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Hello and welcome to this detailed 5 day Tokyo itinerary that will take in many of Tokyo's top things to see and do, designed as a guide for first time visitors. This itinerary is tried and tested by me personally, I actually put it together for my very first trip to Japan back in 2014.
I remember spending weeks researching everything I wanted to do in order to maximize every minute that I was in Tokyo. Now that I want to share it with you too, I've gone back, checked and updated all details where relevant. I have included website links and Google maps, so anyone heading out in 2017 can also be assured of it's accuracy. If you find it useful, let me know in the comments!
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5 Day Tokyo Itinerary Overview:
Day One: Shibuya and Shinjuku
Day Two: Ghibli Museum, Asakusa and Roppongi
Day Three: Sumo practice, Harajuku, Yoyogi Park, Akihabara
Day Four: Tsukiji Fish Market and Tokyo Skytree
Day Five: Odaiba
Day One – Shibuya and Shinjuku
Arrive in Tokyo and check into hotel. If you haven't booked your accommodation yet, here's a few recommendations of places I have previously stayed at:
Nohga Hotel – Situated in the Ueno area and with direct train links to Narita Airport, the Nohga is a modern boutique property that opened up in late 2018. Understated and minimalist in design, the staff look like they just stepped out of a Uniqlo photo shoot in their khaki-coloured suits. You can read a detailed review of my stay here.
Best for: Business people and couples looking for a quiet area but still in a convenient location.
Shinjuku Granbell Hotel – Around 15 minutes' walk from Shinjuku station. Modern hotel with good rates. Downsides are that it's a tad tricky to find the first time you go there and the cheapest rooms are a little on the cosy side! On the plus side it's a great location to discover lively Shinjuku by night!
Best for: Hipsters and Couples who want to be close to all the nightlife of Shinjuku
Hotel Niwa – Situated in a quieter area than the above property but still very close to walk to the Tokyo Dome Complex which has heaps of attractions and restaurants. It's a little more expensive but the service is great and it's one of the highest rated Tokyo hotels on Tripadvisor.
Best for: Couples, Travelers who prefer quieter surroundings, but still with easy access to great restaurants
Keio Plaza Hotel – I stayed here for a 3 day conference and the location is pretty great, very close to Shinjuku station. I was in a standard room which was fairly basic but I think with this property you are paying more for the location than the room itself. The hotel is huge, they have a convenience store on site, a lovely outdoor pool area and a cool sky bar.
Best for: Families, travellers who don't want to venture too far from the station
Kimi Ryokan – A budget friendly option in traditional Japanese accommodations. If for you the hotel is just somewhere to lay your head at night, the low rates at the Kimi Ryokan may appeal. Sleeping arrangements are Japanese style, with futons on tatami flooring.
Best for: Backpackers, budget travellers
3 PM – Visit Shibuya
Begin your orientation of Tokyo by experiencing the madness of the world famous Shibuya crossing. Whilst in Shibuya be sure to take a picture of the famous Hachiko statue before doing some shopping. If you have time I recommend that you pay a visit to the giant Tower Records store for some old school CD browsing. It's not just music fans that will feel at home, there's also a great cafe and bookstore that stocks a selection of English books and magazines.
I also recommend visiting the Tokyu Hands store, where you can find almost anything! For tourists, probably the most useful items will be the kinds of things that can be purchased as souvenirs, from cute stationery to towels, beauty products and handmade gifts.
6 PM – Stop by the Park Hyatt for pre-dinner cocktails
Anyone who has seen Lost in Translation needs to visit the Park Hyatt Hotel in Shinjuku. It's one of my favourite spots in Tokyo, and the famous New York Bar is one of the best hotel bars I've visited. It's pricey, but will really kick your trip off with a wow factor. If you are on a budget, it's better to get there earlier, as a cover charge operates after 8pm when the live music begins. You can still enjoy the views and a cocktail before the bar gets really busy.
However if you do want to splurge, you could spend the whole evening here soaking up the music and views, and dining off their bar menu. I can highly recommend their Bellini cocktails, although I find they go down a little too easily!
8 PM – Dinner, drinks and karaoke in Shinjuku
Spend your first night in Tokyo in the entertainment capital that is Shinjuku. You can wander the alleys and literally find hundreds of restaurants and bars here. After dinner there's a whole heap of entertainment options to choose from to include watching movies, gaming arcades, pachinko halls, themed bars, karaoke and bowling. Time Out Tokyo has a really cool list of 101 things to do in Shinjuku which I highly recommend checking out!
Day Two – Ghibli Museum, Asakusa and Roppongi
10 AM – Visit the Studio Ghibli Museum
If you are a fan of any of the Studio Ghibli movies, you may want to visit the museum in Mitaka. The main thing that you need to be aware of is that you can't just rock up at the door, you have to pre-book tickets in advance so you will need to plan this out properly before you go. I would highly recommend booking these as soon as they go on sale three months in advance to avoid being disappointed. You can buy tickets online here.
The museum can be reached from Mitaka Station on the JR Chuo Line and takes 15 minutes from Shinjuku station. . There are shuttle buses from the station to the museum or you can walk it.
The museum gets really busy so I would recommend getting there for around 10 am when it opens, although the tickets are not restricted to a certain time, so you can visit anytime during the day you have booked for up until it closes at 6 pm.
3 PM – Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa
Senso-ji is one of Tokyo's most famous temples and the oldest. It's visited by millions of tourists each year and is always busy. Enter through the famous thunder gate and in addition to seeing the temple, there are also many souvenir and food stalls to discover. Just outside the temple, rickshaw rides are also popular. You can book a private walking tour of the area to include the temple here, or for further details check out the Go Tokyo website.
Senso-ji Temple is five minutes' walk from Asakusa station.
6 pm – Explore Roppongi Hills
I really love the panoramic views from the observation gallery at Roppongi Hills. The whole area feels so elegant and cosmopolitan. There are often interesting art exhibitions taking place here, for example last summer there was a huge Studio Ghibli exhibition that featured a giant replica airship from Castle in the Sky. If you have some time there's a cinema, shops, bars and restaurants in the complex too.
8 PM – Dinner in Roppongi at Gonpachi
If this restaurant looks familiar then allow me to explain why. It is said to be Quentin Tarantino's inspiration for the scene in the movie Kill Bill, where Uma Thurman takes on the entire yakuza Crazy 88 gang. Luckily, it's not just worth going to for the unique decor, because the food is also delicious and affordable. In fact the former Prime Minister of Japan took former US President George W Bush here for dinner once. In terms of cuisine, think upmarket Izakaya fare with a combination of charcoal grilled skewers, noodles and tempura dishes to choose from. For further details, you can check out the menu.
Day Three – Sumo, Harajuku and Akihabara
8 AM – Watch a morning sumo practice
Tokyo holds its grand sumo tournaments in May and September of each year, so if you are visiting during this time I highly recommend going for the day to watch some live sumo! For those people travelling outside of these months another way to catch a little sumo action is by visiting one of the training stables to watch the wrestlers during their morning training session.
You can book the morning sumo practice online through Klook. After the practice has finished, there is the opportunity to have your picture taken with one of the wrestlers. The location and time depends on the schedule of the wrestlers, but will usually be between 7 and 9 am.
2 PM – Harajuku and Yoyogi Park
It's quite likely that you will recognise Harajuku as the centre of Tokyo's youth culture and emerging street fashion. I think these days it's much more commercial than it used to be. However you should definitely still pay a visit to buzzing Takeshita-dori street, lined with small boutiques, dessert and crepe shops.
After you have sampled some of the sweet treats on offer around Harajuku, take a stroll in nearby Yoyogi Park to burn off some calories. There's a lovely Meiji shrine there with peaceful gardens and ponds. Unlike the Buddhist Sensoji temple, this is a well known Shinto shrine. Shinto is Japan's ancient religion, so I think it's interesting to visit both. The Meiji Jingu website has some really useful etiquette tips for tourists in English which I would recommend reading before you go.
6 PM – Go electric in Akihabara
Tokyo's electronic district is the holy grail for fans of Japanese anime and manga and is also home to most of Tokyo's maid cafes. Visiting a maid cafe is a bit of a weird experience, but definitely one of those things that you should try once. When I visited the At Home Maid Cafe, I was relieved to find out that the customers were not just creepy men, but also popular with other tourists, groups of friends and couples too.
If you're into giant robots Akihabara is also home to the Gundam cafe. Interested in things that are fast? How about a street go karting experience. You can also visit one of the many gaming arcades. Try Super Potato for retro games, or Tokyo Leisure Land for music ones.
Day Four – Toyosu Market and Tokyo Skytree
9 AM Tour the Toyosu Fish Market
Tokyo's famous fish market moved from its former location in Tsukiji to Toyosu in 2018. If you want to see the famous tuna auction, you'll have to get up super early, so unless you're a real fish enthusiast I'd personally give it a miss. However if you are interested in going along, you can book a tour of the tuna auction here. Personally, I would prefer to go for a mooch around later on or try this tour and sushi workshop at the original Tsukiji site instead where most of the restaurants are located.
1 PM – Explore the Tokyo Skytree area
If you're looking for more great views of Tokyo, then you won't go wrong at the Tokyo Skytree. You can purchase advance tickets here if you don't want to wait in line. If you are visiting at the weekend it's probably a good idea to do this as it gets really crowded.
After you have been up to the observation deck, there's plenty of shops to visit in the Solamachi complex and you can stop in one of the many restaurants for lunch. There's often seasonal events going on around the Skytree too. For example when I visited one Christmas there were seasonal illuminations and a German style Christmas market.
Each year there are a number of spring events happening to include special cherry blossom photo spots and a kids amusement park. The tower is also lit up at night time in beautiful pink sakura colours.
Access is via Tokyo Skytree station on the Tobu Skytree line, or Oshiage station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon and Toei Asakusa lines.
Day Five – Odaiba
10 AM – Discover Odaiba
For your last day in Tokyo, I recommend spending time in the Odaiba area. It's a man made island situated in Tokyo Bay, accessed by driver-less trains (similar to London's DLR line). Odaiba is sort of out of the way, but there are a lot of things to do there which can easily fill up an entire day.
One of my favourite places in Odaiba is the Miraikan, known in English as the (much longer named) National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. They have a lot of really interesting exhibits, but for me the highlight has to be their collection of androids and robots. The star attraction is a live demonstration by Honda creation Asimo, who comes out four times a day to perform a kind of dance routine for visitors. Performance times are currently at 11:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 16:00, but be sure to check out the website in advance of your visit to avoid disappointment.
Fuji Television Building
Another interesting spot in the Odaiba area that is open to the public is the Fuji Television building. You'll be able to recognise the distinctive building from the giant sphere shaped observation room at the top. Inside you can visit television sets and the rooftop garden. Special events often take place at the weekends to include Japanese idol performances.
Tokyo Joypolis
Next, visit Tokyo Joypolis, a gaming arcade that features some of the world's most advanced virtual reality games. After terrifying yourself in their Room of Living Dolls, there's a live stage with performances by digital artists, and 3D movies to enjoy. Entry costs 800 yen per person, but you will need to pay separate admission fees for each attraction on top. It might be easier to pick up a Joypolis passport.
Ooedo Onsen
Finish off your long day and stay in Tokyo with a visit to one of the largest onsen theme parks in Japan. At the Ooedo Onsen, as well as the baths, they have a foot spa, massage treatments, a rock salt sauna, shops and eateries. The theme is old Tokyo so you can also enjoy Edo era style fortune tellers and carnival games.
Entry costs 2,612 yen per adult, and the park is open from 11:00 am until 9:00 am the next day. Alternatively you can book a ticket here Please be aware that they do not allow entry to visitors with tattoos.
As the world's biggest city, obviously the above only covers a fraction of what there is to do in Tokyo. However as most visitors will only have a limited amount of time there, this itinerary will cover many of the city's most popular tourist sites. If you have been to Tokyo and think there is something not on the list that everyone must do their first time in the city, do let me know in the comments.
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Described by his co-stars as a 'loveable Irish rogue', Colin Farrell has been linked with Britney Spears and Demi Moore, drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney and his vocabulary is more than a tad colourful, but the young star of Daredevil and the delayed Phone Booth is still an Irish lad at heart and remains happily unspoiled by Hollywood. Paul Fischer reports.
Colin Farrell has no qualms about ignoring the hotel's no smoking policy where we meet. Cheerfully lighting up a cigarette and clearly wishing the bottle of water he has been handed was laced with something a little stronger, one has the distinct impression that he's having a ball. Nothing phases this 26-year old Dubliner who is always in a perpetually good mood, calls everyone he meets 'lad' and doesn't give a 'shite' about playing the game, Hollywood-style. Yet in the last week, despite his growing success, the whole world has gotten to know Farrell more not because he is starring as the cheeky bad guy in Daredevil, but because of his much publicised relationship with Britney Spears, and the actor is only too aware of that, but Colin looks at the whole Spears thing with a certain downplaying philosophy. "She was one guest out of 25 that was there that night", Farrell explains denying that there's little more than that. "We're just mates and that's about it."
The actor says that "it's not surprising" that despite a successful career and stable professional life, the whole world now knows Colin Farrell, not because of the work, but some seemingly trivial story revolving around Britney Spears. "It's not that shocking, really, because it's a crazy fuckin' world, what are ya gonna do?" Yet before he walked down that infamous red carpet with the singer, at the LA premiere of one of his latest films, The Recruit, Farrell admits that he had no idea what the end result would be. "I'm such a fuckin' idiot when I don't think and sometimes I just don't. So I'm sitting in a hotel with 25 of my family and friends who had come over from Dublin, and she was there talking to someone in the corner with HER friends. And I'm going: Isn't this fuckin' dandy, we're all together having drinks before the premiere. Then we all get out and as I do that I go: Oh, of course, of course, then it was a feeding frenzy. But until then I had no idea despite friends going: You manipulated little bastard of course you did, but I didn't. It's not that I'm dumb I just don't think sometimes," he adds laughingly.
Whether there's anything in the relationship or not, that hasn't stopped the British and Irish press having a field day, with reporters in Dublin camping outside his mother and brother's house just to get the real low-down. But since this kind of personal publicity is new, Farrell the reaction of Farrell's Dublin-based family is currently muted. "Like me, there's not enough there to react TO, really because it's all just new for them as it is for me. I've never been one for preparing to deal with things; all I can do is deal with what's an inch from my face, so we'll see what happens."
While Farrell's private life is on display, the actor's professional career and profile continue to grow, and he admits to being continuously surprised that he has achieved so much in so short a period of time. "You know, I got the shock of my life when I was told I was getting the chance to do Tigerland, and then when I got the next job I couldn't believe it and when I got offered Minority Report I thought: Are they on fuckin' drugs? Each step along the way has surprised me and I'm still not used to the fact that I get to sometimes choose bits and pieces and that I'm in a position of privilege as an actor that I'm in. It's shocking and surprising and I don't know why I was given this opportunity." The modest actor says that he owes his new found success "to a few thousand air miles and a lot of good luck."
That profile looms even larger as the comic book film Daredevil begins to explode in theatres. Based on the popular Marvel Comics character, the film revolves around Ben Affleck's Matt Murdock, blind lawyer for the underdog by day, masked vigilante by night. Farrell is Bulldog, one of the film's two bad guys. He says that doing a film like Daredevil brings out the kid in him. "It was a lot of fun, man, it was really was", he says with a genuine child-like enthusiasm. "It was a case of check your subtlety in at the door and just have a good time, "he adds, lighting up another cigarette. "I'd never done a job like this before because most of the characters I've played have been rooted in some kind of reality and had some struggle within themselves as they try to find out who they are and what their place is in the world. But THIS guy was just so black and white and such a fuckin' lunatic that I had a field day doing it."
Unlike many of his Daredevil co-stars, Farrell was completely unfamiliar with the 1960s comic book, or most comics for that matter. "There wasn't much of a comic book culture where I come from, no baseball cards, nothing like that." That is until he met the film's writer/director Mark Steven Johnson, "whose blatant passion for the project, the comic book and characters was contagious and that was a huge reason why I wanted to do this piece because of him." Farrell's clear enthusiasm for Daredevil has to do, he says, "with the power of escapism and we all like to have heroes in our lives, whether it's a singer or a baseball player. These kinds of mythological heroes of folklore that are modern-day comic book heroes are an amazing outlet for escapism." The Daredevil character, however, is unique, says Farrell. "He's one of us, a man of the people, who is more human, pops painkillers and has scars all over his body. Sure, he's a vigilante searching for justice, but he also gets a fuckin' beating from time to time which is why a lot of people are such die-hard fans of this."
Farrell's over-the-top, snarling assassin in Daredevil is in contrast to the superficial publicist in the thriller Phone Booth, which was to be released following last September's premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Garnering strong reviews, Farrell has no problem with that movie's delayed opening. "You just want to get over it. More than anything you're going: You did that two years ago, let it fuckin' go out, see if anybody sees it and then put it to bed. But I had no problem when it was held over because there were people dying on the East Coast and it's only a fuckin' movie you know?" In the Joel Schumacher-directed thriller, Farrell stars as a slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth and is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed… by a menacing sniper, played by Kiefer Sutherland. Asked if he researched the world of publicists for the role, Farrell laughs. "I know enough of them, but his particular danger of the direction in which he was heading as a human being meant that in a few years he could have ended up as a pretty nasty fellow. That's not necessarily a publicist's disease. Anyone in this industry could be suffering from the problems he's suffering from. Besides, there are assholes everywhere in the world, some of whom I've met to draw from."
When Farrell isn't travelling the world making movies, publicising them or getting into hot water with the tabloids, he finds respite back in Dublin where he tries to visit at every given opportunity. Far from the frenetic world of Hollywood, Dublin "is my favourite city in the world, it's where I'm from, it's the only place that I truly consider home, otherwise I'm like a vagrant. The only fixed address I have is Dublin city." And Colin makes sure that he has his family around him when he's working, despite the tabloid reports and his legendary drinking habits, Farrell says that his folks "know that I'm an alright person and not a bad man. My mother would worry about me, of course, but she's a mother so what's she going to do? But she knows I'm just finding my way in the world, though she'd prefer it if I didn't say 'fuck' as often as I do, she'd like me to smoke and drink a little less than I do." Colin says he looks forward to returning home immediately after wrapping on S.W.A.T. Then it is back to work, from The Trojan Wars to Alexander the Great, Colin Farrell is well and truly on the way.


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I've got three books going at the moment:
1. 'What Just Happened; A Chronicle from the Information Frontier'
2. 'Paul Allen: Idea Man'
3. 'The Proverbs' – the 21st book of the Bible.
The first and third books are my morning books while Paul Allen's memoirs is my afternoon book.
This is mostly about convenience and not necessarily about preference. Paul Allen's book is in epub format which I read on my 7" Nexus and the other two books are in mobi format which I read on an ancient Kindle.
Would I recommend Paul Allen's memoirs? Probably not. I found some of his early history interesting but as a memoir it read more like a publicity statement coming from someone who is dying and wants to be well remembered.
I did enjoy reading about the early days of Microsoft and being reminded of so many things that I had forgotten from the earliest days of personal computing. I worked in the office on an IBM mini-computer as early as 1979 but we as a family didn't get our first home computer I think until 1982. And I believe it was a 286.
Anyway, one thing I learned from reading Allen's memoirs was that Microsoft's first real product was a BASIC compiler for an early personal computer startup company in Albuquerque called Altair that introduced a kit based on the Intel 8008 8-bit CPU.
A fun fact is that Paul and Bill actually started Microsoft in Albuquerque and not in Seattle simply because that was where their first real customer was located. And I never really thought so much about the earliest days of personal computing but in the beginning – that is 1975 – Altair really had no competition.
And unsurprisingly, their early computer called the Altair 8800 didn't do much. The machine booted from a short bootstrap that Paul Allen had developed and the machine loaded the BASIC compiler. That was it.
In 1979 Microsoft's BASIC interpreter became the first microprocessor software product to surpass a million dollars in sales. Intel around that same time introduced the first 16-bit CPU, the 8086 (preceded by the 4004 – 8008 – 8080, then the 8086 – 8088).
Microsoft at that time hadn't yet written their soon to be ubiquitous MS-DOS. In fact they bought their first OS realizing that with all of the then different emerging microprocessor architectures that they'd be spending too many man-hours porting their high level language compilers (FORTRAN. COBOL, Pascal, and all the rest) to each and every one of them.
In the early days of the micro-computer there were no real applications. Hence the high level language compilers. In those early days companies wrote their own application specific programs.
VisiCalc was one of the first actual standalone mass-produced programs and it ran on an Apple II. There were also a few apps like WordMaster (later evolved into WordStar) about that time and Microsoft's excuse for not going into the applications market then was that it was too fragmented.
So in 1980, shortly after Microsoft got approached by IBM for their secret PC business Paul Allen and Bill Gates realized that they needed an OS solution that Microsoft would own outright and in the doing sidestepped Digital Research's CP/M. But that was DR's fault.
Anyway, Microsoft came to IBM's attention because of how their BASIC, at half-million copies sold, was dominating the 8-bit computing world. And with the new 16-bit 8086 just hitting the market, IBM asked Microsoft if they could provide a 16-bit OS.
The only reason Big Blue did this was because they had a 4 year development cycle for mainframes so for them it only made sense to outsource their nascent PC software development in order to bring their new PC quicker to market. IBM, if you remember at that time was all about mainframes and thought that personal computers would only have a limited appeal but they still were wise enough to play.
It is ironic that Microsoft first tried to pass IBM onto Digital Research for the OS but DR in one of the most famous tech fumbles in history, dropped the proverbial ball. IBM ended up saying they couldn't work with DR so Microsoft ended up approaching the owner of DR, Gary Kildell because he had earlier promised a CP/M-86 which was to have been delivered earlier that year. But DR lacked the typical start-up's urgency so Microsoft had to scramble and look elsewhere.
It is also ironic that the solution that Microsoft ultimately went with was a company called Seattle Computer Products which had been shipping their version of the PC built on the Intel 8086 with an OS that they wrote in-house that they called QDOS for Quick and Dirty Operating System.
And it is further ironic that SCP perceived themselves as hardware makers and so their development of QDOS was just their way of moving iron out the door. And it is interesting to note that if DR had delivered a 16 bit version of CP/M in December '79/January '80 then there would have been a good chance that the present PC world would still be CP/M and Microsoft wouldn't have grown into the $90B/year company they are today.
And to add even more irony into the mix, IBM – usually a very IP savvy company – dropped the ball by agreeing to Microsoft's non-exclusive use of their software products so Microsoft was able to adapt their recently purchased QDOS into MS-DOS and sell it in turn to every PC manufacturing company in the world.
And while DR did eventually produce a 16-bit version of CR/M which ran such early programs as WordStar and dBase, the company couldn't overcome the momentum achieved by Microsoft and eventually became just a footnote in the early annuals of computing history. Bill Gates and Paul Allen had learned early on with the sales of their BASIC compiler that in order to survive one had to completely dominate the respective market.
'What Just Happened; A Chronicle from the Information Frontier' is just that, a chronicle. A tale that attempts to piece together not just the history of computing machines but also attempts to address the breadth of information. And how information at its very root is physical and deeply embedded in systems and entities that most of us never stop to think about.
Personally, the book really began to get interesting for me when I got to the chapter on entropy. Entropy has been one of those elusive concepts that I've always managed to never fully understand, although I have tried. I think my first introduction to entropy was in taking Thermodynamics my sophomore year.
To the physicist, entropy is about measuring the uncertainty in a physical system. But what does that really mean? And loosely speaking, to an information theorist it is about measuring the uncertainty in a message. And again, what does that really mean?
To speak about entropy – substituting the less precise symbols of words for mathematical symbols – involves talking about systems with respect to their order (or disorder). But order is subjective. Initially order was idealized by the pioneers of thermodynamics as they considered the case of a closed system (a box) of gas. The highly agitated particles of gas moved, some faster than others, heat was created (or lost) as these particles collided. As individual atoms couldn't be parsed out of their collective cloud for study, probability entered the picture and statistical mechanics, a new science was born.
Entropy was also initially bandied about by these same pioneers as the unavailability of energy. Hmm.
The First law of Thermodynamics: The energy of the universe is constant.
The Second law of Thermodynamics: The entropy of the universe always increases.
James Clerk Maxwell, one the greatest scientists of all time, got into the fray and postulated by using a thought experiment where a tiny being standing over a hole watching the movement of molecules with the gas box could tell whether they were fast or slow and could then likewise separate them using a dividing membrane within the box hence reducing entropy.
The idea of reducing entropy isn't so much impossible (like the though experiment) but more improbable; likened by Maxwell as dumping a tumblerful of water into the ocean and then expecting to retrieve the same tumblerful back again. So for a box of gas to become unmixed (fast vs. slow) isn't physically impossible, it is just improbable to the extreme. Are you confused now?
So this tiny creature in the thought experiment – later dubbed Maxwell's demon – replaces, as the book says, 'chance with reason'. And 'it uses information to reduce entropy'.
Okay, now we are getting closer to one of the main points that the author is trying to make and that is how information is intrinsically tied to well, everything. And Maxwell's demon serves to make the link that information is physical. 'That the demon performs a conversion between information and energy one particle at a time.'
Claude Shannon, quite possibly the greatest scientist that most people have never heard of, wrote the definitive book on information theory. He was born (1916) in my little old hometown in Northern Michigan and I never heard of the guy until I started studying electrical engineering in Texas. And even there and even then he wasn't taught per se, although he should have been. I find that unbelievable as he has pretty much been credited with inventing information theory.
Everyone since his seminal publication, 'A Mathematical Theory of Communication' builds from his ideas. Everything from how many bits will fit in a pipe to quantifying noise as a probability in a communication channel to the introduction of sampling theory all started with Shannon.
After the rather lengthy and historical prologue leading up to and including how Shannon fit entropy into his communication theory the author makes a rather clear summation statement, "We all behave like Maxwell's demon. Organisms organize. In everyday experience lies the reason sober physicists across two centuries kept this cartoon fantasy alive. We sort the mail, build sandcastles, solve jigsaw puzzles, rearrange chess pieces, collect stamps, alphabetize books, create symmetry, separate wheat from chaff, compose sonnets and sonatas, and put our rooms in order, and to all this requires no great energy as long as we apply intelligence. We propagate structure (not just we humans but we who are alive). We disturb the tendency towards equilibrium."
So in conclusion, what really is entropy and why does the understanding of it matter so much to me?
First, I was always troubled by the seemingly discordant semantics: order/disorder, equilibrium, high/low entropy. And I remembered from something I read years ago in another book on information theory that in the case of a system that reached the state of equilibrium that it was in a state of low information, which was bad. If every particle has the same temperature value and all the velocities were constant then there was nothing from an informational standpoint to learn.
Okay. But the universe is trending – according to the second law of thermodynamics – towards a state of maximum entropy, which is also bad. So I could never reconcile these two entropic states of bad. I mean the state of equilibrium always seemed systemically to be a good thing to me. The system was quiescent. That must be orderly, right? Wrong.
A system in equilibrium is actually highly entropic. Meaning (and this is the part that confused me) that it is highly disordered.
How can a closed system containing equally spaced particles, all at the same temperature be considered highly disordered? Comparing that to the universe that is trending from order to disorder. I always perceived that as chaos. That really screwed with my head until I thought about Maxwell's demon.
We humans, like Maxwell's demon, lessen entropy by adding order. And the universe, trending towards disorder would be better said that it was trending towards equilibrium. So to put all of this to rest: high entropy = equilibrium = death.
And a last comment. The universe – while it might be spreading out from the center – is also slowly cooling, losing energy, and hence, approaching a state of equilibrium. Hence, dying.
Okay. Okay. Okay. Entropy. Got it? Pssst – The dead don't speak…
So finally getting to a synopsis of book #3 – I found something rather interesting the other day that I thought might be fitting to capture in a post before I totally forget about it. These posts of mine are mostly a 'Dear Diary' kind of thing where I write only about the stuff on a day to day basis that I am interested in.
And I've been rereading The Proverbs. And a few pages in I began to see a trend. Over and over there appeared these admonishments for man to seek knowledge and wisdom. I found it interesting how God places such a high value on those commodities where wisdom was constantly being extolled as more precious than gold or jewels.
And knowledge. To seek after learning. Interesting. Is it possible that those attributes are responsible to why the adherents to the Christian faith haven't been stuck in the 14th century all these years arguing over the minutiae of dietary laws and worship practices?
I for one am still actively involved in learning. My short temper has always conspired to keep wisdom at an impossible distance but knowledge and the act of learning have always been blessedly within my grasp.


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Salons are beginning to employ in-house makeup artists more and more as the bridal and special event makeup industry grows. Salons and spas are able to bring in wedding parties and handle all of their needs, including esthetics, nails, and massage. Offering makeup as well makes sense! To work as an artist in a salon, you will need to have a cosmetology or esthetics license as all salons and spas in Texas are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Each state is different however so make sure to research your area.
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Typically, per-service rates can range in a salon from $50-$100 and hourly pay can range from $15-$30.
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- Although you are freelance, the salon or spa will be booking your clients and therefore you will be making a portion of what the salon or spa is charging.
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Top Schools in Chennai
Top Day Schools
- Padma Seshadri Bala Bhawan Senior Secondary School, Nungambakkam, Chennai
- DAV Boys Senior Secondary School, Chennai
- SBOA School and Junior College, Annanagar, Chennai
- Sishya School, Adyar, Chennai
- The School KFI, Adyar, Chennai
- P S Senior Secondary School, Chennai
- Kendriya Vidyalaya – IIT Madras, Chennai
- Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai
- The Ashram, Chennai
- Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Chennai
- Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai
- PSBB Millennium School, Chennai
- Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai
- Sacred Heart Marticulation High School, Churchpark, Chennai
- Holy Angels Matriculation Higher Sec. School, Mogappari, Chennai
- Good Shepherd High School, Nungambakkam, Chennai
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why is kv clri not there:-(ganapathy on 02 May 2012
where is the santhome school in the list. It is amazing to have the list without the santhome school. it is only school in the limit of chennai which provides the better facility for sports.jerome on 01 Oct 2012
ThanksP.Brindha on 29 Dec 2012
Interesting list. I am trying to get my sons admission for Delhi Public School Chennai. I hope that makes it to this list eventually as it is newly opened.priyankka on 31 Jan 2013
On what basis have you created this list of schools ??Jeremiah on 05 Mar 2013
I am dealing in Quality Writing and Display Boards for Schools. Would like to have details of schools in TN. Kerala is already covered by me. I am dealing in SCHOLAR Boards.C.Raghunath on 20 Apr 2013
I need to know which school os bestFeroz on 03 Jun 2013
We are in USA at present and will be moving back to India next year, my kid wud b 5 yrs old by then . Does any1 know the admission procedure in the schools today..
I have 0 knowledge in it .Reshma Girinivas on 02 Aug 2013
PSBBM cannot be at 12 th place. it shouldn't be included for ranking . It cannot be even compared with municipality school. Very very poor and below standardssudharshan on 14 Sep 2013
wrong bhavans is the bestAjeet on 03 Oct 2013
bhavans is the bestAjeet on 03 Oct 2013
On what basis this list was prepared? To the best school, it should be a all round development of the student. I didn't find any such criteria for selecting this list of schoolskalpana on 20 Nov 2013
AWESOME SCHOOL AS I STUDY THEREPSBB on 27 Nov 2013
HelpFul! My DrM SchOOl SbOA !!:)))Mehr on 15 Dec 2013
are schools rated based on holistic development or on academic standards or on on the type of students who attend the school . as most of the school only represent affluent schools but not not the school which develop the underprivileged and schools who provide education at normal costravi on 06 Feb 2014
pls advise me feedbackkirti dua on 26 May 2014
don bosco egmore chennai it is vrery good school now is new coming to don bosco science center .i am in 6 std boyssundar on 23 Jun 2014
6 std boye my name is sundar for donbosco egmoresundar on 23 Jun 2014


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Do you have anything or any person that you think about every single day? Something/one that you miss so much that your heart aches and you wonder how in the world you will get through that day... That week... That month... That year... Those many years till you have that person back in your arms?
I do.
I think about "my" kids in Uganda every single day. I ACHE to hold them again. I ACHE to hear their little voices call me "Auntie Ammmy" again. I ACHE to have susu (pee) all over my clothes again. I ACHE to change a billion and one diapers again. I ACHE to hear "my" Mama's call me "Daughter" again. I ACHE to have sweet baby kisses planted on my cheek. I ACHE to spoil them with chocolate cake and soda. I ACHE know "my" kids are safe because I can see them - I ACHE to be able to see them every single day, and boast about how proud I am of them
Are they my kids? Not really - they are God's kids. They will always have a HUGE special spot in my heart. Even if I never get to see them again in this life, every time I see their pictures or think of their names I will miss them, and love them.
Even so I ache. Each time a little kid pushes me away because they have a loving family (which makes me so happy for that child) it makes me long to hold those kids who don't have a family, because they need the love and the touch and they need to know that I love them - oh so very much. Each hurting child, each lonely child, each child without a family, each neglected child, each starving child, each of them get a special place in my heart, and no matter how many I meet in my life, I know there will always be enough room for each of them to have a special place in my heart - because God made it big on purpose.
Some kids I miss especially - My girl Jemima - how she made me earn her trust - I had to work hard for it, but it was so rewarding in the end. Her parting words to me. Her sassy times, and the times she needed someone to stick by her when she was in a bad mood. The pain that I had to leave her, when she told me to stay. Knowing that I may never see her again in this life.
My boy Ashraf - his silly faces, him trying to talk to me in his language, his craziness.
Simon - His chubby cheeks and fat legs. His amazing smile, and huggableness.
Jacob - How I love that kid!
My list could keep going... And going... And going...
Appreciate every moment you have with your kids, or other little ones God has put in your life. Let the little things slide - in the end what matters?
Oh God, take care of each of the kids - and give them people to love them - even if I desperately want it to be me.
Monday, April 23, 2012
The Ache Will Last Forever...
Do you have anything or any person that you think about every single day? Something/one that you miss so much that your heart aches and you wonder how in the world you will get through that day... That week... That month... That year... Those many years till you have that person back in your arms?
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Jane By Design
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I don't even think this post makes sense... Yay bad grammar!
Too many thoughts, too little words.
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Bombshell: Clinton Campaign Was Heavily Funded by Monsanto
Julian Assange's sacrificial effort to expose the vast corruption behind the Clinton Machine through his "WikiLeaks" releases,...
But what else do these WikiLeaks releases reveal that hasn't been covered by the media, particularly with regards to food policy?
A simple search for the word "Monsanto" in The Podesta Emails batch of leaked email documents shows that the biotechnology giant is a close friend of Hillary Clinton and her family's Clinton Foundation – big surprise, right?
Dozens of emails and email chains speak about the world's most evil corporation, several discussing its many contributions to what has now been exposed as a massive money-laundering "charity" scam that the Clintons used to line their own pockets.
Along with Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble and a multitude of other ill-regarded multinationals, Monsanto is exposed as being a longtime contributor to the Clinton Foundation, likely "scratching the back" of the organization with pay-to-play "donations" in exchange for political favors.
This is, of course, what the Clinton Foundation is all about, we now know, which is why the Clinton campaign worked so hard during the final days of the election to keep all eyes distracted from WikiLeaks.
But these tactics ultimately failed, and what the public now has access to via WikiLeaks is incredibly telling as to the nature of Clinton's relationship with Monsanto.
While secretary of state, for instance, Hillary Clinton used her position to "target" nation states that hadn't yet accepted Monsanto's agenda.
Countries that didn't cooperate with the plan to adopt transgenic crop technology, it was revealed, were punished with economic and other forms of "retaliation."
After word of all this broke headlines, Hillary Clinton earned herself the name "Bride of Frankenfood" for her now-exposed ties to the biotechnology industry, a position that way-back-when cost her in terms of public support.
But what we now know from WikiLeaks is that Clinton's handlers worked overtime to rebrand her as an opponent of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), a position that her primary opponent Bernie Sanders genuinely held, and that helped him tremendously in gaining grassroots support.
Hillary campaign tried to steal Bernie Sanders' platform, emails reveal
Back in March, a peculiar email sent from Gary Hirschberg, chairman of the "Just Label It" GMO labeling campaign to John Podesta, campaign chairman of the Clinton campaign, exposes plans by insiders to rebrand Hillary as some type of hero for food freedom.
Dated March 16, 2016, the email sent by Hirschberg, who also serves as chairman of the organic brand Stonyfield Farm, urges Podesta to have Hillary "weigh in" on the GMO issue "if we hope to tap the Bernie progressives' enthusiasm after he concedes."
Clinton's attempt to ride on the coattails of Bernie's legacy ultimately failed, but it wasn't the only time that such a strategy was attempted.
According to another email, the campaign also tried to brainstorm ways to rebrand Clinton as a dynamic candidate who demonstrated genuine human emotions, as opposed to the "overly programmed" liberal demagogue perception that dominated her previous run for the presidency.
All in all, 46 emails in The Podesta Emails archive make mention of Monsanto, and many others discuss biotechnology and other elements of the industrial agriculture system to which Hillary Clinton is bound in allegiance due to her strong financial connections with this industry.
Now that she's out of the running for president, though, the American people will hopefully no longer have to endure anymore of her lies.
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Jeff Bridges Officially Cast in R.I.P.D.
Last month it was reported that Jeff Bridges was in talks to join Ryan Reynolds in the Robert Schwentke-directed supernatural comedy R.I.P.D. Today it's being reported that the deal has been sealed, and he will be play a police officer in the Rest In Peace Department. This is the same character that Zach Galifianakis was attached to play before he dropped out.
The film is based on the Peter Lenkov comic that centers on a police force comprised of undead officers. Reynolds will play Nick Cruz, a recently slain police officer who joins the force and tries to find his own murderer. Bridges will play Roy, a veteran member of the force.
Bridges is a great and fun actor to watch up on the big screen, and watching him and Reynolds co-star together in a film like this will be awesome to see. I would much rather see this team-up than the previous one Reynolds and Galifianakis. What do you all think?


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In the Parkland, Florida, school shooting aftermath, new anti-gun voices are heard. Among them is that of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
His New York Times op-ed suggests activists demand the Second Amendment be repealed as "a relic of the 18th century." Stevens contends when first ratified in 1791, it was not intended to protect individual gun ownership but contribute to arming a "well-regulated militia." Militias lacked adequate funding to buy guns, so citizen members owning guns were required to bring their own. Since individual gun ownership was commonplace, citizens bearing their own arms was critical to preserving liberty.
Anti-gun activists undoubtedly see merit in Justice Stevens' argument. However, two incidents during his lifetime lend support to a contrary intent by our Founding Fathers who had the foresight to envision such incidents occurring centuries later.
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The two incidents involve men in power, undertaking coups. While the first involved only a perception, never evolving further, the second was an actual failed coup attempt.
The first occurred in 1974. Watergate pressures were mounting, taking their toll on President Richard Nixon to resign. His enemies list was growing, and he appeared to be losing his grip on reality. Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger feared what Nixon might do to retain his power.
A Washington bureaucrat, Joseph Laitin, harbored similar concerns about the president's state of mind. He reportedly called Schlesinger, speculating Nixon might go so far as to launch nuclear weapons or mobilize the Marines to save his presidency. Laitin told Schlesinger, "If I were in your job, I would want to know the location of the combat troops nearest to downtown Washington and the chain of command." Not wishing to convey his own concerns, Schlesinger responded, "Nice talking to you," and quickly hung up.
Schlesinger knew Nixon had subverted the chain of command fighting the Vietnam War, centralizing power within the White House. Thus, in the summer of 1974, he planted the seed of his concerns with the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. George Brown. Brown knew what he was being asked to do – not to obey a Nixon order lacking Schlesinger's signature on it. Brown effectively was being told to commit treason – albeit as a patriotic act preventing an unhinged president from acting militarily to subvert the Constitution he swore to "preserve, protect and defend."
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While difficult to fathom now, the abuse of power during Watergate could well have led to a coup – one in which an armed citizenry might well have found itself having to fight to preserve liberty. Only a handful of people in authority at the time sensed how real the threat was.
The second incident during Stevens' lifetime involves an actual attempted coup, evidence of which we see unfolding today. It is clear, 19 months after the 2016 presidential election, that high-level U.S. government players worked to manipulate events to secure the election of Hillary Clinton and, failing to do so, manipulate the ouster of President Donald Trump. The dust has yet to settle from all the activity involved, but when it does the American public will be shocked to learn how a coup attempt may well have been imposed upon it by the Deep State. Had it succeeded, it may have been an armed citizenry left to restore liberty.
The bottom line on these two incidents, both occurring at a time we would have believed coups were only a thing of the past, is that "power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely." The last defense against the tyranny's imposition by coup is an armed citizenry – just like the last defense for students against a would-be killer is armed teachers or school guards.
An additional weakness in Stevens' Second Amendment "relic" argument ignores Samuel Adams' words at the 1788 Massachusetts Ratifying Convention. Adams stated, "The Constitution shall never be construed … to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
Yet another anti-gun activist argument heard is that bearing arms is racist — a right only given whites to keep blacks enslaved. But, this too lacks merit. Some states, like Vermont, upon joining the Union clearly recognized all men were born free and equal, including blacks, and, as such, were also entitled to bear arms.
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While both the NRA and Second Amendment are targeted by anti-gun activists, Dr. William J. Walsh of the Walsh Research Institute, suggests responsibility for school shootings may lie elsewhere. Having been involved in over 10,000 behavior disorder cases, Walsh blames psychiatrists prescribing medication for depression that, in some young people, triggers violence. He believes blood tests need be performed to determine which students are at risk.
The extreme to which anti-gun activists may eventually take their argument is recently reflected by an anti-gun judge in the U.K. He now seeks to ban kitchen knives with sharp points to decrease knife violence. This is outrageous as, theoretically, any object capable of penetrating human flesh by applying force can be used as a weapon. We can only imagine what items could be added in the future to such a list. Adding enough items, judges could effectively regress civilization back to the days of the caveman by ensuring all potentially dangerous items are removed from society's reach. Perhaps only at that point will it be obvious even the caveman used whatever was available, be it a stone or a club, as a weapon.
As Parkland students announce they will participate in a national effort to stand up to the gun lobby and the targeting of NRA and the Second Amendment continues, such efforts have the same utility of the medical practice of bloodletting – doing nothing to cure a disease.
It is absurd to think banning a list of items, whether guns, sharp knives, etc., will prevent one committed to doing violence from so doing. When the caveman sought to do violence, he simply reached for the closest thing within reach. So too will the caveman's 21st century descendants.
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Forrest Gump could not state it clearer: "It's not the gun, Stupid!"


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- Earn A Wild Card Invite at an out of province IEP Partner Event.
- East Coast/Maritime teams and B.C. teams may qualify by video selection.
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– Up to 5 additional invites to the top placing teams by level, invites will be announced at the event
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- Seven nights in a 680 square metre Palace Suite at Emirates Palace on an all-inclusive basis.
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Product Description
Vocational training market in India was valued at INR 90 bn in 2011 and is slated to grow at a CAGR of 23%. Government has set a target of preparing 500 mn skilled workers by 2022, as around 75-80 mn jobs will be created over the next 5 years and 75% of them will require vocational training. The market is poised for strong growth over the next few years owing to favourable government support.
The report begins with an introduction to the education market in India and its various sub-segments. Indian education system largely consists of formal and informal sectors, with the formal sector accounting for the major share. A macro overview of the Indian education system is also included, which throws light on some of the key indicators such as literacy rate in India, demographic split in education, budget allocation for education and five year plan outlay for education. This section also includes the vocational training policy framework present in India.
The market overview section gives an insight into the overall education market in India along with the vocational training market, their market size and growth. This is followed by the key segments and applications of vocational training. In India, it is present in both formal and informal sectors and has wide applications in areas such as IT, BFSI, retail, aviation and others. The education and vocational training structure in India is also provided. Additionally, an analysis of Porter's Five Forces provides an insight into the competitive intensity and attractiveness of the market.
An analysis of the drivers and challenges explains the factors leading to the growth of the market including huge demand for skilled workers, low vocational training penetration, increasing government expenditure, growth in service sector and inefficiency in formal education system. The key challenges identified are low quality of inputs and lack of finance.
The government participation in this sector has also been highlighted in the report, and includes government bodies, government initiatives and associated bodies. Ministry of Human Resource Development and Directorate General of Employment & Training are the two key government bodies in this sector. Government initiatives largely comprise of National Policy on Skill Development, Skill Development Initiative Scheme, Craftsmen Training Scheme, National Vocational Qualification Framework and National Vocational Educational Qualification Framework. Industry associations impacting vocational training segment constitutes of FICCI, CII and ASSOCHAM. Foreign collaborations in this sector include countries like UK, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. International bodies like International Labour Organization, World Bank and European Union, also contribute to the vocational education and training segment in India.
Key trends in the market have also been analysed which includes investments and M&A activity in vocational training, corporates imparting vocational training, government encouraging public private partnerships and, online and distance vocational courses.
The competition section provides an overview of the competitive landscape in the market and includes a detailed profile of the major players. A bubble chart for the public companies, depicting their relative positions in the market with respect to total income, net profit/loss and market capitalization is included. Similarly, a bubble chart for the private players is also included with respect to their total income, net profit/loss and total assets. This section also includes list of products and services, key people, financial snapshot, key ratios and key recent developments for all companies, along with key business segments and key geographic segments for public companies. The report concludes with a section on strategic recommendations which comprises of an analysis of the growth strategies of the vocational training market in India. Companies Mentioned 1. Aptech Ltd.
2. Edserv Softsystems Ltd.
3. Everonn Education Ltd.
4. Jetking Infotrain Ltd.
5. NIIT Ltd.
6. Amoha Education Pvt. Ltd.
7. CL Educate Ltd.
8. Frankfinn Aviation Services Pvt. Ltd.
9. ICA Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
10. IndiaCan Education Pvt. Ltd.
11. Laurus Edutech Pvt. Ltd.
12. Manipal City Guilds Skills Training Pvt. Ltd.
13. Orion Edutech Pvt. Ltd.
14. Shree Eduserve Pvt. Ltd.


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Avoiding Hypothermia And Frostbites With Winter Wear
I don't want to scare you from going outdoors or from letting your children play outdoors this coming winter. The winter season has to be enjoyed just like the other seasons. The cold winter may be harsh on your toddler but you can combat it by being prepared and making sure keep your toddler warm.
Hypothermia is a disease where your body temperature drops below the normal level which is usually at 36.5C to 37C or 98F to 100F. Some of the symptoms of hypothermia are shivering, hypertension, confusion, difficulty in speaking, and sluggish thinking. If you ever encounter these symptoms on your toddler, change him or her into clean dry warm clothes and wrap in blankets. Another way to increase your toddlers temperature is to transfer body heat. You can give your baby a hug so your baby will feel the warmth of your skin.
Appropriate winter gear especially when going outdoors will prevent hypothermia. It is advisable to wear synthetic or wool fabrics because they provide better insulation than cotton. Make sure that your toddler will have ample supply of clothes ranging from toddler snowsuits, toddler snow jackets, and toddler snow pants. Dont forget also to have the different accessories that your toddler will need such as winter hats or beanies, winter snow boots, mittens to keep them warm and dry from head to toe.
Frost Bites are skin disease come with hypothermia as this is likely happen in parts of the body which is farthest from the heart which are our extremities. When your toddler is exposed to extreme cold for long periods of time without any protective winter gear he might suffer with frostbite. Symptoms of this disease may include itching, pain, skin is frozen or hardened, blisters which maybe hardened or blackened, and also hardened muscles, tendons, or blood vessels which may even lead to temporary loss of use or for extreme cases even amputation. Some causes of frostbite are inappropriate clothing, poor circulation, and wind chill.
So we can prevent this from happening by making sure that you have appropriate winter gear for your toddler. Mittens are very important part of your toddlers winter gear. This prevents frostbite in your toddlers hands and fingers. Make sure that they have a pair or more when going out to play. Get waterproof ones so their hands wont get wet and kept dry and warm.
Toddler snow boots are also very important because aside from preventing frostbite on your toddlers feet and toes they also prevent accidents like sliding or tumbling on the snow. Make sure that you get one that is skid proof as snow can be very slippery and don't forget to make sure they are waterproof. According to research, most of the heat that comes out of our body is generated by our head. Make sure that your toddler snow hat covers the ears and also waterproof. This will also prevent frostbite on her ears.
Its going to be fun gliding and playing with your toddlers on the snow but always be cautious so diseases like hypothermia and frostbites will be prevented. Make sure to keep your toddler warm in their winter gear.
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Sekretnaya Banya
Varvara Smirnova, Zijian Xu, Duncan White, USA
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Purpose: Bathing, relaxing, social gathering
We propose that a Secret Banya be hung from the underside of the Tolbukhinskiy bridge. Hidden from view beneath the highway, the Secret Banya is announced by the appearance of a spiral staircase mid-way across the river Kotorosl.
Motorists speeding by in the morning will wonder at this improbable deep-red object, and perhaps go on to spend the rest of the day dreaming about it. Curious pedestrians who stray from the bridge and follow this staircase to the bottom will find a traditional Russian banya suspended fifteen feet from the surface of the water. A pleasantly improbable public amenity, the secret banya offers healthful relaxation and conviviality for all passersby. A diving board is provided for those who would like to cool off in the Kotorosl River.
Technical description: Traditional style log cabin is suspended from the bridge with a steel box truss and a steel spiral stair
Varvara Smirnova, Zijian Xu, Duncan White
Varvara Smirnova – Rice University graduate, currently employed at MBB Architects, NYC
Zijian Xu – Columbia University graduate, currently employed at MBB Architects, NYC
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If you come to Katowice, it's impossible not to make a detour to Nikiszowiec (commonly known as Nikisz). Originally built for workers at the mine, which is right next to it, today this picturesque village attracts many tourists.
It consists of nine blocks, built with red brick, with a network of streets between them. The blocks are connected by the characteristic gateways, which lend the whole system a sense of unity.
An ideal place for a weekend to meet friends around a craft beer.
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My husband and I headed up to the sleepy quaint wine town, Calistoga, only a day before the fires broke out. We stayed at an adorable bed and breakfast in town. As we were walking around town I was mesmerized by Romeo Cellars.
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