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I've taken a diverse approach to my passion for biology and being out in the field. I currently focus on studying the movement and feeding ecology of Striated Caracaras in the Falkland Islands. An amazing bird! They're social, gregarious, run as much as they fly, and fill a similar ecological niche as the North American raven. Birds of prey are sentinel species of the earth's environment, so I have a deep passion for contributing scientific knowledge that can guide conservation and management programs.
For my Master's thesis, I am collaborating with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary to develop energy budget estimates for the striated caracara using 3D acceleration loggers. Knowing caracaras' energy needs is essential to understand their ecological role and to better assess how human-dominated landscapes might affect their survival.
In addition to my research, I also work on sailing vessels as well as in small boat ops, assisting coastal California research efforts as experienced field crew, including operating vessels, performing marine bird and mammal surveys, and photographic ID work for long-term baleen whale studies.
The biological world stuns me, and I want to share that with others. I do that through writing about local research and science-based ecological restoration. I've published in Bay Nature, for NOAA Fisheries', and in Salish Sea Currents.
I obtained my BA in American Studies from Stanford University and built my foundation in biology through additional coursework at the University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratories and the College of Marin.


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Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal's travails (largely of his own making) continue with the filing of yet another in a series of legal actions, this one a federal LAWSUIT filed by a former female deputy.
As is usually the case, no matter how the trial (or settlement, which is more likely) eventually turns out, the real winners will be the attorneys who will have managed to drag out legal proceedings for a minimum of 18 months, barring any further delays in the trial tentatively set for June 4, 2018.
If the case follows the all-too-common trend, however, there is almost certain to be unforeseen delays and continuances that will push that date back even further as attorneys (and there is a gaggle of those) continue to rack up billable hours.
Candace Rayburn, a deputy sheriff for more than five years, claims she was unceremoniously and summarily terminated after she spoke up in the defense of a female co-worker filed an EEOC sexual harassment charge against a male deputy.
Rayburn's is another in a string of lawsuits filed against Ackal, who was recently acquitted in Shreveport federal court of criminal charges of abusing black prisoners of his jail. Those charges included beatings of prisoners and turning a police dog on a helpless prisoner, a gruesome scene that was captured on video and posted by LouisianaVoice earlier.
Ackal is also being sued for wrongful termination by another former deputy and by the family of a prisoner who died of a gunshot wound while handcuffed and in the custody of Iberia Parish Sheriff's deputies. The official coroner's ruling was that the prisoner, Victor White, died of a self-inflicted wound.
The sheriff is also indirectly involved in the manslaughter arrest of a man instrumental in starting a recall of Ackal over the White shooting. https://louisianavoice.com/2017/03/21/man-indicted-for-manslaughter-after-he-is-rear-ended-by-man-later-killed-in-separate-accident-his-sin-was-recall-of-sheriff/
Rayburn initially named both Ackal and the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office as defendants but recently amended her petition to include Ackal as the only defendant.
Ackal, who paid premium fees in his criminal defense, in a classic case of fiscal overkill, has opened up the parish bank in hiring not one, not two, not three, not four, but five defense attorneys, all from the same law firm.
That's right. Because he's being sued in his official capacity as sheriff, Iberia Parish taxpayers will pick up the tab for his legal bills—all of them.
Rayburn, who was employed as a Sheriff's Deputy for IPSO from July 21, 2008 to November
15, 2013, says she received "overwhelmingly positive reviews from her Supervisors" and was even named "Employee of the Year" in 2012.
But when Deputy Laura Segura filed a sexual harassment complaint against Chief Deputy Bert Berry, she voiced her support of Segura. Within two weeks, she says, she was brought before the department's disciplinary board which recommended a one-year probationary period and that she be offered remedial training. Instead, she claims in her suit, Ackal fired her for "multiple (uncited) policy violations," actions she claims were committed "with malice."
Rayburn is claiming loss of pay, loss of benefits, loss of earning capacity, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment of life.
She is seeking reinstatement, as well as compensatory and punitive damages.
To say Ackal has lawyered up would be an understatement. He has retained half the Lafayette law firm of Borne, Wilkes & Rabalais: Allison McDade Ackal, Homer Edward Barousse, III, Kyle Nicholas Choate, Joy C Rabalais, and Taylor Reppond Stover.
Rayburn is represented by Justin Roy Mueller, also of Lafayette.
The calendar, rules, and SCHEDULE set forth by the court are simply mind-boggling and serve to illustrate why our courts are so backed up—and why justice is only for those who can afford it.
The court, invoking something called Rule 30(a)(2)(A), placed a limit of 10 on the number of depositions that may be taken in the case, limiting each to one seven-hour day—absent written stipulation of parties to the suit or of a court order.
Should the parties participate in the maximum 10 depositions with each one running the full seven hours allowed, that's 70 hours of legal fees for which the parish must stand good.
Applying an arbitrary rate of $200 per hour (which most likely is considerably less than the hourly rate the parish paid his attorney in his criminal trial), that comes to $14,000—and that doesn't count the costs of court reporters, expert fees, filing fees and countless other hours the five attorneys will be billing the parish for, or the Segura settlement which reportedly cost the parish in the ballpark of $400,000.
All in all, with all the legal expenses incurred by Ackal and his deputies in all the lawsuits and criminal charges, the folks in Iberia Parish must be asking themselves about now if they can really afford to keep such a financial liability in office.
Some might even call him high maintenance.
Others might call him a genuine physical threat.
By anyone's definition, though, he is a loose cannon.

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Issues With EMET and iTunes and Safari
I installed EMET on my 64-bit Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 machine at home and set it to use the default settings. From that point on I have been unable to get my iTunes and Safari software to run. I even went to the Programs and Features and uninstalled EMET and reinstalled iTunes. iTunes will still not run. I cannot adequately express my dissatisfaction with this product and the fact that it was advertised on the MSNBC.com site as something everyone should install. My machine is getting a bit old and at this point, because of this, I am seriously considering buying a Mac. Do you have any idea how to get iTunes working again - as your software obviously broke it and I would like to be able to access it so I can transfer my files to a new machine.
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I have the same Problem under Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. The problem exist again, after the deinstallation of EMET an an new installation of itunes.Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:00 AM
I'm also having issues with iTunes and EMET I believe. I can run iTunes, but when I click on the iTunes Store it crashes the application.
Have you all had any success in solving this issue?..Friday, September 28, 2012 5:18 PM
Try to see if reparing Quicktime works?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3590344?start=0&tstart=0Wednesday, October 3, 2012 7:44 PM
Hi Gary Hitzel and SimoneDice,
I have tested Apple iTunes 10.7 (64 bit) on Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64 bit with EMET 3.0 and EMET 3.5 Tech Preview. I was unable to install iTunes 10.7 32 bit on Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64 bit . I did not encounter any issues when following the default settings of EMET.
I was able to successfully reproduce and correct this issue (namely the crash of iTunes as it would access the iTunes Store. The issue was caused by having EMET set to non-default settings. Such settings should only be changed when you know what these settings are used for and what issues they can cause. In addition thorough testing is recommended following any settings change.
I was able to log into the iTunes store and purchase a copy of Empire magazine once I had found the cause of the issue.
The issue was caused by having SEHOP (Structured Exception Handler Override Protection) Enabled for all applications. i.e. the Application Opt Out setting. I was able to resolve this issue with 20 minutes of methodical troubleshooting on a Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64 bit PC.
Please note that at no time did the EMET Notifier display a notification telling me that the mitigation had conflicted with iTunes. This is expected behavior when SEHOP is enabled for all applications. Since this is a system wide i.e. global Windows setting and is not related to the EMET Notifier. However system SEHOP is a setting that can be changed more easily with EMET.
@ Gary Hitzel and KKnackst:
The fact that uninstalling EMET had no effect and that you were still experiencing crashes with iTunes should have told you something had changed that EMET was not responsible for.
Please find below the settings that I found worked with iTunes 10.7 (64 bit). Please note that I had the Caller Checks and Simulate Execution Flow mitigations of EMET 3.5 Tech Preview enabled but these can be problematic and the most likely to cause problems, so please take that into account if you use these settings. I did not encounter issues with iTunes but did not test other applications.
The effects of the Caller Checks and Simulate Execution Flow mitigations are discussed in the EMET 3.5 Tech Preview User Guide (PDF) that is installed in the EMET folder (an equivalent user guide is also installed with EMET 3.0).
EMET 3.5 Tech Preview:
I can post the EMET config files that I used if you wish.
This global SEHOP setting can be changed using EMET's configuration interface, or independently of EMET by editing the Windows Registry or applying the Automated Fix IT Tool, according to the following blog posts and support articles:
I have SEHOP enabled on all of my Windows systems since June 2010 (Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64 bit, Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 64 bit and Windows 8 Release Preview 64 bit). I have not encountered any applications that this setting has conflicted with but the above information should underline the importance of thorough testing.
My approach is to add extra applications to the EMET application list and then test those applications by using every function and feature that they provide in an attempt to cause them to crash. If everything is OK, I then proceed to use the application as normal, again looking for anything suspicious. The EMET Notiifer is a big time saver in tracing which mitigation caused the issue.
If at any time you encounter an issue you should ask the question, did I not add that application recently to EMET? If yes, then you should consider removing some mitigations from that application and then test it again. If not, what else has changed on your computer since the last time that application worked correctly?
EMET can be a tool that you can set and forget, but with not every application and not without testing. If you do not have the troubleshooting ability and/or the time/patience to properly configure EMET, this tool is not for you.
EMET is not a tool that will work on everyone's computer without any issues. If you encounter issues, the EMET Notifier should inform you which mitigation is at fault and you should then disable that mitigation only for the program/application that experienced the issue (see my comments on this above).
In a recent security article on ZDNet, EMET was described as a tool not designed for and too advanced for home users, while I strongly disagree with that (see my comment on the first page under the name of JimboC421 for more information). EMET is a tool that works for most applications without additional configuration. However there are occasions when the mitigations it enables conflict with a program since that program was not designed to work with such mitigations enabled.
A thread containing the list of known application issues is available from the following link:
If you are not willing to make changes to the configuration of EMET, then do not use it. Naively suggesting that using a Mac is the answer to your security issues is also an urban myth.
Apple Mac computers also have many security issues that are fixed regularly. Macs are no more secure than PCs running Windows or Linux. No software created by humans ever will be totally secure. If we ever create a computer that writes software using Artificial Intelligence, it still will not be perfect since we created the Artificial Intelligence.
Here are some links to news articles from respected security websites that illustrate the recent security landscape of Apple computers:
@Susan Bradley:
A repair of QuickTime would not resolve this issue since the setting at fault is not related to QuickTime. In addition, since iTunes 10.5 QuickTime is no longer required to use iTunes.
I did not have QuickTime installed when I carried out the above testing to resolve this error.
@Gary Hitzel:
Apple no longer support Safari for Windows since the release of Mac OS X Mountain Lion (i.e. when Safari 6 was launched). 5.1.7 is the final version and it will not be updated to v6. I strongly advise you to uninstall Safari and choose a different web browser.
Here are some news articles that discuss Apple's decision with regard to Safari for Windows and the risks that you are leaving yourself open to. EMET makes your PC harder to compromise, but not impossible to compromise.
Having recently tested the Microsoft Browser Choice update on 1 of my PCs, Apple Safari is no longer on the list of browsers to choose from.
I did not test Safari for Windows for the above reasons but I can do so if you wish.
You may find that using EMET on Windows Vista is far from ideal. Windows Vista's implementation of DEP and ASLR for many Windows DLLs was not perfect. Allow me to explain, while DEP and ASLR were implemented in Vista, not all DLLs were designed to support this additional security (but the majority of DLLs were).
Using EMET 3.0 on Windows Vista often results in "This application has behaved unexpectedly and will be closed" errors (especially on 32 bit programs). The solution is usually to disable mandatory ASLR and if necessary EAF mitigations of EMET for these programs (while leaving all other mitigations enabled).
For example, Windows Media Player does not support Mandatory ASLR (confirmed by Microsoft's testing)(see the All.xml deployment profile located in the Deployment\Protection Profiles folder of EMET 3.0 and later versions for this information).
I am not stating that EMET does not work with Vista, but simply stating that additional configuration is necessary for it to work smoothly. The specific implementation of DEP and ASLR was chosen to minimize application compatibility errors when upgrading to Windows Vista.
Windows 7 has near total DEP and ASLR support while Windows 8 extends the reach of these security features even further. This makes EMET work much smoother on these versions of Windows. See the following articles for more information:
However EMET 3.0 and 3.5 do not yet fully work with Windows 8:
I hope the above information is of assistance to you. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Please mark this thread as resolved if my information has resulted in a solution for you.
Thank you.
I am not a Microsoft employee. I work in the IT industry and have an in-depth knowledge of Windows internals and Windows security mitigations.
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Our camps are being housed in the gorgeous Secaucus Recreation facility located at 1200 Koelle Blvd that has 4 outdoor pools, grassy area, shaded areas, a baseball and soccer field, an indoor pool and basketball court and track run (in case of inclement weather) all of which we will be able to use every single day. The day will include swim lessons 2x/day, swim practice 2x/day, an outdoor adventure, a sports activity and a guided arts activity daily. The ratio is 1 teacher counselor per every 4 campers.
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There's a chance that when someone try to build blender with Visual Studio 2008 it gets an error informing that unordered_map wasn't found. New instalations of VS2008 doesn't have tr1 support requiring a 300MB package to be downloaded from Microsoft.
I was able to write a patch that can solve this problem for CERES, but I see that OpenCollada uses tr1 as well.
Since OpenCollada comes in a precompiled lib, there's a way to checkout the source code for the libs? They are build one by one? There is a SVN repository? Can I submit a patch for a precompiled lib?
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This is a guide demonstrating how to install new LED Daytime Running Lights for 2012-up Volkswagen Passat. This LED DRL replaces the already existing fog light bezel with a pretty straightforward installation. You'll be on your way a new set of LED lamps in no time at all.
Before you proceed, please note that there are two versions of the front grill: straight grill and honeycomb grill . This guide features a straight grill for demonstration, but the installation process for both straight and honeycomb grille are the same.
Here is the straight grill and the honeycomb grill:
1. Gently remove the stock bezel (fog light cover).
2. This is a comparison of the Daytime Running Lights. This product is designed for vehicles that have a stock fog light, but if your car doesn't have lights this isn't a problem as you can still install this. All you need to do is go to a hardware store to buy a grille mesh insert to cover the fog lamp opening.
3. Put the new LED DRL back the same way you removed the stock bezel.
4. Tap the wires: black to battery negative, red to battery positive, 3rd wire (yellow) to ACC or 12V power source.
5. This is the final result.
Don't forget to GENTLY remove and replace the LED DRL Light so you don't break anything, especially the tabs.
Please keep in mind that there is a specific order in which you have to put back the cover so the tabs don't get slammed and broken. Observe how you removed the stock factory bezel because this is exactly the way you are supposed to replace it with the new LED. The tab that sticks out from the side of the DRL goes into its respective side hole first. After, you would ease the rest of the DRL into the slot to safely lock it in place.
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WalkLong walk (>30 mn)
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Alternative name Piss Orf
Wave qualitySloppy
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PowerHollow, Powerful, Ordinary, Ledgey
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionSouthEast, East, NorthEast
Good wind directionNorthWest, West, SouthWest
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Hike out, Creepy spot. The picture of the left is as good as I have ever seen it, Not the best spot. Good for something different, verry challanging.....
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hi - im pretty sure some people are gettin 2 littles mixed up. one is near the jetty at catho and the other down south is just north of bugs
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tossers - littles is a sick fun wave l have never seen the left work but the right is good worth to go out there p.s dont waste your time going to avoca better off just doing nothing
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When and why did you decide to pursue a career in actuarial science?
When I was in college, I majored in mathematics. My father, who was involved in the insurance industry as a regulator at the time, introduced me to the term actuary. I spent some time learning about the field, took a couple of classes that focused on actuarial sciences, and later was able to secure an internship at Milliman. I was asked to extend my internship while I finished my degree. By then, I knew I wanted to be involved in the actuarial field, specifically in a consulting environment.
How do you see the actuarial profession changing, especially in light of the advances in artificial intelligence?
While I agree that a lot of jobs and professions may ultimately be replaced by machines, I think the actuarial field will remain safe from being completely replaced by artificial intelligence, at least for the foreseeable future. Advances in technology have allowed for the gathering and analysis of exponentially larger amounts of data, which allows for predictive analytics. I view this as another tool in the actuary's "toolbox." Many professions evolve as the technology supporting them evolves, and I don't think the actuarial field is any different. Actuaries will need to adapt accordingly, but I don't see the need for human involvement being replaced anytime soon.
For students thinking about a career in risk management, why should they consider actuarial science? And if they do, what advice would you provide to help make them successful?
I come from a consulting background, so my take may be a bit different from someone who is not involved in the consulting industry. To be successful, I think you need to be well rounded. I see the younger folks as having matured in a tech-heavy world. Unfortunately, sometimes this leads to weaker communication and interpersonal skills. I think it is equally important to be able to collaborate and communicate with others effectively. In addition, at a consulting firm you need to be a problem solver. Having a strong background in math and statistics is the easy part because folks in the actuarial field tend to be strong academically. Those who are able to differentiate themselves from others are independent thinkers who are able to create those solutions where none previously existed. Over the course of my career, I have been fortunate to work with and learn from a number of talented individuals who possess this unique skill set.
Changing gears, how did you come to specialize predominantly in alternative markets and captives?
My focus on the alternative markets really came about through chance. The Milliman office where I work (Boston) has historically been very active in the alternative market space. As a result, I was introduced to captives, risk retention groups, and other alternative risk transfer entities very early on in my career and I really never looked back. Those early experiences allowed me to meet and develop relationships with a network of well-known, talented individuals in the alternative market, which has continued to grow over my career. Over time, as I gained more experience, it became a natural area for me to focus on.
As captives are encouraged to fulfill more gaps in insurance coverage, what advice would you provide?
Captives are a great way to finance risk. If nothing else, they are a way for an organization to keep track of the cost of risk. I suggest to my clients to stay true to their risk philosophies and tolerance. They may change over time as an organization grows and its balance sheet strengthens. Companies should periodically evaluate what other risks they could finance through their captives and see whether doing so is consistent with their philosophies and tolerance. If it is an exposure that is currently excluded from their commercial policies, then it is certainly prudent to consider financing that risk through their captives. I probably lean a little bit to the conservative side and would say that companies should still focus on using their captives to finance their losses that are the most predictable. It is likely a better option to transfer the nonpredictable risks so as not to risk the captive's balance sheet.
We've just come through a fairly substantial period of catastrophe losses. Do you see these losses impacting the market in a significant way, or has the confluence of insurance capital growth and the entrance by the capital markets curtailed very hard markets?
Over the past few months, I have been reading and hearing various opinions that have covered a wide range of possible reactions by the traditional market to the string of catastrophe losses. These opinions have varied from suggesting there will be virtually no impact to those suggesting significant rate increases in the commercial property market should be expected. This market had been fairly soft in recent years, so it is reasonable to assume that there will be a reaction. Overall, while I don't envision a dramatic market correction, I don't expect that the industry will sit still either. I envision that, while overall the market will see at least a minor increase, some specific regions, such as those with a history of losses related to catastrophic events, may see a much more material change in pricing.
What do you see as the biggest threat facing the captive insurance market?
Rather than identify them as threats, I would say there are two challenges to the industry. First, it is still viewed by many as the alternative market versus the traditional market. For that reason, captives will likely continue to be under a large amount of scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, etc. As a result, overregulation of the industry, from outside of the individual domiciles, would seem to be a concern.
In addition, I suspect another issue may be an aging workforce. Many of the folks in the industry today were around when the industry really started to grow back in the '80s. While the industry has prospered and aged, so too has the workforce. I have read and heard several statistics suggesting that a large percentage of the industry workforce today will be retired in the next 5 years. This will pose a significant challenge as the wealth of knowledge and experience generated over the past several decades leaves the market. I know the industry has identified this as a challenge and is making strides to attract new, talented individuals to the market through mentoring programs and educational tracks being held at conferences. This initiative is extremely important, and the results of these efforts are going to have a direct impact on the industry over the next several decades.
How would you weigh in on the proliferation of captive insurance domiciles we have experienced? Are they ultimately a benefit or detriment to the captive industry?
Generally, I view competition as a good thing. Each of the newer domiciles has recognized the value in having a captive law enacted in its state or territory, and having more domiciles does provide more choices for the captive owners. A challenge for the newer domiciles is having an experienced staff to be able to properly regulate captives. An unfortunate situation in a single domicile can reflect negatively on the industry as a whole. Therefore, it becomes critical that each domicile be able to meet the unique challenges of regulating captive insurance companies versus traditional insurers. From what I understand, the captive regulators are a collaborative group. Regulators from several of the more mature domiciles seem to be more than willing to share their expertise with representatives of other domiciles when needed because it is in the best interest of the industry as a whole. They recognize the need for the industry to remain successful even outside of their own borders.
What do you do to stay current these days, especially with the amount of information that is available?
There is certainly no shortage of options available to keep current today. The bigger challenge is sorting through all the options and picking the ones that are the best for you. I tend to use a variety of media and other sources. I receive a few daily email subscriptions, such as Captive.com's Captive Wire. Some of these are updated and sent out more than once a day, which makes it relatively easy to keep up, particularly with any major issues. I also still flip through certain printed periodicals because they will often add a bit more depth when addressing particular issues. In addition, I learn a lot from my colleagues, peers, and other business contacts in the industry. I attend a number of industry conferences and events, which allows me to meet with a large number of industry professionals. It is helpful to hear from other folks and get their perspective on industry issues. Oftentimes, these conversations can help fill in any gaps in knowledge, much like a captive can help finance any gaps in coverage!
Mike Meehan is a consultant with the Boston office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 1993. Mr. Meehan has experience with loss reserving, ratemaking, feasibility studies, and financial pro formas for insurance companies, captives, risk retention groups, self-insurance groups, excess insurance pools, municipalities, and Lloyd's of London syndicates. In addition, Mr. Meehan has assisted in the review of various rate filings for the Rhode Island Insurance Department. He also has experience with workers compensation residual markets.
(Photo of Mike Meehan, above, is courtesy of Milliman.)
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"After the successful launch of Frog back in 2010, we noticed that some staff, departments and students engaged more in the platform than others. We'd created some fantastic resources, but not everyone had been able to play with them and see them in action.
We decided to run a treasure hunt to encourage staff and students to look further into Frog and see the variety of resources available.
The first treasure hunt we held had a pirate theme. On the launch day our Frog Champions dressed as pirates and all the students were given their first clue on pirate paper.
Each clue led to another clue and so on… Students had to visit twenty different locations in Frog and collect letters at each one. Towards the end some of the clues were more difficult even for the staff (such as a recording in Spanish). Over 120 students entered by e-mailing in their letters and the top ten received treasure chest worthy prizes. Frog usage by students and staff in all departments increased as a result.
The second time around we opted for a Wild West Theme and all staff were (forcefully) invited to dress up for the occasion. Just as with the first treasure hunt students were not informed till the day itself – and this time 100 sheriff badges were scattered across Frog, the school website and our Twitter and Facebook feeds. The video screens in school were altered to show clues and a launch video featuring the headteacher.
Wanted posters for teachers were placed on desktop backgrounds and around the school – much to the pupil's amusement.
The second treasure hunt produced 2012 visitors and 82,500 page views on a single day! Students were also able to carry on hunting throughout the holiday – increasing usage of the platform in what is a typically quiet time.
The two themed days proved a real success at driving users back into Frog, and encouraging them to navigate into different areas of the platform."
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These Rotary Grate Magnets remove ferrous metal from dry powders and other bulk processed products that have difficult flow characteristics and a tendency to bridge and choke when using traditional, stationary tube style magnetic separators. Sizes range from 8″ x 8″ to 18″ by 18″ outlets with custom designs available to fit exact application requirements.
These Grate Magnets feature a housing with a cylindrical configuration of Rare Earth magnetic tubes that continually rotate through a gravity fed product stream. By rotating, the magnets break up clumps, keep the product flowing and remove any ferrous metal.
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Exciting news: I am now an aunt. Nephew #1, Noah Simon, is extremely adorable, and I'm very thankful to have been able to spend so much time with him already.
He arrived the day before Mother's Day – perfect timing! And I baked a homemade funfetti cake with cream cheese icing. I need to get myself a nice bundt pan so I can make a cake as pretty as this at home.
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The ASI120MM Mini is a very capable guide camera that can handle most setups with ease, including most OAG configurations.
Peak QE of 75% (better than the ICX618) and no Fixed-Pattern-Noise!
Supports 35 FPS at it's maximum 1280 x 960 resolution and long time exposures up to 1000s!
Compared to ICX618 based cameras the ZWO ASI120MM offers faster frame-rate, slightly higher sensitivity in visual light and more pixels for lunar imaging.
The sensor is protected by an anti-reflection clear optical window. If imaging the Moon or planets we recommend fitting a 1.25" UV/IR rejection filter.
The ASI120MM's mono sensor can also be used with specialised UV or methane band filters, as well as infrared passing filters for lunar and planetary imaging (i.e. Baader IR-Pass, Red and Orange visual filters). IR-passing filters cut short wavelengths which prevents atmospheric dispersion softening the image.
Note: The ASI120MM has a Micron sensor which might produce Newton Rings when used with solar telescopes. (Cameras fitted with Sony sensors are better in these circumstances).
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All ZWO cameras include a 2-year warranty.
The ASI120 mini camera offers very good performance for planetary imaging and guiding. Low read noise, high dynamic range, QE peak 75%, AR protective window and much more.
Absolute QE Curve, we estimate the Peak Value is over 75%.
Compared with the ASI120MM-S camera, the ASI120mini is smaller, lighter weight, and it can reach focus at the same position as an eyepiece.
USB 2.0 Port: The mini camera has one USB2.0 type C port. Type C is very popular in mobile phones and it is reversible so it doesn't matter which way around you insert the plug.
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Let's just acknowledge a universal truth about spirituality and religion here: it's always personal! Yes, religion and spirituality is an incredibly personal thing, and that is why each one of us should always be able to develop our own unique spiritual fit, based on our life experiences, needs, desires and open access to all available spiritual and scientific knowledge and wisdom.
One of the reasons we're so lucky to be alive right now is that we now do have such easy access to all religious and secular information via the Internet. All the spiritual, scientific and secular wisdom and religious teachings that have ever existed are ours to adopt, as we see fit. And best of all --- we need only take the parts that work for us. Personalizing your religion was the great upgrade of Religion 1.5 and this improvement has been preserved in Religion 2.0.
Religion 2.0 as found on this website will continue the upgrade of Religion 1.5 and will help you develop your very own personal and personalized spirituality, which is designed to serve your highest purpose, not somebody else's or some monolithic religious organization's. Read and use the links below like the pages of a book to explore and learn more!
"When everyone has their own unique form of religion and personal spirituality based on objective science, the facts of evolution and the most life-affirming subjective wisdom from all religions there will finally be peace on earth and --- the advances of Religion 2.0 will have come into bloom." (A principle of the Religion 2.0 and its form of personal Evolution Spirituality found on this website.)


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Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa to publish post-election violence report next week
ESIGODINI, Zimbabwe - A repοrt into Zimbabwe's pοst-electiοn violence that left six people dead and dozens injured in August will be published next week, President Emmersοn Mnangagwa said οn Friday.
Mnangagwa has blamed the oppοsitiοn Movement fοr Demοcratic Change leaders fοr the violence, while the army has denied allegatiοns it shot civilians during the Aug. 1 prοtests.
Following the disputed vote, Zimbabwe is experiencing its wοrst ecοnοmic crisis in a decade, marked by shοrtages of fuel and cash and a spike in prices of basic gοods.
The pοlitical rifts have also cοntinued, with MDC leader Nelsοn Chamisa saying Mnangagwa is an illegitimate leader. Chamisa denies inciting his suppοrters to take to the streets in the aftermath of the electiοn.
Video fοotage showed soldiers, some with their faces obscured by camοuflage masks, opening fire with automatic weapοns during the prοtests.
"I received the repοrt, which we are looking into with my deputies. We have agreed that next week we will make it public," Mnangagwa told 6,000 members at ZANU-PF's first annual cοnference since Robert Mugabe was fοrced to retire after an army cοup in November 2017.
Mnangagwa also told the party cοnference in Esigοdini, 500 km south-west of Harare that he had wοn fairly with a huge majοrity in parliament and would nοt invite the oppοsitiοn into his gοvernment.
ZANU-PF officials say Mnangagwa wants to end speculatiοn that he will οnly serve οne five-year term and step down in favοr of οne his two deputies, Cοnstantinο Chiwenga, 62.
Chiwenga is the retired defense fοrces chief who led the cοup against Mugabe and is seen as the pοwer behind Mnangagwa. The army still holds significant influence οn who runs fοr top office in ZANU-PF, pοlitical analysts said.
The cοnference is expected to endοrse Mnangagwa to run fοr a secοnd and final term in 2023 when he will be 80 years old.
In the meantime, the president has the immediate prοblems of fuel shοrtages and wοrker unrest to address.
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1988 Nissan PintaraReview
88' Pintara — with the stock CA20E its a mad slug (78RWHP) but i have plans fer an RB20DET pushing 250plus. its an R31 series so skyline bits are a neat swap,if not, easy enough. Ive replaced the front and rear main oil seals on the CA since owning it, the odometre stopped at 175odd thousand so i swapped the old dash fer a new tacho dash.... the odometre had stopped on it at 150odd thousand, lol cant wait fer rego yime next year
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Established in 1962 Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences pursues basic, target-oriented, and applied research in chemistry and physics in polymers.
The Institute has a total staff 250 people and the research is conducted at 10 scientific departments. The Group of Polymer Particles, which belongs to the Department of Bioanalogous and Special Polymers, is involved in synthesis, characterisation, functionalisation and bioapplication of magnetic polymer nano- and microspheres based on synthetic and natural polymers. Recently, monodisperse particles were developed with controlled size, porosity, swelling behaviour and magnetic properties.
The Institute is a member of European Centre for Nanostructured Polymers.
The Institute is well equipped with devices for polymerization and particle size classification:
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Magneto is happy to announce that they now sell a powerful, new high performance, electric skateboard that's made with its intended users in mind. This skateboard is great for those
journeys that are too short to take a Cab/Taxi but too long to walk. It can also be used to move to the bus stop, and then after the bus ride to reach your destination.
It weighs about 7kg so it can be brought on the bus, train or even a plane.
The Magneto skateboard can also be used just for fun, as nothing beats the feeling of instant fun and adrenaline on TAP!
The really innovative thing about the new Magneto is the range, The battery is fully swappable, just carry a spare and change the battery, essentially providing limitless range.
This skateboard is built with cutting-edge technology. It's dual hub motor system is very impressive and powerful and climb 25% The user can feel the power and torque of this system right under their feet. It runs at about 22 mph and is just 4 inches from the ground. With such power and speed braking is important; that's why the designers have ensured that it has a reliable, sharp and stable braking system for the users' safety.
On a fully charged battery, it covers a range of 15 miles. But the battery can be swapped in seconds, for a fresh full battery, and this will extend range so the user can go wherever they want. It boasts a Samsung High rate Lithium battery which takes between 2 – 3 hours to charge.
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Hamilton, Grace Towns, 1907-1992
"The first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly, Grace Towns Hamilton was also the first female of her race in the Deep South to hold a public office of such consequence. She was among eight African Americans sent to the state legislature in a special election in June 1965; they were the first to enter the lower house since the end of Reconstruction. Hamilton represented her district in mid-Atlanta continuously for the next eighteen years, becoming known to her peers as "the most effective woman legislator the state has ever had."--"Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 10, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
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The 'Part Of Me' star says she isn't embarrassed by having to wear spanx when she attends press events.
Katy Perry says her love of spanx makes her more relatable to fans because she is "ok" with herself and her body.
The 'Teenage Dream' singer says she doesn't feel the need to work out all the time and never feels embarrassed to wear the oversized underwear garment, which gives the body a more svelte form.
"Um, I don't care because I'm ok with myself," Katy Perry told OK! Magazine, about her love of the body forming undergarment. "I think every woman does stuff like that anyways, all the time.
"I think one of my favourite moments is seeing like a hot girl dancing in a club and then accidentally seeing her Spanx," Katy recalled. "People don't want to look up - they want to look across at someone.
"They want to feel like, 'Hey that's my girl. I relate to your song," Katy added, admitting that her honesty about things like that is what makes her relate so well to her fans.
Katy Perry picked up an award at the Trevor Project Awards in Los Angeles this week (Credit: PA):
Last month Katy admitted she felt "fat" without wearing her spanxs to the UNICEF Snowflake Ball at the end of November.
The 'Part Of Me' star was speaking fresh from picking up her award for Billboard Woman Of The Year last week.
Katy Perry is currently writing music for her third studio album but has vowed not to rush work on the follow-up to 'Teenage Dream'.


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If your New Year's wish is for more yen weakness, get ready to celebrate.
After sliding more than 36 percent since the end of 2011, the median estimate of economists and strategists surveyed by Bloomberg is for an additional drop of almost 4 percent through the end of 2015 from recent levels of ¥120 to the dollar.
A fourth straight annual decline would be the yen's longest losing streak on record, or at least since the global monetary system broke from the gold standard in 1971.
The currency market is bracing for more yen-debasing stimulus measures from the Bank of Japan after government data last week showed little evidence of a rebound in the world's third-largest economy.
Efforts to suppress borrowing costs have already caused two-year government bonds yields in Japan to fall to their lowest since 2010 relative to what investors can get on similar maturity U.S. Treasuries.
"Based solely on the fundamental drivers of a widening interest rate spread and increased yen outflows, it wouldn't be odd to see the yen weaken to 140 per dollar over the next two years," said Yunosuke Ikeda, head of currency strategy at Nomura Holdings Inc.
Nomura was the top forecaster of the yen-dollar exchange rate over the four quarters ended Sept. 30, based on margin of error, timing and directional accuracy.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won what he called a mandate at the ballot box this month for his economic policies centered on monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and structural reform, the so-called three "arrows" of "Abenomics." The yen has weakened 33 percent against the dollar since he called for unlimited monetary easing in November 2012, a month before taking office.
Among Abe's reforms has been a revamp of the ¥131 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund, the world's biggest, to shift more assets overseas. The GPIF announced on the same day that the central bank expanded easing that it would raise portfolio allocations for foreign stocks and bonds to a combined 40 percent from 23 percent.
The BOJ on Oct. 31 added to what was already a record stimulus program, giving it the capacity to buy every new bond the government issues. That pushed 10-year yields to a record low last Friday. In contrast, the U.S. Federal Reserve is moving to raise interest rates next year for the first time since 2006, and Chairwoman Janet Yellen signaled it may happen as soon as April.
At negative 0.04 percent, Japan's two-year bonds yielded about 0.78 percentage point less than similar maturity Treasuries last week. In February, the gap was 0.21 percentage point.
After weakening about 13 percent this year, the yen's depreciation will probably be more measured in 2015, ending the year at 125 per dollar, according to the median estimate of about 50 economists and strategists surveyed by Bloomberg. For some forecasters, that has more to do with the dollar's strength getting too extreme and hampering the U.S. economic recovery.
"As the dollar strengthens, it builds headwinds against further appreciation," Minori Uchida, head of global market research at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd, said in an interview Dec. 24. "While it could overshoot, ¥130 per dollar seems a bridge too far."
Nomura sees the yen holding the 125 line, as traders who have profited from its extended decline trim positions that are based on further weakness. The company estimates that about ¥17 of the current exchange rate is based on speculation rather than fundamental measures.
"Because of periodic position unwinding by speculative investors, the yen's decline will be surprisingly slow," Nomura's Ikeda said.
Hedge funds and other large speculators cut bearish yen positions for a second week, to a net 86,927 contracts in the five days ended Dec. 16, the latest data from the Washington-based Commodity Futures Trading Commission show.
Money flows out of Japan are accelerating. Pension funds bought ¥2.2 trillion of overseas securities in the third quarter, the most on record dating back to 1998, according to the BOJ's flow of funds report this month.
Nomura estimates Japanese pension funds in search of higher yields will send a net ¥12 trillion overseas in fiscal 2015, forming the bulk of a total ¥19.4 trillion exodus. UBS Group AG sees pensions sending ¥13.6 trillion out of the country.
Abe says his policies are aimed at ending decades of deflation rather than at achieving a weaker currency. BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda reiterated last week he's ready to adjust policy without hesitation if needed to stay on course for his self-imposed 2 percent inflation target. Stripped of the effect of April's consumption tax increase, core consumer prices rose 0.7 percent in November, slowing for a fourth month.
"It's possible the yen could weaken another 20 percent over the next two years" amid pressure from Abenomics, low interest rates and pension fund outflows, Philip Moffitt, head of Asia-Pacific fixed income at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in Sydney, said Dec. 18. "Everyone wants a weaker currency."


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You have been studying Spanish for years and you might think you have a pretty good level: you understand most of what you read, you're pretty familiar with the grammar, and you can conjugate most verbs without too much trouble (you may still slip with ser and estar from time to time, but who doesn't?).
The problem is that you feel stuck. You know your Spanish isn't perfect, but you don't see a clear path to continue improving. You could start re-reading your grammar books, but who's got time to do that? On the other hand, you worry that if you stop practicing you'll lose your current level of fluency.
What's the solution?
In this article, I want to give you a 3-step process to go take your Spanish to the next level: from intermediate to advanced or from advanced to bilingual. To avoid crossing the 6000-word barrier, I've decided to break them up into three individual posts:
- Step 1: Make more mistakes
- Step 2: Notice your blind spots
- Step 3: Build persistent scaffolds
Let's start by talking about mistakes and why you should be making more of them.
Shouldn't I be trying to make fewer mistakes?
It might seem counterintuitive, but the reason your Spanish is not as good as you'd like is because you're not making enough mistakes.
The blue circles represent the parts of Spanish that you've already mastered.
The red circles represent your persistent mistakes (we'll cover those in part 3).
The black circles represent your Spanish Dark Matter: they consist of your blind spots (the mistakes you don't recognize as mistakes) as well as the parts of Spanish that you don't even know exist. This includes vocabulary you've never heard of, unfamiliar sentence structures, and pronunciation subtleties that currently escape you (if you never realized that Spanish has approximant sounds, you can blame one of the big black circles).
There is nothing especially hard about turning dark matter into blue circles (unless it's made of blind spots, which we'll talk about in part 2): the only thing you have to do is make mistakes that you've never made before.
How to get good at making new mistakes
At the start of your Spanish journey, you had beginner's mind: you were always surrounded by black circles, and that was okay. As you learned, your stockpile of blue circles got bigger and, at some point, you came to the conclusion that being pretty good felt great and you didn't want to give that up.
After that, anytime you came across an unfamiliar word, you tried to avoid it (maybe subconsciously), and you focused on the blue circles instead. Eventually, you got so good at jumping over black circles that you stopped making new mistakes; you only repeated the old ones.
It's harder to fall into this trap if you live in a Spanish-speaking country because natives will drag you kicking and screaming to whatever black circle the situation requires. However, if your main method for learning is consuming Spanish through newspapers and podcasts, you're completely vulnerable to the Old Mistakes epidemic that keeps sweeping Spanish classrooms everywhere.
The best way to make new mistakes is by writing and speaking in Spanish.
Take stock of this past month. How much Spanish did you consume and how much did you produce? If your ratio is 10-to-1 (or 100-to-1), you're actively slowing down your learning rate. If you have a busy life, and you struggle making time for Spanish, that's not a luxury you can afford. The less Spanish you produce, the slower you'll learn.
The solution is to do something you might not have done in a while: writing and speaking Spanish every day.
Your fear of looking bad is sabotaging your Spanish
—Oiga, agente, mmh… ¡Este tipo me está impidiendo hablar español!
"(Listen / Excuse me), (agent / policeman) (muffles…). This guy is preventing me… from speaking Spanish!"
—¿Me está tomando el pelo?
"(Are you grabbing my hair? / Do you take me for a fool?)"
—Dígale algo, que no me deja, mmh… decir una palabra.
"Tell him something, (since) he doesn't let me (muffles…) say a word."
—¡Pero si es usted el que se está tapando la boca con la mano!
"(But realize that) it's you the one who is covering (the / his) mouth with (the / his) hand!"
That's you during these past six months.
You stopped producing Spanish because you don't enjoy making mistakes. Maybe you're afraid other people will think less of you, maybe you associate making mistakes with failing at life, or maybe you have a perfectionist drive that censors anything that doesn't meet your unrealistic standards of quality (my people).
Regardless of the reason, the antidote is the same:
Mistakes are part of the scenery. Notice them, and move on.
Language makes it really easy to overidentify with mistakes by letting us say things like "I make so many mistakes" or "These are all my mistakes", but neither statement is true.
A mistake is just a mismatch between what an English speaker is trained to produce and what a Spanish speaker is trained to consume. It's a subconscious part of your brain communicating with a subconscious part of a native's brain. Nothing inherently wrong is being produced, and you're not even the one doing it, so stop feeling guilty and get curious: what the hell are these native brains complaining about?
We'll go deeper on that note in part 2—Your Language Problem Is Just a Noticing Problem—, but meanwhile you should focus on the only thing you have control over: producing as much Spanish content as you can.
Become a prolific writer and speaker of Spanish
Quality is the end-result of a long process with many iterations, so don't worry about that for now. All I want you to do is focus on the quantity: the more you write, the more new mistakes you'll make. That's your real goal. You can still binge on Spanish podcasts and newspapers, but only after you've met your Daily Production Quota:
- 100 words of written Spanish.
- 60 seconds of recorded Spanish.
If those numbers seem too low, feel free to double them. If they seem too low but they're still larger that the amount of Spanish you've produced during this past week, don't change them until you meet them for 30 days straight. Doing 1000 words today and 0 tomorrow is counterproductive; the goal is developing the daily habit.
This is what writing 100 words in Spanish looks like:
Hoy tengo que ir a hacer la compra. La iba a hacer ayer, pero como me olvidé, me toca ir hoy. En cuanto termine de escribir esto, bajo. Espero que la pastelería de la esquina esté abierta, porque así me puedo comprar una palmera de chocolate y me la voy comiendo por el camino. Aunque, ahora que lo pienso, hoy es domingo, así que es bastante probable que esté cerrada. Otra opción es que me compre una caja de galletas en el supermercado y me la vaya comiendo de vuelta a casa. ¡Qué idea más brillante! La verdad es que soy un genio.
"I have to buy groceries today. I was going to go yesterday, but since I forgot, it's my turn to go today. As soon as I finish writing this, I come down. I hope that the bakery in the corner is open, because that way I can buy a chocolate palmier and I start eating it on the way. Although, now that I think about it, today is Sunday, so it's pretty likely that it will be closed. Another option is to buy myself a box of cookies in the supermarket and to go eating it on the way back home. What a brilliant idea! The truth is that I'm a genius."
Write the way you want to speak. This is a perfect opportunity to repurpose all of the Spanish that you've been consuming: What was that thing that guy said the other day? How do I tell someone to just "quit it"? Is this the right context to use the expression hasta las narices?
Since it's only 100 words, you can afford to go slow and spend the extra time looking up new words and phrases. When you're done with the first draft, paste it into Microsoft Word or Google Docs, set the language to Spanish, and spell check it.
You might think this is cheating, but it's not. The goal is to make as many new mistakes as you can, not to hand in our best attempt to a teacher with a fetish for red ink. If Clippy can help you identify mistakes, let him help: you get instant feedback, and you make it much easier for a native to correct what you wrote. We'll talk about this more in part 2, but it's a good idea to keep a list with the mistakes you make each day (even the typos). Tracking how many mistakes you make each day is a good metric to ensure you're on the right track.
Do this exercise every day for a month and a huge chunk of your Spanish Dark Matter will vanish.
Speaking to a native is fine, but recording yourself has additional benefits. If your introversion tends to get the better of you when you try to speak Spanish, this is the exercise for you. It's just you and your voice-recording app. You can throw all of the social anxiety out the window and focus on what you want to say (instead of on what the other person might be thinking).
The main advantage of recording yourself (even if you don't have any problems speaking Spanish in public) is that you will get better feedback. When you send the audio to one of your native friends, they'll be able to listen to what you said multiple times and pinpoint the specific problem that you stumbled on. Likewise, you'll be able to listen back to yourself and notice the mistake on your own.
—En esta frase, cuando dices «la primera vez que te conocí», te comes la te
"In this sentence, when you say 'the first time I met you,' you're (eating / skipping) the 'te'"
—¿En serio? Pues no me había dado cuenta.
"(In / are you) serious? (The thing is) I hadn't (given myself count / noticed)."
If improvising for 60 seconds doesn't sound like a huge challenge to you, try reading aloud an editorial from a Spanish newspaper. Reading what somebody else wrote is the speaking equivalent of altitude training. You have to spend additional mental energy staying a few words ahead of what you're reading, figuring out the pronunciation of unfamiliar words on the spot, and determining the right intonation for each sentence based on the others around it.
If you fall in love with this exercise, you'll have no trouble sounding fluid in everyday conversations.
Spanish takeaways
If you feel like your Spanish is on autopilot, you've stopped making new mistakes. This is probably because you've gotten so good at Spanish that going back to beginner's mind feels icky and unnecessarily painful. This is your Resistance talking.
Your Spanish will only be as good as your willingness to make mistakes.
If you want to take back the controls of your Spanish plane, start making mistakes like a pro. Prioritize your production over your consumption and commit to writing 100 words and recording 60 seconds in Spanish every day.
In the next part of this series, we'll talk about what to do with all the new mistakes that you're finding. For now, just write down them down in your notebook, notice which ones keep repeating, and focus on collecting as many new ones as you can.
Start today. Let me know how it goes in the comments.


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Paris, June 26 (Jiji Press)—Thirty-five professionals in the French restaurant industry, including top-flight sommeliers, gathered in Paris on Monday to taste sake from Japan.
The Kura Master contest was designed to choose Japanese sake brands suitable for the French market from among 550 entries. The contest took place for the first time in France, its organizer said. The results of the competition will be announced on July 11.
The event, organized by a committee led by Xavier Thuizat, chief sommelier at the Hôtel de Crillon in the French capital, was aimed at promoting sake internationally.
The jurors were divided into seven groups and tasted some 80 brands each. The top award winner will be served at the hotel, the committee said.
Thuizat fell in love with the traditional Japanese drink around three years ago, traveling to prefectures including Fukushima, Niigata, and Aichi to sample the labels produced there. "In cuisine, lighter dishes have gained popularity lately thanks to the health boom," he notes. "This means more meals that pair nicely with sake rather than wine."
Domestic consumption of sake in Japan has plateaued, and the nation's sake brewers are looking to overseas markets for future growth. The event organizers expected around 200 brands to be entered in the Kura Master contest, but the number received far outstripped this level.
Yamada Toshiaki, an officer of the Sakebunka Institute, a sake promotion body in Tokyo, was involved in organizing the contest this year. "The jurors select their favorites based on a different set of values than those of Japanese drinkers," says Yamada. "This makes the results valuable data to reflect in future sake brewing efforts."[Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]


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Taste in Technicolor: We Try the Brunch Cocktails at Alder in NYC
Alder bar director Kevin Denton's dinnertime drink menu includes what I contend is a mighty nifty feature: the option to order several of the cocktails as "shorts." You get less than a full drink and pay half of the full price. If you want to break off a sizable chunk of the cocktail menu but forgo the financial and metabolic pinch of full-freight quaffs, then grazing over a few shorts is a fine way to go.
Alder recently began serving brunch on Sundays, and Denton took this very good idea and applied it across much of the cocktail list he's put together for the newly launched service. (The move's a no-brainer, really; why not give diners the freedom to better divide and conquer their day-drinking?)
For instance, you can have yourself a Bloody Mary tasting by ordering the trio of shorts seen above. The aptly named (from left) Red Light, Green Light, and Yellow Light ($12/6 each) give you three different takes on the brunch favorite. The Red is the most traditional of the set, yet with its intriguing red-bell-pepper undertones, it still manages to subvert your expectations and excite your taste buds. My palate was less enthused by the flat and overly vegetal Green; the gin base had gone quiet, leaving it to leaf juice to carry this tune. For a more complex and satisfying neo-Bloody, run through a Yellow Light, a bright, savory-sweet combination of pineapple, yellow pepper, and jalapeño tequila.
To accommodate non-drinkers, all three Lights can also be ordered sans spirits. Alder's selection of brunch-only fresh-squeezed juices are likewise alcohol-optional. Any of the three choices can be spiked with sparkling wine. A Mimosa-fied Lychee-ginger-hibiscus juice ($14; n/a $6) tastes great, with a spicy ginger backbone mellowed by lychee's delicate sweetness. (The bowl of pickles pictured comes with the Lights—no Bloody Mary is complete without a garnish.)
Although it's available as a short, you're probably going to want an entire Dr. Dave's 'Scrip Pad ($12) once you've tasted it. This is one of a few Denton cocktails that straddle Alder's brunch and dinner services, and I second the nomination. The ingredients—rye whiskey, yuzu, amaro, and smoked maple—may sound brooding and boozy, but the good doctor is in fact quite approachable. The maple and yuzu form a kind of candied-orange alliance, sure to win you over no matter the hour.
About the Author: Roger Kamholz is a food journalist living in New York City. Before moving to NYC he covered the Chicago food and drinks scene for four years. In addition to Serious Eats, Roger's writing and photography has appeared in TimeOut Chicago, Refinery 29, Grub Street, and Chicagoist. Check out more of his work at rogerkamholz.com.
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