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+role as the capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast is primarily an industrial
+town. Although it is the second largest town in Ireland, it has little of
+the charm or interesting history of Dublin.
+In 2012 Belfast will commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the
+sinking of the RMS Titanic, which was constructed in the Harland and Wolff
+shipyard in Belfast. An exhibition hall called TItanic Belfast will open
+in March 2012 that is located on the slipways where the Titanic was built.
+By all accounts the new center is spectacular, as are its exhibits. See
+the
+official website for more details. There is also a TITANICa exhibition
+on the TItanic and her sister ships being held in the Ulster Folk and Transport
+Museum about seven miles from the Belfast city center. See the
+museum's
+official website for details on the artifacts that are on display.
+In addition, you might be interested in seeing the Custom House, City
+Hall, Belfast Cathedral and Belfast Castle, which are among the most popular of
+the city's landmarks. These attractions is are not particularly
+noteworthy, nor do they have any great historic significance. For example,
+although there have been historic castles at the Dublin Castle site (in the 12th
+and 16th centuries), the modern Belfast Castle was constructed in the 19th
+century. The building and grounds were later deeded to the city of Belfast
+and a renovation was initiated. The castle reopened in 1988 after a
+ten-year refurbishment and the gardens are worth a look if you have some time.
+See this
+site for more information and to determine your interest in visiting.
+If you like music, you might want to consider attending the Annual
+Belfast Festival At Queens University, usually held in autumn of the year.
+The Northern Ireland Environment Agency protects many of the
+important heritage site is Northern Ireland and provides interesting commentary about them as well as details on visiting. For information
+on other sites in Northern Ireland, visit
+NIEA here.
+Visit the town of Bushmills if you are interested in touring the Bushmills Irish
+Whiskey distillery. The Bushmills tour is the best distillery tour in
+Ireland, so be sure to see it if you are interested in Irish Whiskey. Production
+takes place from Monday through Friday lunch and it is best to plan a visit
+while the activity is in operation. In addition, the plant is closed for
+Easter and during July for holidays. Children under 8 cannot join the
+tour, although they are welcome at the site. Details can be found at the
+Bushmills'
+website.
+For more information on touring Northern Ireland, see the website
+Discover
+Northern Ireland produced by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.
+Click the symbol above to navigate to our blog and then click
+"Northern Ireland travel" in the top right column titled "categories" for
+information on the latest Northern Ireland travel news.
+Top of Page
+Northern Ireland including Giant's Causeway Rail Tour from Dublin
+From Viator Tours
+Click the jump bar on the right-hand edge of this page for
+information on other scenic areas in Ireland.
+Or, click the jump bar at the bottom of the page to return to
+any of the areas in the north of the Emerald Isle that were of interest of you.
+If
+you need information about another travel destination, try our
+Destination Guide Index
+or Googling ThereArePlaces.
+* At the top of this page we show the map of the
+Republic of Ireland. The lack of a flag for Northern Ireland is not a mistake or
+a slight. Northern Ireland has not had its own flag since 1973.
+During official functions the Union flag of the United Kingdom is used.
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+Food & Drink | Food
+Red meat halves risk of depression - Telegraph
+Women who reduce lamb and beef in their diets are more likely to suffer
+depression, according to the new study.
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+Israeli startup uses AI to find best depression treatment - ISRAEL21c
+Predictix by Taliaz aims to help psychiatrists match each patient with the most effective prescription.
+Health & Fitness | Health News
+New Insights on Gut Permeability and Depression
+New research suggests those with a leaky gut, when toxins or bacteria seep through the intestinal wall, face a greater risk of depression.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+Feeling Disconnected from How One Used to Be is Linked to Depression
+By Christian Jarrett. To the researchers' surprise, greater derailment preceded reductions in depression.
+Health & Fitness | Health
+Pictures: Use Exercise to Help Depression
+When you’re depressed, it can be hard to do anything. But if you can get yourself to exercise regularly, you may find you feel a bit better. Get information you can use from this WebMD slide show.
+Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
+Depression Doesn’t Feel the Same for Everyone - Alpha-Stim
+Often when people think of depression, they imagine it as overwhelming sadness, but everyone who suffers from depression has a unique experience.
+Sports | Surfing/SUPing
+Surfer Sunny Garcia, Who Battles Depression, Is in Intensive Care Unit
+The Hawaii native’s struggles with mental illness have apparently led to a suicide attempt, according to multiple news outlets.
+Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
+How Complaining Physically Rewires Your Brain To Be Anxious And Depressed
+We all know a Debby-downer who is perpetually negative and tends to bring everyone down with them. For these people,
+Psychology | Personality
+What is it like to experience mental health problems? – Research Digest
+A roundup of the research we've covered over the years that's explored what it's like to live with mental health problems, from OCD to hearing voices
+Health & Fitness | Sleep
+The Struggle Is Real: Baby Sleep Problems Can Lead To Parental Depression
+Most parents of newborns know the struggle that comes with getting babies to sleep through the night. Now a recent study shows baby sleep problems may actually lead to depression for some.
+Psychology | Parenting and Kids
+Regulators Approve a New Drug That Could Be a Game-Changer For Postpartum Depression
+Federal regulators have just given the green light to a second new kind of antidepressant this month, after decades of little progress combating the disease.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+Education Level Predicts Depression Rates and Access to Care
+As rates of depression rise, access to care drops, at least for some
+Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
+Fast-Acting Depression Drug, Newly Approved, Could Help Millions
+A nasal spray version of the drug ketamine has shown promise as an antidepressant, even if its properties still aren’t well understood.
+Health & Fitness | Health
+Insomnia tied to depression, cardiovascular disease | Science | AAAS
+Two large genome studies lay less blame on stress or bad sleep habits
+Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
+How People Who Appear the Happiest Could be the Most Dangerously Depressed
+Why are people who are depressed look so happy? The term ‘smiling depression’ – appearing happy to others while internally suffering depressive symptoms – has become increasingly popular.
+Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
+F.D.A. Panel Recommends New Depression Treatment
+The active ingredients of ketamine, a popular club drug, show promise in battling deep despair.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+U.K. Offers Free Services to Ease Loneliness. The U.S. Should Follow Their Lead.
+“Loneliness should be managed as the public health crisis that it is.”.
+News | Animal Links
+People with depression, all treatment failed, until they adopted a pet
+By Christian Jarrett. The companionship and responsibilities involved in looking after a pet may help combat depression.
+Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
+The Complicated Relationship Between Social Media and Depression - Neuroscience News
+A new study reveals a correlation between the passive use of social media and depression symptoms such as loneliness and fatigue. | Health & Wellbeing
+People with mental illness share what they want scientists to study - STAT
+The new survey is part of a growing trend in the mental health field to listen to people and find out what they want scientists to study.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+This is how psychotherapy for depression changes the brain – Research Digest
+By Alex Fradera. Understanding the neural correlates of psychotherapy could help enhance its effectiveness.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+How to Find the Motivation to Work Out When You’re Depressed
+Working out can be especially difficult when you’re depressed, even though the brain benefits are powerful. An expert explains how to harness the latest research and get motivated..
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+The overlooked subset of people who thrive after major depression
+By Emma Young. More research is needed into people who experience "high functioning after depression".
+Psychology | Hypnosis Information
+We're Starting To Learn Some Incredible Things About Hypnosis
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+'Winter blues' study finds key to depression resilience
+A new study examines the brains of people with seasonal affective disorder to examine why some people do not develop depression despite being at risk.
+Science & Technology | Social Media
+YouTube Stars Accused of Profiting Off Fans' Depression - The Atlantic
+Viewers are outraged that some of the site’s biggest celebrities have partnered with a controversial online counseling service.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+When the Mind Goes Dark - Mindful
+When depression hits, can meditating help you work through it? Maybe, but not always. Psychologists weigh in on when mindfulness therapies can (and can’t) help to ease depression.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+We Tell Suicidal People to ‘Get Help.’ But What Happens When They Do? | The Mighty
+The Mighty answers the question, "What really happens to people who get help when they're suicidal?"
+Psychology | Personality
+Fight Back Against Imposter Syndrome | Psychology Today
+How to reclaim confidence.
+Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
+Using Mindfulness to Treat Depression - Mindful
+Daniel Goleman explains how Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy gives people the tools to recognize and talk back to negative thoughts.
+Psychology | Personality
+Brain scans could distinguish bipolar from depression: Looking inside the brain to distinguish bipolar from depression -
+New research has found that neurons deep inside the brain could hold the key to accurately diagnosing bipolar disorder and depression.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+Vagus Nerve Stimulation A 'Game Changer' For People Battling Depression - Study Finds
+Clinical depression directly impacts 14 million Americans, many of whom do not get the desired results from medications or other traditional treatments. New research shows that vagus nerve stimulation could be a life-changer for people battling the mental | Parenting and Kids
+New fathers are at risk for postpartum depression, too — Quartz
+"Depression in fathers looks different from depression in mothers."
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+Short Depression Test | HealthyPlace
+Short depression test helps determine if you have symptoms of depression and need treatment. Take online depression test. Instantly scored. Free..
+Health & Fitness | Sleep
+8 Hours Of Sleep An Easy Antidote For Depression, Anxiety
+Not getting the recommended eight hours of sleep a night may do more than make someone groggy and unfocused. It may even lead to depression and anxiety, according to a new study.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+Study Finds Common Medications May Increase Depression Risk
+Over a third of Americans take these common medications that researchers say could be related to an increase depression risk.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed
+There are no easy answers for helping someone struggling with depression, especially if you’ve already tried and tried. Here are some tips from experts.
+News | Interesting Links
+The Downside Of Social Media | Andrew Weil, M.D.
+The attraction of social media is no mystery. Human beings are hard-wired to communicate. Does social media get you down? You’re not the only one. Online interactions may lead to depression.
+Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
+New research suggests that LSD could be an effective treatment for depression and anxiety
+This finding further upholds the drug's potential use in treating a number of mental health conditions such as depression and addiction.
+Health & Fitness | Health
+One in three Americans take meds with depressive side effects: study
+One third of Americans are taking prescription and over-the-counter drugs, such as birth control pills, antacids and common heart medications, that may raise the risk of depression, researchers warned on Tuesday. Since the drugs are so common, people may
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+10 Things to Say and 10 Not to Say to Someone With Depression
+A list of helpful things to tell someone battling depression, followed by what not to say, courtesy of the Depression Alliance.
+Health & Fitness | Health
+What Can We Do To Stop Suicide?
+NOTE: If you are depressed or suicidal, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+Bedroom Light Exposure at Night and the Incidence of Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study
+Abstract. Previous studies have indicated that minimal exposure to light at night (LAN) increases depression risk, even at 5 lux, in nocturnal and diurnal mamm
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+A New Prime Suspect for Depression
+How ketamine tipped off the depression detectives
+Psychology | Psychology
+Online dating lowers self-esteem and increases depression, studies say - CNN
+Dating apps are a booming business, but they may be taking a toll on their users' mental health.
+Music | Arts & Culture
+A powerful ripple effect
+Last week, Rick Springfield received the 2018 Beatrice Stern Media Award from Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services for raising awareness about depression and mental health issues. The Erasing the Sti…
+Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
+This Eye Colour Is Associated With Depression - PsyBlog
+Seasonally Affected Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression.
+Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
+Acupuncture for Stress and Depression? Yes, Please!
+Studies prove the efficacy of acupuncture as a treatment for depression & anxiet
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+A Genetic Test May Help Predict the Right Antidepressant For You
+A new study shows that a genetic test can help guide doctors to the right antidepressants for treating their patients.
+Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
+5 Things My Therapist Didn't Tell Me About Depression (That I Wish I Had Known)
+Depression is complicated.
+Psychology | | Personality
+Study Finds 44 Genetic Variants Linked to Depression
+Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
+Psychology | Personality
+The Science of How Your Diet Affects Your Mental Health
+The emerging field of “nutritional psychiatry” is exploring how the food you eat can affect your risk of depression.
+Psychology | Parenting and Kids
+Screen All Teens For Depression, Pediatricians Urge
+The nation's leading group of pediatricians has updated its guidelines for tackling teen mental health issues. One recommendation: Annual depression screening for all adolescents 12 and older..
+Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
+Study: The Link Between Depression and Acne
+People with the skin condition are more likely to develop depression, according to a new study in the British Journal of Dermatology.
+Health & Fitness | Health
+Anti-depressants: Major study finds they work - BBC News
+Scientists hail "good news for patients" as analysis finds 21 drugs reduce symptoms of depression.
+Health & Fitness | Sleep
+Why a lack of sleep makes us depressed
+Lie awake and you could be playing havoc with your amygdala.
+Psychology | Psychology
+The Real Causes Of Depression Have Been Discovered, And They're Not What You Think | HuffPost
+To deal with depression, you need to deal with its underlying causes.
+Music | Music
+Rick Springfield: Under a magnifying glass
+There’s been a lot of Rick Springfield headlines this past week as we get closer to the Jan. 26 release date of “The Snake King.” Unfortunately the headlines are not about how thi….
+Health & Fitness | Health News
+Scientists just found another worrying link between sugar and depression
+The evidence keeps mounting against sweets.
+Advice & Self-Help | Advice
+Five Instant Mood Boosters to Try Today | Psychology Today
+Quick solutions to turn your mood around when you're feeling flat.
+Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
+The One-Time Injection That Treats Depression
+Depression symptoms were reduced in almost half the people given the injection.
+Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help!
+Five Techniques for Maintaining a Positive Mindset
+Disappointments are a part of life. Here are five tips for staying positive when things don't go our way.
+Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
+Curcumin - A Novel Treatment Alternative for Depression
+Recent research suggests curcumin, the active ingredient in the Indian spice turmeric, may be helpful against depression as well.
+Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
+Can An Upper Neck Injury Cause Depression? | Natural Depression Doctors | Blair Upper Cervical Chirorpactic - Blair Upper Cervical
+Natural Depression Treatment | Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic | Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic and Depression Recovery | Natural Depression Treatment | Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractors are specially trained to correct misalignments at the skull C- | Health & Fitness
+Can Neck Injuries Cause Depression ? | Natural Depression Treatment | Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic
+Doctors For The Treatment of Depression | Depression is a common chronic health problem that 15 million suffer with annually | Many who suffer with depression have neck injuries prior to its onset | Bair Upper Cervical Chiropractic adresses structural int
+Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
+New Collection of Apps Can Reduce Depression and Anxiety by 50%
+Researchers have developed a collection of 13 clinical apps for depression and anxiety that they can reduce symptoms by up to 50%.
+Health & Fitness | Health
+The colors you see behind your eyes could hold clues for scientists about treating depression
+As sophisticated as our brains are, they can be easily fooled. Take vision for example: Our eyes gather in information about the outside world and signal to the optic nerve, which turns this info into electrical signals in a part of the brain called the v
+Health & Fitness | Health News
+A Dose of a Hallucinogen From a ‘Magic Mushroom,’ and Then Lasting Peace - The New York Times
+Two studies used psilocybin to see if the drug could reduce depression and anxiety in cancer patients. The results were striking.
+Business & Finance | Marketing
+Breathing Based Yoga Helps to Relieve Major Depression
+When depression chooses a life to shadow, its hold can be fierce. Research finds that a form of yoga significantly reduces symptoms of severe depression.
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+Depression Rates Highest In These 17 Jobs
+There are four things about a job that are likely to make it have high depression rates. News
+The Family Relationship That Could Be Most Responsible For Your Emotional Life
+The ‘corticolimbic system’ plays an important role in mood disorders, such as depression.
+Health & Fitness | Health News
+People Are Happiest At This Unexpected Time of Life
+Anxiety and depression peaks at a very surprising point in life.
+Health & Fitness | Health News
+Depression Is NOT Just A Mental Disorder, Review of 29 Studies Concludes - PsyBlog News
+23andMe data points to genes affecting depression risk
+A comprehensive scan of human DNA has turned up 15 regions linked to depression — which may help uncover clues to the biology of the disease.
+Advice & Self-Help | Empowering Tools for Growth
+Being Happy Is Not Just "In Your Genes" - You Need More... -
+How the same genes can be linked to both happiness and depression.
+Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
+Study ranks suicide rates for dozens of professions. Is your job there?
+Researchers found the highest rates in manual laborers who work in isolation and face unsteady employment, but the rate varied enormously between professions..
+Health & Fitness | Health News
+Antidepressants: 10 Shocking Studies Everyone Should Know
+Do antidepressants work? What are the real side-effects? And more…
+Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
+10 Things Not to Say to Someone Suffering From Depression
+As anyone who's been through it knows, once depression sets in, we're powerless to do anything but let it pass!
+Three Things You Can Do to Get Out of Your Emotional Funk
+The hardest time in my life was 2008/2009 when I was going through my divorce and best friend’s suicide. I did three things that helped me:
+News | Interesting Links
+The First Happiness Genes Have Been Discovered
+Study may also offer key insights into depressio
+Health & Fitness | Health News
+The Family Relationship That Could Be Most Responsible For Your Emotional Life - PsyBlog
+The ‘corticolimbic system’ plays an important role in mood disorders, such as depression.
+Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
+You're Allowed!!!
+You're allowed! You are allowed to make mistakes, to have desires, to express those desires. You are allowed to do so much more than you give yourself… - Carly Pepin - Google+
+Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
+Inspiring Words From Stephen Hawking For Those Dealing With Depression
+Stephen Hawking is a world-renowned scientist who has shown us the complex yet entirely invaluable insights of space and time as well as the indescribable
+Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
+Breaking Out of Your Conditioning - No, You Did Not Just Wake Up On The Wrong Side of The Bed :-)
+Health & Fitness | Thyroid and Adrenal research
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+Blogger Jeremy Hermann had a pretty darn scary experience a while back when his Alaska Airlines flight suddenly lost cabin pressure and had to make an emergency landing. He managed to capture some photographs of the event and wrote about it on his weblog, a story that’s been picked up by a variety of other bloggers.
+But here’s where it gets interesting: In addition to supportive comments, Jeremy also received some critical and insulting comments on his weblog, comments whose logged IP address, according to Jeremy, makes them seem to come from within the block of addresses allocated to Alaska Airlines itself.
+Though IP addresses can be spoofed, hackers can break into networks, and logging systems can glitch, the doubts about the identity of the commenter, who identified himself as “Ralph”, were insufficient to stem the flood of anti-Alaska Airlines commentary in the blogosphere.
+Some bloggers are a bit circumspect (Robert Scoble, for example, says that he’s “still not sure an Alaska Airlines employee wrote those comments”), but most bloggers are just jumping in, feet first. For example, Jeremy Pepper writes “Alaska Airlines employees have gone nasty comment happy”.
+Mike Stopforth notes: “Alaska employee or employees taking the �initiative� to defend the good name of their employer. However, if this is the case, Alaska�s representative/s have underestimated Jeremy, who is resourceful enough to be able to find out where �anonymous� comments, like the ones from Ralph and Jet, originate from. This is potentially a PR nightmare for Alaska.”
+I’ll use Jeff Jarvis for the last example here: “Jeremy tracks nasty, anonymous comments on his blog to an Alaska Airways IP address. When will they ever learn, when will they everrrr learn?”
+So what’s the big deal?
+The big deal is that I remember a kinder, gentler era when people – and companies – were considered innocent until proven guilty. As this story demonstrates, we’ve long since left that sort of naivety (trust?) behind and now if someone alleges something, that’s enough for the rest of the online community to jump into action.
+Even if you don’t agree with the way that the bloggers themselves portray the situation, what can you make of the hundreds of comments from people who even believe that the inane and incoherent ramblings of an alleged Alaska Airlines employee are an official statement from the company?
+This is citizen journalism at its worst, actually, the kind of terrible “yellow journalism” memorialized in Citizen Kane that characterized the early 20th century and should have been long since laid to rest here in the beginnings of the 21st.
+Now we seem to have communication by innuendo, a sort of digital game of telephone where one person writes about an experience then it’s retold, reinterpreted, morphed and commented upon without regard to that pesky thing called truth.
+Whether or not an Alaska Airlines employee posted comments to the blog, I’m troubled by how quickly an allegation became characterized as a fact, and then became the basis for everyone offering up free public relations advice to the Airline.
+Is this really what media and communication is going to look like with us bloggers leading the charge? And do we really want to go there?
+Having been close to the Radicati incident (), I tend to believe that commenters *do* think they are anonymous and forget the IP address situation…
+Again we have the mob rules with the bloggers. I read the comments and thought, “so what.” Maybe Jeremy was wrong about the burning smell ’cause he was so scared. I don’t know what drove Jeremy to expose the IPs, allege a conspiracy, and not just delete or engage the comments, but, as you note, the larger issue is why the bloggers think that they make the rules or what difference it makes if Scoble thinks it was or wasn’t an Alaska Airlines employee. Blogging crediblity takes another hit, when the conversations degrade so quickly. What PR firm would tell Alaska Airlines to be sure to comment right away on Jeremy’s blog cause he’s going to get even more pissed off. We saw that with Jarvis and Dell. Bloggers are becoming bullies.
+This is a big problem and one that will erode the growing trust we’re feeling in the independent voices of “citizen journalists.” I address the issue in my book.
+I.e. the credibility of the blogosphere is lowered a couple of notches when bloggers either 1. aren’t who they say they are or 2. don’t check facts, don’t check sources and jump hastily to conclusions… and thereby spread erroneous information.
+I suspect that most of them are not doing this on purpose. There’s no mean spiritedness involved. This is NOT the “online lynch mob” that Forbes Magazine wrote about.
+It’s happening in part because citizen journalists are just that – amateur journalists. They’re in a rush to be the first to publish or comment on whatever the hot story is. So they omit the necessary step of checking sources, double-checking facts and all that old-fashioned (boring) stuff that MSM journalists are trained to do.
+I’m particularly sensitive to this because I WAS a MSM reporter for several decades before the Web and blogging came along.
+The Kryptonite incident is the most glaring example of this kind of rush to judgment – because, as it turns out, the real story was much more nuanced than we were all led to believe. (Both Dave and I have written about it.) When I interviewed Kryptonite PR manager Donna Tocci she told me one thing that stuck in my mind…
+Not one single blogger called her to check the story out with her before blogging their version of it. In contrast, MSM reporters and editors were on the phone with her from Day 1 of the incident to get her version of the story.
+Not sure what the answer is here, other than to call strongly for more restraint on the part of bloggers and encourage them to learn how to be “real” professional journalists if that’s the role they want to play.
+Debbie seems to be suggesting that bloggrs.
+I myself frequently fire off emails to corporate PR types to chase down “facts”, but it’s not a reliable process. If I get a response back within a few hours (as I did with one mega-company last week), I consider myself very lucky. Blogging is a very “right here and right now, or never” activity for us bloggrs who aren’t being paid handsomely for our efforts, so suggesting that we sync up with the pace and agenda of the corporate PR efforts is a truly absurd request.
+That said, I do have isues with how Mr. Hermann and others handled themselves in this situation, but I don’t think this is a case of someone attempting to write an MSM-quality report of his experience, but a question of how constrained do average bloggers need to be when “reporting” (in the casual sense) something that happened to them, what it was like, and how they felt about it, not as a big-deal journalism effort, but the online equivalent of coming into work and telling co-workers about some adventure you just survived. To put it simply: Spontaneity matters. If he and others felt constrained to make a full, fact-vetted, profesional-quality report on the situation, there’s a good chance that he and others wouldn’t even have *bothered* to blog about it, and that would be our loss.
+One suggestion for companies: Have a dedicated “blogger” email inbox so that bloggers *can* quickly get responses to questions of fact that arise and to get their prompt “their side of the story”.
+There is also the issue of the level of care and professionalism that one uses when commenting on someone else’s blog as opposed to posting a new topic. Sure, facts and truth are just as importanat in comments, but comments are also intended to be even more “off the cuff”, and a little unscripted “color” doesn’t do too much harm.
+Truth? I’m convinced that the average American would prefer a great “story” (tall tale) filled with innuendo and half/dubious-truths than a scholarly treatise that is true but boring. Somewhere in the middle is the “balance” that we should shoot for.
+Some blogs and bloggers *will* strive for fact, truth, hard-core due-diligence. Some will strive for tabloid-sensationalism.
+I’m not sure which concerns me most, well-meaning but lazy bloggers who play fast and loose with “facts” or corporate/professional types who focus on the quality of their spin than on the value that their customers receive.
+One final “truth”: I suspect that a significant fraction of the general public is *willing* to presume that companies are *guilty* until cleared, and even then presumed to be guilty anyway. That won’t change until we cease seeing an endless stream of high-profile headlines chronicling corporate shenanighans.
+Dave ponders “I’m troubled by how quickly an allegation became characterized as a fact, and then became the basis for everyone offering up free public relations advice to the Airline.” I agree that it’s troubling, but that is the way a lot of people operate in or out of the blogosphere. I think one answer is that a lot of us *do* like to check facts and organizations should endeavor to make it a *lot* easier to do so.
+Technical query: If you are sitting in one of the airline travel clubs (e.g., Alaska Airlines Board Room) with your notebook computer connected to their Wi-fi or local network, won’t your IP *look* like it belongs to the airline’s sub-network?
+— Jack Krupansky
+Okay, apparently I should have done a preview. In any case you’re not allowing me to post a live link. Here’s the URL:—rapid-de-pressurization-and-panic-at-30k-feet/979
+I agree – Most Americans don’t want the truth about any situation! I think they’re not happy unless whatever passes for news these days isn’t completely negative and/or sappy sentimental, and 100% dramatic! Are their lives that boring, that mundane? So few read blogs, compared to their FOX or evening news, and even fewer actually read books, that I wouldn’t worry about anyone’s undies getting in a wad over a weblog! Kinda makes the reading more interesting, doesn’ it? Reading their half-cocked, off the cuff comments gets to be kind of delicious in it’s own way. Makes ME feel vastly more intellectual and experienced — hehe, yeah, yeah, I’m a snob. So sue me.
+Good point Dave. I wanted to use the Alaska Airlines situation with comments as a jumping off point about blogs and PR. Unfortunately, it does appear that blogs have become bully pulpits (give me a break, computers break, we live in a disposable economy and this is not a shock).
+I updated my post to include the word “possibly” because you are right. We do not know if they are employees. Nor do I think that the PR firm or PR people internally would do such an inane thing to attack someone on their own blog.
+As for Debbie’s comment – I am one of the few PR bloggers that does call companies before I post. I interviewed FedEx, I spoke with Kryptonite, I called Six Apart for a future post, I called America West Airlines for a post on Adam Curry, I even tried to call Alaska Airlines but they were gone for the day. Why did I post – because while so-called thought leaders were posting about citizen journalism, I saw that no one was talking about the PR implications (whether or not the IP addresses were real, it was still an online crisis for the company).
+But, well, this is going to become an issue for PR, communications and HR more and more down the road.
+Getting rid of visceral fat is very necessary and visceral fat is something that is very common especially to individuals that have deposits of fat within them. They are very common in women. Visceral fat is mostly caused by excessive weight gain on the abdomen and the lower region of the human body. An individual carrying excess visceral fat does so at his/her own risk.
+Visceral fat is regarded as one of the most dangerous types of fat that an individual may have, but it is also regarded by scientists and health professionals as one of the easiest types of fat to lose. That is why it is very important to try and lose up to this fat for your overall health and well-being and in this article. We will be taking a good look at the top 14 ways an individual can achieve successful visceral fat reduction. These are trusted approaches that are proven, and we are going to explore them.
+- Be hydrated always.
+Water helps the bowel to be free and move faster and more efficient and also reduces the presence of cellulite in the body. In order to lose visceral fat, regular intake of water comes in to play very well. Most Scientists and health professionals have proven that people with visceral fat who drink a lot of water before and after eating tend to lose more weight when compared to the people who do not drink water before eating.
+Water is a very essential part of life, and it is very essential to losing visceral fat. Health Professionals have shown that drinking a lot of water is very important to properly get rid of visceral fat.
+- Limit Sugary Food intake.
+As an individual who aims at losing a lot of visceral fat within the quickest amount of time possible, one of the things you have to do is to try your very best to consume low calorie and low sugar foods and drinks to keep your body healthy and in total body shape. Sugar contains 50% fructose, and this fructose content is in turn, metabolized by the liver.
+Excess sugary foods are one of the major causes of visceral fat in humans and eating less sugar prevents this from happening. You can reduce your sugar intake by eating more whole foods which are fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, and fish.
+- Get a lot of sleep.
+As an individual, getting a lot of sleep is very vital and very crucial, and it is said to do wonders for your health. However, most individuals have been observed to not be getting adequate sleep which is one of their major health problems. Health professionals have observed that a lack of sleep is very prone to increase the amount of visceral fat in your body. Whenever you decide to increase the amount of sleep you get, the greater your chances of reduction of visceral fat. Sleep is very important and in cases where you struggle to get enough sleep, you have to try and relax on the bed for a few moments or try taking good supplements that will aid you in sleeping. Sleep is very important.
+- Reduce your stress level
+Stress is a very common problem, and it has been observed to affect a lot of people especially the young ones. Excessive excretion of cortisol which is a stress hormone can greatly increase the level of visceral fat in the human body. Stress also leads to a lot of overeating which also make the visceral fat level get worse. As a result of this, health professionals advise individuals especially women to cut down on their stress level in order to reduce the level of cortisol production in their bodies. There are several strategies to achieve this proper reduction of stress level to the barest minimum which include meditating, spending more time with family and exercising. This is very important.
+- Regulate your salt intake.
+Whenever you decide to cut back on your salt intake, you will begin to observe an effective change and a reduction of your visceral fat and your body in general. You can do this by cutting down processed foods. Foods like sauces and other canned products loaded regularly with a lot of sodium. To lose visceral fat properly, you should avoid excess salt as much as possible. Reason being that the presence of excess salt in your body retain excess water which can cause a lot of bloats affecting your entire body and increase the entire region where this visceral fat is likely to occur. In cases like this, the more you eat, the more the water gets stored in your system instead of getting filtered by the kidney.
+- Improve your fruits intake.
+Most people fear that most fruits have a very high amount of sugar content, but scientists have advised that individuals should not fear, these fruits are very essential. Fruits are very important, and they are very sure to keep you hydrated and very filled up. Fruits are also very important whenever you talk about the loss of visceral fat. They are a very essential part of a healthy weight loss diet because it contains a lot of fiber, water, vitamins and a lot of minerals. The water content also helps to keep the body hydrated and helps to free up the bowels. However, scientists advised that fruits should just be one component of a very healthy diet.
+- Take Probiotics regularly.
+These probiotics are regarded as living bacterial which can benefit your overall digestive health. These bacteria are mostly found in certain supplements, and deep studies have revealed that these probiotics can help you greatly to lose visceral fat and lose weight generally. They do this by reducing the absorption of dietary fat in the gut of the individual, thereby increasing how much you may pass out in your feces. These probiotic bacteria include Lactobacillus gasseri Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus amylovorus, etc. They have been shown to reduce a lot of visceral fat. In addition to this, probiotics have also been said to increase the fullness hormone in the body. These fullness hormones are known as GLP-1 and ANGPTL4 which helps to fight fat storage.
+- Cut down your food intake.
+It is very important to adequately cut down the amount of food you eat and to always eat an appropriate portion. Cutting down portion sizes is a very great strategy, and it is crucial for adequately controlling calorie intake. It is very important to note that you should not fill yourself up with junk which could have severe effects on your overall body system especially your visceral fat region. It is very important to note that all these tips won’t be very relevant if we do not put our diet habits into proper consideration. Every food you take at every time of the day should be properly cut down especially when you want to achieve low visceral fat.
+- Limit your alcohol intake.
+It is very important that you limit your intake of alcohol on a regular basis. Whether it’s a small amount or a big amount, it is still very detrimental to our overall health. Drinking too much alcohol has several effects on your visceral fat region because drinking too much alcohol encourages the buildup of visceral fat. Several studies have shown that people who drank a lot of alcohol have been seen to have bigger and larger visceral fat region and also people who drank a moderate level of alcohol in are also prone to having a lot of visceral fat buildup. It is highly recommended that individuals reduce or totally cut down the level of alcohol they consume. This is very important for your region where visceral fat occurs and your overall physical health.
+- Eat foods with a lot more electrolytes
+There are various types and sources of electrolytes which are dark leafy greens, yogurts and bananas and scientists have recommended that on a daily basis, individuals should take a total of 9 servings of fruits and vegetables. Research has proven that the more electrolyte that you have in your body, the less salt your body is likely to retain. Electrolytes are mostly found in sports drinks. They are also mostly found in a lot of healthy foods that we already consume on a daily basis, and they include magnesium, calcium, and potassium which are very important for the body. The presence of fluid in your body helps to keep the fluid balance of the body stable and helps your body to get rid of water retention.
+- A High-Intensity workout is key.
+The more you burn calories, the more you are likely to lose weight and drop visceral fat. It is very important to note that while undergoing this process, you need to stay adequately hydrated. You need to drink up to 20 ounces of water and make sure your foods contain a lot of electrolytes. High-Intensity exercises are important to get rid of all these visceral fat, and as an individual, it is very important that you get involved in a lot of high-intensity workouts in order to properly reduce the number of excess fluids and salt from your body, improve your heart rate and reduce fat around your visceral region.
+- Cardio exercise is important.
+Health Professionals have recommended that an individual should get at least 4 hours of cardio exercises weekly and while going through this, it is very important that you engage in all sorts of exercises, but you have to choose carefully and wisely. Get a gym membership and improve your overall body physique in order to lose visceral fat. Cardio exercises are very important when you are trying to lose visceral fat, and they come in very highly recommended by top health professionals and individuals that have been through the process and there are some great cardio exercises recommended by these individuals that can help you reduce your visceral fat, increase your heart rate and generally improve your overall health and well-being.
+- Take a lot of protein
+Proper intake of protein is very important especially when talking about visceral fat loss. Eating a lot of protein is important to help you reduce the rate of hunger in order to avoid overfeeding. It does this by increasing the level of fullness hormones in the body. These hormones include GLP-1 and PYY. Most researchers have shown that this protein intake can boost your metabolism rate and help you to reduce your hunger hormone level. A lot of studies have shown that individuals who eat a lot of protein always tend to have a lot of visceral fat loss. There are a lot of great protein sources which include eggs, meat, fish, etc.
+- Reduce the level of trans fat intake
+Health professionals all over the world have talked elaborately about the negative effects of trans fat. Trans fat has been seen as very bad for your overall health and well-being. Trans fat has been seen as an artificial type of fat which is produced as a result of spewing hydrogen into vegetable oils to create this. It has been seen that these trans-fat has a very long shelf life and do not easily get spoilt. That’s why they are added to foods, and they are very dangerous especially to your visceral fat region. The Food and Drug Administration has always urged manufacturers to remove trans-fat from their food products to improve the health of the consumers.
+Conclusion
+So, there you have it. Visceral fat can be very dangerous, and it is very important to get rid of them. You have to know that carrying too much visceral fat is very harmful to the body, and it can lead to a very high risk of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. These methods outlined above are a very sure means that can help you to lose visceral fat easily. All you need is patience and consistency, and you are sure to witness positive changes.
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+Helix is one of the mattresses that you must consider having if you like something that can be customized to feel like it is only you who has it. It is one of the best choices for pairs who want diverse cushion choices. You have an opportunity to choose the degree of firmness that is comfortable for you.
+For instance, you can have soft, tool, and also company alternatives. At the same time, there is a special offer that includes a chance to split the firmness so that you and also your companion can obtain the toughness that they need at the same time. Helix likewise comes in various dimensions to make sure that you can obtain what is relevant for your bed area.
+The plus-size is an arrangement for those who are usually high. This is good news for those that feel like the king-size is normally a limitation to their elevation. With the 100 days for your complimentary trial, Helix seems to be a great choice for your test.
+Functions
+- 4-layer building and construction for conventional and 6-layer construction for Luxe
+- Can be individualized to a sleep design
+- Made of memory foam
+Pros
+- 10 and also 15 years service warranty for basic as well as Luxe respectively
+- 100- Evening free trial
+- Free delivery
+Cons
+- It might not be comfy on the opening nights of trial
+Are you searching for a mattress that you can make use of on both sides on the box? Layla Sleep gives you a much better option because it is developed to give a two-sided experience to the customer. The suppleness on each side is various, therefore every side gives you a various experience.
+If you are not exactly sure of the firmness that you would desire for a very long time, Layla will be useful because you will certainly simply be turning the bed mattress to change the support degree. It is developed with an in develop copper, which assists in stopping the overheating that normally prevails with the memory foam bed mattress. You can control your temperature level at night, particularly if you share the bed with a spouse.
+If your convenience is your top priority, you need to not overlook this mattress. Take it at home. You additionally obtained the chance to take pleasure in the 120 totally free night tests prior to you complete your ownership process. If you are not completely satisfied, you should do not hesitate to return it at no cost. How Often To Vaccuum Your Mattress
+Features
+- It is two-sided
+- In build copper to avoid getting too hot
+- Exists in all bed dimensions
+Pros
+- Gives you different assistance levels
+- Good temperature control
+- 120 nights of a cost-free test
+Disadvantages
+- Only best for a single customer
+Right here is a possibility to manage your body stress even as you have the best support for your rest. Have you ever felt disrupted when your companion moves or turns when you rest? I presume it was not an enjoyable experience. This is why you require to try the Purple Original bed mattress. You won’t feel him or her move; hence your night is assured to be tranquil.
+The crossbreed model as developed with foam. Alternatively, you can get some that are developed with internal coils which are designed to improve pressure relief. As you sleep, therefore, you do not need to bother with the back pains of uncommon tiredness for having a long term rest.
+Features
+- Inner coil to minimize stress
+- Has a grid-shaped flexible product on the top layer
+Advantages
+- Gives assistance with reduced stress
+- Your partner’s activity will not be your organisation
+- 100 nights of a cost-free test
+Cons
+- Shipment rate is unsure
+- Fairly heavy.
+Are you parenting children who set damp their bed linens? You do not require to have war with the youngsters or make on your own wash the mattress cover each day. ECOSA is your hero since you will certainly simply require to clean away the liquid as well as move on with your life.
+ECOSA is one of the most effective mattresses for those that are searching for water-proof bed mattress. Picture you are staying in a cold area, you can picture how drying the bed mattress can be difficult. This mattress is adjustable to give you the suppleness that you require. You can readjust it to a firm, medium, and also medium-firm.
+Do not worry about the base of your bed. You can have this mattress. As long as it remains in the size of your bed base, it will certainly fit. It is compatible with all bed bases. It also has an in-built air flow, which implies that there will certainly not be any kind of weird smell. The cover is as well as bed bug proof.
+Attributes
+- It is waterproof
+- The bed mattress cover is bed bug proof
+- An inner air blood circulation system
+Pros
+- It is water-proof
+- Suitable with any base
+- Adjustable suppleness
+- Keep away odors and bed bugs
+Cons
+- It is reasonably pricey
+Just how to choose the most effective mattress
+a) The convenience of the mattress
+b) The room for modification
+c) Your budget plan
+d) The variety of free test evenings
+e) The action you need for back as well as neck discomforts
+f) The toughness as well as the dimension of the bed mattress
+Last idea to pick the best cushion
+The best thing when acquiring your mattress is that many cushion suppliers today operate an on the internet basis. You do not have to move from shop to go shopping looking for a bed mattress of your need. You only require to use any type of browser and look for what you think is finest for you.
+The above-reviewed cushions are the ones you are going to get in the marketplace. The attributes describes, in addition to the benefits and drawbacks, will certainly aid you in making the best decision. Make certain initially be familiar with what you need most then go all out. How Often To Vaccuum Your Mattress
+Usually, various people have different choices but then the most effective overall in the SAATVA. This is due to the fact that it gives your wellness as well as comforts the top priority. It is additionally constructed to last with complimentary night trials. This vendor has not up until now gotten negative evaluations. Maybe best for you.
+Are you preparing to get a cushion quickly? Your job has been facilitated. Do not go looking for other alternatives out there. This testimonial has currently concentrated on the best alternatives that you can choose from. Do not hesitate to speak to the vendors primarily via Amazon.com and Walmart.
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+List Of The Best Bar Stools In 2019
+1. Sunset West Montecito Barstool With Cushions Canvas Flax With Self Welt by Sunset West Outdoor Furniture
+Read more about Sunset West Montecito Barstool With Cushions Canvas Flax With Self Welt by Sunset West Outdoor Furniture
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+2. 30" Backless Mint Green Indoor-Outdoor Barstool by Flash Furniture
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+Even though this reclining loveseat comes with a heftier cost, its traditional design, options for customization and automated reclining system allow it to be worth the money. Its handcrafted wooden body is cushioned with down blend soft cushions for any softer feel than you would receive from high-density froth cushions, and the upholstery will come in an astonishing 72 color and fabric combinations. The supply of so many choices causes it to be additional simple to set this lying loveseat with various patterns, materials, accents and decorations styles. Plus, for those who have children or pets (or both!), you have the option to choose a more durable, spot-resistant fabric. 1 client shared that the Sunbrella fabric materials has held up nicely towards her children and pets. This lying loveseat may have a traditional, aged-college look, nevertheless its built-in technology is anything but. Not only does it have an automatic lying system (that will give you a full lie down, with your footrest completely similar towards the seat), but it has a USB interface for implementing or just getting your apple ipad, apple iphone, Amazon kindle or laptop computer.
+3. Huxley Outdoor Backless Barstool Gray by Sunset West Outdoor Furniture
+Read more about Huxley Outdoor Backless Barstool Gray by Sunset West Outdoor Furniture
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+4. Freeport Pub Stool - Designer's Edge by Butler Specialty Company
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+The word this is actually the comfort and ease and sophisticated appear. This set has a tufted backrest and nail mind highlight that provides the subtle appear. Its gray colour contributes to its remarkable appear. It may fit up to 8 in . mattress. That on your own lets you know how comfy the established could be. Notably, it does not incorporate a mattress. So you may need to purchase one. The trundle features a castor to allow easy access. You may also draw the trundle that people sit on. Just to mention, it may need putting together, but again its super easy to assemble.
+5. 8 Oasis Backless Barstools by TK Classics
+Read more about 8 Oasis Backless Barstools by TK Classics
+This sofa is appreciated for its distinctive style and luxury. Its impressive flare-arm sofa with seats provides you with optimum room for stretching and relaxing in your living space. So generally the contemporary sofa chaise adds to the great thing about this established. The set also includes cushion leading hands padded back again and seats for maximum comfort and ease. The sofa includes a large part-blocked wooden body that provides the couch enough toughness. The sofa measures 89 inches wide by 62 in . thorough by 4 inches tall which makes it ideal for medium dimension areas. You may need to do minor putting together for example of the thighs.
+6. Huxley Outdoor Backless Barstool Gray by Knack Direct
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+Weighing under $300 (plus shipping) and 56 inches wide, our wallet- and room-friendly choose is ideal for very first flats, playrooms, dog dens or any other little spaces. Simply because its padded with extra strong bonded leather, this reclining loveseat is more resistant against stains, releases and tears. Clients explain this lying loveseat as comfy, stylish and a very good value. One rater wrote that it was one of the most comfy pieces of furniture shes ever endured, while an additional stated he couldnt have requested much more for his money. Reasonable warning, although: some testers said the upholstery on their own loveseats took effortlessly. Fortunately, the manufacturer includes a guarantee for components. As this loveseat has this type of simple design, it makes a good base for additional customized decorations items. Add some decorative toss pillows or covers to up its comfortable element, and add a few jumps of colour and pattern.
+7. Ares Resin Barstool Dove Gray Set of 2 by Compamia
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+This couch is worked with the bell-shaped shape along with the higher armrest of the cushion. In addition, the head is based on blocked part sides. The legs, however, have became a member of the phony wood covering. The sofa gives a comfy and extravagant feeling. This is actually the immediate result of very flexible cushioning within the polyester furniture. You are able to sit down easily for the moment to relax. Each one of the tones offered for this couch demonstrates its significant element, Versatile style. The red-colored tone could be well suited for each topics with mild and dark tones. That remains continuous for different shades it provides as well. The couch is situated in space. Regardless of whether its Thanksgiving or perhaps a large family reunion, you can rely on it. Race-watching yet still time collapsing in your sofa together with your buddies is a legitimate choice.
+8. Outdoor Captain Dining Chair Counter Height Set of 2 Antique Mahogany by Furniture Barn USA
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+Just like its namesake, the camelback sofa includes a hump or maybe two that highlights the primary outline of this sofa design. This can be a conventional design which was prominent in the 18th century by Chippendale and families who desired aristocratic, official furniture frequently opted for this style. These days, this sofa style lends a far more formal atmosphere to the room, especially when padded in a official material. A far more casual textile choice will make it appropriate for a family space that does not require a lot of custom. Either way, the camelback sofa has some factors that define the style. The legs are typically exposed, the sofa doesn't have back cushions and it normally has square or rolled hands.
+9. 29" Wicker Bar Stool by SEHO
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+Typically now used in houses having a living room or open floor plan, they are usually big designs that seat plenty of guests. In smaller sized areas, they can be useful for seats in an area that has a strange part or other space limitation. The opportunity to mix part units, finish models and lying areas based on space and individual preference makes this sofa design extremely flexible. Sectional couches also come in a wide variety of styles, from ultra modern or super luxe, to more family-friendly modern styles.
+10. Sunset West Emerald II Counter Stool With Cushion Canvas Granite With Self Welt by Sunset West Outdoor Furniture
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+Leads = customers/Sales = profits. That's the simplest explanation of the importance of getting leads. Every business needs customers to survive, and the only way to get customers is by generating leads. Keeping the pipeline full of qualified leads is essential to the success of any business, especially in today's challenging business climate.
+However, lead generation has become inherently more challenging due to the ever-changing landscape of the internet and social media. As a result, the old days of buying leads and spamming them with cold calls are no longer that effective. In fact, it will likely do more harm than good.
+The new reality is that businesses need to be more strategic in their approach to lead generation. For a little help, here are some practical ways to improve your lead flow and ultimately increase your ROI.
+Turn Your Website Into An Unstoppable Leads Engine
+It's time to rethink your website if you want it to be a lead generation engine. What does it mean? Your website should be a dynamic command center of audience interaction and insight that informs your marketing strategy.
+It should be a tool that allows you to quickly and easily connect with leads, customers, and prospects. In addition, you should be actively reviewing your website data and using it to make decisions.
+It may mean updating content, conducting new tests, or changing your calls-to-action (CTAs). Many businesses create web pages and then forget about them. They publish content but never optimize them.
+These are a classic case of "set it and forget it" syndrome. If you want your website to generate more leads and maximize conversions, it must be designed from the perspective of the customers.
+Focus on your audience
+Keep in mind that website visitors are generally self-interested. They come to your website to eliminate pain, solve a problem, or achieve an objective. They're not there to know how many employees you have or whatever.
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+An excellent way to drive more leads through your site is to learn and understand the customer journey. You can do that by first defining your audience segments. Then, identify buyer personas for each segment. This step is crucial for customizing your marketing for each segment or persona.
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+- their demographics
+- interests
+- challenges
+- needs and wants
+- how they prefer to consume information
+- budget
+- priorities
+- type of work
+- problem and frustrations
+From there, walk through the buyer's journey for each persona. Think of the questions that are in the minds of your potential customers. For example:
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+- What emotions are they feeling?
+- Where do they usually go online when this issue arises?
+- What are their main objections to taking action on this issue?
+Knowing the answers to these questions allows you to adjust your content, CTAs, and overall website strategy to better match each persona's needs.
+But if you don't know the questions in their minds, do the voice of the customer research (VOC). As we've mentioned, your website is the best vehicle to inform your website visitors, but it works the other way, as well.
+Use your website to diving into the minds of your audience. For instance, onsite surveys and live chat features are excellent tools for conducting VoC research. You can also use website analytics to track how visitors interact with your site.
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+As you collect data and uncover questions your audience is asking as they visit your site, learn their deepest pain points. You can take this information, create your hook, and highlight it on your website.
+So, what is your hook?
+The strongest hooks are generally customer-focused, simple, substantive, and immediately understandable. In developing your hook, you need to be aware of the "Focusing Effect" and address it from the get-go.
+Your buyers tend to latch or focus on one aspect of your product or service rather than holistically understanding all of its many nuances, benefits, and features. So, if you want your hook to be effective, don't lay out all the details about your offerings.
+Sure, it's counterintuitive. However, you should describe your product or service less. Simply your message and concentrate on the essential outcome for your buyers.
+For example, if you want to increase website traffic, your hook could be: "Get 100,000 monthly visitors to your site in just six months," or "Grow 10x Faster & Smarter."
+The power of great design
+Other than the message you want your site to convey, the reality is that your website design is a foundational, critical element in the success of your business. Websites with passionate advocates, raving reviews, online shares, and high traffic tend to have a professional design.
+It's because customers gravitate towards well-designed websites. They perceive these sites as more credible, which often leads to more conversions and sales.
+So, what makes for good web design? Many factors contribute to an excellent user experience (UX). But a few essential web design elements include:
+- Clean design
+- Follows a defined brand color palette
+- Legible fonts
+- Uses deviation
+- Guides the user
+- Visually consistent
+- Easy to navigate and understand
+Calls-to-Action (CTAs)
+CTAs are strategic tools you can use to take your visitors from a passive state to an active state. They are what you want your visitors to do on your site, whether it's subscribing to a newsletter, taking a free trial, or making a purchase.
+Use CTAs throughout your site to drive visitors to actions that'll provide them with relevant value. Treat CTAs as part of your salesforce, and they will work hard to increase conversions on your website.
+You can include more than one CTA on a single page. But don't get CTA-happy and plaster them everywhere. Doing so will only serve to annoy your visitors, and they'll be less likely to take any action.
+Instead, use CTAs sparingly and strategically place them where they make the most sense. And make sure each CTA is relevant to the specific page, product, or service it's promoting.
+Conversion Funnels
+If you want to turn site visitors into leads, you need to convert them. One way to do this is by creating conversion events and funnels so that your site visitors have enough information to decide if your offerings are worth their time.
+There are three main Journeys you should build:
+- Customer Journey
+- Website Journey
+- Offer Journey
+Customer journey refers to the steps your buyer takes to purchase your product or service. Awareness, interest, evaluation, and purchase are the four essential stages of the customer journey.
+Website journey is the path or sequence of events that take place on your site, from first landing on your website until conversion event. Lastly, the offer journey is focused on the time you make your offer.
+Other than the conversion funnels, landing pages also play a significant role in website conversions. These pages are often the final step in your conversion funnel and should be designed with a sole purpose in mind: to get visitors to convert.
+To make your landing pages effective:
+- Keep the design minimalistic and clean
+- Use a compelling and concise headline.
+- Write persuasive subheadings.
+- Speak to the pain that site visitors are feeling.
+- Focus on benefits.
+- Include social proof.
+- Keep forms short.
+- Clarify what happens after submitting the form.
+- A/B test your landing page.
+Personalize the site experience
+This is another opportunity for you to improve your lead flow. Many tools are available that can help you personalize your web pages, ranging from simple plugins to more comprehensive marketing automation platforms.
+But the key isn't the tool you use but how you implement personalization. For example, you can use data from previous interactions to show visitors relevant content, whether it's a blog post they didn't finish reading or a product they viewed but didn't purchase.
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+It will make your website visitors feel like you understand them and their needs, which will improve the likelihood of conversion.
+Focus On SEO and Content Marketing
+Once you've transformed your site into a lead generation machine, the next step is to focus on driving high-quality traffic to your website. And the best ways to do this are SEO (search engine optimization) and content marketing.
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+SEO should be used for attracting the right traffic and content planning. Remember that organic Google rankings guide people to the content they seek. The good news is SEO helps you to expand your brand touchpoints, fill your funnel, and multiply your reach.
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+Propose Offers They Can't Refuse
+An offer is what your potential customers get when they respond to your mailing or ad. It's what you give them to persuade them to buy your product or service.
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+The discount, the free month memberships or bonuses is what's known as an "irresistible offer." And prospects will be much more likely to respond if they feel like they're getting a good deal.
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+- hard
+- negative, and
+- deferred
+Soft offer
+The soft offer appeals to people who don't have an immediate need to buy and are "just looking." The offer generates a high level of response because there's no risk of being pitched or no sales pressure. It promises more information without asking for a commitment.
+While there's no guarantee that a soft offer will lead to a sale, it's a good way to start building a relationship with potential customers.
+Hard offer
+The hard offer appeals to those who have a desire to purchase something soon, an immediate need, or a serious interest. Prospects responding to a hard offer usually feel an urgent need to gather more information for an upcoming purchase.
+With hard offers, the prospect is taking a definite step toward becoming a customer. There's a greater chance of making a sale, but there's also more risk of rejection.
+Negative offer
+The negative offer provides a response option for prospects that don't want to buy from you. Well, usually, a person not interested in your offerings won't respond to your email. However, by using a negative offer option, you'll get a response from these types of people.
+You will know what they don't like about your product or service, and you can address their concerns in future communications.
+Deferred offer
+The deferred offer prompts responses from people who don't have an urgent need but might have a future requirement for your offerings. Essentially, the offer tells the prospects that they can take their time in responding.
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+Investing in the Right Lead Generation Technology
+There's a huge advantage to making a technology investment. While you're spending money upfront, you save money in the long run because of the increased efficiency and productivity.
+However, with so many options available, it can be hard to decide which technology is best for your lead generation. The key is to narrow down your options by determining what's best for your business based on budget, needs, lead generation strategy, and lead generation channels.
+Some of the best technology to invest in include:
+- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
+- Marketing Automation
+- Social Media Marketing Tracking Tools
+- Website Tracking Tools
+It's tough to decide which solution is right for your company and your lead generation efforts. But by taking the time to figure out what you need and want, you can make an informed decision that will save you money in the long run.
+Increase Visibility With Pay-per-Click Ads
+Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is an effective form of lead generation that uses online ads on different websites, including search engines. For PPC ads, you pay only if an Internet user clicks on the ad.
+These ads are highly targeted using search criteria and demographic. In today's multichannel, noisy world, PPC ads give you the opportunity to be seen by potential customers when they are actively searching for products or services like yours.
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+Creating Lasting Relationships Through Social Media
+Businesses need to be on social media today. It's not a choice; it's a necessity if you want to stay competitive and relevant. Of course, social media is important for generating buzz and brand awareness.
+But it's also important for lead generation. And not just any leads, but high-quality leads that are more likely to convert into customers and clients.
+How can you generate high-quality leads on social media? By creating lasting relationships. It's not enough to just be active on social media; you need to be engaging. You need to build relationships with your target audience.
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+Boating 2014
+Well, I'm really behind on writing this year. When April rolled around, I told myself that I'd have plenty of time, the season hasn't even started yet. Then May came (and went) and I told myself that it was still early on, and I'd still have time to get to it eventually. Then June came and went, followed by July, and then August. Now here it is September, and now that the season is pretty much over, I'm finally sitting down to start writing about it. On the one hand, it won't be done, as it has in years past, in fragments as the season progresses. No, this time, it'll be a "once and done" thing. On the other hand, I may forget a few key things that happened early on in the season, as my memory is not as great as it once was. Fortunately, I do have a bunch of pictures which document the summer's activities fairly well, so I should be ok. The most notable thing I have to say about this season, is that it flew by at seemingly record speed. Things were just getting going and now it's time to close down again. I don't know if it's that age thing where the older you get, the faster time seems to fly by, or whether it's simply the fact that we had so many activities going on this year, that it just made the time whiz by. Maybe it's a little of both.
+Anyway, I'll start off, like I usually do, with a yearly weather synopsis. This season started off pretty much like it did last year. It was a winter full of cold, with many snow events. But they were not real heavy snowfalls, there were just a lot of them. Enough to make driving a hassle and to add another snow day to the make-up list at end of the school year. And like last year, this past winter just didn't want to quit. The lake froze over pretty solidly this year, and it had ice on it right up until the 2nd week of April. Maybe this is what a normal winter is supposed to be like, but I had gotten used to much milder winters in recent past seasons, and I miss those. I set up camp this spring, in the beginning of May, and the trees weren't even starting to get green. It looked like the beginning of April rather than the beginning of May.... On the bright side (for me anyway), the summer turned out to be not all that hot and humid. I didn't need to run the air conditioner nearly as much, and it was a lot nicer sitting outside and on the boat. But there were more than a few days where we were bundled up in sweatshirts and the girls froze on a few occasions while they still insisted on going tubing.
+Gas prices haven't changed much either. We're still in the mid $3.50/gal range. It occasionally fluctuates up and down 10 or 20 cents, but it always seems to find its way back to the $3.50-ish mark. I don't think we'll ever see prices back at even the $2 a gallon mark. And that really sucks, especially when you go through 15 -20 gallons of boat gas during each outing. For once I'm glad I don't have a big twin engined cabin cruiser.
+(May)
+As I mentioned before, I set up our mountain home as usual, in early May. But it looked (and felt) much more like the beginning of April, with many trees yet to open up and show their leaves.
+This year, the boat needed a little bit more prep work for the spring and summer season. I needed to pull the outdrive to check the alignment, replace the gaskets and sand and paint the spots where corrosion was starting to bubble up. It took a while to dial the alignment in because it was off just a tad horizontally, and there is no real way to correct it. So I got it as close as I could. It ended up better than it was.
+I got everything bolted back up and it was ready to roll. Once again we were splashing the boat right around Memorial day weekend..
+I decided to try backing the boat into the slip this season. It makes loading and unloading much easier. But backing in is a little trickier than driving in bow first.
+On our very first trip out, I let my daughter take the wheel. She looked like she was having fun. And when I realize that she'll be old enough to (legally) drive a car in less than 2 years, I'm reminded of just how fast the years are flying by........
+(June - July)
+The month of June had us settling into our usual routine of beating the stuffing out of my daughter and her (un)lucky friends on the tube. But by the end of the month, the old two seater tube had split open the seams which divided the inner tube into 5 separate air chambers. That gave it a bloated appearance and it didn't handle the same either. Far easier to wipe out on turns.
+So for the meantime we had to break out the larger 3 person tube. While it is bigger, heavier, and generally a pain in the rump to handle and store on the boat, it ends up being the better choice when we have more victims to torture. The facial expressions of the riders are priceless. And now we could have them in triplicate.
+We even managed to launch another budding astronaut nearly into orbit. And the funny thing is that the kids thought THEY were the ones having fun.....
+This year, like last, we got lucky with the weather gods and they allowed us once again to enjoy another fine 4th of July fireworks display. Like last year, we got an early start and beat the crowd down to the end of the lake to find a suitable spot for viewing the show. But it didn't take long for the crowd to arrive. And with all those anchor lights showing, it was a little light show in it's own right..
+I saw an unusual lighting arrangement on a boat during the show. Looked kind of neat but I don't know if it's legal.
+And as usual, the fireworks didn't disappoint. And I actually managed to get a decent shot of one, which is tough to do with no tripod and on a rocking boat.
+And as usual, the ride back was "interesting". A combination of pre-plane speed, while the raucous crowd of huge wake producting boats slowly dispersed, followed by short runs at minimum plane speed so that we could make it back to our dock before midnight, while not burning a half a tank of gas in the process. My wife is nervous about running at night, but I like it. It reminds me of my 1980's antics on Barnegat Bay and even earlier night rides on the lake when I was a teenager. On nights other than the 4th of July, the lake gets nearly glass smooth, and on a warm night with a slightly cool breeze blowing, it's a very relaxed, tranquil setting.
+(Aug)
+With three months already in the can, the season was going by way too quickly. It does seem that the older I get, the faster it goes by. But be that as it may, it was now August, and I was fully aware that we were entering the last decent month of summer. Not to knock September, as September is usually a really great month to enjoy at the lake. There are fewer people around, the humidity is lower, the days are still warm, and the nights are pleasantly cool. The need for air conditioning pretty much goes away, but it's still warm enough that you don't yet need heat. In essence it's the ideal month. But, unfortunately, it's also the month that school starts, so no more lake trips during the week. And with my daughter's softball activities taking up nearly every weekend, we can never really take advantage of such a beautiful month to get up to the lake. But I digress...... So here we are in August as our last great month to spend at the lake before the realities of the coming fall season decend upon us. If you'll remember, our two person tube had developed a problem with the seems separating the 5 inner chambers opening up creating one big (and lumpy) chamber. I could not come up with a practical way to fix it, and we could not locate a replacement inner tube (and we scoured the internet pretty thoroughly). So we bit the bullet and bought another new complete tube. I like the 2 person tube much better than the three person, as it takes up less space on the boat, and is easier to deal with when inflated. This one is basically the same model as before, but they changed the labeling and graphics so it looks a bit different. But at least all 5 chambers are intact and it rides nicely.
+And we wasted no time breaking in the new tube.....
+This year I managed to attend the annual Wally Lake Fest by myself. The threat of rain plus other family obligations had precluded the rest of the family coming up, but I was able to do a solo run. The nice thing about being alone was that I was able to finally do the power plant and dam tours which, while interesting for me, were deemed "boring" by the rest of the family, so we never went in previous years. This year, I finally got my wish and did the tour. After having been coming up to the lake for over 40 years, I finally got a chance to stand out in the middle of the dam and check it out.
+I also got to visit the seldom seen power plant at the other end of the 3 1/2 mile long pipeline that carries the water from the dam. It's a completely remotely controlled operation, but those nearly 90 year old generators are still doing their thing, supplying supplimental power to the electric grid.
+Here's another first for this season. Every year we run across those roving bands of ducks who travel between everyone's anchored boat looking for food handouts. They're a bit cute to feed and it can be fun to watch their antics as they hang out. But while they are clearly used to being around people, they are reluctant to get too close. Well, one late August day, a couple of our feathered friends all of sudden decided to actually climb on board the boat. One of them managed to come all the way into the cockpit. I don't know what motivated them to do that all of a sudden. Maybe they sensed that the season was just about over and they were taking every opportunity to get as much free food as they could before flying south for the winter.
+(Sep)
+Like I said before, while September is probably the nicest month of the season, for us it was virtually a non-event. I managed to make one trip up there during the week (alone of course) to clean up and bring home the boat for the winter and to start cleaning up the trailer to prepare for its winter nap as well. Like in previous years, the boat cleaned up fairly easily thanks to the help of "Iron Out" and my pressure washer. Last year, I thought that I'd need a new battery this season, but it was still holding out. I have to figure next year it'll need replacing. But I really have to be pleased with Interstate batteries. They really do seem to last. The first battery only lasted 3 full seasons before quitting the next spring. This battery has 4 full seasons under its belt and it's still going. Although I'll make the call next spring. Also, next spring, I'm going to change the water pump impeller. They recommend changing it every other season, and I'm up to my 8th season so far, so I'm a bit overdue. I haven't had any problems overheating yet, but I don't want to push my luck. I'm also going to replace all of my sacrificial zinc anodes. They're getting a bit crusty, so it's probably a good time. And of course, I'll have to again touch up all the corroded spots with new paint. Hopefully I'll have time to do all of that work next spring. One bit of good news, the price of gas has started dropping. For the first time in years, it's actually dropped below $3 a gallon. I don't know how long this slump in prices will last. But knowing my luck, it'll be back to $3.50 a gallon by next spring. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed. So hopefully we all survive the winter and next year brings about another fun season.
+See you next spring!
+Back
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+IBM unveiled modern expertise to in the reduction of energy outages by assisting energy corporations forecast the set trees and different vegetation can likewise threaten vigour traces. IBM worked with Oncor, the biggest utility company in Texas and the fifth largest within the u.s., to extend a solution tailored for the power and utility trade, to assist ameliorate operations and supply professional electric service for millions of consumers throughout the state.
+The weather enterprise Vegetation management - forecast is constructed on IBM PAIRS Geoscope, a technology developed by means of IBM research.The device prerogative away procedures massive, complicated geospatial and time-based mostly datasets collected through satellites, drones, aerial flights, hundreds of thousands of IoT sensors and weather models.
+The resulting insights can serve groups love Oncor to video array vegetation growth across their whole carrier territory, enabling them to enhanced establish and forecast competencies infringement with energy traces. corporations can extra proactively and precisely system for preventive upkeep and rapid response, focusing crews within the maximum-priority areas and validating that necessary trimming become accomplished as expected.
+"electricity is a necessary fragment of their lives, and hundreds of thousands of Texans depend upon Oncor every day. Vegetation poses a major risk to vigour traces and the surrounding areas, but monitoring it's a difficult and time-drinking manner," says Peter Stoltman, vegetation administration application supervisor, Oncor. "via working with IBM, we're capable of utilize analytics and AI to prioritize high-chance areas. This helps us accommodate maintenance operations to ameliorate public security and repair reliability."
+Vegetation is a leading explanation for provider interruption for utility agencies. With typical strategies, the primary perception into skills dangers involves towering priced on-site inspections or understanding the final time a local turned into trimmed. With this modern answer, a whole bunch of miles of transmission and distribution lines can breathe continuously monitored to supply continuous insight concerning the state of boom and maintenance. in addition to helping establish and forecast outage threats, geospatial-temporal insights can aid with overall grid reliability and compliance, wildfire prevention, storm management and evaluation.
+“Our utilities shoppers told us that getting special insight into the state of vegetation throughout their provider territory turned into a key problem,” says Mahesh Sudhakaran, chief digital officer of IBM power, environment and Utilities. "through combining PAIRS with AI and business capabilities, they may give valued clientele one integrated solution, delivered through IBM Hybrid Cloud, to serve them forecast and manage vegetation in a value-helpful and clever manner.”
+“each company is plagued by climate. but for energy corporations and their shoppers, it could possibly imply the incompatibility between no matter if they could hold the lights on and heat their buildings,” says Cameron Clayton, IBM’s commonplace manager of Watson Media and climate. “The potential to layer climate data with satellite and sensor records offers utility companies efficient modern insights to support them extend operations and lower influence on their clients.”
+PAIRS Geoscope ingests more than 10 terabytes of modern records per day and has already served more than 15 million requests from more than four,000 researchers, information scientists and builders in 80 international locations. It eliminates the labor-intensive system of generating insights from geospatial-temporal statistics, which is primary for its sheer measurement and complexity. The inability to entry, question and analyze this class of large records in a scalable manner is the occasions it turned into long considered unsearchable statistics. IBM scientists invented a modern system to elope and analyze complicated queries within minutes instead of weeks or months, making prior to now impossible insights now a fact.
+PAIRS Geoscope is generally attainable for different industries and utilize situations. moreover Vegetation management - Predict, PAIRS is additionally the underlying technology for Watson determination Platform for Agriculture, a set of agribusiness tools that uses the vigor of AI and geospatial records to aid farmers develop greater recommended choices about their plants.
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+Unicorn’s expertise will aid reinforce the SOA and MDM capabilities of massive Blue’s WebSphere and Rational product households.
+one of IBM Corp.’s most dashing records integration product brands—Omnivore (an commercial enterprise search-oriented flavor of its WebSphere guidance Integrator franchise)—additionally doubles as an apt description of its acquisition practices.
+large Blue ultimate week devoured nonetheless a further tasty vendor, in this case Unicorn options, Inc., a issuer of metadata modeling and management tools. Representatives jabber IBM plans to incorporate Unicorn’s expertise into future releases of its WebSphere middleware and Rational app dev products to serve ameliorate the SOA and MDM capabilities of both families.
+Unicorn’s technology will likewise locate its means into massive Blue’s WebSphere Metadata Server providing, a protracted-awaited “Rosetta Stone” for IBM’s counsel administration portfolio, which contains a complexion of homegrown applied sciences and purchased technology belongings, such because the items (DataStage, QualityStage, and different choices) massive Blue inherited from the former Ascential application Corp.
+IBM says Unicorn is its 18th integration- or manner-oriented utility acquisition in view that 2001. James Kobielus, a most famous analyst for facts administration with consultancy existing analysis, says acquisition rapacity about sums up IBM’s present dilemma, wherein it has been sluggish to convey an assimilated version of the Ascential technologies it obtained greater than a year ago. ()
+big Blue has productized the former Ascential applied sciences as WebSphere-branded offerings, to develop certain, however its challenge Serrano-Hawk (a combination of then-percolating next-gen deliverables in each the IBM and Ascential R&D pipelines, respectively) platform release—with the intent to create a brand modern hybrid release referred to as WebSphere tips Server (basically Serrano and Hawk, dressed up with SOA-able underpinnings)—continues to breathe lacking in motion.
+“IBM needs to give greater specifics on its roadmap for releasing versions of WII [WebSphere Information Integrator] products that comprise Unicorn metadata expertise. IBM may still likewise state how it plans to position or market the Unicorn-enabled WII products vis-à-vis those of its companions that comprise metadata administration performance,” Kobielus feedback. “furthermore, it should develop lucid the role of metadata management in its SOA run-time governance environment, during which the lynchpin is IBM Tivoli exchange and Configuration administration Database.”huge Blue’s Unicorn acquisition likewise raises questions on IBM’s metadata administration method. When IBM staged its first-ever assistance reside! (in conjunction with the Ascential World user confab), it promised to convey both the primary modern WebSphere-branded unlock of DataStage and its still-gestating IBM Metadata management Server by means of sometime this spring. counsel live and the WebSphere Metadata administration Server offering, in specific, were placed as a coming-out party for (or validation of) massive Blue’s grasp statistics management (MDM) ambitions. on the time, IBM officers maintained that massive Blue already had the entire items of an entire counsel administration, or MDM, solution.
+“We tend to breathe more conservative about what they declar than some of their opponents. definitely, these days is the primary time they announced what outright of these strategic acquisitions were about,” observed Dan Druker, director of grasp information management with IBM, on the time. “MDM—that you can approach at it in a lot of other ways. There are every kindly of different entry features into MDM, but they desired to breathe very conservative about now not tipping their hand too plenty, because we’ve spent a large sum of money on this approach.”
+curiously, massive Blue didn’t spend adequate. however most likely that’s now not quite a excellent evaluation.
+in the past, IBM hasn’t been afraid to tow the set off on know-how acquisitions that chiefly assist to boost its capabilities in arcane areas (reminiscent of its acquisition of the previous Venetica for unstructured content management, in addition to Aptrix or even eco-friendly Pasture utility). ()
+The Unicorn acquisition appears to breathe an additional case in element.
+“IBM’s latest acquisition sends a sign to opponents that metadata management is primary to the dealer’s MDM, SOA and compliance recommendations,” Kobielus concludes. “opponents necessity to revisit their own metadata administration roadmaps and state how they system to suit IBM’s bold plans vis-à-vis Unicorn know-how. business IT groups should revisit their dedication to MDM vendors, factoring those companies’ metadata management roadmaps into an assessment of each and every issuer’s direction.”
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+Server/storage virtualization and a tiered storage architecture produced significant benefits for a large retailer.
+By Dave Vellante and David Floyer
+Note: This case study is based on a Wikibon.org community user, and while the case is real, the denomination modern system apparatus on a three-year basis. As a result, each year arrays and servers are touching out of, and into, the environment. This created three major issues:
+An assessment of storage residing on the Tier-1 arrays indicated that nearly 50% of the Tier-1 storage capacity was commandeer outright. observant testing had to breathe done on an application-by-application basis to ensure
+CS1 likewise created a modern centralized group to assign data sets to storage tiers based on performance requirements. This group works with the lines of business to ensure there is an commandeer business term await improvements in availability and time to provision a modern virtual server with storage from weeks to minutes.
+CS1 now estimates that with storage virtualization, for each dollar spent on hardware and software acquisition, the additional expense for migrating arrays has declined from $0.43 to less than $0.10. Moreover, the efficient cost per terabyte for Tier-2-class storage has been reduced by a factor of three.
+Despite initial concerns, performance, availability, and integrity of arrays behind the SVC, including Symmetrix, possess not been an issue in production environments. However, the more-demanding Tier-1 applications possess not yet been placed behind the SVC.
+ImplementationThe device shows the CS1 implementation strategy. The company wanted to continue to utilize the Symmetrix arrays as Tier-1 storage, but to slouch the majority of them behind the virtualization platform. The implementation system is to virtualize as much of the storage as practicable over three years. If the SVC cannot wield some of the towering I/O requirements for Tier 1, CS1 has a fallback system to implement a smaller pool of non-virtualized storage.
+Organizational issuesCS1's strategy is to develop IBM's modular disk arrays its default storage devices. A special case has to breathe made by the business if Tier-1 storage is to breathe used. As there is no chargeback, CS1 had to ensure there were sufficient management controls in set to govern this policy. The company is very concerned that its users possess sufficient performance as the storage is moved to Tier 2. To support this strategy, CS1 set in set a storage group amenable for placing data on the optimum tiers and for ensuring performance requirements are met by comprehensive testing.
+CS1 is in the process of implementing a modern comprise the business breathe observant planning and testing to ensure adequate service levels were met.
+Healthcare providers in the Middle East and Africa will spend $2.8 billion on IT products and services in 2014 - an extend of 2.8 percent over 2013, according to the latest estimates from Gartner. With spending expected to breathe concentrated on areas love building patient databases, mobile health, and preventive and diagnostic healthcare technologies, there is a dire necessity for healthcare providers to invest in patient tryst technologies.
+The healthcare industry is no stranger to rapid evolution and for ages, providers possess had to react quickly to modern innovations. While employing the most skilled professionals and investing in the latest facilities goes a long way in establishing brand image, there are today many more factors that play a role in drawing in patients. Through the internet and social media, patients are smarter, more educated shoppers. Before they develop a choice about a healthcare provider, they research their options through various channels in an exertion to ensure they develop the most educated and commandeer decision. Once the determination is made and the service is provided, the customer undergo helps guarantee future business with both them and their peers.
+Regulations, privacy challenges, and increasing research and technology, possess outright caused the healthcare industry to change regularly. Similarly, the expectations of patients continue to change in an exertion to net quicker access to information they require. The understanding of patient tryst is providing patients with access and allowing them to communicate with the provider at the time and in a manner they prefer. The downfall for many providers is waiting for patients to achieve out to them before they provide information. Cost-cutting measures, penalties, and potential loss of business are creating an increasing necessity for automation around tryst practices.
+Healthcare providers possess to breathe able to provide a secure, efficient, and efficient process to engage with patients if they hope to attract and retain their business. Whether large or small, every healthcare organization has a customer service focus play a critical role in helping expand patient tryst strategies. The contact focus now serves as the core of the customer service arena, and can breathe leveraged as a tool to achieve customer tryst excellence - if steps are taken to turn it into a platform for innovation.
+Moving to a Multi-Channel Approach
+For healthcare providers, patient tryst is the primary focus for cutting costs, reducing re-admissions, and preventing future expenses, as well as ensuring a seamless undergo for outright customer enquiries. By creating a multi-channel environment that invites multiple ways to engage both inbound and outbound, patients receive a more personalized smooth of supervision from the provider. Furthermore, many multi-channel implementations comprise self-service options to extend access to information no matter the time of day. These channels may range from traditional modes of communication such as voice, fax, and email, to more recent channels love web chat, social media, and video.
+Multi-channel should not breathe interpreted as ‘every channel.’ Given the demographic of its patient base, it is the responsibility of the provider to determine what additional channels, if any, will prove beneficial to their patient tryst strategies. For instance, simple enquiries love understanding is that the patient has the choice.
+Providers should talk to patients, determine the need, and leer at a scalable, paced system to extend tryst automation. Once a system has been set in set as to what channels to offer, how to tender them, and how to implement them, it will breathe famous to determine an ongoing management plan. This includes staffing requirements, recognizing that not every user will breathe capable of handling different types of interactions. It likewise includes an ongoing maintenance system for administration and reporting. Monitoring the utilize of current channels will serve providers expand existing and future projects to create an even more efficient strategy.
+Self-Service Done Right
+Interactive Voice Response (IVR) has earned a sinful reputation in recent years, mainly as a result of impecunious implementations. Problems arise when companies Do not raise the time and resources to develop menus and options that actually prove beneficial to customers. If implemented correctly however, automation of the IVR can prove to breathe just as much, if not more, personalized than a actual person. Through integration with back-end systems that hold apposite customer data, the IVR can breathe made more dynamic and intelligent.
+For healthcare, EMR systems or billing applications hold a wealth of patient information. As soon as a patient calls in, the IVR can breathe linked to apposite patient information to serve drive the muster or suggest why they might breathe calling. From recent procedures or discharges to upcoming appointments and outstanding bills, a patient journey is created through a self-service engine.
+Anytime information is made available to a patient or caregiver, it is always famous to comprise security parameters for authenticating the caller. This may intend limiting information that is provided through the automated menu and escalating the muster to a person if confidential medical information needs to breathe shared. It could likewise intend getting creative with authentication to corroborate that the caller is who they jabber they are through recent technology love voice biometrics. No matter the implementation, self-service implemented correctly can serve as a cost-saving, convenient, personalized communication channel for providers and patients.
+Proactive Versus Reactive Engagement
+It can breathe easy to respond to patients only when they engage with us. What sets inevitable providers apart is the skill to create better relationships with patients by taking a more proactive approach to customer service. The understanding that is that the organization can provide value to a patient even when they Do not realize it can serve expand the ongoing relationship.
+Patients trust providers with their health and well-being. This dynamic of the industry makes it even more famous that the smooth of patient service breathe unique. The contact focus has tools in set to serve provide necessary responses to incoming interactions along with more creative outbound notifications. As the social media trend evolves, more and more organizations are using this channel to engage with customers. The identical holds genuine with provider opportunities. Thanks to social media, patients can net additional insight about almost everything from their healthcare providers, which was previously not available.
+Additionally, proactive reminders through multichannel options love SMS, mobile applications, and email can serve patients feel more in touch and educated on their health. From pre-op to post-op, to prescription reminders, to basic ‘just checking in’, automated outbound communications can serve as a august tool to talk to patients without requiring the human resources to Do so.
+Call to Action
+Through increased integration, improved customer service strategies, and assessment of current business processes, organizations can develop the determination to slouch to a more innovative and proactive strategy for patient engagement. What separates the healthcare industry from others is the understanding that healthcare providers are dealing with actual people, their health and well-being, and trying to Do what is best for them. The services being rendered and sold are much more sensitive in nature, so a quality patient journey can breathe the flawless set to add personalization and supervision to services. And the contact focus or patient service centre can serve as a august starting point and central location for this change.
+About the author: Shaheen Haque is the Territory Manager, Middle East & Turkey at Interactive Intelligence. Originally from Bangladesh, he spent his early years being educated in London, UK and subsequently has worked in the UK and Europe for predominantly US software companies since graduating from University in 1993. The list of organizations includes SPSS (now IBM), LBS, Oracle, Seagate Software, AppSmart Software. It was his job with Micromuse (now IBM) that first brought him to Dubai. After his stint in Micromuse, he worked with IBM Middle East for a while in the Tivoli division. Then in 2007 he joined Interactive Intelligence when the company opened its first Middle East office in Dubai Internet City.
+Edited by Maurice NagleBy TMCnet Special GuestShaheen Haque, Territory Manager, Middle East & Turkey at Interactive Intelligence ,
+Michael Meehan, tidings Writer
+In the wake of IBM's latest barrage of service-oriented architecture (SOA) product announcements, analysts harmonize that there's a lot of large Blue to love, but add that it could stand to travel on a diet.
+With a modern enterprise service bus (ESB), an Eclipse-based Web services development and integration tool, a business process engine and a Web services management product on the way, IBM plans to add a lot of products to its WebSphere line in the coming months. It likewise contends that its transaction-based IT install foundation uniquely positions it to lead SOA migrations, combining an understanding of legacy with a vision for the future.
+While analysts harmonize that IBM has been leading the SOA products charge, they likewise arduous for someone to buy something cohesive from IBM without services required."
+Burton Group vice president and research director Anne Thomas Manes believes IBM "missed an opportunity" with this latest SOA products push.
+"I blame that on a want of communication between the WebSphere and Tivoli groups," she said. "ESBs and Web services management products are both Web services intermediaries; they intercept SOAP traffic and effect various functions, such as routing, message transformation, security enforcement and SLA monitoring. ESBs typically focus on the first two types of functions (routing and transformations), while WSM products typically focus on the latter two functions (security and SLA monitoring). But outright WSM products likewise support the first two functions.
+"IBM was in a flawless position to blend the two types of systems -- bear breathe integrated with either one."
+Both Manes and Schmelzer questioned IBM's choice to set a lightweight ESB on the market. Manes stated, "IBM would possess served its customers better by sticking to its guns and making it lucid that you can't buy SOA," while Schmelzer views ESBs as a transitional category with a short shelf life.
+"ESB is an additional piece of software that you possess to implement," he said. "The goal with loosely coupled services should breathe to net rid of middleware, not utilize more of it."
+Calling it "IBM's most grievous move," Manes panned the determination to build the modern notice an easy migration path between the two."
+Overlap was a concern for Schmelzer. He preeminent that IBM has many products that Do essentially the identical thing. It has two message brokering products, multiple development tools that sometimes can effect denomination of efficiency.
+"It's still a huge grab bag of stuff," he said. "I deem it's really confusing a lot of people."
+John Andrews, chief operating officer for Evans Data Corp., thinks some of the modern SOA products are designed "to net people to migrate to WebSphere. It's a strategy for upward compatibility."
+Regardless of whatever fits and starts it sees in its product line, everyone agrees that IBM will continue to breathe out front of the SOA revolution. It's leading standards creation efforts and, despite outright the WebSphere branding, it's evangelizing the central message that SOA is about building a nimble architecture, not locking yourself into a given product set.
+Schmelzer called large Blue "the paramount coerce in the market." Manes agreed that "IBM has a huge advantage over other 'SOA platform' competitors, due to its huge application platform install base."
+And that install foundation means that IBM will breathe possess a hand in every migration path that gets built.
+"At some point in time, someone needs to breathe the traffic cop," Andrews said. "Whoever owns the transactions will wield a lot of power, and that's probably going to breathe IBM."
+This tale originally appeared on SearchSO :
+As the bell tolls: a foundation study on pancreatic cancer consumer's research priorities
+DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-179
+© Saunders et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2009
+Received: 21 July 2009
+Accepted: 9 September 2009
+Published: 9 September 2009
+Abstract
+Background
+This is the first investigation of its kind to explore the views of people affected by pancreatic cancer with regard to research priorities. Pancreatic cancer has an extremely poor outlook in terms of early diagnosis, effective treatment and survival. Those affected by the disease generally lack opportunities to voice their needs or concerns in an organised manner, link with others affected by the condition and take part in research.
+Methods
+This qualitative study adopts a self-selected telephone focussed discussion group approach. Information was obtained from distinct carer and patient groups after adequate controls such as the 'safe space' technique (repeatedly enquiring on and respecting the emotional needs) were implemented to protect participants from undue physical and psychological distress.
+Results
+Five themes emerged overall, with three themes.
+Conclusion
+Research priorities for pancreatic cancer consumers have been identified via an investigation that was tailored to meet exceptional needs. This research gives us a primary understanding of the role that pancreatic cancer patients can play in identifying areas of research that are responsive to their needs and priorities when suitably planned. Importantly it also provides a much greater understanding of the grim realities of the disease for those affected. This work is likely to be of value to anyone planning to work with those with a time limited, challenging condition.
+Background
+Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a deadly disease. The early vague symptoms are easily overlooked and high-risk delays in diagnosis are very common. Only around 10% of patients are considered for surgical treatment [1]. PC is the fourth leading cause of death in Western societies and recently the national rate of new cases in Australia has increased by 30% [2]. The ageing of the Australian population means that a proportionate increase in the number of people affected by PC, including carers, can be expected. Currently, few formal protocols exist for best clinical practice in PC management and no multidisciplinary care teams are reported [3].
+There has been little improvement in the 5 year PC survival rate over the last few decades which have remained extremely low at around 5% with the majority of patients (~90%) dying within a year of diagnosis [4]. This compares very poorly with relative 5 year survival rates for more common malignancies such as melanoma, breast and prostate cancer which are greater than 80%, and for all cancers combined (65%) [5]. Contributing to this unfortunate situation is the long-standing relative lack of scientific knowledge of the disease; including research in all aspects, from aetiology through to effective palliative care, and an understanding of how those affected endure in daily life.
+Research can lead to new or advances in treatment, improved life expectancy, better quality of life, reduced social burden and a wide range of other potential benefits. Until recently, the Australian scientific community, who largely determine priorities for cancer research, had not often selected PC. Dedicated funding programs targeting this cancer and other understudied human diseases have now been developed by a key government research funding body to encourage a more balanced approach in the spread of research across different diseases with the goal of reducing occurrence, morbidity and adverse outcomes [6].
+Cancer Council NSW (CCNSW) is NSW's largest publicly funded cancer charity, which supports a significant proportion of Australia's cancer research. In 2006, one of the research grant schemes of CCNSW, the Strategic Research Partnership Grant [7], founded a network of key PC researchers and consumers affected by PC. An important function of the NSW Pancreatic Cancer Network [8] has been to systematically define critical research issues and opportunities that could accelerate progress in PC research in Australia. The rigorous prioritisation process began with a literature review, followed by structured interviews with key opinion leaders in the field, whose recommendations were then fed into a Delphi consensus process. The recommendations from the Delphi and discrete consumer involvement processes were ultimately prioritised via a nominal group procedure.
+The aim of this paper is to describe the technique used to capture consumer priorities in PC research, together with the findings of the investigation. Consumers are recognised as patients and carers of people diagnosed with PC.
+Cancer research is a matter of great public interest in NSW [9] and it is very important to CCNSW that both researchers and consumers are involved in research decision making processes [10], as failure to involve the community is likely to result in important areas of inquiry not being recognised. Involving consumers in research prioritisation is still a novel process both in Australia and in other countries, and seeking consumer views on research priorities in PC presents additional challenges, as diagnosis at an advanced stage, rapid disease progression and overt symptoms, including pain, limits the applicability of traditional methods of consumer consultation.
+Currently the academic literature tells us that consumers have had dialogue with research funders about research priorities/gaps, they have been involved in the priority ranking of pre-established research questions and as members on committees they have collaborated with scientists to prioritise research across a range of health topics including breast cancer, mental health, physical and complex disabilities, young people, cystic fibrosis and HIV [11–13]. Although less common, consumers have also independently identified issues and set research agendas for specific cancer types [14], nevertheless we have been unable to identify any inquiries that provide those affected by pancreatic cancer the opportunity to interact, discuss and identify research priorities that are important to them.
+Methods
+This study was designed in consultation with a key stakeholder group comprising pancreatic cancer researchers, consumers and representatives of CCNSW. The Concord Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee (NSW, Australia) approved the research. Informed consent was gained from all research participants.
+Self-selected participants were recruited from CCNSW website and newsletter information which described the opportunities and benefits of involvement in a newly launched CCNSW Pancreatic Cancer Support Project which was established to identify and address unmet supportive care needs of PC patients, and current or bereaved carers. Consumers opting into the Project were informed of the opportunity and invited to take part in a focused discussion to identify pancreatic cancer research priorities. Voluntary and informed consent to participate in the research was gained after all relevant information was provided and interested persons assured us they had adequate understanding of the study requirements.
+Participants were given the option of a traditional face-to-face discussion or one conducted by telephone, with telephone delivered focussed discussion the preferred option. One discussion group comprised patients with a PC diagnosis while another involved current and bereaved carers of PC patients. Separating the groups allowed for focussed discussion on issues that particularly affected each group.
+Other investigators have used teleconference focussed discussions as the major/sole way to collect data, primarily to overcome distance and participant particular needs, and found them to be successful [15–17]. The limitations highlighted in these studies such as the increased difficulty in controlling participants using the phone method were taken into account in the design of the current study.
+The focussed discussion method was selected so we could examine not only what PC consumers thought, but also why they thought it via comparing and contrasting personal experiences and perspectives in group discussion. The basic assumption of this interpretive approach was that relevant information would be gained through interaction with others, shared meanings and conclusions.
+As the research involved gaining an in-depth understanding of issues, including an exploration of the reasons and context for participants' viewpoints and actions, the facilitators agreed on a 'safe space' approach prior to the focus groups. This approach of repeatedly enquiring on and respecting the emotional needs of participants allowed them to openly disclose (and acknowledge in others) emotional and/or physical distress without fear of disrupting the discussion, particularly when the dialogue centred on suffering and/or death [18, 19].
+The facilitated discussions were audiotaped and subsequently transcribed. Two CCNSW telephone support group counsellors, one acting as moderator; an independent qualitative researcher, and the Project coordinator, as subject expert, facilitated the group discussions. All participants were provided with the purpose and ground rules, and were assured of the confidential nature of the information gathered during the discussions. The moderator also explained the need for audio-recording the discussion for analysis purposes.
+At the commencement of the focussed discussions participants in each group were asked the question: Where would you like to see progress in pancreatic cancer being made? After participants raised and discussed each issue they felt was important to the topic, the facilitator fed the main points back to confirm the interpretation of comments and to reach agreement on the main themes of the discussion.
+Before ending each group discussion by formally thanking participants, the moderator provided participants with information on the cost free CCNSW professional telephone support services to provide them with an ongoing avenue to speak about their experiences and concerns in the future.
+Data analysis
+A thematic content analysis was manually conducted with pattern recognition within the data identified after careful listening to the audiotape and reading/re-reading the transcripts by two researchers (CS and MR) independently. Acknowledging the context and participants of the research, repeating issues were identified and clustered, and subsequently developed into focal themes.
+Results
+Demographics
+Demographic Characteristics of the Research Participants
+Identified themes
+The carers and patients discussion groups each lasted approximately one hour. For the most part, discussion was based on personal experiences rather than opinion or conjecture. The audiotapes provided an understanding of the tone of conversations and the levels of urgency particular topics produced. Overall, participants in each group verbally expressed a range of emotions throughout the session from anger and frustration to grief. Most were active information providers and many expressed considerable worry. In general, there was no area of discussion in which each group of participants failed to reach general consensus.
+Five themes emerged overall, with three.
+Pancreatic cancer patients repeated issues and focal themes
+Carers repeated issues and focal themes
+Early Detection
+All participants appeared to have a well-developed understanding of the lack of current knowledge with regard to the causes of pancreatic cancer and the important benefits of early cancer detection. Many expressed concern for the urgent need for improvements in the early detection and formal diagnosis of pancreatic cancer not only for themselves or their loved ones, but for others who may develop the disease in the future:
+"I would like to see some work done in the area of symptoms and diagnostic tools so people who have got a problem can hopefully get a quicker result"
+Some pointed out their low personal health locus of control with regard to detecting pancreatic cancer:
+"I found out when it was too late because I had no symptoms to indicate a tumour of the pancreas "
+Others offered ways that research might find solutions to the problem of asymptomatic early detection:
+"I was given to understand that all cancers...are a genetic failure of some sort. A mistake is multiplied on and on and gets out of control. It's like the body has a spell-check system, putting it very simply. A word can be spelt wrong but it's still a word and it's not identified. Is there any way of looking at the body's spell-check system to see if there are any mistakes there that haven't been detected?"
+Clinician Communication
+All participants verbally expressed some alarm, many with an underlying tone of disbelief, in the insensitive nature of dialogue used by the clinicians in the provision of the pancreatic cancer diagnosis and/or management options.
+"I hate him for what he said .....5 o'clock on a Friday night I'm a healthy person, I'm lively, I had a life planned to 95, and he (doctor) told me I would be dead in six to 18 months. I was stunned......"
+Some felt it was extremely important to be allowed to express their own perceptions of their illness; however their clinicians had not provided this opportunity:
+"Anything we mentioned was virtually cast aside, almost contemptuously... The prognosis may be dismal, but my wife was entitled to a lot more than that. The human spirit demands more than that"
+One carer came to the defence of medical specialists and offered a solution to the problem:
+"That conversation regarding pancreatic cancer is never going to be a nice one and we have to avoid shooting the messenger there. Maybe there could be some protocol that specialists follow a little more thoroughly"
+There was general agreement in both the carer and patient groups for the pressing need for health professional communication guidelines which take into account the sensitivity of the individual affected by pancreatic cancer.
+Public Awareness
+Overall there was low confidence in the ability of available public information to provide all that was needed by people affected by PC.
+" see a priority in education/awareness of pancreatic cancer because I've spoken to people who don't even know what it is or where it is"
+Particular concerns with regard to public awareness of pancreatic cancer differed somewhat between the patient and carer groups. Patients highlighted the need for reliable information on effective treatments:
+"Some people might even decide to go overseas for treatment and to try different things. So information is very important. There are many other alternatives and some of them may not be cheap"
+One patient believed their illness was not taken as serious as it should have been by others in the community because of a lack of general awareness. Other patients felt that the available information on PC needed to be made more easily accessible than it currently was:
+"We need a central information point, whether its written literature or whatever, that can be referred to immediately"
+There was general consensus among carers for the need for public information that had the potential to save lives in the future:
+"People have got to know what pancreatic cancer is and what some of the symptoms are, and I think we all acknowledge they are very vague, but the sharpening of that focus on "this could be" or "you need to". It's only when we know about something that we'll follow up on it"
+Quality of Care
+The patient group was united in their thinking on the need for improvements in the standard and consistency of clinical care and understanding of PC:
+"A few of us have had the Whipple procedure, but there are variations within the procedure itself. I know that most progress has been made in America and I'm sure there are various good reasons why there are delays in getting that information here. I wonder whether we can speed up that process or have our surgeons trained more quickly"
+Health professional team coordination was also identified as being important:
+"I believe that we need a coordinated group of people who are, say, oncologists and surgeons and radical people and alternatives"
+Treatment Options
+Carers voiced the need for improved and additional treatment options for PC:
+"I know everything is hypothetical, but you have your operation and go through all of that, but there are really not enough options for you to make decisions about what you will or won't do"
+Study Strengths and Limitations
+To guarantee an accurate summary of the group discussion and give an assurance that meaning had been correctly captured, all topics raised were summarised during the discussions to give participants an opportunity to immediately confirm or alter. This approach adds strength to the study's internal reliability and validity.
+While the qualitative methodology used in this study is likely to be the most appropriate to gather information from this highly vulnerable group where there are only small numbers available to participate in research at any one time, it has several limitations. The primary study limitation is related to the small number of participants and the convenience nature of the sampling strategy which significantly limits the ability to broadly generalise the findings. Furthermore, the small sample size could mean that the full breadth of concerns of PC consumers may not have been adequately captured. There is a critical need for additional research to further validate both our findings and the utility of a telephone-based approach to focussed discussions.
+Discussion
+The ethical and practical issues of inquiries with people with advanced cancer need to be carefully planned and appropriate safeguards implemented. Facilitated telephone discussion groups supported by trained counsellors allowed us to reliably and suitably canvass the views of a highly vulnerable consumer group. The approach provided PC patients and carers the opportunity to become involved in the research priority-setting process in a manner that created minimal disruption to their lives, and took into account varying levels of pain, mobility and psychological distress. It was a welcomed opportunity for these groups to express their needs in terms of research.
+One of the difficulties of engaging PC consumers in research is the relatively short time between disease diagnosis and death. Time-economy was a fundamental consideration in the planning and implementation of the current research. PC develops and spreads silently, and closes in swiftly. Engaging with people who suffer from this highly lethal, time limited disease is challenging as there is often only a small window of opportunity available. Capturing those affected early via established mechanisms such as targeted projects, patient advice lines or clinician referrals are likely to be the best avenues to provide those interested with the opportunity for research involvement.
+Research areas perceived by consumers to aid progress in PC research in Australia have been identified via discreet focussed discussions. Based on the direct experiences of PC consumers, five themes have been identified as being important subjects for further research. Early detection, clinician communication, public awareness, quality of care and improved treatment options are concluded to be priorities for improving wellbeing and survival in PC. The lack of existing similar investigations indicates the difficulty of the task of sampling and investigating the priorities held by PC consumers.
+A common criticism of consumer involvement in expert domains is the potential to obtain individual extreme perspectives. While we found clear areas of accordance and difference between the priorities of PC consumers and researchers, the identified consumer priorities are not beyond the realms of reality or action; this supports the growing argument for more involvement of consumers in health and medical research generally.
+We found general agreement between the research priorities of consumers and those of researchers who took part in our consensus process in the areas of early detection, quality of care and the need to identify optimal treatments. Priority areas that differed between the two groups included the identification of prognostic markers; the most common disease and treatment related sequelae of PC on patients and their carers and strategies for managing them; patient-doctor communication and consumer information on pancreatic cancer.
+The importance of early diagnosis and more effective treatment for pancreatic cancer, including options for defining patients at high risk of pancreatic cancer, and developing methods for detecting pancreatic tumours at an early stage is starting to receive increasing attention from a number of researchers globally [20–22] although it lags well behind similar research on other cancer types such as breast cancer. In addition, there is a growing but relatively early focus on the biology of PC which is hoped will lead to multiple potential therapeutic options by directing treatment at these new biologic targets [23, 24].
+Sensitive information is normally conveyed to patients and carers by clinicians through verbal communication. Just how this is done varies considerably from clinician to clinician [22]. The general need for further research into the best methods for communicating serious health problems effectively and respectfully has been recognised by some researchers, although effective solutions and noteworthy improvements remain elusive [26–28]. Guidelines for effectively communicating bad news to cancer patients have been developed and widely distributed to oncologists [29, 30]. However, a review of the effectiveness of these guidelines has found that they may not reflect the complexities of patient-oncologist interactions [31]. Other studies have found that the ability of the cancer patient to recall what the oncologist has said is influenced by prognosis, with patients with a poorer prognosis recalling significantly less [32]. The findings of poor patient acceptability, didactic approach and lack of wider family communication have led to a recent inquiry to call for an urgent revision of existing terminal prognosis communication protocols and practices taught in medical school training [33].
+More widespread and easily accessed public information on pancreatic cancer has been recognised by a handful of existing overseas patient support organisations [34, 35] as critical in raising awareness of possible symptoms, providing a reliable avenue for accurate and current treatment and management information, and linking people to answers and others affected by the disease. Unlike studies that exist for many other cancer types [36–39] we could find no formal inquiry investigating the best approaches, true level of availability and effect of relevant information resources on PC consumers.
+The growing impetus to better address PC, including the results of this first consumer inquiry, may help increase focus by, and pressure on, health and medical research funding organisations to further discriminate in favour of this under prioritised and underfunded health problem.
+Conclusion
+This research gives us the first understanding of the role that consumers with a known limited life expectancy can play in identifying research that is responsive to community needs and priorities when suitably planned and implemented. Research has traditionally been controlled by scientists to the exclusion of a societal perspective. Investigating the issues faced by PC patients and carers goes a long way towards understanding how science might best 'fit' with their needs, contexts and expectations. The research also provides a much better understanding of the stark realities of the disease for those affected.
+Declarations
+Acknowledgements
+The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of the other members of the project team. Also thanks to Professor Andrew Biankin in providing comments and suggestions during the preparation of this paper, and the NSW Pancreatic Cancer Network and the STREP Steering Committee which provided critical oversight for the project. Our sincere thanks go to those affected by PC who volunteered their precious time and were enthusiastic participants of this study.
+Authors’ Affiliations
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+PM&C aims to improve the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees at all levels of our workforce and foster a culturally safe workplace. To achieve this we have developed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy Implementation Plan.
+Our focus is to achieve results across five key areas:
+If you are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander graduate thinking about applying for our Graduate Program and apply through our Affirmative Measure process, you will be invited to visit our National Offices in Canberra to get a good feel of our workplace, people and city.
+You will have the opportunity to meet with our Indigenous leaders, members of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employee Network and the local Ngunnawal community. This first-hand experience will support you to determine in PM&C is the right journey for you.
+Growing up, I was always encouraged to challenge myself. Whether in school, university, at home or in the workplace, I’ve always tried to take opportunities to step outside my comfort zone, and gain new experiences. It was this commitment and curiosity for the challenge of something new which motivated me to apply for PM&C’s Graduate Program, and one year in it’s safe to say that I’m glad I took the plunge.
+Read Sapphire's full story…
+I was the first person in my family to complete year 12 and to graduate from university. Because I didn’t have the ATAR score, I completed the University of Newcastle’s Yapug bridging course for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people before being accepted into university. I then completed a Bachelor of Business and Bachelor Laws/Diploma of Legal Practice at the University of Newcastle.
+In that time, I welcomed my first child, Patrick, who is now 6 years old. After meeting my partner I became a step-mother to a now ten year old girl, Lacie, before having my second child Amari, who is currently 18-months old.
+During my time at university, I enjoyed a variety of experiences. I worked at a not-for-profit, and interned at Qantas in their Qantas Loyalty Division. I also spent time working at Legal Aid and at the University of Newcastle’s Legal centre, and did my final placement for my Practical Legal Training at the Australian Taxation Office.
+My mob are the Yuin (Aboriginal) and Ngāpuhi (Māori) people. I spent most of my childhood in Cessnock, NSW. My Indigenous heritage is an important part of my identity, and it’s guided the course I’ve taken in work, life and study. I remain connected with my mob despite not living on country, and I’m committed to a career which will enable me to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
+That being said, my Indigenous heritage hasn’t always made life easy. I’ve faced racism in the classroom and workplace, and have struggled with the feeling of not having my opinion valued. Some have questioned my merit and remarked that I am a diversity hire – I’m proud of who I am and where I’ve come from, and feel lucky to have such strong connections with my community.
+The breadth of experiences that the Graduate Program offers really is incredible, and it’s helping me to develop into the well-rounded public servant that I want to be.
+You won’t know if you’ll like something unless you give it a go. For me, giving the PM&C Graduate Program a go has been fantastic – getting to work with bright people on policies which influence the lives of so many Australians isn’t something that everyone gets to do every day.
+Our focus on being a disability confident workplace is about ensuring a safe and inclusive environment for people with both physical and mental conditions. PM&C has an active Disability Employee Network and is supported by the PM&C Disability Executive Champion. PM&C is also a Gold Member of the Australian Network on Disability.
+If you are a graduate with a disability, we invite you to apply for our Graduate Program through our Affirmative Measures Disability process. Our assessment process will be tailored to meet any of your reasonable adjustments. We encourage you to understand how we can help you by reading our information sheet on reasonable adjustments, and contact us to discuss our process further.
+All our roles are advertised under the RecruitAbility scheme. The RecruitAbility Scheme provides candidates with disability who opt into the scheme and meet the minimum requirements of an advertised role, the opportunity.
+If you are a graduate with a disability, we invite you to apply for our Graduate Program through our Affirmative Measures Disability process. Our assessment process will be tailored to meet any of your reasonable adjustments. We encourage you to contact us to discuss our process further.
+PM&C is proud to be a member of the Diversity Council of Australia, the Australian Network on Disability, and Pride in Diversity. The Department has a range of networks that employees can get involved in:
+'I am lucky to be in a workplace that celebrates the differences in its staff whilst also supporting the broader community'
+- Bernadette
+The Ability Employee Network celebrates diversity and aims to support and empower employees with disability to succeed in their personal and professional lives.
+The Network promotes a workplace focused on inclusion and equal opportunity, providing members with a platform to break down barriers for staff with disability through innovative and transformative ideas.
+It is also a channel through which PM&C can seek guidance on activities and workplace matters which impact on staff with disability.
+PM&C has an active Pride Employee Network, supported by an LGBTIQ+ Executive Champion, which strives for a more inclusive and diverse workforce, internally and across the public service, where staff feel safe and can be themselves at work, specifically by promoting equality in the workplace, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.. PM&C's 2019 achievement of Gold Employer status, shared with the National Indigenous Australians Agency, places the Department in the higher ranks of inclusive employers in Australia.
+PM&C's Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Employee Network focuses on issues that impact staff from CALD backgrounds so that the Department can take advantage of hte talent and experiences of our diverse population.
+Throughout 2019 the Council discussed research intiatives is representative of the broader Australian population.
+The Mara Network is a two-way forum for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees in PM&C to support one another and realise their full potential.
+Supported by an Indigenous Executive Champion, the Network encourages the Department to commit to meaningful consultation with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, peoples. .groups, and to seek out the wealth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural knowledge, authority and the lived experiences internal and external to the APS.
+PM&C has an active Women’s Employee Network and is supported by a Gender Executive Champion. The Women's Network champions equal opportunity on behalf of its members and is an inclusive, volunteer-based organisation built by members, for members.
+The Women's Employee Network promotes gender equality and supports members to succeed in their personal and.- Bernadette
+The Wellbeing Network advocates on behalf of PM&C employees on mental health and wellbeing matters. The Network is supported by a Wellbeing Executive Champion who actively promotes healthy work practices, such as flexible work arrangements, and leads by example.
+Positive mental health is essential to a persons wellbeing and PM&C is committed to providing a mentally healthy workplace. The Wellbeing Network is working to raise awareness of inclusive and healthy workplaces and address the stigma associated with mental health matters. At PM&C staff should feel as comfortable discussing a mental health condition as a physical condition.
+The Department is dedicated to ensuring all PM&C staff have the support they need to balance work and any mental health challenge they may face.
+The Graduate Program (Program) is a 12-month Program based in Canberra founded on flexibility and empowerment. Like University, you are provided the agency to navigate your own journey and experiences.
+While our Program sets a structure for rotations, graduates will be able to:
+'It’s been really fantastic being able to shape my own experience in the department and choose my own adventure'
+PM&C is a modern, collaborative and responsive organisation that drives excellence across the Australian Public Service (APS), delivering quality outcomes for the Government and Australian public.
+Our staff and the government need practical tools, service and support to excel. From building a future-ready workforce by developing our staff, supporting an activity-based working ecosystem, coordinating Cabinet meetings, enabling an agile digital environment, organising international visits, and building an enduring security culture.
+This is all supported by the Department’s enabling functions, and are critical to the Department and government's operation. Corporate and Government areas cut across legal policy, parliamentary, cabinet and ministerial support, protocols and international visits, human resource management, communications and media, ICT and financial management.
+We are looking for individuals who like being a part of the big picture and are committed to their following their field of study from the lecture hall and into the workplace. If you like using your skillset and technical expertise to achieve outcomes and drive high quality services, you will be drawn to the Corporate and Government Stream.
+'It was incredibly gratifying to be placed in a small team that coordinated the 2019-2020 budget, and to see a process I worked on get tabled in Parliament and receive a lot of media coverage.'
+In becoming a knowledge organisation, we encourage staff to actively seek out opportunities that champion emotional intelligence, relationships, creativity and critical thinking.
+We value the curiosity of our staff, those who are growth focused and intent on sharing and leveraging information, resources, talent and experiences. To strengthen PM&C as a modern, responsive and fit-for-purpose organisation, we need to celebrate successes and always be open to learning.
+The Generalist Stream is for the curious mind, those who do not have the end goal in sight, but who seek to be inspired on their journey of discovery. You will be drawn to the Generalist stream if you have an open mind and are interested in discovering where you can best leverage your strengths. You seek to learn and understand the Department and are humble yet tactical in your pursuit. You want to work at PM&C because you believe that there is no greater vocation than the APS.
+There's a reason Canberra has been named as Lonely Planet's third best city in the world to visit – it's an incredible place with plenty to offer. Its natural surroundings, outdoor lifestyle and supportive community offers the perfect work/life balance that's often talked about but difficult to achieve. It's the city that has something to offer everyone – for the family, for foodies and for those who appreciate the arts.
+'it’s been really wonderful moving to Canberra to find it has everything a big city has without the traffic. Canberra has such a fantastic balance of work and life.'
+Canberra is a place that tells the story of country through its rich history of performing arts and cultural events. With a long list of annual celebrations that include the National Multicultural Festival (a feast for the senses), Enlighten Festival, NAIDOC Week, National Folk Festival, and Canberra Balloon Spectacular; this vibrant calendar brings joy to locals and visitors alike. Home to the National Portrait Gallery, National Art Gallery, and the National Museum of Australia; Canberra brings the past to life and helps us understand who we are as a nation.
+With a truly eclectic mix of dining styles, Canberra is a foodies paradise. Whether you’re after family-friendly restaurants, sweet delights, cosy local cafes, exceptional coffee or fine dining, it’s all here - award winning bars and restaurants, handcrafted beers, hidden gems within the suburbs, and plentiful vineyards to visit. A special mention goes to the Canberra Food and Wine Expo, Canberra District Wine Week, Truffle Festival, Oktoberfest, and the Farmers Markets!
+Canberra prides itself on being the healthiest place in Australia, supporting healthy decision making through a number of initiatives and recreational neighbourhoods. With Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Gibraltar Falls, and Vertikal Indoor Snow Sports, there really is something for everyone; whether it be bike trials, hiking routes or options for the lake. And lets not forget that Canberra is home to a variety of sporting teams including the Brumbies Rugby Union team, Canberra Capitals Women's Basketball, NRL Canberra Raiders, GWS Giants, CBR Brave, and the W League Soccer Canberra United.
+Canberra provides you with the best of both worlds, with pristine beaches and snow-capped mountains only two hours either side of each other. And there's a good reason Canberra is known as the bush capital. Over half of the ACT is preserved as national parks and nature reserves. Braidwood, Namadgi National Park, Yass Valley, Hilltops region, Bungendore, and Southern Highlands set the perfect backdrop to the rural countryside offering, with Murrumbateman being home to some of the best vineyards in the Canberra region. So be sure to see and taste what the region has to offer.
+Part 2: High School Memories
+A True Story
+on Aug 18, 2019
+I extracted the photo above from a website I created in 2006 for my high school class, the Mighty 4F Class of '05. Recently, I have entertained in my mind memories of my interactions with my classmates during our high school years at Starehe Boys' Centre. And today, I thought it wise to share with you those memories.
+My high school classmates were very bright boys back in 2002 when we were in Form 1. At one time that year, I heard one of them discuss about a Swahili novel we were studying in class. From the way he was talking excitedly about the novel, I could tell he was finding it interesting. But imagine I wasn't understanding anything in that novel. Poor me!
+So bright were my classmates that I had to read a lot to catch up with their brilliant minds, often waking up as early as 5.00am to do private reading while most students were asleep. But even with my heavy reading, I still ranked in the bottom ten of my class during our Form 1 year.
+And because most of my classmates were too bright to defeat academically, I resorted to cheating during some tests when we were in Form 1. This is what I would do: If, for instance, we were having a Biology test, I would put an atlas on my desk and the teacher distributing test papers would think there was nothing wrong with me placing a Biology test paper on an atlas as the two are unrelated. Then during the test, I would put my answer sheet in between two pages in the atlas and raise one end of the atlas in such a way that the teacher supervising us would think I was doing so to prevent my deskmate from having a peek at my answers. But guess what! In between some pages in the atlas were bits of paper in which I had written Biology notes for referring to during the test.
+As luck would have it, I was never caught cheating, even by Fr. Joseph Carriere - a stern and strict elderly Canadian priest who sometimes moved from class to class to catch students cheating in exams. Looking back though, I think doing such kind of cheating probably confused me as I had to be cautious not to be apprehended. Little wonder that it didn't help me fare well in the tests during my Form 1 year.
+Another form of cheating I tried in Form 1 was during English lessons that we were taught by an American called Mrs. Susan Moore. Well, I noted that whenever we read a passage in a textbook called Integrated English, Mrs. Moore would ask us to write down the meanings of vocabularies in the passages. She would then mark our answers and record our scores as part of continuous assessment tests.
+So when we broke for one half-term holiday that year 2002, I picked a dictionary and found out the meanings of all the vocabularies in the passages we hadn't yet read in the English textbook. I wrote the meanings in small bits of papers which I glued next to the relevant passages. But guess what again! When we reported back to school after that half-term holiday, Mrs. Moore never asked us again to write down the meanings of vocabularies in passages in Integrated English. And I have always suspected she refrained from doing so after observing what I had done.
+As bright as my high school classmates were, I always felt our class had only one true genius. That was George Yuka.
+Unlike other top students in my class who excelled by virtue of consistent hard work, Yuka aced his exams out of natural brilliance. His main weakness was slovenliness. If he had combined his natural brilliance with disciplined study habits, he would have been an academic whizz-kid.
+Once when we were sitting for a Mathematics end-of-year exam in Form 1, Fr. Joseph Carriere came into our class and angrily accused Yuka of cheating. He really disturbed him. And probably as a result of that disturbance, Yuka only managed to score a 63% in the Mathematics paper. Had he scored at least an 80% in the paper as other top students were scoring, he would have topped that end-of-year exams - or so I reckoned.
+I will always remember George Yuka for an initiative he took in Form 2 during one night prep, two or three days before we broke for long holidays. During that prep, he stood in front of the class and started describing each of my classmates. Because people at Starehe used to comment of how mentally mixed-up I was, I feared that Yuka would hurt my feelings by telling my classmates I was always confused. Happily, he said something virtuous and positive about me, though I can't remember what it was that he said. That was very wise of George Yuka.
+As our high school years rolled by, I bobbed up in academic rankings of my class. By the time we were in Fourth Form in 2005, I was appearing among the top six in my class. I don't know if that happened because I grew brighter or my classmates became dumber. All I know is that I never did any kind of cheating in exams during my Fourth Form year. Also unlike in Form 1 when I used to get out of bed as early as 5.00am to do private reading, I never woke up before 6.00am during my entire Fourth Form year.
+In the last term of our years in high school, I got to interact with some of my classmates when we met regularly in what we used to call the German Room where I enjoyed playing chess with George Yuka. One Sunday afternoon while we were in the German Room, Yuka shared with me a joke about a certain man who sold groundnut near Starehe gates. That joke set me laughing. It really was funny. Unhappily, I possess neither that eloquence of diction, that poetry of imagination, nor that brilliance of metaphor to retell that joke.
+When we were sitting for KCSE exams, George Yuka used to regularly complain about the exams when I interacted with him in the German Room. With the way he complained, I was so sure I would trounce him in the exams for the first and last time in our high school career. But alas! When KCSE results were released a few months later in 2006, he ranked ahead of me in the list of top 100 students in my province that was published in the newspapers. He scored an 'A' of 84 points while I got an 'A' of 82 points.
+All in all, my high school classmates were bright fellows. I once told my high school deskmate Martin Wamoni earlier on in this decade that if the Mighty 4F Class of '05 were a school, we would have emerged tops in the country in 2005 KCSE exams. That's all I am saying.
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+RECOMMENDATION: If you have enjoyed this part 2 of my high school memories, you might also enjoy "Part 1: High School Memories".!
+Benefits of Writing
+A True Story
+on Aug 15, 2019
+When I bought my second android tablet in August 2015, I downloaded a journalling app called Penzu with the intention of using it to save articles that inspire me in my wanderings around the internet. So far, I have saved quite a number of articles in the app, including one on the health benefits of drinking purple tea.
+But the Penzu team doesn't know I use their app to save interesting articles by copying and pasting. It thinks the contents in my Penzu app are my own original work. So whenever I don't paste something into the app for a month or two, I usually receive the following email:
+Hi John,That email has encouraged me to keep writing. Only that I don't do it in my Penzu app; I write in this lovely blog of mine. (Psst! Don't tell the Penzu team, okay?) And given the joy and peace I derive from writing, I can attest that those benefits of writing that the Penzu team mentions are true.
+We noticed that you haven't written in your journal recently. Did you know that [writing] has many health benefits, including:
+Just click the button below to jump straight into your Penzu journal. It'll be like you never left!Just click the button below to jump straight into your Penzu journal. It'll be like you never left!
+- Less stress and improved moods
+- Reduced blood pressure & improved immune system
+- Improved memory
+Write on!
+The Penzu Team.
+Well, I first took up writing as a hobby in 2006 when I was in Starehe Institute. Before then, I had only written compositions in my primary and secondary school years to be marked, either during exams or in preparation for them. When I took up writing as a hobby in 2006, I mostly wrote stories to my high school classmates. I shared the stories with them via email. You see, I have always found writing to be fun when I have an audience.
+There is one particular story I wrote to my high school classmates that I will never forget. I wrote it one day in 2008 when I was an undergraduate student at JKUAT. That day, I didn't attend any classes at the university. And what a beautiful day it was! One that will forever remained etched in my memory.
+I wrote that particular story in a computer lab in JKUAT library, for I didn't own a personal computer back in 2008. Even though the computer lab was strictly for master's and PhD. students, I didn't get into trouble for using it the whole day. The lab attendants were friendly to me that day, including one I teased that she looked as though she was naked because the colour of her skirt resembled that of her skin.
+Because it had been more than a year since I had last written to my high classmates, I began that story by saying, "Hi bros! Long time..." And then I went ahead to sex it up with lies and exaggerations that I found funny. I so thoroughly enjoyed writing the story that I did not notice the passage of time. It only dawned on me that a lot of time had passed when a computer lab attendant notified me she was closing the lab as it was 4.00pm.
+The evening of that day I emailed the story to my classmates, I walked on air - so much that I could hardly keep still. Too bad that the days that followed weren't as good as that day.
+Over the years since that day, I have felt a recurring sense of excitement whenever I have written a great story. These days, my happiest moments are when I share a story in this blog and someone out there appreciates it. And what is more, my writing hobby has made me feel in control of my life as though I am tooling around in a well-engineered car that makes doing 80 feel like 50.
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+RECOMMENDATION: If you've enjoyed this story of mine on benefits of writing, you might also enjoy another one I wrote sometimes back on "Benefits of Physical Exercises". Just click on that link in blue to dive straight into the story.
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+Google Analytics is not the only analytic tool. And not the only free one.
+Some other web analytics platforms are easier to use, some of them provide deeper insights, some are more suitable for marketers, product, or content managers. If you are concerned about your and your users’ data privacy, you can also consider using another tool.
+If you are looking for an alternative or an addition to Google Analytics, take a look at our list.
+Quick Links
+Clicky
+Clicky offers real-time analytics for your website. It tracks the key performance metrics as well as provides heatmaps, shows visitor actions, and more. The platform is easy to use and is a good alternative to Google Analytics.
+Image source: Clicky’s homepage
+Key features
+- Real-time reports.
+- High-level filtering and segmentation options.
+- Individual visitors action tracking.
+- Referrer spam and bot filtering.
+- Heatmaps by page, visitors, and segments.
+- On-site analytics widget.
+- Uptime monitoring with an alert system.
+- Filters to ignore traffic based on country, referrer, and more.
+- Search keyword rankings.
+- Goals and conversions tracking, incl. dynamic goals.
+- Split testing.
+- Funnel/path analysis.
+- White-label reports.
+A free package is available. The next level package starts at $9.99/month or $79.99/year. Heatmaps and uptime monitoring require a Pro Plus or higher account starting at $14.99/month or $119.99/year.
+Image source: Clicky’s pricing section
+GoSquared
+GoSquared is an alternative to complicated analytics systems and has intuitive dashboards.
+Image source: GoSquared’s official website
+Key features
+- Real-time dashboard.
+- Trends dashboard.
+- Real-time eCommerce analytics.
+- Map view of your visitors.
+- Visitors’ data is anonymized.
+- Downtime alerts.
+- Visitor-level details.
+- Event tracking.
+- Daily email-reports.
+- Integrations with Slack, Zapier, Twitter, Webhooks, WordPress, Shopify, Google Tag Manager, Squarespace, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and more.
+A free limited-use plan is available; paid options start at £29/month. You can start with a free trial.
+Image source: GoSquared’s pricing page
+Finteza
+Finteza is an advanced web and app analytics tool. In addition to other features, it can help you build and analyze conversion funnels so that you have a clear picture of your customer’s journey.
+Key features
+- Traffic quality evaluation: Finteza’s bot recognizes bad traffic, its type, and source.
+- Automated funnels by pages, events, and sources.
+- Audience analysis (device, location, IP, etc.).
+- Page analytics.
+- Automatic real-time conversion calculation for all sources.
+- Ready-made plugins for integration with WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and other popular CMS.
+- Built-in bot detector.
+Image source: Finteza’s homepage
+You can start with a 30-days free trial; after 30 days, you will pay $25/month per 100,000 unique visitors.
+Matomo
+Matomo, previously known as Piwik, is a powerful Google Analytics alternative. Unlike its main competitor, Matomo has an open-source code, 100% data protection, and strict privacy rules. As their website states, the service is trusted by the United Nations, NASA, Amnesty International, Red Bull, Huawei, and European Commission.
+Image source: Matomo’s official blog
+Key features
+- Matomo is an ethical alternative to GA; it doesn’t use visitors’ data for any «own» purposes. You can even use Matomo without asking for the user’s consent.
+- An open-source tool.
+- Accurate data instead of data samplings.
+- Highly customizable.
+- You can import your historical Google Analytics data to your Matomo account.
+- Heatmaps.
+- Session recordings.
+- Funnels.
+- A/B testing.
+- Visitor profiles, so that you can evaluate every action an individual user has taken on your website.
+- Enhanced SEO reports.
+- Tag manager.
+- Integration with WordPress, Joomla, WooCommerce, Magento, Drupal, Moodle, and 100+ more technologies.
+Pricing options depend on your website traffic, hosting (on your servers or Motomo’s cloud, and features you want to use). The Cloud plan starts at €29/month.
+Open Web Analytics
+Open Web Analytics is an open-source web analytics framework.
+Image source: Open Web Analytics website
+Key features
+- Stats on unique and repeated users, sessions and pageviews, average session duration, and bounce rates.
+- E-commerce analysis: revenue, transactions, conversion, etc.
+- Data on login and exit pages, traffic sources, search queries, and goals.
+- Heatmaps.
+- Audience insights: location, age, browser, etc.
+- With technical skills, you can adapt the system for any project—there are modules and APIs available.
+Open Web Analytics is an open-source tool, licensed under GPL, so it’s free to use. You can support this project with donations.
+Рanelbear
+Panelbear is a fast and simple analytics platform that doesn’t use tracking cookies nor does it track personal data.
+Key features
+- Real-time dashboards.
+- Cookie-free analytics.
+- Filter and compare options for any metric.
+- Automated alerts for traffic spikes and increased page load times.
+- Shareable dashboards
+- Weekly or monthly email reports.
+Image source: Pannelbear’s homepage
+Panelbear’s pricing plans range from $9 to $249/month. For a smaller project, you can try the free option.
+Image source: Pannelber’s pricing section
+ReactFlow
+ReactFlow is a web analytics service with a focus on data visualization for marketers, UX designers, developers, and product managers.
+Image source: Reactflow’s website
+Key features
+- User’s activity recording.
+- Advanced heatmaps to identify what is working and what needs to be changed.
+- Detailed funnels.
+- Bug notifications and analytics (Javascript and Network errors, 404 error).
+- Collecting visitors’ feedback.
+There are both Individual and Business plans available. Individuals can choose between a free option with limited functions and a PRO plan for $19.99/month. Business pricing depends on traffic starting at $19.99/month for up to 5k daily pageviews. All plans come with a 14-day free trial.
+Image source: Reactflow’s pricing page
+StatCounter
+StatCounter is an easy-to-use real-time web analytics tool focused on the user journey. You can use StatCounter on the go; Android and iOS apps are available.
+Image source: Statcounter’s website
+Key features
+- Well-visualized reports dashboard with key metrics: traffic sources, visitor location, engagement, operating system, popular pages, and more.
+- Traffic trends over time.
+- Google keyword data.
+- Paid traffic monitoring (Google Ads, Facebook, Twitter); click fraud detection.
+- Real-time visitor activity feed.
+- Notifications about specific important visitors.
+- Daily, weekly, or monthly email reports.
+There is a free plan for blogs and hobbyist websites available and a Premium plan for businesses. The premium options start at $9/month for 100,000 pageviews. You can get a discount for annual billing and begin with a 30-day free trial.
+Image source: Statcounter’s pricing section
+Umami
+Umami is a convenient and straightforward web analytics solution. This open-source service relies on privacy, does not use cookies, and works with GDPR.
+Image source: Umami’s official website
+Key features
+- Track an unlimited number of websites from a single installation.
+- The tracking script weights only 2KB.
+- You own all the data because the service is self-hosted.
+- Anonymizes all collected data.
+- All essential metrics are collected on a single page.
+- Mobile-friendly interface.
+- Share your reports and tracking data via URL.
+Umami is an open-source solution, so it’s free to use under the MIT license.
+Woopra
+Woopra is an analytics service focused on the customer journey.
+Image source: Woopra’s Analytics section
+Key features
+- Journey reports.
+- Trends reports to find out how main metrics change over time.
+- Cohort reports analyzing growth trends over time and measures patterns throughout the customer lifecycle.
+- Retention reports.
+- Behavioral segmentation with dynamic user segments.
+Woopra also provides tools to create individualized user experiences and engage visitors with built-in triggers.
+Woopra provides a free plan with limited functions. Paid options start at $349/month. A 14-day free trial is available for all plans.
+Image source: Woopra’s pricing page.
+20 More Google Analytics Alternatives
+- Adobe Analytics—an enterprise-level analytic tool.
+- Сhartbeat—focuses on content analytics.
+- Contentsquare.com—experience analytics cloud trusted by Walmart and Disney.
+- Fathom—simple, fast, and privacy-focused analytic tool.
+- Foxmetrics.com—is an enterprise-scale platform to explore customer journey data.
+- Gaug.es—easy-to-read real-time website analytics.
+- GoingUp—a free tool focused on visitor tracking and sales monitoring.
+- Heap.io—an analytics platform for marketers and product managers.
+- Hitslink—one more easy-to-use web analytic tool.
+- Hitsteps—a platform for getting web statistics, page analysis, uptime monitor, and live customer support.
+- Hotjar—heatmaps, session recordings, feedback, and surveys.
+- Indicative—product analytics for data warehouses.
+- Kissmetrics—product and marketing analytics created by Neil Pattel’s team.
+- Leadfeeder—the tool shows you the companies visiting your website and their journey.
+- Loggr—an analytics tool for web apps.
+- Marketo—a service to analyze buyer journey.
+- Parse.ly—a tool for content analytics.
+- Screpy.com—an AI-based tool for webpage analysis, page speed monitoring, Google Rank checking, and more.
+- Simple Analytics—a straightforward analytic tool with user-friendly dashboards.
+- Smartlook—the tool records users on websites and in mobile apps.
+Choose your best Google Analytics alternative or an addition to GA to dive deep into data analysis and better understand your marketing performance!.
+tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post1594767598774604226..comments2014-03-06T15:23:17.536-05:00Comments on The Velo ORANGE Blog: Can You Guess What These Are?Velo Orange carry a 1/8 track ring! carry a 1/8 track ring!<br /><br /> secret model.. secret model..<br /><br /><br /><br />?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-2328832369737548922010-01-29T16:32:11.270-05:002010-01-29T16:32:11.270-05:00Regarding the Ticino bikes by Electra, the story i...Regarding the Ticino bikes by Electra, the story is that Electra ordered a bunch of VO parts, saying they were for show bikes, and then sent them to China or somewhere to be duplicated exactly. They just ripped off the designs according to several guys I know in the bike business.Le Cagotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-471148702215941352010-01-29T04:02:26.751-05:002010-01-29T04:02:26.751-05:00Lovely and long overdue. I noticed the new Tici...Lovely and long overdue. <br /><br />I noticed the new Ticino bikes by Electra in stock at a LBS, sporting very VOish racks, fenders, and 50.4mm BCD cranks. CK, you must be aware--care to comment?David second the foil sticker. Much classier than a l...I second the foil sticker. Much classier than a laser etch. Replaceable as well (if you stock spares). I assume these are cold forged? Will be second model be as well? Thanks, F.C.F that adding room between the arm and ring...Remember that adding room between the arm and ring increases Q-factor, or tread. And the low tread is why so many experienced cyclists still prefer these cranks. A front derailleur with a flat outer plate, I use various Campy or FSA models, works perfectly. Chain guards are harder, but not impossible.Chris Kulczycki David_nj's comment in regards to wid...Seconding David_nj's comment in regards to width between the crank and ring. I'd also love to use these on my fiance's bike, and a little extra width goes a long way when kludging on a chainguard and fighting to get neither the crank arm or the chainring rubbing.Joshua these have a bit more spacing between the cra...Will these have a bit more spacing between the crank arm and chainring than the TAs? I loved those cranks as did just about everyone, but found the tight dimension there made it pretty much unfeasible to use a modern front derailleur.david_nj gladly buy these cranks, and prefer to not h...Would gladly buy these cranks, and prefer to not have them be chromed.Patch I just installed an old Sugino GT triple...@Johnson<br /><br />I just installed an old Sugino GT triple (1983, I think) on my camping bike and needed to use a 127mm spindle with a 2mm spacer. It's a little iffy shifting onto the granny sometimes -- I think it could use a few more mm in the spindle. <br /><br />Have you ever installed that crank, or others like it? I guess the old Suginos are especially prone to this problem.Doug please. Laser engraving looks awful, in my...Sticker please. Laser engraving looks awful, in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-5039154628530449112010-01-19T09:16:35.793-05:002010-01-19T09:16:35.793-05:00They will be available in 165, 170, and 175mm. We...They will be available in 165, 170, and 175mm.<br /><br />We don't plan to restock Campee racks.Chris Kulczycki Knee and Hip replacements for us old Ge...Artificial Knee and Hip replacements for us old Geezers ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-74822241120237714962010-01-18T08:59:33.039-05:002010-01-18T08:59:33.039-05:00nathan: really? i have run cranks from the 1960s...nathan:<br /><br />really? i have run cranks from the 1960s to the 2000s on bikes from all of said decades, and never run out of spindle length. do your chainrings actually hit the drive side chainstay?<br />unless they are painfully close, it should work. what set up are you using?johnson hell yeah! please make them in 165. :)oh hell yeah! please make them in 165. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-75089399197052318552010-01-16T13:49:26.587-05:002010-01-16T13:49:26.587-05:00Maybe I missed it and it was already covered, but....Maybe I missed it and it was already covered, but...<br /><br />Any idea of what length of BB spindle would be needed to get this type of crank (set up as a triple) to have a good chainline with a 135mm spaced 8/9/10 speed hub?<br /><br />When using older triple-cranks on 135mm spaced frames with 8/9/10 wheels I often run into the problem of the longest commonly available BB spindle (127 I believe) not being long enough. I imagine the design of these cranks will take that into consideration.<br /><br />I'd really love to put these cranks onto my faux-french Centurion Pro-Tour. Its the most fake french bike there ever was and these cranks would take it over the top.<br /><br />On an unrelated note, are the Nitto Campee front racks with detachable pannier low-riders ever coming in?Nathan Backous think it would look EXCELLET with a TA professio...I think it would look EXCELLET with a TA professional crankset-type (VO) black & silver label in the middle. It would look much cooler than a laser-etched logo. You might also make black labels to put in the other 2 flutes. A recurring revenue stream, yeah baby !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-29138287897332793182010-01-15T22:56:39.987-05:002010-01-15T22:56:39.987-05:00Tent-peg drivers?Tent-peg drivers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-84491763756989797242010-01-15T13:21:59.409-05:002010-01-15T13:21:59.409-05:00Next project: Velo Orange super CK rear derailleur...Next project: Velo Orange super CK rear derailleur????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-25235852955977368802010-01-14T19:32:30.984-05:002010-01-14T19:32:30.984-05:00Will rings be available separately?Will rings be available separately?Jeff Thomas exciting! Can't wait to see the final prod...How exciting! Can't wait to see the final product.Christopher are not knockoffs. They are simply another 5...These are not knockoffs. They are simply another 50.4mm bcd cranks. No company in Europe still makes 50.4bcd cranks. TA discontinued their version 3 years ago. Stronglight, Nervar, and Sugino (Japan) discontinued their models a couple of decades ago.Le Cagotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-66731079543126686642010-01-14T01:31:09.871-05:002010-01-14T01:31:09.871-05:00The cranks look great, but isn't it counter pr...The cranks look great, but isn't it counter productive to make knock-offs of an already proven product? I appreciate the fact that you manufacture remakes of products that are no longer produced. I think we should support the few french manufactures left, after all most of buy products from you do to our love of french bicycles and parts. Every year there is more european manufactures closing down due to cheap outsourcing, and knock-offs.<br /> CFGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-9121771864912520682010-01-14T00:05:30.206-05:002010-01-14T00:05:30.206-05:00can I get the left crank 3mm longer? for my short ...can I get the left crank 3mm longer? for my short leg? what about matching biopace rings? This is awesome!yankee_dollar make them in various lengths. I would buy ...Please make them in various lengths. I would buy a set today in 180mm (or longer?).bigmatt
+You must be agreed with the fact that Hoverboard rides are entertaining but unsafe as well. Beginners are likely to fall from the board a lot before they really master to balance themselves.
+A hoverboard ride is known as the most dangerous ride as there is nothing to take support if you fall. So, there are probabilities of getting seriously injured.
+Most people do not worry about slight injuries, but taking care of delicate body parts such as your head is most important particularly when kids are riding the hoverboard.
+So, a hoverboard helmet is an obligatory item to consider when riding a hoverboard. Selecting the best hoverboard helmet is a puzzling task because there are a number of choices presented in the market creating the selection puzzling for you.
+However, you must not worry about this now because I have done tough work for you and created this list of best hoverboard helmets which will help you to choose the correct helmet.
+Contents
+- Best Hoverboard Helmets 2021 List
+- 1. PROTEC Original Classic Helmet CPSC-Certified
+- Features:
+- Specifications:
+- Conclusion:
+- 2. Triple 8 Brainsaver Rubber Helmet
+- Features:
+- Specifications:
+- Conclusion:
+- 3. Pro-tec Original Full Cut Helmet
+- Features:
+- Specifications:
+- Conclusion:
+- 4.Razor V-17 Multi-Sport Helmet Best For Kids
+- Features:
+- Specifications:
+- Conclusion:
+- 5. Classic Hoverboard Helmets by Critical Cycles
+- Features:
+- Specifications:
+- Conclusion:
+- 6. TurboSke Skateboard Helmet
+- Features:
+- Specifications:
+- Conclusion:
+- 7. Lucky-M Kids Protective Gear Set
+- Features:
+- Specifications:
+- Conclusion:
+- 8. USTINE Kids Bike Helmet
+- Features:
+- Specifications:
+- Conclusion:
+- 9. KAMUGO Kids Bike Helmet
+- Features:
+- Specifications:
+- Conclusion:
+- 10. Nochicass Skateboard Helmet
+- Features:
+- Specifications:
+- Conclusion:
+- FAQs
+- Buying Guide
+- Material:
+- Interior:
+- Wireframe:
+- Size:
+- Price:
+- Conclusion
+Best Hoverboard Helmets 2021 List
+After good research, I shortlisted five helmets which will help you to choose the one according to your budget and requirements. While choosing a hoverboard helmet some factors should be considered and all of these factors are defined with every hoverboard helmet review to make the selection easier for you.
+1. PROTEC Original Classic Helmet CPSC-Certified
+PROTEC is a well-known company for the manufacturing of motorbikes and skateboard helmets, and PROTEC Original classic helmet is one of their most rated items.
+This helmet is constructed with a strong ABS hard-shell that certifies maximum safety from accidents or collisions. The internal part of the head covering is stuffed with contented ABS foam which ensures to absorb extreme shock in the incident of severe accidents.
+Being certified by CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) this helmet ensures that it is safe to be used by consumers. In fact, all CPSC certified helmets are manufactured with EPS fluff liners as a production standard.
+The helmet has two nylon strips with protected buckles that ensure the helmet is fit and you can adjust it according to your comfort level.
+There are 11 vents placed for proper airflow which makes the helmet more relaxed for longer riding periods.
+The addition of strong pins made of stainless steel makes this helmet more secure. These pins are long-lasting and solid enough to reduce the danger of the breaking of the helmet in case of severe shocks.
+These stainless steel nails joined with EPS foam linings as well as ABS hard-shell make the PROTEC Classic helmet the harmless and most long-lasting hoverboard helmet available on the market.
+Overall, this helmet has all the exciting features that you can expect from a hoverboard helmet. Moreover, the sensible price tag and the advanced performance of this cool looking helmet makes it fit to be purchased.
+Features:
+Certified Helmet:
+Being certified by CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission), this helmet ensures that it is safe to be used by consumers. All CPSC certified helmets are manufactured with EPS fluff liners as a production standard.
+Nylon strips for fitting:
+Besides, the helmet has two nylon strips with protected buckles that ensure the helmet is fit and you can adjust it according to your comfort level.
+Convenient in use:
+Further, there are 11 vents placed for proper airflow, making you more relaxed for more extended riding periods. You get fresh air while keeping yourself safe with the use of this fantastic helmet.
+Specifications:
+- Brand Pro-Tec
+- Weight 0.5 kg
+- Dimensions 3.15*3.15*3.94 inches
+- Material ABS
+- Colour Black Metal
+Read:- Best Bluetooth Hoverboards
+- Long-lasting
+- Not heavy
+- Comfortable to wear
+- No Cons
+Conclusion:
+Overall, this helmet has all the exciting features that you can expect from a hoverboard helmet. Moreover, the sensible price tag and the advanced performance of this cool looking helmet makes it fit to be purchased.
+2. Triple 8 Brainsaver Rubber Helmet
+The next exciting product in our list of best hoverboard helmets is the Triple 8 brain saver rubber helmet which provides complete head protection.
+Like its name, the Triple 8 brain saver helmet is an outstanding multi-impact helmet that keeps your head and brain both stay safe in the situation of any influence created by riding a hoverboard.
+This helmet is a little different from a motorbike helmet but can be used in various activities such as riding hoverboards, skateboards, scooters, or roller derbies.
+Moreover, the brain saver hoverboard helmet can safeguard you from smaller collisions affected by low-speed activities, however, a stronger and full helmet that may protect your full face should be used while riding bikes and cycles.
+We can say that the brain saver is a comfy as well as a long-lasting helmet that can be used on a daily basis. In addition, the lightweight manufacturing and original sweat saver lining confirm the airflow to reduce bad sweat odors that are a basic problem with helmets.
+Read:- Hoverboard Go-Karts
+The anti-bacterial technology helps the interior not to stink as the lining absorbs moisture. Terry cloth inside the helmet reduces the irritation difficulty even if you are wearing the helmet for longer periods.
+Overall, the Triple 8 brain saver helmet is a perfect head protection helmet that can be used in different low-speed ridings to guard your brain and head against accidents as well as injuries.
+Features:
+Anti-bacterial technology:
+The anti-bacterial technology helps the interior not to stink as the lining absorbs moisture. Chiefly, the terry cloth inside the helmet reduces the irritation difficulty even if you are wearing the helmet for more extended periods.
+Universal helmet:
+Besides, this helmet is slightly different from a motorbike helmet. But at the same time, it can be used in various activities such as riding hoverboards, skateboards, scooters, or roller derbies.
+Collision prevention function:
+Moreover, the brain saver hoverboard helmet can safeguard you from smaller collisions affected by low-speed activities. However, a more robust and full helmet that may protect your entire face should be used while riding bikes and cycles.
+Specifications:
+- Brand Triple Eight
+- Weight 0.45 kg
+- Dimensions 20.08*15.16*16.54 inches
+- Material ABS plastic
+- Colour All Rubber Black
+- Lightweight
+- Comfortable
+- Not much durable
+Conclusion:
+Overall, the Triple eight brain saver helmet is a perfect head protection helmet. Therefore, it can be used in different low-speed ridings to guard your brain and head against accidents as well as injuries.
+3. Pro-tec Original Full Cut Helmet
+The Pro-tec Original Full Cut helmet is a different manufactured article by Protec which focuses on the protection of your whole head. It is an old-style helmet, however, improved with the latest criteria to give ideal protection to your head when you are riding the hoverboard.
+This helmet has perfect sturdiness having stainless steel hardware and a comfortable foam liner; both features make this helmet suitable for safety and convenience.
+Unlike the other hoverboard helmets that are bound to be used only for hoverboards, it is a multipurpose helmet and can be used for bikes, cycles, roller derby, scooters as well as other sports also.
+Overall, the Protec Original Full Cut helmet is a great product that provides all essential features concerning comfort, durability, security, and toughness to give maximum safety of your head making it a valuable investment of your money.
+Features:
+Multi-purpose helmet:
+Unlike the other hoverboard helmets that are bound to be used only for hoverboards. Increasingly, it is a multipurpose helmet and can be used for bikes, cycles, roller derby, scooters, and other sports also.
+Advanced protection:
+Moreover, the addition of strong pins made of stainless steel makes this helmet more secure. However, these pins are long-lasting and solid enough to reduce the danger of breaking the helmet in an accident.
+Specifications:
+- Brand Pro-Tec
+- Weight 0.77 kg
+- Dimensions 10.3*9.8*9.6 inches
+- Material ABS plastic
+- Colour Gloss Black
+- Multipurpose
+- Old design with modern renovations
+- No cons
+Conclusion:
+Overall, the Protec Original Full Cut helmet is a great product that provides all essential features concerning comfort, durability, security, and toughness to give maximum safety of your head making it a valuable investment of your money.
+4.Razor V-17 Multi-Sport Helmet Best For Kids
+A hoverboard is a thing that is used by kids and elders both but the Razor R-17 is a perfect helmet for the use of kids only. It has amazing features, awesome design, and great quality to defend the kids from collisions while riding hoverboards.
+Read:- Best Hoverboard List
+There are 17 vents installed in this helmet for proper air circulation to have comfortable riding. Nylon straps with clips are attached on both sides to adjust the helmet according to the head size of your kid. Moreover, these clips not only fit the helmet tightly but can be unconfined quickly.
+The finest portion is the ergonomic stuffing inside the helmet which captivates the shock produced by impacts. The external part is solid and durable enough to endure numerous impacts but never comes apart.
+As a whole, the Razor V-17 is a perfect helmet for kids with a solid exterior and contented interior and this helmet confirms the comprehensive safety of your kids.
+Features:
+Shock absorbing ability:
+The best part is the ergonomic stuffing inside the helmet. Therefore, it captivates the shock produced by impacts. The outer part is stable and durable enough to endure the numerous effects but never comes apart.
+17 air inflow vents:
+Moreover, there are 17 vents installed in this helmet for proper air circulation to have comfortable riding. Therefore, it allows you to breathe naturally, which is a plus point.
+Specifications:
+- Brand Razor
+- Weight 0.48 kg
+- Dimensions 11.7*9.5*6.1 inches
+- Material ABS plastic
+- Colour Geo
+- Adjustable belts
+- Vents for air circulation
+- Lightweight
+- Can be used by kids only
+Conclusion:
+As a whole, the Razor V-17 is a perfect helmet for kids with a concrete exterior and contented interior. Also, this helmet confirms the comprehensive safety of your kids.
+5. Classic Hoverboard Helmets by Critical Cycles
+If your budget is preventing you to modernize your security gear, this product is perfect for your safety as this is your best selection in economical hoverboard helmets.
+Read:- Best Off-Road Hoverboard
+This hoverboard helmet is so comfortable to wear that you will feel safe while wearing it. No problem if you are riding a simple hoverboard, traveling, or showing your skills by trying some actions you may go calm because your head is protected fully.
+Now, let’s check out its comfortability and ease. It has the ability to absorb moisture, so, you can put it on for continuous hours without any uneasiness or odor.
+Having a low price, it offers you less option of color and less trendy looks. However, do not get desperate because still you have a handsome matte blue option.
+In addition, it is a superb and fully budget-friendly deal laden with all the security features that anyone can demand and desire. Loaded with the above-mentioned features, it is totally wrong to have this helmet absent from my list of best hoverboard helmets.
+Do not be confused while I am saying it cheap, it means its price is low. The Critical cycle is a well-known brand that guarantees protection and US CPSC certification.
+Features:
+Comfortable to wear:
+Besides, this hoverboard helmet is so comfortable to wear that you will feel safe while wearing it. So, no problem if you are riding a simple hoverboard, traveling, or showing your skills by trying some actions, you may go calm because your head is protected fully.
+Attractive color and design:
+Also, having a low price it offers you less option of colour and less trendy looks. However, do not get desperate because still, you have an attractive matte blue option.
+Specifications:
+- Brand Retrospec
+- Weight 0.48 kg
+- Dimensions 13.5*8.9*6.7 inches
+- Material ABS plastic
+- Colour Matte Sky Blue
+- Budget-friendly
+- US CPSC safety certified
+- EPS foam of top quality can endure heavy influences
+- 11 vents which keep you calm while riding longer distances
+- A spare set of substitutable pad
+- fewer color choices
+- A little heavy
+Conclusion:
+Do not be confused while I am saying it cheap; it means its price is low. Also, the Critical cycle is a well-known brand that guarantees protection and US CPSC certification. If your budget is light, then buying this helmet will be a promising idea.
+6. TurboSke Skateboard Helmet
+Are you surveying for the best hoverboard helmet with sturdy materials? If yes, then you are on the right path. Notably, this helmet has protective gear that makes this helmet a multi-sports helmet like a scooter, roller riding, bike riding, and hoverboards riding. Also, these protective gears protect you from injury during extreme riding.
+Besides, this helmet has passed all the crucial tests and safety certified by CPCS. However, the helmet’s size is adjustable and can quickly lose or tight according to your head circumference. Further, when you feel that your helmet pads and strips are looking dirty, you can wash them with mild soap.
+Features:
+Strong material:
+Amazingly, the material used in this helmet kit is highly unique and durable. Also, this helmet contains a tough ABS shell and comfortable EPS foam. ABS shell prevents headgear, and EPS foam keeps you comfortable during your ride. Moreover, breathable cents are also present that reduce sweating during summer.
+Multi-sport helmet:
+Mainly, you can use this helmet for different sports like skating, roller riding, bike riding, etc. Moreover, all kids, adults, men, and women can use this helmet. Furthermore, you can easily adjust it according to your head circumference.
+Specifications:
+- Brand TurboSke
+- Weight 0.61 kg
+- Dimensions 10.6*8.7*6.7 inches
+- Material ABS plastic
+- Colour Black
+- Usable in various sports
+- Adjustment option
+- 11 vents for proper ventilation inside the helmet
+- Best for female users
+- Create with a high-class durable plastic
+- Cost-effective helmet
+- Straps adjustment is difficult
+Conclusion:
+If you have previously tried helmets and are not happy with their quality and comfort level, then you should have to try this helmet. As it is in the budget of most of the people, so buy it not heavy on the pocket.
+7. Lucky-M Kids Protective Gear Set
+This best hoverboard helmet mot has two elbow guards, two knee guards, two wrist guards, and a helmet itself. Notably, this helmet kit is equally suitable for all sports like cycle ride, skateboard ride, and scooter ride. Also, the price of this best hoverboard helmet is about 20$
+Moreover, it is flexible as kids of various head length can use it because it comprises an elastic strap. It is automatically adjustable as when the kid wears the helmet; it becomes fit for his own. Further, it is made up of ABS plastics or polystyrene, which is extra durable.
+Features:
+Proper air ventilation:
+Notably, this sports helmet has 11 holes in the wireframe for healthy airflow. Also, this system allows you to breathe well. If you can’t breathe well during the ride, it will be hazardous. That’s why this brand has designed this product with 11 vents for air ventilation.
+Made with fine material:
+Besides, it is made up of extra fine ABS plastic and polystyrene, and we all know how well they are. Moreover, it has a foam layer inside the helmet, which makes you feel comfortable while riding. It ensures that you remain safe if you get impact from the dug in the road.
+Specifications:
+- Brand Lucky-M
+- Weight 0.56 kg
+- Dimensions 12.2*10.51*6.69 inches
+- Material ABS plastic
+- Colour Blue
+- Very light in weight
+- Easy to wear
+- Good to air inflow
+- Low prices sport helmet
+- Made up of ABS plastic
+- Only for little girls
+Conclusion:
+Overall, the quality of this best hoverboard helmet is excellent, and it provides the necessary safety and eases while wearing. However, it can only be used by girls as it is specially designed for young girls. Besides, if you’re buying this sports helmet for a girl, then nothing is the problem with this product.
+8. USTINE Kids Bike Helmet
+Are you looking for the best helmet hoverboard with a detachable sponge? Mainly this sponge is attached to the helmet to keep it in its place. Also, you can easily remove this sponge to wash. During summers, this breathable sponge can reduce sweating.
+Undoubtedly, high-quality material is used to make this helmet comfortable and breathable. Amazingly, these materials are strong ABS shells, soft and thick EPS foam, and eleven breathable ducts. Besides, this helmet is tough and durable because PP and PE materials are also used with polyester sleeves.
+Features:
+Protective Gears Set:
+Specifically, this kit is designed to keep your kids safe and secure. It includes one helmet, two wrist guards, and two knee and elbow pads. Further, this kit is made up of solid material, like hard ABS and breathable vents to keep your kids cool during riding.
+Durable and comfortable:
+Mostly, the secure buckle and adjustable straps increase the durability of your kit. Also, you can adjust protective gear by using these straps and buckles. Besides, these straps and buckles are comfortable and flexible and also maintain your child’s stability during extreme riding.
+Specifications:
+- Brand USTINE
+- Weight 0.57 kg
+- Dimensions 8.5*7.8*6.2 inches
+- Material Plastic
+- Colour Black
+- Detachable sponge
+- Safe and secure kit
+- Protective gears are multifunctional
+- Certified by CPCS
+- Compatible head perimeter
+- Quality if pads is a question mark as per reviews of some buyers
+Conclusion:
+It is a complete protection kit for your young kid as it comprises a helmet, pads, elbow guard. Also, it has flexible straps which make this helmet to be protection set for all head size users, which is an edge. We recommend this best hoverboard helmet if the speed of your hoverboard is 10+ miles per hour.
+9. KAMUGO Kids Bike Helmet
+Do you want to buy the best hoverboard helmet which you can use for different types of sports? Expressly, most people like to get such a helmet kit manufactured for different sports like skating, bike riding, and other outdoor activities. Here we present you with a KAMUGO bike helmet.
+You can use this kit for different sports, but this helmet is particularly suitable for toddlers. Undoubtedly, most people like this product due to its quality and durability. However, the protective gears are also present to keep your kids safe and comfortable.
+Features:
+Adjustable straps:
+The straps are the basic need of any helmet, and this helmet contains adjustable straps to keep your kids comfortable. Also, this helmet is the best kid helmet, and you can remove straps to wash them. Besides, when you feel that your side buckles are too tight, you can adjust them.
+Protective gears:
+The protective gears make you safe and stable during extreme riding. Also, these include a complete kit of helmets, pads, and wrist guards. Moreover, high-quality material is used like breathable vents, PP, and PE materials that make your equipment tough and durable.
+Specifications:
+- Brand KAMUGO
+- Weight 0.56 kg
+- Dimensions 5.91*7.87*6.69 inches
+- Material ABS plastic
+- Colour Red
+- You can use this kit for different sports
+- Highly durable
+- Multifunctional gears
+- Shock-absorbing form
+- Adjustable head clips
+- Fits only to kids under eight years
+Conclusion:
+Finally, we can say that it is the best helmet for the hoverboard as it’s a good protection kit for kids under 8. Also, it comprises a shock-absorbing foam inside the helmet, which is perfect. If somehow your kid gets jerked while riding a hoverboard or cycle, it can easily absorb this shock and protect your kid.
+10. Nochicass Skateboard Helmet
+Are you searching for the best hoverboard helmet with a ventilation design? If yes, then read about this product. Notably, breathable vents are the primary specialty of any helmet. Also, this helmet reduces sweating during riding and is the best skateboard helmet. Here we present you the Nochicass skateboard helmet, which contains 11 breathing ducts.
+Amazingly, this helmet is suitable for multisports like inline skating, roller skating, bike riding, etc. Besides, the material that developers use is sturdy and lightweight. Further, it equips an adjustable strike to keep your helmet securely in place to avoid face scratches.
+Features:
+Strong padding system:
+The padding system strengthens the whole kit. Specifically, the thickness of a pad is 7mm, which keeps us safe and secure from injury. Besides, these pads absorb external shocks and sweating. Further, to clean this pad, you can wash it with any mild soap.
+Adjustable helmet:
+Moreover, this helmet is very smooth and flexible. So, you can easily adjust it according to the circumference of your head. Also, every age of human can wear it due to its flexibility. Moreover, side buckles and straps are very soft, and you can quickly release them.
+Specifications:
+- Brand Nochicass
+- Weight 0.36 kg
+- Dimensions 9.2*8.6*5.5 inches
+- Material ABS
+- Colour Black
+- Good for kids
+- Flexible straps for adjustment
+- Easy to wear
+- Price is not high
+- Very light in weight
+- Quality is not up to the mark
+Conclusion:
+It’s a super light helmet. Also, if your kid is weak and can not do well with a heavy helmet, then this best hoverboard helmet is the solution. Besides, finding a sports helmet in this weight category is extremely tough. It’s recommended for young kids with the issue of wearing heavy helmets.
+FAQs
+Do I Need to Wear a Helmet While Riding?
+You are definitely required to wear the best hoverboard helmet if you want to protect yourself from unwanted accident injuries. Moreover, there are many cases in which wearing a helmet protects the rider from lethal injuries, mostly head injuries. Besides a helmet, it is good to wear knee pads, elbow pads, and wrist guards for utmost safety.
+Is It Illegal to Ride Overboard or Roller Skate Without a Helmet?
+Most of the world’s countries have a law against riding hoverboards, skateboards, roller skates and cycle without wearing helmets and other protective accessories. Therefore, it is better to wear a helmet while riding these vehicles if you have a helmet. In case if you haven’t any helmet then buy the complete protection kit immediately.
+Why Helmets Are Essential?
+Helmets are very important if you are riding on any vehicle which has a chance of head injury. These vehicles include roller skates, skateboards, hoverboards, bikes, and cycles. In all these vehicles it is illegal to ride without a helmet. Moreover, to protect yourself from any major injury and also want to remain in law then wearing a helmet is a must.
+Are Helmet Vents Good for Me and if Yes Then How?
+Yes, they are instrumental as well as necessary for health. It is good to buy a helmet that has a wireframe instead of a gas frame as they allow you to breathe fully and allow complete blood circulation. Moreover, these best hoverboard helmets in the market have 11 vents or 17 vents for better air inflow than glass frames, and both of them are equally good.
+Buying Guide
+In this list mentioned above, we have given you the ten best hoverboard helmets for kids you can buy. However, if you are still confused, which one to buy then read this buying guide carefully. Every time you purchase an item, let’s say it is a helmet, you have to review its many features to get a decent and perfect stiff. Similarly, if you want to buy the best helmet, you have to consider a few aspects. And here are some factors:
+Material:
+If you are buying anything, whether it is a hoverboard or helmet, you must first see from which material it is made of. Usually, the helmets are made of just plastic, but the plastic is not enough for the accident’s safety. It’s good to purchase a helmet that is made of polystyrene or ABS plastic as they are highly durable and not easily breakable as well. So, it is always recommended to buy a helmet whose material quality is excellent as it depends on which your overall safety depends.
+Interior:
+The other vital factor to look at in the best helmet for the hoverboard is its interior. It is better to have the best overboard helmet which has foam inside. Therefore, you can remain calm and comfortable if your helmet has this feature. Moreover, it absorbs the moisture inside the helmet, which is a plus point and saves your skin from getting allergic bacteria.
+Wireframe:
+When a helmet has a wireframe, it protects the ride if it falls on the face. Therefore, it is an essential part of the safety procedure of the best hoverboard helmet. Also, it is good to buy the helmet with a wireframe as it allows you to breathe well, unlike the glass frame.
+Size:
+Always measure the head of your kid before buying the helmet. Besides, it avoids the wastage of the best hoverboard helmet after buying it. However, it doesn’t take much time to measure the head size of your child; it only requires a measuring tape and perfect standup position for measurement of the head.
+Price:
+Price is the most crucial factor of any helmet in the market, just like any other market product. Moreover, the expensive product doesn’t mean that its quality is fine, but the purchasing of a quality product at an affordable price requires extensive research in the market.
+Conclusion
+As you know, we have explained everything in this review article, and we are pretty sure now your confusion is over after reading this guide. Now I come to the end of this article but have more words for you. Moreover, the top ten helmets we’ve included in this list were beneficial and they can best any helmet in a local helmet store.
+Hopefully, by now, you have chosen your favorite helmet for a hoverboard from this list. However, if you haven’t picked anyone, then do it now without fear, which will be very attractive and enjoyable.
+Finally, let me tell you that if you want to protect yourself from injury, you have to wear a helmet.
+I hope you are satisfied with the review if you have any issue regarding this article and still confused about which helmet to buy as a hoverboard rider you are welcome to comment.
+DevOps Trends, Predictions and 2017 Resolutions: Key Takeaways From Our Year-End Special Episode of Continuous Discussions (#c9d9)
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+Looking Back at 2016:
+In 2016 it's been higher level people asking how to set up a #DevOps organization and culture @RobertEStroud #c9d9 pic.twitter.com/Bz7tNIGw7x
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+The 'honeymoon' period of #DevOps is over. In 2016 we are being more real about what it is. #c9d9 - @HoardingInfo pic.twitter.com/NVltf0ApUL
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+In 2016, we've moved from having specific people who know about #CD #DevOps to having platform teams @manupaisable #c9d9 pic.twitter.com/LFoDXvfAMQ
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+looks back on 2016 as the year DevOps moved from a grassroots movement to a management-led transformation : “I think 2016 was really the year where we see DevOps crossing the chasm from early maturity to later maturity. I like to make that distinction because I think there are different trends going on in those different groups. For the majority of early-adopters - organizations that have already been doing DevOps for a while - what I've seen a lot is that they're now focusing on what's the best way to organize the teams. Moving, often, from having just specific people who know about Continuous Delivery, DevOps, and so on, to actually getting platform teams that kind of embed all the services that they want the development teams to use, so kind of streamlining in a way.
+For the late-adopters, we now see a lot of large organizations trying to get on board with DevOps. It's interesting because I see clients where top management brings in the idea of, ‘Okay, we need to go do DevOps.’ Before, early adopters, like the companies speaking at the DevOps Enterprise Summit , typically started from the ground up. Then when the results came in, management gave them support to roll it out. But, now it's management bringing in the idea, and the people on the ground are sometimes a bit confused because there's not a clear explanation of what DevOps means for them. So that's what I would say are the large trends I've seen, in organizational terms.”
+Development teams are still by and large the ones adopting DevOps in 2016 vs. operations teams, explains Stroud : “In 2016, it's increasingly been about ‘How do I set up a DevOps organization to keep up with development's rate and pace of change?’ One of the data stats we pulled has to do with DevOps adoption in development versus operations. Isn't that ironic? Because the name DevOps is dev and ops. We still seesignificantly more DevOps adoption in development than operations , but the good news is the gap is closing, based on the Forrester data. So that's one of those things that's happening, but what we're also seeing is the advent of containers and containerization and what that's doing to DevOps.”
+Riley
+on DevOps’ sex appeal and container environments in 2016: “The sexiness of DevOps has gone away. In 2016, we've been a lot more real about what it is. I think that this was the year where we started to see people who have either started to build environments that are successful or turn out to be failures. I think it's going be very similar to Agile adoption, and we're going to know very quickly whether people are building Waterfall 2.0 , or they're actually living the practices of DevOps. It's not a technology.
+For me, personally, 2016 was also the year that I became less of a curmudgeon on Docker. I was very happy to see some of the evolution that's come with that. I think that's going to impact 2017 in a huge way. Instead of Docker becoming synonymous with containers, I think containerized environments are really going to be the thing.”
+The number of organizations who don’t even know what DevOps is has been worrisome to Forsgren : “It really seemed to me like 2016 was the year that people really caught their stride. So the people who kind of know what they're doing really caught their stride, and it seemed like the high performers just absolutely took off, and they were killing it. It was amazing, and we heard some fantastic stories, and we saw it in the data. But you still hear so many organizations have not heard of DevOps. They don't really know what it is. They're convinced it's going to be fine. They're totally fine. It shouldn't surprise me, but it still it worries me just a little bit. We're getting more and more people sort of being convinced that they need to jump on this train, or it's going to leave them behind, but we still have a handful that are still ignoring this, thinking ‘It'll be fine. I've been doing this for 20 years.’”
+Fell
+, emphasizes the importance of small, incremental changes that lead to great improvements : “It's never been truer than in this accelerated cycle that we're seeing with productivity and all this awesome value being created from relatively minor, incremental improvements in process, in tooling, and all the stuff that we do, and the feedback that we're getting. Gene Kim says the improvement of the quality of the daily work is actually more important than the absolute quality of the daily work. I believe that to be true. If you're constantly improving things, you're going to end up being better than the person who is really good today but never moves forward.”
+Reflecting on 2016, Shimel has created his own theory on DevOps adoption: “I call my theory ‘Pockets of DevOps .’ Think of pockets of DevOps as bubbles, like little kids play with bubbles. So at some organizations who started a little earlier than others, you have multiple pockets of DevOps within the organization, small teams, not really high executive-led, but mid-management or bottom-up, mid-out. We saw these people talking at Gene’s and CloudBees's DevOps Enterprise Summit the last three years. What we're seeing is, in these organizations that started earlier, these pockets of DevOps are now joining together to form bigger bubbles, if you will. Then we still have organizations that only have one or two pockets of DevOps – little bubbles. But some of those bubbles are popping, and we're not hearing about them.”
+Wallgren
+discusses the rise of containers and microservices in 2016: “There's a couple of things that have been big in 2016. Containers is huge. I think, related to that, microservices as well. I think what's starting to happen and most people are starting to realize (some people the hard way) is that you're going to have a really hard time doing this well with a crappy architecture, whether that be a crappy architecture for your pipeline or crappy architecture for your application . Application architecture matters in your ability to do DevOps well. If you have a bunch of legacy software that you're dealing with, and that's probably a big chunk of the people who aren't yet doing it, how are they going to do it? With a legacy app that takes 10 hours to build, takes three weeks to test, what are they going to do? Everything is fine and rosy if you're starting with a green field app, but I think the legacy stuff will be where it gets really interesting in the future.”
+What’s Next – Looking Ahead to 2017:
+Companies will be more strategic about tackling their #DevOps journey in 2017 - @nicolefv #c9d9 pic.twitter.com/Xa2d3Ma30d
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+We may start seeing some backlash in 2017 with #DevOps and hearing more about failures #c9d9 @anders_wallgren pic.twitter.com/ApnwXqPstm
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+We are all of the sudden seeing consolidation of the #DevOps space and there will be more in 2017 per @ashimmy #c9d9 #CA #Atomic pic.twitter.com/gnvhjczi8p
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+There are three main trends Stroud sees taking hold in 2017: “First, I'm seeing organizations look to drive mainframe R&D in a DevOps methodology , not just mainframe development, but also supporting velocity in rolling it out to production, with organizations moving from one or two major releases a year, to now experimenting with both quarterly and monthly releases using DevOps practices and experimentation and techniques. Second thing, is what I now call BizDevOps. I'm really starting to see, with the advent of solutions like low code and no code, business analysts can actually write business applications and use APIs to join pieces together and put new user interfaces on top. We're starting to see true experimentation with what's called BizDevOps, but that predicates the release pipeline being automated across CI, CD, and to release. Containers are really starting to fuel that momentum, transforming the way we do things.”
+Shimel on DevOps tools' silos and consolidation: “I want to focus on two things for 2017. Number one is what I call the breakdown of DevOps tools' silos. It's really ironic that in something like DevOps, where the idea was to break down silos between dev and ops, dev and QA, and QA and security, but what we've done is we've built new silos of DevOps tools. So we have configuration management DevOps solutions. We have CI/CD DevOps solutions. We have APN DevOps solutions. ARA and "alphabet soup" DevOps solutions. They all exist in silos. Now we have more silos, which is the anti-DevOps. Secondly, as a business analyst, I was a little surprised that we haven't seen moreconsolidation in the DevOps space, up until very recently. We're going to see a lot of DevOps consolidation, and that will also foster DevOps tools working together as well, as some of these maybe bigger plays try to amass an end-to-end DevOps story.”
+Strategic DevOps transformations will be the key in 2017, says Forsgren : “I think we're going to start to see companies being a little bit more strategic about tackling their DevOps journey and their technology transformation. In the past, it was - with love and respect - such a shit show. You could start anywhere, and you were going to get better. But now, if you're already on your way, you need to be careful and strategic about what you're fixing. If you're nowhere on your way, you are so far behind. that you have to be strategic and careful about where you start .’ I think it's going to be a huge trend moving forward to do really careful and strategic assessments about where you are, intentional prioritization and strategy about understanding what your constraints are, so that you can do strategic capabilities development moving forward.”
+Fell realizes that there are still a lot of organizations not doing Agile or DevOps , which hopefully changes in the coming year: “We are living in this bubble, happy bubble, of everybody gets DevOps and we're all Agile. But we talk with folks in the Rust Belt, or we got a lot of people that we talk to who are just like, ‘Wow. Yeah, we do nightly builds, and we're really looking forward to doing continuous integration.’ Your jaw drops, like, ‘Wow. Yeah, that's a good idea. You should do that.’”
+2017 will be a disruptive year for DevOps as we know it, Riley discusses: “In 2017, we're going tostop defining DevOps , and we're going to hopefully use the word a lot less. We're going to be real about what it is and getting it done. It's going to be a lot less talk and more doing . I would like to hear more about the failures, because until we start surfacing those, not only are we going to learn from them, but also be able to prevent organizations from doing the whole, ‘We failed, we give up,’ thing.
+One of my biggest fears is that we're only creating a modern version of old environments , where people get locked into their setups. In three, five years, they're looking back and saying, ‘Oh, now this is an old thing, and we need to start over.’ Whereas true DevOps means you're ready to adapt, and you can grow with the environment. I also think organizational structures are going to change in a big way. I think we're going to see a lot more shared services business units . We're going to see DevOps titles, a lot more engineering in titles, a lot more cross-functional stuff. It's going to be disruptive, but also very interesting to see how engineering groups adapt and people's careers change. Then, finally, I'd like to expand on the tooling market. I think in the first quarter or the first half of 2017, we're still going to see this influx of tools coming in. I mean, there's a new one I encounter every day, especially in the release automation area. Where I believe there will continue to be growth is container-native tooling , container-native security and container-native release automation.”
+We will start to see different ways to collaborate and an increase in DevOps certifications in 2017, per Pais : “I don't know exactly how this is going to shape up, but I feel like there is space for new ways of thinking about getting people to collaborate and getting a lot of different specialties in the organization to work together for faster delivery. To me, it's a problem that’s not clear how to solve in many organizations. The other thing that these organizations are bringing in is traditional vendors - your CRMs, ERPs - they're going to start to be pushed, more and more, to up their game and make their solutions more transparent, more malleable to rapid delivery, because that's one of the main problems that these more traditional organizations face. They don't know how to go about improving delivery in these kind of systems. And I wanted to mention another thing, which is a bit like what happened with Scrum. I think we're seeing more and more DevOps education and certifications. I know, for example, there's an IEEE standard for DevOps being worked on.”
+DevOps will play a larger role in FinServ organizations, according to Wallgren : “I think 2017 will be when we start to hear about some of the failures , which is good because we learn from that. But, I think there's also going to be quite a few people who say, ‘Yeah, we tried DevOps. It doesn't work. It's all hype. It only works for the unicorns. It only works for new software. It only, it only, it only, it only.’ That will happen with any sort of new thing, but I think it's about that time.
+Then I think we will see some, hopefully, interesting disruption in the financial technology area , because I think the financial institutions have always treated tehcnology as a key differentiator.’ Now, the problem they have is that their culture, by and large, sucks. So there may be disruption there, where new financial technology, new online banks, new companies will be forced to play nice with one another. Somebody's got to.”
+New Year Resolutions
+Don't optimize small things like build or test times when you have problems that are much larger @manupaisable #c9d9 pic.twitter.com/R1UOYmBACj
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+There are no bosses of #DevOps , no one person owns it, but rather stewards of #DevOps @HoardingInfo on #c9d9 pic.twitter.com/4eUx01wEG1
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+"Strategy without execution is wasted time" @RobertEStroud #DevOps #c9d9 pic.twitter.com/jENATQ5oSK
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+In 2017 #empathize with those you are working with! Holiday message from @ashimmy on #c9d9 #DevOps #IT #dev #operations pic.twitter.com/eMCgNwRlx8
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+If you don't use metrics, you don't know if the small steps and changes you are making are working - @nicolefv #c9d9 pic.twitter.com/yUwDXdp9bH
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+We all need to keep our eyes on the ball in 2017, 'Why are we doing this?' - to bring more value to our customers @anders_wallgren #c9d9 pic.twitter.com/kz4tcHxWmz
+— CloudBees (@electriccloud) December 13, 2016
+There are three things Pais would like to see done better in DevOps in 2017: “Three things. One, value stream mapping for your delivery teams. Even if it's one day or one afternoon, get people together and see how your delivery pipeline actually works when you get everyone in the room. The benefits are immense, and a lot of organizations think they know what's going on, but they don't. Even if you don't do anything afterwards, at least you will see something new. The other thing is don't optimize small things, like build times or testing times, when you have problems that are much bigger. Like if your infrastructure provisioning still takes days or weeks, then work on that first. A lot of organizations are focused on local optimizations when there's a lot more to look at. Lastly, get everyone under the same umbrella in terms of incentives. It doesn't matter in which format. If it's KPIs or financial incentives or appraisals, whatever you have, just get everyone (developers, operations, security, etc.) to share the same objectives, in terms of speed of delivery, mean time to recovery, better security – make sure it's the same for everyone.
+Wallgren advises to make sure you are staying on track with your goals: “I think what we all need to do is keep our eyes on the ball . This goes into the whole experimentation and strategy tactics and just the whole idea, ‘Why are we doing this?’ We're doing this to bring more value to our customers, to our employees, to make things better. I think that's something to keep in mind because if what you're doing on any given day isn't moving that ball forward, what was the point? I think we need to focus a little more on that.”
+Make sure you have a DevOps steward (not boss) on your team, advises Riley : “I'd say that fostering stewardship is important. You don't have to have somebody who owns DevOps, but you should have somebody who's consciously stewarding DevOps across the entire environment. In some organizations, where I've seen this done really well, it's through a cloud services or a shared services type business unit. They're not the bosses of DevOps. There is no boss. There is a steward of DevOps that helps make sure everybody has the tools and the know-how to build it across the organization. My final resolution would befocus on tactics . I think strategy is important. I do think that we spend a little bit too much time talking about what we're going to do, and I'd like to see more people bite down on small steps of something. Continuous integration is a relatively safe area to begin.”
+Practice empathy for everyone on your team, says Shimel : “Have empathy for your fellow workers, empathy for your fellow humans. Don't think because you're the dev, that what you're doing is more important than what the ops guy is doing. When the QA guy is saying, ‘Geez, I'm afraid I'm going to lose my job because we're automating the crap out of my testing,’ don't say, ‘Geez, that's too bad. Don't worry. You'll find another job.’ The guy is a person, has children and spouses. Empathize what they're feeling. Empathize for the security guy, who doesn't know any better. He just knows how to say, ‘No,’ right? That's what he knows. Give him a break. So for 2017, empathize for the person you're dealing with. Put yourself in their shoes. Try to make the whole thing work.”
+Stroud hopes to see the culture of collaboration continue: “Strategy without execution is wasted time. We have to execute. We have to be prepared to fail. We have to be prepared to come and share our experiences. That's all part of that blameless culture and we have to put that culture into practice. Let's put our stake in the ground and go with it. I also like the idea of collaborating. As we learned at the DevOps Enterprise Summit, the culture in that environment is of community and sharing and talking to people. I've been involved in this industry a long time, and I haven't seen a lot of that. I want to keep encouraging it. As DevOps becomes more mainstream, and we take the term away, and it turns into education classes, and we all become controllers of DevOps, let's not lose what we've got.”
+It’s all about measurement , according to Forsgren : “Take small steps along the way to get better - your experiments, your tactics in support of your strategy, your leadership having vision to support business goals. You don't know if any of these things are working unless you have really good assessments and measures to tell you if these really, really small steps you're taking are working. So that's going to be my goal, is having all of us think about measuring in smart ways, so that we can actually do these experiments that are small, that allow us to fail, because big massive failures are scary, but those are the ones that are easy to measure with crap measurements. Because when you fail big, you know you failed big.”
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+2010 Preparation
+By late May, I had arrived back in the UK. I had 5-6 weeks to prep the bike for my 2010 travels, which would begin by joining up with a couple of young, enthusiastic riders from other parts of the world to tackle the legendary Road of Bones from Magadan. First I began with general maintenance issues. The bike had done 65,000km (40,000 miles). The fuel pump and fuel filter were changed. The clutch was changed. Normal consumables (oil, filter, plugs, brake pads, wheel bearings and seals) were changed. Then it was onto the modifications and improvements.
+(1) Steel Subframe: Touratech make a replacement for the stock alloy subframe. My original had an unhealthy amount of flex, and on stripping it down, I found there were a couple of cracks which contributed heavily to that flex. It may have been possible to weld it back up, and bend it back into shape (the subframe was quite bent, such that the tail light was a good few inches from the centreline on the bike and the rear tyre.) So I decided to bite the bullet and change the subframe for the steel one. Its about 2 kgs heavier, but will be easier to attach things too and easier to weld in the field.
+(2) Barkbusters: A refresh of the bike was also a chance to up-spec some of my protective bits. Some alloy Bark Busters from Adventure Spec went on, and some 50mm (2 inch) Rox risers joined them in the bike’s steering department.
+(3) Scheffelmeier Case saver: 2 chains broke on the bike during the 2009 ride and so the case saver (front chain guard) was very much worse for wear after being called into action twice last year. An excellent item is now produced by Scheffelmeier Metall in Germany to protect the engine housing from stray chains.
+(4) Fork Transplant: The stock forks, while reasonable, are far from ideal. One fork handles the compression and one the rebound damping, and a test of both forks shows how completely different each fork feels. Further, the damping is done inside sealed cartridges, and is therefore impossible to play with the damping mechanisms. A number of different fork transplant options were considered, including Marzocchi 45mm shiver forks from a Husqvarna or Aprilia, Marzocchi top-shelf factory series 45mm forks, or the “generic” option, WP 48 mm forks available on a variety of KTM models. Each choice had its advantages and disadvantages: The Shiver fork transplant would be the simplest, as it meant the forks would fit straight into the X-Challenge as it was … straight into the existing triple clamps – but I had trouble locating any in the time space available. The Marzocchi Factory Series were the best forks among the candidates, with the lowest friction, best damping and the most adjustment. I located a second hand set for under £200 (normally about £1000 a set new) but they require different top and bottom clamp sizes. I would probably have to get all new triple clamps machined up for them.
+Finally, thanks to Lukas, a front fork transplant guru in Vienna, I was able to get a hold of all the bits required to put in a set of KTM WP forks. WP forks have a bit of a reputation for being sticky, with questionable quality bushes and less than ideal standard damping stacks, but they are the default choice among people transplanting forks, mainly because there is a wide selection of bits available for them. So from Lukas in Vienna came the forks, axle, triple clamps, stem, steering damper mount and brake mount from an assortment of KTMs, that would suit my needs. The main components, the forks themselves were from a late model 640 Adventure. That meant the fork length and suspension travel of the new forks were basically identical to the old forks. I specifically asked for large front axle clamps on the WP forks and Lukas obliged with the largest possible 30mm axle. My old axle was 20mm – larger than the 17mm on some other bikes like the F650 single, but the larger the axle, the stiffer the axle and the larger the bearing surface – meaning less stress on the wheel bearings. The suspension all came together for me (as usual ) at the Hyperpro service centre in Alphen, in Holland. Bas first serviced my existing Hyperpro rear damper with new seals and oil and then went to work on the front forks. A quick test before we began illustrated the issues we needed to overcome. The WP forks had significantly more friction than the Marzocchi forks that come stock on the X-Challenge, but on the other hand, the WP forks had much better damping, both due to compression and rebound being in each fork and having a much greater range of adjustment.
+Bas took a look at the stock valve stacks in the WP forks and a look at Zerodogs suggested 640 Adventure stacks and decided he didn’t like the look of either, so customised the valve stacks himself. Along with the new Hyperpro progressive springs in the forks, the result should be soft non-sticky damping at the beginning to soak up small bumps and quick hits while remaining in control under heavy compression and with no bottoming out. Triple clamps and axle clamps together had roughly the same offset, so all I needed to do was work out a way to get a steering stem to fit. The steering stem for the KTM and the BMW triple clamps were both 52mm, but the KTM steering stem was 29mm while the BMW stem was 28mm. The BMW size allowed for a common bearing size – 28x52x16mm – while the KTM size was a wacky one, seemingly unique to KTM. We decided to machine down the KTM stem, to take the standard 28x52x16mm bearings … handy as I have a few spare sets of that size steering bearings anyway. Erik at nearby Hot Rod welding pressed out the stem and machined it down. The new forks and KTM triple clamps allowed for a new wheel to be used. My front rim was about as beaten up as it could get, so it was clear I needed a replacement. The obvious choice was a Excel A60 unit – the toughest rim out there , which I paired up a Haan Wheels KTM 990 Adventure fitment hub. The final piece in the front end puzzle was to fit a 990 front fender. I wanted to mount a low fender to increase airflow to the radiator, and to increase stability at speed
+(5) New Paint: While the suspension was being done, I stripped off the old stickers and sanded down the plastic panels and front fairing. A day and a half, about 50 EUR, a small tin of filler, 8 sheets of sand paper, and a total of 6 can of spray paint (1 primer, 3 gloss white and 2 clear) later and the bike was ready to be white again … this time a nice new shiny white, highlighted with black.
+(6) New rack, new front sub-frame: Ever since the village repair in Khani, on the BAM Road, my front fairing had not been straight. It was a temporary fix in a out of the way location. The whole front of the bike including the headlights were pointing off somewhere to the right. Erik the welder / fabricator from Hot-Rod Welding stepped up to the plate again and built a new front subframe for the fairing. When that was done it was time to build a new luggage rack. We had learnt a lot of lessons from the last time I asked Erik to build me a rack, the most important of which was that I should be shy and underestimate how rough I was going the treat the bike. This time round Erik knew the rack needed to be tough as hell, so instead of the hardware store grade 15mm tube with 1mm side walls, we went for a hydraulic tubing, 18 mm seamless tube, hi quality steel, 2mm side walls.
+(7) New Tank: Last year I had oversized my tank and it had resulted in stresses on the subframe resulting in cracks. While I had a stronger steel subframe this year, I decided to be a bit more conservative re tank size, and Erik from HotRod Welding whipped me up a 9.5 litre version of the very durable X-Tank.
+(8) New bash plate: I had earlier stayed with Stephan Scheffelmeier while passing thru Germany. Stephan is a German metal worker who has an X-Challenge and has been developing his own aftermarket parts for the bike, based on his own observations of the bike’s factory shortcomings.
+One of the products he makes is a range of bashplates for the XC, and he has a jig set up in his workshop for making them. He asked me if there were any other products I felt might me useful on the XC and my first thought was a rally style bashplate. When BMW raced the XC in rallys, Touratech made a rally bash plate for them. But they stopped making them 2 years ago, and there is now nothing on the market. I wanted a bashplate that would allow me to move the battery down to the bashplate, some tools down the the bashplate and a small removeable reservoir for 3 litres of water or fuel. Stephan said it would be possible, but time ran out before this mini project was completed. I had to settle for the new bashplate with battery compartment only, and would look to adapt it to take fuel, water and tools later in the year.
+(9) NewElectrics: Steve Hallam, my electrical guru, wired up a second tail-light / brake light, a couple of new fuse boxes, rewired the battery now that it was down near my toes, and sorted out a new dashboard.
+(10) New Tank Bag: I felt the previous tank bag was a big big in the sense of it limiting how far forward you can get in a standing position. I had to switch to a smaller, narrower one – and the guys at Adventure-Spec came up with the goods in the form of a Giant Loop tank bag.
+good luck, Walter!
+followed a lot of your post on other sites,advrider, the hubb, thanks for making all of your mods very public and answering so many questions from people. you sure make it easy researching and tuning these somewhat rare bikes. Thank you.
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+Nancy Wolfson, Owner, BrainTracksAudio.com, Los Angeles, CA
+By Jerry Vigil
+Nancy Wolfson is a different kind of voiceover coach. A graduate of Vassar College with over 15 yrs. experience in Hollywood’s Entertainment Industry, Nancy was the Voice Over Department at ARL, a Playmate Wrangler (to be covered in our next interview with Nancy!), a celebrity talent manager, and producer of on air promotions for Playboy, FOX, WB/CW, and ABC. Today she is the Tough Love VO Branding Coach & Demo Producer, coaching both in-person in LA as well as via phoners for students worldwide. She’s also the “Go-To Cyber Casting Director,” facilitating auditions daily for her buyer and talent agent colleagues. A voiceover agent and promo producer turned voiceover talent consultant, Nancy warns you about what those who sign and hire talent reject and shares the secrets of what they crave. This month’s RAP Interview takes a look at BrainTracksAudio and examines how Nancy’s extraordinary skill set and coursework crack the code for beginners and working pros alike.
+JV: What made you get into this line of work? Why aren’t you a doctor or a lawyer?
+Nancy: I passed out in ninth grade biology when we were dissecting fetal pigs and I banged my head on the corner of the table. So that was out. My physician father was disappointed, and I had to come up with something else to do. Somewhere between that and majoring in 19th Century American Lit and being an on air promo producer and being a Playmate Wrangler and running a talent agency for voice over and being a celebrity talent manager, I went into the business of advising people on how to get into the business from the unique perspective of the person who controlled the access to it.
+There were a lot of people out there who were teaching from a perfectly viable standpoint, and that is from what it’s like to be in the trenches of talent. But I realized that there was a really unique opportunity here because I was the only one who had a view from the balcony. So I began a teaching business to advise people on what we as agents and casting people expected of them that they really needed to know. I left being an agent about ten years ago, and I’ve been coaching and casting and producing demos since then.
+JV: Tell us the philosophy behind Brain Tracks Audio.
+Nancy: Well if you break the name of the company apart, it’s about getting your head right before you make choices about the sound you’re going to produce. And it starts in your brain, whether that means coming up with a business model that I advise people on that’s going to help them understand the true trajectory of what they’re getting into, or the skills on how to recognize copy, how to break down copy and how to perform, and then how to produce the auditions that will be useful as a service provider to somebody who is producing a TV spot or radio spot or narration project or audio book. But it starts in your head first, both as a business person and as a performer. You come to understand what you need to do in the business, in the marketplace, and then you move onto analyzing text, and then you move onto what you do with your voice.
+But it starts in your head first. I have a very business-minded approach to creating a business model and a career in this. That’s why it starts in your brain first and then winds up on the track second.
+JV: Sounds like there might be a little psychology involved here.
+Nancy: A bit because one of the key operating principles is, once you’ve got the skills and before you have a demo produced for yourself that you’re going to go out there and use as a marketing tool, you need to come to understand, with the help of a branding advisory, just which one you are in the crowd so that you can break in. And coming to understand yourself as other people see you is transcendent. It transcends a student’s entire life. It’s imperative if they’re going to figure out how to get marketplace positioning, appeal to an agent, show them what’s going to be unique about what they can offer on a roster that they might not already have.
+But it’s transcendent. It gives a person an objective understanding of themselves that they never had before. I have had all kinds of people tell me how this has reshaped their lives personally and in other areas of their profession just by coming to understand themselves as a brand.
+JV: What are the specific services that Brain Tracks Audio provides?
+Nancy: Coaching, casting, production. I give people the skills that they need to attack this as a business. I give them the skills they need to attack a piece of copy as a performer. I help them create a marketing tool of themselves, an appropriate commercial demo that can help them get into the business. I advise them on the steps they need to take to market themselves. I help them understand their own personal brand. And I help them make money by helping them understand the means of distribution, how to create your own opportunities.
+Those are the services I give talent. Apart from that, I host opportunities for them as a casting director, for people who’ve studied with me and people I know. And to the business world, I provide the service of casting. I work as a direct liaison for agents in helping them find the right clients for particular projects without agents having to find those people. I also work as a business liaison for buyers and ad agencies and radio stations in helping them find the talent they need. And as a producer, I produce demos for various sorts of media.
+JV: That’s a lot. You mentioned radio. Do you work with many people that come from radio?
+Nancy: Tons. I love working with radio people. I believe everybody brings something to this process that we can dive in to and use to make the process easier to for them. Everybody’s got something in their background. If they’re a mom who’s only ever read to their kids, you know what? They read aloud all day; that’s good practice. If they’re an actor, the acting part of this will be easier for them and that’s the language I’ll speak when I work with them. If they’re a singer, that’s helpful because they understand how to work the pipeline, their instrument.
+But radio people are special. Radio people understand a microphone. They were born with a clock inside their head, and they have an appropriate sense of time. They know how to pretend to talk to somebody even though they may be all by themselves in a room. And more importantly than anything else – and this is going to make me some enemies in the acting camps -- I think more than your average actor, your average radio personality tends to have a better business acumen. Their history of having had to interface with other professionals is a little more buttoned up.
+There are unique things that radio people need to learn to deconstruct, but I’ve worked with enough radio people that I smell it before it even walks into the room, and it’s pretty easy to fix. If you’ve got the right advisor, those things are easily recognized and tweakable. But generally speaking, I have a thing for radio people. They’re fun.
+JV: We’ve heard how radio people shouldn’t even mention to agents or potential clients anything about their radio background. Is a background in radio still a red flag?
+Nancy: If their demo shows them to have superior skills and a contemporary understanding and respect for the marketplace and is a portrait of a really unique brand, they can mention they have a background in radio till the cows come home. It’s only in the absence of a contemporary, well branded portrait of themselves that that can shackle them.
+The prejudice being that one, radio people are in love with the sound of their own voice. Two, that they don’t understand acting. Three, that they think that just because they have a nice voice they’ll be able to be a good service provider on any kind of copy that they’ll be given. I get excited about that because I know exactly how to break that down and teach it. I really love teaching that. But if somebody shows up pitching an agent saying that they have a radio background, and their inventory reinforces the prejudice rather than rebukes it, it can be an issue.
+JV: What are some of the biggest hurdles for radio people that want to get into voiceover?
+Nancy: Those three things that I just sited actually. The other limitation is that depending on what kind of radio person you are, there are different cages in the monkey section at the zoo. If you’re background is as a radio engineer for example, and then as a jock, one of the sand traps can be the mistake of producing your own content. That’s a big mistake people make, when engineers who are really good with running the board and have a great ear for other people try to produce their own demo. You should never produce your own demo. Engineering skills don’t de facto mean you know what to write and produce about your own brand. You can’t brand yourself, and without an advisor you don’t know what does and doesn’t belong on the demo.
+JV: Psychology coming in again perhaps? Self analysis is difficult to do.
+Nancy: I think you know Bob Sauer; when we talk about branding he always says, “You can’t read the label from inside the bottle.” I have a girlier analogy: you don’t want to be designing your own gown for the Oscars. Even if you’re good with a needle and thread you have to have someone else create that objective portrait of you.
+JV: In one of your online teleseminars, you talk about the importance of education first, and then getting a good demo next. Let’s talk a bit about the education. You have a 20 chapter course that you teach. What are some of the things that you cover in the course?
+Nancy: The fact that a curriculum even exists is unique. Lots of people sell the dream, but very few people know how or what to teach. I’ve broken it down to a process of pattern recognition, so that as a performer you can identify different contexts and circumstances and writing patterns so that you can concoct a useful audition quickly and easily.
+Because I sit at the intersection every single day between auditions and booking the student or other people, I see the difference between what’s amusing and what’s useful. And so my course work is based on patterns that a talent needs to recognize and service that hook bookings. I think a lot of people out there who teach this truly as an acting endeavor, have these group classes where everyone has this really fun time and they laugh and they amuse each other, but they’re not necessarily being guided in a curriculum that takes them into choices that create bookings.
+My curriculum was based on what I see every day and what I hear every day that agents and producers book. So that’s what I begin to teach, whether it’s knowing the difference between the choice you would make performing an audition for what is to be a part of a television spot versus a choice you would make when it’s a radio spot. Entirely different. Whether it’s mic technique, whether it’s some non-announcery tricks for deconstructing the musical progression of a line, there are some things that are intuitive to some people and need to be taught to other people, which is why the coursework is modular and tailored to the students.
+It’s exciting to watch people grow and see concrete change and then actually be able to host opportunities for them to make their money back on what they’ve spent on me. That alone is really satisfying.
+JV: What are some hardest things to teach?
+Nancy: The things that their mother never taught them. and their passion and.
+JV: Now that practically anybody can get into the VO business, it seems that the market is probably oversaturated with talent, making work hard to find. What’s your take on that?
+Nancy: There are more people involved in voiceover than ever before, but there are more opportunities than there ever were before. There are more forms of media than ever before. There are more radio channels than ever before. There’s not just terrestrial radio. There’s a gazillion channels of cable on my television. There’s this crazy thing that Alan Gore created called the internet. And now, for every concept dotcom, there could be a radio spot rather than just tangible goods.
+There are so many forms of media that never used to exist before and so many forms in which people can use their voice and get paid for it, to be a service provider, that the opportunities far exceed the percentage of new people that have “flooded” voice over. It’s a matter of proportion. There are more people than ever doing voiceover, but there are more opportunities for them in a quantum percentage that far overwhelms the growth of talent pool.
+In addition to that, there’s never been a better time to try and break into this business because with a well branded demo and the right information, you can create your own access opportunities now. And that’s totally new. The days of agents in LA and New York City controlling every bit of access had slipped. It used to be, if you never got an agent you could never get access to jobs, and now this obsession with getting an agent is less important. I don’t even care so much if my students get agents so long as they get the skills and performance and they learn how to get their own jobs that are right for their brand.
+There’s never been a better time to break in because of the access you can create for yourself that never used to exist before.
+JV: So an agent isn’t a “must have” anymore?
+Nancy: They don’t absolutely and completely control the pipeline the way that they used to. It used to be that absolutely every single job that needed a voiceover talent in markets large or small was routed through an agent or a couple of agents in New York and/or an agent or couple of agents in Los Angeles. And if you didn’t get an agent to take to you and couldn’t convince an agent to see what’s unique about you and put you on their roster, you had no access to making money back on your investment. Oh, and by the way, you needed to live in one of the major markets if you really even wanted to get serious about this.
+And now, of course, agents are still important and agents are still governing access to a piece of what’s going on out there, but it went from a light switch to a dial. It’s now become a situation where if you never get an agent, you still can create work opportunities for yourself, and that ability to reward motivated hardworking, aggressive, entrepreneurial people is so encouraging to me. Because you no longer have to move to a major market and hope to win the love of somebody before you can even hope to have access to an opportunity to make money. You can create your own opportunities in a way that never existed before -- if you know what you’re doing, if you have the right skills, if you’ve got a contemporary top market demo.
+JV: But once you get the demo, if you don’t have an agent, you become your own salesperson. Is that what you’re saying?
+Nancy: You can. There are many different forums where you can have access to opportunities. Some require winning the love of an agent, and that’s when it helps to have an advisor or coach who’s in with these people. Some of them are circumstances where you can create opportunities for yourself depending on your brand, depending on your gender, depending on your abilities, depending on your interests. I tailor make a business plan for people that will help them go hunt down the jobs that would be right for their brand in the areas where that’s possible to do for yourself.
+I’m not saying that agents are dismissible, but it’s gone from being the exclusive way for you to get opportunities, if you could get them, to being one of many ways you will create opportunities yourself.
+JV: You don’t call yourself an agent, but you have a ton of contacts and you’re a caster. Seems you would be as valuable a contact as an agent, if not more so.
+Nancy: It’s a unique proposition. It’s a unique circumstance that I’m in, both as a coach and as a casting person. Agents use me to hone their rosters. Agents know that if somebody’s gone through 20 hours of training with me, I’ll know what that person can do in a way that’s richer and deeper than even what their demo would say about them. So, agents use me to help them hone their rosters. Agents sometimes run their castings through me. I have direct relationships with ad agencies and buyers that go straight to me depending if things are union or non-union. So I’m in a unique position to create opportunities for all different kinds of people where the situation merits sharing those opportunities with the right people.
+JV: What are some of the key elements of a good commercial demo? What are some of the things you try to achieve when you do a demo for someone?
+Nancy: Branding, branding, branding. I don’t have the same goals for everybody in terms of content because some people are funny and should be putting amusing content on their demo. And some people don’t have an amazing sense of comedic timing or skills that other people have, or stylistic elements that other people have, so it’s critical one not try to be all things to all people. So the elements of the demo that I try to make sure are on everybody’s demo are quality issues, not one size fits all style issues.
+The style needs to be a real appropriate and unique portrait of the individual, and the content needs to be a smattering of what could have been television or radio spots that could have viably aired in a major marketplace. It can’t sound like a bunch of stuff that was pulled out of a box of copy from 1984 in the small market where they did a bunch of radio stuff. It can’t sound like it was a bunch of stuff that was pulled from print ads, from products that never buy TV or radio media. It has to be produced properly by someone with top market demo ears that knows the proportion of sound mixes. There’s a lot that goes into it. It doesn’t have to be all real booked spots, but the right demo producer knows how to create a demo that sounds like it was all real spots, and is narrowly branded to create a portrait of the person’s style.
+JV: What are some of the biggest mistakes you see people make, either that are in the VO biz or trying to get in?
+Nancy: The biggest mistakes that I see people making trying to get in are cart before horse investments. It just kills me when somebody comes in for a proper paid consult, where they want my advice on the viability of the commercial demo that they’ve got. Maybe they spent a dollar on it or they spent $1,000 on it, but they made it in haste without getting the skills first. I just have to tell them why it’s not working, what’s not working about it, and everybody has to suck it up and they have to start over.
+It’s often their enthusiasm and their haste that has them doing things cart before horse. It has them taking classes that won’t get them to their first most necessary goals and bleeding their budget on things that are off target. Then they don’t have the money left to finish what they started to get to the target because they took a class that was fun rather than purposeful. That’s why at the very beginning, when somebody starts the process of building a voiceover business with me, I lay out a plan for them in the first teleseminar that I ever have them get. It’s on my website; it’s called “Your Voiceover Business.” It maps out a plan for them that is both a budget and a trajectory of tasks that we want to accomplish so that we can get them to a place where they’ve got a machine that is one part their skills and one part their demo and one part their marketing tools and their website and one part their equipment that they can then use to generate income that will pay for the secondary and tertiary things that they want to do.
+But the biggest mistake I see people making is, in their lather and excitement to get to what they think should be their goal, they’re hasty and don’t get enough skills and produce a demo before they should. They do a cheap demo. They try to make a demo themselves. And they present that to agents and buyers, and you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Then they have to loop back and start all over again. That’s the biggest mistake I see people making, cart before horse investments.
+JV: You mentioned the branding a moment ago and talked about websites and paying for good graphics and that kind of thing. I take it that the look alone is one of the main things that put you ahead in this talent saturated market?
+Nancy: It’s a piece of your business model that has to be as buttoned up as the rest of your business model. You have to have your skills in place, your education. You’ve got to have a good demo that you hired a professional to make for you who knows what they’re doing and knows what agents want. You have to have marketing that is an accurate portrait of your storefront. You have to have a website. You have to have graphics that help show visually what your demo is going to do aurally, and that is again a portrait, now visually, about what is unique about your selling proposition in the marketplace.
+So I wouldn’t say the graphics and website are more important than anything else, but just like you can’t afford to have corny content in your demo, you can’t afford to have corny content or off brand content in the first thing that they experience in visiting your business, which is your website. Its’ got to be branded just like your demo is branded.
+JV: In “Your VO Business” teleseminar, you mention that a person can expect to pay $2,000 to $5,000 to get their VO business off the ground. What are they going to get? Would the 20-chapter course be part of this?
+Nancy: It’s more than an acting class would cost, but it’s not a lot if you look at it as starting a business. I’m not sure that would cover 20 lessons. It depends on what the rates are for someone who might be reading this. But in a range of somewhere around $5,000, it includes what I started to bullet point a moment ago, which is your education, your private lessons, your inventory, your demo -- one commercial demo is all you really need at the beginning -- your marketing, which would be your website and your graphics, and the basic equipment that would allow you the means of distribution to do your auditions, something that would allow you to traffic all these great skills that you’ve learned how to do and these opportunities that the first three bullet points have helped you create. So education, inventory, marketing, means of distribution.
+JV: And the equipment you mention probably includes a decent mic and that type thing.
+Nancy: Yeah, a decent mic. I send people to a specialist for this because it changes every five minutes. Every day they make a newer, better, smaller, less expensive widget. But a basic condenser mic is what you need. I have them typically get CEntrance MicPort Pro, an onstage mic stand of some kind, depending on the environment they’re in, professional sound foam if that’s necessary, a pop filter... or like I’ve joked, you could use a coat hanger and pantyhose – MacGyver.
+JV: You mentioned another number in your teleseminar that caught my ear. One of your students landed a $60,000 campaign. Most of us radio guys are happy if we can find a few hundred dollars here and there. What kind of gig pays that well?
+Nancy: What’s fun is that non-union gigs get a really bad name, or historically they’ve gotten a bad name, especially from people who support SAG and AFTRA. But the fact of the matter is that a lot of times, when something is a non-union project, the buyer has to pay the talent to own the talent’s performance on that forever. And if it’s a TV spot that’s running national network and cable possibly, and internet, possibly global, possibly forever, they have to pay for what they might have paid you over the course of many, many years of many, many, tens of thousands of dollars of residuals. I know plenty of people who’ve done union jobs for everything from Carl’s Jr. to American Express to Mercedes to MasterCard that have made far more money on a job than $60,000 because of what it paid in residuals. But if it’s a non-union job – like if they got booked on something and it was a TV spot for Citibank and it ran for cycle after cycle, year after year -- that person easily could have made six figures on that project.
+To a union person, a $60,000 job is a great job, but it’s not a crazy unusual job. To a non-union person, $60,000 is a fantastic job, but it’s not totally unreasonable if it’s a buyout where some buyer wants to be able to own and use that for years and years and years to the tune of what could have cost them $400,000 to pay you union. So it’s all a matter of perspective.
+JV: I think people in radio, or production people that read this magazine, any one of them would be thrilled to get close to six figures a year doing voice work, getting a handful of $2,000, $3,000, $4,000 gigs or whatever. How obtainable is that?
+Nancy: It���s totally obtainable. It’s obtainable because I could name off the top of my head any number of students who have achieved that goal. They didn’t achieve it immediately, but I know very few doctors who start off making a half a million dollars in their first year out either. But it’s not delusional thinking to know it’s possible. It’s absolutely possible. But then again, it depends on the talent and it depends on their tenacity. It depends on how they conduct themselves, on how on top of their business they are. It depends on how motivated they are. It depends on availability, their affability and their ability.
+JV: I suppose the question came from the premise that back in the day it was just a handful of people that were doing 95 percent of the voice work out there. You’re saying it’s not that way anymore. That there are a lot of people doing it, that there’s a lot of opportunity, and there’s plenty of money to be made for a lot of people. Is that right?
+Nancy: There is plenty of money out there. I don’t operate on a belief system of limitation. I think that there is plenty of money to be made out there for people who do everything that I tell them to do. But it’s shocking how many people don’t quite follow everything that they’re told to do. Not because they’re contrary, but sometimes circumstances prohibit them from doing everything I tell them to do.
+Then there is always the luck factor as well. It would be irresponsible to not include that in the equation. But never before has the marketplace been such that it can reward really aggressive entrepreneurial. I see it every day. Just before we started talking, I had a student email me about a major national gig that he just landed for himself that pays really well. He is trying to find an agent, but meanwhile he found himself this job. I get little sparks of encouragement from my former students all day long. It works.
+But it’s imperative that people get a realistic and honest evaluation of the demo that they already have, if they have one, as a proper paid professional service, or that they come into it willing to get super serious about this and come in and get a plan, professional feedback, and drill in to get the skills that they need that will help them build the career that they want.
+JV: What are some trends that you’ve noticed in the last few years that might give us an idea of what’s ahead in the future of VO?
+Nancy: The biggest trend was the absolute annihilation of trends, and that happened while I was still an agent. This notion that you had to have some one-size-fits-all, genetic tone in order to judge your potential or your viability -- if you have a big, deep, rich baritone for a guy, or if you’re low and husky for a woman, then we can start to have a conversation. That kind of thinking had a tectonic blast hit it about 10-15 years ago, and it started to get replaced by what everyone considered the everyday person sound. Now there might be some jocks out there that have really gorgeous voices, and all they have to learn how to do is relax and communicate rather than indulge creating a yummy tone. But there are as many different styles out there that are considered as there are snowflakes from the sky as there are talent. So it’s this actual inversion of this notion that there’s a sound or a style that’s popular, and the explosion of bringing you and your brand to the story. So the trend is you.
+JV: Any final thoughts for our readers?
+Nancy: My brand in the marketplace seemingly has become this tough love coach. It’s pretty intense because I’m that person who used to be the agent, and so I’m pretty firm and I’m pretty strict and I’m pretty intense, but it’s because I want people to win. And it’s shocking to me that there’s no nationally syndicated radio show that can advise voiceover talent the way Suzy Orman advises people about finances or the way Jillian Michaels is intense about advising people on fitness. That’s just something to hang out there. It’s amazing to me that that doesn’t exist.
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+Inner doors with a flush form enhance contemporary aesthetic appeals. These can be made from a range of products ranging from timber to glass, potentially smoked glass to include that “wow” impact.
+You can likewise consider the many door styles to assist you select. If you’re not seeking a conventional swing door, you’ll find a plethora of possibilities. Gliding doors, folding doors, and even pocket doors are examples of these. Pocket doors are excellent when room is restricted and a swing door would certainly occupy excessive space, such as in a tiny bathroom or washroom.
+The option of strong or hollow inner doors will certainly be a considerable one for you. Hollow doors are usually less costly and also lighter in design, yet depending on the style of your residence and also your goals, you might be better off with a strong door. Solid doors can additionally assist with sound decrease, making them perfect for bedrooms if you want to maintain as much house sound out as possible.
+Keep an eye out for the substance of the inner doors you have an interest in. Doors are offered in timber, glass, metals, and also MDF. A solid guideline is to accomplish an internal door style that you think is the ideal match for your home across the property, bringing some uniformity to the area.
+Advantages of Strong Timber Internal Doors
+There will be no shortage of choices when it concerns choosing interior doors. There are hollow wooden doors, solid timber doors, PVC doors, and a lot more choices offered to aid you separate area and also include an one-of-a-kind look to your home.
+Strong wood doors have actually been made use of in older houses for many years and also can give you with a variety of benefits that you may not obtain if you choose among the various other alternatives on the marketplace today.
+One of the first benefits you will certainly see as your solid timber inner doors are set up is the style as well as exactly how costly they appear. Yes, they set you back a little greater than several of the various other door alternatives, yet they will certainly last longer and also be extra tough, as well as appear even more costly, adding value to your property in the long-term.
+You will likewise uncover that when you select solid wood inner doors, you are not restricted to a single layout or colour. There are numerous beautiful timber alternatives available, from solid oak to maple, so you might select the wood that you believe enhances the total design of your house to produce a terrific design that you will appreciate for years to come.
+When you pick solid wood indoor doors, you are choosing a door that is stronger, a lot more durable, and heavier. The advantage is that this alternative will certainly give you with years of use; in fact, oftentimes, the doors will still remain in place after you move out, allowing the new owners to enjoy the doors and everything they have to supply in the future.
+Because strong wood inner doors do not have a hollow centre, they are extremely energy effective. These doors can help you save cash in the long term by restricting heat or cooling to a solitary space and also restricting the possibility of it getting away.
+Inner doors made from strong wood that are secured throughout the residence can also significantly slow down the thief, permitting authorities to arrive in time to catch them as well as help maintain your belongings as well as assets secure if you are a target of burglary. When taking a trip on vacation, it’s an excellent idea to lock all of your internal doors; this compels the robber to go through each door separately to identify what they intend to steal.
+Another benefit of strong wood inner doors is that they are much less vulnerable to fracture or chip. Due to the material’s stamina and also endurance, you can knock furnishings versus the door and also it will certainly come out on top. This eliminates the requirement for the doors to be changed in the near future and guarantees that they will remain in situ for years to come.
+As a result of their density as well as durability, solid timber doors give outstanding noise reduction. This is excellent if you have children or teens in the house and also desire to limit sound in between bedrooms and living areas.
+When selecting solid wood inner doors, bear in mind that you wish to buy from a recognised as well as relied on source with years of understanding and also experience in the door market. Ensure the firm you buy from has a good online reputation and also can supply you assistance as well as recommendations to help you choose the best material for your house.
+Always confirm that the distributor you picked has a return plan and will certainly deliver to your door for included convenience.
+Is it vital to have well-fitting interior doors?
+Interior doors offer the first glance of the within a house, as well as it is vital to maintain this in mind while choosing the best door. The kind and also size are undoubtedly as much as individual preference, but it is also crucial to pick something that matches the framework as well as layout of the home, as well as the vision that the proprietor wish to stand for.
+Interior doors, on the other hand, serve added function because they act as fire as well as smoke screens between rooms within a structure. This is the family members’s initial line of defence and have to be managed seriously.
+If mounted appropriately and also in accordance with the fire criteria that put on fire doors, a good door will postpone the fire by a significant quantity of time. There are a number of points that individuals forget; regretfully, couple of individuals take fires seriously until they occur, however a strong inner door system can be the distinction between life and death.
+Take into consideration the degree of fire as well as smoke security that is considered required and also work from there. Most interior doors operate the property that they give a 30-minute home window prior to allowing fire to get in, permitting people to securely leave the structure.
+A lot more serious fire doors can be purchased, permitting substantially even more time to escape. These are frequently required in multi-occupancy structures, but there are many other locations where they are recommended and supply peace of mind.
+Interior doors, on the other hand, only provide defense when they are shut, so automated door closers are an extremely valuable addition to the door home furnishings for guaranteeing that the door is frequently shut. This is especially important on any type of doors that lead to the hallway and stairways, making certain that there is always a secure escape course.
+Internal doors have a specific dispute of requirements due to the fact that, while they can be utilized to stop fires, there is often a need to leave a space under the door to make sure that a specific quantity of fresh air is offered. This trouble is nearly difficult to deal with, but a well-fitting inside door can provide sufficient fire security, as well as there are alternate techniques of offering fresh air. As a result, choose wisely and also acquire the very best system for the building concerned, however double-check the fire prevention abilities.
+The Benefits of Setting Up the Correct Internal Doors
+When structure or buying a house, every detail needs to be considered. This includes whatever that is called for to improve the look of the house, such as the home windows, doors, interior doors, and so forth. If you intend to restore your residence to match your design, the first thing you should do is inspect to see if the within doors require to be changed or replaced.
+Several homes lose their appeal due to the fact that the inside doors do not match the design and also building of the remainder of the residence. Usually, restoring a home does not cost a lot of cash if you discover to handle your budget plan as well as choose the appropriate materials.
+You might find the very best inner doors in your regional furnishings store; pick ones that will certainly match the design of your area. You can also work with a carpenter to perform it for you in order to match the decor of your residence. You can acquire the product of your finding as well as design your residence whatever you like, but bear in mind that interiors play an essential duty in improving the elegance of your home. You may give it a modern-day, old, or traditional look just by mounting and also fitting the proper inside doors.
+Supplied you intend to avoid the troubles of a shop, you can acquire items online if you have web gain access to at your office or home. You can buy doors from throughout the world, and also they will be delivered and also provided to your house.
+You can even hire experts to mount things specifically how you desire them. You can gauge as well as compare the dimensions to select the one that finest fits your doorframe. When you acquire these online, you may contrast rates with the inner doors readily available on other web sites and select the one that finest fits your spending plan. You’ll be amazed at just how much money you might save simply by shopping online.
+If you are relocating into a pre-furnished home, you might always upgrade the decoration without spending a great deal of cash. Mounting the appropriate internal doors will show exactly how you can change the appearance of your residence. Inner doors aren’t tough to discover, and also if you come in handy with devices, you can build one on your own to accomplish the required outcomes.
+The design of your home is substantially affected by the doors. It will certainly look totally out of place if you have a modern-day residence with ancient-styled inside doors. Because of this, it is essential to make your insides with everything in mind.
+Exactly how to Find the Lowest Cost on a Wooden Internal Door
+The method where doors are created has a considerable impact on the ultimate expense. Doors may look the very same but have different prices, and the major factor for this, other than competitive rates, is the manner they are built and also ended up, such as the sort of varnish utilized.
+Selecting the Finest Door
+One method to identify the high quality of a door is to take a look at the assurance that comes with it. Most doors come with some form of guarantee for a certain size of time, however when choosing a door, it’s important contrasting it to others, specifically if the warranty has any constraints.
+In some cases the items that aren’t covered by the service warranty make it almost worthless, for that reason “caveat emptor” uses, which implies “let the buyer beware!” A lot of service warranties consist of easy to understand problems such as making use of the proper variety of hinges and installing the door according to the supplier’s instructions. This is really merely good sense, as appropriate setup as well as maintenance of the door will guarantee it offers great service for a long time.
+Just how are doors made?
+Doors utilized to be made of solid wood, so what you saw was what you obtained. A lovely item of wood would produce a beautiful door, but a knotty harsh item of wood would certainly not. The disadvantage of making use of strong wood for a door is that it is highly expensive, even for those with deep budgets; also, in the modern environment, central home heating might ruin timber by allowing dampness within the door to get away, triggering the door to distort.
+The contemporary approach of manufacture employs a core of a material like as mdf, plywood, and even cellular paper cores, which is after that covered with timber veneers to provide the finished look. The price of a door is established by the fashion it is developed and the kind of core and also veneers used, and the consumer must consider the expense against the energy that the door will bring.
+Getting the most effective bargain
+An inner door is commonly an inconspicuous part of a room’s interior design. Commonly, the door is only thought about as a separator as well as is seldom closed (however with climbing home heating bills, they might be shut a lot more regularly!).
+People usually look for the most effective cost when acquiring a door, but as formerly gone over, cheapness is commonly an indicator of a lack of top quality in both building and construction as well as coating. Doors with genuine timber veneers, such as oak, will certainly create a patina gradually, offering the wood a deeper colour. An even more firmly built door with a considerable core is less vulnerable to distort as well as will always open up and close precisely.
+My advise is to buy the very best door you can pay for. It’s not something you do daily, and also it’s not something you ‘d intend to do on a daily basis, so investing in a durable door will settle in the future. From personal experience, one more advantage, which is frequently neglected, is that when it comes time to offer your home, the quality of the doors can be a marketing point.
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+20036 Adams Morgan/Mall
+20001 Shaw
+20007 Gerogetown
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+20024 Southwest
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+Grand Hyatt Washington, 20002
+1000 H Street NW - Washington, DC 20001
+Take in the excitement of the city from Grand Hyatt Washington. Perfectly located in Penn Quarter – with convenient in-lobby Metro Center access – this downtown DC hotel is the ideal spot to explore all our vibrant capital offers. Enjoy concerts and sporting events at Verizon Center, tour historic monuments, or visit the Smithsonian Museums – all within walking distance. Countless features await your return to our luxurious downtown Washington DC hotel – from elegant guestrooms with plush Grand Beds and award-winning dining, to engaging recreation at Grand Slam and outstanding business facilities. Experience the premier choice of hotels in downtown Washington DC.
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+Four Seasons Hotel, 20007
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+JW Marriott Hotel, 20004
+1331 Pennsylvania Avenue - Washington, DC 20004
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+The JW Marriott Hotel is a luxurious hotel located on the District of Columbia`s famous Pennsylvania Avenue. Situated among the most recognizable landmarks in Washington DC, this newly renovated hotel provides easy access to DC monuments, museums and other cultural venues around the city like the National Theatre, Convention Center and the National Portrait Gallery. Additionally, this hotel is near the White House, one block from Washington`s Metro system and 15 minutes from Reagan National Airport.
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+Watergate Hotel, The, 20037
+2650 Virginia Avenue, NW - Washington, DC 20037
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+Located along the banks of the Potomac River, the Watergate Hotel offers a unique lodging experience. You can enjoy the beauty of Washington DC as it has been by the history makers of yesterday and today - All at a great value!
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+Washington Suites Georgetown, 20037
+2500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW - Washington, DC 20037
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+On the edge of famous historic Georgetown and just nine blocks from the White House, Washington Suites Georgetown is the premier all-suite hotel in Washington D.C. <br> With spacious suites, generous amenities, and a location that can’t be beat, Washington Suites Georgetown offers ideal accommodations for business travelers, families, international travelers, and extended stay guests alike.
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+Omni Shoreham Hotel, 20008
+2500 Calvert Street NW - (at Connecticut Ave.) - Washington, DC 20008
+<iframe id='palyer8' width="300" height="250" src="//" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe. Many of our 834 luxury guest room accommodations and suites offer spectacular views of the park. The hotel is just 8 miles from Reagan National Airport and 28 miles from Dulles International Airport.
+9
+Willard InterContinental Washington, 20004
+1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW - Washington, DC 20004
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+A grand historic landmark hotel, the Willard InterContinental Washington combines heritage and luxury with contemporary comfort and modern technologies. The hotel offers 332 guest rooms, including 40 suites, 19,891 square feet of function space, the elegant Willard Room restaurant, the Round Robin Bar, our new classic French bistro, Café du Parc, and 24-hour Private Dining, Laundry, Business and Fitness Centers.
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+Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 20036
+1127 Connecticut Avenue NW - Washington - District Of Columbia, DC 20036
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+As the largest luxury hotel in Washington DC, the Mayflower, an acclaimed Renaissance Washington DC hotel, is a proud member of Historic Hotels of America and second only to the White House. Situated in the heart of the business district, this historic hotel in Washington DC offers a timeless aura highlighted by an abundance of modern conveniences. A recent $11 million luxury Washington DC hotel restoration project revived spacious meeting rooms and elegantly appointed ballrooms. Dine in at the newly renovated Cafe Promenade & Lounge, or enjoy this hotel in Washington DC's close proximity to monuments, neighborhood restaurants, fabulous shopping, and the White House. All are welcome to experience an exceptional pet-friendly hotel, where a central location near national attractions and easy access to three metro subway lines influence the property's coveted White House hotel status. Discover the second best address in the nation's capitol at the premier Renaissance Mayflower luxury hotel in Washington DC.
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+The Ritz-Carlton, 20037
+1150 22nd Street NW Washington DC - Washington, DC 20037
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+Located at 22nd and M streets in the city's exclusive West End, The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. defines its position as the luxury hotel in Washington, D.C. The hotel continues to capture AAA's Five Diamond award for luxury setting and exceptional service.
+12
+Doubletree Hotel, 20005
+1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW - Washington, DC
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+Wyndham Washington, D.C., 20005
+1400 M Street, NW - Washington, DC 20005
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+Located in the heart of Washington, the Wyndham Washington, D.C. is a beautiful hotel that captures the capital city's dynamic spirit. Our atrium lobby offers spectacular skylight views and world-class service. Whether you're staying at the Wyndham Washington hotel for business or pleasure, we'll make sure you feel at home here.
+14
+L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 20024
+480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW - Washington, DC 20024
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+Where Arts, History, Entertainment and Fine Hospitality converge to provide you with an outstanding stay in our nation's Capital. Whether you're here for business or pleasure, traveling alone or with a family, our personal service and attention to detail is sure to make your stay enjoyable.
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+Hotel Rouge, 20036
+1315 16th Street, NW Washington - Washington, DC 20036
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+Hotel Rouge, the most adventurous hotel in downtown Washington DC.
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+River Inn, The, 20037
+924 25th Street NW - Washington, DC 20037
+<iframe id='palyer16' width="300" height="250" src="//" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe. <br> With home-style biscuits served each morning and a progressive American menu featured each evening, our restaurant DISH goes hand-in-hand with our chic boutique hotel. You will be enchanted by the full wall of windows overlooking the residential Foggy Bottom neighborhood, and the gas lit fireplace that warms the space on cold winter evenings.
+17
+Holiday Inn On the Hill, 20002
+415 New Jersey Avenue NW - Washington, DC 20001
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+Conveniently located just blocks from the Nation’s Capital, Holiday Inn on The Hill offers a stylish, soothing atmosphere with a loyal staff waiting to cater to your needs. Stay in the center of all the excitement at our chic hotel and experience D.C.’s history and entertainment at your doorstep. We have taken our service to a whole new level... Start your morning off right by enjoying our complimentary whole fresh fruit each day, now offered at the front desk. Let your day be complete by enjoying some of our freshly baked cookies in the afternoon. We did not forget about you late night check-ins... Tempt your tummy with a complimentary late night boxed sandwich. Just ask our friendly team at The Holiday Inn On the Hill.
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+Hotel Madera, 20036
+1310 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. - Washington, DC 20036
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+Few Washington DC luxury hotels can match Hotel Madera’s elegant atmosphere, sense of refinement, and service that anticipates your every need.
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+Hotel Lombardy, 20006
+2019 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. - Washington, DC 20006
+<iframe id='palyer19'. Showcasing a classic 1920s décor and rich interior design, we've been designated as a Historic Hotel of America. Relax in one of our finely appointed guest rooms and suites ... boasting vibrant furnishings and modern amenities, for the ideal balance of comfort and style. Enjoy convenient access to the White House, George Washington University, the World Bank and IMF, and countless downtown sights. Whether you're here for a graduation, weekend getaway, or vacation, our downtown Washington DC hotel rooms offer incomparable hospitality in a historic setting.
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+Washington, DC
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+Set at the heart of the US capital between Maine and Maryland Avenues and 12th and 14th Streets, SW, Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC has redefined luxury in the city. Just streets away from the nation’s most revered monuments and the Smithsonian Institution, the hotel is also within easy reach of Capitol Hill and the seat of power.
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+George Washington University Inn, 20037
+824 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. - Washington, DC 20037
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+The George Washington University Inn is situated on a quiet, tree-lined street in the prestigious residential neighborhood of historic Foggy Bottom. It. <br> The Inn's attentive staff consistently provides all of the services to please any guest. That's why The George Washington University Inn has become the hotel of choice among our frequent travelers. <br> When you consider all that The George Washington University Inn has to offer, you'll see why it's the smart place to stay.
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+Hotel Monaco Washington DC, 20002
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+Sophisticated, stylish, warm and inviting describe the downtown luxury Hotel Monaco Washington DC, a Kimpton Hotel located within walking distance of the National Mall. A completely renovated Registered National Landmark all-marble building, this. <br> With four star accommodations found only in the best Washington DC hotels, the Hotel Monaco features 183 luxuriously appointed guest rooms set in the classic ambiance of an historic landmark. Every room features the original vaulted ceilings or segmented arched ceilings and a blend of eclectic yet comfortable furnishings.
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+1430 Rhode Island Avenue, NW - Washington, DC 20005
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+Hotel Helix, where colorful décor and Hollywood style set the stage for a luxurious stay that’s anything but ordinary.
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+2117 E Street, N.W. - Washington, DC 20037
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+1015 L St NW - Washington, DC 20001
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+Topaz Hotel, 20036
+1733 N Street NW - Washington, DC 20036
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+More than just a place to stay, the Topaz Hotel is a world filled with positive energy and good karma.
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+Hotel Washington, 20004
+15th & Pennsylvania Ave. N.W - Washington, DC 20004
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+The Hotel Washington's unique ambiance is a perfect match for Washington D.C.'s international style, making it a memorable host to world leaders, celebrities, and families visiting the nation's capitol.
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+Beacon Hotel, 20036
+1615 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE, NW - Washington, DC 20036
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+The Beacon Hotel creates an experience tailored to fit the lifestyle of both leisure and business travelers. Our full-service approach to making you feel at home centers on our personal philosophy of complimenting the individual lifestyles of each of our guests.
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+.RONDULA LANE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
+Appeal from a judgment of the Oneida County Court (Barry M. Donalty, J.), rendered August 9, 2010.
+Released on May 3, judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of criminal sexual act in the first degree (four counts),
+burglary in the second degree and sexual abuse in the first degree.
+It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
+Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of four counts of criminal sexual act in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.50 [1]), and one count each of burglary in the second degree (§ 140.25 [2]) and sexual abuse in the first degree (§ 130.65 [1]). We reject defendant's contention that County Court erred in refusing to suppress his statements to the police. Contrary to defendant's contention, the evidence introduced at the suppression hearing fails to establish that he " was intoxicated to the degree of mania, or of being unable to understand the meaning of his statements' " (People v Schompert, 19 NY2d 300, 305, cert denied 389 US 874; see People v Lake, 45 AD3d 1409, 1410, lv denied 10 NY3d 767). Defendant's reliance on evidence introduced at trial in support of his contention is misplaced. It is well settled that "evidence subsequently admitted [at] trial cannot be used to support [or undermine] the determination of the suppression court denying [a] motion to suppress [an] oral confession; the propriety of the denial must be judged on the evidence before the suppression court" (People v Gonzalez, 55 NY2d 720, 721-722, rearg denied 55 NY2d 1038, cert denied 456 US 1010; see People v Carmona, 82 NY2d 603, 610 n 2).
+Defendant made only a general motion for a trial order of dismissal at the close of the People's case, and thus failed to preserve for our review his contention that the evidence is legally insufficient to support the burglary conviction (see People v Gray, 86 NY2d 10, 19; People v Pollard, 70 AD3d 1403, 1404-1405, lv denied 14 NY3d 891). In any event, that contention is without merit. The victim testified in detail concerning that crime, and other testimony, including that of defendant, corroborated her testimony, thereby satisfying "the proof and burden requirements for every element of the crime charged" (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). Furthermore, viewing the evidence in light of the elements of the crimes as charged to the jury (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349), we reject defendant's contention that the verdict with respect to all counts is against the weight of the evidence (see generally Bleakley, 69 NY2d at 495). Even assuming, arguendo, that a different result would not have been unreasonable, we conclude that the jury did not fail to give the evidence the weight it should be accorded, and there is no basis upon which to disturb the jury's credibility determinations (see generally id.).
+We reject defendant's further contention that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. "The constitutional requirement of effective assistance of counsel will be satisfied [where, as here,] the evidence, the law, and the circumstances of [the] particular case, viewed in totality and as of the time of the representation, reveal that the attorney provided meaningful representation' " (People v Flores, 84 NY2d 184, 187). "[I]t is well settled that disagreement over trial strategy is not a basis for a determination of ineffective assistance of counsel" (People v Dombrowski, 94 AD3d 1416, 1417, lv denied 19 NY3d 959; see People v Henry, 74 AD3d 1860, 1862, lv denied 15 NY3d 852; see generally People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 712-714). Here, "[t]he alleged instances of ineffective assistance concerning defense counsel's failure to make various objections [or certain motions or requests] are based largely on [defendant's] hindsight disagreements with defense counsel's trial strategies, and defendant failed to meet his burden of establishing the absence of any legitimate explanations for those strategies' " (People v Douglas, 60 AD3d 1377, 1377, lv denied 12 NY3d 914; see People v Stepney, 93 AD3d 1297, 1298, lv denied 19 NY3d 968).
+Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention in his main and pro se supplemental briefs that he was deprived of a fair trial by prosecutorial misconduct during opening and closing statements because he failed to object to any of the alleged improprieties (see People v Rumph, 93 AD3d 1346, 1347, lv denied 19 NY3d 967; see also People v Balls, 69 NY2d 641, 642). In any event, assuming, arguendo, that the prosecutor's comments were improper, we conclude that they "did not cause such substantial prejudice to the defendant that he has been denied due process of law" (People v Stabell, 270 AD2d 894, 894, lv denied 95 NY2d 804 [internal quotation marks omitted]; see People v Agostini, 84 AD3d 1716, 1716, lv denied 17 NY3d 857).
+Defendant failed to preserve for our review his further contention that he was deprived of a fair trial by the introduction of certain evidence. Specifically, the record establishes that defendant moved to preclude parts of a recording that the police made of his statements on the ground that they contained evidence of uncharged crimes and, although the court denied the motion, the court gave prompt curative instructions to the jury at trial when the recording was played. Defendant did not object to the instructions that were given, nor did he object further or seek a mistrial, and he thus failed to preserve for our review his contention that he was deprived of a fair trial by the introduction of the evidence. "Under these circumstances, the curative instructions must be deemed to have corrected the error to the defendant's satisfaction" (People v Heide, 84 NY2d 943, 944; see People v Adams, 90 AD3d 1508, 1509, lv denied 18 NY3d 954). We decline to exercise our power to review defendant's contention as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see CPL 470.15 [6] [a]).
+We reject defendant's contention that the court erred in imposing consecutive sentences on the counts of the indictment charging him with sexual abuse and criminal sexual act. "[I]t is well settled that consecutive sentences may be imposed where[, as here,] acts of deviate sexual intercourse occur within a continuous sexual incident [inasmuch as] the material elements are distinct and require different sexual acts" (People v Lanfair, 18 AD3d 1032, 1033-1034, lv denied 5 NY3d 790; see People v Laureano, 87 NY2d 640, 643; People v Ramirez, 44 AD3d 442, 445, lv denied 9 NY3d 1008).
+Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention in his pro se supplemental brief that certain counts of the indictment are facially duplicitous (see People v Becoats, 71 AD3d 1578, 1579, affd 17 NY3d 643, cert denied ___ US ___, 132 S Ct 1970). In any event, that contention is without merit inasmuch as "[e]ach count of [the] indictment . . . charge[s] one offense only" (CPL 200.30 [1]). Furthermore, although defendant's additional contention that the indictment was rendered duplicitous by the trial testimony need not be preserved for our review (see People v Filer, 97 AD3d 1095, 1096, lv denied 19 NY3d 1025; People v Boykins, 85 AD3d 1554, 1555, lv denied 17 NY3d 814), that contention is also without merit. The victim's testimony and the court's charge establish that different conduct is alleged in each of the various counts (see People v Alonzo, 16 NY3d 267, 269), and that the incident was not a single uninterrupted crime (cf. People v Snyder, 100 AD3d 1367, 1367). Defendant's further contention in his pro se supplemental brief concerning the sufficiency of the evidence before the grand jury is not properly before us. It "is well established that [t]he validity of an order denying any motion [to dismiss an indictment for legal insufficiency of the grand jury evidence] is not reviewable upon an appeal from an ensuing judgment of conviction based upon legally sufficient trial evidence' " (People v Afrika, 79 AD3d 1678, 1679, lv denied 17 NY3d 791, quoting CPL 210.30 [6]; see People v Smith, 4 NY3d 806, 808). Here, we rejected defendant's challenge to the legal sufficiency of the evidence with respect to the burglary conviction, and defendant has not challenged the legal sufficiency of the evidence with respect to the remaining convictions (see Smith, 4 NY3d at 808).
+The sentence is not unduly harsh or severe. We have considered defendant's remaining contentions in his main and pro se supplemental briefs, and conclude that none warrants reversal or modification.
+- Never trust an elevation map unless you really know how to read one. Understanding the numbers on the side of the chart and not just going by how flat or hilly it looks on the screen is quite important. Scale means something on those things!
+- Never trust these crazy (good crazy) Asheville runners when they talk about things being "fairly flat". They lie. Ha! Or they are so warped from running here for so long that they don't understand what their hills are really like...BRUTAL! They are some tough tough runners!
+- If a runner from Asheville tells you that a course "Isn't that bad with elevation", expect VERY HILLY. If they tell you that a course has "Big Hills", trust them. Be very afraid. Run the other way.
+- I have a completely new respect and understanding of what it means to be a trail runner. Wow!
+- Going down steep hills with technical trails is an art in itself. I don't know how these people did it so fast. I was almost as slow going down the mountain (literally a hike for 2 miles up) as I was going up.
+- These trail running women that passed me at the end are amazing!
+- Running this trail race is like nothing I've EVER done with running before in my life. It was EXTREME running and would surely fall in the category of extreme sports in my opinion (but that's coming from someone that isn't into extreme sports AT ALL).
+- Running a road marathon and PRing is a completely different kind of racing than it is to run 18 plus miles that involves shin deep mud, knee deep rushing water, fallen trees, roots, rocks, streams, etc. etc.
+- I have never been so hungry in my life while in a race. Towards the end I walked a lot...or hiked. I was dreaming of a cold beer and a burger. Anything really. And then I found a quarter of a peanut butter sandwich in my fuel belt...HOLY MOLY! I have never been so excited to eat a piece of food in my LIFE!! Ever. I walked and ate my sandwich and soaked up all that was around me.
+- Something so FREEING about not being a slave to the GARMIN and knowing that time is not what this race experience was about. At All! Time on the Garmin is of NO Concern! At least it wasn't for me. There were a few stretches of wider trail where I picked up the pace to a sub 8 mile but most of the race was single track and technical. No way that I was going to run any decent splits.
+- Trail runners at this event know how to celebrate after a race...The first thing I got was a cold beer and then warm BBQ.
+- Something about running through rivers, crossing logs, having your feet covered in mud, and running through pouring rain that makes you feel AMAZING and TOUGH!
+- I worked muscles today that I'm pretty sure I didn't know I had....or at least I'll be certain of this tomorrow.
+- Today was a humbling experience but it was also an experience that has made me feel so STRONG and ALIVE and PROUD of Myself. I'm so so glad I took this challenge and that I keep taking these opportunities to try new things in life. They are stretching me in so many new ways. YES YES YES to LIVING FULLY!
+- When I woke up this morning and it was raining so incredibly hard (Um, I'm talking torrential downpour), I almost laughed at the idea of racing a trail race. But I'm so glad I did it anyway...despite the way less than idea conditions that made this already DIFFICULT course, absolutely CRAZY! There's that good crazy again.
+- Thankful for a friend that I met here that has become a fast friend. She's the kind of person that inspires me to be MORE of MYSELF. Especially with trying new things with running....like how she sent me up a mountain the other day for my training run. ha!
+- If I do this again, I will bring more fuel and definitely take my water and Nuun again! I found that my body craved REAL food today and I will for sure pack at least another half peanut butter sandwich...it was a piece of heaven to have on the course today.
+I wish that I could have taken pictures of this course today so I could share what it was like. Well, not really because that would have taken away from my experience (and my phone would have been ruined from the rain) but it really would have helped in explaining just how intense this was.
+Rushing water
+Cold Puddles
+Thick mud
+Pouring rain
+Fallen Trees
+Steep inclines and declines
+Jutting rocks
+Root covered ground
+Lush Forest
+Vibrant Green
+Sounds of nature
+Logs for bridges
+Heavy breathing, slow climb
+Digging Deep
+Slow doesn't matter
+Soul Alive
+New Limits
+Many Moments of Solitude
+Alone with Thoughts
+Conversations with Myself
+I'm not sure when I will do another trail race but I do know that I found something NEW today (within myself and in the experience) that I'm richer for finding. Truly a LIFE moment that has made an impact. So glad that I decided to try something I've never done before...it's these things that make life extraordinary.
+Amanda
+Awesome. I know exactly how you feel..it's a TOTALLY DIFFERENT sport!
+As you say liberating in some way because of the impossibility of pacing or comparing any course to any other course.
+And the beauty of being outside with nature all around.
+Annnnd so I'm guessing that the itty bitty stream crossings are no longer a problem 8)
+ha ha! I actually thought of you today Paul...when I was knee deep in the water. It made me laugh that I was so scared of that jump. But that's just it...I wasn't scared of the water...just the leap to stay out of the water. It would have been better to go through the water. :)
+This is the kind of race I LOVE. Very cool you got out of your comfort zone. :)
+I can see why Kate! Such a different beast! Love! Not sure I'm going to do a ton of them but I'll probably do another someday. :)
+It definitely sounds like it was a good experience for you and trail running intrigues me. There isn't much for trail running in the middle of Nebraska though. Great job!
+You'll just have to travel to Asheville! :) Thanks Renee.
+Ah....the wonderful world of trail running. I'm so happy to hear your heart singing so loudly - dirt will do that. I love the fact I can put the watch away and not stress about any pace or race strategy; you just go and you enjoy. Thanks for sharing your amazing adventure...you are so incredible.
+Come join me in Leadville now that you're a fan of the trails - I need a pacer! :)
+xo
+Thanks Jill. My husband asked about you when you commented and then he started reading your blog and seeing the races you do. He was like "She's HARD CORE!" :)
+That sounds like so much fun! I am glad they are becoming more popular. I would love to try one someday.
+Do it! So amazing!
+I can feel the excitement through your post - awesome!!! Wow, you are a brave girl heading into that many miles of obvious hilly terrain. Go you!!
+I did a lot of trails last summer to train for the Stonecat 50 and also loved the different feeling of trails, no real time, and just a different sense of accomplishment.
+Happy recovery!!
+Brave or naive! Ha! Definitely naive. Such a different sense of accomplishment. Thanks Lisa.
+Ha, this reminded me of my first trail race, a 17.5 miler that I completed in 4 hours, ha! I was dreaming of food as well...I had so much fun but had not expected all the climbing. So happy for you that you had a great day. What's up with the pink tape though? Need to send you an email...XO
+It was so slow after climbing the mountain. 3:12 or something. 10ish min average...or around there. My slowest mile was like a 15 minute miles (hiking) and my fastest was an 8:00 or maybe barely under 8. The pink tape is supporting my quad...same injury since before Boston. And interesting gap in there compared to the other quad. weird. Will e-mail.
+I was out there with you. I live here. I run mountains every day, and this race pushed me to my limit. Congratulations and come back soon! What do you do when you fall off a foot bridge (log bridge) @ss first into a creek? You haul yourself out and say, "I can still catch that guy!" (this was me around mile 15)
+Ah, so so cool! How did you do? Feel? sounds like you had a blast despite the footbridge fall. :)
+2:57
+Kind of limped in the last 3 miles or so after taking my tumble off the log.
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+I think I must be missing something not running trails! Congratulations on the race - you look strong and happy. How's the leg?
+Oh, Gracie, it is such a cool thing. I was surely missing out until I tried it. The leg is okay. Not 100%. Thinking of you.
+Awesome! Trail running is so peaceful. I love it.
+Amen!
+Trail running rocks my world, for most of the reasons you just discovered. You feel alive and connected to everything around you. You really learn how to run by perceived effort, not by pace. Every run is an adventure. Runners in general are pretty awesome - trail runners are a bit more low-key, a bit more relaxed, and they DO know how to do a post-race food fest. :) I love a good road race and PR - but nothing makes me feel as laugh-out-loud AWESOME as finishing a tough, muddy, hilly, ridiculous trail run/race...PREFERABLY in the rain! ;-)
+So happy you got to have this experience!!!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. :)
+Ah, thanks Holly. Yes yes! I can see why you love it so much...now! I couldn't before. I just was never really that interested but I'm so so glad I tried it out. And what a big deal of a first one. Wow! And yes, the rain kind of added to the experience! no, it definitely did!
+Congrats on finishing your first 30k and first trail race. Great job!
+Thanks Linda!
+I didn't realize that you were doing a seriously hard trail for the 30k! This must have been so exciting..And only 1/4 of a PBJ? Girl, you must have been famished!! Did the race have any food or gels along the course? Considering the terrain and the time it must have taken some runners to finish, I would imagine that there had to be a few stations!?
+You are positively beaming in the picture with the tank and race sign-- BIG smiles. It's a different beast, the trail race. I still have yet to run one anywhere besides the Eugene bark path..very jealous :) Thinking about a 50k now??
+Loved the story on FB about the chips.. had to laugh at the thought of you munching them talking to the guy who was selling them. haha. Love you, SO VERY HAPPY to see you smiling BIG today!!
+I didn't realize it would be that hard! ha! I was so so naive Raina. Probably best that I was because otherwise, I'm not so sure I would have signed up. Ha! Waylon kept thinking I was CRAZY!! A bit jealous too since he wanted to be the one trail racing but he wasn't prepared for this distance. Neither was I really. Ha! They did have food and gels. I just didn't use them. I did however, have two gels earlier on but they weren't enough...at the end of was so so so so hungry. I've never been happier to see a sandwich chunk in my LIFE! Oh Raina, you would love it here...the trails! Wow! Such a different experience than I've ever had. Maybe you can come for it next year. And the chips were hilarious. Love you!
+Have followed your blog some for a while - first time commenter.
+Ain't Trail running/races great!?!?! Did my first one two weeks ago also and can totally relate to your post here - like a checklist of most all of the things I was thinking.
+Yet another way to enjoy running!
+Hi Ted. So glad you commented! Oh yes, it is amazing! So glad to have done it. Congrats on your first too. Such a different way to enjoy moving this body of ours!!
+How exciting to run a trail race. I just got my first pair of trail shoes - haven't even tested them out yet. Of course, the downside is that my brand new shoes will look awful after one or two good trail runs.
+I just did a trail run too! Not as epic as yours but they are all so fun! Congrats on an awesome race!!
+You had a great time didn't you? You can read it in every line. I too am in awe of trail runners. I've done a fair few trails in training and I'm always a little wrecked at the end - concentrating on every step and coping with the hills makes for a challenging run.
+That is awesome dude! sounds crazy and fun!!!
+Crazy lady, Wish I was as fit as you. x
+Super congrats!!!!!! Yes, trail running and road running are two very different beast. I did a few in Colorado and LOVED it!!
+Trail running is such a different challenge. While we always want to run within ourselves on the road, I find it easier to really open up on the trail. And I think the unpredictable nature is part of the adventure.
+Keep on growing and pushing!
+Nice, congrats on the race!! I am wondering if you thought the same thing I did after my race, the race was challenging, but reflecting afterwards, it might have been one of the most stress free, low key race I have done, I didnt feel the normal stress that I do on the road races.
+I've never done any true trail running but have really been wanting to! Glad you are acclimating to your new life!
+Just reading this post makes me feel alive! Love it!
+another fantastic result Amanda. Well done you x
+Diane
+I used to run and I've learned a lot of useful information about motivation, training, and nutrition on militarygradenutritionals.com/blog/. There was a number of articles about making recoveries more easy. I followed their tips and it worked! Recommend this resource to all athletes.
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+Jack Dorler, an engineer at the IBM East Fishkill facility who has 85 inventions to his credit, checks the design and layout of circuit devices and wiring. Photo taken February 1984. Journal photo
+Ed Sottile smiles as he rides through traffic on IBM Road, lead by Bob Smith, the owner of Prince Edward. Photo taken April 1987. Journal Photo
+Journal photo - Route 9 as he rode to meet friends for a party after his wife surprised him with the gift of a horseback ride. Photo taken April 1987. Journal photo
+Ed Sottile rides in the saddle after he was given his introduction to horseback riding as a gift from his wife. Photo taken April 1987. Journal photo
+Ed Ose, left, captain of the IBM Classic Bowling league champs receives congratulations from Elmer H. Baumgarten, secretary of the American Bowling Congress for his team winning the five-man championship while Charles Cruzan, second from left, and Charles Howroyd look on. Photo taken April 25, 1946. Journal photo
+IBM's new test facility in East Fishkill uses sensing devices, robotic arms, and software control systems. IBM said the center is staffed by 80 operators. Photo taken June 21, 1984. Journal photo
+A bus unloads some IBM employees at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House where they were given a presentation of the "Sierra." Photo taken Feb 13, 1985. Journal photo
+An IBM employee checks the motion of a robotic arm as it positions silicon wafers for processing in an "ion implantation" machine. Each wafer will be cut into about 170 individual 256K-bit computer memory chips. Photo taken November 2, 1984. Journal photo
+Technician William Tilly uses a device called an REF (Rack East Fishkill) to avoid contaminating computer chip "carriers" being loaded into IBM East Fishkill's new automated plating line. Photo taken June 1983. Journal photo
+The Kenyon House, inset, now called the Homestead, was development lab that produced the 604 electronic calculating punch in 1953. Dick Neville, left, and Ron Dodge worked in one of the mansion's bedrooms in 1945. Photo taken November 10, 1984. Journal photo
+Fortune Magazine's May 28 issue lists IBM's East Fishkill plant among the ten best-mainaged and most cost-efficient manufacturing plants in the United States. Journal photo
+Basic pistol instruction classes to be conducted on the six-point indoor range at the IBM Plant 2 Country club. More than 40 members received instruction in the proper use of small arms. Photo taken June 15, 1952. Journal photo
+Donald P. Love, president of the Poughkeepsie Chamber of Commerce, left greets Lieutenant General Edwin W. Rawlings, right and Thomas J. Watson Jr., yesterday at the Nelson House where a dinner sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce was served after dedication ceremonies for two new IBM additions here. Photo taken June 15, 1952. Journal photo
+Boy scouts joined the rest of the Poughkeepsie community yesterday in dedication ceremonies at the $18,000,000 additions to the IBM Corp., South Road. Photo tatken June 14, 1952. Journal photo
+Engineers at IBM East Fishkill disassemble an ion implanter system for shipment to Brown University as a gift. Photo taken December 10, 1985. Journal photo
+Demonstration of IBM's company AIrlines Reservation system. Photo taken October 23, 1961. Journal photo
+Journal photo - Guests at the IBM Plant open house wached a demonstration of a ferrite core presss. Photo taken October 22, 1961. Journal photo
+Dorothy Davis tries out a new phone system at the Catherine Street Community Center with Rodney Doughlas, executive director, left and Ralph Oscarlece, an IBM manager. Photo taken May 28, 1986. Journal photo
+Close to 15,000 persons attended IBM Corp. Plant 2 dedication. Photo taken June 15, 1952. Journal photo
+Truly an IBM family are the five brothers and sisters of the Driscoll family who are members of the local IBM plant. Left to right, seated are: Lawrence, Miriam, Walter; standing, Wilfred, James and John. Photo taken June 13, 1952. Journal photo
+Board chairman Thomas J. Watson of the IBM Corp. preparing to place mortar on cornerstone of greatly enlarged No. 2 IBM main plant at dedication ceremonies. Left is his wife Mrs. Watson, and his son Thomas J. Watson Jr. and to the right are Arthur J. Sordoni and David L. Reaser. Photo taken June 15, 1952. Journal photo
+IBM announced System/360, a completely new family of products that marked the dawn of a new age of computing. This photo depicts final assembly of the Models 40 and 50. Photo taken October 1991. Journal photo
+A few members of the IBM Amateur Radio and Electronics club are shown operating the facilities which they provided during the spring opening of the IBM Country Club in May. Photo taken - June 13, 1952. Journal photo
+IBM Plant No. 4 flies the United States Army-Navy Production award for excellence, presented to the South Road Plant. Date unknown. Journal photo
+Thomas J. Watson, president of the IBM Corp. right pays tribute to IBM and other service men and women who gave their lives in World War II at the IBM country club. Photo taken May 12, 1947. Journal photo
+United States Airforce Reliance on Plant 2, IBM to complete $180,000,000 in defense contracts was voiced at the IBM plant dedication yesterday by Lieut. General Edwin W. Rawlings (left) Thomas J. Watson Sr., chairman of the IBM board of directors. Photo taken 1952. Journal photo
+Reynaldo Lantiqua, test/product analyst at IBM East Fishkill, looks through a microscope at a module. Date unknown. Journal photo
+IBM East Fishkill employees rejoice as they meet one of the fruits of their labor. The processor in the foreground, the IBM 4381 and the 4361 (not pictured) were introduced Thursday as IBM's newest entries into the intermediate processor family. Photo taken September 18, 1983. Journal photo
+Tthe PCjr, IBM's most affordable computer at the time. Photo taken January 1985. IBM photo
+Lt. Gov. Wilson, left, spoke at dedication ceremonies for the new IBM Components Division Plant. Mr. Wilson is shown in front of the bulding with Joseph A. Larkin, Components Division Counsel for IBM. Photo taken Jun 18 1966. Journal photo
+Dr. Guenther H. Schwuttke demonstrates the use of a crystal structure panel to show the arrangement of atoms in simple crystal structures. Phto taken October 9, 1966. Journal photo
+Elizabeth Evans, 2, and Roger Evans, 6, are greeted b y Louis Voerman, IBM plant general manager, right, and Francis Ritz, his assistant. The children and their parents were among more than 50,000 persons to visit IBM's Poughkeepsie faciliities for the company's 25th year in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Photo taken October 16, 1968 Journal photo
+Mrs. Alarico C. Mascharenhas, left, whose husband is employed in Dept. 882 of IBM's main plant on South Road. Greeting her are William J. Mair, center, and Clarence E. Frizzell, right who is general manager of the Poughkeepsie IBM manufacturing plant. Photo taken October 21, 1961. Journal photo
+Open house at the Poughkeepsie IBM plant. This group observed the printer unit of a data processing system in operation. Photo taken October 1961. Journal photo
+Journal photo - Earliest employees of IBM in Poughkeepsie chatted outside the original plant of the Munitions Manufacturing Company. From left are Winston C. Taylor, Walter D. Whelan and Orlin G. Washburn. Photo taken October 19, 1968. Journal photo
+The Kenyon Family Mansion, situated just north of Spackenkill Road became the IBM Homestead and served that purpose for several years. Photo taken October 9, 1966 . Journal photo
+Edward J. Garvey, left, General Manager of the new IBM Components Division Plant in East Fishkill is sown with Dr. John W. Gibson, president of the Components Division in front of the modern development laboratory after dedication ceremonies Friday. Photo taken June 19, 1966. Journal photo
+IBM's Poughkeepsie Laboratory Complet, north of Spackenkill Road, Town of Poughkeepsie, was built in the 1950's on the former Kenyon Estate. Photo taken October 1966. Journal photo
+New construction at IBMS town of East FIshkill facility (Phase 2). Photo taken January 27, 1967. Journal photo
+IBM Homestead, shown was built for IBM by Holiday Inns in 1964 and it can house up to 110 visiting executives. Photo taken 1966. Journal photo
+IBM at Kingston shown in this aerial view, employed 5,600 persons. Photo taken October 9, 1966. Journal photo
+The South Road IBM Plant as it looks in an aerial view. Photo taken October 1966. Journal photo
+The Fort House at Dickerson's Curve South Road was the first Homestead for IBM. Photo taken October 9, 1966. Journal photo
+IBM Product Test Laboratory, Town of Poughkeepsie. Mr. Jacobs is shown adjusting temperature reading on an control gauge. Photo taken October 9, 1966. Journal photo
+Howard Slocum, left, shows his prize winning picture to IBM Photography Club president, Bernard Silverstein. Photo taken October 9, 1966. Journal photo
+Discussing IBM club business,are Charles H. Roff, left and William Butsko Mr. Roff is vice president of the club and Mr. Butsko is president. Photo taken October 9, 1966. Journal photo
+John L. Crawford, left, manager of the IBM aircraft maintenance department, goes over aircraft records at the IBM hangar at Dutchess County Airport with Charles A. McKinnon, right, manager of flight operaitons. Photo taken October 9, 1966. Journal photo
+A computer and a word processor, such as this IBM personal computer, made typing an easier job. Photo taken January 1984. Journal photo
+Left to right, Phyllis Moser, Dick Quinn, Bernard Schwartz, and Dr. Paul Low of IBM East Fishkill. Journal photo
+Automated drafting: The easy-to-use IBM 7361 Fastdraft System speeds up the production of engineering drawings even for first time users of computer-based drafting systems. Photo taken 1982. Journal photo
+Raymond Wagner, left, and Robert Patrick, manager of facilities service check the finished product -- clean water fed into a stream as IBM wins national award for pollution controls. Photo taken July 1977. Journal photo
+R. L. Daubenmire, general manager of IBM Poughkeepsie in his office. Photo taken February 1982. Journal photo
+From left to right are Charles A. Kirk, William W. Close, Thomas J. Watson Jr., William J. Mair, Tom A. Burke, J. H. M'Manus, David R. Clarkson, Dause L. Bibby, and J. F. Green. Photo taken March 1947. Journal photo
+Army-Navy "E" lapel insignia were distributed to employees of IBM with Anna Kara and James H. Warner Jr. recieving their awards on the speakers' platform as employee representatitves. Photo taken 1943. Journal photo
+Mike Conners (left) computer test technician, and Michael Stoico, senior systems test specialist, test a 308X/Systems processor at IBM Kingston. Photo taken 1983. Journal photo
+An IBM computer-aided design and manufacturing system (CAD/CAM) checks a geometric design model of a casting. IBM donated $40 million in similar systems Tuesday to 20 engineering schools selected among 115 universities. Photo taken 1983. Journal photo
+IBM engineers from the Yorktown Heights and East Fishkill facilities compare a new fiber optic cable, shown on the right, to standard copper wire cables. Photo taken 1984. Journal photo
+Hewlett-Packared plunged into the personal computer market with it's HP-150 or "Magic" desktop computer. Photo taken September 1983. Journal photo
+Great interest is shown in the weekly series of rifle instruction conducted for Junior members of IBM Plant 2 Country club. John Arena and Winston Taylor, two of the foremost firearms experts in the county are instruction the sessions. Photo taken June 13, 1952. Journal photo
+IBM's 3680 Programmable Store System provides customized electronic cash register functions in small stores. Photo taken January 1979. Journal photo
+Journal photo - The modern Education Center is located just north of IBM's main plant. Photo taken September 1965. Journal photo
+Three of IBM's newest high-performance computers were shipped from the Poughkeepsie plant. Photo taken March 1978. Journal photo
+IBM's experimental VLSI custom bipolar chip magnified approximately 27 times to show the complexity of the custom design. Photo taken February 1982. Journal photo
+This road sign marks the site of 500 acres of land in Route 52, near the East Fishkill -Fishkill town line, where IBM plans to build a Compenents Parts division plant. Photo taken March 1962. Journal photo
+High-lift straddle stockpiling trucks were specially designed for the 19-foot bulk storage area of IBM's new Materials Distribution center. Photo taken October 1961. Journal photo
+Crew of workmen maneuver five and one-half tons of patterned white concrete sunscreen into position on new IBM development laboratory building off South road. Photo taken 1961. Journal photo
+IBM will build a new Product Development laboratory to the north of its main plant on South road. The proposed building is shown to the right of the photo, north of the existing IBM complex of buildings. Photo taken September 1960. Journal photo
+Lieutenant General Edwin W. Rawlings commanding offer of the iar Materiel command, U.S. Airforce (left) is greeted by Thomas J. Watson Jr. (right), president of IBM, as he arrives at Stewart Airport field in Newburgh. Photo taken June 14, 1952. Journal photo
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+As we discussed in the recoil recoil post, it seems to be some combination of the two factors.. Here is an example of the data I recorded for one of the muzzle brakes:
+As I publish the results, I plan to show how much each muzzle brake reduces recoil compared to a bare muzzle. For each set of results, I will show 3 pieces of information:
+- % Reduction in Overall Momentum – This is the reduction in overall impulse or total momentum of the rifle at the end of the recoil. It represents the total “size” of the force that I described in the recoil post. It isn’t just the peak force, but the entire “area under the curve” when you graph force over time.
+- % Reduction in Peak Force – This is the highest instantaneous peak force recorded through the entire recoil event.
+- Average % Reduction – This is just the average of the other two measures (weighted 50/50)
+To learn more about those measurements and hear the cases for both sides, please read the recoil post.
+308 Muzzle Brake Results
+For our mid-sized 30 caliber cartridge, I had to go with the legendary 308 Win. The rifle I used is not a precision rifle, but it represents something most people are familiar with. It is a standard, budget-friendly 308 rifle. This particular one is a Savage Axis SR 308 Win. I consider it my baseline for comparison. While not all of my readers have had the pleasure to shoot a really high-end precision rifle (like the other 3 test rifles), almost everyone has fired a rifle similar to this. So by using this rifle in the tests, it can help give some context for the amount of recoil we’re talking about. This rifle may also help us understand how the rifle weight plays into the recoil equation, and how that affects muzzle brake performance as a percentage of recoil reduction.
+For 308 ammo, I selected the very popular Federal Premium Gold Medal 168gr SMK Match-Grade Factory Ammo. Our 308 rifle weighed in at a scant 6.2 pounds with a bare muzzle, and no bipod or magazine. That weight doesn’t include a scope or mount, as shown in the photo. And if you didn’t think a 308 had much recoil, you should fire 200+ rounds from a 6 pound rifle in one day and see if your shoulder doesn’t get a little tender! Oh, the sacrifices I make in the name of science! 😉
+Without further ado, here is the data for the recoil reduction on the 308 rifle for each of the muzzle brakes:
+Just as we saw in the recoil results for the 6mm and 6.5mm, both American Precision Arms and Alamo Four Star have a measurable lead over the rest of the pack. This time though, the American Precision Arms brake is the larger Fat B* model, and not their Little B*. The Fat B* was originally designed for big magnums like the 338 Lapua, but they also offer it in 7mm and 30 caliber versions … so I included it in the 308 Win tests. It looked oversized on this rifle, but it was clearly effective. The new Alamo Four Star Cowl Induction Muzzle Brake was right there with it though, with virtually identical performance.
+Behind those two muzzle brakes, were a big cluster of muzzle brakes that in the range of 27-37% recoil reduction. Both the 6mm and 6.5mm brakes had a similar cluster from 26-36%. That is interesting, considering there are many different designs represented in that cluster. Leading that group is the Holland Radial Muzzle Brake, JP Recoil Eliminator, Center Shot Rifle’s Blast Tamer (note their large 4-port model was used for the 30 caliber rifles), American Precision Arms (APA) Little B*, JP Large Compensator, new West Texas Ordnance Muzzle Brake, and the new Impact Precision Muzzle Brake.
+I also wanted to draw attention to the Badger FTE Muzzle Brake, because this is the one rifle I was actually able to test the recoil on. While most muzzle brakes simply screw on the threaded part of the muzzle, the Badger FTE brakes screw on and clamp onto the barrel. For the barrel clamp to fit, the muzzle of the barrel must be very specific dimensions, which often means you need to pay a gunsmith to contour to it to those dimensions. But, I’m glad it worked on this rifle, because that will let us gauge its effectiveness in terms of reducing recoil. You can see it finished around the middle of the pack, ranking 11th among the 17 brakes tested on the 308.
+One big difference between the results for the 308 Win and the results for the 6XC and 6.5 Creedmoor was the difference between how much it was able to decrease the peak force compared to the overall momentum. On the 6XC, the reduction for the overall momentum (green line) and peak force (blue lines) were very similar, with the impulse being decreased by 2% more on average. For the 6.5 Creedmoor, they were still similar values, but they were reversed, with the peak force reduced 5% more on average than the momentum. But for this lightweight 308 Win, all the brakes were much more effective at reducing the peak force than they were at reducing the overall momentum. Peak force was reduced by 16% more on average than momentum.
+I also included a “High-End 9-inch Suppressor” for comparison on this rifle. That is one of the new Thunder Beast (TBAC) Ultra-9 Suppressors I was able to test recently. You can see the suppressor isn’t as quite effective at reducing recoil on this rifle as many of the muzzle brakes, with it finishing near the tail end recoil post.)
+I want to point out this is just one suppressor design, and it isn’t representative of all suppressors. Many perform worse (especially if they’re shorter), and there may be a few that provide better performance. This isn’t a suppressor field test, but I just wanted to include one.
+On the 308, there was really just one straggler way behind the rest of the group: the OPS Accuracy Tuning Brake. As I mentioned in the last post, disappointed by the results. It just goes to show, you can’t believe everything you read online! 😉 This just reinforces the value of data-driven tests, over merely reading people’s opinions.
+300 Norma Magnum Muzzle Brake Results
+While planning these tests, I put a lot of thought into what cartridges to test. I knew I wanted to focus on 6mm through 30 caliber. The 6mm and 6.5mm cartridges should obviously be representative of the most popular precision rifle cartridges in the Precision Rifle Series, since those are extremely popular calibers for those practical/tactical style competitions. For the 30 caliber, I knew I’d risk getting hate mail for years if I didn’t include the 308 Win. So many guys have precision rifles chambered in the 308. But what about a larger 30 caliber cartridge? I considered the 300 Win Mag, but decided to go a little bigger … the 300 Norma Magnum.
+The 300 Norma Magnum (not be confused with the old 308 Norma Mag), is the newest cartridge in our line-up. It was designed in 2012, about the same time as Berger’s release of the 230gr Hybrid bullet … and the two make a perfect pair. is my bookend for the 30 caliber!
+While the 6XC, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 308 all have similar case capacity, the 300 Norma will help us understand what happens to muzzle brake performance when you significantly increase powder charge and bullet weight. Here is a look at the cartridge capacities tested, along with a couple other popular rounds for context on the size of the 300 Norma.
+I didn’t run the 300 Norma Mag as hot as what I’ve heard rumors of other guys doing. Since the 300 Norma is so new, there isn’t much load data out there for it. I found some 300 Norma load data that appears to be from Berger, and loaded 82.0gr of H1000 to stay well within safe pressures. According to their data, that should be launching 230gr bullets around 2700 fps. I’ve heard of guys pushing this cartridge up to 3000 fps using the 230gr Hybrids, but I have no idea if that is realistic and/or safe. Since I borrowed this rifle just for these tests (thanks Bob), I didn’t want to waste time doing load development, and I didn’t want to risk damaging the rifle or causing unnecessary barrel wear.
+The 300 Norma Mag test rifle featured a 27” Lilja Palma 30B contour barrel (similar to a Medium Palma contour). It weighed in at 15.7 pounds with a bare muzzle, and no bipod or magazine. That weight includes the scope and mount shown in the photo.
+Here are the recoil results for the muzzle brakes on our 300 mag:
+And, once again … the Alamo Four Star and American Precision Arms muzzle brakes are out in front. This time the others are all more effective as well, with the majority running from 34-40% reduction in recoil. That means these muzzle brakes are doing a lot of work, considering the recoil a large magnum cartridge like this produces, especially running a heavy 230gr bullet.
+I included the new TBAC Ultra-9 Suppressor in these results as well. While the concussion of the blast was much more pleasant, you can see the suppressor just isn’t able to reduce recoil as effectively as some of these other brakes. And as normal, it does a better job of reducing the peak of the recoil than it does to reduce the total amount of momentum coming back at the shooter. Many suppressors (if not most) aren’t rated to handle something as big as the 300 Norma. In fact, Thunder Beast’s previous model, the 30P-1, wasn’t rated for the 300 Norma … but the new Ultra series of suppressors are rated up to a 300 RUM, which is 10% larger than our 300 Norma!
+The suppressor I tested still performed better than both the Surefire and OPS muzzle brakes … which are dragging up the rear. Both of those brakes had disappointing performance on the 300 Norma.
+Here is another view of the same data:
+Here are the muzzle brakes I wasn’t able to test on the 300 Norma rifle:
+- Badger FTE Muzzle Brake – As I’ve explained before, the Badger barrel clamp design requires a very specific barrel diameter at the muzzle, and it didn’t fit on this rifle either.
+- JEC Customs Recoil Reduction Muzzle Brake – I only had a JEC brake in 6mm to test. I couldn’t get other sizes for these tests.
+- Tri Delta Muzzle Brake – Honestly … I just missed this one, and forgot to screw it on the day I ran through all the brakes on the 300 Norma. My bad. I did get it tested on all the other rifles.
+- Tubb Precision Muzzle Brake – This brake is only available in 6mm.
+Stay Tuned!!!
+There are still A LOT of interesting results left to be published on this field test. Recoil was just one aspect of muzzle brake performance. Which ones help you stay on target? Which ones are 3-4 times as loud as others?,
+Once again a BRILLIANT article! Thanks for your hard work and dedication. I really value your input from a more scientific point of view. I am in the final stages of getting a 300NM built and I asked my gunsmith to wait until we got the results back from your article. I am very glad I waited a while and you are helping me getting my dream gun built for ultra long range shooting. Without your input, many of us will feel lost in getting the right equipment. It will be like finding a needle in a haystack! Please keep up the good work and I know how hard it must be with two little kids running around that needs your attention too. I am about to have my 3rd!
+All of the best,
+Vern.
+Hey, Vern. Thanks for the encouragement. I’m glad you’re finding the approach helpful. It seemed like there was a gap in the precision rifle world for an independent and data-driven approach, so I’m just trying to do what I can to help fill it! There is still a lot to be covered and I have a ton of ideas that I haven’t been able to get to. I hope this approach inspires others to join me on the journey, do their own tests, and publish it for everyone else to benefit from. I’d be tickled if that happened. I think it’d be healthy for the industry as well, and I know as consumers we’d all win.
+Thanks,
+Cal
+Great work as always. How woukd usage of a muzzle brake and suppressor (surefire) effect the outcome? Seems the suppressor woould cancel out the effect of the brake yet supposedely the brake improves the suppressor effect by operating as a 1st baffle. Read much that for dedicated suppressor use a brake is preferred.
+Thanks, George. That’s a great question. I didn’t test the Surefire suppressor, so I can’t say for sure. But, I did test the TBAC Compact Brake, which is the Thread-Over-Muzzle-Brake (TOMB) designed for the TBAC Ultra-9 Suppressor. So you can see how the muzzle brake performed with and without the suppressor attached. I didn’t do that on purpose, and actually only thought about it when you asked … but that is a cool, accidental comparison in the data. It looks like the brake was 4% more effective on the 308 and 8% more effective on the 300 Norma than when the suppressor was threaded onto the brake.
+And you’re right. A TOMB brake typically acts as the first baffle or two in the suppressor. They have a “symbiotic relationship” for lack of a better term.
+One manufacturer said someone slipped a cylinder around their muzzle brake, and was shocked at how effective of a suppressor it was. (Which I should point out is illegal in most places without the proper license.) That may be a gross over-simplification, but that is one way to think about a suppressor. It’s the same as a muzzle brake, in that there are baffles trying to redirect expanding gases … but the gas isn’t allowed to escape out the sides. The gas escaping out of the sides is part of what allows the brake to do work in our favor (i.e. baffles redirected gases to move to sides or even rearward, and during that collision “an equal and opposite” amount of momentum is applied to the baffles, pushing them away from the shooter and offsetting recoil). You can see the recoil post for more details on that phenomenon.
+So, although there are more baffles in a suppressor (9″ long instead of a 3″ long muzzle brake), they don’t take advantage of redirecting gas. Eventually all of the gas escapes along the path of the bullet, and none goes to the sides. It seems like when the gases initially strike the baffles they’d be doing work in your favor, and a suppressor also slows down those expanding gases which spreads out the recoil and a decrease in velocity also reduces momentum. But, since suppressors aren’t able to redirect those explosive gases like a brake can … it seems they may always have a fundamental handicap when it comes to recoil reduction. Because of that design constraint, it might be surprising if there was ever a suppressor that could reduce recoil as well as a muzzle brake.
+Hope my ramblings answer your questions. I do appreciate the question, because I didn’t even realize I had published the data for a TOMB brake with and without the suppressor attached. That’s interesting data.
+Thanks,
+Cal
+Hi Cal,
+Is there any reason to believe that (based on what we’ve seen so far) when choosing a brake for a .338LM, your best choice would not still be going with the Alamo or APA?
+Thanks,
+Steve
+Well, there are A TON of 338 brakes out there. That really gets you into a completely different product, which is why I just focused this test on 6mm through 30 caliber. There is some overlap (like the APA), but I believe Alamo is working on a completely different brake for a 338 and a completely different brake design for a 50 cal. I’m not positive about that, but that is the last I heard.
+It’d probably be a safe bet that those models would perform well on a 338. They’re obviously really effective designs. But, are they the best? That is yet to be seen. I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a challenger out there. I may end up testing 338 brakes at some point, but I don’t have it on the schedule for 2015.
+Thanks,
+Cal
+Thanks for such an unbiased write up !! I am looking for a brake to put on my DPMS .308 and you have helped to make my decision easy !!
+You bet, Joe. Glad I could help.
+Very comprehensive and informative post, being a your regular reader cant go with out leave a comment, thank you for your contribution.
+Thanks for the feedback! That helps me know I’m on the right track. I’m just trying to publish stuff that’s helpful to fellow shooters, so thanks for the taking the time to let me know it’s working for you!
+Thanks,
+Cal
+Cal,
+First off: OUTSTANDING work you’ve done here. I appreciate this to no end, and I extremely happy to find something this comprehensive, straightforward, and data driven as what you have done here. I sincerely thank you for your efforts! 🙂
+2nd: I understand you are working with what you got, but I would love to see the addition of other brakes such as Lantac Dragon and Battlecomp. Perhaps you could inform the respective manufacturers about your unbiased comparison, and you could trade free marketing for free brakes for testing. Who knows!
+3rd: If you’re looking to do another comparison, you might want to consider either doing one specifically for flash hiders, a full comparison between all muzzle devices between sound, flash, and recoil, or something to that effect. I know people are interested, and it would be fantastic to see. Though I know that might be asking alot.
+4th: You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. You need a donate button or something. Keep up the great work!
+Hey, William. Thanks for the encouragement. Good to know you found this helpful.
+At this point, I’m done testing brakes for at least another year. If/when I test another batch, I’ll likely let my readers vote on which ones are included. Those 2 aren’t used by any of the precision rifle shooters I know, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t good ones. I heard someone say “Don’t fix happy” … so if you’re happy with them, I wouldn’t change. There are just a billion brakes out there, so I couldn’t test them all.
+I appreciate the suggestion about flash hiders, but that isn’t really what I’m interested in. I’m not military, so I don’t have to worry about muzzle flash, and most of my readers are in the same camp. Some guys might find it interesting, but it may not be worth the effort it would take. Because I do all this in my spare time, I’m always trying to think whether something is worth the time I’d spend on it. I’d bet if flash was a major concern, most people would use a suppressor instead of a muzzle brake.
+And there is a donate button, but I just don’t push it. There are 2 ways you can support the website, and you can see those here:.
+Thanks again for taking the time to let me know you found this helpful. That’s great to know.
+Thanks,
+Cal
+Cal,
+As always, I really appreciate your hard work! Kudos for maintaining a numbers-first approach to your analyses.
+I am considering to add a brake to my Remington 700 XCR Long Range 300 Win Mag — I presume that will require a specific thread pattern based on the brake I choose.
+I want to preserve maximum optionality down the road to add a suppressor to my rig (I believe it should be as simple as screw-off-the-brake-screw-on-the-suppressor and adjust zero).
+Two questions:
+(1) Am I correct in my screw-off-screw-on assumption?
+(2) How best to slice the universe of available brakes based on thread patters and do the same with suppressors so that I can research and decide on a brake/suppressor pairing?
+Thanks,
+Jon
+Hey, Jon. You’re absolutely correct. For 6mm through 30 caliber, the 5/8×24 thread pattern is by far the most popular and very interoperable. So if you have a muzzle brake with that thread and a suppressor with that thread, it just takes about a minute to switch the two. As long as you stick with 5/8×24 thread on both of them, then it shouldn’t matter which one you purchase. I personally like the American Precision Arms Little B* or even Fat B* for a 300 Win Mag. The Alamo Four Star would also be a good choice. And I personally think Thunder Beast (TBAC) suppressors are the best that money can buy. The POI shift is minimal and 100% repeatable. In my experience the TBAC suppressors definitely don’t have a negative impact on precision (which some suppressors do), and could improve it slightly. That statement probably deserves a little explanation, because I know I’d throw up the BS flag if I heard that not too long ago. The potential for precision improvement is really 3 part: 1) I shoot better with the reduced concussion and reduced recoil, 2) The turbulence the bullet experiences in that brief period of “transitional ballistics” is reduced by the suppressor diverting some gas, and 3) adding weight to the end of the barrel can dampen barrel harmonics and may make those more consistent shot to shot. Some of these are also true to some extent with a muzzle brake. And the muzzle brake clearly does better at reducing recoil … as I measured in this study.
+Ultimately as long as you thread to a standard pattern (5/8×24) and buy a brake and a suppressor that are threaded to that … you’re golden. Should be easy. I switch back and forth all the time.
+Thanks,
+Cal
+If the brakes from Lantac and Precision Arms came into place to perform for 308 cal, how would you guess they will place them self in the ranking wise?
+Sorry, Gregory … I’m not familiar with either of those brakes, so I couldn’t say. I’m always hesitant to speculate on how something might compare, because there are always surprises. That’s why I actually get out in the field and test this stuff and don’t just talk about it! 😉
+Thanks,
+Cal
+Well done!
+I am new here and admire your thoroughness and clear explanations. Will be back again 🙂
+~R
+Thanks! It was a lot of work, but the results are pretty interesting. I learned a lot, and hopefully it helps manufacturers understand what designs are most effective. Ultimately, when the consumer is educated and armed with good info, products just seem to get better. It’s almost like magic!
+Thanks,
+Cal
+Located in Delta Junction AK?
+We can transport your freight! We actually have a depot close by Delta Junction.
+Delta Junction Fun Facts!
+Delta Junction AK Annual Precipitation
+2014, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 56
+- January: 2.24 inches
+- February: 2.24 inches
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+2013, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 56
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+2012, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 45
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+2011, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 50
+- January: 2.5 inches
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+2010, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 43
+- January: 2.15 inches
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+2009, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 61
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+2008, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 47
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+2007, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 42
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+2006, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 59
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+2005, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 46
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+2004, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 28
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+2003, Delta Junction AK
+2002, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 44
+- January: 2.2 inches
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+2001, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 49
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+2000, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 29
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+1999, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 57
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+1998, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 45
+- January: 1.8 inches
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+- December: 1.35 inches
+1997, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 53
+- January: 2.12 inches
+- February: 2.12 inches
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+1996, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 42
+- January: 2.1 inches
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+1995, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 33
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+1994, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 24
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+1993, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 46
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+1992, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 60
+- January: 2.4 inches
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+1991, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 24
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+1990, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 51
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+- February: 2.04 inches
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+1989, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 26
+- January: 1.04 inches
+- February: 1.3 inches
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+1988, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 50
+- January: 2 inches
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+1987, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 30
+- January: 0.9 inches
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+- July: 3 inches
+- August: 1.2 inches
+- September: 2.7 inches
+- October: 2.4 inches
+- November: 1.2 inches
+- December: 0.9 inches
+1986, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 26
+- January: 1.3 inches
+- February: 1.3 inches
+- March: 1.04 inches
+- April: 2.6 inches
+- May: 2.6 inches
+- June: 2.86 inches
+- July: 2.34 inches
+- August: 1.04 inches
+- September: 2.34 inches
+- October: 2.34 inches
+- November: 1.04 inches
+- December: 1.04 inches
+1985, Delta Junction AK Precipitation: 50
+- January: 2 inches
+- February: 2.5 inches
+- March: 2.5 inches
+- April: 4.5 inches
+- May: 5 inches
+- June: 4.5 inches
+- July: 5 inches
+- August: 1.5 inches
+- September: 3.5 inches
+- October: 4 inches
+- November: 2 inches
+- December: 2 inches
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+Rummy Games
+GIN RUMMY
+(Gin).
+Number of Players. Two people can play, though three may participate, usually with one sitting out while the other two play. Four or more, in pairs up to almost any number, may play a partnership game (see p. 129), but this is done by playing separate two-hand games and combining scores.
+The Pack. The standard 52-card pack is used. Two packs should be used, so that while one player deals, the other shuffles for the next deal.
+Rank of Cards. K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A. (Aces are always low.)
+Value of Cards. Face cards, 10 points each; ace, 1; other cards, their
+pip values.
+The Shuffle and Cut. One pack is shuffled and spread, and each player draws a card; if he draws one of the four cards at either end, the player must draw again. If the cards drawn are of the same rank, the suits decide the higher rank in this order: spades (high), hearts, diamonds, and clubs. The player drawing the high card has the choice of cards and seats. The other player, having picked the low card, deals first. Either player may shuffle, with the dealer having the right to shuffle last, and the opponent then cuts the pack.
+The Deal. The dealer completes the cut, and then deals 10 cards, face down, one at a time, alternately, to each person, beginning with the opponent. The next card, called the "upcard," is placed face up in the center of the table to form the beginning of the "discard" pile; the "stock" (the remaining cards) are placed face down beside it. Many players spread the stock slightly so that cards can be more easily drawn from it.
+Once the cards are dealt, each player takes up his hand, fans it, and if desired, arranges the cards into groups of "melds" (either sets of cards of the same denomination or sequences of cards of the same suit), so that it will be easier and faster to plan the strategy and play.
+Object of the Game. Each player tries to form "matched sets," which consist of three or four cards of the same rank, or "sequences," which are three or more cards of consecutive rank in the same suit (such as the 6, 5, 4 of spades). A second objective is to reduce the count of the unmatched cards in a player's hand to less than the count of his opponent.
+The Play. The non-dealer plays first, and the turn to play alternates thereafter. At each turn, a player must take either the upcard (top card of the discard pile) or draw the top card of the stock and then discard one card face up on the discard pile. When a player has elected to take the upcard, he may not discard it at the same turn.
+On the first play of the hand, if the non-dealer does not wish to take the upcard, he must announce this, and the dealer may have the first turn by taking the upcard. If the dealer does not want the upcard, the opponent draws the top card from the stock, and play proceeds.
+Players must decide at the start of the game whether anyone may look through the discard pile while playing. Most experts allow this practice. If the players agree that no one may look at previous discards, then the discard pile should be kept squared up so that only the top card shows.
+Scoring or "Ginning". There are three ways to score points toward victory in Gin Rummy: ginning, knocking, and undercutting. A player who "gins" is able to meld out his entire hand, without any "deadwood" (unmatched cards). Usually, the hand will consist of one meld of four cards, and two melds of three cards each. A rarer gin hand is two sequences of five cards each.
+When a player gets gin, he discards one card face down (instead of face up, as usual), says "Gin!" and then spreads the hand of 10 cards, assorted into melds, on the table. The score for gin is 25 points plus the deadwood in the opponent's hand. After the gin is announced and spread, the opponent turns his hand face up into melds, and the unmelded cards remaining count against him. For example: If the deadwood left is K, 8, 3, A (of whatever suits), the count would be 22 points, which would be added to the winner's 25 points for gin, making a total of 47 points for the ginning player.
+Knocking. A player may choose to "knock" instead of going for gin, but the value of the unmatched cards in his hand (after he discards) cannot exceed 10 points. Naturally, the player does not have to knock when able to do so; instead, he may play on for gin and the 25 point bonus. Having knocked, he discards one card down and spreads the hand of 10 cards, arranged into melds and unmatched cards.
+The opponent then spreads his hand, removing from it any unmatched cards, and then is permitted to "lay off" whatever cards he has that match the knocker's matched sets. This helps to reduce the deadwood count in the opponent's hand, and is a reward for holding on to cards that the opponent is quite sure the knocker needs. An example of laying off: The knocker goes down with 10, 9, 8, 7, four deuces, a 5, and a 4. The opponent is able to spread two melds and the deadwood is comprised of J, 6, and two threes. In this case, the opponent can lay off the jack and six of hearts onto the knocker's heart meld, to reduce his count from 22 points to only 6 points! Note that a player is not permitted to lay off any cards on the unmatched cards in the opponent's hand.
+After a player knocks and the opponent attempts to lay off, the point values of the two players' unmatched cards are compared, and if the player who knocked has a lower point-count, he scores the difference in the counts. Thus, if the knocker has 6 points, and the opponent 17, the knocker would score 11 for the hand.
+Note that when a player gins, the opponent may not lay off cards on the gin hand. That is one advantage in going for a gin.
+Undercutting. When a player knocks, and the opponent's deadwood total is the same or less than the knocker's, the opponent "undercuts" and scores a bonus of 20 points, plus the difference in the counts for the two players' unmatched cards. For example: If the opponent is able to reduce his count to only 6, compared with the knocker's count of 9, the difference is 3, plus the undercut bonus of 20, for a total of 23. If the players' counts are exactly even, it is still an undercut, but the undercutting player would score only 20 points! (In some games, the undercut bonus is 25, the same as for a gin.)
+End of a Hand. Play continues until a player gins or knocks, or until there are only two cards left in the stock. If the latter event occurs, the hand is over, and ends in a tie. (No points are scored.) The same dealer deals a new hand.
+A running total of each player's score is kept, with a line drawn under his score every time he wins a hand. For example: A player wins the first hand by 11 points; he scores 11 and draws a line under it. The same player wins the next hand by 14 points; he writes down 25 and draws another line.
+The loser of each hand deals next.
+Game. The player who first scores 100 points or more wins the game. (Some players may prefer to play to 150, 200, or 300 points.) The winner adds to his score a 100-point game bonus. (If the opponent has not won a hand during the game, then he doubles his entire score, including the game bonus. This is called a shutout or "schneider.") Each player then adds to his score 25 points for every hand he has won, a bonus called a line or a box. (In some games, an extra box or two is credited when a player scores a gin or an undercut.) The two players' total scores are then determined, and the player with the higher score wins the difference between his score and the opponent's. The winner has the choice of cards and seats for the next game, and the losing player deals the first hand.
+Hollywood Scoring. The Gin Rummy score sheet is divided into six columns, and the names of the two players alternate at the top of each column. In this version, almost every hand is scored as though the players were playing three different games. The result of the first hand each player wins is scored once, and credited toward Game 1. The result of the second hand won by a player who has already scored in Game 1 is scored twice, and credited to him as a second score in Game 1 and as his first score in Game 2. The winning score of the third hand, if it is won by a player who has already scored in Games 1 and 2 is scored to his credit in all three games. Each subsequent hand won by that player is scored to his credit in all three games.
+When a player reaches 100 points in any game, he wins that game, but play continues until all three games have been decided, and subsequent scores are entered only in the remaining game or games.
+Each game is scored independently, and each player receives all bonuses to which he is entitled for that game. A player who was shut out (schneidered) in one game enters his first score in the game or games still uncompleted.
+Straight Gin
+This version for two players is simply Gin Rummy without knocking. Both players must go for gin, and the winner is the player who gins first. Some players agree to play a series, in which case the first player to go gin four times is the winner; the maximum number of games for the series would be seven, which would be played in the event that each player has won three games and needs a fourth win to claim victory.
+In Straight Gin, an alternative to turning the twenty-first card as the upcard is for the dealer to give his opponent an eleventh card. The opponent then discards to start the game.
+Celebes Rhum
+In this Straight Gin version played in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, 54 cards are needed: the standard pack plus two jokers, which are wild. Two people play, each is dealt 13 cards, and the next card is turned upas the upcard. The procedure is the same as for Gin Rummy, with the following exceptions:
+1) Only the dealer's opponent, whose turn comes first, may take the first upcard.
+2) There is no knocking. To win, the player must meld his hand. The most common set of groupings is a sequence of four cards and three other melds of either matched sets or sequences. A joker can be played as any card but only in one of the three-card melds; it may not be used in the four-card meld, which must be a natural sequence of the same suit. Instead of melding in a 4-3-3-3 pattern, two other arrangements are possible: 5-5-3 and 5-4-4. If either of the latter two is chosen, a natural sequence meld of four or five cards is needed; the remaining two melds are comprised of either kind of meld, and one or both may contain a joker.
+3) The joker may be used for a matched set of five-of-a-kind, since
+a suit need not be specified when a matched set is made.
+OKLAHOMA GIN
+This very popular version of Gin Rummy is just like the original except for one key rule that requires even more skill of the player: The rank of the upcard fixes the maximum number of points with which a player may knock in that deal. Thus, if the upcard is a five, the knocker must have 5 points or less. Face cards count 10. When an ace is the knock card, neither player may knock with a count of 1 point; instead, each must play for a gin hand. An additional rule, often played, is that when the upcard is a spade, all scores accruing from that deal are doubled.
+If the upcard is not taken by either player, it is usually set aside near the stock, so that both players can refer to it during play. If the upcard is taken by either player, the opponent may, at any time, ask what the upcard was, and the other player is required to give this information.
+Top experts play Oklahoma Gin more often than the standard Gin Rummy, and two of the greatest players of all time were Oswald Jacoby and John Crawford. Jacoby and Crawford often got together for a very high stakes game at Manhattans chic Regency Club. Both men also ranked among the greatest bridge, poker, and backgammon players as well, for they had great powers of concentration and each was supremely gifted at games. Jacoby was a brilliant mathematician who could multiply two four-digit numbers in his head, and he could memorize the order of all 52 cards of a randomly shuffled deck after looking at the cards for less than a minute! Crawfords edge was that he had a certain table presence that was cunning and at the same time
+In John Crawfords "How to Be a Consistent Winner in the Most Popular Card Games," he gave many valuable pointers for winning at Oklahoma Gin. Among them were the following:
+1) Always remember the knock card number.
+2) The first object is to get on score (so there is no chance of being schneidered).
+3) With a high knock card (10, 9, or 8), play for two melds and a quick knock.
+4) With a low knock card (5, 4, 3 or 2), aim for three melds.
+5) With a low knock card, discard a lot more freely.
+6) On a must-gin hand, remember kings and aces are the least valuable cards.
+7) With a low knock card it often pays to block your opponent by breaking up your hand
+Gin Rummy for Three Players
+There are two methods for playing three-hand Gin Rummy in which two players are active and one is inactive in each hand. In another method, all three players may be active in every hand.
+First method. Each player cuts the deck. The player with the lowest card sits out the first hand; the player with the next deals. At the endof each hand, the loser goes out and the idle player takes his place. The score sheet should have three columns, since each participant plays for himself, and winning hands are credited to individual scores. The idle player may not advise either of the active players. The game ends when a player reaches 100 points or more; after game and box bonuses have been added, each player pays the difference in scores to each player having a higher score. If one player is shut out, he pays an additional 100 points to the winner.
+Second method. Each player draws a card; the high player is "in the box," and the two others play as partners against him throughout the game. The partner drawing the second-highest card deals the first hand, and the other partner sits out but may consult on the play, with the active partner having the final decision. When the active partner loses a hand, the idle partner takes his place. One score is kept for the player in the box, another for the partnership; if the player in the box wins, he collects in full from each opponent. If the partners win, each collects in full from the player in the box.
+Third method. All three players participate. Each player draws a card. The player with the highest card deals, and the player with the next-highest card sits on the dealer's left. Ten cards are dealt to each of the three players. The player to the left of the dealer plays first; if he refuses the upcard, the player to his left may take it. Thereafter, each player in turn may draw either of his opponents' previous discards, unless one of them has already been taken.
+An individual score is kept for each player. The winner of each hand scores the difference between his count and the combined counts of the other two players.
+There is no undercut bonus; if the knocker is tied, the player who ties him wins the hand, and 20 points are deducted from the knocker's score.
+The other two players may lay off cards only on the knocker's hand, and only on the original matched sets. For example: If the knocker has 9, 8, 7, and one opponent lays off 6 on it, the other opponent may not lay off 5. The bonus for going gin is 40 points. When only three cards remain in the stock and no one has knocked, the hand ends in a draw, and there is no scoring.
+The game ends when a player reaches 200 points, after which bonuses are added as in two-hand Gin Rummy, and each player pays the difference in scores to any player having a higher score.
+Partnership Gin Rummy (for Four Players)
+The players draw for partnerships. The holders of the the two highest cards each play a two-hand game against the players with the two lowest cards. Partners sit opposite each other at the table. One member of each side cuts for deal, and both members of the side with the lowest card deal the first hand. Thereafter, the winners of each hand deal next.
+Each dealer deals to the opponent on his right for the first hand and thereafter, the players alternate opponents.
+Only one score is kept for each partnership, so that if one member wins his hand by 12 points and the other member loses his by 10 points, that side wins the hand by 2 points and will eventually receive a box bonus when the game is over.
+When one member of a partnership knocks, either player in the opposing partnership may delay play until he learns how many points were scored. When one hand is finished, the idle player may advise his partner (after the partner's opponent has knocked) as to the best way of matching the hand, or laying off.
+Drawn hands are not replayed. The game does not end until one
+side reaches 125 points, but all other scoring is the same as in regular Gin Rummy.
+For Six or More Players (in Even Numbers).
+Round-The-Corner Gin Rummy
+Round..
+Number of Players. Two to six people can play, and each person plays individually. More than six players should play Double Rum, 500 Rum, or Contract Rummy.
+The Pack. The standard 52-card pack is used.
+Rank of Cards. K (high), Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A. (In many forms of Rummy, the ace may rank either high or low.)
+The Shuffle and Cut. The players draw or cut for deal and the player with the lowest card deals first. Each player may shuffle, the dealer last, although it is customary for the dealer alone to shuffle. The player on the dealer's right cuts.
+The Deal. The dealer gives one card at a time, clockwise, face down, beginning with the player on. Each player in turn, beginning with the player to the left of the dealer, either draws in turn (see scoring)..
+Scoring..
+Queen City Rum
+This.
+Boat House Rum
+The rules are as in regular Rummy except that each player in turn may draw two cards from the stock or, before drawing those cards, two cards from the top of the discard pile. Then he discards only one card. Play does not end until a player can lay down his entire hand at once.
+An ace counts either high or low in a sequence, and sequences may go round the corner as in K, A, 2, or A, K, Q.
+In scoring, a player pays only for cards in his which does not form matched sets. He pays the pip value of all unmatched cards, with the ace counting as 11 points.
+Kaluki
+(Caloochi, Kaloochi, Kalougi)
+This game is best for two, three, or four people, each playing individually. The rules are the same as for regular Rummy with the following exceptions.
+Two standard 52-card packs plus four jokers are shuffled together to make a 108-card pack. Each person is dealt 15 cards (with five players, 13 cards; with six, 11 cards). Aces count 15 points each, face cards 10 each, and other cards their pip value. A player's first meld must count 51 or more. The ace is high or low, so A, 2, 3 or A, K, Q is a valid meld but not 2, A, K.
+A player may not take the top discard, or lay off, until he has made his first meld. However, a player may take the discard if he uses it immediately to make his first meld. Jokers are wild. A joker used in a meld counts the same number of points as the card it represents. Before melding or discarding, a player may trade the appropriate natural card for a melded joker in any other player's meld and then use the joker as he wishes.
+The player who goes out scores all the points remaining in his opponents' hands. A joker left in a hand counts as 25 points.
+Double Rum
+In this version, the rules of regular Rummy apply except for
+the following:
+Two standard 52 card packs plus two jokers are shuffled together to form a 106-card deck.
+Ten cards are dealt to each player.
+An ace may count either high or low in sequences.
+A matched set may be formed from any three or more cards of
+the same rank, such as K, K, K. A joker is wild in any matched set
+or sequence.
+In laying off on a sequence that contains a joker, a player may move the joker if it falls at the end of the sequence, but not if it lies within the interior of the sequence. Thus, if 7, 6, joker are on the table, either 8 or 5 may be added (but not 4); if 7, joker, 5 are on the table, only 8 or 4 may be added. (A joker can be moved only once.)
+In scoring, a player is charged 15 points for each joker and 11 for each ace in his hand. The other cards count as in regular Rummy.
+Knock Rummy
+(Poker Rum)
+Number of Players. Two, three, four, or five people can play.
+Rank of Cards. K (high), Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A.
+The Deal. The players draw for deal, and the player with the lowest card deals first. When two people play, each is dealt ten cards; when three or four play, seven cards; when five play, six cards.
+Card Values. Each face card counts 10 points; each ace counts 1 point; other cards count their pip values. from unmatched cards, and announces the count of the unmatched cards. Each opponent then separates his melds from unmatched cards and announces his count as well.
+Scoring..
+Tunk
+(Tonk)
+This version of Knock Rummy is played several different ways. ("Tunk" or "Tonk" means "knock.")
+Number of Players. Two to five or more people can play.
+The Pack. Two to four players use a standard 52-card pack. Five or more use a double pack.
+The Deal. Seven cards are dealt to each player. All remaining cards become the stock pile and the top card is drawn and placed face up next to it. This is the first card (upcard) of the discard pile.
+The Play. Deuces are wild. Each player in turn must either draw from the stock or take the top discard, followed by discarding. Only the player on the dealer's left, whose turn comes first, may take the first upcard. Before discarding, the player may "tunk" (knock) if his unmatched cards count 5 or less. The player then spreads his hand, separating matched and unmatched cards. A matched set may have no more than four cards and must include two natural cards. A sequence may be three cards or more. Each other player then has one turn to draw, take the discard, meld, lay off on the tunker's melds, and discard. (If all the tunker's cards were matched, no one may lay off on his hand.)
+After each player has had his turn, the count of each player's unmatched cards is scored against him. (A deuce counts only 2 points.) If the tunker does not have the lowest count, he is charged double his count. When a player's score reaches 100, he is out of the game. Play continues until there is only one player left, who is the winner.
+If the stock is exhausted, the hand is redealt and there is no score.
+Continental Rummy
+This game is one of the most popular Rummy pastimes for large groups. It is played in many different forms, but always with the
+same basic requirements.
+Number of Players. Two to 12 people can play.
+The Pack. Two or more standard 52-card packs plus one joker per pack are shuffled together. Five or fewer players use a double pack, six to eight players a triple pack, nine to 12 players a quadruple pack.
+Rank of Cards. A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A. (Aces may be high or low.)
+The Shuffle and Cut. If a double pack is used, the dealer shuffles. If a triple pack or quadruple pack is used, the dealer and one other player each shuffle a portion of the pack, the dealer having the right to shuffle each portion last, and the portions are then combined. The player on the dealer's right cuts.
+The Deal. Each player receives 15 cards, dealt three at a time. The winner of each deal becomes the next dealer. Note: When the pack is
+too thick for the dealer to handle, he may take the top portion and deal as far as it will go and then resume dealing with the remaining portion, as necessary.
+Object of the Game. Each player tries to go out by forming sequences in accordance with the following requirements:
+A player may not lay down any cards until he can go out all at once with five 3-card sequences, or three 4-card and one 3-card sequence, or one 5-card, one 4-card, and two 3-card sequences. Two or more of these sequences may be in the same suit, but a sequence may not "go round the corner." Matched sets do not count in Continental Rummy, only sequences do.
+The Play. Each player in turn draws either the top card of the stock or the top card of the discard pile, and then discards, as in Rummy, until one player goes out. Any joker is wild and may represent any card its holder designates. (Many play with deuces also as wild cards.)
+Scoring. The winner of the game collects from all the other players: 1 point (or chip, or similar counter) for game, 2 points for each joker used in the winner's hand, and 1 point for each deuce used as a wild card (if deuces are wild).
+Variations. There are many variations, both in play and in scoring, including the following bonus payments, which are used in some localities: for going out right away without drawing a single card, 10 points; for going out after drawing only one card, 7 points; for going out without using a joker or wild deuce, 10 points; for having all 15 cards of the same suit, 10 points.
+Irregularities. Going down illegally. If a player lays down a hand that does not conform to the requirements stated above, he must leave his hand face up on the table, and play proceeds with his hand exposed. Any collections he has made are returned. Any other player who has exposed his hand may pick it up.
+CONTRACT RUMMY
+(Shanghai Rummy, Liverpool Rummy, Joker Rummy)
+One of the most popular Rummy games for three or more persons playing individually. There are many forms of the game, differing in minor details but all are alike in one essential respect: A series of four, five, or more deals is played, with a different requirement for going out in each deal. One of the most popular versions is given here.
+Number of Players. Three to eight people can play. Each plays individually.
+The Pack. For three or four players, a double pack with one joker is used (105 cards in all); five or more players use a triple pack with two jokers (158 cards in all). All the cards are shuffled together.
+Rank of Cards. A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A. (Aces are high or low.)
+Card Values. Ace, joker, and other wild cards, if any, count as 15 points; each face card counts 10; each other card counts its pip value.
+The Shuffle and Cut. If a double pack is used, the dealer shuffles; if a triple pack is used, the dealer and one other player each shuffle a portion of the pack, the dealer having the right to shuffle each portion last, and the portions are then combined. The player to the dealer's
+right cuts.
+The Deal. The players draw for deal from a spread pack. Low card has the first deal, ace being low in the draw. Each game consists of seven deals, the turn to deal passing from player to player to the left. Cards are dealt clockwise face down, one at a time beginning on the dealer's left. Note: When the pack is too thick for the dealer to handle, he may take the top portion and deal as far as it will go, and then resume dealing with the remaining portion, if necessary.
+In each of the first four deals, each player receives 10 cards.
+In each of the last three deals, each player receives 12 cards.
+The remainder of the pack is put in the center as the stock, and the
+top card is turned face up to begin the discard pile next to the stock.
+Object of the Game. Each player tries to get rid of all his cards by laying down matched sets of three or more (regardless of suit) and sequences of four or more cards of the same suit, in accordance with the "Basic Contract" rules of the deal.
+Basic Contracts:
+First deal: Two matched sets (sometimes called books), which
+a player must lay down at the
+same time before he can lay off
+any other cards.
+Second deal: One matched set and one sequence (sometimes called a run).
+Third deal: Two sequences, or runs.
+Fourth deal: Three matched sets, or books.
+Fifth deal: Two matched sets and one sequence.
+Sixth deal: One matched set and two sequences.
+Seventh deal: Three sequences, but no cards may be laid down until one player can lay down his entire hand, matched in sets, to form the basic contract. The game ends after the seventh deal.
+It should be noted that the basic contract in the first deal requires six cards, in the second deal seven cards, and so forth, increasing by one card each time.
+When two or more sequences are required, they must be in different suits (or, if in the same suit, not in consecutive order, such as 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10; but not 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, which counts as only one sequence).
+The Play. Beginning with the person to the dealer's left, each player must draw either the top of the stock or the top card of the discard pile, and then discard. Just before discarding, provided he has laid down the basic contract, the player may lay off any cards that match a set already on the table, but may not lay down any more matched sets.
+If the player does not want the top of the discard pile, any other player, in order of rotation to his left, may claim that card and must also draw the top card of the stock, as a penalty card, without discarding. The original player then draws the top card of the stock and play proceeds.
+As the ace counts as either high or low, it may be laid off as a low card on a sequence that already includes the ace as high card, and vice versa. For example: A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A - would be a 14-card sequence. A sequence cannot contain more than 14 cards.
+Wild Cards. A joker may be used to stand as any card in a matched set or a sequence. When a joker has been laid down as part of a sequence, any other player (provided he has laid down the basic contract) may take the joker into his hand by substituting the card it represents. If more than one player is able to do this, the one with the next turn to play has precedence.
+When a joker has been used in a sequence, any card not already in that sequence may be laid off on it, and the wild card moves to either end. For example: if 9, joker, 7, 6 are shown, the 8 may be added
+and the joker moved to either end.
+Scoring. In each deal, play ends when any player gets rid of his last card. Each other player is then charged the pip value of each card remaining in his hand. The player having the lowest score at the end
+of the seventh deal is the winner.
+Conquian
+(Coon-Can)
+This was the original type of Rummy played in the United States.
+Number of Players. Two people.
+500 RUM
+(Pinochle Rummy)
+The game of Canasta and several other games developed from this popular form of Rummy. The distinctive feature of 500 Rum is that each player scores the value of the sets he melds, in addition to the usual points for going out and for cards caught in other players' hands. 500 Rum is one of the finest games in the Rummy family, and it deserves to have an even bigger following than it does.
+Number of Players. Two to eight persons may play, but the game is best played with three, four, or five people. Four may play as partners (see Persian Rummy, p. 142).
+The Pack. A standard 52-card pack is used. Five or more players should use a double pack.
+Rank of Cards. Ace (high or low), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A.
+Card Values. An ace counts as 15 points, except in the sequence 3, 2, A, when it counts as 1. Face cards count as 10 points each. Other cards count their pip value.
+The Shuffle and Cut. The players draw for deal, low dealing first. Ace is the lowest card in the draw. The dealer shuffles, and the player to the right cuts
+The Deal. The dealer completes the cut and deals seven cards to each player (except in the two-hand game, in which each player receives 13 cards).
+Object of the Game. To score points by laying down and laying off cards as in regular Rummy, in matched sets of three or four, and in sequences of three or more cards of the same suit.
+The Play. The undealt portion of the cards, placed face down, forms the stock; the top card is turned face up and is placed beside the stock as the upcard to start the discard pile. The discard pile should be slightly spread, so that players can readily see all the cards in it. Each player in turn, beginning with the player to the left of the dealer, may draw either the top card of the stock or any card from the discard pile. There are two conditions when drawing a card from the discard pile: 1) the player must take all the cards above the selected card and 2) the card so drawn must immediately be used, either by laying it down in a set or by laying it off on a set already on the table. The remaining cards taken with the discard may be melded in the same turn or simply added to the player's hand.
+Each player in turn, after drawing but before discarding, may lay down any matched set or may lay off any card that matches a set already on the table. Cards that are laid off are kept on the table in front of the player.
+Sequences may not "go round the corner"; thus, A, K, Q or A, 2, 3 may be melded, but not K, A, 2.
+Scoring. When any player gets rid of all his cards, the play immediately ends. Each player's score is then figured as follows: The player is credited with the point value of all cards that he has showing on the table. From this figure is subtracted the point value of all cards remaining in his hand. The difference is added or subtracted from his score, as the case may be. For example: If the cards he has shown total 87 points, and the cards left in his hand total 90 points, 3 points are subtracted from his previous net score.
+The first player whose score reaches +500 wins the game and collects from each opponent the difference between their final scores. If two or more players reach 500 on the same hand, the one with the highest score is the winner.
+When a player lays off a card, he keeps it on the table in front of him for convenience in scoring later, but must state to what showing combination it is being added. Thus, if J, 10, 9 are on the table, along with the set Q, Q, Q, a player putting down the Q must state to which set it belongs: If the player makes the queen part of the diamond sequence, any player may later add K to that sequence.
+Partnership 500 Rum
+Four play, two against two as partners, with partners facing each other across the table. The rules are exactly as in 500 Rum, except the partners may play off on each other's matched sets and sequences in an effort to go out as quickly as possible. When any player goes out,
+the play ends and the score of each partnership is figured as a unit. The game is over when either side reaches +500.
+Persian Rummy
+The game is the same as Partnership 500 Rum with the following exceptions.
+The pack is 56 cards: the standard 52 cards plus four jokers.
+Each joker counts as 20 points, and jokers may not be used in sequences or as wild cards, but only in groups of three or four jokers. Any meld of four, laid down all at once, counts double its face value. Thus, four jokers laid down together count 160; three jokers laid down count 60, and the fourth joker when added counts only 20 more. Four 6s put down together count 48, but three 6s count only 18, and the fourth 6 adds only 6 points. If a player gets rid of all his cards, his side scores a bonus of 25.
+A game ends after two deals. The side with the best score receives a bonus of 50 points and wins the difference between its final score and the opponents' score.
+Michigan Rum
+This game is played the same as 500 Rum, except for the following:
+Melds are scored as they are put on the table. The player who goes out first is the winner. The cards left in the hands of the other players are not subtracted from their scores. Rather, the winner is credited with the total of all the points remaining in the opponents' hands.
+CANASTA
+Can.
+Number of Players. Four people, in two partnerships, can play. (Canasta may also be played by two, three, five, or six players. The rules for these forms are described later.)
+The Pack. Two standard packs of 52 cards are used, plus four jokers, all shuffled together, giving a total of 108 cards." - see p. 148)...)
+Scoring a Game..
+Canasta Customs..
+Two-Hand Canasta
+The standard Canasta rules apply, except as follows.
+Each player receives 15 cards. A draw from the stock comprises two cards instead of one, but only one card is discarded in a turn. A player must have two canastas to go out. The penalties for red cards and insufficient melds do not apply.
+Cutthroat Canasta (for Three Players)
+Cutthroat Canasta is played in the same way as standard Canasta, but in this version, two sides are formed during the play, two against one, and the following rule changes apply.
+The Draw. In drawing from the stock, a player takes two cards, but discards only one.
+Lone Hand. The player who first takes the discard pile becomes the "lone hand." The other two players join in partnership against the lone hand, combining their melds and otherwise aiding each other. If a player goes out before the discard pile has ever been taken, he becomes lone hand and the other two score as a partnership.
+Initial Meld. The initial meld requirement for a player depends on his own score. Thus, one partner can have a higher requirement than the other.
+Scoring.. Game is 7,500. The score sheet is divided into three columns, and each player's name is placed at the top of a column.
+Stock Exhausted.. A regular four-hand game is played. The player sitting out may not give any advice to his teammates, and may not call attention to irregularities except in scoring after the play is completed.
+Six-Hand Canasta (Three-Pack Canasta)
+The rules of standard Canasta apply, except as follows:
+There may be two partnerships of three players each, seated A, B, A, B, A, B (each player seated between two opponents), or there may be three partnerships of two players each, seated A, B, C, A, B, C.
+A triple pack is used - three standard 52-card packs plus six jokers, shuffled together. Thirteen cards are dealt to each player. When there are three partnerships, game is 7,500. When there are two partnerships, game is 10,000; and when a side reaches 7,000, it needs 150 to make its initial meld. Four red threes count only 100 each; five red threes, 1,000 in all; six red threes, 1,200 in all. A side needs two canastas to go out. Six-hand Canasta has been largely superseded by Samba and other later forms of Canasta described in the following pages.
+Variations of Canasta
+In the years since Canasta first became popular, several variations have arisen, some of which have made the game just as exciting, or
+even more so, according to devotees. Other versions are regarded by many as having ruined the game.
+Even in the original game of Canasta, two variations are
+generally played:
+1) A player may not take the top discard to add to a completed canasta of his side, even if the pack is not frozen.
+2) A player always needs a natural matching pair to take the pack
+for a meld, but he may take an unfrozen pack and add the top card
+to a meld that is less than a canasta.
+Many versions, the first of which was Samba but which later came
+to include Bolivia, Chilean, Cuban, and Brazilian Canasta, to name a
+few, incorporate the two variations stated above, plus one or more of
+the following:
+3) Three packs plus six jokers are used.
+4) Sequences may be melded and a seven-card sequence ranks as
+a canasta.
+5) Wild cards may be melded, and a seven-card meld of wild cards ranks as a canasta and scores a higher number of points.
+6) In drawing from the stock, a player takes two cards and discards only one.
+7) A side needs two canastas to go out.
+Many of these variations are included in the versions of Canasta described next.
+SAMBA
+As with the original Canasta game, Samba became a fad for a number of years. Its big novelty is that three packs of cards are used; when the game's popularity was at its height, a number of card manufacturers sold triple decks of cards in one package expressly for playing Samba.
+Number of Players. Four people play in two partnerships as in Canasta.
+The Pack. Three standard 52-card packs plus six jokers for a total of
+162 cards.
+The Deal. The dealer distributes 15 cards to each player. When drawing from the stock, a player takes two cards and discards one. The discard pile may be taken only with a natural matching pair or, when it is not frozen,the top card can be added to a meld that is less than a canasta (including a "sequence meld" see next section). The top card may not be taken to start a sequence meld or combine with a card from the hand in adding to a sequence meld.
+Sequence Meld. Three or more cards of the same suit in sequence (ace high, four low) may be melded. Cards may be added until there are seven cards, at which point the meld becomes a "samba," or sequence canasta, ranking as a canasta but receiving a bonus of 1,500.
+Wild Cards. Wild cards may not be melded separately, and no regular meld may contain more than two wild cards, and no sequence meld may contain any wild card.
+Canastas. A side needs two canastas (mixed, natural, or samba) to go out. A side may have two canastas in the same rank and may combine its melds in the same rank at any time.
+Scoring. Initial meld requirements are as follows: 15 with a minus score; 50 with a score of 0 to 1,495; 90 with 1,500 to 2,995; 120 with 3,000 to 6,995; 160 over 7,000. Game is 10,000, and there is a 200-point bonus for going out. No bonus is awarded for a concealed hand. Red threes are 100 each unless one side holds all six, in which case they count 1,000 for all, plus or minus. (Red threes count 100 minus against a side that has not completed two canastas.)
+BOLIVA
+This is the same game as Samba with the following changes.
+Wild Cards. Three or more wild cards may be melded. There is no distinction between deuces and jokers. A canasta of seven wild cards, called a "bolivia," counts 2,500. When the discard pile is topped by a wild card, it may not be taken.
+Game. Game is 15,000. The initial meld requirement stays at 150 from 7,000 points up.
+Going Out. At least one of the two canastas must be a sequence canasta, which in this game is called an "escalera" rather than a samba.
+Black Threes. A black three left in the hand when any other player (including a partner) goes out counts minus 100 points. Black threes melded in going out count 5 points each.
+Brazilian Canasta
+This is the same as Bolivia but with some changes in the initial-meld requirements and scoring as follows:
+Initial Meld. Game is 10,000. From 7,000 to 7,995 the initial meld must be a canasta (mixed or better); from 8,000 to 8,995 the canasta must be worth at least 200 points; from 9,000 to game it must be a natural canasta or better.
+Discard Pile. The discard pile may not be taken for the initial meld.
+Canastas. A wild-card canasta counts 2,000. A melded sequence of less than five cards costs a side 1,000 points when the hand ends. In going out, one may add to the ends of an escalera (sequence canasta).
+Red Threes. One to four red threes count 100 points each, five count 1,000 in all, six count 1,200 in all. They count plus if a side has melded at least one canasta, minus if it has not.
+Going Out. Before going out, a player must always ask permission of his partner. Going out is permitted if his side has melded any two canastas.
+Chile
+This is a three-pack version of Canasta (162 cards, including six jokers). Either sequences or wild-card melds are permitted, but not both. Thus, players must agree which kind of meld is valid for that game. The draw from the stock is one card only, and only one canasta is required to go out. All other rules are the same as in standard Canasta.
+Cuban Canasta
+In this version, the standard 108-card pack for Canasta is used, but 13 cards are dealt to each player, rather than 11. Players draw one card at each turn. The discard pile may be taken only by matching its top card with a natural pair from the hand. Canastas may not contain more than seven cards, and only one canasta is required to go out. The scoring differences are as follows:
+Game is 7,500. From 5,000 up, the initial meld must be 150.
+Red threes count 100 points for one, 300 for two, 500 for three, 1,000 for all four. They count minus points unless a side has at least one canasta.
+Black threes may not be discarded on the first round. Any black threes in the pack when the pack is taken are discarded and are put out of play, counting 5 points each for the side that took them. All four black threes together, whether discarded or melded, count 100.
+Wild cards may be melded, and a canasta of wild cards counts as follows: 4,000 for seven deuces; 3,000 for four jokers and three deuces; 2,000 for any other combination of seven wild cards. Sequences may not be melded. A discard pile topped by a wild card may not be taken.
+Going out earns a 100-point bonus.
+Uruguay
+Uruguay follows the rules of Canasta except for the following:
+Three or more wild cards, up to seven, form a valid meld. A canasta of wild cards counts 2,000.
+The discard pile may be taken only by matching its top card with a natural pair from the hand.
+Mexicana
+The basic rules of Canasta are followed (sequences and wild cards may not be melded; only one card per turn is drawn from the stock), plus the following special rules:
+A triple pack is used with six jokers (a total of 162 cards). Each player is dealt 13 cards. When a player makes the initial meld for his side, this player draws the top 13 cards of the stock and adds them to his hand.
+A canasta of sevens (natural or mixed) counts 1,000. The discard pile may not be taken when it is topped by a seven.
+To go out, a side must have two canastas, plus at least as many red threes as it has canastas.
+PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
+This Canasta version is for six players, playing in three partnerships. Lots of cards are used - even more than for Samba: four decks plus eight jokers (a total of 216 cards). One of the special features of Pennies from Heaven is that sevens play an unusual role.
+The Deal. Partners sit A, B, C, A, B, C around the table. Players are dealt 13 cards one at a time, and then are dealt a packet of 11 cards face down. After completing the first canasta, a player takes the 11 cards into his hand.
+The Play. Two cards are drawn from the stock and one card is discarded. Sevens may not be discarded until each side has completed a mixed or natural canasta of sevens. A seven may not be discarded in going out, and a canasta must not contain more than seven cards.
+If all eight red threes are held by a side, that partnership receives a 1,000-point bonus. Otherwise, red threes score 100 points each. Red threes are subtracted from the score of a side that has not made a canasta of sevens.
+Wild cards may be melded together. Other restrictions on wild cards follow the basic Canasta rules.
+Going Out. Game is played to 20,000 points. To go out, a side must have a set of four canastas, but the four must be made up of one of each of the following: natural, mixed, seven, and wild.
+Minimum Count. There are differences in minimum count as well as bonus values. (See chart next page.)
+Accumulated Score (at beginning of the deal)
+Minimum Count
+0 to 495 50
+500 to 995 90
+1,000 to 1,495 120
+1,500 or more 150
+Bonus Values
+Canasta Points
+Sevens 1,500
+Wild Cards 1,000
+Natural 500
+Mixed 300
+PANGUINGUE
+(Pan)
+The game of Panguingue is the rage in areas of California and Southern Florida. It is a product of the Rummy family, but it is a gambling game, too. Imagine large round tables that seat up to 15 players, plus 320 playing cards, and hundreds of betting chips! Pan
+has a lot of action and a lot of devotees.
+Number of Players. Any number of players, up to about 15 people can play, but the game is best played with six, seven, or eight people.
+The Pack. Eight standard 52-card packs are used with the eights, nines and tens removed from each pack. (In some localities, as few as five packs are used.) Chips are used for settlement.
+Rank of Cards. The cards in each suit rank: K (high), Q, J, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A. The jack and seven are considered to be in sequence.
+The Draw. A portion of the pack is shuffled and spread face down. Each player draws a card. The lowest card deals the first hand and has the choice of seats; if two or more players tie for low, they draw again. Other players take seats at random.
+Rotation. The rotation of dealing and playing is to the right, not to the left as in most games. The first hand is therefore the player on the dealer's right. The winner of each hand becomes the first hand for the next, and the opponent on his left deals and deals first to that player.
+The Shuffle. The player on dealer's left shuffles. Before the first deal, the eight packs are shuffled together thoroughly. After each hand, the discards are shuffled with a packet from the "foot" (bottom of the stock), to which they are then restored.
+The Deal. The dealer gives each player 10 cards, in two rounds of five at a time, beginning with the first hand. For the deal, he should take from the top of the pack only such cards as he needs as nearly as can be estimated, taking more if needed or returning any excess to the top of the pack. After all hands are complete, the rest of the pack is placed face down on the table to form the stock, which is usually cut in two portions; the "head" is used in play, and the "foot" is set aside to be used if the head becomes exhausted. The top card of the stock is turned face up and set beside it to start the discard pile.
+Going on Top. Before play begins, each player, starting with the first hand, declares whether he will stay in the play or retire. If he retires, he pays a forfeit, usually two chips. The player who retires is said to "go on top" because the forfeits are by custom stacked on the foot of the pack. Hands discarded by retiring players are not returned to the stock, but are kept separate, so that they may not be drawn in play. The "tops" (chips thus deposited) go to the player who goes out.
+Object of the Game. The goal is to be the first player to meld all 11 cards in his hand.
+The Play. Each player in turn, to the right, either must take the top card of the discard pile or the top card of the stock. A player may take from the discard pile only if the card 1) was drawn from the stock by the preceding player, and 2) can be immediately melded with the cards in the taker's hand. When a player draws from the stock, he must immediately meld the card or discard it (he may not put it in his hand and discard another unless the drawn card matches a meld of his right-hand opponent who has already melded 10 cards). To complete his turn, a player discards one card face up on the pile.
+After drawing and before discarding, a player may meld as many sets as he holds or may add to his existing melds.
+Melds. Each meld (or spread ) must comprise at least three cards and may consist of as many as 11. The melds may be classified for convenience as sequences and matched sets, or just "sets." (Sequences are often called "stringers" or "ropes.")
+Sequence. A sequence is a run of any three cards of the same suit, as Q, J, 7.
+Set. A set is three cards of the same rank and of different suits, as 4, 4, 4, or all of the same suit, as three Q. In addition, any three aces or any three kings form a valid set regardless of suit, as A, A, A. (Aces and kings are called "non-comoquers.")
+Conditions. Certain melds are called "conditions." On melding a condition, the player immediately collects chips from every other player. All threes, fives, and sevens are "valle" (pronounced "valley") cards, that is,"cards of value." Cards of other rank are non-valle. The conditions are:
+1) Any set of valle cards not in the same suit collects 1 chip from every player.
+2) Any set of valle cards in the same suit collects 4 chips in spades, 2 chips in any other suit.
+3) Any set of non-valle cards in the same suit collects 2 chips in spades, 1 chip in any other suit.
+4) Any sequence of 3, 2, A in the same suit collects 2 chips in spades, 1 chip in any other suit.
+5) Any sequence of K, Q, J in the same suit collects 2 chips in spades, 1 chip in any other suit.
+Increasing. A player may add one or more cards to any of his melds, provided that the character of the meld is preserved. He may add a card of the same rank to a set of different suits or to a set of the same suit, another card of the same suit and rank. When cards are so added to a condition, the player collects the value of the original condition for each additional card except that for addition to a set of three valle cards in the same suit the payment is only 2 chips for spades, 1 chip for any other suit.
+Through the addition of cards, one meld may be split into two, provided that each new part forms a valid meld in itself. For example: J, 7, 6, 5 may be made into two melds by the addition of Q, 4. If splitting a meld creates a condition, payment is duly collected. A player may take a card from one of his melds to complete a new meld, provided he leaves a valid meld. Example: From 7, 6, 5, 4, either the 7 or 4 may be borrowed, but not the 6 or 5.
+Forcing Cards. If the top of the discard pile can be added to a meld of a person playing in turn, he is forced to take the card and meld it if another player demands that he do so.
+Going Out. When any player shows 11 cards in melds, he collects 1 chip from every other player and also collects all over again for each condition in his cards. (In some games, a hand that has made no meld when another wins must pay 2 chips.)
+When a player has melded 10 cards and needs only to pick up one card and meld it to bring his meld up to 11 cards, the player on his left may not discard a card that can be added to any of his melds, thereby putting his opponent out - unless the player on the left holds no safe card..
+Irregularities. Wrong number of cards. If a player finds that he has more or less than ten cards before drawing for the first time, the dealer must withdraw any extra cards and put them with the discarded hands of retired players, or he deals the short hand right number of additional cards from the center of the pack. If, after a player's first draw, his hand is found to be incorrect, he must discard and retire from that deal, return all collections he has made for conditions, but continues to make payments due to others for conditions and winning.
+Foul meld. If a player lays down any spread not conforming to the rules, he must make it valid on demand. If he cannot do so, any collections must be returned because of the improper spread and then legally proceed with his turn. If the player has already discarded, he must return all conditions made on that hand, and then he must discard his hand and retire from the play until the next deal. He must nevertheless continue to make payments due to others for conditions and winning. Exception: If the player has made the meld valid before attention is called to it, there is no penalty.
+Public Papers - 1992 - June
+Remarks at the Dedication Ceremony for the Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Field Division Office in New York City
+1992-06-29
+Thank you all very, very much. Thank you for the welcome back. And may I return those kind words by saying that I think we have an Attorney General, came in at a complicated time and is doing a superb job for law enforcement. And it's a joy working with Bill Barr. I want to salute another with us today, Bob Martinez, the former Governor. He and I started working when he was the Governor of the State of Florida. We interacted then mainly on the interdiction side of this drug war. And I have great confidence in the job he's doing as our drug czar.
+I want to say to our friend Dave Dinkins, the illustrious Mayor of the city, that I am very grateful to you, sir, for being with us today, for the kind comments you made about our collective efforts to win this battle; to salute you for what our people tell me has been outstanding cooperation from the New York Police. You deserve a vote of thanks for that, and I am very proud once again to be at your side.
+May I salute Rob Bonner, who is our head of DEA. I hope that most of you that work with DEA have had the opportunity to meet him. He is dedicated, and again, I'm grateful that he's heading this very, very important Agency. Mr. Austin is here, Dick Austin of GSA. We're saluting a facility that I guess most of you have moved into a little before now. But it shows what can be done in these unique times, innovating from within and having the results be rather spectacular. Al DelliBovi is here. He's from HUD, our number two man there, doing a great job in the housing field. I thought I saw him. Oh, he's hiding way in the back over here.
+May I salute, also, another man that I respect, Lee Brown. We trained him well in Houston, Texas, and look at him now. Here he is -- [laughter] -- here he is, doing a great job for New York and, I think, for all the people in the country. Monsignor O'Brien, I know of your work, sir, and thank you for putting it in focus with that wonderful invocation. To Bob Bryden, I got well-briefed coming up here on the effectiveness of this office, something that I'd learned from my own visit here a few years ago. But I salute you, sir, and I guess even more important, the day-in and day-out work of those people that work with you and for you here, a dedicated group. I guess there's no way that a President can adequately say thanks to those who put their lives on the line day-in and day-out for the young people and the families of this Nation. We are grateful to each and every one of you. And I'm pleased to be here.
+You know, we meet at the end of a hectic month. Boris Yeltsin was in town just a week ago. He asked if I still thought that the day of the dictator was over, and I said I did. And he said, ``Well, so who is this Steinbrenner that I keep hearing about up there?'' [Laughter] It's good to be back in New York, I'll tell you.
+But you know the message. I think it's a message that all of you can identify with. All Americans want families that are strong and united. All Americans want good schools and a job-creating economy and a world at peace. But all of this ties into your work because all Americans want neighborhoods that are safe, rejecting those who soft-pedal the need to be hard on crime. Some say that there are reasons that crime occur, and I'm sure that you can make a case for that. But I say there is never an excuse not to seek justice through the American system of law. And nowhere is this need clearer than this war that you all are engaged in, the war on drugs, a war this new office of DEA can help fight and win.
+I was at that old DEA New York office in the spring of 1989, after the brutal murder of Agent Hatcher. And you know, in everybody's life there are events that make an impact on you. I'll never forget that one. It was brought home to me so clearly, the personal sacrifice and sometimes the personal suffering that goes with this fight against drugs. It was a sad occasion. And I tried to make clear then, and I repeat now, that we will win this war against drugs. As long as one American is hooked on drugs, that's one too many. And so we must stop drug use, not someplace, not sometime, but all across our country, now or as soon as possible.
+And that's why -- Bill Barr alluded to this -- that's why the Federal budget for fiscal '93 calls for billion for our national drug control strategy. That's billion, nearly double the amount when we came into office in 1989. And the strategy does set ambitious goals. We hoped -- and these goals were set with the advice of many people here, some previously in the DEA and others with it now and with Justice -- to cut overall drug use by 10 percent. That's what we set as a goal. Well, we surpassed that target. We wanted to slash occasional cocaine use by 10 percent; it went down 29. Adolescent cocaine use, the goal was 30-percent decrease, and I'm pleased to tell you that it's down by about 60 percent.
+We've begun well, you might say; but we've only just begun. Look at Bedford Stuy or other communities across the country, the suburbs of any city, the broken canyons of Los Angeles, and there you'll see some of more than 12 million Americans who currently still use drugs and the 1.9 million of them who still use cocaine. We are not making the progress that we want to in this addictive group, younger than the teenagers, but certainly not old enough to be retired in any way. And we must make more progress there. Worse, more than 1.3 million of our kids do use drugs. And I grieve for these families and these kids.
+While Federal funding can help, it certainly, it alone, is not enough. And that's why this antidrug campaign includes community action led by effective treatment, Federal, State, and local, to reduce drug use in our neighborhoods and schools. We also need prevention through widespread education. And we need business and labor and our families and schools to stop the drugs that lead to the death and bondage, drugs that really declare open season on the innocent.
+Next comes perhaps the most crucial part of the crusade, law enforcement. The DEA New York Field Division seized more than 4 million in criminal assets in one year, in fiscal year 1991. And you know that a country that refused to allow totalitarians of the right and of the left to enslave the world will never allow the evil purveyors of drugs to enslave America.
+And let me tell you something: Every time law enforcement officials come to the White House, I think: How can we better support them? And so by January 1st we will have 50 percent more Federal prosecutors than in 1988. We've also reauthorized the 1984 Victims of Crime Act and boosted its annual crime victims fund to 0 million. Now, these dollars did not come from taxpayers but from the criminals' fines and penalties. After all, crime shouldn't pay; criminals should. And so we've moved to punish career criminals under the Federal Armed Career Criminal Act. No seasoned criminal should walk free because we didn't take the law and our law enforcement officers seriously.
+Our administration has proposed .8 billion for anticrime policies for fiscal '93. And that's up 59 percent in 4 years. And yet, progress made is certainly not mission accomplished. Let's back up these law enforcement officials with laws that are fair, fast, and final.
+You know what I'm talking about. Fair: When good cops act in good faith to nail criminals, those criminals should not go free because of some exclusionary rule technicality. Fast: We need habeas corpus reforms to stop the frivolous appeals choking our courts. Crime's victims must not suffer twice, once when they're victimized by the criminal and again when some liberal judge allows criminals to escape scot-free through some new loophole in the law. We also need laws that are final. I think my position is well-known on this, and I have no trouble defending it. For anyone who kills a law enforcement officer, no penalty is too tough. When drug kingpins inflict the ultimate evil on society, society demands that the ultimate penalty be inflicted on them.
+Some say that legalization of drugs is the answer to drugs. And to that I say that we must never wave the white flag of surrender at the white scourge of cocaine.
+So today I am again asking the United States Congress to pass crime legislation based on three principles: If criminals commit crimes, they'll be caught -- more law enforcement support. If caught, they will be tried -- more judges, more rapid going through the courts. And if convicted, they will be punished -- not let them out on loopholes. We need a crime bill which strengthens, not weakens, our ability to uphold the laws, a crime bill like the ``Crime Control Act of 1992.'' So let's pass this legislation and salute those who risk their lives to save ours.
+And above all, let's remember this: To take back our streets we need to take criminals off the streets and put them behind bars for a long, long time. And in the past 4 years, over half a billion dollars in drug forfeiture money alone has been used to build prisons. And we need more, more prisons. In particular, our States need more prisons. Because for some career criminals, the iron bars of prison are the only bar against crime.
+So, let me close with words from the heart about where and with whom I stand. I stand with those who fight criminals. Your work is not a 9-to-5 job with long lunches and friendly chats around some water cooler. It is filled with danger and fear. And I had two wonderful briefings on some of the complexities of this work when I arrived here this morning. It's not knowing whether you'll end your shift going home in a car or to the emergency room in an ambulance.
+And let me just add something: I also stand against those who use films or records or television or video games to glorify killing law enforcement officers. It is sick. It is wrong for any company, I don't care how noble the name of the company, it is wrong for any company to issue records that approve of killing law enforcement officers.
+And so I am delighted to be here to salute the greatest freedom fighters any nation could have, people who provide freedom from violence and freedom from drugs and freedom from fear. They're offering hope to every family across our country. And in that spirit, I am now truly honored to open the New York Field Division Office of the DEA. And again, especially to all who work out there on the front lines, may God bless you in your noble work.
+Thank you very, very much.
+Note: The President spoke at 10:53 a.m. in the conference room at the DEA New York Field Division Office. In his remarks, he referred to Lee P. Brown, commissioner of the New York City Police Department; Msgr. William B. O'Brien, president of the Daytop Village drug treatment facility; Robert A. Bryden, Special Agent in Charge, DEA New York Field Division; and DEA Special Agent Everett E. Hatcher, who was killed in the line of duty on February 28, 1989.
+Interview with Hugh Bradley
+Narrator for Book 1 of Men of Fire Trilogy, Dangerous Heat by Sloan McBride.
+Hugh comes from a theater background. He conveys emotion in a way that impressed me. His sexy voice lent well to this story. I visualize Tom MacKenzie when Hugh speaks.
+1) What did you do before you became a narrator?
+I’m a classically trained actor, and have been on Broadway and toured all over the world. I still perform on stage from time to time, but most of the time these days I stick to recording, and producing and directing for the stage.
+2) How long have you been narrating audiobooks?
+For just about 10 years now. The industry has changed a lot since then!
+3) Do you work for more than just one audiobook company?
+I do. You can find titles I’ve narrated across most of the platforms out there.
+4) Do you work at home or a studio?
+I have a studio at home, as well as a travel rig I take with me when I’m away from home.
+5) If at home, what kind of set up do you have?
+I run a few different mics, mostly Sennheiser, at home. I also use the portable Audio Technica’s 2020 USB, which I’m using more and more often because it’s just so dang convenient.
+6) What helped you decide to be a narrator?
+My agent first got me into it. I think being a theatre actor made it an easy transition, and being able to do different accents and character voices was an asset I already had from that field. I also am a voracious reader of all genres, so that made going to work a fun thing as well.
+7) What do you enjoy the most about being a narrator?
+At first, the work itself - but like I mentioned above, the ability to play a range of characters I would never be able to on stage or screen certainly is incredibly enjoyable. Finding each character’s voice within my own, while keeping it believable or at least enjoyable to the reader’s ear, and within the sensibility of the world or genre the author has created is particularly fun.
+8) What genres do you narrate?
+Primarily romance, but I do a lot of work with various English accents, as well as historical novels, and some science fiction.
+9) Do you have a favorite genre?
+I’ve been narrating a lot of historical English ‘high period’ romance novels in recent years. The Dickensian type characters in those can be a lot of fun.
+10) What is your process when you are hired to do a new project?
+I often start with finding the right tone for the narration. Once I find that, I zero in on the protagonist(s), keeping within a range that I can replicate over the course of recording for hours on end every day, and so that it sounds naturalistic within the scope or style the author has created. And then mapping out the novel so those choices are consistent is my next step. I often use different colored pencils on a hard copy or highlight colors on a pdf to help with that, especially if it’s dialogue with multiple characters in one scene.
+11) Do you do one project at a time or do you mix?
+I prefer to do one project at time. It helps with consistency for the voices, and also, I like living in the world of a novel without mixing as a reader. Sometimes that doesn’t happen given busy recording demands, however.
+12) Do you have contact with the author prior to starting the project?
+I prefer to. It helps me get a sense of the tone and style, and I always ask how the author hears the characters in their own heads before I send a sample version for them to approve.
+13) What type of information from an author helps you get into character for the stories?
+I many times will ask for a famous actor as an example of who they might cast in the movie version. That often seems to be the most efficient way to dial in a certain vocal quality or style of performance.
+14) What do you draw on for the emotions you bring to each character?
+Backstory is important. If it’s not in the writing itself, I’ll ask an author a character’s history to tease out any emotion or stylization.
+15) Do you do different voices?
+Quite a few.
+16) How do you approach female voices?
+For me, it’s not about mimicking or trying to approximate a typical female “sound” or vocal range, but more about tambre and intonation. Given that I have a deeper voice as a baritone, finding a realistic balance for female characters is important. I want to be able to give a full a range of emotion and pitch as I would character with a vocal range closer to my own, without them coming across as comedic or affected. I often times will intentionally lighten the deeper resonance in my voice, which means having a good microphone that I can get closer to becomes even more important.
+17) Do you do accents?
+I do.
+18) How many different accents can you do?
+I’d say I regularly use 4 different accents in most of the audiobook work I do - a neutral American, a posh or character British, a more standard British (RP), and a general southeastern/southern American. That said, I can do most accents fairly proficiently after some study and polish. I grew up in Germany as a kid until I was a teenager, studied opera later for undergraduate where I also had to learn Italian, French, and Russian, and later went to university in London to study acting, where accent work was a very large part of the training. I specialize in English (UK) language accents ranging from RP (Received Pronunciation) to Northern, Scottish, and various Irish. I’m also fortunate to have extended family in the American South and Appalachia, so I’ve had those accents in my ear for most of my life. It’s very much an extension of music and musical ear training, as far as I’m concerned.
+19) How much contact with the author do you need during a project?
+I prefer to review the process as we go, so as much as the author and I feel we need. I find that we generally hit stride after a few chapters, and that makes the process pretty streamlined once we do.
+20) Have you ever read a scene that made you uncomfortable?
+Oh, sure.
+21) How did you handle it?
+In terms of content, I’m not the author, so I don’t have many qualms about that. This is going to sound incredibly snobbish, but the most uncomfortable non-content related moments have been where the writing is grammatically incorrect or just not well written - a horrible thing to say, I know. But that’s where as an actor, you have find a way to make it work.
+22) Are there scenes that you absolutely won’t do?
+If it’s justified within the scope of the world, or the character’s journey that the author has created, then I don’t see any reason not to. That said, I’m not a fan of gratuitous violence, especially against children, women or animals, so I have turned down work based on that before. I’ve narrated some pretty gory thrillers and murder mysteries, but those were justified given the genre.
+23) Have you ever done a book where you worked with another narrator?
+I have. Often times an author will ask for that if a novel is told from two points of view, mostly a female and a male character in the same story.
+24) How did that work? Did you work in the same studio or separate?
+We worked in separate studios. We created a spreadsheet for all the characters and agreed on descriptions for each one’s voice before we began. It took a little doing, but we intentionally weren’t trying to imitate each other. It was more about getting a general similarity when we were voicing the same characters from the other narrative point of view. We hit stride pretty quickly, and it was a rewarding experience. I can sometimes find this jarring as a listener if the narrators aren’t in sync with each other’s style, but as a narrator, that’s the rewarding part of the challenge of dual narration.
+25) Do you ever get asked to do more books in a series?
+I do. And I love it - being able to live with a character for more than one book and see how they grow and change is fun. You don’t get to do that with many other forms of storytelling.
+26) How long does it take to complete a project?
+Totally depends. Books that are really complicated with lots of different characters and styles can take several weeks to finish. A good general rule is for every one hour of finished audio, it’s between 1.5 to 2.5 hours of studio time, though that can be whittled down if you have a fairly straightforward read.
+27) I know what I am like to work with, and you survived it. ☺ Has there been times when you have had to stop working with an author?
+Ah, Sloan, you were awesome to work with. Totally clear, and enjoyable notes that made figuring out the character’s voices and chemistry even more fun. To date, I’ve been very fortunate. I haven’t had to stop working with any given author on a project, and that’s after several dozen audiobooks. I have had to postpone a few when I had a bad injury a few years ago, but nothing that stemmed from a creative difference. I’ve also developed a pretty solid checklist over the years when it comes to different styles of audiobooks, so I like to think I’d be able to accommodate a writer’s needs, while maintaining my own integrity as a voice artist.
+28) What happens when you stop a project?
+Cross that bridge if it ever comes!
+29) Do you help with promotion for the finished projects?
+Absolutely. I enjoy the process and getting word out to fans, and meeting new fans!
+30) If so, what kind of promotions do you do?
+Everything from questionnaires like this, to podcasts and more. So far, no television appearances, but it’s a new year ahead and you never know!
+If you want to hear Hugh Bradley, please check out Dangerous Heat.
+You can see Hugh at
+~~Sloan
+Lineup
+The Schmidt update is just about everywhere you look online, so no real need to add much here. If there’s a silver lining to be found, it’s that the surgeon felt very good about that fact that he was able to repair everything that he saw and is confident that Schmidt can return to the power pitcher he was before the injuries. We certainly wish him well in his recovery.
+Clayton Kershaw will be playing in the Futures Game, it was announced today. That takes place the Sunday before the All-Star Game up in SF. Stan Conte was also named to the NL training staff and there’s still work to be done in voting our players into the starting lineup. If you look at it realistically, we could potentially have five All-Stars: Martin, Penny, Lowe, Saito and Kent. Of course, it never actually works that way, but Lowe has pitched well enough to go there but his record hasn’t reflected that. Saito has been nearly unhittable all season long and Jeff might trail Utley in most offensive categories, but it’s not out of the question that he could return to San Fran as a backup at second base.
+Oh, and I’ve been named to the NL PR staff for the All-Star Game. OK, so maybe I wasn’t so much named as volunteered, but I’ll be up north for the Midsummer Classic, too.
+Here’s the lineup for tonight. Hopefully I can find some time to post more later tonight.
+Furcal, SS
+Pierre, CF
+Nomar, 1B
+Kent, 2B
+Gonzo, LF
+Martin, C (keep voting)
+Anderson, DH
+Ethier, RF
+Abreu, 3B
+Billingsley, P
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+I’m upping the bounty to $1000.
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+If you can get joeyp to say he wants the Dodgers to win the ’07 World Series you win the money. All I needs the link.
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+I tries yesterday and was ignored.
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+Maybe you can do it. Good luck folks. You’ll need it.
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+grady little for milton bradley.
+Jon. Give it up man. Are you that dense? I hate the Dodgers. The only reason I follow them is to root for failure and heckle the supporters.
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+Leave me alone today. This Milton Bradley thing has me all depressed.
+First off congrats on going to the All-Star game. 2) I just dont understand how Either Kemp or Loney dont find time in a DH role in this series.
+is there any way to watch the futures game (besides going to SF)? it be sweet to get to watch kershaw pitch.
+Why is Kemp not DHing??? That makes no sense to me at all. Anderson might have had a good game to open the series but why not give the kid a chance?
+JOEYP…
+You never answered my question from yesterday, who is your favorite current team?
+Or are you too cowardly to announce it?
+“THE LADIES” (Nomar & Pierre) need to sit for the rest of the year.
+Ok, here’s why Kemp is not DHing. DHing is an extremely difficult thing to do. You have to sit on your behind for three hours. You get up 4 times a game. It’s like pitch hitting 4 seperate times. So, putting a rookie in a DH position where he would have to pitch hit 4 times is not smart because he’s not a pitch hitter. Anderson and Saenz are pitch hitting specialists so it makes sense to DH them this series. And….they will DH position players this weekend against the D-Rays (for sure Martin). And with a day game Sunday that would be where you’ll see Gonzo, Nomar or Kent DHing.
+DHing is not that hard to do. Playing defense doesn’t affect the way you hit, I did it from time to time in college and had some of my best offensive games as a DH. Besides most DH’s take soft toss, ride exercise bikes etc.(ie. Edgar Martinez) between ABs anyway so that surely can’t be the reason.
+“the ladies”?…serious?? rgonza13…pierre has been amazing recently…i mean he basically created the offensive surge all on his own on tuesday
+I guess there’s no room for Loney or Kemp to play. After all it’s very important to have Anderson DH. Speaking of DH, the Dodgers will use Anderson while the Jays use Frank Thomas,how the heck is that fair? I think it’s time for Nomar and Pierre to rest.
+it hurts my eyes seeing Anderson in the DH spot! what gives Grady?? seriously why no Matt Kemp!!
+The Futures Game should be televised on ESPN. Can’t wait to finally see Kershaw pitch in a game!!!
+Matt Kemp in June since his call up:
+.375avg
+.400obp
+.500slu
+.900ops
+why would we want THAT in our lineup?
+I don’t get it. Why would Kemp DH? He’s a much better fielder than LuGo. Let Luis DH and move Ethier to LF, put Kemp in RF…we’d almost have decent OF defense.
+Good point czrussell I’m just upset to see Anderson in the line-up over Kemp.
+“DHing is an extremely difficult thing to do”
+now i’ve heard everything.
+thanks momo. i am excited to see kershaw for sure.
+grady has a very simple mind when it comes to young players. someone has a good game, they start again. until they have a bad game, they will start. if someone has a bad game, they will be benched.
+I f he has a simple mind then this is pretty simple:
+Matt Kemp in June since his call up:
+.375avg
+.400obp
+.500slu
+.900ops
+The thing that scares me about the whole situation is that Grady doesn’t seem to consider Kemp a viable option on our team. I wonder if they are trying to keep his #s inflated to boost his trade value.
+To be fair I guess it could be said that they dont play Kemp so Ethier and Anderson can increase their trade value. They have said nothing but great things about Kemp.
+Alex – it’s *pinch* hit, not pitch hit…
+i think that’s a little too conspiracy theory-ish for me. i mean, maybe they are playing ethier alot to showcase him!
+i’m not sure if anyone else saw it.. but this is the link for russell martin on EXTRA as one of america’s most eligible bachelors..
+you’re probably not as interested as i am (being that i’m a girl, and have an actual crush on him, haha).. but it’s a good interview nonetheless.. showing you how great a person russ is, EVEN THOUGH WE ALL KNOW THAT ALREADY :O)
+can we finally put the joeyp thing to rest with the following. All Depo lovers are in love with obp over almost any other stat. well lets compare his lineup that he put out there yesterday with today’s dodgers lineup
+pos. joeyp dodgers
+player player
+1B Out of .324
+country
+2B .343(AAA) .348
+SS .277(AAA) .342
+3B suspended .338
+LF .347 .378
+CF .373(cut) .310
+RF .345 .323
+DH .337 .343
+C .241 .358
+so joep wins at CF and RF but his centerfielder has been released. To top it off his lineup has 24 homeruns with 12 of those coming at AAA while the Dodgers lineup has 43 homeruns.
+Therefore can we just put joeyp out of his misery and ignore him from here on out.
+What about J Loney ???
+Wouldn’t mind seeing him in the lineup also….
+Haven’t heard anything about him or is injury lately…
+Does anybody have any recent info ???
+tony jackson’s blog said he saw him do some outfield running and he looks ready, which makes his absence in the lineup a little strange v. a RHP who is nasty against righties.
+on the optimistic side it’s nice to see Bills in there today.
+I was OK seeing Anderson DH one game. But again??? I hate complaining about the line-ups–there is a debate and a reason to start Nomar or Loney, Kemp or Pierre, etc. But this should be beyond debate. Nomar, Kent, or Gonzo should be DHing in these illegal league games, with their future replacements getting playing time in the field. (Martin should DH sometime, but not on Billingsley’s first start.) Actually, wouldn’t this be a fun game to start Loney, Abreu, and Kemp, and have one of the veterans DH and give the other two a day off, and basically see the future?).
+Finally, who came up with this idea that they are playing a guy to showcase him for a trade. It really makes no sense. The last post I saw this about was Ethier–well, if Ethier has all the offense that someone would want in a trade, then we need that offense and won’t trade him. Better to keep a young guy a mystery–it’s like Abe Lincoln said, “better to be silent and be thought of as a fool, then to speak and remove all doubt.”
+Groundhog Day
+leekfink —
+You are exactly right… the old boys & Pierre should be used as the DH during our interleague play…. Plus it sure couldn’t hurt our defense…
+But, as we all know, Grady doesn’t want to hurt the old vets(with there big salarys) egos…
+Enjoyed you Abe Lincoln quote… Funny
+Need this game tonite…
+Padres about to lose…
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+I like the way your coconut works leekfink.
+the Pads just lost 6-3, the Dodgers have to do there part now.
+1) Yesterday was painful to watch. I’ll admit I stopped watching after Kuo was pulled. Thankfully they only have one Halladay.
+2) I know he’s not a Dodger anymore, but still, Milton Bradley’s DFA today shocked me. I can see quite a few clubs that could benefit from picking him up. Maybe he could help Kent pick things up . . .
+3) Nice to see Ethier hit like he did last night. He’s not where he was last year, and it would be great if that would get him going.
+4) Is there something wrong with Kuo’s velocity? Gameday is reporting high 80s, as opposed to the 97mph heater I saw on TV at the end of last year.
+5) Billingsley will go as long as he can on a limited pitch count, and then Mark Hendrickson will pick up for him. Ideally, the Dodgers will get to Marcum early, because in a battle of bullpens, I think we win.
+I will no longer post anything until grittle finally swaps Nomar & Martin. It was fun posting goddbye…
+“Dodgers Conte names to All Star training staff”…
+I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
+Between the hopelessness of the lineup and the seeming certainty of seeing Hendrickson pitch today, I have a hard time summoning any excitement about the game!
+At least the Padres lost.
+And the Rockies swept the Yankees. If we’re not careful, we will be in fourth place before the month is over. Not that the Yankees is that good. But the Rockies seems to be on the up and up, while we’re more of a gently sliding kind of club right now.
+Here’s to a thumpin’ good game ( for us! ) tonight.
+I think we are just getting a little to “EMO” about this team.
+“Hopelessness of the line up”
+“no excitment about today’s game”
+“Kemp not in the line-up makes me sad”
+“why doesn’t the team listen to my advice”
+Let’s Go Dodgers!
+Congrats to all personnel who get to go to the All Star Game and represent the Blue in any form.
+We got alot of baseball ahead of us
+Good luck Bills and Go Dodgers!
+Why are they putting Anderson at DH. I want Kemp or Loney!
+Wow! 8 pitches and three outs. We really know how to start things off.
+I’m really not liking this umpire’s strike zone
+me neither :(
+wow…talk about a tight zone. Bills needs some KY to get that ball through there.
+yeah…well at least he’s looking sharp
+nice pitch by bills
+that pitch for Thomas was just unfair.
+Seriously that hook was strike three this ump is awful!
+wow…bills is really choking
+yeah…choking like kuo did… give me a break.
+Wow, 48 pitches in two innings. Of course, nothing that some offense can’t overcome. Come on Dodgers, let’s get some hits and score some runs.
+Chad already at 48 pitches after 2 innings…
+Behind by 2 runs – what can this lifeless / listless / hapless lineup do to get back in the game…
+Hey, I’ve got an idea — WORK THE COUNT DUMMYS…
+GET ON BASE FURCAL & PIERRE…
+dang it man that cannot happen now not with 0 outs!
+what the heck was he thinking???!!!!
+Way to go Anderson ….
+Who do you think you are ?? J. Pierre, our pickoff expert..
+Dum, stupid, pathetic…
+But very TYPICAL of this team…
+ummmmm do u guys think they pitched around furcal to get to pierre?
+3 Walks =s 0 Runs…..
+Is anybody really surprised???
+if john gibbons was smart he would have pitched around furcal to get to Pierre. I guess 44 million dollars doesn’t get you what is used too.
+Inexcusable pick-off. Grady also obviously doesn’t believe in bunting runners over with no outs.
+that’s why i love ethier
+Nice play Andre —
+Please don’t get injured…
+Messagebear—
+He just goes by his GUT FEELING…
+How else do you explain the way he Manages ???
+If grady manages with his gut I’d hate to see what he eats for dinner.
+nice ABs from the senior citizens…
+Max –
+Gibbons has nothing to fear with Furcal at bat —- He is basically 0 for June…
+I can’t watch this offense much longer.
+Nomar and Kent are hitting a combined .270 with 10HR and 72rbi.
+A-rod has 73 Rbi himself.
+If we lose these two series against AL, I’m at least hoping that Grady will be convinced to start using the youngsters. How long are we going to wait for the 3 and 4 batters to heat up for the season. They’re just barely luke warm, but I suppose they’re just pacing themselves for the stretch run – like for fourth place in the division.
+I had said I’d be satisfied if Bills went four innings and didn’t give up more than two runs. I think he pretty much fulfilled that. THANK YOU! Next time out he will probably go five plus.
+Here is that GUT FEELING at work ……
+The game was over when it was 2-0. Now it’s really over.
+well bills kept us in the game..thats all you can ask. i expect he’ll be better next time out.
+For those of you watching the game, how did Bills look? He threw a lot of pitches in the 4 innings. Where is the offense?
+MessageBear —
+You and I both know that Ned & Grady are going to live or die playing Pierre,Nomar,Kent,&Gonzo to the bitter end… The only way they will come out of the lineup is by injury….
+We all saw what they did last year & so far this year… It will just never change…
+way to get something started…taking one for the team and a single…hopefully raffy can deliver
+frick
+Chad actually did a decent job… He only gave up 2 hits…. Unfortunately one of the hits was a HR…
+But all & all he did Ok…
+Normally you could say he kept us in the game… But trying to overcome a 2 run lead by our hitters is like trying to climb Mt Everest…. They will need a lot of oxygen…
+well…hendirckson is doing pretty darn well
+yeah peirre!
+BARF
+WHERE IS YOUR LITTLE GROUND BALL WHEN WE NEED IT.
+KENT!!!!!!…..FINALLLYY!!!!
+haha thank you kent!!!
+WOW…he absolutely CRUSHED that ball
+BRAVO MR KENT —
+We just climbed Mt Everest…
+praise the lord.
+HOLY KENT! THAT BALL IS ON ITS WAY TO VANCOUVER!
+Way to go, Kent! We needed that.
+You “fans” that live and die with each pitch are pathetic. Can’t you just sit back and enjoy the game as it unfolds? Remember… they play nine innings for a reason????
+I’m going to make the radical suggestion that as long as we play him, we let Pierre bat leadoff. Until Furcal gets his stroke back (or heals his ankle, which is probably the problem) he now needs to bat way down in the order.
+people that suggest other people aren’t fans based on their opinion of things are pathetic.
+Ok Hendy — Keep us in the game…
+Let’s go south on a good note…
+What a joke Pierre’s arm is…. Nobody is afraid to run on our outfield…..
+It really hurts in close games like this…
+alright boys…time to rally
+You should know Max… you should know. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
+kssparkuhl —
+We pathetic fans could just go to sleep during the game and wake up to see what the final score is….
+Is that what you do ???
+If we just sat back & let the game unfold, You won’t have any reason to post & point out our misgivings…
+Thanks for the info about games going nine innings – what happens if they are tied after nine innings ??
+i like olmedo as much as the next guy but whats it going to take for Kemp and Loney to get an AB!
+hahah nevermind kemp singled.
+actaully kss Ive just questioned your baseball intelligence not how much of a fan you are.
+As long as people care enough to post here about the dodgers I’ll consider them a fan. Something you obviously don’t.
+I know it was a cheapo hit but seriously we need Kemp to get more playing time.
+max you and I don’t always agree on things but I loved that link you posted earlier, Jon Weisman is dead-on with his assessment. Kemp brings that extra fear factor that our line-up is lacking. Guys like Sosa have made a living being dead-red fastball hitters, give the kid some extended playing time and let him take his lumps and get better.
+really nice come from behind win today, & from what i’ve read Guo will pitche against old friend Jackson.
+man KENT!!!..almost homer4ed twice…only a double, but i’ll take it!
+hey hey Nomar & Kent — walk to Gonzo ….
+come on Martin – Make your family proud…
+Russell the rock star!!! Come on baby!!! Rock the house 55!!
+MARTIN!!!!!!!! soooo clutch!!
+OMG russell nathan coltrane jeanson martin jr is the man! wooo!
+YESSSS!!!
+this is dodger baseball baby
+nice job olmedo :)
+a pitcher pinch running…hehe
+Zo… you might want to bake Russell some cookies and take them to him before a game. That’s how Mike Scioscia met his wife… lol!
+is that really how mike scioscia met his wife?? hahah how awesome
+what if wolf gets hurt…
+Yes, this is Dodger baseball…..Keep it up…
+Hold on for a big win & head south with some momentum..
+Also pickup a game on the Padres…
+now i see why kemp doesn’t DH or start.
+Matt Kemp… he is going to be as automatic as they come. In two years he’ll be an All-Star regular…
+haha thanks for the tip and as much as i like my sorority girl baking side, 91% of my crush on martin is because of his talent, 9% looks…except when he doesn’t shave…then it’s 90% talent and 10% looks…haha
+man…..what an exciting rally
+If Wolf were to get hurt? Blame it on bad conditioning. Blame it on bad luck. But Grady’s certainly not the first manager to have a pitcher pinch-run… and he certainly won’t ever be the last. Wolf’s in great condition and he’s a great athlete… I’m sure he can run just fine.
+Only you Max…
+“now i see why kemp doesn’t DH or start”.
+Very witty indeed….
+Still would like to know whats up with J Loney..
+I’m surprised he hasn’t joined the party by now…
+man….now raffy just gets needs to get a hit………..man is dodger baseball fun to watch
+yes raffy too! ahaha…some payback for yesterday
+well this is what i don’t get about Pinch Running with wolf…first off he pinch ran for the DH so now, unless they DH Wolf, we have too us two players off the bench instead of one. Also, do you really want to risk a pitching on the base paths? If Wolf would have gotten hurt we would have had another whole to fill in the rotation with probably Bombko or Hendickson and i KNOW no one wants that.
+well…they’ll probably put in loney for wolf…i think
+now the man that started it all…
+then why not Pinch run loney? he was running in the outfield today and looked great according to Tony Jackson. As much as i love Loney an injury to him wouldn’t hurt the team as much as an injury to Wolf or any other pitcher.
+That was fun!
+i have no idea max…just my speculation. great inning. boys in blue came through.
+You can bet that Loney will DH when that spot comes up. The fact that Loney is nursing a sore knee would explain why Wolf ran for Tow’Mater instead of Loney.
+Gotta love how we pop a 6 spot and Max doesn’t say anything and then still finds something to complain about…seriously only you Max.
+Fantastic clutch hitting all around started by the All-Star! Not to mention Kent’s top of the wall double…good stuff. Now hold onto it!
+Go Dodgers!
+again, an injury to loney wouldn’t hurt the team as much as an injury to wolf. I know i’d rather have Wolf on the mound then Bombko or Hendrickson. but he didn’t get hurt so it doesn’t matter still it was a noodle scratcher.
+Betmit could have ran too ya know.
+why didn’t they bring in broxton at the beginning of the inning?
+yeah but…they’re probably saving betemit for an emergency pinch hit
+seriously alex take off the dress.
+Only when you say something nice about that last inning
+That’s all right – Hendrickson and Seanez, you both did well!! Thank you for that effort.
+Max —
+Just mark it down to one of those GUT FEELING MOVES by Grady…
+Don’t try to make sense of it…. He, quite possibly, doesn’t know why he did it…
+The best thing about the rally?
+It made rwbjr shut up and quit whining and complaing.
+But I’m sure at the slighest mistake he’ll take it back up again.
+Bills looked good and Hendy did a nice job picking him up. Now lets go bullpen. If you hold them we put away a W.
+Paul —
+I refuse to respond to such INACCURATE BS….
+Hi Josh,
+I like the new mlb online shop. One thing, though. White shirts placed on white backgrounds :( Doesn’t matter much for guys stuff I guess but I’m tryin’ to talk my woman into something with a dodgers logo. So if you know who to email to fix those items that you can’t see in the store that would make my birthday shopping for wife much easier.
+Thanks.
+alex, you know if i did that it would make me as much of a fans as you. And i would NEVER want you to think im as much of a fan as you.
+Yeah Paulg, bad form. Max is the one who was complaining during the 6 run rally. Rwbjr definitely cheered along with the rest of us. I got your back Rwbjr…me and my dress!
+now that the store has been brought up…Josh, do you know the reason behind not being able to buy customized away jerseys online?
+geez alex. I simply asked why Wolf was pinch running. I didn’t know what was going to make you cry.
+I completely understand it’s the character you’ve given yourself. I’m pretty sure you were cheering along like the rest of us. Here is a not so big secret: we kind of know you’re a HUGE fan, considering you’re here every day. Just let me know what your dress size is and I’ll have one ready for you in October lol.
+Alex–
+Keep it up and I’ll buy you a new dress… Just to show my appreciation, of course..
+J Loney never got in the game… Whats up with that ??
+ha alex, i dont know my dress size im more of a pants suit person. Just no mini skirts, i don’t feel like shaving.
+Well, they’re probably still playing it safe with Loney’s knee considering the field turf. He probably could play and would if called upon, but what’s another day to play it safe?
+Great Great win tonite…
+Give them Helll in Florida..
+wow…ok banter is ok when it’s witty…but you guys are taking it to a new low…how about just sticking to discussing the game?
+we win!…taking a little momentum into florida…and hopefully kent will continue to be hot like he was tonight!
+geez, the negative nancy’s and the 2nd guessers are making this blog go downhill…let’s hope the dodger’s keep winning so they can shut up for once….ok, maybe not..but once can hope :)
+nice win by the blue crew….let’s go get em in TB!!!!!
+indeed…dodger blue baseball is soo much fun to watch
+we need to sweep the flat fish.
+actaully more like flat pieces if cartilage
+clutch….
+Russell Martin now has a .462 batting average and 34 RBIs in 30 career plate appearances with the bases loaded.
+10 Day Outlook: Several very interesting matchups coming up.
+Tentative pitching matchups for the next 10 games:
+@ Tampa Bay:
+6/22:
+Derek Lowe vs. Andy Sonnanstine
+6/23:
+Randy Wolf vs. Scott Kazmir
+6/24:
+Hong Chih-Kuo vs. Edwin Jackson
+@ Arizona
+6/25:
+Brad Penny vs. Micah Owings
+6/26:
+Chad Billingsley vs. Edgar Gonzalez OR Randy Johnson (depending on Johnson’s back)
+6/27:
+BATTLE OF THE GROUNDBALL!
+Derek Lowe vs. Brandon Webb
+6/28:
+Randy Wolf vs. Livan Hernandez
+vs. Padres
+6/29:
+Hong Chih-Kuo vs. Chris Young
+6/30: MEGA-MATCHUP! THE TOP TWO PITCHERS IN THE N.L SQUARE OFF:
+Brad Penny vs. Jake Peavy
+7/1:
+Chad Billingsley vs. Justin Germano
+wow.. some good matchups coming up. i hope edwin’s making the start and serving up some meatballs.
+Edwin Jackson will probably pitch the game of his career against us.
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+We take a break from the nonstop dumpster fire that is the ongoing news from 2020 to return to some more mundane work topics. Today’s topic: consultants.
+In thinking about today’s topic, I unearthed a blog post I had written, based on a session I led at the Communications Network conference several years ago. The session focused on bringing together consultants who worked for foundations and the foundation staff who employ them, to share perspectives. We divided the room between consultants and foundation staff and each side put together a list of suggestions on how best to interact with the other. It was a great deal of fun (we wore costumes, b/c one of my co-session leaders rightly insisted on it).
+Back when I put together the session, I was a foundation staffer; today, I’m a consultant who works primarily with foundations and corporate social responsibility clients. Now that I’ve spent some time on both sides, I thought it was an opportune time to share a hodge-podge of observations gleaned during this latest freelance stint. I don’t know if my observations are universally shared. In general, that’s how this blog works: rather than rigorously research a concept before putting it out there and making a book and a TED talk out of it, I like to just throw my thoughts together and put ‘em out there in case someone, somewhere finds them useful. It’s like those little mailbox libraries: maybe you will come and find something interesting, maybe you won’t.
+FOR CONSULTANTS: A bunch of my friends, when entering the consulting space, have shared their prospectuses and websites and LinkedIn profiles with me, and the number #1 piece of advice I’ve given them is: you have to be able to describe what you can do for a client and why they might find it valuable. I know: it sounds so simple, right? But in my field, “communications” can mean everything and anything, and oftentimes, the people who want to hire you to do something have much less of an idea as to what that term means than you do.
+Many would-be clients, when they want to hire you, are not yet at the stage where they have a clear strategic approach for what they want to accomplish and know exactly how your contribution would advance that strategy. More often than not, they are feeling pressured to produce something, anything, for their internal and external audiences, and they are asking for your help to produce that something. Or, they are frustrated that people keep on running around their organization, saying inconsistent or incomprehensible things about the work they do, so they’d like you to somehow help people at least sound like they are working on the same set of issues, so they can connect to other people working on those issues.
+When I encounter clients like this—which again, is more often than not—I try to translate my consulting work into an outcome that they might find useful. I don’t just say: “I can develop a message platform for you.” I say, “I can develop a message platform that you could then use as a base layer for your communications. By that I mean, if you successfully get everyone to adopt and use the messages, your org’s communications might end up reflecting consistent themes and values about the work, regardless of whether you’re writing talking points for your CEO or updating your website content.”
+(Has anyone else noticed that updating website content is the most universal, time-sucking, endless, ripe-for-procrastination communications task EVER?)
+Or, I will say: “I can help you develop a communications plan with goals, defined audiences, strategies, and metrics—but you will have to figure out how to socialize the plan among your leaders and your colleagues, to ensure that it actually gets implemented. Unless, of course, you are hiring me to help implement it.”
+FOR CLIENTS: The number one piece of advice I’ve given people on the client side, especially when I was a client, is: Hiring consultants is still work. You, the client, are responsible for managing the consultant and facilitating their work. I am always surprised at how many clients throw out consulting projects out there as a Hail Mary: they are desperate to get stuff done and they hire consultants to get something done, but it’s just like hiring a new staff person: you can’t hire someone and then ignore that person from the get-go. That newbie can’t get anything done without your orientation and guidance, and neither can the consultant.
+I recently started calling myself a writer rather than a communications consultant, b/c writing is what I love to do and it also seems to be what people need the most. People need words to: tell their stories, connect with their various constituencies, and make the case for their work, internally and externally. I can produce those words! I can pretty much write anything: board memos, op-eds, position papers, message platforms, speeches, video scripts, website copy, etc., on pretty much any subject you can think of. (Well. I decided I had to understand blockchain technology the other day, and so far, I don’t understand it. It may be one of those topics that resist my understanding, like how the pick ‘n roll works in basketball.)
+However: I can’t just conjure written content out of nothing. (I can, actually, but I don’t think it’s very wise or smart to do so.) I require the client’s assistance in helping me to understand who the content is for and what they hope the value of the content will be. (Do you want people to better understand your work? Do you want them to feel inspired and engaged? Do you want them to feel outraged?) To be successful at writing something, I usually want access to any and all foundational materials, like approved boilerplate on the organization’s mission and goals and values, that exist. And if you don’t have any foundational materials, then I will ask to interview key stakeholders—people who you want to say the things I’m writing and/or, people who you want to pay attention to the things I’m writing.
+Out of all of the would-be clients who reached out to me in the past year and a half, 100% of them told me at the end of our first conversation that they were absolutely dying to hire me to write X, Y, and Z. And out of those conversations, approximately 50% followed up and hired me to write X, Y, and Z. While I don’t know the exact reasons why so many people did not follow up (maybe they heard something bad about me, which is entirely possible), my guess is that they got overwhelmed and didn’t have the time and energy to hire a consultant to do the work they didn’t have the time or energy to do in the first place.
+FOR CONSULTANTS: Many of my FTE friends have expressed interest in leaving their jobs and becoming a consultant, but they say that certain things about being a consultant make them anxious. Like: missing being part of a team. Feeling lonely and isolated. Having to pay one’s own taxes and track one’s expenses. The “feast or famine” fear. Missing the feeling of job security, i.e., a stable, well-paying job that could go on indefinitely, circumstances permitting.
+My general response to the above is: well, yeah, transitions are hard, and they get harder as you get older. And yes, all of your anxieties have considerable potential of coming true. You DO get lonely. You DO have to struggle with administrative bullcrap that you didn’t’ have to deal with before. You do have to figure out how to pay your own taxes, in most cases, and how to submit invoices so you can, you know, get paid.
+What I can say now, though: What feels really hard in the beginning feels much less so, as time goes on. You get used to the administrative bullcrap. You find camaraderie through other channels. You start to love the upsides—like not having a hundred million meetings, all day, every day.
+(I should note that most of the above advice applies to solo-practice consultants. When you are part of a big consulting shop, the rules are completely different.)
+FOR CLIENTS: I’ve seen a wide spectrum of how clients handle relationships with consultants, just like I’ve seen a wide range in employer/employee relationships. Like: if you are a manager and you become close friends with your direct report, that’s probably okay, but you also have to remember that you are responsible for guiding this person’s development and evaluating their performance and compensation. Those are delicate dynamics to balance.
+Similarly, clients can sometimes go too far in treating consultants as members of their teams, even though in many cases, the consultants are asked to contribute as de facto members of the teams.
+As with romantic entanglements at work, there are laws that attempt to establish some bright-line rules between full-time and contractor employees. When clients ask to involve me in things that are outside the scope of work that we negotiated, I generally say yes, but I ask for something in writing to reflect the agreement. In other words, it may be okay to be besties with your consultants, but it’s important to remember that there’s a work agreement in place, just in case things go south.
+FOR BOTH: We come now to the question of, IT COSTS WHAT, COME AGAIN? Clients often don’t know how much a project should cost, especially if the hiring person is inexperienced in communications. So they ask the consultant what their hourly rate is. And then consultants get the feeling that their hourly rates are horrifying for some potential clients, and ridiculously low for others.
+This was a terribly difficult area for me to figure out, first and foremost because I hate talking about money. I hate hate hate it. My consultant friends tell me I should charge very high hourly rates b/c of my years of experience and the range of communication things I can do, but I often shrink from doing that and I struggle with knowing what some things should cost and not others, based on observations of the market and what others with similar levels of experience will do.
+I really like it when the client, once we agree that I am to come on board, offers me a project fee plus expenses. Because that gives me the clearest sense of how the client views the worth of different projects. If a small nonprofit wants me to do six hundred things for six hundred dollars, that gives me a signal about what their budgetary considerations are, but it also means that they are desperate for communications assistance–and in that case, I think they should build communications into their org structure. Or, hire me to do many fewer things.
+I don’t think clients—or consultants—should nickel-and-dime each other. I think that clients and consultants should have a clear sense of what an unreasonable ask is, and know how to decline those asks. I don’t think you have to be a jerk about it: a polite, no, I’m not doing that, suffices.
+(Those who know me know that when I get exceedingly polite, that’s not a good sign.)
+What’s the definition of an unreasonable ask, you may want to know? Oh, I have many stories from both the client and consultant side. I’m sure you do too. But it would not be politic for me to share them here, other than to say that as a writer, I’m not a big fan of when I’m hired for good writing, and then directed to do bad writing. Even though I’m not writing these things under MY byline, it just feels like an utter waste of my time and yours.
+That’s it for now. Feel free to share additional insights (from client or consultant perspectives) in the comments.
+.
+Question of the day: Who said this?
+"Thus I believe that the House has made its choice: sequestration — and its unrealistic and ill-conceived discretionary cuts — must be brought to an end.”
+Nancy Pelosi? Steny Hoyer? Chris Van Hollen?
+Wrong. That was Hal Rogers, the Kentucky Republican who leads the House Appropriations Committee, after the aptly named THUD bill failed on the House floor (notice how I didn't say it "landed with a thud", or something similar? You can thank me later.)
+"THUD," in this case, stood for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development. It's the bill to fund those parts of the government through the next year. The cuts needed to be deep to hit the Ryan budget's target. Too deep, as it turned out. The bill was pulled off the floor as support collapsed around it.
+This is what it looks like when the Republican budget strategy collapses.
+THUD's fall comes days after House Republicans were supposed to release the Labor, Health and Human Services bill, which required cuts 19 percent beneath sequestration's levels. The bill didn't materialize.
+It comes after House Republicans passed defense and veteran's appropriations at higher levels than sequestration permitted -- necessitating deeper cuts elsewhere.
+Meanwhile, in the Senate, Republicans are breaking with Mitch McConnell to back appropriations bills that reach pre-sequestration levels -- bills that House Republicans have already dismissed.
+Budget politics have an odd rhythm. The budget proposal comes early in the year, and its cuts are vague. It mostly just sets broad targets for different categories of spending. The appropriations bills come later in the year, and that's where cuts need to get specific.
+Republicans endorsed the vague outlines of Ryan's budget early in the year. But now they're realizing they can't pass the documents that make those cuts specific -- they're simply too deep. But they can't back out of the Ryan budget, either. The result is a mess -- although one that may make at least a few Republicans, including Hal Rogers, more eager for a face-saving budget deal in the fall.
+Wonkbook's Number of the Day: 1.7 percent. That's real GDP growth in the second quarter of 2013, annualized. The figure was reported yesterday.
+Wonkbook's Quotation of the Day: “I don’t want transparency only when it’s convenient to the government,” Sen. Al Franken said.
+Wonkblog's Graph of the Day: SNAP participation count, graphed by CBPP.
+Wonkbook's Top 5 Stories: 1) the next Fed chair intrigue; 2) 200,000 new jobs and 1.7-percent GDP growth; 3) tax reform's trick-or-treat; 4) NSA gets a little surveillance from Congress; and 5) student-loan plan passed.
+1) Top story: At the Fed, a Summers romance
+Obama defends Summers, says he’s not close to a Fed decision. "During his visit to congressional Democrats on Capitol Hill Wednesday, President Obama defended former treasury secretary, Lawrence Summers, who is a potential candidate to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve...Obama launched into a defense of Summers, saying he had been critical to restoring the American economy and that he “was not even close to making a decision,” according to one lawmaker. Obama also “expressed frustration” with the negative campaign building against Summers, the lawmaker said." Ed O'Keefe in The Washington Post.
+The case for Larry Summers. ...And they see Summers as an informed, confident and engaged financial regulator — something they worry Yellen wouldn’t be. The argument here isn’t that Yellen’s heart wouldn’t be in the right place, but that her focus would be elsewhere." Ezra Klein in The Washington Post.
+@jdlahart: For distinction between moderate and modest, see Summers, Larry.
+Is Janet Yellen a hawk in dove's feathers? "If." Evan Soltas in Bloomberg.
+Explainer: Questions for the would-be Fed chairs. Miles Kimball in Quartz.
+Where Summers went wrong.  obligation..." John Cassidy in The New Yorker.
+@mattyglesias: The idea that Summers secretly favors aggressive bank regulation and just forgot to mention it over the past two years is a bit odd.
+Bond purchases by Fed will continue, at least for another month. "The Federal Reserve issued a 700-word statement on Wednesday, but four words would have sufficed: see you in September...The statement, issued after a regular two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, acknowledged the weak pace of growth during the first half of the year, which it described as “modest” rather than “moderate”." Binyamin Appelbaum in The New York Times.
+Explainer: Eight things you need to know about Don Kohn, who just might be the next Fed chair. Neil Irwin in The Washington Post.
+Funny how gender never came up during Bernanke’s nomination. Or Greenspan’s. Or Volcker’s. ...It’s in the way the characteristics we associate with leadership are stereotypically male. It’s in the way boys and girls are pushed towards different subjects " Ezra Klein in The Washington Post.
+@BCAppelbaum: If Obama does pick Summers, leaving no female Fed governors, there will be a lot of pressure to find women for the other vacancies.
+Fed's Raskin is chosen for deputy Treasury Secretary. "The White House announced Wednesday that it will nominate Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin to fill the No. 2 post at the Treasury Department, a move that would make her the highest-ranking woman in the agency’s history. In a statement, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew cited Raskin’s deep experience in financial regulation and oversight of the Fed’s sprawling organizational structure as driving the pick...Raskin joined the Fed in 2010 after spending three years as Maryland’s commissioner of financial regulation. She was particularly focused on consumer issues, including overseeing the Fed’s review of foreclosure practices. She also often spoke on untraditional issues such as the role of inequality in economic growth." Ylan Q. Mui in The Washington Post.
+Music recommendations interlude: Augustana, "Fire," 2009.
+Top opinion
+BEUTLER: The Republicans' long-predicted budget comeuppance has arrived. "Republicans have dealt with some embarrassing moments on the House floor over the past year, but none so revealing or damning as today’s snafu, when they yanked a bill to fund the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. It might look like a minor hiccup, or a symbolic error. But it spells doom for the party’s near-term budget strategy and underscores just how bogus the party’s broader agenda really is and has been for the last four years...It turns out that when you draft bills enumerating all the specific cuts required to comply with the budget’s parameters, they don’t come anywhere close to having enough political support to pass." Brian Beutler in Talking Points Memo.
+TYSON: Game changers for." Laura Tyson in Project Syndicate.
+BERNSTEIN AND BAKER: What's 'Seinfeld'...Still, as new sources of economic value emerge, it’s important to try to account for them, even if the accounting risks becoming more arbitrary as the measurement issues become more challenging. But it’s equally important to try to measure the value we’re destroying — to “net out” the environmental damage. So here’s the deal, and let’s stick with the movies: we’ll count “Star Wars,” if they’ll count the findings of “An Inconvenient Truth.”" Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker in The New York Times.
+SOLTAS: ...And how about a GDP measure for this century? "GDP's biggest remaining." Evan Soltas in Bloomberg.
+CROOK: Inequality is a separate issue from opportunity for the poor. ." Clive Crook in Bloomberg.
+This is amazing computing interlude: A video illustration of 15 sorting algorithms.
+2) GDP grows by 1.7 percent; 200k new jobs
+GDP grows by 1.7 percent in Q2 2013. "[T]he Commerce Department reported that the economy, adjusted for inflation, expanded at a better-than-expected annual rate of 1.7 percent in the April-June quarter, even as inflation-adjusted growth in the first part of the year now appears slower than first thought...The pace at which spending by the federal government is dropping stabilized last quarter. It fell by 1.5 percent, compared with an 8.4 percent decrease in the first quarter of 2013 and a 13.9 percent plunge in the final quarter of 2012." Nelson D. Schwartz and Catherine Rampell in The New York Times.
+We should be horrified at 1.7 percent GDP growth. ...[W]ith 7.6 percent unemployment, the nation could really use a few quarters in a row of 4, 5 or 6 percent growth to get us back to where people can really be pleased with the economy." Neil Irwin in The Washington Post.
+ADP: 200,000 more private sector jobs. "Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires expected ADP to report a July advance of 183,000 private jobs. The June ADP employment increase was revised to an increase of 198,000 jobs, from 188,000 reported a month ago." Kathleen Madigan in The Wall Street Journal.
+Explainer: Why we don't have jetpacks, in one chart. Dylan Matthews in The Washington Post.
+A not-so-bad recession. "The Great Recession (which lasted from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the second quarter of 2009) also looks less formidable, at least in output terms. Based on the latest measures, inflation-adjusted output growth decreased at an annual rate of 2.9 percent during that time, instead of the previously reported 3.2 percent. And the cumulative peak-to-trough contraction in the economy was 4.3 percent, rather than 4.7 percent." Catherine Rampell in The New York Times.
+The government now assumes all pension promises will come true. That’s scary. "Until Wednesday morning, the Commerce Department pegged America’s personal savings rate at 4.1 percent for 2012. An every-five-years revision to how the department measures the components of Gross Domestic Product...It decided to start counting all pension promises as savings in the bank. That change is called accrual accounting, and as officials at the BEA point out, it’s a well-accepted practice in the corporate world." Jim Tankersley in The Washington Post.
+Our Earth interlude: Temperature data since 1880.
+3) Trick-or-treat time for tax reform
+Dave Camp plans markup for tax reform in October. "House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp plans to move forward on a tax reform bill before a November showdown over raising the debt limit, according to several committee aides...Camp told committee members that he plans to write a tax bill that would cut the top corporate and individual rates to 25 percent and repeal the Alternative Minimum Tax for both corporations and individuals." Kelsey Snell in Politico.
+Report: Top US firms park $1.2T offshore. "The report by U.S. PIRG, which analyzed the public filings of the top 100 U.S. publicly traded companies, also found that 82 companies maintain subsidiaries in low-tax jurisdictions located abroad...Just 21 of the 100 companies disclosed what they would pay in U.S. taxes if they brought the profits onshore, according to PIRG, also known as the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups. It noted that companies are required to disclose such information in annual Securities and Exchange Commission filings unless it is "not practical" to do so. Together, these companies would have owed more than $93 billion in additional federal taxes, the report found. The average tax rate that these 21 companies have paid to foreign jurisdictions is 6.9%, according to PIRG." Jessica Holzer in The Wall Street Journal.
+Spiders interlude: Here are some exquisite ones from Wired.
+4) NSA gets a little surveillance from Congress
+Newly declassified documents on phone records program released. ." Ellen Nakashima in The Washington Post.
+...And here's Sen. Wyden on what they show. "The Oregon Democrat said the documents reveal the administration overstated the usefulness of gathering email records under the Patriot Act by saying that bulk data and phone records collection “were unique in that they can can produce intelligence not otherwise available to NSA.” The bulk email collection program has since been shut down due to a “a lack of operational value,” Wyden said, leading him to believe the same may eventually be said about phone records collection." Burgess Everett in Politico.
+Obama invites lawmakers to meet over NSA. .)." Burgess Everett in Politico.
+Explainer: Ever wondered what the top-secret FISA court looks like? We have pictures. Brian Fung in The Washington Post.
+Sen. Franken to introduce transparency bill. "Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) lashed out this morning at “the lack of transparency” surrounding the collection of Americans’ phone records. Speaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Franken blasted top intelligence officials for delays in declassifying secret government documents authorizing the program. “I don’t want transparency only when it’s convenient to the government,” Franken said. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, he added, “has known for weeks that this hearing was coming and ODNI released this only in the minutes before this hearing began. That doesn’t engender trust.”" Brian Fung in The Washington Post.
+NSA chief asks a skeptical crowd of hackers to help agency do its job. "Gen. Keith." Robert O'Harrow Jr. in The Washington Post.
+Optimal strategies in urinal selection interlude: The world's best game-theory minds at work.
+5) Student-loan plan passed" Jenna Johnson in The Washington Post.
+Minorities and whites follow unequal college paths, report says. "The nation’s system of higher education is growing more racially polarized even as it attracts more minorities: White students increasingly are clustering at selective institutions, while blacks and Hispanics mostly are attending open-access and community colleges, according to a new report. The paths offer widely disparate opportunities and are leading to widely disparate outcomes, said the report released Wednesday by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce." Michael A. Fletcher in The Washington Post.
+Reading material interlude: The best sentences Wonkblog read today.
+Wonkblog Roundup
+How Republicans could actually derail Obamacare. Sarah Kliff.
+One priest’s early thoughts on Pope Francis’s ways. Ezra Klein.
+Funny how gender never came up during Bernanke’s nomination. Or Greenspan’s. Or Volcker’s. Ezra Klein.
+Why we don’t have jetpacks, in one chart. Dylan Matthews.
+The case for Larry Summers. Ezra Klein.
+Eight things you need to know about Don Kohn, who just might be the next Fed chair. Neil Irwin.
+The government now assumes all pension promises will come true. That’s scary. Jim Tankersley.
+We should be horrified at 1.7 percent GDP growth. Neil Irwin.
+Et Cetera
+Senate confirms ATF director. Sari Horwitz in The Washington Post.
+Senate panel approves job-training bill. Libby A. Nelson in Politico.
+Five things you don’t know about EPA’s Gina McCarthy but should. Juliet Eilperin in The Washington Post.
+Conservative purity becomes harder to define for GOP. Sean Sullivan and Aaron Blake in The Washington Post.
+...Nor can Republicans agree on the direction in which they should be heading. Allison Kopicki in The New York Times.
+House taking several votes on IRS, EPA to put Obama on defensive. Ed O'Keefe in The Washington Post.
+Obama enters Hill healthcare dispute. John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman in Politico.
+Got tips, additions, or comments? E-mail me.
+Wonkbook is produced with help from Michelle Williams.
+Wine and Tapas, a wonderful combination especially when a cruise ship brings them together.
+The sun shines from a clear blue sky as we board Fred Olsen’s cruise ship Braemar berthed at Southampton’s Q.E.2 Terminal, an atmosphere of excitement pervades the air as passengers eagerly arrive on board, many having cruised this ship before such is its popularity.
+Safety drill completed its 3 long blasts from the ships whistle as we ease off our berth and turn onto Southampton Water into the shipping lane past the Isle of Wight before turning south west along the English Channel and south into the Bay of Biscay towards our first destination, Bordeaux in South West France.
+Next day is a sea day and time to explore this, Fred Olsen’s smallest ship in the fleet but a very well appointed one. First thing you notice are the refreshingly bright and tasteful interiors. Pastel coloured walls, contrasting carpets, gleaming glass and brass. The 4 deck high atrium, glass outer wall affording views to the outside world whilst an inner wall boasts a mural giving the illusion of viewing scenes through arches. These decks are connected by a turquoise treaded staircase where much use is made of glass and brass giving it a bright modern feel. Lifts operate for the less agile or those who just don’t want to walk. Completed in 1993 Braemar began life with Crown Cruise Line and having gone through various names and owners was purchased by Fred Olsen Cruises in 2001. In 2009 Braemar was ‘stretched’ to her current size of 640ft taking her in excess of 24,000 GT. Carrying a maximum of 929 passengers when full there is a crew of 371 to look after them in a variety of cabin sizes and excellent facilities. Our cabin on deck 4 boasts a large picture window, twin beds, on suite facilities, large flat screen tv, tea/coffee making facilities, safe, hair dryer and quality toiletries. Plug sockets are of the continental type.
+Late the following afternoon sees us enter the Gironde River slowly passing villages and vineyards leading us to La Garonne on which Bordeaux stands. Slowing, we edge onto our berth and with the breeze gone we all realise it’s Bordeaux’s turn for the heatwave with the mercury hovering on 42c and humidity through the roof. Locals are paddling in the ornamental pool decoration by the port and pavements are hot to walk on. Oh, the delight of the ships air conditioning system. Following dinner in the Grampian Restaurant on Deck 8 it’s time to take in the Neptune Lounge show followed by early bed, tomorrow we are on a tour.
+Bordeaux is one of the best known wine areas of France boasting 287,000 acres of vineyards producing annually in the region of 960 million bottles. Today, the sun has gone, it’s raining, the mercury has dropped to 17c, what’s the title of that song, ‘What a difference a Day Makes’. Having swapped tee shirts for jumpers and rain capes we hurry across the wet quayside to our waiting coach and begin our tour, firstly of the city itself before setting out through the cloud laden sky and wet countryside to the 127 acre vineyard of Château Larrivet Haut-Brion at one time owned by the Marquise of Canolle and now considered by some to be one of the top wine producers in the Bordeaux region. The vines are divided to produce 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 55% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc for the red wines with 60% Sauvignon Blanc and 40% Sémillon for the whites. The cellars are vast, wall to wall of wooden barrels containing wines at various stages of fermentation. Time to sample the produce but not being a wine buff, I listened to others who say the wine is excellent. Tour over its time to head back to the coach and the ship, at least its stopped raining.
+Next day sees us arriving in the northern Spanish port of Santander and yes, it’s home to the bank of the same name. The rain gone and the mercury has crept up to 22c as we leave the ship and board our coach for a visit to Parque de la Naturaleza Cabárceno some 17 kms north of Santander. This is something really different, a park covering over 1,900 acres and developed from a former open pit mine. An area of gorges, valleys, rock formations covered by 12 miles of road, divided into various large savanna style areas where animals roam freely as they would in their native habitat. First stop, the Tiger area, the sight of tigers roaming and relaxing in the sun is amazing, on to the Monkey area where large Gorillas and small monkeys roam and mix together, now on to the cable car station. Yes, a cable car that encircles the park in 4 stages, each car accommodating 8 people slowly transports them across the open spaces from where you look down on the animals and their habitat. Species of African Antelope, Elephant, Giraffe, Bison, Brown Bear, Ostrich, Zebra, Camel and many more roam the large open areas. The full ride depending on queues at the various stops can take as long as you wish but a minimum of an hour is needed when it is not busy. Arriving back its lunch time at the park café where prices offer exceptionally good value for a tourist area, coffee, a large slice of Tortilla Espanola with large crusty roll, 3 Euro. Next, a display at the Sea Lion enclosure where the Sea Lions perform crowd loving antics to earn themselves fish rewards from their keeper. The rain has returned so back to the coach, time to visit some of the park areas to hopefully observe some of the animals at close quarters and we were in luck. Zebras, Ostrich, Giraffe and a vast number of Brown Bears, some with their youngsters playing in the rain, a wonderful sight. This is certainly a venue to spend the whole day, alas, all too soon we were heading back to the ship ready for dinner where we arrive in brilliant sunshine.
+That night we dine at the ship’s speciality restaurant, The Grill, set on the aft deck al fresco style. My choice, Fresh slightly charred Scallops as a starter, 10oz Sirloin Steak topped with Lobster accompanied by grilled vegetables as a main and a Cylinder of Chocolate to finish. Lay the cylinder on its side, crack it open to allow 3 different types of chocolate to flow and all washed down by a delightfully chilled Rosé wine. Yes, I will be starting a diet soon.
+Another night sailing sees us arrive in the delightful port of Avilés 124 miles west of Santander. Today our trip takes us along this stunningly beautiful coastline. The expansive golden sand beach of Murod de Nalón surrounded by cliffs and amazing rock formations, a place to relax and let the world drift by. It’s Sunday and families arrive to set up for a day on this beautiful beach, yes correct, I am jealous as I step back onto our coach. Once on the move we climb the steep narrow road to our next destination the fishing port of Cudillero again surrounded by high cliffs, seeing it as we approach reminds me of a pretty west country village by the sea. The small harbour, fishing boats glistening in the sunshine, the village alive with brightly coloured restaurants and cafes, small shops selling confectionary and locally made souvenirs, houses of different colours built into the cliff face. Again, an area off the usual tourist track allowing it to remain an authentic gem. Sitting at one of the cafes in the sun, sampling local tapas, Gambas, Potatas Bravas, Tortilla washed down by an excellent local Rosé wine is total peace and tranquillity only broken by being told it was time to return to the coach and back to the ship.
+On arrival back at the ship we are informed that due to incoming inclement weather we would be missing the next days port of La Corona and heading back across the Bay of Biscay but would have a day in Honfleur. It was impressive how much effort and detail Captain Glavic put into showing us all on maps and weather charts what we should avoid. At 5pm we say goodbye to Avilés and sail slowly along the channel past beaches, cliffs and small boats as we head to the open sea. Another port on my ‘Must Return’ list.
+After a day at sea we arrive at one of my favourite ports, Honfleur on the banks of the River Seine. Honfleur can trace its history back to 1027. Imagine a small harbour with small yachts moored, the harbour edges occupied by the parasol covered tables and chairs of small restaurants displaying menus of seafood including one of my favourites, fresh gilled sardines, minted lamb chops, carafes of local wine and cafés from where the scent of fresh coffee fills the air. Walk behind the harbour and visit the Church of St Catherine, largest built wooden church in France constructed in the 15th century following the 100 years war. Built on the model of a market hall, which, using naval construction techniques gives the impression of an upside-down ship's hull. Entering the main doors, you’re greeted by what appears to be two main altars and a smaller side chapel where flags, pendants and paintings from a bygone age hang from the walls and wooden pillars. A church that is simply furnished but beautiful, models and statues reminding the visitor that this is a church associated with the sea, candles burn slowly at various locations providing an air of peace and solitude. The church bells housed in a separate wooden structure across the square are equally impressive. Time to return to the harbour strolling past confectionary shops selling caramel sweets for which the town is famous, others selling Calvados a Normandy Cider that the region is famed for as it produces very little wine. Back at the harbour it’s time for an ice cream at one of the small parlours amongst this wonderful French café society. An ice cream in a glass large enough to be a vase, topped with strawberries, sliced apple, kiwi fruit and orange, its huge and I struggle to finish it. Time now to return to the ship and pack ready for our arrival the next morning in Southampton.
+So, who would enjoy this ship and cruise. Fred Olsen appeal in the main to those of 50 years plus and have a large loyal following, however on this cruise we had some families with children and one set of grandparents who had brought their two grandchildren with them. The ship has a children’s pool as well as two main swimming pools and two jacuzzi as well as a spa. The food and service cannot be faulted whether in either of the main dining rooms, Thistle and Grampian or the Palms buffet. The dress code on formal nights sees the vast majority in evening dress, even the male children wore jackets and bow ties, receiving many compliments. The entertainment is focused in two venues, the Coral Club and Neptune Lounge provided by the ships theatre company and cabaret acts that often feature, we had a magician and a comedian who was also an excellent singer. The staff are simply superb having a ‘nothing is too much trouble’ attitude. Good size well equipped cabins and comfortable beds. For me, it is a case of that expression from The Terminator ‘I’ll be back’ and thank you Fred Olsen for inviting me.
+Alan is a professional travel journalist and was a guest of Fred Olsen Cruises. on Fred.Olsen's Braemar
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+Published August 2019
+A new statewide testing system for Michigan’s public school students appears to be in the works, but superintendents are expressing some concern.
+The system would be aligned with the Common Core standards for math and reading that the legislature approved last year.
+The
+state Department of Education has contracts ready to implement
+something called the Smarter Balanced assessment system, but the fact
+that it would be new to students is worrying some school officials.
+Among
+companies that have testing materials available, Smarter Balanced has
+been endorsed by the Michigan Assessment Consortium as most appropriate
+for the state. The Education Trust-Midwest, a statewide education
+research, information and advocacy organization also has endorsed
+Smarter Balanced.
+A statement issued by superintendents
+from Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties said that while Smarter Balanced
+meets a number of desirable criteria, “it is unclear whether or not
+Michigan has done sufficient field testing to assure accurate and
+adequate implementation of this new assessment system. Also, there are
+parts of the system still under development. We recommend due diligence
+on the state’s part before implementing and then using this new
+assessment system for accountability purposes.”
+“I don’t have the
+confidence it’s going to be done right. Too much emphasis is put on one
+assessment,” said Riverview Superintendent Russell Pickell, echoing the
+formal statement by the superintendents.
+“We believe a statewide
+assessment applied to every student in every grade needs to be carried
+out ONLY because it is required by the federal government in order to
+receive federal funds,” the superintendents said. “If not for that, we
+would not support a single statewide test given every year to every
+student for accountability purposes. If federal rules allowed, we
+believe that the state could accurately inform itself as to the progress
+of students on the standards via state-developed benchmark testing
+which could be done at three grade levels (such as 4,7,10) with a random
+sample of students.”
+Pickell also questioned “the amount of time
+these tests take.” He said the state is being rushed into the new
+system because of deadlines.
+He worries about how the test
+results will be used, and pointed out that it is so technology dependent
+— i.e., can only be taken online — some scores “may have nothing to do
+with achievement.”
+The first time the test is used it can do nothing more than establish a baseline, Pickell said.
+Wyandotte School Superintendent
+Carla Harting also indicated support for the concerns raised in the
+statement by the superintendents from the three counties.
+The superintendents from the three counties acknowledged they appear to have no choice.
+Earlier
+this month, officials from the Education Trust-Midwest addressed the
+legislature to voice support of the state’s plans to implement the new
+college- and career-ready state assessment system.
+“Michigan’s
+new assessment system will provide us a powerful driver to transform our
+public schools’ teaching and learning — and ensure all of our students
+are college- and career-ready for today’s globally competitive knowledge
+economy,” said Amber Arellano, executive director of ETM.
+However,
+ETM cautioned against state leaders allocating budget money to be used
+to support one state assessment for educator evaluations and to measure
+student performance, and another to measure student growth for school
+accountability purposes.
+“Such a move would result in unnecessary
+additional testing time for students, and unnecessary and significant
+additional costs for the state to bear,” Arellano said.
+“Our
+state’s planned new assessment system will generate far more reliable,
+helpful student growth data than Michigan has ever had,” said Sarah
+Lenhoff, director of policy and research for ETM. “These rich new data
+will help educators and schools tailor interventions and learning
+strategies for students, even in their K-3 years. If developed and
+funded appropriately, we will have such a system in place by spring of
+2015.”
+“This is a game-changer for our state,” Arellano said.
+Tuesday, February 25, 2014
+Tuesday, February 18, 2014
+Michigan tax relief certain, but what form will it take?
+That some Michigan residents will be getting a tax cut is virtually certain. The form it takes is very much up in the air, however, despite Gov. Rick Snyder’s support for a partial restoration of the Homestead Property Tax Credit..
+Monday, February 10, 2014
+What's wrong with retirement, part-time work?
+The Affordable Care Act will lead to the equivalent of 2 million fewer jobs by 2024, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, but that does NOT mean Obamacare is causing more unemployment.
+These are people leaving the job market. Why is that a bad thing?
+Many of these are folks who will be retiring early because with the ACA they can now rely on themselves to get health coverage instead of being dependent on their employer.
+Again, why is this a bad thing?
+Yet Rush Limbaugh is leading the charge among Obamacare critics by saying the law is turning people into “wards of the state.”
+“You take away the desire, necessity, to work, you're effectively dehumanizing people,” Limbaugh said on his radio program. .”
+What does he mean? Are Social Security recipients wards of the state? This sounds a bt like Mitt Romney’s damaging remark about the 47 percent of the populace who are dependent on government.
+Well, we’re all dependent on government in one fashion or another. It is what it is. The horse is out of the barn. You couldn’t turn the clock back if you wanted to.
+But what’s going on here is very simple.
+Previous to the ACA, people were dependent on their employers for health care, which in most cases they could only get by working fulltime. Everybody knows people who hold jobs solely because they need health insurance.
+With ACA there are now choices. Many people are able to get their own health insurance at very low rates, especially if they qualify for the generous subsidies that are part of the law. As a result, many will opt to retire early or cut back to part-time status.
+Retirements create job openings. The quicker older people leave the workforce the quicker opportunities will be created for younger people. Instead of a drag on productivity, energetic young people could stimulate economic output.
+ACA foes quickly — and erroneously — seized on the CBO report as proof that Obamacare is a job killer. People can decide for themselves whether what is going on is a good or bad thing, but some of us feel that early retirement or cutting back on our hours is the door to our opportunity at this particular stage of our lives.
+Limbaugh and his ilk can say that taking advantage of ACA subsidies or drawing Social Security benefits earlier rather than later makes people “wards of the state,” but the alternative, in some cases, is working in a virtual sweatshop. Limbaugh apparently thinks it’s a good thing to be stuck in a job you don’t want.
+Money and careers are not the only things in life. There are other — some of us think finer — values in life: family, travel, fitness and volunteer activities, for instance.
+What do you think?
+Saturday, February 8, 2014
+Bipartisan measure could rebuild nation's roads, infrastructure
+Taxpayers should encourage their federal lawmakers to support the Partnership to Build America Act so Michigan — and every other state, for that matter — can improve its roads.
+The measure, officially House Resolution 2084, would create the American Infrastructure Fund to pay for the rebuilding of our country’s transportation, energy, communications, water and education infrastructure.
+More than that, it would create incentives for companies to invest at home rather than abroad.
+The AIF would be funded by the sale of $50 billion in bonds that would have a 50-year term, pay a fixed interest rate of 1 percent, and would not be guaranteed by the U.S. government, according to a website explaining the program.
+U.S. corporations would be incentivized to purchase these new infrastructure bonds by allowing them to repatriate a certain amount of their overseas earnings tax free for every $1 they invest in the bonds.
+The AIF could leverage the $50 billion of bonds at a 15:1 ratio to provide up to $750 billion in loans or guarantees.
+The AIF would provide loans or guarantees to state or local governments to finance qualified infrastructure projects. The states or local governments would be required to pay back the loan at a market rate determined by the AIF, but this is something states would have a hard time doing on their own. There would be no federal taxpayer obligation.
+HR 2084 was introduced last year by U.S. Rep. John Delaney, a Democrat from Maryland. It is a rare bipartisan measure in Congress, with 50 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives evenly divided between the two parties.
+It was also introduced in the U.S. Senate last month by a small bipartisan group of senators.
+Sadly — incredibly, actually — none of the sponsors is from Michigan. That’s a shame because Michigan’s highway needs are plain for all drivers to see everyday.
+A report released last month by TRIP, a national transportation research group, said Michigan’s bad roads cost the state’s residents
+approximately $7.7 billion annually in the form of additional
+vehicle operating costs, lost time and wasted fuel due to traffic congestion and traffic crashes.
+That translates to an individual cost of $1,600 for Detroit area drivers, where 57 percent of major roadways are in poor or mediocre condition.
+Plus, highway conditions are critical to economic development.
+“Increasingly, companies are looking at the quality of a region’s transportation system when deciding where to relocate or expand,” the TRIP study said. “Regions with congested or poorly maintained roads may see businesses relocate to areas with a smoother, more efficient and more modern transportation system.”
+Our federal lawmakers need to hear from citizens. They need to put Michigan’s interests ahead of any narrow partisan considerations.
+CBO underscores need to address national debt
+It was just one paragraph in a 182-page report, but it was arguably the most important.
+Predictably, it received virtually no media attention.
+The Congressional Budget office’s non-partisan study on “The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024” said that ).”
+And the consequences? They are potentially dire, according to C).”
+And yet what CBO had to say on the impact of Obamacare got most of the attention.
+Our government needs to address out $17-trillion-plus national debt while there is still time to avoid potential disaster.
+Thursday, February 6, 2014
+Fight bipartisan plan to tax Medigap
+Senior citizens face the fight of their lives over Medicare and it’s a battle they need to prepare themselves to wage.
+For some time there has been bipartisan support to tax Medigap policies in order to control Medicare, but now a new study is giving ammunition to advocates of this approach.
+Bipartisanship is a great thing and extolled here at “Between Extremes.” But not this type of bipartisanship.
+Chuck Austin of Oakland County (Mich.), head of the SeniorNews and Advocacy Coalition, called our attention to the study by University of Chicago and University of Texas researchers that claims Medigap policies are adding 22 percent annually to Medicare costs. They propose a 15 percent tax on Medigap policies to discourage their use.
+Medigap is supplemental private insurance senior citizens purchase to pick up expenses that Medicare fails to cover. Medicare only covers 80 percent of most expenses and there is no out-of-pocket maximum on medical costs that individuals may incur.
+Think of it. Without Medigap, senior citizens with serious illnesses such as older people normally suffer would end up in the poorhouse.
+There is no disputing the figures the researchers came up with. But there is insufficient evidence to show that the costs are not covering vital health services, which, of course, is the whole purpose of Medicare.
+"They can say nothing at all about whether that utilization is life-saving cancer care or discretionary back surgery," Bruce Vladeck, who ran Medicare under President Clinton, told Kaiser Health News. "Maybe it would be a good paper in a graduate econometrics course, but it just doesn't reflect reality."
+To be sure, Medicare expenses need to be controlled. But there are many other ways to do so, and many common-sense policies were advocated by the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in 2010.
+But the idea of a 15 percent tax on Medigap policies is outrageous. Yet the idea of a tax or surcharge is supported by both President Obama and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, according to KHN.
+Senior citizens need to brace themselves to fight to protect their life savings.
+Senior citizens need to brace themselves to fight to protect their life savings.
+Monday, February 3, 2014
+New Republican health-care plan falls short
+We have a guest blogger today. Rich Teets is a retired automotive engineer with an
+interest in health care policy. He is the chair of the healthcare task force for the Metro Coalition of Congregations, a group of faith based congregations joining together to advocate for the common good.
+By Rich Teets
+Republican senators Richard Burr, Tom Coburn and Orrin Hatch recently
+provided a new health plan [1] which they claim is a good alternative to the
+Affordable Care Act (ACA).
+The new plan is the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment Act (CARE). The summary provided by these leaders is long on Republican trash talk about the ACA, and short on details. But the details provided suggest that this new plan would leave large holes in the healthcare safety net.
+The first step of CARE is to repeal the ACA. It is replaced by relatively small vouchers to help low income people buy healthinsurance. The expanded eligibility for Medicaid that is
+part of the ACA is replaced by a capped grant to the states and freedom to experiment.
+The ACA requirements for quality standards in health insurance are eliminated. CARE includes some provisions to deal with pre-existing conditions, but it is unlikely these will
+be acceptable to the insurance industry.
+There are also suggestions to promote transparency
+in pricing medical services and to reduce malpractice costs, both direct and indirect.
+Consider first the subsidies offered to low income people
+to help pay premiums. For people less than 200% of the federal poverty level (FPL) and ages 35-49, the suggested subsidy would be $2,530 for an individual and $6,610 for a family. A good
+baseline for the premium cost for decent insurance is given by the average for employer provided insurance: $5,500 for an individual and $14,500 for a family.[2] So to buy
+decent insurance, a low income individual would need to pay about $3,000 and a family would need to pay about $8,000.The FPL for an individual is $11,490 and for a family of 2 is $15,510. Clearly, this CARE plan would not allow these low income people to buy decent insurance. Even at 200% of FPL, people would not have enough disposable income to pay insurance premiums. In contrast, the ACA provides subsidies that allow an individual or a family of 2 living in metro Detroit and making just under 200% of FPL to buy good insurance for $1,000/year (with a deductible of $900 individual or $1,800 family).[3] These costs would still be challenging to a
+low income family, but they are far more reasonable than the subsidies in the CARE plan.
+Since the ACA subsidies are on a sliding scale, people making lower incomes would pay even less. This properly reflects the fact that people on very low incomes have almost no disposable income and little chance to build up savings. The CARE plan would repeal the expanded eligibility for
+Medicaid, on the grounds that Medicaid is a “broken” system. Instead, the states would be given more freedom to innovate, and the growth in federal support for Medicaid would be capped at
+CPI+1.
+In Michigan, it is expected that 400,000 people will qualify for the expanded Medicaid. It is not clear that the CARE plan would cover any of these people. In addition, health care cost inflation has usually been more than CPI+1. Therefore, over time the capped federal contribution would cover less and less.
+Medicaid is far from ideal. In Michigan, Medicaid payment rates to doctors are about half the rates for Medicare.[4] Consequently, many doctors will not take Medicaid. There are also
+complaints by doctors that Medicaid red tape is burdensome. The main way to make Medicaid work better for the people it is supposed to serve is to increase payment rates to
+providers. It seems unlikely this will happen. And the very low payment rates to doctors almost certainly mean that Medicaid is less costly to the federal government than
+Medicaid does have the advantage that the co-pays are very small (typically $1). Consequently, it is affordable to very low income people. It is hard to see how the CARE plan would adequately cover people in the 30-100% of FPL range that have been left out of traditional Medicaid. The ACA
+extends full Medicaid to people making less than 138% of FPL. Unfortunately, about half the states have chosen not to extend Medicaid, even though the federal payments
+would provide a strong net benefit to the state. Low income working people in these states are simply dependent on the generosity of strangers when it comes to healthcare,
+and finding charity care is often a daunting task. This has real consequences. “Lack of health insurance causes roughly 18,000 unnecessary deaths every year in the United States”.[5]
+The CARE program has two ways to deal with pre-existing conditions. One approach is to use high risk pools for people with serious and/or chronic illnesses. That has been used in the past, but in most cases the funding source was not adequate. Therefore, people who had to take advantage of these high risk pools faced very high costs. An unfortunate aspect of this approach is that people that are unlucky enough to have a serious illness must also incur very high costs.
+Many people would say that insurance should spread those costs across the whole population. Some people believe that high-risk pools are a relatively low cost way to help people with pre-existing conditions. But, as discussed below, these people require a substantial fraction of the medical spending in the U.S.
+The second way that CARE addresses pre-existing conditions is to prohibit underwriting for people who have insurance and want to buy some other insurance. This would mean that people who maintain insurance could never be discriminated against because of pre-existing conditions. This has two serious problems. First, it ignores the common problem that when people lose their job, they often do not have enough savings to continue to pay for insurance. Second, it is unlikely that insurance companies could live with this rule. Since CARE puts no requirements for quality on insurance policies, healthy people would tend to buy low cost, low quality poli
+cies. Then, if they develop a serious illness, they could freely buy better insurance.
+We have seen that the CARE program fails to provide a good safety net for low income people who need health insurance. It also fails to solve the problem of pre-existing conditions. The authors of the CARE program also make a number of statements that seem to show a lack of understanding of
+the reality of health insurance in America. For example, they state that surveys show that 85-90% of Americans liked their insurance except for the cost.[6] But 50 million
+Americans don’t have health insurance. This is about 15%. It is hard to believe that every American who has insurance likes it. Many of us know people who complain that their insurance doesn’t cover things they think it should. In addition to the 50 million uninsured, there are about
+30 million who are underinsured.[7] Do all these people like
+their insurance?
+The CARE authors repeat a lot of Republican dogma about the ACA. Clearly the ACA can be improved and the rollout of the website was terrible. But as a Navigator, I have helped many people sign up for insurance, and many of them simply could not have afforded insurance before. The website is now working well enough that many people can complete the application without problems.
+The ACA also has several features that Republicans usually endorse. In metro Detroit, there are more than 10 private insurance companies competing. The insurance generally has high deductibles, so consumers have “skin in the game” and are likely to be thoughtful about the cost of medical care and whether that care is necessary. Republicans usually say that this is the key to driving down health costs. In addition, the insurance companies are motivated to negotiate low
+rates with the providers in their network, because this is the main way they can keep their premiums low (and thus compete for more customers).
+The CARE authors repeatedly claim that the ACA is driving up insurance costs. This requires careful analysis. First, the news recently has been full of reports that the
+recent increase in healthcare costs has been surprisingly small.[8]. Three common explanations are: the ending of patents on a number of expensive drugs, lingering effects of the recession, and the ACA. Second, the costs of ACA insurance are comparable to the costs of employer provided insurance. For example, in metro Detroit a 45 year old can by a Blue Cross Premier Silver plan with $1,400 deductible for $4,200/year. This is comparable to the premium cost for employer provided insurance with a similar deductible. Both of these facts contradict the Republican dogma that the ACA is causing a spike in health insurance rates.
+There are several ways that the ACA may significantly increase the rates paid by some people who have been in the individual market. First, the ACA has quality standards that some older plans did not meet. In some cases, this is because the older plans had big holes in their coverage. Often people did not discover these holes until it was too late, and this accounts for a significant number
+of bankruptcies. Some people believe that it is wrong for the ACA to require maternity coverage, pediatric coverage, and coverage for mental illness and substance abuse. If I don’t have kids, don’t intend to have kids, and have no mental or substance abuse issues,
+why should I pay for insurance for these conditions? But many people believe that insurance should cover broad risk pools.
+Every time one segments the risk pool, one creates winners and losers. A man will never have a baby, but a woman will never have prostate cancer. A lot of these costs tend to average out. And if people are allowed to buy insurance that is tailored to their needs, what happens to people with pre-existing conditions? They will have to pay very high costs, because they are bearing the full cost of the risk associated with their conditions. The point of insurance is to spread the risk broadly, so that the unlucky people who have health problems don’t also have to bear a
+disproportionate financial burden.
+There is another way that the ACA can raise some people’s premiums, and the
+explanation is somewhat complex. There are many anecdotes of people with decent
+insurance whose premiums have gone up significantly under the ACA. To understand this, we must first understand the distribution of health spending.[9] In any population,
+there will be many people who have relatively low medical spending – they are very
+healthy. There will be some who have high spending because they have chronic or acute
+illness or serious injuries. If we rank the whole U.S. population by medical spending (not including health insurance premiums) we find that half the population is quite healthy,
+and only accounts for 3% of the spending, less than $850 per person. On the other
+extreme, 20% of the population accounts for 80% of the spending. So in the past, the key
+way for an insurance company to compete in the individual market was to sell to healthy
+underwriting and emphasis on pre-existing conditions. Another way for insurance companies to reduce costs was to cap annual and lifetime spending on any one person. 22% of the total medical spending in this country is consumed by the sickest 1% of the population, with annual costs exceeding $52,000 per person. So capping the payments could significantly reduce a
+company’s cost, but with serious consequences for the unlucky 1%.
+Thus, people who had a pre-ACA insurance policy that cost much less than $5,000
+for an individual or $15000 for a family were buying “healthy people’s insurance”. This
+insurance was not sold to people who had pre-existing conditions. People who believe
+this is a good system are saying there should be two risk pools – one for healthy people
+and one for unhealthy people. [10] The healthy people will pay relatively low premiums.
+The unhealthy people will not be able to afford insurance, unless the government
+provides large subsidies. And since the least healthy 20% cover 80% of the medical
+spending, it will take very large government subsidies to cover their costs. Many people
+believe that insurance pools should be broad, so everyone shares the cost and the risk.
+The ACA does this.
+There is one other aspect of the pre-ACA insurance environment that deserves
+consideration. Many people think that insurance companies could cancel policies for
+people who became sick. That could happen if there was a lifetime maximum for
+payments or if the company was able to claim the consumer had an undisclosed pre-
+existing condition. But federal law forbids indiscriminate canceling of policies.
+However, the natural functioning of the market may have gradually eliminated unhealthy
+people from the market. Many consumers change insurance every few years. This is the
+main reason why most current plans were not grandfathered from 2010 – they did not
+exist in 2010.[11]
+Insurance companies have an incentive to offer new plans at low cost in order to attract the healthy consumers. The high cost of insurance motivates consumers to look for lower cost plans. Thus, healthy consumers were likely to move into new, relatively low cost insurance. The unhealthy people were prevented from buying the new plans, so they were stuck in their old plan, in a risk pool that became increasingly unhealthy. This caused the rates for the whole pool to go up rapidly, and
+eventually many of the people in the unhealthy risk pool were no longer able to afford
+insurance. In addition, some people enter the individual market when they lose a job.
+Again, only the healthy people in this pool are able to buy insurance in the low cost plans
+on the individual market.
+Thus, much of the increase in cost for individual insurance related to the ACA is
+due to a transition away from insurance that was either low in quality or limited to
+healthy people. We have seen that in metro Detroit, the unsubsidized cost for ACA
+insurance is about the same as for a comparable policy in the employer-provided
+insurance market. Employer-provided insurance does not discriminate between healthy
+and unhealthy people. Thus, it does not have the distortions that were common in the
+pre-ACA individual market.
+The CARE plan has some discussion of the relative costs for young vs. old
+consumers. In the ACA, premiums can only vary by a factor of 3 based on age from age
+have even encouraged young people not to sign up for insurance, in order to protest this
+inequity. Continuing this argument, the CARE plan suggests a factor of 5 range in
+premium vs. age would be more appropriate. Reference [12] shows that the medical
+costs for 65 years olds are more than 3 times the costs for 21 years old. Given that young
+people may earn much less than older people, one might think the ACA should have a
+much bigger factor than 3 in age-adjusted premium costs. However, there are other
+important considerations.
+First, the ACA has good tax credits to help low income people pay insurance premiums and to reduce their deductible and out-of-pocket maximum. Thus, 20 year olds with modest income will pay much less than 1/3 of the premium cost compared to an older person with a high income. [13] Because the insurance will likely be affordable for many young people, it seems unethical to
+encourage them not to buy insurance. Also, even the factor of 3 causes premiums for people in their 60s to be relatively high. For example, in metro Detroit, a 63 year old would pay $8616 for a Blue
+Cross Premier Silver plan with a $1400 deductible (without tax credits). An individual
+earning $46,000 per year makes too much for a premium tax credit. It will be difficult
+for such an individual to afford $8616 per year. It doesn’t seem wise to increase this cost
+by going to a factor of 5x for age rating.
+The CARE plan also includes some ideas on increasing transparency in medical
+costs. And it suggests some ways to improve malpractice issues. Both of these seem
+worth pursuing.
+In conclusion, the CARE plan would be interesting if it is a starting point for an
+honest discussion on ways to improve health care in the U.S. It will almost certainly be
+necessary to modify the ACA as we learn more about specific issues. For example, the
+rule for affordability of employer-provided family insurance needs changing the “family
+glitch”[14]). But the CARE plan seems to be a significant step backward from the ACA
+in terms of proposals to cover low income people.
+Republicans often complain about the transfer of wealth from rich to poor that is intrinsic
+to the tax credits that make ACA insurance affordable. But health care costs in the U.S. are clearly too high for low income people to afford without substantial help. If one believes
+that low income people should have health insurance, then it seems necessary for upper
+middle class and wealthy people to help pay the cost.
+References
+1. The Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility,
+and Empowerment Act
+-b8af-aa9a12213eca/The%20Patient%20CARE%20Act%20-%20LEGISLATIVE%20PROPOSAL.pdf
+2. U of M Center for Healthcare Research and Transform
+ation: premium costs in Michigan for 2012
+(report dated Sept. 2013)
+3. Premiums and other insurance costs under the ACA can
+be determined by using the “See plans before I apply” button on healthcare.gov.
+4. Medicaid-to-Medicare Fee Index (Kaiser Family Foundation)-
+indicator/medicaid-to-medicare-fee-index/#notes
+5. “Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations”, report of the Institute of Medicine, Jan. 13, 2004. This is part of the National Academies, the top medical research people in the U.S.
+6. The Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment Act – Frequently Asked Questions
+1-1f63d0b1127f/The%20Patient%20CARE%20Act%20-%20FAQs.pdf
+7. Commonwealth Fund National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011. chart 49
+/Fund%20Report/2011/Oct/PDF_National_Scorecard_Chartpack_2011_FINAL_101311.pdf
+8. For example: Medical-Price Inflation Is at Slowest Pace in 50 Years (Wall Street Journal 9/17/13)
+9. Health Care Costs, A Primer (Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2012)
+10. “ObamaCare's Plans Are Worse”, Wall Street Journal
+editorial (11/29/13)
+The editorial claims that average costs for a pre-ACA individual policy
+was $2280 per year. The authors argue that the ACA insurance costs much more, because it is too good (first class). But they don’t mention that average employer-provided insurance costs about $5500 per year (for the employer and employee shares of the
+premium). (see ref. [2]). Why should the pre-ACA individual policy be so much cheaper? Either because
+it is much lower in quality (has major coverage gaps) or, more likely, because it is only sold to healthy
+people. The employer-provided insurance cannot discriminate between healthy and unhealthy employees;
+it must cover the whole risk pool.
+11.
+12. “The Lifetime Distribution of Health Care Costs”, Berhanu Alemayehu and Kenneth E Warner, Health
+Serv Res. 2004 June; 39(3): 627–642.
+pmc/articles/PMC1361028/
+13.
+s/2013/rwjf404637/subassets/rwjf404637_1
+Implications of Limited Age Rating Bands Under the Affordable Care Act
+14. Consumer Reports – the “family glitch”-
+employer-coverage-with-marketplace-health-plan/index.htm
+Charter schools: A Michigan success story
+If there were no Trillium Academy, fewer students in the Taylor area would have the opportunity for instruction in the performing arts.
+It is one of the school’s specialties. It also illustrates the value of Michigan’s charter school movement, now marking its 20th anniversary.
+People forming charter schools can organize themselves around certain key components that they want in a school. That is the underlining principle for the concept: giving parents and students choices.
+The state’s first nine charter schools opened in the fall of 1994.
+Today, there are now 298 charter schools in the state educating more than 140,000 students — about 9 percent of the state’s school-age population.
+Charter schools have particularly flourished in urban areas.
+More than half the public school students in Detroit are now enrolled in charter schools, according to a recent report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
+That keeps Detroit second nationally among all cities, trailing only New Orleans, where 79 percent of students attend charter schools. Of the 100,255 public school students in Detroit, 51,083 were enrolled in charter schools, compared to 49,172 in traditional public schools.
+It is hard to view charter schools as anything but a Godsend for the students and parents who make use of them. Their distinctives are alluring.
+At Trillium, for instance, each student has his or her own educational plan, according to Superintendent Angela Romanowski. This approach has made the institution a “reward school” and it is in the top 5 percent in Michigan for its rate of student improvement.
+Because it serves grades K-12, it is philosophically a one-room school house. Parents can send all of their children to the school.
+Romanowski, who is in her 11th year at Trillium and originally worked in Monroe County’s Airport Community District as a Title 1 coordinator, said the family component is a special feature of the school. Parents, students and faculty members are all surveyed for input and teamwork is stressed.
+Trillium has 695 students.
+“It is hard to be much smaller if you are a high school,” Romanowski said.
+Varsity basketball, softball, cross country and volleyball are offered, and the school partners with Gabriel Richard in Riverview for varsity football.
+Three types of charter schools are allowed under Michigan law: 1) urban high school academies that can only be authorized by the state’s public universities; 2) schools of excellence that can replicate high-performing schools, function as a cyber school or base themselves on criteria that define superior academic performance; 3) strict discipline academies for the purposes of serving suspended, expelled or incarcerated young people.
+The Michigan legislature last year lifted the cap on the number of charter schools that can exist in the state.
+“We are still implementing choice,” said Dan Quisinberry, who has been president of the Michigan Association of Public School Academies (charterschools.org) since 1997.
+Quisinberry said that while parents have access to testing data so they can rate a school’s achievement level, “it ought to be more understandable.” He is encouraged by a proposed A to F school accountability proposal now before the Michigan legislature.
+Attaining equitable funding for charter schools also has been “difficult,” Quisinberry said, since there is still a “significant difference” between state funding for charters and conventional public schools.
+Student performance of charter schools has been debated, but Quisinberry has pointed out that noted that research by Stanford University’s CREDO Institute, released last year, shows that the average charter school student in Michigan gains an additional two months of learning every year in reading and math. In Detroit, the study showed, it’s an additional three months of learning every year.
+To be sure, the movement has its critics, who today are focusing on what they call the undue influence of corporate interests in the movement. But as Quisinberry said recently, “The research shows that charter schools are fulfilling the promise that increased innovation and accountability will lead to greater achievement … That’s why so many parents are choosing charter schools. You can’t fool parents. They don’t care who runs the school, but they know when their child is in the right school.”
+Clearly, charter schools are here to stay.
+Saturday, February 1, 2014
+Create more jobs, then raise minimum wage
+Notice how the Democrats are always talking about extending unemployment benefits and, lately, raising the minimum wage.
+For their own sakes, not to mention the nation’s, they need to tap into the depth of experience in their policymaking think tanks and recognize the problems we face are more complex, demanding a broader approach.
+The public is ahead of them on this one. The reliable Rasmussen poll says the nation supports the minimum wage but opposes more unemployment benefits.
+While raising the minimum wage looks appealing, the timing might be off. Even conservative economist Arthur Laffer suggests this might have merit, but only at the state level, where conditions vary from place to place. To that end, a movement has been launched to raise the minimum wage in Michigan.
+It should be kept in mind that we have several problems: income growth is dismal; the job recovery is the worst in modern history; employers are dealing with an array of problems right now, not the least of which is implementation next year of the Affordable Care Act.
+Businesses are already behind the curve in creating jobs. Why throw another requirement at them right now?
+The Republicans are correct in their focus on job creation. We’d get further if the two parties would work together on this one. They both have good ideas if they put them forth, eschewing the sound bites in the process.
+The young King sat on his throne, attended by the Dukes of Gloucester, Bedford and Exeter and the Earls of Warwick and Westmorland and their officials. ‘Where is my gracious lord of Canterbury?’ he said.
+‘He’s not here,’ said Exeter.
+‘Send for him, good Uncle,’ said Henry.
+Exeter signalled to an attendant and Westmorland stepped forward and bowed.
+‘Shall we call in the ambassador, my liege?’ he said.
+‘Not yet, cousin,’ said Henry. ‘Before we hear him we would like some information about some important matters that are on our mind, concerning us and France.’
+Some attendants showed the two bishops in and they approached the throne.
+‘God and His angels guard your sacred throne and may you long grace it,’ said Canterbury.
+Henry inclined his head towards the Archbishop. ‘Certainly, we thank you,’ he said graciously. He cleared his throat. ‘My learned lord, please continue, and explain the legal and religious reasons why the Salic law they have in France does or does not exclude our claim. And God forbid, my dear and loyal lord, that you should craft, distort or bias your interpretation: or compromise your integrity by urging illegitimate claims that don’t conform to the truth, because God knows how many fit men will shed their blood in pursuing what your reverence will encourage us in. Therefore, think carefully how you implicate our person: how you awaken our sleeping sword of war. We instruct you in the name of God to be careful, because two such kingdoms never fought without great loss of blood, whose innocent drops are every one a woe, a grievous reproach to the one whose cause sharpens the swords that shortens lives. Within these terms, speak, my lord, because we’re listening. We’ll consider and sincerely believe that what you say is with as clear a conscience as the soul has after baptism.’
+‘Then hear me, gracious sovereign, and you lords who owe your selves, your lives and your duties to this imperial throne,’ said Canterbury. ‘There is no bar to Your Highness’ claim to France, except this, which is taken from Pharamond: “In terram Salicam Muliers ne succedant” – “No woman may assume the throne in Salic land.” The French wrongly interpret “Salic land” as the realm of France with Pharamond the legislator of this law concerning the barring of females from the throne. And yet, their own writers confirm that Salic land is in Germany between the Sala River and the Elbe, where Charlemagne left a group of French settlers after he had defeated the Saxons. Being contemptuous of German women because of their slack morals these settlers then established this law: that no female should inherit the Salic land, which is, as I have said, between the Salic and the Elbe and is today known in Germany as Meissen. So it’s obvious that the Salic Law wasn’t devised for the realm of France, nor did the French possess the Salic land until four hundred and twenty-one years after King Pharamond, rashly regarded as the originator of this law, died in the year of our grace four hundred and twenty-six. Charlemagne defeated the Saxons and established the French on the other side of the River Sala in the year eight hundred and five. Besides, their writers say that King Pepin, who deposed King Childeric, as the rightful heir, being descended from Queen Blithild, the daughter of King Clothaire, claimed the crown of France. So did Hugh Capet, who usurped the crown of Charles, Duke of Lorraine, sole male heir of the legitimate line of Charlemagne. And to support his case with some plausible facts, though without doubt it was corrupt and void, he represented himself as heir to the Lady Lingard, Charles the Second’s daughter. Charles was the son of the emperor Louis who was the son of Charlemagne. Moreover, King Louis the Ninth, the sole heir of the usurper Capet, couldn’t have peace of mind as King of France until he was satisfied that the beautiful Queen Isabel, his grandmother, was a descendant of Lady Ermengard, daughter of Charles, the aforesaid Duke of Lorraine, by which marriage the line of Charlemagne was reunited with the crown of France. So it’s as clear as daylight that King Pepin’s title, Hugh Capet’s claim and King Louis’ reason to have peace of mind, all appear to uphold the principle of female inheritance. So do the kings of France to this day, even while they cite this Salic Law to bar your highness from claiming through the female line. They prefer to hide behind a transparent veil than expose their own invalid claims to the inheritance they’ve usurped from you and your forebears.’
+King Henry was listening carefully to the lengthy explanation. He waited until he was sure the Archbishop had finished then he asked his question.
+‘May I make this claim with legitimacy and a clear conscience?’
+‘Absolutely, revered sovereign – be it on my head,’ said the Archbishop. ‘It is written in the Book of Numbers: “When the son dies, let the inheritance pass to the daughter.” Gracious lord, stand up for your rights! Unfurl your red flag of war: look to your mighty ancestors for inspiration, to your great-grandfather’s tomb, on whom you base your claim. Invoke his martian spirit, and that of your great-uncle, Edward the Black Prince, who played a great role on the French battlefield, defeating their whole power, while his most mighty father stood on a hill, smiling to see his lion-hearted son slaughter the French nobility. Oh noble English, taking on the full force of France with only half their strength, letting the other half stand laughing by, left out and cold from inaction!’
+Ely nodded his agreement. ‘Remind yourself of those valiant dead and repeat their achievements with your powerful arm. You are their heir – you sit on their throne. The blood and courage that made them famous runs in your veins. And my thrice justified liege is at the peak of youth – ripe for adventures and mighty enterprises.’
+Henry’s uncles were delighted with the prelates’ analysis. Exeter took his nephew’s hand. ‘Your brother kings and all the monarchs of the world expect you to rouse yourself like the former lions of your family.’
+‘They know your grace has good cause, and also the means and the strength, and indeed, your highness has! Never has a king of England had richer nobles and more loyal subjects, whose hearts have left their bodies here in England and now lie encamped in the fields of France,’ said Westmorland.
+‘Oh, let their bodies follow, my dear liege!’ pleaded Canterbury. ‘With blood and sword and fire, to win what’s yours. To help in this, we of the spiritual persuasion will raise for your highness a greater sum than any contribution that was ever made to your ancestors at one time by the clergy.’
+‘We mustn’t only arm ourselves to invade the French,’ said Henry. ‘We must also employ our troops to defend ourselves against the Scots, who will take advantage of the situation to attack us.’
+‘Those who live in the north, gracious sovereign,’ said Canterbury, ‘will be a sufficient buffer against the thieving borderers.’
+‘We don’t only mean the raiding parties,’ said Henry, ‘but the whole of the Scottish nation is to be feared. They’ve always been an unpredictable neighbour. It’s an historical fact that my great-grandfather never went to France with his forces without the Scots pouring into his unprotected kingdom like the tide through a hole in a dyke, with the full force of their might attacking the vulnerable land with ferocious raids, besieging castles and towns, so that England, defenceless, shook and trembled as a result.’
+‘Then she has been more frightened than hurt, my liege,’ said Canterbury. ‘Listen to this example. When all her fighters were in France, and England a widow mourning for her noblemen, not only did she defend herself well, she captured and impounded, like a stray dog, the King of Scotland, and sent him to France to enhance King Edward’s fame as having kings as prisoners, making her history as rich with glory as the slimy seabed is with sunken wrecks and priceless treasure.’
+‘But there’s a very old and true saying,’ said Westmorland:
+If that you will France win
+Then with Scotland first begin.
+For as soon as the eagle – England – goes out in search of prey the weasel Scot comes sneaking to her unguarded nest, like the mouse when the cat’s away, and sucks her princely eggs dry, making more wreckage than she can eat.’
+‘It follows, then, that the cat must stay at home,’ said Exeter. ‘Although that’s not a real necessity since we have locks to safeguard our possessions and ingenious traps to catch petty thieves. While the armed hand is fighting abroad the watchful head defends itself at home, because the state, divided though it might be into three classes, acts as one, converging then coming together in perfect harmony, like music.’
+‘True,’ said Canterbury. ‘That’s why heaven has divided the society of man into several functions, setting continuous human endeavour in motion: the aim or target of that is obedience. That’s how honey-bees work – creatures who follow a rule of Nature that imposes order on their community. They have a king and various kinds of officials, some of whom, like magistrates, keep order at home while others go out to trade, like merchants. Others, like soldiers, armed with their stings, plunder the velvet buds of summer, happily bringing their loot home to their emperor’s royal tent. Immersed in his royal duties, he watches the singing masons building roofs of gold: the honest citizens loading up the honey: the poor labourers squeezing through his narrow gates with their heavy burdens: the sober-faced judge with his authoritative hum, delivering the lazy yawning drone up to the gruesome executors. From this I deduce that many things, dedicated to a common purpose, can operate divergently, in the same way that many arrows, shot from different places, make for the same target: or the way several roads meet in one town: or many freshwater streams end in one salt sea. As many lines converge at a sundial’s centre, so may a thousand actions, once begun, end in one objective, and all can be executed without disadvantage to the others. Therefore, go to France, my liege. Divide your happy England into four, take one quarter into France and you will make Gaul tremble. If we, left with three times that force, can’t defend our own door from the dog, then we should be really worried that our nation will lose its reputation for toughness and good governance.’
+King Henry smiled his thanks. He nodded at an attendant who stood beside his throne. ‘Call in the messengers sent by the Dauphin,’ he said and the attendant bowed and went to the door.
+‘Now we have made our decision,’ said Henry. ‘With God’s help, and yours – the noble muscles of our power – as France belongs to us we’ll make it bow to us in obedience or destroy it altogether. We’ll either rule France and all her princely dukedoms completely or bury our unworthy bones in an anonymous urn, tombless with no inscription. Either our exploits will be loudly proclaimed or else our grave shall be as silent as a Turkish mute, not even distinguished by a brief epitaph.’
+The messengers from France entered, carrying a chest. King Henry greeted them warmly.
+‘We’re ready, now, to know what our good friend, the Dauphin, wants because we understand that your greeting is from him and not the King.’
+The ambassador signalled with a nod that the King was right. ‘May it please your majesty to give us permission to deliver our message frankly, or shall we cloak the Dauphin’s sentiments in diplomatic language?’ he said
+‘We are no tyrant,’ said Henry. ‘We are a Christian king. Our emotions are as constrained as the wretches chained up in our prisons. Therefore, tell us openly and frankly what the Dauphin is thinking.’
+‘Here it is then,’ said the ambassador. ‘Your highness recently made representations to France, claiming certain dukedoms in the name of your great predecessor, King Edward the Third. In answer to that claim, the Prince, our master, says that you’re very much the youth and he tells you to be advised that there’s nothing that can be won in France with dancing skills. You can’t party yourself into dukedoms there. He therefore sends something more appropriate to your temperament – this treasure chest – and in return for that hopes that we’ll hear no more from you about your claim of dukedoms. That is what the Dauphin said.’
+Henry turned to Exeter. ‘What treasure is it, Uncle?’
+Exeter opened the chest. It was filled with tennis balls, the apparatus for the game played by young noblemen of leisure. He took one out and held it up. ‘Tennis balls, my liege.’
+Everyone was stunned, not knowing what to make of it, but then Henry smiled. ‘We are glad the Dauphin feels that he can take such liberties with us,’ he said. ‘We thank you for his present and the trouble you have taken. When we’ve matched our racquets to these balls, by the grace of God we shall, in France, play a set that will hit his father’s crown into the net. Tell him he’s made a match with the kind of player that will make all the courts of France resound with volleys. And we well understand what he’s getting at – reminding us of our wilder days, not appreciating what use we made of them. We didn’t value this humble throne of England and therefore, living away from it, we gave ourself to vulgar pursuits – it’s well known that men are at their most frivolous when they are away from home. But tell the Dauphin that I will show my royal stature, be like a king, and reveal my true greatness when I take up my throne of France. It was for that I put my royalty aside and lived like a common working man. But once there I will rise to such heights of glory that I will dazzle all eyes in France – yes, strike the Dauphin blind to look at us! And tell the witty Prince that this mockery of his has turned his tennis balls into cannon balls and his soul will be charged with responsibility for the terrible vengeance that they’ll bring, because many thousands of widows will mock this mockery of his with the lives of their dear husbands: mothers will be mocked of their sons: castles will be mocked down. Oh yes, there are those not yet conceived nor born who will have reason to curse the Dauphin’s scorn. But all this lies within the will of God, to whom I appeal, and in whose name, inform the Dauphin, I am coming to get my revenge as effectively as I can, and to wield my righteous sword in a sacred cause. So go in peace. And tell the Dauphin that his joke will taste of shallow intelligence when thousands are weeping – more than ever laughed at it.’
+The messengers bowed. Henry made a gesture with his hand. ‘Give them safe conduct. Goodbye.’
+There was silence for a while then Exeter whistled softly. ‘That was an insolent message ,’ he said.
+‘We hope to make the sender blush for it,’ said Henry. ‘Therefore, my lords, don’t miss any opportunity to expedite our venture, because we’re now thinking of nothing else but France – except for thoughts of God, that take precedence over anything else we do. Therefore, let our supplies for these wars be collected soon, and everything prepared that will make things go smoothly because, God willing, we’ll reprimand this Dauphin right in his own home. So let every man be focused so that this worthy action can be started.’
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+Many New Testament passages describe local congregations of God's people conducting regular meetings to worship God and study His word (Acts 20:7; 11:26; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34; chap. 14; Hebrews 10:25). These meetings are intended to provide blessings and opportunities that benefit those who attend.
+Occasional emergencies may make it necessary for us to miss, but we should diligently try to avoid such hindrances so we can be present, if at all possible.
+Please consider these reasons why you need to attend all meetings of the local church:
+John 4:23,24 - God seeks worshipers to worship Him in spirit and in truth. He has commanded five activities by which we ought to praise Him: prayer, singing, Bible study, the Lord's Supper, and giving (Acts 2:42; 20:7; 11:26; 1 Corinthians 14:15; 16:2; 11:17-34; Ephesians 5:19).
+Revelation 19:5 - All God's servants ought to praise and worship Him. God intended, not just for some of His people to worship Him, but all of them. (Romans 15:9-11)
+The Bible clearly teaches that Christians should attend church meetings to accomplish these purposes (Acts 11:26; 20:7; Hebrews 10:23-25; 1 Corinthians 14:1-40; 11:17-34). Some of these activities (prayer, singing, and Bible study) should also be done at home (Acts 17:11; 16:25; James 5:13; Deuteronomy 6:6-9; Psalm 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17). But the scriptures previously listed show that church meetings are also essential.
+Private worship is not enough, and public worship is not enough. Both are required.
+We should attend worship assemblies, not only because God wants us to, but also because we want to.
+Matthew 22:37,38 - The greatest command is to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind. We should love God above all because He sent His only begotten Son to die to save us from eternal torment and offer us eternal life (Romans 5:6-8; 1 John 4:8-10,19; John 3:16).
+Some people think, "I don't have to come every time." But why would someone who loves God want to do something else instead? If your child or loved one were sick or hurt, would you say, "You can't prove I have to help them"? If you love them, don't you want to help them? So, when you love God, you will want to worship Him.
+Romans 1:21 - Failure to glorify God is ingratitude, and ingratitude is the first step into apostasy. A person who could attend, but simply chooses not to do so, is simply showing a lack of love and gratitude for what God has done. It is a sign of serious spiritual disease, (2 Timothy 3:2).
+Hebrews 13:15 - When people truly appreciate God's love, they want to express their thankfulness in praise and worship. (See also Colossians 4:2; Psalm 100:4; Ephesians 1:5,6).
+1 Peter 2:9 - God has chosen us to be His special people that we might proclaim His praises. Giving honor and glory to God is the purpose of our salvation!
+Psalms 1:2; 119:97-99; 122:1 (Joshua 1:8) - Righteous men desire to meditate on God's law because they delight in it and love it. They honestly say, "I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go into the house of the Lord.'" This is the attitude we will all have when we truly learn to love and appreciate God and His word. Is this your attitude?
+Acceptable worship must come from a proper attitude. People who have this attitude will not try to avoid worship; they will want to come at every opportunity the church provides.
+Matthew 5:6 - Faithful disciples will hunger and thirst after righteousness.
+Hebrews 3:12,13 - To avoid falling away, we must encourage one another. Note that we need this regularly, not just one hour per week. Some of this can be done outside church meetings, but participating in church meetings is fundamental. When members neglect the assemblies, they almost invariably also neglect to exhort others outside church activities, and they usually also have other serious spiritual problems.
+Hebrews 5:12 - Christians should become teachers of God's word. If we are not now able to teach, we should be developing the ability. This is expected of all members, young or old, babes in Christ or mature in the faith.
+1 Thessalonians 5:11 - We should comfort and edify (build up) one another.
+(See also 2 Timothy 2:2, 24-26; Acts 8:4; 17:11; Galatians 6:1; 1 Peter 2:2; Hosea 4:6.)
+When the church provides these opportunities, all the members ought to attend and participate in the teaching and learning.
+1 Timothy 3:15 - The church is pillar and ground of the truth.
+1 Corinthians 14:19,26,31,40 - The church conducts assemblies to teach and edify the members.
+Ephesians 4:15, 16 - Each member must work to build up the body. This is true of all members and all church meetings. If all the members were as active as you are, how effectively would the church be built up?
+Hebrews 10:23-25 - In order to hold fast our hope and not fall away, we must exhort and provoke one another to love and good works (cf. 3:12,13). To fulfill this duty, we should attend regularly when the church meets.
+Hebrews 13:17 - Elders watch on behalf of members' souls, guiding the flock so members are fed (Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:1-3). Much of this instruction is done in meetings. Members are responsible to obey and submit to the elders. We must cooperate with their teaching efforts, which requires being present when the teaching is done.
+The command to partake of the Lord's Supper on the first day of the week authorizes the church to decide a time and place to meet. When the church has set a time and place, all members ought to come so they can obey the command to partake.
+In the same way, the church is authorized to provide meetings in which members can teach and exhort one another. Since members need regular and frequent teaching, it follows that churches are authorized to provide as many meetings as needed to accomplish the necessary teaching, including mid-week meetings, gospel meetings, etc. All the members then should come and be involved whenever the church meets.
+Attendance and Bible study are to faithful discipleship what the ABC's are to reading. You can know the ABC's without learning how to read, but you can never read without knowing the ABC's. In the same way, disciples may attend church meetings and yet be otherwise unfaithful, but none will ever be truly faithful if they are negligent in attendance.
+1 Timothy 4:12 - Be examples to believers in word, manner of life, love, faith, and purity. You should attend the assemblies for your own benefit, but consider also the effect on others if you do or do not attend. Surely new members and weak members need all the teaching they can get. But such people often decide how often to come by observing other members. If they imitate you, will their need for teaching be met? (Titus 2:7,8)
+Matthew 5:16 - Let your light shine so men may glorify God because of your good works. Does your example in attendance lead people to glorify God?
+Matthew 18:6,7 - It is better to drown in the sea than to tempt others to fall away. If a non-member or new member asked you whether or not they should attend church meetings, would you tell them to attend or to do something else instead? You are answering this question by your example. "Actions speak louder than words." How will you feel at judgment if someone is lost because they imitated your negligence and fell away? How much better to face judgment knowing you gave an example of faithfulness in attendance?
+If all people followed your example in attendance, would they learn the truth and receive the encouragement they need to receive eternal life at the Judgment?
+(See also 1 Peter 2:11,12; 3:15,16; Philippians 2:15,16.)
+We should train our children to be what God wants them to be (Ephesians 6:4). Children are greatly influenced by the example of their parents. "As is the mother, so is her daughter" (Ezekiel 16:44), or "like father, like son." (See also Nehemiah 13:23,24; 2 Timothy 1:5.)
+Many parents live the early years of their marriage in spiritual indifference. Later they repent, but it is too late to save their children. How much better to give an example that will properly encourage our children!
+As the Twig Is Bent
+A little girl with golden curls, her happy face aglow,
+Said, "It's time for Bible class. Please, Daddy, won't you go?
+They teach us there of Jesus' love, and how He died for all,
+And how He wants to save the ones who listen to His call."
+"Oh no", said Daddy, "not today. I've worked hard
+all week,
+And I must have one day of rest. I'm going to the creek.
+For there I can relax and rest, and fishing's fine they say.
+So run along, don't bother me. We'll worship God some day."
+Later on, when years have passed and Dad's life is almost through,
+He finds the time to worship God, but what does daughter do?
+She says, "Oh, Daddy, not today. I stayed up 'most all night,
+And I've just got to have some sleep. Besides, I look a fright."
+Then Daddy lifts a trembling hand to brush away his tears,
+And hears that childhood voice again, distinctly through the years,
+As a little girl with golden curls, her happy face aglow,
+Said, "It's time for Bible class. Please, Daddy, won't you go?"
+- Author unknown (adapted)
+Would Paul or other apostles deliberately neglect assemblies or fail to use opportunities to teach (note Acts 11:26)? Are you imitating their example?
+(See also Philippians 3:17; 4:9).
+If an elder or preacher neglected church meetings when he could come, would you think that elder was qualified for his office or that preacher was worthy of support? If you think faithful elders and preachers are responsible to attend regularly, you should imitate them.
+Consider members who are really strong and faithful in all areas of serving God: they know the Bible, teach others, live pure lives, and have obedient children, etc. Can you think of even one such person who neglects the assemblies when he could come? On the other hand, when members habitually miss when they could come, are they generally stronger members or weaker ones? Imitate those who are truly faithful!
+By definition, a Christian is a disciple or follower of Jesus: one who is Christ-like (Acts 11:26; Galatians 2:20). Would Jesus ever neglect an opportunity to study with others or to worship His Father? (Matthew 18:20; 4:23; 9:35; 13:54; 15:32; Luke 4:15,16; John 18:20; Mark 10:1)
+Are you imitating the example of Jesus, His apostles, and other faithful Christians?
+There may be a few members who honestly do not know they should attend church meetings. But deep in their heart, when they are really honest, most members know they should come.
+Many of our songs emphasize the importance of worshiping God and studying His word. Do you mean what you sing? We often pray, "Bring us back at the next appointed time." Do you say "amen" to that prayer? If so, you must act accordingly or your words are "vain repetitions" (Matthew 6:5-7; 15:8).
+Do you expect elders, preachers, and teachers to come? God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). There is no double standard. If one member is expected to attend all the meetings, then all the members should do so. If one member may choose to stay home, why can't all the members stay home?
+What do we call a person who expects others to practice something that he himself will not practice? A hypocrite! (Matthew 23:3,4; Romans 2:1-3,21,22)
+Would you want to be with the saints, or would you want to be deliberately doing something else, when you could have attended? Remember, Jesus knows everything we do and will bring it all into judgment, regardless of whether or not we are committing the act when He comes (2 Corinthians 5:10; Ecclesiastes 12:13,14; Revelation 20:12). We never know when He may come nor when we will die, so we should live every moment of our lives as faithfully as we would live our last day (1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; James 4:13,14).
+Honestly now, don't we all know that we really should be here when the church meets?
+Now consider James 4:17 - "Therefore to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." (Galatians 6:10)
+1 Corinthians 6:19,20 - Your body belongs to God, not to you, so you should glorify God in your body. But glorifying God is the main purpose of worship assemblies. When people realize that their bodies belong to God, they will use their bodies to worship Him.
+Romans 12:1 - Christians should present their bodies as living sacrifices to serve God. But worship is a major part of serving God. So when people have made their bodies a sacrifice to God, they gladly worship Him. They will not allow personal pleasures to interfere.
+Matthew 16:24,25 - To be Jesus' disciples, we must deny ourselves. If we willingly give our lives to God, we will receive eternal life. But if we try to keep our lives for ourselves, we will lose them. So, instead of doing what we want with our lives, we should use the opportunities the church gives us to worship and please God.
+2 Corinthians 8:5 - The Macedonians gave their money generously because they first gave themselves to the Lord. What is true of money is also true of our time, effort, etc. If your whole life belongs to God, you surely cannot begrudge a few hours each week to worship Him.
+Is one putting God first when, rather than attend worship assemblies, he prefers to go to a ballgame or concert, watch TV, go fishing, or vacation?
+Is one putting God first when he would rather spend time with friends, relatives, or family instead of worshiping God? (See also Matthew 10:37-39.)
+Is one putting God first when he misses assemblies to do schoolwork, attend school functions, or make money, when he could arrange his schedule to worship God?
+Is one putting God first when he misses assemblies because he is "sick'" or "lacks transportation," but under the same circumstances he would find a way to work or to the store?
+This is the key issue to our whole study! The main reason people do not attend regularly, when they could come, is that they have not set service to God as their main priority in life! They want to use their time to please themselves. But when one views his life as being totally sacrificed to God, he will immediately see that he should worship God whenever the church is meeting, if he can possibly make arrangements to do so. He will want to be there and will not even seriously consider missing.
+Yes, there are emergency situations when "the ox is in the ditch" (Luke 14:5). But shouldn't a Christian work diligently to overcome these problems? If the same old ox keeps getting in the same old ditch, why not build a fence, fill the ditch, or sell the ox?
+(Note the danger of neglect and drifting - Hebrews 6:11,12; 2:1-3.)
+Revelation 5:11-14 - We may not know all about Heaven, but we do know that one of the main activities there will be worship. Elders, angels, and all those who have washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb will be serving God night and day (Revelation 7:9-15; 15:2-4; 19:4-8; etc.).
+So one thing on earth that is much like Heaven is our public worship meetings. Surely worship in heaven will be on a purer and grander scale. But if in this life you do not enjoy praising God, if you begrudge the time spent in Bible study, if you would rather do something other than meet with God's people, why would you expect to enjoy Heaven? In fact, if that is your attitude, what reason do you have to expect that you would ever go there? If our devotion to God is not strong enough to get us to church meetings, why should we believe it is strong enough to get us to heaven?
+People who truly love and appreciate God, will love and appreciate opportunities to worship and serve Him. These are the people who will enjoy Heaven, and they are the ones destined to go there!
+The story is told of a young man who asked a friend what he should do to get his girlfriend to agree to marry him. His friend replied, "It all depends on whether or not she wants to marry you. If she doesn't want to, you can't make her. If she wants to, there's no way you could prevent it!"
+This only slightly exaggerates the case regarding worship. Whether or not one is regular in attendance all depends on whether or not he is really dedicated to God. If he is not dedicated, he will probably miss services. If he is really dedicated, he will want so much to attend that you could hardly keep him away!
+In evaluating your church attendance, here are some questions you should honestly ask yourself:
+1. Am I really putting God first - before my own desires, before my family, and before everything else in life?
+2. Am I genuinely sorry when I must miss - or would I really rather be doing something else instead of going?
+3. Would I honestly be fulfilling my duty to God as well by not going as I would be by going?
+4. If some "emergency" would keep me from attending, would the same circumstances keep me from other activities that are of great importance to me?
+5. Am I seeking to do as much as I can for the Lord, or am I just trying to "get by" with minimal service?
+6. If everyone else - including my family and loved ones - were to imitate my attendance, would they please God and receive eternal life?
+7. What would I think of an elder or preacher who attends as I do?
+8. Is my practice in harmony with what I profess, sing, and pray?
+9. What would I do if I knew this was my last day on earth - if I knew I would die or Jesus would come today?
+10. What would Jesus do if he were in the same circumstance I am in?
+What is your conclusion about your attendance? Are you serving God faithfully? Do you need to improve?
+(C) Copyright 2012, David E. Pratte
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+The invention relates to systems and methods for computer-aided design of electrical circuit layouts and, in particular, to a system and method for reducing electrical crosstalk in conduction paths in such layouts.
+In designing an electrical circuit layout, for example, on a multichip module (MCM), or printed wiring board (PWB), also known as printed circuit board (PCB), a major concern is excessive electric crosstalk incurred by the design of the layout. Crosstalk is unwanted noise passing between nearby conductors or transmission lines belonging to parts of the circuit that should be electrically isolated from each other. Beyond a tolerable level, crosstalk diminishes the quality and reliability and even destroys the functionality of the PWB or MCM, and the equipment in which it is installed. Two major causes of crosstalk are impedance mismatching and the too-close parallel coupling of conductors. In electrical applications including wireless applications which call for circuit miniaturization, the requirements of dense signal conductor routing, use of thin dielectric between layers, and high signal propagation speeds all compound the crosstalk problem.
+General techniques for reducing crosstalk include using shielding conductors, spreading conductor paths by minimum distances, routing signals on additional layers, restricting parallelism, etc. However, such techniques usually incur a large layout area and additional shielding, thus undesirably increasing the product cost.
+A particular technique for auditing and reducing crosstalk on a PCB circuit is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,502,644 issued Mar. 26, 1996 to Hamilton et al., which is hereby incorporated by reference. In accordance with the disclosed approach, after the PCB circuit is completely interconnected or routed by an interconnection router, crosstalk in electrical conductors in the circuit is audited or analyzed. In particular, the audit process defines conduction paths into conduction nets. These conduction nets are selected one at a time for a crosstalk analysis and simulated as an idle net carrying no voltage. Nearby conduction nets are simulated as driven nets carrying signals having a non-zero voltage. Crosstalk quantities are derived such as a coherent sum (CSUM), coherent/incoherent sum (CISUM), and incoherent sum (ISUM) for determining the crosstalk effect of the driven nets on the idle net. To reduce the crosstalk levels, conduction paths are manually edited by moving, shoving-aside and re-routing the paths. The corrected design is re-audited in accordance with the disclosed technique. This process continues until the crosstalk level in each net becomes acceptable. It is thus time consuming and labor intensive especially when the interconnection density is high, and a significant number of the nets have a crosstalk level above an acceptable limit.
+Accordingly, it is desirable to have a methodology for efficiently rendering a layout of an electrical circuit, which is cost effective and well satisfies the crosstalk requirements.
+The invention overcomes the prior art limitation by providing a feedback signal to the router for routing conduction paths in a circuit layout. While the router is rendering interconnections, the feedback signal is transmitted to the router to cause the latter to reconfigure the interconnections, if necessary. This signal represents information on, among other things, whether the level of crosstalk in the conduction paths of the interconnections exceeds an acceptable crosstalk limit. To that end, the conduction paths are audited for crosstalk in real-time. If the interconnections do not meet the crosstalk requirements, the information fed back to the router includes the unacceptable crosstalk condition. The information may also include suggestive modifications of the interconnections for reducing the crosstalk level. In response to the feedback signal, the router reconfigures the interconnections to meet the crosstalk requirements.
+Advantageously, the end product of the inventive methodology is a complete circuit layout which is guaranteed to meet the crosstalk requirements without further modification of the layout, and use of circuit and field simulators during the layout of the circuit is avoided. Moreover, this methodology requires minimal use of costly crosstalk reduction techniques such as adding shielding or layers to the layout design.
+In the drawing,
+FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a routing system for interconnecting circuit components with conduction paths in accordance with the invention;
+FIG. 2 illustrates interconnections routed by the routing system of FIG. 1;
+FIGS. 3A and 3B are flow charts jointly depicting the steps of a feedback operation in the routing system of FIG. 1;
+FIG. 4 illustrates coupled segments in alternative configurations for reducing crosstalk in accordance with the invention;
+FIG. 5 illustrates alternative dispositions of an unbalanced conductor segment with respect to a pair of balanced conductor segments for reducing crosstalk in accordance with the invention;
+FIG. 6 illustrates two unbalanced conductor segments in a stripline configuration for which a crosstalk coefficient is computed in the routing system of FIG. 1; and
+FIG. 7 illustrates two pairs of balanced conductor segments in a stripline configuration for which a crosstalk coefficient is computed in the routing system of FIG. 1.
+FIG. 1 illustrates routing system 100 embodying the principles of the invention. After the schematic of an electrical circuit is completed, electrical requirements including acceptable crosstalk limits are established, and circuit components are placed in final locations, routing system 100 is employed to interconnect the circuit components with conduction paths or transmission lines.
+As shown in FIG. 1, system 100 comprises interconnection router 105 of conventional design, and feedback section 110 to be described. In accordance with the invention, during an interconnection of circuit components, router 105 routes the conduction paths in response to feedback signals from section 110. These feedback signals are generated in response to the results of a real-time crosstalk audit of the conduction paths. They also convey information to router 105 to help the latter modify the routing, if necessary, to satisfy the crosstalk requirements. Thus, in accordance with the invention, system 100 monitors and automatically reduces the level of crosstalk in conduction paths in a circuit layout during the routing thereof. The end product of system 100 is a final layout meeting the electrical crosstalk requirements. As such, system 100 is much different from the prior art system where the circuit must be completely interconnected before the interconnections are audited for crosstalk for the first time, and is subject to repeated, laborious modifications when the level of crosstalk exceeds a predetermined limit.
+In this illustrative embodiment, system 100 is used to route the connections on a subset by subset basis on a printed wiring board (PWB) including a number of layers. As shown in FIG. 1, feedback section 110 comprises crosstalk analyzer 113, crosstalk coefficient generator 115, crosstalk threshold comparator 117 and crosstalk reduction information provider 119. Crosstalk analyzer 113 audits the crosstalk of coupled path segments (defined below) in the subset of connections routed by router 105. FIG. 2 illustrates one such subset routed by router 105. This subset comprises conduction nets 201, 203, 205 and 207 which are disposed on one or many layers. As shown in FIG. 2, each conduction net includes individual path segments. For example, net 205 includes path segments 213, 215, 217, and 219.
+Feedback section 110 operates pursuant to process 300 illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B. After router 105 completes the interconnections of FIG. 2, it signals crosstalk analyzer 113 to start process 300. In response, analyzer 113 causes an initialization of an index k stored in crosstalk reduction information provider 119 by setting k=1, as indicated at step 303 in FIG. 3A. At step 305 analyzer 113 receives, as an input, conduction path data on each path segment being audited. This data initially comes from router 105. It provides the width of each path segment, and identifies the end points of the segment, and thus its physical location in the layout including the layer and conduction net to which the segment belongs. Also input to analyzer 113 are net electrical specifications associated with the respective nets in the subset being analyzed. These specifications are provided by a system user or otherwise. Each specification includes a net identification, and information on the net usage, net rise times, net frequencies, net voltage swing, net type (i.e., whether the net is used for conducting signals or power, or as ground), whether the net is a paired net, and whether the net is a bussed net.
+During the crosstalk audit by analyzer 113, conduction nets 201, 203, 205 and 207 in FIG. 2 are selected one at a time, and simulated as an idle net carrying no voltage. Other conduction nets near the idle net are simulated as driven nets carrying signals having a non-zero voltage. Analyzer 113 derives crosstalk parameters measuring the crosstalk effect of the driven nets on the idle net.
+Specifically, analyzer 113 identifies each pair of coupled idle/driven conductor path segments, as indicated at step 310. Coupled idle/driven segments are parallel conductors belonging to the respective idle and driven nets in close enough proximity to exchange crosstalk, and the segments are not separated by power or ground layer if they are on different layers. A domain of crosstalk coupling is realized by defining a maximum effective distance between coupled segments, and the audit does not consider contributions from any segment of a driven net separate from that of an idle net by more than this maximum distance. In this example, net 205 in FIG. 2 is simulated as an idle net, and nets 201, 203 and 207 are simulated as driven nets. In particular, analyzer 113 identifies the coupled idle/driven segments such as coupled segments 213 and 214, coupled segments 215 and 216, coupled segments 217 and 218, coupled segments 219 and 216, and coupled segments 218 and 216 which are not nearest neighbors.
+After identifying each coupled segment, analyzer 113 provides selected conduction path data associated with the identified segment to crosstalk coefficient generator 115, as indicated at step 315. Also provided to generator 115 is a layer stack-up description including details on the configuration of the layers in the instant PCB, and electrical information about each layer. This electrical information includes (a) the conduction layer type (i.e., whether the layer is used for conducting signals or power, or as ground), (b) the thickness of each conductor layer, (c) the thickness of each dielectric layer between two conductor layers, and (d) the effective dielectric constant of the dielectric layer. The above layer stack-up description may be input by a system user or provided in a PCB design database (not shown) in system 100.
+Based on the above inputs, crosstalk coefficient generator 115 generates a crosstalk coefficient for each pair of coupled segments identified by analyzer 113, as indicated at step 320. The crosstalk coefficient represents the maximum level of crosstalk that can be incurred between the coupled segment pair. To that end, generator 115 looks up the coefficient from a coefficient database (not shown) if the current segment pair is configured similarly or identically to a segment pair for which the coefficient was derived by generator 115 before, or otherwise derives the crosstalk coefficient anew, and keeps a copy of the new coefficient and configuration of the current segment pair in the coefficient database for later use. The specific derivation of crosstalk coefficients is fully described hereinbelow.
+The coefficients generated by generator 115 are transmitted back to analyzer 113, as indicated at step 323. Based on the received coefficients, analyzer 113 computes, in a well-known manner, near-end crosstalk contributions, Xij 's, from segments of driven nets 201, 203 and 207 to idle net 205, as indicated at step 325. Generically, Xij represents the crosstalk contribution to the idle net from the jth segment of the ith driven net. Apart from the crosstalk coefficients, the contribution amounts depend on the voltage swings, risetimes and frequencies of the signals assigned to the driven nets, the coupled lengths of the segments, and the proximity of the coupled segments to the driven nets.
+The individual Xij crosstalk contributions to net 205 are accumulated by analyzer 113, also in a well-known manner, to yield a coherent sum (CSum), a coherent/incoherent sum (CISum) and an incoherent sum (ISum), as indicated at step 328. These sums represent three estimates of the aggregate crosstalk effect on net 205 resulting from the contributions. Specifically, the CSum is computed as: ##EQU1## The CSum is the worst case estimate of the crosstalk effect, with the assumption that the signals of all the contributing driven nets are in phase. The ISum is the best case estimate, with the assumption that the phases of the signals of all the contributing nets are randomly distributed. The CISum is an intermediate case estimate and thus, in general, ISum≦CISum≦CSum. In addition, the CSum, CISum and ISum include crosstalk contributions from all bussed nets and paired nets specified to analyzer 113.
+As indicated at step 329, the computation results of Xij 's, CSum, CISum and ISum are forwarded by analyzer 113 to crosstalk threshold comparator 117. The latter compares (a) each received Xij with a predetermined acceptable contribution limit, and (b) a selected one of the CSum, CISum and ISum with a predetermined sum corresponding thereto, as indicated at step 330 in FIG. 3B. The particular sum for comparison is selected by a system user based on the validity of its underlying assumption as stated above. In general, CSum is selected if the number of coupled segments is small; ISum is selected if the number of the coupled segments is large; and CISum is selected if the number of segments is medium. In any event, if none of any Xij and the selected sum exceeds the corresponding limit, comparator 117 at step 335 indicates an acceptable crosstalk condition to crosstalk reduction information provider 119. The latter then checks index k and determines whether it equals one, as indicated at step 338. If k=1, provider 119 at step 340 signals to router 105 via feedback path 130 to allow it to proceed to the next stage of the routing. The steps following the condition k≠1 are described hereinbelow.
+If it is determined at step 330 that any Xij exceeds the acceptable contribution limit, or the selected sum exceeds the corresponding acceptable sum limit, or both, comparator at step 345 communicates to provider 119 an unacceptable crosstalk condition, the values of the acceptable crosstalk limits and which crosstalk limit or limits have been exceeded. In response to the unsatisfactory indication, provider 119 at step 350 fetches from analyzer 113 selected conduction path data on the coupled segments currently under audit, and the Xij contributions associated therewith. In addition, provider 119 fetches from the coefficient database of generator 115 ethe crosstalk coefficients associated with the coupled segment pairs, as indicated at step 355. These unacceptable crosstalk condition, Xij values and crosstalk coefficients will be fed back to router 105 at a later step to cause the router to reroute the interconnections of FIG. 2, in accordance with a standard routing algorithm in the router.
+However, in accordance with an aspect of the invention, in addition to the above data to be fed back to router 105, provider 119 also provides the router with a suggestive redesign of the interconnections of FIG. 2 to help reduce the crosstalk. Provider 119 is in possession of, among others, information on coupled segments in the interconnections in question, which includes individual coupled segment lengths and widths, the amount of separation between coupled segments, and the identities of the layers and nets to which the coupled segments belong. In redesigning the interconnections at step 360, provider 119 identifies any substandard coupled segments, and reconfigure them to reduce the crosstalk.
+FIG. 4 illustrates possible options considered by provider 119 in the reconfiguration of coupled segment pair 401, corresponding to, say, coupled segments 213 and 214 in FIG. 2. Coupled segment pair 401 consists of two parallel conductors with a coupled length L0 and a separation of S0. Depending on how much crosstalk reduction is desired, the redesign options include coupled segment pairs 403, 405, 407 and 409 in an order of decreasing level of crosstalk in the segments. Pair 403 consists of two segments having 75% of the coupled length separated by S0, and the remaining 25% separated by S1, which is larger than S0. Pairs 405 and 407 have their coupled lengths respectively reduced to 50% and 25% with respect to L0. The remaining lengths are separate by S2 and S3, respectively. The actual separations S2 and S3 are determined by provider 119 to satisfy the crosstalk requirements. The option of having the segments separate by S4 in the entire length, as in pair 409, is also available to provider 119, where S4 >S0.
+FIG. 5 illustrates a couple of reconfiguration options when provider 119 is faced with arrangement 501 for example, wherein unbalanced conductor segment 540 (shown in cross-section) in a first layer is disposed above balanced conductor segments 545a and 545b (both shown in cross-section) in a second layer.
+In implementing balanced conductor segments in general, a signal traverses one of the two conductor segments, and returns on the other segment instead of a ground plane. Thus, both balanced segments have the same switching transients. It is well-known that balanced conductor segments cause minimal crosstalk and radiation, increase noise immunity, and essentially eliminate ground noise when applied to a microstrip or stripline configuration. (A stripline configuration is one having signal conductors sandwiched between two ground planes; and a microstrip configuration is one having signal conductors disposed above a ground plane).
+In arrangement 501, unbalanced segment 540 is disposed directly above balanced segment 545b. As an option to reduce the crosstalk, unbalanced segment 540 may be removed to a position between balanced segments 545a and 545b, as in arrangement 503. As another option, unbalanced segment 540 may be moved away from balanced segments 545a and 545b, with a separation of S5 from the closest balanced segment, as in arrangement 505. Provider 119 determines the appropriate value for S5 to meet the crosstalk requirements.
+After provider 119 works out a tentative redesign of the interconnections of FIG. 2 which improves the current crosstalk level and probably meets the crosstalk requirements, provider 119 provides the conduction path data on the tentative redesign to crosstalk analyzer 113, as indicated at step 365 in FIG. 3B. To that end, process 300 returns to step 305 after provider 119 at step 370 causes the index k to increase by one. The process then goes through steps 310, 315, 320, 323, 325, 328 and 330 previously described to verify whether the tentative redesign meets the crosstalk requirements. If it is determined at step 330 that it does not, provider 119 needs to work out an improved redesign, which is again audited for crosstalk. This sequence of events is repeated until it is determined at step 330 that the current redesign meets the crosstalk requirements. At that point, k≠1 as verified at step 338. Process 300 proceeds to step 375 where provider 119 communicates to router 105 the above unacceptable crosstalk condition, the Xij values and crosstalk coefficients corresponding to the interconnections of FIG. 2, and the final redesign by provider 119 pursuant to a standard, agreed-upon protocol.
+Based on the information from provider 119, router 105, in a conventional manner, reroutes the current or previous connections to reduce the crosstalk, and may adopt the redesign suggested by provider 119 entirely, partially or not at all. After the crosstalk level becomes acceptable, router 105 proceeds to the next stage of the routing. This process continues until the entire PCB is routed. The end product is guaranteed to meet all the crosstalk requirements and ready for manufacture.
+The derivation of crosstalk coefficients in crosstalk coefficient generator 115 will now be described. In particular, the derivation of crosstalk coefficients relating to a stripline configuration is disclosed hereinbelow. Since the derivation of crosstalk coefficients relating to a microstrip configuration is well-known, it is omitted here. For such derivation, one may refer to such article as: A. J. Rainal, "Transmission Properties of Balanced Interconnections," IEEE Transactions on Components, Hybrids, and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 16, February 1993, pp. 137-145.
+In deriving the crosstalk coefficients relating to a stripline configuration, it is assumed that the interconnections behave as lossless transmission lines in a homogeneous medium having a given relative dielectric constant, εr. It should be noted that the derivation here also applies to electrical interconnections associated with monolithic microwave integrated circuits, and hybrid integrated circuits.
+FIG. 6 shows a cross-section of two unbalanced, transmission lines (or conductor segments) 601 and 603 in a generic stripline configuration, which are disposed in respective layers 1 and 2. Line 601 is simulated as an idle line while line 603 is simulated as a driven line. The width and thickness of each transmission line is denoted w and t0, respectively. The distances of line 603 with respect to ground plane 605 and ground plane 607 are denoted h0 and h1, respectively. Planes 605 and 607 are separated by a distance denoted b. The center-to-center distance between lines 601 and 603 lengthwise is denoted r, and the center-to-center distance between the lines heightwise is denoted Δ. In practice, two orthogonal signal layers are usually employed as layers 1 and 2 to minimize the interlayer crosstalk, and a power plane may replace one of the two ground planes.
+Ground planes 605 and 607 can be modeled, in a well-known manner, with 2n current filaments in a single totem pole arrangement wherein n of the filaments have a current rate I and the other n filaments have a current rate -I, where n is a very large positive integer. It can be shown that the characteristic impedance of unbalanced transmission line 601, ZU, can be approximated as follows: ##EQU2## where p=2(w+t0) Expression (1) also applies to a pair of circular conductors by setting p=2 ρ exp[5/4], where ρ represents the radius of the circular conductors. Since n is very large, the coefficient (U2 U1) of the near-end, interlayer unbalanced crosstalk from layer 2 to layer 1 can be expressed as follows: ##EQU3##
+FIG. 7 shows a cross-section of two pairs of balanced transmission lines in a generic strip line configuration, which are disposed in respective layers 1 and 2. Similarly, balanced transmission line pair 701 is simulated as an idle pair while balanced transmission line pair 703 is simulated as a driven pair. The width and thickness of each transmission line in FIG. 7 is denoted w and t0, respectively. The distances of line pair 703 from ground planes 705 and 707 are denoted h0 and h1, respectively. The ground planes are separated by a distance denoted b. However, the center-to-center distance between the two transmission lines in each pair is denoted r0. The center-to-center distance between transmission line 703a and transmission line 701a lengthwise is denoted r. The center-to-center distance between these two transmission lines heightwise is denoted Δ. Again, in practice two orthogonal signal layers are usually employed as layers 1 and 2 to minimize the interlayer crosstalk, and a power plane may replace one of the two ground planes.
+Ground planes 705 and 707 can be modeled, in a conventional manner, with 4n current filaments in a double totem pole arrangement wherein 2n of the filaments have a current rate I and the other 2n filaments have a current rate -I, where n is a very large positive integer. It can be shown that the characteristic impedance of balanced transmission line 701a, ZB, can be expressed as follows: ##EQU4## With expressions (1), (2) and (3), the following stripline crosstalk identities are defined. Referring briefly to FIG. 6, by reciprocity, where ZUp denotes the characteristic impedance of an unbalanced transmission line in layer p, and can be determined using expression (1). U2 U1 can be determined using expression (2). In addition, ##EQU5## where U'1 B2 is a crosstalk coefficient representing a "unbalanced to balanced" near-end, interlayer crosstalk voltage ratio normalized (indicated with "'") with respect to an unbalanced drive signal, as discussed in the Rainal article above. By reciprocity, ##EQU6## where ZBp denotes the characteristic impedance of a balanced transmission line in layer p. In addition,
+U'2 B1 =U2 U1 .linevert split.r -U2 U1 .linevert split.r+r.sbsb.0. (7)
+By reciprocity, ##EQU7## where B1 B2 represents the coefficient of the near-end, interlayer balanced crosstalk from layer 2 to layer 1 in FIG. 7. By reciprocity, ##EQU8##
+The foregoing merely illustrates the principles of the invention. It will thus be appreciated that those skilled in the art will be able to devise numerous other routing systems which embody the principles of the invention and are thus within its spirit and scope.
+For example, in the disclosed system, when interconnections by router 105 do not meet the crosstalk requirements, crosstalk reduction information provider 119 feeds back to router 105 information more than the fact that the crosstalk level is unacceptable. Thus, it will be appreciated that a person skilled in the art may cause the information provider, under the same situation, to communicate only the unacceptable crosstalk condition to the router, or simply represent to the router that the space for all or a portion of the segments in the interconnections is occupied. In either case, the router has to rely solely on its own routing algorithm to modify the connections to satisfy the crosstalk requirements.
+Finally, although the disclosed routing system is embodied in the form of various discrete electronic blocks and components, the invention could equally well be embodied in a system in which the functions of any one or more of those blocks and components or indeed, all of the functions thereof, are realized, for example, by one or more appropriately programmed processors.
+Every so often a book comes along that brings a fresh breath of air to a stale subject. Eric Cline's From Eden to Exile
+Every lunatic and his mutt have an opinion about Noah's Ark (it's up there on a Turkish mountain still waiting to be found by John Warwick Montgomery), or the Ark of the Covenant (still humming with occult energies despite Indiana Jones). In the COG tradition there are numberless enthusiasts running around promoting mind-numbing versions of British-Israelism (the English are Ephraim), based on the tale of those hopelessly directionally-challenged Ten Tribes.
+Time to shed some light, and Cline obliges. Sorting out the fact from the fiction, any Armstrong admirer past or present, or any other victim of fundagelicism, will find this an enlightening book. While Cline is a serious scholar, he knows how to write for the rest of us. He covers the location of Eden, the Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, the Exodus, Joshua and Jericho, the Ark of the Covenant and, of particular interest to former WCG members, his final chapter covers those pesky tribes. These words from a review express it nicely:
+." (source)
+In fact, I haven't seen a single review by anyone with active brain cells that finds fault with From Eden to Exile
+Recommended.
+74 comments:
+the tale of those hopelessly directionally-challenged Ten Tribes
+It's clear that the lost ten tribes were led by guys: The guys never ask for directions and keep going!
+We are all waiting for the sequel:
+The Lost Tribes of Armstrongism.
+Where did they migrate to?
+Are they really lost, or have they simply lost their identity?
+Where did 120,000 people go? Antarctica? Mars? To the reaches of heaven?
+It could lead to new booklets like, "Armstrongists in Prophecy", "Where are the 1,000 Tribes of Armstrongism?" and "From Pasadena to Exile": No doubt a superlative gift to someone in the family who is attracted by the siren call of unrestrained biblicist speculation....
+Or the United version:
+"From Cincinnati to Galveston".
+This is an interesting topic, in that you can post total disproofs of British Israelism for Armstrongites to read on the forums on which some of them post. Six months later, you realize that either they did not bother to read beyond the first one or two sentences, or that they trust the theories of their "Apostle" more than history, genetics, or the passages in the Bible itself which indicate that the Israelites were largely returned to Judah and were all present and accounted for at the time of Jesus, according to Josephus.
+Beliefs are a funny thing.
+BB
+Anna the Prophetess was at the temple IN JERUSALEM at time of Jesus' birth...
+Lu 2:36 -Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;
+NOTE TO "USBC" ADEHERENTS---Anna is of the tribe of Asher (for those with bad memories that is "one of the supposed lost 10 tribes"),... she is in Jerusalem, she knows what tribe she belongs to, she is not lost.
+NUFF SAID!
+Lussenheide
+Byker Bob:
+(Is that a motorcycle or a bicycle?)
+The reason why Armstrongites reject well conceived proofs that invalidate their belief in British-Israelism has to do with the ancient vice of pride.
+These people, who have a great need for something to be proud of, can be proud of being descended from the Chosen People. (Armstrongism collects people with low self-esteem like a sweater collects lint.)
+Add to this that BI is a "loose brick" in the Armstrongite edifice. It is probably one of the easist errors to analyze.
+So it is precisely at this weak point that Armstrongites must show themselves to be the most stubborn in order the stem the tide objective assessment.
+-- Neo
+"So it is precisely at this weak point that Armstrongites must show themselves to be the most stubborn in order the stem the tide objective assessment."
+This also applies to finally coming to grasp the mind mushing and religion smushing truth that all humans are hairless apes that diverged from the common ancestor with apes, orangs and chimps about 6 million years ago. We all took the long walk out of Africa about 200,000 years ago and bought cell phones.
+"Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. ..."
+D. Diehl
+Evolution may be true -- I doubt it. I side with Michael Behe. Too much evidence against, too many things unexplained.
+But God may have used some aspects of evolution at different times during the earth's history. I see no clash between evolution and Christian Theism.? They all lived pretty much in the same environment and were stressed in the same way. There is something fishy about this.
+My Native American ancestors believed that God created people and everybody knew this but the White Man became crazy in his vision.
+-- Neo
+"Evolution may be true -- I doubt it. I side with Michael Behe. Too much evidence against, too many things unexplained."
+Evidence against...things unexplained....I for one would like to see some evidence FOR Creationism (ID is just Kreationism in a cloak), not just a refutation of evolution, which does not in anyway prove that God created man.
+"But God may have used some aspects of evolution at different times during the earth's history. I see no clash between evolution and Christian Theism."
+Oh, but the Word of God does. The Word of God (if it is indeed inspired by God) is clear in that God created everything via divine fiat. There is no room for evolution in the Bible. That is, if you don't pick and choose which parts of the Bible you are to take literally.
+Paul
+Paul:
+Creationism and Evolution are not ideas that are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Creationism is a view on how things originated. Evolution does not purport to address that issue at all. In fact, no scientific theories do. Even the Big Bang theory starts with something already in existence. So we cannot say that evolution is the binary opposite of creationism although many mistakenly characterize the relationship this way, mostly for political or personal reasons. So there really is room for evolution in the Bible, although I still consider evolution to be highly improbable.
+There is much evidence for creationism. But the scientific evidence does not establish that the God of the Bible is the creator. That question must be resolved through a different approach.
+-- Neo
+"Evolution may be true -- I doubt it."
+It is true with the doubts being as to how but not if. The idea that man came on the scene as noted in Genesis is mythology with a political message for the men of Israel, (why Israel was going to be a Patriarcy and not Matriarchal) but not the how of anything and was never meant to be taken as Western Christians take the Hebrew texts anyway. If ever a group could make a scripture mean what it never meant, it would be creationists and literalists.
+"I side with Michael Behe. Too much evidence against, too many things unexplained."
+Taking sides usually means you have to change sides a few times along the way. Unexplained does not indicate there is no explanation. They are just things to be discovered down the road. But the template is indicative of where it is going.
+"But God may have used some aspects of evolution at different times during the earth's history. I see no clash between evolution and Christian Theism."
+Well I suppose God could have done lots of things, but Fundamentalist and literalist Christianity is based on what "he" says he did and all the heroes of the Bible, including Jesus, go back to taking mythologies as literally true. Elijah hiding in the caves of Carmel looking at God's backside was sitting 15 feet above the best remains of Neanderthal in the world. Did Jesus know they were there? No Would Jesus have given the scientific explanation of Neanderthal? No. Did he know the answer to what those hominids were and when they existed? No.
+The first 11 Chapters of Genesis are borrowed mythologies to flesh out Israelite origins story and establish the Israelite God as the jealous number one god of all the gods.
+If there was no literal Adam and Eve with Fall and all, and I believe there was not, then much heavy NT theology goes down the drain.
+If an Eve did not literally sin or fall then all the NT restrictions on women in church, obedience to men, compliance and such is just male patriarchial bunk, which it is.
+If there was no "original sin" (Church father types made that up later in history) literally commited by God's created couple for which we humans all have to pay no matter how nice we are, then there is no need for a God/man to redeem us from that "taint of original sin" This of course guts much of the story not to mention freaking out clerics and laymen alike.
+?"
+Because they did. There were many dead end branches to the human tree that didn't lead to man. (homo erectus, homo Heidelburgensis etc).
+The shift of the hyoid bone in the evolving human down to where speech could take place opened the door to hominids. Neanderthal was the first to have this bone in the right place for language. With language you can have quiet thought and planning and the rest is history. Chimps,Orangs and Apes never had this in the right place and that alone can stop any progress towards what we see as consciousness, tool making and creative thinking with the future in mind.
+Going Bi-pedal put those on the road to human light years ahead of the other hominids.
+It's like two frogs at the bottom of a set of steps. One can jump 8.9 inches high and one can jump 9.14535. inches. One will never get up the first step and the other will climb out of sight.
+Also if you do see that a split did take place 5-6 million years ago, you do believe in evolution and not Bible Literalism.
+The fact that all humans came out of Africa as moderns around 133-160 thousand years ago is enough to give the Klan the vapors.
+A good place to start and be amazed is "From Lucy to Language" by Donald Johanson and Blake edgar. All the finds are photographed life size with the most up to date explanations of how it seems at this moment with details to follow.
+With literalism, there is no need for inquiry. Literalists know it all. "God said it, I believe it, that does it for me." It is no coincidence that the Dark Ages coincided with the rise of the literalist church of history. It did not evolve into the "Enlightenment" because the Church repented of her ignorance. It became the enlightenment because brave humans thought outside the box of sufficating religion and began to question authority along with her lame explanations of how and why humans exist.
+Big topic
+Dennis Diehl wrote:
+"I suppose..."
+"If...."
+"If...."
+"If...."
+Good solid verbosity there, Dennis. As usual.
+Now, what was that song?
+Ah, yes. "I don't believe in 'if' anymore"
+From:
+Spinning Plates and Souls:
+Salvation and Christianity
+"Like the plate spinner on the Ed Sullivan Show, evangelical Christianity is spinning “souls” on the stick of faith though emotionalism and the illogics of theology. Just as in the first two Great Awakenings, evangelical Christianity is constantly proselytizing souls for the Kingdom of God only to have many earlier souls looses their spiritual momentum, began to wobble in their faith and, if not pumped back into some gyroscopic spiritual sensationalism (though revivals or some other momentous hype inducted by their particular sect) they mentally break as they hit the floor of reality.
+What is interesting here is that as evangelical Christianity races about to apologetically pump sticks of the faithful to refill lost spiritual gyroscopic energy, Christianity is itself changing or evolving as the spiritual realm moves closer to bridge the gap between it and the secular world.
+It is in just such a world and a decade after the death of one the major spiritual pillars and plate spinners known as Mother Teresa (set on a fast track for Catholic sainthood) that we will find many more spirituals plates began to wobble and fall. Though Mother Teresa was heralded by both Catholics and Protestants as a spiritual giant, her letters reveal a soul tormented by doubt of the divine to the point where she began to sound in like a neo-atheist.
+In the end, this major spiritual plate spinner privately confessed that she came to accept and love her godless spiritual darkness."
+"Spinning Plates and Souls: Salvation and Christianity"
+..and feel free as well to use your real name so we can at least know that "so and so believes such and such."
+Byker Bob said...
+....Beliefs are a funny thing.
+BB
+Aren't they?
+People will kill, die, maim, torture, bomb, over beliefs that say to be peaceful.
+Its like the belief system itself is an ego-baby. People will go the ends of the earth to protect this thing that their ego has given birth to. Armstrongism gives an identity to its follower. Its hard to separate where the belief ends and the person ends. Those rare souls who manage to see the folly of those beliefs, go through almost a grieving cycle over what has died - even though they know intellectually they are correct in disposing of them.
+Belief is an idea that has spun into a life of its own beyond questioning.
+"Those rare souls who manage to see the folly of those beliefs, go through almost a grieving cycle over what has died - even though they know intellectually they are correct in disposing of them."
+It is a grieving cycle. It's grieving over the death of an idea and religious ideas must be the ones that die the hardest because of the implications.
+Some few confuse the death of an idea and a wounded ego as a need to literally die and commit suicide in the confusion of it all.
+It's why AW exists. It gives a place for a bigger view than those once held. No two of us need agree, but we all need to be able to express where we might be in the process without the feeling it's wrong to think or that some church is going to be paying you a visit to guilt and shame you into compliance.
+Sorry, little verbose there :)
+Dennis:
+I am sorry, "Because they did" is not an adequate answer. We have orangs and chimps, which are not dead-end branches, remaining static and homonids undergoing extensive and rapid revision. In particular, advanced mental capabilities seemed to have happened entirely in the Holocene. It taxes ones credulity to believe this was all from gradual and random genetic shifts.
+In fact, scientists have studied microorganisms that reproduce rapidly and in large numbers so that enormous biological populations with many generations can be evaluated. The resulting conclusion has been that most mutations are deconstructive instead of constructive as the theory of evolution would need to have it. In short, organisms are not "built" by mutation and natural selection but are versioned in ways that generally produce some impairment. This is reflected elsewhere in nature.
+The Neanderthal development of the hyoid is of little relevance to us and other homonids. They were a dead end and their DNA indicates that they were quite remote from modern humans genetically. In other words, they do not fit into some imagined smooth progression ending up with modern man. Neanderthal was a discontinuity.
+-- Neo
+But don't those insurance ads demonstrate that cave men still exist?
+"The Neanderthal development of the hyoid is of little relevance to us and other homonids."
+Along with the change in it's position this would not be an accurate statement in the presense of those who study how language came to be and it's consequences for humans over other hominids.
+"They were a dead end and their DNA indicates that they were quite remote from modern humans genetically."
+This is true. No one today says it was a linear or smooth progression. We are not related to Neanderthal although there is some interesting theories about the "Basques" of Southern Spain.
+Neanderthal seem to have evolved from a homo erectus population and populated Europe long before humans left Africa. They changed little in 200,000 with regard to lifestyle or tools. They did not have the consciousness evident in Cro Magnon. Neanderthal's lived day to day with little future planning it seems. While cold adapted in Europe they were little match for their more gracile competitors from the south when hey arrived about 40,000 years ago in Europe. It must have been an amazing meet up!
+The fossil record indicates that the location of the hyoid in Neanderthals would only produce a sound something like G-E-I-C-O, so no progress there towards consciousness :)
+It's a tree with branches that end and share common forks on the branch. There are excellent books readily available which trace all that is understood on Neanderthal. Grab a copy of National Geographic's "Cave Men" for an excellent overview of what is currently known. Very nice series based on the current fossil record.
+Obviously it is a large and fascinating topic. I am no expert on humano origins. But there is excellent material available for the interested layman. I really do recommend Johanson's book on From Lucy to Language if you want an excellent overview with the evidence presented life size in pictures within the text.
+We humans have a hard time wrapping our minds around the passage of endless time to accomplish what it does. It's only been a couple hundred year slice of time that humans have even had another story besides those told by all religion.
+I never felt "and knowledge shall be increased" was such a bad thing and enjoy living in such times. Now if we could just get women to rule over us...in Goddess mode,(Not Hillary) it truly would be
+prophecy coming alive! :)
+At any rate, I enjoy the topic and the current information avaiable. I have always wished I had not made my religious choices as a kid and had gone on to study paleontology and the study of human origins. Someone should have slapped me, but I guess I had to be there.
+"Satan and his demons are:
+Very real fallen angels 25 (78%)"
+Well that certainly explains alot. Interesting! No wonder few read the books Gavin recommends!
+B-B said: Beliefs are indeed a funny thing.
+Which is what makes religion such a nutty, yet fascinating, topic.
+Witness the sad but comical debate about Mother Teresa over on the WCG Armstrong Alumni board. Some of the Armstrongites there really take the prize for puffed up, egotistical vanity -- that spiritual pride the WCG cult (and now its too many to count offshoots) engendered in people. They are like that Pharisee, praying to their god about how wonderful they are, and not like that sinner in the back of they temple.
+Mother Teresa, think what anyone would about her, set an example of service to her fellow humans that no Armstrongite (or few people anywhere for that matter) could even remotely come close to. And here are these religious nutz claiming that because she worshiped the wrong god, or was of the “wrong” denomination, or because she didn’t have the “holy” spirit, she may as well have done all that she did in vain.
+Only the faithful Armstrongite can know the true god. Only the “true” believer, who worships every Saturday (because Sunday belongs to the devil) and knows she has the real holy spirit has any chance in the next life. Yes indeed. She knows she is not like those sinners in those other false churches, including Mother Teresa. Her prayers, and hers alone, are answered by her god.
+Beliefs really are a funny thing. And it seems the nuttier the beliefs, the more the religious nutz cling to them.
+Mother Teresa's admissions of her "dark night of the soul" will probably go down in religious history as the admissions of a genuine human being and be used to encourage millions who believe yet are honest enough to admit that:
+Prayers are not often answered.
+What wished for does not come from asking.
+God is generally silent and aloof to human needs.
+"their Angels" do not really watch over and protect children much.
+Evil trumps good
+and so on.
+Practically every promise in the Bible to the believer has an exception clause built in for when it doesn't happen. Of course, the problem is with the human and not the Deity.
+People who struggle through those dark nights of doubt and seeing things as they are and not as they wish them to be and not constantly apologizing for God, are more genuine and have a depth of understanding that is real and practical. They are much more helpful to those who struggle the same ways with issues of faith.
+Those who simply blame it all on lack of faith, Satan or misunderstanding scripture do more harm than good where the rubber of life hits the road of reality.
+Perhaps Mother Teresa is an execellent example of woman of faith because she admited she often had none for vast portions of her religious life.
+"Creationism and Evolution are not ideas that are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Creationism is a view on how things originated."
+Which includes the creation of man via divine fiat, does it not? I may not put Kreationism and Evolution on opposite ends, but the proponents of Kreationism usuaully do.
+"So there really is room for evolution in the Bible, although I still consider evolution to be highly improbable."
+No, there isn't. The Bible states that God created man from clay.
+"There is much evidence for creationism."
+Really? I would really love to see this evidence. In fact, the majority of the scientific community would also love to see this evidence; it is what they have been asking and waiting for all these years. And once again, a refutation of evolution is not evidence for creation of man via divine fiat.
+"But the scientific evidence does not establish that the God of the Bible is the creator. That question must be resolved through a different approach."
+One; scientific evidence does not establish, nor even imply that any being "created" anyting at all. That is why so many scientists do not accept Kreationism..there simply isn't any evidence. Two, no we do not have to go through a different approach to answer such a question. The tools which we have will suffice.
+Paul
+The church of gods may have strange nutty ideas firmly implanted, but if that were all, it would not be a problem. The people could meet in peace and believe that the United States and Brits were lost tribes who just couldn't bring themselves to ask for directions because women didn't rule over them.
+No, it could all be pleasant fruity nuttiness with people having nice social gatherings, eating together, having a nice time.
+Unfortunately, it hasn't been.
+British Israelism in particular seems to be the source of wars, fightings, contention, belligerence, divisions, competition and all such other "works of the flesh". One aggressive near alpha Neanderthal Troglodyte rebellious to the core, stupid, but convincing, male took British Israelism as a bone of contention and built an empire around it. Without it, there could be no Armstrongism and the Church of God Seventh Day would have remained much more placid and undisturbed, growing in grace and knowledge in measured fashion or at least being quietly pleasantly delusional if that's what it was.
+Note the bad behavior spawned into Myrmidion lackeys attempting to make the unworkable distorted perceptions of cognitive dissonance reconciled by heavy compartmentalization, with ill fitting reconciliation of unreconcilable opinions made into doctrines. The process of making disparate beliefs into unsupportable doctrinal foundation does violence to the brain. The ministers under such a pall were overstressed in living what they had to have felt were lies, even if it did not reach consciousness.
+Forcing issues which were absolutely silly, such as enforcing the non use of white sugar and white flour, and worse, preventing people from going to doctors because it was a lack of faith, was an extremely stressful situation devoid of sanity. The ministers had to do things which made no sense, and because it made no sense, they had only two real choices: Rebel against the insanity to be "merciful" to the people or use extreme force without prejudice to make victims of the people -- you have to believe this nonsense or you will go into the lake of fire, so I'm punishing you for being bad because it is good for you.
+And that's just British Israelism.
+In 1964, there was a man at the Feast of Tabernacles in Squaw Valley who had the silly idea that the small Eastern European of his personal ancestry was definitely one of the major tribes of the lost tribes of Israel. It was obvious that he had crazy ideas. I talked it over with Dean Wilson and he "handled it" -- the man was never seen or heard from again. This is a case where the nuts eliminated the nut that didn't agree with them. There's nothing like building on divisions to establish your house, especially when the divisions are over fantasy. It's like championing Babylon 5 over Battlestar Galactica. Neither exist in reality. British Israelism doesn't exist in reality.
+So, we expect the gaggle of overstressed overpaid ministers to be sound? The shared psychosis is a wonder to behold. And there are 1,000+ of them running around virtually screaming, "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!". We're supposed to believe that they have worth? Why they should act so wounded when we point out to them that they are living with mirages created by smoke and mirrors, nowhere near the land of reality?
+The collective stupidity of the ministry is understandable but inexcusable. They, of the lofty elite, claiming to be of a sound mind, having the fruit of the spirit (and exhibiting none), should recognize that they can continue in their unworkable pain filled fantasy world of psychosis with no real hope of the realization of the future they provision with death, devastation, destruction followed by unpleasant and intolerable slavery for the masses. They should, however, have no expectation that those of us who have awakened from this nightmare will wish to participate in their utterly abject nutty nonsense.
+Now, now. Be nice. These men of whom you speak have the absolute truth. If you oppose them, you will be punished for not believing their truth.
+Then you'll be sorry!
+Just wait and see!
+doh..there goes the circle of protection!
+Just in case you all think that nuttiness is limited to the churches of God, review Paul Falstad's "The Experts
+Speak" for some reminders.
+Jeremiah brought many of the lost back . However Jews agree, talmud agrees, Rambam agrees, all agree that that was a small minority.
+It was well known 2000 years ago that the missionary activities of the Jews of the day was only toward the lost tribes who were known to be living in the areas of Gallatia, Ephesus, etc.
+Jews never did missionary work to anyone but their own. Its called "kiruv" and means bringing back the lost, the strayed.
+Sorry, but this is well known to Jews.
+Isn't it a bit odd to quote the bible to disprove the bible?
+Saying all the stories of the bible are untrue and then quoting the story of Anna to "prove" that the bible is wrong?
+We see that done alot don't we?
+Come on.
+"Isn't it a bit odd to quote the bible to disprove the bible?"
+"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov
+
+It's evidently not odd at all...
+Dennis quoted Ingersoll :
+"There is no prophecy in the OT foretelling the coming of Jesus Christ. There is not one word in the OT referring to him in any way--not one word."
+- - -
+And before I got the boot from the WCG Alumni Armstrongite Forum, I was pointing this out. But True Believers are what they are. The Little Miss Can't be Wrongs of the world can never be wrong, as they have the real "holy" spirit. Their "Christ" is coming! And the rest of you, like Mother Teresa, as just fu--ed.
+Yes, how loving of these "Christians."
+This discussion went nowhere, save one Big Red. But even he was not able to refute the irrefutable - that if Isaiah 7 refers to a future virgin birth, there must have been at least two virgin births in history.
+Think about it.
+Let's look at a little bit of actual history.
+In "The Bible Unearthed" by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, there are population figures for both the northern kingdom of Israel and for the southern kingdom of Judah. And there are also deportation figures for the northern kingdom of Israel at the time of Israel's conquest by Assyria in the eighth century BCE, i.e. 722 BCE.
+In the tenth century BCE there were about 45,000 in Northern Israel. The population in the South (Judah) was just 5,000 (page 143).
+On page 153 we read "...there have always seemed to have been two distinct societies in the highlands - northern and southern - roughly occupying the areas of the later kingdoms of Judah and Israel."
+So there were always two kingdoms... the Northern kingdom of Israel and the Southern kingdom of Judah. Both nations had a total population of just 50,000 in the 10th BCE; with Israel at 45,000 and Judah at just 5,000.
+The Northern kingdom of Israel became a fully developed state long before the Southern kingdom of Judah. "...the northern kingdom of Israel emerged as a fully developed state no later than the beginning of the ninth century BCE - at a time when the society and economy of Judah had changed but little from its highland origins" (page 159).
+By the eighth century BCE, the population of the Northern kingdom of Israel reached a maximum of 350,000 and the population of Judah was only about 100,000 (page 208).
+The conquest of Northern Israel began about 738 BCE and continued through the destruction of Samaria in 722 BCE.
+Many in the northern kingdom were taken captive, "...the Assyrians deployed a policy of deportation and repopulation on a grand scale" (page 216).
+How many were taken captive?
+... a large portion of the northern tribes did go into captivity.
+There is a strong historical basis for many of the theories of British Israelism.
+"There is a strong historical basis for many of the theories of British Israelism."
+Baloney! Maybe if one doesn't know the difference between "Aryan" and "Semitic" there is. And, if one ignores the facts of genetics and history . . . but other than that - Zilch, Nada, Zero.
+Hi Corky,
+"Baloney!"
+You're ignoring history. Bluster and choice words don't cut it. The the Northern kingdom of Israel did exist and was taken into captivity.
+You have to deal with that and the prophecies that surround these folks.. Noone I know of contests substantial deportations from the Northern kingdom, anymore than they contest deportations to Babylon following the fall of Judah, but that's a whole ball park away from what BI postulates.
+Again, the chapter in From Eden to Exile is helpful here.
+The idea that those who subscribe to British Israelism seems to be:
+"The Twelve Tribes, (maybe just 10 or 11) were taken captive like one would round up cattle. Every tribe was hauled off to Assyria or Babylon depending. While in captivity, Reubenites stayed with Reubinite kind, Gad with the Gad kind, Isacharians with the Isachar kind and so on.
+Upon release into the work study program, The tribe of Zebulon aquired a taste for Gouda Cheese and Wooden shoes, Dan liked to wander around Germany naming rivers after themselves and ultimately when they came to the States became the best policemen in NY. The rest of the totally segregated tribes wandered into Scandanavia as Vikings and Sauna salesmen and France where they developed the French Fry and planeted vineyards.
+The Reubenites quickly forgot the laws of clean and unclean meats big time, and as all other tribes, developed languages that never hinted at Hebraic roots and of course, you switched to all the pagan holidays you could amass. You forget a lot in captivity.
+Judah wandered back to Israel to challenge the Romans but got the boot again and wandered Europe until they controlled most of it getting into some difficulties with the Huns.
+Meanwhile Ephraim and Manasseh had become superpowers, defeated the Huns and Japheth and returned Judah to Israel once again where they could live in peace after they drove the Philistines into the sea. The drive is still underway and actually not going very well.
+Meanwhile, those who recognized the Jewish Messiah had come and the Jews missed it, grew strong in Manassah but not so much anymore in Ephraim.
+Evangelical Manassites vowed to protect and support the chosen ones of Israel, while they manipulated Kings and Priests to cause Jesus to return, even though the chosen people of Israel were laughing their butts off at them behind their backs.
+Right now, time is short and it remains that those who have wives be as if they didn't and those that are single must stay single because single people think more of the work than those caught up in pleasing their mates.
+The tribes are in position for the regathering back to Israel if Assyria and the Babylonians don't scrape them off the earth again.
+Soon the whole world will keep the FOT or God will starve them out with drought until they do..smile brethren.
+Noah will be in charge of boats and animal management. Joseph will run the government. Reuben will have the sandwich concession and Gad will take over Ebay as E-Gad.
+Angels will interrupt fornicating teens before it is too late and we will be in charge of everyone in everyway forever as God is God.
+How can anyone question that? :)
+ what happened to the 4/5s?
+"You're ignoring history. Bluster and choice words don't cut it. The the Northern kingdom of Israel did exist and was taken into captivity.
+You have to deal with that and the prophecies that surround these folks."
+Well, one fifth was anyway but according to Jesus all the prophecies were fulfilled in the generation he lived in.
+Luk 21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
+"You're ignoring history. Bluster and choice words don't cut it. The the Northern kingdom of Israel did exist and was taken into captivity."
+History? The captivity, I suppose, but what happened afterwards (according to BI) is not history and it is this that Corky probably has a problem with.
+"You have to deal with that and the prophecies that surround these folks."
+No one "has" to deal with historical and religious fantasy at all, no more than one "has" to deal with the notion that God kreated everything. What normal people "have" to do is deal with the evidence and facts that we have, and base sane conclusions on them. That's all we "have" to do.
+Paul
+Many people point to the numbers of Israelites who went into captivity, however, thousands of gentiles were sent into the northern kingdom to repopulate, intermarry with and generally diffuse the vanquished tribes. At the very least, this disrupted the supposed purity of the race. It was the ancient equivalent of being "assimilated into the Borg" (Star Trek)
+BB
+Oh, yeah, and BTW: I, too, laughed my butt off that anyone would quote Finkelstein to support BI. I guess it takes all kinds.
+Neotherm,
+To answer your question, it is both. I ride my bicycle about ten or fifteen miles per day to get my cardio, and burn up the road on my Harley whenever the opportunity presents itself.
+BB
+Isn't it amazing how Prophet and Priestly propagandists wove a tale
+about an obscure cultic people into one that consumes religionists and generally plagues the sanity of the good people of planet earth?
+Gavin,
+."
+It is bold of you to speak for Finkelstein and Silberman, they do not say what happened to the northern kingdom after went into captivity. They do not know.
+But, of course Gavin, you do know. You have your prejudices to placate.
+The point is that the most talented folks in the Northern kingdom were deported. They had built a very successful nation while Judah was still a backwater.
+What happened to them, at least 40,000 of them? That was the size of a nation in those days, the eighth century BCE.
+I didn't say that I believed ALL of Allens and Amrstrongs theories. But I do believe the Nothern kingdom fulfilled many of the prophecies of the Tanakh. The Northern kingdom has been focal in global affairs, just as their Holy Books have influenced all kingdoms... even modern nations.
+You are still struggling with making sense of the Tanakh. You just won't let go. And you are still trying to influence folks. You just won't let go. Why?
+You and others are wedded to prejudice not scholarship. Just like the venerable HWA, you pick and choose what you want to believe.
+Finkelstein and Silberman are fair.
+"But I do believe the Nothern kingdom fulfilled many of the prophecies of the Tanakh."."
+Paul
+.""
+Again no history, no facts. Just words, bluster, and prejudice.
+"Again no history, no facts."
+Ironic, considering you provide no history or facts to bolster the claim that the Ten Tribes, after deportation/captivity, traveled to A, B, and C, and did D, E, and F, all in fulfillment of prophecy X.
+Again, no history, no facts, just religious assumption and delusion.
+Paul
+All of the groups, from United down to the smallest with three people, need to divorce themselves from both Herbert Armstrong and British Israelism to survive even another decade.
+Not that we want them to, mind you.
+What I have a problem with is that it has been proven by DNA that BI is impossible even if the bible said it did, which it doesn't.
+It's a funny thing to me that people keep on believing BI after the Gene Project, as if genetics and DNA doesn't exist.
+It's good enough evidence to convict a murderer in court and get him sentenced to death but it's not good enough evidence for the BI theorists.
+Seriously, what in the hell is wrong with their minds!!?
+Paul:
+Point well taken. I spoke too broadly. I only believe that the mechanisms of evolution have validity, that is, mutation and natural selection.
+The question we are confronted with is whether matter, energy, time and space have always existed or whether they were brought into existence. This is beyond the scope of evolution. A prior.
+Just what is the difference?
+There are those who believe that 60 Million years ago, Xenu killed 100 Billion people in volcanoes and that their engrams cloud our thinking until they are audited out. A lot of people believe this and are very certain in their faith.
+So just what is so different between the belief in Xenu and British Israelism. Both belief systems rest on the writings of a man and are an outgrowth of fantasy.
+In one case, it is unprovable speculative fiction based on unrelated stories in the Bible. In the other case, it is speculative science fiction.
+Here is a challenge to Armstrongists: Prove that British Israelism is superior to Scientology to the satisfaction of Scientologists. Go ahead. You will justly earn their contempt.
+Here's one more challenge: Cite the fruit of the spirit that British Israelism has nurtured and caused to grow in people.
+In the end, concern with physical Israel seems far removed from spiritual Israel. If not one ordinary Israelite of the Old Testament [discounting the prophets and a king or two] never even received the Holy Spirit at any time and in whom there was no faith, of what benefit is it to cling to a thoroughly discredited belief system?
+If British Israelism disappeared, would the path to salvation be threatened in any way? What does it have to do with a spiritual life? Even if it were true -- and it is not -- what spiritual benefit does it have, especially considering the divisions, the bad example and the false prophets it has generated?
+And while you are at it, prove that the Waldensians don't make liars of Herbert Armstrong and Dr. Hoeh.
+Have you not read from the Apostle Paul, "from such turn away"?
+Ah, the missing 10 tribes.
+Perhaps they are all living in the Himalayas chasing Yeti.Even the name Sher-pa could be Jewish in origin as the word Him-alajah.
+Then,maybe they moved to Louisiana where they have the Chevy on the Levi.
+Seamus
+Sleeping or gone on a journey.
+450 ministers need to pray that they can be found. Put the sacrifice on the altar and soak the wood with water. 450 prophets will join you. Tarry 'til we come.
+At least one minister gave a sermon in the past week that the United States was being punished with bad weather for their bad behavior as described in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28. He was the one who quoted Herbert Armstrong in the Pasture General report.
+One has to ask the question, if the United States is Israel, then just at what time has any of the churches of God been a credible witness to the country to persuade the people away from sin? Where are those who the people can believe because their example gives them credibility? Instead of the churches engaging in bad behavior themselves?
+Has no one looked at a map of Israel and found that the King of the North would like be an Arab?
+Just which church filled with the mentally ill should the American people believe? And why?
+Destruction,doom and gloom.,.we are having a red moon in NZ in the next day or two.
+Repent,drape sackcloth around yourselves you sinners and give your fortune to your favourite COG.
+Seamus
+Anonymous wrote:
+....had a total population of just 50,000 in the 10th BCE; with Israel at 45,000 and Judah at just 5,000.
+........350,000 and the population of Judah was only about 100,000 (page 208).
+Kevin Edgecomb over at
+has some interesting theories into the population numbers given in the OT for the various tribes.
+Kevin noticed the numbers don't quite add up right. It appears they are either inflated by a factor of 10 or perhaps 100 (what's a few powers of ten among friends?).
+It seems Israel, surrounded by large and powerful warring countries, did a puffer fish number, and inflated its population counts in its texts to discourage overly ambitious nations from attacking.
+Does this mean the bible is a lie? Or does it mean Israel did what it had to, like now, to stay alive? These are the kind of questions Bible inerrancy promoters fail to address.
+Its a shame Preachers remove the humanity in the book in an effort to deify it.
+To explain the futility of British Israelism is almost as useful as explaining rainbows to earthworms.
+Have a religious reformation in Europe. Call it Protestant. Notice that you can't have any freedom to practice the religion, so when the opportunity to colonize a new territory becomes available, become one group of the melting pot of people who will colonize and found a new nation. As that nation grows, watch all manner of diverse peoples with diverse belief systems join you.
+Now, fast forward the time clock to the twentieth century and listen to a radio preacher explain that this new mongrel nation, now the most powerful in the world, is one of the lost ten tribes of Israel, his theory being based soley on the immigration from England. Determining the particular tribe of the individual, Manasseh or Ephraim, was based soley on whether that individual chose to immigrate or stay home.
+Now, watch the radio preacher rant and rave that the new nation is going to be severely punished for forgetting laws which it never knew in the first place (remember, if anything, Protestantism was the guiding force of the founders). The radio preacher never seems to make the connection that if the USA was blessed in the first place, such blessings, if they were to be an effective encouragement from God, would have to have resulted from keeping the tenets of Protestantism. How can a nation forget sabbaths, holy days, and dietary laws which they never knew? How could a loving God bring horrible tribulation on a nation for forsaking laws that they never practiced in the first place?
+There are many words which could be used to describe the proponents of British Israelism. Gullible comes to mind. When it comes to theories, BI does not even rise halfway to the stature of the theory of Evolution.
+B.
+Who says the default state is nothingness before the formation of the universe? "so the universe was created"? I thought you said there was nothing, where did the material come from, where did the creator come from if there was just "nothing"?
+So, there wasn't "nothing" there was at least a creator and material for the creator to work with.
+That "absence of existence" sure took a leap in your mind, didn't it?
+Corky:
+The Creator has always existed and didn't come from anywhere. He did not fabricate, as the New Testament tells us, the universe out of already existing material but created it ex nihilo, out of nothing.
+There was nothingness with regard to time, space, energy and matter. It is the physical universe that is under discussion.
+Like most non-Creationist scientists, you have started with the assumption that something already exists but you have no explanation for how that could be.
+So the next step is to say that the universe in all of its organization, complexity and careful design has always existed -- hence, no act of creation. (Logically this is the fallacy of believing in an effect that has no cause.)
+But the universe is entropic and is gradually becoming more disorganized. There is nothing to make us believe that it has a past, eternal history. In fact, to the contrary, everything (red shift, radioactive decay, Big Bang) indicates that it started at a single point in time. One day all the stars will burn out just like one day in the past, they all became energized.
+In fact, the idea of an eternal time continuum extending backward forever does not work. Time was created and began at a point. If the time continuum were to run forever into the past, the present would never, ever catch up to where we are now. Today would never happen.
+The fact is, God exists and I think you know it and I think it really bothers you.
+-- Neo
+"The fact is, God exists and I think you know it and I think it really bothers you."
+Typical if all else fails and I can't make you understand me attack on what someone "must" really think or knows and their true motives for seeing things differently than the author.
+Those who so easily and flippantly explain to the ignorant that which God has no doubt told them personally about how all things are, are the reason most could care less for creationist explanations.
+Anonymous:
+I am not sure what you meant to write -- somewhat garbled.
+But if you are willing to make your decision based on something as superficial as a side comment made by a creationist, my guess is that your mind is closed and your are not into this very deeply.
+-- Neo
+The fact is, God exists and I think you know it and I think it really bothers you.
+No, the fact is, I don't believe God exists and you do not "know" that one does yourself. And no, it doesn't bother me in the least.
+Matter and energy has a good a chance of pre-existing the birth of the universe as a Super, Duper, Intelligence capable of creating something from nothing.
+Because since from nothing, nothing comes, it's impossible anyway.
+"The fact is, God exists and I think you know it and I think it really bothers you"
+Corky ungarbled it..
+"No, the fact is, I don't believe God exists and you do not "know" that one does yourself. And no, it doesn't bother me in the least.".
+On second thought, don't tell me.
+-- Neo
+"The fact is, God exists..."
+Evidence?
+Also, there is no such thing as a "non-Creation scientist," for that implies that there are "Creation scientists." There are scientists, and there are delusional people who in all other respects fulfill the role of the scientist excepting critical thinking.
+Why would Corky believe that there is a God? Would you also expect Corky to believe that there are space vampires and leprechauns? If not, why? For there is as much evidence for the existence of space vampires and leprechauns as there is for God (and Allah, and Zeus, ect.)
+Paul
+Eric Cline's book, From Eden to Exile, is another rant against HWA. The book will be welcomed by the growing cabal of disillusioned scoffers, who were once associtaed with WCG. And I deliberately used the associted, because it is evident from the nonsense they now believe, that they were never truly converted.
+It would be pointless to attempt to rebut Mr. Cline's errorneous thesis, as most of the cabel are of a mind set that is impervious to reason. Suffice to say, however, that Jesus must have been mistaken when he used the phrase, "the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
+"Eric Cline's book, From Eden to Exile, is another rant against HWA.". You certainly haven't read the book before frothing into outrage. If you had you wouldn't make such a downright dumb statement. Cline does talk about the Ten Tribes, but that has nothing specifically to do with Herb. Lots of sects have weird theories about the tribes - including half the population of Utah.
+Tom, if you want to argue the point, that's fine, but at least have a point and don't try to wing it with this kind of ignorantly myopic pretense.
+There, I feel much better now that's off my chest! ;-)
+PS, Tom. If you have a dictionary - or even a spell checker - you might gain a bit more credibility by avoiding mistakes like "associted", "associtaed" and "errorneous."
+."
+There you go again Gavin, speaking for someone else. You really shouldn't do that. You have no idea what Cline has or hasn't heard. Why don't you write the man and ask him? You might be surprised.
+Talk about minimal brain cells...
+This entire thread is a "rant". No facts, no data, no history. Just an opportunity for the Orthodox to "rant".
+I guess it makes them feel good...
+Well, as all of you Herbalists say, "I guess we'll find out".
+You'd think that in the years since 1975, everyone would have "found out".
+BB
+Gavin>>There, I feel much better now that's off my chest! ;-)<<
+If it was a good idea to get that off your chest, you must have been very ill.
+However, you only posted the information about the book because it supports your misguided belief that HWA was a charlatan. If anyone dares to write a book supporting what HWA taught, you and the cabal of regular scoffers would pour scorn on it.
+Gavin>>PS, Tom. If you have a dictionary -or even a spell checker - you might gain a bit more credibility by avoiding mistakes like "associted", "associtaed" and "errorneous."<<
+You must be either desperate or have nothing useful to say if you have to jump on a couple of spelling mistakes to score a point. In intellectual circles that is described as clutching at straws. But what do drowning men do?
+"It would be pointless to attempt to rebut Mr. Cline's errorneous thesis, as most of the cabel are of a mind set that is impervious to reason."
+That, as the kids say, is a "cop-out." If you can refute a position using relevant data, then refute it, and do not be concerned whether or not your audience accepts it or not. You would be surprised at how many people who left the COG's welcome fact and will shift their view to accomodate facts. I mean, after all, critical thinking was a must in exiting the COG.
+Paul
+Neotherm said....
+The assertion is founded on the fact that from nothing, nothing comes so there had to be something already existing. This is common knowledge among normal people.
+Suffice to say, however, that Jesus must have been mistaken when he used the phrase, "the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
+A lost sheep may or may not know he is lost, but he ought to know that he is a sheep. But in British Israelism, the lost Israelites are so "lost" that they don't even know that they are really Israelites. (Oh yes, they are Israelites, even though they have no Israelite DNA, aren't circumcised, and don't observe the Torah).
+But if they don't even know they are Israelites, how then could it be fair of God to send them into captivity for their violation of a covenant they had no idea they, being Israelites, should have been observing? Surely it is only those who are aware of their obligations who could reasonably be held accountable for their failure to live up to their obligations.
+Therefore we must conclude that only Armstrongists of Israelite descent will be carried away into captivity by the Germans.
+So much for that Place of Safety . . . .
+TOM"It would be pointless to attempt to rebut Mr. Cline's erroneous thesis, as most of the cabel are of a mind set that is impervious to reason."
+Paul>That, as the kids say, is a "cop-out." If you can refute a position using relevant data, then refute it, and do not be concerned whether or not your audience accepts it or not.<<
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+Your suggestion would be a good idea for people who were not associated with WCG. For it is likely that their minds might be opened to an honest, objective and impartial evaluation of the facts. In addition, their minds would not have been warped and twisted by the bitterness of having paid thousands of dollars in tithes and offerings to a church, which they now believe was founded and mis-managed by a charlatan.
+On the other hand, 99.9% of those who left WCG, and have joined one of the many divided churches in cog-land, become practice scoffers or, like dogs, returned to their own vomit of Sunday worship and Christmas observance, have been afflicted with a supernatural blindness, which it is impossible to cure. So since I am unable to make the blind see or the deft hear, it would be pointless to post a rebuttal of any of so-called scientific or doctrinal theses that now proliferate the web sites and blogs in cog-land. All I can do is point out how irrational their stance is, and challenge them to explain the contradictions in their newly found "freedom."
+All I can do is point out how irrational their stance is, and challenge them to explain the contradictions in their newly found "freedom."
+We can disagree with each other on our degree of hatred of HWA and Armstrongism and we can disagree on the existence of gods. We can even disagree over evolution but that is because we are free to do so and you can't stand that can you?
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+According to the chart. A True B False C Not stated Questions 8 to 14 are based on the following passage. the strongest of which measured 2. Yesterday's quake. The Orphanage purchased primary school revision and exercise books for the children. registering 5. The visit to the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia cost RM300. The so-called double-August occurred in 1976 and began on 26 August this year. despite the fact that some old peasant homes were damaged at the epicentre.26 am. "There is no danger. "No one was hurt and no buildings fell down. A True B False C Not stated C Not stated 2. there was no devastation or casualties." He added that he did not believe in the Double-Eight superstition. "It was terrifying. Superstition now surrounds years in which the lunar calendar counts the eighth month twice. were recorded later in the day. occur in leap-August. The orphanage is managed by five staff members. All the children go to school by bus A True C Not stated B False 6. The building shook and I and my neighbours all ran out into the street. striking fear into the hearts of millions of Chinese who feared the workings of fate after the earthquake of 1976 which killed almost a quarter of a million people. A True B False C Not stated 3. fulfilled soothasayers’ predictions that natural disasters and cataclysmic political events.’ he said. This time. ’Aftershock activities can last a long time but the impact will not very strong." said a telephone operator. 5 2 3 10 4 15 20 2 . the amount spent on food for the month of June was RM3900.5 on Richter. such as the death of Moa. Hundreds of panic-stricken people ran into the streets as the tremor raced through the industrial city at 6. scaled. The chart indicates the monthly income expenditure pattern of Rose Orphanage for the month of June 2011 A True B False C Not stated 4. It was only a small earthquake and we have had a hundred small quakes this year.1. A True B False 7. It lasts until 23 October." Han Shuhua at the Tangshan Seismology Bureau said. A True B False C Not stated 5. and heralded the death of Mao Zedong. The outing organised by the orphanage in June 2011 was an educational trip. however. About 40 aftershocks. 1 Moderate earthquake shook Tangshan early yesterday.0 on the Richter scale and felt 160 kilometres away in Beijing.
+A True B False C Not stated 12. From the report. The word predict (line 26) means.com) 6 25 7 8.0 on the Richter scale. hit the industrial city. Although the Tangshan Seismology Institute failed to predict this one. dams and agriculture areas from earthquakes.000 people died in the 1976 quake and hundreds of thousands were injured when heavy concrete buildings collapsed. This year China also said it would implement a nationwide anti-disaster programme to protect its largest cities. A True B False C Not stated 11. Authorities in Tangshan have sought to calm residents by broadcasting on television and radio that there is unlikely to be another strong earthquake. All the houses belonging to the peasants were damaged especially at the epicentre. A notice B forecast C prophesy 9. A True B False C Not stated 13. (Adopted from. There were almost a quarter of a million fatalities in the 1976 earthquake. the State Seismology Bureau forecast in March that China would experience a number of strong quakes in 1995 because a new period of seismic activity was beginning. we can conclude that A the people of Tangsan have forgotten the 1976 earthquake B the Chinese authorities are prepared to face future earthquake C the Chinese people are resigned to living in earthquake-prone areas 14. The main purpose of the report is to A highlight the reasons for the 1976 earthquake B provide the latest information about the recent earthquake in Tangsan C commend the work of authorities for protecting people against earthquake 10. The entire city of Tangshan had to be rebuilt after several quakes registering 7.5 At least 240. The 1976 earthquake caused more Chinese to be more superstitious. The following was reported except A Tangshan was rebuilt after the 1976 earthquake B the impact of aftershock activities will not be very strong C the mass media was used to inform people of Mao Zedong’s death 3 .
+provide the leader of the group and the group with something against which 35 to measure progress. Time must be affectively utilised if the organisation is to accomplish its goals and objectives. One of the biggest weaknesses of most leaders is that they spend too much time doing and not enough time thinking about what they are doing. This vision is the catalyst which provides the energy and drive towards the goal envisioned. Deadlines determine the time the project will take to complete. simply telling people what to do and having the power to make them do it. If the leader is not constantly surveying the terrain ahead.energy. both he and his followers may find themselves 5 in a bind. The true leader is one who has the ability to influence or inspire others to follow.supplies. as some would believe. to realise that nothing is going to work out exactly according to plan. that is getting results through motivation. including the worst cases scenario. must establish a strategic planning process that monitors the environment.money. They are the keys to your success as a leader. When deadlines are met. time. a good leader always determines the mission and purpose of the organisation. no matter what happens. One of the responsibilities 25 you have is to take these resource and organise them in such a way that they will help the organisation accomplish its mission. To be successful as a leader. Many time. 4 2 3 4 5 6 . considers the strengths of the organisation and devises plans to be accomplished by the members of the organisation. Blindly doing without proper planning can lead to disaster. These resources could include people. contacts. If you as the leader do not know where are you heading. if it to be successful. This will inevitably lead to disaster. The leader who is truly on top of things 40 comes to expect the unexpected. it is the planning that ultimately gets the organisation moving 10 along. One off the key tools in managing this organisational time is the establishment of deadlines.Questions 15 to 21 are based on the following passage. It is also equally important to consistently survey the organisation to identify the areas where the system has gone off-track so that remedial action can be taken. The wise planner will have contingency plans for all such situations. The leader has to provide and guidance and direction for his followers. provide incentives and motivation. you also need to be clear about the types of resources essential to the accomplishment of your mission. time is one of the most 30 valuable. Deadlines are not a just arbitrary limits imposed from above or outside but are useful tools. etc. 1 What is leadership? it is not. it provides all with a sense of achievement and success and it provides the guidelines for establishing new deadlines that are again challenging and attainable. 20 To achieve success as a leader. While the vision provides the trust. Of all the resources available to a leader and to an organisation.ideas. some form of vision and planning are essential. the cure for having lost sight of the vision of the organisation is to increase the efforts and drive the herd forward. One final point to remember is the importance of contingency plans that can be put into operation should something unexpected occurs. how are the followers expected to know? Hence. It is through the establishment of goals and objectives the organisation of resources and the implementation of tasks that the leader can achieve success.communication systems. it is important that any leadership enterprise. One of the things that you have to do as a leader is to expand your view of the resources you have available to do a job.equipment. 15 Hence. This gives the leader not only the appearance but also the fact of being in control.plans.
+A leader who is influential and inspirational means that A he will motivate his staff to willingly do things for him B he has to give directions before anyone does anything C he has the power to make them do what he wants 16. The tone of the writer in his passage is one that is A informational B inspirational C motivational 18. The main idea of paragraph 2 is A a leader must lead a survey team B a leader must have a vision and a mission C a leader must always do work better than his followers 17. it is also provides answers to those who are curious. For this reason it is not wise to learn history by hasty accumulation of facts. Who says that you have to experience everything first-hand in order to learn? Moreover. If you want to lead effectively.15. Setting the deadlines is important because it A limits the performance of the workers B positively stimulates the performance of the workers C allows the workers to evaluate the effectiveness of the leader Questions 22 to 29 are based on the following passage. The following are qualities of a good leader expect A he should be able to handle the unexpected B he should always check on his organisation to remedy what is wrong C he should push his followers to work hard even if he is unclear about his objectives 21. For example. history throws light on the posterity. Not only is it meant to produce a well-informed mind. History indeed imparts the kind of knowledge that can be 10 used to broaden our consciousness. 5 Many people in the world have learnt and benefited from history. Some of the problems of today can best be explained by events in the past. the mere process of accumulating information through the reading of history. does necessarily give training to a mind that was initially diffuse. This would only serve to clutter 5 . DANCES 1 2 3 History has certain attractions that ensure its inclusion in the general scheme of education. which of the following would you reject? I Plan ahead for the future II Find out the strengths of the organisation first and then set the goals III Establish the goals first and then find out the strengths of the organisation IV Ensure that your plan is perfect so that you do not need to have alternative plans 20. It possesses the key to some of our present day predicaments. If you are in need of any essay topic for discussion. On the other hand. what would be a better stimulus that history? It is safe and sound choice as you can most likely discuss it without getting emotionally involved. History helps us gather material for the purpose of manufacturing into experience. The word herd (line 15) refers to A leaders B employees C employers 19. it is interesting to learn of our origins from history.
+Any student of history thinks that he can criticise the events 20 and people of the past. 22. Nevertheless.4 5 6 7 the memory with a mass of information. 40 and the jurist to erect a firm defence against disorder. and even sometimes when they have not been correctly understood. during the Roman times. In history the discovery of small fact that may be important. It is still a living source of inspiration. They reveal what is most permanent and universal in the life of spirit. Educators should resist the temptation to indoctrinate their learners but instead to encourage them to view the facts critically. there is 35 indeed a great need for the study of history. which are meaningful of all peoples and for all times. The other danger in the study of history is from the sheer blind repetitions that occur year 25 after year. For those who have been newly introduced tp the study of history. the soldier. It was once said that the 30 world would be liable be plunged into bloodshed if teachers and students disseminated wrong history. with power to stimulate and direct thought and action of the modern world. It is a widely accepted fact that history. their minds tend to sweep over the centuries and continents and curtly put everything in its place. provides interim reports. It would seem so simple for them to pronounce judgements on these historical events as they were not present at the events during that time. the statesman. What is the main idea of paragraph 1 A The importance of studying history B The consequences of studying history C How history can improve the quality of our lives 23 Which of the following supports the idea _ who says that you have to experience everything first-hand in order to learn? (line 7 and 8) A History produces a well-informed mind B History allows learning from other people’s experiments C History answers all question about other people’s experiences 6 . It is only at the end of many years of training that you will come to know what it genuinely means to establish the assertions that you make about certain events in history. Besides. For example. it was the spirit or reverence for public law that inspired the citizen to willingly sacrifice for the community. and from book to book – these statements repeated sometimes out of context. like all scientific interpretations of the universe. It can be safely said that no one ever attains a final understanding or the kind of knowledge in which he can safely rest. is calculated to produce a drastic reshaping of the whole field of study. History must be taught precisely because so much bad history exists in the world already. and probably thinks that he can provide better alternatives as to what should have been done and what could have avoided. this immense growth of knowledge will 15 greatly outstrip the general development of the mind.
+(line 14) A History makes people aware of all world events B Too much accumulation of facts causes headaches C Passing judgements on historical facts without thinking 25. The Kelantanese Tarian Asyik is supposed to represent the flight of birds . When one indoctrinates. Traditional Malay dances are steeped in history and legend. or celebrating life itself. which has Persian roots and has now developed many forms across the states of Malaysia. or by the peoples of Sabah and Sarawak.. One of the more intriguing variants is the Zapin Tenglu from Mersing. with her rich intermingling of cultures. Umbrella.24. the Dances Of Malaysia are among our most cherished cultural traditions and a rich form of entertainment. What does the writer mean when he says. 2. Indians. For instance. has a particularly rich and varied dance heritage. traditional dance is another form of entertainment that has become a must in all formal shows and functions. as they sway gently to the sound of traditional instruments such as the serunai. gambang and rebab. Equally mesmerizing is the Tarian Zapin. A teacher of history should A teach students accurate historical Questions 30 to 37 are based on the following passage.it is not wise to learn history. the fan is used to express joy and happiness. celebrating a harvest. What can you conclude from the passage? A Learning history can be dangerous B The study of history requires critical analysis C History should be included in the school curriculum 26. on the other hand.... and Handkerchief as extensions of the dancer's own emotions. The word interim (line 28) means A interval B temporary C permanent facts and allow them to analyse them critically B inspire students to the great events of history so that they can create history as well C transfer all their knowledge to the students and influence students to think like them 28. The example of the Roman times (line 39) supports the following idea: A History can be inspiring for everyone B History can be used to brainwash people C History can be stimulating to the bored mind 29. it means that someone is trying to A encourage you to think critically B persuade you to believe something C force you to repeat facts without Thinking 27. Whether performed by Malays. The umbrella is used primarily to express passionate 7 5 10 15 20 . The expressive power of dance as an art form has endured for centuries and Malaysia. Like the gasing and wau. Chinese. Chinese dances. each performance is a rich tapestry which weaves together exquisite costumes and equally delicate and expressive movements. 3. Whether telling a story.and the fluid grace of the dancers. certainly takes the imagination on a flight of fancy. 1. use simple props such as Fan. which depicts the ebb and flow of the tides and the lives of local fisherfolk.
+dancers perform a tale that sometimes would demand a hundred characters. either between a male and female or between an individual and his or her surroundings. which reflect the many different ethnic groups of the land. yet 40 graceful and evocative. and are accompanied by the pounding of the gu (drums) and bo (cymbals). clad in Kadazan black velvet. which are shown off through graceful and wonderful movements D every dance displays colourful costumes which are overshadowed by graceful and meaningful steps . unforgettable splendour. 5. war and victory. The Sumazau is often regarded as the state dance of Sabah. In Sarawak. revenge. 9. leg and eye movements which must be learnt in order to perform this timehonoured and venerated dance in its full. 6. In Kathak. 50 ambush. The word Kathak means ‘the art of story telling’. It is a warrior dance that tells a story of anger. Sabah and Sarawak are blessed with the widest variety of colourful traditional dances. perhaps the best known is Bharata Natyam. This can be summarized as A every dance reflects a strong cultural background. Of late it has been largely improvised. Kathak gradually moved out into the courts of the rulers and is now part of the entertainment during grand celebrations. Many Chinese traditional dances are an important accompaniment to key festivals. Another popular dance of the Orang Ulu tribe of Sarawak is the Kanjet Ngeleput which is solely performed by men. 30. 8. Indian dances are many and varied. No official function seems complete without graceful dancers who captivate their audience with their elegant movements. 4. Each performance is a rich tapestry which weaves together exquisite costumes and equally delicate and expressive 8 movements (line 5-7). Indian dances can be divided into classical and folk styles. It is simple. Of all regions in Malaysia.feelings. sway like birds to the sound of gongs. What was the writer’s intention in using the phrase with her rich intermingling if cultures (line 2) A To introduce the idea of the separation culture in Malaysia B To inform that Malaysia is gifted with a mixed culture C To state that Malaysia has a unique blend of cultures D To state that Malaysia has a wide variety of cultures 31. gestures and body movements to convey the story without a word of explanation. depicting the activity of hunting. the use of fine clothes. and the expression of unique movements B every dance is a rich heritage of culture that displays expensive clothes and expresses graceful C every dance has marvellous costumes. others 25 express the simple joys of village life. making it earthbound while the use of the arms gives it a lifted and light impression as if the bird is soaring high. ranging from an angry ogre to 35 a magnanimous fairy godmother. 30 Kathak dance is another form of classical dance. Of the seven classical styles. Their costume is distinctive and includes feathers which are attached to the hands giving the impression of birds (namely the hornbill) in flight. Dance and music is a rich part Malaysia’s heritage. Performers use excellent expression . Datun Julid is performance by female dancers of the Orang Ulu tribe of Sarawak. 7. The movement 45 vocabulary simply focuses on changing weight from one leg to the other in an almost pedestrian manner. as the dancers. mastery of which can take many years due to the various intricate hand. From its early form as a devotional expression dedicated to the Hindu gods. some express a more spiritual angle.
+A the Malaysian traditional dances are not performed for leisure or as a pastime B the dances are only performed during formal functions for large audiences C the Malaysian traditional dances are too difficult to be learnt by others D all the dances of Malaysia use very similar musical instruments 1 Like the air we breathe. What prompts the writer to state that Of all the regions in Malaysia. now even developed nations are realising its limits. an essential component of almost every human activity and vital to the health of all ecosystems. It is the most precious of all resources. Nearly 450 million people in 29 countries currently face severe water shortages. Sabah and Sarawak are blessed with the widest variety of colourful traditional dances (line 38-39)? A There are many different ethnic group residing in these two states B Most of their dances have been improvised and take many forms C Their dances are the most unique with themes related to nature D The dances have many themes and messages 33. it is something that we often take for granted. From the second paragraph we can infer that A Zapin Tenglu is mostly popular in the coastal areas B Tarian Asyik requires the use of three instruments C the most famous of the Malay dances is the Zapin D Tarian Asyik is danced by females only explain the dance B The movements used in the dance are precise C The steps used in the dance are clear D The dance is self-explanatory 36. 9 5 10 . The similarity between the Malay and Chinese dances is that A both require the involvement of the male and female B both use props in all their dances C both are expressions of emotions D both use very few instruments 37. Twenty per cent more water than what is now available will be needed to feed the additional three billion people who will be alive by 2025. What does the writer maen by the phrase without a word of expalntation (line 37)? A There is no need for a narrator to Questions 38 to 45 are based on the following passage. As much as two-thirds of the world population would be water-stressed by 2025. Once assumed unlimited in supply. It is also what we human beings are made of – Water! And it is running out. Which of the following is not true of the Indian classical dance? A It is necessary to take classes to master the dance B It is a dance solely attributed to the Hindu gods C The most popular is the Bharata Natyam D There are seven variants of this dance 35. From the reading of the whole article we can infer that 34.32.
+They found that even with major improvements in water collection and distribution (that would provide 70 10 15 20 3 25 30 4 35 5 40 45 6 50 7 55 . lakes. As the world’s population expands. irrigation-fed agriculture supplies about 45 per cent of the world’s food supply. for ecological reasons. Additional statistics on water uses will help illuminate the world water situation. These water shortages will be the primary obstacle to increased food production in the next few decades. especially in sub-Saharan and Sahelian Africa. irrigation comprises 90 per cent of the water used. Adding to the paradox is the fact that only a tiny fraction of the total fresh water resources is available for human use. This is because irrigated farmland is about five times more productive than farmland that depends on rainwater. 97. India and China. the world bank and the united Nations have commissioned studies and working groups to evaluate existing conditions. increased pressure on existing water supplies. threatening sensitive habitats and their biodiversity. considering the seemingly vast water resources of Earth. makes the most intensive use of the world’s fresh water resources as there is an immense need to expand farming areas to grow food to feed the population. most of the convenient and relatively inexpensive sources of water have already been appropriated. less than one per cent of all the fresh water on Earth is technologically and economically accessible for human use. However. and most of the remainder is retained as soil moisture or deposited in deep underground aquifers that are inaccessible to humans. it would be unsound to rely primarily on rain-fed agriculture to produce the world’s expanding food requirements. while industry. project future needs and devise strategies for coping with the water crisis. About 70 per cent of the fresh water on the planet is locked up as ice at the poles. In fact. which accounts for 70 per cent of all the water extracted from rivers. of the additional food – placing in turn. Whether agriculture is rain-fed or irrigated. such as the Amazon and Congo River Basins. Expanding rain-fed agriculture would entail the clearing of massive areas of forests and savannas. In certain arid and dry areas. Today. the most water-rich areas of the world. such as the Mediterranean. increased food production requires more land and more water.5 per cent as fresh water. are sparsely populated. Irrigation. and aquifers. recreation and other uses comprise about 20 per cent. or about 70 per cent. In response to concerns about the looming water shortages. the water planet! More than tw0-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered with water.5 per cent of this salt water. irrigated land will be expected to produce most. It is an irony of geography that two-thirds of the world’s population live in areas that receive only one-quarter of the world’s annual rainfall. water is unevenly distributed across the populated regions of the world. To make matters worse. Some of the most densely populated regions of the world. will face serve water shortages in the coming decades. This leaves only 2. the Middle East. most of the increases in agricultural productivity occurred on irrigated lands. By contrast. However. In the final tally. drinking and sanitation require approximately 10 per cent of the fresh water supplies.2 Surely. such dire predictions are unthinkable. During the Green Revolution. On a global average.
+a prediction that has been termed the “world water gap”. there would still be significant water shortages by the year 2025. there should still be a need for 20 per cent more water. 60 65 38 Why do we often take water for granted? A B C D Water appears to be unlimited in supply Our bodies are made up of water Water is very important to us water is running out 39 The phrase such dire predictions (line 11) refers to A B C D the acute water shortages that will be faced by the population in future the fact that two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered with water the current water shortages faced by the population the water resources of our planet Earth 40 Why does the writer describe water distribution as an irony of geography? A B C D Most water-rich areas have large populations Most water-deficient areas have large population Most water-deficient areas have small population Water resources are evenly distributed throughout the world 41 The Green Revolution is likely to be A B C D a movement to feed the poor a movement to expand the population a movement to increase world food production a movement to encourage the planting of trees 42 The drier an area A B C D the less there is a need for irrigation the more there is a need for irrigation the less the depletion of water resources the more the usage of water for drinking and sanitation 43 The negative consequence of rain-fed agriculture is A B C D the increase in biodiversity the clearing of natural vegetation to grow food the need for more water than irrigation-fed agriculture the use of more farmland than irrigation-fed agriculture 11 .per cent efficiency instead of the current average of 45 per cent worldwide). According to experts. Unfortunately. even if the rate at which new water supplies were developed in the 1990s was sustained for the next few decades. there are practical limits to how much additional water can be extracted from the environment. since most of the readily available sources have already been appropriated.
+.................. Approved By ........... (Pn Tong Ah Ten) (Principal) (Pn Muhantha Paramalingam ) (Pn Aznida Abd Aziz) (Sixth Form Academic Teacher) (Sixth Form Senior Assistant) 12 ....44 The purpose of the writer is to A B C D persuade criticise amuse inform 45 A suitable title for this passage is A B C D The Demand for New Water Resources The Threat to Global Food Security The Emerging water Crisis Predictions for the Future END OF QUESTION PAPER Prepared By ........................ Checked By ............................
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+When Saicho sailed for China in 804 C.E., a second ship carried a remarkable contemporary. Although Kukai was less
+known than Saicho at the time they made their separate pilgrimages, Emperor Kammu had discerned his promise and encouraged him to develop it. As if by
+some intent of destiny, half the fleet was lost at sea, and only the two ships bearing monks ever made port, and their fortuitous success altered the
+subsequent history of Japan. Saicho returned with the precious teachings of Mount T'ien-t'ai and founded the Tendai school, whilst Kukai garnered the
+doctrines imparted secretly in Ch'ang-an and brought them home as the Shingon school. Although of strikingly different characters and contrasting
+approaches to buddhavachana, the Word of Buddha, together they permanently transformed Japanese spirituality, infusing Japanese Buddhist
+thought with a startling freshness whilst imparting a distinctive colour to Chinese expressions of the dharma.
+Kukai was born in 774 to an aristocratic and scholarly family – the Saeki – on the small island of Shikoku. His quick
+intelligence manifested itself from an early age, but his exceptional insight and capacity for synthesis caught the attention of his family. When his
+maternal uncle, Ato Otari, was the tutor of Crown Prince Iyo, he brought Kukai to the capital – Nagaoka, the first capital of Emperor Kammu after he
+left Nara – to study Chinese poetry and the Confucian classics. Ato Otari foresaw a brilliant career for Kukai in the imperial court and placed him
+upon the path which traditionally led to high government service. Within three years Kukai had entered the university and begun the course of Confucian
+studies reserved for elite bureaucrats. Apparently he experienced some dissatisfaction with the nature of his studies and took up Taoist teachings on
+his own. During this period of intense, if favoured, preparation for a career, a mysterious event altered his whole life.
+Although he referred to this change of heart in his later writings, he never openly explained it, perhaps because he
+was privately ordained a priest, which at the time was illegal. He seems to have met Gonzo, an influential priest of the Daianji Temple, who gave him
+the secret and sacred Kokuzogumonjiho, the practice of the mantra of Akashagarbha. Doubtless he learnt a great deal about Buddhist
+doctrines at the time, but he was – and remained throughout his life – more interested in Buddhist practice. Soon he left the university and flatly
+renounced a career in the imperial government, retreating to the quiet mountains for contemplation and practice of the mantra. He probably
+spent time with the Jinen chishu, the unofficial School of Natural Wisdom, which combined meditation with use of the Kukozogumonjiho,
+and with the yamabushis, the enigmatic ascetics known for their meditation and magic in remote and rural Japan.
+Somehow Kukai managed to secure a place in the imperial mission to China in 804, perhaps through the influence of
+highly placed relatives. He sought passage to China because he had discovered the Dainichikyo, the Maha Vairochana Sutra, which
+reveals a great mandala, a sacred diagram, and its tantric meaning. He realized that he needed a knowledgeable teacher to guide him in
+understanding this text, and he knew that he would find that teacher only in China. In order to make the journey, Kukai agreed to spend twenty years in
+China as a student scholar, although he in fact returned in 806 at the behest of his Chinese teacher. Whilst Saicho sought the successors of Chih-i on
+Mount T'ien-t'ai, Kukai made his way to Ch'ang-an, the old centre of Buddhist thought in China and the locus of tantric practice. When he arrived in
+Ch'ang-an, he found exactly what he had hoped to discover.
+There are myriad forms of tantric Buddhist practice, ranging from mystic contemplation of sacred sounds, colours and
+figures to elaborate rituals. They are all based upon the principle that once one has discerned the limitations inherent in discursive thought, theory
+and practice can be combined in meditation and ritual to realize directly in consciousness the object of one's devotion. Because of the variety of
+objects that might be chosen and the diverse motives of practitioners, tantric practice can range from the purification of consciousness and feeling to
+degraded magical manipulations designed to affect the world around one. Although tantric ideas can be traced back to the Vedas and to some Hindu
+yoga practices, they arose out of various dharanis, mystical utterances which gnomically express spiritual truths, and especially
+truths which cannot be formulated adequately in ordinary speech. The brief Heart Sutra consists of gnomic utterances of this kind. As a
+practice, tantra uses upaya, various 'skilful means', to invoke divine realization which transcends discursive consciousness.
+According to Shingon teaching, these teachings were imparted by the Buddha Mahavairochana, whose attendants are the
+Bodhisattvas Manjushri and Samantabhadra. Vajrasattva took them up and transmitted them to Nagarjuna. Eventually they were mastered by Hui-kuo, the
+seventh patriarch, who gave them to Kukai. Shortly after Kukai arrived in Ch'ang-an, he met Hui-kuo at the great Ch'ing-lung Temple where he lived. The
+old teacher instantly recognized in Kukai his successor and immediately initiated him into tantric secrets. Within three months he had received the
+final initiation and was ordained as a master of the doctrines and practices guarded by Hui-kuo. Soon Hui-kuo died and Kukai obeyed his teacher's
+instruction to return to Japan as the eighth patriarch of Shingon. Even though it is difficult to imagine that a disciple could attain such heights in
+only two years, Kukai's remarkable genius is shown by the list of his accomplishments, for in addition to his initiations he also learnt Sanskrit,
+studied Chinese and Sanskrit poetry, mastered calligraphy and learnt several minor arts. When Kukai arrived in Japan, he sent a report to the court,
+but Emperor Kammu had died and his successor, Emperor Heizei, showed little interest, and it was years before his school was officially recognized.
+Despite Saicho's assistance, the court delayed acting, in part because the texts and teachings which Kukai brought with him were extremely arcane, not
+systematized, and too new even in China to have an established reputation. The cool response of Kukai to Saicho may have been due to the latter's
+success at court and his full acceptance before Kammu's demise.
+Emperor Heizei retired in 809, and Kukai soon made friends with young Emperor Saga. Kukai was sent to the Takaosanji
+Temple near Kyoto, and from this centre he exercised considerable cultural influence on the court. In 816 the emperor gave him permission to build a
+monastic complex on Mount Koya, and the temple was consecrated three years later. Named Kongobuji, it symbolized the union of the two chief
+mandalas – called mandaras in Japanese – used in the Shingon shu. Just before Emperor Saga resigned in 823, Kukai was placed
+in charge of the great Toji Temple in Kyoto. The next emperor, Junna, allowed fifty Shingon monks to take up residence at Toji, thereby making it the
+first temple in Japan devoted exclusively to one school. From this moment, Kukai and his school found their place in the Land of the Rising Sun. The
+centre of Shingon activity was moved to Toji, and Kukai performed tantric rituals at the imperial court. He opened Japan's first egalitarian School of
+Arts and Sciences, which accepted students from all walks of life, but it was given up by the temple a decade after Kukai's death. In 830 Kukai
+completed his systematization of Shingon doctrines in his Jujushinron (Ten Stages of Mind Development). Poor health forced him to resign from
+the Toji Temple and retire to Mount Koya in 831, but in 834 the imperial court instituted regular tantric rituals and Kukai participated in their
+performance in 835, two months before he died. When Kukai passed into what his disciples called 'eternal samadhi' on Mount Koya, he was buried
+on its eastern peak. With his passing, the greatest exponents of the Heian period were gone, but like Saicho, his elder contemporary, his influence
+continued to inspire his school for centuries. He was posthumously granted the title Kobo Daishi, 'Propagator of Dharma', by which he is most widely
+known today.
+Shingon means 'true word' and refers both to the full expression of buddhavachana, the Word of
+Buddha, which for Kukai involved arcane instruction, and to the power of the Word to transform consciousness and perception. According to Kukai, human
+beings tend to abide in one of ten distinguishable stages of development. These stages represent a spectrum of conscious ness and being, from ignorant
+existence to the threshold of enlightenment. Intense intellectual development and even great spiritual knowledge are virtually useless unless they can
+be translated into practice at the level of mind, speech and body. This threefold practice, including study, the use of mantras and the
+contemplation of mandalas, works to move consciousness and being from level to level towards total enlightenment. Every teaching and doctrine
+represents one or another of these levels, and Shingon crowns them all without rejecting any. Kukai knew that tantric practices arose out of the
+discovery that results achieved by ancient forms of yoga involving disciplined withdrawal from the senses might be gained by selective use of
+sensations. He also knew that by the seventh century this discovery had been used to justify degrading erotic practices known as 'left-handed
+Vajrayana', and he condemned them as unorthodox and dangerous. For Kukai, enlightenment, and neither powers nor magic, was the goal taught by Buddha.
+Therefore, he taught, it is important to understand the stages of mind development possible for any human being.
+In his Jujushinron, Kukai said that the lowest stage of consciousness and behaviour is impulsive and
+instinctual. Here people live blindly, acting like sheep, and devoid of moral and spiritual values, being barely distinguishable from animals. The
+second stage is characterized by an emergent ethical awareness coupled with na1vet~ and ignorance. Individuals at this level have a sensitivity towards
+others and practise simple precepts, especially dana, charity, but they are afraid of forces and conditions they do not comprehend. For Kukai,
+this state is embodied in Confucian doctrines as ordinarily understood, in which the ethical life is given ultimacy. The third stage is marked by
+fearlessness on the mental and physical planes, owing to a conviction that rebirth is a literal fact. Literal-minded people, including most Taoists,
+Hindus and Buddhists, dwell in this stage, because their faith in rebirth reflects their attachment to, and wish to preserve, the transitory ego. In
+Kukai's view, people belonging to these three classes, though quite different from one another, are nonetheless worldly-minded.
+At the fourth stage a human being understands the anatman or no-soul doctrine and realizes that the temporary
+ego consists merely of the five skandhas or aggregates: form, feeling, ideas, actions and consciousness. He does not, however, recognize the
+anatman nature of all dharmas or constituents of existence. Such an individual is a shravaka, a hearer of the Word. The
+fifth and middle stage in the spectrum of consciousness and being heralds a fundamental change in consciousness. People at this level understand the
+cause of suffering – tanha, or thirst for embodied existence – and seek on the one hand to eliminate the creation of new karma and strive on
+the other for nirvana. Such are the pratyeka buddhas, who know how to win enlightenment for themselves but lack the upaya or
+skilful means to help others towards the same goal. The sixth stage witnesses the translation of prajna, wisdom, into karuna,
+compassion, the first step in the Mahayana or Great Vehicle. For Kukai, it was best represented in Japan by the Hosso school. These three stages
+represent a fundamental turning of consciousness away from the distractions of a transient world, which pretends to permanence, towards the seemingly
+less certain but more real world of spiritual striving.
+In the seventh stage an individual realizes that the mind is unborn, anupadaka, without beginning or ending.
+This realization is rooted in the subtle dialectic of Nagarjuna known as the eightfold negation, in which no fixed negative or affirmative notion is
+allowed to stand unchallenged. Here the mind under stands what it cannot seize upon – shunyata, the Void – and discerns the unavoidable
+corollary, shunyatashunyata, the voidness even of the Void. Kukai thought that the Sanron or Three-Treatise school exemplified this stage of
+mind development. The eighth stage is a subtle shift in consciousness which is represented by the Tendai school and its view of Buddha as omnipresent
+Reality. For Kukai, even the exalted understanding represented by Tendai thought could be transcended, and this is why he resisted Saicho's suggestion
+that Tendai and Shingon are identical. The ninth stage is the epitome of exoteric thought according to Kukai, for here one recognizes the
+interdependent origination of dharmadhatu, the realm of truth and law, beyond which lie full realization and enlightenment. The Kegon school,
+Kukai said, embodies this stage. Kukai held that the eighth and ninth stages – the Tendai and Kegon levels in his schema – were limited only in that
+their standpoints remain theoretical, whereas the highest stage involves realization in consciousness of the fundamental truth to which they point.
+Since the human being is both mind and body, full enlightenment encompasses the whole being. The tenth stage – which is
+really a transcendence of all stages – is the complete comprehension of Shingon, the True Word, which means the union of the individual's mind and body
+with the mind and body of Mahavairochana, Buddha at once immanent in Nature and transcending it. This stage is one of absorbing spiritual practice,
+where the learning of the earlier stages and assimilation of the later stages culminate in unqualified identity, without loss of consciousness. At this
+level, one is not other than Mahavairochana, a statement which remains incomprehensible until it is realized. From this standpoint, Shingon necessarily
+claims to be wholly esoteric. Even though its practices are tantric in origin, the school prefers to call itself esoteric in order to separate itself
+from a host of degenerate magical rites and superstitions which are called tantric.
+Kukai wrote a treatise in which he distinguished esoteric and exoteric Buddhist thought in four ways. First of all, who
+or what teaches the Word of Buddha? Exoterically, the teaching function of Buddha in the world is said to be carried out by the nirmanakaya, a
+being who can operate in the world and who uses upaya, skilful means, to evoke understanding in those who listen. Esoterically, however,
+teaching comes from Mahavairochana, the dharmakaya buddha who is Absolute Truth without upaya. To the philosophical question "How can
+Absolute Truth be said to teach?" the answer is that nothing can be attributed to Absolute Truth, but from the standpoint of spiritual experience,
+Truth is experienced as Teaching. Secondly, what is the quality of Buddhist teaching? Exoterically, enlightenment is an experience which utterly
+transcends any conceivable formulation in language. Esoterically, True Words (shingon) correspond to Mahavairochana, and it is possible to
+experience Truth through mantras (sacred sounds), mudras (sacred gestures), samayas (symbols) and mandalas (sacred
+diagrams). Thirdly, what are the effects of the two kinds of teaching? Exoterically, the path to enlightenment is seen as gradual and requiring a
+virtual infinitude of lives to be traversed to the goal. Esoterically, the practice of sanmitsu, using samadhi (meditation),
+mantra and mudra to concentrate wholly mind, speech and body, can lead directly to union with Mahavairochana. However statistically
+remote such a probability may be for any human being, it is nonetheless possible to attain enlightenment in one's present body.
+Perhaps this doctrine is most easily misunderstood. Kukai insisted upon the radical possibility of sudden
+enlightenment, but he did not harbour delusions about human nature. Even though he held that certain texts and practices are more efficacious than
+others in achieving the goal, he also pointed out that a sutra or practice was only as helpful as the recipient was ready to use it fully and
+without qualification. His fourth distinction between exoteric and esoteric doctrines illustrates his view. Exoterically, the benefits of the
+dharma vary with classes of beings, and some schools even deny that certain kinds of people are at all capable of enlightenment. Further,
+exoteric schools tend to subscribe to some version of the doctrine of periods, wherein people of each subsequent age are less capable of attaining
+enlightenment than their predecessors, until the time will come when no one will be able to do so, whatever their spiritual strivings. Esoterically,
+Kukai taught, Mahavairochana works ceaselessly for all sentient beings, overriding the tendencies of any age, so that even a person who only practises
+at the crudest level will receive some benefit.
+Much Shingon ritual centres around two mandalas Kukai learnt in China and combined into a single dual
+mandala, called Ryokai Mandara. Each mandala is taken as a psycho-spiritual representation of the interior life of a self-conscious
+being, which is also a representation of the universe from a spiritual standpoint. The first mandala, called Taizokai Mandara or Realm of the
+Womb, represents Mahavairochana as the dharmakaya in the totality of phenomenal existence. In its layout it symbolizes both radiating
+compassion and the growth of any individual, both potentiality and enlightenment. Bodhichitta, the seed of enlightenment present in every
+sentient being, is nourished in the womb of compassion, and the disciple who uses this mandala aright can rapidly increase its growth into
+Truth itself. Depicting the universe from the standpoint of compassion, the mandala gives the aspirant an accurate and spiritually relevant
+picture of reality. Mahavairochana is depicted in the centre of the mandala, surrounded by an eight-petalled lotus and by four Buddhas and
+Bodhisattvas representing the nine kinds of consciousness in their pure condition. Twelve sections surround this unified centre and unfold its meaning
+in degrees of manifestation and diversity.
+The second mandala, the Kongokai Mandara or Diamond Realm, represents the spiritual practices that lead to
+enlightenment. In it the vajra or diamond symbolizes the power of wisdom to penetrate ignorance through insight. Set out in nine sections in
+rows of three panels each, the mandala invites two interpretations corresponding to clockwise and counter-clockwise movements around the
+diagram. Clockwise, the mandala illustrates the apparent movement of enlightenment from the centre, which is Mahavairochana, to the periphery,
+which is Vajrasattva, from the unmanifest core of reality to its compassionate manifestation. Counter-clockwise, the mandala signifies the
+return of conscious ness to its source, reintegration through practice. Whichever way the eye traces the movement of the mandala, it passes
+through one thousand, four hundred and sixty-one deities, each representing a stage of consciousness and degree of illumination.
+In addition to the intense meditative rituals associated with the dual mandala, Kukai instituted the
+kanjo, or initiation into the secret doctrines and practices of Shingon, a ritual which is repeated at several levels as an aspirant gains
+knowledge and perfects his practice. Learning about the mandalas is one such kanjo. Kukai also established rituals designed to
+benefit the country and the uninitiated public, including goma, a burnt- offering ritual which reflects the Agni sacrifices of the Vedas. The
+four types of goma rituals are used to ward off national calamities, increase prosperity, invoke divine compassion and subdue evil.
+Since Mahavairochana, the Great Illuminator, is to be discerned everywhere, every sound, colour and number expresses
+his cosmic True Word. The laws of Nature and of human conscious ness reflect in more or less obvious degree the pure Thought of Mahavairochana. Since
+his thought, speech and body constitute the triple universe, Shingon aims to evoke their reality in the thought, speech and body of every human being.
+For Kukai, all ritual, all practice and every idea rightfully serves this end alone. Kukai searched for the most profound Teaching he could find, and
+having found it, sought to embody it in his words and deeds, teaching others not to imitate him but to do the same..
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+Creating the National Park Service: The Missing Years, By Horace M. Albright and Marian Albright Schenck, Foreword by Robert M. Utley
+Chapter 7: The Mather Mountain Party, 1915
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+The Mather Mountain Party was one of the greatest adventures of my life and one ihat had an enormous impact on the history of the National Park Service. Members had been arriving for several days by automobile as well as by the private railway car of E. O. McCormick of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The group gathered for the first time on July 14, 1915, in Visalia, California, at the Palace Hotel, for a dinner party hosted by local businessmen. It was a Mexican dinner, not for the weak-hearted, but probably designed to see who would be capable of enduring the exigencies of the mountain party. Later someone reported that “the coolest condition was the Tabasco sauce.”
+The mountain party was a fascinating mixture of occupations and personalities. The Interior Department contingent, besides Mather and Albright, included Mark Daniels and Robert Marshall. Others were; and Samuel E. Simmons, Sacramento physician and brother-inlaw of Robert Marshall. Lending critical support were Sequoia National Park Ranger Frank Ewing as chief packer and the Chinese cooks for the Geological Survey, Ty Sing and his assistant Eugene.
+The next morning, Thursday, July 15, we were up bright and early, had a good breakfast, and climbed into cars provided by Mather and various Visalia businessmen. The route to be traveled to Sequoia National Park, up sixty miles and six thousand feet, was the narrow, rut-filled, steep, and torturous Colony Mill Road. It was a terrible road, so bad that the passengers often had to pile out of the cars and push to get them over the worst places.
+At Cedar Creek camp, halfway up the mountain, we came on an awful mess. There were papers, tin cans, and parts of lunches scattered all over on the ground. Mather stopped the cars and got Gillett and McCormick to help him pick up the debris. When it was spotless, Mather left a sign warning, “We have cleaned your camp. Keep it clean.”
+The weary travelers felt that the long, trying ride to Sequoia Park was well worth the pain as we gawked at the giant redwoods. A camp was laid out on the floor of the Giant Forest.
+A word about the equipment for the outing: earlier Mather had written his guests that he would provide transportation, food, bedding (newfangled air mattresses and sleeping bags), and services. They only had to be responsible for their personal needs. “Our suitcases and city clothes will be left behind when we leave Visalia,” he told them, “to be expressed around the point from which we leave the mountains, so that they will be available when we come out.” Even so, although there were levis, boots, and western hats present, everyone wore a shirt and tie up the mountain.
+That night, after we had changed to “great outdoors” clothing, dinner was served—a sumptuous one prepared by Ty Sing, who was to be the camp cook for the next two weeks..
+A famous picture was taken by Gilbert Grosvenor to commemorate the “dinner under the redwoods,” as Mather called it. It was served on a long table, covered with a white linen tablecloth, but our seating was on logs and, where they ended, wooden boxes. Although we had had little knowledge of each other just the day before, we seemed like old friends by the end of the first evening in Sequoia. Nicknames even emerged: “Chief” Marshall, “Tenderfoot” Grosvenor.
+After the fine repast, sleeping bags and air mattresses were laid on the pine-needled floor under the giant trees. Mather warned everyone to stay away from areas where debris might fall, but Grosvenor, unafraid, laid out his bed against a mighty redwood trunk. I felt Grosvenor was so important that I said I’d join him and even offered to inflate his air mattress, thinking how difficult it would be for an eastern “greenhorn” to do this at six thousand feet. I had to show off a little by scorning the use of a pump. Instead I just used my lungs to blow it up. What’s more, I stood on the mattress while inflating it. Emerson Hough tried to do the same for Maddox, but had to use a bicycle pump.
+This first quiet night in the woods came to an early and abrupt end when Johnstone and a fellow member of the Sierra Club introduced their new comrades to the fine points of mountain reveille. The rousing Sierra Club yell not only woke everyone up but jolted a few nerves to boot.
+After breakfast the Wranglers brought around horses and mules to be assigned to members of the party. Most picked mules; a few elected horses. Before we left, a famous photo was snapped by Grosvenor that later appeared in the National Geographic Magazine, It showed thirty men, arms outstretched, encircling the General Sherman Tree, the largest in the world. Of course, it took the addition of two horses, hidden by the trunk, to complete the circle.
+Back in the saddle, we set off through the Giant Forest, led by Walter Fry, supervisor of Sequoia National Park, who, along with a park ranger or a visiting scientist, explained the natural features to us as we rode along.
+Arriving at Moro Rock, Mather insisted that everyone, old and young, out-of-shape or not, make the tough climb to the top of this giant outcropping. What little breath we had left after scaling the dome was sucked in when we silently gazed at the awesome panorama of the Sierra Nevada through which we were about to travel.
+The following morning, after another ear-jarring Sierra Club yell shook the Mather party out of their sleeping bags, Ty Sing served an enormous breakfast of fresh fruit, cereal, steak, potatoes, hot cakes and maple syrup, sausage, eggs, hot rolls, and coffee.
+Horses and mules stood by to be packed and mounted. Ty Sing selected the two most gifted-appearing mules and, from this morning on, would not let another person touch them. One mule carried linens, silver, dishes, washtubs, and Japanese lanterns. The other had two sheet-metal stoves along with Ty’s pots, pans, utensils, and special sourdough starter. Each morning Ty would fix a new batch of dough from this venerable starter and pack it next to the mule’s warm body. In his own words, this is how it worked: “We late. No time raise biscuit beside hot coals. We got to hustle. Mule get hot on all day trail and raise dough under stove and pots he carry on back. So we got hot biscuit for dinner all right. See?” “Major Domo” Sing rode next to these two mules but never took his eyes off the animals that carried the fresh fruit, eggs, meat wrapped in layers of wet newspapers, and other food.
+The weather was perfect, warm and sunny with a soft breeze stirring the high branches of the sequoias, as the Mather Mountain Party slowly wound its way out of the Giant Forest.The saddled riders, followed by the pack outfit, numbered about thirty men and fifty horses and mules. Macfarlane and Stewart had dropped out at Giant Forest.
+All day we enjoyed the beauty of the country except for the incessant photography of Frank Depew, who filmed us with both still and motion picture cameras. Of course, everything we did had to be repeated endless times until he was satisfied with his artistic achievements. Over and over, Depew ordered the party to halt as he arranged his scenes. Emerson Hough finally snarled at Holmes, “Look, if I’m going to be a movie star, I want to get paid.”
+After crossing 8,6oo-foot-high Panther Gap, the party descended into the mile-deep canyon of the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River, then stopped for lunch at Buck Canyon. Ty Sing would cook deluxe meals at breakfast and dinner but couldn’t spare the time to unpack the mules for lunch, so in the morning he made up individual lunchbox meals.
+After our midday meal, Mather suddenly jumped up, stripped, and leaped into the icy waters of a nearby stream. Challenging the party as “chickens” and caroling out some appropriate “Buc, Buc, Bucs,” he lured in a few brave souls, including McClure and Seavey. Suddenly he spotted me and yelled, “Albright, come on in! This is your native Inyo County water.”
+Alas, I had never learned to swim because the waters in Bishop were icy Sierra streams, so I shouted back, “I can’t swim here. This is Tulare County water.”
+In the early afternoon we reached our destination for the day, Redwood Meadow, a beautiful area on private land, outside Sequoia National Park. It contained one of the loveliest groves of sequoias in the Sierra. Mather later bought it with his own funds and donated it to the United States government. Arriving at the meadow, we found our pack train unloaded and dinner being prepared.
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+Another routine was set up when darkness fell and the air became crisp. Prank Ewing, the head packer, built a roaring fire, and we gathered around it, discussing the events of the day and the wonder of our surroundings.
+Sunday, July 18, was a bad day for Ty Sing. One of his mules had been packed early, then let out to graze. When the time came to leave, the mule could not be found. Everyone frantically searched. No mule. Mather impatiently said to forget it, that time was more valuable than the mule. Well, that was all right for Mather, but poor Ty was nearly in tears. This particular mule carried the “delicacies,” so no more cantaloupe, fresh lemonade, or sardines and crackers.
+The late start affected the party’s timetable, and a change of plans had to be made: abandon the route through Farewell Gap and go only as far as Mineral King. We arrived at the Johnson camp in Mineral King about noon, so we had a wonderfully free afternoon, resting, fishing, and exploring. Osborn and Grosvenor set off with cameras and binoculars. Maddox scribbled notes for the Visalin Times. Emerson Hough was fascinated with the intricacies of packing and spent his afternoon with the men who handled this chore. From then on, he more often rode with the pack train than with the saddle group. Naturally, Depew was out taking photos. The energetic ones followed Mather in scrambling around the woods and eventually finding some more cold water for a swim. I’d been afraid this would happen, so I had sneaked off into the woods before Mather could catch me.
+As if to prove that the tragedy of a lost mule could be overcome, Ty Sing and Eugene spent the whole afternoon whipping up a fabulous dinner of soup, salad, fried chicken, venison and gravy, potatoes, hot rolls, apple pie, cheese, and coffee. Some smart aleck asked where was the vanilla ice cream for his apple pie.
+A question arose about the route for Monday. Marshall and McClure, the most knowledgeable about the Sierra, suggested the party cross the Great Western Divide via Franklin Pass rather than Farewell Gap. It would be shorter, faster, and easier. Mather agreed to that and then added, “We don’t want to leave any bones behind us.” Well, someone immediately asked what was this about bones. Mather solemnly described the hazardous terrain, the steep trail, sudden violent storms, rock avalanches, rattlesnakes, fierce mountain lions, and ferocious bears. And bones? Well, you saw them along the trail. Here and there. Animal and human. Just ignore them. They were just a fact of life in the hazardous Sierra!
+Two of the hardy mountaineers slept on Mather’s words. Or maybe didn’t sleep, for in the morning Burton Holmes proclaimed that he had an ulcerated tooth. Although Dr. Simmons examined him and found nothing wrong, Holmes was adamant that he and Depew would wait at Mineral King for the scheduled stagecoach, although it wouldn’t be there for several days. Mather felt pretty bad about the results of his kidding, but later admitted that he had wanted to see how the “fearless world traveler” Holmes would react. Of course, he got more than he bargained for.
+Due to this unexpected event, another late start was inevitable. To speed up the journey, the Inyo County boys, McClure and Albright, along with Johnstone, volunteered to hike the steep, grueling trail with the pack train. It was slippery granite sand rising almost four thousand feet in just five miles. The crossing of the Great Western Divide, the approach to barren Franklin Pass, was particularly hard, weaving between the uptilted slabs and the mounds of old snow. At the summit of 11,600 feet, we silently gazed across the lesser granite peaks of the Sierra to the first sight of Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental United States. Hough summed up the scene when he wrote: “North, south, east and west are mountains, and again mountains—and such mountains! A sort of delirium seizes one in surroundings such as these. The world seems very far away, and one seems put back into some primordial state of being in which civilization has not yet dawned.”
+In the afternoon, there was a steep descent into the gorge of the Kern River via Rattlesnake Creek. It was a magnificent experience except for the trail, which wound down in endless switchbacks. Sometimes seven or eight layers of horses and mules were in view, some heading one way and others seeming to be going the opposite direction. Off and on there were lush meadows, but many were gnawed flat by grazing cattle, which badly disturbed Mather. Once we came across the evidence of a snow slide a few years before with hundreds of trees uprooted or broken off above ground.
+Halfway down, Johnstone dared everyone to plunge into an icy pool scooped out of a tangle of rocks. “Here we go again,” I said to myself. And sure enough, Steve Mather was the first to drop his clothes and wade in, flapping his arms and making chicken noises to the others. Only four brave men got wet. And I can assure you I was not one of them. Near the floor of the Kern River Valley, the trail suddenly dropped off about two thousand feet. This last precipitous descent had all but the hardiest gasping and worn out. Even after we reached the level floor of the steep-walled canyon, we still had four miles to ride before reaching camp at Upper Funston Meadow.
+While we were fording the Big Arroyo, a major tributary of the Kern River, Johnstone’s horse was swept off its feet. Gillett was next and refused to ride across, taking the foot log instead. He proved correct in that his animal was upset in midstream, rescued, but then mired in a bog along with almost every other horse and mule. It was a time-consuming and exhausting job to rescue the animals and ford the river, so when the group finally staggered into camp at 6:00 P.M. they were stunned to see that the pack train hadn’t arrived.
+Ty Sing with the food had gone along with McClure and me while we hiked on foot. Then McClure said he’d hurry along with one mule and take a “shortcut,” leaving Ty and me to follow the regular trail. We joined the main party, but McClure never did appear until late at night, giving the excuse that the supply mule had somehow disappeared on him.
+Now that wasn’t the only bad news. Earlier in the day, while plodding along the trail, a mule carrying the cook’s “essentials” fell sound asleep and quietly walked off a 300-foot cliff. McClure and I, who had been hiking along below, were astonished to see a mule come rolling over and over down the rocks, spraying knives, grapefruit, and assorted items. The mule landed on all fours and promptly climbed back up the cliff. Except for a skinned nose, he was unhurt and, said Hough, “probably never woke up through the whole episode.” Poor Ty Sing frantically picked up the spilled items, cussing the mule in every language he knew. That evening Ty discovered his indispensable sourdough starter was missing, so there were to be no more delicious bread and rolls for the rest of the trip.
+The dinner, although served at 10:00 P.M., was as delicious as ever, especially the applesauce made from the fruit damaged in the roll down the cliff. Ty Sing dressed up the dinner table with hanging Japanese paper lanterns, and some witty soul commented that we should have had electric lights when dinner was so late.
+To compensate for the previous day, the usual siren call of the Sierra Club did not sound this beautiful morning of July 20. Mather and Marshall had decided the night before that their charges were exhausted and so let them sleep until 9:00 A.M.
+Breakfast was late, but of course gourmet. Most of us consumed two grapefruit, several trout, two tenderloin steaks with potatoes, a stack of biscuits and honey, and a couple of cups of coffee.
+Today was to be relaxation day: fishing, swimming in the Kern River, washing clothes. A few truly lazy souls did absolutely nothing but sunbathe and paid Eugene to do their laundry.
+The next morning, Mather had us all back to normal and up at dawn. Before mounting our trusty steeds, he allowed time for a very solemn ceremony. The previous day Congressman Gillett had discovered a wonderful hot spring. Here a suitable-size bathtub had been dug out of the ooze, allowing Gillett to soak for hours while the 115-degree water bubbled over him. Now it seemed appropriate for Mather to anoint this spot by sprinkling “holy water” on it and solemnly christening it “Gillett Hot Spring.”
+About a mile north of the hot spring the walls of the canyon became almost vertical. It was an impressive sight, especially where beautiful waterfalls cascaded down the granite precipices. The ride this day wasn’t difficult, and the party reached the destination at Junction Meadow far ahead of schedule. Here we found a lovely grassy field that seemed right in every way until it was discovered that mosquitoes and ants liked the area too. In the cool of the evening the pests disappeared except in McCormick’s thirty feet of territory. To rid himself of them, he had carefully burned off the grass, but didn’t realize that by doing so he had warmed the earth. The ants found this so cozy that they stayed around all night.
+Most of the party relaxed at camp during what was left of the afternoon, but Mather was always unable to sit still for an hour. He coerced Grosvenor and me into climbing up into the Kern-Kaweah Canyon. It was a perfect afternoon. We reached the notch where the Kaweah Peaks lay spread out before us, with the Rockslide Lakes far below.
+I will always remember that day, that place, and the discussion we had. This part of the Sierra presented a whole new world to us—even to me, a person never far from it until I was a grown man. We were silent and awestruck by the bold majesty of the vista. Then, almost in unison of thought and speech, we began an earnest discussion of what could be done to enclose the Kern, Kings, and Whitney regions into an enlarged Sequoia or an entirely new park.
+Mather was all for an enlarged Sequoia, just one park, the present one plus General Grant and these other new areas. Grosvenor and I felt that Sequoia and General Grant Parks were “Big Tree” parks, whereas these wild, majestic canyons and awesome mountains projected a different image. Maybe someone had thought of the name before, but I always felt Grosvenor deserved the credit for the perfect name: “The Sierra Wilderness Park.” Eventually, when our dream park was finally created many years later, the name “General Grant” was dropped and the new park was named Kings Canyon National Park.
+Resting on that rocky ground with our eyes on the distant mountains and discussing our vision for the future, as though we had the power to make it come true, we took for granted that our immediate goal of a national park bureau was already accomplished. That was why this day was so memorable, for each of us contributed ideas, but also the practical avenues to reach these goals. We three remembered what was said that glorious afternoon when we returned to Washington.
+Grosvenor vowed that the National Geographic Society would “march in step” to attain these goals. He fulfilled his promise by publishing, in April 1916, an entire issue on the national parks entitled “The Land of the Best,” a glowing tribute to the “crown jewels of America.” It greatly influenced the Congress when the time came to vote for the establishment of a National Park Service.
+As for Mather and myself, Mather put it this way: “the spirit was riding high.” I believe it might have been at this time that he began to see that the creation of a National Park Service was his highest priority, that the improvement of the parks and publicizing them would amount to little without the power of a formal, organized bureau in the Interior Department.
+On July 22, after two comparatively easy days, it was time to energize the party. Marshall and McClure decided to break away to inspect Harrison Pass, an area through which the John Muir Trail might pass. The California Legislature had just appropriated ten thousand dollars for this project and had charged McClure, the state engineer, with its design and construction. He had asked Marshall, with his vast experience in the Sierra, to share his knowledge of the prospective route.
+Mark Daniels instantly stated that he would go along. Marshall, shoving his flat-fronted hat back, took a deep breath and almost too politely suggested that Daniels remain with Mather. Looking belligerent and raising his voice so that the whole group could not avoid overhearing him, Daniels replied: “You’d like to get rid of me here and with the parks, too, wouldn’t you?” Before Marshall could answer, Mather quickly stepped in and said he’d like a word with Daniels. He signaled Marshall and McClure to get on their mounts and leave. It was the end of a tense scene, the only unpleasant moment the party experienced. Later that year Mather forced Daniels to step down as general superintendent of national parks and replaced him, using a different title, with Marshall.
+After the departure of Marshall and McClure, the remainder of the party climbed the east wall of the Kern Canyon. It was extremely steep and very slow going. Suddenly, at about 10,800 feet, the sight of Mount Whitney and its satellite peaks burst on the horizon to the east. Actually, Whitney is not easy to pick out from its neighbors: just one more granite spike along the saw-toothed backbone of the Sierra. “It’s a sight fit for the Olympian gods!” Hough shouted.
+When the main group reached the campsite at Crabtree Meadows, the pack train was missing again. Seavey rode around and located it a few miles ahead, but not in an idyllic meadow of lush green grass and wild flowers. The cattle had already stripped this meadow. Frank Ewing had led the pack train up Whitney Creek to another spot but found it had also been cleaned out by cattle. Then a heavy rainstorm rolled in, and Ewing decided to quit the search for an untouched campsite. “Mighta kept going to Lone Pine before we shed all the cows,” he said later.
+That evening we devoted most of the time to the mountain, the route to the top, and certain safety features concerning the climb of Mount Whitney. As Alaska was still a territory in 1915, Mount McKinley at 20,320 feet was rated as the highest in the union. Hough commented, “Mountains in Alaska make Whitney look like a bent nickel.” Suddenly Gillett stated that he was not going to go with the assault party. He would stay in camp and wash his clothes.
+Then Dr. Simmons declared that Emerson Hough really shouldn’t go either. Hough exploded, “Why the hell not?”
+He was told that his heart wasn’t strong enough and that he might die if he exerted himself at that altitude. Simmons concluded with, “If you go up there, you do so at your own risk, but you’d better arrange to have a decent human burial because somewhere on that rocky slope you will find your last resting place.”
+“Well,” said Hough, “I can’t think of a better place to die.” And he promptly bribed Frank Ewing with a ten-dollar bill to get him to the top.
+Ewing assured Hough that “for ten dollars I’ll take you apart and carry you up on the installment plan.”
+Although Bob Marshall had scheduled an early wake-up call and departure on July 23, it wasn’t until 8:30 A.M. that the mountain climbers were in their saddles and off to Mount Whitney. It took about two hours to cover the four miles to the high meadow where the horses were to be left to graze while the men set off on foot to reach the summit at 14,502 feet. That was 1915. Now it is measured at only 14,495 feet.
+Whitney is relatively easy to climb. It is said that anyone in fairly good shape, even a child, can make it. And the western or Crabtree approach, the original route climbed in 1873, was easier than the one up from the Owens Valley two miles below. The Mather party, with the possible exception of Hough, seemed to be in good climbing condition. However, it turned out that Maddox had to stop at thirteen thousand feet. Ewing dragged Hough all the way to the top. Everyone enjoyed the climb, often stopping to rest, take pictures, and examine rocks and plants. Moving slowly across jumbled, flat rocks at a gentle angle, we were almost surprised when we found we had run but of mountain. Twelve of the Mather Mountain Party had reached the summit, a two-acre surface, rocky but nearly flat, even sporting a stone rest house built in 1909. Grosvenor got there first by running the last hundred feet or so.
+The view from the top was incredible.int and Funeral Mountain? enclosing Death Valley, the lowest point in the United States, 262 feet below sea level.
+There was much awed comment on the panorama, especially as the party was standing on the highest point in the United States and, at the same time, gazing at the lowest point. I was so proud of Mount Tom (at 13,652 feet), which towered over my birthplace, Bishop, that I wanted to show it off to the party. But I was stunned to discover that I couldn’t find it in the maze of towering peaks to the north. It was impossible to locate. With gales of laughter at my muttered frustration, my companions immediately nicknamed me “Bishop.” Everyone who had a camera snapped photos while Osborn and Grosvenor took notes. Proudly crowing about his accomplishment in not dying, Hough strode around so energetically that the others began to fear he might yet make Simmons’s prediction come true.
+With the sudden appearance of black clouds, thunder, and lightning, the horseplay ceased. Marshall urged us to pick up our gear and get off the mountain fast, as Sierra storms moved rapidly and were ferocious. How right he was! Soon waves of snow nearly wiped out our vision. We started down the mountain, tacitly recognizing McClure as the leader. As a safety precaution, he spaced the experienced Sierra men—himself, Marshall, and Ewing—between groups of us novices.
+The fury of the snow and sleet changed to a driving rain as we descended. The trail was treacherously slippery and uneven, sometimes invisible. Even for men who wouldn’t acknowledge fear, it was a nervewracking experience. Suddenly Johnstone began to sing “It’s A Long Way to Tipperary.” He followed that with more rousing songs, and other voices joined in. Down the mountain came the soaked, half-frozen, fearful climbers, singing over the noise of the storm everything from “Onward Christian Soldiers” to Huhn’s “Invictus” and saloon songs about “the goddamn Dutch.”
+Horses were waiting when we finally got off the mountain, and a fast ride back to camp was made. Here the weary climbers were met with roaring fires and dry clothes. Ty Sing’s dinner surpassed his previous wonders. He even had concocted an English plum pudding with brandy sauce for dessert. Warm, and with a full stomach, the bone-weary mountaineers headed for the sleeping bags, which had miraculously been kept dry.
+There were no wake-up calls the next morning. The only sounds were groans from partially disabled veterans of the Mount Whitney climb. Osborn fared the worst, for he was one of the oldest. His muscles were not accustomed to the Sierras, and he had also scraped his leg rather badly. He was still in his bedroll when Dr. Simmons came along. Somehow he mistook Osborn for Hough. He shouted gleefully to the camp, “Hey, look at this! I said the climb would kill Hough, but I didn’t say when. For proof, here’s the body!”
+And then Hough leaped forward, fully clad, wildly exhilarated, shouting with glee, “Hey, look at this! Though dead, he has arisen!”
+Everything moved so slowly this morning that it was close to 9:00 A.M. when the party hit the trail. For the first time our leader, Steve Mather, rode at the head on his trusty white mule, “Tobe.” It wasn’t long, however, before Bob Marshall had to take over because yesterday’s storm had obliterated part of the trail. The party wound its way slowly by Mount Guyot to Siberian Pass, where we stopped for lunch. The morning had been another sensory experience, with the glow of sunshine alternating with the flashes of lightning and furious black thunder heads. Grosvenor later wrote glowingly of “the divine dignify of the Great Siberian plateau, nearly 13,000 feet above the sea and bordered by bleak peaks towering 3,000 feet higher, and yet carpeted from end to end with blue lupine and a tiny yellow flower I did not recognize.” When the storm finally broke on us, the overhanging trees and rocks along the South Fork of Rock Creek offered enough shelter to keep us moderately dry.
+On reaching Whitney Meadows in the early afternoon, we found 350 cows occupying the intended campsite. Everyone was getting a little exasperated with these domestic beasts on federal land, leveling the grazing and leaving an unsanitary mess behind. Marshall bitterly observed that the government received the ridiculous sum of thirty cents per cow for the privilege of destroying what God had created to sustain the flora and fauna of the region. It was a learning experience for Mather and me. We fought grazing in national parks the rest of our lives.
+As Sunday was supposed to be a day of rest, the Mather Mountain Party was content to stay at Big Whitney Meadow. We set up camp here, just a short distance from Golden Trout Creek. Hough was gleeful at the sight of so much life in it. “If you aim right, you can hook the fish, land it in the frying pan, and let Ty do the rest.” It seemed like paradise to the weary travelers.
+The most active—usually the same gang of Mather, McClure, Albright, Marshall, and Grosvenor—today were joined by Seavey and McCormick. Off we went, exploring, hiking, and photographing. In camp Johnstone, fulfilling a promise to Maddox, was writing a chronicle of the trip. Osborn puttered around collecting specimens. Simmons tried to find a use for all the medical equipment he’d brought but could only dig up a few scratches and insect bites. As usual, Gillett and Floy, saying and doing little, were quietly lapping up the beauty of the Sierra.
+Hough was making a conclusive study of the Golden Trout. The minute he had spotted them in the crystal waters a few yards from camp, he had been enchanted. Their color was a miracle to him, and he had to know why they sparkled and glowed. He ran up and down the banks of the stream. He caught some, studied them, and threw them back. He furiously scribbled in his little notebook. Later he wrote for Forest and Stream magazine: “There you are in Golden Trout country. There are several streams here each of which has a yellowish bottom and which hence raises Golden Trout. It is considered the correct thing to have a species of these named after you. There were eighteen in our party, and each of us had a new species named after him. When you are in the business of getting famous there is no use drawing a line too soon.”
+Monday, July 26, started a new week with everyone rested and refreshed, but hanging around camp there was a certain air of sadness. It was to be the last full day on the trail, but an unforgettable one, traveling from “Whitney Meadows through Cottonwood Pass to Horseshoe Meadows. At the summit Floy and McClure felt playful and stood up on their saddles to get their pictures taken. Of course, Mather had to copy them and insisted I do the same. At the strategic moment, Hough shouted to Johnstone, “Hey, now’s the time to give that goddamn Sierra yell.”
+Then it was all downhill to the lovely grassy meadow where we made camp early in the afternoon. McClure, Marshall, and I broke away from the main group and headed for Cottonwood Lakes. The remainder of the party spent a lazy afternoon around camp. Fishing held the attention of most men, as the trout-filled stream was only fifteen feet from Ty Sing’s stove.
+Because we would be returning to civilization the next day, there was a lot of scrubbing of clothes and bodies. Sadly, the razors had to end the competition for best facial hair of the expedition. Gillett and McCormick had been bearded at the start, with McClure, Hough, Osborn, Floy, and Grosvenor sporting mustaches. By July 26 everyone in the party looked like a caveman. Mather shaved everything but his mustache and preened around with this fluffy, silver bush until the next morning. I hated beards and had only grown one because of my imitation of Mather. After I scraped my face clean that day, I never again had an extra day’s growth.
+Our farewell dinner was late but festive. Ty and Eugene had outdone themselves. Japanese paper lanterns were again strung between the trees. Small “bouquets” of cones and green boughs were at each place on the freshly washed linen tablecloth. Dinner was superb—more than usually superb. Along with trout, venison, and the last of the treasured “tasties,” as Ty called them, was a special dessert—the pastry that enclosed a “future fortune” for each of the Mountain Party. Ty Sing had personally written his notes in Chinese and English. They showed that this man could be counted not only as the “gourmet chef of the Sierra” but as the “philosopher of the Sierra.”
+Unfortunately, not all of Ty’s wise messages are known, but a few were recorded. To Marshall: “Chief, long may you search the mountains.” To McClure: “Long may you build the paths through the mountains.” To Mather: “The sound of your laughter will fill the mountains when you are in the sky.” Mine said: “You are the spirit and soul of your leader.” And to Hough: “Where but in the mountains would such a man be spirit with the mountains.”
+As our final bonfire burned brightly and the last round of fine Havana cigars was lit, Mather stood up to say a few words of farewell. Apparently they were very inspiring, as several of us recorded almost the same message. Paraphrasing, it went something like this:
+Well, men, we’ve had a glorious ten days together, and we’ll have a few more before we part in Yosemite. I think the time has come, though, that I should. Although Sequoia, Yellowstone, Glacier, Crater Lake, and others are already set aside, just think of the vast areas of our land that should be preserved for the future. Think of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the wonders in our territories in Alaska and Hawaii.
+But unless we can protect the areas currently held with a separate government agency we may lose them to selfish interests. And we need this bureau to enhance and enlarge our public lands, to preserve infinitely more “for the benefit and enjoyment of the people,” as the Yellowstone act stated.
+So I ask you writers to go back and spread the message to your readers. You businessmen to contact your clubs, organizations, and friends interested in the outdoors. Tell them to help financially and use their influence on members of Congress. To you, Gillett, as our only congressman present, go after your colleagues for a national park bureau. You employees of the state, urge cooperation between state and federal governments. To each of you, to all of you, remember that God has given us these beautiful lands. Try to save them for, and share them with, future generations. Go out and spread the gospel!
+Stephen Mather could always inspire and excite people, and this time was no exception. To a man the Mather Mountain Party of 1915 took his words to heart and contributed far beyond his expectations.
+On July 27 our party separated, with Ty Sing, Eugene, and the pack train turning back toward the Giant Forest while the Mather group headed six thousand feet down the sheer east wall of the Sierra to Lone Pine. Mather gave cash to everyone in the pack train, and the cooks received spontaneous gifts from the grateful men they had cared for so lovingly—silver dollars and gold pieces, linen handkerchiefs, a pipe, innumerable cigars, varied fishing tackle, a gold watch chain, Simmons’s box of medical supplies, and Hough’s favorite red shirt for Ty, who had taken a fancy to it, a shirt so old and worn that everyone said it wouldn’t lastly back to Giant Forest.
+After a night in Bishop, where the Mather party was welcomed in various local homes with hot baths, dinner, and real beds, we reassembled in Little Round Valley for a trout breakfast and then were chauffeured across the Tioga Road, an almost perpendicular climb on a barely improved surface. Fifty-six miles long, it had been built by Chinese labor in 1882-83 for a mining company. Mather and associates had purchased it, and the United States government had improved it for use by the summer of 1915.
+The car I was in was an old open Studebaker, driven by Bishop grocery man Will L. Smith. McCormick sat in the front seat and Hough behind the driver on the outside overlooking the 2,000-foot gorge. I sat beside Hough, door ajar, with one foot on the running board. Smith assured us that he knew every twist, and we prayed he was right. When he wanted to point out the sights, he would stand up and gesture with one or both hands off the wheel. Whenever he did this, I froze at the open door, ready to leap if the car started to plunge over. Hough was ready to follow and sobbed hoarsely in my ear, “Goddamn this scenery loving sonofabitch!” McCormick was frozen in his seat, later confessing he had given up hope for his life.
+With the gods watching over us, our party somehow reached the summit of Tioga Pass, where Mather, Will Colby, and a delegation from the Sierra Club ceremoniously cut a ribbon and dedicated the Tioga Road. Then the whole crowd moved in unison down to Soda Springs at Tuolumne Meadows, where the Sierra Club hosted a dinner and endless speeches around a campfire too small for so many people. Colby was the real hero of the evening, for he had a supply of Old Crow bourbon available behind his tent.
+The next morning, the last remnants of the Mather Mountain Party split up. As it would be my first opportunity to see Yosemite Valley, I chose to go with rangers on horseback. The others went by car with Mather down the Oak Flat Road to Yosemite Valley.
+The immediate effects of the mountain party were local: elimination of toll roads; publicity creating strong support in the San Joaquin Valley for extension of Sequoia or the creation of a new park to encompass the Kings and Kern canyons; purchase of the Giant Forest, the heart of Sequoia; fifty thousand dollars from the federal government; twenty thousand from Grosvenor and the National Geographic Society; precedent for private parties to purchase lands and donate them to the government (with Gillett in Congress paving the way); and impetus for the U.S. government to aid in the completion of the John Muir Trail.
+Then, of course, the ideas brought forth in our daily discussions during the trip produced national results as well. The publicity about the mountain party, through newspapers and magazines, focused attention on the parks and the need for a national park service. The newly found belief in conservation and the concept of “wilderness” was generated from influential men in our group.
+But, above all else, I think that every one of us who lived together, ate together, rode together, talked and thought together, and experienced the camaraderie of those two weeks provided a bond of friendship and blood-brotherhood that turned dreams into reality in the future. There was never a time when Gilbert Grosvenor did not use the force of his influential publication behind a national park project on which we needed help. Gillett fought political pressure any number of times to help us in the Congress, especially when he became head of the powerful Appropriations Committee. Hough, Macfarlane, and fellow writers and publishers poured out support through the years whenever we needed them.
+For myself, I believe that what I learned on that memorable Sierra trip lingered throughout my life, echoing back to me in formulating policy, standards, and philosophy for the National Park Service and in my conservation and preservation endeavors after leaving the service.
+When Nvidia released their Maxwell architecture, AMD responded by rather aggressively slashing the prices of their 200 series of Radeon graphics cards. It’s an effective strategy, and combined with a few of Nvidia’s own PR blunders (namely, the GeForce GTX 970) AMD are gaining traction from gamers.
+For this review we’re going to be putting the Sapphire Tri-X Radeon R9 290x 4GB through its paces, the R9 290X representing AMD’s current single chip flagship card. As many will know, a problem with the original reference design of the R9 290X was the noise and heat of the card. AMD released new driver updates (adjusting fan curves and such) to help fix the issues, but many review websites were eagerly awaiting the third party cooler design. Sapphire’s spin on the Radeon features a custom cooler, which does a pretty great Job at eliminating these early issues. Despite the fans generally spinning at a low RPM, heat doesn’t appear to be much of an issue, and the GPU’s operation remains virtually silent. If you manually clock the fan speed higher (particularly past 75 percent) you’ll start hearing the fans intrude in gaming (we’re benching with an open rig too).
+To give you an indication – with 100 percent GPU usage during our BF4 tests, we left the GPU’s fan profile on “auto” and kept an eye on it. The temps hit the high 60’s (at worse) during testing, and the GPU fan kept at the ‘auto’ speed of only 25 percent.
+The basic R9 290X specs features 2816 Stream Processors (split over over 44 CU’s, Compute Units), 176 Texture Units and 64 ROPS. The Tri-X kicks things up a notch over the reference R9 290X, with a factory overclock providing a modest boost to the clock speeds, raising the core to 1040MHZ from 1000MHZ, and adds 200MHZ to the RAM, bring it to 5.2GHZ; the card boasts an astounding 332.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
+The R9 290X features eight Asynchronous Compute Engine’s (ACE), each of which handles eight compute queues each. Naturally this is extremely important for compute uses, and the card scores rather well (naturally) in certain compute orientated gaming benchmarks or if you’re planning on bitcoin mining or possibly plan on doing a lot of video editing (or other similar work).
+In terms of power connections, it has the standard 6 and 8 pin PCIe adapter requirements, and inside the retail box we were given a couple of ATX 4 pin molex converters, just in case you’re shy a connection.
+For display outputs the Tri-X has – 2x DVI out, a Display Port and finally a standard HDMI interface. All in all, business as usual for this type of card, and should give you ample connections for virtually any display configuration.
+Naturally the R9 290X supports AMD’s True Audio, FreeSync and finally the Mantle API. True Audio is a nice piece of technology, using audio processors on the GPU to offload audio processing from the CPU, and is supported by a handful of games, including Star Citizen, Thief and Murdered: Soul Suspect. Mantle is a low level API created by AMD, and works similar in principal to the much touted DirectX 12 (which the GPU also supports ). More games support Mantle than True Audio, and Thief, Star Citizen, BattleField 4 and Hardline, Dragon Age Inquisition are among a few of the bigger titles to enjoy Mantle support.
+FreeSync is an alternative to Nvidia’s G-Sync, and while it’s still early, support looks solid, with a nice array of monitors supporting the technology being released from various manufactures. The premise of FreeSync (such like G-Sync) is to reduce both the latency of having vertical sync enabled, but also eliminating screen tearing by having it disabled. The positive Free Sync has over GSync is that it doesn’t require special circuitry inside the monitor, thus cutting the cost of the screen rather heftily.
+Test Setup
+The test rig we’re using for the benchmark was an Intel Haswell 4770K running at 4.4GHZ, with 16GB of DDR3 RAM, clocked at 1750MHZ and paired with an SSD. The latest Nvidia and AMD drivers are downloaded and used in benchmarking. For the operating system, we’re running Windows 8.1 64-bit and all games are their latest patched version from either Steam, Uplay or Origin. All benchmarks were run on their highest settings at either 1920×1080 or 2560×1440 and V-Sync was of course disabled for each benchmark. We’re looking at the average frame rate throughout.
+1080P Benchmarks
+About 95 percent of PC gamer’s run at the 1080P resolution, at least according to the Steam Hardware survey. It shouldn’t come as a shock than any £250 GPU today can rip through virtually any title at this common resolution at 60FPS or above, unless you’re running with SSAA enabled.
+Crysis 3 for instance, hits an average of 70FPS for all 3 cards we’re benching today, should you opt to use the shader based FXAA for your Anti-aliasing. The action does occasionally dip below 60FPS when things become particularly hectic (for instance, not being sneaky and causing a lot of explosions in the Welcome to the Jungle level), but V-Sync at 60FPS is certainly more than possible.
+Thief’s results might surprise you – with not just a large difference between the Mantle and DX11 results, but the DX11 results of R9 290X being considerably lower than either Nvidia card. We re-ran the tests a few times but 65 seemed to be about the average, it’s possible DX11 performance hasn’t been optimized on Thief because of Mantle. If you’re running a Radeon card on Thief (or any other Mantle supported title) you’ve no reason to opt to select DX11. Perhaps the biggest benefit of Mantle isn’t the average or high frame rates, but the “lowest” which is 43.9FPS for Direct3d 11 compared to Mantle’s 69FPS.
+1440P BenchMarking
+Since 1440P screens have fallen in price, they’re considerably more common to run than 4K… not least of all because you’re able to achieve playable frame rates with a single, cheaper card. The pixel count increases by 77 percent over 1080P, which means the GPU’s have do a lot more work to render each frame of animation. Some gamer’s will also be tempted to use this resolution for “downscaling” on their 1080P screen, instead of, or combined with another Anti-Aliasing method.
+If you’re unwilling to compromise on either image quality or resolution and are a ’60FPS or nothing’ kind of gamer, then you’ll possibly want to invest in a CrossFire or SLI rig. While each of the GPU’s being tested certainly can reach the 60FPS mark, when things get particularly busy (for example in the infamous Crysis 3 level ‘Welcome to the Jungle’) you’ll notice the frame-rate naturally taking a hit. It’s certainly very playable, but not ideal conditions.
+Metro: The Last Light running at 2560x1440P with SSAA achieves virtually 30FPS locked on all of the GPU’s, in even the punishing built in benchmark. Overclocking the card (mentioned in further detail below) gives the extra performance required. While 30FPS isn’t ideal, it’s still the frame rate of a heck of a lot of console FPS titles, and of course you’re running a far higher resolution and with better graphics to boot.
+Overclocking the Sapphire’s R9 290X
+Overclocking any piece of hardware is luck of the draw, the silicone lottery if you will. The Tri-X already features a small factory overclock, so the question is – how much more can we get out of the GPU? Because of time constraints we haven’t had much time to play around with overclocking results, but we managed to push the core to 1160MHZ without any issue, and the memory clocks raised to 1340MHZ. We simply bumped up the core voltage and raised the power limit by 10 percent using MSI’s Afterburner.
+The main point of the exercise was to see if the results scaled linearly with clock speed – and we’re pleased to report that this is indeed the case. Thief’s 1080P Mantle results went up to a rather nice 113 FPS, at 1080P; up from 97FPS at default clocks. Metro climbed to 32 FPS at 1440P with SSAA enabled, compared to 29.3 at standard clocks. Finally, Tomb Raider running at 1440P went to 61.5 FPS, up from 58.2.
+The real bonus was the cooler managed this without us needing to mess about with fan speeds. We simply left it all on auto, and it stayed within the same 25 – 30 percent it had with the ‘stock’ speeds.
+AMD Vs Nvidia Technology
+The GPU market has changed significantly in the past 12 months, and not just because of the imminent release of DirectX 12. You’ll likely know Nvidia and AMD are both pushing their own technologies. Nvidia have G-Sync and of course hardware Physx. AMD meanwhile are pushing their Mantle API and True Audio technology, and FreeSync, which is their counter to Nvidia’s Gsync.
+If you’re interested in Virtual Reality, AMD are also releasing LiquidVR SDK’s too, the technology claims to release the latency of VR hardware… then there’s Nvidia’s GameWorks of course, allowing certain games to have Nvidia only graphics options.
+It’s tricky to ‘predict and then buy’ for the future, and despite Mantle’s very impressive performance numbers with BF4, Hardline, Dragon Age Inquisition and Thief it’s still a work in progress. There’s also the question of how much support it’ll have once DX12 is fully launched. There’s currently a reasonable smattering of Mantle API titles, so it’s still a very nice bonus if nothing else. TrueAudio’s future is somewhat less known. Thief (for example) uses it and it does reduce CPU usage, but not enough games currently have the future to sway a decision over a graphics card.
+Meanwhile Nvidia’s G-Sync has been released and does a great job of both eliminating screen tearing and reducing latency which is associated with V-Sync enabled. Those who have used the technology are reluctant to go back to their old screens, but currently the selection of screens its available for is limited. In addition to this, it adds to the price of a new monitor. With that said, FreeSync is gaining a lot of traction in the market, and does a pretty damn similar job – and cheaper too. It’s hard to argue with “cheaper” – and it’s not as though the monitor range is poor either. As much as G-Sync is awesome, FreeSync is possibly better for the average customer, simply due tothe monitors costing less.
+I actually really do like Nvidia’s hardware Physx technology, in certain games it adds a lot to the atmosphere, such as the wisps of smoke in Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag. There are other effects in Metro Last Light, such as debris and dust, and so on. It’s a nice extra, and for someone like myself who regularly makes graphics comparisons it’s a nice extra. For most gamer’s though they’re willing to do without it.
+AMD’s TressFX technology (at least currently) works on Nvidia’s cards along with AMD’s own. Unfortunately TressFX hasn’t been widely adopted yet, likely because it’s so GPU intensive. Even TressFX 2 takes a huge toll on the consoles with Tomb Raider Definitive Edition.
+It’s worth for a moment discussing DownSampling – the act of running your GPU at a higher resolution than your monitor can handle, and then having the GPU ‘scale’ it to your monitors native resolution. It proves greater visual details, and certainly was a feather in Nvidia’s cap – as it was extremely tricky to do with AMD cards. Nvidia adopted the feature and called it ‘Dynamic Super Resolution’. AMD have now added the much requested feature, and have labeled it ‘Virtual Super Resolution’.
+While AMD have their Raptr application, and Nvidia their GeForce experience, tweaking your settings using these applications is a roll of the dice. For gamer’s who’ve a reasonable understanding of the basic settings, you’re better served to handle things yourself. If you do want to record your gameplay, GeForce does have Shadowplay, which I personally find quite useful. While AMD do have alternatives built in with Raptr, the technology isn’t quite so far along as ShadowPlay, thus I have to give the subtle nod to Nvidia on this point.
+All in all, there’s certainly an argument of whose cards offer the best exclusive technology… but if DX12 rumors are true (and they’re unconfirmed at time of my writing this) you’ll be able to pair up an Nvidia and AMD card into the same machine and gain the benefits of both GPU’s.
+AMD Radeon R9 290X Sapphire Tri-X Conclusions and Verdict
+It’s hard to argue with the raw performance value of AMD’s R9 290X series, for gamer’s who’re looking at playing at 1440P or below, it’ll simply tear through titles without too much trouble. While it’s slower than Nvidia’s GTX 980, it’s priced to compete against the GTX 970, which it trades blows with in a variety of different benchmarks.
+As I’m writing this, Nvidia’s offering is a little more expensive than AMD’s, but there’s certainly not a huge amount of pennies in it. The GTX 970 also received quite a lot of negative attention from gamer’s after the specification scandal, and that’s certainly buying AMD a lot of good will at the moment. I’ve little doubt some gamer’s will avoid Nvidia for a bit, at least until they win back customer confidence.
+Sapphire’s GPU is well built, quiet and I’ve not run into any thermal problems at all. If you’re considering running two of these cards in CrossFire, remember the higher TDP requirements and ensure your PSU is up to the task. While most gamer’s rigs likely are outfitted with a good enough PSU to deal with one card (a 700 – 750W PSU is ideal, but you might be okay with a lower spec one assuming it has excellent rails), two cards will require something a little beefier.
+So, the big question is – should you buy the R9 290X? Well, if your budget is around the £250 – 300 range, then it’s a very interesting purchase. While we do know AMD are waiting in the wings with R9 300 range, it’ll likely cost considerably more than the £250 a 290X will… and for a lot of gamer’s (particularly those who’re only running at 1440P or below) this GPU is more than you’ll need for some time.
+While Mantle’s future is far from certain, there are titles which benefit from it now – including the upcoming BattleField Hardline. Until DX12 is released, it’s a good solid option for a low level API. The frame rate increases with Mantle over DX11 are obvious in any test (should your CPU be up to the task… a Quad Core or better is highly recommended).
+It really comes down to the GTX 970 or the R9 290X in this particularly price range, but currently (as of time of writing) AMD’s offering is slightly cheaper. Performance is about even over the board, so really it’s hard to not recommend the cheaper option, particularly if you’re interested in FreeSync.
+Updated July 2020
+No matter the size of your company, having a business blog is essential.
+It keeps you in touch with customers, helps you build rapport, and boost your bottom line.
+Yet, many businesses struggle to build momentum and find an audience.
+If this is you and you’re ready to build a successful business blog, learn the qualities you’ll need.
+You’ll find each of these in today’s top bloggers. Here’s how to incorporate them into your own blog to meet your business goals.
+The Most Powerful Qualities Successful Business Bloggers Share art and when you look at her engagement, you can see that she’s perfected it.
+And look at how thoughtful her responses are. So impressive!
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+The only thing harder than starting a business blog is.
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+We’re off! I’m taking you through a 12-hr challenge in which we create a mini course. I’m documenting the process and giving tips every two hours (or so). Video 1 is live at byRegina.com/McMc1 (that takes you to my YouTube channel). #MiniCourseChallenge #Challenge #creativepreneurs #entrepreneurs #infopreneurs
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+If there are unpredictable gaps in your posts, readers may well assume you ceased blogging and leave.
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+Very well post Rebekah, you just have mentioned each and every point clearly.
+Thank you for sharing a great blogging tip with us, much appreciated
+Hi Rebekah!
+I totally agree with all your points you have mentioned above. But as in my opinion knowing your audience is the main factor. All these points really helped me to improve blogging.
+Thank you, Rebekah, for always sharing worthy content
+keep it up
+Hi Rebekah ! Impressive content. People are still not sure what particular steps to take. Now, I think your initiative is well understood to target those to learn the basics. Thanks sharing.
+Hi Rebekah,
+Nice post with valuable tips to be a Successful Blogger, I like that one point of “Be Unique” as I understand the meaning of this words really matter for Blogging.
+Everyone is doing the same thing there is nothing new and Unique. Unique is really mattered for a Successful Blogger.
+GREAT article, Rebekah. Very grounding 🙂
+I have no subscribers yet but I wanted to make a newsletter to share a sale for appreciating my customers new and returning with a special get with a purchase to help enage with them on a level to increase subscribers so how or who do I send the emails or do I post it and then get more subscribers on pinterest I’ve got more comments then ever and slowly on my website. This special I’m doing is a set of 4 Beach Christmas Ornaments because it’s the perfect time. How do I get noticed
+“Find balance in your content. You want to be professional and formal without being corporate and/or faceless.”
+Hi Rebekah! Great post, as always!
+I wanted to take a sec to ask a question about the point above, if I may?
+I recently have started sharing a little more ‘personal’ stuff on my business / blogging social media channels, such as a photo from my recent trip to Las Vegas…
+My followers seemed to like it just fine. 🙂
+But I’m wondering what your thoughts are there…? Anything wrong with throwing in a few personal / significant items every now and then?
+Just wondering. Thanks!
+– Brent
+Hi Brent! It’s great to see you here. I see no problem with it at all, especially if your community is responding to it positively. I find it boring to follow people that never share a glimpse into their personal lives. We’re not robots and definitely not one dimensional. I’m glad you’re finding success in sharing at least a little bit of your life with your fans and followers. I’d encourage you to keep at it!
+Hi Rebekah,
+I came from Adrienne’s blog and am glad I did. I love Magical Mondays and they are always full of so much value just like your blog post.
+Your nine Be’s are written in a way that all of us can understand and that is a gift in itself.
+I am 63 years old and love blogging and you could consider me to be a newbie. I’m learning a lot from your post. I took notes because I want to remember all the Be’s you have taught me.
+Thank you so much for sharing your post with me.
+You have an awesome holiday,
+Linda
+Hi Linda! Thank you so much for popping over from Adrienne’s blog. I just love that lady! And I’m so excited for you. Being new to the blogging world is such a special time. You have so much ahead of you. Enjoy the journey!
+Hi Rebekah.
+Great post. I found out about you through one of Adrienne Smith’s posts.
+I’m still new to the whole blogging thing and can definitely see area I need
+improvement.
+I already do #1 and #2 consistently. My trouble start with #3 on.
+I’m finding it very tough to find things to write about as I’m still learning what it takes
+to be successful online.
+I’ve been told to just write about my journey, the good and bad,
+so that those who read it will know that I’m not just sugar-coating everything.
+Every post I’ve written, so far, has been about my own experiences.
+I look forward to reading your other posts.
+Have a great weekend……..Chris
+Hi Chris! Thank you so much for stopping by from Adrienne’s blog. She is such an amazing blogger and resource. You couldn’t be learning the roped from anyone better.
+I would agree with the advice you’ve been given. Write from the heart, that’s what people will relate to. Share your journey – the good and the bad. Take people on the ride with you as you explore and learn from your experiences. You will enjoy it and they will appreciate the honesty.
+Hi Rebekah,
+You put such value in this post that I don’t know which point to emphasis on in this comment 😉
+However, I think if readers don’t benefit from your posts, they probably won’t come back. The more value you dish out, the more loyal readers and subscribers you get.
+Awesome content here! Keep it up 😉
+Hi Enstine! I completely agree. It’s all about going into any relationship with a giving mindset. Become a valuable resource and treat people with respect. Two incredibly important ways you can keep people coming back for more.
+Hi Rebekah,
+Of all the great points you made I resonated so much with “lead”!
+It’s our job to be leaders and leadership requires that we do what you suggested and then some.
+First and foremost in order to lead we have to learn how to be good followers. That means do what we want others to do for us first. Read, comment, engage, share and be a support for other businesses who blog.
+Second, it means creating great content that is inspiring, compelling, interesting, relevant and compelling.
+It’s giving them a reason to keep coming back over and over again until they hit that magic number where they have to connect with you more meaningfully and even buy from us.
+Leadership is a learned skill and trait. That means we have to pursuing our education in leadership and be perfecting our craft daily.
+The person who learns, experiments and perfects their craft always gets ahead of those who do not.
+Leadership requires our best!
+Great post Rebekah and thanks for the the inspiration and challenge.
+Have an awesome week ahead!
+~ Don Purdum
+Fantastic blog, well written loved every bit of it. Will be sharing
+Hey Rebekah,
+Great post. The point that you’ve made about ” be responsive” is so very true.
+As a blogger you can’t ignore your readers. You need them just as much as they need useful information. So you have to do what have you can do to keep that conversation going.
+And the Adrienne Smith is a good example of someone who does this.
+Also I like the point about ” be unique” because the last thing you want to do is be a boring blogger. Or a “me too” blogger.
+Great post.
+– Andrew
+Hi Rebekah,
+I can’t agree more with being humble. I know tons of people who get their heads high especially when they get a lot of traction. As a matter of fact, you shouldn’t!
+Be good to others and help them as much as you can. In return, you will be blessed and God will take care of the rest! — At least, that’s what I totally believe in 🙂
+Thanks for sharing dear friend!
+I couldn’t agree more Reginald and now I know why you and I have connected so well. Like minds. 🙂
+You definitely live and breathe this.
+Great post! I’ve been blogging for 5 years and I totally agree with you. Blogging is like a kiss. You can’t do it alone 😉
+No you can’t. You need a tribe that supports you and cheers you on Laura!
+Hey Rebekah,
+Thanks for great post. I was reading down you list and saying; check – doing that or must do that. I believe with all your points if I keep to them I will eventually stand out from the rest. Content is something that is overwhelming and easy to get hold of. I love that you have been posting once a week for years. I decided after receiving some advice that once a week is what I will do. My day is Tuesday and I love this day now. I have had a week of writing what I consider great content, I have struggled with it, I have sleep, eaten and breathed the topic and on post days, it is a mini celebration. So once again taking your advice and acknowledging small successes.
+I think because we are all in our own niches if we find our own voice on a particular subject matter, we give it a different spin from those who have written about the same topic.
+When I read your humble section, I stopped and thought would I ever get too full of myself because I am always so delighted, when people give me their time and comments. If I could do back flips that is exactly what I would be doing because in my mind I doing them from joy.
+As for the be considerate, I am struggling here a bit. I am not giving everyone my all with honesty. I am being genuine but I am holding back. This is more so when I am commenting on other sites. As I am new I feel I don’t have the right to give constructive feedback. And I am struggling with this because I feel this is where we can improve. I am not saying anyone has to agree with my advice but I don’t offer what I feel would be points for growth, thought or debate. And I don’t feel I want to do it in the public arena. What advice would you give me on this. Because I have not read anything anywhere about this.
+You are so delightful Rachel! It sounds like you truly love what you do and what you write about.
+From the sound of it, I can’t imagine you ever getting to full of yourself. As far as commenting – don’t hold back. Know your value and own that. Share what you know and let others benefit from it!
+Rebekah,
+Blogging is not just a pastime, something to be taken lightly. It can be a serious business builder and customer attractor when done well. You have shown so clearly what it really takes to create a good blog that is sustainable and draws steady traffic. It requires consistency, relevancy, responsiveness and all the other traits and actions you suggest.
+Warmly,
+Dr. Erica
+Hi Erica! It’s so great to see you.
+You’re so right. Blogging is something that when taken seriously, can truly elevate everything within your business. But it takes time, commitment and patience. Success does not happen overnight and too many are looking for a quick fix or magic pill.
+Commit to your purpose and know that results will follow.
+Hi Rebekah,
+When it comes to blogging your 9 Bs are spot on! It is so great to see my BFF Adrienne here as a fine example too.
+Be consistent, give it all you got, be grateful for those who take their time out and come to your blog and comment. Keep things simple and write for your readers. This way when they visit they can take something away from your post and hopefully put it into action.
+But most of all, be humble. Your blog can grow sky high, but we must remember it is the people that come to it that made it all happen.
+-Donna
+You are such an excellent example of this Donna. I am always inspired by your blog and everything else you create.
+You have a teacher’s heart and it’s obvious how much joy it brings you to share your gift with others. Thank you for stopping by!
+Hi Rebekah,
+I love that you mentioned Adrienne Smith! She is an awesome blogger and the most responsive blogger I’ve ever seen. She is so sweet!
+All of these tips actually can help with life in general. To be considerate, humble, beneficial, steadfast, etc. are all characteristics of succeeding in life. Thanks for sharing these!
+Take care,
+Lillian
+She is all of that and so much more Lillian. I just love Adrienne and her giving spirit.
+And so true about succeeding in life. They are indeed qualities that help us in every aspect – from personal to business.
+Hey Rebekah,
+You have listed some great tips on blogger secrets that all solopreneurs and entrepreneurs should put into practice. The biggest thing that I’ve seen that can damage your reputation is being responsive. You want to be very responsive to your readers which gives the the feeling that they are important to you and it shows how competent you are to them.
+The one point I disagree with is picking a day to publish a blog post. I use to make all the effort to publish on Monday, but for me life got in the way. But one thing is for sure that I at least post once a week. I’m still getting great traffic, and as a matter of fact I’m getting more traffic, but to be honest with you I don’t believe it’s from not picking a day to publish 😉 bur the fact that Im responsive and acknowledge my visitors.
+Thanks for the share and you have a great week ahead!
+What’s important is that you found what works for you Sherman. There’s no one size fits all solution that’s for sure.
+Find what you can commit to and then stick with it. The key in all of it really is consistency. community and relationship building.
+I would also completely agree about responsiveness and acknowledgement. You and Adrienne do such a great job at this!
+Hey Rebekah,
+I guess it’s a Smith thing LOL j/k… Thanks Rebekah. I really appreciate the compliment
+The foundation of every successful blog begins and exists because of these 9 commandments. Without each and everyone of them you’ll be hard pressed to grow week after week.
+There’s not much more to add here, you’ve really hit the nail on the head here, Rebekah! But I love the last one, Be Humble, too many forget that and let their success make them change them and their priorities. You’re proof that you’re never too successful to stay connected to your audience. You ROCK, lady!
+Right back at ya Andrea! I love all that you’re doing within your business and blog. You are showing so many how to be successful through powerful visuals. This is an art so many are struggling to understand.
+Keep on creating beautiful (and provocative) content!
+Rebekah,
+Each and every blog I read, I gain tremendous value from them. Thank you for being that guiding light for me!
+This blog introduced me to another valuable asset to follow on SM blog by Regina! – WOW! This girl is amazing and worthy to follow and listen to!
+She is amazing, isn’t she Anna? I’m surprised you haven’t run into her on Instagram. You will love all that she’s sharing!
+Hey Rebekah,
+What great suggestions and I agree with every single one of them.
+If you have a business online then I believe you should incorporate blogging as your marketing tool. What better way to share with your audience things that will help them. It’s also the best way to make those necessary connections that we both know is crucial to our overall success.
+What a surprise, seeing me mentioned here. I so appreciate that, thank you so much. Through this process for me personally I really appreciate the time each individual has taken to not only read my content but leave a comment and share it on social media. Out of all the content online today they chose my blog so that means the world to me. How can I not let them know that so that’s how my relationships have been built just out of me letting them know how much I appreciate the time they put aside to stop by my place.
+I know that with all the blogs that are out there today, some are finding it hard to know how to stand out. As you’ve mentioned here, don’t be boring with your content and trust me when I say you have a LOT of wisdom to offer. Our own life experiences can be shared in a story and that’s how most will start to relate to you and what it is you offer.
+As always, fabulous advice Rebekah and thank you again so much for the mention. I hope you have a wonderful day and a fabulous week. Now I’m off to share this post with my friends too. They need to hear this.
+~Adrienne
+Hi Adrienne!
+You make it so easy to support and promote you Adrienne. You practice what you preach and gladly share with others the secret behind your success.
+I wish everyone would follow your lead. You are incredible at building community and relationships. All I have to do is look around to see the leader you are and the people who lovingly support all that you do.
+I sing your praises everywhere I can!
+This is useful post for me as a blogger. I have starting writing last year and now making it my proffession. Please keep sharing similar content.
+That’s so exciting Pardeep. Congratulations!
+Spending is worse for the economy than taxing
+Whenever someone proposes spending money on a new government program, critics will say that we should balance out the effect on the budget with a matching tax increase. That would be great if it worked, but it’s a mistake to think that we can make up for increased government spending by increasing taxes.
+Economist Steven Landsburg tries to illustrate the problem with an analogy about personal spending, pointing out that if you spend too much on your lifestyle, you can’t make up for it by going to the ATM more often. His point is that the American taxpayer is kind of like an ATM: Keep taking more money, and eventually you’ll run out. Sooner or later, you will have to stop spending.
+I’m sure he’s right, but I think there’s another way to look at the problem. When the government spends money, it spends money on stuff — roads, tanks, buildings, research, gasoline, airplanes, ammunition, computers — but when the government collects taxes, all it gets is money.
+The problem is that money has no intrinsic value. It’s just ink on paper (or magnetic fields in some bank’s data center). You can’t eat it, you can’t wear it, you can’t pave a four-lane highway with it. Just having money doesn’t get you anywhere.
+This is where you’d probably like to call my bluff by asking me to give you all my money. Don’t hold your breath. Although having money is intrinsically useless, there’s immense value to be had in trading money for other stuff. I can walk into a restaurant, give them some paper money (or allow them to make an entry in a credit card computer), and they will give me food. Elsewhere I can get housing, clothing, transportation, medical care, education, and entertainment.
+Unlike money, these goods and services directly make our lives better, and it’s the production, distribution, consumption of these goods that constitute what economists call the real economy. The money is just a tool to help it all run smoother.
+The goal of an efficient economy is using available resources to produce and distribute goods and services as efficiently as possible. It’s a complex problem, but our free markets solve it surprisingly well: Consumers buy what they need most, at the best price they can get, and producers try to earn a profit by providing those goods and services as cheaply as possible. Thus, our economy uses the least amount of resources to produce the most goods and services, in the best combination, and distribute them where they will do the most good. The free market has its problems, but it’s brought us pretty far.
+Now suppose the government spends a billion dollars on a new highway. This giant construction project will use resources — building materials, construction tools, and labor — and once those resources are scarfed up for the highway, they can’t be used for anything else. Concrete that would have been used to build housing foundations gets used to build a roadbed. Trucks that would have hauled groceries to market are now hauling construction supplies. Construction workers who could have been building homes or packing groceries are now working on the government’s highway. This is the effect of government spending on the real economy: Resources that would have been used to produce other goods and services are sidelined into the government project.
+That’s not to say the free market won’t provide all kinds of substitutions and adjustments. Food wholesalers probably found replacements for most of the trucks that were taken for the construction project, although the replacements are probably not as good. Or maybe the trucking companies bought additional trucks so they could continue hauling groceries during the construction project. Those trucks are now unavailable to whoever would have used them instead. Maybe someone will build new trucks to make up the difference, but then the extra materials and labor for the new trucks have to come out of something else that won’t get built.
+You get the idea. The change in demand ripples through the economy in a series of trade offs that are complex, far-reaching, and sometimes hard to predict. But there’s only so much stuff we can produce, so whenever we decide to produce something, we consume scarce resources that could been used to produce something else.
+Economists call this the opportunity cost because whatever that something else was, we’ve lost the opportunity to have it. When it comes to the real economy, every decision has an opportunity cost. So when the government runs a billion-dollar highway construction project, it does so at the oppornutiy cost of not producing about a billion dollars worth of something else. This is the real cost of government spending.
+Of course, the government has to pay for its billion dollars worth of construction with money, and the money has a story of its own. Perhaps the government takes the money as taxes, in which case the affected taxpayers will be a billion dollars poorer, and thus have to reduce their consumption of goods and services by roughly a billion dollars. This works out okay, because the government has taken a billion dollars worth of goods and services out of the economy for its new highway construction. In a free market system, all those trade offs I described earlier will eventually end up taking goods and services away from the taxpayers who couldn’t afford them anyway.
+Putting it that way makes it sound kind of magical, but what happens is that the taxpayers have less money to spend so they buy less stuff. This frees up resources which help make other stuff easier to produce, freeing up more resources for still other stuff. These ripples eventually collide with ripples of increased demand coming from the highway project and it all balances out. The process is helped along by traders who understand the system well enough to get ahead of the ripples and take steps to fill shortages and siphon off gluts before anyone feels them.
+But what happens if the government doesn’t raise taxes and borrows the money instead? Well, if the government borrows the billion dollars, it has to come from people who are willing to give up spending the money now in exchange for having more to spend later. This reduces their spending by roughly a billion dollars, and has the same short-term effect as if the money had been taxed away.
+The point is that however the government gets the money, the goods and services consumed by the highway project are removed from the economy. Once the government spends money, it doesn’t matter where it came from. It’s the spending that does the real damage.
+One last thing: Just because the government consumes a billion dollars worth of resources doesn’t mean the economy takes a loss worth a billion dollars. The highway project used up a billion dollars worth of resources, but it created a new highway, and that’s got to be worth something to the economy. The question is whether it’s worth enough.
+Highways are a notorious example of something the free market is very bad at providing, so there’s a real possibility that a billion-dollar highway project could reduce travel times and congestion to allow the economy to produce far more than a billion dollars worth of extra goods and services. It could make us all better off.
+So before all the politicians and pundits debate the mechanics of paying for a government program, we need to find out if the program is going to be worth the opportunity cost of whatever the free market would have done with an equal amount of resources. In other words, before we figure out how to pay for it, we need to make sure it’s worth buying.
+- Death For Extremist Speech? - December 24, 2010
+- Fairfax Police should reveal details of the Masters shooting - April 7, 2010
+- We don’t work for the money - March 22, 2010
+- Spending is worse for the economy than taxing - March 15, 2010
+George W. (“Frat Boy”) Bush was the perfect president, then. Although he spent, he did not tax. Balances out.
+Okay…but did he spend wisely?
+Not.
+At.
+All.
+Good post!
+The problem with money, as I see it:
+Money is a place holder, it represents something else, namely your life..
+Thus, money is always going to be shorting the worker. It’s value goes up and down, but it never equals the value of a second’s worth of life to the worker.
+Mike, I see what you’re saying, but I disagree, and I think millions of American workers disagree as well. You say that money “never equals the value of a second’s worth of life to the worker,” and yet millions of workers willingly trade away their lives for money every.
+On the most basic level, people work in order to pay for food, shelter, health care, clothing, and other necessities. Without these things, they wouldn’t live very long. So the time spent working gives them more time to keep living. And it does the same for their children. Anyone who has saved up enough to retire and then spends years not working has bought that time with the time spent working earlier in.”
+Very nice Mark. This is, when you get to the bottom line, that is what we are all doing. Our monotonous, repetitive lives do have meaning if you can enjoy what you are working for. Too bad our Government cannot do what is best for all of us, rather than themselves, the lobbyists, etc…
+@ Scott
+Not exactly the same.
+You can trade your time for more money, but you cannot trade your money for more time. Maybe you can have an easier go of it with the time you have remaining, but there is no way to purchase extra minutes. Even billionaires die.
+Does that fact that you have to work to survive make the imbalance of value between money and life any less onerous?
+Mike, it’s probably silly to argue about it and it isn’t the main point of Mark’s post, obviously. And anyway, our discussion might break down over semantics or an insistence on taking things literally. There is a way to buy extra minutes, and we do it all the time even if we don’t usually think of it as buying extra minutes.
+Of course even billionaries die. And no money can save you from chance, or certain diseases, or old age. Eventually you’ll die, and some will die sooner than others. All obvious.
+But even given this,.
+I don’t have to tell you how wealth and a productive economy and the individual working person has helped to make these advances possible. You know they didn’t happen by themselves, by magic, and you know that not every place has made these advances.
+So, yeah, many would rather not have to work at all, to just do whatever they wanted, but when you say the imbalance in value between money and life is onerous, I think, compared to when? In the old days, people worked long, hard hours and often died young. They had less life than we do. If there is an imbalance, I would say it is far less of an imbalance than it once was, based on the extra minutes our work has purchased for us in terms of leisure time, ability to travel (getting somewhere in hours instead of in weeks), and longer life spans.
+When I think about how life was for people in colonial times, in ancient times, even more recently for my grandparents, and I think of the diseases and hardships we have been spared, the medical advances and vaccinations and all the rest that have spared our children of diseases that often killed children in earlier generations, I understand that work and wealth made the improvements possible.
+Though I can certainly see work as onerous when there are frustrations or I’d rather be doing something else (and this was particularly true when I had jobs that I hated), and I know many people have more onerous jobs than I have, I also recognize that this is not a perspective that considers history and how much less onerous the exchange of time/life for money now is, and how much more life that work produces than it once did.
+@ Scott
+I think this fits in very well with Mr. Draughn’s post. His final thought is that we need to examine our purchases (government and private) and determine actual value.
+I have problems with trying to discuss value in terms of money, since money isn’t the most valuable part of the equation. That distinction goes to the life spent trying to earn money. Money which cannot purchase back the life spent trying to earn it.
+You argue, correctly, that money and the use of that money in R&D, has created life saving medicines and has helped to further life expectancy.
+However, Mr. Draughn also discusses opportunity costs, which is a nifty way of saying “What else happens, or doesn’t happen, when we spend that money? It’s an argument that we examine all the possibilities.
+Great! You argue that money has helped lengthen life, but you must also admit that if we’re going to discuss it in those terms, we must also conclude that money has done an awful lot to shorten lives as well. From nuclear weapons to tanks to machine guns, the products of the R&D the money funded have killed millions of people too.
+That’s where measuring value in terms of life comes in. At best, money is break even in terms of value measured by life.
+The principal problem (literally) regarding government spending is that the government itself doesn’t make anything or sell anything, but depends for its income on the industry of those members of society who do make or sell something. When you ask the government to pay for something, you are really asking those productive members of society to pay for it.
+You know, this was my first post on WFTC, and I’ve got to say that I’m really impressed by the community that showed up here in the comments. You’ve given me stuff to think about.
+ creator, the Macedonian King Alexander the Great, who built the capital in the year 331BCE. After it’s foundation, Alexandria became the seat of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt and quickly grew to be one of the greatest cities of the Hellenistic world, second only to Rome in size and wealth. Since its conception, Alexandria has been a crossroads of culture and trade, where people of all different walks of life converged. Alexandria is a city of constant evolution, adapting from one century to the next with incredible grace, while always maintaining it’s gritty charm.
+What gives Alexandria a jaded ambiance and makes one feel as if they exist in a gray area between the past and the present is that the modern city of Alexandria was built atop the ruins of ancient Alexandria. Although far more antiquities have been lost than found, each year sees a Greek statue or Roman mosaic unearthed on construction sites or on the seabed, where the ruins of Cleopatra’s Palace and the city’s ancient Lighthouse can be seen by scuba divers. The city is thus a constant symbol of rebirth, showcasing that anything lost can be found again.
+Modern Alexandria is still as important and famous as it was when Alexander the Great was alive. It is known as Egypt’s “Second City” after Cairo and is bustling and lively as ever, with plenty of intrigue for the adventurous traveler to wet their pallet on. Being built on the foundation of it’s ancient past, and with the Mediterranean sea literally crashing onto it’s streets, Alexandria is a unique blend of history, culture, and modern sensibilities, along with a dash of European flare, with a feeling that is all its own. Alexandria stands in stark contrast to Egypt’s other cities, and I wouldn’t consider any visit to Egypt complete without exploring it.
+Travel Tip: Stay overnight in Alexandria. The city has more than enough “must see” tourist sites to behold and is an excellent day trip from Cairo; it takes about 3 hours each way, but is worth every minute. Even though Alexandria can be seen in a day, giving yourself a couple of days will give you time to get to know the true nature of Alexandria. This port city is all at once wild, primal, and civilized. The traffic is intense, the street scenes vibrant, the water clear, stray cats everywhere, and people fishing off the side of the rocks where the city drops off into the sea. This city deserves more than just a day trip.
+Suggested Sites
+Bibliotheco Alexandrina (The Library of Alexandria)
+Location: El-Gaish Road
+Hours of Operation: Saturday – Thurs 11am – 7pm, Friday 3-7pm
+Price: 35 EGP
+Bibliotheco Alexandrina
+We have all heard of the famous Library of Alexandria, the vast repository where all the knowledge of the ancient world was stored. The library was destroyed by a series of fires and attacks, with its ultimate demise coming in the third century CE. When the library met its demise, it took a great deal of information with it, creating a bit of a dark age that followed. It is believed, for instance, that the library had important information about how the pyramids were built, something that confounds us even to this day.
+In true Alexandrian fashion though, just because something is lost does not mean it cannot be revived, and in October of 2002, the ancient splendor of the Library of Alexandria was reborn to reclaim the mantle of its ancient namesake. The new modern building is a vast complex where the arts, history, science and philosophy come together once more.
+The city of Alexandria. The new library, like its ancient counterpart, is a tribute to these discoveries and a place where scholars can converge, as this did 1000 years ago, to promote education and intellect.
+The modern library offers a myriad of activities, such as an Antiques Museum, a Manuscripts Museum, an Arts Center, a Planetarium, as a well as a vast reading area that is tiered into 20 different levels. This combination of venues makes the library a place that, like its predecessor, is open for discussion, dialogue and understanding. Today, the Bibliotheco Alexandrina, proves that perhaps the most important element of the ancient library persists – its spirit.
+The Alexandria National Museum
+Location: 110 Tariq Gamal Abdel Nasser
+Hours of Operation: Daily 9am-4:30pm
+Price: 35EGP
+Smaller than the Cairo Museum, what makes this museum relevant and unique is that it showcases the archaeological ranging from the Ptolemaic, Coptic and Islamic eras. The museum tells the story of Alexandria’s rich ancient history.
+True to the colonial charm of the city, the Alexandria National Museum is built in an Italian mansion once owned by a wood merchant.
+Kom el-Dikka
+Location: Sharia Yussef
+Hours of Operation: Daily 9am – 4:30pm
+Price: 20 EGP
+In 1959, Polish archaeologists searching for Alexander’s tomb beneath the Turkish fort and slums on Kom el-Dikka (“Mound of Rubble”) found a stratum of Roman remains that they are still excavating to this day. During Ptolemaic times, Kom el-Dikka was the Park of Pan, a hilly pleasure garden with a limestone summit carved into the shape of a pine cone, of which nothing unfortunately remains today. However, Kom el-Dikka is arguably still a destination where one can romp around and have some fun.
+Although in the middle of the city, the site is dug into a valley, surrounded by lush green hills and grassy nulls. Within this valley, is the sites most striking feature, a well-preserved Roman Theater with marble seating for seven to eight hundred, with cruder galleries for the plebs and a forecourt with two patches of mosaic flooring flanking the sides. Along the north of the theatre’s portico are thirteen auditoria that might have been part of Alexandria’s ancient university, with an annual enrollment of five thousand students.
+There is an astonishing open-air museum that lies in the shade overlooking the Roman Theater with lots of well-placed benches that make for a very unique picnic setting. The museum is full of artifacts that bear the marks of being submerged in the Mediterranean for millennia, and it is fascinating to see them on land once more, interacting with the populace as they were always meant to.
+Travel Tip: I recommend bringing a lunch (believe it or not food is allowed) and replenish yourself in the company of ancient statues. From your vantage point, make sure to check out the active archaeological team on the northern edge of Kom el- Dikka, as they unearth a temple to Bastet discovered in 2010.
+Pompeii’s Pillar
+Location: Sharia Amoud el-Sawary
+Hours of Operation: Daily 9am-4:30pm
+Price: 35 EGP
+Hidden in the poverty stricken Karmous Quarter in the southwest of the City, Pompeii’s Pillar is easy to spot once you emerge out of the tangle of shops and apartment complexes. An elegant column hewn from red Aswan granite, it towers 30m above a ridge beside an ancient cemetery. Incorrectly named by nineteenth-century Europeans after the Roman consul Pompeii, the pillar was actually erected in 291 AD to bear a statue of Emperor Diocletian. The pillar stands on the site of the Temple of Serapis, a deity invented by the Ptolemys to link their Greek god Dionysus with the Ancient Egyptian cult of the Apis bulls at Saqqara. The temple later housed Cleopatra’s “Daughter Library” of 42,800 texts, which outlived the Mother Library by almost a century, only to be destroyed by Christians in 391 AD. All that remains of the temple and the library are three subterranean galleries where the sacred bulls were interred, several sphinxes, and Egypt’s northern most Nilometer.
+When you descend into the subterranean galleries that were once the burial chambers of the sacred Serapis bulls, despite the fact that they are now empty, and all that surrounds you is the dim light of the lamps, the cool air, and the smell of earth and dust, it is hard not to be engulfed in the idea of what used to exist here.
+Catacombs of Kom el-Shogafa
+Location: Sharia el-Shenity Abu Mandour
+Hours of Operation: Daily 9am – 4:30pm
+Price: 35 EGP
+A large Roman era burial site discovered back in 1900, Kom el-Shogafa literally translates into “Mound of Shards”. Hewn 35m into solid rock, with the deepest of its chambers about 20m below street level, this is the largest known Roman burial structure in all of Egypt, and one of the last major constructions to pay tribute to the Ancient Egyptian religion, albeit a distorted form.
+The catacombs are reached via spiral staircase carved beside a large shaft down which bodies were lowered on ropes. The catacombs most likely started as a family crypt in the second century CE, growing slowly into a labyrinth as extra chambers were dug to accommodate more than three hundred bodies over the three centuries it remained in use. Today, the lowest level has been partially submerged by the rising water table, although, thankfully, you can still visit these murky depths.
+These catacombs existed during a time in which the old faiths of Ancient Egypt began to merge and melt with the influences of the Greeks and Romans. The most dramatic of these chambers and representative of this time period is the Principal Tomb. The Principal Tomb is a perfect hybridization between Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman artistic and religious expression. Reliefs of bearded serpents with Medusa-headed shields and muscle bound statues of the Egyptian gods Sobek and Abubis wearing Egyptian armor guard the Tomb’s vestibule.
+As you exit the site, make sure to take in where you are above ground. Kom el-Shogafa is situated near a modern busy thoroughfare, surrounded by the buzz of traffic and the shriek of car horns, and fenced in by high-rise buildings. As you walk the streets of Alexandria, it is a magical thought to know that just a few meters below your feet; the ancient past is alive and well.
+Travel Tip: My advice is to have fun and enjoy this incredible maze of graves and architecture – crawl around, get damp and dirty, really experience and embrace the emotion of this place, with no ropes or signs to block your way or tell you where to go. It is a very different tourist experience, and one that made me forget I was even a tourist at all.
+Citadel at Qaitbay
+Location: Sharia Qasr Qaitbay
+Hours of Operation: Daily 9am-4pm
+Price: 25 EGP
+Sultan Qaitbay built this picturesque fortress.
+bay built the fortress in this specific area to take advantage of an existing foundation on the site—that of the legendary Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria, once considered one of the seven wonders of the Ancient world, which has since disappeared completely from the archaeological record.
+The largest stones of the Citadel, forming the lintel and doorway of its entrance, as well as the red granite columns in the mosque within the walls, are probably also salvaged from the huge tower of the Lighthouse that once stood here.
+The citadel has long since given up any military function. Today it houses a small naval museum, but it might be worth a visit to explore the inside of the fortress and imagine the huge Lighthouse structure that once stood on its foundation.
+The peninsula leading to the citadel is also a popular area with local fishermen and families alike. It is usually packed with a pleasant crowd enjoying the sea views, restaurants and ice cream shops that line the street up to the fortress.
+Alexandria – A Timeless City
+Alexandria is a place where an ancient past is finally able to swim harmoniously with the best parts of the present. Alexandria is a different Egypt, an Egypt where the history doesn’t feel like a tourist attraction, but instead feels like a reality. The city teaches you that nothing stays dormant forever, and that the past exists within each of us, its splendor to be reborn again and again.
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+ 35 Special Agents have been honored as Service martyrs., SA Shanahan and officers of the Chicago Police Department proceeded to that garage to wait for Durkin to appear. When Durkin drove the stolen car into the garage, SA Shanahan, who was alone at the time, attempted to arrest him. However, Durkin swept an automatic pistol from the front seat of the car and shot the Agent in the chest. SA Shanahan returned fire, but Durkin escaped as his victim collapsed. Death was almost instantaneous. Durkin was sentenced to 35 years in prison for SA Shanahan's murder and received an additional 15 years on stolen motor vehicle charges.
+Paul E. Reynolds, born 09/03/1899 in IL. Lived in Boise, ID. prior to entrance on duty. - Died 08/09/1929 in Phoenix, AZ..
+Raymond J. Caffrey, born 05/12/1903 in McCook, NE. Lived in Omaha, NE. prior to entrance on duty. - Died 06/17/1933 in Kansas City, MO..
+W. Carter Baum, born 07/02/1904 in Washington, DC. Lived in Washington, DC. prior to entrance on duty.- Died 04/22/1934 near Little Bohemia Lodge, WI..
+Herman E. Hollis, born 01/27/1903 in Des Moines, IA. Lived in Des Moines, IA. prior to entrance on duty. - Died 11/2719/34 near Barrington, IL..
+Samuel P. Cowley, born 07/23/1899 in Franklin, ID. Lived in Logan, UT. prior to entrance on duty. - Died 11/28/1934 near Barrington, IL.
+Nelson B. Klein, born 04/03/1898 in New York, NY. Lived in Atlantic City, NJ. prior to entrance on duty. Died 08/16/1935 in College Corner, IN. enactment of Congress making it a capital offense to kill a Special Agent of the FBI, and on March 24, 1936, he was executed.
+On April 16, 1937, Special Agent Wimberly W. Baker was mortally wounded when he and another Agent were trying to apprehend two bank robbers, Robert Suhay and a man believed to be Alfred Power. On April 17, SA Baker died from his wounds. The Agents had been in the U.S. Post Office at Topeka, Kansas, when a man they identified as Alfred Power entered. As SA Baker attempted to arrest the man, Suhay began firing upon the Agent. After the initial rounds were fired, SA Baker. They were convicted in Federal District Court, Topeka, Kansas, during the latter part of June, 1937, and received the death penalty.
+Truett E. Rowe, born 03/25/1904 in Amity, AR. Lived in San Benito, TX. prior to entrance on duty. - Died 06/01/1937 in Gallup, NM. al Motor Vehicle Theft Act was outstanding. SA Rowe and the local police chief located Osborne at his brother's.
+William R. Ramsey, born 10/05/1903 in London, KY. Lived in Denver, CO. prior to entrance on duty. - Died 05/03/1938 near Penfield, IL.
+On May 3, 1938, Special Agent William R. Ramsey died from wounds he sustained while attempting to arrest suspects in a Lapel, Indiana, bank burglary which, SA Ramsey, another FBI Agent, and local officers arrived at the farm, where they immediately identified John Hulett and took him into custody. Earlywine was identified in the house and was advised that he was under arrest. Earlywine then drew a gun and shot SA Ramsey several times. The injured Agent returned fire, and a bullet struck Earlywine in the forehead, killing him instantly. SA Ramsey was mortally wounded by Earlywine's bullets and was immediately taken to a local hospital, where he died the following morning.
+Hubert J. Treacy, Jr., born 01/13/1913 in New York, NY. Lived in New York, NY. prior to entrance on duty. Died on 03/13/1942 in Abingdon, VA. a few hours after the shooting by FBI Agents and local officers.
+Joseph J. Brock, born 04/30/1908 in Milwaukee, WI. Lived in Milwaukee, WI. prior to entrance on duty. Died 07/26/1952 in New York, NY.
+On July 26, 1952, Special Agent Joseph J. Brock of the FBI's New York SA Brock was positioned at the foot of a small stairway. In a few minutes, Puff returned to the first floor by the stairway where SA Brock was stationed. Puff shot SA, Ossining, New York, following his conviction for SA Brock's murder.
+John Brady Murphy, born 11/15/1917 in Baltimore, MD. Lived in Baltimore, MD. prior to entrance on duty. Died on 09/26/1953 in Baltimore, MD.
+On September 25, 1953, Special Agent J. Brady Murphy was mortally wounded in a gun battle with John Elgin Johnson which took place in a Baltimore, Maryland, movie theater. Johnson, who was wanted for murder, telephoned a reporter in Los Angeles, California, and a subsequent call was traced to the Baltimore theater. When SA Murphy and another Agent located Johnson in a telephone booth, he began firing his weapon, injuring both Agents. The Agents returned fire, and Johnson was killed. SA Murphy died from his wounds on September 26.
+Richard Purcell Horan, born 04/20/1922 in Hartford, CT. Lived in Hartford, CT. prior to entrance on duty. Died on 04/18/1957 in Suffield, CT., SA Horan and a small group entered the home by forcing a basement hatchway at the rear. Kolakowski shot and killed SA Horan as the Agent began climbing the stairs to the floor above. Before officers could reach him, the fugitive killed himself.
+Terry R. Anderson, born 01/19/1924 in Washington, DC. Lived in Dallas Center, IA. prior to entrance on duty. Died on 05/17/1966 near Shade Gap, PA. 7 days. SA Anderson was shot while he and another Agent were pursuing the fugitive. The victim was rescued and Hollenbaugh was killed.
+Douglas M. Price, born 01/14/1941 in Paris, ID. Lived in Logan, UT. prior to entrance on duty. Died on 04/25/1968 in San Antonio, TX. SAs Woodriffe and Palmisano
+On March 15, 1973, Special Agent Gregory W. Spinelli was shot and killed in a gun battle with a suspected bank robber on a street in Charlotte, North Carolina. SA, SA Spinelli ran to the rear, where he was shot and killed by Mankins. When Mankins attempted to flee, another Agent succeeded in apprehending him. Mankins was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of SA Spinelli.. The government dismissed its charges against James Theodore Eagle. Robert Eugene Robideau and Darrelle Dean Butler were acquitted by jury on July 16, 1976. Another person indicted for these murders, Leonard Peltier, was convicted and received two consecutive life sentences.
+On August 9, 1979, Special Agent Johnnie L. Oliver was shot and killed in Cleveland, Ohio, while pursuing fugitive Melvin Bay Guyon, who was wanted for kidnapping, rape, and armed robbery. SA Oliver, who was a SWAT team member, and five other Agents went to a house where Guyon was believed to be residing. SA Oliver and another Agent went through the front door while the other four Agents remained outside. Guyon, armed with a shotgun, immediately shot SA SA Oliver's murder and received a life sentence..
+On the afternoon of January 19, 1990, Special Agent L. Douglas Abram was shot and killed in a house located in St. Louis County, Missouri. SA Abram and other members of the St. Louis SWAT team had assembled to effect entry into the residence for a team executing a search warrant for weapons and drugs at that location. As the SWAT team entered the house, occupant James Price fatally wounded SA Abram. SWAT team Agents returned fire, killing Price. his hand. The bank robber recovered his own weapon and shot SA Bailey three times.
+Martha Dixon Martinez, born 01/10/1959 in Pittsburgh, PA. Lived in Little Rock, AR. prior to entrance on duty. Died 11/22/1994 in Washington, DC..
+Michael John Miller, born 05/31/1953 in Cheverly, MD. Lived in Forestville, MD. prior to entrance on duty. Died 11/22/1994 in Washington, DC.
+William Christian, Jr., born 07/19/1946 in Baltimore, MD. Lived in Baltimore, MD. prior to entrance on duty. Died 05/29/1995 in Greenbelt, MD.
+On May 29, 1995, Special Agent William SA Christian, along with 26 other investigators, was conducting a surveillance of the area. At approximately 1.
+Charles Leo Reed, born 01/31/1951 in Des Moines, IA. Lived in Essex Junction, VT. prior to entrance on duty. Died 03/22/1996 in Philadelphia, PA. a vehicle, which was parked in a hotel parking lot near the Philadelphia waterfront. A gun battle ensued, and SA Reed and Cramer shot and killed each other.
+Leonard Hatton, born 08/17/1956. Died 09/11/2001 in New York, NY.
+Samuel Steele Hicks, born 11/27/1974. Died 11/19/2008 in Indiana, PA...
+Winter Ridges for Walkers and Mountaineersby Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com Nov/2011
+This article has been read 25,236 times
+What's more enjoyable than a classic ridge walk or scramble on a sunny summer day? Not much that I can think of – except perhaps for the same route in winter conditions. Snow promotes our wee hills into genuine mountains, giving them a more austere, elemental feel and adding physical challenge and seriousness to any day out. With ice-glazed rocks and corniced crests even easy summer ridge walks can take on a mountaineering edge, while lower grade scrambles transform into proper (albeit bottom-end) winter climbs.
+There's a lot to bear in mind at this harsh end of the year, from possible avalanche risk and wild weather to choice of gear and competence with axe and crampons. Squeezing big routes into narrow daylight windows will often mean starting and finishing in the dark, and maintaining the sort of efficient pace you might associate more with the Alps so that you're off any tricky ground by nightfall. It's a rigorous and unforgiving season to be out on the ridges, but the rewards are worth all the extra effort.
+'In snow even easy ridge walks can take on a mountaineering edge, while lower grade scrambles transform into proper winter climbs'
+The following brief selection covers a few of the more popular winter ridges from Scotland, the Lakes and Snowdonia, in roughly ascending order of difficulty from top-end walks to grade I and II winter climbs. Grade I ridges combine airy excitement with minimal technicality, offering the sort of ground that's ideally suited to experienced winter walkers with mountaineering aspirations. A walking axe, crampons and a steady head will be required, but a rope (etc) pretty rarely.
+From here it's generally quite a step up to grade II, where the big classic traverses such as Aonach Eagach and Liathach can prove to be relatively serious, sustained and technically interesting. A rope and some protection will often be needed, and many will welcome the reassurance of a pair of climbing axes; if you're not sure what I mean by all that then book a course or join a club before having a go at An Teallach in the snow.
+All that said however, it's hard to make general rules about winter numbers or the gear any individual will definitely need. This is the season that really exposes the fallibility of grading as an objective science. A grade is a rough approximation of a route's difficulty in average conditions, but in the winter context what does average even mean? With our fickle weather change is the one thing you can pretty much bank on, and ditto the state of snow and ice underfoot. Deep powder one morning could turn to slush by the afternoon, before perhaps refreezing into concrete neve.
+'It's a rigorous and unforgiving season, but the rewards are worth the extra effort'
+Since each will give a very different climbing experience, the challenge of a particular ridge on any given day is something of an unknown quantity until you get there. A grade I in really testing weather and snow conditions might feel more dicey than a grade II in perfect crisp nick, and in this situation the requirement for ropes etc might conceivably be reversed. Occasionally even the most straightforward walker's ridge can put up quite a fight. Take nothing for granted, and don't underestimate any day out. In winter team decisions can be for high stakes, but learning to cope with whatever the mountain throws at you (or deciding when to run away) is all part of the fun.
+Hard walk
+The switchback route over the knobbly peaks of Meall nan Tarmachan and Co is a perennial favourite, but particularly memorable under snow. There's just one notably narrow section, the famous Meall Garbh arête. It's only an airy walk, and sadly short lived, but the sting in the tail (for those heading west) comes at the end with an unexpected steep downclimb that's awkward if icy. Classic stuff, and a good first taste of winter ridges for the less experienced.
+See this UKH Route Card
+Hard walk / grade I
+Compared to the up-front impressiveness of the neighbouring Glyderau you could be forgiven for dismissing the Carneddau as rolling and grassy. But these Welsh biggies have hidden depths as monumentally gothic as any in Snowdonia. The circuit of Cwms Llafar and Eigiau is a grand high level ridge traverse, taking in four summits including the third and fourth highest in Wales. Summertime scrambling may be negligible but snow offers a hint of mountaineering at three very brief points – the east spur of Pen yr Ole Wen; the descent into Bwlch Eryl Farchog; and the northwest ridge of Pen yr Helgi Du.
+See this UKH Route Card
+Hard walk / grade I
+OK, this is a bit of a wild card compared to the better known classics listed here. Cruachan is deservedly popular of course, but the north ridge of Drochaid Ghlas sees a fraction of this footfall - and that's part of its appeal. Lose the crowds and head round to the north side of the massif, where a series of impressive corries and ridges rise above lonely Glen Noe. The Drochaid Ghlas ridge is just one of several choices – steep, slightly scrambly, and good fun in the snow. To finish the day either continue to Cruachan's main summit, or complete a shorter circuit over Stob Diamh and Stob Garbh; either option gives top quality winter ridge walking.
+Grade I
+A circuit of the fine sculpted crests enclosing the Red Tarn cove, this much-loved hill walk is all the rage at any time of year - but naturally it's best saved for a day of sunshine and snow. In hard winter conditions the ground just about makes it into the mountaineering category, but not by enough to put off competent winter walkers. Though the round sits at the most inclusive end of the climbing spectrum it is not short on airy excitement. If any ridge can disprove the idea that quality is proportional to difficulty, it has to be Striding Edge. To avoid getting caught in a snail-like procession along the crest avoid weekends and bank holidays if at all possible.
+See this UKH Route Card
+Grade I
+In summer the CMD Arete is one of the top scrambly hillwalks of Britain, while winter gives it rather more of a mountaineering edge. With its pure curving proportions and airy situations few routes of this modest grade can match it for atmosphere, and as you progress along the spine the views of the complex crags of Ben Nevis are unrivalled. It's amenable to mountaineers of all abilities, but bear in mind that since the ridge links the mighty Ben Nevis and 4000-footer Carn Mor Dearg its altitude exposes it to the harshest of weather and conditions.
+See this UKH Route Card
+Grade I
+It is hard to write about this route without gushing superlatives, from the approach through the Glen Nevis gorge and across the infamous wire bridge near Steall Falls to the horseshoe waiting above. The graceful thin ridges of this 'ring' provide one of Scotland's prime low-end winter mountaineering trips, a long day in the heart of the magnificent Mamores with the Glen Coe peaks to one side and the Nevis range to the other. It's mostly just walking, but two notable sections prove entertaining under snow. These are the rocky An Garbhanach – An Gearanach spine, and the evocatively named Devil's Ridge - it's much less hellish than it sounds.
+Grade I
+Otherwise known as the Angel's Peak in complement to the nearby Devil's 'Point' (a prudish euphemism), this is the most peak-like of the five Cairngorm 4000-footers, and shares the epic corrie complex of An Garbh Choire with neighbouring Braeriach. The scale and remoteness of these hills make a biggie of any trip here, particularly in winter when the range can enjoy some of the toughest conditions in the country. If there's fresh snow to slow progress consider making a weekend of it. Rising in a one-er from the shore of Lochan Uaine to the summit, the Northeast Ridge is a compellingly obvious line, an easy blocky clamber with an out-there feel.
+Grade I
+Notwithstanding recent possibly freak seasons it is arguably quite a rare treat to catch the Snowdon Horseshoe in true winter nick. But it's worth the wait. With added snow this classic summer scramble takes on the mantle of a mini Alpine traverse (granted, an easy one) with the sort of knife-edged thrill that you'd otherwise have to travel to Scotland to find. Crib Goch starts the day with a bang, its shelving rock crest and gnarled pinnacles giving a definite crux to the route. There's also plenty of fun on the long airy spine of Crib y Ddysgl. After these highs the southern half of the horseshoe over Snowdon and Lliwedd is a gradual come-down, though still spectacular.
+See this UKH Route Card
+Grade II
+Sron na Lairig is traditionally considered a stepping stone to the nearby and more committing Aonach Eagach (thus I guess other big winter traverses such as Liathach and An Teallach too). It is low in the grade, and in good conditions well suited to teams taking their first steps into grade II climbing. Yet the fact remains that this is a long route in a fairly isolated setting, with the occasional tricky little step, steadily building in exposure to a sudden grand climax right at the top. It's fabulous whether climbed as an end in itself or as an entertaining mountaineer's access route to the Bidean nam Bian range.
+Grade II
+This is by quite a margin the easiest of The Ben's famous ridge climbs. It's not technically that tricky for the grade, but a big day out in an impressive setting, with over 400m of fall-off-able ground and some interesting route finding. Though the name may not conjure up images of narrow arêtes don't be fooled; the route's upper half is a classic ridge, the optional highlight of which is a striking narrow rock fin with a precarious little step down from its far end. The climbing may be fairly easy but Ledge Route needs sound judgement. Its start is accessed via the potentially avalanche prone Number Five Gully, while the first section of the climb itself crosses sometimes-treacherous iced slabs above a very terminal drop. If there's time a descent via the CMD Arête gives the full value Ben Nevis experience.
+Details of these routes and many more can be found in Dan's two guidebooks, The Ridges of England, Wales and Ireland, and Scotland's Mountain Ridges
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+On the new TNT series “Dark Blue,” executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer is taking viewers into the complex world of undercover officers. Starring Golden Globe winner Dylan McDermott, along with Omari Hardwick, Logan Marshall-Green and Nicki Aycox, the gritty TV show follows the exploits of a team of cops so covert, many of their own colleagues don’t even know they are involved.
+“Dark Blue” takes place in the underbelly of Los Angeles, showing a side of the city rarely seen on television. Criminals roam free and Lt. Carter Shaw (McDermott) and his special undercover task force understand, better than anyone, that to bring down a criminal underworld one must dive into its depths and get on the criminals’ level. Frequently faced with circumstances that blur the line between right and wrong, all that matters is loyalty to one’s fellow officers and to the goal of bringing down the bad guys. Hit the jump to read the interview.
+TNT recently invited a handful of online outlets, including Collider, to talk to the show’s lead actors about working with powerhouse producer Jerry Bruckheimer and portraying such an intense profession. Here’s what they had to say:
+How did each of you come to this series?
+LOGAN MARSHALL-GREEN: I read the script when I was abroad. I was going to go in for it and just sent a tape in, and then I got a test. They flew me out, and I decided to just walk into the room as the character, hoping to walk out with him.
+DYLAN MCDERMOTT: Much of the time, as an actor, you sit around waiting. Most of your life and career, you’re waiting for your agent or your manager to call you..
+OMARI HARDWICK: Dylan likes to call me the repeat offender on TNT. I was on TNT three years ago. I did a show, called Saved. I think Dark Blue came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it and the character immediately popped out at me. I thought, “This is great because he’s so dichotomous and he’s full of variance of personalities and passions, and like and dislikes.” I thought, “I would love to do something so dirty.” And then, I found out who else was attached to it and who they were looking at, and we were all in. So, to work for Mr. Bruckheimer is a cool deal.
+One of the appeals of the undercover cop genre is the fact that it gives actors the chance to play different characters, all the time. Do you enjoy the role-playing aspect of a show like this?
+HARDWICK: Yeah, definitely. We were all excited about this show because we get to step outside of ourselves for awhile. It’s really rare to come across a character, a show or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week. It’s challenging for us, as actors, but also fun..
+MCDERMOTT: The reason I did the show was to have that..
+MARSHALL-GREEN: As an actor, the idea that these guys break rules sounded appealing as well. They’re actors who break rules. That’s how I approach pretty much all my jobs. I learn the rules and then try to find ways to break them.
+Will there be one person that you’re chasing, over the course of the season, or will it continue to be different bad guys?
+MCDERMOTT: It’s contained episodes, so it’s a different bad guy, every week, and a different case. It’s close-ended, so there’s always going to be a great bad guy, anytime you watch.
+HARDWICK: We’ve been very blessed with the guest stars that have joined us. It’s been awesome. We’ve had very good guest stars.
+Who are some of the guest stars that you’ll be having?
+HARDWICK: We recently had the legendary Michael Biehn. It was an episode that was loaded with my character interacting with him and, one day, in the make-up trailer, Logan came up to me and said, “You’re working with Michael Biehn. That’s crazy. I’m jealous.” We grew up watching him. He was in Aliens and The Terminator.
+But, there’s been a slew of them. We’ve been fortunate enough to even have guest stars that we have personal relationships with, and who we’ve seen on our trajectory to where we are now, as actors. It’s stellar. For the budget, the time, the recession and for all that’s going on, the caliber has not fallen off.
+What does Danny Cannon bring to a pilot like this, to establish the tone, mood and flow of the series, going forward?
+MARSHALL-GREEN: He’s amazing. He knows what he wants. He knows what Jerry wants. He knows how to talk to actors. He knows how to juggle all the departments, which is really what you ask for. Obviously, he has oiled the machine very, very well, and it shows.
+MCDERMOTT: This is the show that he’s wanted to make, for a long time. This is something that’s been inside of him, a long time. To make something so gritty and so dark for television is something you don’t normally get to do, especially on network television. This show would never exit.
+Omari, what does it mean for you, that you’re now cast as a cop?
+HARDWICK: What’s interesting is that you start out your career and I’ve had the typical family comments, as I was climbing in my career, of “Oh, it’s amazing that you didn’t die in this project.” They were all happy when I didn’t die, and I survived. It’s an interesting thing to play the heroes of our society, like cops and firefighters. They’re the basic heroes that, as little boys and little girls, you look up to as the first heroes of your small, specific community. Playing a cop goes a long way. I have a lot of friends who are working as actors, and as soon as I started playing military characters or cops, and not the actual criminal that we’re chasing on this show, they all said, “You actually can have a career now.” Dylan has been on the side of the crime world, playing a lawyer before, but Logan and I, and Nicki as well, started out trying to figure out what our mojo would be and where it would lie, as an actor. This show allows you to still be yourself, and to be whatever you’re bringing, but we all have found a comfortable fit on this show. There is a stability that this show provides, in allowing us to be rebellious. We can be a cop and a hero, but be a rebellious, flawed one. I feel like I’ve arrived.
+MARSHALL-GREEN: I shaved my head about a year ago, and all I’ve done is play soldiers and cops. Before that, I played the loud-mouthed, foppish asshole. So, you shave your head and the career follows.
+What kind of research have you done to understand the mentality of the individuals who do this kind of work, and was anything particular surprising to you about it?
+MCDERMOTT: I, personally, hung out with the L.A.P.D. and undercover cops, and talked to them. And, I went on a ride-along, which was very interesting because we would stop and talk to people. There was one instance where we talked to about 10 gang members. We got out of the car and hung out with them for about 45 minutes. And then, we got back in the car and the cop said to me, “That was a little uncomfortable for me because I killed the one guy’s brother, two years ago,” and I was just like, “I wish you’d told me that before we got out of the car.” So, in the moment, I understand that there’s such duality in these guys.
+I also understand that they need the street. You can’t just show up and be a cop. You need people on the street to tell you information. You need to have relationships with people. Information doesn’t just arrive. You need to have informants and you need to know people. That was interesting to me, too.
+With these guys, it was all about what they weren’t telling me and what they were hiding. They hide so much. They’ve learned to hide so much, in their life. That’s mostly what I use, in my character. It’s about what I’m not telling people and what I’m hiding. They were so shy. Half of them wouldn’t even look me in the eye. They were always looking down, and they didn’t want to make contact. That’s the way they’ve learned to live their life.
+Did the man whose brother had been killed know that it was that officer who had killed his brother?
+MCDERMOTT: Yeah. That’s why it was so tricky. And, some of them recognized me too. They were like, “Hey, that’s the guy from The Practice. What’s he doing here?” That was weird. I just didn’t want to get caught in the crossfire, frankly.
+What’s the dynamic like between you, as actors? Do you get a lot of scenes where you’re working together, or are you each working on separate cases?
+HARDWICK: The best days are when we get to work together, but that’s not necessarily in terms of excitement or what you’re bringing to the character. For example, we’re doing an episode right now where Logan’s character is away from us and he’s doing his thing, and that’s great because that’s what the show thrives on. Thematically, the show is based on us really being under and not knowing whether we’ll make it back. But, as actors, it’s a beautiful thing when the four of us can be a team and hang out. We laugh a lot together. It really is a very cohesive four, and it’s really nice to be a part of, when we’re together.
+AYCOX: Our characters do intertwine. They know each other’s personal lives and things that are going on and their troubles. It’s not always just about the case, but it’s also about how each one of them are doing with their personal life and being an undercover cop, and how they help each other through it as well.
+Do you actually film on location around Los Angeles?
+MARSHALL-GREEN: We don’t necessarily shoot in bad neighborhoods, but we shoot a lot around downtown. East of downtown is a little gritty. We don’t shoot in neighborhoods so much, but more just areas that are more rundown but incredibly cinematic, like that power plant we shot in.
+AYCOX: A lot of the areas aren’t populated. There’s not a lot of people that live in the areas we’re shooting. There are a lot of industrial areas downtown that nobody is living in.
+HARDWICK: There are a lot of dilapidated buildings. Production and location has done a very good job finding places for us to shoot. Danny Cannon knows what he wants, and we have a D.P. who’s really, really good. His eye is great. The imagination of the creative aspect of Dark Blue, from the production and crew standpoint, can really stand out, in some of these locations. The people at the forefront of the show know what we’re going for, in terms of look, to make us separate from the other cop shows that you’ve seen in the past.
+MARSHALL-GREEN: L.A. is the fifth character in the show. So, there are iconic areas that, if you’re familiar with L.A., you’ll get a sense of, which is great. Here and there, that character is there. L.A. is a big part of it.
+Do you feel a responsibility to depict Los Angeles in a way that hasn’t been seen before? Is there a version of Los Angeles that you find it important to show?
+MCDERMOTT: Yeah, definitely. There’s an emptiness to the way this show is filmed..
+AYCOX: It’s a side that really hasn’t been portrayed.
+HARDWICK: Besides in movies.
+Have you been able to have input into your characters?
+AYCOX: They give us a lot of freedom. They definitely ask us what we feel and what we think, and we can give our opinions on what we want to do. There’s not a lot of time. You have to make a decision fast.
+Has anything changed because of something you thought of or suggested?
+HARDWICK: We’re in the midst of it, right now.
+AYCOX: Yeah, every day.
+MARSHALL-GREEN: It takes awhile for writers to get to know actors rhythms, not just as actors, but what they bring to the characters. I think it takes a few episodes for the writing room to catch up to the actors, and vice versa. They allow us to ad-lib and put our own sheen on it, but one example is that one of the writers came up to me during a scene and said, “You’re coming off a little bit misogynistic,” and I said, “Good.” I actually do think my character is a misogynist. Personally, I’m attracted to flaws. He’s still likeable. Some people think he’s a charmer. But, since then, I’ve been getting more “honeys” thrown in. So, that marriage starts to form. You have to ebb and flow with it, with the writers. You’re doing it together.
+Dylan, you’ve been lucky to work with both David E. Kelley and now Jerry Bruckheimer. How do those machines operate, when you’re just a piece within them?
+MCDERMOTT:.
+Are there commonalities with the level of professionalism for the overall operations?
+MCDERMOTT: They’re both highly professional. Jerry surrounds himself with the best people and the best crew. Danny Cannon is just so talented. And, David E. Kelley does the same thing. He surrounds himself with people who are just really efficient and know what they’re doing, so there’s no mystery. It’s no secret that they’re just both highly successful people.
+Your characters are always in grave danger on the show. What’s the most dangerous thing you’ve ever done in real life?
+MARSHALL-GREEN: I drank this thing, called Shinto. I was in Africa and there was a beer garden in one of the refugee villages. There was this vat filled with maggots and flies, and it was called Shinto. I turned and, all of a sudden, there was a glass of it in my face, and I said, “Yes.” I drank it and I wished I hadn’t, and I think that might have been the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done in my life. I drank Shinto in a South African refugee village.
+MCDERMOTT: For me, it was Steel Magnolias.
+AYCOX: I guess mine was when I spent a month down in Rio de Janeiro, working with some street kids, one year. I saw a little more than I expected to. It was danger for a good cause, but it was very sad. And, it was a little more dangerous than I thought, or I probably wouldn’t have gone, but I made it.
+HARDWICK: Growing up in Decatur, Georgia, you do some dangerous things. I definitely did my share of dangerous things. I grew up with three boys, so I grew up dangerous. And, I ride a motorcycle now.
+Fiscal discipline looks set to start 2012 as it ended 2011: centre-stage in the Eurozone debate (Wyplosz 2011). While the fiscal compact agreed upon in December 2011 sets out new fiscal rules, many are expecting another round of emergency summits. This column studies the evolution of debt-to-GDP ratios in some of the EU’s most troubled economies in hopes of finding the right policy responses.
+Debt-to-GDP ratios started to increase in Europe in 2008 (Cafiso 2011a). This was when governments undertook measures in an effort to avoid things getting any worse – they put in place stimulus packages and rescued large financial institutions. In previous research, we disentangled the average debt-to-GDP ratio variation in the period 2008–10 by considering its structural drivers: primary balance, real growth and interest payments (Cottarelli et al 2010).1 Our discussion here focuses on six particularly troubled EU countries: Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the UK. Apart from Italy, these are the countries that have experienced a debt-to-GDP ratio increase above that of the EU15 average in 2008–10 (see Table 1).
+The contribution of each component to the debt-to-GDP ratio variation is reported in Table 1 in percentage of GDP and in percentage share (w%) over the total variation; the contribution in w% is also plotted in Figure 1.2
+1. The primary balance (PB)
+The debt-to-GDP ratio increase is mainly primary-balance driven for the six countries under consideration; however, Italy differs in this regard.
+The primary-balance share of the debt-to-GDP ratio variation is 37.1 w% for the EU15 group (row ‘eu15’ in Table 1). In the six countries studied, the primary-balance share of the debt-to-GDP ratio variation is positive for all apart from Italy (a deficit increases the debt-to-GDP ratio) and higher than 50.0 w%; it reaches 78.59 w% for Spain. Italy’s primary-balance contribution is negative, however, because of its primary surplus and it amounts to 8.83 w%.
+2. The real interest bill (RIB)
+Apart for countries with a large debt-stock and a sound primary-balance stance, interest payments have had a minor effect on the debt-to-GDP ratio so far.
+The real interest bill has the largest share for Italy (43.24 w%), Portugal (27.0 w%) and Greece (21.56 w%) in the six heavily-indebted countries. The bill is directly related to the outstanding amount of debt, this is why its weight is at the top for Italy and Belgium.
+Nonetheless, if the ongoing turmoil in the sovereigns market persists, the interest bill will increase considerably in future.3
+Table 1. Decomposition of debt-to-GDP ratio variation (2008–10), percentage of GDP and percentage share
+SIX STUDIED COUNTRIES
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+OTHER EU COUNTRIES AND AVERAGES
+Notes: • All values are averages of 2008, 2009, 2010 figures • ∆b is the debt variation, sfa is the stock-flow adjustment, pb is the primary balance, nib is the nominal interest bill, icf is the inflation correction factor, rib is the real interest bill, rgc is the real growth contribution. • Percentage shares (w%) are calculated over the sum of the absolute value of sfa, pb, rgc, rib; by so doing shares sum up to 1.
+.gif)
+Figure 1. Decomposition of debt-to-GDP ratio, percentage shares
+.gif)
+Notes: • Above each pie, the debt-to-GDP ratio variation for the specific country is reported. • sfa-w% is the Stock-Flow Adjustment share, pb-w% is the primary-balance share, rgc-w% is the real growth contribution share, rib-w% is the real interest bill share.
+3. The contribution of growth (RGC)
+Real GDP has decreased considerably in 2008–10. This has contributed to the worsening of the debt-to-GDP ratio directly (GDP decreases while debt increases) and indirectly (through less tax revenue, the primary balance worsens).
+Real GDP dropped dramatically in 2009 in the EU15 countries. Consequently, the real-growth contribution is negative for almost all the EU15 countries. In terms of shares, the real-growth contribution accounts for -7.62 w% for the EU15 group. In the group of six the real-growth contribution is relevant only for Italy (-31.0 w%) and Greece (-18.25 w%).
+Italy’s large real-growth contribution share recalls statements affirming that worries on the sustainability of its large debt depend particularly upon its low/null growth perspectives.
+Debt Projections
+Debt-to-GDP ratio projections can be used to assess EU countries’ fiscal stance before the crisis, and to consider what the trend would be if the economy were to perform (on average) as in the past.4
+We consider two scenarios. In scenario 1, the parameters are set equal to their 2005–07 average. We name this the ‘Positive Scenario’ where EU15 countries are supposed to enjoy pre-crisis growth rates. In scenario 2, the parameters are set equal to their 1999–2010 average. This is the period available since the introduction of the euro in 1999 and it includes the years of economic crisis; scenario 2 is less favourable both in terms of growth and interest rates on debt rollover. Projections are plotted in Figure 2 (values are in Cafiso 2011a).5
+Projections show that the debt-to-GDP ratio has an increasing trend for Greece and Portugal regardless of the scenario considered. Ireland exhibits a decreasing trend in scenario 1, but an increasing one in scenario 2 with this difference depending on a lower growth rate and a primary deficit in scenario 2 (indeed, scenario 2 includes the crisis years 2008–09). The UK too exhibits an increasing trend in both scenarios; with scenario 2 having a steeper evolution because of lower growth and a larger primary deficit. For Spain the opposite holds true; the strong economic performance of Spain in both 2005–07 and the larger part of 1999–2010 drives its debt-to-GDP ratio downwards in both scenarios (the decreasing trend develops much faster in scenario 1). Italy’s debt-to-GDP ratio evolution is limited under both scenarios, its debt-to-GDP ratio remains constant in scenario 1.
+Greece and Portugal exhibit an unsound debt-to-GDP ratio evolution in both scenarios: their previous stance is unsustainable in the future. On the contrary, Ireland’s stance before the crisis was sound (scenario 1) and it would lead to a lower debt-to-GDP ratio. Concern regarding Spain and Italy’s debt sustainability cannot depend on their past stance, which is sound particularly for Spain.
+Figure 2. Debt-to-GDP ratio projections under different scenarios, 2012–25
+Notes: • debt-to-GDP ratio projec. 1 stands for projections under scenario 1, debt-to-GDP ratio projec. 2 stands for projections under scenario 2. • The projection period is 2012–25 (14 years). Last year is 2011, this works as initial condition.
+Concluding remarks
+The generalised debt-to-GDP ratio increase in 2008–10 depends on the deterioration of the primary balance; interest payments and economic growth have only worsened its effect so far. However, current spread levels alert us to the possibility of an increasing interest-bill burden in the near future. Italy stands out in the group studied because it is the only country that has maintained a sound fiscal stance throughout (Cafiso 2011a); its debt-to-GDP increase in 2008–10 depends mainly on the burden of its large debt-stock and on low growth.
+Projections suggest that some European countries had an unsound fiscal stance (in terms of debt-to-GDP ratio evolution) well before the 2008–09 financial crisis (Greece, Portugal, the UK); on the contrary, others had a sound fiscal stance (Spain, Ireland, Italy).
+ECFIN’s forecasts of the 2011 debt-to-GDP ratio level suggest a further increase in the debt-to-GDP ratio in 2011–12 for almost all Eurozone countries (ECFIN 2011). Moreover, a slowdown its expected in 2013. An inversion of the debt-to-GDP evolution based on deficit-cuts is unlikely in the short-run because it is extremely costly (as argued in Cafiso and Cellini 2011) and probably not even effective (Gros 2011).
+References
+Cafiso G (2011a), Debt Developments and Fiscal Adjustment in the EU, Intereconomics, forthcoming.
+Cafiso G (2011b), “A guide to Public Debt equations”, Working paper series, SSRN eLibrary.
+Cafiso G and R Cellini (2011), “Consequences of the new EU debt-reduction rule”, VoxEU.org, 3 November.
+Cecchetti, S, M Mohanty, and F Zampolli (2011), “The future of public debt: prospects and implications”,BIS Working Papers No 300, Bank for International Settlements.
+Cottarelli, C, L Forni, J Gottschalk, and P Mauro (2010), “Default in Today's Advanced Economies: Unnecessary, Undesirable, and Unlikely”, IMF Staff Position Note SPN/10/12, International Monetary Fund.
+ECFIN (2011), European Economic Forecasts – Autumn 2011, European Economy 6|2011.
+Gros D (2011), “Can Austerity be self-defeating?”, VoxEU.org, 29 November.
+Wyplosz, C (2011), “Getting there, slowly though”, VoxEU.org, 9 December.
+1 The yearly debt variation is largely driven by the financing needs of the government (net balance including interest, ESA95), but other government’s operations determine the evolution of debt by an amount known as Stock-flow Adjustment (SFA). The SFA amount depends upon operations which either generate debt but not deficit, or vice versa, and which have a more financial, non-budget origin. The weight of SFA on debt-to-GDP ratio variation is not trivial (Table 1).
+2 Some components contribute positively, other negatively; to convey the relevance of each with respect to the debt-to-GDP ratio variation we consider percentage shares.
+3 As of November 2011, Italy and Spain’s spreads have exceeded 450 basic points with respect to the 10-year German Bund, this will soon affect the primary market and consequently the interest bill.
+4 Projections are done using the solution of the debt equation. See section 4 in Cafiso (2011b) about this.
+5 The parameters that characterise each scenario are the interest rate on debt rollover (IR), the nominal GDP’s growth rate (NGR), the primary balance (PB) and the stock-flow adjustment (SFA). All are country-specific. It is well to remember that the future debt-to-GDP ratio path will depend also on the evolution of aging population-related expenditures (that is, retirement and health costs). See Cecchetti et al. (2011).
+Over the last few years, Blackheath has become a foodie destination and a hub for some excellent dining. Places like Friday Food Club (one of my favourite London underground restaurants), the micro brewery Zero Degrees, Boulangerie Jade, and more recently Chapters All Day Dining are leading the way and showing sceptical North Londoners how expertly it can be done down South.
+I am always surprised when I meet Londoners who haven’t heard of Blackheath despite it being only 12 minutes by train from London Bridge and one of the most picturesque spots in London. So when I was recently invited by Douglas Blyde of Intoxicating Prose to a Bloggers Dinner at Chapters in Blackheath with The Wine Sleuth, Greedy Diva, Eat Like a Girl, and London Eater, it didn’t take much persuasion for me to accept the invitation.
+Sister to the Michelin starred restaurant Chapter One, Chapters All Day Dining is a more informal, brasserie style eatery, with an understated, casual feel about it – the decor is well thought out with exposed brickwork, wood flooring, large mirrors along its walls, and unobtrusive lighting. I enjoyed the informality of the dining rooms and felt instantly at ease in them.
+Chapters All Day Dining is one of the 9 London restaurants, including Chapter One, to use a Josper oven for grilling all its steaks, some of the fish and seafood starters, and also desserts. An impressive piece of machinery invented in Spain over 35 years ago, the Josper (pronounced Hosper) is both an oven and grill, a “closed barbeque” made of insulating materials capable of withstanding temperatures of up to 1,000˚C.
+This dual functionality helps the food to be cooked much faster than in traditional barbeques by allowing the unit to maintain high cooking temperatures for extended periods of time. It also greatly enhances the flavour of the foods being cooked by searing them on the outside, keeping the juices locked inside whilst giving an intense barbeque/smoky taste.
+On this occasion, we had the pleasure of meeting the head chef Trevor Tobin and the restaurant manager Philip Urasala who accompanied us throughout the meal and introduced the wines being matched to each course.
+To kick off proceedings, we were served an assortment of delicious starters from the restaurant’s new summer menu including:
+“Josper baked mackerel, spiced puy lentils and aubergine, apple puree” @ £5.25 and “Baked scallops & chorizo, sweet chilli dressing, baby herb salad” @ £9.95 - these were both sensational; the fatty mackerel and scallops had a delicious and very noticeable smoky/barbecue flavour from the Josper
+“Serrano ham, salad of rocket and goats cheese, grilled sour dough” @ £6.50 and “Terrine of potted ham hock and black pudding, Piccalilli, grilled sour dough” @ £5.95 – the terrine was deliciously spicy with hints of mace and nutmeg, and having the grilled sour dough served already buttered was also a nice touch.
+“Salad of warm Kentish asparagus, poached egg & Hollandaise sauce” @ £6.50 and “Salad of chicory, pear, walnuts and blue cheese” £4.95 – both salads were very good but the combination of asparagus, poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce was my favourite.
+“Risotto of wild garlic and crème fraiche” @ £5.25 – deliciously creamy, the rice had been perfectly cooked, remaining still slightly al dente. This was one of the best starters, and a real steal at this price.
+The starters were sensational, and I suspect that the main courses on the menu, priced between £8.95 and £12.95, would have been equally good. But this restaurant’s raison d’être is its Josper grilled steaks, and to show us what Chapters is all about, Trevor served us a variety of different cuts of beef.
+Our first was an 18-day dry aged Cumbrian Black Angus fillet steak, sourced from W. G Butchers in Smithfields. Beef fillet, despite being one of the tenderest cuts, is one I hardly ever cook or order – being the leanest part, it is also one of the least flavoursome. The meat had been cooked medium rare - it was also surprisingly tasty, and with a delicate seared crust on the outside. The Josper grilling had, as expected, given the meat an intense charcoal flavour. This is the most expensive meat item on the menu, priced at £23.95 for a 200g fillet steak.
+The Australian, 40-day, dry aged Hereford rib-eye steak was served next. A much fattier cut, good quality rib-eye steaks usually show a good amount of marbling which also helps to make it one of the tastiest. Trevor cooked the rib-eye medium, caramelizing the outside whilst keeping the meat pink and succulent inside. At £19.95 for a 320g rib-eye steak (minimum 30-day wet age), this is the second most expensive cut on the menu.
+The next meat being served was the English hanger steak, also known as skirt or onglet. Skirt steak is the animal’s diaphragm, a working muscle and therefore with a tendency for toughness if not properly cooked. Ideal for quick flash frying/grilling or for very slow cooking (braising), this is the cut of choice for many Chinese stir-fries, fajitas and Cornish pasties.
+Chapters’ hanger steak had been quickly seared and was served rare. It had a dense texture and a deliciously rich flavour. Priced at £11.50, the 250g hanger steak is Chapters’ best value choice.
+I really enjoyed the fillet and rib-eye steaks, and felt that the hanger steak was also excellent. The best however was still to come. We were next presented with a selection of various steaks, served on the bone, including porterhouse, t-bone, sirloin and rib-eye from both USA and UK in a like for like comparison.
+Both the t-bone and porterhouse cuts have a fillet on one side and a sirloin on the other, with the main difference being that the porterhouse will have a larger fillet. The meats tasted deliciously sweet, probably due to their proximity to the bone, but also succulent and full of flavour.
+The American steaks were USDA Prime Graded beef (United States Department of Agriculture). USDA Prime is the most superior grade, with Choice and Select being the second and third grades respectively. The USDA Prime steak has the highest degree of fat (much higher than its UK cousin), and is derived from younger animals.
+I was highly impressed by the intensity of flavour of the USDA Prime cuts, and in my opinion, they tasted far superior to their UK equivalent. All premium steaks on the bone are priced at £4.50 per 100g and cost significantly less than Goodman’s equivalent priced at £6.25 per 100g.
+The desserts are also well worth a mention, they were all excellent and well presented and ended the meal very nicely. These included:
+“Warm treacle tart with clotted cream” @ £5.25.
+“Valrhona chocolate fondant, raisin puree, caramelised walnut ice cream” @ £5.85.
+“Coconut parfait, Josper baked banana, passion fruit sauce” @ £5.25.
+A big thank you to Douglas, Trevor and Philip for inviting me to this event. For a more detailed description of the different cuts of beef, and a more technical perspective, have a read of the reviews by Kang (London Eater) and Carly (Greedy Diva).
+Cost: this was a complimentary meal but I have quoted prices of all the dishes we tried. I estimate that a three course meal would cost in the region of £30 to £35 per person depending on the type of steak ordered (excluding service and drinks).
+Likes: top grade meats, beautifully aged and packed with flavour, Josper grilling which greatly enhances flavour, reasonable prices and excellent wine list in a charming location. My recommendation would be a dry-aged, USDA Prime rib-eye steak on the bone cooked medium rare.
+Dislikes: None.
+Verdict: I cannot wait to return to Chapters All Day Dining and try more of their Josper Grilled steaks. I was very impressed and feel this is one of the best and most reasonably priced steak houses in London at the moment. Very highly recommended.
+Sound like you could easily waddle out of there. Makes me want to go there very soon. Did they say if the USDA steak was grass or grain fed?
+Thanks for the link m'dear and if you need a drinking partner for your next return to Chapters, I'll be there! I loved it too. Lovely review as always. GD
+This looks amazing Luiz - a veritable steak feast!
+@ Cate - Chapters is an amazing restaurant and I cannot wait to return there. All USDA steaks are from grain fed cattle.
+@ Greedy Diva- we so definitely must return there, I will give you a shout! Thanks for your kind words.
+@ Gourmet Chick - indeed it was, and you should have been there! Lx
+It was a great nite, wasn't it? Just one little note, the standout wine of the evening had to be the Cahors, excellently matched to go with all tha steaky goodness!
+@ The Wine Sleuth - it was one of the best steaks I have ever had and being a Brazilian this is a real compliment. The wines were also a very good match.
+Great post on the London restaurant. The photos and recipes look delicious. This sounds like a really divine meal. Finding new and delicious Steak Recipes is an essential part to making a great meal. LaCense Beef offers not only great ideas, but also amazing grass fed beef. While I do work for them, they are honestly the best ingredient I have found to having a good meal. I highly recommend them.
+Hey, Found this review when looking to see who else had been reviewing Chapters. Thanks for telling people about Blackheath! It looks like you really indulged in the Chapter's experience. The only thing I would challenge is your pricing of a 3 course meal... maybe that's just inflation!
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+Wendy Rowe: the 6 most ageing makeup mistakes - and how to avoid them
+November 16th 2016
+Beauty
+March 28th 2017 / 0 comment (sunbeds, grapefruit boob jobs) and the odd few that boomerang right back (Bardot hair, liquid eyeliner and ruby red lips).
+My love affair with beauty began at my mother's dressing table. So enamoured was I with my mum’s powder puff, Estée Lauder rouge and raspberry lipstick that I ended up with a cotton bud ingrained in my left ear and said lipstick up my nostril for my first trip to A&E: at five years old, I'd already encountered my first beauty emergency.
+My passion led to a career in beauty journalism. At Vogue Australia, my boss would scold me at every Monday morning meeting for being too bronzed (I spent my entire Sydney weekends sunbathing seal-like on Bondi Beach, little did she know this was also accompanied with a pack of Silk Cut) which was simply not becoming for an editor in a country where ‘slip, slop, slap’ was the suncare mantra. I then became an editor myself of beauty titles including Boots Health & Beauty and Top Santé.
+I've recently turned 50 and my attitude to this milestone year is that getting this far is a privilege not afforded to all. So I am delighted to be ‘ageing’; after all, what is the alternative? I eschew all procedures and actually feel happy about nature's changes - it helps that I have a loving husband who compliments me regularly and there is always the kindness of candlelight!
+Most women I meet become more and more ‘themselves’ as they mature: more witty, more decisive, more discerning, more interesting, more arresting and richer in every conceivable way and to celebrate being 50 and fabulous, I’ve started a blog,, with a dear friend.
+Bloggers Jane Druker and Marie Louise Pumfrey of thefclub.uk
+As I enter this new decade, I'm reevaluating my beauty regime. I’m aware that I have a drier dermis, hands that tell the truth of time and that some makeup may no longer flatter. My skin, hair and hands all need more TLC (in caps for good reason!) and so my beauty edit has become much more targeted.
+MORE GLOSS: Wendy Rowe's 6 most ageing makeup mistakes
+Here is my rigorous edit of my essentials for 50-plus skin. Not the kind of skin that feels comfy in a shapeless cardi, but the SJP, Elle Macpherson, Cindy Crawford kind that says “why the hell not?” to animal print, leather and shorts (although not all at once). Remember, no one has to age gracefully more.
+1. The best cleanser I can afford
+Whenever my budget has trampled all over my desire, I have spent my bucks not on moisturiser but on cleanser. Cleansing is, to my mind, the most important part of any skincare regime – it must be gentle and secure a fertile ground for absorbing moisture successfully. Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish, £26 is an affordable mainstay but my new favourite is a cult buy - Eve Lom Cleanser, £55. It’s richer for drier skins and lasts months. For my money it hasn't been bettered since it launched in 1985.
+2. Serums and oils for my neck
+Writer Nora Ephron was right when she said your neck gives the age game away more accurately than your face. We don't disguise it with makeup as we do our faces and the fragile skin is prone to sun damage so it's where wrinkles and freckles (especially if you have been a sun worshipper) come home to roost. I slather my face, neck and decolletage in face oils and serums rather than in cream. This approach provides greater silkiness for my now parched skin and is absorbed more readily than moisturiser. I use any and all serums liberally but Kiehls Midnight Recovery Concentrate £38 is a favourite. I spend more on oils: I choose Rodin Luxury Face Oil £105 for superior concentrate or Sunday Riley Luna Sleeping Night Oil £85, which delivers a shot of retinol and I wake looking refreshed.
+3. Upmarket aromatherapy for body
+For the body, it's all about the upgrade because you don't want to be sharing shower gel - or any smells for that matter - with your teenagers. For the very best bodycare, I look to Aromatherapy Associates and Aesop for answers. The essential oils used in their products are second to none. For bath: Aromatherapy Associates De-Stress Mind Bath and Shower Oil £45. For shower: Aesop Geranium leaf Body Cleanser £31. For moisturising: Aesop Rejuvenate Body Balm £67. These products don't just moisturise effectively but by changing the way I smell, they change the way I feel and that should never be underestimated.
+Many women of my age tell me they feel they are entering the ‘invisible" years’. It’s important to give your confidence a boost by ‘owning you’. Have a trademark haircut, lip colour and scent. I am extremely affected by fragrance and alternate between Le Labo Patchouli 24 £120 in winter and Diptyque 34 £72 in summer. I have literally been chased down the street by women demanding to know what I'm wearing!
+4. SOS nourishing for coloured hair
+Nourish has become the mantra for my hair; it is dyed and fried like many women of my age. Once upon a time, I was a brunette, then a redhead and I have been a blonde for 15 years, so I have no idea how grey my hair actually is but I have absolutely no intention of ever finding out. I have to colour it much more frequently; six weeks is as long as I can go between appointments and I now have a blonde shade all over, rather than simply having highlights. I have my colourist on speed dial (I much prefer having my hairdresser come to me rather than being bored witless in a salon for hours) and use better quality hair cleansing and moisturising materials.
+Hair loses natural oils as you age, individual hairs become thinner and the growth cycle shortens so Mother Nature is not on your side and you have to fight back! One brand that stands superiorly above the fray is Davines. It's paraben- sulphate- and gluten free – positively vegan, although that's not why I use it. It's rich, lathers up a storm, smells delicious and leaves my hair silky. I use Minu Shampoo £14.70 and Coloured Hair Conditioner £7.50. And the Dyson hairdryer £299, my Christmas mas present last year, is worth every penny, making hair look professionally blow dried and smooth.
+5. Sun-free tanning
+I don't sunbathe anymore or indeed go on tanning beds which I did at the tail end of the 1980s. Instead, I rely on a steady supply of self-tan so that I can go sleeveless and bare legged. Green People Self Tan Lotion £18 does the trick. I avoid wearing anything too low cut - that neck and decolletage won’t withstand too much inspection especially under the bright light of summer.
+6. Keeping makeup modern
+My attitude to make up has always been experimental; that hasn’t changed in 30 years and I hope it never will. I still adore a glittery lip (now back in a big way), dense eyeshadows (Sophia Loren is a beauty heroine) and am currently sporting white acrylic nails that are positively Kardashian. But I would never wear all three trends at the same time. Being more discerning about what suits me is a badge of honour that has come with experience.
+MORE GLOSS: Mary Greenwell - how to do daytime makeup in your 50s
+7. Foundation that apes natural radiance
+As I age, I use a less dense foundation that moisturises effectively, aping radiance at the same time. This, plus a light-handed concealer are the most effective armour not only against pollution but provide the canvas needed for brilliant makeup application. I rely on Armani and Chanel but a recent find is Autograph Illuminating Touch Radiance Foundation from M&S £12.50 - apparently made in the same spot as Chanel and it shows.
+8. Eyes that are framed
+Eyes, which start to 'disappear' can easily be widened with a bit of skilful framing. My eyebrows are turning white - the horror! - so I invest in an eyebrow kit to fill in and shape with style. My favourite is M&S Autograph Eyebrow Kit £12.50. If you pluck your own (I do) make sure you do so while wearing your glasses!
+Then make eyes appear larger with the help of inky Bobbi Brown Long Wear Eye Pencil £19 and Benefit They're Real Black mascara £20.50.
+One addition to my eyeshadow arsenal is the Victoria Beckham limited edition Estée Lauder Eye Ink in Black Myrrh £36; it adds a glossy, elegant sparkly finish that everyone comments on. Glitter can be extremely glamorous on older eyelids, drawing out the colour of your iris – so don't abandon fun just because you're 50.
+9. A moisture-rich red lip
+Lips can thin with age; mine are thankfully still full but get super dry (after 50, everything gets drier!) so I always carry Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour lip balm and apply lip gloss liberally during the day – Laura Mercier Lip Glacé £19.50 has yet to be bettered. For evening, I switch to Kevyn Aucoin For Keeps £24.75, a soft rose which is ‘my’ red. Reds work wonders on middle age complexions - a colour ‘pop’ becomes your greatest friend as it gives the illusion of lifting your face.
+10. A 'youthover' smile
+Make your dentist your best friend – visit regularly. I have my teeth cleaned at the hygienist every three months and whiten them every year at home with bleaching trays made by my dentist and using Philips Zoom Day White. Your teeth should be as white as the whites of your eyes, it's an instant youth-over.
+Jane Druker is co-founder and editorial director of the site for grown-up women with great big lives, whose mantra is 'Y the Fxxx not!' Follow Jane and The Fclub on Twitter.
+November 16th 2016
+June 10th 2016
+Join the conversation
+Marrons Glacés – Home Made At Last!
+Sorta – These velvety sweet chestnuts in a crunchy sugar shell aren’t quite as light-textured as the real deal, but they’re good enough to be a variation instead of simply an earnest attempt, and now that the candied chestnuts of my childhood have hit about $5.00 each they’re a variant well worth making. (Assuming, of course, that marrons glacés are on your list of “wish I could afford more.”)
+Left: Marrons glaces en chemise. Right: Glazed candied chestnuts
+Although fresh chestnuts can be used, it’s far easier to start out with IQF peeled chestnuts (see below). The processing that delivers them whole, absolutely skinless and in a neither-cooked-nor-raw state is probably something we don’t want to know too much about;* but whatever it is has the happy side-effect of making them much more receptive to candying and much less likely to break.
+As you know if you’ve ever tried this or been on the Christmas list of somebody who has, all those recipes floating around the internet are lying: starting with fresh chestnuts is fraught with difficulty, most of it starting after you get the nuts peeled and skinned. They have to be cooked before they go into the syrup or they turn to leather. Cooked chestnuts have a deep-seated need to fall apart. And then turn to leather, often as not.
+The website of Clément Faugier, source of the marrons glacés of my youth – and that of most other people born after 1882 – describes a method of manufacture that cannot be emulated at home. Never mind the number of steps (16), one of which is wrapping the cooked nuts in little squares of tulle to keep them from falling apart, the real problem is that home kitchens are not equipped with the stainless steel baskets. giant vacuum cookers, mobile grills and drying tunnels used by the professionals.
+All that being the case, it’s kind of amazing how close you can come – and it doesn’t take days and days, either.
+Home made marrons glacés
+Ingredients:
+lots of simple syrup: equal volumes sugar and water, the former dissolved in the latter and simmered for 3 or 4 minutes. Let it cool to room temperature before proceeding.
+4 or so inch length of vanilla bean, split
+Chestnuts, the bigger the better. Some will break and a few will have to be broken for testing so be sure to start with plenty
+(Egg white, for en chemise, or
+A candy thermometer, for glazed)
+With IQF chestnuts:
+1. Thaw and rinse. Place in a deep, heavy saucepan with the vanilla and about 4 times as much syrup as nuts (by volume).
+2. Slowly bring to barely a simmer, cover the pan and cook over the lowest possible heat until the nuts are semi translucent and seem to be soft when poked with a toothpick, about an hour and a half. If they’re not ready, keep cooking until they are.
+3. Cut open and taste a sample nut – it should be completely soft and sweetened right to the heart. It may or may not be completely translucent.
+4. Drain the nuts and place the whole ones on a rack over a shallow pan. (Reserve the bits and the syrup.) Heat oven to 300, turn it off, put in the chestnuts and let them dry, turning once or twice. The goal is a dull surface that is not tacky, produced as quickly as possible without actually baking the nuts and toughening them. Repeat the oven routine if necessary.
+5. Store the dry nuts in an airtight container in a cold place. After 10 days or so they’ll form an uneven sugar coating that’s too thin to be really crunchy. For that, finish en chemise or with glaze, any time after they’re dry but shortly before serving. Pieces can stay in the syrup in the fridge or canned, ready to pour over ice cream or whatever.
+With Fresh Chestnuts:
+1. Begin by piggily standing there in the store choosing the very largest, firmest chestnuts in the bin – Faugier uses nuts that run 45 to 60 a kilo.
+2. Soak the chestnuts in cold water for a few hours to soften the shells, then score the shells in several places with a sharp knife – in addition to the traditional x on one side, give them a few slits all the way around. Be careful to avoid cutting into the nut itself.
+3. Put the nuts in cold water, bring just to the boil and cook for 2 to 4 minutes, depending on size. The goal is to loosen the shell and skin and soften a very thin layer of the actual chestnut.
+4. Peel the chestnuts with a very sharp knife, not only removing shell and skin but also exposing most of the inner flesh, as though you were peeling a potato. For some reason exposing them this way lets you cook them – carefully! -in syrup without getting the leather effect. While you’re at it, try to trim so they’re all about the same size and can cook in the same amount of time. This matters more with the fresh ones than the IQF’s (as far as I can tell).
+5. Place in a deep, heavy saucepan with the vanilla and about 4 times as much syrup as nuts (by volume).
+6. Slowly bring to barely a simmer, cover the pan and cook over the lowest possible heat for 45 minutes. The surface should remain placid throughout this time; do not let them boil. Turn off the heat, cover the pan and let them sit overnight.
+7. Again bring to the bare simmer and keep cooking super slowly until the nuts are semi translucent and seem to be soft when poked with a toothpick, about an hour and a half. Proceed as in steps 3-5 above.
+CANDIED CHESTNUTS EN CHEMISE
+Probably tastier than glazed and a great deal easier to make, just less impressive visually.
+1. Start in the evening. Heat the oven to 300. Stir some egg white just to loosen, trying to avoid introducing air bubbles. Put a sheet of tinfoil shiny side up on a cookie sheet and set out a plate of sugar or vanilla sugar.
+2. Dip each nut or large nut piece in egg white, draining it well so it’s barely coated. Roll in the sugar to coat completely and place on the foil. Put them in the oven, turn off the heat and let them dry overnight. Store uncovered in a dry place for up to a week. How long the coating lasts in its crunchy state is a function of residual moisture and ambient humidity, so if you want these for a party it’s a good idea to coat them only a day or two ahead.
+GLAZED CANDIED CHESTNUTS
+Sugar work. Oh joy. But it isn’t really that hard; just be sure to choose a dry day and someone you really need to impress.
+1. Prepare: Put a sheet of tinfoil shiny side up on a cookie sheet. Have the dry whole chestnuts sitting on a rack. If you have a candy dipping fork, find it. Otherwise use a carving fork. (Plain forks work fine, but the close tines get gummed up with syrup quickly so you’ll probably need more than one). Find or make a double boiler with a deep upper pan. Fill the bottom pan with boiling water then keep it hot.
+2. Remove the vanilla bean from the reserved chestnut syrup, pour the syrup into the upper pan and insert the candy thermometer. Add enough additional syrup to generously cover the bulb of the thermometer. Boil to just below hard crack, @290 degrees. ( Temperature will keep climbing after pan is removed from heat)
+3. Put the syrup pan in the waiting hot water to keep warm. Dip the chestnuts and place them on the foil – you can do about 10 before the foreign material makes the syrup sugar up; make an extra pan of clean caramel if you want to do a lot of them. They should keep at least overnight if the chestnuts were dry enough to begin with and there’s not much moisture in the air but if you’re going to all this trouble it’s probably safest to make them no more than a few hours before serving, just to be on the safe side.
+Chestnut or Marron – is there a difference?
+Not botanically or at least not at the grocery store. American chestnuts are Castanea dentata, and a lot of commercial chestnuts grown in the US are Chinese chestnuts, C. mollissima, but anything coming from Europe is likely to be C. sativa, the European chestnut, or a hybrid thereof. And that’s where the marrons come in. Just as a perfect Red Delicious apple has come quite a way from the wild thing by the roadside, so the marron types have been bred to be bigger than other chestnuts, less inclined to have 2 nuts in the shell and, bless them, be smoother, with fewer deep folds for the skin to get wedged into.
+The price for all this is a tree that bears later and produces smaller crops when it’s finally old enough, which helps explain why marrons are the priciest chestnuts.
+The Clement Fougier site promises an English version shortly but meanwhile the translated version is a lot of fun in its own way.
+Buying IQF chestnuts
+The ones I used are from Chestnut Growers Inc. and the reason I buried them all the way down here is that the ones I used were sent to me by a chef friend, so I can’t vouch for Chestnut Growers’ customer service or the quality of its chestnuts compared to other brands.
+More about Chestnuts
+This is the 3rd of a 3-part series. Part 1 was about fresh chestnuts and Part 2 celebrated the dried ones, a terrific convenience food that should be better known.
+* Update: Just got the call to Chestnut Growers returned: Representative Corey Allen says the ( imported from Italy) peeling machine uses a combination of intense heat, steam and brushing to peel and skin the chestnuts.
+I just adore marrons glaces. So glad I stopped by!
+It’s summer in Australia now, so this is not the season, but for sure I’m going to give it a try and make my own, later in next year.
+Merry Christmas!
+Welcome, Rebecca
+I’m glad you stopped by too. It’s really fun to connect with Australia and of course any friend of marrons glaces…
+I’m still fooling around with assorted recipes and on that basis feeling even more strongly that the IQF’s are definitely the way to go for ease and consistency. The ones I used were not, I’m sorry to say, as richly chestnutty in flavor as the fresh ones, but they were a bit old by the time I got them so I’m planning to try again, and to try other brands in hopes the technology itself isn’t responsible. Mentioning all this because unless IQF is more common there than here you’re probably going to have to do a bit of shopping and testing before settling on a course of action.
+definitely worth it ( except for the weight gain problem).
+BTW, inkitchenandgarden got upgraded a while ago, gaining in index and search what it lost in old fashioned month by month archives, but there’s lots and lots on the site about growing and cooking summer vegetables so I hope you’ll look around for seasonal enjoyment.
+Happy holidays – in the warm sun!
+A friend of mine has a chestnut tree and a good chestnut recipe book. I picked a bunch and asked for the recipe for marrons glaces. As I read the recipe my eyes glazed over (appropriately), and I promptly discarded the piece of paper and chose instead to make sweet chestnut puree. I think you are most certainly a professional, and I will leave this task to you. These are gorgeous, and I’m sure very delicious!
+Welcome Julia,
+Thanks for the kind words, here and on the seed catalog post. I envy you for having a friend with a chestnut tree. The iqf recipe is actually pretty simple and quick if you don’t glaze – ahem – the finished product but if you’re starting with raw chestnuts you probably wouldn’t make them into marrons glaces unless you were some kind of fanatic (no names, please). As for the pro part, your lovely blog suggests you’re not exactly a duffer yourself and I hope you’ll come back again soon.
+My Medela breast pump was a life saver when Dub was a baby. He has always been high needs and as an infant he didn't allow my husband or I to sleep very much and certainly not at the same time. Since we were on very different sleeping schedules I had to pump a lot more than I had initially planned so my husband could feed him while I got some sleep.
+I held on to my Medela after Dub weaned, but now that it looks like we won't be using it again I am excited to learn that Medela now recycles breast pumps through the Medela Recycles program. When you are finished with your breast pump you can send it back to Medela for recycling. Every used pump that they receive through Medela Recycles supports the donation of new hospital-grade, multi-use breast pumps and supplies to Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®).
+Ronald McDonald House is a fantastic organization where families can stay while their children are hospitalized. By donating multi-use to RMHC®, you will help give families caring for a baby in the NICU the ability to give their baby freshly pumped milk throughout their stay.
+Find out more about how you can help by visiting Medela Cares.
+Kara's review of the Medela Freestyle® Breastpump & accessories:
+Review by Kara
+I received a complimentary Medela Freestyle® Breastpump in exchange for my honest review. This post contains affiliate links.
+Since my last review, our family has grown. The Marksman was born a few weeks ago. He was quite overdue and has the extra weight to prove it. He loves to chat and we are absolutely in love with him.
+When The Philosopher was an infant, I pumped just enough to keep a good supply for the occasional babysitter. We never ran out and even had a fair amount of frozen milk left over for him to use once my milk dried up during my pregnancy. That was achieved with a hand pump that I used probably a few times a month. It worked just fine. But this time, I had different plans. I was not looking forward to pulling out my hand pump twice a day, every day so I was very excited when Medela sent me a breast pump kit.
+Medela sent me a variety of pumping supplies: an easy expression bustier for hands-free pumping (which I haven’t been able to use comfortably yet since we’re still in the early days of breastfeeding), a tube of tender care lanolin, some quick clean micro-sanitizing bags, quick clean sanitizing wipes (which include wiping down restaurant high chairs and tables for the recommended use), a box of pump and save bags, a Calma bottle, a box of disposable nursing pads, and of course a Medela Freestyle® breast pump.
+Quick Clean™ Micro-Steam™ Bags
+The sanitizing bags are wonderful. Seriously, go buy some now. There is no reason to sanitize your pumping equipment, pacifiers or bottles the old fashioned way. This is so much faster and easier. And you can do it while babywearing without risk of spilling boiling water on your baby! You drop your washed equipment in the bag with a few ounces of water, microwave for a couple minutes, and they’re fully sanitized! I like to toss everything in the bag after my second pump of the day, and it’s fresh for me to use in the morning.
+Calma® bottle
+We don’t plan on using a bottle until Mark is a bit older, but I am intrigued by the Calma® bottle for when we do. It is designed with a valve that only works if the baby creates a vacuum and sucks much like they do at the breast. It sounds great for moms who worry about switching back and forth between bottle and breast. The pieces look and sound different from typical bottles, and I plan on watching closely when my husband first gives Mark this bottle because I want to see it in action. There are a lot of parts, but as far as I can tell, the pieces only fit together only one way. However, if you’re a family that is looking for simplicity, this may not be for you.
+Disposable Nursing Pads
+I typically prefer reusable breast pads, but the Medela disposable nursing pads were great the first few weeks. Mark was an exceptionally messy eater at first. When I used my reusable pads, I was going through multiple bras a day because they just couldn’t absorb quickly enough. The Medela nursing pads cover the entire area at risk of getting dripped on but are still thin enough to be discrete and comfortable. Wow, do these things hold a lot!
+I also had a scary experience with Phil when he was very small where a pad fell out of my bra during a night feed and somehow landed right on his nose and mouth while he slept in his cosleeper. His head was turned enough to one side that he was able to breathe the whole time, but it still scared me. I realize that the odds of that being repeated are extremely unlikely (the odds of it happening in the first place are extremely small!), but I prefer not to use reusable pads at night because of this. The Medela pads, like most disposable bra pads, have a section on the back with adhesive that holds it in place in your bra making these even less likely to somehow fall out of a mother’s bra and land precisely on a baby’s nose and mouth.
+Medela Freestyle® Breastpump
+The pump. This pump is magnificent. It comes with four bottles with lids to pump into, a small cooler with ice packs to keep milk cool while en route from work to home or where ever you’ve been while pumping, a rechargeable battery with the option of plugging into a wall outlet, two different sizes of breast shields, a kit to convert to hands-free pumping, and a bag to store it all in.
+It is small and lightweight, about the size of my hand, making it very easy for moms who have to carry a pump to work every day. It has Medela’s “2-Phase expression technology” meaning it pumps at a pace similar to how a baby sucks. The pumping speed switches once you press a button to let it know you have had a letdown. This is supposed to help remove more milk in less time. Comparing this to my hand pump, which of course, removed milk at whatever pace my hands pumped, this certainly seems true. I can pump out the same amount in roughly half the time, not even considering this is a double breast pump, and my hand pump requires me to do one side at a time.
+Users can also customize the vacuum levels. I didn’t think this would make much difference, but my button-loving toddler encouraged me to experiment a bit by increasing the vacuum level in the middle of a pumping session and I discovered that different levels both felt more natural and helped me remove more milk.
+I have only found 2 very minor problems with this pump: When I hold the bottles with my hands, I occasionally put pressure on where the tube attaches to the pump and suddenly realize that suction is not occurring even though the pump is still running. This doesn’t happen if I pay attention to how I’m holding it and won’t be able to happen once I start using the hands-free bustier.
+The other problem is that the buttons are super appealing to Phil and I frequently have my settings changed mid-pumping session. I think we can call this user error, though, and it’s not much of a problem since he’s always willing to switch the settings back when I tell him which buttons to press. On the flip side of this, the entire process is fascinating to him. I never have to worry about what he’s doing while I pump because he sits right next to me and watches the entire time, hoping I will tell him to press a button. He also keeps up a great running commentary on the process about how eager he is to drink all the milk.
+To purchase
+If you’re interested in any of this equipment and accessories, you may purchase from the Medela website or Amazon.
+Christina Strapp Lambert
+I have heard so many great things about this pump. I really could have used this for my first child since I had a lot of problems with breastfeeding.
+maria c
+I love everything about this pump but my favorite is that it is small and lightweight. Thanks for the review.
+Brooke B.
+I love Medela pumps. I was able to use one in the pumping room at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh when my daughter was in the NICU and it was a dream! The Freestyle looks wonderful - I absolutely love the tote bag! So convenient to take all around.
+Laura
+Thank you for the great review. My husband and I are planning on having our first soon, so this was a great read! 🙂
+McKenzie F
+I love the idea of the Calma bottle! I will need to go into the office a couple times a week so will need to be pumping as well as breastfeeding. Nipple confusion is my biggest worry, so it is great to hear Medela has created a bottle to help avoid this!
+Maddy
+With my first baby, I used the breast pump that came with my insurance. I can't even remember what brand it was. I had no prior comparison, and I thought it was okay... but multiple of my other mommy friends SWEAR by the Medela and say it's the absolute best. I've already decided that for baby #2 due early next year, I was going to get a Medela. If I could win one, that would be an absolute blessing! I also love the bag that it comes with. Mine didn't have anything to make it discreet haha I just carried it in a zip block in a back pack. Stylish...
+Marie L
+I love the little pump bag that comes with the breast pump. No one would ever guess that's what it is! Thanks for the review!
+Lori B.
+I was able to use a wonderful Medela in the hospital to help get some colostrum out for my babe- it worked amazingly. I wish I had the money to get one of these because I could really really use it. The cheapo pumps just don't have the staying power that these Medelas do!
+Cassandra c.
+I was already planning on registering for this, but reading this review makes me more confident in my choice.
+Sandra Watts
+This looks like a great pump and I love they have a recycle program.
+Ashley Chassereau Parks
+I love the bag that it comes in!! You can take it anywhere with you and it doesn't attract tons of attention. I really like that there are different levels too! I remember pumping a lot with my oldest and, at first, the lower setting was all I could stand. As time went on, I needed it to pump "stronger." 🙂 I guess it won't be too long and I'll be needing another pump!!
+Kara
+Yes, the bag is pretty discreet. I normally pump in my living room so, of course, all my supplies are there too. It's nice to have the bag to hide everything when we have guests.
+Bena Wilbern
+I have always know that when I got pregnant, I would use a medela to help with pumping. Having been a nanny for many years and working for a lactation consultant, I understand the difficulties that lots of women face when it comes to breastfeeding. Now that I am pregnant with baby number 1, I am excited to get all the information that I possibly can on breastfeeding. I truly appreciate your review as it makes me that much more confident in my decision to choose Medela when it comes time to purchase a bread pump.
+Eileen Richter
+I have a brand new grand daughter born on the 10th. Mommy is already trying to pump manual style. I remember these took SO long. What a long way this industry has come to support moms that need to pump for work, for a little sleep, and in our familys case, for a micro preemie my daughter had a few years ago. Thank God for the program at the hospital to rent a machine so she could pump for her little guy. There is NO way a parent in that situation could afford a good pump like that.
+The recycle program is something so amazing and gift and health giving. You cannot BUY the love and satisfaction of knowing you are providing such a gift to your child. Kudos for a company that will do this.
+I had no idea you could pump right to the bags? So nice to have the storage bags instead of cleaning multiple bottles each day. How convenient!
+Tabitha Dencklau
+I had no idea Medela would recycle the pumps! That is really neat.
+Kristina D
+I love the digital pumps, I sooo wish I had the money to indulge in one!
+Jessie H
+I used a Medela single pump with my son and it was great! I would love to have a double pump to get the job done twice as fast with baby #2! I loved the bags that attached to the pump - made storing and freezing milk so easy!
+Lauryn R
+I love that Medela has a recycling program! No one ever wants a hand-me-down breast pump, so it's nice that you can recycle rather than throw away. I was never able to afford this awesome pump, but I've heard nothing but good things!
+Regan
+Medela pumps are single-use so yes, you shouldn't use a hand-me-down pump 🙂 Hospital grade pumps can be used by more than one user.
+valerie
+i have so many great things to say about medela products. i currently have the single electric pump (think its called the swing) and it is amazing. comfortable and easy to use. i also have the hand pump (didn't think i'd need my pump on our trip but ended up needing one). i was blown away with how well it worked. on our cross country move we used the sterilization bags and they were so convenient to use. i loved that you could use each bag a few times. i would still love to win the double as i think it would be so much more convenient than my single.
+Natalie
+I love that it comes with the micro steam bags and I also like that you can also customize the vacuum levels.
+Laura B
+Reading this review really makes me wish I was able to have a Medela brand pump! My insurance only covers Ameda pumps and I was not very happy with its performance with my first baby. Our second baby is due in roughly 2 weeks and I would absolutely love to try a Medela pump because of reviews like this and hearing from other moms on breastfeeding groups who have had great success with Medela.
+Lara C.
+I like how easily you can sanitize and how many settings there are on this pump! Thanks for the review!
+Camille E
+I love that this comes in a tote and is removable! It's definitely the style I will be purchasing... I know I'll be more likely to carry it than a backpack version as I am a serious tote-bag-lover. Lightweight is also so, so important! Thanks for the thorough review. Those sanitizing bags sound pretty cool, too!
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+Meredith Brokaw and cover photo. by Lisa Levart
+Mzuzu, Malawi caught my attention ten years ago when I first met Anna Msowoya-Keys, a native of Malawi who now lives in the U.S. After hearing her stories about the African village where she grew up, she invited me to come see the projects she started there. Malawi is a relatively small country and very poor. Of the nearly 14 million people, there are approximately one million orphans. Twelve years ago after one of her home visits, Anna organized 20 women to start a hot lunch feeding program for orphans in their neighborhood. They named themselves the Kwithu (meaning home) Community Based Organization. Next, she raised money locally in Mzuzu and from friends in the U.S. to create the Mzuzu International Academy, a primary and secondary school which now educates 250 children a year--and the primary school has a waiting list.
+After meeting these industrious Kwithu women, I returned on a second trip with canning equipment--mason jars and canners to teach them how to can tomatoes, an essential ingredient in many Malawian dishes. It was a completely new experience for all of them but one they took to immediately. They loved the process and could see how they could turn this skill into a business that not only would benefit them personally but also the community as a whole. These empowered women are now jarring whole tomatoes and filling pouches of puree to provide markets, hotels, embassies, and restaurants throughout the country with a constant supply of tomatoes. New products are also being developed by the Kwithu Kitchen. They operate one large greenhouse and are building a second for their tomato supply. In addition, they buy tomatoes from local farmers and employ members of the community. It’s hard to describe the pride that they feel.
+All of Malawi has become aware of the achievements in Mzuzu. Last year, Anna was awarded an honorary doctorate in social entrepreneurship from Mzuzu University. The U.S. Embassy brings visitors regularly to see the Kwithu Kitchen business in operation.
+I’ve worn a number of hats over the years: high school teacher, founder of a small chain of NYC toy stores, author of seven parenting books, and one cookbook. I’ve served on the boards of Conservation International and WNET as well as Gannett Co., Inc. As a former high school teacher and a person who loves gardening, cooking, and canning, I relished the opportunity to teach my passion to these women. And that I think is the secret. Wherever one’s passion lies, it can be translated into helping others. We are all global citizens, so the opportunities are worldwide as well as local--and they are endless. The Kwithu Women and their founder Anna Msowoya-Keys continue to inspire me.
+--Meredith Brokaw
+Anna Msowoya-Keys and Meredith Brokaw
+First of all, introduce yourself to Mission readers, and tell us a bit about yourself outside of Maloto.
+My name is Anna Msowoya-Keys. I am from Malawi, a small country in southern Africa that isn’t often in the news. I am the seventh born out of eight children. We are seven girls and one boy. My parents worked hard to support us and had very interesting lives. They were big believers in education and made sure that all of us took school very seriously.
+Tragically, when the AIDS epidemic hit Malawi, it hit my family hard. Four of my sisters, and their husbands, died in the epidemic. I’ve also lost nieces and nephews, and many other relatives and friends. Our family was able to care for the nieces and nephews who lost their parents, but of course it was very hard.
+After I graduated college, I first worked for the local government, in the city of Blantyre. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Malawi was hosting more than one million refugees from neighboring Mozambique, where a long civil war forced many Mozambicans to seek refuge in Malawi. At the time, Malawi was hosting more refugees per capita than almost anywhere else in the world. I joined the International Rescue Committee, an American nonprofit relief and refugee assistance organization to help provide for the refugees. That began a long career in the nonprofit sector. Since then, I have worked for the Norwegian Refugee Council, ActionAID (a British NGO), and done consulting for others.
+I met my husband, John Keys, in 1991, when he came to Malawi to work for another NGO that was also helping Mozambican refugees. We were married in 1996 in Rwanda, two years after the 1994 genocide. We were both in Rwanda helping that country recover. We have two boys, who are now 31 and 19 years old.
+After working in Rwanda, we returned to the U.S. in 1998. That’s when I started thinking about how I could still help my country. I wanted to do something to honor my parents and their commitment to education, and I also wanted to help the so many people and families who had been affected by HIV/AIDS. And as strong woman, I also wanted to help the women of Malawi – who have so much to offer but are often marginalized because of social, economic and political reasons.
+Tell us a bit about Maloto and its different projects, and how you began each one.
+I met with other Malawians who also wanted to give back. Our collective dream was to build the first international school in northern Malawi. And that’s how Maloto began. In fact, Maloto means ‘dreams’ in our local language. We needed to build an international school because the standards of the local schools had just fallen so dramatically. It’s unfortunate, but we felt the best way forward was to build a school that had the highest standards. Many people thought we were too ambitious, but we found very generous donors, the city of Mzuzu gave us a big piece of land, and we opened Mzuzu Academy (a high school) in 2010. We opened with two classes and 35 students. This past September, we began our eighth year. Four classes have now graduated, and in 2014 we opened a primary school. We now have about 130 students in the high school, and more than 120 in the primary school.
+I’ve always worked with women and children, and began working with a group of women from Mzuzu in 2004. These dynamic women came from disadvantaged backgrounds and tough circumstances. Some were widows, some were HIV positive, and many were vulnerable in other ways. But they were strong, and despite their own challenges, they wanted to help the children in their area. That’s how the Kwithu Women’s Group began, with 20 women. We began providing a few children with one extra hot meal each week, in a poor, temporary shelter. We now feed more than 300 children three nutritious meals a week. And our programs have grown--we provide recreation and after-school tutoring, and have even opened one of the few early childhood education programs in northern Malawi. On top of that, we work with more than 65 HIV positive youth and their families. Our HIV outreach and education programs reach more than 4,500 families in the community.
+I was very fortunate to meet Meredith Brokaw and her husband Tom, in 2008, when they traveled to Rwanda with my husband with the International Rescue Committee to see programs there. Meredith and I became friends, and in 2010, Meredith came to Malawi to see what I was doing. She immediately connected to the Kwithu women. She also saw that there was a huge opportunity to teach the women how to can and preserve tomatoes. She saw this as an opportunity to help the women and their families, as well as an opportunity to create a small business that could help them all with their economic security and long-term livelihoods. That’s how Kwithu Kitchen was started. Now, several years later, we have come a long way. We have a product that is nationally recognized, and our expanding into other products. It’s hard but very exciting!
+Maloto describes its mission in three parts: feed, educate, empower. Can you speak to how those three things are connected?
+I’ve always felt that we must pay attention to vulnerable children and women, and it’s difficult to do anything when people are hungry and malnourished. We can’t solve that problem by ourselves, but we can start with addressing a basic human need that everyone understands. But we also know that we can’t just stop there--if we’ve helped feed and nourish some, we know we want to go further. In Malawi, like almost everywhere, if you’re not educated, then your chances of longer-term success are limited. Education doesn’t guarantee you a future, but it gives you a fighting chance. For women in particular, we need to do even more. Education gives a foundation, but women need to take charge of their lives and their future. We talk of empowerment. Empowerment can take many forms: helping in the community and not waiting for outside help, demanding more from their community leaders, earning a living through Kwithu Kitchen, and knowing their rights in the family and in society.
+So much of your work addressing the HIV/AIDS crisis in Malawi has women at its core. What is the role of women in Mzuzu, and has it changed since you started Maloto? What are their lives like, and why is their position important to the life of the community?
+Women in Malawi are like women everywhere-- they are the real movers and shakers and supporters and nurturers of children and their families! Their social status may not make this clear sometimes, and sometimes they truly are oppressed and marginalized. But I’d like to think that the women of Mzuzu have always been strong in their own way, and I want to help them become even stronger.
+How do you take an idea and turn it into action? What advice do you have for women who identify a problem--in their own community or beyond--and want to address it?
+It’s easier to turn an idea into action when you truly believe in something, and when you are lucky enough to have a group of doers and supporters to help you. So it starts with belief-- belief that lives can be improved, no matter what the obstacles.
+My main advice is: don’t be afraid to address a problem, even if it seems like a solution is not possible or is very far away. If I only looked at the challenges in front of me, I would be paralyzed! It is important to me that while I am proud of what I’ve been able to accomplish, my message is that others can and should do the same! Start with belief and hard work and good things will happen.
+How has your work with the women of Mzuzu changed your perspective? How do you think about the position of women in the world now, versus before you began your organization?
+In many ways, my work hasn’t changed my perspective, but rather confirmed what I’ve always believed: that with hard work, and some help, women can truly take control of their lives and do so much in their families, and in their communities. They just need to be given a chance. It was important for me to work at home, to show women that I’m a Malawian, just like them. I was given some chances and opportunities and I took advantage of them. They can do the same thing. I think that overall the position of women is continually moving forward, but there are setbacks now and then. Look at the U.S. right now, and the issues of sexual harassment in the press. If this can still happen in the U.S., of course it happens in Malawi. But I am always so glad that awareness is being raised, and that so many women around the world are not afraid to speak up, no matter what the issue. We can’t take anything for granted, but I’m always optimistic about the power we have to do more and to do good!
+What do you see as the biggest challenge facing women in Mzuzu today? What about in the United States?
+All the optimism I’ve spoken about doesn’t change certain hard realities: women in Malawi face so many social, economic, and political challenges. Laws may change in women’s favor, but the application of the law can be erratic. For example, in Malawi there are now laws against child marriage, but it still happens. There are laws protecting a woman’s rights to communal property when a husband dies--but often culturally a husband’s family will still take everything from the woman. Sometimes culturally, men will deny access to certain services and opportunities to their wives and daughters. So it’s not easy, but there are many agents for change. And I feel very strongly that the women in Malawi shouldn’t be pitied. I feel strongly that there are issues facing women here in the U.S. It’s not just in the ‘developing’ world that women are discriminated against. There’s a pay gap in the U.S. that is well documented. Women’s rights are under siege with challenges to birth control access. The sexual harassment stories that are now coming out are shocking for us from the developing world--because sometimes we think that these issues have all been sorted out for a country that is supposed to be so ‘advanced’ like the U.S. So all of these things are challenges and should unite us all.
+What was the biggest challenge you faced when starting this organization? How did you overcome it?
+There are so many challenges, but I don’t focus on them too much! In Malawi, good leadership and project management skills are sometimes hard to come by due to poor education and other social issues. And I don’t want to sugarcoat things: sometimes local officials, community leaders, and government officials don’t support us the way we think that they should. But we work on them! And--there’s no way around it--funding is always a challenge. We have many generous donors. But there are so many good causes in the world, and sometimes it’s hard for people to care about a place as far away as Malawi, especially when there are many problems to address close by. The biggest way to overcome some of these challenges is for supporters and donors to come and see the projects on the ground. They are almost always amazed by how much we are able to do with relatively modest amounts of money. And they are also so impressed with the women who are doing the projects, the HIV positive children who are doing well now, and the students who are given opportunities and making the most of it.
+Can you tell us about a moment you experienced or a person that you met that particularly inspired you?
+My aunt, Rose Chibambo, who died in January 2016. If you Google her, you will see what a revolutionary woman leader she was in the British colonial times (when she was imprisoned), and in the early days of Malawi’s democracy. She was the first woman minister in President Banda’s cabinet. She had to flee to Zambia when President Banda turned against her and other ministers in 1964. She returned to Malawi after 30 years in exile and was ultimately recognized as a national hero. Her picture is on the Malawi Kwacha 200 currency note, and she was accorded a state funeral when she died. Here was a woman who was doing revolutionary things a long time ago when women in power were virtually unheard of. If it is hard now sometimes, I imagine how hard it was 50 years ago! The other people who truly inspire me are the students we have supported at Mzuzu Academy who are HIV positive. I can’t share their names for privacy reasons, but several students were born HIV positive, infected by their mothers who didn’t have access to care. Many of them were very sickly, and we were able to help them get anti-retroviral drugs. There were many challenges and stigmas against them, because it’s almost impossible to keep one’s HIV status a secret. With this help, they have been able to find their way. Several of these students have now graduated, and they are attending college, with Maloto’s support. Their families in many cases have accepted them. They are confident and they have a bright future. I have also told them that they have to give back because of what they have received!
+What does being a “woman of empowerment” mean to you?
+It means being a woman who can take charge of her life, and take charge of the lives of her family and her community. It means being a woman who moves forward, who takes action, and who doesn’t accept the status quo. We don’t always get the results and outcomes we want, or maybe they take too long, but we don’t let that stop us. We take action. In due course, the results will come.
+By Katy Herman.
+Find out more about Maloto’s initiatives in Malawi at
+By: David Appell
+iStock InternationalWinter sports aside, this diverse and sophisticated region offers plenty to see and do. Still, many of us got a taste while watching the 2006 Winter Olympics staged in various venues across this enchanting region, from Turin to ski resorts like Sestriere and all the way into the Alps (indeed, the region’s very name, Piemonte, translates to “foot of the mountain”).
+Winter sports aside,.
+Attractions
+Despite its industrial reputation in some quarters, Turin is, at heart, a venerable, appealing, and classy city, and one with historic and downtown areas which are fairly compact and walkable. Most of Turin’s historic center, cafés, museums, palaces, and other attractions, are to be found in an area roughly stretching some two-dozen blocks northwest from the Po river and some two-dozen blocks northeast from Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the Porto Nuova main train station up to Piazza della Repubblica. It’s an area bursting with impressive palazzos, piazzas and monuments, gracious baroque architecture and galleries, cobbled streets and grandiose boulevards. The Lingotto Convention Center area, which dates largely from the early-to mid-20th century, and several key museums, are a few blocks southwest of Porto Nuova/Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
+Finding your way around is not difficult, but you may want to get oriented by taking the hop-on/hop-off Turismo Bus Torino (€6), which offers a running narration as it shuttles between more than a dozen stops around town. Once you’ve gotten your bearings, you’ll make your way around the sights much more quickly and easily with the Torino Card (€16–€18), which gets you free public transit and admission to 130 area sights, plus performance, tour, and kids’ discounts over a two- or three-day period. Pick one up, along with a map and other useful info, at the Atrium Torino in Piazza Solferino (39-011/516-2006; daily 10am-7pm); there are also branches in the main Porta Nuova train station and at Caselle airport.
+Churches, Museums, and Palaces
+Since urbane Turin was a ducal, royal, and cultural capital for generations, it’s rich in palaces and also boasts at least half-a-dozen world-class museums, in addition to its namesake shroud. Here’s a brief rundown of the must-sees.
+The big kahuna, churchwise, is the Duomo di San Giovanni Battista (Piazza San Giovanni; Mon-Sat 7am-12.30pm & 3-7pm, Sun 8am-12.30pm & 3-7pm; free), a handsome late-15th-century Renaissance bit of business best known for housing the Santa Sindone (a.k.a. the Shroud of Turin), perhaps the world’s most famous miraculous artifact – or religious fraud, depending on your point of view. The actual shroud and chapel in which it’s stashed are still closed to the public (and won’t be publicly on view for another 20 years), but there’s a copy on view in front of the main altar. Shroud-aholics can follow up with a visit to the nearby museum, the Museo della Sindone (Via San Domenico 28; daily 8am-12pm & 3-6pm; €5.50;).
+The number-one museum not to miss is the Museo Nazionale del Cinema (Via Montebello 20; Tue-Fri & Sun 9am–8pm, Sat 9am-11pm; €5.20;), both because of its striking design and contents, as well as the unusual Mole Antonelliana, a soaring 19th-century landmark (named for its architect), which houses it. Originally intended as a synagogue – but turned down by the city’s Jewish community – it subsequently went through several incarnations (including a film archive) until its current gig as national movie museum. If the line’s not too long, don’t miss an elevator ride to the roof, where the view over the city and surrounding peaks is quite a bella vista .
+Those who really want their mummy will dig the Museo Egizio (Via Accademia delle Scienze 6; Tue–Sun 8.30am-7.30pm; €6.50;), with one of the best Egyptian collections outside the land of the pharaohs. Car nuts, on the other hand, might appreciate the Museo dell’Automobile (Corso Unità d’Italia 40; Tues–Sun 10am-6.30pm; €5.50;) a little outside the center of town. It’s devoted to the wheels and the industry that have been major butterers of Turin’s bread for more than a half-century – look for defunct Trabants from East Germany, sleek hyper-capitalist Rolls-Royces, and, of course lots and lots of FIATs.
+Turin has been a big-leaguer in modern design and art, as well, so it’s no shocker that its Museo d’Arte Contemporanea (Piazza Mafalda di Savoia; Tue-Thur 10am-5pm, Fri-Sun 10am-9pm; €6.50;) is one of Italy’s most interesting and cutting-edge – especially because of its interplay of contemporary art installations and elaborate 17th-century Castello di Rivoli surroundings, complete with marble, wood and plaster work, and painted ceilings and walls; the building itself was the Savoys’ favorite castle and is found on the outskirts of the city.
+Of the castles and palaces most worth checking out on their own merits, the Palazzo Madama (Piazza Castello; Tue-Fri & Sun 10am–8pm, Sat 10am-11pm;) gets high marks. Smack in the middle of the old town, in Piazza Castello, it dates back to the 13th century but later got an extreme baroque makeover. Its current moniker is the result of its stint as the residence of a well-known royal widow; today, it’s worth a gander both for its grandiose interior and its Museo Civico d’Arte Antica, crammed with Piemontese art from the Renaissance and Middle Ages.
+Right nearby, the royal apartments and gardens of the Palazzo Reale (Piazetta Reale; Tues-Sun 8.30am-7.30pm; 39-011/436-1455; €6.50 guided tour) also offer up an eyeful thanks to its 17th-to-19th-century tenure as residence of dukes and kings.
+The newest don’t-miss on the palace circuit is the Venaria Reale (Via D. Bertolotti 2; Tue, Thu, Fri without appointment; Mon, Wed, Fri with appointment; call 39-011/559-2211; €3;), Turin’s 17th-century royal complex from which France’s “Sun King” Louis XIV copped ideas when he cobbled Versailles together a year later. Reachable by train and bus, about seven miles northwest of town, it’s still under restoration and won’t completely open until 2007, although at press time, a good chunk was expected to open to the public (on guided tours) during the Olympics. Along with the main palace, it will include not only parks and stables, but an equestrian center, hotel, and cultural and conference facilities.
+EXPLORING SOUTH PIEDMONT WINE COUNTRY
+Turin, Piedmont’s capital, is located just southwest of the center of a territory extending from the alps north of Lake Maggiore nearly down to Genoa on the Mediterranean coast. Here, we focus on Piedmont’s south, characterized not by spectacular craggy peaks, but gorgeous rolling hill country which produces some of the world’s most distinguished wines and foodstuffs. Scattered throughout this area are various distinct local regions, such as the Langhe, La Morra, Roero, and Monferrato, with well over 100 establishments where you can tour, sample, buy, and otherwise experience the many forms of wine that originate here, including Asti Spumante, Barolo, Barbera, Barbaresco, Dolcetto, Malvasia, Moscato, and Nebbiolo, along with the grappas derived from them. Wine isn’t all there is to taste here, mind you, as the region abounds with local delicacies from chocolates to escargots. You’ll also find the region’s most famous and emblematic cities – historic rivals Alba and Asti – both southeast of Turin and not far from each other.
+While regular train service connects Turin with Alba, Asti, and several other lesser towns in the rolling wine country to the south, the best way to appreciate the area is by car; conveniently, virtually anything in the area is within a one-or two-hour drive, making day-tripping a snap. You can also join an organized tour; better bets include Turin agencies such as Promotur () and Fromatour (), as well as regional tourist offices including that of Asti () and Alba () and its surrounding area.
+Alba Old Town
+Some 29 miles (30 minutes) southeast of Turin, Alba’s atmospheric main square, Piazza Risorgimento, is ringed by nearly 24 red-brick towers dating from the Middle Ages, built by aristocratic clans competing to see who could erect the highest and grandest phallic symbols. It’s also the site of the recently restored 12th-century red-brick San Lorenzo cathedral (whence the square’s more common name, Piazza del Duomo, I.E. cathedral square); inside you’ll find some lovely 19th-century paintings and elaborately carved choir stalls dating from the 16 century. Browse some great boutiques along nearby Corso Vittorio and consider making one of your days here a Saturday or Monday, when open-air markets are held in the center of town.
+Asti Old Town
+Also a short drive southeast is Alba’s age-old rival of Asti, which offers a bit more in the way of visitor sights. One of its most charming plazas is Piazza Medici, where you can climb the 13th century Torre Troyana for views over the medieval quarter and beyond from a 37m-high perch (April–Oct Sat–Sun 10am-1pm & 4-7pm; weekdays by reservation only; 39-0141/399-460; €2). A short stroll away are the city’s principal churches, predating the tower by a good 500 years; the Chiesa Collegiata di San Secondo, in particular, holds the banners used in Asti’s famous annual Palio (horse race) in September. Saturdays and the fourth Sunday of the month also bring an outdoor market to Piazza San Secondo.
+Augusta Bagiennorum Roman ruins
+About an hour from Turin, outside the towns of Bene Vagienna and Roncaglia, and close to Barolo, this 15,000 acre estate holds a 2000-year-old aqueduct, amphitheater, baths, temple, and several houses (by reservation 39-0171/734-021; free).
+THE WINE AND FOOD TRAIL
+Enoteca or bottega, wine cellars or emporia where you can sample a number of local labels and vintages from the surrounding region, free – and buy the ones you like – abound in the area, as do cantina, azienda, and cascina, wineries and vineyards, many of which are also open to visitors. Following are just a handful of choice picks; you can locate more at the tourism offices indicated below. You’ll also find local purveyors of chocolate, truffles, hazelnuts, and various other foodstuffs.
+Alba
+Top spots include the Enoteca Regionale del Barolo (Castello Falletti; Feb–Dec Fri–Wed 10am-12.30pm & 3-6.30pm;), housed in an 11th-century castle that dominates the picturesque and eponymous town. Just north of Alba, the Enoteca Regionale del Barbaresco (Via Torino 8/A; Feb–Dec Thur–Tue 9.30am-1pm & 2.30-6pm;), occupies a former church. Also not to miss is the more diverse Enoteca Regionale Piemontese Cavour (Via Castello 5; Feb–Dec Wed–Mon 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.30-6.30pm; 39-0173/262-459), part of an imposing castle in the gorgeous hilltop town of Grinzane Cavour. Also in Alba, Barolo’s Cantina Mascarello (Via Roma 15; Mon-Fri 8am-12pm & 2.30pm-6.30pm, Sat 8am-12pm & 3.30-6.30pm, Sun 8.30-12.30pm; 39-0173/56-125) is housed in the Mascarello family’s 19th-century ancestral home and is particularly well-known for the stubborn purism and traditionalism of its recently deceased longtime patriarch.
+Asti
+The town of Canelli () is famous for its “underground cathedrals” () – massive, brick-vaulted caves and galleries where wine is made and stored. Two notables that date from the mid-19th century are the extremely atmospheric Cantina Contratto (Via G.B. Giuliani 56; Tue-Fri 8am-12pm & 2-6pm;), and Cantina Gancia (Corso Libertà 66; by appointment at 39-0141/830-253 or Veruschka_Fissolo@gancia.it;), where Asti Spumante was invented in the 19th century; the latter now has a historic section, wine museum included, as well as a modern assembly line (note: you might want to tote a sweater, it gets chilly down here). The area is also known as truffle country, and you can sniff out fabulous fungi with the pros at Casa del Trifulau (reserve at 39-0347/299-1832;).
+Cuneo
+About a dozen miles west of Alba, we never miss a stop in the handsome town of Cherasco (), where you risk hypoglycemic coma amid the shops and artisans that produce exquisitely handcrafted chocolate (an even better known local specialty, by the way, is escargots). Make sure to visit the Confetteria e Pasticceria Barbero (Via Vittorio Emanuele 74;), a charmingly old-fashioned shop that’s well over a century old.
+Hotels
+Turin
+Both the historic center and the Lingotto convention/trade fair area are the most accommodation-rich parts of town, mostly upscale lodgings in the latter and rooms in all price ranges in the former.
+For 19th-century-flavored luxe and a slightly more hoity-toity vibe, you can’t do better than the 114-room Grand Hotel Sitea (Via Carlo Alberto 35; 39-011/51-70-171;); it’s centrally located and convenient to most everything, and offers one of Turin’s top Piedmontese restaurants, to boot.
+Excellent, central mid-range options with character include the 30-room Hotel Napoleon (Via XX Settembre 5; 39-011/561-3223;), its red-toned interior awash in memorabilia from the era when the eponymous short Frenchman lorded over this burg, and the Hotel Liberty (Via Pietro Micca 15; 39-011/562-8801;), its public areas and 34 rooms cutely dolled up in Art Nouveau style.
+We’d say the best rock-bottom budget lodging deal in town is the Ostello Torino (Via Alby 1; 39-011/660-2939;), a three-story Novecento mansion in a leafy neighborhood off the tourist track but an easy stroll from downtown. The digs here are simple but spotless, both dorm-style quarters and bathroom-equipped private rooms.
+Wine Country
+A dreamy top-of-the-line option is the Relais San Maurizio (San Maurizio 39; 39-0141/841-900;), with 31 uniquely adorned rooms in a former 17th-century monastery atop a hill surrounded by Moscato vineyards just outside the town of Santo Stefano Belbo, not far from Canelli; there’s a gourmet restaurant, and the spa here includes a rackful of wine-based treatments.
+A more moderately priced but just as charming option is a bit further south, near Barolo; Casa Pavesi (Via IV Novembre 4; 39-0173/231-149;), a dozen-room jewel in the picture-postcard castle village of Grinzane Cavour, is, as the Italians say, molto carino (way cute).
+Need something a bit easier on the wallet? You can in fact score comfortable budget digs for less than $100, as well, such as Asti’s clean, homey Hotel Genova (Corso Alessandria 28; 39-0141/594-228), with 13 rooms, a little restaurant, and a brick-vaulted basement wine bistro. At the edge of the historic core of Alba, the area’s other main city, the similar-caliber Leon D’Oro (Piazza Marconi 2; 39-0173/441-901), has both a cafeteria and fine restaurant attached.
+Also give serious thought to the more than 600 rural “agritourism” B&B’s”, charging mostly $50 to $100 (including breakfast); our regional favorites include Villa Brichetto (Via Case Sparse 20; 39-0141/557-215), outside Asti, where a fetching spread comes complete with horses and hillside pool, and Grinzane Cavour’s more townhouse-style Locanda del Conte (Via IV Novembre 21; 39-0173/231-909;).
+Restaurants
+The region is renowned for Italian fare like risotto, agnolotti, panna cotta, and zabaglione, and for being the birthplace of the international Slow Food movement (promoting top-quality and locally-crafted food over the fast-food or pre-prepared fare). You’ll also find plenty of exquisite, locally produced truffles, hazelnuts, and chocolate.
+For top-notch local cookery like roast goose and mixed-fry, in an atmosphere that’s classy without being stuffy – think paneled walls, etched-glass windows, and wood-beam ceilings – head to Turin’s classic Tre Galline (Via Bellezia 37; 39-011/436-6553; closed Sun), in the old, but gentrifying, Quadrilatero Romano district. Or, sit outside under the huge hanging lanterns and grand baroque arcades and chow down on risottos, bollito misto, hazelnut tart and other Pedmontese standbys at another old favorite, Porto di Savona (Piazza Vittorio Veneto 2; 39-011/817-3500;), in Piazza Vittorio Veneto’s oldest building.
+If you’re really feeling both flush and daring, have a whack at the 16-course “creative menu” at Combal.Zero (Piazza Mafalda di Savoia; 39-011/956-522; closed Mon-Tue), ensconced since late 2002 on the outskirts of town, in the old Rivoli castle complex. The decor flaunts the minimalist feel of an Armani showroom, while Michelin-starred Davide Scabin ploughs avant-garde terrain; witness fish steamed inside a clay shell with white beans and black truffle – you need a mallet to break the thing apart – and dessert floated out by balloon. Usually it works admirably, and it always makes for a great show.
+More down-to-earth tastes and budget can both be appeased at the low-key La Rosticceria di Via Gramsci (Via Gramsci 12; 39-011/535-805), which has outdoor seating and wonderful panini; Exki (Via XX Settembre 12, 39-011/560-41-08) a natural-food emporium with very good pastas, sandwiches, and salads; and Pizzeria Gennaro Esposito (Corso Vinzaglio 17; 39-011/19507444; closed Sat lunch & Sun) – its pies are widely lauded as the best in town.
+It’s also worth making a jaunt out to the small town of Baldissero Torinese, just outside Turin. Here, in an idyllic setting near the imposing Superga Basilica, Marina Ramasso’s homey Osteria del Paluch (Via Superga 44; 39-011/940-8750; summer open daily, winter closed Sun dinner & Mon;) is a lovely spot to dine – indoors or out – overlooking the city. Goodies like Savoy-style cod, caramelized lamb with thyme potatoes, and asparagus tips with poached eggs, sautéed with nuts and black truffles are on the menu; if you want to try any of this at home, Marina even gives cooking classes.
+Chocolate, coffee, and pastry
+On your perambulations around the historic center, check out some of the many historic baroque and novecento chocolate, coffee, and pastry emporia, such as Al Bicerin (Piazza della Consolata 5; 39-011/436-9325); Buratti & Milano (Galeria Subalpina, Piazza Castello 27); and San Tommaso (Via San Tommaso 10; 39-011/53-4201).
+Wine Country
+As in wine regions the world over, you’ll find some top-flight ristoranti, trattorie, and osterie out here. Most of our favorites are in the countrysides around Alba and Asti, but we’ve included a few good bets in these principal towns, as well, especially useful if you’re there on day trips.
+Second to none is Canelli’s San Marco Ristorante (Via Alba 136; 39-0141/823-544; closed Tue & Wed dinner;), a cozy, upscale little spot whose kitchen is exquisitely helmed by Mariuccia Roggero Ferrero – her take on the classic tajarin (the artery-busting local version of tagliatelle) is made especially velvety by herb-and-truffle-infused butter.
+Also updating Piedmontese cuisine, amid cutting-edge contemporary surroundings with soaring brick columns, arches, and walls, is Guido Ristorante Pollenzo (Via Fossano 19; 39-0172/458422; closed Mon;), next door to the University of Culinary Sciences, near the city of Bra. The agnolotti, pasta, capretto (kid goat roasted with rosemary and olive oil), and vitello tonnato (veal in a creamy tuna-based sauce) are among the many dishes for which Italian foodies make pilgrimages.
+For fab fare that’s a little less gussied up but comes with a stellar view, the Trattoria nelle Vigne (Via Santa Croce 17; località Cascinotto; 39-0173/468-503; closed Sun–Mon & Wed;) is scenically sited right amid the vines near the town of Diano d’Alba, in an area near Alba known as the Langhe. It’s bright, contemporary and very Napa-Valley-feeling, but what comes out of the kitchen couldn’t be more local; Sabrina Farioli dishes up a set menu of scrumptiously traditional Piedmontese fare such as braised rabbit and the ubiquitous agnolotti.
+For good inexpensive eats out here, best bets are vinerie (wine bars) and caffeterie, which serve lunch only, have set menus, are self-serve, or some combination of the above. Our picks in Asti include La Caffeteria del Borgo (Via Cavour 70; 39-0141/592-774), the dining room of the Hotel Genova (Corso Alessandria 28-30; 39-0141/594-228) and Il Reale (Piazza Alfieri 5; 39-0141/532-279; closed Tue), downstairs from and under the same ownership as the elegant, and pricier, Il Flauto Magico ().
+In Alba, the Self-Service Leon d’Oro (Piazza Marconi 2; 39-0173/441-901), on the ground floor of the lodging of the same name, has a fresh, contemporary vibe and fresh, inexpensive grub that puts American fast food to shame; also attached is Divina Gula (39-0173/364-040; closed Tue), a more elaborate yet still very affordable grill restaurant whose barrel-vault ceiling is whimsically tarted up with faux-Renaissance scenes.
+Shopping
+The streets and arcades of downtown Turin are packed with elegant and often trendy boutiques, especially along Via Garibaldi, Via Roma, Galleria San Federico and the Galleria Subalpina; if you’re into antiques, head to Via Maria Vittoria, Via della Rocca and Via Principe Amadeo. Europe’s biggest open-air market is the Porta Palazzo, open daily except Sundays on Piazza della Repubblica.
+But the most evocative and memorable souvenirs of Piedmont are those you can consume, especially chocolate and wine. Local treats include gianduja (bonbons flavored with hazelnuts, another Piedmontese specialty) and grappini (filled with grappa liqueur). In Turin, the king of cocoa is the elegant Peyrano (Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 76;); a March chocolate festival called Cioccolató () runs a web site listing other shops and resources. Apart from the wine country enoteche, which we cover, below, most Turin shops have a good local selection; one excellent central emporium is the Enoteca del Piemonte (Via Nizza 294;).
+When To Go
+Outside the Alps themselves, northern Italy has a milder climate than most in Europe, with winter temperatures rarely dipping below freezing and summer average highs in the low 80’s. The most agreeable times of year to visit are spring and especially fall, the latter of which also brings most of the year’s cultural, food, and wine events and festivals, including Asti’s historic Palio horse race the third weekend in September and November’s Turin Film Festival; Alba hosts a satirical version of the Palio races on donkeys, in October, the same month as its white-truffle fair. For the best bang for your buck, consider springtime and winter – though the latter, of course, is peak season (so to speak) up in the Alps. Otherwise, high season is fall thanks to conventions in Turin and food/wine festivals throughout Piedmont. Summer brings a fair bit of tourism from elsewhere in Europe and the highest transatlantic airfares, but there are still some good hotel deals to be had.
+High-season
+June-October
+Low-season
+November–February
+Best bang for your buck
+February-May
+Getting There
+There are no direct flights into Turin from the US; for non-stops, you’ll need to fly into Milan from Chicago (Delta), New York (Alitalia, American, Continental, Delta) or Miami (Alitalia, American, Delta), then connect to Piedmont by train or car – it’s about one to two hours, depending on your final destination. A somehwat pricier option is flying directly into Turin’s Caselle airport via several European gateways, including Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Paris, and a dozen Italian cities.
+Few U.S. tour operators effectively cover Piedmont; there are a small handful of exceptions such as ShopWineandDine.com and Butterfield & Robinson, which both offer air and hotel packages to the region, and land-only providers like La Vita Vera and the Tourisimo Torino. The official U.S. sales agent for the Olympics is CoSport (877/457-4647); its still-available hotel packages include breakfast, transfers, and three events but not airfare.
+1) BOB Becomes 3rd Largest Bank As Dena, Vijaya Merger Take Effect
+The amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank into the Bank of Baroda (BoB) has come into effect and all branches of the former two will function as branches of BoB. The merged entity would also receive Rs 5,042 crore fund infusion from the government.
+Remember-
+MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda is P. S. Jayakumar. Headquarter of Bank of Baroda is in Vadodara.
+2) South Korea Won Azlan Shah Hockey Cup
+South Korea defeated India in the penalty shootout in the final of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019. 17th Ranked South Korea defeated World number 5, India to win the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup which was held at Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia.
+3) Manu Sawhney Takes Over As Chief Executive of ICC
+Manu Sawhney took over as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Sawhney has been working alongside the outgoing CEO David Richardson for the last six weeks to ensure a smooth transition within the organisation.
+4) The 2019 India Open, officially the YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2019,was a badminton tournament which took place at K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India and had a total purse of $350,000.
+Viktor Axelsen of Denmark defeated India’s Srikanth Kidambi to win in men’s singles category while Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand won in Women’s singles category.
+5) World Autism Awareness Day: 2 April
+6) HCL Completes Acquisition Of Strong-Bridge Envision
+IT major HCL Technologies stated that its acquisition of US-based Strong-Bridge Envision has been completed. HCL had recently agreed to acquire the Seattle-based company to enhance its digital transformation consulting capabilities.
+7) David Malpass Named World Bank President
+David Malpass has been appointed as the President of the World Bank.He was US President Donald Trump’s nominee and won unanimous approval from the institution’s executive board.
+He has replaced Former World Bank President Jim Yong Kim who left in January 2019.
+8) Lakshmi Vilas Bank To Merge With Indiabulls Housing Finance
+The board of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) approved the merger of the private sector lender with Indiabulls Housing Finance (IBH) through a share swap deal. The merger will help Indiabulls get access to low-cost stable funds and entry into banking.
+9) Vipin Anand Takes Over As Managing Director of LIC
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+10) Praful Patel Becomes 1st Indian In FIFA Executive Council
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+11) World Health day: 7th April
+12) India Highest Recipient of Remittances At $79 billion in 2018: World Bank).
+13) Guwahati Railway Station 1st To Get ISO Certification In India
+The Guwahati Railway Station has become the first ever railway station in the Indian Railways to get an ISO certification from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for “providing passenger amenities in a clean and green environment.”
+14) India-Singapore Joint Military Exercise ‘Bold Kurukshetra–2019’.
+15) Graham Reid Named As Chief Coach of India Men’s Hockey Team
+Hockey India named Graham Reid as the new chief coach of the India men’s hockey team. The 54-year-old will join the team in Bengaluru shortly for the on-going National Camp at Sports Authority of India.
+16) India’s GDP To Accelerate Moderately To 7.5% In 2019-20: World Bank
+As per the World Bank, India’s GDP growth is expected to accelerate moderately to 7.5% in Fiscal Year 19-20, driven by continued investment strengthening, particularly private-improved export performance and resilient consumption.
+17) US Declares Iran Force As Foreign Terrorist Organisation
+The US designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organisation. This move is considered as an unprecedented declaration against a foreign government that may prompt retaliation and make it harder for American diplomats and military officers to work with allies in the region.
+It is the first time that the US has designated an entity of another government as a terrorist organization, placing a group with vast economic resources that answer only to Iran’s supreme leader in the same category as al-Qaida and the Islamic State.
+18) India’s Population Grew At 1.2 % Average Annual Rate Between 2010 And 2019: UN Report
+India’s population grew at an average annual rate of 1.2% between 2010and 2019 to 1.36 billion, more than double the annual growth rate of China, according to a report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA).
+India’s population in 2019 stood at 1.36 billion, growing from 942.2million in 1994. In comparison, China’s population stood at 1.42 billion in 2019, growing from 1.23 billion in 1994.
+19) Vikram Nath Appointed As First Chief Justice of New Andhra Pradesh High Court
+Justice Vikram Nath, the senior most judge of Allahabad High Court, was appointed as the first Chief Justice of the newly-constituted Andhra Pradesh High Court. There are now 25 high court in India.
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+21) Virat Kohli Named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer
+Team India captain Virat Kohli has been named as the Wisden Almanack’s ‘Leading Cricketer of the Year’ for the third straight time.
+22) Emirates Islamic Becomes World’s 1st Islamic Bank To Launch Banking Via WhatsApp.
+23) IMF Cuts India’s GDP Growth Forecast To 7.3% For FY20
+The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its economic growth forecasts for India by 20 basis points (bps) each from its January predictions to 7.3% for FY20 and 7.5% for the next fiscal.
+24) London Becomes 1st City To Use Pollution Charge Zone
+London (capital city of the UK) is the first city in the world to implement a 24-hour, seven day a week Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), inside which vehicles will have to meet tough emissions standards or face a charge.
+25) Astronomers Capture First-ever Image of A Black Hole.
+26) 2019 Pulitzer Prize
+The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.
+In Public service, it is given to Staff of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
+In Editorial writing it is given to Brent Staples of the New York Times.
+27) India Successfully Test Fires Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile ‘Nirbhay’
+Ind.
+28) Tiger Woods Wins 2019 Masters To Claim 15th Major in Golf
+Famous Golfer Tiger Woods completed one of the sport’s great all-time comebacks to end an 11-year major title drought at the Masters by claiming a fifth Green Jacket.
+29) UAE To Host World’s Foremost Artificial Intelligence Summit
+UAE is set to host the world’s foremost Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit to empower global dialogue on the future of government, business and society. The inaugural ‘AI Everything’, AIE will take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
+30) Hong Kong’s Stock Market Overtakes Japan To Be World’s 3rd Largest
+Hong Kong’s equity market has overtaken Japan to be the world’s third largest in value, behind only the U.S. and mainland China.
+31) Benjamin Netanyahu Re-Elected as Israel’s Prime Minister
+Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a fifth term in office. His closest opponent’s party the Blue and White party conceded defeat, clearing the path for Netanyahu to set up a coalition government.
+32) PM Modi Awarded Russia’s Highest State Honour.
+33) PayU Acquires Wibmo For USD 70 mn
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+34)years.
+Its camera mission is to capture images of Sri Lanka and its neighbouring countries.
+35) India Ranks 140th In World Press Freedom Index 2019, Norway Topped
+India ranked 140th out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index 2019, released by Reporters Without Borders. The index is topped by Norway.
+36) Nepal Launches Its First Satellite From USA
+Nepal successfully launched its first satellite NepaliSat-1 into space. The satellite developed by the Nepalese scientists was launched from Virginia in the United States. It is a low orbit satellite which will be in the 400-km distance from the Earth’s surface.
+37) Rongali Bihu Festival Celebrated In Assam
+Assam’s most awaited festival – the Rongali Bihu, also known as ‘Bohaag Bihu’ which marks the beginning of the new Assamese calendar year started. Assam celebrates major agricultural events as the festival of Bihu.
+38) Mohammed Ishtayeh Appointed As PM of Palestine
+The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed Mohammed Ishtayeh as the new Prime Minister. Mohammed Ishtayeh will succeed Rami Hamdallah.
+39) Bandhan Bank Gets CCI Nod For Merger With Gruh Finance
+Bandhan Bank has received approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the proposed scheme of amalgamation of Gruh Finance with the bank.
+Bandhan Bank had, in January 2019, announced the merger of Gruh Finance with it. The move was taken to bring down promote holding in the bank to 61% from 82.3%.
+40) Saudi Arabia To Host G20 Summit In 2020
+Saudi Arabia announced that it will be hosting the G20 summit in November 2020 in its capital Riyadh. This would be the first G20 summit in the Arab world.
+41) Earth Day: April 22
+Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22 Worldwide. It was first celebrated in 1970. The theme for Earth Day 2019 is to ‘Protect Our Species.’
+Remember this trio:
+1) World Water Day: 22 March
+2) Earth Day: 22 April
+3) Bio diversity Day: 22 May
+42) India Ranks 17th In Global Startup Ecosystem
+India was ranked 17th position among 100 countries in Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2019 released by StartupBlink. It was ranked 37th spot last year. The report ranks countries based on the strength of its startup ecosystem.
+43) India And France To Hold Largest Ever ‘Varuna’ Naval Exercise Off Goa Coast
+India and France will conduct their largest ever naval exercise ‘Varuna’ in May 2019. It will witness the participation of aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines, and fighters.
+India will deploy its aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya with its MiG-29K fighters. Similarly, the French Navy will send its aircraft carrier FNS Charles de Gaulle with its Rafale-M naval jets, and other warships for the “Varuna” exercise.
+44) Reliance Retail Became India’s First Retail Company To Cross The Rs.1 Lakh Crore Annual Revenue
+Reliance retail has become the first Indian retail company to clock more than Rs 1 lakh crore in annual revenues.
+45) Russia Successfully Tests World’s First Floating Nuclear Power Plant
+Russia has successfully tested the world’s first floating nuclear power plant (NPP), Akademik Lomonosov, a subsidiary of Rosatom nuclear corporation stated. Reactors of the floating atomic block were launched in November 2018.
+46) Twitter Appoints Manish Maheshwari As India MD
+Twitter has appointed Manish Maheshwari as the Managing Director of its India operations. In 2018, Taranjeet Singh had stepped down as the India Country Director and Balaji Krish was given charge of leading the country’s operations in the interim period.
+47) Deposits In Jan Dhan Accounts Are Set To Cross Rs 1 Lakh Crore Mark
+The total deposits in Jan Dhan Account are set to cross Rs 1 lakh croresoon. The scheme was launched on 28th August 2014 by the Modi-government with an aim to provide universal access to banking facilities to all households.
+The government increased the accident insurance cover to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1 lakh for new accounts opened after 28th August 2018 and the overdraft limit was also doubled to Rs 10,000
+48) State Bank of India Launched India’s First ‘Green Car Loan.
+49) Etihad Becomes First Major Airline To Fly Plastic-Free
+Etihad Airways, UAE based flag carrier, has become the first major airline in the Gulf region to operate a flight without any single-use plastics on board. The objective is to raise awareness about pollution. Etihad Airways has pledged to reduce single-use plastic usage by 80% across the entire organization by the end of 2022.
+50) World Malaria Day: 25 April
+This year, the theme for the day is “Zero malaria starts with me” and it is being hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
+51) Asian Athletics Championships: India Finishes Fourth.
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+When WordPress 2.3 was released into the wild, one of the new features was an update notification which told you when there was a new version of WordPress or a plugin available for download. This was possible thanks to the API service called api.wordpress.org. Earlier this year, I had the privilege of attending WordCamp Dallas where WordPress 2.5 was unveiled to the world. I’ll personally never forget that day, but when Matt showcased the automatic plugin upgrader, it confirmed my suspicions back when 2.3 was released as to where at least some aspects of WordPress were headed.
+During some downtime at the event, I pulled Matt aside and asked if him if the team was going to end up heavily using the API to not only upgrade plugins, but upgrade the core and also install themes. I don’t remember exactly what he said, but never the less, that is indeed where WordPress is heading. Thanks to this API, the future of WordPress from an end users point of view looks great.
+WordPress 2.5 introduced automatic plugin upgrades. A time saving feature that the masses have loved. WordPress 2.7 is poised to really take advantage of the plugin API that the WordPress team has built thus far, allowing for the browsing and installation of plugins right from your administration panel. Another feature which may or may not be finalized in time for 2.7 is the core upgrade functionality. Again, thanks to the API for WordPress.org, upgrading WordPress could be as simple as a click of a button. The next item to incorporate into WordPress is the theme repository.
+Although no definitive proof showcases the theme repository being integrated into the WordPress back end, I feel that it is only natural to incorporate it much like the plugin repository. What I say here is speculative, but based on the discussions that I have read, the plan is to allow users to browse around the theme repository and if they come across a theme they like, you’ll be able to click an install button which will unpack the theme automatically leaving only the step of activating the theme. I’ve mentioned this idea to others and they bring up the subject of theme upgrades. Because themes can be edited with the addition or subtraction of functions, I don’t believe upgrading themes will be as user friendly as upgrading plugins. However, unless a theme author completely revamps a theme, I don’t see the need to have an upgrade theme feature added to WordPress. Instead, the theme author should update the theme, change the version number and then, the theme repository API should notify the end user within the WordPress administration panel that a new version of their theme is available. A link within the message would direct the user to that themes entry within the repository from which they could read the change log. It would then be up to the end user on whether they want to apply the updates or not.
+Based on my experience in dealing with WordPress end users, the three most difficult tasks when operating a WordPress powered site is upgrading WordPress, browsing and then installing themes, and last but not least, installing or upgrading plugins. Thanks to the hard work of the WordPress developers and associated volunteers, the API has provided us with the opportunity to use a piece of software where the three most difficult tasks to perform when using WordPress are practically automated. At the click of a button, you’ll be able to install a plugin, upgrade a plugin, upgrade to a new version of WordPress or install a theme. I may be wrong, but WordPress may be the first publishing system to provide this type of functionality to its user base.
+I’ve had this feeling for quite a long time that WordPress was eventually going to provide these features as a means of making it as easy as possible to keep everything up to date. I suppose I may have a WordPress instinct built into me? At any rate, this is the road that the development team has decided to travel and I am happy to be part of the ride.
+Are you looking forward to these three mundane tasks (possibly) being turned into simple mouse clicks?
+If you think about child themes, I think it will be possible to upgrade also the theme: you upgrade the theme core files, and the child theme remains there, using the new version of the core one. ^__^
+I didn’t think of child themes when writing the post but you make a good point. Maybe upgrading themes will only be possible through this avenue. Otherwise, people are left upgrading their themes on their own.
+I agree with your points Jeff, but there are dangers here as well.
+There is a risk that making things so easy removes the element of caveat emptor that exists with free software.
+If something is added or upgraded and everything turns brown, what happens if the user doesn’t understand how to delete a plugin, or theme, how to FTP, etc…?
+Are you saying that because things would be so easy that even those with no technical expertise would be able to use WordPress but when things go sour, they wouldn’t know what to do? Perhaps this event would encourage them to learn. I mean, do we only want geeks or technically savvy people using this piece of software?
+It isn’t really about what we want it is about what is appropriate. If someone isn’t technically savvy (which is still some way from being entirely competent) then perhaps they shouldn’t be hosting their own website using software that requires they are?
+In most cases, and I am one, it encourages people to learn, but the less involved things become the less people will need to learn. Then when it does go wrong there is a mountain of learning to climb.
+I don’t know… being a power-user myself, I don’t tend to like or trust automatic update features much. I avoid them when I can, and use the solely as a notification system when I can’t. Last I checked (which has admittedly been a while), the automatic plugin update feature required forking over an FTP username and password. Being more security paranoid than most, I would never give out such a password to a third-party site. It wouldn’t help me anyway as I’m so security paranoid that I would never run FTP. (I access my site’s console via public-key authenticated SSH.)
+Maybe this will be a boon to less tech-savvy users and, if so, I hope it helps spread WordPress even further. But as for me, I’ll probably pass. If it still relies on FTP, it would be useless for me. And if it doesn’t, I’d still prefer trusting the old unzip-the-tarball method that lets me backup everything manually first.
+I just received an email the other day highlighting the fact that I think secure FTP has been added to the core upgrade feature for WordPress 2.7. I am trying to find the link to the post but have been unsuccessful.
+By “secure
+Let’s try this again (stupid comment form submitting when I’m not done typing)…
+By “secure FTP”, do you mean FTP/SSL, FTP tunneled through SSH, or the SFTP subsystem of SSH? They’re three different things with three very different implementations. Supporting all those combinations will be quite a headache. Either way, you’d still have to bother with handing over passwords (or in my case, private keys). From a security standpoint, I’m not comfortable with that.
+I also agree with other commenters that dealing with customized plugins and themes will be difficult. I’d go so far as to say automatic upgrading is only going to be really useful for folks who use purely stock add-ons, and for those folks I say more power to them. But I was recently forced to upgrade my online storefront’s software, and its automated, DIFF-powered patching system couldn’t make heads or tails of my customizations. I ended up using diff pretty extensively but still had to go about patching each individual modified file manually. I know that might seem like an apples-and-oranges comparison, but I think it’s closer to apples-and-pears. I know I’ll be sticking to manually patching for now; I’ve got enough mods in my blog now that upgrading is too delicate a task to let the software do it form me. :\
+The SSH2/SFTP users the libssh2 and OpenSSL protocols from the PHP group. Now when I finished the class a few days ago I didn’t add an option for using authincated keys, Only sending your plain text password could be used in the current revision. (It’s still awaiting commit into the trunk). Never the less, our testing indicates it works just as fine and just as secure. It never leaves the WordPress directory.
+Even in the current version of the functionally it does start in the root folder of “/” and works it way forward. We fixed this potential flaw at the same time. So it starts in the folder that it wants to create and goes backwards until it hits wp-content.
+Adding an option to use authenticated keys would not be much of a problem as I would have to have two lines for where you have your keys stored.
+I wrote the class because I also don’t use FTP on my server. It’s totally disabled and only use SSH2 for transfer. But I like to make clear that you still don’t have to use this new functionally even though it’s provided. Just personal preference.
+Hope this clears something up. Jeff, my article is here.
+Sounds interesting, Shane. I’m probably still way too paranoid to use it myself
+but it’s good to see that it’s being worked on as an option. (Why any host continues to support FTP–and in many cases, only FTP–amazes me, especially those who claim SSH is “insecure”. I understand their reasoning (not giving out shell access) but find it laughable.) I especially like to hear that public-key authentication is in the works.
+I feel badly for those folks who need the automation to do things as simple as updating and installing, but isn’t that why WordPress.com exists? So that less tech-savvy users can take advantage of WordPress without having to know how to do those things?
+For myself, I doubt I’ll use the automation for updating WP, and I know I won’t use it for installing themes or plugins unless it’s on my test box.
+I see your point regarding WordPress.com, but must the technical bar be raised so high as to force people to use WordPress.com? I am a technically savvy user and I really enjoy the time saving benefits of clicking a link to automatically upgrade a plugin. Also, the automation is not fully automated. You must first click a link or initiate the process which means, you can continue to go down the manual route if that is what you feel more comfortable doing.
+I can see choosing to use automatic updates sometimes if you know what you’re doing. I just wonder if those who really need to use automatic updates are technically adept enough, or even aware enough, to dig themselves out if they get into trouble.
+I’m picturing the support forums six months of now, filled with pleas for help from people who don’t know to backup first and test before they leap.
+In trying to be inclusive of those with limited skills, might this be something that backfires, and turns into something that turns those same users off?
+Should it also be mentioned that this won’t work on some systems, because of the lack of proper hosting support. For the majority of people, they won’t need to handle anything and upgrading WordPress, Plugins and soon Themes will be at the click of a button.
+However, there are still faults that need to be worked out. Matt has discussed DIFF support for themes that will allow users who made changes to keep those changes when upgrading. Diff support already exists for posts, it wouldn’t be difficult to enable something that SVN handles currently.
+Eventually, my fear is that with making core changes to WordPress files, that those will be overwritten as well. If the WordPress Core upgrade fails, you are SOL and will require that you download manually the latest and reupload to get your files back. This may be a mute point, since no one should be making core changes anyway.
+When I wrote the article, I thought about the fact that not everyone would be able to enjoy this type of functionality in WordPress. But I didn’t mention it in the article as I couldn’t figure out a way to bring it in without making it sound like the majority rules, minority rights type of deal.
+As for your point regarding core file updates being overwritten, that is a risk that that particular person has decided to take upon themselves.
+Have you tried using the core upgrade and then forcing an error to occur? Would you really be SOL? Hopefully, these types of errors wouldn’t happen very often as it would defeat the purpose of core upgrades.
+That is understandable. There is nothing Automattic or the community can do for those in the minority, so it would make sense to exclude the information to prevent making it seem like a bigger deal than it actually is. Honestly, anyone who can upgrade their plugins won’t have any issue with installing or doing the core upgrade.
+As for whether the error during core upgrade will affect anything, I have had it fail. The way I fixed it was to delete the .maintenance file, then enter the upgrade process manually. There are multiple steps where failure can be had. If failure is had during the moving of the files, then yeah, you’ll be SOL. If it fails during the automatic upgrade process, then you can fix it yourself with a little FTP help.
+Given that WP will change the backend every few months, with frequent major releases that will make various plugins and themes defunct, this should be titled “the road to automated breakage.”
+If WP could save major backend changes for the dot-0 version changes, and make the dot-number version changes EVOlutionary instead of REVolutionary, it might just work …
+Meanwhile, I’m enjoying John Blackbourn’s “disable WP core update” and “disable plugin update” plugins. They’re godsends. They put the upgrade cycle back into the user’s hands, where it belongs.
+There is no guarantee that the back end will be changed every few months. Sure, 2.7 will feature some major changes while 2.5 was released earlier this year, but that doesn’t mean they will make changes every version.
+As for the two plugins you use, I believe those plugins were created because the author did not feel comfortable with his installation of WordPress phoning home to the WordPress API service. So, he disabled the data from being sent to the service.
+By no means is the core of WordPress or plugins fully automated. You, as an end user have to click on a link in order to initiate the process. Therefor, the upgrades have always been and continue to be in the end users hands.
+Custom installed WordPress powered sites should not necessarily be regulated to only the tech savvy blog and CMS owners. There are those that, for example, can accomplish the basics involving the care and maintenance of a WP powered site but simply don’t have the head for the “heavy lifting” so to speak. I know of someone personally who is fluent in writing HTML but simply can’t wrap her head around anything remotely technical in nature. Despite all this, she has a rather popular blog that, for the most part, she takes care of on her own.
+Be that as it may, WordPress.org already made the choice a fair amount of time ago to pursue the goal of making a WordPress powered site user friendly to non-tech bloggers while still keeping it a fine choice for developers as well. For folks like myself who tend to be tech-mongers, we can simply continue our practice of “hands-on” upgrading and code patching and/or anything else that makes us satisified while those who can’t wrap their heads around such things (the same way I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler under threat of death) can use the built-in automation.
+As Andrew pointed out previously, anyone who uses WordPress to power a website should at least know the basics meaning using an FTP client to service their install, backing up of data, manual upgrading and the like so that they’re able to recover from a botched automated upgrade and as Jacob stated, not all hosts will be compatible.
+Although updating with a mere click of the mouse is super convenient, there could be issues with certain plugins, themes, customizations not working any longer. There should also be a method of dismissing the update notification in the WP backend so that the updates that we do not want to perform do not constantly notify us that they are available.
+Other than that… the ease of being able to upgrade wordpress through a mere click is great for most. I personally have implemented the plugin that upgrades wordpress. I find it to be convenient and easy to use.
+I have mixed feelings about it. The lazy butt part of me says it would be downright nice. But the power user part of me, likes to do it myself. The biggest question is, which part is greater?
+-Pat
+Wow, the automatic upgrade is something nice to have for newbies but the element of trouble can really make the newbie see red.
+Would a user be able to uninstall the plugin or revert back to the previous version of wordpress? It is easy to upgrade but to revert back is another story. Maybe when upgrading wordpress or plugins, maybe a backup could be made of the directory and the user could revert back to previous version.
+I have only one issue to raise: translations.
+I am a native Hebrew speaking person (which is a Righ-To-Left language). and if I open up a blog in Hebrew, I have to use another installation of WP (on wph.co.il) than that we have on wordpress.org.
+Until wordpress.org won’t have a Hebrew version of it’s core installation (or allow me the default location from which to upgrade my WP), I will have to keep on upgrading wordpress manually.
+Me, and all the other RTL language speaking people in the world.
+p.s: allow me to emphasize that I LOVE WordPress!
+Tal.
+I have just to agree with you.
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+I wish there’d be a central ftp setting to configure, complete with path and everything. As is I can’t use the plugin update feature simply because I have non-default paths when I log on to ftp.
+Unless I missed something. But overall I’d say it’s a step in the right direction.
+In principle automatic updates are a good idea, but there are problems.
+Security has already been mentioned and that would be one of my concerns also, but for a different reason.
+As a plugin developer I have access to WordPress Plugin SVN for my plugin. If my password was compromised in some way, a malicious attacker could use these details to modify the repository of my plugin and add malicious code. They could then increment the version number and potentially cause over 12,000 users to get malicious code on their blogs. Obviously I use secure passwords and take great care with security at my end but can you be sure every plugin developer does the same? The more plugins you have and decide to auto-update for, the more you amplify this risk.
+Personally I like to inspect the code of every plugin I install so I know what it does. In a slow update cycle the community does this for us; If malicious code was added and updates were manual you could be sure that some techie would spot it before too many people had installed it and raise the alarm thus mitigating the threat. Auto update completely destroys this potentially beneficial delay – particularly for the very well used plugins.
+As I understand it, theme code is being inspected by volunteers before it goes live so perhaps this wouldn’t be an issue for themes.
+The other issue is file changes. When you make updating a black box you remove the obviousness of the actual file changes that are going on under the hood, or in this case, file over-writing.
+I am thinking of course about users who have made changes to plugins or themes to suit their own ends, or more likely, non-technical users who have had WP setup and themes/plugins installed/modified to suit by a technical friend and then left to their own devices.
+For these users clicking upgrade on a plugin (or a theme in the future) can (and most probably will if modifications have been made) break their site.
+I have never used a theme out of the box. On many occasions I pick one that is 80% there and change it to suit. If I did this for a client’s website and they later clicked update their theme would break. This is a serious problem.
+I modify plugins less often but the same risks exist there, indeed because plugins do have the auto-upgrade feature already, the risk is greater here and now for these.
+Jacob mentions diff and I think this could well be a good solution. It works well with other open source projects when upgrades are required that are likely to affect user modifications and I think if WordPress is going to push the automation thing forward a method for retaining modifications easily must be implemented.
+I was just watching Matt’s State of the Word from Wordcamp and he mentions Subversion style DIFF (like the Post Revisions) for Theme updates.
+And if you’re really worried about theme updates, use a WordPress Child Theme for your modifications. Create an Open-source framework for all your client projects and make the custom bits happen in a Child Theme.
+To me, if everything becomes fully automatic and I don´t have anything to say about things then I don´t really want to see that happen.
+Why you ask? Cause I want to be able to decide what version of a plugin that I want to use. Or what version of a theme that I want to use since I know from experience that some themes when they are upgraded to a new version they look like shit or that thing you really enjoyed get´s taken away.
+So sure, it´s a nice feature not having to do anything and still be on the latest update.
+But wasn´t that a hole in the security when it first got announced that it had this feature in wordpress?
+What says it´ll be any different now?
+Just some thoughts. I enjoy using wordpress 2.6 so at this moment I don´t have any reason at all to update. Not if the automatic is a “must have”.
+As i see it, the three things mentioned as most difficult tasks are in my opinion things that everyone should be able to do if they install it on their own server.
+I certainly won’t be using these automated update features, because i would like to be in control of what happens and i simply don’t trust these kind of automated functions. If someone doesn’t know how to do these three tasks, then they should learn it first. Having an own server or hosting comes with responsibilities, meaning you have to know what you’re doing.
+For me this is just another thing why i’m seriously considering to leave WordPress and switch to something else.
+Perhaps I should of named the post, Semi Automation. It is not as if WordPress will be forcing things down your throat. The link will be displayed and it is your choice whether to click on the link or not to initiate the upgrade. You don’t have to use them if you don’t want to. And that is the way it should be.
+I really like the auto update options. It allows me to update some of the smaller plugins whilst away from my home PC where I do all my coding.
+It’s not if I don’t know how (I still update my phpBB forums via the [find] [replace] [insert] method), just that it’s a lot quicker and more convenient, and it’s not if I am forced to do it the automatic way.
+I will stick to manual upgrades, for many of the reasons mentioned, and also this: when I manually upgrade, I run into things that help me learn. I develop questions and then must answer them.
+It’s a nice option. But I expect that, even with the best intentions, security may be compromised, and because I’m not too php savvy, I lack some understanding of details of whatever y’all are talking about, I must tread carefully.
+A number of blogs depend on me depending on you. I’ll play it safe.
+“Are you looking forward to these three mundane tasks (possibly) being turned into simple mouse clicks?”
+—
+Does a bear….well, you get the idea. I managed to get over my mortal terror of upgrading manually and broke free from Fantastico, but it would be great to have this be a simple click for users. It’s scary, when you’re not sure, so making it an easy step is a way to get more people interested, that’s for sure
+Thanks!
+This is the flow chart of how this system works:
+Everything first runs in /wp-content/upgrade/core/wordpress, /wp-content/upgrade/plguins/
+1) Downloads the zip and extracts it into a class.
+2) Files are checked to make sure the are valid. It will also create the directory under the above directory it works out of.
+3) After all files have been validated we run a script to copy those files we just created to the root folder. Now with the core upgrade it will delete files that are now invalid based on a tree we set in the core-upgrade include that was just created. We do this so so you don’t have the extra files on your server.
+4) After everything is verified, we delete the wp-content/upgrade/core directory.
+I like to be clear that upgrades of both plugins and core have to be clicked to start. I’ll add a “Ignore Update” option in the plugins menu that will remove the “nag” until the version changes again. I could do the same for the core, but we like people to know there is a new version out in-case of a security update, but ignore at your own peril. I am sure a plugin author could even write an complete auto upgrade option that would do it once it detects a new core/plugin update. I am not sure that there ever will ever be a theme update option. To many customizations to deal with.
+I don’t know what you mean about a wordpress api anyway, for all wordpress does now is inform you of new upgrades, you still have to download them yourself, even the ones that are right in the repository, so I don’t even have a clue of what your talking about, plugins and themes are still a pain in the rump to install, as they always have been.
+another pet peeve I have, is in regards to widgets. I don’t use the widget system, because 90% of the plugins I use don’t support widgets, and not all of my sidebar items are plugins either, some of them are custom codes that i put right into the sidebar.php, so I don’t use the widget system, nor have I ever cared for it. The thing is though, more plugin authors are using widgets, forcing most of us to switch eventually. while I don’t have a problem with the widget system itself, I don’t use it on purpose because not all plugins use the widget system yet, so most of us have no choice but to not use it.
+well I guess what I mean is, not plugin authors write their code to use widgets, while other plugin authors ONLY support widgets (they no longer support sidebar.php insertion) so its kinda frustrating.
+Honestly I have no interest in the theme feature. My themes are heavily hacked versions of their original selves, but I guess for the few people who don’t modify their theme, it’d be nice.
+I would like to see the core upgrade though assuming it works perfectly. Uploading all of those tiny files via FTP takes forever and I’m not good enough with Linux to do it via SVN.
+You said:
+While these are indeed challenging to some folks, I think the most critical and “newb” difficult process is getting a valid backup of the content and application settings. If anything needs automation its WordPress Backups. These should be well fleshed out and rolled into the core. I’m really surprised that no one has mentioned them yet!
+I know there are a few plugins that do this, but they don’t seem to be as reliable as a backup feature should be. This is the one big area that keeps me from going full bore on WP. As it is, I manage 22 sites on WordPress already, and I hate doing manual backups with phpMyAdmin. Its ripe for automation.
+Cheers,
+CS
+Cubesteak, I wrote about my experience of trying to implement automated backups and the solution I arrived at not to long ago. It might be of some interest to you.
+Thanks! I’ll check it out…
+I agree with some of the posts above – upgrading plugins is less risky if something goes wrong, it would be rare for it to screw everything up and only the plugin itself is shot. If something goes wrong while automatically upgrading the core, then it may leave less capable users in quite a situation.
+Of course, if it all works fine for every single setup out there, then it would be a fantastic feature to have – security loop holes would be closed considerably quicker.
+Gary,
+You know, you’re right and I never noticed this myself until you mentioned it. I guess it’s because (for me anyway) the WP DB Backups plugin has been around for so long now that I never considered it. That plus I find it easy to do BU’s from phpMyAdmin. But now that I think about all the work I’ve done with non-tech type WordPress site owners it occurs to me that there’s most likely a large chunk of these somewhat non-technical WP folks out there that don’t even think about backing up their DB before an upgrade unless they’ve actually stumbled upon the back up plugin I mentioned above or something like the WordPress Automatic Upgrades plugin.
+Considering the amount of times I’ve heard an experienced, tech-minded, WordPress blogger tell newbies and/or non-tech minded bloggers that setting up cron jobs is easy (not for them it isn’t) and can’t understand why they just don’t get it, I have to agree with you. This should probably be added to the core as well.
+Correction: My previous comment was directed to Cubesteak, not Gary (sorry about that Gary). Too early in the morning for a disabled idiot like me.
+Hi guys,
+I was talking a lot about WordPress security and development yestrday, might be interesting to read and join in discussion
+. Cross posted from Testosterone Pit suppose there is post-authorization, in the form of “it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission,” but this rarely works with insurance companies. Actually it doesn’t work at all when someone is looking for an excuse not to pay for something..
+Or maybe you had a stroke and now your arm is paralyzed and you need intensive physical and occupational therapy to learn how to do simple things like dress yourself or bathe, and try to recover whatever function can be salvaged. That’s when you learn what type of therapy is covered, how many sessions, and what your out of pocket will be. Most people have no idea how much PT or occupational rehab costs. It isn’t cheap..
+Also by Michael Gorback, M.D.: Confused and outraged by the prices, often unknown upfront, that you and your insurance company pay for medical services? You’re not the only one. Enter the bizarre world of “Place of Service” pricing. Read…. Doctor: The Sheer Insanity of What You Pay For Medical Services
+When you use your policy, even if you know what’s in it, it still may not be good enough.
+My son had Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy.
+He was a junior honor student in high school. His favorite subjects were math, history, and photography. One of his photographs won an award in an area photography contest. He planned to attend the University of Kansas. He dealt not only with the losses associated with the progression of his neuromuscular disease, but also the loss of his mother. He faced all this with remarkable grace. The challenge for him, and for me as his caregiver, was to prevent the inevitable minor cold from turning into another catastrophic event for our family.
+Pulmonary function tests indicated that he had significant under-expansion of his chest and lungs with a peak cough flow of 130 liters per minute. Individuals with a peak cough flow rate below 270 liters per minute are at a very high risk for acute respiratory failure, particularly with chest colds.
+Aggressive preventative intervention at home, rather than subsequent crisis and extremely costly hospital intervention, is what I requested for my son. Obviously, he lacked the muscle strength to cough effectively to remove secretions from his lungs, so he was at very high risk of developing mucus plugging, pneumonia, and acute respiratory failure with every chest cold.
+His doctor prescribed an assistive cough device for home preventative treatment.
+My employer’s health insurance denied it.
+I appealed their decision to deny coverage for the cough assistive device.
+My health plan paid benefits for services that are medically necessary. The plan required that certain criteria be met in order to be considered medically necessary. In my appeal letter I addressed those criteria listed in the summary of benefits under my plan:
+• The equipment must be consistent with the diagnosis. I enclosed the letter of medical necessity for the cough assist device from my son’s physician, citing the medical criteria for implementing this device is when a patient is unable to generate a sufficient unassisted cough flow rate of greater than 270 liters per minute to clear lung secretions.
+• The equipment must meet quality medical practice standards. I attached articles and medical literature references of published physicians and their successes with this device, documenting the cough assist device as a proven technology that had been accepted as a noninvasive alternative for clearing airway secretions in neuromuscular diseases.
+• The equipment must be recognized as an accepted medical practice and have received the required federal approval. I enclosed the Respironics information that gave the Medicare code for the Cough Assist machine… Mechanical In-exsufflation devices such as the CoughAssist are coded under HCPCS code E0482, cough simulating device, alternate positive and negative airways and the list of the conditions for which the Cough Assist is approved, including the ICD- 9 code of 359.1 for “Hereditary Progressive Muscular Dystrophy.”
+• The equipment must be the most appropriate level of service. I provided information that there was only one cough assist device made. All other devices and therapies available for chest physiotherapy presume normal strength and a normal ability to raise lung secretions. All these techniques may help loosen the lung secretions, but only the cough assist device helped in coughing them out. Unless provided with the cough assist device to help him expand his lungs to slow the progression of the pulmonary component of the disease process and to help clear the secretions from his lungs, my son would develop pneumonia and acute respiratory failure and die.
+I also included a listing of insurance companies across the country that were covering the Cough Assist.
+I received the denial of my appeal. The stated reason: “Experimental or Investigational treatments, procedures, devices, or drugs are those that the Plan Administrator has determined: (1) have not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as required by law; (2.) through reliable evidence are the subject of ongoing clinical trials (phase I II, or III) or under study related to dosage, toxicity, safety, and efficacy or efficacy related to standard means of treatment; or (3) there is evidence that the consensus of opinion among experts regarding the treatment, procedure, device or drug is that further clinical trials are needed to determine its efficacy as compared to standard means of treatment of diagnosis. Therefore in accord with the terms of your benefit plan, the proposed services cannot be recommended as medically necessary because: The procedure and/or service is considered experimental and/or investigational and research and/or studies do not support the effectiveness, safety and/or value of this intervention.”
+Having recently lost my wife to cancer, it was unbearable to lose my son prematurely because of the shortsightedness and intransigence of that [expletive deleted] health insurance company.
+Heartbreaking and enraging.
+It is no surprise the salaries of the CEOs of large health care insurance companies are always on the rise. Every place they can wring out more savings for themselves at the expense of their clients, up their compensation goes.
+Unfortunately, there is no market based health care system in place for Americans so they will continue to get bad outcomes. Every segment — insurers, hospitals, pharma, health care professionals, etc — are set up in way so that each get as much money as they can — based on greed based principles.
+Americans that must pay large out of pocket expenses for health care should strongly consider heading to other countries for care.
+All CEO salaries are excessive and on the rise. The phenomenon is not restricted to health insurance CEOs. In fact, the annual compensation for health insurance CEOs is in the range of $1 per covered individual per year, and is hardly a driver in the high cost of health care.
+I agree that CEO compensation is a major problem, but health insurance CEO compensation as a separate issue is not. We need to focus our efforts on healthcare costs on things that are (such as the lack of any effective overall cost control function, which can only provided by a single payer for all costs).
+Hi Yves:
+Or your employer/insurance company can decide they wish for you to use mail order rather than pharmacy. If you go to the pharmacy, they will only give you a 30 day supply rather than a 90 day supply. Or they may say if you take the patent version rather than the generic version, you will pay a higher deductible. Insurance companies do have that power to direct you to another med. It can be appealed, if the particular med was absolutely necessary. I did on a particular service rendered to me while hospitalized since I was a captive to my ailment. They paid.
+For the benefit of those like myself who have never quite been clear on just what, exactly, “pig in a poke” means. From Wikipedia:
+At least you could eat a dog…or teach it to fetch your slippers or something…
+Also connected,”Don’t let the cat out of the bag”, instruction to the apprentice. A small poke is a pocket.
+I figured this out in 1997 when my daughter was born with heart defects and had to undergo two heart surgeries to be fixed. I would talk about anecdotal injustices like the one in this article to a lot of people and it was like shouting into the wind. People’s eyes glaze over the moment you start mentioning minutiae like, ‘this Doctor who attended to my daughter while in the ICU was not covered by my PPO’.
+Insurance companies get away with pure murder because it is only a minority of people who get sick and need to use their lousy services. Now lets suppose there was no Medicare and all the 65+ wise Seniors had to use private insurance…..now that is when it would get interesting, right?
+This train of thought also led me to the conviction that when Truman passed Medicare it was a bad thing, not a good thing for all of us because it was a very very clever move by the Physician lobby to ‘divide and conquer’. It bought off the over +65 crowd, the most politically active bunch and the group that uses medical care the most and left the rest of us like nice fattened Christmas gooses to be picked off one by one.
+This also applies to Social Security. SS was a dumb idea for the whole of Society because it applies the same ‘divide and conquer’ strategy. Again you sequester the 65+ crowd (or 68+ after Asshole Alan Blue Ribbon Commission) and completely neuter any political activity fiddling with future beneficiaries. Like I always say, did you see grand processions on the mall in Washington DC led by active Seniors fighting to keep the qualifying age to 65? Nope. The sentiment was, ‘screw my son, screw my daughter, screw my grandkids’.
+We need to think past this age based benefits nonsense and move to income support for all people based on need. As Clint said ‘deserve’s got nothing to do with it’.
+Ah, poor Lyndon Johnson. I thought history would be kinder to the man, but I see now he’s not even getting the credit in some minds for the things that he did do well (such as the passage of Medicare during his administration).
+when Truman passed Medicare it was a bad thing,
+Medicare was passed by LBJ, not by Truman.
+I bought a health insurance policy through Healthcare.gov, and now I can’t cancel it. I’ve been trying for two months–they say they’ve lost my application, or they deleted the application when I called them to cancel but didn’t for some reason forward the authorization to cancel to the insurance company, and there is no “policy” for dealing with cases like this, or various other excuses. I think my only recourse is through the state board of insurance, to try to force the insurance company to cancel, although they say they can’t without officially being notified by Healthcare.gov that it is cancelled. I’m beginning to think they are making it hard to cancel so the numbers of enrollees don’t go down.
+I think this is a potential point which should be argued, in a mythical country, where it could represent an escape route from bipartisan hell.
+So, let’s see. It is June, 2014 and, after 3 years of “discussion,” all Americans have been ordered to purchase “healthcare” insurance under the guise of “sweeping healthcare reform.”
+And Michael Gorback, M.D., “board-certified” physician, medical educator and “scientific” author is just NOW figuring out how “healthcare” insurance works????
+How many more decades will it be before he “understands” the ramifications of narrow networks, lopsided physician distribution, policy “coverage” discrepancies, unaffordable deductibles, annual subsidy clawbacks, medical bankruptcies, probate claims for Medicaid reimbursement and capricious, inconsistent interpretation of policy “promises,” to name a few.
+Not to mention the relentlessly increasing share of national income, such as it is, that his “industry” continues to demand in return for its sub-standard “performance.”
+On the trajectory of “healthcare” insurance education and comprehension, it would appear that Dr. Gorback has just entered pre-K. He should be embarrassed to claim authorship of this piece, which demonstrates such a low level of understanding of a system to which he has, apparently, devoted his life. And, presumably, profited considerably from.
+Most physicians I know have been complaining about narrow networks, arcane paperwork, arbitrary care denials, and other “features” of the American health insurance “system” for decades. One of the biggest complaints I’ve heard from them about this “system” is that it requires practitioners to spend so much of their time jumping through hoops for insurance companies that they have less and less time available to care for patients. Those who are in small, private practices have the added delight of trying to obtain coverage for themselves and their own employees, just like the owners of any other small business. A physician’s training doesn’t equip him or her to deal with the con artists who run health insurance companies any better than a welder’s, plumber’s, or carpenter’s training does. Why would you expect it to?
+There was an activist group called “Mad As Hell Doctors” who were traversing the country a few years ago trying to warn folks about the perils of the ACA. Naturally they received very little, if any, media coverage. One would have thought they’d have been a force to deal with, but not in this Free Market. /sarcasm off/
+This has been going on for well over thirty years now.
+Private health insurance is scam, simply another way to extort money, invest it, and skim off the profits, that is, banking. Real insurance is completely social in nature, spreading the risk out among the [ideally, the entire] population.
+Regardless, it is a flawed concept because of the costs involved. No more can you afford to rebuilt everybody’s automobile engine [because they failed to change their oil], can you afford to fix the population’s broken down bodies because they failed to insure proper maintenance.
+Again and again, you hear people tell all the sad stories about this health care system, but few have the courage to face up to the reality of the situation, that there is no way to avoid our natural life cycle.
+A good life can not be measured in time any more than can one be measured in currency units.
+Nonsense. The quantity of healthcare available is being artificially restricted, driving costs through the roof. Building more schools is one of many things we can do to fix that. We simply need the knowledge and the will.
+Dear impermanence;
+Your argument fails on the issue of limits. Every ones’ auto engine can be rebuilt or replaced regularly, if the society has the will to do it. The money will be found, or simply spent into existence. Japan does this by mandating very strict emissions standards, scrupulously enforced. I’ve known several people who bought good serviceable second hand engines for their Japanese autos by purchasing engines exported from Japan out of the pool of “replaced” engines. Japan decided that clean air was something they were willing to pay for. Cars are probably more expensive to own and run in the Home Islands, but that is the price you pay for clean air in Osaka. (They also get a boost for mass transit that way.) [Input from present or past dwellers in Japan appreciated.] My point being that political and or societal will is the determining factor.
+Finally, while I cannot argue with “..there is no way to avoid our natural life cycle,” I must observe that the promise of modern medicine was that lifespans and quality of life would be extended and improved. These laudable goals are entirely possible, if the will to carry through with the concomitant improvements exists. To achieve these secondary goals, the resources now being misused and wasted by the parasite classes have to be seized and repurposed. The last two hundred years have seen a gigantic revolution in the physical and medical sciences. Now we have to carry through with the social and political revolutions that the scientific one has made necessary.
+One of the major drawbacks of Obamacare left the insurance company in absolute control of most of health care. The health insurance companies not only decide which medication we can take, but still charge an arm and leg for it, dictate which providers/hospitals one can use, increase cost annually and in some cases even mandate medical test one is subjected to, and pays for, to qualify for more expensive procedures.
+For those of us who had health insurance before Obamacare the only change we see is a substantial cost increase.
+That’s not a bug. It’s a feature.
+More of a Superbug. (I can see the late night movie ad now; “The Policy That Ate My Liver!!!!”)
+Dr. Gorback.
+I live in Sugar and, TX.
+You may be interested to know that we met with the Texas Dept. of Insurance this week for the second time.
+We expect approval as a life and health insurer in July.
+We will be providing a patented product, Health Matching Insurance, to self funded employers of 200 employees or more.
+Premiums are estimated to decrease over time, 60-98%, including medical inflation.
+Meeting with the TDI was our Milliman actuary. We have been working with Milliman to craft our product over the last 3 years.
+Get in touch with me at Tpabenefit.com if you wish to learn more details.
+Don Levit,CLU,ChFC
+Treasurer of National Prosperity Life and Health
+It was a typo on premium reduction.
+It should read 60-80%.
+Don Levit
+1—The purpose of a health care system is to help people avoid getting sick and to assist them to get well when they do become ill. See Canada, Colombia, Cuba & Costa Rica just to use one letter of the alphabet.
+2—The purpose of the American medical system is to maximize the salaries and bonuses of the corporate officers while keeping the ruling class stock owners fat and happy.
+3— The purpose of private medical insurance is maximize profits. It can do so in three ways: a) Charge the maximum premium that the victims will pay. b) Avoid paying for services whenever possible. c) Bribe the government to make private insurance mandatory.. Sound familiar?
+For category #2 & #3 the USA is Number One, true to the spirit of American Exceptionalism.
+For category #1 it ranks #37— truly Exceptional among industrialized nations.
+What more do you need to know about ObamaCare, BuffetCare, Romneycare, BlueCrosscare and all the other criminal medical extortion schemes? Well, one more thing. How to fix it!
+We are told that the reason medical business CEOs have risen to their positions of power is through their superior intelligence and knowledge of health care. Let them prove it. Dick Cheney assures us that waterboarding isn’t torture and the information gained through its use is immensely valuable.. So why not put all the CEOs of our failed health care system and medical insurance companies in solitary cells with a ThinkPad and waterboard all of them once a week until they come up with a system for the rest of us that actually provides heath care rather than bankruptcy? Let the people decide which system they want, and give the CEO who invents it all his wealth back. Send the rest of them into the general prison population to explore their gender potentialities.
+Here in Mississippi, the ACA enforced people have exactly two companies to choose from, and they overlap in only four out of eighty two counties. So, there is de facto monopoly pricing in seventy eight counties! No surprise then that the poorest state in the Union has the fourth highest rates. (In my area, the largest hospital physician axis of profit is just now getting serious with the lone insurer about accepting the ACA plans.) The previously dominant insurer here, Blue Cross decided to wait it out. They said they will wait to see if the ACA system proves itself out before they show any interest. A perverse logic has arisen to bedevil the poor (literally so) health insurance “consumer.” The previous lower cost insurers hang back and let the more expensive ones set the rules of the game. Then, citing “business dynamics” the previously lower cost providers raise their rates to the new “market rates.” Great work if you can get it!
+Remember the old Weather Underground? Here’s to the new Healthcare Underground!
+When we are faced with choices, sometimes very difficult, we must seek and be open to the wisdom that will point to choices that will bring completeness.
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+I spend a lot of time reading things I really really hate. I guess I’m just a glutton for punishment. The hours that I’ve spent on The Advocate, or Jizzabel, or The Red Pill, will never be returned to me, and sometimes I think wistfully of all the novels I could have written if only I’d spent less time reading about friend-zoning and */* E.M.P.O.W.E.R.M.E.N.T. */*
+But I read these things because I think it’s important to keep an eye on what’s being said about women, whether it’s downright misogyny from MRAs, or the more subtle forms of regressive politics we see from third wavers. I wish I could ignore them, but the sad fact is that a lot of people read these things, and I want to know what the enemy is thinking.
+One of the publications I keep an eye on is GQ. Now it’s very important to remember here that GQ is a classy magazine, or at least bills itself as such. The GQ reader imagines himself as a sophisticated gentleman, with varied cultural tastes. So there are some (superficial, usually football-orientated) articles on politics, film and restaurant reviews, stuff about gadgets, mildly amusing advice on fashion. Sometimes they publish articles about manly-yet-sophisticated food and drink topics like BEST COFFEE IN LONDON, and even the occasional recipe. Their imagined reader seems to be a James Bond sort of figure: suave, stylish, drinks a lot of whisky, wears a lot of watches. In reality, their readers look more like this…
+… youngish middle-class men in media jobs. The typical reader is a bit right-wing, shops at Waitrose, follows @JeremyClarkson, and is apparently likely to believe that…
+Basically the average GQ reader is kind of a douche, but hardly an unusual brand of douche. I have met many, many men like this, and, because of our shitty society, there are an awful lot of them running the country.
+Which makes it all the more disturbing when we look into the dark heart of GQ, and discover what these men really think about women.
+Because one of the cornerstones of the GQ experience is their “GIRLS” section. No one at GQ seems to think that naming the soft-core porn section of the magazine after pre-pubescent female humans is at all weird. I suppose they think “ladies” would be too old-fashioned, and the word “women” brings us uncomfortably close to recognising these sex objects as actual people.
+GQ want us to believe that the pornified images they print are a world away from the common muck we see in the tabloids. So they print a lot of articles about burlesque, alongside classics like ‘A gentleman’s guide to threesomes’, and (my personal favourite) ‘You can be a lingerie model and a feminist’, illustrated by a picture of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s underboob. Mostly they just post endless pictures of pretty celebrities and Victoria’s Secret models. We’ve seen this a thousand times before.
+The highlight of the “GIRLS” section is the sex advice column. If you want to know what our middle-class, youngish, media type men are wondering when it comes to sex, this is the place to come. A lot of the questions are predictable – how do I deal with performance anxiety? Which sex position will make me look the most tough, brave and manly? – as well as some hilarious ones like:
+Dude – NO ONE BELIEVES YOU. GO HOME.
+The advice from sex shrink Rebecca Newman usually involves an expensive sex toy, or perhaps a new bra. It’s a fairly transparent advertising exercise, and I like to think that the writer isn’t really a pretty blonde, but just a fat, unshaven guy in front a computer screen, with a pile of unopened LoveHoney Climax Twist Vibrators stacked in the corner.
+But there are also some darker questions, a lot of them featuring BDSM. The sex shrink never challenges the desires of the questioners, only gives lengthy, explicit, sometimes absurd explanations of what he should do to her.
+An extraordinary number of sexual battle plans begin with restraining the “girl” in some way:
+- “let us look to slave-girl positions… order her first to spread her knees apart (the further she spreads, the more uncomfortable it becomes)… her ass spread and vulnerable”
+Otherwise the questioner is told to “have her do this” or “tell her to do that”. How can a man convince his “baby” to give him oral sex more often? “Bribery” – also known as expensive knickers – may encourage her to “worship” his penis.
+“Girls”, we are told, love “bad boy behaviour” and “deceitful, exploitative Machiavellianism”. And in an article on ‘sugar daddies’, Newman delights in the fact that “group, oral, anal, bukkake etc are common or garden” on the “professional menu” (she’s talking about prostitution here). We’re reminded that “every relationship has some element of quid pro quo”. Why not make the commercial exchange explicit? After all, we’re already bribing “girls”, ordering them onto all fours, getting them to “worship” at the altar of the almighty penis.
+This advice is (apparently) written by a woman, and yet not only does she legitimise her readers’ desires to dominate women, she writes them a how-to guide. Women in GQ are as horny as porn stars, and as impressionable as children – easily seduced by wealth, spanking, and the firm mastery of an expert male hand. These women never speak. They are always waiting to be “surprised”. They never refuse the £300 crotchless knickers they’re offered as a “bribe”. And they are eminently disposable. After all, we’ll soon have a new ‘Hottest Woman of the Week’, and all hot women are much the same.
+They may sell themselves as intelligent and sophisticated, and they may occasionally throw around that favourite buzzword feminism™, but the woman hating is only just below the surface. On top of this, GQ adds a fresh layer of misogyny to that found in lads’ mags and tabloids. Not only are women gagging for a dominating man to show them what’s what, that dominating man is rich. Nowhere is the fetishisation of wealth more obvious than in this article from 2011. I remember reading this aged 19, after someone (presumably a man) left a copy next to my train seat. The female writer begins…
+… and goes on to give a lengthy, excruciatingly detailed description of exactly how that blow job was performed. She wins her prize, and concludes “I’ve decided these deals are perfectly acceptable and a sign of a good relationship – it’s called compromise.” One of the comments underneath the article reads “Fantastic! Great column – I must get my wife to read this, haha.”
+I hadn’t yet discovered radical feminism in 2011, but I was still angered and nauseated by this. My first thought was “how could a woman write this?” – how could a woman encourage men in the belief that sexual favours are commodities to be bought? That love and mutuality should be abandoned, to be replaced by cold, hard economic exchange? I didn’t realise yet that this article, and the GQ attitude towards “girls” more generally, was entirely consistent with the worldview of their target demographic.
+For in GQ, everything is purchasable – the booze, the suits, the watches, the restaurants, and, yes, the women. Every woman has a price. He may not leave the cash on the nightstand, or pay her through direct debit, but the economic transaction is nevertheless blatant. And he not only buys sexual access to her body, he buys the right to dominate and dehumanise her.
+Chris Hedges begins this interview with Gail Dines with a damning analysis of the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ franchise:
+“[it].”
+For all the carefully constructed glamour of the GQ brand, the desire to dominate others is the core of the franchise, and only thinly veiled. Wealth and status are positional advantages, and so depend on the relative poverty and low-status of others. The GQ brand cannot exist without this inequality. In the mind of the ideal reader, all that matters is material success, and female bodies are little more than material possessions. All those lefty men who rail against consumerism and big capitalism, but then excuse the objectification of women, have failed to join the dots. The GQ attitude towards money is tightly bound to their attitude towards women, and the ideological product is highly lucrative.
+And our middle-class media man buys into this ideology. He may not be a sugar daddy, or exchange handbags for blow jobs, but he nevertheless chooses the buy a magazine that encourages this fantasy. His view of women as purchasable commodities is reproduced and reinforced by the female journalists who soothe his ego, and the GQ shareholders who profit from it.
+Men of this demographic then go on to work in government, edit newspapers, commission books, and run businesses. Many of these men are immensely powerful and influential. And on the train, or in the office, or in their bachelor pads, they read media like GQ and their fantasy of supremacy is reinforced. These are political texts, with political consequences.
+13 thoughts on “The Gentleman’s Guide to Misogyny”
+I hate the word compromise. According to men raised on the ideology of dominance, it’s another word for sexual coercion. By the logic of “compromise”, a housewife has no choice but to fulfill the pornographic sex fantasies of a man no matter how much it hurts and no matter how much she doesn’t want to or she is a bad wife. Also, housewives don’t just sit around all day eating bonbons on the couch (which believe it or not is a common misconception). They actually contribute to the household. It’s just that their work is undervalued by this society. Also, someone being nice and buying you a gift does not make it so that you have to service them sexually. In fact, they should just buy the gift for you because they love you and not because they want a sexual favor from you. I buy my friends gifts all the time and I don’t expect anything in return. Relationships are not a negotiation. Love can’t be reduced to a piece of contract.
+I hate this culture so much. I’m only sixteen and I already notice the effects of porn on my generation. I read your article in response to Owen Jones and I agree with every word of it. I can assure you that most of my female friends and I have similar experiences. I remember in seventh grade boys were already talking about pornography. I was in an English Honors class and there were these two dudes harassing this girl and asking her “do you swallow”. Where else have they learned this behavior but from porn?
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+Thank you so much for commenting – I absolutely agree with you.
+I’d really like to hear more from you about porn culture – maybe drop us an email at youngradfems@yahoo.co.uk?
+Rosie x
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+i’m so, so glad you’re so young and radical. when i was your age i was involved with stupid liberal politics and that’s time you definitely don’t get back.
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+I’m about 10 years older than you, and based on what you said it’s way worse than when I was 16. Many people my age did not have internet at home and if they did it was usually dial-up. No way they were they able to stream HD porn. In the 1970s, if a woman called herself a feminist, it meant she was anti-porn. Now that porn has gotten way, way worse it is considered “empowering”. The backlash against feminism has been strong indeed.
+I think the prevalence of porn among millennials, particularly the younger members of the generation is going to lead to a huge increase in the number of STDs.
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+Love the article but I find the term “douche” to be offensive and demeaning to women for obvious reasons.
+Hi Janelle – thanks for reading!
+Yeah I used to feel the same, but actually this (very funny) article makes a good point –
+Since douches are/were used:
+1) as an ineffective means of birth control, in the age before contraception was widely available in the West
+2) as a harmful and pointless means of ‘cleaning’ female genitals, since women have been led to believe that their genitals are smelly and disgusting
+… I’ve actually come to think that ‘douche’ is the perfect feminist insult. The actual douche is a shitty, anti-feminist tool. Our GQ reader (above) is also a shitty, anti-feminist tool.
+I also just quite like the sound of the word. It’s so evocative. Apologies if you find it offensive, though. Thanks again for your support.
+Rosie x
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+It does not surprise me that the “gentleman’s” magazine has a bunch of thinly veiled misogyny. And of course the more male-identified women betray women for the sake of men. Thank of all the mainstream feminist who turn on other women for being interested in radical feminism. (I support lesbian separatism and don’t care what they think.)
+Or, another example is women who get married to an incarcerated serial killed who is in there for killing women. Several years ago, there was a big news story about a missing pregnant woman. Her husband was under investigation for it, and even after it turned out yeah, he killed her, he still got a bunch of women writing to him and visiting him in jail. Many of these women were complete strangers who heard the story on the news and for reasons I cannot understand decided, “wow, he killed his pregnant wife; I want a piece of that.”
+My point is, some women do betray other women for the sake of men, like that sex advice shrink who advises men how to coerce women in BDSM.
+It is common for lefty men to pay half-assed lipservice to feminism to get out of being called out on misogyny. Actually a lot of women do that too. Not that I’m saying conservative men aren’t misogynistic because they are.
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+All men know they can buy women, and it starts with the dating standard that requires men pay. Men don’t actually give something for nothing. Women have to pretend that the meal, the wine, the movie was given for free, and that they are totally free to offer nothing in return. That pretense is a major contributor to the problem and I haven’t seen anybody yet lobbying for young women to stop participating and pay their own way.
+Very late reply to your post, but I’ve only found this site recently.
+Back when I dated, last century, I would regularly try to pay my own way on dates with men. They usually acted affronted, and I rarely got a second date unless I let them buy, whether I slept with them or not. I realised pretty quickly that most men do not actually want an equitable relationship with a woman.
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+I have always preferred to pay my own way and I think now its more common. I would though accept a drink. I agree women should be encouraged to pay to avoid the expectation of something in return. I actually got annoyed when I had a guy insist on paying as it was so old fashioned.
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+My male date was on 110,000 pounds per year at the BBC (I know because he told me). I was a student working as a postwoman to fund myself. He took me on a date – to a burger bar in my local street, and offered to buy me a fish burger. I bought it myself.
+I formed an opinion of him.
+Reminds me nothing more than the”
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+I
+That was the message delivered by Alberta Innovates BioSolutions (AI Bio) Chief Executive Officer Dr. Stan Blade at the recent annual Canadian Bioenergy Association (CanBio) conference held in Edmonton.
+AI Bio co-hosted the three-day CanBio conference, which was focused on the theme of “Biomass in a Canadian Energy Strategy – Advancing the Bio-economy.” It attracted a large number of participants from the forestry, agriculture, energy, government, and research and development communities.
+AI Bio Chief Executive Officer Dr. Stan Blade (above) emphasized the need for bio-industries to partner with the conventional energy sector to develop bio-based products at the recent CanBio conference in Edmonton.
+“There is a need for innovation because Canada and Alberta will never be the least cost producer in many of the things that we are currently active in,” Blade said. “So, it’s about that next idea, that next way to add value, the new kinds of ways that we might be able to produce products, processes and services that are going to give an advantage to Albertans, Canadians, and to people in the rest of the world.”
+In addition to the need for innovation, Blade emphasized the need for bio-industries to partner with the conventional energy sector to develop bio-based products to meet their needs and to co-operate on finding ways for bio-products to supplement products in the stream of conventional energy production.
+“We see the energy industry as a collaborator, as a cooperator, and as something that can be supported by the bio-economy,” he said, noting that there is opportunity within the province because Alberta’s biomass resource is significant, the province has a good handle on where it is located, and also on its availability.
+Dr. David Bressler, Executive Director of the AI Bio-supported, Bio-refining Conversions Network (BCN), agreed that Alberta’s approach of working with the non-renewable energy sector to find solutions within the bio-economy has been positive, and has opened doors to many opportunities “The entire non-renewable infrastructure we have in Alberta is actively looking for alternatives that are locally grown and help green their footprint,” he said, referring to diluents, lubricants, and surfactants that the industry commonly use in its extraction processes.
+He adds that BCN is building bridges by creating teams with different disciplines to work with industry partners to develop and commercialize technologies. Its role is also to help government review and validate the many bio-based technologies presented to it.
+Doug Lammie, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister at the Alberta Department of Energy, noted during his keynote address that despite the province’s focus on fossil fuels, Alberta is the only province to collect a fee from large greenhouse gas emitters, which is then channeled toward research, development, and investment into greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy initiatives. He said as part of its discussion with other provinces and the federal government toward development of a Canadian Energy Strategy, Alberta will emphasize the importance of involving traditional bio-industries.
+In his presentation focused on accelerating renewable energy deployment, Surindar Singh from Alberta Innovates Energy & Environmental Solutions pointed out that government support to encourage greater deployment of renewable energy technology is not a barrier. While there needs to be better harmonization of support programs between the federal and provincial governments, there are nonetheless a number of strong industry incentives for bio-energy and bio-product development. However, when looking at how industry is tapping into these incentives, he noted that there are plenty of industry subscribers for government programs offering grants, but lesser uptake from industry for programs offering repayable loans.
+Singh made a strong pitch for the need for continued support for research and development in the areas of bio-energy and bio-products to help maintain the momentum that will lead to further expansion of the bio-economy.
+“The key barrier (to accelerated deployment) is the need for breakthrough innovation,” he said. Another constraint is a secure raw material supply to industry.
+Dave Patterson, bio-product specialist with Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, provided conference attendees with a snapshot of how commercialization of bio-opportunities are likely to unfold within the forest sector. He said the most economical path for forest companies is likely staged deployment of manufacturing systems that produce a diversity of products. That may involve starting with developing a bio-energy component attached to an existing facility, and then over time adding components that
+lead to bio-refining.
+For more information about the CanBio conference in Edmonton, contact Pat Guidera at (780) 638-3722 or pat.guidera@albertainnovates.ca
+Dr. Carmela Aravelo (left) sets up an automatic carbon dioxide exchange system in an eight-year-old stand of hybrid poplar to collect the data to measure how much carbon at the Ellerslie demonstration site is being sequestered.
+“How old are those trees, how much does it cost to establish a similar plantation, and how quickly can you put those trees on my land?”
+Those are the three most popular questions that the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) gets when they offer tours through the Ellerslie Short-rotation Woody Crop Technical Development Centre and demonstration site in Edmonton, Alberta for landowners, forestry personnel, researchers and potential investors, says CWFC Wood Fibre Development Specialist Tim Keddy.
+Established in 2002, the 18 hectare site leased from the University of Alberta was the first of over 150 technical development sites now established and monitored by CWFC in various geo-climatic zones across Canada. It was the template CWFC used to establish sites that demonstrate different species, clones and plantation management regimes. The Ellerslie site has test plots featuring hybrid and clonal aspen, hybrid poplar, mixed wood, and willow under high yield afforestation and concentrated biomass regimes. For comparison and study purposes, so do the many other development sites managed by CWFC across Canada.
+Based on the health of the wood fibre and growth achieved on each site, CWFC can recommend to landowners what species are the best bets as a cash crop for their particular area. For example, visitors to the Ellerslie site see healthy short rotation willow, hybrid poplar and hybrid aspen crops often showing exceptional growth planted right next to species that are struggling. Conversely, a CWFC technical development site in southern Manitoba or Ontario in a different soil classification, climate and precipitation zone could show the exact opposite growth pattern. That’s the value to landowners and investors of having so many development and demonstration sites throughout Canada. And it all started with Ellerslie in 2002.
+CWFC has also established mixed wood trials at the Ellerslie location where hybrid poplar and white spruce are planted together. The concept shows how landowners can harvest two valuable crops from the same land base, with the poplar being harvested after 20 years and then the spruce left to grow to full maturity and then harvested after about 60 years. With two crops maturing at different times, the site also operates longer as a valuable carbon sink.
+“We are demonstrating a development option that allows companies to consider hybrid poplar and white spruce mixed woods for potential plantations along the forest fringe that allows for the management of two species at once,” says Keddy. “That’s where you get the greatest potential for volume and therefore income by growing two high value commodity species at the same time.”
+However, technical development and demonstrations sites like Ellerslie do much more than demonstrate growth and yields of various tree hybrids and clones. They also demonstrate different refined plantation management regimes that landowners can replicate to achieve the highest possible yield over each growth cycle for either high yielding trees or short rotation woody fibre.
+In addition to selecting the right tree variety for a particular area, spacing, the number of stems planted per hectare, mortality management, and vegetation management until crown closure are important considerations for a successful plantation. CWFC has already completed a lot of the critical management regime experimentation on its technical development sites to be able to make management recommendations to landowners regardless of where the fibre is being grown. Visitors to the sites can see the results for themselves.
+“The whole goal is to create regimes that grow the most amount of biomass for the cheapest cost,” says Keddy.
+Short rotation woody crops also offer a potential source of carbon sequestration, which can generate income for landowners through the sale of carbon credits. CWFC has partnered with the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) Climate Change Group to evaluate how much carbon is being sequestered on the Ellerslie site and on other development sites to determine: whether the plantations are a carbon source or a carbon sink; when the plantations make the transition from becoming a carbon source to a carbon sink in different soil classifications and geo-climatic zones; and how CWFC’s management regimes influence carbon sequestration capacity.
+“We know that carbon is lost when we cultivate land (to plant trees),” says Dr. Carmela Arevalo, visiting fellow with the CWFC. “But because we are planting trees, creating biomass above and below the ground, the amount of carbon is paid back to the ecosystem in very short order. We have found that in a span of only one year, this type of land can fully recover the amount of carbon lost and start acting as a carbon sink in its second year. We estimate that in 20 years, this type of land can sequester approximately 900t CO2eq ha-1.”
+Working with CFS researchers, Arevalo is conducting studies on many CWFC development sites to quantify carbon inputs and outputs, and the carbon credits that the various plantations and management regimes will produce.
+“I imagine that that stakeholders will benefit in terms of the carbon gain that they achieve,” says Arevalo.
+For more information and to organize a tour of the Ellerslie development site or any other development site managed by CWFC, contact Tim Keddy at (780) 435-7212 or tkeddy@NRCan.gc.ca, or Derek Sidders at (780) 435-7355 or dsidders@nrcan.gc
+In my inaugural post for British Naval History, I provided some reflections on having just achieved the culmination of my years of study, as well as some observations and suggestions for persons thinking of embarking on the journey toward a PhD or for those already on the path. Since then, my friend, colleague, and fellow editor, Sam McLean, has written two posts on his post-PhD observations and recommendations. I would like to build on his posts and add some additional bits of advice and suggestions from a practical standpoint.
+Gear Up!
+Whether you are about to start, have started, or are several years down the road toward a PhD, make sure you have the best gear possible. By “gear” I mean your laptop and ancillary equipment. Knowing that your project is going to take years, you do not want to start with a four-year-old laptop that may have been state of the art at one time but which now is out of date, low on memory, and slow. The last thing you want to happen is to have a year’s worth of research on your laptop only to have it crash, and then lose all your work, or to get frustrated because your battery no longer holds a charge, or have your laptop and its software become obsolete due to old operating systems no longer being supported by Microsoft or Apple. And do not get a laptop designed or intended for gaming or other activities unrelated to your primary use. You’re a researcher and writer. Save gaming for some other device.
+I suggest that someone starting on a PhD obtain a laptop that reasonably is expected to last throughout your years of researching and writing. Spending a bit more on the front end will save anguish and irritation down the road. Your laptop does not necessarily have to be new. For example, I purchased a factory-refurbished and warranted MacBook Air with a 13-inch screen from the Apple website for use almost exclusive in connection with my PhD and saved a fair amount of money.
+Make sure your laptop has sufficient storage for your research. I would suggest at least 256GB, if not 512GB or more. Weight matters when you’re carrying your laptop to archives or elsewhere. I would get the lightest weight laptop you can afford (generally, lower weight = higher price). I found a solid-state drive (SSD) to be much faster and lighter and reliable than a more common hard disk drive. While the latter generally is less expensive and typically can be purchased with greater capacity for less money, a SSD is so much faster and lighter that in my view, it’s worth the price/capacity trade-off.
+A 13-inch laptop screen was the right size for me. Those with better eyes might find an 11-inch screen sufficient. A 15-inch screen added too much weight for me. I also would strongly suggest getting a decent monitor (22 inches or bigger) to use at home with your laptop. Your eyes will thank you, especially on those days when you spend hours staring at the screen. You can easily put multiple pages of text or a website page and other windows with a large monitor. A good monitor can be had for a hundred dollars or less if you look around on-line. It is a valuable piece of equipment to have.
+I would also suggest obtaining an external hard drive, on which to store back-up copies of your research. A 500GB external drive costs very little, and having multiple back-ups of your research provides great comfort. I tried religiously to back-up my research (and later the working drafts of my thesis) to at least two different places (in addition to my laptop). I performed a back up of my work after every day if possible when I was visiting archives.
+Carefully consider what type of equipment you will use to take/make images of documents at those archives at which this is permitted. The National Archives at Kew, the US National Archives, US Library of Congress, National Maritime Museum, and many other archives allow researchers to take photographs (without flash) or to scan documents. Other archives, such as the British Library and the Royal Archives only allow you to take notes (usually on your laptop) or to laboriously type out the documents you are reviewing. Sam used a camera and took JPEG images and made recommendations regarding a camera in his second post. I, however, got an iPad with 32GB of memory and used that device, for reasons relating to the app I used, to create PDF images of documents, as described further below. I believe you can connect an iPad to a PC-based laptop with the right software. I just plugged my iPad in to my MacBook Air, which then would create a back up from my iPad automatically. The iPad allowed easy review of images I had just taken and also was a perfect platform for reading articles and other items of interest that I had downloaded.
+Whatever gear you decide to use, do not get the cheapest equipment. Spend some time researching the kit that will best fit your needs. You will be “living” with it for years.
+Software
+Of course, the best gear in the world will be of little value or use if you do not have the right software. Regardless of the operating system (and make sure your laptop is not running an operating system that is due to be obsoleted in the near future), get Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Those are “industry standard” and you want good word processing software for your writing. Know how to use them and how to standardize the formatting for text and notes. Know how to change the dictionary for what you are writing if you need to use English (US) or English (UK) for spelling and grammar. Get the Microsoft Word suite (I did not include Outlook, which is the Microsoft email program and which costs a fair amount extra), install it (whether for Mac or a PC), and learn all the shortcuts available. Create your own shortcuts (combinations of a couple of keys that automatically insert something) as appropriate. Using Microsoft Word should make your life much easier as you write.
+As I indicated, Sam recommended using a camera to take JPEG images of documents while researching where allowed. I would recommend instead an app called DocScan HD. There are other similar apps available, but this is the one I used and it’s great. I know it is available for use on iPhones and I used it on my iPad. It allows you to take images of documents without any flash. It will “clean up” the image so it is bright and readable. It creates scans in color or black and white. You can create folders as you take the images and label them for later reference. The images are automatically created as PDFs, which allow ready manipulation. And multiple-page documents can be saved as a single item, so that you do not have to later laboriously combine JPEGs (or PDFs) into a single document as might be appropriate. The app worked great and is (and was) regularly updated. While it is not available, as near as I can tell, for Android or PCs, there are other similar applications available. Just make certain they are highly rated and have the same, or similar, functions as DocScan HD.
+Make sure you have good security software on your device(s), especially if you are using PC-based gear. You do not want your equipment to get hijacked, corrupted or compromised in any way. There are many security software programs available. Get a good one and get a multi-year license so that you don’t have to worry about your laptop suddenly becoming vulnerable when your license expires. And don’t “click” on any unknown or strange emails!
+I suggest spending the extra dollars to get Adobe Acrobat for reading and manipulating PDFs at a more professional level. While the Adobe PDF reader is free (and necessary), the upgraded software allows editing, reviewing, highlighting and other features that otherwise may not be available. You will spend much time downloading and reading PDFs. Make life easier.
+I also would recommend using a cloud-based service in which to store copies of your research and writings. I used Dropbox – which was free – and uploaded all images of my research and also copies of documents on which I was working as frequently as possible. There are other cloud-based storage products available. Pick one that works for you. But have one. With Dropbox, I could upload and save research and then review it on any number of other computers or devices on which I had loaded the Dropbox software. With Dropbox, I did not have to worry about whether some research gathered weeks or months earlier was available or try to remember what it said. I would just go to my Dropbox account and review the item(s) and download them if needed. Again, it made life much easier while researching and writing.
+Methods
+Everyone either has, or will develop, their personal method for conducting research. However, you do it, find a method that works for you and stick to it. I would plan in advance, as much as possible, a visit to an archive, and if finding aids were available on-line, download copies make notes of the items I wanted to review. Where I could order files in advance of arrival (as with TNA or the British Library), I would so that I could start reviewing files immediately upon arrival. I maintained a written notebook listing the archives visited, when, and the files that I wanted to review. I would check them off after I reviewed them. It was a way to ensure that I did not miss something I wanted to see at a particular archive and also was a means to keep track of files at archives that I wanted to review. While needless repetitive visits to an archive should be avoided, you likely will have to go back when the pertinence of some other series of documents or files suddenly become relevant to your research.
+As Sam said he did, when I was in an archive, I would take massive amounts of images of documents and not take the time to try to read or review them there. That was for later. I wanted to use my time in an archive as efficiently and productively as possible. I would bring my laptop, plug it in (usually), plug my iPad in to it, and start taking images. I would write in a notebook the files I reviewed and whether I took any images from them. With DocScan HD, I would scan the cover or main container I was reviewing, as well as the names of the folders from which I was taking images. I would label the folders with the DocScan HD app and then place the individual documents within those folders. This allowed me later to easily determine the appropriate citation/reference for any document that I cited or relied on.
+Finally, although this should be apparent, as Sam indicated, BE ORGANIZED! You need to be able to find the information or point you need or know you have in a reasonable amount of time. However you categorize or organized or summarize your research: do it. There is nothing more frustrating than to “know” you have some document from some archive that supports the point you want to make, but then have to spend hours (literally) finding it amongst your research. That happened to me more than once and it likely will happen to you. But do everything you can to minimize it. Organization is key. You do not want to drown in your own research.
+* * *
+Hopefully, these practical suggestions will be of some use. They are one person’s perspective. Feel free to ask questions or engage in discussion on how best to “attack” a PhD. While there is always more than one possible road to take, you want to take the easiest one. No reason exists to make working toward a PhD more difficult than it is.
+“Nature wronged her in making her a woman. But for her sex she could have surpassed all the heroes of history.”—Thomas Cromwell. It’s difficult to extricate Catherine the living woman from the stereotype she’s inspired about martyred, neglected, rejected wives in historical fiction. For that reason, it’s even more ironic that Catherine’s life was the most documented, by contemporaries, of all Henry’s queens.
+Born in Spain to the House of Trastamara, Catherine grew up against the backdrop of European exploration and the Inquisition. Her marriage and life in England would make her a notable figure in the affairs of Scotland, France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Pope himself. Sure, Catherine is mostly remembered as the first doomed Queen of Henry VIII, but the woman inspires much in terms of her own actions and character..
+43. You May Now Exchange Pacifiers
+In 1489, at just four years old, Princess Catherine of Aragon became engaged to the Prince of Wales. Her betrothed was not the future Henry VIII, but rather it was his older brother, Arthur. Raised with a lifelong expectation that she would be Queen of England, is it any wonder Catherine would never let the title go?
+42. Conquering Couple
+A lot of imperialist history happened in the background of Catherine’s childhood. Her parents were Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, aka the “Catholic Monarchs.” They were so-called by the Pope himself because of their oft-brutal methods in upholding Roman Catholicism as Europe’s dominant religion. Her parents also sponsored Christopher Columbus’s voyages to claim land in South America.
+41. Rough Terms of “Service”
+Among the early-modern Spanish upper-class, slave ownership was not uncommon. And Henry VIII’s first wife was no exception. In 1491, a slave from the newly colonized Canary Islands served in baby Catherine’s household. Likewise, two slave girls accompanied Catherine on her maiden voyage to England.
+40. Blue Blood, Red Hair
+Catherine of Aragon did not sport the swarthy complexion and black hair that Tudor-themed film and television so often ascribes to her. In most contemporary accounts, Catherine’s is described with fair skin, blue eyes, and reddish hair. Nevertheless, the imagining of Henry VIII’s first bride as a dark, gloomy, rejected foreign wife looms large over the ginger reality.
+39. The More You Know
+Catherine and her sisters were among the most well-educated princesses of Europe. Taught by the famed cleric Alessandro Gerladini, she mastered multiple languages, from Spanish and Latin to French and Greek. In addition, she was schooled in arithmetic, law, classical literature, genealogy, history, philosophy, and theology.
+38. The Romantic Languages
+For years, Catherine and Arthur, Prince of Wales wrote letters to each other in Latin. Unfortunately, when they finally met in 1501, the young couple discovered they could not actually speak to each other. They had been taught different models of pronunciations.
+37.…
+36. Down for the Dowry
+Good thing Henry VII loved money. In April 1502, Prince Arthur died, possibly from sweating sickness. Less than 5 months after her wedding, Catherine found herself a 16-year-old widow. However, her father-in-law, Henry VII, wasn’t going to refund that huge 200,000 crown dowry without a fight! When he was freshly widowed himself, Henry VII briefly considered marrying his late son’s wife in order to keep her sweet dowry—that would’ve made £5 million in 2007 cash.
+35. Let’s Keep This In-House
+Just one year after Prince Arthur’s death, Catherine was re-engaged to House Tudor via his brother, the 11-year-old future Henry VIII. The technicality of their union being incest (maybe) was overcome with a handy dispensation by the Pope himself, who granted the “A-OK” and even allowed for the possibility that Catherine had consummated her first match.
+34. Standing by Her Hymen
+For her whole life, Catherine would stand by her girlhood testimony that she never consummated her marriage with the 15-year-old Arthur. Ergo, the marriage was not valid, and she was free to marry his brother.
+33. The Daughterly Diplomat
+In 1507, Catherine’s father appointed her as the Aragonese ambassador to England. This made Catherine the first female ambassador in European history.
+32. Being Single Again is Purgatory
+Catherine endured 7 years of aristocratic poverty between her marriages. Soon after her engagement to Henry, Catherine’s powerful mother died. Isabella of Castile’s death lowered Catherine’s value on the marriage market, and her dad was defaulting on the rest of her dowry. As a result, Henry VII held Catherine as his unofficial prisoner London, and she struggled to feed her own servants.
+31. Drop Her Like Her Aunt Is Hot
+In one swoop, Henry VIII made his sister-in-law into his wife and his fiancée into his niece. Hard to follow? Give us a chance: when the 18-year-old Henry ascended to the throne in 1509, one of the first things he did was marry the 23-year-old Catherine. As Henry would come to do often, he followed his heart at someone else’s expense. To marry his first wife, Henry broke off his engagement to Eleanor of Austria, whose aunt happened to be Catherine herself. Awkward.
+30. Stash the ‘Stache
+In 1519, Henry VIII caused an international relations faux-pas. This was a scandal to the French, since it appeared that Henry symbolically snubbed them for Spanish interests! Fortunately, the drama passed over, and the King of France’s mom publicly assured that her son and Henry’s “love is not in their beards, but in their hearts.” If only the other international hoopla between Henry and Catherine had ended so sweetly.
+29. Phantom Fetus
+Catherine.
+28. Woe Is Womb
+Why did so many of Catherine.
+27. Baby Blues
+Altogether, Catherine endured 7 pregnancies over just 10 years. Every single child died in birth or early infancy, except for a daughter—from her fifth pregnancy—named Mary, born in 1516.
+26. Looks Fade, But Words Scar Forever
+Like her husband, Catherine did not age well. In her youth, Catherine was regarded as a great beauty. Thomas More once said “there were few women who could compete with the Queen [Catherine] in her prime” and her confessor called her “the most beautiful creature in the world.” By her 30s, however, Catherine had understandably gained weight and visible markers of stress from endless failed pregnancies; a Venetian ambassador courteously described her as “somewhat stout.” Less kindly, King Francis I of France outright called his rival’s wife “old and deformed” compared to her “young and handsome” husband, who was only 5 years her junior.
+25. Global City
+In 1501, the first recorded Africans to arrive in London came via Catherine’s bridal entourage. Among these attendants included the famous 16th-century trumpeter, John Blanke.
+24. Closed from Business
+By the early age of 40, Catherine had already gone through menopause. That meant she would never give Henry his desperately longed-for male heir.
+23. Out With the Old…
+By the mid-1520s, Henry had enamored himself with Catherine’s lady-in-waiting, Anne Boleyn. Anne was not the only reason for their ensuing divorce, of course, but it’s probably no coincidence that Henry formally petitioned for annulment around this time.
+22. No Hand-Me-Down Spouses
+Henry tried to annul his marriage to Catherine based on Leviticus 20:21. This Bible passage outlaws the marriage of oneself to one’s brother’s widow and condemns the couple to childlessness. Catherine had been briefly, previously married to Henry’s brother Arthur 20-odd years before at that point. Although Henry and Catherine weren’t literally childless—hi, Princess Mary!—the lack of sons was proof enough, for Henry at least, of their marriage’s invalidity.
+21. What’s the Matter?
+Henry and Catherine’s divorce trial became known around in Europe as “The Great Matter.” It’s a name that’s at once discrete for its circumstances—a man ditching his wife—yet glorious for the people involved—they were royals, so everything must be “great”.
+20. Hostile Networking
+It was touchy enough that Catherine’s nephew was Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire. That Charles was keeping the Pope as his hostage in 1527 made things even harder for Henry to get his annulment. Obviously, Henry’s envoy had a hard time gaining access to the Pope on behalf of his master.
+19. Sure, Henry
+Into November 1528, Henry assured everyone he was only divorcing Catherine out of biblical conscience. Or as he declared, “if I were to marry again if the marriage might be good I would surely chose [Catherine] above all other women.” This was after he temporarily sent his queen-in-waiting, Anne Boleyn, to the country as the divorce was still being judged by the Papal legate. It didn’t look convincing.
+18. In It to Win It (For Herself?)
+Was Catherine’s resistance to divorce Henry out of complete love and selflessness? She acted at least a bit for her own sense of status. In 1528, the Pope and his envoy Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio offered Catherine a dignified “out.” They suggested that Catherine enter a nunnery, which was a comfortable form of retirement for infertile or inconvenient noblewomen. In such an arrangement, her daughter Mary would still be a legitimate heir to the throne while Henry could be free to take another wife and have more children. Obviously, staying Queen meant a little more to Catherine than just defending her daughter’s rights because she did respond, “God never called me to a nunnery. I am the King’s true and legitimate wife.”
+17. Don’t Even Try It, Dude
+Anne Boleyn did not underestimate Catherine’s intelligence. In one occasion, Henry got into a verbal tiff with Catherine that ended with her using her classical education to verbally annihilate him. Henry tried to lick with wounds with some soothing from Anne, but even she told the king, “Did I not tell you that whenever you disputed with the Queen she was sure to have the upper hand? I see that some fine morning you will succumb to her reasoning, and that you will cast me off.” To paraphrase the elegant early-modern talk from Anne, “She’s smarter than you, and you brought it on yourself.”
+16. I Win?
+Married to Henry for 23 years, 11 months, and 19 days, Catherine is ultimately the longest-serving of Henry VIII’s six queens.
+15. She Has a (Needle)Point
+Years into their estrangement, Catherine was still sewing Henry’s shirts for him, even though he was basically living with Anne Boleyn. When Anne found out, she was understandably upset. Henry, however, thought it was NBD because Catherine had always made his shirts. Why let a little thing like emotional adultery stop a good thing like free needlework?
+14. Surprise Staycation
+Henry VIII was truly a guy to cut and run. In July 1531, he left his wife and daughter on a hunting trip to Woodstock and never came back. Practically overnight, he made the decision to move the court with him while leaving Queen Catherine and Princess Mary behind in Windsor. In a letter, Catherine complained that he didn’t even wake her up to say goodbye. She would never see him again.
+13. It’s Me or The Church
+By splitting with Catherine, Henry had to split with the Roman Catholic Church’s authority of English civil and canon matters. As a result, the King’s “Great Matter” should be seen as only a piece in the colorful, violent mosaic of the Reformation happening across Europe against Papal authority.
+12. High Royal Turnover
+In May 1533, after seven years of dramatic divorce depositions, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer officially declared Catherine and Henry’s marriage null and void. Just five days later, the secret marriage between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was declared totally valid. Now that’s a short onboarding period.
+11. Shame & Names
+Upon her annulment, Catherine was demoted to the title of “Princess Dowager of Wales,” which referred to her “real” status as widow to Henry’s brother, Arthur. To the end of her life, she would refuse this title and insist her servants refer to her as the Queen.
+10. Bummer Ending
+Life as a divorcée was not kind to Catherine. Thus, she refused to be kind to herself, at least physically. In her last months, the ex-queen was isolated in Kimbolton Castle, where she fasted constantly and wore nothing but a hair shirt from the Order of St. Francis. It was prickly living but demonstrated Catherine’s commitment to arguably the last thing she could count on, that being her Catholic faith.
+9. BFFs ‘til the Great Beyond
+Maria de Salinas was Catherine’s lifelong friend from Spain. She was there for Catherine’s wedding and braved winter storms—and potential imprisonment—to see Catherine to a kinder death. By Christmas 1535, Catherine was on her deathbed, and Maria refused to let her die alone. Despite the king’s orders to stay away from Catherine, Maria spent her New Year’s 1536 traveling nearly 60 miles on horseback from London to see her friend. At the door, Maria lied and told guards she had “lost” the paperwork which gave her the king’s permission to enter. Finally, Maria braved it through the door, locked it behind her, and saw her lifelong buddy into the next life.
+8..
+7. Ghost Girl
+The ghost of Catherine of Aragon is said to haunt.
+6. Vitamin Vindication
+Catherine’s tomb in Peterborough Cathedral is open to the public, and, accordingly, it is constantly covered in pomegranates. This isn’t desecration; pomegranates were Catherine’s Trastamara family sigil. Perhaps most defiantly, her grave bears the title, “Katharine Queen of England.”
+5. Head First into Her Defense
+During her tenure, Catherine was a very popular queen. Figures like Thomas More and John Fisher were executed—and later canonized—for refusing to sign the Act of Succession which, among other things, declared that Henry’s marriage to her was invalid.
+4. Unlikely Allies
+Ironically, Martin Luther was firmly on the “pro-Catherine” camp of the King’s Great Matter. That is wild if you remember how Luther was one of the biggest Protestant Reformers of the 16th century and Catherine was one of Catholicism’s most ardent defenders. Not to mention how Henry’s split from Catherine abetted England’s divorce from Rome.
+3. Girl Gang
+Throughout the Great Matter, Catherine’s popularity with women was readily evident. The Venetian diplomat Francesco Sanuto once claimed that an angry mob of “seven to eight thousand women” tried to seize and kill Anne Boleyn, presumably in Catherine’s name, as the younger lady fled by boat. Of course, this story has been raised with suspicion in recent years, since Sanuto’s is the only account of such a huge event, but the tall tale’s popularity testifies to Catherine’s appeal as the “spurned woman” against Anne’s “other woman.” They were the Jen and Angelina of their time!
+2. My Bloody Bro-in-Law Valentine
+In 1513, a heavily pregnant—for real this time—Catherine rode in full armor to address troops at the Battle of Flodden. Henry was away at a foreign war, leaving Catherine as regent. The Scottish army, led by Henry’s brother-in-law King James IV, took advantage of his absence and tried to attack the kingless nation. Catherine utterly destroyed the Scots and sent a bloody piece of James’s coat to Henry for use as a war banner. She had wanted to send her hubby his brother-in-law’s body itself, but that was too much for those weak-bellied Englishmen—her words. Remember, this bloodshed was during their happy days!
+1. Heart of Darkness
+For its time, Catherine.
+Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
+Abstract.
+The discovery of the cannabinoid receptors CB1 (Matsuda et al., 1990) and CB2 (Munro et al., 1993) represents a significant milestone in cannabinoid research. CB1 is the central receptor found in brain and neuronal cells and mediates such physiological responses as analgesia and catalepsy. The peripheral receptor, CB2, is primarily expressed in spleen and immune cells. The role of CB2 in mediating physiological effects has not been fully determined, but it is believed that CB2 may be involved in cannabinoid-mediated immune responses (Bouaboula et al., 1999; Portier et al., 1999). A large variety of compounds have been found to bind to the receptors, including natural and synthetic cannabinoids (Razdan, 1986; Keimowitz et al., 2000), aminoalkylindoles (Bell et al., 1991; Shim et al., 1998), endogenous ligands, and diarylpyrazoles (Compton et al., 1993; Wiley et al., 2001).).
+Structures of the diarylpyrazole antagonists SR141716A (a), AM251 (b), and AM281 (c)..
+Materials and Methods
+Materials. AM281 and AM251 were purchased from Tocris Cookson Inc. (Ellisville, MO). HPLC-grade solvents (acetonitrile, methanol, and water) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). All other chemicals were obtained from Fisher Scientific Co. (Pittsburgh, PA). Rat liver microsomes were purchased from BD Gentest (Woburn, MA) and stored at -80°C prior to use.).
+1H NMR assignments for SR141716A (a) and its metabolite Ma4 (reference: TMS)
+1H-1H COSY assignment for SR141716A (a) and its metabolite Ma4
+13C Assignment for SR141716A (a)
+MS/MS spectrum obtained by collision-induced dissociation of the protonated SR141716A (a) and its proposed fragmentation pathway. μ μ × 150 mm, 4-μ μl. Eluted components were detected by the UV detector (λmax, × 250 mm; 4-μm pore size) coupled to a Phenomenex ODS guard precolumn (10 × 50 mm, 4 μm). A model 7125 Rheodyne manual injector with 500-μ × 150 mm; 4-μm pore size) coupled to a Supelco C18 guard column (2 × 18 mm, 5 μ δ scale by assigning the 7.26 (1H) and 77.0 (13C) for chloroform.
+Results
+SR141716A (a). Detailed LC/MS/MS and NMR spectroscopic analyses of the parent compound SR141716A (a) were carried out to facilitate identification of the structures of its metabolites. The full-scan mass spectrum of a showed a prominent protonated molecule (MH+) at m/z 463 Da which, upon CID, yielded a base peak at m/z 363 (Fig. 2). This fragment ion was proposed to arise from the exclusion of the aminopiperidine moiety. Further fragmentation of the ion at m/z 363 yielded at least three product ions at m/z 299, m/z 282, and m/z 164. The fragment ions observed at m/z 99, m/z 84, and m/z 55 were proposed to be related to the aminopiperidine moiety. The 1H NMR chemical shifts as well as the respective coupling patterns of SR141716A and its metabolite Ma4 are summarized in Table 1. All proton assignments were assisted by COSY experiments (Table 2). The 13C NMR chemical shifts of SR141716A are presented in Table 3. The 13C NMR assignments were assisted by distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer, heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence spectroscopy, and heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation spectroscopy.
+The broad single peak at around δ 7.60 (1H) can be assigned to the NH-proton at W. The aromatic region of the 1H NMR spectrum of SR141716A indicated four protons having an AA′BB′ system, with two protons at δ 7.05 showing a correlation peak with the other two protons at δ 7.24. However, the four protons show no correlation peak with any other protons in the molecule, suggesting a p-substituted aromatic ring, and they are assigned as follows: δ 7.05 for protons L and P, and δ 7.24 for protons M and O. The chemical shift and splitting pattern of the remaining three aromatic protons (δ 7.29, δ 7.31, and δ 7.43) were indicative of a 1,2,4-trisubstituted ring. In the COSY spectrum, protons at δ 7.29 and δ 7.43 show correlation peaks with the proton at δ 7.31. Based on the above information, the following assignments can be made: δ 7.29 for proton R, δ 7.31 for proton S, and δ δ 1.40 and δ 2.90) is based upon the following. Integration of the singlet at δ 2.36 indicates the presence of three protons, linking the single peak to the methyl protons (J) on the pyrazole ring. The signals from the 10 protons on the piperidine moiety are accounted for by peaks at δ 1.40 (2H), δ 1.75 (4H), and δ 2.86 (4H). The protons at δ 1.40 and δ 2.86 all show correlation peaks with the protons at δ 1.75. Clearly, the four protons at δ 2.86 are the two CH2 groups (A and E) next to the nitrogen atom, the two protons at δ 1.40 belong to the CH2 group (D), and the other four at δ.
+HPLC-MS chromatograms of SR141716A (a) metabolites from rat microsomal incubation. A, SIM chromatogram of m/z 477; B, SIM chromatogram of m/z 479; C, SIM chromatogram of m/z 461; D, SIM chromatogram of m/z 463; and E, TIC.
+MS/MS spectrum obtained by collision-induced dissociation of the protonated Ma1 and Ma2 and their proposed fragmentation pathways..
+MS/MS spectrum obtained by collision-induced dissociation of the protonated metabolites at m/z 479 (Ma3, Ma4) and their proposed fragmentation pathways..
+Four possible structures of the piperidine ring of Ma4 as a result of metabolic oxidation. δ (δ 4.26) gives correlation peaks with the two protons on carbon D (δ 1.93 and δ.
+MS/MS spectrum obtained by collision-induced dissociation of the protonated Ma5 and Ma6 at m/z 461 and their proposed fragmentation pathways. + H]+and the characteristic fragment ions of AM251 (b) and its metabolites
+HPLC-MS chromatograms of AM251 (b) metabolites from rat microsomal incubation. A, SIM chromatogram of m/z 571; B, SIM chromatogram of m/z 553; C, SIM chromatogram of m/z 555; and D, TIC..
+[M + H]+and the characteristic fragment ions of AM281(c) and its metabolites.
+HPLC-MS chromatograms of AM281(c) metabolites from rat microsomal incubation. A, SIM chromatogram of m/z 573; B, SIM chromatogram of m/z 555; C, SIM chromatogram of m/z 557; and D, TIC..
+Discussion
+Based upon the chromatographic and mass spectrometric data on the metabolic products of the three diarylpyrazole compounds, the metabolic pathways for SR141716A, AM251, and AM281 are illustrated in Figs. 9, 10, and 11, respectively. All detected metabolites result from structural modifications on the terminal ring of the 3-substituent. For SR141716A, a total of six metabolites have been identified, which are designated as Ma1 through Ma6, in the order of increasing retention time during chromatographic elutions. Hydroxylation on the piperidine ring gives rise to the pair of isomeric metabolites Ma3 and Ma4 due to different possible sites of hydroxylation. However, with the isolation and purification of Ma4, the only metabolite obtained in pure form, it was possible to determine by NMR analysis that the hydroxyl group in Ma4 is located at the α-carbon on the piperidine ring. Dehydration of Ma3 and Ma4 leads to another pair of isomeric metabolites, Ma5 and Ma6, each representing one of the two possible positions of the double bond introduced on the piperidine ring. Although it is likely that Ma5 and Ma6 are preceded by Ma3 and Ma4, they may also be formed via direct dehydrogenation of the piperidine ring (Sai et al., 2001). The next two metabolites, Ma1 and Ma2, may be formed via two possible routes. First, further oxidation of Ma5 and Ma6 on the piperidine ring introduces a hydroxyl group that can have several different sites of hydroxylation. However, it is also plausible that the monohydroxyl metabolites (Ma3 and Ma4) can be oxidized to first form dihydroxylated intermediates (Fig. 9), which, upon dehydration, leads to Ma1 and Ma2.
+Proposed metabolic pathways of a (SR141716A).
+Proposed metabolic pathways of b (AM251).
+Proposed metabolic pathways of c (AM281)..
+Footnotes
+Primary laboratory of origin: Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana. Financial support was provided by National Institutes of Health-Minority Biomedical Research Support through Grant GM08008, by National Institute on Drug Abuse through Grant 1R03DA017141-01, and, in part, by the National Science Foundation through Grant CHE-9981948..
+- Received August 24, 2004.
+- Accepted December 22, 2004.
+- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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+Looking Back at 2014 and a Look Ahead to our 55th Year
+With our company heading into our 55th year of operation, we like to think that we’re not showing our age one bit. Nothing shows this better than our evolution in 2014. As a company, we grew greatly in skill and capacity, growth spurred on by our customers’ continued business and trust in us.
+Increased Manufacturing Capabilities
+Within the last year, we increased our workforce by 10%, bringing in more talent and capability. We updated our infrastructure, including major investments in new equipment – in fact; it was our biggest years ever for new equipment procurement, bringing in the latest spring-making machinery.
+Using Technology to Succeed
+Through the investment of capital in a new computer system, we have updated how we manage information and distribute it to customers. This provides for better record keeping and better customer service, as well as increased awareness of the big picture on our side.
+Organic Growth
+Through customer involvement and increasing our capabilities, we continue to grow. We have roughly 5,000 active part numbers, signifying competency in a variety of industries and applications. We have nearly 1,000 customers located in 20 countries, and we value each of them equally. We continue to see organic growth that we feel reflects our ability to produce quality springs for a variety of applications.
+With our anniversary coming up in 2015, we plan on continued growth, and for another 55 years after that. We will continue to seek out new opportunities, in new industries, and prepare for the future. At Exacto Spring, we will always have improvement and innovation on our minds, and we look forward to working with you now and in the future.
+The Medical Device Industry
+In 2014, Exacto has hired dozens of production personnel to keep up with our growing programs in the medical side of our business. In addition, our custom built equipment for these special programs is mostly made in-house to meet our stringent customer requirements. The machines we use need to be custom built as no job is the same and this type of equipment is not available to purchase. Bending wire to a certain shape does not come easy in medical, especially when you’re adding components to the product and holding the toughest requirements that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires.
+The a framework for device manufacturers to follow and gives them greater flexibility in achieving quality requirements.
+The FDA requires detailed studies, protocols, and documentation. Customers also require performance qualifications and operational qualifications for projects, requires a lot of studies, protocols, and documentation of processes, all of which is done by Exacto. Checking dimensions of the devices, checking the worst case scenarios and stacked tolerances require a lot more work, written and documented procedures on equipment. These required documents and studies are produced to the FDA along with the projects. Exacto has all the measuring equipment, using which precise measurements can be taken (can be measured to the microns). All these help Exacto to meet and exceed the requirements set by the FDA. We are also investing in new quality and associated equipment to check the products so that they meet the new and changing required specifications.
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+- The protocol has been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) with responsibility for review and approval of the study in accordance with the requirements of part 56. The sponsor may comply with these two conditions in either order.
+Learn more about our capabilities on our website.
+The Automotive Industry and the Push for Better Fuel Economy
+It’s no secret that the automotive industry has made a spectacular recovery in recent years. In September many automakers saw sales of new vehicles, especially compact cars and pickup trucks, increase yet again thanks to an improving economy and rising consumer confidence. The average price of vehicles is also on the rise, climbing to $32,500. This is great news for automakers (and component manufacturers), but we’ve approached a very important time of year for the automotive industry. Automakers have begun building their new models for 2015.
+Whether it’s a radically changed and redesigned model, like the new Ford F-150, or a vehicle that merely adds some more power or features to last year’s model, automakers need to keep track of important trends.
+Currently, one of the biggest focuses for the industry is fuel economy. The US and some other countries have set new fuel economy standards that automakers will have to abide by. Whether through lightweight techniques (like the use of more aluminum in vehicles like the F-150) or the development of more efficient engines and hybrid cars, the US expects automakers’ vehicle lineups to have an average fuel economy of 36.6 miles per gallon by 2017. By 2025, that increases to 54.5.
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+We Have Won “Supplier of the Year” Award
+Here at Exacto Spring, we pride ourselves on being a top-tier supplier, and it’s always a great honor to be recognized for our top-quality work. On September 24th, American automaker General Motors gave us a Supplier of the Year award. This award is given to a small number of suppliers that have exceeded all expectations and delivered high performance this year.
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+National Manufacturing Day and the Importance of American Manufacturing
+The American manufacturing sector continues to grow, but many people have no idea just how important manufacturing is to our economy. Every year National Manufacturing Day tries to change that. On October 3rd manufacturers all over the country will open their doors to the public to show them just how integral their businesses are to our lives.
+Our manufacturing sector has seen some good news in recent months. In August, manufacturing expanded in its fastest rate in over three years. The Institute for Supply Management’s gauge of production hit a four-year high. The measure of new orders climbed to its highest level in a decade.[1] But this recent growth means nothing if manufacturers can’t continue the momentum in the coming decades.
+That is why National Manufacturing Day exists. When manufacturers invite students, parents, public officials, educators, and the media to their facilities for tours and events, they can show them why they are needed. They can rattle off statistics like how many American jobs the sector supports (over 17 million) or how manufacturing makes up 12.5% of our GDP.[2] They can give people an insight into how the products and components they rely on every day are produced. They can show people the vast array of job opportunities the sector offers for skilled, educated workers.
+This is perhaps the most important part of National Manufacturing Day. If people like educators and students realize that the importance of the manufacturing sector and see the well-paying jobs it offers, more people may be encouraged to seek out the skills needed to perform these jobs. A “skills gap,” a difference between what skills employers need and what skills the labor pool has, would be crippling for manufacturers. Events that shed light on the significance of manufacturing and the need for skilled workers can help us make sure that these companies can continue expanding.
+So remember to check out National Manufacturing Day’s website and try to find an event near you!
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+At Exacto Spring, we are well-known for the springs and wire forms we manufacture every year. We are so different from our competitors because we work closely with each individual customer to create custom springs and wire forms for their unique needs.
+Each and every time we manufacture products, we focus heavily on the customer’s specifications and needs. Typically, we work with engineers, program managers, buyers, R&D people, and anyone that is working on the actual product in order to custom make the exact spring or wire form needed.
+When a product is being made, each component must be made properly and with high quality materials. One of the needed components may be a spring or wireform. A client comes to us to find out how to design and produce springs and wire forms for their unique product.
+The customization process varies for each customer. Usually, the customer will come to us with a design and other parameters that we can work with. Our team then works with the customer supplied specifications and assists in the final design. Approximately 80 percent of the time, prints need to be adjusted once we see them, so it is important that our engineers work with our customers in order to finalize the design.
+One of the more consistent specifications is ensuring the spring is safely stressed. Therefore, it is essential that the design of the component is accurate and that the part will actually work in the conditions of the end product. It is our job to make sure the parts meet the necessary amount of work cycles.
+How do we go about this? It is necessary for us to take a good look at the final application and review the conditions and environment in which the spring will be placed. Proper heating of the part is important for maintaining its memory and ensuring it can withstand and exceed certain conditions. This allows our customers to be confident the parts will succeed in their function.
+Our customers consistently call and rely on us to provide them with materials necessary to complete their products and to guide them along the way. We have built trust with our customer base and continue to be their go-to spring and wire form manufacturer.
+The Importance of Being a High-Quality Supplier
+It’s no surprise that recalls, especially large-scale ones, can be quite costly for big auto manufacturers. The recent string of GM recalls really hammers that point home. Recalls can also show us the dire importance of each component, big and small, in a machine with so many moving parts. It stresses to manufacturers the importance of working with high-quality suppliers who can minimize the risk by delivering well-made parts that are far less likely to cause these kinds of problems.
+As many of us know by now, the massive General Motors recall was triggered by faulty ignition switches in millions of vehicles. GM changed the design as a part of cost-saving meaures, and it ended up costing the automaker millions of dollars when its vehicles didn’t work as intended. If it wasn’t for the ignition switch problems, GM could have seen profits comparable to the ones it pulled in the first quarter of last year, around $865 million. Instead GM saw its first quarter profits decline by 86% this year, according to this report. While weakness in some overseas markets played a part in this huge decline, most of that loss can be attributed to the costs associated with this, and more recent, recalls.
+One of the components that was in the switch was a spring. This is why, no matter what component they are producing, a manufacturer needs to set its sights on being a high-quality supplier. Here at Exacto Spring, we may manufacture precision springs and wireforms. Our products are found in anything from cars to appliances, and we take great care to ensure that they’ll keep these complicated devices running smoothly and follow everything that is stated on the control plan, PPAP, prints, etc., No exceptions! Everything we do on the floor has been approved by the customer, and we never stop trying to create better components. Our mission is to be a high-quality supplier because we know how integral each component is to the finished product.
+The Pittman Paradox. In the edition of Morning Coffee I wrote last week, one of the items included the statement that Dexter PIttman had slowly but surely become an integral part of the Texas offense. And some of the number certainly supported that assertion, as the Longhorns played well and won when Pittman played efficiently, and lost games in which Pittman played inefficiently.
+However, the changes Rick Barnes made in the offense last week leading up to the Tech game seemed to render my prior observations irrelevant. Pittman played all of one minute in the game, throwing up an ill-advised hook shot that fell short after failing to pass out of a double team. The issue for the offense with Pittman is one of spacing. With the Texas guards outside of AJ Abrams shooting poorly, teams are free to collapse into the lane defensively, disrupting driving and passing lanes. Pittman is a large part of that problem, often camping on one block or the other and limiting ball and player movement in the half court.
+So what is the solution? Not playing Pittman at all isn't a long-term options, which is a waste of his prodigious talent. The first issue revolves around match ups. Against a team with little in the way of an inside presence in Texas Tech, it didn't make sense to play Pittman in a game where he isn't needed defensively. Playing against Blake Griffin last week, Pittman demonstrated that he can play effective post defense when moving his feet and staying away from bad fouls. Expect Rick Barnes to play Pittman against teams like the Aggies, who have two talented interior players in Bryan Davis and Junior Elonu.
+The talk about match ups fails to answer the question about how to involve Pittman in the offense without stagnation. Answering that question involves using Pittman in more ways in the offense. Basically, instead of Pittman camping on one block and then moving to the other block, Barnes needs to involve Pittman in more pick and roll situations, particularly with AJ Abrams and Damion James, setting picks for Abrams when he's gone a stretch without getting a good look at the basket and setting picks for James to open up driving lanes. Using Pittman to set screens unclogs passing and cutting lanes, while also increasing his ability to flash to the basket, though Pittman on the move could create more opportunities to pick up offensive fouls.
+Barnes must also be more selective in the players he puts on the court with Pittman. Playing the 4-out-1-in offense to get Pittman easy looks close to the basket makes an incredible amount of sense for a struggling offense, but the problem is being able to space the floor with shooters. Not exactly an easy task with this roster. Therefore, only one of the group of Justin Mason, Dogus Balbay, and Varez Ward should be on the floor with Pittman at the same time. The other players should be James, Abrams, and Connor Atchley to maintain spacing, with the possibility of using Gary Johnson because has some ability to hit outside jumpers.
+At the same time, Pittman needs to be more aware and willing to pass out of double teams to facilitate ball movement and open shots. With his strong hands and wide body, Pittman often feels that he can power through double teams instead of making the proper read and pass, an area in which he needs to quickly improve.
+Another 2009 offer. With basically no warning other than speculation about the likely impending transfers of Montre Webber and Philip Payne, the Longhorns extended an offer to Texas High School's Cobi Hamilton, a 6-3.5, 200-pound wide receiver whose nickname apparently is "Bootz." Arkansas is the current favorite for Hamilton because both his parents are Razorbacks ($) and Hamilton played with Ryan Mallett in high school, who will be eligible next season after sitting out a year after transferring from Michigan, with Oklahoma State also in the running for Hamilton. Arkansas had an in-home visit with Hamilton on Monday night. The good news for Texas fans is that Hamilton just confirmed that he will be taking an official visit to Austin ($) next weekend and will not visit Auburn, as planned before his Texas offer, likely eliminating them from consideration. Hamilton had already taken four of his official visits and only had one remaining.
+The offer to Hamilton was only extended because the Texas coaching staff thinks there are impending transfers, probably Webber and/or Payne, and DJ Monroe may not do well enough in school this semester to be with the team in the fall. Hamilton's status will not affect the number of wide receivers Texas will take in the 2010 class, probably three or four, as there is a lot of depth at the wide receiver position next year.
+As far as whether or not Hamilton is necessary to this class is hard to say. There are a ton of wide receivers currently on campus, with it hard to imagine that players like Brock Fitzhenry will ever see playing time. Texas coaches probably could stand pat at this point and not offer another receiver in the class, but they must see something that they really like from Hamilton.
+What they see is likely his combination of speed, size, and production. While there isn't any publicly available film on Hamilton and his film in general ($) is limited, he looks faster than his 4.56 40 (looking much like Malcolm Wiliams), accelerating quickly. Hamilton also looks to have the ability to make tough catches in traffic and over the middle, though he doesn't seem to have the incredible feet and elusiveness that would make him more than a three-star prospect. Good hands and leaping ability (36-inch vertical) are also assets for Hamilton, though his route running is raw. With only two other receivers on campus next year taller than Hamilton (not including Webber) -- Williams and Dan Buckner -- Hamilton's greatest asset to Texas may be his size. Hamilton's production ($) is nothing to scoff at and is belied by his three stars: 64 catches for 1,071 yards and 14 touchdowns, an average of 16.7 yards per catch, numbers achieved despite facing constant double coverage. Those numbers increased significantly from his junior season, when he caught 29 passes for 726 yards and seven touchdowns, though his average of 25 (!) yards per catch was higher as a junior.
+Since the offer is already extended, that only leaves the question about whether Hamilton will commit. Arkansas still seems to be in the lead, as they have been throughout most of the process, but if Hamilton's surprise ($) when notified by his coach of the offer means anything, the Longhorns are vaulting to at least near the front of his consideration, with Hamilton saying, "It's every kid's dream to go to Texas."
+Junior day will draw out-of-state talent. With the recruiting gurus predicting a Longhorn shut-out in the recruitments of Devon Kennard, Dre Kirkpatrick, and Jarvis Jones and high-profile failures like Darrell Scott, Longhorn fans are noticeably reticent to get excited about out-of-state prospects. However, that could change for 2010, as the Longhorns are inviting three out-of-state prospects to the February 8 Junior Day, including West Chester, OH linebacker Jordan Hicks, Tulsa, OK wide receiver/athlete Demarco Cobbs, and Thibodaux, LA wide receiver Trovon Reed.
+Will Muschamp will be visiting the 6-2, 210-pound Hicks in Ohio today to watch him play basketball. A big-time national recruit with interest from nearly all the major programs, Hicks runs a 40 in the 4.5s and has been a Texas fan for a long time ($), wearing Texas hats around his high school and paying his own way to a Texas camp last summer, putting the Longhorns squarely in his early top four, with Ohio State, Florida, and Georgia in the mix as well. As a player ($), Hicks shows sideline to sideline range at his outside linebacker position, along with a great nose for the football, diagnosing plays and shedding blocks, while needing work on his coverage skills.
+The 6-0, 175-pound Reed excels at multiple positions ($) in high school, playing quarterback, wide receiver, and running back, leading his team in each of the three categories, accounting for 1,748 yards and 21 touchdowns. Reed was one of the fastest players at the combine held in San Antonio before Army All-American game, running a 4.5 on a slow track and recording a vertical leap between 37 and 42 inches (measurements varied). Reed is also a track star for his high school, running the 200, 4 x 100, and 4 x 200. Reed is not planning to announce his decision until lack in the recruiting process. Sounds like a versatile Percy Harvin type.
+Poor Aggies. Not too long ago, Stony Point defensive end Tevin Mims was in the midst of bursting onto the college football recruiting scene with dominant performances during his senior season. They were golden days for Texas A&M and TCU, the leaders in the battle to secure Mims' services. That all changed when Texas started showing interest, culminating in a commitment on Sunday morning ($) that felt completely anti-climactic after weeks of speculation that he would commit if offered.
+Perhaps no other anecdote so clearly defines the gaping chasm that currently exists in the world of recruiting between Texas and Texas A&M. Where the Aggies sit and pray during recruiting season that Texas won't offer their targets and that those targets play well, but not too well during their senior seasons, Texas selects the players they want early in the process, then swoops in on rising seniors between the end of their football season and signing day, frustrating smaller schools and amusing the Longhorn fan base.
+And that's a problem for the Aggies. Still holding aspiration of South Division dominance and "high expectations," the Aggies currently find themselves in a dogfight with Baylor for recruits and the position just out of the cellar in the division. Incapable of competing for recruits with Texas, the Aggies have to find some other way to gain an edge. With the additions of Major Applewhite and Will Muschamp to the Texas staff over the last year, any strategic advantage seems as far-fetched as the Aggies stealing any recruits from under Bevo's nose. Poor Aggies.
+Kabongo speaks. In his first interview ($) since committing to the Longhorns on January 12, Myck Kabongo talks about the reasons he chose Texas over other schools:
+I just built a great relationship with the Texas coaches. I didn't feel the same relationship with all of the coaches I spoke with. My relationship with Coach Barnes is great, Coach Terry and strength and conditioning coach Todd Wright. Coach Wright is known for getting players bodies ready for the college and pro game and that is where I want to be. What Texas has done with point guards in the past helping get them to the next level was attractive to me. I want to be the next one at Texas.
+Kabongo also said that friend Tristan Thompson's commitment to the Longhorns wasn't the only reason he chose Texas, saying that he would have felt comfortable and picked Texas even if Thompson hadn't.
+Showing a trait common to all great players, Kabongo is ready and willing to focus on improving his game:
+I want to improve my defense. We (St. Bendict Prep) always preach defense and playing defense wins games. I'm doing alright right now, but I want to get better and be able to hold down a man to ten points or pressure the ball. Really, I think I have to work on everything as nothing is perfect about my game.
+With his work ethic, personal awareness, and high basketball IQ, Kabongo should blossom into an even better defender than he already is, aided by his 6-6 wingspan. Under coach Dan Hurley, brother of Bobby, the former Duke basketball player, and son of Bob, a high school basketball coach with more than 800 victories and 21 state championships on his resume, Kabongo will receive coaching as good as that received at any high school in the country, the perfect preparation for contributing early as a Longhorn.
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+DSpace Community: 2020-09-18T17:58:44Z 2020-09-18T17:58:44 Plugging nonporous polyamide membranes for enhanced rejection of small contaminants during advanced wastewater treatment Fujioka, Takahiro Osako, Miyu Tanabe, Shuji Kodamatani, Hitoshi Shintani, Takuji 2020-08-31T14:04:04Z 2020-08-31T07:42:14Z Title: Plugging nonporous polyamide membranes for enhanced rejection of small contaminants during advanced wastewater treatment Authors: Fujioka, Takahiro; Osako, Miyu; Tanabe, Shuji; Kodamatani, Hitoshi; Shintani, Takuji Issue Date: 2020-08-02 Citation: Separation and Purification Technology, 253, art.no.117490; 2020 Abstract: Removing N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a regulated carcinogenic chemical, with a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane is a key challenge for enhancing the safety of reused potable water. This study aimed to achieve high rejection of NDMA and salts by plugging the nanopores in an RO membrane with linear-chain amines, amides, and epoxides. Plugging with amines or epoxides generally led to a reduction in water permeance and an increase in conductivity rejection. NDMA rejection increased linearly with the size of amines. The RO membrane plugged with dodecylamine exhibited an NDMA rejection of 80% when treating the effluent from a membrane bioreactor, and this performance was maintained for 8 d. In contrast, amide or epoxide plugs resulted in only minor improvements in NDMA rejection. We speculate that the amine plugs remain in the nanopores through electrostatic attractions, whereas amides and epoxides become readily detached from the nanopores because they are only bound through weaker hydrogen-bonding interactions. This study provides an understanding of the plugging mechanism that enhances NDMA rejection and demonstrated high NDMA rejection using treated wastewater. 2020-08-31T07:42:14Z Feasibility analysis for intermediated fluid type LNG vaporizers using R32 and R410A considering fluid properties Higashi, Kosuke Kondou, Chieko Koyama, Shigeru 2020-08-31T14:04:01Z Title: Feasibility analysis for intermediated fluid type LNG vaporizers using R32 and R410A considering fluid properties Authors: Higashi, Kosuke; Kondou, Chieko; Koyama, Shigeru Issue Date: 2020-06-30 Citation: International Journal of Refrigeration, 118, pp.325-335; 2020 Abstract: LNG vaporizer is widely used all over the world to vaporize LNG by using seawater. An intermediated fluid type vaporizer (IFV) uses intermediated fluid between LNG and heat source to transfer heat, and is enable to utilize LNG cold energy for a cryogenic power generation, and so on. Conventionally propane has been used as an intermediated fluid; however, refrigerants other than propane are recently needed because of the diversified usage environments. In this study, R32 and R410A are selected and their feasibility is discussed in heat transfer aspect. By using a number of unit (NTU) method, prediction of boiling and condensation heat transfer rate in tube bundles was carried out. The prediction demonstrated that those selected refrigerants can increase the vaporization rate with IFV from the base line of propane. From those, feasibility of refrigerant use in IFV was shown. 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The hydrolysis of PUA was carried out at 190 °C for 2 h under 7.0 MPa of CO2 in the presence of water. The hydrolysis reaction gave white residual solid and water soluble compound. The white residual solid was characterized to be degraded PUA by FT-IR spectrum and elemental analysis. 1H-NMR spectra of the water soluble compound revealed that the hydrolysis of PUA produced diamine only from repeating unit of PUA, which was a component of PUA. This hydrolysis gave the corresponding diamine for quantitative yields. 2020-08-20T07:40:04Z Poly(hydroxyurethane): catalytic applicability for the cyclic carbonate synthesis from epoxides and CO2 Motokucho, Suguru Morikawa, Hiroshi 2020-08-18T14:04:30Z Title: Poly(hydroxyurethane): catalytic applicability for the cyclic carbonate synthesis from epoxides and CO2 Authors: Motokucho, Suguru; Morikawa, Hiroshi Issue Date: 2020-08-05 Citation: Chemical Communications, Article in Press Abstract: We have developed a synthetic methodology using poly(hydroxyurethane) as an organocatalyst for the chemical fixation of CO2 into epoxides, leading to the formation of five-membered cyclic carbonates with remarkably high selectivity and yields. The catalyzed reaction was applicable to various epoxides. Novel Polyurethane-Catalyzed Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis Using CO2 and Epoxide Motokucho, Suguru Takenouchi, Yuya Satoh, Rumi Morikawa, Hiroshi Nakatani, Hisayuki 2020-08-18T14:04:29Z Title: Novel Polyurethane-Catalyzed Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis Using CO2 and Epoxide Authors: Motokucho, Suguru; Takenouchi, Yuya; Satoh, Rumi; Morikawa, Hiroshi; Nakatani, Hisayuki Issue Date: 2020-03-09 Citation: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8(11), pp.4337-4340; 2020 Abstract: The conversion of industrially produced greenhouse gases, like CO2, into value-added chemicals is economically beneficial to industry and vital for environmental conservation. However, the conditions for these conversions must themselves be sustainable. In this work, polyurethane (PU) was used to catalyze the formation of five-membered cyclic carbonates (5CCs) via cycloaddition of epoxides and CO2. Using optimized conditions, the representative epoxide, phenyl glycidyl ether, afforded the corresponding 5CC (PGE-5CC) in a quantitative yield with remarkable selectivity (>99%). The PU catalyst does not degrade during the reaction and is separable by simple filtration. In addition, PU could catalyze the 5CC synthesis at least 10 times without loss of catalytic activity and is applicable to a wide range of substituted epoxides. This study pioneers the utilization of polyurethane as an easily recycled catalyst in halogen-free and metal-free reactions for the repurposing of CO2 waste. Synthesis of an aliphatic hyper-branched polycarbonate and determination of its physical properties for solid polymer electrolyte use Motokucho, Suguru Yamada, Hirotoshi Suga, Yusuke Morikawa, Hiroshi Nakatani, Hisayuki Urita, Kouki Moriguchi, Isamu 2020-08-18T14:04:28Z 2020-08-18T02:33:51Z Title: Synthesis of an aliphatic hyper-branched polycarbonate and determination of its physical properties for solid polymer electrolyte use Authors: Motokucho, Suguru; Yamada, Hirotoshi; Suga, Yusuke; Morikawa, Hiroshi; Nakatani, Hisayuki; Urita, Kouki; Moriguchi, Isamu Issue Date: 2018-05-07 Citation: Polymer, 145, pp.194-201; 2018 Abstract: An aliphatic hyper-branched polycarbonate (HBPC) was synthesized as a novel host material for solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs). The HBPC was synthesized through A2 + B3 polymerization to yield a branched polycarbonate structure. HBPC-based SPE films were prepared by drying mixed solutions of HBPC and 1–60 mol% LiClO4. The temperatures for 5% weight loss (Td5s) of the HBPC-based SPEs were in the range of 174.4–189.3 °C, higher than those in normal use. The HBPC-based SPE exhibited higher ionic conductivities (1.86 × 10−4 S∙cm−1 at 70 °C and 8.52 × 10−6 S∙cm−1 at 30 °C) than a poly(trimethylene carbonate) (LPC)-based SPE (4.79 × 10−6 S∙cm−1 at 70 °C and 8.32 × 10−8 S∙cm−1 at 30 °C) for 20 mol% lithium content. Activation energies of lithium ion transport for the HBPC- and LPC-based SPEs were estimated to be 11.47 and 15.88 kJ∙mol−1, respectively. Introduction of this branched structure in polycarbonates is effective for promoting lithium ion transport. 2020-08-18T02:33:51Z Environment-friendly chemical recycling of aliphatic polyurethanes by hydrolysis in a CO2-water system Motokucho, Suguru Nakayama, Yu Morikawa, Hiroshi Nakatani, Hisayuki 2020-08-18T14:04:25Z 2020-08-18T00:55:01Z Title: Environment-friendly chemical recycling of aliphatic polyurethanes by hydrolysis in a CO2-water system Authors: Motokucho, Suguru; Nakayama, Yu; Morikawa, Hiroshi; Nakatani, Hisayuki Issue Date: 2017-10-26 Citation: Journal of Applied Polymer Science Abstract: In order to develop a chemical recycling system of polyurethanes (PUs), environment-friendly hydrolysis of two types of aliphatic PUs was studied under pressured CO2 in water, in which the carbonic acid generated from CO2 acted as an acid catalyst. Two PUs, namely H-PU or I-PU, were synthesized starting from 1,4-butanediol and 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate or isophorone diisocyanate, respectively. The hydrolysis of PUs depended on the experimental conditions, such as the temperature and CO2 pressure. As a result, 98% of H-PU and 91% of I-PU were successfully hydrolyzed under the typical conditions of 190 °C for 24 h at 8.0 MPa CO2. The reaction mixtures afforded 1,4-butanediol and diamines without the formation of any byproducts. Both of these raw materials generated from the originated PUs by selective hydrolytic cleavage of the urethane linkages, and they were easily isolated in high yields simply by evaporation of the water-soluble components within the reaction mixture. By comparing the results of the two aliphatic PUs with those of an aromatic PU (M-PU), the hydrolyzability was found to decrease in the order H-PU, I-PU, and M-PU. The difference can be ascribed to the hydrophilicity of the aliphatic or aromatic groups connected to the urethane moieties at the terminals of PUs. 2020-08-18T00:55:01Z Hydrolysis of aromatic polyurethane in water under high pressure of CO2 Motokucho, Suguru Yamaguchi, Akito Nakayama, Yu Morikawa, Hiroshi Nakatani, Hisayuki 2020-08-18T14:04:21Z 2020-08-18T00:49:59Z Title: Hydrolysis of aromatic polyurethane in water under high pressure of CO2 Authors: Motokucho, Suguru; Yamaguchi, Akito; Nakayama, Yu; Morikawa, Hiroshi; Nakatani, Hisayuki Issue Date: 2017-03-16 Citation: Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 55(12), pp.2004-2010; 2017 Abstract: We have demonstrated a hydrolysis reaction of polyurethane (PU) under high pressure of carbon dioxide (CO2) in water. We employed the PU sample, poly(methylene bis-(1,4-phenylene)hexamethylene dicarbamate), denoted as M-PU, which was synthesized from 4,4′-diphenyl methane diisocyanate and 1,4-butane diol (BD). The optimum hydrolysis reaction condition was 190 °C under CO2 pressures over 4.1 MPa in water medium, and 93% hydrolysis of M-PU was achieved. After the reaction, the water-soluble parts were obtained, and isolated by column chromatography. The isolated products were 4,4′-methylenedianiline (MDA) and 1,4-butane diol (BD), which were components of repeating unit of M-PU. In addition, the hydrolysis reaction gave no byproduct. This hydrolysis under high pressure of CO2 with water is a reaction by which M-PU is selectively hydrolyzed into MDA and BD by cleaving urethane linkage. Moreover, the resulting hydrolyzed products were easily obtained by evaporation of aqueous layer after the reaction, indicating an efficient chemical recycling of PU was achieved. 2020-08-18T00:49:59Z 「フェーリング液の還元」のこれまでとこれから 野口, 大介 2020-08-20T16:00:07Z 2020-08-20T16:00:07Z Title: 「フェーリング液の還元」のこれまでとこれから Authors: 野口, 大介 Issue Date: 2019-08-20 Citation: 化学と教育, 67(8), pp.378-379; 2019 2020-08-20T16:00:07Z Anion-mediated encapsulation-induced emission enhancement of an IrIII complex within a resorcin[4]arene hexameric capsule Horiuchi, Shinnosuke Matsuo, Chiharu Sakuda, Eri Arikawa, Yasuhiro Clever, Guido H. Umakoshi, Keisuke 2020-07-20T14:03:54Z Title: Anion-mediated encapsulation-induced emission enhancement of an IrIII complex within a resorcin[4]arene hexameric capsule Authors: Horiuchi, Shinnosuke; Matsuo, Chiharu; Sakuda, Eri; Arikawa, Yasuhiro; Clever, Guido H.; Umakoshi, Keisuke Issue Date: 2020-05-27 Citation: Dalton transactions, 49(25), pp.8472-8477; 2020 Abstract: Understanding of encapsulation processes in confined inner spaces of self-assembled hosts is important for the rational creation of supramolecular systems showing unusual reactivities and physical properties through molecular recognition. Herein we report the formation of luminescent supramolecular host-guest complexes consisting of a hydrogen-bonded resorcin[4]arene hexameric capsule and a variety of emissive Ir complex salts. The Ir complexes, accompanied by small counter anions (Cl-, Br-, NO2-, I- and NO3-), are trapped effectively to show large encapsulation-induced emission enhancement (EIEE) behavior, while Ir complexes having large counter anions (ClO4-, PF6- and OTf-) are not stabilized within the capsule, suggesting that the Ir complex cation is trapped together with its counter anion to form an ion-pair in the capsule. Hydrogen-bonding capabilities of the counter anions also contribute to stabilize host-guest association, because the counter anions trapped within the capsule were in contact with the hydrophilic surfaces of the capsule. チュウガタシロカネグモの網にいたハエ，イトカメムシ，およびゴミグモの一種の網にいたアリ 野口, 大介 2020-07-10T14:04:07Z 2020-07-10T06:08:05Z Title: チュウガタシロカネグモの網にいたハエ，イトカメムシ，およびゴミグモの一種の網にいたアリ Authors: 野口, 大介 Issue Date: 2020-06-30 Citation: 長崎県生物学会誌, 86, pp.35-36; 2020 Abstract: I report herein that the cases of fly, stilt bug, and ant in web of two spiders, long-jawed orbweaver Leucauge blanda (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) and trashline orbweaver Cyclosa sp. (Araneae: Araneidae). Insects those were supposed to be Sepsis monostigma (Diptera: Sepsidae) were captured in the web of L. blanda. On another web of L. blanda, an insect that was supposed to be Yemma exilis (Heteroptera: Berytidae) stayed. An ant supposed to be Paratrechina longicornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) was found in a detritus stabilimentum of Cyclosa sp. 2020-07-10T06:08:05Z 野口, 大介 2020-07-10T14:04:00Z 2020-07-10T06:02:30Z Title: Authors: 野口, 大介 Issue Date: 2020-06-30 Citation: 長崎県生物学会誌, 86, pp.20-23; 2020 Abstract: Adult female Nephila clavata (Araneae: Nephilidae), orb-weaving spiders, captured stink bugs Plautia stali without rolling with thread, though N. clavata usually roll their preys with thread. Stink bugs defense them with unfavored odor. The reason why N. clavata preyed on the stink bugs without winding them might be to make volatilize. Nephila edulis put decaying matters such as dead preys and leaves on their barrier web with attracting prey insects by odor, in addition N. clavipes put the dead stink bugs to attract flies. N. clavata put the stink bugs on their web after feeding, indicating that N. clavata could attract preys such as flies. 2020-07-10T06:02:30Z A Study on Hardware-Oriented Algorithms for Real-Time Signal Analysis with an FPGA Colak, Alperen Mustafa 2020-06-26T14:04:04Z 2020-06-26T00:40:07Z Title: A Study on Hardware-Oriented Algorithms for Real-Time Signal Analysis with an FPGA Authors: Colak, Alperen Mustafa87号 学位授与年月日:令和2年3月19日 2020-06-26T00:40:07Z Experimental study on mechanical characteristics and nonlinear flow behavior of rock fractures during shear process 王, 長盛 2020-06-26T14:03:09Z 2020-06-26T00:34:13Z Title: Experimental study on mechanical characteristics and nonlinear flow behavior of rock fractures during shear process Authors: 王, 長盛81号 学位授与年月日:令和2年3月19日 2020-06-26T00:34:13Z
+Taylor
+"Oh my God." "What?"Gulp. Sigh. Make sure to mentally thank
+God for a friend like AJ. "Making places this beautiful and NOT allowing people to live on them every day of their lives should
+be a crime."I could almost hear AJ scratching his chin behind me. Have I mentioned yet that he analyzes everything
+to death? Hell, he analyzes it past death. We're talking a full funeral here."Maybe so, but who would prosecute?""God."
+Duh."But if God's prosecuting, then who would the offender be?"I stared out across the ocean for a few minutes
+and allowed myself to think of something other than how blue the water was.
+Damn, this HAD to be the most beautiful place on earth. "Atlas," I finally decided. "See, if everyone lived
+in the same place, it would throw the earth off balance, and then Atlas couldn't hold it up, so he would probably be the one
+who made everyone spread out.""You know, if I hadn't just spent eight sleep-deprived hours on a plane, I'd be severely
+concerned about your sanity."It was uncharacteristic of me to let something like that go without a smartass retort,
+but I couldn't help it. I was numb, dumb, and blinded by the sight of white sand and sunshine on a December morning. I had
+already decided that the Bahamas were Eden on earth. I was contemplating whether or not Heaven resembled them when AJ poked
+me in the back."I was kidding, you know.""Yeah, I know. I'm just not feeling smart enough to make a comeback,
+so I thought I'd stare out at the water a little bit more."He laughed. "You know, we do have to get to the bungalow
+sometime."I let out a whine that would've made Nick green with envy. "Do we really?"He sighed in
+mock sadness, but I secretly think he loved the sight as much as I did. I mean, hell, how could you not? Even if you've been
+around the world as many times as Wonder Boy McLean, you have to appreciate that kind of beauty. You can't help it. It's like
+your brain goes on sensory overload and the only thing that registers is that you're standing in the middle of a postcard."Yeah,
+we do.""But...but why?""Because scrawny little AJ can only hold his luggage for so long before his
+bones start to bend, break, and crumble to dust."
+I grimaced. Don't get me wrong--I know they play video games when they're on tour and everything. How else are they supposed
+to occupy their time? Those graphics, though--all that shit that they see happen when they're grinding the enemies to powder--my
+daily conversation could definitely do without the same imagery."AJ?""Yeah?""You've been spending
+too much time with Nick.""What makes you say that?""The fact that you're starting to talk like a superhero
+comic book character."He chuckled. "You know, if you really want, I can do the sound effects for you."I rubbed
+a hand over my face as AJ began squeaking, moaning, and groaning like a dying car engine. Times like these, I don't wonder
+why these men enjoy dancing around on stage for two hours in front of thousands of screaming girls. They're all hams."AJ...""Ohhhh...""AJ...""Creeeeeaaaaak...""AJ..."His
+sudden scream slightly resembled the Wicked Witch of the West as she was melting, and that's when I smacked him like any sane
+person would."AJ, shut up, man! Not even Dorothy would be impressed by that."Inevitably, the pop star pout
+appeared, and I was forced to stifle the urge to roll my eyes."Come on, man. Let's get you to that bungalow before
+you turn into a smoking pile of black cotton."He grinned impishly. "What? You don't find the absence of limbs sexy?""Umm...not
+exactly. Sorry, but the whole Monty Python 'hey, you cut off me leg!' look isn't as enticing as it seems. I like you better
+intact.""Intact, huh?" He nodded thoughtfully. "I think you just want me around so we can take a little tumble together
+later." Okay, let's get one thing straight. AJ and sexual connotations together are BAD. "I didn't say that..."He
+winked at me in true Howie style, and I had to laugh. "Okay, fine, so you might be able to up the fun level a bit
+during this whole beach extravaganza. That doesn't mean I'm giving you any kind of credit yet, though. We're not in the water
+yet."AJ shrugged. "Give it time, baby. I'll have you all suited and swimming like a fish in no time.""I'm
+counting on it.""We just have to figure out which bungalow is ours," he finished, surveying the string of tiki-style
+houses to our left. I did mention how much this place looked like a postcard, right? It was right out of MTV Spring Break,
+I swear. I was waiting for Carson Daly and his ridiculously annoying black nails to pop out and start jabbering about how
+"awesome" the beach was.Thankfully, logic said that Carson was locked up in the New York studio, surrounded by snow
+and screaming teenyboppers. I was just about to share the pleasing image with AJ when he furrowed his brow in confusion and
+elbowed me."Tell me if you see number sixty-nine, okay?"I narrowed my eyes at him immediately. "Tell me you're
+kidding, okay?"He shook his head. "No way, babe. This is me we're talking about, remember? I had to have SOME fun
+with this little beach project..."Great. Super. Leave it to me to make friends with the sex-crazed Backstreet Boy.
+Of all of them, I had to pick the one with a hormone overdrive."You are so sadly predictable."He grinned.
+"What's even sadder, Tails, is the fact that it still surprises you.""I can be raunchy too, you know," I countered,
+hoping to raise his eyebrows a bit. None of the comebacks had hit home yet, and I was slipping. I've got a reputation to maintain,
+dammit. I AM the witty bartender.There was that damn Howie wink again. "I'm counting on it.""So nice to know
+that you're taking advantage of my less-than-ladylike style, Howard."He made a face. "I did that damn winking
+thing again, didn't I?"I couldn't think of anything witty and creative to say (I'm blaming the lack of brain power
+on the salty air and the white sand), so I just nodded."Shit." I snickered as we trekked across the beach,
+and he glared at me. "It's not my fault, you know. I've spent ten years of my life with those knuckleheads. They've had a
+lot of time to rub off on me." He did a little two-step and adopted a Lou Bega voice. "A little bit of Howie in my life, a
+little bit of Kevin giving strife, a little bit of Nicky's dreadful whine..." *Normally, I would've taken time
+out of my busy vacation schedule to appreciate AJ's ability to make a parody, but I was too excited to be at the beach with
+my best friend. There was water. There was sand. There was AJ. And, for the first time, there was a very noticeable absence
+of teenyboppers. So, instead of commenting on his sudden wit and wisdom, I followed his lead and starting dancing in the sand
+while my suitcase rolled behind me.I know. We're weird. Sue us.No, wait, don't do that. I'm a poor college
+student and I don't have any money."The trumpet!" AJ hollered, and I made a sad attempt at playing an invisible instrument.
+Thankfully, we were tripping up the stairs to the bungalow before anyone important could see us and send us to a mental institution.
+See, I have a serious suspicion that AJ was a patient there in a past life, and I'm slightly worried that the staff would
+recognize him."Here we are," came AJ's triumphant tone. "Bungalow number sixty-nine, paradise drive."I fought
+the urge to giggle at his antics. "You know you're retarded, right?"He nodded seriously. "And I also know you wouldn't
+have it any other way."I shook my head. "Not like I have a choice. I haven't been in college long enough to know anything
+about reversing brain damage."AJ had predictably begun to rap to Eminem's song of the same title while I turned the
+key in the lock and pulled the door open. As soon as there was enough space, I flew into the room, dropped my bag, and spun
+in a slow circle. Two words, boys and girls: sensory overload.Why, you ask? Well, that would be a good question
+if you've never seen bungalow number sixty-nine. It was, by far, the nicest hotel room I've ever seen. From the elegant, polished
+wood floors to the hunter green bedspread (covered, I might add, in rose petals that spelled "Bienvenudos") to the tiled mini-kitchen
+and the flat-screen television, the entire place was gorgeous.AJ gasped behind me, and I sighed with relief at the
+knowledge that this wasn't another one of his rock star privileges. For once, we were in the same awe-induced boat."This
+is..." I could hear him swallow behind me before he continued. "Damn. This is amazing."I nodded my agreement. "No
+shit. I feel like I just stepped into an episode of MTV Cribs."A slow grin spread across AJ's face. "Oh, this is DEFINITELY
+how you live like a rock star. Man, I owe Fred a HUGE thank-you for the suggestion. This place kicks ass!"I could
+only stare longingly at the bed for a few seconds before my girly side gave in and allowed me to finger the rose petals. "It's
+like a fairy tale."AJ wiggled his eyebrows at me. "You do realize that would make you my princess?"Allow me
+to pause for a moment in my lovely awe to groan at AJ. "No offense, dork, but you're hardly Prince Charming material."He
+wagged a finger at me. "Watch it, young lady. Need I remind you who led you to this paradise in the first place?"Okay,
+so maybe he is Prince Charming material. Maybe. Maybe he didn't even need to drag me to a lovely beachside hut to qualify.Not
+that he needed to know that, of course."No. You do, however, need to remind me what we're doing standing around and
+gaping when we could be swimming.""We're staring at this masterpiece of a hotel room," AJ grinned. He let out a low
+whistle and began turning circles, eyes wide with amazement. And you think I'm weird..."Is that some bizarre
+Backstreet dance move of yours that I haven't seen yet?"He paused in his spinning to glare at me. Thankfully, the
+witty comebacks were no longer. AJ can only be smart for so long before his brain starts to overheat. It's the reason his
+hair is so wiry. Really.Or not."Come on, admit it. Even Picasso would be impressed with this place.""Maybe
+so, but I think Barry White would enjoy the rose petals more."He rolled his eyes at me. "You're such a cynic."Sue
+me. I work in a bar in the middle of downtown Manhattan, and I live with a girl who is convinced that men are the source of
+all evil. What do you expect?"Am not."He stuck his tongue out at me. Mature, right? "Are too. We're, like,
+on the stairway to Heaven, and you're still sarcastic.""You're the songwriter, man. Don't expect me to wax poetic
+about the gorgeous white sand beach and the cerulean water. Don't expect me to be blown away by a place more tranquil than
+hammock on a summer afternoon. Don't expect me to be seduced by this whole 'red rose petals speaking Spanish on Egyptian cotton
+bed linens', okay?"We both looked at each other and burst out laughing. Truth is, AJ may be a songwriter (and I use
+the term loosely...nah, just kidding), but I'm an art history major. I know flowery language better than Mr. Sixty-Nine knows
+the female anatomy, and trust me--that's saying something.AJ dropped his bags (yes, plural bags...I swear, when it
+comes to clothes, AJ is worse than any girl) and the spinning act long enough to wrap an arm around my shoulders contentedly."Thanks
+for everything, Tay. I'm really glad you're here."I grinned and wrapped an arm around his waist for one of my infamous
+hip-hugs. "Thanks for sharing it with me, man. You know there's no place else I'd rather be. This is...breathtaking, at the
+very least."We stood there for a few moments, just staring at the area around us in complete and total awe. Outside,
+the waves crashed along the shore, emitting a soft rumble and the gentle scent of sea salt. Inside, the gentle hum of the
+heater allowed for a peaceful, homey feeling.It didn't take a genius to figure out that we were in for a wonderful
+two weeks.At long last, though, AJ's eyes narrowed in my direction and he wiggled his eyebrows mischievously."Are
+you thinking what I'm thinking?"Normally, the thought of sharing a brainwave with AJ would scare the hell out of me
+because the boy is a freak. Today, though, it was nice to have someone who shared my love of childhood.I grinned impishly.
+"Depends. What are you thinking?""Well..." he trailed off, scratching his goatee thoughtfully, "exactly how bouncy
+do you think that bed is?"God help me, but I actually winked at him. "Only one way to find out!"He raced to
+the bed, and I followed him. To hell with the hardass bar girl image. I was on vacation.It was definitely going to
+be an awesome two weeks.
+* song mentioned is Lou Bega's "Mambo #5"
+ remember many years ago, when I first started a a private school in Oxford, having to interview and select a teachers for posts within the school. There were many applicants, all of whom were highly qualified and most of them were enthusiastic. I recall one young woman in particular who posted me an application which she had obviously spent days preparing. She sent me a whole curriculum for a course to show me that she was dedicated and would do her very best to do a good job. As I recall, I think she was an historian. There were several applicants for the post and all but one would fail. All but one would receive a letter from me saying I was sorry but someone else had been offered the job and had accepted it. I knew that many who had failed would receive their letters with heavy hearts, especially the young woman who had been so enthusiastic. It pains my heart even reliving those moments as I tried then, as I do now, to try and place myself in their position. For I can well remember the first time I applied for jobs -- dozens of them -- and getting one rejection after another, sometimes after I had travelled a long way for an interview. But in the end I was led to where I was supposed to be.
+You know, it is a hard thing to take failure. Some people take it in their stride and others take it so deeply that they may even commit suicide. People have different sensitivities and dispositions. Now, I wonder if someone listening to me today has never faced failure in his or her life? Someone who has passed every examination he has ever sat, whose business has prospered, whose marriage is as happy as can be, whose family has grown up to be a real credit to the parents, whose health has never once let him down; honours have come his way, with the attendant public recognition. There are those for whom this certainly appears to be the case, though of course the outside world never knows what skeletons stand within the domestic cupboard. For most - indeed, for all, I would suggest - failure is part of life's experience, and for some, a life of failure. I'm sure I've told you the story of the man who wrote the song "Jingle Bells", who experienced one failure after another, for whom nothing ever went right. And yet he has left us a happy song about sleighs and bells rushing through wintery landscapes which almost every child in the English-speaking world knows and loves.
+Today I want to share with you the story of a biblical failure, or at least what seems to be one, and it is the tragic story of Jeremiah the prophet. Given that his day is not at all unlike our own in terms of not only national but universal apostasy from the truth, I hope that some of you will derive some insights and comfort in what may presently be a difficult situation for you.
+We begin with Jeremiah the person. He was a shy and sensitive man whose unexpressed hopes would have been met by a quiet rural life on his property at Anathoth, a few miles north of Jerusalem. His forebears had lived there continuously ever since one of them, the only famous one, had been banished there by King Solomon for backing his rival to the throne of King David, his father. Jeremiah had no wish for the court life where his illustrious ancestor had fought and failed, no hankering after city life, no day dreams of publicity and nation-wide recognition. For him, the trivial and common tasks which the case of his property required, was all he asked, and which provided the background for his real love - the exercise of his superb poetic gift, the skill to capture with fascinating words, the every changing patterns of the world of nature which pressed upon his keen observation and finely tuned spirit in his beloved Anathoth. Seeing him quietly walking across his fields, occasionally stopping to watch and listen -- there you have Jeremiah, a lonely man, refined, and seeking nothing for himself. Only the few would appreciate such a man as this.
+And then wholly unexpected -- and if the truth must be told, wholly unwanted -- the call came to Jeremiah to be a preacher of what is right and wrong, not only in private but in public life, the one thing he hated. No one can tell exactly how the call came, except to note that it was through two visions of an almond tree and an overturned cooking pot. But however it came, it thrust him out, not only on to a public platform he loathed, but the public platform in the capital city, with all its clashes between kings, courtiers, and priests. And not only this, but to execute that unwanted ministry without support of family, wife or children, a man utterly and completely alone. And as if that was not sufficient, to fail in his ministry, receiving no rewards but mockery, persecution and exile, till finally the curtain fell upon his shrunken life somewhere in Egypt, a martyr to the people he never ceased to serve.
+I warn you, I doubt you will warm to Jeremiah -- few do. But inasmuch as the sour taste of failure does not altogether miss our palates, we ought not to turn down without more ado the sorrowful picture of this sorrowful man, of whom, strangely enough, yet perhaps not so strange, the people of Galilee were reminded when they encountered Yah'shua of Natzeret (Jesus of Nazareth) 600 years later on.
+Now there are lessons to be learned here. Firstly, perhaps, the lesson the failure tests the strength of our character. Take the story of the young mother in Dublin to whom was born in 1932 a victim of cerebral palsy. Unable to speak or control his limbs, there was no sign that an intelligent or sensitive being inhabited that tortured, misshapen little body. Yet the mother never ceased to believe that such existed if only it could be found. In spite of having a husband who was a bricklayer and a large and lusty family to care for, she gave time every day attempting to bring even a glimmer of recognition to the pictures she showed him and the songs she sang. All however failed. She could not always stifle her tears over those failures. Yet this went on until one day with his left foot she saw the child deliberately pick up a piece of chalk. That was the start of a climb which took years to bring him to a useful life. The child grew to be a successful artist and playwright.
+How many of us possess the strength to go on in the face of failure, perhaps years of failure? How easy to give up at the first difficulty, to relapse into self-pity, to grow resentful of those more fortunate than we seem to be. How easy to become bitter with life in general and God in particular. Even in the realm of sport there are bad losers, and in all arenas of life.
+It may be that some of us have not yet learned to look upon failure as an ingredient in character-building. But to whom would you go in a time of personal crisis -- the man or woman who has had it all easy, or to the one who has faced failure without giving up? They would not understand. They would have been too successful. They have never known the sour taste of personal defeat.
+During the Second World War a motor torpedo boat spotted six survivors clinging to a drifting little raft off Tobruk, their vessel having been sunk by an enemy dive-bomber. They were more like corpses than survivors. But when the crew of the salvage boat began to haul them aboard, one cried out, "Wait, not yet!" Across his legs lay a seaman slowly dying. It was probably only a few minutes they had to wait, but it seemed like hours. When it was all over he climbed aboard and simply said: "It was his first trip under my command." Not till a month later did he add, "He was my young brother."
+Strength of character comes to those who face with courage and say little, the tough patches in life, and one of the toughest is failure. The book of Jeremiah reminds us of the necessity to face up to this, if we are ever to be men and women of character.
+Secondly, failure tests our friendships. I am sure you have heard of stories where people have failed a friend simply because that friend failed. True friends stick with you no matter what happens. As the saying goes, "You can tell your friends when things go wrong." I suspect, to our shame, we have all let someone down because they failed and we didn't want to be associated with their failure. But if we have, I hope we have regretted it and never repeated it again. Recently we saw the touching film, The Elephant Man, and how this very sensitive and cultured man was rejected by everyone except initially a dedicated surgeon because he was so horribly malformed. But what about those who are malformed by sin inside? Would you abandon a friend because he took a wrong choice in life-direction or would you continue trying to minister to him in loving concern? Most of us would do so with an errant son or daughter, but what if there were no family connections, and therefore outside the Gospel with no obligations of commitment, friendship and care?
+Jeremiah had this experience. Apart from the African who picked him out of the water cistern when his enemies attempted to drown him, he possessed only one friend, his scribe, Baruch, whom he picked up in Jerusalem. This faithful man stood by Jeremiah through every failure, even rewriting the whole of Jeremiah's prophecies when King Jehoiakim, incensed by the contents, destroyed the scroll by dropping it in the fire. And what is more moving than those modest words of thanks to Baruch by Jeremiah at the close of his book?
+"You do not know who your friends are till things go wrong." Failure tests our friendships.
+Thirdly, failure tests our faith. And how Jeremiah's faith much have been tested! How often, up against the pattern of repeated failures which his life produced, must he have doubted the loving kindness of Yahweh ever to call him to be a prophet! And of these struggles we are left in no doubt, for unique in his book are those outcries (sometimes called 'Confessions'), which let us peer into the misery of his soul where he was hardly satisfied. Not content with the cruel question, "Why?" he even cursed the day of his birth, and in at least one terrible failure of common compassion, cursed his enemy with diabolical ferocity. Even the worm will turn!
+But he that is without sin in questioning the worthwhileness of faith in Yahweh when all it appears to bring is failure, let him cast the first stone. I won't, and I hope you won't. Perhaps we can be grateful that Jeremiah lets us see him at his worst as well as at his best, for the knowledge of it brings him closer to ourselves. Yet for all this Jeremiah never did desert. He stayed with his ungrateful people to the end and kept his faith, proclaiming till it cost him his life somewhere in exile down in Egypt.
+And was it a mistake that Jeremiah was called to this life and death of martyrdom? Can we not see that he was allowed to experience every prop to the formal religion of his day being kicked away, so that in sheer desperation he might reach out to the profound truth that the heart of religion is in the heart and not in forms and ceremonies? So he climbed out to a place no one had climbed before, and proclaimed there the New Covenant - the most striking revelation of the Gospel of Christ in the Old Testament:
+It takes suffering, sensitivity, failure, and possibly even degradation and humiliation, to really understand what the heart of true faith is all about. And there came a day when a greater than Jeremiah, seated at a table with twelve men, one a traitor, reached out His hand, as it were, and greeted His predecessor of long ago, echoing his words: "This is My Body ... this is My blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins" (Matt.26:26,28, NKJV).
+We can never be absolutely sure of all the why's of life - why we were placed in the circumstances we were, why we have had to suffer, and why we have had to fail. But one thing we can be absolutely sure of: none of it is ultimately purposeless, and in the end we will see them as great blessings both for ourselves and for others. And though evil may happen to us because of the choices of other wicked people, nothing that happens to us is without Yahweh's permission. I have known people who have led lives of abject misery to suddenly have their lives dramatically turned around and to become powerful forces for good and redemption. And though we may be tempted to think that the terrors they went through were cruel and meaningless, it is not so. Remember also that this life is not all there is - it is but a passing phase of a much greater and longer life, a mere wink in terms of eternity. Nevertheless it is perhaps the most critical of all the phases in our spiritual existence - painful, yes, but ultimately liberating and upbuilding. The repercussions of our failures and sufferings, if they are not self-inflicted because of rebellion or stupidity, are always beneficial for us and others who come under the sphere of our influence. And even if we have been stupid, you would be surprised how the Almighty Yahweh is able to use even this to our ultimate good.
+Failure tests our characters, our friends and out faith, and must ultimately, therefore, be edifying, though often it never reveals itself in such positive terms until long after the dark days are over. Failure and opposition can be the raw materials of our subsequent spiritual strength. Is this not the message of Jeremiah's illustration of the shapely vessels coming off the potter's wheel? In their making, the clay frequently failed and broke, but it was remade into an even better vessel. All great lives have this as their secret, and so now, in retrospect, I no longer envy those who have experienced no failure or opposition. They have faced and incorporated into themselves the bitter experience of failure and been enabled to do so because they believed in the promised forgiveness of God.
+How different such a message is to the contemporary fad of "health and wealth" and "signs and wonders" in the modern Christian churches, where people, brainwashed with secular liberalism and capitalism, avoid difficulties at all costs and seek the path of least resistance? But such as do this always turn out to be spiritually flaccid, weak and - ultimately - faithless, for they are so unprepared for the storms when they finally and inevitably come.
+You see, the problems we face in every generation are tailor-made to meet not just our personal needs but also those of the Body of Christ everywhere. We are not only here to work out our own salvation but to be emissaries of our Lord. We are New Covenant Christian Witnesses, ambassadors on a mission, and the credentials to be such are frequently, if not entirely, tied to our own character development. We are not just here for ourselves, but for the wider Body. And as such, therefore, we must learn to shift the centres of our consciousness away from "I" and to "us". And we are all "us". This is an obstacle course which can only be successfuly completed if we all help one another, for alone we lack the ability to survive. Even Jeremiah had Baruch, just as I, in my ministry, have had a small handful of stalwart and faithful helpers whom I can number on the fingers of one hand, without whom I would never have succeeded. And I hope that in turn I have been able to be a support to them.
+The site of a dead body of the Messiah on a cross was the ultimate picture of failure. The disciples all scattered afterwards, deeply distressed and confused. But it did not turn out as badly as they supposed. The "failure" turned out to be a victory - a stupendous, cosmic victory! Is it therefore possible that our failures are destined for victory also? I believe so - and I passionately believe so. For I have seen the power of Christ turn desperate lives into victorious lives. In the last four days I have witnessed such a transformation from utter darkness to brilliant light! So even in the face of seeming hopeless and failure, there is still faith, hope and love. And we all know what the greatest of these is. Amen.
+Concert preview
+With Kenny Chesney on hiatus, Luke Bryan takes over Heinz Field slotJune 19, 2014 12:00 AM
+HELP WANTED: Country singer, preferably under 40, who can draw between 40,000 and 55,000 fans to NFL stadium in mid-Atlantic city. Must have string of No. 1 country hits and proven experience as amphitheater headliner. Good looks and ACM Entertainer of the Year award a plus.
+That ad didn't appear in the trades, but one can imagine these were the qualifications for the guy to replace Kenny Chesney on the summer stadium tour circuit.
+With: Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell.
+Where: Heinz Field,
+When: 6 p.m. Saturday.
+Tickets: $27-$87; ticketmaster.com.
+By taking a hiatus this summer, Mr. Chesney, who has packed Heinz Field seven times in the past nine years, left a summer vacancy at the home of the Steelers. Not only that, Taylor Swift, who's been on The Red Tour since March 2013, just wrapped up stadium shows in Asia, and she's ready for a well-deserved break.
+There were a handful of contenders for the job.
+• Brad Paisley: Hot guitar slinger and nearby West Virginia boy, he was set to open his H20 Tour at Heinz Field in 2011, but it was canceled, presumably because sales were soft. His last album, "Wheelhouse," did about 200,000 sales. Live Nation put him at First Niagara Pavilion in May.
+• Jason Aldean: Strong contender with multiple sellouts in Burgettstown, and his last album, 2012's "Night Train," boasted 1.6 million sales and five Top 10 hits. He got PNC Park for July 26 and sold it out.
+• Eric Church: The hard-rocking outlaw of the bunch, he charged up the crowd as much as Mr. Chesney last year. Risky, though, because he doesn't have all the No. 1 singles or the Entertainer of the Year award. Latest album, "The Outsiders," has moved about 600k. He opted for a fall U.S. tour with a Consol Energy Center date on Oct. 11.
+• Luke Bryan: Winner.
+The 37-year-old singer from Georgia, who started out in Nashville writing songs for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington, has been on a roll since he went to No. 1 for the first time in 2010 singing about the benefits of rain -- "Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey/Whiskey makes my baby feel a little frisky" -- on his second album, "Doin' My Thing."
+He went from playing Saddle Ridge in 2007 to opening for Mr. Chesney at Heinz Field in 2008 to a Pirates post-game show in 2010. One month before his double-platinum third album, "Tailgates & Tanlines," was released in 2011, he was opening for Tim McGraw at First Niagara Pavilion, riding high with "Country Girl (Shake it for Me)," currently sitting at 18.4 million YouTube views. The next summer, with the No. 1 single "Drunk on You" becoming a country anthem, his days as an opening act were winding down with a stint backing Mr. Aldean at the Pavilion.
+Along the way, he was perfecting his knack for tossed-off drinking songs on his "Spring Break" EPs, and in April 2013, he pulled off the big upset, snagging the ACM Entertainer of the Year over Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Mr. Aldean and Ms. Swift.
+In August, he topped the album charts with his fourth album "Crash My Party" and in September sold out the Pavilion for his first time here as a headliner. "Crash My Party" inspired USA Today to call him "just another backwoods party animal," and Post-Gazette critic Rich Kienzle chimed in that he "symbolizes everything wrong with Nashville in 2013."
+He also symbolizes everything bro-country fans want in 2013: rocked-up songs about beer, girls and trucks, no matter how formulaic they may be.
+On Saturday, that's what they'll get from Mr. Bryan, who is playing his first stadium show as a headliner in Pittsburgh. Earlier this month, he called to talk about it.
+The first time you played here you did Saddle Ridge ...
+Yeah, just a few years ago, no doubt.
+... then the next time you came back to open for Kenny Chesney at the stadium. What's it like to return now as the headliner?
+Oh, well, man, it's certainly the definition of the American Dream to be in one of the most famous cities in the United States, one of the most hard-working prideful cities, and to just go up the ladder of success within the town of Pittsburgh and then to come to Heinz Field, such a prestigious football arena and be able to sell it out. Man, we're really excited about being there.
+I thought Pittsburgh was the first stadium show, but I guess you played that festival at Soldier Field in Chicago.
+Well, no, June 21 is my first official headlining my own stadium. Now, I have played stadiums like on big festivals but never something that I created.
+Do you sense that Pittsburgh is a hotbed of this type of country?
+I think Pittsburgh has always been a great country music market, and great for all the country music artists. Certainly, when we were planning out our year, our desire to start embarking on stadiums, Pittsburgh was very, very high on the list of where we were wanting to go.
+What kind of adjustment will there be for you to be a stadium headliner in terms of the performance?
+Well, with me, man, every show I just try to go out there and just give it my all. That's kind of the main thing for me: Get out there and sing the best I can and try to make every person in the stands feel like I gave them some attention and left them wanting some more.
+From the reviews of the Chicago show, it sounds like you also have the confidence in your band to try songs that you've never even played before.
+Well, man, just last week at Bayou Country Superfest, I just got up there and started playing whatever came to mind. I think the spontaneity of music and being up there no matter what the venue, that's always fun. I think the fans enjoy that.
+Going to back to when you came to Saddle Ridge and that first Kenny show, would you say you had a more traditional sound than you have now?
+I think my sound back then was certainly a little different, but I think I've evolved through the years and I think evolved to what I've become to somewhat move the needle and get me down a path to be able to play stadiums, and I think I've become a better singer, a better writer, better performer, but I think you have to always get better and work harder, and we've been doing that.
+I guess also when you play live you get a sense of what people respond to.
+Yeah, there's no better way to test songs and there's no better way to read people and to figure out people than to get up there and play your music right in front of them.
+You've obviously heard that criticism of the modern country scene as being beer, trucks and parties, and your name has certainly been thrown into that. You have people saying, "Well, Willie and Johnny Cash, they didn't do that." What do you say to those people?
+Man, I mean, I don't know. Listen, everything I want to know about what I'm doing is vindicated when I walk into, you know, Heinz Field, and I look out there and there's people that have paid and laid down their hard-earned money to come see something that they want to enjoy. Where the rubber meets the road for me are people buying your music or people wanting to come see you and people having a good time. That whole "nothing's ever as good as the old days," that whole cliche of what people always want to say, it doesn't really interest me. I don't know. Hell, Willie Nelson was certainly different than Ernest Tubb, and Johnny Cash was certainly different than Ray Price, so who knows. I'm doing this interview with you. I got up from writing a song and came and started this interview. I try to get up and write the best song I can every day and try to find songs throughout the city of Nashville to put on my albums and change some songwriters' lives and change country music fans' lives, and if people want to critique that or doubt my methods, whatever, I can't do anything about that.
+Also, not every one of the songs on "Crash My Party" is like "That's My Kind of Night."
+Well, yeah, I think it's kind of ridiculous if you critique somebody on one body of work. If you hold them to the fire. ... If you go back through the Conway Twittys and Ronnie Milsaps and George Straits, if you analyzed every song they did throughout their whole career, you can't record a "song of the year" every time. People want to have some fun, people want to cry a little bit, people want to dance to a love song. When I play "That's My Kind of Night," I have fun singing it and people have fun dancing to it. When I play "Drink a Beer," it's very emotional for me and very emotional for everybody out there in the crowd.
+On another note, what's it like for you to see People magazine and a pic of you that says "Country's Sexiest Man"?
+Well, it's funny. I certainly don't wake up every day and go to the tanning bed or go get a facial. It's flattering. I'm glad that People magazine feels that way. If me being on the cover will sell them some magazines, well, then that's good for them.
+Do you think country is a hard market for young people to break into right now?
+I think any form of entertainment at a high level is hard to get into. It's just not really designed for somebody being a fly-by-night person. I think you gotta put in your time, put in your homework, work hard and cherish every relationship along the way, and build it brick by brick. I think if this success and fame and everything is just laid out on a platter to you very easily, then it's kind of a scary thing. I think if you can get out there and work your butt off for it, that's what it's all about. Look at Taylor Swift. Nobody worked harder than Taylor and nobody was really younger than Taylor. But like I said, it's just difficult to do this. It's going to be hard whether you're young or old.
+Do you think your summer tour is a replacement for Kenny or do you think you'll stick with stadiums?
+I don't see myself as a replacement for Kenny at all. I see myself as somebody that is going to play a lot of shows a year, and next year we have a plan for 10 to 20 stadiums, and growing. But also, you know, I just spent two weeks up in Canada playing for arenas that were 3,000-seat arenas that we did two or three nights in a row, because I just love getting out there and playing. It does not matter. I'm in the business to get on stage if it's 200 people or 200,000. That's when I'm enjoying my career the most, when I'm on stage. Stadiums are something I always dreamed of. Now it's upon me. It's my time to go after big old stadiums and creating a really amazing experience for the fans.
+Kenny played here last year, and in the aftermath, there was so much trash left from the tailgating that people were calling for a ban on country stadium concerts in Pittsburgh. Is there any message you would send to the fans?
+Well, on all of my endeavors in any city or anything, I've always had the personal charge to leave it better than you found it, and I'd never want me or my fans coming into any city and it be nothing but an extreme positive thing for the city. So, having said that, it's not that hard if you tailgate to clean it up. I think that's just common sense, common courtesy, and no matter if it's Kenny or me or whoever from now on, I would hope that message got out there and fans make a concerted effort to clean up their mess.
+And I think they're going to urge you to wave a Terrible Towel in Pittsburgh. You're a Falcons fan, right?
+Yeah, but, man, I don't get into the politics of football. My thing is, I'll be up there with a Terrible Towel because that night I'm a resident of Pittsburgh, because you guys have made a dream of mine come true, and I'm there to be a champion for a great city.
+Scott Mervis: smervis@post-gazette.com; 412-263-2576. Twitter: scottmervis_pg.
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+T later this year, so I stocked up on a couple boxes of Tatuaje and scored the samplers.
+The Cojonu 2012 will be offered in a single 5.5×52 box-pressed vitola. However, unlike previous releases, the 2012 edition comes in three different wrappers: Connecticut Broadleaf, Ecuador Sumatra, and Habano Ecuador. The binder and filler are both Nicaraguan, the same blend as the Cojonu 2003, making the Habano version just like the 2003 expression except for its box-pressed shape. Pete says the Broadleaf and Sumatra versions will ship sometime between March and April in a special book box featuring 12 of each wrapper. Then in August at IPCPR, all three versions, including the Habano, will be released in traditional cabinet boxes of 25 each.
+(click on thumbnails to expand…)
+Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 by the numbers:
+Size: 5.5×52 box-pressed
+Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf || Ecuador Sumatra || Habano Ecuador (3 versions)
+Binder: Nicaragua
+Filler: Nicaragua
+Strength: Medium-Full
+Factory: My Father Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua
+No. smoked for review: 4 (1 each of the Sumatra & Habano, plus 2 of the Broadleaf)
+Duration: 90 mins
+Source: received with box purchase during Tatuaje event at Holt’s, plus two samples from Pete Johnson
+MSRP: [pre-release]
+Website:
+Twitter: @TatuajeCigars
+In addition to the sampler packs I picked up at Holt’s, Pete was kind enough to share a couple individual sticks back in October and again at W. Curtis Draper in Bethesda last weekend. Having smoked at least one of each version, I’m ready to share my initial thoughts… what essentially amounts to a “horizontal” first impressions of the not-yet-released Cojonu 2012.
+Cojonu 2012 – Broadleaf
+The first thing I noticed with the Broadleaf version was the gorgeous, sparkly, toothy, dark-dark brown wrapper with almost no veins and nearly invisible seams. It smelled faintly of coffee and earth, while the foot introduced some nice dark chocolate. In the first third, I tasted vanilla wafer, some lovely twang, and a spicy undertone, though the draw was a tad loose. The cigar transitioned nicely in the second third with lots of coffee and cream flavors, along with a sweetness as the spice receded and the strength began to build. At this point in one of the samples, I noticed a minor void in the filler and had to touch-up the burn.
+By the final third, the draw had improved greatly. The spice came back, and I also picked up more coffee with some wood in the background. I had to break out the lighter again to relight one of these, although it quickly got going again. Also, I might be crazy, but towards the end I swore I got a hint of tingly mint on my palate. It was certainly unexpected, but enjoyable. This was the strongest of the three versions, but still within the medium-full range. The wrapper did burn a bit funky at times, but that can happen with broadleaf.
+Cojonu 2012 – Sumatra
+The wrapper on the Sumatra version was a seamless milk chocolate color with only a single noticeable vein. It gave off a faint aroma of wood and chocolate, while the foot smelled of cocoa powder and raisins. The cold draw was a bit too open and added some faint pepper to the mix. Upon lighting up, I got coffee and cream in the first third with lots of sweetness. In the second third, there was more coffee and a touch of savory spice (nutmeg?). Towards the end, there was a ramp-up in spice, which still wasn’t the traditional pepper that you typically expect from Tatuaje.
+I’m not the biggest fan of Sumatra wrappers, and although this was a very good cigar, it was probably my least favorite of the three. It certainly had the least amount of strength of them all, and at times seemed a bit “young.” The burn was quite well-behaved, requiring only the most minor of touch-ups.
+Cojonu 2012 – Habano
+The Habano wrapper was a dark chocolate color, sporting some lighter toothiness, a few veins, small seams, and a nice oily sheen. Again, I only picked up some faint aromas, this time chocolate and earth. The foot gave off a bit of tingly chocolate, while the cold draw featured chocolate and dark fruit with the perfect amount of resistance. The first third was sweet and savory, with a palate-coating tingly spice that was also meaty and complex. I noticed butter, a touch of twang, and some woody notes on the retrohale. It produced tons of thick smoke, and a medium gray ash that fell off in solid, one-inch chunks.
+Moving on to the second third, the burn was a tad wavy at times, but self-corrected. There was sweet cream, more twang, pepper, bread, and caramel. In the final third as the strength began to build ever so slightly, I enjoyed more of the sweet, savory, woody, bread, peppery, and caramel creme notes. The construction was terrific, and, as you can tell, there were loads of complex flavors. All three versions of the Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 were very good, but the Habano was truly outstanding.
+Don’t Forget the Giveaway!
+Again, I must be crazy, but I’m actually going to give away my other three-pack pre-release sampler of the Cojonu 2012. In fact, to sweeten the deal, I’ll even toss a Cabaiguan WCD 120 Redux and a Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ “Little Robusto” into the mix for the lucky winner.
+If you want to be eligible to win these five great cigars, all you need to do is leave a comment below. Feel free to discuss whatever you like: tell me what your favorite Tatuaje cigar is, what you think Pete should try for the Cojonu 2015, or which Stogie Review contributor you think is handsomest. I’ll randomly select one winner from the comments received.
+Contest ends February 24, 2012; residents of the US & Canada only; must be 19 or older. Good luck!.
+These cigars just look great! I love what Pete does, every year there is something to look forward too. The recent video series with Pete was amazing and inspiring. I don’t know what it is about that guy that just makes you want to buy all his shit lol Its funny because he does so many interviews and I’ve seen them but when Stogie Review does it its great. Thanks again guys. You guys need a “donate” button….
+Just love all the reviews you guys do. As well as the makers of those cigars.
+i like the gran cojonu the best would be great to have a boxed press version of it
+Great read. I think I’m the last smoker on earth to try a Tatuaje. I’m not close to a B&M and the one I deal with doesn’t sell any. Maybe this contes can change that!
+It took me a few times to come around but I really dig the 2003.
+You may be crazy to give these away, but I’m glad you are! Great post and certainly something to look forward to.
+I think the handsomest SR reviewer is Mike, but then again, I really AM crazy and my eyesight is failing, too! lol
+I like the vertical format and appreciate you mixing it up with a great written format!!
+My favorite is probably the Black PL but close runner up is the 2003 Cojunos and the La Raquiza. He has so many great cigars that I can change them up to match my mood.
+what an awesome giveaway!!! i would have to say my favorite pete product would be the black petite corona, and im gonna go with you charlie on being the cutesst!!?? by default!!
+Hello Charlie.
+I live in the UK but just for the record…you are my new favourite stogie reviewer.
+It was once Jerry but he’s always confusing be with his facial hair style changes…then It was Brian but it’s hard to love someone when you only see them once a week…then long ago it was Mr White but his reviews got too short and he started playing with his pistol too much…And Mike, what can I say about Mike…I remember when he was just a simple commenter like the rest of us…How the F**k did he get this gig?
+Anyway…I can’t win the F**king thing so why did I bother writing all this S**T?
+Cheers and keep up the good work (please don’t change).
+You are dead to me Harry! LOL
+Holy crap I can’t believe these are finally gonna get released. Like you, I’m not the biggest fan of the sumatra wrapper. But I am however eagerly awaiting the release of the broadleaf wrapped 2012!
+Great reviews. My favorite tat hands down is the black label petite lancero. I do like almost all of Pete’s stix I seem to always go back to the PL.
+Wow, my fingers are crossed. I have only had one tat before. It would be great to try them out.
+Man, but I sure wish I was still in the Bethesda area. That sounded like an amazing event!
+Great review and a great looking stick, but then again it’s a Tat, and I personally have not had a bad Tat…I was in my b&m this past weekend for a Nestor Miranda event and looked at some tat’s damn they are pricey. Would like to try these, so crossing my fingers.
+Thanks for the contest, and keep up the great work.
+grat review!!! i dont have a fav tat cigar because i never tried one of their yet but soon tho. handsomests? prob jerry with his slick head, but i dont roll that way lol.
+I am loving the box pressed trend going on theses days and these look fantastic!
+Great stuff as always. My favorite Tat is still the red tubos or the West Coast stick from years passed.
+my favorite tatuaje is probably the Fausto. I love the overall strength and flavor of the cigar! I also really like the brown label for their overall smoothness! I’m really glad I live by a shop that sells these great cigars!
+I can’t wait until these are out. Looking forward to seeing how te Habano fairs with the broadleaf.
+These are some great looking stogies, would love to try them. Thanks for the reviews and the contest!
+Exemplary review.
+Based on your experience, the Broadleaf of this new release is one I’ll definitely be hunting for 🙂 As for the other Tatuajes, I’ve been liking my vitolas nice and fat lately. The Havana Six Gorditos has to be my pick.
+I’ve only had one Cojonu (2006) and I was a bit disappointed. Funny, but the cold draw as EXACTLY like chili powder. The flavors were nice – but it burned rather quickly. I honestly found the regular Miami line to be more enjoyable, so I haven’t tried another Cojonu since. I’d love to be able to do a sample with the different wrappers!
+Nice Review! Can’t wait to try these!
+The Tats are hard, if not impossible to get ahold of in my neck of the woods but I can dream! Nice reviews, keep up the great work.
+I stick with the brown labels and the Havana VI just because I don’t like to have to hunt down a cigar.
+Love the stuff you guys do! Thanks.
+Great review Charlie. These sound right up my alley considering you seem to like the same profiles of cigars as me! Long ashes.
+Love the brown labels and the ones Pete makes for NHC.
+Love all of the Cojonu’s that Ive tried, Im sitting on two 2008’s now. My favorite Tat is still probably the Black Lanc. Thanks for the review man.
+Thanks for the review. I would love to give these a try.
+Hey Charlie,
+You are really becoming an old pro at this!
+Great job on the review. Curious why you say you are not a big fan of sumatra wrappers. Did you have you have a bad experience with one or are they just not your cup of tea? I don’t especially care for Cameroon wrappers. But to each his own, I suppose. Anyway, please keep up the great work. With Walt drifting more away from stogies to guns, I really look forward to seeing yours. Of course, still enjoy Jerry and Brian. Mike…uh…well……let’s see…maybe I can describe him as a Cameroon wrapper??!!
+Preferences right??!! Take care and thanks again for the review.
+I can’t wait to try these!
+Thanks for the review Charlie. I can tell you that I am a Tatuaje ho, anything by Pete I find incredible. Unfortunately there aren’t any close local B&Ms that carry Tats. I too was at Holt’s for the October event, but unfortunately did not have the extra $$$ to pick up a box in order to get the sampler. I am particularly interested in the Habano wrapper. That seems to be my favorite.
+I am real fan of powerful, but favorable smokes – which is what I have heard the Cojonu is (Ballsy to say the least).
+Great review Charlie. The Habano wrapper on Tat’s is my favorite.
+Pretty hard to get these days, but I think the Wolfman was one of Pete’s best cigars.
+Is it true that broadleaf makes poor wrappers? To me they all have their niche and issues. I love Cameroon wrappers but they crack if you look at them cross eyed. Sumatras are fine but need to be retouched more often. My real issue is WHY do we need a new cigar every week!!! Is there a tobacco glut?
+Great review Charlie. I can’t wait to try the Habano version. My current favorite Tatuaje is the Black Petite Lancero. Thank you for the contest!
+All three sound great. I can’t wait for the release.
+Handsomest? Is that a real word? lol… Good luck, everyone!
+Only have had the Hav-VI and the Miami–Love em both. Would love to try the Cojonu
+Stogie Review, The Place to go for Cigar Info—Thanks for all the reviews
+My favorite was the AVION! tried one and promptly bought a box.
+Still have 4 in the bottom of the Humi.
+Up here in the NorthEast its difficult to find some of Pete’s smokes at B&Bs.
+Sounds like all three would be good smokes. Thanks for the review.
+Thanks for the review! What a nice addition to the Tatuaje lineup…I love sumatra wrappers, so am looking forward to that one!
+As always you guys do a great job, Catch you at CFest…
+I appreciate Charlie’s generosity. I do. After watching the four part series of Pete and George, when talking about ratings, George says you have to be careful that people don’t gloss over your review and pay attention only to the rating. I feel similar about your posts Charlie.
+I think more people pay attention to what you are giving away instead of paying attention to your review. I wonder how many of the 40 comments left so far actually read the entire review or just scrolled to the bottom to see how to enter?
+With all that said, I hope you continue to do giveaways BUT remove the “plus give away” part from the title? People are more likely to read it and appreciate the review for the review and not for the giveaway.
+Just my 2 cents from a reader thats been around for since almost the beginning.
+Since the beginning of what? My favorite cojonu was in 09…a shop near me had a stash and I could get them when they were long gone to others. So Tat stuff has serious construction issues IMO, and then for me the smaller ring gauge stuff wins out hands down. I have been here maybe not since the beginning of the first time I searched for cigar reviews and found this site…please keep up the good work!
+All three look appetizing, although I tend to be partial to the sumatran wrapper. Thanks for the up-front review, now I have to wait and see when they become available locally.
+Well Done…………….
+LOL…another giveaway by Charlie…surprise surprise.
+Thanks for making this available to Canadians…tough to get Tatuaje sticks up here…would love to try these and others in Pete’s line.
+Great concise reviews of the three stogies. Once again, Tatuaje masters the art of cigar blending and rolling. Too bad they’ll be in such limited supply. I hope enough make it to the West Coast.
+You might think you’re crazy for giving those cigars away, but I’m pretty sure none of us are going to complain.
+Great concise reviews of these stogies. Once again Tatuaje seems to have demonstrated their art of blending and rolling fine cigars. Too bad there’re limited in supply. I hope enough of them make it to the West Coast. And, what a contest. Thanks!!
+See above. Maybe I’ll learn to spell “they’re” some day. And, to think I taught English to 5th graders!!
+I haven’t tried any tatuaje cigars before, so it would be nice if I win this giveaway 🙂
+Thanks for the great review and giveaway! My favorite Tatuaje smokes are probably the J21 Reserva, La Riqueza and Anarchy.
+My new favorite is the Petite lancero.
+Nice review. I don’t get to smoke many Tats, would like to change that.
+Don’t know who among you is the handsomest, but Mikey sure looks good in Nutella face paint.
+mango
+Lol people hear “free’ or “giveaway” and all of a sudden there are a million comments…. I love it!
+Hey Charlie, love your reviews…just getting into Tatuajes…just had a Havana VI and loved it! it would be great to have the opportunity to get the give aways and have a chance to dig deeper into Pete Johnson’s line of cigars! Thanks.
+This is a giveaway that is worth leaving a comment for.
+Love Tats and looking forward to trying these.
+Cheers
+Great review. I think the La Casita Criolla or the La Riqueza are probably my favorites. I can admit it I’m a Connecticut Broadleaf whore.
+I have enjoyed a few Sumatra wrappers in the past but I’m not experienced enough with them to say whether I really like them or I just liked the change of pace from all the corojo and broadleaf. These sound delicious.
+I came a little late to the Tatiaje craze but I have become a huge supporter of his (financially!). My favorite so far is the petite cazadora.
+That’s a great fiver.
+Another great contest Charlie, well My favorite Tatuaje is the petite lancero in the black label
+Tatuaje is one of my top 3 brands, and I can honestly say that I’ve never had a bad stick. Can’t go wrong with any label, as I enjoy the Havana VI and Series P as regular smokes, and I also enjoy the La Casita and La Verite for special occassions.
+Charlie, I always enjoy your reviews, keep up the good work.
+Original 2003 is my fav. Charlie is the hottest! 😉
+Great as always, and love pete johnson. I’d be interested in Pete trying a candela, I know its maybe a fad idea but I really love the Illusione 88 candela and can’t wait to try the La Flor Double Claro, its a unique smoke. Other then that La Casita Criolla is a go to must smoke.
+Charlie,
+You’re not crazy. A giveaway is always a great idea after some good reading especially with tasty smokes!
+Rick
+Booyakasalsa!!! Gotta love a chance for free cigars. I always been a huge fan of everything Tatuaje. But still my favorite is the B Rex. Nothing bad can be said about that cigar. So glad I still have half a box left 🙂
+The 2003’s ring the bell for me. Yesterday smoked a Tatuaje Brown Label 7th Capa Especial for the first time and really dug it. Thanks for the contest.
+Good idea for a review. So the Habano is the same as the original Cojonu 2003 but with a box shape? If so then it better be priced the same as the original 2003…but a lower price point would be coolish 🙂
+I really want to try both the broadleaf and sumatra wrappers. I have love both wrappers on Pete’s other cigars and I cant wait to give these two a try.
+Wow. I wonder if anyone wants this sampler?
+Anyway. Cojonu 03 is fantastic in my book. However I do like the Verite 2009.
+I will definitely have to try these when I’m able to find them, or maybe win them.
+My favorite Tat would have to be the Fausto Avion.
+My favorite Tatuaje has to be the 7th Reserva – soooo smooth.
+I really like Pete’s idea for this rendition of the cojonus. That being said, my favorite is the Series P Robusto.
+CRAZY…… CHARLIE!!!! And another giveaway… In it to win it.
+It would be awesome to win the 5er. What a great giveaway…with that said, I’d have to say I’d like to try the JJ aside from the Cojonus
+The Tat. 2003 was my personal favorite of the Cojonu line. But overall best Tatuaje stick for me has to be the La Riqueza! Awesome smoke. The Casita Criolla is also flying under the radar.
+Mmmm these all sound so tasty now I def gotta try em. Thanks for reviewing.
+Still have not tried some of the Tat’s but so far my favorite is the ANARCHY
+Some great looking sticks of one of my favorite brands. Looking forward to seeing these at my B&M.
+Hey Charlie, always good to hear about what’s new. I am a certified Tatuaje whore, but with classic tastes. I love, love, LOVE (tip of the hat to Jerry) the Havana VI, including the Verocu #5 for those in-between times, and also love the El Triunfador, the unsung hero of the Tat line. La Riqueza is excellent for those Cuban-esque moments. Ah, Tatuaje… so little time, so many cigars.
+Pick me, pick me, pick me (smile)!!! I recently purchased the el triunfador (the ghost stick), and was instantly hooked! I’d love to try so of Pete’s other offerings: just catching on to the Tatuaje-craze. Thank you.
+Great review Charlie. My favorites are the Fausto, Anarchy, and the 7th Reserva. La Riqueza close behind.
+One more good review to add to all the others,thanks for sharing some of the goodies.
+I like pie.
+Thanks for the contest. I always enjoy reading your reviews and smoking Tatuaje cigars.
+Great review and give away. I don’t have a favorite Tatuaje, since I’ve only smoked one (Havana VI). They’re never in my local B&M stores. Just ordered some El Triunfador’s today online. Can’t wait.
+Great looking sticks….hard to find by me..
+Handsomest? Thats like asking who is the tallest midget ! No offense jerry
+A couple weeks back I had a brown label El Triunfador lancero, I had almost forgotten how good of a cigar that was.
+Intentionally avoiding the subject of which SR writer is hotter… I’d like to see Pete try a Conneticut Shade wrapper on the current blend. I’ve been getting into CS wrapped power bombs lately, like the Camacho Connecticut, and I’d love to try this in that combo. As it is, I’ll have to settle for trying the 3 varieties Tatuaje has graced us with, and dream of what could be.
+Another good review, love what Pete does with cigars
+(Well, this may not win any cigars, but it should be in the running for “Suck-up Comment of the Year”.)
+As far as “… which Stogie Review contributor you think is handsomest”, I’d have to say it was a three-way tie.
+Great review!
+I really like the Tat black petit lancero and the SW.
+Handsome is overrated. Talented & funny gets the girl ever time…
+My favorite Tats are polar opposites which must make me bipolar? Love the big bad Face and little great Noella Reserva. Hoping & praying Pete re-releases the Noella Reserva again before I run out of the ’09s.
+Charle, DO IT RIGHT MANN……good lucky to whom entered the Tatuaje Dead Smoke Sampler . its an awsome sampler for the lucky person to receive it….
+My Favorite Tatuaje Cigar is The Monster and TAA . They are a good smoked and affordable price……….
+Continue to be impressed with Pete’s stuff and SR.com! Keep up the good work!
+Any price estimate for the “book” containing 12 of each wrapper?
+I’ve liked all the Tatuaje stuff I’ve tried. I haven’t tried the Cojonu though.
+Great smokes! Wish I had a chance to attend the event
+Great review. I’m really excited to try the Connecticut Broadleaf version. Hard to say what my favorite Tatujae is. Right now, it’d probably be the Black Label Petite Lancero. Btw, Jerry’s beard gave him the advantage in the handsome department. ;-P
+I agree with the sumatra. I am not a huge fan of that wrapper. I am looking forward to the cojonu releases. Thanks!
+It is hard to pick a handosmest guy, its like picking the prettiest of the ugliest girls…
+I agree the sumatra is not my cup of tea. Thanks for another great review .
+thanks for the contest. favorite tat smoke as of now is black petite lancero. thanks
+Looking forward to the release of these. my favorite Tat is the J21 Reserva. Keep up the excellent work!
+Thanks for the review. I really enjoyed it!! I still love the Triunfador’s from Tatuaje even with all the new stuff Pete’s released.
+Great set of reviews charlie, i was at that event at holts too but didnt’ have the funds for a box at the time. My favorite Pete makes is still the brown label in the havana cazadores size. love me a corona gorda, ESPECIALLY in that blend.
+Great review. Thanks.
+Those are some great looking sticks! Haven’t tried enough Tatuaje cigars to say which is my favorite. I really enjoyed the La Casita and the Wolfman came over me the second time around. Can’t wait for the little monsters box!
+Thanks for the pre-release review Charlie! They all sound great but the Habano sounds amazing, interesting how a different vitola can change the profile of a cigar so much. My favorite cigar Pete makes? Well thats tough I love what he can do with Conneticut Broadleaf wrappers but Im going to say the Cazadores, now a Cazadores Reserva…that would be awesome wink wink if you read this PJ! As far as the 2015 Cojonu how about a differnt sized Gran Cojonu? Thank you for the very generous giveaway Charlie and to you and all of Stogie Reviewers keep up the great work!
+these look awesome, would love to try them, my closest cigar shop is 3 hours away.
+Great review. I am excited to try these. My favorite Tats are Black Label PL and the Cojonu 2003.
+Pete makes great smokes, at a great factory with some legends in the industry. Looking forward to a year full of awesome new smokes.
+Very nice review, would love to get my hands on one of those habanos- sounds delicious!
+Looking forward to the broadleaf from this review… My first Tatuaje will be the Havana VI sometime in the next couple of days.
+First of all, thanks again for a great review Charlie. You have been a great addition to this site. I would have to say that my favorite Tatuaje to date would be the 7th Reserva with a Black Label PL coming in at a close 2nd. Oh, and bout the handsome folks on stogiereview.com, he may not be handsome, but Brian definitely has some big “Cojonus” to go out in public in jorts and a Hawaiin shirt!
+All things I like in a cigar, great review. I started smoking cigars a little over a year ago and have yet to try a Tatuaje cigar despite all the great reviews ive read on just about his whole line. One of these days
+Love everything that Pete does, and love that he is a success. But I think it is hilarious the reviewers you have on SR. The “Hippie”, The Beer Guy, and The Great Torpedo. Love the commentary on the group videos.
+Don’r forget we also have “The Gun Nut” aka Walt too! LOL
+Thanks for the reviews! I was fortunate to get a pre-release sample of the Sumatra version, though my stick was very different from yours. Mine was very strong with tons of pepper right away, and the pepper continued most of the cigar. Mine reminded me a lot of the Wolfman, though it tasted a bit young still. It was the strongest Cojonu I’ve had, though it’s the only 2012 I’ve had so far (and a pre-release, so anything goes).
+Gotta go with the La Riqueza for my favorite. But i like almost everything the dude makes. Interesting reviews, i’m looking forward to trying these when they come out.
+I’ll have to check these out.
+i always like listening to pete johnson interviews. i find he’s pretty honest with his responses to questions.
+Looking forward to giving these a try… Great series of interviews with Pete by the way.
+I got one of the Sumatra wrapped ones from Pete when he came through Draper’s, probably thanks to sitting near you and Jerry when he pulled ’em out. I’ve got it lined up for Puerto Rico next month.
+I don’t think I’ve ever had a Pete Johnson cigar I didn’t like.
+Thanks again for another contest! Would love to try the Broadleaf… vanilla wafer? Yum.
+Love Pete’s stuff. Just was gifted an anarchy this week a couple of days ago. Phenomenal. Also like the black lancero, noella and 7th reserva. For some reason, I haven’t tried any of the cojonus yet. Must remedy that….
+Sweet Review! would love to pick up this 5 pack! I’ve had a JJ “Little Robusto”, but this Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 sounds amazing!! Good Luck to all that enter!
+Having a brown label right now, but the best I’ve had from Pete is the Anarchy. Love that cigar.
+Really can’t wait for the little monster series. I was slow to jump on the tatuaje ship so I missed out on some of the earlier superlative releases.
+Holy comments Batman… looks like giveaways are great for business. Great write up Charlie, I personally haven’t had much of Petes stuff, can’t find it Locally, But the small amount of stick I have had are great, and I really enjoy them. Hope all is well with you and your ever expanding family.
+Tatuaje Serie P Sumatra Robusto …… even a Tat mixed filler tops other long fillers in quality & taste…..wish some of the “other” stogie reviewers spread some of the giveaway love. Long live Charlie
+Just finished a Fausto, helluva smoke indeed. Huge fan of the site and reviews, keep up the good work.
+Can’t recall if I’ve entered or not, so please forgive if this is a repeat entry.
+I would have to say Jerry is easily the handsomest member of the crew, and I’m not just saying that because he’s the only one I’ve met. LOL!
+So far, I have to say my favorite Tatuaje stick is the Black Label Lancero. Really enjoy that one. Thanks for the great contests!
+I wonder how they select wrappers for some years; it was Habano and then Conn Broadleaf, now Sumatra. how do they plan for it?
+Excellent contest!
+Great review Charlie! I must say, the trend towards more box-pressed/Cuban-press/oval-press being released by the cigar manufacturers is a good thing for me, great feel in the mouth. I really hope more think about incorporating/applying this technique to their lines.
+Another great review. I have not yet tried these cigars but i am looking forward to it after this review, thanks for another eye opening review.
+” . . . what you think Pete should try for the Cojonu 2015.”
+How about a Monster Series based off the vampire from Twilight. Cover it in a very pale CT shade wrapper and market it to lonely housewives.
+Thanks for the giveaway
+My favorite is the Tatuaje 7th Reserva. It was a birthday stick an is special to me, aside from being tasty!
+Great review and thanks for the contest
+I know it’s random, but maybe my luck will be up because I live in the middle of Hell, Saudi Arabia & you can’t get an even decent cigar for under $20.
+Excellent reviews! Thank you very much. Out of all the different sticks I smoke, Tat’s are my favorite. I have a few of the Wolfman resting in the humi and a few of the Miami Reserva J21. I’ve been really loving the Anarchy’s from Smoke Inn and I’ve got a couple of those and a couple Fausto’s in another box. My local B&M sells most of the Miami’s and I’ve had quite a few of the Cojonu 2003 and 2006. I’d love to try these 2012’s!! I think I’ll probably agree with you that the Habano will be my fav. Thanks again for the review’s Charlie. Keep up the excellent work!
+I’m feeling lucky…love his black and brown labels and I hope I like this release as well.
+I have honestly never smoked a tatuaje. It’s been on my list of brands to try for a while, but just hasn’t happened. So, i’ll have to answer the who’s handsomer question. I’d have to give it a tie between charlie and the great torpedo (don’t know his name). Charlie on overall, great torpedo on looking like a stereotypical cigar smoker.
+I really want to try the sumatra wrapper as I love the wolfman with the same wrapper.
+Looking forward
+To trying these smokes
+I haven’t had a Tatuaje cigar that I didn’t liked.
+Thanks for the contest!
+I’m really enjoying the vertical tasting format. Thanks for the contest Charlie!
+Great review! I have always wanted to try a Tatuaje. You are just making it harder and harder to hold onto my cash…
+Excellent review I can’t wait to try them, sumatra is actually one of my favorite wrappers. For a future cojonu release I wonder how a cojonu 2003 blend would work with a black label wrapper? Could be good!
+Great review and some great looking sticks. Looking forward to these big time.
+Great Review
+Whats not to like from Tatuage? Fausto for me is awesome. I can get them at my local B&M.
+Can’t wait to try these. And your the handsomest.
+My fav Tat is the wolfman, but it changes every now and then. I think it would be interesting to for Pete to use a lighter shade Connecticut wrapper.
+Thanks for the chance at winning.
+As always, great reviews Charlie. The Broadleaf and Habano are high on my list to try.
+Hey you guys do a great job on your reviews! Its nice to have reviews on cigars that a normal person can afford! Pete Johnson seems like a pretty cool and down to earth guy that knows a lot about h is cigars.
+These sound great. I’m a big fan of box-pressed cigars and any tatuajes i’ve had have been good. Hook a brother up. Go Phils
+Hey Charlie. Great review as always. Im a big Tat fan and have to say most recent have been hooked on the Casitas. Great smoke. Looking forward to smoking the Broadleaf Cojonu!
+Very attractive looking cigar.
+Great review and I think the broadleaf is going to be a home run.
+The 2003 is great and its nice to hear these don’t dissapoint!
+And the winner is…….drumroll
+BUMP ! Who won ?
+Sorry for the delay… the randomly-chosen winner was Jason C. ().
+I finally got the shipment out today, and included a bonus cigar to make up for the delay… sorry!
+I can live with a small delay for free cigars. Especially when they are really good cigars. Now to find a hiding place so my my wife doesn’t smoke them. Thank you again for the contest!
+Great post. Thanks for the thourogh review.
+For more information, please see full course syllabus of Statistics
+For more information, please see full course syllabus of Statistics
+Least Squares Regression
+Lecture Slides are screen-captured images of important points in the lecture. Students can download and print out these lecture slide images to do practice problems as well as take notes while watching the lecture.
+- Intro 0:00
+- Roadmap 0:13
+- Roadmap
+- Best Fit 0:47
+- Best Fit
+- Sum of Squared Errors (SSE) 1:50
+- Sum of Squared Errors (SSE)
+- Why Squared? 3:38
+- Why Squared?
+- Quantitative Properties of Regression Line 4:51
+- Quantitative Properties of Regression Line
+- So How do we Find Such a Line? 6:49
+- SSEs of Different Line Equations & Lowest SSE
+- Carl Gauss' Method
+- How Do We Find Slope (b1) 11:00
+- How Do We Find Slope (b1)
+- Hoe Do We Find Intercept 15:11
+- Hoe Do We Find Intercept
+- Example 1: Which of These Equations Fit the Above Data Best? 17:18
+- Example 2: Find the Regression Line for These Data Points and Interpret It 26:31
+- Example 3: Summarize the Scatterplot and Find the Regression Line. 34:31
+- Example 4: Examine the Mean of Residuals 43:52
+General Statistics Online Course
+Transcription: Least Squares Regression
+Hi and welcome to
+In the previous lesson we learned about conceptually the idea of regression.0003
+In this lesson of squares regression we are going to talk about how to actually calculate a regression line and find it.0007
+Here is the roadmap and we are going to talk about what it means to best fit the data, and what does it mean for a line to best fit the data.0016
+We are going to talk about sum of squared errors and y that conflict is important for regression.0025
+We are going to talk about sum quantitative properties of the regression line. 0030
+We know conceptually what it means but once we do have a regression line there are sum rules that the regression line conforms to.0034
+We are going to talk about how to actually find the slope and the intercept of the regression line, 0042
+What does it mean to best fit the data?0050
+Well you can think about it like this, there are any number of lines that you could drop through a set of data.0053
+We could draw that one, we could draw this one, we can draw this one, we could draw that one.0060
+There are an infinite number of possible ones, but our goal is a regression line that is in the middle of all of these data points.0067
+When it is in the middle that is what we mean by best fitting line.0077
+You can think of this fit as roughly being equal to the concept of in the middle and the difference between all of these lines 0082
+and the true regression line is that the best fitting line is roughly in the middle. 0106
+How do we find the best fitting line?0114
+Quantitatively what it means to best fit the line means that this line had the lowest sum of squared errors.0117
+Because of that the regression line is also called the least squares line.0128
+That is y it is called the least squares method. 0135
+Even though in the middle and best fit are good conceptual ideas they are not quantitative ideas.0138
+This is the quantitative definition of what the best fitting line is.0146
+Let us talk about what error is.0151
+We had a particular word for error and that word is the residual.0154
+And that residual is the difference between y and the predicted y from our best fitting line.0160
+Having the lowest sum of squared errors is having the lowest SSE is really having a sum of all the squared residuals.0170
+Residuals square and another way to write that in y – y hat2.0185
+This is our quantitative measure of how good our line is. 0199
+Now there is one of a Catch-22 here. 0206
+We have to have the line before we could figure out whether it has the lowest SSE but the question is how do we find that line?0208
+First, before we go on let us talk about y we need to square these residuals?0220
+Remember when we talked about what it means to be in the middle?0226
+It means that the distances on the positive side or the point above the line and the points below the line, 0228
+the negative distances and these should all balance out.0235
+If you have a bunch of positive and a bunch of negative and you add them together you should get 0.0239
+Here is the tricky part that sum of the residuals, y – y hat.0246
+The sum of the residual period that should be roughly equal to 0 for the best fitting line.0255
+Because of that we want to square these distances.0263
+I will write the squared in red because that means that this value, the sum of squared errors should be greater than 0.0272
+We definitely want to square it.0283
+These other mathematical properties that will be able to take these seventh feature.0285
+We know what it means to quantitatively be the regression line. 0295
+It means having the lowest sum of squared errors but there is other quantitative properties that come along. 0299
+One important property to note is that this line, the regression line also contains point of averages.0304
+The average of all your x and the average of all your y.0313
+The average of variable 1 and the average of variable 2.0317
+This point is often also called the center of mass.0321
+It is really easy to find this point you just take the average of your x and take the average of your y.0325
+x bar and y bar is your point of average. 0333
+You can also think of it as the center of mass because if we think of all your points, the scatter plot as long like a object, this is the center of that mass.0339
+We already know that this line has the lowest SSE of any other line that also contains point of averages.0352
+The sum of the residuals when you do not square it that should be approximately 0.0362
+And because the sum of the residual is 0, the mean of the residuals is also 0 because the mean is the sum divided by the number of points.0371
+If the sum is 0 it means it will be 0 and the variation of the residual is as small as possible.0379
+It is smaller than other lines.0389
+One way to quantify variation is something like standard deviation.0391
+The residual have the smallest standard deviation than any other line. 0396
+Those are very important quantitative properties that we need to know.0404
+This sounds like a wonderful, magical line.0411
+How do we find such a line?0413
+You might be thinking that this is sounding pretty hard and maybe we have to find the SSE 0416
+for a whole bunch of different line equations and find the one with the lowest SSE.0424
+That is actually problematic. 0431
+It is a good conceptual idea but it is problematic, and here is y.0435
+There are an infinite number of lines.0439
+You can just change the y intercept by .0001 and get a totally different line.0447
+You can change the slope but a tiny, tiny amount and get a totally different line.0454
+There is an infinite number of lines that we would have to test.0459
+Infinite number of potential lines.0465
+We can find the SSE of infinite number of line.0473
+That is just not an option for us.0479
+Thank you to our hero Carl Gauss he was a mathematician and all kinds of German guy, and he helped us out a lot in statistics.0483
+Carl Gauss invented this method called the method of least squares and through Carl method we could easily find the slope.0498
+Here is how we do it.0508
+The slope is going to be a ratio.0510
+Slopes are always ratios.0512
+Rise/run but ratio change of y over change of x.0514
+Through this methodology has a similar line to it.0520
+Here is how Carl Gauss find slope. 0524
+Remember slope is not z sub 0, that is intercept.0527
+We call Gauss’s method you want to add up, take the sum of all your x deviation, so the deviation between x and the mean.0536
+X – x bar and multiply that to all deviations of y.0552
+Notice that we are not using x hat or y hat because we do not have the line but we do have the center of mass.0566
+We are finding the deviations from sort of the center of mass right.0577
+And that sum over the sum of x - x bar2.0582
+It is sort of think about this, as this as the 2 variation over the x variation squared.0595
+When you think of rise/run you think of the y/x and you will see that here.0604
+There is the change of y and there is the changes of x.0612
+There is two changes of x and here is the change of y.0617
+This method will give you the slope of your regression line.0623
+And just as a review, remember that when we have this x here, we really mean x sub I and we mean x sub i.0632
+I goes from 1 all the way up to n.0642
+However many data points we have in our sample.0645
+This often goes without saying that this we want to do this for every single data point that you have.0648
+That is Carl Gauss’s method.0659
+In order to find slope we need to use that function.0663
+It is the change of x, the deviations of x multiplied by the deviations of y all added up over the deviations of x2.0669
+The sum of the deviations of x2.0683
+Let us actually do a little example here. 0685
+If we had a whole bunch of x and a whole bunch of y I just put a few here.0693
+The first point is 1, 1 and the second point is 0 and third point is -1, -1.0702
+We already know that the line equations should be something like Y = x.0711
+Let us see if we could use Carl Gauss’s method in order to find slope and often find it useful and that is where we are going.0721
+The deviations of x and the deviations of y so the sum of the deviations of x times the deviations of y and the ratio of that sum to the deviations of x2.0733
+In this way we have to find X bar and y bar and easily we can tell here if we take the X bar and we just add it up to 0, so the average of 0 adding this up 0.0752
+We already know X bar and y bar.0777
+In order to do this I’m going to have to find x - x bar.0783
+I’m going to have draw this in a different color to make it easier.0792
+X - x bar and y - y bar. 0797
+Not only that I’m going to need to know x.0805
+I need to know X - X bar × Y - y bar and I'm going to need to know x – x bar2.0812
+Let me draw some lines here.0828
+Let us get started, because my x bar and y bar is 0, 0 this makes this easy for me.0838
+Let us find this difference for x deviation × y deviation.0849
+I will just multiply it across that is y across 0 and that is y across 1.0857
+I need to find the sum here and take that and put it over this one.0873
+This sum is 2 and this sum is 2 and I’m going to put that in here my b1 = 2/2 which is 1.0884
+Since I already knew that slope of a regression line here should be y = x we know that y = 1 × x which is y = x.0899
+Now we know how to find slope but how do we find intercept once we have our slope.0913
+Let us see our previous example b1 = 1.0923
+We know 1 is a point that falls under our regression line already.0931
+X bar / y bar which is 0, 0.0937
+If we know all of those things we could find our intercept just by plugging it in.0945
+Our equations have a line in statistics is y = b knot + b sub 1 × x.0955
+All you have to do is plug in our numbers and substitute in order to find the sum.0966
+That is what we are looking for.0973
+Here is an example y.0976
+B sub knot, b sub 0 + 1 × 0.0979
+Here I will get b = 0.0986
+This is definitely easy.0991
+This is just finding our missing value just by having our example y, x, and having this slope.0995
+We could just derive this linear so that in the future we will know what exactly to plug in.1006
+Instead of trying to solve for y we could just slip around these things in order to solve for b sub 0.1010
+All we have to do is move this over to that side so that is y – b sub 1 × x.1022
+That is how to find b sub 0 / y intercept.1031
+Let us do some more examples.1039
+Pretend that this is 3 different kind of pizzas.1044
+Let us say this is medium size pizza.1049
+Let us say that this is giant size pizza. 1054
+It has 100 grams of fat per pizza but the cost is $17.50.1059
+The double size let us say is 110 grams of fat per pizza but the cost is $18.00.1068
+Pizza x has 120 grams of fat but the cost is $20.00.1074
+Maybe we would have a feeling that fat makes the taste better or the cost.1082
+The question is which of these following equations fit this data the best.1092
+In order to solve this problem we have to find the sum of squared errors for each of these equations.1102
+We are not sure if any of these equations is the regression line.1109
+We are just trying to find the best equation out of the 3 that we have.1114
+Which of these set above data the best which equation has lowest error or sum of square error?1120
+You can put up your examples right for you in the x so far and click on example 1 are already in the data right here.1138
+Here is our 3 pizzas of fat as well as the cost.1149
+It seems just from borrowing it that bar is a positive trend.1154
+As fat goes up the cost goes up.1159
+Let us go ahead and try our first equation that we are given.1165
+The equation sub y = 4.45 that is the intercept + .1x.1183
+I separated that in order to the intercept as well as the slope because we are going to need those numbers.1192
+Here is the fat, here is the cost.1200
+Let us find the predicted cost or y hat.1202
+In order to find y hat all we have to do is plug in our x into our y equation.1206
+That would be these values .75 and that will change.1216
+I’m going to lock it in place and add that to b1 × x.1223
+B1 is not going to change either so I’m going to lock that in place.1236
+We do want b12 to keep changing.1250
+I’m going to take that predicted cost and I’m just copying and pasting.1254
+These predicted cost are always a little bit less than the actual cost.1264
+Here all I have are residuals are going to be.1273
+The residuals are the actual cost – the predicted cost.1281
+All of our residuals are going to be positive.1286
+That is the case where all of our actual data are above our prediction line and so because of that we know that this is not quite as good is not a great regression line.1292
+Maybe it has the best smallest SSC.1306
+We have our residuals and what I’m going to do is take this residual and square it.1310
+You can find all my squared residuals and then in order to get the sum of squared residuals I will just add them all up and so I get 23.1875 as my sum of squared errors.1318
+Who knows, maybe that is the lowest one, we will see.1331
+Here I put in the data for the next equation.1343
+It is y equals 8 +.025x.1351
+I separated out into the intercept versus the slope and let us find the sum of squared error.1361
+To find the predicted cost I need to add this, take my intercept, lock in place and add that to my slope × x.1369
+I’m going to lock my slope in place as well. 1391
+And so right now we are a little bit low, still low, still really low.1401
+I could see that because our predicted costs are more off than our predicted cost I’m going to guess the sum of squared errors is going to be considerably larger.1408
+Let us find the residual.1420
+The residual is the data minus the predicted.1424
+The data minus the predicted and then all I do is square that residual and then sum them all up 1428
+because all of our predicted costs were more off than the predicted cost. 1447
+This equation is much better than this equation. 1454
+Now let us test out the third one.1458
+I hope we did not see those answers and let us see what the predicted costs look like.1471
+We want to add our intercept with our slope like that in place × the x.1477
+Excel will automatically do order of operations, so I do not have to put parentheses around the multiplication first.1499
+Let us say that this is actually close to the costs.1508
+If all of that is off by 20% but just below.1511
+Let us say that is the next one.1518
+This one is off in the opposite direction.1520
+It is off in the negative direction. 1523
+This one is off in the negative direction.1527
+This seems like pretty good prediction where we are getting pretty close to the cost. 1530
+Let us find out what the residual is.1535
+Here we should have a mix of residuals.1538
+Some positive and some are negative. 1540
+So costs - the predicted.1543
+We have 2 positive ones and one -1 and in order to balance each other out quite nicely because the positive ones are smaller, 1547
+but the negative one is a little bit bigger.1557
+Here if we sum that up we get .375 and that is considerably smaller error than 23 and 182.1566
+I can say that the third equation is the best fitting line. 1582
+This one is the best one.1590
+Now it give us the same data and x find the regression line for these data point and them interpret it.1595
+If we go back to our Excel file and click on example 2 then you will see the data here for you.1605
+First thing we probably want to do is figure out all the different things we would like to get 1614
+and I’m just going to use a little bit of a shorthand instead of writing x – x bar.1623
+I’m going to write deviations of x.1633
+The deviations of x and I'm also going to need deviations of y and then I'm going to need to multiply the deviations of x × the deviations of y.1635
+I’m also going to find deviations of x2.1649
+These are the four things I need.1655
+In order to get these, I need X bar.1657
+Here I’m going to put averages and you need to find X bar and y bar.1666
+And that is right here.1673
+Here I’m going to put average and find my X bar which is that and also just copy and paste that over to find y bar, the average cost.1675
+My point of averages is 110 and 18.5. 1688
+Let us find all the deviations of x in order to find slope.1695
+The deviations of x is x- my x bar.1701
+Here I’m going to lock my X bar in place and then I can just copy and paste all the way down. 1708
+Let us also find the deviations of y which is costs minus the average cost.1731
+And then I could just copy and paste that all the way down as well. 1745
+Notice that my deviations of x and deviations of y they are like helping us toward that lowering 1748
+of the residual idea because the deviations of x if you look at all of them they are very balanced.1757
+Half of them are one side of the average and half of them are the other.1766
+The definition that is what average means and so are my deviations of y half of them are on the negative side 1772
+and half of them on the positive side and they balance one another up.1779
+Now let us multiply the deviations of x by the deviations of y and noticed them doing this for every data point.1784
+Here I know I need to find sum.1793
+I will sum them here.1799
+Actually color these the different colors so that we do not get confused.1811
+Let us also find our deviations of x2 and let us find the sum of those.1817
+Here are two sum and what we need to find in order to find the b sub 1.1828
+Finding b sub 1 we need to find the ratio between this and that.1839
+Our b sub 1 equals .125.1850
+Now that we know b sub 1 we can easily find the b sub 0.1855
+Now actually color these the different color and remember the formula for b sub 0 is just y – b sub 1 × x.1862
+I already have an X and Y, my point of averages.1875
+I forgot to put equal sign.1882
+y – b sub 1 × X and I get 4.75.1884
+In order to find my equation for the line all we do is take the two values and put them into my actual line equation. 1901
+In order to find my predicted y I would take 4.75 and add that to .125 × x.1911
+That is my regression line for this set of data.1924
+The previous example of this would actually choice c.1931
+It actually happened to be the regression line as well.1934
+Here is the kicker though we need to interpret this.1940
+It is not good enough for us to just have this, we need to know what this means.1945
+In order to get y, we are changing everything from that into costs.1952
+You can think of the Y intercept as a base cost.1960
+4.75 seems to be the base cost for these pizza and then for every gram of fat you add 12 ½ cents.1965
+If you have 1 g of fat presumably, then you would just add 12 ½ cents to this pizza and perhaps that pizza would taste very good.1977
+It would be probably a lot healthier for you.1987
+If you add 100 grams of fat so hundred grams of fat and each of those grams of fat is worth .12 then you have to multiply that in order to add that to your base cost.1991
+In some ways these base cost and there is sort of acting like giving you an idea of how much every gram of fat cost.2011
+Because notice that as grams of fat goes up, the cost goes up.2035
+This data is actually wrong.2040
+This would be very cheap pizza.2047
+This equation is actually helping us to get an idea of how much each gram of fat is costing and exactly what the relationship is between grams of fat and the cost.2058
+That is the goal of the regression line.2070
+For these 40 data points summarize the scatter plot then find the regression line.2072
+Presumably these data points are in the Excel file and remember how to summarize the scatter plot we are going to be doing that.2078
+We have to bring them up that Excel file and click on example 3 that have at the bottom.2087
+This data looks sort of familiar to us, but now they are giving us a different label for the these variables.2096
+Here it says student faculty ratio on the x-axis and cost per unit on the y axis.2107
+I'm presuming that each of these cases are something likes schools, maybe universities.2115
+When the student faculty ratio is very high, then it is cheap to enroll at the schools.2125
+It is cheap to take units there. 2131
+But when the student faculty ratio is very low then it is more expensive.2133
+This sort what it looks like.2137
+Our cases particular, probably something likes schools or universities.2143
+Our variables are the student faculty ratio and cost per unit.2147
+Number two in summarizing the scatter plot it seems as the general shape is linear roughly so we can just stick with that.2152
+Number 3 the trend seems to be a negative trend where as one goes up, as ratio goes up the cost goes down.2168
+As ratio was down, the cost goes up.2178
+Number 4, what does this sort of strange look like?2184
+A sort of like maybe small to medium.2193
+That is harder to add up and number 5 potential explanations. 2198
+Well, it might be that in order to provide more faculty per students or a better student faculty ratio you need more faculty or you need less students.2205
+More faculty cost for many less students it costs more for each student.2218
+That makes sense but it could be when you have a high cost you want to keep the student faculty ratio low.2223
+Or maybe some of the third variable like prestige that keeps this relationship going. 2232
+We summarize the scatter plot that I think now we have to find the regression line.2241
+In order to find the regression line we do not really need this chart very much. 2246
+I’m just going to make it feel small and put it over here.2254
+It is useful to look at later just to eyeball whether our regression line makes sense.2258
+But let us go ahead and take our steps to find Carl Gauss’s method of finding b sub 1.2266
+I'm going to write here X deviations, Y deviations, X deviations × Y deviations and then X deviations2.2276
+And this is when Excel comes in real handy because it would be really sort of crazy in order to do all of these.2300
+Just make life easier for, let us go ahead and find X bar and y bar.2309
+It does not matter where you find this.2321
+It is somewhere easy for you to keep track of.2324
+I’m going to find the average of my x and just use my student faculty ratio as my x.2327
+The average student faculty ratio is about 20 students per faculty and just a copy that over our average cost is about $366 per unit. 2336
+Let us find the X deviations, so that would be my x - x bar and I want that to just locked in place and then I’m also going to find my Y deviations.2353
+Y - Y bar lock that in place and multiply my x deviation and y deviations.2382
+I’m also going to find c deviations2.2402
+Once I have this I can actually just copy and paste all four of these values all the way down for all 40 data points. 2406
+If you take a look half of the X deviations should be negative and approximately half are positive.2418
+And same with the Y deviations some are positive and then some are negative to balance that out.2426
+We know we need to find the sum.2437
+We need to find the sum of our x deviations × y deviations and just to help us out I’m going to pull down this little bar here.2442
+You see in this corner there is a little sandwich looking thing I pulled it down in order to lock that row in place and so that row does not move.2453
+Move that down and I know what column I am in.2464
+I want to sum of all of these together and then I'm also going to sum all of these together and I'm just going to color all of this in a different color so we know.2468
+B sub 1 is the ratio of this sum over this sum.2501
+Our slope is a negative slope and that makes sense because we had a negative trend and that -21.51.2510
+Given that let us find b sub 0.2522
+We know in order to find b sub 0 we need to use x bar and y bar as our example point.2527
+I’m going to take y, my y – b sub 1 × x.2534
+Again Y intercept is 795.21.2555
+I’m just going to pull this over hold us over on this side and here I can now talk about the regression line.2566
+The regression line would be Y equals and we put the intercept first 795.21.2578
+Instead of plus, we could just put a minus because our slope is -21.51 × x.2589
+This is our regression line and if you want to interpreted the idea is that sort of the base cost is around $800 2601
+and for whatever the student faculty ratio is with each increment you get to the detection of about 20 to 21.50.2613
+As the ratio goes up and up and up you get a little deduction every time.2625
+Remember that the regression line must past through the point of averages.2636
+That is one of the quantitative features of regression lines and the residual should be equal to 0 approximately.2642
+One of these actually causes the other.2653
+It is either that the passing through the point averages automatically makes the mean of the residual 0 2658
+or that the mean of this residuals been 0 causes the point averages to be positive.2664
+This problem is going supposed to be basically to explore which one causes the other.2672
+Examine the mean of residuals for the regression line, which definitely passes through the point of average.2678
+An example line that did not pass through the point of average and we should try to see in that case is the mean of residuals still 0.2685
+Or an example line that does pass through the point of averages, but had the wrong slope.2697
+For any slope of the line that passes through the point of averages that is not the regression line.2704
+And then finally we want to discuss the question is that going to find the regression line as the line that makes the sum or mean of the residual 0.2711
+If you click on example 4, I put back the pizza example that we covered at the very beginning.2723
+Here I put in our regression line which have $4.75 as the base rate and 12 ½ cent increase for every gram of fat.2733
+I already calculated for you the predicted costs, the residuals, and the squared residuals because we actually already did this in the first problem.2748
+The only that I have changed is i also provided for you the sum of the residual.2761
+Here we find that the sum of the residuals is 0.2767
+Let us think about this regression line. 2771
+It definitely passes through the point of averages and the sum of residuals of 0.2773
+This regression line definitely fits our quantitative definition for regression line and it has a very low sum of squared residual.2778
+Now given this point let us think about a line that does not pass through the point of averages. 2792
+Now, if we take our line or lines, and which is slightly up or down in either direction it won't pass through the point of averages because of parallel lines never intercept.2800
+We can keep the same slope .125, but we just change our b sub 0 very slightly.2817
+We could just change the intercept very slightly.2829
+Maybe would not move a line just a little bit so when we get 4.8 instead of 4.75 and here our y is y = 4.8 +.125 × x.2831
+Let us find the squared residuals and all that stuff.2853
+The predicted costs would be b sub 0 + B sub 1 and lock that in place × x.2856
+Noticed that are our predicted costs are very, very close because our line is not that far off.2880
+Let us calculate the residual.2889
+The actual cost minus the predicted costs and let us also calculate the squared residuals. 2891
+Just squaring each of my residual and are being added up down here. 2904
+Notice that although these sum of squared errors are very close to slightly this one is just bigger than this one.2909
+It is slightly worse fit than this one.2917
+This one is a better fit but let us check and see whether our residual at up to 0.2920
+It has been close to 0, but it does not quite add up to 0.2928
+These lines that do not quite pass through the point of averages, even though they are only a little bit off these do not add that the sum of the residuals do not add up to 0.2934
+Now that we have all this we can actually just change it. 2948
+Let us move the regression line down just a little bit.2952
+Let us just move it down slightly and make this 4.5 instead of 4.75.2956
+Well again it is not that far off. 2965
+It is still pretty low sum of squared error, but the regression line is still the lowest and the residuals still does not add up to 0.2968
+If it does not pass through the point of averages then it is off by a little bit. 2982
+The other thing we could do is we could keep the intercept the same and instead we could change the slope by a little bit.2988
+If we do that, then we know it does not pass through the point of averages.2999
+When we do that what we find once again is that the sum of squared residual is more off than our regression line.3003
+Our sum of residuals still does not add up to 0. 3015
+Although we try a couple of lines if it does not pass through the point of averages, we see that the residual does not add up to 0. 3018
+Now let us talk about the flip side.3029
+A line that does pass through the point of averages, but it is still not the regression line. 3032
+Well, in order to find one that passes through the point of averages, but had the wrong slope.3038
+It is nice to figure out from our actual point, a line that passes through there but had just a different slope.3047
+You can pick any slope you want.3058
+I will pick the slope of 5.3059
+We could just use that same formula we have use and plug in our values for the point of averages.3069
+That would be y – x × b1.3080
+Our B1 is right next to it.3090
+This is the point that definitely passes through the point of averages, but obviously has the wrong slope.3093
+Let us find the predicted costs. 3101
+I remember this is the line that it is totally made up.3104
+Predicted costs might be very off.3106
+Predicted costs would be the intercept and lock that in place + b1 × x and then lock b1 in place.3109
+We see that the costs are fairly off.3136
+$-31 this is pretty close to 18 but this was pretty far off 68.5.3141
+Now let us find the residual.3148
+The actual cost minus the predicted cost.3150
+and finally, let us find the squared residuals.3156
+Notice that the sum of squared residuals is very very off 4,753.3163
+We know that this is not a great line. 3173
+It is not a well fitting line. 3175
+These other lines actually fits better, but let us check that sum of the residual. 3176
+What does that add up to be?3181
+That has a sum of the residual is 0.3185
+Just because this line passes through the point of average.3195
+Remember in order to calculate residual always using is x bar and y bar.3201
+It actually makes sense that as long as it passes through that point of averages the sum of residual is going to be 0.3209
+Now that we have all of this setup with all our nice formulas we can actually put in any slope.3220
+It will find the B sub 1 and this line perfectly passes through the point of averages.3231
+Even though our sum of squared residuals have improved, our residual still add up to 0.3238
+0 even though it is not the line of regression and let us try another one -.00035.3246
+Excel will do this just because it too many small points for it to show you, but still, you get the idea.3259
+Although it looks sort of crazy number this means that you need to move the decimal point to the left 18 times.3266
+That is very, very close to 0.3275
+Let us try another one 500.3279
+Once again we see that the sum of the residual is 0.3284
+These are obviously not very good lines they are not very good regression lines because the squared residuals are terribly, terribly off.3290
+The sum of the residual is 0 as long as the line passes through the point of averages. 3301
+Let us go back to example 4.3310
+Here we have seen the mean of the residuals or the sum of the residual similar idea for the regression line, and so the mean of residual equals 0. 3314
+An example line that does not pass through the point of averages, mean of residual is not equal 0. 3328
+An example line that does pass through the point of averages that has the wrong slope.3338
+Here we find the mean of residuals once again equal 0.3345
+Is it good enough to define the regression line as the line that makes the sum or mean of the residual 0?3353
+No, that is not good enough because any line that passes through the point of averages will have the sum or mean of the residual as 0.3359
+This one really causes that one.3370
+We also need to have all those other rules.3374
+For instant the other rules being the sum of squared errors is the lowest in a regression line that definitely has to be there.3379
+That is it for calculating regressions using the least squares method.3389
+See you next time on
+It’s been an excellent journey discovering what the Bible says about specific topics. I could create a long opinion piece for you, or even craft a short and engaging summary. Maybe those are tasks to consider later – but for now I think the best way is to let the scripture speak for itself. It’s a powerful topic and the Bible teaches some things you’re unlikely to hear in your local church. But which authority do we really believe?
+What does the Bible say about What Salvation
+“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:”John 1:12
+“To give knowledge of salvation to His people By the remission of their sins,”Luke 1:77 NKJV
+“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV
+What does the Bible say about Why we need salvation?
+“Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—”Genesis 3:22 NKJV
+“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—”Romans
+“so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”Romans 5:21
+What does the Bible say about who must be Saved?
+“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.”Romans 1:16 NKJV
+“Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,”Acts 17:30
+“And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.’”Acts 2:21 NKJV
+“and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”Luke 24:47 this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”I Timothy 2:3-4 NKJV
+“But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,”II Thessalonians 2:13 NKJV
+“And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.””John 6:65 NKJV
+“Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.”Acts 13:48 NKJV
+:26-29 NKJV
+What does the Bible say about How we are saved?
+“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.””Acts 4:12 NKJV
+“For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.”II Corinthians 7:10:18-20 NKJV
+“Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.”II Corinthians 5:11 NKJV
+“And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.”Luke 7:29-30 NKJV
+“And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’”Acts 22:16 NKJV
+“And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.”Acts 10:48 NKJV
+ NKJV
+“even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;”Romans 3:22 NKJV
+“to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”
+Romans 3:26
+“but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.”Acts 26:20 NKJV
+“So they went out and preached that people should repent.”Mark 6:12
+“Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”Acts 2:38 NKJV
+“There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”I Peter 3:21 NKJV
+.”Matthew 3:8-11 NKJV
+“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”James 4:8 NKJV
+ NKJV
+:13-15.””Luke 10:25-28 NKJV
+:8-14 NKJV
+“
+“Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.””Luke 7:50 NKJV
+“You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.”James 2:24 ESV
+“Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.”Luke 13:23-24 NKJV
+ NKJV
+“Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.”Luke 8:12 NKJV
+ NKJV
+What does the Bible say we are saved from?
+“John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.”Mark 1:4 NKJV
+“Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”Romans 6-32, 34-36 NKJV
+“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.”II Peter 2:19:1-18 NKJV
+What does the Bible say about when salvation is complete?
+“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.”Philippians 3:12 NKJV
+“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”I Corinthians 1:18 NKJV
+“And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.”Romans 13:11 NKJ
+“But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.”I Thessalonians 5:8 NKJV
+“so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.”Hebrews 9:28 NKJV
+“who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”I Peter 1:5 NKJV
+“receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.”I Peter 1 NKJV
+“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”I Timothy 6:12 NKJV
+“keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”Jude 1:21 NKJV
+And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”Matthew 24:12-13 NKJV
+“And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.”Matthew 10:22 NKJV
+“For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,”Hebrews 3:14 NKJV
+“Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,”Philippians 2:12 ESV
+What does the Bible say about losing our Salvation?
+“Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;”Hebrews 3:12 NKJV
+ NKJV
+“But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.”Jude 1:5 NKJV
+And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”Matthew 24:12-13 NKJV
+“Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.”I John 2:24 NKJV
+“If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.”II Timothy 2:12-13 NKJV
+“Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.”Hebrews 4:11V
+“They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
+These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever..”II Peter 2:15, 17, 20-21 NKJV
+Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.”I John 3:24 NKJV
+“In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.”I John 3:10 NKJV
+ NKJV
+“And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”I John 2:17 NKJV
+Salvation is a gift from God that allows us to be reconciled with Him (Titus 3:4-7) and allows us to become God’s children (John1:12) by the remission of our sins (Luke 1:77). Because of Adam’s sin, sin reigns in the human race and has resulted in death (Rom 5:12) and in God’s wrath towards us (Rom 5:9-10). It has also separated us from God. We need to be freed from our sin (John 8:34-36 & Rom6:1-18) so that we can be saved from God’s wrath and reconciled to Him. We are saved to receive eternal life (Rom 5:21). God has chosen (2 Thes 2:13) and appointed (Acts 13:48) certain people and calls them to salvation, but the scripture also says He wants all men to be saved (1 Tim 2:3-4). We can only receive salvation through Jesus and no-one else (Acts 4:12) but we need to repent to receive that salvation (2 Cor 7:10). We need to hear the gospel (Rom 10:17) and then respond in faith with repentance, confession (Rom 10:9-11), baptism in water (Act 22:16 & 10:48) and in the Holy Spirit (John 3:5, Titus 3:5 & Acts 11:15-16) and then bear works that show our repentance (Acts 26:20, Mark 16:17) by keeping Christ’s commandments (Luke 10:25-28 & Matt 19:16-17 & Luk 3:8-14). Our salvation is spoken of as a process and an end goal rather than a past event or current status (1 Pet1:5&9 & 1 Cor1:18 among others) and is spoken of as something we can lose or not reach (2 Pet 2:15-21; John 15:5-6; Heb 6:4-6; 2 Tim 2:12; among others).
+THE HON TANYA PLIBERSEK MP
+DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
+SHADOW MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
+MEMBER FOR SYDNEY
+E&OE TRANSCRIPT
+DOORSTOP INTERVIEW
+BERKELEY VALE, NSW CENTRAL COAST
+MONDAY, 2 FEBRUARY 2015
+SUBJECT/S: Liberal cuts and broken promises; Peter Greste’s release; Queensland election; Central Coast environmental issues
+TANYA PLIBERSEK, DEPUTY OPPOSITION LEADER: It is a great pleasure to be here on the coast with David Mehan, David Harris and my friend Deb O'Neil talking about both state and federal issues. We have been talking about cost of living issues particularly for seniors today and what we have heard loud and clear is that seniors are really suffering. They are suffering from the $23 billion in pension cuts that Tony Abbott’s made, from the cuts to superannuation, from the plan to increase the pension retirement age. But they are also concerned about a whole range of cost of living issues that don’t just affect them but affect their kids and grandkids. The fact that a family on $60,000 a year is $6500 worse off because of Tony Abbott's budget cuts, the $50 billion cut to hospitals, the $30 billion cut from our schools. But there’s also the effect of Mike Baird's cost of living increases. The increasing cost of electricity, gas, water and of course council rates as well. Did you want to ask...?
+JOURNALIST: Yeah, specifically if I could ask you just about your reaction to Peter Greste’s release overnight?
+PLIBERSEK: Well of course every Australian is delighted to hear that Peter Greste has been released. I know that his family have been so incredibly supportive and such great advocates for Peter and for the men that he was arrested with. I know that his family will be so relieved to have him back. No journalist should be gaoled for simply doing their job and as pleased as we are to have Peter back I think it is very important that Australia continues to be part of international efforts to see the release of the two colleagues that he was arrested with.
+JOURNALIST: Mrs Bishop has already spoken to him, do you intend to get in contact with him?
+PLIBERSEK: Well of course I have left a message with his parents this morning, I know that they will be beside themselves with excitement that Peter is returning and I’ll look forward to speaking with him when he has had a chance to have a bit of a rest.
+JOURNALIST: It has been a long time but now on his release, were you happy with the way the Government handled it, would you have handled it any differently?
+PLIBERSEK: Look I think it’s very important to say that our diplomats were working around the clock to secure Peter Greste’s release. They were doing the best possible job they could, both supporting Peter day to day while he was in gaol, but also working with the Egyptian authorities to secure his release. I certainly hope that our diplomats will continue to advocate for nationals of other countries that are facing the same gaol time that Peter was facing simply for doing his job as a journalist. I think it’s of course been frustrating for all of Peter’s family, friends and supporters that it’s taken so long to secure his release. He was an innocent, he was innocent all along, he was a journalist simply doing his job.
+JOURNALIST: Just another question if we get back to local issues but you were part of a government that cut down its leader, what advice have you got for the Coalition now?
+PLIBERSEK: Well I think Tony Abbott is obviously facing real problems but the problem is not Tony Abbott, the man, the problem is the Liberal Party, the policy. We saw at the time of the last Budget in May, a range of spectacularly bad decisions about cuts to all of the services that Australian families rely on. Cuts to health, cuts to education, $100,000 university degrees, $23 billion cut to pensions that means aged pensioners will be up to $80 a week worse off. These policies should be junked, they can junk the leader but if they don’t junk the policies they’ll still be in deep trouble
+JOURNALIST: We have news coming out today that he’s actually junked his Paid Parental Leave Scheme, is that good news?
+PLIBERSEK: Well this was always a dog of a scheme. We’ve been saying for years that this is a dog of a scheme. What kind of government designs a scheme that gives the biggest benefit to the families that already have the most money? It was a flawed scheme from the very beginning. But what we need to see- the thing that is really putting pressure on Australian families are cuts to family tax benefit, and massive cuts to childcare, more than $1 billion cut out of childcare. So Tony Abbott can junk the Paid Parental Leave Scheme but if he doesn’t do something to give families some relief from the cuts that were made in the last Budget, to family tax benefit for example, and the massive cuts, billions of dollars of cuts in childcare, then we’ll be no better off.
+JOURNALIST: I guess the March election is certainly drawing closer, does Queensland’s result over the weekend bring a boost to the party?
+PLIBERSEK: Well I think the result in Queensland over the weekend is spectacular and Annastacia Palaszczuk should be very proud of the campaign that she ran. She has achieved what many people thought was unachievable. It’s a terrific result and the very, very strong message here is that voters will not accept being lied to. Campbell Newman came in and made a whole lot of promises, he said public servants didn’t need to worry, there wouldn’t be public service job cuts, there wouldn’t be cuts to health or education. Many of the same things Tony Abbott said, no cuts to health, no cuts to education, no cuts to the ABC and SBS, no change to pensions and no new taxes. Tony Abbott’s broken all those promises just as Campbell Newman broke his promises to the voters of Queensland. Campbell Newman’s paid the price, I think Tony Abbott’s paying the price. It’s a very strong message to governments of all persuasions that you can’t promise one thing before election, get elected and do the exact opposite. There are a number of promises made up here on the Central Coast before the last state election and I’ll let David and David speak to those promises and the way that the Baird Government has broken those commitments to the voters of the Central Coast. You can’t do that, Australians won’t accept it.
+JOURNALIST: You were here this morning, what sort of feedback on this issue were you getting today?
+PLIBERSEK: Well we had a lot of people obviously talking about their concerns about cuts to pensions, cuts to Medicare, their kids and grandkids facing cuts to family tax benefit and unaffordable university education, TAFE closures. But we also had a very strong message about local people disappointed in the dishonest and deceptive representation that they’ve had from Liberals here on the Central Coast and those people who have been caught up in the ICAC controversies up here, and a very strong message about environmental promises that were made about mining and other environmental issues on the Central Coast. Very clear commitments made before the election, broken moments after the state election. And I think, well I might give the state candidates an opportunity to talk a little about those. Which David wants to go first?
+DAVID MEHAN, STATE LABOR CANDIDATE FOR THE ENTRANCE: I think the issue for the Central Coast in the lead up to March 28 is ‘Who is going to stand up to Tony Abbott and the cuts Canberra have imposed on the Central Coast and on NSW?’ The local Liberals haven’t, certainly Mike Baird won’t. Only a vote for Labor will ensure that someone is arguing against Tony Abbott in NSW. Certainly in my electorate of the Entrance, the Pacific Highway at Ourimbah was announced as a new initiative of the Baird Government last week, we’ll need to go back in time and remember that Labor had already programed to have that work completed over the last four years and we were going to do it within the budget. Now Baird has come down the coast and said you will only have the Pacific Highway if you privatise electricity. That’s not good enough. We concluded stages one and two of Ourimbah within the budget while maintaining a AAA credit rating in NSW. Now Baird, Tony Abbott’s mate in NSW, has come to the coast and said you’ll only get stage three if you privatise electricity. It’s not good enough and we need better on the Central Coast.
+JOURNALIST: So is that not true? It’s a lie?
+MEHAN: That’s not true, it’s a lie. Duncan Gay has made a quip that people on the Central Coast hadn’t seen tractors and bulldozers in Ourimbah. Stage one and two were complete under the former Labor Government. The Advocate put a photo montage which was just a false representation of road works happening at Ourimbah. These were road works that happened under Labor. These guys can’t be trusted. The promises they’ve made in the lead up to the 2011 election haven’t been lived up to. The only people who are going to stand up to Tony Abbott and make sure the Central Coast gets what it deserves are the Labor candidates who have been arguing the case for many years.
+DAVID HARRIS, STATE LABOR CANDIDATE FOR WYONG: I concur with my colleagues of course. This morning I’ve been up at Wadalba, fighting another environmental issue. It’s an issue that’s very dear to my heart. Last week we were able to save a local park that the Liberals on council had tried to develop. Today we’re up there fighting for an endangered sea eagle’s nest. People might say that’s not very important but when you’re building suburbs which are wall to wall houses you need to keep the environment that people move to this area for and what we’re seeing is that under the Liberals with their tree-felling policies etc, that they’re not worried about people’s lifestyles, they’re not worried about our local environment, they’re just worried about developer dollars and that’s not surprising when you find out that it was the developers that made donations to them before the last election even though it wasn’t the right thing to do and ICAC is certainly dealing with that. But the one thing that people on the Central Coast, and Wyong in particular, are very upset about is and they talk to me about it everyday is the broken promise on Wallarah Two coal mine. It was written in blood, no ifs, no buts, we will not let this mine go ahead. They’ve broken that promise. They’re putting pressure on the Darkinjung Aboriginal people to reconsider their opposition to letting the mine come on to their land. People need to remember that. You can’t stand up before an election and say hand on heart that you’ll do one thing and as soon as the election is over go back to them and say ‘oh no things have changed’. People vote for you because of what you say. The Liberals have proven through their actions that they can’t be trusted.
+JOURNALIST: In terms of the fight for the eagle’s nest up their today, what’s actually happening? I know the community environment network was going to put in a complaint to the Department of Environment about this. Where is it at today?
+HARRIS: Look when I was the local member I worked with the council at the time and residents to make sure that there were defined green corridors in that area because of the size of the developments that were going to take place. What we find with the sea eagle’s nest is that an amendment was put in saying that they had surveyed the area wrongly and they wanted to tack on some extra land. Now the current council with their development policy who have abolished their environment group within the council, there is no environment group within the council, there is no environment director anymore which is symptomatic of what Liberals are doing across the state, has put this nest at danger. Now there are only 800 nesting pairs in the whole of the east coast from Toowoomba coming all the way down into NSW. We need to protect these things they’re important to the community. I was out doorknocking in the area yesterday and people said to me they moved to the area for the lifestyle and the environment. Well guess what if you keep voting the Liberals in you won’t have the lifestyle and you won’t have the environment and you may as well be living in a suburb in Sydney and that's not what people want.
+JOURNALIST: Do you know how it can be stopped though?
+HARRIS: Well we’ve managed to have it fenced off through our Labor councillors at the moment.
+JOURNALIST: When did that happen?
+HARRIS: That happened in the last few days. We’ve been told, we understand that, they’re only prepared to keep the tree safe until the chicks leave the nest and then after that the tree would be removed. What we’re saying is it was a part of the original plan. They shouldn’t have put an amendment in, it should have gone out to public consultation in a proper way, not over Christmas when everyone is on holidays and the local newspaper isn’t being published and they need to protect it. What we are talking about is 600 - 800 new houses and we can’t protect 10 metres of bushland along the fringe. People just see this as unreasonable. We’re not against development, development will happen but we must protect our green areas.
+JOURNALIST: Just one final question. I guess in the last week, or the last two weeks, we’ve seen a lot of visits from both sides of politics to the Central Coast. Do you think that reflects that the Central Coast is shaping up as a key battle ground for the March 28 election?
+PLIBERSEK: Well the Central Coast has always been important to Labor. We know that we have a lot of communities up here that value the lifestyle and the environment of living on the Central Coast. But we know the coast has also had its challenges. It’s had challenges with the local TAFEs, with public transport, pockets of poverty living up here as well. And so we’ve been very active over many years including Deb’s great work as a local federal Labor Member and Senator to make sure the people of the Central Coast have a strong voice. Now this isn’t my first visit here. I’ve been here many times to talk with local residents about many different issues over the years. I’m thrilled to be back here again not just because there is the state election in a few weeks time but because this is a growing area that deserves strong representation and what they’ve been given by the NSW Liberals are a bunch of dodgy people who’ve been prepared to make promises before the election and break them five minutes after.
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+ANN BAKER AND BARBARA HAUSLEITER, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS/ CROSS-APPELLANTS,v.THE NATIONAL STATE BANK, (A/K/A CORESTATES, ITS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST), DEFENDANT-APPELLANT/ CROSS-RESPONDENT, AND LEO AHERN, AS REGIONAL MANAGER AND INDIVIDUALLY, AND ARTHUR CAMPBELL, AS EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, AND INDIVIDUALLY, DEFENDANTS.
+On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County, L-00160-93.
+Before Judges Newman, Fall and Axelrad.
+The opinion of the court was delivered by: Newman, J.A.D.
+Argued: June 5, 2002
+In this employment discrimination action, on appeal for the second time before this court, defendant National State Bank (the Bank) (subsequently merged with CoreStates and then acquired by First Union National Bank) appeals from the trial court's remittitur of a punitive damages award. The trial court reduced the award of $4 million to $1.8 million. The Bank argues that the court erred in: (1) finding that the remitted award was not a violation of the Bank's constitutional, due process rights; (2) concluding that the unremitted award was not the result of passion, prejudice or mistake; and (3) awarding postjudgment interest on the punitive damages, accruing from the date of the jury verdict. Plaintiffs Ann Baker and Barbara Hausleiter cross-appeal the trial court's remittitur of the punitive damages award, contending that the $4 million award was not excessive. We now affirm both on the direct and cross-appeal.
+We need not repeat the facts of this case which are set forth in our earlier opinion in Baker v. Nat'l State Bank, 312 N.J. Super. 268 (App. Div. 1998). Our opinion was affirmed by the Supreme Court, except for a remand on the issue of punitive damages, remanding to the trial court to consider whether the punitive damages award violated due process, in light of the standards enumerated by the United States Supreme Court in BMW of N. Am., Inc. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559, 116 S. Ct. 1589, 134 L. Ed. 2d 809 (1996). 161 N.J. 220, 231 (1999).
+I.
+We first address the standard of review to be applied by this court. In Cooper Indus., Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., 532 U.S. 424, 121 S. Ct. 1678, 149 L. Ed. 2d 674 (2001), the Supreme Court addressed this very issue. The Court held that a trial court's consideration of the three criteria outlined in BMW would be subject to de novo review because an award of punitive damages was not really a "fact tried by the jury." 532 U.S. at 437, 121 S. Ct. at 1686, 149 L. Ed. 2d at 687 (internal quotations omitted). In a footnote, the Court added that it "of course remains true that Court of Appeals should defer to the District Court's findings of fact unless they are clearly erroneous." 532 U.S. at 440 n.14, 121 S. Ct. at 1688, 149 L. Ed. 2d at 689-90. See also Lockley v. Turner, 344 N.J. Super. 1, 27 (App. Div. 2001) (noting recent decision of Cooper and its holding that de novo standard of review applies), certif. granted, ___ N.J. ___ (2002).
+In Cooper, the Supreme Court reasoned that independent review was required because punitive damages are designed to exact punishment and therefore should be subject to the same analysis as criminal penalties. 532 U.S. at 432, 121 S. Ct. at 1683, 149 L. Ed. 2d at 684-86. The Court looked to a number of criminal cases involving whether the criminal sentence imposed (death penalty, life imprisonment, punitive forfeiture) was grossly disproportionate to the gravity of the offense, and noted that in each of those cases, the Court engaged in an "independent examination of the relevant criteria." Id. at 434, 121 S. Ct. at 1684, 149 L. Ed. 2d at 686.
+The Court also rejected the argument that a trial court possessed any advantage in reviewing a punitive damage award. Id. at 440, 121 S. Ct. at 1687-88, 149 L. Ed. 2d at 689-90. Pointing to the three factors outlined in BMW, the Court maintained that a trial court only had a slight advantage over an appellate court in determining reprehensibility, that a trial and appellate court were equally capable of evaluating the ratio, and that an appellate court was more suited to analyzing the third factor, civil penalties imposed in comparable cases, because that "calls for broad legal comparison." Ibid.
+Because de novo review means that no special deference will be accorded to a trial court's findings of fact and conclusions of law, the trial court's characterization of the evidence in support of the award of punitive damages is of little significance. See Zimmerman v. Direct Fed. Credit Union, 262 F.3d 70, 81 (1st Cir. 2001) (holding that both extent of punitive damage award and sufficiency of evidence on which it was premised required de novo review).
+De novo review means that a reviewing court may disagree with the lower court's findings and conclusions. See Goodman v. London Metals Exch., Inc., 86 N.J. 19, 28-29 (1981) (stating that with de novo review, reviewing court may disagree with lower court's findings and rulings). In sum, no deference need be paid to the trial court's application of the BMW test.
+We next focus on the three BMW guideposts. In BMW, the Supreme Court held that a punitive damages award may be so excessive as to violate substantive due process. 517 U.S. 585-86, 116 S. Ct. at 1604, 134 L. Ed. 2d at 832-33. There, the Court considered a $2 million punitive damages award for misconduct causing $4000 in compensatory damages, a ratio of 500 to 1. Id. at 567, 116 S. Ct. at 1595, 134 L. Ed. 2d at 820-21. The Court concluded that the punitive damages award transcended "the constitutional limit" and remanded for consideration of three "guideposts" to determine whether the award comported with principles of fairness. Id. at 585-86, 116 S. Ct. at 1604, 134 L. Ed. 2d at 832-33. Those guideposts required a consideration of: (1) the degree of reprehensibility of the conduct that formed the basis of the civil suit; (2) the disparity between the harm or potential harm suffered by the plaintiff and the plaintiff's punitive damages award; and (3) the difference between this remedy and other penalties authorized or imposed in comparable cases of misconduct. Id. at 575, 116 S. Ct. at 1598-99, 134 L. Ed. 2d at 826.
+II.
+The Bank contends that its conduct was not so reprehensible as to support even the remitted $1.8 million punitive damages award. Plaintiffs argue that the Bank's misconduct was extremely reprehensible, and the original jury award of $4 million was appropriate.
+On remand in this case, in its analysis of the first prong of the BMW test, the trial court first quoted verbatim from this court's opinion discussing the Bank's egregious conduct:
+"Indeed selecting plaintiffs for termination and subsequently searching for reasons to justify that selection is evil minded, intentional wrongdoing. The evidence supported a finding that this occurred. Ahern testified that Campbell told him 'plaintiffs have to go.' When Ahern reported back to Campbell that Baker's file justified her selection but Hausleiter was questionable, Campbell and Ahern then obtained notes and placed them in Hausleiter's file."
+"The evidence further supports the Judge's conclusion that defendant set about to trash the reputations of the plaintiffs. Defendants accused Baker of having bad loans and overdrafts, which was not true. Campbell said that Baker was chosen for termination because of the unsatisfactory performance of her branch, Perth Amboy, but admitted that she was assigned to manager [sic] that branch because of her ability and experience, and further admitted that the branch has [sic] improved in the time that she managed it."
+Appellate Division went on to say the defendants also accused Hausleiter of problems with her loan portfolio was [sic] not true, which was not true. Ahern admitted that the notes did not criticize Hausleiter. The notes were not originally in Hausleiter's file, and there was no criticism in her performance appraisal. There was evidence that the other discharged employees were not replaced. Campbell was unable to identify any employees on the riff [sic] list besides the plaintiffs who were replaced.
+The circumstances here are as egregious as those in RENDINE (phonetic) in which the Court approved punitive damages for two plaintiffs who were discharged from their employment when they sought to return after maternity leave despite defendant's promise that their positions would be available. Here, as in RENDINE, the defendant's conduct was devious and dishonest.
+The trial court then discussed the evidence that it viewed to be indicative of the Bank's reprehensible conduct.
+In addition to considering the Appellate decision in this regard, the Court finds evidence in support of a conclusion of reprehensibility supported by the fact that plaintiff Baker was blamed for poor conditions which she did not create, that she was terminated after 19 years of service for a younger male who survived only two months at that position. She was subjected to false and insulting allegations and her character and reputation impugned. That in part it was done after the fact in an effort to conceal the true reasons for her termination. That the defendants lied to the plaintiffs in that they were actually told their positions were eliminated, when unlike all the other terminations their positions were not.
+When defendant Ahern asked defendant Campbell how to pick the 10 percent for the riff [sic], he was expressly told[,] Baker and Hausleiter have to go. No one else was singled out. The justifications by Campbell, Ahern and the corporate defendant was [sic] pretextual. Witness Gervasio was supportive of the plaintiffs but never contacted by Ahern, when he would obviously have been an appropriate person to have contacted.
+Ahern and Campbell fabricated poor performance. That was rebutted by Gervasio [sic], Listach (phonetic), and Couch, as well as the plaintiffs and their personnel files. And not only were they false, the defendants knew them to be false.
+In discussing reprehensibility in BMW, the Supreme Court noted that it was "[p]erhaps the most important indicium of the reasonableness of a punitive damages award," and identified three "aggravating factors" associated with particularly reprehensible conduct. 517 U.S. at 575-76, 116 S. Ct. at 1599, 134 L. Ed. 2d at 826-27. First, nonviolent crimes were less serious than violent crimes; second, offenses involving "trickery and deceit" were more reprehensible; and third, evidence of repeated, prohibited conduct justified more severe punishment. Id. at 576-77, 116 S. Ct. at 1599, 134 L. Ed. 2d at 826-27. The Court added that purely economic injury could warrant a substantial penalty when the injury was the result of intentional and affirmative misconduct, or when the target was financially vulnerable. Ibid. However, it cautioned that did not mean all acts that cause economic harm were "sufficiently reprehensible to justify a significant sanction in addition to compensatory damages." Ibid.
+Thus, in the wake of BMW, one court has stated that the case outlined a "hierarchy of reprehensibility," with acts and threats of violence at the top, "followed by acts taken in reckless disregard for others' health or safety, affirmative acts of trickery and deceit, and finally, acts of omission and mere negligence." Florez v. Delbovo, 939 F. Supp. 1341, 1348-49 (N.D. Ill. 1996).
+In that context, it is plain that the Bank's actions do not reach the top of the reprehensibility scale. Its termination of plaintiffs, although discriminatory, was nonviolent and did not involve repeated, prohibited conduct. However, the Bank's actions did involve trickery and deceit. The Bank decided first to terminate plaintiffs and then provided reasons to justify its decision, including the placement of Gervasio's notes into Hausleiter's personnel file and the explanation which was successfully rebutted at trial, that both plaintiffs had poor loan portfolios. Plaintiffs were also initially told that their positions had been eliminated; that turned out to be false as two younger employees were transferred to their branch management positions.
+Moreover, this case did not involve pure economic loss as plaintiffs were awarded damages for emotional pain and suffering, and thus sustained personal injuries. With respect to financial vulnerability, they struggled financially following their termination and had to reduce their standards of living considerably.
+The second BMW factor requires an examination of the ratio between the harm, or the compensatory damages award and the punitive damages award in order to determine whether a "reasonable relationship" exists between the two. BMW, supra, 517 U.S. at 580, 116 S. Ct. at 1601, 134 L. Ed. 2d at 829.
+In BMW, the Court rejected "the notion" that an unconstitutional ratio could be determined by a "simple mathematical formula," stating that it could not "draw a mathematical bright line between the constitutionally acceptable and the constitutionally unacceptable that would fit every case." Id. at 583, 116 S. Ct. at 1602, 134 L. Ed. 2d at 831. The Court emphasized that a "general concern of reasonableness" was most crucial. Ibid.
+Here, the trial court briefly discussed the ratio, noting that while the Punitive Damages Act (PDA), N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.9 to -5.17, excluded LAD cases from its limitation of punitive damages to a five to one ratio, that ratio should be considered a general guideline. In making that statement, the trial court followed our Supreme Court's ruling in this case. The Court specifically stated that on remand, the trial court "may consider but is not bound by, the Legislature's judgment of five times compensatory damages as a normative measure of the limits of proportion." Baker, supra, 161 N.J. at 231.
+As an initial matter, both parties disagree as to the amount of the compensatory damages for purposes of determining the ratio. The jury
+Christmas is coming, and we are avidly searching for those perfect gifts. We can easily just stop at a big box store, or order it from a large online ‘warehouse’.
+But a better solution is to shop and support small businesses. If I need a gift, or am looking for something for my home, I know I am going to find the perfect thing through a small business!
+When you support small businesses, you are going to find one of a kind items. Big Box stores usually order a few things in bulk, so that pair of earrings you just bought will also be worn by at least 1,000 other people across the nation.
+A small business, however, often makes their own products. These small business owners are usually artisans who have opened a shop to sell their creations. By doing so, each one is different and unique.
+When you support small businesses, you aren’t just getting a one-of a kind gift. There are so many other benefits that you just may not think about.
+Just exactly what ARE Small Businesses?
+According to the Small Business Act, a small business is “defined ‘either in terms of the average number of employees over the past 12 months, or average annual receipts over the past three years.’ ”
+Most small businesses have an employee workforce that is smaller than 1500 employees with a revenue of under $38.5 million in annual receipts.
+While I do appreciate the SBA’s definition of a ‘small business’, for the purpose of this post, most ‘small businesses’ I refer to are those who were at one time considered ‘Mom & Pop’ stores. These usually have no more than 10 employees.
+Did you know that according to the SBA, small businesses account for 44% of the US economic activity? This means more entrepreneurs are able to follow their dreams, support their communities, and help others to survive.
+Who is a Small Business
+Small business are customarily found on Main Street. They are the shops that cater primarily to those who live within the community, and tourists, if the location is a favorite tourist stop. Businesses such as:
+- Clothing Boutiques
+- Bakeries
+- Jewelry
+- Toys
+- Antiques
+- Craft Stores
+- ‘Mercantiles’
+- Restaurants / Diners / Tea Shoppes
+- Florists
+- Farmers Markets
+- CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)
+- Small Farms
+- Local Grocery Stores
+- Gas Stations
+- Blogs/Websites
+Another type of small businesses are ‘Virtual’ Shops. Etsy is the best example. Etsy is an online marketplace that consists of many small businesses. There you can find just about anything, although it is primarily known for the artisans and the crafts they produce.
+Bloggers are another example of online shops. Many websites offer more than DIY. They also have a shop or marketplace attached to their site, and act as affiliate marketing for other companies. Some of the items you can purchase are physical items such as craft and tee shirts, while others are downloadable products such as e-books.
+Benefits of Supporting Small Businesses
+One of the biggest reasons I shop small businesses is the people who own them and work there. Let’s take a yarn shop for instance. Which scenario sounds better to you? Imagine you are walking into a yarn shop:
+A) Big Box / Chain Store
+‘Good morning. Welcome to XYZ Yarn! If we can help, just let us know.’
+B) Small, personally owned business:
+‘Well, Hey! I am so glad you could make it today. Did that Merino yarn work out for your sweater? I can’t wait to see the finished project! Oh! And how did your granddaughter’s play go? I know she was adorable in her costume!’
+The Personal Touch
+I am willing to bet when you walked in that chain store, you vaguely smiled at the greeter and kept walking.
+On the other hand, when you walked into the yarn shop that is considered a small business your smile was wider and brighter. You stopped for a minute, discussed the sweater in question, got an answer to a problem you were having with it, and flipped out a photo or two of the granddaughter in her angel costume.
+From there, you discussed your next project, tossed around the pros and cons of possible yarns and patterns, and left with promises to bring that sweater back in for show and tell.
+A small business owner takes pride in getting to know their customers. These owners want to help you, and know the only way to do so is to know who you are, your preferences, your needs, and anything else they can learn to help make your shopping experience fun, and that you purchase only what you need – not some item they need to sell to make room for better things.
+How many times have you been in a Big Box store and couldn’t find a clerk to help? And if you did, the clerk didn’t know how to answer your questions. This has happened to me more times than I can count.
+But at a small business, the employees are there to help. They understand the merchandise, and are better able to answer your questions. If they can’t, there is always someone else close by that can.
+How Small Businesses Help the Economy
+Small businesses help to keep a thriving economy – especially in small towns. Their businesses contribute to the tax base, and in many cases, they donate their time, money and ability to civic causes. Many a baseball team have had monetary support through small businesses.
+They also pull the community together. A local diner is often the place where people gather to eat and catch up on all the local news. Around here, cattle prices are discussed, recipes are swapped, and anything of importance is announced over a cup of coffee and a daily special.
+The money you spend is also kept local. Spending your dollars with a small business means you are supporting your community. Spending your dollars with a Big Box store means you are adding a few more bills to the pockets of investors.
+Small business create jobs. Many small businesses depend on locals to work, and often hire after-school and summer help. This means our teenagers stay closer to home and still are able to have money to spend and save towards college or other needs and desires.
+In today’s economy, having a job means contributing to the household bottom line, and being able to pay bills and feed a family. Having teenagers work means relieving some of the financial burden from homes that are already living paycheck to paycheck.
+Local business owners also have decision-making leverage in many small towns. They have their fingers on the pulse of the community, know what it needs and wants, and can help make those decisions.
+Supporting small businesses in your area also helps to preserve the uniqueness of your community. Because weaving isn’t common in our area, I have been known to travel over two hours just to visit a favorite weaving/spinning/yarn shop. It is a small business, and I was able to find not only what I needed, but plenty of supplies for future projects.
+Because of the owner and her employees, I made new friends who were always on standby to help me through the latest ‘tangle’, and were always there to offer encouragement and support.
+Small businesses in turn support other small businesses in your community. To maintain their business, they may purchase from local farms, beekeepers, grocery stores and other small shops.
+A local Tea Shop may very well purchase their breads and desserts from a local bakery. A gift boutique may be a sales outlet for local artisans. A clothing store may use the services of a local tailor. By doing business like this, it keeps the dollars within the community, and small towns are able to thrive.
+Having an eclectic group of small businesses in your area also helps to promote tourism, which in turn helps to support your community. ‘Outside’ dollars are spent in communities with enough uniqueness to encourage their visits.
+I love taking a day trip with friends. When we go, we usually have an agenda – the search for fabric, craft supplies or antiques. Before we go, we search for a small town that will have everything we want, plus a few things we may not know we want. While there, we shop, and usually find a local diner or restaurant for lunch.
+By doing so, these communities have ‘outside’ help through their uniqueness, the great service and friendly people – not to mention some of the best food I have ever eaten.
+But to preserve that wonderful eclectic tourist friendly community, you first have to have those small businesses.
+How Supporting Small Businesses Helps Them
+By supporting small businesses, you are giving the owners an opportunity to do what they love, and support their families at the same time.
+All too often, we are stuck in jobs that make us miserable. We are subject to layoffs, being passed over for promotions, or at the mercy of the company for raises.
+That doesn’t count the fact that many of us take a job ‘just to pay the bills’, and end up being a square peg in a round hole.
+Small business owners are a courageous lot. They have stepped out on a limb to create a business that they love. That passion for their business is reflected in the way they interact with their customers.
+They also have a better means of supporting their community. Not only do they in turn donate to non-profit, local causes, but support their community through keeping their spending local.
+Small businesses are there to make a profit. To do so, they understand the value of having a unique quality product that their shoppers love, but also act as a part of a tourist attraction, which brings in more money to the community.
+Did you know that $68 out of every $100 dollars a small business makes stays within the community? That is a serious reason to support small businesses!
+How to Support Small Businesses
+There are ways to support small businesses even in difficult times. Here are a few ways you can – even if you cannot visit the actual shop:
+- Shop local stores first
+- Purchase Gift Certificates
+- Share on Facebook and other Social Media
+- Word-of-Mouth
+- Do some of your grocery shopping at a local Farmers Market
+- Join a CSA (or other local memberships, such as a gym)
+- Ask your local business if they can order an item for you
+Small businesses are truly the backbone of America and are one of the best representations of living the American dream. Support our country, your community and their dreams by supporting the small businesses in your area.
+And if you just need a day trip, find a small town or community that has a large percentage of small businesses. And go ahead and splurge on that pie. It is well worth the entire trip!
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"A lady in apparently good health, who rarely complained, and then only occasionally, of some slight and tran sient ill-feeling, as nearly every one does at some time or other, took a long walk with her husband, and upon returning home, feeling particu larly well, went to her room to remove Iter bonnet, and, while standing in front of the mirror, fell lo the floor in a convulsion, followed by twenty-four hours of unconsciousness and death without a return to consciousness. A post-mortem examination revealed the true cause in a most horrible form." "A young married man for years suffered from dyspepsia, for which he consulted many physicians. After suffering in this way, and having no other S3'inptoms of disease, he awoke one morning to find a very slight swelling, scared' more than a pufli ness under one eye. In less than a month he was dead. Now the real and terrible cause of all these deaths was Bright's discasa of the kidneys, and they might all have been avoided had the unforlun ale victims known what a horrible malady was fastened upon them. But Bright's disease has no symptoms of its own. It steals into the system like a unci, anu deceives its victim uy showing the sj'mptoms of nearly every ever' otlier disease. But what can be done? Take it in time. If you feel unaccountably tired ; if you have peculiar pressing pains; if your appetite is uncertain; if your head aches occasionally ; if your sleep is irregular; if the fluids passed arc profuse or scanty do not delay, but use the best known means for escaping agony and deatli be fore it is too late. For this purpose there is a remedy, and the only onej that has ever proven absolutely certain. Hunt's Remedy has' never been equaled, and it is the only an- like a thief. solute one known to the medical pro fession. There are thousands of men and women to-day who enjoy perfect health who would be in their graves had it not been for this wonderful remedy, and there are thousands of others who require it without an hour's delay. This is no idle state ment, but truth drawn from cases which are beyond question. stimulate the torpid liver, htrenjrtlien the digestive organ, regulate the bow els, and arc uacqualcd as an AMT1-BIL10US MEDICINE. Jji malarial districts their virtues are ii idely recognized, as they poiscs PECULIAR PROPERTIES in freeing the system from that poison. Dose small. Klcgantly sugar coated. 1'rice, 23 cents per box. Sold Everywhere. Office, 4-t Murray St., IT. Y. WilsonJ Fisher Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS, Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS1 SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS MILL FEED AGENTS FOR SALEM PATENT ROLLER MILLS, Portland Roller Mills, FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA. OREGON. City Taxes. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Til AT the tav list of the city of Astoria, Clat sop countv. Oregon, ls now in my hands for the collection of said taxes, and will remain in my hands for .TO days. J. G. HUSTLElt, City Treasurer and Tax Collector. Astoria, Oregon, August 1st, 18S7, riix li -. 1l 9h K3P54 .n WSmm ft - Va,?3 ,.s- WALKCHALK'STWO P0ST0PPI0ES ! Tr TJ. .. 10 f AUTAA.M.Mi, ra., -".Ug JO. "Walk Chalk is the name of a post office in Armstrong count'. P. P. Burford, a Republican, had been postmaster there for several years, but was removed eighteen months ago and a Democrat named David Botfser was appointed in his place. A few days ago postofiice inspect or Garroway was on his way to the village of "Worthington and had to pass through Walk Chalk. He saw the sign "Postofiice" on a building, and passing on a short distance was surprised to see an other postofiice sign on another building. He was not uware that there were two postofiices in "Walk Chalk and he got out of his wagon to seek information. He went in to the building bearing the second sign. It was Burford's store. "Is this the postofiice?" the in spector asked of a man in the store who was Burford, the proprietor. "This is the Republican post office," replied Rurford. "Well, I am the postofiice in spector," said Garraway. "Then 3'ou had better go down to the other postofiice. That is the Democratic one," replied Bur ford. The inspector then told the ex postmaster that in keeping the sign up announcing that the post office was in his store he was vio lating the postal law, and making himself liable to punisment. Bur ford was advised to remove the sign and save himself trouble. "WVll, Mr. Inspector," he said, this is in;,' sign, and l intend to leave it where it is. Bowser will only be postmaster two ye rs longer any how, and I'll only have to put the sign up again if I take it down. I guess we'll leave it where it is." The inspector went on his way. In returning a couple of days later he found that Burford still had the postofiice sign up. lie still refused to remove it, and said that he was taking all the letters he could get to spoil Bowser's busi ness, and carried them to Kittan ning and mailed them. The ex postmaster was arrested and brought before United States com missioner Coulter, who held him nnder bail to appear in the United States court to answer. The pen- j alty for maintaining the false s-in i 300, and for the confessed vio'.i tion of law in receiving letters and carrying them it is much heavier. The sign on Burford's "Republican postofiice" at Walk Chalk was still uj) at last accounts. There was a total of 5,17S,000 feet of lumber shipped from Gray's Harbor dining .Fury, and of this amount Aberdeen shipued 2,147,000. TROaiTHK DIST1UCT ATTORNEY OF WESTCHESTER CO., NEW YORK White Plains N. 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+MS-DOS 7.1
+#26
+Posted 22 February 2009 - 08:22 AM
+Source tape is a distribution that contains the source and utilities for building DOS. A version for MS-DOS 6.00 (OEM) has been doing the rounds. This version contains 1.11 of compress.exe.
+You can find v 1.02 of compress.exe in one of the fox 2.6 addons. This renames to $ sign.
+Vers 2.0 of compress.exe is found generally in the SDK and derived sources.
+Versions for compress/expand seen
+compress: KWAJ 102, 111; SZDD 200 ; MSCF 250
+decomp: KWAJ 102, 120, 140;
+expand; KWAJ 200, 201, SZDD 1xx, 201, 250, MSCF 250
+lzexpand.dll KWAJ 311, SZDD 300, 310, 311.
+#27
+Posted 22 February 2009 - 12:19 PM
+Version 2.0 dated 1992-03-23 15259 bytes is inside CP0982.EXE
+google for the filename or here:
+The one here:;O=A
+appears to be version 1.11 1993-02-10 36592 bytes
+The one here (found through this:)
+appears to be version 1.02 1992-04-19 55751 bytes
+Dates seem to be inaccurate, but who cares?
+jaclaz
+#28
+Posted 01 March 2009 - 12:34 PM
+Who releases DOS stuff? You do not mean ms?Who releases DOS stuff? You do not mean ms?
+They still keep releasing DOS stuff, so a ridgy-didge MS-DOS is the done thing here.
+#29
+Posted 19 March 2009 - 01:36 AM
+#30
+Posted 19 March 2009 - 07:30 AM
+Didn't MS-DOS go to v8?
+Actually, NO, at least not as "DOS".
+DOS went as far as 6.22, which was the last "full" release with no GUI attached, that you could buy a license for.
+The DOS that came with Windows 95/98 is DOS 7.x.
+The DOS of Me (and of the XP boot floppy) is 8.0.
+jaclaz
+#31
+Posted 19 March 2009 - 09:42 AM
+the version of command.com prints out a string, like "MS-DOS 5.00". In DOS 5, 6 this is pretty much MS-DOS %s, where this variable derives from the kernel. You can teach Command.com from 6.22 to run under windows nt, and reports as ms-dos 5.00 (although the command starts as saying DOS 6.22).
+The truename version is usually fixed, although PC-DOS 7.00 had a fix that allowed it to pretend that it was 6.30 (for QEMM's sake).
+The Box name is only a guide to what is inside.
+We look at windows 9x. Since it is in Microsoft's interest to hide that these are DOS 7 and Windows 4, Command.com's ver returns 'Windows 9x 4.10.1999' or whatever. None the less, the DOS has to be a real DOS for compatibility, reports 7.00, 7.10, or 8,00. It really is these versions of DOS. Likewise, the DOS emulated in NT/2K/XP really is MS-DOS 5.00 (it runs 5.00 utilities straight out of the box).
+DOS 7.0, 7,1 and 8.0 are a transition from traditional DOS to windows loader, along with transition from older hardware to new hardware. You take your pick.
+DOS 7.0 is too much like old DOS, but does not support modern hardware or the new file systems.
+DOS 7.1 is a 1996 DOS (re-released as a kernel fix in 1998 and 1999), that supports the new fat32 partition (large partitions), along with retaining a high compatibility with older DOS.
+DOS 8.0 is a 2000 release, does not add anything to DOS 7.1, except the ability to load windows really fast. It makes windows run better, (the fault in ME is not the DOS but a lot of extra cruft upstairs), but at the loss of any DOS compatibility. It's not really a stand-alone DOS.
+#32
+Posted 17 May 2009 - 03:57 PM
+i'm trying to start win98se and wfwg311 from a fat32 drive and both are complaining about "cannot run on this type of dos" -- something to that effect. win98se and wfwg311 were from zipfiles. i used to be able to just unzip them to a fat32 drive, boot msdos 7.10 (patched with 3xstart) from a floppy, and then go to their respective dirs and start them with "win".
+the difference now is i no longer have a floppy drive so i use a bootcd with floppy emulation. is this why %windir% is not appearing? how can i fake it?
+#33
+Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:59 PM
+wendy: Once again, great post.
+#34
+Posted 18 May 2009 - 07:15 AM
+Beginning with msdos 7.0, windir is set by io.sys reading msdos.sys
+DOS, any version from 2 on, is quite capable of handling environment variables in paths, eg cd %windir% works nicely.
+#35
+Posted 18 May 2009 - 12:04 PM
+Guess I was wrong...
+#36
+Posted 20 May 2009 - 10:08 AM
+Beginning with msdos 7.0, windir is set by io.sys reading msdos.sys
+i'm still not getting it. here's my msdos.sys:
+;
+#37
+Posted 08 June 2009 - 09:25 AM
+;MS-DOS 7.10 System Configuration File ;(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999 [Options] AutoScan=0 BootDelay=2 BootGUI=0 BootMenu=0 BootMulti=0 BootSafe=0 BootWarn=0 DoubleBuffer=0 Logo=1 SystemReg=0 ; ;For compatiblity with Windows 9x GUI only: [Paths] WinDir=. WinBootDir=. HostWinBootDrv=C ; You could use WINBOOTDIR=c:\msdos
+You need an autoexec and config with this, assume DOS files are in c:\msdos.
+DOS=HIGH,UMB,NOAUTO DEVICE=C:\MSDOS\HIMEM.SYS REM use the IFSHLP from Win9x (they're all the same) DEVICE=C:\MSDOS\IFSHLP.SYS LASTDRIVE=Z FILES=90 BUFFERS=10
+Autoexec.bat is pretty standard.
+IF "%1"==ENV GOTO ENV @ECHO OFF PROMPT $p$g REM don't include windows in path :ENV PATH=C:\MSDOS; SET TMP=C:\TEMP SET TEMP=C:\TEMP (etc)
+Windows is launched by batch files. Win31 and Win95 Win98 are all launched by batches like this (change path drive for different windows. This is to do with DOS 7.1 not working like previous DOS versions.
+cd \ PATH=C:\WIN311;%PATH% C:\WIN311\WIN CD \ CLS
+For Windows 3.1, don't use it's IFSHLP.SYS (disable 32b file access). You can use share via vshare.386.
+For Windows 95, you need to replace DOS files by the Win98 versions. Share.exe won't work here, but you can use share. You may need to fiddle the environment too.
+Win98 works without probs.
+You can boot W3.11 and then exit, and then start W98.
+#38
+Posted 09 June 2009 - 06:39 AM
+Up to pcdos 7.x, Windir was set by win.com
+Beginning with msdos 7.0, windir is set by io.sys reading msdos.sys
+the two statements above caused me to panic. according to mdgx of msfn forums, %windir% only appears after windows has started.
+problem solved. i reverted my xms3 driver from xmgr.sys to himem.sys and both win16 and win9x started normally. thank you for your inputs.
+#39
+Posted 18 June 2009 - 11:26.
+I disagree with the compressed nature of IO.SYS in WinME, consider this: [...]
+#40
+Posted 19 June 2009 - 05:04.
+Well, just fror the record, and ONLY from a "logical" point of view, the above means that it is not "readable" i.e. it may be encrypted, but not compressed.
+jaclaz
+#41
+Posted 19 June 2009 - 07:57 PM
+Well, just fror the record, and ONLY from a "logical" point of view, the above means that it is not "readable" i.e. it may be encrypted, but not compressed.
+#42
+Posted 25 June 2009 - 08:44 AM
+This is why, for example, Windows ME Sys can not be used against a floppy disk: it can't necessarily figure out which version of io.sys to use!
+The WinmeDOS program reactivates support for DOS+Windows by modifying the floppy IO.SYS for use on the hard disk, along with modifying command,com and some win utilities.
+Comparing the size of IO.SYS from 800 (ME), 803 (WinXP), against the Tihiy version of 713 (Microsoft fix for 98, 98se), we see
+IO.SYS sizes + patches.
+713 122896 Tihiy, Phelum, W3Start
+800 110080 Phelum
+800 116736 EBD
+903 116736 (from WinXP)
+Tihiy removes the startup bitmap, while Phelum and W3start are inline patches.
+#43
+Posted 26 August 2009 - 09:03 AM
+ANSI.SYS are also different.
+#44
+Posted 26 August 2009 - 11:30 AM
+jaclaz
+#45
+Posted 27 August 2009 - 10:44 AM
+Many of the DOS apps are totally unchanged. In the reference collection , files like himem.sys change only the internal copywrite strings. They are all version 3.95. [putting a 9 in the tenths version is usually a mark of a beta].
+I tend to avoid DOS from Windows ME, because it was never intended to be a general purpose DOS in the manner of say DOS 6.30. SYS can't make a floppy disk, because it does not know which of the four IO.SYS it ought copy. The DOS 7.x SYS do not have this problems, because there is only one IO.SYS.
+HIMEM.SYS etc, are built into ME's IO.SYS, so there is no particular functionality for this driver in Windows ME. It's a straight copy, with a few copyright strings, of Windows 98's version.
+There is in fact, no fundemental difference between HIMEM.SYS in any of these versions, save for bug fixes. One must understand that Windows does not actually use the memory API provided by HIMEM, except as an underlying driver for the Windows XMM driver. HIMEM already is more advanced than XMM, so there is little point updating it.
+#46
+Posted 27 August 2009 - 10:58 AM
+HIMEM.SYS etc, are built into ME's IO.SYS, so there is no particular functionality for this driver in Windows ME..
+I also had this idea:
+but it is probably not fully correct.
+To clarify the above, it seems like HIMEM.SYS is not "built in" or "embedded" inside IO.SYS, but rather (as opposed to DOS 5/6/7.x/Win9x, where it needed to be loaded through CONFIG.SYS) it is loaded by default from IO.SYS:
+HIMEM.SYS 3.10 is included with MS-DOS 6.xx (6.00 up to 6.22).
+HIMEM.SYS 3.95 is included with Windows 95/98 (a.k.a MS-DOS 7.00/7.10).
+HIMEM.SYS 3.99 is included with Windows ME (a.k.a. MS-DOS 8.00), and is loaded automatically from IO.SYS, rendering the CONFIG.SYS HIMEM.SYS line obsolete.
+Hidden features, oddities + BUGs I discovered:
+ONLY IF "BootGUI=0" under the MSDOS.SYS [Options] section, you will notice these changes at bootup:
+........
+- ...
+- F5, F6, Shift = COMMAND.COM, DBLBUFF.SYS, HIMEM.SYS and IFSHLP.SYS load from IO.SYS, bypassing their CONFIG.SYS lines (if any). If COMMAND.COM NOT found in %winbootdir% (specified on the "WinBootDir=" MSDOS.SYS line under the [Paths] section, usually C:\WINDOWS) or in the root directory of the boot drive (usually C:\), or/and HIMEM.SYS and/or IFSHLP.SYS NOT found in %winbootdir%, the bootup routine defaults to "Safe mode command prompt only" (native/real/true/pure MS-DOS mode with NO devices/drivers/TSRs loaded in memory).
+- ...
+jaclaz
+#47
+Posted 28 August 2009 - 01:59 PM
+#48
+Posted 16 November 2009 - 05:10 PM
+i have a question about having a azerty keyboard on running PCDOS 7.1
+i have read a lot of things but without results
+i change the autoexec and config file like this
+in autoexec
+keyb fr,,c:\windows\command\keyboard.sys
+or
+A:keyb fr,, A:keyboard.sys
+or
+LH keyb fr
+in config.sys
+Country=033,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys
+or
+COUNTRY=033,850,COUNTRY.SYS
+when i'm running PCDOS and i tape keyb fr it works but i would like to have it at the beginning
+thanks to help me
+@++
+Jack57
+#49
+Posted 16 November 2009 - 05:58 PM
+config.sys:
+device=a:\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
+country=033,850,a:\country.sys
+autoexec.bat:
+a:\mode.com con cp prepare=((850) ega.cpi)
+a:\mode.com con cp select=850
+a:\keyb.com fr,,a:\keyboard.sys
+a:\doskey
+Adapt the paths if you are running form hard disk or the MS-DOS files are at different location.
+#50
+Posted 16 November 2009 - 11:21 PM
+in reality it's an image floppie of Norton goback removal with Pcdos that i run from a liveCD
+and there is on this image floppie exe that interest me like chkdsk ,scandisk or fdisk etc...
+this is the config.sys
+[codebox][menu] menuitem=GBPROGU, To unhook GoBack (for typical machines) menuitem=GBPROGR, To repair the Master Boot Record (for typical machines) menuitem=PCDOS, To Load IDE (typical) CD-ROM Drivers and exit to the command prompt menuitem=SCSI, To Load SCSI CD-ROM Drivers and exit to the command prompt [GBPROGU] [GBPROGR] [PCDOS] [COMMON] DEVICE=himem.sys /testmem:off dos=high,umb files=30 DEVICE=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001 DEVICE=btdosm.sys DEVICE=flashpt.sys DEVICE=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001 LASTDRIVE=Z SHELL=a:\COMMAND.COM /F /P [SCSI] DEVICE=aspi2dos.sys DEVICE=aspi8dos.sys DEVICE=aspi4dos.sys DEVICE=aspi8u2.sys DEVICE=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001[/codebox] and this is the AUTOEXEC.BAT [codebox]@echo off set CDROM= LH \MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:R FOR %%i IN (R S T U V W X Y Z) DO if exist %%i:\GB_PROG.EXE set CDROM=%%i path=a:\;%CDROM%:\ cls goto %config% :GBPROGU echo ***************************************************************** echo This Utility will allow you to remove Norton GoBack from your echo system's partition table. If you do not want to do this, please echo remove the CD-ROM from the drive now and restart your computer. echo. pause echo. echo Unhooking GoBack from MBR... echo. GB_PROG.exe /u echo. echo Norton GoBack has been removed from the partition table. echo Please restart your computer. goto END :GBPROGR echo ***************************************************************** echo This Utility will allow you to repair the MBR. If you do not want echo to repair the MBR, please remove the CD-ROM from the drive now echo and restart your computer. echo. pauseecho.echo Repairing the MBR...echo.GB_PROG.exe /recho.echo The MBR has been repaired. Please restart your computer.goto END:SCSIgoto END :PCDOS goto END :END echo. Echo The active CR-ROM drive is %CDROM%:\ echo. [/codebox] not easy to know where put the right line command as config.sys: device=a:\display.sys con=(ega,,1) country=033,850,a:\country.sys
+autoexec.bat:
+a:\mode.com con cp prepare=((850) ega.cpi)
+a:\mode.com con cp select=850
+a:\keyb.com fr,,a:\keyboard.sys
+a:\doskey
+i try this without sucess
+@++
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+2008 40 (ft.) Admiral Marine Executive
+Inactive - This listing is not for sale at this time
+General Information
+Listing# 128329
+- Price
+- $335,000.00
+- Location
+- West Palm Beach, FL, United States
+- Manufacturer
+- Admiral
+- Boat Type
+- Sailboat
+- Model Year
+- 2008
+- Category
+- Multi-Hulls
+- Model
+- Executive
+- Status
+- Used
+- Length
+- 40 (ft.)
+- Bridge Clearance
+- 63
+- Beam
+- 24
+- LOA
+- 45
+- Hull Material
+- Fiberglass
+- Fuel Type
+- Diesel
+- Engine Model
+- 3YM30
+- Number of Engines
+- 2
+- Engine Type
+- Inboard
+General Details
+This is an ocean proven vessel that the owners sailed from South Africa, the Carribean, Bahamas and the entire East Coast of the US. They have continuously, professionally, upgraded OPTIONS in comfort, electronics and satety. OPTIONS is in like new condition and priced far below a less proven, new similary equiped boat.
+RECENT PRICE REDUCTION TO $335,000!
+Specifications
+- OWNER'S STATEMENT
+- “Options” – Admiral 40 Executive – Semicustom Catamaran *All Admiral 40 yachts share a long list of extra features that make the yacht comfortable and easy to sail. In addition, each owner has added a number of unique features to suit their preferences. Here are the top ten features that we think make “Options” a stand-out among the field of catamarans: “Options” is aerodynamic above the water line and hydrodynamic below the water line: The Admiral 40 is a fast, beautiful and strong sailor. One thing that is striking is the amazingly good layout of the galley and saloon. Everything is where it should be, with plenty of room for people to get around each other. . The Admiral 40 is packed with creature comforts: comfortable berths, three air conditioning units powered by a generator when not on shore power, a spacious galley with side-by-side refrigerator and freezer, a large saloon that seats six, a drop-down 20” flat-screen TV, six variable speed fans, three oscillating fans, and LED lighting in the main cabin. The Admiral 40 is a comfortable sailor. Its broad cockpit is protected by a clear dodger and removable, new side screens with extra-large windows, allowing dry, pleasant sailing in all conditions. A special option is the gyroscopic satellite TV dish. With Direct TV, you can get a clear, stable TV picture in harbor and while underway—from the Bahamas to Maine and the entire eastern half of the US. No need to miss your favorite shows--or the Super Bowl or NCAA tournament. , as shown in “Options” cover picture on the Admiral website.. Outside comfort is first-rate. The cockpit features brand new. The dual trampolines are very strong and very comfortable—they feel good on your bare skin. There are so many good places to sit up front: Two bow chairs, two wide steps on either side of the mast, the fiberglass step surrounding the trampolines and, of course, the trampolines themselves. It’s fun to watch your guests discover all of these options. The nav station is well organized while presenting just about every electronic device you can imagine—hence one of the three meanings of the name “Options”. Other Features of Options: Anchor windlass has dual controls--at the windlass and at the helm, plus a chain counter All six lines led to the helm can use the power winch Tri-color light at top of mast is LED, uses only 0.5 amps Four halyards: main, jib, screecher and an extra for a spinnaker; “Options” does not have a spinnaker. Ten cleats: 2 large cleats on bow strut, 2 cleats on bow sides, 2 cleats at mid-ship, 2 cleats on stern sides and 2 small cleats on inside of aft steps (for tying dinghy) Stainless steel extras: Side gates on lifelines in addition to standard aft gates on either side Extra hand holds on inside of bimini arches and alongside interior stairs Rails added to helm (for binoculars, books, etc.) and master shower (for bottles of shampoo, conditioner, etc.) Custom utensil cabinet with vertical silverware holders Upgraded E-120 (12 inch) chartplotter Gyroscopic compass drives high-tech autopilot—actually learns and adjusts to changing sea conditions; can steer down following waves like no other autopilot can. Did a remarkable job while crossing the South Atlantic with following seas the entire way Satellite weather receiver that feeds into chartplotter. Can see weather conditions (including radar) and forecasts over extensive area, including well out to sea, along the US coasts Included with Options: 11-foot AB dinghy with 15 horsepower Yamaha 4-stroke motor and custom-made dinghy chaps that protect the dinghy from UV and provide dryer seating. The dingy is carried on davits with a 6-to-1 block and tackle for the light bow end and a 4-to-1 block and tackle led to a winch for the heavier aft end (with motor). Includes a seat, mounted water pump, stainless steel security line and lock, fuel tank, oars, bag with four life jackets, two small fenders and pump to inflate dinghy. Satellite phone with mounted antenna and charging station—subscription not included Seven dock lines, five large fenders and four medium fenders Three 5-gallon jerry cans for water, five for diesel Snorkel gear for four people, small Playmate cooler, two 50-foot hoses with nozzles, assorted new and used lines serve as backups for halyards, sheets, etc. and can be used for jack lines in heavy weather Three anchors. Main anchor has 200 feet of all-chain rode. Other two anchors have short chain and long rope Manuals organized in alphabetical order in two large binders Full array of cleaning products and tools Two extendable boat hooks Electric oil pump and reservoir for changing oil Extensive inventory of spares (subject to usage): engine belts, oil filters, fuel filters, impellers, bilge pumps, etc. Extensive inventory of tools, including two tool boxes: wrenches, screwdrivers, ratchets, heat gun, electric drill, etc. Miscellaneous blocks and tackles Extensive navigation library: Navionics CF cards for Raymarine E-120 chartplotter, 24”x18” books of regional paper charts, cruising guides—covers entire US east coast, Bahamas and Caribbean Five sets of fitted sheets: 2 sets for each aft cabin, 1 set for forward cabin Bedspreads, blankets, throw pillows, and regular pillows for all three cabins Insulated curtain for large window between main cabin and cockpit Insulated white window covers for large cockpit windows—keeps main cabin cooler on sunny days Four solar panels provide up to 16 amps of 12-volt power Upgraded SONY stereo handles TV/DVD, radio, and MP3 or iPod/iPad, powering 4 cube speakers and one subwoofer Upgraded tank monitors for fuel, water and dual holding tanks Five 12-volt outlets, twelve AC dual outlets—power virtually everywhere inside the boat and cockpit. Spare propane tank, fits in propane locker being two active tanks—no need to ever run out of propane Gas grill on aft rail with dedicated propane tank Three-burner gas stove and oven with gas safety device “Pur” water filter on galley faucet provides good-tasting water with the flip of a switch; multiple spare filters included Dinner plates, bread plates, salad bowls, all non-breakable with non-skid bottoms Silverware and various utensils Large set of Magma nesting pots and pans with removable handles and interchangeable lids; miscellaneous other pans Two platters, two large bowls, set of four nesting bowls, miscellaneous food storage bins, colander, etc. Coffee machine with some filters and coffee cups All aspects of Options in good working order with one exception: Watermaker is broken; decided expense of fixing/replacing not worth it, since we stay at marinas on a regular basis
+- MEASUREMENTS
+- *LOA: 45 *LWL: 40 *Beam: 24 *Max Draft: 4 *Max Bridge Clearance: 63 *Cabin Headroom: 6’4”
+- TANKAGE
+- *Diesel Fuel: 100 Gallons. Material: *Water: 100 Gallons. *2 Holding Tanks: Stbd 32 gallons (fiberglass), Port 24 gallons
+- SPEED
+- *Cruising Speed: 6 knots using 1 engine @ 2600 RPM. Max Speed: 8 knots using 2 engines @ 3000 RPM Range: 9 nm per gallon x 80 gallons (always leave buffer of 20 or more gallons in tank) = 720 nm *Burn Rate: 2/3 gallon per hour x 6 nm per hour = 9 nm per gallon
+- PROPULSION
+- *Engines: Two Yanmar YM30 diesel engines, 30 horsepower each. Original (2008). 2100 engine hours each.
+- ACCOMODATIONS
+- *Three cabins with double berths, 2 heads. . *Counter top: Lightweight Composit Corian style *Fabric: Microfiber, Soft, indestructible and impossible to stain . *Much of the boat has burgundy carpeting. *Cockpit Cusions are Sunbrella Catamaran
+- GALLEY AND INTERIOR
+- *All appliances are original, purchased in 2008 when the boat was built. . *The galley comes with top-marine-quality nesting pots with removable handles and interchangeable tops, a set of dinner plates, small plates and bowls with nautical design and non-skid bottoms, some flatware and utensils, a hand-held immersible blender, a coffee machine and lots of cleaning supplies. The galley and saloon have nine storage compartments, not counting one under the saloon cushions or the shelf compartments to starboard of the saloon. *Nav station includes ship’s bell, brass clock and brass barometer. *Extra AC and 12-volt outlets added. *Galley and saloon have LED lights with dimmer *Ice Maker: None. Use ice trays to make ice. *Washer/Dryer: None, but plumbed and wired to accept a combination washer/dryer in the very large storage cabinet between the stove and sink, which opens into the port hallway. This is where all the charts, tools and spares are stored. *Parrot Themed Appointments
+- STATEROOMS
+- *Custom Mattresses in all three sleeping cabins. Mattresses are a little less than 5’ x 7’, custom made in Cape Town, South Africa with 2” pillow top and very comfortable. *Included are three fitted mattress covers, five sets of fitted sheets and pillow cases plus many blankets, comforters, pillows shams, and pillows. *All cabins and heads have fans. Stbd dressing area also has a fan. Three fans in saloon/galley main cabin area. Six fans are variable speed with timers. Three fans are oscillating.
+- DECK
+- . New side screens block the wind but allow fantastic visibility. A rear screen can be put up in port to fully enclose the cockpit—good for when you want privacy or plan to be away from the boat. All screens and sail covers are burgundy Sunbrella. *Full suite of cockpit cushions with new top-of-the-line cushioning material. Sunbrella fabric with attractive pattern and burgundy piping. Also includes two large matching side cushions for lounging or sleeping in the ample spaces on the outer edge of the cockpit. Side cushions are brand new. Cockpit cushion fabric is original (5 years old) and in good shape, but cushioning is brand new. . *New dodger/windshield. Replaced lower, main part in 2012, replaced upper part (holds upper half of zipper) in 2013. Combined with the large, side screens, these give you amazing visibility and protection. *Barbeque: Has its own propane tank in propane locker. Original (5 years old) *Twin trampolines are very soft and comfortable, yet strong *Twin bow seats *Double steps on either side of mast make good seats *5 Courtesy Flags *Large US Flag for backstay *Pirate Flag
+- SAILS
+- . Should be good for more than 5 years. 
+- GROUND TACKLE AND HULL EQUIPMENT
+- *Three Anchors.: Main anchor installed on windlass: 70 lb. plow with 200 ft. of 3/8” all-chain rode. Secondary anchor: 70 lb. plow with 20 ft. of chain and 250 ft. of ¾” rope.. *Integral bridle with amazing hook for attaching to anchor chain—keeps boat from *Ten cleats: Two oversize (12”) heavy-duty cleats on bow—good for mooring as well as bow lines Three regular cleats on stbd and port sides Two small cleats on inside of stern steps for dinghy . *Five large fenders with burgundy covers; two medium fenders with burgundy covers; two medium fenders without covers; two small fenders on davits (to protect dinghy); two small fenders on dinghy *Seven dock lines
+- MECHANICAL
+- *Engines: Two Yanmar YM30 diesel engines, 30 horsepower each. Original (2008). 2100 engine hours each. . *Air conditioners: Three units, all Cruisair SMX II. Large unit cools most of the boat. Two smaller units cool each aft cabin. Units can cool, heat or dehumidify. Last serviced in 2009 or 2010.
+- ELECTRICAL
+- *All electrical components, other than the generator and solar panels, were replaced after 2010 lightning strike or were more recently replaced. *Two starter batteries, one dedicated to each engine. Can also switch house batteries to start engines if starter battery is dead. One original starter battery, one replaced in 2013. *Six house batteries, replaced in 2011: Odyssey 13 PC-2150. 600 amp hours total. Thin lead technology which charges much faster than other AGM batteries. *Inverter/Charger: Xantrex Freedom Marine 20, replaced in 2010 (lightning strike) *Xantrex battery monitor *BEP tank monitor (for fuel, water, two black water holding tanks) *Blue Sky Solar Boost 2000E transforms solar panel output to 12V *AC selector switch to connect to shore power, generator or neither *Isolating Transformer: Charles ISO-G2, new in 2013; replaced unknown brand. When you connect to shore power, this is the only electronic device that shore power touches. This transformer generates safe, consistent power for all the appliances on the boat. *Generator: Entec West. Diesel. 600 hours. Original (2008) *Wind Generator: None *Solar Panels: Four 2’ x 4’ solar panels mounted on port side of bimini. Original (2008)
+- PLUMBING
+- *Double sink in galley. New designer galley faucet (2013) *PUR water filter fits galley faucet and produces good-tasting water. Several spare filters included. Water filter can be easily removed when not needed. *Each head has a sink, a full-size Jabsco electric toilet (Stbd toilet replaced in 2012, port toilet replaced in 2013) and a separate shower compartment with an on/off switch for the shower pump. New shower heads and stainless steel mountings installed in 2010. Shower head can be removed from its mounting and hand held. *Hot/cold stern shower at top of port-side steps, above swim ladder. *Water heater: 10 gallon, heated when port engine is running or by AC power from generator or shore power *Water maker: Sea Recovery Ultra Whisper, 16 gph, AC powered. Original (2008). Stopped working in 2012. Pickled it so expensive new high pressure pump does not deteriorate. Stayed at marinas often enough that watermaker was rarely used, so have not bothered to fix it.
+- ELECTRONICS AND NAVIGATION
+- *Integrated Raymarine system includes the following Raymarine components, all replaced or added after 2010 lightning strike. Extra large (12”) E-120 Chartplotter with Navionics SD cards that contain electronic charts for the US East Coast down to the Caribbean, all backed up by extensive paper chart books Radar Raystar 125 GPS Receiver AIS250 receiver (shows commercial and some private vessels on the chartplotter, along with the vessel’s information including name, speed, course, time of closet approach and distance of closest approach) S2 Control Head with Gyro compass (sees and thinks in three dimensions to adapt to complex wave conditions, allowing the autopilot to succeed where other autopilots fail) ST6000 SmartPilot (automatic pilot with enough muscle to steer a much larger boat) ST60+ Tridata (Speed, Depth, Water temperature) ST60+ Wind & Close Hauled Wind Instrument (wind direction and strength) SR100 Sirius Weather System (can track current weather and forecasts hundreds of miles offshore) 45STV Satellite TV System (can watch DirecTV anywhere in the eastern half of the US and most of the Bahamas, even while under way) LifeTag System (sounds an alarm when someone wearing a LifeTag is separated from the boat) $2000 worth of SD Navigation Cards Many Paper Charts *Additional electronics, all replaced or added in 2010 (after lighting strike): . Another $1,000 worth of backup gear. *Upgraded the rudders in 2010 to schedule 80 steel posts and properly balanced blades ($4,000) *Upgraded rudder crossbar in 2011 to a very thick steel tube that does not flex like the original ($4,000).
+- ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
+- *EPIRB: ACR Electronics GlobalFix (2008) *Medical kit (2008) *Dinghy: AB 11’ RIB with seat, harness for lifting by davits, security cable and lock (2008) *Yamaha 4-stroke 15 hp outboard (2008) *Spares: Too numerous to list. Spares fill an area that is about 3’ wide by 2’ deep by 1’ high. *Tools: Two tool boxes full of tools *Sailing equipment: Extra lines (including halyards, sheets, and smaller lines), extra blocks and tackles, bosun’s chair. *Four sets of snorkeling gear, including flippers *Two water hoses *2-wheeled cart—good for hauling groceries *Fishing equipment: rod and reel, filleting knife, filleting table, holders for fishing rods, bag with fishing gear *Extra Sailing Cal Landau at Edwards Yacht Sales, 561-312-0010, cal@EdwardsYachtSales.com .
+Now that you have a brand new e-commerce website to showcase your great products and services, how do you get visitors to come and shop? Unlike a brick-and-mortar store, customers can’t easily pass by your online store without some sort of marketing efforts on your end. We’ve put together 7 of the most important marketing channels that every E-commerce company needs to activate.
+Contents
+The best E-commerce marketing channels
+E-commerce is a booming industry, with $601.75 billion online sales with U.S. merchants alone in 2019. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce quarterly e-commerce report, this figure represents a 14.9% increase from the previous year. Clearly, there are a lot of opportunities for growth, as well as competitors. In order to stand out from the crowd, there are a few elements your site needs to consider:
+- Organic traffic (SEO optimization)
+- Pay-per-click traffic referral
+- Content marketing (blog posts, case studies, etc.)
+- Social media marketing
+- Influencer marketing
+- Existing customer referral
+All of these channels exist for different purposes, and some come with more effort and price points than others.
+1. Organic traffic (SEO optimization)
+When customers search for a product on a search engine, like Google or Bing, they will immediately see two types of results: “Ad” or “organic” (unpaid) results. If they clicked on the latter, it is considered “organic traffic”, which is oftentimes considered the most ideal and cost-effective solution to increasing traffic.
+However, to have your website appear on top of Google’s search results, an amazing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy needs to be in place. SEO is the process of increasing the visibility of your website and is largely based on computer-based algorithms. Generally, your website needs to satisfy both the quality and quantity of materials corresponding to the keywords or phrases that your customers search for.
+SEO is an intricate part of marketing that most companies choose to tackle it in one of two ways: in-house or by hiring support from external professional services. How ever you implement it, this solution is only cost-effective as long as you keep up with industry-standards and the ever-changing search engine algorithm. SEO is a powerful strategy to attract constant and quality customers. (Think: If a user is already searching for a “powerful lawnmower”, they most likely are already looking to purchase one.)
+2. Pay-per-click traffic referral
+We mentioned the “Ad” section of a search engine result: This is where the Pay-per-click (PPC) portion comes in, and comes in strong. While most marketers aim to have a strong SEO performance, it’s also an important boost to have PPC with Google Ads or similar services. This channel is especially important when positioning your brand against your competitors in the field: An “Ad” result will put your name and brand up top.
+Pay-per-click, however, can be a pricey option. As the name suggests, each time a customer clicks on your website through the PPC link, you will pay the hosting engine. This number can rack up quickly, especially if your visitors are not converting to paying visitors and thus justifying the cost of PPC investment. Depending on your industry and related keywords, some can be extremely costly due to the competitive nature of ranking against that keyword or phrase. However, the good news is that you can monitor and shut off any pricey keywords if they are underperforming.
+Another great way to make use of PPC is to optimize your landing page with an encouraging call-to-action, so that visitors can make a purchase easily, instead of casually browsing.
+3. Email marketing
+Email marketing is another cost-effective way to capture your customers’ attention and interest. In fact, email marketing is reported to yield an incredible $38 Return on Investment (ROI) per $1 spent (3,800% is a pretty hefty number!)
+Achieving an ROI that high with email marketing is achievable and affordable by simply working with your existing database of customers and a suitable email marketing solution correlating to the size of your business. With that said, the art of a good email and subject line are sought after skills! You know what we are referring to: boring, corporate emails with a generic subject line are commonplace, and low open rates go right alongside them!
+There are many incredible ways that you can utilize this direct gateway to your customers’ inboxes. You can get creative by offering exclusive offers, latest product launches or updates, and even checking in with customers when they “abandon” their cart. Email marketing is, in fact, the most effective way to communicate with customers when compared to brochures, catalogs, or phone calls. If you’re targeting millennials, email marketing is your friend, as 73% of younger generations prefer communication from businesses via email.
+A quick tip to make your email communication more effective is to keep mobile users in mind. 47% of all users check their email on their phone, so it’s not surprising to read that mobile-friendly content, including emails and newsletters, is a must. Keep in mind you’ll need a short, catchy subject line that fits onto a phone screen, as well as a clear call-to-action button so viewers can be directed to your website.
+4. Content marketing
+Content marketing exists in the form of blog posts on your website (like this very blog post you are reading!), case studies, infographics, e-books, and any other content-rich materials that are valuable to your customers. While content marketing aims to surround your products, offering value at every stage of your customers’ journey, it’s important to understand which formats are most efficient: anything that helps broaden your reach within the industry and to new audiences is worth exploring, think about fun how-to resources, interviews, Q&As, webinars or free educational resources that appeal to your target audience. Glossier, a makeup brand, is a great example of how a brand can go beyond its main product and still add value to its customers through its content. Glossier created freebies that customers and prospects could download from its website, like music or wallpapers, which appeals to that demographic through aesthetics and lifestyle.
+Content marketing can take a lot of work but is important and worthwhile to secure your brand as an industry leader. In order to gain your customers’ trust and confidence in your products, you need to show that your brand knows what it is doing. So, When a customer searches for “lawn health during winter” with no intention of buying a lawnmower, yet lo and behold, your blog post on the topic appears in the search results, guiding your potential customers into your website and the products they never knew they needed.
+5. Social media marketing
+Social media marketing is a rather new and exciting channel, compared to the other strategies mentioned above. Recently, more and more brands have made efforts to increase their social media presence, and all for a good reason. According to Facebook, 83% of people say Instagram helps them discover new products and services. With the new “tap-to-shop” feature on Instagram, it is clear that social media is becoming a vital part of e-commerce that businesses can’t ignore.
+There are many ways that your business can utilize social media marketing. Having paid ads on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, etc. is a great route to introduce your brand to the public, but it shouldn’t stop there. Your brand should also have a strong online presence through a branded Instagram account, or even a YouTube channel, or a Facebook business account, more often than not, most businesses choose to be present on all platforms. Although we would urge you to find the best channels for your service or product and truly focus on a clear strategic approach and target audience. This will not only enhance your brand’s professionalism but also offer you a unique new way to interact with customers.
+While newsletters are great ways to send customers new information, social media is an excellent opportunity to actually have a conversation with them. Many brands dedicate a social team to interact with customers’ questions, comments, or suggestions on their own Instagram posts and direct messages. On top of that, an Instagram account is also a great way to express your brand’s identity. Lush, for example, frequently posts about social justice issues outside of their own products.
+6. Influencer marketing
+Influencer marketing can be considered one of the most successful levers that sit within your social media marketing strategy, but it can also be considered a stand-alone approach to getting your name out into the social media world. This is because influencers offer a unique human voice, authenticity, and trustworthiness to your brand. In fact, 70% of teens report trusting influencers more than traditional celebrities when it comes to product recommendations.
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+Big D's Smokehouse
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+2/F Pos Bldg., Sct. Madriñan St. cor. Tomas Morato Ave., Tomas Morato, Quezon City, Metro Manila
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+- 65 Reviews
+- 222 Recommend
+- 62 Reviewers
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+- Reopens Sat: 11:00a - 1:00a
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+- +639154878153<<
+This place is simple and clean. I really love the service here, the female server was so nice to us. She's pleasantly accommodating. There's a big tv hung up on the wall if you're bored or alone and want to chill. They have a smoking area also, outside. There's a little view by the window which is cute and relaxing. Ordered the famous tacos and steak here. THE STEAK IS THE BEST. It is good for two if you're not that hungry, but one steak can suit a one person already for it is so delicious.
+Wrong wrong place to celebrate mother's day! So I did not expect this place to be very small. A table for 9 is already crowded we occupied the whole airconed part of the store. Next time will definitely ask for the space size first before making a reservation.
+We ordered their big feast which cost us 3k and this is really sulit. 3 full slabs of delicious ribs which is btw, not too sweet which I hate with other ribs. This one is tender and off the bone goodness. The nacho platter is also amazingly good! Etong dalawa pa lang solb na! But you also get 2 pastas and 4 side dish making this package really sulit!
+Got curious with their alcoholic drinks actually, might come back here with friends than with family, I just realized that this is more of a nomnom place than a Sunday family day place.
+SUPER LOVE the service and foods are affordable and super worth it.
+Since last month, I've been craving for ribs. but i was saving this Big D's experience for my bday. And so tonight is the big night. yey!
+Our office is only in Timog so Big D's Tomas Morato is very near. So i invited my office friends for dinner, all 7 of us.
+We ordered the stage 3 ribs platter with 2 full slab, home style meatloaf, nachos with pork pulled toppings, southern chicken salad, and hush puppies.
+The food is delicious. We loved their meat-falling-soft bone only-ribs. The salad also tasted so good. The nacho serving is big. The hush puppies is like a cheese bomb with a beer-like after taste.
+But the size of their full slab is a little smaller compared to RUBs and Eduardo's but you get more meat because there are no big bones in between.
+Same as most of the reviews that I read, the room is small but we got it all for ourselves so we can laugh out loud and don't care. But I was a little disappointed with their slow service. I already called for advance order an hour before we leave the office to avoid the long wait of serving. But when we get there we still waited for at least more than half an hour before our food was completely served considering there are no other customers but us.
+Aside from that, the whole experience is good as the staffs are all nice. :)
+This is their Baked potato "think mashed potatoes with chives and cheese sauce finished with real bacon bits" at P150 is too much.
+Was excited because it's potato! As i saw it coming, disappointment was what my face looked like. The photo says it all: just 1 potato, top skinned but bottom left with skin. It was mashed with very little bacon bits and with a chewy texture. Served with their version of nacho chips are those thin opaque triangles on the side which i don't get for what it is.
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+Another after-boxing session dinner! I don't know why I even bother attempting to get fit.
+This time, Kath A and I headed to Big D's Smokehouse, located on the second floor of the Pos Building in Tomas Morato, in front of Il Terrazzo. The place is kind of small with only about 4 tables inside, while most can be accommodated outside. Their kitchen is on the opposite end of the building. The staff are dressed in cowboy outfits, complete with cowboy hats and they were generally nice and courteous. On the menu, we have South American fare such as pulled pork, Southern-style fried chicken and of course their smoked soft bone ribs.
+🧀 To start things off, we had their nachos at 150 pesos. The nacho chips were really soft and broke easily (reminded me of fried lumpia wrappers) so it was kind of difficult to scoop up toppings with it. However, I did enjoy the creamy cheese sauce and pork chunks over the nachos.
+Next, we dove right into their ribs. We each had an order of their ribs solo (230 pesos) which came with a single serving of ribs, garlic rice and a side of corn and carrots. I switched my rice out for mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes and corn+carrots were pretty ordinary. Although I have to say, the main attraction, the ribs were tender, fairly juicy and didn't have surprise thick bones hidden in them. The bones in these ribs were small and so soft! This meant more meat but also more fat. Almost a third of my ribs was fat huhu. It was still good, though. I liked its tangy-sweet BBQ sauce.
+Overall, fairly decent place to go if you're craving for Southern-style comfort food.
+My default for this palce is their tasty baby back ribs! :) Great staff too!
+Big D's Smokehouse:
+Pulled Pork Burrito -
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+Ordered onion rings, open-face roastbeef and phillycheese steak. Salty, oily and not worth the price
+10% service charge.
+Discovered this hidden ribs restaurant along Tomas Morato, of course I had to try their best selling ribs. I ordered the half slab, it was surprisingly quite small for a half slab, it was served with garlic rice and your choice of 1 side dish (I chose mash potato). The meat was soft and tender and the sauce was great, I didn't expect that from a 390 worth of ribs. The mash potato was also delicious, it was served with mushroom gravy. The only thing that I didn't like was the java rice, it tasted like it was reheated, plus I think the ribs are better served with java rice. But will definitely come back to try their other dishes.
+Don't get me wrong, I love barbecue ribs, but these are just ok.
+I'd still go for Rub or Casa Verde.
+Everything else they have was too salty for me. And the place was just too damn tight. Ang hirap makipag-chikahan with friends cause it's like talking to the whole room. Plus the kitchen's in another room. So antagal bago mapansin yung mga kaway namin for waiting service.
+but I have hope for this place. Sana mas maging ok next time.
+The food was great
+not really a fan of ribs but this is good
+This place offers smoky and fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs. The sauce can be a little too overbearing though, as I found it too salty for my preferred barbecue ribs flavor.
+I've been on an onion ring spree of reviews and I recommend their onion rings in this place. One basket costs less than 100Php.
+Ambiance 4/5
+Price 3/5
+Food 3/5
+Parking 5/5
+Service 5/5
+Ribs!!!
+Ribs so tender you can eat the bone.
+Really good. Won't hesitate to go back! Just YUM!
+Got the Stage2, for 390Php, it's worth every cent. The baked potato and the mashed potato as a side is really good.
+The staff was really friendly and accomadating. They we're fun.
+️ Good Job!
+Small place so we had it all in our selves! The mash potato was the bomb next to the tender ribs. I prefer ordering solo rather than those for sharing. Its cheaper and you're fully satisfied. Its hard to get the attention of the waiters because they're outside most of the time so that's a glitch. Too bad there was no looloo offers when we went there.
+Btw, Is Looloo not available in play store?
+Really think we ordered the wrong menu items during our visit... We veered away from the ribs because my two friends didn't want to try it!!!
+waaaah! So we ended up with the wings, chicken fingers, dirty fries, and this dish... Hush puppies? I forgot what it was called... I thought it tasted a little bland and too starchy... Major umay! The chicken fingers is a big no no for me-- dry and thickly breaded... I liked the dirty fries the best among the food that we ordered... Should have gotten the nachos or the ribs!
+Noteworthy: service was good!
+P.S. I didn't know there was a looloo special!
+Man, fail ako at that game with the chips!
+Service was good; food not great, but would not mind coming back.
+Go for the ribs and mashed potatoes...work your way from there.
+Back here for some more ribs and great food
+I promised to come back and try their 9" tacos @215 and today I finally did! It was a whopper of a taco, you can't help but stare at it with your mouth agape when they serve it
+It was humongous! Tasted great and I love that they didn't scrimp on the beef
+Shared this with z nephew.
+The star for today was this order of Nachos
+(@150) It was to die for!
+it was cheesy goodness and the chips were thin and crunchy and it felt like nacho heaven!
+Sooooooo good!
+Had the usual order of ribs too and they were great as usual! Thanks for the Looloo special which I was able to redeem
+an order of yummy baked potatoes
+Love this place and I'll be back again soon
+Ordered little d's fish something. It was good!!! My sister was able to redeem the looloo special.
+I was able to redeem loloo's special 14 mins before it expires!! The food was great.
+We ordered
+Ribs solo
+Dirty fries:loloos special
+Buffalo wings
+Fish something forgot the name!
+EV Breeding: Irish bred event horses prolific in Aldon and Lincolnshire Events
+- 23 March 2017, 15:47
+Irish-bred event horses recorded a significant number of placings throughout Britain and the USA last week.
+See below for a full list of Irish-bred International Eventing results:
+Britain.
+Aldon International ODE, Somerset. March 17th – 19th.
+Novice Sec E.
+2 Ballycoog Mr Popper (ISH) – 2004 mare by Aldatus Z (OLD) out of Slievemaoil Ginger (ISH)(TIH) by Colourfield (TB). Breeder: Danielle Doran (Wicklow). Rider: Kristina Cook (GRB) 30.0, 0, 4.8 = 34.8
+3 Ballyheights (ISH) – 2008 gelding by VDL Arkansas (KWPN) out of Ballyheane Flight [ISH] by Roseberry Avenue (TB). Breeder: David Joyce (Mayo). Rider: Michael Jackson (GBR) 33.5, 0, 3.2 = 36.7
+4 Westwinds Knightrider [ISH] – 2008 gelding by Cult Hero (TB) out of Cushinstown Glory (AID) by Hail Station (TB). Breeder: Simon McCarthy (Wexford). Rider: Taggy Forester-Bennett (GBR) 32.8, 4, 0.0 = 36.8
+8.3, 0, 4.4 = 39.7
+9) 35.8, 4, 0.0 = 39.8
+10 Smooth Emperor (ISH)(TIH)[was Cooley Emperror] – 2009 gelding by Emperor Augustus (TB) out of Smooth Clover (ISH)(TIH) by Clover Hill (ID). Breeder: James Bergin (Laois). Rider: Tim Price (NZL) 32.8, 4, 4.0 = 40.8.
+Novice Sec F.
+5 Coumroe Calva (unk) – 2009 gelding OIO by Tjipke (KWPN). Rider: Clare Lewis (GBR) 28.3, 4, 0.0 = 32.3
+6 Lux Zen (ISH) – 2008 gelding by Lux Z (HANN) out of Clover Dee (ISH)(TIH) by Clover Hill (ID). Breedder: Deirdre Smyth (Westmeath). Rider: Kirsty Johnston (GBR) 24.5, 8, 1.2 = 33.7.
+Novice Sec G.
+3 Claragh Sonny (ISH) – 2006 gelding by Abdullah (TB) out of Clara Clover All Over (ISH). Breeder: Ursula Pomeroy (Cork). Rider: Molly Johnstone (GBR) 30.8, 0, 0.0 = 30.8
+7 Ballymoon Diamond (ISH) – 2009 mare by Furisto’s Diamond (ISH) out of Moonhall Mindy (ISH) by Puissance (ISH)(TIH). Breeder: Alan McIntyre (Kilkenny). Rider: Caroline Ryan-Bell (GBR) 33.0, 0, 0.0 = 33.0
+9 Cooley Copper Mountain (ISH)[was Pencil Full of Lead & I am Charlie] – 2009 gelding by Harlequin du Carell (SF) out of Mountain Breeze (ISH) by Gael Force (ISH)(TIH). Breeder: Nora Ryan (Tipperary). Rider: Gubby Leech (GB) 31.3, 0, 3.6 = 34.9.
+Novice Sec H.
+1 Newmarket Caro (ISH) – 2011 mare by Newmarket Venture (HANN) out of Glenamuckla Alana (ISH) by Cavalier Royale (HOLST). Breeder: Brian Daly (Cork). Rider: Caroline Ryan-Bell (GBR) 26.8, 4, 0.0 = 30.8
+5.5, 0, 8.4 = 38.9
+6.8, 0, 6.0 = 39.8.
+Open Novice Sec J.
+4) 31.8, 0, 0.4 = 32.2
+5 Kilnaboy Buffet (ISH) – 2008 gelding by French Buffet (TB) out of Cotton Foot (ISH) by Tammouz (TB). Breeder: Patrick McCormack (Clare). Rider: Chelsea Pearce (GBR) 32.3, 0, 0.0 = 32.3
+6 Cornascriebe Glenpatrick (ISH) – 2010 stallion by Womanizer (KWPN) out of Cornascriebe Royale (ISH) by Cavalier Royale (HOLST). Breeder: Carol Armstrong (Armagh). Rider: Millie Dumas (GBR) 32.3, 0, 0.0 = 32.3.
+Open Novice Under 18 Sec I.
+1 Rathmoyle King (ISH) – 1998 gelding by Furisto’s Diamond (ISH) out of Wind Dancer (ISH) by Horace (AA). Breeder: Janinta Power (Kilkenny). Rider: Chloe Rodriguez (GBR) 22.8, 0, 0.0 = 22.8
+2 Ballymitty Mac [ISH] – 2006 gelding by Golden Master (TB) out of Kereight [ISH] by Diamond Rock (ID). Breeder: Patrick Cleary (Wexford). Rider: George Pennington (GBR) 27.5, 0, 0.0 = 27.5
+4 Master Tarka (ISH) – 2007 gelding by Lupicor (KWPN) out of Stoneman Song of Cashell [ISH] by Mountcashel Krisp [ISH]. Breeder: Ken Bolton (Tyrone). Rider: Rebecca Pugh (GRB) 27.3, 0, 2.0 = 29.3
+6 Shannondale Lilly (ISH) – 2008 mare by Lux Z (HANN) out of Ballymurphy Star (ISH)(TIH) by Kings Master (ISH)(TIH) Breeder: Patricia Walsh (Clare). Rider: Louisa Harman (GBR) 32.0, 0, 0.0 = 32.0
+8 Imperial Trump (ISH)(TIH) – 2003 gelding by Master Imp (TB) out of Royal Anika (P)(ISH)(TIH) by Trumpet Major (ID). Breeder: Loftus O’Neil (Carlow). Rider: Thomas Hawke (GBR) 34.0, 0, 0.4 = 34.4.
+Intermediate Novice Sec K.) 28.4, 0, 0.0 = 28.4
+4 Rainstown Star (unk) – 2009 gelding OIO by Rainstown Lad (ISH) out of Rainstown Sue (unk). Breeder: Paul Walsh (Carlow). Rider: David Doel (GBR) 24.8, 4, 0.0 = 28.8
+6 Cavalier Crystal (ISH) – 2010 mare by Jack of Diamonds (SWB) out of Cavalier Iris (ISH) by Cavalier Royal (HOLST). Breeder: Thomas Horgan (Waterford). Rider: Harry Meade (GBR) 30.5, 0, 0.8 = 31.3.
+CIC* Sec Q.
+5) 47.0, 0, 0.0 = 47.0
+6 Diamond Bobby [ISH] – 2006 gelding by Touchdown (ISH) out of April Beauty (ID) by Diamond Lad (ID). Breeder: Thomas McCann (Mayo). Rider: Joanna Rimmer (GBR) 46.7, 1, 0.0 = 47.7
+7) 40.2, 0, 8.4 = 48.6.
+Intermediate Sec R.
+4 Bridgehousestud River Wild (ISH) – 2006 mare by Riverland Roi (SF) out of Havana Club (ISH) Breeder: Rachel Corrigan (Westmeath). Rider: Matthew Glenworth (GBR) 35.2, 0, 2.8 = 38.0.
+Open Intermediate Sec S.) 27.5, 0, 4.8 = 32.3
+6 MGH Grafton Street (unk)[was Bannerfarm Rocket] – 2008 gelding OIO by OBOS Quality 004 (OLD). Rider: Pippa Funnell (GBR) 26.4, 0, 14.0 = 40.4
+7 Cooleys First (ISH)[was Don’t Tell Jack] – 2004 gelding by Ricardo Z (ZANG) out of Legauns Last (ISH)(TIH) by Legauns Prince (RID). Breeder: Noel Walsh (Carlow). Rider: Vicky Brake (GBR) 30.7, 0, 10.8 = 41.5
+8 Xavier (ISH)(TIH) – 2005 gelding by Clover Echo (ISH)(TIH) out of Knightfield Sally (ISH)(TIH) by Cruising (ISH)(TIH) Breeder: Tom Rowland (Dublin). Rider: Gubby Leech (GBR) 30.0, 0, 11.6 = 41.6.
+Open Intermediate Sec T.
+2) 24.8, 1, 4.8 = 30.6
+6 Donateur (ISH) – 2008 gelding by Vechta (KWPN) out of Samenta (DW) by Monaco (KWPN). Breeder: Stephen & Eilish Reilly (Roscommon). Rider: Tim Cheffings (GBR) 27.7, 2, 8.0 = 37.7.
+Open Intermediate Under 21 Sec U.
+1 Strike A Pose (ISH) – 2002 gelding OIO. Rider: Holly Needham (GBR) 29.8, 0, 0.0 = 29.8) 33.0, 0, 7.2 = 40.2
+10 Early Spring (ISH) – 2004 gelding by Kiltealy Spring (ISH)(TIH) out of Barnafea Chloe (ISH), Breeder: Patrick Doyle (Kilkenny). Rider: Olivia Bartlett (GBR) 36.6, 4, 1.6 = 42.2.
+Advance Intermediate Sec V.
+2 Kilpatrick Knight (ISH)(TIH) – 2005 gelding by Master Imp (TB) out of Golden Choice (P)(ISH)(TIH) by Golden Trump (TB). Breeder: Joan Dolan (Kildare). Rider: Austin O’Connor (IRL) 28.3, 0, 3.2 = 31.5
+3) 28.9, 0, 2.8 = 31.7
+7 Charlton Down Riverdance (ISH) – 2006 gelding by Tulllibards Shakespeare (ISH) out of Shady Queen (ISH) by Captain Clover (ISH)(TIH). Breeder: Geoffrey Hall (Longford). Rider: Becky Woolven (GBR) 34.5, 3, 1.2 = 38.7.
+Lincolnshire ODE, Lincolnshire. March 17th – 19th.
+Novice Sec F.
+5 Tell Klotaire (ISH) – 2007 gelding by Klotaire du Moulin (SF) out of Tell me Sunshine [ISH] by Glen Bar (ISH)(TIH). Breeder: Catherine Kenny (Offaly). Rider: Izzy Taylor (GBR) 31.0, 8, 1.2 = 40.2
+6 Harry Oh (unk) – 2007 gelding OIO. Rider: Kirsty Hogg (GBR) 37.3, 4, 0.0 = 41.3
+10 Watermill Rocks (ISH)(TIH) – 2011 gelding by Watermill Swatch (TB) out of Rockhill Native (ISH)(TIH) by The Freak (TB). Breeder: Naoise Conroy (Galway). Rider: Greg Kinsella (GBR) 32.5, 12, 3.2 = 47.7.
+Novice Sec G.
+2 Big Berry (ISH) – 2010 gelding by Road to Happiness (TB) out of Boney Kelly (ISH) by Dow Jones Courcel (SF). Breeder: James Kelly (Roscommon). Rider: Piggy French (GBR) 33.3, 0, 3.2 = 36.5
+3) 32.8, 4, 0.4 = 37.2
+4 Spring Kestrel (ISH) – 2003 gelding by Riberetto (TB) out of Graciella (SVH) by Godehard (HANN). Breeder: Paddy Meaney (Waterford). Rider: Clare Bell (GBR) 34.5, 4, 0.0 = 38.5
+7 King Pingu (ISH) – 2009 gelding by Castlelawn Galloway (OLD) out of Clydagh Spring (ISH) by Welcome Diamond (ID). Breeder: Keith Woodward (Mayo). Rider: Bethany Dyson (GBR) 37.3, 0, 2.8 = 40.1
+8 Rienroe Drift (ISH) – 2009 gelding by Jackson’s Drift (TB) out of Rienroe Lucky Diamond (ISH) by R Lucky Strike (BSPA). Breeder: Kiki Ward Platt (Limerick). Rider: Maddy Moffett (GBR) 29.8, 4, 7.2 = 7.2
+9 Strattonstown Vision (ISH) – 2005 gelding by Classic Vision (ID) out of Geoghan Lass (unk) by Creggan Diamond (ID). Breeder: not recorded. Rider: Imi McCance (GBR) 33.8, 4, 4.0 = 41.8
+10 Artful Trinity (ISH) – 2011 gelding by OBOS Quality 004 (OLD) out of KEC Northern Star (ISH) by Glidawn Diamond (ID). Breeder: William Hennedy (Kerry). Rider: Izzy Taylor (GBR) 36.5, 4, 2.0 = 42.5.
+Novice Sec H.
+2 Coolrock Wacko Jacko (ISH) – 2009 gelding by Jacomar (KWPN) out of Lux D Part (ISH) by Lux Z (HANN). Breeder: Larry Muldoon (Monaghan). Rider: Nana Dalton (GBR) 30.8, 0, 0.0 = 30.8
+4.5, 0, 0.4 = 32.9
+9 Foxfields Chanteuse (ISH) – 2006 mare by George The Magician (ISH) out of Five Mile Dancer (TB) by Carefree Dancer. Breeder: David Chawke (Kildare). Rider: Fiona Davidson (GBR) 33.8, 4, 2.4 = 40.2.
+Novice Sec K.
+1 (GRB) 28.8, 0, 0.0 = 28.8
+3 Rehy DJ (ISH) – 2010 gelding by Tinaranas Inspector (WESTF) out of Rehy Misty (ISH) by Big Sink Hope (TB). Breeder: Noel Russell (Clare). Rider: Yasmin Ingham (GBR) 31.0, 0, 0.0 = 31.0
+6 Cruise Interest (ISH)(TIH) 2009 gelding by Bahrain Cruise (ISH)(TIH) out of Remembering Lissy (ISH)(TIH) by Little Interest (TB). Breeder: Thomas Lynch (Roscommon). Rider: Hanna Cash (GBR) 25.8, 4, 4.4 = 34.2
+7 Oxmountain Cruz (ISH) – 2010 gelding by Russel (HOLST) out of Bob A Long Cruz (ISH)(TIH) by Cruising (ISH)(TIH). Breeder: Patrick Murphy (Sligo). Rider: Douglas Edward (GBR) 29.8, 4, 0.8 = 34.6
+8 Renaissance Man (ISH)[was Renny] – 2010 gelding by Royello (ISH) out of Thornhill Penny (ISH) by VDL Arkansas (KWPN). Breeder: Betty Hodgins (Tipperary). Rider: Eliza Stoddart (GBR) 30.0, 0, 4.8 = 34.8
+9 Rehy Volunteer (ISH) – 2009 gelding by Rehy High Society (ISH) out of Ballyorney Dancer (ISH)(TIH) by Master Imp (TB). Breeder: Stephen Russell (Clare). Rider: Douglas Edward (GBR) 26.0, 4, 4.8 = 34.8.
+Novce Sec W.
+3 Bright Knight III (ISH) – 2010 gelding by ARS Vivendi (HOLST) out of Rebecca Z (ZANG) by Rebel II Z (HANN). Breeder: Michael Ryan (Galway). Rider: Janet Clarke (GBR) 28.0, 0, 4.0 = 32.0) 24.5, 8, 0.0 = 32.5) 30.0, 0, 6.4 = 36.4
+8 Shannonview Glory (ISH) – 2010 mare by Kannan (KWPN) out of Touch of Cavalier (ISH) by Cavalier Rpyale (HOLST). Breeder: Margaret Killeen (Clare). Rider: Nicola Wilson (GRB) 33.0, 4, 0.0 = 37.0.
+Open Novice Sec L.
+1) 30.8, 0, 0.4 = 31.2) 36.3, 0, 0.4 = 36.7
+8 DHI Jet Set (ISH) – 2008 gelding by NC Amiro (AES) out of Winst O (KWPN) by Hemmingway (KWPN). Breeder: John D Carr (Donegal). Rider: Charlotte Agnew (GBR) 32.8, 0, 6.8 = 39.6.
+Open Novice Under 18 Sec I.
+2) 35.0, 4, 0.0 = 39.0
+6 Kidogo King (ISH)(TIH) – 2002 gelding by Kerry Stone (ISH)(TIH) out of Trico’s Choice (TB) by Nebbiolo (TB). Breeder: Thomas Harrington (Kerry). Rider: Ellen Hobson (GBR) 33.8, 8, 1.6 = 43.4) 42.3, 0, 1.2 = 43.5.
+Open Novice Sec J.
+1 Shannondale Sue (ISH) – 2009 mare by Shannondale Sarco St Ghyvan (BEWB) out of Graney Diamond (ID) by Diamond Lad (ID). Breeder: Kieran Kelly (Clare). Rider: Rosalind Canter (GBR) 29.5, 0, 0.0 = 29) 27.3, 0, 3.2 = 30.5
+5 Ive Dun Talking (unk)[was Freya One] – 2010 mare OIO. Rider: Imogen Murray (GBR) 32.3, 0, 0.0 = 32.3
+10) 35.3, 0, 5.2 = 40.5.
+Intermediate Novice Sec V.
+3 Master Jack III (unk) – 2001 gelding OIO by Master Imp (TB). Rider: Lucy Bullas (GBR) 33.4, 0, 0.0 = 33.4
+5 Cruisings Slainte Mhath (ISH)(TIH) – 2002 gelding by Cruising (ISH)(TIH) out of Ballagh Rose (P)(ISH)(TIH) by Clover Hill (ID). Breeder: Tom Finn (Carlow). Rider: Alexandra Farrar-Fry (GBR) 30.9, 4, 0.0 = 34.9) 33.0, 0, 2.0 = 35.0: Lauren Shannon (GBR) 38.6, 0, 0.0 = 38.6.
+Intermediate Sec P..1, 4, 4.4 = 44.5
+7 Diamonds N Gold [ISH] – 2007 mare by Gurraun Golder Eye (ID) out of Ballinteskin Betty [ISH] Flagmount King (ID). Breeder: Gerrard Nolan (Wexford). Rider: Joshua Noakes (GBR) 38.0, 4, 6.0 = 48.0
+10 Direct Cassino (ISH) – 2010 gelding by Cassino (SWWB) out of Diamonds Double (ISH)(TIH) by Ceredigion (TB). Breeder: Mary Mc Carthy (Cork). Rider: Izzy Taylor (GBR) 34.3, 12, 7.6 = 53.9.
+Open Intermediate Sec Q.
+1 Ballaghmor Class (ISH) – 2007 gelding Courage II (HOLST) out of Kilderry Place (ISH). Breeder: Noel Hickey (Limerick). Rider: Oliver Townend (GBR) 25.5, 4, 0.4 = 29.9
+3 Sinatra Frank Baby (ISH)(TIH) – 2006 gelding by Sinatra (TB) out of Newton Cherry [ISH] by Gypsy Duke (ISH). Breeder: Gene Ormiston (Meath). Rider: Caroline Powell (NZL) 32.5, 0, 1.2 = 33.7
+5) 32.7, 4, 0.4 = 37.1
+10 Spice Sensation [ISH] – 2005 mare by Out of Touch [ISH] out of Cuan Ginger Spice (ISH)(TIH) by Chair Lift (TB). Breeder: Claire Hunter (Down). Rider: Caroline Powell (NZL) 28.0, 0, 12.4 = 40.4.
+Intermediate Sec R.
+2 Maesmawr Fox (ISH) – 2007 gelding by Sammy’s Pride (ID) out of Corker Grey Lady (ISH). Breeder: Mary Kenny (Roscommon). Rider: Carlos Parro (BRA) 3.4, 0, 3.6 = 37.0
+8 Ballingowan Serenity (ISH) – 2007 gelding by Try-Time (KWPN) out of Ma Dheilge Roxy (unk). Breeder: Roger McCarthy (Waterford). Rider: Charlotte Agnew (GBR) 36.1, 0, 12.0 = 48.1
+10 Upper Class (ISH)(TIH) – 2008 gelding by Grange Bouncer (ID) out of Amamus (TB) by Zafonic (TB). Breeder: John Galavan (Wexford). Rider: Sarah Bullimore (GBR) 32.3, 12, 10.8 = 55.1.
+Open Intermediate Sec S.
+1 Cooley SRS (ISH) – 2007 gelding by Ramiro B (BWP) out of Ballynattin Pride (ISH)(TIH) by Kiltealy Spring (ISH)(TIH) Breeder: John Fitzhenry (Wexford). Rider: Oliver Townend (GBR) 29.1, 4, 2.8 = 35.9
+2 Quarrycrest Echo (ISH) – 2007 gelding by Clover Echo (ISH)(TIH) out of Royal China (ISH) by Cavalier Royale (HOLST) Breeder: John Dooley (Donegal). Rider: Piggy French (GBR) 32.7, 4, 1.6 = 38.3
+8 RLE Limbo Kaiser (ISH)(TIH) – 2007 gelding by Abdullah (TRAK) out of An Cailin Donn (ISH)(TIH) by Dawn Review (TB). Breeder: Jane Scully (Cork). Rider: Rosa Onslow (GBR) 37.7, 12, 3.2 = 52.9.
+Open Intermediate Sec T.
+1 ODT Ghareeb [ISH] – 2004 gelding by Ghareeb (TB) out of Celestial Rose [ISH] by Tulla Flight (ISH). Breeder: Sean Grier (Kilkenny). Rider: Oliver Townend (GBR) 28.0, 0, 1.2 = 29.2
+4 Samuel Thomas II (ISH)(TIH) – 2004 gelding by El Rio (TB) out of Barnard Que (ISH) by Arctic Que (TB). Breeder: Patrick McNamara (Limerick). Rider: Oliver Townend (GBR) 34.8, 0, 0.0 = 34.8
+5 Ballingowan Diamond (ISH)(TIH) – 2004 gelding by Welcome Diamond (ID) out of Chatty Dante (TB) by Phardante (TB). Breeder: Timothy Holland (Cork). Rider: Ibby Macpherson (GBR) 33.2, 0, 4.4 = 37.6
+7 Fernhill Adventure (ISH) – 2006 gelding by Newmarket Venture (HANN) out of Cloverwood (ISH)(TIH) by Clover Hill (ID). Breeder: Mary Quinlivan (Cork). Rider: Aoife Clark (IRL) 30.7, 0, 9.2 = 39.9
+8 Cooley Roller Coaster [ISH] – 2008 gelding by Diamond Roller [ISH] out of Limerick Pest (ISH)(TIH) by Flagmount Diamond (ID). Breeder: John Kearney (Louth). Rider: Emilie Chandler (GBR) 32.7, 0, 7.6 = 40.3.
+Advanced Intermediate Sec U.
+2 Balladeer Durban Hills (TB) – 2005 gelding by Seabrook (TB) out of Mistress Elbio (TB) by Elbio (TB). Breeder: Brian O’Reilly. Rider: Sarah Parkes (GBR) 34.4, 0, 2.4 = 36.8
+3 Dassett Cooley Dun (unk) – 2006 gelding OIO. Rider: Sarah Parkes (GBR) 34.0, 0, 4.0 = 38.0
+6 MGH Bingo Boy (unk) – 2008 gelding OIO. Rider: Nicky Hill (GBR) 35.6, 4, 5.6 = 45.2
+9 Master Trendstep [was Master Freddy] (ISH) – 2002 gelding by King’s Master (ISH) out of Tinahely Star (ISH). Breeder: George Mernagh (Carlow). Rider: Aiden Keogh (IRL) 34.5, 4, 12.4 = 50.9.
+America.
+Pine Top Spring HT, Georgia. March 18th – 19th.
+Junior Young Riders Open Preliminary.
+4 Grey Area (ISH)(TIH) – 2006 gelding by Accondy (TB) out of Merry Gypsy (P)(ISH) by Gypsy Duke (ISH)(TIH) Breeder: Daniel Kelly (Clare). Rider: William Jarrell (USA) 42.3, 0, 4.0 = 46.3.
+Open Preliminary A.
+10 Fernhill Hustler (ISH) – 2007 gelding by Maltstriker (KWPN) out of Arctic Flight (ISH)(TIH) by Errigal Flight (ISH)(TIH). Breeder: Kathleen Seymour (Tipperary) Rider: Lindsey Lanier (USA) 30.7, 8, 78.8 = 117.5.
+Preliminary Rider.
+3 The Bond Boy (ISH)(TIH) – 2001 gelding by Great Marquess (TB) out of Lady Granard (ID) by Crosstown Dancer (ID). Breeder: Raymond Donohoe (Longford). Rider: Caroline Sullivan (USA) 46.6, 20, 0.0 = 66.6.
+Exmoor HT, Florida. March 18th – 19th.
+Open Preliminary A.
+2 May Ryloa (ISH) – 2010 gelding by Chacoa (HOLST) out of May Mystery (ISH). Breeder: Loe & Danielle Lillis (Clare). Rider Joe Meyer (USA) 31.7, 0, 0.0 = 31.7.
+Open Preliminary B.) 31.3, 14, 0.0 = 45.3.
+Preliminary Rider.
+1 King Lear (ISH) – 2006 gelding by Guy Cavalier (ISH) out of Madison [ISH] by Coevers (TB). Breeder: Francesca Nardocci (Limerick). Rider: Cristina Barbour (USA) 27.6, 4, 0.0 = 31.6.
+Copper Meadows HT, California. March 17th – 19th.
+Advanced.
+5 Master King II (ISH) – 2006 gelding by Kings Master (ISH)(TIH) out of Beau Peep (ISH) Breeder: Elizabeth Kroeger (Tipperary). Rider: Leah Breakey (GBR) 35.7, 0, 44.8 = 80.5.
+Preliminary Rider.
+3) 34.8, 0, 0.0 = 34.8
+8 Reigns for Justice (ISH)[was Limmericks Girl] – 2001 mare by Limmerick (HOLST) out of Kate’s Daughter [ISH] by Flagmount Diamond (ID). Breeder: Tony Havern (Down). Rider: Brennan Kappes (USA) 38.9, 0, 2.8 = 41
+Jordanian Ambassador addresses Canberra Jewish Group
+Jordanian Ambassador Rajab Sukayri spoke to the Capital Jewish Forum on “The Current Nuclear Dilemma in the Middle East – a Jordanian and Arab Perspective.”
+Manny Waks, Ambassador Sukayri, Anita Shroot
+More than 30 members of the CJF, a non-partisan group, were joined by guests from across the country to hear the Ambassador speak at the Australian National University.
+J-Wire publishes the ambassador’s speech in full:
+“At the outset I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the organizers of this event, in particular Mr. Manny Waks, for giving me the opportunity to address such a distinguished group of professionals in a friendly gathering.
+My presentation tonight tackles a highly sensitive, but most significant and indispensable, topic in the complex Middle East situation.
+Before I address the major questions of this presentation, I wish to explain what this presentation is not. This presentation is not a discussion of the current stand off on the nuclear question between Iran and the Western countries. Nor is this presentation an account of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Israel’s nuclear capability or its ambiguous nuclear policy. Although the presentation refers to these issues, it is not exclusively devoted to any of them.
+In this presentation, I tackle the following questions:
+- 1. Why is the nuclear issue in the Middle East problematic and what makes the Middle East susceptible, from time to time, to such confrontations related to the question of nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction?
+- 2. What is the relationship between the nuclear issue and the Peace Process in the region?
+- 3. What can be done to deal with, and try to settle, this problematic situation emanating from the nuclear dilemma in the region?
+- 4. What is the Jordanian, and Arab, perspective on the current nuclear dilemma in the Middle East, and what discrepancies are there between the positions of the major regional actors on this issue?
+I certainly realize that it takes a doctoral thesis to fully answer each one of these questions. However, given the limited time available, I tried my best to be as brief as possible in touching upon these issues in the presentation so that we can allow some more time for the question and answer period.
+1. Why is the nuclear issue in the Middle East a dilemma?
+The current nuclear situation in the Middle East may be described in terms of the following: First, the region has so far failed to achieve universality on the NPT, despite the fact that, with the exception of very few countries, one of them is a major power in the Middle East, all countries of the world have now signed and ratified the treaty; Second, a major state actor in the region is accused by Western states of pursuing a nuclear-weapon program. This has resulted in several UN Security Council resolutions imposing economic and other sanctions on that country in addition to threats of military action against it; Third, although all countries, except for one, in the region are NPT members, recent history of the Middle East has witnessed attempts by several countries to go nuclear, and if the current dangerous situation in the region continues, more countries may consider such an option; Fourth, after 35 UN General Assembly resolutions, over the last three and a half decades, on the necessity of establishing a Nuclear Free Zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East, the region has so far failed to achieve that objective; Fifth, this perilous situation, if continued, may result in the following dangers: (1) a nuclear show down between the United States or Israel and Iran, a situation that will highly destabilize the region; (2) a potential nuclear-arms race that would usher in new regional states to the nuclear club; (3) more states in the region will be reluctant to join treaties prohibiting other weapons of mass destruction including the chemical and biological weapons conventions (CWC&BWC), as well as international treaties limiting missile acquisition; (4) with more countries in the region pursuing nuclear weapons programs, the danger of these weapons falling in the hands of terrorists will definitely be much higher; (5) more military imbalances (both conventional and nuclear) may emerge and continue between the states of the region, a situation that would aggravate much further the current security dilemma in the Middle East; (6) finally, the risk of nuclear accidents and miscalculation will certainly be higher if more states in the region acquired nuclear weapons.
+I now turn to the second part of the first question, namely, what makes the Middle East susceptible to such a perilous situation? Simply put, the answer may revolve around deep political differences between regional states, particularly the Arab Israeli conflict with the Palestinian problem at its core.
+This takes us to the second question on the relationship between the nuclear issue and peace in the region. Should reaching a settlement on the nuclear issue, as Israel argues, wait until comprehensive peace has prevailed in the region? Or, would a solution of the nuclear dilemma, as most Arab countries argue, enhance the potential for a comprehensive peace in the region? This matter is highly controversial. However, the best possible compromise would be to reach a formula by which the two processes could go simultaneously hand in hand. Achieving progress in the peace process would certainly boost efforts toward solving the nuclear security dilemma. And vice versa, any progress in the realm of security, which is a major concern, especially for Israel, would undoubtedly enhance the peace process. In accordance with this compromise, Israel may not be required to give up its nuclear option unless its security is guaranteed. Another significant outcome of this formula is the elimination of the “double-standard” accusation when dealing with the nuclear issue in the Middle East. In addition, any reasonable settlement of the security dilemma in the region must be based on renouncing nuclear weapons by all regional states which will also be required to place all their nuclear facilities under full-scope safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). All states in the region would accordingly be entitled to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy without the risk of deviating highly enriched uranium (HEU) to military purposes. Elimination of nuclear proliferation in a highly volatile region such as the Middle East is the gateway to regional security and stability.
+WHAT CAN BE DONE
+There are three possible solutions available for dealing with the Middle East nuclear dilemma and solving the problems stemming from it. The first one is economic and other sanctions to be imposed by the UN Security Council on countries indulging in producing, or acquiring through other means, nuclear devices or even developing the know-how for acquiring the capability to produce nuclear weapons. The important question is, however, to which extent could sanctions be effective? The answer may not be so encouraging, particularly with the recent examples of North Korea, Iraq and Iran in mind. In addition to their ineffectiveness, sanctions may have a negative impact on the poor, the weakest segment of the society on which sanctions are imposed.
+The second option is diplomacy and negotiations. In some examples, such as Libya, negotiations have proved to be successful in reversing the quest for nuclear and other arms of mass destruction. It should be noted, however, that prolonged negotiations without a timeframe may have a negative effect by allowing proliferators to buy time. Therefore, what could be a little more effective is an amalgam, (a mixture) of sanctions and negotiations.
+The third option is military action. Although this may be seen by some practitioners as most effective if sanctions and negotiations proved to be leading nowhere, military action could have detrimental effects on regional peace and stability. Moreover, military action could temporarily impede the drive towards producing nuclear arms but may not totally eliminate such programs especially if nuclear facilities are scattered and well protected. Military action may also have a negative societal effect. It would antagonize those segments in the society of targeted countries that are otherwise opposed to their nation’s nuclear arms option. Nevertheless, for enhancing the effectiveness of both sanctions and negotiations, it could be prudent to leave the military option open, provided that it is applied equally to all cases of nuclear proliferation in order to avert the ‘double standard’ accusation.
+Now I turn to the final question in this presentation. What is the Jordanian and Arab perspective on the current Middle East nuclear dilemma?
+Jordan, along with all Arab countries, is in favour of the establishment of a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NWFZ) in the region of the Middle East. His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan has repeatedly called for ridding the Middle East of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. The late King Hussein, may his soul rest in peace, insisted during the negotiations that produced the 1994 Jordanian-Israeli Peace Treaty, to incorporate a provision providing for freeing the region of nuclear and other arms of mass destruction. Since 1974, Jordan, Egypt and other Arab states have been sponsoring an annual resolution at the UN General Assembly calling, inter alia, for the establishment of a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in the Middle East. Also the Board of Governors and the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have for many years been adopting resolutions to this effect.
+A NWFZ, if established, would certainly rid the region of the threat of nuclear arms. It would allow all countries in the region to benefit from the peaceful uses of nuclear energy while placing all nuclear facilities under full-scope safeguards of the IAEA. Moreover, the creation of a NWFZ in the region of the Middle East would roll back nuclear proliferation where it has occurred. Most importantly, the protocols attached to such a NWFZ treaty and signed by all Nuclear Weapon States (NWS) would provide security assurances to all state parties to the treaty.
+A NWFZ would not be an exclusive invention of the Middle East. Past experience tells us that the establishment of such zones in other regions of the world have been most successful and very effective in preventing nuclear weapons proliferation. There are currently five NWFZs in the world covering almost the whole Southern Hemisphere. As early as 1967, the NWFZ of Latin America and the Caribbean was established to prohibit production, development, stockpiling, deployment and use of nuclear weapons in the region. For four decades the Treaty of Tlatelolco has proved to be most effective in preventing nuclear proliferation in that region. The second NWFZ (the Treaty of Rarotonga) was concluded in1985 in the South Pacific. Australia played a leading role in the creation of that zone. Rarotonga was followed in 1995 by the Bangkok Treaty that established a NWFZ in Southeast Asia. In 1996 the African countries succeeded in creating a NWFZ in their continent. The Pelindaba Treaty which entered into force in July last year, has also proved to be most effective. It attracted all NWS to sign protocols attached to the treaty providing security assurances to all states of the continent and undertaking to refrain from deploying or using nuclear devices in the region. The fifth NWFZ was established in 2006 in Central Asia. The Central Asian NWFZ Treaty which entered into force in March, 2009 was concluded by five regional states, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
+This success record, however, does not incorporate such regions as South Asia, Northeast Asia and the Middle East.
+It might be said that none of the regions that succeeded in establishing NWFZs were as volatile and conflict-ridden as the Middle East. While this is true, it could be argued that the diplomatic history of the processes of establishing NWFZs in those five regions may provide us with most valuable lessons. That rich diplomatic history should be most supportive to the case of the Middle East.
+Over the last few decades, especially after convening the 1991 Madrid Conference, a plethora of seminars and informal conferences convened in and outside the region of the Middle East aiming at studying thoroughly the NWFZ option. All these meetings, without exception, have been most supportive to the establishment of a NWFZ or a Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East. What is lacking, however, is the political will of the states of the region. The NWFZ option that proved to be most successful in the above-mentioned five regions should also be most effective in the Middle East.”
+In the Q & A session which followed, AMbassador Sukayri spoke on nuclear, Israeli-Palestinian and other issues.
+The context has been sent to J-wire by CJF founder Manny Waks.
+On the nuclear issue:
+• In response to the question of why he believed two out of the three approaches outlined in his presentation would be effective, namely economic sanctions and negotiations, when these have proved ineffective in relation to North Korea, the Ambassador responded that in all cases there needs to be a combination of negotiations and sanctions, while the use of military action will have detrimental effects and would destabilize the region, and he emphasised that the use of military was implemented in the past under specific circumstances. Moreover, the potential consequences of military action must also be considered. While nuclear armament in the Middle East would lead to further destabilisation of the region, similarly there is the potential that a military strike would achieve the same consequence;
+• The Ambassador pointed out that while he supports the option of nuclear programmes for peaceful purposes (i.e. energy use) there was always a risk of deviation from peaceful to military activities. To eliminate this risk he emphasised the need for “any such programme to be under the supervision and full scope safeguard of the International Atomic Energy Authority”;
+• In response to a hypothetical situation, whereby Iran acquires nuclear weapons, the Ambassador warned there was always a risk of an arms race in the region. Though he did point out that Libya was persuaded to cease its military programme through negotiations, while the Iraqi nuclear programme was halted by a military strike. Such military measures are never guaranteed and as long as there is one country pursuing a nuclear program, an arms race in the region is always a dangerous possibility; and
+• The Ambassador emphasised that the preferred situation is the establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East – permitting any country to possess nuclear weapons would always be considered a double standard. A regime’s characteristic – whether democratic or despotic – should make no difference whatsoever.
+On the Israeli-Palestinian issue:
+• Attaining comprehensive peace in the Middle East region is currently Jordan’s primary concern – especially getting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process back on track;
+• In response to a question regarding the movement of Palestinians living in countries outside Israel once a Palestinian State is established, the Ambassador emphasised that the issues of Palestinian refugees is one of the major final status issues that needs to be resolved by the Israelis, Palestinians and the parties involved. He also responded that there may be insufficient space in Gaza and the West Bank to resettle all the Palestinian refugees, much the same as there is insufficient space within Israel for all Jews living around the world; and• Responding to why peace between Israelis and the Palestinian has been so elusive – despite the fact that a majority of the people and both governments seemingly want this so desperately – the Ambassador noted the complexity of the situation. He specifically mentioned the security factor. Israel requires security and this is a legitimate need for all countries of the region but there is also a range of other final status issues which must be dealt with such as the status of Jerusalem, borders, refugees, water, etc.
+On other issues:
+• While until now only Jordan and Egypt have reached peace agreements with Israel, it was the Ambassador’s hope that a comprehensive peace settlement will be reached;
+• The Ambassador emphasised the effectiveness of “middle powers” such as Australia in playing significant roles in peacemaking efforts in the Middle East. He noted several examples of Australia’s successful role in international peacemaking efforts;
+• A recent poll in Jordan commissioned by The Israel Project and conducted by the Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research group which found, among other findings, that only less than a quarter of Jordanians think Israel has the right to exist, was dismissed by the Ambassador as “just another poll among the many which are conducted by many different groups”, and “did not accurately reflect Jordanians’ views” on this issue;
+• The Ambassador hoped for a swift resolution on the water dispute with Israel, though he emphasised that this is a vital issue and should be subject to negotiations; and
+• The Ambassador briefly touched on the terrible tragedy in Haiti and noted that Jordan had lost three peacekeeping troops who were stationed in Haiti. As in most major international natural disasters, Jordan sent some relief supplies to the country.
+Eli Yerushalmi who is an attache at the Israeli Embassy attended with his wife Shula
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+Michael Travers
+MIT Media Laboratory
+20 Ames Street
+Cambridge, MA 02139
+(617) 253-0608
+mt@media.mit.edu
+This unification enables the construction of an interface that achieves elegance, simplicity and power. Allowing graphic objects and internal computational objects to be manipulated through an integrated interface can provide a conceptual scaffolding for novices to enter into programming.
+KEYWORDS: programming environments, objects, direct manipulation, visual object-oriented programming, agents, rules
+The Vivarium project has generated some earlier software environments: Agar [13] and Playground [4]. In these systems the computational realization of an agent was something of a cross between a rule and a process. These previous efforts concentrated on simulating the environment, the specification of agents for the animate objects, and the interaction between the creatures and their environment. LiveWorld is an effort to improve upon these systems in several ways: first, by providing a flexible and powerful object system and interface, and second by incorporating a more developed notion of a computational agent, along with a theory of how such agents may be created and debugged. This paper deals only with the first of these goals.
+The motivating simulation domain for these systems was animal behavior, but the larger goal was always to find fruitful new models for programming in general. Many other systems may be described in terms of objects with autonomous but interacting behaviors; i.e., video games, MUDs, and virtual worlds in general. I've coined the term animate system to refer to this class of environment consisting of multiple reactive objects.
+Creating animate systems requires manipulating many different kinds of objects (worlds, actors, agents, and sensors, for instance). These must be accessible, manipulable, extensible, and combinable by the user. Yet we don't want to overwhelm novices with complexity. LiveWorld's solution is to use a novel object system, Framer [6], which permits objects to be viewed and manipulated at varying levels of detail. Complex objects may be treated as black boxes by beginning users, while more advanced users can open them up to see and change the parts inside. To accomplish this, all levels of parts are made out of the same basic structure, the frame.
+The design values of LiveWorld include:
+* tangibility -objects should be concrete, accessible to the senses, and capable of direct manipulation.
+* reactivity - objects should be aware and capable of reacting to each other. The programs that drive objects should be running all the time, so that user interaction can trigger object behavior.
+* improvisation - it should be easy to explore new possibilities by making incremental modifications to existing objects.
+* learnability - the system should provide "conceptual scaffolding" that allows the learning of new skills to be rooted in existing skills.
+Figure 1: A simple world with two graphic objects. Note that theater, stage, cast, objects, and slots are all realized from the basic frame/box.
+The graphic counterpart to the frame is the box. From the user's perspective these two constructs are identical, i.e., it is possible for "the user to act as if the representation were the thing itself" [7, p97] for all components of the system. LiveWorld represents Framer's hierarchical structure by means of spatial containment.
+Figure 1 illustrates a simple LiveWorld construction. Frame names are indicated in boldface, so x is an annotation of my-turtle, which is in turn an annotation of cast. Frame values follow the name, so the value of the x annotation is 24. Boxes may be open or closed, with this state being controlled by a handle in the shape of a triangle (styled after the hierarchical folder display in the Macintosh Finder [1]). A closed box displays only its name and value, while an open box will display the contained annotations, the prototype (in a recessed box in the lower-right) and a resize handle.
+This is quite different from traditional object systems, where classes, slots and objects are very different sorts of entities. This unification permits LiveWorld to have a simple and uniform interface.
+In addition to providing a simplification of traditional constructs, frames make it easy to build advanced programming constructs that are difficult or impossible to realize in conventional object systems. These include facets, demons, dependency networks, and histories. It also makes it easy to use frames to represent information about frames. For instance, display information for frame boxes is stored in (normally invisible) frame annotations to each displayed frame (%box-position, for instance). If you display these frames, they get their own display annotations, recur-sively.
+It should be noted that LiveWorld and Framer are recursive only in the sense that the basic frame structure is defined recursively, and most functions that deal with it call themselves recursively to work their way up or down the frame hierarchy. It does not imply that a frame can contain itself.
+The advantages of prototype-based programming are simplicity and concreteness. It eliminates a whole set of objects (class descriptors) from the environment, and simplifies the specification of inherited properties. In a sense it is specification by example. For example, the properties of elephants might be defined by a prototypical elephant (Clyde) who has color gray and mass heavy. Properties of Clyde become defaults for the spinoffs, so all elephants will be gray and heavy unless their default is overridden, as in the case of pink elephants. With prototypes, the specification of defaults and exceptions are done in exactly the same way, that is, simply by specifying concrete properties of objects.
+There are some indications that mental representation of categories makes use of prototypes [9]. Whether this translates into any cognitive advantage for prototype-based computer languages is open to question. What prototypes do accomplish for programming is to smooth out the development process, by easing the transition from experimentation to system-building.
+The system provides a graphics library of basic actors. These include shapes and text-actors, pictures, and turtles. The library itself is a theater and new objects are created by using the standard cloning commands, so there is no need for specialized palette objects.
+The link between graphic and non-graphic objects may help novices who are experienced users of direct manipulation interfaces make the transition to programming, both by showing them a different view of their actions and by permitting them to interact with computational objects in a familiar way.
+Figure 2: simple-world after dropping a sensor into the turtle and opening it. The sensor displays as a translucent range overlay; and recomputes its value as the objects move.
+One interesting feature of LiveWorld is immediate redisplay of inherited values. For instance, if a graphic object is cloned, and then the original is resized, both the original and the clone will be updated interactively. This is a powerful illustration of inheritance and may have pedagogical value. On the other hand, it can cause surprises for users who aren't aware that values are being inherited.
+By default, cloning is shallow. This means that if a frame with contained frame structure is cloned, only the top-level frame is copied. For most internal frames (i.e. those used as slots) this is adequate, since the slot values in the original will be accessible in the new one. But in some cases, internal objects must be copied. For instance, in Figure 2, if a clone of turtle is made, the slots xpos, ypos, and heading don't need to be copied (and aren't), but sensor must and will be, since the new turtle ought to have eyes of its own. Frames specify for themselves if they need to be copied when their container is copied. The frames that need to be copied are generally those that specify local sub-parts like sensors, or generate side-effects like animas (described below).
+After a frame is cloned it must be installed (dropped) somewhere. Frames can have a fits-within slot that specifies what sort of object the frame may be dropped into; the interface will only allow the object to be dropped appropriately (i.e., sensors can only be dropped into actors). Frames can have install methods which allows them to specify side-effects that happen as a result of being dropped.
+Framer only offers single inheritance, but because slots are objects in their own right it is often possible to simulate the effects of inheriting from multiple objects. For instance, if we have a turtle (which can inherit only from the prototypical turtle) and we want to add behavior that defines a mass and forces acting upon it, we can copy in the appropriate slots from the prototypical physical object (i.e., mass, gravity-agent). Effectively, the turtle can inherit properties from several objects.
+Actions contain code written in Lisp extended with primitives for Framer and for message-passing (see Fig. 4 for an example). Future versions will also support actions programmed in other languages (such as Logo or an English-like scripting language). It's relatively easy to support multiple languages by making language interpretation an object property. In Lisp, messages are sent to objects through the ask primitive. The Ask menu lists the available messages for the selected object and serves both as documentation and interface.
+Agents are specialized actions that arrange to be run repeatedly by virtue of containing an anima object (see below). A typical agent consists of a conditional that tests a sensor and conditionally takes an action (by sending a message). A variety of schemes exist to permit agents to control each other; these are beyond the scope of this paper. Further development will allow the specification of networks of agents, handling conflicts between agents, and support for agents with explicit goals.
+LiveWorld provides a library of actions and agents. Beginning users can create animated creatures by cloning objects out of this library. The objects also provide a starting point and templates for more advanced users who are ready to start programming. The transitions between these stages (copying, modifying, and finally creating agents from scratch) are relatively smooth, with each stage providing scaffolding for learning the next.
+Figure 3: Customizing a frame in order to define buttons.
+Click tables inherit like anything else, so this technique may be used to define specialized objects such as buttons (see Figure 3). Here, an action object is specialized to have a different appearance (via the %border-width slot) and a special action to take on an ordinary mouse click (it will send itself a :act message). The button object can then be cloned and the clones given code of their own to define their action, as is done with the thrust button.
+The image of LiveWorld is that there are many objects, many agents, and many actions going on at once. Objects are not controlled through a central locus, but determine their own actions. Ideally, every part of the system should be constantly aware, monitoring its conditions and reacting to it.
+LiveWorld supports concurrency by enabling objects to be called in the background. The interface to this capability is through objects called animas, which repeatedly send a message to their containing frame. Animas may be turned on and off individually, or en masse. Inheritance may be used to control a group of animas.
+Animas illustrate a classic tradeoff in object-oriented design. Animas are add-in objects which enable any containing object to become an agent or process. The alternative would be to make animacy a property of the containing agent itself. The advantage of this second approach is simplicity, since it results in fewer objects and object types. The anima solution, however, has the advantages of modularity in that a specific ability is encapsulated in a specific kind of object, and that object can be included anywhere); and of providing an interface or affordance to the user for adding or removing animacy. LiveWorld's hierarchical object system permits a compromise between these solutions. Since animas can be hidden in higher-level objects and automatically inherited, the user can ignore the fact of their existence at first, and discover them later when ready to "open the hood" of an agent.
+Animas are normally running in the background, and it is common for the user to be making changes to the world or to code while other activities are going on. For instance, in the klinokinesis example below, you can move the food patch that the turtle is tracking and watch it adapt. This serves to lower the barriers between running and coding.
+In the present implementation, animas are called in a round-robin fashion. This is adequate for most examples, but does not really qualify as true pseudo-parallelism. A facility to support pseudo-parallelism by performing all side-effects in parallel has been constructed and is undergoing evaluation. Framer's recursive annotation facility helps here, since it permits the system to store intermediate values locally.
+Figure 4: The actors for the klinokinesis example. The turtle has two agents: one makes it go forward at a constant rate, the other makes it turn a random amount that depends on the food concentration gradient. The value of the last-distance slot is also computed by an internal agent (not shown).
+Figure 5: The stage for the cast in figure 4. The turtle started from the point at the lower-left and found its way by "smell" to the food patch at the upper right
+In general, there is a tension between simple, powerful, and general constructs and the interface goal of making specific structures for specific tasks. Take object palettes in a traditional program: because they are special objects, they may easily be given special properties such as floating or a special appearance. LiveWorld, though, has been carefully designed so that no special palette objects are necessary! We have achieved simplicity, but at the cost of being able to easily specialize the design of specific elements.
+There are many unresolved issues revolving around the deletion and modification of prototypes. Framer by default does not allow the deletion of an object with spinoffs. The interface encourages loose patterns of cloning, but this can cause problems as dependencies are created which make later modification difficult. I have experimented with a modified delete function that permits deleting an object with spinoffs, by copying the slots of the prototype into the spinoffs. This preserves the characteristic of the spinoffs but loses type information.
+User testing of the system is planned; some issues to be investigated are the learnability of the object system; whether the availability of all objects in graphic form is empowering or confusing, and whether the particular forms of conceptual scaffolding actually provide greater learnability.
+In contrast, LiveWorld boxes are full-fledged objects, and the interface presents them as such. Boxes are dragged and copied with the mouse rather than with keyboard editing commands. Where the interface of Boxer is rooted in text editing (it is in fact based on the Emacs text editor), the interface of LiveWorld is rooted in object-oriented graphics. Both systems extend their root metaphor by allowing for recursive containment.
+The advantages of LiveWorld's interface style over Boxer's is in implementing inheritance and a more modern interface (mouse-based rather than text-based) with better integration of graphics. The advantages of Boxer's style are that its textual metaphor makes it natural to impose an order over the items in a box, and it may be more accessible to some users with a textual orientation.
+Self has an exploratory graphic interface [2] which, while having some commonality with that of LiveWorld, is exploring essentially different issues. For instance, both systems emphasize animation, but use it in very different ways. The Self interface animates its object representations (akin to LiveWorld's boxes) in a fashion that makes them seem real to the user, but this animation is outside the realm of the user's control. LiveWorld is more concerned with allowing the user to control the animation of graphic objects, leaving the more abstract, structural representation of objects unanimated.
+ARK is another environment with goals similar to that of LiveWorld. In this case the commonality is in providing a lively, reactive feel, and in integrating graphic objects with computational objects. Other shared properties include prototypes (ARK's prototypes work more like those of Self), step methods to drive concurrent objects, and a special limbo state (called MetaReality in ARK) for objects in transition.
+Both ARK and Rehearsal World, as well as many other visual environments, rely on a separation of user levels. Components are built by sophisticated users, generally outside of the visual environment, while more naive users are allowed to connect these components together graphically but not to open them up or modify them. LiveWorld, on the other hand, tries hard to make every object openable and accessible.
+The fact that all objects are presented graphically by default, that is, without the cognitive overhead of having to request their display in an inspector, is a subtle yet powerful change in the way that the programmer relates to objects. In LiveWorld, every object and every slot is an affordance for action as well as a prototype for improvised modifications.
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+Dayton, Ohio, is home to various tourist attractions to please any visitor. The National Museum of the US Air Force is a must-see that chronicles aviation history for those interested in history. Again, The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is an excellent option for hands-on experience regarding various topics, including animals, science, and space.
+The city is also home to several art museums, including the Dayton Art Institute and the Springfield Museum of Art. Many restaurants, bars, and clubs are also here, making the city a great place to spend a night. For honeymooners looking for a romantic getaway, Dayton is the perfect destination.
+If you are a frequent traveler for business or hobby purposes or a romantic couple, you may seek top-notch hotels with standard and premium services. As I love travel blogging, I studied some Dayton hotels that can fulfill all the needs of a guest. Following this, the rest of the article consists of 8 hotels with Jacuzzis in a room in Dayton, Ohio.
+Jacuzzi Suites and Hot Tub Room near Dayton, Ohio
+You will find hundreds of hotel names available in Dayton by searching the web. But not all of them are good for spending lovely moments or relaxing in the hot tub peacefully. So, I have compared several hotels with their amenities and found these below hotels/motels better than average ones.
+1. Comfort Inn & Suites Dayton North
+Notable Features:
+- Kid-friendly
+- Free Wi-Fi, parking, and breakfast
+- Deep soaking hot tub
+Locating in Murlin Heights, near Dayton Airport, the Comfort Inn & Suites Dayton North has been serving the guests with all modern facilities. It’s a perfect romantic getaway to chill out with your partner. Hence, the RiverScape, Dayton Convention Center, and Wright-Patterson AFB are all 10km from this hotel.
+Once you reach the hotel, you are under the coverage of free Wi-Fi for surfing the web. Then, the well-decorated guest rooms wait for you with essential services like LCD TV, work desk, coffee maker, and microwave. Some select rooms also have a sofa bed and refrigerator.
+Every morning you will be offered with American breakfast. While you return after roaming around the city, you can take a bath in an indoor heated pool or private deep-soaking hot tub. You also have free access to a business center, a meeting room, and a fitness center.
+2. Inn Port D’Vino
+Notable Features:
+- Free Wi-Fi and parking
+- Bath and shower
+- Non-smoking motel
+Are you honing for whirlpool suites near me in Dayton, Ohio, with a jacuzzi? Inn Port D’Vino is a great romantic escape for couples and a pleasant surprise for business travelers. This jacuzzi hotel is very close to nearby places of interest. Some notable places you can visit from the hotel are Dayton Convention Center, Dayton Visual Arts Center, RiverScape, Oregon Park, Cooper Park, and others.
+Like most hotels with jacuzzis, Inn Port D’Vino offers free access to their parking lot and internet. You can book any single to family room with the same heartwarming facilities. Each room with a private bathroom is great for spending some moments with a precious beloved partner.
+While staying in the room, you can enjoy programs on the satellite flat-screen TV. You can even cook food for dear ones in the room’s fully equipped kitchen. Then again, the hotel offers complimentary breakfast for all the guests.
+3. Drury Inn & Suites Dayton North
+Notable Features:
+- Kids-friendly and babysitting facilities
+- Free Wi-Fi, parking, and breakfast
+- Full family-owned hotel
+Drury Inn & Suites Dayton North is a 100% family-owned and operated three-star hotel for enjoying the scenic beauty of Dayton city. This hotel is adjacent to Sycamore State Park and Wegerzyn Gardens Metro Park. Scene75 Entertainment Center, Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, and Fifth Third Field’s gaming are also there to experience something new. You can reach the hotel from the Dayton International Airport within just 8 minutes.
+The hotel has 180 guestrooms with versatile conveniences as a flavorful romantic getaway. The whole property has free internet access; you won’t miss any updates online. Again, each room has LCD TV with cable channels, a refrigerator, microwave, and free calls. The guests can also use the fitness center and 24-hours business center for free.
+This family-friendly hotel features an outdoor pool for fresh swimming. If I talk about jacuzzi suites in Dayton, Ohio, the hotel is already offering its indoor pool besides hairdryer and ironing facilities. You get a free hot breakfast and options to make free Belgian waffles in the morning. Then at night, you can taste the complimentary food and beverages.
+4. Hilton Garden Inn Dayton/ Beavercreek
+Notable Features:
+- VIP and Conference room facilities
+- Free Wi-Fi and parking
+- Bridal suites
+Situated in the center of Greene County, the Hilton Garden Inn Dayton is an excellent choice for an outing in Dayton. It’s a 3-star smoke-free hotel located within a 1km range of Wright State University. I suggest this hotel for its several free services, including the shuttle services to roam within 13km. The Greene Town Center and the Ervin J. Nutter Center are minutes away.
+Your partner will enjoy more at the on-site restaurant and lounge where you can spend hours. After parking your vehicle at a free self-parking lot, you can turn on the Wi-Fi to enjoy free internet access and watch movies on a 32” LCD HDTV. Then, you can choose any of the 145 nicely organized rooms or suites with Mp3 docs. This Beavercreek hotel offers Great American Dish breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
+Indeed, you get what you want, like the bathrooms with shower and spa tub combo, free toiletries, and hairdryers. There is also an indoor pool for full family swimming. There are also microwaves, refrigerators, and coffee makers for food purposes in these suites. Also, you may experience the all-day convenience store and a lounge. People in business can hit the free modern gym and 24-hours business center.
+5. Hilton Garden Inn Dayton South – Austin Landing
+Notable Features:
+- Free Wi-Fi and parking
+- Fitness and business center
+- Modern architecture
+If you to make yourself free of the everyday hustle and bustle, you may check in the Hilton Garden in Dayton South. It is in the list of the best hot tub hotels with a private jacuzzi in a room to visit all nearby places of attraction like Teradata, LexisNexis, etc. Locating in Interstate 75 on Exit 41, it is only 3.2km far from Yankee Trace Golf Club. You can easily shop at Dayton Mall Shopping Center and Windmill Farm Market.
+This 3-star smoke-free hotel shows generous hospitality besides the 125 full-featured guestrooms. The whole property is suitable for the couple, family, and businesspersons. Moreover, the free Wi-Fi, self-parking, and 24-hour business center are some implausible amenities for the guests. Commercial personnel can use the free local calls, fax, and photocopying services.
+The hotel rooms have a private bathroom with hot tubs, complimentary toiletries, and hairdryers. There are LCD TVs with multiple cable channels and a lounge with a full bar for entertainment. Again, some other amenities are a freezer, microwave, and coffee maker. Additionally, you can swim in the indoor pool and warm up your body at the fitness center.
+6. Hampton Inn & Suites Dayton-Vandalia
+Notable Features:
+- Pets and Kids friendly
+- Free Wi-Fi, parking, and breakfast
+- Airport transportation
+Are you newly married lovebirds and looking for honeymoon suite hotels? The Hampton Inn and Suites Dayton-Vandalia location is 4.8km from Dayton International Airport and 12.87km from Dayton Convention Center. Consequently, you can shop for your beloved one at nearby shopping malls and restaurants.
+All 79 guestrooms of this hotel are fully air-conditioned and under the coverage of free internet access. These rooms feature modern and thoughtful amenities like sofa beds, coffee maker, freezer, microwave, and 27” television with 72 cable channels and a special Hampton Cloud Nine program.
+You can have a free breakfast in the morning while reading a free newspaper. If you love to do yoga or exercise, you may visit the fitness center. Then, the modern Jacuzzis of these rooms are available to reduce all the stress and have some intimate moments with your better half. For business meeting, you can use the on-site business center and a meeting room.
+7. SpringHill Suites Dayton South/Miamisburg
+Notable Features:
+- Pets and Kids friendly
+- Free Wi-Fi, parking, and breakfast
+- Tennis court
+I know you are dilemma about which hotel you should select to get an ideal family-friendly atmosphere. Certainly, SpringHill Suites Miamisburg can fulfill your wishes for a memorable experience. Marriott Dayton South or Miamisburg is close to the Patterson Homestead and Wright BF Aircraft Museum in a shopping district. Your family members will love to enjoy visiting Learning Tree Farm and the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.
+I learned this hotel also offers free wireless internet, a 32” flat-screen TV, and a kitchenette. Overall, it has 84 full air-conditioned spa suites or rooms with other essential facilities. All the beds feature top-notch bedding with separate sitting areas and sofa beds. Again, you can use the in-room refrigerator, microwave, and coffee maker. You can iron the clothes too.
+You will love to read the complimentary newspaper while submerging in the hot tub. Besides the romantic bathtub, you get free toiletries and hair dryers. One more exciting thing is that this 3-star hotel offers a free buffet as breakfast while there is a snack bar for having snacks with family members. The hotel is ready with free local calls if you want to attend any meeting calls.
+8. Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Fairborn South, Ohio
+Notable Features:
+- Fireplace and baggage storage
+- Free Wi-Fi, parking, and breakfast
+- Wake-up service
+If you have any task at Wright State University or wish to shop at The Mall at Fairfield Commons, Country Inn & Suites by Radisson is only for you. Single or couples, or even a large family, can attend this hotel to get a premium feel of hotel stay. You can visit the Beavercreek Golf Club by driving 4.98km. Also, The Mall is only 3.8km away, which is ideal for shopping and enjoying leisure.
+The entire property is smoke-free, with 69 air-conditioned suites. Also, the guests can browse the internet for free at 25+ Mbps speed. Inside the rooms, you will enjoy the texture and organization. The large 48” LCD TV will make you think about staying at a theater. Some other facilities in the packages are a freezer, microwave, coffee maker, newspaper, fireplace, and free local calls.
+A jacuzzi is an excellent way to replenish the energy for the body and mind that you get in this hotel. You can willingly use the shower or bathtub with free toiletries, stuff, and hairdryers. Also, you can play water games at the indoor pool. Some extra things are waiting for you if you are on business travel. The hotel has a modern fitness center and a business center. Lastly, free continental breakfast is available for any guest.
+Frequently Asked Questions
+The average rate for hotels in Dayton, Ohio, is $120 per night.
+The amenities included in most hotels are cable TV, Wi-Fi, and a fitness center.
+Usually, you need to contact the desk support 24 hours in advance.
+Most hotels may offer you to take pets to the property.
+Conclusion
+If you are looking for a romantic getaway or want to relax in a jacuzzi, I think all the mentioned names are preferable for you. You’ll find the seamless place to stay with plenty of amenities and comfortable accommodations.
+These hotels in Dayton, Ohio that have a jacuzzi in the room are best because they offer a great way to chill and rejuvenate. Also, they are conveniently located near many attractions and activities. So, you can easily enjoy your time in Dayton.
+Protected areas: Safeguarding marine biodiversity
+Our seas are home to a fascinating range of biological diversity. There are incredibly varied life-forms. The diversity of species is hard to believe. From coastal waters to the deep seas, there are spectacular, ecologically important habitats. Protecting this diversity of marine life for the future is a major challenge. Creating marine protected areas (MPAs) is one way of meeting that challenge. In the North-East Atlantic, the countries that have signed the Paris-Oslo Convention, OSPAR, share responsibility for MPAs in international waters. In national waters, MPAs are the responsibility of each state. Large areas of coastal waters in the German Bight are strictly protected as national parks. The reefs and the unique kelp forests around Heligoland are protected with their characteristic fauna and flora. Together with the three German MPAs beyond the 12-mile limit, and with 43 percent of the German North Sea in total, they form part of Natura 2000 - a network of protected areas for threatendspecies and habitats across Europe.. Impacts like these are also a fear for MPAs like the Sylt Outer Reef. Many endangered species live on the reefs there and on the sands of the Amrum Bank, a rearing ground for various kinds of fish. These provide sufficient food for harbour porpoises with their young, and for seabirds. The biggest sandbank in the North Sea is Dogger Bank, which is exceptionally rich in fish species. The Natura 2000 MPAs set up here by three different countries are visited by a whole selection of whale species and even the basking shark, a plankton eater, in the quest for food. These impressive sharks migrate along largely unknown routes through the North Sea, and evidently through the Channel to the south-west coast of England. Other migrating species, too, like sperm whale and dolphins, need wide-ranging protection along their migratory corridors and in favoured breeding and feeding areas such as around the Azores. The Azores are an archipelago on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a highly active volcanic zone. Hydrothermal vents and gas seeps are found here, many hundred metres down. They are home to very special ecological communities with countless rare deep-sea species. Stony corals like Lophelia and Madrepora, together with gorgonians, form unique cold-water coral reefs. Deep-sea mussels directly colonise the hydrothermal vents. They are specialists in this extreme environment, as are deepwater crabs. Portugal has put several of these valuable areas under protected status. But many unusual deep-sea habitats are outside any national jurisdiction. Intensive global efforts are underway to identify and assess these areas of outstanding ecological value. Part of this work is GOBI, a project with BfN funding: Prof. David Johnson, Coordinator of the Global Oceans Biodiversity Initiative GOBI: GOBI is a collection of partners, of organisations around the world, who are working on collecting information on biodiversity. So it's providing physical and biological data to organisations like the Convention on Biological Diversity that are keen to protect biodiversity and initiate marine protected areas but also these ecologically or biologically significant areas. So GOBI partners have been instrumental in the regional workshops to provide data as well as advice and expertise to stakeparties and to organisations that might bring together such protective areas. I think it's been a fundamentally important role the BfN in Germany has played to provide some funding that helps collecting this information. Assessing and designating 'EBSAs' - ecologically or biologically significant areas - across the various marine regions is a complex process involving regional workshops all over the world. Some 200 EBSAs have been identified so far. Their final designation is decided on by the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Stephan Lutter, Worldwide Fund for Nature, WWF: Identifying EBSAs, so called ecologically and biologically significant areas in the world oceans, is important especially in region outside OSPAR where we do not have governmental, inter-governmental framework for MPAs on the high seas and in the remote areas at sea. So, they serve as kind of precursors for MPAs, potential MPAs for the future and we as an NGO propose EBSAs also in the OSPAR maritime area where we see there is a gap. But EBSAs are just the first step. Turning them into globally respected protected areas, most of all in marine regions outside of national jurisdiction, takes good international cooperation. Germany's Federal Agency for Nature Conservation is involved in many of the bodies set up to designate MPAs. A leading example is the Charlie Gibbs MPA, in a fracture zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. With support from BfN and originally initiated by the WWF, scientists have identified exceptionally valuable areas within this zone. More than 40 species of cold-water coral, including Lophelia, Madrepora and Gorgon's head are found here at depths between 700 and 4,500 metres. Likewise some 80 species of cephalopods, like the deepwater 'Dumbo' octopuses. The OSPAR states agreed to designate an area of 324,000 square kilometres. The MPA is home to fascinating ecological communities. There are dozens of fish species, including 40 species of deepwater shark alone - like this kitefin shark. The goal is to build a network of representative and well-managed MPAs across the whole of the OSPAR area. About 5.2 percent of the North-East Atlantic is protected so far. But there are still gaps - for example in Arctic waters. While there are coastal protected areas, there is no widespread protection for areas far offshore. This makes effective management hard to implement and monitor. Yet these areas, too, are home to endangered species that have adapted to conditions in the icy waters, together with ecologically outstanding and highly sensitive habitats. Even these remote areas are exposed to human pressures. Plastic waste and parts of old nets are a major threat to the marine food web. The debris of our civilisation is found from the Mediterranean to the Arctic Ocean. But it is modern fishing practices that do some of the greatest harm. The expansion of fishing grounds across the high seas poses huge risks. For decades, high-intensity, harmful trawling methods in various sectors of the fishing industry meant many stocks were overfished, damaging whole ecological communities. In Europe, the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy now creates a new chance for fish stocks and marine ecosystems to recover. From the Atlantic, we travel along the deep trenches past the Norwegian Coast, heading south. Shoaling fish like herring and saithe are at home here. Another, somewhat scary-looking inhabitant is the monkfish - a sought-after but endangered table fish. Cephalopods like red octopus find places to hide between the rocks. Sea-pens are characteristic of a special, rare type of habitat. Sea anemones and rare cold-water corals like Paramuricea, a deepwater fan coral, grow along the Norwegian continental shelf. Chimaeras flit through the deep dark waters. Marine protected areas once again play an important part in conserving these fascinating species and the whole ecosystem. On we go, through the Skagerrak and Kattegat, to the Danish straits, the only place where there is an exchange of water between the North Sea and the Baltic. All the surrounding states have created MPAs here. Despite these, nutrient and other forms of pollution from diffuse sources is still a widespread problem: Lena Tingström, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management: And of course, the eutrophication situation in the Baltic Sea is a big issue for us to address and that's not possible really within the separate Marine Protected Areas, so you have to work on broad scale like the Baltic Sea Action Plan. The Baltic Sea is a highly sensitive ecosystem. Improving its overall ecological status and sustainable management of the sea is the goal of the parties to the Helsinki Convention, under the Baltic Sea Action Plan. The network of Baltic marine protected areas already takes in some ten percent of the sea. This includes five large areas in the German Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ. Blue mussels, red algae and kelps are characteristic of the Fehmarn Belt and the Kadet Trench. Sea squirts are also found here. Further east, on the Odra Bank, highly endangered eastern Baltic harbour porpoise find a retreat. Long-tailed ducks and many other seabirds spend the winter here in internationally significant numbers. For the protected areas in the German EEZ, the BfN develops management plans and works continuously to improve the protection rules. The outcomes, including rules on fishing in protected areas, are shared with other HELCOM and OSPAR party states to serve as examples in their own work - for example in the OSPAR Working Group on Marine Protected Areas, which is chaired by Germany through the BfN. But there is still much to be done before valuable marine areas can enjoy protection worldwide. Prof. Henning von Nordheim, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Marine Conservation Unit: The first key step will be to finalize the EBSA process that CBD has started. That means, other parts of the world, which have not yet identified their ecologically important areas should do so as quick as possible. I'm talking about the Antarctica, for example, but also in the Arctic and other parts there are some pieces missing in this overall assessment. The second and even more key step would then be to identify within those ecologically important areas those sites that should be granted an international conservation status, a protection status. And to grant such a status we need a third step to be fulfilled and that is a global agreement on UN or on the level of UNCLOS that allows us to protect and conserve and restore areas in the international waters of the world where apparently we don't have an existing comprehensive instrument available. So far, only 2.8 percent of the oceans are protected in line with the criteria of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The target is for 10 percent of the world's seas to be protected by 2020. Marine species and habitats, from the coasts to the black smokers of the deep seas, seem inconceivably diverse. It is up to us to look after these treasures. Marine protected areas are a vital part of this. Managing them well and effectively is and remains a great challenge.
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+By John Walker on November 1st, 2011 at 5:12 pm.
+“All of the little things are what we obsess over,” says a Bethesda developer in the new “behind-the-scenes” video. “Is that so?” I muse, wondering if that includes conversations this time out. Or menus. But take a look at some Bethsoft peeps chatting about why they’re just so gosh-darned excited about Skyrim, which unbelievably is out in only ten days.
+Wait – that wasn’t the behind-the-scenes? That was a trailer for some extra in the collector’s edition no one is rich enough to buy? Ah well.
+But gosh, the game does look bloody brilliant. Are you upping your PC to make sure you can play?
+01/11/2011 at 17:15 Jumwa says:
+I just had to crank down Alice’s graphical settings to play that. I think Skyrim might be the title to push me to upgrade finally. Because not only do I need to play that, I need to play it with tons of mods. And mods demand more, more, MORE!
+03/11/2011 at 03:17 bill says:
+Note to PC gamers: You don’t HAVE TO play every game at maximum settings. That’s why there are settings. ;-)
+03/11/2011 at 03:32 MattM says:
+Indeed many games come with a few settings that offer a large performance hit for a minor increase in visual quality and are only suited for the latest cards. Examples are Ubersampling in Witcher 2, Dynamic DOF in Metro 2033, High sun-rays in Stalker:Clear Sky, and Ambient Occlusion in other gamers. Without these on, the games still look great and have much lower requirements. About 7-10 years ago “medium” settings usually were pretty ugly with low-poly models and no shadows. These days “medium” and “high” usually offer very a very good combination of performance and visual quality.
+01/11/2011 at 17:16 Network Crayon says:
+Yeah looks pretty good, … what was all that stuff with people having lunch about?
+02/11/2011 at 09:31 rei says:
+If I recall correctly they have some free all-you-can-eat restaurant at the offices which they’re pretty proud of.
+01/11/2011 at 17:18 roethle says:
+I upgraded for the the witcher 2 so I should be good to go.
+01/11/2011 at 17:20 Paul says:
+I really hope it has awesome atmosphere and good writing. I am not expecting Witcher 2 level of awesomeness here, but NV had good writing, if this could at least match that…
+01/11/2011 at 17:23 CaspianRoach says:
+NV was developed by Obsidian, TES series and Fallout3 were developed by Bethesda.
+01/11/2011 at 17:30 Paul says:
+I know that. Still, does not mean they could not match the quality.
+01/11/2011 at 19:57 anduin1 says:
+I just hope the story isn’t all hokey and lame like Oblivion’s was. The game had everything going for it except the story which was a bit of a bit of a letdown after the epic journey of Morrowind.
+02/11/2011 at 03:40 scatterbrainless says:
+Actually, less than the story it was the generico-fantasy art style and setting that really let Oblivion down. And also the terrible, terrible elder scrolls leveling mechanics, with endless incremental changes to skills, when all you really want is to be competent. Mushroom trees and giant fleas, please!
+01/11/2011 at 17:20 MythArcana says:
+I hope this doesn’t turn out to be a linear boundary-wall-hugging console-fest like New Vegas or I’ll be terribly disappointed.
+01/11/2011 at 17:37 Gary W says:
+Hey, it’ll have unlimited dragons — we’re in good hands.
+Anyway, I suspect its flaws will be well-documented by reviewers a couple of years after next friday.
+01/11/2011 at 17:48 ResonanceCascade says:
+It’s Oblivion in the snow. Anyone who expects anything else is foolishly setting themselves up for disappointment.
+Oblivion in the snow sounds at least somewhat fun to me, so I’ll probably pick it up at some point though.
+01/11/2011 at 17:53 TillEulenspiegel says:
+I like to think of it as Oblivion Done Right (and also In The Snow), which isn’t a terrible thing.
+Especially if it’s heavily moddable.
+01/11/2011 at 18:57 Fiatil says:
+New Vegas is so damn linear I’ve had 6+ active side quests at all times and I keep finding so many that I can’t make time to beat the main quest!
+01/11/2011 at 19:36 Kent says:
+Some people seem to forget that the linearity were a strength in New Vegas. If you want nonlinear RPGs, go play Dungeons and Dragons.
+01/11/2011 at 20:07 anduin1 says:
+new vegas was linear? I mean maybe the start of the game kind of pushes you through a set path but once you hit new vegas, everything kind of explodes in any which direction
+01/11/2011 at 20:56 Zenicetus says:
+I don’t get the “NV was linear” comment either, unless the OP just didn’t bother noticing and following up on side quests.
+The pacing in NV was just about right for me. I didn’t do every possible side quest, but I did most of them. By the time I felt ready to end the game, the main plot had evolved to that point where the ending decision points were available, and final set pieces were triggered..
+01/11/2011 at 21:03 Was Neurotic says:
+“Oblivion in the snow!” :D
+I’m more hoping it’s going to be ‘Oblivion that actually runs stable and doesn’t crash every fifteen seconds because a butterfly in Swindon sneezed’, or even ‘Oblivion that doesn’t need 80mb+ fan patches and half a dozen utilities to make it run without constant crashing ffs’. THAT would be awesome.
+01/11/2011 at 23:01 DigitalSignalX says:
+Oblivion already had snow parts though. so it doesn’t hold up as well as “with guns” or “with vehicles.”
+- “with dragons” might work though.
+01/11/2011 at 23:19 stillwater says:
+I reckon TillEulenspiegel is on the money: “Oblivion done right” is probably a realistic thing to hope for.
+It won’t be mind-blowingly artistic, original, or innovative. But it will have the vastness and variety of Oblivion….with better combat, less repetitive dungeons, more voice actors, and bigger towns. That’s a good start.
+It most likely WILL have a truckload of bugs, a console-centric interface with huge fonts, and graphics that aren’t quite as good as your PC wishes they were. But hey, all things considered, it should be enough to make for a very engaging and fun, if occasionally frustrating, game.
+02/11/2011 at 01:59 MultiVaC says:
+Wait, people actually think New Vegas is linear? I thought the OP was being sarcastic.
+01/11/2011 at 17:21 sneetch says:
+2:10 I love the chicken placement on the grey model.
+02/11/2011 at 00:20 Stephen Roberts says:
+This man has got fast eyes.
+01/11/2011 at 17:22 Aspongeinmauve says:
+I don’t think I’ll need to upgrade, the specs didn’t seem to steep. As long as the video options have lots of customisation I’ll be fine.
+01/11/2011 at 17:26 frenz0rz says:
+If I can run Oblivion with super-high res texture mods and a bazillion other little mods, I can play Skyrim on full graphics. Right…?
+Honestly though, even with something as demanding as BF3 on a mid-spec machine, I’ve found you can work wonders by turning off things like ultra-quality shadows and motion blur (something that I’d turn off even if I could run it) and still have the game looking and running far better than the console equivalent.
+01/11/2011 at 23:26 food says:
+Motion blur: Like being drunk, minus all the fun.
+02/11/2011 at 00:23 Stephen Roberts says:
+Agweed. Motion still ain’t right and any chance to turn it off is taken by me. I think it’s because things don’t quite blur with motion, they streak. So the not-in-motion directions are still sharp but the in motion ones are stretched. Also there’s a slight bending thing going on. But in games it’s just RADIAL BLURR WHEEE!
+Ahem…
+02/11/2011 at 05:38 Ben Jokisch says:
+I want to enjoy motion blur.. I really do. It’s a great tech. But it always makes me feel like my movements are slightly delayed. Probably because the image is actually delayed. It works in movies, but in games I think individual object motion blur is as realistic as you need.
+01/11/2011 at 17:27 povu says:
+The damn thing is what? 150 euros here in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe? I ordered the regular edition for 32 euros from amazon.co.uk, there’s no way I could justify paying almost 5 times as much for the game when all you get extra is a making of DVD, an artbook and a statue.
+01/11/2011 at 17:32 hap says:
+My PC is still pretty solid even though it is a couple years old now with not much in the way of upgrades (other than an SSD). I’ll try it out before running out to buy a new video card but I’d really rather wait for Nvidia’s new lineup early next year.
+01/11/2011 at 17:34 Dolphan says:
+Yeah, I bought a 6850 HD for this (BF3 is a plus, but primarily this).
+01/11/2011 at 17:50 TillEulenspiegel says:
+I’m seriously considering buying a 6850 or 6870 to replace my creaky old GeForce 9600GT.
+A little over €150 for an XFX Radeon HD 6870 is quite tempting. Or is it worth paying about €180 for 2GB of RAM?
+01/11/2011 at 18:02 wssw4000 says:
+I would rather wait for the new PCI-E 3 GPU’s to come out before upgrading. But that’s just me, and I upgraded my CPU/MBO recently so I’m ready in that regard.
+01/11/2011 at 18:26 TillEulenspiegel says:
+Yeah, I’m quite happy with my i7 920 / ASUS P6T and don’t plan on doing the big upgrade any time soon. Not sure that the PCI bus is a limiting factor until you get to crazy multi-monitor resolutions anyway.
+Southern Islands does sound like it could be quite a significant upgrade, though. Hm. Think I’ll hold off and see how Skyrim runs on my current GPU, then decide if I can wait a few months ’til the mid-range cards of the next generation are released.
+01/11/2011 at 18:58 Fiatil says:
+I just built a new PC with a 1 gig 6870 (170 americabucks) and it makes me extremely happy. Bring on Skyrim!
+02/11/2011 at 09:48 Dolphan says:
+I’m using a 19″ monitor so don’t need more than 1440×990 – the 6850 runs BF3 maxed out at that rez, smooth as you like, so I suspect anything more would have been overkill without a bigger monitor.
+01/11/2011 at 17:38 Okami says:
+so, will it be turn based?
+02/11/2011 at 09:33 Nemrod says:
+You have been seen doing what you are doing!
+01/11/2011 at 17:41 Riotpoll says:
+I’m hoping my trusty Q6600 and HD4890 can cope, can’t really afford upgrades at the moment.
+01/11/2011 at 21:05 Was Neurotic says:
+Q6600 ftw! :)
+02/11/2011 at 06:44 Screamer says:
+Just bump that O’l girl up to at least 3 GHz and she’ll be good for another few years……After being able to run BF3 on ulta with what seem 60+ FPS it seems the need to upgrade my 470 GTX Q6600 system is quite off a while still.
+01/11/2011 at 17:51 Inigo says:
+Like diagonal walking animations. OH WAIT
+02/11/2011 at 09:06 Outright Villainy says:
+Well actually, they finally have fixed that…
+01/11/2011 at 17:53 Anders Wrist says:
+There’s also a leaked 30 minute-or-so, video of character creation and first gameplay out there. It’s from an Xbox though, so I’m not going to watch it.
+01/11/2011 at 17:58 Stevostin says:
+This is XBox version right ? It really is ugly. Don’t think any systeme younger than 4 year old will have any trouble running at that level. Is there a top looking PC footage somewhere ? Because what’s in the trailer made me cry, 3D wise (I do like the art, thus).
+01/11/2011 at 18:01 povu says:
+Yep, all Xbox footage.
+01/11/2011 at 18:23 Stevostin says:
+Am I wrong or is there absolutely no PC footage available ? This doesn’t smell like a decent port :(
+01/11/2011 at 19:02 Fiatil says:
+I believe they’ve said they don’t want to mislead the consolites with the blinding light of Glorious PC version, so sadly all 360 footage so far.
+01/11/2011 at 19:13 2late2die says:
+@Stevostin I don’t they’re really making a port. From everything I’ve seen they’re making the game for consoles and PCs at the same time, not unlike Deus Ex:HR for example. In other words, it’s not like they first make xbox and then replace the UI with something for PC and be done with it. And what @Fiatil says make sense – look at BF3, they were showing PC footage all around, which was gorgeous, and when people saw it on xbox they were disappointed. Maybe Bethesda wanted to avoid that kinda thing. I for one am not worried about the PC version, I have every confidence it’s gonna be awesome.
+My PC should be able to handle this as I just recently upgraded my GPU, I just hope there won’t be some ATI drivers issues or some such crap. Come on AMD, it’s been years, why can’t you get your drivers right already.
+01/11/2011 at 19:52 AMonkey says:
+360 is the main platform then its ported/tweaked on PC/PS3. Don’t expect PC to be optimised or even UI appropriate based on the last 2 Bethesda games.
+01/11/2011 at 20:10 anduin1 says:
+with timed DLC and whatnot, its definitely geared toward the 360. I don’t imagine it will look way better until some skilled modders work on some texture packs and unit remodeling, basically doing Bethesda’s job for them for free.
+01/11/2011 at 21:05 Wubbles says:
+Doing Bethesda’s job for them? Bethesda isn’t obligated to suit you.
+01/11/2011 at 21:25 Stevostin says:
+Still, with the release day so close, no matter what’s the pipeline for PC dev or the communication plan… I find it very odd that no one has seen any PC footage at all.
+01/11/2011 at 23:32 stillwater says:
+I’m expecting the PC version to only be slightly better than the xbox version – extra AA, possibly some higher res textures, and not much else. If they had jaw-dropping PC graphics to show off, they would have shown them off by now.
+What I’ve seen so far looks pretty good – but certainly not cutting edge in any way.
+02/11/2011 at 00:19 Pointless Puppies says:
+It’s part of the reason why I went from “OMG BUY THIS DAY 1″ to “I’ll get around to it. Eventually” regarding Skyrim. Loved Oblivion, but frankly Bethesda’s complete negligence of the PC version of Skyrim, to the point where literally the only thing we know about it is the specs, doesn’t instill confidence in it being anything more than a lazy console port. And honestly, I don’t see ANY console port, not even the next iteration in a series as big as Elder Scrolls, deserving of a day-1buy for $60 (hello, mysterious $10 price hike for no reason).
+Besides, 75% of the reason why I liked Oblivion so much was its mods. No use in buying the game day-1 and wait for months for the good, meaty mods to come out.
+02/11/2011 at 12:14 tetracycloide says:
+Mysterious price hike for no reason? It’s called inflation. Stuff costs more than it used to.
+01/11/2011 at 18:38 deadly.by.design says:
+The guy in the light blue shirt looks (and sounds) like a younger, brown-haired Steve Carel.
+01/11/2011 at 19:05 TheBigBookOfTerror says:
+Well hopefully an upgrade won’t needed if the specs they released are accurate. I’m expecting it to run fairly well on medium-high settings.
+01/11/2011 at 19:34 bitbot says:
+It’s not really a demanding game. My 2 year old computer exceeds the recommended specs so I’m good to go.
+01/11/2011 at 19:46 vincini28 says:
+Spoiler alert in video: You can decapitate someone in a finishing move!
+01/11/2011 at 19:58 Wulf says:
+Oh boy, the Bethesda fan boys are going to hate on me for this one. But… haters gonna hate.
+Anyway, that was actually a great way of further dehyping me. Oh my gosh, the marketing buzzwords. “Control your own game experience,” is about as sterile as it gets. They don’t sound that excited to me, they sound scripted. Carefully scripted.
+By comparison? Colin Johanson in the Guild Wars 2 Manifesto: “I swung a sword, I swung a sword again… hey-hey! I swung it again!! 8D That’s great.” He caught so much flak over that, but at least he, and Ree Soesbee sounded like they had so much passion for their work. It didn’t sound scripted at all, and that’s one thing that kills my interest. I don’t believe that these guys are at all interested in what they’re making. I’m sorry. They sound bored. Give me smiley Johanson any day of the week.
+Another thing? Cubicles. Why am I not surprised? All of the best working environments that have ever been put in videos have been sans cubicles, in an open environment. ArenaNet, Valve, and Cryptic as far as I recall. It just makes a difference, it means that you have people wandering past your desk all the time, looking at what you’re doing. It’s known as an “interruption driven” environment. A lot of my favourite developers boast about it.
+I’ll bet you Obsidian don’t do the whole cubicles office structure, either.
+See, with an open office structure it allows people to gather around and see things, it allows a bunch of people to just come up to a desk in an impromptu way and discuss ideas. It’s a very social environment, and to me it says that they’re enjoying what they do rather than “Eh, it’s just a job.” Yes, I recognise it’s a job, it’s always a job, but is it a job they enjoy? With ArenaNet, I get that feeling. See, watch the behind the scenes video at ArenaNet and you’ll see what I’m talking about. In fact, I’ll link some stuff at the bottom of this post.
+Even Toys for Bob (of StarCraft II and Skylanders fame) prefer an interruption-driven, open environment.
+I don’t know. This seems corporate, bored, and bland. I suspect that the game, much like Oblivion, will be boring, flat, and bland. I get no exuberance from these people. I get no faith in their work. They’re almost as bad as the hollow “I’m weeping on the inside.” DC Universe Online guys. Sheesh.
+I don’t know, this is just one of the reasons I dislike Bethesda. They’re boring people and they make boring games. Great toolsets! But I think of them more like Adobe than Obsidian, you know? They make the awesome shit that creative people do great–or even grand–things with.
+Guild Wars 2 Manifesto
+An ArenaNet Retrospective
+This has a lot to do with why I still love and admire ArenaNet. I always have, and I always will. But see, this is why you can tell the creative developers from the not so creative ones. With Bethesda, I think they’d be better off just not talking or showing their environment at all, because they just come over as incredibly bureaucratic. I’m sorry, but they do. A well oiled machine, and all that, sure. But that’s just not what I’m looking for from my games.
+I’m sure it’ll be really well polished, I’m sure it’ll be visually perfect, I’m sure it’ll have all the latest graphical effects, shaders, and doodads, I’m sure it’ll have high-poly models, I’m sure it’ll have decent physics, and I’m sure (thank the pantheons) that it’ll have be a great design kit. But again, it’s just an example of how to make a game. Not a particularly inspiring or brilliant one, either.
+That… that will be down to the mods.
+But yeah, haters are gonna hate over this, I’m sure. But to me, Bethesda’s stuff is always incredibly clinical, they take the humanity right out of it. Just think of any of the emotionless ‘conversations’ in Oblivion or Fallout and you’ll get what I mean. You have something like Portal 2, or New Vegas, and by comparison they are so alive (pun intended!). But eh.
+Maybe they’ll let Obsidian use this new engine? That’d be great.
+01/11/2011 at 20:04 Nalano says:
+Nice post, but like you said, you’re either preaching to the choir, or just playing a broken record.
+01/11/2011 at 20:08 Chris D says:
+Let me just check, you write an entire page of anti-Bethesda rant but you’re referring to other people as haters?
+01/11/2011 at 20:09 Prime says:
+And that was a Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Anti-Bethesda Party.
+01/11/2011 at 21:13 Stupoider says:
+Well, if there’s anything I’ve learned following Oblivion and Fallout 3′s releases, it’s probably that I can’t trust Bethesda these days. Oblivion was shoddy, so was Fallout 3, everything about it feels weightless (probably something to do with the engine) and from the looks of things the engine’s still there. Textures have that annoying muddy sheen typical of Bethesda’s damp clay visuals.
+Can’t say the huge post here is a wise thing, Wulf, but you are pretty much right in what you’re saying. The video is full of buzzwords. It’s hype. Everyone’s hyped. The sceptics (I’d have thought Bethesda’s following would’ve been full of them at this point) aren’t easily noticeable over the excitement. And it feels like just before Oblivion’s release…
+I’m not being anti-Bethesda. I, and probably many others, are being anti-hype… and anti-bugs… and anti-naff physics… and anti-naff animation.
+And yes, Colin Johannson is great. WHAT A SMILE 8D
+01/11/2011 at 22:05 Raziel_Alex says:
+Wulf, as much as I appreciate you – from what you comment on RPS – you’re trying too hard, man. Cut it out a bit with the trw approach to video games and RPGs – which are also my favorite genre. For me, FNV was miles ahead of F3, that doesn’t mean Bethesda can’t do a decent game. It seems you’re just bent on criticizing Bethesda no matter what they do. I also want a Fallout 4.5 by Obsidian, but until then there are still great wonders in the world of video games to explore. Try to relax a little. Oh, and “haters gonna hate”? Well, what about you?
+01/11/2011 at 22:18 Fiatil says:
+Another fantasy RPG thread, another compendium composed “On The Merits of Guild Wars II”
+01/11/2011 at 22:25 Unaco says:
+If it was actually possible, I think Wulf has jumped the shark even f*cking more. Cubicles? Cubicles? Are you serious? They have cubicles so their game is sh*t. You sh*t all over them as game designers because of their office layout? They’re boring and bland and make boring and bland games because of the furniture they use.
+Your hatred and prejudice against Bethesda is disturbing Wulf… you seem to take EVERY Beth/SkyRim article as your cue to come and sh*t all over them and the people who play their games, and, at the same time, sing the praises for ArenaNet. You chose something petty and small (Cubicles) and use that as the basis of some elaborate attack on Bethesda. We get it… you prefer Guild Wars 2 to Skyrim. You don’t need to come and trumpet out the same hatred, and grasping at straws, every single Beth/Skyrim article.
+And don’t talk sh*t about “Bethesda fanbois are going to hate me for this”… you’ve just gone on a lengthy diatribe involving how terrible the game will be based on their Office layout. Who’s the ‘hater’ here?
+01/11/2011 at 22:35 Wubbles says:
+Maybe you should try playing the game. Even though “I saw a cubicle.” and ” Surprisingly, people who have said the same thing a million times a month are unenthusiastic when they say it again.” are unarguable proofs that Skyrim is bad, I think you might be making baseless judgements.
+01/11/2011 at 22:47 tetracycloide says:
+When every voice of dessent is labeled a ‘hater’ site unseen in both the introduction and conclusion discourse isn’t really on option now is it. Good thing for you that it isn’t since your two strongest poitns were ‘I don’t believe them’ and ‘cubicles.’ Weak stuff that and long winded to boot. What, you didn’t think anyone would rdad it long enough to notice you regurgitate the same point over and over stopping once briefly to laud ANet?
+For the record. I played several hundred hours of Guild Wars and Morrowind but found Oblivion to be uninteresting to the point that I put it down without finishing it and Skyrim has me worried and this is how your post sounded to me.
+01/11/2011 at 22:51 Fiatil says:
+Remember when Wulf insisted that Quinns was trolling with his New Vegas review? Well I’m now insisting that Wulf has to be a massive troll. At first you seemed like a decently reasonable if fairly eccentric guy, but now it’s completely ridiculous. There’s absolutely no way you’re serious when you launch into such epic diatribes in every single damn fantasy news post that goes up.
+01/11/2011 at 23:01 iucounu says:
+Ladies and Gentlemen, ‘Cubicles’.
+01/11/2011 at 23:23 stillwater says:
+And yawners gonna yawn.
+*yawn*
+01/11/2011 at 23:30 food says:
+How does one masturbate at the office if there are no cubicles? I think you may be an enemy of fun.
+01/11/2011 at 23:42 Raziel_Alex says:
+@food
+You’re not being creative enough. What about collective masturbation? Fun for the whole office.
+Jokes aside, I wonder how much would this actually relieve stress at the workplace…
+02/11/2011 at 00:07 Kaira- says:
+Wulf, I am disappointed. You only managed two paragraphs before mentioning Guild Wars II.
+02/11/2011 at 04:23 Davie says:
+You see, I think what people are trying to say is that you can only make the same pessimistic predictions and hasty assumptions a certain number of times before people will stop respecting your opinion and tell you to just shut up and play the damn game before you open your mouth again.
+02/11/2011 at 04:47 Madlukelcm says:
+Cubicles? Are you taking the piss lol?
+02/11/2011 at 07:50 apocraphyn says:
+An awfully long diatribe saying awfully little. Try to be more concise, Wulf. Your posts are (unintentionally) humourous, but very lacking in actual content.
+I have no love for Bethesda. The video was quite clearly “HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE” – something that you have admitted the Guild Wars 2 team have been at fault for. However, there was no need for such an amateurish attack upon the company. They’re at fault for how their office is organised? That’s a weak argument. (This is coming from someone who works within an “interruption driven” vidyagame craftin’ environment).
+I give you a D-.
+C+ for effort!
+02/11/2011 at 08:06 Kleppy says:
+Haha oh man, never change Wulf. Never change. Your Dragon Age meltdown a couple years back was one of the most hilarious (and at the same time quite sad) things I’ve ever read on the internet, and you still use your own “I’m a special snowflake haters gonna hate” schtick from back then. Kudos good sir.
+02/11/2011 at 08:36 Hidden_7 says:
+“Haters gonna hate” is a thing that lazy and un-self-aware people say so that they may continue being lazy and un-self-aware. And I generally like you, Wulf, I just loath that phrase (because I’m a loather, so it’s what I’ll do), and find it to be the herald of the un-self-critical and banal.
+The next time you (this goes for everyone!) feel like saying that, instead don’t, and then think about why you felt you needed to say that.
+“Don’t hate the player, hate the game” is another one that should never be said either, but I don’t see anyone on RPS using that one, y’all are just too classy.
+02/11/2011 at 11:33 Tribunal says:
+Isn’t it interesting how many different opinions there are about the same thing? When it comes to games, it is no different: some people like the game, and some don’t. So the question is: who is correct then? Whose opinion reflects the truth? Who has come to the most objective conclusion about something? For some time now I tend not to answer to these questions anymore for one simple reason – the fact that many things are relative, and their values are dependent on always different interaction between a particular person and those things.
+For example: I played Morrowind and enjoyed it; I played Oblivion and enjoyed it. Actually, I first played Oblivion and thought how good that game is. Then I played Morrowind, and saw that Oblivion wasn’t “nearly” as good as it’s predecessor. And so my opinion regarding those two games would be that Morrowind is almost in every aspect better than Oblivion. However, note that this is my opinion, and not necessarily the opinion of millions of others who have played the game. So how can I be sure that I’m correct, that Morrowind is truly better than Oblivion? The answer is: I can’t be sure in such thing, and actually it doesn’t even matter. It doesn’t matter because I (and every other person on the world) am unique, so it is impossible to have the same opinion. And why would I even argue about the question is this game better than some other, when there will always be someone who won’t agree with me, and I actually can’t prove that someone is wrong? (Does anyone understand the “flow” of my thoughts?) Because, that someone had his/her experience regarding the particular game, and made (unconsciously) his altitude towards it as good or bad, and since it is his/her experience, and not mine, it is futile to use arguments to convince him otherwise. This is why so many people find it enjoyable to play some particular game, despite possible millions of others who don’t. And can I blame someone because he is having fun with a game I find uninteresting, boring, repetitive, emotionless, linear and what not? So if people at Bethesda are of a “boring class”, does that give me the right to frown at them? Or hate them (and I’m not saying you hate them)? Are they guilty for being “boring”, for being what they are? Should they change themselves just so I would have a good opinion about them, just so I would find them interesting? Is it necessary to be someone else other than yourself to achieve great and unexpected things?
+What if 15 million people out there find that TESV: Skyrim is the best game they have ever played, and I find it boring and unimaginative, how will I prove them wrong, when we are different (this sounds to me like I’m writing a philosophical essay here…), and so our experiences about the same thing are different too, and in the end our conclusion and altitude will differ?
+02/11/2011 at 14:11 Urthman says:
+“open office structure”
+Spoken like a non-programmer. Open office structure *might* be a good idea for artists and designers, but to put a programmer in an environment like that is just asking for bugs and basically tacking an extra year or two onto your development time.
+02/11/2011 at 14:23 Apples says:
+@Urthman: In what way does an open office structure contribute to bugs!? I’m baffled by that statement, and don’t give me the “You’re not a programmer” line, because I am one.
+02/11/2011 at 19:30 Code_wizard says:
+I’m a programmer, and I love my cubical. That is all.
+03/11/2011 at 00:25 Dark_Oppressor says:
+Apples: Well, Wulf refers to it as an “interruption driven” environment. When you are coding (at least, this is how it works for me and I believe many others), you are holding lots of little things in your short-term memory about what you are working on. Whenever you get interrupted, you lose some of those things, as other random junk from the interruption gets logged in your short-term memory. It breaks your flow of concentration, and you basically have to start over after the interruption, logging details about what you are currently working on in short-term memory and kind of “getting up to speed” again. An “interruption driven” environment sounds like you would spend most of your time trying to remember what you were doing, and you would never get a chance to get in the zone. Sounds hellish!
+01/11/2011 at 20:08 Prime says:
+Ok. Ok. Enough.
+The video did nothing much for me – just another soulless exercise in clinical hype building – but my desire for the game has grown so great I am now off to break my iron-clad “Never Pre-order” rule. Bugs or no – I want to be playing Skyrim on the 11th!
+01/11/2011 at 20:11 Bluebreaker says:
+Short version of ALL Behind The Scenes:
+“It was hard work but worth it. “
+01/11/2011 at 20:13 Jams O'Donnell says:
+My PC was recently embiggened out of a general need for embiggening so I should be good to go. At least, provided that I can save up enough goodwill with my wife for her to leave me in peace while I play it, that is.
+02/11/2011 at 09:15 Outright Villainy says:
+You should be fine as long as you explain your need in a cromulent way.
+01/11/2011 at 20:31 Surgeon says:
+I’m really looking forward to Scrolls, it looks amazing!
+01/11/2011 at 20:35 ResonanceCascade says:
+This isn’t Scrolls, apparently it’s some other game that just stole the name to cash in on Mojang’s success.
+02/11/2011 at 11:55 Surgeon says:
+What?
+Well how the hell am I supposed to tell the difference between the two when they have similar names.
+That’s just ridiculous!
+01/11/2011 at 21:50 Sardukar says:
+Hmm. I’m still looking forward to Skyrim, but this, ugh. It -does- feel like just before Oblivion. I look forward to watching two giant NPCs battle it out for the resolvement of my story! Again!
+Also, the same core team for ten years? All is clearer. No -wonder- these games feel like shinier versions of Morrowind, writing and depth traded away for slickness and song. It’s the same people!
+Kinda tough to evolve a game, I’d think.
+At least New Vegas – Skyrimstyle- will be good.
+02/11/2011 at 22:06 Fiatil says:
+(if they had changed their team radically) No wonder the writing and atmosphere have fallen off so much! They have an entirely new team!
+(they keep the same team since Morrowind) No wonder the writing and atmosphere have fallen off so much! They’re getting complacent and stale!
+01/11/2011 at 22:03 MrTrent says:
+I just built a nice new computer to play this game on.
+Intel core i5-2500k, 8gb ram and geforce gtx 570. Bring on teh pretties!
+02/11/2011 at 08:25 HereToRuinTheMood says:
+Same here, but i7 2600k and GTX 580. Pumped!
+01/11/2011 at 23:12 denizsi says:
+It’s sad when you need to upgrade to be able to run a game that already looks
+like sheetfive years old at the time of its release to get the best experience.
+01/11/2011 at 23:55 food says:
+There’s no ‘need to upgrade’, it’s an excuse to buy a 560 and a convenient story to tell the wife. It’s how you successfuly retain man-child hobbies and a healthy marriage.
+02/11/2011 at 01:43 TillEulenspiegel says:
+I really don’t understand what could be going wrong in your brain that would make you think Skyrim’s graphics are in any way comparable to those of games from 2006. I’ll let you go as far as 2007, with stuff like STALKER, The Witcher, CoD4, and Mass Effect.
+You maybe want to look at some screenshots or videos, is what I’m saying. And name an old-ish game that looks anything like Skyrim, so I can make fun of you for not seeing the huge differences.
+01/11/2011 at 23:28 Dath says:
+Skyrim will be decent at first, then become awesome over time with mods. The way it always is with Bethesda games.
+02/11/2011 at 01:04 Arglebargle says:
+Interesting PR move: The live action Skyrim trailer was shown on Sunday night NFL football. High dollar ad placement.
+02/11/2011 at 03:44 lobsta21 says:
+The team looked tired. There might be other work places that are open style for them to use. I have been waiting for this game and it’s mods. 3 more months till the game is ready to play on a pc.I’m tired of diving into .cfg files to make a game’s fov and lod work but overall am happy to have the PC game to mod. My friends are looking at their games on little 4 inch screens while the big rigs rust at home. An omen, perhaps.
+02/11/2011 at 03:56 liquid07 says:
+Ok lets get In the mood,
+I love this :
+Theres a ton more in the related videos on the right.
+Everyone knows this :
+Soooo relexing :
+Personaly I cant wait for Skyrim to chill out too, Im a little tired of the endless murder In BF3, not bored just a little brunt out as all I have done is play from it came out.
+02/11/2011 at 07:22 Iokanaan says:
+Skyrim’s soundtrack keeps reminding me of Pirates of the Carribean.
+02/11/2011 at 21:41 Acerbjorn says:
+I personally find the morrowind theme even better.
+02/11/2011 at 04:32 Davie says:
+Well, I broke my new card in on The Witcher 2, which was just about its limit, so Skyrim should be a breeze.
+I wish they’d just release the documentary for free though. It’s so very…corporate to sell a video of the developers pretending to be enthusiastic for an hour. Regardless, the game looks boss, and I shall continue to count the days until I can make good on my preorder.
+02/11/2011 at 07:03 Bweahns says:
+Game doesn’t look anywhere near as good as The Witcher 2 and the draw distances are really terrible to look at. I’m hoping that was console footage. My crossfired 5850′s maxed the Wticher 2 out at 60fps so this won’t make them break a sweat. Looking forward to playing it!
+02/11/2011 at 08:44 Xaromir says:
+Sounds like someone is mad for not being able to afford the CE. Why is it such a big deal to some?
+02/11/2011 at 08:50 Gandhi says:
+2:01 – Dragon on Dragon action!!!
+02/11/2011 at 09:07 Hmm-Hmm. says:
+I can’t comprehend why people are saying it’s bad. Were you around ten years ago? Even if the game doesn’t have excellent graphics by today’s standards, it still looks good in my eyes. But to everyone their opinion, I suppose.
+Also, gameplay-wise, if Bethesda even fall short of what one might have expected/wanted, it’s still laudable that they make these kinds of games. And the more they make these the more they might just get better at it.
+02/11/2011 at 11:19 Davee says:
+I’ll be upping myself a new GPU soon, both for better BF3 performance and Skyrim of course.
+02/11/2011 at 11:58 Saiko Kila says:
+“Are you upping your PC to make sure you can play?”
+Are you kidding? Upgrading my PC for a port destined to over 6 years old technology? I know the footage is from xbox, but don’t suppose the PC version will be looking better. So there’s absolutely no need for upgrade. Apart…
+Apart from possible case of total un-optimization.
+Bethesda should learn from makers of Two World 2 about optimization, because all Bethesda games have issues with this. And they always use ugly, low resolution textures on top of that – this can’t be judged based on youtube videos of course, but it hurts when experienced directly, on proper monitor. Also, they have one game in their portfolio (actually developed by Obsidian, but based on Bethesdas engine) which looks worse than its predecessor.
+04/11/2011 at 08:20 spongthe1st says:
+There are only two things which concern me about Skyrim.
+1) Will the melee combat be rubbish? Oblivion’s melee was dull and boring. I’m after dynamic and rewarding combat. Finishers might not be enough here, we know they’ve upped the lethality of bow shots in-line with that awesome Oblivion mod – I’d like to see the same in close quarters – quick, brutal and lethal – but ultimately satisfying. It needs to be visceral and connect you with what you’re doing – not to feel like you’re smacking an unresponsive mannequin until they collapse.
+2) With some of the more recent videos I’m starting to worry the skills and level system will essentially mold every player into the same swordsman/bowman/mage hybrid unless you really make efforts to kick against it and play a specific way. Not a major concern perhaps, but there it is.
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+By Naba’a Muhammad and J.A. Salaam The Final Call @TheFinalCall
+Former NBA player Stephen Jackson (center wearing ‘fck facism’ tee) was George Floyd’s friend. He is standing with Floyd family. Photo: JA Salaam
+MINNEAPOLIS—Unrest gripped the city in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, in the custody of a White police officer. His Memorial Day death ignited deep anger, frustration and outrage that included an outbreak of rioting and rebellion, and a massive police presence composed of officers around the state, the National Guard and city cops.
+But the Twin Cities, which includes nearby St. Paul, were the epicenter of an explosion in 30 cities across the country with half the states in the country having activated their respective National Guard units. In Washington, D.C., President Trump vowed to send in military personnel if governors were too weak to stop those who he has derided as lawbreakers and looters.
+His words helped inflame an already fiery mood in the United States, with businesses and buildings robbed and destroyed from coast to coast.
+Speaking June 1 in the Rose Garden of the White House, Mr. Trump declared himself the “law and order president,” and invoked Insurrection Act of 1807, saying he would end civil unrest and use military personnel to do so—especially if governors did not act. He hardly mentioned police misconduct, racism, brutality or justice for the man whose death has inspired one of the watershed moments in U.S. history.
+Analysts and some governors rejected the president’s words, saying he had no authority to deploy U.S. soldiers on America soil without the approval or invite of governors.
+Mr. Trump, on a call earlier in the day, blasted governors as too weak, saying they must “dominate the streets,” and an “overwhelming military presence” was needed.
+The president, in the Rose Garden, said he would protect peaceful demonstrators and bring in thousands of troops, including military police. Yet U.S. Secret Service Police, National Guardsmen, and U.S. Park Police used tear gas, flash bang grenades, pepper balls and rubber bullets against peaceful protestors in a park opposite the White House because the president wanted to walk to nearby St. John’s Episcopal Church for a photo op. The church had been set afire over the May 31 weekend.
+Two helicopters were airborne, and a massive security presence accompanied the president, according to a CNN correspondent reporting live from the scene. Mr. Trump stood in front of the boarded-up church holding up a Bible, saying America was a great country, would be made greater and it would not take long. He was joined by Attorney Bill Barr, Defense Secretary Mike Esper and some members of his staff. Everyone was White. An Episcopal bishop condemned the use of the church as a political prop, saying the president’s talk of military might and disrupting peaceful protest were against the teachings of Jesus.
+Flames light the sky as buildings burn during Minneapolis uprising. Photo: Amir Brandy of RealStlNews
+Tributes and tragedy
+Drones and military helicopters circled the southside of Minneapolis as family and friends of Mr. Floyd, who came up from his hometown of Houston and its Third Ward, were on the scene. They came out to the place where a nine-minute video captured the death of Mr. Floyd. His life ebbed away while he begged for relief, called for his mother and told an officer whose knee was jammed into his neck: “I can’t breathe.” Three other officers stood nearby and did nothing despite calls from witnesses who urged the officer to remove his knee from the neck of a man who was dying.
+Despite a county coroner’s report to the contrary, experts contracted by lawyers for the Floyd family said he died because of asphyxiation, not any underlying health causes, with oxygen cut off from his brain.
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+“Riots are the music of hate because they are not hearing us. So, we got to riot, they got to feel our pain. That’s the only way y’all are going to hear us. This shit really hurt, this is our brother, this is my real pain, I don’t have no pride in being here. I don’t have any pride in crying. This is real, so if you’re not going to stand with us, get the fuck on, and I mean that! We from Texas, this is our family and we appreciate all of you for coming here,” said Mr. Jackson.
+Other Floyd family members stood with him on that Saturday and two days later, some family members returned to again honor George Floyd’s memory and one of his brothers called for peaceful protests as America spiraled out of control.
+Many department stores and businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul were hit. Some snatched merchandise, others stacked cases of water, food, Pampers and other supplies on sidewalks for the taking.
+“I’ve been in this city and in the struggle since 1966 and I have won all the lawsuits I’ve had against the city of Minneapolis, but I have lost every case against a White man and police. I have never seen a White police arrested,” said Spike Moss, a longtime Black community activist and Twin Cities resident.
+“This is the first time I’ve seen a White police officer charged for killing a Black person here in Minnesota. There’s a big difference between us and the generation out there protesting now. We were organized, structured, determined and had a goal compared to our youth today. They are angry, hurt, lost and confused,” he said.
+Shortly after huge protests against the officers involved in the death of Mr. Floyd, all four were fired and Mr. Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. A court appearance was postponed until June 8 as angry protestors and Floyd family members demanded that all the officers be arrested and charged.
+A lack of confidence in the Hennepin County, Minn., prosecutor led the governor to hand over the lead prosecution in the Floyd death investigation to state Attorney General Keith Ellison. Mr. Ellison said, via Twitter, “We are going to bring to bear all the resources necessary to achieve justice in this case.”
+He also admitted getting any conviction of a police officer was difficult, and evidence would be challenged at every point.
+Activists from around the country came to Minneapolis to show support for the demand for justice.
+Anthony Shahid, who was a leading advocate for justice for Mike Brown, Jr., who was killed in 2014 by a White officer in Ferguson, Mo., drove up with the young victim’s father.
+The third-degree murder charge was B.S., he said. “The simple fact is that for 8 minutes and 26 seconds, he had his knee on Brother George’s neck. The whole entire time. This wasn’t something that he didn’t know he was doing; he was clear with what he was doing and was posing. He posed no differently than when a person shoots an elephant. He posed no different than when a person shoots a giraffe. He posed just like they did when (Whites) took pictures after they were burning us up and when they were hanging us. He posed the same goddamn way! So, I feel as though it should be first-degree murder,” said Mr. Shahid.
+Mike Brown Jr., whose unarmed 18-year-old son was shot to death by a cop, said, “We traveled to Minneapolis to show awareness and show strength, because to me presence is everything. I want to let the people know that I’m not too busy. I have to come out and support everything that’s going on and show my love from St. Louis to Minnesota.”
+“I feel that what you are seeing happening everywhere is the signs of the ancestors. Some things people do differently to show respect and homage to families. Overall, I’m not mad at no one; the way you express yourself is the way you express yourself. I’m all for it and I’d never down anyone that feels a certain type of way. I’m glad that the world is watching,” he said.
+An upset Minneapolis business owner whose shop was ransacked, told the Final Call, “I’ll be honest with you. I feel like we have racism problems in the city of Minneapolis or in the state of Minnesota in general and it didn’t just start. This has been a problem for a long time. If you can recall about a year or so ago there was a police officer that shot a White lady, he was a Somalian guy and they gave him twelve and a half years in prison. Well, I believe that is part of the issue today. I believe that everybody got a different reason for being out here and I believe that this is not just about Floyd anymore. Because the other officer got twelve and a half years then they need to give this officer life in prison and then put the rest of the officers in jail,” said Tawana Jackson, owner of Tweak the Glam Studio. Mohamed Noor was convicted and sentenced in June 2019 for the murder of Justine Damond, a White woman from Australia who was living in Minneapolis.
+Still the painful episode wasn’t over even with thousands in the streets of America: A Twitter post, which was attributed to Los Angeles police radio traffic, included officers saying it was time to start “shooting to kill” as President Trump had said and to get a bounty for killing Blacks and Mexicans. In Louisville, a police chief was fired after cops shot and killed a Black business owner, David McAtee, 53, but failed to have their body cameras activated. Officers had been ordered to activate cameras following the March police killing of Breonna Taylor during a botched raid. The officers and National Guardsmen, who allegedly were fired, were trying to enforce a city curfew. The cops involved were placed on administrative leave.
+DISCLAIMER: This post is purely a personal opinion, not representing or affiliating my employer's.
+Terraform is a cloud infrastructure automation tool made by HashiCorp. Each cloud vendor has their own tool for infrastructure provisioning, and Azure Resource Manager is the Azure-specific tooling by writing templates. But this is valid only for Azure. If we need to provision the same resource on AWS or GCP, we should use their proprietary toolings. Using each vendor's own tooling does make sense in one aspect, but this is clearly a repeating job. Why do we do the same infrastructure provisioning with different approach? Terraform shows an answer for this question. Terraform has vast number of providers from different cloud vendors that use the same script and syntax. This is the selling point of Terraform.
+Unfortunately, most Terraform examples are targeting AWS. In other words, there are not many resource, other than the official documents, focusing on Azure. Even for Azure PaaS? It's hardly found. In this post, we're going to discuss how to provision Azure PaaS instances including Azure Functions and Logic Apps, using Terraform, and compare it to ARM templates.
+You can find the sample code at this repository.
+Writing Terraform ScriptsWriting Terraform Scripts
+Terraform provides a very easy Getting Started document. Although this targets AWS VM provisioning, we can refer to Azure provider as a starting point.
+Modularising Azure ResourcesModularising Azure Resources
+In order to create resources, it's always a good idea to modularise for each resource so that they are reusable. As we provision both Azure Functions and Logic Apps throughout this post, those resources are required at least:
+- Resource Group
+- Storage Account
+- Consumption Plan
+- Functions
+- Logic Apps
+In other words, we can split the provisioning scripts into five different modules. Each module is independently used whenever a new resource is requested. Also each module consists of
+resource.tf for resource definition,
+variables.tf for external variable definition, and
+outputs.tf for internal variable definition, for our convenience.
+Module: Resource GroupModule: Resource Group
+First of all, let's have a look at the module for Resource Group. It has three distinctive sessions –
+provider,
+locals and
+resource.
+providersets the version of Azure provider to provision Azure resources. Credentials can also be set here, but for now we only set the version.
+localsdefines variables internally used in the module. External variables,
+variablesare passed to
+localsand manipulate them for
+resourceto use.
+resourcedefines actual Azure resource. This module defines a Resource Group. Note how variables are used. This section only uses
+local.xxxinstead of
+var.xxx. There's no harm using
+var.xxx, but semantically using
+looal.xxxis more appropriate than
+var.xxx. Have a read of this post that how
+parametersand
+variablesin ARM templates are semantically used. The same rules apply.
+Let's have a look at
+variables.tf. It only defines external variables,
+variable, that gets values from outside.
+In the Terraform world, there are only three different types of variables,
+string,
+list,
+map. All string, numeric and boolean values are defined as
+string. Then, they are internally converted to its appropriate types respectively. The
+map type is basically a collection of key-value pairs and the value always assumes
+string type. In other words, the
+map type doesn't support complex object as its value type.
+Let's have a look at
+outputs.tf. In order to use module, the module should define several output values to return so that other modules can have reference to it. This is how the
+outputs.tf file is defined:
+Those
+id,
+name, and
+location values are referred by other resources, so the
+outputs.tf defines like above.
+Now, we have resource group module defined. As other resources like Storage Account and Consumption Plan are very similar to the resource group definition, I'm not going further for them. But make sure that the module for Storage Account should define the output value for connection string and the module for Consumption Plan should have a definition for its resource ID value to return, which are referred by Function App module.
+Module: Azure Functions AppModule: Azure Functions App
+Let's define the Azure Function App resource. There's not much difference from the one for Resource Group.
+First of all, it defines the
+provider section, followed by the
+locals section, then the
+resource section. However, unlike the Resource Group definition, it has a bit more to define such as
+site_config and
+app_settings.
+If you've been using ARM templates, you might be able to find the difference here. Web config and app settings are considered as another resource in ARM template, but Terraform doesn't think of that way. I'm not sure whether this is intentional, but this kind of discrepancy might bring about confusions to users at some stage.
+NOTE: If Azure Functions is hosted under Consumption Plan, the
+always_onvalue is always
+true. Therefore, it doesn't have to set up. But if you explicitly set this up, it throws an error. The official document says it's possible to set up, but it's not true. If you use App Service Plan, instead of Consumption Plan, it doesn't throw an error, by the way.
+Module: Azure Logic AppModule: Azure Logic App
+Let's define the Azure Logic App resource. Like the Resource Group module, the Logic App instance definition is relatively simple.
+This defines the Logic App instance. Of course this is a blank instance - no workflow definitions yet. Where should I define the workflow including a trigger and actions? For a trigger, we can use
+azurerm_logic_app_trigger_http_request,
+azurerm_logic_app_trigger_recurrence, or
+azurerm_logic_app_trigger_custom, and for actions, we can use
+azurerm_logic_app_action_http, or
+azurerm_logic_app_action_custom. As you can see there are only two pre-defined triggers – HTTP and Recurrence. However, there are more triggers than that, like API triggers. For those triggers, we have to use the custom trigger one. Here's a simple code using the custom trigger.
+As you can see above, we either hard-code JSON string into the
+body attribute, or read a JSON file and assign it to the
+body attribute. Even if we set it up to read JSON from a file, the number of JSON file should be the number of actions. Now, I don't see any value using Terraform by importing JSON files.
+Another issue that I observed is that there's no API connection definition on Terraform. In other words, we can't define those triggers through Terraform. Same rules apply to actions. The only pre-defined action is HTTP action. There are much more actions using API connections. We can't define them. Even worse, controllers such as
+condition,
+switch,
+for-each loop,
+while loop and
+scope definitions are not possible either.
+Therefore, defining Logic App workflow through Terraform is simply not possible. Instead, define a Logic App instance through Terraform and define its workflow through PowerShell or Azure CLI. My post, Separation of Concerns: Logic App from ARM Template, briefly explains how to achieve this.
+There are a few more things that Terraform can't define Logic App at this time of writing:
+- It's not possible to define Managed Identity,
+- It's not possible to define custom API connection, and
+- It's not possible to define Integration Account.
+These are critical for Logic App workflow definition, but Terraform can't do this.
+Master OrchestratorMaster Orchestrator
+We've now got modules for Resource Group, Storage Account, Consumption Plan, Function App and Logic App. Let's define an orchestrator to deploy those modules at once.
+localssection creates new internal variables by composing
+variables. Those
+localvariables are used within many
+modulesections. As mentioned above, using
+localsinstead of
+variablesis much more semantic.
+- Each
+modulehas the
+sourceattribute and it points to local directory. One of benefits using Terraform is this local resource reference because ARM template can't do this. For local development, this is particularly important. We don't need to upload modules to somewhere on the Internet. Of course for production deployment on the cloud, URL is better and more secure.
+- All attributes other than
+sourcein each
+moduleare variables defined in each module.
+- Each resource has a dependency on Resource Group. Therefore, the resource group name is referred as
+module.resgrp.name. Also, Function App instance has dependencies on Consumption Plan and Storage Account. Therefore,
+module.csplan.idand
+module.st.connection_stringprovides relevant information to the Function App.
+- Due to these dependency relations, the Resource Group module is executed first, then Storage Account and Consumption Plan modules are run next, and finally Function App module is run at the last.
+- The Logic App module has only one dependency onto the Resource Group, so it's run after the Resource Group.
+Once the orchestrator is defined, run the command below:
+terraform init
+This download Azure Provider related execution file and stores it under the
+.terraform/plugins directory. Also all modules are downloaded and stored under the
+.terraform/modules directory. Run the following command:
+terraform plan -var "resource_name=[RESOURCE_NAME]"
+This verifies the resource definitions and what sort of changes are made before actually deploying resources. Once this is done, run the following command:
+terraform apply -var "resource_name=[RESOURCE_NAME]" -auto-approve
+This actually deploys resources onto Azure through Terraform. By adding the last
+-auto-approve option, this doesn't ask confirmation. Once it's run properly, you can find out those resources in the Resource Group.
+You might be finding an interesting fact. There's no deployment history! ARM template leaves logs in this
+Deployments blade, but Terraform doesn't. It can be a big benefits because the number of deployment histories can't exceed 800.
+Terraform vs ARM TemplateTerraform vs ARM Template
+So far, an Azure Functions app instance and Logic App instance have been created through Terraform. From this experience, what would you choose for your Azure PaaS infrastructure setup?
+Merits of TerraformMerits of Terraform
+Demerits of TerraformDemerits of Terraform
+I've listed up some merits and demerits using Terraform over ARM Template. If I am asked to use Terraform for Azure PaaS, I wouldn't definitely recommend it because of its immaturity with various reasons. Still disadvantages dominate advantages, from the Azure PaaS point of view. If you're setting up Azure IaaS like virtual machines, networks, etc, it might be a good choice, but certainly it's not for PaaS.
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+KHADIV-JAM, Seyyed HOSEYN (Seyyed Ḥoseyn Ḵadiv-Jam, b. 1927, Mashad; d. 17 October 1986, Tehran), Iranian translator and scholar of Persian and Arabic. His major publications range from translation of contemporary Arabic scholarship on Islamic philosophy to a critical edition of a number of major works in the fields of medieval philosophy and pre-modern history of Iran.
+Born into an underprivileged family originally from Aškeḏar in Yazd, Khadiv-Jam dropped out of school at the end of his elementary studies. During his teenage years, he spent time as an apprentice carpenter in Mashad. Early in his twenties, Khadiv-Jam earned a high school diploma through self-study and in 1959 finished his B.A. studies in Persian language and literature at the University of Mashad. Before long, he embarked on a short stint of teaching in local high schools (Afšār, p. 603-604; Soltāni, p. 44; Yusefi, p. 32). While studying at the university, Khadiv-Jam frequented the literary meetings held at Maḥmud Farroḵ’s (1896-1981) house in Mashad. In 1963, he is reported to have collaborated with Farroḵ toward the publication of Majd-e Ḵᵛāfi’s (d. after 1338) Rowżeh-ye ḵold, an imitation of Saʿdi’s Golestān (Afšār, p. 607).
+In 1962, the Ministry of Education arranged for Khadiv-Jam’s transfer to Tehran as an associate scholar on the payroll of the Bonyād-e Farhang-e Iran. Khadiv-Jam had been recruited to work as a librarian at the National Library of Iran (Ketāb-ḵaneh-ye melli) while doing research at the Bonyād under the supervision of Parviz Natel Khanlari (Afšār, pp. 603-4). During his time in Tehran, Khadiv-Jam was a regular visitor to the offices of various literary magazines including Soḵan, Yaḡmā, Rāhnamā-ye Ketāb, and Vaḥid, where he met regularly prominent writers and scholars such as Ali Dashti, Mojtabā Minovi (1903-1977), Moḥammad Moḥiṭ Ṭabāṭabāʾi (1902-1991), Aḥmad Ārām (1904-1998), Ḥabib Yaḡmāʾi (1901-1984), and Jaʿfar Šahidi (1918-2005). In 1965, Khadiv-Jam collaborated with Minovi in the publication of a festschrift on the occasion of the 70th birthday of his mentor, Maḥmud Farroḵ (Afšar, p. 607). Khadiv-Jam was a close friend of Jalal Al-e Ahmad. Al-e Ahmad was an admirer of Khadiv-Jam’s Persian translation of a book by contemporary Lebanese writer ʿOmar Farrukh (1906-1987) on the Arab freethinker Abu’l-ʿAlaʾ Aḥamd b. ʿAbd-Allah al-Maʿarri (d. 1058). During the first half of 1969, Al-e Ahmad and Khadiv-Jam were collaborating on the publication of the first part of a jargon-free, basic Persian translation of the Qurʾan, but Al-e Ahmad’s sudden death on 9 September 1969 halted the project (Khadiv-Jam 1984, p. 38).
+It was after his arrival in Tehran that Khadiv-Jam was admitted to the graduate program at St. Joseph University in Beirut. In 1965, he completed his studies in Lebanon, graduating with a doctorat des lettres degree. Completed under the supervision of Professor ʿAfif ʿOsseiran, an established scholar of Persian, his doctoral thesis deals with the life and work of the Central Asian scholar and scribe Šaʿyā b. Fariḡun (fl. 900-950), the author of the Jawāmeʿ al-ʿolum. This latter work is a compendium of classified synoptic notes delineating the scope and subject of the major branches of knowledge among Šaʿyā b. Fariḡun’s contemporaries (Aʿlam, p. 105). Khadiv-Jam published a revised version of his thesis in 1971 in Iran.
+The 1960s and early 1970s were the prime of Khadiv-Jam’s scholarly career. During the years spanning between 1963 and 1974, he published more than fifteen books, almost all of them being either translations from Arabic or critical editions of medieval Persian and Arabic texts. The most important among the texts edited by Khadiv-Jam during this period are one of the earliest Persian translations of Ḡazāli’s Eḥyaʾʿolum-al-din by Moʾayyad-al-din Moḥammad Ḵvārazmi (d. after 1223) in four volumes, the Mafātiḥ al-ʿolum, an encyclopedic dictionary on six key branches of knowledge in medieval Iran by Moḥammad b. Yusef Kāteb Ḵvārazmi (d. after 976), as well as Persian translations of the Al-Jabr wa’l-moqābela by Abu Jaʿfar Moḥammad b. Musā Ḵvārazmi and the Eḥṣāʾ al-ʿolum by Abu Naṣr Moḥammad Fārābi. He also edited and published in 1973 the Masir-e Ṭālebi, a late 18th century travelogue in Persian by the Deccan-based Iranian litterateur and globetrotter Mirza Abu Ṭāleb Eṣfahāni, also known as Landani.
+In 1975, Khadiv-Jam published his critical edition of the Kimiā-ye saʿādat. This first print was based only on four manuscripts of the work kept in various libraries in Cairo, St. Petersburg, and Istanbul. About eight years later, in 1982, Khadiv-Jam completed a new edition of the book, this time based on six additional manuscripts and two lithograph editions of the Kimiā-ye saʿādat on top of the above-mentioned four manuscripts. This edition has been praised in modern scholarship as “the best and most accurate critical edition” of the Kimiā-ye saʿādat (Šafīʿī-Kadkani, p. 31). Another of his publications was the critical edition of a Persian dictionary on the Šāhnāmeh by Moḥammad b. al-Reża al-ʿAlavi al-Ṭusi, whom Khadiv-Jam claims in his preface to have authored the book early in the 16th century; an argument that was later challenged and rejected (Omid-Sālār, pp. 602–14). Khadiv-Jam died in Mashhad after a long illness on 17 October 1986.
+Bibliography:
+Works.
+Books and articles:
+H. Khadiv-Jam, “Abu’l-ʿAlāʾ Maʿarrai o va ʿOmar Khayyam,” Yaḡmā 180, Tir 1342 Š./June-July 1963, pp. 173-77.
+Idem, Derāsāt ḥawl-e Ketāb Jawāmeʿ al-ʿolum, taṣnif Šaʿyā b. Fariḡun, Mashad, 1972.
+Idem, “Vafaiāt: Ṭāhā Ḥoseyn ham az in jahān raḵt bar-bast,” Yaḡmā 304, Dey 1352 Š./January-February 1974, pp. 632-33.
+Idem, “Ostād Ramażān Kaffāš-e Mashadi,” Yaḡmā 307, Farvardin 1353 Š./March-April 1974, pp. 55-56.
+Idem, “Yādi az Jalāl Āl-e Aḥmad,” Keyhān-e Farhangi 6, 1363 š./1984, p. 38.
+Idem, “Ramz o ešārāt dar Javāher al-Qorʾān,” Keyhān-e andišeh 9, Āḏar-Dey 1365 š./December-January 1986-87, pp. 91-95.
+H. Khadiv-Jam and Mahseti Baḥreyni, Ruz-e mādar, Tehran, 1963.
+Translations:
+ʿAqaʾed-e falsafi-e Abo’l-ʿAlāʾ filsuf-e Maʿarreh dar-bareh-ye siāsat o tudeh-ye mardom, by ʿOmar Farrukh, Tehran, 1963.
+Esteḵrāj-e ābhā-ye panhāni by Abu Bakr Moḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥāseb al-Karḵi, Tehran, 1966.
+Raveš-e taṣḥiḥ-e nusḵa-hā-ye ḵaṭṭi by Ṣalāḥ-al-din al-Monjid, Tehran, 1967.
+Ān ruzhā by Ṭāhā Ḥoseyn, Tehran, 1969.
+Eḥṣāʾ al-ʿolum by Abu Naṣr Moḥammad b. Moḥammad Fārābi, Tehran, 1969.
+Resāla-ye Al-Ażḥawiyya fi’l-maʿād by Avicenna, Tehran, 1985.
+Critical editions:
+Kimiā-ye saʿādat by Abu-Ḥāmed Moḥammad Ḡazzāli, 2 vols., 1st print, Tehran, 1975.
+Kimiā-ye saʿādat by Abu-Ḥāmed Moḥammad Ḡazzāli, 2 vols., 2nd print, Tehran, 1982.
+Mafātiḥ al-ʿolum by Moḥammad b. Yusef Kāteb Ḵᵛārazmi, Tehran, 1967.
+Eḥyā al-ʿolum al-din, Persian translation by Moʾayyad al-Din Moḥammad Ḵᵛārazmi, 8 vols., Tehran, 1972-80.
+Masir-e Ṭ��lebi by Mirzā Abu Ṭāleb Eṣfahāni, Tehran, 1973.
+Moʿjam-e Shahnameh by Moḥammad al-ʿAlavi al-Ṭusi, Tehran, 1974.
+Studies and obituaries:
+H. Aʿlam, “Jawāmeʿ al-ʿolum aṯar-e Ebn-e Fariḡun,” Majalla-ye Tāriḵ-e ʿElm 8, 1388 Š./2009, pp. 103-112.
+I. Afšār, Nādereh kārān: Sugnāmeh-ye nāmvarān-e farhangi o adabi, 1304-1381 šamsi, Tehran, 2004.
+M. Omid-Sālār, “Dar-bāreh-ye Moʿjam-e Shahnameh-ye ʿAlavi-e Ṭusi,” Irānšenāsi 3, 1380 Š./2001, pp. 602-14.
+M. R. Šafīʿī-Kadkani, “Enteqād az Kimiā-ye saʿādat,” Našr-e dāneš 3/6, 1983, pp. 30–32.
+ʿA. Solṭāni, “Be yād-e ostād-e faqid doktor Seyyed Ḥoseyn Ḵadiv-Jam,” Rošd-e Amuzeš-e Zabān o Adab-e Farsi 6 1365 Š./1986, pp. 44-45.
+Ḡ. Ḥ. Yusefi, “Dargoḏašt-e mardi sezāvār-e taḥsin,” Keyhān-e farhangi 32, 1365 Š./1986, p. 32.
+(EIr)
+Originally Published: August 22, 2014
+Last Updated: November 6, 2014Cite this entry:
+EIr, "KHADIV-JAM, HOSEYN," Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2014, available at (accessed on 22 August 2014).
+JANUARY
+January 6
+Tommy Lyttleton was received by our community with much sorrow and regret. This sad accident occurred on Christmas night about 11 o’clock as Prof. Lyttelton and family were getting on board the steamer Ingomar on which they intended to go to Pikeville. The unfortunate child stepped between the wharf and steamboat and was never seen again. Search for the body was begun at once. The next morning ( Sunday) a thorough search was begun and was continued almost without cessation during the day. No services were held at the M.E. Church, South, as a large number of people were aiding in the some way in the search, for the body. Considerable searching was done through the week, but it was ll in vain. Tommy was an exceedingly bright and intelligent boy. of seven years of age. The deepest sympathies and tenderest feelings of this entire community are with the family.
+Note from 4/28: The body of Tommy Lyttleton, who was drowned at this place last Christmas, was found one day last week about 12 miles below here, by K ( can’t read), Jas. Pigg and Leander Cox. The body was brought to this place and placed in the care of undertaker McClure. Prof. Lyttleton came down from Pikevill on Saturday, and the body was buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery.
+January 13
+We are sorry to hear of the death of little Malcolm Dawson which occurred last Saturday at the home of his parents a few miles above this place.
+Died- at the residence of Jack Burk, in this city, on last Thursday, Mr Kelly Ferguson. His remains were interred at Fairview Cemetery near Cassville, W. Va. on Sunday.
+January 20
+Luther Hayes, son of Allen Hays, died on the 17th Inst. Our sympathies are with the father and mother
+|January 27
+Died at her residence in Louisa, last Tuesday, Mrs. McKengie. The funeral services were held yesterday at the M.E. Church, of which the deceased was a faithful member.
+FEBRUARY
+Feb 3
+None
+Feb 10
+None
+Feb 17
+Ida Salayer, a frail woman well known in this community, committed suicide last Saturday afternoon by drowning. The circumstance are about as follows: She had been living around Louisa until last week when she went to her father’s who lives on the river at the old Potter place, about 4 miles below town. At the time no one mentioned no one was at home except two young children, and to these the girl communicated her intention of drowning herself. They became frightened and begged her not to do it. She quieted them by saying she was only joking and went to another room, saying she would lie down. After taking off her shoes she slipped out of the house, and presently the children saw her in the water, some distance from the shore. They gave the alarm, but too late to the save the unfortunate woman from her untimely fate. The body was recovered late Sunday afternoon. Coroner Weis was notified and held an inquest, at which Dr Bussey made a post mortem examination. The jury rendered a verdict of suicide by drowning. Ida Salyer was about 17 years old, and a girl of more than ordinary personal beauty.
+A Tribute of Respect:
+To my departed friend Columbus Holbrook:
+Again the angel of death passed over our little community and left in its wake a heart broken Father, Mother, Mother in Law and Father in Law with weeping brothers and sisters, besides a sad community of friends and neighbors. This time the All Wise saw fit to call from his labors and sufferings here on earth to a higher sphere, our brother Columbus Holbrook, of Blaine, Lawrence co., Ky was 23 years old, departed this life Feb 12th, 1887 at 2 o’clock a.m. He had been a member of the Christian Church for about three months and possessed what he professed and died in full faith. He was a kind, devoted and loving companion, an open hearted, big souled boy, a friend in need and in deed. Our deepest sympathies are for his Father, Mother and relatives. They have lost a dutiful and business son. He was a true brother and kind neighbor and like all, loved life, yet he accepted death as resignedly and full trust as he had lived. Sixteen days ago we laid his kind and devoted wife ( Carrie Holbrook, daughter of H. H. and Mollie Gambill) to rest. She died in full faith and hope. Three weeks ago we laid to rest their first born and only child, thus inside of three weeks we laid all three in the lonely grave, but feel assured that they are now singing God’s praise around His throne where there is parting, weeping or mourning but rejoicing and praising God for ever and ever more. They have closed their earthy mission and have gone to live with God. The were pure to the Earth. Then look upward Father, Mother, and friends, he is not in the grave but has risen to a higher life. God has promised to never forsake you; then keep yourselves ready for the happy meeting that awaits you beyond the river, on the golden shore and around the great white throne by the pure river of life, on the ever green mountains where there will be no sunken eyes or hollow checks parched by fever, but where we will mingle our voices in praise to God and the Lamb forever.
+Blaine:
+Mr C M Holbrook, who only a short time ago lost his loving wife and infant child, died on the 12th inst. Typhoid fever along with grief, was the cause of his death. Mr and Mrs Holbrook were both faithful church members, beloved by all who knew them.
+Died, Feb 10th, Miss Vina Wellman. We sympathize deeply with her relatives.
+Feb 24
+Can only read pages 1 and 4. Can’t read pages 2-3 on this scan.
+MARCH
+March 3
+None
+March 10
+None
+March 17
+James Sloan, who lived near this place was killed near Richardson last week. He was assisting in the work of driving piles for a trestle on the Chattaroi extension, and was struck in the side by some part of the machinery. He only lived a few hours.
+March 24
+None
+March 31
+None
+APRIL
+April 7
+None
+April 14
+Edmunds Branch
+Died, with Typhoid fever. on the 6th inst., Wm. Atkins Jr. He was one of the best citizens of Lawrence County, was true and generous toward everybody, and was highly esteemed by all. He died at the age of 26- the period when life is sweetest- leaving a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss, which is his eternal gain. Only a few days prior to his death he announced that God has spoken peace to his soul, and that he was ready and willing to die. His wife and other near relatives desire to return their heartfelt thanks to the many good friends who have borne with them their sad bereavement.
+April 21
+This issue very damaged scan and only 2 damaged pages not 4
+None
+April 28
+Jas. H Marcum ( nickname Pud)
+MAY
+May 5
+None
+May 12
+A man named Roscoo Myrtle and supposed to be from Wheeling, W. VA., was drowned near John Ewing’s on Wednesday of last week. He attempted to cross the river in a leaky skiff after dark. His cried were heard by people on both sides of the river, but they supposing it was parties landing timber, pain no attention to it and the fact was not known until Saturday when the body floated up. ( note no location was mentioned except near John Ewing’s)
+May 19
+Mrs. Hammond, who was wounded some time ago by the Smith’s on Cat’s Fork, in this county, died a few days ago from the effects of her injuries. She was suddenly attacked by a pain in the portion of her body which was pierced by a ball, and lived only about an hour.
+Died, on the 6th inst., H. F. Adams, commonly known as Fisher Ben. The remains were interred in the family grave yard. He leaves a wife and large family to mourn his departure. He was 8 ( think says 81 but hard to read) years old.
+May 26
+Died on the 17th, Benj. Spradlin, aged 94 years. Measles caused his death. Also. on the same day, a little daughter of Mr Dixon.
+Died, on the 18th, a little child of David Lyons
+JUNE
+June 2
+Died, last week of brain fever, Gertie, a three year old daughter of J.B. and Dema Riffe. She was interred in the family grave year near the place
+June 9
+None
+June 16
+None
+June 23
+Died, in Fort Gay, on Tuesday afternoon, Mrs Samuel Ratcliffe
+Webbville:
+Died, of Scrofula, on the 15th, inst., Mrs Lucinda Webb, wife of Allen T. The deceased leaves a husband and eight children to mourn her loss: Our deepest sympathies are extended to the bereaved. She is the twelfth out of a family of fourteen children that are now dead.
+Died, in Gallipolis, OH. on the 11th inst. Mr J. C. Duvall, who had formerly been making his home at this place, but on account of his illness returned home recently. He was a gentleman, respected by all who knew him, and we are pained to hear of his death.
+June 30
+Died yesterday morning, a little child of Albert Copley and wife.
+In Memoriam-Died, on June 20th of consumption, Addie, wife of Esquire John Compton, after an illness of four weeks. She was 27 years of age and leave a husband and 3 children to mourn the loss of a wife and mother, but it is not as with those who have no hope, for the the writer visited her during her illness and talked to her concerning her soul. He last words were that she was resigned to the will of God, he knowing best ( Rev. D. K. Leslie)
+Edmonds Branch:
+Measles is playing sad havoc, throughout this vicinity, Miss Sarah Yates, daughter of Jas. Yates died of the disease on the 20th inst, and several other cases are reported from different parts of the neighborhood. The red flag is not an unusual scene at almost any home.
+JULY
+July 7
+Two boys named Wooten, were drowned a few days ago while swimming in the rives at the mouth of White’s Creek.
+July 14
+None
+July 21
+None
+July 28
+None
+August 4
+Mrs Bond Demise
+It becomes the painful duty of the Herald to recored the death of Nancy Josephine Bond, wife of H. M. Bond of this city. The lady had been suffering for several weeks past from Rheumatic fever. From the first her condition has been serious, although at times the hope of her friends were raised, and her speedy recovery looked for. At 3PM yesterday, however, she passed away peacefully. It is a remarkable coincidence that she was born at 3P. Mrs Bond was a woman of admirable qualities and the circle of her friends is very large. Her protracted illness had shown how much she was respected, for from every hand came friends anxious to do something to alleviate her pain and assist the family, the lady’s age was 39 year, 6 months and 12 days. She leaves 3 children. The funeral ceremony will be conducted at the residence on Spring St, between 3rd and 4th, on Monday July 25th at 2 PM. Friends are invited to attend ( Ogden UT Herald).
+The Mrs Bond referred to in the above was the wife of H. M. Bond, formerly of the Big Sandy Herald. She was a daughter of K.N. Harris and was born in Paintsville. Mrs Bond was a lady of great amiability of character, a most devoted wife and mother and her many friends and relations in the Sandy Vally will sincerely mourn her death. To the bereaved husband we extend our heartfelt sympathies.
+Died, in Fort Gay, W. VA, last Tuesday, the infant child of Mr and Mrs Harry Lawson.
+Died this morning at 10 o’clock at his residence in Louisa, Judge John J. Jordan of heart disease. He was taken suddenly ill Tuesday evening and suffered greatly until his death. He was for two terms County Judge of this county. His estate is worth quite a large amount. ( see below on 8/18 for another obit on this person)
+August 11
+Died, Little Johnnie, son of George and Sophia Caines at their home, this county, Monday, August 8th, aged 1 year, 10 mo.
+August 18
+On August 4th, 1887, Judge John. J. Jordan departed this life, His death is lamented by his multitude of acquaintances.
+The deceased has served as clerk Lawrence County and Circuit Courts, once faithfully represented this county in the Legislature, was twice elected County Judge, and has served as a Justice of the Peace; and in all these capacities he has acquitted himself with satisfaction to his constituents and honor to himself.
+At the time of his death he was Treasurer of Lawrence County. His many friends deplore his loss to the county.
+He leaves 10 living children-four sons and six daughters-of who eight are married. He was a member of the Christian church and his last words were a profession to his faith in the Saviour. The sympathy of the community is with the family.
+Paintsville:
+Died, on the 10th inst. Mrs John Kind after a long illness. Also Johnny Vaughan, an aged resident of this country.
+August 25
+Derefield
+Died, on last Thursday of Flux, Willie Carter, age 11 years.
+SEPTEMBER
+Sept 1
+There were 3 deaths in the county Sunday. One of Bernard Holt’s children, and Wm, Adams died. Also a child of on the of Hughes.
+Died in Louisa, Wednesday morning, Aug. 31st, 1887, Mr. C. H. Burgess, aged 54. About three weeks ago Mr Burgess was seized with acute dysentery and in spite of medical skill and the most attention of his family and friends, he succumbed to the dread disease. He died quietly and without pain, and in full possession of his facilities. Mr Burgess moved from the old home place to Louisa a few years ago and was in every sense one of our best and most useful citizens. He was a sober, industrious, honest man, a consistent member of the M.E. Church South, a most devoted husband and father. He leaves a widow, one married daughter-Mrs Aug. Synder-two daughters just budding into womanhood and one little boy to mourn an irreparable loss.
+The funeral services will be at the M.E. Church South this Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. He will be buried with the honors of Masonry.
+Sept 8
+Edmonds Branch:
+Revs, Issac Fannin and F.R. Rice preached the funerals of John and Elizabeth Foster, son and wife of William Foster, at this place on last Sabath.
+Sept 15
+Jas. W. Meeks was murdered in Greeup county last week by Wm. Harris
+J. M. Greenwade of West Liberty was found dead in his bed a few days since.
+Died on George’s Creek, last Friday, the five year old son of Gordon C. Burgess and his wife. We are informed that a child of Prof. G. M. Elam of Blaine, died last week of flux. Both children died of Flux.
+Sept 22
+This paper was very damaged… think there might be an obit on page 3 but cut off… can just read… Tuesday, near Cassville, …o year old son of J.H. Well-
+Our community was greatly shocked early Tuesday morning by the news that Eugene Wallace had ended his life by shooting himself with a pistol. Many friends and relatives at once hurried to his comfortable home only to find the sad news true. The deed was done shortly after 6 o’clock and the unfortunate man lived until ten minutes past eight. He never spoke after firing the fatal shot. Dr Wroten was summoned and found that the ball had entered the right side of the head, about three inches above, and a little in front of the ear. The ball went straight through, passing beyond the reach of the probe.
+Mr. Wallace was in town the afternoon previous to his death, but gave no sign of more than ordinary illness. He had been in bad health some month, and would, if he had lived, gone to Cincinnati this week to consult with a specialist in nervous disorders. he at his breakfast as usual Tuesday morning, and after finishing the meal started up stairs alone. Directly afterward a shot was heard and his wife and aged mother went up the stairs in search of the son and husband. Right at the head of the stairs they found him lying in a pool of blood, his brains oozing from a ghastly wound made by a a 38 caliber ball.
+As above mentioned Mr Wallace has been sick for some months. That his mind was impaired was evident to all who knew him, and there can be no doubt that while laboring under his mental aberration he took his own life. He had just finished an elegant home, happy in his family relations, was loved and respected by all who knew him, and enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-men.
+Mr Wallace was sober, industrious, a most devoted husband and father. He was a member of the South Methodist Church, an active devoted Christian. He was a member of the Apperson Lodge No 195, A.Y. M. and of Louisa Chapter No 95, R. A. M.. He was 33 years of age and leaves and widow and 4 children.
+Later issues have mention of his death— born day of April, 1854, died September 20th, 1887
+September 29
+None
+OCTOBER
+October 6
+Lawrence County: On last Thursday night Samual B. Davis wen to the home of Vina Pack. on George’s Creek, in this county, and finding John Daniels in conversation with Vina, he immediately drew a revolver and fired five shots at the parties. The woman received wounds from which she died on the following morning but Daniels escaped injury.
+October 13
+None
+October 20
+Page 3 damaged so missing over 1/2 page.
+Could read this only partially:
+Died, at her home in this… Tuesday of last week, Miss S… of our brightest and best yo… she was a faithful member of… Church South and her deat… day School loses one of its mos…workers… The sympathies of … munity are with the family.
+October 27
+Edmonds Branch:
+“Uncle” John Hughes dies of the flux on the 21st inst., at the age of 76. He leaves an aged widow, several children and a host of friends to mourn their loss, which beyond a doubt is his eternal gain, as he was praising God in the highest up to within a few minutes of his death. The widow had the heartfelt sympathy of the community.
+The funeral of Charles Hampton, who dies some time ago, was preached on last Sunday by Rev Lee Wilson of W. Va
+NOVEMBER
+November 3
+Hon. K.F. Prichard, died at his home in Catlettsburg on Saturday evening, October 29th. He was taken ill on the Wednesday evening preceding his death and on Thursday evening was seized with an epileptic fit, from which he never recovered.
+Mr Prichard was one of the most talented and prominent lawyers in Eastern Kentucky. His reputation as a criminal lawyer was not confined to his locality, but extended over the greater part of the state. He practiced largely in the Stated and United States Courts, and when stricken down was engaged in several important cases in those Courts.
+The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Black of the M.E. Church South on Monday.
+Several persons from Louisa attended the funeral. They were as follows: Col. Jay H. Northup, Mr. and Mrs, R. T. Burns, Messrs, R. F. Vinson, R. J. Prichard, H. W. Ferguson and W.W. Marcum.
+Capt Alex Hanley, who died at Ceredo, W. Va., last week, from injuries received by being thrown from a horse, was once a resident of this place. He married a sister of Judge J. M. and R. T. Burns. In the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette he is spoken of as follows: “Capt” Alex Hanley, who died a few days ago at Ceredo, W. Va., was an old time pilot, but for many years past engaged in the timber business. He had many warm friends on the river, and was at one time a partner at the wheel with Com. Wash Honshell. He was also a close friend of Com. C.M. Holloway, who always spoke of him as a gentleman of liberal views and a generous heart. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Burns of this place attended the funeral.
+Nov 10
+Mrs. Giles Roe, living in Fort Gay, W. Va., our neighboring town, was burned to death this morning. She was just recovering from a spell of sickness and was very weak. There were only some small children at the house at the time of the sad accident and it is not known how it happened, but it is supposed that she fainted and fell into the fire, which was in a large wood-fire place. She died within 2 minutes after assistance reached her.
+Nov 17
+Another murder occurred in Floyd County a short time since. A fellow named Howard killed his wife and is now in jail in Prestonsburg.
+Nov 24
+None
+DECEMBER
+December 1
+Died, at Mr J. W. Jones’, yesterday morning, Miss Rosa Smith of consumption. She was a sister to Mrs. Jones.