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Anyone who's ever been to a Japanese restaurant or Sushi bar and had this baked treat wishes they had a recipe that they could use at home. I've created this from several recipes I managed to acquire from local Japanese restaurants. Now all you have to do is learn how to shuck a large oyster that really doesn't want to let you in.
- 6 oysters (large & alive)
- 1 cup Japanese mayonnaise (Kewpie brand)
- ¼ cup fresh mushrooms, finely chopped
- ¼ cup green onion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon red miso
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1 lemon, cut into 6 wedges
- 3 teaspoons fish roe (Masago or Capelin eggs)
- Scrub the oysters well and rinse them off.
- Shuck the oysters(if you have trouble shucking try placing the oysters in a shallow pan of boiling water for a minute first). Always smell a newly shucked oyster to make sure it's fresh, they should have no strong odor and merely smell like the ocean.
- Once the oysters are shucked, remove the meat and rinse it off in cold water, being sure to remove any shell fragments or the beginnings of a pearl(these are murder on your teeth) Discard the flat top half of the shell and keep the lower bowl shaped half, rinsing them out as well. Dry the meat by patting between 2 paper towel sheets.
- Whisk the mayonnaise, miso paste and peppers together. Set aside.
- Lightly saute the mushrooms and onion in butter to remove some of the water.
- Heat oven to 400°F.
- Spread a thin layer of mayo mixture on the bottom of each shell.
- Cut the oyster meat into 4-6 pieces per oyster and divide evenly onto the shells.
- Divide the onion & mushroom mixture evenly into shells and top off thickly with the mayonnaise mixture, being sure to completely cover everything in the shell with the mixture.
- Place the shells on a baking sheet or arrange them in a shallow pan as level as you can.
- Place oysters in the oven on the top rack and bake for 20-25 minutes. The tops should be a nice dark brown when done.
- Remove oysters from the oven, placing a small amount of Masago on each and serve with a lemon wedge.
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Ivory Coast
Barely 2 weeks after jihadists killed at least 18 people at the Ivorian coastal resort of Grand Bassam, a group of musicians from that country have released a song defying the terrorists.
The song "Meme Pas Peur" meaning "Not even afraid" is a collaborative work by musicians identified as Collectif Bassam.
The video for the song was shot predominantly on the same beach where the March 13 attack claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) occurred.
The lyrics, mostly sung in French say among others that "you kill innocent people for lost causes" adding that "you won't go to paradise".
The musicians clad in black and white T-shirts with the Ivorian flag and the words "Meme Pas Peur" defiantly say in their chorus that "in Ivory Coast, we're on our feet. We're not even afraid."
One of the singers quoted the Quran's Surah Al-Mai'dah (5:32) which cautions against killing people for unjust purposes.
Part of the lyrics also quizzes: "What are you doing on the beaches? Because of 70 virgins, you kill innocent people? In the name of God, you will not go to paradise."
Another was more critical of AQIM's interpretation of Islam saying "Islam is a religion of love and tolerance."
The song's producer Chico Lacoste told the BBC that he decided to make a song to "tell the whole world that: 'Yes it's true that Ivory Coast has been hit but we have not fallen down'".
Ivorian authorities have arrested 15 people in connection with the attack and have launched a manhunt for one Kounta Dallah who is believed to have led the attack.
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Open mic: Should science theorize about the unverifiable?
The cover of Shel Silverstein's famous Book of Futilities depicts two men in an obviously hopeless predicament. Thoroughly chained to both the floor and ceiling in an inescapable room, one prisoner exclaims to the other "now, here's my plan." I was reminded of the old cartoon the other week when the front page of the New York Times science section had an article (albeit very well written and worth reading) on a physicist who claimed gravity didn't exist. Of course he had zero experimental evidence and few in his field even understood his theory, but it got me thinking: Has physics reached the point of futility?
The greatest problem facing generations of physicists has been the inability to unite gravity - as described in Einstein's general relativity - with quantum mechanics. Both theories work very well on their own in making predictions, but the common ground between them may lead to a description of our origins, allowing us to peer into the very first instants of the universe. String theory, quantum loop theory, M-Theory and a slew of other approaches have hacked away at finding a theory of quantum gravity that will make our understanding of the universe more complete.
And much like the search for the mythical El Dorado, the quest for a theory of everything has proven too much for many physicists to resist. While few would argue such a pursuit to be futile, the hunt has consumed the lives of many great minds while bearing very little fruit.
What's more, many of these approaches have attacked the problem from directions that can hardly be described as scientific. The first principle of cosmology Lee Smolin lays out in his book Three Roads to Quantum Gravity is that there is nothing outside of our universe (this is not to discount religion). If the universe is a closed system, then the answer to any question in the universe must come from the universe. String theorists throw such cautions to the wind; the theory predicts wide-ranging things like multiple other universes (can we please use universi?) and dimensions, as well as gravitational effects from outside our own universe. In fact, one of the few methods offered to move string theory from the "not even wrong" category relies on the remote chance of detecting gravitational effects from other universes using the LHC.
For decades the frontiers of physics has been occupied by such theories with profound promise, but little observational support. But can we really question their worthiness? Science rarely plays out the way we expect it to, and quite often the popularly dismissed route ends up being the correct one.
This is not an editorial meant to take a stand one way or the other because, honestly, I'm not sure how I feel. I've often taken Brian Greene to task for The Elegant Universe, which made millions of Americans cognizant of string theory and led many of them to believe it was more than just a mathematical framework. But I don't believe string theory is futile (though my friends' frequent questions about it may be), I just think it lacks context in the public eye. I'm very curious what other people think.
Is there such a thing as futility in science?
Friday, July 30, 2010
The physics of futility
Open mic: Should science theorize about the unverifiable?
Posted by Flash Modin at 7/30/2010 04:53:00 PM
Labels: brian greene, lee smolin, quantum gravity, string theory
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Any observation contains information. The secret is to abstract higher meaning. This often means more observations.ReplyDelete
Here is a higher abstraction on Gravity and Black Holes;
In the continuum of space and time, exists the dichotomy of matter and energy. All things exist as both matter and energy, but are experienced as one or the other.
As energy, all things exist as wave patterns. Most wave patterns are interferences of simpler wave patterns. The simplest wave forms are those that do not interfere with other waves. These simplest wave forms hold their shape as they propagate. There are three such wave forms.
The first such wave form is seen in three dimensions as the spherical expansion wave of a bomb blast, and in two dimensions as the circular wave of expansion on the water where a rock was tossed in. The second wave form is seen in three dimensions as the cone of sonic boom following an aircraft traveling faster than sound, and in two dimensions as the V-wake on the water where the boat is traveling faster than the water wave. The third wave form is seen in three dimensions as the propagation torus of a smoke ring and is seen in two dimensions as the double vortexes of an oar stroke on the water.
The Torus is a particle of discrete exchange, from one point to another. The object exchanges position and momentum. While the spherical wave shows position, and the conic wave shows momentum, the torus shows both at the same time, and has a dynamic finite unbounded reality. The volumes of the cone, sphere, and torus are mathematically related as static objects.
The Universe is a local density fluctuation. (a wave pulse) On this local density fluctuation wave, lesser wave forms may exist. All simple wave forms are also local density fluctuations, and as such are indeed universes in their own right, where other waves may exist.
Consider the torus as a universe. Einstein said that gravity is indistinguishable from acceleration. There is both linear acceleration and angular acceleration. Although the torus as a whole travels in a straight line, every local point on the torus travels in a circle and experiences angular acceleration.
The rubber sheet model of gravity and curved space translates directly to the propagating torus with angular acceleration. Acceleration is downward on the rubber sheet and outward on the torus. The tension field that separates the inside of the torus from the outside holds its shape as a simple two dimensional field of space and time just as the rubber sheet does.
Experimentally verifiable is that a big fat slow smoke ring generated in a room with very still air will eventually possess a bulge that travels in a circle on the surface of the smoke ring. This bulge, being a gravitational depression, gathers more of the energy of the field toward itself. Finally the bulge gathers enough material to collapse the field and eject a new, smaller smoke ring out in the same direction as the first torus. This collapse is a black hole to the first torus, and a white hole to the second torus, where the axes of space and time in that second torus have reversed.
While gravity tends to draw depressions together locally on a dynamic torus, even to the point of field collapse, other areas on a torus expand and contract globally as the torus propagates along without regard to local phenomenon on the surface. This is quintessence. The inertia of the torus to propagate is its dark energy. This is a two-dimensional example of the process that we experience in three dimensions.
From structureofexistence.com by Dan Echegoyen 951-204-0201
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- AnonymousJuly 30, 2010 at 8:14 PM
It seems to me that good science has always been based on observations. We are now formulating theories, and then forcing our observations to fit into the theories. Both quantum, and cosmological information is becoming more abundant due to advances in technology, but much of it is inferred, or detected indirectly, neither of which are inherently accurate. While we wait for new technologies to provide useful information to spur ideas, we formulate preposterous, all encompassing theories, based on a finite amount of flawed information, and wonder why these theories do not pan out. Einstein seems to be every aspiring big shot's target these days, but his genius is even more magnified when considering the amount of reliable information he had when formulating his theories.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2010 at 4:02 AM
My belief is that the universe is much more than a machine that can be taken apart, and that the question 'what is everything' goes on infinitely as long as there is reliance on 'taking things apart to understand them' as a method of interpreting. I notice along with this that all things are relative, and that includes our thinking and experience.ReplyDelete
On futility, my thinking is the question becomes futile if people are obsessing or stagnating rather than growing as people from the asking of it. If they are getting value from it, than keep on asking I say..
No, there is never futility in science. The best example I can come up with off the top of my head is to point out that, at the end of the nineteenth century, there was considerable - if muted - commentary to the effect that everything had been discovered, there is little left for scientists to do but clean up the rough edges, throw dust-covers over the furniture, turn out the lights, and lock the doors of Human Knowledge. Well, perhaps not... We seem to be approaching a another impasse today, and I would agree that physics has been wobbling about the past few decades, trying to make sense of a number of seemingly senseless quandaries. (shrug) I have no doubt that, somewhere, there is a modern-day equivalent of a Swiss patent-office clerk, staring out a window and wondering about... things. Oh, and by the way, it should only be spelled "universi" if the singular were spelled "universus".ReplyDelete
- ArrakisJuly 31, 2010 at 8:29 AM
String theory is long past the point of futility. So much money and so many man-hours of the brightest minds wasted for nothing.ReplyDelete
Enough is enough, society has to intervene when it's resources are wasted in such a hopeless manner.
And I am not saying string theory has to be wrong (although I suspect it is) I am saying that the lack of results proves beyond any doubt that further work without experimental guidance is way too wasteful and therefore unacceptable.
Public funding should go to much more worthwhile causes like molecular biology, medicine or nanotechnology. Their potential to improve our lives is immensely bigger and they are intimately linked to experiments which are the ultimate source of our knowledge.
Strings theory has to be shelved and not revived until experimental evidence which can guide further developments comes along. If that means until Planck scale is accessible to experimenters, so be it.
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2010 at 8:39 AM
The search for new knowledge is never futile. Modern physics has simply run into a point where it is waiting for more experimental data. It has happened countless times in history when many theories were built "too far" from experimental evidence. Eventually the data will indicate which path is correct.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2010 at 10:01 AM
At this stage in physics, the first next step *has* to be the formulation and discussion-to-near-death of a wide variety of theories.ReplyDelete
The cost (in both money and time) of designing and building machines that can explore the frontiers of physics is so immense that the time "wasted" in the forumulation and discussion of various TOEs is nothing in comparison.
So, at this point what we *should* be doing is encouraging the forumulation of a wide variety of theories, with preference toward those that have verifiable predictions. Then we should be discussing them to near-death before and only then should we start the design of the next LHC.
Your take on Verlinde's article is ironic indeed, since I took Verlinde to be attempting to end what may be a futile search for a unified theory bringing gravity and quantum mechanics into a single consistent mathematical solution. Verlinde does NOT say that gravity as we experience it does not exist, but that it may not be a force in the same sense as electromagnetism or the strong force. Rather, he argues that gravity may by an effect of entropy and therefore derivative, not primary.ReplyDelete
I admit that I don't understand his argument fully, and the math involved is way over my head (I am a physics degree holder who never practiced in the science), but his derivation of many of the basic concepts of Newtonian physics from thermodynamics and holographic theory is fascinating.
Much of the theoretical physics in my lifetime has been founded on the assumption that gravity as Einstein defined it should be similar theoretically to the other three fundamental forces. This has led to a mind-boggling amount of effort and money spent to find the elusive grand unifying theory of the four "forces". Verlinde's brilliant stroke (if that's what it proves to be) is to question gravity's right to share the platform with the other three fundamental forces that can be explained in both Newtonian and relativistic cases.
Is this futile? Absolutely not. Science generally and physics in particular advances only by the interplay of theory and experiment. We cannot formulate an experiment if we have no idea of what we want to prove. Theoreticians guide our thinking about what we may find, thus allowing us to experiment.
Are theoreticians wrong? Often, but that is part of the work. The history of physics is littered with theoretical dead ends and red herrings (many of which were shown to be so by experiment), but we would not be where we are today in science and everyday life without those mistakes, and the correct theories that such mistakes allowed us to create.
Before you can find a theory of everything, you've got to figure out where the energy and matter came from that were the big bang. They existed before this universe did. Finding that might also show that this universe is insignificant in size, enough that it was created from a blip outside this existence. That would likely start us on the path to understanding gravity and dark energy.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2010 at 11:44 AM
"Should science theorize about the unverifiable?"ReplyDelete
I think that the author misunderstands how science is done. Every single step forward in science ever made was done as a thought experiment first. There is no way to verify something without first devising a way to test it and that always involves theory.
To suggest that science stay put simply because the experimental physicists have not compiled enough data to test a specific theory is ridiculous. This thought can only come from an armchair physicist who has too much access to knowledge they don't understand.
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Should we stop infants from trying to walk just because they lack the experimental data of actually walking while they fall in the attempt?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2010 at 12:30 PM
"I think that the author misunderstands how science is done. Every single step forward in science ever made was done as a thought experiment first. There is no way to verify something without first devising a way to test it and that always involves theory."ReplyDelete
Nope. In fact most breakthroughs come through unexpected results from experimentation, not "as a thought experiment." While theory on occasion arises from pure math, more frequently the result is folly.
Also, as the author describes, it is yet impossible to test what is outside of our universe.
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2010 at 3:19 PM
I believe that the greatest problem, which is not only facing physicist but mankind in general, is lack of understanding of how the human mind works, hence our inability to interpret observations correctly. People take what they observe at face value and end-up with misperception of what lies behind events. This misperception is manifest in the current confusion in physics. For example, if one asks a question about the nature of force, the explanation is given in terms of mass. If on the other hand one asks about the nature of mass, the explanation is given in terms of force or energy, and so on. There is no tangible substance which the mind can visualise. From within such a loop it is impossible to break through. If the endless list of subatomic particles and variety of sting geometries and multi-Universes are needed to create the Universe, then it would have required an assembly line type production to generate matter in the aftermath of a Big Bang. The reality is that there is a very simple, yet intricate process which produces matter and energy from the fabric of space. Until that process is understood physical reality will remain ambiguous.ReplyDelete
Anonymous said: ""Should science theorize about the unverifiable?"ReplyDelete
I think that the author misunderstands how science is done. Every single step forward in science ever made was done as a thought experiment first. There is no way to verify something without first devising a way to test it and that always involves theory.
To suggest that science stay put simply because the experimental physicists have not compiled enough data to test a specific theory is ridiculous. This thought can only come from an armchair physicist who has too much access to knowledge they don't understand."
I'd (clearly) disagree. Science isn't done the way we teach kids that it is. This whole "question, hypothesis, experiment" thing is simply not the way science happens in the real world. Theory often springs from experiment, and experiment from theory. Yet scientific truth is always determined in the laboratory. Without it I could pose - as the old-woman to Hawking - that "it's turtles all the way down."
The fundamental question I pose is this: if there is no foreseeable experiment you can use to test a theory, is it actually science, or is it just very elegant math?
It seems most of you think the answer is that there can be no futility in science.
But I would say a theory can only be considered scientific if it can be proven false. I guess that means I agree science can't be futile, but it's a backwards way out of the question.


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On the Second Day
Friday, August 31, 2007 Filed in: rivers
The advantage of picking one's mum up from Luton airport is that it's then possible to squeeze in a second fishing trip on the way back home. Haviing scored so mightily with the barbel the day before, I didn't need to persuade myself too hard to try again. Having negotiated another early rise I arrived at the car park at about 6.30am. No-one there but myself and a man who appears to be living out of his van with two enormous shaggy dogs.
It's colder this morning and the blister from the Doc Martins is playing up on my right heel as I wander down the road to the track. Turning the corner, two tiny farm cats come pelting through the gate and stop dead right in front me. They both spring vertically into their air and then one cuts off left while the other goes right. It's like finding yourself suddenly in the middle of a cartoon.
I know where the river is now, so there are none of yesterday's geographical distractions. I head straight for the right swim and tackle up exactly as yesterday. First cast I get a hilarious chub bite. Second cast I get a nice little chub - about 2lbs - and then nothing. The swim goes dead and I wonder if I've put everything down by returning the chub into the water at my feet. I try different parts of the swim and start to pick up bites. At around 8.30 I see a kingfisher zipping low across the water, heading downstream and shortly afterwards I'm buzzed by a small flock of finches who take it in turns to be surprised at finding my head directly in their flight path. They settle into the tree beside me and chatter away happily. Then the swans move in and sit right in front of me for 20 minutes. I make a cup of coffee while I wait for them to move on.
Last cast, I drop the bait almost directly in front of me, a few feet out from the bank. The rod is in the rest and then it isn't. I'm striking a solid thump and it's another barbel. It comes up off the bottom faster than yesterday's one but then wakes up and proceeds to take me for a tour of all the interesting-looking snags in the swim, almost getting his nose into the big one in the middle before I turn him away. I'm using pretty stout tackle so it's relatively easy. When he comes in he's larger than yesterday's and is turning to golden brown, the way barbel do when they get bigger. Only one more and it'll equal my best ever tally of barbel in a season.
Where's the river?
Thursday, August 30, 2007 Filed in: rivers
There's always a frisson of excitement when you return to a well-loved and well-known stretch of river. Lakes you see, don't really change that much. Oh, they do over time, but they don't change the way rivers change. And today's a case in point. Everything else is the same. The common where you have to leave the car since the residents kicked up about anglers parking in the lane, the potholes in the road that they can't be arsed to fix, the quaint little - and not so little - houses that look over the common (and the weird thing in the middle that looks like a sweat shop, but can't be).
The cut down towards the fields is still there, but hang on...this bridge is new and where's the gate? What gate? The rusty gate that adorns this very blog. Cunningly you see I'd intended to try and reproduce the shot of the horses in a Surrey field at sunrise at different times of the year and then switch the picture at the top to reflect the seasons. Maybe even sell it as a calendar. No chance of that now the gate's gone.
Having crossed the lock and started downstream, I'm faced with a more serious problem. The river has gone. Or rather it's hidden behind a wall of foliage that stands higher than me and seems comprised of stinging nettles on steroids and this weird pink stuff that has stalks a bit like rhubarb but doesn't taste as nice. I wander down parallel to where the river should be until I see a faint trail heading in the right direction and waving my landing net handle in front of me strike off into the jungle. It takes a couple of minutes before I can see water, by which time I've been stung all up one arm and am covered in pink petals from the rhubarb stuff - I look like a bride at a Hindu wedding - except I'm a bloke and have a beard.
But this can't be the right spot. The tree's gone. And half the bank's been consumed by rhubarb and...wait a minute, this is the right spot because there's the gouge out of the bank on the other side, and that's the tree where the sun comes up and - having looked a little more carefully - there's the tree on my side. It's just fallen in the water. Bloody hell.
Having stopped mucking about with all these side issues I turn to the swim itself. This is lovely. Actually, it's luvverly. The water's doing all sorts of weird contortionist things. There's a fast run with whirls and eddies coming off it, there's a slow deep bit, then shallows on the near bank and something over the other side that looks like deep water. Right in front of me the water actually flows in a circle. There's so much to choose from I don't know where to start.
So having tackled up with 8lb line straight through to a size 4 hook with a 3/4 ounce Arlsey bomb on the end, I settle down onto the inflatable cushion and look towards the river. I'm so low down and the undergrowth's so high that I can't see where I'm casting - so that solves one problem, then. I get a corking tug first cast on luncheon meat and then we settle into a familiar frustrating progression whereby I waste two hours on 'bites' that are mostly weed before getting a real bite that nearly pulls the rod out of its rest and makes me realise I've been wasting my time.
I call my missus to bemoan my fishless plight and promptly hook something heavy that holds the bottom just like a barbel, but comes off after a few only seconds. I phone back to explain why I hung up on her. The swim disturbed, I boil water for a coffee (though looking around me I wish I had some custard powder) and then sit and drink it noisily. Re-casting I proceed to get a series of unmissable bites which I miss every time.
Finally, aware that I need to leave to pick my mum up from Luton airport, I have one last cast into the slow circle of water in front of me, pop the rod in the rest and then lean back to contemplate where it all went wrong. At which point the rod tip throbs and pulls down in a series of steps and I strike. It's a barbel again, and keeps low in the water for about three minutes, forging this way and that, invisible, yet so much a barbel that I feel like I've seen it already. When it finally comes to the surface it's smaller than I hoped but still a lovely fish. I give it between five and six pounds and happily pack up, crunch back up through the rhubarb to the path and return to the car, pausing only to photograph the ugliest horse I've ever seen.
A Fine Idea
Saturday, August 4, 2007 Filed in: lakes
Apparently it was all my idea, which was why Ray expressed surprise at my surprise that he should telephone to ask what time we were meeting up to go fishing that evening.
This came as something of a shock. I tried to piece together the events of the previous evening. One old fart meeting two other old farts to play some guitar - check. Songs old and new, borrowed and original - check. Bottle of French cider - check. Bottle of cheap French red wine - check. Further bottle of imported cider - oh dear...although nothing's coming back to me (certainly not Ray's insistence on my insistence that we go fishing this evening) it's all starting to make a terrible sense.
And, since it was my idea, I'll claim the credit for it. A lovely evening. No-one else at the water at all, some nice tench, a few small rudd and roach, the inveitable eel, an inquisitive field mouse who made so much noise in the rushes next to me that it sounded as though he was driving a car around in there, and this beautiful common carp. About 8lbs, he took a small piece of luncheon meat on a size 12 hook, first cast and proceeded to tear around the swim, tugging the old John Wilson left and then right (I'm enjoying giving this rod a run out this season, it's been a while); finally he came in, neatly lip hooked and went back in the swim next door after having his photo taken.
We saw a hot air balloon, several dozen bats, several million midges, and watched as the perch - which are growing to a decent size by all accounts - scattered fry all over one half of the lake for about an hour before the sun went down and set the sky on fire. Which as you can see, was a sight worth coming whether we caught any fish or not.
Black Sheep
Thursday, August 2, 2007 Filed in: ponds
Having decided to head for a different stretch of the river my plans were scuppered after a quick check of the club website. We don't have that bit any more; instead we've got the stretch over the road which is nigh on unfishable - steep, steep banks, no swims and no fish so far as I can see (I'll fit right in then).
So instead, I set off for a couple of small ponds near the river, up and over a field or two and set out of the way in a small copse. I haven't fished here for years but for the patient, quiet angler, there used to be nice crucian carp and the odd tench.
Got lost of course and ended up driving the 323 over some farmer's fields, weaving in and out of the wheels of hay, trying to find a landmark I could remember from all those years back. In the end I came back out onto the road, bouncing cheerfully up and down, and taking the next turning found myself on a much more likely-looking dirt track. The car heaved a sigh of relief and things began to slip into place. I remembered this. The little flat area in front of the wooden building and the path over the top towards the copse.
There was a small, unremembered orchard which was infested with the noisiest sheep I've ever come across. They dashed towards me as I opened the gate and I had to poke them out of the way with the rod. Gate closed I set off through the orchard as the light settled and the sheep got back to sheep stuff. Later on I would hear them as I fished, sounding for all the world like they were having a huge fist fight.
Presented with another gate I was temporarily flummoxed. The club issues a membership card which has the padlock number for all the waters that are locked to keep out scroungers. It's a four digit number. This padlock only had three barrels. I tried the first three numbers, then the last three, then gave up and hauled my ageing carcass over the top of the gate. As I jumped off it made that kind of metal whanging sound as it vibrated back and forth - haven't heard that for a while.
The ponds were even more overgrown than before, the trees having spread out and over much of the water, leaving small open pools and little clear spots here and there. I had a quick reccy and disturbed a few surface feeding fish, probably small carp, before setting a float road and fishing with little lumps of luncheon meat on a size 12. It was really shallow, in fact even the two little commons I caught must have almost been scraping along the bottom of the pond in order to stay out of sight. Fish came up at my feet for insects and as the sun dropped the bats came out, flitting between the trees and swooping down to the water. I made a coffee about 8.30 and then fished until dark. Two bites, two fish, just either side of a pound.
Packing up, I put the little head torch on and went cold when it picked out two bright, blank eyes, standing at head height just on the other side of the fence. I caught the outline of pointed ears and a heavy, distended jaw before my Dennis Wheatley-style monster metamorphosed into a pleasantly curious bullock watching me get my gear together.
Oddly by the time I got back into the field, he'd vanished, and though I felt certain he'd ambush me with a comical head butt to the arse as I heaved back over the gate, he didn't. Instead I heard him cropping the bushes in the next field, making them shudder and shake.
Which meant I forgot the sheep completely. Delighted by my return, they pounded out of the darkness of the orchard - about eight of them - and proceeded to gambol around me in a parody of welcome. I could see their sheepy teeth and read the slow intent in their eyes. I've seen the movie. Next time I shall come armed with mint sauce.
About the author
Rob Beattie is the other of several popular fishing books. He's also a regular contributor to Waterlog magazine.


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October 22, 2014
Are you aligning Training with Performance?
tags: learning evaluation
Focus Training on Performance
As a learning leader it is important to understand how to best align your training activities with the performance goals of your organization. To do this, we need to be sure that we always keep performance as the goal, communicate transparently and clearly, and think of learning as a process, not an event. This can be challenging, because a lot of we do looks and feels like an event.
It feels like those of us who analyze roles, design and develop curriculum, facilitate a course, and evaluate the success for that course, assume that we have "performance" as our main focus. But unfortunately, it can be elusive. We can find a great concept and really focus on delivering that concept, hoping the learner will take it back to the workflow they live in on a daily basis.
Measure the Learners Performance
We also have to be careful that we don't get caught up in worrying about measuring ourselves. When we look at the data we have, we tend to want to focus on how training activities went, how did we do, did they like us. But this takes the focus away from the performance of the employees. Can they perform the task(s) we taught them?
Communicate their Performance to the Field
We need to be able to communicate clearly to the business unit...
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text: News & Events / News print News View All Faculty General Students Alumni RSS Feeds YEAR 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 « Back 11.30.12 Professor Roberta Karmel Comments on Resignation of SEC Chairwoman in the New York Law Journal Professor Roberta Karmel spoke to the New York Law Journal about the recent announcement of Mary Schapiro to step down from her position as Chairwoman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Schapiro has been credited for revitalizing the role of the SEC as a response to the American financial crisis, but many also disapprove of her inaction to hold more Wall Street executives accountable. Critics specifically note a $550 million settlement with Goldman Sachs, which did not single out any senior executives for defrauding investors.Professor Karmel agreed with Schapiro and the agency's decision. "If the SEC was not able to negotiate settlements with the 'neither admit, nor deny' language, I think it would be hamstrung in its enforcement efforts," she said. As a former SEC commissioner, she added that the practice "has been traditional for as long as I can remember."Read the full article. Email this article Share Read the latest issue of Brooklyn Law Notes


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"To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free...to a time when truth exists, and what is done cannot be undone...From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink--greetings!" - George Orwell, 1984
Friday, June 17, 2011
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Here here!
This is the essence of the matter.
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Arguing about "rights" to a piece of land because of who was allegedly there first flies in the face of the realities of human history, and especially undermines the West.
What matters is who settles the land and can hold onto it.
Let's not fall into that "we were here first!" trap, gents... it just plays into our enemies hands on the whole White Guilt issue.
We should celebrate conquest and settlement of land by ANY peoples... yes, even our enemies... because that justifies our own past... and (hopefully) our future, if we ever find our courage again.
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Everyone has a personal hobby horse and the Solutrean theory is one of them that is emerging. I have my own movement hobby horse's being CI such as the Tarim Basin and the history of the Adamites. We as a race face a series of issues not just one. White Nationalists should be encouraged to pursue their specific interest but they should not make it their be all and end all.
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Eskimos ink undrafted Canadian running back
The 2017 CFL draft wrapped up a week ago, but the Edmonton Eskimos weren't quite done with the Canadian talent that was up for grabs this year.
On Monday, the club announced the signing of undrafted running back Johnny Augustine.
The five-foot-nine, 202-pound running back posted 282 rushing yards and three touchdownsn in six games with the University of Guelph Gryphons last season. The previous year, he ran for 108 yards on 19 carries on the way to the school's first Yates Cup since 1996 with a win over the University of Western Ontario Mustangs.
With a combine production of 22 bench press repetitions, a 4.768 second 40-yard time, a 30.5 inch vertical leap and a broad jump covering a distance of nine-foot-two to go along with times of 7.34 seconds in the three-cone drill and 4.40 in the shuttle, the Eskimos press release stated the versatile Augustine went unselected in the May 7 draft, "much to the surprise of many outsiders who covered the selection process."
A group of Eskimos prospects attended NFL mini-camps on the weekend. First-round draft pick Nate Behar and third-round selection Chris Mulumba got looks with the New York Giants, while fifth-round choice Kwaku Boateng put his skills on display for the Chicago Bears. With no contracts forthcoming down south, all three are expected to attend Eskimos training camp on May 28.
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The Onion: Pope joins Twitter, gives up Catholicism to connect with youth
After the Pope met with some criticism and mockery for joining the social networking site Twitter, The Onion "reported" that he has decided that "giving up on Catholicism" will also allow him to better connect with Christian youth.
It's not enough to simply join Facebook or Twitter. "In order to really relate to modern teens, he needs to make religion a much smaller part of his busy life, just like they do," The Onion quotes one archbishop as saying.
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Tomorrow we kick off our summer music tour. We are heading up to Marin county to see Paul Thorn at Rancho Nicasio. The show is a part of their BBQ on the Lawn series of events and thankfully I reserved tickets several months back, as the show is now sold out. Here's a great video clip you can enjoy from Paul's web site (be patient and give the video clip time to load:). Our friends, Eric and Becky, as well as the DawBoy, will join us for the show and an overnight at our friend's cabin in Inverness.
Brenda and I will be going back to The Fillmore, in San Francisco, to see UB40 and Maxi Priest, on August 5th. We really enjoyed the Fillmore earlier this fall when we saw Jimmy Buffett there. There is no seating as The Fillmore is an old historic dance hall. We saw UB40, with Keb' Mo', at the Ironstone Vineyards amphitheater last summer and they put on a really great show. The surprise of the show was, Keb' Mo', though as I'd never heard his delta blues music before. Great stuff!
Later in August, Stephen and I will be heading up to Raley Field in Sacramento to see Dave Matthews, on the 25th. We plan on starting the evening off with a stop at Rubicon Brewing Company for dinner and ales.
Finally, Brad and John will join me at Shoreline Amphitheater for this year's Jimmy Buffett concert on October 21. Neither of these guys have seen Buffett live before, so they are in for a real treat!


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Recently, I've had the chance to read (and by read, I mean devour), two incredibly awesome books by two amazingly talented writers, Ms. Leah Clifford and Ms. Beth Revis.
Today, I explain to you why you need to read Across the Universe. Again, I'm going to *try* to keep it spoiler-free.
I have heard AtU described as "claustrophobic" and after I read it, I understood exactly what that term meant in relation to the book. All of the action takes place on the spaceship Godspeed, which is on course to settle a new Earth-like planet. From the general description, the book sounds like solid science fiction. But it's so much more than that. It's dystopian; it's a murder-mystery; it's a struggle for control, not just of the ship itself, but of emotional liberation, destiny, faith. It's...unforgettable. A book that remains lodged in your mind long after you read it. You'll be thinking about this one over and over again.
The first chapter is one of the most amazing first chapters I've ever read. I actually read it before I started A Touch Mortal because Lisa and Laura Roecker gushed over the first chapter alone. And after reading it, I understood why. It's so emotionally gripping--17-year-old Amy saying goodbye to her parents who are being frozen for the trip, her father giving her the choice to back out of the promise she made to join them--that you can't help but propel yourself through the rest of the book. Trust me, it was hard to put it down to read ATM.
AtU is told in 1st person present with two narrators: Amy, whose POV we depend on to understand the mission and the oddness of being aboard Godspeed, and Elder, whose POV we depend on to understand the ship's social structure and hierarchy. The two provide such interesting commentary on the ship, the social structure, and each other, allowing the reader to make their own decisions concerning how the ship is run. There's a massive ethical conundrum, but on a self-contained ship with 3000-ish people where strict discipline is actually a necessity, I had to ask myself whose side I'd be on--Amy's or Elder's. Amy wants emotional freedom, constantly telling Elder that the way people act is "unnatural." Elder, though, doesn't understand her meaning and even once he learns how the people are being subdued, he still isn't sure if what's happening is completely wrong.
The ethical issue is only the tip of the iceberg aboard a ship powered by lies, deceit, and betrayal. Imagine never knowing what a sunrise or sunset looks like. Never having seen the stars. Your life planned out for you. Imagine your entire purpose being to get the next generation to the new planet. That's what Elder has to contend with. And Amy... Amy was woken early. Her parents are still frozen. She has no one who understands her, who knows what Earth was like. She's totally alone, an oddity. Alienated. She only has Elder.
Worse yet, there's a murderer on the loose who's unfreezing the frozen passengers stored in the hull of the ship. Amy takes it on herself to solve the murder, not only to bring herself peace of mind, but also to protect her still-frozen parents. Fascinated by her, Elder helps and together they discover secrets that they never expected, and one which will change everything they thought they knew.
You. Will. Love. This. Book.
"You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning. Like any other artist you must learn your craft—then you can add all the genius you like." Phyllis A. Whitney
24 March 2011
Book Review Part Deux
Posted by lexcade at 2:10 PM
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Claustrophobic IS the perfect word...but not in a bad way, LOL! ;)
- March 24, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- Beckah-Rah said...
I just got an early reviewer copy of that book, but I haven't read it yet. Gonna have to put it on the fast track on my reading shelf now. :)
- March 24, 2011 at 7:55 PM
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Major Section: EVENTS
WARNING! This event is intended for advanced users who, in essence, want to build extensions of ACL2. See see defttag, in particular, the ``WARNING'' there, and see the warning about stobjs at the end of this documentation topic.
Progn! can be used like
progn, even in books. But unlike
progn! does not require its constituent forms to be
events (see embedded-event-form), except that the first form cannot be
a symbol unless it is
:state-global-bindings (advanced feature, described
below). However, see make-event for a ``Restriction to the Top Level'' that
still applies under a call of
progn! allows non-events, it differs from
progn in another
important respect:
progn! is illegal unless there is an active ttag;
see defttag.
See community book
books/hacking/hacker.lisp for two macros,
with-raw-mode and
with-redef-allowed, each defined in terms of
progn!, that allow arbitrary forms in contexts that would normally
require legal embedded event forms.
Given a form
(progn! form1 form2 ... formk), ACL2 will evaluate each
formi in turn (for i from 1 to k). If a form returns more than one value
(see mv) where the first value returned is not
nil, then no later form
will be evaluated and the result returned by the
progn! call will be
(mv erp val state) for some non-
nil value
erp, signifying an
error (see ld-error-triples). Otherwise the evaluation is considered to
have succeeded, and will continue with later forms. The value returned by a
call of
progn! with no such error is of the form
(mv nil v state),
v depends on the last form as follows. If the last form evaluates
to a single value, then
v is that value, except if the value is a
stobj, say
ST, then
v is the symbol
REPLACED-ST. Otherwise
the last form evaluates to some
(mv nil x ...), and
v is
x unless
after the final form's evaluation we are in raw-mode (see set-raw-mode), in
which case the
progn! call returns
nil (so that ACL2 can at least
print the result -- imagine Lisp returning a pathname object from a
call, for example).
The normal undoing mechanism does not generally apply to forms within a
progn! that are not legal ACL2 events (see embedded-event-form).
In particular, note that a non-
local call of
progn! in an
encapsulate event will generally be evaluated twice: once on each pass.
This fact is worth keeping in mind if you are using
progn! to change the
state of the system; ask yourself if it is acceptable to apply that
state-changing operation more than once.
Please note that
progn! may differ from
progn in the following
sense: definitions within a call of
progn! might not be compiled. For
example, consider the following book.
(in-package "ACL2") (defttag :test) (progn (defun f1 (x) x)) (progn! (defun f2 (x) x))If the underlying Lisp is GCL 2.6.7, then after including this certified book (where the default certification took place, creating a compiled file), then
f1 is a compiled function but
f2 is not. For other Lisps supported
by ACL2, both
f1 and
f2 are compiled, though we are not sure that
every function under every call of
progn! would similarly be compiled.
We now describe, for system hackers only, a sophisticated extension of
progn! not mentioned above: support for keyword argument
:state-global-bindings. If the first argument of
progn! is this
keyword, then the second argument is treated as a list of bindings as
expected by ACl2 system function
state-global-let*. Thus, in the ACL2
(progn! :state-global-bindings bindings form1 form2 ... formk)is treated as follows:
(progn! (state-global-let* bindings (progn! form1 form2 ... formk)))However, in raw Lisp the former is just:
(progn form1 form2 ... formk)Thus, one should use the
:state-global-bindings argument with care, since
the behavior in the ACL2 loop can differ from that in Common Lisp. The
intention is that one bind only state global variables that are relevant
to evaluation of the forms within the ACL2 loop and are harmlessly ignored
for evaluation of those forms in raw Lisp. Here is a typical sort of
example, as state global
ld-redefinition-action is not relevant to
the evaluation of
defun in raw Lisp.
(progn! (remove-untouchable 'ld-redefinition-action nil) (progn! :state-global-bindings ((ld-redefinition-action '(:doit . :overwrite))) (defun foo (x) (cons x x))) (push-untouchable 'ld-redefinition-action nil))
Finally, we point out a pitfall of
progn! related to stobjs. The
following book can cause a hard Lisp error, depending on the host Common
Lisp, when certified with a non-
nil value for
(see certify-book).
(in-package "ACL2") (defstobj st fld) (defttag :my-ttag) (progn! (update-fld 3 st))The problem is that the stobj variable
st is not known to raw Lisp.
The compilation problem disappears if the last form above is replaced with
the following two forms.
(include-book "hacking/hacker" :dir :system) (with-raw-mode (update-fld 3 *the-live-st*))


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Connect to Internet using a Sony Ericsson K530i phone in Debian GNU/Linux via Bluetooth
Within this post we are going to explain how to connect to internet using a Sony Ericsson K530i mobile phone via bluetooth, in a Debian Sid system.
CONFIGURING OUR K530i PHONE
First step consists on configuring bluetooth settings in our phone.
Activate bluetooth in the phone:
Settings -> Connectivity -> Bluetooth -> Turn on
Set a name for your phone:
Settings -> Connectivity -> Bluetooth -> Phone name
We select a name for our phone, e.g: my_K530i
Make your phone visible to other bluetooth devices:
Settings -> Connectivity -> Bluetooth -> Visibility -> Show phone
We are going to install the bluetooth sofware we need:
# aptitude install bluez
Bluez package provides the tools and system deaemons we need to deal with bluetooth devices.
Right now I am using bluez version 4.60-1
BlueZ is the official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack.
Now we will set a connection between our computer and the k530i phone.
List all bluetooth devices in our system:
$ hciconfig
hci0: Type: USB
BD Address: 00:1F:3A:79:CB:E0 ACL MTU: 1017:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
RX bytes:1059 acl:0 sco:0 events:34 errors:0
TX bytes:369 acl:0 sco:0 commands:28 errors:0
So we have a hci0 device up and running in our system.
We scan for external bluetooth devices:
$ hcitool scan
Scanning ...
00:1E:45:5A:FE:2E my_K530i
Scan command shows our phone name and mac.
We ping the phone to test it is alive:
$ l2ping 00:1E:45:5A:FE:2E
Show all available bluetooth services offered by our phone:
$ sdptool browse 00:1E:45:5A:FE:2E
We are interested in Dial-up Networking service (DUN):
Shows only Dial-up Networking service:
$ sdptool search --bdaddr 00:1E:45:5A:FE:2E DUN
We find which channel DUN service is associated to and will use it in rfcomm.conf settings.
EDITING rfcomm.conf CONFIGURATION FILE
We edit /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf file:
# # RFCOMM configuration file. # rfcomm0 { # Automatically bind the device at startup bind yes; # Bluetooth address of the device device 00:1E:45:5A:FE:2E; # RFCOMM channel for the connection channel 1; # In my phone DUN device is associated to channel 1. # Description of the connection comment "K530i link"; }
# /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
If everything has gone fine, a /dev/rfcomm0 device will appear.
NOTE: If we would want to manually set up /dev/rfcomm0 device these are the commands you need
(You actually do not need them if you exec: #/etc/init.d/bluetooth restart)
# mknod -m 660 /dev/rfcomm0 c 216 0
# chown root:dialout /dev/rfcomm0
# rfcomm bind 0
bluetooth-agent program commes within bluez package. It will help us to pair our bluetooth devices. We execute it in a console. e.g:
$ bluetooth-agent 3333
# We set 3333 as the needed code to pair the devices. Select a code that suits you.
We will use wvdial and pppd programs to configure and establish a ppp connection.
# aptitude install wvdial
Edit ~/.wvdialrc file:
Change this in your .wvdialrc file to suit your phone operator company:
[Dialer Masmovil] Phone = *99***1# Username = "masmovil" Password = "masmovil" Modem = /dev/rfcomm0 Baud = 460800 Stupid Mode = 1 Init1 = ATZ Init3 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 ISDN = 0 Modem Type = Analog Modem Init5 =AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internetmas";
Execute wvdial to establish the connection:
$ wvdial Masmovil
First time the phone will ask us about "an unknown device trying to connect to the phone". We grant permission.
It will then ask us about accessing the phone services: We answer yes.
It asks for the pin: we enter 3333 (same as the bluetooth agent)
And connection will establish!!
When connected we will be able to see the connection:
$ hcitool con
Connections: ACL 00:1E:45:5A:FE:2E handle 11 state 1 lm MASTER AUTH ENCRYPT
Connecting to Internet using a Sony Ericsson K530i mobile phone in Ubuntu (Linux) via USB cable.


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Biblical is a song by Scottish alternative rock band Biffy Clyro, released as the second single from the band's sixth studio album, Opposites (2013), on 29 March 2013. It made number 70 on the Official UK Singles Chart. Biblical is a song cycle which consists of musical settings by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak of ten texts, selected by him, from the Book of Psalms. It was originally composed for low voice and piano (1894, Op. 99, B. 185). The first five songs were later orchestrated by the composer (1895, B. 189). Get all the information on Biblical through the below sections of this www.biblegateway.cc article.
Biblical Songs was written between 5 and 26 March 1894, while Dvorak was living in New York City. It has been suggested that he was prompted to write them by news of a death (of his father Frantisek, or of the composers Tchaikovsky or Gounod, or of the conductor Hans von Bulow); but there is no good evidence for that, and the most likely explanation is that he felt out of place in the bustle of a big city, and that after two years in America he was homesick for Bohemia. He returned to Europe in April 1895.
The original piano version was published in Czech by Simrock in 1895, with English and German translations of the text. Dvorak took particular care that the translations were appropriate to the vocal line. In January 1895, Dvorak orchestrated the first five songs. The manuscript was later lost, and only rediscovered and published in 1914 (by Simrock). In 1914, the conductor Vilem Zemanekorchestrated the other five. Arrangements of the cycle for other forces, and other orchestrations of the second five songs, have since been made.
The first known public performance of any of the songs was on 26 September 1895: it was of No. 6 only, and took place at Mlada Boleslav; the performers were O. Schellerova (voice) and an unknown pianist. It is not known when or where the full cycle with piano accompaniment was premiered. The orchestral version of the first five songs was premiered in Prague on 4 January 1896, by the baritone Frantisek Sir and the Czech Philharmonic conducted by the composer. On 19 March 1896, Dvorak conducted a performance of the same songs in Queen's Hall, London, where the soloist was Katharine Fisk. The cycle has been arranged for other forces, and the second five songs orchestrated, by other composers.
Recordings of Biblical Songs
The complete cycle has been recorded numerous times since the introduction of LP records in the late 1940s. Some notable recordings up to and including the first LP release include:
- 1913: George Henschel (voice and piano), "By the Waters of Babylon"
- Unknown date: Hynek Maxa (baritone) and unknown pianist, the complete cycle
- Unknown date: Paul Robeson (bass) and unknown pianist, "Pri rekach babylonskych."
- 1952: Marta Krasova (mezzo-soprano) and Premysl Koci (baritone) with Miroslav Kampelsheimer (organ). First known LP recording. 10″ mono LP Supraphon DM 5128.
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"Hilltop Estate with Sunflowers"
11x14, oil
I am so glad to create my first post as part of the Daily Painters of Pennsylvania. I've been involved in plein air and landscape painting for many years, although I enjoy a variety of subject matter. Often, I will do small plein air pen/ink/watercolor sketches and turn them into larger oil landscapes in the studio. This painting was done from such a sketch, on location in Italy, in the region of Umbria and reminds me of the warmth that has yet to come in Pennsylvania. More of my work can be seen at: http://sbenignilandisfineart.blogspot.com


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Every year more and more people are including world travel in their post-retirement plans. But many people over the age of 70 find it difficult to buy an insurance plan at a reasonable price. Travel insurance is expensive and it becomes tough to get an insurance plan easily as you get older, especially when you cross 70. It's because the insurers find old people more at risk of injury and illness.
Key Features of travel insurance plan 70 and above
*Other than the cost for premium, travel insurance plan for people over 70 is quite similar to any other policy for young travelers. These plans also cover emergency medical expenses and other unforeseen mishaps that may spoil your trip.
* Travel insurance plan for over 70s are designed to meet the needs of an older traveler who is going on a cruise, visiting a new destination or going for a foreign trip.
* Since the travel insurance company gives you cover for medical expenses, prior to buying the plan, you must tell the insurer if you have any pre-existing medical condition. This will help you at the time of claim.
* Travel insurance plan for over 70s gives you medical care. If you are traveling to a foreign ground, getting medical care on a holiday could cost you a high amount. If you have bought a travel insurance plan, the expense will be borne by the company.
*Travel insurance plan also covers for lost or stolen bags, cost of canceling, delaying or cutting short your trip, hospital stay, personal accident, loss of personal money or missed departure.
*Travel insurance plan covers you as a personal liability, in case you are being sued for accidentally injuring other person or for damaging their property.
* If you are planning to go on a non-standard holiday that includes adventure sports like skiing or diving, you may have to pay extra premium for the cover.
The most important thing to keep in mind is the disclosure of any pre-existing medical condition before buying a travel insurance plan. The insurer may ask you for a specialist cover where you will have to pay extra premiums. If you are not answering medical related questions truthfully, it may cause problems for you while availing the benefits of your travel insurance plan.
When you reach at the age of 70 you ought to work more carefully in order to find a perfect travel insurance plan for yourself. To know what sort of plan you exactly want, you should review your health and go through complete medical checkup before purchasing the travel insurance plan. According to your current health situation, you should decide your destination. You should also have a fair idea of kind of activities you will do during your trip, how long your trip will last.
If you want to get the true value of your money and maximum benefits of your travel insurance plan, you should go for the plan that includes the following:
1) Emergency medical conditions coverage
2) Ambulance service coverage
3) Loss of baggage or personal items coverage
4) Accidental death coverage
5) Hospitalization charges coverage
6) Pre-existing medical conditions coverage.
Recommended Reading
1. Tips to buy cheap and best travel insurance
2. Travel insurance for pre-existing medical condition
3. Travel insurance plans for families
4. Important things travel insurance doesn't cover
5. Travel insurance plans for travelers aged 65


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Well.... we've finally rid ourselves of Jason Castro. I'm not sure how he's lasted quite this long, it's been obvious that for several weeks now he's just not been taking this whole thing seriously, But Tuesday night's performance sealed the deal for him. His first song was Bob Marley's "I shot the sheriff" and was pretty bad, but his rendition of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" sealed the deal...
I'm thinking Mr. Castro has maybe killed off a few too many brain cells with whatever it is he's indulging in, but the fact that he totally blew it, didn't even phase him - Poor guy, doesn't even have two thoughts to rub together.
So with this, we say, Goodbye, Mr. Castro, good luck and maybe by the time you go on tour this summer, you'll learn the words to your songs.
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2 comments:
- Sharon S. said...
I haven't watched a full season of Idol since the second season. Even the trials lost interest for me. The judges are all over the top in their own way and each one is annoying. It's hard to believe that talentless people willingly go out an humiliate themselves to try and get on this show. At least Mr. Castro had enough "talent" to get him this far. Too bad he hasn't got the brain cells to make sense of it all. :-D
- May 9, 2008 at 6:50 AM
- Shamelessly Sassy said...
I was so glad to see Castro go. And about the brain cell thing, I definitely agree.
- May 9, 2008 at 8:14 AM
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For coffee lovers, this widely consumed beverage is a must-have at least once a day. After all, that caffeine kick can help get us through a busy morning or a tough client presentation. For some, coffee can even serve as a way to ask someone on a date or as a great bonding moment with friends.
However, famous couple James Reid and Nadine Lustre of the JaDine fame humorously admit that coffee is a constant third wheel when they get together on dates. They also drink it in between shooting TV shows and films. Their choice of coffee brand? 7-Eleven's City Blends.
"I prefer Brewed Coffee. It helps me focus on set where there are so many distractions," revealed James. Nadine, on the other hand prefers her coffee sweet so she loves French Vanilla because, "the creamy taste perks me up."
City Blends is honest-to-goodness coffee made fresh as you order. It is offered in 7-Eleven, under the Philippine Seven Corporation (PSC), country licensee of the leading convenience store chain. City Blends comes in four distinct flavors -- French Vanilla, Mochaccino, Brewed Coffee, and Hot Chocolate. Each one is perfect for every feeling and comes with their own "hugot line" in every cup.
Made from 100% Arabica beans, City Blends Brewed Coffee boasts of an intense flavor that, as James mentioned, perks you up and perfectly complements those moments when you need to focus and get something done right away. But, if you like your coffee frothy and sweet like Nadine, French Vanilla can give you that kilig feeling brought on by its creamy sweetness. Meanwhile, those who prefer a balance between strong and sweet flavors, the Mochaccino is for you (and me 'coz that's my favorite City Blends flavor!) – a perfect combination of coffee and delicious rich chocolate.
Lee Esguerra, PSC Marketing Communications Division Head, shared, "Starting at Php20, we offer coffee oozing with honest-to-goodness flavors, just like reel-to-real life couple James and Nadine. For a year now, JaDine has been our partner in promoting City Blends. And, with the overwhelming response to the couple's commercial last year, they will once again show everyone how honest feelings can be expressed through City Blends coffee in our new commercial."
Last Thursday, 7-Eleven gave us a sneak peek of JaDine's new City Blends TV commercials during the Honest Flavors / Honest Feelings event held at Oasis in Aurora Boulevard, Quezon City. Alongside the TVC are two new promos through the CliQQ rewards program.
1. Get a JaDine Limited Edition Folder and Sticker Set by collecting City Blends e-stamps on your CliQQ App. Promo runs from Sept. 28 to Oct. 22, 2016. Here are 3 ways to redeem:
- Earn 15 e-stamps and get the folder and stickers for free
- Earn 2 e-stamps and add Php 59, or
- Buy it for Php 99
2. Join the Big Bear Raffle Promo as 7-Eleven is also giving away the giant teddy bear featured in the new City Blends commercial! Just collect 30 e-stamps to get an e-raffle entry. Promo runs from Oct. 12 to Dec. 31, 2016.
How to earn e-stamps with every City Blends cup you buy? An 8 oz cup entitles you to 1 e-stamp, 12 oz to 2 e-stamps, and 16 oz to 3 e-stamps – in the card/app when customers have their unique barcodes scanned.
Enjoy the different flavors of City Blends beverages that are currently available in 740 7-Eleven stores. By the end of 2016, City Blends will be available in 980 stores nationwide, so watch out for more of #JaDinefor711 in the coming months! For more info and updates, follow 7-Eleven Philippines on Facebook, @711philippines on Twitter, and @711ph on Instagram.


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Dining With Denise Neil
Things we should not eat but want to
I'm filing this new offering from Krispy Kreme, the Cookies & Kreme doughnut and accompanying "Chiller," both made with Oreos, under the category "The Kinds of Things I Haven't Allowed Myself To Eat Since College Even Though I'd Really, Really Like To."
Also on that list:
*Whoppers (the Burger King burger, not the malted milk balls)
*Fish and chips from Long John Silver's
*Stuffed crust pizza
What's on your list? Do tell.
In the meantime, those of you with young metabolisms (such as my friend, Sandi's, gorgeous 15-year-old daughter who often partakes of a sandwich with a nickname I cannot publish here that's made of a McDonald's fried McChicken sandwich stuffed inside a McDonald's Double Cheeseburger) should feel free to indulge in Krispy Kreme's new treat, available through June 26.
If you do, please report back to me what it tasted like. In very explicit detail.


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Ben Dey and the Concrete Lions launch debut EP 'Rise'
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Afro/indie rock band, Ben Dey and the Concrete Lions (BDCL) will be releasing their debut EP 'RISE' on the 29th September.
Pre-orders are available from the 18th September via iTunes
The seven-track EP marks the group's biggest commercial release and follows the success of its single Easy Love, which topped the 5FM rock chart in 2016.
Recorded at Popsicle Studios in Woodstock, Cape Town, the EP showcases the group's most popular songs, including End of the Line, One Day and Up In Flames.
"In the last year, the band has concentrated on its live set. Performances at Rocking the Daisies, Oppikoppi, Park Life, Bushfire Festival and Up The Creek has evolved our songs and the band finally feels ready to release an accurate narrative of these experiences," says Ben Dey, the group's vocalist.
BDCL are an enigma. There is not much said during a performance but from the moment they step on stage, it becomes clear BDCL are here to deliver. Watching a BDCL sound check it's like watching a finely tuned space crew, prepare for lift off. BDCL deliver their powerful lyrical ballads against a rich tapestry of complementary sound. Every note is delivered so it feels fresh and new. The afro-pop fusion is easy on the ears and it never gets old heading such a mighty voice emanating from such a slight framed creature as Ben Dey. Their music conveys the uncommon depth of feeling that perfects a message that is at times mournful but always uplifting. Their songs touch on a multitude of social issues, ranging from environmental awareness to equality.("Introducing Ben Dey And The Concrete Lions" (sic) Texx and the City
BDCL have the rare ability to produce music that feels tight, well-rehearsed but somehow also seems improvised and organic. Dichotomies such as these make the band so interesting. Soulful, African and organic are just some of the words used to describe their unique rock sound that saw them shoot to the top of local radio charts last year. (sic) Bush-fire.com
Made up of Ben Dey (lead vocals), Ongama Mona (lead guitar), Alex Birns (drums) and Dillon Birns (bass), the foursome share the same ambition, ideology and commitment which has been crucial from the get-go.
Follow Ben Day and the Concrete Lions: Facebook | SoundCloud | YouTube


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Hello Everyone,
Big news! The Kindle version of the biography I wrote about my dad, A Salute to Patriotism: The Life and Work of Major General Howard L. Peckham, is selling for only $1.99 through November 30, 2014, in honor of Veterans Day.
One of Amazon's top reviewers had this to say about the book:
"The daughter of Major General Howard L. Peckham, Jean Kavale was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She had more than fifteen years of experience as an editor in Silicon Valley, including Senior Editor with PDR Information Services. She was also a Contract Editor for Fortune 500 companies, including IBM, for which she edited the entire library of CallPath books. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maryland, a teaching credential from San Jose State University, and a master's degree in pastoral theology from the University of San Francisco. She has authored two other books – FROM THE POTOMAC TO THE SEINE: THE PERSONAL STORY OF AN ARMY FAMILY and FAITH AND PHILOSOPHY. It is Jean's wish that the world be more aware of the work of her father, the head of the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC) in Europe (1947-1950) and so this memoir, touching and informative, comes at a time when so many of us are deeply concerned about the ongoing loss of lives in the seemingly endless wars in the Middle East. Hence this current book – A SALUTE TO PATRIOTISM.
Well researched and written with the voice of one who not only knows the principle character well but also has the gift to write and report as a fine journalist and historian, Jean comments, `When my father was ordered to head the AGRC in 1947, the fallen Americans of the European Theater were resting in 37 temporary cemeteries scattered throughout Europe. Under his command, they were either returned home for reburial or reinterred in one of the ten permanent American cemeteries in Europe, depending on the wishes of the next of kin. The AGRC did the grading, constructing, and reinterring at the permanent resting places, including the formerly temporary one overlooking Omaha Beach. The civilian agency that took over the cemeteries in 1951 replaced the Army's simple wooden crosses and stars with those of marble: the agency also added structures, such as beautiful statues.'
A book of this magnitude is difficult to summarize and the author's summary states it best: `A descendant of Revolutionary War heroes, Howard Louis Peckham's love for his country started early. After his dream of graduating from West Point came true, he served for twenty years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1942 he transferred to the Quartermaster Corps and went to Washington, where he headed the Fuels and Lubricants Division of the Quartermaster General's office. While serving concurrently as a member of the Army-Navy Petroleum Board, he testified before Congress about army petroleum needs. For his meritorious work of procuring fuels and allocating them to our armed forces worldwide, he was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal. In postwar Paris, Howard Peckham headed the American Graves Registration Command and returned more than 80,000 American war dead to the United States. Approximately 60,000 others were interred in ten permanent American cemeteries in Europe, graded and constructed under his command. After his return to the United States, he served in highly responsible positions until his army retirement in 1956. As a civilian, his patriotic service continued when he worked for the Free Europe Committee and traveled abroad to meet with Western European diplomats. His goal was to get them more involved in the Committee's work. Nations behind the Iron Curtain peacefully freed from Communist domination, Howard Peckham believed, would ensure more security for the United States. Duty, country, and patriotism would continue to dominate his life to the end.'
Rich in detail yet never lacking in forward momentum, this memoir to a man whose life was directed by his patriotism is an inspiration to read. The writing is accompanied by photographs and drawings and has the warmth and respect of a family scrapbook as well as a significant document about the military history of this country."
You can read other reviews at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B6EIUNI
Happy Reading!


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As legend has it, Duane Allman learned to play slide on a Coricidin pill bottle to Taj Mahal's version of "Statesboro Blues" while sick in bed. This past Saturday night, Taj Mahal sat in with the Allman Brothers Band once again at Live Oak, FL's Wanee Music Festival. The blues great emerged a few songs into the band's set for his own "Leavin' Trunk." He remained onstage as the band charged into "Statesboro Blues."
In addition, the members of several Allman Brothers Band side projects joined the group at various points during Saturday's performance. Guitarist Jr. Mack—who plays in Jaimoe's Jasssz Band with the founding ABB drummer—emerged five songs into the group's set for "Southbound" while Gregg Allman & Friends keyboardist Bruce Katz and Tedeschi Trucks Band trumpeter Maurice Brown both played on "You Don't Love Me." Katz also emerged for the abovementioned take on "Leavin' Truck" while Tedeschi Trucks Band saxophonist Kebbi Williams joined in later in the night on "Mountain Jam." The latter song also featured Max Creek/Mike Gordon Band guitarist Scott Murawski, who played with ABB bassist Oteil Burbridge in Bill Kreutzmann's trio.
Several additional collaborations took place throughout the weekend as well. Honey Island Swamp Band welcomed
the Soul Rebels (the next band scheduled on the same stage) while Particle performed with its former guitarist Ben Combe. Galactic also welcomed a flew of guests, including Kofi Burbridge.
The Allman Brothers Band has no confirmed upcoming dates. Please visit our news archive for more on this weekend's Wanee collaborations.


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Combat Troops: Put on Your Big Boy Pants
Are we really relying on our combat troops to protect us from terrorists? Fight our wars?
Aren't these the same men who are resisting the change in Don't Ask Don't Tell? These big strong men are afraid of "unwanted romantic advances"?
Well, us teensy little ole women have been dealing with unwanted romantic advances all our lives.
I am so F-U-C-K-I-N-G tired of hearing this.
Put on your big-boy pants.
And ... meanwhile, reports are coming out about female soldiers and suicide. Often there is history of sexual harassment or rape. (Maybe it's psychological projection on the part of these men ... they're afraid gay men will do to them what they've been doing to women?)
However, some folks even believe these alleged suicides are really cover-ups for murder by their fellow soldiers. To read more, go here.
Remember though, these men who are experiencing anti-gay hysteria are the minority -- the majority of troops are okay with the change in policy. Stumble It!