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Zygimantas Surintas CEO, SmartLynx Airlines Dear Passenger! / ƐŝŶĐĞƌĞůLJ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ LJŽƵ ŽŶ ďŽĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ĂŝƌĐƌĂŌ͊ We have welcomed a brand-new year, which means that not only we have successfully concluded our anniversary year of SmartLynx ŝƌůŝŶĞƐ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŶŐ Ϯϱ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ Ă brand-new year that has opened up a door to ĨƌĞƐŚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ ŶĚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŐůĂĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ŽĨ ŽŐ ŚĂƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ŶŽƚĞ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ͘ /Ŷ LJĞĂƌ ϮϬϭϳ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƚĂů ŽĨ Ϯ͘ϱ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ improvement comparing to the last two years: ŝŶ ϮϬϭϱ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ϭ͘ϲ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϭϲ ʹ ϭ͘ϵ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͘ ŶĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽƵƌ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶ is only to increase this number, thus providing more and more people with experiences the ǁŽƌůĚ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ͘ ŶĚ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ ŇŽǁŶ͕ ϮϬϭϳ ŚĂƐ ŐƌĂŶƚĞĚ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƚĂů ŽĨ ϰϲ ϭϱϳ ďůŽĐŬͲŚŽƵƌƐ ŇŽǁŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ϭϱ ϵϯϯ ŇŝŐŚƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ͘ KŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƌŝƐĞ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ϮϬϭϲ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŵĂĚĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϯϴ ϬϬϬ ĂŶĚ ŇŝŐŚƚƐ Ͳ ƚŽ ϭϯ Ϯϵϳ͘ To move on to less numeric and more ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶĂů ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ / Ăŵ ŚĂƉƉLJ

to announce that this spring season will introduce SmartLynx passengers to a brandŶĞǁ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ͗ ƚŚĞ ĞdžŽƟĐ ƐƉŽƚ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ DĞĚŝƚĞƌƌĂŶĞĂŶ Ͳ ŶĮĚŚĂ ŝŶ dƵŶŝƐŝĂ͘ tŚŝůĞ ĞŶũŽLJŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŇŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ Žƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐͲ ĂǁĂŝƚĞĚ ǀĂĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŵŝƐƐ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ^ŬLJ ^ŚŽƉ ŵĞŶƵ͘ ŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚŝĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŇŝŐŚƚ͕ ǁĞ ŶŽǁ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞ Ă ŶĞǁ and much easier way to decide on your meal as ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ĂůƐŽ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ŵĞĂů ƐĞƚƐ ŽĨ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĨŽŽĚ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ͘ Ɛ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ ǁĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĂǁĂŝƚ ŶĞǁ changes to come, there are some values we ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůLJ͕ ŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ ǁŚĂƚ͘ /Ŷ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž Airlines, passenger safety has always been our priority, therefore our technical team is the best one out there, carrying out all the necessary tests to ensure a complete readiness of our ĂŝƌĐƌĂŌ͘ ŶĚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŽƵƌ ĚĞĂƌ ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͕ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ĮŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ŽŶͲďŽĂƌĚ ĐƌĞǁ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŵĂdžŝŵƵŵ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŇŝŐŚƚƐ͘

^Ž͕ Ăůů LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƐ Ɛŝƚ ďĂĐŬ͕ ƌĞůĂdž ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽLJ ƚŚĞ ŇŝŐŚƚ ǁŝƚŚ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ŝƌůŝŶĞƐ͊

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Editor in Chief: Designer: &Žƌ ƋƵĞƌŝĞƐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž DĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ďLJ DĈƌĂ DŝŭĞůƐŽŶĞ Vladimirs Andrejevs, contact: SIA “Lighthouse media” Copy Editor: <ƌŝƐƤŶĞ <ŽnjĂŬĂ ŝŐŵĈƌƐ sĂůƵũĞǀƐ ;>ĂƚǀŝĂͿ ŝŶ ĐŽŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ >^' ^ŬLJ ŚĞĨƐ͕ Mathilda Smith Photographers: нϯϳϭ Ϯϲϴϭ Ϭϱϯϱ͕ njŝŐŵĂƌƐ͘ǀĂůƵũĞǀƐΛůŚŵ͘ůǀ ZŝŐĂ ŝƌƉŽƌƚ͕ DĂƌƵƉĞ ƉĂƌŝƐŚ͕ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͕ >sͲϭϬϱϯ Reporters: ůĞŬƐĞũƐ ^ŽƐŶŽǀƐŬŝƐ or ͲŵĂŝů͗ ŝŶĨŽΛůŚŵ͘ůǀ ŶĂƐƚĂƐŝũĂ ^ƚĞƉĂŬŽǀĂ͕ EŽƌĚŝĐŽŵ ; ƐƚŽŶŝĂͿ >ŝĞŶĞ ŐůţƚĞ͕ нϯϳϮ ϱϲϲϲ ϳϳϳϬ͕ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐΛŶŽƌĚŝĐŽŵ͘ĞĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƉŚŽƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďLJ DĂƌŬƵƐ ZŝǀĂ Gustavs Reinholds, ZŽďĞƌƚƐ sŝŬŵĂŶŝƐ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ǁĂƌƌĂŶƚ Žƌ ĂƐƐƵŵĞ ĂŶLJ ůĞŐĂů ůŝĂďŝůŝƚLJ Žƌ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ Žƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůLJ ƌĞŇĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĂƵƚŚŽƌƐ͘ 6

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Las Fallas MARCH 15 - 20, VALENCIA, SPAIN dŚĞ ƌŽŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ the Middle Ages when all the excess winter supplies were burned out and people just ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ƐLJŵďŽůŝnjĞƐ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ of the spring and has now turned into a ƉLJƌŽͲĞdžƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶnjĂ͘ ^ƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJƐ ŽĨ ĮƌĞǁŽƌŬƐ Ăůů ŵŝdžĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ǀĂůƵĞƐ ŽĨ ^ƉĂŶŝƐŚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƉĂƌĂĚĞƐ ŝŶ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĐůŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ŽĨ sĂůĞŶĐŝĂ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ŝƚ Ăůů ʹ EŝŶŽƚƐ ʹ ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ sĂůĞŶĐŝĂŶ ƉƵƉƉĞƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ďƵƌŶƚ ĞĂĐŚ LJĞĂƌ͘

Rouketopolemos MARCH 30 – APRIL 1, VRONTANDOS, GREECE dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ƌŝǀĂů ĐŚƵƌĐŚĞƐ ĮƌŝŶŐ ƚĞŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƌŽĐŬĞƚƐ Ăƚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞůů ƚŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ͘ ůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚƵƌĐŚ ZŽĐŬĞƚ tĂƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ͞ǁĂƌ͟ ŚĂƐ ƚǁŽ ƐŝĚĞƐ ʹ ^ƚ͘ DĂƌŬ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ WĂŶĂŐŚŝĂ ƌĞŝƚŚŝĂŶŝ ũƵƐƚ ϰϬϬ ŵĞƚƌĞƐ ĂǁĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĞĐƵůŝĂƌ ĮŐŚƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƚƌĂĐĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ KƩŽŵĂŶ ĞƌĂ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĮŐŚƚ ǁĂƐ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĐƚƵĂů ĐĂŶŶŽŶƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŝŶ ϭϴϴϵ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƉƌŽŚŝďŝƚĞĚ͕ ƐŽ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝƐ ĨĂƌ ůĞƐƐ ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ĞŶũŽLJĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƚĐŚĞƌƐ͘ 8

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Combat des reines MAY 5 - 6, VALAIS, SWITZERLAND YƵŝƚĞ Ă ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ ĂŶŶƵĂůůLJ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ^ǁŝƚnjĞƌůĂŶĚ ʹ ƚŚĞ ĂƩůĞ ŽĨ ^ǁŝƐƐ ŽǁƐ͕ ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƩůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ YƵĞĞŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ ĂƌĞ specially bred for this event, and has been ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂLJ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϮϯ͘ dŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ĐŽǁ ŝƐ crowned as the Queen of the Queens, yet ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͘ &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞdžƚƌĂ income other than the farming yields and ĨŽƌ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ʹ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƐŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ^ǁŝƐƐ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͘

Cannes Film Festival 2018

Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel

MAY 9 – 20, CANNES, FRANCE ŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŐĂƚŚĞƌƐ ƌğŵĞ ĚĞ ůĂ ƌğŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ͘ ĂŶŶĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞŐĂƌĚĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƉŝƚĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ăƌƚ͕ ĂƐ Ăůů ŵŽǀŝĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ are very carefully selected by the best of the experts in the industry, ŵĂŶLJ ŽĨ ǁŚŽŵ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ǁĞůůͲŬŶŽǁŶ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƚƌĂĐĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ϭϵϯϵ ǁŚĞŶ ĨĂƐĐŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐŽĐŝĂůŝƐŵ ƌƵůĞĚ ƵƌŽƉĞ͘ ĂŶŶĞƐ &ŝůŵ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ǁĂƐ ďƌĂǀĞůLJ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ DƵƐƐŽůŝŶŝ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽƉĂŐĂŶĚĂ Įůŵ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ sĞŶŝĐĞ͘ ƵĞ ƚŽ ĚŝĐƚĂƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ĐĂŶĐĞů ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ŝƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ŽǀĞƌĐŽŵĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵĂƟĐ ŽďƐƚĂĐůĞƐ͘ zĞƚ ŝƚ ĚŝĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƌĞͲĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϰϲ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƐƚŽƉƉĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ͘ tŚĂƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ Ă ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŵĂƩĞƌ͕ ŚĂƐ ŶŽǁ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƚƌƵĞ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ Ăƌƚ͘

MAY 26 - 27, MONT SAINT-MICHEL, FRANCE &ĞĞů ƚŚĞ ĞŶĞƌŐŝnjŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ &ƌĂŶĐĞ͘ ĂĐŚ LJĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌĂƚŚŽŶ ŐĂƚŚĞƌƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϰϬϬϬ runners, coming from all over France and abroad, ĐŽƵŶƟŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϲϬ ŶĂƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ ŶĞdžƚ ƚŽ Ă hE ^ K tŽƌůĚ ,ĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ ^ŝƚĞ ʹ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂLJ ŽĨ DŽŶƚ ^ĂŝŶƚͲDŝĐŚĞů ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ĂŶĐĂůĞ ĂŶĚ DŽŶƚͲ ^ĂŝŶƚͲDŝĐŚĞů͘ Ɛ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ϮϬƚŚ ĂŶŶŝǀĞƌƐĂƌLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DĂƌĂƚŚŽŶ͕ ƚǁŽ ŶĞǁ ƌĂĐĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ʹ Ă ƚƌĂŝů ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ EŽƌŵĂŶ ĐŽĂƐƚ͕ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƌŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ top of the Abbey, and a half-marathon that started Žī ŝŶ ǀƌĂŶĐŚĞƐ͘

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BALTICS

World Film Festival 2018 MARCH 19 – 25, TARTU, ESTONIA ĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌLJ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƚŚƌŽƉŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ͘ Movies from all over the world enter the contest, ƚŚƵƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ǀĂƐƚ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĞdžĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͘

Tallinn Music Week

Rag’n’Bone Man

APRIL 2 – 8, TALLINN, ESTONIA WĂŵͲƉĂͲƌĂŵ ʹ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂǁĂŝƚĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůƟĐƐ ŝƐ ƵƉŽŶ ƵƐ͊ dĂůůŝŶŶ DƵƐŝĐ tĞĞŬ ŚĂƐ ŐƌĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐͲůŽǀĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĞĂƌĚ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ĂůƟĐ ĂŶĚ EŽƌĚŝĐ ƌĞŐŝŽŶƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ůŝŶĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϮϬϬ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ăůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ Ăůů ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǀĂƐƚĞƐƚ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ŐĞŶƌĞƐ͘ dŽ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ďĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ Ăůů ĐŽƌŶĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů dĂůůŝŶŶ͕ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĨĞĂƐƚ͘

APRIL 27, PALLADIUM RIGA, LATVIA MAY 1, VILNIUS COMPENSA CONCERT HALL, LITHUANIA dŚŝƐ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĂŶĚĞ ƚŚĞ ZĞƐĞƌǀĞ dŽƵƌ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ĂĚŵŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĨĂŶƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ŌĞƌ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Ă ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ŽĨ ŚĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĞŶƚůĞƐƐ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ϯϮͲLJĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶ ŚĂƐ ŶŽǁ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ƌŝƩ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŽ ǁĂƌĚƐ͘ zŽƵ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŬŶŽǁ Śŝŵ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ Śŝƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ͞,ƵŵĂŶƐ͕͟ ďƵƚ ĂŌĞƌ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĞ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ͕ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ă ƚƌƵĞ ĨĂŶ ŽĨ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŽƌŬ͘

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Lattelecom Marathon

Tallinn Old Town Days

MAY 19 - 20, RIGA, LATVIA Ready, set, go! Right to the most awaited ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂ ʹ ƚŚĞ >ĂƩĞůĞĐŽŵ ZŝŐĂ DĂƌĂƚŚŽŶ͘ tŚĂƚ ďĞƩĞƌ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ spectacular Riga sites than having a run amongst them? And moreover, the race has ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ŽĸĐŝĂůůLJ ĐŽŵƉůŝĂŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ /D^ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ͘

MAY 30 – JUNE 6, TALLINN, ESTONIA Dedicated to the Estonian local cultural heritage, this event is supposedly the ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ KůĚ dŽǁŶ ŽĨ dĂůůŝŶŶ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŚĞůĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϴϮ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƐƵŵŵĞƌƟŵĞ͘ >ĞĂƌŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ŽĨ dĂůůŝŶŶ ďLJ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ͕ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ Ăƌƚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘

Museum Night MAY 19, LATVIA The beauty of this night in Latvia is that you ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƉŝƚĂů ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝƚ͘ DƵƐĞƵŵ͕ ůŝďƌĂƌŝĞƐ͕ churches, theatres and so much more ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŽƉĞŶ ƵŶƟů ůĂƚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ŝŶŚĂďŝƟŶŐ some very special performances seen only ŽŶ ƚŚĞ DƵƐĞƵŵ EŝŐŚƚ͘

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CAPTIVITY

OF COLOUR The Kingdom of Morocco, to be precise, is a magical land, surrounded by the mighty Saharan dunes and oases, and embraced by the peaks of the High Atlas and the Rif. The coastline stretches along both the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, providing visitors with superb variety of views and sights to see. tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ DĈƌĂ DŝŭĞůƐŽŶĞ WŚŽƚŽƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞƉŽƐŝƚƉŚŽƚŽƐ Θ ƉƵďůŝĐŝƚLJ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ

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Insight ĂƉŝƚĂů ŽĨ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ ŝƐ ZĂďĂƚ͕ LJĞƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ĐŝƚLJ ŝƐ ĂƐĂďůĂŶĐĂ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ŵĂũŽƌ ĐŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ǁŚĞŶ ŝŶ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ DĂƌƌĂŬĞƐŚ͕ dĂŶŐŝĞƌ͕ ^ĂůĞ͕ &ĞƐ ĂŶĚ DĞŬŶĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ <ŝŶŐ ŽĨ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ ŝƐ DŽŚĂŵŵĞĚ s/͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶ ŽĨ ,ĂƐƐĂŶ // ĨƌŽŵ ůĂŽƵŝƚĞ LJŶĂƐƚLJ͘ ,Ğ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƌĞŝŐŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϵ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ǁĞůůͲƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĞĚ ŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ͘ ŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ůĂŶĚ͘ ,ŝŬŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ůƵƐŚ ĨŽƌĞƐƚƐ͕ ĐůŝŵďŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŶŽǁͲ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ƉĞĂŬƐ ŽĨ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶƐ͕ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƉĂƌŬƐ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ͕ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĮŶŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĞĂƚ ĞƐĞƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŵĂŶLJ ŐĂƌĚĞŶƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ďLJ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ tĞ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ Ăůů ŽĨ ŝƚ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ƚĂŬĞ͕ LJĞƚ ǁĞ ĚŽ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůLJ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ƚŽ ǀŝƐŝƚ ĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘

Morocco customs Most important thing to remember when ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐƟůů a Muslim country, following Islamic laws ĂŶĚ ĐƵƐƚŽŵƐ͘ dŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ ŽīĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ͕ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƐŚŽǁ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂīĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ĨŽƌ women who travel alone, it is advised to wear covering clothes as they will be ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂůƐ͘ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ DŽƌŽĐĐĂŶƐ ĂƌĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĞĂƐLJͲŐŽŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽůĞƌĂŶƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ tŚĞŶ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ ŽŶĞ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ƌĞĂĚLJ to accommodate to some peculiar cultural ƚƌĂŝƚƐ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ it is considered rude if one handles food ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌ ŚĂŶĚ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ƐĂLJŝŶŐ ŶŽ ƚŽ ŵĞĂƚ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ Ă ďĂĚ ƐŝŐŶ͘

1000 BC

3rd - 4th century AD

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711

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Phoenician sailors build

Roman Empire withdraws

Muslim conquest under

The Moors launch their

Idrissid dynasty: Moulay

ůŵŽƌĂǀŝĚ ĚLJŶĂƐƚLJ͗ DĂƌƌĂŬĞĐŚ

ƚƌĂĚŝŶŐ ƉŽƐƚƐ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽĂƐƚ͘

ĨƌŽŵ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ͘

KƋďĂ ŝďŶ EĂĮ͘

ĐŽŶƋƵĞƐƚ ŽĨ ^ƉĂŝŶ͘

/ĚƌŝƐƐ // ĨŽƵŶĚƐ &Ğnj͘

ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϬϲϮ ďLJ zƵƐƵĨ ŝďŶ dĂƐŚĮŶ͘

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Vocabulary flashcards: Standart Arabic

MOROCCO ONLINE To acquire the most of the experience, do not miss on some online ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ͘ sŝƐŝƚ ĂŶĚ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ DŽƌŽĐĐĂŶ ǀŝƐƵĂů ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ /ŶƐƚĂŐƌĂŵ Ͳ ΛƚƌĂǀĞůŵŽƌŽĐĐŽ

,ĞůůŽ ,Žǁ ĂƌĞ LJŽƵ͍ tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ LJŽƵƌ ŶĂŵĞ͍ My name is… ,Žǁ ŵƵĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ͍ dŚĂŶŬ LJŽƵ tŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŝůĞƚ͍ WůĞĂƐĞ ƐƉĞĂŬ ŵŽƌĞ ƐůŽǁůLJ Yes No Excuse me Sorry Ž LJŽƵ ƐƉĞĂŬ ŶŐůŝƐŚ͍ ƵƐ WŽůŝĐĞ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ EŽ͕ ƚŚĂŶŬ LJŽƵ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ Airport It costs too much Good morning 'ŽŽĚ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ Good evening Good night ,ĂǀĞ Ă ŶŝĐĞ ĚĂLJ Goodbye

Ahlan DĂůĞ͗ /njĂLJLJĂŬ &ĞŵĂůĞ͗ /njĂLJLJŝŬ DĂůĞ͗ /ƐŵĂŬ ĞLJ͍ &ĞŵĂůĞ͗ /ƐŵŝŬ ĞLJ͍ Ismi… ŝŬĂŵ ĚĂ͍ ^ŚƵŬƌĂŶ ůͲ۹ĂŵŵĂŵ ĨĂŝŶ͍ DƵŵŬŝŶ ƟƚŬĂůůŝŵ ďŝůƌƌĂŚĂ Aiwa La >Žǁ ƐĂŵĂŚŬƚ Assif DĂůĞ͗ ŝƟƚŬĂůŝŵ ŶŐůŝnjĞĞ &ĞŵĂůĞ͗ ŝƟƚŬĂůŝŵLJ ŶŐůŝnjĞĞ͍ Mawif el otobis El bolis >Ă͛Ă ^ŚƵŬƌĂŶ Ana mish fahim Matar Da ghali awi ٨ĂďĂ ŝů ŬܰĂLJƌ DŝƐĂ͛ ŝů ŬŚĂLJƌ DŝƐĂ͛ ŝů ŬŚĂLJƌ dŝ‫ܙ‬ďĂ۹ ͚ĂůĂ ŬŚĂLJƌ zŽƵŵ ƐĂ͛ĞĞĚ DĂ͛ŝƐ ƐĂůĂŵĂ

Conversation Topics • /ƚ ŝƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ƚůĂŶƟĐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ DĞĚŝƚĞƌƌĂŶĞĂŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͘ • DŽƌŽĐĐŽ͛Ɛ ĨŽƌŵĂů ŶĂŵĞ ŝƐ ů DĂŵůĂŬĂŚ Ăů DĂŐƌŝďŝLJĂŚ͘ • ŝĚ ĂůͲ<Ğďŝƌ ; ŝŐ &ĞƐƟǀĂůͿ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJ ŝŶ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ͕ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϬƚŚ ĚĂLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ ŽĨ ŚƵ ĂůͲŚŝũũĂ Ͳ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ǁŚŝĐŚ DƵƐůŝŵƐ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƉŝůŐƌŝŵĂŐĞ ƚŽ DĞĐĐĂ͘ • <ŽƵƌĂ͕ Žƌ ƐŽĐĐĞƌ͕ ŝƐ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƐƉŽƌƚ͘ dŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƚĞĂŵ ŝƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ >ŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚůĂƐ͘ • Morocco is the only African country that is not a member of ƚŚĞ ĨƌŝĐĂŶ hŶŝŽŶ͘ • Tangier is the oldest city in Morocco, and it was inhabited by ƚŚĞ WŚŽĞŶŝĐŝĂŶƐ ŝŶ ϭϲϬϬ ͘ • ^ĞŬƐŽƵ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ǁŝĚĞůLJ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ŽƵƐĐŽƵƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ DŽƌŽĐĐĂŶ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĚŝƐŚ͘ • dŚĞ DŽƌŽĐĐĂŶ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞ ŝƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ũĞůůĂďĂ ʹ Ă ŽŶĞͲ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŚŽŽĚĞĚ ŐĂƌŵĞŶƚ͘ • tŚŝƚĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůŽƵƌ ŽĨ ŵŽƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ͘ • Arabic name for Morocco, al-Magrib al-Aqsa, means “The džƚƌĞŵĞ tĞƐƚ͘͟››

12th century – 1248

1248 – 1465

15th century

ůŵŽŚĂĚ ĚLJŶĂƐƚLJ͘ /ƚƐ ĞŵƉŝƌĞ

Merinid dynasty: the last

ŶĂƌĐŚLJ ƌĞŝŐŶƐ͘ /Ŷ ^ƉĂŝŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŚŽůŝĐ DŽŶĂƌĐŚƐ &ĞƌĚŝŶĂŶĚ

Saadian dynasty establishes its capital in

includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,

ĞƌďĞƌ ĚLJŶĂƐƚLJ͘

and Isabella complete the Reconquista from the Moors:

DĂƌƌĂŬĞĐŚ͘ WŽƌƚƵŐƵĞƐĞ ĚĞĨĞĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ ĂƩůĞ ŽĨ

'ƌĂŶĂĚĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ DŽŽƌŝƐŚ ďĂƐƟŽŶ͕ ĨĂůůƐ ŝŶ ϭϰϵϮ͘

dŚƌĞĞ <ŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ϭϱϳϴ͘ ŵƉŝƌĞ ĞdžƚĞŶĚƐ ƚŽ DĂůŝ͘

>ŝďLJĂ ĂŶĚ ^ƉĂŝŶ͘

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TOP SIGHTS

Bahia Palace Chefchaouen Medina

ĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞƐŵĞƌŝnjŝŶŐ ƉĂůĂĐĞ ǁĂƐ ďĞŐƵŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϴϲϬ͛Ɛ ďLJ 'ƌĂŶĚ sŝnjŝĞƌ ^ŝ DŽƵƐƐĂ͘ dŚĞ ůĂǀŝƐŚ ĐŽƵƌƚLJĂƌĚ ŝƐ ŇŽŽƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƌƌĂƌĂ ŵĂƌďůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶůĂŝĚ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŽĨ ƉĂŝŶƚĞĚ ǁŽŽĚ ʹ Ăůů ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů DŽƌŽĐĐĂŶ ĂƌƟƐĂŶƐŚŝƉ͘ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ĐĞĚĂƌ ceiling gives the whole place an even more ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ůŽŽŬ͕ ƐĞĚƵĐŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌLJ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌ ƚŽ ƐƉĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƐƚƌŽůůŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐůLJ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƌŽŽŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂůĂĐĞ͘

If you want to experience the classic blue and white buildings, be sure to visit this medina, considered as one of the most ĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵů ŝŶ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ͘ sĞƌLJ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝŶĂ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽďďůĞĚ WůĂnjĂ hƚĂ ĞůͲ,ĂŵŵĂŵ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ƌĞĚͲĐŽůŽƵƌĞĚ ǁĂůůƐ͕ ĂĚũŽŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĂŶĚĞ DŽƐƋƵĠĞ͘ ůƐŽ͕ a garden, museum and art gallery are mustƐĞĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝŶĂ͘

Chaouwara Tanneries

Ali Ben Youssef Medersa

The High Atlas

ĞŝŶŐ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ ƐŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŶŐ ǀĞŶƵĞ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ůŽŽŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ŽŶůLJ ůŝƩůĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ DĞĚŝĞǀĂů dŝŵĞƐ͘ ŶĚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƐŚŽƉƐ ǁŝůů ŽīĞƌ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ Ă ĚĞƚĂŝůĞĚ ĞdžƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ŝƚĞŵ͕ ĂƐ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƐƚƌŽůů ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂŝƐůĞƐ͘

Medersa means “theological college” which unfortunately has lost its students long ago, LJĞƚ ƐƟůů ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀĞƐ ĂƐ Ă ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ ƐŝƚĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ͘ ZŝŐŚƚ ǁŚĞŶ ĞŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ Ă ƐŝŐŶ ŝƐ ǀŝƐŝďůĞ ʹ ͞zŽƵ ǁŚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ ŵLJ ĚŽŽƌ͕ ŵĂLJ LJŽƵƌ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ŚŽƉĞƐ ďĞ ĞdžĐĞĞĚĞĚ͘͟ dŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƐŝŐŚƚ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJƐ ŵĞƐŵĞƌŝnjŝŶŐ ĐƵƉŽůĂƐ ŽĨ ƚůĂƐ ĐĞĚĂƌ͕ ǁŽŽĚĞŶͲůĂƫĐĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ďĂůĐŽŶŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƌŶĂŵĞŶƚĂů ĐŽƵƌƚLJĂƌĚ͘

ŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ƌĂŶŐĞ of North Africa, this mountain stretches ĚŝĂŐŽŶĂůůLJ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ ĨŽƌ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ϭϬϬϬ ŬŝůŽŵĞƚƌĞƐ͘ /ƚ ĞŶĐŝƌĐůĞƐ DĂƌƌĂŬĞƐŚ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚůĂŶƟĐ ŽĂƐƚ ũƵƐƚ ŶŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ ŐĂĚŝƌ ĂŶĚ <ŚĞŶŝĨƌĂ͘ >ŽĐĂůƐ ĐĂůů ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ͞/ĚƌĂƌĞŶ ƌĂƌĞŶ͟ which means “Mountains of Mountains”, thus evidently explaining the essence of this ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ͘

1666 – present

1672

Alaouite dynasty ushers in ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƌĞǀŝǀĂů͘

16

1912

1956

1961

1975

Moulay Ismail builds his

Franco-Spanish Protectorate

Morocco granted

<ŝŶŐ ,ĂƐƐĂŶ // ĂƐĐĞŶĚƐ

͚'ƌĞĞŶ DĂƌĐŚ͛ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ

/ŵƉĞƌŝĂů ŝƚLJ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ

ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ͘ dĂŶŐŝĞƌ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŶ

ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶĐĞ͘

ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌŽŶĞ͘

^ƉĂŶŝƐŚ ^ĂŚĂƌĂ͘

DĞŬŶĞƐ͘

/ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŽŶĞ͘

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Hassan II Mosque

Djemaa El Fna

Musee Yves Saint Laurent

The exquisite premise was built honouring ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ <ŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ϲϬƚŚ ďŝƌƚŚĚĂLJ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ƚƌƵĞ ĞŵďŽĚŝŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů DŽƌŽĐĐĂŶ ĂƌƟƐĂŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĂŶĚͲĐĂƌǀĞĚ ƐƚŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŽĚ ŝŵƉĞĐĐĂďůLJ ĞŶƌŝĐŚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌďůĞ ŇŽŽƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵů ĐĞƌĂŵŝĐ ƟůŝŶŐ͘

DĂƌƌĂŬĞƐŚ͛Ɛ ŵĂŝŶ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ͘ ůƌĞĂĚLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƐŶĂŬĞͲĐŚĂƌŵĞƌ ŇƵƚĞƐ ĨƵůĮů ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ ĂŌĞƌ which follow the cafes and restaurants, as ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ really is an alive place to be!

dŚĞ ŵƵƐĞƵŵ ŚŽůĚƐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ϰϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ǁŽƌŬ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ zǀĞƐ ^ƚ >ĂƵƌĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ŽĨ haute couture is placed right in the middle of a uniquely designed building, also ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ůŝďƌĂƌLJ͕ ŬƐƚŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĐĂĨĠ ƚĞƌƌĂĐĞ͘

Jardin Majorelle

Erg Chigaga

The very same fashion designer once gave ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ŽĨ DĂƌƌĂŬĞƐŚ Ă ŐŝŌ ʹ ƚŚĞ :ĂƌĚŝŶ Majorelle which is a uniquely designed garden, resembling a psychedelic desert ŵŝƌĂŐĞ͘ /ƚ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƚĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϯϬϬ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉůĂŶƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĮǀĞ ĐŽŶƟŶĞŶƚƐ of the world, all of which started to be ĐƵůƟǀĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϮϰ͘

dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ of sand sea, largest of such in the whole DŽƌŽĐĐŽ͘ /ƚ ǁŝŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ϰϬ ŬŝůŽŵĞƚƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ best way to explore the site is no other than ďLJ ĐĂŵĞůƐ͘ ŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƌLJ nights one will experience in the golden sand hills, illuminated by the might arc of ƚŚĞ DŝůŬLJ tĂLJ͘

1999

2004

2010

Taroudannt tŝĚĞůLJ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ͞>ŝƩůĞ DĂƌƌĂŬĞƐŚ͕͟ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŽǁŶ ƐƟůů ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐĞƐ ŝƚƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĞƐƐĞŶĐĞ͘ ,ŝĚĚĞŶ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƉĞĂŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ŝŐŚ ƚůĂƐ͕ the town will immerse its visitors in the DĂŐŚƌĞďŝ ŵLJƐƟƋƵĞ͕ ƌŝĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĂƌƟƐĂŶ ŵĂƌŬĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͘

2012

2013

<ŝŶŐ ,ĂƐƐĂŶ // ĚŝĞƐ͘ ,ŝƐ ƐŽŶ͕

DŽŚĂŵŵĞĚ s/ ŝŶƐƟŐĂƚĞƐ Ă ƌĂŌ ŽĨ ƌĞĨŽƌŵƐ͕ ŶŽƚĂďůLJ ƚŽ

dŚĞ ŬŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ͚sŝƐŝŽŶ

EĞǁ ĐŽĂůŝƟŽŶ ŚĞĂĚĞĚ ďLJ W:

King appoints new

Mohammed VI, succeeds to the

ƚŚĞ ŵƵĚĂǁĂŶĂ ;ĨĂŵŝůLJ ůĂǁͿ͘ϮϬϬϴ dŚĞ h ŐƌĂŶƚƐ DŽƌŽĐĐŽ

ϮϬϮϬ͛ ƉůĂŶ ŝƐ

ůĞĂĚĞƌ ďĚĞůŝůĂŚ ĞŶŬŝƌĂŶĞ ŝƐ

government

ƚŚƌŽŶĞ͘

͚ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞĚ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ͛͘

ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ͘

ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ͘

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EUROPEAN

EASTER

Sun warming up, birds chirping loud and buds blooming on tree branches – all of this can mean just one thing. Easter season is upon us! Although we all choose to celebrate Easter according to our own national traditions, dare to mix it up a bit. Find out how the celebration goes down in the Big Three – Italy, Spain and France.

Words by Roberts Vikmanis WƵďůŝĐŝƚLJ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ

SPAIN The Easter Story in Seville It is Semana Santa de Sevilla that has to been seen when visiting Spain during ĂƐƚĞƌ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJƐ͘ ůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ,ŽůLJ tĞĞŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚŝŽŶ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ of people lining up in the streets eager to see dressed people, decorated floats ĂŶĚ ŵĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ďĂŶĚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŽĨ

the processions are dressed in penitential ƌŽďĞƐ͕ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ EĂnjĂƌĞŶŽƐ ;ƉĞŶŝƚĞŶƚƐͿ͘ &ůŽĂƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŽŽĚĞŶ sculptures of Mysteries of the Rosary ƐĐĞŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƌŽƋƵĞ ƐĐƵůƉƚƵƌĞƐ ĂƌĞ also an integral part of the procession, as ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĂƐƚĞƌ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŽůĚ͘

Celebratory Dinner

Sopa de Ajo dŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĂƐƚĞƌ ŵĞĂů ŝƐ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ Žī with a soup made of garlic, pepper and ĐŚŝĐŬĞŶ ďƌŽƚŚ͘ ůƐŽ͕ Ă ĨĞǁ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ŽĨ ďƌĞĂĚ ĂŶĚ hard-boiled egg placed right in the centre can ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ^ŽƉĂ ĚĞ ũŽ͘ 18

La Mona de Pascua dŚĞ ĐĂŬĞ ŝƐ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ĂƐ ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵů ĂƐ the upcoming season of spring, and its ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƚĂƐƚĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŵĂƌnjŝƉĂŶ ĂŶĚ ďŽŝůĞĚ ĞŐŐƐ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŬĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ďĞŝŶŐ made, where chocolate and other sweets ĂƌĞ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ĞŐŐƐ͘

Hornazo ĞĨŽƌĞ ĐĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƐǁĞĞƚƐ͕ ůŽĐĂůƐ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ Ă ŵĞĂƚ ƉŝĞ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŐŐƐ͕ ƉŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŽƌŝnjŽ ƐĂƵƐĂŐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĞdžƚĞƌŝŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĞ ŝƐ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ decorated with nuts and grapes, and the ǁŚŽůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůLJ ĞĂƚĞŶ ŽŶ ĂƐƚĞƌ DŽŶĚĂLJ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŽĨ “Lunes de Aguas”, translated as the Monday ŽĨ ƚŚĞ tĂƚĞƌƐ͘ | Spring 2018

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FRANCE Easter Egg Hunt in Lourdes Not only does the town provide the traditional procession of pilgrims saying the Rosary prayers and carrying torchlits through the town, but also a massive ĂƐƚĞƌ ĞŐŐ ŚƵŶƚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ WŝĐ ĚƵ :Ğƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŽǀĞƌůŽŽŬƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ town, thus providing a spectacular view ǁŚŝůĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ůŽĂĚƐ ŽĨ ĨƵŶ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ

mostly intended for the younger visitors, this hunt will excite tourists of any ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚŝŽŶ͘ ĨƚĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ͕ ŚĞĂĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ͛Ɛ ŵĂŝŶ ĂƚƚƌĂĐƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐĂĐƌĞĚ ƐŝƚĞ ʹ ƚŚĞ ^ĂŶĐƚƵĂƌLJ ŽĨ KƵƌ >ĂĚLJ ŽĨ >ŽƵƌĚĞƐ ʹ ƚŽ remember what the whole celebration is ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ĂďŽƵƚ͘

Celebratory Dinner

Roasted Green Asparagus KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƐƚĂƌƚĞƌƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů &ƌĞŶĐŚ ĂƐƚĞƌ ŵĞĂů ŝƐ ƌŽĂƐƚĞĚ ĂƐƉĂƌĂŐƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀŝŶĂŝŐƌĞƩĞ ƚŽ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďŽŝůĞĚ ĞŐŐƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĐŚŝǀĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ͘ Spring 2018 |

Lamb This type of meat is chosen because of its ƐLJŵďŽůŝĐ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ʹ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂŵď represent spring and new life, but also is ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐŝĂů ůĂŵď ŽĨ ƚŚĞ :ĞǁŝƐŚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ :ĞƐƵƐ ŝƐ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ͘

Chocolate cake ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů &ƌĞŶĐŚ Easter dessert per se, there are some prerequisites set when choosing something sweet for the table, the main one being ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ Ă ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ĐĂŬĞ ƐŚĂƉĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ŶĞƐƚ ŝƐ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵů ŝƚ ŝƐ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌ͘ ›› 19

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ITALY Fireworks in Florence Easter Sunday in Florence is the most ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĚĂLJ͕ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ^ĐŽƉƉŝŽ ĚĞů ĂƌƌŽ͕ ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ džƉůŽƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ͘ dŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ĚĂƚĞƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ϯϱϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ŚŽŶŽƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ &ůŽƌĞŶƟŶĞ ŬŶŝŐŚƚ WĂnjnjŽ ĚĞ ͚WĂnjnjŝ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ

ƉůĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƐƐ ďĂŶŶĞƌ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂƩůĞ ŽĨ :ĞƌƐƵĂůĞŵ ŝŶ ϭϬϵϲ͘ EŽǁĂĚĂLJƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŝƐ ƚǁŽ ǁŚŝƚĞ ŽdžĞŶ ƉƵůůŝŶŐ Ă ŇŽĂƚ across the town and right to the front of ƚŚĞ ĐĂƚŚĞĚƌĂů͘ Ɛ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ 'ůŽƌŝĂ ŝƐ ƐƵŶŐ͕ ĮƌĞǁŽƌŬ ĞdžƉůŽĚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ĐƵůŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ͘

Celebratory Dinner

Agnello >Ăŵď ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĞĂƚĞŶ ŝŶ͘ ďƌƵnjnjŽ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ ĐŽŽŬ ŝƚ ŝŶ ĂŶ egg, pepper and cheese sauce, whereas >ĂnjŝŽ ŝŶŚĂďŝƚĂŶƚ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂŵď ƌŽĂƐƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞĚ ǁŝŶĞ͕ ƌŽƐĞŵĂƌLJ ĂŶĚ ŐĂƌůŝĐ͘ /Ŷ Ăƌŝ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚŽƌƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽ ĐĂůůĞĚ sĞƌĚĞƩŽ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ůĂŵď ƐƚĞǁ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ͘ 20

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Ŷ ĞdžƚƌĂ ƐǁĞĞƚ ƌŝŶŐͲƐŚĂƉĞĚ ĐĂŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽǁŶƐ Ă ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ƚĂƐƚĞ ŽĨ ůĞŵŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ďĞƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ƟƌĂŵŝƐƵ ƚŽ ĞĂƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ĂƐƚĞƌ͘

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Markus is not your average musician, occasionally stepping on the stage and performing some classics of pop-music.

He is something of a unique persona who has successfully practised approach done by so many talented artists around the world. Although mainly known as a singer and producer, he is also known by so many other fields he has concurred – TV, radio, journalism, fashion designer, model, international show-business. One might say it is too much, but, not for Markus.

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tŚĞŶ ĚŝĚ LJŽƵ ĚĞĐŝĚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ LJŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞ ŝŶ͍ tĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ͕ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͍ There was not a single event, circumstance Žƌ ĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ͘ / ĐĂŶ ŚŽŶĞƐƚůLJ ƐĂLJ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ůŝŶŬ ŵLJ ůŝĨĞ ƚŽ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ / ĐĂŶ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ŵLJƐĞůĨ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ / ŚĂǀĞ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ŵLJ ǁŚŽůĞ ůŝĨĞ͘ / ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶLJ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ͕ ůŝŬĞ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ Ă ƉŝůŽƚ Žƌ ĂƐƚƌŽŶĂƵƚ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ I was a child, a listened to all available music records, followed concerts and ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ʹ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŵLJƐĞůĨ͘ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ĐŚŝůĚ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͘ / ĂůƐŽ ƐƚƵĚŝĞĚ ŝŶ ZŝŐĂ ĂƚŚĞĚƌĂů ŚŽŝƌ ^ĐŚŽŽů ǁŚĞƌĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁĂƐ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐŚŽŽů gave me an immense investment into my ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ʹ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞŽƌĞƟĐĂů ƐƵďũĞĐƚƐ / ůĞĂƌŶĞĚ͘ ŶĚ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŽŶůLJ ŝŶ ϳƚŚ grade, it was more than enough to help me ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ĂƐ Ă ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶ͘

Ɛ ǁĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ŬŶŽǁ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ͘ zŽƵ ĂůƐŽ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ʹ ŝƐ ŝƚ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJ ũŽď͍ EŽ͕ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŵLJ ŽǁŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͘ /Ŷ Ă ǁĂLJ͕ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĞdžŝƐƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ǀŝĐĞ ǀĞƌƐĂ͘ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭϯ͘ zĞƐ͕ occasionally I do perform songs by other ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͕ LJĞƚ / ƉƌĞĨĞƌ ƚŽ ƐŝŶŐ ŵLJ ŽǁŶ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ůŝŬĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ >ĂƚǀŝĂŶ ƐŽŶŐ ʹ ͞tŚLJ ǁŽƵůĚ / ƐŝŶŐ Ă ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐŽŶŐ͍͟Ύ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŝƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘ During my teens I was very much inspired ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƟƐƚ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ůŝĐŝĂ <ĞLJƐ͕ :ƵƐƟŶ dŝŵďĞƌůĂŬĞ͕ ĞLJŽŶĐĠ ʹ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶƟĂů ŶĂŵĞƐ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͘ ,Žǁ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ƚŽ LJŽƵ͍ tŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŝƚ ĚĞƉĞŶĚ ŽŶ͍ ^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ &Žƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ / ĨĞůƚ ǁŽƌŶ ŽƵƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŝůLJ ƌŽƵƟŶĞ ŽĨ ŵLJ ůŝĨĞ͕ nothing seemed to move forward, including ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ ^Ž / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ

funny thing is that the an idea came to me ƐƉŽŶƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůLJ͘ / ũƵƐƚ ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ Ă ŚŽƚĞů ǁŚĞƌĞ / ƐĂǁ Ă ŐƵŝƚĂƌ͘ ^ƵĚĚĞŶůLJ ŵĞůŽĚLJ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ sound in my head and I immediately wrote ŝƚ ĚŽǁŶ͘ /ŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ŵĂLJ ĐŽŵĞ ĂƐ ƐǁŝŌůLJ ĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ͘ dƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ŚĞůƉƐ ŵĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ ŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƟŵĞƐ / ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ďLJ ďĞŝŶŐ Ăƚ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͘ ǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŝŐŚ͕ / just start to write something and eventually ŝƚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ǁŚŽůĞ͘ tŚĂƚ / ůŝŬĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŝƐ ŚŽǁ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ƌĞĐĂůů ŝƚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚŽŶĞ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁŚLJ ŚĂǀĞ LJŽƵ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĞdžĂĐƚůLJ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ŝƚ ũƵƐƚ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ LJŽƵ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůůLJ͘ dŚĂƚ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ Ă ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ƚŽƵĐŚ͘ hƉ ƵŶƟů ŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŝŵŵĞŶƐĞ͘ tĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ Ă ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƉŽŝŶƚ͕ Ă ďƌĞĂŬƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŝƚ ʹ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͍͟ Actually no, there was not one turning point ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ͘ Ɛ / ƐĂŝĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͕ / ŚĂĚ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ do that since childhood, therefore I strived ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŵLJ ǁŚŽůĞ ůŝĨĞ͘ /ƚ ũƵƐƚ Ăůů ĐĂŵĞ

Ύ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐĂů >ĂƚǀŝĂŶ ƐŽŶŐ͕ ĐŽŵƉŽƐĞĚ ďLJ ZĂŝŵŽŶĚƐ WĂƵůƐ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ďLJ ůĨƌĤĚƐ <ƌƻŬůŝƐ͘

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gradually and naturally, with no one big ͞ǁŚŽŽƉ͘͟ And one of the things that made it so organic is the variety of the things I am ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůLJ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ͘ / ƚƌŝĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ƚƌLJ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞ ŝŶ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ / ĐĂŶ ʹ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐŵ͕ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ds ĂŶĚ ƌĂĚŝŽ͘ / ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůLJͲ ďƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƚĞĚ :ƵŶŝŽƌ ds͕ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂŶ ZĂĚŝŽ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĂƉŝƚĂů &D ĨŽƌ ĨŽƵƌ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ŶĚ ŶŽǁ ʹ yͲ&ĂĐƚŽƌ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͘ ŶĚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĮĞůĚƐ I have also gained through the standard ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ŵLJ ũŽď ʹ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ͕ ĂůďƵŵ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ ^Ž I do not limit myself just to singing and ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ͘ / ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚƌƵĞ͕ ůĂƚĞůLJ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůLJ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ƐŚŽǁͲďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘ zĞƚ͕ ŚŽǁ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ͍ Ž ƉĞŽƉůĞ ũƵƐƚ ĐŽŵĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ LJŽƵ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŬ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚƌLJ ŝƚ͍ Kƌ ĚŽ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀĞ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͍ tĞůů͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐĂůůLJ͕ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ͘ Somehow I have proved myself on the stage ƚŚĂƚ ŐŝǀĞƐ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ zĞƚ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ůŝŵŝƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͘ KŶĐĞ / Ăŵ ŐŝǀĞŶ this opportunity, I do my best to prove ŵLJƐĞůĨ ĂŶĚ / ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ŝƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůLJ͘ ^Ž ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ůŝĨĞ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ͕ really where nothing stops in terms of your ŽǁŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŚĂƌĚ ʹ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂĨƌĂŝĚ ƚŽ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ͘ ŽƚŚ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůůLJ ĂŶĚ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůLJ͊ ŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ you do that, things will start to appear, ĐŽŵĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ LJŽƵ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůůLJ͘ Ƶƚ ŽŶĞ ĚŽĞƐ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ ʹ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ŝƚ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ͍ EŽ͕ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘ /͛ŵ ĞdžĐŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ƐŽ ŵĂŶLJ ĮĞůĚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ Latvia people are not yet used to the idea of one person doing more than one thing, ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ʹ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͘ Ƶƚ ůĞƚ͛Ɛ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ůŽŽŬ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ʹ ƐŽ ŵĂŶLJ ŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ͕ ŝŶŇƵĞŶƟĂů ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ůŝŵŝƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ĚŽ as much as possible, and they succeed in ŝƚ͘ DƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͕ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƵƉ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ůŝŶĞƐ͕ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐŵĞŶ ĚŽŝŶŐ Ăƌƚ͘ ŶĚ / Ăŵ ũƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ ʹ / ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂdžŝŵƵŵ / ĐĂŶ͕ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŶĞǁ͕ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͘ dŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŐŝǀĞƐ LJŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞ ƚŚĞ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ƚĂƐƚĞ ŽĨ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ĞdžĐŝƚĞŵĞŶƚ͘ ››

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/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŶŽƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƵƉ ŝƐ Ă ĐůŽƚŚŝŶŐ ůŝŶĞ͘ Yes, this was also a concept I wanted to ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬĞ͘ /ƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐƟůů ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ͕ ĨƌĞƐŚ͘ EŽǁ ŝƚ ůŝǀĞƐ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ďĂƐŝĐ ůĞǀĞů͕ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ƚͲƐŚŝƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƉƐ͘ zĞƚ / ƉůĂŶ ŽĨ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŵƵĐŚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ͘ EŽǁ͕ ůĞƚ͛Ɛ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ LJŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ʹ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ zŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĂŶ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ZƵƐƐŝĂ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ tŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ LJŽƵ ĨĞůƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ LJŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ůĂŶĚ͍ / ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĂLJ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŵŵĞŶƐĞ ǀŽůƵŵĞ ŽĨ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ tŚĞƌĞĂƐ ŝŶ Latvia we are uniquely small-scale, and that ũƵƐƚ ĂĚĚƐ ƚŽ ŵLJ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ŚĂƉƉLJ / Ăŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĚĞŶƟƚLJ ƚŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞƐ͘ When performing in Russia, as well as hŬƌĂŝŶĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞĚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŽŌĞŶ ʹ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĞ ƐŝnjĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞƌƐ͘ dŚĂƚ͕ ŝŶ ƚƵƌŶ͕ ŐŝǀĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ what you do, whether it is business or music ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͘ ^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŐŝǀĞ ŵĞ ŚĂƌĚ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ the fact that I create so much music and ǀŝĚĞŽƐ ŝŶ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ͘ Ƶƚ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƐĞĞ ŝƚ ĂƐ Ă problem - that is just reality we have to deal ǁŝƚŚ͘ /Ŷ >ĂƚǀŝĂ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŵĂŶLJ ĐŚĂŶŶĞůƐ / ĐĂŶ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŵLJ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ zĞƚ ŝŶ ZƵƐƐŝĂ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ʹ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ 26

ǀĂƐƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵƐ / ĐĂŶ ƵƐĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁ ŵLJ ǁŽƌŬƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ That is just a strategically sensible way of ŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͘ It is just as much as art as it is business, ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů͘ Ƶƚ / ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂŶ͕ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĂŶĚ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ͘ dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ / ƉůĂŶ ƚŽ ŝƐƐƵĞ Ă ďƌĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂŶ͘ &Žƌ ŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ůĂǁ ŽŶ ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ LJŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ůŝŵŝƚ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ǁŚĞŶ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ LJŽƵ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ I have developed such view inspired by ǁŽƌůĚͲŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĂůƐŽ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ůŝŵŝƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŵĂŶLJ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐ because they want their songs to reach as ŵƵĐŚ ĞĂƌƐ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŽŬ͊ tŚLJ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ŽŶ ďƌŽĂĚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌŝnjŽŶƐ ƚŽ hŬƌĂŝŶĞ͍ It was when I decided to enter into the ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ʹ ͞,ŽĐŚƵ Ŭ DĞůĂĚnjĞ͘͟ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĮůŵĞĚ ŝŶ DŽƐĐŽǁ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŚĞƌĞ hŬƌĂŝŶŝĂŶƐ͘ dŚĞ show itself was broadcasted quite widely, ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ZƵƐƐŝĂ͕ hŬƌĂŝŶĞ͕ <ĂnjĂŬŚƐƚĂŶ ĂŶĚ ĞůĂƌƵƐ͘ dŚĂƚ ŐĂǀĞ ŵĞ ĂŶ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ǁŝĚĞƌ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ͘ ŶĚ ŶŽǁ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĂŶĚ the surreal success I managed to gain there, I am to return and collaborate with many ŶĂŵĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hŬƌĂŝŶŝĂŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͘ / truly appreciate that the public there really await me, and also to bring the name of my

ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽƵƌ ďŽƌĚĞƌƐ͘ /Ĩ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ͞,ŽĐŚƵ Ŭ DĞůĂĚnjĞ͟ contest, I would never have imagined to be Ă ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͘ It started out as I was to change something ĂďŽƵƚ ŵLJ ůŝĨĞ͕ ŵLJ ƌŽƵƟŶĞ͘ ^Ž / ĨŽƵŶĚ ŽƵƚ about the contest and decided to apply, just ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ŐŽĞƐ͘ ŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ / ŐŽƚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ and further into the entry levels, I started ƚŽ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŚĂƉƉĞŶŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƌƌĞĂů ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮŶĂůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĂƐ sĂůĞƌŝĞ DĞůĂĚnjĞ ĂŶĚ WŽůŝŶĂ 'ĂŐĂƌŝŶĂ͘ ^Ž ƚŚŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŚŽǁ ĚĞƐƟŶLJ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͕ ŝƚ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƵƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŵĞĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ just sit and wait while it throws something Ăƚ LJŽƵ͘ EŽƚ Ăƚ Ăůů͊ zŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŽƵƚ͕ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ĨĂůů ĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ƟŵĞƐ ĂƐ LJŽƵ have to and then, when you feel worn out ĂŶĚ ŚŽƉĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ;Žƌ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ůƵĐŬLJ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ʹ ŵƵĐŚ ĨĂƐƚĞƌͿ͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĮŶĂůůLJ ŐĞƚƐ LJŽƵ ǁŚĞƌĞ LJŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ͘ ^Ž ƚĂŬĞ ŝŶ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĚĂLJ ĂƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƉŽŝŶƚ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŶĞǁ ĞŶĞƌŐLJ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƟǀĂƟŽŶ ŚĞůƉƐ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĂŚĞĂĚ͘ dŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĂŌĞƌ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ʹ LJŽƵ ůŽŽŬ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ƚŚĂƚ you have overcome so many obstacles to ŐĞƚ ŚĞƌĞ͕ ƌĞĂůŝnjŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƵƉ͘ ››

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ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂŶ͕ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĂŶĚ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐ RIGA INTERNATIONAL MERIDIAN SCHOOL

/ŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ^ĐŚŽŽů

Cambridge International School

,ŝŐŚůLJͲƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟǀĞ ƐƚĂī ƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ĂŌĞƌͲƐĐŚŽŽů ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ^ĂĨĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŝůĚͲĨƌŝĞŶĚůLJ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ

RIMS

Riga International Meridian School

Tell me more about Your school, how You established it, who came up with the idea?

What are the things that makes You unique and different from others in the world of business?

Z/D^ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŶŐ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂůƟĐ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ͘ dŚĞ Ăŝŵ ǁĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ŝƐ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ƐĐŚŽŽů ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐůŽĐĂů ;ŐůŽďĂů н ůŽĐĂůͿ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƵƉ ǁŽƌůĚ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ͘ dŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ͕ Z/D^ ŽīĞƌƐ ďŽƚŚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ; ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞͿ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ͖ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Z/D^ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͘

Z/D^ ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƐŽĐŝĂů ůŝĨĞ͘ ϭ͘ Z/D^ ŝƐ Ă LJŽƵŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ƐĐŚŽŽů͘ Ϯ͘ tĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ Ă ŵƵůƟ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐĐŚŽŽů community where people respect ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĂƌĞ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ǀĂůƵĞƐ͘ ϯ͘ We established a school culture where an ŽƉĞŶ ŵŝŶĚĞĚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞ ŽŶ ŝƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ͘ WƵƉŝůƐ ĂƌĞ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵů͕ ƚŽůĞƌĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ͘ ^ŝŵƉůLJ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ǁŽƌůĚ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵů ƚŽ ůŽĐĂů ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ ϰ͘ /ŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟǀĞ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƉƵƉŝůƐ͘

What would be Your greeting to Latvia and Latvia’s entrepreneurs for the Latvia’s 100 Anniversary ?

As RIMS team, we sincerely feel the pride of being part of the independent >ĂƚǀŝĂŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘ The future, progress, and development ŽĨ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ůŝĞ ƐŽůĞůLJ ŽŶ technological prosperity , but also on how we build social cohesion and trust ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĂƟŽŶ͘ Ɛ RIMS , we believe in the bright future of Latvia and extend our energy to ďĞ Ă ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ ,ĂƉƉLJ ďŝƌƚŚĚĂLJ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͊

Why You chose Latvia for Your business?

Latvia is a steadily developing state in the ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ hŶŝŽŶ͘ >ĂƚǀŝĂ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚƐ ůĂƚĞůLJ͘ dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ǁĞ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞĚ Ă ŐĂƉ ŝŶ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĮĞůĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ůŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ ƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĮĞůĚ ƚŽ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͕ ǁĞ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐĐŚŽŽů ŵĞƌŐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘ dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ǁĞ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ >ĂƚǀŝĂ ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ŐŽŽĚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ͘

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zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ƐƉŽŬĞŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͕ ďƵƚ ĚŽ LJŽƵ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŝĚŽůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞ LJŽƵ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚLJ͍ dŚĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ͍ dŚĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ͕ ďŽƚŚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŐŽ ŚĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŚĂŶĚ ʹ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ĨƵůůͲƉĂĐŬĂŐĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ƌĞĂůůLJ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ some names I have learned a lot from, ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ŝĚŽů͘ dŚĞ ŽŶĞƐ / ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ůŝŬĞ dŝŵďĞƌůĂŬĞ ĂŶĚ ĞLJŽŶĐĠ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ďŝŐ ŶĂŵĞƐ ĂƐ DŝĐŚĂĞů :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ tŚŝƚŶĞLJ ,ŽƵƐƚŽŶ ĂƌĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞƌƐ͘ Ƶƚ / also constantly follow the new names in the ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ĨƌĞƐŚ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ / ůŝŬĞ Ă ůŽƚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ǀĞƌLJ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ƚŽ see how they create their music, perform it ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌƌLJ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶĂů ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ͘ / ƐŽĂŬ ŝƚ Ăůů ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ ʹ yͲ&ĂĐƚŽƌ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͘ zŽƵ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ͘ ,Žǁ ǁĂƐ ŝƚ ƚŽ ŶŽǁ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ʹ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƐƚ͍ /Ĩ ǁĞ ƐƉĞĂŬ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ a good and useful thing that I myself have ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŵĂŶLJ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƐŚŽǁƐ͘ ŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ŝŶǀŝƟŶŐ ŵĞ ƚŽ ŚŽƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͘ ůƐŽ͕ Ă ďŝŐ ƉĂƌƚ ƚŽ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ĂŐƌĞĞŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů yͲ&ĂĐƚŽƌ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŵLJ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ͕ / ĨŽůůŽǁ ŝƚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůLJ͘ I remember how nervous I felt before going ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͕ ŚŽǁ ƵŶƐƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŶdžŝŽƵƐ / ǁĂƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ͕ / ŬŶĞǁ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŽĨ 28

yͲ&ĂĐƚŽƌ ǁĞƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ chance to be there to encourage, comfort ĂŶĚ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŵ ďLJ ƐĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚĂůŬƐ ŶŽǁ͕ ƐŽ / Ăŵ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĞdžĐŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͘ /ƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ ŶĚ ŚŽǁ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͍ ŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŐ ^ŚŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͛Ɛ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ʹ ͞^ƵƉĞƌŶŽǀĂ͍͟ / ƚĂŬĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ^ƵƉĞƌŶŽǀĂ ĞĂĐŚ LJĞĂƌ͕ ĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ŶŽƟĐĞĚ͘ ƵƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ for me is a very important goal that I Ăŵ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ͕ ŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ ŚŽǁ ŚĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ŝƐ͘ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚĂŬĞͲŽī ƉŽŝŶƚ

ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶ͘ ƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ŚƵŐĞ͕ ĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ / Ăŵ ƐƟůů ƉĞƌƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŐŽĂů ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůůLJ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǁŚLJ / ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ^ƵƉĞƌŶŽǀĂ ĞǀĞƌLJ LJĞĂƌ͘ / ŚĂǀĞ ŚŝŐŚ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĨĞĞůƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘ zĞƚ ŝƚ ƚƌƵůLJ ŝƐ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ ůƵĐŬ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ of listeners around the country, or the mind ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ũƵĚŐĞƐ͘ Ƶƚ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ǁŚĂƚ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐƟůů Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĨƵů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ ďLJ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞdžƉĞƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ͕ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŶĞǁ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ƚŽ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ͘

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This story is about life on the move where the shiny lights of the big city flash through the windows and good music energizes. It is about glamour and nostalgia in form of denim, sport chic and smart casual.

Elements of military and rock create more dazzling, bolder feels. Dare to experiment with combinations of luxurious velvet and bold leather, rough denim and soft Merino.

He can be miscellaneous, yet he moves only forward. This story is about style of a confident man who does not need to prove anything. ^ƚLJůŝŶŐ ůŐĂ ,ŽŵŝƚƐŬĂ ǁǁǁ͘ŚŽŵŝƚƐŬĂ͘ĐŽŵ Photo DŝŬƐ hǎĂŶƐ DĂŬĞͲƵƉ >ĂƌĂ WƵĚŽǀƐŬĂ ,ĂŝƌƐƚLJůĞ Svetlana Dubatova ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚLJůŝƐƚ Elena Gurova WŚŽƚŽͲƐŚŽŽƚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŬŝŶĚůLJ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďLJ /ŵĂŐĞ ,ŽƵƐĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ƌŝǀŝďĂƐ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ϰϬ͕ ZŝŐĂ͕ >ĂƚǀŝĂ

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^Śŝƌƚ͕ ƉĂŶƚƐ ďLJ ƐƋƵĂƌĞĚϮ ĨƌŽŵ ^ŬĂůĂ ŽƵƟƋƵĞ

BITCOIN SMART BUSINESS

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BITCOIN Word Bitcoin and seemingly controversial system has recently made up quite a hassle in the world of finance and even further, reaching an unbelievable number of people around the world. What started as a research document by a still-anonymous person who could and is regarded as a genius, is now a widely used cryptocurrency, raising both recognition and doubt amongst the society. So, what is Bitcoin and how does this digital currency work in terms of actual payment? tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ 'ƵƐƚĂǀƐ ZĞŝŶŚŽůĚƐ Photos from Depositphotos

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Beginning of the New Money /ƚ Ăůů ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ ǁŚĞŶ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ŐŽŝŶŐ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŶŝĐŬŶĂŵĞ ŽĨ ^ĂƚŽƐŚŝ EĂŬĂŵŽƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ Ă ĚĞĐĞŶƚƌĂůŝnjĞĚ ĚŝŐŝƚĂů ĐƵƌƌĞŶĐLJ ƟƚůĞĚ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ͕ ĞŵŝƩĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƉƌĞͲĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ĂůŐŽƌŝƚŚŵ͘ ,Ğ ĂůƐŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ controlling the transfers of the currency ǁĞ ŶŽǁ ŬŶŽǁ ĂƐ ůŽĐŬŚĂŝŶ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŽŶLJŵŽƵƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŶ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ such money form, the system accumulated ŵĂŶLJ ƵƐĞƌƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐǁŝŌůLJ͕ Ăůů ŽĨ ǁŚŽŵ

ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ƵƐĞƌƐ Ăůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ƵƐĞƌƐ ŽĨ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ǁĂƐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƌ ,Ăů &ŝŶŶĞLJ ǁŚŽ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ĚĂLJ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ϭϬ ŝƚĐŽŝŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ EĂŬĂŵŽƚŽ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ĚĞĂů͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ͕ more supporters and enthusiasts appeared, ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ĂŶĚ

Bob, an online merchant, decides to begin accepting bitcoins as payment. Alice, a buyer, has bitcoins and wants to purchase merchandise from Bob.

Hash value +

Bob and Alice both have Bitcoin "wallets" on their computers.

WALLETS AND ADDRESSES

Wallets are files that provide access to multiple Bitcoin addresses

ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ŵŽŶĞLJ Ăůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ /ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ǁŚĞŶ ǁŽƌůĚͲŬŶŽǁŶ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ the system, allowing the clients to pay with ƚŚŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶĐLJ͘ ^ƵĐŚ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ tŽƌĚWƌĞƐƐ͕ K< ƵƉŝĚ͕ ƚŽŵŝĐ DĂůů͕ Ğůů ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ũŽŝŶĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶĐLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞdžƚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ &ƌŽŶƟĞƌ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ͘

Each new hash value contains Information about all previous Bitcoin transactions.

Hash + Nonoce = value

The mining computers calculate new hash values based on a combination of the previous havsh value, the new transaction block, and a nonce.

+ + Nonoce =

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SUBMITTING A PAYMENT

Alice tells her Bitcoin client that she’d like to transfer the purchase amount to Bob’s address.

Bob creates a new Bitcoin address for Alice to send her payment to.

An address is a string of letters and numbers, Each address such as lHULMwZEPk has its own jEPeCh43BeK balance of JLlybLCWrfD. bitcoins.

CREATING A NEW ADDRESS

Public Key Cryptography 101 When Bob creates a new address, what he's really doing is generating a "cryptographic key pair," composed of a private key and a public key. If you sign a message with a private key (which only you know), it can be verified by using the matching public key (which is known to anyone). Bob's new Bitcoin address represents a unique public key. and the corresponding private key is stored in his wallet. The public key allows anyone to verify that a message signed with the private key is valid.

It's tempting to think of addresses as bank accounts, but they work a bit differently.

Bitcoin users can create as many addresses as they wish and in fact are encouraged to create a new one for every new transaction to increase privacy. So long as no one knows which addresses are Alice's, her anonymity is protected.

Gary. Garth, and Glenn are Bitcoin miners.

VERIFYING THE TRANSACTION

Private key Alice's wallet holds the private key for each of her addresses. The Bitcoin client signs her transaction request with the private key of the address she's transferring bitcoins from.

Public key Anyone on the network can now use the public key to verify that the transaction request is actually coming from the legitimate account owner.

Their computers bundle the transactions of the past 10 minutes into a new "transaction block”

+ + Nonoce =

Cryptographic Hashes Cryptographic hash functions transform a collection of data into an alphanumeric string with a fixed length, called a hash value. Even tiny changes in the original data drastically change the resulting hash value. And it's essentially impossible to predict which initial data set will create a specific hash value.

The root of all evil

6d0a 1899 086a...

(56 more characters)

The root of all veil

b8db7ee9 8392...

Nonces To create different hash values from the same data. Bitcoin uses “nonces." A nonce is lust a random number that's added to data prior to hashing. Changing the nonce results in a wildly different hash value.

The miners' computers are set up to calculate crypto-graphic hash functions.

Hash value

Each block includes a “coinbase" trans-action that pays out 50 bitcoins to the winning miner-in this case. Gary. A new address is created in Gary's wallet with a balance of newly minted bitcoins.

Hash value

Creating hashes is computationally trivial, but the Bitcoin system requires that the new hash value have a particular form-specifically. it must start with a certain number of zeros.

The miners have no way to predict which nonce will produce a hash value with the required number of leading zeros. So they're forced to generate many hashes with different nonces until they happen upon one that works.

TRANSACTION VERIFIED Alice's transfer to Bob gets buried beneath othertransactions. For anyone to modify the details, he would have to redo the work that Gary did-because any changes require a completely different winning nonce-and then redo the work of all the subsequent miners. Such a feat is nearly impossible.

Shop and Transfer To actually start using the currency, one is to download a special programme for storing ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ ŝƚĐŽŝŶƐ ʹ ͞ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ tĂůůĞƚ͘͟ Ɛ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ͕ Ă ƉƵďůŝĐ ĚŝŐŝƚĂů ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ͕ or simply referred to as account number, is ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞĚ͕ ĞŶĂďůŝŶŐ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂůůĞƚ ĂůƐŽ ŚŽůĚƐ Ă ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ŬĞLJ͕ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƟŶŐ ĂŶLJ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞƌƐ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶĚƐ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ǁĂůůĞƚ͘ ŌĞƌ Ăůů of the technical and security features have ďĞĞŶ ĚĞĂůƚ ǁŝƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽǁŶĞƌ ŽĨ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ tĂůůĞƚ ŝƐ ƌĞĂĚLJ ƚŽ ƉĂLJ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ƚŚĞ ͞EĞǁ DŽŶĞLJ͘͟ The fee for transfer is a lot smaller than for a ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽƌĚŝŶĂƌLJ ďĂŶŬ͕ ƚŚƵƐ Spring 2018 |

ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ǀĂůƵĂďůĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ĨŽƌ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ŚŽǁ ŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ƵƐĞ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ĐƵƌƌĞŶĐŝĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ŽŶůŝŶĞ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶĐLJ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ǀĞƌLJ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĐŬ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ LJŽƵ ďƵLJ ĨƌŽŵ ĂĐĐĞƉƚƐ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ͘ ŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƵƐĞ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ŵŽŶĞLJ ĂďƌŽĂĚ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůLJ͕ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ďĂŶŬ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ͘ KŶĞ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶǀĞƐƚ ŝŶ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ʹ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚƐ ǀĂůƵĞ ŐƌŽǁƐ ĞĂĐŚ LJĞĂƌ LJĞƚ ŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐĂƵƟŽƵƐ ʹ ƚŚĞ

ĐƵƌƌĞŶĐLJ ŝƐ ƌĂƉŝĚůLJ ŇƵĐƚƵĂƟŶŐ͘ ŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚƌĂĚĞĚ ŽŶ ĂŶ ŽƉĞŶ ĨƌĞĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůƵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶĐLJ ŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉůLJ͘ /Ĩ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjŝŶŐ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ĂƐ Ă ůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶĐLJ ƚŽ ƉĂLJ ǁŝƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůƵĞ ŽĨ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ůŽŐŝĐĂůůLJ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůLJ ŶĞǁ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĂŝƐĞƐ ŵĂũŽƌ ĚŽƵďƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐďĞůŝĞĨ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĂŶĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŽŽ ƐŽŽŶ to determine whether the currency will set a ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ůĂĚĚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ĮŶĂŶĐĞ Žƌ ƉĂƐƐ ĂƐ Ă ƐĞĂƐŽŶĂů ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƚƌĞŶĚ ŽĨ ĚĞŶŝŵ ƐŬŝƌƚ Žƌ ŐůŝƩĞƌ ũĂĐŬĞƚƐ͘ ›› 41

BITCOIN SMART BUSINESS

Blockchain in Focus ^Ž͕ ůĞƚ͛Ɛ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞ Ă ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŽŶĞ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ĮůĞ ʹ ϭ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ Ͳ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽŶĞ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ƚŽ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ͘ ǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ and it could be sent to anyone, yet only one ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǀĂůŝĚ͘ /Ŷ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ ƐƵĐŚ ĨĂůƐĞ ƌĞͲƐĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ͞ŵŽŶĞLJ͕͟ ůŽĐŬĐŚĂŝŶ ǁĂƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ͘ /Ŷ Ă ĨĞǁ ǁŽƌĚƐ͕ ůŽĐŬĐŚĂŝŶ ŝƐ Ă ĚĞĐĞŶƚƌĂůŝƐĞĚ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ͕ ŶŽƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůĞĚ ďLJ

ĂŶLJ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƟĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĨƵůůLJ ŽƉĞŶͲƐŽƵƌĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ the strongest and safest transfer chain as it uses a strong cryptography which cannot be ŚĂĐŬĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ ďůŽĐŬƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞĂĐŚ ďůŽĐŬ ŚĂƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĂǀĞ the transferred money only if it is the valid one, thus avoiding the previously-noted ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŵŽŶĞLJ ŝƐ ƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ůŽĐŬĐŚĂŝŶ ŝƐ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ

of independent computers that save the ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƐ͘ dŚĂƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞĂĐŚ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƵďůŝĐůLJ ǀŝĞǁĞĚ͕ LJĞƚ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ŬŶŽǁƐ who is the person responsible for the ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƐ͘ WĞƌƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƟĂůŝƚLJ ŝƐ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ĞĂĐŚ ƚƌĂŶƐĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƟĂůŝƚLJ ƐĞƫŶŐƐ ďLJ ĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ƚLJƉĞƐ ƵƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƐ͘

CRYPTOCURRENCIES BANKING

AND MORE!

FINANCE PAYMENTS

BLOCKCHAIN POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS

Healthcare

Financial services

Automotive

Voting

WĂƟĞŶƚƐ͛ ĞŶĐƌLJƉƚĞĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐŚĂƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐŬ ŽĨ ƉƌŝǀĂĐLJ ďƌĞĂĐŚĞƐ͘

&ĂƐƚĞƌ͕ ĐŚĞĂƉĞƌ ƐĞƩůĞŵĞŶƚƐ could shave billions of dollars ĨƌŽŵ ƚƌĂŶƐĂĐƟŽŶ ĐŽƐƚƐ ǁŚŝůĞ improving transperency

ŽŶƐƵŵĞƌƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ďůŽĐŬĐŚĂŝŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŶĂŐĞ ĨƌĂĐƟŽŶĂů ŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ĂƵƚŽŵŽƟǀĞ ĐĂƌƐ

hƐŝŶŐ Ă ďůŽĐŬĐŚĂŝŶ ĐŽĚĞ͕ ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵĞŶƚƐ could cast votes via smartphone, ƚĂďůĞƚ Žƌ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ͕ ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐ ŝŶ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůLJ ǀĞƌŝĮĂďůĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ

In Conclusion ^Ž ůĞƚ͛Ɛ ƐƵŵŵĂƌŝnjĞ ǁŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ŽŶ ƵƐŝŶŐ ŝƚĐŽŝŶ͘ zŽƵƌ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ĨƌŽnjĞŶ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůƐ ŝƚ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ŵŽŶĞLJ ŵƵĐŚ ĨĂƐƚĞƌ ;ĞǀĞŶ ĂďƌŽĂĚͿ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĞĂƉĞƌ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ 42

ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ĨĞĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĨĞĞ ĨŽƌ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ͘ DŽŶĞLJ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĞdžƚƌĂĐƚĞĚ Ăƚ ĂŶLJ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ĂŶLJ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ďĂƐŝĐĂůůLJ a digital savings account which you can use daily with no extra costs, and expect

ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ƌĂƚĞƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚŽ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ʹ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůƵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ currency grows rapidly, it can drop at any ƟŵĞ͘ ^Ž ďĞ ĐĂƌĞĨƵů ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵƌ ŵŽŶĞLJ͊

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SMART TECH

RACE OF

THE BOTS

We have finally come to the future - when dialogues do not limit to inter-human interactions, instead having actual conversations with mates we call virtual artificial intelligence assistants.

They are available on phones, computers, tablets and even specially designed devices, all designed to fulfil not only our craving for talks, but also daily tasks we are usually too lazy to perform.

Words by Roberts Vikmanis WŚŽƚŽƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞƉŽƐŝƚƉŚŽƚŽƐ Θ WƵďůŝĐŝƚLJ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ

It all started with Siri and we thought that would be it for the voice assistants, yet ŵŽƌĞ ǁŽƌƚŚLJ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ͘ ^Ž ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ Ă ǀŝƌƚƵĂů ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ͍ /ƚ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐ ĂŶ ĂĐƚƵĂů ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŚƵŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ͘ DŽƌĞŽǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ĂŶƐǁĞƌƐ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͕ performs requests and collects data, all of which supposedly ŵĂŬĞƐ ŽƵƌ ůŝǀĞ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ͘ EŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ʹ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ͍ Well, choices are vast, yet the world has narrowed down to ϰ ďĞƐƚ ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ĐŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƐŬŝůů ƐĞƚ ŽĨ 44

ĂƌƟĮĐŝĂů ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽƵƌ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂƐ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ͗ ^ŝƌŝ͕ ŽƌƚĂŶĂ͕ 'ŽŽŐůĞ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ůĞdžĂ͘ Numerous tests and reviews have been performed by techĞdžƉĞƌƚƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ǀŝƌƚƵĂů / ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ͘ LJ doing a small research, we have found out that most of the ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ ĐŽŵĞ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ Ă ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶʹ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ / ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ^ŝƌŝ ĂŶĚ 'ŽŽŐůĞ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ͘ Ƶƚ ůĞƚ͛Ɛ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ Ăůů ĨŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚƐ ĐĂŶ ĚŽ͘ | Spring 2018

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SMART TECH

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^ŝƌŝ ŝƐ ƉƉůĞ͛Ɛ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ Ăůů ƉƉůĞ ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐ • ^ĂLJ ͞tŽůĨƌĂŵ ƉůĂŶĞƐ ŽǀĞƌŚĞĂĚ͟ ĂŶĚ ^ŝƌŝ ǁŝůů ƚĞůů LJŽƵ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŇLJŝŶŐ ĂďŽǀĞ LJŽƵ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ • ^ŝƌŝ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐŵĂƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂůŽƌŝĞƐ͕ ƐŽ ǁŚĞŶ ĂƐŬĞĚ ͞,Žǁ ŵĂŶLJ calories are in a ___?”, the assistant will give you notes on ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͘ • ĂĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŶŐ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ƉĂƐƐǁŽƌĚƐ͍ :ƵƐƚ ƐĂLJ ͞tŽůĨƌĂŵ͕ ƉĂƐƐǁŽƌĚ͟ ĂŶĚ ^ŝƌŝ ǁŝůů ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞ ŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵ͘ • ^ŝƌŝ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ĚĞĐƌLJƉƟŶŐ DŽƌƐĞ ĐŽĚĞƐ͕ ƐŽ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ ͞tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ DŽƌƐĞ ĐŽĚĞ ĨŽƌ ͺͺͺ͍͟ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵ͛ůů ůĞĂƌŶ ŽŶĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂĚĚ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ƌĞƐƵŵĞ͘ • <ĞĞƉ LJŽƵƌ ĞLJĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ͊ tŚĞŶ ƉůƵŐŐĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ĐĂƌ͛Ɛ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͕ ^ŝƌŝ ǁŝůů ƉƵƚ ŽŶ Ă ƐŽŶŐ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽŶĐĞ ĂƐŬĞĚ͘

ŽƌƚĂŶĂ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŝďůĞ ŽŶ ǁŝŶĚŽǁƐ ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĨŽƌ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŶĚƌŽŝĚ ĂŶĚ ŝK^͘ • >ŽƐƚ Ă ĮůĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ͍ :ƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ ŽƌƚĂŶĂ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ Ă ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ by name and an immediate search both on computer and ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĐůŽƵĚ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞŐŝŶ͘ • ŚĂŶŐĞ LJŽƵƌ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϭϬ ƐĞƫŶŐƐ ũƵƐƚ ďLJ Ă ǀŽŝĐĞ ĐŽŵŵĂŶĚ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŽŶͬŽī tŝͲ&ŝ Žƌ ƐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝƌƉůĂŶĞ ŵŽĚĞ͘ • zŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƵƉ͍ ͞,ĞLJ͕ ŽƌƚĂŶĂ͕ ƚƵƌŶ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ volume”, and sing along!

• ƵƌŝŽƵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƉƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͍ :ƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ ŽƌƚĂŶĂ ƚŽ ͞^ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŶĞǁƐ͟ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŚŽƩĞƐƚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ƉŽƉ ƵƉ͘ • ^ƚƵĐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶŽLJŝŶŐ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ǁŚĞŶ ŶŽƚ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĚŝŽ͍ :ƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ ŽƌƚĂŶĂ ͞tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ͟ ĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŶĂŵĞ ǁŝůů ƐƵƌĞůLJ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ͘

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'ŽŽŐůĞ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ͕ ůŽŐŝĐĂůůLJ͕ ŝƐ 'ŽŽŐůĞ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ Ăůů ŶĚƌŽŝĚ͕ ŝK^ ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚƌŽŵĞŬƐ͘ • dŝƌĞĚ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ĚĂŝůLJ ƌŽƵƟŶĞƐ͍ :ƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ ƚŚĞ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǀĂĐĂƟŽŶ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĨƵŶ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ǁŝůů ƉŽƉ ƵƉ͘ • :ƵƐƚ ŐŽƚ ŚŽŵĞ͕ ƉƵƚ LJŽƵƌ ĨĞĞƚ ƵƉ͕ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƐŶĂĐŬŝŶŐ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌŐŽƚ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ŽŶ EĞƞůŝdž͍ EŽ ǁŽƌƌŝĞƐ ʹ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ ƚŚĞ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ͞WůĂLJ &ƌŝĞŶĚƐ ŽŶ EĞƞůŝdž͟ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ĐĂŶ ďĞŐŝŶ͘ • /Ĩ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƟƌĞĚ ŽĨ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ Ăůů ĚĂLJ ďƵƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ 'ŽŽŐůĞ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ƚŽ LJŽƵ͘ dĂƉ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ŚŽŵĞ ďƵƩŽŶ͕ ǁĂŝƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ͞,Žǁ DĂLJ / ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵ͍͟ ĂŶĚ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ͞'ŽŽĚ ǀĞŶŝŶŐ͘͟ • As soon as you remember something to remember later, do ŶŽƚ ƉƵƚ ŝƚ Žī͊ :ƵƐƚ ƐĂLJ ͞'ŽŽŐůĞ͕ ƐĞƚ Ă ƌĞŵŝŶĚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ŵLJ ŵŽŵ͛Ɛ ďŝƌƚŚĚĂLJ͟ ĂŶĚ ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐƉĂƌĞĚ͘ • tĞ Ăůů ŶĞĞĚ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Ă ƉŝĐŬͲŵĞͲƵƉ ĨƌŽŵ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƟŵĞ͕ ƐŽ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ 'ŽŽŐůĞ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ Ă ŵŽƟǀĂƟŽŶĂů ƋƵŽƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚ͘

ŵĂnjŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŝŶǀĞŶƚĞĚ ůĞdžĂ͕ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂnjŽŶ ĐŚŽ ůŝŶĞ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂnjŽŶ͛Ɛ ůŝŶĞ ŽĨ &ŝƌĞ ƚĂďůĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ &ŝƌĞ ds͘ • /Ĩ ƌĞĂĚLJ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ͕ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚ ůĞdžĂ ĮƌƐƚ͘ :ƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ “Alexa, what are your deals?” and various Prime member-exclusive ĚĞĂůƐ ǁŝůů ĂƉƉĞĂƌ͘ • WƌŽďůĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ǁĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐƐ͍ :ƵƐƚ ƐĂLJ ͞ ůĞdžĂ͕ ǁĂŬĞ ŵĞ ƵƉ Ăƚ ϳ Ăŵ ƚŽ 'ƵŶƐ͛Ŷ͛ZŽƐĞƐ͟ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐƐ ǁŝůů ƐƵƌĞůLJ ďƌŝŐŚƚĞŶ ƵƉ͊ • LJ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ͞DLJ^Žŵŵ͟ ƚŽ ůĞdžĂ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ŐĂŝŶ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ƐŽŵŵĞůŝĞƌ͘ :ƵƐƚ ƐĂLJ ͞ ůĞdžĂ͕ ĂƐŬ tŝŶĞ 'Ăů ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ Ă ǁŝŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƉĞƉƉĞƌŽŶŝ ƉŝnjnjĂ͟ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ ǁŝůů ĂƉƉĞĂƌ͘ • ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƚƌŽƵďůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚĂLJŝŶŐ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Įƚ͍ >Ğƚ ůĞdžĂ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ʹ ƐĂLJ ͞ ůĞdžĂ͕ ƐƚĂƌƚ ϳͲŵŝŶƵƚĞ ǁŽƌŬŽƵƚ͟ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŽ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ Ɛƚ ƵƉ LJŽƵƌ ĮƚŶĞƐƐ͘ • The moment you get in an argument over a silly Monopoly rule ;ǁĞ͛ǀĞ Ăůů ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞͿ͕ ĞŶĂďůĞ ƚŚĞ ͞ ŽĂƌĚ 'ĂŵĞ ŶƐǁĞƌƐ ƐŬŝůů͟ ĂŶĚ ůĞƚ ůĞdžĂ ƌĞŵŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƌƵůĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝŵƉůLJ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ͞ ůĞdžĂ͕ ĂƐŬ ŽĂƌĚ 'ĂŵĞƐ ŚŽǁ ŵĂŶLJ ƚƵƌŶƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ Ă ƉƌŝƐŽŶĞƌ ƐŬŝƉ͘͟

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What would be the most successful combination for a modern, fast, safe and most importantly – economic city car? Think no further as the answer is loud and clear – MINI Cooper Countryman Plug-in Hybrid proudly presented in the most exclusive showroom in Latvia – Inchcape Motors Latvia. This vehicle stands out not only with its sleek and elegant look, embellished with all things MINI, but also for the hybrid technology it endures. To see how good of a friend on wheels this might be for you, we have met up with our very own expert - Zigmārs Vestfals. tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ DĈƌĂ DŝŭĞůƐŽŶĞ WŚŽƚŽƐ ďLJ ůĞdžĞLJ ^ŽƐŶŽǀƐŬLJ

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TECH SPECS ĐĐĞůĞƌĂƟŽŶ ;Ϭ ʹ ϭϬϬ ŬŵͬŚͿ DĂdžŝŵƵŵ ^ƉĞĞĚ ;ŬŵͬŚͿ K Ϯ ŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ;ŐͬŬŵͿ 'ĂƐ ŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ ;ůͬŬŵͿ Electric Motor Technology Engine Transmission

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/Ĩ ǁĞ ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ D/E/ enthusiasts, there are two opposite ĐĂŵƉƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ŽŶĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞ any models that came ŽƵƚ ĂŌĞƌ DŝŶŝ ǁĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ŽǀĞƌ ďLJ Dt͘ Yet their old Minis are not for daily driving at Ăůů͘ dŚĞLJ ũƵƐƚ ƵƐĞ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƚƌŝƉƐ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ there are the modern ones who gladly follow topical trends, ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞ the new models as they are and always will be drawn to the brand

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What we have here in our hands is the ďƌĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ D/E/ ŽŽƉĞƌ ŽƵŶƚƌLJŵĂŶ WůƵŐͲ ŝŶ ,LJďƌŝĚ͘ ,LJďƌŝĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůLJ ĐŽŵďŝŶŝŶŐ ŐĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ďĂƩĞƌLJ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚLJ ŝƐ ϴϴ ŚŽƌƐĞƉŽǁĞƌ͕ LJĞƚ ǁŚŝůĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ at the actual indicators shown in the car, ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ϮϮϱ ŚŽƌƐĞƉŽǁĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŽƌƐŝŽŶĂů ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ϯϴϱ EĞǁƚŽŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞƐĞ numbers will surely put a smile on the face of those preferring gas to run their ǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐ͘ ůů ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚŽƌƐ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵĞů 48

ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ŝƐ Ϯ͘ϭ ůŝƚƌĞƐ ƉĞƌ ϭϬϬ ŬŝůŽŵĞƚƌĞƐ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞƚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ǁŝůů ƉůĞĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƵŶƚƌLJŵĂŶ͘ :ƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐĞůĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚŽƌƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĨƌŽŵ Ϭ ƚŽ ϭϬϬ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ ŐŽĞƐ ŝŶ Ă ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ũƵƐƚ ϲ͘ϴ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ͘ ^Ž ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƌ ŝƐ ƉƌĞƩLJ ďƌŝƐŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ůŝŶŬĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ͘ Ƶƚ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ŬŶŽǁƐ the basic of electric engine will now that the distance for such energy source will not ďĞ ůĂƌŐĞ͘

Sound of acceleration dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞŶƐĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ ĂĐĐĞůĞƌĂƚĞƐ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŽŶĞ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ĞŶŐŝŶĞƐ ǁŝůů ƐƟůů ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ D/E/ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ƐŝƫŶŐ ŝŶ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚƐ own logical decision of dividing its power ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂdžůĞƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŝƚ ƉŝĐŬƐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĞĚ ʹ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͘ ǀĞŶ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ŽĨ sϴ ĞŶŐŝŶĞƐ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞĐŬƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ D/E/͘ ŶĚ ĂƐ ƐŽŽŶ as they will see the exclusive “e” signs on | Spring 2018

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ďŽƚŚ ƐŝĚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŝůů ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ tĞŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ŝƐ ϭ͘ϲ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ďŝƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐĂƐͲŽŶůLJ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ͘ tĞ ŶŽǁ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƵŶŝƐŽŶ ŽĨ ŐĂƐ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽĚĞů ŽīĞƌƐ ϯ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŵŽĚĞƐ ʹ ŐĂƐ͕ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝdžĞĚ͘ ŶĚ ŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽŶĞ ǁĞ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ͕ ǁĞ ĨĞĞů ůŝƩůĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶLJ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ͘

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Technologies in the car are just as we would ĞdžƉĞĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶLJ D/E/͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĞŶ ůĂƌŐĞůLJ ĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Dt͘ / ĞǀĞŶ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƚLJůĞ ŽĨ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ͘

Maxi MINI People, who have never before encountered with MINI and its usual ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ ŝƚ ĂƐ D/E/ Ăƚ Ăůů͘ This model now closely resembles an urban cross-over with successful technological ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƟŶŐ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚŽƌƐ͘ / ǁŽƵůĚ

ĐĂůů ŝƚ Ă DĂdžŝ D/E/ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƟůů ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐ ŝƚƐ typical features of a standard MINI, yet ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ƐƚLJůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĞƐ͘ /Ĩ ǁĞ ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝĐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝĐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƚŽƉ ĚŝĞƐĞů ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶƐ͘ ^Ɵůů͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŽƵŶƚƌLJŵĂŶ ŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ĨĞĞů ĂƐ ŝĨ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ D/E/ ŽŽƉĞƌ ʹ :ŽŚŶ ŽŽƉĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ĂƌĞ ĞdžĂĐƚůLJ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ͘ ››

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Don’t underestimate the size!

KŶĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĨĂůƐĞ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ when introduced to the standard indicators ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϯͲĐLJůŝŶĚĞƌ ŐĂƐ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƩĞƌLJ͘ zĞƚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůůLJ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ƐŝnjĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐĞůĞƌĂƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽǀĞ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ͘ And the sound of the engine as we ĂĐĐĞůĞƌĂƚĞ ũƵƐƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚ ƌŽĂƌŝŶŐ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ KŶĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƚƌƵƐƚ Dt ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞƐƚ ǁŽƌŬ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ D/E/ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĨĞĞů ůĞŌ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ disappointed while driving both in the city ĂŶĚ ŽŶ ŚŝŐŚǁĂLJƐ͘ The suspension system of this MINI will ĨĞĞů ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ůĞƐƐ ƐŚŝŌLJ͕ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ŝŶ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂƌ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŽůŝĚ ŝŶ ƐŚĂƌƉĞƌ ƚƵƌŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌŵŶĞƐƐ of the system gives the vehicle the exact comfortable feel we would expect from ŝƚ͘ tŚŝůĞ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ƌŽĂĚƐ͕ ŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ Ă Dt yϯ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ŵĞĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ďĂĚ ƚŚŝŶŐ͘ EŽƚ Ăƚ Ăůů͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ vehicle is much more stable in turns, and the hardness of this suspension gives the car the exact comfortable feel while driving ŝƚ͘ ŶĚ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƐĞĞ ĂŶ ŽƉƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƌĞŐƵůĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƐƉĞŶƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽĚĞů͕ ďƵƚ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚŽŶĞ͘ ǀĞŶ ŝĨ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ possible, one has to bear in mind the quite ĞdžƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƉƌŝĐĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ͘ /Ĩ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂdžŝŵƵŵ ƐƉĞĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĞĚŽŵĞƚĞƌ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ϮϲϬ͘ zĞƚ ĂŌĞƌ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ͞ ƵƚŽďŝůĚ͟ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ we are assured that this vehicle could not ƌĞĂĐŚ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϵϴ ŬŝůŽŵĞƚƌĞƐ ƉĞƌ ŚŽƵƌ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŵĞĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ǁŝůĚ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĨŽƌ ĐŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĂůƟĐ ŚŝŐŚǁĂLJƐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŝƚ͘ ŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƐƵĐŚ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ ŝƐ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝǀĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘ 50

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The style of MINI ůů ďƵƩŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŝŌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŝŽƌ ĂƌĞ comfortable, easily accessible and best of all, developed and designed in the typical D/E/ ƐƚLJůĞ ʹ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞůLJ ůŽǁͲŬĞLJ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞŐĂŶƚ͘ ǀĞƌLJǁŚĞƌĞ LJŽƵ ůŽŽŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ ŚĂǀĞ been structured with materials of high ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŶĚƐŽŵĞ ƉŝĂŶŽ ďůĂĐŬ ƚƌŝŵ͘ ŝƐƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ůŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŶŐůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ middle console also gives the interior an ĞůĞŐĂŶƚ ůŽŽŬ͕ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ƵƉ Ă ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ͘ The only thing which would be considered as a disadvantage for the space of this ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ďĂƩĞƌLJ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƵƉ Ă ďŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵŶŬ͘ tŚĞŶ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ in such engine, it would always be located ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ƌƵůĞƐ͕ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ʹ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵŶŬ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĞŶ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ŝƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƵƉ ŝƐ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůLJ ŝŶƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵŶŬ ƐĞĞŵƐ ůĂƌŐĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘ ƵŝůƚͲŝŶ ƐĞŶƐŽƌƐ ĚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ Ăůů ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĐĂů trends, many of which have now been ĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Dt͘ ŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƚLJůĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůŝƚLJ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ Any modern manufacturer will try to build in as much of such technology features as ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƚƌĞŶĚ ŽĨ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďƵŵƉĞƌƐ ʹ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĚŽŶĞ ƐŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƉĞĚĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ͘ /Ĩ ďLJ ĂŶ unfortunate event a person is to collide ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ůĂƌŐĞůLJ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƌŝƐŬƐ ŽĨ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĂů͘ Spring 2018 |

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CULTURES The whole culture of barbershops is now as popular as ever, and a completely new community has developed, finally allowing men to have the grooming they deserve.

Some have gone as far as to even compare to a religion, and in a way it is true. Barbershops nowadays really do serve as sanctuaries for men, escaping their daily lives for a bit, all while having a swell grooming.

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ǀĞƌLJ ŶĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ŽĨ ďĂƌďĞƌŝŶŐ͕ Ăůů ŚĞĂǀŝůLJ ĚĞƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŵĞŶ͘ ŶĚ each barbershop tries their best to provide the most unique and best experience for ŵĞŶ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ŝƚ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŽīĞƌ ĞdžĐůƵƐŝǀĞ ůŝƋƵŽƌ͕ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƌĞůĂdžŝŶŐ ŵĂƐƐĂŐĞƐ͘ ŶĚ then there are a few that have brought the ŐƌŽŽŵŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ŶĞǁ ůĞǀĞů͘ ŝĚ LJŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ grooming involves burning? This is where a ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ ŶĂŵĞĚ ĂŚƵŽũŝĂ ŝƐ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞĚ͘ dŚĞ very essence of it is a tool of hot pincers or ĐůĂŵƉƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƐĐŝƐƐŽƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ĂŶĐŝĞŶƚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ďƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŝƌ Žī͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƐŝŵƉůLJ ĐƵƫŶŐ ŝƚ͘ Needless to say that this technique heavily ƌĞůŝĞƐ ŽŶ ďĂƌďĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐŬŝůů ĂŶĚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ƐŽ 52

ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƐƵĐŚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŚŽƚ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ͘ dŚĞ dƵƌŬŝƐŚ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ŐƌŽŽŵŝŶŐ ĐĂŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ŝƐƐƵĞ ʹ ŵĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DŝĚĚůĞ ĂƐƚ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ƚŚŝĐŬ beards, but also hair all around the face, ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŶŽƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƌƐ͘ ^Ž ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ process includes a small torch that is ĐĂƌĞĨƵůůLJ ƚĂƉƉĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌ͘ dŚƵƐ͕ ƐŵĂůů ŚĂŝƌƐ ĚŝƐĂƉƉĞĂƌ ŝŶ ŇĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŽ ƉĂŝŶĨƵů ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƉůƵĐŬŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ůĂŶĚ ŽĨ /ŶĚŝĂ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ŶŽƚ ƐŽ much a peculiar grooming process, rather ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ĂŶĚ ĐůŝĞŶƚ ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŝƚ͘ tŚĞŶ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ streets, one does not need to visit a ďĂƌďĞƌƐŚŽƉ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Ă ŚĂŝƌĐƵƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ Ă ƌĂƌĞ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞŶĐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĚŽŶĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ

ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŵĞŶ ũƵƐƚ ƐƚŽƉ ďLJ Ă comb, which is explained by the deep ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ŚĂǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌďĞƌ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂĐƚ ĂƐ ƉƐLJĐŚŽůŽŐŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ ƐŽƌƚ who will listen carefully to even a ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞƌ͘ These and so many other examples once again prove that the culture of barbering ŝƐ ĞǀŽůǀŝŶŐ͕ ďŽƚŚ ŝŶ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ͘ ŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ adventurous of approaches as in the lands described above, we believe that every European country houses at least a few wonderful barbershops that do their ďĞƐƚ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŵĞŶ ĨĞĞů ŚĂŶĚƐŽŵĞ͕ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ͕ ďŽƚŚ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůLJ ĂŶĚ ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂůůLJ͘

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READY, SET, MARATHON! Springtime really is a great season to start up a healthier lifestyle. Fresh fruit become more accessible and the weather outside is great for a crisp run. So why not run to a goal, such as marathon? No matter how long of a distance you are planning to make, here are some tips on how to wake up from the winter’s sleep and start up running properly.

Words by Roberts Vikmanis Photos from Depositphotos ΘWƵďůŝĐŝƚLJ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ

Ž ŶŽƚ ƌƵƐŚ͊ If you have just started running, chances for a half-marathon are there, but do not get the false idea that this is the distance LJŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ͘ ^ƚĂƌƚ ŽƵƚ ƐůŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƌƚ͘ ĚĚ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ each running day, and if it feels too much, ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŐŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƵŶƟů LJŽƵ ĨĞĞů ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ĂƉƉůŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ͘ ^ƚĂƌƚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ ĨŽƵƌ ĚĂLJƐ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂůůLJ ĂĚĚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶĐLJ͘ dĂŬĞ Ă ƌĞĂŬ͊ /ƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ďƌĞĂŬƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ƌƵŶ͘ :ƵƐƚ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƚŚĞŵ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ůŽŶŐ͕ because if you manage to de-warm your 54

muscles and then suddenly restart the run, it will not only feel so much worse, but will also ĚŽ ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ďŽĚLJ͘ ŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ZŽƵƚĞ͊ If there is a scheduled day ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ LJŽƵ ĨŽƌ Ă ƌƵŶ͕ ďƵƚ LJŽƵ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐŚŽƌƚ͕ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƐŬŝƉ ŝƚ͘ :ƵƐƚ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ Ă ďŝƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ďLJ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ Ă ƐůŽƉĞ ƚŽ ƌƵŶ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŽ͘ Ž ŶŽƚ ƌƵƐŚ Ͳ ƚĂŬĞ LJŽƵƌ ƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐůŽǁĞƌ ƉĂĐĞ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ŵƵƐĐůĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĞŶĚƵƌĂŶĐĞ͘ You can also plan such route during your long ƌƵŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŵ ůĞƐƐ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ͘ ^ƚƌĞƚĐŚ ŽƵƚ͊ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶ͘ Ğ ĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ďŽƚŚ ĂƌĞ ĞƋƵĂůůLJ ĂƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ

ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŵĞĂŶ ũƵƐƚ ƉƵƫŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ĮŶŐĞƌƐ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ƚŽĞƐ Ă ĨĞǁ ƟŵĞƐ͘ ^ƚĂƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽĚĞƌĂƚĞ ƐƋƵĂƚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ŐƌĂĚƵĂůůLJ ǁĂƌŵ ƵƉ LJŽƵƌ ůĞŐƐ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ůĞŐ separately, then both to stretch out the upper ďŽĚLJ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ ŝǀĞƌƐŝĨLJ͊ It is not just running you should ďĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ǁŚĞŶ ƉƌĞƉĂƌŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵĂƌĂƚŚŽŶ͘ ZĞƉůĂĐĞ Ă ƌƵŶ ŽŶĐĞ Žƌ ƚǁŝĐĞ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ƚŽ ƐŚĂŬĞ ƵƉ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŵƵƐĐůĞ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŐŽŽĚ examples are swimming, cycling or doing WŝůĂƚĞƐ͘ ĞƩĞƌ LJĞƚ͕ ƐƚĂƌƚ ďLJ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ĞĂĐŚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ͘

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London Marathon, April 22

Paris Marathon, April 8

Rome Marathon, April 8

ZŽƵƚĞ͗ 'ƌĞĞŶǁŝĐŚ ʹ dŽǁĞƌ ƌŝĚŐĞ ʹ ŝŐ ĞŶ ʹ dŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ʹ ƵƩLJ ^ƚĂƌŬ ʹ >ŽŶĚŽŶ LJĞ ʹ ƵĐŬŝŶŐŚĂŵ WĂůĂĐĞ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ƚĞĂ͕ ƌĞĚ ƚĞůĞƉŚŽŶĞ ďŽŽƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŐ ĞŶ ƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐ ĞĂĐŚ ŚŽƵƌ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ƌƵŶ ĨŽƌ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ĨŽƌ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƚƌĂŐĞŽƵƐ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞƐ͘

ZŽƵƚĞ͗ ǀĞŶƵĞ ĚĞƐ ŚĂŵƉƐͲ ůLJƐĞĞƐ ʹ ďĂŶŬƐ ŽĨ ^ĞŝŶĞ ʹ EŽƚƌĞ ĂŵĞ ĂƚŚĞĚƌĂů ʹ ŝīĞů dŽǁĞƌ ʹ >ŽƵǀƌĞ DƵƐĞƵŵ ʹ ƌĐ ĚĞ dƌŝŽŵƉŚĞ There is the midnight in Paris, and then ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ WĂƌŝƐ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ Ă couple who are not so fond of those cliché ƌŽŵĂŶƟĐ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶƐ͕ LJĞƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ĐŝƚLJ ŽĨ WĂƌŝƐ ʹ ǁŚLJ ŶŽƚ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ͍ ůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϱϬ ϬϬϬ ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ Ăůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ƚĂŬĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ǀŝĞǁ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶ ĂĐƟǀĞ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞ͘

ZŽƵƚĞ͗ ŽůŝƐĞƵŵ Ăƚ sŝĂ ĚĞŝ &Žƌŝ /ŵƉĞƌŝĂů ʹ dŝďĞƌ ZŝǀĞƌ ʹ WŝĂnjnjĂ Ěŝ ^ƉĂŐŶĞ ʹ dƌĞǀŝ &ŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ Ͳ ŽůŝƐĞƵŵ Ăƚ sŝĂ ĚĞŝ &Žƌŝ /ŵƉĞƌŝĂů KƌŝŐŝŶĂůůLJ DĂƌĂƚŽŶĂ Ěŝ ZŽŵĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĚ Ăůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƉŽƵƌŝŶŐ ƌĂŝŶ͕ ŶŽ ƵŶƐĂƟƐĮĞĚ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞ ǁĂƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶŝƐŚ ůŝŶĞ͘ ŶĚ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂĨƌĂŝĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ZŽŵĞ ŝƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ŚŝůůƐ͘ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ ŵŽƐƚůLJ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŇĂƚͲƐƵƌĨĂĐĞĚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ͘

Tuscany Marathon, April 21

Transylvania Marathon, May 19

Lattelecom Riga Marathon, May 20

ZŽƵƚĞ͗ WŝĞŶnjĂ ʹ ^ĂŶ YƵŝƌŝĐŽ Ě͛KƌĐŝĂ ʹ DŽŶƚĂůĐŝŶŽ ʹ ĂƐƚĞůŶƵŽǀŽ ĚĞůů͛ ďĂƚĞ ʹ KƌĐŝĂ &ŽƌƚƌĞƐƐ͘ This would be most applicable for the strongest of runners as the marathon also ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ϭϬϬͲŬŝůŽŵĞƚƌĞ ƵůƚƌĂ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ͕ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ Ϯϰ ŚŽƵƌƐ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ ŝƚ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƵƚĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůůŝŶŐ ŚŝůůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ /ƚĂůŝĂŶ dƵƐĐĂŶLJ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ŽĨ sĂů ĚĞ KƌĐŝĂ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂŶĐŝĞŶƚ ŽŶĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƵƚĞ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ďLJ ƉŝůŐƌŝŵƐ ŵĂŶLJ ĐĞŶƚƵƌŝĞƐ ĂŐŽ͘

ZŽƵƚĞ͗ ƌĂŶ ĂƐƚůĞ ʹ ZĞŐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƵĐĞŐŝ ZĂŶŐĞ ʹ ƌĂŶ ĂƐƚůĞ It is no surprise that this marathon starts Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ŚŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƌĂĐƵůĂ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ excellent place for the beginner runners who are ready for some adventures through ancient forest trails, mountain plateaus and ǁŝŶĚLJ ƌŝĚŐĞƐ͘

ZŽƵƚĞ͗ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϭϭ ŵďĂŶŬŵĞŶƚ ʹ sĂŶƓƵ ƌŝĚŐĞ ʹ KůĚ ŝƚLJ ʹ &ƌĞĞĚŽŵ DŽŶƵŵĞŶƚ ʹ >ĂƚǀŝĂŶ EĂƟŽŶĂů DƵƐĞƵŵ ŽĨ ƌƚ ʹ ^ŬĂŶƐƚĞ ʹ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϭϭ ŵďĂŶŬŵĞŶƚ This marathon is actually quite historic, as ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŚĞůĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϵϭ͘ :ƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĂLJ before the huge marathon of three distances, Ă ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ŵĂƌĂƚŚŽŶ ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĂůƐŽ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ LJŽƵŶŐ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ͘

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DOUZE POINTS …

Family gathering around the TV screen to watch and sing along the Eurovision Song Contest. If it applies to you, read this useful guide to know everything about not only this year’s contest, but also the story of how did it all begin? In a few words – where did the ESC come from? tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ >ţŐĂ ŐůţƚĞ WƵďůŝĐŝƚLJ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ

Facts First • dŚĞ ŝŐ &ŝǀĞ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ &ŝŶĂůƐ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůLJ͘ dŚĞ countries are France, Germany, Italy, ^ƉĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ <ŝŶŐĚŽŵ͘ ƉĂƌƚ from these, the former winning country ĂůƐŽ ƉƌĞͲƋƵĂůŝĮĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĂŶĚ &ŝŶĂůĞ͘ • dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ^ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ŝƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ Śŝƚ ͞tĂƚĞƌůŽŽ͟ ŝŶ ϭϵϳϰ͘ • ĂĐŚ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚ͛Ɛ ĂĐƚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďLJ Ă ůŝǀĞ ŽƌĐŚĞƐƚƌĂ ƵƉ ƵŶƟů ϭϵϵϴ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ the duty of each country to bring their ŽǁŶ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚŽƌ͘ • dŽƚĂů ŽĨ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ over the years calculates to more than ϭϱϬϬ͘ • KƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƟƚůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ 'ƌĂŶĚ Wƌŝdž͘ • ŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚǁŽ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚƐ ŝŶ

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^ǁŝƚnjĞƌůĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ 'ĞƌŵĂŶLJ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƌƵůĞĚ that each contest would be hosted by ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘ Slogans of each contest have been ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϮ͘ ƐƚŽŶŝĂ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ͞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĨĂŝƌLJƚĂůĞ͟ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϮ͕ ĂŶĚ >ĂƚǀŝĂ ʹ ͞DĂŐŝĐĂů ZĞŶĚĞnjǀŽƵƐ͟ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϯ͘ No country has withdrawn from the ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϭϭ͘ dŚĞ ϭϬϬϬƚŚ ĞŶƚƌLJ ǁĂƐ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ďLJ /ƌĞůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ƌŝĂŶ <ĞŶŶĞĚLJ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƐŽŶŐ ͞ ǀĞƌLJ ^ŽŶŐ ŝƐ Ă ƌLJ ĨŽƌ >ŽǀĞ͘͟ dŚĞ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϴ ^ ǁŝůů ďĞ ZƵƐƐŝĂ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŬŝƉƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ůĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ZƵƐƐŝĂ ĂŶĚ hŬƌĂŝŶĞ͛Ɛ ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚ͘

DĂƌĐĞů ĞnjĞŶĕŽŶ͕ the director of the ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƟŶŐ hŶŝŽŶ͘

On History dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƵƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ ^ŽŶŐ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ ǁĂƐ ŚĞůĚ ŽŶ DĂLJ Ϯϰ͕ ϭϵϱϲ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĞƋƵŝǀĂůĞŶƚ ƚŽ /ƚĂůLJ͛Ɛ ^ĂŶƌĞŵŽ DƵƐŝĐ &ĞƐƟǀĂů͘ /ƚ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƚĞĚ ŽŶůLJ ƐĞǀĞŶ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŶŐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƉĞƌ ŽŶĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ďĞŐĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ DĂƌĐĞů ĞnjĞŶĕŽŶ ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƟŶŐ hŶŝŽŶ͘ DĂŶLJ LJĞĂƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƐŽ ůĞƚ͛Ɛ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ͍ | Spring 2018

EUROVISION SMART CATCH

What to Expect This Year?

Wind of Change ZƵůĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƚƌŝĐƚůLJ ůŝŶŬĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ʹ ƵƉ ƵŶƟů ϭϵϳϯ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞĂĐŚ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚ ŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ͘ zĞƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ period there were a few entries trying to ďƌĞĂŬ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ LJĞĂƌ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůĞ ǁĂƐ ĐĂŶĐĞůůĞĚ͕ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ͞tĂƚĞƌůŽŽ͘͟ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ĚƌĂƐƟĐĂůůLJ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚƐ ǁĂƐ ǀŽƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ hƉ ƵŶƟů ϭϵϵϳ ƚŚĞ votes were dependent only on the ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂů ũƵƌLJ͘ ŌĞƌ ϱ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ decided to experiment with ƚĞůĞǀŽƟŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ to be successful and all other countries were encouraged to do ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂŌĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĞĂƌůLJ ϭϵϵϬƐ Eurovision started to be ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ that became independent, ŵŽƐƚůLJ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƚĞƌŶ ďůŽĐ͘ dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ͕ Ă ƐĞŵŝͲĮŶĂů ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϰ͕ ůĂƚĞƌ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚǁŽ ƐĞŵŝͲ ĮŶĂůƐ͘

ƵƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ ϮϬϭϴ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ϲϯƌĚ ĞĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁĞ ĐĂůů ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ ^ŽŶŐ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ͘ This year the host country is going to be Portugal ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ͘ WŽƌƚƵŐĂů͛Ɛ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶ ʹ ^ĂůǀĂĚŽƌ ^ŽďƌĂů ʹ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϳ͕ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ďLJ <ŝĞǀ͕ hŬƌĂŝŶĞ͘ ,ŝƐ ƐŽŶŐ ͞ ŵĂƌ ƉĞůŽƐ ĚŽŝƐ͟ Žƌ ͞>ŽǀĞ ĨŽƌ ŽƚŚ͟ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ WŽƌƚƵŐĂů͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ƵƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĞŶƚƌLJ ĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůLJ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ůƟĐĞ ƌĞŶĂ͕ >ŝƐďŽŶ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ŽĨ Ϯ ^ĞŵŝͲĮŶĂůƐ ŽŶ DĂLJ ϴ ĂŶĚ ϭϬ͕ ĂŶĚ 'ƌĂŶĚ &ŝŶĂůĞ ŽŶ DĂLJ ϭϮ͘ ƵƟĞƐ ŽĨ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ďLJ ĂƚĂƌŝŶĂ &ƵƌƚĂĚŽ͕ ĂŶŝĞůĂ ZƵĂŚ͕ ^ŝůǀŝĂ ůďĞƌƚŽ ĂŶĚ &ŝůŽŵĞŶĂ ĂƵƚĞůĂ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐůŽŐĂŶ ʹ ͞ ůů ďŽĂƌĚ͊͟ ůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐƵĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ůŝŶŬĞĚ ƚŽ ŽĐĞĂŶŝĐ ŵŽƟĨƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ƚůĂŶƟĐ ĐŽĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŶĞdžƚ ƚŽ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ seafaring and trading history that has inspired the chosen theme of ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ͘ ZŝŐŚƚ ŶĞdž ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ĞŵďůĞŵ Ͳ Ă ƐƚLJůŝƐĞĚ ƐĞĂƐŚĞůů ʹ ϭϮ other symbols will be added, all ƐLJŵďŽůŝnjŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐŝĚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŝŶĞ ĞĐŽƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ʹ ͞ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƌĞƐŽŶĂƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ >ŝƐďŽŶ͛Ɛ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌƐĐŽƌĞ ƵƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽƌĞ ǀĂůƵĞƐ͘ dŚĞ KĐĞĂŶ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚƐ Ăůů ŽĨ ƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ĐĂŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŐŽŽĚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŶŐ ďƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ŝŶ >ŝƐďŽŶ ŶĞdžƚ DĂLJ͘͟

Order of Participants

^ĂůǀĂĚŽƌ ^ŽďƌĂů tŝŶŶĞƌ ^ ϮϬϭϳ ĨƌŽŵ WŽƌƚƵŐĂů Spring 2018 |

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Sweden Georgia Australia Albania ĞůŐŝƵŵ Montenegro Finland njĞƌďĂŝũĂŶ Portugal Greece Poland Moldova Iceland njĞĐŚ ZĞƉƵďůŝĐ LJƉƌƵƐ Armenia Slovenia Latvia

Serbia Austria &͘z͘Z͘ DĂĐĞĚŽŶŝĂ Malta Romania The Netherlands ,ƵŶŐĂƌLJ ĞŶŵĂƌŬ Ireland San Marino ƌŽĂƟĂ Norway ^ǁŝƚnjĞƌůĂŶĚ ĞůĂƌƵƐ ƵůŐĂƌŝĂ Lithuania Estonia Israel 57

Tomb Raider, MARCH 16 Quite a while has passed since ǁĞ ƐĂǁ ŶŐĞůŝŶĂ :ŽůŝĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮĞƌĐĞ ǁŽŵĂŶ͕ ƐŽ ŶŽǁ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŽīĞƌĞĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ůŽŽŬ ŽŶ ůŝĐŝĂ sŝŬĂŶĚĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƉůĂLJƐ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ƐĂŵĞ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ŽĨ Ă ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƌ͘ tŝůů ƐŚĞ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ obstacles and push herself beyond ŚĞƌ ĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŝƐůĂŶĚ her own father disappeared on? tĂƚĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ͊

SPRING

Director: Roar Uthaug ^ƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ͗ ůŝĐŝĂ sŝŬĂŶĚĞƌ͕ <ƌŝƐƟŶ ^ĐŽƩ dŚŽŵĂƐ͕ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ :ŽŚŶͲ<ĂŵĞŶ͕ ŽŵŝŶŝĐ tĞƐƚ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ďLJ͗ '< &ŝůŵƐ͕ DĞƚƌŽͲ Goldwyn-Mayer, Square Enix, tĂƌŶĞƌ ƌŽƐ͘

SCREENING tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ 'ƵƐƚĂǀƐ ZĞŝŶŚŽůĚƐ WƵďůŝĐŝƚLJ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ

Red Sparrow, March 2

Truth or Dare, April 13 :ƵƐƚ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ &ƌŝĚĂLJ ϭϯƚŚ͕ Ă ŶĞǁ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŝƐ ƵƉŽŶ ƵƐ͘ Seemingly harmless game of truth and dare turns into a friend ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͛Ɛ ŶŝŐŚƚŵĂƌĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉƵŶŝƐŚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚĞůůŝŶŐ Ă ůŝĞ Žƌ ƌĞĨƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŶŽƚ LJĞƚ ƉƵŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŚĂƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͗ :Ğī tĂĚůŽǁ ^ƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ͗ >ƵĐLJ ,ĂůĞ͕ dLJůĞƌ WŽƐĞLJ͕ >ĂŶĚŽŶ >ŝďŽŝƌŽŶ͕ sŝŽůĞƩ ĞĂŶĞ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ďLJ͗ ůƵŵŚŽƵƐĞ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ

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ŽŵŝŶŝŬĂ ŐŽƌŽǀĂ ŝƐ Ă ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ ballerina, recruited to a Russian Intelligence Service school where they teach young girls such as ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ŚĞƌ ďŽĚLJ ĂŶĚ ĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂƐ Ă ǁĞĂƉŽŶ͘ ,Žǁ ǁŝůů ƐŚĞ ŚĂŶĚůĞ ŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ƚĂƌŐĞƟŶŐ Ă / ĂŐĞŶƚ͍ tĂƚĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ͊ Director: Francis Lawrence ^ƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ͗ :ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ >ĂǁƌĞŶĐĞ͕ :ŽĞů ĚŐĞƌƚŽŶ͕ DĂƌLJͲ>ŽƵŝƐĞ WĂƌŬĞƌ͕ :ŽĞůLJ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚƐŽŶ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ďLJ͗ ŚĞƌŶŝŶ ŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ &ŝůŵ ZŝƚĞƐ͕ ^ŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ

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UPCOMING 2018 SMART MOVIES

Ready Player One, March 30 'Ğƚ ƌĞĂĚLJ ĨŽƌ Ă ďƌĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĂŶĚ ĞdžĐŝƚŝŶŐ ďůŽĐŬďƵƐƚĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ^ƚĞǀĞŶ ^ƉŝĞůďĞƌŐ͕ ĂƐ ŚĞ ŶŽǁ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀŝƌƚƵĂů ƌĞĂůŝƚLJ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚŽƌ ŽĨ ŝƚ ʹ ƚŚĞ K ^/^ ʹ ĚŝĞƐ͕ ŚĞ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞƐ Ă ǀŝĚĞŽ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĞ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞƌƐ ŽĨ K ^/^ ƚŽ ĨŝŶĚ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĂƐƚĞƌ ŐŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ŐƌĂŶƚ ŝƚƐ ĨŝŶĚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĞ͘ tĂƚĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĨŝƌƐƚ ĐůƵĞ͛Ɛ ĨŝŶĚĞƌ ʹ tĂĚĞ tĂƚƚƐ ʹ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ďLJ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌŽƵƐ ŽďƐƚĂĐůĞƐ͘ Director: Steven Spielberg ^ƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ͗ dLJĞ ^ŚĞƌŝĚĂŶ͕ KůŝǀŝĂ ŽŽŬĞ͕ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ :ŽŚŶͲ<ĂŵĞŶ͕ ĞŶ DĞŶĚĞůƐŽŚŶ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ďLJ͗ ŵďůŝŶ ŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ Ğ >ŝŶĞ WŝĐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ƌĞĂŵtŽƌŬƐ͕ &ĂƌĂŚ &ŝůŵƐ Θ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ZĂŶĚŽŵ ,ŽƵƐĞ &ŝůŵƐ͕ ZĂƚWĂĐͲ ƵŶĞ ŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ZĞůŝĂŶĐĞ ŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ sŝůůĂŐĞ ZŽĂĚƐŚŽǁ WŝĐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ tĂƌŶĞƌ ƌŽƐ͘

Solo: A Star Wars Story, May 25 Deadpool, May 18 If not that big of a fan of the whole Marvel team of Avengers, try ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ʹ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶŶŝĞƐƚ͕ ǁĞ ŵĂLJ ĂĚĚ͊ tĂƚĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŝƩLJ ĞĂĚƉŽŽů ĮŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĞ Ğǀŝů ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁŚŝůĞ ŶŽƚ ůŽŽƐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ comic, open and unique nature of being just a simple Wade tŝůƐŽŶ ƵŶĚĞƌŶĞĂƚŚ͘ Director: David Leitch ^ƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ͗ ZLJĂŶ ZĞLJŶŽůĚƐ͕ :ŽƐŚ ƌŽůŝŶ͕ DŽƌĞŶĂ ĂĐĐĂƌŝŶ͕ d͘:͘ DŝůůĞƌ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ďLJ͗ ŽŶŶĞƌƐ͛ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ͕ <ŝŶďĞƌŐ 'ĞŶƌĞ͕ DĂƌǀĞů ŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ dǁĞŶƟĞƚŚ ĞŶƚƵƌLJ &Ždž

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Yet another Star Wars story we have never ŚĞĂƌĚ Žī ǁŝůů Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ,ĂŶ ^ŽůŽ ĂŶĚ ŚĞǁďĂĐĐĂ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞLJ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ZĞďĞůůŝŽŶ͘ ĂƌůLJ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ >ĂŶĚŽ ĂůƌŝƐƐŝĂŶ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ŐŽ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ͘ ›› ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͗ ZŽŶ ,ŽǁĂƌĚ ^ƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ͗ ŵŝůŝĂ ůĂƌŬĞ͕ ůĚĞŶ ŚƌĞŶƌĞŝĐŚ͕ tŽŽĚLJ ,ĂƌƌĞůƐŽŶ͕ WĂƵů ĞƩĂŶLJ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ďLJ͗ >ƵĐĂƐĮůŵ͕ tĂůƚ ŝƐŶĞLJ WŝĐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ůůŝƐŽŶ ^ŚĞĂƌŵƵƌ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ͕ /ŵĂŐŝŶĞ ŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ

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Avengers: Infinity War, May 4 KŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƚĞĂŵ ;ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞͿ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶŐĞƌƐ ŐĞƚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŽ defeat the powerful Thuanos whose ƉůĂŶ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĞ͘ ^ĞĞ ŚŽǁ they overcome not only the challenge ŽĨ ďĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĞŵLJ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ĐĂƵƐĞ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ͗ ŶƚŚŽŶLJ ZƵƐƐŽ͕ :ŽĞ ZƵƐƐŽ ^ƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ͗ /ƌŽŶ DĂŶ͕ ƌ͘ ^ƚƌĂŶŐĞ͕ ĂƉƚĂŝŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͕ >ŽŬŝ͕ dŚŽƌ͕ ^ƉŝĚĞƌͲDĂŶ͕ EĞďƵůĂ͕ ^ƚĂƌͲ>ŽƌĚ͕ 'ĂŵŽƌĂ͕ ^ĐĂƌůĞƚ tŝƚĐŚ͕ ůĂĐŬ tŝĚŽǁ͕ ŶƚͲDĂŶ͕ ,ƵůŬ͕ ůĂĐŬ WĂŶƚŚĞƌ͕ &ĂůĐŽŶ͕ KŬŽLJĞ͕ ĂŶĚ dŚĂŶŽƐ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ďLJ͗ DĂƌǀĞů ^ƚƵĚŝŽƐ dŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ƐĂǁ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ƐƵƉĞƌŚĞƌŽĞƐ ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϯ ǁŚĞŶ DĂƌǀĞů ŽŵŝĐƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ͣ ǀĞŶŐĞƌƐ ηϭ͘͟ ƌĞĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ǁƌŝƚĞƌͲĞĚŝƚŽƌ ^ƚĂŶ >ĞĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƟƐƚ :ĂĐŬ <ŝƌďLJ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚŽƌLJ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƌĞŝŶĐĂƌŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůLJ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ƐƵƉĞƌͲŚĞƌŽ ƚĞĂŵ ʹ ͣ ůůͲtŝŶŶĞƌƐ ^ƋƵĂĚ͘͟ KƌŝŐŝŶĂů ǀĞŶŐĞƌƐ ƚĞĂŵ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ dŚŽƌ͕ /ƌŽŶ DĂŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ,ƵůŬ͕ ŶƚͲDĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ tĂƐƉ͘ ĂƉƚĂŝŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ǁĂƐ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϰƚŚ issue of comics, and joined the team as he ǁĂƐ ĚĞͲŝĐĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ƐƵƉĞƌͲŚĞƌŽ ƚĞĂŵ had appeared in numerous forms outside ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŝРŬƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϮ ǁŚĞŶ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ :ŽƐƐ tŚĞĚŽŶ ƐĞƚ ŐƌŽƵŶĚͲďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ ďŽdžͲŽĸĐĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŵŽǀŝĞ ͞dŚĞ ǀĞŶŐĞƌƐ͘͟ 60

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! Avengers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ĂƐ ĞĂƌůLJ ĂƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƐƟŶŐ ďĞŐĂŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ZŽďĞƌƚ ŽǁŶĞLJ :ƌ͘ ǁĂƐ ŽĸĐŝĂůůLJ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ͘ dŚĞ ĮůŵŝŶŐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ďĞŐƵŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϭ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƟƚůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĂƐ ͞'ƌŽƵƉ ,ƵŐ͘͟ ^ƚŽƌLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ͞ ǀĞŶŐĞƌƐ͟ ƚĞůůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĞĂĐĞŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ͞^͘,͘/͘ ͘>͘ ͕͘͟ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ Ͳ EŝĐŬ &ƵƌLJ Ͳ ĚĞĐŝĚĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĐƌƵŝƚ /ƌŽŶ DĂŶ͕ dŚŽƌ͕ ĂƉƚĂŝŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ,ƵůŬ ƚŽ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ĂƌƚŚ͛Ɛ ĚĞƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ďLJ dŚŽƌ͛Ɛ Ğǀŝů ďƌŽƚŚĞƌ >ŽŬŝ͘

ŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŐĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂĐĐůĂŝŵƐ͕ Ă ĨĞǁ LJĞĂƌƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ʹ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϱ Ͳ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ͞ ǀĞŶŐĞƌƐ͗ ŐĞ ŽĨ hůƚƌŽŶ͘͟ dŚĞ ƐĞƋƵĞů ǁĂƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϮ͕ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ Ă LJĞĂƌ ůĂƚĞƌ ĐĂƐƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ďĞŐƵŶ ǁŝƚŚ LJĞƚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ʹ ŽǁŶĞLJ͛Ɛ ƐŝŐŶŝŶŐ͘ &ŝůŵŝŶŐ ďĞŐƵŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϰ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă LJĞĂƌ ůĂƚĞƌ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ϳƚŚ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚͲŐƌŽƐƐŝŶŐ Įůŵ ŝŶ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĂƟŽŶ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶŐĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ hůƚƌŽŶ ʹ ĂŶ ĂƌƟĮĐŝĂů ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶ ŝƚƐ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ĐĂƵƐĞ ŚƵŵĂŶ ĞdžƟŶĐƟŽŶ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝŶŝƟĂůůLJ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ŐůŽďĂů ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ hůƚƌŽŶ ƐƵĚĚĞŶůLJ ŵĂůĨƵŶĐƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ͘ ŶĚ ŶŽǁ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĮŶĂůůLJ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽďĂďůLJ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂǁĂŝƚĞĚ ŵŽǀŝĞ ŽĨ DĂƌǀĞů͛Ɛ hŶŝǀĞƌƐĞ ʹ ͞ ǀĞŶŐĞƌƐ͗ /ŶĮŶŝƚLJ tĂƌ͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ DĂLJ ϰ͕ ϮϬϭϴ͘ dŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďLJ ŶƚŚŽŶLJ ĂŶĚ :ŽĞƐ ZƵƐƐŽ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ will add new characters from the Marvel ŝŶĞŵĂƟĐ hŶŝǀĞƌƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂĚŶ͛ƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶŐĞƌƐ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ƵŶĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝůů ĂƉƉĞĂƌ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ 'ƵĂƌĚŝĂŶƐ ŽĨ 'ĂůĂdžLJ͘ ůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚĞƌŽĞƐ will unite in a never-seen before team to ĮŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ĞŶĞŵLJ dŚĂŶŽƐ ǁŚŽƐĞ ŵĂŝŶ ŐŽĂů ŝƐ ƚŽ ĐŽůůĞĐƚ Ăůů /ŶĮŶŝƚLJ ^ƚŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌƵůĞ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĞ ĂƐ ǁĞ ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ͘ | Spring 2018

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ANTIOXIDANTS Spring is here – clothes become lighter, fresh food is all around and sun shining warm and bright. Yet bear in mind – just because the weather is warm and all seems fine, your body should still be treated as best as possible. It is not just winter when vitamins are vital, but all year through. So let’s talk about vitamins that are excellent to find naturally during spring and summer seasons – antioxidants. tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ >ŝĞŶĞ ŐůţƚĞ Photos from Depositphotos

ŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ǀŝƚĂŵŝŶƐ͕ ŵŝŶĞƌĂů ǀŝƚĂŵŝŶƐ and ferments that help to protect organism ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞ ƌĂĚŝĐĂů ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͘ &ƌĞĞ ƌĂĚŝĐĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ĂĐƟǀĞ ĂƚŽŵƐ Žƌ ĂƚŽŵ groups that can create cell damage, thus ǁĞĂŬĞŶŝŶŐ ŝŵŵƵŶĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĚĞŐĞŶĞƌĂƟǀĞ ŝůůŶĞƐƐĞƐ͘ ^ĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ ƚŚŝŶŬ that a damage created by free radicals is ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĂŐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŵ͘ &ƌĞĞ radicals in the organism are also impacted by the environment, for example, UV light ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ^ƵŶ͕ yͲƌĂLJƐ͕ ƌĂĚŝŽĂĐƟǀĞ ŐĂŵŵĂ ƌĂĚŝĂƟŽŶ͕ ĐŝŐĂƌĞƩĞ ƐŵŽŬĞ͕ ƉŽůůƵƚĞĚ ĐŝƚLJ Ăŝƌ͕ ŽnjŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĂůĐŽŚŽů͘ &ƌĞĞ ƌĂĚŝĐĂůƐ ĐĂŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĞīĞĐƚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ƌĂĚŝĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŽdžŝĐ ĐŚĞŵŝĐĂůƐ͘ Toxic chemicals appear in organism from ƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ĞdžƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞdžĐĞƐƐŝǀĞ 62

sunlight, as well as due to metabolism ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ͘ &ƌĞĞ ƌĂĚŝĐĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůĞĚ ďLJ “collectors” of free radicals who develop ŶĂƚƵƌĂůůLJ͘ dŚĞ ͞ĐŽůůĞĐƚŽƌƐ͟ ŶĞƵƚƌĂůŝnjĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞ ƌĂĚŝĐĂůƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ǀŝƚĂůůLJ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ďLJ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ĨĞƌŵĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ are also many food ingredients that operate ĂƐ ĂŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ǀŝƚĂŵŝŶ ͕ ďĞƚĂ ĐĂƌŽƚĞŶĞ͕ ǀŝƚĂŵŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŝŶĞƌĂů ƐƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞ ƐĞůĞŶŝƵŵ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƐƚ ĂŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌŵŽŶĞ ŵĞůĂƚŽŶŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞ ƌĂĚŝĐĂů ŶĞƵƚƌĂůŝnjĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ ŽĨ ĂŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ ĂůƐŽ ĂƉƉůLJ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ƉůĂŶƚƐ ʹ ƐƉƌŽƵƚĞĚ ŐƌĂŝŶ͕ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĨƌƵŝƚ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ͘ Selenium is especially vital for the ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ďůŽŽĚ ĐĞůůƐ͕ ŚĞĂƌƚ͕ ůŝǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůƵŶŐƐ͘ /Ŷ ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ƐĞůĞŶŝƵŵ ƐƟŵƵůĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ĂŶƟďŽĚŝĞƐ͘

/Ŷ ĨŽŽĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂƌĞ ĐƌŽƉ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͕ ŵĞĂƚ͕ ĮƐŚ͕ ĐŚĞĞƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŐŐƐ͘ Fruit and especially berries are rich with ĂŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ͘ ĞƌƌŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ͞ŐĞŵƐƚŽŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘͟ :ƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ĐƵƉ ŽĨ ďĞƌƌŝĞƐ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĚĂLJ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĂƐ Ă ůŝŵŝƚ ʹ ĨƌĞƐŚ berries can be eaten as much as possible, LJĞƚ ĂǀŽŝĚ ŽǀĞƌĞĂƟŶŐ͘ ^ƚƌĂǁďĞƌƌŝĞƐ͕ raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, ďůĂĐŬĐƵƌƌĂŶƚƐ͕ ƌĞĚ ĐƵƌƌĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ďůĂĐŬďĞƌƌŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ ĐĂŶ be found in cranberries, blueberries and ďůĂĐŬďĞƌƌŝĞƐ͘ ůŵŽƐƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ ĂƉƉůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŝĞĚ ĨƌƵŝƚ͘ ^ŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ amount is also in peaches, mango and ŵĞůŽŶƐ͘ | Spring 2018

CARING FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE

ŶĚ ƚƌƵĞ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĂŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ are once widely-grown berries in Latvia Ͳ ĂƌŽŶŝĂƐ͘ ƌŽŶŝĂ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐĞƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞůLJ ĐŽůůĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞ selenium from the soil it grows in, and ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƚĞƐ ŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĞƌƌŝĞƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ŝŶ Scandinavian countries selenium is available in more healthy and easily accessible form, and no expensive capsules with chemical ĐŽŵƉŽƵŶĚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ͘ ƌŝĞĚ ĨƌƵŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƉůƵŵƐ͕ ĚĂƚĞƐ͕ ĮŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŝƐŝŶƐ͘ tŚĞŶ ďƵLJŝŶŐ ĚƌŝĞĚ ĨƌƵŝƚ͕ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ should be paid to the amount of added ƐƵŐĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƌƟŽŶ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌƵŝƚ ŝƐ ĚƌŝĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŝnjĞ ŽĨ ŝƚ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƉĂLJ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĞĂƐLJ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŝŶ ƚŽŽ ŵĂŶLJ ĐĂůŽƌŝĞƐ͘ &ƌĞƐŚ ĨƌƵŝƚ ĂƌĞ ďĞƩĞƌ for their low calorie count, nourishing, rich Spring 2018 |

KŶĞ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞĂƌ ŝŶ ŵŝŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ĂŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ in fruit and vegetables, actually absorbs ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŵ͘ dŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŽĨ ďŝŽĂǀĂŝůĂďŝůŝƚLJ ʹ ĂďƐŽƌƉƟŽŶ can be carried out only by a certain ǀŽůƵŵĞ ŽĨ ŵŝŶĞƌĂůƐ͘ ŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ ďůƵĞďĞƌƌŝĞƐ ĂďƐŽƌď ŵƵĐŚ ďĞƩĞƌ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƌƌŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚůLJ ĞǀĂƉŽƌĂƚĞĚ ʹ ĂĐƟǀĞ minerals transform in a form that is more ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŵ͘ ǁŝƚŚ ĮďƌĞ͕ ǀŝƚĂŵŝŶƐ͕ ŵŝŶĞƌĂů ƐƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶƟŽdžŝĚĂŶƚƐ͘ Almost as valuable as fresh berries are also ĨƌŽnjĞŶ ďĞƌƌŝĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƚĂů ŵŝŶĞƌĂůƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĨƌŽnjĞŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚ ŽĨ ƐƵŐĂƌ͘

The first premium-class medical institution in Latvia High medical service standards Exceptional demands in choice of personnel More than 100 experts in 35 different specialty fields Modern medical equipment Special conditions of confidentiality Staff speaks foreign languages 13. janvara iela 3, Riga (+371) 660 111 60 info@premiummedical.lv www. premiummedical.lv

SPRING LITERATURE SMART BOOKS

Even though spring time should be all about outside activities, who’s to tell that reading a book under a blossoming tree is not an activity? Here are just a few of this year’s “must-reads”, all embraced with just the inspiration and excitement we need to begin a joyful spring season. tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ DĈƌĂ DŝŭĞůƐŽŶĞ Photos from Depositphotos

“Plonger”

by Christophe Ono-dit-Biot

“Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear” by Elizabeth Gilbert

GOODREADS RATING:

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&ƌĞŶĐŚ ůŽŽŬ ŽŶ ůŽǀĞ͕ ůŽƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŵLJƐƚĞƌLJ Ͳ Ă couple is separated as the extraordinary ĂƌƟƐƚ WĂnj ůĞĂǀĞƐ ŚĞƌ ŵĂŶ Ăůů ĂůŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŽŶ͘ ^ŚĞ ŝƐ Ă ĚĂnjnjůŝŶŐ͕ ƌĞƐƚůĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŵŵĞŶƐĞůLJ ŐŝŌĞĚ ǁŽŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŐŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ĂĞƐĂƌ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĂŶLJ ĐůƵĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ǁŚĞƌĞĂďŽƵƚƐ͘ ŶĚ ŶŽǁ͕ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ ƌĞǀĞĂůƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽǀĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ʹ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞLJ ŵĞƚ͕ ĨĞůů ŝŶ ůŽǀĞ͕ WĂnj͛Ɛ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďŝƌƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚ͘ And as he goes through these stories, ĂĞƐĂƌ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƐŽůǀĞ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ WĂnj ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ Ăůů͘

The author of one of the most famous ďĞƐƚƐĞůůĞƌ ͞ Ăƚ͘ WƌĂLJ͘ >ŽǀĞ͟ ŶŽǁ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞƐ us to love, and teaches how to overcome ĨĞĂƌ͘ ^ŚĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƉĞƌĐĞƉƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŚĂďŝƚƐ that are necessary to be able to have a free ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ůŝĨĞ͘ dŽ ĞŵďƌĂĐĞ ŽƵƌ ĐƵƌŝŽƐŝƚLJ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞůLJ͘ ŶĚ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ͊ 'ŝůďĞƌƚ ǁŝůů ŚĞůƉ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ Ă ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ǁĂLJ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƚĂĐŬůĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞ Žƌ ŚŽŵĞ͘ tŝƚŚ ĮŶĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨƵŶĚĂŵĞŶƚĂů ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͕ ƐŚĞ shows the readers how any problem can be ŽǀĞƌĐŽŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞŶ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƉŝŶĐŚ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚLJ͘

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“Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The Getaway” by Jeff Kinney GOODREADS RATING: dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ƚŚĞ ϭϮƚŚ ŝŶƐƚĂůŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ beloved “Wimpy Kid” series and it promises to be just as much, if not even more fun ĂŶĚ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌŽƵƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ 'ƌĞŐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͛Ɛ ŐĞƚĂǁĂLJ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĐƟĐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ,ĞŋĞLJƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĞƐĐĂƉĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ƚŽ Ă ƉĂƌĂĚŝƐĞͲůŝŬĞ ƚƌŽƉŝĐĂů ŝƐůĂŶĚ͘ zĞƚ ƐŽŽŶ enough they discover that the adventure ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ĂƐ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ͘ Sunburns in the heat, stomach aches from the unusual cuisine and poisonous tropical ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŽŶ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƐƚĞƉ͘ tŝůů ƚŚŝƐ ƌƵŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJ Žƌ ǁŝůů ,ĞŋĞLJƐ ůĞĂƌŶ ƚŽ ĂĚĂƉƚ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ Ă ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͍ ZĞĂĚ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ͊

| Spring 2018

CARING FOR YOUR HEALTH

“Origin” by Dan Brown

“The Mountain Between Us”

by Charles Martin.

GOODREADS RATING:

Many of you have probably already seen the movie with the brilliant Kate Winslet ĂŶĚ /ĚƌŝƐ ůďĂ͕ ďƵƚ ĂƐ ǁĞ Ăůů ŬŶŽǁ ʹ ŵŽǀŝĞ ŝƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ Ŭ͘ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ŝĨ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ďLJ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ŐĞŶŝƵƐ ĂƐ ŚĂƌůĞƐ DĂƌƟŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ƚĞůůƐ ŽĨ Ă ƐƵƌŐĞŽƵŶ ĞŶ and journalist Ashley who meet at the airport who are both eager to get to Denver ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŶĐĞůůĞĚ ŇŝŐŚƚ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂŐƌĞĞ ƚŽ ŇLJ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĂŝƌƉůĂŶĞ ƉŝůŽƚ͘ ƚƌĂŐĞĚLJ ŽĨ plane crashing on the Mountains barely ƐƉĂƌĞƐ ĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƐŚůĞLJ͘ /ŶũƵƌŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů and mountain environment is catastrophic, ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƉůĞ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞƐ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĂů ǁŚŝůĞ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ďƌĞĂƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ŽĨ ůŽǀĞ͘ ŶŽǀĞů ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ŬĞĞƉ LJŽƵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƚ ŽŶ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƉĂŐĞ͘ Spring 2018 |

GOODREADS RATING: WůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ŭ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ƐĂŵĞ ZŽďĞƌƚ >ĂŶŐĚŽŶ ;,ĂƌǀĂƌĚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ŽĨ ^LJŵďŽůŽŐLJ ĂŶĚ ZĞůŝŐŝŽƵƐ /ĐŽŶŽůŽŐLJͿ ǁŚŽ now has yet again encountered dangerous ĐƌŽƐƐͲĮƌĞƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ƐĞĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶƐǁĞƌƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ professor now arrives at the Guggenheim DƵƐĞƵŵ ŝŶ ŝůďĂŽ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĂŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŽ ƐĞƚ Žī ʹ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌLJ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ ďLJ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ >ĂŶŐĚŽŶ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ,ĂƌǀĂƌĚ Ͳ ĚŵŽŶĚ <ŝƌƐĐŚ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ Ă ďŝůůŝŽŶĂŝƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĨƵƚƵƌŝƐƚ͘ dŚĞ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌLJ ŝƐ ought to help resolve two most important ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĞdžŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚLJ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌĞĨƵůůLJͲƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ƐƵĚĚĞŶůLJ ƚƵƌŶƐ ŝŶƚŽ ĐŚĂŽƐ ĂŶĚ <ŝƌƐĐŚ͛Ɛ valuable discovery now holds the danger to ǀĂŶŝƐŚ ŝŶƚŽ Ăŝƌ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ͘ ŶĚ ǁŚŽ ĞůƐĞ ŝĨ ŶŽƚ >ĂŶŐĚŽŶ ŝƐ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞƐĐĂƉĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŝůďĂŽ͕ and of course - together with an elegant ŵƵƐĞƵŵ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ Ͳ ŵďƌĂ sŝĚĂů͘

Consultations, diagnostics, treatment CHECK-UP programs Prenatal care Pediatrics Genetic testing Annual medical service Day hospital services Aesthetic medicine, surgeries 13. janvara iela 3, Riga (+371) 660 111 60 info@premiummedical.lv www. premiummedical.lv

FUNCHAL SMART CITY

THE TREASURE OF

MADEIRA FUNCHAL Surrounded by green mountains of lush vegetation and facing the clear-blue Atlantic Ocean, the city of Funchal bears the best of Madeira, set right on the sunny cost of the Island. tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ 'ƵƐƚĂǀƐ ZĞŝŶŚŽůĚƐ Photos from Depositphotos

dŚĞ ĂƉŝƚĂů ŽĨ WŽƌƚƵŐĂů͛Ɛ ƵƚŽŶŽŵŽƵƐ ZĞŐŝŽŶ ŽĨ DĂĚĞŝƌĂ͕ &ƵŶĐŚĂů ŵĂŬĞƐ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ϲƚŚ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ĐŝƚLJ ŝŶ WŽƌƚƵŐĂů͘ /ƚ has also become one of the leading WŽƌƚƵŐƵĞƐĞ ƉŽƌƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĐƌƵŝƐĞ ůŝŶĞƌ ĚŽĐŬŝŶŐƐ͕ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚ ŇŽǁ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƐLJŵďŽůŝĐ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͕ ĂƐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ

ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨƵŶ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ EĂŵĞ ŽĨ &ƵŶĐŚĂů ĐĂŵĞ from the wild fennel which was found by ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞƩůĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ůĂŶĚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌĞƐ ŽĨ DĂĚĞŝƌĂ͘ ŽŵďŝŶŝŶŐ ͞&ƵŶĐŚŽ͟ ĂŶĚ ͞ ů͟ LJŽƵ ŐĞƚ ͞Ă ƉůĂŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĨĞŶŶĞů͘͟ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŝŵƉůĞ͘

Whether one strolls through the narrow ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ŽĨ KůĚ ĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ dŽǁŶ ,Ăůů Žƌ ĂƚŚĞĚƌĂů͕ Žƌ ĞŶƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐͲĂǁĂŝƚĞĚ ĐĂďůĞ ĐĂƌ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ƉĂŶŽƌĂŵŝĐ ƌŝĚĞ ƚŽ DŽŶƚĞ ʹ this city will excite with its picturesque sites ĂŶĚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ŽīĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƚĂƐƚĞ͘

Explore the gardens of Jardim Botanico

Wander around the unique Levada Paths

Get informed with the Madeira Story Centre

The botanical garden of Funchal is one ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ďLJ ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚƐ͕ especially now when it can be accessed ďLJ ƚŚĞ dĞůĞĨĞƌŝĐŽ ĚŽ &ƵŶĐŚĂů ĐĂďůĞ ĐĂƌ͘ dŚĞ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ŝƐ ƌŝĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚƌŽƉŝĐĂů ŇŽƌĂ͕ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ to view thousands of indigenous plants, ŇŽǁĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĞĞƐ͕ Ăůů ĂƐ ĞdžŽƟĐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͘ ZŝŐŚƚ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƚƌĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ EĂƚƵƌĂů ,ŝƐƚŽƌLJ DƵƐĞƵŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ǁĂůŬ Ă bit west of the garden, a spectacular view ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ &ƵŶĐŚĂů ďĂLJ ǁŝůů ĂƉƉĞĂƌ͘

^ƚƌŽůůŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ >ĞǀĂĚĂƐ ʹ ŶĂƌƌŽǁ ŵĂŶͲ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŶĞůƐ ʹ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƌĞǁĂƌĚŝŶŐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ŝŶ &ƵŶĐŚĂůĂ͘ dŚĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ƵŶĨŽƌŐĞƩĂďůĞ͕ LJĞƚ ďĞƩĞƌ with a tour guide to get out the most of ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĐŚĂŶŶĞůƐ͘ >ĞǀĂĚĂƐ ŽĨ DĂĚĞŝƌĂ carry water to all four corners of the island, therefore being the most important sites to ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝƐůĂŶĚ͘

dŚĞ ŵƵƐĞƵŵ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŶĞĂƌ &ƵŶĐŚĂů͛Ɛ cable car and provides the guests with quite amusing materials on Madeira culture ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͘ sŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ĐĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŝƚĞŵƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞĚ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ /ƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŝŶ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ǁĂLJƐ͕ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƐŽƵŶĚ͕ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ƚŽƵĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƐŵĞůů͘

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SPRING 2018: WHAT’S ON MADEIRA Madeira Flower Festival. Funchal APRIL 19 – MAY 6 ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ƟŵĞ in Madeira, as it annually celebrates the ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ũŽLJĨƵů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ʹ ƚŚĞ DĂĚĞŝƌĂ &ůŽǁĞƌ &ĞƐƟǀĂů͘ dŚĞ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďůŽŽŵ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƐƉƌŝŶŐƟŵĞ͕ therefore the streets of Funchal are full of rich colours and aromas, all highlighted with ƚŚĞ &ůŽǁĞƌ WĂƌĂĚĞ ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ͕ Ɖƌŝů ϭϬ͘

Festa da Anona. Santana MARCH 3 – 4 &ĞƐƚĂ ĚĂ ŶŽŶĂ͕ ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞƌŝŵŽLJĂ &ƌƵŝƚ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ŝƐ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƚŚĂƚ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĂŶĚ ǁŝĚĞůLJ ĐƵůƟǀĂƚĞĚ ĨƌƵŝƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ʹ ŶŽŶĂ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ĐƵƐƚĂƌĚͲĂƉƉůĞ ƟƚůĞĚ ĂƐ ŚĞƌŝŵŽLJĂ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂůƐ͘ dŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϵϬ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ gather in order to exhibit all possible ĨŽƌŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉůĞ ʹ ŝŶ ƉƵĚĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ũƵŝĐĞƐ͕ ŵŝůŬƐŚĂŬĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ůŝƋƵŽƌƐ͘ ǀĞŶ DĂƌŬ Twain described the apple as “the most ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĨƌƵŝƚ ŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŶ͘͟

Madeira Onion Festival. Caniço

Madeira Film Festival. Funchal

CANIÇO MAY 25 – 27 ZĞŐĂƌĚĞĚ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ DĂĚĞŝƌĂ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĞĐƵůŝĂƌ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ͕ &ĞƐƚĂ ĚĞ ĞďŽůůĂƐ ƉƌŽƵĚůLJ celebrates the seemingly humble vegetable ǁŝƚŚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ƐƚĂůůƐ͕ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ŽĨ ĂŶŝĐŽ͘ &ƌŝĚĂLJ͛Ɛ ƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ WĂĚƌĞ >ŽŵĞůŝŽŶ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ͛Ɛ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ͕ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ďLJ ůŽĐĂů ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŇŽĂƚƐ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ͙ ŽŶŝŽŶƐ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘

FUNCHAL, MAY 14 – 20 dŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĐŽƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ͞>ĂƵƌŝƐƐŝůǀĂ ŵďĂƐƐĂĚŽƌ͟ ƉƌŝnjĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŶĂŵĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ DĂĚĞŝƌĂ͛Ɛ >ĂƵƌŝƐƐŝůǀĂ ĨŽƌĞƐƚ͘ ,ĞŶĐĞ ŝƚƐ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ƚŚĞ ƚĂůĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ͘ ĞƐŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ͕ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚƐ͕ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ ĂŶĚ even fashion shows are included in the ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂǁĂŝƚĞĚ Įůŵ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͘

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PERIODONTIST CONSULTATION Treatment and prophylactic care Patients with gum problems and periodontitis will receive the most proficient aid from periodontology specialist who will assess the medical condition of the gums and assign the necessary treatment procedures.

Periodontist consultation is necessary in case of concerns with: Bleeding and pain in gums Bad breath Loose teeth Swelling and pain in gums Treatment from a periodontist allows patients to retain the health of gums and prevent serious teeth and gum problems 13. janvara iela 3, Riga (+371) 660 111 60 info@premiummedical.lv www. premiummedical.lv

LUIK TRIPLETS SMART PEOPLE

RUNNING FOR THREE We all have heard of the famous “Trio to Rio” the face of which are the wonderful Estonian triplets – Liina, Leila and Lily Luik. Being the first triplets to ever compete in the Olympics, the girls have made quite an impression in the world of sports. So how did they get here and what are they up to now?

SmartLynx exclusive interview & photos kindly provided by Dalton PR agency

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ǁĞ ŵĂLJ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ͘ tĞ ǁĞƌĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĂĐƟǀĞ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ƉůĂLJĞĚ Ăůů ŬŝŶĚƐ ŽĨ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞŶƚ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ͘ Ƶƚ ǁĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ ĂŶLJ ƐƉŽƌƚ ĂĐƟǀĞůLJ͘ We just loved to play soccer, baseball, hide ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƵƌ ŬŝĚƐ͘

What is your training like? First of all, do you exercise together, or is it better to do it separately?

And second of all – what kind of exercise is the best for runners?

Being three of you, were there ever some arguments amongst each other for the sport you wanted to do? Was it running for all of you immediately, or did you want to start with something else? dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ͘ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ŽƵƌ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌLJďŽĚLJ͛Ɛ ǁŝƐŚ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůLJ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ͘ tĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ƚŚĞŶ͘ tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟǀĞ ƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŵŽƟǀĂƟŽƌ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ĂƐ Ă ƚĞĂŵ͘

Have you known since childhood that you would want to become professional athletes?

EŽ͕ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ Spring 2018 |

We love to train together, support and push ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƐƚĞƌ͘ /Ŷ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĐĂŵƉƐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞ Ăůů ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ ǁŚLJ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂǁĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŽŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞ ĨŽƌ

ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ͘ ^Ž ŵĂŶLJ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĚƌŝůůƐ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůLJ͘ ĞƩĞƌ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ ŝŶũƵƌŝĞƐ͘

Tell us a bit more about the experience in Rio. How was it – to compete in the Olympics? What were your achievements?

ZŝŽ ǁĂƐ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ŶĞǁ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ ^Ž many excellent athletes all together, doing ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ůŽǀĞ͘ ůů ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ͘ tĞ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƌƵŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ KůLJŵƉŝĐƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǀĞƌLJ ŵƵĐŚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ǀĞƌLJ ůƵĐŬLJ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌĂƚŚŽŶ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŐŽ ĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĚĂLJ ĂƐ ǁĞ ›› 69

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What about future plans in the sport? Do the next Olympics take place in your schedule? tĞ ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶĞ LJĞĂƌ ĂŚĞĂĚ͘ dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ĞƌůŝŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ dƌŝŽ ƚŽ dŽŬLJŽ͊

ǁĂŶƚĞĚ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐƉŽƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĚĂLJƐ͕ ŝƚƐ ƵƉƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶƐ͘ Ƶƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ KůLJŵƉŝĐƐ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ďĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ŵƵĐŚ ďĞƩĞƌ͘

I’ve heard that no other triplets have ever competed in the Olympics – was it somehow a unique experience to have? Did you feel like bringing something brand new in the competition? tĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǀĞƌLJ ŵƵĐŚ͕ ďƵƚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǁĞ ĨĞůƚ ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ

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ĮƌƐƚ ƚƌŝƉůĞƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ KůLJŵƉŝĐƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŚĞLJ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŐŽƚ ŽƵƌ 'ƵŝŶŶĞƐƐ tŽƌůĚ ZĞĐŽƌĚ diploma yet!

What other competitions are your brightest experiences in the sport?

First one was when competed together in ϮϬϭϰ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ŝŶ ƺƌŝĐŚ͘ dŚĞŶ ĨŽƌ >ŝŝŶĂ ĂŶĚ >ŝůLJ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ŶĞdžƚ LJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ tŽƌůĚ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ŝŶ ĞŝũŝŶŐ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ there are all other big city marathons where ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŚŽǁŶ ŐŽŽĚ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͘

Girls outside the sport • Lily ůŽǀĞƐ ƚŽ ƉĂŝŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŽŬ͘ ^ŚĞ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ǀĞƌLJ ĨŽŶĚ ŽĨ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ďŽŽŬƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĐĂŵƉƐ͘ >ŝůLJ͛Ɛ Ăƌƚ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞŬ ʹ ͞ ƌƚ ďLJ >ŝůLJ >ƵŝŬ͘͟ • >ĞŝůĂ ĂůƐŽ ĚŽĞƐ Ăƌƚ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŚĂŶĚŝĐƌĂŌ͘ ,Ğƌ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞŬ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ŽĨ ͞dŚĞ ƌƚǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ >ĞŝůĂ >ƵŝŬ͘͟ • >ŝŝŶĂ ůŽǀĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĂŶĚ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ ĂŶĚ ds͘ >ŝŝŶĂ is also very fond of ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͘​͘

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/ŶĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽƵƌŝƐŵ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂ ĨŽƌ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ͕ ƐŵĂůůͬŵĞĚŝƵŵͲƐŝnjĞĚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ tĞ ŽīĞƌ ƚŽƵƌƐ ŝŶ ZŝŐĂ ĂŶĚ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƐĞŵŝŶĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŽīĞƌ ƚĂŝůŽƌͲŵĂĚĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ͘ tĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ĨƵůů ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚƌĂǀĞů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ &/dƐ͕ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ͘ tĞ ŽīĞƌ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůƟĐƐ͖ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ͕ ƐĞŵŝŶĂƌƐ͕ ĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ʹ ĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶĞĞĚ͘ tĞ ĐŽŽƉĞƌĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚŽƵƌ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌƐ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŽīĞƌ Ă ǁŝĚĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĞdžĐƵƌƐŝŽŶ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂ ĂŶĚ ZŝŐĂ͊ tĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ >ĂƚǀŝĂ͊

'Ğƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚƌĂǀĞů ŽīĞƌ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŶŽǁ͊ dƌĂǀĞů ĂŐĞŶĐLJ ^<z>/E dZ s > ŝŶ ZŝŐĂ ĐŽŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŽƵƌ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌƐ͗ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƌƚĞƌ ŇŝŐŚƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ Z/' ͕ s/>E/h^ ĂŶĚ d >>/EE ƚŽ͗ • dƵƌŬĞLJ͕ • 'ƌĞĞĐĞ͕ • ƵůŐĂƌŝĂ͕ • ƌŽĂƟĂ͕ • LJƉƌƵƐ͕ • dƵŶŝƐŝĂ͕ • WŽƌƚƵŐĂů͕ • ^ƉĂŝŶ͕ • ĂŶĂƌLJ /ƐůĂŶĚƐ͕ • ŐLJƉƚ͕ • ƵďĂŝ͕ • ƵƐƚƌŝĂ͕ • /ƚĂůLJ͕ • &ƌĂŶĐĞ͕ • DŽŶƚĞŶĞŐƌŽ͕ • DĂƌŽĐĐŽ

ŶĚ ŵĂŶLJ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞdžŽƟĐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ͘

^ŬŽůĂƐ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ϰ͕ ZŝŐĂ͕ >ĂƚǀŝĂ нϯϳϭ ϮϬϬϯϰϳϭϱ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐŬLJůŝŶĞƚƌĂǀĞů͘ůǀ

HANDMAID’S TALE SMART TV

SENSATION ON

SCREEN tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ 'ƵƐƚĂǀƐ ZĞŝŶŚŽůĚƐ WƵďůŝĐŝƚLJ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ

“The Handmaid’s Tale” is a brand new TV show that changed so many views on how the world can change upside down just in the matter of days. Approaching its much awaited second season, the show has gained an incredibly large fan crowd. Although many regard the series as upsetting, most of the viewers have not been able to tear themselves off the screens as the story of “The Handmaid’s Tale” is so suspenseful and emotional.

Elisabeth Moss

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zǀŽŶŶĞ ^ƚƌĂŚŽǀƐŬŝ

ůĞdžŝƐ ůĞĚĞů

Dystopia at Its Highest, ^ĞĂƐŽŶ Ϯ >ĂƵŶĐŚ͗ Ɖƌŝů Ϯϱ , ŝƐƚƌŝďƵƟŶŐ EĞƚǁŽƌŬ͗ ,ƵůƵ ƌĞĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ƌƵĐĞ DŝůůĞƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŝƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϴϱ ĚLJƐƚŽƉŝĂŶ ŶŽǀĞů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŶĂŵĞ ďLJ DĂƌŐĂƌĞƚ ƚǁŽŽĚ͘ dŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ƚĞůůƐ ŽĨ Ă ĚLJƐƚŽƉŝĂŶ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ^ĞĐŽŶĚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ŝǀŝů tĂƌ͘ tŽŵĞŶ ĐĂůůĞĚ ,ĂŶĚŵĂŝĚƐ ĂƌĞ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ŚĂƌƐŚ ĐŚŝůĚͲďĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƐĞƌǀŝƚƵĚĞ͘ /Ŷ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶŽǀĞů ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ds ĂĚĂƉƚĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƌLJ ƌĞŝŐŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŽ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ŶĞǁ ĂŶĚ ŵĂLJ ǁĞ ĂĚĚ ʹ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ůĞǀĞů͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ŝŶ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƟŵĞƐ͕ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͛Ɛ ƉĂƚŚ ƚŽ 'ŝůĞĂĚ ƌĞŐŝŵĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĐůĞĂƌĞƌ ƚŽ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ͘ 72

dŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ďĞŐĂŶ ŝŶ ůĂƚĞ ϮϬϭϲ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ϯ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŝƌĞĚ ŽŶ Ɖƌŝů Ϯϲ͕ ϮϬϭϳ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌƚ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĐƌŝƟĐ ƉƌĂŝƐĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ Ăůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ͞dŚĞ ,ĂŶĚŵĂŝĚ͛Ɛ dĂůĞ͟ ŚĂƐ ǁŽŶ ĞŝŐŚƚ WƌŝŵĞƟŵĞ ŵŵLJ ǁĂƌĚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϯ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ KƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƌĂŵĂ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ 'ŽůĚĞŶ 'ůŽďĞ ǁĂƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ĞƐƚ dĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ʹ ƌĂŵĂ ĂŶĚ ĞƐƚ ĐƚƌĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ ůŝƐĂďĞƚŚ DŽƐƐ͘ | Spring 2018

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Classes of Future Whole story is carried out in the near future ǁŚĞŶ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ƉŽůůƵƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐĞdžƵĂůůLJ ƚƌĂŶƐŵŝƩĞĚ ĚŝƐĞĂƐĞƐ ŚƵŵĂŶ ĨĞƌƟůŝƚLJ ƌĂƚĞ ĚƌĂƐƟĐĂůůLJ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐĞ͘ ŚĂŽƐ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ƚŽ ƌƵůĞ ĂŶĚ ^ĞĐŽŶĚ ŝǀŝů tĂƌ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƚĂůŝƚĂƌŝĂŶ͕ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ “Gilead” to step in and set their own rules in ƚŚĞ ŶŽǁ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ͘ ůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ ĂƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǀĂŶŝƐŚĞƐ͕ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞĚ by men-in-power who establish quite a ŚŝĞƌĂƌĐŚŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌƐŚ ƌĞŐŝŵĞ͘ tŽŵĞŶ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ŚĂŶĚůĞ ŵŽŶĞLJ͕ ŽǁŶ property or even read and all of them are ĂƐƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ͘ dŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ ĨĞƌƟůĞ ĂƌĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ ,ĂŶĚŵĂŝĚƐ͕ forced to live with and obey elite society ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶĨĞƌƟůĞ ǁŝǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŵĂŝŶ ƚĂƐŬ ŝƐ ƚŽ ďĞĂƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͘ Then there are Marthas who carry out ŚŽƵƐĞŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ Aunts who train and oversee the ,ĂŶĚŵĂŝĚƐ͕ ĐŽŶŽǁŝǀĞƐ ʹ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁĞƌͲĐůĂƐƐ women who are considered as a mixture of Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ LJĞƐ ʹ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ over all the public to ensure peace and ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ĂŶLJ ƌĞďĞůůŝŽƵƐ ĂĐƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĚLJƐƚŽƉŝĂŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ,ƵŶƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂƚĐŚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŇĞĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƐƟƚƵƚĞƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ :ĞnjĞďĞůƐ͘

The Whole Story • The show is narrated by the central ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ KīƌĞĚ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ďLJ ůŝƐĂďĞƚŚ DŽƐƐ͘ • dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽŶ Ă ƐƚƌĞĂŵŝŶŐ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ĂŶ ŵŵLJ ĨŽƌ KƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͘ • ƵƚŚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ŭ Ͳ DĂƌŐĂƌĞƚ ƚǁŽŽĚ Ͳ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ĐŽŶƐƵůƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ throughout the series, as well as coǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĞǀĞƌLJ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͘ • ƌƵĐĞ DŝůůĞƌ ŚĂƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ vision is that the show will consist of ten ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ͘ • A lot of controversy on whether parallels can be drawn between the series plot Spring 2018 |

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ĂŶĚ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^ ĂŌĞƌ dƌƵŵƉ͛Ɛ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ tŚĞŶ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽǀĞů͕ ƚǁŽŽĚ ǁĂƐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ďLJ KƌǁĞůů͛Ɛ ŶŽǀĞů ͞ϭϵϴϰ͘͟ dŚĞ ĨĞƌƟůĞ ,ĂŶĚŵĂŝĚƐ ĂƌĞ ŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ǁĞĂƌ ƌĞĚ ĐůŽĂŬƐ ƚŚƵƐ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ DĂƌLJ Magdalene, and the barren wives wear ďůƵĞ ĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ĚĞƉŝĐƟŶŐ sŝƌŐŝŶ DĂƌLJ͘ Although set in the United States, the ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ǁĂƐ ĮůŵĞĚ ŝŶ ĂŶĂĚĂ͘ Atwood does not consider the story ĮĐƟŽŶ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ that happens in it has actually happened ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͘ &Žƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ dŚĞ ŝďůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ /ƌĂŶŝĂŶ ƌĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶ Žƌ ƚŚĞ

ϭϵϴϬ͛Ɛ ĨĞŵŝŶŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ďĂĐŬůĂƐŚ͘ • dŚĞ Ŭ ǁĂƐ ĮƌƐƚ ĂĚĂƉƚĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ŽƉĞƌĂ͕ developed by a Danish composer Poul ZƵĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ƌŝƟƐŚ ůŝďƌĞƫƐƚ WĂƵů ĞŶƚůĞLJ͘ dŚĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ZŽLJĂů ĂŶŝƐŚ KƉĞƌĂ͘ • ZĞĞĚ DŽƌĂŶŽ ǁŚŽ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ three episodes of the show was also a ĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĞLJŽŶĐĞ͛Ɛ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ͞>ĞŵŽŶĂĚĞ͟ ǀŝĚĞŽ͘ • Atwood herself actually made an ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ͘ ^ŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ĂŶ ƵŶƚ ǁŚŽ ƐůĂƉƉĞĚ KīƌĞĚ͘

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In Latvia samogon or moonshine was always distilled, despite the GVMQMREP %VXMGPI ò SJ 'VMQMREP 'SHI SJ 6ITYFPMG SJ 0EXZME (illegal production, storage and sale of alcohol) up to 5 years of imprisonment, which is still valid.

Samogon was made by everyone and in all regions, yet it is not known from what, where and how. In other words - the product was of incomprehensible origin and of various quality.

In this day and age people’s desire to consume products that are made by small regional companies from local products using traditional technologies is growing rapidly.

3YV GSQTER] ³8' 6EHSä͔ HEVFRͳGE´ LEW WIX XLI XEWO XS XLI Latvian architectural company Y. Glukhovsky ‘Nesens’ and design bureau A.Analts ‘Variant Studio’ to design and certify modern, knowhow craft distillery, including the development and manufacturing of all distillation equipment, bottles, packaging and branding.

The production is based on the classic method of distillation in copper pots, brought to the perfection by our technicians, with the ability to control the process of distillation at all stages of

2 litre bottle is patent protected: M70696 / M71175 /M70695 / M70699

«Rizshkiy Samogon is produced by fermentation and double distillation in copper pots». production. The main ingredient for the ‘Rizshskiy Samogon’ we chose was natural honey - the oldest, healing and most sustainable product created by nature.

Natural honey gives ‘Rizhskiy Samogon’ a soft, smooth and iconic taste of a strong alcoholic beverage.

The way of distilling the ‘Rizhskiy Samogon’ is simple and quite complex at the same time.

Recipe: we select natural bee honey at the rate of 3 kg of honey per one 2-liter bottle. It is twice distilled in copper pots, then mixed and bottled only in custom designed 2-litre bottles. As a result, we get 43º distillate, honey brandy, without gluten and sugar.

‘Rizshkiy Samogon’ is produced in the greenest neighbourhood in Riga 1IæETEVOW MR ³8' 6EHSä͔ HEVFRͳGE´ SR Ezermalas Street.

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ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION HAS ADVERSE EFFECTS. IT IS PROHIBITED TO SELL, PURCHASE OR GIVE ALCOHOL TO UNDERAGE PERSONS.

«The main ingredient for Rizhskiy Samogon is natural honey».

You can taste and buy ‘Rizhskiy Samogon’ EX XLI 6MKE 'IRXVEP 1EVOIX *MWL 4EZMPMSR MR ³1'ò´ MR /VEWXE 7XVIIX ERH MR XLI FIWX FEVW ERH restaurants in Riga.

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ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION HAS ADVERSE EFFECTS. IT IS PROHIBITED TO SELL, PURCHASE OR GIVE ALCOHOL TO UNDERAGE PERSONS.

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SPRING We all have been used to idea that the true celebration of spring comes right in time for Easter.

Which is true yet does not end with that. Did you know that many cultures around the world hold some of the most colourful and festive events to ring in the season of spring, each being unique with their own themes and cultural traditions they offer?

Here are some of such for you to consider if traditional walk in the first spring sun just does not cut it! tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ 'ƵƐƚĂǀƐ ZĞŝŶŚŽůĚƐ WŚŽƚŽƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞƉŽƐŝƚƉŚŽƚŽƐ Θ ƉƵďůŝĐŝƚLJ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ

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Sarlat Fest’Oie, Sarlat-la-Caneda, France, March 3 – 8 This event is dedicated to all things geese ĂŶĚ &ŽŝĞ 'ƌĂƐ ʹ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů &ƌĞŶĐŚ ůƵdžƵƌLJ food made of goose liver, and is annually ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ŽĨ DĂƌĐŚ͘ ZĂŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐĞĞƐĞ ŝƐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƐŬŝůů ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ &ŽŝĞ 'ƌĂƐ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ

as a speciality of the region, therefore ŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĐŽŽŬĞƌLJ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽŽĚ ƚĂƐƟŶŐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĚŝƐŚ͘ dŽ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŐŽŽƐĞ ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů Perigord-style carcass soup, also added

with pates, stews, casseroles and aiguilletes ;ƚŚŝŶ ŵĞĂƚ ƐƚƌŝƉƐͿ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĞĂƚ ĂŶƋƵĞƚ is an event not to be missed as this is the ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŐĂƐƚƌŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͘ ŶĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ spring sun, geese are guided around the ŵĞĚŝĞǀĂů ĐŝƚLJ͘

ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ͘ hƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ƵůŐĂƌŝĂŶƐ ǁĞĂƌ ƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ďƌĂĐĞůĞƚƐ ʹ DĂƌƚĞŶŝƚƐĂƐ Ͳ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐLJŵďŽůŝnjĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĨĞƌƟůŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ďƌĂĐĞůĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĂƐ presents to the loved ones, thus wishing ƚŚĞŵ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŐŽŽĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ŶĚ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůĞĚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶƐ ʹ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ of the date, housewives hang out red

aprons, belts and other items in front of ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ ʹ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƉŽǀĞƌƚLJ ĂŶĚ ŝůůŶĞƐƐĞƐ͘ ŶĚ ŝĨ ĂďĂ Marta sees the items hanging in the front porch, she is believed to start laughing, thus ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ^ƵŶ ƐŚŝŶĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͘

Baba Marta Day, Bulgaria, March 1 /Ŷ ƵůŐĂƌŝĂŶ͕ ĂďĂ DĂƌƚĂ ŵĞĂŶƐ ͞ƚŚĞ Grandmother of March”, hence the ĚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŐƌLJ ŽůĚ 'ƌĂŶĚŵŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƌĂƉŝĚ ŵŽŽĚ ƐǁŝŶŐƐ͕ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ honoured properly, cold winter days will lie ĂŚĞĂĚ͘ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƵůŐĂƌŝĂŶ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶƐ͕ spring season begins only with the arrival of ĂďĂ DĂƌƚĂ͕ ĂůƐŽ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞŵĂůĞ 78

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Las Fallas, Valencia, Spain, March 15 – 19 dƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŚĞůĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ ^ĂŝŶƚ :ŽƐĞƉŚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂŶŶƵĂů ϱͲĚĂLJ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ǁĞůĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ tŽƌĚ &ĂůůĂƐ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĂŶĚ ŵŽŶƵŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ďƵƌŶƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ǁŚŝŵƐŝĐĂů ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĞŶ ĂĚĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ hE ^ K /ŶƚĂŶŐŝďůĞ ƵůƚƵƌĂů ,ĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ,ƵŵĂŶŝƚLJ >ŝƐƚ͘ dŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ^ƉĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ holidays is quite uncertain, as some say Las Fallas began in the Middle Ages when ĂƌƟƐĂŶƐ ďƵƌŶĞĚ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ŽĨ ǁŽŽĚ ʹ Ăůů ƐĂǀĞĚ ƐĂǀĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ŝŶ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ĞƋƵŝŶŽdž͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞůŝĞĨ ƌĞŐĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶůLJ ŽǀĞƌ ƟŵĞ ĚŝĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŵŽƌĂƚĞ ^ĂŝŶƚ :ŽƐĞƉŚ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŚŽůŝĐ ŚƵƌĐŚ͘ EŽǁĂĚĂLJƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ Ͳ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ neighbourhood creates a specially-tailored &ĂůůĂ ƚŽ ďƵƌŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůŝŵĂdž ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĮǀĞ ĚĂLJƐ ŽĨ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ƉĂƌĂĚĞƐ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĚĂŶĐĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ĮƌĞǁŽƌŬƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ďĞǀĞƌĂŐĞ ƐƚĂůůƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ĂůǀĂůĐĂĚĂ ĚĞů &ŽĐ Žƌ ƚŚĞ &ŝƌĞ WĂƌĂĚĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ŝŶ ŚƵŐĞ ďŽŶĮƌĞƐ ďƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ &ĂůůĂƐ͘ Spring 2018 |

Istanbul Tulip Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, March 26 – April 29 dŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŚĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƉůĂĐĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϲ ĂŶĚ showcases in the whole city of Istanbul, as ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĨƌĞĞ ƉůŽƚ ŽĨ ůĂŶĚ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ the largest venues is considered the Emirgan WĂƌŬ͕ ĂůƐŽ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƉĂƌŬƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌŬ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ďĞ ƌŝĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵů ŇŽǁĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ will also host musical performances, various ŇŽǁĞƌ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƉĂŝŶƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚLJ ĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ worthy venues to witness the brightness ĂŶĚ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ ƐƉƌŝŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ zŝůĚŝnj WĂƌŬ͕ ^ŽŒĂŶůŦ ŝƚŬŝůĞƌ WĂƌŬ͕ ĞLJŬŽnj <ŽƌƵƐƵ͕ 'ƂnjƚĞƉĞ 'ƺů ĂŚĕĞƐŝ ĂŶĚ ƺLJƺŬ ĂŵůŦĐĂ <ŽƌƵƐƵ͘ dƵůŝƉ ƌĞůĂƚĞƐ ĂƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ /ƐƚĂŶďƵů͛Ɛ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů symbols, however these are not the only ŇŽǁĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͘ dŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ ĂƐ ƉĂŶƐŝĞƐ Žƌ ďůƵĞďŽƩůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ƉůĂŶƚĞĚ͘

Sham El-Nessim, Egypt, April 9 KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂǁĂŝƚĞĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŚŽůŝĚĂLJƐ in Egypt, Sham El-Nessim is celebrated ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ƐĂŵĞ ĚĂLJ ĂƐ KƌƚŚŽĚŽdž ĂƐƚĞƌ DŽŶĚĂLJ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƟĐ KƌƚŚŽĚŽdž ŚƵƌĐŚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽƵƐ ŽŶĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ďŽƚŚ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ /ƐůĂŵ͘ dŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ůĂƌŐĞůLJ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĂů of spring season, praising the start of ƉƌŽƐƉĞƌŽƵƐ ĂŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ of it comes from “Shamo” which means the ƌĞŶĞǁĂů ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĞĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů &ĞƐĞĞŬŚ ʹ ƐĂůƚĞĚ ǁŝƐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ŽŶŝŽŶƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ůĂƌŐĞůLJ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ out by families and tourists who spend all ĚĂLJ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƉŝĐŶŝĐƐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ůĞƩƵĐĞ͕ ƐĐĂůůŝŽŶƐ Žƌ ŐƌĞĞŶ ŽŶŝŽŶƐ͕ ƟƌŵŝƐ ĂŶĚ ďŽŝůĞĚ ĞŐŐƐ ĂƌĞ ĞŶũŽLJĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJ͘ ›› 79

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The Festival of Roses, Kelaat M’gouna, Morocco, Early May ĞůĞďƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌǀĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŚĂƌŵŝŶŐ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ʹ ƌŽƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ event is located in the Dades Valley which ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ sĂůůĞLJ ŽĨ ZŽƐĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ held annually and celebrates the rich rose ŚĂƌǀĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌǀĞƐƚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů vary greatly each year, yet usually held

ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĞĞŬƐ ŽĨ DĂLJ͘ dŚĞ ĚĂƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ usually set even as late as just the month ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ ƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĞŶũŽLJŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĨŽůŬͲĚĂŶĐĞ performances and musical events, one ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ĮŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƵŶďĞůŝĞǀĂďůĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŽƵƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƌŽƐĞƐ ʹ ĐƌĞĂŵƐ͕ ƉĞƌĨƵŵĞƐ͕ ũĂŵƐ͕ ĨŽŽĚƐ ĂŶĚ ďĞǀĞƌĂŐĞƐ͘

&ůŽǁĞƌ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĂŶĚ ďůĂŶŬĞƚ ŽĨ ƌŽƐĞƐ ĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ the streets of this small town are not the ŽŶůLJ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ϯƌĚ ;ůĂƐƚͿ ĚĂLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŝƐƐ ZŽƐĞƐ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŚĞůĚ͘ DŽƐƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů women present themselves by dancing in ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůLJͲĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ƌŽƐĞƐ͘

Sechseläuten, Zurich, Switzerland, April 16 hƐƵĂůůLJ ŚĞůĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϯƌĚ DŽŶĚĂLJ ŽĨ Ɖƌŝů͕ this Swiss holiday rings in the spring in quite Ă ŚŽƚ ǁĂLJ ʹ ďLJ ďƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ tŝŶƚĞƌ ŝŶ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ Ă ƂƂŐŐ͘ ZŽŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ŵĞĚŝĞǀĂů ƟŵĞƐ͕ LJĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƐLJŵďŽůŝĐ ďƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ƂƂŐŐ ǁĂƐ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĞĚ ŽŶůLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ϭϴƚŚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌLJ͘ ƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů 80

also accommodates various colourful ƉĂƌĂĚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŐĂƌŵĞŶƚƐ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƐĂƵƐĂŐĞ Őƌŝůů ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ĞŶũŽLJĞĚ͘ ƂƂŐŐ ŝƐ ƌĂŐ ĚŽůů ŝŶ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ Ă ƐŶŽǁŵĂŶ͕ ĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞdžƉůŽƐŝǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ views on how to determine weather ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŚĞ ĚŽůů

ďƵƌŶƐ͘ &Žƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŶŽǁŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ŚĞĂĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ĚŽůů ĞdžƉůŽĚĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ϭϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐƵŶŶLJ ĂŶĚ ĚƌLJ͘ /Ĩ ŝƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ Ă ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƟŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŝƐ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĂŝŶLJ͘

| Spring 2018

SPRING WELCOME SMART CELEBRATION

SCHEDULE Ɖƌŝů Ϯϭ Ɖƌŝů ϮϮ Ɖƌŝů Ϯϵ DĂLJ ϲ

dŚĞ tĂůů ŽĨ ,ŽƉĞ ĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ 'ƌĞĂƚ ůůĞŐŽƌŝĐ &ůŽǁĞƌ WĂƌĂĚĞ DĂĚĞŝƌĂ ƵƚŽ WĂƌĂĚĞ ŽŶĐĞƌƚ ͞dŚĞ ^ŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ &ůŽǁĞƌƐ͟

Madeira Flower Festival, Funchal, Portugal, April 19 – May 6 Every spring the streets of Funchal are ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ŇŽǁĞƌ͕ ƚŚƵƐ ŚŽŶŽƵƌŝŶŐ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƌƟůŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ďůŽŽŵ ŝƚ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ĨŽƌ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĚĂƚĞƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ϭϵϱϰ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ŽĨ ZŽƐĞƐ ǁĂƐ ŚĞůĚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞƌƐ ŶŽƟĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ ŐƌŽǁ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŝnjĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ͘ Ɛ ŝƚ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŝĚĞĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŶĂŵĞ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƟŵĞ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ tĂůů ŽĨ ,ŽƉĞ ĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ͕ ŇŽƌĂů ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ &ůŽǁĞƌ &ĞƐƟǀĂů WĂƌĂĚĞ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ Spring 2018 |

ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĨŽůŬ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ŇŽǁĞƌ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŽĨ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ŬŝŶĚƐ͕ classical music concerts and many shows ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞLJ ďƌŝŶŐ͘ DĂƐƐŝǀĞ ŇŽǁĞƌ ĐĂƌƉĞƚƐ ǁŝůů Įůů ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ ĂƌŽŵĂƐ͘ ƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ ĞŶĞƌŐLJ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ŝƚ ĂůƐŽ ŚŽůĚƐ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ Ăůů ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂŵĞǁŽƌŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͘ &Žƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ DĂĚĞŝƌĂ ƵƚŽ WĂƌĂĚĞ ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ͕ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ͞dŚĞ ůĂƐƐŝĐ DŽƚŽƌ džŚŝďŝƟŽŶ͘͟ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ where vintage cars, full of glamour and classic values, parade through the Avenida do Mar

ƉƌŽŵĞŶĂĚĞ͘ ŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞ ŽĨ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ͛Ɛ Street Parade hundreds of children gather, heading to Praca do Municipio where Wall ŽĨ ,ŽƉĞ ŝƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ͘ This movement, held for over three decades now, is considered as a message of love and respect towards nature and the people ůŝǀŝŶŐ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ͘ dŚĞ tĂůů ƐLJŵďŽůŝnjĞƐ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞ ŚŽƉĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ŶĚ ƚŽ ĂĚĚ ŵŽƌĞ to the experience of not only viewing the ůƵƐŚ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ͕ &ůŽǁĞƌ DĂƌŬĞƚ ŝƐ ŚŽƵƐĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ǁŚĞƌĞ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ĐĂŶ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƌĞƐƚ ƉůĂŶƚƐ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ďĂĐŬ ŚŽŵĞ͘ 81

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Finally it’s time to get off those winter Parkas and have some fun outdoors. A stroll through the local forest or park with your little ones sounds amazing, yet children also ache for some thrill and action that gets their blood pumping a bit faster. So what’s better than visiting an amusement park, especially one that has been designed for the whole family?

See the TOP 3 amusement parks in Europe that are NOT Disneyland (let’s be honest, a time spent there is mostly standing in queues). tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ >ŝĞŶĞ ŐůţƚĞ WŚŽƚŽƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞƉŽƐŝƚƉŚŽƚŽƐ Θ ƉƵďůŝĐŝƚLJ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ

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Ticket Prices ĚƵůƚƐ ;ϭϮнͿ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ;ϯ ʹ ϭϭͿ Family sŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƐĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ Accompanying Person

Φ ϰϵ͘ϬϬ Φ ϰϭ͘ϬϬ Φ ϰϱ͘ϬϬ ;ϭϮнͿͬ Φ ϯϲ ;ϯ ʹ ϭϭͿ Φ ϯϵ ;ϭϮнͿͬ Φ ϯϰ ;ϯ ʹ ϭϭͿ Φ Ϯϰ͘ϱϬ

PARC ASTERIX dŚĞŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌŬ ŝƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ name, based on the very popular comic Ŭ ƐƚĞƌŝdž͘ >ŽĐĂƚĞĚ ũƵƐƚ Ă ϮͲŚŽƵƌ ƚƌĂŝŶ ƌŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ WĂƌŝƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂƌŬ ŽīĞƌ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ŝŶǀĞƌƚĞĚ coasters, as well as roller coasters with more ƚŚĂŶ ƐĞǀĞŶ ůŽŽƉƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌŬ ĂůƐŽ ůŽĐĂƚĞƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĨƵŶ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƌŽůůĞƌ ĐŽĂƐƚĞƌ ʹ ͞>͛KdžLJŐĞŶĂƌŝƵŵ͘͟

Roller Coaster Guide Families • >Ă ĨŽƌġƚ Ě͛/ĚĠĮdž • >Ğ ĂƌƌŽƵƐĞů ĚĞ ĠƐĂƌ • Le Transdemonium • >ĞƐ ŚĂƵĚƌŽŶƐ • Le chemin des sorciers • ƉŝĚĞŵĂŢƐ ƌŽŝƐŝğƌĞ • >Ă ZŝǀŝğƌĞ Ě͛ ůŝƐ • >͛,LJĚƌĞ ĚĞ >ĞƌŶĞ • Les chaudrons infernaux • >Ă WĞƟƚĞ dĞŵƉġƚĞ • >ĞƐ WĞƟƚƐ ƌĂŬŬĂƌƐ Spring 2018 |

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>ĞƐ ŚĞǀĂƵdž ĚƵ ZŽLJ >Ğ ĠĮ ĚĞ ĠƐĂƌ EĂƟŽŶĂůĞ ϳ >ĞƐ ƐƉŝŽŶƐ ĚĞ ĠƐĂƌ Le Grand Splatch ^K^ EƵŵĠƌŽďŝƐ >Ğ sŽů Ě͛/ĐĂƌĞ Romus et Rapidus Menhir Express >͛KdžLJŐĠŶĂƌŝƵŵ Discobélix Pégase Express

Adventurers • KnjŝƌŝƐ • Tonnerre de Zeus • Goudurix • >Ă dƌĂĐĞ ĚƵ ,ŽƵƌƌĂ • >Ă 'ĂůğƌĞ • >Ğ ŚĞǀĂů ĚĞ dƌŽŝĞ • >ĞƐ ŚĂŝƐĞƐ sŽůĂŶƚĞƐ Youngsters • WĞƟƚ ŚġŶĞ WůĂLJ ƌĞĂ • Panoramix Play Area

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sŝŬŝŶŐƐ WůĂLJ ƌĞĂ Etamine >ĞƐ WĞƟƚƐ ŚĂƌƐ ƚĂŵƉŽŶŶĞƵƌƐ >Ğ DŝŶŝ ĂƌƌŽƵƐĞů >͛ ƐĐĂĚƌŝůůĞ ĚĞƐ Ɛ Aérodynamix ŶŝŐŵĂƟdž ,LJĚƌŽůŝdž >ĂǀŽŵĂƟdž >Ğ WĞƟƚ dƌĂŝŶ >ĞƐ WĞƟƚĞƐ ŚĂŝƐĞƐ sŽůĂŶƚĞƐ ››

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ϭϬĂŵ ʹ ϳƉŵ ϭϬĂŵ ʹ ϴƉŵ

Ticket Prices Adults :ƵŶŝŽƌͬ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ sŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƐĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ

Φ ϰϵ͘ϬϬ Φ ϰϭ͘ϬϬ Φ Ϯϱ͘ϬϬ

PORT AVENTURA PARK dŚŝƐ ƉĂƌŬ ŝƐ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ WŽƌƚ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĂ tŽƌůĚ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ĞdžĐŝƚĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂƟĐ WĂƌŬ Žƌ &ĞƌƌĂƌŝ >ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ tŽƌůĚ ŝƐ open as late as midnight means that the evening visits are quieter and faster to get ŝŶ͘ WŽƌƚ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĂ WĂƌŬ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ ƵƌŽƉĞ͛Ɛ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĨĂƐƚĞƐƚ ƌŽůůĞƌ ĐŽĂƐƚĞƌ ʹ &ƵƌŝƵƐ ĂĐŽ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ Ă ϲϬͲŵĞƚƌĞ ĐŽĂƐƚĞƌ ^ŚĂŵŚĂůĂ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ϴͲůŽŽƉ ƚǁŝƐƚĞƌ ƌĂŐŽŶ <ŚĂŶ͘ /ƚ ĂůƐŽ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ZĞĚ &ŽƌĐĞ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƵƌŽƉĞ͛Ɛ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƐƚĞƐƚ ƌŽůůĞƌ ĐŽĂƐƚĞƌ͘

Roller Coaster Guide Youngsters • ĂŶŽĞƐ • dĞĂ ƵƉƐ • ƌĞĂ /ŶĨĂŶƟů • Armadillos • ƵīĂůŽ ZŽĚĞŽ • WĞŶŝƚĞŶĐĞ ^ƚĂƟŽŶ • Laberinto ůĂĐŬ^ŵŝƚŚ • La Granja de Elmo • ŽĐŽ WŝůŽƚŽ • Magic Fish • ů ,ƵĞƌƚŽ Encantado • ů ^ĂůƚŽ ĚĞ ůĂƐ 84

Families • <ŽŶƟŬŝ • ŽďƌĂ /ŵƉĞƌŝĂů • Yucatan • Serpiente Emplumada • ů ŝĂďůŽ ʹ dƌĞŶ de la Mina • Silver River Flume • 'ƌĂŶĚ ĂŶLJŽŶ Rapids • tŝůĚ ƵīĂůŽƐ • VolPaiute • ƌĂnjLJ ĂƌƌĞůƐ

Adventurers • Red Force • &ƵƌŝƵƐ ĂĐŽ • Shambhala

• Dragon Khan • ,ƵƌĂŬĂŶ ŽŶĚŽƌ • Stampida | Spring 2018

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ϵĂŵ ʹ ϲƉŵ

Ticket Prices /ŶĨĂŶƚƐ ;hŶĚĞƌ ϰͿ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ;ϰ ʹ ϭϭͿ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝƌƚŚĚĂLJ Adults ^ĞŶŝŽƌƐ ;ϲϬнͿ sŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƐĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ 'ƌŽƵƉƐ ;ϮϬнͿ ^ĐŚŽŽů ůĂƐƐĞƐ

FREE Φ ϰϮ͘ϱϬ FREE Φ ϰϵ͘ϱϬ Φ ϰϮ͘ϱϬ Φ ϰϮ͘ϱϬ Φ ϰϮ͘ϬϬ Φ Ϯϵ͘ϱϬ

EUROPA PARK <ŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ǀĂƌŝĞƟĞƐ ŽĨ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ĨƵŶ ůĂŶĚ ŽīĞƌƐ ƐŽŵĞ ĐŽĂƐƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ LJŽƵƌ ŚĞĂƌƚ ďĞĂƚ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůLJ ĨĂƐƚĞƌ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞ ƌŝĚĞƐ ĂƌĞ tŽĚĂŶ ĂŶĚ ^ŝůǀĞƌ ^ƚĂƌ͘ ŶĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ǀŝƌƚƵĂů ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ƚƌLJ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƌƚƵƌ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌŬ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƌŝĚĞƐ͕ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƐŽĂŬĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞĂĚ ƚŽ ƚŽĞƐ͘

Roller Coaster Guide Youngsters • ĂͲĂͲĂ džƉƌĞƐƐ • Quipse Paddle ŽĂƚƐ • Flight of Icarus • Dancing Dingie • >ŝŵĞƌŝĐŬ ĂƐƚůĞ • ^ŚĞĞƉ ZŽĐŬ • Lada Autodrom • WƵƉƉĞƚ ŽĂƚ ZŝĚĞ • Mini Scooters • Monorail • Mul-Muls ĂƌŽƵƐĞů • KůĚ ϵϵ ŝƌĐƵƐ Parade • Poppy Towers • ZĞĚ ĂƌŽŶ • ƌĂnjLJ dĂdžŝƐ • Silverstone Race dƌĂĐŬ Spring 2018 |

Families • Voletarium • Alpenexpress ŶnjŝĂŶ • African Queen • Apenexpress ŽĂƐƟĂůŝƚLJ • Arthur • ƚůĂŶƟƐ Adventure • Spinning Dragons • :ƵŶŐĨƌĂƵ 'ůĂĐŝĞƌ Flight • Kolumbusjolle • 'ƌŝĞnjĞůŬŽƉũĞƐ • DĂƩĞƌŚŽƌŶ ůŝƚnj • Muls-Muls ĂƌŽƵƐĞů • ŽĂƐƚĞƌ • ZĞĚ ĂƌŽŶ

Adventurers • Silver Star • Water Rollercoaster Poseidon • ƵƌŽƐĂƚ ʹ ĂŶ ĂŶ ŽĂƐƚĞƌ • ƚůĂŶƟĐĂ SuperSplash

• Euro-Mir • tK E ʹ Timburcoaster • WĞŐĂƐƵƐ ʹ dŚĞ Youngstar • ^ǁŝƐƐ Žď ZƵŶ

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FACTOR tŽƌĚƐ ďLJ DĈƌĂ DŝŭĞůƐŽŶĞ WƵďůŝĐŝƚLJ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ

Andy Warhol is a name that echoes through all times and will do such for many decades, if not centuries ahead of us.

So what is so special about a man who had been generally regardes as a quiet, shy and a meticulous observer?

“Making money is art, and working is art and good business is the best art.”

Prior to becoming Ă ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĮŐƵƌĞ in the visual art movement we now ŬŶŽǁ ĂƐ WŽƉ ƌƚ͕ tĂƌŚŽů ŝŶŝƟĂůůLJ pursued a career in commercial 86

ŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ,ŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ǁŽƌŬ was to draw shoes for “Glamour” ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ǁŽƌŬ͕ ŚĞ ƚŚĞŶ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ĂƐ Ă designer for shoe manufacturer Israel DŝůůĞƌ͘ KŶůLJ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ galleries, Warhol was started to

• ŽƌŶ ŽŶ ƵŐƵƐƚ ϲ͕ ϭϵϮϴ ĂŶĚ ĚŝĞĚ ŽŶ &ĞďƌƵĂƌLJ ϮϮ͕ ϭϵϴϳ ĂŌĞƌ ĂŶ ƵŶƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŐĂůůďůĂĚĚĞƌ ƐƵƌŐĞƌLJ͘ • ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĂƌƟƐƚ͕ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ ǁŚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌƌĞůĂƟŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϲϬ͛Ɛ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ƚƌĞŶĚƐ͕ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚLJ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ĂƌƟƐƟĐ ĞdžƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ • /ŶĚƵůŐĞĚ ŝŶ ƉĂŝŶƟŶŐ͕ ƐŝůŬͲƐĐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚLJ͕ Įůŵ ĂŶĚ ƐĐƵůƉƚƵƌĞ͘ • &Ƶůů ŶĂŵĞ͗ ŶĚƌĞǁ tĂƌŚŽůĂ͘ • ,ŝŐŚĞƐƚ ĐŽƐƟŶŐ ǁŽƌŬ ǁĂƐ ďŽƵŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ϭϬϱ h^ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĚŽůůĂƌƐ ʹ Ă ϭϵϲϯ ĐĂŶǀĂƐ ͞^ŝůǀĞƌ Ăƌ ƌĂƐŚ ; ŽƵďůĞ ŝƐĂƐƚĞƌͿ͘͟ • ŽŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĞdžƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ͞ϭϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŽĨ ĨĂŵĞ͘͟

be perceived as ƋƵŝƚĞ ĂŶ ŝŶŇƵĞŶƟĂů and controversial ĂƌƟƐƚ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ďĞĞŶ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ƐŝůŬ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ƉƌŝŶƚŵĂŬŝŶŐ techniques by Max ƌƚŚƵƌ ŽŚŶ͕ ŚĞ became an early ĂĚŽƉƚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝůŬ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ƉƌŝŶƚŵĂŬŝŶŐ process as a technique for ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƉĂŝŶƟŶŐƐ͘ | Spring 2018

ANDY WARHOL SMART ART

“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.” tĂƌŚŽů͛Ɛ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ƐŽŽŶ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ came under the name of “The Factory” ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůLJ ŐĂƚŚĞƌĞĚ ĚŝƐƟŶŐƵŝƐŚĞĚ intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, ĞŵŝĂŶƐ͕ ,ŽůůLJǁŽŽĚ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞĂůƚŚLJ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ʹ ĂŶ ƵŶŝŵĂŐŝŶĂďůĞ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ĐƌŽǁĚ͕ ŶĂŵĞĚ ďLJ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ tĂƌŚŽů ^ƵƉĞƌƐƚĂƌƐ͘ dŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŶ ŝŵŵĞŶƐĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ tĂƌŚŽů͛Ɛ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ days and nights to help him produce more ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŽĨ Ăƌƚ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƉĂŝŶƟŶŐƐ͕ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ĮůŵƐ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ ǁĂƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ^ŝůǀĞƌ &ĂĐƚŽƌLJ͕ tĂƌŚŽů͛Ɛ LJĞĂƌƐ ƐƉĞŶƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ^ŝůǀĞƌ ƌĂ͘ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ŝƚƐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƟŵĞƐ͕ LJĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ &ĂĐƚŽƌLJ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ͘ /Ŷ ϭϵϲϴ ƚŚĞ &ĂĐƚŽƌLJ ǁĂƐ ĞdžƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ƉĞĂŬ of turmoil when a radical feminist writer Valerie Solanas, who was quite a marginal ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ &ĂĐƚŽƌLJ͕ ĂƩĞŵƉƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵƵƌĚĞƌ tĂƌŚŽů ĂŶĚ ĂŶ Ăƌƚ ĐƌŝƟĐ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƌĂƚŽƌ DĂƌŝŽ ŵĂLJĂ ďLJ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ Ăƚ tĂƌŚŽů͛Ɛ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ͘ tĂƌŚŽů ǁĂƐ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůLJ ǁŽƵŶĚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůLJ ďĂƌĞůLJ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞĚ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ surgery was to wear a surgical corset for ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞ͘ ^ŽůĂŶĂ͛Ɛ ĞdžƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ʹ ͞tĂƌŚŽů ŚĂĚ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽǀĞƌ ŵLJ ůŝĨĞ͘͟

“When you do something exactly wrong, you always turn up something.” ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϲϬ͛Ɛ͕ tĂƌŚŽů ďĞŐĂŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽŚͲƐŽͲĨĂŵŽƵƐ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ ƉĂŝŶƟŶŐƐ ŽĨ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů American objects, such as dollar bills, ŵƵƐŚƌŽŽŵ ĐůŽƵĚƐ͕ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ĐŚĂŝƌƐ͕ ĂŵƉďĞůů͛Ɛ ^ŽƵƉ ĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ ďŽƩůĞƐ͘ ,Ğ ĂůƐŽ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ DĂƌŝůLJŶ DŽŶƌŽĞ͕ ůǀŝƐ WƌĞƐůĞLJ͕ DĂƌůŽŶ ƌĂŶĚŽ͕ dƌŽLJ ŽŶĂŚƵĞ͕ DƵŚĂŵŵĂĚ ůŝ ĂŶĚ ůŝnjĂďĞƚŚ dĂLJůŽƌ ĂƐ ŚŝƐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ŶĞǁ ǁŽƌŬƐ͘ džĐĞƉƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĞŵƵůŽƵƐ ϲϬ͛Ɛ͕ tĂƌŚŽů ĂůƐŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞĂŬ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ĂƌƟƐƟĐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚLJ ĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ is regarded as the period he truly emerged ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂƌƟƐƚ͘ DŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌŬƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŵĞƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ &ĂĐƚŽƌLJ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ collaborators for some of his now-famous ǁŽƌŬƐ͘ tĂƌŚŽů ĂůƐŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚƌĂŶƐ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŐ queens which led him to intensely promote trans actresses, some of which you may have ŚĞĂƌĚ ŽĨ ʹ :ĂĐŬŝĞ ƵƌƟƐ͕ ,ŽůůLJ tŽŽĚůĂǁŶ ĂŶĚ ĂŶĚLJ ĂƌůŝŶŐ͘

DĂƌŝůLJŶ ŝƉƚLJĐŚ͕ ϭϵϲϮ

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” /Ĩ ŶŽƚ ĐŽƵŶƟŶŐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ tĂƌŚŽů ŚĂĚ created during his wild years in the art world, ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵƵĐŚ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ŝŵƉƌŝŶƚƐ ůĞŌ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ ƚŽ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĞǀĞŶ ŶŽǁĂĚĂLJƐ͘ &Žƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ he was the one who founded the very ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞĚ ͞/ŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ͟ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ůŽǀĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĚLJ managed and produced the experimental ďĂŶĚ ͞dŚĞ sĞůǀĞƚ hŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ͘͟ ŶĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ who are eager to be part of the art world ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ǁŝůů ŬŶŽǁ ǀĞƌLJ ǁĞůů ƚŚĂƚ tĂƌŚŽů ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ůŽŶŐͲƟŵĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ^ƚƵĂƌƚ WŝǀĂƌ ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ĐĂĚĞŵLJ ŽĨ ƌƚ ŝŶ ϭϵϳϵ͘ ůů of this and so much more can be found not ŽŶůLJ ŝŶ ŬƐ͕ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶ ŶĚLJ͛Ɛ ŶĂƟǀĞ ĐŝƚLJ ŽĨ WŝƩƐďƵƌŐŚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĚLJ tĂƌŚŽů DƵƐĞƵŵ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ʹ Ăůů ƌŝĐŚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ Ăƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĐŚŝǀĞƐ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ up to be the largest museum in the United ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĂƌƟƐƚ͘

DŝĐŬĞLJ DŽƵƐĞ͕ ϭϵϴϭ

ĂŵƉďĞůů͛Ɛ ^ŽƵƉ ĂŶƐ͕ ϭϵϲϮ Spring 2018 |

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SMART INTERVIEW SMARTLYNX

SMART–INTERN

SMART MANAGER Some might remember him from the SmartLynx Magazine Fall issue when he was featured as one of the talented young interns we got for the summer. Let us introduce Dāvis Nabutovskis – a strongly determined young professional who started out as our intern during summer 2017.

As he confidently proved his qualities during this short time, Dāvis was invited to work at Smartlynx Airlines as Commercial Manager.

How did he manage to prove himself in just a few months? Read our conversation with one of the most promising Smart Employees.

Why did you decide to involve in aviation industry? Is it a generational thing, or just a strong interest in the field? / ƚŚŝŶŬ Ă ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵLJ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ŇŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁĂƐ ŽŶ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ͕ Ăůů ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŵĞ͘ ^ŽŽŶ ĂŌĞƌ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽ ĐĂůůĞĚ “Shadow Days” for young students at one of >ĂƚǀŝĂ͛Ɛ ŵĂŝŶ ĂŝƌůŝŶĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĞŶ / ƌĞĂůŝnjĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ / ǁŽƵůĚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚ ŵLJ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ͘ Later on, when I was a bit older and started ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůLJ͕

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I went to the same event at the same ĂŝƌůŝŶĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƉƉůLJ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶƐŚŝƉ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶŶLJ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ / ĂƉƉůŝĞĚ ĨŽƌ ǁĂƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ / ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ͘ / ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ĨƵůůLJ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ũŽď ĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶ but for some reason I was determined ƚŽ ĂƉƉůLJ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ͘ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚůLJ ĚĞĨĞŶĚĞĚ ŵLJ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͕ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁŚŝůĞ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŝĨ ŝƚ ďLJ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ / ƌĞĂůůLJ thought I would be the right person for the ũŽď͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĞŶ / ĮŶĂůůLJ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂĚ ŐŽŶĞ ƚŽ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶŝƐƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ďLJ Ă ǁŽŵĂŶ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ Ăůů ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŽƵƚ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞƩĞƌ ĂƐ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ Ͳ ƚŚĞLJ ĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ŵĞ ŝƚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂůĞƐ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ǁĞĞŬƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ / ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ Ăƚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ /ŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶĐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ĂŶĂůLJƟĐĂů ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƚĂƐŬƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ƚŽ ŵĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ͕ I interned at the Revenue Management ǁŚĞƌĞ / ůĞĂƌŶƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐŝĐƐ ŽĨ ĐĂůĐƵůĂƟŶŐ ŽǀĞƌŬŝŶŐƐ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŇŝŐŚƚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ Ăůů about maths which also interested me ŐƌĞĂƚůLJ͘ Ƶƚ ĂŌĞƌ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĮĞůĚƐ ŽĨ ĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕

/ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ /ŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ / ǁĂƐ ĨŽŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů about doing analyses and researches of ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ ŽŶ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶƐŚŝƉ ǁĂƐ ŽǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ^ĂůĞƐ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ŵĞ ďĂĐŬ ĨŽƌ Ă ũŽď͘ Ƶƚ / ĮŐƵƌĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ĂŶĂůLJƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůLJ ŶŽ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ͘ ^Ž / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉĂƐƐ on that, especially considering the fact that / ǁĂƐ ƐƚƵĚLJŝŶŐ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ͘

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SMART INTERVIEW SMARTLYNX

So how did SmartLynx come into the picture? ǀŝĂƟŽŶ ƐƟůů ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŵLJ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ Ă ƌĞĐƌƵŝƟŶŐ ĂŐĞŶĐLJ ŬŶĞǁ ƚŚĂƚ͘ ^Ž ƚŚĞLJ ŶŽƟĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ a job opening at SmartLynx Airlines for a ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ^ĂůĞƐ DĂŶĂŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚĞĚ ŵĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ũŽď ĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶ͕ requirements for previous experience did ŶŽƚ Įƚ ƚŽ ŵLJ ƉƌŽĮůĞ Ăƚ Ăůů͘ / ǁĂƐ ƌĞůƵĐƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ĂƉƉůLJ ďƵƚ ŵLJ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŶƐŝƐƚ͘ ^Ž ƚŚĞLJ ƐĞŶƚ ŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĂƐŬ ŽŶĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ĨŽƌ ŐĞƫŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ĞdžĐĞů ƚĂď ŽŶĞ ŚĂĚ Ϯϰ ŚŽƵƌƐ ƚŽ Įůů ŝŶ͘ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƚ͕ ĂŶĚ / ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ĚŝĚ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ĨƵůů Ϯϰ ŚŽƵƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ƐůĞĞƉ ǁŚĂƚƐŽĞǀĞƌ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ ŝƚ ƚŽŽŬ ŵĞ ƐŽ ůŽŶŐ ǁĂƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ Ăƚ ŽŶĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ƚŚĞ ĮůĞ ďƌŽŬĞ ĚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ĂŶĞǁ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ǁĂƐ ŵĂŝŶůLJ because I did not want to go the standard ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ĨŽƌ ƐŽůǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚĂƐŬ͘ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟnjĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀĞ that the process and approach of doing the ƚĂƐŬ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ͘ / ƐĞŶƚ ŝƚ ŝŶ ďƵƚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ͘ Ƶƚ ĨŽƌ ŵLJ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂůůĞĚ ŵĞ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ƐĂŵĞ ĚĂLJ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂůůĞĚ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ was so sudden, I was sort of relaxed during ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁĞŶƚ ƉƌĞƩLJ ĞĂƐLJ ĂŶĚ ůŝŐŚƚ͘ The worst thing about the interview was ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƐŬĞĚ ŵĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ŵLJ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ͘ DŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ / ĂŶƐǁĞƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ͞ŶŽ͟ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ĂƐ ǁĞ Ăůů ŬŶĞǁ ʹ / ŚĂĚ ŶŽ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͘ ŶĚ at the end of the interview I even dared to ĂƐŬ ƚŚĞŵ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ĨŽŽůŝƐŚ͕ LJĞƚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĐĂůůLJ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ ʹ ͞tŚLJ ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ LJŽƵ ĂĐĐĞƉƚ ŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ũŽď͍͟ ǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ũƵƐƚ ƐĂƚ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ďůŝŶŬĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞLJĞƐ ŝŶ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ͘ ŶĚ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ŝĨ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ͕ Žƌ ĚŝĚ ƚŚĞLJ ĚĞĐŝĚĞ ŽŶ ŝƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞŚĂŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŵĞ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶƐŚŝƉ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ ^Ž / ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘

I guess that during the internship I proved myself worthy of the job by analysing ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͕ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ͘ My main job is to sell our wet-leasing service, and my personal goal, yet quite ĂŵďŝƟŽƵƐ͕ ŝƐ ƚŽ Ăŝŵ ĨŽƌ ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ůĞĂƐĞƐ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ / ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ŽŶůLJ ƐŚŽƌƚͲƚĞƌŵ ĚĞĂů͕ ƐŽ / ƐƟůů ŚĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƚƌŝǀĞ ĨŽƌ͘ ŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ / ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐĞůů ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĞ ŽīĞƌ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽĨ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ƌĂŶŐĞ͘ ĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůůLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͕ / Ăŵ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ĞdžƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞůů ŽƵƌ dK ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐƐ ĨŽƌ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ƉŝůŽƚƐ͘

And now you are not an intern anymore, transformed into a full-time SmartLynx Airlines employee.

So how is it – did the expectations match reality? Do you enjoy what you are doing at the company?

Yes, when the internship came to its end, I was already invited to stay for an actual ũŽď͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ / Ăŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă commercial manager which is basically the ũŽď / ǁĂƐ ĂƉƉůLJŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ͘

/ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĚŽ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ũŽď͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ fact that I have a great opportunity to ƚĂůŬ ƚŽ ƐŽ ŵĂŶLJ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ͘ ŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ Ă ďŝƚ ƐĐĂƌLJ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ

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ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽ ƌĂƌĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶ / ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŐŽƚ ĂŶƐǁĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůLJ approach here is to honestly admit that you ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ďƵƚ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌ ĂŶƐǁĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ͘ tŚĂƚ / ĂůƐŽ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ sales do not mean lies, which is not a ƌĂƌĞ ĐĂƐĞ ĨŽƌ ƐĂůĞƐ ŝŶ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĮĞůĚƐ͘ tŚĞŶ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ͕ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ŶŽƚ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ůŝĞ ʹ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŶƐƉĂƌĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůĞ Žƌ ĚŝƐŚŽŶĞƐƚ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĞƐ / ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂůĞƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ / ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ũŽď ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂĚĚĞĚ ǀĂůƵĞ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂLJ ʹ ǁĞ ĚŽ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ We provide them with the opportunity to ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ͘ I also highly respect that I am able to meet with people who are the general decision ŵĂŬĞƌƐ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ƌĂŶŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ͘ ŶĚ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ƐƵĐŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚƌĂǀĞůŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚĞĚ͘ / ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůLJ ůŽŽŬ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ›› 89

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ǀĂůƵĂďůĞ ĮĞůĚ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌƚŚ ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ͘ hƉ ƵŶƟů ŶŽǁ͕ / ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŶĞ ŽŶ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƚƌŝƉƐ ƚŽ hnjďĞŬŝƐƚĂŶ͕ hŶŝƚĞĚ <ŝŶŐĚŽŵ͕ DĂůĂLJƐŝĂ͕ ^ŝŶŐĂƉŽƌĞ͕ ƌƵŶĞŝ͕ h ĂŶĚ 'ƌĞĞĐĞ͘ ŶĚ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ / ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚͲƚĞƌŵ ůĞĂƐĞ ĂŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă 'ƌĞĞŬ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ůŽƚ ďƵƚ ƐƟůů ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͘ tŚĂƚ ůĞĚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ŵLJ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĂůĞ ŽĨ ǁĞƚͲůĞĂƐĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ / ŚĂĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ / ŬĞƉƚ ŝƚ ƵƉ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůLJ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂů ǁĂƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů͘ And one more thing I value highly ŝŶ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞĞƐ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŬŶŽǁ Žƌ / ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ʹ / ǁŝůů ŵŽƐƚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ĮŶĚ ŚĞůƉ ĨƌŽŵ ŵLJ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ͘

As you have travelled a lot for business, have you noticed some stranger characteristics in the business practices of other cultures? zĞƐ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ͊ /Ŷ hnjďĞŬŝƐƚĂŶ ƚŚĞLJ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ƐƵďŽƌĚŝŶĂƟŽŶ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůLJ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ Ă ůŽǁͲŬĞLJ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ǁĂLJ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŽƐƐ͘ ŶĚ the fact that I went there, some guy from >ĂƚǀŝĂ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ Ă ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ the boss without just as much as not even ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ʹ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ǁŽƌŬ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘ Ƶƚ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚůLJ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶ͘ ŶĚ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ was that, or the fact that I came a long and 90

ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ǁĂLJ ʹ ŝƚ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ͘ tŚĂƚ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ϱͲŵŝŶƵƚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ a full-day experience where I was shown Ăůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ďLJ ŵĂŶLJ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ dŚĞ ũŽƵƌŶĞLJ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ĂŶLJ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŽ ĞŶĚƵƌĞ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞƐ͘ And the most important thing is to have ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ LJŽƵ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ďĂĐŬ ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ďĞƩĞƌ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͘ ůĞŬƐĂŶĚƌƐ 'ƵƐĞǀƐ ǁŚŽ ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů͕ ŚŝƌĞĚ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐůLJ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐ ŵĞ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŵLJ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ &ĂŶƚĂƐƟĐĂůůLJ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ who have been in the company from the ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉ ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ƐŽůǀĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ Ͳ <ŝƌŝŬƐ DĂƚǀĞũĞǀƐ ĂŶĚ >ĞŽŶƐ DĂƚƵƐĞǀŝĐƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ /ůŐĂ ^ŵĞŝůĞ͕ ĂŝďĂ sŝƚŽůŝŶĂ͕ ŝũĂ dĂƐŵĂŶĞ͕ 'ĂƟƐ EĂƐƚĞǀŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ 'ŝƌƐƚ :ĞƐŬĞ ǁŚŽ ŽǀĞƌĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŝůLJ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ͘ DLJ ŐƌĂƟƚƵĚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƟƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝĐĞďĞƌŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ many more people who have been fueling ŵLJ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͘

/ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ / ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞLJ ʹ /͛ŵ ƐƟůů LJŽƵŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂLJďĞ ďŽůĚ decisions are the right ones to achieve the ƐĞƚ ŐŽĂůƐ͘ And in Asia they have this peculiar ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ƐĂLJ LJĞƐ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ͕ ƐŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞdžĐƵƐĞƐ͘ tŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ƚƌLJ ƚŽ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ Ă ŵĞĞƟŶŐ͕ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƌĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŽĸĐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞdžĂĐƚ ƟŵĞ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶLJǁĂLJ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂĨƌĂŝĚ ĂŶĚ ǁĂůŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚůLJ͕ ƐĂLJŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ďŽƐƐ͘ ŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ŵLJ ƚĂƐŬ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŽƵƌ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͛Ɛ ŶĂŵĞ͕ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ ǁŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ǁĞ ĐĂƉĂďůĞ ŽĨ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŽīĞƌ͘

It sounds that there is a lot of interesting work you are currently doing, and most importantly – will be doing in the future. How do you see yourself in that? / ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐ ĂŶ ĞŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌŝĂů ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ͕ ƐŽ my main dream and business goal is to ŽǁŶ ŵLJ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞƐ ŝŶ ĮŶĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ŵŽƐƚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ >ĂƚǀŝĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ Ƶƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ͕ / ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚůLJ ƐĞĞ ŵLJƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ŝƌůŝŶĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ŶĞdžƚ ϭϬ ƚŽ ϭϱ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ŶĚ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ͕ LJŽƵ ĚŽ ŝƚ LJŽƵƌ ǁŚŽůĞ ůŝĨĞ͘ / ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ŚĞůƉ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ | Spring 2018

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At the end of the last year a very fun ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŚĞůĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƉŝůƐ ŽĨ ZŝŐĂ ŽůŝƚƵĚĞ 'LJŵŶĂƐŝƵŵ͘ dŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĂLJ ŵŽƌĞ fun, we at SmartLynx supplied the students ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŽƉƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ ŽĸĐĞ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ the entertaining event, pupils were divided ŝŶƚŽ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŽĨ ϲ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ DĂƌƚũĂŶŽǀĂ :ĞůĞŶĂ͕ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ũŽůůLJ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ͘ KŶĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ Ɛƚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƚ ŝƚ Ăůů ŽƵƚ ǁŚŝůĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĐĂƌĚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƐŚĂŬĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƵƉ Ă ďŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞŶĞƌŐLJ ŝŶ Ă ĚĂŶĐĞ ĐůĂƐƐ͘ The third group was awaited by something ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŵLJƐƚĞƌŝŽƵƐ ʹ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ďŽdžĞƐ͘ ŶĚ the fourth group had an experience where ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ ʹ Ă ƉŚŽƚŽƐŚŽŽƚ ŝŶ ƐƚLJůĞ ŽĨ ĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ͘ ^ĞĞ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ŽŶĞƐ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ǁĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞƐ ŽƵƌ ǀĞƌLJ ŽǁŶ ŇŝŐŚƚ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝůŽƚƐ ĐĂƌƌLJ ĚĂŝůLJ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ŝŶƚŽ ŵŝŶŝĂƚƵƌĞ ƌĞƉůŝĐĂƐ ŽĨ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĂŝƌĐƌĂŌ͘ tŚŽ ŬŶŽǁƐ͕ ŵĂLJďĞ ƚŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ƌĂƐĐĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐ ǁŝůů ŽŶĞ ĚĂLJ ďĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž͛Ɛ ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ and talented employees?

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SMART TRIVIA

MATCH THE DESTINATION ϭ͘ ĂďŽ sĞƌĚĞ Ϯ͘ Tenerife ϯ͘ Larnaca ϰ͘ ,ĞƌĂŬůŝŽŶ ϱ͘ ƵƌŐĂƐ ϲ͘ ^ƚƵƩŐĂƌƚ ϳ͘ ĞƌŐĂŵŽ

Ă͘ ŝƐ ďƵŝůƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŝŶƐ ŽĨ ŝƟƵŵ ǁŚĞƌĞ ^ƚŽŝĐ ƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚĞƌ ĞŶŽ ǁĂƐ ďŽƌŶ͘ ď͘ ŝƐ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ Žŝů ƌĞĮŶĞƌLJ ŝŶ ^ŽƵƚŚͲĞĂƐƚĞƌŶ ƵƌŽƉĞ͘ Đ͘ ŝƐ ǁŝĚĞůLJ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ͣWĞĂĐĞ ĂƉŝƚĂů͘͟ Ě͘ ŶŽǁ ŚŽůĚƐ Ă ůŽŐŽ ĂŶĚ ƐůŽŐĂŶ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ĂƐ ͣdŚĞ EĞǁ ,ĞĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƵƌŽƉĞ͘͟ Ğ͘ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĐĂůůĞĚ ͣdŚĞ ŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ dŚŽƵƐĂŶĚ͘͟ Ĩ͘ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂƌĐŚŝƉĞůĂŐŽ ŽĨ ϭϬ ǀŽůĐĂŶŝĐ ŝƐůĂŶĚƐ͘ Ő͘ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂůůLJ ŚĂƐ ŚĞůĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞƐ ŽĨ ĂŶĚŝĂ͕ DĞŐĂůŽ <ĂƐƚƌŽ ĂŶĚ <ĂŶĚŝLJĞ͘ Ś͘ ǁĂƐ ĚĞĐůĂƌĞĚ Ă ďŝŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ƌĞnjĞƌǀĞ ďLJ hE ^ K ŝŶ ϮϬϬϵ͘

ϴ͘ Geneva

1. f; 2. h; 3. a; 4. g; 5. b; 6. d; 7. e; 8. c

FILL IN THE GAPS ϭ͘ The most challenging airport in the world is considered the Paro Airport in ,ŝŵĂůĂLJĂ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ŽŶůLJ ͺͺͺ ƉŝůŽƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĐĞƌƟĮĞĚ ƚŽ ůĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ Ϯ͘ Each traveller can lose about ___ litres of water in their body during a standard ϯͲŚŽƵƌ ŇŝŐŚƚ͘ ^Ž ƐƚĂLJ ŚLJĚƌĂƚĞĚ͊ ϯ͘ /Ŷ ϭϵϴϳ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ŝƌůŝŶĞƐ ƐĂǀĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϰϬ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚ ĚŽůůĂƌƐ ũƵƐƚ ďLJ ƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐ ϭ ͺͺͺ ĨƌŽŵ ĞĂĐŚ ƐĂůĂĚ͘ ϰ͘ dŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ĐŚĞĐŬͲŝŶ ǁĂƐ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϵ ďLJ ͺͺͺ ŝƌůŝŶĞƐ͘ ϱ͘ dŚĞ ƚĂůůĞƐƚ Ăŝƌ ƚƌĂĸĐ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ƚŽǁĞƌ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ăƚ ĂŶŐŬŽŬ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŝƌƉŽƌƚ͕ ŵĞĂƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϭϯϮ ŵĞƚƌĞƐ ŚŝŐŚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĞƋƵĂů ƚŽ Ă ͺͺͺ ͲƐƚŽƌLJ ƐŬLJƐĐƌĂƉĞƌ͘ ϲ͘ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ͺͺͺ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ĂŝƌƉŽƌƚƐ͘ A. 8; B. 1.5; C. olive; D. Alaskan; E. 40; F. one third

EASTER QUIZ

ϭ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŽĨ Ă ďƵŶŶLJ ŚŝĚŝŶŐ ĞŐŐƐ ǁĂƐ published in Ă͘ ϭϲϱϮ ď͘ ϭϲϵϬ Đ͘ ϭϲϴϬ Ϯ͘ WLJƐĂŶŬĂ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă͘ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŶŐ ĂƐƚĞƌ ĞŐŐƐ͘ ď͘ ďŽŝůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƟŶŐ ĂƐƚĞƌ ĞŐŐƐ͘ Đ͘ ƌŽůůŝŶŐ ĂƐƚĞƌ ĞŐŐƐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ Śŝůů͘ ϯ͘ Flowers mostly associated with Easter are Ă͘ roses ď͘ ĚĂīŽĚŝůƐ Đ͘ lilies ϰ͘ dŚĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ĞŐŐ ǁĂƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ďLJ &ƌLJ͛Ɛ ŽĨ ƌŝƐƚŽů ŝŶ Ă͘ ϭϵϳϯ ď͘ ϭϴϳϯ Đ͘ ϭϴϰϯ ϱ͘ The tallest chocolate Easter egg, ŵĞĂƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϭϬ ŵĞƚƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞŝŐŚŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϳ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚ ŬŝůŽŐƌĂŵƐ ǁĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŝŶ Ă͘ Italy ď͘ France Đ͘ Greece ϲ͘ dŚĞ ŽĸĐŝĂů ĂƐƚĞƌ ŐŐ ZŽůů ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ tŚŝƚĞ ,ŽƵƐĞ ǁĂƐ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ďLJ Ă͘ President Abraham Lincoln ď͘ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ZƵƚŚĞƌĨŽƌĚ ͘ ,ĂLJĞƐ Đ͘ President Theodor Roosevelt 1. c; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b; 5. a; 6. b

FIND 8 DIFFERENCES

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SMARTLYNX

ROUTEMAP SPRING 2018

Tallin Riga Copenhagen

Paris

Friedrichshafen Geneva Bergamo Lyon

Zagreb Varna

Bilbao

Tivat

Barcelona

Burgas

Reus Corfu Lisbon

Araxos EnďŹ dha

Antalya Rhodes Larnaca Heraklion

Madeira Agadir Tenerife

Fuerteventura

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Sharm El Sheikh Hurghada

San Pedro Cape Verde

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COMFORTABLE SMARTLYNX

SMARTLYNX TRAVEL TIPS BEFORE THE FLIGHT

TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN

TRAVELING WITH PETS

ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ŚŝƐͬŚĞƌ ϮŶĚ birthday are considered as infants and they are traveling without personally dedicated ƐĞĂƚ͘ ^ĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ƐĞĂƚ ĨŽƌ ŝŶĨĂŶƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ LJŽƵƌ dŽƵƌ KƉĞƌĂƚŽƌ͘ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ provide car-type baby seats but passenger may use their own, provided that the seat can be ƐĞĐƵƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂŝƌĐƌĂŌ ƐĞĂƚ ďĞůƚ͘ ŚŝůĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ϱ LJĞĂƌƐ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚ ďLJ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ŶŽƚ LJŽƵŶŐĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ϭϴ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ĂŐĞ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ĐĂƉĂďůĞ ŽĨ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶŽƌ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ the journey: a parent or guardian or a person ĂƐƐŝŐŶĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞƐĞ͘ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂŐĞĚ ϱͲϭϭ ;ŝŶĐů͘Ϳ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂǀĞůŝŶŐ ƵŶĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ĞƐĐŽƌƟŶŐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ŽŶ ĂŝƌƉŽƌƚ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ƉůĂĐĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝƉ͘ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂŐĞĚ ϭϮͲϭϱ ŵĂLJ ƚƌĂǀĞů ĂůŽŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂďŝŶ ĐƌĞǁ ǁŝůů ĚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵƚŵŽƐƚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ everyone feel as comfortable and welcome as ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŇŝŐŚƚ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƚƌĂǀĞůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵŶŐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĂŶLJ ŵŝůŬ Žƌ ŝŶĨĂŶƚ ŵĞĂůƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĞĂƚĞĚ͘ ĂďLJ ͲĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ Ăůů ŽƵƌ ĂŝƌĐƌĂŌͲũƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ LJŽƵƌ ĐƌĞǁ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŶĞĂƌĞƐƚ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ƐĞĂƚ͘

ĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƉĞƚƐ ŝƐ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌĞŬĞĚ ǀŝĂ LJŽƵƌ dŽƵƌ KƉĞƌĂƚŽƌ͘ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŵĂLJ ĂƉƉůLJ͘ The passenger is responsible for securing ƉƌŽƉĞƌ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŚĞĂůƚŚ͕ ĞŶƚƌLJ and transfer for all countries an route and providing a suitable container to ensure ƐĂĨĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƚ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ƉĞƚƐ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂďŝŶ ;ĞdžĐĞƉƚ ŐƵŝĚĞ ĚŽŐƐͿ ĂƌĞ ĚŽŐƐ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ͗ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƚ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ĐůĞĂŶ͖ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞƌ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ůĞĂŬĂŐĞ ƉƌŽŽĨ ĂŶĚ ǁĞŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϴ ŬŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƚ͘ ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌ ŵĂLJ ĐĂƌƌLJ ŽŶůLJ ŽŶĞ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƚ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ŬĞƉƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ŇŝŐŚƚ͘

CABIN BAGGAGE The acceptable cabin or carry-on baggage ƐŝnjĞ ŝƐ ϱϱdžϰϱdžϮϱĐŵ ;ϱŬŐͿ͘ ĂďŝŶ ďĂŐŐĂŐĞ must be stowed under the seat in front or ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌŚĞĂĚ ĐŽŵƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ͘ The measurements are restricted to ensure that overhead compartment is not ŽǀĞƌůŽĂĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŝƐůĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŽďƐƚƌƵĐƚĞĚ͘

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BEFORE THE FLIGHT It is recommended that you arrive at the airport at least two hours before the ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ƟŵĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ĂůůŽǁƐ LJŽƵ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŝŶ͕ ŐŝǀĞ ĂǁĂLJ LJŽƵƌ ůƵŐŐĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽ ƚƌŽƵŐŚ ƐĞĐƵƌŝƚLJ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ͘ ůǁĂLJƐ ďƌŝŶŐ Ă ǀĂůŝĚ ƚƌĂǀĞů ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ͕ ŝ͘Ğ͗͘ WĂƐƐƉŽƌƚ ;ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŇŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ hͿ͖ WĂƐƐƉŽƌƚ Žƌ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů / ĐĂƌĚ ;ŇŝŐŚƚƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ hͿ͘ If you encounter a problem at the airport ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ĂŝƌƉŽƌƚ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ĨŽƌ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ŐůĂĚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵ͘

BAGGAGE KŶ ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ŇŝŐŚƚƐ͕ Ă ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌ ŝƐ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ƵŶŝƚ ŽĨ ďĂŐŐĂŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞŝŐŚƚƐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϮϬŬŐ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ŇŝŐŚƚƐ ŶŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϰ ŚŽƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϭϱ ŬŐ ŽŶ ŇŝŐŚƚƐ ĞdžĐĞĞĚŝŶŐ ϰ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŇŝŐŚƚ ƟŵĞ͘ dƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ Žƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ƉĂĐŬ LJŽƵƌ belongings into one bag, but please note ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶĞ ƵŶŝƚ ŵĂLJ ŶŽƚ ĞdžĐĞĞĚ ϯϮŬŐ͊ dŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ĐŚĞĐŬĞĚ ďĂŐŐĂŐĞ ƐŝnjĞ ŝƐ ϯϮdžϴϰdžϱϲĐŵ͘ ůů ďĂŐŐĂŐĞ ĞdžĐĞĞĚŝŶŐ these measurements is considered as ŶŽŶͲƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ďĂŐŐĂŐĞ ;ďŝĐLJĐůĞ͕ ŐŽůĨ ďĂŐƐ͕ ƐƵƌĮŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŬŝŝŶŐ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚͿ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ŝŶĨŽƌŵ LJŽƵƌ dŽƵƌ KƉĞƌĂƚŽƌ ĮƌƐƚ͕ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ŶŽŶͲ standard equipment with you, as special ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŵĂLJ ĂƉƉůLJ͘

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COMFORTABLE SMARTLYNX

SMARTLYNX TRAVEL TIPS DURING THE FLIGHT

ALCOHOL

FOR YOUR HEALTH To feel your best in the air remember: ůĐŽŚŽů͗ Alcohol should be consumed only in ŵŽĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ &Žƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŐůĂƐƐ ŽĨ ĂůĐŽŚŽů͕ ĚƌŝŶŬ ƚǁŽ ŐůĂƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ǁĂƚĞƌ͘ tĂƚĞƌ͗ WůĞĂƐĞ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ŇŝŐŚƚ͘ ŽĐƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚƌŝŶŬ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ Ϭ͕ϱͲϬ͕ϲ ů ǁĂƚĞƌ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƚǁŽ ŇŝŐŚƚ ŚŽƵƌƐ͘ ůŽƚŚĞƐ͗ ĂŐŐLJ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ďĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Ăŝƌ͘ dƌLJ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ǁĞĂƌ ĂŶLJ ƟŐŚƚ ʹ ĮƫŶŐ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ͕ ůŽŽƐĞŶ ƚŽƉ ďƵƩŽŶƐ͕ ďĞůƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽĞůĂĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ƟŐŚƚ ƐŽĐŬƐ͘ ŝƌĐƵůĂƟŽŶ͗ ŝƌĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ďůŽŽĚ is helped if you try not to cross your legs or ĂŶŬůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ůŽŶŐ ƉĞƌŝŽĚƐ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͘ ůĂƐƟĐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƐŽĐŬƐ Žƌ ƐƚŽĐŬŝŶŐƐ ŵĂLJ ŚĞůƉ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƟŵĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ǁĂůŬ Žƌ ŵĂŬĞ ƐŽŵĞ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞƐ͘ ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ even the smallest movements help with blood ĐŝƌĐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƐŽ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚŝŶŐ ǁŚŝůĞ ƐĞĂƚĞĚ͘

SLEEP AND SEATBELTS /Ĩ LJŽƵDzƌĞ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐůĞĞƉ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŇŝŐŚƚ͕ we recommend you fasten your seatbelt ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ĐĂďŝŶ ĐƌĞǁ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ǁĂŬĞ LJŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƚĂŝŶ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƚƵƌŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ͞ĨĂƐƚĞŶ ƐĞĂƚďĞůƚ͟ ƐŝŐŶ͘ tĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ŬĞĞƉ LJŽƵƌ ƐĞĂƚďĞůƚ ĨĂƐƚĞŶĞĚ Ăƚ Ăůů ƟŵĞƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ƐĞĂƚĞĚ͘

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SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS ,ŽƉĞĨƵůůLJ͕ ǁĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ŬŶŽǁ ĂďŽƵƚ LJŽƵƌ special requirements, such as wheelchair ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ Žƌ ĚŝĞƚĂƌLJ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚ͘ /Ĩ ŶŽƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŽƵƚďŽƵŶĚ ŇŝŐŚƚ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ advise a member cabin crew so they can ŵĂŬĞ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ũŽƵƌŶĞLJ͘

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Alcohol should be consumed only in ŵŽĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ĂůĐŽŚŽů͕ including alcohol you have been purchased from tax free shop at airport, is strictly ĨŽƌďŝĚĚĞŶ͘ WĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌƐ ŵĂLJ ŽŶůLJ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞ ĂůĐŽŚŽůŝĐ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞǁ͘ WůĞĂƐĞ ŶŽƚĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ĐƌĞǁ ĐĂŶ ĞǀĂůƵĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĨƵƐĞ ƚŽ ƐĞƌǀĞ ĂůĐŽŚŽůŝĐ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĂŶLJ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĞdžƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶ Ăƚ ĂŶLJ ƟŵĞ͘

/Ŷ ůŝŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƉŽůŝĐLJ͕ Ăůů ^ŵĂƌƚ>LJŶdž ŇŝŐŚƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽŶͲƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŽīĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƐŵŽŬĞ ŽŶ ďŽĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĨŽƌďŝĚĚĞŶ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶ ůĂǀĂƚŽƌŝĞƐ͘ tĞ ĂƐŬ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ƌĞĮŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ for the comfort and safety of passengers and ĐƌĞǁ͘

To use of radios and devices with radio ƚƌĂŶƐŵŝƩĞƌͬƌĞĐĞŝǀĞƌƐ ŝƐ ƐƚƌŝĐƚůLJ ƉƌŽŚŝďŝƚĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŇŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŵĂLJ ŝŶƚĞƌĨĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂŝƌĐƌĂŌDzƐ ŶĂǀŝŐĂƟŽŶ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘ DŽďŝůĞ ƚĞůĞƉŚŽŶĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞdžĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ͞ŇŝŐŚƚ ƐĂĨĞ͟ ŵŽĚĞ͕ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐǁŝƚĐŚĞĚ Žī Ăƚ Ăůů ƟŵĞƐ ŽŶ ďŽĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŝƌĐƌĂŌ͘ WŚŽŶĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ͞ŇŝŐŚƚ ƐĂĨĞ͟ ŵŽĚĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĂĐƟǀĂƚĞĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ LJŽƵ ƐǁŝƚĐŚ LJŽƵƌ ŵŽďŝůĞ ƉŚŽŶĞ Žī ĨŽƌ ƚĂŬĞͲŽī͘ WĞƌƐŽŶĂů ͕ s ĂŶĚ DWϯ ƉůĂLJĞƌƐ ŵĂLJ ďĞ used, but only when the seatbelt sign is ƐǁŝƚĐŚĞĚ Žī͘ Wireless devices such as PDA-s laptop computers, electronic games and E-readers may only be used on board if the wireless ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĚŝƐĂďůĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ŵĂLJ ŽŶůLJ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƚďĞůƚ ƐŝŐŶ ŝƐ Žī͘

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