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OMG! It's finally done! Really! It's more than a year later than we wanted, but I am grateful to say that I have finally finished our kitchen and it is spectacular! It has been sitting at the 98% completion mark since this past spring, but we finally managed to get the last of it done and, for the moment, we can relax.
Before I get to the reveal, let's go back and take a look at what we started with, and what we did to get to where we are now. [Warning: This is a bit of a long post…. If you just want to see the pretty pictures, then you can click here to skip to the reveal.]
In the year prior to finding our gem of an apartment, we had gone to more than 50 open houses where we quickly learned and refined what we liked and what we didn't. Most important to us was that the space must have good bones to begin with. A banal space will always be a banal space, no matter how much lipstick you put on it. When we saw our apartment, it was clearly a fixer-upper, but the underlying bones were amazing. Fortunately for us the tattered condition was such that it scared most people away.
The kitchen was in the style of what I like to call Landlord Chic. It featured random ugly mismatched cabinets from a big-box store, beige laminate countertops, beige peel-n-stick floor tile and a white stove and refrigerator from a different era. But it also had something we had not found before…. Space! At 11'x13' (plus two closets), it was huge for a Manhattan apartment. The reason it is so large is because, in 1910, it was a bedroom. When they split the large apartment in two during the middle of the last century, they converted a bedroom into a kitchen. How lucky for us?!
The planning began in our heads before we had even taken possession of our apartment. We soon learned that if we kept the sink and stove in the existing location, we could avoid going through an in-depth review process with our co-op board because we were simply replacing what existed without moving any plumbing or gas supplies.
So initially, I thought we should just do a stylish but economical kitchen using IKEA cabinet frames and custom doors from Semihandmade topped with quartz counters, subway tiles on the walls, and a hexagon tile floor. But, then as I got serious about the design and planning, our ideas shifted and transformed into a very different kitchen altogether. I had developed a love affair with classic British kitchens from the likes of DeVol, Plain English, and Naked Kitchens. I loved how simple they were while being elegant at the same time.Having fallen in love with classic British kitchens, I decided that gray was too boring for us and I stumbled on an amazing shade of blue (No. 281) from Farrow and Ball. Good-bye dark gray cabinets, hello Stiffkey Blue! This beautiful tone of blue derived from the color of the mud near the village of Stiffkey (pronounced Stewky) in the UK then became the basis for all other color decisions in the kitchen.
We ordered a sample door from Semihandmade and painted it Stiffkey Blue. Next up was finalizing the IKEA cabinet layout. But after months of trying to force the limited sizes of the IKEA cabinet shells into a cohesive layout that worked with our existing plumbing and gas lines, I became increasing frustrated that I could only come up with plans which resulted in awkward and/or impractical design. I then turned to the internet where I accidentally discovered Barker Cabinets and everything changed again. Barker Cabinets sells solid furniture grade plywood shells and solid wood doors, but what made them truly special was that I could customize the cabinets in height, width, and depth resulting in a truly custom kitchen that fit perfectly without moving any supply lines.
After debating countertop materials, the practical and beautiful quartz countertops which we initially wanted felt too modern for the space. I had been leaning towards Carrara marble, but there are so many dire warnings out there about why you should not use marble for kitchen countertops. Warnings be damned, we decided to take the risk and went with the timelessness of honed Carrara marble.Next thing to rethink… The subway tile on the walls. Everywhere I turned, I was seeing subway tile on kitchen and bathroom walls (this was 2015), and although I was planning on installing the 3×6 tiles in a herringbone pattern, I was feeling like subway tile was becoming far too ubiquitous. Simultaneously, I was dealing with the fact that our walls have no studs! As was common for high-rise construction in 1910, our walls are plaster over soft gypsum blocks for fire proofing. This makes for a solid wall, but it makes attaching upper cabinets a real challenge. When looking for a solution for how to securely mount the heavy upper cabinets I found it in those stunningly beautiful British kitchens. Bead-board! By covering the walls behind the cabinets with ¾" tongue and groove bead-board which was bolted through to the other side of the wall I was able to create a very secure and solid way to attach the upper cabinets to the wall. I also had a beautiful, traditional, yet practical way to cover the walls around the whole room.
The last material to be challenged was the idea of using a simple 2 inch hexagon floor tile in white with black accents. The hex tile looked lovely, but it became overshadowed by these absurdly gorgeous (and absurdly expensive) black and white handmade cement floor tiles from Villa Lagoon Tile. (Note: our kitchen floor is featured on their website!) At more than four times the cost of the hexagon tile, we found ourselves revisiting them online frequently. Every time we pulled up the website, our heart rates increased and our desire for them grew stronger and stronger. Then budget be damned… Bye-bye hexagon floor tiles… Hello glorious black and white cement tiles from Villa Lagoon!
With all of our materials finally selected, we began to place orders for materials and, in early 2016, we dove headfirst into renovation mode. We first spent six grueling days pulling up the old damaged oak parquet flooring, and preparing the subfloor for new tile. Then we waited for eight days while the tile pros first cut and dry fit the entire room, then set the tile, applied grout release, and finally grouted and sealed the floor. The results?
I then took as much time off of work as I possibly could and started installing the bead-board walls, priming and painting the more than 200 cabinet components, and finally assembling and installing the cabinets.
By early June, we were took delivery of our honed marble countertops, I installed the sink and stove and then installed the textured glass in the upper cabinet door frames and we had one side of the kitchen essentially finished. But the other side was still a construction mess as shown in my panorama view below taken in July of 2016.
Finally the kitchen was back to being functional (if incomplete) and the fruits of our labors began to show. Then life got in the way and the time I had for working on the kitchen became much more limited, but I kept at it, bit by bit. By late fall, I managed to get the cabinets up on the other side of the room, and in the spring of this year I completed the bead-board wainscoting around the entire kitchen.
At this point, the kitchen was about 95% complete but again life got in the way and it sat all summer waiting for me to finish painting the closet wall and install the doors. Now that you have the back story, I am excited to say that the closet doors were installed at the end of September and everything on my checklist has been done.
So, now that it is finally finished, let's take a look at some pretty pictures!
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So there you have it! Our dream kitchen is finally finished!
In the end, it took about 20 months to complete our kitchen (about eight months of real work on my part). We hired out the floor installation and the countertop fabrication, but I did nearly all of the remaining work using vacation time and on weekends while maintaining a full-time professional job in IT. My workload as well as other life events got in the way as well as periods of absolute exhaustion which slowed me down. But the biggest delay in getting it done is that I am more meticulous (read "anal retentive") than most others and I strive to achieve a higher level of finish quality than most people would ever care about. I wanted to do everything right, and to the best of my ability. I also wanted something you would never be able to buy from a store.
For those who are curious about cost… Our final estimate before we got started was that it would cost around $35k. In the end, we wound up spending closer to $40k, which is really very reasonable for a Manhattan kitchen renovation. Had we hired this out, it would have easily been double that given the level of detail I expect, and I am certain it would not be as nicely finished. One huge benefit to doing the work yourself is that in the process of doing it, you discover ways you can refine what you are doing and take things to a higher level. Do I have any regrets? Absolutely not! It may have cost a bit more than we wanted it to, but the beauty of it more than makes up for what extra we paid.
- Floor tile, Gypsy Black and White from Villa Lagoon
- Cabinets, Barker Cabinets
- Countertops, Honed Carrara Marble from a Big Box Store
- Cabinet door glass: Wholesale Glass Online
- Cabinet hardware, Lewis Dolin Bar Series
- Bead-board, Custom milled by Starke Millwork
- Sink, Sinkology
- Faucet, Delta Trinsic
- Custom drawer inserts, Orderly Drawer
- Under-cabinet lighting, Loox Series via Rockler (Discontinued)
- Interior cabinet lighting, Amazon
Paint colors:
- Cabinets, Stiffkey Blue, Farrow and Ball (281)
- Bead-board/Trim, Sidewalk Gray, Benjamin Moore (2133-60)
- Walls, Chantilly Lace, Benjamin Moore (OC-65)
- Ceiling, Tundra, Benjamin Moore (2133-70)
Side note: I wrote the entire post last week and was very happy with it, and then somehow I didn't save it. This is the rewrite from my memory.


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In the previous two articles, explored why hook-up culture isn't a unique phenomenon for our very selfish and egocentric Millennial generation, and what two factors drive our current situation. Part 3 examines the current situation caused by our evolving gender dichotomy, why finding someone compatible beyond a hook-up is more difficult today, and what we need to remember when it comes to approaching sex and satisfying more than just our basic physiological urges. Enjoy.
Ascending the Hierarchy of Needs
I enjoy pointing to Maslow's hierarchy of needs for many examples, and this situation is no exception. At the bottom are the basic physiological needs; this includes sex. If you are in the 20% bracket, your sexual appetite is satisfied. It's the same situation of rarely being hungry because you have an ample supply of food in your house. Those constantly chasing sexual encounters need to ascend further up the pyramid or risk facing a depressing life due to a lack of personal development.
If you track further up the hierarchy, you will see that love, friendship, and sexual intimacy are at about the halfway point. The idea that one can only achieve these attributes through a monogamous, committed relationship is why opposition to hook-up culture exists. Individuals can still find love and acceptance through their friends and sexual intimacy through a casual partner. Perhaps they are further up the hierarchy, constantly engaged in creative works or problem solving, and as a result have their other needs satisfied.
The difference today is that instead of one gender being able to pursue these dreams of self-actualization, we now have both performing the same task. Imagine that Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a mountain that you need to regularly summit in order to realize your full potential and be your happiest. All people in the world are mountaineers tasked with scaling the peak. In the past, it was primarily men who were given the freedom and the opportunity to scale the mountain all the way to the top; they had more O2 tanks and better gear.
The lower you are on the mountain, the more people you have the chance of meeting, and everyone at the bottom is looking to have sex to satisfy their most basic, physiological needs. Meeting someone further up at a level of intimacy or body security could be the grounds for a relationship, but meeting someone at the top when you are both engaged in your highest order practices provides the best chance that you will both be a great match.
For example, let's say two rocket scientists exist in the same proximity. If they meet at the bottom of the pyramid, it's safe to assume that they met at someplace like a bar where the only thing filtering their meeting was the fact that they wanted to get laid. Designing rockets is hard, lonely work, so sometimes you just need that stress release.
If they met further up, say at the love/belonging level, the two rocket scientists are likely more compatible because they fulfill the need the other is seeking, but it is not necessarily an ideal match. They've gone on a few dates, they feel comfortable with the other, but something may be lacking. When you meet someone in a situation on the level of self-actualization, like working on a complex project together, or solving a problem in tandem, that will produce the strongest match possible because the criteria are so specific and other needs are already fulfilled.
The constant flux up and down the summit provides a dynamic flow of individuals to meet. People would not stay on the same level indefinitely; they would constantly be moving depending on their needs, and those who decided to commit to each other would make the ascent together. In order to meet a more ideal partner, you would have to find them at one of the more specialized, higher levels, which is more difficult due to the smaller area (time) available for you to do so.
Fast forward to today, and now the climb to the top is a much more equalized scenario. For the first time, women can now ascend further up towards the summit as a result of entering the work force en masse, attending university in greater numbers than men, and having equal rights. Women sometimes meet men at the level of self-actualization, but because of the smaller base of this section of the mountain, these individuals cannot stay for long to search for a partner. As a result of the increased number of climbers moving up and down the mountain, meeting the right person has become increasingly difficult, and many resort to short-lived relationships at this level.
For those brave souls who dare to ascend the summit, they must eventually return to base camp to restock on their supplies to fulfill their most basic needs, which means there simply isn't enough time available to build a long-term relationship for those driven by their careers.
At the base of the summit, there are far more people due to the amount of space available. Unfortunately, finding a partner in this sea of people who are united by the most basic of needs is incredibly difficult. Those who are driven by a higher purpose must ascend the peak to have a higher chance of finding a more suitable match.
This situation creates a rather incredible paradox: if you reach for the summit, you have a higher chance of finding a suitable partner, but with each step up the mountain, you also have less time available with which to find them. As someone advances further in their career and acquiring basic resources becomes an easier task, they can remain at the higher levels for longer, which creates more time to find an ideal partner. For those just starting out in their careers, time is incredibly limited.
Thinking About Sex Beyond the Realm of the Physiological
As a result of time being the limiting factor in this scenario, online dating apps have surged in popularity, giving those summit ascending self-actualizers a more efficient method to find a suitable mate, especially in those years of career establishment. The impact of time has been reduced. Those who are most efficient at gathering basic needs at the base of the pyramid and above will be able to spend more time at the summit searching for potential mates. If you are attractive, affluent, or a combination of the two, you will have no problem providing yourself with enough food, shelter, and sex to promptly begin the next trip to the top.
The reason why online dating apps have become so popular is the 80/20 scenario presented before: obtaining sex is a physiological deficiency for 80% of the population. This is why in North America, where food, shelter, and other basic needs are so widely available, we place such an importance on obtaining sex through a variety of means; sex is the one thing holding many of us back from starting that ascent to the top. It is also why pornography and other means of obtaining the basic physiological parts of sex have become so popular in the past few decades, but these methods fail to provide us with the intimate levels of need that a real sexual encounter can.
Despite what we might convince ourselves, the basis for starting a relationship is physical attraction with the goal of having sex. What we forget is that despite it being listed at the physiological level first, sex is also present further up as intimacy, achievement (especially if you have a threesome with two supermodels), and confidence. When we only treat it as a one-dimensional act, we are dooming ourselves to a vacant state of mind void of true fulfillment.
Is hook-up culture ruining relationships as we know it? Not necessarily.
What is ruining relationships is people treating sex as one-dimensional in a transactional manner and failing to satisfy their higher order needs as a human being. Without a sense of confidence, intimacy, or achievement, no amount of sex will cure those conditions; they need to think about their sexual needs in a transcendental manner. Those who are comfortable with hook-up culture are more often than not also comfortable with themselves.
Let's entertain a little thought experiment: Who is happier?
The guy that hooks up with a new girl every weekend? The girl in a committed relationship of over three years? The guy who is a 25 year old virgin? The girl who can't seem to remain in a relationship longer than a month?
That guy who hooks up with a new girl every weekend could seem like "the man" to the guys, but perhaps he's simply lashing out at the world because he was a loser in high school and still has major self-esteem and image issues. He tries to compensate by having a high number of sexual partners, which he equated to being popular based on what he grew up admiring in high school. Or perhaps he's a genuinely awesome guy who just doesn't have time to commit to a relationship and as a by-product of his awesomeness, girls throw themselves at him.
The girl in a committed relationship of over three years may love her partner unconditionally and be very happy. Or she may feel trapped, bored, and desire a change, which could lead to her cheating on her partner or simply breaking up with them. She could also be scared of meeting new people because she's so used to the same partner, so she is socially withdrawn and anxious.
The 25 year-old virgin could be in a committed relationship where he has chosen to abstain from sex for religious reasons or personal beliefs, yet he may still be happy because he has other passions in life that outweigh those of the sexual nature. He could be someone who achieves happiness through his work or hobbies. Or he could be miserable, socially awkward, and so desperate for female contact that he is considering hiring a prostitute.
The girl who can't remain in a relationship for over a month may seem distant, uncommitted, and frustrate all the men she has relationships with. Her parents and friends may worry about her inability to hold on to a partner for more than a month. She may have commitment issues because of things that happened in her past. She may get bored of men easily and lack maturity and self-control. Or she's an incredibly busy and driven medical student and doesn't have time to commit to a relationship, or simply hasn't found her match yet, but she's clearly content with how her life is proceeding.
So who is happiest? Impossible to say. Someone's sexual history or habits is not necessarily indicative of their overall happiness and sense of self-worth.
To build on this model of thinking, we also need to stop raising men to think that their worth as males should be based on the number of sexual encounters they have. This type of behaviour is driving a lot of men to be very depressed because they are constantly seeking validation from an empty purpose. Your self worth as a male should not be based around whether or not you got laid last night; it should be based on what you're doing with your life.
It's a juvenile mode of thinking to treat sexual encounters as the single most important thing you should be doing as a young adult male. Once this attitude spreads, violence against women will decrease, violence against other men will decrease, and more attractive lifestyles will be created.
How many times have you seen a guy at a bar get overly aggressive towards a girl because he's desperate to get laid? How many times have you seen a guy punch another guy out because of aggression caused by competition or interference when it came to hooking up with someone? A lot of bar fights between men are caused – either directly or indirectly – by the fact that one guy didn't get laid and he's angry about it because of how he pedestalizes sexual encounters. As a photographer at a nightclub, part my job is to observe people, and I've witnessed this happen hundreds of times even before I held that position.
Our boys need to be raised to be quality individuals and realize that they should care about developing themselves as people first, and realizing that quality relationships or those sexual encounters they desire will happen as a result of building an attractive lifestyle. It's like using cheat codes for a video game just so can get the prize at the end. You'll never be as satisfied beating the game that way as you would be going through the motions and improving until your skills and practice paid off. That's why game designers create games in a specific way.
When hook-up culture is criticized, it is evident that those doing so are looking at the situation through a narrow scope. They're viewing it simply by the numbers. So much more factors into happiness than sexual encounters, and while these may contribute to them, humans are sentient beings, and we operate on a level beyond that of the simply physiological.
We all derive happiness through a variety of activities, so it is time we stop judging others for their choices when it comes to relationships. The key is to stop trying to be happy, but instead live a life where happiness is the byproduct of your achievements and goals, instead of the lone goal. We lose sight of what makes us happy, and instead simply try to be happy.

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Connecticut is set to throw a party for the National Champion UConn Huskies Sunday.
A parade and rally gets underway in Hartford at 3.p.m. The team, fresh off their title-win against the Butler Bulldogs, will thank fans as they wind their way through the streets of the Capital City on a double-decker bus, followed by a rally on the north steps of the State Capitol building.
Crews were busy setting up barricades, seating and a speaker system for the festivities early Sunday morning.
The parade will leave the Capitol and continue through Bushnell Park, before making its way onto Main Street and eventually Capitol Avenue in Hartford, before returning to the Capitol for the outdoor rally. See a map of the parade route here.
There was doubt that the parade would even happen as late as Wednesday, because organizers had not raised enough money to pull it off. But dozens of corporations came forward to help foot the $50,000 bill.


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Wine blogger Nancy Brazil over at Pull That Cork loves to try new things and recently discovered the 2015 Brkić Greda Žilavka, a wine from a grape variety and a wine region she was not familiar with:
This wine caught our attention immediately with its deep golden color and unfamiliar, complex aromas and flavors. It made me think, in a way, of aged Chardonnay. But different. We discussed this wine for quite some time after first tasting it.
By luck, she found the perfect pairing for the wine, a new mushroom pasta recipe from Wine Enthusiast Magazine:
The mushroom, umami flavors and brown butter were a perfect match for similar flavors in the wine. We had no idea what this wine would taste like, so it was just dumb luck that this pairing worked so well. I had to laugh when, as I sat down to write this cellar note, I read the importer's food suggestion: brown butter mushrooms or soy sauce.
Read the whole blog post here.
Using biodynamic practices, Josip Brkić makes magical wines using the native, enduring Žilavka ("zilav" means "tough" in slavic languages). That's a grape that has adapted to the scorched rocky soils of the region, producing wines with a remarkable balance of freshness and fullness of flavor.
Also we were so lucky to recently taste more Žilavka with Josip Brkić's son Pasko and a group of winemakers from Bosnia Herzegovina.


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In the most mysterious of the Narnia books, The Magician's Nephew (1955), CS Lewis has his two protagonists stand in an enchanted forest full of pools of water. If the children step into any of the pools, they find themselves in a whole universe, each one different.
I was reminded of this when I read Alice Munro's latest collection, Dear Life (2012). Each of her short stories felt like complete worlds, perfectly formed. Stepping into one, the others melted away. In the 20 minutes it takes to read one such story, an author as skilled as Munro can transport us as readily as the magic of Narnia.
The short story in English has a long and honourable history. Charles Dickens began with Sketches by Boz (1836) and continued to write short narratives both for his own newspaper and for performance on the stage throughout his career. Anton Chekhov, Guy de Maupassant and James Joyce are among the most famous exponents of the art. In America, writers such as O Henry and Raymond Carver were lionised for their command of the form, and for decades the inclusion of a short story in The New Yorker magazine was the equivalent of acceptance into the modern literary canon.
At the 2013 Hay Festival, audiences will be lucky enough to catch two of the very best short story writers. George Saunders is a former scientist and New York Times bestselling author who has been a finalist in the O Henry Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award. James Salter was a fighter pilot in the Korean war before going on to a writing career that has drawn comparisons with Ernest Hemingway and Henry Miller. Somehow, the American attitude to the short story has always been one of robust respect, regardless of what is happening to its big cousin, the novel.
For a while, in the 1990s and early '00s, there was a flurry of literary authors receiving huge advances for novels, and the corollary was that short stories seemed to wither on the vine. Small magazines folded in droves, and many mainstream magazines dropped fiction from their pages. Authors and their agents were told that no-one buys short story collections any more.
Inevitably, the boom days of big book advances ended with the recession: at the moment, even well-known authors are receiving a fraction of what they once did for a typical novel advance. We have all been reminded that, historically, very few writers have ever earned a living solely from their craft. And magically, mysteriously, short fiction, that butterfly of a literary form, is back, as authors collectively remember that a few beautiful words that earn us nothing is why we got into the game in the first place.
In addition, the explosion of accessibility and creativity encouraged by the internet lends itself perfectly to the short story form. The Kindle Singles initiative; Shortfire Press, where you can download short stories from new and established writers; small presses such as Short Books and Salt Publishing, literary salons such as the Word Factory - new ventures working at the cutting edge of our literary culture spring up every day.
Even in more traditional forms of publishing, the short story has seen a remarkable renaissance. Published authors of huge repute now vie for the Sunday Times Short Story Award or the BBC National Short Story Award. Last year, the Society of Authors launched a Save the Short Story campaign, including a short-story Tweetathon.
Short story competitions have always formed launchpads for new writers to establish themselves. An online search for them will produce more than you could ever enter in a lifetime, including a new Costa Prize category for a short story, brand-new initiatives for flash and fan fiction, and the long-standing Bridport Prize and Asham Award. At The Daily Telegraph, we ran our own monthly short story competition for the whole of 2012 and received more than 4,000 entries.
The Short Story Club is still thriving online at my.telegraph.co.uk/theshortstoryclub, where you will find all the columns, advice and writing exercises and an opportunity to post your responses.
George Saunders and James Salter talk to Gaby Wood on Sunday May 26 at 7pm at the Landmarc 100 Stage [Event 116]. 'Apple Tree Yard' by Louise Doughty is published by Faber.
Keep up to date with the Telegraph's coverage of the Hay Festival 2013.
You can download a free digital version of The Hayly Telegraph, the daily paper of the Hay Festival, each day of the festival from the iBookstore. Visit iTunes.com/HayFestival or search 'Hayly Telegraph' on the iBookstore.


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Street 1.8 VTEC/Turbo championship leader Ahmad Firdaus Azman asserted his dominance with a supreme drive in the rain at Round 7 of the Saturday Night Fever Series 2012 which was held on 10 November 2012 at the Sepang North Circuit.
The Klang Valley area has been inundated with exceptional amounts of rain this year, especially in the evenings, and it was always expected that it would turn out to be a wet race for Round 7.
With the rain coming down through most of the preliminary heats, Ahmad Firdaus set the pace as he lapped an amazing 3-seconds faster than the next quickest competitor in both of the first two preliminary heats. In typical race-paddock tradition, there were whispers of comparisons to great drives by the late Aryton Senna and Michael Schumacher, such was Ahmad Firdaus' effortless pace.
In the final he simply blasted off into the distance from pole position, opening up a 2-second gap at the end of the first lap, and leaving newcomer Shamsul Yasin to battle with Phillip Tang for second. "Once I had a defendable gap, I dropped the pace to ensure I didn't make any mistakes to take the flag," said Ahmad Firdaus, displaying maturity and professionalism beyond what is assumed of many SNF street racers.
Phillip Tang managed to pull away to end in second, with Shamsul Yasin putting in a defensive fight to hold off Khair Nur Ariff / Tan Wai Loong for third.
In the Street 1.8 NA (Naturally Aspirated) category final, Gan Kim Koa made it two-in-a-row as he racked up another win ahead of Round 2 winner Johan Haron Jaafar. In third place and setting a surprisingly blistering pace in the wet was Morzalee Mohd Harris, who has been consistent with his results throughout the season and now sits in second place in the championship with a mathematical shot at usurping Mohd Noor Fairuz.
The newly-popular Class 1 of the Race Cars category was in the spotlight with the news that the Type-R Racing team was committing to an increased effort to take the fight to Akina Teo for the Championship – lead by 'Super' Boy Wong – as well as the return of the experienced Faizal Hassim driving for DNT Tune.
Boy Wong sped off from the green light, never to be ousted, taking the flag an impossible 18-seconds ahead of second placed Faizal Hassim, while Kesavamoorthy drove consistent race to take third. Unfortunately, Akina Teo and his team ST Wangan came unprepared for the rain, and were left paddling in the puddles having only brought a set of 17-inch Michelin slicks and had to opt for borrowed street tyres from a friend's CR-Z sitting in the carpark.
"I'm just focusing on the Championship now, so finish fourth in these challenging conditions was the best we could hope," exclaimed Akina after the race. Akina leads the standings and mathematically has sealed the Championship for 2012.
The Final Round takes place on the 15th December 2012. With many categories still fighting for the Championship and title of the first ever SNF Champions, expect full grids and fierce racing as the best of Malaysia's street racers give it their best.
Full race results and the latest updates are available on http://SNF.my.
Mini Classic
1st Syafiq Ali Mini Cooper 8:18.455
2nd Lee Juan Fook Mini Cooper 8:22.070
3rd Siva Suriya A/L Thangiah Mini Cooper 9:01.051
1st Ahmad Shariffuddin Mat Ariffin Starlet EP82 8:08.247
2nd Aril Hamka Abdul Rahim Starlet EP82 8:08.754
3rd Muhd Nazif Othman Starlet GT 8:14.137
Special Kei
1st Logesvaran Kaliaperumal Kancil Turbo 8:14.712
2nd Syazril Amri B. Abdul Rahman Kancil Turbo 8:15.316
3rd Mohd Shairazi Izhar Kancil Turbo 8:18.127
Campro Chase
1st Halim Othman Waja 8:10.111
2nd Mohd Azlan Rabu Gen2 8:17.796
3rd Raj @ Michael Ayyavu Satria Neo 8:18.356
Race Cars Class 1
1st Boy Wong Yew Choong Civic EK9 7:12.867
2nd Faizal Hassim Civic EK9 7:31.650
3rd Kesavamoorthy Ayyavu Integra DC5 7:36.783
Race Cars Class 2
1st Soh Kee Koon Civic EK9 7:27.065
2nd Tan Kok Ho Elise 7:49.124
3rd Tan Wai Loong / Muhd Iszaimi Civic EK9 8:04.905
1st Desmond Yee Civic Type-R 7:31.769
2nd Suhaimmi Shukor Integra Type-R 7:41.008
3rd Mohd Fahmi Awang Din Civic EK9 8:09.332
Street 1.8 NA
1st Gan Kim Koa Civic EK4 7:54.855
2nd Johan Haron Jaafar Satria MIVEC 8:00.227
3rd Morzalee Mohd Harris Putra MIVEC 8:04.325
Street 1.8 VTEC / Turbo
1st Ahmad Firdaus Azman Civic EF9 7:40.242
2nd Philip Tang Peng Ngiap Civic EF9 7:48.596
3rd Shamsul Md Yasin Civic EK9 7:51.987
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I was having lunch recently with the editor of a leading business publication, when I was asked, "Don't you see a backlash against 'big data'? Aren't people growing tired of hearing about it?"
This seemed a fair question, given the sheer volume of articles and media coverage on the topic of big data during the past three years. But my response was a resounding, "No!"
During the summer of 2013, NewVantage Partners conducted a survey of Fortune 1000 C-suite executives from companies including American Express, CVS Caremark, JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, MetLife, Travelers and Wells Fargo, among others.
Our survey found that 91% of executives indicated that they have a big data initiative planned or in progress, with 60% reporting having an initiative completed.
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I'm sometimes told by senior corporate executives that they don't have a big data need because they are not focusing on social media data, unstructured data or massive data sets. This is a common misconception about big data. While much of the talk about big data focuses on the benefits and opportunities that result from new sources of data — including social media, sensor and visual data — most of the action among mainstream corporations is focused on integrating information from traditional legacy environments, like COBOL and mainframe data sources.
Integration of legacy data remains one of the main challenges for most corporations born before the digital era. When asked what kinds of data corporations planned to integrate using big data capabilities, most respondents to our survey responded that their focus was on customer transaction and financial data. For corporations, the ultimate ability to link behavioral, transaction and customer interaction data provides insight into the relationships between what customers say and what they do.
Similarly, big data is not exclusively about massive data sets. It is often assumed that big data is exclusively about capturing very large volumes of data. But big data is also about integrating more sources ("variety") of data, which needn't be massive. As Babson College's Tom Davenport states in a 2012 blog article, "Even small data can improve your organization's judgment."
Big data is about all data — big and small, structured and unstructured, new and legacy. And, for mainstream firms, executive respondents to our survey indicated that integrating and analyzing data from existing data sources was their greatest priority. In short, any organization that has "a lot of data" of any size, shape, form or variety has a potential big data opportunity.
2. Big data will change the time and cost equation for all data applications.
For many mainstream corporations, big data is no longer an experiment. Some context and history may help explain why.
Big data refers to a set of data management technologies, such as Hadoop, that were first employed by social media companies including Google, Facebook and Yahoo to enable the processing of massive volumes of information in a timely fashion.
Speed is realized through the ability to shorten the cycle from data access to analytical results. This is the result of the ability to load "all of the data" for quick and easy analysis, foregoing time-consuming processes or data engineering and up-front hypothesis formulation. Big data makes it possible to get more done for less by lowering the cost of managing data in two principle ways:
- Reducing the need for costly upfront data preparation and data engineering, which typically constitute 80% of the time and cost of data management, and
- Using lower-cost big data platforms like Hadoop, built with open source software, which are typically a fraction of the expense of traditional database platforms. (These numbers are based on our work with top financial firms and their own self-reports about cost advantages.)
Big data is becoming an integral part of the mainstream for large corporations as they come to understand that they can, for the first time, make data of any kind available to business analysts in a timely and cost-effective fashion. For these corporations, big data means faster time-to-market and quicker response to customer needs and interests, and the opportunity to accelerate time-to-value through greater speed and agility.
As big data approaches gain-growing acceptance, many mission-critical operational and regulatory reporting applications will be candidates for migration. Higher-cost production processes will be migrated to lower-cost platforms. This will be an evolutionary process, playing out over the course of the coming decade, as firms establish an evolving data-management ecosystem that combines traditional data-management approaches and new big data approaches.
For companies on the forefront of using big data, this migration of mission-critical processes is already well underway. Because big data represents an inexpensive way to get fast results, the need and the demand will only increase.
3. Big data is a term that captures the zeitgeist.
Love it or hate it, big data is a term that has caught on. But forget the semantics; focus on the benefits. In spite of lingering misconceptions, big data will compel interest and drive business value for many years to come.


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text: Cory Schmidt - April 16, 2018 Fish Attractants from Overseas From out of the inky abyss, they materialized like ghosts. Stirred by something foreign in their world, the pack of piscine wraiths advanced quickly yet quietly, converging like wolves in the midnight mist. The source of the stimulation — a curtain consisting of a thousand tiny, fleshy particles sinking toward the substrate, giving off a milky haze of scent, flavor, and sparkle. Most of the bits never reach bottom. With a pair of alpha predators leading the charge, an army of broad-back bluegills converged, each darting from morsel to morsel, miniature models of foraging efficiency. Within the hour, other species had joined in — yellow perch, crappies, catfish, carp, bass, and a walleye.Above the surface stood Munenori Kajiwara, underwater camera in one hand to survey the action, and a bag of Marukyu groundbait in the other. "If you chum, they will come," says Kajiwara. An affable and exceptional Japanese angler who now lives in Chicago, Kajiwara has done influential work, introducing dozens of innovative Japanese baits to the North American market. Most recently, he unveiled unique methods for catching Asian bighead carp — something previously thought impossible with hook and line.But for now, he offered quarter-sized pinches of groundbait into the waters of an urban waterway. In his mind, the experiment neither required patience nor produced a particularly surprising outcome. Within minutes he had schools of sunfish and other species fired up and competing for bites of the bait. A YouTube search for "Marukyu Bait Test" reveals underwater footage of his efforts, which shows what happens when you place even trace amounts of groundbait into water with fish in the vicinity.While groundbaiting and chumming are far from new, even in American waters, what's novel are the imported methods and paraphernalia that allow for effective and generally legal small-scale chumming. Creative baiting methods make for powerful panfish medicine, drawing fish into the immediate area and stimulating them to feed, even when they're inactive. But the real story remains: You need not put large quantities of bait into the water for the powers of attraction to work their magic. In states including California, Washington, Minnesota, Illinois, North Dakota, Idaho, and Arkansas, it's apparently not legal to chum (tossing handfuls of groundbait or other fish-attracting materials freely into the water), but states write their laws differently. In some you can use chum or groundbaits delivered as part of your presentation in bags, baskets, or as packbaits, which I'll describe a bit later. Of course, there are concerns over littering and polluting waterbodies with foreign substances. But many baits I discuss here are biodegradable, food-grade products used in scant quantities, with the bait itself tied to your rig and presentation, and with little that results in waste. It's always best to check the laws where you live. Some companies with products developed in Japan and the United Kingdom, including Marukyu, Nikko, and BaitPro, employ veteran product researchers versed in the sciences of ichthyology and aquatic scent technology. Some of these companies, such as Nikko and Fish Arrow, produce micro softbaits foreign to our North American eyes, yet deadly effective. Likewise, Marukyu, BaitPro, and others offer unique attractor bait options and "hookbaits" with exciting implications for panfish specialists, even though many of the products were originally created to attract carp.Sometimes it seems the attracting power of these baits is too good to be true, and yet much of their draw comes more from visual cues than scent or flavor. Perch and sunfish are highly curious. Some of the better attractor baits are infused with tiny scale-like flecks that flash and flicker under water.Mike McNett, top groundbait practitioner and past captain of Team USA's international ice team, says ,"Many mixtures such as Marukyu Sabiki have little bits of salt or glitter or what we call flowers within the grains that attract panfish visually. We've also baited with pinches of kosher or sea salt, and both offer visual and taste attractors for bluegills."In-Line Attractor SystemsParticularly useful in states where introducing anything into freshwater other than what's attached to your fishing line is illegal, several accessories allow for small-scale baiting. Marukyu's Kajiwara, as well as David Smith of BaitPro, use various devices attached to their fishing line to deliver modest but potent quantities of groundbait and other attractors as part of their presentation. The simplest means involve the use of a pre-mixed wet groundbait, such as Marukyu's Sabiki-style Sabikikun or Super Amiebi, natural krill-based formulas with the consistency of soft dough. Sabiki baits are inserted into a bait basket or cage, PVA bag, or other delivery vehicle. BaitPro Ready is another pre-wetted version that can be molded into small pellets and molded around an in-line spring, or placed in a bait cage. Sunfish, perch, and stocked rainbow trout love this stuff and eat it readily and safely.Less expensive are dry groundbait mixtures, such as Marukyu Koimuso (fish meal flavor) and Dobon (grape flavor) and Biosource Buckeye Blend. Most come in small bags and resemble a sort of trail mix, with fine grains, seeds, and nuts, and include protein/amino acid components, plus sweeteners. Add roughly 5 parts bait to 1 part water (varies by product) to a large bowl and mix into a tacky, malleable material that packs together yet disperses quickly under water.As part of a greater in-line attractor presentation, I've used several of the Sabiki-style (in-line) cages by Marukyu, and they can be highly effective at drawing sunfish and perch to baited hooks. The simplest employs a plastic mesh basket that holds about a tablespoon of bait, weighted with a lead base. Filled with a few pinches of moldable groundbait, the basket serves as the rig's sinker, above which are one or two hooks tied to the line with Palomar or dropper knots and tipped with livebait or an artificial hookbait such as Marukyu's JPz Gel Pellets or 2-inch Nikko egg strands. The entire rig can be cast and set in place, drifted near bottom, or suspended beneath a slipfloat. You can also fish the rig vertically or semi-vertically, as a drop-shot or Sabiki rig. Dabble the rod tip and quiver the rig to distribute and activate the groundbait around your hookbaits. As an alternative to baskets, cages, or coils, you can also use one of the tackier baits as "packbait" that's packed and molded around a sinker. Kajiwara says one of the top secrets among expert Japanese anglers is to mix a pre-moistened Sabiki-style bait with dry groundbait, which makes it super tacky for pack-baiting and powerfully attractive.Tightly pack a small ball (marble to golf-ball size) of bait around a fixed splitshot or bell sinker. Gently cast and allow the substance to gradually disperse under water, drawing fish to your hookbaits, which can be anything you might normally use — live minnows, larvae, earthworms, or an artificial softbait.PVA Power PacksAnother potent in-line attractor bait device, the PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) mesh baggy, dissolves readily in water, and according to numerous environmental studies, are non-toxic and benign. Many relevant studies are available online. Most notably, the FDA has granted PVAs their GRAS "Generally Recognized as Safe" designation. Other than biodegradable fishing products, PVA is used in various paper products as well as eye-drops that treat dry eyes.At the heart of these in-line baiting rigs is a PVA mesh bag — Gardner and Fox products are available at wackerbaits.com. Most consist of a tube with a length of PVA mesh, which you fill with dry groundbait or various mixtures of corn, soybeans, or other grain. Don't overlook sweet or fruity attractors, such as Buckeye Blend, Method Mix, or Marukyu's grape flavored Dobon. Panfish love sweet stuff. BaitCloud also makes a bubbling, scent-infused attractor product that's worth a PVA experiment.Creating a PVA power pack is simple. Because PVA dissolves quickly when in contact with water, make sure any mix you use is completely dry before pouring it into the bag. Take the tubing, which is a long continuous roll of PVA mesh, tied off at the end, to enclose your mix. Drop in a small handful of mixture and tightly pack the bait into the mesh. Once an ample amount of bait has been poured into the tube, pack it down with a stick or bait plunger while sliding the corresponding length of mesh off the tube. Twist the bait ball, then snip off the mesh, leaving several inches of extra material to allow for an overhand knot, which seals the bag at the other end. Trim both tag ends of the bag for a clean package (about thumb-sized) of panfish goodies.For legality reasons and to assure your hook is in prime position, drop a hook baited with a piece of worm, larvae, or artificial bait into the bag, surrounded by the groundbait mix, before tying it off. Slide the hook through the delicate mesh before casting. Alternatively, impale the PVA bag onto a hair rig. It's more complex but allows you to pre-assemble several PVA baggies prior to fishing. A hair rig places the PVA bag below a baited hook on a short line or "hair." You can find tutorials on how to do this on YouTube.When you cast the rig into the water, the pouch immediately begins breaking down, distributing the bait mix around your hook. Depending on brand, PVA melts in a few minutes to just under an hour. It's an ingenious solution for baiting a fishing area, and directing panfish toward your hook.Amazing Hookbait AlternativesThe money side of a two-tier attraction presentation is what you put on the hook. Whether I'm fishing from shore or boat, some form of drop-shot rig has become perhaps the most potent non-jig panfish presentation. A drop-shot's versatile and functional, allowing you to impart amazing movements to softbaits. The rig also suspends a bait at a specific depth above bottom, or above substrate infested with mussels or overgrown with vegetation, keeping you snag-free.An intriguing new softbait I discovered this past season, Japan-based Nikko Worm, offers Bait Balls, a 2-inch strand of tiny fish eggs. When you nick one of these small egg threads onto a #10 egg or octopus hook on a drop-shot rig, the bait writhes and undulates seductively. I've caught many species with these egg strands, including loads of sunfish, crappies, largemouth bass, and catfish. It should catch stocked trout, too, but I haven't tried that yet.The strands are fairly durable, though big sunfish are capable of nipping off small sections. But you can keep fishing the strand until there's nothing left but a few eggs attached to the hook. You can also pinch off individual eggs and fish them on a tiny hook.Scott Barrett of Nikko says the material is biodegradable, non-toxic, and phthalate-free. The baits are remarkably soft, scented, and durable. They also don't dry out after you've fished them, so you can leave them on the hook after fishing. While I've mostly fished Bait Balls, several other Nikko baits show promise. The Pin Straight is a wispy pin-tail bait with an easy-to-rig grub body. Sweet little bug baits include the PinChoro (mayfly nymph), OniChoro (stonefly nymph), and Sashi (maggot).From Kajiwara's Fish Arrow line (also an elite Japanese bass-bait brand), the 1-inch Flash-J, with a fine pin tail that quivers continuously, is the coolest soft micro minnow I've seen. It's a drop-shot natural, but also works on a 1/32- or 1/16-ounce jighead.Also made from a unique natural substance, Marukyu JPz are reportedly revolutionizing European match fishing. A soft pellet bait, JPz Pellets feel like the softest plastic bait I've ever touched, like dense jelly, and they resist splitting or tearing when impaled on a hook. Versions include JPz Ebi, a red pellet composed of crustaceans, and JPz Black, a soy-based bait touted as an all-around flavor. Marukyu also offers what Kajiwara calls a Power Ball, a yellow amino-acid based soft pellet. Apparently, all of these are excellent panfish baits, in addition to their appeal to stocked trout and carp. All flavors come in 6-, 8-, and 10-mm sizes, each about the size of a corn kernel. Regardless of their alien composition, these are some of the most interesting pellet baits I've ever seen.From BaitPro, a few other offerings are worth a look. VizTrail Nibbles are already proven for trout, with potential for crappies and other panfish. A dough-style pellet for tipping on a jig or plain hook, BaitPro Nibbles produce a visible red or chartreuse scent trail. Meanwhile, Bait-Haze is a dry dust that adheres to most dampened baits — nightcrawlers, crickets, minnows, or doughbaits. When you put it in the water, BaitHaze creates a colorful scent trail as well as tiny food particles, important visually and aromatically. Similar products include LipRipperZ Hatchery Dust and Berkley's Power Dust. Finally, for squeezing into tube jigs or applying to other softbaits, BaitPro Scentrails exudes a powerful visual cloud with taste and scent. Think of these items as PEBs — performance enhancing baits.Part of the appeal of these fish attractants is that they're particularly effective for shore-fishing, where drawing fish to you is the key. There isn't a sunfish or perch alive that can resist the powers of these attractors and the little bits of bait that waft around below. Attract. Fire up fish appetites. Set the hook.*In-Fisherman Field Editor Cory Schmidt is an astute multispecies angler who stays on the cutting edge of new and emerging tactics. Where to buy: BaitPro, baitpro.net; Fish Arrow, leesglobaltackle.com; Marukyu, wackerbaits.com; Nikko Worm, itsumofishing.com. Get Your Fish On. Plan your next fishing and boating adventure here. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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WASHINGTON D.C., July 7, 2016 – A newly-released impact assessment report by the Initiative for Global Development showed that Chevron-supported nongovernmental organizations have "moved the needle" in laying the groundwork for greater development in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria and highlighted how a market-based approach to development can help drive sustainable change and economic opportunity.
The report, "Pioneering New Operating Models and Measurement Techniques for Private Sector-Led Development: Assessing Impact in Nigeria's Niger Delta", is the culmination of a yearlong comprehensive organizational assessment of the activities of the Nigeria-based Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and its U.S-based strategic partner the Niger Delta Partnership Initiative Foundation (NDPI).
"NDPI, PIND, and Chevron have 'moved the needle' on corporate social responsibility, shared value, and development to a new level by creating awareness, building knowledge, and changing attitudes, beliefs, capacity, and actions in ways that permanently re-orient the hopes, aspirations, and visions of the people of a society," the report said.
The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is one of the world's richest sources of oil and produces nearly 75% of Nigeria's foreign exchange earnings. Yet, the region has experienced an uptick in violence in recent months and more than 70% of the 32 million people residing in the region live in poverty.
To help encourage peace and stability in the region, Chevron invested $50 million in 2010 to establish the two independent nongovernmental organizations with the mission of relieving poverty and promoting development across the nine states.
IGD was commissioned by NDPI and PIND to evaluate the first five years of their operations and assess the impact and systemic change created as a result. The report featured key findings on the impact and potential of the NDPI-PIND model in the Niger Delta; multiplier effects; opportunities to further enhance impact and stakeholder engagement; and recommendations for capacity-building around impact measurement.
"Achieving sustainable, systemic change does not happen overnight nor by a single institution or sector," said the lead author, Adrienne Gifford, IGD's Senior Advisor. "IGD's impact assessment with PIND and NDPI revealed that their presence is making an impact in the region and creating a new approach to development by initiating market-based systems to spur innovations and progress towards promoting peace and development progress."
IGD is a network of African and global business leaders who are committed to advancing inclusive growth through business investment. IGD's Advisory Services arm includes a team of experts who conduct impact assessments of companies and provide strategic guidance for businesses to enhance and maximize economic and social impact.
Due to periodic spats of violence over the years, the Niger Delta region until recently was virtually "untouchable" by the international development community and private sector. The impact assessment report revealed that the work of PIND and NDPI have enhanced the attractiveness of the Niger Delta by reducing risk, which has paved the way for greater development investment in the region.
Interviews with senior-level executives from international organizations now operating in the region highlighted the fact that they would not be working in the region if it were not for the presence, security, office space, and commitment and results demonstrated to date by NDPI and PIND.
NDPI and PIND have catalyzed new investment of more than $92 million into the region and more than $730,000 in new loans from local financial institutions into the market, the report noted. The region receives investment from multilateral and bilateral donors and international NGOs alike, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the Fund for Peace (FFP).
"This amount will likely continue to grow in the coming years as the impacts of NDPI and PIND initiatives continue to take hold and make it easier for organizations to operate in the region," the report stated. Private sector actors are increasingly realizing the economic potential in the region.
The report drew attention to the market-based approach used by PIND and NDPI to facilitate and catalyze economic opportunities, "rather than create dependency on donor funding". The NDPI and PIND approach embraces the development of sustainable market systems to create economic opportunities, and also addresses the complexity involved in tackling barriers to efficient markets including conflict and violence, a weak civil society, lack of government participation and transparency, and poor infrastructure.
IGD's Advisory team conducted the institutional-level assessment of PIND and NDPI operations with a highly tailored approach of methodologies and practices to measure impact that went beyond traditional evaluation metrics. The multi-disciplinary approach combined traditional evaluation methods with emerging best practices to design and implement innovative methodologies and tools, including qualitative and quantitative outcomes metrics, "proof points," and case studies.
IGD's new impact measurement approach can serve as useful aides for discussion, consideration, and evolution of measurement techniques for the international development community, the report pointed out.
"Pushing the boundaries can encourage more effective approaches to evaluate impact, determine effective resource allocation, and continue to develop and improve the field of international development, especially in the context of the increasingly important role that the private sector and market-based approaches play in achieving development goals," the report indicated.
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The Initiative for Global Development (IGD) is a 501©(3) organization that engages and harnesses the power of the private sector to create inclusive growth in Africa through business investment. IGD brings together an influential Frontier Leader network of CEOs and senior executives through the Frontier Leader Network to catalyze greater business investment and impact on the continent.


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This list will be updated frequently as more events are scheduled.
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- Glasgow & West Scotland
A man who left a baby blind and brain damaged after shaking and dropping her in a fit of anger has been jailed for four years and four months.
Andrew Morrison, 25, from Kilmarnock, was babysitting the three-month-old while her mother was at a concert.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that he lost control, because the baby was fractious, on 19 April last year.
He later admitted assaulting the baby to her severe injury, permanent impairment and danger of life.
'Catastrophic consequences'
Jailing Morrison, judge Lady Scott told him: "The effect on her, her mother and family is devastating.
"I accept you shook her in a momentary lapse of control and you are truly remorseful.
"However, your victim was a defenceless baby and the consequences of your violence were catastrophic. It is difficult to think of a more vulnerable victim."
The court heard that when the baby's mother returned home she immediately realised something was wrong.
The child was rushed to hospital, groaning and with her eyes rolling backwards.
Advocate depute Alison di Rollo, prosecuting, said the baby - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - was "twitching and groaning, consistent with fitting".
Morrison claimed the child would not take her milk when he tried to feed her and had been making noises.
'Upset and agitated'
She was pale and clammy and totally unresponsive when medics saw her.
Morrison asked if the injuries suffered could be caused by a bumpy bus journey or bumping the buggy, but was told that "could not account for the injuries sustained by the child".
He and the child's mother were put in separate rooms at Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow after she became extremely upset and challenged him about what happened.
Ms di Rollo added: "Once in the other room the accused became increasingly upset and agitated and in the presence of two police officers he stood up and stated 'I shook her and I dropped her, I was frustrated', making a shaking motion with his hands as he did so."
The child, how aged 15 months, has cerebral palsy, is registered blind and and will need lifelong care.
Defence counsel Frances Connor said: "The baby was fractious. He should not have lost his temper at her. He is remorseful and will never forgive himself."


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The effect of such a policy is to create a presumption that no new licences (or extensions to existing licences) will be granted in a specific area. That presumption can be rebutted, but the onus is on the applicant for a new licence to show that they will not add to the issues currently experienced. These policies can be incredibly restrictive, and can cause problems to aspiring operators.
However, we are firmly of the belief that these policies should not prevent high quality, responsible operators from opening new licenced premises. Indeed, we believe that authorities should encourage this, in order to raise the bar in problematic areas. A high quality operator attracts the right kind of customer and can encourage others in the area to raise their standards.
Nonetheless, responsible authorities consistently object to applications for new licences within these areas, meaning that, almost universally, a hearing is required in respect of such applications. We have represented numerous applicants in hearings of applications for new licences in Cumulative Impact areas, and have an impressive track record of success.
We have obtained licences for clients in Cumulative Impact areas across the country, including in London, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff, York, Bournemouth, Derby, Bristol, Norwich and Newcastle. We work extremely hard on preparing and presenting a comprehensive case and demonstrating to the Committee the essence of your business and why you are exceptional.
We have obtained licences in many areas where it is notoriously difficult to do so, notably achieving a licence until 4am in the 'red zone' in Leeds City Centre.


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Tiffany and Jose invited us along to document their beautiful wedding celebration at Canyonwood Ridge in Dripping Springs. Such beautiful weather and beautiful people! Thank you so much!
All Photos by Dave McLaughlin and Jody Brown
What a way to ring in the new year! Mackie and Taylor had their beautiful wedding and reception at Hotel Paisano in Marfa, Tx. Have a look at the amazing historic wedding gown Mackie wore. So beautiful! Already planning our next trip to West Texas! Thank you again Mackie and Taylor for having us along to document your amazing wedding weekend!
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Harlem Review – Harlem Food Bar – Fried Chicken
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As the article says:
The data points to a "general shift of emphasis towards the popular cultural mainstream," in the words of Gripsrud and his colleagues.I'm always skeptical about this kind of research as it often raises more questions than it answers. For example, we could step back and take a look at a longer time span. This study comprises two surveys of students in Bergen, Norway, one in 98/99 and the other ten years later in 08/09. But what if we looked back a hundred years? Two hundred? It is entirely plausible that the widespread enjoyment of high culture is something that grew enormously in the 19th century, in the wake of the downfall of aristocratic regimes and the growth of middle-class culture. What I mean, to be clear, is that high culture prior to the French Revolution, was largely an activity of the aristocracy. Afterwards, the now-powerful middle class appropriated and adapted high culture to their own uses. Instead of a very small number of people listening to harpsichord music and trio sonatas, we had large concert halls full of people listening to piano recitals by Liszt and symphonies by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.
What may be happening now is that the real enjoyment and understanding of high culture is shrinking again to a smaller circle of knowledgeable admirers. The study seems to show that might be the case:
"Class differences have become significantly more pronounced," Gripsrud added in an e-mail exchange. He noted that students raised by highly educated, culturally aware parents are now "clearly distinguishable from the rest, since they continue to include the high art and avant-garde genres in their repertoire, and remain quite knowledgeable in these areas. They also are considerably more active, not least as producers/contributors in the digital realm."From a sociological point of view this might be rather disturbing as it indicates that the egalitarian society may, in fact, be eroding. But perhaps it offers a bit of optimism for classical music. Perhaps classical music will not fade into the sunset, but become something beloved of a smaller proportion of society, as it was a couple of hundred years ago.
So the answer to the question "is classical music irrelevant" might be that it is irrelevant to most of society, but not all. In the present musical universe where Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry are large galaxies, Bach and Beethoven might be mere nebulae, size-wise if not quality-wise. As I stood in line to pay a phone bill the other day, there was a large flat-screen TV mounted on the wall playing a Lady Gaga video. This is the new normal. But it isn't the new good! Isn't it the case that the more, as Gripsrud says, "highly educated" and "culturally aware" you are, the less you will be satisfied with the popular music of mass appeal?
I mean, no contest, really...


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WWE Universal Champion & Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar Set To Return To UFC After Wrestlemania 34?
WWE Universal Champion and Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar Set To Return To UFC After Wrestlemania 34?
UFC President has indicated that there is a very, very, very good chance that Brock Lesnar enters into the UFC Octagon once again.
The above picture was taken over the weekend and led to many tongues wagging.
The Sun reports:
- The Beast will soon be out of contract with the wrestling company with his last rumoured to be at WrestleMania against Roman Reigns on April 8.
But White has fuelled speculation on his future by sharing a picture of him and Lesnar, kitted out in UFC attire, over the weekend.
And the promoter suggesting that he could be returning to the cage as he accompanied the snap with a grinning emoji face.
Lesnar last fought at UFC 200 when he defeated Mark Hunt in 2016.
But that victory was marred by two failed drugs tests and a subsequent one-year ban.
Despite that, he remains a huge box office draw and guarantees massive pay-per-view buys.
The organisation is desperate for more superstars and would likely welcome Lesnar back with open arms.
More over at the Sun.
Lesnar's one year ban from MMA ended in July 2017.
Tags: Brock Lesnar, drugs, UFC, wrestlemania, Wrestlemania 34, WWE