Whisk together green onion, chili powder canola oil and 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a small mixing bowl. Place mahi mahi fillets in bowl and coat with chili marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine mango, cabbage, pinto beans, California Ripe Olives, peppers, cilantro, lime juice, garlic and remaining salt. Set aside. Preheat grill to medium-high. Cook mahi fillets for approximately 3 minutes on each side or until cooked through, transfer to a clean cutting board, and cut into 1-2-inch chunks. Heat tortillas over grill for 15-30 seconds on each side and transfer to serving plates. Top each tortilla with 2 ounces of mahi mahi and 3 ounces of mango olive salsa. Fold over in taco shape just before eating.


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BANGLADESH - Rebellion of students
At the end of July, two students were killed in the catastrophic traffic conditions in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. This triggered a mass protest of youths taking to the streets to demand better conditions on the road. The initiative was taken up by students and students throughout the country in order to bring the bus company to account.
Buses of the company were set on fire, they occupied the street and carried out regular traffic checks.
The protests escalated and formed into street battles as the protests were attacked by the ruling party, by armed militia. The young people were not intimidated and also attacked officials of the ruling party and lined up the police. Several tens of thousands of young people participated in the protests. The police attacked the protesting masses with water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets and bullets. Schools and universities were stormed and nearly 9,000 young people were reported to face court cases.
#YouthRebellion #Bangladesh #studentsofbangladesh

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Majority of White Wisconsinites Now Against Black Lives Matter Rallies
Daniel Greenfield, Frontpage Magazine, August 28, 2020
Come on. You burn down one city and they go negative on you.
But the preference cascade that seemed to have swept away all sanity and common sense is starting to tilt the other way. And the Dems are panicking because of what they're seeing in the Wisconsin numbers.
Approval of Black Lives Matter protests, June and August 2020
In June, 61% of Wisconsin residents approved of Black Lives Matter rallies. In August, there's an even split of 48% to 48%.
The shift has largely happened among white Wisconsinites with white people going from 59% approval and 38% disapproval, to a 51% disapproval and a 45% approval.
Some of that shift has been among Republicans who went from a narrow 49% unfavorable and 32% favorable to a 71% unfavorable.
But independent approval for BLM has dropped to 50% and disapproval ticked up 9% to 35%.
Not where those numbers should be, but it's progress.
And it's freaking out the Democrats pretty badly.
Topics: Black Lives Matter, Signs of Hope
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The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other ..., Volumen1
editado por Francis Newton Thorpe
ALABAMA"
For organic acts issued before 1817 relating to the land now included within the limits of Alabama, see in this work :
Proprietary Charter of Carolina, 1663 (North Carolina, p. 2743).
Proprietary Proposals, 1663 (North Carolina, p. 2753).
Proprietary Charter of Carolina, 1665 (North Carolina, p. 2761),
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, 1669 (North Carolina, p. 2772).
Proprietary Charter of Georgia, 1732 (Georgia, p. 765).
Constitution of South Carolina, 1776 (South Carolina, p. 3241).
Constitution of Georgia, 1777 (Georgia, p. 777).
Territory South of Ohio River, 1790 (Tennessee, p. 3413).
Territorial Government of Mississippi, 1798 (Mississippi, p. 2025).
Proclamation respecting Occupation of Territory, 1810 (Louisiana, p.
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT OF ALABAMA—1817
[FOURTEENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION]
An Act to establish a separate Territorial Government for the eastern part of
the Mississippi Territory
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the Mississippi Territory which lies within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the point where the line of the thirtyfirst degree of north latitude intersects the Perdido River, thence east to the western boundary-line of the State of Georgia, thence along said line to the southern boundary-line to the State of Tennessee, thence west along said boundary-line to the Tennessee River, thence up the same to the mouth of Bear Creek, thence by a direct line to the northwest corner of Washington County, thence due
& The area of the State of Alabama was ceded to the United States by the States of Georgia and South Carolina, and by Spain. A strip of land twelve miles wide, across the northern part of the State, and adjoining the southeru boundary of the State of Tennessee, ceded by the State of South Carolina, was a portion of the Territory South of the river Ohio, afterward transferred to the Mississippi Territory. The larger portion of the State, ceded by the State of Georgia, was a portion of the Mississippi Territory. The southwestern corner of the State, between the Perdido River and the State of Mississippi, and between the thirty-first parallel and the Gulf of Mexico, ceded by Spain, became a portion of the Mississippi Territory.
For other statutes of an organic nature relating to Alabama subsequent to 1817, see the act to determine qualifications of officeholders, act of April 9, 1818; to define jurisdiction of courts and require officers to take oath, April 20, 1818.
soutń to the Gulf of Mexico, thence eastwardly, including all the islands within six leagues of the shore, to the Perdido River, and thence up the same to the beginning; shall, for the purpose of a temporary government, constitute a separate Territory, and be called "Alabama."
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all offices which may exist, and all laws which may be in force, in said Territory, within the boundaries above described, at the time this act shall go into effect, shall continue to exist, and be in force, until otherwise provided by law. And the President of the United States shall have power to appoint a governor and secretary for the said Alabama Territory, who shall, respectively, exercise the same power, perform the same duties, and receive for their services the same compensation, as are provided for the governor and secretary of the Mississippi Territory: Provided, That the appointment of said governor and secretary shall be submitted to the Senate, for their advice and consent, at the next session of Congress.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed an additional judge for the Mississippi Territory, who shall reside in the eastern part thereof, and receive the same compensation as the other judges; and that the judge appointed by virtue of an act, passed the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, for the appointment of an additional judge for the Mississippi Territory, together with the judge appointed for Madison County, and the judge to be appointed by virtue of this act, shall possess and exercise exclusive original jurisdiction in the superior courts of Washington, Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Montgomery, Wayne, Greene, Jackson, Mobile, Madison, and of such new counties as may be formed out of them, and shall
' arrange the same among themselves, from time to time: Provided, That no judge shall sit more than twice in succession in the same court, and that the other judges of the Mississippi Territory shall exercise, as heretofore authorized by an act of Congress, or of the territorial legislature, exclusive jurisdiction in the superior courts of the other counties. That a general court, to be composed of the judge appointed by virtue of the act of twentyseventh of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, the judge appointed for Madison County, and the judge to be appointed by virtue of this act, or any two of them, shall be holden at Saint Stephens, commencing on the first Mondays in January and July, annually, whó shall have the same power of issuing writs of error to the superior courts of the counties mentioned in this section, or which shall hereafter be formed in the eastern division of the Territory, which was given by the act for the appointment of an additional judge, passed the year one thousand eight hundred and four, to the superior court of Adams district, and which shall possess, exclusively of the courts of the several counties, the Federal jurisdiction given to the superior courts of the Territories, by an act passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and five, entitled "An act to extend jurisdiction in certain cases to the territorial courts."
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the governor, to be appointed under the authority of this act, shall, immediately after entering into office, convene, at the town of Saint Stephens, such of the members of the legislative council and house of representatives of the Mississippi Territory, as may then be the representatives from the several counties within the limits of the Territory to be established by this act; and the said members shall constitute the legislative council and house of representatives for the aforesaid Alabama Territory, whose powers, in relation to the said Territory, shall be, until the expiration of the term for which they shall have been chosen, or until Congress shall otherwise provide, the same, in all respects, as are now possessed by the legislative council and house of representatives of the Mississippi Territory; and the said legislative council and house of representatives of the Alabama Territory, so formed, shall have power to nominate six persons to the President of the United States, three of whom shall be selected by him for members of the legislative council, in addition to the number which the said Territory may possess agreebly to the foregoing provisions of this section. The said legislative council and house of representatives shall also have power to elect a Delegate to Congress, who shall, in all respects, possess the same rights and immunities as other Delegates from Territories of the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall commence and be in force so soon as the convention, the appointment whereof has been authorized by Congress at their present session, shall have formed a constitution and State government for that part of the Mississippi Territory lying west of the Territory herein described ; of which act of convention the governor of the Mississippi, for the time being, shall give immediate notice to the President of the United States, who shall thereupon forthwith proceed to the execution of the powers vested in him by the second section of this act; but in case said convention shall fail to form a constitution and State government, as aforesaid, then this act shall become null and void, except so far as relates to the third section thereof, which shall take effect, and be in force, from and after the passage of this act.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all persons who shall be in office, within the Territory hereby established, when the said convention shall have formed a constitution and State government, as aforesaid, shall continue to hold and exercise their offices, in all respects, as if this act had never been made; and the governor and secretary of the Mississippi Territory, for the time being, shall continue to exercise the duties of their respective offices, in relation to the Territory hereby established, until a governor and secretary shall be appointed therefor, in pursuance to this act.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all judicial process in the said Territory of Alabama shall be issued, and bear test, as heretofore; nor shall any suit be discontinued, or the proceedings of any cause stayed, or in any wise affected, by anything contained in this act, or in the act entitled "An act to enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States."
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the town of Saint Stephens shall be the seat of government for the said Alabama Territory, until it shall be otherwise ordered by the legislature thereof.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That whatever balance may remain in the treasury of the Mississippi Territory, at the time when the convention authorized to form a constitution and State government for the western part of said Territory, may have formed a constitution and State government for the same, shall be divided between the new State and Territory, according to the amount which may have been paid into said treasury from the counties lying within the limits of such State and Territory respectively.
Approved March 3, 1817.
TREATY WITH SPAIN CEDING FLORIDA-1819
[See " Florida," page 649. ]
ENABLING ACT FOR ALABAMA-1819
[FIFTEENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION.]
An Act to enable the people of the Alabama Territory to form a constitution
and State government, and for the admission of such State into Union on an equal footing with the original States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of the Territory of Alabama be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State government, and to assume such name as they may deem proper; and that the said Territory, when formed into a State, shall be admitted into the Union, upon the same footing with the original States, in all respects whatever.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the point where the thirty-first degree of north latitude intersects the Perdido River; thence, east, to the western boundary-line of the State of Georgia; thence, along said line, to the southern boundary-line of the State of Tennessee; thence, west, along said boundary-line, to the Tennessee River; thence, up the same, to the mouth of Bear Creek; thence, by a direct line, to the northwest corner of Washington County; thence, due south, to the Gulf of Mexico; thence, eastwardly, including all islands within six leagues of the shore, to the Perdido River; and thence, up the same, to the beginning.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the surveyor of the lands of the United States south of the State of Tennessee, and the surveyor of the public lands in the Alabama Territory, to run and cut out the line of demarcation, between the State of Mississippi and the State to be formed of the Alabama Territory; and if it should appear to said surveyors that so much of said line designated in the preceding section, running due south, from the northwest corner of Washington County to the Gulf of Mexico, will encroach on the counties of Wayne, Greene, or Jackson, in said State of Mississippi, then the same shall be so altered as to run in a direct line from the northwest corner of Washington County to a point on the Gulf of Mexico, ten miles east of the mouth of the river Pascagola.


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Tag: Spaceport Sweden
A Short Review of Virgin Galactic's Long History
September 27, 2019 September 28, 2019 News 0
SpaceShipTwo fires its hybrid engine. (Credit: Kenneth Brown)
by Douglas Messier
Today, Sept. 27, marks the 15th anniversary of Richard Branson announcing the launch of Virgin Galactic Airways. It's been a long, winding road between that day and today, filled with many broken promises, missed deadlines, fatal accidents and a pair of spaceflights.
This year actually marks a double anniversary: it's been 20 years since Branson registered the company and began searching for a vehicle the company could use to fly tourists into suborbital space.
Below is a timeline of the important events over that period.
The Federation Adds New Members
March 16, 2016 News 0
WASHINGTON, DC (CSF PR) – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation continues to grow its membership, announcing today the addition of new associate members — DigitalGlobe and NanoRacks.
DigitalGlobe is a leading global provider of high-resolution Earth-imagery products and services sourced from its own advanced satellite constellation and third-party providers.
Stu Witt Retires From Mojave Spaceport in Style
January 18, 2016 News 0
Stu Witt (center) stands with Congressman Kevin McCarthy, X Prize Chairman Peter Diamandis, Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides and others in front of a replica of SpaceShipOne. (Credit: Douglas Messier)
They came to Mojave from near and far — from the dusty desert communities of Lancaster, Boron and Ridgecrest to the snow swept tundra of Sweden — to send Stu Witt off in style. One of the most powerful men in Washington, D.C. played hooky from Congress to wish his friend a happy retirement.
Hundreds of people gathered on Jan. 8 to mark the end of Witt's nearly 14-year term as CEO and general manager of the Mojave Air and Space Port. The event featured a reception and a long parade of friends and colleagues singing his praises.
Sweden Launches National Strategy for Space
September 23, 2015 September 22, 2015 News 12
Credit: Spaceport Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Spaceport Sweden PR) — On Friday, we launched "Destination: Space" a national strategy for space tourism produced by 70+ partners from aerospace, tourism, academia and agencies. Sweden is well positioned to become a world leading space destination with world unique experiences, related services, training, research and technology transfer that can accelerate industries and activities on Earth.
Spaceport Sweden Wins Kiruna Lapland Award
February 6, 2015 February 5, 2015 News 0
KIRUNA, Sweden (Spaceport Sweden PR) — The Kiruna Lapland Award 2015 was awarded to Spaceport Sweden for the efforts to establish commercial human spaceflight in Kiruna in Swedish Lapland, with the view to not only launch space planes but also new experiences, products and careers.
Highlighting the ongoing work to bridge industry, academic and tourism acting as a catalyst for new experiences, products and services Kiruna Lapland underlined the courage, determination and resilience as well as the great impact the visionary project is already having on the region.
At Spaceport Sweden we thrilled and very proud to receive this award and it really belongs to all our partners and supporters from a local to international level, who like us, strive to realise the dream of space travel and opening up space for research, tourism, development and innovation for the benefit of humanity.
Karin Nilsdotter's TED Talk on Space Investment
February 1, 2015 January 29, 2015 News 31
Video Caption: In the next 15 years, the market for commercial space-travel is predicted to double from $300 to $600 billion dollars. Karin Nilsdotter, CEO of the Swedish Spaceport, believes that the cosmos are the next big frontier in business. And while microgravity research, lunar real estate, and space tourism may still sound like sci-fi, Nilsdotter argues that the gravity currently grounding the space economy is about to dissolve.
Karin is Co-Founder and CEO of Space Travel Alliance and Managing Partner of Spaceport Sweden, two pioneering initiatives to realize the dream of commercial space travel, establishing Europe's gateway to space in Swedish Lapland and a leading spaceline for tourism, research and education.
Spaceport Sweden CEO Karin Nilsdotter Named Tech Woman of Year
Karin Nilsdotter (Credit: Saab)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Saab PR) — Karin Nilsdotter, CEO of Spaceport Sweden, has been named the 2014 Technology Woman of the Year.
She has been awarded the prize in recognition for her activities in promoting Swedish technology and innovation by developing technology products and world class services in this area. The award is presented by defense and security company Saab as part of the Talent Excellence Awards, organized by the employer branding company Universum.
Space Travel Alliance to Offer Variety of Services
August 21, 2014 August 21, 2014 News 2
KIRUNA, Sweden (STA PR) — Space Travel Alliance (STA) is a new Swedish venture aiming to make the dream of space discovery a reality to mankind with the vision to become the premier European space travel company. Operating from Spaceport Sweden, STA will offer commercial suborbital spaceflights for tourism, research, development and education, astronaut training and space adventures.
"We are at the dawn of a new space era and with Space Travel Alliance we seek to leverage Sweden's rich space heritage and launch not only spaceships but also new careers and contribute to regional development", says Karin Nilsdotter, CEO of Space Travel Alliance.
CSF Adds Six New Members
April 1, 2014 April 1, 2014 News 0
Washington D.C. (CSF PR) – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce the addition of six new member organizations. Bigelow Aerospace and Orbital Outfitters have joined as new Executive Members and Moon Express has moved up from Associate to Executive Membership. ASRC Federal, Spaceport Sweden, and World View Enterprises have joined as Associate Members.
"The CSF membership is representative of all facets of space exploration," said CSF President Michael Lopez-Alegria. "This diversity is indicative of a growing, thriving sector, with each company contributing to the overarching success of the commercial space exploration industry."
Spaceport Sweden Named Innovator of the Year
February 14, 2014 News 0
Spaceport Sweden won the Innovator of the Year Award at the Grand Travel Awards, the Oscars of the travel industry, which took place at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden on Thursday evening. Spaceport Sweden was recognized for the efforts developing space tourism in Sweden and positioning Kiruna as a world-leading destination offering adventures on the ground and in the air.
Spaceport Sweden Promotional Video
February 12, 2014 February 11, 2014 News 0
Video Caption: Spaceport Sweden is Europe's gateway to space and space travel. Located in Kiruna, Swedish Lapland we offer launch infrastructure, space adventures under the Midnight Sun and an international astronaut program; Zero-G flights, Centrifuge training & Northern Light Flights.
Inaugurated in 2007, Spaceport Sweden is a pioneering initiative to establish commercial human spaceflight in Sweden and become Europe's gateway to space, a center for excellence and cross-industry innovation.
Located in Kiruna, Swedish Lapland, Europe's premier space city since 1957, Spaceport Sweden work together with selected partners to offer customers unique world-class space adventures and learning experiences, further supplying launch infrastructure, R&D facilities and high-tech expertise to commercial space operators. Already today Spaceport Sweden offer learning space adventures such as Northern Light Flights, Zero-G Flights and Spaceflight Preparation and Centrifuge Training.
For more visit www.spaceportsweden.com
Spaceport Sweden Releases Plan for Visitors Center
KIRUNA, Sweden (Spaceport Sweden/IDEAS PR) — Spaceport Sweden, is proud to announce, together with Kiruna Lapland, the completion of a feasibility and concept study by IDEAS, a world leading media and experience-design studio, for the development of a Space Visitor & Science Center to further strengthen the development of Kiruna a leading space destination.
New Spaceport Sweden Crew Member
Josefin Enstrom (Credit: Spaceport Sweden)
KIRUNA, Sweden (Spaceport Sweden PR) — We are very happy and proud to present Josefin Enström as our new crew member.
Josefin, who has a bachelor's degree in professional experience production, from Luleå University of Technology in Piteå, has been awarded a 10-month trainee position as a part of the government led Sustainable Tourism Destination Development project further backed by Sparbanken Nord and Spaceport Sweden.
Spaceport Sweden Partners with IDEAS for Visitor & Science Center
September 6, 2013 September 6, 2013 News 0
Team IDEAS and participants at StoryJam on Aug. 29. (Credit: Spaceport Sweden)
KIRUNA, Sweden (Spaceport Sweden PR) — Spaceport Sweden together with Kiruna in Swedish Lapland are proud to announce the partnering with IDEAS, a world leading innovation studio, for the project of develop a Space Visitor & Science Center in Kiruna, contributing to a world-class all year round destination.
Spaceport Sweden Seeks Proposals on Kiruna Visitors and Science Center
June 25, 2013 News 0
KIRUNA, SWEDEN (Spaceport Sweden PR) — Spaceport Sweden, on behalf of Kiruna Lappland Ekonomisk Frening, is seeking proposals to support in the planning and development of a space visitors and science center at Kiruna Airport, the proposed site for Spaceport Sweden, in Kiruna, Swedish Lapland.


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Як народжуються, живуть і вмирають боги та богині — атеїстична книга Омеляна Ярославського. Уперше видана 1923 року як нове видання праці «Як народжуються боги». Книга є порівняльно-історичним дослідженням релігії. У цій книзі Ярославський розкриває земний характер релігійних вірувань, доводить, що християнство перейняло свої релігійні уявлення від язичницьких релігій Сходу та значною мірою є їх видозміною, критикує тексти Нового Завіту та деякі переконання християнських священників, а також намагається довести, що релігійні вірування різних народів в цілому є схожими між собою та показати, як з покращенням соціальних умов відмирають релігійні вірування. Антирелігійна пропаганда в цій книзі вміло поєднується з комуністичною — упродовж усієї книги автор застосовує різноманітні тези радянської комуністичної пропаганди для обґрунтування ворожого ставлення правлячого режиму до релігії.

Історія
1922 року в Комуністичному університеті імені Я. М. Свердлова, що діяв у Москві, Омелян Ярославський організував гурток, що займався вивченням історії релігії. Одночасно з організацією роботи цього гуртка пропагандист займався власними дослідженнями. Результатом стала перша праця Ярославського з порівняльної історії релігії — «Як народжуються боги». Цю невелику за обсягом книгу було видано 1923 року. Праця розійшлася протягом кількох днів, що спонукало автора підготувати її нове видання. Книга «Як народжуються, живуть і вмирають боги та богині» є значно доповненою та переробленою версією праці «Як народжуються боги», уперше її видали в тому ж 1923 році. Другим і третім виданням вона вийшла відповідно в 1924 і 1925 роках. У ґрунтовно переробленому вигляді книга була перевидана в 1938 році Державним видавництвом антирелігійної літератури, а в 1941 — Державним військовим видавництвом.

Українською мовою книга «Як народжуються, живуть і вмирають боги та богині» видавалася у 1957 і 1958 роках. У 1977 році вийшло третє українське видання, з передмовою та новими примітками, а також з деякими редакційними уточненнями.

Зміст
Книга складається з 14 розділів і 16 додатків. Перші видання книги містили присвяту: "Комуністичному союзу молоді — юному будівельнику комунізму, що штурмує твердині капіталу на землі і фортеці богів та дияволів на небі, ідучи на зміну старій гвардії, присвячую цю безбожну книгу" (оригінал: "Штурмующему твердыни капитала на земле и крепости богов и дьяволов на небе, идущему на смену старой гвардии, юному строителю коммунизма, — Коммунистическому союзу молодежи посвящаю эту безбожную книгу"). В українському виданні 1977 року присвяти немає, натомість надається вступна стаття, написана регілієзнавцем Борисом Лобовиком, а також передмова від автора.

У вступній статті Б. Лобовик характеризує основні положення та тенденції розвитку радянського антирелігійного руху в часи написання книги, описує труднощі провадження антирелігійної пропаганди. При цьому автор статті зосереджує значну увагу на ролі В. Леніна як наставника радянської антирелігійної боротьби. Надається докладна характеристика пропонованої праці, описується використаний у ній метод порівняльного дослідження релігії, визначається основна мета праці.

У першому розділі книги, який має назву «Чи завжди люди вірували в Бога?», О. Ярославський піддає критиці деякі переконання релігійних наставників, зокрема твердження, що віра в Бога є фундаментальною для людини і властива їй від народження, а релігія існує від початку історії людства. Крім цього, Ярославський аналізує та спростовує твердження деяких священників, що первісні люди мали мовні навички та системи понять, достатньо розвинуті для того, щоб вони могли давати імена всім видам рослин і тварин, а також описувати "найвищу істоту", тобто Бога. Спираючись на теорію еволюції, автор показує абсурдність таких тверджень. Він доводить, що при народженні людина не має знань мови й чітко сформованих понять, а отже, перші люди на Землі не могли мати поняття Бога.

Другий розділ називається «Як виникають релігійні переконання» і присвячений появі та розвитку релігійних уявлень у людей.

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 Full text of "Як народжуються, живуть і вмирають боги та богині" (https://archive.org/stream/B-001-024-412/B-001-024-412_djvu.txt)

 Як народжуються, живуть і вмирають боги та богині. К., 1977

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Trent Champ - Bernie Nat Del TXSD24
3,735 $ raised of 3,600 $ goal ● 0 donor
Jean Genevie
Judy Meyer
Gene Ferguson
Trent Champ is organizing this fundraiser.
GOAL MET - THANK YOU!!!:
Thanks to an Anonymous True Believing Guardian Angel, I was gifted a Golden Parachute and Funded Out to my Goal.
Thanks to Each and Every One of You who Helped to Make this Lifetime Dream, a Reality for me.
To be Going to the Democratic National Convention as a Delegate.
And Then to be going for a Truly Once in a Lifetime, Extraordinary, Historic Man!
Many of you Made me cry with your Generosity.
ALL of Y'all, Touched our Hearts, FOREVER!
And Blessings to You and Yours!
We Love You All just like Family!
Please continue to help fund our other Texas National Delegates for Bernie.
It's SO IMPORTANT (NOW MORE THAN EVER!) THAT ALL OUR DELEGATES GET TO PHILADELPHIA!
http://www.adoptaberniedelegate.com/texas_delegates_for_bernie/
http://www.fundberniedelegates.com/delegates-by-state/texas/
Here's my "2016 National Delegate Election Campaign" Piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA4UxpOhrUE
And here's my "Meet the Champs of Central Texas" Piece:
https://youtu.be/6agDi_kHBBQ
Good Day My Friends!
My name's Trent.
I'm from Temple, Texas and I'm the SOLE Bernie National Delegate from Senate District 24
(800,000 People!)
I've been following Bernie Sanders since I first saw him on Face the Nation as Mayor of Burlington in 1989 and I LIKED HIM!
When I saw a post by Bill Maher on facebook on April 29th of last year saying that Bernie was going to Officially Declare his Candidacy for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States, I literally came up out of my chair Screaming (my wife Joyce didn't even know who he was in that moment, boy did SHE learn!)
I jumped out on social media right then and there, signed up to volunteer for the Campaign on Day Two (ONLY because I didn't know about it on Day One!).
A couple days after that, I had my first convert, (Joyce)
Together, as I look back over events of the last year, we were Everywhere, doing Everything.
I Created the Central Texas Page on facebook (widely referred to as "The FLAGSHIP of Texas Pages").
Drove from Temple, to Dallas, to Houston, and back again to Temple, to ORGANIZE people on Social Media (because we KNEW the Corporate controlled Main Stream Media was going to slap a TOTAL BLACKOUT on us).
Hosted a National Organizing Kickoff Event at our Home here in Temple that we lovingly refer to as "ElvenDwell".
Merged with two other Bell County Kickoff Groups and formed "Bell County for Bernie UNITED!"
We became Volunteer Deputy Registrars and pooled our resources to rent booth space at the Central Texas State Fair at the Expo Center in Belton for our contribution to National Roll Out over Labor Day weekend. We registered about a hundred and twenty folks over the three day event, and turned Every Single Person who participated in our Interactive Challenge, "What's Important to You?" where we had organized memes into folders representing all of Bernie's Platform Positions that we would page through at the reading speed of the participant.
EASY PEASY!
The Man and Message sell themselves!
Our Phenomenal Success of the Event EMPOWERED and EMBOLDENED us to the point we Never looked back.
We learned phone banking and SOLD Statewide Days of ACTION fanatically on the Central Texas Page (only Texas page to do so).
We gathered yard signs over a two month period and I'm PROUD to say that as a result, we had Yard Signs at EVERY Polling Place in Bell County on Super Tuesday.
We then successfully OCCUPIED the Bell County Democratic Convention and as a result, walked away with 7 more State Convention Delegates for Bernie than the 27 we were owed mathematically on paper.
I declared my Candidacy the following Monday on the First Day of Application Acceptance...
...and went on to WIN my Election Race in a LANDSLIDE VICTORY.
I've been an Integral Part of GROWING this movement here in Central Texas from 3% to where we STAND today.
I NEVER wanted any kind of Reward, Power, or Notoriety for my involvement or tireless efforts in this Movement.
Accomplishment is, after all, its own reward.
Airfare: $600 (est.)
Hotel: Philadelphia Airport Marriott
$2,820 (5 nights @ $564 per night - incl. tax)
Go Fund Me Fee: $180 (5% of total raised)
Whether you Support me or not, THANK YOU for your Dedication and Enthusiasm for Real, Positive, CHANGE for our Nation and Society, and Enjoy the SHOW!
It's been Truly an HONOR and a PRIVILEGE Serving YOU in this Revolutionary Movement!
THANK YOU for your Precious Time, Careful Consideration and Gracious Generosity!
May the Universe Truly Bless You and Yours,
and as always,
"SOLIDARITY!"
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Organizer for BERNIE!
(a.k.a. Trent)
Central Texas Page (Creator and Contributing Administrator): https://www.facebook.com/Central-Texas-for-Bernie-Sanders-2016-684997268273148/?fref=ts
Bell County for Bernie Page (Creator and Administrator): https://www.facebook.com/Bell-County-for-Bernie-United-1074513305922005/?fref=ts
Greater Fort Hood for Bernie Sanders Page (Contributing Administrator): https://www.facebook.com/greaterforthood4bernie/?fref=ts
Virtual Portfolio Website (Architecture): http://tchamp.net/
Trent Champ


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The Topanga Community Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit volunteer organization, independently owned and maintained by the citizens of Topanga. The TCC was founded in 1949. Since then it has been the only community center available to generations of Topanga Canyon residents. The TCC is funded, not through any county or state taxes, but by our membership dues, donations and fund-raising. Be a part of the Topanga Community Center. JOIN TODAY!
The TCC is dedicated to protect, maintain, upgrade and enhance the Community House and the grounds entrusted to its care. The TCC is serving the Community of Topanga by providing access and support for philanthropic, educational, and community activities and services.
The Community House is a meeting place for the Topanga Canyon Seniors (Sages), Topanga Teens, Anonymous Groups, the Topanga Historical Society, the Topanga Chamber of Commerce, the Topanga Symphony, Spiritual and Health gatherings, and many low cost programs for young children.
The adjacent Ballfield is the home field of Topanga Youth Baseball and Soccer League. Our income is provided by rentals from weddings & special events plus fundraising to keep our doors open.
2021 Board Members
Kelly Rockwell
Kelly has been active at the Community Center since 2012 and served on the board for the past 5 years. As a Co-Chair of the Playground Committee, she spearheaded the effort to rebuild the TCC playground and helped to see it come to fruition. She has also served as Corresponding Secretary, and has been known as Swap Meet pie baker, soccer manager, former farmers' market manager and event producer.
Under her leadership, the TCC has launched new programs, enhanced the social events calendar, improved accessibility of the grounds, and kept a close watch on the financial health and wellbeing of the accounts for future generations.
When she isn't at the TCC, she enjoys being with her three little Topangans, who she knows will have many fond memories of our Community Center.
Nonie Shore
Vice President Fundraising & Events
Nonie Shore has lived in Topanga for 17 years and first began fundraising for our community as a board member of the Topanga Chamber of Commerce and a parent of children attending Topanga Montessori. She led a successful campaign with Kelly Rockwell and Karla Morrison to build a new playground at the TCC that was completed in October of 2013.
Since 2014, Nonie has served on the TCC board as the Vice President of Fundraising and Events. Her experiences on the board and fundraising for the TCC playground have given Nonie a good understanding of how the TCC runs and what it needs to be a thriving Community Center. Nonie has implemented events such as Square Dances, Adults-Only Disco & 80's Dance Nights, BINGO and more. This past year she, along with Debra Silbar and Susan Nissman, spearheaded the fundraising for the new TCC Senior Classroom, which is currently being built. She plans a similar campaign to start fundraising for a new House AC system next year. Thanks to a Board with a cohesive vision, the TCC has been able to implement key changes and enhancements to the grounds and to the Topanga Days fundraiser, which has been consistently more successful than in previous years. Nonie is dedicated to the success of the TCC for years to come.
Franka Diehnelt
As treasurer I will make sure that the TCC stays within its budget, continues to effectively sustain the TCC's existing programs and supports the Sages (as you can see with the TCC Annex for the Seniors), the Topanga Youth Services program and the Children's Organic Garden. I am still focusing on making the TCC a more sustainable entity.
I am the co-owner of an Art Design Studio, and an architect by training, working with communities to place art in the public space, and working on architectural projects . Since 2010 my family has lived in the Canyon. While our seven year old son Dexter attends the public elementary school in the canyon, my husband and I are looking after our 30 chickens, even more bees and trying to take care of our land in the heart of the Canyon.
Terri Moriarty
Do you love Food Truck Friday? Well, you have this lady to thank for that. Terri's fresh ideas and enthusiasm for community building are second to none. Whether she is coaching on the soccer field, refereeing the Topanga Days Fun Zone, or sending the jokes you look forward to in TCC newsletters, Terri's humor and dedication to the TCC and its programs help to enhance the member experience.
Terri and her family have lived in Topanga for 12 years. She started with the TCC Board as a stand-in Recording Secretary in 2015 and has since moved to the position of Correspondence Secretary. Her husband James coached the TCC soccer teams and worked hard to create the sports program. She has been instrumental in creating joint projects with TCC and TEP—a natural because both serve many of the same families. Terri is adamant about balancing TCC's role as a service to the community with its constant need to fundraise.
Rick Provisor
Vice President Maintenance
Rick has been a Community Center mainstay for more than three decades. You may recognize him as the head bartender from Topanga Days, but he has spent the past two years in a new role as Maintenance Vice President, dedicated to improving the 11-acre property on a daily basis.
Many of the recent changes to the TCC appearance are thanks in part to Rick's commitment to the founding mission of the Center; to protect, maintain, upgrade and enhance the Community House and the grounds entrusted to its care.
Vice President membership
Andrew Monn
I grew up in Wisconsin in a relatively small community. After finishing college I realized 9 month winters were not for me so I moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in advertising, where I met my wife. We were married up in Topanga and we always knew we would end up living here. The sense of community in Topanga is something that is extremely unique and we realize how blessed we are to raise our daughter here. I wish to participate in the TCC board as part of my civic duty to the community we love.
The 2019-2020 TCC Board Members at the Sages Room Grand Opening on March 17th, 2019


This sounds lovely! I'm going to make that dressing and use it to coat sliced courgettes before oven roasting them. Or I might just dry fry the courgettes and drizzle the dressing on afterwards.
Yum! Was looking for a new flavour for tonight's dinner – so you've really helped. Thanks!
I made my own za'atar recently for a chicken dish and loved it. Your version is a little different, and sounds good with the red cabbage!
Tell Rufus he's got nothing to worry about… oh my look at that cutie… ooops I mean Rufus you're good! Great looking steaks!
I bought sumac the other day and I really like the taste, but I wasn't sure how to use it. This is perfect.
Natalie, you post arrives at a perfect time. I don't have this particular spice mix but I do have cabbage and I have been contemplating it!
These look SOOOOO good! I love Za'atar, and luckily I can find multiple variations where I live (or have also ordered it online). It is a great spice blend to use on almost anything, but I had not seen it used this way before. Can't wait to give it a try!
Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! Just made this and the cabbage is delicious! I am generally a horrible cook and love to eat fresh and colourful veggies – well, meals, really – and I'd never been able to properly cook red cabbage before. It always turned out too sickly sweet. Life-changing! I'll try to make za'atar from scratch when my I run out of my ready-made mélange.


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You Have About Four Months To Find A Lost Satellite
June 13, 2021 by Jenny List 10 Comments
In the annals of technical achievement originating from the United Kingdom there lies a forgotten success story that should have led to greater things but instead became a dead-end even before it had happened. We're referring of course to Prospero, a British satellite that holds the honour of being the only one to have been launched on board a British-developed satellite launch platform. On the 28th of October 1971 it was launched aboard a Black Arrow rocket from the Woomera launch site in Australia and successfully entered orbit to complete its mission. When it was launched the Black Arrow program had already been canceled by the British government, with the launch proceeding only because rocket and satellite were by then already on the pad.
A never flown Black Arrow rocket and the Prospero flight spare, in the Science Museum, London.
So the Brits became the sixth nation to develop a satellite launch capability, and promptly canned it. Prospero was a success though and remains in orbit, and was even re-activated periodically as late as the 1990s. With its fiftieth anniversary approaching in October we think it's worth looking for to mark the occasion, and so would like to remind you of its existence and the impending anniversary. If any community can find a lost satellite, hear its call if it is still transmitting anything, and maybe even wake it up, it's you lot. Hackaday readers never cease to amaze us with their talents, and we know that among you will be people with what it takes to find Prospero.
To help you along your way there's a lot of information about the satellite to be found online, including the details of an unsuccessful attempt to contact it a decade ago for the anniversary in 2011, and a real-time tracker to help you find its position. Maybe some of you have a decent enough telescope to take a snap of it as it passes over, but if a radio signal could be retrieved from it that would be particularly impressive. Watch out though, you might find yourself hearing an Orbcomm satellite on the same frequency.
So if any of you fancy firing up your SDRs and pointing an antenna skywards over the next few months, we'd like to hear about your progress. It's possible that the craft may by now be incapable of life, but if anything can be found it's worth a try.
This isn't the first satellite rescue attempt documented here on Hackaday. A few years back we put out the call to rescue ICE/ISEE-3.
Posted in SpaceTagged anniversary, Black Arrow, Prospero, satellite, space
Oops… Britain Launched A Satellite, But Who Remembers It?
February 7, 2019 by Jenny List 40 Comments
Did you know Britain launched its first satellite after the program had already been given the axe? Me neither, until some stories of my dad's involvement in aerospace efforts came out and I dug a little deeper into the story.
I grew up on a small farm with a workshop next to the house, that housed my dad's blacksmith business. In front of the workshop was a yard with a greenhouse beyond it, along one edge of which there lay a long gas cylinder about a foot (300mm) in diameter. To us kids it looked like a torpedo, and I remember my dad describing the scene when a similar cylinder fell off the side of a truck and fractured its valve, setting off at speed under the force of ejected liquid across a former WW2 airfield as its pressurised contents escaped.
Everybody's parents have a past from before their children arrived, and after leaving the RAF my dad had spent a considerable part of the 1950s as a technician, a very small cog in the huge state-financed machine working on the UK's rocket programme for nuclear and space launches. There were other tales, of long overnight drives to the test range in the north of England, and of narrowly averted industrial accidents that seem horrific from our health-and-safety obsessed viewpoint. Sometimes they came out of the blue, such as the one about a lake of highly dangerous liquid oxidiser-fuel mix ejected from an engine that failed to ignite and which was quietly left to evaporate, which he told me about after dealing with a cylinder spewing liquid propane when somebody reversed a tractor into a grain dryer.
Bringing Home A Piece Of History
The remains of the Black Arrow first and second stages, taken from the Skyrora promotional video.
My dad's tales from his youth came to mind recently with the news that a privately-owned Scottish space launch company is bringing back to the UK the remains of the rocket that made the first British satellite launch from where they had lain in Australia since crashing to earth in 1971. What makes this news special is that not only was it the first successful such launch, it was also the only one. Because here in good old Blighty we hold the dubious honour of being the only country in the world to have developed a space launch capability of our own before promptly abandoning it. Behind that launch lies a fascinating succession of forgotten projects that deserve a run-through of their own, they provide a window into both the technological and geopolitical history of that period of the Cold War.
Continue reading "Oops… Britain Launched A Satellite, But Who Remembers It?" →
Posted in Hackaday Columns, History, Slider, SpaceTagged Black Arrow, Prospero, satellite, satellite launch, space


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STARK COUNTY
Malvern's Colfor Manufacturing plant engulfed by fire
Lori Steineck
MALVERN Firefighters from 18 departments in three counties battled an early morning blaze that destroyed much of American Axle & Manufacturing's Colfor Manufacturing plant on Tuesday.
Smoke blanketed much of the area, stretching east into the Malvern and then Waynesburg areas, making visibility at some spots nearly non-existent.
While the extent of the physical damage was not yet known, firefighters agreed that the impact on the community will be huge.
"It's going to have an effect. That impact is on our minds and we plan for these things," said Chief Ralph Castellucci of the Great Trails Fire District. "This is worst-case scenario right now."
He noted that the need for water to fight the fire not only taxed the local water system and the Minerva-area water supply but additional water had to be hauled in.
The local school system closed, according to Brown Local Schools' Facebook page - Hornet Pride - which cited "zero water pressure and concerns over smoke and traffic from the Colfor Fire."
Firefighters initially were called in because "the press was on fire," Castellucci said. "Multiple presses were burning. The fire hit the roof and spread out across the building."
Firefighters from across Carroll, Stark and Columbiana counties came to assist.
Employees, former and current, watched from state Routes 43 and 183 as some employees who'd already arrived to work at the Colfor plant changed into firefighting gear. Many of the employees also work on the local volunteer fire departments.
As of 10 a.m. - five hours after the fire was called - firefighters were still actively fighting back the fire with some of the roof caving. Castellucci pointed out that no one had been injured.
"We're going to try to save as much of this facility as we can," he said. "The deepest part in (inside the plant) has given us some problems right now."
Many employees were inside the plant when the fire broke out. Their numbers were not available as spokespeople for the company could not be reached for comment.
Stephen Imes, who also battled the blaze as a Dellroy firefighter, is also an employee. He was working inside the building early Tuesday morning when he heard there was a fire in the part of the facility where the presses are located.
"I seen an orange glow and I thought it was them just heating the dies because that's how we normally heat the dies is with heating torches," Imes said. "Then it came across the radio that they had a big fire and they called for help.
"So I went out there and the flames were already taller than the press by the time we got out there. So we grabbed fire extinguishers trying to extinguish it. That wasn't working so everybody just evacuated."
Dozens watched from the gas station/convenience store across the street.
"You could see the smoke clear over in Waynesburg," said Malcolm Simmons, 23, of Malvern. He had just been leaving for the Akron-Canton Airport where he works when he saw firetrucks heading for the plant. When he got off work, he returned to watch the firefighters try to save the burning blue building.
A few residents watching from across the street asked for prayers for the community.
One of them, Karen Anderson of Carrollton, said, "I feel so sorry for all the people who work here."
Beside her, her husband Donald Anderson, shook his head as he watched black smoke billowing skyward.
"It's a shame," said Donald Anderson, who retired in 2011 after working at the plant for 35 years.
Minerva resident Houston Rogers stood in the grass nearby with his friend, Clint Masters, who works the afternoon shift. Rogers' fiancee, Katie Smucker, also works for the company, but she, too, switched roles to battle the blaze as a Brown Local firefighter, he said.
Rogers had just arrived to work the morning shift when he saw an ambulance across the street from the plant.
"I saw the ambulance at Crossroads Pizza and thought there'd been an accident. Then I saw the smoke and the orange light - flames," Rogers said.
Rogers, a machinist apprentice at the plant for the past six years, is considering what he'll do for work now.
"I don't know. This isn't something I prepared for or have ever had to deal with," he said.
Neither has Brad Houck, a northeast Canton resident and press operator at the plant for two years.
"I work afternoons," he said, adding that he plans to "wait it out and see what happens, see if they're going to rebuild. If not, (I will) see what else is out there."
Then he ran across the road blocked for firetrucks and joined his friends who were hanging onto the fence, watching firefighters continue to fight the fire.
Reach Lori at 330-580-8309 or lori.steineck@cantonrep.com.
On Twitter: @lsteineckREP
More:Colfor fire video: https://youtu.be/onmN7-HcQh0


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Buckingham Palace is the official Royal residence of Her Majesty the Queen, and we make our way to the perfect spot to watch the world famous Changing of the Guard ceremony as the Queen's soldiers, dressed in their fabulous tunics and busbies march to military music.
Please note that this is an open top bus tour – please be prepared for the possibility of rain.
Transportation by Open Deck Vintage bus.
Audio Guide in 10 languages (French, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Hindi and Russian).
Victoria Coach Station (Gate 19 – 20), 164 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, SW1W 9TP.


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Xilinx Showcases New Solutions and Technologies for Software and Hardware Developers as Xilinx Adapt 2021 Kicks Off
By: Xilinx, Inc. via Business Wire
Week one unveils software developer kit for intelligent video analytics applications, an expanded video and imaging IP portfolio and developer design contest
(Xilinx Adapt) – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the leader in adaptive computing, today unveiled powerful new solutions and IP for its rapidly growing software, AI, and hardware developer communities at the first week of Xilinx Adapt 2021, the company's virtual technology conference. Week one is focused on software and hardware developers, with news highlights including a complete software stack for intelligent video analytics applications and an expanded video and imaging IP portfolio for its UltraScale+™ and Versal™ devices.
The company also announced that Hackster.io will again be conducting its Adaptive Computing Challenge design contest with Xilinx. As part of the expanded contest, now in its second year, Hackster.io will award $70,000 USD in total prize money to 15 winners as well as over 350 boards in prizes. The Adaptive Computing Challenge 2021 also adds new categories recognizing innovations by university students and women-in-technology teams. Contest registration opens this week at Adapt.
Taking place September 7-16, Adapt 2021 will feature executive keynotes with appearances from partners and customers, along with a series of more than 100 presentations, forums, product trainings and labs designed to help users unlock the value of adaptive computing. The free, six-day event kicks off this week with three days of content targeting software and hardware developers. The final three days next week will focus on the company's broad end-market segments, with dedicated sessions covering aerospace and defense, automotive, data center, industrial, medical, and wired and wireless businesses.
"The first week of Xilinx Adapt is designed to educate new, as well as advanced developers on the latest development environments and resources available to more easily build applications on Xilinx® platforms," said Ramine Roane, vice president of marketing, AI and Software, Xilinx. "We are committed to helping the developer community accelerate applications on adaptive hardware, to propel the industry forward and have a positive impact on people's lives. We are making programming of adaptive platforms more accessible to all developers, by interfacing to popular domain-specific and more generic open-source development frameworks."
Adapt 2021 news highlights for week one targeting the developer communities includes the following:
Intelligent Video Analytics Applications
New Vitis™ Video Analytics SDK, a video analytics software development kit providing a complete software stack for intelligent video analytics applications on Xilinx platforms, deployed edge-to-cloud. The end-to-end video analytics solution enables video decoding, pre-processing, AI inference, tracking and post-processing for whole application acceleration. It supports widely used AI models such as YOLO, SSD, ResNet, Inception, RefindDet, ReID, FPN and OpenPose for real-time objection detection, classification and segmentation.
Vitis Video Analytics SDK provides the foundational layer for video analytic applications such as understanding vehicle and pedestrian traffic patterns in smart cities, health and safety monitoring in hospitals, self-checkout and analytics in retail, and detecting component defects at manufacturing facilities.
In addition, it provides a complete framework for developers to create their own innovations with generic infrastructure plugins, software acceleration libraries, and an interface to develop a custom acceleration library to control a custom hardware accelerator. Vitis Video SDK builds on top of and abstracts the complex interfaces of Xilinx® Run Time (XRT) and Vitis AI tools, making it easy for developers to build video analytics and transcoding pipelines without having to learn the complexities of XRT and Vitis AI tools.
Expanded Video and Imaging IP Portfolio
Xilinx technology is at the heart of many video and vision applications in the form of smart cameras, next-generation industrial vision, automotive driver assistance and autonomous driving, smart retail and security, broadcast, Pro AV and consumer products like TV and gaming. To meet the evolving requirements and demands of these applications, Xilinx has significantly expanded its video and imaging IP portfolio for UltraScale+™ and Versal™ devices.
Xilinx is enabling higher-quality 8K video capture and 8K display with the industry's first HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort (DP) 1.4 with UltraScale+ and Versal products. Combining HDMI 2.1 or DP 1.4 with its 8K scaler and mixer IPs allows customers to build a complete, end-to-end 8K video pipeline. To provide gamers with immersive gaming experiences, Xilinx video and imaging portfolio now includes High Dynamic Range (HDR), High Frame Rates and Variable Refresh Rate formats and adaptive sync across the UltraScale+ and Versal product families.
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This is a special guest post by my friend Holly Star who together with her husband's family, run Michel'Angelo Ristorante in Capri, both of them are incredible people who have most definitely opened my eyes on just how dynamic this island in the glittering bay of Naples can be.
A little background – How did an Australian end up living on the island of Capri?
In April 2013, I set off from Australia traveling solo for a 6 week Italian vacation with no itinerary. I'd previously travelled to Italy on a number of occasions but this time I wanted to explore where the wind took me. I could only speak basic travel Italian but armed with Google translate and a couple of language Apps on my phone, I was confident I would get by and I was ready to embrace all of Italy; the culture, history, fashion and food.
Starting in Milan, I travelled to Lake Como and Rimini before a spur of the moment decision to jump on a train to Naples on route to the island of Capri. I arrived on the island at aperitivo time and I was definitely not prepared for the glamorous, yet somewhat pretentious, scene in the famous Capri Piazza. I was lugging two large bags over the cobblestones in my travel tracksuit holding a map whilst the elegant evening aperitivo scene donned exclusive designer wear and looked on.
A very long story short, on the second evening of my 3 nights stay in Capri, the bar manager, Luigi, at Hotel Luna where I was staying, suggested I dine at Ristorante Michel'angelo. It was this dinner that changed my life.
I met Gianluca, my now husband, the owner of Michel'angelo and whilst we couldn't speak the same language, we both knew there was something between us from our first smile we shared as I entered the restaurant. We've now been married for almost 5 years, we live on the island year round, have two children, Valentino and Francesca, and we run Michel'angelo together; the restaurant, cooking school and gourmet picnics.
It was definitely a challenge to adjust to an island way of life coming from a big city but really, what's not to love about waking up in Capri every day! I look out our window across to the Faraglioni and I'm so grateful that destiny would have it that I ended up here with love, a beautiful family, a local business where we interact with so many lovely people and all set on the most exquisite and unique natural landscape.
The official Summer season in Capri starts at Easter and ends the last week of October.
Most of Capri's visitors travel during the Summer season when the island is alive with energy, beach clubs, exclusive shopping, celebrity spotting, superyachts, night life and al fresco dining. In July and August, over 20,000 people visit the island per day. When you put this in perspective of both the size of the island (just over 10 square kilometres) and resident population (approximately 14,000), it can definitely be overwhelming for some travellers (as well as the locals). Coupled with the Summer heat, long queues and peak hours associated with day trippers, you really need to be "in the know" where to go to really experience the true essence of Capri during these months.
When the low season arrives, the locals breathe again; island life gets slower, daily routines normalise and I begin to see locals walking the streets again that I didn't see all Summer due to hectic work schedules. Many work contracts end as the hotels, beach clubs, restaurants and shops close. Local children return to school and families have more time to spend together.
Capri has a romantic past of intellectuals, artists, poets and writers who inhabited the island over the years and it's no coincidence that they mostly visited in low season. The island has an amazing creative and all-encompassing energy and when you experience the magic of Autumn sunrises and sunsets, no doubt you too will be filled with awe and inspiration.
I'll never forget my first Winter in Capri. I would wake to watch the sunrise from Piazzetta della Noci with the sounds of roosters crowing, seagulls flying overhead, together with the sounds of the sea and the most picturesque view of Punta Campanella and the Amalfi Coast. Enchanting perfection!
The days are shorter which means sunrise is around 7am and sunset around 4.30pm. Think sunrise with the backdrop of the Faraglioni or watching the sun sink into the shimmering sea from Via Tragara as the sky turns shades of orange and pink or the Luna Caprese moonlight glistening over the night sea. These experiences are nothing short of spectacular especially without the Summer crowds. On walks along the Pizzolungo, Arco Naturale, Villa Lysis and Villa Jovis and Belvedere Cannone, you'll find locals enjoying the outdoors and soaking up the warm Winter sun.
There are just as many amazing hikes in Anacapri although admittedly I don't spend as much time there as I like with our busy family life centred in Capri and Marina Piccola. Although an afternoon could be spent solely walking the forts of Anacapri (Fortini Coastal Walk) or down from the Monte Solaro Chairlift (which also operates on calm days during the low season) through the Cetrella Valley.
Michel'angelo prepares picnic lunches with fresh local produce and when you pick up your picnic lunch we provide you with personalised maps of scenic picnic locations where most likely, you will be enjoying your picnic lunch with just the sounds of the birds and the sea. For more information on our picnics, click here.
In the alternative, if you prefer a guided walking tour, pick up a picnic lunch from Michel'angelo and pre-arrange a local guide from GATIC, an association of local Capri Official Guides – For more information, visit their website here.
Visit one of Capri's local beaches – While the beach clubs will be closed, take a relaxing "passegiatta" on perfect Autumn and Winter Days to Marina Piccola or if you're brave, a dip in the sea. Gianluca grew up at Marina Piccola and his mother still lives there so a walk along Marina Piccola beach with the kids after Sunday lunch at donna's casa is one of our favourite low season activities. Otherwise head down to the closed famous beach clubs of La Fontelina and Da Luigi where nature overshadows the Summer memories of VIPs, celebrities and influencers.
Visit the museums best to see in good weather such as Villa Lysis, Villa Jovis, Certosa di San Giacomo, Villa Damecuta and the Augustus Gardens. The beauty and history of these spectacular locations deserve an article of itself. The Capri Tourism website publishes an updated list of museums open each month here.
Have a hit of tennis at the Capri Tennis Club – the coaches speak English well. Arrange a lesson or hire a court; racquets and balls included. Even better, the courts are located next door to Michel'angelo so you can stop in for a bite to eat before or after your game! Here is their website for more information.
Take a cooking class at Michel'angelo! We generally open every low season although this year (an exception), we are taking a break from 3 January 2019 until 1 April 2019. Traditional dishes made with local ingredients from Gianluca's family recipes handed down generations. For more information, click here.
Indulge in a long lunch or dinner at a local restaurant. Michel'angelo has been open every low season for 10 years running. This year we will close from 6 December until 27 December and then again from 3 January until 1 April 2019 for the first time but we always keep our website updated with our current opening hours here.
Visit some of the indoor museums and churches – the Ex Cathedral of St Stefano in the Piazza (where Gianluca and I married), along with the Church of San Michele in Anacapri where you can marvel at the ceramic Adam & Eve depiction and the island's smaller churches. Museums such as the Centro Caprense Ignazio Cerio Museum for archaeology and geology enthusiasts and Casa Rossa in Anacapri which holds Roman statues found in the Blue Grotto.
The Capri Tourism website publishes an updated list of museums open each month here.
Indulge in some beauty therapy at one of the island's salons. The Gatto Bianco Spa and Wellness Centre opens all year round. In low season, closed Sundays, Mondays and Public Holidays. For more information on their services, click here.
Go and see a movie in Italian. The Cinema Paradiso in Anacapri posts their movie schedule on their public Facebook page here. The Capri Cinema Internazionale (located next to Michel'angelo) is generally open during the period of the Capri Hollywood Film festival (26 December – 3 January) and will host some of the public free film screenings during this time.
Bring some good reading material or otherwise visit the local bookstore, La Conchiglia (Via le Botteghe 12, Capri) where you can find some English titles and a large range of historical publications about the island's intriguing history. For more information, click here for the bookstore's website.
Join a yoga, pilates or boxing class at one of the island's gyms. Click here for contact details of local gyms.
Lounge in one of the Piazza bars. There are a few bars with indoor seating and you can enjoy an aperitivo or coffee/tea and dessert until the rain subsides.
Enjoy some of the island's pop up low season activities – this year, we've already seen a pop up tea room, the chess club in the Piazza and live jazz. Keep your eyes open for flyers on shop/bar windows for local events.
When it is safe to do so, I often visit Augustus Gardens or Marina Piccola beach to experience Capri's natural habitat at its core, raw self. White capped seas and wild winds with the back drop of the Faraglioni and epic limestone cliffs. Its days like these that I most appreciate the force of nature and the beauty of isolation that island living brings with it. I can only imagine what it would be like to be living in Casa Malaparte during wild weather, one of the most isolated and wondrous modern day architectural treasures on Capri. Not open to the public, it is even more allusive, although you can view it from a distance along the Pizzolungo trail or from above at Piazzetta della Noci.
The Christmas lights in Capri are simply magical. The whole Piazza, complete with the famous clock tower, is lit up and you feel as if you are in a Winter wonderland paradise. Walking the cobbled laneways with Christmas lights overhanging really is a special experience, along with sharing a Christmas aperitivo at one of the Piazza bars all huddled in under the heaters. The Christmas lights turn on at approximately 4.30pm and stay alight until 7am each day but the real show stopper is the ceremony of the lights turning on which is held early December (but this year, on Friday 30 November at 7pm). The local residents all gather in the Capri Piazza for the announcement and there is usually entertainment including the Capri folk bands dancing the Tarantella and singing traditional music.
Capri also hosts a Christmas market where locals have different stores selling artisan homemade goodies from beautiful handmade Christmas decorations to hand crafted wooden gifts and handmade dolls. This year it will be held next to the Piazza from 30 November – 9 December.
The low season in Capri is mostly quiet but the island comes alive again from Christmas to New Year and some shops and restaurants will reopen just for the occasion. The Piazza will be full with locals and visitors making New Year resolutions as the clock strikes midnight amongst fireworks and live music on New Year's Eve.
Restaurants generally hold a New Year's Eve fixed menu dinner. Michel'angelo opens for lunch and dinner from 27 December until 3 January, with a seasonal a la carte menu and live music by local musician, Bruno Lembo every evening from 8pm. On New Year's Eve we hold a 5 course special menu event with live music for €110 per person. For more information on our New Year's Eve event, click here.
After New Year's Eve dinner, head either to the Piazza for the new year countdown or straight to Taverna Anema e Core, the island's famous live music tavern, where Gianluigi Lembo and the Anema e Core band will keep the party going til the not so early hours of the morning. For more information on Taverna Anema e Core click here.
The island also hosts the annual Capri Hollywood Film Festival between 26 December and 2 January and while many of the official events are private, there is generally a public program of free film screenings at Cinema Paridiso in Anacapri and the Cinema Internationale in Capri. Click here for more information.
There are always at least 1-2 bars open in the Piazza during the day and early evening. During the low season they close much earlier (weekdays around 8.30-9pm and weekends 10-11pm), although the closing hours will depend upon the crowd. Head to Da Alberto or Piccolo Bar for breakfast of freshly made cornetti and a café. It's more expensive to sit down for table service. Otherwise, stand at the bar like a local or takeaway. Head back to the Piazza for your aperitivo before dinner!
For lunch and dinner, you may well be one of only a few tables dining out, especially on weekdays or rainy days when locals retreat in their casas. Take the time to chat to the owners and staff. They're always excited to engage and especially curious to see visitors in Capri out of season! A list of restaurants open on the island is posted on the Tourist Notice Board and published here.
Almost all of the exclusive and local boutiques are likely to be closed (along with the famous shopping strip, Via Camerelle). Local shops are open such as the supermarket, pharmacy and a smattering of local clothing, children wear, book and gift stores. On Sundays and in the afternoons (sonnellino time!), the majority of stores are closed.
In saying that, some of the local artisans can often be spotted open especially on sunny days. I love strolling past Antonio Palomba's art gallery on Via Padre Reginaldo Giuliani 6 and seeing him outside painting.
The tourist information board is located in an office under the famous clock tower in the Piazza. When it is not open, there is a notice board posted on the outside of the office which outlines the restaurants and accommodation open.
January (after the New Year festivities) and February are the quietest months to visit Capri. In these months, even many of the Capri locals are likely to be travelling for their holidays before they start work for the busy Summer season. At this time, there is also likely to be quite a bit of construction underway as shops, hotels and businesses undertake any structural works for the upcoming season.
Travel flexible – don't plan to depart Capri on the same day of an international flight. Travel itineraries should be flexible to take into account unpredictable weather. While this is no different for any holiday destination, it's a little more important when you're on an island.
Dress for the season – scarves, coats and winter warmers. While you can be lucky to enjoy some beautiful sunny days, the breeze is fresh and if you're in the shade or out in the evening or early morning, it can be very chilly.
Don't expect the Caprese locals to speak perfect English. You may need your Google Translate app handy but the locals will try to help you wherever they can.
Before travelling to Capri during the low season, follow along our Instragram Instastories where we share our life on the island to see whether it is for you. Find us @ristorante_michelangelo. If you happen to be on the island, stop by and say ciao. We are more than happy to chat about the island if you would like more information.
There are very few hotels open during the low season. Hotel Canasta is a beautiful 4 star hotel that stays open longer than most on the island. This year, the hotel will close on 10 December 2018 and reopen on 1 March 2019 until 9 December 2019. Hotel information can be located here. Hotel 4 Stagioni is a quaint 1 star hotel that, like its name suggests, stays open year round. Hotel information can be located on hotel booking websites.
In addition, there are a number of B&B's and AirBnB's. You will find that many of the options are at a fraction of the cost of the Summer rentals but it is important that you select the right accommodation for your desired travel during the low season. Remember that if the weather is not ideal, you want to be satisfied that your accommodation choice is somewhere you could happily spend some time indoors.
Make sure your accommodation is suitable for Winter. Many rental properties are geared to Summer rental so I recommend you make enquiries as to whether the property has heating, TV, wifi, kitchen facilities, along with sun facing aspects and a view/terrace.
The low season also means that many local businesses and residences undertake maintenance in preparation for the Summer months. Be sure to enquire if there are any nearby construction works underway during your proposed stay, especially if you're a late riser.
The Capri Tourism website publishes a list of accommodation open during low season at the start of each month here.
In the low season, you will need to catch a ferry from either Naples or Sorrento.
There are 2 ports in Naples, Molo Beverello where the high speed ferries depart (50 mins to Capri) and Calata Porta di Massa where the slow ferries (car ferries) depart (1-1.25 hours to Capri). When the sea is rough and/or there are strong winds, the slow ferries are more likely to run than the high speed ferries. It is rare but during very rough weather, the ferries may be cancelled and few or no ferries may depart or arrive on the island.
Travelling from Sorrento is a shorter trip (20 mins fast ferry or 30 minutes slow ferry). For those who are not good sea fearers, I recommend waiting for a perfect Autumn day when the seas are calm and/or take the shorter ride from Sorrento and on the slower ferries.
The Amalfi Coast ferry line generally ends early November and starts again just before Easter. The ferry timetable can be accessed here. In the event of rough seas, contact the ferry provider directly for timetable changes.


So you launch your new business and you're thinking about social media. Maybe you even signed up for a few accounts and posted a few things. You know you should be "there" but you just don't know where exactly "there" is and you're not sure what to do once you get "there." After all, a whopping 60 percent of small businesses are unable to track their ROI from social media activities, according to eMarketer.
Feel the fear sinking in? That's how social media can feel to business newbies. It's one thing to use your personal accounts but once you add your business to the social media landscape, you can start second guessing yourself.
If you're anything like me, you find comfort in data that tells you you're doing things right. So let me reassure you with some cold, hard facts.
The caveat is figuring out which platforms your target uses most frequently. I'll save that for another time.
At least 61% of those investing a minimum of six hours per week in social media marketing saw improvements in search engine rankings.
Feeling reassured yet? Good. Now get out there and do it to it, Lars!
Still have doubts? Reach out to me and let's chat!


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Vipáva (it. Vipacco) je reka v jugozahodni Sloveniji, levi pritok Soče. Izvira iz več kraških izvirov v Vipavi in teče večino poti po južnem obrobju Vipavske doline proti zahodu. V spodnjem toku se pomakne povsem ob vznožje Krasa in teče po južnem robu Goriškega polja vse do izliva v Sočo pri Sovodnjah (:it:Savogna d'Isonzo).

Večji desni pritoki so Bela, Hubelj, Lijak in Vrtojbica, večja leva pritoka sta Močilnik in Branica.

Opis reke

Vipava priteče iz več kraških izvirov v južnem delu Vipave, tik za Lanthierijevim dvorcem in tik ob vznožju strmega in gozdnatega zahodnega pobočja Nanosa. Največja izvira sta Podskala in Podfarovž, izdaten izvir je tudi tik pod vhodom v Vipavsko jamo, nekaj manj izdatni so še izviri Pri kapelici, v Podlipci, Za Taborom in pri Perhavčevem mlinu. Že v mestu se izviri združijo v pravo reko, ki hitro zavije po širokem dnu Vipavske doline proti severozahodu. Kmalu dobi z desne pritok Belo, ki pa se velik del leta izgublja v lastnem prodnem vršaju in ne priteče do Vipave, nato z leve strani močnejši Močilnik iz zgornjega dela doline. Od tu naprej reka prečka ravnino Vipavskega polja in z obeh strani sprejema vrsto majhnih potokov ter osuševalnih jarkov, se približa južnemu robu ravnine in sprejme močan desni pritok Hubelj.

Pri vasi Ustje vstopi v nizko flišno gričevje v osrednjem delu doline, skozi katero teče bolj ali manj naravnost proti zahodu po razmeroma ozki dolini, po kateri ne pelje nobena cesta. Dva kilometra naprej se pred Velikimi Žabljami dolina nekoliko razširi in ima precej mokrotno dno, z desne strani pa se reki pridruži železniška proga Prvačina - Ajdovščina. Kmalu se dolina ponovno zoži, saj je tu skoraj celotno dolinsko dno v zadnji ledeni dobi prekril ogromen podor, ki se je utrgal na strmem robu Trnovskega gozda, od njega pa so ostale več deset metrov debele plasti apnenčastega grušča. Malo pod železniško postajo Batuje reka ostro zavije proti jugu v kratko in ozko sotesko Pekel, nato napravi velik zavoj okrog vasi Zalošče in Saksid, kjer se ji pridruži levi pritok Branica. V nadaljevanju naredi podoben zavoj okrog vasi Dornberk, nato pa reka preide v širši, gosto poseljen in obdelan spodnji del Vipavske doline. Tu ima reka zelo majhen strmec, ima izrazito vijugast tok in naredi več okljukov (meandrov), pri Renčah se ji pridruži desni pritok Lijak.

Malo pred Mirnom reka zadene na plasti paleocenskih apnencev, v katerih zlasti ob nizkem vodostaju izgublja vodo v kraško podzemlje. Povsem na južno obrobje Goriškega polja jo je v zadnji ledeni dobi potisnila Soča, ki je ob vstopu iz soteske nad Solkanom nasula velik prodni vršaj Goriškega polja. Zelo zanimiv je tudi velik okljuk (meander), znotraj katerega se je pod gradom v odlični obrambni legi namestil Miren, ki ga s treh strani varuje reka Vipava, z južne strani pa mirenski grad. Tu reka dobi z desne še zadnji pritok Vrtojbico, nato prečka državno mejo in teče skoraj ves čas po stiku med severnim robom doberdobskega krasa in prodno ravnino, malo naprej od Sovodenj (:it:Savogna d'Isonzo) pa se izlije v Sočo.

Hidronim in etimologija
Izvor imena reke ni znan, jezikoslovca France Bezlaj in Marko Snoj menita, da je ime zelo verjetno predslovanskega izvora in navajata tri možnosti: ali je nastalo iz osebnega imena Vippus, ali iz starega germanskega imena Ūp-ahwa ('zgornja voda') ali pa iz langobardske besede wipaha, kar naj bi pomenilo 'mejna reka', saj je bilo to območje v zgodnjem srednjem veku na robu langobardskega ozemlja (Langobardi). V starejših virih se ime reke pojavlja v različnih oblikah, npr. inter Ysoncium et Wipaum (1001), ultra flumen Wipaci (1086), sita iuxta Wippach (1223), super aqua Vipaci (1329) in auf der Wippach (1398. V italijanskem jeziku se reka imenuje Vipacco, v furlanskem Vipau in v nemškem Wippach.

Hidrogeografija

Vipava ima tipičen dinarski dežno-snežni režim z izrazitim prvim viškom pozno jeseni (november–december) in precej neizrazitim drugim viškom spomladi (marec–april). Jesenski višek je posledica izdatnih jesenskih padavin, šibek spomladanski višek je vsaj deloma posledica taljenja snega na visokih dinarskih planotah. Najmanjši pretoki so poleti (julij–avgust), zimski nižek je zelo neizrazit (februar). Za kraške izvire Vipave sta značilna visok specifični odtok (57,6 l/s/km2) in tudi zelo visok odtočni količnik (72,0 %), kar je posledica globokega krasa v njihovem zaledju. Zaradi specifičnih hidroloških in podnebnih razmer se obe vrednosti v spodnjem toku močno zmanjšata: na vodomerni postaji Miren znaša specifični odtok samo 16,2 l/s/km2, odtočni količnik pa 30,3 %,
kar so značilne vrednosti za vodotoke v submediteranskem podnebju.

Celotna površina hidrografskega zaledja kraških izvirov Vipave znaša ok. 140 km2, od tega je samo 10 km2 flišnega površja, ostalo je globoki kras.  Vodo dobivajo iz razmeroma obsežnega kraškega zaledja Nanosa in večjega dela Hrušice, vendar na tej planoti kraško razvodje z Ljubljanico ni povsem poznano. Dokazana je tudi podzemna povezava s ponorom potoka Lokva v Predjamo. Ob sledilnem poskusu aprila 1994 se je barvilo iz Lokve pokazalo na izvirih Vipave po 69–74 urah, prvi višek barvila pa po 80–103 urah, kar pomeni, da je voda med ponorom in izviri tekla skozi kras s povprečno hitrostjo med 175 in 185 metri na uro. Ob nizkem stanju voda se v izvire steka tudi del vode iz potoka Bela, ki deloma ponikne v ozki dolini med Sanaborom in Vrhpoljem.

Pretoki v izvirih so odvisni od količine padavin v neposrednem kraškem zaledju in močno nihajo: v obdobju 1980–2014 so na vodomerni postaji Vipava I izmerili največji pretok 81,4 m3/s (19. septembra 2010), najmanjši pretok pa je znašal samo 0,73 m3/s (21. februarja 1989); razlika med najmanjšim in največjim pretokom je torej več kot 110-kratna.

Najmanjši in največji zabeleženi pretoki Vipave v obdobju 1980–2015 (m3/s)

Izdatni kraški izviri pri Vipavi dajejo reki na začetku poti izrazit kraški značaj, vendar se kraške značilnosti hitro zabrišejo, saj sta okrog dve tretjini porečja Vipave zgrajeni iz neprepustnega fliša, s katerega odtekajo vode površinsko. Pri povprečnem pretoku na vodomerni postaji Miren I (17,5 m3/s) prispevajo kraški izviri le še slabo polovico vode (od tega več kot tri četrtine kraški izviri pri Vipavi), ob največjih pretokih pa se delež kraške vode zmanjša na dobro tretjino (v približno enakih deležih izviri v Vipavi, Hubelj in Lijak), dve tretjini vode pa pritekata s flišnega površja.

Vipava je pogosto poplavljala tudi v preteklosti, vendar visoke vode niso povzročale zelo veliko škode, saj je bilo dolinsko dno ob njej večinoma mokrotno, poraščeno s travniki in v zgornjem delu Vipavske doline skoraj neposeljeno. Tudi kraški izviri so občasno poplavljali najbližje hiše v Vipavi, izrazito hudourniški značaj pa ima Močilnik, ki je tudi nekoč delal precej težav. Dolinsko dno ob spodnjem toku Vipave pa je gosto poseljeno, več naselij stoji tik ob reki in so jih že nekdaj občasno ogrožale poplave. Potem ko so v 80. letih 20. stoletja v zgornjem delu doline (Ajdovsko in Vipavsko polje) izvedli obsežne melioracije, izkopali številne osuševalne jarke in regulirali strugo Vipave, se je povečal in pospešil dotok vode v spodnji del Vipavske doline, kjer se v zadnjih desetletjih soočajo z velikimi težavami zaradi naraslih voda in poplav, še zlasti v Mirnu. Po takratnih projektih so nameravali namesto naravnih površin za zadrževanje viškov vode (poplavne ravnice ob Vipavi in pritokih) zgraditi več umetnih zadrževalnikov, ki bi hkrati služili tudi zbiranju vode za umetno namakanje, vendar projekt ni bil izpeljan do konca in je bil zgrajen samo zadrževalnik Vogršček, vendar tudi ta ni izpolnil pričakovanj in je zaradi nevzdrževanja in dotrajanosti takorekoč neuporaben. Pred melioracijami (leta 1982) je bil obseg poplavnega sveta ocenjen na 1300 ha (ob 20-letnih vodah) oziroma 1600 ha (ob 100-letnih vodah).

Najobsežnejši poplavi v zadnjih letih sta bili 29. in 30. marca 2009 ter 18. in 19. septembra 2010. Obe poplavi sta povzročili daleč največ škode v spodnjem delu doline, kjer so bile poplavljene obsežne kmetijske površine (njive, sadovnjaki, vinogradi) ter številne stanovanjske hiše in drugi objekti v Mirnu, Orehovljah, Biljah, Bukovici, Prvačini in Dornberku. Septembra 2010 je Vipava poplavila več stanovanjskih hiš že ob izviru, največ škode pa je bilo spet v spodnjem toku, predvsem v industrijski coni v Batujah, v Mirnu, Biljah in Renčah (poplavljenih je bilo 213 stanovanjskih zgradb ter veliko število gospodarskih in pomožnih objektov).

Že pred septembrsko poplavo 2010 so ob spodnjem toku Vipave poskušali z različnimi gradbenimi posegi (protipoplavni nasipi idr.) zmanjšati nevarnost poplav, vendar ti ukrepi niso zadoščali, saj so ob takratnem dogodku vode poplavljale tudi ponekod, kjer prej ni bilo poplav. Ključni problem poplav v spodnjem toku Vipave ostaja prehiter dotok prevelikih količin vode iz zgornjega dela doline zaradi regulacij rečnih strug (poleg Vipave še Hublja in Lijaka), osuševalnih jarkov in povečanega deleža njivskih površin na območju nekdanjih mokrotnih travnikov. To se je ob poplavah 2010 še stopnjevalo zaradi predhodne namočenosti tal, tako da so velike količine padavin odtekale po najkrajši poti v Vipavo in po njej v spodnji del doline.

Kakovost vode

Po uradnih podatkih stalnega monitoringa voda je reka Vipava v celotnem toku v dobrem kemijskem stanju, ekološko stanje vode v reki pa je v zgornjem toku dobro, v spodnjem toku pa se poslabša na zmerno. V najspodnejšem delu se kakovost vode v strugi Vipave še poslabša zaradi dotoka odpadnih vod iz opekarn (Goriške opekarne) in precej onesnažene Vrtojbice.

Struga Vipave je v večjem delu toka umetno preoblikovana, ob regulacijah v 80. letih 20. st. so njeno vijugasto strugo na več mestih zravnali, naravno rečno korito pa preuredili v umetno korito s trapezastim prečnim prerezom in s kamnometom utrjenimi brežinami. Takrat so na daljših odsekih tudi odstranili obrežno vegetacijo, ki se le počasi obnavlja, na nekaterih odsekih pa so brežine še vedno povsem gole zaradi 'čiščenja' brežin. V tako preoblikovani rečni strugi se voda ob poletnih nižkih prekomerno segreje, že itak majhni poletni pretoki se še bolj zmanjšajo, kar negativno vpliva na živi svet v vodi in poveča koncentracije onesnaževal v vodi.

Ljudje in reka
Vipava je sicer osrednja vodna žila celotne Vipavske doline, vendar je večina naselij v zgornjem in srednjem delu doline odmaknjena od nje (razen Vipave). Tudi glavna prometna pot po dolini ne poteka ob njej, temveč severneje: sedanja regionalna cesta Razdrto–Vipava–Ajdovščina–Nova Gorica pelje skozi naselja ob vznožju Nanosa in Trnovskega gozda, hitra cesta Razdrto–Vrtojba pa le nekoliko južneje od nje. Bila pa je Vipava v preteklosti pomemben energijski vir in je poganjala predvsem številne mline, v katerih so mleli žito za velik del Vipavske doline in sosednjega Krasa. Na njej je delovalo tudi nekaj žag, za pogon industrijskih naprav pa je imela premajhen strmec. Od nekdanjih mlinov deluje samo še mlin v Renčah, v opuščenem mlinu v Orehovljah so danes apartmaji V mlinu. Med opuščenimi mlini so bili največji Novakov mlin, zgrajen ob mlinščici na levem bregu Vipave v Dolenjah, mlin v Kasovljah pod vasjo Brje ter velik Lanthierijev mlin v soteski Pekel pri vasi Saksid. Za potrebe teh mlinov so pregradili celotno strugo Vipave, vendar so jezovi ostali in so pomembni za upočasnjevanje visokovodnih pretokov.

Na levem bregu Vipave pri Prvačini so že leta 1922 zgradili malo hidroelektrarno Gradišče z instalirano močjo 0,15 MW, ki je zdaj v lasti Soških elektrarn iz Nove Gorice, na mestu nekdanjega mlina v soteski Pekel deluje mala hidroelektrarna Saksida (instalirana moč 0,13 MW).

Varstvo narave
Struga Vipave je v veliki meri antropogeno preoblikovana, v bolj ali manj naravnem stanju so le nekateri krajši odseki, npr. pri Novakovem mlinu v Dolenjah in v soteski Pekel. Za živi svet so posebej pomembni nekateri ohranjeni okljuki (meandri), mdr. pri vasi Brje in pri Renčah, ob katerih so zadnji skromni ostanki nekdanjega nižinskega poplavnega gozda v Vipavski dolini in so tudi evidentirani kot naravne vrednote. Kljub preoblikovanosti je celotna struga Vipave vključena v območje Natura 2000 (Dolina Vipave).

Zaradi precejšnje vodnatosti in razmeroma čiste vode živijo v Vipavi kljub preoblikovanosti struge številne vrste rib, čeprav prevladujejo iz Severne Amerike prinešena šarenka (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in križanci med šarenko ter potočno in soško postrvjo. Od drugih vrst so v Vipavi mdr. navadna mrena (Barbus barbus), klen (Leuciscus cephalus cephalus), lipan (Thymallus thymallus), podust (Chondrostoma nasus nasus), potočna postrv (Salmo trutta), soška postrv (Salmo marmoratus), v spodnjem toku živita poleg teh ribjih vrst še som (Silurus glanis) in ščuka (Esox lucius). Z ribjim življem v Vipavi upravljata ribiški družini Ajdovščina in Renče; meja med ribiškima družinama je jez v Kasovljah pod vasjo Brje.

Opombe in sklici

Nadaljnje branje
 Smaragdna pot: dolina Soče, dolina Idrijce, Vipavska dolina. Tolmin, LTO Sotočje, 2006, 42 str. COBISS 834251.
 Rustja, Rudi, 1986: Vipavska dolina. Male Žablje, 52 str. COBISS 7580066.
 Kladnik, Bogdan, Rojšek, Danijel, 1999: Vipavska dolina. Ljubljana, Zaklad, 95 str. COBISS 104996864.
 Bačar, Stanislav, 2013: Voda, stopa, mlin: dokumentirani mlini na območju današnje občine Ajdovščina v zgodovinskih virih in zapisih. Nova Gorica, Goriški muzej, 80 str. COBISS 270698240.

Zunanje povezave
 Smaragdna dežela: Reka Vipava
 Slovenski vodni krog: Vipava
 Občina Vipava
 Občina Ajdovščina
 Občina Renče–Vogrsko
 Občina Miren–Kostanjevica
 Savogna d'Isonzo
 Izvirna Vipavska
 Vipavska dolina

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