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Things To Do In George Town
George Town City is the capital of the Cayman Islands and an ideal vacation spot, with a variety of water sports activities and many places for total relaxation. Game fishing events are very popular here and many of the champion sports fishermen have trained in these waters. In fact, fishing here is so good that an annual month-long celebration is held in this city every June, with fishing competitions that attract international participation.
You can schedule your holidays around this month and also enjoy fair weather, sailing, wake boarding, paddle boarding, horseback riding, non-competitive fishing, golfing, watching a game of football, exploring museums, partying in the street -- or just simply admiring the beautiful sunsets in Georgetown.
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The British Overseas Territory state enjoys a tropical marine atmosphere with just minor temperature changes throughout the year. Its summer (May - October) is warm and humid with occasional rain showers. The winter season (November -April) is generally is cool with no downpours. The breeze from the Caribbean Sea guarantees that temperatures stay near 80° Fahrenheit all year-round. The ideal months to visit the city are during the peak of summer (May – July) when most festivities are celebrated and it is convenient to go around without worrying about thunderstorms and heavy rains. Threats of hurricanes and floods due to heavy downpour are highest during the month of September, when exploring the city is less advisable.
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These are the things to do and the wonderful attractions to discover when in the city of Georgetown…
Seven Mile Beach
The Seven Mile Beach is amazing and one of the best beaches you can find on the Cayman Islands. Every point is characterized by crystal clear water and calm. The sand and white corals are very beautiful, it looks like talc and even if you walk barefoot, it feels fine up to the edge of the ocean. Being able to walk for miles on the beach and take a swim with no one nearby in a huge expanse of water is one of the best features of this beach. With plenty of room and not too many resort places around, you can enjoy the Caribbean beach and also the tranquility and isolation in many ways.
A typical day starts quite early in the morning -- everywhere you will see tourists, locals, and even very young people who are out waling and running (some accompanied by their dogs), or are already wet from a quick dip. Every part of the beach is as stunning as the next, and one does not find much intrusive commercial activity. It is, in essence, a beach that is not only beautiful but also enjoyable. The Seven Mile Beach is easily accessible from the center of George Town, via a minibus / taxi collective at the modest price of $5 per person each way (duration 10-15 minutes).
Cayman Islands National Museum
The Cayman Islands National Museum is right in the city center and a good option for learning about the cultures and customs of the Cayman Islands. The museum is very extensive and has lots to offer in terms of educational information about Georgetown and its interesting history. The entire building has recently been rehabilitated and provides enough lighting to highlight every item on display. It has a wealth of information that you cannot find anywhere else, although the museum is quite small. It is perfectly designed for people who love history, arts, and culture.
A visit is highly recommended -- after you spend some time in the water, you need to spend a quiet afternoon learning about the city's history. It is also a way of giving back because almost 100% of the proceeds generated from ticket sales are utilized by the management for the upkeep and maintenance of the historic and cultural museum.
Porto di Georgetown (Port of Georgetown)
The Port of Georgetown (Porto di Georgetown) is the heart of the small town. It has boats ready to take you fishing, lots of shops with their gadgets and local products, and some mini-malls. In some corners you can find hawkers and pet shops to admire iguana or colorful parrots. There is the ubiquitous Hard Rock Cafe. You can go around the beaches, which are all in a line one after the other on the left side; you can watch fishermen who often have very large fish on their lines. It's quite interesting to watch the "pull & spring" to reel them in. The Port is very picturesque and a must see. It gets busier when there are cruise ships that dock in its crystal-clear waters.
It's a port like many others, full of people trying to sell you all kinds of local products, taxis available to take you anywhere, and souvenir sellers with shirts and straw hats imported from China. If you disembark from a cruise ship, it is necessary to pass through this port full of bars and shops of all kinds. There are shops selling local handicrafts and also shops that sell jewelry, gemstones, watches, and designer brands. In addition, many vendors are there to offer package tour trips to various beaches.
Fort George
The symbolic Fort George is situated along the bus route for Harbor Drive and its adjacent Fort Street. It was established in 1790 and constructed from coral and limestone. Today, very little is left of the old walls and all you can see are ruins that are all properly marked with signs posted to explain its significant role as the fort that once served to protect the islands from colonizers.
There are lots of shops, restaurants and modern fast-food places. The fort has no entrance fee and you can come and visit it anytime of the day. At night it looks more impressive once it's illuminated. It is within the city and worth spending a little bit of your time to stroll, observe, and learn more about this city that is still under British governance.
Governor's Beach
What differentiates the Governor's Beach from the rest of other noteworthy attractions in the Cayman Islands is that there are not a lot of activities, hotels, or beach facilities offered here. There are also not many tourists that occupy the beach any time of the day. So it's kind of cool to take some pictures without getting a lot of people appearing in the background. Otherwise it is all the same as the rest of the beach.
The location is beautiful and has very clean water. For a bit of fun, you can grab your snorkel gear and go swimming to see the corals and several colored fishes, and what's more you need not go deep-sea diving to admire them because they are almost visible to the naked eye even if you stand a few feet away from the ocean. It is the beach of choice for the friendly people of Cayman on the weekends, when you will notice a heavy turnout of locals. There is little shade but you will find some grills near the sea to enjoy a picnic while the breeze from the sea provides nice fresh air.
Ebanks Watersports
If you dare to be more adventurous while staying in the Cayman Islands, then the Ebanks Watersports is the ideal choice to pump up the adrenaline. You can hire the services of Ebanks to enjoy the waters of the Seven Mile Beach and have a great excursion on board their jet-skis. It is really fascinating! For half an hour you can enjoy fast drives along the ocean and meet the stingrays -- and you can have the rare opportunity of interacting with these cute creatures for more than 30 minutes. Then head back again to the sea to access a snorkel area in the vicinity before returning to the coast to complete your tour.
It is highly recommended! The staff is very attentive and provides all the gear properly You will be instructed on where you must go to maximize the best features of the activities. If you like speed, this is the nicest way to get to the meeting with the stingrays and the snorkeling -- and then complete the ride for a memorable adventure in Georgetown.
Cayman Private Charters
If you feel the need to see the rest of the islands of the Cayman group, or enjoy a romantic cruise ride, you can avail yourself of the Cayman Private Charters service and be delighted with the whole adventure. The staff is very helpful and well trained to entertain and accommodate any events you want to celebrate while on board.
They have catamarans where you can party and have fun with your friends if you want to celebrate in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. It is a five star cruise service with an amazing crew and magnificent scenery. They offer affordable trips to the Stingray City. They also cater the needs for fishing charters along with providing the gear.
Pampered Ponies Limited
The Pampered Ponies Limited is a great and fantastic experience that must not be missed when in Georgetown. You can spend an amazing day here and have an unforgettable experience riding a great horse. Along with a trained guide, you will choose your own ride to the ocean. Once you have selected your horse, a few reminders are given regarding how to hold its reins and control its stance -- and you will bond with the horse for a few minutes before heading out to the forest and into the ocean!
The experience is gorgeous and truly sensational. The horses are well cared for obviously and the guides are very hospitable and very helpful when asked questions about how to keep up with the horse and its behavior while in the water. The owner is a jolly person who welcomes every visitor warmly. If you are staying in a local hotel, they have private vehicles to pick you up and bring you back there too after the horseback riding tour in Georgetown.
Wakeboard Cayman
If riding on a catamaran, horse or paddleboard is not your thing, you can always try the wakeboarding experience offered at the Wakeboard Cayman. If this is your first time to try an extreme sport, worry not because the company is equipped with well-trained staff who will guide you on how to make successful flips, jumps, and turns on the water. With regard to safety gear, you need not be concerned because part of the fee covers free use of all safety gadgets and helmet.
They have the best wakeboarding coaches, who willingly give their expert opinion and tips on how to make a perfect landing. They also provide free pick-up service at your hotel to avoid any inconvenience on your part. They are very professional and know how to really pamper their clients with good customer care.
Cayman Stand Up Paddle Co
Have a great ride while paddling on top of the transparent waters of the Seven Mile Beach by using the standup paddle services of the Cayman Stand Up Paddle Co. Bring along the kids for this thrilling and fun ride. However, service must be booked in advance. They will promptly deliver your assigned boards and begin the adventure as you stand and maintain your balance on top of the board and paddle your way along the pristine waters in the cool breeze of the ocean.
Do not hesitate to try this one-of-a-kind adventure in Georgetown -- you will not regret it. Kids equally enjoy it along with learning how to be patient and to keep up their balance and posture while on the water. It is fun watching a whole family get on top of the colored wide boards and make their way into the waters very easily. Indeed, this is one great adventure that the whole family can enjoy and also one of the best things to do when in Georgetown.
Pure Art Gallery and Gifts
It is always fun to shop and discover unique trinkets inside the Pure Art Gallery and Gifts. From this simple-looking, quaint shop you can buy artworks and all kinds of things related to Georgetown. There are gifts for children, fabrics, paintings and a wide variety of collections that the owner proudly shares for guests to appreciate. If you are lucky, the owner (Becky) will be in the store; she gladly shares the history of the small shop/gallery.
An acclaimed artist herself she also shares why and how she has accumulated so many things. She also creates handmade soaps and lotions, and hand-woven bags laced with Cayman gemstones. The shop also offers handicraft works done by the locals of Georgetown. All the items are reasonably priced and can be negotiated for a discount if they are purchased in bulk orders. It is one of the most pleasant shops -- fun and interesting to see while in the city.
Cayman Maritime Treasure Museum
If you are into treasure map, pirates, and golden chest stories, you can find them all here in the Cayman Maritime Treasure Museum. A bit far from the city center and without enough signposts or markers, this museum however provides a view of the interesting wealth contained in the waters around Georgetown.
It is cool and has lots of amusing artifacts to show about how the maritime industry developed through the years. It is informative as well because it has images and displayed items about how Georgetown used to look and how it became a developed city. It's quite hard to describe everything there is to see inside the building where it is permanently located. It must be seen and experienced while in Georgetown.
National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
The variety of exhibits and artworks to admire inside the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands is well presented and divided into grouped categories for better appreciation. It is within the city center and near the paradise island of the 7 Mile Beach. Outside it looks impressive as it stands in a stunning landscape of the city. It does not take too much time to explore, and every artifact is well marked and with English translation on the provided travel guide of Georgetown. There are lots of local art works presented. For the kids, this gallery provides workshop places where they are taught how to make different types of crafts that they can take home after the workshop. This place must not be bypassed when touring the city of Georgetown.
Georgetown is a typical Caribbean port city that essentially offers numerous tourist shops (whose opening / closing times are dependent on the presence of cruise ships that dock in its port of call). The port city is clean and pleasant to walk around and lined with amazing beaches that are hard to resist. It is a real paradise, among the most beautiful and most structured parts of the Caribbean islands.
The pristine beach and the surrounding attractions are all conducive to relaxation, filled with luxury and budget hotels, and many shops -- all facing an ocean with transparent water that looks more like an aquarium of colorful fishes that are easily seen. The local tourism is excellent and every attraction offers several tours and options to suit every traveler's taste. Georgetown has everything you need for a perfect vacation; include it on your bucket list of places to visit in the Caribbean.


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The danger of working with animals was an ongoing theme at Monday night's Backstage at the Geffen annual fund-raiser.
As is tradition for the event, celebrities told behind-the-scenes tales of stage and screen. Both French Stewart and Beau Bridges spoke of their misfortunes with monkeys and canines, respectively, while Rita Wilson spilled a casting couch tale of when, early in her career, a producer wanted to know if she was a virgin.
Alan Cumming and violinist prodigy Sarah Chang provided the musical entertainment. Cumming, recently hired as a regular on CBS' "The Good Wife," sang of his favorite barista, Taylor, the latte boy: "Bring me java, bring me joy."
More than $500,000 was raised for the Geffen's education and outreach programs. Kristin Chenoweth and Warner Bros. chairman-CEO Barry Meyer were the night's honorees.

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The London and Home Counties English Springer Spaniel Society started at the beginning of a new world era, immediately after the 2nd World War when Europe was getting back on its feet after physical and political upheaval.
With a new vision, free thinking and the awakening of a hibernating population, the dog world started to develop once more. Gundogs were already an important part of war torn Britain, with many families relying on the "fruits of the countryside" as a welcome addition to their rationed food.
From these dogs a new show scene started to emerge, although the main show in the diary, Crufts had yet to start up again. It would be 1948 before we saw its re-emergence with BIS going to the father of a current SESSS member, Jennifer Lloyd Carey…..H S Lloyd's Cocker Spaniel, Tracy Witch of Ware
The formation of an English Springer Spaniel Club was a much needed boost to the region and their respective owners in London and the surrounding Home Counties. Formed on 23rd October 1946 the Society serviced the needs of an ever expanding, already popular breed.
The Minutes of the inaugural Meeting noted the attendance of such notable personages as H.S. Lloyd, Dorothy Morland Hooper ( of the famous ' Ranscombe ' affix), and author of the 'English Springer Spaniel', a standard text on the Breed , first published in 1963 and Major Horsborough to name but three. It was proposed that Mr Lloyd took the Chair. Then followed what must be the most profound motion ever passed by a Committee
Major Horsborough proposed that the Society be "Open to the world".
Alas we have lost David Webster, our President who died in office, he was the last member who could recall 1946. A year where we saw a chilling term used for the very first time in a speech by Winston Churchill. In his address to Congress at Fulton, Missouri. "From Stettin (Szczecin) on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic, an IRON CURTAIN has descended across the continent." This term was to last for another 50 years!
America exploded an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. It cost £8 million in those days to build. In the same year hostilities broke out against the French in Indochina. In South America Juan Peron became President of Argentina. Italy abolished its monarchy and the Philippines gained independence from the USA.
On the home front rationing got worse. Butter, margarine and cooking fat was cut from 226 gms to 200 gms a week. The Ministry of food helpfully circulated a recipe for Squirrel Pie! Bread was also rationed in the UK due to the slow economic growth. Goodness only knows what they fed the dogs.
Not all was doom and gloom the first Bikini, invented by French engineer Louis Réard and fashion designer Jacques Heim appeared at a fashion show at Piscine Molitor in Paris. The inaugural ceremony of the UN General Assembly opened in London. Norwegian Trygve Lie elected first Secretary-General....Not sure which was more important!!
With the economy slowly beginning to revive the following prices set a new standard for the cost of living; Average wage £4.50 for 48 hr week, bread 2p per loaf, although still rationed, beer 3p per pint. The average saloon car £400, and the average house price was £1957. Petrol was 5p per gallon…if you could get it!
The British Broadcasting Corporation introduced. the first TV licence, at a fee of £2.00, although a radio licence was already in existence.
In sport Lovely Cottage won the first post-war Grand National horse race and Airborne won the Derby. Liverpool pipped Manchester United to the Division One football league championship by just one point. In December 1946 Australia won the cricket by an innings and 332 runs. Australia leads the 5-Test Ashes series 1-0
We heard the first playing of "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the partially animated Disney movie, Song of the South The publishing of Waugh's, Brideshead Revisited and the birth of singer/actress Liza Minelli, unfortunately we also saw the deaths of writer H G Wells and actor W C Fields.
If we believe global warming is a new phenomena, think again…..A record was set on the 4th November 1946, The warmest UK November day ever recorded was in Prestatyn, north Wales, when temperatures reached an impressive 21.7 degrees!
Three ESS breed clubs held shows during 1946. The English Springer Spaniel Club had Mr E Trimble judging where he awarded the Dog CC, his first to Lady Lambe's Whaddon Chase Bonny Tom and the Bitch CC to Gwen Broadley's Sandylands Sherry, who was made up the following year. The Midland ESSS had Mr W Humphry officiating. He also found the merits in Whaddon Chase Bonny Tom, who took the Dog CC, his second with Morgan's Leymore Bink Bin taking the Bitch CC, which was to be her only CC.
The last breed show was the ESS club of Northern Ireland where Gwen Broadley travelled to judge. Her Dog CC was Joe Braddon's Starshine of Ide, who was made up the following year, with Mrs Dawson's Carnfield Christabelle, again being made up the following year, taking the Bitch CC.


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LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Sherry Shutts usually votes Republican, and four years ago she pulled the lever for President Bush. But when Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter, who represents this older suburb just west of Denver, knocked on her door while campaigning for re-election last week, Shutts surprised him by reporting that she wasn't yet committed to John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee.
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Shutts, who is in her 60s and keeps the books for her husband's construction business, told Perlmutter she wants change and is dubious that McCain can deliver it. "He just doesn't seem very dynamic," Shutts said. "I keep waiting for him to come forward with something that makes me think he's going to do a good job." But Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, hasn't won her loyalty either. "He gives an elegant speech," she said, "but ... he hasn't been there very long."
Such ambivalence was voiced frequently during the two days I spent interviewing nearly 60 voters in the Denver suburbs around the Fourth of July. With Colorado as a top battleground state, these suburban communities could be ground zero in the presidential campaign by Election Day.
But November seemed very distant to the voters Perlmutter encountered and to the families who set up elaborate tents under a strong summer sun for the Independence Day celebration on the huge lawn at Cornerstone Park in Littleton, another Denver suburb. The political commentariat may be obsessively grading each thrust and parry in the nonstop jousting between the Obama and McCain campaigns, but virtually none of that dueling is reaching the voters I met. That's especially true of the undecideds, like Shutts. For them, the campaign looms as a kind of back-to-school assignment that they plan to crack later, maybe starting in late summer with the national party conventions.
Video: What's the difference on Iraq? Yet initial reactions to McCain and Obama are emerging, and they suggest that each candidate will face as many obstacles as opportunities with the swing voters likely to decide their contest. Obama's greatest asset during the interviews was widespread, often intense, dissatisfaction with President Bush and the country's direction on issues from Iraq to gasoline prices. Several voters who supported Bush in 2004 said they intended to back Obama because they had lost faith in the president and think McCain would follow his tracks too closely.
Obama also stirred genuine passion among many white-collar voters, who predicted that he would bridge divisions at home and around the globe. Typical was Tom Brook, a management consultant from Centennial, who backed Bush in 2004 but now favors Obama because "he can articulate a vision for the future and mobilize people." For such voters, whose intellectual achievements have carried them to comfortable lives, faith in Obama's intelligence trumps any concern about his level of experience.
That equation was inverted among blue-collar voters, especially men. I encountered some support for Obama among blue-collar women, mostly around economic issues. But among blue-collar men, Obama faced pervasive skepticism about his qualifications and priorities. "With a war going on, to have someone as commander-in-chief who had not been in the military is a little scary," said Ken Turley of Littleton, who works in a granite shop. Another man, who described himself as a veteran but would give his name only as Matt, offered a more visceral objection: "I can't vote for a guy whose middle name is Hussein. I can't trust that guy."
Such doubts about Obama were by far McCain's strongest asset. Some voters praised McCain's military service. But only a handful expressed any excitement about his candidacy. Many conservatives considered him too moderate; several moderates complained that he had conceded too much to conservatives since his 2000 presidential race. For McCain, passion may prove the most elusive campaign resource.
Enough former Bush supporters seem open to Obama to provide him an edge in Colorado--and perhaps nationwide. But that tilt isn't so pronounced, or settled, that McCain couldn't reverse it. This contest may pivot on the many voters like Shutts who appear simultaneously concerned that Obama offers too much change and McCain offers too little. And those voters have made the least progress toward solidifying their decisions in a race that remains little more than distant thunder for most people here.
Copyright 2012 by National Journal Group Inc.


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Former Prime Minister of France, presidential candidate Francois Fillon has criticized Western countries for conducting the aggressive policy towards Russia in an interview to Le Monde. According to his words, the military rivalry with Moscow was a big mistake.
Francois Fillon said: "Has the West always been reliable? Not introduced if ever misled by Russia for Libya, in Kosovo, for economic partnership with the EU? Russia has a lot of responsibility, but this country is not alone. I will remind you about the irresponsible statements of those who wanted the entry of Georgia and Ukraine in NATO. We have made a lot of mistakes."
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Vintage chronographs: mention them, and you can see lights start to twinkle in the eyes of many watch collectors. It is hard to specify what exactly gives these watches such an appeal. It might be the various subdials that show that these chronographs are indeed vintage, mechanical machines. Or perhaps it is that special feeling when you wind the watch, and then push one of the pushers to set the chronograph into motion? All vintage chronographs share this appeal, but only a few grew out to be icons of their category. One of them is the Aero-Compax by Universal Geneve.
Universal Geneve made quite a name for itself when it came to chronographs. It introduced the Aero-Compax in 1941. It is not surprising that this watch is very functional, as it was the midst of World War II when it reached the market. Many of its users were indeed using it in a professional capacity, which added to the myth, but also to the fact that this watch is now quite rare in good condition.
Another indication that this watch was made with war at mind is the sub-dial at twelve o'clock. While often mistaken as a second timezone it is, in fact, nothing of the sorts. With the crown on the left side of the case, the owner of the watch could set a set reference time. This could be a reminder of an appointment in the future but was often used to mark the starting time of a mission, as many military units required this to measure elapsed mission time. The Aero-Compax was powered by Universal Geneve Caliber 285. This manual wind chronograph caliber was introduced in this model and would remain in production for several decades, thanks to its solid design, which included a column-wheel. Today the Aero-Compax is a highly regarded vintage chronograph, searched for by collectors and connoisseurs all over the world, and rightfully so!


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This is Edward Mills. At just 8-years-old, he became the youngest ever person to complete the famous 'Old Man of Hoy' climb - raising over £30,000 for charity.
Edward's family are close friends of the Cooper family, and so we wanted to share his story with you.
From a young age, Edward has always been a climbing enthusiast. With the support of his parents, Bekki and Nathan, Edward's love for climbing has taken him on a journey which has seen him travel across the country - from indoor climbing walls to rock faces in Dartmoor, Scotland and Wales.
Unfortunately, for as long as Edward could remember, his mum had been living with cancer. This was extremely difficult for all the family to cope with, and especially tough on Edward and his older brother, George.
In the face of a terminal illness and despite much pain and suffering, Bekki remained as strong as ever in her support of Edward's climbing career, following him wherever his climbing would take him.
This inspirational young man wanted to do something special to help his mum and people with cancer. So, Edward took it upon himself to take on the biggest challenge of his life - to climb The Old Man of Hoy in Orkney, Scotland. He would climb in support of his mum and to raise money for the charity, Climbers Against Cancer.
At 125 metres high, this was to be no ordinary climb. It had simply never been climbed by someone as young as Edward.
On 9th June 2018, Edward did it. With his mum watching on from a nearby boat, he completed the ascent in 4 hours 55 minutes.
Bekki sadly passed away in August 2018. She was incredibly proud of Edward's achievements, which have since led to him being recognised on a national level.
In October 2018, Edward received a Pride of Britain award. Now, he's nominated for another award - Laureas Sporting Moment of the Year - and we need your help to bring home the award.
Click here to vote for Edward - simply scroll down to the image with the heading 'This is for you, mum' and enter your details.
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London, UK: Imagination Technologies a leader in system-on-chip intellectual property (SoC IP) is demonstrating its latest DAB digital radio solutions at 3GSM.
The vast majority of mobile DAB digital radios available today are powered by technology from Imagination. The technology provides impressive battery life and reception without requiring cumbersome aerials. It is used in handheld DAB digital radios from Frontier Silicon customers including: Bush, Grundig, Ministry of Sound, Philips, PURE Digital and Roberts.
""This year has seen an explosion in demand for DAB, following the introduction of lower cost DAB products based on our META processor and Ensigma broadcast technologies,"" said Hossein Yassaie, CEO, Imagination Technologies. ""Handheld radios are a very fast growing category with impressive potential for growth as radios with MP3 capabilities and radios integrated into other mobile devices start to appear.""
Chips and modules from the fabless semiconductor company Frontier Silicon, which are based on licensed technology from Imagination Technologies, have enabled the growth in the DAB digital radio market. This technology has made possible mobile DAB digital radios costing as little as £99.
Commented Yassaie: ""PURE Digital's pioneering products have proven that the IP developed by Imagination Technologies is the natural choice for DAB digital radios. This has encouraged other leading consumer product manufacturers to enter the market and we expect to see many more mobile radio devices based on our IP in the coming year.""
The advanced capabilities of DAB solutions based on Imagination's META and UCC IP include recording and playback of MP3 and other digital audio formats.
Imagination expects that DAB, which is already being broadcast or trialed in much of Europe and other territories including Singapore, China, Korea, Australia and Canada, will establish a stronger presence outside the UK in 2004. ""The UK has lead the way in DAB,"" concluded Yassaie, ""but we expect it to become a worldwide success from here.""


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What are your feelings as you come into work?
Going to work generally requires me to go upstairs. My overwhelming feeling is usually that I've managed to avoid going to meetings yet again.
Why do you do this job?
I regard myself as a writer first and foremost. I don't eat for a living. I eat for free and I get paid for writing. I am most happy when I am making sense of the world. So I am still really a reporter and could still cover a murder if I wanted to.
As a child I wanted to be…
An actor. I wanted to be on stage but I was terrible. Ironically that's what I do now.
What is the worst time to pitch to you?
PRs are on me the whole time. I get hundreds of releases but most of them are useless. They are extremely unlikely to influence my choice of restaurant to review.
What is the best time to pitch to you?
Where I am PRable is in the news bites section (of my page). I am after unique, slightly quirky exclusives that are not obvious.
What makes a great story for you?
They tend to be personality led. I want something beyond a list of dishes. I need a story or angle that will sustain 1,100 words of narrative. So I need a back story and an angle.
What is your view of PR professionals?
Because I now do live stage work I have a number of PRs selling my work. Whatever anyone says, social media can't replace a good PR.
Do you have a favourite PR person? Why?
They are all my children. So it would be invidious to make a choice. But good PRs think like a journalist and know what a story is. They also think strategically about placement.
What one thing gets in the way of you doing your job?
My brilliant colleague Marina O'Loughlin (The Guardian restaurant critic) getting to restaurants before me. She's better at spotting small openings than me.
Is there any subject that you find so boring or offensive that you just won't give it oxygen?
I had a rant recently on my website about the shameless use of celebrities by PR agencies trying to work a charity angle for free.
What gives you the greatest satisfaction in your job?
As a restaurant critic, it is finding a small, unknown restaurant doing a brilliant job at a great price. It happens maybe two or three times a year. As a reporter it is giving a voice to people who don't have a voice themselves.
What is the greatest pressure on you?
Marina O'Loughlin, Giles Coren and AA Gill (rival critics). I am in a very competitive and robust industry. Some people just read restaurant reviews. I know that if I am not good, my readers will desert me.
What is your management style: shouter, weeper or supportive friend?
I don't have to manage an awful lot but I like to think I would be a supportive friend.
Which outlet do you most admire for its news coverage and why?
Right now it's BuzzFeed UK. I am intrigued by the way it is re-engineering itself to do serious journalism.
What's in your lunch box?
Warm salad made with leftovers of yesterday's roast chicken. And an apple. I don't get to eat out every day.
What is your greatest career fear?
That I will be forced to get a proper job that requires me to go to meetings.
Grilled: Jay Rayner, food critic, The Observer
PRWeek features editor Alex Benady talks to the food critic about covering a murder and shameless celebrities
What are your feelings as you come into work?


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Few Scholarships Granted Solely on Race, Study Says
Washington--Almost 90 percent of the nation's private colleges and universities offer scholarships for minority-race undergraduates, but race is the sole factor in making awards in only about 14 percent of the programs, according to a new study by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
Based on a survey that drew 315 responses from NAICU's 826 members, the report released here last week revealed that the private institutions responding spent some $114 million on minority-scholarship programs for the 1990-91 academic year.
But only 2.8 percent of the funds involved "are for scholarships in which race is the sole criterion for making an award," NAICU reported.
All but 9 percent of the aid went to undergraduates, according to the report. The average award was $6,800 for undergraduates and $9,000 for graduate students.
Release of the data came as the new Secretary of Education, Lamar Alexander, unveiled a process for a review by his department of the legal questions surrounding race-based scholarships, and as the issue was being aired by a House subcommittee. (See related story on page 26.)
The issue has simmered since late last year, when the Education Department's civil-rights chief stated that institutionally funded scholarships based solely on race were impermissible under federal law.
NAICU undertook the survey to gauge the potential impact of any federal policy shift on the legality of minority scholarships.
According to the report, "most [scholarship] programs use factors in addition to race" when choosing recipients. For example, the survey found that 97 percent of the funds were awarded on the basis of such criteria as academic merit or financial need, along with race.
Richard F. Rosser, the president of NAICU, noted in releasing the report, however, that "independent colleges and universities themselves are the principal source" of money for the programs, with nearly 80 percent of such scholarships coming from the institutions.
About 7 percent of the awards came from federal sources, 4 percent from states, and 9 percent from other channels, the survey found.
Statements that institutionally funded race-specific scholarships risk violating civil-rights law undercut colleges' progress in increasing minority enrollment, Mr. Rosser said at last week's House hearing.--L.S.A.
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Prince Edward Island is a great place to live, for all the reasons Canadians who head there on holiday know so well: the ocean, the people, the oysters. Yet this week its provincial government announced that it will subsidize the salaries of all postsecondary graduates by up to 70 per cent, an effort to keep graduates at home and businesses hiring. New Brunswick announced a similar program this past winter.
Across the country, the unemployment rate for postsecondary grads is lower than for students who've only finished high school. That is true for PEI as well, but its college and trade grads face poorer prospects. So in PEI, the government subsidy is a response to its very particular labour market.
International comparisons of education and employment outcomes often glide over such particularities. Last month, Canada was lauded by the OECD for how its college system connects graduates with the labour market and leads to lower youth unemployment. In its annual global education survey, the OECD found that youth employment in countries where vocational training was strong fared better in the last recession and recovered faster.
Yet a bit of rifling through the report suggests that Canada is quite unusual among countries with vocational education: We wait a very long time to offer it. As a result, we are one of the few countries where more people graduate from postsecondary than high school. We think that having lots of graduates from higher ed is good. But what if it means that we waste an awful lot of time in high school?
Compare Germany, Austria, Poland and Slovenia. There, partnerships between business and schools start in high school and training continues throughout one's career, leading to promotions and advancement in spite of the "lack" of postsecondary credentials. It is this model that is now being talked up as a possible solution to the problem of youth unemployment in Europe. Germany's labour minister has even said that university should be an option only after some kind of vocational training is completed.
Co-ordination at this level would be helped by something we don't have: a national minister of education. And educational institutions at all levels willing to talk to the minister and build new agreements that value employment outcomes. Canada is still debating the extent to which education can or should be insulated from the labour market – we are decades away from being able or willing to emulate the German system. Our more autonomous approach might yet prove to be the correct one. In the meantime, provinces go at it alone: thus PEI's wage subsidy.
What varies less between countries are the differences between men and women's employment and salaries. These are nowhere as predictable as one might expect. Even as young women now earn more postsecondary degrees than men, their employment rates are 10 per cent lower on average.
When it comes to salaries, however, most women between 25 and 34 earn more than their male counterparts. Women with recent university degrees have salaries between 10 and 50 per cent higher than the men who sat beside them in class for four years. That last number is intriguing enough to revisit next week.
Simona Chiose is the Globe and Mail's education editor. Follow me on Twitter here.


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The 1997 report, The State of New Zealand's Environment 1997, concluded that:
Most of our electricity is of hydro origin (with impacts on river flows and lake levels) but around two-thirds of our total primary energy supply is from fossil fuels (with pollutant impacts on atmosphere, water and soil). …
Responses to the environmental impacts of energy services include the requirement to obtain consents under the Resource Management Act, moves toward greater use of renewable energy forms (including the development of wind power) and the encouragement of energy efficiency.
(Ministry for the Environment, 1997, chapter 10.)
In 2007, most of New Zealand's electricity is still generated from its hydro resources and more than two-thirds of its total primary energy supply comes from fossil fuels.
Consumer demand for energy
Since 1997, total consumer demand for energy has grown. During this time, consumption of oil, gas, electricity, and renewable fuels (biogas, wind, wood, and solar) has increased, while consumption of geothermal energy and coal has decreased (excluding the geothermal energy and coal used to generate electricity). Since 1997, the transport sector has consumed the largest share of energy; however, the commercial sector has shown the greatest growth in consumption.
Similarly, Statistics New Zealand's 2007 report, Energy and the Economy: 1997–2005, found that use of transport fuels by households accounts for a considerable proportion of New Zealand's energy consumption. In 2005, households used 83 per cent of New Zealand's consumer petrol. When electricity use by households is combined with their transport fuel use, households are the largest user of energy in New Zealand.
Total primary energy supply
To meet growing consumer demand, New Zealand's total primary energy supply has increased since 1997 and is still dominated by fossil fuels.
New Zealand's domestic gas and oil reserves have declined over the past 10 years, and as a result the amount of primary energy supplied by New Zealand oil has decreased. However, the contribution of New Zealand oil sources to its total primary energy supply has always been relatively small, and we rely on imported oil to ensure security of supply.
Use of renewable energy
Since 1997, New Zealand has been moving towards greater use of renewable energy forms such as wind power, solar power, and biofuels.
In 1997, New Zealand had one wind farm, Hau Nui in the Wairarapa region, and one turbine at Brooklyn in Wellington. There are now eight wind farms operating throughout the country, with several more projects at various stages of planning.
Demand for solar energy is small but is increasing, particularly for water heating. Industry sales of solar water heating systems indicate that, as of June 2006, about 35,000 solar water heating systems were installed in New Zealand homes and commercial buildings. Ten per cent (3,500) of these were installed in the year leading up to June 2006 (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, 2006b).
International energy policies have led to the development of a global market for renewable transport fuels and technologies. This has prompted the introduction of biofuels for commercial use in New Zealand.
Energy efficiency and conservation
Since the introduction of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act in 2000, there has been an increased focus on energy efficiency and conservation in New Zealand. Energy efficiency and conservation measures focus on demand management – that is, influencing the quantity and pattern of energy used by the consumer. Examples include:
programmes to improve insulation in older homes and to encourage the uptake of efficient home heating and lighting options
the Energy Star rating programme, which enables consumers to compare the energy efficiency of household appliances
the introduction of energy efficiency requirements in the Building Code
schemes to help businesses, households, and organisations save energy.
By improving how we use energy, New Zealand can reduce the need for new energy supplies, improve security of supply, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increase productivity. This will free up valuable capital for more productive enterprises.
Since 1997, consumer energy demand has increased at a lesser rate than the growth of the economy (as measured by gross domestic product). This trend indicates weak relative decoupling of energy demand from economic growth. In the future, there will be a greater focus on decoupling energy demand and economic growth.
Present and future management
New Zealand continues to move towards greater use of renewable energy and an increased focus on energy efficiency.
The recent changes in international energy supply and higher energy costs, coupled with concerns about climate change, have resulted in a global drive towards even greater energy efficiency and greater use of renewable fuels. These concerns are likely to continue into the future. The challenge for New Zealand is to maintain economic and social well-being, while reducing the environmental costs of energy use.


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Many a Twin Cities fine dining establishment serves up a glorious platter of hand-cut fries, often spiked with extras like bacon, or a house-made secret sauce. But a city's best fries are not an elite food. They're the kind of thing you turn to at your regular watering hole when you need a snack, the kind of thing tasty enough to cut through even the three-beer haze coating your taste buds. The fries at Republic are that thing. Everyone knows that Republic's two locations have beer lists lengthy enough to earn national nods (most recently, a spot on Draft Magazine's 100 best beer bars in America). But they also have fries that are transcendent. Crispy. Skin-on. Always hot. Thin but still hearty. Just the right amount of salt. And served up with house-made aioli and ketchup. Sure, aioli has become the new thing to pair with fries, but Republic gets the trend right. Its version of the fancy mayo is a garlicky one that could easily make the potato sticks just an excuse to slurp it up. If, that is, the fries weren't already so good on their own.


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Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners and other blunders
No matter how smart they are, nobody can predict the future. Sure, there are plenty of documented predictions that coincidentally foresaw some of history's biggest events before they happened, but that's either due to fantastic insight or sheer luck.
The truth is that everybody makes mistakes, and even experts in a given industry can incorrectly make assumptions or fail to see what the future has in store for their fields.
Don't believe me? How about that time Bill Gates said, "We will never make a 32-bit operating system"?
On the following pages, you'll find some of history's smartest minds saying some of the dumbest things. Their misplaced predictions may surprise you, but at the end of the day, it'll help you realize that we all say stupid things from time to time.
Proof that we're all only human!
"How, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the time to listen to such nonsense."
Albert Einstein
"There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will."


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Hot weather a couple of days ago in Michurinsk was the calm before the storm. In the afternoon the city was struck by torrential rain with hail and gusty heavy wind.
Roads turned into streams of mud and sand mixed with debris. Due to the lack of storm sewers streets and numerous plots of land from residents of the "bottom" was completely flooded.
Nature struck including on the building of the station Michurinsk-Ural", which partially ripped off the roof.


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Donald Trump and MS-13
The day after President Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union address, I appeared on KCRW public radio with Jonathan Blitzer of the New Yorker magazine to talk about the MS-13 street gang. During his Jan. 30 address, Trump mentioned MS-13 four times, talking about a heinous slaying of two teenage girls by gang members on Long Island and claiming that the group has taken advantage of loopholes in the immigration system.
Podcast: Listen to me talk about MS-13 on KCRW
Photos: Images from my L.A. Times investigation of MS-13
The reality is far more complex. MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha 13, formed in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. I investigated the gang as a reporter at the Los Angeles Times and documented how a U.S. policy of deporting MS-13 members backfired, spreading the gang across Central America and Mexico. Waves of gang members were deported to El Salvador in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They formed new cells of the gang there. Members of those cells came to the U.S. and ended up in places such as Long Island, northern Virginia and Maryland. The gang also spread to Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. As a result of U.S. policy, a Los Angeles-based gang became a transnational criminal enterprise that has helped destabilze countries in Central America and cause a new generation of immigrations to flee gang violence in their homelands and end up in the United States.


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Purchase your copy of The Quieting here.
About the Book
The Stoltzfus family faces serious problems, both in the church and at home. Everyone in the community expects minister David Stoltzfus to fix things–fast. But David doesn't work fast. He prefers to wait for God to work in individual hearts. However, even he is left wondering if the solution to their most pressing problem might be a Quieting.
When David's mother arrives, uninvited, more upheaval is in store. She has matchmaking plans for everyone in the family, including David and her eligible granddaughters–and especially for David's niece Abigail. When Abigail stumbles onto a curious connection during her genealogical research, it could help David solve one problem–but will it create another?
Bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher takes fans back to Stoney Ridge, delivering the twists, turns, and romance they adore.
My Review
I always enjoy reading Amish fiction as it is my favorite genre to read. However my interest level dramatically increases when the plot is something other than your typical romance or "growing-up Amish" theme. While I am not negating those are important and necessary parts of The Quieting, I felt the main theme of the story was so much more intense and exciting. I have never read an Amish book before that concentrated on issues inside the church. Suzanne did a fantastic job in broaching this trivial topic—something I have never heard referenced even among my Amish friends. I felt she wrote in a realistic and relatable way that allowed me to envision to storyline happening in a nearby Amish community.
Abigail was by far my favorite character in this book. Her personality was unlike any Amish lady I have read about. She was quite set in her ways and not afraid to speak her mind, even if it bordered on disagreeing with the elders in her family. Abigail was to the point and honest about how she felt. I sometimes wondered if she knew how to kid around as you did not see a sarcastic side to her at all. The back and forth between her and Dane made me smile. The traits that may turn most people away made Dane appreciate Abigail even more. I love to read an opposites attract romantic story line as I love to see the way the author blends their differences into a beautiful relationship. Abigail and Dane's storyline was a wonderful addition to the book that helped soften the dark and difficult main theme.
If I had one criticism of this book, it would be that I wished Abigail would have spent more time at the Sister's house. I feel that the sisters could have provided even more interesting information in her genealogical search to understand more about the Glick family, and how they got to their positions today. I do hope they will be in the next installment of The Bishop's Family to provide further insight to the families of Stoney Ridge.
Overall The Quieting was exactly what I was looking to read right now. Even with the difficult church problems, I found it refreshing to find love, redemption and little humor throughout the book. When David's mother came to "fix" things, I instantly knew she would provide the comedic relief I love. Mammi reminds us how not to act! That overbearing mother who wants to right all your wrongs. My heart went out to David and her granddaughters as she meddled with their relationships, home life, and work life. Thank you Suzanne for bringing Mammi to this story!
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review which I have given.
This review first appeared on Fiction411's website here
About the Author
Suzanne Woods Fisher is an award-winning, bestselling author whose most recent novels include Anna's Crossing and The Inn at Eagle Hill series, as well as nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace and The Heart of the Amish. She lives in California. Learn more at www.suzannewoodsfisher.com and follow Suzanne on Twitter @suzannewfisher.
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Guest Post from Suzanne Woods Fisher
Twenty years ago, my husband and I attended a large church with a dynamic senior pastor. Each Sunday, we would sit spellbound during 40 minute sermons—he was that good a preacher. And then a terrible thing came to light—this very man had been taking advantage of vulnerable women during counseling sessions. Fourteen women, it turned out, and the pastor remained unrepentant. As issues were dealt with, our entire church suffered. We were a hurting community. The sins of one affected all.
As I plotted out 'The Bishop's Family,' I wanted to borrow the theme of how a leader's sins hurts the church community. (Now, I need to clarify that this is not a novel that addresses sexual sin. However, it does address unrepentant sin in an ordained leader.) First, I spoke to some Amish friends to see if my story idea had any merit. Was I was on the right track? To my amazement, a similar situation to my novels had occurred in one Amish friend's church, and it resulted in a "quieting." That's an Amish phrase that means revoking the responsibilities of an unrepentant ordained leader. Just like it sounds–he is, essentially, "quieted."
In this novel, you'll see the behind-the-scenes of Amish church leadership, and get a sense of how a community is hurting. And how it begins to heal, too.
This series began in the Stoney Ridge, Pennsylvania community with The Imposter. More twists and turns are coming to Stoney Ridge after The Quieting—so stay tuned for The Devoted to hit bookshelves in early October. Just in time for autumn reading by a warm fireplace!
Warmly, Suzanne
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After I crossed the threshold of the 30s, it dawned on me that I should also start adopting a different perspective to life.
No longer am I the adventurous young man who could trod across the heated earth of India or to stuff myself with cheap food from a buffet on a 2-hour stretch. No more would I try cycling overnight along the streets of eastern Singapore, racing the aeroplanes taking off or touching down (and cower in a rented room, on a tatami mat to recover from the physical exhaustion).
I now travel to absorb the atmosphere and culture of a place of my picking, not to touch bases with as many places as I could within the span of daylight (I have never been the clubbing kind). Owning or doing something that everyone else has is no longer the priority criteria for my decisions.
I'm going for the finer things in life.
Is this the "maturing man" mindset? I can't really say so. Now that I had built a school in a war-torn village in northern Thailand (or volunteered at other villages of the undeveloped worlds), stepped foot on the 3 greatest cities (NYC, Paris and London) of the modern times, found myself a partner, this is just progression into another stage of life that focus on trying more of the stuff I like than trying everything life has to offer; to be a Master than to be a Jack-of-all-trades.
Adopting a different perspective would just be aligning myself to the kind of lifestyle I'm leading.
This journey would start with this blog. Just like the plethora of other blogs I had created in various stages of my life (some of which I would rather not have been created in the first place, but are nonetheless integral to my maturing process), this signals my change in perspective, the move to the start of the middle age that is 轻熟男 (loosely translated as "slightly mature man").
Welcome myself to the new age.


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text: Leah Schmidt Named 2013-2014 President of the School Nutrition Association FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Diane Pratt-Heavner 703-576-7526 firstname.lastname@example.com Leah Schmidt Named 2013-2014 President of the School Nutrition Association 2013-07-17 Follow us @schoollunch and #ANC13KANSAS CITY, MO (July 17, 2013) — Leah Schmidt, SNS, Director of Food and Nutrition Services for Hickman Mills C-1 School District (Missouri), has become the 66th President of the School Nutrition Association (SNA), representing 55,000 school nutrition professionals nationwide. SNA members welcomed Schmidt to her new role during the closing session of SNA's 67th Annual National Conference in Kansas City, MO. In her 22 years with Hickman Mills, Leah Schmidt has worked her way up from Cafeteria Manager, to Field Supervisor, to her promotion as Director in 1998. Her meal program serves 5,000 lunches and 3,200 breakfasts each school day. In a community hard-hit by economic troubles, Schmidt has stepped up to ensure her students have access to healthy meals when school is out. Her summer program serves 1,500 breakfasts and lunches daily, and she recently launched a supper program serving approximately 800 after-school meals at 10 locations each school day. Throughout her career, Leah Schmidt has held numerous leadership roles with SNA national and Missouri SNA, and has frequently been recognized for her achievements. Notably, in 2003 she earned the Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence (FAME) Silver Rising Star Award. She also received USDA Best Practices Awards in 1998 and 2007. Schmidt earned her Bachelor's Degree in dietetics from Saint Mary College in Leavenworth, KS and is currently pursuing a Master's in Education from University of St. Mary. Schmidt has also worked part time teaching culinary skills at the Culinary Center of Kansas City. ###About the School Nutrition Association: The School Nutrition Association (SNA) is a national, non-profit professional organization representing 55,000 school nutrition professionals across the country. Founded in 1946, SNA and its members are dedicated to making healthy school meals and nutrition education available to all students. For more information about ANC, visit www.schoolnutrition.org/anc.


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I always hear clients saying "I'm so sick of salads." To me this is when we need to get creative! A salad … the definition needs to be broadened!
So try one of these 5 salads or create your own.
Sugar Snap Peas with Mint
Crazy Radish, Corn, Tomato Salad with Avocado too!


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For OS X 10.7+: Download Scroll Reverser v1.7.6 (11 May 2017; release notes)
For OS X 10.4+: Download Scroll Reverser v1.5.1 (12 Mar 2012)
macOS 10.15 users: Scroll Reverser is currently NOT fully compatible with Catalina due to various issues with the new security and privacy settings. I am working on trying to get the bottom it but it has been a frustrating experience so far.
For Scroll Reverser to work you will need to have it enabled in both the Accessibility and Input Monitoring lists under System preferences → Security & Privacy → Privacy. Even then it might not work, for no apparent reason....
Scroll Reverser is a free Mac app that reverses the direction of scrolling. It is available for macOS 10.4 onwards.
It has independent settings for trackpads, mice and Wacom tablets, and for horizontal and vertical scrolling.
Scroll Reverser was made by Nick Moore and other contributors. To get in touch, contact email@example.com or tweet @pilotmoon. Please also check out my other apps.
Scroll Reverser is free of charge and is made available under the Apache Licence 2.0. The source code is available.
If you wish to make a voluntary donation you can do so below.
FAQ / Troubleshooting
It doesn't detect my trackpad. If you have an older Mac without a multi-touch trackpad (late 2007 and earlier) then Scroll Reverser will see your trackpad as a mouse. This also affects some Logitech external trackpads. I know of no fix.
Can you make it reverse 3- and 4-finger swipes too? No, this is not possible. However, swipe direction respects the "Scroll Direction: Natural" setting in System Preferences. Set that to your liking, then use Scroll Reverser to adjust scrolling with respect to that base setting.
Can you make it reverse scrolling on volume sliders? No, this is not possible.
Why is Start at Login not working? Start at Login may fail if Scroll Reverser is not in your /Applications folder.
I am controlling a machine via remote desktop, and Scroll Reverser is running on both the local and remote machine. Anything I can do to make it work nicely? Run this command at terminal on the remote machine:
defaults write com.pilotmoon.scroll-reverser ReverseOnlyRawInput -bool YES then quit and restart Scroll Reverser.
Release Notes
v1.7.6 (11 May 2017)
- Some internal changes to the way preferences are loaded. (As part of investigating Issue #38: Scroll reverser preferences randomly change.)
- Translation updates, including a new Norwegian translation (thanks, Patrick).
v1.7.5 (24 Apr 2017)
- Fixes the following problems:
- Presence of Scroll Reverser triggering additional security dialogs (for example, in Keychain permissions dialogs);
- "Shake to locate cursor" not working with Trackpad while Scroll Reverser is running;
- Notification center getting stuck half-open while Scroll Reverser is running.
- Added Simplified Chinese (zh-CN) translation. (Thanks, Ruocheng Wang.)
- Added Dutch translation. (Thanks, Erik.)
v1.7.4 (11 Nov 2016)
- The relaunch-on-wake implementation is now more robust.
- A small correction to the Polish translation.
v1.7.3 (7 Nov 2016)
- Scroll Reverser now silently relaunches itself when your Mac wakes from sleep. (This is because of the ongoing problem where macOS sometimes stops sending gesture events to Scroll Reverser after awaking from sleep, preventing it from telling the difference between trackpad and mouse. Hopefully, this will help.)
- Added Hungarian and Polish translations. (Thanks, Léki and Artur.)
- Fixed a bug where, on unchecking "Show in menu bar", the "Icon Hidden" message would appear multiple times.
v1.7.2 (26 May 2015)
- Fixes for bug where Scroll Reverser would sometimes stop working, requiring app restart. (Now it should hopefully not stop working, and if it does you can just toggle Scroll Reverser off/on to reset it.)
- You can now right-click (or control-click) the menu bar icon to toggle Scroll Reverser on/off.
- New algorithm to (hopefully) distinguish more accurately between trackpad and mouse.
- Added a debug console to help with fault-finding. To show the debug window, option-click (⌥-click) the Scroll Reverser menu bar icon.
- Added Korean, Russian, Slovak and Traditional Chinese translations. (Thanks Josef, Byungkook Jang, Dmitry, and Johnny.)
v1.7.1 (7 Jan 2015)
- Fixed bug (introduced in v1.7) where Scroll Reverser would sometimes stop working after using it for a while.
- Added Romanian translation. (Thanks, Gabriel.)
v1.7 (18 Dec 2014)
- Brand new preferences window to replace the clunky old menu.
- Important fixes for compatibility with the upcoming Yosemite update 10.10.2.
- Adds AppleScript support for turning Scroll Reverser on and off.
- Now treats a Wacom mouse's scrolling as coming from a mouse, rather than a tablet.
- Gave the app icon a freshen up.
- Localized in Brazilian Portuguese, German, Greek, Italian, and Japanese. (Thanks, Humberto, Peter, Nikos, Vincenzo and Fu-sen.)
v1.6.1 (25 Sep 2014)
- Updated for OS X Yosemite. (Specifically, the menu bar icon now supports Dark Mode.)
v1.6 (21 May 2013)
- Updated the status icon for retina displays.
- Better accuracy detecting traditional wheel mice from trackpads. (No change to Magic and Mighty mouse detection.)
- Added the option to automatically check for updates.
- Fix minor bug which casused a console warning about 'scrollPhase is deprecated...'.
- Requires OS X 10.7 Lion and above. (Version 1.5.1 still supports 10.4 and above.)
v1.5.1 (12 March 2012)
- Signed with a Developer ID for OS X 10.8 Gatekeeper.
v1.5 (23 February 2012)
- Now works with OS X 10.4 Tiger.
- More reliable detection between mouse and trackpad.
- Fixed a bug that led to high memory usage.
- Added a welcome window that appears on the first run.
- Added German localization. (Thanks, Peter.)
v1.4.4 (29 September 2011)
- Fixed a memory leak.
- Fixed a problem with the Italian localization.
- Added Romanian localization. (Thanks, Gabriel.)
v1.4.3 (9 September 2011)
- Added French localization. (Thanks, Marcel and E.)
v1.4.2 (18 August 2011)
- Changed default on Lion to not reverse horizontal scrolling.
- Added Spanish localization. (Thanks, Pedro.)
v1.4.1 (18 August 2011)
- Restored PowerPC and 32-bit Intel support.
- Better Wacom tablet detection.
v1.4 (11 August 2011)
- Added independent settings for horizontal and vertical scrolling.
- Added independent settings for scrolling with trackpad, mouse and Wacom tablet.
- Fixed a Firefox compatibility problem.
- Dropped PowerPC and Intel 32-bit support (by mistake).
- Added Italian localization. (Thanks, Vincenzo.)
v1.3 (28 June 2011)
- Added PowerPC support.
- Added Greek localization. (Thanks, ecrisis.)
v1.2 (11 April 2011)
- Added option to hide the menu bar icon.
- Added Brazilian Portuguese localization. (Thanks, Humberto.)
v1.1 (1 April 2011)
- Bugfixes.
v1.0 (8 March 2011)
- Initial release.


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'Most complete expo of Da Vinci's paintings' will be a sell-out in London
'Most complete expo of Da Vinci's paintings' will be a sell-out in London
The National Gallery's exhibition of Italian polymath Leonardo's rare surviving art begins in November
Leonardo da Vinci was a jack of all trades and master of them all. The epitome of a Renaissance Man, the inventor, scientist, musician and writer is arguably best known for his artwork.
And what an opportunity is coming to London later in the year for admirers of the man behind the Mona Lisa.
The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square is set to host what it is calling "the most complete display of Leonardo's rare surviving paintings ever held".
The exhibition will centre on the works he produced in Milan during the 1480s and 1490s while employed as the court painter to Duke Lodovico Sforza.
A full-size replica of the Last Supper will be on display
Running from November 9 to February 5, the exhibition will include pieces such as La Belle Ferronire, the Madonna Litta, and Saint Jerome, all donated from galleries throughout the world.
The climax of the exhibition will be preparatory drawings by da Vinciand a full-scale replica of the Last Supper, made by a contemporary, which will demonstrate the processes behind the mural at the Santa Maria delle Grazie monastery in Milan.
Art investors hoping to attend the exhibition are advised to act quickly, as the 25 tickets are expected to sell out fast, especially as just 180 places are available per 30 minute slot, 50 less than usual.
In 2009, a work that had recently changed hands for just 12,000 was found to contain the fingerprint of Da Vinci, suggesting it may have been a "lost" work.
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Here's why you need to pop in soon.
Ladies who lunch, gents who brunch and everyone in between, listen up—there's a fun, stylish new option for Buckhead dwellers looking for delicious food in a delectable setting. Public Kitchen & Bar is the definition of a modern gathering spot.
If you've been to Savannah lately, you've probably seen the work of the talented team at Daniel Reed Hospitality, including Managing Partner Jamie Durrence (who won the Georgia Restaurant Association's restaurateur of the year in 2017) and Creative Director Robby Perkins. They are behind hot spots such as Artillery, Soho South Cafe, Local 11ten and the original Public Kitchen & Bar. Perkins' midcentury updated-diner design for the resto was inspired by American painter Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks," and the menu closely follows Savannah's outposts' eclectic, something-for-everyone menus.
In part of the space formerly known as Twist, it's pretty much a guarantee that the location alone will make this place an Atlanta staple, but use it as your command center midday, whether taking a business coffee meeting or lunching with girlfriends between Gucci and drooling over Givenchy at Jeffrey Atlanta.
You'll want to dash to one of three places, depending on who you're with: a barstool for a tête-à-tête, tables by the fireplace for a rendezvous, or one of four semicircular banquettes in the back made for large brunch groups and girls' night out.
It's not the most ladylike of orders, but who cares? The burger is about as fresh as it gets, with beef coming directly—as in zero middle man—from Durrence's parents' farm in Glennville, Ga. A variety of nonbeef choices exist as well, from a tuna nicoise salad to a Thai coconut red curry. Specialty cocktails with cheeky names and a variety of ingredients, such as the High Fashioned (High West double rye, Plantation 5 star rum, Peychaud's bitters and black walnut bitters) satisfy.
Artwork from Jackson Fine Art dons the walls thanks to a partnership with friend Anna Walker Skillman. Fashion-friendly touches—both Durrence and Perkins attended the Savannah College of Art and Design—abound and will make Phipps Plaza-goers feel right at home.
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Do Americans Need to Work Less and Sleep More?
It is interesting to note how cultures vary in slight but fascinating ways. In some parts of the world, dogs are man's best friend, while in others they might be food; in Japan, cats are so favored they have run of an entire island; in India, it's cows that are revered and allowed to wander through the streets. The resting position of your tongue depends on your first language; native English speakers typically keep their tongues toward the top of the mouths behind the front teeth, while Russian speakers keep it on the bottom of the mouth, lying flat. Spiciness of food divides cultures, as does the inclusion of dairy products. And the list could go on.
But one of the more interesting dichotomies is between cultures that work too much and those that don't. Often, the huge variations in work and leisure around the world is the result of legal mandates, like France's 10-week annual holiday and 35-hour workweek schedule. And depending on what country you live in, working a fifty-hour week makes you either comparatively normal or a major over-achiever, according to the 2015 Better Life Index compiled by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD.
This dichotomy between work-to-live countries and live-to-work countries is an interesting one to consider for several reasons. First, it puts American work culture into perspective, and may spur debate over whether paid vacation should be a worker's right. And let's not forget the prevailing myth that many managers at American companies believe, namely, the so-called "ideal worker" exists and he or she should put work ahead of everything else in life. This myth is so widespread that employees often misrepresent how hard they work.
Second, at the more personal level, it can always be the impetus to at least travel, if not try living, on the other side of the world.
Across the OECD's 34 member-countries, ranging from Mexico to Turkey to Slovenia to New Zealand, all of which are considered developed economies, just 12.5% of the employed work more than 50 hours a week. In Turkey, close to 41% of the employed population works that much. At the other extreme, just 1% of employed Russians work such long hours. The United States actually falls below the OECD average, with 11.3% of the employed population working 50 hours a week.
Where in the world do people work more than 50 hours a week?
Such a wide variation is not as evident when examining how much time full-time employees spend on leisure and personal care. But still, there is evidence that some countries place more of a premium on relaxation time than others. The countries that make an effort to set aside leisure time — which includes napping, thinking, going out to restaurants or cafes, and spending time with friends — are concentrated in Scandinavia and Western Europe. And the average Spaniard spends one whole hour more on leisure per day than the average person in the OECD.
To use the words of the OECD report itself: "A full-time worker in the OECD devotes 62% of the day on average, or close to 15 hours, to personal care (eating, sleeping, etc.) and leisure (socialising with friends and family, hobbies, games, computer and television use, etc.)." In the United States, the average worker spends 14.27 hours on these activities.
How much time so the average worker devote to leisure?
But overall, Americans are generally satisfied with their standard of living, giving it a score of 7.2 — just above the average OECD score of 6.6.
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