echolocation or magnetoception? How would our brains integrate this new kind of information? What would it be like to perceive the world using these strange new senses? And how would these novel senses change our view of reality? Josh and Ken sense they'll talk to neuroscientist David Eagleman, author of The Brain: The Story of You. Sunday 4/14 at 11 am and Tuesday 4/16 at 12 noon.


But I'll leave the scientific analysis to Sroc.
The surface Lows are not phasing per se. The track and deepening of the H5 ULL will determine where the newest primary center of surface low pressure will form. And no the inland low IS NOT stronger than modeled. it is well within the avg of where the models had it at this time.
sroc4 wrote: The surface Lows are not phasing per se. The track and deepening of the H5 ULL will determine where the newest primary center of surface low pressure will form. And no the inland low IS NOT stronger than modeled. it is well within the avg of where the models had it at this time.
I actually don't think they were ever suppose to "phase" (outside of 10 day old runs I believe). Does anyone know if the HRRR, RGEM etc has current obs on point when they begin their run?
Had very light snow about an hour ago, and now, absolutely nothing!
I agree it is snowing and snowing heavily now. Please wait it is coming big time. This is just an appetizer.
Snow has picked up again. I currently have 3''.
While I am on the edge of glory over here about to forecast sunny skies and 80° later this afternoon, Governor Cuomo just issued a state of emergency for New York State.
same here Al snowing lightly roads just wet. If this is it I'm go scream! There is a little on cars sidewalks etc.
SUPPORTED BY REAL-TIME WATER VAPOR IMAGERY, NOT MODELING. EFF THESE GOD DARN HORRIBLE MODELS. ITS CALLED NOWCASTING FOR A GOD DARN REASON.


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I am so privileged to be able to represent both my personal platform of autism awareness and the Miss America national platform, the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals this year. On Monday, October 9, I went to Woodbury Walmart (Walmart is another national sponsor for CMN) for Emily Davis' send off party to Washington D.C. and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I gave Emily a "Miss MN Hearts Me" t-shirt and a copy of my lullaby CD, Sweet Dreams, which I recorded to raise money for kids just like her. Emily, who has been receiving treatment for her cerebral palsy, has incredible courage, an amazing smile, and such a gracious attitude. I can tell she is so excited to represent Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare as Minnesota's CMN Champion this year. The Champion program raises awareness of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, like Gillette, and recognizes children, like Emily, who have triumphed over medical challenges.


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Edge Hill secures health research grant to help young adults with complex care needs
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Government wasting millions reassessing Parkinson's sufferers for PIP, says charity
Millions of pounds is being wasted on reassessing people with Parkinson's for benefits even though their condition will never improve, campaigners have warned. Analysis by Parkinson's UK suggests it will cost £3 million to reassess everyone with Parkinson's as they switch over from disability living allowance (DLA) to its replacement…
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Severely disabled woman dies after court decision to end life support
A 79-year-old woman left brain damaged and severely physically disabled following a stroke has died following a life-support treatment ruling by a judge in a specialist court. Mr Justice Cobb had decided that doctors could lawfully stop artificial feeding after analysing the case at a hearing in the Court of…
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Pill to tackle multiple sclerosis in children delivers 'some of most promising results ever seen'
A new pill can reduce the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) among children and teenagers, a study has found. Sufferers aged between 10 and 17 who were treated with Gilenya tablets had an 82% lower relapse rate compared to those injected with an alternative standard treatment, pharmaceutical giant Novartis said.…
Tuesday, 24 Oct, 2017
Government takes more than year to respond to innovative medicines review
The Government has taken more than a year to respond to a review outlining how to speed up NHS patients' access to innovative medicines, a charity has said. Muscular Dystrophy UK said that the Accelerated Access Review should be dubbed the "Delayed Access Review". The Government-commissioned review - which made…
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Princess Royal opens £2m learning and development centre for deafblind adults
The Princess Royal has officially opened a new centre for deafblind adults. Charity Deafblind Scotland spent a decade campaigning and fundraising for the £2 million learning and development centre in East Dunbartonshire. The princess toured the building which has a recording studio, arts space and high-tech IT room, and has…
Wednesday, 18 Oct, 2017
PM rejects calls to halt Universal Credit roll-out as helpline charges scrapped
Theresa May has again rejected calls to pause the roll-out of Universal Credit as ministers announced that controversial charges of up to 55p a minute to call a helpline were to be scrapped. Appearing before a Commons committee, Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke (pictured) said the line would be…
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Tory rebels call on Government to halt rollout of Universal Credit expansion
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Employer discrimination shutting disabled people out of jobs market, report
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The editorial staff at LA Weekly world headquarters has been waiting for this for days now.
... the man who saved Los Angeles!
Seriously. The guy saved LAX. Sort of.
When millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam hit the Canadian border in 1999 with tools of destruction in his vehicle, it was Humphries who cracked the case and quickly discovered the man was worthy of suspicion, detention, and investigation. Ressam had intended to set off a bomb at LAX.
Humphries is also the guy who set off the investigation of CIA Director Petraeus, who resigned last week after the extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, was revealed to President Obama.
You see, Humphries, now based in Tampa, was friends with Broadwell's email target, Kelley. So close, in fact, that there has been chatter about their relationship, particularly in light of the fact that he had sent her a shirtless photo of himself.
However: The Seattle Times says said photo, of Humphries posing between shirtless "target dummies" that do look like him, was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, not sexual, and was sent to many of his friends.
Anywho, Kelly says she received threatening emails from Broadwell, who might have believed the socialite was after her lover, Petraeus.
Kelly asked Humphries to look into it, and the FBI investigated, taking him off the case because he was too close to her.
Turns out Petraeus and Broadwell shared a Gmail account under his name. The idea was that they could write messages in draft mode to each other without leaving a digital trail.
In investigating the allegedly threatening emails to Kelly, however, the FBI figured out that Petraeus was having an affair. Investigaters were concerned that national security could be compromised and continued to probe.


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Resistence and Suffering
Eliana Suarez on how a group of Peruvian women survived that country's political violence.
Eliana Suarez
By: Eliana Suarez
Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University
During the peak of political violence in Peru (1980-1994), three Quechua women met each night to search for their family members who had "disappeared." They looked through "body dumps" that were created behind Los Cabitos, Ayacucho's largest military base, hoping to find any traces of their loved ones. Eventually, other mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters joined these courageous women, and together they formed the National Association of Families of the Kidnapped, Detained and Disappeared of Peru (ANFASEP) on Sept. 2, 1983. As ANFASEP's advocacy efforts and membership amplified during the conflict, discrimination against its members also increased. The end of the conflict left many unanswered questions for these women, as the government dismissed ANFASEP's demands for truth, justice, and reparations – in fact, it continues to do so today, almost 30 years later.
The resilience of these brave women – how they survived the sasachakuy tiempo (difficult times) of the Peruvian armed conflict – is hard to explain if their response is assumed to be the result of their ability to access both personal and institutional resources. In fact, most of these women were illiterate, in poverty, and lacked protection from any legal or political establishments. Instead, the actions of ANFASEP are consistent with ideas of self-protection as based on human agency, where people respond to threats creatively, pursuing viable options whether or not they are able to count on receiving protection or resources from law enforcement agencies, governments, NGOs, or other external actors.
Aspects of the Peruvian conflict and individual responses to it are certainly distinctive, but there are similarities to other cases. Examples of women's courage and resistance have been documented in other post-conflict contexts such as Argentina, Bosnia, Burundi, Liberia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and Uganda, just to name a few. Yet, despite this presence of agentic women in post-conflict zones as liberators, leaders, social advocates, and caretakers of families and communities, their contributions have not been emphasized to the same extent as their suffering. In fact, the resilience and strength of overall war-affected populations, rather than their fragility and dependency are still under-examined in current peacemaking and peace-building policies and practices.
One reason for this is that, for the past few decades, a "trauma model" has informed the work of international-assistance organizations, particularly in the provision of psychosocial programs. A trauma-focused model of assistance is primarily concerned with supporting the healing of individual suffering caused by war in order to prevent new occurrences of violence, expanding in this way conventional forms of promoting and/or protecting human security from civilian protection against physical threats to protection within a psychological terrain. The dominance of the trauma-response model of humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of disasters is a heavily contested and debated issue. Some argue that western-defined responses to a traumatic event lack universal validity because such responses are framed by the socio-cultural, historical, and political context of the event and the individual responding to the event. For instance, the context of collective violence and social suffering are hard to explain through western explanatory frameworks of individual suffering or distress. Responses that are normal in one socio-cultural context, in other words, may be considered out of the norm – or even pathological – if examined through a western lens.
A specific example is the importance attributed by western models to "remembering" the traumatic memory as a prerequisite for healing. However, Elsaas found that in some Peruvian communities in the Andes highlands, "forgetting" traumatic events that had happened during past armed-conflicts was often the mechanism that allowed wounded individuals and communities to heal. Yet, despite numerous examples of differences in responses to traumatic events in multiple post-conflict contexts such as Cambodia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, psychosocial programs operating in those contexts often continue using inadequate models to support healing. In 2004, while describing humanitarian interventions in the aftermath of the coup d'état in Haiti, ethnographer Erica James summarized significant tensions within the political and economical milieus of humanitarian assistance with this question: "Where is the line between drawing attention to the suffering of others in order to assist them and appropriating the suffering of others for institutional or personal gain?"
While not all western interventions in the aftermath of war and/or disasters are focused on alleviating trauma responses, it is certainly the focal point of many. For instance, after the Tsunami in Sri Lanka, several organizations focused on offering play therapy to affected children and trauma training to local practitioners. After the earthquake in Haiti, identification as a "traumatized victim" was often instrumental to securing desperately needed resources, for example, tents and food. Similarly, in post-conflict Northern Uganda, a significant amount of Western-funded services are still dedicated to measuring post-trauma responses, often without representative participation from local providers. We wonder if some of these resources might have been more effective in enhancing civilian protection if dedicated to promoting local activism, as well as the use of local traditions and knowledge in the social repair processes.
Critiques to these interventions call attention to the fact that in focusing primarily on suffering, the strengths and capabilities of war-affected populations may be overlooked and/or minimized. In 2008, in response to such critiques, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), formed by several United Nations and non-United Nations humanitarian organizations, provided a new official framework for humanitarian responses in its "Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings." The IASC guidelines were certainly a welcome departure from the intensity of the attention paid to the psychological state of war-affected populations, instead emphasizing broader psychosocial issues that affect those populations. Yet, while local capabilities are part of the assessment of individuals and communities in post-disaster situations, the IASC guidelines do not consider political participation and/or political activism (especially at a grassroots level) as evidence of community and individual resilience. Political participation, resistance, and activism are, however, key features of the resilience of marginalized groups, as demonstrated by the women of ANFASEP.
Indeed, lessons learned from my extensive field research with Quechua women in Ayacucho indicate that their resistance and resilience processes – their agency –developed even as they suffered extensive personal losses and social disruption. Despite experiencing extreme violence and discrimination, members of ANFASEP and other grassroots organizations actively contributed to the social repair of their communities and continue advocating for justice for victims of both sides of the conflict. However, these courageous acts of resistance might have been at risk if these women had been the focus of programs intended to alleviate their suffering rather than support their activism.
Fortunately, this was not the case. The small scale of the Peruvian armed conflict did not draw large international humanitarian responses, so the government, local NGOs, and other institutions supported most of the reconstruction efforts. Hence, the trauma-response model was not a dominant framework in the initial post-conflict years, giving space to local models promoting the resilience of communities and families. For instance, from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, the Consortium for the Integral Development of the Andean Families and Children (CODINFA), an interdisciplinary group of Peruvian practitioners, developed locally informed resilience-building programs in communities in the highlands of Ayacucho. Local NGOs working within a framework of defence of human rights also offered primarily legal and advocacy resources to victims.
A trauma framework, however, gradually permeated psychosocial interventions over the last decade in post-conflict Ayacucho. This framework has provided important services to persons in need, but has also diverted attention and scarce resources from addressing the roots of the conflict. In this context, an important contribution of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) was the identification of high levels of historical discrimination, subordination, and oppression against the indigenous population as the major underlying cause of the violence.
Mechanisms of transitional justice such as truth commissions, however, can also encourage an emphasis on suffering rather than on resistance, as observed in Peru. The CVR prioritized reparations utilizing a human rights-based framework. However, almost ten years after the dissemination of the CVR's final report, disappointment over the inaccessibility of the reparations and prosecutions remains high. In response, a new Comprehensive Reparations Plan (PIR) was established in November 2011. Yet, the reparations articulated by the PIR and other mechanisms of transitional justice are also based on the recognition of suffering and so do not offer an adequate frame for recognizing contributions to social reconstruction such as those made by the members of ANFASEP. These courageous women no longer meet to search for their loved ones, but they continue to meet to remember, honour, and respect the dead and disappeared, and, most importantly, to keep demanding justice for their families.
After almost 30 years, answers to some of these demands have only started to emerge. On June 18, 2012, the collective case "Cabitos 1983" – a case of persons who disappeared in 1983 – finally held its first court appearances in the city of Ayacucho. Witnesses offered their testimonies with two former army officers who had commanded "Los Cabitos" at the time of the disappearences seated in the accused rows. One of the founders of ANFASEP, "Mama" Angelica Mendoza de Ascarza, was the first to testify, accompanied by her husband, on behalf of their son, Arquimedes, who was 19 years old when he disappeared in 1983. Mama Angelica is now 85 years old. Local residents and NGOs supported the petitioners and witnesses, but this historic trial was hardly noticed by the national media. In my meetings with members of ANFASEP, they sadly compared the ample media coverage and nation-wide support for the family of a young hiker that disappeared a year ago with the lack of recognition for their relatives who disappeared thirty years ago. While the extreme violence towards the indigenous population stopped more than a decade ago, discrimination and injustice undeniably persist.
Surviving Violence
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OpenCanada's interview with Carla Suarez, co-coordiator of the Surviving Violence workshop.


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Q: Maven IDEA UI Designer Plugin Error Problem:
When using Maven to build a JAR from a project with IntelliJ IDEA UI designer forms, the necessary designer form handling code is not compiled into the JAR because Maven is unaware of it being required. Using IntelliJ IDEA to build the JAR and/or compile the classes works.
An exception is caused on starting the JAR because the field is null without the designer "linking" it with the form:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at java.awt.Container.addImpl(Container.java:1093)
    at java.awt.Container.add(Container.java:1005)
    at javax.swing.JFrame.addImpl(JFrame.java:567)
    at java.awt.Container.add(Container.java:417)
...

Attempted solution:
According to this tutorial, you should be able to build JARs with IntelliJ IDEA form designer code using Maven but I'm getting the following error instead:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:ideauidesigner-maven-plugin:1.0-beta-1:javac2 (default) on project My-Project: Execution default of goal org.codehaus.mojo:ideauidesigner-maven-plugin:1.0-beta-1:javac2 failed: 3172 -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:ideauidesigner-maven-plugin:1.0-beta-1:javac2 (default) on project My-Project: Execution default of goal org.codehaus.mojo:ideauidesigner-maven-plugin:1.0-beta-1:javac2 failed: 3172
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:212)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:307)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:193)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:106)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:863)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:288)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:199)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution default of goal org.codehaus.mojo:ideauidesigner-maven-plugin:1.0-beta-1:javac2 failed: 3172
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:145)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:207)
        ... 20 more
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 3172
        at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.readClass(Unknown Source)
        at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)
        at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)
        at com.intellij.uiDesigner.compiler.AsmCodeGenerator.patchClass(AsmCodeGenerator.java:179)
        at com.intellij.uiDesigner.compiler.AsmCodeGenerator.patchFile(AsmCodeGenerator.java:125)
        at com.intellij.ant.Javac2.instrumentForms(Javac2.java:137)
        at com.intellij.ant.Javac2.compile(Javac2.java:50)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.execute(Javac.java:820)
        at org.codehaus.mojo.ideauidesigner.Javac2Mojo.execute(Javac2Mojo.java:179)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:134)
        ... 21 more
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException

Process finished with exit code 1

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