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Hi Beauties,
In case you are planning to visit Thailand this year you must spend some time in Bangkok, (which I think you will :)) to get your hands on some amazing makeup products, and that at affordable prices. You will find all the high end products, local makeup products as in Cathy doll as well as dupes. I bought my makeup collection from various shops which I will mention below. You also get some very good beauty and travel accessories. Do visit AISATIQUE, the night bazaar it has some cool view and you get amazing accessories. One great thing about the local drugstores is that they have so many incredible face mask sheets for every occassion, you are going to love it (Rejuvenation, Hydration, Stress Reliever etc.). This made my life a lot easier as I was able to cope up with the travel stress using these sheets. It gives you enough reason for self love.
I also visited to Patong where I found a 99 store which was selling all the dupes starting from Anastasia beverly hills to Sivanna. Also visit this mall called JUNCEYLON for some affordable makeup and accessories.You also have BATH & BODY works here which was running sale when I visited.
I also bought MAC lipstick from the duty free section. Its a heaven for all the ladies 🙂
- EVEANDBOY – Cathy Doll, Catrice, NYX, ASHLEY, Maybelline, Makeup revolution, ELF etc…
2. STARDUST, MBK mall – ELF, Jordana, Milani cosmetics…
3. JAPANESE shop in MBK (forgot the name) – Wet n Wild, Carmex
5. BEAUTY BUFFET, Junceylon, Patong – Gino McCray, Lollipop
6. The FACE SHOP, Junceylon
7. BATH &BODY works, Junceylon
8. 99 store
9. WATSONS – Revlon
10. Local Drugstore- Face masks
11. MAC, duty free
12. Accessories from Local shops in the Platinum Mall –
13. JASMINE, Patong – This shop has some cool Purses, caps, Belts, rings, bracelets etc…
Thanks a lot for reading, See you next time, till then Take Care.


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State Allocates Funds For Youth Jobs Program
Thanks to a cash infusion into a state-run program, more than 4,700 at-risk youths could find jobs this summer.
Gov. Deval Patrick has allocated more than $9 million to the program, including $3.5 million that was originally set aside for next summer's program.
The $9 million allocation will be given to 25 communities across the state. Most of the money comes from state through the YouthWorks program with an additional $1.8 million in federal stimulus funding.
At-risk youths have been hit especially hard by the recession, Patrick administration officials say, and those officials see many benefits to increasing funding for youth jobs programs.
The jobs will provide youths with "higher self-esteem and job readiness for the future," said state Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Joanne Goldstein. "So we consider this an investment, not only in the summer, but in our future as well."
"We needed to act now," said Lew Finter, of the Youth Jobs Coalition, which had advocated for the cash allocation. "And we're going to have to obviously act (and) continue the organizing next year to try to secure a reasonable amount of funds for next summer."
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino had previously announced a youth jobs program aimed at reducing violence in the city.
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We both have separate pet peeves when it comes to lazy opinions: three hates the generally benign lazy clickbait WOW ISN'T IT AWESOME stuff (such as "WOW ISN'T IT AWESOME THAT ALL THE CHARACTERS IN FROZEN WEAR GLOVES WHEN THEY'RE LYING" and "WOW ISN'T IT AWESOME THAT THIS FAN CAME UP WITH A THEORY THAT ALL PIXAR MOVIES ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE SAME UNIVERSE" and "WOW ISN'T IT AWESOME THAT TARZAN COULD BE ANNA AND ELSA'S BROTHER") while erm hates it when people pass off really not thought out nonsense as genuine critique (such as "The Little Mermaid is really misogynistic because Ariel gives up her voice for a man!" and "All Disney women are terrible role models because they're trying to land a prince!" and "Frozen is a really overrated movie, it's in fact THE WORST DISNEY MOVIE EVARR, and Disney should go back to making stuff like Hunchback of Notre Dame!").
This stuff is insufferable and yet suffer it many of us do, in silence. But blame our oversensitive personality types all you like: this sort of thing raises our hackles and is likely the main reason we have a blog. Because now we have a space where we can refute such nonsense in long form rather than raging into the void.
And sure, writing a really long blog post about how much we hate lazy criticism of Disney is probably the same thing as raging into the void, but we're going to do it anyway.
Shall we begin?
Lazy Opinion #1: Disney Princesses are BAD ROLE MODELS because they all want nothing more than to "land princes"
"I've often wondered why the mothers are always dead in the Disney Princess stories. I figure it's that if the mom was alive and well, the writers would miss all sorts of plot opportunities starring the vicious, evil stepmother. I've also questioned whether Disney would ever get a clue and give little girls a royal role model whose singular goal in life wasn't to land the handsome prince."
– some internet page seemingly about the newest Disney Princess who is in fact just from a new TV show (Sofia the First) which was coming out soon at the time.
a) BAD ROLE MODELS: Please stop requiring every female character ever to be a role model. It's not fair. When we do this, then Merida is a horrible character because she does selfish things and doesn't accept responsibility until like the last second. And Elsa is a horrible character because she can't figure out her own abilities. Characters, male, female, and everyone besides should just be characters. They should be flawed and should be allowed to make mistakes, and if the audience learns from them that's great. We don't need stone-hearted perfection standing on pedestals to look up to. Stop it.
b) The mothers are not always dead in Disney Princess stories. See Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Mulan, and Brave (Brave admittedly came out after this article and is also a Pixar movie, but we included it for completeness).
c) Princesses with dead (or absent) mothers and no evil stepmother in sight: Aurora, Eilonwy, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Kida, Giselle, Anna, Elsa. It really is just Snow White, Cinderella, and Rapunzel.
d) It might also be helpful to wonder why so many heroes of fiction are orphans: IT'S MORE FUN WITH NO PARENTS. BECAUSE IT'S FICTION.
Now let's have the ladies have their say.
Snow White: OK, Sofia the First clickbait has a point with her. Her first song is about wishing for love, and then her main song is literally called "Some Day My Prince Will Come." But we'd like to give Disney a pass here. This was the first animated feature EVER, let alone the first animated fairy tale. Can we really blame them for going fully into the "fairy tale fantasy romance (with a
man prince) is the be all and end all of the female experience" thing? In 1938?
Cinderella: She doesn't even know the guy is the prince at first. And when she finds out, she simultaneously finds out that he's also looking for her, to marry her. Can we blame her for wanting to seize this opportunity, after watching 60 minutes of what her life is like with her stepfamily? CAN WE? We need to contextualize this stuff, man.
Aurora: She REALLY doesn't know the guy is
A HUGE IRREDEMABLE DOUCHEBAG the prince. And then she gets really upset when her fairy step mothers are like, "You're going home! To marry the prince! Yeeeeey!" Yes, it's still a "romance is the be all and end all" character arc but we've removed the "I need a prince to be happy" element that wasn't even really ever there to begin with.
Why, though, is the "I need a prince to be happy" element not really present, like, at all? Unless we're talking Charlotte La Bouff?
Because romance conventions.
Ever since Pride and Prejudice (and, quite frankly, well before that also) we like our lady protagonists to not be gold diggers. We instead like them to be a little like Cinderella: secret nobility living lives of virtuous peasant sufferers who are domestic and motherly (see: the mice) who are magically sought out by the prince (or rich dudes more like Darcy) because they immediately see the merits and true, hidden nobility of our lady. This doesn't exactly fit every romance, but it's pretty much at the heart of most of them.
For example: Julia Roberts tearing up at the opera despite being an uncultured sex worker in Pretty Woman. Because she has nobility of soul, of course, and only rich dude Richard Gere can see it, and he will save her from her unfair life of not being materially wealthy. (ps: erm hates this movie and three hasn't seen it and shouldn't bother in erm's opinion.)
So no, they're not trying to land a prince, because that would ruin the fantasy of the girl who's perfect in every way getting the prince even though she's not after him, because she 110% deserves him, because she isn't after him.
Like that One Direction song: "You don't know you're beautiful… that's what makes you beautiful!"
If this article talked about how Disney Princesses have no discernible ambition (esp. the early ones), then we could tango.
But no.
Ariel: She wishes she were human. She daydreams about Eric somehow finding her under all of that ocean she lives in and asking her to run away with him. She gets hoodwinked into pursuing him so that she can stay human forever, with her voice as the expense. Discernible ambition? Not really. She's sixteen, though, it's OK. It's also OK for her to have a major crush and make mistakes. We'll talk about that in a minute. The point is, she's not trying to land a prince. She's trying to not become one of Ursula's lovely garden gnomes.
Belle: The point of her is that she's not like the Bimbettes who drool over Gaston. And she has to learn to like, and then love, the Beast, who isn't like any conventional prince we kn0w.
Jasmine: The first Disney Princess with discernible ambition! She wants to "get rid" of Jafar. And to not marry some stuck-up prince. Which is probably why she ends up with Aladdin, who is a street rat.
And this is the part where we don't need to explain anything anymore.
Pocahontas: No.
Mulan: No.
Tiana: HA!
Rapunzel: Another girl who ends up with a street rat.
Elsa & Anna: Yeah.
Seriously though – writing a mere two years post-Princess and the Frog and you're still going to say that all Disney Princesses want to land princes and nothing else? Stop.
Lazy Opinion #2: 7 Reasons I Never Want My Girls to Watch "The Little Mermaid"
We've talked extensively about this movie and all of our thoughts about why, in our opinion, it's unfairly maligned. But this clickbait meant to infuriate us and we're sufficiently infuriated so whatever, let's do this.
Reason One: Ursula is scary (looking?)
There's a Cracked.com video under this one that we're not going to bother watching, particularly because we too think Ursula is scary. She's a great villain. This is not thoughtful critique on why it's not suitable for children, even for the author's children specifically. Can we not sanitize children's entertainment, please? The kids deserve good villains.
Reason Two: King Triton is a bad father
Yeah. The movie is about his bad parenting decision. It shows him regretting it immediately. It shows him facing the consequences and getting over himself, growing and changing as he should. Again. This is not critique. This is deliberately not paying attention.
Reason Three: Ariel makes rash decisions/gives up her voice + family for a guy she's never met and has only seen once
A sticking point with us too. But we talked it out. Ariel is a kid, she's experiencing powerful emotions and hormones, and she should be allowed to experiment with those things without being preyed upon by some random sea witch out to exploit her pure feelings for whirlpool vengeance.
After Frozen, we're done getting mad at girls for falling in love right away. We don't need them to get punished for it anymore thanks.
Anyway, Ariel knows how to pick 'em. Eric is awesome.
Reason Four: Ariel is very stupid for trading her voice for legs and she wants her daughters to be less stupid
Watching a movie is not going to damage anyone's intelligence, so long as people THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE WATCHING AND ENGAGE WITH IT. And this nonsense doesn't count as either of those things.
Ariel is a kid and is allowed to make mistakes and Ursula shouldn't be preying on her vulnerability because she is a grown-ass squid woman and should know better. Triton also should have gotten over himself and let Ariel be a human, with her voice and everything, right from the start, but then we wouldn't have a movie.
Reason Five: The only thing that matters is your body.
God forbid there should be some sexual chemistry in a movie about a sixteen-year-old girl. Also considering that we like to think of TLM as a trans narrative these days, this particular point lets us get all self-righteously SJW rageful. Aw yeah. Bodies are important.
Reason Six: Eric dumps Ariel for Vanessa
… because Ursula magicked him to do so. It's a movie. With a plot.
Reason Seven: There's a happy ending
This point is particularly sticking because, and, like, can you even believe this: there's a happy ending DESPITE the fact that Ariel "disobeyed" her father! You know, the father that's the worst father ever, according to reason two.
But. OK. Once more, for the people in the back: IT'S OK THAT ARIEL MADE A MISTAKE AND ACTED RASHLY BECAUSE OF HER FEELINGS (BOTH THE FEELINGS FOR ERIC, AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE FEELINGS STIRRED UP BY BEING ANGRILY REJECTED BY HER FATHER FOR BEING A HUMAN ENTHUSIAST) AND IT'S OK THAT SHE STILL ENDED UP HAPPY WITH A DECENT GUY AND A LOVING FAMILY SUPPORTING HER. WE DON'T NEED TO PUNISH GIRLS FOR HAVING FEELINGS AND MAKING MISTAKES.
And we especially don't need to punish the girl when the story was more about a father, who is an adult and should know better, making the rather major mistake of not accepting that his daughter is his daughter and he can't change her, or what kind of physical being she wants to be.
Let lazy criticism of The Little Mermaid burn in all the fires, we're tired of it.
Lazy Opinion #3: All the Villains are Secretly Right
The laziness has infected us, so we'll only refute a couple. Though we have already done this a bit.
Jafar: A Cracked.com video claims that he's a "brilliant strategist" working for an incompetent boss. Yes, the Sultan is incompetent. No, Jafar isn't a brilliant strategist. At different points, his plan was to:
- get a genie
- exploit Aladdin to get a genie
- kill Aladdin by
- knife/Cave of Wonders
- drowning
- magically throwing him far away (with magic carpet)
- marry Jasmine to become the Sultan even though she's expressed a desire to banish and/or execute him
- enslave Jasmine and yet still offer marriage
- make magical wishes for:
- Sultanhood
- Powerfulest Sorcerorhood
- Geniehood
We should note that all of these plans fail spectacularly. SPECTACULARLY. The point of him is that he's power-hungry, which is the opposite of brilliant, as it means Aladdin can easily outwit him into living in a teacup with a parrot for eternity.
The point is, you can't argue that the man is actually right all along when it's clear that he doesn't even know what he wants to do with his life.
Hades: People like him because they see him as a brain vs brawn underdog when the dude is maybe slightly more intelligent than Jafar (which isn't saying much). Hades has a ridiculous temper and is abusive to his henchpeople. This leads Meg to resist him and Pain and Panic to let him swim with the dead forever. In other words, he lacks the intelligence for foresight.
There's no redeeming quality besides how entertained we all are by him, which is great, but doesn't magically make him right. Even if Zeus did make Hades the only one with a taxing job.
Shere Khan: People don't say this. But we do.
Lazy Opinion #4: The Lion King is racist
At first people's textual evidence for this was that Shenzi and Banzai sound urban and ethnic while no one else does (but… Rafiki actually has an African accent), and that the hyenas are portrayed as hapless, fairly unintelligent dupes.
We can talk about casting decisions all day, but they don't really mean much here. Ed is voiced by a white guy. And sure, Simba, adult Nala, and Scar are white, and so are three of the clowns (Zazu, Timon, and Puumba), but Mufasa, Sarabi, young Nala, and Rafiki are voiced by black actors.
The portrayal of the characters is more useful in figuring out the racial politics in this movie – if they exist. And we don't really think they do.
TLK is about power. You may be tempted to see the struggle between lions and hyenas here to be a race metaphor but it really, really isn't. The hyenas instead represent malcontents.
It's a little bit confusing because among the many influences of TLK is a weirdo nature documentary about how lions and hyenas are nature's enemies, which is not entirely true. Many a weirdo nature documentarian has depicted killing between the species, and attempted killing, and all sorts of things we'd rather not ever see, but as far as we can tell it really does boil down to this: predators are jerks. They're highly strung. They kill sometimes without reasons because their kill switch is an actual kill switch. If you've lived with cats you know this. They just sort of snap.
So TLK ran with this sensationalist view of the two species and took the lions' side (when lions are demonstrably the worst species ever) (we love lions but they really are awful).
Therefore, yes, there's weird species-conflict that isn't explained thoroughly. We don't know the background of Mufasa's hyena policies. Are hyenas only allowed in the Elephant Graveyard? Are we to assume that all they're allowed to eat is then dead/dying elephants as some sort of utilitarian agreement between the species? We've always instead assumed that hyenas are allowed beyond the Pride Lands, but when they come near the Pride Lands they're only allowed in the graveyard because Mufasa has carved out hyena-free zones.
There's no way to know. We're meant to take what we have for granted. We do know some other things, though.
The hyenas are unhappy with their lot. They don't seem to be starving, but they do seem very willing to team up with shifty guys who bring them small amounts of food and promise to let them never go hungry again if elected. We read this as the hyenas being unhappy with their fair share. Maybe they do get all of the elephant meat in the Pride Lands and it's just not enough for their little malcontent hearts.
How dare Mufasa regulate what they can and can't hunt?
So when Scar promises that they can let loose, and they do, they immediately actually begin to starve, because Mufasa was doing the hard job of making them stick to his regulations, and they were able to eat. Now with Scar not doing any sort of work at all, EVERYONE is starving.
Banzai even says, "And I thought things were bad under que pasa." Which admittedly is kind of stupid.
Shenzi tries to reason with Scar, and he doesn't take their concerns seriously. And then, without resolving anything, he tells them to piss off. And then later blames Sarabi. And then declares that they'll all just starve to death because he's the king and he can do whatever he wants, and what he wants to do is nothing.
Tell us again how right all of the Disney villains are.
Ultimately, the hyenas are about the pitfalls of leadership. There will always be someone out there hating on the leader for making unpopular and necessary decisions, always. Because people are terrible and we need leaders. At least, according to this movie. And, like, all of human history.
Especially delicious about this metaphor? The hyenas kill Scar not because he made them starve through poor management, but because he tries to scapegoat them. Simba targets him as the mastermind behind Mufasa's murder and the ruin of the Pride Lands, and Scar tries to pass off responsibility on to the hyenas because they're hyenas and easy to mistrust.
And thus: a good leader is hated by the malcontents for unfounded reasons (so far as we can know), and a bad one gets eaten alive by them. For decent reasons. That's a nice message, we suppose.
Lazy Opinion 5: The Lion King is a ripoff of Kimba the White Lion
We haven't seen Kimba, but we've seen the visual comparisons and the concept art of a white lion cub and the "quote" from "some Disney guy" about how TLK, still in production at the time, as a remake of sorts of Kimba. But let's be real.
Even if we're generous and assume that TLK was majorly, majorly influenced by Kimba, that doesn't magically make it a ripoff.
Ripoff: When someone translates The Hobbit into another language and changes the character names to Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, and Yaxley, and sells the book pretending that it's the next book in the HP saga. THIS. IS. A. RIPOFF.
Sort of a Ripoff: When a "cheap knock-off" film company makes a cheap animated Snow Queen film and releases it around the same time that the Frozen DVD is on the shelves. This is only sort of a ripoff because there's no legal issue here, but we still think of it as sleazy because they are trying to lazily cash in, and part of the business model seems to be tricking hapless people into buying their DVD instead of the Disney one, which is exploitative. But it's not really a ripoff.
Not a Ripoff: Making a whole other movie with similar imagery and themes to an anime/manga you enjoyed.
That last is actually called "being influenced by something." And while we may decide it's a little ripoffy if Disney tries to distance itself from the similarities, particularly if we think they did in fact use it as an influence, it's still not a ripoff.
This is the one JK Rowling used to get criticized with a lot because she's only named three influences, and they don't include Tolkein, and they also don't include a host of less successful authors who have taken issue such as LeGuin, Card, and Yolen. Yawn.
Yes, it'd be nice if she acknowledged more influences, and this goes for TLK's creators, too, but they aren't required to. Perhaps according to them those works aren't influences – maybe they really can't see the impact of them on their work. That happens and it isn't a crime.
Also, there's no real way of knowing that the TLK creators or JK Rowling actually did ever read/watch the things they're being accused of being influenced by. In JKR's case especially, where the authors themselves expressed varying degrees of petty dismay at not ever being acknowledged by her, it just seems really arrogant for them to have assumed that she must have read their stuff. Maybe she didn't, guys. Probably she didn't, in fact. None of you are as successful as she is. We hate to be cruel, but, they're kind of asking for it, aren't they? By saying, "She must have read me and used me as an influence and now she won't even acknowledge it!" they just sort of come right out and add the real thing stuck in the craw: "I don't get why she sells more books than me IT'S NOT FAIR."
Kimba's creators weren't that petty. Others on their behalf claimed TLK must have been influenced by it. Creators asked about this have all claimed they didn't even know Kimba existed, which is likely true.
Also, "Simba" means "lion" in Swahili. In case you didn't already know that.
Lazy Opinion 6: Alice in Wonderland is about drugs
There are probably history-related reasons to refute this, such as drugs in the Victorian era not really being viewed the way we view them today. But that's not interesting.
If you want to read drug experimentation into this movie and the book(s) it's based on, that's all well enough. There is textual evidence for that. Think "eat me" and "drink me." However, we think it's far more interesting to look at Alice not as a metaphor for a drug trip but actually as a little deliberation on what it's like for children to live in an adult's world.
"Eat me" and "drink me" fit in with this reading as well. Kids are physically smaller than adults and are compelled to eat and drink those nutritious things that will make them grow. In Wonderland, Alice grows and shrinks depending on what she's eating or drinking, and how much.
Her confusion, being ordered around, and being outright ignored and deliberately misunderstood is really interesting in the "kid in the adult world" reading of it. Think also about how the movie is framed. It begins with Alice taking her lessons, which she's not interested in, and it ends with her reciting that ridiculous poem the way the caterpillar demanded her to. Which version of this poem is right? We might say one makes more sense, or seems like something you might teach a Victorian-era child, but really it's all arbitrary and nonsensical to get so upset if the girl can't recite it the way you want her to.
The original version: "Against Idleness and Mischief," by Isaac Watts
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!
How skilfully she builds her cell!
How neat she spreads the wax!
And labours hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes.
In works of labour or of skill
I would be busy too:
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
In books, or work, or healthful play
Let my first years be past,
That I may give for every day
Some good account at last.
That… is ridiculous. Let kids be kids, we say.
Lewis Carroll's version:
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin
How neatly spreads his claws
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!
Heh heh heh. You know what, Lewis Carroll? You're all right.
So if Alice seems out of sorts, confused, scared, and downright fed up while she has her adventures, it's probably because she's learning the hard lesson of childhood: adults are in charge and they. Are. Useless. And, you know, not – or maybe just less – because she's high.
***To be continued! Because there's lots more!
Also, we shall take a bit of a hiatus… we sort of have already, but now we're writing horrible qualifying exams and trying to enjoy summer and as fun as it is to deliberate over media, we find ourselves needing to back off a bit for a bit.
See you soon!***


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Roxel delivering Dual ROV Control cabins
We thank Oceaneering for the opportunity to build two complete Dual ROV Control cabins, now on its way to be installed on their associated rigs.
In the video you can see the size of the cabins that required both a companion car as well as police escort.
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"Olafur Eliasson: Y/our Future Is Now" at Serralves Museum
August 14, 2019
The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, in collaboration with BPI and 'La Caixa' Foundation, are pleased to present Olafur Eliasson: Y/our future is now, the first solo presentation by the Danish-Icelandic artist in Portugal.
Eliasson is renowned for creating artworks that traverse the boundaries of conventional exhibition spaces – like the museum and gallery – in order to assume an active presence in civic space. In this new exhibition, Eliasson invites visitors to navigate a series of recent large-scale installations and sculptures that invoke cycles, arcs, and curves to embody movement.
"Olafur Eliasson: Y/our Future Is Now"
31 July, 2019 – 14 June, 2020
Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art
R. Dom João de Castro 210,Porto,
Placed throughout the Serralves Museum atrium, the central gallery of the Siza building, and the surrounding parkland, artworks are inspired by natural phenomena. Works include Yellow forest, 2017, a circular group of birch trees lit by a ring of yellow monofrequency lamps that challenges perceptions of the natural and the artificial; a large pavilion, The curious vortex, 2019, which swirls in the shape of a vortex; and three new sculptures, Human time is movement (winter, spring, summer), 2019, a series of black-and-white stainless-steel spirals that were made especially for the exhibition.
"Vortices, cycles, spirals, and currents make up Y/our future is now – in the driftwood, sculptures, and pavilion outside; and in the floating rings and circular grove of trees with strangely yellow leaves inside. I hope that in your journey through the exhibition you will feel these movements at a visceral level, and sense how their individual trajectories cross and affect each other." – Olafur Eliasson
Aiming to foster a dialogue between inside and outside, the selection of works play on the strong relationship the Serralves foundation has developed between the built environment – in the form of a building conceived by the Pritzker Award winner Alvaro Siza – and the surrounding garden, which makes significant contributions to raising social awareness of the importance of protecting landscape heritage. The foundation brings together heritage spaces with contemporary cultural events, without undermining their integrity and permanence. In recognition of its unique position, Serralves Park has won important awards, like the Henry Ford Prize for the Preservation of the Environment (1997), and was recently identified in "The Gardener's Garden" (Phaidon) as one of the world's 250 most remarkable gardens.
Olafur Eliasson: Y/our future is now is organized by the Serralves Foundation – Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in partnership with Studio Olafur Eliasson, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles, and is curated by Philippe Vergne, Marta Moreira de Almeida, and Filipa Loureiro.
A publication accompanies the exhibition. Documenting Eliasson's works at Serralves and including an original contribution by renowned Portuguese novelist Gonçalo M. Tavares, the catalogue provides insight into the ideas behind the works.
In the museum's central atrium, visitors are invited to walk along a path defined by Yellow forest (2017), a work originally conceived in collaboration with landscape architect Günther Vogt. It consists of an artificial forest formed by two groups of birch trees that occupy and redefine the architectural space. Within this circular forest, the light cast by a ring of yellow monofrequency lamps alters visitors' chromatic perceptions, making them see all colours as shades of grey, yellow, or black. The interference in the viewer's perception processes, through spatial, chromatic and luminous deconstruction, refers to the idea that the forest is a dreamlike place, a space of connection between humans and the earth. At the same time, the work is a living organism, in a state of constant change.
Humankind's relationship with the surrounding environment is also addressed in The listening dimension (orbit 1, orbit 2, orbit 3), 2017, presented in the museum's central gallery. When entering this space, the visitor encounters wall-sized mirrors and large rings that appear to float in space. Seemingly defying the laws of physics and optics, these works produce a destabilizing and disturbing effect. The repetition of the elements via the reflective surfaces expands the room's size and absorbs each visitor, whose individual interaction with the work is fundamental, because his or her movements influence the way that the entire work is understood and experienced. The carefully fabricated effect casts doubt on our linear perception of space, the boundary between reality and representation, the relationship between knowledge and the experience of the visible. This installation opens a dialogue between the exhibition and the sculptures installed in the park.
In the roundabout on the Liquidâmbares, The curious vortex, 2019, is linked to Eliasson's research on geometry and the construction of spaces and creation of environments, as well as his social and cultural reflections. The large, stainless-steel pavilion's shape is inspired by the swirling movements of a vortex, a natural phenomenon created by a spinning mass of wind and water. The artist relates this phenomenon to the work of museum institutions in contemporary society: just as the force of a whirlwind develops around a rotating centre, museums also have the ability to channel thoughts, ideas, feelings, affections. This work invites visitors to think about their relationship with the multiple potentialities of the museum and the world itself – the fact that everything is in perpetual motion, in permanent change. The placement of this work in an outdoor space, exposed to the elements and the cycle of day and night, highlights the relation between the observer, movement, change and temporality.
In the Yew Glade we find the works Human time is movement (winter, spring, summer), 2019. Mathematics is the basis for the design of these three black-and-white stainless-steel spirals, which form lines that develop in space as if they were three-dimensional drawings. Variations on a Clelia curve, a line created by tracing a point as it moves along two axes of a sphere simultaneously, the strikingly different forms communicate the passage of time as embodied by movement.
Returning to a typology of works already presented in other contexts, Eliasson distributed driftwood logs, for the artwork Arctic tree horizon, 2019, in the park around the museum building as if the driftwood logs had washed ashore there. Iceland has few trees, and no forests, but plentiful logs can be found along the country's coasts, where they have been transported from Siberia by sea currents and drifting polar ice. Eliasson collects these logs, salted by the ocean and bleached by the sun, and redistributes them in foreign locations that lend them new meaning. For this exhibition, the artist coated the wood with black paint that suggests tar – a material formerly used for sealing ships against seawater – creating landmarks in the landscape that evoke thoughts about migration, circulation, and the larger ecological system we inhabit.
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Volunteer's in Focus, Wayne & Sam
Every January, hundreds of vollies turn up to lend their support to the organisation and running of the Road National Championships in Ballarat & Buninyong. Their contribution and sacrifice help make the five day festival of cycling a reality.
In honour of National Volunteer Week, we caught up with two amazing volunteers who helped out at RoadNats this year.
Wayne Scanlon (pictured above second from the left top row), has been volunteering with the RoadNats team for the last three years. An integral part of the squad he is always willing to lend a hand, and have a laugh.
We caught up with him to find out a little bit more about why he loves to volunteer at RoadNats!
Wayne, why do you volunteer at cycling events?
Because it's fantastic to see the elite athletes, and try to understand their tactics, right through to the para-cyclists trying to achieve their goals.
What's your favourite thing about volunteering
Without volunteers great events like Cycling Australia wouldn't be able to put on such a great event like the Nats, but it also supports the local economy.
It's also a great chance to meet other like minded volunteers, and it's fantastic the way we as volunteers are greeted and supported in the way we carry out our jobs!
Cycling Australia is sincerely grateful to the thousands of hours volunteers dedicate to cycling to make it a reality, Please join us in thanking all the volunteers who give up their time to help make our sport great.
As the country celebrates National Volunteer Week, Cycling Australia would like to thank all our wonderful volunteers who give their time to keep the wheels of our great sport turning across Australia.
The contributions and sacrifices of thousands of volunteers across our hundreds of clubs, events and the Australian Cycling Team, ensure our cyclists, participants and spectators can share in and enjoy our great sport.
The theme for National Volunteer Week 2020 is "Changing Communities. Changing Lives" and it is clear that we have many unsung heroes who are doing just that across the country.
Lawrence Hill is a longtime supporter of cycling and has been volunteering in cycling for nearly ten years and has contributed to the success of such events as the Federation University Road National Championships, Jayco Herald Sun Tour and the Tour of Gippsland.
Amazingly, "Lawry" has also volunteered for 55 years with the Country Fire Authority (CFA).
Besides having the best seat in the house while he helps ensure some of Australia's biggest cycling events run smoothly, Lawry loves the social aspect which comes with volunteering.
"I love to meet the interesting people we do it with like the other volunteers and the staff who put it all together. Meeting new people and making new experiences."
And when asked what he would say to encourage someone to get involved and volunteer?
"Just do it! You'll love it."
To Volunteer at the 2021 Federation University Road National Championships, head to the event website for more information https://www.roadnationals.org.au/.
Magnificent Meyer claims trifecta
Nine-time track world champion Cameron Meyer (Mitchelton-SCOTT) became the first Australian man to claim the Road National Championships trifecta after securing an emotional maiden road race crown in a stunning final lap attack at the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships in Buninyong on Sunday.
"I have no words to describe this. It means so much to me, there is a lot of emotion on this day, there is a lot of history in it for me. Twelve years ago at 21, I fell in love with this race," said Meyer.
"It has been a long time coming, everyone asks me all my stories over all the years and now I can tell them this is the best story of the lot.
"I have had the time trial twice and the criterium, but this is the one I really wanted. I am going to have a few sleepless nights replaying this for sure."
Twelve years after finishing fourth as a 21-year-old in his first elite race, and just twelve months after leading the race inside the final few kilometres before being edged to the bronze medal, Meyer added the gruelling elite men's road race to his dual time trial (2010, 2011) and criterium (2013) crowns.
"Last year was so emotional, and with about three kilometre to go I knew I was going to win it and the emotion nearly took over so I had to hold it together," Meyer added.
"Something ticked over in me there, I didn't want to come back for a thirteenth time, I'm glad I have the jersey now and it is definitely a highlight in my career."
Meyer positioned himself in the peloton for the majority of the day with the group racing at a fast pace and putting a stop to any early breakaway attempts.
Nicholas Shultz (Mitchelton-SCOTT) and Marcus Culey (Team Sapura Cycling) made the first major move, the pair opening up a 47 second lead on Jason Lea (Maloja Pushbikers) and Cameron Roberts (GPM Stulz) with a 1:47 minute gap on the peloton.
Lea and Roberts caught the leaders to form a group of four as they extended the gap to 2mins20secs. With seven and a half laps remaining, Roberts was dropped and the leading trio continued to hold their advantage despite a couple of attacks from the likes of Liam White (Oliver's Real Food Racing) and Mark O'Brien (Inform TM Insight Make).
Lea was then dropped with four laps remaining, as Meyer and Callum Scotson (Mitchelton-SCOTT) made their move, forcing the decimated peloton to split into several chase groups over the climb.
Not long after Meyer and Scotson bridged the gap to the leading pair, Lucas Hamilton (Mitchelton-SCOTT), Jay McCarthy (Bora Hansgrohe), Jai Hindley (Team Sunweb) and defending champion Michael Freiberg made it an eight-man race.
Team Jumbo-Visma's Chris Harper, Nathan Haas (Team Cofidis) and Luke Durbridge (Mitchelton SCOTT) joined the party shortly after Shultz and Freiberg dropped off.
As the bell rang, Meyer, Hamilton, Durbridge, Harper, Haas and Culey left the peloton well behind as they powered towards the green and gold jersey.
Hitting the final climb with energy, Meyer got the crowd roaring when he attacked to give himself a 23second lead and by the time he turned onto the final straight, the national title was his. With tears in his eyes, he screamed with joy, crossing the line first with a time of 4hours48mins16 sec.
"This is the queen jersey, everyone comes here to win it, to conquer Mt Buninyong and take the road race jersey," said Meyer.
"In the last few laps, I thought 'phew, this is an Australian title', there were a lot of world tour guys, a lot of firepower out there, it was a really world tour field. I was really nervous, I'm sure we all were, if you made one mistake, there was a good enough group out there you would pay for it. I had to pick my moment well, there were a few I tried that didn't work, but there was an opportunity for me to go on that climb.
"It is going to be exciting to take this jersey (to the WorldTour) and I can't thank my team Mitchelton-SCOTT enough, they've backed me for the last three years to bring me back on board as I strive towards the Tokyo Olympics this year."
To cap off a nearly perfect day for Mitchelton-SCOTT, Lucas Hamilton finished second, giving the team four out of six road race podiums, with Amanda Spratt (1st) and Grace Brown (3rd) getting the job done in the women's race.
"It was an amazing day out. Even with the women this morning and going one-two with someone like Cameron, who's been one of the stakeholders of the team for a long time it's a special day," said Hamilton.
"Cameron [Meyer] has been here, like he said on the podium, for twelve years. He's delivered for a lot of other guys and last year he got close to it just didn't have the legs in the finale.
"And for this year for someone like him to pull it off … if you could pick one guy to win it would be Cameron so we're happy about that."
After leading the breakaway for most of the race Marcus Culey held on to beat Luke Durbridge in the race for bronze.
It was a long day, I went a couple of times in the early laps and I got the gap with Nick [Schultz] and I was not too happy with myself as there were only two of us and there was a long way to go," said Culey.
Lucas Hamilton won the Langdon Building Sprint competition, Culey claimed the McCain King of the Mountain and the Altus Traffic Most Aggressive Rider award.
In the under 23 category, Specialized Women's Racing rider Jaime Gunning finished in eighth place to claim the title ahead of defending elite and under 23 champion Sarah Gigante. Ruby Roseman-Gannon (ARA Cycling) finished with bronze.
"It's pretty special, this year is my last in the under 23s and I haven't won an under 23 category yet so to come away with this win is really special and to do it with such an awesome team makes it even better," said Gunning.
"Three laps in when the two Mitchelton-Scott riders went off the front, we really weren't anticipating that to happen then when we realised that it was really getting out quite far we turned all our focus onto the under 23s.
"I was super stoked to have my team there at the finish with me."
Triple treat for Spratt
Another masterful ride secured Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott) a third road nationals crown at the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships in Buninyong on Sunday.
Spratt outfoxed surprise medallist Justine Barrow (Roxsolt Attaquer) on the home straight after the pair figured in the lead group for nearly the entirety of the race. Spratt's teammate Grace Brown (Mitchelton-Scott) took bronze.
"This is just as special if not more special (than my first one), I owe this one to my team, they rode incredibly well," said Spratt, 32, who added to her 2012 and 2016 victories.
The final day of the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships began with 78 riders setting out on the 104-kilometre race which took in nine laps of the infamous 11-kilometre Mt Buninyong course.
A crash on the opening lap brought down a group of riders including the highly favoured Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon SRAM Racing) and Lauren Kitchen (FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine). The group quickly fell more than two minutes off the peloton, effectively ending their day.
Mitchelton-Scott set the pace early at the front of the race before Brown launched a surprise attack on the third climb of the day which was answered by Spratt, with Barrow pouncing on the opportunity.
"We wanted to have a surprise tactic, normally everyone is waiting, waiting, so we thought why not turn it on its head and go on the third lap," said Spratt. "We had Gracie Elvin riding really hard from the start and then Grace Brown launched an attack third time up the climb.
"When Justine came across, we were expecting more people but we thought ok, and knew we would have to go hard up the climb."
Powered by Grace Brown, the trio quickly moved to a lead of nearly one minute on the peloton, before extending that gap to over two and a half minutes at the halfway point of the race. With a disorganised chase group heading a splintering field, the trio's lead blew out to nearly six minutes by race end before Spratt held off Barrow in a sprint to the line, with Brown eleven seconds back.
"It was a dream race. It was a bit unusual I came in as the sole leader, but we had a solid plan and grateful for the team backing me and gold I could pull it off," Spratt explained. "I owe a lot to Grace Brown, she annihilated herself for me so it was really pleasing to see Grace on the podium.
"Justine Barrow was very impressive, I tried to attack on the climb and I couldn't get away from her. I felt confident if it came down to a sprint, but I think she had an incredible ride so I was very impressed, especially when she was matching me on the climb."
It continues the career-best form from Spratt, who last September became the first Australian woman to win two career World Championship road race medals after winning bronze at the 2019 World Championships.
"I was so emotional over the line," the Blue Mountains cyclist said."I put so much work in and I did feel a lot of pressure today, so it's also that pressure and that build-up of energy.
"I felt more nervous than I have in a while this morning. You just now you really, really, really want it, so just as special. It doesn't get boring, put it that way."
2019 National Road Series champion Jarrad Drizners (Hagens Berman Axeon) has started the new year off with a bang by winning the Under 23 men's road race national title on day four of the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships.
Drizners finished the 139.2km Mt Buninyong course in 3hours 37.06mins, proving too strong for St George Continental's Sebastian Berwick in the final sprint to the line.
"I have wanted this race for a long time, particularly since I came fifth last year," said Drizners after his win."To be able to come out today and win is really special, the time trial didn't go my way, and the criterium definitely didn't go my way.
"My parents were here, my ex-teammates in Inform are here, everyone was full of emotion. It feels great to pull it off in new colours for 2020."
It was Balmoral's Calan White and Memil - CCN Pro Cycling's Elliot Schultz who set the pace early, establishing a small lead in the early laps. The pair were joined by a chase group that included Tom Benton (InForm ™ Insight Make), Thomas Bolton (Oliver's Real Food Racing) and Connor Reardon (St George Continental Cycling Team).
With eight laps to go, White broke away and built up a lead of one minute with five and a half laps to go before being joined by Shultz. Inside the final three laps, it was Shultz who decided to make a break which saw him take grab lead by over a minute before the chasers closed the gap to 19 seconds at the bell.
Drizners, who had tried a few times throughout the day to break away from the peloton, made his move on the final lap and combined with Berwick to take the lead before confidently sprinting away to claim the green and gold jersey.
"There were a lot of team tactics today, so for me being an individual, it makes it a bit tricky. I saw the race forming and I could follow," said Drizners. "But we (Berwick and I) rode away to the finish and were committed.
"I knew we weren't going to get caught, so it was a case of being patient with him, I knew I had the better sprint.
"I have been working really hard for this race, and I am looking forward to taking this jersey overseas this year. I might sleep in this tonight, you never know."
Team Bridgelane's Alastair Christie-Johnston claimed the bronze medal.
Connor Reardon won the McCain King of the Mountain with 17 points. Thomas Bolton claimed the Langdon Building Sprint jersey while Calan White was awarded the Altus Traffic Most Aggressive Rider.
The 2020 Road Nationals concludes on Sunday with the Elite Men's and Elite/U23 Women's road race.
U19 Road Men's & Women's Race
Dubbo CC's Haylee Fuller completed the first double of the day winning the Under 19 women's road race on the fourth day of the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships on Saturday.
Fuller in her first Road Nationals, tackled the 69.6 km Buninyong course with a field of 19 other juniors and was part of a breakaway that included defending champion Francesca Sewell (Gold Coast Cycling Club), Catelyn Turner (Launceston City Cycling Club), Alyssa Polites (Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club) and Eloise Sandow (Norwood Cycling Club).
As the bell rang for the last lap the lead group was down to three riders with a 43 second gap on Sewell and Sandow. Sewell bridged the gap and attacked with about 500 metres to go causing the final sprint to begin early.
Fuller managed to hold off Polites and Turner who finished second and third respectively to become the 2020 junior road race champion, she also claimed the criterium title on Friday.
"I'm really stoked, I came here hoping to take this race and it's pretty exciting to pull it off, I'm speechless really," said Fuller.
"This is my first time here so it's pretty exciting to take both of my wins against a pretty strong field.
"It was pretty tough every lap up the climb and Alyssa was driving it most of the race and then we got down to three riders left before Franky (Sewell) caught us with 500 to go which caught us all by surprise so the sprint got started a little bit earlier than expected."
In the under 19 men's race Declan Trezise (Darling Downs Cycling Club/Futuro Cycling) also claimed his second title of the 2020 nationals with an emphatic win ahead of time trial champion Patrick Eddy (Bendigo & District CC) and Sunshine Coast's Alastair Mackellar.
No one made any big moves early with the main peloton of about 25 riders still sticking together with two laps to go.
Alexander Micallef made the first major attack pulling away for an 18 second lead as he entered the bell lap. Eddy, Trezise, James Derrick (Midland CC) and Alex Bogna (Marconi CC) attacked from the peloton and joined Micallef as they made their way through Federation University.
Trezise was too strong in the sprint as he edged out Eddy who took silver and Mackellar who crossed the line in third place.
"The feeling hasn't quite sunk in yet I don't think, but this is amazing," said Trezise.
"We started with 87 riders or something like that today and each lap sort of shed a few riders and I managed to be there on the last lap and followed the right move.
"When the move went I was just in pain, lactic acid was all through my body and it was just pure agony but we got over the final KOM climb and had a bit of a gap on the main field and we worked well together to get to the end."
The 2020 Federation University Road National Championships moved to Buninyong on Saturday with Australia's para-cycling world champions tackling the tough Mt Buninyong road course, while the newly introduced category for cyclists with an intellectual impairment celebrated their maiden road titles.
Sporting the rainbow jersey, Bathurst's reigning world champion Emilie Miller took gold in the women's handcycle final.
"Always an honour to wear the rainbows jerseys and at national championships to be able to come away with a gold medal, I am really pleased with the result," said Miller, who unfortunately crashed during her ride in Wednesday's time trial.
"I think from being able to come back from the crash in the time trial and to ride the road race as well as I did today, I am really happy."
Following his victory in Wednesday's time trial, Melbourne's Stuart Tripp secured the double with gold in the H5 road race.
"Very happy, compared to last year, today's course my splits were a lot better and it was a much better ride," said Tripp, who covered the four laps of the challenging course in 1hr 19.25mins. "I knocked a few minutes off my time from last year so I am really happy with today."
Targetting a third Paralympic selection for Tokyo 2020, Tripp is ready and eager for the challenge ahead.
"It is a big year for everyone, you have started to feel the build-up. It all ramps up from here. It is an all or nothing year for us.
"With the build-up, you have a massive competition with yourself. And that is what it is all about, you competing against yourself to be in the best shape you can be, do the extra training, tick your boxes and make sure everything is perfect."
Fellow dual gold medallist on the week Meg Lemon was pleased with her performance despite being in the midst of an intense track period,
"It has been a really good Championships despite not having done as much road prep as we would have liked. It was good to come out here on a hilly course and see where we were at," said Lemon, who contested the 2019 Track World Cup last month in Brisbane, and will head to the 2020 Track World Championships later next week.
"The past couple of months I have had some improvements particularly on the track and now coming onto the road, improvements in both the time trial and road race, and now I am trying to put a few things into play today that I learned last year racing internationally. Things are moving in the right direction and looking good."
Saturday also saw the first road national crowns awarded for cyclists with an intellectual impairment, wth Andre Ascui was ecstatic after claiming the gold in the men's event. Ascui covered four laps of the 10-kilometre course in 1hour 20:41secs
"Pretty happy, but tired. The ride was good, a bit windy, I just stayed patient and kept going through the climbs," said Ascui who enjoyed being a part of the first-ever National Championships.
"Being involved in this event is really amazing, we love competing, and being with all the other events, meeting new friends, doing everyone proud."
Georgia Powning claimed the double for the Championships with a strong win in the women's event. Powning, who claimed time trial gold on Wednesday, clocked 1hour 8mins across the three laps. "I put on the small chainring today and then stayed at the front and held on to the finish.
"The week has been good, my legs are a bit tight but that's ok. My friends did well, everyone did really well."
Welsford Wows in tough conditions
Horrid conditions decimated the elite men's field in the national criterium championships with well over half the field unable to finish the race or deciding not to start at all.
In a terrific day for the Australian Cycling Team, reigning team pursuit world champion and world record holder, Sam Welsford claimed his first elite road medal along with his maiden national road title and could not contain his excitement after crossing the line first.
"I am over the moon. This has been in the back of my mind to try to win this race. Last year I missed the mark a little bit so it's great to come back this year and take the win," said Welsford.
"It was extremely tough, it was so wet, I couldn't even see ten metres in front of me at some points. But it was about sticking to what you know and trying to move forward and backing yourself for the tough long sprint.
"This is pretty special to me as I haven't had as much success on the road, as I have on the track, so to have my first elite medal on the road to be gold, it is just unbelievable.
"For me to be able to sprint against some of the best guys, it sets me up for post 2020 and where I want to be, and that is on the road."
Mitchelton-Scott's Kaden Groves rode brilliantly to finish second just ahead of home town hero Nicholas White (Team Bridgelane) in third.
It was a very difficult day with riders doing their best to avoid the slippery conditions while trying to animate the race. The first real attack came from Team Bridgelane's Ayden Toovey and Michael Rice (ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) almost halfway through the race. Rice ended the race in fourth position.
Matthew Ross (CycleHouse Racing Team) won the Langdon Building Sprint jersey, with Team Bridgelane's Benjamin Hill taking out the Altus Traffic Most Aggressive Rider.
In the women's race, Rally UHC Cycling Women's rider Chloe Hosking took the victory in a thrilling sprint to the finish to claim her maiden elite national title.
Prior to the start, the women's race was shortened from 40 down to 30 to ensure the finish avoided the fading light.
Because of the treacherous conditions the peloton stuck together for the majority of the race with a few attacks from riders like Hosking and Lauren Kitchen (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) but when the bell rang the peloton was grouped together.
2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Hosking edged Brunswick's young star Ruby Roseman-Gannon and Mitchelton Scott's Gracie Elvin who rounded out the podium.
"This is my first elite national jersey, despite being around forever, so it is nice," said Hosking.
"It was important for me this year as I am going to America to race with an American team and we do a lot of criteriums. I really wanted to take the green and gold crit jersey with me and I have done that so I am really excited.
"It is phenomenal seeing so many young women coming through in Australian cycling, we have seen with Sarah Gigante and now with Ruby. it is really exciting to see the depth coming through in Australia."
Australian Team Pursuit world record holder Kelland O'Brien (Australian Cycling Team) has won the Under 23 men's criterium following an excellent ride on day three of the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships.
Despite the terrible conditions the start of the race was full of attacks with a small breakaway gaining a lead of 13 seconds on the main bunch with 13 laps to go.
Cameron Scott, Matthew Rice and Conor Leahy (InForm TM Insight Make) held the gap consistently before O'Brien chased them down with eight laps to go. By this stage the peloton had dwindled down significantly with only 20 riders eventually finishing the race due to the extremely damp racing.
O'Brien stormed home on the final straight to claim the win finishing in front of silver medalist Conor Leahy with Matthew Rice taking out the bronze.
"This means a lot to me, this event is super special. After coming second last year after taking a lap, [coming second] was hard to take on the chin," said O'Brien who claimed silver in the time trial on Wednesday.
"Then I took second again in the time trial on Wednesday, I was so hungry for this today.
"The weather was interesting, the rain made it hard but I was so happy to take the win
"Making my move was hard, but when Jensen Plowright went halfway into the race I had a carrot and I looked behind me and had a bit of a gap and thought it was the perfect time, luckily it paid off. I still don't really believe it. It is a national title. It is super special."
For the women's Under 23 category, Brunswick's Ruby Roseman-Gannon claimed the title with an impressive ride that saw her take silver in the elite category as well.
Roseman-Gannon was narrowly edged on the line by elite winner Chloe Hosking (Rally UHC Cycling Women) in a sprint on the home straight.
Brunswick's Elizabeth Nuspan finished with the silver while Alexandra Martin-Wallace (ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) took home bronze.
"Today was pretty cool, I got to know Chloe (Hosking) pretty well while racing the Bay Crits so I knew she'd be the one to beat," said Roseman-Gannon.
"I saw Chloe come around the corner and then it was a bit of a drag race to the end but I gave it a good crack and it was pretty fun for my first time racing with ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast."
U19 men's and women's crit
Right as the Under 19 women's race began the weather turned nasty on the third day of the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships.
The conditions caused the race to split up earlier than expected with the peloton splintering into three groups with eight laps to go before the race was neutralised.
The race restarted with seven laps to go as Gold Coast's Frankie Sewell and Illawarra's Tahlia Dole lead the way. However, it was Haylee Fuller (Dubbo Cycling Club) who came home strong and claimed the national title.
Sewell finished with silver and Dole took home the bronze in a very tough race. Fuller was also awarded the Langdon Building Sprint jersey and the Altus Traffic Most Aggressive Rider.
"At the halfway point I made an attack, there were five on the front and the barriers just came down in front of us. I saw it coming, there was nothing we could do about it. It was pretty scary," said Fuller.
"You just have to put it all aside and hope for the best really. Things like this make you mentally stronger.
It was a good race in the end with lots of tough competition which makes you work harder."
Darling Downs rider Declan Trezise held off Bendigo's Blake Agnoletto and Luke Deasey (Tamworth Cycle Club) to claim the Under 19 men's national title.
Trezise, Agnoletto and Deasy were part of a six rider breakaway that also included Angus Miller (Brunswick CC), Taylor Forrest (Marconi CC) and Jonathan Farley (Hunter Districts CC).
The conditions worsened throughout the race and it was up to the toughest riders to hang on.
Trezise avoided any spills and timed his final sprint perfectly to cross the line ahead of Agnoletto in second and Deasey in third.
"It feels great, I wasn't expecting to win and it hasn't quite sunk in yet," said Trezise after the win.
"I almost missed the breakaway, but then bridged across, we had a good gap and then Pat Eddy came across, that turned out to be it. I am glad I made that.
"My strategy today was to ride smart and not do too much on the front so I was fresh in the last lap."
Club Team Crit Champs Recap
The National Team Criterium Championships managed to escape the wind and rain on the third day of the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships in Ballarat.
Harlequin claimed the title in the men's 150 category with 52 points as all four riders finished in the top five. They finished 33 points ahead of MWCC (19) who secured second, while Randwick Cycling Club rounded out the podium on 13.
Illawarra Cycle Club finished with 60 points to win the men's 180 category, MWCC took silver with 23 points.
"We got ourselves a coach and he trained our backsides off for six months and it paid off. We spent ten hours in the car as a team and also got the silver medal in the team trial," said the Illawarra riders.
"We are going to have a lot of pride to be able to take this back to our club in Illawarra. We came second last year so one better this year."
In the men's 90 division, Hunter District Cycling Club (43) finished 13 points ahead of St Kilda (30) to win the green and gold jerseys, MWCC grabbed their third podium finish of the day with bronze.
Norwood Cycling Club won the men's 120 category ending the race with 36 points. Cradle Coast (26) and St Kilda (26) finished second and third.
In the women's, St Kilda took out all three national titles, they claimed the green and gold jerseys in the women's 90, 120 and 150 categories.
"This is really exciting, it is always great to get out and race. The team element is very important, but it is important to be competitive if that is what your goal is," said St Kilda rider Meredith Clark.
"You're all friends to start with, but as soon as you get out on the course you become a racer.
"I am a true believer of mentoring younger or newer riders coming through, I think it is really important. I want all women to feel comfortable racing, it is really important to have a friendly environment and encouragement.
"I love helping all women who ride, even girls who aren't in my club, I help my competitors, riders from other clubs, even if they are just out on the road, or who I am racing against, I think it is good for women to stick together and help each other along."
Fixed Gear Crits Recap
Day three of the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships got underway with riders hitting the Sturt Street criterium course in Ballarat for the Fixed Gear Championships on Friday afternoon.
Taking on a modified course that included a new technical section, it was Castlemaine's Emma Jackson who claimed the green and gold jersey for the women's after starting strong and holding her lead throughout the race. Jackson has been in excellent form lately, coming into the nationals after a win at the Shimano Super Crit in December.
"This is awesome, this is my first ever jersey and I'm so excited, I really wanted a jersey," said Jackson, who also won a national title on the track earlier in the year at the 2019 Masters Championships in Brisbane.
"I was really lucky to start off strong with the men and put a gap between my competitor and I and I just crawled my way to the finish line. That hill up Sturt St is so hard, you know it's going to be tough but it's so much harder than you ever expect."
Adelaide Thompson (Brunswick Cycling Club) finished with the silver.
Brunswick riders dominated the men's category with the entire podium represented by the club. Derek Holland won the national title in commanding fashion, he attacked from the start and finished with a sprint to the line to lap the entire field.
Clubmates Daniel Warfe and Che Dungey finished the race in second and third respectively.
"I wasn't sure of my plan, I just went hard into the first corner and realised I had put quite a big gap on everyone and felt like holding it off. I sort of made it a game of trying to lap the field at that point rather than be in the bunch sprint," Said Holland.
"I am proud to come here and represent the forever two wheels crew and the G for G gang I ride with back in Melbourne.
"I am proud to come out and show what fixed gear is all about. It is really nice to have a national championship.
"I hope more people come to the track, it's a great sport, it is a different dynamic than road racing. I really want to see the sport get bigger. It is certainly getting bigger across the world and I think it has the potential to be a really powerful and interesting sport in Australia."
Teamwork was the theme for the second day of the Federation University Road National Championships as the Club and School Team Time Trials stole the show in warm, hazy and slightly gusty conditions.
The day began with a dramatic upset in the men's MEN 180+ category with Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club (CCCC) edging out reigning champions, Manly Warringah Cycling Club (MWCC) for the gold.
The winning team consisted of Gerard Donnelly, Russel Newnham, Trevor Coulter were joined on the top step by David Williams.
The CCCC team had been targeting this event for some time, "Months and months of training together as a team, every Tuesday morning at 530am meeting up, it's paid off big time." said Russel Newnham. He added "We came and did a recon so we knew what to expect with the Gear Avenue hill, and used it to our advantage. We were really well prepared."
David Williams added, "The key was working as a team and we really did that today."
Women's Team Time Trial
In the women's club team event, St Kilda Cycling Club's Meredith Clark, Robyn Baker, Kath Simpson and Kay Doige took out the gold in the women's 150+ Club Team National Championship title.
In her third appearance on the top step, team captain, Meredith Clark was happy with the win. "It is really exciting, always great to race as a team. It means a lot to me to support my teammates.
When asked about the course she added "It was a hard course. We had to sort ourselves out a little over the first lap, but the second went really smoothly."
First-year teammate, and somewhat new to riding, Kath Simpson was happy not only with the team's win but her personal result, "It was amazing, my goal was to just finish, so not only have I finished, I am wearing a medal so it is fantastic."
The team's attention will now turn to the Club Team Criterium, which plays host to the best Aussie crit riders from 12 noon tomorrow. Be sure to head down and check out all the action.
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The Eye is a natural fountain that bubbles forth from beneath the Kalahari sands. It flows at a rate of 20-million litres of cool, clear water a day, bringing life to the town and surrounding area. It is reputedly the largest natural fountain in the southern hemisphere and has been breaching the earth's surface for centuries.
Before missionaries and settlers reached the area, the local Tswana people christened it Gasegonyane, meaning "little water calabash" or "place of the water". They transported the life-giving liquid in clay pots and gourds back to their nearby villages.
It wasn't until 1801 that Samuel Daniel, a journal writer, painter and secretary for the Truter-Somerville expedition, became the first white person to behold its bounty.
The Eye is also referred to as the Fountain of Christianity as its abundant supply of water was the main reason the nearby Moffat Mission was established in the early 19th century.
Proclaimed a national monument in 1992, the waters at the source are one of the main tourist attractions of Kuruman. It is pleasant at any time of day, the calm waters speckled with lilies and reflections from surrounding trees. The shady grass verges are a place for quiet contemplation while watching fat carp and other fish species basking on the sandy bed. It is also home to an endangered cichlid (fish), pseudocrenilabrus philander.
There is a cafe and toilets and it is open from 8am to 8pm daily.
The Kalahari region of the Northern Cape is situated in the far north-west of the province. It borders Botswana, where the McCarthy's Rest border post leads adventurers to the popular Mabuasehube section of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Kuruman is the main town of the region, situated on the N14 highway between Gauteng and Upington.
Kuruman is often referred to as the 'Oasis of the Kalahari' because of its abundant fountain called 'The Eye'. The town is also known for the nearby Moffat Mission, which retains an air of old Africa amidst a tranquil setting.
West of Kuruman along the N14, Kathu, built in a Camelthorn forest, has a distinctly sleepy air. The giant excavator and truck standing sentinel at the entrance to the town make it hard to miss. These disused relics are from the Sishen Iron Ore Mine, which gapes up at the sky next to the town. It is one of the largest single-pit open cast mines in the world at approximately 12km long, 1.5km wide, and on average 140m deep – it would swallow any town in the Northern Cape.
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Other towns have evocative names like Black Rock and Hotazel, populated by hard men who make a living harvesting the earth's subterranean riches. Beneath its sun-kissed surface the region has a mineral wealth as prolific as the water pouring from The Eye.
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Moffat Mission - just outside Kuruman the shady surrounds of the mission provide a peaceful interlude in which to contemplate the past history of the area. The mission is often described as the Northern Cape's fount of Christianity, as it was a base for many ventures into the interior by missionaries. It is named after Robert Moffat, a Scottish missionary who lived and worked here from 1820 to 1870. It was also renowned explorer David Livingstone's first home in Africa.
Wonderwerk Cave - 43kms south of Kuruman on the R31 to Daniëlskuil, this cave has a history covering almost a million years and is virtually a textbook account of the evolvement of humankind in South Africa. The deep cavern (140 metres) has been home to many peoples throughout the ages including, in more recent times, a farmer by the name of N.J.Bosman. Together with his wife, eleven sons, and three daughters, he lived in the cave from 1909 to 1911 while he built the present homestead, and thereafter it was used as a shelter for his stock. There is a small museum at the site.
The Eye at Kuruman - this fountain produces 20-million litres of crystal clear water daily. The calm waters are speckled with lilies and reflections from surrounding trees and a visit is pleasant at any time of day. The shady grass verges are a place for quiet contemplation while watching fat carp and other fish species basking on the sandy bed.
Sishen iron ore mine - even for those only vaguely interested in great dusty holes in the earth and noisy, smoke-belching diesel machinery, a tour of the open cast mine at Kathu, which is one of the biggest manmade holes in the world, is mind-boggling. The sheer size of the equipment includes the biggest trucks in the world carrying 340 tons of earth. When the pit is in full production, it uses 5-million litres of diesel every month - that's seven fuel tankers every single day.
Sishen Golf Course - for golfers this beautiful 18-hole championship course at Kathu, with its grassed fairways meandering through a forest of centuries-old Camelthorn trees, is rated amongst the top 20 courses in South Africa.
Tswalu - at 100 000ha this is the largest privately-owned game reserve in South Africa. Its custodians focus on protecting the natural environment, and their aim is to ensure guests have a first-class Kalahari experience. As a member of Relais & Chateaux, Tswalu offers superb accommodation in desert-sand-walled and thatched suites set below the curves of the Korannaberg Mountains. There are seventy mammal species including the desert black rhino and Kalahari lion. There are also 200+ bird species. It's pricey and only for those with very big wallets.


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Skip To My Lou has been posting some terrific ideas to encouraging reading- the series is Bloggy Book and Craft-a-thon, and I especially love the Day 6 (book marks specific to the book) and Day 4 (torn paper collage) . What creative ways to encourage kids to read!
Vanilla Joy also has some excellent ideas about reading with children.
I think The Invention of Hugo Cabret (reviewed in yesterday's post) would offer a ton of creative activities - and that would be such fun.
Still have a couple of reviews left -- the J.A. Jance and a Reginald Hill (you know I love the Pascoe & Dalziel seried) that I had not read. Hill is tops in the genre, and one of my favorite writers period.
A couple of new ARC's: One More Year: Stories by Sana Krasikov and When the White House Was Ours by Porter Shreve (a novel loosely based on his own family and the alternative school they founded in Washington, D.C.)
I've started the one by Porter Shreve (have to wonder about his family background since Shreveport, named after Henry Miller Shreve, is where I grew up and is still just across the river). I'm not quite half-way through, but do want to share one quote from the mother whose son says he didn't lie, he just didn't tell what he knew: "Secrets and lies are two sides of the same coin. Only, one is hidden and the other is face up."
Thursday, August 21, 2008
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One More Year seems to be getting a lot of coverage lately. I hope it'll be a good one.ReplyDelete
I read one Pascoe & Dalziel book but it was a book of short stories and I didn't really get into it much. I think I really should start at the beginning of the series and see how I like it.
iliana - I'm hoping that One More Year will be good.ReplyDelete
I think Pascoe & Dalziel need time to grow on you in some cases. I liked them better with each novel. The same thing happened for me with Martha Grimes.
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19th National Penion & Institutions Investor Summit
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8:15AM - 9:00AM Breakfast Buffet and Registration
9:00AM - 9:15AM Welcome and Introductions
9:15AM - 10:00AM Kickoff Speaker
"Natural Resource Equities, The Ideal Inflation Hedge"
Robin Wehbé, The Boston Company
10:00AM - 10:40AM Panel Discussion: Private Equity
Is the return worth the risk? Can private equity provide higher returns without significantly increasing risk?
10:40AM - 10:55AM Networking Break
10:55AM - 11:45AM Panel Discussion: Hedge Funds
Can they provide an alternative to fixed income?
Can hedge funds provide some of the risk reduction and diversification previously provided by fixed income?
11:45AM - 12:30PM Breakout Sessions
Public Plans: Discuss benefit cuts by courts or board and new Texas Trustee Training requirements.
Corporate Plans: Measuring Success in a Defined Contribution Plan.
Foundation/Endowments: Discuss payout strategies, fund comparisons, and other issues.
12:30PM - 1:50PM Luncheon Speaker
"The De-Risking Imperative" Charlie Ruffel, Kudu Advisors
Asset-owners have changed in ways scarcely conceivable five years ago.
Charlie Ruffel, formerly the founding editor of PLANSPONSOR and now a managing partner at Kudu Advisors,
will address some of the drivers now impacting institutional asset management strategies.
1:50PM - 2:55PM Panel Discussion: Emerging Markets & Global
What strategies are working? What happened to global and emerging markets?
Expectations exceeded reality, but what now?
2:55PM - 3:10PM Networking Break
3:10PM - 3:40PM Afternoon Speaker
"Today's Imvestment Thesis for Floating-Rate Loans"
Dan Norman, ING Investment Management
3:40PM - 4:45PM Panel Discussion: Fixed Income
What is the strategy for a rising yield environment?
What investment strategies for the fixed income allocation work well with rising interest rates?
5:00PM - 6:00PM Networking Reception