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JERUSALEM—Wiping away a tear as he confirmed the public’s worst fears, Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially declared a nationwide day of mourning Tuesday for a section of security fence damaged in yesterday’s conflict at the Gaza border. “We must all come together and take the time to grieve for this poor, innocent length of fence,” said Netanyahu, who throughout his reportedly stirring eulogy shared several images of the youthful barrier, which was first erected between Israel and the Gaza Strip in 1994. “Let us never forget what happened to this beautiful razor wire–topped barricade, which still had so much life ahead of it. As we lower our flags to half-mast, I encourage all Israelis to take a few moments to consider the great sacrifices made by our many brave fabricated enclosures.” Sources confirmed Netanyahu concluded the solemn ceremony with a 21-gun salute fired directly into a group of Palestinian protesters.
Netanyahu Provides Stunning New Evidence That Iranians Planned Sacking Of Babylon In 539 B.C. | 2019-04-18T13:20:42Z | https://www.theonion.com/netanyahu-announces-day-of-mourning-for-fence-damaged-i-1826046925?utm_content=Main&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=SF |
Day 2 in Seattle started off a little slow for me and the kiddos. Once out of the hotel room we did a little shopping for daddy, with stops at Carhartt, Arc’teryx, then Dr. Marten’s. But I didn’t purchase anything. Then we ventured, once again, back down to the Pike Place Market to wait in line for more Piroshky Piroshky. Man we couldn’t get enough of this place. Just pure goodness. With piroshkies in hand we waited in the crazy long line at the original Starbucks so the girls could purchase a mug of their own and some coffee. This might turn into a bad coffee habit the older they get.
After some last minute photo ops at Pike Place Market we made our way back to the hotel to meet up with mommy.
Girls enjoying their ‘Bucks in front of the original store.
Our next adventure was a trip up the Space Needle but not before a walk through the Chihuly Garden and Glass, by way of monorail. Unfortunately the Space Needle is under construction so for the cost and the wait to get up the tower, it was so not worth it. However, the Chihuly Garden was absolutely amazing. A MUST MUST SEE! And the glass blowing demonstration was fascinating.
We finished the evening with dinner at a Tap House Grill. Which had well over 160 beers on tap, crazy large dungeon type restaurant in a basement of a building. But the food was pretty good. | 2019-04-19T07:04:14Z | https://whynotjustgo.com/2018/03/24/day-2-in-seattle/ |
Miss Tess and the Talkbacks. Photo by Brian Geltner.
It’s always good to catch up with Miss Tess when she returns to Boston. The Maryland-raised singer-songwriter spent a good chunk of the ’00s in Boston, going to Berklee, getting a band together. When she started leading her band the Bon Ton Parade, she was calling her sound “modern vintage” (the name of one of her half-dozen full-length albums). That was a mix of blues and swing jazz with a touch of country. But she’s revised her sound and the band over time. She jettisoned the horn section she had for a while, and pretty much any pretension to jazz. At the Regattabar Wednesday night, she was fronting her current quartet, the Talkbacks, a lean guitar band. There’s still plenty of swing in the music, but these days it leans decidedly country — with flavors of Texas swing and rockabilly, and some standards that can go either way.
The opener, “Everybody’s Darling,” signaled everything that’s fresh about the band. It was one of Tess’s increasingly authoritative originals, about life on the road (“but no one’s sweetheart” is the followup to the title phrase), fast and sassy, something that could have come out of the Bob Wills book but with an outspoken young woman singing on the front line. There were sweet vocal harmonies (as there were all night) as well as harmonized lead guitar lines between Will Graefe’s big baby-blue Epiphone and Tess’s vintage Weymann electric. When called for, drummer Matt Meyer and bassist Larry Cook delivered that classic slap-back rockabilly rhythm.
The band offers Tess plenty of flexibility so that it can contain a good variety of music. Alongside the Texas swing and rockabilly, she could sing Willie Nelson’s own road song, “Night Life” (“the night life/ain’t no good life/but it’s my life”), and some Bonnie Raitt and Randy Newman. One of the highlights of the night was the Ink Spots’ “Don’t Want To Set the World on Fire,” sung with just bass and Graefe’s guitar. The lower volume allowed Tess’s vocals to shine — lyrics and music delivered with a mix of confidence and vulnerability.
Tess announced that the band are working on a new album in Brooklyn, due in the fall. Meanwhile, she and the Talkbacks have a busy weekend: tonight at the Press Room in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, tomorrow night at Harlow’s Pub in Peterborough, and Saturday at the big Green River Festival in Greenfield, Mass. Catch them if you can.
This entry was posted in Live review on July 18, 2013 by jongarelick. | 2019-04-19T23:18:04Z | https://jongarelick.com/2013/07/18/miss-tess-at-the-regattabar-happy-return/ |
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The Local Media Association (LMA) 2017 Digital Revenue Summit was held in Chicago IL on May 9, 2017. The sole focus of this one and a half day event was growing digital revenue. 160+ of the top digital managers in the Local Media ecosystem were in attendance including digital leaders from Gannett, Tribune Broadcasting, Entercom Communications, Scripps, Tegna, GateHouse Media, to name a few.
Brian Gorman, vice-president and co-founder of iPublish Media Solutions, had the honor of announcing the winners of the highly competitive LMA’s Best Digital Agency awards. Awards were also given for best local websites, new digital initiatives, best promotion or contest, digital innovator of the year and best R&D partner, among others.
Agencies competed in two categories, under $5 million in annual revenue or over $5 million in annual revenue. First place for the under $5 million category was presented to Advocate Digital Media and General Manager Jason Holmes; while second place was awarded to CBC Media and Chris Weatherly, Sales and Operations Manager. Two winners were also selected for the over $5 million in annual revenue category. First place was presented to Propel Marketing and Peter Cannone, CEO; and second place awarded to 2060 Digital and James Bryant, President and Matt Chamberlin, National Direct/Digital Strategy.
The session, part of the LMA 2017 Digital Revenue Summit, was one of the highlights of the day and was a must-attend for professionals wanting to grow their digital marketing services revenue. Each winner presented and addressed structure, revenue growth, products offered, profitability and more. “It was very rewarding to have moderated this session., stated Brian Gorman, “We see the digital agency market as a growth opportunity for both iPublish and our media partners.” Congratulations to these progressive and innovative digital agencies.
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About LMA: LMA is the only organization that brings all media together for the purpose of sharing, networking, collaborating and more. More than 3,000 newspapers, TV stations, radio stations, directories, pure plays and research & development partners, are active members. LMA assists local media companies with their transformation strategies via cutting-edge programs, conferences, webinars, research and training. | 2019-04-24T23:55:44Z | https://ipublishmedia.com/winners-lmas-best-digital-agency/ |
By 2050, global food production is expected to have increased by more than 50 per cent.
By 2040, global energy consumption will increase by more than 40 per cent from the current level.
In the period from 2000 to 2050, global demand for water is expected to increase by 50 per cent.
Download DTU International Energy Report 2016, ‘The Energy-Water-Food Nexus—from local to global aspects’, or find previous reports.
Panel discussion at the conference. From left to right: Senior Researcher/Associate Professor Martin Drews, DTU Management Engineering, Professor Thomas Astrup from DTU Environment, Katrine Krogh-Andersen, Dean of Research at DTU, and John M. Christensen, Director of UNEP DTU Partnership. Photo: Torben Nielsen. | 2019-04-24T01:56:19Z | http://www.dtu.dk/english/news/Nyhed?id=%7B83BCFC8A-3D05-4016-9297-EA06C4AD69B3%7D |
Paul Started playing the drums at 17 by chance. the story goes that Paul had bought a car right under someones nose who wanted it, the person in question just happened to be a Professional Boxer so when he found out he wasn’t too Happy. he told Paul he should give the car back and allow him to buy it. Paul did not argue and with the money bought himself a drum kit, Paul had always wanted to play the Drums and this was his excuse to buy a kit.
Paul has played in various bands including stormbaby, the storming normans and Architect. he has toured the UK and has played in may venues from Pubs to theatres. In The late 90’s Paul spent time in New York with his band The Blessid Rain playing all over this great city looking for that Big Break.
Paul now brings his unique style, his passion and his Craziness to Sweet Home Chicago, like most drummers he is nuts but keeps us entertained. your going to love him. | 2019-04-21T00:18:42Z | https://www.thebluesbrothers.co.uk/content/paul-boocock-drums |
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I don’t think the human brain is wired for that. For it to work that way everyone would need to have that way of thinking.
There have been so many times when someone I know has annoyed me because they just don’t help themselves; they are lazy, want everything handed to them on a plate etc. They bleat and moan about hard done by they are and yet do little to try and pull themselves out of that situation.
Sometimes even I fall under that category.
If they don’t care about themselves, then why should I care about them? BUT this doesn’t mean that you can’t be a good person, but there has to be a lower level that is not crossed if others cannot be bothered.
Thanks, moi. Though I think you and I, we’re both speaking about different topics. I’m speaking about showing sympathy instead of apathy. You’re speaking about manning up and carrying your own responsibilities. Or did I get you wrong?
Lol, Hi Mohamed, I think you are misreading me. I thought your post was about helping others, that we as a race should help each other, my response was based around that sometimes other people, the people that are asking for help are lazy and want a lot of things handed to them (of course not everyone but some) so I was essentially saying, Why help them if they cannot help themselves.
However I sense that I have misread/misunderstood your post, if so, my apologies.
Ah I got ya. Yes there is a lot of that, on an individual level people don’t want to get involved, perhaps they don’t like or cannot deal with confrontation that may turn to violence.
Even me, If I saw a fight kicking off would I pile in to save a person? I am sure many of us would love to say yes to that question, but as bad as it sounds I think that A: self preservation is a difficult thing to ignore and B: people in the UK (and I am sure elsewhere) have no hesitation in picking up a weapon, going into help someone if you have no training on how to do so (be it martial arts, or other self defence, or even an authoritive tone) can literally put your own life in danger. There are people that would call that cowardly, and I guess it is in some way, but it is what it is. If your not a brawler/fighter yourself it is difficult to get involved.
On a country level, i.e, what is happening in Gaza and the Ukraine at the moment for example then that just goes to show how barbaric the human race can be. I cannot see anything being done by that, no one will be brought to trial for war crimes. I cannot see any other country intervening.
People from all over the world look into and are they shocked? Yeah maybe for a few mintues but I think that people are just becoming immune to violence, it is in the newspapers everyday, it is on the TV everday, and for some people it is in their lives every day, the shock of violence so to speak is diluted now. Be that from films we watch or even music we listen to.
Taking music for example, take any modern rap record, racist comments (generally about blacks by blacks), the f word, blatant lyrics on drug taking etc, now go back to the 80s for example, Hip Hop (similar genre) you never had all those racial slurs, if a modern day record was released then it would cause massive outrage, but not now as we are simply used to it. | 2019-04-19T18:22:54Z | https://dawnofthoughts.com/2014/07/27/live-and-let-live/?shared=email&msg=fail |
Two mountain stages down, four to go, not to mention two long time trials. In Tignes, Michael Rasmussen is in pole position and, I reckon, well in contention to win in Paris on July 29.
My only question is could there be a less appropriate recipient of the gourmet hamper which the good people of Val d’Isère have laid on for the man who’ll start Monday’s stage in yellow. If a size sub zero existed, the Dane would be its poster boy.
So Rasmussen first, the overnight leader Gerdemann second. The rest, well, they’re all still in there except Dodger Rogers, the T-Mobile leader, who fell on the descent off the Cormet de Roselend and had to pack not long later. What a nightmare day it was for T-Mobile. They lost Rogers, Mark Cavendish also abandoned, and Patrick Sinkewitz collided with a spectator as he rode back down from Tignes after the finish, probably breaking his nose. Sinkewitz may not start on Tuesday. The poor fan was apparently knocked unconscious.
Getting back to the race, I might be wildly, pathetically wrong, but I reckon twelve riders are still in the mix to win the Tour. Here there are, listed with their current GC standing and a bit of blurb from me about why they can still win and why they might not. Feel free to bombard this page with abuse if you disagree.
Chance-at-a-glance: Hang on, we’ve seen this film before. Twice, actually, in the Vosges in 2005 and at La Toussuire in 2006. The only difference this time was that Chicken Legs bypassed the polka-dots and went straight for yellow. OK, he can’t time trial for toffee, he’s suspect under pressure, but he could also be unstoppable in the Pyrenees. Good team, good chance.
Chance-at-a-glance: I can’t see it, but then unpredictability is Mayo’s middle name. Looked back to his best on Sunday, but could wilt in the Pyrenees, especially if the expectancy level is cranked up back home in the Basque Country. Has anyone with long hair ever won the Tour?
Chance-at-a-glance: Climbed solidly today but Valverde’s problems start when the mountains get steeper, especially when they’re spread over consecutive days. Karpets and Pereiro are out of the picture now, so at least he’s now Caisse d’Epargne’s sole leader. Some might say it’d be a Piti if he won. He could, but I don’t think he will.
Chance-at-a-glance: Evans can win if he’s the only one of the contenders to avoid a “jour sans” – what he’d probably call a “pretty *&^$ day, mate”. That’s ten riders who have to hit major strife for Cadel to win. He doesn’t have the legs to attack and his team is lightweight. It doesn’t sound like a winning combo and it’s probably not.
Chance-at-a-glance: The strongest man in the race but, on the evidence of Sunday’s stage, maybe not the brightest. Can climb and time trial and if he rides a bit more shrewdly he can eliminate one or two rivals on every major stage. Will hold through the rest of the Alps, might fade towards the end of the Pyrenees. It could just be enough for the podium.
Chance-at-a-glance: Behind Moreau and Rasmussen, perhaps the best climber in the race on the evidence of the stage to Tignes. Can finish in the top ten in both long time trials and has one of the best teams in the race. For most people he’d be a surprise winner. Not for me.
Chance-at-a-glance: I’m not sure if this should be public knowledge, but I backed Schleck at 40-1 before the Tour. He did well in the first two mountain stages without ever looking really threatening. He’ll fare better on the steeper climbs of the Pyrenees. Could conceivably win if CSC can pull off some kind of double whammy with Sastre.
Chance-at-a-glance: Same prognosis as Evans: can win only if the others falter. If he has an advantage over the Aussie it’s a stronger team. Problem is that Rasmussen may well carry more sway at Rabobank than the Russian.
Chance-at-a-glance: Couldn’t react when Moreau opened fire today, choosing to stay with Vinokourov and Klöden to save energy before attacking them near the summit. He’ll need to be more proactive in the Pyrenees because his time trialling is overrated. Needs to conjure something with Schleck.
Chance-at-a-glance: Off the pace when Moreau split the peloton on the climb to Tignes, Klöden seemed to get stronger the longer he climbed. The question we’re asking tonight is should he have pressed on alone when Vinokourov was dropped just short of the summit. I think he should, and I also think that he’s a better Tour rider than the Kazakh. If he makes his Astana bosses and team-mates realise that, Klöden can win the Tour.
Chance-at-a-glance: After today’s ride, Leipheimer has some work to do to convince his Discovery Channel team that he’s still a more likely victory candidate than Contador. In Levi’s defence, he often struggles on the first big mountain stage of major tours and should be much stronger in the Pyrenees. Streaky against the clock, if he has a good day in one of the long time trials he can still hit the Tour jackpot. In the mountains, he needs to chip away at that four minute deficit from his old pal Rasmussen.
Laugh if you want, but I think Vinokourov should be delighted with his first two stages in the Alps. He’s clearly hurting more than Klöden and isn’t such a natural climber. Five minutes is nigh impossible to overhaul when there are so many men between you and the jersey, but if anyone has the spirit to do precisely that, it’s Vinokourov. It’s a mark of how much the other contenders still fear Vino that if he tried to attack on Tuesday, the peloton would never allow it. He’s still one of my favourites.
Will Cancellara ever lose another prologue? | 2019-04-24T12:40:40Z | https://www.bikeradar.com/blog/the-dozen-who-could-still-win-the-tour/ |
Even before the new rates of the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) on commodities and services came into effect, German luxury carmakers like Mercedes-Benz and BMW have already settled on passing on the benefit of the new federal tax regime to its customers in India, keen to make an early impression on the purchase decisions of auto buyers.
Mercedes-Benz India announced a price revision of its entire range of made-in-India portfolio, which includes nine models like CLA, GLA, C-Class, E-Class, S-Class, GLC, GLE, GLS and Mercedes-Maybach. The prices of the aforementioned models of Mercedes range between Rs. 32 lakh and Rs. 1.87 crore (ex-showroom Delhi). With the benefit of new tax rate under GST, the prices will see a drop by up to Rs. 7 lakh. While the latest price revision will be effective from May 26, throughout June, Mercedes-Benz can revert the prices to the old one if there is a delay in the implementation of the GST. The new tax regime is now proposed to come in effect from July 1, 2017.
“The price revision on a weighted average of 4% will be effective immediately, and is aimed at providing value to a customer’s purchase decision before GST implementation,” the company said in a statement. | 2019-04-21T22:22:05Z | http://blogstomakethink.com/gst-impact-cars-cheaper/ |
Dalai Lama To Aung San Suu Kyi- Why You So Quiet?
She should return her Nobel peace prize….
Her silence is deafening. Aung San Suu Kyi, the acclaimed human rights activist has so far kept quiet on the Rohingya refugee crisis.
The reason is obvious. Just like her supporters, she doesn’t see the Rohingyas as befitting any human rights. She is afraid about alienating voters ahead of elections slated for November.
And now even the Dalai Lama is questioning her silence, almost exposing her hypocrisy.
The Dalai Lama has urged fellow Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to do more to help Myanmar’s persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority amid a worsening migration crisis.
The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader said she must speak up, adding that he had already appealed twice to her in person since 2012, when deadly sectarian violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state pitted the Rohingya against local Buddhists, to do more on their behalf.
The Dalai Lama, perhaps the world’s most famous refugee, added from his exile in the Indian Himalayas that it was not enough to ask how to help the Rohingya.
“This is not sufficient. There’s something wrong with humanity’s way of thinking. Ultimately we are lacking concern for others’ lives, others’ well-being,” he said.
Or are you deaf too? | 2019-04-20T08:27:55Z | https://thesingaporebeacon.com/2015/05/28/dalai-lama-to-aung-san-suu-kyi-why-you-so-quiet/ |
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Muizenberg Beach taken from the top of Boyes Drive. From this height, you can truly see the magnificence and size of the beach. It literally goes on for miles. In the front, all the little dots are people surfing in the waves.
In summer you cannot move because of the crowds, and of course the traffic can be a little crazy, but on winter days like today it is truly magnificent.
We sometimes take the dogs for walks on the beach, you are allowed to and the dogs (and all their friends) have a wonderful time running and playing in the waves.
We went to Muizenberg beach on Friday. There was a no dogs allowed sign up and so we went to the beach at the Muizenberg market. Since when are dogs not allowed there?
Dogs are allowed on the left-hand side of the life-saving club (just to the left of the market looking at the sea). However they are not allowed on the right-hand side. | 2019-04-23T23:55:35Z | https://www.notesfromthecape.com/2010/08/muizenberg-beach.html |
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I must say I had to read the penultimate paragraph several times and found it a little bit difficult to understand. Aaronson seems to be defending the unqualified principle of free speech from those that who might try to saddle it with restrictions. At the same time, he also objects to destruction of people’s lives on social media, even though I see it as a prime example of the negative consequences of unrestricted freedom of speech. When I read that part, I immediately thought of women like Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn who have received multiple death threats and have had to leave their homes to protect themselves. They are on the side of the “privilege warriors,” though; also I do not think that they misspoke. They said exactly what they had intended. Such incidents are then compared to “cruel lynchings.” The word “lynching” has a specific historical meaning, one that is in fact very much related to the relations between dominant and marginalized groups. Descriptions of such events are available, with photographs and graphic details, and as much as I despise internet hate campaigns, I would rather not make this particular comparison.
I’m saying this not so much to criticize Aaronson, but rather to give some measure of the gap between us. I expect that he might say something similar about my writng. We may use the same words, but we understand them differently. We do not share the same points of reference. In aiming for metaphors, we might not find it equally easy to liberate words from their other contexts. It’s completely possible that a different reader might read the same paragraph and find its logic to be seamless. Such readers have, I believe, spoken up in the comments. But if they were to tell me, as people often do, “come on, you must understand what he means, you’re just pretending that you don’t,” I must reply that the more I think about it, the more I’m aware of the limits of any such common understanding.
Aaronson is not keen on jargony words like “privilege.” To be honest, I don’t often use that word, either. This might in fact be its first appearance ever on this blog. My favourite feminist writings are often completely jargon-free, for example The Wave in the Mind, a book of essays by Ursula Le Guin, or Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things To Me, also a book of essays. The title essay from Solnit’s book is now a classic, and she is only getting better. (We’ll return to Le Guin in a moment.) Should one wish to expand this conversation to also include racism, and because this sort of came up in the comments, try Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me. All of these authors write in plain, clear, beautiful language using very ordinary words. They all speak from personal experience and reflection. They all, in Aaronson’s own words, “just talk directly about the actual well-being of actual people.” And they all use words like “privilege” or “discrimination” very sparingly, if at all. Coates has said explicitly that this is a conscious choice he makes as a writer.
There are also other words that these writers use very judiciously, if at all. Those would include “fighting injustice,” its cousin “fighting for peace,” “righteous anger,” the many variations on “advancement,” “progress,” “tolerance,” and even “common humanity.” And that makes me very happy. Aaronson spends some time critiquing Marxism-Leninism, rightly, but from a distance. I grew up in a communist state and lived there until the age of 23. I will not dispute his critique; if anything, it might not go far enough. The degradation of language in communist countries went far beyond “class struggle” and “false consciousness.” It extended to all of language, including simple words like “progress,” “peace,” or “justice,” whose meaning was sent for a hike as their shape was being mouthed by political commentators and painted on the red Party banners hanging from city buildings. Progress meant communism, peace meant more communism, and fighting for justice meant marching in the May Day parade before your local Party officials. Hope and optimism were mandated by the Central Committee and enforced by the censorship office. Only “constructive criticism” was permitted, where every problem had an easy solution and those that didn’t were presumed nonexistent.
I wrote about this before. The Eastern European emigrés of the yesteryear, having left The Land of Things Always Getting Better, found to their dismay that too many of their Western academic colleagues had bought into the same easy narrative of progress, better future, and, occasionally, omelettes and eggs. I hear echoes of the same naiveté in the writings of Steven Pinker. I hear them every time I try to speak about my own experience of being dismissed, ignored, or ranked a little bit lower, only to hear “So what’s your solution?” in return, as if I were once again only allowed to offer “constructive” criticism. Pinker, of course, might show me graphs and charts proving that I probably just don’t exist, even as he proudly declares his feminist credentials. And so, when Coates writes that “the arc of progress bends towards chaos and concludes in a box,” I want to close that box, seal it with a glittery rainbow-and-unicorn sticker, and tie a giant bow on it. I also have a selection of Polish literature that I would like to suggest to anyone who might find Coates too pessimistic. But I digress.
So when I was born, there actually were only men. People were men. They all had one pronoun, his pronoun; so that’s who I am. I am the generic he, as in, “If anybody needs an abortion he will have to go to another state,” or “A writer knows which side his bread is buttered on.” That’s me, the writer, him. I am a man.
Not maybe a first-rate man. I’m perfectly willing to admit that I may be in fact a kind of second-rate or imitation man, a Pretend-a-Him. As a him, I am to a genuine male him as a microwaved fish stick is to a whole grilled Chinook salmon. I mean, after all, can I inseminate? Can I belong to the Bohemian Club? Can I run General Motors? Theoretically I can, but you know where theory gets us.
And another thing. Ernest Hemingway would have died rather than get old. And he did. He shot himself. A short sentence. Anything rather than a long sentence, a life sentence. Death sentences are short and very, very manly. Life sentences aren’t. They go on and on, all full of syntax and qualifying clauses and confusing references and getting old.
We can try to escape the vocabulary, but we can’t escape the syntax. Women, especially, are rarely allowed to speak in simple declarative sentences. It took two years of legal campaigning to get Canada to admit, in 1929, the simple declarative fact that women are persons. We must hedge, tack, curtsy at every figure, wary that if we don’t then our next turn might end on the outside of a closed door. Our truths have to crawl out from under the stones first, uncoil a little bit, veer this way and that to avoid the stick.
The situations we try to describe are complex. The language we use is always open to misinterpretations, no matter what. We are rarely allowed to simply tell the detailed facts of the story: we are bound by workplace confidentiality requirements, we must protect the privacy and the careers of our students. I have many stories of gender bias that I cannot tell publicly for this type of reasons, except possibly in the roughest of outlines. Ban me from using words that are too complicated, or words that you do not like, and you’ll get metaphors. Take away those, and my sentences will get long and clunky to compensate for it. Put down any restriction you like, and I will try to find a way around it. But if you leave me no way out, you will be asking me to lie. You will be asking me to pretend that I’m someone I’m not and that my experience is something that it never has been.
Clarity is in the eye of the beholder. Some readers don’t mind complicated syntax. I’m one; I love James Baldwin’s long sentences, for instance. Others find it more illuminating to break down their reasoning into smaller steps, and one way to do that is through identifying component parts and giving them names. Most scientific jargon never catches on with a larger audience; if “privilege” did, that might be because this concept clarified something to enough people who then took to using it more widely.
Even if social scientists could write like Woolf, Solnit or Le Guin, I don’t believe that we would actually want them to do that. We’d ridicule them if they tried. We expect science to offer models, analyses, comparisons, classifications, and numerical data. “This happened to me and this is how I felt about it” is not a sociology paper. There are plenty of such testimonials already on the internet, many of them written in simple everyday language, and there are plenty of comment sections attached to them where readers dismiss them as “anecdata” and demand more quantitative data and more comparative studies. And that does require a theoretical framework and a specialized terminology.
I don’t necessarily think that all frameworks are perfect, or that the words chosen are always the best possible. Still, Aaronson makes a good point in the comments, namely that if feminists tried to use different terminology, the designated words would still become emotionally charged in no time at all, due to the nature of the material. Take the title of Solnit’s essay, “Men Explain Things To Me.” No jargon at all, and yet, I doubt that this somehow makes it less contentious. We can’t blame that on the word “mansplaining” that was derived (by someone else) from that title. That would have it backwards. The word was created, and found purchase, precisely because the incident described in the essay has resonated with so many women who had had a similar experience. That reality existed before the word did.
Take that example of the woman being lashed in Saudi Arabia for driving a car, from the original year-old comment I had quoted. No, we do not need theory to explain that the woman is treated unjustly and horribly. We need it to explain her oppressor. A man–an ordinary man who loves his wife and children–lashes a woman who has done nothing to him personally, and nothing at all that we believe to deserve such a punishment, until her back is raw and her skin breaks. Why would he do that? He is not alone in it. Ordinary men spit on women who dress “immodestly” and stone them to death for the crime of having been raped. Should we just assume that all men are monsters in Saudi Arabia? How would that not be misandry? Are we sure that we would not act the same way if we were in his place? It’s not just Saudi Arabia, either. See: lynchings.
Most of us, most of the time, do what the society expects from us–not because we are especially evil, but because the society makes it incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to act any other way. That man may have been taught from the time he was born that women have to be beaten because you can’t reason with them. He may have been taught, and may honestly believe, that a woman behind a wheel threatens the social order that he and his people depend on, and so he must lash her to save himself and others from some awful, unimaginable danger. He might even believe that he is doing her a favour by protecting her from the more horrible things she might do in the future. He might assume that if he doesn’t do it, then someone else will, and that someone else might be even more cruel to her, so it might as well be him. And if he refuses, he will not be the only one to pay the price; his wife and children will also pay. No, I would not call it “male privilege.” I’d call it structural and institutional misogyny.
None of this negates or diminishes the woman’s horrible suffering. None of it means that the man bears no responsibility for his actions. Structural misogyny and institutional discrimination are real; so is personal agency and responsibility; so is individual suffering and happiness. It is completely possible for many of those things to exist all at the same time, and none of them cancel each other.
I did not learn that from feminists or internet SJWs. I learned it a long time ago, back in the then-communist Poland. The system we lived in was widely hated and despised. It would have never lasted as long as it did were it not for the Soviet boot; in fact, had it not been for the Soviets, Poland never would have been communist in the first place. And yet, we had to live in that system. We had to function in it, and, in order to be able to do so, we had to collaborate with it. We were all compromised, to various extents. I, too, marched in May Day parades when I was in school. I, too, recited the various communist catechisms when it was demanded of me. And yet, we had some agency. We could try to do the decent thing, if we could figure out what the decent thing was, which wasn’t always clear. Other times, there were no good choices. If you read Havel, for instance, he’s not using SJW language from the internet that did not exist at the time, but he is saying very similar things about structural oppression, the average person’s complicity in it, and the cost of opting out.
My feminism has never demanded of me that I should hate men. If anything, it taught me empathy and understanding. That understanding does not imply agreement or approval, nor does it mean that I will now submit meekly to whatever sexist thing comes my way. I won’t. It does mean that if and when I fight my battles, I’ll have a better idea of what I’m dealing with. I’ll probably still fail, but I might fail better.
Feminism is not a rigid doctrine or a unified front. The moment that happens, I’m out; but I don’t think I need to worry about this anytime soon. There are feminists who consider some types of oppression more important than others. There are feminists who agree on the goals, but disagree on the methods. There are those who disagree on the goals as well. There are always those who are in it for career opportunities. I’m with those who want to learn. If I need to read a literary essay in order to do that, fine. If I need to read an academic paper in sociology and learn some vocabulary in the process, I’ll do that, too. We must learn from the mistakes of the young, naive Bolshevik recruits who went to fight for progress and did not believe that well-meaning people like themselves could do wrong. We must learn if we are not to repeat their mistakes. | 2019-04-18T14:20:30Z | https://ilaba.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/a-response-to-scott-aaronson/ |
Early Class III protraction treatment works and reduces the need for orthognathic surgery: A trial that shows us something useful!
Early Class III protraction treatment works and reduces the need for orthognathic surgery: A randomised trial that shows us something useful!
Once in a while a study team carries out a trial that provides us with very useful clinical information. This post is about a paper that shows us that early Class III protraction facemask treatment reduces the need for orthognathic surgery. All dentists and orthodontists should read this paper.
Early class III protraction facemask treatment reduces the need for orthognathic surgery: a multi-centre, two-arm parallel randomized, controlled trial.
Dr Nicky Mandall led this project. I worked with her when she was a resident and then Senior Lecturer in our Department, they were great times for our orthodontic research. This paper represents 10 years of work by the investigators. The study was mostly based in the North of England, although there are some people from the “beautiful South”.
They did this study to find out if “early” class III protraction facemask treatment influenced the eventual need for orthognathic surgery. This was a multicentre two armed randomised controlled trial that started in 2003 and this paper represents a long-term follow-up.
Participants were 7-9 year old children with a Class III malocclusion. This was defined as three or more incisors in cross bite with a clinically retrusive mid face. They recruited the children through school screenings and treated them in 8 UK-based hospital orthodontic departments.
No intervention, this was the control group.
They followed a uniform protocol for the protraction headgear treatment. This continued until the reverse overjet was corrected. Once they completed active treatment no patients received retention. Some of the patients had upper arch alignment when they were 12 to 13 years old.
The patients in the control group were simply followed and some of them also had upper arch alignment when they were 12 to 13 years old.
The primary outcome was the need for orthognathic surgery. They decided on this by using a panel consensus. The seven orthodontists met and reviewed the clinical records to decide whether each patient needed orthographic surgery. Research assistants blinded the records so they did not know the treatment allocation.
Secondary outcomes were cephalometric variables and psychosocial status which they measured these with two recognised scales.
They carried out a sample size calculation and randomisation and concealment were good. The statistical analysis was appropriate.
They initially enrolled 73 participants and at the end of the study they analysed 32 in the control group and 33 in the protraction group. The groups were balanced at the end of the study. There were no differences between the groups for the patients who had received upper arch alignment.
When they looked at the need for orthographic surgery they found that in the control group 21 (66%) needed surgery. Whereas, protraction treatment reduced this to 12 (36%). This was a clinically and statistically significant difference between the groups.
They calculated the odds ratio to be 3.34 (95% CI 1.21 to 9.24). This means that the use of protraction surgery reduced the odds of needing surgery by 3.5 times. I calculated the numbers needed to treat (NNT) to be 3.6 (95% CI 1.9-21.6). Meaning that we need to treat 3.6 patients to avoid one episode of orthognathic surgery.
It was very interesting that they did not find any difference in A-P cephalometric measurements between the groups. They also showed that there was some reduction in maxillary and mandibular rotations for the protraction group.
Finally, there were no difference in the socio-psychological measures.
Their discussion was good and clear. When they looked at all their data they did not find any predictors for the need for orthognathic surgery.
I think that this paper could be a real “landmark” publication because it reported a good long-term trial that provided us with very relevant clinical outcomes. I was particularly pleased that the final outcome was relevant to both patients and operators and was not an indecipherable mass of cephalometric data.
It was interesting and relevant that the treatment did not have an effect on socio-psychological status. This is in contrast to the studies that evaluated early treatment of class II malocclusion, which showed an interim boost in self-esteem. This may be because the class III incisor relationship is not as obvious to a lay population as very prominent incisors. As a result, the children may not have been subject to teasing and bullying.
While I feel that this study is good, there is one point that we need to consider and this is concerned with the method of assessing the need for surgery. The operators in the study did this assessment. While they were blinded to the participant’s identities, there is a chance that they would recognise the patients who they treated. Nevertheless, because all the clinicians took a role in reaching a consensus, this effect should be minimised. As a result, I feel that this is likely to have minimal effect on the results.
In summary, this was an excellent study that the authors carried out reported very well. I’m sure that its findings will change practice.
Unfortunately, this paper is currently behind the Journal of Orthodontics pay wall, I have contacted the editor who has told me that it should have been published as open access and it will be available to everyone later this week. This is great news.
Another trial on maxillary protraction shows it works: but does it?
This study is really excellent and the editor’s decision is also excellent. I think if the similar study is planned in my country (Korea), it will be almost impossible to get a IRB permission because most of us believe early intervention is effective. Ethical problem will be the issue.
Brilliant! Thanks for the summary. This will certainly be a landmark study.
I am really concerned about this paper.
The start radiographs were taken in intercuspal position not retuded contact position and for me this invalidates the whole piece of research.
Would you accept research on asymmetry if the start measurements were postured to one side?
So consider the treatment group had the posture removed by pushing the incisors over the bite, hence the change in ANB. And the upper molars would then erupt hence the change in rotatation of the maxilla. The controls continued with a contact on the incisors and a forward and upward slide of the mandible ( I am sure you are familiar with the Gravelly paper which sugests the condyle remains in the fossa but the forward and upward movement makes the ANB ange 2.4 degrees more class 3) This means that when deciding if patients should have surgery the treatment group would be less likely to be offered surgery.
Orthodontics has a 100 year history of claiming orthopaedic change and then finding it does not exist please let us have some ground rules. I suggest use Harvold’s point on anterior nasal spine not A point and only look at the mandible if the start radiographs are in Retruded Contact Position.
I haven’t yet read the actual paper, and you mention a fair point; however, perhaps the ‘take-home message’ here is simply that they were actually treated. I don’t know off the cuff how many Cl III 7-9 year olds have a significant functional shift? …in my practice it “feels” like about half as I write this, but I won’t go to publisher with that! So, to look at it another way, failure to treat early Cl III malocclusion, regardless of functional shift, seems to increase the likelihood for orthognathic surgery later. To your point, it could be interesting and enlightening to address the issue of mandibular position, but it doesn’t change how I personally respond to news of this publication, nor how I will continue to treat my young Cl III patients. Thanks!
Who cares about the ceph data really. Does it really matter if they were postured? Both groups were followed up and assessed as to whether they required orthognathic surgery at age 15. As a parent/patient if you can demonstrate the reduction in the need for orthognathic surgery by having 6-9 months of protraction facemask therapy at age 8 -10 I would want to know about that treatment modality and would like to give it a go for my child. As an orthodontist I would like to know the reason why this happened and this paper doesn’t really address it – but it’s primary outcome was not to determine how, but if the need for surgery was reduced. We had all the ceph tracing arguments for TwinBlocks about which lines and structures to use. Patient centred outcomes please, will my child be less likely to require orthognathic surgery if we give protraction face mask therapy a go at the right age – yes. Great trial.
I am slightly confused with the findings and conclusions. They did not show any significant skeletal change in the long-term, yet it somehow reduced the need for orthognathic surgery. How is this possible? This need for surgery, as stated, was assessed subjectively and there must be a lot of bias here..Especially with no blinding.
Thank you for your review of this paper. For those who’ve been awaiting this expected evidence, you will now hopefully act on it in your daily practices; for those who for whatever reason are still uncomfortable treating in the 7-9 age range of the experimental and control cohorts, please consider referring or collaborating with colleagues who do indeed have training and experience in managing intrinsic and age-apprpriate anxiety behaviors of children in healthcare settings. And speaking of the control cohort subjects Dr. O’Brien that were ‘utilized’ for this trial; can you imagine how they and their parents will feel when they learn that the non-surgical Tx option for which they served as a baseline comparative sample, might actually have soared them the need for the surgeon’s hammer, chisel and steel blades, not to mention avoidance of risks associated with general anesthesia and post-operative complications. Given what evidence already existed before this trial was approved by an IRB about at least short-term efficacy of early expansion-protraction Tx, I am thinking the control group’s subjects might be feeling a bit shall we say, regretful? And one other thought if I may, for those of us who maybe have been ‘acting’ on the best available evidence (e.g., McNamara’s et al thin-plate spline analyses on expansion-protraction Tx’d pts., etc.), rather than ‘waiting’ for the bested expected evidence (e.g., Nicky Mandall’s masterpiece), one can only imagine how good the outcome might have been if at least some of these kids had been Dx’d and Tx’d earlier than age 7-9?
Thanks again for getting this valuable article from behind JO’s ‘pay wall’….brilliant!
I think that instead of dividing GB into North and Not North, you could adopt demarcations of North, Not North, and Not North Enough.
I find very interesting this randomized study. I have not consulted individual study and your note did not mention it, over the age of 12 or 13 years is not the most appropriate to assess the need for surgical treatment in a subject as the jaw continues to grow especially in male subjects. Did the authors discuss this limitation? Did they use measures of bone maturity? On the need for surgical treatment, they discussed the use of some index? If the anteroposterior cephalometric data between both groups were not different at the end of the study, what biological change reduced the need for surgical treatment? Thank you.
I am not sure of the significance of any findings here. I have successfully been doing non-surgical skeletal Class III corrections for over 30 years. Note: The earlier the treatment the better. Good myofunction, proper nasal breathing, proper tongue posture while in function (swallowing) or resting (placed at roof of mouth), proper lip seal are also very important. Although many doctors showed great results with reverse pull headgears when I first studied this in the early 1980s, I found that even this is not necessary if maxillary correction to ideal is completed. A great appliance for this is a properly designed Maxillary 3-way Sagittal (3 separate screws) appliance. Even many adults can be corrected when using SPE (Slow Palatal Expansion NOT RPE!). I give examples of this type of treatment in my book “Straight Talk about Crooked Teeth” available through Amazon.com. I show long term stable results (one 17 years post treatment and just saw that same patient 23 years post op with no relapse). This is not rocket science folks, just logical physiology! Create an ideal maxilla, normalize the occlusion at any age with Functional Facial Orthopedics and braces where needed, make sure myofunction is corrected and voila, you create a stable life long result without surgery in over 95% of the cases. It has worked for me for over 30 years.
Given that maxillary deficiency is the precursor to most malocclusions (if you’re willing to go with that), it would seem that this technique, or for that matter, ANY technique that can correct maxillary dysmorphia in all three planes of space would be commendable in any malocclusion. And given that there is more growth potential in those who have yet to grow (if you’re willing to go with that), then doing this treatment as early as possible would seem to be commendable as well. Why not development the maxilla so there will be plenty of room for the tongue on the palate and plenty of room for the teeth to erupt so that these quandaries about orthognathics need rarely be considered? You only have to be able to recognize a deficient maxilla.
I agree with Barry. The treatment is centred on correcting a deficient maxilla. Using this appliance where the mandible is too long would create a very unsightly bimaxillary prortusion. Harry Orton was very supportive of the use of reverse pull headgear at least 25 years ago.
Many thanks, Kevin for negotiating this article’s free access.
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts along with the review. I am concerned about the IRB permission for this study. There is evidence as to the improvement of skeletal class III if treated early (8 to 10 years). As age increases the skeletal effect reduces and dental change increases. Àlso there is reversal of growth pattern 2 years after protraction negating the correction achieved. The greatest problem in any clinical study in orthodontics is that we cannot use same treatment for a single patient and evaluate which is better. So there is no means to really ensure that, had the face mask treated group if treated with surgery would they have been more satisfied? I think this may not revolutionise our clinical decision making in early class III treatment, clinicians who are skeptical with face mask treatment will still remain same. But no IRB will permit and untreated control group in any further RCT in the light of this research for class III protraction treatment.
I also think that this is a good paper and an interesting and long- term study.I am glad about the editor’s decision to share the publication.
Congratulations for your blog, a good place where we can discuss orthodontic topics and put up with recents studies.
It strikes me that a problem here is that the control group had no treatment (although some had braces later, how many?). This study therefore tells me that doing treatment to correct an anterior x bite is better than leaving it. What it doesn’t tell me is if doing an alternative to protraction is just as good, although it sort of implies that it might be since there was no A-P difference in the groups and therefore no skeletal effect from the protraction. Is this correct?
What I need to know is if protraction is better than treating later with fixed braces. Can this be teased out of the data? Those in the control group that had braces, were they the ones that were assessed as not needing surgery? Should they be in the control group if they had treatment anyway?
Thanks dear prof O’Brien for sharing this important recent piece of information. I only got one comment, how did they managed to gain the ethical approval? Is it ethical to randomize patients not to have an interceptive that may work for them even according to the best available evidence before this trial?
Dear Prof. O’Brien-Thank you for the followup on your recent review of your former student’s recently published study. To your query, ‘Was the study ethical?’, and your own conclusion, ‘I am sure that it was.’ by reason of the fact that the operators in the study had been in ‘equipoise about the treatment’ (i.e., they didn’t know which was the best treatment prior to trial’s onset in 2003.), and also to your further statement, ‘It was clear that when this study started in 2003, the operators did not know the best treatment. ….and as a result, the trial was ethical.’, Dr. O’Brien, as you are well aware, per several historically documented medical atrocities (e.g., the cruel/inhumane medical experiments exposed at the Nuremberg Trials of WW II, the U.S.’ Tuskegee Experiment, etc.), in order to gain ethics committee approval, amongst other factors, a thorough review of pertinent peer-reviewed literature is a mandatory requirement for any trial proposing to request utilizing human subjects. That said, prior to 2003, there were indeed scientifically credible published reports in top-tier journals describing the beneficial morphological effects of reverse pull headgear (RPH) Tx (a.k.a., ‘non-surgical maxillary distraction’) with or without concurrent RPE….e.g., here are just a few: 1.) Angle Orthod. 1996; 66(5):351-62; Changes following the use of protraction headgear for early correction of Class III malocclusion., Chong YH1, Ive JC, Artun; 2.) J. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2000;118:55-62; Effective treatment plan for maxillary protraction: Is the bone age useful to determine the treatment plan?; 3.) Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 1998;113:333-43; Skeletal effects of early treatment of Class III malocclusion with maxillary expansion without RPH, Tiziano Baccetti, DDS, PhDa, Jean S. McGill, DDS, MSb, Lorenzo Franchi, DDS, PhDc, James A. McNamara Jr., DDS, PhDd, Isabella Tollaro, MD, DDS). And furthermore, given what Linder-Aronson described in the 1970’s about correlation between posterior naso-pharyngeal constriction in children and increased risk for pediatric OSA (‘Naso-respiratory function and craniofacial growth’: in published proceedings of symposium honoring Professor Robert E. Moyers, February 23 and 24, 1979, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and several published journal articles), combined with what Bacetti et al (Eur J Orthod, 21 (1999), pp. 275–281; Thin-plate spline analysis of treatment effects of rapid maxillary expansion and face mask therapy in early Class III malocclusionsT Baccetti, L Franchi, JA McNamara),revealed about how RPH-RPE combination Tx increased the nasopharyngeal corridor, I’d think the issue of equipoise possibly be called into question given the reason for the operators’ unawareness (i.e., incomplete review of the literature)…..who knows. But, as you conclude, now that validated published evidence is even more easily accessed/accessible (than in 2003 I’d admit), to withhold RPH and/or RPE Tx for research purposes from a child who might surely otherwise acquire better health outcomes, would not only be deemed unethical, but also be correctly categorized as medically and scientifically indefensible.
Dear Prof. O’Brien. Thank you for this compelling write-up.
I have a query regarding class III management which is not related to your blog (If you find time please answer). We have been taught that cross-bite should be treated as soon as it is seen. Also, we know, skeletal class III due to prognathic mandible should be treated after the growth is completed (either by surgery or orthognathic camouflage).
My question is: How should we manage a child who has an anterior crossbite due to prognathic mandible? Should we treat the child or wait till the growth is completed?
Dear Dr. O’Brien, I am a recently retired Pediatric Dentist in Texas. I have been providing this service for twenty five to thirty years for children as young as 3. It has been incredibly effective for the many patients that I have treated and extremely emotionally rewarding for me. Thank you for getting this information out to a greater number of practitioners. | 2019-04-24T23:15:08Z | https://kevinobrienorthoblog.com/early-class-iii-protraction-treatment-works-and-reduces-the-need-for-orthognathic-surgery-a-trial-that-shows-us-something-useful/ |
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Take a dip in the best coves in a beautiful natural environment, surrounded by rocks and pines.
With this bike route, you’ll tour 35 kilometres of Costa Brava coves, starting and ending at the quiet coastal town of Palamós (Girona), where you can taste its famous red prawns, fresh from the sea.
You’ll visit the most beautiful coves on the coast, such as those of La Fosca, Es Castell, Senia or Estreta. These small coves are less frequented by tourists and still preserve the true essence of the Costa Brava. They are little treasures.
You can see coastal villages where time has scarcely passed and for which the sea still means everything. Places such as Llafranc or Calella de Palafrugell, where you can see small fishing boats stranded on the sand.
In these small villages they still sing old sea shanties, or the famous ‘habaneras’, they drink “Ron Cremat“, fish with nets, and the old people gaze toward the horizon, knowing when the next storm will come. You’ll get hooked on the Costa Brava lifestyle.
It is the Costa Brava of Dali, Truman Capote, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, the Costa Brava that has practically disappeared, but of which some traces still remain, that you can still visit and enjoy today.
Depending on the group, we can choose different variants for this bike route, but always combining mountain, beach, sea, sun, and views. And, if you want, a bath.
If you want to combine it with other routes and stay at the Costa Brava for longer, check out our Ride Camps.
We’ll ride along coastal roads, passing by the beaches at La Fosca, Es Castell, Senia and Estreta, finally arriving at Cap Roig Castell, Calella, Llafranc and San Sebastian lighthouse. Return to Palamós via Palafrugell and Carrilet (greenway). | 2019-04-24T14:00:49Z | https://www.saiklin.com/en/costa-brava-bike-routes/costa-brava-coves-bike-route/ |
You can support St Michael's Church Financially.
Please click this link to find out how.
Our most recent Stewardship and Financial Giving programme was run in June 2015. There is a link to a letter below detailing the impact of the programme. Here is a link to the slide presentation given by Amanda Homer. Congregational Presentation. | 2019-04-26T16:35:00Z | http://stmichaels.org.uk/giving-to-the-work-of-st-michaels/ |
I started a CafePress store now to post some of the designs I have done that relate to mountain biking or fat biking.
You can click the link below, or the new "Store" tab at the top. Enjoy! | 2019-04-18T20:16:41Z | https://www.madrabbitdesign.com/blog/mountain-bike-and-fat-bike-apparel-store |
Explore the town of Palm Springs through Magali Rack’s film photography.
Because of my art history background, I really enjoy and understand all artistic movements, whether it be painting, architecture or even a social movement. The camera allows me to freeze a moment that to me defines a society, a place or an era. I love how you can understand history in many ways, through art or architecture. Beauty is everywhere, if you take the time to look around and appreciate it.
I first started shooting a lot while traveling. My favorite thing to do is to explore a city with no agenda and walk into the random side streets where most people won’t even turn their heads. That is where I always discover the coolest things, whether it’s street art or a person I’ll meet in that random bar and become best friend’s with for the day.
I’ve always had a passion for vintage aesthetics. When I saw a picture of mid-century homes in Palm Springs, I kind of became obsessed and discovered the whole city was kind of stuck in the 50’s (PLUS, it is surrounded by the desert). It was the first time I dedicated a whole trip to photography. I packed my bags, rented a little yellow convertible beetle and left to explore this open-air living museum of architecture and wildlife.
For most people, Palm Springs is just an old looking resort town. It used to attract vacationers like Frank Sinatra and Marlene Dietrich but Today is mostly known for attracting thousands of dress alike girls heading to Coachella. To me, this desert town is the most interesting/mind-blowing place I’ve been too in my life. And I’ve traveled approximately 20 countries… It’s a historical and ecological wonder. In Palm Springs, everything is thought to be esthetic. The way the trees are trimmed, the way the streets are paved. There are cool geometric shapes everywhere, incredible mid-century modern homes and then everywhere you look, you are surrounded by spectacular mountains and canyons.
Anyhow, the nostalgic person that I am would immensely recommend all the nostalgic out there to head to Palm Springs and feel like you’re living in another time, or world.
This trip was also a statement to myself reminding me to live for your passions and to get out there and do what you love.
Rack galerie is a project I started when I opened a venue with a friend after graduating from university and no one would give us a job because we didn’t have any experience. It turned out to be a three-story cultural venue / art gallery / piano bar. Then life happened, we decided to close the venue and I kept Rack galerie alive by using the brand as a visual platform for my art and services. It regroups everything I do… I am kind of all over the place and do art directing, styling, photography and build websites… It’s where I showcase my work and give myself the right to explore whatever fields I want to explore, because I believe this is how you end up finding the right path for you and live your best life!
Magali Rack is a photographer, art director and content creator. She also loves to put words on inspiring photographs she took around the world. | 2019-04-23T14:30:49Z | http://ayemag.com/palm-springs-retro-vibes-all-over/ |
Years back, people would buy already built traditional condominiums without considering much, it was an easy investment. Today, things have changed and many would want to invest in a pre-construction where they have a say on the kind of design both the interior and the exterior that they prefer. Thinking of buying a condominium? There are a few things you need to consider; who are you and what is the primary purpose of purchasing the condominium? Are you a real end-user or an investor? As an investor, your objective is to maximize on the Return on investment, a savvy investor will go leasing the apartment to worthy tenants and therefore this will help them get back their returns and give time for the property to appreciate. An end user would want to buy, design, finish, furnish and enjoy living in a place of their dream.
Therefore, whether you are an investor or an end user, there are some things you need to take into consideration to make full benefit of your decisions.
There are so many preconstruction condos in Toronto today. Therefore, to make the right choice, you need to take time and move around, make as many visits as possible making knowledgeable comparisons on the best prices and the expected return on investment. You need to find out who the architects and the designers are; do they have a questionable history? What other constructions have they done? Get to know their success and reputation from their record of accomplishment.
As an investor, you want to get the best returns on your investment, right. The location you choose is a big determinant of the kind of tenants and prospective buyers of the property. Check the property’s proximity to beaches, airport, shopping centers, restaurants, and other relevant amenities. You don’t want to invest in a project, which is inaccessible; the re-sell value might shock you. The advice here is, go for the apartment at the best location and with the lowest price.
The preconstruction investing rule is buying during the opening pricing levels. This gives you the best selection from the available inventory. Opening prices are always lower but once enough marketing is done, the demand goes high and therefore, the prices. Therefore you must be quick in decision-making, find out who the architects and the designers are, is the condominium built according to standard? Where possible, get an expert in instruction and let them do their quick professional assessment. However, do not rush, if you feel you’re a bit late, and then you can stop and wait for other pre-constructions that are coming up.
These documents show the complete intentions of the developer. They outline the monthly association fees-if any- and the regulations that will govern important issues for the owner. Find out the rental policies, pet restrictions, or whatever other changes by the developer that are relevant to you. Take time, review the documents, and don’t hesitate to ask questions where you have difficulty in understanding. Look out for a seller who will give you a review period before you pay them so that you’ve enough time to verify the documents. This will ensure that you are safe and you’ve invested your fortune to something that will not bring problems on a later date.
When buying a preconstruction condo, it is advisable that you take time and do your research, verify before you buy. Think about the future, if you wanted to resell the condominium, would it fetch you more than what you spent? | 2019-04-26T15:43:02Z | http://www.miclear.com/what-you-should-know-before-you-buy-pre-construction/ |
Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 11:00pm with special music at 10:30pm. This beautiful service, rich in carol singing, celebrates Christ’s birth among us. Music starts at 10:30pm.
Intergenerational Christmas Eve Service at 4:30pm. This is always a hit with the young families. The children’s excitement anticipates the joy of Christmas morning.
Christmas Day Service at 10:00am. A joyous service celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, with Communion and Carols. | 2019-04-23T16:26:39Z | https://stjamespdx.org/communications/calendar/action~month/exact_date~1575187200/request_format~html/ |
My puppy Alcapone playing with its bone.
And owners can do a similar trick in return, researchers found.
This two-way street evidently began when dogs were domesticated long ago, because it helped the two species connect, the Japanese researchers say.
As canine psychology experts Evan MacLean and Brian Hare of Duke University wrote in a commentary on the work, "When your dog is staring at you, she may not just be after your sandwich."
The new work is the first to present a biological mechanism for bonding across species, said researcher Larry Young of Emory University.
Neither he nor the Duke scientists were involved in the study, which is reported in a paper from Japan released Thursday by the journal Science.
The brain response is an increase in levels of a hormone called oxytocin (ahk-see-TOH'-sin). Studies in people and animals indicate this substance promotes social bonding, such as between parent and infant or between two lovers.
One experiment in the new research involved 30 owners and their dogs. Oxytocin levels in the urine of both species were sampled before and after the owners and their dogs spent a half-hour together.
Analysis showed that owners whose dogs looked at them longer in the first five minutes had bigger boosts in oxytocin levels. Similarly, dogs that gazed longer got a hormone boost, too. That's evidently in response to being touched by their owners during the session, one of the study authors, Takefumi Kikusui of Azabu University near Tokyo, said in an email.
No such result appeared when researchers tried the experiment with wolves. The animals were paired with people who had raised them, although not as pets. The difference suggests dogs started gazing at owners as a social strategy when they became domesticated, rather than inheriting it from their wolf ancestors, researchers said.
Another experiment with dogs found they looked at their owners longer if they were given doses of oxytocin, and that the hormone's levels then went up in their owners. But these results appeared only in female dogs; the reason isn't clear.
An oxytocin researcher not connected to the study said previous work had provided bits of evidence that the hormone plays a role in bonding between species, but that the new work is more comprehensive.
"It makes very good sense," said C. Sue Carter, who directs the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University.
But Clive Wynne of Arizona State University, a psychologist who studies interaction between dogs and people, said he thinks the link to domestication is "barking up the wrong tree." The study doesn't provide convincing evidence for that, he said.
Emory's Young, who studies bonding behavior, said the relationship between people and dogs is special. Human love can lose its initial exhilaration over time, he said, but he hasn't seen that with the dogs he has owned for 10 years.
"When I come home from work every day, they are just as excited to see me now as they were when I got them," Young said. | 2019-04-23T02:35:48Z | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eye-contact-dogs_n_7090138 |
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Established in 1994, The Sink Warehouse quickly became one of the most popular retail outlets for kitchen sinks in Perth with our unwavering commitment to quality and service, as well as supplying products to our national customers. That’s where we started, but now we offer much, much more than just sinks. Our team is committed to securing the best quality products at the best possible prices, and you will find products to fit out your entire bathroom with an extensive range of basins, baths, showers, vanities, shower fittings, and accessories, together with a huge array of taps to suit any style or budget. Through our dedication over the years, we have built up an enviable reputation and now have a number of stores around Western Australia and also an online e-store serving customers Australia-wide. As The Sink Warehouse, we are proud to offer the best range of kitchen, bathroom and laundry products.
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Bathroom Warehouse is located in Perth WA and supplies quality bathroom vanities, spa baths, basins, tap mixers, mirror cabinets, toilets, kitchen sinks and bathroom accessories at warehouse prices. Proud to be The Bathroom Warehouse, we were established in 1996 to provide the public with a comprehensive range of bathroom fixtures and fittings under the one roof. We supply all major manufacture Bathroom Products from tap mixers, toilets, spa baths and an outstanding range of quality tiles to suit the most discerning buyer.
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The Tile Mural Store Australia is the leading manufacturer of custom Tile Murals for kitchens and bathrooms and a distributor of swimming pool mosaics. With over 3,000 designs from world renowned artists like Christian Reese Lassen, Paul Brent, Jim Hansel, Carey Chen, Sam Park, Sung Kim and Jennifer Garant. We will also produce custom murals with the customers own images.
Owner Todd Halvorson is one of Perth’s most experienced and reliable glaziers. He has been supplying and installing shower screens, splashbacks and wardrobe doors in Perth for over 25 years. He also provides general glass repairs and maintenance, including sliding glass door roller replacements. Whether you’re updating, renovating or building a new home, if you can imagine it, we can make it happen. We offer a full range of products, including fully-framed, semi-framed, and frameless shower screens; sliding mirrored-robe doors; bevelled, framed, polished edge and bathroom mirrors; etched-glass products, pet doors, and glass splashbacks.
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Use the Houzz Professionals listings to find Perth, Western Australia kitchen and bath accessory vendors. Don’t rule out asking a kitchen manufacturer’s design team for help, too. Skills often can be overlapped to save you time and money! Here are some related professionals and vendors to complement the work of kitchen & bathroom fixtures: Kitchen & Bathroom Designers, Kitchen & Bath Renovators, Interior Designers & Decorators, Joinery and Cabinet Makers.
Find kitchen and bath fixtures and accessories, plus installation experts, on Houzz. Check out Western Australia kitchen products and installers, and bath plumbing products and installers, on Houzz. You can also look through project photos provided by Perth, Western Australia renovators, retailers and designers. | 2019-04-24T06:39:40Z | https://www.houzz.com.au/professionals/kitchen-and-bath-fixtures/c/Perth--AU |
Have you ever heard someone say something like this? "_____ just needs to find God." Or maybe you've even said it as part of your testimony? "I was _____, but then I found God." I believe that not only is this theologically incorrect, but this thinking also causes us to miss the heart of Jesus.
Luke 15 contains three amazing parables, stories that Jesus taught that reveal His heart for us. I want to focus on the first two, which you can read here; (pointless to keep reading this post until you click on that link and read the parables).
Sound like you and me?
- We're helpless to save ourselves...our one chance is to live a perfect life and, well that didn't work out so well.
In steps Jesus, the Good Shepherd. What does He do? Hang on.
In the second parable, Jesus represents the woman, and we are the lost coins. One of us gets lost. What does the woman do? She searches high and low, inside and outside, lighting lamps and basically, not resting until she finds her lost coin. And when she finds it? It's a party! Let's stop there and make some observations.
1) JESUS FINDS US. We don't have to figure out how to find Him, He finds us. The sheep doesn't get hopelessly lost trying to figure out how to get back to the flock, the shepherd leaves the flock to find the sheep! When a sheep wanders off, the shepherd would leave the flock and go on a search. He may end up walking miles to find that 1 lost sheep. And what happens when he finally finds the sheep? He scoops up the hungry, scared, wounded sheep, places him on his shoulders, walks him all the way back to the flock. Same thing with the woman; she loses a coin and immediately drops everything until she finds that missing coin.
In the same way, when we wander off, Jesus comes to find us. When we are lost, He finds us. We need to be found. He will go any distance, to any place to find one of His sheep. This should change a little bit how we pray for those who are "lost" - we don't pray that they find us, or find God, we pray that God finds them. They are lost, and they need to be found. And this is good news! | 2019-04-22T14:24:14Z | http://www.worshipmatters.net/2011/07/we-need-to-be-found-1-of-2.html |
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The Planthunter’s resident poet, Daisy Beattie, has written another beautiful original poem for us! Inspired by spending a month in a cave house in Cappadocia in Turkey, she writes of women, weaving, landscape and stories.. Illustrated by images from old National Geographic magazines, its a wonderful read.
This past month I have been housesitting one of the cave homes of Cappadocia, Turkey. While living here I have seen such moon-like landscapes; pink badlands filled with desert vegetation, paths carved into the grass from wanderings, and grapes cultivated in the valleys of conical homes. Although weaving has largely died out in this region, it’s presence remains, it’s landscape is readable in the antique kilims and carpets that survive.
out of leaves and weave it into their carpets.
voices are knotted into the little figures.
where the women used to collect grass.
beat out in the tapping of water against pink stones.
in one pattern of flowers and stars.
but the colours are hers.
The stars spread like pollen.
she kept collections of her landscape, just the colours. | 2019-04-21T08:26:22Z | https://theplanthunter.com.au/culture/daisy-fabric-poem/ |
You are here: Home → Introducing The Cottman Man Coloring and Activities Book, for Children of All Ages!
But now, the Cottman Man has leaped into a completely different medium as the star of a new coloring book designed especially for children.
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Your honeymoon should be a "once in a lifetime holiday", somewhere you have always dreamed of visiting and that you can totally relax. Santorini is just that.
Even though I had always thought of going long haul for our honeymoon, it wasn't possible with work commitments so we searched a little nearer to home. We had actually visited Santorini years ago (one of our first holidays) and it was always on my mind to visit again.
The photo's were pulled out and our beautiful memories of Santorini came flooding back. This, and a snapchat story from The Londoner's weekend trip to the island made our mind up very fast, thanks Rosie!
Located in The Aegean Sea, Santorini is a small island found scattered among the other Greek Islands, perfect for the couple who want to spend a few weeks island hopping. With 10 days marked for our time off we decided to stay on the island for the duration and totally chill out.
Unfortunately getting to Santorini from Ireland isn't as easy as it was years ago, where you could fly Cork to Santorini direct!
We flew Dublin to Athens with Ryanair and then Athens to Santorini with Air Aegean. It takes the best part of the day so be sure to book enough time off.
Choosing our hotel was very easy. When we stayed a few years ago, everyday we walked passed this gorgeous, private, boutique hotel. I was envious of everyone staying there and said if I'd every come back it's Homeric Poems I'd go to.
Arriving to freshly made lemonade served on our private balcony, we started our honeymoon in the beautiful evening sun knowing, I had chosen the right hotel.
And when it came to morning, it looked as beautiful as I remembered all those years back.
A gentle knock on our door and breakfast was set up outside, for our first of many during our honeymoon.
A champagne breakfast to start off the day. Excuse the crazy hair & tired face - this is what you look like after wedding planning!
The day was spent exploring the hotel, lounging in the pool, eating lots of Greek salad's (the BEST I found on the island) and drinking cocktails in the sunshine!
Everything in Homeric Poems hotel was amazing - the food cooked by Dimitris Skarmoutsos, one of the Island's well known chef's, the staff, the privacy, the Molton Brown toiletries, the fact that they clean your room twice in a day! the infinity pool...the list is endless. | 2019-04-25T13:52:17Z | http://blog.annetteobrienmakeup.com/2016/11/santorini-part-1.html |
The mining arm of Beny Steinmetz’s business empire won its rights to a multibillion-dollar iron-ore prospect in Guinea through a bribery scheme involving the wife of the late dictator, according to a two-year government inquiry in the west African nation that published its findings on Wednesday.
Six years after BSG Resources, the mining arm of the Israeli tycoon’s family conglomerate, pulled off one of the great coups of modern African mining by winning rights to the giant Simandou iron-ore deposit, the government is expected swiftly to act on the inquiry’s recommendation that the company’s rights be cancelled.
That would leave BSGR’s 2010 agreement to sell a 51 per cent stake in its Guinean assets to Brazil’s Vale, the world’s biggest iron ore miner, for $2.5bn – a deal hailed by an industry insider at the time as “the jackpot” – in tatters. The bribery allegations have also triggered corruption investigations in Switzerland, where Mr Steinmetz lives, and the US, where one BSGR intermediary is facing years in jail. Neither investigation has brought charges against Mr Steinmetz nor Guernsey-registered BSGR.
BSGR has denied allegations of corruption in its Guinean dealings since they were first revealed in the Financial Times in November 2012. The company has threatened to seek international arbitration if the government proceeds with what it calls an “illegal” move to seize its assets based on “incredible and unsupported” claims.
But the Guinean inquiry, part of a review of mining contracts struck under past dictatorships, concluded in its 33-page report that there was “precise and consistent evidence establishing with sufficient certainty the existence of corrupt practices” in the way BSGR won its mining rights. A committee of ministers endorsed the inquiry’s recommendations last week, according to a person familiar with the matter, and they are expected to be enacted by the cabinet forthwith. BSGR’s only recourse would be through the courts.
BSGR won the jewel of its Guinean prospects – rights to half of Simandou, a remote mountain that ranks among the world’s richest untapped iron-ore deposits – in late 2008, days before the 24-year dictatorship of Lansana Conté ended with his death.
According to the inquiry’s findings, beginning in 2006 BSGR’s representatives offered millions of dollars in cash and shares to Mamadie Touré, the dictator’s fourth wife, to help ensure that those rights were stripped from rival Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto and then granted to BSGR.
After spending $160m on preliminary development of its Guinea assets, BSGR in April 2010 struck its $2.5bn deal with Vale, of which $500m was payable immediately. The balance was to be paid if targets were met but Vale halted payments last year, after the corruption allegations surfaced.
The inquiry concluded that, although payments to Ms Touré allegedly continued following the Vale transaction, it was “likely” that the Brazilian group “has not participated in corrupt practices”. Nonetheless, it said the Vale-BSGR joint venture – which BSGR says has spent $1bn at Simandou – should be stripped of its rights to that and other prospects.
Vale, which is under new leadership since the departure in 2011 of Roger Agnelli, chief executive at the time of the BSGR deal, maintains that it “conducts appropriate due diligence prior to its investments”. But last week it warned that it might lose its entire investment in Guinea if the government cancelled the Vale-BSGR joint venture’s rights. It declined to comment on Wednesday.
The likely loss of Vale’s Simandou rights marks the latest setback for Brazilian groups’ thrust into Africa, although the inquiry recommended only that BSGR – not Vale – should be banned from bidding for the rights when they are issued anew.
Rio Tinto has signalled that it would be among the big mining groups expected to be interested in any fresh tender for the Simandou rights. The inquiry called on the government to demand that the Vale-BSGR joint venture hand over all its exploration work to the state.
Chaired by Nava Touré, a veteran mining official who is not related to Ms Touré, the inquiry said it had repeatedly asked BSGR for its responses to the allegations. It said BSGR had “systematically refused . . . constructive dialogue”, deeming the company’s responses “imprecise and stalling”.
BSGR said it had “sought to co-operate fully with the committee despite the fundamental unfairness, procedural irregularities and false claims inherent in its review process”.
The inquiry dismissed BSGR’s denials of the corruption allegations and concluded that “no other coherent and complete interpretation of the evidence . . . is plausible”. It said BSGR had failed to support its claim that contracts which appear to detail the bribery scheme– and which formed part of the evidence cited by the inquiry – were fakes.
BSGR also questioned the legitimacy of the government of Alpha Condé, who launched the probe into past deals after winning 2010s presidential election but has faced corruption scandals on his own watch.
BSGR maintains that the corruption allegations are based on “a wholly incredible and unsupported version of events related by a witness who has sought to extort money from BSGR in the past”.
BSGR declined to expand on the alleged extortion. The inquiry’s report cited an affidavit by Ms Touré, who now lives in Florida and is a co-operating witness in a US grand jury investigation into the corruption allegations. She has not responded to a request for comment.
Last month Frederic Cilins, a former BSGR intermediary in Guinea whom the inquiry says helped to orchestrate the bribery scheme, pleaded guilty to obstructing the US investigation. The Frenchman was arrested at a Florida airport a year earlier, after the FBI recorded him offering up to $6m to Ms Touré to destroy the BSGR contracts before they fell into the hands of US investigators who were seeking them. | 2019-04-20T22:54:15Z | https://www.ft.com/content/be0d00bc-bfc3-11e3-9513-00144feabdc0 |
MEGAN SHERMAN, TRNN PRODUCER: Even though nationally Maryland has top-ranked public schools, the City of Baltimore’s predominantly low-income African-American school district struggles to provide students with a quality education to address historic inequities.
Activists successfully fought for increased funding for Baltimore schools through a ten-year plan. But other residents and activists aren’t waiting around for the additional funding. They’re launching grassroots campaigns to completely provide young people with critical resources such as libraries.
On Tuesday, November 11, over 100 parents, teachers, students, and education advocates attended a Baltimore school board hearing on what schools will be closed as a part of the funding and revitalization plan called the 21st Century School Initiative. Among those attending was Jamal Jones of the Baltimore algebra project, which is a youth-led education advocacy group. He discussed the challenges members of the Lake Clifton community are facing as they try to ensure that their school receives funding.
JAMAL JONES, COEXEC. DIR., BALTIMORE ALGEBRA PROJECT: These goals allocated a roundabout figure of $50 million to reconstruct their schools after a year, almost, a year or so of lack of communication and lack of transparency between the school system and the community members who have been previously engaged in the Lake Clifton community, that they were going to defer Lake Clifton, which essentially meant that Lake Clifton wouldn’t be done, because the reconstruction for Lake Clifton was estimated to be about 90 million, and they wanted to spend about 50 million.
So today we were coming out to, one, propose–well, to kind of show our grievances against the idea that we would close, that they would close. Like, and the other idea is that the lake would be deferred.
SHERMAN: Other community members suggested alternative proposals, such as keeping some schools open for longer. School board officials stated that they would be announcing the fate of schools like Lake Clifton and Patterson on another date.
The 21st Century Schools Initiative is in its infancy. Feasibility studies used to gauge the utilization rate of each school have been underway since the fall of 2013 and were delayed due to some miscalculations of the cost to renovate each building.
Alison Perkins-Cohen, the executive director of the New Initiatives Department of Baltimore City Public Schools, talks about the reasons behind the delayed studies and the purpose of closing certain schools.
ALISON PERKINS-COHEN, EXEC. DIR., NEW INITIATIVES DEPT., BCPS: We want to make sure that each individual feasibility study was as efficient as possible, so providing the best in the education possible in the most efficient way possible, so that we could spread the resources to as many schools as possible. And that process took us a little longer than anticipated. And now we’re kind of back on track with those and bringing feasibility studies to the board for approval, and we’ll be meeting with communities again in terms of the next phase of design.
If you’re trying to maintain all these buildings, many of which are underutilized, that’s very expensive. So if we can have students in a smaller number of buildings, where they’re actually utilizing it at a higher percentage, and have enough students in those programs to support better programming, then it also cuts down on our maintenance cost and allows us to focus those resources on the schools where students are and to provide better facilities to all students.
SHERMAN: Many who were present during the meeting are longtime advocates for education reform, as well as members of the Baltimore education coalition, which was founded in 2011 and key in fighting for the billion-dollar investment towards city school construction.
Frank Patinella is an education advocate at the ACLU and played a major role in drafting a document that was central to that fight. The Buildings for Academic Excellence Report was released in June 2010. The report documented the deficiencies present in city school infrastructure and highlighted other districts with exceptional facilities that could serve as models for Baltimore. He describes why the coalition focused on improving school buildings and the social implications of having students in subpar learning environments.
FRANK PATINELLA, EDUCATION ADVOCATE, ACLU-MD: School environments are really important to kids. It really says something about the value that we have as a society in the education of kids and what value we place in education and their future. And I think it’s really hard to measure, but there’s no doubt that students internalize these things, right, if they’re going to school for 18 years, elementary school through high school, in a building that looks like a prison, that has windows you can’t see out of, that can’t open, that have boilers that are so old that they don’t work, or maybe it’s too hot in one classroom and on the other side of the building it’s too cold and they have to wear their winter coats to take their tests, there’s no air conditioning, and during the warm months they are sweating and they can’t concentrate while taking their test. I was just at a school the other day where rain is literally coming into the library, where learning takes place. So I think all of these things have an impact on the student morale and, overall, their outlook on their future.
SHERMAN: Renovations for over 25 city schools are six or seven years away, which is why teachers and students have launched campaigns to improve the state of their buildings and supplement resources for the young people who are currently in attendance. Among those is a West Baltimore high school called ConneXions, where there are few resources left to purchase books after the library on campus was renovated. Members of the American Friends Service Committee, who already work with a number of students from the neighboring Gilmor Homes community, organized a book drive and collected 3,000 books for the space. They held an opening ceremony where Emory Douglas, artist and activist for the Black Panther Party, presented his work and spoke about the importance of community organizing and the benefits of black people taking ownership of their communities. He described ways that the Black Panther Party worked within their neighborhoods to create programs to provide resources to the people.
Kia Harper, principal of ConneXions, describes the critical role that school environment can have, both negatively and positively, on the culture of school and the importance of schools having community partners.
KIA HARPER, PRINCIPAL, CONNEXIONS SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: We all know, or we should, the idea of a school-to-prison pipeline. And when you walk through some of the buildings of Baltimore City, they certainly remind you of an institutionalized space. So to continue to have and upgrade the spaces where our students are just gives a sense of positivity and pride.
To have pride in where you are, to be able to respect and be proud of where you are, is a start to changing the climate and culture of any school. When students see dirty, when they see rundown, you get this internal sense, this subconscious sense that no one cares about you. When they can very well see the difference between a suburban school versus an urban school and that it takes this long to get certain things that just come with the package of being in a certain socioeconomic neighborhood and the school that’s there, then they internalize that.
I think the other thing that’s important for students is the idea that the community really does care, with them watching the organization coming, with people who don’t know them at all, who we’ve only been affiliated with for months, not years, come in and say, I care that much about you that you have these things.
SHERMAN: Britney, who is a student at ConneXions, talks about the impact she thinks the newly filled library will have on the student body and what it means to her.
BRITTANY PRICE, STUDENT, CONNEXIONS SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: It’s going to help us reach our goal for SAT scores and college educations and English classes, it’s going to help a lot of stuff, because reading is actually fundamental, and it helps you, it actually impacts your life a lot. And I know that because without having a library here, my vocabulary level is not that great. Being here since middle school and not having an opportunity to come upstairs and just check out a book or doing stuff like that has really been the worst part of high school.
It’s a good feeling to just know that there are people who actually want to help African-American students and help [rural (?)] schools who don’t really have as much as county schools and stuff like that.
SHERMAN: A long history of neglect his left Baltimore City schools in a deplorable state.
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Not inspiring much confidence with this list. one comment from a coach who will remain nameless: it’s a bunch of SWAs (Senior Woman Administrator) who are trying to pad their resume so it leads to being on a better committee, like basketball.
The way you can look at it is there are very few reps or regions west of the mississippi, which would lead to the bias given Big Ten and Big 12. And no one who would really be paying attention at their school to the national picture IMHO.
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TUI is a German-based tourism giant. Founded in 1923, the now multinational company is active in over 130 countries, operating 300 hotels and resorts, 6 airlines, and nearly 2000 travel agencies.
Since 2012, TUI has been part of a custom Global Leadership Program with IMD that has served as an innovation lab for the company. The TUI/IMD program frees up key people from the company and gives them space and inspiration from IMD faculty to focus on new ideas that can boost and differentiate their business.
Recently TUI has making big waves and gaining accolades in the tourism industry and beyond with an idea that came to fruition in large part because of its innovation lab at IMD.
TUI has been piloting a new smart wristband called the Smart Band that gives its customers a smooth and hassle free vacation experience.
With the Smart Band, and an accompanying app, TUI customers open hotel room doors, turn on and off room electricity and heating to save energy, pay for meals and drinks, track their spending and a whole lot more, all without needing wallets or room keys.
TUI’s Smart Band uses a combination of Bluetooth Low Energy wireless radio, a Radio Frequency Identification chip and a replaceable battery.
Another of the advantages of the band is that it also allows the company to track customer experience and improve with their findings.
The Smart Band is considered a huge success by customers and TUI management alike. The project even won a Management Today innovation award.
It is expected to be rolled out to further parts of the business in the near future.
John Boughton, Director of Mobile Strategy at TUI Group, heads up the team responsible for the new technology at the tour operator’s ‘mobility hub’ in London. He was recently at IMD for a session of the innovation lab program.
One of the features of IMD’s Global Leadership program with TUI is that a number of Alumni from previous sessions come to support and evaluate new ideas that flow from the meeting of minds. It also incorporates some key decision-makers from the company to insure that valuable new initiatives don’t fall flat due to lack of support.
“The program provides an arena to present our non-traditional ideas to top people and get buy in from a wide base, which is very important at such a big and complex company like ours. Interest from senior people in the business is critical to get new initiatives moving and the IMD program pushes that,” said Boughton.
Paul Anthony, currently Managing Director at Activities, a tourism company, was Director of IT and Strategic Projects at TUI when the Smart Band was being incepted. He agreed that TUI’s program with IMD provides a great environment to come up with and try new ideas.
According to Jacky Simmonds, former Group HR Director at TUI, the program was set up to bring external prospective and academic rigor to senior leaders at the travel company.
Albrecht Enders is Professor of Strategy and Innovation at IMD and directs the TUI Global Leadership program as well as the business school’s Advanced Strategic Management program.
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The question of how best to store your whisky comes up a lot in the whisky world. While the casual drinker may only have a bottle or two of different whiskies around at any given time, enthusiasts tend to collect quite a variety. Given the cost associated with some of these bottles, what is the best way to store them to ensure minimal change in the flavour over time? There are a lot opinions available online – some of which actually run counter to evidence. So let me walk you through the best evidence-supported recommendations.
For sealed bottles, the answer is fairly easy – store your whisky upright, in a dark (and preferably cool) place, minimizing light and temperature fluctuations. I’ll explain each of the reasons below.
Upright is most important, as the high proof ethanol in whisky will degrade the cork over time if stored on the side – dissolving the cork, and tainting the flavour of the whisky. This comes as a surprise to most wine drinkers, who are always advised to keep wine bottles on their side. But that is because wine is much lower proof (lower alcohol content relative to water), and so the water in wine keeps the cork from drying out. This is important, as a dried-out cork will let air in, spoiling the wine. Unopened whisky bottles are fully sealed, and the contents do not change in the bottle so long as they stay sealed and well stored.
I’ve seen comments online about “moistening” the cork periodically in whisky bottles (by temporarily tilting the bottle on the side). This does nothing of the sort, as the higher ethanol content is actually drying out the cork. But periodic contact of the whisky with the cork is not likely to harm it much – after all, this happens all the time when a bottle is handled or shipped.
On that point, I routinely pick up bottles in my travels, and pack them in my checked suitcase for return travel. I have never had an issue with cork leakage in new, sealed bottles. Where you will get into trouble is with open bottles that are only partially-filled (as the extra air contracts and expands with pressure changes at altitude, causing the cork to pop out – more on this later). Note that minor leakage can occur with some screw caps enclosures, even if the seal is unbroken. Air pressure changes can cause small leaks as there is “wiggle room” for the cap to loosen slightly. You will want to give screw-caps an extra hand-tighten to make sure they aren’t loose to start, and encase the bottles in sealed containers. I use extra-large Ziploc freezer bags, and they do well to capture any minor leakage. One exception to placing whisky in checked luggage is for smaller planes (used for short hops), where the cargo hold may not be within the pressurized cabin area. For any jetliner, you won’t have this concern, as the cargo holds are all pressurized.
Your bigger risk traveling with checked bottles is breaking at the neck point, due to rough handling of your bag. So always make sure they are well-wrapped in clothes or bubble wrap (I find laser toner cartridge shipping bags great for this, with a pair of socks wrapped around the bottle neck). Also try to pack in the middle of the suitcase, not near an edge.
Many studies have shown that sunlight is one of the biggest threats to whisky (some links provided below in my discussion of open bottles). Even indirect natural light will induce changes over time, so you are best storing your whisky in the dark – like in a cupboard with doors kept closed. Keeping them in their cardboard boxes/tubes will also help in protecting against light pollution. But I’ve also seen suggestions to ditch the cardboard boxes if you are planning for very long-term storage (i.e., decades), as the cardboard/glue can become a substrate for microbial/fungal contamination. But that only matters for the serious collector (who likely has a proper climate controlled dark environment for their whisky anyway).
Once open, whisky will start to degrade in the bottle. This is a different sort of “aging” than what happens in the barrel during whisky production, which is necessary to make whisky (see my Sources of Whisky Flavour page for more info). Whisky does not “improve” with this sort of breakdown aging due to air exposure – although it can become more palatable to some, in certain circumstances (e.g., some of the chemical changes over time can make the whisky taste sweeter).
In properly stored open bottles, the reason for the change in flavour over time is due to the presence of air. Specifically, the repeated air exchange as you pour a dram, and the expanding volume of air in the bottle over time. Interestingly, it is actually a bit of an open question as to how much of the change is due to the simple presence of air, versus its frequent exchange. Unfortunately, the academic literature (which I have reviewed) is not too concerned on this point. The few studies done typically explore these questions from a theoretical perspective, under acute laboratory conditions with specialized preparations that don’t reflect long-term concerns.
As an aside, it is a pet peeve of mine to see this process of degradation in open bottles being referred to as “oxidation.” Oxidation refers to a specific chemical reaction that involves a transfer of electrons between chemical species (specifically, the stripping of electrons from the chemical that gets “oxidized”). Given the high proof of whisky, classic oxidative reactions at the gas-liquid interface are unlikely to be contributing in a major way to changing characteristics over time. Instead, it is a variety of other chemical interactions involving surface tension issues at the air-liquid interface that can alter whisky flavour over time.
Again, the academic literature is largely focused on exploring specific types of chemical interactions individually, tested under laboratory conditions. At the end of the day, empirical observations using sensory analysis (i.e., tasting with blind tasters) is the best way to compare potential storage condition outcomes. A couple of recent attempts at actual whisky comparisons over time are helpful in this regard. Cited below are a recent small study by Mattias Klasson of scotchwhisky.com, and a more rigorous and detailed study by Marcus Fan.
Before I get into their testing results, a brief explanation of popular storage options for open bottles of whisky is presented below.
The first option is to simply leave the whisky in the well-capped bottle until it is gone. But a popular belief online is that the air-induced changes in whisky intensify once the bottle has dropped to less than half volume – and becomes extreme once only a small volume is left (i.e., only a “heel” of whisky left in the bottle).
M y personal experience of keeping numerous open bottles for several years is consistent with the results of both studies referenced above: namely, a half-full bottle shows (at worse) only minimal effects over 1-2 years, but a largely empty bottle quickly begins to show noticeable changes. So practically, you probably don’t really need to worry until you pass the point where there is more air in the bottle than whisky.
A related question comes up about storing whisky in crystal glass decanters (for display purposes). Here again, the indirect light issue comes into play, as you will degrade the whisky over time (even faster than you will from the air). Even worse, those clear crystal decanters are actually lead crystal. The high proof alcohol in whisky will gradually extract lead from the glass, dosing you with something you will definitely want to avoid.
This is probably the most popular option in the whisky enthusiast community. To minimize air “headspace”, simply pour the whisky into smaller glass bottles. Commonly available are Boston round bottles in 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 oz sizes. These are available in clear glass or, better yet to minimize light effects, amber or cobalt blue glass. The results of both the Fan study and the Klasson study support this method as one of the best ways to minimize air effects.
Bottles caps matter here though. The best bottle enclosures are phenolic screw caps (made from black polypropylene). But do not use the cheaper ones with paper liners. Instead, use only polycone liners (see attached photo comparison).
The cheaper caps use pulp paper with a thin polyethylene coating, and are intended for aqueous solutions only (i.e., pure water-based). These will degrade rapidly in direct contact with high-proof alcohol fumes. You will soon find the liner contents dissolving into your whisky, making a disgusting mess. I’ve seen this happen to a few sample bottles I’ve received in swaps with other reviewers, when I didn’t check the caps (for samples I didn’t get to right away). Polycone liners are conical-shaped liners made of an oil-resistant plastic – and are designed to resist chemicals, solvents, oils, etc.
This decanting approach into smaller glass bottles is the consistent first choice across all studies for long-term storage. My personal experience also supports this conclusion. Ideally, you should aliquot (pour into smaller bottles) as soon as you open your whisky, to minimize any effects of air-induced aging over time.
As an aside, a cheaper alternative is to use clear plastic PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles. While it is true that some bottom-shelf whiskies come in PET containers (along with many other food and liquid stuffs), the long-term effect of storage of high-proof alcohol in these containers is unknown. It is reasonable to worry about the potential extraction of plasticizers over time (i.e., the additives used during production to keep the plastic from becoming too brittle).
At a minimum, it would be important to ensure you are getting food-grade PET bottles, with proper polycone caps. In the Klasson study, they use “cheap PET bottles” (source not identified), and found a significant change in flavour over time. I’ve kept whisky in food-grade PET bottles for up to 6 months, and have not noticed any off flavours. But I would consider this a riskier proposition, and recommend you stick with glass bottles if at all possible.
A seemingly ingenious solution to the air volume issue is to pour glass marbles into the original bottle as the whisky volume drops, thus minimizing air headspace. Sounds reasonable, right? Except this approach means that you are greatly increasing the whisky-to-glass ratio over time, especially as the volume drops. All that increased glass surface area is an opportunity for interactions to occur (i.e., there is more surface for the congeners and other flavour molecules in the whisky to “stick” to).
At a minimum, you would need to ensure the marbles were scrupulously cleaned and sterilized before use. And I have no idea where you would get food-grade glass marbles to start with – children’s toy marbles are not likely to be made of high quality glass, and are likely to contain various contaminants that could leach out in the presence of high proof alcohol (e.g., lead). Conducted properly though, this approach is likely to work – as demonstrated in the Fan study. But I think you are best to decant into smaller glass bottles.
This is a popular option for those coming from the wine world. The principle is that an inert, neutral gas like argon (Ar) can be sprayed over the surface of the liquid, thus preventing the lighter-weight oxygen (O2) from reaching the wine (or whisky) once re-corked. There are various “wine preserve” brands out there, each with their particular (and often undisclosed) blend of argon, nitrogen (N2) and carbon dioxide (CO2).
Keep in mind, these sprays were all developed and tested on wine – it is unknown how the much higher proof whisky would react. One obvious concern is that wine “preserved” this way was only meant to be kept for up to a week or two. Long-term storage effects (typically months to years for whisky) are thus largely unknown.
A potentially greater problem is that the spray canisters need a food-grade aerosol propellant in order to eject the “inert” gas down the long extended tube into the whisky. In the old days, this was Freon – but that has since been replaced by butane and propane. It is not at all clear what the long-term effects of adding butane/propane, as well as Ar/N2/CO2, inside a whisky bottle would be. The chemistry that occurs at the air interface of high-proof whisky is complex and not fully understood – adding these extra variables would be a concern.
Indeed, in the study by by Fan, the most popular neutral gas spray – Private Preserve Wine Preserver (shown above) – consistently induced greater flavour change than any other condition beyond indirect sunlight. While exposure to regular air had noticeable effects when the whisky volume was very low (e.g. 150 mL in a 750 mL bottle), these were almost twice as noticeable when wine preserve spray was used. Simply put, wine preserve was considerably worse than just regular air exposure in a bottle.
On the basis of these findings, I strongly recommend you do NOT use neutral gas sprays in your whisky bottles.
Another popular option from the wine world. Typically, a specialized rubber cork is placed at the opening of the wine bottle, and a hand pump is used to extract most of the air from the bottle (creating a partial vacuum). I’ve used this myself, and it does help keep wine flavourful for a few days (compared to simply re-corking).
The main issue for whisky is that the seal is not likely to last over the long term – and again, the high-proof ethanol is likely to degrade the rubber gaskets over time. I’ve not seen a whisky study done using wine bottle vacuum seals, but the Fan study did look at placing the small whisky bottles in standard food vacuum sealer bags. Their results showed no net benefit (or impairment) to this whisky using this method. As a result, I recommend you stick without the vacuum seal complexity.
A standard in any chemistry or biology lab, Parafilm is a thin plastic film of paraffin wax. Paraffin is a soft, colourless wax used for making candles and crayons, among other things. Parafilm is used in labs to temporarily seal an open container (like an Erlenmeyer flask), or for longer-term storage of lidded containers (where are you are trying to prevent moisture or air contamination).
While Parafilm can certainly be degraded by various chemical solvents, it is relatively resistant to ethanol. Unfortunately, Parafilm is still relatively gas permeable, so it is best suited to serve as physical barrier for liquid penetration.
I personally use it when transporting whisky – especially when carrying sample bottles on airplanes. The pressure changes are likely to cause leaks, and Parafilm is very helpful in minimizing these. But as a way to preserve whisky in the bottle, it likely only of minimal effectiveness – and therefore probably not worth the effort.
Based on the evidence to date,you will want to keep your whisky upright and in the dark (preferably in a consistently cool place). If you want to maintain the flavour profile of open bottles for as long as possible, you are best to decant into small glass bottles (with proper polycone caps), minimizing any air headspace. Just about anything else brings with it potential risks, and either lacks evidence of effectiveness (e.g., vacuum seals), or has clear evidence of negative effects (e.g., neutral gas sprays).
I hope you found the above useful. I’ll update this post if any new studies come out that I think are of particular relevance.
I don’t normally write reviews of Business Class lounges – since the whisky collection is usually pretty minimal and inconsistent. But this is my first experience of finding a fully-stocked whisky selection that rivals dedicated whisky bars, so I thought I would share.
When traveling in Europe, I find Lufthansa Senator lounges pretty decent experiences, and better than most Business Class lounges (including Lufthansa’s own Business lounges). But a whole new experience for me was the SWISS Senator Lounge in the Terminal E building of the Zürich Flughafen (ZRH) airport.
While SWISS International Airlines is a member of Star Alliance, only some of their lounges in Zurich are open to non-SWISS flight passengers. They recently built a suite of new super high-end lounges in the Terminal E building, including an exclusive First Lounge, the Senator Lounge (open to Star Alliance Gold), and a regular Business Lounge (which is appended to the Senator lounge). They are located on the 3rd floor (with elevator access), close to Gate E37, and are open from 06:00 – 22:30.
Access is a bit complicated – this Senator Lounge E is open to First Class passengers on SWISS, Lufthansa and Star Alliance, as well as frequent fliers who hold status as HON Circle, Miles & More Senator, and Star Alliance Gold. Regular Business Class passengers on any of the above airlines without such status don’t have access to the Senator Lounge E, only the smaller Business Lounge.
The Senator Lounge E has a lot going for it – great food (personal chef to make an egg breakfast however you would like), very spacious design and set up (including outdoor seating area), and all the usual amenities (showers, business workstations, etc.). But what really distinguishes the Senator Lounge is the “Whisky Club 28/10” – a whisky Bar with a choice of over 200 whiskies.
Surprisingly to me, this whisky bar is open the whole time the lounge is (I was there at 07:30 last week), with a server on duty. The whisky bar is also complimentary – there is no charge for any of the whiskies on hand. Over 180 were on display, shown below, with more out of site behind the bar. Depending on your browser, doube-click or right-click on any of the images below, and then view image (should take you to my photobucket account, where you can zoom in to see higher resolution pics of all the visible bottles).
As you would expect, the bar is well stocked with entry-level bottles from across the world of malt whiskies, blends and bourbons. Impressively, most of the single malts have age statements (typically in the 10-16 year old range). There are some older bottles interspersed, including some independent bottlings (i.e., several Signatory, in the ~19-21 year old range). It’s also a great place to try out Swiss whiskies as well (16 bottles on hand).
Given the early hour, I only sampled two. 😉 Reviews coming soon.
If you are traveling through Zurich and have appropriate status (or are traveling First Class), it is well worth checking out. Note that if you are not departing from Terminal E, there is a passport control station and a subway connecting you to the main terminal. So you would need to give yourself plenty of time to make your connection back and forth to the main terminal A/D gates.
You can read a full review of this lounge – with detailed pics of all the amenities – from one of the well-known airport lounge bloggers, the Points Guy. I agree with his take on this lounge.
Welcome to my new recommendation list for 2016!
As with last year, I am breaking this up by price point, style and flavour cluster. I will again focus on highly-ranked but relatively affordable bottles – and ones currently in stock at the LCBO. I am also going to focus on whiskies that are not necessarily available all year round – some of these only show up for a limited time around the holidays, so grab them while you can. Links to full reviews given, when available.
Hopefully this list is also relevant to those outside of Ontario, as it is based on high-ranking whiskies. As always, the Meta-Critic Whisky Database is here to help you sort through whatever possible options are open to you.
You won’t find single malts in this price range (although there are some very nice Scotch-style and Irish blends, profiled below). But let’s consider the economical American bourbon and Canadian whiskies options here first.
While Ontario is not a good place to find higher-end American bourbons, we actually do have very decent prices on what we do get in. And we have at least a reasonable selection of the more entry-level and lower mid-range stuff.
It’s worth breaking bourbons down into different mashbill classes. The first is low-rye bourbons (i.e., a relatively low proportion of rye grain in the predominantly corn-based mashbill). Unfortunately, one of my favourites in this class – Eagle Rare 10 Year Old – is not currently available (although you might still find a few bottles at the some of the larger LCBO stores). So the closest thing is the more widely available Buffalo Trace at $43 CAD, getting a decent 8.56 ± 0.42 on 19 reviews. This is basically the same juice, though not quite the full 10 years of age.
A great choice that Ontario still carries is the Elijah Craig 12 Year Old at $48 (8.68 ± 0.29 on 20 reviews). This has been replaced by a younger no-age-statement “small batch” version in U.S. Note the 12yo version has a fairly pronounced “oaky” character.
Rated even higher is Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve ($57, 8.79 ± 0.27 on 10 reviews) – a popular cask-strength (60%) option.
For high-rye bourbons (which typically are more “spicy” tasting), you can’t go wrong with Four Roses Single Barrel at $46 CAD (8.72 ± 0.34 on 18 reviews). It’s worth the premium over the otherwise decent Four Roses Small Batch at $40 CAD (8.49 ± 0.44 on 19 reviews). Unfortunately, most of the other high-ryes I would recommend are currently out of stock (and unlikely to come back this year).
But why not try a quality Canadian choice? These are typically widely available all year round.
Sure, you could go for Jim Murray’s “World Whisky of the Year” for 2015 – Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye – for $35 CAD. It gets a decent Meta-Critic score of 8.59 ± 0.42 on 13 reviews. But like many, I consider it to be only an “average” Canadian rye.
As with last year, my top pick as the king of Canadian straight rye whisky is Corby’s Lot 40. Getting an excellent 8.90 ± 0.41 on 18 reviews, it is quite affordable at $40 CAD. One of the best aromas you will find in the rye selection at the LCBO.
Wiser’s Legacy is another solid choice, with an even higher 9.01 ± 0.35 on 15 reviews. Regularly-priced at $50 CAD, it has a spicy rye flavour (and is said to consist of Lot 40 in part).
As always, Alberta Premium Dark Horse at $32 CAD is a great buy – if you like a little sherry flavour in your rye. 8.62 ± 0.34 on 15 reviews.
I don’t typically break down Scotch-style blends by flavour profile (as I do for for the more complex single malts below). But you can generally think of blends in two categories: those with some smokey/peaty flavours and those without.
For those who like a bit of smoke, Johnnie Walker Black at $57 (8.27 ± 0.49 on 21 reviews) remains a staple – and for good reason. It is higher ranked than most of the other smokey blends – but it is also priced higher. So if you want try something a little different on a budget, the LCBO also carries the higher-ranked but lower-priced Té Bheag for only $39 (8.47 ± 0.31 on 14 reviews). Pronounced chey-vek, this whisky has a more fruity character than JW Black, and even more smoke (if you think the recipient would like that). Another great choice is Great King St Glasgow Blend for $57 (8.57 ± 0.25 on 11 reviews) – one of the highest-ranked smokey blends I’ve seen.
For non-smokey blends, these are often imbibed as mixed drinks, or the classic scotch-and-soda. There are a lot very good blends out that you may not have heard of – unfortunately, the LCBO is not carrying many at the moment. For example, they are currently out of stock of Great King St Artist’s Blend for $55 (8.58 ± 0.38 on 18 reviews), which would have been a top pick. So why not try a great Irish blend instead: Writer’s Tears for $50 (8.47 ± 0.37 on 14 reviews). Unusual for an Irish whiskey, this is a blend of single malt whisky and classic Irish pot still whisky (which is a mix of malted and unmalted barley in a single copper pot still). Very flavourful, and a good value.
A personal favourite of mine in this group is Suntory Toki at $60 CAD (8.24 ± 0.63 on 5 reviews). I feel the quality here is higher than the Meta-Critic score indicates (which is based on only a limited number of reviews so far). It is delightfully fresh and clean, easy to sip neat, and is highly recommended in the classic Japanese “highball” (scotch-and-soda for the rest of us ;). Here is a chance for you to experience an authentic Japanese whisky, without the usual high cost. It’s a great introduction to the lighter Japanese style.
Single malts come in a wide range of flavours – much more so than any other class of whisky. As usual, it is worth recommending single malt whiskies by flavour “super-cluster”, as described on my Flavour Map page. I’m going to start with the more delicate examples below, followed by the more “winey” and “smokey” examples.
BTW, If you are interested in checking out another Japaenese whisky, consider the Hibiki Harmony at $100 (8.40 ± 0.61 on 14 reviews). It comes in a fancy decanter-style bottle, and has a richer yet still delicate flavour profile. Again, I think the Meta-Critic Score is unfairly harsh here – this is a lovely blend, and is a more flavourful expression than the Suntory Toki described previously.
Super-cluster G-H : Light and sweet, apéritif-style – with honey, floral, fruity and malty notes, sometimes spicy, but rarely smokey.
At $95 CAD, the Dalwhinnie 15 Year Old is my top pick in this category (8.68 ± 0.35 on 18 reviews). That is a phenomenal score for this flavour supercluster (i.e., delicate whiskies always score lower than winey/smokey ones). The Dalwhinnnie is a fairly delicate whisky, but there is a surprising amount of subtlety here. It has a lovely honey sweetness to it (but is not too sweet), and has just the slightest hint of smoke in the background. Well worth a try – a staple of my liquor cabinet.
Backup choices you may want to consider are The Arran Malt 10 Year Old at $70 CAD (8.55 ± 0.33 on 20 reviews), and the An Cnoc 12 Year Old at $80 CAD (8.62 ± 0.35 on 17 reviews). The Dalwhinnie is worth the slight extra though, in my opinion.
It is actually on border of Super-cluster E-F and cluster I (due to the moderate smoke), but my top pick here is Amrut Fusion, from India. At only $86 CAD, and scoring an amazing 8.90 ± 0.24 on 22 reviews, this is certainly an excellent choice. It’s also an opportunity for those looking to explore some extra “tropical” fruit flavours in their whisky – check out my full review above for more info on this whisky. Note that this one is very popular, and so stock levels are already starting to drop across the LCBO.
Ot herwise, my top mid-range choice in this category is an Irish whiskey, the $80 CAD Redbreast 12 Year Old. Redbreast is a single pot still whiskey. As mentioned earlier, this is a traditional Irish style, where both unmalted and malted barley are distilled together in single copper pot still. The end result is thus closer to a Scottish single malt than a blend. It gets a very good 8.75 ± 0.42 on 21 reviews.
If you are looking for a budget option in this class, check out the Auchentoshan 12 Year Old. At $65 CAD and scoring 8.27 ± 0.26 on 21 reviews, this is a step up from your typical ubiquitous Glenfiddich/Glenlivet 12yo.
My top pick here remains the Aberlour A’Bunadh. I don’t understand how this has remained at $100 CAD, given the quality of the various batches. It gets an impressive 8.95 ± 0.17 on 22 reviews overall. While there is some variability between batches, this is not usually significant. Note however that this is a cask-strength whisky, so it packs a higher concentration of alcohol than typical. And inventory tends to disappear fast around this time of year – it’s a popular one.
My budget choice, at $73 CAD, remains the GlenDronach 12 Year Old. It gets a very respectable 8.57 ± 0.22 on 20 reviews. It packs a lot of flavour.
Now, let’s dial back down the winey flavours, and instead bring up the smokey complexity.
In addition to the Amrut Fusion already mentioned above, you would do well to stick with a classic member of this class: the Talisker 10 Year Old. At $100, it gets an excellent 8.91 ± 0.17 on 21 reviews. I don’t think you can go wrong with this choice. Also very nice, but with low availability is Longrow Peated ($101, scoring 8.79 ± 0.27 on 13 reviews). It is right on the border with the smokier Cluster J, though.
A reasonable budget choice – especially if you like a little sherry in your smoky malt – is the Highland Park 10 Year Old ($65, 8.47 ± 0.28 on 14 reviews) or 12 Year Old ($80, 8.38 ± 0.36 on 12 reviews). Unfortunately, quality seems to have dropped in recent batches of the 12yo, otherwise this one would have been a a top pick (i.e., it used to score higher).
For the smoke/peat fan, you really can’t top the value proposition of the Laphroaig Quarter Cask – only $73 CAD, yet garnering a very high meta-critic score of 9.02 ± 0.27 on 21 reviews. That’s a remarkable score for the price, if you are into these peat bombs.
Surprisingly, it’s even cheaper than the standard Laphroaig 10 Year Old expression ($84 CAD, 8.92 ± 0.29 on 14 reviews). The Ardbeg 10 Year Old is another consideration for an entry-level expression ($100 CAD, 8.95 ± 0.34 on 21 reviews). If you like a wine-finish, for a very limited time you can order a bottle of this year’s Laphroaig Cairdeas for $100 (2016 Madeira edition, 8.82 ± 0.48 on 8 reviews) through LCBO online.
Of course, there is a lot more to consider if you are willing to go a bit higher. Stretching the budget a bit to $123 CAD, a very popular favourite is the Lagavulin 16 Year Old. It gets an incredible meta-critic score of 9.23 ± 0.23 on 25 reviews. Full of a wide array of rich flavours, I find it a lot more interesting than the younger peat-bombs above. Just be prepared to smell like a talking ash-tray for the rest of the evening!
Again, whatever you choose to get, I strongly suggest you use the Whisky Database to see how it compares to other options in its respective flavour class or style.
It’s been a little over six months since I launched WhiskyAnalysis.com, and in that time the site has grown considerably. I have nearly doubled the number of modern whiskies tracked in the Whisky Database – now exceeding 600 that meet the minimum threshold of at least 3 reviews.
The average meta-critic score for all whiskies that I track is currently 8.55 ± 0.56.
That includes almost 5,500 individual whisky review scores – all manually curated, to ensure the same whiskies are being tracked across all reviewers. And that number is an under-estimate of the work involved, as I also have to track the individual members of one of the two reviewer collectives that I include (which then gets combined into single composite score for that collective).
I also continue to add new reviewers to the database, where they meet the minimum requirements outlined here. There is a lot of great information on recent whiskies that continues to be developed and presented online.
I am also continuing to add my own whisky commentaries, with more detailed personal tasting notes now. Hopefully you find these reviews and the additional industry analysis articles useful! | 2019-04-25T18:15:16Z | https://whiskyanalysis.com/index.php/category/whisky-resources/ |
Toying around with a leveling system.....still in the design stage, but closing in on it.
Interesting. I've seen aftermarket hacks with this feature, but I gotta ask: why on a Ural?
It's a Ural frame alright , but will be hung on that GS you see in the background in the vid.....Not that I wouldn't do this to my Ural if I was keeping it, I've seen theses mods in action and they do come in handy sometimes.
Is this to increase ride height for off-road situations and lower it for pavement stability?
That's one thing one could do with this feature. I was looking at keeping the rig level as possible when riding back roads that have a bit of an angle to them.....and to compensate for heavy loads.
I see. Will the juice be worth the squeeze?
and to compensate for heavy loads.
Seems to me like only a stiffer rate spring on the shock could properly do that, but I might be off-base.
I've done some roads where I sure wish I could have raised or lowered the tub a bit to feel a bit more "comfortable" riding them....mostly when the tub seems to be higher than you are As to the stiffer spring rate shock.....one is not always toting a heavy load.
Chuck, just curious, would it be possible to make a 2WD version of this?
Also, do you make any mods to bolster the axle for the change in angle(s)?
Looks great - thank you for sharing!
Matt.....you would have to do some frame mods to make a 2wd version......the frame would be in the way when you tried to raise the sidecar up higher.....the drive shaft would hit the frame.....you might be able to lower the rig....looking at my GU, the driveshaft might fit up in the well that runs cross ways in the tub. I didn't have to do anything to the axle.....but to be clear, are you talking axle or drive shaft? I can take some close up still shots if you like.
Matt, on the rig I'm working on there will be no two wheel drive, so no drive shaft.....but I'm sure with some design work one could make this system work with a 2wd rig. Is this something you would like to do to your rig?
Right you are.....but it's making me think about doing a bit of design work to see if one could pull it off without too much trouble. I'm thinking the splines in the drive shaft might have to be extended a bit to make it happen. I guess it depends on how far you raise and lower the sidecar wheel.
Nice. DMC offers a similar set up on their rigs. | 2019-04-24T17:53:07Z | https://www.sovietsteeds.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&p=689488 |
If you’re looking for a wedding theme that’s stylish, classic and easy to put together, then you should definitely consider having a black and white wedding theme, particularly if you’re having a city wedding.
Your wedding invitation can be black script on white but have a contemporary touch, as with these invitations from DoodleLove which would certainly grace any mantelpiece and mark your wedding out as stylish from the word go.
If you’re having an evening wedding, you could dress your bridesmaids in black and white dresses, white dresses with black sashes or vice versa. Have a look at bridesmaid frocks from places like Dessy, who allow you to mix and match colours up. Remember that having a different style for each bridesmaid is very on trend and allows each girl to focus on her good points and camouflage the not so good!
If you’re wearing a traditional white wedding dress, then maybe mix it up by having black satin wedding shoes. In fact, if you choose shoes in a practical colour like black, you’re more likely to wear them again and so you can justify spending a bit more on your dream pair.
As for your bridegroom and his party, they could wear black tie particularly perfect if it’s an evening wedding and have white buttonholes, white roses or gardenias would be very sophisticated.
And if you ask your guests to dress in black and white, the party will have an instant style about it. Dressing in black and white isn’t complicated or expensive and people don’t have to hire costumes. They are also colours that suit just about everybody.
Now what about your venue? Maybe you’ve picked out a location that’s perfect for you, but you think it’s rather lacking in terms of décor and ambience.
Well, that is exactly where one of our stylists can step in and help you. With props, room draping, clever lighting, chair sashes and table dressing they can transform your wedding reception into something completely stunning.
Just have a look at some of the black and white themed wedding days we’ve already organised.
We’ve certainly created the wow factor for a number of couples.
Other ways to incorporate black and white ideas to your theme could be in the food you serve, how about black and white canapés? Or black and white macaroons as wedding favours?
For your thank-you cards, you could have a black and white photograph of the pair of you on your wedding day.
As well as being talented, our stylists are extremely experienced and will work with you to help you make the best out of your wedding budget.
They have props at their disposal and can create and email to you inspiration boards with ideas, as well as photographs of other weddings that they have styled in a similar theme to yours.
For example, large ostrich feather plumes can look wonderful as table centerpieces and our stylists will be able to source these for you. The alternative is that you would have to spend time, money and effort sourcing your own feathers and what would you do with them afterwards anyway?
Getting in touch with one of our stylists doesn’t commit you to anything and we have talented professionals all over the UK so there’s certain to be one near you.
Don’t feel that you’re going to have a cookie-cutter wedding , our stylists ensure that every wedding day looks different, so it’s unique to you and your partner. You can feel comfortable that you can talk your ideas through with a sympathetic ear so that you get the look you want for your special day.
So get in touch today and see how we can help you theme your perfect black and white wedding day. | 2019-04-20T10:19:16Z | https://www.ambiencevenuestyling.com/ideas-for-a-black-and-white-wedding-theme/ |
The RHP tire pressure gauge features a 2" face with a 14" rubber hose and push-button bleeder valve to relieve excess pressure. Individually calibrated to 15, 30, 45 and 60 psi.
The RHP tire pressure gauge features a 2" face with a 14" rubber hose and push-button bleeder valve to relieve excess pressure. Calibrated to 15 psi.
The RHP tire pressure gauge features a 2" face with a 14" rubber hose and push-button bleeder valve to relieve excess pressure. Calibrated to 30 psi.
The RHP tire pressure gauge features a 2" face with a 14" rubber hose and push-button bleeder valve to relieve excess pressure. Calibrated to 45 psi.
The RHP tire pressure gauge features a 2" face with a 14" rubber hose and push-button bleeder valve to relieve excess pressure. Calibrated to 60 psi. | 2019-04-20T11:28:56Z | https://www.redhorseperformance.com/collections/tire-pressure-gauges |
Using a credit card reader on a mobile device for membership drive sign ups at a live event?
MemberMouse Support is telling me they are not aware of any credit card readers that are compatible with MemberMouse.
I'm trying to make the sign up process as short and efficient as possible. | 2019-04-20T00:32:08Z | https://support.membermouse.com/support/discussions/topics/9000042207 |
The price per 50-60 minute counselling session is £50.
A limited number of concessionary slots are available. Please don’t hesitate to enquire. | 2019-04-25T16:19:00Z | http://lauenna.co.uk/price/ |
A small community lives in fear of the satanic evil that festers within the dark forests that surround their small village. One night, a love-struck villager ventures into the oppressive woods in search of forbidden magic and ancient rites. To aid them, the townsfolk enlist the aid of William Thatcher Blake, a witch hunter whose arrival stirs a cauldron of terror that threatens to engulf them all in a bloody pit of horror! | 2019-04-24T23:51:06Z | http://www.ihorrordb.com/movies/43502-witchfinder |
Liev Schreiber and rumored girlfriend Taylor Neisen proved the Hamptons beaches are for more than just sunbathing.
The “Ray Donovan” star, 50, and Neisen, 26, were photographed in their swimsuits and wetsuits as they lounged on the beach and took on the Long Island waves.
Both Schreiber and Neisen, who is a former Miss South Dakota, took their boards out onto the ocean, though it appears only Neisen suffered a wipeout.
When the former beauty pageant star wasn’t in the water, she stripped off her wetsuit and showed off her teenie black-and-white bikini.
The rumored couple, who got together following Schreiber’s split from Naomi Watts but never confirmed the relationship, previously vacationed in Costa Rica together, where they were spotted frolicking on the beach along with Schreiber’s two sons, Alexander and Sam. | 2019-04-24T02:59:02Z | https://okhithq.com/e-news/liev-schreiber-and-rumored-girlfriend-taylor-neisen-surf-the-hamptons/ |
I suppose there is some truth in the monolog and nowhere was it more apparent than in the medal ceremony for women’s ice hockey. The Canadians, winners of the gold were elated, as were the Swiss, winners of the bronze. But, the American team, silver medals around their necks, looked as if they’d just accidently shredded the winning $40 million Power Ball ticket.
Some saw it as poor sportsmanship, others the sincere reaction of fierce competitors.
You’d think that to medal would be a lifetime achievement regardless of the color, to stand on the podium the ultimate goal of any athlete. But, some competitors are so goal driven that only the title of “number one” will suffice.
So, should they be forgiven if they sulk upon falling short of their goal?
I’m not talking about the dark horse, the true amateur who competes for the sheer love of the game. Nor am I talking about the gang of misfits and rookies drawn together for a common cause and melded into a team by a crusty old coach, the kind of Cinderella story they make into a Hallmark TV movie.
No, these were professionals or semi-pros that have worked and dedicated their adolescent and adult lives to this purpose. As kids so driven they probably carried their hockey sticks to recess and study hall just to practice that perfect pass or shot on goal.
Maybe they can be forgiven for their show of sour grapes. Unlike other competitions there’s no “next year” in the Olympics. The losers of the Super Bowl look forward the next season. Four years is a long time to wait in the sports world. Too many things can intervene—non-sport careers, injuries, age, and just plain old loss of interest.
As I watched them on the rink and on the podium I saw a fierceness and dedication through those tears and a spark of realization forming that, even in a losing effort, it was enough to have left everything out on the ice.
One other thing. I was proud to be an American as I watched them even in their losing effort on the ice. Go USA! | 2019-04-22T09:19:16Z | https://www.robertthorntononline.com/blog/archives/02-2014 |
To be honest I have a love, hate relationship with my natural hair. I love my natural hair and that’s the truth but I also hate it at times. I know many of you are wondering what in the world is she saying. I will tell you why.
I have been natural eight years and counting and I seriously have no regrets. All my natural loves can attest or agree with me on this, there comes a time in our natural hair journey, where we just wish our hair was different texture so it can be manageable for styles, wash days and even detangling sessions. Dealing with our hair can give us serious and I mean serious anxiety attacks and even send us into a state of depression. I know what I am talking about I have been there.
All in all I love my natural hair, it brings joy to my soul. I big chopped my hair several times for many reasons (heat damaged being one of my main reason).
What I really love about my hair is the fact that it is very versatile. In my years of being natural I have cared more for my hair than I have ever done. My decision/s for going natural are great, but those decisions have been an eye-opener for me as they allowed me to change my life-style for a good. Also I met so many naturalistas who encouraged and motivated me to stand the test of times.
As a result of my decisions I learn to love, embrace and care for my hair. I have been able to lead many to the (cross lol!!) of the natural hair journey.
It feels amazing to be able to inspire and share my journey. It was truly a learning process and still is a learning process but all in all its all worth it.
Do you have a love, hate natural hair story? Please share to motivate and influence some naturalista who is struggling to stay on course.
I love your natural hair, especially in the tapered cut… keep fighting the good naturalista fight! | 2019-04-24T22:42:42Z | http://tailoredbyterrieann.com/my-love-hate-relationship-with-my-natural-hair/ |
in the studio today. trying out some lighting ideas. I'm always amazed just how much better strobes are over continuous softbox lights.
A quick self portrait today. Using top corner strobe and a softbox positioned from below. Some Lightroom processing with experimental selective colouring. Not my favourite technique, I was just proving a point.
I am so glad I have finally completed this project. Growing my beard with slow and itchy. On the final weekend in November I setup my third Big Shave project in the bathroom and got to work taking it all off.
I used my Fuji X-E2 and a 35mm lens, tripod, two soft box lights and an intervalometer. The Fuji doesn't allow for built-in interval shooting, so with the intervalometer I could set the timer to fire an exposure ever few seconds without touching the camera each time.
I started the camera shooting and began trimming away with my fingers. Then quickly hacked away at my beard with a beard shaver. Snip, snip, buzz, buzz. Finally finishing with my beard all gone and 700 images created. I continued on and also shaved my hair too. The same process but being more careful as I had to work on Monday. Another 500 images. Once the capture was complete, I packed up and started the post-processing in Adobe Lightroom.
I had decided early on that I was shooting JPEGs. Much easier to deal with in post. They downloaded to the Mac in about 8 minutes and I started to rate each image as 1 (not required) or 3 (required). Once rated I tried out some presets I had developed for portraits then export them all to Adobe Premiere.
I'm not entirely happy with the project this time. I don't think the intervalometer worked very well. Each frame doesn't look like its taken at the optimum time. Oh well.
Growing a beard for a whole month is hard going. I find myself having to use serviettes after every mouthful of food and itching it every 30 seconds. I feel way too old with it and can't wait to shave it off. This recent beard project has come 2 1/2 years since my last beard project 'Big Shave 2'. A time-lapse of me shaving myself.
I don't plan them too well however I like seeing how they develop, The project 'Big Shave 3' is on its way and should be complete this week. | 2019-04-26T00:09:42Z | https://neil-smith.squarespace.com/blog?category=Selfie |
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TWELVE boys and their football coach were found in a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand on Monday after being missing for nine days. They are all alive.
Video released by the Thai navy showed the boys sitting in a dry area inside the cave. Narongsak Osatanakorn, governor of the local Chiang Rai region, says that none of the group is in a critical condition, but some might have injuries.
The group was trapped by flooding on 23 June. They were found by a team of divers, and in the navy video the boys talk about not having had anything to eat. Osatanakorn says they have now been given high-protein liquid food and painkillers, plus antibiotics as a preventative measure.
Thailand’s rainy season usually lasts until October. It may be safer for the group to remain in the cave until then. “Trying to take non-divers through a cave is one of the most dangerous situations possible, even if the dives are relatively easy,” says Anmar Mirza, a US cave rescue expert. | 2019-04-19T06:50:07Z | https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931853-500-boys-and-football-coach-in-thai-cave-are-medically-stable/ |
In this episode of Hump Day Hustle John Stiles & Todd Dexheimer discuss what real estate investors can do to prepare for a recession.
John Stiles is a licensed MN real estate agent with Bridge Realty.
How to raise money without getting in trouble with the SEC!
Should you be scared of rent control? | 2019-04-25T08:01:39Z | http://www.venturedproperties.com/podcasts/what-real-estate-investors-can-do-to-prepare-for-a-recession/ |
Thread: Vasari Corridor- any news?
Is there any more news as to when the Vasari Corridor will reopen to the public? I’m back in Florence March 2019 and was hoping to visit the corridor.
Unfortunately, I have yet to hear any news, either official or down the grapevine, of its reopening soon.
It was set to reopen in 2018 but the lastest news from last summer was that the project was still in being decided on, that the work was yet to start and that the hope, if all goes well, is that it will reopen in 2020! | 2019-04-26T03:04:58Z | https://www.discovertuscany.com/forum/florence/7128-vasari-corridor-any-news-post17920.html?s=1292f2119a814d3f0c54392c3dec6678 |
Vector Construction and Vector Corrosion Technologies' roots date back to 1965 in the earthworks business building roads, under the name G.M.W. Ltd. After several years of highway grading, dam building, site development, and other heavy construction projects, the opportunity came to take on a significant concrete repair project on a hydro-electric facility for Manitoba Hydro. This start in concrete rehabilitation soon lead to new opportunities to provide the latest concrete restoration and protection technologies to a broad range of clients.
Concrete repair operations started with a branch in Manitoba, then soon expanded to include a branch in Thunder Bay, ON. After several years of successful growth in these branches two more branches were added in Saskatchewan and Southern Ontario. Vector’s concrete repair business continued to grow with the addition of new branches in Alberta and Fargo, North Dakota. Further expansion continued with three more branches in the United States in North Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois. These services are now delivered through the Winnipeg Head Office and these nine branch offices.
Vector expanded into the related area of investigating and mitigating corrosion of reinforcing steel in reinforced concrete structures. This expansion began with the installation of cathodic protection systems and then shortly followed with the introduction of the Norcure® System for removing the chlorides from concrete using electrochemical technology. We have since extended our offering to include corrosion testing on reinforced concrete structures, design and installation of cathodic protection systems, and sales and distribution of galvanic and impressed current anodes for reinforcing steel protection.
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LOS ANGELES-- --Andy Garcia can finally sit down, relax and light a cigar. As he takes a puff, the smoke rising above him in his Los Angeles hotel suite, he begins to describe what it took to direct his newest film, The Lost City.
He brought the stogie back from the Dominican Republic, where much of the film's production took place. He acted, co-produced and oversaw the movie's soundtrack, too.
The film chronicles the events leading up to the Cuban revolution, as seen through the eyes of a nightclub owner in Havana played by Garcia.
Garcia's family left Cuba for Miami when he was 5. Garcia went on to have a successful film career, most notably his work in The Godfather: Part III and Ocean's Eleven.
The idea of making The Lost City began 16 years ago, and Garcia - who says he has always believed that someday Cuba will be freed from Fidel Castro's control - never gave up on the story.
Recently, Garcia spoke about bringing his most personal project to the screen.
What do you think it took for you to get to this point of your life?
For me to be here, my parents had to sacrifice. They had the courage to get on a plane and go to a country where they didn't speak the language. They had to start anew, giving up their professions. Their professions in a sense were taken away because once everything was nationalized in Cuba ... whatever businesses you had were confiscated. Newspapers were confiscated. Businesses were confiscated. The monetary standards were changed. Your money was confiscated.
As Fico [Garcia's character] says in the movie, "There was nothing left for me in Cuba, so I took Cuba with me." My parents made the sacrifice to bring me here so I could live in a place where I can be free to think for myself and to articulate my ideas without any repercussions.
Do you still have relatives in Cuba?
No. We had a very small family and we all left.
What did your parents do in Cuba?
My father was a lawyer and a farmer. His father died at 54. We had a farm outside of Havana and my mother was a high school ... teacher. My father loved the farm.
What sentiments did your parents share with you about leaving Cuba?
When we came here, there was never any sadness in our household. We were blessed that we were here. We were able to be in America and have an opportunity to pursue our dreams and live free. We knew what was going down in Cuba and still is: the lack of human rights and freedoms [which are] essential to human beings.
We grew up living in a one-room apartment for all six of us. We slept on the living-room couch. It was a great upbringing. Growing up in Miami Beach in a predominantly Jewish-American community was fantastic for me. I had a profound nostalgia for Cuba, but I also have a great appreciation for America. I never saw my father or mother down. They were nostalgic and passionate about Cuba. Their journey was always positive and full of life. They worked very hard for us.
How much does the family in the film resemble your own?
My brothers and I were all very young [when they came to the United States], but the film reflects all our stories, more my father's journey. It's an amalgamation of everybody's story, in a way. And we wanted to cater to historical things and shed some light on the Cuban revolution, which a lot of people think was a peasant revolution. It was not. It was an intellectual revolution to restore the constitution and democracy. That's what Fidel Castro promised. ... Within a year's time, it became a Marxist communist state.
What do you think will happen after he dies?
You would hope that there would be a movement to get back to the principles of what the revolution promised, which is democracy. That's what I'm hoping for. I'm surprised it's lasted this long. I don't underestimate the desire for people to hold on to a specific type of power.
Do you think that in your lifetime you'll return to Cuba?
Yes. Just being in a free Cuba will be enough for me.
What are the chances that this film will be seen in Cuba?
Ahh. [Pause]. I don't know. In Cuba, usually all movies are seen. They get bootlegs. Eventually The Lost City will be seen, and people are waiting for it because I get that feedback. It might already be there. There could be a screener in Cuba as we speak. I don't know if he [Castro] will see it or not. If he does he'll probably say everything in the movie is false.
What message do you have for Castro?
Let the people of Cuba be free. Set them free. | 2019-04-18T11:22:33Z | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-06-23-0606230038-story.html |
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The highlight of XQ Dual is its dual selfie camera setup, with a 13-megapixel primary sensor and an 8-megapixel secondary sensor with 120-degree wide-angle lens for group selfies. The phone comes with a front firing LED flash as well. There is a 13-megapixel rear camera as well along with a fingerprint sensor located at the back. The phone is powered by a 3000mAh battery and comes with hybrid dual SIM support.
Theis set at Rs. 7,999 and will be exclusively available via Flipkart starting 30th May. It comes in Black and Gold color variants. The company is offering an exchange program with Flipkart where you can exchange any smartphone with a minimum exchange price of Rs. 1000. Flipkart is also offering a complete mobile protection at Rs. 99 and Rs. 2200 cashback for Reliance Jio customers.
The Mobiistar CQ is a budget smartphone for selfie enthusiasts. It comes with a 5-inch HD screen display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 425 Processor with 2GB of RAM, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat).
It comes with an 8-megapixel camera on the back and a 13-megapixel camera on the front with face beauty. It is powered by a 3000 mAh battery and does not feature a fingerprint sensor.
The Mobiistar CQ price in India is set at Rs. 4999 and is available in Black and Golden color options. It will start retailing from 30th May exclusively via Flipkart. The company is offering an exchange program with Flipkart where you can exchange any smartphone with a minimum exchange price of Rs. 1000. Flipkart is also offering a complete mobile protection at Rs. 99 and Rs. 2200 cashback for Reliance Jio customers. | 2019-04-23T20:08:47Z | https://gadgetscanner.in/mobiistar-xq-dual-and-cq-selfie-centric-phones-launched-in-india/ |
Are you that person? You know, the one who takes a weekend course and thinks that they’re an expert. Or the one that is “too busy” to learn and do what it takes to master a subject or endeavor, like … trading. Well, it’s a common notion and most people across the planet have fallen into this trap from time to time. Let’s look in on Betty and see how she handled this.
It looked like it would keep going up; but the price action soon stalled and headed to the downside. It was on the NQ E-mini and Betty had placed a market order as an extended candle on the 30 minute chart had blasted off and continued to go upward. Betty had been trading for several months and believed that the seminar she took had provided enough of an education in the markets to prepare her for live trading. “How hard could it be?” she had said to herself after completing the course. She made a plan and made sure that she had a few rules. Additionally, Betty thought that the brief instruction in trading discipline was more than enough because, as she put it, “I have that part handled.” A number of her friends had made a few ventures into the markets and she commented to herself, “Hadn’t they done well?” It didn’t matter to her that they freely admitted having no plan and they simply “went with the crowd.” Betty was not fazed by that admission and barreled forward with an unbridled confidence that she would prevail. However, this confidence was not based upon a foundation of competence and it was not long before she had a string of losses that shook not only the confidence but, with this latest turn in the price action, left her confused, frustrated, fragmented and frazzled. She couldn’t figure out what was going wrong. This stuff was supposed to be easy…wasn’t that what the seminar had intimated? Unfortunately, Betty not only lost in that NQ trade, she proceeded to lose consistently for several weeks that ended in a blown account. She blamed her failure on the seminar, the market news channels, her friends and anyone or anything else that came to mind…that is, anything else but herself.
The fact is that Betty had not prepared herself for trading success. Yes, she took a course and had studied her material; however, what she failed to realize was that success, in any important and valuable endeavor, requires more than just a few classes. It requires both an educational foundation and a mindset that is supportive to the task at hand…especially trading. Trading, as anyone who has done it for any length of time will come to know, is arguably the single most challenging venture on the planet. The reason for this is simply that trading is the only venture where if you are in a trade, with every tick of the market you are gaining or losing. Money is an extremely powerful stimulant in our society and from the early years of childhood we are taught that capital is directly associated with power and influence. Additionally, money becomes a part of personal identity and people who have it tend to feel a higher self-esteem than those who don’t. Trading requires both mechanical expertise (the ability to analyze and process market order flow, price action, indicators and economic reports while planning and executing according to rule-based strategies) and internal data expertise (the ability to manage thoughts, emotions and behaviors) which are the precursors to getting any result. The internal data or your mindset and attitude are crucial to your ability to see the mechanical data without distortion which often leads to erroneous interpretations and a lack of effective follow-through.
So, Betty had set herself up for failure. Her educational foundations were flimsy and she did not recognize that participating in the markets is almost exclusively mental and emotional as you negotiate mechanical and internal data. Actually, mindset is sacrosanct to any level of consistent trading success. You must hold yourself accountable for all results, focus on skill-building and process mastery as foundational principles; and you must keep your commitments. Without these, any level of genuine success will be almost entirely illusive. This is positioning for success by moving step-by-step in gaining the knowledge and mastering implementation and execution. In other words, you are recognizing that skill-building and process mastery is where true “competence” is developed. Confidence that is not based in competence is only hubris and promotes delusions that defy reality. | 2019-04-25T10:20:27Z | https://www.tradingacademy.com/lessons/article/your-confidence-is-best-built-upon-competence/ |
One of my most memorable experiences from when I was an investment banker in New York (and one of the things that really turned me off from banking, now that I think about it) happened one year at our team holiday party. One of the associates I worked with was going bald . . …. | 2019-04-25T14:49:45Z | https://sethlevine.com/archives/2006/03 |
In our ongoing search for a 'clean' energy source we exploited several resources, each implying different values and aesthetics. Rather than confirming the current trend of regenerative energies and limit our focus on making these resources accessible, "taste of light" tries to propose an alternative approach to energy to speculate upon.
Inspired by the phenomenon of “sun gazing” and its bio-electromagnetic reproduction the project explores the possibility of extending the human capability to directly process energy from natural sunlight for nourishment.
As eating in general not only serves as a vital need but also implies sensorial and social aspects, this project investigates the aesthetic potential as well as impact of accommodating our habits.
How could we simulate the sensation of taste if eating would not be a necessity any more? | 2019-04-18T11:02:08Z | http://design-interactions2007-2014.rca.ac.uk/l-franciszkiewicz/taste-light |
On our last day in taipei, we took train in the morning to visit one of the restaurant which i use to visit, what i like is the pig oil rice and the liver. There are artist who came specially for the rice like S.H.E, one of my friend seen ella ordering 2nd bowl of rice. However, during my visit early this year, the taste is not as satisfactory. I will suggest to give it a miss. Nearby is the popular Ding Tai Fung.
And after our meal, i had to taipei main station to take away Yam cake, one of my checklist. I am glad i bought the alishan tea leaves back in GX night street as we bought 2 tin for $500 TWD while the same tea leaves, 1 tin selling at 400 TWD.
We had the Mr Wu to pick us up in late afternoon to the airport. It was a fruitful trip for my family and myself. You can have dinner in airport. Just near the boarding gate there are cafeteria.
Enjoy reading your taiwan travel blog, can please email the PDF ltinerary too?
I am planning a 10 days trip to Taiwan and KaoXiong this year, do you know any must visit place to cover tainan also?
My first time to taiwan.. | 2019-04-18T20:37:49Z | http://www.shuxianblog.com/6-days-5-nights-in-taiwan-itinerary-part-7/ |
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This essay was written in conjunction with Jonathan Elderfield on view at CUE Art Foundation April 26 - June 2, 2007.
About 20 times a minute our vision is corrupted. The involuntary act of blinking limits our capacity to see the world around us, and it is only the basest way that our acuity is plundered. Take into account the distractedness that accompanies a daily agenda or the defensiveness of a city dweller, and our narrow vision is actually perpetuated as a survival tactic. The photography of Jonathan Elderfield exposes the deficit of our nearsightedness. In his photographs, the unseen moments that transpire in and around urban Chicago come into focus.
Elderfield often feels overwhelmed by the infinitude of moments that could be caught on film. He says, "I sometimes think, right at this moment, there are all these things happening in the world that could probably be captured in an interesting way, and I'm not there to do it." But in this project, Elderfield concentrates on Chicago, where he lived between 2004 and 2006 while he was employed as a photo editor by The Chicago Tribune. There is no doubt that his process has been greatly influenced by this involvement in photojournalism-the experience of culling thousands of photographs a day has allowed him to become a ruthless arbiter of his own work. He discloses that the 20 photographs in the CUE show were winnowed from nearly 7,000 exposures. As Henri Cartier-Bresson once said, "You must make a lot of milk to get a little cream."
Working in news photography has also allowed Elderfield to draw a distinction between the photojournalism he edits and the art of street photography to which he aspires. After shooting the South Street neighborhood of Philadelphia from 2002 to 2004, Elderfield understood how he wanted his photographs to stand apart from photography as illustration. He says, "What changed for me in Philly is that a lot of news photographers think in a narrative way. It was very important to me to reject that and say each picture can be equally strong and independent." In Elderfield's work, the singularity of each shot comes from its impeccable composition and the intimacy it invites.
Elderfield's habit of planting himself for long periods of time in public places permits him to linger and examine the attributes of a specific location. By staying put, he can envision how he might retell the story of the latticed walkway of a construction site, or the lighted tiers of a baseball stadium, at the precise moment when a catalyzing subject appears. The harmony between a studied space and a random event is particularly evident in a shot of two people on a street corner that is overwrought with litter, signs, newspaper vending machines, and the moldings and windows that dot the surrounding buildings. But within Elderfield's frame, the quotidian muddle that threatens to engulf the two pedestrians becomes an orderly, if baroque, backdrop. The patterns of lines are so variously dynamic that the shot could serve as a textbook illustration used to teach children about the properties of parallel versus perpendicular lines: A drawn cigarette strikes a right angle with a lamppost that divides a window, which meanwhile reflects a billboard across a building's vertical edge. The chain of interacting lines continues for as long as you study the scene.
Disorder begets order in Elderfield's compositions, but simple situations also become complex. His picture of a group of people, posing for their own photograph by a waterfront, brings to mind the words of Stephen Shore, who remarked in The Nature of Photographs that a photographer captures "a complex web of visual juxtapositions that realign themselves with each step the photographer takes." In this instance, Elderfield discovers a vantage point from which the five humans and two bags form a distended parallelogram that teases the edges of the water. The result is an exceptional perspective, in which the humans spring forth from the depthless convergence of concrete, water and horizon to create the illusion of three dimensions.
If the deft compositions catch your attention, the action depicted in each shot keeps your gaze. The alluring quality of Elderfield's subjects is never more apparent than in a photograph of four young black girls who part their circle just enough to invite you in on their secret. Looking at this picture, it is impossible not to feel part of the gang and invigorated by the unmerited inclusion in the reverie of strangers. What is so powerful about this ex post facto voyeurism is that it allows you to enter the moments that you missed, either because you weren't paying attention or were too inhibited to intrude. After all, social conventions dictate that strangers shalt not join a group of somebody else's children, look too long at a man lying prostrate in the gap of a rock ledge or ogle a couple having a romantic moment at the water's edge.
and confront people I don't know."
While Richards's brand of photography relies on cultivated relations with his subjects-whereas Elderfield's work consists of insights often taken anonymously from the hip-the task of excavating what's buried in other people is unnerving no matter what kind of grip you have on the shovel.
But without Elderfield these events would not exist beyond the moment they occur. Although he hardly shares the pretensions of George Berkeley, the 18th-century philosopher who pioneered the idea that to be is to be perceived (esse est percipi), his street photography engages in the same relation between perception and existence that Berkeley proposed. The camera becomes the charge of reality, authenticating the brief and mundane moments that would otherwise elude our negligent perception and thus fall into the abyss of the nonexistent. Without the affirmation of Elderfield's lens, for instance, the young girl brandishing her newly acquired cotton candy would be just another tree falling in the forest, with no one to hear it. Instead her ferocious victory emblazons the cover of this catalog, provoking us to enter upon Elderfield's world, where ho-hum scenes of the everyday become impeccably choreographed dramas of empathy.
The writer, Katherine Jentleson is an arts writer based in New York City. She is currently the editorial assistant at Art & Auction, a monthly magazine that covers the art world from a market perspective. She is a recent graduate of Cornell University, where she co-founded Cornell's premier feature journalism magazine, Kitsch. Her B.A. is in Comparative Literature, but she wrote her honors thesis on the Catalan painter Antoni Tàpies and is considering postgraduate work in Art History. | 2019-04-25T03:56:49Z | http://cueartfoundation.org/young-art-critics-essays/2013/8/7/momentary-capture-chicago-street-photography-by-jonathan-elderfield-katherine-jentleson |
First Rita Ora wore this hairstyle the same day it showed up on the Marc by Marc Jacobs runway, and then just last night Cara Delevingne was snapped out with a version of it. It's the knotted fauxhawk, and it's taking over the heads of edgy celebrities everywhere. It's no frauxhawk (you know what that is, don't you?), but it's definitely becoming a trend. And, sure mohawks, topknots, and topknot-mohawks aren't an entirely new concepts, but the look is gathering steam in the mainstream popularity department. And that means you might see them popping up more on the streets soon. And now you'll be able to say you know exactly when it how it made the turn. Don't you just love sounding on top of things?
First Rita Ora wore this hairstyle the same day it showed up on the Marc by Marc Jacobs runway, and then just last night Cara Delevingne was snapped out with a version of it. It's the knotted fauxhawk, and it's taking over the heads of edgy celebrities everywhere.
It's no frauxhawk (you know what that is, don't you?), but it's definitely becoming a trend. And, sure mohawks, topknots, and topknot-mohawks aren't an entirely new concepts, but the look is gathering steam in the mainstream popularity department. And that means you might see them popping up more on the streets soon. And now you'll be able to say you know exactly when it how it made the turn. Don't you just love sounding on top of things? | 2019-04-21T19:08:10Z | https://www.glamour.com/story/its-official-this-is-the-big-n |
The haze has made me very sleepy. I am not impressed at the PSI which is now over 240. For those who are clearing the land in Indonesia, they do not understand that for the monies that they earn clearing the land and profiting from the products sold, thousands in Singapore are breathing in the fine dust particles and harming their health. Many of us also have to consume more drinks both at home and outside, switch on additional hours of air-conditioner and fan at home, thus incurring higher electricity charges. Who should be responsible for us having to incur higher electricity charges? Who should foot the increased bills above? Who should be responsible for endangering our health?
Economically, the haze may have affected companies dealing in outdoor activities and events. The impression of Singapore as a tourist attraction may be affected and tourists may not want to come to Singapore as often. If there are many tourists who will return to Singapore less frequency as a result of the haze, our tourism dollars will shrink, reducing Singapore's earnings. | 2019-04-25T05:59:35Z | http://singaporeshortstories.blogspot.com/2015/09/sg50-haze-what-it-means-to-singapore.html |
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defines a new DNS resource record, "SSHFP", to carry the fingerprint.
extensions is assumed by this document. | 2019-04-21T06:26:55Z | https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc4255/ |
This president lectures Christians on a high horse none of us ever sat on, blames us for slavery, and in the next breath swears it wasn't Muslims who burned a man in a cage. Is that not rhetorical bigotry of the highest order?
May only Christians be diminished by guilt laden, hellish atrocities, with no statute of limitations? Christians just got their heads chopped off, but hey, Christians, don't get too upset, you know, the Crusades and all. Such comments are stunningly calloused at best, and blatantly evil at worst.
President Obama's nasty diatribe was personal. His socialist idol, Saul Alinsky, dedicates his Progressive Bible to Satan, for the love of God, so can we please stop excusing Obama's lifelong associations with nasty, America hating, leftist, hacks, as irrelevant to what the man believes? Hating and mocking Christians has long been in leftist DNA.
Obama is intentionally demoralizing America, attacking Christians, and creating hopelessness as a political strategy, of course he hates the country, that's not even an intelligent conversation. And Democrats, spare us your hypocritical drivel about civil discourse, when you defend unethical scum like Harry Reid in your ranks.
God bless Rudy Guiliani for stating the obvious. As Thomas Sowell notes, it's truly incredible people still don't get who this guy is, and how he's hell bent on bringing America to its knees, for no other reason than revenge. That's evil, and Republicans will continue to lose until they get the gonads to say so. | 2019-04-23T06:23:05Z | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/04/11/featured-letter-april-just-call-saul/25611597/ |
Let’s be pragmatic. Real people need access to food under conditions that enable them to retain their human dignity. One’s access to food affects one’s entire fabric of life. Access to food in human dignity is a question of human rights. Food First Information and Action Network (FIAN) uses the term, “right to feed oneself,” which does not mean an individual’s right to sustenance but rather, the individual’s right to freedom and dignity in cooperating with others and with nature to obtain food.
But what use are rights when food is unavailable, as during a famine? This is very instructive, because we must understand that most famines occur when rights are being violated. Most often, food in and of itself is not the problem nor are physical circumstances, such as a countrywide drought. People are deprived of food because they are deprived of access to it, such as the reports in this issue on Sudan indicate very strongly. There are other examples as well. Brazilian street children may have to break the law to obtain food and may lose their lives in the process. Bonded Indian laborers may have to work for food as virtual slaves. Pakistani prisoners’ access to food may depend entirely on their wardens. Peasants throughout the world may have to defend the land on which they raise crops against land grabbing or against agricultural policies that drive them to hunger and despair. Research has shown that some famines have coincided with increases in food supply to the affected region, although not to the poor and hungry.
It is thus not scarcity that leads to insufficient access to food, but the denial of access to food-producing resources and work. Who produces the food and for whom? Food is increasingly being produced in order to maximize the return on investments in food production. Food is produced for the rich in a global supermarket to which the poor, because they are so poor, have no access. Access to food in dignity means the freedom to be employed, perhaps self-employed, in agriculture or industry; it means the availability of work under conditions which are as just and fair as reasonably possible.
Adapted from FIAN 1996, Twelve Misconceptions about the Right to Food as a Human Right. Heidelberg: FIAN International Secretariat. | 2019-04-22T04:47:27Z | https://www.worldhunger.org/miscon2/ |
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Kutaiba is written in Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Bangla as قتيبة, कुतबा, قتيبة, কুতায়বা.
Each letter meanings in Kutaiba Name. | 2019-04-23T17:52:36Z | https://www.kidpaw.com/names/kutaiba |
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This main floor open concept 2 bedroom condo was renovated in 2008. Just steps from our beautiful private white sand beach, this unit is a perfect location for both adults and families.
The main living area has porcelain tiles with carpeted bedrooms. The fully equipped kitchen contains full size fridge with ice maker, stove, microwave, dishwasher and granite countertops. The master bedroom has a king size bed with new mattress purchased in 2016 and full ensuite bath with walk in shower. The second bedroom has 2 twin beds with a pull out queen sofa bed in the den. All linens, towels and beach towels are provided. Flat screen TV’s with cable are in each bedroom and the den. High speed wireless internet, CD player, DVD player and iPod docking station are available within the unit.
Spend your day relaxing in a chaise lounge on the beach watching the pelicans diving or the dolphins frolicking in the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico, make a sand castle, fish or enjoy a leisurely walk on the gorgeous 10 mile white sand beach collecting shells or sand dollars. Play tennis, or shuffleboard and finish off with a swim in our heated pool.
Other local recreational activities include walking or biking along the 10 mile path on Longboat Key, taking a stroll through nearby Joan Durante Park to enjoy the lush greenery and local wildlife, or golfing at one of the many local courses in the LongboatKey, Sarasota and Bradenton areas. Visit the local Mote Aquarium and Bird Sanctuary for an up close look at local bird and marine life. For those who enjoy shopping, St. Armands Circle, Bradenton and Sarasota boast many shopping areas along with the Premium Outlet Mall in nearby Ellenton. Depending on the season, cheer on many of your favourite American or National League baseball team at one of several nearby spring training locations or catch an NHL Hockey Game, NFL Football or Regular Season American League Baseball game in nearby Tampa. Busch Gardens or Florida’s major theme parks are just a day trip away.
As evening approaches, mix up your favourite beverage and enjoy spectacular sunsets from either the beach or the patio. Grill up dinner on the charcoal BBQ area located in the garden area just outside the unit or visit one of the many local restaurants on Longboat Key, St Armands Circle or Bradenton areas.
Sand Cay Beach Resort is an intimate 10 building (3 stories per building) 60 unit complex located just 90 minutes from Tampa International Airport and 30 minutes from Sarasota International Airport. A friendly, onsite management team is available to assist or answer any questions. A 10 million dollar restoration project was completed in 2008. The complex is fresh, alive and ready for guests. Why not spend your next family vacation or escape the cold northern winter at Sand Cay Beach resort. Contact us for winter specials and let your escape to paradise begin.
Beautiful Resort Like Living. Unlimited Golf with Tennis and Lots of Pools.
Tidewater Preserve Carriage Home, Riverfront On The Manatee River.
1109-1111 Siesta Key Cottages on Crescent-pet friendly! | 2019-04-23T14:45:15Z | https://www.agreatertown.com/longboat_key_fl/longboat_key_florida_south_central_gulf_coast_vacation_condo_rental_2_bed_000743956 |
Archives|NEW EASTERN RATES ASSAILED BY ROADS; 'Will Greatly Reduce Revenues,' Lines Hold, in Asking I.C.C. to Revise Its Order. 1925 DATA WRONG AS BASIS "Aggregate Picture," Not Individual Cases, Should Be Considered, Petition Declares.
NEW EASTERN RATES ASSAILED BY ROADS; 'Will Greatly Reduce Revenues,' Lines Hold, in Asking I.C.C. to Revise Its Order. 1925 DATA WRONG AS BASIS "Aggregate Picture," Not Individual Cases, Should Be Considered, Petition Declares. | 2019-04-21T05:04:30Z | https://www.nytimes.com/1930/09/04/archives/new-eastern-rates-assailed-by-roads-will-greatly-reduce-revenues.html |
Brussels Seafood Expo 2019 will take place from 07.05.2019 to 09.05.2019. The trade fair is held every year at Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium. The event is literally massive attracting more than 1 600 exhibitors and over 30 000 visitors from all over the world. Brussels Seafood Expo is without a doubt among the trendsetters of the global food industry exhibitions. Participants from 70 countries attend the trade fair making the show a must-attend platform for everyone doing business in the food and beverages sectors.
The magnitude of the event turns Brussels into an overbooked city narrowing down the number of available hotels to a minimum. Hotel rates during Brussels Seafood Expo can be overwhelming. This is the reason why the travel agents at RoomBites.com have put significant efforts to pin down a superb hotel list for you. The hotel rates are more than attractive and suit the needs of every business enterprise. We offer accommodation solutions designed to match your budget and your preferences!
Now that you have waived the Brussels Seafood Expo 2019 accommodation worries off, you can prepare yourself for what is sure to be a mind-blowing experience! | 2019-04-24T14:21:54Z | https://www.roombites.com/brussels/brussels-seafood-expo-2019 |
The earliest evidence we have for the harbour is around 1550 when a stone quay was built in the general location of the existing East Quay, jutting out from the Harbour Masters office towards West Quay. The area known as Old Sand, the beach in front of the museum and boat yard, is clearly where the fishing village began. The rocks behind, providing a level of protection that was then reinforced by the medieval harbour wall. This section of the harbour is known as Island Quay, and you can see in old paintings that the buildings were once accessed via a bridge. Each fisherman ran his own business, and no boat owner operated a fleet of vessels. There was no collective or dominant voice, and so it was the land owners that profited from the overall fishing industry; they clubbed together to establish and run a better infrastructure than currently existed. 1774 marked the first meeting of the Mevagissey Harbour Trust and was held in the Ship Inn. The Harbour Trust is a charity that exists to protect and promote all users and uses of the harbour; tourists, sailors, traders and fishermen all have an equal footing.
In a relatively short period of time, Mevagissey was recognised for the port that it had become and was viewed as an important location for coastal trade by Parliament. We can see from the tariff roll for the landing of goods how prosperous the harbour was. Goods included tin, wine, tobacco, stone, figs, cider ropes, varnish, hemp, flour, earthenware and so on.
Mevagissey was clearly a prosperous and well-known port, but its primary industry was about to emerge. The rise of the fishing industry and of one particular fish, the pilchard, catapulted Mevagissey into national and European fame.
In 1886 an Act was passed enabling the construction of the Outer Harbour, this was duly built and then washed away at vast expense on March 11th, 1891 during a rare blizzard. To destroy a newly-constructed harbour either says a lot about the construction of the harbour or the ferocity of the storm.
Members of the Jenkin family, possibly at or near Trewirgie House. Redruth.
However, this blizzard was a remarkable event. For five days the storm blew in from the east and battered the south of England. Large areas of Cornwall were left under snowdrifts between eight and fifteen foot high. Villages were cut off for weeks, ships were thrown onto rocks, and much property was destroyed. It is estimated that 28 large ships sunk, 200 people died as well as 6000 livestock. A passenger train was stranded in drifts for over twenty hours on the Cornish line. It was only discovered by a farmer trying to rescue his sheep.
The destruction of the Mevagissey pier and ability to man the lighthouse, was not announced until April 14th, almost a month later. In The Gazette, the UK’s Official Public Record. You would expect something as serious as the loss of a lighthouse to be reported as soon as was possible. The fact that it took a month shows how badly the infrastructure had been effected. The country had come to a standstill. As Mevagissey is surrounded by steep hills, I imagine the villagers were cut off for days if not weeks.
There are no photos of the damage but accounts suggest that the lighthouse remained standing, just, but the harbour walls leading out to it had been washed into the outer harbour, making navigation impossible. Also no one could safely access the light to warn other shipping. It’s hard to imagine Meva buried under snow but it happened once.
The Harbour Committee reports for the blizzard were incredible scant and simply refer to the costs required to rebuild. | 2019-04-19T05:17:15Z | https://visitmevagissey.co.uk/category/weather/ |
Let's Talk "Balloon Boy" Fiasco: Have You Ever Told a Big Fib?
As I'm sure you've already heard, the 6-year-old boy, Falcon Heene, who was reportedly not in a balloon that the nation watched drift across the sky, may have been part of a hoax plotted by one or both of his parents to get the fam on TV.
The whole saga got me thinking about lies and how they tend to snowball. Maybe—hopefully—the Heene family didn't intend for things to (pardon the pun) balloon out of control, like that, but that's the way fibs sometimes go. One little untruth can somehow turn into a giant fiasco that you never saw coming, especially in relationships.
A girl crosses her fingers behind her back.
I don't think I've ever told one giant lie to a boyfriend. (Or, maybe I have and I've just blocked it out!) But there have been a lot of "harmless" little white lies that ended up getting me into some real trouble.
"Oh that midnight text? Wrong number."
"Totally not me in those photos of girls dancing on the bar."
"Don't worry, babe--it happens to every guy!"
Sometimes these fibaroos are harmless, but every so often they can come back to bite us.
Have you ever told a whopper to your man? Why? Was that the end of it? Or, did it balloon into a bigger lie than you initially intended?
Check out 15 lies we tell ourselves!
Watch out! Here are five things dudes love to lie about!
Caught: 10 ways to tell if he's fibbing! | 2019-04-19T21:36:13Z | https://www.glamour.com/story/lets-talk-the-balloon-boy-hoax |
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you ran out of day before you were able to get everything done that you needed to? I’m seeing more and more of that being talked about all over social media these days. We live such busy lives, and so many things demand more of our time, but unfortunately, time is a finite thing and we cannot just create more of it.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t change the fact that we still need to get things done. What if I was to tell you that there are people in your area that might just be able to help you get some of the things you need to get done completed?
There’s a place on the Internet called SoManyErrands and they allow you to post things that you are needing to have done in cases where you really don’t have time to do them. They pair you up with people in your area that offer their services to people like you in their spare time in order to make a little money on the side.
Who Can Benefit From This Type Of Service?
SoManyErrands is able to help two groups of people at the same time; those who need the services done for them, and those who are willing to do the work, and make a little money on the side. Each one of the parties gains from the unique arrangement that SoManyErrands has to offer.
Laundry/dry cleaning drop off and pickup.
People looking for second income (side hustle).
In this fast pace time, we all live in more and more people seem to have more things to get done and less time to get them done. This where a company like SoManyErrands fills a big need for people who need to have things done and for those people who want to offer to do things that they are able to do for money. | 2019-04-24T01:50:35Z | https://techgeek365.com/many-errands-never-enough-time/ |
Excellent English food for a damp November evening. Glorious layers of potato, beans, carrots and leeks, topped with melted cheese. Warmth, energy and a touch of sweetness in the depths.
Salt, FAIRTRADE ground black pepper, FAIRTRADE nutmeg, butter and milk.
Soak the beans in cold water overnight, drain and rinse them.
In a cast iron skillet or nice saucepan fry the onions until starting to turn translucent.
Add the drained beans, garlic and water and bring to the boil. Then simmer uncovered for about 45 minutes to 1 hour until the beans are tender and the liquid well reduced.
Cook the potatoes, carrots and leeks, and mash the cooked potatoes with a little milk, margarine or butter, salt, FAIRTRADE ground black pepper, and FAIRTRADE nutmeg to taste.
Stir in the tomato puree and season with basil, salt and pepper to taste.
Lightly grease an ovenproof casserole dish and put the leeks and carrots in the base.
Spread the bean mixture on top and then sprinkle most of the grated cheese on this layer. Now make a mashed potato layer.
Fork over the layer and sprinkle on the remainder of the cheese.
Bake in the oven, pre-heated to gas mark 5 (190 °C; 375 °F), for 30 minutes or more until the top is crispy and golden.
Serve hot with a few brussel sprouts or broccoli. | 2019-04-25T00:19:23Z | http://fairtradecookbook.org.uk/recipes/vegetarian_pie.htm |
right beside the metro station.
Conveniently located 600 m from Athens city center and just steps from Metaxourgeio Metro Station, The Stanley Hotel features a rooftop pool, 2 restaurants and 2 bars, including an open-air bar on the rooftop. It offers air-conditioned accommodations with free WiFi, and a 24-hour front desk.
Featuring modern decoration and earthy colors, the rooms at The Stanley Hotel offer a satellite TV and a balcony. Each has a private bathroom with high quality toiletries and hairdryer. Some enjoy views of the Acropolis and Lycabettus Hill. Room service is open daily from 06:30am till 12:30.
Guests can relax on the rooftop terrace that is equipped with sun loungers and umbrellas and features views of the Acropolis. A fitness center with Sauna and Massage room is also available.
Ermou shopping street is 1km from the Stanley, while the Acropolis Museum is just a 5-minute metro ride. Guests have access to many beaches within a 30-minute drive. Stanley is located outside the traffic restriction ring of Athens, with a very easy access to National Roads. Athens International Airport is 36km away conveniently connected with the metro. Private parking with extra charge is available on site.
The Stanley is proud to announce the latest renovations and works to help improve our guest experience. | 2019-04-23T14:24:32Z | https://www.hotelstanley.gr/ |
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Voltage-induced broad-spectrum reflectivity change with surface-plasmon waves is reported. When white light is incident at a metal/electro-optical material interface, surface-plasmon waves can be excited under phase match conditions. This surface-plasmon resonance depends on the dielectric constants of both the metal and the electro-optical material. Photons in the surface-plasmon resonance wavelength range are absorbed by the interface. Since metals have large imaginary parts of their dielectric constants, the surface-plasmon resonances are broad and may cover all visible wavelengths. Applying voltage to the electro-optical material to change its dielectric constant can result in a change in the reflectivity at the interface. Experimental results showed a reflectivity change from almost 0% to about 40% under an applied voltage using a liquid-crystal and nickel film structure, and the results had good agreement with theoretical calculations. The theoretical calculations also predicted a 90% reflectivity recovery by exciting surface-plasmon waves at a Rh-Al/electro-optical material interface. These results demonstrate that a high efficiency white light modulator can be built using surface-plasmon excitations. | 2019-04-18T20:57:04Z | https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/handle/2014/39277 |
Thank you for managing the team to the first World Series appearance in 15 years. Best of luck to Terry wherever his future leads. Not sure where he fits into the organization but we shall see.
Sounds like his new role will involve player development.
It seems like the Mets handled this situation pretty poorly. They should have made this deal quietly weeks ago.
Did not deserve the undignified sendoff he received. Sandy gave lip service to changing the culture in the aftermath. Didn't he [Sandy] come in 7 yrs ago saying that he wanted to change the culture? So why does it still need changing?
I think your comments deserve a thread of it's own. It's been LOL Mets since Sandy has gotten here and hasn't really changed. The organization can't get out of its own way.
Thanks for not giving up on the season both times we made it, especially the WS run.
I'm interested to see who becomes the primary non-Wilpon foil for fans to rail against after every bad game/outcome/etc. Usually there's a 1 year grace period with managers before they become "OK, [last guy] was bad, but [NEW GUY] IS THE WORST!! CAN YOU BELIEVE HE'S HITTING [insert player here] 6th instead of 4th!? ARGHHHHHHH."
- Its never the players.
- Its never the GM, who is powerless to overcome Jeff Wilpon (who is apparently Sandy's buddy, not a foil, now? Or did I misread that last week? Is Fred the master villain again?).
Candidates probably include Mike Barwis, Ron Romanick, or Terry Collins (but as a FO man this time).
Um, its Sandy. Has been for a long time. Terry was easily #2 in terms of irrational fan rage.
A 'big' paycheck? For being loosely involved in player development? I'm sure Terry could get the same job at a similar salary anywhere else.
I appreciate the fact that in an organization that repeatedly embarasses themselves over and over, Terry's one of the few that never embarassed himself and was always a good ambassador for the franchise. Even yesterday Terry took the high road publicly when he really had no reason to, other than the vague promise of a player development job that he'd have every right to turn down and tell the Wilpons and Sandy to go scratch after the events of the last week. | 2019-04-24T13:56:28Z | http://www.nyfuturestars.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=44711&view=next |
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I’ve got a new ornament pattern to share with you for 2015!
Introducing the Ho Ho Sew! Sewing Machine Ornament PDF Pattern.
This sweet little sewing machine ornament will appeal to those that sew and anyone that appreciates handmade things. Imagine a tiny elf helping to stitch up a new hat for a tiny Santa!
Easy to make with felt, glue, and a few embroidery stitches. Great looking on your tree or make as a gift.
The ornament measures approximately 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″, not including the hanger. This is a no-sew project, except for the minimal embroidered details (which you could totally draw on if you wanted to, I won’t tell!). The pattern is now available in my Etsy Shop!
By the way, if you’re curious about the Ornament Club I’ve run in the past, it won’t be offered this year! This pattern is the first of hopefully several this season available for individual purchase. Thanks!
cutest ornament ever, thanks for sharing tutorial. | 2019-04-20T20:47:38Z | https://betzwhite.com/2015/11/ho-ho-sew-sewing-machine-ornament-pdf-pattern.html |
Why does the Universe exist? There are two questions here. First, why is there a Universe at all? It might have been true that nothing ever existed: no living beings, no stars, no atoms, not even space or time. When we think about this possibility, it can seem astonishing that anything exists. Second, why does this Universe exist? Things might have been, in countless ways, different. So why is the Universe as it is?
These questions, some believe, may have causal answers. Suppose first that the Universe has always existed. Some believe that, if all events were caused by earlier events, everything would be explained. That, however, is not so. Even an infinite series of events cannot explain itself. We could ask why this series occurred, rather than some other series, or no series. Of the supporters of the Steady State Theory, some welcomed what they took to be this theory’s atheistic implications. They assumed that, if the Universe had no beginning, there would be nothing for a Creator to explain. But there would still be an eternal Universe to explain.
Similar remarks apply to all suggestions of these kinds. There could not be a causal explanation of why the Universe exists, why there are any laws of nature, or why these laws are as they are. Nor would it make a difference if there is a God, who caused the rest of the Universe to exist. There could not be a causal explanation of why God exists.
These assumptions are all, I believe, mistaken. Even if these questions could not have answers, they would still make sense, and they would still be worth considering. I am reminded here of the aesthetic category of the sublime, as applied to the highest mountains, raging oceans, the night sky, the interiors of some cathedrals, and other things that are superhuman, awesome, limitless. No question is more sublime than why there is a Universe: why there is anything rather than nothing. Nor should we assume that answers to this question must be causal. And, even if reality cannot be fully explained, we may still make progress, since what is inexplicable may become less baffling than it now seems.
Some say: ‘If they had not been right, we couldn’t even ask this question.’ But that is no answer. It could be baffling how we survived some crash even though, if we hadn’t, we could not be baffled.
Others say: ‘There had to be some initial conditions, and the conditions that make life possible were as likely as any others. So there is nothing to be explained.’ To see what is wrong with this reply, we must distinguish two kinds of case. Suppose first that, when some radio telescope is aimed at most points in space, it records a random sequence of incoming waves. There might be nothing here that needed to be explained. Suppose next that, when the telescope is aimed in one direction, it records a sequence of waves whose pulses match the number π, in binary notation, to the first ten thousand digits. That particular number is, in one sense, just as likely as any other. But there would be something here that needed to be explained. Though each long number is unique, only a very few are, like π, mathematically special. What would need to be explained is why this sequence of waves exactly matched such a special number. Though this matching might be a coincidence, which had been randomly produced, that would be most unlikely. We could be almost certain that these waves had been produced by some kind of intelligence.
On the view that we are now considering, since any sequence of waves is as likely as any other, there would be nothing to be explained. If we accepted this view, intelligent beings elsewhere in space would not be able to communicate with us, since we would ignore their messages. Nor could God reveal himself. Suppose that, with an optical telescope, we saw a distant pattern of stars which spelled out in Hebrew script the first chapter of Genesis. According to this view, this pattern of stars would not need to be explained. That is clearly false.
Here is another analogy. Suppose first that, of a thousand people facing death, only one can be rescued. If there is a lottery to pick this one survivor, and I win, I would be very lucky. But there might be nothing here that needed to be explained. Someone had to win, and why not me? Consider next another lottery. Unless my gaoler picks the longest of a thousand straws, I shall be shot. If my gaoler picks that straw, there would be something to be explained. It would not be enough to say, ‘This result was as likely as any other.’ In the first lottery, nothing special happened: whatever the result, someone’s life would be saved. In this second lottery, the result was special, since, of the thousand possible results, only one would save a life. Why was this special result also what happened? Though this might be a coincidence, the chance of that is only one in a thousand. I could be almost certain that, like Dostoevsky’s mock execution, this lottery was rigged.
The Big Bang, it seems, was like this second lottery. For life to be possible, the initial conditions had to be selected with great accuracy. This appearance of fine-tuning, as some call it, also needs to be explained.
It may be objected that, in regarding conditions as special if they allow for life, we unjustifiably assume our own importance. But life is special, if only because of its complexity. An earthworm’s brain is more complicated than a lifeless galaxy. Nor is it only life that requires this fine-tuning. If the Big Bang’s initial conditions had not been almost precisely as they were, the Universe would have either almost instantly recollapsed, or expanded so fast, and with particles so thinly spread, that not even stars or heavy elements could have formed. That is enough to make these conditions very special.
It may next be objected that these conditions cannot be claimed to be improbable, since such a claim requires a statistical basis, and there is only one Universe. If we were considering all conceivable Universes, it would indeed be implausible to make judgments of statistical probability. But our question is much narrower. We are asking what would have happened if, with the same laws of nature, the initial conditions had been different. That provides the basis for a statistical judgment. There is a range of values that these conditions might have had, and physicists can work out in what proportion of this range the resulting Universe could have contained stars, heavy elements and life.
This proportion, it is claimed, is extremely small. Of the range of possible initial conditions, fewer than one in a billion billion would have produced a Universe with the complexity that allows for life. If this claim is true, as I shall here assume, there is something that cries out to be explained. Why was one of this tiny set also the one that actually obtained?
On one view, this was a mere coincidence. That is conceivable, since coincidences happen. But this view is hard to believe, since, if it were true, the chance of this coincidence occurring would be below one in a billion billion.
Others say: ‘The Big Bang was fine-tuned. In creating the Universe, God chose to make life possible.’ Atheists may reject this answer, thinking it improbable that God exists. But this probability cannot be as low as one in a billion billion. So even atheists should admit that, of these two answers to our question, the one that invokes God is more likely to be true.
This reasoning revives one of the traditional arguments for belief in God. In its strongest form, this argument appealed to the many features of animals, such as eyes or wings, that look as if they have been designed. Paley’s appeal to such features much impressed Darwin when he was young. Darwin later undermined this form of the argument, since evolution can explain this appearance of design. But evolution cannot explain the appearance of fine-tuning in the Big Bang.
This argument’s appeal to probabilities can be challenged in a different way. In claiming it to be most improbable that this fine-tuning was a coincidence, the argument assumes that, of the possible initial conditions in the Big Bang, each was equally likely to obtain. That assumption may be mistaken. The conditions that allow for complexity and life may have been, compared with all the others, much more likely to obtain. Perhaps they were even certain to obtain.
To answer this objection, we must broaden this argument’s conclusion. If these life-allowing conditions were either very likely or certain to obtain, then – as the argument claims – it would be no coincidence that the Universe allows for complexity and life. But this fine-tuning might have been the work, not of some existing being, but of some impersonal force, or fundamental law. That is what some theists believe God to be.
A stronger challenge to this argument comes from a different way of explaining the appearance of fine-tuning. Consider first a similar question. For life to be possible on Earth, many of Earth’s features have to be close to being as they are. The Earth’s having such features, it might be claimed, is unlikely to be a coincidence, and should therefore be regarded as God’s work. But such an argument would be weak. The Universe, we can reasonably believe, contains many planets, with varying conditions. We should expect that, on a few of these planets, conditions would be just right for life. Nor is it surprising that we live on one of these few.
Things are different, we may assume, with the appearance of fine-tuning in the Big Bang. While there are likely to be many other planets, there is only one Universe. But this difference may be less than it seems. Some physicists suggest that the observable Universe is only one out of many different worlds, which are all equally parts of reality. According to one such view, the other worlds are related to ours in a way that solves some of the mysteries of quantum physics. On the different and simpler view that is relevant here, the other worlds have the same fundamental laws of nature as our world, and they are produced by Big Bangs that are broadly similar, except in having different initial conditions.
On this Many Worlds Hypothesis, there is no need for fine-tuning. If there were enough Big Bangs, we should expect that, in a few of them, conditions would be just right to allow for complexity and life; and it would be no surprise that our Big Bang was one of these few. To illustrate this point, we can revise my second lottery. Suppose my gaoler picks a straw, not once but many times. That would explain his managing, once, to pick the longest straw, without that’s being an extreme coincidence, or this lottery’s being rigged.
On most versions of the Many Worlds Hypothesis, these many worlds are not, except through their origins, causally related. Some object that, since our world could not be causally affected by such other worlds, we can have no evidence for their existence, and can therefore have no reason to believe in them. But we do have such a reason, since their existence would explain an otherwise puzzling feature of our world: the appearance of fine-tuning.
Of these two ways to explain this appearance, which is better? Compared with belief in God, the Many Worlds Hypothesis is more cautious, since its claim is merely that there is more of the kind of reality that we can observe around us. But God’s existence has been claimed to be intrinsically more probable. According to most theists, God is a being who is omnipotent, omniscient and wholly good. The uncaused existence of such a being has been claimed to be simpler, and less arbitrary, than the uncaused existence of many highly complicated worlds. And simpler hypotheses, many scientists assume, are more likely to be true.
If such a God exists, however, other features of our world become hard to explain. It may not be surprising that God chose to make life possible. But the laws of nature could have been different, so there are many possible worlds that would have contained life. It is hard to understand why, out of all these possibilities, God chose to create our world. What is most baffling is the problem of evil. There appears to be suffering which any good person, knowing the truth, would have prevented if he could. If there is such suffering, there cannot be a God who is omnipotent, omniscient and wholly good.
To this problem, theists have proposed several solutions. Some suggest that God is not omnipotent, or not wholly good. Others suggest that undeserved suffering is not, as it seems, bad, or that God could not prevent such suffering without making the Universe, as a whole, less good.
We must ignore these suggestions here, since we have larger questions to consider. I began by asking why things are as they are. Before returning to that question, we should ask how things are. There is much about our world that we have not discovered. And, just as there may be other worlds that are like ours, there may be worlds that are very different.
It will help to distinguish two kinds of possibility. Cosmic possibilities cover everything that ever exists, and are the different ways that the whole of reality might be. Only one such possibility can be actual, or the one that obtains. Local possibilities are the different ways that some part of reality, or local world, might be. If some local world exists, that leaves it open whether other worlds exist.
One cosmic possibility is, roughly, that every possible local world exists. This we can call the All Worlds Hypothesis. Another possibility, which might have obtained, is that nothing ever exists. This we can call the Null Possibility. In each of the remaining possibilities, the number of worlds that exist is between none and all. There are countless of these possibilities, since there are countless combinations of particular possible local worlds.
Of these different cosmic possibilities, one must obtain, and only one can obtain. So we have two questions: which obtains, and why? These questions are connected. If some possibility would be easier to explain, we have more reason to believe that this possibility obtains. This is how, rather than believing in only one Big Bang, we have more reason to believe in many. Whether we believe in one or many, we have the question why any Big Bang has occurred. Though this question is hard, the occurrence of many Big Bangs is not more puzzling than the occurrence of only one. Most kinds of thing, or event, have many instances. We also have the question why, in the Big Bang that produced our world, the initial conditions allowed for complexity and life. If there has been only one Big Bang, this fact is also hard to explain, since it is most unlikely that these conditions merely happened to be right. If, instead, there have been many Big Bangs, this fact is easy to explain, since it is like the fact that, among countless planets, there are some whose conditions allow for life. Since belief in many Big Bangs leaves less that is unexplained, it is the better view.
If some cosmic possibilities would be less puzzling than others, because their obtaining would leave less to be explained, is there some possibility whose obtaining would be in no way puzzling?
Consider first the Null Possibility, in which nothing ever exists. To imagine this possibility, it may help to suppose first, that all that ever existed was a single atom. We then imagine that even this atom never existed.
Some have claimed that, if there had never been anything, there wouldn’t have been anything to be explained. But that is not so. When we imagine how things would have been if nothing had ever existed, what we should imagine away are such things as living beings, stars and atoms. There would still have been various truths, such as the truth that there were no stars or atoms, or that 9 is divisible by 3. We can ask why these things would have been true. And such questions may have answers. Thus we can explain why, even if nothing had ever existed, 9 would still have been divisible by 3. There is no conceivable alternative. And we can explain why there would have been no such things as immaterial matter, or spherical cubes. Such things are logically impossible. But why would nothing have existed? Why would there have been no stars or atoms, no philosophers or bluebell woods?
We should not claim that, if nothing had ever existed, there would have been nothing to be explained. But we can claim something less. Of all the global possibilities, the Null Possibility would have needed the least explanation. As Leibniz pointed out, it is much the simplest, and the least arbitrary. And it is the easiest to understand. It can seem mysterious, for example, how things could exist without their existence having some cause, but there cannot be a causal explanation of why the whole Universe, or God, exists. The Null Possibility raises no such problem. If nothing had ever existed, that state of affairs would not have needed to be caused.
Consider next the All Worlds Hypothesis, in which every possible local world exists. Unlike the Null Possibility, this may be how things are. And it may be the next least puzzling possibility. This hypothesis is not the same as – though it includes – the Many Worlds Hypothesis. On that more cautious view, many other worlds have the same elements as our world, and the same fundamental laws, and differ only in such features as their constants and initial conditions. The All Worlds Hypothesis covers every conceivable kind of world, and most of these other worlds would have very different elements and laws.
If all these worlds exist, we can ask why they do. But, compared with most other cosmic possibilities, the All Worlds Hypothesis may leave less that is unexplained. For example, whatever the number of possible worlds that exist, we have the question, ‘Why that number?’ This question would have been least puzzling if the number that existed were none, and the next least arbitrary possibility seems to be that all these worlds exist. With every other cosmic possibility, we have a further question. If ours is the only world, we can ask: ‘Out of all the possible worlds, why is this the one that exists?’ On any version of the Many Worlds Hypothesis, we have a similar question: ‘Why do just these worlds exist, with these elements and laws?’ But, if all these worlds exist, there is no such further question.
It may be objected that, even if all possible local worlds exist, that does not explain why our world is as it is. But that is a mistake. If all these worlds exist, each world is as it is in the way in which each number is as it is. We cannot sensibly ask why 9 is 9. Nor should we ask why our world is the one it is: why it is this world. That would be like asking, ‘Why are we who we are?’, or ‘Why is it now the time that it is?’ Those are not good questions.
Though the All Worlds Hypothesis avoids certain questions, it is not as simple, or un-arbitrary, as the Null Possibility. There may be no sharp distinction between worlds that are and are not possible. It is unclear what counts as a kind of world. And, if there are infinitely many kinds, there is a choice between different kinds of infinity.
Whichever cosmic possibility obtains, we can ask why it obtains. All that I have claimed so far is that, with some possibilities, this question would be less puzzling. Let us now ask: could this question have an answer? Might there be a theory that leaves nothing unexplained?
It is sometimes claimed that God, or the Universe, make themselves exist. But this cannot be true, since these entities cannot do anything unless they exist.
On a more intelligible view, it is logically necessary that God, or the Universe, exist, since the claim that they might not have existed leads to a contradiction. On such a view, though it may seem conceivable that there might never have been anything, that is not really logically possible. Some people even claim that there may be only one coherent cosmic possibility. Thus Einstein suggested that, if God created our world, he might have had no choice about which world to create. If such a view were true, everything might be explained. Reality might be the way it is because there was no conceivable alternative. But, for reasons that have been often given, we can reject such views.
Consider next a quite different view. According to Plato, Plotinus and others, the Universe exists because its existence is good. Even if we are confident that we should reject this view, it is worth asking whether it makes sense. If it does, that may suggest other possibilities.
This Axiarchic View can take a theistic form. It can claim that God exists because his existence is good, and that the rest of the Universe exists because God caused it to exist. But in that explanation God, qua Creator, is redundant. If God can exist because his existence is good, so can the whole Universe. This may be why some theists reject the Axiarchic View, and insist that God’s existence is a brute fact, with no explanation.
In its simplest form, this view makes three claims: ‘(1) It would be best if reality were a certain way. (2) Reality is that way. (3) (1) explains (2).’ (1) is an ordinary evaluative claim, like the claim that it would be better if there was less suffering. The Axiarchic View assumes, I believe rightly, that such claims can be in a strong sense true. (2) is an ordinary empirical or scientific claim, though of a sweeping kind. What is distinctive in this view is claim (3), according to which (1) explains (2).
Can we understand this third claim? To focus on this question, we should briefly ignore the world’s evils, and suspend our other doubts about claims (1) and (2). We should suppose that, as Leibniz claimed, the best possible Universe exists. Would it then make sense to claim that this Universe exists because it is the best?
That use of ‘because’, Axiarchists should admit, cannot be easily explained. But even ordinary causation is mysterious. At the most fundamental level, we have no idea why some events cause others; and it is hard to explain what causation is. There are, moreover, non-causal senses of ‘because’ and ‘why’, as in the claim that God exists because his existence is logically necessary. We can understand that claim, even if we think it false. The Axiarchic View is harder to understand. But that is not surprising. If there is some explanation of the whole of reality, we should not expect this explanation to fit neatly into some familiar category. This extra-ordinary question may have an extra-ordinary answer. We should reject suggested answers which make no sense; but we should also try to see what might make sense.
Axiarchy might be expressed as follows. We are now supposing that, of all the countless ways that the whole of reality might be, one is both the very best, and is the way that reality is. On the Axiarchic View, that is no coincidence. This claim, I believe, makes sense. And, if it were no coincidence that the best way for reality to be is also the way that reality is, that might support the further claim that this was why reality was this way.
This view has one advantage over the more familiar theistic view. An appeal to God cannot explain why the Universe exists, since God would himself be part of the Universe, or one of the things that exist. Some theists argue that, since nothing can exist without a cause, God, who is the First Cause, must exist. As Schopenhauer objected, this argument’s premise is not like some cabdriver whom theists are free to dismiss once they have reached their destination. The Axiarchic View appeals, not to an existing entity, but to an explanatory law. Since such a law would not itself be part of the Universe, it might explain why the Universe exists, and is as good as it could be. If such a law governed reality, we could still ask why it did, or why the Axiarchic View was true. But, in discovering this law, we would have made some progress.
It is hard, however, to believe the Axiarchic View. If, as it seems, there is much pointless suffering, our world cannot be part of the best possible Universe.
Some Axiarchists claim that, if we reject their view, we must regard our world’s existence as a brute fact, since no other explanation could make sense. But that, I believe, is not so. If we abstract from the optimism of the Axiarchic View, its claims are these: ‘Of the countless cosmic possibilities, one both has a very special feature, and is the possibility that obtains. That is no coincidence. This possibility obtains because it has this feature.’ Other views can make such claims. This special feature need not be that of being best. Thus, on the All Worlds Hypothesis, reality is maximal, or as full as it could be. Similarly, if nothing had ever existed, reality would have been minimal, or as empty as it could be. If the possibility that obtained were either maximal or minimal, that fact, we might claim, would be most unlikely to be a coincidence. And that might support the further claim that this possibility’s having this feature would be why it obtained.
Let us now look more closely at that last step. When it is no coincidence that two things are both true, there is something that explains why, given the truth of one, the other is also true. The truth of either might make the other true. Or both might be explained by some third truth, as when two facts are the joint effects of a common cause.
Suppose next that, of the cosmic possibilities, one is both very special and is the one that obtains. If that is no coincidence, what might explain why these things are both true? On the reasoning that we are now considering, the first truth explains the second, since this possibility obtains because it has this special feature. Given the kind of truths these are, such an explanation could not go the other way. This possibility could not have this feature because it obtains. If some possibility has some feature, it could not fail to have this feature, so it would have this feature whether or not it obtains. The All Worlds Hypothesis, for example, could not fail to describe the fullest way for reality to be.
While it is necessary that our imagined possibility has its special feature, it is not necessary that this possibility obtains. This difference, I believe, justifies the reasoning that we are now considering. Since this possibility must have this feature, but might not have obtained, it cannot have this feature because it obtains, nor could some third truth explain why it both has this feature and obtains. So, if these facts are no coincidence, this possibility must obtain because it has this feature.
When some possibility obtains because it has some feature, its having this feature may be why some agent, or process of natural selection, made it obtain. These we can call the intentional and evolutionary ways in which some feature of some possibility may explain why it obtains.
Our world, theists claim, can be explained in the first of these ways. If reality were as good as it could be, it would indeed make sense to claim that this was partly God’s work. But, since God’s own existence could not be God’s work, there could be no intentional explanation of why the whole of reality was as good as it could be. So we could reasonably conclude that this way’s being the best explained directly why reality was this way. Even if God exists, the intentional explanation could not compete with the different and bolder explanation offered by the Axiarchic View.
Return now to other explanations of this kind. Consider first the Null Possibility. This, we know, does not obtain; but, since we are asking what makes sense, that does not matter. If there had never been anything, would that have had to be a brute fact, which had no explanation? The answer, I suggest, is No. It might have been no coincidence that, of all the countless cosmic possibilities, what obtained was the simplest, and least arbitrary, and the only possibility in which nothing ever exists. And, if these facts had been no coincidence, this possibility would have obtained because – or partly because – it had one or more of these special features. This explanation, moreover, could not have taken an intentional or evolutionary form. If nothing had ever existed, there could not have been some agent, or process of selection, who or which made this possibility obtain. Its being the simplest or least arbitrary possibility would have been, directly, why it obtained.
Consider next the All Worlds Hypothesis, which may obtain. If reality is as full as it could be, is that a coincidence? Does it merely happen to be true that, of all the cosmic possibilities, the one that obtains is at this extreme? As before, that is conceivable, but this coincidence would be too great to be credible. We can reasonably assume that, if this possibility obtains, that is because it is maximal, or at this extreme. On this Maximalist View, it is a fundamental truth that being possible, and part of the fullest way that reality could be, is sufficient for being actual. That is the highest law governing reality. As before, if such a law governed reality, we could still ask why it did. But, in discovering this law, we would have made some progress.
Here is another special feature. Perhaps reality is the way it is because its fundamental laws are, on some criterion, as mathematically beautiful as they could be. That is what some physicists are inclined to believe.
As these remarks suggest, there is no clear boundary here between philosophy and science. If there is such a highest law governing reality, this law is of the same kind as those that physicists are trying to discover. When we appeal to natural laws to explain some features of reality, such as the relations between light, gravity, space and time, we are not giving causal explanations, since we are not claiming that one part of reality caused another part to be some way. What such laws explain, or partly explain, are the deeper facts about reality that causal explanations take for granted. In the second half of this essay, I shall ask how deep such explanations could go.
[*] I am here merely summarising, and oversimplifying, what others have claimed. See, for example, John Leslie, Universes (1989).
Vol. 20 No. 2 · 22 January 1998 » Derek Parfit » Why anything? Why this?
Why does a literary magazine exist at all? It might have been the case that no magazine existed: no cover, no list of contributors, no contents. We have to go on and ask why we have the magazine we do have. Consider the Null Possibility. There could have been a journal with nothing in it. Consider next the All Worlds Hypothesis, in which our periodical would contain every possible kind of article. Somewhere in between is the publication we buy. Perhaps the Brute Fact View applies and we have to put up with what we get between the covers and not ask questions. On the other hand, there may be a Selector or a set of partial Selectors which determines what kind of magazine we experience. I am trying to get round, of course, to asking the ‘Selectors’ what was going on when they decided to publish Derek Parfit’s two-part article on the meaning of the universe (LRB, 22 January)? The world we live in is unfair enough, with the LRB appearing only fortnightly, and that terrible gap after Christmas, the deepest abyss in the year. To surrender two and a half pages in each of two issues to this meticulous but rather pontifical philosophical analysis is enough to make us cry out ‘Why?’ to the heavens.
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Not believing in anything beyond our finite life can be stressful. However, believing in a higher power and life beyond our earthly existence can also be stressful. How can these two radically opposed worldviews lead to the same outcome of stress? The obvious answer is that being alive and conscious is in itself a source of stress. Beyond the obvious, however, there are more subtle reasons for the stress caused by unbelief and belief alike.
A fundamental tenet of unbelief in a higher power and life beyond death is that the purpose of life is life itself. In this view, there is no point in relying on outside help or comfort of a supernatural kind, because there is no entity out there to provide such help or comfort. Thus, the unbeliever believes that instinctive reactions and determined responses to life’s challenges produce either a positive or a negative outcome due to the simple interaction of forces within one’s self and in relationship to other people. In this view, chaos and randomness may reign supreme in helping provide an explanation as to why stressful situations occur.
A sense of powerlessness against fate, circumstances, random events, unpredictability can make the life of the unbeliever very stressful, at times. At other times, a sense of inner power due to the development of intellectual abilities, particularly good choices, clever decisions, and a good measure of luck can help carry the individual through difficult and stressful times and on to successful outcomes.
Successful outcomes can help promote the idea that one is the sole author of one’s destiny as well as the idea that unsuccessful people simply have not made the right decisions or have not developed their skills to the level necessary to achieve success. The most frequently used measures of human success are plainly visible: money, status, homes, cars, jewelry, fame and recognition, influence and power over others. The appeal of these measures of success is so powerful on the human psyche that many believers in a higher power and in life beyond have at times sought to incorporate them into a set of religious beliefs in spite of even the most glaring contradictions. This may help explain why Islam, a set of beliefs centered around peace has at times become synonym with terror and war.
In a different manner, certain Christian leaders have promoted, and many continue to promote, the idea that earthly possessions, success and power can be an integral part of the life of the Christian believer, and that they are indeed to be pursued since the attainment of these measures of success may imply that multiple blessings are being bestowed by God to those who truly believe. Herein lies a major source of stress for the unbeliever, or for the believer who chooses to focus on earthly achievements: in their absence (when illness, unemployment, poverty, disability, or financial reverses strike one’s life in spite of every best effort) there is no explanation available, nor is there any source of comfort or hope beyond the visible, the immediate and the tangible that may be available within one’s resources.
In looking at the opposing view, faith in a higher power and in life beyond can also be stressful. By definition, faith is a set of beliefs that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. This virtually complete absence of visible proof is probably the reason why our faith can waver, ebb and flow with the circumstances, or even disappear altogether. Faith appears to run counter to how humans experience their life on this earth, i.e. as tangible, visible and immediate. Since faith has none of these attributes, its maintenance in the face of life’s many stressors becomes a matter of courage.
Courage is the presence of something that can transcend fear. Thus, courage is not the absence of fear. If that were the case, any foolhardy behavior could be called an act of courage whereas very often it is simply a product of ignorance, carelessness, disregard of common sense, substance abuse, or plain stupidity. Courage, therefore, appears to presuppose the presence and the awareness of fear in order to truly exist. Ask any combat veteran, any rescuer or any first responder and they will tell you that, in the moment, they were able to set their fear aside, manage it and act courageously in spite of it.
Faith has at least one feature in common with courage. It too presupposes the presence of something else in order to truly exist. That something is the awareness of doubt and the ability to manage it and to set it aside. I believe this may be the reason why faith that is allegedly without doubt and its awareness is often called blind, fanatical and sectarian. In the name of blind faith, acts can be committed that may clearly contradict its tenets, often without insight or awareness, or with intentional, callous disregard for them.
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Tactical Command | View topic - How to start NetEpic?
Post subject: How to start NetEpic?
I have gradually lost my interest in Epic A but I have tons of Epic miniatures, so I desided to see if grass is greener in the other side of Net.
Any "NetEpic for dummies" links?
Do I have to do something for my EA minis to make them "legal" in NetEpic?
Your currently based minis should be fine.
Yeah, you'll need more of them.
version 5 is the present set, with some updated to 5.1 etc. The yahoo site has the most updated versions at the moment.
I'm happy to email them to you (I'm pretty sure I've got the most recent versions). All the lists compressed into a 7zip achieve are 16 MB , or 5MB for just the most used lists. So you might prefer I send you just the armies you're after?
Making models legal is probably a bit easier then swithching from Netepic to EA. Depends on which armies you're talking about; most have different unit sizes; probably the biggest difference is that Netepic uses most characters as separate formations of 1 stand and a transport, rather then adding them to ordinary models/bases. So a Librarian is the always it's own stand with set stats, rather then a Tactical base with additional powers. But it shouldn't matter much what the characters entourage are.
'Netepic for dummies' probably isn't needed- the rules are more straight-forward, it's the host of unit specific rules you have to get your head around But that's also the beautiful bit of the system- some decent sci-fi/weird/wacky weaponry.
It doesn't have to be too bad. Most individual formations aren't much larger, but you need 3 of each type to make most companies. Some units used in small quantities in EA (often as upgrades) have their own formation (Ogryns come in 4's, Exarchs and other aspect warriors come in 4's (pure exarch stands by the way) that's where things can be difficult.
I managed to download everything so next it is reading time!
Wow, that EPICentre was quite very impressive, it will take some time to get familiar with it.
Obviously you need to start with the rules. If you PM me your email address, I'll email you the core rules and the army lists. I don't know of any "NetEpic for dummies" links. However, a good primer for NetEpic is the SM2 rulebook itself, because NetEpic is based on SM2. The rules for SM2 are slightly simpler than NetEpic and easier to learn. When you play your first few games, keep it small.
You'll also need the the various counters and templates. Fortunately, these have been scanned already and stored as a pdf file.
As for the minis, except for new ones that were released for E:A, all of the old minis are already "legal" for NetEpic. The only thing that might change is the size of detachments, e.g. three minis instead of four for E:A.
I really hope you enjoy NetEpic.
Others have pointed you in the right direction and given good advice.
Beside some changes in number of models and formations, there is no re basing or any such major hobby work to do.
You've got the latest rules, so all you need is there.
How much reorg you need to do will probably depend on your army. In my experience, Orks and Marines don't change much between E:A and Netepic. Guard is fairly different, depending on the specific types of detachments you use (infantry is REALLY different, tanks and arty not so much).
Good luck, and be sure to post your experiences here or in the battle reports.
Rule 37 : There is no 'Overkill'. There is only 'Open Fire' and 'I need to reload'.
Yeah, 6 was probably 'nough....I didn't take any notes though and the pictures were dud so no Batrep. You could always try an Imperator + change, and then there's the horde of Knights version too. I think the Squats, Slann and IG can take a rest for a while, but I've still got another couple of interesting Chaos permutations to play yet. The Orks also need another run or two before I decide whether to paint my Eldar, Tyranid, PDF, AMTL or Marines force next.
Post subject: Re: How to start NetEpic?
yes, we do need more batreps. | 2019-04-25T08:36:03Z | http://www.taccmd.tacticalwargames.net/viewtopic.php?p=240110& |
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Scale model of a standard soccer ball in a water channel. Green dye marks flow lines; pink dye is injected behind the ball to highlight the low-pressure zone in the lee of the ball.
A normal ball has 32 panels, but why would the World Cup use an off-the-shelf stock ball? Instead, they use custom designs, each with a unique name. The previous event's ball was Jabulani, an eight-panelled ball, while this year's ball is Brazuca, an six-panelled ball.
Jabulani was prone to knuckling — unpredictable wobbling produced by airflow over the seams when the ball was kicked without spin. The consequence was that strikers loved it and goalkeepers hated it, as a spin-free kick sent the ball on a trajectory with just enough wobble to make it difficult for the goalkeepers to anticipate accurately.
Brazuca ball in a wind tunnel with smoke and lasers highlighting the flow patterns.
To test it out, soccer fans at NASA's Ames Research Center immersed scale models of a traditional ball, the Jabulani ball, and the Brazuca balls in a water channel with dye, and tucked the full-sized balls in a wind tunnel with smoke and lasers.
Although it has fewer panels than Jabulani, Brazuca has a longer total seam length, with seams that run deeper. The seams, and tiny bumps on the panels, impact the aerodynamics of the ball. The function of the bumps is analogous to dimples on a golf ball: the surface roughness impacts the boundary layer.
Dr. Rabi Mehta to inspects flow around the Brazuca ball in a wind tunnel.
A traditional ball experiences maximum knuckling at about 30 miles per hour, which is far lower than the typical speed produced by a professional player. Jabulani, a much smoother ball, has maximum knuckling at 50 to 55 miles per hour, which is exactly the expected kicking speed, so it's totally expected that World Cup players noticed the problem back in 2010. The increased roughness of the new ball, Brazuca, drops the critical speed for increased knuckling back down to 30 miles per hour again, so it shouldn't come into play for this year's World Cup.
Why is our space agency suddenly getting into testing the aerodynamics of balls? Well, they already have the laboratory setup and wind tunnels for testing new vehicles, but mostly because soccer fans are everywhere, even amongst rocket scientists.
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The huge 70-seater has been created for oil rigs and offshore buildings so workers can climb aboard and be launched to safety in an emergency.
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An impressively un-dramatic drop. You won't catch me volunteering to try it, though! | 2019-04-21T20:45:25Z | http://www.rib.net/forum/f19/lifeboat-dropped-from-201ft-52204.html |
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