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The Quantum Spy: A Thriller
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CHANGES in direction are taking many years, endless arguments and, quite possibly, another unclear election result back home.
But for the inhabitants of our big yellow truck, our whole journey takes an abrupt about face when we climb aboard in the morning.
After 11 weeks heading south from Quito we can go no further and day 80 will see us roll back out of Ushuaia and set out north on the long road back through Patagonia.
We will do it with the truck festooned in Christmas decorations (met with a variety of responses from delight to, well, mine) but shorn of a large chunk of its passengers.
Three have not had enough of heading south just yet and are somewhere on a boat en route to Antarctica, one has been forced back to Santiago by a passport issue while a growing number have opted to fly to Buenos Aires early to miss out a series of long drive days and bush camps along the Atlantic coast with what could be some of the most inhospitable, least exciting conditions Patagonia has thrown at us.
Not that anything it can serve up can wash away the lasting impression the whole region has made on us over the past couple of weeks – it is simply stunning.
It is difficult to keep coming up with superlatives for the constant stream of extraordinary scenery, so just take it as read that anywhere mentioned throughout this post is breathtaking, beautiful, dramatic, picturesque, unique, memorable and any other adjective you want to add to the list.
Often a combination of several or all of those things all at once.
The view from our campsite in Torres del Paine National Park. The bird hopped into view just before the camera clicked
And, considering what we had been warned could lie ahead, we have got away with the weather so far.
We have had the odd rainy day and a fair few clouds, while a couple of camping evenings have got a little bit chilly if you were not properly wrapped up in a sleeping bag or under a couple of blankets.
But the weather has played its part in helping us savour this remarkable part of the world, albeit wrapped up in a variety of layers – bar those strange people who seem able to wear shorts or a T-shirt in all weather.
When you left us in El Chalten, the weather was very much playing ball and it held firm as we headed around the neighbouring lake to El Calafate, enabling a group of us to dine al fresco in the pretty main street.
So deprived were we of winter conditions, we headed for an ice bar to cool down – dressed up in thick gloves and hooded winter capes for half an hour of unlimited drinks (always a dangerous thing to offer an overlander) in what was basically a large freezer.
It paved the way for a birthday celebration at a nearby restaurant – almost inevitably in Argentina featuring great piles of meat – and another one of those nights in a nearby bar which drifted on a fair better later than originally expected.
While we had been enjoying sun and ice, several of our number had done the same thing at the Perito Moreno Glacier in perfect conditions.
Which was not what we got the next morning for our trip, via a couple of interesting stops at a bush – yes, seriously, got off the coach in the rain to look at a bush in the middle of nowhere – and a ranch which was supposedly notable but all we saw were the puppies which curled up, shivering, between my feet.
By the time we arrived at the glacier, the heavens had well and truly opened but it remains a mightily impressive sight, especially when it calves off large chunks of ice – even more so when we got up close under clearing skies during an hour-long boat trip.
Our relentless journey south bounced us back across the border to Chile – a common occurrence which we will do for a couple of hours tomorrow before leaving for the final time – and the town of Puerto Natales.
It is, to be polite, functional rather than pretty but serves as the jumping off point for Torres del Paine National Park for which pretty would be a remarkable understatement.
Shorn of four of our number – rather quicker than anticipated – who were heading off for the four-day W Trek, we tucked into takeaway pizza and steeled ourselves for three nights under canvas this far south.
Our first port of call was the same as our intrepid trekkers, to the point that we bumped into them on the trail of the Towers trek which ranged from sheer hell to people with a bad knee (the muddy, uphill early bits) to a fun stroll through Middle Earth.
Was regularly expecting a hobbit to pop out as we meandered our way through the forest and while most headed up the final steep section, some of us put discretion above valour – it was snowing after all – and headed back down the trail for what was still a long, rewarding trek.
Even more rewarding were the views which greeted us en route and around our campsite deep in the park on the edge of Lake Pehoe which deserved the toasting they got deep into the night. Maybe too deep in some cases.
Which may have explained a slow start to the next day which largely consisted of too many cooks doing their best not to spoil a variety of dishes being cooked on an open fire to mark Thanksgiving for our American contingent.
Our final day in the park brought more walking, although for some of us it was little more than a stroll up to a waterfall and around the edge of the campsite, but even that was enough to test the superlatives.
Especially with the local wildlife more than happy to put on a show for the cameras, right up until the gloriously clear final morning as we rolled back out of the park and back to Puerto Natales.
Reunited with our trekkers – with around 100km banked in their legs – we kept on rolling south, not without mishap as a coach opted to cut a bit too close to Spongebob (remember, big, yellow, square and hard to miss) as we were parked up waiting to board a ferry.
Black and white dolphins bouncing around in the wake were enough to keep us entertained, as were the king penguins at a colony which provided an interesting backdrop (and soundtrack if you listened carefully) in the distance to our bush camp for the night.
Our final few hundred kilometres heading south took us back into Argentina and on to Ushuaia – the end of the world.
And we feel fine.
It is a landmark stop, providing not only a welcome bed (and we have managed to shed five roommates to Antarctica and Buenos Aires inside 24 hours), ample opportunities to shop, eat and drink (which may have seen a couple of us locked out of the hostel and forced to sleep on the truck) but also to get lost on a relatively simple trek up to a lake.
Not to mention its significance in the trip.
In the morning we head north through possibly the longest (and Welsh) few drive days of the trip which will begin to take on a new shape as the terrain changes, big cities return and layers of clothing are consigned back to our lockers.
But until then, we will continue to savour southern hospitality.
WE may all have packed our bags as individuals – some a lot better than others – but a form of uniform inevitably becomes the norm on an overland trip.
Some may fight against the inevitable and stick with their own stab at individuality, but a look around the truck on most travel days will reveal a reliance on the same style of clothing.
There will be an array of T-shirts, normally one of two of the trip design (mainly in black) since their arrival in Cusco, with the main debate on how many days in succession you can get away with wearing the same one.
That number will get longer as the trip goes on and in relation to the number of consecutive days we are camping.
They will normally be matched with shorts and, in the mornings, the odd fleece or hoodie which is usually discarded around the time of the first comfort stop. After the pockets have been stuffed full of snacks if the stop is at a decent petrol station.
Some persist with long trousers, usually of the zip-off trekking variety, while others will fight against whatever the weather throws at us and stick with shorts regardless – the only concession to a fall in temperature being winter shorts which come with added pockets.
Footwear will be largely flip-flops or, to please our Australian brethren, thongs. Thankfully the lack of native Kiwis has stopped jandals becoming a realistic alternative name.
Amid this, there are variations. Mainly worn by Cam who has mastered wearing items of clothing in multiple ways – the right way, back to front, inside out and both inside out and back to front.
Others have tried something similar with certain items of clothing when clean laundry is running short.
But over the past few days as we have headed south through Patagonia, that uniform has changed out of necessity.
There's still plenty of T-shirts being worn, often more than one at the same time. But they are buried under fleeces, hoodies (two at a time in my case) and waterproof jackets, while the trousers have grown in length and thickness, the footwear has become closed and sturdy and wooly hats have appeared from the depths of bags.
Even socks have been dug out of our lockers – or, warm and fluffy, bought at supermarkets and worn night and day.
The fashion choices have been made for us at times as the nights have got cold, we have been hit by a few downpours and keeping warm in our tents has moved to the forefront of everyone's minds.
The weather is not all bad. We've had a pretty glorious couple of days in El Chalten to complement the stunning surroundings.
And it was still pretty nice when we rolled into Bariloche, our entry point into Argentinian Patagonia after another stunning drive day through the country's version of the Lake District.
My main issue after a relatively quiet night around camp was not rain but a water bottle leaking all over my sleeping bag, pressing my alpaca blanket and moose onesie – an impromptu pillow until Lisa took pity on me and bought me a proper one – into service in a bid to have a warm, dry night.
Mission partially achieved, kept largely dry if not exactly warm as a small group of us headed out on a yacht for a fairly leisurely few hours crossing the lake alongside our campsite before heading into town for a few early drinks and an evening birthday celebration over fondue which, in various different ways, dragged on into the early hours.
Which was when the heavens opened. And continued to do so for hours, ensuring a quiet morning as people sought refuge in their tents or in the only covered area at camp.
Thankfully, the rain was not an issue for our trip to an escape room which lightened the mood considerably, especially when we got out with 18 minutes to spare and did our best to make the most of the spare time by finding a bar.
Not so easy in the world of siesta when you have to get back for cook group.
The rain returned just as we rolled into our next stop, one border crossing, a search of all our bags and more spectacular scenery later at Futefeulu in Chile, which meant the chances of our little group emerging from our cabin for long when we had wine, cheese and salami to keep us company were slim.
When we did emerge, it was to stunning surroundings (you may be spotting a trend here) of mountains, waterfalls and a fast-flowing river – too fast for the proposed rafting route, but not enough to stop those brave enough to take on the alternative.
Another birthday was marked by a Patagonian lamb roast supplied by our hosts, more wine and, for some reason, an impromptu transatlantic rugby lesson.
That remarkable scenery and rain dominated the next couple of days as we racked up the miles glued to the passing views on the road to Coyhaigue – a touch of tree surgery enabling us to enter our camp site ready for an early start to miss feared protests.
The start of a two-person bid to watch every episode of The West Wing before the end of the trip later, we were back out on the road, this time with little to see as the rain blocked out any scenery – handy to catch up on some sleep without feeling guilty at missing something.
The rain was still hammering down as we reached Rio Tranquilo and the only campsite still open in the conditions, so what could make more sense than getting even wetter on a boat trip?
The Marble Caves are supposedly much more spectacular in the sunlight, but it proved a more than enjoyable diversion before heading back to dry land and our more normal habitat. The bars over the road.
There were no bars the following night as our home after a long drive day and another border crossing was on cliffs above a salt lake, although still managed to be on the truck with a couple of bottles of wine until fairly late.
Which brings us via, you've guessed it, more spectacular scenery to our current stone in El Chalten which has the feel of a ski resort but rather than winter sports enthusiasts heading off to the slopes, it is walkers hitting the trails into the surrounding countryside. And then apres-walk rather than apres-ski.
Most of us donned a different uniform of trekking gear and headed out in small groups up a trail to a viewpoint of Mt Fitzroy and its surrounding peaks which rise above one end of town.
The walk was fairly straightforward up a few rises, through forests, across streams (which at times masqueraded as the path) and besides lakes for the first nine kilometres before a steep rise up the final stretch to the best viewpoint.
A creaking knee made by decision to skip the final stretch but it was still a lovely walk, topped off by a rapid, painkiller-fuelled descent back to town. Which is where things went a bit awry.
Plans to head straight for a shower, change and wait for others to return were derailed by a welcoming party in the bar next door – our base for the next 11 hours, bar a quick switch of venue to the nearby waffle house.
Which is beginning to beckon again.
MY A-Level English reading list featured a lot of the usual suspects – Shakespeare, DH Lawrence, EM Forster and some Philip Larkin poetry we perhaps did not take as seriously as we should have done.
Somehow managed to cobble together a decent grade without reading all the books in full – could not begin to tell you anything about Lawrence's The Lost Girl – but one more modern addition to the list had me hooked.
Bruce Chatwin's On The Black Hill, the tale of twins spending their entire lives together on a Welsh hill farm through much of the 20th century, was devoured and pretty much guaranteed to be my choice of essay come exam time (although had some pretty exhaustive answers worked out for Hamlet and Passage to India which suited most questions).
And while ignoring the stuff which would have come in handy to pass exams, went searching out more of Chatwin's work.
Which took me to his travel book In Patagonia.
Sorry to say, remember very little about it except its unusual structure – a series of sections, some just a single paragraph – and could not find my copy when moving out of my flat before this trip.
But it did plant Patagonia in my head as a place that needed visiting.
And having spent most of the last fortnight heading south through its amazing landscape spanning the Chilean and Argentinian borders which we have been criss-crossing, it begs the question of how it took me so long to get here.
It is increasingly remote (averaging two people per square kilometre across the southern extremes of the continent) and wild as we have battled bouts of torrential rain and cold, but it is spectacularly beautiful.
The sheer distances involved have meant some long drive days, often on some less than user-friendly roads which at least have served to shake us awake to savour the extraordinary scenery passing by the truck windows.
Every corner seems to open up another remarkable view of snow-capped mountains, waterfalls, lakes and rivers while the most recent border crossing carried us back into Argentina and an instant change to an arid, rocky desert landscape.
At least it was dry.
Well, it was arid right up until we stumbled across another vivid blue lake, complete with icebergs – the source of which is next on our places to visit – and we found ourselves face to face with more towering mountains above the town of El Chalten which has seen us exploring its trails, bars and waffle houses.
But that's what's happening now. What have we been up to since dodging the anti-government protests in Santiago?
Eyes cleared from tear gas and opened to the extent of unrest which has left huge scars on the Chilean capital – and would continue to pop up as we retreated to the countryside – we got out of town early in the morning, the truck rather fuller with the arrival of five new inhabitants.
Their first experience of truck life was one of the longest drive days to date, albeit on some of the smoothest roads as we headed to the lakeside town of Pucon.
Anyone not paying attention could easily have awoken from a nap to think we had emerged in Switzerland, courtesy of the alpine scenery and the type of tidy little town you would expect to find in ski resorts. Sort of a smaller version of Banff in Canada.
The one thing you could not miss – bar the ice cream parlours and cake shops lining the main street as it swept away from the lake near our campsite – was the snow-capped volcano looming over us which meant various photo stops for anyone out hunting for that night's dinner.
A group of us got as far as the supermarket, loading up on wine, cheese and probably a bit too much meat – we were finishing it for breakfast – for an impromptu barbecue back at camp.
The onset of the cold which had been threatening for a few days prevented me from spending the next morning throwing myself down rapids on a body board and an evening hot springs visit, but was not enough to stop a trip into town which yielded cake, hot chocolate, ice cream and a pair of Homer Simpson Havaianas which just refused to stay on the shelf.
The cold did not stop me joining the hike up the volcano the next morning. A decision based on common sense ruled that one out, although those who made the journey and slid back down through the snow came back glowing.
Literally in many cases, courtesy of a few missed patches with the sun screen.
Not that it looked like the sun was going to be a problem from our perspective back in town with the entire volcano blanketed in cloud and invisible from down below.
Right up until we wandered into a coffee shop, came out again half an hour later and it was bathed in clear blue sky.
Not that we were looking too closely, our attention taken by what was going on at ground level as the protests which had been such a key part of our Santiago stay crossed our path again.
This one, however, was on a slightly different level.
The march of maybe 900-1,000 people through the main street, stopping outside the municipal offices for 10 minutes before heading off on its merry way, was more akin to a carnival than the running battles of the capital.
There was little shouting or signs of trouble – police either applauded or videoed, filming me at one point, but kept their distance as the crowd kept up a relentless, catchy beat on whatever they could find to hit.
It made for an interesting way to while away some time following the crowds.
They have a series of demands but the uniting call seems to be Dignidad Para Todos – Dignity For All. Which seems a fair request.
They were back in the evening, blocking the junction with the main road near camp. We wandered up and into the crowds for a closer look as they let cars through if the driver got out and danced for them.
And who can fail to appreciate that as a way of solving unrest?
Especially in countryside this beautiful.
Will get some photos up as soon as WiFi is good enough not for it to take ages.
HAVE spent many evenings in bars over the years, a fair few of which have ended in bizarre circumstances and tears.
The details of many of those nights remain hazy – partly because they are, partly to protect the innocent. And the quite possibly guilty.
But our first evening in Santiago produced a fresh interruption to an evening's drinking.
We were showered, freshly laundered, enjoying a few beers and welcoming several of the new arrivals – who officially join the truck tomorrow as we bid farewell to two existing truck mates, part of the reason we headed in to a troubled city – as we waited for the evening's barbecue.
It was all going so well, considering we were pretty much confined to barracks by the escalating anti-government protests on the streets around our hostel.
And then there was a thud on the roof above the bar.
Clearly visible through the open skylight was a streaming canister of tear gas.
Like to think it was the journalist in me that opted not to run but head towards the scene for a closer look, but not sure any of us fully realised the extent of what was going on.
Right up until the point we were ushered out of the bar to another part of the hostel and we were introduced to the effects of tear gas.
It is another experience ticked off the list and not one that will be trying to recreate anytime soon.
Basically, imagine cutting onions and, just to make sure you felt the full impact, rubbing them in your eyes. All while a nasty taste develops at the back of your throat.
Thankfully, our exposure was minimal and with hostel staff on hand to spray something helpful on the affected people, the effects did not last long – although think it was more behind the discomfort in my eyes the next morning than anything drank the night before – and we were soon getting on with the evening's festivities.
But it was a clear reminder we are in a city and country that has become a powder keg over the last month since a group of secondary school pupils began a fare evasion campaign against proposed price rises on the subway system.
That campaign – and the subsequent crackdown by the authorities – sparked a programme of civil unrest which has seen subway stations burned down or badly damaged and the protests spread to wider grievances against the government and President Sebastian Pinera.
Pinera has declared a state of emergency but the protests show little sign in subsiding and neither does the response to them.
Last night's protest, which is all over Chilean CNN on the TV behind me and reports say involved up to 1.5million people in the Plaza Italia a few blocks from us, was described as largely peaceful.
That's largely peaceful as in a university building a couple of hundred yards from us burning throughout the night, the church over the road being looted and the streets being littered with rubble and graffiti.
With the odd stray tear gas canister thrown in.
We checked out the damage the morning after as the aftermath of the protest became a tourist attraction.
All very sad as you can see the skeleton of a very attractive city. Those of our group who have been here before spoke highly of the place and it does look pretty once you look beyond the damage.
Of course, Chile is no stranger to internal issues with the military dictatorship under Augustin Pinochet which ran the country for much of my youth from 1973 until 1990.
Sorry to confess, bar a couple of songs by Billy Bragg and U2, Pinochet's eventual house arrest and lack of trial in Britain – and mix-up with former Argentina scrum-half Agustin Pichot in a match report – plus tales of people disappearing and a vague understanding of some pretty awful press collaboration with the ruling Junta, cannot claim to know too much about it.
Which is why this morning's visit, prior to wandering around to view last night's fallout, to the Museum of Memory and Human Rights was very welcome.
Not easy, certainly uncomfortable but very informative.
Have been to a few museums and memorials of difficult history – Auschwitz, Rwanda, the Jewish Uprising Museum in Warsaw – and always come out with a head spinning and trying to process what we have seen.
They are always tough going, but recommend them for anyone travelling to understand the world they are heading through.
Beyond the undoubted horrors of the dictatorship – topped, like those previous examples, by the powerful wall of pictures of the dead and disappeared which forms the centrepiece of the exhibits – two major issues came to the fore as relevant to today.
First was the way the press backed the Junta with false stories and propaganda to excuse their actions (before an independent, radical press played a key role in the resistance).
Inexcusable and no wonder my profession struggles with its reputation.
But also a signal to the dangers of certain powerful figures decrying anything they do not like in the media as fake news. Asking the awkward question is journalism, anything else is just PR.
And the tale of the opposition to the regime and fight to find out what happened to the disappeared echoes throughout the protests we have seen close up – no wonder people feel so strongly about the power of public opinion and their right to express it.
We can only hope they do not have to come close to the depths of those dark years before finding resolutions which will enable this city to get back on its feet.
The trouble has spread throughout the country, but there was little sign on the road to Santiago – which we were still unsure about taking a few days ago – which took us from Mendoza across a high pass through the Chilean border via a spectacular road down a ribbon of hairpin bends.
Sort of a South American Alpe d'Huez.
Our three days camping in Mendoza, reached by a bush camp which saw our team win the truck quiz, was fairly relaxed with a fair amount of wine and steak – normal service was resumed – both around the campsite with a footballing Labrador and on a day in town which started as a tasting and ended with rather more than a taste.
And we got clean – both us, our clothes after a couple of weeks without laundry that left several of us rationing underwear and Spongebob, a group effort taking apart and tackling every part of the truck.
All to head into the issues of Santiago from where we head off to the relative peace of the countryside.
BEDTIME as an overlander can rely on many things.
The prospect of an early start the next day – and breakfast later than 7.30am would be classed as something of a lie-in – is likely to curtail many late nights. Not all, especially with the chance to catch up on sleep on a drive day.
Nights out or access to bars when staying in hotels or hostels – a rarity over the last week or so before reaching Santiago, which came with its own dramas but we will get to that – will have an obvious impact on what time people roll in to bed.
While camping, conditions and access to alcohol (usually red and straight from the bottle since stocking up in Argentina, to the extent the truck has a distinct clink when it goes round corners) will dictate.
At bush camps, bar those who opt for one more bottle before bed, people tend to head for their tents early.
But for two successive nights under canvas, the decision on what time to head to bed was rather taken for us by the local, buzzy wildlife and the weather.
Hiding under canvas was not always enough for some of us.
Let's roll backwards a bit first, something we needed a bit of help to get Spongebob to do after a night listing in a dried river bed.
But freed from our Bolivian shackles and, eventually, through the first of several crossings of the Argentinian border (we bounce in and out of Chile in the next few weeks) we crossed into the fourth country on the trip and an almost instant increase in temperature.
And an increase in the consumption of red wine, starting with our night in the quaint hillside town of Purmamarca which we sort of explored in between trips to the off licence, empanada stall and town square to use the free WiFi.
Our cook group had rather more things to buy as we reached the town of Salta ahead of three nights camping alongside the most enormous swimming pool, easily bigger than two football pitches but sadly devoid of water.
Somehow, had managed to only cook once up to this point and managed to forget how long it can take to make a white sauce while camping after suggesting it as the best way to make a macaroni cheese.
Arm muscles given a work out, the evening's choice of activities was watching The Goonies on the side of the truck or downing a few more bottles of red. While getting chewed by the local insects.
The start of two recurring themes.
With the temperature rising, sitting by even an empty pool seemed a good idea the next day so while others headed off into Salta, several of us hung around camp, sorted our stuff out and fell into a long game of Monopoly Deal (same thing, just played with cards) and some suitable refreshment.
Breaking only for some shopping for Halloween onesies before heading out for an evening with the third recurring Argentinian theme, great slabs of steak cooked to perfection and washed down with a nice soft drink.
Or a nice bottle of red, you choose.
We went even more Argentinian the next day, heading out with gauchos for a spot of horse riding – well, some did, no poor animal deserves that fate with me.
Reunited, we tucked into the piles of barbecued meat and wine which flowed onto the table, all while dressed in a variety of bizarre onesies and Halloween costumes.
Still to work out whether mine is a moose or a reindeer, but it is likely to come in very handy when it gets cold further south and is already doing sterling service as a tent pillow.
After a few days of gluttony and relative inactivity, it was time for some action to work off some of that steak and we headed a few hours down the road for an afternoon rafting.
Not the toughest river – harder challenges lie ahead for those who want it – but a fun afternoon which involved more splashing the other boat than serious threat from the churning water.
But our visit to Salta Rafting will be remembered not for the challenges on the river but those buzzing around the campsite, especially as dusk and dinner approached.
Regardless of the temperature, we dug out hoodies, long trousers and socks to keep out the nasty, still unidentified little buggers.
Should really have gone for gloves as well before diving into the protection of the tent immediately after dinner and refusing to come out – even with the offer of a couple of bottles of wine in an adjoining tent – until nature dictated.
With just my hands exposed, the right one took the brunt with a string of pin prick bite marks- 26 at one count – which as the race to get out of there the next morning intensified, began to bubble up into something rather bigger.
As did my hand.
By the time we had rolled into our next stop in Cafayate via some spectacular scenery, it had swollen up considerably and could not form a fist so rather than head into town, spent much of the afternoon crashed out on the truck – partly the effects of some tablets, mainly the impact of feeling rather sorry for myself and fearing another onset of the cellulitis which dogged my Trans Africa trip.
But snoozing was cut short by the heavens opening – supposedly for the first time in nine months in this part of the world – to apocalyptic proportions, turning the campsite and much of the town into a lake.
Not the best time for two of us to spend half an hour waiting at the entrance for a taxi to hospital – one to check on the results from a scan following a coming together between head and truck door, the other convinced cellulitis had returned.
Thankfully, seems we both got lucky.
No idea if it was cellulitis, but one quick injection later and was dispatched back to the campsite to wait on the truck for a brief cessation in the downpour to make a break for the tent and a night listening to the rain and thunder which drowned out the music on my iPod.
By morning, the rain had stopped, the tents were still dry – bar the person who opened his to check on the surrounding water and let the torrent in – and my hand was on its way down to the point where it could grip normally.
Which was handy, considering how much gripping of wine glasses it did throughout the day as we headed out on a tour of a the local wineries.
Well, we toured a couple of them, grabbed lunch which consisted of huge piles of empanadas and then headed back to one of the wineries to check our original assessments of the wine in their rather nice courtyard.
We were still assessing and discussing, rather loudly evidently at one point, until well into the evening with a takeout order which somehow came accompanied home by the winery's dog.
She just had a better idea of when to go to bed than the rest of us.

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Justia US Law US Codes and Statutes Connecticut Code 2011 Connecticut Code Title 14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline Chapter 246a Motor Vehicle Emissions Sec. 14-164n. Emissions control devices. Definitions.
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2011 Connecticut Code
Title 14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 246a Motor Vehicle Emissions
Sec. 14-164n. Emissions control devices. Definitions.
Sec. 14-164n. Emissions control devices. Definitions. (a) As used in this section and sections 14-164o, 22a-21j and 22a-21k:
(1) "Closed crankcase filtration system" means a system that separates oil and other contaminants from the blow-by gases and routes the blow-by gases into a diesel engine's intake system downstream of the air filter;
(2) "Emergency contingency vehicle" means a bus placed in an inactive contingency fleet for local emergencies, after the bus has reached the end of its normal minimum useful life;
(3) "Full-sized school bus" means a school bus, as defined in section 14-275, which is a Type I diesel school bus, including spare buses operated by or under contract to a school district, but not including emergency contingency vehicles or low usage vehicles;
(4) "Low usage vehicle" means a bus that operates for not more than one thousand miles per year;
(5) "Model year 2007 emission standards" means engine emission standards promulgated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in 40 CFR Parts 69, 80 and 86;
(6) "Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel" means diesel fuel used by an on-road engine that meets the requirements for sulfur content set forth in 40 CFR 80;
(7) "Verified emissions control device" means a device that has been verified by the federal Environmental Protection Agency or the California Air Resources Board to reduce particulate matter emissions by a given amount;
(8) "Level 1 device" means a verified emissions control device that achieves greater than or equal to twenty-five per cent, but less than fifty per cent, particulate matter reduction;
(9) "Level 2 device" means a verified emissions control device that achieves greater than or equal to fifty per cent, but less than eighty-five per cent, particulate matter reduction; and
(10) "Level 3 device" means a verified emissions control device that achieves greater than or equal to eighty-five per cent particulate matter reduction or a particulate matter emission standard of 0.01 grams per brake horsepower-hour.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 16.)
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Honestly, I have never tried homemade Fig Preserves until last week. I am so lucky to have a friend with a fig tree in his backyard, and last week I shared a little bit about that and talked about the Health Benefits of Figs. This week, I wanted to share a recipe made from those same trees. This is something they have every summer, and his mom makes enough to last through the season. I couldn't wait to get the recipe because this is pure fig heaven. I hope you will enjoy it as much as we have. Here's to figs!
1. Combine figs, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar has disolved. Bring to a boil; cook until set, about 20 minutes.
2. Skim and ladle into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe rims clean, tighten lids and invert for a few minutes to vacuum seal. Return jars upright and let cool completely. Store in a cool, dry place.
omg you are so lucky!
Such a great idea to preserve those precious summer figs! This looks so delicious.
Fun idea Alison! Saw a big box of figs at Costco's the other day – this would be perfect to make with them.
I am on a serious fig kick right now and this will be the perfect recipe to preserve all that fresh fig flavor for the fall!
Delicious! And I am quite jealous of your neighbors fig tree.
so jealous of that fig tree!! love this idea!!
Totally jealous of your neighbors fig tree!! Look at that luscious fig preserves. Yum!
I love figs, I can't wait to try this preserve!


The fuel tanks on the Prado 150 cops alot of abuse being right in the middle where ramp overs will have the car resting on the fuel tank. It is rare to see a Prado that has been offroad which has a factory fuel tank guard that is still straight.
This substantial guard weighs only 17.5kg and will be finished in a silver zinc electro-plated coating for corrosion resistance.


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The End of Hutto, The Beginning of Something New
Although programs like 287(g) are still being expanded by the Obama administration, last week saw a positive shift in immigrant detention policy. The administration announced that it hopes to create a "truly civil detention system," which, if achieved, would be a much-needed change indeed.
The plan announced by the Department of Homeland Security, stipulated that it would be reviewing the detention of the 400,000 immigrant detainees that come through the system annually. The review will focus on the mistreatment of detained individuals and families, as well as the medical care, or lack thereof, received by immigrants in these centers. [Bernstein, Nina. New York Times]
Marking this noticeable shift from the Bush-era DHS operations is the closing of the T. Don Hutto Center north of Austin, Texas. This 512-bed center was a for-profit jail run by the Corrections Corporation of America, one which netted $2.8 million per month. Opened in 2006, it is one of two such family detention centers in the United States, the other being in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Its closing comes at the end of years of lawsuits by the ACLU and protests by immigrant advocates like Jay Johnson-Castro, as well as a scathing expose by the New Yorker in 2008.
The conditions at Hutto were deplorable. According to Vanessa Gupta, the lead ACLU attorney on the case, before the 2007 lawsuit some children under 10 stayed longer than a year, were confined to cells with open toilets, and received only 1 hour of schooling a day. Now, children are allowed to have crayons in cells and pajamas for the evenings.
While DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said last week that she expects the number of detainees to remain constant or increase over the coming years, assistant secretary of homeland security and head of Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) John Morton stated that ICE will be exploring alternative options to monitor non-dangerous immigrants awaiting trial dates. [Talbot, Margaret. The New Yorker]
Hutto will not be used for family detention from now on; instead, it will be used to house women. While the family detention center in Berks County will still remain open for the time being, new alternatives are being explored such as the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program. This program utilizes electronic monitoring bracelets, curfews, and regular contact with caseworkers while the immigrants live in the greater community. The pilot program has been established in 12 cities and reports more than 90% attendance in court. This seems like a much more cost-effective and humane way to treat immigrants awaiting their day in court.
Tags:287(g), ACLU, Austin, Berks County, Bush, Corrections Corporation of America, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, ICE, Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, Janet Napolitano, Jay Johnson-Castro, Margaret Talbot, New York Times, Nina Bernstein, Obama, Pennsylvania, T. Don Hutto Center, Texas, Vaness Gupta
Humansarehumansarehumans…
"People in the detention centers are treated as things," an ACLU attorney stated to me at tonight's meeting at San Felipe de Jesus Church in Brownsville. "In Raymondville, they referred to people as 'bodies' and their quarters as 'pods.' It is the most dehumanizing thing."
As Martin Luther King, Jr., began moving outside of the realm of segregation and began working on the integration he envisioned as a Beloved Community, he quickly realized that the United States was moving in a direction where people were devalued assets and machines or things were becoming increasingly prized. He wrote,
I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-	oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered. (Autobiography of Martin Luther King, 340)
40 years ago, Dr. King could very well have been envisioning the current immigration stagnation of our nation today.
Racism, materialism, and militarism are all occurring in our nation around the issue of immigration. There is a racism inherent in a border wall that only keeps out people from certain countries rather than an immigration reform which would begin positively impacting individuals of all races and backgrounds. There is a racial bias apparent when legal Latinos are stopped and searched because the police see their skin as "probable cause." In today's thing-centered world, racism exists in our schools and our communities and our national policies because people are taken out of the picture. Instead of human rights issues, these are simply "dollars and cents" issues.
Materialism exists in a thing-centered society where people can be terrorized by talk-show hosts and media sources so that they clamor for the deportation of 12 million people working and residing within our nations borders (an action which would cost almost $100 billion). Materialism drives companies like CCA (Corrections Corporation of America) to run for-profit immigrant detention centers at places like Hutto and Raymondville. Thankfully the ACLU and other organizations have been legally opposing these organizations, gaining considerable rights for children detained in the Hutto detention center this past year. However, detention centers like Raymondville are adding more tents and facilities every year, and therefore treating more and more people like things.
Militarism is one of the worst effects of a thing-centered society. When peace is a word instead of people, a wall might seem like a logical idea. If a border were only a line on a map instead of a living river or a fertile Valley or a child's backyard, then a border wall might make sense. If people were not inherently good, if immigrants did not give so much to a thankless U.S., if walls actually worked, then maybe the Secure Fence Act of 2006 would not be the unconscionable legislation it is. The fact is that our borders are militarized since 2006. I have had a gun pulled on me as I jogged legally on the border. The gun was not held by a drug smuggler or an immigrant; no, it was held by a Border Patrol agent. If this is how people are being treated all along la frontera, it is obvious that our increasingly militarized borders are becoming decreasingly humanized.
Amidst the rhetoric about a border wall and immigration reform, it is all too easy to get distracted by numbers or logistics and forget the human element. Joseph Stalin once said, "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." We have come to a point where the 400 reported deaths of immigrants attempting to cross the desert is merely a statistic; in fact, we are willing to sentence more to die by building walls which will only reroute people to more dangerous border-crossing zones. We are to a point where we have forgotten that, at its heart, immigration legislation is affecting real souls in real time.
We must not forget that the Secure Fence Act of 2006 was not being discussed as a solution to drugs or terrorism at first. No, it was being discussed alongside several other immigration reforms which would have positively impacted people's lives. Legislation like the DREAM Act, a bill which would have given students like my own the opportunity to utilize the scholarships they have already earned at some of the best universities in the country. Mcain's proposal for a path to earned citizenship (dubbed amnesty) was also on the docket, a law which would have given hope to thousands and thousands of working immigrants hoping to one day "earn" their place as the Americans they already are.
As we campaign against the border wall and advocate for true immigration reform, we must never lose sight of the fact that this is important because it will change people's lives. Yes, immigration legislation will affect the environment, the economy, our society, our politics, our consumerism, our language base, our schools, and our communities, but more importantly it will change the lives of people like Yadira, Celina, Mayra, Alexa, Daniel, Jesus, Perla…
Tags:ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, amnesty, Beloved Community, bias, border patrol, Brownsville, Cameron Park, CCA, consumerism, Corrections Corporation of America, detention center, Dr. King, Dream Act, education, frontera, HUAC, Hutto, immigrant, immigration reform, Joseph Stalin, Martin Luther King, materialism, Mcain, migra, militarism, MLK, muro, racism, Raymondville, Rio Grande, Rio Grande Valley, San Felipe de Jesus, Secure Fence Act 2006, talk schow, television, Texas, United states, Valle, Valley


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Q: PHP - get and count all what is inside the stdClass This is my array:
Array (
   [0] => stdClass Object
       ( [form] => Change Dormitory
         [data] => stdClass Object
                 ( [element] => input
                   [name] => form-start
                   [class] => form-control mdate
                   [type] => text
                   [label] => Start )
           [0] => stdClass Object
                 ( [element] => input
                   [name] => form-end
                   [class] => form-control mdate
                   [type] => text
                   [label] => End )
)

I wanted to count all inside the [data] which is 2, but I dont know how to get it, and use it in foreach. My attempt:
<?php
    $i=0;
    foreach ($param_form as $value) {
        print_r($value);
    $i++;
    }
?>

count((array)$param_form[$i]->data);

How this made:
$form = array(
    array(
        'form' => 'Change Dormitory',
        'data' => array(
                        'element'=>'input',
                        'name'=>'form-start',
                        'class'=>'form-control mdate',
                        'type'=>'text',
                        'column'=>'col-md-4',
                        'label'=>'Start'
                    ),
                    array(
                        'element'=>'input',
                        'name'=>'form-end',
                        'class'=>'form-control mdate',
                        'type'=>'text',
                        'column'=>'col-md-4',
                        'label'=>'End'
                    ),

);

$new = json_encode($form);

$data = new stdClass;
$data->param_form = json_decode($new);

$this->load->view('my_view',$data);

A: I think this is how you want to create your array
$form = array(
    array(
        'form' => 'Change Dormitory',
        'data' => array(
                    array(
                        'element'=>'input',
                        'name'=>'form-start',
                        'class'=>'form-control mdate',
                        'type'=>'text',
                        'column'=>'col-md-4',
                        'label'=>'Start'
                    ),
                    array(
                        'element'=>'input',
                        'name'=>'form-end',
                        'class'=>'form-control mdate',
                        'type'=>'text',
                        'column'=>'col-md-4',
                        'label'=>'End'
                    )
                ),

);

Now the data property will be an array containing 2 sub arrays, [0] and [1].

A: First thing, you need to make sure that your array is right $form. The key data needs to be an array to be counted and have items/array inside an array. Using a good text editor will definitely help if you're starting.
like
$form = array(
    array(
        'form' => 'Change Dormitory',
        'data' => array(
            array(),
            array(),
        ),
    ),
);

you can then count the items inside the data by
echo count($data->param_form[0]->data);

A: $form = array(
    'form' => 'Change Dormitory',
    'data' => array(
        array(
            'element'=>'input',
            'name'=>'form-start',
            'class'=>'form-control mdate',
            'type'=>'text',
            'column'=>'col-md-4',
            'label'=>'Start'
        ),
        array(
            'element'=>'input',
            'name'=>'form-end',
            'class'=>'form-control mdate',
            'type'=>'text',
            'column'=>'col-md-4',
            'label'=>'End'
        ),
    ),
);

$data->param_form = $form;
$this->load->view('my_view', $data);

count: echo count($param_form['data']);

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Following a College meeting, Agnieszka Kazmierczak was appointed by the European Commission on January 23 as the head of EU's Euratom Supply Agency.
European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom) is an international organization, aiming to pursue nuclear research and training activities with an emphasis on continually improving nuclear safety, security and radiation protection, notably to contribute to the long-term decarbonisation of the energy system in a safe, efficient and secure way.
Kazmierczak, a Polish national, is currently a Director in the shared resource directorate of the Commission's transport and energy departments. She joined the Commission from the private sector in 2005 to work in the area of internal audit. Before that, she held several management positions in the Polish civil service.
Under Horizon 2020, the Euratom Programme for 2019-2020 focuses on nuclear fission and radiation protection and fusion research aiming at developing magnetic confinement fusion as an energy source.


Today, the chess playing automaton. The University of Houston Mathematics Department presents this program about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
I recently read the wonderful book The Invention of Hugo Cabret with my son. The story and beautiful illustrations conjure a surreal world in which a central character is a mechanical man, an automaton. This reminded me of the most famous automaton in history – The Mechanical Turk.
The Turk was touted as an early robot that could play chess at the highest level. Built in Vienna in 1770 by the inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen, the machine consisted of a large pedestal, housing intricate machinery on top of which stood a chessboard. To this box was attached the upper half of a men dressed in oriental robes and a turban. Each performance began with an elaborate introduction to convince the audience that the Turk is really a machine. The automaton would then face a challenger.
The Turk first dazzled the court of the empress Maria Theresa in Vienna. The machine moved its own pieces, and would instantly recognize illegal moves by its opponent. It offered a surprisingly good game of chess! The automaton soon became a sensation, toured Europe and North America, and was matched against some of the best chess players of the time. It lost some games, but won surprisingly many. The Turk remained popular after its inventor's death, even playing games against Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin.
The secret of the Mechanical Turk was kept for over 50 years – the machine was an elaborate illusion, and contained an ingeniously hidden compartment that housed a human operator. This hidden chess master could observe the position on the chessboard above, and manipulate the movements of the Turk.
The original Turk was destroyed in a fire, but some of its parts survived. It was reconstructed in 1984 – however, at this time a hidden human operator was no longer necessary. The present incarnation of the Turk is truly autonomous, its moves guided by a chess-playing computer.
Today machines can play chess better than any human. But, there are plenty of things that humans still do better. People can more accurately transcribe dictations than computers, and it is still difficult to write algorithms that predict which products people may like.
Interestingly, the company Amazon has created an online service to easily harness a large human workforce for such tasks. And they have named this service The Mechanical Turk, after the 18th century chess-playing automaton that concealed a human chessmaster. Businesses can use a slick computer interface to program mundane tasks that are then performed by hundreds of humans.
The modern chess-playing Mechanical Turk does not need a human operator. It took 200 years for the hidden chessmaster to become obsolete. And this brings us to an interesting question: How long before we can replace the human operators behind Amazon's Mechanical Turk with machines?
I'm Krešimir Josić, at the University of Houston, where we're interested in the way inventive minds work.
Here is the website of Amazon's Mechanical Turk https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome.
Wikipedia has nice entries on both Amazon's and the original Mechanical Turk. The following entry describes the 1997 match between the reigning chess world champion Garry Kasparov and the IBM computer Deep Blue. Deep Blue won this match http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_versus_Garry_Kasparov.
This short video features the reconstructed Turk, and gives some further details about its history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdT4yG8wczQ.
Although the word "robot" had not been introduced yet in 1770, I believe that the concept existed. The word "robot" was introduced in 1920 by Czech writer Karel Capek, and it is not quite synonymous with "automaton".
I have a blog at http://kjosic.wordpress.com/, and you can follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/kjosic.
Both images are from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Turk-engraving5.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kempelen_chess1.jpg.
This episode was first aired on January 11, 2011.


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import com.esotericsoftware.minlog.Log;
import org.apache.commons.io.input.TailerListenerAdapter;

import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;

/**
 * Created by Dong Young Yoon on 11/30/2015
 */
public class LogTailerListener extends TailerListenerAdapter
{
	boolean discardFirstline;
	private LinkedBlockingQueue<String> queue;
	private String logStr;

	public LogTailerListener(LinkedBlockingQueue<String> queue, boolean discard)
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			discardFirstline = false;
			return;
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		logStr = logStr.concat(line).concat(System.lineSeparator());
	}

	public synchronized String getString()
	{
		String returnStr = logStr;
		logStr = "";
		return returnStr;
	}
}

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Home > Authors > Terry Burstall
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Terry Burstall has worked as a horsebreaker, drover, farmhand, rodeo rider and builder's labourer. In July 1965 he enlisted in the army and was posted to Vietnam, taking part in the critical Battle of Long Tan. He completed his tour of duty in 1967, and after leaving the army in 1968, spent three years in New Guinea managing a plantation. His best-selling account of a soldier's, Vietnam, The Soldier's Story, was published in 1986, followed by A Soldier Returns in 1990. Terry Burstall completed his doctorate at Griffith University in 1991 and now works as a freelance writer and historian in Brisbane. His most recent publications with UQP are Vietnam: The Australia Dilemma (1993) and The Soldier\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Story: the Battle at Xa Long Tan, Vietnam (1998), which combines the two volumes of his popular memoirs.
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SkinMiles.com is the new online retail store in South Africa that offers you top quality skincare products from around the world. Dr Alek Nikolic is a renowned aesthetician with over 20 years' experience and has used his knowledge and expertise to create SkinMiles.com to showcase the best skincare endorsed by both doctors and celebrities alike, such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Helen Bonham Carter and Christina Hendricks.
Dr Alek Nikolic is a renowned aesthetician with over 20 years' experience and has used his knowledge and expertise to create SkinMiles.com to showcase the best skincare endorsed by both doctors and celebrities alike, such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Helen Bonham Carter and Christina Hendricks.
In choosing the right product for your skin, you need to take into account a range of factors, including age, gender and skin type. At SkinMiles.com, Dr Nikolic will give you a personal skin assessment and product recommendation once you've answered a few simple questions. "Our aim at SkinMiles.com is to give you access to doctor-prescribed skin care products without the added expense and hassle of a consultation," he says. Not only that, but SkinMiles.com offers great incentives with its "SkinMiles" accrued with each purchase, and delivery is made to your door, free of charge, regardless of the cost of the order.
A radiantly glowing skin is a key indicator of outer health and youthfulness, but this vital organ is about so much more. It's a protective barrier against germs and other potentially harmful environmental elements and helps regulate body temperature.
Keeping our skin in tip-top condition is therefore not only about looking good; it's also about staying healthy. And, says Carolette van Wyk, medical area manager for the Western Cape for SkinCeuticals, a leading USA skincare company. "We need to realise that we can no longer leave our skincare regime to chance."
Because South Africa is such a sunny country, one of the first lines of defence you should set up for your skin is protection against the damaging effects of ultraviolet light. "Most people are unaware that what we perceive as the normal signs of ageing are directly caused by exposure to the sun's ultraviolet light, and having a skincare range that has a high sun protection factor [SPF] is essential," says Dr Alek Nikolic, executive director of SkinMiles.com, a new online store where South Africans can gain access to high-quality skincare products at competitive prices
But the sun isn't the only enemy of healthy, youthful-looking skin. Free radicals caused by drinking alcohol, eating fried foods and smoking also have a harmful effect, and antioxidants available in a healthy, balanced diet, as well as a range of skincare treatments, are instrumental in fighting the damage caused by these lifestyle factors. "A skincare product that helps to support the skin's natural antioxidant defence system can help improve the appearance of radiance and elasticity in the skin," says Van Wyk.
"The skincare products available on SkinMiles.com have all been personally used and tested for many years at my practice, and have been chosen as they have proved to have noticeable results on the skin and the anti-ageing process," says Dr Nikolic. "This helps you to take the guesswork out choosing the right skincare product."
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Visit the Island rich with Spanish history, architecture, and culture. With century old mansions, museums and cathedrals, Puerto Rico has so much to offer the interested traveler.
In 1993, a complete restoration of the island was completed and for the years of 94&95, Puerto Rico held many celebrations and festivals commemorating the new "face lift" of Puerto Rico. The Quincentennial Plaza, a three-tiered space with trees, fountains, and sculptures is the cornerstone of the restoration. This amazing plaza has two needle shaped columns pointing to the North Star, Columbus' guiding light, a 100 streamed fountain commemorating the first 100 years of the discovery of America, and three flights of stairs connecting the two plazas.
When visiting Puerto Rico, it's a great idea to visit some of Old San Juan's largest historic buildings including the 19th century hospital, Cuartel de Ballaja, a National Historic Monument. Also, Old San Juan's waterfront is a great place to visit with it's dominating walls of the El Morro Fortress and it's centuries old city walls.
In the Waterfront area, is the Paseo de la Princesa, a 19th century esplanade lined with fountains and towering palms.
This Latin Island beautifully combines Spanish colonial heritage with modern sophistication. Perfect for romance with it's cobblestone streets, this island provides an array of museums, performing arts centers, exquisite shops, top restaurants, casinos and nightclubs.
Puerto Rico has one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region. A diverse industrial sector has far surpassed agriculture as the primary locus of economic activity and income. Encouraged by duty-free access to the US and by tax incentives, US firms have invested heavily in Puerto Rico since the 1950s. US minimum wage laws apply. Sugar production has lost out to dairy production and other livestock products as the main source of income in the agricultural sector. Tourism has traditionally been an important source of income, with estimated arrivals of nearly 5 million tourists in 1999. Growth fell off in 2001-03, largely due to the slowdown in the US economy.


The Sue Eckstein Award is given out once a year to a person or team that has excelled in the delivery of compassionate care.
Sue was an inspirational woman who has had a big impact at Sussex Community and far beyond. You can read more about her below.
This award is a tribute to her. It recognises people working at the Trust who display similar warmth, compassion and leadership.
Do you work with someone inspirational?
Do they epitomise compassionate care?
Do they support patients, your colleagues or you?
If you know someone that fits the bill, nominate them today.
We have made the nomination process quicker and clearer. Just follow the link below to begin.
Finalists will be invited to the Trust's Leadership Conference on July 11 at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton.
The winner will be announced by Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Chairman Peter Horn.
Theresa Samms, a speech and language therapist, said: "Discovering that I had been nominated for the Sue Eckstein Award was a moment I will never forget.
"It feels like a particularly special award because of the link to Sue whose compassion and leadership inspired both those who knew her and those who have heard in more recent years of her attitude, skills and approach. Striving as we do within our very busy working NHS lives, caring for our patients and our staff, it can be easy to lose sight of our own skills.
She added: "Being nominated for, and then winning, this award meant the world to me and helped to quieten the voice that liked to remind me of all that I could not do, rather than that those things that I do well. I encourage all staff to consider the people to whom they look for leadership and think about recommending them for this award.
"Nominees do not have to be working at a high banding; the skills of leadership, compassion and commitment to patients abound within SCFT teams at all levels, so think outside the box with your nomination."
Sue was a lecturer in clinical and biomedical ethics at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) from July 2007 until her death in November 2013. Sue spoke powerfully at our Leadership Conference in 2013 on the 'Ethics of the everyday' and her experience as a user of our services.
Sue valued simple things like a warm welcome and saying "hello", staff introducing themselves with a friendly smile, and those who can build positive and meaningful relationships with people – all which have an enormous impact on the experience patients/service users receive.
Stella Benson, a service user, said: "Sue was an inspiring woman. Sadly, I only knew her a short time but she helped me to be strong and to deal with being an amputee. She was so brave, she didn't let her illness defeat her. She had so much energy and never seemed to stop.
Stella, who is a member of Coasting Together, the Sussex Rehabilitation Centre User Group, added: "As well as lecturing at BSMS, she also wrote two well received novels. She was so interesting and such good company. She encouraged everyone and was interested in everyone whatever they did. She is still sorely missed and I would love to tell her how much she helped me on my journey.


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Homeobox protein EMX1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EMX1 gene. The transcribed EMX1 gene is a member of the EMX family of transcription factors. The EMX1 gene, along with its family members, are expressed in the developing cerebrum (also known as the telencephalon). EMX1 plays a role in specification of positional identity, the proliferation of neural stem cells, differentiation of layer-specific neuronal phenotypes and commitment to a neuronal or glial cell fate.

Function

The precise function of the Emx1 transcription factor is not known, however its ubiquitous nature throughout corticogenesis suggests it may confer cellular identity to cortical neurons.

Emx -/- (mice that have had Emx1 gene knocked out) are still viable and display only slight defects. These defects are restricted to the forebrain. Histologically and molecularly, the structures of the cerebral cortex appear to be normal. The hippocampus in Emx1 -/- mice, however, is typically smaller. The major deficit in Emx1-/- mice is that they completely lack the corpus callosum.

Tissue distribution

Most of Emx1 transcript is detected in cell nuclei of the developing telencephalon, including the prospective cerebral cortex, olfactory bulbs and hippocampus. Emx1 is present in practically all cortical neurons during proliferation, migration, differentiation and maturation. However, the amount of Emx 1 varies. Emx1 first appears at E9.5 in its respective mRNA, until E11.5. After this, the Emx1 signal becomes particularly potent in the ventricular zone (VZ) until E17.5. At birth and shortly thereafter, Emx1 levels in layers V and VI as well as in the SP increase.

Telencephalic development

Emx1 and Emx2 each play a critical role in regulating dorsal telencephalic development and are amongst the earliest expressed pallial-specific genes.

During embryonic development, the telencephalon is the birthplace of a diverse collection of neuronal and glial cells. These cells undergo varying patterns of cell migration in order to reach their final positions in what will become the mature cerebral cortex and basal ganglia. The embryonic telencephalon is subdivided into dorsal pallium and ventral subpallium. These two pallia become the mammalian cerebral cortex and basal ganglia, respectively.

The dorsal telencephalon is then further divided into:

Each of the aforementioned pallial domains will give rise to a distinct neuroanatomical region of the developed human brain.

The ventral telencephalon can also be subdivided into two distinguishable progenitor domains:

The dorsal and ventral telencephalic domains can be distinguished embryonically through distinct gene expression patterns.
These genes are regionally restricted and take part in identity specification of the area of the telencephalon in which they are expressed.

Role in the mouse embryo
Emx1 expression has been shown to start from E9.5 (see gestational age). In the developing mouse embryo, the Emx genes are expressed principally in extended regions of the developing rostral brain, including the cerebral cortex, olfactory bulbs and olfactory epithelium. Emx1 gene expression is constricted to the dorsal telencephalon.

From E9.5 until post-natal stages, Emx1 expression is associated with cortical neurogenesis, differentiation and migration, and synaptic connection generation. This suggests that Emx1 plays a crucial role in determining the identity of the developing cortex. Emx1 is not only limited to the telencephalon, rather it is also expressed in branchial patterns and in the apical ectodermal ridge of the developing limbs.

Developing forebrain
At E9.5, Emx1 expression can be witnessed within the dorsal telencephalon slightly anterior to the boundary between the diencephalon and telencephalon
Emx1 is expressed in most cortical neurons within the developing telencephalon.

Expression can be seen irrespective of whether the neurons are proliferating, migrating or differentiating. This means that in the developed cerebral cortex, the transcript for Emx1 is widely distributed.
While distribution of the transcript may be seen throughout the developed cortex, the transcript intensity varies greatly according to developmental time. For example, the transcript for Emx1 is shown to be stronger in the ventricular zone (VZ) between E10.5 and E17.5. However, around birth and immediately thereafter, the Emx1 transcript is absent from the marginal zone (MZ), only becoming stronger in cortical layers V and VI as well as subset subplate (SP) neurons.

In cortical layers V and VI as well as the SP neurons, Emx1 might take part in development of early functional circuitry, as well as in defining specific cellular identities.

The distribution of Emx1 is so ubiquitous in the developing brain that in mid- and late-gestation embryos, as well as postnatal mice, it is found in cerebral cortex, olfactory bulbs, dentate gyrus and hippocampus.

Regulation by Gli3
The Gli3 zinc finger transcription factor has been shown to play a role as a regulator of Emx1. In Gli3 Extra-toes mutants, the transcription factor Gli3 is mutated and as a result, Emx1 and Emx2 gene expression is lost.

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Further reading

Transcription factors

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About Ethnohistory: The Journal of the American Society for Ethnohistory
Research Article| January 01 2009
Reinventing Tribal Mechanisms of Governance: The Emergence of Maori Runanga and Komiti in New Zealand Before 1900
Vincent O'Malley
Ethnohistory (2009) 56 (1): 69–89.
https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-2008-036
Vincent O'Malley; Reinventing Tribal Mechanisms of Governance: The Emergence of Maori Runanga and Komiti in New Zealand Before 1900. Ethnohistory 1 January 2009; 56 (1): 69–89. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-2008-036
Nineteenth-century Maori society responded to colonization in creative, flexible, and dynamic ways. This is seen clearly in the way in which mechanisms of tribal self-government were reinvented, mixing indigenous with exotic influences to establish new and much stronger bodies better suited to cope with the challenges confronting Maori in the new environment. Increasing Maori anxiety to prevent uncontrolled land alienation and the complete subservience to European society that many Maori feared saw runanga based on older tribal assemblies radically over-hauled to ensure ongoing communal control, while komiti, at first based on European models but increasingly indigenized over time, also became important institutions of governance. Occasional Crown attempts to co-opt such institutions for its own ends were largely unsuccessful. Runanga and komiti were instead, although ultimately unable to stem the tide of land alienation, of vital importance in ensuring the survival of the Maori as a distinct people.
American Society for Ethnohistory
Fitting Multiculturalism into Biculturalism: Maori–pasifika Relations in New Zealand from the 1960s
Thinking Outside the Billiard Ball: Cognatic Nationalism and Performing a Maori Public Sphere
Living on New Zealand Street: Maori Presence in Parramatta
Race and Indigeneity in the Life of Elisha Apes
runanga
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Producing "The Maori as He Was" New Zealand Museums, Anthropological Governance, and Indigenous Agency
Exploration, Empire, and Evangelization
Introduction Bodies in Contact, Bodies in Question
Conclusion Bodies and the Entanglements of Empire


I am sitting in a newly renovated Starbucks in sunny Mexico. It's just shy of noon and I've been working on one of my newest blog posts for 2 hours. I put the final touches in and press "publish". Another check off my day. Work , Done!
I have talked about being able to work from a coffee shop for as long as I can remember and here I am. It's hard to believe that I will go home when and only when I decide to buy the return ticket. lol. These days "home" seems to have a whole new meaning, or maybe I am a living example of " home is where the heart is" and today it's in a Starbucks with my laptop and my latte.
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She hands it to me with a wink. She is absoluely glowing. This is payment for the 20 sessions she had with me as her Faster EFT practitioner. 5000.00!!! . She leans over and says, "this was worth 10,000$ Andrea, I told my husband to keep the car running!" I laugh and reply, "I know that. You got the early bird special". With that she gives me a peck on the cheek and glides away like a majestic peacok.
I stare down at the envelope and start to giggle. What must people be thinking if they witnessed that little scene? Payment for an adventurous evening with a stunning blonde? I'm sure the guys are thinking "dam, I'd like to watch that". I giggle to myself but keep my eyes down almost blushing in fear of meeting someones curious gaze.
I reach for my coffee and enjoy as the barely warm, creamy drink runs down my throat. Over the next month I will be working with similar women who are committed to turning their lives around as well as continuing my journey in Digital Online Marketing. I am giddy. This is such a wonderful way to receive abundance. I am doing what I love, making a difference and empowering others. And I feel worthy of it all.
My phone chirps, it's my daughter. I have to get back. She's ordered lunch poolside. Oh the life!
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Ms. Shirley Pryce, a veteran advocate for Domestic workers right, motivational speaker and an "example of women's empowerment", joins the rank of some of the Caribbean's most excellent and exemplary, courageous, committed and creative women. She is the recipient of the Twelfth Triennial Award for Women and, understandably, the conferral, is one of the signal highlights of the livestreamed, official opening of the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government, taking place in Grenada from 4-7 July 2017.
A Domestic Worker herself for 31 years, she has led the way in changing the situation of domestic workers nationally, regionally and internationally and today, she is described as "one of the most outstanding Domestic Workers leaders in the world". In her journey, she established and continues to preside over the first-ever domestic workers union in Jamaica, the Jamaican Household Workers Union (formally titled Jamaican Household Workers Association) that currently represents 58,000 Domestic workers . She is also a Board Member of the Association of Women's Organisation of Jamaica (AWOJA) A true Caribbean woman, she is also, Founder of the Antigua Domestic Workers' Association, as well as Founder and President of the Caribbean Domestic Workers Network.
Internationally , she is an elected Board Member of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) and a member of the Caribbean Advisory Group to the United Nations Women and Gender Issues.
In her capacity as President of the Caribbean Domestic Workers Network, she has created awareness and sensitised policy makers to the ILO Convention (No. 189); advocating for its ratification. In this context, in 2013, Guyana became the ninth country and the first in the Caribbean to do so. This Convention and its accompanying Recommendation (No201), both adopted in 2011, guarantee minimum labour protections to Domestic workers. Being the first international labour standards specifically devoted to Domestic workers, they bring these workers under the umbrella of labour law. (ILO, 2013).
Ms. Pryce's work and programmes in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean supported by international Development partners (IDPs) including the ILO, UN Women, the Federick Stiftung (FES), have addressed Domestic workers in the areas of capacity building, advocacy, economic empowerment,, labour and gender-based violence.
She has worked along with the Caribbean Policy Development Centre in Barbados in several Caribbean islands to educate Domestic workers on how to access employment and other opportunities through the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.
She was also part of the Jamaica Non-Governmental Organisation team that wrote and presented the alternate report on the Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) at the United Nations.
Ms. Pryce's journey has been a long one of political commitment for women's human and civil rights and for making gender democracy a reality. Along the way this untiring champion, ever committed to the pursuit of excellence and growth, achieved in 2011 a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from the Jamaica Theological Seminary; and in 2016 An Advanced Masters' Degree in Labour Law and Global Workers' Rights from the , Pennsylvania State University, USA.
She is the recipient of several awards including the Badge of Honour for meritorious service to Jamaica (2006), First Caribbean Bank Unsung Heroes Award ( 2007); and the Order of Distinction (Jamaica) for outstanding contribution in working with Domestic workers in the Caribbean (2015); and the Bureau of Women's Affairs Award for outstanding contribution to initiative focused on sensitizing the public on gender-based violence in Jamaica.
The Caribbean Community celebrates this distinguished daughter and is pleased to formally record her footprints in the annals of Caribbean integration.
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One of Newark's finest Tudor buildings is yielding more of its fascinating secrets.
Restoration work is gathering pace at the Grade II* Old Magnus Building, on Appletongate, which will house the UK's first ever National Civil War Centre when it opens next year.
The ambitious £5.4m project by Newark and Sherwood District Council is being backed by £3.5m from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Now builders from Edwinstowe-based Woodhead Heritage Ltd, main contractors for the scheme, have discovered two coats of arms hidden beneath old wallpaper. The finds were made in a top floor room once used as a schoolboy dormitory from the time of Henry VIII.
Bryony Robins, Old Magnus Building Project Manager with Newark and Sherwood District Council, explained:
"The Old Magnus Building was built in 1529 as a grammar school. We've previously found very old graffiti in the dormitory carved in the plaster as long ago as 1608. But we certainly did not expect to find two coats of arms. They are both painted red and one is in pretty good condition. At this stage we don't know who or what they represent or how old they are. Perhaps they were painted by one of the schoolboys. So if anyone recognises the design we'd be extremely keen to talk with them. We are certainly going to be doing further research."
Reverend Thomas Magnus, a wealthy benefactor, provided money for the Old Magnus Building's construction. His act of generosity was partly motivated by a wish to gain favour with Henry VIII's regime during a tense period for the church. Extended during Georgian and Victorian times it was used as a school until the early 20th century.
A specialist conservator has been brought in to help conserve both coats of arms and graffiti. Bryony Robins adds:
"They are all part of the rich history of this 500 year old building. We want to preserve as much as possible for the public to see when the centre opens."
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Dialeurolonga vendranae es un hemíptero de la familia Aleyrodidae, con una subfamilia: Aleyrodinae.

Fue descrita científicamente por primera vez por Takahashi en 1961.

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