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All.Language
German is the primary language spoken throughout Liechtenstein. However, a majority of this is a Swiss-German dialect. French, Turkish, Italian and English are also common languages heard and understand in parts of the country.
Currency
The Swiss franc (CHF) is the national currency used in Liechtenstein. However, it is also customary to see payments in large shops and hotels done in Euros. Travelers will be happy to know that MasterCard, American Express and Visa are accepted across the country for most payments. If a shop doesn’t accept credit cards, there will be a sign in the window. The main airport has exchange facilities, but most head into the banks to change money into Swiss francs.
Time
Liechtenstein follows the Central European Time (CET) in winter and Central European Summer Time (CEST) in summer. This makes it one hour ahead of Universal Coordinated Time in winter, and two hours ahead in summer.
Electricity
The country uses a Type J Switzerland electrical plug, which is quite uncommon so you will likely need an adaptor. Liechtenstein also uses 220-240 Volts for electrical appliances.
Communications
Some of Liechtenstein’s communication networks are shared with Switzerland, but more and more are becoming solely owned by the country every year. The international dialing code is +423, which in 1999, split from Switzerland’s +75.
Duty-free
Liechtenstein has the same duty-free regulations as Switzerland. Two liters of alcohol up to 15 percent proof are allowed, while only one liter is permitted for alcohol over 15 percent. 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars or 250 grams of tobacco will not incur a fine, and gifts of up to and including 300 CHF are allowed. Travelers must be over the age of 17 to bring duty-free items into the country.
Tourist Office
Liechtenstein Tourism, Vaduz: +423-239-6363 or
Consulates in Liechtenstein
Danish Consulate, Vaduz: +423-232-0835 German Consulate, Schaan: +423-262-0462 Consulate of the Netherlands, Triesen: +423-262-0114 French Consulate, Vaduz: +423-777-8855 Swedish Consulate, Eschen: +423-234-3377
Emergency
Emergency services: 112Synapses between parallel fibres and stellate cells express long‐term changes in synaptic efficacy in rat cerebellum

Various forms of synaptic plasticity underlying motor learning have already been well characterized at cerebellar parallel fibre (PF)–Purkinje cell (PC) synapses. Inhibitory interneurones play an important role in controlling the excitability and synchronization of PCs. We have therefore tested the possibility that excitatory synapses between PFs and stellate cells (SCs) are also able to exhibit long‐term changes in synaptic efficacy. In the present study, we show that long‐term potentiation (LTP) and long‐term depression (LTD) were induced at these synapses by a low frequency stimulation protocol (2 Hz for 60 s) and that pairing this low frequency stimulation protocol with postsynaptic depolarization induced a marked shift of synaptic plasticity in favour of LTP. This LTP was cAMP independent, but required nitric oxide (NO) production from pre‐ and/or postsynaptic elements, depending on the stimulation or pairing protocol used, respectively. In contrast, LTD was not dependent on NO production but it required activation of postsynaptic group II and possibly of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors. Finally, stimulation of PFs at 8 Hz for 15 s also induced LTP at PF–SC synapses. But in this case, LTP was cAMP dependent, as was also observed at PF–PC synapses for presynaptic LTP induced in the same conditions. Thus, long‐term changes in synaptic efficacy can be accomplished by PF–SCs synapses as well as by PF–PC synapses, suggesting that both types of plasticity might co‐operate during cerebellar motor learning.Ever since Beau met Tuck, the two of them were not only new doggy brothers, but instant best friends.
Wherever Tuck is, you can find Beau’s giant furry body close by, and the majority of the time, with his big paws wrapped around him.
Beau may be way bigger than Tuck, but it wasn’t always that way. When the two of them first met, Beau was just a tiny puppy, about the same size as Tuck. While his size may have changed, his love for his big brother did not.
Their owner, Katie Becattini was hesitant to get another dog because she didn’t know how Tuck would react since he was very attached to her.
But when Becattini and her boyfriend visited a pet expo in Oaks, Pennsylvania, they fell in love with a Great Pyrenees puppy who was in need of a home. They decided to adopt him and introduce him to Tuck.
Much to their surprise, the two of them bonded immediately. Beau latched right onto Tuck, and Tuck didn’t mind it one bit.
Beau would follow Tuck everywhere he went, and Becattini’s fears of getting a second dog quickly faded. From that moment on, the two of them were inseparable and enjoyed cuddling up together.
Today, Beau is more than 50 pounds heavier than Tuck, but Tuck still doesn’t mind Beau hanging all over him. They will be the best of friends forever!
See more adorable photos of Tuck and Beau on their Instagram page.
De Beers is a chain of companies with branches in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Canada, founded by Cecil Rhodes in 1888. It is currently managed by a German, Jewish Oppenheimer. It is a private held company with its headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company mainly deals with diamond marketing (mainly to Diamond Syndicate based in London), product promotion and community development whereby the company develops the immediate community around them. The company carries out its activities in open mines, underground mining, deep sea mining and large-scale alluvial mining. It has an approximated number of employees at 20000 people and earns revenue of approximately U.S $6.8 Billion.
Initially, the company faced a number of challenges such as the Second Boer War, which was a threat to the company's major mines in southern Africa, but |Cecil countered this by exerting pressure on the British Armies by producing shell and guns (Long Cecil). In the early 1890s, De Beer Company was facing an economic depression. Again, Cecil responded to this by breaking the company's monopoly by announcing shares for the company. The company is however known to be very monopolistic and uses its advantaged position to control the diamond market. Over the last decades though, the company has been successfully gaining a strong market base for their products, through introducing various products such as the famous "Forevermark", which is natural and untreated. De Beer has various stores to trade their jewelry in various parts of the world such as France, Ukraine, Hong Kong, England, Japan, United States etc. for this reason, De Beer company has earned a reputation as one of the leading companies in diamond production and marketing of diamond products, over the years.
This is a ring worn by an engaged or married person mainly in the west, traditionally worn by women on the left hand's ring finger, and contains diamonds and other precious gemstones, given to her by her prospective husband. These rings originated from the Romans around the 13th century, but the first recorded use of the ring was used in 1477 by Archduke Maximilian of Vienna, Austria, when he proposed to Mary of Burgundy. Various forms of proposal came in between the development of the engagement ring such as the use of a thimble in the 19th century, but towards the end of the century, engagement rings became the standardized form of engagement, and this is the form used to date, especially among spiritual affiliates.
The engagement rings commonly used for proposal are diamond-made, and provide a ready and diverse market for diamond products, with over 80% of American women being offered diamond rings for betrothal. Their prices vary, depending with the gemstone's carat and clarity. In some societies, engagement rings are considered to be conditional gifts, whereby the person given is expected to return the ring if by any chance the engagement is broken. However, the legal law enforcers also look at the conditions under which the ring was given. For example, if the ring was offered during an engagement party, then it's likely that it will be returned in the event of a break up. In conclusion, engagement rings have been found to be ready market for diamond especially in the United States, with over 80% of the rings with ladies bearing the precious gemstone.I read The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair on my Sony Reader, thanks to NetGalley. It’s out tomorrow, June 15, from Grand Central Publishing.
About the Book:
Rakhee Singh is a young woman when, as The Girl in the Garden opens, she leaves her fiancé and engagement ring behind and sets off to mend her past. Left with the ring is a story: a summer from Rakhee’s childhood she’s kept hidden for years. It is this tale which unfurls in Nair’s debut novel.
As a child, Rakhee is happy enough living in Plainfield, Minnesota, with her parents and her dog, Merlin. But then her mother, Amma, begins receiving strange-looking letters all the way from her village in India, and Rakhee’s parents