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AirPooler Is Lyft For Private Planes
Beautiful article on how Digital and Technology can transform your business model or even help create new market niches. This could become the Uber of the skies – and I can't wait to see it succeed. As an aviation enthusiast nothing could be more satisfying than making private air travel an affordable alternative. Good luck AirPooler!
What we know (and suspect) about the iPhone 6 and iOS 8
As it is almost becoming a tradition in the industry, this time of the year gets fuelled with speculation, rumours, concepts and ideas on what the next iteration of Apple's SmartPhone and mobile operating system would be. Here is a consolidation of what we know so far:
The Screen
Little room for doubt here, the iPhone 6 will definitely have a larger screen and quite possibly come in two different screen sizes (4.7 and 5.5 inch). There are quite a few facts pointing in this direction, and beyond leaked designs and alleged pictures of iPhone 6 parts, the key hint is coming from down the supply chain, where screen manufacturers are already ramping up production of screens in these sizes in time for a potential September launch. The latest to be added to the rumour mill is the announcement by Japan Display that they would start production of a Quad-HD 5.5inch display in the second quarter of the year. Japan Display has recently been mentioned as to be entering the list of Apple's component suppliers, and would mean a huge jump from the current 640 x 1136 resolution to a staggering 1440 x 2560. Details on the resolution for the eventual 4.7 inch display are yet to be released, but could be easily higher than current Full HD standards if density is maintained.
Some very realistic and others bordering science fiction, iPhone concepts are a gradual approximation to the real product to which we are already used to. There seems to be consensus on two aspects: A slimmer body and a much thinner bezel allowing to minimise the volume (and hence weight) increase of the device due to the jump in the screen. Most of the concepts are evolutions from the current 5/5s family design (see this beautiful – and realistic – video by Sam Beckett).
There have also been alleged leaks of schematics that describe with high precision how the device would look like which have been used to create yet another concept which would inaugurate a new look for the iPhone saga.
iOS 8 and Wearables
It is becoming increasingly clear that iOS 8 would evolve the new look and feel inaugurated with iOS7, and would have a strong focus on Health and Fitness, in line with the blooming of wearable devices in the last couple of years which are seeing fitness as a huge potential market for wearable technology. It looks like all Health functions will be grouped inside Healthbook, just similarly to what Passbook meant as a place for coupons and passes. The increased popularity of iBeacons could possibly mean some further development of this technology with real life applications in iOS 8.
And wearables. While Healthbook would put your iPhone 6 at the core of your fitness activity, allowing you to track all your progress, monitoring health parameters would require sensors that are best fitted to wearable devices. This would be a good symbiosis with the much spoken and yet to be seen iWatch, which could pack an array of sensors to monitor your blood pressure, heartbeat and possibly even sugar levels and other parameters. This would be the perfect complement to create a complete ecosystem around Health & Fitness and would mark the start of Apple in wearable technology where others already have a couple of iterations.
As in previous years, still quite some time until we get to know iOS 8 as usual in WWDC 2014 -likely to be held mid June this year- and an eventual launch of the iPhone 6 in September, once iOS 8 goes through it's beta phase, in what should be possibly one of the most feature and innovation packed launch in the iPhone's history, teaming it with new devices, new design concept and a change in size. Looking forward!.
I'm touched
As a foodie and amateur chef with a passion for Digital, I can't help but be touched, specially when this comes from one of the biggest talents in my home town.
It is no secret that Digital in general and Mobile in particular are changing the way we understand and consume technology, and it is helping businesses transform their business model by enabling completely new ways of engaging Customers and helping create new products, services and completely transforming the Customer experience.
I have always believed in Gastronomy being a holistic experience, one that goes far beyond the quality that gets delivered on the plate, but rather comes from every single detail in the venue, the attention and knowledge of the staff and dozens of other subtleties that make up an experience. Everywhere I see the word experience I wonder how Digital can help transform and enhance it, and I have to admit this is just one space where I struggled to find a way for doing so. Until now.
This is just a completely unexpected and lovely way of using Digital to improve the experience in one of the best tables in the world. Arzak, featuring three Michelin Stars, is using iPads to help gourmet diners dive into a more immersive experience by serving culinary creations on tablets showing images that follow the theme. Sea images for food and fire for grilled meat are just two examples.
I'm touched. And booked for my next trip home.
Let the sunshine in
A beautiful application of technology it is to use it to bring sunlight to a place naturally deprived from it.
With a peculiar orography, Rjukan small town west of Oslo, Norway is surrounded by mountains that prevent sunlight from reaching its almost 3500 inhabitants between September and March each year. A pioneering project is installing three computerized mirrors that will direct sunlight to the town's market square.
Powered by solar and wind energy, the heliostat mirrors are controlled by a computer program following the sun movements to provide an illuminated ellipse-shaped area of 600 square metres.
A century in the making
The town was established in the beginning of the 20th century around the industrial settlements of the Norsk Hydro Company exploiting the waterfalls in the area for power generation. The importance of sunlight was identified as early as 1913, when Sam Eyde, founder of Norsk Hydro, envisioned the idea of a mirror to direct sunlight to the settlement in the valley.
A century later, the vision has become a reality thanks to the application of modern technology. A beautiful and environmentally friendly application of modern technology to deliver the sun to those deprived of it.
A decade without you
Time flies even faster than the speed at which she flew the skies. Next 24th of October, it will be a decade since Concorde touched down in Heathrow with passengers for the last time, bringing the era of supersonic transport to an end.
Being an aviation enthusiast and passionate about technology and innovation, this is one sad anniversary. Concorde was a huge engineering achievement and possibly one of the biggest leaps in technology.
One can only hope that supersonic transport will be possible again in the times to come. In the meantime, here is a beautiful gallery of Concorde pictures.
You are missed, Concorde.
The anomaly in progress – part II
Today I have been thinking about innovation. More specifically about how and why some organizations seem to have mastered the art of innovating while others struggle to adopt a culture that embraces change and innovation. The level of industrialization and quality of the processes that run and support an organization, and that make it achieve excellence in their day to day operations and products, whatever their nature, are sometimes the worst enemy of creativity and innovation.
Yet some companies have mastered both sides of the coin and are able to execute, operate and manufacture with atomic precision while creating a corporate culture that promotes and embraces thinking out of the box, pursuing new ideas and pushing the boundaries to create better products and, ultimately, progress.
I have to admit I admire those organizations. And every time I go through this thought process, I end up thinking of my favorite example of innovation at a great scale: Concorde. It is not the first time I write about this beautiful machine and what it meant to commercial aviation, yet I still find amazing to learn the amount and complexity of the challenges faced by the men and women that strongly believed that they could deliver something that changed the way air travel was understood, and they did. They proved that determination and the right culture for innovation can go very far, so far, that they created a gap in progress.
Enumerating every single innovation that Concorde brought would be material for a large number of books, but there are still a few items worth mentioning. The most curious one is how the effect of drag at high speed generated so much heat, that the nose tip would reach temperatures well beyond +100 degrees celsius, even though the air at cruising levels would typically be below -60. This meant that Concorde would be longer (up to one feet) in the air than on the ground. Due to its higher takeoff and landing speeds, the brakes where a crucial component, being the first commercial aircraft to be equipped with carbon brakes. This, together with the early introduction of fly by wire as mentioned in the previous post, mark just an example of the challenges that had to be overcome with the help of creativity, innovation and determination. All of this, using 1950-60s technology.
More than being just a beautiful machine and possibly the most sleek and elegant commercial aircraft ever built, it is a living -at least in our memories- example of the culture of innovation that can change the world.
Breaking the screen barrier
I must admit that when I first got introduced to Microsoft Surface 2 a few weeks back in a Microsoft event I was a bit skeptical about its potential applications. Maybe it's the size or the price tag, but after reflecting on it a bit I think there is one
fundamental thing in which it can be extremely useful. Breaking the screen barrier. If you think about customer interactions, a big number of them happen in front of a counter or desk, where the an agent is normally looking at some information in a computer screen in order to complete a transaction, hotel or flight check-in… What about configuring your new car with the sales agent?.
I do find this situation a bit odd, as the screen is not shared, so the customer experience is somehow affected by this barrier. This is precisely where Surface can bring a completely new customer experience by allowing the customer and the agent share the same screen, not only by placing the screen in a horizontal manner, but also not having a default orientation. This means that content can be placed, rotated, fliped, etc. so it can be looked from any angle. This is new. So now you have your customer and your agent interacting with exactly the same information. The multi touch experience adds so this, actually Surface can handle up to 50 simultaneous touch points, and that is a lot of fingers.
When you think about it, this can be really have a great impact in your whole customer interactions. Imagine a financial planning session with your relationship manager in your bank, looking at the same widgets, market reports and graphs, your expenses and investments, your risk profiling. You can now have all these elements in the screen, and they can be placed, moved around, zoomed, all in a shared manner. Or maybe you are checking in for your next flight, so no longer you are looking over a counter where the airline staff key in cryptic commands in order to find you your preferred seat. Now both of you can share the same screen, look at the seatmap, use gestures to zoom and pan around it.
Actually Surface 2 brings a lot more than the ability to look at a screen from many angles and have multiple interactions with it. It opens a whole new way of human to computer interaction. Actually the screen not only recognizes your touch, but can also see you. Or any object placed on it. This opens yet another completely new dimension, but I admit I need more thinking into it before I can imagine practical applications. However, I still wanted to share the customer interaction bit which is more due to the form factor and the multi touch capabilities rather than the new Pixel Sense technology which brings the vision capability.
Now just imagine a 15 inch Surface and you have something that can fit on every customer service counter and deploy massively into branches, airports and hotels.
So finally I found the time and the theme to start my own blog.
I guess the most difficult thing when starting a new blog is defining what is all of this going to be about. I just realized that this blog will not have a single theme. It will be around a few things for which I feel specially attracted or passionate, and hopefully the posts here will be around them. And what are these things? Everything within Technology, Banking IT, Aviation, Cars and Travel. And sophistication, I love sophisticated stuff.
Quite disperse, yes, but I guess there is something in common. How these industries have excelled in some aspects, and how these can be applied to the others. Don't be surprised if you find a review about a flight or a restaurant I enjoyed, or a funny application for a new technology I just learned about.
Above all, the whole idea behind opening this blog is about finding how technology and sophistication can be applied to the Enterprise World by becoming a bit wild. Some of you would agree that in todays average enterprise, the application of technology is somehow restricted by policies, controls and other forms of governance.
So this tiny little place in the web is where we can all go wild and imagine how those innovative technologies that we use, and those we only read about, could break through in the Enterprise World and find fabulous applications. Let's go wild.
The journey starts, Welcome onboard!


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|Bob Schultek
Author of
The Gauntlet
Preparing for a business acquisition or transfer typically triggers a due diligence process that evaluates leadership competency. Here are the leadership behaviors we evaluate to determine how a leader contributes to the achievement of short-term and strategic goals, and enduring business sustainability:
- Acting with credibility: more than any other leadership attribute, employees choose to follow leaders who walk the talk, lead from the front and keep promises; they are seen as genuine and worthy of trust.
- Thinking strategically: despite the constant pressure to be drawn into day-to-day tactical circumstances, leaders must carve out time to think about the strategic opportunities that enable progress. They are the only ones in the business who determine long-term direction.
- Driving change: leaders are hired to improve results, which involves driving change, not just adapting to it. Change requires an investment of discretionary effort by employees that cannot be compelled; overcoming resistance to change mandates that leaders inspire their people to invest extra time and energy to improve process and performance.
- Nurturing relationships: there is no business without relationships…no customers, no employees, no investors, no future. Relationships matter; leaders are responsible for building enduring relationships with all key stakeholders.
- Cultivating shared accountability: teams bond when they struggle together to overcome barriers and achieve common goals. Leaders who promote trust, collaboration and commitment enable the prompt and efficient resolution of challenges that expedite decision-making, drive change and encourage innovation to improve performance.
- Sustaining a growth focus: leaders who preserve an outward looking focus, a bias towards markets and customers, appreciating how their business makes a difference for them, boost sustainability.
How do you evaluate leadership competency?
How might each of these six characteristics be measured?


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He awoke–≤–ВвАЭand wanted Mars. The valleys, he thought. What would it be like to trudge among them? Great and greater yet: the dream grew as he became fully conscious, the dream and the yearning. He could almost feel the enveloping presence of the other world, which only Government agents and high officials had seen. A clerk like himself? Not likely.
–≤–В—ЪAre you getting up or not?–≤–В—Ь his wife Kirsten asked drowsily, with her usual hint of fierce crossness. –≤–В—ЪIf you are, push the hot coffee button on the darn stove.–≤–В—Ь
–≤–В—ЪOkay,–≤–В—Ь Douglas Quail said, and made his way barefoot from the bedroom of their conapt to the kitchen. There, having dutifully pressed the hot coffee button, he seated himself at the kitchen table, brought out a yellow, small tin of fine Dean Swift snuff. He inhaled briskly, and the Beau Nash mixture stung his nose, burned the roof of his mouth. But still he inhaled; it woke him up and allowed his dreams, his nocturnal desires and random wishes, to condense into a semblance of rationality.
I will go, he said to himself. Before I die I–≤–ВвДҐll see Mars.
It was, of course, impossible, and he knew this even as he dreamed. But the daylight, the mundane noise of his wife now brushing her hair before the bedroom mirror–≤–ВвАЭeverything conspired to remind him of what he was. A miserable little salaried employee, he said to himself with bitterness. Kirsten reminded him of this at least once a day and he did not blame her; it was a wife–≤–ВвДҐs job to bring her husband down to Earth. Down to Earth, he thought, and laughed. The figure of speech in this was literally apt.
–≤–В—ЪWhat are you sniggering about?–≤–В—Ь his wife asked as she swept into the kitchen, her long busy-pink robe wagging after her. –≤–В—ЪA dream, I bet. You–≤–ВвДҐre always full of them.–≤–В—Ь
–≤–В—ЪYes,–≤–В—Ь he said, and gazed out the kitchen window at the hovercars and traffic runnels, and all the little energetic people hurrying to work. In a little while he would be among them. As always.
–≤–В—ЪI–≤–ВвДҐll bet it has to do with some woman,–≤–В—Ь Kirsten said witheringly.
–≤–В—ЪNo,–≤–В—Ь he said. –≤–В—ЪA god. The god of war. He has wonderful craters with every kind of plant-life growing deep down in them.–≤–В—Ь
–≤–В—ЪListen.–≤–В—Ь Kirsten crouched down beside him and spoke earnestly, the harsh quality momentarily gone from her voice. –≤–В—ЪThe bottom of the ocean–≤–ВвАЭour ocean is much more, an infinity of times more beautiful. You know that; everyone knows that. Rent an artificial gill-outfit for both of us, take a week off from work, and we can descend and live down there at one of those year-round aquatic resorts. And in addition,–≤–В—Ь She broke off. –≤–В—ЪYou–≤–ВвДҐre not listening. You should be. Here is something a lot better than that compulsion, that obsession you have about Mars, and you don–≤–ВвДҐt even listen!–≤–В—Ь Her voice rose piercingly. –≤–В—ЪGod in heaven, you–≤–ВвДҐre doomed, Doug! What–≤–ВвДҐs going to become of you?–≤–В—Ь
–≤–В—ЪI–≤–ВвДҐm going to work,–≤–В—Ь he said, rising to his feet, his breakfast forgotten. –≤–В—ЪThat–≤–ВвДҐs what–≤–ВвДҐs going to become of me.–≤–В—Ь
She eyed him. –≤–В—ЪYou–≤–ВвДҐre getting worse. More fanatical every day. Where–≤–ВвДҐs it going to lead?–≤–В—Ь
–≤–В—ЪTo Mars,–≤–В—Ь he said, and opened the door to the closet to get down a fresh shirt to wear to work.
Having descended from the taxi Douglas Quail slowly walked across three densely-populated foot runnels and to the modern, attractively inviting doorway. There he halted, impeding mid-morning traffic, and with caution read the shifting-color neon sign. He had, in the past, scrutinized this sign before–≤–В¬¶ but never had he come so close. This was very different; what he did now was something else. Something which sooner or later had to happen.
Rekal, Incorporated
Was this the answer? After all, an illusion, no matter how convincing, remained nothing more than an illusion. At least objectively. But subjectively–≤–ВвАЭquite the opposite entirely.
And anyhow he had an appointment. Within the next five minutes.
Taking a deep breath of mildly smog-infested Chicago air, he walked through the dazzling poly-chromatic shimmer of the doorway and up to the receptionist–≤–ВвДҐs counter. The nicely-articulated blonde at the counter, bare-bosomed and tidy, said pleasantly, –≤–В—ЪGood morning, Mr. Quail.–≤–В—Ь
–≤–В—ЪYes,–≤–В—Ь he said. –≤–В—ЪI–≤–ВвДҐm here to see about a Rekal course. As I guess you know.–≤–В—Ь
–≤–В—ЪNot –≤–В?rekal–≤–ВвДҐ but recall,–≤–В—Ь the receptionist corrected him. She picked up the receiver of the vidphone by her smooth elbow and said into it, –≤–В—ЪMr. Douglas Quail is here, Mr. McClane. May he come inside, now? Or is it too soon?–≤–В—Ь
–≤–В—ЪGiz wetwa wum-wum wamp,–≤–В—Ь the phone mumbled.
–≤–В—ЪYes, Mr. Quail,–≤–В—Ь she said. –≤–В—ЪYou may go on in; Mr. McClane is expecting you.–≤–В—Ь As he started off uncertainly she called after him, –≤–В—ЪRoom D, Mr. Quail. To your right.–≤–В—Ь
After a frustrating but brief moment of being lost he found the proper room. The door hung open and inside, at a big genuine walnut desk, sat a genial-looking man, middle-aged, wearing the latest Martian frog-pelt gray suit; his attire alone would have told Quail that he had come to the right person.


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by TOM ENGELHARDT
[Note for TomDispatch Readers: Every week Truthout chooses a book, a "progressive pick," to highlight (and sell). This coming week, it's my new book, A Nation Unmade by War. As part of the process, I did an interview about the book's themes with Truthout's Mark Karlin who was kind enough to let me post it here on this Memorial Day weekend for TomDispatch readers. So check it out, then go to their book club and buy a copy, if the mood strikes you, or should you want a signed, personalized copy of the book, donate $100 to this website ($125 if you live outside the U.S.) and it's yours. Check out our donation page for the details, but first read my thoughts below. Tom]
A Truthout Progressive Pick Interview with Tom Engelhardt
Mark Karlin: How much money has gone to the U.S. war on terror and what has been the impact of this expenditure?
Tom Engelhardt: The best figure I've seen on this comes from the Watson Institute's Costs of War Project at Brown University and it's a staggering $5.6 trillion, including certain future costs to care for this country's war vets. President Trump himself, with his usual sense of accuracy, has inflated that number even more, regularly speaking of $7 trillion being lost somewhere in our never-ending wars in the Greater Middle East. One of these days, he's going to turn out to be right.
As for the impact of such an expenditure in the regions where these wars continue to be fought, largely nonstop, since they were launched against a tiny group of jihadis just after September 11, 2001, it would certainly include: the spread of terror outfits across the Middle East, parts of Asia, and Africa; the creation — in a region previously autocratic but relatively calm — of a striking range of failed or failing states, of major cities that have been turned into absolute rubble (with no money in sight for serious reconstruction), of internally displaced people and waves of refugees at levels that now match the moment after World War II, when significant parts of the planet were in ruins; and that's just to start down a list of the true costs of our wars.
At home, in a far quieter way, the impact has been similar. Just imagine, for instance, what our American world would have been like if any significant part of the funds that went into our fruitless, still spreading, now nameless conflicts had been spent on America's crumbling infrastructure, instead of on the rise of the national security state as the unofficial fourth branch of government. (At TomDispatch, Pentagon expert William Hartung has estimated that approximately $1 trillion annually goes into that security state and, in the age of Trump, that figure is again on the rise.)
Part of the trouble assessing the "impact" here in the U.S. is that, in this era of public demobilization in terms of our wars, people are encouraged not to think about them at all and they've gotten remarkably little attention. So sorting out exactly how they've come home — other than completely obvious developments like the militarization of the police, the flying of surveillance drones in our airspace, and so on — is hard. Most people, for instance, don't grasp something I've long written about at TomDispatch: that Donald Trump would have been inconceivable as president without those disastrous wars, those trillions squandered on them and on the military that's fought them, and that certainly qualifies as "impact" enough.
Tom Dispatch for more


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SOUNDTRACK: CAUTIOUS CLAY-"Sidewinder" Tiny Desk Family Hour (March 12, 2019).
These next few shows were recorded at NPR's SXSW Showcase.
The SXSW Music Festival is pleased to announce the first-ever Tiny Desk Family Hour showcase, an evening of music by artists who have played NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert, at Central Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, March 12 from 8-11pm.
Cautious Clay is the "far-reaching and breezily soulful project of singer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Karpeh." I love his stage name, but I wasn't that crazy about his music–it was a little too soft and flat for my liking.
And yet I really enjoyed this song.
The song is remarkably simple–a rubbery bassline (that never changes throughout the song) and simple slightly jazzy drum beat. Karpeh sings in his gentle voice and strums occasional delicate chords. The chords, while gentle, bring in some nice sharp high notes to the otherwise bass-filled song.
But the real joy comes when, after a couple of verses, Karpeh puts down his guitar and picks up his…flute. He plays a wonderful flute solo and it totally makes the song shine.
[READ: March 17, 2019] Toast on Toast
I have never seen the BBC show Toast of London, but I love Matt Berry and assumed this would be a very funny read. I see that this also came as an audio book and I assume it would 10 times funnier if it was read by Berry instead of by me.
So this book is an autobiography and "helpful guide to acting" from Steven Toast. Since I haven't seen the show I genuinely don't know if Steven Toast is any good at acting or not. I can tell from the book that he is a pompous ass (which is 3/4 of the humor), but I don't know if he is justified by behaving that way.
I'm also unfamiliar with BBC practices and with British stage actors in general. So, while I assume that most of the names are made up (the more outrageous ones, surely), there may be a few who are real which might make the jokes even funnier.
Best of all, the book is fairly short, so while there are plenty of laughs, it doesn't overstay its welcome. (more…)


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A CANTATA reflecting on the Holocaust is to be performed with an orchestra - more than 40 years after it was written by a musician who fled Nazi Germany as a child.
Rudi Leavor escaped Germany aged 11 with his parents and sister in 1937, and later became Chairman of Bradford Synagogue. In 1977 he re-arranged six songs sung by the Synagogue choir and added words. Written in pencil, the arrangements were kept in a drawer for four decades. Now the cantata is to be performed with the Airedale Symphony Orchestra at two concerts.
"Having sung in the Synagogue choir for many years, some of them doubling as conductor, it occurred to me that some of the songs were of superb quality and it was a pity that only worshippers could hear them," said Mr Leavor. "I decided to select six, arranged them with subtle variations and linked them with interludes, prelude, postlude and recitatives with words in 'telegram form' telling the outline story of the Holocaust."
Despite never studying composition, Mr Leavor completed Enosh ('Mankind'), a 35-minute cantata for mixed chorus, a large orchestra and soprano soloist. Enosh consists of six songs by other composers, re-arranged with some of Mr Leavor's own music.
"The piece uses traditional Jewish melodies and texts as a choral framework," he said. "The soprano's English-language narrative and the orchestra's interludes address themes that are universal, and of equally vital importance today as they have ever been - the yearning for freedom, the fate of the refugee, the dangers of despotism and tyranny, the search for a deeper meaning to human life."
This week sees the premiere of Enosh with an orchestra, celebrating the end of a 42-year wait for Mr Leavor to hear his music in its full glory. "Enosh was resurrected some years ago and performed with a piano," he said. "Over recent months it has been transferred to a computer and now, for the first time, it will be performed in its original full orchestral scoring."
After settling in Bradford, Mr Leavor attended Bradford Grammar School and later graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in dentistry. In 1975 he became Cantor, as well as President and Chairman of the Bradford Reform Synagogue. In 2017 he was awarded the British Empire Medal for his work strengthening bonds between Jewish and Muslim communities in Bradford.
* Enosh will be performed at Bradford Grammar School on Saturday at 7pm and St George's Church, Leeds, on Tuesday, July 9 at 7.30pm. For tickets call 07985 004362 or visit tinyurl.com/Enosh-Tickets-2019


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Chase joined JUFJ in June of 2018. He makes sure JUFJ works and runs smoothly in every capacity by managing databases, providing administrative support, maintaining technological systems and in-office operations, planning community events, designing graphics, and fundraising. Before beginning work with JUFJ, Chase worked professionally at various arts nonprofits in DC, Boston, New York, and San Francisco.
Chase also dedicates himself as a volunteer organizer to a number of causes, including on issues of racial justice and international human rights. In addition to organizing, Chase also helps lead an art collective dedicated to distributing artists' books and zines. He, and his partner Anna, live in Columbia Heights in Washington, DC.
Chase uses he/him/his pronouns and can be contacted at (202) 408-1423 ext. 7.


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We honour those who are our lightweight hero's. Those who are synonomous with lightweight and put it on the map, created a lightweight legacy. Simply because it is fun and because they deserve the recognition. Do you have suggestions, please let us know at email@example.com
Colin Chapman (1928 - 1982) was a famous British structural engineer, famous for founding Lotus Cars and Team Lotus, the Formula 1 team that won a total of seven Constructors titles and six driver titles. Chapmans designs stood out in its days by focussing on lightweight and excellent handling, instead of the common philosophy of large high horsepower engined racecars. This is excellently reflected by his most famous quote's:
"Simplify, then add lightness"
"Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
Some notable innovations:
Notable cars are:
His legacy lives on, in our opinion best demonstrated in the first generation Lotus Elise. Regarded by many as the perfect execution Colin Chapmans philosophy of lightweight engineer: Simplify, then add lightness".
His constructions, specifically in motorsport, where often so lightweight, that they only barely survived during the races. In his opinion the car should only survive until the end of the race. His prioritisation of weight over power put lightweight on the map and this earns him the spot in the Lightweight Hall of Fame.
Julius Wolff (1836 - 1902) was a German scientist and surgeon. He came up with the hypothesis that the bones of humans and animals adapt to the stress exerted on them. If over time a bone is loaded more, the bone will reinforce itself to resist the increased load. Also valid the other way around. If the bone is subjected to a lower load over time, it will remodel itself and the bone will be less dense and weaker as a result.
In the early 1990's Wollf's hypothesis, called Wollf's law, was proven and transformed into a mathematical model. This model is the basis for what we now know as Topology Optimisation, a software tool widely used nowadays to create lightweight components and structures.
Nature is an excellent source of inspiration and a guide to novel, innovative and high performance structures and systems. Julius Wolff was the one who learned from nature and came up with the insight about bone growth. As the grand father of Topology Optimisation, Julius Wollf earns his spot in the Lightweight Hall of Fame.


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Therapedic manufactures a variety of innerspring, hybrid, latex, and memory foam mattresses. They focus predominantly on innerspring and hybrid bedding. You may have heard of them or seen them in local mattress stores across the United States. Overall, they are known for their orthopedic bedding that is designed to provide better back support than others. Overall, Therapedic's bedding is middle-range in terms of product offering.
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Most sleepers feel excellent with their mattresses and reviewed them well. However, some sleepers didn't sleep as well. If you are considering buying one of these mattresses, make sure to learn more below.
Most customers experience these mattresses to be supportive, which means the support layers of the mattress help align the spine and work together with the softer comfort layers above. That said, there are a few customers that have complaints, so be sure that your pick aligns with your sleeping position and body type.
Edge Support
Overall, most customers report these mattresses as having satisfactory edge support, which means most don't have any problems sitting on the side of the mattress comfortably.
Bowling Ball & Density Tests
In bowling ball tests where the firmness is measured across the mattress, these mattresses are well supported throughout the surface. However, some customers have complained about support over the long term, so make sure it works for your body before purchasing.
Mattresses that are durable will stay cozy at least 7 - 12 years based on the materials. Generally, foam mattresses will be less durable, and coils mattresses that are well made will last longer. That being said, mattresses that don't put emphasis on durability will start breaking down much faster independent of materials used. These mattresses get mixed reviews from sleepers. Some describe good comfort, but others have had issues with lasting support.
Having excellent ratings from sleepers is an important factor for shoppers. Mattress buyers give these mattresses better satisfaction scores than most other competitors, which should make you feel good in learning more about their specifics. Read the specifics below to learn if one will work for your body!
Mattresses that are supportive are important to everyone. Independent of whether you like soft mattresses, a mattress that aligns the back and shoulders is really important. Most reviewers report that these mattresses help provide that kind of support.
Edge Support
Most mattress experts agree that edge support is an important attribute in a mattress search. Customers report that these mattresses do well with edge support, which means sleepers notice good support when they roll to the sides.
Bowling Ball & Density Tests
The bowling ball test is a great way to measure mattress firmness and it does well measuring the surface layers for even support. Customers report that these mattresses offer even support across the surface layers.
Mattress shoppers are on the hunt for highly durable mattresses. However as companies focus more on profits and less on building quality products, it can be tough to find a long lasting mattress. Luckily, these mattresses have high ratings for durability. For most sleepers, they will last between 7 - 12 years. Those that use their mattress more than nightly or are heavier than average may find their mattress is slightly less durable.
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I love my therapedic mattress. I've had it for the past 6 months and I can't say enough good things. The only thing that I don't like is that I feel like it has fallen about an inch since I got it. I am worried that it will continue to sag.View More Reviews
I am really happy with my Therapedic mattress. It has been a good investment for my health and I've never been happier.
Not the happiest with the mattress because it has only been two years since I bought it, but it has a deep sag in it. I am not a particularly heavy person, but I'm still experiencing sagging? I need to find my warranty.
This is one of the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in my entire life! Really enjoy the Eclipse I have!
Love this mattress! Not like other memory foam mattresses where you sink in. My husband always gets so hot when he's sleeping and this seems to be a lot cooler as well.
love this mattress pad, very comfortable
OMg, this is a fabulous mattress cover.
Did not like the feel of the Therapedic mattress. I am used to an innerspring mattress so you might like it more than I did.
Everything about this mattress I love. It doesn't contour too much to me so I can get comfortable. I haven't slept this well in years!
Okay but the delivery was such a pain. The box was shredded and arrived late. Besides that, the bed is nice.
Really couldn't be more happy with our Agility mattress. My wife and I genuinely look forward to going to bed each night. It's that comfortable. I'm a side sleeper, so support for my hips and shoulders is critical. This mattress allows heavier pressure points to sink appropriately making my whole body feel cradled. Very happy with my purchase.
I was fortunate enough to win an Agility mattress in a sweepstakes recently. The mattress on our bed was very old and tired, so I was very excited. I was also skeptical about getting a rolled up mattress in a box. It arrived very quickly after being notified. My husband and I hauled the box into the bedroom , and we leaned our old mattress up against the bedroom wall - just in case we wanted it back on the bed! It was very easy to set up - took no time at all. That night I slept through the night for the first time in months. I'm not a good sleeper, and am usually up several times during the night. Since sleeping on the Agility I have been able to go back to sleep if I wake up without a lot of wrestling around. My 10 year old dog, who hasn't slept with us for a few years, has now taken up residence in the middle of the bed each night, and is still there when we wake up in the morning. I guess Agility needs to look into making dog beds next! We will be taking our old mattress to the dump this weekend, and are definitely enjoying our new Agility mattress! Thank you!!
I ordered the twin bed for my 3 year old and he has said more than once "Mama, I love my new bed!" He often refers to his bed as "cozy comfy" – and believe me, it is. Before we received our Agility mattress, my son was on a week-long nap strike. After we setup his new bed, he started napping again with no issues – and not wanting to wake up! He also falls asleep faster at night with his new bed. Just shows how important a good mattress is for all of us. Now I want one for my Master!
I was a little concerned about buying my daughter a mattress online. However, once we set-up her new Agility mattress and let it expand, a supremely comfortable mattress came to life! And once I slept on the mattress myself, I knew I'd made the right choice. It's super comfortable!
I wasn't sure what to expect, but Agility truly delivered. The mattress is excellent, and I am very satisfied with how comfortable it is. I'm a back sleeper, and it has been great.
Great customer service. Thank you to Sales Representative Derek and Therapedic Mattress. Cheers!
The employees were very pushy and one told us we couldn't look at certain sets of mattresses. We ended up purchasing one from the store based on price, but we will not be coming back.
I have had nothing but good things to say about them. Fast shipping and great priced mattresses.
I had the worst experience here.. they order a bedroom set without my permission and when I went in to get my money back I was told by Paula that I would have to wait for an hour to let her boss get off a conference call.. I said I just want my money. Paula told me that she has to look out for herself and her job and I would have to wait.. Paula was extremely rude and had very poor customer service..
I can't wait to get into bed each night. I nestle down into the mattress and go to sleep quickly. Thanks to Agility Bed.
The Agility bed was a huge upgrade from our old "memory foam" mattress. Previously, I thought I preferred a firmer mattress - so at first, the Agility bed felt almost too soft. But after a few months of great rest, I am super pleased by the balance of comfort and support - it's just right (no additional mattress topper needed). As I am almost 6mos pregnant, I can also attest that it's great for side-sleeping.
Just love it! Why did I wait so long to get it.
My Agility Bed is wonderful. I don't think that I have ever slept so well. Thank you, Pam
This is my second Agility mattress purchased so now each of my twin children have one! The Agility mattress was shipped right to my house and was very easy to install. My kids love these mattresses and they are so comfortable that you never want to leave them. Next will be one for my older daughter. Thank you Therapedic!
We are LOVING our Agility Mattress. Previously, we had purchase a Purple Mattress hoping that it would be the answer to both my husband and I waking up achy from an older mattress that was past it's prime. We tried it for 2 months, hoping we'd adjust, but it was just too firm. I heard about the Agility Mattress on Young House Love Has a Podcast and thought that it might be worth a try. It's so much better - still supportive but offers more give for my shoulders as a side sleeper. We are planning to replace our kids mattresses with an Agility Mattress too!
I don't know why I waited so long to get this mattress. My husband and I have slept so well and his back doesn't bother him anymore. Also, customer service was ah-may-zing.
Bought an allington queen size mattress for spare room thinking it would be good enough even though it only cost a little under 400. Mistake,,,, I have 23 yrs of sleeping on military provided mattresses so I'm anything but picky.... this mattress is lumpier than anything I've ever used. Im wishing I'd saved the 25 yr old mattress it replaced. I weigh 230 lbs so I know it's expecting a lot to hope for perfect but at least better than sleeping on a rock pit. And yes I did give it time... 2 months.
After sleeping on a very worn but beloved traditional mattress for 15 years and trying to be more eco-conscious and not taken by the big-box mattress stores that have popped up seemingly everywhere, my husband and I took a chance on the Zenhaven King. I was sold the minute I laid eyes (and my back) on it but my husband thought the Plush Soft side was a little too soft and while supportive, not firm enough for his back issues. So we flipped (actually rolled it over) to the Gentle Firm side and all is well in the universe. Flipping the mattress took our sleep experience to a new level. He is now talking about purchasing the Lineal Adjustable Base as well and I really want to try the pillows. The only thing that was a bit of an issue was that the mattress is designed to be used without a box-spring, which lowers the bed height significantly. Husband is 6'2 and I am 5'8. The bed was too low to easily get on without flopping so we are using our box-springs under the mattress to regain the height until we purchase the Adjustable Lineal Base. The customer service reps were very helpful and patient with our many questions and there was absolutely no pressure to buy. Considering the risk involved in purchasing something like this sight-unseen, this was by far one of the best decisions we have made.View More Reviews
We received our new Zenhaven bed about a week ago and have to force ourselves to get up every morning! It is hands down the most amazing mattress we've ever had after 33 years of marriage and multiple purchases of other brands. This mattress provides deep, restful sleep throughout the night. We also ordered the Saatva Dreams pillows and sheets in Ivory. They are just wonderful. Also, our delivery men (Duke and Chris from Coast to Coast Delivery) were outstanding. They set up the entire bed and made sure we had the side up that felt the most comfortable to us (Plus Soft). They also took away our old mattress (a huge bonus). All in all, we could not be more pleased with the entire process. Going back for naps right now! Carol and Mike Paine, Southport, NC.
We had a foam mattress set that dipped in the middle over time and wasn't supporting our backs; we woke up every morning with a back ache. About 9 months ago, we purchased a split king Zenhaven mattress set along with the automatic adjustable platform beds, and have never slept better. This was our first experience sleeping on a latex mattress, and and we will never go back to foam beds or spring mattresses. We really look forward to going to sleep each night. The Zenhaven doesn't sleep hot like foam, and you feel like you are floating on top of the mattress, instead of sinking into it, it's heaven! We both sleep on the softer side of the mattress, and it's feels firm enough for us to support our back, hips, and shoulders. The only negative was the delivery service, they weren't careful delivering and setting up the mattresses and adjustable beds in our home. Other than that, we are extremely happy with our purchase.
We have been sleeping on this bed for over 6 months. It is the most comfortable bed we have ever had. I was nervous about a latex bed as we have only ever had innerspring mattresses. My back felt better on the firm side. The bed is very heavy so make sure you have help when moving it. It was a very good investment and we would make the purchase again if we were to do it all over again!
We purchased 2 twin extra long mattresses to fit in our king sized bed close to a year ago. They fit great and with a padded mattress cover it is difficult to feel any separation when lying on the seam between the two. After being used to mattresses (with memory foam on top) which quickly developed saggy, softer body depressions, you have to get used to this flatter mattress. After the first night, my lower back was a bit stiff and my husbands was sore. The second night you could literally feel your body adapting to the flatness and we both felt great. The mattress gets more and more comfortable as you get used to it. I did need a slightly higher pillow to support my neck than in a bed where you sink more. My husband now calls it the healing bed and we can't wait to get one for our spare bedroom which we might use if one of us can't sleep or becomes ill. It has been 11+ months since purchase and there are small body depressions where we normally lie down. It is not enough to change the comfortable, supportive, flat, gently firm feel of the mattress and not anywhere near as much as any of the mattresses we have had in the past. Disclaimer: we can't sleep on very firm mattresses as our limbs fall asleep and we need to add mattress pads on top. We are both thin at ~115 and 155 lbs so can't guarantee this for those who weigh a lot more. We just returned from a vacation where we slept well on 4 different good quality, nice hotel mattresses and found our Zenhaven the most comfortable when we returned. So happy to have finally found a mattress we love! Being a cancer survivor and environmentally conscious person, I was also delighted with the lack of chemical smell and natural materials (I don't use products with perfumes and am sensitive to offgassing smells).
After a year, I have to say that I finally sleep like the way you are meant to sleep. My back no longer bothers me, I sleep through the night and I don't bother my wife. I'm a big guy and move alot. I don't remember anything about the delivery, so that was fine. The mattress looks like the day I bought it, there are no impressios whatsoever. Without a doubt I would buy another mattress from Zen Haven.
Following weeks of research on mattress materials, life expectancy, different companies and reviews, we purchased the king size Zenhaven mattress. We hesitated due to the cost, however this mattress did offer a 120 day trial, the best materials and the longest life expectancy. Plus, it's the only mattress we found which had a firm side and can be flipped over to a softer side. I suffer from degenerating disks in my lower back. We use the softer side. I found I needed a bit more soft and contacted customer service. They shipped us a king size topper, made of the same quality materials as the mattress, at NO charge. This was the perfect solution as I've never slept so well! No pain whatsoever all night long. We've had our Zenhaven for 6 months now and we couldn't be happier with our purchase! Their customer service is exceptional. I have contacted them on 3 occasions with questions. Each time they were courteous, professional and helpful. This company and their employees are top notch!
My wife and I were exceptionally pleased with Zenhaven and the Saatva Company. They completely stood behind their bed, my wife loved it though I needed a firmer latex and felt it was too soft. Alex Y. was so helpful in suggesting options which we tried. Their delivery team headed by Sumaya was equally helpful. This company is selling a good nights sleep and not just quality beds. This is truly a five star company!
The Zenhaven is not cheap, but I am so glad we bought it. I started looking into latex mattresses after a few trips to Europe and cruises and decided I wanted a dunlop process latex mattress. The research has definitely paid off in much better sleep. I *love* our mattress! The motion isolation is incredible and no back aches when I wake up.
The Zenhaven is not cheap, but I am so glad we bought it. I started looking into latex mattresses after a few trips to Europe and cruises and decided I wanted a dunlop process latex mattress. The research has definitely paid off in much better sleep. I *love* our mattress! The motion isolation is incredible and no back aches when I wake up.
Although the mattress did not work for us, I wanted to leave a review about the great customer service that we received throughout the entire buying/returning process. Every staff member that we spoke to was kind, informative and accommodating. Every process, from buying to returning was made easy. Thank you for your great service.
From the pre support chat to delivery. The sleep is wonderful. I used to wake up 3 to 4 times a night. No more. Really a wonderful product from start to sleep. Recommend 110%
We did the split king which worked out perfectly. One side of the mattress being firm and the other a little softer. That way my wife and I each get the comfort level we prefer and with the adjustable base we are able to enjoy a great nights sleep. I would highly recommend this mattress to anyone who is looking for an affordable latex mattress.
I would give more than 5 stars if I could. This company has excellent customer care, and honestly, I didn't know a mattress could be this comfortable. I have chronic shoulder and neck pain and I have not had any pain while sleeping on my new Zenhaven. This bed provides the support needed for my back and a plush, soft feel that is pressure free on my shoulder. Please note: carefully choose a mattress protector. The first one I tried had little stretch and as a result made the bed feel hard and cheap. The cover I have now is stretchy and does not take away from the amazing qualities of this very comfortable bed.
It is early yet for me to be totally clear on this queen size mattress but it feels great. Here is why Zenhaven gets a 3 star: The delivery arrived within the 7 to 15 days. The delivery agents did NOT contact me before delivery. So, they showed up with the mattress when I was not home. The next door neighbor, with dementia, hobbled over and the delivery agents ALLOWED HIM TO SIGN for the mattress. Who knows which name he may have signed with. Then, they just left it on the deck near my door. Fortunately, I arrived home between rain storms. The delivery agents were gone but they delivered the mattress in some old unlabeled truck, did not leave a note/message/signed receipt or business card. I had no way of contacting them. So, the story gets better when you picture me, at 130 lbs, moving a flexible 60 x 80, 125 lb. mattress into my home and getting it settled in the room. Believe me, this is rich material for a stand up comic. I've no idea what a 'white glove' delivery service is like but I do know that I got the KY Gel + Rubber Glove delivery service.
We've had our mattress for about 6 months now and are very happy with the purchase. When shopping around, I was most concerned about heat levels (I sleep hot so wanted something that would stay cool) and sagging (I'm 190 lbs and my last mattress had a crater). So far, have not had any issues on those topics. Also, the mattress is extremely comfortable. It seems very well made - very dense, heavy - so feel like it should last a long time.
We shopped a number of mattresses from traditional manufacturers. Styles included box spring, memory foam, inflatable, and latex. Most of our choices cost between $4000-5000 and we found things to be concerned about with each of them. Because of the satisfaction guaranty and easy return policy, we decided to take a chance on a Zenhaven latex mattress. The purchase process was simple and we were aided by knowledgeable customer service representatives. Delivery was timely and professional. We tried the mattress in both sides, with focus on the level of support, the ability to relieve pressure points, and the ability to move without affecting each other's side of the mattress. We ultimately chose the firmer side of the Zenhaven. After 6 months of use, we are entirely satisfied with our purchase. We no longer suffer from back or shoulder pain, as we did from our previous, too firm mattress. The mattress sleeps cool, has never outgassed any odors, and recovers quickly from the previous night's sleep. All this, and we saved at least $2000 by choosing the Zenhaven over our other options. All of our purchases should turn out so satisfactorily!
We had an airbed for 20 years and decided to go different this time. We visited many stores to look at mattresses. We finally decided on the Talaly foam mattress. I went to the internet and was directed to Zenhaven. The service was very good, the delivery after the first try was the best and the mattress is all it was supposed to be. My husband was complaining of back pain before and the has, thankfully, stopped. We are extremely pleased with our purchase.
This review is for queen mattress, foundation and frame delivered in October 2017. The most frustrating part of ordering this bed was navigating around the Zenhaven website to find the answers to my questions. As this was a big ticket purchase for something crucial to life (a good night's sleep), I wanted to do the research because I had no way to test the bed beforehand. So, after much research, an online chat with a Zenhaven employee and research elsewhere on the web, I placed my order. To cut a long story short, I wasn't present at the time of delivery but I'm told the delivery people gave the white glove treatment and wore booties over their street shoes to avoid tracking mud/dirt into my house. The heavy, queen mattress was delivered rolled up. The mattress was flipped so we would sleep on the firm side, as ordered. There was most definitely an odor from the mattress for the first few days. It was not wholly unpleasant but I was happier when it was gone. My husband adjusted to new mattress material within nights. He had suffered back pain and this was the impetus to get a new mattress. Within a week of sleeping on the Zenhaven mattress, his back pain has gone and has not returned.
Unbelievably comfortable mattress, sleeps cool, provides the right level of support especially if you alternate between sleeping on side and back. I wake up energized and refreshed. I was nervous making such an important purchase online but the sales representative was informative and eased my concerns. The company accommodated expedited delivery and the delivery company provided white glove service. I wish I could purchase pillows from Zen Haven!
The Saatva customer service professionals are unmatched in the industry and in the profession of customer service. Any time we called- from the questions prior to purchasing, to a few questions after purchasing, we received a warm and helpful real person every time we called - never a recording. When you call you are able to speak with and understand a live person domestically. Additionally, their customer service team across the board conveys an attitude of gratitude for its customers, a caring and helpful tone, goes above and beyond to patiently answer questions, be helpful and other-centered, honors their warranty and commitment to excellence. Their latex bed is first-class with customer service professionals to match. We would like to especially thank Gloria N. and Nicholas O. for their knowledge, expertise, follow up, caring professionalism and excellence. Your amazing team of professionals make a great name for your company. Please thank them for us- many times over.
Never thought I'd buy a latex mattress, let alone buy one online without ever trying it out. Am so glad that I did. This is a great mattress. It is really comfortable. Really comfortable. What else can I say.
After much shopping and research and laying on mattresses at different stores, we ordered a Zenhaven set. We had the delivery team place it on the Luxury Plush side. Took just a few days for us to love this mattress. We had been sleeping on a memory foam topper on an 8 year old set. We really like the new Zenhaven, and with the 20 yr. guarantee, this may be the last set we ever buy. I would recommend this mattress to anyone wanting to sleep on top of a bed instead of sinking into one.
We have received fast, response on our zenhaven box spring 2 times! Great 1st class!!
I always used to hear people talking abouy how much thwy live their bed, how they miss it when they're away, etc. And inside im thinking "whats so great about a bed or a mattress? Who cares?!" After 9 months with this one, i get it. This is the best mattress I've ever slept on and one of the most worthwhile purchases I've made. Good sleep is one of the most important things we need it's up there worth reading and breathing. Check out the doctor of sleep Prof Ruben Naiman too if you want to learn more.
My husband and i love this mattress - so much so that after the first purchase we ordered two more! My husband has complained about every other mattress we have had - and we have had the best -- sleep number, etc. The on-line purchase was easy. The delivery in all three instances was very smooth. Can't say enough good things about this company.
I decided to splurge on a Zenhaven mattress in part because I have chronic lower back pain and I found that the right mattress can help a great deal. It was the most expensive option but so far I'm happy with my purchase. Initially I was surprised that the firm side of the mattress didn't feel nearly firm enough, but after sleeping in it for a couple of months, I can say this is the best mattress I've ever owned. The only downside is that the material is very heavy - they have movers who will deliver and setup the mattress so it wasn't a big deal but if you plan on moving shortly thereafter, it requires 2 - 3 people to move a king mattress.
I've had other highly-regarded mattresses in the past, but the Zenhaven stands head and shoulders above them all. Quality construction, excellent customer service, and--most important--more than 200 nights of amazing sleep without any soreness in the morning are characteristics of the Zenhaven. I am a huge fan.
The mattress is exceedingly comfortable: soft but also supportive. I like that flipping it provided a different softness level. Delivery company was terrific.
Had to find a bed as we sold our 12 year old Sleep Number set before moving 1100 miles. Lucked into a couple of barely used adjustable twin sized bases and the accompanying king headboard/frame at an estate sale - all I needed was the mattresses. Went with the Zenhaven Twin XL after much online research and in-store look-see. Glad it had the dual firmness option because I like the softer side and my wife needs the firm. Slept good from the first night with no break-in or adjustment period, and it conforms well to the adjustable base. A very satisfying purchase.
I now have three natural or organic latex mattresses from three different companies. They are all delightful. However, my Zenhaven mattress is the most comfortable and aesthetically beautiful mattress I've ever experienced. Thank you!
I ordered the zenhaven mattress and am thoroughly happy with my purchase. My husband and I love this mattress. It's so comfortable that I look forward to curling up in bed each night! The order and delivery was very easy. I ordered a second mattress for our guest bedroom.
I gave it 4 stars because it hasn't helped my shoulder pain. It HAS helped with my hips though, and I love the fact that I'm no longer sleeping on metal coils. I have it with the plush side up, but I don't foresee me flipping it to the other side. That was also a big selling point though, the ability to flip it. We've had a couple warm nights already here in the Northeast and I did not get hot from the mattress. Would definitely recommend!
Back has gotten worse since a few years ago I had torqued my back. Started a new job and had bad spasms and restless sleep due to a very poor bed and frame. Friend of mine recommended Saatva, and saw the latex bed. While a bit pricey, decided to get both the Zenhaven and the adjustable base. Glad I made the leap, the trial time put me at ease buying a bed online. After it finally arrived, no longer having to sleep comfortably on the floor, I slept like a baby. Haven't slept on my back on years, typically a side sleeper, with the adjustable base and the Zen, it is easy to fall asleep on the bed. No longer waking up in the middle of the night or having pain due to my bed being so poor. Glad I spent the money on the bed, best purchase I've made in years!
After tons of research, we settled on the zehaven. I was skeptical ordering on line without actually lying on the mattress but the return policy was generous and the reviews great. I am so glad I did. The most comfortable mattress I have ever owned. I have had it almost 1 year now. I just called today and ordered one for my son.
This mattress is a game changer. No more discomfort, no more soreness. It supports without any pressure points. Perfect! This is one of my all-time best purchases EVER.
Seriously, I have other organic latex mattresses, and this one is hands down the best. I had to layer the others myself and zip them into the mattress cover. It was cumbersome, and not something you can do by yourself. The edges are droopy. The mattresses are good, not great. But THIS mattress - omg. I love it. The ordering process was easy, they kept you informed, and they delivered it and set it up. Unlike the other ones, it's assembled at the factory and arrives like a regular mattress. The edges are not sloppy, and it's the most comfortable bed I have ever owned. You will not be disappointed. We have ours on the firm side. And, it can be folded in half, so getting it into a tight space isn't a problem
I used to have a firm latex mattress, and when I got the new Zenhaven it was quite a bit softer than my older mattress. I was worried by how my body would react. I've had the mattress for a few months now and so far, no problems at all. I love this mattress.
I absolutely love my zenhaven.
I was worried that it was going to be too firm, but it is perfect for me!


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Textile Society of America 9th Biennial Symposium, (2004).
Presented at "Appropriation • Acculturation • Transformation," Textile Society of America 9th Biennial Symposium, Oakland, California, October 7-9, 2004. Copyright 2004 Textile Society of America.
From both rural and urban traditions, the dress of Turkey is rich in historical forms that have been transformed over the years. Transformation occurred as individuals and groups reacted to the external influences of trade, technology and political events. With the incorporation of the global market economy and a greater variety of inspirations and products available in rural and urban areas, individuals and groups combined elements of traditional dress with modern forms to create dress that is distinctively Turkish. These multi-layered cultural authentications are incorporated into use with meanings that function to maintain a social order and act as a marker of social and cultural traits.
In this paper I present examples of cultural authentication in the dress of present-day Turkish women: Authentication of the t-shirt by both rural and urban women, and incorporation of current fashionable dress into a distinctive "Islamic Dress" for young women in the urban areas. The author discusses five features of the ubiquitous t-shirt that have contributed to its incorporation into the dress of village women and, in a different mode, urban women's dress. In the case of the young Islamic women, a transformation occurred within the context of use, in which several components of fashionable dress offered in the larger market were combined to cover the body in a manner appropriate for expression of specific Islamic ideals.


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Xiaoliuqiu Island 小琉球
Xiaoliuqiu (aka Little Liuqiu, Lamay Island, or Lambai Island) is a small island paradise off the southwestern coast of Taiwan. The island is known for its clear water, amazing coral reefs, white sand beaches, and quiet laid back atmosphere. Only a short half hour boat ride from the Taiwan mainland, the island is easily accessible. In addition, the island is small enough that you can round the entire island by scooter in a matter of minutes.
In 1622, a Dutch ship crashed on the island, two years before the Dutch began to rule Taiwan, and all but one of the crew members were killed by the aboriginal tribe living on the island at the time.
In retaliation, the Dutch sent a force to massacre the natives on the island. 300 men, women, and children were suffocated alive in a large cave, and the rest of the people were put into slavery by the Dutch. This was known as the Lamey Island Massacre. Later Chinese people began inhabiting the island in 1645.
Later the island fell into Qing, Japanese, and ROC rule.
Currently the island is a township of Pingtung County with a population of over 10,000 people. Most of the people on the island rely on fishing and tourism for a living.
The island also has one of the largest concentrations of temples in Taiwan.
Xiaoliuqiu started to become a major tourist destination after 2004, reaching over 400,000 tourists per year.
How to get there:
The only way to get there is via ferry from Donggang's Dongliu Ferry Terminal. The ferry ride takes about 30 minutes. There is a ferry leaving from Donggang roughly every hour from 7 AM to 5 PM.
Ferry ride: 410 NT per round trip
Scooter rental: about 300 NT per day. There is a gas station on the back side of the island.
Snorkeling: about 300 NT per hour
Scuba diving: around 2500 NT for 2-3 hours
You can purchase a tickets at the dock, or through a tour agency such as My Taiwan Tour or a similar website.
When to go:
Anytime! Xiaoliuqiu is a tropical island that has warm water and temperatures (above 25 degrees Celsius) year round.
Map: Please see below:
Our Journey:
We have visited Xiaoliuqiu twice, once in 2014 and once in 2016. When we first drove to Donggang 東港, we were not quite sure which boat to take to get there. Parking was cheap, only 30 NT per day. We ended up taking the public ferryboat over. While buying tickets, a lady asked us if we wanted to rent scooters, and set us up with her friend who rents scooters on the island. We paid her right then, which seemed shady but it worked out.
The boat ride was crowded and somewhat slow, but we made it to the island safe and sound. Right when we got off the boat, the scooter rental people found us and took us to our scooters. It was 300 NT per scooter, which is very cheap for scooter rental. The scooter people didn't even look at our licenses, and they said themselves that helmets were not required. However, the second time we visited the rental shops all required us to wear helmets because the police had recently cracked down on tourists. We rode around the island on our scooters and saw everything from the shops to the beaches to more beaches and some restaurants. The weather was great. Be aware that a few private beaches that you have to pay to get into. Also everything seemed to be a little more expensive than one would expect in Kaohsiung.
Xiaoliuqiu has some of the best snorkeling in Taiwan. There are snorkeling rental shops and tours all over the island, the usual price being 300 NT for an hour tour per person.
Our snorkeling session only lasted 30 minutes, but it was an unforgettable, once in a lifetime kind of experience.
We just chose a random snorkeling shop near the center of town (there are snorkeling shops literally everywhere on the island). A typhoon had just passed through so we were afraid that there would be an ocean warning, but luckily we were able to get in the water and snorkel.
And of course we saw a sea turtle!
Our guide fed bread to the fish to keep them close.
More fish, including some clown fish.
After only an hour of snorkeling I got a little sea sick. We were holding onto a life raft and bobbing up and down with the waves, which did not sit well with my stomach, so we hit the beach.
The best beach on the island is Gebanwan 蛤版灣, which has perfect white sand. There is also some cheap showers next to the small temple in the picture above.
Snorkeling in the crystal clear water at Gebanwan.
Soaking in the rays.
Later a group of Taiwanese tourists came, and in typical Taiwanese fashion walked into the water with all of their normal clothes still on.
I could count the people who actually brought swimwear on one hand. This is because Taiwanese people are afraid of tanning and showing skin.
View to the north of the beach.
Two fisherman fishing just off shore.
Another fisherman looking discouraged.
We forgot sunscreen.
Random poses.
Small lobster in the sand.
Container ships looming in the background.
There was a nice lighthouse at the top of the island but not much of a view. All in all we had a fun time.
"White Lighthouse"
"The White Lighthouse also called Liuqiu lighthouse stands on the top of a hill in southwestern Liuqiu at 22' 12'48' north latitude and 120' 21'55' east longitude. It was built in 1929. The lighthouse is white in color and round in shape, and is made of concrete. It is 10 meters tall from base to tip, and flashes each 2.2 seconds day and night. The light can be seen up to 20 nautical miles away. Like the lighthouse at Eluanbi, it helps guide ships navigating through the Taiwan Strait and the Bashi Channel, and is thus an international lighthouse. Under the bright sun, the white lighthouse stands out vividly against the blue sky, presenting a very different impression from its bright flashes of light at night."
View from the top of the lighthouse.
Some bamboo had fallen over in the latest typhoon, blocking the road to the lighthouse.
The hundred year old banyan tree (百年老榕樹) near the lighthouse.
Fisherman trying to make a living on the rocky coral shores.
More fisherman on one of the island's many piers.
The three of us in 2014, which has become the blog's logo. There is a nice swimming spot there called Shanfu Fishing Harbor (杉福漁港) with a small beach and showers, that you can see in the background.
I think the most fun part about that island was us just randomly driving all around on those scooters, and going full throttle down the streets.
Broken down fence after typhoon Nepartak in 2016.
Fallen trees after Nepartak.
There is also interesting geology along the coastline, as you can see from the sign above.
We can get close to the cliffs now, right?
Waves beating against the cliffs on the north side of the island.
Map of the ocean base points around Taiwan
Artwork destroyed by Nepartak.
Reef coastline.
More coral coastline. There is a special teapot rock that a lot of people take photos of near here, but I did not take a picture.
Sunset pavilion, the best place for seeing the sunset on the island.
Looking back to the Taiwan mainland from the sunset pavilion.
Sunset over the Taiwan Strait.
Sun peaking out of the clouds.
View of Kaohsiung from Sunset pavilion.
View of mainland Taiwan at night.
Ships passing in the night.
One place that stuck out to me was a mango ice place that served their ice in sea shells, as well as providing sea shell spoons (海の家貝殼海藻冰 address: No. 61, Minsheng Rd, Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County, 929). They also had savory seafood flavored ice, which was weird. Also there was the usual street markets that you would expect to find in Taiwan with any Taiwanese food you could ask for.
We almost got lost trying to find the port home; there are three different harbors on the island, and it took us a while to find the third one. But we eventually made it back, wishing we had stayed longer.
For more, check out this blog by JSB, or go check out the island for yourself! You will not regret it.
3/5/2019 01:07:56 am
Hi! We are planning to go next week. Im wondering if its worth it or if we better off some other place. Im reading lots of review but their rating are mostly "OK" or "Good". I might get disappointed.
Foreigners in Taiwan
3/11/2019 07:20:22 pm
Yes it's worth it! It is the secret gem of Taiwan and has the best snorkeling.
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On Friday, a very thinly-sourced LA Times article that attempted to re-ignite the now-dormant feud between the White House and Fox News contained a rather inflammatory quote from former Carter administration pollster Patrick Caddell. The newest version of the article does not. When you see the quote, the omission gains a layer of irony atop its bravado.
Peter Nicholas' article relies on on anonymous source paraphrasing an unnamed White House official, an uncertain timeline, and things Caddell says he has heard about other unnamed strategists, to suggest that the White House tried to intimidate Democratic strategists into boycotting guest appearances on Fox News. Despite a lack of key details, the story is the LA Times' #1 most-viewed article.
When I first saw the piece, ironically, the only thing that stood out as newsworthy was this quote from Caddell:
Caddell said he had not gotten that message himself from the White House. "They know better than to tell me anything like that," he said.
Now, that passage simply reads, "Caddell said he had not gotten that message himself from the White House."
I tried to reach out to the LA Times, and to Caddell through Fox News, but neither have responded to explain the omission. To the naked eye, it looks like somebody thought better of trash-talking the White House. In accusing the White House of chilling dissent, it looks like Caddell got a little overheated.


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From The Telegraph, Radio Free Europe and Reuters
Three prison guards and 29 inmates have been killed in a high-security prison in Tajikistan after convicted Islamic State militants started a riot, the Central Asian nation's Justice Ministry said on Monday.
The ministry said the riot broke out late on Sunday in the prison in the city of Vakhdat, 10 km (six miles) east of the capital Dushanbe, as militants armed themselves with knives and killed three guards and five fellow prisoners.
The ministry said five of the inmates were killed by rioters, while 24 others were "liquidated" during the authorities' "measures to quell" the riot, which occurred late on May 19 in the Vahdat district, some 15 kilometers east of the capital, Dushanbe.
The statement said the militants killed the five inmates "in order to intimidate" the others. They then took other prisoners hostage before opening fire on the jail's medical facilities. "Following a reprisal operation, 24 members of this group were killed and 25 others arrested. The hostages were freed" and calm restored to the prison, the statement said.
The statement said that one of the leaders of the rioters was Behruz Gulmurod, the eldest son of Gulmurod Halimov, a former commander of the Tajik Interior Ministry's special forces who joined Islamic State in 2015.
Officials said at least two prominent members of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) were among those killed by the rioters. They were identified as Saeed Qiyomiddin Ghozi and Sattor Karimov. Both were serving lengthy prison sentences on charges that the opposition said were politically motivated. Another was a prominent Tajik cleric convicted on charges of calls to overthrow the government.
Karimov, 60, was sentenced to 28 years in prison in 2016 on terrorism-related charges. A founding member of the IRPT, Ghozi, 67, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2018 on charges that included treason.
Hundreds of people from the impoverished former Soviet republic of 9 million are believed to have joined Islamic State, which at one point controlled large swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.
The group, which has now lost its strongholds but continues underground operations, claimed responsibility for another Tajik prison riot last November, which followed a deadly attack by its followers on Western tourists in Tajikistan in July 2018.
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Last year, four of the largest U.S cell carriers were caught red-handed selling their customers' location data. They promised to change, but today, hackers can still buy your location on the black market – for no more than a few dollars.
Only 12 months ago AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint were found to be selling customers' data to a company named LocationSmart, which then sold that data to other companies. These third parties used this information to track people's locations in real time as they saw fit. Once this wrongdoing was discovered and made public, cell carriers were pressured by the government and the public to stop selling users' data without their consent. They promised they would, and everyone forgot about it.
That's why we were shocked to hear that a Motherboard reporter successfully gave $300 to a bounty hunter to find the location of his phone. This proved that cell carriers hadn't kept their promises after all.
LocationSmart wasn't the only player in the location selling business. In this instance, the company Zumigo bought the reporter's data from T-mobile and then sold the data onto another company – Microbilt. The latter sold the data to bail bond companies, one of which then found the reporter's phone location almost instantaneously for a few hundred .
It looked like this: T-Mobile> Zumigo> Microbilt> bail bond company > The Motherboard
Each company in this 'supply chain' is shifting the blame to one another. Microbilt said that the bounty hunter shouldn't have used this data to track devices, while T-Mobile said that they don't cooperate with Microbilt. However, that doesn't change the fact that T-mobile admitted working with Zumigo, which contradicts their statement and promises made a year ago:
"I've personally evaluated this issue & have pledged that @Tmobile will not sell customer location data to shady middlemen. Your consumer advocacy is admirable & we remain committed to consumer privacy."
– John Legere, Chief Executive at T-Mobile
Motherboard also contacted Microbilt to ask how much such location data would cost. In their article they claim to have been sent a price list showing that locating a phone can cost you as little as $4.95. The price goes even lower if you need the location of more than one phone.
After this unprecedented experiment, AT&T stated that they would cut off any ties to any location aggregators, even those that need this information to locate roadside accidents or to prevent fraud. T-Mobile also confirmed that they will stop cooperating with any location aggregators, although they only pledged to do so by March.
Even though Motherboard's drastic research has achieved a positive outcome, there are still many cell carriers that might secretly be selling our location data to shady middlemen. Some of these third parties might use this data for good reasons, but others clearly have no safeguarding policies and will share your location with anyone willing to pay.
Unfortunately, location tracking by phone service providers can't be blocked without actually shutting off your phone. However, there are other things you can do. Express your concern to your service provider directly. Contact your Congress members to encourage them to pass regulations that would force such companies to protect Americans' privacy.
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This is the 36th year that the Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition presents the previous year's most memorable, spectacular or important moments – to jog our memory as well as to give more information about the world around us.
Curator: Tamás Szigeti
The exhibition is realized in collaboration with the Budapest Spring Festival.
More information and images at https://capacenter.hu/
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Many people see India through a lens of exoticism. The picture tigers, temples, and tumeric. While they aren't wrong, the reality of India is much different from how movies, like Eat, Pray, Love, portray it.
The experience of India differs widely from person to person, so I'm just going to speak for myself and my experiences.
The first thing I noticed when I arrived in India was the cat-calling. It was incessant. The first place we visited, Qutab Minar, a man screamed at me in a language I didn't understand. I'm not sure if he was upset with my clothes, or my makeup, or the way I looked at him. I never found out. But I do know he was not the last.
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Created this small cot quilt during the weekend for my lovely workmate, Aleisha Schrader, who is expecting a new baby in May.
She was keen for a black/white/grey/navy/mint mix, in a modern style.
I cut out the fabrics on Friday evening and spent Saturday sewing it all together while watching an episode of Grey's Anatomy and then all ten (half hour) episodes of the new second series of one of my favourite Netflix shows 'Santa Clarita Diet' (starring Drew Barrymore), so it was about an eight hour quilt.
I used an all over, large stipple for the quilting, with a light grey thread on the top and a navy on the back. The dark fabrics are deep blue or charcoal (but look more like black in the photos).
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It measures 36.5" x 42.5" and is backed by a Riley Blake flannel. I bought some of the fabrics from Fabric Fixation and used others from my stash.
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