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Ripples from the dark side of the universe
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In this talk, I will review progress in the field of gravitational wave detection from the first days of the aluminium bar detectors to the present time where the laser interferometer detectors Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo have allowed gravitational waves to be detected and are opening up a new field of gravitational multi-messenger astrophysics. Many experimental challenges had to be overcome and new challenges are presenting themselves as we look to further enhance the performance of ground based detectors and look to lower frequencies with the space based detector LISA . Further, the most recent discoveries by the collaboration will be discussed.
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Professor Sir James Hough (Jim) is a graduate of the University of Glasgow where he became Professor of Experimental Physics in 1986 and is the emeritus holder of the Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy. He was Director of the University's Institute for Gravitational Research from 2000 to 2009 and is now Associate Director. His research interests are centred on gravitational wave detection on the ground and in space. Prof Hough was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1991, the Fellowship of the Institute of Physics in 1993, and the Royal Society of London in 2003. For his wide-ranging research and advisory work, Sir James was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours, and a Knighthood in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Galley Kat needs another challenge.
I have enough recipes stashed away for a good 3 years of provisoining ideas.
But there is still more winter at the end of my tolerance.
The other day I stumbled upon an article:
44 Classic French Meals You Need to Try Before You Die…
I've decided to attack these and see how I can modifiy them for basic galley cuisine…
Some may be too ambitious but will have fun trying.
Years ago I was invited to dinner and the host served Coquilles Saint-Jacques.
It was SO good.
And he generously shared his recipe – 4 fulls pages of instruction – so very 'français'.
I reproduced it from time to time and attention to detail made it worth all the effort.
I have since lost the original and once tried to duplicate it for a recent dinner party.
An internet search brought me to one with lots of details and steps – must be the same?
The results were very disappointing – the sauce indistinguishable from a can of Cream of Mushroom soup.
Discouraged, I haven't made it since.
But I think the following recipe is pretty close to what I remember from that first encounter..
succulent scallops, juicy mushrooms in a decadent creamy cheesy sauce.
*R.E.D. Coquilles Saint Jacques
Makes 6 appetizer servings
2 sailor-sized servings
6 sea scallops
1.1 oz dried mixed forest mushrooms
3 small shallots, minced
1 small clove garlic, minced
2 tbsp Gourmet Garden parsley
**1 tbsp tarragon (see Galley Kat note below)
3/4 cup dry Vermouth
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp flour
1/2 cup grated Gruyere cheese
1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
6 scallops shells
Rehydrate the mushrooms in boiling water while you gather the rest of the ingredients.
Drain and rinse mushrooms pressing out excess water.
Chop if some of the pieces are large.
Melt 4 tbsp butter in saucepan and add mushrooms, garlic and 1/2 the shallots.
Cook until softened (10-15 minutes).
Stir in parsley and tarragon, season with salt and pepper
and divide amongst the 6 scallop shells.
Add rest of shallots, bay leaf, vermouth and a healthy pinch of salt.
Bring to simmer and add the scallops.
Now here it becomes tricky:
Once scallops and liquid have returned to simmer I would turn off heat, cover and let stand for 2 minutes.
Scallops cook very quickly
and will continue to cook once placed on the warm mushroom mixture
and when later placed on the barbecue.
You don't want these marvellous sea treasures to turn into hockey pucks.
Remove from liquid and place each on top of mushroom mixture.
Continue to simmer until liquid has been reduced to 1/2 cup.
Set liquid aside.
At this point the Captain should put his glass of wine down and fire up the barbecue.
Add rest of butter to saucepan and stir in flour.
Add the reduced liquid and cream stirring until thickened.
Add cheese, lemon juice and finish with salt and pepper to taste.
If too thick add a bit more cream or vermouth.
Spoon a portion of the cheese mixture over each scallop.
Place scallop shells on the heated barbecue, cover.
When each is nicely browned and bubbly you are ready to serve.
Galley Kat Note:
* This dish was produced using 1 saucepan
(heating the water to rehydrate the mushrooms – I couldn't quite bring myself to use canned buttons mushrooms – and cooking the sauce & scallops).
and the 'cockpit barbecue' (otherwise called the oven broiler until we are back on the water)
After gathering the necessary ingredients the meal was ready to serve in no more than 45 minutes.
** Tarragon was the one ingredient I cheated on
because I had some fresh already in the refrigerator
and the whole leaf garnish dressed it up nicely.
The scallops you ask?…
I imagined docking at a little seaside village,
walking to the local market
and purchasing 6 sea scallops.
Nothing wrong with my imagination.
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A one-fly angler who always travels light
In that immortal angling treatise, The Dry Fly & Fast Water, the late George M. L. La Branche describes the Alexandra, a silver-and-red English wet fly that represents "absolutely nothing in insect life (at least to the eye of man)." Yet, La Branche continues, "Its effect upon trout has been so deadly that it has been suggested by many English anglers that its use should be barred upon some streams."
Today, in the still-simon-pure world of angling for trout with a fly, there are some who would like to see another fly, the Rio Grande King, banned from all trout streams, especially when it is being fished by Richard J. O'Connor. A 52-year-old career bachelor and the regional manager of Sabena Airlines in Denver, O'Connor must be ranked as a superpurist among fly-fishermen, for when this happy Irishman approaches a trout stream, only his 7½-foot tonkin-cane rod and his well-worn hip boots show him to be a fisherman. He carries no creel or net, nor does he wear a fly vest stuffed with boxes of dries, wets, streamers, nymphs and all the other paraphernalia normally associated with fly-fishing for trout. Instead, O'Connor carries only one small Plexiglas box of Rio Grande King Hair Wings—fluffy, nondescript flies that do not resemble, or even imitate, anything in a trout's diet. But on the end of his wispy, 2.5-pound-test tapered leader, this no-account fly (O'Connor thinks it looks more like an "old reprobate, or maybe a miniature skunk," than anything else) has accounted for thousands of big trout in a wide range of waters throughout the world—Colorado's South Platte, the Test. England's famous chalk stream and the venerable Beaverkill in New York, to name but a few.
"I've had so much success with the Rio Grande King over the years that it's really embarrassing," O'Connor says. "I lay no claim to being a better fly-fisherman [he is, of course, an expert in the art]. I use the fly in size 10 or 12, which is fairly big, and fish it either wet or dry, but always with a floating line. It is not superior to any other pattern. It's really just a glump fly."
Actually, O'Connor uses a variation of the Rio Grande King with short hair wings (flytiers call it a trude fly). It is tied with a black chenille body, dark brown hackle, golden pheasant tail and tufts of white calf or deer hair for wings. "It is not a wild color pattern like the Parmachene Belle," says O'Connor, "or a match-the-hatch like the Ginger Quill or the Green Drake. But I like it because I can follow it easily in the water and I think that trout can see it better than a lot of other patterns."
The exact origin of the Rio Grande King is uncertain. One trout-fly historian says it is really a Black Coachman which someone "promiscuously" renamed the Rio Grande King. In the past two seasons, O'Connor has bought 76 dozen Rio Grande Kings from Dan Bailey, the flytier from Livingston, Mont., who makes up the hair-wing variation especially for O'Connor. Bailey thinks the fly may have originated in Colorado. "What I do know for certain," Bailey says, "is that it resembles nothing more than the fancy of the flytier and the fisherman. I have no idea why trout would fall for it, except that in O'Connor's case, it is being fished by a very skilled man." O'Connor first used the Rio Grande King on the Musconetcong River in Beatyestown, N.J. when be was 12. "I don't remember whether I found it in my dad's fly box or bought it at the local tackle store," he says. "But I caught trout on it, and I've used it everywhere since. Like on the chalk streams in England. I fished at least a dozen times on several of these waters during the war. It was rough fishing. You often have, as on the Test, a pure white-chalk bottom, and the trout there are terribly spooky. But the Rio Grande King produced just as well as the classic English patterns used by my hosts."
Then there was the day several years ago when O'Connor fished the Gunnison in Colorado during the willow-fly hatch. For three hours in the morning, he impaled live willow flies on a bare hook and caught a bunch of trout. For three hours in the afternoon he used the Rio Grande King and caught another bunch of trout. That evening in a café, he listened to other fishermen discussing the merits of willow-fly imitations turned out by various flytiers. "I was not about to put in my two cents' worth," O'Connor recalls. "I mean, there I was, fishing this old reprobate right in the middle of one of the most famous stone-fly hatches in the U.S.—and catching as many trout as everyone else."
O'Connor thinks this experience (and many others like it) proves a point about fishing mayfly hatches. "There is great satisfaction in the mystique of precisely matching the hatch and catching trout," he admits. "And who could begrudge the fisherman who gets a boot out of collecting hundreds of fly patterns, whether he catches fish on them or not. But I fish for big, hungry trout. So let's say there is a big hatch of black gnats—or green drakes, quill gordons or anything else—on the water. Now even with a perfect imitation, what chance do I have of catching a good fish when I'm competing with 20,000 of the real thing? A sizable trout sees all these bits and crumbs coming at him and then he sees a good-size hunk of meat—the old Rio Grande King. More often than not, he'll take the meat."
The very success he has enjoyed with the Rio Grande King has bugged O'Connor for a long time. So a few years ago he conducted several experiments. In one he filled a fish tank with water and put a mirror on the bottom, suspending two miner's headlamps, waterproofed with paraffin, in the tank to simulate the sun. Then he took some dry and wet flies—Rio Grande King, Grey Hackle, Grey Hackle Yellow, Royal Coachman and several other bright patterns—put them in the water and looked down in the mirror. "Now I'm not color blind," says O'Connor, "but all I saw were grays, blacks and variations of the two. The conditions, I figure, were roughly the same as they would be on a sunny day when a trout has strong light shining down into its eyes."
Suspecting that trout may be "color confused," O'Connor made another experiment. He bought tablecloths in red, orange, blue, yellow and white and tested the reactions of trout to them at a trout hatchery in Colorado. Mrs. Evelyn Seaman, wife of a fisheries biologist, wrapped a tablecloth around her shoulders—completely covering herself in front—and walked slowly down between the rows of trout tanks. O'Connor stood at the opposite end of the tanks, out of sight, and observed. "At both hatcheries," says O'Connor, "the only reactions from the trout came from red and orange. The fish immediately became uneasy, scurrying around and swimming away from Evelyn."
What do either of his experiments prove? "I haven't the faintest idea," O'Connor admits whimsically. "It may show that certain colors bring out certain reactions in trout. But I still don't know whether the attraction of the Rio Grande King to trout lies in its form or in its color, or both, or neither."
To be perfectly honest about the whole thing, the reason that the Rio Grande King attracts trout—at least for O'Connor—is that he is a master of the "precise presentation," which involves the accurate reading of a piece of trout water, the stealthy stalk (O'Connor often makes a crawling stalk, which explains why his hip boots are always worn through at the knees), the pinpoint cast and the feel for setting the hook at just the right instant. O'Connor has one more thing going for him, according to Cal Queal, the former outdoor editor of The Denver Post. "He talks to the fish," says Queal. "Sometimes soothingly, sometimes endearingly, sometimes with quiet but finely articulated profanity. I am not absolutely certain, but I suspect he intimidates fish...."
These days O'Connor does most of his intimidating of trout on two sections of leased water (17 miles of stream in all) located two hours by car from downtown Denver. To protect O'Connor from poachers (and me from O'Connor and the seven other Denverites who share the cost—about $365 a year per man—of fishing these trout-rich waters) it can only be said that 1) both leases are on the South Platte River, which winds through lovely Alpine-basin country in the Rocky Mountains, and that 2) both leases support wild and stocked strains of browns, rainbows and brookies.
The fishing is purely sensational. "We can afford to set our standards pretty high," O'Connor admits. "We allow only dry and wet flies, strictly for empirical reasons, and we think that to qualify as a fish, a trout must be at least 12 inches. This means that when one of us says he hooked and played 30 trout in a day—and that happens frequently—he has caught 30 trout over 12 inches, at least half of which are in the 2½-to-5 pound category, with maybe one or two even bigger. Of course, we are spoiled. It is not everywhere that a man can count on catching several trout a year well over five pounds and then put them back. At the risk of sounding maudlin, damn it, there is a special sense of pride in releasing a trout that big."
The biggest of the big trout, naturally, are not released. Thus it was on one of the leases, a narrow, 4½-mile stretch of water meandering through lush hay meadows, that O'Connor caught, on October 6, 1963, four brown trout weighing a total of 36 pounds 15 ounces—on the Rio Grande King. The biggest brown was a hook-jawed male that weighed 13 pounds five ounces.
"I saw the female first on a gravelly spawning bed," O'Connor recalls. "I made five casts before she spooked off. But I knew the old man had to be hiding nearby under the cutbank. So I started throwing the fly blind and letting it sink just under the surface as it drifted close by the cutbank. Suddenly there was an audible glub. I couldn't see the fly, but I set the hook anyway and he was on. The fight lasted 40 minutes and he took me straight downstream for a half mile. When I finally got my hand in his gills and dragged him up onto the bank, I reached into my shirt pocket for a cigarette. The whole pack was like putty. Then I felt water pouring out of my boots. I had been in up to my chest without realizing it."
It was not the biggest trout O'Connor has ever conned with the Rio Grande King. Several years before, on the same stretch of water, he hooked an unbelievable brown that he estimated at 18 to 20 pounds. But before O'Connor could collect himself, the trout had almost stripped his reel. As O'Connor tried to head the fish off, he tripped and fell in a boggy place. The leader parted a few seconds later.
O'Connor still insists that there is nothing supernatural about the Rio Grande King. "If there is a message here," he says, "it is that the old reprobate produces well for me because I fish more than the next guy. Furthermore, I don't fool around changing flies. I keep this one in the water all the time, and that's where you catch trout. There is one more thing. With apologies to all the match-the-hatch fanatics, a trout has a brain roughly the size of a pea. So how much can he really know?"


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We're on the verge of a huge commodities boom.
Fundamentals for metals, energy, agricultural products, and industrials like iron ore are primed for takeoff.
And I'm positive that the end of the U.S.-China trade war will launch them into the next supercycle.
As I outlined over the last several months, the trade war's end is a near-certainty – and it's going to kick commodities into overdrive.
I even had a date – November 17. That was when President Trump and Chinese President Xi were scheduled to meet at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the South American nation of Chile.
It would have been the perfect time to announce a trade deal. We all know President Trump loves big shows, and the APEC summit is one of the biggest on Earth.
But that big event got interrupted by an even bigger one.
Chile imploded. A million protesters took to the streets of the capital, Santiago. Things turned violent. A good chunk of the government was forced to step down.
Chile's government canceled the APEC summit due to the riots. It was an incredibly drastic move. But officials didn't want the world showing up to find Santiago burning.
I want to be clear… The fact that the APEC summit was canceled in no way affects my call on the end of the trade war.
In fact, for reasons I'll outline below, the unrest in South America is only making me more bullish on commodities… and on one metal in particular…
Let me explain, starting with the trade war…
The Trade War Is About Politics
The end of the trade war will be a huge catalyst for commodities. And I'm convinced there is an announcement coming – we just don't know exactly when or where.
I suspect it will be very soon. That will give President Trump almost a full year to tout his "win" to the electorate.
Truth is, I don't think Trump really cares about the trade war with China. I don't think this is the molehill he wants to die on.
But he knows it's putting enormous pressure on U.S. farmers, for example… who are a huge voting bloc. So imagine if he can step in, right as they're ramping up election season, and say, "Hey, we've solved the problem. China is good. Exports are back on."
The boost in popularity would be notable. I mean, I don't see why he wouldn't do that.
Probably, the announcement will come at the next high-profile event where the U.S. and China come together.
As we go to press, Bloomberg is reporting that Trump has signed off on a "phase-one" deal with China. The U.S. will scrap plans to add tariffs on $160 billion worth of Chinese goods, and in exchange, China will buy more agricultural goods from the U.S.
This is a positive sign. And no matter what kind of final deal they eventually hammer out, the end of this conflict will propel metals prices higher. Because worries about the trade war are the biggest thing holding commodities back right now.
Here's the thing: The performance of industrial metals is linked to economic growth. The trade war has made investors skittish on the world economy. So whenever metals like copper or zinc try to rally higher (which the fundamentals say they should), investors sell into the strength.
Once the trade war's over, it'll be off to the races for these key metals. Investors will be euphoric about the global economy again. Combine that 180-degree turn in sentiment with strong fundamentals for metals like copper – and you've got an explosive setup.
And speaking of copper, there's something else you need to know…
Uncorking the Champagne Bottle
Getting back to the implosion of Chile… Let me add some more fuel to this commodities boom fire.
The uprisings in Chile are even bigger news. That's because the country is, by far, the world's No. 1 producer of a critical industrial metal: copper.
Chile supplies nearly 30% of the world's copper.
Could the riots affect production? You bet.
Workers at Chile's Escondida copper mine – the single largest source of copper on Earth – already launched "sympathy" work stoppages in support of their comrades rioting in other South American countries, like Argentina.
Now, remember: The U.S.-China trade war is going to end soon.
That's going to vaporize, overnight, the wall of worry weighing on base metals. It will be like uncorking a bottle of champagne.
Now just picture what happens if the trade war ends and the world's largest copper nation implodes at the same time.
Investors will trample each other to buy copper companies.
The riots are going to be very tough for Chileans. But it's critical to recognize the impact beyond the country. How Chile's copper sector goes, the world copper price goes.
I believe that this trend in copper is setting up one of the biggest opportunities in junior stocks.
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Copper buyers and producers are both kicking into overdrive. I expect it won't be long until investors do as well.
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Decentralised wastewater recycling systems: development of an electronic decision support tool for new residential developments
Jamieson, Shaun (2006) Decentralised wastewater recycling systems: development of an electronic decision support tool for new residential developments. Honours thesis, Murdoch University.
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Decentralised wastewater recycling approaches can reduce the use of valuable potable water for inapt applications such as irrigation. As Perth has a high irrigation demand and its water supplies are currently under threat, encouragement of this more efficient approach is required.
Appropriate technology choice is needed to ensure that the social, economic and environmental factors are considered in a decentralised wastewater recycling system. As there many technologies available, choosing the right approach can be complex and time consuming to the point where it potentially discouraging to the involved parties.
In order to overcome the technology selection difficulties an electronic decision support tool (EDST) was developed. It incorporates a range of wastewater recycling solutions, ranging from composting toilet systems to large residential sized treatment plants. The EDST includes a technology type selection process that relies on a detailed algorithm progression to determine the most appropriate wastewater recycling solution. The tool also includes a product database to provide a list of commercially available products for the recommended treatment types.
The EDST demonstrates the ability to simplify the wastewater recycling system selection process. It can provide the user with many wastewater recycling solutions, although, similar to most decision support tools there is a capacity for improved precision within the selection process.
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A remarkable arson dog, whose nifty nose earned dozens of arson convictions, was named New York's top fraud fighter for 2016. Scooter, a trained yellow Labrador Retriever had a memorable 10-year career before passing away in October 2016. She investigated several hundred fires with the Rockland County Sheriff's Department. She also worked cases for adjacent counties.
Her longtime handler, Det. Doug Lerner, recently accepted the Fraud Fighter of the Year award posthumously from the New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud. The Alliance comprises more than 100 insurers combating insurance crime by educating New Yorkers about fraud's high costs to consumers throughout the state.
A rescue dog, Scooter, joined the Rockland County fire unit in 2006. She and Lerner were inseparable in teaming to investigate fires. Arson dogs such as Scooter can smell 100,000 times better than humans. She could discover tiny amounts of gasoline or other firestarter amid piles of blackened ruins. Her evidence proved crucial in helping earn arson and insurance fraud convictions, said Alliance chair Jim Berrigan, in presenting the award.
Scooter's evidence led to dozens of convictions. Many involved homes or other buildings burned for insurance schemes. The conviction rate is four times higher for law enforcement departments with canine crime fire fighters. Discovered in a Chicago, Ill., dog shelter, Scooter graduated from a rigorous national training program to become a certified arson dog. Only about one in 10 canines graduate. Most are Labrador Retrievers. Their keen noses and inquisitive, outgoing personalities make them natural fits for scouring rubble for clues.
Scooter also helped teach school kids about fire safety.
The training of Scooter and her handler was funded by a grant from State Farm.
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Each day in the Great Bear Rainforest is different from the next but here is a little bit of an idea of what you might expect your experience to look like
Every day at Spirit Bear Lodge is unique, we visit many diverse and awe-inspiring locations in search of wildlife.
Tours vary depending on recent wildlife sightings, guest interests, and weather. Some days could be spent waiting patiently in one river system for wildlife to appear, while others could involve visiting several locations.
Kitasoo Xai'xais culture is integrated into each day through spending time with local guides, visiting cultural sites, and learning the history of the Kitasoo/Xai'xais people. Our staff share their intimate knowledge of traditional foods, medicinal plants, and stories passed down through generations.
Please note we do have a minimum age requirement of 12 years old to partake on our adventure packages.
Our goal is to deliver a transformative experience through complete immersion in nature by sharing our appreciation for the Great Bear Rainforest.
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- Pacific Coastal Airlines scheduled flight Vancouver to Bella Bella
- You are met and assisted with a van transfer to the Bella Bella town docks
- Our boat awaits, this is where your adventure begins!
- Search for wildlife on your way to Spirit Bear Lodge for an afternoon arrival
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We were two lost Americans living in London. Our soccer coach had sent us across the world to visit a nation that was interested in soccer in a big way. Well actually the guys in England didn't call it soccer most knew of it as football. But for now as I and my mate Mark tell you a little about why we were lost you might get off on our misfortune… or fortune depending on how you look at it.
The guys down at the Luton Town are pretty cool guys to hang out with. Some of their initiations are kind of strange but all in all they are ok.
Ok so you are going to ask what the strange initiation sessions we've had to go through since arriving at our new club for a few months. Well let me tell you I have seen Mark with his head buried in a pile of smelly socks, I had one guy slip his pants over my head and I had to sit breathing in the pungent fumes of a guys sweat after a hard game.
So you see some of the things we were initiated into just because we were sent to learn the English way. But we were assured that there really were guys in the US and other countries who loved the different smells of socks, kits and shoes. Well so far we haven't had to smell these guy's shoes. I had a feeling that perhaps they were going to organize something like that on our behalf but for now… we were doing ok.
I have to admit that Mark and I kind of liked being the guys who were forced to smell their sweaty attire. But for some reason every time the guys invited us out somewhere we wondered what was going to happen next.
The coach had been tough on us all every night at training and the captain, Martin Sleuther suggested we all go out on a night on the town. They'd show us the sights and he was sure that Mark and I would have a screaming good time. It wasn't going to be the usual pub crawl we were going to see the highlights.
It was recommended we wear casual gear because one never knows where one will end up, he said to us. Now you'd think warning bells would be ringing like Big Ben when it chimes, well guess what we must have been a little naïve thinking they would not take us to places like they did,
Mark and I chatted about the sock sessions and the time that I had the shorts over my head for what seemed like an hour or more to get used to the smell. We just had this feeling but we didn't want to admit it to anyone. Anyway there was a toot from an old English taxi outside and Martin had his head out the window telling us to pull our fingers out and get a move on.
For a moment I felt a little horny and wished he had his finger inside me…
Mark hurried us out the door and we were off. In the back of our mind we knew this wasn't going to be a pub crawl but Martin and crew took us to one of the trendiest looking pubs in the whole of London. It looked pretty flash.
Once inside Martin told us to leave it to him and he'd look after us. Ok so warning bells should have been ringing right? Nah, we were so hyped up about the night that we let our hair down and were willing to be led to wherever we ended up.
After would you believe shepherds pie that was covered in mash and sloppy peas and a pint or two, Martin believe that Mark and I were ready for our special treat. A few of the guys stayed behind while Martin and Jack led us to this mysterious looking building right next door.
It looked almost like a brothel from the outside but when we walked inside there was this cute guy on reception. Now don't get me wrong, Mark is straight as they come and I'm a little bi-curious but both of us thought this guy was ok. Martin broke our train of thought for a moment…
"Guys, we know we've been pretty mean to you getting you to smell our sox and all, well now we have a treat just for you… It will be something that you will remember for a long time! Now Jack and I will leave you for a bit, but we won't be far away. Simon here will look after you, won't you Simon…"
"Sure Martin, I'll look after them… the sauna is ready for them now. I'll be glad to show them to their special treat."
"Great, well Mark, Jeremy… we'll be right next door if you need us… enjoy yourselves!"
Hmm that look on his face once again should have been a warning, but this guy, Simon was so cute. Mark and I followed him like a puppy dog, into the lift and up to the 4th floor. You could feel the heat coming from the rooms, it was incredible…
Simon led us through a maze of rooms filled with steam. Between each room was a pool where we could go to cool off. Our treat was a sauna… The name on all the doors read Sauna Temptation.
He opened one door and let Mark slip inside, telling him that the instructions were on the door behind him when he closed it. There was also a small cubicle where he could leave his clothes.
Simon opened the door next to the one Mark had gone into. But this time Simon followed me in and showed me where the cubicle was and other things to help my stay. He also mentioned that while Mark and I were in the sauna we'd receive a massage like no other.
I felt so comfortable with Simon and wondered how Mark was doing. But I didn't really get the chance to think of him for a bit because once I was out of my clothes Simon had me up on a massage table and was proceeding to give me a rub down.
I'd like to make a note here that I was naked, totally naked in front of this guy and it didn't worry me in the slightest. Like I said I felt very comfortable with him.
But then things started happening. The table was made in a way that my cock was able to slip down a hole while I lay flat on my stomach. That was ok… it meant that I wasn't too uncomfortable if my cock started to grow from the gentle touch of Simon's hands on my body.
Hmmm Simon's hands…. They felt so good. He massaged my feet brilliantly. He was such a true professional, rubbing them, massaging them… touching them, until I realised I was starting to get a bit horny.
Well not just a bit. I was feeling too damn horny and I couldn't touch myself to help the issue. Instead I lay there letting him rub me up and down.
Then I felt it…
The table lowered a little. My feet were at groin height and Simon was rubbing himself against my feet. I felt him clasp my feet in his hands and somehow managed to push them together with his cock in between.
He was fucking my feet. I could feel his cock against my naked soft flesh. Soft from the steam. I couldn't turn around to move, I lay there enjoying it. For a moment I thought I heard the door open behind us and was sure I felt a little rush of cool air… but no… I was then sure I hadn't. I went back to enjoying the sensations as Simon used my feet to stroke his cock.
I could hear myself moaning, from the increased tension in my balls and cock for which I could do nothing about but then, I felt it.
It wasn't Simon because he had my feet in his hands and his cock between my feet. There was someone else in the room with us. A strange smell drifted past my nose when finally something happened…
A sock was shoved up against my nose, it was rank… it stank, it had a god awful smell about it, but I breathed it in just as I felt someone sucking my cock into their mouth. The feeling was incredible, un-describable and unbelievable.
My feet were being sensually touched by a guy, I was enjoying the pungent odour coming from one of the lad's socks and my cock was being by an unknown cock sucker.
I couldn't help myself. My head was light, my mind was above everything, I tried to focus on one sensation but with them all together it was all too much. I heard Simon scream as he came shooting his hot cum all over my feet. For a moment there was a stillness as he stopped, but suddenly his mouth closed over my toes, he sucked them into his mouth before licking up his cum from my feet.
That was it, I'd had it… The mouth on my cock worked its magic sucking me into his mouth deeper as I shot my load down his throat. I breathed deeply, enjoying the smell of someone's feet while Simon continued to lick mine.
For a brief moment I thought about Mark and wondered if he had enjoyed his sauna temptation as much as I had.
The End


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A judge who's being investigated by the Brooklyn district attorney's office has been ordered to repay his elderly aunt $163,000 – money that disappeared from her bank accounts.
Michael Garson "had a duty to account for the monies he withdrew from his aunt's accounts … The court concludes that Justice Garson has breached his fiduciary duty in that he has failed to account for the funds at issue," Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Walter Tolub wrote in a decision released yesterday. "Accordingly, Justice Michael Garson is directed to return $163,000 to the guardian for the property of Ms. [Sarah] Gershenoff."
Garson's lawyer, Barry Elisofon, said his client would appeal the ruling.
Gershenoff is the 91-year-old aunt of Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Michael Garson and his cousin, Brooklyn Judge Gerald Garson, who was indicted on bribery charges earlier this year. The cousins took over Gershenoff's financial affairs in 1997, while Gerald Garson's wife, Brooklyn Judge Robin Garson, started taking care of her personal needs.
"From March of 1997 through December of 2000, the Garson family withdrew over $600,000 from Ms. Gershenoff's accounts. Roughly $350,000 of these funds were 'gifted' to Garson family members. The balance of these funds, after deducting verifiable expenses, amounts to roughly $163,000," which represents "withdrawals and reimbursements for which no documentation exists," Tolub wrote.
Michael Garson maintains he spent that money and more on his aunt's living expenses, including $70 a day on food. Garson had little to back up his claims, however, alleging his receipts were either stolen by another cousin or are in the possession of the families of his former accountant and the former court evaluator on the case, both of whom died.
Garson also "admittedly kept no records of cash payments made on behalf of or to his aunt," Tolub noted. He said all those factors made it impossible for him to determine how much of the cash actually went to Gershenoff, and that, therefore, Garson has an obligation to pay it all back.
Tolub's decision also didn't deal with the $350,000 "gifting" issue, because Gershenoff's guardian, Robert Kruger, didn't ask him to.
The Brooklyn DA's office is looking into whether there was anything illegal with the way Gersonoff's accounts were emptied.


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Two representation theorems and their application to decision theory Chew, Soo Hong
This dissertation consists of two parts. Part I contains the statements and proofs of two representation theorems. The first theorem, proved in Chapter 1, generalizes the quasilinear mean of Hardy, Littlewood and Poly by weakening their axiom of quasilinearity. Given two distributions with the same means, quasilinearity requires that mixtures of these distributions with another distribution in the same proportions share the same mean, regardless of the distribution that they are mixed with. We weaken the quasilinearity axiom by allowing the proportions that give rise to the same means to be different, This leads to a more general mean, denoted by M[sub=αФ], which has the form: M[sub=αФ] = Ф⁻¹(ʃ[sub=R] αФF/ʃαdF), where α is continuous and strictly monotone, a is continuous and strictly positive (negative) and F is a probability distribution. The quasilinear mean, denoted by M[sub=Ф], results when the a function is constant. We showed, in addition, that the M[sub=αФ] mean has the intermediate value property, and can be consistent with the stochastic dominance (including higher degree ones) partial order. We also generalized a well known inequality among quasilinear means, via the observation that the M[sub=αФ] mean of a distribution F can be written as the quasilinear mean of a distribution F[sup=α], where F[sup=α] is derived from F via a as the Radon-Nikodym derivative of F[sup=α] with respect to F. We noted that the M[sub=αФ] mean induces an ordering among probability distributions via the maximand, ʃ[sub=R] αФF/ʃαdF, that contains the (expected utility) maximand, ʃ[sub=R] αФF, of the quasilinear mean as a special case. Chapter 2 provides an alternative characterization of the above representation for simple probability measures on a more general outcome set where mean values may not be defined. In this case, axioms are stated directly in terms of properties of the underlying ordering. We retained several standard properties of expected utility, namely weak order, solvability and monotonicity but relaxed the substitutability axiom of Pratt, Raiffa and Schlaifer, which is essentially a restatement of quasi-linearity in the context of an ordering. Part II of the dissertation concerns one specific area of application decision theory. Interpreting the M[sub=αФ](F) mean of Chapter 1 as the certainty equivalent of a monetary lottery F, the corresponding induced binary relation has the natural interpretation as 'strict preference' between lotteries. For non-monetary (finite) lotteries, we apply the representation theorem of Chapter 2. The hypothesis, that a choice agent's preference among lotteries can be represented by a pair of α and Ф functions through the induced ordering, is referred to as alpha utility theory. This is logically equivalent to saying that the choice agent obeys either the mean value (certainty equivalent) axioms or the axioms on his strict preference binary relation. Alpha utility theory is a generalization of expected utility theory in the sense that the expected utility representation is a special case of the alpha utility representation. The motivation for generalizing expected utility comes from difficulties it faced in the description of certain choice phenomena, especially the Allais paradox. These are summarized in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 contains the formal statements of assumptions and the derivations of normative and descriptive implications of alpha utility theory. We stated conditions, taken from Chapter 1, for consistency with stochastic dominance and global risk aversion and derived a generalized Arrow-Pratt index of local risk aversion. We also demonstrated how alpha utility theory can be consistent with those choice phenomena that contradict the implications of expected utility, without violating either stochastic dominance or local risk aversion. The chapter ended with a comparison of alpha utility with two other theories that have attracted attention; namely, Allais' theory and prospect theory. Several other applications of the representation theorems of Part I are considered in the Conclusion of this dissertation. These include the use of the M[sub=αФ] mean as a model of the equally-distributed-equivalent level of income (Atkinson, 1970), and as a measure of asymmetry of a distribution (Canning, 1934). The alpha utility representation can also be used to rank social situations in the sense of Harsanyi (1977). We ended by pointing out an open question regarding conditions for comparative risk aversion and stated an extension of Samuelson's (1967) conjecture that Arrow's impossibility theorem would hold if individuals and society express their preferences by von Neumann-Morgenstern utility functions.
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell's words—and her decision to slash the last $66,000 that kept the Older Youth Walk-In Program alive—resonated through the Y on Howe Street as Terry McCarthy prepared plans to shut down the popular program for 12-20 year-olds on Dec. 31 unless she can find a last-minute savior.
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1. July 2020
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The University of Southern California School of Architecture and Getty Research Institute have announced the joint acquisition of the archive of architect Paul Revere Williams, "the most significant African American architect of the 20th century."
Although Paul R. Williams (1894–1980) was not recognized with the AIA Gold Medal in his lifetime, he was given the highest honor from the American Institute of Architects posthumously, in 2017. Since then more attention has been directed toward Williams and his buildings, such as with the documentary film, Hollywood's Architect, and now the news of his sizable archive going to two Southern California institutions.
Born in Los Angeles in 1894, Williams graduated from the USC School of Architecture and in 1921 became the first registered African American architect west of the Mississippi. Williams had a portfolio of nearly 3,000 buildings across five decades, with most of the realized buildings located in Southern California. Numerous houses for such Hollywood stars as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Lon Chaney, and Frank Sinatra led Williams to be called "the architect to the stars."
Karen Elyse Hudson has maintained her grandfather's archive and written numerous books devoted to him, including The Will and the Way: Paul R. Williams, Architect and Paul R. Williams: Classic Hollywood Style. A fire during the LA riots in 1992 destroyed many of Williams' office records, but the latest news reveals that his drawings, stored elsewhere, remained intact. Per a press release, the archive going to USC and the Getty is large: approximately 35,000 plans, 10,000 original drawings, blueprints and project diazotypes, hand-colored renderings, vintage photographs, correspondence, and other materials.
At USC, the Paul Williams Archive Initiative will be a central feature of the forthcoming USC Center for Architecture + City Design, which aims to link "archival work on the design of cities with scholars and designers working on contemporary issues that engage architecture, conservation urbanism and social practice." At the Getty Research Institute the archive will be a cornerstone of its African American Art History Initiative (AAAHI), which launched in 2018. While USC and the Getty are co-owners of the archive, it will be housed at Getty. The materials, which are described as "in excellent condition," will be processed, conserved, and eventually digitized, making them widely accessible to scholars.


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Pure Japan
Learn the art of sumo, dine with a mysterious trainee-Geisha & meditate in a temple with monks
Pure Japan
Unique Experiences
Stay overnight in a temple with Buddhist monks, dining with them and joining them for their morning prayers
Where We Stay
Shukubo, Koyasan
About your trip
Loud, quiet. Built-up, untouched. Spectacularly modern, yet imbued with the magic of ancient history. Japan has many faces – so, where to start?
Enter Flash Pack. Let us show you – in just eight days – the Japan we know you'll love.
On this immersive adventure, you'll get to see the iconic sights, like neon-lit Shibuya and the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, but it'll be those hard-to-find experiences that leave the biggest impression. Like access to a secretive Sumo stable, where you'll watch fighters in training before eating lunch with a real wrestler. Or staying overnight at a Buddhist temple, being cooked for by the monks that live there.
In a little over a week, you'll master the art of ramen and sushi making. You'll find yourself at a private dinner in Kyoto, being entertained by a trainee-Geisha, and you'll experience the quiet, meditative beauty of a Japanese tea ceremony. There'll be sake, kimonos and karaoke, and, as always, a series of beautiful hotels.
The best of Japan in eight days? Let's do this.
What's Included
- Max 14 travellers per group
- Exclusively for people in their 30s & 40s
- Carbon footprint
- Local guide tips
- All activities mentioned on the itinerary
- 8 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 6 dinners
- Hand-picked 3-4 star hotels & traditional ryokan
- Your own room in Tokyo. Other accommodation in twin rooms.
- Bullet Train & Minibus (for luggage)
- We offset your carbon emissions
- Tips for the guide
- Experienced Pack Leader with you throughout the trip
Flashpackers are required to produce proof of COVID-19 vaccination 30 days before departure. Remember, flights aren't included and prices are based on sharing a twin room. If you'd like to upgrade to a single room, you can add this during the booking process or by contacting our Customer Experience team
Your Itinerary
Day 01 Find Osaka's best food
Welcome to Osaka – Japan's foodie capital and a city that feels quintessentially Japanese thanks to its bright lights and bustling streets. Landing in the afternoon, you'll transfer to the eclectic Moxy hotel in the heart of the city. Having met and gotten to know your group here, with each of you buzzing on that 'first day in Japan' adrenaline (it's a thing, trust us…) you'll then be taken on a real under-the-skin food tour. Led by a local who knows exactly where to find authentic, age-old dishes, you'll visit small restaurants and food carts alike – trying everything from okonomiyaki to wagyu beef. Osaka is a city that really comes to life at night, so you might be tempted to stay out exploring once your immersive tour is over. Your personal guide will be on hand to let you know exactly where the locals are going to party the night away.
Day 02 A night in a temple & hot water bathing
Today, the extent of Japan's multifariousness will come to life as you swap the loud, brash modernity of Osaka for quiet natural beauty in Koyasan. Forested and mountainous, Koyasan is considered one of the holiest sites in the country thanks to its endless temples and monasteries. You'll be spending the night here at a temple, dining and praying with the temple's resident monks, as well as bathing in a Shukubo communal hot water bath (if you're willing…nakedness is mandatory, and each bath is single-sex). Your time here will be back to basics in that you'll be sleeping on a traditional tatami mat and encouraged to seek out the simple pleasures to be found in nature and prayer. Expect simple yet delicious vegetarian food, cooked for you by the monks, with all ingredients changing with the seasons.
Day 03 A meditative tea ceremony & Geisha dinner
Wake early and join your generous hosts at their morning prayers, learning how to meditate properly and all about their way of life. Then, it'll be on to Kyoto. Kyoto is a world of its own, where lamp-lit alleyways offer glimpses of geisha disappearing into hidden doorways and ancient townhouses open onto carefully curated gardens. Your first experience here will be a beautiful private tea ceremony. Enchanting and meditative, the whole experience feels very mindful, a perfect continuation of your stay in Koyasan. Later, you'll sit down to your private kaiseki (traditional multi-course dinner) at the atmospheric Ganko Nijoen. An old house turned restaurant with huge windows overlooking a zen garden, Ganko Nijoen feels deeply authentic. As course after course come out, be entertained by your own Maiko (trainee-geisha), who will play games with your group, dance, and perform music.
Day 04 Private boats & ramen making
Today you'll spend some time west of Kyoto in the stunning countryside district of Arashiyama. First up, the famous bamboo forest, but you'll arrive early and wander down lesser-taken paths to avoid the crowds and appreciate the quiet beauty of this natural wonder. From the Bamboo Forest, you'll board a traditional wooden boat on the Hozugawa River. Your private boat would have once been used for log haulage and is now captained by expert boatmen who will guide you past quiet and picturesque natural scenes with bamboo poles. Back in Kyoto, it'll be time for your private Ramen masterclass. Led by an expert chef, you'll be guided through the intricacies of this iconic dish, learning how you make the perfect noodle and broth, before getting to eat the deliciousness you've created. Now for the best way to end a day in Kyoto: karaoke.
Day 05 Temple icons & Tokyo calling
This morning you'll spend some time at Fushimi Inari, perhaps Japan's most iconic Shinto shrine, where you'll find thousands of vermilion torii gates winding a path over a wooded mountain. Climbing to the top of this sacred complex can take around three hours (well worth it, and you'll leave the larger groups of tourists behind) but if you'd prefer to dip in and out, there is a quaint shopping street selling traditional sweets and lots of tofu. Afterward, you'll be boarding the bullet train to Tokyo. Having checked into your hotel, you'll make your way to neon-lit Shibuya for your first taste of Tokyo madness. Take some time to explore at your own pace before dinner at a local izakaya restaurant, joining young locals and salarymen as they feast on simple yet delicious fare.
Day 06 Exclusive sumo experience
Today is a special one. Your group will be granted entry to a secretive sumo stable, where you'll watch a series of sumo wrestlers in their morning training. So exclusive is this experience, your guide won't know until the very day which stable is willing to open its doors to the group – meaning no two trips will ever be the same. Having watched these giant athletes at practice, it'll then be time to sit down with one of them over a traditional, very rich (very high calorie) Chanko sumo lunch. For the rest of the day, you'll enjoy some much-needed free time to explore. From cat cafes to giant arcades; temples and shrines to Samurai museums, there are endless sights to uncover in this city of contrasts.
Day 07 East Tokyo cycling & sushi making
On your last day, you'll forgo Tokyo's best-known areas in exchange for the undeniably trendy East Tokyo neighbourhood of Fukagawa. Laid-back and artistic, you'll get deep into the recesses of the area on a back-street cycling tour with an expert local guide. Discover coffee shops and art galleries hidden in garages down unassuming residential streets, as well as small wineries, breweries, and craft workshops. From there, you'll be off for your private lesson in sushi making. With every ingredient you could need laid out before you, watch as your sushi chef shows you the art of preparing, rolling, and seasoning your sushi. Finally, it's time for a farewell drink on a rooftop downtown. With sweeping views across the endless lights of the city – make a toast with your new friends to eight ultimate days in Japan.
Day 08 Sayonara, Japan
It's time to bid farewell to your guide and your group. If you've got time, we thoroughly recommend staying a few extra days – we'll be on hand to give you some tips on where to go, too.
Our Favourite Hotels
Browse a selection of our favourite hotels, for a flavour of where you may stay on this trip.
Park Hotel Tokyo
Starting from the 25th floor of the Shiodome Media Tower, this art-centric hotel promises unbeatable views from every room, and beautiful art at every turn. You'll have your own room here, so make the most of this city-central slice of luxury.
The General Kyoto
In keeping with the enchanting beauty of Kyoto, The General hotel is decorated in a very zen, very Japanese style. Simple, minimalist and peaceful, your room will be clean and modern; the ideal retreat to recuperate in.
Moxy Osaka
Located at the heart of Osaka's action in the business district, Moxy is eclectic and modern with an artistic Japanese flair – think neon paintings, naked light bulbs and comfortable bedrooms with all the amenities.
Important Notes
- Which airport do I need to fly in and out of? Plus airport code
Fly into Osaka International Airport (ITM). Fly out of Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) or Narita International Airport (NRT).
- What time do I need to arrive?
Upon arrival on day one, please arrive at the airport by 3 pm or earlier. Your dedicated Pack leader will be there to greet your group and help you arrange your travel tickets to get to the hotel. You will then meet again at 4.30 pm in the hotel lobby, ready for your street food tour starting at 5 pm.
- Do I need a visa?
Normally, British citizens can enter Japan as a visitor for up to 90 days without a visa. However, some nationalities will require a visa to enter Japan. To check if you need a visa or not, please check the list on this link.
You can obtain your travel visa through this website.
You may need to provide evidence of a return or onward ticket.
- Special notes about transport & luggage
This itinerary makes extensive use of public transport, as it is the fastest and most reliable way to see Japan. When you travel by Bullet Train, a Minibus takes your luggage, so you will need an overnight bag. This means that on two nights (in Koyasan & Kyoto) you will be without your main luggage. It is best to pack light for this adventure.
- What is the accommodation like?
We stay in beautiful 3 – 4 star properties throughout, however, we spend one night in a ryokan in Koyasan which is a traditional Japanese inn.
Flashpackers looking for a truly Japanese experience will love it, but it is lacking the facilities of a typical Flash Pack hotel.
When staying at the 4* Park Hotel in Tokyo for the last three nights, you will have your own room. Each room has its own unique piece of art, making for a truly special stay.
Please get in touch with our Sales Team if you would like further information on the above.
- Will this itinerary change?
Please be aware that the itinerary, activities and hotels are subject to change. These changes can happen with little notice due to availability, poor weather, seasonal changes, or other circumstances beyond our control – but we'll always do our best to ensure it has little impact on your experience. From time to time, we may also make changes to your itinerary to try out new ideas and keep things fresh and exciting.
What Flashpackers say
"I have just completed the 13 day trip to Japan. It was absolutely fantastic! A week back home and I am still pinching myself over the things we saw and did. You really do get to experience every aspect of Japanese life and travel a lot of the country. Our tour guide was amazing! "
"It was a near perfect trip. 4 1/2 stars is more appropriate. Our tour guide, Nao, was hands down the best guide I have ever had (and probably will ever have). She was an angel and made the trip magical and a blast! I fell in love with Japan and am grateful to have happened upon this trip."
"Some of the activities were really memorable and the group got along well. The sumo lunch was my personal highlight and we had some great nights at karaoke. It is a busy schedule but you can always sit something out if you want a little break. Our guide was excellent and she was always eager to help plan transport during free time, recommend food and even acted as our personal translator. She helped make it much easier for us to get around the country and helped everyone figure out how they were all getting to their flights home. "
"The trip was great, really loved all of the curated experiences, but the thing that made the trip special was our guide Nao. She went ABOVE and BEYOND for every single step of our journey, from helping us to understand the culture in unique ways, to providing recommendations that made for an unforgettable experience. I can honestly say that Nao was unmatched in her dedication to our group's experience. "
"I can't imagine packing more stuff into a trip. It was fast paced and exactly what I wanted. I got to see as much of Japan as I could in the time there. The itinerary was a fantastic cross section of Japanese culture. It has a little of everything. Our guide Nao was amazing and just an awesome person."
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Earlier this year, acclaimed artist Peach Momoko made her writing and interior art debut in Demon Days: X-Men. This first entry into a mesmerizing new take on the Marvel Universe straight from the mind of Peach Momoko, was a huge success, demanding multiple printings and receiving critical acclaim. The quarterly series will resume next week in Demon Days: Mariko, setting the stage for September's Demon Days: Cursed Web.
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