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We may not have seen the best of Eli Manning
Most great quarterbacks will tell you some of their best years came after the age of 30. Joe Montana, Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Phil Simms. They all felt that way.
"The game becomes so much easier," Simms once said in an interview. "You've been through the tough years, the growing years, you've seen so much, but you're still physically good enough and then the mental part really starts to become so much easier."
Count Eli Manning among the believers that life after 30 as an NFL quarterback is when it all starts to come together. Manning, coming off the second Super Bowl victory of his career, is 31, and he believes he still has plenty of upside left.
Whether that results in the first Super Bowl repeat of his career remains to be seen. What he does know is that his mastery of the position has never been better and that he can play at an even higher level in the years to come.
Remember the debate last year about whether he was an elite quarterback, on a par with Tom Brady? Well, after Manning answered that in definitive terms by beating Brady in the Super Bowl for the second time, it now is a matter of just how much better he can get and whether there are more Super Bowls in the offing.
Manning agrees that things are coming easier to him and that yes, there still are many more big throws in his $100-million arm.
"I think it's just the reps, how many games you've played, how many times have you run the same play over and over again versus different defenses," he said. "It's seeing different looks and having a great confidence in where you're going to go with the ball as the ball's being snapped, as you're getting back in your drop and you're seeing, 'Hey, this guy is in this spot and I'm not going to be able to throw this.' "
Belying Manning's boyish looks and aw-shucks demeanor is a man whose intellectual grasp of the game has matured to a point where few quarterbacks go. Only the great ones, in fact.
There are only six of them in the NFL right now, as far as I'm concerned: Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees and Ben Roethlisberger. The six own 10 Super Bowl victories and are the only championship quarterbacks among active players.
"Your feet move faster, your eyes are looking different places," Manning said of how much more easily the game comes to him now. "You just have a better understanding of what's going on, so you can hopefully be more successful."
Manning's place in NFL history has yet to be fully determined, but his current track puts him in future Hall of Fame territory. His brilliance is a major reason why Tom Coughlin has no desire to retire, even though he's only a month away from turning 66. Coughlin wants to ride the wave of success, however long it lasts; chances are it will last as long as Manning's effectiveness does.
"You hope that's the case that Eli continues to play as well as he has been," the Giants coach said after practice Sunday. "That's the expectation. I think he said it at the end of last year that he hoped to have eight years of stellar play. That's what we're all counting on."


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Infiltration Characteristics of Swine Finishing and Gestation Buildings: Review and Quantification
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2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting
Conference Date
July 26–29, 2015
New Orleans, LA, United States
Infiltration is an integral part of the ventilation system and process. Infiltration affects the quality of the barn environment and can also increase the winter heating cost. Precise data on infiltration is very important in the design of ventilation systems for animal barns. Many researchers have suggested that ASHRAE's 'crack' method is not suitable for predicting infiltration of animal barns. Among the available methods, pressurization methods are commonly used in infiltration quantification and the power law model gives the best prediction of the infiltration rate. For this research project, 18 swine finishing rooms and three swine gestation rooms were tested for their infiltration characteristics. At 20 Pa pressure difference across the room envelope, the average as-is leakage rate for the 18 swine finishing rooms was 6.43±1.68 ACH; whereas, the average leakage rates through curtains, fans and other components were 1.47±0.71 ACH (about 23% of as-is), 1.63±0.77 ACH (about 25% of as-is) and 3.33±1.23 ACH (about 52% of as-is), respectively. Of the three "filtered" sow barns that were monitored where air tightness is very important to prevent entry of viruses like PRRV, the more conventional designed facilities, where filters are only added to the ceiling attic inlets, were not very tight (roughly 2 ACH). A much tighter barn, with an infiltration value of 0.1 ACH, was obtained in a specially designed large sow building where the filters were built into the ends of the building and an extensive amount of foam sealant was used.
This proceeding is from 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Paper No. 152190046, pages 1-13 (doi: 10.13031/aim.20152190046). St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE. Posted with permission.
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Jadhav, Harishchandra T.; Hoff, Steven J.; Harmon, Jay D.; Jacobson, Larry D.; and Hetchler, Brian, "Infiltration Characteristics of Swine Finishing and Gestation Buildings: Review and Quantification" (2015). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Conference Proceedings and Presentations. 435.

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Home | Interviews | Guest Column | Features | Forward Focus | Jasubhai Group | Chemtech
|Praj all set to unveil India's First Integrated Biorefinery for Renewable Fuels & Chemicals
Pune, India: Praj Industries announced a breakthrough in scale up
of its 2nd generation ethanol technology with successful completion
and start-up of smart bio-refinery. India's first integrated bio-refinery
is built on the company's proprietary platform technology - "enfinity"
for manufacturing ethanol from ag ri-waste.
Second generation demo plant can produce one MLPA of ethanol by processing a variety of agri-residue like rice and wheat straw, cotton stalk, bagasse, cane trash, corn cobs & stover, etc. into ethanol, with superior product yields. With continual research and development, further pipeline of other renewable fuels and chemicals is underway to be produced from this technology platform.
Talking about this landmark achievement, Mr Pramod Chaudhari, Executive Chairman of Praj Industries said: "Praj's 2G demo plant is a testament of our technology leadership in the bio-energy space. This innovative technology has substantial potential to enhance energy security and help India become energy self-reliant. It uses abundantly available cellulosic biomass while effectively addressing the challenge of agricultural waste management and mitigating pollution. Commercialization of 2nd generation ethanol technology will give an impetus to rural economy and create additional employment opportunities."
Mr Chaudhari added further, "The menace caused by burning of farm residue can be addressed effectively by converting biomass into ethanol to be used as a transportation fuel. Such biofuels are of immense national importance as they can help partially meet India's growing requirement for crude oil resulting in forex savings. Progressively increased ethanol blending will help achieve GHG emission reduction targets ag reed at COP 21 P aris summit."
In India, an eco-system for 2nd generation ethanol is in the making to achieve the aspired 20% blend ratio. As a part of this drive, 10 to 12 Second generation ethanol projects are expected to be finalized, with average capex of around Rs 600 crore each. Each of these plants will have the capacity to produce 100,000 litres of ethanol per day.
Praj is at the forefront of this development and has already signed MoUs with IOCL and BPCL as their technology partner for certain project sites. Meanwhile experts from Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and their engineering consultants have already visited demo plant and endorsed the success of Praj's technology.


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Four injured in group clash in Himachal mosque
Shimla, Sep 13 (IANS) Tension prevailed at a mosque in Himachal Pradesh village on Tuesday when two groups of a community clashed during Eid festivities, the state police said.
The clash occurred at the mosque at Misarwala, located some 25 km from Nahan town in Sirmaur district, when one group objected to the Eid prayers being conducted by a particular priest, a police official told IANS.
The official said the other group was insisting that the priest shortlisted by it should conduct the prayers. This led to the clash among the two groups.
"Four people were injured and a few vehicles parked near the mosque were damaged by the protesters," he added.
At the time of incident, over 3,000 people had gathered in the mosque.
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Incorporate the newest superfood, maca powder, into your diet with this delicious Mocha Maca Smoothie!
Thanks to the unusually mild Autumn we're having I'm still enjoying the odd smoothie for breakfast or as an afternoon snack. And with this smoothie containing two of my favourite things (chocolate AND coffee!) I may just be slurping this down well into winter! I had been meaning to make a mocha smoothie for a while and when I bought some maca powder recently I thought it would make the perfect addition.
After reading a lot about maca powder I decided to give it a try myself. Maca, a root closely related to radishes, has been grown in the mountains of Peru for thousands of years and has recently found its way onto current superfood lists. The health claims of maca powder are pretty far reaching; from increased energy and athletic stamina to heightened mental focus and boosted metabolism.
I'm not gonna lie and say that maca powder tastes amazing. It has a very earthy malty taste. Some people seem to love it but with me I think it's going to take a bit of getting used to. But that's why smoothies are a fantastic way to integrate maca powder into your diet. The strong flavours of this Mocha Smoothie compliment the taste of the maca powder without allowing it to be overpowering. I added one tablespoon in this recipe but you can start with a little less if you are unsure that you will like the taste.
Have you tired maca powder yet? Have you noticed increased energy or any other health benefits?Print
Mocha Maca Smoothie
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Yield: 1 1x
- Category: Smoothie
- Cuisine: European
Incorporate the newest superfood, maca powder, into your diet with this delicious Mocha Maca Smoothie
- 1/2 cup coffee, cooled
- 3/4 cup almond milk
- 1 frozen banana
- 2 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp maca powder
- 1/2 tbsp honey / maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- Put all the ingredients into a blender and blitz until smooth. Serve immediately, with ice if you wish.


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Share of Population on Food Stamps Grows in Most States
The share of residents turning to food stamps has risen in nearly every state nationwide in the past year even as unemployment has moderated.
After a temporary plateau in February, the number of Americans receiving food stamps ticked up again in March. Nearly 44.6 million received food stamps in March, up more than 11% from the same time a year ago, the Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.
The share of the population receiving food stamps nationwide has also risen as households struggle with high unemployment and stagnant wages. Some 14.4% of Americans relied on food stamps in March, up 1.4 percentage points from a year earlier.
All but three states reported a larger share of the population relying on food stamps compared to March 2010. And those states that saw the largest increases in recipiency were scattered across the country.
New Mexico reported the largest jump: 19.9% of the state's population relied on the program in March, up 2.6 percentage points from a year earlier. In Delaware, 14.9% of residents tapped into the program, up 2.5 points from a year earlier. And in Florida, 16.3% of the population used food assistance, up 2.4 points from a year ago.


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" Our sales department failed to make the TOP LINE goals for the year, causing our financial report to note we had failed to meet our revenue goals. "
" The top line on the NFL's best season, including merchandise sales, was in the billions of dollars and this was great news to all the team owners. "
" The company's clients were arguing to get bottom line pricing on the resources that they were attempting to purchase, but the financial advisers were concerned about the top line. "


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With Android finally coming into it's own (ie, owning the smartphone market), the only thing we haven't seen much of are accessories. 3rd party manufacturers have been wary regarding Android smartphones because of the wide variation. With the iPhone, they know what to expect. That's finally changing on a larger scale this year, and Philips is jumping in head first with Android docks.
Like the AS111 I tested earlier, the AS351 is an Android dock that connects to the phone through an MicroUSB connector, which swivels 180 degrees and has two supports to help keep the wide variation of Android smartphones in place. I've had the AS351 for an extended period, and it has worked excellently with any Android device. I've tested around eight different Android devices with it, including several Samsung Galaxy S II phones, the Galaxy Players, the T-Mobile myTouch and myTouch Q, etc. They all work just fine with this dock.
That's because today, as I explained with the AS111, Android smartphones don't currently support audio out through the MicroUSB. All music playback is via Bluetooth, which is far less convenient than the iPhone, but a problem with Android, not the dock. When I met with Philips at CES they assured me that the docks already support audio through USB, so as soon as Google updates Android to support it, Philips will release a firmware update to enable audio via USB.
The AS351 is no clock radio like the AS111, it's a mini boom box. You may remember the Philips Fidelio DS8550 Speaker Dock I tested last year. The AS351 is its kid cousin. Besides for the size difference (both the physical size and the size of the speakers), the AS351 doesn't include a single rechargeable battery, instead working on four AA batteries. This helps keep the price down and promote longer battery life per charge, but if you carry around a dock for music without the power cable, you may want to pass on the AS351. It lasted a good 7-10 hours of continuous playback at varying volume levels. Philips rates it for 8 hours, though if you keep the volume low and maintain a short distance between the dock and phone, it's pretty easy to preserve battery life.
It works with any Bluetooth device, and also has an auxiliary in cable so it can double as computer speakers on the go. I actually brought the AS351 with me to CES because I stayed in a crummy hotel, and the dock impressed not only with long battery life but also it's ease of use. I used it with and without audio cables, on multiple devices, and as a charging base for two phones (there is a USB port on the back for an additional device to charge).
For a speaker this compact, the sound quality is Excellent. It gets especially loud – loud enough for neighbors two doors down to complain. Audio accuracy is also very good, with only a few low and high notes not hitting their proper pitch and some tinny sounds at much higher volumes and frequencies. As far as my testing showed, the audio quality is superb.
There are two things I wish were different about the AS351. First, it can't charge devices when the dock isn't plugged in. This means if your phone is on it's last leg and you don't have a power cable, too bad. The power drain on just four AA batteries would be quick, sure, but the option is worth having.
Second is a slight audio fade in and out, which occurs at seemingly random times. If you are streaming music, like through Google Music, sometimes the AS351 will drop into standby mode while the phone buffers the song. This may help conserve battery life, but also has a very noticeable static hiss, followed by that silent void that is quickly obnoxious when listening to music. It breaks the mood, whether the music is acting as white noise or just needs a second to load. We all know how pronounced silence can be, and the AS351 get's eerily quiet too often.
With the AS351 users can also download the free Fidelio software. Back with the DS8550 I wasn't too impressed with it, but slight improvements, plus how the software works on Android (as opposed to iOS) do make a few major differences. The biggest is the option to automatically connect to Philips docks immediately after plugging them to the docks. Philips still uses Songbird, which I don't like because it requires music to be downloaded directly from a computer. Fidelio also now includes a basic equalizer and bass boost, along with the option to set when if and when the software activates. Overall the Fidelio software is far more flexible on Android than on iOS, but it's also not nearly as clean or as fast.
The other great thing about Fidelio on Android is the use of Alarm clocks. The AS351 may not look like an alarm clock, but with the Fidelio software it can be, and it doesn't require any extra effort on your part. Just set an alarm through the Fidelio app and don't shut the program down. The only downside is that the dock must be on (so plugged in, lest we waste the batteries). This means the lights on the four buttons remain on, though they are very dull. The bigger problem will revolve around your phone model, and notifications. As long as any Android device is connected to the dock, all sound will go through the dock. That means emails, calls, texts, and notifications will be amplified. If you're trying to sleep and a midnight email rolls in, that's annoying. Some Android handsets have software to set what times notifications play sounds, but most don't, so it may not be worthwhile to use the AS351 as an alarm clock until Google sorts out it's power management settings properly.
As far as Android docks go, the Fidelio AS351 is a fine one to own. It's a great balance of solid audio performance, portability, and price. The AS351′ overall versatility make it an excellent product to own for travelers and home users alike. Whether you need to listen to your tunes in a mangy motel room or the comfort of your bedroom, or even in the car over a broken dash stereo, the AS351 has provided an excellent experience every time. I highly recommend it. It's a great deal to boot for $130.
Editor's Rating:
[Rating: 4.5]
Bottom Line: An excellent Android dock that provides high quality audio, great battery life on replaceable AA's, and versatility in use.
- Excellent sound quality
- Good size; not too small for the bedroom, not too big to take on the road
- Great battery life
- The random fade-in and -out of music leaves uncomfortable silences
- No option to charge devices while not plugged in
Also why not check out:
- Altec Lansing iMT630 Review
- DC7BT Bluetooth Docking Station/Receiver Review
- Dexim P-Flip 2x Foldable Power Dock Review
- JBL OnBeat Air Review
- JVC Kaboom RV-NB50 iPod Boombox Review
- Native Union MM04i Honey Comb BT Dock Review
- Philips AS111 Android Dock Review
- Philips AS351/37 Fidelio Docking Speaker for Android Review
- PHILIPS Fidelio SoundAvia AD7000W/37 Review
- Pioneer Music Tap Systems: X-SMC3-S and X-SMC4-K Elite
- RadioVault: Hide Your Stuff In An iPhone Dock
- Sony RDP-XA700IP Airplay Speaker Dock Review
- The JBL Horizon Charges Your iPhone, Streams Music And, Oh Yeah, Is An Alarm Clock
- Yamaha PDX-31 Portable Dock Review


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Taxpayer Pension Lawsuit Settled
A statewide taxpayer group and the governor´s office have settled legal issues surrounding a lawsuit filed last summer aimed at stopping lawmakers from borrowing 2 billion dollars to pay pension obligations.
Instead, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had proposed a 1 billion dollar bond measure to provide funding for retirement payments.
His plan still faces challenges, although a spokesman for the administration said the settlement with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Associations clears the way for the Schwarzenegger pension bonds.
Schwarzenegger wants to give new employees a far less generous retirement package than current union workers — something Democrats and unions oppose.
Last fall, a judge ruled in favor of the taxpayer group and blocked the state from issuing the 2 (b)billion dollars in bonds.


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Welcome to this morning's service Our speaker today is Andrew Jelfs and the service leader is Michael Chambers.
Sunday morning prayer meeting A prayer meeting, to which all are invited, is held at 10:10 am. Do join us in the Youth room upstairs as we prepare for the service in this very important way.
Coffee rota Simon and Judy are responsible for tea and coffee this morning and next week it will be Sheila Little and Ann Frost.
Prayer If you would like someone to pray with you after the service Ross and Bertie Power will be available.
Phil and Doreen Blowers would be grateful for your prayers as they take the service at Danbury URC this morning.
CAMEO If you are free on Monday afternoon this week please come along to the church at 2.00 to join with us for an informal afternoon of games and a cuppa. There is no age restriction. If you have any queries please speak to Andy or Rachel.
Job Club Starting on Tuesday 23rd February, volunteers are needed to help on a rota basis with refreshments and befriending. The club will run weekly in term-time from 10:30-1:30. Please speak to Andy for more information.
Ali and Lachie Mather We were pleased to see from Ali's recent email that they have settled back easily into life in Australia.
Please continue to pray for Ali and Lachie especially with regard to finding accommodation before Lachie is due to start school after the Australian schools' summer break.
Home Group venues
The Wednesday group – Jean Marc's.
Shirley's group – Shirley's.
Anne and Philip's group – Louise and John's.
Friday group – Ken and Ellen's
Home Group Questions
1.To what extent does the church have a "prophetic" ministry today? How is it fulfilled in practice?
2.God's message through Isaiah was a mixture of severe judgement and joyful hope. How faithful are we as a church in the presentation of God's message?
3.What conditions in our own land at this time might cause the prophet to deliver a similar message? Do we share the prophet's concern? What should our response be as individuals and as a church?
4.Have you recently felt you have received a "message from God." Is it something you could share with the group
John Murphy Watch a video of John in Greece, recently posted by Samaritan's Purse, at https://fullbridgechurch.com/2016/01/23/video-watch-johns-sp-video-2/ Caitlin and Nathan would be grateful for your prayers as they start a Christian Union at the Lower Plume. Welcoming Team Are you the person/s we need to stand by the front door on Sunday mornings with John and Barney to help meet and greet people coming into the service? No experience required just a warm welcome and smile and no age restriction! If you feel you are that person please speak to Ann Frost.
Try Praying According to the "Talking Jesus" research, one in four 18-34 year olds think Jesus was a mythical figure. "Try Praying" invites people who don't know Jesus to discover that, not only did he live, but he is alive today and answering people's prayers. You can find out more at http://www.trypraying.org and then consider sharing the website with your friends.
If you have any notices please let Sheila Little have them by Friday lunchtime at the latest. Please also mark emails "notices" otherwise I might not see them.
Use of Fullbridge If you wish to use the church at any time please check with the deacons first to make sure it is ok and then contact Sheila Little to book the date. If you borrow anything from the church please make a note on the list in the back hall and also note when it is returned.
Maldon Food Bank If you would like to contribute there is a box in the entrance hall for donations of non-perishable food.
Sunday morning children's activities
On the first Sunday of the month we all stay together in Church. On the remaining Sundays the children join the first part of the service, then go to separate parts of the building for their activities.
We have three groups:
Mustard: an Early Years group, who meet upstairs.
Pepper and Mustard+ Infant and Junior groups, for up to secondary school age, who meet downstairs in the back hall.
Salt: a group for School Years 7 to 11, upstairs in the Youth Room on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month.


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After creator Lauren Iungerich left Awkward after season 3, MTV was tasked with finding a new showrunner the series into its 4th season and senior year for much of main characters. The network found two. In an exclusive interview with Jarett Wieselman, Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler open up about what changes, including the addition of several new characters, are in store.
On the new students enrolling in Palos Hills High School:
"We've got two gay characters named Theo [played by Evan Crooks] and Cole [played by Monty Geer]. As gay writers, it's obviously important to us to have gay characters on a TV show, so we looked at what we hadn't seen on TV yet, and we liked the idea of these gay guys whose sexuality wasn't the most important thing in their lives. They are a bit obnoxious, kind of in the tradition of Stifler from American Pie or Beavis and Butthead — they just happen to be gay."
The show is also adding a new love interest for Matty (Eva played by Elizabeth Whitson) and Toby (played by Kofi Siriboe), a transfer student from Africa.
On the students graduating early:
"Jessica Lu [who plays Ming] is not returning. She wanted to move on. [Also not returning are The Asian Mafia and Nolan Funk's character, Collin Jennings.]"
On what happens after graduation:
Chessler: "I think you could follow some of these characters to college."
Alberghini: "There's also the all-important summer between graduation and your first day at college. A lot of stuff can happen in that time."
So it looks like there will be studies after high school, let's just hope it doesn't follow the same route as Glee. Read the rest of the interview on BuzzFeed.
Awkward premieres on Tuesday, April 15, at 10 p.m. on MTV.


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Saturday, January 26, 2013
My apologies for being absent from this site. Looking after Susie with her broken shoulder is more time-consuming than I had anticipated, and in my spare time I have begun writing the remarks I will offer to the Duke group eventually. Who was it who said, "If I had had more time, I would have written a shorter letter"? [The web credits it variously to Hemingway, Cicero, Voltaire, Mark Twain, and Blaise Pascal!] It turns out to be extremely demanding to compress forty years of work into a forty-five minute presentation. Nevertheless, the effort is worthwhile, because I have never before attempted to bring together in a single integrated narrative my literary critical exegeses from Moneybags and "Narrative Time," my mathematical reinterpretation and revision of Marx's economic theories from Understanding Marx and "A Critique and Reinterpretation of Marx's Labor Theory of Value," and the arguments of "The Future of Socialism" and "The Indexing Problem." My only hope is that someone in the audience will find what I have to say suggestive.
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- Will said...
I, for one, have found the series of posts suggestive, and instructive. Thanks, Professor. I'm glad I was pointed to your blog, which I've been following since late 2011.
- February 5, 2013 at 2:04 AM
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Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
Some people say hot drinks cool the body more effectively than cold ones: Cooling the digestive system spurs the body to heat it back up, raising one's temperature slightly instead of lowering it. But is half a degree worth forgoing the pleasure of an icy drink on a sweltering afternoon? Here are ten such treats to keep you fresh all summer long. Some you may have made before, but others are welcome additions to the summer beverage canon.
Many of the following recipes call for simple syrup, which takes ten minutes to make and can be kept in the refrigerator for weeks for all kinds of cocktails and coolers. It's a good place to start. Makes one to one and a half cups of syrup:
Two cups sugar
One cup water
Put both ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally to make sure the sugar doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan. As soon as the sugar dissolves completely, remove from the heat and chill.
Nonalcoholic Drinks
1. Sun Tea The essential summer drink of my childhood -- of course, it helped that we had a spearmint patch in the backyard that needed constant trimming. Here's my mother's recipe. Just let the sun do all the work:
Fill a large gallon-size clear glass jar with cold filtered water. Drop in six bags of black tea (Lipton's is fine) and a generous handful of spearmint leaves -- about two-thirds of a bunch of store-bought mint. Cover the jar with a lid or with plastic wrap and a rubber band. Put the tea somewhere it will get direct sun for four hours. Remove the tea bags and leaves, and chill in the refrigerator or over ice. Add sugar to your taste.
2. Yogurt Smoothies Making thick, satisfying, and healthful smoothies is so easy that even your children can do it. All you need to do is keep bags of frozen fruit in the freezer and milk and eight-ounce containers of vanilla or fruit-flavored yogurt in the refrigerator. Here's the proportion to make one sixteen-ounce smoothie:
One eight-ounce container yogurt
One cup frozen fruit
Half cup milk
You can combine strawberry yogurt and strawberries, or vanilla yogurt and blueberries, or peach yogurt and rasp-berries.
3. Ginger Beer Almost every household in the Caribbean has its own recipe for ginger beer. It's often left out on the windowsill to ferment for several days before serving. Here's my friend Christopher's recipe, which needs no fermenting. Makes six cups:
Half cup brown sugar
One cup grated fresh, unpeeled ginger
Six cups water
One vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
Juice of three limes
Put all the ingredients in a large pot. Bring to a boil. Turn off the heat, and let the beer steep for four to six hours. Taste and add extra brown sugar and lime juice to taste. If the ginger beer is too spicy, add more water. Strain and chill in the fridge. You can drink this over ice as is, or add a splash of good Jamaican dark rum.
4. Watermelon Agua Fresca Anyone who's learned their way around a taqueria in the Bay Area has tasted aguas frescas. Here's the recipe for a simple, refreshing one made with watermelon. Makes six cups:
Three cups strained watermelon pulp
Two to three tablespoons fresh lime juice
Two-thirds cup simple syrup; add more if desired (recipe above)
Three cups water (or sparkling water)
To make the watermelon pulp, cut a ripe watermelon into cubes and purée in a food processor or blender, then strain to remove the seeds. Pour the pulp into a large pitcher and add the remaining ingredients. Stir and taste for sweetness. Serve over ice with a sprig of mint.
5. Soda Lemon This Vietnamese drink is as tart as it is sweet. I rarely fail to order it when I'm out for pho. If you don't enjoy the graininess of regular sugar, use simple syrup (recipe above). Makes one sixteen-ounce soda:
Juice of two lemons
Three heaping tablespoons sugar (or four tablespoons simple syrup)
Soda water
Squeeze the lemons into a tall glass and add the sugar. Top off the glass with ice and soda water. Stir and drink through a straw. For a truly Vietnamese version, drop a salted plum in the soda and let it soften and release its flavor as you sip.
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6. Mojitos
Mojitos have overtaken daiquiris as the quintessential Cuban drink. This recipe makes a limey, minty, fizzy mojito, perfect for summer days by the barbecue. If you like it a little sweeter, just add a little more simple syrup. Makes one:
Leaves from three to four fresh mint sprigs
Half-ounce simple syrup (recipe above)
Juice of one small lime
Two ounces light rum
Club soda, chilled
In a highball glass or sixteen-ounce tumbler, crush the mint leaves with the end of a wooden spoon for twenty seconds, until they get thoroughly dark and release their smell. (However, don't overcrush, or the drink will become bitter.) Add the syrup, lime juice, and rum, and stir thoroughly. Top off with the club soda and ice cubes.
7. Caipirinhas What the mojito was to 1999 the caipirinha (kye-pee-reen'-ya) is to today -- fresh, bright, and painfully hip. To make a caipirinha, you need cachaça, a Brazilian spirit that's rum's harsher, more fragrant cousin. You can find it at larger liquor stores. Makes one eight-ounce glass:
One lime, cut approximately into eighths
Two tablespoons brown sugar
Two ounces cachaça
Ice cubes
Put the limes pulp side up in the bottom of an old-fashioned glass. Add the sugar, or more to taste, and crush the lime with the bottom of a wooden spoon. Add the cachaça, stir to mix, and toss in a few ice cubes.
8. Strawberry Daiquiri This is what the Canadian sketch-comedy group Kids in the Hall would call a "girl drink," frosty and fruity, but it packs a hell of a wallop. Make it when strawberries are at their peak. Don't omit the grenadine for the sake of convenience -- it amplifies the berry taste. Makes three large daiquiris:
One to one-and-a-half cups roughly chopped strawberries
Three cups ice
Juice of one to one and a half limes
One to one and a half ounces simple syrup (recipe above)
Half-ounce grenadine
Five ounces rum
Put the strawberries, ice cubes, lime juice, syrup, and grenadine into the bowl of a blender. Whirl until the ice is completely crushed and the strawberries are puréed. Add the rum, blend again, and serve.
9. White Sangria Many white sangrias are made with white wine and sugar. Use a sweet white vermouth instead for a deeper, more complex flavor. Substitute any light-fleshed fruit -- pears, honeydew melons, Rainier cherries -- for the apples or grapes, but by all means keep the grapefruit. It gives the sangria a pleasingly bitter finish. Makes about six cups:
One 1-liter bottle Cinzano Bianco or Martini Bianco
One cup pineapple juice or grapefruit juice
Juice of one lemon
Two pink grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
One green apple, sliced
One small bunch white grapes, halved
Combine the vermouth, the juices, and the fruit in a large pitcher and let sit for at least four hours in the refrigerator. Serve over ice.
10. Chinatown Mai Tai The mai tai is one of the few tropical drinks that gives you fair warning it's about to knock you for a loop. Cocktail purists will sneer at this version, but it loosely replicates the many I used to drink at Li Po, the dingy San Francisco Chinatown bar and reputed former opium den. To make it, you need a can of lychees in syrup, which will make five to six drinks. Makes one very potent drink.
One ounce dark rum
One ounce light rum
One ounce Cointreau or triple sec
Three ounces pineapple juice
One ounce lychee syrup
Juice of half a lime
One lychee
Combine all the ingredients in a glass. Add ice, stir, and serve. Take a taxicab home.
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Bulawayo City coach Bekithemba 'Super' Ndlovu is set to make an emotional return to Highlanders as one of the assistant coaches to Madinda Ndlovu, it has emerged.
Mandla Mpofu is the other assistant coach.
Ndlovu was elevated to the head of the relegated City technical team after they sacked Amini Soma-Phiri due to poor results but failed to save the club from sinking despite a late charge to survive.
With Madinda set to call it a day from coaching next year, it is believed the club wants Bekithemba to take charge of the team. Madinda recently told the media that he would want a Highlanders son to take over from him when he retires from coaching.
"The club is talking to Super (Bekithemba) and I think the talks are promising and anytime from now you are likely to hear of an official announcement. What is holding back though is the issue of remuneration for Beke because at City I believe his salary is up there and if he was to come to Bosso it means he must be prepared for a salary cut," said a source.
Efforts to contact Highlanders chief executive officer Nhlanhla Dube were fruitless yesterday as his mobile phone was constantly unreachable as well as that of chairman Kenneth Mhlophe.
Ndlovu was assistant coach to Kevin Kaindu at Bosso up to 2014.
He is also the Zimbabwe Under-20 head coach, assisted by Mark Mathe who sources said was likely to replace him at City for their Division One campaign.
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The 2014 Young Women manuals are given a serious makeover from 2013, most of the material involving priesthood and priesthood keys. Really fascinating stuff.
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Lead SA Podcast Series Confronts Racism
South Africans barely had time to recover from 2016 New Year celebrations when KZN realtor, Penny Sparrow took to Facebook and revealed the strong undercurrent of racism still prevalent in the country. In a rant over the litter left on the beach after New Year celebrations, she referred to beach-goers as "monkeys" and subsequently sparked a mass reaction on social media platforms.
The Sparrow debacle was by no means the only racist incident of 2016, but it certainly set the tone and also raised the need to tackle the issue of racism in earnest.
Confronting Racism is a 9-part podcast series hosted by radio personality, Koketso Sachane which unpacked the complex issue of racism and aimed to help South Africans heal and move forward.
We take a look back at the series and the topics that steered the conversation...
Part 1 - What is Racism?
In the first part of the series, Koketso asked the question - What is Racism? In a bid to find the answer he spoke to Kayum Ahmed, a doctoral fellow at Columbia University and Mienke Steytler, a researcher at the SA Institute of Race Relations.
His guest defined racism as viewing oneself as superior to others based on race, but added that racism also needed to be defined in relation to cultural, economic and historical elements.
"One can say that 350 – 400 years ago there were already indications that people were judged according to their race in the settlements around the Cape… We're talking hundreds of years of (institutionalised racism)… generations growing up thinking differently of people who are different from themselves. South Africa is particularly special because of our special history."— Mienke Steytler, SA Institute of Race Relations
"Covert racism takes the form of micro-aggression and can be anything from referring in a derogative way to an individual while paying some sort of compliments like saying 'you speak good English' which is a covert way of saying 'as a black person I don't expect this level of English from you'. Either they don't realise that they are doing this or they are doing it subconsciously. This is what creates tensions within communities in South Africa."— Kayum Ahmed, Columbia University
Part 2 - Dissecting Racism
To understand where are as a country, we need to look back at the relationship between colonialism and Apartheid. While we know that racism has been a constant in South Africa's political and social discourse since colonial times, it is important to unpack how it came into being, how it manifests and how we can deal with it.
Koketso dissects Apartheid with Ron Nixon, Author of _Selling Apartheid; _Richard Freedman, Director at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre and Mokena Makeka, Architect and Owner of Makeka Design Labs.
"The psychology or the psychosis of racism is not merely a cultural phenomena but its also about limiting that races' opportunity to progress economically, culturally or socially."— Mokena Makeka, Makeka Design Labs
"Colonialism is really where we need to start looking at what influences the Apartheid legislation."— Richard Freedman, Cape Town Holocaust Centre
"There are those who will still hold on to those traditions and sometimes try to sanitise what happened, a sort of continuation of that propaganda."— Ron Nixon, Author of 'Selling Apartheid'
Part 3 - District Six, Consequences of Land Lost
2016 marked 50 years since the forced removal of residents from District Six, a inner-city residential area in Cape Town. Koketso and his quests Bonita Bennet, Director of the District Six Museum and former District Six residents, Joe Schaffers and Victoreen Gilbert take a journey back in time to that painful day.
It is easy to dismiss the past as the past, but the impact of the forced evictions of District Six residents is still felt today...
"Are we actually re-traumatizing people by reminding them of what they went through? The significance for us, is that the past really does matter. It is still with us - we are living with it."— Bonita Bennet, District Six Museum
"Where you lived before you were within walking distance to your place of work, the schools, your churches, your recreational areas and the shops. Suddenly uprooted, you're thrown that far away from the city, but your salaries don't increase, your financial burdens increased. The areas where you are thrown into have no shops and you have to travel through different areas to get to the shops.... It became dangerous because you didn't know the area."— Joe Schaffers, Former District Six Resident
Part 4 - The Psychology of Racism
Over 20 years into South Africa's democracy, the question remains on how far the country's citizens have come in terms of reconciliation and addressing the economic and social imbalances of the past. We still continue to deal with the consequences. These consequences can be felt not only politically and socially, but also psychologically.
Psychology as a discipline was very instrumental in legitimizing the idea that white people were superior to black people. Koketso and Dr Shose Kessi, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Cape Town (UCT), delve into the long-term effect of racism and structural Apartheid.
"There is a very close link between how apartheid became legitimized in society and in our minds, and the origins of Psychology as a discipline."— Dr Shose Kessi, University of Cape Town (UCT)
"Often we view emotion and rationality as a separate thing...emotions can give a different understanding to what the issues are."— Dr Shose Kessi, University of Cape Town (UCT)
Part 5 - The Road to Transformation and Reconciliation
Central to transformation and reconciliation is not only to recognise the need for it, but also to understand the process of transformation and reconciliation. What does it involve? Where and how do we begin? This year we have heard the call for transformation in our institutions of higher learning and we are beginning to realise the need for it to spill into broader society, but many still argue that this is not the time, while other have downplayed the issue.
Koketso and his guests, Research Chair in Transformation and Social Change at the University of Stellenbosch, Professor Pumla Gobodo-Mdaikizela and then Stellenbosch University student, Lovelyn Nwadeyi ask the question: is the call for broader transformation valid?
"These 'memories' of the past are known to be passed on from generation to generation... In South Africa we live side by side with people who benefited from Apartheid and so it is imperative for us to engage in the process of dialogue. What is missing is an acknowledgment on a wider scale by those people who benefited from this oppressive past."— Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, University of Stellenbosch
"Part of the challenge is that we have not fully acknowledged what has happened. That expectation that suddenly people must get over things is very problematic, and it's mainstream, it's not a small group of people that say that...our supposed reconciliation or transition process was abnormal, because in what alternate universe does the perpetrator decide the terms of forgiveness."— Lovelyn Nwadeyi
Part 6 - Exploring Our Shared Origins
Two crucial aspects of tackling racism in society is the need to work as a collective and exploring our shared origins. Koketso explored these aspects with Sean Moodley of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, who is also the National Chairperson of the Anti-Racism Network of South Africa (ARNA) and Professor Robert Blumenschine, Chief Scientist of the Paleontological Scientific Trust (P.A.S.T).
"We fully agree that giving this message to youth is very essential, for after all these notions of race are notions that we are conditioned to talk about; we are conditioned to think about human diversity literally in black and white terms, which completely overlooks the rich diversity that we actually have."— Professor Robert Blumenschine, Paleontological Scientific Trust (P.A.S.T)
"The whole conditioning that has taken place in this country... Apartheid conditioned us to a point where we were conditioned to see people as they told us. It was a system that divided us and ruled us and in our little boxes we were conditioned, and so instead of coming out of our boxes we started boxing others."— Sean Moodley, Anti-Racism Network of South Africa
Part 7 - Land and Land Ownership
More than 20 years into our democracy, South Africa still grapples with the issue of land ownership. It is a highly emotive subject in the country and deeply rooted in our history. Many believe that it is central to how we can move forward in addressing the injustices perpetuated in the past.
Koketso confronts the land issue with Associate Professor at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, Ruth Hall and Dr. Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, Chairman of the Department of Developmental Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and Editor-In-Chief of the Africanus Journal of Developmental Studies.
"Land is not just an economic matter, it is cultural, religious, it is everything. When you take land away from the people, you are taking away their dignity, you are taking away their identity."— Dr. Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, University of South Africa (UNISA)
"The returning of that land does not in any way make up for what was lost... More than land has been lost, returning of the land is a relic, it does not by itself restore what was lost..."— Professor Ruth Hall, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies
Part 8 - Propaganda, Media and the Arts
The Apartheid regime used the media and the arts as important cogs in its propaganda machine. Koketso looks back at Apartheid propaganda with political spin doctor, Chris Vick and performance artist, Khanyisile Mbongwa and how media and the arts transitioned into democracy.
"What apartheid did to White people was make them passive-recipients of apartheid propaganda."— Chris Vick
"Art can also make the tragedy that you are dealing with, seem so beautiful when it is not."— Khanyisile Mbongwa
Part 9 - The Economy and Racial Politics
The economy was an important tool the Apartheid government used to instill the racial divides in South Africa. Koketso chats to Economist and Managing Direct at Nascence Advisory and Research, Xhanti Payi and Communications Coordinator at Afrobarometer Network SA, Sibusiso Nkomo about how the economy is still playing a role in race relations in the country.
"The ownership of the economy probably lies with the people with the education levels, but also historically people who have had access all along."— Sibusiso Nkomo, Afrobarometer Network SA
"The first bit of work is to actually change people's attitudes towards black people."— Xhanti Payi, Nascence Advisory and Research
Part 10 - Looking Back. What Have We Learned and Where to from Now?
Koketso recaps the "Confronting Racism" with Dr Shose Khesi, Senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at UCT, and highlights the most defining moments of the series


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7 Reasons Not to Be an Advantage Casino Player
It seems like being a casino advantage player would be the perfect life.
You figure out a way or ways to beat the casinos and make a living gambling. What could be better?
It might sound glamorous and look good from the outside, but is it really as good as advertised?
You can find dozens of books and hundreds of articles about players who�ve been able to make money from the casinos. Many of them make it sound like a romantic way to live your life.
But the truth is that only a small percentage of players are good enough to do it and even the ones that are good at it view much closer to a job than playing games.
Most of the advice and information you read about advantage play is telling you how to do it or why you should do it. I�ve decided to show you some of the things you should know about the other side of the business of advantage play.
Here are 7 reasons not to be an advantage casino player.
1 � The Travel
When you�re living depends on finding casino games you can beat you have to play where the best games are located. You might be able to play in Las Vegas for a while, but you might have to travel to Mississippi or Atlantic City or somewhere else in order to find profitable games.
And a profitable game today might not be profitable tomorrow. You�re always at the mercy of the changing landscape of the gambling world.
Professional advantage players fall into one of three categories. You can find some crossover, but most players are good at one thing. The three main categories are:
- Casino players, who usually focus on blackjack games.
- Poker players.
- Sports bettors.
Depending on your definition, you might not include all three categories when you think about advantage play. But I include anyone who gambles for a living and can show a long term profit. All three of these categories have players who meet this definition.
The only one of the three that doesn�t need to travel to find the best opportunities is a sports bettor. And even they may need to do things in order to get enough money down on a game at the price they want.
Poker players can sometimes find long term profitable games in areas with lots of options like in Las Vegas or Los Angeles, but many of the best games aren�t in these cities. Some of the top professional players spend more time in private games around the globe than in poker rooms.
Casino players can learn to count cards well enough to show a long term edge in blackjack against the casinos or find dealers that show hole cards that can lead to profit in blackjack and other games. A few other techniques can be found, learned, and exploited, like shuffle tracking and edge sorting, but the all have similar problems.
The casinos try to find advantage players and keep them from playing.
Casinos can outright ban the players and / or find out what they�re doing and put measures into place to eliminate the advantage.
This means that card counters can�t play in the same place for too long before the casino figures out what they�re doing. So they have to play short stints and change casinos frequently. This leads to extensive travel.
If you know how to do it you can learn how to spot hole cards dealt by sloppy dealers. These dealers are rare, so you have to play in many casinos to find them. And if the casino figures out a dealer is flashing cards they instantly correct the dealer procedure or fire the dealer.
The bottom line is that most advantage players need to travel a great deal of the time to find profitable games. This takes a toll both physically and mentally, so it�s a definite reason to think twice about becoming a professional advantage player.
2 � The Grind
Even the best advantage players operate with a small edge. This means the must grind out a living over time.
When you have to play many hours for a small consistent profit it�s almost the same as having a job. Think of the similarity between working a job at $20 an hour and playing casino games or poker where you make $20 an hour.
It might seem like gambling is a better and more fun way to make the same amount of money, but when you gamble the rewards aren�t consistent. Some days you might still lose money and these streaks can last for a week or longer.
At least when you work a regular job the money is consistent.
If you play blackjack and count cards the best you can hope for is a profit range of a half a percent to 1%. And even with this you can�t simply sit and play the same place for hours or days straight.
If you can manage to make your average bet $100 and make 100 bets per hour you wager $10,000 per hour. At a half percent edge you win $50 on average per hour.
This sounds pretty good, but the swings can be large like I mentioned above. Some days will be profitable but others will still be losers.
In addition, you might only be able to play an hour or two at one casino before needing to play somewhere else. It eats up your playing time every time you need to move.
The other problem is if your average bet is $100 per hand the pit and surveillance will watch you much closer than a $25 player. This makes it harder to get away with counting cards for long.
If your average bet is only $25, your average hourly profit in the example above is only $12.50.
But what if you�re a good poker player and don�t have to worry about the casino kicking you out?
This depends on how good you really are and how much you can consistently win an hour. But if you can make $10 an hour playing poker, which very few players are good enough to do, you have to play 50 hours a week to make $500.
Even if you can make $20 an hour you have to play 50 hours a week to make $1,000 a week.
Don�t make the assumption you�re good enough to make more than $20 an hour without a long track record of success. The truth is only a small percentage of poker players are good enough to make this much money.
So if you have to play 50 to 80 hours a week to make enough money, is poker going to be fun anymore?
Grinding out a living playing poker may sound like fun if you�re currently playing 10 or 20 hours a week, but if you�re suddenly forced to play three or four times that long it quickly becomes as bad or worse than a job.
3 � The Swings
I�ve already mentioned the swings a couple times, but they�re so important that they deserve their own section.
Even the best advantage players have losing playing sessions and streaks. When you�re working with a mall edge the nature of gambling is that sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.
The mathematical facts that run casino games are such that even players without an edge can win or lose any decision.
This creates a situation where you may be forced to play through a downswing in your bankroll or several hundred or thousands before things turn your way.
This requires a large bankroll and also stands to have a serious impact on your mental state. Can you keep playing the best way even if you seem to be consistently losing?
It�s great when a positive swing hits but negative swings have killed the hopes and dream of many advantage players.
The stress of a losing streak can make you start making poor decisions and question everything you do. The only way to combat this is to completely understand the numbers, be 100% sure your systems works, and have a big enough bankroll to ride out the swings.
You also need to be able to keep enough of your profits in reserve when you have a good run to help cover when you have a down swing.
Once you have a large enough bankroll, and you should never start playing without an adequate bankroll, the rest is a matter of mental toughness.
It�s easy to think you�re tough enough mentally, but when you�re down $10,000 and 800 miles from home things can look quite dark.
Advantage play isn�t for the faint of heart.
4 � Hiding in Plain Sight
If you play poker you don�t usually need to worry about the poker room or casino barring you from playing as long as you don�t cause trouble.
But if you�re a profitable sports bettor or a casino advantage player you need to stay under the radar. If you don�t the sports book or casino will limit your play or refuse to let you play.
Sports books are in the business of making money so they try to identify the few people who can beat them and restrict their wagers. They may refuse to accept your bets or put a cap on the maximum you can lay down on a game or contest.
Most sports bettors can�t do better than 50% in the long run so the books lock in a profit with the vig. But if you�re good enough you can win enough to cover the vig and show a profit.
When this happens you reach a point where you need to be able to get large sums down on games where you have an edge. But the sports books don�t want sharp sports bettors to lay down much money.
To combat this you may need to place bets at many different sports books. You also may need to do this in order to find and take advantage of the best lines.
This can quickly become a problem because you can only travel to so many different sports books. One way that large bettors and betting syndicates get around this is by having others place bets for them.
This practice is illegal in many places, so be careful if you decide to go this route.
Even if you can spread our bets around it can quickly become a tracking an execution nightmare.
If you�re a winning sports bettor you need to figure out a way to do it without the books knowing how good you really are. This means trying to hide in plain sight.
Card counters and other casino advantage players often have an even rougher time of avoiding detection.
Casinos use face recognition software and share information about advantage players. The casinos don�t want to let you play if you can beat them, which keeps them on the lookout for advantage player all of the time.
This is the main reason you need to move around often and only play short sessions.
Many advantage players have tried to use disguises and change their appearance from time to time. The problem is if you�re a great card counter it�s hard to hide from the casinos.
They know what to watch for with betting patterns and player behavior and many casinos have computer programs that can evaluate a certain player�s actions to tell if they�re counting cards.
Card counters have to make large bets when the deck is in their favor, so unless you can back count or use a team counting system it�s hard to avoid detection for long.
Casinos have eliminated back counting in some areas by restricting mid shoe entry into a games.
Blackjack teams can still be profitable if they�re run by a smart leader and have smart players, but it�s getting harder and harder all of the time to run a team for long.
5 � Stress
Stress has been mentioned in earlier sections, but the life of an advantage player is more stressful than fun.
You�re constantly battling to maintain an edge while dealing with travel, the swings, and bankroll issues. You�re always looking for the next opportunity and game and trying to hide from the casinos.
Not many people are cut out for this type of constant stress. It�s often less stressful to work a regular job for money and simply gamble for fun when you�re off of work.
Stress can kill you, or create health and mental issues that are hard to deal with. Stress can lead to alcohol and drug abuse and lead you to poor decisions. The truth is that nothing about stress is good.
Unless you can find a healthy way to deal with it the odds of becoming and staying an advantage player for long are against you.
This doesn�t mean you shouldn�t try to be an advantage player, but you must be prepared for the stress.
But if you don�t deal well with stress now it�s just another reason not to be an advantage player.
6 � Being an Advantage Player is Hard
The main reason the world doesn�t have many advantage players is because it�s hard.
It�s hard to learn how to play poker well enough to beat the game and continually find games that are profitable. Your learning never stops because you have to constantly adjust as your game improves and the games of your opponents changes.
Sports� betting also requires a great deal of study and trial and error. You must constantly be working on building new systems and models and tweaking your old ones. The sports books do a good job of finding holes in their lines and fixing them.
If you beat them they might start tracking your bets to learn what you know, and figure out how to adjust the lines to close your profit opportunities.
You also need to become and stay an expert on the sports you bet on which takes a great deal of time.
Some pari-mutuel betting opportunities are available in the horse and dog racing world, which require constant study of the animals and trainers. You almost need to be present wherever the track is in order to have a hope for a long term edge.
And the track takes a percentage of the total wager pool, kind of like rake in a poker game, so you have to be able to beat the percentage and get enough bets down without moving the odds so much that you lose your profit.
If you play blackjack you have to learn perfect strategy and then learn how to count cards perfectly in a casino. The process isn�t overly hard if you work at it, but playing for money live in a casino can be difficult.
Players who can see hole cards from certain dealers have to practice seeing and identifying a card in a split second and be able to use the information to their advantage without being obvious. And finding and keeping track of sloppy dealers is also difficult.
Figuring out how to be an advantage player is hard, and when you add the fact that you have to be able to do it consistently and not get caught, it�s simply too hard for most people.
7 � No Friends and No Family
While it�s possible to have a family and be an advantage player, it tends to put a great deal of stress on your relationships.
You�ll work odd hours and travel more than most people. Unless your spouse understands and fully supports your work it can quickly lead to problems.
You also end up missing important events in your children�s lives. If a profitable game is running you can�t afford to leave in the middle for a recital or ball game.
Of course many successful business people have the same problems, but most people in your life won�t consider gambling for a living a business, or even a job. Most people will think you play games for a living, and you�ll get judged for being gone all of the time.
You�ll also have a difficult time having many friends. You spend time with some of the same people while you�re working, but the truth is that most of them aren�t more than acquaintances.
When you find a profitable situation you need to take maximum advantage of it which means that you probably don�t want to tell anyone else about it. Being an advantage player often creates a feeling of isolation because everyone you spend time with is trying to find profitable opportunities as well.
This can also lead to paranoia in extreme cases, which is yet another reason advantage play isn�t for everyone.
If you have friends outside of gambling most of them won�t understand what you do. Or even worse, they�ll try to get you to teach them how to do what you do.
You can handle these situations however you think is best, but most of the time it ends poorly. So before you try to help a good friend consider if it�s worth the chance of damaging the friendship.
One way to deal with this is never teach anyone how to be an advantage player unless they pay for your expertise. This makes it a business transaction and usually makes them more likely to follow your advice.
If you have dreams of being a professional advantage player don�t let me stop you. But you need to understand the 7 reasons not to be an advantage casino player so you�re prepared for the bad things that come with it.
You need to make a serious comparison between working a regular job for a living with the downsides of advantage play. For most people, working a regular job and gambling when they�re off offers a more fulfilling life.
Only you can decide what�s best for you. Now you possess enough information to make an educated decision.
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Herbie Hancock likes to surprise us.
Remember when the post-bop stalwart went funk/soul/jazz on "Head Hunters" in 1973? Remember when he went hip-hop/jazz with the 1983 dance-club instrumental smash "Rockit" with its freaky futuristic video? Remember when he got Tina Turner, Norah Jones, Wayne Shorter and others to interpret Joni Mitchell songs in 2007 and won an album-of-the-year Grammy for it?
Well, the jazz keyboard giant has another surprise in the works. A new album that's hard to describe.
"There are a lot of different people from different cultures, different genres, different generations," said the 77-year-old, who plays Friday at the Minnesota Zoo. "I like the idea of expressing music that is designed to show what can happen creatively when we're working together and the beauty of bringing humanity together."
The lineup of collaborators is diverse and deep: enduring rapper Snoop Dogg, "Happy" hitmaker Pharrell Williams, hip versatile bassist Thundercat, tabla master Zakir Hussain and younger jazz stars Robert Glasper, Jamire Williams and Kamasi Washington.
"We're playing some of the pieces we're working on in our live show," said Hancock, who will be joined at the zoo by Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, James Genus on bass, Lionel Loueke on guitar and multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin, who all play on the album, as well.
When he's onstage, Hancock tries not to think but to play.
"The music is like one living being and we're all like fingers playing this imaginary, many-faceted instrument," he explained from his Los Angeles office last week. "You're so focused on being connected to the rise and fall of the music, even the spaces between the notes, the harmonies, the rhythm. Even though that sounds like an intellectual pursuit, the process is more about doing and not so much about thinking."
Crack addiction
The turns and twists in Hancock's long career — he started as a child prodigy playing a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age 11 — have produced some surprises that weren't musical. Such as when he acknowledged his crack addiction in his 2014 memoir, "Possibilities."
"Both my wife and daughter encouraged me to write about it in the book," he said. "I'd been trying to shove that out of my mind like a dark period I wanted to bury. I realized that never works. It's like being in denial.
"Some people have told me they were helped by the book. So I feel good about revealing the truth about what happened in my life as an addict. And I won. I beat it."
Hancock can get all philosophical, which he did during a series of six lectures at Harvard University in 2014. He was appointed to the Norton professorship of poetry, an award that had previously gone to the likes of Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky and John Cage.
"I was talking about the ethics of jazz that are in harmony with being a human being," Hancock explained. "In jazz, we don't judge what each of us plays. We try to make everything work. No matter what anyone plays, we try to make it be part of the music. That's being nonjudgmental. We share ideas, we're not competing with each other. It's really healthy and it's giving and extremely rewarding.
"There's a tendency for artists to feel special because you have a gift," he continued. "So sometimes they put themselves on a pedestal or the audience puts them on a pedestal. The truth is, the most difficult art to master is the art of living. And everyone has to deal with that."
Meeting Miles
Having started classical piano lessons at age 7 in his hometown of Chicago, Hancock began his jazz career in earnest after studying engineering and music at Grinnell College in Iowa. His 1962 debut album for Blue Note, "Takin' Off," featured Hancock's piece "Watermelon Man," which Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaria turned into an instrumental pop hit a year later. (Hancock rerecorded it as a funk piece on "Head Hunters" and it's now become a jazz standard.)
More importantly, the album caught the attention of trumpet star Miles Davis, who invited Hancock to join his new band, known as the second great quintet, featuring saxophonist Shorter and the young rhythm section of bassist Ron Carter and teen drummer Tony Williams.
"The cool thing about Miles is that he didn't want to tell you what to do specifically," Hancock recalled. "He wanted to stimulate you to use your own devices and figure out what to do. So he would do something to start you on a path toward looking for a solution."
Hancock spent five years with Davis while also making albums under his own name and playing on sessions with other bandleaders. In addition, he recorded TV commercials and movie soundtracks, beginning with "Blow Up" in 1966. Hancock has released 41 studio albums under his own name. He has collected 14 Grammys, one Oscar (for 1986's "Round Midnight"), a Kennedy Center Honors (2013) and a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement (2016).
The ever-busy Hancock is a professor at UCLA and creative chair for jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. But he doesn't practice piano every day.
"I chant everyday. Twice a day. I'm a Buddhist. My life isn't just music," he pointed out.
Prince encounters
While Hancock has worked with everyone from pop star Pink and hip-hop superstar Kanye West to classical piano star Lang Lang and guitar god Carlos Santana, he never recorded with Prince. But they did jam together and become friends when Prince lived in Los Angeles in the early '00s. Prince often hosted parties and Hancock would be on the guest list with the likes of Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Penélope Cruz.
"Sometimes I'd bring Joni Mitchell with me. He worshipped her," Hancock said of Prince. "It was a lot of fun to go to Prince's house and play. The place would be rocking out. He loved improvising."
There also were "deep conversations" about religion, philosophy, music or books people read. Sometimes the proceedings would carry on until early morning when the sun was up. And — surprise — they'd have breakfast at Prince's.
"Then," Hancock said, "we'd go home completely tired."


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Dreijer undergoes a sexual awakening on Plunge, and at some points sounds like an alien learning about love and lust for the first time. She's wide-eyed at what she discovers—and what she discovers, she likes. The lyrics are more explicit than usual. Dreijer declares that "I want to run my fingers up your pussy" on the otherwise radio-friendly single "To The Moon And Back," whose video presents its protagonist as the willing sub at a BDSM tea party. She embraces, and then questions, wanting to "feel dirty" on "Falling," a blend of shame and excitement that should be familiar to anyone who's ever dared to venture beyond the norms of sexuality.
Plunge is just as bold in its production. Dreijer reunites with Peder Mannerfelt, who contributed to the first Fever Ray album and whose fingerprints are visible on some of the record's more techno-influenced moments. But Mannerfelt mostly works behind the scenes to reinforce Dreijer's synth leads and rhythmic tics. And where those squiggly melodies and bouncing drums once sounded alien, here the pitch-bending and undulating melodies feel like an expression of the album's human themes.
There are some stylistic diversions from the usual Dreijer sounds. "Red Trails," a song with lyrics like "Blood was our favourite paint / You were my favourite pain," has a beautiful violin solo by Sara Parkman and surprisingly delicate production from Paula Temple (who appears three times on Plunge). And there's "IDK About You," a 160 BPM heart palpitation of a song produced by Nidía. The song expresses the extremes of curiosity, eagerness and reticence you might experience with online dating.
If the feelings on past records could seem impenetrable or odd, the emotional chaos on Plunge is much more representative of the real spectrum of human feeling—when there's no clean line between love and disappointment, lust and hatred, mania and loneliness. "It used to bother me that violence is as intimate as love," Dreijer writes in a note on the Fever Ray website, "but I see that you have resolved that problem by dissolving the two into each other." On Plunge, sex is violence, and violence is sex, just like the sensual, bloody imagery that accompanied the album's rollout.
These themes of queerness and sexuality make Plunge feel remarkably current. They echo those of artists like Arca, SOPHIE and Rabit, producers who express their queerness by altering and transforming sounds into unnatural and sometimes queasy shapes. But it never feels like Dreijer is playing catch-up. Plunge is the natural next step, a realization of impulses that have long lain dormant, or at least unrecognized. Maybe Dreijer was waiting for the rest of the world to catch up to her.
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Andrew Ryce
Tracklist /
01. Wanna Sip
02. Mustn't Hurry
03. A Part Of Us
04. Falling
05. IDK About You
06. This Country
07. Plunge
08. To The Moon And Back
09. Red Trails
10. An Itch
11. Mama's Hand


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Life Lesson 53:
Look for the areas that are out of balance in your life and address those.
I am a champion at shutting down to keep from saying and doing stupid things. I have embarrassed myself enough times by saying or doing stupid things under stress to recognize where this coping shut down strategy came from. But, it is a glaring example of something out of balance. When communication is shut down, part of your life is out of balance.
Today I finally reached out and allowed myself to admit I was more than physically sick over the last couple of weeks. When I did reach out, I received a couple of phone calls. The miracle was that I actually returned the calls and just talking about how bad I felt was therapy. I needed to talk about how I felt with someone who would not judge me, correct me, or think badly of me. It is not easy to admit when I am down, in that my job is writing daily encouragement. I have to remind myself that the reason I started this blog was to help people get through some of the things I go through myself, to help people conquer things I have conquered. If I don't go through anything, then what validity do my thoughts have?
Balance reminds us that life is ongoing, change is ongoing, and no one has arrived at their best self. We can all improve. It is vital that we always strive to be our best selves, but balance it out with giving ourselves permission to keep going after a failure and time to regroup when we need it. Balance is activity and rest, work and play, discipline and reward, laughing and crying, intensity and relaxation. There are some jobs that require intense periods of work such as an emergency room doctor, but there has to be time away to balance it out. Everyone needs time to regroup. Even armies retreat and reform to advance again another day. Give yourself permission to relax now and then, to grieve when you need to, to play when there is an opportunity that does not compromise your values. If you tend to relax and play too much, add hard work and sweat a little. Balance is healthy. If you spend too much time at work, rebalance your time. If your church or friends are the center of you life, but you are married, rebalance. Once in a while we need to take inventory and see where we are. When we do that we see things that are out of place or out of balance and we can make a better decision.
Barefoot and restoring balance,
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