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For our final Taste Camp vineyard walk, we ventured outside of Loudoun County to Fauquier County for a Sunday morning with one of Virginia's great winemakers, Jim Law of Linden Vineyards.
As you drive out there, and it is out there (65 miles west of DC), you're struck by the beauty, rolling hills and climate change. You're now in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This particular morning was about 15 degrees cooler than the previous already hot Virginia days. As we stepped out into the original Hardscrabble Vineyards, the clouds thickened creating a gentle background for soft spoken Jim to share his years of wisdom.
Jim is a learner, a tinkerer. He's very patient and methodical. He grew up in Ohio with wine loving parents. In the Peace Corps in Zaire, Jim discovered he loved agriculture and in particular growing grapes. After returning to Ohio, he decided to move to Virginia to pursue this passion in 1981. He purchased an abondoned Hardscrabble farm in 1983, planted grapes and after years of hard work, released Linden's first vintage in 1988 with the opening of the winery. Jim has been working grapes and wine in Virginia for 30 years, now producing about 4,000 cases per year.
We started off in one of the original Chardonnay vineyards planted in 1985. This is one of the few original plantings still left. Why? Because Jim's key philosophy is 'match the grape type to the soil type.' Then the wine makes itself in the vineyard. He learned this early on in his work in Virginia. But as a pioneer in Virginia, he had to learn which soils matched which grapes. He's discovered the ideal sites on his land to grow everything from Riesling to Vidal Blanc to Cabernet Sauvignon. He's currently in a five<|fim_middle|>0 grapes and tastes for acidity or tannins over several days. When they peak, they're harvested.
Our last stop, the crush pad. As Jim poured some of his proud wine examples, the fog thickened and the mist began. Jim's philosophies rang true as we tasted.
2011 Avenius Sauvignon Blanc: He loves this wine, even though in his 32 vintages, 2011 was the worst ever. This grape needed just three to four more days on the vine, but as the rains continued in September, they wound up picking in pouring rain to get it off the vine. We tasted that green apple acidity but he said it should be gone after three to four more months in the bottle.
2009 Avenius Chardonnay: This wine is the Chablis-style like he likes. 2009 was a great year for white. This one had a tropical nose and fruity white pepper taste.
2009 Hardscrabble Chardonnay: This wine came from the buds we first saw on the vineyard, the oldest vines. You could taste the complexity and depth coming through.
2008 Hardscrabble Red: 2008 was a classic red year. This combination of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc, 7% Petit Verdoux and 7% Merlot was full of cherry and cedar.
2008 Avenius Red: At 72% Petit Verdoux and 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, we heard from Jim, as the other Virginia winemakers we spent time with, about Petit Verdoux being a big grape. Because of that, it's the only varietal red they do. This combination was caramel and red fruit forward.
Linden's website states the feeling you get from Jim…"never content." That's great news for wine lovers as there are many more years of great winemaking to come from this Virginia classic.
That wraps up Taste Camp 2012. Thank you for coming along on what was a great journey through DC's Wine Country!
For more on Jim's vineyard and winemaking approach, visit his website. | to ten year plan to reorganize his vineyards…Hardscrabble Vineyards' 25 acres, Avenius Vineyards' five acres and Boisseau Vineyards' four acres…in this way. Starting from his 2009 red wines, you'll taste the bigger results.
Jim's inspiration comes from Europe in growing and winemaking, particularly France's non-Mediterranean viticultural areas that experience similar situations to the Virginia mountains. He likes elevation…we were at 1,300 feet with breezy, cool, damp, moist conditions. He likes minerality and vibrant acidity.
Over in the Hardscrabble Merlot vineyard, we saw Jim's philosophies at work. He grafted Merlot over a Carmenère experiment. The grape works in Bordeaux so he thought he'd give it a shot. But no fruit was produced so he changed to Merlot as it likes the clay soil and it's a hardy grape. Jim spent time in Bordeaux this winter to focus on Merlot.
"Every year is different which makes it interesting." The bird pest issues are getting worse so more and more netting is required each year. Grapevine yellows have also struck here. The cherry tree host was taken down to stop the spreading. Jim prefers a normal year like 2008 and 2009. In these years, you can express terroir, unlike 2010 which was just easy.
"Climate is what you plan for and weather is what you get," Jim quoted Mark Twain. His fear on the 2012 early ripening is an early harvest. It could force August picking of the whites which then miss the cool nights they need for the final development of the grape prior to harvest. And picking decisions are very complex. In whites, he looks for mineral acidity not green apple. In reds, he wants tannin. Jim picks 15 | 402 |
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Bambi Francisco Roizen · November 13, 2018 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/4c8f
Google's new hire: Feinberg; Why sleep is important; Esther Dyson's Wellville
On December 13, HP and Vator are hosting our next quarterly salon at HP headquarters in Palo Alto. This time, we're focused on vitality, which is defined as "energy, zest, verve and exuberance."
Why vitality? We wanted a word that encapsulated our ability to take control of our life through our behavior and good habits.
We're calling our event -- Vitality: Lifestyle as a drug.
It's a play on software as a drug (meaning digital therapeutics as an alternative to drugs).
It's a reminder that healthy lifestyles can be more effective than drugs because the benefits of such lifestyles, as the word implies, are habitual, routine behaviors. These recurring activities turn out to be associated with positive long-term benefits. Compare this to drugs, which are considered short-term, addictive fixes, with potentially insidious consequences. They may create positive feedback loops because they alleviate the symptoms. But drinking more alcohol to alleviate a hangover creates a positive feedback loop too.
So we should look to our behaviors first. There's nothing more confident-boosting and adrenaline-lifting than feeling healthy and energized naturally vs via medications.
To be sure, in some acute cases, it's imperative. Additionally, lifestyle changes require a support group - family, friends, caregivers - who are not just present, but have the understanding and resources to give such care to encourage that behavior change.
Fortunately, there is a growing awareness that such knowledge is needed.
This has to do with a confluence of factors, including a growing backlash against medications (possibly due to the opioid epidemic, partly fueled by pharmaceutical companies push for wide-scale adoption), studies showing that something as innocuous as aspirin can lead to bleeding or higher chances of heart attacks, and a growing awareness that a lot of our clinical health problems (mind and body) have to do with stress and poor behavioral habits.
It's no wonder that the prescription inclusive in all treatments is to make behavioral changes around dropping bad habits and adopting better ones, such as eating a healthy diet, exercising and getting enough sleep.
For example, in the case of anxiety and depression, people have been able to drop below clinical levels "merely because they started to sleep on a predictable schedule and eat breakfast," writes Jordan Peterson, author and clinical psychologist. In the case of people at risk for Type 2 diabetes, many studies showed that lifestyle interventions -- good exercise, diet, sleep - showed a decrease in the risk for diabetes from the end of intervention up to 10 yrs after. In some cases, people are off medications in 70 days as the diabetes is reversed.
All this is good news. This is why we want to focus on lifestyle interventions and other non-invasive ways we can help our bodies heal or stay healthy.
As always, I'll try to find some interesting articles across the web that speak to this topic and big digital health news in general, ahead of our Dec. 13 event. Want to join us? We have limited tickets available as this is mostly curated. But if interested, please join us here.
Google hires Feinberg
Google just hired David Feinberg, former Geisinger CEO. His job will be to organize Google's disparate AI and healthcare units, such as Verily, Google Brain, Nest and Google Home, according to reports.
What does this have to do with lifestyle as a prescription for health? A ton.
It clearly shows that Google knows the current $3 trillion healthcare ecosystem is broken. And it's going to figure out how to shake things up. Don't be surprised if they get into businesses that promote lifestyle medicine, wellness and behavioral-modification programs.
It's unclear which of the three - sleep, nutrition, exercise - is the most important, but sleep appears to be pretty significant. For instance, you can survive by eating cheeseburgers and fries and not exercising, but you can't get through life without sleep.
So let's touch on sleep.
Here's why it's important, according to The National Heart Blood and Lung Institute. "Sleep plays an important role in your physical health. For example, sleep is involved in healing and repair of your heart and blood vessels. Ongoing sleep deficiency is linked to an increased risk of heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and stroke. Sleep deficiency also increases the risk of obesity.
There's also lost productivity. One study showed that "sleep disturbances cause fatigue-related productivity losses estimated at $1,967 per employee, per annum."
It's also a big business, expected to be nearly $77 billion in 2019 -- though nearly half of that amount goes toward mattresses and pillows, and sleep-apnea devices are about $23 billion of the market.
One of the biggest sleep companies is Casper, which makes mattresses. It started in 2014 and has raised $239 billion from VCs such as Norwest Venture Partners, NEA and IVP.
And there's a bunch of apps - but clearly based on the numbers above, the jury is still out whether these apps and programs work. Apple bought a sleep app called Beddit in the spring of 2017, though it's been reported that Beddit may have been shut down. And Hello, which made a sleep sensing ball, launched in 2014, raised $40 million but flamed out quickly, shutting down last year.
Still the fact that Apple made an acquisition in this space suggests Apple sees value in this market. VCs are still pouring money into these companies and some will get it right. Thrive Global and Big Health, maker of Sleepio, are chugging along.
I just took a sleep test on Sleepio. It showed I had a "poor" sleep score of 2.5 out of 10! Yikes. I was given some tips (as you can see in the image), and they definitely were helpful.
But how we measure that improvement is one question I'll be focused on. It's up in the air, particularly for sleep trackers. In one study, written up in Medical News Today, doctors followed 50 people around for two weeks. The study showed little relationship between how the person thought they slept vs what trackers said. "Your sleep tracker might show you that it measured a good night's sleep, but you could still wake up feeling groggy. Whether we can use the tracker's data to convince ourselves that our sleep was better than we thought is a question that our team would like to see answered in the future," according to the post.
Another big factor in sustaining good habit is social determinants -- the positive and amazing privileges many have, but take for granted.
What exactly does this mean? Here's a good description: "Health starts in our homes, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and communities. We know that taking care of ourselves by eating well and staying active, not smoking, getting the recommended immunizations and screening tests, and seeing a doctor when we are sick all influence our health. Our health is also determined in part by access to social and economic opportunities; the resources and supports available in our homes, neighborhoods, and communities; the quality of our schooling; the safety of our workplaces; the cleanliness of our water, food, and air; and the nature of our social interactions and relationships. The conditions in which we live explain in part why some Americans are healthier than others and why Americans more generally are not as healthy as they could be."
Examples of social determinants include:
Safe housing; Access to education and quality of education; Access to health services; Socioeconomic conditions; Exposure to crime, violence; Social norms, attitudes and culture.
Esther Dyson's Wellville Project
This list above is solid. But it doesn't include family infrastructure - parenting and upbringing, which is, I believe a significant driver in the behavior and well-being in children.
It's a lot easier to stay healthy in the Bay Area, where many people pride themselves on the number of triathlons or races they've accomplished. But in other less affluent areas, where clean water and healthy food aren't so prevalent, and where parents have little free time for themselves, much less work out -- it's not so easy.
Esther Dyson is on a mission to help five cities become healthier. But it's become less about providing flu shots, medications, etc. and more about changing culture - in other words - behavior. And it's become more about changing the environment. It's about helping families and communities embrace the right long-term mindset. It's about helping kids learn about patience and the desire to see a future and to work toward it.
"Long-term desire is purpose," said Esther. "Short-term desire is addiction." In other words, short-term programs are just a quick fix. Wellville isn't about that. It's about achieving long-term results with a long-term purpose. "It's about committing and achieving to an outcome that's uncertain and not immediate."
NOTE: Save the date, our next salon is on Vitality - Healthy lifestyle as a drug, a look at wellness and prevention and behavioral change as the prescription for better health. JOIN us on December 13 at HP's headquarter in Palo Alto. Get Early Bird tickets or become a member. Join Esther Dyson (Wellville), Munjal Shah (HealthIQ), Hemalee Patel (Crossover Health/Facebook), Seth Serxner, Senior Health Officer (UnitedHealthcare Optum), David Utley (Carrot) and more.
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The field size was expanded to 10,000 – 3500 more than it was in 2013 – to allow more people to participate after the tragedy at last year's Boston Marathon.
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The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps – the only unit of its kind in the United States' armed forces – was on hand to play the National Anthem before the race began.
A strong elite field was assembled, including 2013 winner Dejen Gebremeskel. The elites lined up in the same corral as the 10,000 other runners and everyone started in one big wave.
A Long Start
But it takes a while to get that many runners funneled through the corrals. 12 minutes after the elites began their run, others were still crossing the starting line.
Sambu, Dejen, and True
The men's race came right down to the wire; the top 3 finished within a second of each other.
Ben True, a local New England favorite, tried to edge past Dejen Gebremeskel in the final yards for the win, but came up short. Both finished in 13:26.
Molly Huddle
On the women's side, American Molly Huddle finished in commanding fashion, winning in 15:12.
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Participants in the race each received a commemorative race medal after finishing up.
Plenty of Boston Strong t-shirts could be spotted among the crowd coming down Boylston Street.
And, of course, this being Boston, a Patriots' super fan was on hand to run the race too.
Men's Mile
Later in the day, fans gathered to watch the B.A.A. Invitational Mile. Some of the best milers in the world were invited to race on the streets and finish at the Boston Marathon finish line.
Nick Willis
Nick Willis of New Zealand defended his title from last year, winning in 4:11.3. Leo Manzano was the top American, finishing 3rd in 4:13.3.
Women's Mile
Ryan Hall isn't the only Hall that's racing this weekend; his wife Sara (right) finished 4th in the mile with a time of 4:45.9.
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Behind The Lines (Genesis, 1980)
When Genesis decided to open their 2007 Turn It on Again tour with this track (or more exactly with its intro) some were disappointed. I didn't think so: "Behind The Lines" was indeed one of the best album openings ever and surely is one of the most energetic and fully progressive tracks from the '80s. The keyboard intro has a very special strength, while the sung section displays an unusual r 'n' b side of the band, something Phil Collins will explore during<|fim_middle|> interesting prog bands of the Portuguese scene. "Misterios e Maravilhas" (that's to say "Mysteries and Wonders") surely is one of their most solid albums and the opening track "A Beira do Fim" ("End's Edge") is by far the best piece of music from this LP. It's a highly diversified track, featuring many tempo changes and a good deal of interplays, mostly involving Armando Gama's keyboards and Manuel "Frodo" Cardoso's guitars.
This excellent debut album was re-released on CD in 2007.
Of course, you'll recognize here the strong - and unavoidable, IMHO - influence of the great British bands from the '70s (Tantra also certify their gratitude and admiration in the liner notes), but there is an original approach to prog you'll also appreciate, leading to some nearly experimental passages. Finally, special mentions go to the hearty vocal performance by Cardoso and to the coherent musical architecture. Do not miss this track!
Etichette: 1977, 70s, Portugal, Tantra
In Search of England (Barclay James Harvest, 1978)
When it comes to BJH, we often forget how important Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme's contribution has been during so many years. This song, however, perfectly illustrates his symphonic, nostalgic and catchy approach to prog music. As usual with the greatest songs by this band, the emotional side of "In Search of England" is prominent although never too intrusive.
I'll always love this lullaby's music...
This is a well balanced melodic song, featuring all the discreet and misty atmosphere such a fully British track requires. The lyrics are also good, mounting a dialogue between a boy and an old man about moral duties and productive sacrifices. Once more, BJH show here how great songwriters they are...
Etichette: 1978, 70s, Barclay James Harvest, UK
Mother Universe (Wallenstein, 1972)
This is the title song of German band Wallenstein's album released in 1972 and it keeps today all the charms it had originally, plus the vintage glaze that time gives to old (and good) music. Both pastoral and acid, this piano-driven ballad features a hearty vocal performance and a rather gilmour-esque electric guitar, reminding me of early British bands like Quatermass, but with a more melodic taste.
I really like this album, the second one by Wallenstein.
Some symphonic touches enrich the central section of "Mother Universe", followed by organ and vocal harmonies not too far from Procol Harum's style. The power of the Golden Era of prog is everywhere, while a special Mittel-Europa sound adds an original twist to the big picture. I really like the intense, even dramatic mood of this song and I higly recommend it to you all.
Etichette: 1972, 70s, Germany, Wallenstein
Oriental journey / The Least You Could Do Is Send Me Some Flowers (Alquin, 1972)
A delightful, colourful, unpredictable mini-suite consisting of two tracks, the opening ones of the 1972 album called "Marks". Alquin are one of the brightest prog pearls from the Netherlands during the Golden Era of our favourite genre. This is a very peculiar instrumental, whose first part is a peaceful, pastoral and flute-driven section, a very enjoyable, dreaming piece of music.
"Marks" was Alquin's debut album.
The rest of the suite is completely different, including a manifold and lively series of changes and involving a good deal of winds. It features several moods, ranging from vaudeville to Beatles-like chords. This kaleidoscope of moods and an assorted choice of sound effects build up an original, even humorous double-sided track I highly recommend to your attention.
Etichette: 1972, 70s, Alquin, suite, The Netherlands
Presto (Rush, 1989)
This is the title track of an album released by Rush in 1989 and playing a special role in the band's musical evolution: the strong presence of synths characterizing their '80s production gets more discreet and the typically rock instruments are once again in the foreground, even if the trio don't come back to their early heavy sound. The resulting mix is however a very interesting one, as this song will prove: fresh rythm guitars, airy and light keyboard backgrounds, strong a neat vocals.
"Presto" is the thirteenth studio album by Rush.
But what I especially like in "Presto" (mainly the song, but also the entire album) is the ever changing and unpredictable plot: when you're sure the tempo will raise up, it actually goes down and when you're expecting a melody, here comes a rock riff. This is exactly what a prog song should be, so... enjoy "Presto" and let the music vivify your lives!
Etichette: 1989, 80s, Canada, Rush
My Song (The Moody Blues, 1971)
Taken from the album "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" (an usual reminder for EGBDF musical scale) this song starts like an average MB's ballad, then it takes a different turn, featuring a charming orchestra-like instrumental part, both magic and epic. When the vocals come back, they perfectly match with the fairy mood of the song that slowly fades away.
I think this cover art is perfect for "My Song".
Mini-moog, Mellotron, acoustic guitar and flute together aren't an usual solution, but then Moody Blues always skip trivial arrangements and explore new ways. A beautiful attempt to reach visions through music, an epic and peaceful little world into one song... this is "My Song"! And it's also a way into this band's unique and so British atmosphere. That's why you'll find more about them in my blog.
Etichette: 1971, 70s, The Moody Blues, UK
Oriental journey / The Least You Could Do Is Send ... | his solo career. The instrumental passages are based on mighty chords but never include proper solos, so that the entire track celebrates the unity and the force of the band far more than the skills of its members.
An edited version of this song was released as the B-side of
"Turn It on Again" 7" single.
That said, we can't underrate Mike Rutherford's excellent work: his bass guitar drives the entire song through broken rythms and syncopated beats, creating a unique sound that will inspire some of the forthcoming neo-prog heroes. A special mention goes to the final link to the following track (that's "Duchess"), where the pyrotechnical energy of "Behind the lines" is gently broken up and keenly softened the way a fire goes down to embers.
Etichette: 1980, 80s, Genesis, UK
Războieni (Bucium, 2008)
Violin and distorted guitar aren't an usual combination, but they perfectly open this track, taken from the album "Voievozii" by Romanian band Bucium. It's a folk-prog-rock enthralling epic, also including dramatic vocals, devilish gigas and some beautiful tempo changes. The Balkanian folk side of Războieni (a little town that also was the battlefield of a major struggle between Moldavian and Ottoman armies) is very well mixed with a solid melody and a rock background.
This is unfortunately the only album by Bucium to date.
I also like the suspended, atmospheric instrumental bridge marking the central section of the song, soon enriched by Andy Dumitrescu's voice. The contrast between the baritone singer and the high-pitched violin is one of the trademarks of this track (and of other Bucium's songs too). A modern and fascinating way to relive progfolk music, IMHO.
Etichette: 00s, 2008, Bucium, Romania
Journey of The Shaman Part 1 (Nemrud, 2010)
This is the first part and opening track of the concept "Journey of The Shaman", released by Turkish band Nemrud. It is both part of a longest suite and a suite itself, divided into four parts (In The World of Dreams, Beginning of Divine Inspiration, Revival and A Stone in The Ocean). I actually like the crossover approach to prog these musicians show and develop with keen coherence. Heavy guitars, floydian atmospheres, changing rythms and moods, experimental passages and psychedelic riffs... everything here is suspended between tradition and innovation.
The musical coherence of this album is surprising for a debut work.
The creative ratio of such a track is important and the listener will be susrpised at each turn of the musical corner, so that the mythical, almost religious concept is never too aethereal or merely spiritual. There are flesh and bones here, a solid ground on which the inspiration of Nemrud builds up a fantastic castle. Beautiful, that's the simplest word for it.
Etichette: 10s, 2010, Nemrud, suite, Turkey
Pereskesije (Portman, 2009)
A very modern and lively track this "Pereskesije" is. Taken from the same titled album by Croatian band Portman, it perfectly illustrates their music, richly arranged, treble edged and nonetheless featuring some traditional prog sides. Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Hogarth-era Marillion could be some of the sources of Portman's inspiration, but you'll find this song mostly original and innovative.
"Pereskesije" was the debut album by Portman.
A tricky guitars interplay, some beautiful dreamy keboards and a little distorted guitars are the trademarks of "Pereskesije", and I also like the rythmic crescendo of this song, specially driven by a splendid bass guitar. There is a constant tension and an underlying sense of wonder that impress me and I'm sure you'll appreciate too. A very unusual and post-everything way to go prog.
Etichette: 00s, 2009, Croatia, Portman
Metamorphosis (Magenta, 2008)
This suite is the title track of Magenta's fourth studio album, released in 2008, probably their darkest and heaviest one. This track is particularly rich and diversified, including high volume passages, tricky interplays and quiet, even acoustic moments. Christina Booth's voice is constantly in the foreground, with his steady and crystalline timbre, reminding me of Annie Haslam's. Rob Reed's keyboards and inventions make the difference with the average prog records, while Chris Fry's guitars add colourful and streaked tones.
Tim Robinson provides a first rate drumming to this album.
As usual with these Welsh musicians, there are many references to the likes of Pink Floyd (Reed's beloved Masters), Genesis and Yes, but the pattern of this suite is so well set up and so beautifully accomplished that the listener never gets bored or jaded. An everchanging choice of sounds, tempos and moods draw a coherent, solid fresco that tick away 23 minutes of progressive glory.
Etichette: 00s, 2008, Magenta, suite, UK
Kings And Knights (Aether, 1999)
This Camel-inspired Brazilian band is worth our attention because of their melodic work and their excellent taste for tempo changes. This short instrumental comes from their debut album "Visiones", a concept based on German castles and also featuring a long suite that I don't put here because I found it rather erratic in both structure and inspiration. The shorter tracks, however, are very good and this one is full of visual descriptions and passionate guitars.
As this cover art will prove, Aether like atmospheric moods.
Andrew Latimer would be proud of Vinicius Brazil's work, but there is more than this. The way these musicians change the rythms preserving the fairy atmosphere of the song is also a highlight of "Kings And Knights" and of other tracks from the album as well. If you won't find many innovative choices here, you'll surely appreciate the warm and coherent mood of the track. A good reason to listen to Aether's music, IMHO.
Etichette: 1999, 90s, Aether, Brazil
Light in The Doorway (Atom Orr, 2016)
I immediately liked the opening song of Atom Orr's EP "Light in The Doorway", but listening to the following tracks I liked them too, so I took my time and finally decided to come back to my first coup de coeur. So here you are the EP's title track to begin with. Christopher Hoffee, the man behind this project, actually set up a little jewel, a modern way to progressive rock that also pays respect to some of the past Masters.
This interesting EP includes four long and diversified songs.
Take the intro: a heartbreaking syncopated rythm, something between Yes and IQ, that suddenly leaves its place to a more relaxed and ethnic-flavoured passage that reminds me of Gong and George Harrison. And then... the first theme comes back, with an added dose of energy and an electronic coda. A coherent song, featuring a very well balanced mix of old and new, and also a hearty, sensitive vocal performance. This is what prog will need to go on: an open-minded approach with a feeling.
Etichette: 10s, 2016, Atom Orr, USA
Easy to Forget (Equinox, 1998)
Good and solid (neo-) prog bands live and play everywhere. This group, called Equinox, come from Panama and is worth a bit of our attention. The aerial and melodic "Easy to Forget" is an excellent example of their music. Nothing experimental or crossover, but a great deal of passion and some interesting themes.
This was thedebut album by Equinox.
I'm not fond of their lead vocalist, but I must admit they succesfully mix neo-prog atmospheres, short heavy passages and very good guitar solos. Some changes will surprise the listener, while the keyboards add some light and pleasant touches here and there and also provide the right background for this kind of song. The band released two albums between 1998 and 2000. Such a pity we couldn't hear more of them...
Etichette: 1998, 90s, Equinox, Panama
Abbey Road Medley (The Beatles, 1969)
Even if this famous medley from the "Abbey Road" album skips all labels and includes many and so different short songs, it surely influenced the rising progressive rock and was influenced by it. First of all, this lushing collection of musical themes proves how abundant and diversified was the band's inspiration and how accomplished were their creative skills. And I shouldn't forget George Martin's contribution, he probably provided the "symphonic" side to the big picture. A picture with no title, O must say, so I shold've called this post You Never Give Me Your Money/Sun King/Mean Mr Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window/Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End. Too much...
Not simply a cover: an immortal rock icon.
This kaleidoscope of musical sketches and the way The Beatles lined up full band arrangements, vocal harmonies and solo performances will become a standard in all forthcoming prog suites. They also chose with care the running order of the songs, so that some of them act like bridges or links between two strong and catchy tunes. 16 minutes of colourful, everchanging and riveting music. And if you don't want to call it prog, you'll have to find a new word for it!
Etichette: 1969, 60s, suite, The Beatles, UK
Salmon Song (Madder Lake, 1973)
Here you are a peculiar and almost instrumental song from Australian band Madder Lake, released in 1973 as the opening track of the album "Stillpoint". It is a weird mix of psychedelia, mainstream rock , blues and proper prog, including a series of changes and a very well balanced sound. All the instruments play an important role, so that I daresay this is a solid example of a band acting the way a band should do.
This album was the debut work for Madder Lake.
The only vocals come toward the end of the song, during the most bluesy and even spacey section of the the composition. As a matter of fact, the rest of the album is mostly blues-rock oriented, but this 8 minutes opening really deserves the attention of my prog friends, as it is a tricky and somehow visual track, as it actually depicts salmons climbing up a river, one of the greatest scenes provided by Nature. I'm sure this one will be a pleasant discovery for many readers of this blog as it was for me.
Etichette: 1973, 70s, Australia, Madder Lake
Book Of Prophecies suite (Solaris, 1999)
Solaris are usually known as the band of "Marsbéli krónikák" (or "The Martian Chronicles"), but these Hungarian musicians also wrote and released other excellent albums, among which I recommend "Nostradamus - Book of Prophecies" or, in Hungarian, "Nostradamus – A próféciák könyve". It features the "Book Of Prophecies suite, divided into three parts (Foreword, Birth of Visions and At the Gate of Eternity). The melodic structure of this 20 minutes track is rather plain, based on a main theme and a manifold series of variations.
"Nostradamus" was the third studio album by Solaris.
The general plot is that of a crescendo in both volume and complexity. The ethereal mood of the first movement develops into an almost symphonic arrangement. New musical elements come in step by step and bring the track to a lush and even experimental finale. This avant-garde and tricky edge is another good reason to treasure "Book of Prophecies suite".
Etichette: 1999, 90s, Hungary, Solaris, suite
Destiny (Journey, 1980)
After their prog debut album, Journey decided for a more commercial approach, but when in 1980 they were asked to compose the soundtrack of a Japanese film, they felt free to set up more complex and unpredictable songs. The resulting album titled "Dream, After Dream" included this opening track, a rather long one (9 minutes, more or less) featuring a very good and atmospheric sung theme and an abundant choice of instrumental passages, both slow and fast tempo.
...And I also like this cover art. Don't you?
The contrasts are strong: the melancholic intro, then a rocky, heavy section, followed by a dreamy guitar solo (how good this one is...) and finally a brief, weird electronic coda. I really like this song (and also some more from the album), showing what Journey could have done had they chosen a progger way. True, this coming back to their roots will be a short-lived one, but good music is there to stay, and I'll always listen to "Destiny" with the greatest pleasure.
Etichette: 1980, 80s, Journey, USA
Where but for Caravan Would I? (Caravan, 1968)
Listening today the first album by Caravan can be highly instructive, as we litterally see the Canterbury sound coming to light and gradually acquire its recognizable features. No doubt, the closing song "Where but for Caravan Would I?" is the most accomplished effort hitherward. It's not just the expanded duration time (some 9 minutes... not bad for a 1968 song!), more than this, the song has very interesting instrumental parts driven by the organ and pleasant vocal lines.
The beginning of an extraordinary career...
Roughly divided into three sections, this song in an early attempt Jazzy and even dissonant passages forecast some of the most known Caravan's features to come. The tempo and mood variations can be slightly naive, but they always come in the right place. The dawn of prog...
Etichette: 1968, 60s, Caravan, UK
Delirium (Crónico, 2007)
What a pleasure to introduce this Mexican band to my readers! "Delirium" is the almost title track of Cronico's only album to date "Delirium Room", and maybe the most interesting one. The lyrics are in Spanish (some songs from this CD are in English) and Lizbeth Mendizabal actually has a very original voice. The mood and tempo change many times during the song, including many instrumental interplays involving Daniel Koppen's keyboards and Gabriel Eguiluz's guitars.
IMHO, one of the best prog albums from Mexico in the new Century.
The sound is specially rich, as Lizbeth plays additional Keys to enhance it. The traditional progressive features are all there, but the band add some arcane vocal harmonies and a perfect mix of acoustic and electric instruments to the big picture. There is an abiding tension in "Delirium" that matches with the title and never let the song get trivial or redundant. A pleasure to my ears, and I hope to yours too.
Etichette: 00s, 2007, Crónico, Mexico
J'ai trové ta faille (Lazuli, 2014)
Lazuli is one of the most inetersting French bands from the years 2000s. This "J'ai trouvé ta faille" (that's to say "I found your weak point") comes from the album "Tant que l'herbe est grasse" ("Until the grass is puffy") and is a charming track, IMHO. Featuring a beautiful melody and a good mix of folk, neo-prog and electronic devices, this song has a discreet and growing strength, even before guest vocalist Fish comes in for the last verse in English.
"Tant que l'herbe est grasse" was the sixth studio album by Lazuli.
The emotional crescendo of the track is exciting, but these musicians never show off and look after every details of their music, with a keen and subtle craft that's not at all common nowadays. I suppose that's why they constantly progressed from their early records to the latest ones. And that's why this is an accomplished song I highly recommend.
Etichette: 10s, 2014, Fish, France, Lazuli
A Beira Do Fim (Tantra, 1977)
Gone through a series of changes, breaks and reunions, Tantra are all the same one of the most | 3,583 |
Books >> Children's Books
Pinocchio (Illustrated)
Release Date: 10/9<|fim_middle|> the text, filling the oversized pages...Parents and libraries should welcome this edition, appealing and accessible for 21st-century children."" —Kirkus Reviews
""Disney's sentimental depiction of Pinocchio bears little resemblance to Collodi's unscrupulous puppet. This new translation revives the sardonic wit and black humour of the original."" — London Times
""Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio…is short on Disneyesque sentimentality (there is a talking cricket, but Pinocchio squashes him), long on satire and farce. Geoffrey Brock's superbly crafted translation and Umberto Eco's introduction bring to life this tale of gumption and greed."" — O, The Oprah Magazine
""The superiority of the Collodi original to the Disney adaptation lies in its reluctance to make the inner motivations of the story explicit….No less than Proust's novel in search of lost time, [Collodi's] story is a search for his lost childhood."" — Paul Auster
""Any [reading] list, I think, must begin with Pinocchio."" — Italo Calvino | /2012
Though one of the best-known books in the world, Pinocchio at the same time remains unknown—linked in many minds to the Walt Disney movie that bears little relation to Carlo Collodi's splendid original. That story is of course about a puppet who, after many trials, succeeds in becoming a "real boy." Yet it is hardly a sentimental or morally improving tale. To the contrary, Pinocchio is one of the great subversives of the written page, a madcap genius hurtled along at the pleasure and mercy of his desires, a renegade who in many ways resembles his near contemporary Huck Finn.
Pinocchio the novel, no less than Pinocchio the character, is one of the great inventions of modern literature. A sublime anomaly, the book merges the traditions of the picaresque, of street theater, and of folk and fairy tales into a work that is at once adventure, satire, and a powerful enchantment that anticipates surrealism and magical realism. Thronged with memorable characters and composed with the fluid but inevitable logic of a dream, Pinocchio is an endlessly fascinating work that is essential equipment for life.
Geoffrey Brock's acclaimed new translation is reissued in an edition for children with over fifty full-page watercolors by Fulvio Testa.
""'Though written in the nineteenth century, the original Pinocchio remains as readable as if it had been written in the twenty-first, so limpid and simple is its prose,' writes Umberto Eco in the introduction. Readers not ready to tackle the story in Italian, however, will be more than satisfied with Brock's lovely translation, which is accompanied by new artwork from Testa. His gentle, brightly colored cartoons soften some of the darker scenes in the story...without minimizing Pinocchio's mischievous nature."" —Publishers Weekly
""This childhood classics has had numerous interpretations…Translator Brock gives readers Collodi's Pinocchio: a lazy troublemaker, self-centered and distractible, who remains a wooden puppet right up until the end of his adventures.…Testa's pen, ink and watercolor illustrations appear opposite | 436 |
Au pairs save the day during COVID-19
Securing flexible, affordable childcare has always been a challenge for American families. But COVID-19 has unleashed even more havoc upon hardworking families who are trying to do their jobs and manage their children's needs at home simultaneously.
The three traditional childcare solutions are suddenly causing parents to hesitate.
Many daycare centers, for one, have had to lower capacity, and their limited number of spots are often reserved for essential workers. They also introduce risk of virus transmission, leaving some parents uneasy and unwilling<|fim_middle|> different aspects of the fort. She's very creative."
The cost of hosting au pairs is competitive
When compared to daycare or a nanny, the cost of the au pair program has historically been very competitive in most areas of the U.S., and one reason host families continue to host year after year. This may be even truer now, as daycare costs and nanny salaries are on the rise. Host mom Sara: "When it comes to budgeting for our au pair, we like knowing that we've all agreed to the terms of the program which means our costs and her stipend remain the same. What it also means is that we're able to show our gratitude with gifts or bonuses as we go— because we want to make sure Amanda feels appreciated."
Host mom Lauren's family is currently welcoming their seventh au pair, Sarah from Brazil, and appreciates the chance to learn about her culture at a time when travel and exploration is on hold.
Au pairs provide a new perspective and an additional family member
During a time when travel and entertainment are limited, a fresh perspective and exposure to a new culture, language and traditions are more welcome than ever—as is the opportunity to embrace a new extended family member.
Host mom Lauren, whose family just welcomed their seventh au pair in February, shares "Having this extra time at home together has allowed us to get to know our au pair on a deeper level. We've had the opportunity to learn a lot about her and her culture, and she really, truly has become a member of our family."
Nish and Sheetal have considered all of their au pairs part of their family, and Sheetal explains, "To me, that makes the experience a lot better. You have someone living in your house—how can you not include them as part of the family?" Which means they've taken care to ensure Claudia is feeling happy about being here during this time. "We check in with her pretty regularly. We're asking her 'How is your family doing? Are they concerned about you being here with everything that's going on? Do they want to speak to us?' We're always available if they want to talk to us. Another thing we've been doing is talking about, 'Oh when everything opens back up, we've got to do this, and we have to go here and here.' When we look back on this time, I know we'll remember that it's been so nice to have Claudia here."
For more information on hosting an au pair, visit culturalcare.com. | to compromise their family's safety.
Host mom Sara appreciates the opportunity to keep her bubble small with the help of her au pair Amanda.
Nannies are an obvious choice for parents looking for support during this time, but they are in higher-than-ever demand and may command salaries that some families cannot afford. And while many families and their nannies are aligned on social distancing practices, there is inevitably increased risk associated with a live-out caregiver.
A third option, which is to rely on family members—usually grandparents—to help out, is off the table for many parents due to fear of exposing their older relatives to the virus.
Enter the unicorn of childcare providers during a global pandemic—an au pair.
Au pair childcare has seen an uptick in familiarity and popularity in the last few years independent of any world crisis. But after the virus hit, interest from parents across the country has increased even more, while inspiring stories from from current host families surfaced almost immediately. According to both veteran and new host families with Cultural Care Au Pair, there are many benefits to hosting an au pair during COVID-19 including: limiting your exposure to the virus; structure and support for kids at home; competitive cost; and a new perspective and extra family member during these unprecedented times. And despite the travel restrictions au pairs are facing when it comes to getting to the U.S. right now, many host families are willing to wait a few months for their perfect childcare provider.
Lisa, whose family has hosted three au pairs, says her Mexican au pair Denisse has been instrumental in maintaining structure in her kids' daily lives and supporting their learning during this time.
Au pairs can help limit exposure to the virus
Sara, a three-time host mom who is expecting her third child this fall, says hosting an au pair has helped her keep her bubble small and her family safe. "One of the benefits of having Amanda here during these wild times is the fact that we have a stronger handle on our 'quaranteam'.With Amanda's help, we've been able to plan socially-distanced outdoor activities with another au pair and family who we know and trust. We know how much importance Amanda places on safety in her own life and we can literally watch her manage it in her comings and goings during her time off. We feel an extra sense of security in tackling this."
Host mom Lauren agrees: "Because our au pair lives in our house, I don't have to worry about who she has been exposed to, or whether she's following the same safety precautions as our family."
Nish and Sheetal's au pair Claudia has kept their boys busy with baking, bike riding, arts and crafts and fort building so they can focus on their work.
Au pairs can provide structure and support for kids at home
Lisa, whose family has hosted au pairs for the last three-and-a-half years, says she's grateful that her Mexican au pair Denisse has completely stepped up to the plate since March to facilitate the kids' online school schedule and to provide structure. "She's been able to say, 'this is what we're doing in the morning, then we have lunch and then after lunch we go outside and play.' She's outside right now playing street hockey with my son!" Working a demanding job that is "so much harder right now", Lisa admits that "Without our au pair, I don't know what we'd do. We're feeling like this has been a lifesaver."
Host parents Nish and Sheetal feel similarly appreciative. "Our schedules are very busy work-wise so having Claudia here has been fabulous—not just for taking care of lunch and laundry but to be there as a companion for the boys." Outside of helping them keep up with their schoolwork, Claudia has engaged their sons in countless adventures. "They've been baking lots of different cookies and cakes and cupcakes. They play different games. She goes for bike rides with the kids. They do a lot of arts and crafts. Our younger one is really interested in building forts out of large cardboard boxes so she spends a lot of time with him building | 826 |
Home / Insights / Is it a bad thing that 57% of people still don't recognise Google ads in search results?
But is this really a bad thing? As someone who uses search engines a lot (and also works in organic search optimisation!) my first reaction is YES. I feel like this paid advertising is a manipulation of the results page, so I may not be getting the best and most natural results for my search. Therefore people not recognising what<|fim_middle|>arn team member about how to achieve high ad quality and lower your CPC please give us a ring on 01225 439960. | they are must be intrinsically bad.
Is this true – are paid ads in fact benefitting 'search' as a whole? So that it doesn't really matter that over half of us aren't even aware they are there. Let's take a look at each section of the industry and consider.
Search engine advertising is perhaps the most efficient, transparent and profitable way to reach a relevant large-scale audience. With over 3.5 billion searches a day on Google alone, search is a massive market place that can be easily segmented and targeted so advertisers can choose who they want their ad to be shown to, and for which search query.
Pay per click charging means that advertisers only pay when someone actually visits their website, not just when they view their advert. So there is much less investment wastage then for other types of advertising.
It also gives companies the chance to even the playing field a bit. Large established brands can often afford to dominate the top organic listings for competitive terms. Paid ads give everyone the ability to get an immediate top listing, for a given period of time, regardless of how established the product or service is and how much time and money there has been invested in organic search.
Customers? More difficult, but yes on balance they do benefit – as long as the ads are relevant to the search query, and they are clearly marked.
Do Google ensure that the ads are relevant?
Google measure 'better ads' by relevance to the search query they target, the expected CTR and the quality of the landing page. So an advertiser can't simply pay to get an ad ranked at the top of the page – they have to earn it by producing relevant and high quality adverts for a query. In fact Google may decide not to show a low quality ad at all. Higher quality ads also lead to lower costs per click for the advertiser.
Both the paid and organic listings take you to the same landing page, but the paid ad includes more information about the site that someone looking to book a hotel would find useful. On the other hand the organic listing description that google has chosen to show is a waste of space.
Ad managers have more control over what will be shown in an ad for a particular query. They are written by humans who can be trained to produce ad content that is highly targeted, well-written and more useful for the searcher than organic listings that are automatically ranked and produced by computer algorithms.
Do Google ensure the ads are clearly marked?
But in reality it is extremely unlikely to progress to the point where ads are not marked, or are indistinguishable from organic results. Most countries have strict advertising and impartiality laws in place that protect consumers from all types of advertising that might mislead – online or offline – including leaving out important information.
For example, Google recently decided to pull all paid search ads in the UK from 3rd party brokers, working on undeclared commission from rehab clinics, profiting from 'addictive treatment' searches. Though not against UK law – unlike the US – Google accepted that the practise is unethical and should not be aided by search engine advertising. Read more in the Sunday Times article.
Search ads are the most important revenue stream for Google – making up about 70%. We should consider what it would mean for us if search engines had to look elsewhere. If they didn't make money from people who wanted to sell to us – their users – they may have to charge us directly for their services. Would you want to pay for each search you make?
Or they may charge organic listings for a click, which would completely turn search on its head. With listings no longer being 'free' only commercial companies would be able to participate widely.
Or remarketing ads might become more commonplace, which could adversely affect your total online experience.
None of these options seems more attractive than ads placed in search results. Search engines are mostly commercial businesses providing us with an essential service – having some advertising that is relevant, and even helpful, is perhaps not such a bad thing.
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3) Marks eyelets, punches them out, and inserts metal rings and clinches them on machine.
4) Assembles last and attaches it to stand.
5) Tacks insole on last and draws upper over last, tacking it in place.
6) Trims upper with knife and sews on welt.
7) Attaches outer sole to lasted upper by sewing it on or by roughening surface of sole with rasp and wire brush, coating it with cement and hammering it.
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The single-molecule approach to membrane protein stoichiometry
Michael G. Nichols, Richard J. Hallworth
The advent of techniques for imaging solitary fluorescent molecules has made possible many new kinds of biological experiments. Here, we describe the application of single-molecule imaging to the problem of subunit stoichiometry in membrane proteins. A membrane protein of unknown stoichiometry, prestin, is coupled to the fluorescent enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) and synthesized in the human embryonic kidney (HEK) cell line. We prepare adherent membrane fragments containing prestin-eGFP by osmotic lysis. The molecules are then exposed to continuous low-level excitation until their fluorescence reaches background levels. Their fluorescence decreases in discrete equal-amplitude steps, consistent with the photobleaching of single fluorophores. We count the number of steps required<|fim_middle|>9. (Methods in Molecular Biology). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3615-1_11
Nichols, Michael G. ; Hallworth, Richard J. / The single-molecule approach to membrane protein stoichiometry. Methods in Molecular Biology. Vol. 1427 Humana Press Inc., 2016. pp. 189-199 (Methods in Molecular Biology).
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10 Things to Do in NYC This Week: March 16th – March 22nd, 2018
Untapped Cities 03/16/2018 Arts & Culture, Events, New York, News
Although the weather might suggest otherwise, spring is just around the corner — and with it comes a variety of exciting activities ranging from food and drink festivals to behind-the-scenes tours. Check out what the coming week has in store and make sure to join in on all the fun:
Friday, March 16th
Pay a visit to the New York Botanical Garden for its Orchid Show<|fim_middle|>24th
Sumo Stew is going down at The Brooklyn Kitchen from 6pm to 9pm! The action-packed event features live stream sumo matches from grand tournaments in Japan, alongside a variety of food and drink options. Dine on bowls of chankonabe (sumo stew) and bento boxes while drinking beer, sake and tea. Japanese artisan vendors will also be present on site.
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10 Things to Do This Week in NYC: March 22nd – March 28th, 2019 | , displaying thousands of orchids that come in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes.
Saturday, March 17th
The story of Grand Central Terminal is that of New York City itself: the structure embodies the social, cultural, economic and technological evolution around it. It is one of great men, feuding architects, ingenuity, rejuvenation, secrets and surprises. On our Secrets of Grand Central Terminal tour, we will tell you these stories — about what once was, what could have been, and what can be.
Tour of the Secrets of Grand Central Terminal
Happy St. Patrick's Day! For quirky celebratory activities (beyond bar hopping), check out our guide to alternative events, featuring glass blowing classes, whiskey tours and more.
End the weekend on a high note with the Vodka and Pickles Festival, taking place at Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn. The event includes unlimited tastings of Vodka mixed drinks, pickles and other Hors d'oeuvres, in addition to live stage entertainment, an art exhibition and fun raffles.
The abandoned Ellis Island Hospital complex — once the standard for United States medical care (and later transformed to the FBI headquarters when the island served as a detention center) — has been left to decay for nearly 60 years. Now, Untapped Cities is bringing you behind-the-scenes for a unique exploration of the abandoned facility; on this experience, you'll visit the contagious disease wards, the autopsy rooms and have exclusive access to places usually closed to the public.
Behind-the-Scenes Hard Hat Tour of the Abandoned Ellis Island Hospital
The New York City subway system is the largest in the world and with hundreds of art installations scattered throughout its 430 stations, it's also one of the world's largest public art galleries. Join Untapped Cities tour guide Justin Rivers as he takes you on an in-depth tour of Art in the NYC Subway, weaved together to tell the complete history of the New York City commuter from Fulton's first steamboat to the newly minted Second Avenue subway riders.
Behind-the-Scenes Tour of NYC Subway Art
Monday, March 19th
New York Public Library President, Anthony Marx, is bringing together criminal-justice-reform advocates for a conversation about issues surrounding incarceration.
Tuesday, March 20th
There's a bread lab in Brooklyn that offers bread-making workshops! Earn your carbs at this hands-on experience for beginners.
Wednesday, March 21st
The Museum of the City of New York will host The Subway, a talk with Joseph Lhota, Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and transportation advocate and MTA Board Member, Veronica Vanterpool, to delve into what can be done to ensure the future success of the New York subway system. Purchase tickets for $25 here, or go FREE as an Untapped Cities Insider.
Thursday, March 22nd
The Affordable Art Fair kicks off today, featuring contemporary works, ranging from paintings and prints to sculptures and photographs. Workshops and talks will also be taking place throughout the day at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea.
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Our church had a ski retreat this past weekend in Tyrol, Austria, and at the last minute John and I signed up to go. And we<|fim_middle|> mountain (which was strangely unprotected by barriers...), so all is well. | were so glad we did; we got to know some more people at our church here, we got some good skiing in, and we enjoyed a weekend away in the gorgeous Pitztal Valley. I get really panicky when I think I might have to share a room with 12 strangers, shower in ten-stall bathrooms, play ice-breaker games all night, and generally be in a non-introvert environment for an entire weekend. But I'm happy to say that this ski retreat was perfect in that it was in no way like that. We had our own room and bathroom (!), not one ice-breaker game was played (hallelujah!), and I felt like there was a great balance of hanging out/talking and quiet time. John could play games to his heart's content, and I could quietly sketch in a corner. I'm embracing my personality more these days...or I'm trying to, at least!
It's hard to be new and to feel like people might mentally check out when you tell them you're only here for a few months. After all, friendships take time to form, and relationships are built on time and trust. We're aching to be a place for an extended period of time, to build long and deep friendships and to strengthen those we already have. And yet here we are in this place for a few months (two more at this point), and we're realizing we have to work with what we've been given for the time we have before us. We won't become best friends with everyone in our church, but we can invest as much as possible in the friendships we do have, right here, right now. And having two, three, four friendships is a wonderful thing, no matter where you are. Who knows how God may use and grow those friendships in the future?
Not your average church retreat spot, right? This was the view from our chalet.
(Some) new friends from church.
Action shot on the 8km sledding course. This was kind of dangerous, considering that I cannot multitask, but I managed not to go off the side of the | 433 |
Community education makes learning a life-long process
Inside the Eloise B. Houchens Center on Adams Street, Esli Pelly showed several participants Thursday how to turn trash to treasure – making window boxes out of freezer baskets, a paper towel holder out of a clothes hanger, luminaries out of coffee cans and art out of an old window.
"You can<|fim_middle|>. Grubbs said Community Education is different in every community. She said the thing about community education is it adapts to the community it is in.
"It's life enrichment," Elrod said. "Community Education has a special place in this community."
— For a list of Community Education offerings, see www.bgwc-commed.org.
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Agencies paying tribute to area's children » | be endless with your imagination," Pelly said. "It's unbelievable the things you can do with what's lying around."
Community Education provides a unique service to Bowling Green, offering everything from computer and dance classes to an adult spelling bee and summer camps and after-school activities for children.
"We do a little bit of everything," said Anne Grubbs, enrichment and volunteer coordinator, who has been involved in the organization for 12 years.
Community Education operates under three main components – adult enrichment, after-school and volunteerism. In addition to these components, the organization is known for its community collaborations and service learning projects.
"We try to fill a lot of gaps that are not provided by other services," Grubbs said.
Since its inception, Community Education has grown to provide before- and after-school care for more than 1,200 school-age children and youth on school days, and for as many as 500 children during all-day programs, which are offered during school breaks.
The organization also offers a variety of activities during three terms – fall, winter and spring – which garners anywhere from 300 to 400 participants per term. The classes, which teens can take but are mostly for adults, Grubbs said, are usually held inside school buildings.
The "Trash to Treasure" class – using items that preserve history, such as milk buckets and old canning pots – was an encore class, Pelly said. The class was geared toward those who liked home and gardening projects.
"I'm always interested in gardening and watercolors," said Kim Skipper, a participant who frequents Community Education classes.
Pam Elrod, another participant, said she takes classes once or twice a year.
"I like to get new ideas … find new things to do," she said.
Community Education in most places is an extension of the school system, Grubbs said. But because there are two school systems here, Community Education is independent and functions with government and education agencies, she said.
"One thing that is important is we don't try to take programming away from anyone," Grubbs said. "We try to point people who have a need to the right service provider."
Executive director Debi Wade Jordan said previously that the organization provides programming as cost-effectively as it can, and programs tend to be costly. She said functions, such as Spell-A-Bration – one of the organization's fundraisers – help offset program costs.
Yet the services Community Education provides are invaluable, Pelly said. Those interested can learn to paint, do yoga, use a computer, basket weave and take a picture like professionals do – "without a lot of pressure," Grubbs said.
"This organization gives people the opportunity to learn something new that enriches their lives," Pelly said. "And there are so many different things to learn."
The local organization is part of the Kentucky Community Education Association. The organization is a creative and cooperative approach to learning as a life-long process | 606 |
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The trio held a tryout Wednesday in Boston for the Fox show's upcoming season, which begins in January.
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Connick said they'll never run out of interesting things to say if they focus on the contestants.
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Mini report for Embsay, Fist Blue Trout from Embsay reported today and photos seen hopefully to follow also Rainbows up to 7lb caught and released fighting fit to grace the bank again. Lots of good feedback on the up coming stocking of more Blues at the end of the month. Tight lines for now.
Embsay has continued to give up her treasures. Lots of fish are coming to the net, with catches of over 10 fish in a session not uncommon. One lucky day-ticket holder caught 17 fish on their visit, all were safely returned to fight another day. The Tigers are well and truly tamed, with most anglers having one of two in there catch reports, The Bigger Rainbows are still regularly being netted, the biggest since the last report was a shade over 6lb and safely returned to the water.
Brown Trout too are gracing the banks too, from tiddlers at 4inch long up to 3lb, so there is a healthy breeding population in the res for the future. No Blues have been reported as yet but they are in there, there has been lots of interest from anglers regarding blue trout, we will have to see what the next stocking brings - watch this space. One thing I will add is dont let the weather put you off, some of the best results have come on the not so pleasant days. Tight Lines.
It has been nonstop really since the start of the season there have been lots of fish caught including plenty of Tigers, a few good Brownies and lots of Rainbows up to almost 8lb. A few anglers taking for the table but it looks like many of the fish caught have been returned unharmed. The weather has not dampened the enthusiasm of our hardened members and some of the best reports have come on horrendous days to be honest and as the fish are already wet, they dont care about us anglers, so well done the anglers who have braved the weather.
The fish have also come to the hook on the few more pleasant<|fim_middle|> up than ours. If you come into contact with a group of non-english speaking people with spinning equipment, please do not tackle them yourselves. Contact the police. There is enough information readily available for the correct way to report such incidents. See link below. On a lighter (maybe darker) note, with the warm weather on our doorstep, its not just the anglers enjoying the river.
Whole families and their animals, gangs of teenagers etc will all be letting off steam. (And leaving lots of litter) Particularly the field above the metal footbridge on the shared stretch.
Dry flies for your flybox for the remainder of this month and May.
The grey duster, in sizes 16 and 14. A useful imitation for the large dark olive.
The midge, in sizes 18 and 20.
The hawthorn fly, in size 12.
The mayfly, a multitude of patterns in a multitude of sizes.
If your fishing the river and its running crystal clear, as it is now, dont fish downstream because the fish will see you. Use light rods, long leaders and fine tippets.
If fish are not taking insects from the top then perhaps speculating with a dry fly may not be such a good idea. Employ the duo method and speculate with a nymph as well as the dry!
Riffles, runs and pools... concentrate on these areas and you will catch fish.
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Trout are now starting to look up and are taking artificial variations of the above. The usual large emerger patterns are also being taken by hungry trout. The grayling still seem unaware to the food stuffs above the waterline, however they will take nymphs intended for the trout.
I have spoken to the usual folk who tend to inhabit the river and all seem to have caught either on worm or fly. Deans field today, just over an hours fishing, 2 out of season grayling and this nice trout. | days we have had, tending to favour the windward side, so good catches reported when fishing into the wind. Worm have done well fished deep and a fly called a Black & Fluro Green Gold head has accounted for a good few quality Rainbows. I would like to thank the people who have posted photos and catches on our Facebook page as it helps me along with chatting to you all to be able to calculate catches and report back to the club for the next restocking.
I must mention Mr Ed Brown & Mr Phillip Mawson as they fished an excellent session the other day with Ed ending the day with 10 fish and Phillip close on his heels with 8 a mixture of Tigers and Rainbows with all fish returned safe and sound to the water.
The coarse fish population are finally starting to go on the feed,good mixed bags of roach, perch, skimmers and the odd rudd, In the last few weeks a tench of one pound six ounce has been landed along with a few gudgeon and tommy ruffe.
Carp have been spotted cruising the margins and weed beds and a few anglers have had them on but lost in the weeds, perhaps stepping up the size of line is required to land one of them.
Trout seem to be feeding mostly on the abundant fry as they are not coming out to standard baits like worm, prawn or maggot, although if you throw a handful of floating casters out they go mad for them.
Pictured is this mornings catch by Kenny Wright.
Still mainly trout that are active, taking any bait you care to offer, bread punch, sweetcorn, maggot, prawns, pellets and various spinners, There has been a good amount of members and a few day ticket anglers up there in the last few weeks, a few have targeted the roach with only limited success. I hope the warmer weather that is forecast for the next week or so will encourage the roach and perch to get active, if any one has any notable catches over the next few weeks please feel free to get in touch with the details and i can add them to the next report.
The gill has been fishing well for the past couple of weeks, Roach upto a pound have been landed on a variety of baits (caster, single maggot,pinkies and punch)they seem to dissappear if there is a couple of cold days. Perch are still not showing in any sort of numbers, but the few that have been caught where good sized fish.
Carp have been seen over the last four days or so, the two ghosties and there common carp entourage have put some size on over the winter , at least three of our members have said the biggest common is now a double figure fish, we will have to wait for it to be caught to see if it is.
Trout are being caught on just about any bait you put in although the favourites seems to be prawns, sweetcorn and worm, I even caught a two pound brownie on the bread punch whilst trying to tempt the roach.
Bailiff Report First half of 2018.
Rain, rain and more rain to start the season.
The cold temperatures in March and April, kept the trout on the bottom, but catchable on nymph patterns.
The return of the Sand Martins and the House Martins was indeed a welcome sight, but also worrying. The cold damp weather and a distinct lack of fly life wasnt the best welcome the Aire could offer.
Mink sightings were up, along with reports of the village duck population mysteriously going missing. Goosanders were everywhere on the river and almost tame on lower stretches of the river. Cormorants too were making the best of our fish.
Then, as May arrived, everything changed.
Fly life became abundant with clouds of midges enveloping anglers who brush past riverside trees. Other species of fly began to appear. Again in large numbers.
The Mayfly hatch wasnt as good as previously, indeed it was perhaps the worst in six years, but the odd large trout was fooled by imitations. The Grannom hatch although plentiful, seemed to be ignored.
As for the river inhabitants, there seems to be an extraordinary large increase in the amount of trout in comparison to last year. Trout parr and juveniles up to about 8 inch seem to be everywhere. Apparently this is not just the Aire, other rivers have had the same population explosion.
Not all good news though, constant sunshine and lack of rain has made the river drop to a very low level. This in turn depletes oxygen levels and warms the water.
We have lost at least one specimen brown trout due to bad angling practice. So, may I take this opportunity to remind anglers, if they do catch a large fish, coarse fish included. It will take a while to recover after being caught. Keep that fish in the water for long as it takes to swim off strongly. It may take 10 minutes, it make take longer. If it swims off and goes belly up... it will die.
Personally, I will not fish the river until we see a lot more rain. It is not beyond comprehension the skilled angler could C+R over 30 fish on our stretch at the moment, "shooting fish in a barrel" comes to mind.
Small chub seem to be making an odd appearance. Large trout, again, seem to be gracing a few peoples nets. Grayling for me and others, seem quite abundant. Fishermen numbers seem to be down, although the school holidays have brought lots of teenagers and litter to the river. Finally, flood alleviation works have been carried out in Carleton. Excess gravel has been removed from the beck and redistributed at the end of Carleton beck where it meets the river. The gravel should help the resident trout of the river to produce future offspring. A large hard standing are has also been created. Although these works are not perfect, they were free. More information on the trout breeding cycle can be found here.
Not seen too many folk on the river as of late. Perhaps this is due to the water clarity, low water or the heat?
Bigger fish taking nymph, grayling seeming to be taking both nymph and dries.
Now the summer holidays are upon us, the local youths gather en masse on the farmers land for riverside activities. Please be aware.
Duffers fortnight has been and gone and the big trout have once again hidden themselves waiting for the right sub surface morsel. Fry seem to have taken over the river with shoals of small fish everywhere. Even tapdoles are occupying the slacker areas. Trout can be seen cruising around the shoals waiting for a chance to smash and grab. Fly life is certainly abundant with clouds of flies and multitudes of species.
The lack of rain over the last few week has not helped the angler. The water is like glass and only inches deep in places.
Dont cast downstream, the fish will see you.
New Zealand method aka the duo aka klink and dink.
Dry fly if you can match the hatch.
Once you have hooked your quarry, release asap.
Low oxygen levels will make it harder for the fish to recover so be prepared to give your fish some TLC.
With the coarse season just around the corner could I ask all fly fishing members and others who may be reading this, learn to recognise a grayling rise form. This will help next year when grayling are out of season and should not be targeted. It will also stop me getting mad at anglers who repeatedly ignor warnings they are casting at OOS fish.
Members may be aware pike seem to be more prevelant on our stretches. Summer is not the best time for pike fishing, please save this practise for the colder months.
Poachers have been reported on stretches higher | 1,614 |
Depeche Mode have teased that they may play a series of intimate warm-up shows ahead of their massive 'Spirit' world tour.
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Speaking about their new album 'Spirit', Gahan continued: "Making records can be really prickly with a group of people, because you're a team and you might have an idea about how you think something should sound and the person sitting next to you does not hear it like that. The thing about Martin and I, is that's not something we often talk about. We don't really sit and discuss, we just kind of start getting on with it. It's tricky navigating your way around a Depeche Mode record but that's what makes it interesting.
"I wouldn't say it's an easy experience, but there's definitely a start, a<|fim_middle|> than I as a songwriter. | middle and an end to it. It's the gravitas of the work too…we have a high standard of what we should be doing and where it should be. Martin has predominantly been the songwriter of this band from day one…I'm on the bench most of the time. I get a few minutes here and there to play, and that's OK. I'm lucky to be a part of that. Martin certainly shows up as much for my songs as he does his own. It doesn't necessarily work the other way if I have an idea about one of Martin's songs, but that's OK – because he's much more accomplished | 128 |
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Sohail Sarfraz Published September 6, 2022
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has strongly endorsed the government's proposal to impose additional taxes of Rs60 billion on the beverage industry under contingency taxation measures.
The FTO office in its budget proposals for 2022-23 had proposed to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to substantially raise the Federal Excise Duty (FED) on beverages, i.e., from 13% to 20% including soft drinks, energy drinks, packaged juices, sports drinks, sweetened coffee drinks, sweetened iced tea, and flavoured milk, etc.
However, the budget markers had rejected the said proposal during the last budget preparation exercise for 2022-23. The FTO office had repeatedly proposed the FBR to raise the FED on beverages and tobacco.
Sources told Business Recorder that the proposal was drafted during the last budget but was dropped before finalisation of the Finance Act 2022.
The government has committed to activate contingency measures as needed, including: (i) immediate increase in GST on fuel, as a prelude to reaching the standard rate of 17%; (ii) further streamlining of GST exemptions including on sugary drinks (PRs 60 billion) and other<|fim_middle|> on the health indications in these countries.
In the broader national interest, the federal government may increase the FED on the aerated waters, energy drinks containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured from 13% to 20% of the retail price.
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Multiple policy interventions have been identified by global health bodies like American Heart Association, WHO, and World Bank, which include but are not limited to increased taxation. Higher taxes, are advocated as potential policy tools to reduce the consumption directly.
Evidence from a number of countries has shown it to be effective strategies where a documented decrease in consumption of SSBs is seen and is expected to reduce the burden of NCDs. Examples include South Africa, Mexico, Chile and Saudi Arabia. These countries documented and implemented higher taxes on SSBs aiming to address reducing obesity and its related disease, and the policy has shown a positive effect | 245 |
The International Corporate Health Leadership Council (the Council) is a non-profit 501(c)(6) foundation whose objective is to drive standards and policies that result in reducing risk and improving the delivery of healthcare to international business travelers, expatriates (and their families) and employees in emerging markets, wherever they may live or work. Made up of the most senior leadership in corporate health - medical directors, corporate executives, thought leaders, and researchers - the Council produces periodic reviews of the latest health trends relevant to global enterprises. In addition, the Council provides key recommendations so that appropriate standards are benchmarked and best practices are identified and shared with those who make or influence policy decisions concerning the protection and preservation of human<|fim_middle|> safe and secure while outside their home countries. By doing so, multi-national corporations around the world can build, adapt or change their global health initiatives to meet or exceed standards recognized by the Council. In addition, Council members can share best practices and insights among peers, thus offering an opportunity for professional growth. | capital.
The Council is a forum where leaders in corporate health and medical services, including physicians, corporate executives, thought leaders, researchers and other stakeholders, can assemble, exchange ideas and issue reports that will drive standards and policies leading to reduced risk and improvements in the delivery of health services to international business travelers, expatriates (and their families) and employees (in emerging environments) wherever they may live or work.
The Council focuses on promoting the highest professional standards in international corporate health and advocating for those corporations and health practitioners engaged in achieving excellence in the care of a globally diverse workforce. By facilitating primary research, the Council intends to advance the international corporate health field and educate policymakers, when appropriate, regarding the positive contributions of corporations to the health and safety of employees traveling and living abroad. On a yearly basis, the Council publishes a detailed report that qualifies, benchmarks and promotes the best science and practices in international corporate health.
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Forza Horizon 3 PC Demo Is Here! They said a Forza Horizon 3 PC demo would come after release and they were right, as it has just become available on the Windows Store. Yes we repeat, the Forza Horizon 3 PC demo is OUT NOW! Already deemed to be one of the best racing games ever, the third in the Horizon series is the first to make its way onto the PC and it does so in fantastic style. With the extra horsepower available, the graphics are crisper and the frame rates are faster, as well as increased wheel support over Microsoft's own gaming console. (yeah makes perfect sense that one??) So if you have not bought into the hype and glowing opinions from many a player and reviewer, now is the time to try it out for yourself and see what the whole fuss of a glorious recreation of an environment that takes the best parts of Australia and allows you to drive around it in hundreds of different vehicles, which you can modify and tune to make them as unique as you would like, is all about. And do not forget those amazing screens you can take too. What you waiting for? Go get it now! Forza Horizon 3 PC Demo - Windows Store
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Demo: Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X Content: Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X: Rio Demo Price: Free Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) ALCOHOL REFERENCE] Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X is primed to revolutionize the way you think about combat in the sky. Elevate your experience of warfare. Download the demo. Just got his off Official Site: H.A.W.X Demo Announced! An official Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X™ demo will be available for download for Xbox 360® on February 11 and for PLAYSTATION®3 beginning on February 12, 2009. The demo will be also available for Windows-based PCs beginning on February 26, 2009. In this demo, players will dominate the skies for the first time and battle planes, tanks and amphibious assaults and have the opportunity to dogfight with other elite pilots in a stunning panoramic boss scene. Key features of the H.A.W.X demo: - Co-op enabled for up to 4 players – Jump in/Jump out - Gain experience points and unlock up to three real, licensed planes in the demo: * F-16A Fighting Falcon * SU-35 Super Flanker * AV-8B Harrier II - Choose between two different game modes: * Normal – Default control type * Expert – Allows full control over the aircraft in "Assistance Off" mode - Two heart-pounding missions: * Operation: Off Certification (Training mode) - Learn the skills of an elite pilot in "Assistance Off" mode and pull extreme maneuvers _ Operation: Glass Hammer (Rio De Janeiro) * Take flight over a landscape created using GeoEye (the world's best satellite | 390 |
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Financial, economic, or corporate crime, usually involving Fraud and theft, that is often carried out by sophisticated means. The result is usually economic loss for businesses, investors, and those affected by the actions of the perpetrator.
White-collar crime is a broad term that encompasses many types of nonviolent criminal offenses involving fraud and illegal financial transactions. White-collar crimes include bank fraud, Bribery, blackmail, counterfeiting, Embezzlement, forgery, insider trading, money laundering, tax evasion, and antitrust violations. Though white-collar crime is a major problem, it is difficult to document the extent of these crimes because the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) crime statistics collect information on only three categories: fraud, counterfeiting and forgery, and embezzlement. All other white-collar crimes are listed in an "other" category. Nevertheless, law enforcement officials agree that white-collar crime is a major problem.
Sociologist Edwin H. Sutherland coined the term in a speech to the American Sociological Association in 1939, and published the book White-Collar Crime ten years later. Sutherland argued that there were significant differences between crimes such as robbery, burglary, and murder, which he classed as "blue-collar crime," and white-collar crime. Perpetrators of blue-collar crimes were typically street criminals. Their crimes had no link to their occupations and they were typically poor. In contrast, individuals of higher economic and social status committed white-collar crimes and their crimes were linked to their socially respected professions. In addition, Sutherland noted that very few white-collar criminals occupied prison cells. Sutherland argued that white-collar criminals inflicted more harm on U.S. society than burglars and robbers, however, the justice system treated white-collar offenders with more lenience and with less consistency than street criminals.White-collar fraud did not begin in the late twentieth century. Embezzlers, counterfeiters, stock swindlers, and con men have practiced their crimes for hundreds of years. Political corruption thrived during the nineteenth century and, for example, tarnished the administration of President ulysses s. grant. The Teapot Dome Scandal of the mid-1920s did the same for President Warren G. Harding's administration. Overall, however, there was a lack of interest in the United States in punishing fraudulent business behavior.
The Stock Market crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s began to change public and political attitudes toward white-collar crime. These types of activities also began to draw more attention thanks in part to advances in the modern media. The 1930s saw the enactment of federal laws that regulated the banking and Securities industries. The Securities and Exchange Commission was established in 1934 to protect investors from illegal stock manipulation, insider trading, and other white-collar offenses perpetrated by stockbrokers. Though the SEC has not always succeeded in policing these white-collar crimes, numerous brokers and dealmakers have been prosecuted over the years.
Over the years, numerous regulations covering other areas of business have been enacted by both state and federal government. With more laws on the books violations have led to more prosecutions. The hallmark of many white-collar crimes, however, is sophistication. Perpetrators have specialized knowledge that allows them to commit complex transactions that are often difficult to identify. Law enforcement authorities rarely catch white-collar criminals at the very onset of their activities. The collapse of a business institution may reveal signs of financial irregularities that took place over many years. In addition, the use of computers and electronic financial transactions has complicated the detection and prosecution of white-collar<|fim_middle|>Fugitive from Justice
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Organized Crime has also added white-collar offenses to its repertoire of illegal activities. The federal government passed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 1961 et seq.), in 1970 to address these types of crimes. RICO is specifically designed to punish criminal activity by business enterprises controlled by organized crime. Racketeering includes a number of discrete criminal offenses, including gambling, bribery, extortion, bankruptcy fraud, Mail Fraud, securities fraud, prostitution, narcotics trafficking, loan sharking, and murder. The punishment for violating RICO's criminal provisions is extremely harsh. If convicted, a defendant is fined and sentenced to not more than 20 years in prison for each RICO violation. Moreover, the defendant must forfeit any interest, claim against, or property or contractual right over the criminal enterprise, as well as any property that constitutes the racketeering activity or was derived from the racketeering activity. Finally, RICO contains civil provisions that allow a party injured by a RICO defendant to recover damages from the defendant in civil court.
During the late 1990s, a number of corporations manipulated financial information and made improper financial transactions. Accounting firms helped conceal the illegal nature of these actions, which undermined investor confidence in the stock market and corporate governance in general. The corporate scandals that emerged in 2001 involved Enron, WorldCom, and the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen and were of national importance. Congress responded to these elaborate white-collar crimes by enacting the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act, also known as the sarbanes-oxley act (Pub.L. 107-204, 116 Stat. 745, [2002]) The act increased penalties for the white-collar crimes of mail fraud and wire fraud from a maximum of five years to 20 years in prison. It also directed the united states sentencing commission to review and amend its sentencing guidelines regarding white-collar crimes. In addition, the law makes it a crime for corporate officers to falsify financial reports. A conviction could result in a $5 million fine and 10 years in prison. Most importantly, the act created a new crime of securities fraud. A person convicted of this white-collar crime could be sentenced to 25 years in prison.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, apart from its substantive provisions, expressed a new recognition of the seriousness of white-collar crime.
Friedrichs, David O. 2004. Trusted Criminals: White Collar Crime in Contemporary Society. 2d ed. Belmont, Calif.: Thomson/Wadsworth.Monks, Robert A. G., and Nell Minow, eds. 2001. Corporate Governance. 3d ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell.
Podgor, Ellen, and Jerold H. Israel. 1997. White Collar Crime in a Nutshell. 2d ed. St. Paul, Minn.: West Wadsworth.
Simpson, Sally S. 2002. Corporate Crime, Law, and Social Control. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press.
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The app works by using a hotkey keystroke command that can hide previously specified apps. The default hotkey that hides, or shows the apps, is the combination of the Alt key and the digit 1 key. Adding apps to hide is easy; you can manually enter the address of the app or use drag and drop to select a target image of the apps you want to hide.
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Madison Fire Department Adds its First Electric Fire Engine | MGE Chairman, President and CEO Jeff Keebler.
As the calendar turns to December and to a new year, it's often a time of reflection. The past two years have been challenging but have shown that we're a resilient community when we work together. As friends, neighbors and community members, we're working together to meet the challenges of our times and to create a better future for this place we call home.
MGE's roots in the Madison area date back more than 150 years. As a critical services provider, we carry a special responsibility to serve our customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I'm grateful for our crews and operations employees who continue to meet our community's everyday needs, safely and reliably.
We're also working hard to serve you more sustainably.
As we look to the future, MGE has announced investments in solar and battery storage projects that will help us continue to provide reliable, affordable and sustainable energy in the coming years. The proposed projects will help to power more than 26,000 households.
MGE is seeking approval to purchase 9.1 megawatts (MW) of the 92-MW Red Barn Wind Farm to be built in the towns of Wingville and Clifton in Grant County.
MGE is seeking approval to own 20 MW of solar and 11 MW of battery storage from the 200-MW Paris Solar-Battery Park to be built in Kenosha County.
If approved, MGE will own 25 MW of solar and 7.5 MW of battery storage from the 250-MW Darien Solar Energy Center in southeastern Wisconsin.
MGE also is seeking approval to own 30 MW of solar and 16.5 MW of battery storage from the 300-MW Koshkonong Solar Energy Center to be built in Dane County.
These projects are another step toward carbon reductions of at least 65% by 2030 and our goal of net-zero carbon by 2050. They also will help meet future energy and capacity needs cost-effectively as we continue our ongoing transition away from coal.
By 2025, with the planned retirement of the coal-fired Columbia power plant, MGE will have eliminated approximately two-thirds of our coal-fired generation capacity. By 2030, our remaining use of coal is expected to be reduced substantially, and by 2035, MGE is expected to eliminate coal as an energy source when the Elm Road power plant will transition to natural gas as its primary fuel source. MGE is a minority owner of both of these plants.
And, MGE is advancing sustainable transportation with a new electric vehicle fast-charging hub in Madison.
Our energy future looks bright. Thank you for your continued support and partnership as we work together
to build your community energy company for the future.
Jeff Keebler, MGE Chairman, President and CEO
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Digestion and absorption
Digestion begins in the mouth and continues as food travels through the small intestine. Most absorption occurs in the small intestine.
Large food molecules (for example, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and starches) must be broken down into subunits that are small enough to be absorbed by the lining of the alimentary canal. This is accomplished by enzymes.
The average American diet is about 50 percent carbohydrates, which may be classified according to the number of monomers (subunits) they contain. You should take notes on figure 2 below .
The chemical digestion of starches begins in the mouth and has been reviewed in previous modules. In the small intestine, pancreatic amylase does the 'heavy lifting' for starch and carbohydrate digestion ( [link] ). Amylases break down starches into simple sugars. Three brush border enzymes break up the sugars sucrose, lactose, and maltose into monosaccharides.
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Carbohydrates are broken down into their monomers in a series of steps.
Proteins are polymers composed of amino acids linked by peptide bonds to form long chains. Digestion reduces them to their constituent amino acids. You usually consume about 15 to 20 percent of your total calorie intake as protein.
The digestion of protein starts in the stomach, where HCl and pepsin break proteins into smaller subunits, which then travel to the small intestine ( [link] ). Chemical digestion in the small intestine is continued by pancreatic enzymes, including chymotrypsin and trypsin , each of which act on specific bonds in amino acid sequences. At the same time, the cells of the brush border secrete enzymes. This results in molecules small enough to enter the bloodstream ( [link] ). Take notes on figure 4 | 412 |
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The Vice Chancellor of Facilities Planning and Construction leads, manages, and oversees all aspects and phases of capital construction bond, real estate, and major facilities maintenance, renovation, and construction projects in multiple bond, state, and locally funded capital improvement programs Districtwide. The Vice Chancellor of Facilities Planning and Construction serves as a member of the Chancellor's Cabinet and fosters a culture of program and project integrity, collaboration, mutual respect, innovation, and continuous improvement throughout the District.
Advises the Chancellor on policies and strategic matters related to capital construction bonds, capital improvement programs, real estate, planning, and maintenance, renovation and construction projects and other physical plant related issues.
Leads strategic and long-range facilities planning for new construction and improvement projects throughout the District to ensure implementation of approved plans.
Works with District and College senior management teams to develop capital outlay and scheduled maintenance projects.
Assists in the development of Educational Master Plans and Facilities Master Plans which accurately represent the educational requirements of students, faculty, and staff needs.
Leads a team of staff and professional consultants in the development and execution of capital improvement renovation and construction projects.
Ensures that all colleges receive modern, safe, efficient facilities, and effective planning, design, construction contract administration during all project phases.
Develops and recommends construction policies, procedures, and goals for review and approval by the Chancellor.
Develops and implements department strategies, business practices, and processes to continually improve program effectiveness and project execution.
Oversees and ensures continuous improvement of facilities planning through reengineering, assessment of best practices, input from users and customers, and application of new technologies and solutions.
Manages and evaluates the overall program master schedule, scope, risk, and budget Districtwide to ensure projects are within scope, budget, and schedule within the parameters of various capital improvement and capital construction bond programs.
Prepares and administers the District's facilities planning and construction budgets.
Leads the development of District standard contract templates, forms, and documents.
Directs the development of professional services requests and contracts, leads District and college leaders in best-value source selection, and acquisition of professional services for all capital improvement programs.
Directs development of District's facility projects, including plans and specifications, bid documents, contract awards, construction change orders, and contract completion acceptances.
Works with Purchasing and Finance staff to ensure all program elements are in compliance with Federal, State, Local, and District laws, regulations, and policies.
Develops, analyzes and<|fim_middle|> within a collective bargaining unit. Local One employees are required to join the union or pay an equivalent service fee. This is a one-time initiation fee of $45.00 and monthly contributions of 1% of gross pay + $1. The United Faculty positions are also within a collective bargaining unit. United Faculty employees are required to join the union or pay an equivalent service fee. The monthly contribution is an agency fee of .55 % of gross pay + $2.50.
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Serves as the main real estate point of contact for all district real property and improvements.
Advances and implements energy conservation strategies for retrofitted, remodeled or new facilities.
Serves as the interface for the District with local, state and federal agencies and with related business representatives and community members.
Assists in the oversight of employee, student, and public safety in Districtwide facilities, buildings, and construction locations.
Creates and provides quarterly capital improvement program reports to the District Governing Board and the Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee.
Represents the District at meetings with local public agencies, business organizations, community groups and others.
Directs and evaluates the work of facilities planning department staff members and consultants. Performs such other duties assigned or delegated by the Chancellor.
A bachelor's degree in architecture, construction management, engineering, or related field from an accredited college or university.
Ten years of increasingly responsible experience in architectural and engineering design, construction management, real estate and facilities planning, and facilities maintenance and capital improvement programs.
Five years of experience in a senior leadership, executive, or managerial position managing multiple real estate, utility, maintenance and construction, and capital projects.
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- Leadership in successful oversight of a Bond Measure Program.
- Experience in working with the Division of the State Architect.
In accordance with the Human Resources Procedure 3050.05, all foreign degrees and credits used to meet the minimum qualifications must be evaluated by an approved National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) agency www.naces.org prior to the implementation of the equivalency process. You must upload your evaluation with your application when you apply for this position to be considered. We cannot accept foreign degree evaluations after the closing date. The candidate bears all responsibility and costs associated with obtaining the evaluation.
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Retirement: Most employees are members of the PERS (Public Employees Retirement System). Faculty employees and Academic Managers are members of the STRS (State Teachers Retirement System). Police Service employers are members of Safety Public Employees Retirement System.
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Leave Allowance: The District offers monthly eligible classified employees and managers/supervisors a generous vacation and sick leave benefits as well as 20 paid holidays annually (which can vary based on length of winter break).
Additional Benefits: The District also offers monthly eligible classified employees and managers/supervisors educational reimbursements, employee assistance programs, a travel assistance plan, longevity compensation, retiree benefits, employee discounts on health memberships and a comprehensive wellness program.
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A Q&A with Tom Callahan on Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods and his new Arnie biography
Tom Callahan is one of the most versatile curmudgeons ever to hunch over a keyboard. In almost a half-century in the business, Callahan has been a newspaper columnist (The Washington Post), a long-form magazine writer (Time, Golf Digest) and the author of six books. Typical of Callahan's reporting instincts—and skepticism of blowhards—this former Marine spent weeks in the bush in Vietnam searching for the ghost of Tiger Phong, the soldier after whom Earl Woods nicknamed his son. (Phong had died years earlier, but Callahan found the family and his place of burial.) Two subsequent books—In Search of Tiger and His Father's Son: Earl and Tiger Woods—are indispensable reading in understanding golf's greatest enigma.
Now Callahan, 71, has taken on another icon with the just-released Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer. It's less an exhaustive biography than a series of colorful yarns from a writer who was close to Palmer dating to the early 1970s. I caught up with Callahan on the eve of the Masters; Arnie and Tiger loomed large in our chat, but it was also a chance for Callahan to reminisce about, among other things, Dan Jenkins, Red Smith, Muhammad Ali and stories that are too good to fact-check.
Alan Shipnuck: When are you getting to Augusta?
Tom Callahan: I'm not going.
AS: You're kidding.
TC: I'm going to try to sell my book instead. I'm going to New York.
AS: Well, Augusta would seem like a good place to sell your book—you've got the whole world's sports media there.
TC: Yeah, I don't know. I gave up going to the Masters years ago. One year I was sitting there and realized it was my 26th in a row, and I thought to myself, That's six months of my life in Augusta, Ga. You know?
AS: Oh yes, I can relate to that.
TC: I kept going to the British because it was the only time I saw [Dan]<|fim_middle|> a goat.
AS: That is exactly why you should never fact-check a really good tale.
TC: I know. I wrote something that ended up in a movie, and I still don't know whether it's true.
AS: Go on.
TC: I went to do a cover story on Dennis Conner [the America's Cup skipper] for Time. He was a real dick, but anyway, while I was sailing with him in Freemantle [Australia] I heard that a bunch of journalists—I think they were Swedish, but I don't even remember anymore—decided they had to see a kangaroo before they left the country. They drove out into the country and, as luck would have it, they accidentally hit one with their car.
So they're standing around feeling bad about it, but they decide they might as well take a picture with it, since it might be the only kangaroo they see. One of the guys takes off his jacket and he puts it on the kangaroo, and they take all these pictures around the dead kangaroo. But it wasn't dead; it was just knocked out. Suddenly it stands up and hops into the woods, wearing the guy's jacket… with the keys to the rental car in the pocket. This was too good not to use, so I put it in the story and I told the fact-checker at Time, "I do not want this checked. If it's wrong it's my fault and I'll take the heat, but I do not want this story checked." Years later there was a movie with that exact scene in it.
AS: That is so great. O.K., as much fun as we're having here, I'm gonna try to steer this conversation back to Arnie. I mean, how do you approach writing a book about Arnold Palmer? To me it's like taking on a biography of George Washington: They've been part of the public imagination for so long, where do you even start?
TC: I took it on at my own risk. It's not one of those 600-page biographies where you're going to talk to everyone he's ever known. I just trusted all the years I spent with him. I wrote three large pieces on him for Golf Digest, when he turned 60, 70 and 80. I was on the run with him in a million places. I played golf with him. So I just relied on my own stuff. By the way, I didn't feel obligated to make Arnold perfect. To me, what he was was good enough. I mean, he obviously adored Winnie, but he adored all women. The story that Bob Rosburg told me I think is a good illustration. [Callahan writes in the book: PGA champion Bob Rosburg, Palmer's occasional roommate in the hungry days on tour, spoke of fielding a phone call once from an especially agitated husband. Rossie said he tried to placate the man but, never wanting to come between Arnie and buckshot, signed off by saying, "My bed is the one by the window."]
AS: That's a classic.
TC: It wasn't the same as with Tiger. Tiger, there was something unseemly. Of course the times were different, and probably Palmer wouldn't get away with being such a womanizer today. But it wasn't as unseemly, let's put it that way. Arnold thought he was a complete success as a husband and father, but I'm sure he hurt Winnie, I'm sure he hurt his daughters some of the time, but he saved it by the way he lived and the way he liked to live. And of course I didn't hold Tiger's women against him as much as the way he treated all people.
There's that story at the end of the book, two soldiers are in Vietnam and they write a letter to Arnie and he sends them a sand wedge and some balls over there, along with a handwritten note. Years later, one of them walks up to him at the Western Open and says, "I'm one of the guys you sent a sand wedge to in Vietnam." And Arnie says, "Are you Wally or Jeff?" I mean, try that with Tiger. Palmer had the best Tiger line. He said to me, "I think when Tiger lost his father, he lost himself. My wish for him is not to come back as a player but to come back as a man." I thought, That's the best line I've ever heard on Tiger.
AS: Arnold wasn't an intellectual, but he had a high emotional IQ as they call it, right? He just "got" people.
TC: He had a good vocabulary too. I was at Arnold's press conference that Sunday when he lost to Johnny Miller at Oakmont [at the 1973 U.S. Open], and almost the first thing he said was—because he had seen the score going up on the board in the middle of his round—"You'd think as long as I've played golf, I wouldn't have blanched." That's a very unusual word for a golfer to use, blanch. But yeah, he could surprise you. He had a little more intellect than you'd expect for a guy who I'm sure wasn't much of a student.
AS: Arnold and Tiger are so different in so many ways. No writer could get close to Tiger the way you did with Arnold, but Tiger must have appreciated that you solved the mystery of his namesake, right?
TC: He only pretended to care about that because he loved his father. I had decided to go to Vietnam because I didn't believe a word Earl said. I had to get a Freedom of Information act to make sure he was even in Vietnam. I was in the Marine Corps, but I didn't do one heroic thing. When people ask me about the Marines, I always say, "I was kind of a hero, but I don't like to talk about it." That's marine speak for I didn't do one heroic thing. I liked Earl. He was a reprobate and a whoremonger and he was full of s—, but he had a heart on him. I said that to Arnold. This isn't in the book. I don't know why—I could have put it in—but Palmer said to me, "I met Earl, but I didn't know him. What was he like?" I said he's full of s—, and Arnold laughed so hard. I liked Earl because I knew how to take him.
You know [the writer] John Huggan? I used to live in St. Augustine [Fla.], and Huggan would spend the Players week with me. I went out to get something, and I came back and he was listening to a tape of Earl and me talking. Earl had this beautiful mellifluous voice, and he was saying on the tape, "Tiger was never wrong. He lied to me once when he was a little boy, and it made him physically sick." And then there was a pause, and you could hear me across the room say, "Earl, he's the biggest f—ing liar on the PGA Tour." Earl laughed and said, "Well, you don't mind if I go on using that story, do you?" Of course, knock yourself out. I can't really say I know Tiger. I mean, to me the most damning thing that Hank Haney said about him was that he finished his dinner and then would get up and walk out of the restaurant without asking anybody else at the table if they were ready. He's so self centered it could make you cry.
I hope that the feelings he's manifesting for his children are real. I hope against hope they are, because if not he's going to end up the loneliest guy in the history of the planet. The way he treats people, the way he treats the gallery…of course he's improved on that lately. It reminds me of the great old sportswriter Frank Graham. You've probably heard this. He wrote a column about an old Yankee who was always difficult. At the end of his career, Graham wrote what I think was a perfect line: "He's learning how to say hello when it's time to say goodbye." That might suit Tiger a little bit because now you see him walking down fairways talking to his playing partner, and he's talking to guys on the practice putting green. At least he knows how to feign human emotion.
AS: Is all of this Tiger's fault or Earl's?
TC: Oh, poor Tiger. I blame Earl. He assembled his son in a garage, but he left out some human parts.
AS: Tiger is the most dominant golfer of all time, and Arnold's career was defined largely by heartbreak. I think I know the answer, but which life would you rather have?
TC: There's no choice, even though Arnold didn't have the happiest career. He won all of his majors in a six-year window. Ernie Els's window was 18! Let's face it, six years—that will surprise a lot of people. But for Arnold, there was kind of a natural happiness to him, and he designed it himself. He figured out that letting people know you and wanting to embrace people is the happier way to go. You're right, Tiger Woods is the best player I've ever seen, and I can't understand anyone who needs to see [him win] 18 majors to know that. When Woods won the U.S. Open by 15 shots and then a month later the British Open by eight, to me there's nothing on Jack Nicklaus's resume that can touch that. I kind of put my money on what Tom Watson said. He and Nicklaus were at an event watching Tiger on a TV monitor, and Watson turned to Nicklaus, and said, "Bear, he's the best, isn't he?" And Jack said, "Yes, he is." That settled it for me. Tiger was the best player I ever saw, but he wasn't the best guy, probably like [Ben] Hogan wasn't the best guy. But that was a helluva long time ago.
I went to see Ernie [Els] shortly after Tiger hit the fire hydrant and now he's declared for the Masters. I'm in Ernie's home at Lake Nona, and I said, "Where will he finish?" He said fifth. [Woods tied for fourth.] But will he win it? Ernie said no chance. None. I said, "Ernie, if he can finish fourth, he can win it." He said, "No, there's a guilt. There's a conscience." He said, "I don't know what to expect from here on, but he won't be the same." As for Arnie, Eisenhower once said he was jealous of Palmer, like everybody else. Dwight Eisenhower! He led World War II, and he was president of the United States for eight years. He never lost an election, but he thinks Palmer's life was better. Like I said, he wasn't perfect. But he was also protected through the years by the writers. See, he always left it to you. He never said, "This is off the record." He left it to you to know what was on the record, and a lot of salty things weren't on the record. Palmer was a guy who tried to make you happy.
One of my favorite little stories was that the guy at The Cleveland Plain-Dealer [George Sweda] took him to his high school reunion. Took him just for the fun of it, and Arnold went along with it. Good luck asking Tiger to join you at your high school reunion. Palmer is the only guy who would do things like that. He absolutely was unique. You asked a lot earlier in this conversation, "Why write a book about Arnold when so much has already been written?" Jenkins says I like people who like me, and there's a little of that because there's no doubt [Palmer] liked me. But of course it wasn't just me. If you were around him more than once, he knew you and he liked you. Or at least that's how it felt. That was his gift. He gravitated toward the writers. He respected us. And that's a dying thing now. Of course everything is dying. But anyway, I'm sorry to talk your ear off.
AS: Are you kidding? This has been a blast. I'd say good luck with the book, but you've already made it clear you don't care if it sells. So, safe travels.
TC: You, too. Enjoy Augusta. And when you're driving, watch out for goats. And kangaroos.
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AS: Well, there's art and there's commerce. To me it takes both. You've written a helluva book, but it's harder and harder to get people to focus on anything these days. You've got to sell it hard, I think.
TC: I got a very good advance. So my attitude is I've already been paid for this book. I'm at the stage of life, at 71, where I only do what I feel like doing.
AS: You were already my hero, but even more so now.
TC: No one believes me when I say this, but I root for every book to sell, with two exceptions: Mein Kampf and anything by Ann Coulter. I even root for John Feinstein's books to sell.
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AS: Even Feinstein? That's generous. So you mentioned Jenkins—I was interested that you dedicated Arnie to him. What is your favorite Dan Jenkins story from your many years sitting next to him?
TC: Oh, God. Almost everything he says is funny. He's an authentically funny guy. One time a young writer walked up to him in my presence and said, "I've always wanted to be like you." And he said, "Hung over?" That's the way he thinks. But there's a sweetness to him that he keeps pretty hidden. It's been a great break for me to be around great writers. I was Red Smith's best friend, through no fault of my own. I worked for Jack Murphy when I was a basketball writer in San Diego, and Jack and Red traveled together the way old sportswriters used to, and I was kind of brought in as a junior partner. I started writing a column in Cincinnati and I got to know Jack better as a fellow columnist. Anything in New York or nearby, we'd stay at Red's place, which was a tremendous break for me. So I was around Red in those days when old sportswriters only talked about one thing: newspapers.
The sportswriters who went to dinner, they never talked about the game they just covered or the sport or who's leading or all that stuff that's on TV now. Never. They only cared about newspapers, and I couldn't get enough of that, sitting there with Red and all the other old guys. That was an era where every town had a great sportswriter, and you couldn't think of the town or the sportswriter without the other. They were bigger than most of the athletes they wrote about, at least in that one city. And they were such gentlemen. They never failed to introduce the young sportswriter to the manager at spring training, or extend those kinds of courtesies. I loved those guys, and I miss them.
I miss newspapers, which are basically gone, and I miss all those great old guys. One of the casualties of gravitating toward older guys like I did, once they're gone it takes all the fun out of the Super Bowls and the Kentucky Derbys. I don't miss being on the trail because to me the trail was all those guys. I admire Jenkins for still going to the majors. He still wants to go. He was basically Palmer's age, and one of the reasons I dedicated the book to him is I kind of associate him with Palmer. They were both [born in] 1929, and he was around Palmer most of his life. I'm sure there's nothing in that book that's news to him.
AS: I think it's helpful that you were a generalist and not just a golf guy because it allowed you to bring a different perspective to Palmer.
TC: I went to 37 Wimbledons. I went to Rose Bowls and Orange Bowls and Sugar Bowls and baseball playoffs. I traveled with the Redskins while I was in Washington. I traveled with the Bengals when I was in Cincinnati. I was at the finish line for Secretariat at Belmont, and I barely know which end a horse eats from. I covered Evel Knievel at the canyon. I picked Evel.
AS: Always take the canyon, Tom. Everybody knows that.
TC: I know. I should have. So golf was just one of the things I did. But I liked doing it because it was during the day and there were trees. To me, golf was a charming thing to cover, and easy. It happened during the day, so deadlines were easy. Life was easy. So I always kind of liked golf. In a way, I started working on this book 45 years ago, you know. I had so much grist on Palmer just inside myself. I didn't even bother to look at his series of autobiographies. I promised myself I'd look at them last. I never did. But I was there for most of his life, right up to the end.
Last June [three months before Palmer died] good old Doc Giffin said Arnold wanted to see me, which is pretty nice because Arnold was ashamed of how he looked. That's why he didn't go to the U.S. Open 42 miles away [at Oakmont]. He didn't let very many people visit him either, but he let me come and sit with him, and he was great. His mind was great. His memory was great; it's just that he couldn't move. He couldn't walk, and his hearing was pretty bad. But if you were sitting with him at the desk he was fine, and he was great to me. He was always great.
AS: My point about your generalist background is that, for those of us only in golf, Palmer was so larger than life that he blotted out the sun. It's hard to have any perspective. But for you, where did he fit into the larger sports landscape with Muhammad Ali and Joe Namath and the other superstars of that era you covered?
TC: He was way ahead of Joe Namath but behind Ali. To be honest with you, the most compelling figure in my time around sports was Ali. He was a touchstone for racism, the Vietnam War, just everything. Like Palmer, he got to know you because he liked writers. He always said the same thing when I saw him: "How's Angie? I like her better than you." And he never met her. I was on the phone with him in like 1969. He talked so much sometimes it was hard to get rid of him, and I had a deadline. So I said, "Champ, I've got to go." Finally I handed the phone to my wife, and I went into the office and wrote a column. It took me an hour and a half. I came out and they were still talking.
AS: I love it.
TC: He never said, "Hi, Tom how's it going?" He always greeted me the same way: "How's Angie? I like her better than you." He had a greeting like that for everybody. Arnold knew him, and he agreed with me that Ali was the most compelling figure of that era by far.
AS: Did you enjoy that same rapport on the golf beat?
TC: I played golf with Jack. I played golf with Arnie. I played golf with Sam Snead. I'm a terrible golfer, like a long hitting bogey player. But I shot 81 playing with Sam Snead and lost $300.
AS: Did you expense it?
TC: I'm glad you said that because I did expense it.
AS: That reminds of me of one of my favorite stories ever, which I've never actually heard from you but I've told so many time it's almost like it happened to me: Didn't you expense goat reparations when you were researching the Tiger Phong story?
TC: The phrasing wasn't that good. I wish I'd have thought of that.
AS: Tell me the story.
TC: It was in Vietnam. I had a driver and we hit a goat, and the guy who owned the goat was very upset. Rightfully so. So I gave him some money. Seemed like a legitimate expense to me. I doubt I put goat reparations down or even specified what had happened. But if you went over that expense account with a jeweler's loop, you'll find | 1,838 |
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001. POLICE COMMISSION-EXECUTIVE POWER.
The rule making power of the Police Commission is prescribed in the City Charter, Section 506 (a) and (b), which is quoted in part:
"Sec. 506 (a) and (b). The head of each department shall have the power... to supervise, control, regulate, and manage the department and<|fim_middle|> communicate pertinent, mission specific, procedures and/or information to the operations segment of the Department. These directives will be issued by the Director, Office of Operations. When the subject matter or scope of the directive exceeds the six operational bureaus, an Office of the Chief of Police directive will be issued.
090.60 IDENTIFICATION. Orders shall be identified as follows:
Bureau, Area, and Division Orders shall be numbered serially without regard to time periods.
Other orders, including Memoranda, shall be numbered serially by calendar year.
090.80 DISTRIBUTION. Distribution of orders and notices shall be determined from the distribution list of Department directives maintained by Specialized Services Section, Records and Identification Division. The appropriate distribution letter shall be placed in the lower left-hand corner of the concerned order.
Currently the Department distribution codes are as follows:
Distribution A: (sworn);
Distribution B: (commanding officers);
Distribution C: (civilians only); and,
Distribution D: (sworn and civilian).
Note: Employees requesting special distribution of Departmental correspondence to specific entities shall submit their request, via Intradepartmental Correspondence, Form 15.02.00, to the Commanding Officer, R&I Division.
095. KNOWLEDGE OF ORDERS AND INFORMATIVE PUBLICATIONS. Employees, including reserve officers, shall familiarize themselves with Department directives, training material and informative publications directed to them, including those that have been disseminated during their absences from duty. Each employee shall be responsible for maintaining all valid training material issued to him or her by the Department.
098. MAINTENANCE OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES. For the purposes of this section, a directive is defined as a written communication published by a commanding officer, or the Chief of Police to disseminate rules, regulations, policies, procedures, or other information.
098.05 INDEX OF DIRECTIVES. The Manuals and Orders Unit of Policies and Procedures Division shall maintain copies of all directives issued at or above the bureau level. In addition to appropriate distributions, one copy of each directive issued at or above the bureau level shall be forwarded to the Manuals and Orders Unit, Policies and Procedures Division.
098.10 MAINTAINING DIRECTIVES. Each commanding officer shall ensure that directives are maintained at appropriate locations within his/her command. Directives shall be maintained in a three‑ring binder, labeled "Directives of the Los Angeles Police Department." The binder shall contain directives of the current calendar year, separated by type and identified by tab dividers. Directives for previous years shall be stored in a readily accessible location for reference.
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004. DEPARTMENT MANUAL ESTABLISHED. The Manual of the Los Angeles Police Department is hereby established, and shall hereafter be referred to as "the Department Manual." It is, and shall be, a composite of current policies, procedures, and rules pertaining to three or more Department Offices, as established under previously existing Department orders, manuals, and approved practices. It describes the Department's organizational structure and lists the responsibilities and functions thereof. All employees of the Department are to conform with the rules and provisions herein contained. All existing manuals, orders, and other regulations which are in conflict with the contents of the Department Manual are hereby revoked, except that the portions of existing manuals, orders, and other regulations which have not been included herein shall remain in effect where they do not conflict with the provisions of the Department Manual.
007. GENERAL PROVISIONS. The objectives, principles, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations set forth in the Department Manual and in the Department Emergency Operations Guide are guides to the actions of employees of the Department.
010. ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL.
The Department Manual is composed of six volumes which are hereby established and whose contents may be briefly described as follows:
Volume 0, �General Provisions.� This Volume defines commonly used Department terms and the classification, issuance, and maintenance of Department Directives.
Volume I, "Policy." This Volume is composed of general statements concerning the objectives and principles set forth by the Board of Police Commissioners and the Chief of Police to guide Department activities.
Volume II, "Organization and Functions." This Volume outlines the organizational structure of the Department. It defines the responsibilities and functions of every office and of the bureaus, groups, areas, divisions, and sections.
Volume III, "Management Rules and Procedures." This Volume contains the elements of existing rules and procedures necessary to the administrative and managerial functions of the Department.
Volume IV, "Line Procedures." This Volume contains those detailed rules and procedures to aid Department employees in the execution of line duties performed in the direct furtherance of police objectives.
Volume V, "Clerical Operations." This Volume outlines the purpose, completion, and distribution of Department forms and is intended to be a guide in general reporting procedures.
020. NUMBERING SYSTEM USED IN THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. A modified decimal system is used to number each volume, chapter, section, and subsection of the Department Manual in order to provide quick reference to all material, to afford an easy means of citing specific subjects, and to maintain the flexibility of format necessary to facilitate expansion and revision of its contents.
A typical reference under the decimal system used in the Department Manual would be "2/360.56." The number (2) preceding the diagonal line (solidus) indicates that the material is contained in the second volume of the Manual. The "360.56" conveys several facts:
First, that the material is in Chapter 3 (2/360.56).
Next, that it is in Section 60 of Chapter 3 (2/360.56).
Finally, that it is located in the paragraph designated as .56 (2/360.56).
This reference is read as "two, three‑sixty, point fifty-six."
030. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. The following words and terms have the meanings herein assigned, unless it is apparent from the content that they have a different meaning:
Adult. "Adult" means any person eighteen years of age or older.
Board. "Board" means the Board of Police Commissioners.
Booking. "Booking" means the process of registering in Department records the custody of persons or property.
Business Hours. "Business Hours" means 0830 hours to 1700 hours, Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
CHP. "CHP" refers to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP Officer. "CHP Officer" means those employees of the California Highway Patrol, regardless of rank, defined in Section 2250 of the California Vehicle Code.
Call. "Call" means a visit made by an employee in response to a station assignment, a request from a private person, or a Department communication, or in furtherance of an investigation or an assignment.
Charter. "Charter" means the Charter of the City of Los Angeles.
City. "City" means the City of Los Angeles.
Civilian Employee. "Civilian Employee" means any employee of the Department other than a police officer of the City of Los Angeles, as defined in Section 1302 (a) of the City Charter.
Conduct Evaluation Process. The conduct evaluation process is used to determine if the employee engaged in any activity that would legally preclude him/her from holding the position of peace officer in the State of California.
Consent Decree. �Consent Decree� means a binding agreement between the United States Department of Justice and the City of Los Angeles.
County. "County" means the County of Los Angeles.
DMV. "DMV" refers to the California State Department of Motor Vehicles.
Department. "Department" means the Los Angeles Police Department.
Department Property. "Department Property" means any City‑owned property controlled by the Department.
Employee/Personnel. The terms "employee" and "personnel" are used interchangeably and apply to any person employed by the Department. These terms also apply to reserve officers while on‑duty.
Extended Leave Officer. An "Extended Leave Officer" means any officer that has been absent from work for any reason, in excess of 365 calendar days, but has not been separated (terminated, resigned, or retired) from the Department except those assigned to home with pay.
Judicially-Restored Officer. A "Judicially-Restored Officer" means any officer that has been terminated form the Department and then ordered to be reinstated by a court of law.
Juvenile. "Juvenile" means any person under the age of eighteen years.
Metropolitan (Central) Area. "Metropolitan Area" means that territory lying within the geographic limits of Central, Southwest, Southeast, Hollenbeck, Hollywood, Wilshire, Northeast, 77th Street, Newton, Olympic and Rampart Areas.
Minor. "Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen years.
Exception: A person under the age of twenty‑one years is be considered a minor with respect to the following:
Sentencing and commitment of persons to the California Youth Authority.
Veterans' benefits.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.
Officer/Sworn Personnel. "Officer" and "sworn personnel" are used interchangeably and apply to those employees of the Department, regardless of rank, who are "...sworn in, as provided by law, to perform the duties of a regular police officer of the City of Los Angeles..." [Section 1302 (a) of the City Charter]. These terms also apply to reserve officers while on‑duty.
Exception: The term "officer" when preceded by a modifier may pertain to other than sworn personnel (e.g., detention officer, traffic officer).
Outlying Areas. "Outlying Areas" means that territory lying within the geographic limits of Devonshire, Foothill, Harbor, North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Pacific, West Los Angeles, West Valley, Mission and Topanga Areas.
Permanent Employee. "Permanent Employee" means any person employed by the Los Angeles Police Department who has completed entry‑level employment probation.
Photograph. The use of the term �photograph� includes visual images that are either film-based or electronically captured (e.g., digitally-generated images, videotape still, laser copies of image sources)
Police Work of Major Importance. "Police Work of Major Importance" means police activities involving the arrest, processing, and detention of felony suspects and intoxicated drivers, and activities necessary to the immediate interest of public safety and protection of life and property. Investigations will be limited to those activities which include felonies, deaths, serious injuries, and City‑property involved traffic collisions involving injuries or substantial property damage.
Rank. "Rank" means the civil service title of the classification held by an officer.
SVS. "SVS" refers to the Stolen Vehicle System, California Department of Justice.
Undercover Assignment. An undercover assignment consists of an officer assigned to a non-uniform operation requiring anonymity or blending into a group or environment to gather evidence or intelligence. The disclosure of the employee�s identity as a police officer would pose a significant safety risk. This assignment could include the role of undercover operator, undercover support, close-cover operator or surveillance operator.
040. GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTION, THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. The following rules of grammar shall apply throughout the Department Manual:
Construction of Tenses. The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future and the present tense.
Construction of Genders. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders.
Construction of Singular and Plural. The singular number includes the plural; and the plural, the singular.
Mandatory and Permissive Verbs. "Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.
050. LEGALITY OF CONTENTS, THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. If any section, subsection, item, clause, or phrase contained in the Department Manual is found to be illegal or otherwise incorrect or inapplicable, such finding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the Department Manual.
060. DISTRIBUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. The Department Manual will be available via the Intranet and Internet. Department employees can access the Department Manual via the Local Area Network for the Intranet and via LAPD ONLINE for the Internet.
Note: Employees may copy the Manual onto a CD according to the software/hardware availability in each individual Area.
080. AMENDMENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL.
080.10 AMENDMENTS TO DEPARTMENT POLICY. The Chief of Police shall review and approve all changes to the Department Manual. In addition, the Board of Police Commissioners shall review and approve those proposed changes to the Department Manual involving general policy.
080.20 REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS. A request for revision or addition to the Department Manual shall be prepared in duplicate on an Intradepartmental Correspondence, Form 15.02.00, and forwarded through the chain of command to the requesting employee's bureau commanding officer. If approved, the request shall be forwarded to the Office of Constitutional Policing and Policy (OCPP). Requests approved by the OCPP, shall be directed to the Commanding Officer, Policies and Procedures Division, who shall cause research, development, and, upon approval of the Chief of Police, publication as a Special Order.
080.30 MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES. To ensure that new or revised procedures achieve their desired results, the unit which has functional supervision over the procedures shall be responsible for conducting an audit to determine:
The scope and extent of compliance with the new procedure;
Whether the directive produced any unanticipated adverse effects; and,
Whether a need to modify the newly instituted procedure exists.
When a Department directive establishes or amends a procedure, the unit responsible for conducting the audit shall be identified in the directive.
The audit, reported on an Intradepartmental Correspondence, Form 15.02.00, shall be conducted within six months of the effective date of the directive and shall be forwarded through channels to the OCPP.
Note: The Office of Constitutional Policing and Policy shall forward the original audit to the Commanding Officer, Policies and Procedures Division, and a copy to the Commanding Officer, Audit Division. The Office of Constitutional Policing and Policy shall also ensure that any necessary procedural modifications as specified in the audit are developed.
Upon completion of the audit and the report of its findings and recommendations, the auditing unit has no further responsibility pursuant to the order.
080.60 RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION OF DEPARTMENT MANUAL AMENDMENTS.
Commanding Officer, Policies and Procedures Division. The Commanding Officer, Policies and Procedures Division, shall be responsible for maintaining the distribution list for the Department Manual.
Commanding Officer, Records and Identification Division. The Commanding Officer, Records and Identification Division, shall be responsible for distributing Special Orders pursuant to distribution lists.
080.80 AMENDMENT PROCEDURE. Amendments to the Department Manual shall be made by the issuance of Special Orders or Administrative Orders that list the affected Manual Sections.
Commanding officers shall maintain a notebook binder containing all orders which amend the current Department Manual.
082. MAINTAINING AND UPDATING FUNCTIONAL MANUALS. Within the Department, there are a number of functional manuals which establish a centralized reference document for various specialties. These functional manuals, such as the Detective Operations Manual and the Manual of Juvenile Procedures, are maintained by the command having functional responsibility for the manual�s subject matter.
The bureau commanding officer of the entity having responsibility for a functional manual shall be responsible for approving updates, maintaining, and distributing those functional manuals. Updates shall be completed as necessary to ensure a current reference on the subject matter is available to Department personnel. The Chief of Police must approve establishment of new manuals, but once approved, bureau commanding officers are responsible for approving functional manual amendments.
090. ISSUANCE OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES AND INFORMATIVE PUBLICATIONS.
090.20 AUTHORIZATION. Orders which affect only one office, bureau, group, Area, or division may be issued by, or at the direction of, the concerned commanding officer, or the Chief of Police. Orders affecting more than one bureau shall be issued only at the direction of the Chief of Police.
090.40 CLASSIFICATION. Classes of orders and informative publications are defined as follows:
Police Commission Rules. Police Commission Rules are directives enacted by the Board of Police Commissioners setting forth Department policy.
Special Orders. Special Orders which establish, amend or implement Department procedures are directives issued only by the Chief of Police. Special Orders which establish, amend or implement policy are issued by the Chief of Police upon approval of the Board of Police Commissioners.
Administrative Orders. Administrative Orders are directives issued only by the Chief of Police. They are issued to establish or implement Department policy and procedure and also to amend the Department Manual. Additionally, they are used as a means of direct communication to staff and command officers.
Transfer Orders. Transfer Orders are issued by the Chief of Police directing the transfer of concerned personnel within the Department and may also announce promotional appointments.
Bureau Orders. Bureau Orders are directives which establish the policy or procedures of a bureau. They may also announce procedures implementing Special Orders or Memoranda.
Area Orders. Area Orders are directives which establish the policy or procedures of an Area.
Division Orders. Division Orders are directives setting forth policy and procedures of a division.
Department and Bureau Memoranda. Department and Bureau Memoranda are publications which contain advisory information or directives of temporary duration.
Department Memoranda-Distribution "A."
Bureau Memoranda-distributed as directed.
Notices and Bulletins. Notices are publications for the circulation of routine notifications, schedules, and matters of information or general interest.
Notices affecting personnel of more than one bureau shall be approved by the Chief of Staff, or the Watch Commander, Detective Support and Vice Division, in the event the former is closed. Notices are to be routed through the Network Communication System (NECS), Distribution "B", only when necessary.
The Office of Operations Orders and Office of Operations Notices. The Office of Operations Orders and the Office of Operations Notices are directives which | 3,240 |
It never ceases to am<|fim_middle|>1.75 inch nut spacing. A standard Collings OM case is included.
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Serial Number: 26710, built during 2017 at the Collings shop in Austin, Texas. | aze me how good steel string acoustics can sound, and I'm reminded of it every time a guitar like this Collings OM1 deep body custom arrives.
This Collings OM1 – the full model name is OM1 GVN Custom – arrived today and is just exceptional. The deep body (dreadnought depth) adds dimension to the tonal balance of the Orchestra Model body design, and Collings does an exceptional job of voicing. As usual, the build quality fit and finish are near perfect and it shows in the smallest details. As an OM1, the sides, back and neck are mahogany, with ebony for the fingerboard and bridge, and single layer black binding.
This guitar has several options on the basic OM1 package. It has a German Spruce top, Adirondack Spruce bracing, no tongue brace, the deep body, a 'Vintage Now' neck, and | 188 |
Our electric go kart plans are free to download and have all the details you need to make a kart with great performance. We offer the added bonus of on-line support for our customers who 'buy us a coffee' at the check-out. We've included lots of useful resource links and you'll find lots kart photos on this site. If you want to design your own kart but need some inspiration, our free plans pack will give you a head start and a ready source of ideas. We're here to help - please email us at contact@hwm-designs.com with any questions.
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If you are looking for a'garage engineering' project that can be built with basic tools then look no further. Fitted with a 500W motor this electric kart is capable of 12-15mph (but can be restricted to lower speeds). The design is flexible and can easily be adapted. As drawn, the kart is 1.32m long, has track (width) of 0.99m and stands 0.62m high.
Made with a steel tube section frame,the kart is a simple welding project with a TIG, MIG or MMA (stick) welder. The design is scalable and all dimensions can be multiplied by up to 20% to produce a larger kart. The project is a great way to learn about welding, electric drives, speed controllers, steering geometry, braking systems and mechnical engineering.
A lighting system is fitted, making night-driving possible. Speed is controlled by a 4QD motor controller that also produces a regenerative braking effect. Additional braking for the kart is provided by a cable operated disc brake.
We have lots more exciting builds at our main site. We love to up-cycle and re-cycle and have some easy to make projects for your workshop, including storage for air tools and air hoses, a bench drawer, workshop clock and storage shelf. | 348 |
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The propeller on your boat affects<|fim_middle|> one propeller size fit other brands. "However, the reliability of rubber hubs is still better than the new systems created by different prop manufacturers," according to Evans.
Furthermore, engine technology has improved over the years. "It has moved from two-stroke reed petal carbies and electrical reliability from points/coils in the 70s and 80s, to newer solid-state ignitions and transition outboards," says Evans. "Reliability has significantly improved, which means boaties can explore further offshore."
More change came during the 1980s. Evans recalls, "Honda was the first company to promote and establish four-stroke range on a large commercial scale accepted by fishermen and recreational boaties. At the time, I remember they faced a lot of undeserved criticism from the USA players like Mercury, OMC, and Chrysler. However, decades later, history has proven that Honda's marine engine philosophy regarding the benefits of four-stroke over two-stroke design was well-founded."
Plus, at the same time, Japanese manufacturers also led the way with regard to outboards. "Japanese products proved to be more fuel efficient and reliable than those available in the previous decade," notes Evans. "Many engine improvements derived from the Japanese "Kei" car, and motorcycle racing engines propelled the rapid marine growth of makers – Suzuki and Yamaha in particular. They exported a lot of products into the giant USA marine market. This was at a time when the American brands were trying to develop their own engine technologies."
After that, more change came. "With the new, responsive fuel-efficient horsepower being delivered into thrust, more blade shapes and area ratios were required to match different boats," says Evans. "As a result, the four-blade propellers came into the picture in the mid-80s."
Evans contributed to a history-making event in the boating industry himself, too. In 1999, adventurer Hans Tholstrup showcased Honda technology to the world. He took a 5.4-metre Haines Signature vessel, powered by a 90hp Honda four-stroke engine, on a 7,500-kilometre odyssey from Darwin to Okinawa in Japan. Evans remembers, "He would never have been able to carry the fuel and plane without the four-blade propeller I supplied."
More recently, over the past 15 to 20 years, Evans has particularly seen propeller manufacturing and casting techniques improve. "Now, manufacturers are embracing robotic grinding and polishing in stainless steel," says Evans. "Plus, compression casting and high-strength electromagnetic centrifugal casting is seen as the next level, game- changing advance that will take the propeller industry into the future."
Another key change Evans has noticed relates to variety. "The boating public has far more choice than ever before when it comes to propellers. People can better select the best products for their needs as engine makers offer real-time fuel management systems to demonstrate the results of propeller selections. Mercury Marine excel at this, with their electronic venture partners offering boaties excellent real-time engine data to consider."
As for where the market is headed lately, Evans points to aluminium. "The big game-changer for the future is likely to be the development of high- strength aluminium. For the 100-horsepower to 425-horsepower engine sizes, conventional aluminium and stainless steel were the only options for the past 60 years for outboard engines and sterndrives. However, that's changing."
Evans likes the new technology coming from Korea. "The products coming from Dongsan Tech will certainly challenge heavy stainless steel propeller dominance. Their designs offer 50 percent weight reduction for the same strength as stainless steel. They also reduce purchase costs by about half. I think outboard engine makers will embrace this new propeller technology. It will help to lessen the impact of gearcase drive-train damage, and in turn, reduce warranty claims. It seems like a no-brainer, commonsense option."
Evans has tips for buyers making a decision about which propeller to use on their vessel. "Keep in mind that propellers are, like life, all about compromise. On a boat, there is no such thing as the perfect, single propeller that's variable in pitch/diameter and area ratio to best suit changing boating weather conditions. Most engine hours are done at cruising speeds and boat conditions govern those speeds."
Yet, there are some elements to consider more than others. Evans suggests a spare propeller is always a good idea. It can be changed at sea if you need to make it home. On a final note, he advises, "Crucial to the long life of an engine is getting expert propeller advice based on regional boating conditions, and making sure the propeller suits the engine maker's recommended rev range."
Interview with Steve Evans
By Kellie Byrnes
Propeller Warehouse specialises in propeller sales, services, rebuilds, and modifications and is located in Warana on the Sunshine Coast. Head to PropellerWarehouse.com.au for more details,
or contact Steve and the team on (07) 5437 9400.
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of your boat's propeller, so you achieve optimum boat performance.
A trusted expert in this field is Steve Evans. The founder and owner of Propeller Warehouse, as well as Oz Marine and Wizard Tackle, Evans has over 35 consecutive years of industry experience providing advice to consumers and marine dealers about propellers for all types of vessels, from sailing yachts and ski boats, to tinnies and sport-fishing boats. Evans also brought the well- regarded Solas propellers to Australia, distributing them to wholesale and retail buyers. Today, he has developed his own brand and range of propellers.
As you can imagine, with more than three decades of experience selling and repairing propellers, as well as involvement in propeller trial-testing for major manufacturers, Evans has seen many changes in the market and the technology used. "One of the biggest changes I've seen is the emergence of different blade shape propeller geometries in the same pitch. This has been done to best suit different horsepower groups and different hulls. There is now much more variety, to better match more power groups," Evans notes.
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THE organiser of the Bradford Classic car show says the BID would play a key role in bringing the city centre to life.
Mike Cowlam, who attracted huge crowds to see almost 140 classic vehicles displayed by their owners in City Park and Centenary Square two weeks ago, said staging events was an important way to bring in new visitors and shoppers.
"Bradford was really buzzing on the day of the Classic and there was a complete mix<|fim_middle|> they can make that happen, the city will be all the better for it."
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"Events like this really help to make the city vibrant and exciting and they bring in people to visit and shop who might not otherwise think of coming here.
"I know staging more events and street entertainment is a major part of the BID's business plan and if | 93 |
This recipe abounds in flavors from classic chili spices and veggies, plus zesty salsa for extra zing. Use a hot salsa and additional chilies for even more zing<|fim_middle|> using ground bison, as the meat for a batch of hearty chili is a great no-fail way to cook it. If bison isn't available, the flavors in this recipe will enhance any ground meat you have on hand.
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Heat a heavy bottomed soup pot over medium-high heat. When the pan is hot, add coconut oil.
Add onions, celery and garlic and saute until onions are translucent, about 3 or 4 minutes.
Next, add ground bison, cumin, thyme, and chili powder.
Stir while this cooks, about 5 to 6 minutes.
Pour in salsa, tomatoes, green chiles and salt. | ! Bison is as tasty and nutritious as beef but it's a bit leaner so | 17 |
title: The Art in Composting
category: life
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tags:
- picasso
- creativity
- ideas
- art
- iteration
- spain
- museum
- analogy
- lasmeninas
- experimentation
- quotes
- apple
- craft
- creation
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I was in Barcelona a few weeks ago and stopped by the [Picasso museum](http://www.museupicasso.bcn.cat/en/). Despite not knowing much about him (or art), I walked away with a new appreciation for his incredible life & works.
Picasso is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He was incredibly prolific, creating over 45,000 pieces over his lifetime across paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, and more. His works have sold for over a combined $600 Million.
While walkign through the museum, one section in particular spoke to me -- Picasso's [Las Meninas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Meninas). It's his take on a [Diego Valesquez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez) painting from 1656 (also called Las Meninas). The [original](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Meninas) is considered one of the most important paintings in Western art history (pictured below).
Late in Picasso's life (when he was 75), he spent time studying & analyzing the original Las Meninas and decided to try his hand. It ended up not being just a single painting, but a collection of 58 different takes. The main piece is pictured below.
I'm not an art expert by any means, so will leave that to more qualified people. But what struck me was the in depth view into the creative process of one of the greatest painters of our time.
When viewing the collection, there was a temptation to spend most of the time focusing on the main piece. But I found that it was more interesting to view the entire set and [analyze the collection as a whole](http://www.blogmuseupicassobcn.org/<|fim_middle|>artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/animals_in_art/pablo_picasso.htm). It's a masterclass in simplicitly, iteration, and echoes the same lessons from above. In fact, [Apple uses 'The Bull'](https://www.fastcodesign.com/3034240/how-apple-uses-picasso-to-teach-employees-about-product-design) to teach product design to their employees.
The bull is a set of drawings of a bull. In each iteration he simplifies the bull until finally, several versions later, he has stripped away everything unnecessary and just left the purest essence of a bull. See below.
It's a beautiful example of simplicity, iteration, and working to truly understanding the essence of something.
I've long considered building products, teams, and companies as an art. And Picasso teaches us how great works of art are made. It's about combining ideas, new viewpoints on old things, simplification, and hard work / iteration to really build something beautiful & long lasting.
To end, here's one of my favorite quotes from him:
> ["To know what you're going to draw, you have to begin drawing."](https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/06/24/picasso-brassai-ideas-creativity/)
| 2015/08/the-chronology-of-las-meninas-of-picasso/?lang=en).
Each painting is an exploration of a theme or set of ideas and he was able to encapsulate that viewpoint onto the canvas. Through the progression you can see how his thinking evolves, where he combines / sheds ideas, and ultimately how it all comes together in his final piece.
It's amazing to see. And a testament to this man's ability to work hard! Producing 58 paintings (each of which could stand on its own) at 75 years old is not trivial. A quote from him:
> If someone want to copy Las Meninas, […] I would say ..what if you put them a little more to the right or left? I'll try to do it my way, forgetting about Velázquez. The test would surely bring me to modify or change the light because of having changed the position of a character. So, little by little, that would be a detestable Meninas for a traditional painter, but would be my Meninas.
A walk down a different hall showcased many of the [portraits he painted of his friends](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/arts/design/picassos-life-portrait-by-portrait.html). In a similar vein, he painted each friend several times, each in a different style. It echoed the same creative process as I saw in Picasso's Meninas — exploration, iteration, and repetition.
A quick google search led me to a famous Picasso drawing, '[The Bull'](http://www. | 333 |
What constitutes the best app for any given writer depends on the writer's process, the genre they write in, what style of app helps them be productive, and what they need to do with the finished work. The best app for a documentary filmmaker who is writing and shooting her own material, for example, isn't also going to be the best app for a novelist who is still looking for an agent.
Some writers like to work without distraction, turning off their Wi-Fi, closing all unnecessary apps, and moving into a full window view of only their writing program with few formatting bells and whistles to divert their attention. Other writers need to move quickly between their work in progress and reference material, like notes about characters in development or plot points. Still others need special formatting, whether it's for posting directly to a blog or sending out a screenplay to a specific studio.
With a wide variety of interface design and functionality, apps for writers cater to all these different needs and many others.
Apps for writers tend to be less expensive than other kinds of software. With few exceptions, they're sold on a one-time fee basis, rather than as a subscription. The least expensive writing apps cost only around $10. The best and most capable apps cost more, running about $45 to $60.
When an idea strikes, many writers want to be able to jot it down or add it into their ongoing work immediately. To do that, they likely need a companion mobile app to go along with their desktop software. As you may have noticed from the chart above, support for mobile apps isn't particularly strong in the writing category.<|fim_middle|> time simply organizing their manuscript. Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, the work doesn't always shape up as the author originally intended. Chapters sometimes move. Stories aren't always told in a linear fashion. And scenes sometimes become more effective when their order changes.
To facilitate the shaping of a story in this way, you need a library, or a pane within the writing app showing file folders and their organization. Not all writing apps have one, but Ulysses and Scrivener both do. Scrivener is also a PCMag's Editors' Choice. There are two big differences between Scrivener and Ulysses. One is that Ulysses emphasizes its distraction-free capabilities a lot more than Scrivener does. The other is that Ulysses' interface looks contemporary while Scrivener's seems dated to the early 2000s.
Book authors and screenwriters aren't the only type of writers, of course. Many writers create shorter pieces that they publish online directly, without ever passing through the hands of an agent, publisher, or movie producer. If you're publishing on Medium or a WordPress blog, it sure is handy to have a writing app that can export each piece directly to your platform of choice.
Ulysses and iA Writer both have integration options for those two platforms. Like Ulysses, iA Writer is a distraction-free writing app, but it's much more pared down than even Ulysses. It has some neat functions, such as text transclusion, that can be fun to learn for people who think more like programmers than traditional writers. Text transclusion allows you to create a final document of many smaller pieces by, essentially, giving commands about which files to pull together and in what order. "First display the introduction. Next add an image. Then include my argument. Finally, show my author bio." The text of your document could be all of four sentences long, but it might whip together a piece that, when exported, is 25 pages.
Every writer is going to have some unique needs and desires. Do you need an app that works on both Windows and macOS? Is learning a new way to format text a deal-breaker? Does your final submission need to meet industry standards, the way screenplays and teleplays do? The range of software dedicated to writers is impressive. If nothing tickles you fancy from the full reviews that are linked below, you should also read our short synopses of many other apps for writers, as well. Finally, if you decide that a dedicated writing tool just isn't for you, and you'd rather just use a plain old word processor, we've rounded up the top office suites, too.
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Lyft and Waymo have forged a partnership to make self-driving cars a practical reality. | A good number of companies that make apps for writers do sell companion iOS apps, but the mobile apps are often more expensive than consumers are used to paying. To get over that price hurdle, I recommend thinking of the mobile app and desktop app as a bundle, which suddenly makes the price seem much more reasonable. A $20 mobile app sounds fantastically expensive. A $65 combo deal for a mobile app and desktop software doesn't sound too bad, though.
What's the Best Screenwriting Software?
Two apps on this list have a price that stands out, and they're both software for screenwriting. The first is Final Draft, which sells for $249.99. Final Draft is professional screenwriting software, and it's considered the industry standard. With each purchase of Final Draft, you can use the app on two computers, and it's compatible with both Windows and macOS. Final Draft has many specialized tools for screenwriters, most notably its specialized screenplay formatting. It even has specific templates for individual movie studios.
The other outlier is Adobe Story, another leader in screenplay writing software, whose $9.99 price tag is a recurring subscription fee. Story is also included with a full Creative Cloud membership. Story is unusual because it's not just writing software. It is designed to give writers, producers, and directors room to make notes about the actual production of a script. You can add detailed shot notes, information about shooting locations, and even generate a production schedule based on all the metadata associated with each scene. Adobe Story is also compatible with Adobe Premiere, so after the footage has been shot, you can pipe in the script to run alongside the video, helping the editors get to the final product.
Why would a writer use a dedicated writing app instead of Microsoft Word (or Google Docs, Apple Pages, or any other typical word processor)? There's no reason you can't use any of those apps, but they don't have many of the special features you get from apps that are specific to writers.
Fiction writers, book authors, and screenplay writers often change the order or scenes, sections, and chapters. That's easy to do when an app is designed with the right drag-and-drop tools to help you keep it all organized. It also helps if, when you move parts around, the footnotes and endnotes accordingly renumber. Apps that are designed specifically for professional writing projects already have solutions to these sorts of issues included.
Another feature that office apps typically don't have is a writing target. It's common for professional writers to have a word or page count goal for the day, and to strive to consistently meet it. So while Word, Google Docs, and Pages all have word count features, they don't have the same options for setting goals and tracking over time that you can often find in writers' apps.
Some writers need to keep exhaustive notes regarding plot points and characters, and possibly even visual references, such as an image of a shoot location or faces that inspire characters. The best writers' apps include tools that make it easy to see reference material and notes whenever the writer needs, and then get back to writing quickly.
Finally, the word processors in suites are generally heavy duty apps that can do everything from formatting and footnoting to headers, footers, and special pagination. That's handy for many kinds of business and academic writing, but for the average creative writer, all this may well be not only overkill, but also distracting enough to be a detraction.
What's the Best Distraction-Free Writing App?
Writers who find themselves in the less-is-more camp will want a writing app that strips away anything that could possibly be the least little bit distracting. Distraction-free writing apps are a dime a dozen. The trick is to find one that also offers the tools you need when you need them. In other words, the best distraction-free writing app will hide the tools you need until the appropriate time, rather than omitting them altogether.
The idea behind Markdown is that you can apply basic formatting, like marking titles and subtitles, bold and italic text, without moving your fingers from the keyboard. It's also less distracting than having a panel with 50 alluring typefaces that you're dying to try. Ulysses is only available for Mac and iOS. Windows users might also try yWriter, which PCMag hasn't reviewed yet.
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It's the latest trend in healthy eating and it's making its way across Sydney. Raw vegan cafes, cold pressed juice bars, market stalls selling raw treats—raw food chefs are transforming the way we think about food and dining with the raw diet. Baked goods are out, and raw vegan cakes are in! Here is our extended guide to the raw diet in Sydney.
Eating raw is so much more than getting your recommended daily serving of fresh fruit and veg. It's fancy and sophisticated, dining with things like raw coconut "bacon" and walnut "pizza" becoming popular menu additions.
For a long time we've been led to believe that the best food is cooked and served warm. A raw food diet is eating food exactly how it occurs in nature, without cooking or heating, and with minimal processing. The foundation of the diet consists of fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds.
A raw foodie's kitchen is likely to contain a food dehydrator, various stainless steel knives, graters and other gadgets designed to turn raw ingredients into colourful works of art. And if you consider the many ways food can be prepared without cooking – such as sprouting, blending, dehydrating, soaking, juicing, fermenting and pickling – raw food is far from uninspiring!
Raw food is high in nutrients and minerals, and by eliminating heating it preserves the enzymes that naturally occur in foods. It has been described as "natures medicine" and advocates boast clear skin, increased energy and mental clarity, as well as praising it for its cleansing and detoxification benefits.
A local favourite, Earth to Table is putting raw food on the map. From the outside it's very unassuming but after stepping inside you'll soon realise what all the fuss is about. Opened by raw food chef Julie Mitsios, Earth to Table defines itself as a raw organic vegan cafe. Open for breakfast and lunch, the menu includes a range of super-food juices, smoothies, and nutrient-rich meals.
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TUL Note: Alison Sims is the author of the popular blog site Paleo Foodies. | as a pop-up and recently moving into its new location on Enmore Road, Sadhana is a bustling raw vegan cafe with something new to try every day. You can also order home or office delivery, which is great for people on the run. To get the full raw food experience, Sadhana Kitchen offers a fortnightly seven-course raw degustation dinner, as well as a raw high tea available any day of the week (booking is required). A must for the curious, creative and culinary connoisseur.
Ungaro Raw specialises in raw, organic and vegan cuisine. Serving a mixture of cooked and uncooked fare, all the meals are labeled with the dietary requirements they meet, including gluten-free, vegan, wheat-free etc. It's open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and we love some of the signature dishes including raw tacos, raw zucchini pasta and raw vegan curry!
For the raw carnivores try Raw Bar, a sushi restaurant with plenty of raw options including sashimi platters and a 'cold kitchen' menu with a range of raw Japanese-inspired dishes. It's a popular spot for locals and offers a nice vantage point to the iconic Bondi Beach.
For your daily dose of raw goodness, grab a cold pressed juice from Pressed Juices in Surry Hills, Bondi or Mosman. Cold pressing is a method of juicing, which preserves more vitamins, minerals and enzymes. Ditch the coffee and get a natural energy hit with juices such as 'berry glow' and 'zing'.
If you prefer to make your own, stock up on some fresh, seasonal and organically grown produce from the recently opened Smiths Organic Markets in Woollahra. At this bright and airy marketplace, everything is sourced from local farmers and there's a great range of pantry items that will help you create some raw delights at home. In the mix you'll find Organic Bread Bar loaves and biodynamic eggs from northern NSW, as well as a daily take-out menu, which includes wholesome salads, healthy desserts and cold-pressed juices.
Don't know where to start? Try a raw food class at Oneness Cafe in Coogee. Qualified raw vegan chef Flora will show you how simple it is to add more raw food to your daily diet, including how to add flavour, texture and make your meals more rawsome | 474 |
Sing Out Bristol creates a newsletter periodically to keep our friends, supporters and followers up-to-date with the activities and events of the choir. It is delivered via our friends email mailing list.
The latest edition of our online magazine, Tune-In is now available.
News about our upcoming performances including how to get tickets for next year's annual concert,<|fim_middle|> Family'. Please wait for the signal from Rónán before leaving your seat. | and photos from our events over the summer. Plus the usual features and interviews from within the choir.
Welcome to the latest edition of Tune-In, the quarterly magazine for members and supporters of Sing Out Bristol.
Click below to view the magazine online, or download a PDF version from here.
Hope you're enjoying this summer. Our next quarterly newsletter is just a few weeks away. It will be a Pride special. We'll be opening Bristol Pride again, this year and you can catch us on the main stage at 12.30pm on July 14th.
To celebrate the release of our new DVD, X-10 Years of Sing Out Bristol, we are previewing the video on Sunday, at The Everyman Cinema on Whiteladies Road. So, if you missed the actual concerts, in April; or you just want to re-live the whole thing, come along on Sunday. There is no requirement to book, just pop in from 9pm and congregate in the bar of the cinema. When the last regular movie has finished, we'll move into Screen One to re-live the concert from April.
We've even produced a short trailer.
If you can't join us on Sunday, look out for the Summer edition of 'Tune-In', next month for details of how to own your own copy of the concert video, on DVD or download.
Welcome to the latest edition of Tune-In, the magazine for members and supporters of Sing Out Bristol.
This edition is a special 10th Anniversary issue, to coincide with our concerts, this weekend.
We hope you enjoy reading the magazine, and look forward to seeing you this weekend.
PS Don't forget, if you are a former member of the choir and are coming to the concert, you will be welcome to join us for the final encore song, 'We Are | 374 |
Patrick Mouratoglou: "Holger Rune and Carlos Alcaraz are similar"
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Holger Rune was the biggest surprise of the Roland Gar<|fim_middle|> experience that he lived very well. He was able to do all of this, so I think it's a very good sign." | ros round of 16. The young Danish tennis player overtook the finalist of the last edition Stefanos Tsitsipas in four sets, unleashing a capital performance. There was a lot of praise for the 18-year-old, including the famous tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou who posted a video on his official instagram channel to praise his performance.
He said: "I also think the clay suits him well, he's strong. He has the physical capabilities. He hits the ball hard. He is good in defense and offense. He has a very complete game. He can hit hard on both sides and he moves well, he covers the court well.
I think his quality number one and that number two is the ability to believe in himself and to be competitive. He is not afraid of anyone, he believes he can beat anyone, like Carlos Alcaraz. And he is succeeding because he is beating high level players."
Mouratoglou about Rune
In the video posted on his official instagram account, Mouratoglou also spoke of the time he met Rune when he was a teenager, explaining what had struck him ever since Mouratoglou explained: "The most important thing, namely the mentality, the competitiveness and the fact that he lived the dream of becoming a top player every single moment of the day, he already had this.
This is what caught my attention." Finally, the current coach of Simona Halep also spoke of the rise that the Dane has had since he was a boy: "He is one who has always been able to win. He was at the top in Europe under 14.
Then he won the Grand Slam as a junior and became number 1. Whatever he did, at any age, he was always on top. He had to deal with a lot of expectations, it is an | 375 |
Noche Buena is one of the few important events where all the members of my family<|fim_middle|> take a nap every December 24 so we can stay up the whole night for Noche Buena. Looking back, I didn't really understand why it was so important for our parents that we stay up with them and welcome Christmas day. Fast-forward to today and I see myself as excited and as eager as my parents were. Now that I have a family of my own, I still uphold this simple tradition. Noche Buena really is the perfect time to show our loved ones how much we truly care and appreciate them by catching up and learning more about each other over a spread of sumptuous dishes. Year after year I am very thankful that I get to spend Noche Buena with my family & I cannot imagine myself celebrating it any other way. Christmas resonates with me even more, now that I'm a mother to two beautiful children. I'm sure all mothers share the joy of welcoming Christmas as much as we love celebrating it with our loved ones.
I could only imagine the families who don't get to celebrate Noche Buena together. For the dad who prepares food onboard a ship , for the mom who sees her child off to work in the wee hours of the night,and for the husband who has to work thousands of miles away from home. For years, Noche Buena is always incomplete for the De Velez, the Delfin and the Valtiendas families. But this year, they got to spend Noche Buena even before Christmas Eve came. These families together with other family & friends prepared a delicious feast. With the help of Lady's Choice, they set up an advance Noche Buena where each family's favorite food were served and their houses decorated with trimmings, to make the spirit of Christmas complete.
I was emotional watching the video. The De Velez, the Delfin and the Valtiendas families are just three of the many families who don't get to celebrate Noche Buena with their loved ones. I could only imagine the sacrifice they had to go through every Noche Buena. Thankfully, Lady's Choice understands that togetherness is one of the real moments of love that one can do for his/her family. Thus, they helped these families pull off a surprise for their loved ones to celebrate an advance Noche Buena for them to enjoy. Truly, these three stories testify to the value of family. Our families are the people in our lives that make the season special. They are the ones that love us deeply and would definitely wish to spend time with us this Christmas.
Lady's Choice have given me so much memories, dating back from the time when I was just a kid, it's the first snack I've ever prepared for myself- toasting two loaves of bread, generously spread with Lady's Choice mayonnaise. And during Noche Buena, I get that nostalgic feeling as rekindle and remember my mom preparing a classic macaroni salad or a potato salad for our family. Thank you Lady's Choice for our Noche Buena package! | is required to be present. I remember when I was young, my mom would encourage my sisters and I to | 22 |
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Most folks that have been doing genealogy for a while are well-aware of the website Cyndi's List. Cyndi's List is a very popular curated link site that specializes in categorizing genealogy websites. I want to draw your attention to a lesser known website called Linkpendium that performs pretty much the same function.
You may ask yourself the question:<|fim_middle|> that boasts more than 10 million genealogy links should get any genealogist's mouth watering. Yes, you may run across the occasional dead link, but having so many genealogical websites at your fingertips is very powerful. You may also want to check both Linkpendium and Cyndi's List as well as other websites to make sure you have exhausted all available resources in your quest. | If I already use Cyndi's List, why do I need another website that does the same thing? The answer lies in the fact that both sites' content don't overlap each other uniformly. For instance, Linkpendium just may contain a link to the exact website you need and Cyndi's List may not link to it at all. Serious genealogists will want to utilize both of these incredible resources so they don't miss out because they limited themselves to only one link site.
The Internet has been likened to a library with its books strewn all over the floor. This is a very apt description for the Internet as we know it today. There is an incredible array of useful resources available, but it is too hard to find what you are looking for. Using Google or Bing searches looking for very specific genealogy content often proves ineffective for finding what you need because their search mechanisms are just too general.
Link sites, such as this website serve a very specific role in genealogy research. When you are searching for something location or subject specific you need to drill down to the smaller specialty websites. Link sites provide an index of what is available in the vast universe of genealogy websites, many of which are well off the beaten path. These sites allow you access to information that you would never find in years of Internet surfing and that is what makes them valuable research aids.
The power of Linkpendium can best be demonstrated with a simple real-world example. Suppose you are looking for a small-town newspaper in rural Iowa, where your relative once lived. Often, images of historical newspapers have been digitized and made available on the Internet.
Simply click on the link for the state of Iowa and then the county in which your town resides. For even the smallest of county, there will likely be a wealth of links including churches, cemeteries, court houses, and links to record repositories for that county (including local newspapers). It is amazing what you may run across when all the links for a county are consolidated in one place.
At the top of their website is a search box that allows you to search for family surnames from a base of several million free websites. I did not find this search to be particularly useful for me, but who knows, it may work well for you. There is also a Surname Directory you can use to follow links to resources based on family surname.
A website | 487 |
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On larger plastic media blast booths, Airblast can install a Megadoor. All Megadoors are specifically engineered for the particular application being considered, and are installed and maintained by local firms who specialise in servicing the aerospace industry. Each door is constructed to ISO9000 certified quality assurance criteria to provide extremely reliable service at a very low life-cycle maintenance cost.
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The long brown pod of Bourbon quality is at the origin of one of the most famous essence of perfumery, one of the most mouth-watering too. Chocolatey, mellow, leathery, spicy and slightly fig, the Vanilla from Madagascar is the most popular ingredient to aromatise delicacies.
Extracted from a very fine bark, the Cinnamon from Madagascar never stops surprising us: peppered, spicy and powdered it also releases fruity top notes. Often qualified of being sparkly, the<|fim_middle|> from the distillation of the still fresh rhizome gives all the characteristics of the freshly peeled Ginger to the ingredient. Spicier and more sparkly, it lasts throughout the whole evolution of the perfume.
Top notes: Candied Orange Bigarade, Bergamot, Neroli, Orange Blossom, Ginger from Madagascar.
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Trump Mocks Elizabeth Warren: 'Ask Her Psychiatrist' if She Can Win White House
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Joshua Caplan
President Donald Trump took a shot at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in a Monday interview with the Fox News Channel, saying one must "ask her psychiatrist" if the progressive lawmaker, still smarting from the fallout over her DNA test results, thinks she can defeat him in 2020.
"Well, that I don't know," the president told host Pete Hegseth on Fox News's All American New Year when asked if Warren thinks she can win the White House. "You'd have to ask her psychiatrist."
President Trump, who frequently hammers Warren for alleging Native American lineage, often referring to her as "Pocahontas," joked with Hegseth that the host may possess more ancestry than the 2020 hopeful. "I think you have more than she does, and maybe I do too, and I have nothing," President Trump told the host. "So, we<|fim_middle|> question, answering instead:
You know — look — I have put it all out there. It's there for anyone to see, but at the end of the day, this is going to be about this election going forward, is going to be about the tens of millions of families across this country who work hard, who play to the rule, and who just time after time, take one body blow after another.
Some White House officials expressed glee over Warren's bid, with one unnamed staffer predicting to the Daily Mail that the progressive lawmaker "will go down in flames."
'It's a dream come true,' another official told the British newspaper. "Can we get [Democrat Sen. Richard] Blumenthal to run too? More phony Democrats, please."
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Watch Live: Day One of Senate Impeachment Trial of President Trump | 'll see how she does. I wish her well, I hope she does well, I'd love to run against her."
Earlier Monday, Warren launched a presidential exploratory committee, cementing herself as the first serious Democrat candidate to move towards mounting a White House run. In her first press conference since announcing the committee, the Massaachutes Democrat vowed to "build a grassroots campaign," telling reporters outside her home that she is "in this fight all the way."
"It's already got people from all across this country who are going to be part of it, and together, we're going to make change," she said. "And if people out there see it and want to be part of it, I hope they go to elizabethwarren.com and join us. Because this is how we're going to build the movement that will change America."
Pressed on whether she would have revealed the DNA results in a different fashion, Warren danced around the | 191 |
Again we meet a word that is not in common use. According to Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, steadfast means firmly fixed or established; firm, constant, resolute, steady. In the context of prayer we get the sense of not stopping or quitting, not changing, of being determined and certain.
When we consider what God has done for us, we must believe that he cares deeply for us as his children and would not ignore<|fim_middle|> and to be confident that you are in charge and always do what is best for me. | our prayers to him. And that is true–no prayer from his beloved children goes unheard. But not all prayers are answered immediately and not all prayers are answered with a yes. 'No' is also an answer.
Look at what Paul is saying; he says he continued to pray until he knew the prayer was not going to receive a positive answer. How God communicated this to Paul we do not know precisely, but Paul did, and when God says 'no' to us we will know also.
Now the 'no' may become apparent; time may run out on the request, any number of the circumstances may change, or one of many other indications. But until God tells us 'no' in one manner or another we should remain steadfast in prayer: we should never give up.
Thank you, Father in heaven, that you hear all of our prayers and that you answer them all. Help me to know that sometimes the answer is 'no' | 192 |
Skilled trades are among the most in-demand workers in the UK, as concerns about a shortage of experienced staff in the construction sector continue to grow.
Kalcrest's busy period is continuing and we have more than 300 temporary construction and engineering workers out on site this week.
Here at Kalcrest<|fim_middle|> for construction jobs in Yorkshire continue to look good following the announcement of plans for a number of major developments in the region.
Demand for temporary labouring and engineering staff is rising as the economy continues to recover, a new study has found. | we're enjoying one of our busiest periods ever and we're delighted to reveal we have had almost 300 construction workers out on site this week.
Latest industry data has shown that a surge in home-building has helped British construction activity to grow at its fastest annual pace in four months, bucking expectations for a slowdown.
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The latest NHBC report contained more good news for construction jobs when it revealed further growth in activity levels in the housebuilding sector.
The prospects | 108 |
Just as promised...4 weeks ago, I'm going to recap your Butterfly Birthday party in a series of posts on Wednesdays. We'll continue with the invitations. These were my favorite birthday invitations yet, & I think that's because you had a hand in designing them.
I went to Etsy, my go-to site for birthday party invites. I typed "Butterfly Birthday Party Invitations" into the search bar. There was a<|fim_middle|> explained to you that we could probably change the colors around, the invites from Lucky Plum Studio were your very favorites (& I think they had been mine too). They were almost perfect for you from the start. The invites were mostly pink, & the writing of your name would be in a sparkly gold (two of your favorite colors).
All we had to do was ask them if they could give us purple butterflies. Yenny was so wonderful to work with. We had beautiful butterflies in a mosaic of purple colors in no time. You were thrilled with the final result & glad that you had been a part of the process.
It was the perfect way to set the theme of the party. If only everything else had gone as beautifuly & easily! | huge selection to choose from. I narrowed it down to five or so of my favorites, & then I asked you which ones you liked.
At first you were all about color rather than design (you're always all about color). Once I | 48 |
Search-engine friendliness, local SEO, and qualitative data: interview with Shari Thurow. Omni Marketing Interactive.
Note: Portions of this interview (between myself & Dev Basu) originally appeared in 2009. Since this was one of my favorite<|fim_middle|> media and link development existed long before Facebook and Google were invented. They existed in different forms. The principles for optimizing content are the same or very similar.
Let me say this: a blog is a website like any other website. Content needs to be categorized, labeled, and archived appropriately, just like any other website.
Blogs, forums, and message boards are really easy to set up, but what happens a few years down the road when content becomes difficult to manage? Few blog sites are prepared for this.
Some SEO professionals just see the benefit of the quick turnaround time without thinking about the long-term, big picture.
As I mentioned previously, social media has existed for a long time. It's just "hot" topic now as other things were "hot" topics a few years ago, like the whole long-tail thing.
Social media sites are great as a means of distribution. Web search engines are one way people use to locate and discover desired content.
Unfortunately, I've seen a lot of wasted time and effort put into social media optimization.
You have to understand your audience and the type of social media consumer they are. Target the wrong one? That is a lot of time and energy wasted.
I am not a naysayer of social media. I've been a blogger (content provider) for a very long time. My firm and my client firms have greatly benefited from the social media's distribution capabilities.
I've personally seen more companies waste time and money on social media optimization that could have gone into more effective means of optimizing a site, such as coming up with a strong information architecture.
The core fundamentals of good SEO still rely on well optimized on-page factors and content, with the addition of quality inbound links. Do you see this changing in the near future, given that the search engines are beginning to consider other signals such as user reviews, user-generated content, and historical user behavior?
I like to think of link development as a form of validation. Other people validate that what you say about your content is true or sound.
Link development continues to be a core SEO fundamental.
These fundamentals have not disappeared and will never disappear, I believe. That is why they are called "fundamentals" – they ARE intrinsically important.
But people and companies do not "get" the core fundamentals, what I call the 4 Building Blocks of SEO. Many people still believe that inbound links trump on-the-page criteria when, in fact, these items should reinforce each other.
User reviews and user-generated content is overhyped. Some SEO firms pay people to write user reviews whether the reviewers actually purchased a product/service or not.
User-generated content has been around long before Google came into existence. Who is going to write using keywords? Some people will – most won't. You can't train the world to be search-engine friendly copywriters, though it would be a noble cause.
People pay reviewers to write bad reviews about their competitors. And people who have a negative experience with a website tend to tell more people about that negative experience than people who had a great experience.
The end result? Some really great products, services, and content get unfairly evaluated. It happens more frequently than any of us care to admit.
We understand searcher behaviors more deeply than we did back in the 1990s when Andrei Broder first wrote about A Taxonomy of Web Search (PDF).
To truly understand web searcher behaviors...on both desktop AND mobile interfaces.., we need to gather both qualitatative and quantitative data.
It is not enough to rely on log-file and web-analytics data.
Quantitative data can tell you HOW people act but not reasons WHY people act.
In my opinion, too many SEO practitioners base user behavior on log file data. This quantitative data can tell you how people act but not why people act.
To make a search-friendly website, you need to understand both the "how" and the "why".
One source of "why" information can come from usability tests. Usability testing can initially be rather time consuming and not always scalable. But man, is it accurate and insightful!
I believe strongly in both quantitative AND qualitative sources of information.
I try to pay attention to details, too. For example, qualitative data can often yield the exact opposite information of what log-file data indicates (e.g. a high bounce rate can mean high user satisfaction). And quantitative data can often tell you the impact of the "why."
In conclusion, I think there are plenty of areas for improvement in the search marketing industry. And kudos to those people who think outside of the box – the outliers – who want to see search industry evolve.
I don't know about you, but I sure am waiting for the next great web search engine. We're long past due, don't you agree?
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Copyright © 1997- Omni Marketing Interactive. All Rights Reserved. | interviews, I kept a copy of it and updated my answers to reflect the current web-search environment. Enjoy!
Shari Thurow has been in the search marketing industry since the very early days of the Internet, when having a website was a big deal. Hi Shari, can you please give us some background info on yourself and tell us how you started out in search marketing?
Thurow: Hello readers. Some of you might know of me already, since I have been a search engine optimization "expert" since 1995.
My area of specialty is search-engine friendly website design, since I began my web career as a designer/developer. From the outset, back in 1995, I have designed search-engine friendly websites.
I still am a designer/developer. I see how search engines and users interact with various types of web pages and websites on a daily basis.
I do not only design, write, code, script, program, etc. websites for search engines. I have always designed, written, coded, etc. websites for people who use search engines, both the commercial web search engines and site search engines.
I have authored three books: Search Engine Visibility (1st and 2nd editions) and When Search Meets Web Usability.
So even if you haven't heard of me personally, believe me, almost everyone in the search marketing industry has been influenced by my research and work since 1995. I very much enjoy what I do, and will continue working in the field of search marketing.
A plethora of businesses who had their initial websites designed pre-mobile are finally considering complete site overhauls. As a site owner, what does one need to be aware of now in order to build a search-engine friendly website?
Thurow: Honestly? Truthfully? I would say that the vast majority of self-proclaimed "experts" in search-engine friendly website design are not experts at all.
A strong foundation needs to be present BEFORE the design is even created, regardless of the new technologies that have evolved or have been created in the past 10 years.
Search-engine friendly website design is based on 4 building blocks. These building blocks have not changed in over 10 years, and they are not about to change in the next 10 years.
Search engines spiders index text and follow links.
Therefore, to make your website more search-engine friendly, pages must contain the words and phrases that people type into search engines, and the pages need to appear somewhat focused on those words.
In my opinion, content should communicate aboutness in the proper context. Machine-learning algorithms, as well as human users, want to know what your pages' content is about.
So make aboutness clear at the top of your web pages. Don't make human users have to scroll to determine what a page's content is about. If you do that for humans, you are aiding artificial intelligence (AI) as well.
Search engines will not access and analyze that text unless you give them access to that content.
So you have to provide user-friendly access to that content in the form of information architecture, site navigation (including supplemental navigation), archiving, and URL structure.
Search-engine friendly design is designing a site for people who use search engines.
Notice that I emphasized the phrase "user-friendly." Remember, search-engine friendly design is designing a site for people who use search engines, not throwing out every site navigation scheme a computer program can muster.
These two things? I haven't changed these items since I first became a web developer in 1995.
People still don't "get" these items. Doesn't matter that you know responsive design. Doesn't matter that you know jQuery tricks. Doesn't matter that you know IP delivery. Doesn't matter that you know URL workarounds.
If you don't "get" these two items, then as far as I am concerned, you don't "get" search-engine friendly website design.
I know those are bold statements, but I stick to my guns. I think it is very sad that the #1 mistake I still see is the lack of attention to a strong infrastructure.
Local search has been gaining much prominence for generic searches such as lawyer, dentist, sushi, etc. What are some best practices to use, when building landing pages to serve local customers?
Thurow: It's all about users. What does your local target audience wish to know about your company when they call? When they walk in for that first appointment? When they call you again for more products and services?
Contact information and physical location is EXTREMELY important to local searchers. What is the best way to contact your company? What are your business hours?
Omni builds comprehensive sites for local businesses.
Products and/or Services. People want to know the main products and/or services your company offers. List and describe them. As we say in the usability/UX industry, "Use the users' language" to the best of your abilities.
Customer Support. Prospects and customers always have questions. So an FAQ (frequently asked questions) or a Customer Service section should always be a part of a local website.
Benefits and Testimonials. Why should people do business with your firm? A Benefits and/or Testimonials portion of a website really helps, especially since most local companies get more business via word-of-mouth referrals than websites.
Physical location. We always try to give extra instructions on how to get to a business's physical location – driving directions, nearby parking garages (if the business is located in a large city), etc.
The main physical location should always be emphasized on the entire site, usually in a footer and via other means of optimization.
Display photos of your entryway (and vary photos by season, when applicable).
Display photos of the sign on your door if you office(s) or practice(s) are part of a building.
Contact information. What is your preferred method of being contacted? Do you want people to call you? Then make your phone number prominent. Do you want people to fill out a form? Then prominently link to your contact form. Use common sense.
SEO is like many other marketing practices. You can easily overdo it. The days of keyword stuffing are gone.
People can always tell when a site is over-optimized. An over-optimized website does not communicate a strong brand. It communicates desperation, I think.
To be honest, we do not build single landing pages for local SEO.
I know that a local site can do well with a single landing page. But I would never put all of a website's information on a single page.
Back in 1999, forums and message boards were a prominent way of advertising one's services. While still fairly potent for niche focused services, how can businesses utilize social media to achieve the same or great effects in a scalable fashion?
Thurow: Social | 1,399 |
Now, Alison Gopnik joins those who have taken Steven Pinker to task for the distortions and confusions in his book Enlightenment Now. However much you want to buy Pinker's fascination with gauzy ideals like reason and humanity, he is wrong to blame an optimism deficit for the fact that people are not lining up to become atheists. In truth, people have paid a price for progress.
Gopnik places it on the Enlightenment's account. For my part I prefer to say, as I have long said, that the Industrial Revolution produced the social turmoil and dislocations. Transformations in the way nations produced goods and services, added to advances in transportation and communication broke communities, causing a loss of social capital and a pervasive anomie.
Gopnik does not use the terms. Yet, she grasps the problem in an example. She shows what happens when she, a scientist, tries to encourage young women to enter her field. They all understood that that career path will detach them from home and hearth, from family and community. If I wanted to be churlish I would add that these functioning small town communities barely exist anymore, but I will leave that for another day.
To be more honest, we would note that this scenario has been generated by the advent of contemporary feminism. It assumes that the young woman wants to have a career equal to that of her husband and that she will willingly risking losing domestic harmony and children in order to follow that rainbow.
Gopnik is brutally honest. And it's well and good that young women hear the<|fim_middle|> there are deeper bonds between people, its more likely people will stay long enough to find a way through their differences. It probably makes more sense in religious community, and they break all the time too. | price of having a career just like a man. I would have preferred that she identify feminist theory as one of the causes of the pervasive social anomie.
The weakness of the book is that it doesn't seriously consider the second part of the conversation—the human values that the young woman from the small town talks about. Our local, particular connections to just one specific family, community, place, or tradition can seem irrational. Why stay in one town instead of chasing better opportunities? Why feel compelled to sacrifice your own well-being to care for your profoundly disabled child or fragile, dying grandparent, when you would never do the same for a stranger? And yet, psychologically and philosophically, those attachments are as central to human life as the individualist, rationalist, universalist values of classic Enlightenment utilitarianism. If the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress is really going to be convincing—if it's going to amount to more than preaching to the choir—it will have to speak to a wider spectrum of listeners, a more inclusive conception of flourishing, a broader palette of values.
One understands that serious intellectuals feel obliged to use awkward locutions like "a more inclusive conception of flourishing," but Gopnik is really concerned about the social anomie produced by rapid industrialization. I think that she is arguing, correctly, that Enlightenment idealism has failed to provide the moral basis for new forms of community, new ways to solidify community ties.
But if things are so much better, why do they feel, for so many people, so much worse? Why don't people experience the progress that Pinker describes? Pinker doesn't spend much time focusing on this question, and he gets a little tetchy when he does. Skepticism about Enlightenment values, in his view, comes from leftist humanities professors and highbrow-magazine editors who have read too much Nietzsche, or from theocrats on the right.
Pinker's graphs, and the utilitarian moral views that accompany and underlie them, are explicitly about the welfare of humanity as a whole. But values are rooted in emotion and experience as well as reason, in the local as well as the universal.
In most mammals, a "tend and befriend" brain system—which involves the neurotransmitter oxytocin, among others—plays an important role in the bonding between mothers and babies. In humans, with our distinctive capacity for cooperation, this system of attachment has been expanded to apply to a much broader range of relationships, from pair-bonded partners to friends and collaborators.
Of course, to have a community you cannot keep it all in the family. Communities are alliances between families. Moreover, you cannot have a community that interacts with other communities if you see them all as dangerous strangers. The thought, for the record, comes to us from the Book of Leviticus and the Gospels—it's presented as the injunction to befriend strangers and to love you enemy.
In fact, the economist Robert Frank and the philosopher Kim Sterelny have proposed exactly the opposite view. The feelings that go with attachment—such as love, trust, and loyalty—allow people who have different capacities and clashing short-term interests to cooperate in a way that benefits everyone in the long run. Parents versus children, wives versus husbands, hunters versus gatherers—all of these relationships inevitably involve tension and conflict. Rationality and contractual negotiation alone can't resolve the differences that arise. If individuals all just pursue their own interests, even in coordination with others, they may end up worse off. But emotions can help. Sterelny argues that attachments act as "commitment mechanisms." They ensure that partners won't just walk out of an argument or renege on an agreement when it becomes inconvenient.
In other words, it's not just about oxytocin and empathy. It's about rules and precepts, ethical principles, the sort that have been taught by religions. But that do not belong to the notably atheistic Enlightenment.
In the absence of religion we have far more difficulty dealing with the social dislocations caused by the Industrial Revolution. The more detached we feel the more we will be drawn to cults… now called tribes.
But scientific as well as intuitive evidence suggests that tribalism can be seductive when people feel that their local connections are under threat. At the same time, the Enlightenment emphasis on the autonomous, rational individual can also lead to alienation and isolation, which make tribalist mythology all the more appealing.
"Pinker recommends that we all identify as members of the human species."
We've got a friend who identifies as a Hesperornis. But we just let her in the pool and she's ok after a while.
Gopnik: Marriage counselors often say that relationships can weather anger, misunderstanding, jealousy, fundamentally different values—even the occasional bout of hatred. But they can't survive contempt, which has become the signature political emotion of our age.
An interesting quote. I recall from wikipedia that contempt can be related to status, although tribalism itself enables mutual contempt, while money becomes the "objective" measure of status in individualism. So I don't have to care about you if I can get all my needs met without your cooperation, and I'm free to scapegoat you or your kind as the cause of whatever difficulties I see that are not my fault.
"Robert C. Solomon places contempt on the same continuum as resentment and anger, and he argues that the differences between the three are that resentment is anger directed toward a higher-status individual; anger is directed toward an equal-status individual; and contempt is anger directed toward a lower-status individual."
"Rural society has been romanticized for millenia, especially in the West, where rural communities have usually been portrayed as idylic. However, the community in rural society is actually both compulsory and coercive.
For what made the city attractive also made it anarchic--the anonymity; the absence of coercive communities. The city was indeed the center of culture. It was where the artists and the scholars could work and flourish. Precisely because it had no community, it offered upward mobility. But beneath that thin layer of professionals, artists, and scholars, beneath the wealthy merchants and the highly skilled artisans in their craft guilds, there was moral and social anomie."
"The city was attractive precisely because it offered freedom from the compulsory and coercive rural community. But it was destructive because it did not offer any community of its own.
And human beings need community. If there are no communities available for constructive ends, there will be destructive, murderous communities..."
"Like many city dwellers, they'd had the mistaken belief that spying was only really bad in Berlin and that decency still prevailed in small towns. And like many city dwellers, they had made the painful discovery that recrimination, eavesdropping, and informing were ten times worse in small towns than in the big city. In a small town, everyone was fully exposed, you couldn't ever disappear in the crowd. Personal circumstances were quickly ascertained, conversations with neighbors were practically unavoidable, and the way such conversations could be twisted was something they had already experienced in their own lives, to their chagrin."
There are many reasons for "getting out of Dodge". Marshall Dillon is not one of them.
Wanderlust, "seeing more the world", not fitting in or not having room to move are good.
Where I grew up gave me the ability to appreciate other parts of this country. A guy I knew in the Air Force and I both got reassigned into the same career field, but he chose to go to a base near his home, and I to one far from home.
isn't Gopnik the one who thinks that Psychology is a "science"?
David Foster, I see there's two similar but different issues. Small towns and large extended families (who live in proximity for decades), and both can provide a sense of connection and both can squash individuality under expectations of who you're allowed to be. And in both cases you can create big fish in small ponds. OTOH, gossip in both cases often can be productive, maybe cowardly but not necessarily ill-willed.
I also recall Scott Peck explored the idea 4 levels of community, and the first level as pseudo-community where everyone tries to get along by intentionally hiding their differences, followed by chaos when what is hidden finally can't be contained, and then emptiness where expections are withdrawn, and people then have a chance to come back together with a new deeper acceptance and appreciation. Of course the chaos can also lead to fight (a bully takes over) or flight (people go their separate ways), but if | 1,763 |
For those nights when you want something nice, but just couldn't be<|fim_middle|> seafood is don't overcook it, especially if it was expensive. If in doubt, take it off early.
Slice the squid hood, vertically down one side so it opens flat like a book. Make diagonal slits (diamond pattern) on the squid, and slice length ways again, into 4 strips. Cut the strips into thirds.
Slice the fish fillets into medium sized cubes (aout 5cm, 2 inch) pieces.
Place the seafood in a bowl and add the combined salt, pepper, Chinese spice and chilli and mix until well coated. You can add a teaspoon or two of peanut oil to help the coating process.
Heat a medium sized wok or fry pan to medium high heat, add 2 tablespoons peanut oil and stir fry seafood in batches until just cooked.
It might help to separate and cook each seafood type individually. Eg prawns with prawns, then the squid etc. Remove and set aside as each batch is cooked.
Seafood cooks very quickly, especially at high temperatures, so approximately 1 ½ to 2 minutes each batch should be enough (and even less if you're using scallops).
Finish with the sugar snap peas in the wok, stir fry for around ½ minute, add the seafood back in with the soy sauce, stir until combined and remove from the heat.
*Note: We used swordfish, but any firm fish fillet will be fine. Nothing too delicate otherwise it will flake into tiny pieces as it cooks. | bothered. Really fresh seafood needs very little effort to make it great. Buy peeled uncooked prawns if you don't want to peel them, or con someone else into doing for you.
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But very soon, most runners find that there's a stark difference between exercising and pursuing a passion. And running becomes that passion.
When I first started running, it was because I thought the guys on the cross country were funny. Over time, those reasons evolved from fitness, to helping me get into college, to becoming my meditation and good example for my kids.
Of course, I also discovered the girl's team and ended up marrying one of<|fim_middle|>!
Many of us have very different reasons for lacing up our running shoes every day. Today, I want to inspire you to run for a reason you may not have considered: transcendence.
Transcendence beyond what you think is possible, beyond "normal" goals, and beyond how you define yourself.
Sanjay Rawal is a filmmaker, runner, and the man behind the documentary 3100: Run and Become.
Before becoming a filmmaker, he spent 15 years in over 40 countries working on human rights and international development. His new film is about the longest certified road race in the world: the Self-Transcendence 3100 Miler.
It's an event that boggles the mind: 3,100 miles around a single city block in Queens, New York for nearly two months in the heat of summer. To win, you have to average about 60 miles per day (for nearly two months).
A race like this is less of a race and more of a journey of self-discovery that reveals the limits of human ability.
My conversation with Sanjay Rawal is a unique and moving discussion about the deeper meaning of running. I hope you enjoy it. | those runners. I'm sure that helped me stick with the sport | 13 |
VIPR – stands for Vitality, Performance and Reconditioning, and is a weighted rubber tube used for loaded movement training. It increases body strength and improves balance and flexibility through a combination of strength and functional movement. Workouts are made up of a range of ViPR weights and intensities making it accessible for all fitness levels.
KETTLEBELLS – A ball shaped weight with a single handle, designed for a total body workout combining power and strength to build stamina. Help strengthen your core and improve posture, while stripping body fat<|fim_middle|>.
STEELBELL/ SANDBELL – an intense free weight. Filled with tiny balls of either steel shot,or sand it is dense and incredibly lively challenging your core and stabilizers with every move. Think of the SteelBell/ Sandbell as a medicine ball you can hold with one hand or a soft kettle bell with no handle needed. Choose the SteelBell/SandBell to improve performance and challenge muscles like never before.
MEDICINE BALL – Build and strengthen your core from every angle; increase abdominal power and strength, targeting the obliques with multi directional ball slams. Work with resistance to strengthen your abs and oblique's with Russian twists. Be explosive with wood chop lifts -they work the abdominals and upper body hard.
DUMBBELLS – one of the most widely used weight-training equipment pieces. One dumbbell consists of two equal weights that are attached to a handle, The main reason why people use dumbbells is to build and tone muscles, and they can be used to develop muscles in most parts of the body.
PLYOBOXES – Plyometrics, also known as jump training is a training technique designed to increase muscular power and explosiveness. Originally developed for Olympic athletes, plyo box training improves vertical jump performance, muscle strength and muscle protection. | .
BOSU – stands for 'Both Sides Utilised' and is a simple, easy-to-use piece of equipment structured like an exercise ball cut in half with a platform on one side. While exercising with a BOSU ball, you constantly make slight adjustments to balance and counterbalance your body. This means that at all times, at least some part of your body is working to stabilise itself.
POWERBAG – offers the ultimate in functional training combining all the strength benefits of resistance training, with the versatility of medicine balls and core stability in one innovative and highly effective training tool | 119 |
EU institutions may rely on a general presumption that disclosure of documents in the administrative file, related to state legal aid review process, in principle undermines protection of the objectives of investigation activities. To rebut such presumption, the interested party must demonstrate that the requested document is not covered by that presumption, or that there is a higher public interest just<|fim_middle|> capable of rebutting the general presumption in this case (para. 68) and dismissed the TGI's action (para. 71). | ifying the disclosure of the document.
Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau (TGI), a Germany company, requested the European Commission (Commission) to provide access to all documents in the state aid cases concerning TGI, and to all documents concerning state aid for the undertaking Schott Glas, except for business secrets relating to other undertakings (para. 17). The Commission refused to grant access on the ground that disclosure of the documents would undermine the protection of "the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits" (Article 4(2), second indent, of the Regulation) (para. 18).
The General Court annulled the Commission's decision (para. 34). The Commission appealed to the Court of Justice (the Court).
The Court found that although, in principle, the Commission must supply explanations as to how access to a particular document could "specifically and effectively undermine the interest protected by an exception" (para. 53), the Commission could also base its decision to refuse disclosure "on general presumptions which apply to certain categories of documents" (para. 54).
The Court found that in the state aid review procedure, the interested parties, except for the Member States responsible for granting legal aid, did not have a right to consult the documents in the Commission's administrative file. Otherwise, "the system for the review of state aid would be called into question" (para. 58).
The Court further held that "documents relating to procedures for reviewing state aid, such as those requested by TGI, fall within the framework of administrative functions" of the Commission, in contrast with cases where the Commission acted in the capacity of a legislature, "in which wider access to documents should be authorized" (para. 60).
The Court therefore acknowledged that in the process of state aid review there was "a general presumption that disclosure of documents in the administrative file in principle undermines protection of the objectives of investigation activities" (para. 61). To rebut such presumption, the interested party had to demonstrate that (i) the requested document was not covered by that presumption, or (ii) there was a higher public interest justifying the disclosure of the document (para. 62).
The Court concluded that "the Commission (…) was able to refuse access to all the documents relating to procedures for the review of state aid covered by TGI's request for access on the basis of [the Regulation], and could do so without first making a concrete, individual examination of those documents" (para. 67). The Court did not find any evidence | 527 |
Dispatches from Europe: Packaging reuse in the spotlight
Last year, Collins Dictionary named "single-use" its word of the year, and it's not difficult to understand why. Efforts to reduce marine litter and eliminate plastic waste were some of the key themes of 2018. And in fact the European Union Parliament and Council ended the year with a provisional agreement to phase out problematic single-use plastic items by 2021.
Clarissa Morawski
While growing environmental concerns have prompted a number of local, regional and national bans on various plastic packaging products over the last 20 years (in Kenya, Taiwan, Seattle and Zimbabwe, to name just a few), the new EU Directive on Single Use Plastic will be the most comprehensive piece of legislation yet at the global level to tackle plastic pollution.
The Directive will totally ban 10 single-use plastic products from the EU, including cotton bud sticks, plates, straws, stirrers, balloon sticks, oxo-degradable plastics and expanded polystyrene (EPS) food containers and cups.
Additionally, the new rules stipulate that EU Member States must take "the necessary measures to achieve a measureable quantitative reduction" in the consumption of other single-use plastics not covered by the ban, such as take-out containers and coffee cups and lids.
In many ways, this legislative push could very well accelerate another notable trend in Europe's packaging sector: growth in systems and business models centered around reusable packaging.
Samantha Millette
According to a 2017 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, reuse provides an economically attractive opportunity for at least 20% of plastic packaging (by weight), worth at least $9 billion.
A number of leading brands, retailers and packaging companies have already realized this and are capitalizing on it.
Take U.K.-based CupClub, for instance. The company describes itself as a "cups-as-a-service" startup that allows consumers to "rent" reusable cups for both hot and cold drinks. After finishing their drink, consumers drop off the cups at a designated collection point, and the cups are designed to be used 132 times before they are recycled. The company claims its service reduces use<|fim_middle|>, bags, cups, bowls), transport packaging (crates, totes, pallets) and industrial packaging (barrels and IBCs).
Reloop will be facilitating dialogue, strategic planning and lobbying on behalf of the shared interests of the platform.
Also important to note is the fact the Reusable Packaging Platform is set to be material-neutral, with participating stakeholders offering solutions in wood, plastic, metal, glass and fiber. The focus is on high-quality reusable packaging that both protects the product and remains in circulation. Importantly, the reusable items will also be recyclable when they do reach end of life.
Organizations interested in joining the platform should contact Reloop (see contact info at the end of this story).
EU has set the pace
With reusable alternatives available across countless product categories, it's only a matter of time before other countries around the world follow in Europe's footsteps. As more jurisdictions craft reuse-focused policy, they will be opening the doors to new opportunities for businesses to adapt to this changing environment and promote themselves as single-use-free.
Those that seize the opportunity now could benefit from a head start.
Note: This article was originally published and featured on Resource Recycling's website. To view the original, click here.
← New Report Quantifies the Economic Impacts of Container Deposits in New YorkDrink up! Beverage container recycling update → | of single-use plastic packaging by up to 47%.
Another business that has tapped into the reuse market is ReCircle. Launched in 2016, ReCircle provides reusable lunchboxes to restaurants across Switzerland for take-out food, and it has created an accompanying deposit system. Since inception, ReCircle has distributed 70,000 of its "reBoxes" to a total of 412 restaurants.
Restaurants are driven to join ReCircle primarily for economic reasons. According to the company, single-use containers in Switzerland cost the equivalent of $0.20 each, and the cost for 20 reBoxes is $150. Do the math and you'll find that a restaurant using 10 reBoxes a day would save about $520 per year by avoiding single-use containers, not to mention the potential savings from reduced waste management costs.
Meanwhile, other companies, such as Earth Food Love in the U.K., operate as bulk stores where nuts, grains, pastas and other food products are sold in dispensers. Customers take their own containers to fill up, weigh and label while shopping.
Most recently, we have a January 2019 announcement by TerraCycle, which has built its business by working with brands to offer take-back initiatives for hard-to-recycle products and packaging. This spring TerraCycle plans to launch a reuse-focused trial program called Loop.
The Loop effort will allow consumers in select markets to buy Unilever, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble products – ice cream, shampoo, toothbrushes, laundry detergent and more – in refillable metal and glass containers instead of single-use packaging. Consumers will be able to order goods online (from the Loop website or partner stores) and have them delivered. Once the containers are empty, TerraCycle will pick them up, clean them and deliver refilled containers back to consumers.
A call for standardization
However, while such initiatives deserve recognition for their commitment to cutting down on plastic waste, there is a lack of standardization that is boosting costs and limiting the efficiency of the burgeoning reuse market. In an ideal scenario, every brand taking part in a program like Loop would use the same type of reusable packaging.
Standardized containers, which are interchangeable and may be used by a number of brands, minimize the number needed by using a common stock to cover demand variations between companies. Standardized sizes and shapes also help make logistics more efficient, by maximizing storage and distribution space.
The efficiency of the logistics system can also be improved using a "shared pool system" rather than a strict one-for-one return. At their simplest, container-pooling systems entail the outsourcing of most of the inconvenient aspects of reusable containers to a third-party organization. In this model, the container-pooling operator is the owner of the packaging and helps ensure that barriers in the logistics process (containers needing repairs, for instance) do not interfere with supply chain operations.
To help drive toward more harmonization in reuse, this spring the Reloop Platform will launch its Reusable Packaging Platform, which will begin as an EU initiative but eventually hopes to expand to the U.S. as well. This is a network of reverse logistics companies and materials suppliers that make up the transport and primary packaging value chain for the reusable realm. We are building a coalition of all three reusable packaging sectors: consumer packaging (bottles | 688 |
Last week Deals Copenhagen had the pleasure of assisting Grønn By in exploring and showcasing urban development in Copenhagen. Grønn By is a network for overall urban development in the Stavanger region, Norway. I was happy to join the group for a lovely lunch at the The Royal Danish Playhouse (above), at the "house" restaurant Ofelia.
Meeting and greeting with 18 representatives from my Norwegian hometown Stavanger was quite a joy. Speaking my Norwegian dialect, and it turned out we know a lot of the<|fim_middle|> lunch at Ofelia Deals Copenhagen had arranged for Grønn By, in collaboration with The Royal Danish Playhouse, to have Jens Øblom, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter (left), lead a special guided tour.
Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter is the architect company behind the playhouse, so our Norwegian group was in the best hands.
After our lunch Special Advisor from IFHP and Deals Copenhagen consultant, Regitze Marianne Hess, started our guided tour from The Royal Danish Playhouse, alongside the harbour and to BLOX. Please note the Copenhagen Opera House in the background – and Copenhagen Street Food at Paper Island (right in the upper two photos of the collage).
Regitze has excellent knowledge about the Copenhagen harbour, and is superb at communicating it.
Almost there: Outside BLOX, not just a building, read more about the extraordinary BLOX venue, planned to be finalized May 2018.
The afternoon was spent in Kødbyen, the Meatpacking District of Copenhagen, where we enjoyed snacks and refreshments at Mother Restaurant. On this pleasant day the transport company of Deals Copenhagen made sure to bring Grønn By around, conveniently keeping their suitcases in the bus, until they reached the Copenhagen Airport later in the evening.
Thank you, Grønn By, it was such a pleasure to meet you!
Ps. Hear me mention the visit of Grønn By last Sunday, on Danish radio P4. The occasion was the opening of the new Copenhagen Harbour Circle – have a listen from 1 hour, 36 minutes and 9 seconds (just scroll). | same persons in our local networks.
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A View of the Bay
A family's losses after Hurricane Sandy didn't come in the usual order or with the usual speed.
Illustration by Homestead Studio
Aimée Lutkin | Longreads | November 2019 | 15 minutes (3,262 words)
"Hello?" my grandmother's cigarette-seasoned voice would always answer the phone immediately. I pictured her sitting directly beside it in her motel room, waiting to see which of her three daughters or four grandchildren was checking on her.
"Hi, grandma! Just calling to see if you and Papa are OK in the storm," I'd say cheerfully, assuming they were basically fine, as they always were. They had evacuated their house, a flimsy four-room hut built atop cement blocks, that was set inconveniently close to the Narrow Bay, right on Mastic Beach in Long Island. All that stood between their home and a body of water that could consume it was a dirt road and a rustling wall of reeds that created a marshy barrier and the illusion of distance. That illusion was regularly washed away by storm flooding, sending them skipping backward like sandpipers.
"Well, we're all settled in here," she'd answer, sounding pleased to have evacuated for the night to an artless motel next to a barren parking lot. "Your father is watching the news. Looks like we'll be back tomorrow!"
"Oh, that's good," I'd say, ignoring that she had confused me for my mother as she often did after passing her 80th birthday.
"Yeah, not too bad, not too bad," she'd say, though there were a few times that did get bad. The year their cars were washed away and they were trapped in their house, years where the power went out. But they always bounced back and during the next storm I'd call to check in again, repeating the same familiar pattern.
For years, visiting my grandparents involved a two- to three-hour train ride on the LIRR from New York City; I went by myself once every summer or spring, and I visited with my mom and aunt and uncle who lived in Montauk every Thanksgiving and Christmas. Montauk is on the eastern tip of Long Island, so Mastic was where we met in the middle until my mother refused to go back. Then I'd go by myself for one winter holiday, alone on the cold, empty train, traveling back and forth on the same day. A six-hour train ride was preferable to spending the night in the drafty house, making conversation around my mother's absence.
Most of my memories of dinners in Mastic were of the escalating tension between my mother and her father. At some point, Papa had been banned from direct criticism, so he substituted the word "Democrats" for her name. One of his favorite pointed sayings was "An open mind is like a sewer — all the garbage falls in."
On the trip home, no matter how enraged she had become, my mother would say he hadn't always been like this. He'd been a teacher. A philosopher. He used to<|fim_middle|> Nature, Story
Tags: Brooklyn, climate change, families, hurricane sandy, Long Island, memoir, New York, old age, superstorm sandy | build things and volunteer and not watch Fox News.
Before my mother's boycott began, managing the volatile atmosphere was my job; the open hostility in the air bothered me, but it was easier to handle with a generation of distance between us. I learned quickly that one of the safest conversational topics was always the view.
"Look how beautiful it is," I would say, and the group would repeatedly comply, turning to stare out the wide picture window over the dilapidated second-story porch. Any time of day was lovely, in any weather, but a clear sunset would flood the room with a warm apricot glow. The water caught and refracted the end of the day, allowing its goodbye to sweetly linger. My grandmother's table, too big for the space, trapping us against the walls, would become a map of the world. Every person with their face tilted out toward the sun was trapped in amber light, frozen momentarily by warmth instead of cold.
I spent most of Superstorm Sandy drunk. At some point the internet went out. My roommates — who were also drunk — and I sat around our living room checking our phones again and again. I lay on my back watching the bare trees whipping outside my window. To us, hurricane preparedness meant having enough wine in our apartment. We'd been responsible. Born and raised in New York City, I'd weathered many hurricane seasons and had found that the danger warnings were always over the top, at least for the five boroughs.
Lack of internet in our Brooklyn neighborhood gave us some hint of the extremity of the situation, but it still took a little while before we understood that this hurricane was different. Reports of destruction filtered in as we sobered up and got back online. The lights were out in Manhattan, Red Hook was underwater, the Rockaways were a disaster zone, and Breezy Point was on fire.
They returned when the water receded. At first it seemed to me that that was that. Another storm survived.
In the following weeks, I volunteered, making sandwiches in a church basement, sorting clothes and other donations, traveling out to the Rockaways to help people find what they needed at an auditorium that had been transformed into a relief center. I went with a group of volunteers to knock on doors in apartments that still had no heat or power, finding people who hadn't left or who had nowhere to go. I met a woman who was running out of insulin, which we didn't have, and another whose antibiotics for a MRSA infection had been ruined in her water-damaged car. A father and daughter were boiling a kettle on their gas stove to keep their apartment warm, which another volunteer warned was dangerous. They nodded politely. Most of the people we met appeared very calm in the dark hallway, as though they were certain that things would soon snap back into normalcy. Walking down below their complex, seeing how the boardwalk had been pulled into twisted spikes by the waves, how sand spilled everywhere, gobbling up the streets, it seemed impossible that anything would be normal again.
Since Sandy, new condos have gone up in many of the hardest hit areas, even those still in flood zones. Writer Sarah Miller has investigated for Popula the cognitive dissonance required to move real estate into Miami Beach, purchases that essentially boil down to buying a house for 50 years, tops. Real estate development has mutated to work in tandem with climate change: Destruction levels an area, driving out residents; developers move in, their projects subsidized by government relief efforts. Gentrification accelerates and the people who left can't afford to come back — yet, this all happens in an area that remains threatened by further climate destruction. The very wealthy can afford to buy the last 50 years of river views, as the people who once lived there search for a place that is not only affordable, but also doesn't teeter constantly on the edge of ruin. The land shrinks.
After Sandy hit, it took a while to get in touch with my grandparents and my aunt and uncle, who said they'd briefly been cut off entirely by rising waters around the Montauk peninsula, which knocked out phone service. My grandparents' home had flooded, but they'd made it to their usual motel. They returned when the water receded. At first it seemed to me that that was that. Another storm survived.
The seasonal challenges of my extended family's geographic location hadn't been something I thought about much, just as I hadn't worried too much about a hurricane even though I grew up on an island. New York contains many mythologies and most of them are connected to the city's relentless ability to continue, no matter what. This is basically the definition of hubris — the confidence that because you survived something the last thousand times, you will survive it the next thousand.
My grandparents were also both born in New York; my grandmother was an only child. Her mother and father worked as a cook and a chauffeur, respectively, and rented an apartment close to St. John the Divine, in Morningside Heights. In her childhood photos, she looks like a little doll, solitary and posed in patent leather shoes. She grew to be almost six feet tall and gorgeous. She once showed me a photo of herself looking dashing in a headscarf, seated high on a fence.
"Look at me," she cough-laughed. "I knew what I was doing there."
Any time of day was lovely, in any weather, but a clear sunset would flood the room with a warm apricot glow. The water caught and refracted the end of the day, allowing its goodbye to sweetly linger.
My grandfather was one of many children of an Irish immigrant mother and an Italian mobster, whose name he wasn't allowed to speak. I've never seen a picture of him before his days as a soldier in WWII, stationed in France after surviving D-Day. His family lived on the Lower East Side, then Williamsburg. He would sometimes tell stories about collecting lost bits of coal that fell from the delivery truck and hollering up at his mom to drain the bathtub full of gin when the cops walked down the street. These were colorful tales meant to make growing up poor sound much more fun than it ever actually was, but he enjoyed telling them. Once when he came to visit my mom and me at our East Village apartment, he spent the day pointing at rooftops, saying he used to jump from one to the other as a kid.
My grandparents met at a funeral. They were cousins of each other's cousins.
New York City starts to feel very small if you've lived there all your life, so by the time they were married with children they'd moved further out, then further out again when the kids were gone. They'd wanted a small, manageable place by the beach for their retirement. They drove past the house in Mastic and a man was standing outside. They asked him if he'd like to sell it, and he miraculously said yes.
I've been told the house washed away once, during a storm in the 1920s, then got hauled back to the same spot and put up on those cement pylons. The story was suspect, but to me it said something about what used to pass for hurricane preparedness.
A few weeks before Christmas 2012, less than two months after Sandy, my grandfather fell down the stairs. The staircase leading up to the livable floor of the house was curved and uneven, twisting in at two points. I'm not sure how far down he went, but he broke his hip on the journey and was taken to the hospital, then a rehab center.
My grandmother eventually went to stay with her eldest daughter in Maryland. She was behaving erratically. She didn't notice that her swollen legs were leaking clear fluid until my aunt pointed it out. She sounded strange when we talked.
"I think I'm about to die," she told me on the phone. This was something she'd been implying for years, giving away her most cherished wicker-frame mirrors and seashell-covered jewelry boxes until her shelves emptied, explaining she "didn't need them anymore." But that was the first time she'd said it so explicitly. She didn't sound scared. She delivered the news like she was discussing the weather — a little bored, a little distracted. It was the voice of someone going through a transition so huge they couldn't possibly be bothered to talk about anything else.
My grandfather was moved to an assisted living home that was difficult to get to from the city. My mother traveled there alone and discovered he'd been sleeping in a wheelchair because it was too hard for him to get in and out of bed. He'd immediately fallen into an intense enmity with his roommate, who had an electric Lazy Boy he wouldn't let my grandfather nap in. She started to look for homes in Brooklyn, somewhere she could check in on him every day.
And then my grandmother did die.
After holiday dinners, the younger folks would usually go on a walk around the block before dessert. My grandmother accepted a very limited amount of help from us. We could clear the table, but she wouldn't allow anyone into her rapid-fire cutlery shuffling over the small sink. Everything she did was set to a higher speed and we would only slow her down.
We walked to digest her butter-soup mashed potatoes and to release a little of the tension into the fresh, salty air. Before we left, my grandfather often called out to insist we bring his walking stick by the door, warning, "Take it with you to beat off the wild dogs. They run in packs out there!"
I never saw a single dog without a fence penning it in, but I did once ask my aunt if we should bring the stick.
"If you see a dog, are you going to hit it?" she asked.
The answer was no, so we went silent and empty-handed down the rutted road, past the reeds to a small slope of empty shore. Water lapped the edge, which was covered in blue mussel shells and seaweed, plastic bottle caps, broken glass, the occasional dead fish, and a thin crust of ice, which became thinner every year, as the weather grew milder in winter.
Past the ripples, Pattersquash Island created a dark line on the horizon. The island was originally part of the tribal land of the Unkechaug Nation, who live on the smallest reservation in New York state, set along the shore a 10-minute drive from my grandparents' house. It covers less than a mile, which includes water. Shinnecock artist Jeremy Dennis has been compiling stories of indigenous Long Island for his project On This Site, and he writes that Pattersquash is historically considered a sacred site for vision quests. It appeared so still and desolate from a distance.
During Sandy, more than 100 homes on the Poospatuck reservation were damaged. There has been some attention paid to the reservation's recovery from missionaries and PR companies, but there has not been much media coverage of the incipient creep of rising sea levels, stealing yet more territory from Indigenous people year by year. Mastic and its residents have been living under the threat of both weather and gentrification for decades, resisting a transformation that almost no other beach town on the East End has managed to avoid. Stories about the area over the past 20 years are a whiplash of wonder and warnings.
In 2001, the New York Times touted Mastic as the island's "Best Kept Secret," citing its proximity to Fire Island and the relative affordability of real estate compared to the Hamptons. It was suggestively dubbed a "working class stronghold," but several political and financial mishaps, including a series of racial housing discrimination suits, almost drove the area into bankruptcy, and they were obligated to rejoin the Town of Brookhaven after an attempt at self-governance that began in 2010. In 2018, Newsday heralded another Mastic renewal, pointing out that real estate was still comparatively cheap, and many of the decrepit buildings that had given the area a bad rep were being torn down by new management.
Damage in the Hamptons after Sandy redirected vacationers to Montauk, transforming a quieter part of the island into a party hotspot that is barely navigable from June to September. My aunt and uncle, who work in the lighthouse and laying tile, were evicted from their home of more than 25 years after its owner died and a fashion photographer bought the property. They've been looking for somewhere to move they can afford. They're thinking out of state.
New York contains many mythologies and most of them are connected to the city's relentless ability to continue, no matter what.
Bad housing and "slumlords" have been a continuing point of contention in the area, as the New York Times also reported in 2008, seven years after recommending it as summer getaway. A number of sexual assaults brought attention to the high rate of registered sex offenders in the area, whether they were responsible for the attacks or not. In 2006, a man was arrested for planning to set fire to a building occupied by four tenants on the registry. While some of these units have been torn down via legal means, issues around infrastructure, especially inadequate sewage systems, seem to be holding greater change back.
Visiting only briefly and driven from the train station to the edge of the world every time, I was largely unaware of these issues before Sandy, except for general observations about the number of beer emporiums we drove by to get to the bay. My grandfather built a homemade security system. It felt absurd to be deafened by sirens out on that otherwise quiet corner, and toward the end of their time there, the system was perpetually offline. The house was empty for a week before it was broken into.
My grandfather died about nine months after my grandmother, while living in an assisted living home in Brooklyn. I'd like to say he was happy to be back in his old borough, but he most definitely was not. Every time I visited, he practically begged me to move back to Mastic with him, to live in that house, and take care of him there. It was both an outrageous and completely understandable request.
"We were happy there," he told me one afternoon, tears in his eyes, though by then my mother was pretty convinced he hadn't fallen down the stairs. She thought, based on the comments he'd let slip, that my grandmother had maybe pushed him during a fight, but that was just her theory. She guessed that the stress of the storm hastened my grandmother's mental deterioration, maybe even that the new hurricane molds growing in their dirt-floor basement infiltrated her brain somehow, and my grandmother didn't recognize the danger as their argument escalated. Not exactly a scientific diagnosis, and there's no proof, but it was hard not to see some connection between Sandy and their deaths — how many storms had they survived before one rose too high and their whole survival system collapsed? All it took was for something they'd lived through over and over to hit a little harder, in a moment of vulnerability, a moment of unpreparedness.
I went by the house before it was sold to see if there was anything that should be retrieved. The people who broke in hadn't found much of any value, but they appeared to have had a fun afternoon trashing the place. All the familiar knick-knacks and books and worn blankets had been strewn with abandon across the living room, then pissed on. It felt like the destruction from Sandy had been here since the night it happened and had only now become visible. I looked for the ashes of my grandmother's favorite cat, but only managed to find my grandpa's dog tags and a few old pictures in the debris and a piece of paper documenting my mother's first communion. I took my grandmother's tarnished silver spoons and a collection of vinyl records that had sat so long their grooves were almost flat. I played them later, trying to imagine her listening to them when she was young and felt much sadder than I did on the day of her death.
Then I walked out onto the old porch, stepping over holes, past a long beam that had once served as a ladder for a cat named Squeaky. I turned the corner around the dining room to look one last time at the view. The bay stretched out below as the blinding white light of the late afternoon sun swallowed the hard borders of the land. It seemed like the waves were rolling all the way to their door.
Aimée Lutkin is a freelance writer who has written for Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire, Popula, and others. She is currently working on her first book for Dial Press on the current societal trends around loneliness titled The Lonely Hunter; you can follow her on Twitter @alutkin.
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[Album] Joe Cat (@JoeCattt) - 4/20
Looking back on his childhood, musician and songwriter JoeCat seems to have always been destined for the limelight and music industry.
"I grew up winning talent shows my entire life, so I guess performing was something I always had in me," he<|fim_middle|> excited about it. We've put a lot of hard work into it, and we look forward to where it takes it," stated JoeCat.
One of the first songs from that album is a fun, upbeat track titled "Money Comes, Money Goes." According to JoeCat, it was the first song he and Kinderr worked on together after he moved back from California.
"It was inspired from a Daft Punk sample. It reminds us of marching band. It's super bouncy. The title is self-explanatory. It's really catchy," he explained.
JoeCat says he and his producer friend, Kinderrr, owe a lot of their success so far to El Dusty, a mentor signed to Universal Music Latin Entertainment.
"He's kind of our big brother that we're hoping to tour with a lot in the future. He's helped us out a lot," stated JoeCat.
To learn more about JoeCat, check him out on Twitter, SoundCloud, Instagram
Labels: 420, Album, JOECAT | stated.
After meeting in college, he and his friend and producer, Kinderr, have been making beautiful music since. In the last couple of years, they've racked up quite a few accomplishments. They won the Battle of Corpus Christi, 2 years ago, and over the span of two months competed and beat out 32 artists for first place. Their music has appeared on various MTV shows, the NBA, and Tony Hawk's "The Ride Channel."
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"We've also had our song considered for Fast and Furious 7. We're on hold right now for an opportunity with Epic records for a movie placement," stated JoeCat.
The two have recently teamed up for their latest album release titled "420." Unlike their previous work which has an electronica feel to it, JoeCat says this latest project has more of hip hop vibe to it.
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Evolution of Fighter Aircraft
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From the legendary Sopwith Camel to the revolutionary F-22 Raptor, aviation, and fighter aircraft in particular have truly come a very long way, and indeed have a further path to trod on...
In this thread, we will explore the evolution of these machines that truly revolutionised warfare in the 20th century and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future...
Hats off to the Fighter Aircafts !!!
Vickers F.B.5
Crew: Two, pilot & observer/gunner
Length: 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Height: 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Wing area: 382 ft² (35.5 m²)
Empty weight: 1,220 lb (555 kg)
Loaded weight: 2,050 lb (930 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Gnome Monosoupape 9-cylinder rotary engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
Maximum speed: 70 mph (61 knots, 113 km/h) at 5,000 ft (1,520 m)
Range: 250 mi (217 NM, 403 km)
Service ceiling: 9,000 ft (2,743 m)
Wing loading: 5.4 lb/ft² (26 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.05 hp/lb (0.08 kW/kg)
Endurance 4 hours 30 minutes [7]
Climb to 5,000 ft (1,520 m): 16 min
1 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) drum-fed Lewis gun in observer's cockpit
Length: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 7.55 m (24 ft 9 in)
Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 10.5 in)
Wing area: 13 m² (140 ft²)
Empty weight: 344 kg (759 lb)
Loaded weight: 480 kg (1,058 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Gnome or Le Rhone 9C air-cooled rotary, 59.6 kW (80 hp)
Maximum speed: 156 km/h (97 mph)
Range: 330 km (205 miles)
Rate of climb: 15 mins to 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
Power/mass: 1.49 kW/kg (0.09 hp/lb)
1 × Hotchkiss or Lewis machine gun
Length: 5.8 m (19 ft)
Wingspan: 8.2 m (26 ft 9 in)
Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 14.75 m² (158.77 ft²)
Powerplant: 1× Le Rhône 9J 9-cylinder rotary engine, 82 kW (110 hp)
Maximum speed: 164 km/h (89 kn, 102 mph)
Range: 249 km (135 nmi, 155 mi)
Rate of climb: 11.5 min to 3,000 m (9,840 ft) ()
Wing loading: 37.9 kg/m² (7.77 lb/ft²)
(French service) 1 × synchronised Vickers machine gun
(British service) 1 × Lewis gun on Foster mounting on upper wing
Length: 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 6.5 in)
Wing area: 21.1 m² (227 ft²)
Empty weight: 566 kg (1,245 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Hispano-Suiza 8Be 8 cylinder vee-type, 220 hp (164 kw)
Maximum speed: 218 km/h (135 mph)
Rate of climb: 2 m/s (384 ft/min)
Guns: * 2 x .303-cal. (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns
Length: 7.8 m (24.4 ft)
Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 0 in)
Powerplant: 1× Gnome 9-N rotary, 102kW (160 hp)
Service ceiling: 5300 m (17,390 ft)
Rate of climb: 11.5 min to 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
2 × .303 in Vickers machine guns
Fokker Eindecker
Wing area: m² (ft²)
Powerplant: 1× Oberursel U.I 1 Rotary Engine, 74 kW (99 hp)
Maximum speed: 140 km/h (76 kn)
1 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun
Crew: one
Height: 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
Powerplant: 1× Mercedes D.IIIa inline water cooled engine, 127 kW (170 hp)
Maximum speed: 175 km/h (94 kn, 109 mph) at sea level
Rate of climb: 4.5 m/s (886ft/min)
Power/mass: 0.13 kW/kg (0.081 hp/lb)
2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns
Fokker Dr.I
Length: 5.77 m (18 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 18.70 m² (201 ft²)
Powerplant: 1× Oberursel Ur.II 9-cylinder rotary engine, 82 kW (110 hp)
Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0323
Drag area: 0.62 m² (6.69 ft²)
Aspect ratio: 4.04
Stall speed: 72 km/h (45 mph)
Range: 300 km (185 mi)
Rate of climb: 5.7 m/s (1,130 ft/min)
Lift-to-drag ratio: 8.0
2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) "Spandau" LMG 08/15 machine guns.
Wing area: 217.4 ft² (20.2 m²)
Max takeoff weight: 1,936 lb (878 kg)
Powerplant: 1<|fim_middle|>300 miles (483 km)
Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
1x 0.303 in (7.7 mm) forward-firing Vickers machine gun with Constantinesco interrupter gear
1x .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun on Foster mounting on upper wing
4x 18kg Cooper bombs, two under each lower wing, to be dropped in 2, 3, 4, 1 order.
Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe
Powerplant: 1× Bentley BR2 rotary engine, 230 hp (172 kW)
Maximum speed: 121 mph (195 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
Endurance: 3 hours
Time to altitude: 9 min 25 sec to 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
Two 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns
Four 25 lb (11 kg) bombs
Wingspan: 9.4 m (31 ft)
Height: 3.1 m (10.2 ft)
Loaded weight: 1,985 kg (4,376 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 2,120 kg (4,680 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs liquid-cooled V12, 620 kW (830 hp)
Maximum speed: 394 km/h (212 kn, 245 mph)
Service ceiling: 10,600 m (34,800 ft)
Max wing loading: 90.2 kg/m² (18.5 lb/ft²)
Minimum power/mass: 292 W/kg (0.178 hp/lb)
Guns: 4× 7.92 mm (0.312 in) machine guns
Bombs: 6× 20 kg (44 lb) bombs
Wingspan:
Top wing: 9.70 m (31 ft 10 in)
Bottom wing: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
Height: 3.585 m (10 ft)
Wing area: 22.4 m² (241.0 ft²)
Powerplant: 1× Fiat A.74 RIC38 radial air cooled, fourteen cylinders radial engine, 627 kW (840 hp at 2,400 r.p.m./12,500 ft)
Maximum speed: 441 km/h (238 kn, 274 mph) at 20,000 ft
Cruise speed: 399 km/h (215 kn, 248 mph)
Rate of climb: 11.8 m/s (2,340 ft/min)
Wing loading: 102 kg/m² (21 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 270 W/kg (0.17 hp/lb)
Guns: First series : Breda SAFAT 7.7 mm (0.303 in)
Later 2 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) Breda SAFAT machine guns, 400 rpg.
2 × 12.7 mm (.5 in) machine-guns in underwing fairing on some.
Bombs: 200 kg (440 lb) on 2 × wing hardpoints
Kawasaki Ki-10
Wingspan: 10.02 m (32 ft 10 in)
Height: 3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 20 m2 (215.3 ft2)
Powerplant: 1× Kawasaki Ha-9-IIa, 634 kW (850 hp)
Maximum speed: 400 km/h at 3000 m (250 mph at 9,840 ft)
Range: 1,100 km (688 mi)
Rate of climb: 1,000 m/min (3,280 ft/min)
Wing loading: 82.5 kg/m² (16.9 lb/sq ft)
2 × fixed, forward-firing 7.7 mm (.303 in) Type 89 machine guns
Kawasaki Type 92
Length: 7.05 m (23 ft 1½ in)
Gross weight: 1,700 kg (3,747 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × BMW VI, 470 kW (630 hp)
2 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine guns (synchronised)
Mitsubishi 1MF
Wingspan: 8.50 m (27 ft 10½ in)
Powerplant: 1× Mitsubishi Hi V-8 water cooled, 224 kW (300 hp)
Endurance: 2½ hours
Climb to 3,000 m(9,800 ft): 10 min
2 × 7.7 mm (.303 in) machine guns.
Nakajima A1N
Length: 6.50 m (21 ft 3¾ in)
Wingspan: 9.70 m (31 ft 10 in)
Height: 3.30 m (10 ft 10 in)
Powerplant: 1× Nakajima Kotobuki 2 9 cylinder radial engine, 336 kW (450 hp)
Cruise speed: 148 km/h (80 kn, 92 mph)
Wing loading: 3.05 kg/m² (6.7 lb/ft²)
Climb to 3,000 m (9,843ft): 6 min 10 sec
Guns: 2 × fixed, forward-firing 7.7 mm (.303 in) machine guns
Bombs: 2 × 30 kg (66 lb) bombs
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Okabe Rintarou | × Mercedes D.IIIa, 180hp (134 kW)
Maximum speed: 116 mph (186 km/h)
Service ceiling: 19,600 ft (5,970 m)
Rate of climb: 787 ft/min (240 m/min)
Wing loading: 9.64 lb/ft² (47 kg/m²)
2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15 "Spandau" machine guns
Airco DH.2
Length: 25 ft 2½ in (7.69 m)
Height: 9 ft 6½ in (2.91 m)
Wing area: 249 ft² (23.13 m²)
Empty weight: 942 lb (428 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
Maximum speed: 93 mph (150 km/h) at sea level
Range: 250 mi (400 km)
Wing loading: 5.79 lb/ft² (28.3 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.069 hp/lb (110 W/kg)
Endurance 2¾ hours
Climb to 5,000 ft (1,500 m) 24 minutes 45 seconds
1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun using 47-round drum magazines
Wingspan: 26 ft 11 in (8.53 m)
Powerplant: 1× Clerget 9B 9-cylinder Rotary engine, 130 hp (97 kW)
Drag area: 8.73 ft² (0.81 m²)
Stall speed: 48 mph (77 km/h)
Range: 300 mi ferry (485 km)
Rate of climb: 1,085 ft/min (5.5 m/s)
Wing loading: 6.3 lb/ft² (30.8 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.09 hp/lb (150 W/kg)
Guns: 2× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns
Length: 20 ft 11 in (6.38 m)
Range: | 543 |
Peering back into the last year of Pluggd and Delve's history, it's somewhat difficult to determine whether the company has meant for the successive changes to its business model its made over the last 12 or so months or if its trying out new ideas until it comes to something that give its financiers something to truly smile about. Whatever the case, the company now know as Delve Networks is pretty much all focused on Web video, intent on giving parties who put together content to manage it in streamlined fashion.
Visually, Delve looks like a solid build. It's taken cues from current trends and built for its platform a control center replete with that always-recognizable dark grey theme and with basic options for adding, tagging, and analyzing videos. No surprises, really. Just the kind of stuff you'd expect from such a system. If we are to give it a quick one-two-three comparison with fellow industry players, perhaps Brightcove and Move Networks are yardsticks by which one can measure Delve's new launch. How does it stack up? Well, it depends.
As for its front-end service, its video player, I'm of two minds. It doesn't look terrible. I've seen worse. Each participant in the market really has its own pros and cons, so impressions are generally to be taken subjectively, mostly because menu options you get with one are typically<|fim_middle|> embed clips in various places, and so on and so forth. Nothing special. Just the essentials. Which are fine. Viewers aren't into complexity these days. They just want to watch stuff how, where, and when they want - preferably in as high a definition as possible.
In terms of Delve's entire platform, I'd have to say it fails to really impress. Here's what I mean by that. It has the right foundation laid. The vitals are there to make it work right for lots of people. But so go the developments of its more veteran challengers. Therefore Delve may well have to do some serious one-upsmanship, either by putting together an absolutely stellar marketing team or by building its services bigger and faster than the rest. Which is no guarantee. The company says that it is very effective in looking within video content to offer viewers an easier way to find content put forth by publishers in serious need of exposure, providing Delve an advantage over the standard class of services in the industry. But it's going to have to convince publishers that that truly translates to many more dollars in the bank.
So far, Move Networks and Brightcove have secured rather substantial deals with producers, managing and distributing for big-name news organizations and entertainment broadcasters alike. Delve might instead have to focus more exclusively on smaller publishers. Exploit the long tail, as it were. Yet even in that space Delve comes across ample and formidable players. | found within the devices of competitors. Simply speaking, it's an intuitive piece of code.
Like with previous entries, publishers using Delve can give viewers options to see information on subject matter being shown, buttons to share and | 44 |
Watford striker Stefano Okaka has<|fim_middle|> with Everton in two weeks' time, having been named in the 25-man Premier League squad.
The Italian is still keen to move on from Watford, although it is unlikely that will happen until the summer, even with some transfer windows in leagues such as the Chinese Super League still open.
Okaka netted against Liverpool on the opening day of the season but was marginalised under Marco Silva, who said everyone in the club knew why he wasn't featuring or in the side,.
The suggestion since Silva left has been that Okaka did little, if anything, wrong, which those close to Okaka always maintained.
Gracia has been complimentary of the 28-year-old when asked about him too. "Stefano Okaka, for me, is a very good person and a good player," he said prior to the Chelsea game.
"I don't know the situation - it doesn't depend on me." | been training on his own since a deadline day move to Galatasaray failed to materialise.
The Hornets have had to name an U23 player on the bench in each of the past two games due to a lack of senior players available, but Okaka, who is not injured, has not featured.
Javi Gracia said on Saturday that he had not been training or with the team during the past week and sources close to the player have told the Hertfordshire Mercury that he was made to train on his own.
It is believed to be a club decision, rather than Gracia's, and has seen Okaka do his sessions by himself in the afternoon, whilst the first team usually train in the morning.
Despite the absence, Okaka is expected to return to training with the first-team this week and could be used in the game | 172 |
GBI Research's latest report,""Evolving Pharmaceutical Marketing Strategies: Digital as a Key Component of Multichannel Marketing"" provides<|fim_middle|>, is forcing an evolution of pharmaceutical marketing strategies. The report examines how the effective implementation of various digital marketing approaches, in conjunction with traditional channels in an integrated multichannel marketing strategy, has the ability to expand marketing reach, increase audience engagement, provide higher return on investment (ROI) and improve methods of tracking ROI for pharmaceutical companies.
What are the different marketing channels available to pharma? | a comprehensive analysis of the changing pharmaceutical marketing landscape in the digital age.
While the pharmaceutical industry readily adopts new technologies to provide medical advancements, it has been much slower to adopt technology within its marketing efforts, mostly relying on traditional channels and methods. However, the decreasing effectiveness of these traditional channels, given changing physician, patient and consumer trends in today's increasingly digital society | 72 |
The Mailiao Power Plant () is a coal-fired power plant in Formosa Mai-Liao Industrial Park, Mailiao Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. With a total installed capacity of 4,200 MW, the plant is Taiwan's third largest coal-fired power plant after Taichung Power Plant and Hsinta Power Plant.
History
The groundbreaking ceremony for the power plant construction was held on 12 December 1996. Invited to the ceremony were Vice Premier Hsu Li-teh, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Chih-kang and President of Legislative Yuan Liu Sung-pan.
Commissioned in June 1999 for its first two units, the power plant is the first independent power producer power plant after Taipower ended the electricity supply monopoly in Taiwan in 1994.
Architecture
The power plant is located on a 87 hectares of area made of reclaimed land.
Ownership
The power plant is owned by the Mai-Liao Power Corporation (MPC) and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (FPCC).
Generation units
The power plant consists of five 600 MW pulverized coal-fired units owned by the MPC and two 600 MW pulverized coal-fired co-generation units owned by the FPCC. The plant is designed for base load service with the capability for daily startup and shutdown operation per instructions from Taipower's dispatcher center.
Components
The coal handling system of the power plant has a truck unloading station capacity of 600 tonnes/hour and its flexible sidewall conveyor capacity of 800 tonnes/hour. It gets its coal directly from cargo ships docking at its Mai-Liao Industrial Port, next to the power plant. The coal is stored in coal domes in which each dome is 120 meter in diameter, 60 meter in height and 180,000 tons in capacity. The cooling system for the plant comes directly from the sea water with a total usage amount of 200,000 tons per day.
Events
2012
On 20 June 2012 at 11:55 am, the power plant tripped during the Tropical Storm Talim. This caused the shut down of 54 out of 66 units of the Yunlin petrochemical complex.
2016
On 1 August 2016, a generating unit of the power plant broke down, disrupting the supply of power<|fim_middle|>Coal-fired power stations in Taiwan
Energy infrastructure completed in 1999 | .
2017
On 7 October 2017, the no. 1 generation unit of the power plant was shut down due to pipe rupture, causing 600 MW of power loss.
See also
List of power stations in Taiwan
List of coal power stations
Electricity sector in Taiwan
References
1999 establishments in Taiwan
Buildings and structures in Yunlin County
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And what a bonus it is. McKellen is simply outstanding here. Jacobi's Lear for the Donmar was my first ever and I couldn't imagine it ever being bettered, Greg Hicks' recent RSC one was just different, but this is such an incredibly visceral performance, full of anger<|fim_middle|> the heart, Jonathan Hyde's Kent is strong, Ben Meyjes' Edgar is affecting especially as Poor Tom and Philip Winchester makes the most of every opportunity to glower seductively into the camera as the evil Edmund. And tucked away in the lower ranks is John Heffernan as Oswald, a part I hadn't really registered before, but one lent a neatly subversive vein as a man thoroughly under Goneril's spell, and quite frankly who wouldn't be.
For once, this is a theatrical DVD that I can easily imagine watching again and again. Often, the novelty value of seeing a performance on disc has disappeared by the time it ends, but that was resolutely not the case here due to the incandescent quality of the acting that makes it an indispensable version of this play, whether you saw it on stage or not. | and rage and bewilderment that is highly affecting even on screen – what it must have been like live I can't imagine, but the camera captures every single nervy tic and nuanced touch that must have been missed in some of the larger theatres. And facing up against him is Frances Barber as Goneril in what must be one of the performances of her lifetime. She is just astounding, all kinds of manipulative, Machiavellian evil as she plots her way through the play, but almost justifiably so as the fierce tragedy carved on her face as her father curses her indicates the troubled history between father and daughter. This is the type of performance that makes you wish the sisters were featured much more in the play. Monica Dolan's Regan is also tremendously strong, a more nervous, unhinged energy that plays out maliciously as she caresses the text languorously and Romola Garai's Cordelia is beautifully spoken and extremely moving.
It really is a superb company throughout though, which comes across at nearly every moment of the play. William Gaunt's Gloucester is heart-breakingly good, Sylvester McCoy's Fool unexpectedly captures | 235 |
Prosthetic Laughter
Feeling Disabled Performance in Early Modern England
My dissertation surveys disability representation and performance in early modern England in light of two affective happenings: laughter and wonder. While generally there are four clearly demarcated theories of laughter (The Superiority Theory, The Relief Theory, The Incongruity Theory, and Humor as Play), my project proposes we restore the affect of "wonder" to the conversation. To be sure, "wonder" hides in theories of incongruity and, to a lesser extent, theories of relief/release, but I am suggesting a rejoining of these two affective phenomena which takes seriously an otherwise hammy observation by Barry Sanders: "[L]aughter," he writes, "has the power to remove a person altogether, by lifting him or her straight up." The moral and ethical implications of one being "lifted upwards" in a fit of laughter is no accident, nor is it coincidence that in the eighteenth-century Adam Smith described the experience of "wonder" in similar terms: "that staring, and sometimes rolling of the eyes, that suspension of the breath, and that swelling of the heart." What many philosophers and some poets—like Philip Sidney, for example—appear to ignore is laughter's potential for reparation and that old census communis. If this is to suggest rehabilitation of a sort, it's not corrective or penalizing. "Folly," Erasmus writes, "is concerned in a playful spirit… [and] my purpose was guidance and not satire; to help, not to hurt… not only to cure [men], but to amuse them, too." Taken this way, my dissertation asserts a model of laughter that is more sense than reason. Although we are interested in two different species of humorous response, Kant's observation of laughter as "an affectation arising from the sudden transformation of a strained expectation into nothing" expresses the same wonderfully downward movement of the carnivalesque. What, for example, does one feel when "well-mannered" gestures crack and crumble, and all that posture and countenance—the sure-footed gait of nobilitas—fumbles into nothing? Though short it may be, the feeling flashes, simultaneously arresting and releasing us.
The project extrapolates a theory and methodology from the Renaissance originally referred to as energia by Aristotle in the Metaphysics. Recirculated in Philip Sidney's 1595 Defense of Poesy as "forcibleness," the term remains difficult to pin down and scholarly attempts to do so are as capacious as they are ambiguous: the force that makes animate that which is inanimate; social energy; the spirit of vitality; activity or motion; capacity and potentiality; the liveliness of expression.<|fim_middle|>'s potency is realized through a blueprint of difference. My project focuses on the affective experience of laughter and the augmented technology of prosthesis to bring forward the interconnection between energia as a method of creativity and its potential for shared feeling. | In wrestling with this considerable, conceptual history, my dissertation uncovers an aesthetic concept of energia built on the correspondence of incongruent things. "Prosthetic Laughter" argues that the incongruency which motivates the poetic and rhetorical project of energia is patterned after encounters with disability, events marked emphatically by sundered, or otherwise thwarted, expectations of bodies and minds. In other words, energia | 85 |
The newest Portege R835-P50X-06 notebook provided by Toshiba continues to amaze everyone featuring a wonderful style and design, advanced overall performance as well as wonderful transportability. Since Toshiba released Portege R835-P50X-06 people were waiting for this particular moment and now it's there, lastly we can easily place our hands on cutting edge Toshiba Portege notebook. It is rather fascinating to own this particular unit given that Toshiba used plenty of new technologies on this particular notebook. I am sure that everyone definitely will really enjoy this notebook as it is perfect overall aspect.
Together with extended hours of power life, you will be able to work with this notebook as you wish all day every day. The notebook doesn't weigh very much in comparison with some other notebooks in its class, we can easily express it's actually instead lightweight. Although there are possible rivals, Portege R835-P50X-06 even so amazes everyone with its attractive<|fim_middle|> push with the side of your thumb and emit a little click whenever pressed. If you'd prefer the look and feel of the chiclet-style keyboards, you will end up satisfied with the Portege R835-P50X-06. The keypad of Toshiba Portege R835-P50X-06 notebook is known as an island-style variant, the keys feel completely stable for the tips of the fingers. Personally I do not prefer chiclet-style keyboards, nevertheless I need to say that they seem quite sleek.
The graphics processor used on this specific notebook permits you to work more like lighter video games -I mean it may not deal with the newest video games- without having problems. Speakers utilized on R835-P50X-06 notebook seem to be slightly cheap, still they are really good for one notebook. The processor used on Toshiba Portege R835-P50X-06 notebook is among the finest among new processors. Aided by the new cutting edge technology used on this particular cpu it is easy to perform multi-tasks easily, of course with the great aid of RAM which provides torque for this beast notebook.
Thermal performance within the Toshiba Portege R835-P50X-06 appears to be a little below common while under stress. The machine cooling fan, while working under numerous conditions, appeared to stream less air than required to maintain the notebook cool under intense demands.
I would not state the good pixel density (the number of pixels for every centimeter of display screen) causes it to become particularly hard to work with, it offers a perfect resolution just for this particular dimensions of display screen. Moreover improved is the caliber of the display screen itself. That's a step above likewise priced notebooks. Horizontal viewing perspectives are really instead weak by regular standards, yet they are greater than built for by the outstanding color manufacturing and also contrast created. Great details within movies and photographs tend to be delivered out perfectly, a truth additional improved because of the sharpness of the resolution on the comparatively modest screen as well as deep blacks.
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The touch pad on average is responsive with little or no delay. The touch pad is definitely a shiny one together with some support for multitouch actions. They have shallow feedback and also demand average force to trigger and that is really more leisurely. The touchpad buttons are simple to | 85 |
Procter & Gamble Malaysia (P&G) held the first-ever P&G Malaysia Open House 2016 to attract and recruit local students from private and public universities and colleges to<|fim_middle|> maximize their skill sets with P&G's internship program and full -time roles. | join the company. The Open House was attended by over 200 university and college students who received valuable, first-hand insights from P&G team members on how starting a career in P&G can develop them into leaders of today and tomorrow.
Mr. Ong Yuh Hwang, Country CEO of P&G Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei shared with the students how he started his first job at P&G 20 years ago and has since worked in four countries, over ten assignments holding local, regional and global roles. He openly discussed the challenges and adventures that he has had throughout his career. According to Mr. Ong, he has seen first-hand how employees are the most important source of P&G's competitive advantage.
"I am very happy to be able to share my testimonial of the fruitful career that can come from journeying with P&G with so many of Malaysia's young and bright minds! At P&G we pride ourselves in attracting and hiring the top talents in the industry as our strength lies in our talent pipeline. We believe this generation of technology-savvy and passionate youths brings a special set of skills with them and P&G is confident we can provide an environment that will celebrate their individual uniqueness and allow them to perform at their peak," said Mr. Ong.
"At P&G, there's no substitute for hands-on experience when it comes to leadership development. That's why we create meaningful and challenging responsibilities for every employee from day 1. We start early to groom employees to prepare them for future roles, so as to build mastery and capabilities." Mr. Ong concluded.
During the event, students also participated in a career panel session and a networking dinner where they had access to several P&G leaders and employees from various divisions. These sessions were arranged so students could engage with P&G and gain valuable insights on their successful career progression. P&G leaders are actively involved in the recruitment and mentoring process among tertiary-level students to guide students to | 406 |
Memorial of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin
A disciple<|fim_middle|> change you. Let us show our gratitude for your creation by enjoying the earth's infinite beauty and by protecting this sacred treasure you have shared with us. | is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!
So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.
New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989, by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. USCCB approved (http://www.usccb.org/bible/approved-translations/
Sacred Creation
For two years before my present assignment I served as a pastor on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where I discovered more about the woman celebrated by the Church today, the virgin Kateri Tekakwitha, of whom all Native American Catholics are justly proud. In 1980 she became the first Native person declared blessed by the Church. She was born in the mid-17th century, the daughter of a Catholic Algonquin mother and Mohawk chief, both of whom died (along with her brother) of smallpox when she was four. The disease disfigured Kateri and impaired her eyesight (some translate "Tekakwitha" to mean "she who bumps into things").
She overcame these physical challenges, as well as the fierce opposition of family and other tribe members, to request Baptism at age 18 after encountering Jesuit missionaries. The "Lily of the Mohawks" was known for her devotion to the Eucharist and the Cross of Christ. The poor health that plagued her caused her death at age 24. Her dying words were "Jesus, I love you." Pope Benedict XVI will canonize Kateri a saint on Oct. 21, 2012 in Rome.
Blessed Kateri is co-patron of ecology, along with St. Francis of Assisi. Perhaps you have noticed that the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, has made frequent remarks during this papacy about the importance of caring for the environment. The Vatican even installed solar energy panels in the last couple of years in an effort to go "green"! Extreme elements within the ecological movement would seem to value whales and trees above human beings, and it can be difficult to sort out scientific truth from ideology in the global warming debate.
Yet today's feast of Blessed Kateri can invite us to reflect on our relationship as Christians to the environment. Do we appreciate our role as stewards of God's "garden" of creation, and do we engage in those small but significant efforts to care for the environment such as recycling and energy conservation?
—Fr. Rob Kroll, S.J.
Lord, despite the many commitments that have a way of throwing us into a state of urgency, we want to treasure the gifts of the earth. Slow us down to be mindful of the immediate beauty that graces the skies, the water, and the landscapes that we pass every day. If we don't pause to take in the kaleidoscope of colors, flowers, and birds, we short change ourselves and we short | 809 |
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It is World Kindness Day today! What a lovely sentiment. Taking time to be kind doesn't have to cost a thing. It can be an encouraging word, a smile, a wave, a hand stretched out in compassion or arms that hug a hurting friend.
What simple act of kindness can<|fim_middle|> ones, barbies dressed in elf outfits, Lego elves and even soft teddies used. Mommy savers have some ideas to get you started and The Imagination Tree is the home of the original Kindness Elves. It's a fantastic site with lots of crafts, fun, and creative play ideas.
Here are Elsie and Elwyn, our family Kindness Elves. Do you have any suggestions for our missions? I'd love to hear them! Be kind to all, and don't forget to start with yourself! | you do today? I'm looking forward to the return of Elsie and Elwyn our Kindness Elves on December 1st. I have lots of ideas for this years missions and acts of random (and intentional) kindness. If you have children or grandchildren, this is a special way to focus on the beauty of Christmas. It highlights the true meaning of the season to me, one of peace and goodwill to all. My children have Advent calendars but this is a practical and proactive way of preparing for the birth of Jesus and spreading the joy around. I bought my elves from Cheap as Chips, but I've seen homemade | 125 |
Spooling is the most effective way to conveniently package materials of very long length, such as thread, film, labels, cable and thermoplastics. Material is fed from a large spool at a certain rate onto another<|fim_middle|> to a spool winding program to automatically perform a profile back and forth across a spool with a user defined dwell at the end for a specific span of input distance. This will continue as long as the master encoder signal from the main spool is moving or until the motor is told to stop.
Note: Once set up, the firmware controls the winding operation in the background, allowing user programs to be running completely separate from the motion profiles. This is SmartMotor multitasking at its best.
Since gearing can be run in the second trajectory move generator, you can also make position or velocity moves on top of traversing to allow for lap and step winding as well. | spool, with a traversing mechanism between the two spools to create the desired pattern or evenly wind onto an flanged spool or cylindrical core despite the core shape. The integrity of the spool is often based on precise patterns and proper tension control throughout the winding process.
Selection of proper traverse type for different materials is crucial, especially for profile materials that cannot twist or tolerate excessive stress. Creating a wind where the exterior of the wind is tapered even while the core is a straight, cylindrical spool is a common problem with spooling where traverse points are improperly set and over travel occurs within the winding spool.
Traversing position can be electronically geared to the rotational velocity of the winding spool. The SmartMotor uses customizable electronic gearing dwell control to achieve the desired spool shape, and closed-loop servo control ensure no over travel. Real-time monitoring of the position error with advanced PID control maintains high speed precision winding.
In addition, multiple nodes of complex winding machines are easily networked together with SmartMotor Combitronic communications.
The next example demonstrates the use of the MFSDC (Mode Follow Slew Dwell Control) command. This example shows how the MFSDC command can be applied | 243 |
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Next Generation Pop Artist Lauv Drops Eccentric New Single, "Tattoos Together"
Pop artist Lauv
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In pop performer Lauv's latest 21-track playlist "~how I'm feeling~," the 23-year-old releases his new hit single, "Tattoos Together" and invites his audience to a lively musical experience.
Ari Leff, more commonly known as Lauv, named himself after the Latvian term for "lion," a name which he was inspired to name himself by because of his mother's Latvian heritage. Born in San Francisco, Lauv began his musical career and pursued his passion for writing classic love songs.
In "Tattoos Together," he discovered a new sound that inspired him to write songs in the path of his own musical interests, gaining more than 170 million streams on Spotify and boosting his overall success in his career, according to Time Magazine.
Lauv's first success came in 2014 with "The Other," the top song on the 17-track playlist, "I met you when i was 18." From then on he decided that he was going to be in touch with "that eccentric side of myself," according to an interview with the Rolling Stone magazine.
"Tattoos Together" represents the surprising transition. When comparing the two hit songs, "Paris in the Rain" and "Tattoos Together," there is a significant change in beat. The pop artist said his passion for writing his classic love songs roots from his love for "nostalgia." "I'm super-into sappy movies like La La Land and Midnight in Paris. I've always been this kid that's really into nostalgia and longing for the past," he said in an interview for the Rolling Stone magazine.
As a singer, songwriter and producer, he co-produced and co-wrote songs like Demi Lovato's "No Promises," featured in the popular K-pop group BTS's<|fim_middle|> 40 US radio.The song was also featured on Late Night With Seth Meyers. In addition, the track was included on the third season of the popular Netflix show, "13 Reasons Why," as well as the Netflix's show's soundtrack.
But even after working under high-profile celebrities, majoring in music technology at NYU and studying methods to writing hit songs, the pop/electro pop artist found it difficult to achieve gaining recognition as an artist, imitating the styles of mainstream artists like Katy Perry to blend in with today's pop music with still no success at achieving his goal to stardom.
In the past, he thought his music could appeal to all audiences. He wrote forced modern pop songs that he believed could achieve mainstream success. So far, the peak of Lauv's career arose when he leaned more towards his main musical inspirations, Paul Simon and John Mayer and eventually found his own sound, according to Rolling Stone.
"Tattoos Together," a quirky love song with colorful visuals and an adorable message, is now available on SoundCloud, Spotify and Youtube. It sets an example for aspiring pop musicians everywhere to experiment with their music, to make it absolutely the best fit for their own preferences rather than the popular preference, because everyone's own creativity has something to offer and that shouldn't be put to waste.
"Once I stopped trying to go about in a way that was forced, it naturally started to work," he told Rolling Stone.
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In Lauv's single, "fuck I'm lonely (with Anne-Marie)," he managed to exceed 250 million streams and peaked at #30 at Top | 64 |
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Clearly the Most Important Village in Guam: Umatac Village
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December 5, 2015 By // by Sarah Cruz<|fim_middle|> coast of Guam, the most popular landmarks are two ancient forts and their cannons that served as lookout points to protect passing and docked Spanish ships. Looking at old Spanish architecture and rusted cannons, tourists are transported to ancient times when Spain ruled the seas and that the beauty of Guam was enjoyed only by the Spanish people.
Besides the famous forts are other reminders of Spanish influence such as the old houses along the bay, including an old house that was owned by a Spanish governor and the old San Dionisio Church that was built in 1939.
According to the 2000 Census, Umatac Village has a population of only 887 people who are all basically related to one another. The Chamorros are very friendly and hospitable Pacific islanders. They love to have fun and mingle with tourists, which is yet another reason why the island has so many visitors. A celebration of the Chamorro culture, the Discovery Day Festival, takes place in the village every year.
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Located in the capital city of Hagatña, Umatac Village is a very important village in the legend and history of Guam. Before the Spaniards came to colonize this beautiful island-nation, this village was considered Guam's "cradle of creation". According to Guam legends, life began in Fouha Bay in northern Umatac. "Fouha" means "to spew", and ancient people believe that life first spawned here.
Umatac Village
The natives of Guam are the Chamorro people and they spoke the Chamoru language. The name of the village is from the Chamoru word "umatalaf", meaning "to catch a gautifi", which is a popular fish in the area.
At the entrance of Fouha Bay in Umatac is a large circular rock protruding from the reef to as high as about 30 feet. According to a book titled "Legends of Guam" and published by the Department of Education's Chamorro Studies in 1988, life began in "hell" where a god named Chafi created souls to become his slaves. Apparently, one of the souls escaped and somehow got to the southern part of Guam. The escaped soul turned into a rock, which after years and years of rainfall, melted into a human being. But the rock didn't melt away completely and what remains is that circular rock protruding off Fouha Bay.
In 1521, the place took on a completely new role in the modern history of Guam. Ferdinand Magellan, the popular Spanish explorer landed in Guam, specifically in Umatac. In 1565, another Spanish explorer, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, also landed in Umatac and claimed the island for the Spanish Crown. As Spain took over the island-country as its colony, several locations were given Spanish names, and Fouha Bay was called "Fuuna", which means "a large and important village". The legendary circular rock was then called Funa Rock.
Later in the 17th Century, Spanish authorities transformed the location into a parish for the purpose of converting the Chamorros to Christianity. It was also a very strategic location that served as a stopover for ancient ships sailing along the Spanish trade routes.
Today, Umatac is one of the leading tourist spots in Hagatña. Located at the southwestern | 485 |
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We surveyed some differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes in chapters 2-3. Prokaryotes are much smaller than eukaryotic cells. They have much smaller genomes, far less elaborate structures and smaller repertoires of responses to stimuli. They do not grow and differentiate as animal and plant cells do. They are machines for reproducing as quickly as conditions allow. When conditions do not allow, many bacteria<|fim_middle|> they point to something fundamental in the distinction between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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In short, prokaryotes are simpler than eukaryotes. However, the characterisation of "livingness" still applies. Bacteria respond to external stimuli. Some of these stimuli promote transcription of particular genes, and the equipment for detecting and processing the stimuli obviously consists of gene products. Transcription and protein manufacture are very rapid, so the delay between stimulus reception and synthesis of a new gene product is considerably shorter than it is in eukaryotic cells. Nevertheless there is still a time lapse. The duration of delay might not affect our characterisation, so long as it is finite; we shall consider this claim at the end of the present section.
Prokaryotes have internal states, as defined in chapter 6, though these are simpler than the internal states of eukaryotic cells. They have interconnected metabolic pathways. They regulate their compositions. They have structures including cell membrane and wall and storage granules. They presumably transport materials between locations within the cell. Metabolism is needed to construct and maintain the cell membrane; the cell membrane is needed to organise metabolism; and perturbations of "cellular homeostasis" change metabolism and membrane organisation. "Simpler than eukaryotic cells" does not mean "simple" in the sense that a non-living physical system is simple. Prokaryotic internal states involve hundreds of different proteins, and even a single protein is a complicated piece of equipment.
Responses to stimuli can change the internal state of a prokaryote directly, as in eukaryotes; and by definition, the signalling pathway intermediates are aspects of the internal state. So there is a dialogue between internal state and stimulus-response. Inevitably, there is also a dialogue between internal state and gene expression, though the regulation of gene expression and its dependence on internal state are less sophisticated than we described in chapters 7-8. Also, prokaryotes respond to signals from one another and from other sources, so they "communicate" in broadly similar ways to eukaryotic cells.
In short, our general characterisation of "livingness" applies to prokaryotes. But it is interesting to consider the shorter delays (the intervals between ti, t2 and t3 in Fig. 10-1). In multicellular eukaryotes these time-delays, notably between gene expression and internal state, are valuable because they allow for differentiation and apoptosis; but no such processes occur in prokaryotes. They also allow for the eukaryotic cell cycle; but prokaryotic replication needs no comparably elaborate cell-division apparatus or succession of events. Therefore, prokaryotes probably do not require the same time-delays as eukaryotic cells. We suggest, therefore, that the shorter time delays do not imply a mismatch between our characterisation of "livingness" and the nature of prokaryotes. Rather, | 613 |
Great recap, Murph! I miss that ride terribly! It's been too many years since we've been on it!
I headed out from the house in a light Portland drizzle, east-bound for The Dalles, some sunshine and my buddy Travis. The plan was to link up and head out to Fossil for lunch, make the loop back to the The Dalles and then home.
We pushed out of Antelope and down toward the Clarno bridge, thinking that we might throw ourselves in the river to cool down for a bit before covering the last 20 miles into Fossil.
Unfortunately for us - the entire population of Oregon decided to go to the John Day river for Memorial Day weekend and the place was complete overrun with people pulling their rafts out of the river and hauling them away. No opportunity to take a cool dip,<|fim_middle|> The Dalles unscathed. I dropped Travis by his place, stayed for a few mins to enjoy some smoked salmon and say "HI" to everyone, then I pressed for home in a direct shot on I-84. Some heavy traffic coming into Troutdale made the ride much longer than it needed to be, but before I knew it - I was through and cutting across the metro bubble to home and a wife and daughter who were happy to see me with dinner waiting. Just lovely. | so with sweat dripping down our backs and tears in our eyes - we trudged on toward Fossil in search of gas, iced-tea and a burger.
We came into Fossil and fueled up at the lone pump in town, and upon discovering the Shamrock Inn being closed - we diverted to a burger at the Komfort Cafe…which didn't disappoint! Plenty of water and iced-tea helped to relieve the dehydration and we climbed back on the bikes bound for Condon. As we made our way through the twisty little canyons, we noted the odd rock formations along the way. This area is really beautiful, showing many different types and layers of rock and sediments deposited over millions of years.
We headed through Condon and hooked a left on 206 to make our way over to Grass Valley in an effort to avoid I-84. As we rolled along toward Grass Valley, we noticed thunderclouds building on the horizon. It looked like we might come pretty close to riding the throat of the storm. As we rounded the bend at Grass Valley and pushed on toward Tygh Valley, the sky darkened and we started to see lightning flashes every few seconds. We hit Tygh Valley to gas up, grab a drink and watch the storm a bit as it flashed lightning and kicked up the wind.
With the storm approaching from the south, we rode north back toward The Dalles, trying to stay out of the wind and rain. For the most part, the storm stayed in our rear-view mirrors and we made it back to | 318 |
In the 1rst century AD the river Rhine had become the natural border of the Roman Empire towards the "barbarian" tribes, residing in the deep forests on the right bank of the Rhinus, as the river was called by the Romans.
Big rivers have always been important trade<|fim_middle|>A beautiful work of stone carver's art shows them sitting on a bench. The outer ones are wearing bonnets; the lady in the middle has her hair hanging down in a long braid.
Each of them is holding a casket, filled with fruits on the lap. A little dog is sitting g at their feet.
We send our prayer to them; and as we are looking at the ladies, sitting on their bench, we see, that they are very much alive. They are giving us a friendly smile.
We feel a warm glow touching our navel, heart and forehead.
A deep feeling of relief and healing, of comfort and liberation from all our earthly suffering is permeating our whole being, and we know deep inside, that we have found our refuge, our spiritual home.
We have received the blessing of the Mothers, which is nourishing our spirit, our mind, heart and soul. In this instant we know, that in the cycles of incarnation, of birth, life, death and rebirth every single being, whose life touches ours, could have been our mother, who has brought us to life, so that we may learn to overcome suffering and the causes of suffering and be a light of love and clarity, shining brightly on the path for all in the community of sentient beings.
Our vision has inspired us with confidence, and we give thanks to the Mothers. We know that we may always come back to this place to receive the healing blessing of the Matronae.
We leave the temple, and standing again in front of it, we enjoy the beautiful colours of the sky, aflame with red and golden light of the setting sun.
We leave the temple grounds through the small roofed passage between two houses, and soon we are part of the teeming crowd, walking along the tree lined street.
We pass by the craftsmen' s quarter, the shelter and the forum. Leaving behind us the amphitheatre we arrive at the river bank. Looking into the flowing water of the river Rhinus – the Rhine – our vision fades. We take a deep breath, move our hands and open our eyes. We are fully back and awake in the here and now.
We bring with us the healing blessing of the Matronae, the insight that all things alive, humans – including ourselves – animals, plants and spirits belong to the same family -the Goddesses' family of sentient beings, and we feel the pulse of life, the heartbeat of the earth, that connects us with them.
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Let us close our eyes and travel on the wings of vision into the past to visit such a place in the early 2nd century.
We are approaching the elegant Roman metropole Colonia Ulpia Traiana from the riverside. There we see the harbour, where ships which bring goods from all places of the Roman Empire are stevedored.
We enter the city through one of the giant city gates, and soon we are part of the teeming crowd of people. Some are here for business; others are part of the city council, and many are members of the Roman army, as the town is not only a trading place, but also one of the largest bases of the Roman army in Germany.
We follow the tree lined street and pass by the buildings of administration, the lodging houses and the quarter of craftsmen.
Wanting to leave this teeming crowd we are looking out for the temple of the Matronae.
Nearly we had missed the small and unspectacular entrance into the Goddesses' sanctuary. We enter a roofed passage between two houses on our left to enter the holy place.
Instantly the noise of the busy city is shut out, and we find ourselves being surrounded by an atmosphere of peace and tranquility.
The whole place is surrounded by a roofed colonnade, open to the inside and by another portico, surrounding the small square building, which is standing in the middle of the place.
Before entering the temple we want to follow the paved spiral path, first leading us to the outer colonnade, where we are admiring the beautifully painted walls, which shows flowers, trees and nature spirits – fauns playing the syrinx, dancing dryads and the animals of the wilderness, deer and lynx, hare and fox, all so ostensively alive, as if they would jump off the fresco to continue the happy party of this company of the wilderness in the temple's patio. We nearly hear a faint sound of the syrinx. .. and we know, that the spirits of the environment are a honoured here, too.
After having circumambulated the temple' s yard on it's outer colonnades path it is time to enter the inner portico, which is surrounding the temple.
The temple's outer walls are white, and our circumambulation of the temple calms the mind and focusses it on the purpose of our visit – the honouring of the Matronae – the trinity of goddesses, to whom this beautiful place is dedicated.
Now we enter the temple, a square room, suffused with the red golden gloaming of the setting sun.
A soft whiff of lavender, sage and hyssop is filling the room, and we feel an atmosphere of clarity and confidence.
We are looking at the altar in front of us. It is beautifully decorated with large bouquets of flowers. On both sides of the altar are tables, on which dozens of oil lamps are burning, and we know, that each little flame is representing an individual's hope, wish or worry brought before the the motherly goddesses.
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Astronomers have found a giant ring of life bricks near a distant star.
MOSCOW, June 29 Astronomers have found a giant ring of complex organic molecules in the vicinity of an unusual triple-star embryo in the constellation Ophiuchus revolving around yet unborn luminaries at about the same distance as Pluto from the Sun, according to an article published in the Astrophysical Journal. the movement of gas containing organic matter, using the Doppler effect, how spectral lines stretch and shrink as a result of the movement of gas in our or in the opposite direction, we find that it rotates and that it is spin precession is a<|fim_middle|> and the surrounding gas, probably as a result of the destruction of these grains during collisions with other particles of stellar building materials and the action of centrifugal forces. A similar process, as scientists believe today, could saturate the embryo of the Solar System with organic matter and prepare it for 'delivery' to the future Earth using the first comets and asteroids that bombarded our planet during the first days of its life. The discovery of a "living example" of such transportation in the form of IRAS 16293 2422 speaks in favor of the fact that this is exactly what happens, the scientists conclude. | sufficiently compact ring. His discovery suggests that organic matter accumulates in the disk from which the planets later form, said Yoko Oya from the University of Tokyo (Japan). Oia and her colleagues made this discovery by watching one of the closest and most unusual 'germs 'stars triple system IRAS 16293 2422, located just 446 light years from Earth. Today, it is a large cloud of gas, within which a pair of two embryos of stars orbiting each other at a short distance dwells, and a third future star circling around them at a distance 10 times further than Pluto is distant from the Sun.
Bill Saxton, Alexandra Angelich, NRAO / AUI / NSF The ALMA telescope first saw the 'snow line' in the protoplanetary disk. This gas cloud and the germs of stars are too cold to see with optical telescopes, and therefore scientists use the most powerful microwave radio telescopes to see the glowing embers of the luminaries forming and the surrounding gas and dust. Relatively recently, the first 'cosmic' sugar was found in this gas and dust disk, which showed that such building blocks of life can exist in the vicinity of newborn stars. Japanese scientists who watched IRAS 16293 2422 using the most powerful radio telescope ALMA, added to the number of unusual features of this system and extremely a bizarre ring of organic matter, which is located on the border between its protoplanetary disk and a dense cloud of gas surrounding the 'cocoon', where three stars of this system are formed.
This ring, as shown by the observations of Oya and her colleagues, contains a whole range of complex organic molecules, including the methyl formate compound of formic acid and methane, as well as sulfide carbonyl compounds of sulfur, oxygen and carbon. B. Saxton, NRAO / AUI / NSF // N.E. Kassim, Naval Research Laboratory, Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Scientists first found the 'swirling' bricks of life in the center of the galaxy. Scientists explain that they are formed in an interstellar medium, far from the destructive rays of stars, on the surface and in thickness of ice and dust. that are emitted into open space by flashes of supernovae. The observations of IRAS 16293 2422 show that they accumulate at the interface between the protoplanetary disk | 508 |
Wild (Digital Audiobook)
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
By Cheryl Strayed, Bernadette Dunne (Narrator)
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"The inspiring story of Strayed's solo journey on the Pacific Crest Trail snags you from the beginning and keeps you engaged the whole way through. It was a bold move considering that she had no backpacking experience prior to her trip, but in the years following her mother's death and the subsequent dissolution of her family, Strayed was no stranger to bold moves. The challenges, both external and internal, that she endures while on the<|fim_middle|>, and the trail was little more than "an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise." But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone.
Strayed faces down rattlesnakes and black bears, intense heat and record snowfalls, and both the beauty and loneliness of the trail. Told with great suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild vividly captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.
Cheryl Strayed is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Torch. Her stories and essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Allure, The Rumpus, The Missouri Review, The Sun, The Best American Essays, and elsewhere. She lives in Portland, Oregon. | trail are balanced with stories about her life leading up to her brave decision to hike alone for months in the rugged Western wilderness. This is a story of survival in every sense of the word, and one that will stick with you long after you finish reading."
— Deborah Castorina, Waucoma Bookstore, Hood River, OR
Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection.
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and to do it alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker | 203 |
10 great songs over 6 minutes long
As someone who writes songs that tend to hover around the 2 and a half minute mark, I've always been critical of songs that are 5 or 6 minutes but don't seem to go anywhere. I have begun to think of 6 minutes as an anchor for song length. If you're going to write a longer song you have to earn that length and not just cram a bunch of extra choruses at the end. You want your song to create a feeling, set a mood, entertain, and then finish before overstaying its welcome. Here are 10 songs that have absolutely earned their right to push past that 6 minute mark.
Check out the "10 Great Songs Over 6 Minutes" Spotify playlist at the bottom of this post!
the War On Drugs - An Ocean In Between the Waves
This whole album by The War On Drugs is chock-full of great rock songs over 6 minutes. By layering electric guitars and keyboards with clever fills and brilliant solos, each track feels like an epic journey. Despite having a frantic energy to it, An Ocean In Between the Waves is in no rush to lay out every surreal detail. Adam Granduciel's gruff voice is especially passionate here and everything leads to a guitar solo that is absolutely stellar.
fionn regan - bunker or basement
Fionn Regan's debut album The End of History is one of my favorite folk albums of all time. Son of a classical guitarist, Fionn Regan stole my heart with his stunning melodies and by turning fingerpicking into an art form. The entire album is full of shorter folk songs but the last track Bunker of Basement is different. When the song is nearly complete, Regan's acoustic guitar and the piano play off each other in an outro that demands your attention with its emotional resonance.
Lucy Dacus - Map On A Wall
I could listen to Lucy Dacus' silky voice all day. This song has a beautiful vulnerability to it, especially her repeated refrain of "oh please don't make fun of me." The opening guitar takes its time, letting each verse land and setting the scene for the song for 3 minutes before upping the intensity with the full band. The key to the arrangement of this song is to add just enough from the band to enhance the performance while backing off enough to let<|fim_middle|> The outro gets increasingly surreal as he "levitates."
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damien jurado - silver donna
Damien Jurado has one of the most unique voices; always wavering with emotion. On Silver Donna he layers his vocals to wailing extremes over heavy hand drums and a funky bass line to create an intensity that fits right in with his created land of Maraqopa. There may not be a traditional verse/chorus structure and the bass line never changes but there is so much to enjoy and unpack in this song you will be far from bored.
Any doubts about Radiohead's place in music history were quickly erased when the band released their grammy winning breakout album OK Computer in 1997. One of the main singles, Paranoid Android, feels almost like a punk song; albeit one played with unbelievable skill and centered around an acoustic guitar. Each musician in this band is a master of his craft and they built a perfect rock anthem. Thom Yorke's voice emits attitude yet never loses its beautiful allure, the melody is catchy, and the guitar solo knocks your face off.
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Chicago, Sufjan Steven's early masterpiece, proves that arrangement matters. Playing many instruments himself, his epic score builds on just four chords and three melodies. Despite a string section, horns and a children's choir, Sufjan's hushed vulnerability in his vocals are the most captivating part of a song with plenty to offer.
Hypervigilante by The Jerfs
The Jerfs - BAD LUCK
Bad Luck, my favorite from The Jerfs' album Hypervigilante, covers three melodic ideas brilliantly. Their traditional rock band line up is enhanced with thoughtful arrangements, solid instrumentation and the unbelievable chemistry of the two singers Amy Braun and Laura DiMonte. They begin with anguished harmonies over a lone ukulele before moving to lighter, syncopated vocals over heavy toms - a moment to make The Tuneyards proud. Finally the song culminates into a kick ass outro.
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Deerhunter uses two different vocalists very well. The solid baritone of Lockett Pundt paired with Bradford Cox's eerie tenor is startlingly beautiful. Like Bunker or Basement the instrumental jam at the end really gets me.
Dirty Projectors - useful chamber
The Dirty Projectors produce some of the best vocal arrangements I've ever heard. Singers Angel Deradoorian and Amber Coffman operate as instruments with their surreal layers of harmonies. Rather than repeat the same melody in a verse/chorus format, this song has motifs and references the melody throughout with different arrangements and styles. Their music is no doubt chaotic but it's grounded in such talent and cleverness.
Kurt Vile - Lost My hEAD tHERE
This song is just fun. Kurt Vile mixes quirky lyrics with a basic piano progression in a song about songwriting through depression. As Vile himself says "I don't wanna, talk about it, yell about it oh no. Me I just wanna sing about it." He punctuates his throaty voice with the occasional high pitched "oooops" as he sings about losing his head. | 651 |
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Marcus Kolga is a Canadian, writer, filmmaker, and human rights activist.
He frequently writes and comments on Russian and Central and Eastern European issues and disinformation in Canadian and international media.
His articles have been published in The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The National Post, The New York Daily Mail, Macleans Magazine, The Atlantic Council among others, and his documentary films have been screened or broadcast across North America and Europe.
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PM condoles the passing away of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said
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"I am deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said. He was a visionary leader and statesman who transformed Oman into a modern and prosperous nation. He was a beacon of peace for our region and the world.
Sultan Qaboos was a true friend of India and provided strong leadership for developing a vibrant strategic partnership between India and Oman. I will always cherish the warmth and affection I received from him. May his soul rest in peace", the Prime Minister said.
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Author: Dave
I am a music educator and professional musician based in western North Carolina.
I recently came across a web-based app, melody ml, that is pretty neat. If you upload an MP3 file its software will separate and put together MP3s of just the bass part, just the drums part, just the vocals, and all the instruments without the vocals. If you're a bassist, for example, and you need to transcribe and learn the bass part to a song this could be a helpful tool to allow you to hear the bass bart as clearly as possible. If you're a vocalist looking to create a practice track you can upload an MP3 and get back just the backing track.
I tried it out with a couple of tracks. "Don't Change Horses," by Tower of Power, worked perfectly. I also tried it out with a recording I made about a hear ago, "Grandpa's Spells," to see how it would handle something that doesn't have vocals. It didn't work as well. The separated tracks were mostly silent and the instruments without vocals track sounded the same as the original track (this track, by the way, is a quartet of piano, bass, guitar, and trombone).
So the uses that you might get out of this app are limited to rock style tunes, at least for now. I hope that this app eventually adds the ability to separate other specific tracks in different genre's of music. I'd like the ability to use it to separate an instrument solo track or just the horn section for transcription purposes, but for a free, web-based app it's pretty cool.
Try it out here.
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Tomorrow is Christmas Day. Happy holidays to all readers of Wilktone.
Here's a recording that the Asheville Jazz Orchestra made last year during lockdown. Everyone sent me their recorded tracks and I assembled them together and made this Christmas greeting video.
There is a concept for practicing brass instruments that is fairly well known, but probably not done correctly by most of us – when practicing, rest as much as you play. Those instructions are fairly clear, but hard to implement and also leaves a lot of room for interpretation. What does it really mean to rest as much as you play while practicing?
My interpretation of this advice is to break that up into two concepts. First, when in the midst of a practice session when I get done with an exercise routine or piece that I'm practicing I will try to put the instrument down for the same amount of time it took me to play it before moving on to the next routine or piece. So in a 60 minute practice session I might only have the metal on the mouth for about 30 minutes of that hour, but it's 5 minutes on, 5 minutes of rest, and so on. In actuality, there's perhaps even more rest time than playing time if you count the very short breaks I'll be taking built into whatever I'm practicing. Solo rep has rests in it, many technique exercises have repeated "sets" where I'll take the mouthpiece off the lips for a moment and then move on to the next set, etc.
The other interpretation I have of resting as much as you play is to then put time between practice sessions. In general, I rarely practice more than an hour at a stretch, so when I come back to another practice session I make sure that I have an hour of not playing between. With my current schedule that's not a problem since I usually am able to practice for an hour each morning and if I don't have a gig or a rehearsal that evening will put in another hour in the evening. Back when I was a graduate music student I had a more demanding rehearsal and practice schedule and would organize my practice time around my rehearsal schedule so that I could put at least an hour in between each playing obligation.
The basic idea here is that while practicing you should always be refreshed enough to play correctly. When fatigue sets in it's very easy to slip into habits that aren't very helpful. Some of these habits will seem like they're working, to an extent, but it's often not until the next day where it feels stiff and unresponsive. Resting as much as you play both in a practice session and throughout the entire day helps you avoid that.
It's also worth mentioning that players will respond differently to how much you rest and play. If you're familiar with the basic brass embouchure types, players belonging to the two downstream types will typically find that they can play for longer periods of time, but when they finally get tired they will need a nice long break to recover. In contrast, players who belong to the upstream type find that they can get tire quickly, but all it takes is a short break to recover. These are generalizations and you can find exceptions, but they can be used to your advantage if you understand your embouchure type and how to play correctly for that type. For example, as an upstream player I find that practicing in shorter spurts of just a few minutes at a time, then resting for a few minutes, can get me through more challenging materials better than trying to go through everything as quickly as possible.
It's important, at least at first, to be more diligent about this. Take out your phone and time yourself on how long it takes you to get through something you're working on. Then set a timer for that amount of time and rest before you play again. Better still, record yourself and then listen back to it in its entirety. Hearing how you sound while not in the act of making music is great feedback. Another fine way to duplicate this is to find a practice partner working on similar things as you. If you're working on technique routines, for example, you play an exercise and your partner plays it back, then you move on to the next one and go back and forth. If you're practicing solo repertoire you can alternate phrases with each other, or play the same phrase back and forth. If improvising you can trade choruses, 16, 8s, or 4s. Rest for a few minutes between each set that you're doing.
If you already practice this way, let us know in the comments why you've adopted this approach and how it's worked for you. If you don't, tell us why you've chosen to not do so or try it out for a week or three and then let us know if you felt a difference.
I had bookmarked these videos a while ago and then forgotten about them. I finally got around to watching them. They are a great introduction to the history of New Orleans style brass band music. It was made as part of the Historic New Orleans Collection's exhibit, Dancing in the Streets: Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs of New Orleans. They are really well done and worth a watch.
I wasn't familiar with trumpet player Glenn Libman prior to coming across this video. Libman studied with Donald Reinhardt for a number of years. In this video for the Trumpet Diagnostics YouTube channel Libman got together with Bobby Medina and Paul Baron to discuss Donald Reinhardt's pedagogy.
I don't know exactly when Libman studied with Reinhardt, but I do know that Reinhardt altered some of his ideas and presentation over the years. Some of what Libman discusses in this video are contrary to things that I learned from my teacher, Doug Elliott, who also studied with Reinhardt for a number of years.
For example, Libman describes Reinhardt's term "pivot" more about bring the bell of the instrument up or down. He does qualify it as bring the bell up also pushes the mouthpiece and lips up, but this is a tricky way to describe it. My preference is to call the phenomenon as an "embouchure motion" and discuss any horn angle changes as being related to keeping the mouthpiece pressure consistent across the entire range.
Libman also discusses Reinhardt's IIIB type (what I usually call the Medium High Placement) as being the most common, and IIIA (Very High Placement) as being more rare. If I recall correctly, Reinhardt wrote or said something similar that his IIIB type was pretty common. That said, my experience has been different. I find many more players belong to the Very High Placement (IIIA) type than the Medium High Placement (IIIB). I wonder if the prevalence of modern orthodontics have made some types like the Medium High Placement/IIIB less common than they<|fim_middle|> or pulling the mouthpiece and lips, which I prefer to call an "embouchure motion," there are variations. While the general direction is up and down, most players will have some angular deviations in that line, sometimes very much so. More universally, I believe it's safe to say that the track of the embouchure motion should be in a straight line across the player's entire range and not hook off at a different angle or change direction at a certain point in the player's range. I also feel that it's best to make the amount of motion that the player makes the same between octaves. For example, if the player pushes up and to the right to ascend from middle Bb to high Bb, the player should pull down and to the left to descend the same amount from middle Bb to low Bb. So it should be the same amount of embouchure motion, just in the opposite direction. See the diagram to the right that demonstrates this principal.
Another feature of the embouchure motion that can be both overlooked and over-emphasized is how the horn angle can change as the player makes the embouchure motion while changing ranges. For example, in our hypothetical player depicted in the diagram here pushes up and to the right to ascend. Because her teeth, gums, and jaw have some curvature to them, as she pushes to the right she will need to bring her horn angle slightly over to her right to maintain that consistent pressure or loose the foundation towards the right side of the mouthpiece rim. The reverse would be true for this hypothetical player for descending. She would want to bring the horn angle towards her left to descend. Horn angle can also move up and down to follow the shape of the players teeth and gums as well as whatever slight jaw protruding or receding that might be present. Much like the amount of embouchure motion, I feel it's best to keep the amount of horn angle change consistent between octaves, just in the opposite direction when ascending/descending from the same pitch. The presence of crooked teeth or other anatomical features might make this suggestion different for certain players, but as a starting point I find it to be a good one.
The two characteristics of air stream direction and the general direction of the above embouchure motion are the main distinguishing features of the three basic embouchure types as Doug Elliott first described them to me. I won't go into more detail about them here, since this post is supposed to be as general as possible, but I do want to point out that each of these basic embouchure types have their own idiosyncrasies that can provide models for effective embouchure principles within the context of each type. Follow the above link to learn more or read through my Embouchure 101 resource for a more complete discussion of each type.
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Brass Embouchure Aperture
The embouchure "aperture" is defined as the hole in which air passes through as the brass musician plays the instruments, but there is a degree of controversy over what the aperture is doing while sustaining a pitch. More specifically, a number of players and teachers claim that the aperture is always open while blowing. Here are just a few.
Technically, the aperture is always open while playing, otherwise air would not be moving through the lips. For our intents, think of the size of the aperture as being on a sliding scale that oscillates between varying degrees of openness and closedness.
Open vs Closed Aperture
For years we have been told that our lips are supposed to be buzzing at all times when we play any notes. In fact, the lips must vibrate but NOT in the close configurations as when we do lip buzzing.
Four Fundamentals of Troubleshooting For Brass Players
We need to tighten our lips in order to play, but the lips themselves should always be squeezing against a lovely cushion of air, not squeezing against each other.
The smaller a gap is the quicker the air has to travel to get through it, but there must always be a gap.
The Aperture
As air is forced through the lips, the lips never touch each other. Instead, they oscillate because of the shifts in air pressure, turbulent eddies in the mouthpiece and elasticity of the skin.
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Similarly, the aperture must remain open and oval in shape.
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To add to the confusion, many teachers and players also describe the embouchure aperture as needing to be "open" or "closed," but appear to be talking about the general size or shape of the aperture overall, rather than keeping the lips completely in an open position while playing. I've also read some players describe an "open" aperture as one where the player begins the pitch with the lips in an open position and a "closed" aperture where the lips are touching and the aperture is blown apart to start.
The trouble with all the above is that it is speculation, largely based on playing sensations. Since a great deal of brass playing happens inside the mouthpiece at high speed, where we really can't easily see what's going on, we're going to inherently rely on what we think is happening. However, there have been several observational studies which clearly show the brass embouchure functioning, so we don't need to speculate. Look at the following videos and see whether the embouchure aperture remains open.
It's quite clear from all this video footage that the embouchure aperture opens and closes rapidly during the production of a tone on a brass instrument. Further details show that the higher the pitch the smaller overall the aperture gets at it's largest spot while lower notes have a larger opening at the most open end of the cycle. Likewise, louder notes end up with the aperture cycle being larger and softer notes have a smaller cycle. In spite of what the earlier players and teachers claim, it really doesn't appear that brass musicians play with their aperture open at all times.
Why is this important? Well for one, I find it interesting and think describing the actual function of brass playing correctly to be more honest. There's really nothing wrong with teaching and practicing with analogy or inaccurate playing sensations leading our technique – so long as those are understood to be analogies. But playing sensations are different from player to player. Leading a student to efficient playing technique may be effective by asking her to play with an "open aperture," but if the student is too loose in the first place then this advice could lead to the a more extreme problem. Even if the analogy initially works, mistaking it for truth can lead to the student continuing to move towards that analogy and take it too far in the long term.
Facts do matter. If you're going to teach by analogy just make a quick point to clarify that this is just "how you like to feel or think of it." Teach the truth.
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History of the Real Fake Book
When I was an undergraduate student I bought my first Real Book. This was back in the day before the legal copy was published by Hal Leonard. There was a music store local to my college that carried them, but they weren't on display. You had to ask for them and they would go in the back and bring one out for you. Later, in graduate school, the "Real Book guy" would swing through once every year or so and unload a bunch of books from his car and sell them off to music students. I still have copies of those books.
I had heard before that the Real Book was something put together by students at Berkley College of Music, but not learned the complete story behind them until recently.
In the mid-70s, Steve Swallow began teaching at Boston's Berklee College of Music, an elite private music school that boasted one of the first jazz performance programs in the country. Swallow had only been teaching at Berklee for a few months when two students approached him about a secret project. "I keep referring them to them as 'the two guys who wrote the book,' because…they swore me to secrecy. They made me agree that I would not divulge their names," explains Swallow. The "two guys" wanted to make a new fake book, one that actually catered to the needs of contemporary jazz musicians and reflected the current state of jazz. And they needed Swallow's help.
That book is a double edged sword. It's a good starting point for jazz students to learn tunes and it was the first popular fake book that updated the tunes to include contemporary jazz standards. But there are many mistakes in a lot of the tunes and often they don't reflect how most jazz musicians perform the tunes. These days it's more common to see jazz musicians carrying around a tablet with scans of fake books or the iRealB app instead.
Learn more about the Real Book and some of the history behind fake books on the 99% Invisible podcast, episode 438.
You're Not An Auditory Learner
One of the most persistent myths in education is that students have a "learning style." This misunderstanding is so pervasive that most teachers believe that their students will learn best when materials are presented to them in a manner that matches their supposed modality (most commonly broken into visual, auditory, reading, and kinesthetic). Unfortunately, this has not been shown to have any effect on student success. In fact, it's an unnecessary approach that takes time away from presenting the materials in a manner that is consistent with the subject matter. In other words, the topic being studied should be presented correctly.
Music requires an auditory component. Some students are going to do better than others in picking up things by ear, but that doesn't mean that students who take longer should be presented that material in a "visual" way. Some students sight read more easily than others, but that doesn't mean that teaching music literacy in a kinesthetic manner is better for them. We are all visual learners, auditory learners, reading learners, and kinesthetic learners. We're all analytical and intuitive.
Here's a fun video I recently came across that describes the learning styles myth and goes into some details about the research that has (and hasn't been) done on it.
I've written a bit about this topic before. It's one of those things that a lot of people get hung up on, in spite of the evidence that it doesn't work.
It's Independence Day in the U.S. The Asheville Jazz Orchestra performed our annual Patriotic Big Band Concert last night after a 1 year hiatus. He's a chart we performed honoring all the men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, a medley arrangement I wrote for the San Luis Big Band.
We recorded it last year during the pandemic by having everyone record their parts individually at home to a click track, and then I assembled each part in GarageBand. Some of us had nice microphones, some of us just used cell phones, so the sound is a little different on each player. All things considered, I think it came out OK.
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He also describes free buzzing as working against upstream players, where I was taught that free buzzing was a very good exercise for upstream players (as long as you don't buzz into the instrument). There seems to be something about the upstream embouchure type (Low Placement/IV) that these players have trouble building embouchure strength and endurance simply by playing a lot. Free buzzing seems to really help upstream players do so.
Regardless, I found the whole interview interesting and informative. There's a lot of good information in there and if you are curious about Donald Reinhardt's pedagogy it makes for a solid introduction.
General Principles of Effective Brass Embouchure
Are there basic descriptors of what how an effective brass embouchure looks and functions? This is a very difficult question to answer, partly because an individual musician's anatomical features will change around that particular player's embouchure form and function. That said, there may be some specific features that we can look for that are common for all brass musicians, regardless of those anatomical differences. If we then also take into account the basic embouchure types we can then generalize effective embouchure form for each of these basic types.
Before going any further, it might be useful to define what we mean by "embouchure technique" in the first place, as well as what it means for an embouchure to be "effective." You would think that something as basic as embouchure would be pretty clearly defined and understood by the field already, but definitions can vary from source to source. I'm going to use the definition and description as written by Kees H. Woldendorp, MD, Hans Boschma, BHS, Anne M. Boonstra, MD, PhD,aHans J. Arendzen, MD, PhD, and Michiel F. Reneman, PhD in their paper, "Fundamentals of Embouchure in Brass Players: Towards a Definition and Clinical Assessment."
We propose the following definition of embouchure: embouchure is the process needed to adjust the amount, pressure,† and direction of the air flow (generated by the breath support) as it travels through the mouth cavity and between the lips, by the position and/or movements of the tongue, teeth, jaws, cheeks, and lips, to produce a tone in a wind instrument.
Embouchure can be described in terms of "functional" and "dysfunctional." In "functional" embouchure, the wind player has the ability to efficiently create the intended tone (or range of tones) or sound in his/her wind instrument, without causing performance-related physical complaints. "Dysfunctional" embouchure is the opposite: embouchure which does not, or insufficiently, create the tone (or range of tones) or sound and/or causes physical complaints related to wind playing. Dysfunctional embouchure can occur without apparent physical com- plaints, e.g., in "squeezed playing" with ineffective high muscle tension in the facial area that restricts the range of playable notes. Examples of possible consequences of dysfunctional embouchure include a limited range of tones (restrictions in playing low and/or high tones), poor dynamics (restrictions in playing loudly and/or softly), sound artifacts (squeezed tone, burred tone, superimposed sounds, diminished harmonics of the sound, noise caused by air escape, faulty intonation, or difficulties producing clear tonal intervals ), difficulty playing long notes, pain, redness or swollen lips, and problems of "attack" (the start- ing or onset of the tone).
†Pressure is force divided by surface area, i.e., the opening of a reed or the equivalent of it in a brass instrument.
Fundamentals of Embouchure in Brass Players: Towards a Definition and Clinical Assessment, (Woldendorp, et al)
What I like about the above definition and descriptions is that it clearly recognizes the interaction the embouchure has with the rest of the playing system. Unlike some, I don't feel that it's wrong to separate a discussion of embouchure technique from any other specific technique (breathing, tonguing, slide technique/fingering, etc.). It's worth recognizing that the brass embouchure is part of an overall playing network, but looking closely at that one piece will help us better understand how it fits within the larger picture.
Because of the inherent variations between different players due to anatomical differences the basic principles of a well functioning brass embouchure that describe everyone is limited, but I'll try to list some anyway. Philip Farkas's "The Art of Brass Playing" does describe some characteristics that make for a basic description, even though there is much that is inaccurate or misleading in that book. Specifically, Farkas's discussion of "the brass player's face" is a pretty fair starting point. I don't have a personal copy of this book to quote, but my recollection was that Farkas discussed a "puckered smile" where the mouth corners are locked into place and the chin was described as being flat, as opposed to a "peach pit" appearance.
Taking into account that looking for the appearance of a flat chin or exactly where the mouth corners are locked can look different from player to player, Farkas's advice here seems to hold up under scrutiny. Dr. Matthias Bertsch and Dr. Thomas Maca looked at what muscles in the face were activated by trumpet players in their article Visualization of Trumpet Players' Warm Up By Infrared Thermography. The authors took an interesting approach to studying the warm up of trumpet players by photographing them using an infrared camera. Their results showed that the most experienced trumpet players showed consistency in the areas where the muscular effort was concentrated.
The analysis demonstrates that the main facial muscle activity during warm up is restricted to only a few muscle groups (M.orbicularis oris, M.depresor anguli oris). The "trumpeter's muscle" (M.buccinator) proved to be of minor importance. Less trained players expressed a more inhomogenous thermographic pattern compared to well-trained musicians. Infrared thermography could become a useful tool for documentation of musicians playing technique.
Visualization of Trumpet Players' Warm Up By Infrared Thermography, (Bertsch, et al)
The photo to the right shows one of the images in their paper. Notice the red portion of the trumpet player's face, indicating which muscles were activated after his warm up. The "U" shape begins at the area just under the mouth corners and connects at the chin. For effective brass playing it appears to be important that the mouth corners be locked in place (more or less where they are while at rest) and the chin be held flat so that it doesn't bunch up towards the lower lip. As best as I can tell, these basic principles apply for all effective brass embouchures, regardless of the musician's basic embouchure type or individual variations.
Other easily observable characteristics of a well functioning brass embouchure that Farkas, and many others, list as important are too variable to be considered universal. Features like a centered mouthpiece placement with 2/3 upper lip inside, jaw position, and horn angle are not universal among excellent brass players and it's quite easy to find examples that contradict those traits.
On the other hand, I believe that we can say that a functional brass embouchure will have a consistent amount of mouthpiece pressure where the entire rim of the mouthpiece and lips have a firm foundation on the teeth and gums underneath. In other words, there isn't too much or too little pressure on one side or on one lip or another. It's probably best for all players to keep a little more mouthpiece pressure on the lower lip compared to the upper lip as the upper lip tends to be more sensitive and prone to swelling or injury. I also suggest keeping mouthpiece pressure somewhat consistent between registers. Many players will descend into their low register and allow their mouthpiece to back off a significant amount. This can be problematic and lead to the musician needing to reset before ascending from that position.
Speaking of the jaw position, there are players who will want to position the teeth so that they are more or less aligned and others who need to play with the jaw position receded. Some players with an underbite might even play best with the lower teeth in front of the upper teeth. While those features are more personal to the individual player, I feel that keeping the jaw position more or less in place is best for pretty much every player. While there can be a very slight protruding or receding of the jaw (as well as some side to side movement) when changing registers, I don't recommend dropping the jaw to descend. I have gone into why I feel this way elsewhere, if you care to read more about that.
Downstream Embouchure
There are two very important characteristics that all well functioning brass embouchures also have, but these principles are variable from player to player. The first is that one lip or another must predominate inside the mouthpiece and the air stream should be consistently blown past the lips either in a downward direction or upward direction, not straight into the mouthpiece. When the upper lip predominates the air stream will get directed at a downward angle as it passes the lips. This embouchure can be said to belong to the more common "downstream" types.
When these players play higher the air stream is directed further downstream, closer to the lower mouthpiece rim. The air stream will be blown closer to straight the lower the brass musician plays. Notice the photo to the left, showing a trombonist playing a high Bb (Bb4).
Upstream Embouchure
Less common are players who place the mouthpiece correctly with more lower lip inside. Because the lower lip predominates the air stream gets blown up as it passes the lips. Like the downstream embouchure types, upstream players will blow the air stream closer to straight out the lower the pitch, but direct the air stream at a higher angle so that it strikes closer to the upper mouthpiece rim for the higher pitches. Look for the upstream position on the player in the photograph to the right, playing an F above high Bb (F5).
Players who place the mouthpiece close to half and half upper to lower lip inside the cup are quite uncommon. One lip or another will usually predominate inside the cup regardless of a 50/50 placement. Rarely is this placement the correct placement for the individual, it will usually function more efficiently if the placement is moved higher or lower on the lips, depending on whether the brass musician's anatomy makes their embouchure function best as an upstream or downstream one. Often times players like this will flip the direction of the air stream at particular points in their range, causing issues right around where the embouchure changes from upstream to downstream. The tubist in the video below has this issue and at his transition point you can see and hear the lips fighting for predominance. The air stream should never be blown straight into the mouthpiece.
Whether a brass musician is upstream or downstream, I think it is best if the player keeps the mouthpiece placement consistently in the same spot on the lips over the entire range. Some brass players will set their mouthpiece with a placement that works well for the high register and then change to another placement to play in the low register. The obvious drawback to this approach is that they develop an embouchure "break" where they need to reset the mouthpiece in order to play across that transition point. It's better to learn to play the entire range on one setting.
Whether or not they are aware of it, brass musicians will push and pull the mouthpiece and lips together along the teeth and gums while changing registers. Some players will push the mouthpiece and lips towards the nose to ascend and pull down towards the chin to descend. Other players will do the reverse, pull down to ascend and push up to descend. Watch the following video to see two different trumpet players playing octave slurs. Without instructing them to demonstrate this technique, both naturally played this way for this video recording.
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The WNBA Draft 2020 will be held this Friday, April 17 as scheduled.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WNBA will conduct a virtual draft without players, guests, and media. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will announce the draft picks live on ESPN with coverage and top prospects will take part remotely.
"The WNBA draft is a time to celebrate the exceptional athletes whose hard work and dreams are realized with their selections in the draft," said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. "Safeguarding the health and well-being of our prospects, players, employees, and everyone connected to our game as well as the general public is paramount. With that in mind, we will work diligently with our broadcast partner, ESPN, to create a memorable but virtual event that appropriately honours these accomplished athletes."
After winning WNBA Draft Lottery 2020, the New York Liberty has the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA Draft for the first time. The second pick belongs to the Dallas Wings, who also hold the Nos. 5 and 7 selections in the first round. The Indiana Fever has the third pick, followed by the Atlanta Dream at No. 4.
Oregon guard Sabrina Ionescu, the unanimous 2019-20 National Player of the Year, headlines the list of WNBA Draft prospects. Ionescu averaged 17.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and an NCAA-leading 9.1 assists as a senior. She holds the NCAA record for career triple-doubles and is the only NCAA woman or man to reach 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists. A friend and mentee of the late Kobe Bryant, Ionescu is the most exciting prospects in the 2020 draft and wherever she ends up this season is going to be a<|fim_middle|> his daughter an insane playhouse for her birthday
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• CIP(Clean in Place) is used when recovering the filtration capability with mechanical cleansing is insufficient.
• It suspends the membrane filtration operation and removes the contaminants with chemicals.
• It also sterilizes the whole facility when necessary.
• Chemical cleansing is implemented by the following process with acid, or alkali cleansing. | 's retention capabilities.
former method of sand filtration. Regular cleansing on the membranes is essential.
• Efficiency of energy by filtrating the whole supply water which requires small capacity of pumps.
• If cleansing is not done properly in time, recovery is usually incapable.
• Retaining high flux filtration is possible due to the suppression of accumulation of colloids.
• Hhigh flux filtration requires bigger pumps which sometime result in inefficiency.
amount of pump or flow meters to retain a certain amount of water.
▶ Main considerations when designing the facility are transmittal Flux, temperature, operation pressure, and retrieval rate.
As it is closely related to the efficiency and functions of membranes, significant amount of examination is needed.
is the standard; when operating static flux control system, membrane pressure on the lowest temperature is the standard.
sufficient consideration about temperatures and production capability at the lowest degree is required.
gets smaller while designing for the process.
• Recovery rate estimates the transmittal flux to supply water amount. It shows the sufficiency of dealing with filtration.
Silt Density Index(SDI) or Fouling-Index (FI).
▶ Silt is composed by suspended particulates of all types that accumulate on the membrane surface.
Sources of silt are organic colloids, iron corrosion products,precipitated iron hydroxide, algae, and fine particular matter.
in water purification systems, especially using reverse osmosis (RO) or Nanofiltration membranes.
of < 1 NTU. Correspondingly the membranes show very low fouling at a feed SDI of less than 5.
normally 15 minutes (after silt-built up) represents the SDI value.
▶ Contamination of membranes make the resistance of filtration increased, decreasing the transmission of Flux.
Its main reason is the thickness of density caused by formation of cake on the surface of membranes.
treatments that varies to the elements in the water.
amount of water in low pressure.
• It is favorable to use electrically treated water supplied by RO | 405 |
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Living Action Plan
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The National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) is committed to promoting and maintaining equality and diversity through establishing an inclusive culture.
NCAS recognises that environmental research in the UK – including the<|fim_middle|>. This includes people of different ages, religious beliefs, nationality and ethnic origin, gender, including trans gender, sexual orientation, relationship status, class and social/financial status, people with caring responsibilities, and those living with disabilities and mental health issues.
In 2022, we asked people working across the National Centre for Atmospheric Science to tell us about themselves. Around 100 staff took part in an anonymous survey that tracked different types of diversity, which has helped us to make fair and transparent plans to improve from where we are now.
On our journey to create an inclusive research centre, we will promote equality, recognise diversity, and maintain a working environment where staff can bring their whole self to the workplace and to their work. Alongside, we will contribute to equality and inclusion across the wider environmental sciences research community.
In January 2023, we launched our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Living Action Plan.
Living Action Plan – a summary
Published for the first time in January 2023, our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Living Action Plan sets out the work required to establish an inclusive organisation.
It outlines where we want to be in five years, and how we will get there, while meeting the legal commitments of the Equality Act 2010.
The Living Action Plan applies across all of our organisation, and involves our sites, science areas, operations, facilities and services – all our people.
The Living Action Plan plan was informed by the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (ENEI) diversity staff survey and resulting report, ENEI staff and recruitment consultations, and representatives from research centres across the NERC-supported community
Six strategic priorities
The Living Action Plan is both proactive and responsive, and will evolve alongside changes in our learning, best practices, and legislation.
Initially, we have identified six strategic priorities for nurturing equality, diversity and inclusivity over the next five years (2023 -2028):
Ensuring active leadership, openness and accountability
Supporting staff and improving our diversity
Communicating effectively and engaging communities
Offering inclusive training and staff development
Developing an inclusive research culture
Developing inclusive research facilities
Ensuring impact
Our goal is to be able to recognise significant change in the diversity of our workforce by 2028 – a change that we hope will be reflected across the UK's environmental science community.
We want to acknowledge and appreciate a diverse group of people – with a variety of experiences, identities and backgrounds. We would like to have made key improvements to our workforce by focusing on positive outcomes and measuring these with qualitative performance indicators.
Our Living Action Plan will be reviewed every 6 months by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, who will share recommendations for change or renewal with our Management Board for challenge and approval.
OUR EDI LIVING ACTION PLAN | atmospheric science community – is not sufficiently diverse.
By diverse we mean a workforce of individuals who have varied backgrounds and characteristics | 23 |
Global Green Honors Green Innovators
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Arianna Huffington presenting at Global Green Awards. Photo by Barry Levine
For the 13th year, Global Green USA is celebrating its 2009 Millennium Awards to pay tribute to environmental leaders. This Saturday night, May 30, the fundraising gala honors those who "demonstrate successful strategies for tackling current economic and environmental crises as part of the same problem." Eco-celebrities will present the kudos, including Rosario Dawson, Adrian Grenier, Arianna Huffington, and LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, among others, plus a special presentation by playwright Eve Ensler. This year's Millennium Honorees are:
California Environmental Leadership Award: Wallis Annenberg/Annenberg Foundation for her serious support of environmental organizations and transformative green projects including the Universally Accessible Treehouse Project in Torrance, CA
Green Building Environmental Leadership Award: Marc Nathanson, head of Mapleton Investments and founder of Falcon Waterfree Technologies which reduces water use and greenhouse gas emissions
Founder's Award: Zem Joaquin, founder of ecofabulous and Global Green's Gorgeous Green event in San Francisco, who also appears on Planet Green's "Alter Eco" with Adrien Grenier
Entertainment Industry Environmental Leadership Award: Jeff Skoll, founder of Participant Media creating films that compel social change such as An Inconvenient Truth, Darfur Now, and Syrianna, and also head of the Skoll Foundation and Skoll Urgent Threats Fund to battle climate change
"Their transformation and commitment each tell a story of how we can address the environmental and economic crises together head on," said Matt Petersen, President and CEO, "and create a truly sustainable future."
Over the years, Millennium winners have included Leonardo DiCaprio, Ted Turner, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, and Julia Louis Dreyfus. No celebrity recipients this year, but plenty of stars will stud the audience.
The evening's entertainment features an excerpt from Eve Ensler's new play "O.P.C." (Obsessive Political Correctness) with a cast<|fim_middle|> sustainable | including Stockard Channing, Ravi Kapoor, and Brenda Currin.
Obsessive Political Correction?
On Friday May 29, the entire play was performed at another benefit for Global Green from the Santa Monica Bay Women's Club. "O.P.C.," the latest from playwright Ensler ("The Vagina Monologues"), is an irreverent exploration of consumption and politics, asking, "How are we to survive as a species if we insist on destroying the world we love? It follows the story of 25-year old dumpster-diving-Freegan, who watches her carbon footprint. When her mother decides to run for U.S. Senate, the green world is sent spinning. Appropriate material for this gathering?
You, too, can attend
The awards event happens Saturday night at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica starting at 8 pm. General admission run $500 and sponsorships can run on up to $5,000 and you can attend Ensler's reading, too on Friday night. Good cause, good fun.
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In recent years,<|fim_middle|> reinforcement usage, and joint spacing.
This report documents the planning, equipment selection, construction, field changes, and construction concerns of the project built in 2002. The data from this research could be combined with historical data to develop a design specification for the construction of thin, unbonded overlays. | thin whitetopping has evolved as a viable rehabilitation technique for deteriorated asphalt cement concrete (ACC) pavements. Numerous projects have been constructed and tested; these projects allow researchers to identify the important elements contributing to the projects? successes. These elements include surface preparation, overlay thickness, synthetic fiber reinforcement usage, joint spacing, and joint sealing. Although the main factors affecting thin whitetopping performance have been identified by previous research, questions still existed as to the optimum design incorporating these variables. The objective of this research is to investigate the interaction between these variables over time.
Laboratory testing and field-testing were planned in order to accomplish the research objective. Laboratory testing involved shear testing of the bond between the portland cement concrete (PCC) overlay and the ACC surface. Field-testing involved falling weight deflectometer deflection responses, measurement of joint faulting and joint opening, and visual distress surveys on the 9.6-mile project. The project was located on Iowa Highway 13 extending north from the city of Manchester, Iowa, to Iowa Highway 3 in Delaware County. Variables investigated included ACC surface preparation, PCC thickness, synthetic fiber | 228 |
Obama attacks Romney tax plan in NH stop
Estimated 6,000 gather to see president
President Barack Obama attacked Republican challenger Mitt Romney's tax plan Thursday in a speech to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters in Manchester.The president spoke for about a half-hour to<|fim_middle|> on her Twitter page. | an estimated 6,000 people in Veterans Park after he was introduced by Gov. John Lynch. Much of the focus of his speech was on Romney."He's got a tax plan that doesn't add up," Obama said. "He's got a jobs plan that doesn't create jobs and a deficit plan that doesn't reduce the deficit."Obama also referred to one of Romney's most-repeated lines from this week's debate."We don't need to order up some binders to find qualified, driven, talented young women who can learn and excel in these fields right now," Obama said.The president also drew applause when talking about the passage of the health care law and the end of the war in Iraq. He made a promise to the troops still returning home."We're going to serve you as well as you've served us, because nobody who has served us should ever have to fight for a job when they come home or a roof over their head when they come home or to get the benefits they've earned when they come home," he said.Obama fired up the crowd near the end of his speech by invoking President John F. Kennedy."We understand America is not what can be done for us, but what can be done by us, together as one nation, as one people -- black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled -- everybody coming together," he said. "That's what we're fighting for. That's our vision of America."Obama supporters lined up early to attend the rally."I snuck in right at the end and had a good spot right along the fence, but I know there were people here as early as 6 or 7 a.m. waiting to go in and get those seats," said supporter Jessica Baxter.The lines continued for several blocks, and roads were closed off early in the morning. Despite the wait and security screenings, those who attended said it was worth it."It was a wonderful, inspiring speech," said supporter Julia DiStefano. "I'm so glad I came."Romney supporters responded by driving a dump truck around with a sign that read, "Buried in debt.""He told us he would cut the deficit in half," said Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte. "We've had four years of trillion-dollar deficits, so I guess the question is, 'What's your plan for the future?'"Polls show that the presidential race is tight in New Hampshire, and with other battleground states also showing tight races, analysts said the possibility is growing that neither candidate can with the election without winning the Granite State.Before delivering his speech, Obama met with local Paralympic gold medalist Victoria Arlen. She spent about 10 minutes with the president before the rally and posted a picture of the two of them on her Twitter page.
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
President Barack Obama attacked Republican challenger Mitt Romney's tax plan Thursday in a speech to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters in Manchester.
The president spoke for about a half-hour to an estimated 6,000 people in Veterans Park after he was introduced by Gov. John Lynch. Much of the focus of his speech was on Romney.
Images: President Obama rallies at Veterans Memorial Park in Manchester
Raw Video: President Obama's event in Manchester
Thousands line up to see president
"He's got a tax plan that doesn't add up," Obama said. "He's got a jobs plan that doesn't create jobs and a deficit plan that doesn't reduce the deficit."
Obama also referred to one of Romney's most-repeated lines from this week's debate.
"We don't need to order up some binders to find qualified, driven, talented young women who can learn and excel in these fields right now," Obama said.
The president also drew applause when talking about the passage of the health care law and the end of the war in Iraq. He made a promise to the troops still returning home.
"We're going to serve you as well as you've served us, because nobody who has served us should ever have to fight for a job when they come home or a roof over their head when they come home or to get the benefits they've earned when they come home," he said.
Obama fired up the crowd near the end of his speech by invoking President John F. Kennedy.
"We understand America is not what can be done for us, but what can be done by us, together as one nation, as one people -- black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled -- everybody coming together," he said. "That's what we're fighting for. That's our vision of America."
Obama supporters lined up early to attend the rally.
"I snuck in right at the end and had a good spot right along the fence, but I know there were people here as early as 6 or 7 a.m. waiting to go in and get those seats," said supporter Jessica Baxter.
The lines continued for several blocks, and roads were closed off early in the morning. Despite the wait and security screenings, those who attended said it was worth it.
"It was a wonderful, inspiring speech," said supporter Julia DiStefano. "I'm so glad I came."
Romney supporters responded by driving a dump truck around with a sign that read, "Buried in debt."
"He told us he would cut the deficit in half," said Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte. "We've had four years of trillion-dollar deficits, so I guess the question is, 'What's your plan for the future?'"
Polls show that the presidential race is tight in New Hampshire, and with other battleground states also showing tight races, analysts said the possibility is growing that neither candidate can with the election without winning the Granite State.
Before delivering his speech, Obama met with local Paralympic gold medalist Victoria Arlen. She spent about 10 minutes with the president before the rally and posted a picture of the two of them | 1,225 |
Modular Home Builders Association Honors First Inductees into Their Hall of Fame
By establishing the Hall of Fame award, the Modular<|fim_middle|> submit names of other worthy candidates for future consideration. | Home Builders Association recognizes the contributions of those whose careers are or were dedicated to our industry or whose acts have had a significant impact on the careers of all others involved.
For 2020, MHBA is inducting the following individuals as its inaugural class:
Thomas (Tom) M. Saltsgiver is president of Muncy Homes, Inc., a modular home manufacturer he founded in 1973 in Muncy, Pennsylvania; In the early 1990s the company was sold to a publicly traded company, and sales began to fall sharply. In 1996, Saltsgiver re-purchased the company and promised to turn things around – and he did! In 1997, Muncy Inc generated $38 million in revenue on the sale of 1,100 homes. In 1998, that rose to $57 million on a volume of 1,500 homes.
Tom has been involved in philanthropic giving and Christian ministry since 1985, when God changed his life. He has served on advisory boards of his church, Prison Fellowship Ministries, Episcopal Renewal Ministries/Acts 29, Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship International, The Sentinel Group, and Regent University.
Donald E. Meske, Founder of Deluxe Building Systems. When Donald E. Meske founded DeLuxe Homes of Pa., Inc. in 1965, he had one objective: to provide affordable, high-quality homes expeditiously. How did Meske's young company expect to fill such a tall order? One hundred percent control. By controlling construction, delivery and installation, DeLuxe has been able to keep prices down and quality up, while delivering products on time.
Throughout the mid to late 1970s, Deluxe moved into multi-family projects, which included townhouses and small apartments. In 1999, DeLuxe completed an extensive $3.5 million renovation of its manufacturing facility, which included a new concrete batch plant, plus two new roller-track systems to enhance product flow.
Don was one of the original founders of the Industrialized Housing Manufacturer's Association in 1977, the organization that would ultimately grow into what we now call the Modular Home Builders Association.
Charlie Mogish, Co-Founder and President at Haven Homes. Charlie was born on May 3rd, 1939 to the late Charles and Valentine Mogish in Delano, Pa. Charlie served 3 years in Germany with the U.S. Army's Third Infantry Division.
He returned home to marry the love of his life, Margaret Ann Kershetsky, on April 30th, 1959. Mill Hall has been Charlie's home since 1970 when he moved his family to the area to establish Haven Homes Inc. with his partner and friend, the late Charles Ballard. Together they grew a business that became a leading modular home company in the East coast. Charlie took great pride in the company and truly cared for his employees.
Charlie was a simple, humble man who found that family and helping others was the best formula for happiness. He was active in local Rotary Clubs and National Habitat for Humanity. Charlie was a carpenter and a great cook. He took pride in creating a home that served as a "safe haven" for his family and friends.
Patrick A. Fricchione, Sr. co-founded Simplex Industries, Inc. in 1971 along with his brothers, Frank, Peter and Henry. He was one of 10 children whose parents and siblings immigrated from Pescopagano, Italy. After serving in the Army in Yokohama during the Japanese occupation immediately after WWII, Pat attended Lafayette College on the GI Bill. While there, he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1952.
After a successful 20 year career at Weston Instruments (now known as Schumberger), both as an engineer and in management, Pat decided to join his brothers in opening Simplex. From the humbling beginnings until his retirement in 1995, he led Simplex to great expansion. Pat always preached quality and his quote of "The bitter taste of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten" is still the philosophy of Simplex today.
Pat always believed if the modular industry was to be successful, individual companies needed to band together to be heard as a collective group. This was evident especially when faced with regulatory and sales tax issues. His previous success in helping form an industry electronic instruments association in Houston, TX drove him and four other manufacturers to meet in Harrisburg, PA in the late 1970's. At that meeting, this group of pioneers formed the Industrialized Housing Manufacturers' Association (IHMA).
Over the years, the association has changed its names from Mid Atlantic Building Systems Association (MABSA) to Modular Building Systems Association (MBSA) to Modular Home Builders Association (MHBA) but it never changed its core value of having a unified voice for the industry.
Pat was an active supporter of the arts, especially opera, and active on many civic and charitable boards in his lifetime. He was most proud of being a founding member and past president of La Festa Italiana in Scranton as it attracts over 100,000 people over the Labor Day Weekend. Pat passed away in 2014, leaving behind his wife Adeline of 60 years of marriage, four daughters, one son and 11 grandchildren.
Tom Hardiman October 13, 2020 at 6:20 AM
Thanks Gary, It was absolutely necessary to get these early pioneers into our Hall of Fame. I'd encourage your and your readers to | 1,196 |
According to App Annie, consumers downloaded 11.2 billion mobile games for iOS and Android in Q2 2019. Games served as 35 percent of global downloads, but were responsible for almost 75 percent of consumer spending on iOS and Google Play. Overall, mobile apps had a record quarter: 30.3 billion apps were downloaded, while iOS and Google Play saw $22.6 billion in consumer spending. Arcade, action and casual games collectively represented the third-largest category for Google Play Q2 growth year-over-year. Games served as the top contributor<|fim_middle|> Continue reading Study: Streaming Music Services Continue Worldwide Growth
Apple Reportedly Prepping a Subscription-Based News Product
According to sources, Apple, which acquired the magazine app Texture, now plans to integrate it into Apple News and launch it as a premium subscription product. Texture let users subscribe to more than 200 magazines for $9.99 per month. Apple cut 20 Texture employees, and brought the rest onto the Apple News team. The premium subscription version of Apple News, which will reportedly debut in the next year, will give publishers a cut of the subscription revenue. Apple did not comment on the story. Continue reading Apple Reportedly Prepping a Subscription-Based News Product
iPhone Users Spending More on Games, Streaming Services
Sensor Tower has found that iPhone users in the U.S. increased in-app purchase spending by 23 percent last year over 2016. Active users spent an average of $58 in 2017 using Apple's in-app purchase or subscription options. The figures do not reflect e-commerce spending via sites like Amazon or payments for services such as Lyft or Uber. At roughly 62 percent of average spending, mobile gaming leads the charge in this sector. Subscription-based streaming services, and music, dating and lifestyle apps also contributed to the rise in spending. Continue reading iPhone Users Spending More on Games, Streaming Services
Streaming Accounts for Nearly Two-Thirds of Music Revenue
According to a 2017 report from the Recording Industry Association of America, revenue for recorded music in the U.S. grew 16.5 percent last year to a retail value of $8.7 billion. "We're delighted by the progress so far," explained RIAA CEO Cary Sherman, "but to put the numbers in context, these two years of growth only return the business to 60 percent of its peak size — about where it stood ten years ago — and that's ignoring inflation." Variety reports: "Like 2016, the boost came primarily from the rapid growth in paid music subscriptions to services like Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music, Tidal, Pandora and others, which grew by more than 50 percent." Streaming represented nearly two-thirds of music revenue last year. Continue reading Streaming Accounts for Nearly Two-Thirds of Music Revenue
Report: Worldwide Piracy for TV and Music Increases in 2017
According to the latest figures from London-based piracy tracking firm MUSO, entertainment media piracy continues its ascent. Globally, consumers made more than 300 billion visits to piracy websites in 2017, up 1.6 percent from the previous year. Despite the popularity of legal streaming options such as Netflix and Spotify, MUSO found that the illegal streaming and downloading of television content and music increased last year, up 3.4 percent and 14.7 percent, respectively. However, movie piracy decreased by 2.3 percent. Continue reading Report: Worldwide Piracy for TV and Music Increases in 2017
Page 1 of 6123456› | to download growth for iOS, led by arcade, action, and puzzle games. Continue reading Report: Mobile Apps and Games Have Impressive Quarter
Netflix Tests Instagram Stories-Like Feature in its Mobile App
Netflix is currently testing a new feature in its mobile app that helps users stay connected with shows via trailers, alerts, videos and photos. Those who are in the test group will see an "Extras" tab positioned between Search and Downloads at the bottom of the screen. Rather than the vertical scroll of the current Coming Soon section, users navigate through the Extras feed horizontally, similar to the Instagram Stories model. Videos will play automatically, but require pressing a button to activate sound. Netflix has confirmed testing the new feature, but not whether it will become a permanent addition. Continue reading Netflix Tests Instagram Stories-Like Feature in its Mobile App
Apple Divides iTunes Features into Music, Podcast, TV Apps
Apple executives announced the end of iTunes at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) this week. But iTunes features will live on in three apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV. The iconic iTunes was created 18 years ago as a so-called digital jukebox that allowed users to import and organize music and burn custom mixes. It evolved into a music store, where an enormous variety of songs sold for 99 cents. In 2003, Steve Jobs declared that "people want to buy their music on the Internet by buying downloads." Continue reading Apple Divides iTunes Features into Music, Podcast, TV Apps
IGTV Shifts Model From Exclusively Offering Vertical Video
Instagram launched IGTV last year with plans to exclusively offer long-form vertical videos for mobile devices. Landscape video uploads would not be included. However, enthusiasm on the part of video creators failed to gain traction, and now IGTV is changing its vertical video policy. As of last week, users can upload horizontal landscape videos that can easily be viewed full-screen by turning a mobile device on its side. "Ultimately, our vision is to make IGTV a destination for great content no matter how it's shot so creators can express themselves how they want," the company explained. Continue reading IGTV Shifts Model From Exclusively Offering Vertical Video
Vimeo Acquires Magisto, Makes Move Toward Social Video
IAC-owned video platform Vimeo, which largely serves small businesses and individual creators, has acquired short-form video specialist Magisto for $200 million. The deal, Vimeo's fifth in the field, is expected to help the platform grow its presence in social video, and will move Magisto's employees based in Israel and California to Vimeo's office in New York. "Magisto's proprietary technology enables cutting edge mobile apps and AI-powered editing tools which, combined with Vimeo's scale and unmatched creator community, will empower more people to tell compelling stories through video," said Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud. Continue reading Vimeo Acquires Magisto, Makes Move Toward Social Video
RIAA Reports On the Rising Dominance of Streaming Music
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)'s annual report revealed that, for the third year in a row, music revenue has been growing robustly. In 2018, music revenue enjoyed an 11.9 percent jump from 2017 for a total of $9.8 billion. The reason behind such growth, said the experts, is streaming services, which accounted for 75 percent of the revenue, equaling $7.4 billion. The RIAA also reported that sales of downloaded songs and albums have slumped significantly, below the sale of CDs and vinyl records. Continue reading RIAA Reports On the Rising Dominance of Streaming Music
New Research Underlines the Ongoing Strength of P2P Piracy
Anti-piracy company Irdeto has revealed that P2P piracy is booming and still more popular than streaming in several countries. P2P traffic — mostly of the BitTorrent variety — continues to be a significant source of content for streaming portals hosting pirated content. Irdeto's report comes at a time when Hollywood has focused its attention on streaming sites and services that distribute pirated content. Irdeto's research examines web traffic to 962 piracy sites in 19 countries where P2P was the "dominant piracy tool." Continue reading New Research Underlines the Ongoing Strength of P2P Piracy
App Annie Shares Trends of the App Store's First 10 Years
Apple's App Store turns 10 on Tuesday, and to commemorate the milestone App Annie has compiled some interesting statistics. For example, consumers have spent $130 billion on iOS apps and have downloaded 170 billion of them. The average iPhone owner has installed more than 100 apps, yet opens less than 40 of them monthly. According to App Annie, social media giant Facebook is the most downloaded app in the history of the App Store, followed by Facebook Messenger, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, Google Maps, Snapchat and Skype. Continue reading App Annie Shares Trends of the App Store's First 10 Years
Electronic Arts to Launch Subscription Service for PC Games
Electronic Arts has embraced a subscription model for its latest PC games, following similar moves by Sony and Microsoft to offer older games via subscription. EA's Origin Access Premier, to debut this summer, will give full access to more than 100 of its games and some other publishers' titles, for $15 per month or $100 annually. Ordinarily, games such as "Battlefield V" and "FIFA 19" cost $60 each. Electronic Arts comes in second after Activision Blizzard, the biggest U.S. video game publisher. Continue reading Electronic Arts to Launch Subscription Service for PC Games
App Store Spending Predicted to Reach $75.7 Billion in 2022
App Annie has released new stats regarding the first 10 years of Apple's App Store. According to the analytics and market intelligence firm, there have been more than 170 billion downloads from Apple's iOS store through December 2017, which represents in excess of $130 billion in spending. An increasing number of apps have exceeded the $1 million and $10 million consumer spending milestones, with "plenty more to come," predicts App Annie. The U.S. leads the world with 40.1 billion downloads and $36 billion in consumer spending, followed closely by China and then Japan. Continue reading App Store Spending Predicted to Reach $75.7 Billion in 2022
Study: Streaming Music Services Continue Worldwide Growth
According to a new report from MIDiA Research and digital media association DiMA, 2017 marked the third consecutive year of revenue growth for streaming music and subscription services. Worldwide recorded music revenue increased from $16 billion in 2016 to $17.4 billion last year. Streaming revenues reached $7.4 billion, representing 43 percent of all revenue. Meanwhile, legacy music formats — including downloads and physical albums — dropped by $783 million. Streaming music subscriptions experienced significant growth in the U.S., up 63 percent from 2016 to $4 billion in 2017. | 1,499 |
Mighty Sports holds off late Iran charge to clinch Jones Cup championship
by the wires
Dewarick Spencer contributed 21 markers, nine rebounds and five assists for Mighty.
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan – NBA veteran Al Thornton delivered the baskets that mattered most as Mighty Sports Apparels outlasted Iran, 80-73, and clinched the William Jones Cup championship on Friday with<|fim_middle|>But that proved to be their last gallant stand as Thornton touched off 10 unanswered points to finally take the fight out of the Iranian side which suffered its third loss in six games.
The scores:
Mighty Sports 80 – Thornton 24, Spencer 21, N'Diaye 14, Macklin 8, Graham 8, Brickman 3, Singletary 2, Tang 0, Avenido 0, Salvacion 0.
Iran 73 – Doraghi 20, Torabi 14, Dalirzahan 9, Aslani 8, Ojaghi 7, Yousofvand 6, Monji 6, Mozafarivanani 2, Shahrian 1.
Quarters: 20-10, 36-24, 53-52, 80-73.
mighty sports ,
iran ,
2016 wiliiam jones cup ,
al thornton | two games to spare.
Taking a cue from Dewarick Spencer, the high-scoring Thornton scored 12 of his team's last 16 points, including back-to-back three-point plays that propelled the Philippines-Mighty Sports to the win over the defending champions.
Its sixth straight win was enough to guarantee Mighty the title no matter what happens in its last two games.
Backed by Scratch It and Symarom, Mighty Sports thus became the third Philippine club squad to win a title in this prestigious tournament after Ron Jacobs' Northern Cement team in 1981 and the San Miguel Beer squad in 1985.
Gilas Pilipinas ruled the tournament in 2012 while the Asian Games-bound Philippine Centennial team of Tim Cone lifted the Jones Cup trophy in 1998.
Thorntom, who once scored 69 points for the NLEX Road Warriors in the PBA, finished in double-double with his 24 points and 10 boards.
Though he's an American, Thornton was honored to represent the country, saying he's doing so for his Filipino fans.
"It's very special," said Thornton who scored a tournament-high 30 points in the team's 101-81 drubbing of India last Thursday.
"Our mentality is to come out here and have a good showing and gave ourselves a chance of winning the championship," added Thornton.
The win also proved meaningful for coach Bo Perasol.
"It means so much to the company that we represent the country to win the championship. Playing for six straight games wasn't really easy for us. It just so happened we had experienced players, talented players. We're happy we were able to get it done," said Perasol.
Spencer contributed 21 markers, nine rebounds and five assists for Mighty.
This time, the Filipinos had to labor hard against a rebuilding Iranian team which competed in the tournament minus its "Big Three" in Hamed Haddadi, Samad Nikkah Bahrami and Mahdi Kamrani.
Still, they were persistent, thanks to the hot-shooting Adnan Doraghi.
Doraghi hit six triples on his way to finishing 20 points. He had three treys in the fourth period, including one in the 5:37 mark that shoved his team within striking distance, 64-63.
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