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‘Survivor: Redemption Island’ Power Rankings: Round 8
The Rules: Each week, “Survivor: Nicaragua” finalist Matthew “Sash” Lenahan and XFINITY TV’s “Survivor” loudmouth Gordon Holmes will create separate power rankings. The ranking of the person who is voted out of the next episode will determine the number of points the two players will earn. For example, if David is voted out this week, Sash will receive 6 points and Gordon will receive 7 points. Also, each player will pick who they think will win at Redemption Island. If they choose correctly they will receive a bonus point. At the end of the season, the person with the most points will be named the “Survivor: Redemption Island” Power Rankings Challenge Champion.
Last Week: Sash and Gordon both had Matt winning the Redemption Island challenge. Sash had Matt in spot ten, Gordon had him in spot six. So, Sash jumps up to a big 87 to 76 lead.
Wanna Play? Last week, several “Survivor” fans posted their own Power Rankings on Twitter. Tag Gordon (@gordonholmes) in your own Twitter Power Rankings, or post your picks in the comment section of this post. If you do better than Gordon does, (which is highly likely) he’ll give you credit in his weekly recap.
Before we get into this week’s action, let’s check in with our second-place competitor…
XFINITY TV: Gordon, you scratched and clawed your way up to a respectable 2-2 record by defeating such notables as Benjamin “Coach” Wade and the “Survivor” All-Stars. Is it disheartening to follow that up with this sad showing?
Gordon Holmes: Not at all. I wanted Sash to be my competition this season because I knew he was capable of giving me a strong battle. I just didn’t know he’d be quite this strong.
XFINITY TV: I’ve noticed you’re now challenging readers to post their picks in the comments section and on Twitter. It seems like most of them are beating you too.
Holmes: That’s not really a question.XFINITY TV: Fair enough. Here’s a question, do you actually put thought into your picks or do you just throw darts at a list of names?Holmes: You’re lucky I don’t have any darts right now.XFINITY TV: That’s not really an answer.Holmes: Fair enough.
TEAM SASH
Current Score: 87
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TEAM GORDON
Current Score: 76
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#1 Natalie – Until recently Natalie has been known as Boston Rob’s girlfriend, but seeing how she won the last individual immunity, we may see her wearing the pants in that relationship sometime soon.
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#1 Ashley – Sometimes people see someone like Ashley high in the rankings and they think I think she’s going to win. No, I don’t think she’ll win. But I think she’s probably the safest person in the game right now.
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#2 Ashley – Ashley is in perfect position now having a great alliance and flying under the radar. The only problem is she hasn’t made a bold move yet which is the only way to find respect at Final Tribal Council.
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#2 Andrea – Last week’s blindside wouldn’t have happened if Boston Rob didn’t trust Andrea. It speaks volumes about her gameplay that she was able to get on his good side.
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#3 Andrea – Andrea is a strong competitor and won’t leave this game without a fight. Not having a close ally is her only weakness at the moment. Who will cozy up with her now that Matt is back on Redemption Island?
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#3 Natalie –Good job in the challenge last week. Not sure it’s smart to have you pushing to win immunities when you don’t need them, but I appreciate the effort.
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#4 Julie – Julie’s only hope is if she puts together an all-girl alliance despite having no interest in the girls. If she can realize that the beach isn’t like the firehouse she works at back home, she could outlast the rest of the men.
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#4 Julie – Vanilla Julie will be the last Zapateran to get the axe. Or the first. I don’t know, is she still on this show?
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#5 Phillip – Phillip’s only hope is his own cluelessness. Anything else will mean his ouster.
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#5 Phillip – The game certainly has changed since we were all convinced Phillip was the next to go. Can he possibly win a jury? Is Rob hoping to go to the end with him?
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#6 David – David’s problem prior to the merge was his mouth. If he can keep quiet, perhaps Boston Rob will focus on the physical threats instead.
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#6 Grant – The trailer is making it look like Grant is going to start some business. I think it’s a fake-out. There’s no reason for him to rock the boat at this point.
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#7 Boston Rob – Boston Rob is the godfather of the island, but what mobster ends his life happily ever after? Look for him to get the axe instead.
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#7 David – I’m torn on David right now. I’m betting he thinks now is the time to jump ship, but if Rob thinks he’s too crafty he may boot him sooner than he normally would have.
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#8 Grant – Grant is Boston Rob’s best buddy, but rarely do best friends stay loyal to the end in this game. With two girls in their alliance who focus on spa days, Grant has to know his life is limited as long as Rob maintains control of the tribe.
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#8 Boston Rob – Why is Boston Rob so low? Because he’s obviously the head of his alliance, and if the Bradys are able to swing some kind of deal they’re going to go after him first.
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#9 Ralph –Ralph no longer has an idol and if Russell had the foresight to target Ralph, Boston Rob will too.
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#9 Steve – Are you as bad at challenges as Krista and Stephanie made you out to be? If you are, you’d better play that up, otherwise you’re next after Mike.
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#10 Steve – Steve was targeted as a decoy in the last tribal council. He may not be as lucky during his next visit there.
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#10 Ralph – A lot of people are giving you grief for playing your idol last week, but it was probably your best bet. If David’s reaction is to be believed, you guys had no idea that Matt was on his way out.
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#11 Mike – Cross Boston Rob and you’re out. Mike showed Rob that he can hustle and manipulate just as well as anyone by almost swinging Andrea and Matt to the original Zapatera tribe. Rob’s new focus will be sending Mike to Redemption Island ASAP.
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#11 Mike – If the Zapateran dominoes are going to start falling one by one, I think you’re looking at the first domino. Immunity wins are Mike’s only hope now. | {
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Politics Mondays: In an Election About War and Peace, The Dems Give us…Edwards? by Armstrong Williams
The belief that Iraq occupied weapons of mass destruction was one of the major pillars for going to war. We now know that information was faulty. So the question on everyone’s mind this November will be: was the war in Iraq a failure of intelligence or leadership?
That’s a big issue question. It carries the sort of weight that defines a political party for a generation. Think of the economic angst which Regan tapped into in 1980; the row of tin pot dictators that Nixon kicked around in 1968; the civil discord that Kennedy tapped into in 1960.
So, how has the Democratic Party responded to the Iraq question? The answer is clear: they haven’t.
That came clear when they selected John Edwards as Kerry’s running mate.
Let’s recap. usually a vice presidential candidate is picked based on his ability to deliver key states (think Lyndon Johnson delivering Texas for Kennedy) It is questionable whether Edwards would have even won his home state of North Carolina, let alone whether he’ll deliver it in November.
So why were all the pollsters so adamant that Kerry should select Edwards as his running mate? Clearly, they worry that Kerry can seem a little lackluster at times. So they tapped Edwards to add a populist kick to the ticket. You’ll note that Edwards responded with a rousing speech about “two America’s” and the growing disparity between the rich and the poor. He said nothing about Iraq. One could argue that this is because the war was a failure of intelligence, rather than leadership. Or, you could argue that Edwards doesn’t’ want to make Iraq a partisan issue, since both he and Kerry had access to the same intelligence information as the president, and both voted in the Senate for the use of force in Iraq. But more to the point, Edwards is a lightweight on foreign policy.
What Edwards does bring to the table is ability to bond with middle and lower class voters. He does this with charm, charisma, and a unyielding dedication to distilling complex political issues into sound bites.
This is not an unimportant skill. The ability to use images to generate mass popularity is among a politician’s most important tasks in an electoral democracy. Ever since the great debates between Kennedy and Nixon in 1969, images have supplanted words as the primary way of knowing something about our leaders. Where an hour-long speech was accepted as usual on the stump in the 19th century, today’s presidential candidates will deliver an average stump speech in under 17 minutes. Presidential campaign ads have dropped in modal length from thirty minutes in 1952 to thirty seconds in 1988. Often, voters are left to judge a politician’s worth based at least as much on his image, as on the thoughtful exploration of important issues. Or, as Regan and Bush speechwriter Peggy Noonan opined, “The young people who do speeches for major politicians don’t write a serious text with serious arguments, they just write sound bite after sound bite.”.
From this perspective, it hardly matters that Edwards’s track record has only the most dubious relevance to the war on terror. He has charisma. He has demonstrated an ability to ground himself in the pop culture. In a democracy, those qualities precede even the issues themselves. That is why his unveiling was not punctuated by serious talk about Iraq. It was about bombarding the public with atmosphere and blow dried hair. On the eve of an election about issues no less pervasive than war and peace, the Democrats are offering a VP who has dedicated himself to using images to solicit knee-jerk responses from the American public.
Now contrast this for a moment with Dick Cheney, a man who has had a lifetime in government. He doesn’t need to use images to suggest greatness. It is plainly understood that if Bush died or became incapacitated, Cheney could discharge the presidency with skill and composure. (The Democrats admitted as much when, early on, they attempted to smear Bush by suggesting that Cheney was running the whole show.)
On the eve of the Democratic convention, that should provide a sobering comparison for anyone who believes that the election of our politicians should have at least some relevance to the policies they’ll be called upon to enact as our leaders. | {
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The government must start practising what it preaches on the persecution of Christians
13th May 2019
Following the case of Azeem Wazir, a Christian who is being threatened with deportation to Pakistan, Darren Smith says we should be challenging government hypocrisy on freedom of religion
When it comes to the persecution of Christians, the UK Government are full of warm words. The Prime Minister’s Easter message talked about how she would be “giving thanks in Church” but also remembering that “for many Christians around the world, such simple acts of faith can bring huge danger”.
“We must stand up for the right of everyone, no matter what their religion, to practice their faith in peace”, she implored.
The Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has gone even further. As well as commissioning a new report on religious persecution, he recently wrote 40 letters to church groups and leaders under attack around the world, pledging his support for persecuted groups. In one of them he said “As a man of faith, free to practice in line with my conscience, I am appalled at the plight of the 245 million Christians worldwide currently facing persecution as a result of their belief. I want you to know that the UK stands in solidarity with persecuted Christians around the world”.
But this standing in solidarity doesn’t seem to extend to offering asylum to Christians who have fled to the UK in fear of their lives, as shown by a number of controversial recent cases. In March the story of an Iranian Christian convert being refused asylum went viral. The Home Office official in charge of deciding the claim had decided to refute the idea that Christianity was a ‘peaceful religion’ by quoting Bible verses from Leviticus and the book of Revelation, leading to a public rebuke from the Church of England which received worldwide press attention.
Then there was the case of Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan in 2010 for blasphemy and kept in solitary confinement for eight years before her conviction was quashed due to ‘inconsistent evidence’. With an enormous public campaign against her in Pakistan, many in the UK were calling on the Government to offer her asylum. But it seems that the Prime Minister personally intervened to veto such a suggestion, and Asia has instead ended up being offered safety in Canada where she has finally been reunited with her family.
Now this hypocrisy has struck closer to home. Azeem Wazir (pictured, above) had to flee Pakistan in 2015 because he was publicly involved in campaigning against the Blasphemy law and in support of Asia Bibi. He had a Fatwa issued against him, and was forced to leave his wife and family behind to seek safety in the UK. Since coming to Bristol he has been an active member of the church and local community, winning many friends. But last week he was detained without warning and taken to Colnbrook Detention Centre. He is currently facing the possibility of being deported on Friday, despite the obvious danger he will be in on his return. Astonishingly, current Home Office guidance claims that “Christians are not at real risk of persecution” in Pakistan, despite the Asia Bibi case and despite numerous church bombings, riots and looting.
The UK cannot claim to care about the persecution of Christians around the world whilst routinely deporting them to places where they face imminent and serious danger. The Home Office need to urgently halt the deportation of Azeem and review his case. Then they need to undertake a systematic review of their country guidance around the persecution of Christians, bringing it in line with the reality revealed by the Bishop of Truro’s ongoing work which paints a terrifying picture of the danger facing believers worldwide.
Only then will Easter messages and friendly letters come to mean more than the paper they are written on. | {
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Crazy Brooklyn rabbi Yehuda Levin, one-time Carl Paladino supporter, has withdrawn his backing after the Tea Partier sort of apologized for making homophobic remarks. Levin said he "almost choked" on a pastrami sandwich after hearing about Crazy Carl's apology.
Levin lashed out yesterday at Paladino, who he says "folded like a cheap camera" (huh?) in the face of criticism for his awful remarks about gays. He also said "militant gays" wrote the apology for Paladino. Levin told reporters how utterly shocked he was when he heard what Paladino had said:
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I was in the middle of eating a kosher pastrami sandwich. While I was eating it, they come running and they say, ‘Paladino became gay!' I said, ‘What?' And then they showed me the statement. I almost choked on the kosher salami."
Close call! And what does the good rabbi think of Paladino's gay club-running nephew?
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He discovered now he has a gay nephew? Mazel tov! We'll make a coming-out party!"
But Levin hasn't completely closed the door on Paladino:
Carl, we'll leave the light on for you. Come back, Carl.
Yes, Carl, go right back to where you belong. Deep down you know you're still a piece of shit, and Levin is waiting for you with open arms. And a kosher pastrami sandwich. | {
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Every year at Halloween kids and adults alike are trying to find out what the hottest trends are in costumes! What is the number one costume for sexy costumes, funny costumes, couples costumes, kids, teens, adults, toddlers...even your pet has his own Top Costumes for 2009 list!
What are the cool and popular costumes?
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What is the number one costume in every category?
Well, look no further! HalloweenExpress.com has the answers to all these questions and more! With a simple touch of a button you'll have everything you need to make the right decision on that perfect Halloween costume right at your fingertips.
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Top 10 Kids Costumes
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Top 10 Halloween Masks
So this year surprise your friends with your outstanding "knowledge" on what's hip and cool this year when it comes to Halloween cotumes! They'll be coming to you with all their "what should I be for Halloween" questions and you'll know just what to tell them. Don't worry, it will be our little secret!
In the coming weeks I'll do blogs on each indivdual category so that you'll see just how much fun the Top 10 Lists are! | {
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Текст песни:
Wanna be my party boy
Wanna be my special toy
Your eyes make me shiver and
Your body makes me jump for joy
You're getting caught to hard to flirt
I don't think you need a shirt
Shut your mouth and get it cool
Vee sha shore and my skirt
So tell me, do we come here often?
Pina colada boy, you make the girls go ahh
And when the sun goes down you make my world spin round
Pina colada boy, you make the girls go ahh
But when the suns that high, baby I wave bye bye
P - P - Pina colada
I see you love the chance
To be my holiday romance
I really need another drink
And I like to watch you dance
Pretty eyes and all the jazz
Baby let's step on the gas
You know how the saying goes
About what happend in vegas
You naughti boy, go to my room
Pina colada boy, you make the girls go ahh
And when the sun goes down you make my world spin round
Pina colada boy, you make the girls go ahh
But when the suns that high, baby I wave bye bye
You blend some of my juice with your coconut cream
Some rum and shake it out, just like a summer dream
You made me go "uh oh" but I don't want your ring
'Cause boy I need you so, but only for one thing.
(so let's do it now)
Pina colada boy, you make the girls go ahh
And when the sun goes down you make my world spin round
Pina colada boy, you make the girls go ahh
But when the suns that high, baby I wave bye bye | {
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Living the Superyacht Dream: a gathering of the most beautiful superyacht in the world
Living the Superyacht Dream: a gathering of the most beautiful superyacht in the world
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Posted on November 9, 2017
They come in all shapes, sizes and styles – from timeless, classic sail yachts to futuristic megayachts, some resemble oversized floating palaces, others are nimble and more akin to racing cars; but whatever size, shape or style they are, they all are touched by luxury, and all are… super. After all, these are superyachts we’re talking about, an elite category of boats accessible to a few and desired by many.
On the following gallery, we present a selection of photographs of some of the most impressive superyachts that ascended to Phuket for the inaugural edition of the Kata Rocks Superyachts Rendezvous. This three-day long invitation-only superyacht gathering rocked the global yachting scene, and gave those who attended a unique opportunity to experience the superyacht lifestyle – both on water, aboard one of 15 magnificent vessels which graced the event, and on land, at Phuket’s famed Kata Rocks, the world’s first resort with design and ambiance inspired by a superyacht. Invited guests enjoyed a series of bespoke activities, glamorous parties and social events that effortlessly mixed networking and socializing in a relaxed and luxurious environment.
For Martin Palleros, the creative force behind Phuket’s exceptional MontAzure residential resort, architecture and nature are inseparable. The northern part of Kamala beach in Phuket is a fascinating place. Heading south,… | {
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Since when does "training with the first team" prevent someone playing a reserves match?
By all accounts, most of them train with the first team on a regular basis.
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With current injury problems quite a lot of young players have been getting on the bench, possibility some may be in the squad and been considered for that I suppose. Although I cant't actually see many if any been involved personally.
Since when does "training with the first team" prevent someone playing a reserves match?
By all accounts, most of them train with the first team on a regular basis.
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It depends on SAF really doesn't it, I mean Zeki played today when SAF said Jones and Smalling had knocks, he said Ando had a knock too so you can safely assume that's why Pogba's not been used today. I think training intensely with the First Team today would have been more useful than this match unless you needed minutes.
Hi R Nick, yeah there were some produced, seems nobody is willing to confirm numbers but obviously with no supporters there not many will have found there way out, luckily not too many people collect them so I'm still hopeful of getting one some how!
No, I havent asked anybody inparticular, this is an ongoing thing to be honest, I'm always trying to obtain these single sheets and the matchday passes too, I have a guy in Manchester who gets quite a few but some are harder to find due to low print runs, as I said, fortunately I have limited opposition collector wise!
That said, if anybody can help out with these I would like to hear from you!
Colin, I dont think the club would help me to obtain one, I'm fairly sure they dont do that kind of thing with programmes and the like. | {
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An Oil Spill as a Systemic Question
A Threatened Way of Life — or: An Oil Spill as a Systemic Question
In the Gulf of Mexico, the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig explodes. For months, huge amounts of oil flow out of the borehole into the sea, reaching the American coast and in effect ruining the environment in several states, together with the livelihoods of large parts of the population. According to experts, this is the biggest environmental catastrophe in American history — and in view of this occasion, the country’s president, in his speech to the nation, draws attention to the importance of what is happening on the Gulf coast.
“As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every American. Abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al Qaeda wherever it exists. And tonight, I’ve returned from a trip to the Gulf Coast to speak with you about the battle we’re waging against an oil spill that is assaulting our shores and our citizens.” (All quotations taken from “Remarks by the President to the Nation on the BP Oil Spill,” June 15, 2010.)
When the American President compares his nation’s battle against an oil slick with the fight it has taken on to restore its financial and economic power from the harm done to it by the crisis, a fight which is on the same level as the one the nation has been waging for years in order to eliminate its enemies, then one thing is certain: the man really blows his own trumpet. However, it would be unwise to brush his hyperbole aside as mere rhetoric. After all, the leader of the nation introduces his countrymen to the authoritative view of things, that is to say, to how they have to see the disaster in the Gulf. And when he classifies it as one of the worst-case national scenarios “challenging” the nation, then this reveals one thing: for him, the harm done by the oil far exceeds the damage recorded by the coasts and the citizens, the fishing industry and tourism — in the president’s view, the entire nation is essentially threatened by the oil pollution in the Gulf. Hence tackling the challenge that Obama has in mind extends beyond the restoration of the living conditions that are threatened by this accident. Rather, this requires that America comprehends and politically heeds the lessons that, in the president’s opinion, have to be learnt from the latest stroke of fate — first bin Laden, then the recession…
Lesson number 1: clouds of crude in the Gulf — a “most painful and powerful reminder” for a “change” in energy policy
The president opens a one-sided discourse with his people by reverting to the tried and tested patterns according to which, whenever there are minor or major catastrophes happening in capitalism, the administration in office sees itself called upon as a matter of course to prevent such unwelcome incidents in the future. Since, after all, it is the authority that permits all sorts of entrepreneurial risk-taking in the lucrative oil business, the conditions under which it does so can certainly be expected to be of a sort that business will take place incident-free:
“So one of the lessons we’ve learned from this spill is that we need better regulations, better safety standards, and better enforcement when it comes to offshore drilling.”
Having made the promise that drilling in seabeds will soon run smoothly, the president nonetheless has to warn his people against nurturing false hopes for security. Security standards being one thing, their enforcement another, America will, now and in the future, have to live with all the risks that the oil companies simply have to take on if they are to profitably exploit the desired raw material deep under the seabed. For their ambitious plans, they only follow the self-evident need in the market economy to close a demand-supply gap, which on its part results from the circumstance that the country consumes more oil than it has lying around at home.
“But a larger lesson is that no matter how much we improve our regulation of the industry, drilling for oil these days entails greater risk. After all, oil is a finite resource. We consume more than 20 percent of the world’s oil, but have less than 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves. And that’s part of the reason oil companies are drilling a mile beneath the surface of the ocean — because we’re running out of places to drill on land and in shallow water.”
The lesson that the president draws from the exploded borehole turns out to be rather comprehensive, indeed. According to him, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico not only shows the risk that the companies encounter that could be managed by “better regulations.” Regulations are definitely needed, but they will not eliminate dangerous situations like the present one, simply because they are nowhere up to the risk that the nation has created for itself with its consumption of these “finite resources.” Since the country, in its consumption of the raw material, neither accepts its finiteness nor the difficulties in extracting it, the oil companies encounter unavoidable risks in trying to satisfy the country’s continuously growing need for oil — in the name of the nation that is paying the price for that in the form of the oil-spill.
It wouldn’t have needed the catastrophe for Obama to take his ‘lesson’ from it. What can be learned from it is something he has always known and now explicitly blames on his predecessor administrations, never abandoning the form of the national “we”:
“For decades, we have known the days of cheap and easily accessible oil were numbered. For decades, we’ve talked and talked about the need to end America’s century-long addiction to fossil fuels. And for decades, we have failed to act with the sense of urgency that this challenge requires. Time and again, the path forward has been blocked — not only by oil industry lobbyists, but also by a lack of political courage and candor.”
The oil-drilling disaster stands for the disaster that the nation is still addicted to fossil fuels, showing in its awful consequences the neglect of duties by all his predecessors who — far worse — have not weaned the country from its dependence. In the incumbent president’s view, they lacked the backbone for that, which he, of course, has. Instead of preparing the “path forward” for the nation, they did what they always do in their lobbies, thereby committing the nation’s weal and woe to the oil-companies’ private interests. The consequences of this irresponsibility of the highest authority are so dire that they reach from the Gulf of Mexico all the way to China, to the Middle East, and once again back to America’s Holiest of Holies:
“The consequences of our inaction are now in plain sight. Countries like China are investing in clean energy jobs and industries that should be right here in America. Each day, we send nearly $1 billion of our wealth to foreign countries for their oil. And today, as we look to the Gulf, we see an entire way of life being threatened by a menacing cloud of black crude.”
In its narrow-minded and irresponsible fixation on oil as the energy source, the leading world political and economic power has maneuvered itself into the shadows in its president’s eyes. Having heard something about a highly promising future market in alternative energies, he automatically takes it for granted that his country will have to strategically occupy and organize it as a means for its own business success — and what does he see? Of all rivals, it is the one on the opposite coast of the Pacific, already far too powerful, that is grabbing this market, building up industries that actually belong to America! As concerns the rest of the world which America trades with, a trade whose balance results in a deficit on its accounts, there are a few “foreign countries” that, on this occasion, irritate the president. In itself, it is perfectly clear to him that the nation’s money has no other purpose than to increase America’s power and wealth — and who are its true beneficiaries? It is paid away to others who are gorging themselves from America’s dependence on the oil that lies buried on their territory. And hardly has the nation created a makeshift, trying to free itself at least a bit from the access to its wealth that sheiks and other parasites control, when the oil film floating in the Gulf makes it once again obvious to the president that the nation doesn’t have its vital basis of life under control. Here he sees nothing less at stake than the ‘way of life’ so typical of America — the ensemble of all tried and tested morals and customs that have turned capitalism made in the USA into the world’s leading power.
In this way, Obama portrays the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf as the manifestation of a general catastrophe of the nation. He dramatizes his predecessors’ sins of omission in the fight for the energy market of the future into treason, taking all unborn generations under his wings — “we cannot consign our children to this future” — in order to make it more than obvious to his countrymen that he is the one that can be unconditionally trusted. The future after all must change, and so it does — right now, under the leadership of its president.
“The tragedy unfolding on our coast is the most painful and powerful reminder yet that the time to embrace a clean energy future is now. Now is the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash America’s innovation and seize control of our own destiny.”
As every tragedy has its catharsis, so does the nation’s departure from hard times have a bright mission and a leader who promises to lead it to success on all battlefronts.
Lesson Number 2: The crisis of an “entire way of life” — an order for “change” in political responsibility
The man has been there himself, so he knows what he’s talking about:
“You know, for generations, men and women who call this region home have made their living from the water. That living is now in jeopardy. … The sadness and the anger they feel is not just about the money they’ve lost. It’s about a wrenching anxiety that their way of life may be lost.”
For the president, third and fifth generation shrimp fishermen and oyster gatherers are one thing above all: typical local editions of the shining hero, the hard-working American that honestly fights against others for his success, caring for himself, getting over each defeat, and carrying out, together with others who do the same with their means, the principle of life that has made America great. The chief of this country is so enthralled with them that he wants to have their economic damage immediately understood as a case of a much more general menace to the entire country: the impending loss of the genuine American way of life. In order to save it, the president is already on his way, and of course right at the spot from where, in his opinion, the threat emerged.
“One place we’ve already begun to take action is at the agency in charge of regulating drilling and issuing permits, known as the Minerals Management Service. Over the last decade, this agency has become emblematic of a failed philosophy that views all regulation with hostility — a philosophy that says corporations should be allowed to play by their own rules and police themselves. … But it’s now clear that the problem there ran much deeper, and the pace of reform was just too slow. And so Secretary Salazar and I are bringing in new leadership at the agency … And his charge over the next few months is to build an organization that acts as the oil industry’s watchdog — not its partner.”
Allegedly, a culture of irresponsibility has infected the control of the oil business. An administration “hostile to government” is said to have breached its official duties, to have, in essence, only administered its own non-regulation, and to have given away the sovereign definition of business regulations — which, as can now be seen, is urgently needed so that every “hard-working fisherman” can care for himself under fair conditions, so that the American way of life can unfold freely, and so that it is made clear even in big business that everything that is good for BP and all the other conglomerates is also really good for America!
So the president is stylizing himself the fisherman’s friend, the savior of his way of life and that of all other good Americans — and in this way at the same time a determined fighter against all those on the other side who will once again accuse him of left-wing control mania, un-American business-damaging behavior and blame him for the crisis that he is ostensibly combating. Obama’s critique of them is that they make themselves henchmen of private interests instead of providing reasonable rules for competition, from which both sides, the private interests and the nation, benefit. Anyone, says Obama, who denies this common sense subscribes to a “failed philosophy” that endangers America’s successful emergence in the future and threatens to undermine its sound civil society right now by colluding with big business.
If the material core of the hype about the Deepwater accident and its extensive interpretation by the nation’s chief is taken seriously, it is clear at least what all that does not mean. In no way does the president turn the golden rule upside down according to which the state fares best when it releases the private interests of its citizens into competition for their success, and when it restricts its oversight to the principle that competition has to be fair; continued, intimate cooperation between big business and politicians is expected to foster the nation’s success. In the case of BP, he is bothered about a government agency that apparently did not execute its control properly — had it done so, nothing would have gone wrong with the drilling in the Gulf. This is why the head of the nation wants to ensure immediately more control for all the enterprises that are imperative for successfully drilling for America’s own oil — which is still necessary, after all. But did this man really have to talk so big to say this, and to announce a new energy policy?
Lesson number 3: Yes we can!
Perhaps he can’t help it. But the big talk about the nation having to take an existential decision in energy questions on the occasion of the oil accident; the exaggerating generalizations of its causes, for instance, of a false philosophy of governance: this is what the head of the world power seems to find appropriate with regard to the state of his nation. His theatrics are not just an unfounded exaggeration, but stand for the political view of things in the White House, and in this point, the state of the union obviously causes discontent among its present leaders. They consider the state of global energy competition not to be beneficial for America’s wealth and might, neither at present nor in the future. Apart from their rhetorical elevations, these considerations concern the material conditions of America’s status as a world power, which is why the president regards it as appropriate to serve up the most severe caliber of nationalist agitation. He tries to woo support for his energy policy and at the same time to ward off the congenially fundamentalist attacks of the opposition; he seeks to prepare the masses for the costs and victims demanded by the way out of the economic crisis and the prospective success in the competition for global power; and he therefore once again announces a new national “mission”: when he does all this, then there is simply nothing else demanded but abstract confidence and — this is also typical of America — absolute trust in the national community’s tradition of success. Obama is an expert on this subject:
“Each of us has a part to play in a new future that will benefit all of us. As we recover from this recession, the transition to clean energy has the potential to grow our economy and create millions of jobs — but only if we accelerate that transition. Only if we seize the moment. And only if we rally together and act as one nation —- workers and entrepreneurs; scientists and citizens; the public and private sectors…”
Obama’s sweeping blow, with which he seeks to take his nation back to the role of globally leading economic power, is reckoned to unleash the grandest possible moral force: it is not only an urgent requirement — it is also possible! It only has to be tackled swiftly, this very instant and, crucially, all together: this is how America will soon have millions of more jobs as a result, and the world market for clean energy in its hands. Dreaming big dreams and having iron confidence in their coming true — this also belongs to the enduring tradition of the American way of life, which Mr. Yes-we-can wants to raise to a new international standing.
“The one answer I will not settle for is the idea that this challenge is somehow too big and too difficult to meet. You know, the same thing was said about our ability to produce enough planes and tanks in World War II. The same thing was said about our ability to harness the science and technology to land a man safely on the surface of the moon. And yet, time and again, we have refused to settle for the paltry limits of conventional wisdom. Instead, what has defined us as a nation since our founding is the capacity to shape our destiny — our determination to fight for the America we want for our children. Even if we’re unsure exactly what that looks like. Even if we don’t yet know precisely how we’re going to get there. We know we’ll get there…”
This nation manages simply every challenge with which fate encumbers it, and actually only because it has resolved to do so. For that, it does not even have to exactly know what it is that it manages; nor does it have to know how to deal with it, and even less so, who will benefit from the result when it has managed it. When America’s pioneers say, ‘Go west!’, America will simply be there sooner or later. When this nation wants to win a war, it builds lots of tanks and wins it. And, just as the moon landing only rewarded the determination of this nation, because simply any of its exertions have always guaranteed the success it has envisaged, so it is in this case. When God’s own country adjusts itself to clean energy, the world market will belong to it tomorrow.
This is how the president tries to gather his people behind him for the national departure he considers due. His opponents mobilize the American people for the nation’s departure the other way round, depicting the doom to which America and everything that this glorious nation represents are heading. The nation splits over this into two camps, which agree in principle on one point: anybody concerned about America’s success sees its current situation as intolerable. | {
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eBay Australia Launches In-Store Pick Up Service
eBay Australia today announces it has brought its In-Store Pick Up functionality to the Australian market. The service, available now, has been hugely successful with consumers and retailers in the US and UK and is scoped to be well-received in Australia – with almost 1 in 3 online shoppers having used a similar service already despite limited options, and almost half saying they would use the service if it was available to them*.
Launching in line with the busy holiday trading period, the functionality effectively extends the online Christmas trading window which traditionally drops off in early December. It enables customers to purchase gifts via eBay.com.au and pick them up in the respective retailer’s store, potentially on the day of purchase, cancelling out concerns about Christmas delivery times.
In-Store Pick Up has been launched with The Good Guys, Dick Smith, Supercheap Auto, BCF, Cincotta Chemist, and Masters. More big retailers will launch in-store pickup in time for Christmas.
Shoppers can schedule in store pick up orders over the Christmas period right up until 23 December.
Tim MacKinnon, eBay Merchant Development Director says: “The launch of eBay’s In-Store Pick Up initiative in Australia has been a key priority for us, not only because it enhances the experience for our shoppers, but also because it helps our retail partners get more traffic into their stores and leverage the advantages they have over overseas retailers.
“The Australian consumer is particularly savvy with unique behaviours that demand constant innovation. We know that the eBay shopper in Australia spends more as percentage via mobile than any other eBay market, meaning they are always shopping on the go. If they can purchase something on the train on the way to work and pick it up in their lunch break we are taking some of the friction out of the shopping process and creating more opportunities for our retail partners to best service their needs.
“The issues of delivery and convenience are effectively solved for many customers with this offering.”
Research has shown that the main reasons for using this service include saving on delivery and shipping, securing a deal and timeliness:
Don’t want to pay delivery and know I’ll be near a store – 54%
Need an item in a hurry – 36%
Don’t want to go to store and find they have sold out – 34%
There are over 50 major retailers in Australia offering in-store pickup. We expect many of them to launch in-store pickup on eBay because it is the most cost effective way to drive traffic into their stores
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Continuing weight loss may deteriorate into wasting, a vaguely defined condition called cachexia.[30] Cachexia differs from starvation in part because it involves a systemic inflammatory response.[30] It is associated with poorer outcomes.[25][30][31] In the advanced stages of progressive disease, metabolism can change so that they lose weight even when they are getting what is normally regarded as adequate nutrition and the body cannot compensate. This leads to a condition called anorexia cachexia syndrome (ACS) and additional nutrition or supplementation is unlikely to help.[27] Symptoms of weight loss from ACS include severe weight loss from muscle rather than body fat, loss of appetite and feeling full after eating small amounts, nausea, anemia, weakness and fatigue.[27]
If you ever need to treat a hangover, you’ve just stumbled on the right beverage for getting the job done. Coconut water is intensely hydrating, and it possesses an uncanny ability to mitigate come-downs from alcohol. It eases digestion and flushes harmful chemicals. A small navel orange pushes protective measures into the digestive systems, and blueberries banish all internal poisons while energizing the mind. With 4 sprigs of lush lavender, this drink is sultry and aromatic. This cunning combination can treat headaches and stomach aches alike. As an added bonus, the entire detox recipe is vegan and free of gluten.
Girls' bodies undergo gradual changes during puberty, analogous to but distinct from those experienced by boys. Puberty is the process of physical changes by which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction to enable fertilisation. It is initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads-either the ovaries or the testes. In response to the signals, the gonads produce hormones that stimulate libido and the growth, function, and transformation of the brain, bones, muscle, blood, skin, hair, breasts, and sexual organs. Physical growth—height and weight—accelerates in the first half of puberty and is completed when the child has developed an adult body. Until the maturation of their reproductive capabilities, the pre-pubertal, physical differences between boys and girls are the genitalia, the penis and the vagina. Puberty is a process that usually takes place between the ages 10–16, but these ages differ from girl to girl. The major landmark of girls' puberty is menarche, the onset of menstruation, which occurs on average between ages 12–13.[30][31][32][33]
This shake is a surprisingly good option–especially considering the low quality of some of Special K’s cereals. Whereas some of their cereal boxes are loaded with plain sugar, the sugar counts on these bottles include natural lactose from the nonfat milk base. Grab the malted chocolate flavor for a classic dessert-inspired treat that will fill you up instead of leaving you with a sugar crash.
There’s a large spectrum of where people can fall on a vegetarian diet: For example, vegans consume no animal products, whereas ovo-lacto vegetarians eat both dairy and eggs. The eating style may help with weight loss, suggests a review published in August 2017 in Nutrients, but some vegans and vegetarians may become deficient in specific nutrients, such as calcium, iron, zinc, and vitamin B12, according to an article published in December 2017 in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. (23, 24)
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Girls' bodies undergo gradual changes during puberty, analogous to but distinct from those experienced by boys. Puberty is the process of physical changes by which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction to enable fertilisation. It is initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads-either the ovaries or the testes. In response to the signals, the gonads produce hormones that stimulate libido and the growth, function, and transformation of the brain, bones, muscle, blood, skin, hair, breasts, and sexual organs. Physical growth—height and weight—accelerates in the first half of puberty and is completed when the child has developed an adult body. Until the maturation of their reproductive capabilities, the pre-pubertal, physical differences between boys and girls are the genitalia, the penis and the vagina. Puberty is a process that usually takes place between the ages 10–16, but these ages differ from girl to girl. The major landmark of girls' puberty is menarche, the onset of menstruation, which occurs on average between ages 12–13.[30][31][32][33]
Food for thought: While it’s debatable that this diet is comprised of foods even remotely similar to what our ancestors ate, cutting sugar and processed foods is never a bad thing, experts agree. However, some experts criticize the diet for being nutritionally incomplete by unnecessarily eliminating dairy, legumes and whole grains, which provide essential nutrients.
There is a common misconception that women have still not advanced in achieving academic degrees. According to Margaret Rossiter, a historian of science, women now earn 54 percent of all bachelor's degrees in the United States. However, although there are more women holding bachelor's degrees than men, as the level of education increases, the more men tend to fit the statistics[clarification needed] instead of women. At the graduate level, women fill 40 percent of the doctorate degrees (31 percent of them being in engineering).[88]
Switch to Lighter Alternatives. Whenever you can, use the low-fat versions of salad dressings, mayonnaise, dairy products, and other products. "You can trim calories effortlessly if you use low-fat and lighter products, and if the product is mixed in with other ingredients, no one will ever notice," says Magee. More smart substitutions: Use salsa or hummus as a dip; spread sandwiches with mustard instead of mayo; eat plain roasted sweet potatoes instead of loaded white potatoes; use skim milk instead of cream in your coffee; hold the cheese on sandwiches; and use a little vinaigrette on your salad instead of piling on the creamy dressing.
Petey’s Bing Beverage serves up an extra boost of energy from taurine (1000mg), an amino acid you’ll find in many of the sporty energy drinks due to its ability to improve athletic performance. A recent study in the Journal of Cardiology found participants who supplemented with 500 mg of taurine three times daily for two weeks, were able to significantly increase exercise distance. In addition to the 1000mg taurine, you’ll get a healthy dose of polyphenols from the bing cherries, which research suggests can reduce inflammation and improve cardiovascular health. A month-long clinical trial published in the Journal of Nutrition saw a 21 percent reduction in inflammation markers among men and women who supplemented their diets with bing cherries. (By the way, taurine is probably fine in small doses, but chug too much and the picture becomes less clear.)
Aim for healthy foods instead of dietary supplements and herbal products. Healthy, whole foods are the best way to get the nutrients you need. Plant-based foods (fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes and whole grains) provide fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that cannot be duplicated by a supplement. Some dietary supplements and herbal products may actually interfere with cancer treatment, so it's critical that you speak with your physician before taking anything.
U.S. News evaluated and ranked the 40 diets below with input from a panel of health experts. To be top-rated, a diet had to be relatively easy to follow, nutritious, safe, effective for weight loss and protective against diabetes and heart disease. The government-endorsed DASH diet, which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, tied with the Mediterranean diet for the top spot.
What makes some grub extra satisfying? "Fiber and protein can help," says Barbara Rolls, author of "The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet." Getting more bang for your bite matters, too: Low-energy-density foods, which yield big portions for few calories, "allow you to eat more without gaining weight," Rolls says. Want some of that? Make room for these secret-weapon picks.
One woman climbed onto a wall surrounding the golf resort, before she was helped down by police. — CBS News, "10,000 protest Trump in Edinburgh, Scotland -- live updates," 14 July 2018 Regan had stopped at a gas station in a snowstorm and learned that a woman with young children was stranded with a flat tire and no spare. — Anne M. Hamilton, courant.com, "He Brought His Skill For Teaching, Knack For Colonial Buildings To Coventry," 15 July 2018 The recent incident involved a security guard at the mall who approached a woman who was openly breastfeeding. — Megan Jones, Aurora Beacon-News, "Moms protest after security guard confronted mother who was breastfeeding at Fox Valley Mall," 15 July 2018 At the entrance to the Del Mar Fairgrounds, a young woman wearing an orange anti-gun violence shirt played a flute while, across the street, two men waved a 5-foot-tall cutout of a black AR-15 semiautomatic rifle at passing cars. — Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Crossroads gun show returns to Del Mar, so do protesters," 15 July 2018 In March, an autonomous Uber testing in Tempe, Arizona, struck and killed a woman crossing the street. — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, "Home From the Honeymoon, the Self-Driving Car Industry Faces Reality," 13 July 2018 Milwaukee police are asking the public for help identifying a woman who showed up at a local hospital and could not communicate with the staff. — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee police seek public's help in identifying woman who showed up at hospital," 13 July 2018 Officers later went on to arrest the real attacker after a woman accompanying the professor was able to explain that the 50-year-old they had tackled and punched in the face was actually the victim. — Rick Noack, Washington Post, "A Baltimore professor was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack and then German police punched him," 13 July 2018 He was kidnapped from his family’s home by two white men after he was accused of whistling at a white woman as a prank. — Zak Koeske, Daily Southtown, "'Trayvon Martin before Trayvon Martin': 63 years after slaying, Emmett Till still visited daily at Alsip cemetery," 13 July 2018
But when you cut through the headlines, marketing campaigns and studies, he says, you’ll find that most experts agree on a few fundamentals of nutrition: that vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, seeds and plain water should make up the majority of what people eat and drink. If there is such a thing as a “best” diet, he says, that’s it.
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Oolong, a Chinese name for “black dragon,” is a light, floral tea that, like green tea, is also packed with catechins, which help to promote weight loss by boosting your body’s ability to metabolise lipids (fat). A study in the Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine found that participants who regularly sipped oolong tea lost six pounds over the course of the six-week time period. That’s a pound a week!
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"These diets are so restrictive that of course you're going to lose weight fast because you're not eating enough calories to sustain basic activities of your body, let alone any exercise. That's nothing that any person can sustain for the long term," Hogan said. "The weight's going to come back if you do lose any weight, and then it's going to be harder to lose weight in the future."
The challenge of the Presidential Sports Award program is for Americans to make a commitment to fitness through active and regular participation in sports and fitness activities. Earning the award means that an individual has put in time and effort to meet the challenge of personal fitness. The award recognizes this achievement and the fact that the individual is part of a nationwide effort toward a healthier, more vital America.
There are various words used to refer to the quality of being a woman. The term "womanhood" merely means the state of being a woman, having passed the menarche; "femininity" is used to refer to a set of typical female qualities associated with a certain attitude to gender roles; "womanliness" is like "femininity", but is usually associated with a different view of gender roles; "femaleness" is a general term, but is often used as shorthand for "human femaleness"; "distaff" is an archaic adjective derived from women's conventional role as a spinner, now used only as a deliberate archaism; "muliebrity" is a neologism (derived from the Latin) meant to provide a female counterpart of "virility", but used very loosely, sometimes to mean merely "womanhood", sometimes "femininity" and sometimes even as a collective term for women.[citation needed]
In a study on adults age 54 and over, people who had a higher marker for the stress hormone cortisol were more likely to weigh more, have a higher BMI and a larger waistline, according to UK researchers. High cortisol levels promote fat storage, particularly belly fat. Learning stress reduction strategies—and using them when necessary—can help you lose weight without needing to change your diet.
Make sure that the diet has been studied extensively for safety — and discuss any changes with your physician or registered dietitian before beginning a new diet. (If you don’t have a dietitian, find one in your area at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics website.) And do a self-check to ensure the diet fits with your own values and preferences.
Before a workout, turbocharge the fat-blasting effects by sipping a cup of green tea. In a recent 12-week study, participants who combined a daily habit of 4-5 cups of green tea each day with a 25-minute sweat session lost an average of two more pounds than the non tea-drinking exercisers. Thank the compounds in green tea called catechins, flat belly crusaders that blast adipose tissue by triggering the release of fat from fat cells (particularly in the belly), and then speeding up the liver’s capacity for turning that fat into energy. See how tea can help you lose up to 10 pounds in one week on THE 17-DAY GREEN TEA DIET.
According to the editorial staff at WebMD, drinking ice cold water helps boost your metabolism because your body has to work harder to warm the water up, therefore burning more calories and helping you to lose weight. Plus, ice cold water is just so much more refreshing than water that’s room temperature. Our new 32 oz. Stainless Steel Wide Mouth Water Bottles merge style with functionality and can ultimately give you the tools you need to start losing weight and boosting your metabolism.
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While it’s good to be aware of portion sizes on nutrition labels, why not flip them to your benefit? For example, instead of a bowl of ice cream with a few blueberries, have a bowl of blueberries with a spoonful of ice cream. While one cup of ice cream has more than 250 calories and not much in the way of nutrition, one cup of blueberries contains only 80 calories and is a good source of fiber and vitamin C. Or, instead of a plate of pasta with some veggies, have a plate of veggies with some pasta. A mix of steamed or roasted cruciferous vegetables works great with a smaller amount of pasta. Not only does this ingredient swap cut the calories in the dish, the additional veggies provide nutrients like fiber, potassium and vitamin A.
It's like Michael Pollan famously said: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. A plant-based diet encourages produce, nuts, seeds, healthy oils, and whole soy like tofu, while still allowing a bit of high-quality meat, fish, and dairy. In a new study titled "Can We Say What Diet is Best for Health?" researchers set out to do just that. The winner? "A diet of minimally processed foods close to nature, predominantly plants" they wrote. Not bad for the best diet ever.
Very good article. Many of the people I work with have health issues related to type 2 diabetes so this article gives excellent direction for those struggling to manage their health condition with an appropriate diet that they can sustain. Counting calories is not necessarily the answer. Often times, people cannot understand why they just cannot lose weight or how they became diabetic or what to do about it. Thanks a lot.
Before a workout, turbocharge the fat-blasting effects by sipping a cup of green tea. In a recent 12-week study, participants who combined a daily habit of 4-5 cups of green tea each day with a 25-minute sweat session lost an average of two more pounds than the non tea-drinking exercisers. Thank the compounds in green tea called catechins, flat belly crusaders that blast adipose tissue by triggering the release of fat from fat cells (particularly in the belly), and then speeding up the liver’s capacity for turning that fat into energy. See how tea can help you lose up to 10 pounds in one week on THE 17-DAY GREEN TEA DIET.
All impurities must beware of Sassy Water. This classy concoction gets its name from a uniquely snappy flavor. Cucumbers instill maximum levels of hydration, and lemon smoothes out the digestive lining to speed up internal food processing. Ultimately, this leads to a flatter belly alongside the promotion of kinetic energy. By allowing all of the ingredients to settle together overnight, a stellar natural cleanse is born. Mint leaves are included to keep it cool and fresh with a seriously tantalizing tingle. A dash of peppery ginger can also be swirled into the mix to bolster its purifying powers. Bon appetite!
Who could argue with a diet that emphasizes foods like beans, berries, whole grains, greens, nuts, seeds, and potatoes? Those foods are all good fiber-filled picks. The hunger-taming nutrient is a super star for filing you up, so you naturally eat less throughout the day. Not to mention that, when researchers asked people to make just one change to their diet—add more fiber—they were almost four pounds skinnier after a year compared to those following the American Heart Association dietary guidelines. Aim for at least 30 grams a day and you'll be on the right track.
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The results from these three studies suggest that there may be some benefits to a macronutrient-based dietary approach, but research also shows that while a particular diet may result in weight loss for one person, it may not be effective for another person due to individual differences in genes and lifestyle. For those seeking the “perfect” one-size-fits-all diet, then, there isn’t one! The great news is that everyone can follow The Healthy Eating Plate guidelines and choose healthy, flavorful foods to create a diet that works best for you. | {
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Category: Security
Introduction
This instructable will cover the basic steps that you need to follow to get started with open sources such as Node-RED, MQTT v3.1, and Watson NodeRED for IBM Bluemix. MQTT(Message Queueing Telemetry Transport) is a Machine-To-Machine(M2M) or Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity protocol that was designed to be extremely lightweight and useful when low battery power consumption and low network bandwidth is at a premium. It was invented in 1999 by Dr. Andy Stanford-Clark and Arlen Nipper and is now an Oasis Standard.
The different tutorials can cause a great deal of confusion, which is why I have tried to make the easiest setup possible. Specifically, this instructable will cover how to code the Node-RED on Raspberry Pi2 as an MQTT client by connecting to your home wireless network and how to send sensor data. When you finish this project, I suggest you another M2M communication approach.
Step 5: Setting up MQTT v3.1 on Raspberry Pi2
Setting up MQTT v3.1 on Raspberry Pi2
This message broker(Mosquitto) is supported by MQTT v3.1 and it is easily installed on the Raspberry Pi and somewhat less easy to configure. Next, we step through installing and configuring the Mosquitto broker.
We are going to install & test the MQTT “mosquitto” on a terminal window.
curl -O http://repo.mosquitto.org/debian/mosquitto-repo.gpg.key
sudo apt-key add mosquitto-repo.gpg.key
rm mosquitto-repo.gpg.key
cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
sudo curl -O http://repo.mosquitto.org/debian/mosquitto-jessie.list
sudo apt-get update
Next install the broker and command line clients:
mosquitto – the MQTT broker (or in other words, a server)
mosquitto-clients – command line clients, very useful in debugging
python-mosquitto – the Python language bindings
sudo apt-get install mosquitto mosquitto-clients python-mosquitto
As is the case with most packages from Debian, the broker is immediately started. Since we have to configure it first, stop it.
sudo /etc/init.d/mosquitto stop
Now that the MQTT broker is installed on the Pi we will add some basic security.
Create a config file:
cd /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/
sudo nano mosquitto.conf
Let’s stop anonymous clients connecting to our broker by adding a few lines to your config file. To control client access to the broker we also need to define valid client names and passwords. Add the lines:
allow_anonymous false
password_file /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/passwd
require_certificate false
Save and exit your editor (nano in this case).
From the current /conf.d directory, create an empty password file:
sudo touch passwd
We will use the mosquitto_passwd tool to create a password hash
for user pi:
sudo mosquitto_passwd -c /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/passwd pi
You will be asked to enter your password twice. Enter the password you wish to use for the user you defined.
Testing Mosquitto on Raspberry Pi
Now that Mosquitto is installed we can perform a local test to see if it is working:
Open three terminal windows. In one, make sure the Mosquitto broker is running:
mosquitto
In the next terminal, run the command line subscriber:
mosquitto_sub -v -t 'topic/test'
You should see the first terminal window echo that a new client is connected.
In the next terminal, run the command line publisher:
mosquitto_pub -t 'topic/test' -m 'helloWorld'
You should see another message in the first terminal window saying another client is connected. You should also see this message in the subscriber terminal:
topic/test helloWorld
We have shown that Mosquitto is configured correctly and we can both publish and subscribe to a topic.
When you finish testing all, let’s set up below that.
sudo /etc/init.d/mosquitto start
Step 6: Checking your NodeRED codes with MQTT on Raspberry Pi2
When you have already used the JSON format of the ‘SmartGasValve_NodeRED.txt’ on Node-RED, it’s automatically set up & coded each data. I have already set up the each data in each node.
Searching the Nodes
Node-RED comes with a core set of useful nodes, but there are a growing number of additional nodes available for install from both the Node-RED project as well as the wider community.
You can search for available nodes in the Node-RED library or on the npm repository.
For example, we are going to search Twilio at the npm web. Click here.
Next step, we are going to install Twilio on the raspberry pi.
Installing npm packaged node
To add additional nodes you must first install the npm tool, as it is not included in the default installation. The following commands install npm and then upgrade it to the latest 2.x version.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install npm
sudo npm install -g [email protected]
hash -r
cd /home/pi/.node-red
For example, ‘npm install node-red-{example node name}’
Copy the ‘npm install node-red-node-twilio’ from the npm web. Paste it on terminal.
Then, we are going to install both node-red-node-watson and node-red-contrib-play-audio.
Introduction
This instructable will cover the basic steps that you need to follow to get started with open sources such as Watson nodes(Visual Recognition V3, Text To Speech) for IBM Bluemix, Node-RED, OpenCV, MQTT v3.1. MQTT(Message Queueing Telemetry Transport) is a Machine-To-Machine(M2M) or Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity protocol that was designed to be extremely lightweight and useful when low battery power consumption and low network bandwidth is at a premium. It was invented in 1999 by Dr. Andy Stanford-Clark and Arlen Nipper and is now an Oasis Standard.
I’ve already published an instructable of the Smart Gas Valve For Safety. In addition, I’m going to communicate between A Smart JPEG Camera and A Smart Gas Valve for M2M Communication by MQTT. Specifically, this instructable will cover how to code the Node-RED on Raspberry Pi2 as a MQTT client by connecting to your home wireless network and how to send sensor data. I will be using A Smart Gas Valve for M2M communication by MQTT.
(7) Try dragging & dropping any node from the left-hand side to right-hand side. It’s really easy to code. ( You can conveniently use the visual editor offline as well as online. ) Download the ‘SmartGasValve_NodeRED.txt’ file. (1) Click the number (1) at the right-hand side corner shown in NodeRED on the web browser.
Step 5: Setting up MQTT v3.1 on Raspberry Pi2
Setting up MQTT v3.1 on Raspberry Pi2
This message broker(Mosquitto) is supported by MQTT v3.1 and it is easily installed on the Raspberry Pi and somewhat less easy to configure. Next, we step through installing and configuring the Mosquitto broker. We are going to install & test the MQTT “mosquitto” on the terminal window.
curl -O http://repo.mosquitto.org/debian/mosquitto-repo.gpg.key
sudo apt-key add mosquitto-repo.gpg.key
rm mosquitto-repo.gpg.key
cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
sudo curl -O http://repo.mosquitto.org/debian/mosquitto-jessie.list
sudo apt-get update
Next install the broker and command line clients:
mosquitto – the MQTT broker (or in other words, a server)
mosquitto-clients – command line clients, very useful in debugging
python-mosquitto – the Python language bindings
sudo apt-get install mosquitto mosquitto-clients python-mosquitto
As is the case with most packages from Debian, the broker is immediately started. Since we have to configure it first, stop it.
sudo /etc/init.d/mosquitto stop
Now that the MQTT broker is installed on the Pi we will add some basic security.
Create a config file:
cd /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/
sudo nano mosquitto.conf
Let’s stop anonymous clients connecting to our broker by adding a few lines to your config file. To control client access to the broker we also need to define valid client names and passwords. Add the lines:
Step 8: Adding IBM Watson, IBM NoSQL DB, Play-Audio, and Twilio
Searching the Nodes
Node-RED comes with a core set of useful nodes, but there are a growing number of additional nodes available for installing from both the Node-RED project as well as the wider community. You can search for available nodes in the Node-RED library or on the npm repository.
For example, we are going to search Twilio at the npm web. Click here.
Then, we are going to install Twilio on Raspberry pi.
Installing npm packaged node
To add additional nodes you must first install the npm tool, as it is not included in the default installation. The following commands install npm and then upgrade it to the latest 2.x version.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install npm
sudo npm install -g [email protected]
hash -r
cd /home/pi/.node-red
For example, ‘npm install node-red-{example node name}’
Copy the ‘npm install node-red-node-twilio’ from the npm web. Paste it on a terminal window.
Step 10: Testing M2M Communication.
Importing the enclosed files in each NodeRED.
Import the ‘M2M_SmartGasValve.txt‘ into the NodeRED of the smart gas valve.
(3) Check an IP address of the smart gas valve in the Raspberry Pi2.
Type ‘ifconfig’ on a terminal window as shown below.
ifconfig
When you see the IP address, copy the IP address in a terminal window.
(4) Put the IP address into the MQTT node in other Raspberry Pi2.
Click the MQTT node.
Put the IP address into Server.
Step 11: (Optional) Using OpenCV
Installing & Using OpenCV on Raspberry Pi2
We have already used the IBM Watson Visual Recognition. Watson Visual Recognition is very excellent whereas we can’t use it without connecting wifi. OpenCV is possible to use without internet connection but It’s not very easy for a beginner to install & code into OpenCV. So, I’m going to install the OpenCV.
Network
Scanning / Pentesting
OpenVAS – OpenVAS is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution.
Metasploit Framework – A tool for developing and executing exploit code against a remote target machine. Other important sub-projects include the Opcode Database, shellcode archive and related research.
Pompem – Pompem is an open source tool, which is designed to automate the search for exploits in major databases. Developed in Python, has a system of advanced search, thus facilitating the work of pentesters and ethical hackers. In its current version, performs searches in databases: Exploit-db, 1337day, Packetstorm Security…
Monitoring / Logging
justniffer – Justniffer is a network protocol analyzer that captures network traffic and produces logs in a customized way, can emulate Apache web server log files, track response times and extract all “intercepted” files from the HTTP traffic.
httpry – httpry is a specialized packet sniffer designed for displaying and logging HTTP traffic. It is not intended to perform analysis itself, but to capture, parse, and log the traffic for later analysis. It can be run in real-time displaying the traffic as it is parsed, or as a daemon process that logs to an output file. It is written to be as lightweight and flexible as possible, so that it can be easily adaptable to different applications.
ngrep – ngrep strives to provide most of GNU grep’s common features, applying them to the network layer. ngrep is a pcap-aware tool that will allow you to specify extended regular or hexadecimal expressions to match against data payloads of packets. It currently recognizes IPv4/6, TCP, UDP, ICMPv4/6, IGMP and Raw across Ethernet, PPP, SLIP, FDDI, Token Ring and null interfaces, and understands BPF filter logic in the same fashion as more common packet sniffing tools, such as tcpdump and snoop.
passivedns – A tool to collect DNS records passively to aid Incident handling, Network Security Monitoring (NSM) and general digital forensics. PassiveDNS sniffs traffic from an interface or reads a pcap-file and outputs the DNS-server answers to a log file. PassiveDNS can cache/aggregate duplicate DNS answers in-memory, limiting the amount of data in the logfile without loosing the essens in the DNS answer.
ntopng – Ntopng is a network traffic probe that shows the network usage, similar to what the popular top Unix command does.
IDS / IPS / Host IDS / Host IPS
Snort – Snort is a free and open source network intrusion prevention system (NIPS) and network intrusion detection system (NIDS)created by Martin Roesch in 1998. Snort is now developed by Sourcefire, of which Roesch is the founder and CTO. In 2009, Snort entered InfoWorld’s Open Source Hall of Fame as one of the “greatest [pieces of] open source software of all time”.
Bro – Bro is a powerful network analysis framework that is much different from the typical IDS you may know.
Suricata – Suricata is a high performance Network IDS, IPS and Network Security Monitoring engine. Open Source and owned by a community run non-profit foundation, the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF). Suricata is developed by the OISF and its supporting vendors.
Security Onion – Security Onion is a Linux distro for intrusion detection, network security monitoring, and log management. It’s based on Ubuntu and contains Snort, Suricata, Bro, OSSEC, Sguil, Squert, Snorby, ELSA, Xplico, NetworkMiner, and many other security tools. The easy-to-use Setup wizard allows you to build an army of distributed sensors for your enterprise in minutes!
sshwatch – IPS for SSH similar to DenyHosts written in Python. It also can gather information about attacker during the attack in a log.
Honey Pot / Honey Net
HoneyPy – HoneyPy is a low to medium interaction honeypot. It is intended to be easy to: deploy, extend functionality with plugins, and apply custom configurations.
Dionaea – Dionaea is meant to be a nepenthes successor, embedding python as scripting language, using libemu to detect shellcodes, supporting ipv6 and tls.
Conpot – ICS/SCADA Honeypot. Conpot is a low interactive server side Industrial Control Systems honeypot designed to be easy to deploy, modify and extend. By providing a range of common industrial control protocols we created the basics to build your own system, capable to emulate complex infrastructures to convince an adversary that he just found a huge industrial complex. To improve the deceptive capabilities, we also provided the possibility to server a custom human machine interface to increase the honeypots attack surface. The response times of the services can be artificially delayed to mimic the behaviour of a system under constant load. Because we are providing complete stacks of the protocols, Conpot can be accessed with productive HMI’s or extended with real hardware. Conpot is developed under the umbrella of the Honeynet Project and on the shoulders of a couple of very big giants.
Glastopf – Glastopf is a Honeypot which emulates thousands of vulnerabilities to gather data from attacks targeting web applications. The principle behind it is very simple: Reply the correct response to the attacker exploiting the web application.
Kippo – Kippo is a medium interaction SSH honeypot designed to log brute force attacks and, most importantly, the entire shell interaction performed by the attacker.
Kojoney – Kojoney is a low level interaction honeypot that emulates an SSH server. The daemon is written in Python using the Twisted Conch libraries.
HonSSH – HonSSH is a high-interaction Honey Pot solution. HonSSH will sit between an attacker and a honey pot, creating two separate SSH connections between them.
Bifrozt – Bifrozt is a NAT device with a DHCP server that is usually deployed with one NIC connected directly to the Internet and one NIC connected to the internal network. What differentiates Bifrozt from other standard NAT devices is its ability to work as a transparent SSHv2 proxy between an attacker and your honeypot. If you deployed an SSH server on Bifrozt’s internal network it would log all the interaction to a TTY file in plain text that could be viewed later and capture a copy of any files that were downloaded. You would not have to install any additional software, compile any kernel modules or use a specific version or type of operating system on the internal SSH server for this to work. It will limit outbound traffic to a set number of ports and will start to drop outbound packets on these ports when certain limits are exceeded.
HoneyDrive – HoneyDrive is the premier honeypot Linux distro. It is a virtual appliance (OVA) with Xubuntu Desktop 12.04.4 LTS edition installed. It contains over 10 pre-installed and pre-configured honeypot software packages such as Kippo SSH honeypot, Dionaea and Amun malware honeypots, Honeyd low-interaction honeypot, Glastopf web honeypot and Wordpot, Conpot SCADA/ICS honeypot, Thug and PhoneyC honeyclients and more. Additionally it includes many useful pre-configured scripts and utilities to analyze, visualize and process the data it can capture, such as Kippo-Graph, Honeyd-Viz, DionaeaFR, an ELK stack and much more. Lastly, almost 90 well-known malware analysis, forensics and network monitoring related tools are also present in the distribution.
Cuckoo Sandbox – Cuckoo Sandbox is an Open Source software for automating analysis of suspicious files. To do so it makes use of custom components that monitor the behavior of the malicious processes while running in an isolated environment.
Full Packet Capture / Forensic
tcpflow – tcpflow is a program that captures data transmitted as part of TCP connections (flows), and stores the data in a way that is convenient for protocol analysis and debugging. Each TCP flow is stored in its own file. Thus, the typical TCP flow will be stored in two files, one for each direction. tcpflow can also process stored ‘tcpdump’ packet flows.
Xplico – The goal of Xplico is extract from an internet traffic capture the applications data contained. For example, from a pcap file Xplico extracts each email (POP, IMAP, and SMTP protocols), all HTTP contents, each VoIP call (SIP), FTP, TFTP, and so on. Xplico isn’t a network protocol analyzer. Xplico is an open source Network Forensic Analysis Tool (NFAT).
Moloch – Moloch is an open source, large scale IPv4 packet capturing (PCAP), indexing and database system. A simple web interface is provided for PCAP browsing, searching, and exporting. APIs are exposed that allow PCAP data and JSON-formatted session data to be downloaded directly. Simple security is implemented by using HTTPS and HTTP digest password support or by using apache in front. Moloch is not meant to replace IDS engines but instead work along side them to store and index all the network traffic in standard PCAP format, providing fast access. Moloch is built to be deployed across many systems and can scale to handle multiple gigabits/sec of traffic.
OpenFPC – OpenFPC is a set of tools that combine to provide a lightweight full-packet network traffic recorder & buffering system. It’s design goal is to allow non-expert users to deploy a distributed network traffic recorder on COTS hardware while integrating into existing alert and log management tools.
Dshell – Dshell is a network forensic analysis framework. Enables rapid development of plugins to support the dissection of network packet captures.
stenographer – Stenographer is a packet capture solution which aims to quickly spool all packets to disk, then provide simple, fast access to subsets of those packets.
Sniffer
wireshark – Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. Wireshark is very similar to tcpdump, but has a graphical front-end, plus some integrated sorting and filtering options.
netsniff-ng – netsniff-ng is a free Linux networking toolkit, a Swiss army knife for your daily Linux network plumbing if you will. Its gain of performance is reached by zero-copy mechanisms, so that on packet reception and transmission the kernel does not need to copy packets from kernel space to user space and vice versa.
Fast Packet Processing
DPDK – DPDK is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing.
PFQ – PFQ is a functional networking framework designed for the Linux operating system that allows efficient packets capture/transmission (10G and beyond), in-kernel functional processing and packets steering across sockets/end-points.
PF_RING – PF_RING is a new type of network socket that dramatically improves the packet capture speed.
netmap – netmap is a framework for high speed packet I/O. Together with its companion VALE software switch, it is implemented as a single kernel module and available for FreeBSD, Linux and now also Windows.
Endpoint
Configuration Management
Rudder – Rudder is an easy to use, web-driven, role-based solution for IT Infrastructure Automation & Compliance. Automate common system administration tasks (installation, configuration); Enforce configuration over time (configuring once is good, ensuring that configuration is valid and automatically fixing it is better); Inventory of all managed nodes; Web interface to configure and manage nodes and their configuration; Compliance reporting, by configuration and/or by node.
Authentication
google-authenticator – The Google Authenticator project includes implementations of one-time passcode generators for several mobile platforms, as well as a pluggable authentication module (PAM). One-time passcodes are generated using open standards developed by the Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH) (which is unrelated to OAuth). These implementations support the HMAC-Based One-time Password (HOTP) algorithm specified in RFC 4226 and the Time-based One-time Password (TOTP) algorithm specified in RFC 6238. Tutorials: How to set up two-factor authentication for SSH login on Linux
Mobile / Android /iOS
android-security-awesome – A collection of android security related resources. A lot of work is happening in academia and industry on tools to perform dynamic analysis, static analysis and reverse engineering of android apps.
Threat Intelligence
Emerging Threats – Open Source – Emerging Threats began 10 years ago as an open source community for collecting Suricata and SNORT® rules, firewall rules, and other IDS rulesets. The open source community still plays an active role in Internet security, with more than 200,000 active users downloading the ruleset daily. The ETOpen Ruleset is open to any user or organization, as long as you follow some basic guidelines. Our ETOpen Ruleset is available for download any time.
PhishTank – PhishTank is a collaborative clearing house for data and information about phishing on the Internet. Also, PhishTank provides an open API for developers and researchers to integrate anti-phishing data into their applications at no charge.
SBL / XBL / PBL / DBL / DROP / ROKSO – The Spamhaus Project is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to track the Internet’s spam operations and sources, to provide dependable realtime anti-spam protection for Internet networks, to work with Law Enforcement Agencies to identify and pursue spam and malware gangs worldwide, and to lobby governments for effective anti-spam legislation.
Internet Storm Center – The ISC was created in 2001 following the successful detection, analysis, and widespread warning of the Li0n worm. Today, the ISC provides a free analysis and warning service to thousands of Internet users and organizations, and is actively working with Internet Service Providers to fight back against the most malicious attackers.
AutoShun – AutoShun is a Snort plugin that allows you to send your Snort IDS logs to a centralized server that will correlate attacks from your sensor logs with other snort sensors, honeypots, and mail filters from around the world.
DNS-BH – The DNS-BH project creates and maintains a listing of domains that are known to be used to propagate malware and spyware. This project creates the Bind and Windows zone files required to serve fake replies to localhost for any requests to these, thus preventing many spyware installs and reporting.
AlienVault Open Threat Exchange – AlienVault Open Threat Exchange (OTX), to help you secure your networks from data loss, service disruption and system compromise caused by malicious IP addresses.
Tor Bulk Exit List – CollecTor, your friendly data-collecting service in the Tor network. CollecTor fetches data from various nodes and services in the public Tor network and makes it available to the world. If you’re doing research on the Tor network, or if you’re developing an application that uses Tor network data, this is your place to start. TOR Node List/ DNS Blacklists / Tor Node List
leakedin.com – The primary purpose of leakedin.com is to make visitors aware about the risks of loosing data. This blog just compiles samples of data lost or disclosed on sites like pastebin.com.
OpenVAS NVT Feed – The public feed of Network Vulnerability Tests (NVTs). It contains more than 35,000 NVTs (as of April 2014), growing on a daily basis. This feed is configured as the default for OpenVAS.
Project Honey Pot – Project Honey Pot is the first and only distributed system for identifying spammers and the spambots they use to scrape addresses from your website. Using the Project Honey Pot system you can install addresses that are custom-tagged to the time and IP address of a visitor to your site. If one of these addresses begins receiving email we not only can tell that the messages are spam, but also the exact moment when the address was harvested and the IP address that gathered it.
virustotal – VirusTotal, a subsidiary of Google, is a free online service that analyzes files and URLs enabling the identification of viruses, worms, trojans and other kinds of malicious content detected by antivirus engines and website scanners. At the same time, it may be used as a means to detect false positives, i.e. innocuous resources detected as malicious by one or more scanners.
IntelMQ – IntelMQ is a solution for CERTs for collecting and processing security feeds, pastebins, tweets using a message queue protocol. It’s a community driven initiative called IHAP (Incident Handling Automation Project) which was conceptually designed by European CERTs during several InfoSec events. Its main goal is to give to incident responders an easy way to collect & process threat intelligence thus improving the incident handling processes of CERTs. ENSIA Homepage.
CIFv2 – CIF is a cyber threat intelligence management system. CIF allows you to combine known malicious threat information from many sources and use that information for identification (incident response), detection (IDS) and mitigation (null route).
Web
Organization
OWASP – The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a 501(c)(3) worldwide not-for-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of software.
ironbee – IronBee is an open source project to build a universal web application security sensor. IronBee as a framework for developing a system for securing web applications – a framework for building a web application firewall (WAF).
Scanning / Pentesting
sqlmap – sqlmap is an open source penetration testing tool that automates the process of detecting and exploiting SQL injection flaws and taking over of database servers. It comes with a powerful detection engine, many niche features for the ultimate penetration tester and a broad range of switches lasting from database fingerprinting, over data fetching from the database, to accessing the underlying file system and executing commands on the operating system via out-of-band connections.
ZAP – The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications. It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing. ZAP provides automated scanners as well as a set of tools that allow you to find security vulnerabilities manually.
w3af – w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework. The project’s goal is to create a framework to help you secure your web applications by finding and exploiting all web application vulnerabilities.
Recon-ng – Recon-ng is a full-featured Web Reconnaissance framework written in Python. Recon-ng has a look and feel similar to the Metasploit Framework.
PTF – The Penetration Testers Framework (PTF) is a way for modular support for up-to-date tools.
Big Data
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Vintage Disney Matchbooks Part 1: Disneyland
Welcome to the Disney Food Blog. If you enjoy this post, you should check out the tour of the site to see all the great Disney Food information we have.
As much as society has changed, there used to be a time when smoking was much more common (In fact, even Walt himself was a smoker; and more often than not, he’d be seen with a cigarette in hand )…and the activity created lots of opportunities for businesses to promote themselves.
Although smoking is not for me, I DO appreciate the gorgeous matchbooks that used to be distributed throughout the Disney Parks.
Vintage Disney Matchbooks
Nearly every single dining establishment, store, “land,” hotel and lounge had its own matchbook – free souvenirs to visiting guests. I’ve recently stumbled upon (and won) some online auctions for vintage Disney Parks matchbook collections. I am completely obsessed with their coolness.
The matchbooks I’ve received include everything from early early Disneyland to Disneyland Paris, to Epcot and Pleasure Island in Walt Disney World. It was so much fun to go through them and sort out the restaurants and lounges to share here on the blog.
Vintage Disneyland Matchbooks
Because there are so many, this will be a three part series divided into Disneyland, Epcot and “Other.” Let’s start in Disneyland!
Disneyland Vintage Matchbooks
Club 33
TheClub 33 match book is one of the more recent matchbooks in the collection. Not sure that it would be considered vintage, but it’s still pretty awesome.
Years ago, personalized match books awaited you at your table when you dined at Club 33, but when a healthier trend started to spread, the matches were replaced mini pads of paper that looked exactly like a matchbook. This photo though, is an actual matchbook.
Club 33 Matchbook
Plantation House and Red Wagon Inn
The other three matchbooks are much older. The one below features two restaurants, The Plantation House in Frontierland and the Red Wagon Inn on Main Street USA.
Both restaurants debuted at Disneyland’s grand opening and were operated by Swift Meats. The Plantation House served up fried chicken dinners for $1.70. Meals could be enjoyed on the patio of a plantation style home along the Rivers of America. The Plantation House closed in 1962 to make room for New Orleans Square.
The Red Wagon Inn and Plantation House
The Red Wagon Inn was said to be Walt’s favorite restaurant at Disneyland. A lovely table service restaurant, The Red Wagon Inn was the most popular place to dine as well as the only restaurant in Disneyland to serve full course dinners. They also served breakfast and lunch.
The Red Wagon Inn housed the first cast member only dining room, which was dubbed the “Inn Between” because its location was “in between” Tomorrowland and Main Street.
In July of 1965, after the Swift Meats’ lease was up, the restaurant was converted to a buffet style counter service venue and reopened as the Plaza Inn, which faithfully serves up the best fried chicken in town! For more information on the Red Wagon Inn, check out this post on MousePlanet.
Disneyland Hotel
The Disneyland Hotel matchbook is very mid century modern looking. I love the gold and blue.
When the Disneyland Hotel first opened, its restaurants were run by “Gourmet.” There was an “affordable” coffee shop, the ‘Round the World Lounge, and the Gourmet Restaurant. There was also this fab Hotel Bar and the Top of the Park Lounge. In 1986 the Coffee Shop converted into the ultimate 80’s awesomeness of the Monorail Cafe.
Disneyland Hotel Vintage Matchbook
Casa de Fritos
My absolute favorite book in this Disneyland collection is the Casa de Fritos matchbook. The artwork, colors, composition, and even the out of registration printing makes it so classic.
Casa de Fritos Vintage Matchbook
Originally located in what is now the New Orleans Square area, the popular restaurant, after two years of business, outgrew its space. In June of 1957 it had to be relocated to Frontierland in the space that currently houses Rancho del Zocalo.
The “Mexican” restaurant and I say that very loosely, served original menu items that included Frito Chili Pie (Fritos topped with chili and cheese) as well as a taco in a “Tacup” which was ground beef taco meat, cheese, lettuce, and sauce served in a fried corn corn dough “cup.” Other menu items included tamales (there was a Frito tamale!), chili and beans, Mexican rice, and a combination plate that went for a whopping $1.00!
It is also rumored that Doritos were actually invented at Casa de Fritos. Unused tortillas were cut up, fried, and seasoned. Due to their popularity locally, Doritos were released nationwide in 1966 and were the first tortilla chip on the market.
Another fun part of Casa de Fritos? Here you could meet the Frito Kid and buy a pack of Fritos from him for a nickel. Put in the nickel and out of the mine slides a bag of Fritos.
Frito Kid Chip Mine
I hope you’ve enjoyed this trip down one of Disneyland’s many memory lanes. Join me next time when I share Part 2 of this fun little series: Vintage Matchbooks of Epcot!
Do you have any vintage Disney Parks matchbooks stashed away from years ago?
Neat stuff. I’m looking forward to what Epcot was handing out… that would have been back about the time smoking was really beginning to become frowned upon (as opposed to being the “default” state of social interaction).
They used to serve Pepsi and Coke in Disneyland?! Wow! Wonder what Coke did to win out?
Thanks for sharing. They really are beautiful. I have a collection of matchbooks at home. I used to take one from where ever I went as a souvenier. As happy as I am that smoking is no longer as acceptable as it once was, I miss the matchbooks.
I wasn’t sure about this article when I saw that it was about matchbook covers, but gee, did I enjoy it! I, too, appreciate the artwork and a look into the past. The Frito ‘mine machine’ is cute as can be; too bad that it’s not preserved and still in use somewhere. I can’t wait for the next articles, thanks.
We were at an Estate Sale earlier this summer and came across some WDW matchbooks ourselves (which we happened to pick up for FREE). Again, non-smokers in our household, but I love old matchbooks and we found some great ones at this estate sale from the Polynesian, Contemporary and a few other WDW locations I can’t remember. Thanks for this post, can’t wait to see what other ones are out there!
I do have a couple. I had a huge matchbook collection that I purged. I only kept important / interesting ones. I was really surprised to find Disney ones – it has been MANY years since I looked at them and had forgotten what I had. Great article!
HI,
what great articles. I am so envious of your matchbooks and, that out of this world Club 33
dinner at the Haunted Mansion! Lucky Lucky YOU! I wanta be you. I need suggestions for places to look in Anaheim and Orange this month for the matchbooks. Anyone? Thanks bunches. Let me end this with a Disney Line:
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The Best Squash Racquets That Will Improve Your Court Game
Whether it's to improve your court game, or just because you wanted to invest in some new equipment, owning the right squash racket for your game will always end up being of great help. So it's time to raise your squash glasses and take a good look at our list compiling the best squash racquets in India. Catering to both beginners and pros alike, our list has got you covered. Just choose a racquet that appeals to you the most, and you'll be able to squash your opponents (pun intended!) on the court like never before.
The Best Squash Racquets In India That'll Help You 'Squash' The Competition
1.Tecnifibre Dynergy 117
117 grams! That's right, that's the weight of this incredibly lightweight squash racquet by Tecnifibre Dynergy that is also fitted with original tecnifibre strings. Featuring a quality of build that is simply one of the best in the world, this racquet is going to make sure your flow in the game remains superb, making it one of the best Tecnifibre squash racquets on the market.
2. Tecnifibre Carboflex 130 S Squash Racquet
Made using graphite and basaltex, the Tecnifibre Carboflex 130 variant can safely be considered as being one of the best squash racquets in the country, especially for beginners. Its 365mm balance will aid any budding squash player get accustomed with the sport. Additionally, this racquet comes in a stylish black cover that makes for the perfect accessory for safekeeping.
3. Dunlop Hyper Revelation Squash Racquet
When it comes to buying squash gear, Dunlop happens to be one of the leading brands in India, and this particular squash racquet - the Dunlop Hyper Revelation - proves just why that is the case. Though it's a bit on the pricier side, this is a great, long term investment that you won't regret making. Also here's a fun fact - this happens to be Ali Farag's (the current World Champion) go-to racquet!
4. Prince Textreme Pro Sovereign 650 Squash Racquet
Sovereign is its name and sovereignty is precisely what this squash racquet will give a player - complete control on their game, no matter what the external surroundings. Manufactured by Prince, this racquet, with its 16 x17 string dimensions, makes for an amazing and durable addition to your squash gear.
5. HEAD Nano Ti Tornado Squash Racquet
Equipped with superb nano-titanium technology, the HEAD Nano Ti Tornado squash racquet should pretty much be on every player's bucket list. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, it's supremely affordable price tag makes this one of the best squash racquets for beginners who don't want to splurge a fortune. And secondly, as mentioned above, its build quality makes this a durable investment - perfect for both beginners, as well as advanced players.
6. HEAD Intelligence 1x120 Squash Racquet
Another product from HEAD's catalogue that makes it to our list, this intelligence 1x120 variant is more suitable for professional and advanced players. This is largely owing to the intelligence technology it comes equipped with, besides its 14/8 string size and grip size 4 that collectively make it a perfectly balanced squash racquet.
7. Cosco LST 125 Aluminium Squash Racquet
If there is any brand that has shown consistency in delivering quality sports gear at reasonable prices - covering an array of diverse sports including tennis, badminton, and squash - it is Cosco. Considered to be one of the most reliable sports brands out there, this LST 125 Aluminium squash racquet from Cosco makes for yet another quality (and budget-friendly!) investment.
8. NIVIA Attack Ti Squash Racquet
If you're still undecided after going through our list of the best squash racquets, this Attack Ti variant from Nivia is probably what you were waiting for. Available at a reasonable price, and chock-full of all the qualities a squash player would expect from his gear, this truly makes for an ideal choice.
9. Cosco Power 175 Squash Racquet
Cosco's Power 175 squash racquet is another suitable choice for uncertain players who are still on the edge vis-a-vis the type of racquet they want to own. With a grip size of G4, this aluminium variant is lightweight for comfort and well balanced for the right strike. We think you will really enjoy your game with this one!
10. Tecnifibre Carboflex 125 Heritage Besaltex Squash Racquet
We know, we know, this particular product from Tecnifibre has a relatively steep price tag. However, it has a lot going for it that makes it an incredibly worthy investment to make. Made from graphite and besaltex, this piece comes with an isomorph shaft and has a frame weight of 125 grams. Heard of better specifications? Neither have we! | {
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Pandora Updates To Version 1.1.11 Now Includes Support For OS 7 Devices
The worlds most beloved internet radio app for BlackBerry has been updated to version 1.1.11. The biggest change in this version is that it allows the app to run on BlackBerry's latest OS 7 devices. I know there are some very happy Blackberry users right now. | {
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Suicide Risk Among Abused Children
New research suggests children who are repeatedly abused, or are abused by a member of their immediate family, are at higher risk of attempting suicide in later life.
Sexual abuse, and to a lesser extent, physical abuse in childhood have both been associated with suicidality.
However, not all individuals who were abused as children go on to attempt suicide.
This latest study, published in the August issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, sheds new light on the indicators of risk for suicide attempt.
Between 1986 and 1988, researchers recruited families of children attending French-speaking nursery schools in Quebec, Canada, to take part in the study. A total of 3388 children participated.
Contact sexual abuse in childhood was reported by 9.9 percent of the children (men 2.7%, women 18.0%), physical abuse by 20.6% (men 26.3%, women 14.3%) and both types of abuse by 8.2% (men 4.0%, women 12.8%).
The least severe type of contact sexual abuse, involving touch, was, at 49%, the most frequent. Threats and force were reported in 22% and 30% of the remaining sexual abuse cases respectively. In a third of the sexual abuse cases the abuser was a family member, and in about two-thirds the abuse occurred on multiple occasions.
Overall, participants with no history of childhood abuse were less likely to demonstrate suicidal behaviour than those who had been abused. Analysis shows that the non-abused group had a lower prevalence of lifetime suicide attempts (6.0%) than the physical abuse (11.7%), sexual abuse (14.8%) and both abuse types (32.2%) groups.
The study also indicates that the risk of suicide in later life is related to the frequency of abuse during childhood and the identity of the abuser.
Repeated abuse was generally more strongly associated with suicide attempts than a single occurrence of abuse. Furthermore, sexual abuse by an immediate family member (such as a father, stepfather or brother) carried the greatest risk. Abuse perpetrated by an extended family member (uncle or cousin) carried an intermediate risk, while abuse by an unrelated individual (an acquaintance, romantic partner or stranger) carried a weaker risk.
The researchers propose two possible explanations for this pattern.
First, abuse by a father or stepfather is considered especially traumatic, possible because such abuse is more likely to occur in families with multiple problems and also because these families cannot provide safe and healing conditions following abuse.
Second, abuse by close family members may have long-term consequences on the development of health attachment patterns necessary for mental health.
The study confirms the association between suicide attempts and childhood abuse, and shows that the characteristics of the abuser and abusive acts may be important additional indicators of risk for suicide attempts.
Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 4 Aug 2008 Published on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.
About Rick Nauert PhD
Dr. Rick Nauert has over 25 years experience in clinical, administrative and academic healthcare. He is currently an associate professor for Rocky Mountain University of Health Professionals doctoral program in health promotion and wellness. Dr. Nauert began his career as a clinical physical therapist and served as a regional manager for a publicly traded multidisciplinary rehabilitation agency for 12 years. He has masters degrees in health-fitness management and healthcare administration and a doctoral degree from The University of Texas at Austin focused on health care informatics, health administration, health education and health policy. His research efforts included the area of telehealth with a specialty in disease management. | {
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Dont judge a book by its cover! This home has been extended & features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & 2 living areas Set on a large level (approx 651m²) allotment The site is zoned for villa or townhouse re-development North facing yard for year round sunshine Handy to all facilities...Read more | {
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Jets: Opposites attract with Geno Smith and Matt Simms
When Geno Smith was benched against Miami on Dec. 1, he didn’t sulk. The Jets’ rookie quarterback stayed in the game, at least mentally, and helped out reliever Matt Simms.
And when Smith retained his starting job despite his poor performances, Simms did the same for him. After Smith helped lead the Jets to a win over Oakland a week later, Simms gave him a man hug in the locker room.
Those two snapshots sum up the relationship between the Jets’ two young quarterbacks, who have forged a bond despite being in competition for the same job.
"It’s been fun," said Smith, who will make his 15th straight start today against Cleveland. "The key thing is that Matt’s always been in my corner and I’d do the same for him. It started out with us competing in OTAs [in the spring]. We got to know each other and that relationship has continued to build."
"He was very supportive," Simms said, recalling when Smith was benched at halftime against the Dolphins. "He was still involved. I’ve been in that situation as well, and it’s very easy for a quarterback to kind of a fall into a hole and feel like you’re on an island.
"I think our age has something to do with" the bond, said Simms, who is 25. Smith is 23.
"We’re both young guys," Simms said. "We both grew up in the same generation."
Smith agreed.
"We’re in the same age bracket," said the second-round pick from West Virginia, "so we have similar interests and tastes and we often exchange movie quotes and do all that type of stuff. So we have a lot of fun together."
Their personalities, however, are not similar. Smith, who is from South Florida, is very even-keeled. Simms, a native of Franklin Lakes who starred at Don Bosco, is more emotional.
"It’s kind of like opposites attract, hot, cold, even, odd," Smith said. "You know how that goes. I’m the more laid-back kind of guy and he’s fiery. I can get fiery, too, and when we’re inside this building he can be laid-back. It’s an interesting bond."
"I like to have a lot of energy," he said. "The energy keeps me going, keeps me positive. That’s what works for me. I tried to be the do-right, hard-nosed guy [in college] at Tennessee and that didn’t really fit my personality. I feel like the fiery, cut-it-loose gunslinger type of attitude has worked more for me and my teammates as well."
Simms also knows how his father, Phil, had to endure quarterback controversies through no fault of his own when he played for the Giants, and doesn’t want to rock the boat.
"I’m not going to try and create division in the [quarterback] room at all by any means," Simms said, citing how he admires Chicago backup Josh McCown for not making waves after he was benched last Sunday for a healthy Jay Cutler despite having thrown four touchdown passes against Dallas the week before.
McCown is "handling the situation great," Simms said. "He got a chance to play and played well, and then they put Jay Cutler back in and [McCown] keeps supporting the team, keeps supporting the quarterback."
Smith said the quarterback competition hasn’t caused a rift "because, first of all, we’re two really good character guys. The second thing is we don’t let our job, this game that we love, affect anything outside of us. … We’re kind of too naïve or young to really understand what’s going on, so the key thing is that we support one another though good or bad, thick and thin. And that’s what really builds that bond and that chemistry that we have." | {
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Spain 2015 – BCN, ASHES57 exhibition
This weekend I was invited to an art exhibition/market from the french artist ASHES57, with DJ sets from people affiliated to Teklife. My friend DJ Perez gave me the opportunity to shoot the event. Good vibes, nice music and art, many visitors, amazing location in Raval. I really enjoyed, and here is my modest contribution… The night continued in RazzMatazz, where the staff didn’t let my camera in without accreditation, which of course I didn’t have… | {
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Restored in a 4K digital transfer from the original negative, with a digitized soundtrack, filmmaker King Hu’s widely beloved but previously hard-to-find 1967 martial arts adventure still has the power to thrill audiences. The live-on-camera stunt work, startling set-ups, and widescreen compositions are justly famous – they set the standard for Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Tsui Hark, Ang Lee, and every other Chinese sword fantasy practitioner to follow, in the tale of a ragtag band of outsiders tangling with a corrupt and ruthless eunuch potentate and his henchmen in the desert title location. The protagonists are no less renowned: Shi Jun as a laconic, mocking killer (shades of Clint Eastwood); Shang Kuan Ling-Feng as a beautiful swordswoman; and Bai Ying as the bizarre white-haired eunuch Cao Shaoqi, with his overwhelming fighting skills. A delightful combo of thrilling duels, broad physical humor, artistic mise-en-scene, and sweeping visual extravagance. Written and directed by King Hu. Cinematography by Hua Hui-Ying. Strongly recommended (111 min).
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Political prisoner’s death “under state fascism” reignites call for resumption of peace talks
January 11, 2016
By Karapatan ST
On the third day since the death of political prisoner and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Eduardo Serrano, a countless amount of people have rushed and mourned with his family, all the while remembering shared memories. They also united in condemnation of the sad plight of Serrano under the prisons of state forces for more than eleven years. Many believe that the incarceration, and the stress brought by the trial for trumped-up charges against him took a great toll on his health.
“Ka Eddik Serrano, a humble servant of the people, experienced severe inhumane treatment under the state’s confines of justice,” said Dorris Cuario, secretary-general of human rights group Karapatan Southern Tagalog.
Cuario mentioned that 555 other political prisoners, or those incarcerated for their political beliefs, languish in similar poor conditions, all the while facing cooked-up charges. In the case of Serrano, he was charged multiple murder, kidnapping and homicide charges as ‘Rogelio Villanueva’, an alleged high-ranking member of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Just recently, the Court of Appeals junked three of five cases against Serrano as evidence was lacking to prove Serrano’s identity with Villanueva’s.
She added that such actions of the Philippine government do not sit well with the peace negotiation agreements it entered in the past. The arrest and persecution of NDFP consultants like Serrano were clear violations of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) and the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG).
“Its disrespect for the agreements on the respect of human rights and peace shows the government’s insincerity to address the roots of the conflict and sit with the NDFP on the negotiating table. The Philippine government’s actions toward its colleagues in the negotiating table offend the very concepts of peace it so brazenly preaches,” added Cuario.
From the Church of Holy Sacrifice in the University of the Philippines – Diliman, Ka Eddik’s remains marched to Mendiola, the site of so many protests for justice and democracy.
Additionally, the groups called on to free all political prisoners, and resume the GRP-NDFP peace talks.
His remains were then delivered to his alma mater, the University of the Philippines – Los Baños tonight, as different ‘ Peoples’ Organizations from the Southern Tagalog region stage a grand tribute for Serrano, one of the region’s most esteemed freedom fighters.
Finally, his remains will be delivered to Naga in Camarines Sur, where he will be given final tributes and burial.
“The large crowds going to see and remember the life of Ka Eddik prove his innocence on the many charges hurled by the government against him, and show the US-BS Aquino regime’s belligerent poise against those demanding for genuine social change,” Cuario ended. ### | {
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Controversy Over Genetic Engineering Essay Research Paper
Controversy Over Genetic Engineering Essay, Research Paper Dolly was a sheep that was the first living clone in its time, not a country music star from Tennessee. This was a magnificent feat but what did it mean?
Controversy Over Genetic Engineering Essay, Research Paper
Dolly was a sheep that was the first living clone in its time, not a country
music star from Tennessee. This was a magnificent feat but what did it mean?
To some it meant a world of possibility, to others it meant havoc. Who is
right? Who is wrong? These questions are unanswerable which results in a
never-ending controversy. This controversy over the benefits and dangers of
genetic engineering in humans, animals and plants will live on forever.
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A great introductory tutorial on distributed systems formal verification using TLA+. Even though FV and model checking is overkill for many of web services, it is a tool that an engineer should keep in his/her toolbox : one day it might become handy! | {
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Scouting Report-Chaney woke up a lot of people with his Scouting Combine. He showed some impressive triangle numbers which forced people to go back and watch to see if he could play football. And for the most part they should have been impressed with what they saw. You can see his speed and quicknes in game situations and his ability to get to the ballcarrier quickly is evident. In terms of his size, he's a little squatty, but for an inside linebacker that's not a bad thing. He is a very instinctive player, looking to read and react to a play. Pretty aware player and his experience really shows. It's not all sunshine though. For a guy who's built like he is, you'd think he would be stronger, especially against the run. As long as he had bodies in front of him, keeping the fat boys off of him, he was able to run down plays, but he doesn't do a great job with his hands, and doesn't have a ton of lower body strength, so when a player gets up into him, he loses. He's a much better coverage player than I thought he would be, and even though he's kinda stiff, his quickness and speed make up for it. Does need to really work on being a better tackler, as I see him giving up too many plays.
Draft Status-In a very meh inside linebacker class, Chaney has a chance to be drafted sooner than his talent would indicate. I'd plug him firmly into the third round to a 4-3 team that can count on keeping blockers off of him, and allow him to run sideline to sideline and make plays. I don't buy the hype that is surrounding him right now in terms of draft status and I think his limited upside keeps him out of the first two rounds.
Final Analysis-I think people are over their heads about Chaney. Going back and watching him play, his problems in run support and tackling really hurt him. You figure in that he doesn't blitz a ton, and that's another strike against him. I almost wonder if his football IQ is pretty low, and he's more of just a run and chase guy. He doesn't get off blocks well so he prefers to try and use his speed and quickness to get around blockers to avoid them, and should spend considerable time in the film room and the weight room. Mark me down as thinking Chaney will be drafted too soon, and not be as productive as a lot of the linebackers who will be drafted after him. His triangle numbers have clouded people's judgment, paired up with a bad ILB class.
Reminds me of:Corey Mays, LB Kansas City Chiefs-Squatty ILB, who has nice speed but it just a middle of the road kind of player. Won't make any big plays, but is good enough to hang around. That's Chaney to me. | {
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How To Put An iPhone In DFU Mode, The Apple Way
DFU stands for Device Firmware Update, and it’s the deepest type of restore you can do on an iPhone. An Apple lead genius taught me how to put iPhones into DFU mode, and as an Apple tech, I’ve done it hundreds of times.
Surprisingly, I’ve never seen another article explain how to enter DFU mode the way I was trained. A lot of the information out there is just plain wrong. In this article, I’ll explain what DFU mode is, how firmware works on your iPhone, and show you step-by-step how to DFU restore your iPhone.
How To Put An iPhone In DFU Mode
Plug your iPhone into your computer and open iTunes. It doesn’t matter if your iPhone is on or off.
Press and hold the Sleep / Wake Button and Home Button (iPhone 6s and below) or the volume down button (iPhone 7) together for 8 seconds.
After 8 seconds, release the Sleep / Wake Button but continue to hold the Home Button (iPhone 6s and below) or the volume down button (iPhone 7) until iTunes says “iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.”
Let go of the Home Button or volume down button. Your iPhone’s display will be completely black if you’ve successfully entered DFU mode. If it’s not, try again from the beginning.
Restore your iPhone using iTunes.
How To Put An iPhone 8, 8 Plus, Or X In DFU Mode
A lot of other websites give false, misleading, or overcomplicated steps when telling you how to DFU restore your iPhone 8, 8 Plus, or X. They’ll tell you to turn off your iPhone first, which is completely unnecessary. Your iPhone does not have to be off before you put it in DFU Mode.
If you like our videos, watch our new YouTube video about how to DFU restore your iPhone X, 8, or 8 Plus. If you prefer to read the steps, the process is actually a lot easier than they make it out to be! The process starts off just like a hard reset.
To DFU restore your iPhone X, 8, or 8 Plus, quickly press and release the Volume Up button, then quickly press and release the volume down button, and then press and hold the side button until the screen goes black.
As soon as the screen turns black, press and hold the volume down button while continuing to hold the side button.
After 5 seconds, release the side button but continue to hold the volume down button until your iPhone shows up in iTunes.
As soon as it appears in iTunes, release the volume button. Ta-da! Your iPhone is in DFU mode.
Note: If the Apple logo is appearing on the screen, you held down the volume down button for too long. Start the process over from the beginning and try again.
If You’d Rather Watch Than Read…
Check out our new YouTube tutorial on how to put an iPhone into DFU mode and how to perform a DFU restore if you’d like to see it in action.
A Word Of Warning
When you DFU restore your iPhone, your computer erases and reloads every bit of code that controls the software and hardware on your iPhone. There’s the potential for something to go wrong.
If your iPhone is damaged in any way, and especially if it’s water-damaged, a DFU restore may break your iPhone. I’ve worked with customers who tried to restore their iPhones to fix a minor problem, but water had damaged another component that prevented the restore from completing. A useable iPhone with minor problems can become completely unusable if a DFU restore fails because of water-damage.
What’s Firmware? What Does It Do?
Firmware is the programming that controls the hardware of your device. Software changes all the time (you install apps and download new email), hardware never changes (hopefully, you don’t open your iPhone and rearrange its components), and firmware almost never changes – unless it has to.
What Other Electronic Devices Have Firmware?
All of them! Think about it: Your washing machine, dryer, TV remote, and microwave all use firmware to control buttons, timers, and other basic functions. You can’t change what the Popcorn setting does on your microwave, so it’s not software — it’s firmware.
DFU Restores: All Day, Every Day.
Apple employees restore a lot of iPhones. Given the option, I’d always choose a DFU restore over a regular or recovery mode restore. This isn’t official Apple policy and some techs would say it’s overkill, but if an iPhone has a problem that can be resolved with a restore, a DFU restore stands the best chance of fixing it.
Thanks for reading and I hope this article clarifies some of the misinformation on the internet about how to enter DFU mode and why you’d want to use it. I encourage you to embrace your inner geekiness. You should be proud! Now you can tell your friends (and kids), “Yeah, I know how to DFU restore my iPhone.” | {
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What once was dominated by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Google Chrome has done a great job at Free Google wallpapers and Google backgrounds for your computer desktop. By default, a new Chromebook is set to receive background updates to Chrome OS as soon as Google releases them to what’s called the stable channel. I was blown away how useful it actually was and with each update Google seems to make it more and more desktop like. These are the updates that were tested in beta prior and are ready for public consumption. If you’re moving to a more experimental The settings panel of this extension allows you to change the background color or image of the new tab template. Initialize the Extension Listen to the runtime. Google Chrome themes modify the look and feel of your browser, altering the appearance of everything from your scrollbar to the background color of your tabs. To use a background image that came preloaded on your Chromebook, follow the steps below. 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Issue 4 seems to be related to how the Chromebook handles power management. and I ended up just letting these machines fade into the background, even selling the Chromebook Pro I’d The change from a 3:2 aspect ratio to a 16:10 ratio is an unexpected move as well. Google Chrome is a background process used by Chrome web browser, however in a recent attack (Poweliks trojan), cyber criminals have disguised malware using this process name. I've learned a new thing today. Two Methods: Selecting from Google Backgrounds Setting a Custom Wallpaper Community Q&A Google Chome's 10th-anniversary update gives you an option to change the default background wallpaper. You can change the wallpaper of your background depending on your mood or interests. By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our cookie policy unless you have disabled them. As a lightweight OS designed primarily for web-based computing, it is fast, secure, and resilient to viruses and malware. 3. You will now be presented with an option “Change Desktop Background” – click on it The feedback you provide will help us show you more relevant content in the future. C300 features a spacious touchpad which gives easy control over multi-touch gesture inputs. Google nudges you towards Google Docs and its powerful document-editing tools, but there’s no similar This will take you to the Google Doodle gallery where you can change your selected Doodle at any time in the future. View and change the CSS rules applied to any selected element in the Styles pane. The changes have centered around small changes, such as the addition of a second camera on the Chromebook Plus and a newer version with a backlit keyboard with regard to the Chromebook Pro. How to Change Background Wallpaper on a Chromebook > Click Change Desktop Background from the displayed list. 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A new report from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and the Young Health Movement (YHM) rates the impact of social media as it pertains to the mental health of young people.
RSPH and the Young Health Movement (YHM) have published a new report, #StatusOfMind, examining the positive and negative effects of social media on young people’s health, including a league table of social media platforms according to their impact on young people’s mental health.
YouTube tops the table as the most positive, with Instagram and Snapchat coming out as the most detrimental to young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
RSPH and YHM are now calling for action from government and social media companies to help promote the positive aspects of social media for young people, whilst mitigating the potential negatives.
The report’s recommendations include:
Introduction of a pop-up heavy usage warning on social media – seven in 10 (71%) young people surveyed by RSPH support this recommendation.
Social media platforms to identify users who could be suffering from mental health problems by their posts, and discretely signpost to support – four in five (80%) young people support.
Social media platforms to highlight when photos of people have been digitally manipulated – more than two-thirds (68%) of young people support.
In early 2017 (13 February to 8 May), RSPH/YHM conducted a survey of almost 1,500 young people (aged 14-24) from across the UK. The survey asked them to score how each of the social media platforms they use impacts upon 14 health and wellbeing-related issues which were identified by experts as the most significant.
The 14 health and wellbeing-related issues were:
Awareness and understanding of other people’s health experiences
Access to expert health information you know you can trust
Emotional support (empathy and compassion from family and friends)
Anxiety (feelings of worry, nervousness or unease)
Depression (feeling extremely low and unhappy)
Loneliness (feelings of being all on your own)
Sleep (quality and amount of sleep)
Self-expression (the expression of your feelings, thoughts or ideas)
Self-identity (ability to define who you are)
Body image (how you feel about how you look)
Real world relationships (maintaining relationships with other people)
Community building (feeling part of a community of like-minded people)
Bullying (threatening or abusive behaviour towards you)
FoMO (Fear Of Missing Out – feeling you need to stay connected because you are worried things could be happening without you)
Based on the ratings young people gave to each platform for each of the health and wellbeing-related issues, the five most popular platforms were given a net average score which were used to establish the league table rankings:
YouTube (most positive)
Twitter
Facebook
Snapchat
Instagram (most negative)
Shirley Cramer CBE, Chief Executive, RSPH, said: “Social media has been described as more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol, and is now so entrenched in the lives of young people that it is no longer possible to ignore it when talking about young people’s mental health issues. Through our Young Health Movement, young people have told us that social media has had both a positive and negative impact on their mental health. It’s interesting to see Instagram and Snapchat ranking as the worst for mental health and wellbeing – both platforms are very image-focused and it appears they may be driving feelings of inadequacy and anxiety in young people.
“As the evidence grows that there may be potential harms from heavy use of social media, and as we upgrade the status of mental health within society, it is important that we have checks and balances in place to make social media less of a wild west when it comes to young people’s mental health and wellbeing. We want to promote and encourage the many positive aspects of networking platforms and avoid a situation that leads to social media psychosis which may blight the lives of our young people.”
Dr Becky Inkster, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, said: “For young people, using social media and digital technologies as a tool to help with mental health make sense for many reasons. Social media is a part of their daily lives and so care could be delivered in a lifestyle-integrated, self-managed approach. This holistic perspective could integrate personal interests and activities. It might help improve psychoeducation, increase self-awareness of mental health and act as a preventative measure. Young people sometimes feel more comfortable talking about personal issues online.
“We also have a unique opportunity to communicate with young people on their terms and in creative ways. As health professionals we must make every attempt to understand modern youth culture expressions, lexicons, and terms to better connect with their thoughts and feelings.”
Laci Green, professional health YouTuber (1.5 million subscribers), said: “Social media has dramatically shifted how we socialize, communicate, and form relationships with each other. Its impact cannot be understated. As we navigate these new digital spaces that have so much to offer, we must be having a conversation about how it can affect our mental health. Because platforms like Instagram and Facebook present highly curated versions of the people we know and the world around us, it is easy for our perspective of reality to become distorted.
“Socializing from behind a screen can also be uniquely isolating, obscuring mental health challenges even more than usual. As the first generation of social media users become adults, it is important that we lay the groundwork now to minimize potential harm and shape a digital future that is healthy and thriving.”
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Local diving club taking form
July 22, 2013
A local diving club is taking shape at the Wapakoneta WaterPark in an effort to increase interest in the event among youth.
The twice-per-week diving instruction sessions are being led by Dylon Webb, who works at the waterpark. Webb, 20, from Wapakoneta, is a graduate of Wapakoneta High School. He will be a junior at the University of Findlay starting next school year.
Webb dove all four years of high school and dove competitively for a brief time during his freshman year at UF. He also coached in Celina the past two years.
The idea arose from a need to help the WHS swimming and diving team. The past two seasons, the Redskins have not had any divers and therefore have not scored points in diving events.
So the WHS swimming and diving coach Mark Law, an employee at the Wapakoneta WaterPark, decided to develop interest in diving in order to make the Redskins more competitive in the future.
“We started that this year because our high school swim team, at our league meet, we haven’t been having divers the past two years. We’ve just been giving up points, not having divers,” Law said. “It’s just something we thought we should start to get interest. We’ve had four or five high school kids interested in it, and Dylon was interested in coaching it.”
From his perspective, Webb explained what role Law has played in the dive club at this point.
“He definitely helped me out. The kids all know him. He’s the reason they heard about it,” Webb said. “They showed up, liked it and have stuck with it.”
Webb said each session draws about 8-10 kids, with that group split between high school kids and younger grades.
Webb provided his thoughts on the opportunity to coach the club’s swimmers.
“I was just really happy and wanted to give those kids the same opportunity I had,” Webb said. “They have a lot of talent and dedication.”
Webb explained some keys to diving from his perspective as an instructor.
“One of the things I tell the kids is diving is a very technical sport. It’s very important not to get frustrated your first try and to stick with it,” Webb said. “Smacking can also be frustrating and it can hurt. But once you figure it out, it’s worth it.”
Webb described the nature of the feedback he has received from the kid so far this summer.
“So far everybody that has came out has stuck with it and seem like they’re liking it. A lot of them know each other, and they’re all friends.”
The club’s sessions will last, basically, either until the WaterPark closes or until Webb returns to college, whichever happens first.
As far as the club’s future prospects, specifically with him coaching it, Webb said he is unsure about them, but he is hopeful the club will continue.
“Even though I want to it continue, I’m not sure where that’s going to take me after I graduate,” Webb said. “Hopefully it can continue. I want it to blossom as far as it’s going to go.”
Webb said it’s not too late in the summer for kids to show up at the pool and receive instructions. He said kids of all ages and skill level are welcome to take part in the instructional sessions. | {
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Frangipani
Frangipani studio located at Chalwell Estate in the British Virgin Islands, offering Contemporary dance, Aerial dance, Aerial yoga and Gyrokinesis. Our goal is to provide our clients with unique movement and creative experiences for a healthier lifestyle. Owner, Amanda Georges, is a local dancer, choreographer and aerial artist. With a fresh and innovative approach, she teaches students of all ages, dance, movement and yoga.
Owner – Amanda Georges
Dancing from the age of four at the Caribbean School of Dance in Trinidad, Amanda continued on to earn a BFA in Dance from the University of South Florida in Tampa, working with instructors, from companies such as Alvin Ailey Dance Company, The Anna Sokolow Company, David Dorfman Dance, American Ballet Theatre and many others. She continued dancing in New York City, California, Miami, Bolivia and Costa Rica working with many choreographers – John Malashock, Jeanne Travers, Jen Salk, Erin Cardinal and John Parks, training with Jana Hicks, Ana Prada, Shapiro and Smith Dance Company among others, Amanda has shared her love of dance by teaching with the BVI Dance School and Firebird Performing Arts in Tortola. Teaching and hosting the Aerial Arts at Frangipani, Amanda also contributes as co-artistic director of the CADA Players, choreographing, dancing and performing since 2011. This group raises funds for charitable causes and organizations in the BVI and the Caribbean. | {
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Another late breakfast we were off by dugout canoe downstream to see the Sacha Samay Museo. Ricardo, using the models, explained and demonstrated how the locals use to capture animals and fish in their various traps. Local customs, food and cooking methods were also explained. Despite many attempts, no one was successful at hitting the parrot with the blow tube. Back aboard the dugout canoe and at a local village a stop to see how balsa tree ornaments were carved, decorated with a poker iron and then painted. Then across the road for a ceramics demonstration. The small bowl would take 5 days to make from go to wow. All the souvenirs were available for sale from US$4 upwards. I have no use for them but a nice reminder.
Lunch stop (rice) at a river side restaurant where the bus dropped us off. Next back up stream and soon most of us were overboard and bum down into the rubber tubes for a gentle float down stream. While the warm brown swift flowing Napo River is currently 5 metres above its normal flow of green water, it wasn't as fast as I thought it would be. This is Ecuador longest river and some 1,500 kilometres away joins the Amazon River where in another 3,000 kilometres will eventually reach the distant Atlantic Ocean. Wonder how long will it take me to tube there?
At 5 pm and across the river to the local Quechua village. Here 17 families live and form a community of 95 people. After watching the preparation of a traditional dinner: white inner heart of palm tree, live black beetle larvae, cassava, plantain that looks like a banana, this was followed by the local children performing a tradition dance. Then the local Sharman gave a short demonstration. Yes, dinner was last and was tasty and nutritious ... the black beetle tasted crunchy and was by then no longer moving around! | {
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Vende Social Launches the Franchise Social Index (FSI 100)
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First of its kind index ranks top franchise brands and shows how franchise brands perform in social media when compared to their peers.
Franchise Social Index
The purpose of the FSI 100 is to identify and rank franchise brands according to how well they are connecting with their customers through social media channels.
Dallas, Texas (PRWEB)January 13, 2014
Vende Social today announced the launch of the Franchise Social Index (FSI 100), a unique peer ranking index of the top franchise brands based upon how well they perform in social media sites Facebook and Twitter. The FSI 100 will be updated each week and will rank the top 100 franchise industry brands. Results will be posted each Monday on the Vende Social website (http://www.vendesocial.com/fsi100).
To build the FSI 100 report, Vende Social analyzes over 500 franchise brands each week to identify the top 100 that make up the index. These companies are analyzed using over 32 criteria and are compared to over 100,000 of the top performing brand profiles on Facebook and Twitter.
The posted results will include a company’s current position in the FSI 100, their position in the previous week, and the number of times the company has been included in the index overall, as well as indicators that identify upward and downward trends in the index.
“The purpose of the FSI 100 is to identify and rank franchise brands according to how well they are connecting with their customers through social media channels,” said Paul Slack, founder of Vende Social. “Monitoring a franchise company’s social community and how their fans react to what the company says in social media allows us to measure a brand’s consumer influence. This gives us new insights into how well franchise companies are wielding their influence to promote their brand.”
The FSI 100 is not intended to endorse, advertise or recommend any particular franchise.
About Vende Social
Vende Social (http://www.vendesocial.com) is an industry-leading social media marketing consultancy working primarily with franchise brands, franchisees, multi-location and multi-channel businesses. Vende Social’s services are designed to help clients expand their online footprint by tying all of their web marketing together to achieve a common goal. | {
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Dunhill
Starting as a leather apprentice in the family business, Alfred Dunhil brought the eponymous brand Dunhill to prominence during the UK’s motoring craze. Initially specialising in luxury motoring accessories, the heritage British brand has since become a leader in the world of men’s luxury clothing, leather accessories and fragrance. The wardrobe of debonair fragrances first launched in 1934 with Dunhill for Men, now includes a sophisticated and exciting range of Eau de Parfum and Eau de Toilette for men, including the acclaimed ICON Absolute and Dunhill Desire. Like the rest of the contemporary gentrified collection, the fragrances provide a much-needed sophisticated element to the lives of dapper gents. | {
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Why can't I save custom voicemail messages?
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One thing I've never understood about the iPhone is that despite the simplicity of recording and uploading a new voicemail greeting, the phone does not allow you to SAVE your old greetings for future use. I have a lengthy VM greeting introducing my business and giving callers options about how to reach me, as well as a healthy mistrust of my own performance. When I go on vacation, I change the message to reflect that. But when I come home, I would love to go back to my "best" voicemail recording rather than having to record a new one every time. Is there some way to do this?
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Medical Schools
Hugh Bayley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what capital is being made available to the new medical schools for research laboratories and equipment. [67150]
10 Jul 2002 : Column 992W
Margaret Hodge:
The Higher Education Funding Council for England issues capital grants to higher education institutions including those with medical schools, which are used for a number of purposes. The Department of Health has provided additional NHS research and development funding to the NHS Trusts associated with some of the new medical schools to facilitate the development of the research infrastructure in those localities.
Schools (Somerset)
Mr. Liddell-Grainger:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in Somerset provide up to two hours of sport and physical education each week. [67588]
Mr. Stephen Twigg:
The Government are committed to all children having two hours of high quality physical education (PE) and school sport a week, within and outside the curriculum. The Specialist Sports College and the School Sport Co-ordinator programmes are helping schools make that a reality. From September 1.8 million pupils will be benefiting from the School Sport Co-ordinator programme within 142 partnerships with nearly 750 co-ordinators and over 3500 primary or special school link teachers.
The Department for Education and Skills does not collect data on the number of schools in Somerset that are providing the two hour entitlement. However, we do know that Somerset currently has 1 School Sport Co-ordinator partnership (with 6 co-ordinators) and King Arthur's Community School will begin operating this September as a Sport College. Nationally we estimate that about 25 per cent. of schoolsthose within School Sport Co-ordinator Partnershipsare offering their pupils access to the two hour entitlement. However, an audit due to take place during the autumn term will check this assumption.
Discretionary Awards
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list for each LEA where EMAs have been introduced the amount of resources allocated for discretionary awards in each of year since 1997. [67470]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 5 July 2002]: Prior to 199899, funding for discretionary support was made within the Education SSA. This is not broken down into specific funding lines and individual LEA allocations are therefore not available. In 1999, discretionary funding for young people post-16 in schools was transferred to the School Access Funds. The amount of School Access Funds made available to LEAs for discretionary support in the EMA pilot areas is set out in the table.
Separate allocations of Access Funds are also made available to colleges, including sixth form colleges. The amounts are listed in the Further Education Funding Council and Learning and Skills Council Circulars (FEFC Circulars 97/32, 98/29, 99/27,00/14, LSC Circular 01/08).
10 Jul 2002 : Column 993W
£000
LEA
19992000
200001
200102
200203
Original pilotsSeptember 1999
Bolton
31,775
8,168
22,932
32,192
Cornwall
35,249
12,782
22,267
30,043
Doncaster
76,318
19,002
59,579
83,378
Gateshead
42,754
9,969
29,413
36,716
Greenwich
106,541
89,763
25,382
35,523
Lambeth
20,280
17,358
5,000
5,200
Leeds
121,873
121,873
62,456
82,634
Lewisham
45,590
45,590
12,891
14,517
Middlesbrough
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
Nottingham
16,394
8,081
11,937
16,757
Oldham
26,649
6,875
14,689
20,502
Southampton
5,000
5,000
5,000
7,019
Southwark
13,813
17,033
5,000
7,019
Stoke on Trent
n/a
5,000
5,000
7,019
Walsall
77,693
15,996
57,853
81,214
Pilots from September 2000
Barking and Dagenham
31,952
56,794
16,059
20,050
Barnsley
8,862
11,521
5,000
6,413
Birmingham
250,401
426,700
122,120
167,782
Bradford
170,393
279,138
81,562
112,280
Brent
67,643
115,818
32,749
33,843
Camden
54,427
103,446
43,382
60,899
Coventry
60,859
101,777
43,271
57,946
Ealing
70,083
115,418
32,636
32,636
East Lancashire(12)
104,844
136,297
205,287
213,863
Hackney
34,610
44,993
16,990
21,971
Halton
18,970
31,233
11,028
12,927
Hammersmith and Fulham
30,002
31,233
11,028
12,927
Haringey
80,542
104,705
29,607
29,607
Hartlepool
8,048
13,329
6,748
9,473
Islington
14,172
26,227
7,655
8,472
Kingston upon Hull
6,589
11,267
5,000
6,395
Knowsley
41,840
54,392
15,380
15,380
Leicester City
18,642
33,103
16,298
20,961
Liverpool
255,980
332,774
131,392
184,447
Luton
5,000
8,212
5,000
5,200
Manchester
38,772
62,767
24,626
31,748
Newham
29,252
47,417
18,771
26,351
North East Lincolnshire
5,000
9,453
5,000
6,603
North Tyneside
30,432
52,119
19,282
27,067
Northumberland
56,949
96,015
38,872
54,568
Salford
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,200
Sandwell
47,012
61,116
22,093
29,288
Sheffield
65,965
85,755
28,773
40,392
South Tyneside
9,137
15,009
7,993
11,220
St. Helens
20,033
85,755
28,773
40,392
Suffolk
74,794
127,213
179,856
187,370
Sunderland
35,298
45,888
84,777
88,319
Tameside
5,378
8,720
5,000
5,200
Tower Hamlets
112,052
145,667
52,669
72,380
Wakefield
30,064
39,083
15,264
21,428
Waltham Forest
14,349
26,980
7,629
9,664
Wandsworth
30,851
60,310
17,054
17,054
Wigan
9,599
16,169
5,000
6,998
Wirral
96,184
165,221
46,719
62,588
Wolverhampton
59,149
98,585
45,139
62,380
Worcestershire
32,816
59,959
18,839
25,892
Totals
2,766,874
3,740,068
1,859,720
2,330,307
(12) Figures shown are for the whole of Lancashire
Education Maintenance Allowance
Mr. Breed:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many young people received educational maintenance allowance (a) by variant and (b) by region in each year since 1999. [67086]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 5 July 2002]:(a) The following table shows the number of young people in receipt of education maintenance allowance by variant. | {
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Specialists in Estate Agency Software and Website Design
The directors of Estates IT Ltd have been working with Lettings Agents, Estate Agents and Property Management companies since 1996. Their experience has led to the development of PCHomes Estate Agent and Letting Agent Software which is easy to use and, crucially, well supported by a team of trainers and support staff.
is web-integrated desktop software for Lettings Agents and Estate Agents offering the advantages of in-house data security together with the stability of your own internal network. PCHomes enables the rich functionality of a mature desktop software product for Property Agents.
The full list of features can be found on www.estatesit.com but in brief it covers all the essentials of CRM and contact management, online and offline property marketing, producing letters and property particulars, a shared office diary, vendor and landlord marketing activity reports, valuation and viewing follow-up tools that are applicable to both the sales and lettings markets. There are extensive control tools and management reporting to help secure and grow your Estate Agency business.
For those branching out into Lettings Property Management the extra modules give full and firm control of your client account, produce clear and concise statements for your landlords, help you to control your management visits and ensure that a Gas Safety check or PAT check is never missed. There are more advanced features too including Supplier management, recharge invoicing and advanced accounting modules.
also offer a full range of website designs - from initial rented web-sites to get a start-up businesses in the game quickly to fully featured bespoke websites that reinforce and enhance the branding and reputation of established agencies across the country. Check them out on www.estatesit.com/webdesign The sites can be optimised for search engine performance and can easily be promoted on www.net-lettings.co.uk for London based agencies. | {
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Mild steel bs4360 43a products are most popular in South Asia, Southern Europe, and Northern Europe. You can ensure product safety by selecting from certified suppliers, including 292 with ISO9001, 2 with Other, and 1 with OHSAS18001 certification.
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The European Committee for Iron and Steel Standardisation is responsible for producing the European Standards (ENs) for structural steels. The first of these standards, EN 10025, was published in the UK by BSI as EN10025: 1990, partly superceeding BS 4360: 1986, which was re-issued as BS 4360: 1990.
BS EN 10025 has recently been revised (2004), and subsumes standards such as the 1993 versions of BS EN 10025, BS EN 10113, BS EN 10137 and BS EN 10155. Furthermore, designers may be more familiar with the material grades of old standards such as BS 4360, so comparisons are useful.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina man named as the ringleader of an aspiring terrorism group sold most of the weapons he purchased and wanted to make sure his children were familiar with guns, one of the sons told federal agents in a report released Tuesday.
Dylan Boyd, in explaining why his family had so many weapons, told the FBI when he was arrested last month that Muslim practice says men should be strong and able to shoot guns in case they are attacked. He estimated that the family had about 10 weapons, including two that father Daniel Patrick Boyd had agreed to sell that day.
The younger Boyd said he didn't know who the buyers were.
The FBI has said it seized some two dozen weapons from the Boyd household and that a pit had been dug under their back deck to store the guns.
Dylan Boyd, who is in his early 20s, told agents that Muslims must be ready in case they are attacked, claiming that the U.S. Army is overseas raping and killing "their" Muslim sisters. He repeatedly called the FBI agents questioning him "kuffar" — meaning nonbelievers — and said the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were an "inside job," according to a summary of the interview.
Federal investigators have also said they found 26,000 rounds of ammunition inside the Boyd home. Dylan Boyd told agents that ammunition has been growing more expensive and that his father began to buy ammunition in bulk to get a lower price and save on shipping charges.
Dylan Boyd said they planned to go shooting that day. His attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment Tuesday.
Federal investigators said Daniel Boyd, a drywall contractor, was the ringleader of a small North Carolina-based terrorist group that planned international travel to commit "violent jihad" and went on military-style training trips to rural North Carolina. Authorities claim the group, including an eighth suspect believed to be in Pakistan, were gearing up for a "violent jihad," though prosecutors haven't detailed any specific targets or timeframe.
The seven men who have been arrested are being held in Virginia pending trial.
Prosecutors have also said that Daniel Boyd was trained in terrorist camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dylan Boyd said the family's Muslim practice began to fall apart when they returned from Pakistan. He said the family didn't resume the Muslim practice until he was a teenager.
He indicated that the family lived under strict teachings. Dylan Boyd recalled that both he and brother Zak, also charged in the case, had "went bad" for a while — drinking and dating girls.
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Controversy as Australia go 2-0 up in one-day series
LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Australia thumped England by 64 runs to go 2-0 ahead in the five-match series of one-day internationals although victory came with a large slice of controversy at Lord's on Saturday.
England were 141 for three, chasing a daunting 310 to win, when Ben Stokes was given out by the TV umpire for 10 'obstructing the field' for stopping paceman Mitchell Starc's shy at the stumps with his left glove while out of his crease.
It was harsh on Stokes as he appeared to be acting more in self-defence than trying to prevent being run out.
The all-rounder had joined captain Eoin Morgan in the middle after James Taylor's promising innings of 43 ended when he nicked a Mitchell Marsh delivery to wicketkeeper Matthew Wade.
The Stokes decision, and another middle-order collapse that included a duck for Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali's cheap dismissal, left England in trouble but a riled Morgan responded in dazzling fashion with a flurry of huge hits before holing for 85 to end the match.
Pat Cummins had the England skipper caught by Glenn Maxwell as the paceman finished with figures of four for 56.
Morgan was clearly angry, with the performance of his outplayed team and with opposing captain Steven Smith for not withdrawing the Stokes appeal.
"If the guy throws the ball in your direction from five yards then all you can do is flinch, you don't have time to think," said Morgan.
"The decision was made and I certainly feel it would have been different if we were fielding."
After a rain-delayed start that reduced the match to 49 overs per side, Australia suffered an early blow when opener David Warner was struck on the thumb by a venemous Steven Finn ball in the opening over and was forced off.
Warner suffered a fracture and will miss the last three matches.
Finn bowled Joe Burns through the gate for 22 before George Bailey and Smith set about building a solid platform.
The pair had put on 99 for the second wicket when Bailey went for 54, bowled by a Moeen delivery that turned sharply.
Smith was out for 70 but his dismissal merely released Australia's big hitters and Maxwell, Marsh and Shane Watson smashed England's bowlers all round the ground as 96 runs came off the last 10 overs.
Marsh was particularly cavalier, belting seven fours and three sixes in a 31-ball 64 before being caught off the last delivery of the innings. | {
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Abstract:
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This document attempts to outline the requirements for SWAT 2. In particular,
this is an attempt to bring together some ideas in order to stimulate though
about what exactly we want SWAT to do.
Introduction:
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Swat, as it exists in Samba 3 and before, is not significantly more than an
editor for smb.conf. The interface seems targeted at users who are already
familiar with smb.conf configuration.
For version 4 of the Samba suite, we would like to provide a swat that becomes
the definitive tool for configuring Samba. As this is a fairly difficult task,
it is imperative that a significant amount of thought is given to both the
internal structure and the user interface of Swat.
Current Issues:
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- swat completely destroys the current format of smb.conf. Any ordering of
parameters, comments, and whitespace formatting will be lost.
- though the wizard is very useful, it does not provide enough functionality
to setup a first time user. (e.g. the workgroup cannot be set in the wizard)
- in almost all configurations, many of the displayed params should be left
empty. (i.e. netbios aliases)
- installation is not easy for most users
- nobody uses it
Future Issues:
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- The number of configuration parameters, as much as we all hate them, are
likely to grow. Many will be for small strings or such things. The current
SWAT layout will not handle this very well
Wishlist:
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- a registry editor in swat
- the advanced / developer options available, but hidden from basic users
- a more beginner-oriented wizard
- I (vance) would like to see a something that asks a few questions, like
what do you want to do? (check all that apply)
o share files
o share printers
o be a domain controller
what kind of network are you on? (choose one)
o home network, no domain, no passwords
o small office network, no domain
o small office network, pre-existing domain
o medium network, pre-existing domain
o large network, pre-existing domain
what kind of computers are on your network? (check all that apply)
o w31
o W9x
o NT
o w2k
o xp / w2k3
- a "make copy" function for shares, to allow users to clone existing shares
then edit them
- some smarts for parameters:
- a user/group selector for things like valid users, admin users, read list,
write list, etc.
- an fs navigator for path type things | {
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dross
dross
the scum formed, usually by oxidation, on the surfaces of molten metals
Dross
an intermediate product obtained from the liquation separation of heavy nonferrous metals with low melting points: lead, bismuth, and tin. As the metals are cooled during the refining process, impurities of low solubility, such as copper and iron, crystallize. Denser and possessed of a higher melting point than the metal being refined, the impurities (in the elemental state or in compounds) float to the surface of the bath as solids to form dross. Additives of sulfur or carbon are sometimes introduced into the metal being refined in order to remove a higher percentage of impurities. The deeper the cooled metal, the more complete the crystallization and purification; however, there is also an increase in dross yield and in the amount of refined metal found in the dross.
Dross is removed from the surface of the liquid bath with a skimmer. The liquid metal entrained mechanically with the dross drains into the bath. Dross is highly complex with respect to its chemical and phase composition; the refined metal constitutes its base. The dross obtained in the refining of lead is reprocessed by smelting in a reverberatory or electric furnace with the addition of a sulfidizing agent and fluxes. The smelted lead is returned to the primary production cycle, and the matte and speiss produced are sent to copper mills. The dross obtained in the refining of bismuth and tin is recycled.
REFERENCE
Loskutov, F. M. Metallurgiia svintsa. [Moscow] 1965.
M. P. SMIRNOV
dross
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(metallurgy)
An impurity, usually an oxide, formed on the surface of a molten metal.
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I know even I don't visit my own forum very much lately, which is a fair indicator of the amount going on in my life. Most of it has to do with unnessecary drama.
Drama, and "The Sims 2", which I recently discovered.
Anyhow, back to the point of this thread. This thread is dedicated to discovering your very own super power -- or "Special Talent" as they call them in Super Temps.
In the world of Super Temps, everyone has a special talent or power. The thing is, the common person's power is generally useless for super heroics. Many are barely passable even as party entertainment.
So what would be your super power, if you lived in the world of Super Temps? Tell me a bit about yourself! Post a short biography, your astrological sign, favourite form of entertainment and food, and I will likely ignore most of it and tell you what your special talent would be off the top of my head!
You want me to waste MY time being all clever about my biography only to have you ignore it!?
Hmmm, let me think abou that for a moment. *moment passes*
I think I'm just going to list the part that you're going to pay attention to. *cringes because she ended the sentence with a preposition but she is too lazy to go back*
Hmmm...if I live in the Super Temps world, I guess my super power would be the ability to scratch the stuffin' out of anything. Trust me, it would hurt. Also I would have to add in my real life super powers...that's right the ability to flirt and sass my way into and out of ANY situation!
Yeah, the ST forums really sort of died out -- a lot of the action really happens at Drunk Duck (www.drunkduck.com/super_temps) because it's easy to comment on every page I post. At some point I mean to renovate the suckers. The problem being a severe lack of time. | {
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Shostakovich's String Quartet Writing in Context
General/ Context
Between 1938 and 1974, Shost composed 15 string quartets which are often regarded as the finest in the repertoire after Beethoven's along with Bartok's, the greatest of the C20.
There is great variety of style/ influence within his quartets;
No.3 Accused of hiding coded subversive messages against Stalin.
No.4 Many folk like middle eastern aspects PC2
No.5 Grows from a 5 note motif containing DSCH
No.12 12 note tone row PC6
No.13 Unusual string techniques PC8
Shost waited until he was 31 to compose his first string quartet, to mature as a composer.
Chamber music would not have been intended for the masses and then would flourish in small circles. This means it would be below the radar of communist scrutiny, therefore allowing Shost more personal freedom and reflection.
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Personal Thoughts (a), Autobiographical(b)
a)
Smetana's 2 quartets are very personal 'from my life'. explores romantic feelings, life in general, nationalistic elements and an emotional whining E within the finale which represents the inner ear difficulties during his approaching deafness. PC1
Janscek No.2 entitled 'intimate letters' explored intimate feelings.
b)
Shost's use of his own personalised motif DSCH has been influenced by Bach's use of BACH (B flat, A, C, B natural) in his 'Art of Fugue'.
Webern in his only quartet on a larger scale, base each of the 3 movements on a note rown on the BACH motif
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Quotations (c), Stylistic Incorporations(d)
c)
Shost's use of musical quotations from other composers could have been influenced by composers such as Haydn who in his finale to Op. 20 No.5 adapts Handel's main theme from 'and with his stripes' from 'the messiah'. PC2
d)
many earlier composers have incorporated folk song and nationalistic elements. (shost mov.2 and mov.4)
Romantic period composers such as Smetana PC3 and Dvorak introduced nationalistic elements such as the Czech/Bohemian Polka and Dumka.
Borodin and Tchaikowsky also used Russian folk tunes
Charles Ives introduced hymn tunes in his Quartet No.1.
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Number of Movements
The four movement pattern was establishedby composers such as Haydn.
The majority of Shost's quartet's were four movements but range from 1 movement (No.13) to 7 movements (No.11). No. 8 and No.9 are in 5 interconnected movements and a significant number of the others are interconnected movements. Inspiration could have been taken from Beethoven, Op. 132 (5 movs), Op. 130 (6 movs) and Op 131 (7 movs). Op. 131 played without a break.
Schoenberg experimented with one movement.
Bartok's 2nd quartet has a central scherzo mov and ends with a bleak slow movement (similar to the mov 3 and bleak finish to shost No.8). | {
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Description
At the forefront in its field, this Handbook examines the theoretical, conceptual, pedagogical and methodological development of media literacy education and research around the world. Building on traditional media literacy frameworks in critical analysis, evaluation, and assessment, it incorporates new literacies emerging around connective technologies, mobile platforms, and social networks. A global perspective rather than a Western-centric point of view is explicitly highlighted, with contributors from all continents, to show the empirical research being done at the intersection of media, education, and engagement in daily life. Structured around five themes—Educational Interventions; Safeguarding/Data and Online Privacy; Engagement in Civic Life; Media, Creativity and Production; Digital Media Literacy—the volume as a whole emphasizes the competencies needed to engage in meaningful participation in digital culture.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Arc of Research and Central Issues in Media Literacy Education
Jad Melki is Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and Chairperson of the Department of Communication Arts at the Lebanese American University and the Director of the Institute of Media Research and Training, Lebanon.
Julian McDougall is Professor in Media and Education and Director: Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, The Media School, Bournemouth University, UK. | {
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DIY HANGING PLANTERS
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I've heard it said that everyone has their craft... and while I'm not sure that macramé is mine I've wanted to try making my own hanging planters for ages. It turns out this DIY couldn't be simpler... it's only a matter of tying a few knots in bits of twine and presto - I've created the adorable hanging gardens of Tarragindi!
For my project I used the little 7cm terra cotta pots and bakers twine from the Shop, but if you want to amp up the scale you can choose bigger pots and thicker rope. I love the idea of antique brass planters hung with a thick nautical braid in the corner of a living room. And if you don't like the frayed look at the fringe you can wrap washi tape around the ends to hold the strands together.
DIY HANGING PLANTERS
1. Cut your twine/rope into pieces. I judged my lengths at a little longer than my arm span, and that worked out well. Make sure you have an even number of pieces... for these small flower pots I used 6 strands of bakers twine... you'll want to increase the thickness of your rope and the number of strands if you're using much bigger planters.
2. Tie all the pieces into a knot and pull tight. Separate the strands into pairs.
3. Take the pieces of one pair and tie them into a knot a few cm from your big knot. You can experiment with all sorts of knots but I just used a simple double knot (like I was tying my shoe laces twice). Go from pair to pair until all have been tied.
4. For the next knots, take one strand and tie it to the closest strand of the pair next to it. Work around the circle until you've created another row of knots all the way around.
5. Repeat one more time, or until you have created a macramé 'basket' deep enough to hold your planter. Settle your pot plant in to its new hammock, hang, and enjoy!
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SPANAWAY, Wash. -- The Pierce County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man suspected of firing a gun through the windshield of his own truck and into a 7-Eleven where he had just purchased a pack of cigarettes.
According to Crime Stoppers of Tacoma/Pierce County, the suspect bought the cigarettes at a 7-Eleven in the 17400 block of Pacific Avenue South in Spanaway shortly before 2 a.m. June 16 and got back into his truck.
For some reason, he then reportedly fired a bullet through his own windshield and one of the 7-Eleven's windows, missing two customers and an employee, before driving off. | {
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I’ve already had much to say about this year’s puzzling Atlantic hurricane season. Indeed, I’ve called the year “schizophrenic.” But now, the Houston Chronicle’s crack science reporter Eric Berger has done an entire story on what the season does and doesn’t mean. I’m quoted in there several times, and I also have my reaction to the Berger piece up at the newly relaunched and revamped Daily Green.
In essence, I argue this: As we move further and further away from the dramatic 2005 hurricane season, the science actually seems to get more murky…but that’s no excuse for not protecting ourselves. We could easily have another disastrous hurricane very soon in the United States–if not this year, then perhaps as early as 2008.
Comments
Chris — Shouldn’t the unpredictability of the last few hurricane seasons inspire a bit more humility in the AGW crowd? If we can’t predict a hurricane season months in advance, why should we have any confidence in models of temperature increase and sea level rise 100 years out?
If you haven’t read Storm World, I can understand why you might make this comment. But if you have read it, then you should know that it discusses precisely how unpredictable hurricane seasons are.
It also notes that it is reasonable to expect some effect on hurricanes from warmer water surface temperatures, but the precise effect in number of storms, their strength, or both is hard to determine.
Click my name to see my review.
By the way, I am among the many who see An Inconvenient Truth as effective but criticize certain details in the movie, including the overuse of the hurricane as icon for the effects of global warming.
I believe that Chris has made similar comments about the hurricane image, perhaps even in Storm World.
Fred — I appreciate your comment, and I am familiar with Chris’ non-dogmatic writing style (both in his book and in his columns and blog posts). At the same time, I think the dogmatism of his belief in AGW is evident over the totality of his work. Ultimately, he does not allow the data to alter his prior political commitments, and that is what I have been calling out in my comments here over the last few months.
I’m confused. You say Chris’ writing is non-dogmatic, but that his conclusion that GW is anthropogenic is dogmatic.
It seems to me that accepting the consensus view as expressed by the IPCC reports while keeping an open mind for other evidence is a reasonable approach. The evidence shows me that Chris does keep an open mind. His ability to lay out competing arguments fairly is, in my view as a book critic, one of two major reasons why Storm World has been so well received.
The other is its excellent narrative style. I pride myself on being a teller of true tales for young readers (click my name). Chris manages to weave some great human stories from climate science history and today as he presents the science itself in that book.
If anyone is dogmatic, it is more likely someone who refuses to accept the consensus and focuses on the outlying data.
Of course, in the end, it doesn’t matter a whit whether the conclusion is arrived at dogmatically or not. What matters is the way climate is changing and whether we can or should do anything about it.
While I am no conservative, I do agree with your assessment of Chris’ writings. He labors to give the appearance of objectivity but his underlying biases, both political and scientific, bear out in the end.
Fred,
I agree, at least, with your last paragraph.
“Of course, in the end, it doesn’t matter a whit whether the conclusion is arrived at dogmatically or not. What matters is the way climate is changing and whether we can or should do anything about it.”
A true assessment of these issues requires reliance on dispassionate, empirically based scientific investigation. I’m afraid the current “atmosphere” surrounding climate science is quite turbulent and Chris is bent on clouding the issue to suite his political goals.
The obvious explanation for the relatively low ACE is that the two category 5s made landfall early in their lifespans. Had they stayed at sea, they would have accummulated much higher ACE, and more hurricane days. Recall that ACE is a sum of the squares of the 6-hourly windspeed estimates – so the most powerful storms overwhelm the others.
But if the topic is going to be the effect of AGW on hurricanes, attention should focus on the trend – not individual years. And the 2003 – 2005 period – with an uprecedented 3 consecutive seasons with 1 or more category 5s each, and 15 or more storms each, should not be the metric for deciding whether a season is ‘slow’. This has been, after all, a 14-storm season, which is more than the historical average number of storms. | {
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I don't recall any where Jerry bends much, a lot of finger vibrato though. Bob does some bendy stuff behind it. I like to start it from the 5th str, 5th fr, and I HATE when I am playing bass on it and forget and go for the ascending rather than desending figure... or vice versa when playing guitar. pitfalls of playing both instruments.
tigerstrat wrote:I don't recall any where Jerry bends much, a lot of finger vibrato though. Bob does some bendy stuff behind it. I like to start it from the 5th str, 5th fr, and I HATE when I am playing bass on it and forget and go for the ascending rather than desending figure... or vice versa when playing guitar. pitfalls of playing both instruments.
+1 on all points
Bobby goes for alot of 1 & 3 sort of power chords here on the versions I learned from. What I hear Jerry doing is more of a hand-trem on the strings instead of bends.
But, I've heard some shows where Jerry goes into some bends and hammers and pulls and I know he usually avoids them.
Ahhh, the beauty of the GD. Each version has something special to offer!
Well I suppose I was trying to give him a better excuse for what seems to be an inordinate amount of clunkers during this walkup. Simply missing the fret is er, well, a little weak.
Of course it's the jam to follow and the end jam that really make or break the tune. I'm also partial to the instrumental buildups within the verses that get more intense as they work towards the walk up.
Too often I've heard those clunkers on the walk up. But alas, us heads are a very accomodating and forgiving lot. You couldn't be a head and not be.
tigerstrat wrote:I don't recall any where Jerry bends much, a lot of finger vibrato though. Bob does some bendy stuff behind it. I like to start it from the 5th str, 5th fr, and I HATE when I am playing bass on it and forget and go for the ascending rather than desending figure... or vice versa when playing guitar. pitfalls of playing both instruments.
So the Bass line descends ?What about Bob ?So Jerry ascends and the rest of the band descends ?
tigerstrat wrote:I don't recall any where Jerry bends much, a lot of finger vibrato though. Bob does some bendy stuff behind it. I like to start it from the 5th str, 5th fr, and I HATE when I am playing bass on it and forget and go for the ascending rather than desending figure... or vice versa when playing guitar. pitfalls of playing both instruments.
So the Bass line descends ?What about Bob ?So Jerry ascends and the rest of the band descends ?
Jerry descends the first time, ascends the secondBobby descends both. I don't hear much Weir bendy stuff. He plays partial chords.
Bassline descends both times, 2nd time is exactly the same as the first but down an octave. Couldn't tell you the notes with 100% certainty without a bass in my hands, so I won't try. I always try to play the last couple of notes a little late and sloppy for authenticity's sake.
I play D, C, B, G, F, G-A-B-C-D, C, B, G, F, G-A-B-C-D usually, although sometimes I vary and instead of playing the F the second time, play A, then B-A-B-C-D. It's Phil...you're supposed to be creative!!
Gone are the days we stopped to decide where we should go, we just ride...
Any one every notice the subtle similarity of "Morning Dew" and Widespread Panic's "I'm Not Alone". Every time I hear it I imagine Jerry singing/playing this. Seems to be the same tempo etc... Is that crazy? or is it somewhat similar? The walk up would sound great if Jerry did it.
Hey Gang, Hey grab a guitar and give this two-note Morning Dew Walk-up/down exersize a shot.You know what it is supposed to sound like, so play the right/left hand parts in a Jerry/Phil-ee manner, like with a deliberate pause between each group of notes on lines 1 and 3, and quicker on lines 2 and 4.You can re-arrange/change it as you hear fit, 'just a fun way to play both parts as a solo.Lines 1 and 3 are counterpoint.Lines 2 and 4 are octave and inverted root/3rd.End with a big open D chord. | {
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Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, help and hope. After the time open to the public the vessel is undergoing the annual dry dock for maintenance.
South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9351520/South-Africa-14-England-14-match-report.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa
South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language.
History
The area around what is now called Algoa Bay was first settled by hunting and gathering people ancestral to the San at least 100,000 years ago. Around 2,000 years ago, they were gradually displaced or assimilated by agriculturalist populations ancestral to the Xhosa, who migrated into the region from the north.
The first Europeans to have visited the area were Portuguese explorers Bartholomeu Dias, who landed on St Croix Island in Algoa Bay in 1488, and Vasco da Gama, who noted the nearby Bird Island in 1497. For centuries, the area was simply marked on European navigation charts as "a landing place with fresh water".
History
Port Alfred was established in the early 1820s by British settlers who were moved into the area by Lord Charles Somerset as a buffer between the Cape Colony and the Xhosa people. Originally it was two separate towns (settlers arriving on the west bank in 1820 named their settlement Port Kowie, and those arriving on the east bank named theirs Port Frances).
The port
In 1839, William Cock and George Hodgkinson started to block the natural river mouth to the east and canalise the present opening to the sea. By 1841 South Africa's first man-made harbour was opened after completion of the stone lined channel between the ocean and the Kowie river. This allowed high-masted sailing ships with their heavy cargo to dock at the wharf.
History
The Eastern Cape as a South African Province came into existence in 1994 and incorporated areas from the former Xhosa homelands of the Transkei and Ciskei, together with what was previously part of the Cape Province. This resulted in several anomalies including the fact that the Province has four supreme courts (in Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, Bhisho and Mthatha) and enclaves of KwaZulu-Natal in the province. The latter anomaly has fallen away with amendments to municipal and provincial boundaries.The province is also made of Mpondo clan, which primitively descended from Xhosa clan. Some of the Mpondo clan went to this province when they were running away from King Shaka's war. Mpondo people are more closely related to Xhosa, as they use Xhosa as their main home language.
African Ports Evolution 2016
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Durban, South Africa Port Report
Durban, South Africa Port Report
Durban, South Africa Port Report
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, help and hope. After the time open to the public the vessel is undergoing the annual dry dock for maintenance.
Cruising along the beach front - Port Elizabeth, South Africa 2017
South African National Anthem VERY MOVING in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012
South African National Anthem VERY MOVING in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012
South African National Anthem VERY MOVING in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012
South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9351520/South-Africa-14-England-14-match-report.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa
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Two Port Alfred bodybuilders on the verge of representing SA in Belgium
Two Port Alfred bodybuilders on the verge of representing SA in Belgium
Two Port Alfred bodybuilders on the verge of representing SA in Belgium
African Ports Evolution 2016
published: 13 May 2016
Durban, South Africa Port Report
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, help and hope. After the time open to the public the vessel is undergoing the annual dry dock for maintenance.
published: 07 Apr 2016
Cruising along the beach front - Port Elizabeth, South Africa 2017
South African National Anthem VERY MOVING in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012
South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9351520/South-Africa-14-England-14-match-report.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa
published: 04 Sep 2013
Two Port Alfred bodybuilders on the verge of representing SA in Belgium
Durban, South Africa Port Report
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, ...
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, help and hope. After the time open to the public the vessel is undergoing the annual dry dock for maintenance.
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, help and hope. After the time open to the public the vessel is undergoing the annual dry dock for maintenance.
South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9351520/South-Africa-14-England-14-match-report.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa
South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9351520/South-Africa-14-England-14-match-report.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa
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Things to do in South Africa | Top Attractions Travel Guide
When one thinks of South Africa safaris, wine tours and Cape Town may initially come to mind. Although these are some of the biggest draws for tourists the country has so much more to offer. Join us as we present to you our 20 day adventure going from Johannesburg all the way to Cape Town. Some of the top travel highlights included a Kruger National Park safari, hiking along the Wild Coast, canoeing in Wilderness and climbing mountains in Northern Drakensberg. In terms of our taste buds we tried Biltong for the first time and devoured South African barbecue – better know as Braai – on more than one occasion. There are few countries that are as unique and diverse as South Africa. Come find out what makes it shine. This is South Africa!
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South Africa Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination South-Africa.
Johannesburg is the commercial centre of South Africa. Since gold was first discovered there, everything has revolved around money and from the 50th floor of Africa’s tallest building, The CarltonTowers, there is an all-engulfing view of the city’s narrow streets and jungle of concrete and glass.The AfricanMuseum is a contemporary building and one of South Africa’s most exquisite landmarks, it contains a large variety of geological exhibits and detailed accounts of the city’s past surface mining that gave rise to the country’s massive gold rush. The resistance to apartheid is also illustrated, as well as the history of Africa’s native inhabitants who journeyed from present day Botswana to the south of the country. In contrast to Johannesburg, ...
published: 14 Aug 2013
Cape Town Travel Guide
Our Cape Town travel guide! A beautiful guide for a beautiful city, Cape Town is incredible.
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We're so excited to share our guide to Cape Town with you. This breathtaking city is full of a thousand adventures, incredible food, and most importantly, wonderful ...
Cape Town City Guide - Lonely Planet travel videos
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published: 25 Nov 2014
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Cape Town is a singularly inviting place, wowing visitors with its art, architecture, wine and culinary offerings, not to mention its spectacular setting amid mountains and sea.
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We share our Top Ten activities in South Africa's beautiful Capital, Cape Town.
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20 Things to do in Stellenbosch, South Africa Travel Guide
Join us as we visit Stellenbosch, South Africa showcasing the best things to do in Stellenbosch in this travel guide to the Cape Winelands region of the Western Cape. Our focus was of course touring around world class vineyards and wine farms in and around Stellenbosch; however, we also covered some of best outdoor activities and cultural experiences such as going on a vineyard segway tour, wine safari, visiting a township and eating a local Xhosa meal. Stellenbosch town has numerous attractions worth visiting and a wonderful cafe, restaurant and nightlife scene. Fortunately, we had a chance to explore on foot and bicycle to see a different side of town. Overall, our Stellenbosch travel guide covers sipping wine, gourmet eating and fun activities for couples, friends and/or families.
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https://www.expedia.com/Cape-Town.d6046820.Destination-Travel-Guides
Cape Town sits on South Africa’sCape Peninsula, where the waters of the Atlantic and IndianOceans converge.
Begin your adventure at The Castle of Good Hope, the centerpoint from which the city grew. Nearby you’ll find Company’s Garden, the Parliament Building, and the South African Museum.
Don’t miss the District Six Museum, which gives voice to the 60,000 non-white residents who saw their vibrant multi-racial neighborhood flattened during the darkest days of the Apartheid era.
One neighborhood that was spared from apartheid’s wrecking ball is Bo-Kaap, where traditional Cape Malay culture continues amid the row houses of this colorful hillside suburb.
Visit the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, and explore attractions such as Two Oceans Aquarium. The waterfront is also the gateway to one of the world’s most infamous prisons, Robben Island.
Table Mountain is Cape Town’s most beloved landmark. From the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, take a walking trail up the mountain, or take the Cableway for the spectacular ride to the viewing area.
Cape Town is one of the world’s great beach cities. From Green Point, the site of Cape Town’s futuristic stadium, follow the coast and discover one incredible beach after another.
Cape Town’s riches don’t end with its beaches, it’s also blessed with some of the best wine country in the world. After touring the acclaimed wineries of Paarl and Stellenbosch, head up Franschhoek Pass and wander hillsides filled with Proteas.
In local tradition, the Protea represents transformation, courage and hope. Cape Town is a city which shares the same soil, so it’s not surprising that it embodies those same qualities too.
https://www.expedia.com/Cape-Town.d6046820.Destination-Travel-Guides
Cape Town sits on South Africa’sCape Peninsula, where the waters of the Atlantic and IndianOceans converge.
Begin your adventure at The Castle of Good Hope, the centerpoint from which the city grew. Nearby you’ll find Company’s Garden, the Parliament Building, and the South African Museum.
Don’t miss the District Six Museum, which gives voice to the 60,000 non-white residents who saw their vibrant multi-racial neighborhood flattened during the darkest days of the Apartheid era.
One neighborhood that was spared from apartheid’s wrecking ball is Bo-Kaap, where traditional Cape Malay culture continues amid the row houses of this colorful hillside suburb.
Visit the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, and explore attractions such as Two Oceans Aquarium. The waterfront is also the gateway to one of the world’s most infamous prisons, Robben Island.
Table Mountain is Cape Town’s most beloved landmark. From the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, take a walking trail up the mountain, or take the Cableway for the spectacular ride to the viewing area.
Cape Town is one of the world’s great beach cities. From Green Point, the site of Cape Town’s futuristic stadium, follow the coast and discover one incredible beach after another.
Cape Town’s riches don’t end with its beaches, it’s also blessed with some of the best wine country in the world. After touring the acclaimed wineries of Paarl and Stellenbosch, head up Franschhoek Pass and wander hillsides filled with Proteas.
In local tradition, the Protea represents transformation, courage and hope. Cape Town is a city which shares the same soil, so it’s not surprising that it embodies those same qualities too.
Travel video about destination South-Africa.
Johannesburg is the commercial centre of South Africa. Since gold was first discovered there, everything has revolved around money and from the 50th floor of Africa’s tallest building, The CarltonTowers, there is an all-engulfing view of the city’s narrow streets and jungle of concrete and glass.The AfricanMuseum is a contemporary building and one of South Africa’s most exquisite landmarks, it contains a large variety of geological exhibits and detailed accounts of the city’s past surface mining that gave rise to the country’s massive gold rush. The resistance to apartheid is also illustrated, as well as the history of Africa’s native inhabitants who journeyed from present day Botswana to the south of the country. In contrast to Johannesburg, Pretoria grew at a calmer pace and has developed from a Boer farming municipality into South Africa’s administrative capital. Located on a hill is the Vortrekker Monument that is a reminder of the Boers’ Great Trek and, in 1830, the crucial battle in which they defeated the Zulus. Sun City is a magnificent fantasy world full of African ambience and the Sun City Hotel is the casino that made Sol Kerzner the richest man in South Africa, whereas the futuristic Cascades Hotel derived its name from its wonderful setting of waterfalls, pools and lush plant life. The route travels northeast over the misty and one time heavily defended Drakens Mountains in the direction of theKruger Park that extends along the border with Mosambique. From Kruger, the journey continues across Swaziland and Kwazulu Natal to Port Elizabeth on the Indian Ocean’s south coast. Along the rocky coastline a road leads to the southernmost tip of Africa, the Cape Of Good Hope. For those lucky enough to experience it, the drive on the spectacular mountain road around the Cape is an amazing adventure. One of the many natural wonders of this unique land that unites European influence with African pride.
Travel video about destination South-Africa.
Johannesburg is the commercial centre of South Africa. Since gold was first discovered there, everything has revolved around money and from the 50th floor of Africa’s tallest building, The CarltonTowers, there is an all-engulfing view of the city’s narrow streets and jungle of concrete and glass.The AfricanMuseum is a contemporary building and one of South Africa’s most exquisite landmarks, it contains a large variety of geological exhibits and detailed accounts of the city’s past surface mining that gave rise to the country’s massive gold rush. The resistance to apartheid is also illustrated, as well as the history of Africa’s native inhabitants who journeyed from present day Botswana to the south of the country. In contrast to Johannesburg, Pretoria grew at a calmer pace and has developed from a Boer farming municipality into South Africa’s administrative capital. Located on a hill is the Vortrekker Monument that is a reminder of the Boers’ Great Trek and, in 1830, the crucial battle in which they defeated the Zulus. Sun City is a magnificent fantasy world full of African ambience and the Sun City Hotel is the casino that made Sol Kerzner the richest man in South Africa, whereas the futuristic Cascades Hotel derived its name from its wonderful setting of waterfalls, pools and lush plant life. The route travels northeast over the misty and one time heavily defended Drakens Mountains in the direction of theKruger Park that extends along the border with Mosambique. From Kruger, the journey continues across Swaziland and Kwazulu Natal to Port Elizabeth on the Indian Ocean’s south coast. Along the rocky coastline a road leads to the southernmost tip of Africa, the Cape Of Good Hope. For those lucky enough to experience it, the drive on the spectacular mountain road around the Cape is an amazing adventure. One of the many natural wonders of this unique land that unites European influence with African pride.
Our Cape Town travel guide! A beautiful guide for a beautiful city, Cape Town is incredible.
Thanks to our friends at Thomas Cook Airlines for flying us to Cape Town. Thomas Cook Airlines fly DIRECT from London Gatwick from December through to March and you can get a return flight from £599.99 https://www.thomascookairlines.com/en/cheap-flights/south-africa/cape-town/
Thanks to the fantastic Jeremy Loops for taking the time to talk to us. Check out Jeremy Loops' music:
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iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/jeremy-loops/id589222946?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
We're so excited to share our guide to Cape Town with you. This breathtaking city is full of a thousand adventures, incredible food, and most importantly, wonderful people.
Our friends Godfrey and Lwazi work with Camissa TownshipTours - http://www.gocamissa.co.za/
Where we got that beautiful car - https://www.capecobrahire.co.za/
How we film our travel guides - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPFmRWNzG84
Our Cape Town travel guide! A beautiful guide for a beautiful city, Cape Town is incredible.
Thanks to our friends at Thomas Cook Airlines for flying us to Cape Town. Thomas Cook Airlines fly DIRECT from London Gatwick from December through to March and you can get a return flight from £599.99 https://www.thomascookairlines.com/en/cheap-flights/south-africa/cape-town/
Thanks to the fantastic Jeremy Loops for taking the time to talk to us. Check out Jeremy Loops' music:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Dct2Gu0qEbgGRjfaxew8g
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/jeremy-loops/id589222946?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
We're so excited to share our guide to Cape Town with you. This breathtaking city is full of a thousand adventures, incredible food, and most importantly, wonderful people.
Our friends Godfrey and Lwazi work with Camissa TownshipTours - http://www.gocamissa.co.za/
Where we got that beautiful car - https://www.capecobrahire.co.za/
How we film our travel guides - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPFmRWNzG84
What to Do in Cape Town, South Africa | 36 Hours Travel Videos | The New York Times
Cape Town is a singularly inviting place, wowing visitors with its art, architecture, wine and culinary offerings, not to mention its spectacular setting amid m...
Cape Town is a singularly inviting place, wowing visitors with its art, architecture, wine and culinary offerings, not to mention its spectacular setting amid mountains and sea.
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Cape Town is a singularly inviting place, wowing visitors with its art, architecture, wine and culinary offerings, not to mention its spectacular setting amid mountains and sea.
Grab the embed code for this video at TimesVideo:
http://nyti.ms/1M9v9vS
Produced by: FRITZIE ANDRADE, FARHOD FAMILY, WILL LLOYD, DUY LINH TU, SARAH BRADY VOLL and TASNEEM WILKIE
Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/1ZYwutr
Subscribe to the Times Video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from The New York Times every week: http://bit.ly/timesvideonewsletter
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Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, New York Times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. It's all the news that's fit to watch. On YouTube.
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Join us as we visit Stellenbosch, South Africa showcasing the best things to do in Stellenbosch in this travel guide to the Cape Winelands region of the Western Cape. Our focus was of course touring around world class vineyards and wine farms in and around Stellenbosch; however, we also covered some of best outdoor activities and cultural experiences such as going on a vineyard segway tour, wine safari, visiting a township and eating a local Xhosa meal. Stellenbosch town has numerous attractions worth visiting and a wonderful cafe, restaurant and nightlife scene. Fortunately, we had a chance to explore on foot and bicycle to see a different side of town. Overall, our Stellenbosch travel guide covers sipping wine, gourmet eating and fun activities for couples, friends and/or families.
20 Things to do in Stellenbosch TravelGuidePlaylist:
Intro to Stellenbosch, South Africa - 00:01
1) Cape MalayDinner with wine and cupcakes at Delheim - 00:50
2) Wine and Fudge Pairing at AvontuurEstate - 01:12
3) Lunch at Blaauwklippen FamilyMarket - 02:35
4) Braai and Wine Blending at Middelvlei Wine Estate - 04:08
5) Segway tour at Spier Wine Farm - 05:28
6) Lunch at Hoghouse BBQ & Bakery on Spier Wine Farm - 06:51
7) Walking Tour of Stellenbosch, South Africa - 07:11
8) Wine safari at Jordan Wines - 07:32
9) KayamandiTownship Tour - 08:46
10) Traditional Xhosa Meal - 09:16
11) Music and Drinks at RebellionCourtyardCafe - 10:03
12) Hiking in Jonkershoek Nature Reserve - 10:25
13) Biking tour of Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands - 11:20
14) Lunch at Lanzerac Wine Estate - 11:28
15) Vinegar tasting at Rozendal Farm - 11:41
16) Dinner at Delaire Graff Estate - 13:22
17) Brandy Tasting at Van Ryn - 13:39
18) Olive oil Tasting and Brunch at Tokara - 14:31
19) Sidecar tour of Stellenbosch, South Africa - 14:54
20) Lunch at The Bus Stop - 15:58
Outro to Stellenbosch, Western Cape - 19:11
Our visit Stellenbosch travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a wine and food guide (best vineyards, farms, restaurants and food in the region), top adventure recreation and the city by day and night. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Stellenbosch tourism brochure or Stellenbosch, South Africa city tour.
Things to do in Stellenbosch, South Africa Travel Guide VideoTranscript:
On our very first trip to South Africa we spent one day in Stellenbosch where we did a wine tour and hit up a total of 5 wineries. It was an action packed day but we knew we had only seen a fraction of what this place has to offer and we were itching to return! Fast forward two years, and we found ourselves with an invitation to come and experience Stellenbosch, this time with a week to spare. Naturally we said yes! This being the winelands meant that our itinerary was wine heavy, but we also got to see sample the food, visit the markets, check out the nightlife and get close to nature. The following is our travel guide to Stellenbosch, pour yourself a glass of wine, sit back, and join us on this ride!
In between all the feasting and vineyard hopping, we also found a bit of time to explore Stellenbosch itself. Stellenbosch is a charming town located in the Western Cape, and it’s the second oldest European settlement in the province after Cape Town. The streets are lined with oak trees, the buildings are all painted white, and you have a cool mix of Early Cape, Cape Dutch, and Victorian architecture.
And while Sam was off hiking, I did a biking tour of Stellenbosch with the AdventureShop, where I learned a bit more about the town’s history, and got out in nature, before biking over to the Lanzerac Wine Estate where we met up with the group again. Here we had a light lunch featuring a spread of cheese, deli meats, fresh fruits, and of course, wine!
And just like that our week in Stellenbosch was over! I think it’s fair to say that we left a few pounds heavier, but with a newfound appreciation for South African wine and a taste of what the winelands have to offer. As always, we hope you enjoyed this travel guide and that it gave you a few ideas of things to do in Stellenbosch. If you have any other suggestions of cool things to see, eat, or experience, feel free to share those with travellers in the comments below. In the meantime we wish you happy travels and we’ll see you in Cape Town on our next video!
This is part of our Travel in South Africa video series showcasing South African food, South African culture, South African wine and South African cuisine.
This was part of the #Stellenblog campaign organized by Destinate.
Music in this video courtesy of JoakimKarudhttp://youtube.com/joakimkarud
Songs: Boost, Mondays, and VibeWith Me
Join us as we visit Stellenbosch, South Africa showcasing the best things to do in Stellenbosch in this travel guide to the Cape Winelands region of the Western Cape. Our focus was of course touring around world class vineyards and wine farms in and around Stellenbosch; however, we also covered some of best outdoor activities and cultural experiences such as going on a vineyard segway tour, wine safari, visiting a township and eating a local Xhosa meal. Stellenbosch town has numerous attractions worth visiting and a wonderful cafe, restaurant and nightlife scene. Fortunately, we had a chance to explore on foot and bicycle to see a different side of town. Overall, our Stellenbosch travel guide covers sipping wine, gourmet eating and fun activities for couples, friends and/or families.
20 Things to do in Stellenbosch TravelGuidePlaylist:
Intro to Stellenbosch, South Africa - 00:01
1) Cape MalayDinner with wine and cupcakes at Delheim - 00:50
2) Wine and Fudge Pairing at AvontuurEstate - 01:12
3) Lunch at Blaauwklippen FamilyMarket - 02:35
4) Braai and Wine Blending at Middelvlei Wine Estate - 04:08
5) Segway tour at Spier Wine Farm - 05:28
6) Lunch at Hoghouse BBQ & Bakery on Spier Wine Farm - 06:51
7) Walking Tour of Stellenbosch, South Africa - 07:11
8) Wine safari at Jordan Wines - 07:32
9) KayamandiTownship Tour - 08:46
10) Traditional Xhosa Meal - 09:16
11) Music and Drinks at RebellionCourtyardCafe - 10:03
12) Hiking in Jonkershoek Nature Reserve - 10:25
13) Biking tour of Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands - 11:20
14) Lunch at Lanzerac Wine Estate - 11:28
15) Vinegar tasting at Rozendal Farm - 11:41
16) Dinner at Delaire Graff Estate - 13:22
17) Brandy Tasting at Van Ryn - 13:39
18) Olive oil Tasting and Brunch at Tokara - 14:31
19) Sidecar tour of Stellenbosch, South Africa - 14:54
20) Lunch at The Bus Stop - 15:58
Outro to Stellenbosch, Western Cape - 19:11
Our visit Stellenbosch travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a wine and food guide (best vineyards, farms, restaurants and food in the region), top adventure recreation and the city by day and night. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Stellenbosch tourism brochure or Stellenbosch, South Africa city tour.
Things to do in Stellenbosch, South Africa Travel Guide VideoTranscript:
On our very first trip to South Africa we spent one day in Stellenbosch where we did a wine tour and hit up a total of 5 wineries. It was an action packed day but we knew we had only seen a fraction of what this place has to offer and we were itching to return! Fast forward two years, and we found ourselves with an invitation to come and experience Stellenbosch, this time with a week to spare. Naturally we said yes! This being the winelands meant that our itinerary was wine heavy, but we also got to see sample the food, visit the markets, check out the nightlife and get close to nature. The following is our travel guide to Stellenbosch, pour yourself a glass of wine, sit back, and join us on this ride!
In between all the feasting and vineyard hopping, we also found a bit of time to explore Stellenbosch itself. Stellenbosch is a charming town located in the Western Cape, and it’s the second oldest European settlement in the province after Cape Town. The streets are lined with oak trees, the buildings are all painted white, and you have a cool mix of Early Cape, Cape Dutch, and Victorian architecture.
And while Sam was off hiking, I did a biking tour of Stellenbosch with the AdventureShop, where I learned a bit more about the town’s history, and got out in nature, before biking over to the Lanzerac Wine Estate where we met up with the group again. Here we had a light lunch featuring a spread of cheese, deli meats, fresh fruits, and of course, wine!
And just like that our week in Stellenbosch was over! I think it’s fair to say that we left a few pounds heavier, but with a newfound appreciation for South African wine and a taste of what the winelands have to offer. As always, we hope you enjoyed this travel guide and that it gave you a few ideas of things to do in Stellenbosch. If you have any other suggestions of cool things to see, eat, or experience, feel free to share those with travellers in the comments below. In the meantime we wish you happy travels and we’ll see you in Cape Town on our next video!
This is part of our Travel in South Africa video series showcasing South African food, South African culture, South African wine and South African cuisine.
This was part of the #Stellenblog campaign organized by Destinate.
Music in this video courtesy of JoakimKarudhttp://youtube.com/joakimkarud
Songs: Boost, Mondays, and VibeWith Me
African Ports Evolution 2016
published: 13 May 2016
Durban, South Africa Port Report
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, help and hope. After the time open to the public the vessel is undergoing the annual dry dock for maintenance.
published: 07 Apr 2016
Cruising along the beach front - Port Elizabeth, South Africa 2017
South African National Anthem VERY MOVING in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012
South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9351520/South-Africa-14-England-14-match-report.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa
published: 04 Sep 2013
Two Port Alfred bodybuilders on the verge of representing SA in Belgium
Durban, South Africa Port Report
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, ...
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, help and hope. After the time open to the public the vessel is undergoing the annual dry dock for maintenance.
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, help and hope. After the time open to the public the vessel is undergoing the annual dry dock for maintenance.
South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9351520/South-Africa-14-England-14-match-report.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa
South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9351520/South-Africa-14-England-14-match-report.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa
published:04 Sep 2013
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Two Port Alfred bodybuilders on the verge of representing SA in Belgium
STANCE hook up..Port Elizab
We attend a stance hook up underneath the PE freeway bridge in port elizabeth , south africa.. here's what went down.....the guys came rolling out ....
published: 30 Apr 2015
Speak Out 8 - Episode 46: Half-cooked pot deal
Women of Block E in Maniini Village in Limpopo Province claim that their right to accountability by the supplier has been violated by an aluminium pots manufacturer known as Tsireledzo Singo in 2012. They paid her R13 925 as a deposit towards their 48 pots order and only received 2 complete pots and 9 unlidded pots. To date they are still waiting for the remaining pots and the lids. They are seeking Speak Out’s help to get their money back from the manufacturer or the remaining of their order.
[email protected]
Facebook: Speak Out on SABC 2
www.speakoutsabc2.co.za
WatchSPEAK OUT every Thursday at 21:30 on SABC 2, You Belong. Catch the full episode directly after the normal TV broadcast here on YouTube at 22:00. Join us then!
SPEAK OUT promises to be visible, vigilant and to z...
published: 11 Feb 2016
South Africa Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination South-Africa.
Johannesburg is the commercial centre of South Africa. Since gold was first discovered there, everything has revolved around money and from the 50th floor of Africa’s tallest building, The CarltonTowers, there is an all-engulfing view of the city’s narrow streets and jungle of concrete and glass.The AfricanMuseum is a contemporary building and one of South Africa’s most exquisite landmarks, it contains a large variety of geological exhibits and detailed accounts of the city’s past surface mining that gave rise to the country’s massive gold rush. The resistance to apartheid is also illustrated, as well as the history of Africa’s native inhabitants who journeyed from present day Botswana to the south of the country. In contrast to Johannesburg, ...
Women of Block E in Maniini Village in Limpopo Province claim that their right to accountability by the supplier has been violated by an aluminium pots manufacturer known as Tsireledzo Singo in 2012. They paid her R13 925 as a deposit towards their 48 pots order and only received 2 complete pots and 9 unlidded pots. To date they are still waiting for the remaining pots and the lids. They are seeking Speak Out’s help to get their money back from the manufacturer or the remaining of their order.
[email protected]
Facebook: Speak Out on SABC 2
www.speakoutsabc2.co.za
WatchSPEAK OUT every Thursday at 21:30 on SABC 2, You Belong. Catch the full episode directly after the normal TV broadcast here on YouTube at 22:00. Join us then!
SPEAK OUT promises to be visible, vigilant and to zoom into stories from South Africans in small towns and rural areas where consumers are mostly uninformed about their consumer rights. These are marginalised people and SPEAK OUT stands for speaking for the voiceless, support and educate the exploited consumer. South African consumers can count on SPEAK OUT to expose and hold businesses accountable. Dingaan Mokebe, the show’s host, is vigorous in his journey to resolve consumer issues.
Women of Block E in Maniini Village in Limpopo Province claim that their right to accountability by the supplier has been violated by an aluminium pots manufacturer known as Tsireledzo Singo in 2012. They paid her R13 925 as a deposit towards their 48 pots order and only received 2 complete pots and 9 unlidded pots. To date they are still waiting for the remaining pots and the lids. They are seeking Speak Out’s help to get their money back from the manufacturer or the remaining of their order.
[email protected]
Facebook: Speak Out on SABC 2
www.speakoutsabc2.co.za
WatchSPEAK OUT every Thursday at 21:30 on SABC 2, You Belong. Catch the full episode directly after the normal TV broadcast here on YouTube at 22:00. Join us then!
SPEAK OUT promises to be visible, vigilant and to zoom into stories from South Africans in small towns and rural areas where consumers are mostly uninformed about their consumer rights. These are marginalised people and SPEAK OUT stands for speaking for the voiceless, support and educate the exploited consumer. South African consumers can count on SPEAK OUT to expose and hold businesses accountable. Dingaan Mokebe, the show’s host, is vigorous in his journey to resolve consumer issues.
Travel video about destination South-Africa.
Johannesburg is the commercial centre of South Africa. Since gold was first discovered there, everything has revolved around money and from the 50th floor of Africa’s tallest building, The CarltonTowers, there is an all-engulfing view of the city’s narrow streets and jungle of concrete and glass.The AfricanMuseum is a contemporary building and one of South Africa’s most exquisite landmarks, it contains a large variety of geological exhibits and detailed accounts of the city’s past surface mining that gave rise to the country’s massive gold rush. The resistance to apartheid is also illustrated, as well as the history of Africa’s native inhabitants who journeyed from present day Botswana to the south of the country. In contrast to Johannesburg, Pretoria grew at a calmer pace and has developed from a Boer farming municipality into South Africa’s administrative capital. Located on a hill is the Vortrekker Monument that is a reminder of the Boers’ Great Trek and, in 1830, the crucial battle in which they defeated the Zulus. Sun City is a magnificent fantasy world full of African ambience and the Sun City Hotel is the casino that made Sol Kerzner the richest man in South Africa, whereas the futuristic Cascades Hotel derived its name from its wonderful setting of waterfalls, pools and lush plant life. The route travels northeast over the misty and one time heavily defended Drakens Mountains in the direction of theKruger Park that extends along the border with Mosambique. From Kruger, the journey continues across Swaziland and Kwazulu Natal to Port Elizabeth on the Indian Ocean’s south coast. Along the rocky coastline a road leads to the southernmost tip of Africa, the Cape Of Good Hope. For those lucky enough to experience it, the drive on the spectacular mountain road around the Cape is an amazing adventure. One of the many natural wonders of this unique land that unites European influence with African pride.
Travel video about destination South-Africa.
Johannesburg is the commercial centre of South Africa. Since gold was first discovered there, everything has revolved around money and from the 50th floor of Africa’s tallest building, The CarltonTowers, there is an all-engulfing view of the city’s narrow streets and jungle of concrete and glass.The AfricanMuseum is a contemporary building and one of South Africa’s most exquisite landmarks, it contains a large variety of geological exhibits and detailed accounts of the city’s past surface mining that gave rise to the country’s massive gold rush. The resistance to apartheid is also illustrated, as well as the history of Africa’s native inhabitants who journeyed from present day Botswana to the south of the country. In contrast to Johannesburg, Pretoria grew at a calmer pace and has developed from a Boer farming municipality into South Africa’s administrative capital. Located on a hill is the Vortrekker Monument that is a reminder of the Boers’ Great Trek and, in 1830, the crucial battle in which they defeated the Zulus. Sun City is a magnificent fantasy world full of African ambience and the Sun City Hotel is the casino that made Sol Kerzner the richest man in South Africa, whereas the futuristic Cascades Hotel derived its name from its wonderful setting of waterfalls, pools and lush plant life. The route travels northeast over the misty and one time heavily defended Drakens Mountains in the direction of theKruger Park that extends along the border with Mosambique. From Kruger, the journey continues across Swaziland and Kwazulu Natal to Port Elizabeth on the Indian Ocean’s south coast. Along the rocky coastline a road leads to the southernmost tip of Africa, the Cape Of Good Hope. For those lucky enough to experience it, the drive on the spectacular mountain road around the Cape is an amazing adventure. One of the many natural wonders of this unique land that unites European influence with African pride.
Durban, South Africa Port Report
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, help and hope. After the time open to the public the vessel is undergoing the annual dry dock for maintenance.
South African National Anthem VERY MOVING in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012
South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9351520/South-Africa-14-England-14-match-report.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa
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Two Port Alfred bodybuilders on the verge of representing SA in Belgium
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Cape Town Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia (4K)
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Cape Town sits on South Africa’sCape Peninsula, where the waters of the Atlantic and IndianOceans converge.
Begin your adventure at The Castle of Good Hope, the centerpoint from which the city grew. Nearby you’ll find Company’s Garden, the Parliament Building, and the South African Museum.
Don’t miss the District Six Museum, which gives voice to the 60,000 non-white residents who saw their vibrant multi-racial neighborhood flattened during the darkest days of the Apartheid era.
One neighborhood that was spared from apartheid’s wrecking ball is Bo-Kaap, where traditional Cape Malay culture continues amid the row houses of this colorful hillside suburb.
Visit the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, and explore attractions such as Two Oceans Aquarium. The waterfront is also the gateway to one of the world’s most infamous prisons, Robben Island.
Table Mountain is Cape Town’s most beloved landmark. From the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, take a walking trail up the mountain, or take the Cableway for the spectacular ride to the viewing area.
Cape Town is one of the world’s great beach cities. From Green Point, the site of Cape Town’s futuristic stadium, follow the coast and discover one incredible beach after another.
Cape Town’s riches don’t end with its beaches, it’s also blessed with some of the best wine country in the world. After touring the acclaimed wineries of Paarl and Stellenbosch, head up Franschhoek Pass and wander hillsides filled with Proteas.
In local tradition, the Protea represents transformation, courage and hope. Cape Town is a city which shares the same soil, so it’s not surprising that it embodies those same qualities too.
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Travel video about destination South-Africa.
Johannesburg is the commercial centre of South Africa. Since gold was first discovered there, everything has revolved around money and from the 50th floor of Africa’s tallest building, The CarltonTowers, there is an all-engulfing view of the city’s narrow streets and jungle of concrete and glass.The AfricanMuseum is a contemporary building and one of South Africa’s most exquisite landmarks, it contains a large variety of geological exhibits and detailed accounts of the city’s past surface mining that gave rise to the country’s massive gold rush. The resistance to apartheid is also illustrated, as well as the history of Africa’s native inhabitants who journeyed from present day Botswana to the south of the country. In contrast to Johannesburg, Pretoria grew at a calmer pace and has developed from a Boer farming municipality into South Africa’s administrative capital. Located on a hill is the Vortrekker Monument that is a reminder of the Boers’ Great Trek and, in 1830, the crucial battle in which they defeated the Zulus. Sun City is a magnificent fantasy world full of African ambience and the Sun City Hotel is the casino that made Sol Kerzner the richest man in South Africa, whereas the futuristic Cascades Hotel derived its name from its wonderful setting of waterfalls, pools and lush plant life. The route travels northeast over the misty and one time heavily defended Drakens Mountains in the direction of theKruger Park that extends along the border with Mosambique. From Kruger, the journey continues across Swaziland and Kwazulu Natal to Port Elizabeth on the Indian Ocean’s south coast. Along the rocky coastline a road leads to the southernmost tip of Africa, the Cape Of Good Hope. For those lucky enough to experience it, the drive on the spectacular mountain road around the Cape is an amazing adventure. One of the many natural wonders of this unique land that unites European influence with African pride.
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Cape Town Travel Guide
Our Cape Town travel guide! A beautiful guide for a beautiful city, Cape Town is incredibl...
Cape Town Travel Guide
Our Cape Town travel guide! A beautiful guide for a beautiful city, Cape Town is incredible.
Thanks to our friends at Thomas Cook Airlines for flying us to Cape Town. Thomas Cook Airlines fly DIRECT from London Gatwick from December through to March and you can get a return flight from £599.99 https://www.thomascookairlines.com/en/cheap-flights/south-africa/cape-town/
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We're so excited to share our guide to Cape Town with you. This breathtaking city is full of a thousand adventures, incredible food, and most importantly, wonderful people.
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30 Things to do in Cape Town, South Africa Travel Guide
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20 Things to do in Stellenbosch, South Africa Travel Guide
Join us as we visit Stellenbosch, South Africa showcasing the best things to do in Stellenbosch in this travel guide to the Cape Winelands region of the Western Cape. Our focus was of course touring around world class vineyards and wine farms in and around Stellenbosch; however, we also covered some of best outdoor activities and cultural experiences such as going on a vineyard segway tour, wine safari, visiting a township and eating a local Xhosa meal. Stellenbosch town has numerous attractions worth visiting and a wonderful cafe, restaurant and nightlife scene. Fortunately, we had a chance to explore on foot and bicycle to see a different side of town. Overall, our Stellenbosch travel guide covers sipping wine, gourmet eating and fun activities for couples, friends and/or families.
20 Things to do in Stellenbosch TravelGuidePlaylist:
Intro to Stellenbosch, South Africa - 00:01
1) Cape MalayDinner with wine and cupcakes at Delheim - 00:50
2) Wine and Fudge Pairing at AvontuurEstate - 01:12
3) Lunch at Blaauwklippen FamilyMarket - 02:35
4) Braai and Wine Blending at Middelvlei Wine Estate - 04:08
5) Segway tour at Spier Wine Farm - 05:28
6) Lunch at Hoghouse BBQ & Bakery on Spier Wine Farm - 06:51
7) Walking Tour of Stellenbosch, South Africa - 07:11
8) Wine safari at Jordan Wines - 07:32
9) KayamandiTownship Tour - 08:46
10) Traditional Xhosa Meal - 09:16
11) Music and Drinks at RebellionCourtyardCafe - 10:03
12) Hiking in Jonkershoek Nature Reserve - 10:25
13) Biking tour of Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands - 11:20
14) Lunch at Lanzerac Wine Estate - 11:28
15) Vinegar tasting at Rozendal Farm - 11:41
16) Dinner at Delaire Graff Estate - 13:22
17) Brandy Tasting at Van Ryn - 13:39
18) Olive oil Tasting and Brunch at Tokara - 14:31
19) Sidecar tour of Stellenbosch, South Africa - 14:54
20) Lunch at The Bus Stop - 15:58
Outro to Stellenbosch, Western Cape - 19:11
Our visit Stellenbosch travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a wine and food guide (best vineyards, farms, restaurants and food in the region), top adventure recreation and the city by day and night. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Stellenbosch tourism brochure or Stellenbosch, South Africa city tour.
Things to do in Stellenbosch, South Africa Travel Guide VideoTranscript:
On our very first trip to South Africa we spent one day in Stellenbosch where we did a wine tour and hit up a total of 5 wineries. It was an action packed day but we knew we had only seen a fraction of what this place has to offer and we were itching to return! Fast forward two years, and we found ourselves with an invitation to come and experience Stellenbosch, this time with a week to spare. Naturally we said yes! This being the winelands meant that our itinerary was wine heavy, but we also got to see sample the food, visit the markets, check out the nightlife and get close to nature. The following is our travel guide to Stellenbosch, pour yourself a glass of wine, sit back, and join us on this ride!
In between all the feasting and vineyard hopping, we also found a bit of time to explore Stellenbosch itself. Stellenbosch is a charming town located in the Western Cape, and it’s the second oldest European settlement in the province after Cape Town. The streets are lined with oak trees, the buildings are all painted white, and you have a cool mix of Early Cape, Cape Dutch, and Victorian architecture.
And while Sam was off hiking, I did a biking tour of Stellenbosch with the AdventureShop, where I learned a bit more about the town’s history, and got out in nature, before biking over to the Lanzerac Wine Estate where we met up with the group again. Here we had a light lunch featuring a spread of cheese, deli meats, fresh fruits, and of course, wine!
And just like that our week in Stellenbosch was over! I think it’s fair to say that we left a few pounds heavier, but with a newfound appreciation for South African wine and a taste of what the winelands have to offer. As always, we hope you enjoyed this travel guide and that it gave you a few ideas of things to do in Stellenbosch. If you have any other suggestions of cool things to see, eat, or experience, feel free to share those with travellers in the comments below. In the meantime we wish you happy travels and we’ll see you in Cape Town on our next video!
This is part of our Travel in South Africa video series showcasing South African food, South African culture, South African wine and South African cuisine.
This was part of the #Stellenblog campaign organized by Destinate.
Music in this video courtesy of JoakimKarudhttp://youtube.com/joakimkarud
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Durban, South Africa Port Report
Logos Hope's first visit to South Africa began in Durban and was a great start to this five port tour of the nation with many opportunities to bring knowledge, help and hope. After the time open to the public the vessel is undergoing the annual dry dock for maintenance.
South African National Anthem VERY MOVING in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012
South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, June 23 2012http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/9351520/South-Africa-14-England-14-match-report.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_South_Africa
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Two Port Alfred bodybuilders on the verge of representing SA in Belgium
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Speak Out 8 - Episode 46: Half-cooked pot deal
Women of Block E in Maniini Village in Limpopo Province claim that their right to accountability by the supplier has been violated by an aluminium pots manufacturer known as Tsireledzo Singo in 2012. They paid her R13 925 as a deposit towards their 48 pots order and only received 2 complete pots and 9 unlidded pots. To date they are still waiting for the remaining pots and the lids. They are seeking Speak Out’s help to get their money back from the manufacturer or the remaining of their order.
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SPEAK OUT promises to be visible, vigilant and to zoom into stories from South Africans in small towns and rural areas where consumers are mostly uninformed about their consumer rights. These are marginalised people and SPEAK OUT stands for speaking for the voiceless, support and educate the exploited consumer. South African consumers can count on SPEAK OUT to expose and hold businesses accountable. Dingaan Mokebe, the show’s host, is vigorous in his journey to resolve consumer issues.
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Travel video about destination South-Africa.
Johannesburg is the commercial centre of Sout...
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Johannesburg is the commercial centre of South Africa. Since gold was first discovered there, everything has revolved around money and from the 50th floor of Africa’s tallest building, The CarltonTowers, there is an all-engulfing view of the city’s narrow streets and jungle of concrete and glass.The AfricanMuseum is a contemporary building and one of South Africa’s most exquisite landmarks, it contains a large variety of geological exhibits and detailed accounts of the city’s past surface mining that gave rise to the country’s massive gold rush. The resistance to apartheid is also illustrated, as well as the history of Africa’s native inhabitants who journeyed from present day Botswana to the south of the country. In contrast to Johannesburg, Pretoria grew at a calmer pace and has developed from a Boer farming municipality into South Africa’s administrative capital. Located on a hill is the Vortrekker Monument that is a reminder of the Boers’ Great Trek and, in 1830, the crucial battle in which they defeated the Zulus. Sun City is a magnificent fantasy world full of African ambience and the Sun City Hotel is the casino that made Sol Kerzner the richest man in South Africa, whereas the futuristic Cascades Hotel derived its name from its wonderful setting of waterfalls, pools and lush plant life. The route travels northeast over the misty and one time heavily defended Drakens Mountains in the direction of theKruger Park that extends along the border with Mosambique. From Kruger, the journey continues across Swaziland and Kwazulu Natal to Port Elizabeth on the Indian Ocean’s south coast. Along the rocky coastline a road leads to the southernmost tip of Africa, the Cape Of Good Hope. For those lucky enough to experience it, the drive on the spectacular mountain road around the Cape is an amazing adventure. One of the many natural wonders of this unique land that unites European influence with African pride.
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When the sun dims dramatically Monday morning, that would be like an entire power plant unit shutting down for the Lone Star State's electricity grid. The much-anticipated solar eclipse will wipe out about 600 megawatts worth of electricity generation from Texas' growing solar power industry, according to officials with ERCOT, which manages the Texas grid. ... "That is not very much," she said about eclipse's influence ... ....
Multiple media reports Thursday reported a van crashed into dozens of people in the center of Barcelona Thursday killing two and injuring several people. Local Spanish media say two armed men have entered a restaurant after a van crashed into a crowd of people, according to Reuters, and police consider the incident to be terror related. Local media reports say two people were killed instantly when struck by the van....
The Guardian reported that police announced one person was arrested in relation to the attack on Thursday where someone drove a white van through the busy, pedestrian area of Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain which has left at least 13 dead, and more than 50 injured ...Police said that the number of the dead was "bound to rise" since at least 50 people were injured after the attack, interior minister for Catalonia, Joaquim Form said ... ... U.S....
Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for an act of terrorism in which a van struck and killed at least a dozen people on Barcelona’s most famous avenue Thursday, Reuters reported Thursday.Carles Puigdemont, the head of the Spanish region of Catalonia, said at least 80 people had been taken to hospital and around 12 had died. Officials remain unsure how many attackers were involved in the incident ... She told La Vanguardia....
The number of asylum seekers who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States more than tripled last month, according to new data released on Thursday by the Canadian government which hints at the deep fears that migrants have about the recent U.S. administration immigration crackdown ...The RoyalCanadian Mounted Police said that an additional 3,800 asylum seekers were arrested crossing the U.S ... "It's not a crisis ... ....
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The bank, headquartered in Shanghai, officially opened its African regional centre in Johannesburg on Thursday which will identify projects that it can fund ...SouthAfricanPresidentJacob Zuma said the regional office was expected to ease funding access hurdles for African countries, as the bank was working on expanding its membership to other countries outside the BRICS....
JOHANNESBURG — A SouthAfrican model’s claims of assault have drawn attention to Zimbabwe’s increasingly outspoken first lady Grace Mugabe, who is a possible successor to her 93-year-old husband ... The SouthAfrican-born first lady was plucked by PresidentRobert Mugabe from his secretarial pool decades ago....
Their installation came against a backdrop of violence and oppression of African-Americans ... The 1890s, when the UDC was founded and monument-building began in earnest, represented a decade of virulent racism across the south ... According to this, the south went to war to defend states' rights and slavery was essentially a benevolent institution that imparted Christianity to African "savages"....
These firms employ some 300,000 local workers and are arguably making a killing on African turf, with a third of them reporting about 20 percent profit in 2015, according to Mckinsey’s findings ... The two countries are SouthAfrica and Ethiopia. “Nigeria do not yet have the same level of engagement with China as Ethiopia and South Africa,” McKinsey said, also referring to Kenya and Tanzania....
Argentina at home is, theoretically, the best bet for a SouthAfrican win in a six-round competition crammed into eight weeks with long westward and eastward flights for all ... Mostert made the team ahead of former SouthAfricanRugbyPlayer of the Year Pieter-Steph du Toit, and excelled as a lineout winner, ball carrier and fearless tackler....
Thiaw has spent years scouring the seabed off the island of Goree, once a west African slaving post, never losing hope of locating the elusive vessels with a small group of graduate students from Dakar’s Cheikh Anta Diop University...African nations affected by the slave trade have never fully come to terms with it, Thiaw believes, and even today in countries like Senegal, a caste of people still refer to themselves as slaves....
Washington owned as many as 317 slaves in his life while Jefferson believed African-Americans to be racially inferior and was quoted as saying “African-Americans are as incapable as children.” Jefferson wanted all African-Americans deported after emancipation ... That conflict was initiated and fought by the South to perpetuate the dominance of whites over blacks and to maintain the concept that one man may “own” another man....
As the South in the 1890s and 1900s began to codify segregationist Jim Crow laws and deployed mob and state-sanctioned violence to keep African-Americans subjugated, states erected dozens of public tributes to the cause of the Confederacy. Confederate statues and monuments served as cultural expressions of white supremacy, painful reminders that the nation’s racial hierarchy survived the emancipation of African-Americans from slavery....
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Lawyers for the young model who claims she was assaulted by Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe in a Johannesburg hotel said Thursday that her family had been approached with an offer of money to drop the allegation. SouthAfrican police issued a “red alert” to prevent Mugabe from leaving the country after […] ... ....
Akmal addressed a news conference on Wednesday in which he lashed out at Arthur, accusing the SouthAfrican of insulting him and refusing him access to the coaching facilities at the National Cricket Academy (NCA).“I accept my fitness isn’t up to the mark, and I am trying to work on ......
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Setting up a VPN connection to the FRITZ!Box in Apple macOS
VPN (Virtual Private Network) allows you to establish a secure connection over the internet from a computer with Apple macOS to your FRITZ!Box and then access all of the devices and services in the home network of your FRITZ!Box.
Example values used in this guide
In this guide we show you how to connect a computer with macOS 10.12 to the FRITZ!Box over VPN. When you set up your connection, replace the values used in this example with actual ones.
MyFRITZ! domain name of the FRITZ!Box:pi80ewgfi72d2os42.myfritz.net
User name of the FRITZ!Box user:John Smith
Password of the FRITZ!Box user:secret
Shared secret of the FRITZ!Box user:Zj7hPCouK65IrPU4
Requirements / Restrictions
Important:The FRITZ!Box is not accessible from the internet over IPv4 when used on a DS-Lite internet connection. When DS-Lite is active, the status "IPv4 over DS Lite" is displayed under "Connections" on the "Overview" page of the FRITZ!Box user interface.
Note:The configuration procedure and notes on functions given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for your FRITZ!Box.
1 Preparations
Setting up MyFRITZ!
With MyFRITZ! you can even access your FRITZ!Box over the internet at all times if the FRITZ!Box receives a different public IP address from your internet service provider on a regular basis:
Note:If you already use a different dynamic DNS service, you can also use this service instead of MyFRITZ!.
Adjusting the FRITZ!Box's IP network
Both ends of a VPN connection must have IP addresses from different IP networks. VPN communication cannot occur if your computer is connected to a router (for example another FRITZ!Box) with the same IP network as your FRITZ!Box.
Note:All FRITZ!Boxes use the IP network 192.168.178.0 in the factory settings.
Assign an IP address to your FRITZ!Box that is not the same as the IP addresses of the routers you will use to connect to the FRITZ!Box, for example 192.168.10.1 (subnet mask 255.255.255.0):
2 Setting up a VPN connection in the FRITZ!Box
Click the (Edit) button for the user who intends to connect to the FRITZ!Box via VPN. If you have not set up any users yet:
Click the "Add User" button.
Enter a name and password of your choice for the user in the corresponding fields.
Enable the option "VPN".
Click "OK" to save the settings.
Now the FRITZ!Box sets up the VPN rights for this FRITZ!Box user. A window displaying the VPN settings for the FRITZ!Box user then opens automatically.
Note:You can call up the window any time by clicking "Show VPN Settings" in the settings for the FRITZ!Box user.
3 Setting up and establishing a VPN connection on the computer
Set up the VPN connection on the computer using the VPN settings displayed in the FRITZ!Box user interface for the FRITZ!Box user:
Note:You can access the VPN settings if you select "System > FRITZ!Box Users" in the user interface, call up the settings for the user, and click "Show VPN Settings".
Open the "System Settings" in the Apple menu.
Click "Network" in the "System Preferences" menu.
Select the desired location, then click the plus sign below the list with the existing connections.
Select the entry "VPN" from the drop-down list "Interface".
Select the entry "Cisco IPSec" from the drop-down list "VPN Type".
Enter a name of your choice (FRITZ!Box VPN) for the "Service Name" and then click "Create".
Enter the MyFRITZ! domain name of the FRITZ!Box (pi80ewgfi72d2os42.myfritz.net) for the "Server Address".
For the "Account Name", enter the name of the FRITZ!Box user (John Smith) who intends to connect to the FRITZ!Box via VPN.
Enter the password for the FRITZ!Box user (secret) in the "Password" field.
Important:If you enter the password here, a password will not be required to establish the VPN connection. Protect your computer with a password so that unauthorized persons cannot use the VPN connection.
Click "Authentication Settings ...".
In the "Shared Secret" field, enter the shared secret (Zj7hPCouK65IrPU) displayed in the VPN settings for the FRITZ!Box user.
Enter the name of the FRITZ!Box user (John Smith) in the "Group Name" field. | {
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Day one downloadable content sucks, I think. Personally, it makes me feel like a chump. But there must be a reason for it in games like Mass Effect 3, right? BioWare's Fernando Melo has an explanation.
Earlier this year, Kotakubroke the news that Mass Effect 3 had day one DLC. At a recent developer's conference in Europe (during which Mass Effectcompletion rates were discussed), Melo offered this: "Contrary to what you might hear on the internet, fans do want more content. They tend to say, 'I want it now.' The problem with day one content and the challenge around it is that the right answer for now is different for every player. There is no single right time, there is no single now. It's subjective, and it's unique to every player."
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Continuing, the BioWare director of online development said, "It's not based on us. It's not based on some first-party release schedule. It's there, if they want it they can pick it up day one. If they don't, they can wait until they've finished their game." This it's-your-fault argument was made before by Forbes.
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While day one DLC might make some players upset now (like with Mass Effect 3), that could change. "The only way that that's going to go away is you fast forward a few more years, where this is just normal." By "normal" meant that every game is digital and "an ongoing service". So players can immediately buy more content if they like as part of a premium feature. | {
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Finance for Everyone Capstone Project
Each course in F4E offers key insights and knowledge you will be able to apply in real-life situations. You’ll test drive those insights through activities and assessments that will influence your key money Decisions, your participation in financial Markets, your experience in preserving or creating Value, and in managing Debt. These activities are designed to immerse you in financial thinking by giving you a safe environment for buying and selling and for making, creating, simulating, writing, and teaching. Each activity is a milestone in your learning process and each milestone has a product that will be part of your learning portfolio. The Capstone Project is the culmination of your F4E experience. It will engage you in a series of scaffolded and reflective exercises focused on a single aspect of the specialization selected by you to match your learning goals, and will help you create a piece of work that reflects your new knowledge and showcases your new skills for your employer, colleagues, friends and family.
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STAGE III: Week 8
In this final week of Finance for Everyone, you will review and provide feedback on the Feedback Synthesis & Implementation Plans of your peers and reflect on how you plan to move forward following the conclusion of your time with F4E. Finally, you will celebrate your achievements, and say farewell to the fellow learners who have engaged in this experience alongside you. | {
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Msgr. Stephen Rossetti gives conference in Munich on Child Protection
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In the first week of September 2016, 12 members of the Queensland Bar travelled to Port Moresby for the annual Commercial Litigation Workshop. 2016 marks the fourth year that this program has been run. The group consisted of three silks (Fleming, Crowe and Varitimos), seven senior juniors (Carmody, Skoien, Steele, Porter, Crowley, Blattman and Dollar) and one junior junior (Dane Jones). Saul Holt QC conducted the one-day criminal law workshop on the Friday.
As has been the case for all four workshops Justice John Logan also attended as a presenter and mentor taking a week out of his annual leave (as a Federal Court Judge) so as to be able to attend.
The workshop is funded by the Australian government as part of its aid to the Law and Justice Sector in Papua New Guinea.
On Sunday morning 4 September the barristers were to fly out on the 10.40 am flight to Port Moresby. However, the plane was delayed. Initially the passengers were told there was a delay in loading the catering and the plane would board in 20 minutes. Later the passengers were told it was a “mechanical [long pause] issue” that was being looked into. After an hour the party realized that their flight was not leaving anytime soon when it could be seen from the terminal that the wheel of the plane had been removed and was on the tarmac. The effect of such technical problems was that this flight eventually left at 5:40pm.
Undaunted by this initial setback Andrew Crowe QC took his charges to the palatial Plaza Premium lounge for beers and a few rounds of cards. This skillful nurturing of the group re-established the camaraderie generated on past trips.
The party arrived at their hotel after 9pm and headed straight for bed.
Monday morning bought the start of a grueling week of teaching in the Commercial Litigation Workshop. It runs for 5 days and is delivered to the students of the Legal Training Institute (‘LTI’). The LTI is the organization tasked with providing practical legal training to law graduates as part of the criteria for admission to practice. The Papua New Guineans have a love of ceremony. Every year the LTI and the students organize an official welcome to the Queensland Bar and an opening of the workshop. 2016 was no different with local dignitaries in attendance such as Mr Tauvasa Tanuvasa the Deputy Solicitor General, Teresa Berrigan Team Leader for Cardno (the NGO that administers the logistics of the Queensland Bars visit to PNG) and Mark Bailey a Counselor in the Law and Justice section of the Australian High Commission.
The cultural feature of the opening ceremony was the Asaro Mudmen who led the procession into the main auditorium. The traditional dress of the Mudmen involved the dancers having large masks or helmets traditionally made from white mud (now made out of a plastic) and their bodies painted with white mud. The group consisted of two adults and two children. One of the adults carried a ceremonial bow and arrow. The other had long sharp bamboo talons on the fingers of both hands. The Mudmen were never still, they moved slowly but deliberately around a small area of the car park mimicking traditional hunting. Even when the barristers posed for photos with them they continued to move in their slow stylized and deliberate way.
At the ceremony the Queensland Bar were welcomed to PNG by the Director of the LTI Mrs Pauline Mogish. Mrs Mogish spoke of her initial meeting in Brisbane in 2013 with John Bond QC (as he then was) who was the Queensland bar’s original convenor and was instrumental (along with Justice Logan, Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia and Mal Varitimos QC) in the development of the workshop.
Mrs Mogish said to the students that the Queensland Bar was “training you to be good and skillful lawyers”. She reminded them that to be a good lawyer required hard work and honesty and she finished by thanking the Queensland Bar for the sacrifice that had made in their time and money forgone in coming to PNG for a week.
Andrew Crowe QC the convenor of the Commercial Litigation workshop delivered a short address in his avuncular style. Crowe QC identified that the most important people in the hall were the students; “you are fellow lawyers with us” he said. Crowe QC spoke of how the Queensland Bar contingent loved to come and teach in PNG but primarily “we come back because it works”. “This week is about teaching and mentoring” for the Queensland Bar. “We get you to be confident in your written work and advocacy”. “By the end of the week” Crowe QC said “you will be like family and like family we might be critical and demanding of you but that is because we want you to improve”.
Justice Logan, (who holds a commission in the Supreme and National Courts of Papua New Guinea) spoke next. Justice Logan began by reminding the students that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II said in 1974 at the Opening of the Law Courts at Waigani with reference to PNG’s forthcoming independence that the country was embarking on a great adventure; that of independence. In that short speech Her Majesty had emphasized the centrality of the rule of law in independent democracies.
The Deputy Solicitor-General Tauvasa Tanuvasa (who is also on the Council of the Legal Training Institute) passed on the apologies of the Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia and the Deputy Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika who were both detained with judicial work. Mr Tanuvasa reminded the students of the privileged position they were in because 80% of Papua New Guineans could not afford to go to university to study law. Mr Tanuvasa said that it was important therefore for the students to make the most of the opportunity they had of being taught by barristers who had a wealth of experience. He finished by extolling them to use their abilities to build their nation.
It fell to Mark Bailey of the High Commission to officially open the workshop. He spoke of the benefit of the rule of law and its impact on the economic success of a country. “Commercial Law plays an important role in economic expansion. A robust commercial law builds confidence and encourages investment. Commercial law advocates are a crucial part of economic development”. Mr Bailey calculated that the Queensland Bar contingent had a combined legal experience of 300 years (Crowe QC was of the view that half of that was attributable to Fleming QC).
Mr Bailey ended by encouraging the students: “this is a great opportunity to have feedback from mentors from the Queensland Bar. Whatever specialization you choose, the dispute resolution skills you will learn [at this workshop] will be invaluable to you.” Mr Bailey then officially opened the 4th annual Commercial Litigation Workshop.
The typical teaching day consisted of a lecture in the morning session from 8:30am to 10:00am with a practical tutorial problem based on the lecture worked through by the students after morning tea from 10:30am to 12 noon. The afternoon session usually mirrored that of the morning session with a further lecture from 1pm- 2pm and the students working on small groups on a practical problem until 4:30 or 5pm.
The 90 strong class was broken up (for tutorials) into six groups of 15 students with each group mentored by two barristers.
The first lecture of the workshop began with a demonstration of an application for leave to apply for judicial review given by Mal Varitimos QC and Justice Logan (as Judge) both in full robes. After the demonstration Justice Logan and Varitimos QC deconstructed their performance to emphasis certain aspects of it before answering questions from the students. The students then received lectures from Andrew Crowe QC on drafting written submissions and on injunctions from Joe Crowley and Mal Varitimos QC before they broke into tutorial groups to work on written submissions on an interlocutory injunction problem. The afternoon tutorial was an advocacy exercise where the students were expected to present or defend an application for an interlocutory injunction.
The quite complex hypothetical problem that was the basis of the tutorials was developed by Varitimos QC. It is based on a Papua New Guinean case in which he was involved: Bemobile Ltd v Digicel (PNG) Ltd [2013] N5064. The problem involves issues of competition law, contract and judicial review. Though the facts and issues are complicated the problem allows the Queensland Bar to teach the students on injunctions, judicial review, discovery, drafting pleadings, preparation for trials and appeals.
The second day the workshop began with a lecture on Court Etiquette from Varitimos QC. As a practitioner in the National and Supreme Courts in PNG Varitimos QC has witnessed areas that warrant improvement in the area of court etiquette which he drew to the attention of students. Justice Logan who had the week before sat in the PNG Supreme Court (the high est appellate court) told of how the lawyer for one party appearing in an appeal before him, turned up to that appeal an hour after it started.
The substantive lecture for the morning was given by Crowe QC on pleadings generally and specifically on drafting a statement of claim.
The students also heard an impromptu talk from Fleming QC about his experience as a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal in Rwanda. Fleming QC provided background to the Rwandan genocide when the majority Hutu tribe killed between 500,000 and 1,000,000 of the minority Tutsi tribes in 100 days between 7 April 1994 and mid July 1994. Fleming QC described how he was in charge of prosecuting the politicians and how the case hinged on attempting to prove a conspiracy to commit this genocide. He moved the students with his description of the evidence given by a Tutsi woman who had fled into the country side with her 16 year old and 2 year old daughters and how she was found hiding in the bamboo having watched her children being murdered in front of her.
The tutorial problem for the morning was for the students to draft a statement of claim.
After lunch Holly Blattman gave a lecture on drafting a defence.
After the lecture the students broke into their tutorials groups and worked on drafting a defence. At the end of the exercise they were given a model defence to the problem to provide guidance on how the document would look in practice.
Day three of the workshop was a particularly busy day. It began with a lecture by Varitimos QC on the Commercial list in the National Court and contained practical information about how that list operated. Before morning tea the students were then given a lecture on discovery by Liam Dollar followed after lunch by a tutorial where the students conducted a mock application for discovery based on the materials involving the Telco problem that the students had worked on all week.
After lunch was a lecture on Judicial Review by Varitimos QC. In PNG the use of judicial review to challenge government decisions is common. As such the National Court of PNG has developed a Judicial Review track with two dedicated judges to administer it.
Before and after afternoon tea the students prepared and presented an application for leave to judicially review a decision of the Minister for Communication who had (in the Telco problem) set the rate for interconnection services between the two Telco companies. The students uniformly performed well and seemed to be finding their feet in dealing with the problem and had become comfortable with their Queensland Bar tutors.
On the Wednesday night the staff of the LTI took the Queensland Bar contingent to dinner at the newly opened hotel “The Stanley”. It was a great opportunity for the Queensland Bar to get to know members of the LTI staff better. Every year the LTI also invites a handful of its best students to the dinner to meet and speak to Queensland Bar presenters informally. Approximately 40% of the 2016 students were female. Karen Carmody and Holly Blattman took this opportunity to speak in particular to the female students invited to the dinner by the LTI.
It has become a tradition that (the younger) members of the Queensland Bar contingent play touch football with the students at lunch time. Despite the practical hurdles that there is only an hour for lunch and the temperature at that time hovers around the mid-thirties, the Queenslanders take a football to the lawn behind the auditorium for a quick game of touch football.
The benefit of this recreation is that it encourages the students to relax with the Queensland contingent. In a country where the national sport is without doubt Rugby League, there is almost universal interest in “throwing a footy around” from both the male and female students.
Members of the touch football contingent (Skoien, Crowley, Blattman and Jones) all ran around in the heat with the students developing that trust and respect that is central to the teacher/student relationship. Skoien particularly, who is captain of the Queensland Bar Soccer team demonstrated that as a touch-footy player he was great at soccer.
The morning lectures on Day 4 was a tag team effort between Skoien, Porter and Jones on trial preparation based on a paper by the grandfather of the PNG legal training John Griffin QC. The lecture began with each presenter speaking to the class in a different language; Skoien in Portuguese, Porter in Norwegian and Jones in Pigeon (Jones, had the advantage having grown up in PNG). Whatever he said to the class, it caused generally hilarity and the left his Queensland Bar colleagues none-the-wiser.
The lecture covered; what needs to be done to prepare for a trial, advising clients on prospects of success, dealing with witnesses, using expert witnesses and exploring avenues for settlement.
The speakers had also organized a written “Checklist” for the students, which provides a quick guide to them on what needs to be done prior to trial.
The morning lecture was finished with a lecture on trial written and oral submissions by Mark Steele.
The preparation for trial sessions ended with the speakers telling stories against themselves. Mark Steele told how, as a young barrister he had lost the power of speech when presenting a consent order to Justice Muir in the Applications court. Crowe QC told how as a junior to Ted Lennon QC he was allowed to take a witness in a trial and asked the one question too many which undermined that witness (his) to the point of making him largely irrelevant.
The practical exercise involved the students preparing a pleadings schedule to identify issues and thus relevant witnesses and documents that would be essential.
In the afternoon session the students were given lectures on appeal from Justice Logan and Fleming QC. Logan J gave a very local perspective on problems he sees in the appeals presented in the PNG Supreme Court.
Fleming QC’s presentation called on his wealth of experience in running appeals in both domestic and international appeal tribunals.
The final day of the workshop is devoted to criminal law. The session centers around a fictitious tutorial problem of intimate partner violence. It was originally written by Peter Callaghan QC who attended the 1st workshop in 2013.
The Criminal Law Workshop this year was run by Saul Holt QC who was stepping into the shoes of Soraya Ryan QC who conducted it in 2014 and 2015.
After the criminal law workshop (which finished at 2:15pm) and before the ceremonial part of the day commencing at 3 pm the auditorium where classes had taken place all week was swept, mopped and decorated for the closing ceremony where the students, would be presented with their certificates of completion.
Once again Mathew Bailey, Councilor in Law and Justice at the Australian High Commission attended along with other High Commission staff and Teresa Berrigan.
The local profession were represented by Michael Henao of the PNG Law Society.
Andrew Crowe QC delivered some closing remarks on behalf of the Queensland contingent. “You are our colleagues and friends. You are part of our family and it is a growing family.” As Crowe QC pointed out the Queensland Bar had trained a total of 400 students through the workshops out of a profession of approximately 1000 practitioners.
“Why a Commercial litigation workshop?” Crowe QC asked rhetorically; The Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia, Crowe reminded the students, invited the Queensland Bar to send barristers who had experience in complex commercial matters to teach in PNG because the Chief Justice wanted local lawyers to be able to deal with complex commercial litigation in the context of a growing economy.
Crowe QC predicted that in future workshops the Queensland Contingent would seek the assistance of local practitioners and he said, “we won’t be surprised if some of you become teachers at the LTI”.
Crowe QC said how keen the Queenslander were to come back and thanked the High Commission for its support of the project. “I know funding is not automatic”, he said “but we look forward to coming back next year”.
Crowe finished his remarks by praising the students for the improvement in their advocacy skills during the workshop and, mindful that in November the Victorian Bar were running their civil and criminal advocacy workshop at the LTI, Crowe QC said, “We know you [the students] won’t let us down. We want you to show off your skills to those Victorians!” (the Victorian bar runs an annual advocacy workshop for the LTI students).
The Director of the LTI Mrs Mogish then introduced Mal Varitimos QC who has a significant practice in PNG and is highly respected by the lawyers and judges there. He has recently been awarded a CBE for his services to law in PNG. Mrs Mogish proudly listed almost every commission of inquiry and major case that Varitimos QC had appeared in. The list was long. When Varitimos QC finally got up to speak he said what a great honour it was to be part of the Queensland Bar team. He reflected that in 1977 he did a school project on PNG and some of its leaders notably Sir Julius Chan. He never imagined that 20 years later he would be briefed to represent Sir Julius in PNG. This brief in the mid 1990’s began his association with the country. He reminded the students that to become an expert lawyer you needed hard work and dedication. He finished by saying he looked forward to appearing with them or against them in the National Courts in PNG.
Mark Bailey of the High Commission told the students it was heartening to hear that they had performed with excellence and participated whole-heartedly and tenaciously. He said “you have grown in legal knowledge and confidence. Whether you work in the public or private sector, I hope you use the skills that you have learned”. Mr Bailey said that the Australian Government thanked the generosity of the Queensland barristers for donating their time and he told them “the investment you have made in PNG this week will pay dividends now and in years to come”.
Michael Henao on behalf of the PNG Law Society said he had one message for the students; be willing to learn. “What distinguishes a good lawyer from a great lawyers?” he asked “continuing to learn. I hope you will take away and build upon the lessons you have learned this week.”
Following Michael Henao a representative of the students, Ethel Heagi said that the students had felt honoured to spend a week with the Queensland Bar contingent. She expressed the gratitude of the class for the fact that the barristers had taken a week out of their practices to come to PNG to teach them. She also said how excited the students were to have a PNG Supreme Court judge all to themselves for a week (referring to Justice Logan).
Ms Heagi said the course had refined the students’ skills and built their confidence. This was demonstrated, she said, by the fact that some students who had never spoken in class were by the end of the week volunteering to answer questions. One point that Ethel said the students were grateful for was the sense of collegiality that the Queensland team had shown both amongst themselves but also with the students.
The Deputy Director of the LTI David Lambu began his speech by thanking God that the week was incident free and also thanking God for the LTI staff who had put in so much work to organize the smooth running of the Commercial Law Workshop. He reminisced about when he was young in the time before independence during the colonial justice system. For him as a child, judges were scary people because they could sentence a person to death. Then when independence came and the judges were taken more from the ranks of the Papua New Guineans, he said that there was very little commercial law because the country was still developing. “When I was at the LTI [in the 1970’s] I was not taught the difference between pleadings and evidence”. He went on “We did not have the opportunity that you have of being taught by barristers.” “Even now,” he said reflecting on the complex commercial pleading the students had studied “no one in PNG could have taught you the pleadings problem you had.” “It is a valuable experience that you will not forget”. He finished by pointing out that in effect the Queensland Bar contingent had given the students much, both in the donation of their time but also in the value of their experience which they were imparting. “What we can give in return is our gratitude” which was greeted with hearty applause.
It was left to Justice Logan as a representative of the PNG judiciary to officially close the Commercial Litigation Workshop. Justice Logan spoke of a Queensland barrister and former secretary of the Queensland Bar Association who had worked in PNG as a lawyer and had later been appointed to the PNG Courts. Justice Logan traced the origins of the PNG courts and their traditionally Anglo-Saxon judges pre-independence to the appointment of Sir Buri Kidu the first Papua New Guinean Chief Justice and to the National and Supreme Courts of today.
Following Justice Logan the students were presented with their certificates. Each tutorial group was given their certificates by their tutors. After the certificates were handed out the students gave their tutors gifts that the class had purchased. These included pottery, paintings, baskets, and woven bags. The students, barristers and LTI staff then enjoyed refreshments in the evening air on the beautifully decorated lawn outside the hall on the LTI campus.
With two of the party Porter and Skoien gone, the remaining members dined at Bacchus restaurant within the grounds of the Airways hotel. It was a great opportunity for the Queenslanders to relax after a long week of teaching. Justice Logan, sporting an Hawaiian shirt, was a great host and the barristers chatted convivially over diner and later in the bar for a night cap.
The commitment of the practitioners who donated their time to the project should not be forgotten. Several members of the group had work that could not wait and brought it up with them. After returning from a long day teaching at the LTI it was not uncommon for one or two to retire to their rooms to burn the midnight oil on a Brisbane brief. The workshop now being in its fourth year the group members are becoming increasingly confident in the material and in the techniques required for teaching PNG students. As attested to by the staff of the LTI and the students, the Commercial Litigation Workshop is an initiative of the Queensland Bar that is having a real impact on the legal profession of PNG. Hopefully the Australian government will continue to fund this project.
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The Poarch Band of Creek Indians denied some of its members and members of the Hickory Ground Tribal Town access to the ceremonial ground to pray for the ancestors who were buried there. The sacred site is under construction for the new Poarch casino.
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Poarch Band Blocks Ceremony on Sacred Hickory Ground
Gale Courey Toensing
2/15/13
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians blocked access to the sacred Hickory Ground by a group of traditional Creek Indians who planned to hold a prayer ceremony on Valentine’s Day for their ancestors buried there. Instead the group prayed in a nearby parking lot joined by pastors from local churches
The Poarch Band officials refused to allow the group onto the sacred site in Wetumpka, Alabama, because it is under construction for their new $246 million casino. A day before the planned ceremony, Poarch officials announced they “reserved the right to restrict access to a construction site for safety reasons.”
The attempted ceremony was organized by Save Hickory Ground members who oppose the casino construction on the sacred site. The Poarch Band excavated 57 sets of human remains from the burial ground to accommodate the new casino, according to court documents.
The traditional Creeks attending the ceremony included Wayland Gray, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation who traveled from Oklahoma to attend the ceremony, and William Bailey, the Mekko, or Traditional Chief of the Hvsosv Tallahassee ceremonial ground of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, who formerly served on its tribal council.
“Today we were denied access to the property to pay respects to the ones dug up and the sacred place that’s being desecrated by the Poarch officials,” Gray said in a video on the group’s Facebook page. “Today we had a couple of preachers with us. They were going to pray and provide moral support because they too are against this, just like every human should be. If the Poarch win this it’s bad for all people because it will set precedent that it’s ok to build on sacred places and dig people up for financial gain.”
The confrontation is the latest event in a long running struggle between the Poarch Band and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation over Hickory Ground, an historic Muscogee (Creek) Nation Tribal Town that includes a ceremonial ground, a tribal burial ground and individual graves. The Muscogee Nation says the casino construction is a desecration of the sacred site. Hickory Ground Tribal Town was the Muscogee Creeks’ last capitol before the tribe was ethnically cleansed and removed to Oklahoma following Andrew Jackson’s 1830 Indian Removal Act. The Poarch Creeks remained and cooperated with the Americans.
In December, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, Hickory Ground Tribal Town, and Muscogee traditional chief Mekko George Thompson filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Poarch Band and others to stop the construction of the casino. A central claim concerns the excavated human remains of Muscogee ancestors in violation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and other federal laws. The lawsuit is pending.
Sam Deer, a Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen, told the Montgomery Advertiser, that the traditional group was not against gaming. “Some people say that we’re against gaming but we’re not against the gaming casino, we’re against where it’s being built. We’ve never heard of people digging up graves… for their financial gain. This is what you would call a want; it’s not a need, it’s a want,” Deer said. The burial ground is “an eternal resting place” for the ancestors, Deer said. “They said they dug up 57 people but our people lived here for hundreds and hundreds of years and I’m positive that through those years more than 57 people died here… My understanding is last April they dug a hole and threw all the bones in there and covered it back up. That kind of behavior took place overseas during the wars when they had mass graves, but I thought it was over. I see that it’s happening here in Wetumpka, Alabama, where Hickory Ground once was.”
Gray said the Save Hickory Ground group will continue its efforts to stop the desecration of Hickory Ground. “We are not done here. We came here to pay our respects to our ancestors and sacred place on the property. Today we came in peace and gave the Poarch a chance to do the right thing the Native way and allow us to pay respects to our ancestors and sacred place.”
The group planned to return to Hickory Ground on February 15.
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Are we really surprised? The poarch ghoul leadership, you know those identity thieves who have stolen Mvskoke culture and history and been lying to public about who they are from day one, and that would be the day their treasonous ancestors became Americans to ally with Andrew Jackson to steal land from Creeks...we can expect no less, their federal recognition fraud was all about making money at whatever cost, never about Creek culture...so they used the sympathy and guilt of the white folk in Alabama and played Indian that the state mistakenly gave them this place believing they would protect it from development....well folks...ghouls cant change behavior...the US must terminate this nightmare and may I suggest to the state of officials of Alabama, if you want Creeks in Alabama then you should come ask Creeks to return...
why does no one have respect for the dead and money is the peoples down fall remember the white buffalo calf woman's story and remember the pipe. the wrath of the dead shall be the down fall of the casino
First I've heard of this. I am Poarch Creek; my family is from Uriah, and my cousin is active there on the reservation. I am proud of those who challenge us to maintain our traditional values in the face of temptation and greed.
These are sacred burial grounds and should not be disturbed for any reason by anyone. But to disturb and move them for for something like a casino is totally sacrilegious. The one thing any person who passes on from this world should be guaranteed to know is that their final resting place will be left intact for time in memorial.
This ground should be kept sacred. Don't we have enough Casino's? Sam Deer is so correct in his statement above. Grave sites should be respected as those who are laid to rest there should also be respected.
I was to understand that the escavation was done with archeological reverence to the remains and that the area has been farmed and used over the years and that the traditional Creeks said it would be ok if the Poarch band paid them some of the revenues that were gained by the casino. It seems everyone just wants a little piece of the action.
@ Philip Hice ~~~
Please let us know who told you this. Because they were lakse (lying to you).
The written position of the Hickory Ground people has been, all along, that this sacred site should be restored to its original state. Period.
They have not asked for money. They have not asked for a "share." They have not asked for damages.
No one who is truly a member of Hickory Ground would ever even say such a thing. You obviously do not know them.
Anyone who would say something like that was definitely not authorized by any leader or member of Hickory Ground, much less by the entire group.
These are a very religious people. Please respect that.
@ Philip Hice ~~~
There was no archeological reverence whatsoever here. This was rushed, "salvage" archeology. The students were working right in front of the bulldozers. Bones were partially wrapped in old newspapers, placed in plastic buckets and stored in an unlocked building.
Only 57 remains were found on a site where thousands of people lived over thousands of years -- not only the Hickory Ground people, but other Muscogee people as well in earlier times. Where people lived, people died. And where our people died, we buried them.
The archeologists hired by Poarch had no understanding of Muscogee culture whatsoever. When the Hickory Ground people asked them in a public meeting if they had found the "circle" (that marks the most sacred part of their ceremonial area), the archeologists responded "What's that?"
The place the archeologists claim is a ceremonial area is not: it is too small, there are burials there, it is not oriented in the standard direction,, and there are burials present.
After years of requests by the Hickory Ground people to reinter their ancestors where they had been taken from, Poarch reburied (they say) the bones in a mass grave on the same day their "invitation" was received by mail in Oklahoma -- no Hickory Ground or Muscogee people had any chance to observe, much less participate.
@ Philip Hice ~~~
Please do not compare some farmer unknowingly plowing for crops with the deliberate heavy excavation of a site where the descendants are actively contesting any desecration.
If he had known, the farmer might not have wanted crops from a cemetery.
@ Phillip Hice ~~~
You have totally misunderstood.
Poarch was offering money.
Hickory Ground only asked that the burials be returned to the spots they were taken from.
Someone is not explaining thing to you correctly.
The Hickory Ground people's position all along, whether in writing or verbal, has been to return this site to its natural state.
Unfortunately; GREED and IGNORANCE, go hand and hand.What SHOULD have meaning; is LOST FOREVER, when it comes to $$$$$, the ruination, of Society.May the Creator; continue to bless; those who came before us and made the Ultimate Sacrifice, so we could have a better Life.Shame on those; who have lost their way. WAKE UP.... | {
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Fergie's folly is far from a major scandal
"Vulgar, vulgar, vulgar," was the verdict of the late Lord Charteris on the Duchess of York. Amazing how that piece of schoolyard viciousness endures. It sometimes seems hard for people to remember that being vulgar isn't a moral failing, and it certainly isn't blanket licence for spite.
When the Duke and Duchess were married, the architecture of their house was sneered at as "Southyork". At Budgie the Little Helicopter, we guffawed. When she sucked a toe — and which of us hasn't done worse? — we shrieked. At her work in America — Weightwatchers! eh? eh? The lardy cow — we sniggered. When she cried on TV we hooted. When she said she went out on the town with her daughters, we took special pleasure in cringeing.
But for a long time — despite the barracking from snobs and the damp-eyed and dribbling acolytes of Diana — Fergie and her ex-husband looked like the only real grown-ups in the royal family. When their marriage broke up, they maintained a friendship and shared the task of bringing up their children — rather than sneaking poison about each other into the public prints. By her account of it, she settled for no more than £15,000 a year in the divorce, and worked like billy-oh to clear her debts.
Now she has been trapped into making an idiot of herself — so drunk, it appears from the video, that she can't form a coherent sentence — by a tabloid sting operation. It's a grisly scene but it left me feeling sorry for her.
But the point is surely not that Fergie is corrupting our public life. It's that — even if she really wanted to — she couldn't. She's the tipsy ex-wife of a man with a pretend job, making empty promises to a pretend businessman. Meanwhile, quite unscrutinised, an entire industry of lobbyists and public relations men runs on promises of privileged access to actual power.
£500,000 for an introduction to Prince Andrew? The Special Representative for Trade and Investment? Give over. The real embarrassment is that she was so unworldly as to swallow the bait.
A colleague who saw the Duchess at a fundraiser on Thursday reports a face "etched with fear, tension and worry". Such was her state of mind that when someone in the audience made a welcoming remark at the beginning of her speech, she thought they'd said "clear off" and started shouting: "Who said that? Do you want me to leave?"
Humiliating the Duchess of York in the papers isn't a public service. It's a sport, and not a skilled sport like fencing or archery — more a recreation; the equivalent of sneaking oafishly into a field at night and pushing cows over.
Foolish, yes. Vulgar, yes. Greedy, yes – or, at the very least, desperate for cash. But let's not pretend this is some huge scandal. Rather, it's a small tragedy.
Rock'n'roll or Captain Sensible?
Promoting a new documentary about the making of 1972's Exile On Main Street, Mick Jagger says he has always been "pretty centred", something he attributes to his "very stable upbringing" in middle-class Dartford.
We know Sir Mick is careful with his money, knowledgeable about tax and interested in cricket. He recently explained that the reason the Stones suppressed Robert Frank's documentary, Cocksucker Blues, was, prosaically, because they were worried that footage of their drug use would prevent them getting visas for the US.
Now he punctures the cherished myth of the sybaritic months recording Exile in the South of France. Keef and pals were raising hell in the basement, sure. But replacement guitarist Mick Taylor was "overawed" and Bill Wyman, apparently, was pining for nothing more rock and roll than Branston Pickle.
Sir Mick himself recalls those months as "very restful". He dropped in for recording sessions, but then retreated to his own rented house with its "swimming pool and lovely lawn". "Lovely lawn"? Good grief. These days even Ronan Keating's starting to look edgier.
Twain's trysts talk of the town
Forget Jordan and Cherie Blair. The tell-all memoir everyone's agog to read is Mark Twain's, a document so hair-raising that its author forbade its publication within 100 years of his death. Now that time has come. The University of California will publish the first volume in November.
One Twain scholar says the account of his affair with his secretary — she once presented him with a vibrating sex-toy, but when they fell out he called her a slut and accused her of "hypnotising" him into giving her power over his estate — is "400 pages of bile". Joy!
Meat on the mind in the summertime
For some, the essence of summer is sunlight through foliage, the feel of grass under an elbow, or the sight of pretty girls in cotton dresses. | {
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Designed for athletes as an all-in-one device for swimming, cycling and running. The Garmin Forerunner 910XT provides crucial and detailed data on swim metrics, distance, pace, elevation and heart rate. The FR910XT is the smallest multisport watch that Garmin has made to date, being both slimmer than the FR310XT and FR305.
Garmin Forerunner 910XT
The Forerunner 910XT is water resistant up to 50 meters. For many years no Garmin product was able to gather data as detailed data as this sports watch can inside a pool. The largest change is the ability for the FR910XT to support lap-swimming, record distances, speed, strokes and more. That’s not all, it sports an improved openwater swim mode with and provides stroke metrics and has improved accuracy as compared to the FR310XT. One of the little improvements between the FR910XT and that of the FR310XT is the ease at which you can remove a wet suit. Designed specifically as many have experienced pain on the wrist when removing a wet suit with the 310XT on.
For triathlons, dualthlons or multisport enthusiasts, this is definitely the watch for you. It can track your cycling distance, speed and much more. The new feature of the Garmin Forerunner 910XT is its barometric altimeter for extremely accurate elevation data for both ascent and descents. Advanced users can opt for ANT+™ sensors for speed/cadence sensors, heart rate monitors or power meter. The Forerunner 910XT has a quick release kit, allowing you to transit between sports easily. The difference between the 310XT and 910XT is the ability for you to customize up to 5 different bikes. The FR910XT is designed to be worn on either your wrist or on the bike mount quick-release system similarly to the Edge 500/800.
Just like most or GPS, the Forerunner 910XT is no different being able to tell you where you went, how fast you were and how long you took. It saves all the data and uploads it to Garmin Connect. On the ground, the Forerunner provides your lap pace, distance and heart rate. The watch can provide you with an imaginary person to keep pace with. Also, the new feature is the Run/Walk functionality. Garmin knows it is hard to keep pace with marathoners and hence developed this system. The idea of this system is to allow you to walk but not letting you escalate it to non-stop walking as we all very well know. Hence, a system of 10 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking will let you catch and breath and continue! The 20-hour battery life won’t need to let those ultra marathoners break a sweat for their run data. | {
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Already the Trump 4 Vets website has raised over $250,000$380,000 for wounded veterans.
CNN will air the Trump rally at 9 PM ET – the exact same time as the debate.
Beverly Perlson writes in:
“We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us.”
George Orwell
I am deeply grateful to Mr. Trump for shining the light on our Military and Veterans. It’s been a long time in coming! These last 7 years have been difficult for Americans, but our military and Veterans have suffered the most.
We’ll be turning all three of our TV’s to CSPAN tonight at 8pm to watch Mr. Trump’s rally in support of our Veterans!
God Bless America and May God Bless All Those Who Serve and Have Served To Protect & Keep Us Safe!
And May God Bless and Watch Over Mr. Trump! | {
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This is an authentically autographed Playbill signed by Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson...
Playbill-1973-Waltz of the Toreadors-Cover is signed by Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, condition of the Playbill and autographs is VERY GOOD.
The Waltz of the Toreadors is a play by Jean Anouilh.
Written in 1952, the farcical comedy is set in 1910 France and centres on General Leon Saint-Pé and his infatuation with Ghislaine, a woman with whom he danced nearly two decades earlier. Because of the general's commitment to his marriage, the couple's love remained unconsummated. Now faced with the reality of retirement with his hypochondriac wife, his paunch growing and his midlife crisis consuming his life, the General finds himself lost in the fond memory of his old flirtation. When Ghislaine suddenly reappears, he is delighted - until he finds himself competing for her hand with a considerably younger suitor.
The London production opened in 1956 at the Arts Theatre with an English translation by Lucienne Hill. Directed by Peter Hall, the cast included Hugh Griffith as the General, Beatrix Lehmann as Ghislaine, and Roderick Cook as Gaston.[1]
The Broadway production, directed by Harold Clurman, opened on January 17, 1957 at the Coronet Theatre, where it ran for 132 performances. The cast included Ralph Richardson as the General, his real-life wife Meriel Forbes as Ghislaine, and Mildred Natwick as Mme. St. Pé.
The production received Tony Award nominations for Best Play, Best Direction, Best Actor in Play (Richardson), Best Featured Actress in a Play (Natwick), and Best Scenic Design. It won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play.
On March 4, 1958, the play returned to the Coronet, where it ran for 31 performances. Again directed by Clurman, it starred Melvyn Douglas as the General, Betty Field as Ghislaine, and Lili Darvas as Mme. St. Pé.
After eleven previews, the second Broadway revival, directed by Brian Murray, opened on September 13, 1973 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, where it ran for 85 performances. The cast included Eli Wallach as the General, Diana van der Vlis as Ghislaine, and Anne Jackson as Mme. St. Pé.
The play has been adapted twice for the screen. A television production aired on November 16, 1959 as part of David Susskind's anthology series Play of the Week. Directed by Stuart Burge, it starred, again, Hugh Griffith as the General, Beatrice Straight as Ghislaine, and Mildred Natwick reprising Mme. St. Pé.
A 1962 feature film directed by John Guillermin transported the setting to England and Anglicized the lead characters' names to General Leo and Emily Fitzjohn. The cast included Peter Sellers as the General, Dany Robin as Ghislaine (who remained French), and Margaret Leighton as Mrs. Fitzjohn. Wolf Mankowitz was nominated for a BAFTA for Best British Screenplay and Sellers was named Best Actor at the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival.
The play was adapted for the musical stage by Howard Marren and Joe Masteroff. Entitled Paramour, it had its premiere in 1998 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego with a production directed by Joseph Hardy and starring Len Cariou. | {
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Lecture will discuss advances in computational and data sciences relevant to Earth and space science
The annual Leptoukh Lecture at the AGU Fall Meeting will honor the life and work of Dr. Gregory G. Leptoukh
The Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI) Focus Group of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) recently announced the establishment of the Leptoukh Lecture, honoring the life of Dr. Gregory G. Leptoukh. The official announcement of the Leptoukh Lecture appears in EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Volume 93, Number 20, May 15, 2012, and is reproduced below with permission of the AGU.
“Data management and analysis, large-scale computation and modeling, and hardware and software infrastructure profoundly affect the research capabilities of all AGU disciplines. In 2012, the Earth and Space Science Informatics Focus Group has established the Leptoukh Lecture to recognize advances in these fields and their contributions to Earth and space science. Named in honor of the late Dr. Greg Leptoukh, a pioneer in satellite data quality and provenance, the Leptoukh Lecture aims to identify and support achievements in the computational and data sciences.”
Karen Moe and Thomas Narock of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center were instrumental in establishing the Leptoukh Lecture. At the AGU Fall Meeting in December 2012, the inaugural lecture of the annual series will be given by Christopher Lynnes of the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC), where Dr. Leptoukh had worked over the past 15 years. | {
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2004 Prospects: Q&A with Dave Bolland
By Jason Ahrens
January 29th, 2004
Dave Bolland a center with the London Knights has shot up the rankingsfor the NHL draft this year
Dave Bolland, a center with the London Knights,has shot up the rankings for the NHL draft this year. In his rookie year withthe Knights in 2002-03, Bolland saw mainly fourth line duty, which in Londonmeans only a few shifts a game. He was the Knights first round pick from the2002 Bantam draft, but they decided to break him in very slowly. The native ofMimico, Ontario came into the league with big numbers from bantam but found ittough sledding in his first OHL season. In 64 games he scored seven times andadded 10 assists. He had a strong playoff series against both Windsor andPlymouth and showed that he had the potential for better things. Coming intothis season, few people would have predicted the fairy tale season that hasunfolded for Bolland.
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The sophomore center has been a big part of the Knightssuccess as they are currently leading the league in points, goals, goalsagainst and virtually every other statistical category. His play caught the eyeof scouts who finally got a chance to get a real good look at him and in thepreliminary rankings by Central Scouting he was ranked the 6th bestskater in the OHL. A few months later Central Scouting had moved him up quite afew spots as they ranked him the 6th best skater in North America.One advantage that Bolland has on his draft class counterparts may be that hehasn’t been seen a lot, since quite often the more the scouts see a player andthe hype wears off, the more faults they start finding in his game.
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What the scouts have seen in Bolland is a lot of speed, hardwork, grit and the ability to put the puck in the net. Bolland is currently ina battle for the most goals in the OHL and has 31 goals so far this year, whichcurrently puts him in third place. Pretty impressive when one considers that heplays on the third line in London, and is not always on the top 2 power playunits. When he is on the power play he often comes up with good results butwith many talented forwards on the team there is only so much ice time for acoach to dish out.
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Bolland has shown excellent hockey sense while killingpenalties and uses his speed to break up plays and intercept passes. Hispositioning and angles while short handed are excellent and he gives defencemenfits in the neutral zone. He is often put out against the other team’s top linebecause of his hockey sense and willingness to finish off checks. He gives thechecking line a lot more chances to score goals and this gives London a bigadvantage when matching lines.
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Bolland is not the biggest guy at 6’0” and 175 pounds but hedid fill out a lot over the summer. Scouts will be keeping a close eye on himas the league tightens up in the playoff hunt and see how he fares when thegames are hotly contested and there is little room to skate. Since the earlypart of the season Bolland has had about 10 more goals than assists and youmight jump to the conclusion that he is not the greatest passer. His passing isactually fairly decent, as he showed in a recent game against the SaultGreyhounds where he took a page out of Gretzky’s book and set up shop behindthe net and drew the attention of all the defending players to him until hefound one of his defensemen open coming in from the point and fed him for abeautiful goal. With his speed he is usually leading the rush and he oftenplays with linemates on the third line that think defense first and do not getinto good scoring positions.
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Bolland played for Team Cherry in the 2004 CHL Prospect Gameand picked up an assist in a losing cause. He played a spirited game and drewthe wrath of several opposing defensemen. He had a great skill contest as hehad the second best time in the 60 foot dash, seventh in the 150 foot dash,eighth in the puck control event and his shot was clocked at 90.8 miles perhour. One week after the Prospects game he took part in the OHL All-Star gameand picked up a goal and an assist in helping the Western Conference to an easy7-2 win.
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Hockey’s Future caught up with Bolland after the Prospect’sGame.
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Hockey’s Future: What was it like playing for DonCherry?
Dave Bolland: It was great, he is a good guy, he always gotus going in the dressing room when we were down a bit.
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HF: Was that thefirst time that you met him?
DB: No I met him a few years before, I forget where.
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HF: And Bobby Orr?
DB: I met him a few years before at the OHL Bantam Cup.
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HF: It’s been a dream year for you, last year sitting on thebench, getting 3-5 shifts a game and now you are like third in the OHL ingoals?
DB: Yeah it’s been a big year for me, like you said from lastyear sitting on the bench, not sure if I was going to get out there or if I wasgoing to sit, and now this year, I’m on the power play, PK, and playing aregular shift out there.
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HF: What was your biggest adjustment coming from Bantam tothe OHL last year?
DB: The speed and the size. When I got here I didn’t weighthat much and I wasn’t a big boy, and the speed, guys were flying by and I wasjust looking at them.It’s a bigadjustment coming from bantam to the OHL.
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HF: In the second half your ice time picked up and youstarted to see some time on the power play unit, when did you find your seasonturned around for you?
DB: I think in the second half, but in the playoffs, that’swhen (coach) Dale (Hunter) really started to put me in.
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H: You had a great series against Windsor, started to seeyour potential.
DB: It really came out against Windsor, I think he just letme play.
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HF: Over the summer what were your expectations going intothis year?
DB: This year, it was to get drafted. And for the summer Iwanted to get a lot bigger and put on twenty or twenty five pounds.
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HF: Did you ever think that you would be ranked in the top 6in North America at this time?
DB: Right now I’m wishing I would go high and it’s startingto come true.
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HF: The London Knights have put quite a few guys in the NHLover the last 3-5 years between the Hunter regime and the previous regime.Do you guys have much contact with the guys,like Rick Nash, John Erskine?
DB: Yeah I talk to Rick Nash sometimes and he tells me whatit’s like up there.
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HF: He is sure having a dream season. That could by guyslike you, Corey Perry, Rob Schremp.
DB: Well that could be us in a few years and it would begreat if it was.
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HF: Your team is a pretty strong team, you are at the top ofthe league. What the biggest adjustment that you have to make to stay on top?Teams are really starting to try the trap against you.
DB: Yeah they are trying to trap us a lot.They are trying to break us down, get thepuck into our zone, when we get the puck we like to get it in their zone andtake it down low to score. I think our biggest adjustment is just getting it indeep and not letting them trap us.
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HF: You took quite the wicked hit tonight. The guy took apretty generous run at you, did it leave any marks?
DB: Yeah a couple of them on my face, but that just comeswith the game.
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HF: You did really well in the skills contest, you chartedpretty high in the shot and the skating categories?
DB: Oh yeah, I expected to do well going in and I was reallypumped up for it and I did well.
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HF: For someone who is not familiar with you, describe yourstyle of play.
DB: Gritty, I’m a Mike Peca type of player, a lot ofhitting, scoring, doing whatever I can to help the team win.
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HF: You aren’t too shy to use your stick out there to letguys know that you are around.
DB: Nope I throw it around a bit out there. Yeah it’s partof the game and that is just the way that I play. | {
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Super Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson lives on, and not just in the hearts of his fans: a pseudo-Level 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. plays host to the pop icon as well. Several YouTube channels have devoted themselves to spoofs of this nature, portraying the King of Pop battling the King of Koopas and dancing to the hit song “Thriller” with Pikachu.
In addition to the Super Mario Bros.-style musings is footage of the video game “Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker” (which was an actual game) and speculations on what would happen if a Pokemon trainer encountered a Michael Jackson in the wild. While some of it’s a bit low-brow, it tends to be in the “good fun” genre of parodies. The number of hours it must have taken to animate some of these is nothing to sneeze at either.
A number of YouTube channels have devoted themselves to building up Michael Jackson’s virtual fandom; the link here will take you to the first video in a string of about 35 but plenty others exist. | {
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Within minutes of each other, Hawai'i's two largest carriers announced last night they are slashing one-way fares by as much as half.
The move was prompted by the arrival of Mesa Air Group Inc., a Phoenix-based low-cost carrier, which has scheduled a news conference for 10 a.m. today to announce details of its planned entry into Hawai'i's interisland market. Mesa said Tuesday it will fly between Honolulu and Kaua'i, Maui and the Big Island for prices starting at $39 one way.
To match Mesa's price, Hawaiian Airlines said it will offer one-way fares as low as $39 on its interisland routes this summer. Aloha Airlines immediately matched Hawaiian's new fares with identical restrictions.
Aloha and Hawaiian said the $39 fares, which don't include fees and taxes, are good for travel between June 9 and Sept. 30 on most routes, must be purchased by April 7 and are subject to seat availability. Neither airline would say how many seats will be sold at the new low price.
The fares are the lowest in at least a year when Aloha briefly offered a special $33.80 ticket.
"We're delighted to be a catalyst for change," said Jonathan Ornstein, Mesa's chief executive officer, who was in Hono-lulu last night and will be meeting with the media today.
With lower fares "there will be more people traveling and more people will visit their friends and family and there will be more business travel," Ornstein said.
Mesa announced last September that it plans to invest as much as $50 million in a low-cost interisland carrier that will compete with Hawaiian and Aloha.
Both Hawaiian and Aloha — whose lowest fares range between $70 and $80 — have said they won't be undersold.
"Our customers have always been able to rely on us for the best possible fares, the highest-quality service, convenient schedules and the comfort of a modern all-jet interisland fleet," Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian's chief executive officer, said in a news release.
Mesa's Ornstein said the increased fare competition will result in "hundreds of millions of dollars" in savings for consumers. He believes that interisland traffic has shrunk in recent years because of high fares.
The lower fares come as airlines are battling higher fuel costs. Hawaiian and Aloha also face increased competition on their routes to the Mainland.
During the past several months, America West Airlines started flying from its Phoenix home base to Maui and Hono-lulu, while Delta Airlines added an Atlanta-to-Honolulu route.
Aloha and Hawaiian have both been through bankruptcy recently. Aloha emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization last month and Hawaiian did the same in June.
Aloha and Hawaiian also have announced plans to upgrade their aircraft fleets. Aloha said yesterday that it will replace six 20-year-old Boeing 737-200s with lower cycle planes of the same model this year. The 737-200s are used on Aloha's interisland routes.
Hawaiian said last month that it will spend $31.8 million to acquire four Boeing 767-300 aircraft for its Mainland routes. | {
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This event is a bucket list race that features one of our series’ largest block parties thanks to terrific community support from start to finish.With the marathon, half marathon, 5K and 1 mile distances, there is something for everyone.
We also invite you to take on our Remix Challenge.Run 1 Mile on Thursday, April 26th plus any other distance that weekend and get three medals!You are already training for one day… why not make it two and earn some sweet bling?! If you just can’t get enough Rock ‘n’ Roll running on your weekend, the Remix Challenge is definitely for you.
Music is a core part of our DNA here at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series.As part of our commitment to deliver more music, we are excited to announce this year’s Toyota Rock ‘n’ Roll Concert Series Headliner will be Hunter Hayes! | {
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Betta fish are beautiful.With their vibrant colors and long, flowing tails, betta splendens are thought by many to be some of the nicest looking freshwater fish around. It is often said that betta fish require very little relative to other fish in order to survive and thrive; whereas most fish may require elaborate setups with filters, skimmers, heaters and more, the betta is fine in a small bowl without any equipment. This is not necessarily the case. At BettaFish.com you will learn how to properly care for your betta.
You'll find in most fish stores a collection of betta splendens ready and waiting for new homes. The betta often works out to be a "gateway fish" because those who bring home small bowls discover the joy of fish keeping and find themselves with full scale fish tanks full of tropical fish before long. Discuss your favorite betta here.
Many people first become interested in keeping betta fish and fish in general because of their ease of care relative to other pets. Betta fish are easy to keep as compared to turtles with their special lighting and heating requirements. Like any living creature, though, these fish have needs. You should not bring a betta fish into your home unless you are willing to spend the time feeding it each day and doing water changes when necessary.
There is some debate about whether the betta fish needs or would prefer more room, but they certainly can live in small aquariums.
Betta fish come in many varieties. There are regular bettas, crown tail bettas, twin tail bettas, and more. There are show bettas and bettas that are caught in the wild and of great value because they refresh the betta gene pool. Betta fish have been found to live for up to three years in the right conditions, but few in home aquariums will live anywhere near this long. You may have heard betta fish referred to as "Siamese Fighting Fish." This is because male bettas are extremely aggresive towards one another and will fight. They have been known to flare up upon seeing their own reflections so as to intimidate what they perceive as another betta. Female betta fish are not quite that aggressive towards each other, though it is recommended that there be many hiding places inside a tank if several female betta fish are to be kept together. Keeping two male betta fish together will almost certainly result in one dying.
Hardiness
This is a hardy fish. Some consider it too hardy for its own good, as its reputation for being able to tolerate poor water conditions often results in it being kept in such conditions. The difference between surviving and flourishing cannot be stressed enough. Please be sure to give your betta a proper habitat and change its water regularly.
Betta Fish Colors
Betta fish have been discovered to come in all sorts of colors. While reds, blues, and greens are most common, they are also found to come in combinations of these colors which result in very unique coloration. | {
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Tag Archives: happiness
In my last post, I walked through how to prevent stress in a large family. But some days, despite best efforts, family members experience stress. Kids feed off of the stress from their parents and siblings, so in a big family stress can spread among family members quickly. Parents can use stress management techniques to enable the family to combat stress and avoid the negative health effects prolonged stress causes.
1. Interact with your loved ones.
Spending time with family members helps you avoid overreacting to the stressful situation, helps calm your nervous system by being around others who make you feel safe and loved, and releases hormones to reduce stress. Taking a moment to chat with your child about his day or playing a game with your daughter can help you, your child, or both manage stress.
2. Play stress management games.
While physical versions of these activities are preferred, online versions can be a great tool for your kids (and you) to manage stress -check it out here. Online Zen gardens, creating kaleidoscopes, and playing with stress balls can be a fun way for your family to play and reduce stress at the same time. You can involve your whole family in a game, such as getting everyone to paint on an online easel and then share what they created.
3. Go for a walk.
Exercising with a short walk offers many health benefits, particularly stress reduction. After a few minutes outside focusing on something other than the stressor, stress levels go down. Take a solo walk, or gather your whole family to spend time together outside.
4. De-Stress after work.
Be intentional about de-stressing after work. Don’t carry stress from work home with you, it can set a stressed out tone for your family in the evening. Moms and dads should take time to meditate, do an essential oils massage, or whatever they need to reduce stress after a long day.
With large families come a number of people who can become stressed. Using stress management techniques helps decrease the stress in the family member and keeps the stress from spreading. Play around with different techniques to see what works for your family, and remember a low stress family is a happy healthy family!
Meditation may not be the easiest habit to form, but it could be one of the most rewarding. Meditation has the studies behind it that prove it’s good for you to do. From personal experience, I can tell you that although it was definitely a struggle at first, meditation is something I began to look forward to. I noticed a difference in my mood, the way I reacted to work stress, as well as my general stress level. But if you don’t want to take my word for it, check out eight great reasons that studies show meditation is good for you
1. Lower your stress levels. Much like yoga, meditation helps to relax your nervous system. This helps to lower the level of cortisol in your system, and that’s a good thing. When you’re sympathetic nervous system is constantly engaged your body takes a beating. In today’s go-go-go world, it’s pretty common to live in a constant low-level stress state. Meditation gives your system a break
2. Sleep better. If you meditate before bed, it can help slow down the busyness of your mind, allowing you to fall asleep easier and stay asleep
3. Be more creative. Calming your mind, your body and your nervous system can help you focus, bringing greater clarity of thought. When you’re focused you’re freer to be more creative
4. Improve your mood. If you’re less stressed and are sleeping better, then you’re two steps closer to feeling better
5. Get a better handle on your emotions. When you meditate on a regular basis, you learn how to watch thoughts and emotions bubble up without engaging with them. This extends into your everyday life, so when you encounter life’s little obstacles, you’re less apt to react without thinking first
6. Improve your memory. Research proves that regular meditation can thicken the brain’s cerebral cortex due to increased blood flow. Learning, memory and concentration take place in the outer cortex, so meditating can help improve all three
7.Be your own fountain of youth. Every time you stress about something, cortisol is released and your body pays for it, becoming a little bit older. Lowering your cortisol level isn’t just good for your stress level, is also helps to save brain cells. High levels of cortisol can kill off those precious cells leading to cognitive issues. So in the same way it helps you better your memory, it also helps maintain the life of your brain cells and cells throughout the rest of your body
8. Increase your overall health. Better mood, healthier brain and restful sleep…it’s no wonder your overall health will improve. But that’s not all; studies also show that meditation can have a positive impact on your heart, as well as other organs throughout your body.
This is just a brief overview of some of the wonderful affects meditation can have on your body and mind. And maybe best of all—it’s free! All you need is you. So if you’d like to be calmer, happier and healthier, why not give meditation a try?
Happiness
If you’ve ever taken a yoga class, you’ve probably heard a teacher say that deep down inside we are nothing but love and happiness. I know I’ve heard that countless times, and while I always wanted to believe it, I never truly felt that in the core of my being I was a happy person. I had struggled with depression on and off for too long to feel like I was anything but a sad person fighting my way into the sunlight.
I’m not saying that I am not happy these days; I’ve worked hard to get to a place of happiness, stability and self-awareness, but there was always a part of me that felt like all of that was a fragile state. At any moment the dark chemicals in my brain would take over again and shatter the balance when I’d be least expecting it. But then I went to India.
It was a trip I didn’t necessarily want to take, it was one I felt like I had to take. I didn’t know what was in store and what I learned in those two weeks is hard to describe. But there was one day, one moment even, which changed everything.
It was the second morning of our stay at the Govardhan Eco Village. Three pilgrimage groups had come together to do sunrise yoga in a gorgeous wooden yoga shala lined with giant windows that looked out into the mountains that surrounded us. Kirtan was being sung; the sun was rising over the mountains and shining in through the windows, taking the morning chill out of the air. And there I was—in India.
In that moment, I took in the sounds, the smells and the energy. There was no work stress, no money stress, no everyday life stress—there was just love. There was music, love, support and happiness pouring out from everyone around me and filling the room. And as hippie as that may sound, I felt it wash over me and ignite every cell in my body. I was alive and completely free. I felt light and happy—completely happy. Before I knew it I was crying tears of joy. That morning and that feeling will stay with me forever.
It wasn’t until I got home and was talking about that morning that it dawned on me: I am not a sad person trying to be happy, I’m a happy person who just needed to clean the dirt off of the lens (albeit, a lot of dirt). Knowing, feeling and truly believing that there is a core of utter bliss inside me, whether or not I am able to find it on a daily basis, changed what I thought I was made of deep down. It completely changed my perspective on life.
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I encourage you to find what that is. And if you don’t know, or it takes sometime (or help) to find, know that it’s okay. It took me 35 years, several medications, various hobbies, entirely too many drinks and trips all around the world to find my inner peace. But finding it, finding my footing in this world was worth every second of the struggle. | {
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The Arc'teryx Men's Stikine Jacket is a waterproof insulated jacket for tearing up the backcountry powder with skis or snowboard. The Stikine uses N40p-X GORE-TEX® 2L fabric with ThermaTek insulation. The combinations provides you with a packable jacket that is not only waterproof, but also warm. Built to throw into your pack and take it out while resting, it will shield you from unrelenting snow storms with the help of a durable water repellent finish on the outside. The expedition fit has plenty of space so you can pull it over many layers without restricting movement. The two internal mesh pockets hang onto your gloves or mitts, while the hand pockets are lined at the back with mesh to act as vents when they're not pulling pocket-duty. A hidden Recco® reflector adds a touch of safety while the low-profile powder skirt keeps the deep snow out of your jacket.
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Fully waterproof/breathable Gore-Tex
Waterproof non-quilted Thermatek insulation eliminates cold spots
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• Arc'teryx recommends you calculate your body measurements using the info in the Measurement Guide below before selecting a product size. The measurements provided in their size guides refer to your body measurements unless otherwise specified.
• Check the fit type in the product FEATURES and SPECIFICATIONS and refer to the Fit Guide below to ensure you are ordering a product for the correct end use.
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• Please note that the actual pant length may vary slightly from the info above, depending on the intended end use of the product.
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• Several models of Arc'teryx pants are sized numerically and available in different inseam lengths. You will see these sizes reflected in the options in the Select a Size drop down menu for particular products.
• For all other pants available in numerical waist sizes where the inseam length is not specified, the inseam lengths provided above apply.
Head Circumference - Measure the full circumference around the widest part of your head.
Hand Length - Measure from the tip of your middle finger to the base of the palm.
Hand Width - Measure the circumference of your hand around the knuckles, excluding the thumb.
• Please note that all the info provided above refers to body measurements, and NOT the dimensions of the garment.
FIT TYPE INFO and DETAILS:
Next to Skin Fit - These snugly-fitting garments are made with stretch fabrics to fit next to the skin to enhance moisture management and thermal efficiency. Garments in this fit category when constructed using Arc'teryx's heavier-weight AR and SV fabrics also perform very well as mid layer pieces, and users should consider selecting a larger size to accommodate a base layer underneath if the intention is to use this layering system as a mid layer option.
Trim Fit - Trim-fitted garments share the motion-friendly traits with Arc'teryx "Athletic" fit garments, but are patterned with lower volume for reduced bulk. These close-fitting pieces layer well under other garments.
Athletic Fit - This is the "Arc'teryx Standard" fit. These complete patterns utilize anatomical shaping and gussets to enhance motion by minimizing excess bulk. Easy layering under or over each item extends seasonal versatility and comfort.
• You can find the fit type and additional fit info for Arc'teryx styles in the product description FEATURES and SPECIFICATIONS.
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Great jacket but runs largeI like the jacket. It's light weighted, and warm. But it does run large. I have some other Arc'teryx jackets (Alpha SL Hybrid and Beta LT) and I wear a size L. But for this one, L does not fit. Maybe the fits are different between these jackets.
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It worth itI got this Jacket , it feels so light and warm. I can't feel its existence except warmth. I climbed up to Mount Rainier on Spring break with it . It really a good helper.Recommend it strongly.
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Light! Really Light!I bought the jacket this past fall and I have now seen it through some cold and snowy weather. I can say this thing is light! I have a shell that weighs more than this thing by far. It is really nice to be so light for such a really warm jacket. The craftsmanship of the jacket is the best, which you would expect from the manufacturer. I love the hood adjustments. Big enough for a helmet but I can snug it down to my head easily. I wanted a hood because I can just slip it on if needed. I don't use a pack so I worried the hand pockets would be too high but they aren't. In fact, they thought about the hand pockets and the zippers zip down instead of up. This allows you to just leave an opening at the bottom to slip your hands in and keep the rest of it closed. If they zipped up, then the whole pocket would be open if you wanted to slip your hands in at a comfortable level. The hand pockets do really vent too so you wouldn't want that when its cold. The jacket is super warm. It was 15 this morning with blowing wind hard so no telling what the windchill was. I was fine with just a shirt underneath. Would I go walking around for hours like that? No, you might finally gain a chill but I'm impressed. I haven't skied in it yet but I imagine you don't want to wear a lot underneath. I run hot though and I've noticed this thing really retains heat. I've used the front zips to cool down before and it does help but you need a breeze to work well.
I luckily got this on super sale so can't say I would fork out the 700+ it truly costs but it is hands down the nicest jacket I've ever owned that isn't a cashmere/wool blend overcoat (the Stikine is warmer). No pit zips but I'm not crazy about them anyway.
I did try on the Fission SL which is basically the same jacket with pit zips. The fission sl was more bulky/boxy especially at the shoulders. The stikine in more streamlined in appearance if that matters to you.
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Separated Fathers cry foul, threaten to sit on hunger strike if demands are not met
Bangalore : Madhu Sundar applied for custody of his 8 year old daughter in 2011 after his wife separated from him due to a marital conflict. During the last 4 years, he has met his daughter just two times for not more than 10 minutes each and still hasn’t got any hearing from the family court in his visitation petition despite paying Rs. 7000/- per month towards maintenance diligently.
Niranjan (name changed) from Chennai filed a similar petition 1 year back, however no order has been passed till date to allow him visitation for his 5 year old daughter despite paying Rs. 15000/- per month as her maintenance.
There are numerous such stories where separated Fathers are made to pay hefty maintenance amounts for their children without being able to see or meet them, thanks to the indifferent attitude of Indian judiciary towards Fathers in case of matrimonial disputes. Fathers are running from pillar to post around the courts seeking relief and justice, however, with no one listening many of them even take the extreme step of committing suicide.
The conservative nature of the Indian society has always endorsed the mother to be a better parent – someone who can make best decisions in the interest of the child. However, with the feminists demanding Fathers to play larger roles in raising children like changing diapers, getting them ready to school etc. and modern day Fathers supporting their cause, they have become indispensable for a child.
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While the Fathers have gleefully accepted this change for good, the entire contrivance goes for a toss whenever there is a divorce or separation and women start exploiting conservatism to their gain to obtain complete authority over the child by playing the victim card. They are further supported by the judiciary which is still running as per 16th century traditional school of thoughts and considers Father to be just a ‘Financial Provider’ for the child. It is a perfect example of how women are manipulating the system for their own selfish good and how men continue to be at the receiving end
Depriving Father’s love to a child is also a matter of child abuse. The feeling of incompleteness of family develops inherent insecurity in children as a result of which they develop complex personality imbalances and the result is already present before us in the form of statistics from the United States. Due to a large number of fatherless children there, studies have shown that such children are:
At least 1 out of 4 teenagers (between 14years to 19years) suffers from sexually transmitted diseases
It is up to the civil society, the media and the government to decide whether they want a similar situation in India or they want to take a cue from the mistakes of other societies and take steps to avoid it.
One of the positive steps towards this is to understand and emphasize the need for joint custody/shared parenting so that the catastrophic effects of parental divorce/separation are minimized if not trivialized and not only the Father but the paternal grandparents of the children can also enjoy the company of their grandchildren.
Save Indian Family Foundation – Fathers’ Rights Wing (SIFF-FRW) is part of Save Indian Family Foundation. SIFF-FRW recognizes the serious effects of “parental alienation” on children due to single parent families on account of divorce or separation.
SIFF-FRW works to create awareness in the society about father’s rights.
Thousands of aggrieved fathers approach SIFF-FRW every year which reflects the despicable state of Indian fathers.
Rights of Indian fathers are trampled under cute names like “best interest of child” which actually translate to “best interest of mother”.
Even while there could be some cases where the courts have granted visitation to fathers, yet mothers refuse to respect the orders and do not allow the father to meet the child. Such errant, cruel and insensitive mothers go unpunished in an anti-father gynocentric family court system.
Apart from the family court system, fathers are also subjected to systematic bias within the society as well. Most often abusive women play upon the fatherly feelings of a man and alienate him from his children. Many men are threatened with false dowry and false domestic violence cases if they try to get close to the children.
Nowadays, many disgruntled women are also framing fathers in false rape, molestation and sexual abuse cases of their own children. These attacks on fathers are dastardly acts and many men break down due to such abuse resulting in suicides and sometimes murders (of women) followed by suicides.
Fathers are routinely treated as SPERM DONORS and ATM MACHINES and any other attempt by the father to get involved in the life of his kids results in emotional and sometimes physical abuse of the father. Many fathers are also threatened with kidnapping cases if they try to meet their children. In fact, there are many such fathers who have approached SIFF-FRW for help and guidance when they have been framed in the kidnapping cases for their own kids.
There are instances wherein fathers are told to write-off property in wife or child’s name as a precondition to spend quality time with their children.
In most of the cases, the grandparents of the child from the paternal side are deprived of the bonding with their grandchildren and they cannot spend time with their own grandchildren for the fear of further abuse of their son.
Such gross injustice against fathers is a clear reflection of the lack of father’s rights in the society. Hence, SIFF-FRW seeks to create awareness in the society about father’s rights and educate the society about the paramount importance of fathers and a sustainable parent-child relationship with fathers.
SIFF-FRW had also approached His Excellency, The Honorable Governor of Karnataka in order to raise the issue of high-handedness and insensitivity of the judges of family court when it comes to matters of child custody and visitation to fathers. However, their woes falling on deaf ears, aggrieved fathers have decided to come down to streets with a cry of “Enough is Enough” under the umbrella of SIFF-FRW.
In order to mark protest against the injustice meted out to Fathers, the members of SIFF-FRW had sent a memorandum to the Governor of Karnataka State requesting to direct judiciary to grant immediate visitation rights to Fathers in all matrimonial cases (wherever applicable) by March 2nd 2015, failing which SIFF-FRW will call for a ‘Hunger Strike’ at Freedom Park in Bangalore on 7th & 8th Mar’15. As the deadline for the same has lapsed, members of SIFF-FRW have decided to sit in Hunger Strike for two days with the below demands:
Demands:
Visitation Orders: Fathers should be given Child Visitation orders in all matrimonial cases within 15 days of the petition.
Maintenance: Courts must immediately deny maintenance/alimony to any woman who opposes or indirectly attempts to prevent her separated husband from accessing and parenting the children and also to working/highly educated mothers.
Contempt Proceedings: Courts must initiate contempt proceedings suo-motu against those mothers who do not respect visitation orders.
Child Abuse: Children must not be allowed to be used as pawns in custody disputes.
Child Exploitation: Children must not be allowed to be used as money earning tools by women in custody disputes.
Grandparents: Under no circumstances the grandparents of the child must be denied access to the children.
Research: must allocate funds for conducting research on the adverse impacts on fatherless children.
Counselling to Single Mothers: Single mothers should be given mandatory counselling to increase involvement of biological Father in children’s lives
Shared Parenting: Reforms in the existing child visitation/custody laws – ‘Shared parenting’ must be the default arrangement if case of separation or divorce between spouses.
Technology: Fathers’ use of technology like Skype and video conferencing to get in touch with children should not be curtailed by judiciary.
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Le Fleur Tunic
Comfortable cotton tunic is a distinct style with its allover, flourishing print. Features a V-neckline, long sleeves and side slits at the hem for easy movement. Catherines tops are designed for the plus size woman to guarantee a flattering fit.
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How to Build a Complete Back End System with Serverless
This article will teach you how to build and deploy everything you need to be able to build a back-end for your application. We'll be using AWS to host all of this and deploying it all using the Serverless Framework.
Being able to do all these things gives you the ability to create all the functionality needed from most application back ends.
Serverless Setup with AWS
The Serverless Framework is a tool that we can use as developers to configure and deploy services from our computers. There's a bit of setup to allow all of this to work together and this section will show you how to do that.
To allow Serverless to do work on your account, you need to set up a user for it. To do this, navigate into AWS and search for "IAM" (Identity and Access Management).
Once on the IAM Page, click on Users in the list on the left hand side. This will open the list of users on your account. From here we'll be clicking Add user.
We need to create a user which has Programmatic access and I've called my user ServerlessAccount, but the name doesn't matter too much.
Next, we need to give the user some permissions. When on the permissions screen, select Attach existing policies directly and then select AdministratorAccess. This will give the Serverless Framework permission to create all the resources it needs to.
We don't need to add any tags, so we can move straight onto Review.
On the review window, you'll see the user has been given an Access key ID and a Secret access key. We'll be needing those in the next part so keep this page open.
Serverless Install and Configuration
Now that we've created our user, we need to install the Serverless Framework on our machine.
Open up a terminal and run this command to install Serverless globally on your computer. If you haven't got NodeJS installed check out this page.
npm install -g serverless
Now that we've got Serverless installed, we need to set up the credentials for Serverless to use. Run this command, putting your access key ID and Secret access key in the correct places:
Deploying Your First AWS Lambda
With out serverlessUser set up, we want to deploy something using the Serverless Framework. We can use Serverless templates to setup a basic project that we can deploy. This will be the base for the whole of this Serverless project.
In your terminal we can create a Serverless project from a template. This command will create a NodeJS Serverless project in the myServerlessProject folder:
serverless create --template aws-nodejs --path myServerlessProject
If you now open the folder up in your code editor we can look at what we've created.
We've got two file worth talking about: handler.js and serverless.yml
handler.js
This file is a function that will be uploaded as a Lambda function to your AWS account. Lambda functions are great and we'll use a lot more of them later on in the series.
serverless.yml
This is a very important file for us. This is where all the configuration for our deployment goes. It tells Serverless what runtime to use, which account to deploy to, and what to deploy.
We need to make a change to this file so that our deployment works properly. In the provider object we need to add a new line of profile: serverlessUser. This tells Serverless to use the AWS credentials we created in the last section.
We can scroll down to functions and see that we have one function which is called hello and points to the function within the handler.js file. This means we will be deploying this Lambda function as part of this project.
We'll learn a lot more about this serverless.yml file later on in this article.
Deploying Our Project
Now that we've looked at the files it's time to do our first deployment. Open up a terminal and navigate to our project folder. Deploying is as simple as typing:
serverless deploy
This takes a while, but when it's done we can check that everything has deployed successfully.
Open up your browser and navigate to your AWS account. Search for Lambda and you'll see a list of all your Lambda functions. (If you don't see any then check that your region is set to N. Virginia). You should see the myserverlessproject-dev-hello Lambda which contains the exact code that is in the handler.js file in your project folder.
Deploying an S3 Bucket and Uploading Files
In this section we're going to learn how we can deploy an Amazon S3 bucket and then sync up files from our computer. This is how we can start using S3 as cloud storage for our files.
Open up the serverless.yml file and remove all the commented out lines. Scroll to the bottom of the file and add the following code to include our S3 resources:
Change the name of the bucket and we're ready to deploy again. Open up your terminal again and run serverless deploy. You may get an error saying that the bucket name is not unique, in which case you'll need to change the bucket name, save the file and rerun the command.
If it is successful we can then go and see our new S3 bucket in our AWS Console through our browser. Search for S3 and then you should see your newly created bucket.
Syncing up your files
Having a bucket is great, but now we need to put files in the bucket. We're going to be using a Serverless plugin called S3 Sync to do this for us. To add this plugin to our project we need to define the plugins. After your provider object, add this code:
plugins:
- serverless-s3-sync
This plugin also needs some custom configuration, so we add another field to our serverless.yml file, changing out the bucket name for yours:
This section of code is telling the S3 Sync plugin to upload the contents of the UploadData folder to our bucket. We don't currently have that folder so we need to create it and add some files. You can add a text file, an image, or whatever you want to be uploaded, just make sure there is at least 1 file in the folder.
The last thing we need to do is to install the plugin. Luckily, all Serverless plugins are also npm packages, so we can install it by running npm install --save-dev serverless-s3-sync in our terminal.
As we've done before, we can now run serverless deploy and wait for the deployment to complete. Once it is complete we can go back into our browser and into our bucket and we should see all the files that we put in the UploadData folder in our project.
Creating an API with Lambda and API Gateway
In this section we'll learn to do one of the most useful things with Serverless: create an API. Creating an API allows you to do so many things, from getting data from databases, S3 storage, hitting other APIs, and much more!
To create the API we first need to create a new Lambda function to handle the request. We're going to make a few Lambdas, so we're going to create a lambdas folder in our project with two subfolders, common and endpoints.
Inside the endpoints folder we can add a new file called getUser.js. This API is going to allow someone to make a request and get back data based on the ID of a user. This is the code for the API:
If the request doesn't contain an ID then we return a failed response. If there is data for that ID then we return that data. If there isn't data for that user ID then we also return a failure response.
As you may have noticed we are requiring in the Responses object from API_Responses. These responses are going to be common to every API that we make, so making this code importable is a smart move. Create a new file called API_Responses.js in the common folder and add this code:
This set of functions are used to simplify the creation of the correct response needed when using a Lambda with API Gateway (which we'll do in a sec). The methods add headers, a status code, and stringify any data that needs to be returned.
Now that we have the code for our API, we need to set it up in our serverless.yml file. Scroll to the functions section of the serverless.yml file. In the last part of this guide we deployed the hello function, but we no longer need that. Delete the functions object and replace it with this:
This code is creating a new Lambda function called getUser which is in the file of lambdas/getUser on the method of handler. We then define the events that can trigger this lambda function to run.
To make a Lambda into an API we can add a http event. This tells Serverless to add an API Gateway to this account and then we can define the API endpoint using path. In this case get-user/{ID} means the URL will be https://${something-provided-by-API-Gateway}/get-user/{ID}, where the ID is passed into the Lambda as a path parameter. We also set the method to GET and enable CORS so that we could access this endpoint from a front end application if we wanted.
We can now deploy again, and this time we can use the shorthand command sls deploy. This only saves a few characters, but helps avoid a lot of typos. When this is completed we'll get an output that also includes a list of endpoints. We can copy our endpoint and head over to a browser to test it out.
If we paste our API URL into our browser and then add an ID to the end of 5132 we should get back a response of { name: 'Tom Hague', age: 23, job: 'plasterer' }. If we enter a different ID such as 1234 we'll get different data, but entering an ID of 7890 or not entering an ID will return an error.
If we want to add more data to our API, we can simply add a new row to the data object in the getUser.js file. We can then run a special command which only deploys one function, sls deploy -f ${functionName}. So for us that is:
sls deploy -f getUser
If you now make a request using the ID of the new data, the API will return that new data instead of an error.
Creating a Database on AWS
DynamoDB is a fully hosted, non-relational database on AWS. This is the perfect solution for storing data that you need to access and update regularly. In this section we're going to learn how we can create a DynamoDB table with Serverless.
In our serverless.yml file we're going to add some configuration to the Resources section:
In this code we can see that we are creating a new DynamoDB table with a TableName of ${self:custom.tableName}, defining an attribute of ID and setting the billing mode to pay per request.
This is our first look at the use of variables in our serverless.yml file. We can use variables for a few reasons and they can make our jobs much easier. In this case, we're referencing the variable custom.tableName. We can then reference this variable from multiple locations without having to copy and paste the table name. To get this to work we also need to add tableName to the custom section. In our case we're going to add the line tableName: player-points to create a table to store the points a player has. This table name only needs to be unique to your account.
When defining a table you need to define at least one of the fields which will be your unique identifying field. Because DynamoDB is a non-relational database, you don't need to define the full schema. In our case we've defined the ID, stating that it has an attribute type of string and a key type of HASH.
The last part of the definition is the billing mode. There are two ways to pay for DynamoDB:
pay per request
provisioned resources.
Provisioned resources lets you define how much data you're going to be reading and writing to the table. The issues with this are that if you start using more your requests get throttled, and that you pay for the resource even if no one is using it.
Pay Per Request it's much simpler as you just pay per request. This means if you have no one using it then you pay nothing and if your have hundreds of people using it at once, all the requests work. For this added flexibility you pay slightly more for Pay Per Request, but in the long run it usually works out to be cheaper.
Once we've run sls deploy again we can open up our AWS console and search for DynamoDB. We should be able to see our new table and we can see that there is nothing in there.
To add data to the table, click Create item, give it a unique ID, click the plus button and append to a new field and select the type of string. We need to give it a field of name and a value of Jess. Add a number field of score set to 12. Click save and you now have data in your dynamo table.
Getting Data from your DynamoDB Table
Now that we have our Dynamo table created, we want to be able to get and add data to the table. We're going to start with getting data from the table with a get endpoint.
We're going to create a new file in our endpoints folder called getPlayerScore.js. This Lambda endpoint is going to handle the requests for a user and get that data from the Dynamo table.
The code used here is very similar to the code inside the getUser.js file. We are checking that a path parameter of ID exists, getting the user data, and then returning the user. The main difference is how we are getting the user.
We have imported the Dynamo function object and are calling Dynamo.get. We're passing in the ID and the table name and then catching any errors. We now need to create that Dynamo function object in a new file called Dynamo.js in the common folder.
Reading and writing to Dynamo requires a reasonable amount of code. We could write that code every time we want to use Dynamo but it is much cleaner to have functions to simplify the process for us.
The file first imports AWS and then creates an instance of the DynamoDB Document Client. The document client is the easiest way for us to work with Dynamo from our Lambdas. We create a Dynamo object with an async get function. The only things we need to make a request are an ID and a table name. We format those into the correct parameter format for the DocumentClient, await a documentClient.get request, and make sure that we add .promise() to the end. This turns the request from a callback to a promise which is much easier to work with. We check that we managed to get an item from Dynamo and then we return that item.
We now have the all the code that we need, we have to update our serverless.yml file too. The first thing to do is to add our new API endpoint by adding it to our list of functions.
There are two more changes that we need to make to get our endpoint working:
environment variables
permissions
You may have noticed in the getPlayerScore.js file we had a line of code like this:
const tableName = process.env.tableName;
This is where we are getting the table name from the environment variables of the Lambda. To create our Lambda with the correct environment variables, we need to set a new object in the provider called environment with a field of tableName and a value of ${self:custom.tableName}. This will ensure that we are making the request to correct table.
We also need to give our Lambdas permissions to access Dynamo. We have to add another field to the provider called iamRoleStatements. This has an array of policies which can allow or disallow access to certain services or resources:
As all this has been added to the provider object, it will be applied to all Lambdas.
We can now run sls deploy again to deploy our new endpoint. When that is done we should get an output with a new endpoint of https://${something-provided-by-API-Gateway}/get-player-score/{ID}. If we copy that URL into a browser tab and add the ID of the player that we created in the last section, we should get a response.
Adding New Data to DynamoDB
Being able to get data from Dynamo is cool, but it's quite useless if we can't also add new data to the table as well. We're going to be creating a POST endpoint to create new data in our Dynamo table.
Start by creating a new file in our endpoints folder called createPlayerScore.js and adding this code:
This code is very similar to the getPlayerScore code with a few changes. We are getting the user from the body of the request, adding the ID to the user, and then passing that to a Dynamo.write function. We need to parse the event body as API Gateway stringifies it before passing it to the Lambda.
We now need to modify the common Dynamo.js file to add the .write method. This performs very similar steps to the .get function and returns the newly created data:
We've created the endpoint and common code, so the last thing we need to do is modify the serverless.yml file. As we added the environment variable and permissions in the last section, we just need to add the function and API configuration. This endpoint is different from the previous two because the method is POST instead of GET:
Deploying this with sls deploy will now create three endpoints, including our create-player-score endpoint. Testing a POST endpoint is more complex than a GET request, but luckily there are tools to help us out. I use Postman to test all my endpoints as it makes it quick and easy.
Create a new request and paste in your create-player-score URL. You need to change the request type to POST and set the ID at the end of the URL. Because we're doing a POST request we can send up data within the body of the request. Click body then raw and select JSON as the body type. You can then add the data that you want to put into your table. When you click Send, you should get a successful response:
To validate that your data has been added to the table, you can make a get-player-score request with the ID of the new data you just created. You can also go into the Dynamo console and look at all the items in the table.
Creating S3 GET and POST Endpoints
Dynamo is a brilliant database storage solution, but sometimes it isn't the best storage solution. If you've got data that isn't going to change and you want to save some money, or if you want to store files other than JSON, then you might want to consider Amazon S3.
Creating endpoints to get and create files in S3 is very similar to DynamoDB. We need to create two endpoint files, a common S3 file, and modify the serverless.yml file.
We're going to start with adding a file to S3. Create a createFile.js file in the endpoints folder and add this code:
Lastly we need to create a new bucket to upload these files into. In the custom section we need to add a new field s3UploadBucket and set it to a unique bucket name. We also need to configure the resource. After the Dynamo table config, we can add this to create a new bucket for our file uploads:
With this set up it is time to deploy again. Running sls deploy again will deploy the new upload bucket as well as the S3 write endpoint. To test the write endpoint, we'll need to head back over to Postman.
Copy in the create-file URL that you get when Serverless has completed the deployment and paste it into Postman and change the request type to POST. Next, what we need to do is to add the filename that we are uploading. In our case we're going to be uploading car.json. The last thing we need to do is add the data to the request. Select Body then raw with a type of JSON. You can add whatever JSON data you would like but here's some example data:
{
"model": "Ford Focus",
"year": 2018,
"colour": "red"
}
When you post this data up, you should get a 200 response with an ETag reference to the file. Going into the console and your new S3 bucket you should be able to see car.json.
Getting Data from S3
Now that we can upload data to S3, we want to be able to get it back too. We start by creating a getFile.js file inside the endpoints folder:
This should look pretty similar to previous GET endpoints we've created before. Differences are the use of the fileName path parameter, S3.get, and returning the file.
Inside the common s3.js file we need to add the get function. The main difference between this and getting from Dynamo is that when we get from S3, the result is not a JSON response, but a Buffer. This means that if we upload a JSON file, it won't come back down in JSON format, so we check if we're getting a JSON file and then transform it back to JSON:
As we're creating a new endpoint we need to do a full deployment again with sls deploy. We can then take the new get-file endpoint and paste it into a browser or Postman. If we add car.json to the end of the request we'll receive the JSON data that we uploaded earlier in this section.
Securing Your Endpoints with API Keys
Being able to create API endpoints quickly and easily with Serverless is great for starting a project and creating a proof of concept. When it comes to creating a production version of your application, you need to start being more careful about who can access your endpoints. You don't want anybody being able to hit your APIs.
To secure your APIs there are loads of methods, and in this section we're going to be implementing API keys. If you don't pass the API key with the request then it fails with an unauthorised message. You can then control who you give the API keys to, and therefore who has access to your APIs.
You can also add usage policies to your API keys so that you can control how much each person uses your API. This allows you to created tiered usage plans for your service.
To start we're going to be creating a simple API Key. To do this we need to go into our serverless.yml file and add some configuration to the provider.
apiKeys:
myFirstAPIKey
This will create a new API key. Now we need to tell Serverless which API endpoints to protect with the API key. This has been done so that we can have some of the APIs protected, whilst some of them stay public. We specify that an endpoint needs to be protected by adding the option private: true:
You can then add this field to as many of your APIs as you would like. To deploy this we can run sls deploy again. When this completes, you will get back an API key in the return values. This is very important and we'll use it very soon. If you try and make a request to your get-user API you should get a 401 Unauthorised error.
To get the request to succeed, you now need to pass up an API key in the headers of the request. To do this we need to use Postman or another API request tool and add header to our get request. We do this by selecting Authorisation using the API type. The key needs to be X-API-KEY and the value is the key that you got as an output from your Serverless deploy:
Now when we make the request we get a successful response. This means that the only people who can access your API are people who you have given your API key to.
This is great, but we can do more. We can add a usage policy to this API key. This is where we can limit the number of requests a month as well as the rate at which requests can be made. This is great for running a SAAS product as you can provide an API key that gives users a set amount of API calls.
To create a usage plan we need to add a new object in the provider. The quota section defines how many requests can be made using that API key. You can change the period to either DAY or WEEK if that would suit your application better.
The throttle section allows you to control how frequently your API endpoints can be hit. Adding a throttle rate limit sets a maximum number of requests per second. This is very useful as it stops people from setting up a denial of service attack. The burstLimit allows the API to be hit more often than your rateLimit but only for a short period of time, normally a few seconds:
If we were to deploy this again, the deployment would fail as we would be trying to deploy the same API key. API keys need to be unique so we have to change the name of the API key. When we deploy this and copy our new API key into Postman, we'll be able to make requests as we normally would. If we try and make too many requests per second or reach the maximum number of requests then we'll get a 429 error of
{
"message": "Limit Exceeded"
}
This means that you can't use this API key again until next month.
Whilst creating a usage plan is great, you often want to give different people different levels of access to your services. You might give free users 100 requests per month and paying users get 1000. You might want different payment plans which give different number of requests. You would also probably want a master API key for yourself which has unlimited requests!
To do this we can set up multiple groups of API keys that each have their own usage policy. We need to change the apiKeys and usagePlan sections:
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Combined majors in French and Italian, German and Scandinavian, Italian and Spanish, and Russian and Ukrainian.
Middle Eastern and African Studies (MEAS)
The Bachelor of Music routes in music history, school music, and world music.
Also up for termination is the individualized major and minor, which allows a student to propose a customized field of study that might include aspects from varying disciplines. The student would have to design their own course requirements and justify that their proposed major is distinct from existing ones.
The future of these programs will be decided at General Faculties Council, the highest academic decision-making body in the university. Admission to the programs was suspended in 2014, with the Faculty of Arts citing low enrollment numbers for the decision.
The termination of the eight language majors coincides with a transition within MLCS where the department is moving from majors in individual languages into an umbrella MLCS degree, while still allowing students to specialize in a language or field of study. The restructured program is expected to take effect in 2019, and will only affect students entering the department that year.
While further students were not allowed to enter the programs, students who were in them were given time to complete their degree. Information from the Faculty of Arts said only 18 students were enrolled in the programs since their suspension in 2014, all of whom have since graduated.
Lesley Cormack, dean of the Faculty of Arts, said the programs were suspended after an examination of their enrollment numbers, with Ukrainian folklore having two students majoring in it in the last five years.
"These were programs that really did not have student interest over a long period," Cormack said. "We still have lots of people taking those languages in their first and second year, but very very few who were majoring."
Although students can no longer major in those language subjects, Carrie Smith, the chair of MLCS, said students can still pursue a minor in them as well as other courses.
"While it's termination of majors on paper, it is not terminations of programs or program offerings," Smith said. "When it comes to actual experiences of students, there is no change because these programs are still running."
Students felt impact four years ago when programs were suspended
Cormack, Smith, and Students' Union's vice-president (academic) Akanksha Bhatnagar said the impact of these program terminations on students is minimal at this point. However, some students were critical of the move to suspend them four years ago.
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While the university allowed students enrolled in the programs up for termination to complete them, Jaddock said their suspension hindered his ability to do so.
"One of the things I encountered in completing my minor was that most of the courses I needed to complete the Ukrainian folklore minor… the University of Alberta didn't actually offer," he said.
Jaddock said that to complete his Ukrainian folklore minor, he had to take general courses in MLCS, then petition the dean to have them count towards his minor.
Similarly, Telisa Courtney, who was a student from 2013 to 2017, said they initially wanted to do a double major in psychology and MEAS. After the program was suspended, they tried to pursue a minor in it but found it to be too difficult as the classes they needed were few and far between, so they switched from MEAS to political science.
"I went to U of A specifically because of Middle Eastern and Africa Studies," Courtney said. "If I wanted to double major in psychology and political science, I could've done that literally anywhere and it would've had cheaper tuition."
However, Cormack said MEAS was suspended in 2014 because it was a "dysfunctional" program, and an evaluation was conducted before its suspension. She also said the faculty is working towards a new program or certificate in Middle Eastern studies.
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And while Courtney said they're glad those programs are coming off the course calendar, they said the impact of their suspension has already been felt.
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Former and England defender and columnist Martin Keown returned to answer YOUR questions on the big talking points in football.
The Premier League is back after a week of Champions League football as Manchester United and Manchester City struggled in Europe.
United were held to another goalless draw at Old Trafford by PSV while City, who are the only English club guaranteed to reach to the knockout stage, were beaten 1-0 by Juventus.
Table topping Leicester welcome United to the King Power Stadium this weekend while Tottenham host Chelsea in a mouthwatering London derby.
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13:47
Last time Chelsea went to White Hart Lane they lost 5-3. Back then Chelsea were playing well. What do you think will happen on Sunday when they face an in-form Spurs team? Nick in Essex
That game was an incredible performance from Tottenham because at that stage of the season, Chelsea looked better than anyone else in the league. Harry Kane was quite magnificent that day and Tottenham will have good memories of that game. Historically, this has always been a very good fixture for Chelsea but I think that’s changed and Tottenham could do some real damage this weekend.
This is a defining game for Chelsea. They got a good win in the Champions League but this game is huge. If Tottenham have designs on the top four then they need to look at this as an absolutely crucial game. They are reaching consistency in their results and performances and a win could finish off Chelsea’s aspirations of making the Champions League.
The feeling in the camp has to be: ‘We’re fighting for our lives to make it so we’re sure as hell not going to let them in.’
Chelsea will see Tottenham as one of their rivals and with two games to play against them, there are six points on offer. If they want to pass Tottenham they need to win both because can they match that consistency that we’ve seen from Tottenham in other games?
This is a very young Tottenham team, which could go against them in the run-in, but they are only gaining experience now and they fear no one. Their Europa League trip to Azerbaijan is far from ideal and a midday kick-off on Sunday is a bit naughty – I’m sure Mourinho will be delighted about that as it could be a saving grace for his side. Whoever’s playing around with these fixtures, they are certainly not helping our teams do well. Tottenham will have to work hard mentally to overcome that obstacle and if they want to win they must start really well against Chelsea. It should be a cracking game.
Harry Kane has an incredible scoring record in London derbies
13:44
Diego Costa and Jose Mourinho are at it again. Do you think Costa will last much longer or will Chelsea look elsewhere? Sam Green, Hampshire
At the end of the day, if Jose Mourinho loses his head then he can’t be unhappy if one of his players does as well. He is big enough to dish it out so he has to be big enough to take it as well. But I think he dealt with it well. He could have taken Costa off, which would have only made him sulk, or, as he said, they could kiss and make up. Jose went the right way for me. He wanted a reaction out of his player and he got one. And I fully expect him to stick by his striker.
But Costa may have lost his way a little bit. Sometimes players want to pick fights with the opposition because it helps get them motivated. Costa is clearly that kind of player but right now it is making him lose his focus. He is there to win games and score goals. Often his macho efforts go way over the top. He is trying to physically embarrass and intimidate the defender to put him down. But the best way to do that is to score goals. Yes, you have to be competitive but with Costa it has all gone too far. For his goal against Norwich last Saturday, he slowed things down and it looked more like a training ground finish. He seemed much calmer and more composed. His celebration was almost muted, as if he was thinking: ‘It’s about time I put one away.’
For top strikers goals are like oxygen. They feed off them and it gives them energy. You see that with Vardy – every time he scores he seems even quicker and sharper. With Costa, as the goals have ebbed away, so has his energy. He needs to get his focus back and start putting them away to reignite his game.
13:31
Can Jurgen Klopp get Liverpool in the Champions League? They were sensational at City. Mark in Chester
I think he can. He can help them to achieve anything and those players must be loving coming into work every day. But I do think Klopp has made the Champions League a real possibility for Liverpool and they will be battling it out with Tottenham. The German has been able to work his magic quickly and actually the 0-0 in his first game at Tottenham looks like a good result for them.
Sometimes with football it can be a little bit fairy-tale. Liverpool fans want a manager they can really believe in. If you go back to Bill Shankly then everything was always geared to the fans. It was all about the people of Liverpool and their shared values. There is a lot of emotion in that part of the world and Klopp seems completely tuned into that. He is also somebody that has a really good set of values as a person. He wants to be a nice guy and he wants to spread that. It is like a family at a football club and the manager’s behaviour translates throughout the club. If he’s optimistic, buoyant and shows belief, then the players start to believe too. I often think that players are a reflection of their manager – in how they behave and treat people.
People might have thought that at the beginning with Klopp it was all talk, and talk is cheap. But so far he has talked the talk and walked the walk. His team’s performances are starting to match his ideas. It was a wonderful performance against Man City and even though it’s only one game, Klopp creates such an energy. Players react to every change of mood and atmosphere within the camp and Klopp’s positivity is rubbing off. They want clear instructions, not doubt or confusion.
It’s not time to overcomplicate things and Klopp is clearly getting that message across in training, and doing so very quickly. Because he knows what he wants, he knows how to get that across to his players. There are no grey areas and it’s starting to show on the pitch.
Jurgen Klopp is getting his message across to the Liverpool players
13:25
It’s a table-topper on Saturday when Leicester play Man United. Who’s going to win? Simon in the UAE
Who’d have thought these two teams would be fighting at the top of the table at this stage of the season? Leicester’s is an incredible story.
I was at this fixture last year when Leicester won 5-3 and I was struck by the atmosphere at the King Power Stadium. It was absolutely rocking and I fully expect the same again on Saturday night. I don’t think things can get much better for Leicester right now and I wonder how many fans are still thinking about winning 12 points to hit the magic number of 40 and avoid relegation! I don’t think Leicester will win the league, and the fixtures have been relatively kind so far, but we keep waiting for them to fall away and it’s not happened.
Jamie Vardy has been grabbing the headlines but other players have been so important. Mahrez is taking second billing but he has been extremely good and everybody is doing their job nicely.
There is a great freedom about Vardy and the way he and Leicester are playing. That wasn’t a fluke win at Newcastle, they battled, earned the right to play and then Vardy ran away with it. I’ve compared him to Ian Rush and I stand by that. Both players are incredible at closing down and have the finishing to match. They are a nuisance. But after Vardy, I think every club worth their salt will be getting out there and looking for the next star from non-League. Every time a player of this quality comes through, it changes the mindset and clubs shouldn’t be afraid to look down the divisions. If a non-League player scores a few goals at the weekend, I wouldn’t be surprised if a few clubs started to take a look. Because Vardy has opened the door and shown the dream is not necessarily over for many players down there.
As for the game, it’s going to be tight. Leicester have scored in every game this season but United have the best defensive record in the league. One of those records could go. Leicester have a team of roadrunners and in their early games in particular they hardly had any possession but kept winning matches. So if United want to play keep-ball, Leicester will be well-used to it. United have also had a Champions League game to contend with this week whereas Leicester will be nice and fresh. And of course Vardy will be desperate to set his own scoring record. It should be a tasty encounter.
Jamie Vardy trains on Thursday ahead of the top-of-the-table clash between Leicester and United
13:18
What do you make of the Jack Grealish story this week? Cara, Newport
Jack has to learn and learn quickly because at the minute nothing seems to sink in. In life you learn from your mistakes and if you keep making them, you’ve only got yourself to blame.
I was an Aston Villa player that was relegated so I know exactly what it’s like to go home on a Saturday night after a bad defeat. I certainly don’t remember going out partying. More often than not I went straight home to bed completely knackered because I was trying to fill holes in that defence. All plans were off if you lost a game of football.
Sometimes I don’t think players understand just how much these kinds of photos hurt the fans. There will be thousands of Villa fans who are Jack’s age, watching on from the terraces and who would give up everything to be in his position. He needs to be made aware of his responsibilities and I have to wonder – does he really love the game? There has been a lot of talk about his international allegiance and playing for England and I think it’s all gone to his head.
As a young player there is often a contradiction when you’re trying to break through. You’ve got to be ruthless and not be afraid to step on people to try and get there. But then once you are in a team, if you want to win anything your mindset has to change – you have to be a real team player. There’s no doubting Jack’s talent – he’s the biggest prospect at the club but he probably still feels like an individual.
I’m sure there will be plenty of people at the academy who are disappointed as well. A lot of people put a lot of work in to get him where he is now. There will be young players wanting to follow his path into the team and with his actions he’s letting people down. The trouble is, he probably doesn’t even realise he’s doing it. I’m sure he just thinks he’s on a night out and there’s nothing wrong. But he needs to be made aware of how it looks because if a football club is a family then he’s letting down the family of Aston Villa.
13:12
That was a big defeat for Aston Villa at Everton. Has your old team-mate Remi Garde got what it takes to save them? Concerned Bill in the Midlands
I watched that game against Everton and it just wasn’t a contest. In the end it was embarrassing for the Villa fans. They did well to draw 0-0 at home with Man City and Garde set up in a similar way to that game, thinking he could absorb that pressure and do something on the break.
I see certain similarities between Garde and Arsene Wenger, but Wenger always tried to win games. It was never about stopping teams, the emphasis was on attack not defence. Villa didn’t have the ambition, inclination or quality to attack at Everton and it cost them. If it was a boxing match the referee would have stopped the fight.
That was a magnificent result. Sam went with three at the back, which is not a system I like but on the night it worked a treat. Though I prefer a back four, sometimes it can be a lonely place at centre back if that unit is not well drilled. But with a three you have bodies around you all the time. You can spread the workload and deal with what’s in your area. It does invites pressure down the sides but it can be a useful option.
I think Younes Kaboul looked unrecognisable on Monday. He has the athleticism to play at full back so he is well-equipped to play in a three and John O’Shea looked much better with two men either side of him. It helped Sunderland look more solid but I do fear teams might exploit them down the side.
Crystal Palace played into their hands with Yannick Bolasie and Wiflried Zaha coming inside rather than stretching them out wide. They didn’t play with their heads. But I have to say I’d still be shocked and surprised if Sunderland stay up. It would certainly rank as one of Big Sam’s greatest achievements if he did it.
Though if he does, he has to keep Jermain Defoe firing. Watching the game I had a sneaky feeling Defoe might win it for them. He still looks quick and sharp, and I don’t think age is an issue with him. If any defenders set to face him soon think he’s past it, think again. But Jermain needs to be motivated. There has been talk of selling him and I think that would be a mistake. If I was a manager competing with Sunderland and Defoe became available, I’d certainly snap him up. But I do wonder if it’s actually Sam being clever. If there is talk of Defoe leaving, it could actually make him more determined to stay and prove himself. Physically he’s fit and raring to go so if he has that hunger and desire, he could be a valuable asset to Sunderland.
Jermain defoe will be key to Sunderland staying in the Premier League
13:01
Why can’t Man City beat the big teams in Europe? Tom, Bedford
To be honest, Tom, I’m not looking to criticise City because I feel they’ve made good progress. To lose 1-0 to last year’s Champions League finalists is no great disgrace. In the first game against the Italians they were 1-0 up and lost but there are signs they can get something from these games. They’re learning all the time and growing in experience in Europe. The trouble is with the investment they have had, fans want them to be up there now.
But I was surprised how they fell apart at the weekend against Liverpool. The two centre backs who played – Mangala and Demichelis – did not look up to it. That for me is the biggest worry with City at the moment. Ideally you want a situation where you have squad players who can step in and cause the manager a real selection issue. With City right now, that’s not the case.
You even want players like Sergio Aguero to feel under pressure because if people are fighting for their place then everybody improves. But the way they lost against Liverpool showed things are not quite right and the squad is not yet strong enough.
Manchester City were beaten 1-0 by Juventus on Wednesday night
12:50
Can Arsenal beat Olympiacos and complete the great escape? Alex in Stretham
It’s certainly going to be a very hard and tough night. Olympiacos is a very difficult place to go and Arsenal have a bad record there. But they’ve done everything they can to get themselves back into it and hopefully it will be a good evening!
I’m not surprised they’ve fought back, though. They had it in them but I do think they were guilty of taking the Champions League for granted. I went to the game in Zagreb when they lost and it was a surreal, unusual atmosphere. There was an athletics track, which I never like and it had that feel of a pre-season friendly. The players weren’t fired up enough. Selection may not have helped in sending out the right message – I feel they were too complacent – but losing that first match suddenly made things an uphill struggle.
Then to lose the second at home in the way they did was unforgivable. You simply can’t do that. With the Champions League, it’s not just a name. You’re playing against champions. Zagreb hadn’t lost for about a year before they played Arsenal and that was the scalp they really wanted. As opposition you have to match that desire. Arsenal were not mentally ready and they have been punished ever since.
As for the shoot-out against Olympiacos, there’s no doubt players like Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil have what it takes to win the game. They were magnificent the other night and I was pleased to see Wenger stick with Joel Campbell. He had one of his better games and the more he plays the more he gets on others’ wavelengths. He missed a sitter at West Brom but Wenger kept him in. That will really help his confidence and once he gets his head up and is more composed it will come together. He offers something a little bit different, certainly a different option to Theo Walcott and the Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
One of the big concerns will be the loss of Francis Coquelin. He is such an important player and I was surprised that Mathieu Flamini didn’t get a rest once the job was done on Tuesday because he’s going to have to play now for the next two months. It will be tough in Greece but Arsenal have the quality to come through. They just need to make sure they’re ready, mentally.
Arsenal have played their way back into contention in their Champions League group
12:44
So, yet another United bore draw. Should United fans be worried about their lack of goals? Sarah Scott, London
Definitely. And I have a feeling that some pundits at the moment, especially the former United players are getting fed up of repeating themselves.
There is a real chance for Louis van Gaal to be successful this season – the league is so open – and for former players watching, it must be so frustrating. I think it would only take a few little tweaks to give United a great chance.
Football, essentially, is a numbers game. It’s about balancing the number of players you want to defend and how many you want to throw forward. If you decide to keep six at the back – a back four and two midfielders – then you’ve only got four to play with in attack. If you send both full backs forward, then all of a sudden you’ve got six to choose from further forward and that forces the opposition back.
Whenever you played United in their heyday, they basically played with two wingers on each side – Neville and Beckham on the right and Irwin and Giggs on the left. They would fly forward and force you to run back and deal with them. United dictated to you. Now it’s the other way around.
United are almost inviting the opposition onto them because they don’t flood forward and attack. They have a manager who doesn’t want to overcommit and that is reflected in their game. United used to overwhelm teams, just like Barcelona and Bayern Munich do – look at how much Bayern’s full backs get forward, it’s phenomenal.
Great sides over the years have always been brave enough to throw people forward back themselves to outnumber the opposition. And even if they do overcommit in attack, they are still confident of winning back the ball high up the pitch and punishing teams all over again.
At United right now, nobody wants to stray too far from their starting positions. They are playing far too safe and that’s constricting their attacking play. And, ultimately, it comes down to Van Gaal.
Wayne Rooney struggled again as United drew 0-0 with PSV on Wednesday
12:32
When he spoke at the Oxford Union, Ruud van Nistelrooy said you were one of the toughest defenders he played against. But he also said he was worried you would be jumping all over him because you live in Oxford! How was he to play against? Terry Dawes via email
With Jamie Vardy so much in the news, Ruud’s name has been popping up a lot and I’ve been asked this a few times. Obviously at Arsenal we had a bit of an issue with him but I don’t understand how he isn’t regularly mentioned in the list of the best strikers we’ve seen in the Premier League. Because he was.
I know the likes of Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer scored every kind of goal, and Ruud didn’t score too many from outside the box, but he was such a clever player. He had terrific pace but he was bright and so intelligent with his movements.
I’ll give you an example. In the first phase of play, he would stand deliberately offside. So I’d be watching him on the right side of defence but he’d be about 10 yards behind me. United’s left back would have the ball and suddenly switch play right with a 30-yard diagonal pass to Cristiano Ronaldo, who wasn’t offside. He’d start running at Ashley Cole and all of a sudden I look over my shoulder and see Van Nistelrooy bombing towards goal with a 10-yard head-start on me.
He would cause us a lot of problems. And he was physical when he wanted to be as well. He had a bit of nastiness about him, as did Dennis Bergkamp – the Dutch certainly know how to look after themselves. So the first challenge would often be a strong one but, on other occasions, he would collapse like a pack of cards.
He took penalties and was always looking to improve his goal tally so he wasn’t afraid of trying to win fouls in the area. He also had a calmness and composure in front of goal that puts him ahead of most of the strikers who have played for United in the Premier League. He had a window of opportunity at the club and he made the most of it – 150 goals in 219 games is some strike rate. Maybe because of the way he left United he isn’t more fondly remembered, but he was certainly one of their top strikers.
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A response to readers regarding our Sunday Mendocino County story
Since my story about Mendocino County’s health challenges ran in the Chronicle on Sunday, I’ve gotten a lot of spirited feedback from community members. No wonder — health is a subject as complex as it is personal. So I wanted to address some of the criticism here.
First, I want to reiterate the purpose of the story was to give an overview of many different health challenges in the county, taken in whole: food, walking and exercise, disease, poverty and so on. The story wasn’t only about food or Gualala.
Many of the critiques have revolved around my characterization of food access in the county. For example, a local blogger wrote here about a number of farmers’ markets, food banks and backyard farms, noting that many take food stamps. These programs seem highly beneficial and I hope they continue to thrive.
But I would like to note that the woman featured in my story does not consider these places viable options. There are many, various reasons why they may not be on the minds of her and other county residents in her shoes. The markets may have relatively high food prices (even for those with food stamps), they have limited time, meaning growing their own food or comparison shopping at farmers’ markets may not be realistic options, and, perhaps there’s a lack of awareness that these places exist.
Here are some statistics that suggest these challenges are a struggle for relatively more residents in Mendocino County than they are for Californians in general. (This is from a 2012 county report on community health data.)
So is there fresh food in the county? Yes — but even if the options are there, there’s a decent chance that more financially vulnerable, less educated residents are not aware of them — or they know about them, and still believe they cannot afford them. A bag of groceries that a middle-class shopper might consider to be theoretically affordable for everyone may be beyond the realistic reach of those living on lower incomes.
It would seem hard to argue that healthy food access is unequivocally equal to everyone at the moment. The county’s relatively high rates of overweight-ness, obesity, early deaths and coronary heart disease surely stem from somewhere. And there is a reason why the federal government is pouring hundreds of thousands of grant dollars into the county to reverse those issues.
On a similar note, some readers disputed my discussion of fast food. What the story says is that the county as a whole – not Gualala alone — has a ratio of two fast-food joints for every one grocery or produce store. You can see for yourself by checking out this report on food access compiled by the county’s health department in late 2010. My story was also certainly not intended to advocate for Costco and Trader Joe’s to wipe out all of Mendocino’s mom-and-pop markets, only to highlight the difficulties of finding a compromise between local businesses and, for many residents, affordability.
Still other readers felt that I did not accurately portray the opportunities for exercise in the county, with many pointing out their favorite hiking trails and beaches. I should have acknowledged these and better defined the sort of exercise that I was discussing and that government officials are worried about. The federal government is giving money to Mendocino because county health officials believe the region suffers from a lack of walkability: the kind of walking that one incorporates multiple times into a daily routine, like to work or school or around the neighborhood, not just weekend activities.
A few minutes at the website Walkscore.com, which calculates the walkability of cities and towns, reveal that walkability widely varies among communities in Mendocino County. Relatively denser cities like Willits and Ukiah have very high scores, as does Fort Bragg. Mendocino, with a score of 69 out of 100, is considered “somewhat walkable.” But Gualala has a score of 48 (out of 100), which the website puts in the “car-dependent” category, Covelo is scored at 45 and Boonville is 31. And so on.
No single portrayal of a place — especially one as enormous, varied (and beautiful) as Mendocino County — will live up to every resident’s personal perspective of it. But I have done my best to provide one that is nuanced, accurate and factually supported.
UPDATE: This post has been corrected to reflect higher Walkscore ratings for Fort Bragg and Mendocino and to include Covelo’s score. | {
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Transformers Announcement Tomorrow
Exciting news from the Twitter-sphere today! @PlazaAndMainSt posted a notice that the Fairwinds Tower would be used for an exciting theme park announcement tomorrow. The notice can be seen below.
The first thing that came to mind was the Transformers decal that was put on the Staples Center last year in LA for the opening of Transformers the Ride in USH, which can be seen below.
Marc (PlazaAndMainSt) has said that is indeed what it is as it's already a 1/3 of the way done! So there we are! Some Transformers news tomorrow! Follow @Parkscope for the latest and prepare for battle! | {
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...I've seen pastors that work 40-60 hours a week doing things around the church and getting ready for Sunday. I don't think I've ever seen a worship team that puts in more than one or two practices a week towards the Sunday service.
This seems to bring us back to the definition of a church musician as a "worship team member." I must not be communicating clearly.
With that definition, I agree with what you're saying. However, this was not my intent or definition when I began this thread. Maybe I can do better next time...
This seems to bring us back to the definition of a church musician as a "worship team member." I must not be communicating clearly.
With that definition, I agree with what you're saying. However, this was not my intent or definition when I began this thread. Maybe I can do better next time...
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I understand what you're calling a "church musician" is what most people would call a music minister, at least in terms of the roles you've described thus far. The response you quoted was in response to another member, which is probably why it doesn't jive with your definition.
In fact, if you look at what I wrote you'll note that it makes no references to church musicians, only worship team contributions as a whole.
We pay a worship leader. He's a staff position and worth every dime. Basically his role is to train and mentor all of us on how to actually implement a worship ministry. I have no doubt that as soon as he finds a preaching position he's gone. There's no way he can raise a family on what he's getting from us. I've been paid a couple of times when it was obvious that I was putting in way too many hours and the Elders felt I should at least be able to take my wife out to dinner for the trouble. Some times the church will spring for a bit of gear for one of us, which is really nice. We do not have to pay musicians and I don't think we would except under extraordinary circumstances.
It's sad that this is even a topic.... and it may be a sign of the level of leadership in our church that we cannot identify and motivate genuine lovers of Christ to responsibly serve using their spiritual gifts. Our congregation is 400 and growing. We only have 4 full time staff (Lead Pastor, myself [Associate Worship Pastor], Associate Youth Pastor, and our Secretary [who should be making more than all of us combined, btw]). We do not pay our volunteer servant team leaders nor do we pay our volunteer servant team members (Ushers, Greeters, Audio/Visual, Hospitality, Parking Team, Worship Team, etc.), and we are blessed with about 90% of these people who are responsible, capable, amazing people!! We do, however, pay our children/nursery workers, but that is because we have a daycare/preschool with full-time workers, and it is part of their job descriptions (btw, I hope my wife or any other person who works with the children of the church doesn't see the part where you classify working with children as less important than playing music. Remember, we are replaceable by an mp3 and one person singing, they are NOT. Sometimes you have to fill in the gaps with people who may not be able or ready, but the majority of your important positions should be filled with people who feel a calling and a desire to be there, not to draw a check. I have only had one member of the worship band miss one week in almost three years and that was for the death of his father (we do get some scheduled weeks off collectively where we bring in a Tomlin or the like). Here in the NON-megachurch world of ministry, we relate to the people we serve with, and we disciple them, after spending quite a bit of time identifying those who are called to do what is needed, and our congregation responds so amazingly!! I think it may be important to ask yourself, if you stopped paying your musicians, would you even be able to have a worship service this Sunday?
It's tough to say, just like not paying a pastor. You get what you pay for and music is half the reason most people go to a specific church believe it or not. So if you half arse it your membership will reflect it.
In my opinion if you pay the pastor you should pay the worship leader just purely for qualities sake. With that said neither one of them should be making a penny over the average wage in their area. Be an example.
so you get what you pay for - but don't pay them more than average? the logic escapes me.
I disagree that you get what you pay for, you get what God gives. more money does not equal better people. this rings true for higher paid pastors, too - is Benny or Joyce the best pastor we can hope for? theology and personal character is overshadowed by the cameras and lights.
you want to pay your team, good and fine. but don't generalize that what works for you is the standard for everyone. I know for a fact not one single worship leader at my church would accept a dime. for us, it has never been about the money - it has been about worshipping God. someone asked this earlier and I find it very telling of the heart behind the matter - pay them now, and if you stop paying them tomorrow, would they just pack up and leave to "make money" somewhere else? (note I didn't say worship somewhere else).
when I was a gigging musician, the general rule was the bigger the draw, the bigger the money pot every night. are we using that mentality to measure the relative worth of our worship team? bring in better musicians to draw a bigger crowd and nail the offering plate so we can afford to keep building our musical empire? I am disgusted on so many levels with this.
You really don't think you get what you pay for? So if I tell 1 guy to mow the church lawn all year for 100k and tell another guy to do it for free it has the exact same likelihood of getting done by either man? Ok must be fun where you live on fantasy earth cuz the earth I'm from people still act human. Call it sad, call it depressing, call it whatever but you must also call it reality.
As far as your church goes, even your supposed holier then thou worship pastor might need help if he/she were handed 40+ hours of work to do per week, which easily happens doing worship for a church of 5,000+. Getting paid for your hard work does not make you less of a christian; in fact, it is actually biblical. The problem is it is often abused, with every problem in the church being solved with money instead of faith and church staff being overpaid/vainly wasteful. Obviously there's plenty of valid arguments against it, none of which you presented.
You really don't think you get what you pay for? So if I tell 1 guy to mow the church lawn all year for 100k and tell another guy to do it for free it has the exact same likelihood of getting done by either man? Ok must be fun where you live on fantasy earth cuz the earth I'm from people still act human. Call it sad, call it depressing, call it whatever but you must also call it reality.
While I don't really agree with the "you get what you pay for" mentality in totality, can you explain what you mean when you say "you get what you pay for" then follow it with saying that you shouldn't pay a worship leader more than the average salary for their area?
I second what thesteve says. how is what you are saying logical? you can make up silly scenarios about mowing the lawn all you want but your cup isn't holding water. believe it or not, some people are motivated by more than money.
I get a kick out of people who attend megachurches and seem to think that is the norm. statistically speaking, they are in the vast minority. if you have someone in full time ministry, by all means pay them if you can afford them. but understand that 94% of all churches in America are under 500 members and cannot afford to pay full time worship leaders. and as a worship leader in a church like that, I'd be offended by being offered money when in all honesty I'd rather see that money invested somewhere else. I was in leadership at a megachurch for many years, I understand the mentality quite well. I found that the large influx of money had a direct affect on what was taught, as well as the mentality of both leadership and membership. I left for a "normal" church of under 500 people, statistically speaking. I've seen both sides, and was rather shocked to find that what I regarded as "normal" at the megachurch was actually not normal at all. I confess up front that I have some level of baggage on megachurches so take what I say with a grain of salt and please forgive me if I'm getting snide with my posts. let's just agree that what works for you doesn't work for me and call it a day.
I spend about 10 hours a week either preparing for worship on Sunday or actually leading. I don't get paid a dime. If the church did pay me, either a stipend or a regular salary, it would not change how I did things. I do what I do because I love doing it. "Theguyy" seems to be saying that a large salary equals better worship. We had great worship this weekend. How would it had been better if I got a paycheck afterwords? Would more people have raised their hands during worship, would more people have gone to the altar? Would there be a big difference in our worship if I got paid $1000 a week? Would more people find the Lord every week? What if I got paid $10,000 a week? Would the Spirit manifest itself as a cloud in the room as it did in the days of Moses? If they paid me a $100,000 a week would Jesus come down and worship with us just because my worship be be so wonderful, now made perfect by the power of a salary increase? I know these are extreme examples but this seems to be where the logic of "you get what you pay for" leads. Some jobs can be performed by unbelievers or new christians, such as mowing the law, where this 'principle' would apply. Other jobs such as ministering to the children, preaching, or leading worship, should not be affected by the amount of cash they receive.
If my ability to lead worship improved based on the fact that I got paid, that would mean that I was holding back prior to getting paid. In that case I should be removed as a worship leader because clearly my heart and motivation was in the wrong place. And don't get me wrong. I would love to get paid, even $50 a week just to cover gas and wear and tear on my vehicles and equipment, time spent ministering to my team members. But I would continue to do what I do even if I had to PAY the church to do it. I love leading worship, I love being sensitive to the Holy Spirits direction and steering our worship in directions I never intended or planned on based on what God is telling us. I love watching the people connect with our Lord. And I love being a part of that process. I get itchy being in the congregation, I want to be leading, playing. No amount of money would ever change that. | {
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3. Good for you!!
Those dirty buggers deserve even worse....
I do the same with red pepper and Vaseline to keep the squirrels away from the bird feeders and it works like a charm. You should see them trying to wipe their noses and eyes! LOL They don't come back, that's for sure! | {
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If you’re looking for some quick and dirty facts, I've made this chart so you can get a bird’s eye view of my top 3 recommendations. I’ll go into more detail below. | {
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Diane S. Katz is an adjunct scholar for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, formerly serving as director of science, environment and technology policy from 2002 to 2008. Prior to joining the Center, Katz served for nine years as a member of The Detroit News editorial board, specializing in science and the environment, telecommunications and technology, and the auto industry. Her work has won numerous awards, including top honors from the Michigan Press Association in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998. | {
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High school calculus
Today I asked an upper-classman friend of mine what she was doing currently in pre-calculus. She told me shes doing differentiation, I woulda guessed that. However, she has a friend in calculus AP and I asked her what they did in AP, if she knew, since I'm planning on taking AP calculus my senior year, and she said they're doing differentiation as well. Its almost the end of the semester there's only 4 weeks left so I guess my high school doesn't get into integral calculus. So I was wondering, once I get into college and start taking calculus in college, will it jump right into integration or continue differentiation and then get into integration? If the first is the case, should I study integral calculus and try to be ready for integrating?
be sure to learn algebra and geometry. calculus in high school is a BS idea intended to prove high schools are high quality, but not to help students.
I read in a calculus book about how teachers in high school dont know how to teach calculus and cant give an idea or show how brilliant and beautiful true calculus can be which is why high school calculus courses usually are so poor because students arent interested or complain that its so hard. I study calculus because I like the subject and I like studying alone although it can make it harder for me personally but I think studying the subject alone lets me have a pure perspective of calculus, and not a teachers. I'd rather have my own view on something that I love than a teacher who doesnt even want to teach it.
Which brings up the fact that at my high school I believe the calculus teacher (we only have one calculus teacher I think) is a sports coach
Perhaps itd be better if I learned what I need to know by myself that way my mind wont be 'manipulated' by a teachers view of the subject
I taught calculus at an inner city high school for 2 years. I can tell you that I only had one student that was ready for calculus. He was from China. The students couldn't find the equation of a line given two points; they couldn't graph y = x^2, without their calculator. Forget about finding the zeros of a polynomial. They were super super super super weak. Their precal teacher wrote notes on the board and gave them a worksheet everyday. Don't even get me started about their trig. I don't expect trig geniuses, but they couldn't tell me what cos(0) was without their calculators. (rant, rant, rant, etc...)
Today I asked an upper-classman friend of mine what she was doing currently in pre-calculus. She told me shes doing differentiation, I woulda guessed that.
I would not have guessed that! "Differentiation" is definitely part of calculus, not precalculus. Precalculus is generally a review of algebra and an introduction to limits.
However, she has a friend in calculus AP and I asked her what they did in AP, if she knew, since I'm planning on taking AP calculus my senior year, and she said they're doing differentiation as well. Its almost the end of the semester there's only 4 weeks left so I guess my high school doesn't get into integral calculus. So I was wondering, once I get into college and start taking calculus in college, will it jump right into integration or continue differentiation and then get into integration? If the first is the case, should I study integral calculus and try to be ready for integrating?
I would expect that "precalculus" might involve some elementary differentiation formulas near the end of the course. Calculus itself would introduce differentiation early, involve more theory, more complex differentiation problems, and more applications of differentiation. What the calculus course you take in college covers will depend on which calculus course it is. A calculus I course has to assume that at least some of its students will never have seen calculus before and perhaps not limits. If you take AP calculus in High School, then it is possible that you can skip Calculus I (that's the whole point of "Advanced" Placement, isn't it?) and go directly into Calculus II which will assume knowledge of differentiation and basic integration and be mostly methods of integrating more complicated functions.
Z_factor, I find it very difficult to believe that a Calculus book would about talk about "how teachers in high school dont know how to teach calculus". Whether it is true or not, such a statement would have no place in a text book, and the author would be alienating a large portion of his market! I doubt any publisher would allow that.
generally the calculus in one variable is taught over one year. Calculus 1 the first semester, you typically learn what is covered in AB calculus except at a higher level. Calculus 2 the second semester the 2nd sem except at a higher level.
The AP exams are pretty weak, and generally you are missing out on a lot if you skip out on your college calc 2 class.
I'm taking calculus at my highschool right now and I'm finding it pretty easy, we've been doing limits and differentiating this first semester and have been doing optimization problems for the past couple weeks. I've heard from my calculus teacher, and other teachers in the school, that taking calculus in high school is a great benefit, but when you go to university you should retake the calculus I course because the learning environment drastically changes. This would allow you to basically review the course in a university setting, making it easier for you to adapt to the new way of learning.
be sure to learn algebra and geometry. calculus in high school is a BS idea intended to prove high schools are high quality, but not to help students.
It very much depends on the quality of the teacher. Starting when I was fourteen I was taught by a Harvard grad who was really gung-ho and almost ruthlessly demanding about calculus, lin al, and (elementary) analysis. Absolutely loved it and feel I learned and retained tons.
I am of course speaking in general terms, about the 95% of all post AP students I get in college, who think calculus is a list of rules to memorize, and who have never mastered algebra, much less geometry. You would be amazed how many students get into calc and do not know how to use similar triangles or pythagoras theorem to set up the problems before calculus can be used on them. I almost never get a student who knows how to factor even x^3-a^3, or the binomial theorem, and without that how can one even do the derivative of X^3?
Of course one can memorize that it is 3X^2 but that is not sufficient for college. students here think i am joking, but a good mastery of algebra is very rare, and essential for success in college calculus. and proofs in geometry are less and less common, in the US of course. I know many of you come from other countries which respect high school math more than we do here.
and there is a big difference between knowing how to relate to students and knowing how calculus works. both are nice of course but i myself prefer a teacher who knows the subject.
but perhaps my advice goes misunderstood. although i do believe calculus is really much too advanced for most high schoolers, it is possible to learn calculus well, and to learn algebra and geometry badly.
my real concern is not with the substance but the spirit of AP courses. They are not abiout why, but merely what. So go ahead and take any course you find interesting, and that ahs a good teacher, but keep asking why, keep trying to understand. do not be satisfied with formulas you do not know the origin and justification of.
and if you really want to know if you understand geometry, read euclid and archimedes. and of course you will find a lot of wonderful number theory also in euclid that is now taught in college at the upper levels, like gcd's and the infinitude of primes, and irrationality of sqrt(2).
these topics would be much better in high school than calculus.
high school math should consist of algebra geometry, and linear algebra and matrices. maybe some limits in the context of areas of circles and volumes of spheres as done by euclid and archimedes. this is already more sophisticated than most high school AP courses.
teaching derivatives without understanding limits is not really depth. it is a fraud practiced on high school students to make people, including themselves, believe they are studying advanced material.
notice that many high schools have actually removed geometry with proofs from the curriculum as too difficult, but they offer calculus. how absurd is that?
one problem with my advice is that if you do not take ap courses some admissions officials may think you are not advanced and not challenging yourself, and may not admit you to the best schools. they do not know what they are talking about of course but you cannot afford to be misunderstood by them. after entering college knowing the subject matters more, but when vying for entrance appearing to do so is key. this is frustrating to me but true.
so take whatever the prevailing "wisdom" says to take at the highest level, but try to insure that you actually learn something by questioning the teacher at every stage as to why the material is presented as it is. if they cannot answer then you may suspect you have an unqualified teacher.
still you must be diplomatic and learn from them whatever they have to offer, without insulting them.
here is a simple little test of whether you are learning differentiation: do you realize that if you define a moving volume function for a solid, as the portion of volume lying below a moving plane, moving perpendicularly to some line, that the derivative of this moving volume function is the area of the leading face of the moving volume? i.e. the area of the plane region cut from the solid by the moving plane?
if you do not know this you do not know even as much as archimedes about area and volume.
if you do not know this you do not know even as much as archimedes about area and volume.
In all fairness, Archimedes was one of the greatest mathematicians in the history of the world along with Newton and Gauss, so what's apparent to him cannot be expected to be apparent to any arbitrary high school or university student ;-).
Overall an excellent series of posts elaborating on what you meant. Provided that a student has a good grasp of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry (I admit I'm a bit weak in geometry myself, but I certainly know how to do the examples from your students!), I think learning some calculus could only help them because it's far more interesting than memorizing double-angle formulae or the equations for conic sections or something (not that you won't need those) and because the earlier they learn it, within reason, the better it will stick (e.g., it won't be one of those things where a couple years later they're trying to figure out which is which with regard to integrals and derivatives).
As to your point about "memorizing" calculus, I totally agree. For example, I can't remember the last time I used the ring or washer method for finding the volume of a 3D object, but I could figure it out in less than a minute because I know calculus reasonably well and I know exactly what the idea is.
Also I recommend T.W. Körner's Analysis text, which ought to resonate well with students at the university level; it certainly did with me. It's actually an enjoyable book to sit down and read, with occasional pauses to figure out some mathematics.
i think your remark about archimedes is off the mark. It is correct that no student could be expected to discover what archimedes did on his own, but he definitely should be aware of it 2,000 years after it has been explained and has grown and evolved into the foundations of the subject.
my comment in fact amounts merely to the reason behind what is now called "volumes by slicing" or volumes by the "disc or washer method".
my point is that even the most basic insights which entered the subject at its inception are being omitted in todays shallow treatments of the subject.
the problem is that students merely memorize that they should integrate pi y^2 instead of understanding why this is true. since you are able to reconstruct this method, apparently you do understand it.
Why don't we teach maths in primary school? Most 9 year olds are capable of enough abstract reasoning to be able to learn algebra from high school books. At an earlier age it is more difficult, but I do think it is possible to teach algebra to 5 year olds using computer games.
If you learn things at a very young age then certain specialized brain areas, like e.g. the part that is used to recognize faces, are still available to be programmed. On NGC channel it was shown that Polgar who learned to play chess at age 3 by her father, uses the brain part that is used to recognize faces when she looks at the pattern of pieces on the chess board.
So, if we teach maths to children when they have just left kindergarten, they'll become much better at maths. Children at age 9 or 10 could start to learn calculus. By age 15 they would have mastered what most Ph.Ds know today (but then in most subjects, not just maths, of course).
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“Don’t just stand there, buy something.” That’s what the sign at Honest Ed’s always advised, but now that the local landmark itself is up for sale, the words take on new meaning.
After a 65-year run at the corner of Bloor and Bathurst, Honest Ed Mirvish’s illuminated discount palace faces an uncertain future.
But with its glory days well over, a dollar store on every corner and the onslaught of big-box retail, Honest Ed’s has been living on borrowed time for years. The most valuable part of the operation is the land on which it sits, which, even by Toronto standards, would be right up there. In the battle for location, location, location, this property has all three. Subway across the street, a streetcar stop on the same corner and the centre of the universe just down the road, the site has mixed-use condo development written all over it.
“I expect we’ll be running the store for several more years,” said Ed’s son, developer and theatrical impresario David Mirvish, who controls the family empire. “I have so many memories — good memories — of the place. I grew up there. But now I’m taking all my family’s heritage and our legacy and moving it downtown. My downtown project is a 10-year project.”
David Mirvish has commissioned Toronto-born superstar architect Frank Gehry to design a three-towered complex on the north side of King east of John St. Though initial designs have been completed, the project has yet to receive city approval.
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But that doesn’t mean Honest Ed’s will go gently into that good blight. Architecturally, the store’s most obvious feature is the sheer candle power of its exterior lighting, something that should never be underestimated. Indeed, this is the last local example of those fabulous flickering façades that once illuminated downtowns around the world and still do in Asia.
When Honest Ed’s opened in 1948, the suburbs were barely a twinkle in the development industry’s eye. Downtown was where Torontonians went to shop. Eaton’s and Simpsons were at Queen and Yonge, Woolworth’s was at Carlton, Ed had Bloor and Bathurst. Though the subway didn’t exist back then, the store was at the crossroad of two streetcar routes.
It was nothing if not urban. Today, of course, retailers have to relearn the way downtown. Having spent decades in a wasteland of subdivisions, malls and parking lots, their premises have been reduced to little more than unadorned warehouses manned by invisible staff.
By contrast, Honest Ed had character, lots and lots of character. He used flashing lights to grab customers on the street and kept them laughing inside with an endless succession of specials and jokes on hand-lettered posters.
“Honest Ed’s a nut!” one said. “But look at the cashew save!”
“Honest Ed’s childish,” reads another, “his prices never grow up.”
The grim spaces of the 21st-century department store — the Home Depots, the Costcos and Walmarts — are Malthusian descendants of Honest Ed’s cheerful cheesiness. By the time they appeared, it was clear that Mirvish’s sense of humanity — not to mention humour — were about to be replaced by the just-in-time mentality of contemporary retailing.
Honest Ed’s intention was to stand out, to make people pay attention. A natural-born showman and instinctive city-builder, he accomplished this effortlessly. His store doesn’t just bear his name; it is an extension of who he was. In a corporate world run according to memos from head-office, the personality Mirvish brought to his store gave it life even when the goods on sale were ordinary.
In our race to the bottom, Honest Ed’s has always stood out as a place people love because he made shopping fun. It’s been a long time since any other retailer has made that claim.
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I'm sorry if this has been answered already, it seems like a very
basic question.
There is .toString() method convention for printing, but I can
not find anything alike for reading. Is there something like
operator>>() in C++? What's an ideomatic way of reading an object?
I'm sorry if this has been answered already, it seems like a
very basic question.
There is .toString() method convention for printing, but I can
not find anything alike for reading. Is there something like
operator>>() in C++? What's an ideomatic way of reading an
object?
Can you make an example of "reading from object"? Or better some
snippet of a c++ code that does what you mean
I'm sorry if this has been answered already, it seems like a very
basic question.
There is .toString() method convention for printing, but I can
not find anything alike for reading. Is there something like
operator>>() in C++? What's an ideomatic way of reading an object?
The function to use for conversions in general is std.conv.to. And really,
there isn't much of a reason to ever call toString. Functions like writeln,
format, and to may use it internally, but it's more or less an anti-pattern
to do so in your own code - especially if we're talking about generic code.
If you're looking to convert something to string, to!string works with
pretty much everything and toString works with considerably less. And if
there's a generic way to convert from string to something else, it's also
with to - e.g. to!int("42"). However, for that conversion to work, it either
has to be a built-in type so that to understands it, or the type will need a
constructor that takes a string. In general, in order to generically convert
to a user-defined type, either that target type must have a constructor that
accepts that source type, or the source type must define opCast or an alias
to convert to the target type. std.conv.to is very powerful, but it does
need to have something to work with. If anything approaching a standard
conversion exists, it can be done with std.conv.to; otherwise, it's going to
depend on the type.
I think that in general, you're going to find that converting to a string
works with most everything, but aside from built-in types, converting from a
string with std.conv.to is unlikely to work. _Some_ types do have
constructors that take strings, but most don't. Built-in types will work,
because std.conv.to understands how to do that conversion. For user-defined
types, either you're likely going to have to parse the string yourself, or
they may contain another function for doing the conversion (for instance
std.datetime.systime.SysTime uses toISOExtString and fromISOExtString to
convert to and from the ISO extended format for a date and time and has
other functions for other time formats).
You can also check out std.conv.parse, which acts similarly to std.conv.to,
but whereas to converts the entire string, parse converts the first portion
of a string and therefore is meant to allow for parsing multiple values from
a string.
- Jonathan M Davis
The function to use for conversions in general is std.conv.to.
And really, there isn't much of a reason to ever call toString.
Functions like writeln, format, and to may use it internally,
but it's more or less an anti-pattern to do so in your own code
- especially if we're talking about generic code. If you're
looking to convert something to string, to!string works with
pretty much everything and toString works with considerably
less. And if there's a generic way to convert from string to
something else, it's also with to - e.g. to!int("42"). However,
for that conversion to work, it either has to be a built-in
type so that to understands it, or the type will need a
constructor that takes a string. In general, in order to
generically convert to a user-defined type, either that target
type must have a constructor that accepts that source type, or
the source type must define opCast or an alias to convert to
the target type. std.conv.to is very powerful, but it does need
to have something to work with. If anything approaching a
standard conversion exists, it can be done with std.conv.to;
otherwise, it's going to depend on the type.
I think that in general, you're going to find that converting
to a string works with most everything, but aside from built-in
types, converting from a string with std.conv.to is unlikely to
work. _Some_ types do have constructors that take strings, but
most don't. Built-in types will work, because std.conv.to
understands how to do that conversion. For user-defined types,
either you're likely going to have to parse the string
yourself, or they may contain another function for doing the
conversion (for instance std.datetime.systime.SysTime uses
toISOExtString and fromISOExtString to convert to and from the
ISO extended format for a date and time and has other functions
for other time formats).
This is not what I asked about.
You can also check out std.conv.parse, which acts similarly to
std.conv.to, but whereas to converts the entire string, parse
converts the first portion of a string and therefore is meant
to allow for parsing multiple values from a string.
I'm sorry if this has been answered already, it seems like a very
basic question.
There is .toString() method convention for printing, but I can
not find anything alike for reading. Is there something like
operator>>() in C++? What's an ideomatic way of reading an object?
The function to use for conversions in general is std.conv.to. And really,
there isn't much of a reason to ever call toString. Functions like writeln,
format, and to may use it internally, but it's more or less an anti-pattern
to do so in your own code - especially if we're talking about generic code.
If you're looking to convert something to string, to!string works with
pretty much everything and toString works with considerably less. And if
there's a generic way to convert from string to something else, it's also
with to - e.g. to!int("42"). However, for that conversion to work, it either
has to be a built-in type so that to understands it, or the type will need a
constructor that takes a string. In general, in order to generically convert
to a user-defined type, either that target type must have a constructor that
accepts that source type, or the source type must define opCast or an alias
to convert to the target type. std.conv.to is very powerful, but it does
need to have something to work with. If anything approaching a standard
conversion exists, it can be done with std.conv.to; otherwise, it's going to
depend on the type.
I think that in general, you're going to find that converting to a string
works with most everything, but aside from built-in types, converting from a
string with std.conv.to is unlikely to work. _Some_ types do have
constructors that take strings, but most don't. Built-in types will work,
because std.conv.to understands how to do that conversion. For user-defined
types, either you're likely going to have to parse the string yourself, or
they may contain another function for doing the conversion (for instance
std.datetime.systime.SysTime uses toISOExtString and fromISOExtString to
convert to and from the ISO extended format for a date and time and has
other functions for other time formats).
You can also check out std.conv.parse, which acts similarly to std.conv.to,
but whereas to converts the entire string, parse converts the first portion
of a string and therefore is meant to allow for parsing multiple values from
a string.
- Jonathan M Davis | {
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'''Ikegami Tsushinki''' (池上通信機), founded on September 10, 1946, is a manufacturer of broadcasting and communications equipment. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, the company developed arcade games.
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'''Ikegami Tsushinki''' (池上通信機), founded on September 10, 1946, is a manufacturer of broadcasting equipment. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, the company developed arcade games.
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Among those games was ''Radar Scope'', which Ikegami designed and developed for Nintendo. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/archive26#Ikegami_developed_Donkey_Kong.3F] The game was popular shortly in Japan, prompting Nintendo of America President Minoru Arakawa to place a large order for it. But by the time units reached the States, any buzz surrounding the game had dissipated and arcade operators were left unimpressed. Facing financial disaster, Arakawa asked his father-in-law and Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi to provide him with a game that could be installed as a replacement. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_Scope]
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Among those games was ''Radar Scope'', which Ikegami designed and developed for Nintendo. <sup>[1]</sup> The game was popular shortly in Japan, prompting Nintendo of America President Minoru Arakawa to place a large order for it. But by the time units reached the States, any buzz surrounding the game had dissipated and arcade operators were left unimpressed. Facing financial disaster, Arakawa asked his father-in-law and Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi to provide him with a game that could be installed as a replacement. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_Scope]
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Yamauchi assigned a young Shigeru Miyamoto with designing a new game using the ''Radar Scope'' hardware. What Miyamoto came up with was ''Donkey Kong''. Nintendo decided to work with Ikegami, which had the technology to program it. Ikegami wrote all the code and sold Nintendo 8,000-20,000 PCBs (Nintendo copied 80,000 without permission). Since there was no contract between Ikegami and Nintendo, Nintendo did not have the source code. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/archive26#Ikegami_developed_Donkey_Kong.3F] But Nintendo wanted a sequel, so ''DK'' was disassembled and reverse engineered (through a subcontractor, Iwasaki Giken) and soon came ''Donkey Kong Junior'' (noted as being the first Nintendo game developed entirely in-house). [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:Ikegami_Tsushinki] In 1983, an angered Ikegami sued Nintendo for ¥580,000,000 for copyright infringement, claiming it owned the original ''DK'' code. In 1990, the two companies settled out of court. The details of that were not released to the public. In another trial that year, it was determined that Nintendo did not hold the copyright to the ''DK'' code. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/archive26#Ikegami_developed_Donkey_Kong.3F]
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Yamauchi assigned a young Shigeru Miyamoto with designing a new game using the ''Radar Scope'' hardware. What Miyamoto came up with was ''Donkey Kong''. Nintendo decided to work with Ikegami, which had the technology to program it. Ikegami wrote all the code and sold Nintendo 8,000-20,000 PCBs (Nintendo copied 80,000 without permission). Since there was no contract between Ikegami and Nintendo, Nintendo did not have the source code. But Nintendo wanted a sequel, so ''DK'' was disassembled and reverse engineered (through a subcontractor, Iwasaki Giken) and soon came ''Donkey Kong Junior'' (noted as being the first Nintendo game developed entirely in-house). In 1983, an angered Ikegami sued Nintendo for ¥580,000,000 for copyright infringement, claiming it owned the original ''DK'' code. In 1990, the two companies settled out of court. The details of that were not released to the public. In another trial that year, it was determined that Nintendo did not hold the copyright to the ''DK'' code. <sup>[1]</sup>
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If you look at the tilesets from some of the games listed below, you will find the Ikegami logo (see right). [http://forums.webmagic.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=2&Number=484402&page=7&vc=1] It shows up in ''Congo Bongo'', ''Donkey Kong'', and ''Zaxxon''. It also turns up in ''Donkey Kong Junior'' and ''Super Zaxxon'', but it is unknown if Ikegami was actually involved with the latter (the situation with ''DK Junior'' was explained earlier; ''Super Zaxxon'' was ''Zaxxon'' with some differences). It is also unknown if Ikegami was involved with ''Future Spy'', a conversion for ''Zaxxon''.
If you look at the tilesets from some of the games listed below, you will find the Ikegami logo (see right). [http://forums.webmagic.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=2&Number=484402&page=7&vc=1] It shows up in ''Congo Bongo'', ''Donkey Kong'', and ''Zaxxon''. It also turns up in ''Donkey Kong Junior'' and ''Super Zaxxon'', but it is unknown if Ikegami was actually involved with the latter (the situation with ''DK Junior'' was explained earlier; ''Super Zaxxon'' was ''Zaxxon'' with some differences). It is also unknown if Ikegami was involved with ''Future Spy'', a conversion for ''Zaxxon''.
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Ikegami Tsushinki (池上通信機), founded on September 10, 1946, is a manufacturer of broadcasting equipment. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, the company developed arcade games.
Among those games was Radar Scope, which Ikegami designed and developed for Nintendo. [1] The game was popular shortly in Japan, prompting Nintendo of America President Minoru Arakawa to place a large order for it. But by the time units reached the States, any buzz surrounding the game had dissipated and arcade operators were left unimpressed. Facing financial disaster, Arakawa asked his father-in-law and Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi to provide him with a game that could be installed as a replacement. [1]
Yamauchi assigned a young Shigeru Miyamoto with designing a new game using the Radar Scope hardware. What Miyamoto came up with was Donkey Kong. Nintendo decided to work with Ikegami, which had the technology to program it. Ikegami wrote all the code and sold Nintendo 8,000-20,000 PCBs (Nintendo copied 80,000 without permission). Since there was no contract between Ikegami and Nintendo, Nintendo did not have the source code. But Nintendo wanted a sequel, so DK was disassembled and reverse engineered (through a subcontractor, Iwasaki Giken) and soon came Donkey Kong Junior (noted as being the first Nintendo game developed entirely in-house). In 1983, an angered Ikegami sued Nintendo for ¥580,000,000 for copyright infringement, claiming it owned the original DK code. In 1990, the two companies settled out of court. The details of that were not released to the public. In another trial that year, it was determined that Nintendo did not hold the copyright to the DK code. [1]
If you look at the tilesets from some of the games listed below, you will find the Ikegami logo (see right). [2] It shows up in Congo Bongo, Donkey Kong, and Zaxxon. It also turns up in Donkey Kong Junior and Super Zaxxon, but it is unknown if Ikegami was actually involved with the latter (the situation with DK Junior was explained earlier; Super Zaxxon was Zaxxon with some differences). It is also unknown if Ikegami was involved with Future Spy, a conversion for Zaxxon. | {
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