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About Samuel Taylor Coleridge
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE was born October 21, 1772, the son of a vicar. When Coleridge was nine, his father died, and his mother sent him away to boarding school, often not allowing him to return home for holidays and vacations. As an adult, Coleridge would idealize his father, but his relationship with his mother would always be strained.
He attended Jesus College at Cambridge University, but never completed a degree, one time leaving school to join the military to escape a woman who had rejected him. While at university, Coleridge became friends with Robert Southey, and the two developed plans to establish a utopian commune in Pennsylvania. Coleridge and Southey married sisters Edith and Sarah Fricker, but Coleridge's marriage was never truly happy.
In 1793, Coleridge met and became instant friends with William Wordsworth. With Wordsworth, he wrote and published Lyrical Ballads. While Wordsworth contributed a greater number of poems to the work, Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner received the most attention.
Throughout their friendship and careers, Wordsworth would always be the more productive poet, while Coleridge's work would gain the notice of critics and readers.
Coleridge allegedly suffered from a number of physical ailments, including facial neuralgia, and in 1796, he started using opium as a pain reliever. He would become addicted to the narcotic, and this would eventually affect his career as a poet and his friendship with Wordsworth.
His intensifying opium addiction, an unhappy marriage, and a growing estrangement from Wordsworth all contributed to a period of depression, which included a severe lack of confidence in his own poetic ability. He gradually spent more and more time alone, studying philosophy and traveling the Continent. Although considered by many to be a "giant among dwarfs," Coleridge never quite regained his confidence.
In 1816, his addiction worsening, his spirits depressed, and his family alienated, Coleridge took up residence in Highgate, the home of physician James Gillman. Here he finished his major prose work, the Biographia Literaria, twenty-five chapters of autobiographical notes and discussions on various subjects, including literary theory and criticism.
Coleridge died of heart failure in Highgate on July 25, 1834.
"What if you slept, and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if in your dreams you went to heaven and there you plucked a strange and beautiful flower, and what if when you awoke you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?"
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Precautions taken at Toronto hospitals since last month's SARS outbreak have failed to prevent dozens of possible new cases and two deaths, health officials conceded today.
The World Health Organisation put Canada's largest city back on its list of places affected by the virus, but a spokesman for the UN health agency said Toronto was nowhere near another WHO warning against travel to the city.
Canadian health authorities scrambled to limit any further spread while investigating how eight probable new cases and 26 suspected cases slipped through upgraded monitoring and reaction systems designed to halt the spread of SARS.
The new cases included two deaths. A third death, that of a patient who had been sick for months, raised the overall toll in the Toronto area to 27 dead among more than 150 cases - the biggest SARS outbreak outside Asia.
Toronto had been removed May 14 from the WHO list of SARS-affected areas after more than 20 days passed without a new case being reported. The new cluster is believed to come from an elderly patient whose case dates from April 19.
The 96-year-old man developed pneumonia after surgery in an orthopaedic ward at North York General Hospital. He turned out to have undiagnosed SARS and infected health care workers, other patients and visitors on the ward, officials said.
A patient transferred from the orthopaedic ward to St John's Rehabilitation Hospital was considered the likely source of four more cases under investigation, they said.
The outbreak prompted the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a travel alert for Canada last week, a step short of advising against unnecessary travel there.
WHO officials stressed there were no plans to reinstate a travel advisory for Toronto. That requires specific criteria such as proven export of the illness. The agency imposed a travel advisory on Toronto on April 23 but lifted it a week later when Canada promised to upgrade monitoring of international travellers.
In response to the new cases, health authorities re-imposed strict controls on Toronto-area hospitals - closing those where the new cases were found to new patients, limiting access to emergency rooms in all others, with staff required to wear protective masks and gowns and to take the temperature of anyone entering.
At North York General today, yellow tape blocked all entrances except the main doorway. Inside, staff and the few visitors were given masks and disinfectant to wash their hands before proceeding. Everyone's temperature was taken.
"It's like jail," said Sandy Rajkumar, an x-ray librarian.
Michael Tupper waited outside to pick up his wife and newborn son because the restrictions denied him access. He had been allowed to stay for the baby's birth yesterday "but about an hour later they kicked me out".
The new Toronto cases showed the need to upgrade so-called "new normal" guidelines for dealing with potential SARS cases at hospitals, which were imposed after the initial outbreak, officials said.
"What it tells us at the moment is that there is a failure in our system of management," said Dr Allison McGeer, head of infection control at Mount Sinai Hospital who has recovered from the virus she contracted in the early days of Toronto's initial outbreak in March.
Dr Paul Gully, a federal health official, called the new cluster unexpected and a cause of concern but said visitors to Toronto had little to worry about because the illness remained isolated in hospitals that were closed to new patients.
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Re: Why does the order of down values come back?
On 02/09/2012 11:37 AM, Oleksandr Rasputinov wrote:
> A very good point. To tell the truth, the only time I've ever had to worry
> about the order of DownValues is when there is some ambiguity in their
> ordering, so I had never noticed the ordering based on position in the
> hash table of those values for which the hash is sufficient to completely
> specify the way in which they are applied. It would be interesting to know
> to what extent the hash table (or tables, if multiple levels of hashing
> are applied, as one might anticipate from the statements about ordering
> based on specificity) is used in the resolution of more complicated
> DownValues and at which point the process reduces to a sequential test for
> applicability by pattern matching (i.e., when the ordering begins to
> matter). Perhaps this can be determined by experiment?
It is an interesting problem to find out how the order of downvalues
changes the results. You can make your own experiments like I did below:
f[0] := 0; f[1] := 1; f[n_] := f[n - 1] + f[n - 2]
dvl = Permutations[DownValues[f]] /. f -> cf;
cf[n] /. dvl
{cf[-2 + n] + cf[-1 + n], cf[-2 + n] + cf[-1 + n],
cf[-2 + n] + cf[-1 + n], cf[-2 + n] + cf[-1 + n],
cf[-2 + n] + cf[-1 + n], cf[-2 + n] + cf[-1 + n]}
cf[1] /. dvl
{1, cf[-1] + cf[0], 1, 1, cf[-1] + cf[0], cf[-1] + cf[0]}
cf[0] /. dvl
{0, 0, 0, cf[-2] + cf[-1], cf[-2] + cf[-1], cf[-2] + cf[-1]}
As you see, I produced a table of all possible permutations
of the internal rules for f named dvl and replaced f by a copy
of it called cf to avoid the acting of the internal evaluation
chain (you could also clear f after the definition of dvl).
The output shows in which way the ordering matters for
cf[n], cf[1], cf[0] (i.e. also for f[n], f[1], f[0]).
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This recipe was submitted by Stephanie Zonis for Omanhene.
Is your chocolate level low? It won't be after eating a piece of this! Creamy and smooth, but not too sweet, this fudge is easier and less time-consuming to make than the classic type. You'll need a candy thermometer and a strong whisk, sturdy wooden spoon, or large metal spoon for stirring. Fudge makes a great gift, too (right—like this might make it out of your kitchen!). This fudge is rather soft at room temperature, so you might want to store it in the refrigerator.
27 ingots (0.7 oz. each) Omanhene dark milk chocolate, finely chopped
1/4 c (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into slim pats
3 c miniature marshmallows
3 c granulated sugar
Pinch salt
1-1/2 c (1 12 oz. can) evaporated milk (NOT condensed milk)
1 Tbsp pure vanilla
Line a 9 inch square or 7 x 11 inch rectangular pan (at least 1-1/2 inches deep) with aluminum foil, shiny side up. Lightly butter the foil. Set aside.
In large heat proof bowl, layer finely chopped chocolate, butter, then marshmallows. Do not stir. Place near stove.
In heavy bottomed three quart pot, combine sugar and salt. Pour in evaporated milk. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until sugar grains are dissolved, scraping pot sides with rubber spatula as necessary. Increase heat to medium; stir frequently until mixture comes to a boil.
Boil, stirring often, until syrup reaches 228 to 229 degrees F. on a candy thermometer (this may take 20 to 30 minutes). Syrup should maintain a rolling boil; but reduce heat slightly if necessary to prevent boiling over. Stir more frequently toward end of boiling time as syrup thickens and caramelizes slightly.
When end temperature is reached, remove pot from heat. Pour boiling syrup into bowl containing chocolate-marshmallow mixture; do not scrape pot sides thoroughly. Add vanilla. With strong whisk, sturdy wooden spoon, or large metal spoon, stir/beat fudge until everything is melted and smooth, scraping bowl sides and bottom to blend well. (This will take a few minutes, but work as quickly as possible; fudge sets up fast.) Still working quickly, turn into prepared pan and spread level. Cool completely before cutting into squares. (If too soft to cut into squares when cooled, chill briefly.) Store airtight.
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Coming to Terms with Nuclear Terms
Developing a shared nuclear language is the first step to understanding, controlling, and eliminating nuclear weapons.
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
In these lines from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which tells the story of members of two warring families, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, Juliet explains that names are meaningless. She loves Romeo—the person who is called Montague, not the Montague name.
In international politics, as in love, what things are matters more than what they are called. But what things are called does matter because words carry meaning and convey messages. Poor understanding of words disrupts communication and can lead to confusion, disputes, or even disaster. History is replete with instances of wars breaking out as a result of miscommunication or misunderstandings.
Careful use of language and skillful communication are thus essential to successful policymaking. With the advent of the nuclear age after World War II and the growing risk of global nuclear annihilation resulting from the spiraling US-Soviet arms race (exemplified during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis), US and Soviet policymakers eventually realized the urgency of reaching agreements on strategic terms and of establishing permanent lines of communication to avoid misunderstandings. And so nuclear language was born.
The nuclear lexicon was not developed without hiccups. Today, the phrase "arms control" is well understood and widely used by the international policy community. But when US nuclear strategists coined it in the 1950s, it raised concerns among both US adversaries and allies. Because of the connotations of the Russian word "control" ("регулировать"), Soviet policymakers thought that the United States wanted to literally control arsenals, i.e. collect information through inspections, and potentially use that information against them if it so chose. The phrase also raised issues in French policymaking circles, until it was understood that the word "control" was best translated by the word "maîtrise" ("management"), not "contrôle" ("inspections").
Overall, however, the development of the nuclear lexicon proceeded smoothly because the primary policy goal was straightforward: make mutual deterrence between the two nuclear superpowers work, thereby avoiding not a plague, but nuclear catastrophe on both their houses. It was merely a matter of creating a language (and a methodology) to solve the Clausewitzian problem of how to rationalize the use of force into a viable policy instrument or, simply, how to integrate politics and war.
But since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, arms control has grown more complex. With the rise of China and the emergence of new nuclear-armed states (India and Pakistan), it has ceased to be strictly bilateral and has become multilateral.
China and, for that matter, the United Kingdom and France, all developed nuclear weapons during the Cold War. At the time, however, the nuclear arena was dominated by the United States and the Soviet Union. Now, new and more intricate webs of relations have developed between nuclear-armed states, and not all of them are based on traditional deterrence.
The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review Report, for instance, refers to "strategic stability" to describe US relations with Russia and China. This phrase is broader in scope than "deterrence" and stresses the potential for cooperation over the potential for conflict with these states.
Then there is the goal of nuclear disarmament, which has grown in importance in relations between nuclear-armed states. This has yielded a new disarmament diplomacy and, with it, the need to understand the relevant (and new) terms, such as nuclear limitations, nuclear reductions, or warhead dismantlement, among others.
Similarly, with the rise of compliance challenges to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or NPT (in Iraq, North Korea, Iran, and Syria) and the launch of new nuclear energy programs, the number of nonproliferation and nuclear safety and security measures has multiplied, further enriching the nuclear lexicon with new terms and concepts, as in the nuclear forensics domain, for example.
These developments make it paramount for all nuclear-armed states to reach a common, updated understanding of nuclear terminology, and ensure that these definitions are properly appreciated in the relevant languages. This is all the more important as the number of nuclear-armed states has increased and, as a result, so has the potential for misinterpretations.
This urgency has been acknowledged by the permanent members of the UN Security Council, i.e. the "Permanent Five" or "P-5" (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China), the only legally recognized nuclear-armed states under the NPT. As part of a diplomatic process established in 2009, the P-5 have created a working group to produce "an agreed glossary of definitions for key nuclear terms."[2]
Although this effort only includes the P-5, it is a step in the right direction to increase understanding and facilitate discussions among five key nuclear-armed states. Particularly significant is that this working group is led by China. Among the P-5 members, China has been the most secretive about its nuclear arsenal, and it is the only one that is both expanding and modernizing its nuclear stockpile, raising numerous concerns. Beijing's decision to shoulder the responsibilities for this group may help achieve progress toward strategic reassurance among the P-5.
Despite popular thinking, Romeo and Juliet were never "star-crossed" from the start. They were not fated to die together because the stars had pre-determined their future (because Romeo was born a Montague and Juliet a Capulet). A careful read of Shakespeare's play shows that the two lovers failed to seize opportunities to take control of their destiny. Similarly, it is wrong to assume that the United States and China, China and India, or India and Pakistan, for example, are fated to only rarely work in a constructive manner on nuclear issues. Despite the very real disagreements and opposing power forces often at play, much can be done to enhance cooperation and reduce inhibitions.
The first step is for them to speak the same language. Track-two discussions on nuclear terminology between the United States and China have already demonstrated their value to deepen mutual understanding and avoid misperceptions.[3] Building upon this effort at the official level, first among the P-5, will help facilitate dialogue among nuclear-armed states and pave the way for transparency and confidence-building measures, ultimately leading to more stability.
These efforts will not eliminate all sources of tension. But they will enable nuclear-armed states to learn how to coexist more peacefully by nurturing habits of talking and working together, as was the case for the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
David Santoro is the Senior Fellow for Nonproliferation and Disarmament at the Pacific Forum CSIS.
[1] William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II.
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A fixture at the entrance to the Steamboat Ski Area for the past 17 years disappeared unceremoniously this week when a crane loaded the gazebo that housed "Hot Cookies Steamboat" onto a Low-Boy truck that hauled away the little blue and white building with the peaked roof.
Ever since Christmas Day, 1984, owners Larry and Evie Freet have been serving cookies right out of the oven to ravenous skiers rushing to catch a city bus or condo shuttle from their spot on Mount Werner Circle. The recipes are Evie's own, and for 95 cents, skiers could stoke up on a warm white chocolate with macadamia nut cookie, or a peanut butter cookie full of chocolate chips.
Now, dough has come between the Freets and their landlord, the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. Not cookie dough, but U.S. currency.
"We just can't make the rent," Larry Freet said.
The Freets have been operating on a year-to-year lease with the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. for the past eight years. This fall, when it came time to renew the lease, landlord and tenant made counteroffers, but neither party deemed the other's terms acceptable.
"As far as I'm concerned we're walking away friends," Ski Corp. Vice President of Real Estate Tim Greene said. "They provided a great product while they were there."
Evie Freet said she's left a little baffled and a little sad over how things turned out.
"We just had a wonderful time here," Freet said, pulling out a three-ringed binder full of snapshots of the crew at Hot Cookies over the years. "It's a landmark and a wonderful thing that made everybody's day just a tiny bit better."
Greene said the long-term fate of Hot Cookies at its present location in the gondola transit center was in doubt no matter what. He said the Ski Corp.'s commitment to the city of Steamboat Springs to begin construction on a redesigned transit center by next summer will take up the small patch of red brick pavers formerly occupied by the Hot Cookies gazebo.
Evie Freet said she and her husband grossed $25,000 their first year in business and grossed $41,000 last year. They employed local high school students at their business.
They paid the Ski Corp. 8 percent of their gross as rent last year. They calculated that was the equivalent of $36 per square foot on their 104-square-foot gazebo. Larry Freet said that when Greene asked for $10,000 up front this year, he calculated that worked out to $97 per square foot.
They contemplated raising the price of their cookies, but calculated the price would have to grow to $1.80 (including sales tax) in order to meet the Ski Corp.'s counter offer. They doubted their customers would support them at that price.
No one would argue that the gondola transit center isn't a high traffic area, but Freet said he couldn't see paying that much money up front. He and Evie countered with a proposal to pay 10 percent of their gross, but the Ski Corp. didn't accept their offer and the Freets decided to walk away from their location.
The Freets won't be economically devastated by the closing of their business this winter; Larry plans to begin his 26th year on the mountain as a ski instructor this winter. And he makes a good living as a licensed plumber in the summer. Evie is a former ski instructor who is employed as a bookkeeper.
"I told Evie 'Hot Cookies' isn't dead," Larry said. "We'd love to find a young couple with a lot of energy like we had 17 years ago," to reopen the shop in another location.


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At least it has the genes to be capable of blooming in the summer, even
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It may be too humid/hot here for it to summer bloom at all, but I'm
going to try to really pour the fertilizer/water to it. Doubt it can
bloom in a pot here in the summer, but I will try some in the ground,
heavily mulched. Next to Low Ho Silver ;-)
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Krysta Johnson improved her time by more than two minutes
Oct. 6, 2001
With one meet remaining until the Conference Championship, eight members of the Florida Atlantic cross country team ran a personal best at the Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic. All seven of the women ran their best race of the season.
Greg Burke and Claudia Beitel continued to lead the pack of FAU runners as they finished first for the Owls. Burke finished with a time of 27:12 in the 8,000 meter run while Beitel set a season-record time of 19:23 in the 5,000. Krysta Johnson (21:05), Jill Gnieski (21:13), Danielle Weiss (22:08), Lori Craig (22:45), Jessica Santangelo (23:24), and Cindy Lane (24:27) also set season bests.
Next weekend the team will run in the Greentree Invitational in Miami, FL.
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There were skeletons, taxidermic animals, furs, lamps, furniture, toys and a variety of unexplainable oddities. For one of the smallest shops I've walked into, I certainly spent a long time staring at everything. And, the guy was more than happy to oblige when I asked if I could be allowed to take photos!


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Banks Invited to Major League Soccer Combine
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Green Bay men's soccer senior midfielder JC Banks (Milwaukee, Wis.) has been invited to participate in the 2011 Major League Soccer Combine which kicks off Jan. 7. Banks is one of 54 college seniors from 36 Division I schools who have been invited to participate.
Banks is the only player from the Horizon League invited to the combine and the first player to receive the honor under six-year head coach Tom Poitras.
"JC is one of the best players in the country and he will get to compete against the best," said Poitras. "He will represent himself and Phoenix soccer very well. We look forward to seeing where JC begins his pro career."
The annual event will take place Jan. 7-11 at Central Broward Regional Park in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The Combine will separate all players into four teams and feature two games per day on Jan. 8, 10 and 11.
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Court OKs Ruling Blocking Florida Cuba Contracts Law
MIAMI, Fl. - A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling blocking enforcement of a Florida law that banned companies from bidding on state and local government contracts if they also do business in Cuba and Syria.
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday the law violates the Constitution because the federal government has sole authority to direct foreign policy. The court also found that Coral Gables-based Odebrecht Construction Inc. would have suffered irreparable harm if the law was allowed to stand.
Odebrecht is a subsidiary of a Brazilian company that has another unit doing work in Cuba's port of Mariel. Odebrecht sued to block the law, contending it would have cost the firm potentially billions of dollars in government contracts.
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Kim Kardashian wants a new bowling ball for Christmas.
The socialite went ten pin bowling last night with her sister Kourtney Kardashian and her boyfriend Scott Disick, and their friends, celebrity make-up artist Joyce Bonelli and Sheiva Ghasemzadeh, but she had a lot of trouble on the lane.
Kim - who is married to basketball player Kris Humphries - accepts she needs to practice more and is hoping someone will get her a new ball when the holidays roll around.
She wrote on her twitter page: "I used to be kinda good at bowling! I now officially suck! Maybe its time to get everyone bowling balls for xmas like I did one year. (sic)"
Despite Kim's problems, she and her sister had a great evening but missed seeing their brother Rob Kardashian make it through to the next round of 'Dancing with the Stars'.
Kourtney tweeted: "Fun night bowling with @ScottDisick @KimKardashian @jOYCEBONELLi @SheivaG and the rest of my crazy peeps!!"
After discovering Rob and his dancing partner Cheryl Burke had got through, she wrote: "YeS!!! Thank you everyone for your votes! We did it! Another week ... RT @SheivaG: Let's start a twitter chant ... Rob k! Rob k! Rob k! Lol (sic)"
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The program is aimed at low- to moderate-income households with children who otherwise would attend poorly performing public schools.
Eight schools that have been participating in the program have not performed well enough to accept new voucher students but voucher students already enrolled at those schools can continue to attend. Ten new schools were deemed eligible to participate in the voucher program.
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Coat chicken with honey; set aside. Combine baking mix, ginger, seasoned salt and pepper; mix well. Roll honey-coated chicken in seasoned mixture. Brown chicken in hot oil in nonstick skillet. Drain excess oil. Place chicken on rack in baking pan and bake at 350°F 20 to 30 minutes or until juices run clear.
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Some say the war began in September 2011 when Perisher released an early bird $699 season pass for 2012. Season pass prices like this hadn't been seen in the snow industry of Australia since the '80s.
Thredbo resort soon got on board with their version of the $699 pass complete with summer leisure centre and golf course access, then Falls Creek and Hotham teamed up to offer one across both resorts. The war had definitely begun.
Others say that war began at least ten years ago when New Zealand snow resorts formed the Ski Marketing Network of New Zealand and set their sights on Australian skiers and snowboarders with a government-funded campaign to get them across the ditch. Advertising claimed better snow, bigger mountains and cheaper deals.
The accumulative effect of the network's annual campaign hit a high when the number of Aussies skiing and snowboarding in New Zealand increased by 29 per cent in 2009 and again in 2010 before experiencing a slight drop in 2011 (the year of ash clouds, earthquakes and Australian parity with the US dollar).
Either way, almost half a million ski days each season in New Zealand are now attributed to Australians who make up between 35-38 per cent of their total skier days.
Air New Zealand, together with Virgin Australia, are now boosting flights to New Zealand by eight per cent this winter and an additional 6300+ seats on direct flights from Australia to Queenstown. On these figures, you could say it is thanks to the Australian dollar that New Zealand has a ski industry at all.
Back home the leakage of Australians to overseas resorts hit an all-time high in 2011 when Roy Morgan Research reported that 49 per cent of Australians who went skiing and snowboarding on their last holiday chose an overseas destination to do that. In 2010 that figure was 34 per cent.
It is no surprise that skier numbers to North America increased with the parity of the dollar – we are the number one international inbound market to Aspen Snowmass, Telluride, Steamboat, Copper Mountain, Winter Park and Park City, as well as being in the top three to Vail, in the USA and number two to Whistler in Canada. It is also no surprise that the numbers to Japan decreased by 30 per cent last season after the tsunami and nuclear meltdown.
Skier days in the Aussie resorts in 2011 reflected this overseas skiing trend dropping from 2.033 million in 2010 to 1.879 million in 2011. At the same time Australian snow athletes were making a bigger impact on the world circuit than ever before with world champions in Boarder Cross, Slopestyle Ski and Snowboard Half Pipe and a plethora of X Games medals.
Clearly something had to be done to both stop the leak and grow snow tourism in Australia. Enter Snow Australia, the rebranded collective once known as the Australian Ski Areas Association and now funded by the Australian resorts, Snow Sports Industries of Australia, Tourism Victoria and Destination New South wales.
On the outside the resorts are all working together to fight the snow fight - 2012 is a good year to be an Australian skier or snowboarder as pre-season marketing campaigns fly thick and fast offering discounted deals.
Meanwhile, Hotham and Falls Creek launched their provocative "Chuck a Snowie" campaign to highlight the ease of skiing in Victoria for a long weekend or mid-week break. At the same time Air New Zealand have advertising shells with a cheeky campaign claiming Cardrona to be only three hours away (technically that's three hours from take off in Sydney to touch down in Queenstown, add in other travel times and it's the same amount of time door to door as Sydney to Thredbo or Perisher).
Snow Australia are focusing on a two-pronged attack to grow participation in snow sports in Australia. One is to debunk the myths that Snow Australia CEO, Colin Hackworth says 'the industry has been remiss in allowing to become entrenched".
A Snow Australia commissioned survey from Roy Morgan revealed that it is apparently cheaper to ski in Australia with the mean cost of the average ski holiday in Australia being $954 versus $2082 in New Zealand and $4851 for the northern hemisphere (flights are the obvious expense). Myth one supposedly debunked. Now add a variety of cheap deals across Australian resorts offered on their Snow Australia website to hammer home their point.
"I don't mind having a crack at New Zealand resorts" said Hackworth, who is also President of Nihon Harmony Resorts in the overseas ski resort of Niseko, Japan. "You have to drive a long way to their resorts, lift systems are worse than ours and snow making is way behind, plus a lot of them are shut due to weather." Myths two and three debunked.
As for driving from a ski town to a ski field, Tourism New Zealand's own research shows that "roads and drivers are the main reason for Australians feeling unsafe in New Zealand".
The second more obvious attack is Snow Australia's 'Never Ever' campaign. The theory is that you need first timers to buy into the fun of skiing and boarding. How do you do that? You recruit current skiers and snowboarders to do it for you by 'initiating a mate.'
Three campaigns are currently in the market pushing the tag line "You Never Forget Your First Time (or who you were with)". Not a bad slogan considering you can be guaranteed we all do remember our first time on snow. Mine was at Mont St Ann in Quebec where my friend Anja dropped me at the top of the mountain and skied off only to return and find I hadn't moved. I caught the chairlift back down.
To help promote skiing and snowboarding in Australia, a number of celebrity ambassadors have been employed to share their first snow experience and visit Mount Buller, Falls Creek and Thredbo this season. (Share the story of your first snow experience below and win - scroll down for details)
I understand the family choice of the lovely Chloe Maxwell and Mat Rodgers, I even get the choice of the fun-loving Bondi lifesavers and the funky Channel [V] VJs - but I wouldn't want to be on the mountain when ambassador Brendan Fevola comes screaming down a beginner run with a phone camera in his hand. (Though as a journalist I'd love to be in the après bar with the disgraced footballer with my own phone camera in hand later in the night). Fevola's hardly a role model for aspiring kids, and their mothers, on family holiday in ski school.
As the ski season approaches, and a forecast of anything up to 40 centimetres of snow in the Australian Alps this weekend, it is a definitely a good time to be an Aussie. There is a renewed vigour within the snow industry in Australia and the consumer is bound to benefit from creative marketing and a hunger that is driving resorts to stand up and take note. Plus you just know the Kiwis won't give us up without a fight.
What do you think of the new marketing campaigns for 2012? Is it enough to make you ski at home? Will you take someone who has never been to the snow before with you?
Thredbo is celebrating the 'new dawn of Australian skiing' and has brought back the Winter Wonderland Gala Ball on the opening weekend, a ball that traditionally heralded the season in years gone by. Trust us, you always remember your first time at the ball in Thredbo.
We're giving readers of Snow It All the chance to WIN a Thredbo long party weekend at Australia's home of apres, Thredbo, from June 8 to 11. To enter, simply share your first-time ski stories (or if you've never gone to the snow who you would like to go with and why) by posting a comment on the blog below.
You could win three nights at the Thredbo Alpine Hotel including daily breakfast, two tickets to the Winter Wonderland Ball, two tickets to the Thredbo Long Lunch in the Village Square and three day lift and ski hire tickets for two. Terms and conditions here.
Phew! Thats our first Snow It All blog for 2012. We have some fantastic prizes to give away every week and topics that will have you round the water cooler each lunch time. Stand by next week as we introduce our four week 'from sofa to snow' fit-to-ski program.
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Privatisation of government enterprises faces political constraints. And the funding of needed infrastructure runs into budget pressures and risk aversion by burned private investors. But the NSW government's decision to privatise Port of Newcastle on top of its sell-offs of ports Botany and Kembla suggests a new political model for privatisation and infrastructure is emerging. State Treasurer
Once the first stage of the WestConnex project, costing $1.8 billion, is up and running with demonstrable traffic flows, a government-owned toll road company will borrow money against the completed parts of the project to eventually build the rest. When finished, the road would link the commercial areas of Sydney's west with the airport and Port Botany precincts. And, eventually, the whole show could be sold.
In theory, a better strategy would have been to continue with a public-private partnership approach by revamping the bidding process to remove the apparently irresistible temptation for bidding consortiums to inflate traffic forecasts. Unfortunately, that well of private capital has been so thoroughly poisoned by major, repeated failures such as those of the Sydney's Lane Cove Tunnel, Cross Sydney Tunnel and Brisbane's Rivercity Motorway, that a partial return to the old style model of the government paying to build the project may be the only way ahead.
However, a crucial difference in this approach is that the NSW government is divesting itself of mature assets to free up room to start the project, which will then move forward under its own steam, with the entire road likely to be privatised in the long term. Among other benefits this strategy will preserve the state's AAA rating.
The NSW approach contrasts with that of the Victorian government in building the Peninsular Link freeway, which links the fast growing residential and commercial areas of the Mornington Peninsular with the main areas of Melbourne. In that case, the government paid a private group to build the road as well as to maintain and operate it, but no tolls are charged.
With Australia's national infrastructure task estimated at $450 billion, a more viable strategy may be that of NSW recycling capital and requiring users of major projects to pay their way. The WestConnex approach is slow – the next stage cannot be started until the first is finished – but it is a way forward which also gets major assets off the books.
The most disappointing part of the NSW budget was how the O'Farrell government shied away from privatising the state's substantial electricity sector assets. That would have freed up even more capital to invest in infrastructure that would remove the state's bottlenecks to growth.
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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Question about caffeine products sold on this site
Nov 20, 2006 at 12:03 am #1220314
Ive noticed there area variety of caffeine food supplements that are sold on this site. And at outdoor stores wherever I shope. These various caffeine products are expensive and "high fallutin" IMO. I have a better, much, much cheaper alternative. OTC caffeine pills AKA "No Doze" and a few others.
Long used by college students to get them thru those overnighters and by military personnel who need to stay awake and perform without sleep. Cheap, simple, reliable…as KISS as you can get.
Ive used caffeine pills before and they work…good. So before you get suckered into spending a bunch of cash for some designer, gucci caffeine product, just go buy some "No Doze" at your local grocery store.
VladNov 20, 2006 at 1:25 am #1367693
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@dealtoyoLocale: Mt Hood
It's not always about cost. Sometimes it's about the experience or enjoyment. I personally enjoy a nice cup of coffee in the morning or a Clif Bar in the afternoon. It's more pleasing to me than swallowing a pill. If you chew gum why not have a little caffinee in it. It can also be about already having caffine in items you already take thus not having the extra weight of the pills and container. You have to remember that quite a few people here try to save every gram (I'm not one of them I only count ounces).Nov 20, 2006 at 10:18 am #1367726
Oh yeah, Im not against drinking coffee or tea. Im a caffeine junkie myself. I guess my point is, why spend a lot of money for some fancy smancy gucci caffeine food product when you can just drink coffee and if you are on the trail and maybe need a burst of energy, just pop an OTC pill…legal speed AKA a caffeine pill. I dont know if you have tried caffeine pills or not, but they are different than just coffee. They are very potent. Feel like mild speed.
Its a lot cheaper and caffeine pills are probably lighter than caffeine chewing gum.
VladNov 20, 2006 at 10:33 am #1367729
John S.BPL Member
I tried the caffeine pills in school and it upset my stomach every time I took it. So I avoid those thingies.Nov 20, 2006 at 10:49 am #1367732
No stranger here to "stay awakes".
No Doze + pseudoephedrine (stimulates the sympathetic nervous system in a fashion similar to adrenaline/epinephrine, but longer onset, lower intensity, and longer acting) taken with Gu and/or a Clif bar gives me energy when i'm run ragged.
Be warned: these drugs are not without side-effects, particularly if taken in ill-advised higher doses. Even young atheletes (a young boxer, maybe 10-15yrs ago, comes to mind) have died from taking larger doses.
Check w/your PCP b/f deciding to use these drugs, particularly in conjunction with each other. All of the effects that they have on your body may not be considered a positive, e.g. potential for elevated BP.Nov 20, 2006 at 12:00 pm #1367744
Id never take caffeine pills in combo with
pseudoephedrine…thats a ticket to a heart attack. Although a lot of bodybuilders do that, they call it an "ECA stack." ECA stands for "Ephedrine, Caffeine, Aspirin." Bodybuilders are NOT my models of ideal people!
I dont take the Effedra or whatever that herbal was called. Didnt the FDA take that off the market?
Just plain old caffeine pills can work wonders when you are run down, tired…maybe on a real rainy day perhaps. Low side effects…basically like drinking a couple cups of strong coffee. Safe.
I have combined caffeine pills with Motrin in the past and that is a good combo IMO.
VladNov 20, 2006 at 12:57 pm #1367753
Pseudoephedrine: I'm generally using it to be able to breathe easily since it's a nasal decongestant, so it's often in my system when hiking.
Effedra is the plant from which Effedra leaf tea is made. It contains Ephedrine in a natural form – compared to pseudoephedrine (found in some cold medications, i.e. nasal decongestants, and some diet pills) it has a faster onset (~20min after ingesting), little higher effect/intensity, but around a 40-45 minute duration of effect. Too short of an effect to be used in OTC (no longer off-the-shelf in many [all???] cases) cold medicines, or in some appetite supressing diet pills. Hence, the synthesis of pseudoephedrine in laboratories for medicinal (and diet) purposes. I'm forgetting, but i think it typically peaks around 90min or so after ingesting and has a longer half-life than natural ephedrine, hence longer acting in the body (don't quote me on that 90min figure; i'm really having trouble recalling some things that i used to know "cold" – no pun intended).
I don't think that the FDA took it off the market, they did take if "off the shelves" and behind the Pharmacist's counter though (meth labs supposedly can use large quantites of these pills to make methamphetamines/speed). You now need to sign a registry when purchasing these pills and the day-by-day quantity that you can purchase (at least at any one pharmacy) is limited.
I've used pseudoephedrine (Sudafed and generic brands) for decades, or i generally can't breathe out of one or both nostrils unless i'm working out real hard, then the nostrils clear without the drug.
I would not advise taking mega-doses though in an attempt to improve atheletic performance. This is particularly when things can go wrong with an otherwise healthy athelete – e.g. cerebral bleed, amongst other possible side-effects.
Like i said in my prev. post (see there), it acts on the body in a very natural way – similar to how adrenaline (the fight or flight hormone) acts.
It stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, causing (amongst other effects)…
constriction of capillaries (to reduce bleeding if wounded while fighting or fleeing; this can cause an elevated BP and slight lowering of skin temp; for some medical procedures, a doctor or surgeon may inject epinephrine around the site of an intended incision to reduce bleeding just before the incision is made).
reduction of blood flow to some organs, e.g. the stomach (what animal fighting or fleeing stops to eat) and the gonads (what animal fighting or fleeing for its life stops to reproduce) – this is why it was used in some appetite suppressant diet pills.
in high doses, and in rare instances at normal doses, may cause some "leaking" of urine when sneezing or coughing or after urination (ever hear of someone so scared that they have an accident? adrenaline to blame?)
slight improvement in muscular strength and a reduction in reaction time.
there are other effects also.
It's a banned substance by the IOC (int'l olympic committee). I think it was in '72 or '76 that a US distance swimmer had his Olympic gold medal yanked after he tested positive for this drug which he often used for nasal congestion – it was only recently banned at the time and his coach gave it to him.
In normal doses it has been used for decades by millions of people with little problem. Abuse is another matter, like that very talented 18yr old boxer, whose name escapes me at the moment, who developed a cerebral bleed and died right in front of his father (his coach) and younger brother while doing a heavy bag workout after taking something like 16x, IIRC, the normal dose.
Again, i'm not advocating anyone use pseudoephedrine (w/or w/o caffeine) – only that it works for me in low doses only – haven't tried megadoses so can't comment; anyone should check with your PCP before using it for any purpose, especially if a person is on certain other medications, e.g. sympathomimetic amines amongst others. There are at least a couple of medical doctors who participate in these Forums. Maybe they could comment.Nov 20, 2006 at 3:40 pm #1367779
Pseudoephedrine: I'm generally using it to be able to breathe easily since it's a nasal decongestant, so it's often in my system when hiking.
Yeah, using it for medical purposes is perfectly fine. Its the main active ingredient in most OTC sinus medications. Its also in Nyquil, some versions of Robitussin, etc. For congestion its a very useful drug.
For performance enhancement however, its a no no. BTW, I was watching some TV documentary recently on Iraq and it said that some of those Iraqi insurgents have injecting adrenaline (ephedrine like substance) to pump themselves up and fight harder.
Pretty crazy…
VladNov 20, 2006 at 5:30 pm #1367793
Can I honestly ask why some of you swear by caffiene highs and the products when hiking?
while in the past I was a barista for 8+ years, and I enjoy coffee and tea, I have never seen the need to take supplements. If I am tired, I take a break, eat someting, drink some water and take 10 minutes, then get going again. Jittery isn't my idea of fun ;-)Nov 20, 2006 at 5:59 pm #1367797
Michael DavisMember
@mad777Locale: South Florida
For me, one of the "civilized pleasures" of backpacking is my morning cup of coffee. I don't really think about the caffine. When I pop out of a tent in the wilderness, I get a natural spark of energy just from the emotion of the setting!
Now if I could get that excited about getting out of bed and going to work! The very first thing I do in morning is plug in the coffee-maker.
I drink my coffee black and whether at home or on the trail, I really enjoy the morning ritual. I guess I don't qualify as a caffine junky because after my morning mug, I'm good for the day.Nov 20, 2006 at 8:11 pm #1367807
Shawn BasilMember
@bearpawLocale: Southeast
One of the best parts of a long-distance hike for me is NOT needing any caffiene. When I hit trails for 1-6 weeks, I make it a point to try to avoid any thing with substantial caffiene in it. I come off the trail lighter, more alert, and happier because I've broken the cycle of caffiene up, grind down, and repeat.
I suspect that adventure racing (which I used to do right after I got our of the Marine Corps) is a factor in caffience laced supplements. While few folks will ever race a Raid Gaulloise or EcoChallenge length race, 8 through 48-hour races are pretty common. In this sort of environment, staying reasonably alert after being up and moving for 30 hours is major plus.Nov 20, 2006 at 9:04 pm #1367808
I had a feeling it had to do with long hauls and adventure racing. For me, 19 miles is tops, and then off to bed and a hot meal ;-)
But hoo, there isn't anything like sunrise in summer to get me going! It is the ultimate high!Nov 20, 2006 at 9:12 pm #1367809
Can I honestly ask why some of you swear by caffiene highs and the products when hiking?
while in the past I was a barista for 8+ years, and I enjoy coffee and tea, I have never seen the need to take supplements. If I am tired, I take a break, eat someting, drink some water and take 10 minutes, then get going again. Jittery isn't my idea of fun ;-)
Cause some of us are psychos who enjoy pushing it hard on the trail and abusing our bodies <grin>. Caffeine pills arent speed, but its the closest legal thing to that.
To be honest, I cant even get out of bed without some caffeine :). I'm not a "morning person."
VladNov 20, 2006 at 11:44 pm #1367814
"stay awakes", as they were affectionately known, were often welcome after being awake for 24 or 30 hrs. When in the military, sleeping when you want isn't always an option. i'm sure this isn't necessarily a good thing for one's body though.
in fact, excessive use can lead to some pretty severe headaches (prob. b/c of changes in BP b/t when on, and then off of them). these headaches are just what a person notices. wonder what else is taking place in one's body?
BTW, Sarah did you notice that it might be a guy thing? Oh…the burden of testosterone…
in my case, the rare use of the "combo" is an exercise in simplicity. for me, popping the combo (which much more often than not does NOT occur when on a trek) is much simpler than making coffee and drinking it. i'm no fan of coffee as i don't like the taste, preferring instead, when at home or work, one (or two – if i'm really tired for some unavoidable reason) cups of O-Cha (japanese green tea) or Gen Mai Cha (toasted brown rice with tea, or green tea in my case). At my age though, i should perhaps rethink the "combo" (even though i don't exceed recommended doses of either).Nov 21, 2006 at 1:12 am #1367821
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
> For me, one of the "civilized pleasures" of backpacking is my morning cup of coffee.
With you Michael!
My wife and I find a nice place with a good view around 10 am and it's tea and coffee time! Civilisation as we know it…Nov 21, 2006 at 2:02 am #1367825
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@dealtoyoLocale: Mt Hood
Any bets on when these guys will have a heart attack?Nov 21, 2006 at 2:22 am #1367827
perhaps not a MI; i'm more concerned about a potential brain aneurysm. Of course, the "four-cuppers" out there might have their own set of concerns.Nov 21, 2006 at 8:20 am #1367842
James SchipperBPL Member
Most aneurysms are congenital. While hypertension contributes to expantion and rupture, its doubtful caffiene would have much of an effect. Caffiene intake has never been associated with MI, though it can contribute to palpiations and some supraventricular arrythmias. The headaches associated with caffiene are usually due to caffiene withdrawal and a rebound vasodilitation rather than hypertension.
Caffiene really is a very safe drug, primarily evidenced by the millions of people who use it without significant health problems.
Just my two centsNov 21, 2006 at 8:28 am #1367843
Well, I wouldn't call caffiene "safe". With most anything, small doses are fine, but hammering the energy drinks and suplements is not a safe bet.
Myself, hitting my 30's took away most caffiene out of my diet. I still have a latte every once in awhile, and I drink black teas when dining out, but beyond that I consume little to no caffiene. I cannot anymore, it does funky things to my BP. Blech is all I can say! For me, it is a family issue, and caffiene comes to haunt us as we get older.
But, on the other hand, I can live without it when backpacking ;-) Which is nice! I just sip my herbal tea while the sun rises..lol!Nov 21, 2006 at 9:07 am #1367851
good info. good post.
just to be clearer, the intent of my comment was related to pe (and its vasoconstrictive effect), not caff.
>>"rebound dilation"
was on vasodilators for three days once – severe headaches, just like some very uncomfortable caffeine withdrawal headaches which i experienced also only once – like the old Scotsman says, "it's better felt than telt".
pseudoephedrine might cause this. my normal seated (on the exam table) BP is 100 over 60. if i'm on a normal dose of pe it rises to 110 over 70 or rarely 120 over 80. could it be attributed to other factors? don't know. but over three decades of use and noticing the consistent effect if my PCP or my wife takes my BP before use and some time after leads me to the anecdotal belief that it is the pe that raises my BP.
based upon your post, guess that young boxer had a congenital aneurysm. he found out too late when he abused pe; the article attributed the death to the rupture brought on by the combo of pe and the anaerobic aspects to his very strenuous workout. so, my question is, w/o a scan of the brain, how does an otherwise healthy person know ahead of time that this might occur?
wasn't there a pro baseball player and/or a pro football player who died from abusing pe in the last few years?Nov 21, 2006 at 9:30 am #1367855
Caffeine doesnt cause strokes or heart attacks. Pseudoephedrine products and ephedra on the other hand, can and do contribute to heart attacks and strokes. I dont take products that contain pseudoephedrine for this reason, unless I have the flue or a sinus infection.
Caffeine is a very safe drug and I wasnt posting about the pills being used on a routine basis. Think in terms of maybe youre doing long distance hiking. Or maybe long distance stuff in the rain. Maybe you are solo backpacking in these conditions. Maybe you are tired, fatigued and need to stop and rest for a few days but you have ten more miles to go.
In a case like that, popping some caffeine pills along with possibly some Motrin or Buffered Aspirin can help make that last five to ten miles less painful. The increased concentration might even help you read your map and compass better, might have better judgment while in a fatigued state.
This is what I was getting at…that and the fact simple OTC caffeine pills are a lot cheaper and IMO, more effective than these gucci caffeine laden food products that are marketed.
But I agree, this is a highly individualized subject. To each his own.
VladNov 21, 2006 at 9:41 am #1367856
>>"But I agree, this is a highly individualized subject. To each his own."
wise words. IMHO, good closing post.Nov 21, 2006 at 4:11 pm #1367892
John S.BPL Member
With the increasing abuse of caffeine, at some point a death may very well be blamed on the drug.Nov 21, 2006 at 4:45 pm #1367896
robert coursonBPL Member
@bertcoursonLocale: lake michigan
I just like to have another cup of instant Folgers. Good stuff.Nov 23, 2006 at 11:21 am #1368195
christian madsenMember
@sherpachrisLocale: SoCal
As far as actual product sold on this site, I just tried the Jolt Gum. It was hard as a rock but I guess it did the trick because I didn't get a caffeine headache. Headache avoidance is the only reason I consume caffeine on the trail. Actually making coffee is too time consuming and burns up fuel.
Also, the Wall Street Journal recently listed coffee as a good antioxidant, right up there with walnuts and blueberrys. It may be good for your health instead of bad.
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3 cups vegetable stock
2 Tbs olive oil, plus extra for frying
1 onion, finely diced
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 Tbs capers, rinsed and chopped
1 cup risotto rice
1/2 cup white wine
Salt and pepper
50g freshly grated parmesan
12 large green pitted olives
50g taleggio cheese, rind removed
50g flour, seasoned
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups fresh or panko breadcrumbs
Cherry tomato sauce
1 Tbs olive oil
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 tsp smoked paprika
2 sprigs fresh thyme
1 x 240g tinned cherry tomatoes
1 tsp good quality aged balsamic vinegar
1. To make the risotto; heat the stock in a saucepan to a gentle simmer. Heat the oil then add the onion, garlic and capers. Cook gently for 10 minutes. Add the rice and stir for 5 minutes until well coated and beginning to lightly toast. Deglaze the pan with the wine.
2. Begin adding a ladle of stock at a time, stirring after each addition as the stock is absorbed. Continue for about 30 minutes until the rice is al dente. Stir through the parmesan and check for seasoning. Turn out on to a tray and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
3. Stuff the olives with the cheese. Moisten your hand with a little water. Take a ball of risotto in your palm then make an indent with your thumb. Pop the olive inside then close your hand, encasing the stuffed olive with risotto. Smooth the surface. Roll in the seasoned flour, then into the beaten egg and finally into the breadcrumbs.
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This is a video of the aarti (ceremony to honour the Ganges River) that happens each day at dusk in Haridwar, India. I took this during the Kumbh Mela, the largest religious gathering on earth. I was standing on a media platform in Har-ki-Pauri, the sacred centre of Haridwar. Notice how the Indian authorities set up the media platform with a electrical wires marring the view of the aarti! But still, I think I got a lovely shot of women int he crowd when I panned down across the river to the side I was on. Of course, a modest video like this in no way captures the heat, the smells, the enormous size of the crowd and the intense devotional energy that was palpable in the air. It was an amazing experience to be there. A privilege, really.
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