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Kimberly Gemme is an aspiring author and a sophomore undergraduate at Brown University, concentrating in Literary Arts. At Brown, she sings in a cappella and choral ensembles, and as a soloist in opera productions. She loves travel and learning languages; right now, she is focusing on German and Mandarin Chinese, and is always eager for more exposure to world cultures. Kimberly currently lives in Pinehurst, NC and spends her free time at home on the golf course.
"The Boy Who Walked on Water," which will appear in the 2006 Contest Scribes Valley Short Fiction Anthology, marks the third publication for Dan Sullivan. His story "Worthy of Wages" was his first story to be published, appearing as the third place winner in the World Wide Writers' July 2000 contest. (That British publication has since been subsumed under Writers' Forum.) His story "Free Money" appeared in the New Millennium Writings' July 2004 issue. Dan hopes to have one or two more stories published before he seeks an agent who would be willing to market a collection of stories he has been working on for the last eight years or so. Dan is the proud husband of Supawadee, the proud father of Laura and Mark, a pushover for his granddaughters--Kyleigh and Erica, and the fond stepfather of Ploy. He feels privileged to be teaching the terrific students in the Honors British Literature class and the Junior Nonfiction classes at St. Mary's Ryken High School in Leonardtown, Maryland.
Gillian Hamer wasnt born in Australia, but got there as soon as she could, emigrating with her family at the tender age of two. She grew up in Brisbane, Queensland and moved recently to Sydney to work in the film industry. She is also about to commence a Master of Arts in Creative Writing.
As a child Gillian wrote non-stop but this ceased while she was caught in the tangled academic web of high school and university. Gillian has been writing short stories for a year now and hopes to begin a novel in 2007. Her hobbies include reading incessantly, writing, cinema, festivals (film and music), pranks in the workplace, people watching and the beach.
Gillians other short stories include Dodgy Kebab, Superheroes of Lunacy, Gecko, Stutter Bug, Brisbane Bogan, and Van Sadness. Her contact email is email@example.com.
Words run through my veins like paint onto an artist canvas. My mother is convinced I inherited the love for words from her first cousin Robert E. Lee the playwright. He was famous for such works as Inherit the Wind, Auntie Mame and many other screenplays that he had co-created with his partner Jerome Lawrence. I am a 43 year old domestic engineer--at least that title is allotted to me when we fill out our taxes each year. In retrospect, this means a wife and mother of two daughters and five cats. Our eldest daughter, Jessica, is a freshman in college and I homeschool our eight year old, Alixandra. I was born in Ohio, moved to Florida after college where I pursued my career in social work. After eight years in Florida, my husband was transferred to South Carolina where I had an opportunity of being a Social Service Director for a Rehabilitation Center. By my late thirties I felt something was missing, so I tried my hand at painting, using oils as my medium. Though painting was fun, it still didnt quite hit the mark. When Alix was almost a year old, my husband was transferred to Pennsylvania, and by this time I had spent the majority of my life living in the South. People in Pennsylvania were different and didnt appreciate my expansive personality. At this time, my husband, Richard, and I decided that I should stay home with the girls to help adjust to the move and such. After knitting about a thousand wash cloths, baking several dozen loafs of bread, trying my hand at the culinary arts, painting and reading books, I started writing. I had written an article about one of our cats and Cat Fancy published that work in 2005. I have even been published on About.com with a couple articles about the history of the area we live in. I began writing all of the time, creating characters that were alive and real to me. Scribes Valley Publishing was the first contest I have ever entered. Last year my stories didnt make the cut; however, the constructive criticism that the Editor at Scribes Valley Publishing gave me was priceless. I value their U-Write It Challenge each week; this tool has helped me mature into a better writer. I have been seriously writing for seven years. This is my own philosophy: everyone has a thought, everyone has a feeling, everyone has a voice, everyone has something to say and to me writing is the gift.
My name is Bobby Ozuna and I was born and raised in the North side of Ft. Worth, Texas. I am the fourth child in a family of five and I am the father of four beautiful children--Elizabeth, Lazaro, Dominic and Damian Ozuna. I am a former US Marine who was fortunate enough to spend some time abroad, meeting new people, experiencing different cultures and backgrounds, and it was during this time away from home I realized I had a sincere desire and inner passion for something greater than myself--writing. A few years after leaving the Marine Corps I decided to tap into this gift and I began working to study the craft, harnessing my own voice and style until I was bold enough to proclaim to the world, that I was indeed a writer!
After several years and several short-stories, I received honors and recognition in various contests for my descriptive form and my committment and ability to capture true human form on paper. I am very excited and honored to share my first published work, "Corrido" as part of the Scribes Valley Publishing short-story anthology--Mind Trips Unlimited.
In July(2007) I will release my first novel, Proud Souls. It has been a long and trying journey, taking the concept of an unfinished short-story I wrote in the Summer of 2003, to a partially completed novel in the Fall of 2005 and then to a finished, workable manuscript last year. I am in the re-write stages of my second novel, The Righteous and somehow I have managed to produce four new chapters to a story I will call, "The Other Side of Glory", my tribute to the men I served with in the US Marines.
You can keep up with Bobby's writing, his insight into the writing process, and future releases here: BobbyOzunaOnline.com.
Tova graduated from San Francisco State with a degree in broadcasting but originally had aspirations of joining the circus as a lion tamer, a profession she would be perfectly suited for having worked at a law firm for the better part of five years. Sadly, though, she was afflicted with "freakyclownphobia" - the fear of freaky clowns and their phobias -and her dreams of circushood were permanently dashed. She settled for working at a visual effects studio in Los Angeles, spending her freetime reading, writing, looking through thrift stores for treasures and just general procrastination. She loves nature, despite being convinced that it is out to get her, and daydreams of opening up her own hotdog stand. Feel free to drop her a note at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kathryn Mattingly lives in El Dorado Hills, CA. She has a fine arts degree from the University of Oregon, and an MAT from Pacific U. Kathryn developed and teaches an after school art enrichment program called Angelo Art. She is also a private tutor for kindergarten through third grade students struggling with reading skills, and for fourth through eighth grade students gifted in creative writing. A six time Maui Writers attendee, she has worked under various accomplished authors including: Terry Brooks, Elizabeth George, Dorothy Allison, John Saul, and Gail Tsukiyama. Her goal is to be a published novelist, and therefore Kathryn is happy to have a NY agent at JCA Literary Agency representing her last manuscript, currently being considered for publication. To date, Kathryn has twelve anthology and magazine publications, and has won recognition for several of her short pieces of fiction. Two of her stories are in current anthologies which can be found at these sites: Womanscapes and Award Winning Stories
Rebecca Barton is currently a freshman at Houston Baptist University pursuing a degree in Business. She was homeschooled from kindergarten through high school which gave her unique opportunities to explore her own personal talents and areas of interest. Rebecca's family spent part of her childhood living in Wales and England, and from there she had the chance to travel across much of Europe. She enjoys discovering interesting movies and rereading favorite books. She also appreciates music of many different genres, playing both the piano and the cello and participating in her college choir. Rebecca dabbles in creative photography, and she loves the rain.
Born in Clitheroe, England and educated at Rossall School, the author graduated from Leeds University with an honors degree in Textile Engineering. He is the fourth generation of his family to work in the textile industry.
After service in the British Army, he worked in the synthetic fiber industry in Wales, England and Northern Ireland. In 1973 he and his family emigrated to Waycross, Georgia where as Vice President/Company Director, he was primarily responsible for the design and development of heavy industrial fabrics for use in the manufacture of paper.
A member of Southeastern Writers Association and Coastal Writers Group he has published four histroical novels, 'Once in Old Frederica Town' (1993), 'Clogs' (1999), Confederate Gold' (2002) and 'The Mill', a sequel to 'Clogs' (2005). All four novels continue to be available on Amazon.com. He is also the author of several short stories published in 'Cricket', 'Animal Tales' and 'Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul' as well as non-fiction articles in 'Crafts 'n Things' and a number of trade magazines.
His short story 'Romeo and Sierra's Last Mission' was also a winner in the 2005 Scribes Valley contest and published in 'They Do Exist'.
Currently he is working on his fifth novel while, at the same time, writing a monthly theater column 'Footlights' for the Waycross Journal Herald.
When not writing, he divides his time between working on his Bonsai collection and the Waycross Area Community Theatre where, over a number of years, he has undertaken every aspect of local theater from acting and directing to sweeping out the house.
He can be contacted at email@example.com.
Vanessa Orlando is a two-time recipient of the Maryland Writers Association Short Fiction Prize and a Georgia Associated Press Feature writing award.
Her short story - "When Sara Looks Up" - was made into a short film by Columbia College Chicago in 2004. Her latest piece, "Railroading the Devil," appears in "Enhanced Gravity: More Fiction by Washington Area Women," published in June 2006 by Paycock Press (and available through amazon.com and D.C. area bookstores). She was also one of five writers selected for the Manitoba Writer's Guild's Emerging Writers Program in 2000. Vanessa has two dogs and two cats -- all rescues -- and is an active volunteer with "Rescue Me," a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving Yorkshire Terriers and Yorkie mixes.
Chrissy K. McVay's short stories have appeared in Wild Violet Magazine, Foliate Oak, Aim and various other publications. Her first novel, Souls of the North Wind was published June 2005 and was a Silver winner of the 2005 ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Contest. Her essay Soul-Saver Horse was included in the anthology: Angel Horses; Divine Messengers of Hope. Chrissy is currently working on a second novel while enjoying life in the mountains of Western North Carolina with her family (which includes two Golden Retrievers). You can view an extended profile and other posted short stories and poems at: www.Authorsden.com/chrissykmcvay.
**Special note: "Haunted Houses" includes the poem "Whisper" (©2006) by Steven Curtis Lance from his book Dancing Naked in a Haunted House. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
I was born in Montclair, New Jersey during the Eisenhower Regime, moved to Georgia in 1965 and have resided within and around Atlanta ever since. Graduating from Georgia State University in 1980 with a BS in Geology I somehow ended up in the environmental consulting racket. In the meantime, I helped raise two sons (neither of whom resemble me but Im not complaining because theyre really smart). Currently dealing with mid-life crisis by writing stories I have accumulated over the years and intended to self-publish as a collection titled Chicken Soup for Dummies. On advice of counsel, I have redirected my efforts toward getting published elsewhere so I dont spend the next ten years in court (cant stand wearing a tie).
Tuohy, Mike Too Much Experience; Sea Oats Review, Vol. 3, 2005, pp. 36-39.
Tuohy, Mike Baby Peas and Sweet Potatoes; Spout Magazine, Vol. 31 (in press).
Tuohy, M.A. Alberts Tobacco and Confectionary Shop; Lunch Hour Stories (in press).
Patricia Dainty resides in Sand Springs, Oklahoma with her husband and their three tuxedo cats. Her proudest accomplishment is her two children who have grown into astonishing adults.
Patricia holds an AAS degree in Human Services and a BS degree in Sociology; she is currently working towards her Masters degree in Human Relations at OU/Tulsa. Butterflies Gone was her first attempt in writing a short story. Inspired by the success of this story, she plans on writing more short stories and eventually a novella.
Donna Bryant was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She is currently in her senior year as an English major at Cleveland State University. She has been writing short stories for many years, and will apply for her MFA within the next year. Donna won first prize in Cleveland State creative writing competitions in 2005 and 2006. She enjoys reading short stories and novels, watching classic movies, and traveling and meeting new people.
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Why is a Java guy so excited about Node.js and JavaScript?
Shouldn't someone who worked 10+ years in the Java SE team at Sun Microsystems bleed Java bytecodes and be instantiating abstract interfaces until the last breath? For this former Java SE team member, learning the Node.js platform in 2011 was a breath of fresh air. After being laid off from Sun in January 2009 (just prior to the Oracle buyout), I learned about and became hooked on Node.js.
Just how hooked? Since 2010, I have written extensively about Node.js programming. Namely, four editions of Node.js Web Development, plus other books and numerous tutorial blog posts on Node.js programming. That's a LOT of time explaining Node.js and advancements in the JavaScript language.
While working for Sun Microsystems I believed in All Things Java. I presented sessions at JavaONE, co-developed the java.awt.Robot class, ran the Mustang Regressions Contest (the bug finding contest for the Java 1.6 release), helped to launch the "Distributions License for Java" that was the pre-OpenJDK answer for Linux distributions to distribute JDK builds, and later played a small role in launching the OpenJDK project. Along the way I landed a blog on java.net (a now-defunct website), writing 1–2 times a week for about 6 years discussing events in the Java ecosystem. A big topic was defending Java against those predicting Java's death.
What happened to living and breathing Java byte-codes? What I'm here for is explaining how this died-in-the-wool Java advocate became a died-in-the-wool Node.js/JavaScript advocate.
It's not like I've completely divorced myself of Java. I have written a significant amount of Java/Spring/Hibernate code in the last 3 years. While I fully enjoyed the work — I worked in the Solar Industry doing deeply soul-fulfilling things like writing database queries about kiloWatt-hours — coding in Java has lost its lustre.
Two years of Spring coding taught a very clear lesson: papering over complexity does not produce simplicity, it only produces more complexity.
- Java is full of boilerplate code which obscures the programmers intention
- Spring & Spring Boot teach a lesson: papering over complexity creates more complexity
- Java EE was a "design by committee" project that covers everything of everything in Enterprise application development, hence is exceedingly complex
- The experience of Spring programming is it's great until it isn't, until that day an obscure impossible-to-understand Exception appears out of the depths of a subsystem you've never heard of requiring 3+ days just to figure out the problem
- What is the overhead required in the framework to allow coders to write zero code?
- While IDE's like Eclipse are powerful, they are a symptom of Java's complexity
- Node.js was the result of one guy honing and refining a vision of a lightweight event driven architecture, until Node.js revealed itself
- The JavaScript community seems to appreciate removing boilerplate allowing the programmers intention to shine
- The solution for Callback Hell, the async/await function, is an example of removing boilerplate so the programmers intention shines
- Coding with Node.js is a joy
- The npm/yarn package management system is excellent and joyful to use, versus the abomination that is Maven
- Both Java and Node.js offer excellent performance, running counter to the myth that JavaScript is slow and therefore Node.js performance must be bad
- Node.js performance is riding the coattails of Google investment in V8 to speed up the Chrome browser
Java has become a burden, coding with Node.js is joy-filled
Some tools or objects are the result of a designer spending years honing and refining the thing. They try different ideas, they remove unnecessary attributes, and they end up with an object with just the right attributes for the purpose. Often these objects have a kind of powerful simplicity that is very appealing. Java is not that kind of system.
Spring is a popular framework for developing Java-based web applications. The core purpose for Spring, and especially Spring Boot, is an easy to use preconfigured Java EE stack. The Spring programmer doesn't have to hook up all the servlets, data persistence, application servers, and who knows what else, to get a complete system. Instead Spring takes care of all those details, while you focus on coding. For example, the JPA Repository class synthesizes database queries for methods with names like "findUserByFirstName" — you don't write any code, simply add methods named this way to the Repository definition and Spring will handle the rest.
It's a great story, and a nice experience, until it isn't.
What's it mean when you get a Hibernate PersistentObjectException about a "detached entity passed to persist"? That took several days to figure out — at the risk of oversimplification — it meant the JSON arriving at the REST endpoint had ID fields with values. Hibernate, oversimplying, wants control of the ID values, and throws this confusing exception. There are thousands of equally confusing and obtuse exception messages. With subsystem after subsystem in the Spring stack it's like a nemesis sitting in wait for your tiniest mistake, and then it pounces on you with an application-crashing exception.
Then, there is the huge stack traces. They go on for several screens full of abstract method this and abstract method that. Spring is obviously working out the configuration required to implement what the code says. This level of abstraction obviously requires quite a bit of logic to find everything and to execute the requests. A long stack trace isn't necessarily bad. Instead it points to a symptom: Just what is the memory/performance overhead cost?
How would "findUserByFirstName" execute when the programmer writes zero code? The framework has to parse the method name, guess the programmers intention, construct something like an abstract syntax tree, generate some SQL, etc.. Just what is the overhead for all that? Just so the coder doesn't have to code?
After a few dozen times going through this, spending weeks learning arcana you should never have had to learn, you might arrive to the same conclusion I landed in: papering over complexity does not produce simplicity, it only produces more complexity.
The point goes to Node.js
Node.js on the other hand …
Where Spring and Java EE is exceedingly complex, Node.js is a breath of fresh air. First is the design esthetic Ryan Dahl used in developing the core Node.js platform. Dahl's experience was that using threads made for a heavyweight complex system. He sought something different, and spent a couple years honing and refining a set of core ideals arriving at Node.js. The result was a light-weight system, a single execution thread, an ingenious use of JavaScript anonymous functions for asynchronous callbacks, and a runtime library that ingeniously implemented asynchronicity. The initial pitch was high throughput event processing with event delivery to callback functions.
Then there is the JavaScript language itself. JavaScript programmers seem to have an esthetic of removing boilerplate so the programmers intention can shine clearly.
Another learning: Most programming languages obscure the programmers intent, making it harder to understand the code.
This point goes to Node.js — but with a caveat we must address: Callback Hell.
Solutions sometimes come with their own problems
In JavaScript we've long had two issues with asynchronous coding. One is what's become called "Callback Hell" in Node.js. It is easy to fall into a trap of deeply nested callback functions, where each level of nesting complexifies the code, making error and results handling all the more difficult. A related issue is that the JavaScript language did not help the programmer properly express asynchronous execution.
Several libraries sprung up promising to simplify asynchronous execution. Another example of papering over complexity creating more complexity.
To give an example:
const async = require('async');const fs = require('fs');
const cat = function(filez, fini) { async.eachSeries(filez, function(filenm, next) { fs.readFile(filenm, 'utf8', function(err, data) { if (err) return next(err);
process.stdout.write(data, 'utf8', function(err) { if (err) next(err);
else next();
}, function(err) { if (err) fini(err);
else fini();
cat(process.argv.slice(2), function(err) { if (err) console.error(err.stack);});
This sample application is a pale cheap imitation of the Unix cat command. The async library is excellent at simplifying the sequencing of asynchronous execution. But its use required a pile of boilerplate code obscuring the programmers intention.
What we have here is a loop. It is not written as a loop, and it does not use natural looping constructs. Further, errors and results do not land in the natural place, but are inconveniently trapped inside callback functions. Before ES2015/2016 features landed in Node.js this was the best we could do.
The equivalent in Node.js 10.x is:
const fs = require('fs').promises;
async function cat(filenmz) { for (var filenm of filenmz) { let data = await fs.readFile(filenm, 'utf8');
await new Promise((resolve, reject) => { process.stdout.write(data, 'utf8', (err) => { if (err) reject(err);
else resolve();
cat(process.argv.slice(2)).catch(err => { console.error(err.stack);
This rewrite of the previous example uses async/await functions. It is the same asynchronous structure, but is written with normal looping structures. Errors and results are reported in a natural way. It's easier to read, to code, and to understand the programmers intent.
The only wart is that process.stdout.write does not provide a Promise interface and therefore cannot be cleanly used in an async function without wrapping with a Promise.
The callback hell problem was not solved by papering over complexity. Instead a language and paradigm change solved both the problem and the excess verbiage forced on us by the interim solutions. With async functions our code became more beautiful.
While this started out as a point against Node.js the excellent solution converts this into a point for Node.js and JavaScript.
Supposed clarity through well defined types and interfaces
An issue I harped on as a died-in-the-wool Java advocate was that strict type checking enables writing huge applications. At that time the norm was developing monolithic systems (no microservices, no Docker, etc). Because Java has strict type checking, the Java compiler helps you avoid many kinds of bugs — by preventing you from compiling bad code.
JavaScript, by contrast, has loosey-goosey typing. The theory is obvious: The programmer has no certainty what kind of object they've received, so how can the programmer know what to do?
The flip side of strict typing in Java is more boilerplate. The programmer is constantly typecasting or otherwise working hard ensuring everything is precisely correct. The coder spends time coding, with extreme precision, using more boilerplate, hoping to save time by catching and fixing errors early.
The problem is so big that one more-or-less must use a big complex IDE. A simple programmers editor is not enough. The only way to keep the Java programmer sane (besides pizza) is with dropdowns showing the available fields on an object, describing method parameters, helping to construct classes, assisting with refactoring, and all the rest of the facilities offered by Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ.
And… don't get me started on Maven. What a horrible tool.
In JavaScript, variable types are not declared, type-casting is generally not used, etc. Hence the code is cleaner to read, but there is a risk of uncaught coding errors.
Whether this point goes to Java or against Java depends on your point of view. My opinion ten years ago was this overhead is worth the cost by gaining more certainty. My opinion today is gosh that's a lot of work, and it's much easier to do things the JavaScript way.
Squashing bugs with small easily tested modules
Node.js encourages programmers to divide their programs into small units, the module. This may seem a small thing, but it partly addresses the problem just named.
A module is:
- Self contained — as implied, it packages related code into a unit
- Strong boundary — code inside the module is safe from intrusion from code elsewhere
- Explicit exports — by default code and data in the module is not exported, with selected functions and data available to other code
- Explicit imports — modules declare which modules they depend on
- Potentially independent — it is easy to publicly publish modules to the npm repository, or to privately publish modules elsewhere, for easy sharing between applications
- Easier to reason about — less code to read makes it easier to understand the purpose
- Easier to test — if implemented correctly, the small module can be easily unit tested
All of this together contributes to Node.js modules being easier to test and to have a well defined scope.
The fear with JavaScript is that lacking strict type checking the code could easily do something wrong. In a small focused module with clear boundaries, the scope of affected code is mostly limited to that module. This keeps most concerns small, safely ensconced within the boundary of that module.
The other solution to the loosey-goosey problem is increased testing.
You must spend some of the productivity gains (it is easier to write JavaScript code) on increased testing. Your testing regime must catch the errors that might have been caught by the compiler. You do test your code don't you?
For those wanting statically checked types in JavaScript, look at TypeScript. I've not used that language, but have heard great things said about it. It is directly compatible with JavaScript and adds useful type checking and other features.
Here the point goes to Node.js and JavaScript.
Package management
I get apoplectic just thinking about Maven, and simply can't think straight enough to write anything about it. Supposedly one either loves Maven, or despises it, and that there is no middle ground.
An issue is that the Java ecosystem does not have a cohesive package management system. Maven packages exist and work fairly well, and supposedly work in Gradle as well. But it isn't anywhere near as useful/usable/powerful as the package management system for Node.js.
In the Node.js world there are two excellent package management systems that work closely together. At first npm, and the npm repository, was the only such tool.
With npm we have an excellent schema for describing package dependencies. A dependency can be strict (exactly version 1.2.3) or specified with several gradations of looseness all the way to "*" which means the latest version. The Node.js community has published hundreds of thousands of packages into the npm repository. Using packages from outside the npm repository is just as easy as using packages from the npm repository.
It is so good that npm's repository serves not just Node.js but front end engineers. Previously tools like Bower for package management were used. Bower has been deprecated and now one finds all the front-end JavaScript libraries available as npm packages. Many front end engineer toolchains, like the Vue.js CLI and Webpack, are written in Node.js.
The other package management system for Node.js, yarn, draws its packages from the npm repository, and uses the same configuration files as npm. The main advantage is that the yarn tool runs faster.
The npm repository, whether accessed with npm or yarn, is a strong part of what makes Node.js so easy and joyful to use.
At times both Java and JavaScript were accused of being slow.
In both cases compilers convert source code to byte-code executed by a virtual machine implementation. The VM will often further compile byte-codes to native code, and use a variety of optimization techniques.
The Sun/Oracle JDK uses HotSpot, a super-dooper virtual machine with multiple byte code compilation strategies. Its name comes from detecting frequently executed code and applying more and more optimization the more a code section executes. HotSpot is highly optimized and produces very fast code.
Node.js directly benefits from this trend since it uses Chrome's V8 engine.
An example is this talk by Peter Marshall, a Google engineer working on V8 whose primary job is performance enhancements for V8. Marshall is specifically assigned to work on Node.js performance. He describes why V8 switched from the Crankshaft virtual machine to the Turbofan virtual machine.
Machine Learning is an area involving lots of mathematics for which data scientists typically use R or Python. Several fields including Machine Learning depend on fast numerical computing. For various reasons JavaScript is poor at this, but work is underway to develop a standardized library for numerical computing in JavaScript.
In another talk, Chris Bailey of IBM goes over Node.js performance and scalability issues, especially in regard to Docker/Kubernetes deployment. He starts with a set of benchmarks showing that Node.js has dramatically better performance than Spring Boot on I/O throughput, application startup time and memory footprint. Further, release-by-release performance is improving dramatically in Node.js, thanks in part to V8 improvements.
In that video Bailey says one should not run computational code in Node.js. The "why" of that is important to understand. Because of the single thread model long-running computations will block event execution. In my book Node.js Web Development, I talk about this issue and demonstrate three approaches:
- Algorithmic refactoring — detect slow parts of an algorithm, refactoring for more speed
- Splitting chunks of the computation through the event dispatcher, so that Node.js regularly returns to the execution thread
- Shifting computations to a back-end server
If JavaScript improvements aren't enough for your application, there are two ways to directly integrate native code into Node.js. The most straightforward method is a native-code Node.js module. The Node.js toolchain includes node-gyp which handles linking to native-code modules. This video demonstrates integrating a Rust library with Node.js:
WebAssembly offers the ability to compile other languages down to a JavaScript subset that runs very fast. WebAssembly is a portable format for executable code that runs inside a JavaScript engine. This video is a good overview, and demonstrates using WebAssembly to run code in Node.js.
Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
Ten years ago the software industry was buzzing about Rich Internet Applications implemented with fast (for the time) JavaScript engines that would make desktop applications irrelevant.
The story actually starts over twenty years ago. Sun and Netscape struck a deal for Java Applets in Netscape Navigator. The JavaScript language was, in part, developed as the scripting language for Java Applets. The hope was there would be Java Servlets on the server-side, and Java Applets on the client side, giving us all this nirvana condition of having the same programming language on both. That didn't happen for various reasons.
Ten years ago JavaScript was starting to be powerful enough for implementing complex applications on its own. Hence the RIA buzzword, and RIA's were supposed to kill Java as a client-side app platform.
Today we're starting to see the RIA idea come to fruition. With Node.js on the server we can now have that nirvana, but with JavaScript at both ends of the wire.
Some examples:
- Google Docs (where this article is being written) is like a typical Office Suite, but running in the browser
- Powerful frameworks like React, Angular, Vue.js, simplify browser-based application development using HTML/CSS for styling
- Electron is an amalgam of Node.js and the Chromium web browser supports cross-platform desktop application development. It's good enough that several extremely popular applications like Visual Studio Code, Atom, GitKraken, and Postman are all written in Electron, all of which perform extremely well.
- Because Electron/NW.js use a browser engine, frameworks like React/Angular/Vue can be used for desktop applications. For an example, see: https://blog.sourcerer.io/creating-a-markdown-editor-previewer-in-electron-and-vue-js-32a084e7b8fe
Java as a desktop application platform did not die because of JavaScript RIA's. It died mostly because of neglect at Sun Microsystems for client technologies. Sun was focused on Enterprise customers demanding fast server-side performance. I was there and saw it first-hand. What really killed off Applets was a bad security bug discovered a few years ago in the Java Plugin and Java Web Start. That bug caused a worldwide alert to simply cease using Java applets and Webstart applications.
Other kinds of Java desktop applications can still be developed, and the competition between the NetBeans and Eclipse IDE's is still alive and kicking as a result. But work in this area of Java is stagnant, and outside of developer tools there are very few Java-based applications.
The exception is JavaFX.
JavaFX was, 10 years ago, going to be Sun's answer to the iPhone. It was going to support developing GUI-rich applications on the Java platform available in cell phones, and would single-handedly put Flash and iOS application development out of business. That didn't happen. JavaFX is still used, but did not live up to its hype.
All of the excitement in this field is happening with React, Vue.js, and similar frameworks.
In this case JavaScript and Node.js won the point in a big way.
Today there are many choices for developing server-side code. We're no longer limited to the "P languages" (Perl, PHP, Python) and Java, because there is Node.js, Ruby, Haskell, Go, Rust, and many more. Therefore we have an embarrassment of riches to enjoy.
In terms of why did this Java guy turn to Node.js, it's clear that I prefer the feeling of freedom while coding with Node.js. Java became a burden, and with Node.js there is no such burden. If I were employed to write Java again I would do it, of course, because that's what I'd be paid to do.
Each application has its authentic needs. It's of course incorrect to always use Node.js because one prefers Node.js. There must be a technical reason to choose one language or framework over another. For example some work I've done recently involves XBRL documents. Since the best XBRL libraries are implemented in Python, it's necessary to learn Python to continue with that project. Make an honest evaluation of your real needs and choose accordingly.


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Panto – Santa Claus is coming to town
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Panto – Santa Claus is coming to town
It's the Night Before Christmas and two excited children, Hev and Kev say goodbye to their parents who have won an all expenses Christmas cruise for two to Lapland. Mum and Dad decide it's too good an opportunity to miss and call upon the services of Nanny Nae Nonsense to look after the mischievous kids, who also celebrate their birthday on Christmas Day.
But things take a turn for the worse when two bumbling burglars Hank and Marvin plan to kidnap the children and hold them to ransom. Help is at hand from Santa's little helper, Elfie the Selfie ably assisted by the Magical Fairy Bell but time is running out as they must find the children and return them home safely for the arrival of Santa Claus.
It's pantomime at its very best in true Pavilion style, full of slapstick fun and traditional Christmas Songs including – Jingle Bells, Lonely This Christmas, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, White Christmas, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, Jingle Bell Rock, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Please Come Home for Christmas, and of course Santa Claus is Comin' to Town!
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Economist Films: Meet the people pioneering new careers as drone pilots, from the South African savannah to the building sites of California. "Drone Rangers" is the first film in our new "Future Works" series, which looks at the jobs of tomorrow being done today.
Economist Films is a new venture that expresses The Economist's globally curious outlook in the form of short, mind-stretching documentaries.
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Wellness Jewelry: Personal Health Equals Personal Wealth August 29, 2018 – Posted in: Blog
What is Wellness Jewelry?
You select healthy organic produce at the market, choose skincare that includes SPF and you go to the gym.
In the midst of these choices, you are pulled in sixteen different directions, never fully able to take a moment to shut off your mind, and every day seems to be more chaotic than the next.
You are not alone. Many of us can check the box of each of the ingredients above to achieve a healthy lifestyle. So, where does energetically-charged wellness jewelry come into all of this, you ask?
Over the last four years, I've practiced EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). While this may sound like something from a woo-woo blog, I assure you that it has been life-changing. Feel free to check out my articles on it here.
In addition to this practice, I've incorporated that energy into wellness jewelry that has been inspired by travels around the world. Truthfully, it's also inspired in part by an endless quest to achieve a quiet mind. Designing jewelry is truly therapeutic, and in that process of being mindful, a beautiful necklace, earring, ring or bracelet is created for you.
Check out some of our most popular gemstones and metals and their associated energetic properties here.
Every crystal and gemstone is a living organism. Wild, isn't it? While they are incredibly beautiful, the fact that they truly alive makes me have a different kind of love for them.
Have you ever felt drawn to a piece of jewelry?
There's even more reason as to why you have felt like that. You and the crystal are actually on the same frequency. This is such a hot topic and becoming so widely recognized that American Spa Magazine selected Chelsea Bond Jewelry in their September 2018 feature, "Five Pieces of Wellness-Inspired Jewelry Your Spa Needs to Retail".
Click here to find gemstone and metal energy wellness jewelry to help support you on your very own personal journey to a balanced mind, body and soul. As we know, personal health equals personal wealth. Let us adorn ourselves in beauty during the process!


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Plans to build a cycle route between Dedworth Road and Windsor town centre were discussed at the Windsor Town Forum this week.
Residents were updated on the cycling action plan, which was adopted by the Royal Borough's cabinet in January.
Although work on a Dedworth-Windsor route has not started, it is one of the plan's priorities in its first five years.
The plan aims to develop a clear vision for cycling supported by an annual monitoring programme which counts the number of cyclists in the town centre, now around 2,300 a day.
Cycle lanes will be in areas of low or no traffic, with individual route branding and distances measured in time, not miles.
It is proposed the Dedworth Road to Windsor route would start at the junction of Hatch Lane and Dedworth Road and travel through Green Lane, Alma Road, Trinity Place and end in William Street.
Gordon Oliver, principal transport planner at Project Centre, which delivers sustainable travel measures, said: "This is the first of what we hope will be several branded cycle routes."
Also discussed at the meeting, held on Wednesday in York House, was the Borough Local Plan's inclusion of housing on land at the King Edward VII Hospital.
Cllr John Bowden (Con, Eton and Castle) told the meeting: "We understand how important King Edward VII Hospital is for the local community and we would like to ensure everyone that the hospital will continue to provide medical services."
The forum heard health bosses are hoping to secure national funding to upgrade hospital sites which cannot support modern healthcare.
Cllr Bowden said that if plans go ahead 'the intention would be to inject the money into existing hospital sites to ensure King Edward VII Hospital can provide services in buildings which are fit for use'.
No funding has yet been secured and no agreement to sell or upgrade the site has been made.
A consultation on the Borough Local Plan closes on December 15.
During the meeting, residents and councillors were also updated on air pollution reduction methods and the legal action against Heathrow's third runway, which is expected to remain under review until after Christmas.
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In the beginning, there were three bird eggs.
The mama bird hid them in one of my ferns at the beach.
I checked on them a couple of weeks ago and they had hatched, but only two made it. These little darlings still look a little bald in spots.
This was taken last Saturday. They were more alert and their feathers are filling in. Cliff watered the fern the day before, but forgot they were there and thought he might have drenched them. They look fine, though. We've been very careful, since.
This was taken yesterday (Wednesday). Baby Darlings don't look too happy, do they. I have been worried about them in this heat. So every time I went out to have a look, I would blow on them. HaHa! I figured a little breeze would feel refreshing.
Oh my gosh! Look how cute! This was taken today. They are looking healthy and their feathers have really filled in...to the point that I believe you can tell that they are sparrows. If you look even closer, you may be able to see a few droplets of water on them from when I watered the fern today. But law, I need to talk to their mama. She needs to do a little house keeping....if you know what I mean.
I was a little bummed to say goodbye to them today. They will probably have left the nest by the time I get back from my bike tour. Maybe they'll come by for a visit now and then. Or, maybe they'll choose my ferns to raise baby darlings of their own.


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Dwayne Johnson had "some hesitancy" about marrying Lauren Hashian, after his divorce from Dany Garcia "did a number" on him.
The 47-year-old actor tied the knot with Lauren, with whom he shares two daughters, in Hawaii in August.
The nuptials came 11 years after his split from Dany was finalised, but the breakup had a lasting effect on the Jumanji: The Next Level star.
"My divorce did a number on me," he told WSJ. Magazine. "I wasn't fearful of getting married again, there was just some hesitancy. But Lauren was incredibly patient. (She said,) 'I love you, you love me, we have this amazing life together - no presh (pressure).'"
Dwayne, who also has an 18-year-old daughter with Dany, also opened up to the magazine about when he met Lauren - shortly after the breakdown of his marriage.
"Within 30 seconds, I thought, 'Wow, this girl's stunning,'" the former wrestler smiled. "At the time, I was going through my breakup with Dany and (Lauren) was just coming off a big breakup, too. Ironically, when you're not looking for something, the power of the universe kind of takes over."
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The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the Centre and the AAP government on a PIL seeking framing of guidelines to regulate the functioning of personnel in police stations and ensure the safety of the complainants and the accused.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Delhi government and the police seeking their stand on the plea by April 19, the next date of hearing.
The petition has alleged that the number of complaints of crime and corruption lodged against personnel posted in police stations was higher as compared to those in other departments of the police.
Petitioner Ajay Gautam has sought directions to the MHA and the Delhi government to lay down the duties and functions that must be performed by a personnel posted in a police station to ensure safety of the complainant and the accused in instances where no FIR was registered.
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Rudy Vallee
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He dropped out of college to join a British big band at London's Savoy Hotel but returned to Yale in 1925 and graduated with a degree in philosophy. In 1928 he formed the Connecticut Yankees band which was booked into the Heigh-Ho Club in New York. There he picked up his introductory "Heigh-Ho Everybody" and became the rage, singing into a megaphone to enhance his thin voice.
The Hollywood film, The Vagabond Lover (1929), featured the band, and their weekly radio broadcasts drew large audiences and high profile guests. Vallee also recorded several successful singles that year, including "Marie." He enjoyed success throughout the '30s as a radio personality and crooner and appeared in several films as a collegiate heartthrob.
But in the '40s he turned to character acting, playing a prissy millionaire with a pince nez in The Palm Beach Story (1942). He led a Coast Guard orchestra during World War II and returned to Hollywood to appear in more films, excelling as the nerdy boyfriend of Myrna Loy in The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer. (1947). His major role came in the stage version of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in 1961, which he reprised in the 1967 film.
He is credited with introducing "If I Had You" and "Sweet Lorraine."
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Stella Donnelly is commanding attention (and adoration) with her refreshingly woke songwriting style.
On her Instagram, Stella Donnelly is endearingly witty, down to earth (see: unflattering selfies and a text reminding her nan about an upcoming gig) and humbly supportive of her peers, whether it's her bandmates in groups Boat Show and Bells Rapids, or the female artists paving her way, such as Ali Barter and Alex Lahey. But like all your favourite girl crushes, she's also unashamedly straight-talking and unafraid to be searing on the issues that matter – such as the topic of sexual assault in her song "Boys Will Be Boys", in which she addresses the rape of a friend.


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A NETWORK of routes between the River Swale and the A1(M) link attractive village settings on the west site of Thirsk.
Starting from the village green at Pickhill, we head towards the primary school buildings and then follow the track that runs beside the school to pass through two metal field gates.
Our route continues along the left hand field edge and through another field gate before passing through a gap to reach another gate in the corner of the field.
Keeping to the left of a wooded area, we join a clear track (Church Lane) and take in views of the Hambleton Hills away to the left.
At the junction of routes we walk ahead along a gravel section between hedges that soon reaches the public road. Then a left turn takes us past Holme House Farm (on the left) into Holme.
Continuing ahead, we pass an old pump in the roadside verge (on our right) and, at the next junction, walk ahead to the end of the lane.
We turn right through a metal field gate and continue along the riverbank, with views of the Pennines away to the right.
There are two stiles along the next stretch, with a belt of trees to our left, and we follow the riverbank under overhanging trees to another stile.
Our pathway runs through the woodland to a footbridge over Howe Beck and we then turn sharp right beside the wood to a wooden field gate.
After a few yards to the right, our route turns sharply left through a metal field gate into Howe.
We follow the roadway through the village to a junction, where we bear left past Holly Tree Cottage to reach the B6267 road.
Crossing with care, we join the bridleway that runs past stiles on our right. At the junction of routes, we turn right and continue round to the left - with views of traffic in the near distance on the A1(M) and the Pennines in the far background.
Tall trees line the left hand side of our track, with a hawthorn hedge on our right, and we soon reach a gap (with waymarked post) that directs us to the right across the field.
At the field boundary, we continue ahead - with a hedge on the left - and pass through two gates and then a stile before we reach the B6267 road.
Turning right along the roadway, we soon reach a footpath on the left that runs past the former Weslyan chapel of 1815. Beyond the metal field gate, we head across the field to a causeway over the beck.
Continuing ahead to a wooden kissing gate, we then turn left around the field edge before following the right hand bend to a waymarked post that directs us to the right across the field.
Our path runs over a slight ridge and ahead to Sandyfield Lane, where we turn left - with views of the church tower at Pickhill directly ahead.
At the junction of routes, we turn left between high roadside hedges - with Park House Farm (on our right). At the next junction on the north side of Sinderby, we turn right again towards Pickhill.
Just past a bungalow (right) we bear right between high hedges to reach a metal field gate and then bear left for about 30 yards to cross a stile.
Following the hedgerow on the right, we walk ahead to pass the West Garth farm buildings on our left.
After about 200 yards we reach a gentle left hand bend and, at this point, we turn right through a gap in the treeline (100 yards before the edge of the field).
We cross a stile and bear left around the field edge (to pass close to a telegraph pole) before heading through a gap.
We follow the hedge on our right through a metal field gate and then bear left to another gate that leads to land with hedgerows on both sides.
This soon widens and bends right to the public road, where we turn right to reach our starting point on the green at Pickhill.
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LOCATION: Pickhill is 10 miles west of Thirsk via Busby Stoop and Skipon on Swale
START: Village green at Pickhill
DISTANCE: 7¼ miles
MAP: Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 302 Northallerton and Thirsk
GOING: Field paths and bridleways. Mainly level. Care needed crossing public roads and along sections of road walking
REFRESHMENTS: Nags Head Country Inn, Pickhill
DOGS: Under proper control
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS: Not suitable


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Wayne's Christmas Speech!
When Friday 23rd December arrived and with only 2 sleeps left before Christmas, we expected to finish a full day of work before our seasonal shutdown period. Having worked hard over the year, we all eagerly awaited family-filled break and chance to recharge our batteries for the New Year ahead. However, Wayne surprised us all by allowing staff to finish at 12 noon, with a small company gathering held to hear delivery of Wayne's Christmas speech.
Kicking off proceedings was our raffle, where various food and drink-type gifts given to us over the year were added so every employee could receive a prize.
Toasting the occasion, Wayne delivered his seasonal message, reminding us of the various successes of the year and thanking everyone for their contribution towards them. The Directors were also eager to input their own thanks, sharing how proud they were of everyone taking control to gain these achievements.
Finally, Wayne handed out "goodie bags" which he had put together earlier in the week. Containing things both sweet and savoury, everyone was treated to sweets, crisps, biscuits, wine and chocolates of multiple kinds to take home, whether to share with their families or keep to themselves.
Thank you Wayne for the wonderful treats, we look forward to an exciting 2017!


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I must know more about the Caliban thunder now, especially as it uses the same body as the Armada Evo. Potential rivals?
(Also @Mr.Computah)
I must know more about the Caliban thunder now, especially as it uses the same body as the Armada Evo. Potential rivals?
(Also @Mr.Computah)
Once again we, from "Deer and Hunt" let your designers go crazy. And so they cooked up this beast.
7L V10 producing 640hp, channeling all 714Nm of Torque through a 6 spd Seq Gearbox.Reaching the sprint 0-100 in only 4.7s. Cruise comfortable at 308km/h Vmax. New Aero-kit to guide the driver through any corner.
Join us on the Deer And Hunt booth to see all the generation of SuperCoupe RUT's and come see tomorrow how old and new are doing on the hillclimb!
Deer And Hunt - In Power we trust
The RS-GT was unveiled at the 2017 Tokyo Autoshow. This year, it received a visual update, and at goodwood, we're showing off a very special, very unlimited model of the RS-GT Racecar. This model includes a more agressive aero kit, and blocked grilles for better speeds. The RS-GT is one of the models entered into the Goodwood Shootout.
The Deva Goodwood is the maximum attack version of the 1987 Deva tuned by the Sakura Sport Champion Division (SSCD). It turned the V12 up, and added an over-the-top aero kit ontop. The AWD system as also tuned and modified to handle the new tune. This model will be making show runs, however none will be timed.
The DEKO Concept is a vision of the past taken into the future. It takes, and modernises the Deco styles of the 1920s and 1930s, and applies it to a modern vehicle. Inside is modern, With Sakura's AWD system, and a 5L V12 making over 1000hp. The Deko will be making a run up the hill at some point over the weekend.
The RS-K, or Race Sport-Kei is a Supersport Kei car made to run as a feeder/junior series for larger championships. With the car weighing in at less than 500kg, this is the lightest modern vehicle to leave Sakura's Sport Factories. This vehicle will be taking part in the Shootout.
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Anyone can take these for a spin, be it reviewers, or anyone interested. Just please don't modify them without my permission. Thank you.
Really? you named your car after deers being DTF???
Falcon Automotive presents the ultimate driver's car at Goodwood.
The 2019 Falcon RF, the newest supercar from the crazy petrolheads at Falcon.
Powered by Falcon's next generation 5.0 L naturally-aspirated V110-series V10 engine, the RF produces 680 HP and achieves a 0 to 60 MPH time of 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 213 MPH.
The RF is equipped with a 7-speed Dual Clutch gearbox for lighting fast gear changes and a state-of-the-art AWD system that allows the RF to stay planted on roads, be it mountain back roads or the track of your choice.
The RF's 0.287 drag coefficient is achieved by sleek designs and air channels to masterfully move air in the most efficient way possible.
With an eye on the environment, the RF's powertrain is capable of being run on E85 Ethanol fuel and has a combined fuel economy of 18 MPG.
The RF begins at a price of $150,000 USD or £114,000 GBP. Releases at August 1st, 2018.
A GTR track-spec trim is scheduled for release at the end of 2018. Expect a power output of 800 HP.
A RF achieved a time of 1:12.79 on the Top Gear test track. Stay tuned as the RF attempts to break records at the Goodwood Hill Climb.
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2018 Shelton Igor Concept
Right, a 2 door pickup truck or an ute as Australian calls it, lands on 2018 FOS. An unusual looking one too. So straight to the point, this ute is called Igor, named after Damion Shelton's father. And it's a concept car too. I know it looked pretty ugly but they'll change the design in the future.
The Igor is running on 4.5L turbocharged V6 that is capable producing up to 962hp and 744 lb-ft of torque and can reach 0-60mph around 3.9s and can reach up to 223mph. In keeping spirit of a muscle ute as they would say, RWD drivetrain was used. But why using V6? It's because they wanted to improve the fuel economy and saving money. Sounds bullshit but okay.
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We promised a surprise for everyone yesterday.So today,it's time to unveil the surprise! Introducing the Kyoki Raider XR!
Judging by its looks and name.You probably figure it out that this is an even-more-Xtreme version of Raider X.Although XR and X is a same model.But these two are completely different!X focuses at Technology.XR,on the other hand,focuses at Performance.
Raider XR is powered by a reworked version of X's 5L V8.First,in order to rev higher,the size of the engine has been decreased to 4.7L.Now the redline lays at 9350Rpm(9400).Secondly,the engine has been retuned and now uses race intake.The engine now producing 1317Hp and 1284Nm.
But the engine isn't the point.The car itself is the point.In order to obtain maximum performance,Kyoki Motorsports gave a massive effort on aerodynamic.The result,is truly "Kyoki"–Madness.
To two scoops at the roof allow air to goes in and out.This can assist the mega wing behind them to generates extra downforce.
These little flaps will lift up when the car is braking,allows the car to brake faster by increasing air resistance.
This is a new cooling vent Kyoki Motorsports developed.It is named "Wing Blade".Those 3 lines in the cooling vent can redirecting airflow,avoiding them to hit the car.This can improve drag performance slightly and stabilize the car at high speed.
With all of these combining with the mega lip at the front and the mega wing at the rear.Raider XR can producing 1.1ton downforce at 300kmh.Sadly it still can't upside down but that's good enough.
10 of these monsters will be produced.However only 5 of these will be sell out.The rest will be running on tracks for record and data,traveling around the world as a showcar or stays at the museum.Price starts at 1.2M USD.Be noted that Raider XR is not street legal.It means you can only drive it on tracks or leave it at your garage.
Car Spec:
Engine: 1317 Horsepower@7600rpm 1284Nm@6800rpm Redline:9400rpm
Layout: Mid-engined All-wheel drive
Gearbox: 7-speed Dual Clutch
0-100km/h: 2.2s
Brake distance 100-0km/h: 27.7m
Top speed: 320km/h
Weight Distribution: 38F/62R
Downforce: firstname.lastname@example.com/h email@example.com/h
Seating: Two
Curb Weight: 1308kg
Power to weight ratio: 1.007Hp per kg
Goodwood Hillclimb Lap time: 44.87s(I've tune the suspension for more than 5hrs for this lol)
Automation Track lap time: 1:47.21s(Poor straight line performance)
Estimated Price: $1200000 USD
Production run 10 units(5 will be sold)
After realizing the success of the Raizan X1 when all 250 were sold a year ago, Zenshi's ZMD division went to work on another extreme performance car, which is set to hit the market in 2019. The one shown in the FoS is a prototype, but ZMD has said that the final version won't deviate much from it.
The Shinden X2 is a successor to the Raizan X1, and is the 4th supercar created by Zenshi.
When designing the Shinden X2, the designers at ZMD took it upon themselves to design a car that would be elegant yet aggressive at the same time, which was a design cue used on the Raizan X1. Wanting to take a similar cue, yet a different approach, the designers started designing the car rear first.
Similar to the Shinden Concept back in the 2017 LA Auto Show, which majorly influenced the design of the X2, the Shinka design language can primarily be seen from the rear of the car, and flows aroundabout towards the front. Active aerodynamics can be seen with the three-stage rear wing that expands after being extended, as well as separate front lip wings that move depending on the position of the steering wheel.
Inside, the interior flows about the same way, using a mix of curves and edges to give that elegant and edgy style that Zenshi is known for on their cars. The dash is highly focused on the driver, with many controls being pointed directly towards the driver's side, similar to that of an aircraft fighter. Compared to the Raizan X1, however, the AIGCS used on the Shinden X2 is a lot more barebones and simple, being a smaller screen that reads out a lot more raw information. The display can be customized to read out simpler values, however.
Under the skin of the aluminium-panelled machine lies a carbon fibre chassis with multiple ZMD-tuned components, such as the suspension and the engine. The X2 dons 19-inch WedsSport wheels and ADVAN Ultra high performance tires, while the carbon brakes were co-developed by well-known brake developer P.MU to achieve maximum braking performance.
Originally, the Shinden X2 was shown with the same 4.0L Twin Turbocharged V12 that the Raizan X1 had. That has changed into a newly developed engine based off Zenshi's SA family of engines, the ER42-GDA2T. The 4.2L V10 makes a high-pitch, yet fairly brutish sound and produces an ample 875 HP delivering to all 4 wheels thanks to a highly advanced version of Zenshi's SM-AWS. This translates to a 0-100 km/h time of 2.4s, with a top speed of 375 km/h.
Chassis Code: ERX2
Drivetrain: AWD
Weight: 1551 kg
Engines: ER42-GDA2T
Power: 875 HP @ 8700 RPM
Torque: 544 lb-ft @ 7200 RPM
Redline: 9500 RPM
Transmission: 6-Speed AvanTech
0-100 km/h: 2.4s
80-120 km/h: 1.3s
Top Speed: 375 KM/H
Fuel Economy: (Ci/Co/HW)
Expected Japanese MSRP:
¥24,264,350 (~$215,850)
On the Goodwood Trial, the Shinden X2 finishes with a time of 50.09 seconds.
The new Montes supercar, is here!
Powered by a 5.9L naturally aspirated V8, with a crossplane crankshaft to improve the torque delivery, with 661hp at 8200 RPM, it moves the rear wheels with a MDC 7-speed gearbox (Montes Dual Clutch), is capable to reach 339km/h of top speed, and do the 0-100km/h in 3s, and thanks to the SCHI tech, it only requires 9L/100km of fuel!
And the SSX-R2 is available in two trims: GT, and GTS. The difference is the equipment and the gearbox only (6-speed manual optional on the GTS). The GTS it weights 1332kg, vs 1453kg.
More info, soon, on the Montes official website.
The specs are top secret, until the 2019 ANWEC.
Here you will be able to look at our lineup of RUT SuperCoupes's, chat with other Deer And Hunt Fans or just get information over our new releases!
The first of all the RUT models. Upgraded with better carbs, better gearbox and wider stance. This was the first factory tune. The car does struggel through the tight parts of the course, but manages to finish the climb without loosing a mirror.
The 1969 SuperCoupe RUT did the climb in: 1:11.67
The second generation of the SuperCoupe came with the first V6 Deer And Hunt ever produced.
For the RUT edition they swapped the base modell with a V8 and also gave it a wider stance. It was also lighted by removing the rear seat.
1977 Deer And Hunt - SuperCoupe Gen II RUT did the climb in: 1:12.97
Awarded with the "Best Engine Award 1988" and a role in Blurred Vision the RUT Version uses the same formula as the Gen II. Swap the V6 with a V8, give it a nice bodykit and remove the back seats.
The 1987 Deer And Hunt - SuperCoupe RUT Gen III did the climb in: 1.04.95
2001 Deer And Hunt - SuperCoupe RUT Gen III
After a long break the SuperCoupe came back in 1999. Under new Management the car structur changed massivly. No more Leafsprings and Pushrod engines. The message was clear: Deer And Hunt should look into the future, instead of looking into the past. This version added a TwinTurbo to the existing V8, producing 440 hp. 6 Speed Manual and again the car got rid of some kilos.
The 2001 Deer And Hunt - SuperCoupe RUT Gen III did the climb in: 1:00.91
2012 Deer And Hunt - SuperCoupe RUT Gen IV.
7L V10 with 500hp. LineLock and Launchcontrol. This is America. Loud, fast but still comfortable and tame. If one once to!
The 2012 Deer And Hunt - SuperCoupe RUT Gen IV did the climb in: 57.72
2019 Deer And Hunt - SuperCoupe RUT Gen V.
The newest entry. bigger, wider, badder. 640hp from a glorious V10. LineLock, LC and fully customisable suspension options. The car launches at the start going in the first corner with almost 200kph. On the second straight the SuperCoupe only barly misses the 200 mark. In the chicane the car as to watch out not the scratch the wide arches but it gets safely into the finish.
The 2019 Deer And Hunt - SuperCoupe RUT Gen V did the climb in: 0:56.88
FABEL, in cooperation with ChipsWorx Tuning and the ARX League Organisation, are proud to present a development prototype for the soon-to-begin 2018/19 ARX League rallycross season.
Starting with FABEL's Barnard city car, ChipsWorx stripped the car to its bare monocoque and fitted all-wheel drive, along with an ARX-rules compliant 3.5L turbocharged V6 engine producing roughly 570 horsepower. Racing tires, brakes and suspension, along with a very aggressive aero package and full safety cage in the car rounded out the modfications.
Performance of the Barnard ARX improved dramatically over the stock car to say the least, with the ARX now capable of running from 0 to 100 kilometres per hour in less than three seconds on all surfaces, and running up to a top speed of 227 kilometres per hour.
Running up the hillclimb here at Goodwood, the Barnard ARX managed the run in 50.50 seconds. Stay tuned for more news regarding the ARX League later this summer!
The new HX Has been redesigned from the ground up. Were happy to show you the new HX Series and what it has.
BThe front has been resesigned from bumper to frunk. Looks alot diffrent than the previous HX.
Front is more simple. Previous HX Has influenced The HX. Aerodynamics in the front as well.
Here is where the heart of the HX is. Its 5.6L Twin turbocharged V10 giving you 960 horespower and 725 lb-ft of torque. Using H-Drive, this goes 0-100km/h in 2.5 seconds and 80-120km/h in 1.1 Seconds. This car has active aero and a top speed of 223Mph. This does automation Test track in 1:58 Seconds. The HX-R weighs 3434 pounds.
2019 CMW CS42ER in Malachite Green
CMW is proud to present the 2019 CS42ER compact sports coupe. Building off the CS-Series, the Entwicklung-Rennsport division of CMW has created one of their most engaging and exciting cars to date.
Beneath the aggressive fender flares and sharp, carbon-fiber accentuated lines of the CS42ER lies a monster - a 3.3-litre, turbocharged inline-6 engine producing 421 horsepower at 6600 RPM and 485 newton-metres of torque at 4000 RPM. Coupled to a standard seven-speed dual clutch transmission and driving the rear wheels through a fourth-generation CMW R-EFlex electronic differential, the CS42ER rockets from 0 to 100 kilometres per hour in 4.2 seconds, on its way to a 270 kilometre per hour top speed.
Staggered fitment 19-inch wheels are standard on the CS42ER, with larger brakes fitted over the standard and VSport CS-Series giving increased stopping power and more confidence in performance driving situations. CMW's V-EDC electronically adjustable dampers give the CS42ER a comfortable, smooth ride befitting any CMW, while also providing superior body control over the conventional option.
The CS42ER proves that power and performance need not come at the expense of the environment, achieving a combined 6.3 litres per 100 kilometers in the Automation Combined Fuel Economy Cycle, equivalent to 151 grams of CO2 per kilometre of driving.
CMW CS42ER. Engineered to Succeed.
|Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive compact sports coupe
|lightweight, advanced high-strength steel monococque and aluminium/steel panels
|MacPherson strut front, multi-link rear, electronically adjustable dampers
|7-speed double-clutch gearbox
|4-wheel disc with ABS and advanced ESC with launch control
|Curb Weight
|1537 kg
|Weight Distribution
|Engine Descrption
|turbocharged inline-6
|Displacement (cc)
|421 hp @ 6600 RPM, 485 Nm @ 4000 RPM
|0-100 km/h
|100-0 Braking Distance
|32.9 m
|Top Speed
|270 km/h*
|Fuel Economy
|6.3 L/100km
|Base Price
(*) Top speed is electronically limited.
CMW Historica is proud to bring to you the #4 CRT-CMW Turbo. In 1989, CMW's ER Division built a series of racing prototypes to compete in the SASC Championship, a lucrative and grueling racing series spanning 25 events across the globe, From Daytona to Bathurst. The goal of the CMW Turbo was to prove the flexibility and versatility of CMW's powerplants, with a version of the P73 flat-6 engine running in all three sports car classes, as well as in the Prototype Challenge class, in which this car participated.
The CRT-89 chassis was built by CRT Racing Technologies as a spec chassis for the PC class, utlising the very latest advancements in materials technology and aerodynamics. CMW ER fitted a 3.9-litre, twin-turbocharged version of the P73 motor to the CMW Turbo, good for 699 horsepower at 7500 RPM, and able to propel the car to a top speed of 352 kilometres per hour.
Painted in the traditional Stahlblau of CMW racing cars, two CMW Turbos ran the first five races of the SASC Championship, with this car, Chassis number 89-C002 wearing the #4, taking victories at the Daytona 24 Hours and the Rio de Janeiro 6 Hours, as well as placing third in the Argentine 6 Hours. The CMW Turbo was neither the most powerful nor the fastest car in the field; instead, the team relied upon superior handing (on account of the light weight of the flat-6 powerplant in comparison to its V12-powered rivals) and reliability to secure podium finishes. Chassis C002 was retired after an accident at Road America, and never raced again in the series, as CMW rolled out a newer, more powerful turbocharged V8 engine to compete the remaining 20 rounds of the series, bringing home the championship in the company's last competition in the SASC before they redirected their efforts to Formula 1.
|CRT-CMW Turbo
|Mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports prototype
|carbon fiber monocoque and body panels
|double-wishbone front and rear
|5-speed manual gearbox
|4-wheel disc with ABS and traction control
|Curb Weight
|1109 kg
|Weight Distribution
|Engine Descrption
|turbocharged flat-6
|Displacement (cc)
|699 hp @ 7500 RPM, 680 Nm @ 6900 RPM
|0-100 km/h
|100-0 Braking Distance
|31.1 m
|Top Speed
|352 km/h
|Fuel Consumption
|200 kilograms/hour peak
And finally, no show at Goodwood is complete without hillclimb times:
|Hillclimb Time
|CRT-CMW Turbo
Atlas stage, smoke billows off the stage from smoke generators built in. An audience is seated in front of the dark stage, ready to see what Atlas has to show them at this years festival. A screen comes to life, the Atlas Logo rotates on screen for a few moments before stopping. It flies back and strikes the hood of a car, the camera in the video pulls back and car head lights flash on followed by the word VT coming in front. A Engine roars to life on the side of the stage, a spot light flashes on revealing the car on stage.
The Atlas Delta VT is show, revving up a storm. The spotlight fades out, the screen changes, a car drives in front of the VT on the screen. A large red X flashes in front followed by another engine as the Delta VT shuts off, another spot light reveals the car on the right, the Atlas Delta X RallyCross.
The loud rally car roars with its high strung 4 cylinder and turbo whistles. The Spot light fades once again. the screen turns to black. The atlas logo appears again, on the side of a dollar balanced on its edge on a desert track. A car rips past, sending the atlas logo toppling over. A car is seen roaring in the distance and drift around a corner. A camera view inside the car appears, the Howl of the high revving V10 can be heard. The car continues to race around the track at blistering speed before entering a dark tunnel. At the other end of the tunnel, the lights of the car come racing forward and stop.
The camera slowly zooms in on the front of the car. A Red R is glowing fiercely, followed by a Roar of a V10 Engine starting up on stage. A spotlight shows the Atlas R sitting in the middle between the atlas Delta VT and atlas Delta X RC. It revs its engine to redline with several loud pops and flashes of backfire out the rear exhaust.
The cars engine dies down, a man steps out of the car with mic in hand. "I hope you have enjoyed our short presentation showing off the Atlas Delta VT, a road going homage to the days of group B rally and the Atlas Delta X RallyCross to join the next season of rally," he says, "And the Atlas R, a car that carries on the heritage of the Atlas racing pedigree."
"To end our short show, We have one more surprise." He says and walks to the middle of the stage.
The Floor opens and an exotic classic racing car rises from under the stage. It is painted in the colors of the 1972 le mans race car that it was created from.
"We have brought our chassis #000 from our head quarters in Canada," He says, "The Atlas Velocity 726 edition was the first car for us as a company. The Atlas R draws alot of inspiration from this first car, including the heart of the machine. The 5.4 liter V10 in the Atlas R is directly built using the V30 FI engine in the Atlas Velocity as a basis. I hope you all have a good show here and enjoyed our past and present work. Have a exhilarating time at this 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed everyone."
The show ends with clapping and excitement. The stage is fully lit with all 4 cars, many of the audience come up to the stage to see them up close.
44,07, that is the time Shromet's 1,000+ Horsepower electric race car managed up the Goodwood hill this morning. After the climb, it was also announced that a road version of the Interval concept had been greenlit for production, but no such car was present at the show, other than the original concept car.
It was also announced that for launch, a special limited series Interval is planned, called the Interval 720, in refrence to the time set at Pikes Peak. Only 720 of these special series Shromets are planned, and slot number #001 was given to Jordan Jacobson, for his work in setting the time.
With only a few minutes of the festival to go, Evergreen Motorcars has announced it's first car since 96' the Orion. When the CEO was asked to sum up the car he gave this response. "We are incredibly proud to offer this car, we wanted to give people a premium car that was quiet, comfortable and yet still a bit of fun if a twisty road came along, we feel we have achieved this."
The model shown was a 4.2 V8 sports model with the nickname "Thunderback" which produces 400bhp and will do 0-60 in 4.5 sec, no doubt due to the AWD that all models bar the entry level will come with. The car goes on sale in a few weeks at an undisclosed price.
Some images of the Orion Thunderback
More details will be available soon on the Evergreen website.
It's been a cracking few days down here at Goodwood, what with it being the 25th anniversary and all. It's usually just a few hundred boffins and car nuts ogling some 50 million dollar racecar that someone stuffed into the hay bales but this year it has been somewhat more enthusiastic than some half-heartedly warmed up leftovers of a posh automotive garden party. I hadn't been down here for two or three years and since I'd just returned from the US (with Nathan, of course) and was to start a long term test of the Baltazar Stardust 2.0TS Lithium…. what better way to do that than by hauling myself and Nathan together with enough food to feed a small elephant, sleeping bags and a foldable tent, camera gear and computers… the list carries on but the Stardust gallantly swallowed everything. The 80 mile trip flew by with ease and the humble car impressed. We arrived a little early to set up and snoop around, mainly as Nathan had never seen this place before. The massive, quirky French central sculpture erected for Ceder's 90th birthday was hard to miss, being taller than Nelson's column but having various F1 cars precariously hanging on, it practically dominated the sky there. To add to that, there was some man with honking gigantic nads zooming about in a jet pack with near unbelievable skill and agility. After pitching camp and wandering about we were told to go get ready for a quick go up the hill in the Stardust as they had managed to squeeze us into the middle of some older cars that were practicing and preparing for the days to come. Cooking slowly in the purgatory heat as time refused to pass like the hot stifling air Nathan and I decided to have a look around the garages and see if any gems would catch the eye. A while later we were summoned to our task at hand to take a gander at the hillclimb, and by god it's hard to forget but oh so easy to underestimate if you just watch it from a screen or from afar - it isn't called a hillclimb for no reason. Even doing 60kph all the way up the hill is enough to make all your hair stand on end as the straights dart into trickly curved corners and as it heads upwards, the walls close in, the menacing bales look ready to tackle you like an offending rugby player. Seriously, I may come off as a snobby arse but I have the utmost respect and admiration for all these nutters that have the stout to cane it up the hill in unhinged, maniacal creations and flying through the course using their unparalleled skill, memory and reflexes to complete in under a minute. And god above, there was no lack of these monstrosities, even the madmen from Gryphon Gear showed up. By far my favourite was seeing all the aged beauties grace the hill, especially the Barricada V-8 2700SA. The freshly debuted and gorgeous CMW CS-series is something else I wouldn't mind having a go in, but perhaps I can leave that to Nathan as I've got this Stardust here (more on this car later when I follow up with an update after releasing the RJM review). I'm a bit disappointed GBF didn't show up this year, but oh well. Apart from a few crashes and a mishap with fuel lines in the pits that caused a fire, it has been an absolutely euphoric experience.
We have had one hell of a festival this year, just like we're used to. We've seen new and striking designs, historical stuff that triggers our nostalgia, but most importantly, we've had a great time with all of our fans out there. And as always, there's some stuff we couldn't help but glue our eyes to. Here's our picks for the GFoS 2018!
What a riot. See you next year Goodwood!
Thank you everyone for your participation in this event. We hope you enjoyed taking part.
The next event will be Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance; a page will be opened early next month.
Please do not unveil any more cars.


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Schumann called Chopin's mazurkas 'canons buried in flowers', a synthesis of Polish folk culture, nostalgia, poetry and political defiance. Performed chronologically they portray a subtle and confessional diary of a transcendent, innovative composer.
A lifetime's study for any pianist, Joanna MacGregor peels back the layers of one of the greatest collections of piano literature. For Joanna, this has been a very personal journey: "I've loved Chopin's mazurkas since childhood; I can think of no other collection that reveals a composer so intimately. Soulful, witty, and often dramatic, they can be experienced in a multiplicity of ways: as a diary of Chopin's life; as his laboratory for compositional ideas; as a testimony to Polish culture; and his elegant improvisation."
Recorded in the Britten Theatre at Snape Maltings, Joanna will perform the mazurkas in the entirety at the Wigmore Hall on 12 May 2017.
"I've taken the simple decision to record and perform all fiftyseven in order of composition, and to follow the intense unfolding of a composer returning to the same place again and again: from Chopin's first mazurka to his last."
As a student, Joanna clearly recalls hearing Horowitz perform in London in 1981: "I slept outside the Royal Festival Hall to be sure of getting a ticket. Of all the pieces he played at his recital, the miraculous Op.17 No.4 is my most vivid memory. Chopin's porous, unresolved fluidity in these works has inspired so many pianists; his mazurkas a witness to human vulnerability and longing."
The Complete Chopin Mazurkas is recorded on Joanna's own SoundCircus label. The digital recording will be released on Friday 12 May 2017 on all estores and platforms (including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Deezer, Spotify) via Believe Direct. The double CD will be available for sale at the Wigmore Hall on Friday 12 May 2017 and will be released by Proper Music Distribution to the UK and overseas retail (Amazon, HMV etc) on Friday 26 May 2017. The catalogue number for both physical and digital recordings in SCCD21705. soundcircus.com Joanna performs the complete Mazurkas at the Wigmore Hall on Friday 12 May 2017. wigmorehall.org.uk
ABOUT JOANNA MACGREGOR…Joanna MacGregor is one of the world's most innovative musicians, appearing as a concert pianist, conductor, and composer. Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and Professor of the University of London, Joanna is also known as an artistic director of festivals and concert series, including Bath International Music Festival and Dartington International Summer School and Festival. As a solo artist Joanna has performed in over 80 countries and is a veteran of over 40 solo recordings. Including the complete Chopin Mazurkas and Bach's Goldberg Variations, Joanna is known for her many collaborations with jazz, folk, pop, film, electronic and visual artists, writers and poets. She regularly performs at major venues throughout the world, including the Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, the Sydney Opera House, Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In 2012, she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Jubilee Honours.
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Latest in Paleo
Health news viewed through an evolutionary lens.
We found 8 episodes of Latest in Paleo with the tag "soda".
Episode 169: Whole in the Wall
October 23rd, 2016 | 58 mins 57 secs
calcium, heart health, isaac lidsky, salt, soda, supplements
On this week's show, we discuss some of the latest research and findings in our News & Views segment. Our stories are about how the soda industry plays politics to advance its agenda, whether salt is good or bad in the human diet, and whether calcium supplements pose a heart-health risk. The Moment of Paleo segment offers ideas about how we can think about areas of our lives, by analogy, based on what we know about whole foods vs. processed foods and supplements. In the After the Bell segment a truly thought-provoking talk about how we create ourselves with our thoughts.
Episode 123: Two Degrees
October 26th, 2014 | 1 hr 29 mins
aging, babies, dr. oz, green coffee, hunter-gatherers, longevity, michael pollan, self-sufficiency, sleep, soda, teenagers
This week's news stories: Soda linked to rapid aging; Green coffee study made famous by Dr. Oz has been retracted; we'll talk about sleep for teenagers, camping, and hunter-gatherers; a new study suggests hunter-gatherers were smarter than we previously thought. Also: self-sufficiency, Babies, what we might learn from one airline disaster, and Michael Pollan After the Bell.
Episode 46: Real Life
January 11th, 2012 | 1 hr 8 mins
chris kresser, emily deans, fat, future of food, injuries, mark sisson, meat, paul jaminet, soda, vandana shiva, yoga
This week, host Angelo Coppola talks about - soda, yoga injuries, in-vitro meat (lab meat), The Fat Trap (NY Times Magazine), high fat foods causing brain scarring, a Paleo Land segment featuring Mark Sisson, Paul Jaminet, Dr. Emily Deans and Chris Kresser, and After the Bell, it's The Future of Food.
Episode 33: Bring the Balance Back
September 20th, 2011 | 48 mins 54 secs
aging, carcinogens, cardio, grilling, longevity, low-fat, meat, soda, william li
This week's topics: American Meat, grilling, soda and aging, low-fat yogurt, carcinogens, cardio, and a new Moment of Paleo and After the Bell segment.
Episode 31: Ramen Green Light
September 5th, 2011 | 50 mins 47 secs
fat tax, mcdonalds, nutrition labes, obesity, sandy stec, soda
This week's show features: a listener update, comedy from Sandy Stec, soda link to obesity questioned (by shills in the beverage industry), takeout food in the UK, changing nutrition labels in Australia, the fat tax, 7 things McDonald's knows about your b...
Episode 25: You Owe it to Yourself
July 25th, 2011 | 53 mins 32 secs
antibacterial soap, caffeine, carbs, cholesterol, crossfit, exercise, free-range meat, nourishing traditions, obesity, ron rosedale, salt, soda, sugar
This week's topics: Nourishing Traditions, free range meats, soda lobbying, sugar and caffeine, national french fry day, state taking obese children, exercise for children under 5, antimicrobials and antibacterial soaps, the war on salt, cholesterol, carb
Episode 22: Don't Eat Me
July 4th, 2011 | 1 hr 5 mins
agriculture, american diet, bpa, diet soda, exercise, fasting, fermentation, juicing, pets, richard feinman, soda, soy isolate, vibram, vitamin d, weight loss
Topics covered: Paleo weight loss, juicing, Americans eating more, diet soda, Vibrams in the Army, BPA and mice, soy isolate, vitamin D, pets, agriculture, fermentation, fasted or fed exercising, Richard Feinman, foods that don't want to be eaten, and wha...
Episode 20: Clean 15 & Dirty Dozen
June 20th, 2011 | 1 hr 18 mins
barefoot, carbs, diabetes, don matesz, fat, loren cordain, paleo diet, produce, soda
This week's topics: barefoot kids, contaminated produce, poop burgers(!), saturated fat, fighting diabetes with soda, prominent Paleo blogger bids farewell to diet, freaky eaters, late night eating, and What is Paleo? in the Moment of Paleo segment; Dr. L...


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August 17 is National Honey Bee Day! It's a day to celebrate bees and bring together beekeepers and bee enthusiasts of all backgrounds to highlight the important role that bees play in our daily lives.
There are over 19,000 different species of bees globally, who are responsible for pollinating 30 percent of the world's food crops and 90 percent of our wild plants. Bees are absolutely essential to sustain life on this earth as we know it.
For the last 15 years, bee populations have been declining at an alarming rate largely due to climate change, habitat loss and pesticide use. Fewer bees mean fewer crops which not only impact food security, but also the economy and maintenance of a healthy ecosystem.
"Sadly, more than one third of all bee species are facing declines in population and almost ten percent are facing complete extinction," said Flow Hive co-inventor Cedar Anderson.
"But the exciting thing is that there are so many tiny actions all of us can do to play a part in protecting bees. Protecting bees is not just the job of beekeepers – we all have a role, and it can start in our own backyards," Anderson said.
Let's celebrate National Bee Day by creating thriving habitats for these essential little pollinators. Here are 5 easy things we can all do to help bees thrive.
STEP 1: Put the sprays away!
Pesticides are recognized as one of the leading threats to pollinators worldwide. Garden pesticides can be replaced with natural alternatives such as garlic, onion or salt spray, soap & orange citrus oil or even chili or pepper spray. Remember even natural sprays can harm pollinators so make sure to only use them outside of foraging hours.
STEP 2: Plant bee-friendly flowers
Even if you don't keep bees, planting a bee friendly garden is something anyone can do.
Find plants that bloom at different times of the year. Support a range of different pollinators throughout the different seasons. Trees and shrubs produce much higher quantities of pollen and nectar; however, smaller plants produce forage more regularly – it's great to have a selection of both.
STEP 3: Let your garden get a little messy!
Be garden lazy! Let your veggie and herb plants flower and let the dandelions bloom – the bees get to forage and you get some time off gardening duties – win-win!
STEP 4: Help educate children on the importance of pollinators
Educating children about bees and pollinators is a great way to get them involved with caring for the environment and provides an excellent excuse to get them outdoors and off the screens! If you have a vegetable garden, this can be a fun way to introduce the importance of pollinators – we need them to pollinate one-third of our food crops and 90% of our wild plants.
STEP 5: Become a beekeeper!
Discover the fascinating world and experience how caring for your own colony connects with your local environment. There's never been a more important time to act.
The Flow Hive
Born out of a concern of the decline of the honey bee, second and third generation father and son beekeepers, Stuart and Cedar Anderson, invented a beehive that allows for easier honey extraction. Their 'Flow Hive' harvests honey in a simpler way, straight from the hive and into a jar, making it gentler on the bees and much easier for the beekeeper.
"The Flow Hive speaks to the yearning in so many of us to be more in touch with the food we eat and more connected with the natural world. Our hive makes beekeeping easier and more accessible for thousands of people to enjoy this wonderful hobby which also benefits the planet," Flow Hive co-inventor Stuart Anderson said.
Flow Hive launched in 2015 through a record-breaking crowdfunding campaign which received support from tens of thousands of people around the world. In the four years since the launch, Flow Hive has reached over 65,000 beekeepers across 130 countries.
"We hope to encourage a new era of beekeepers around the world who bring with them enthusiasm, wonder, passion and purpose. Beekeeping increases our overall engagement with nature and reinforces our appreciation of how these magical creatures work," Anderson said.
The Flow Hive is being used on the rooftops of The Intercontinental Hotel and the Barclay Hotel in New York, The Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, North Carolina, at The Hague in Europe, Government House in the heart of Sydney, and at Parliament House in Canberra Australia.
Cedar and Stuart Anderson have supported grassroots pollinator projects in the USA and Australia by producing upcycled Pollinator Houses with all profits donated in the form of micro-grants to projects supporting habitat regeneration, protection and advocacy for bees. Flow Hive is also a Certified B Corp, helping to lead a global movement of people using business for a force of good.
For more information about how you can help bees watch this video.
For more information about Flow Hive visit www.honeyflow.com.


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I hope you raised a lot of money for Fun Run over the weekend.
Last week I left New Zealand to attend the Apple Educator Institute in Indonesia. There are teachers from all over Asia as well as Australia and New Zealand. The place that I am staying is very beautiful, right by the ocean. There are lots of palm trees and coconut trees.
This week I'll be learning a lot about how to use different Apple products in class but also telling teachers about what we do in Room 15.
What do you think I should share with the other teachers to show off our class? Do you have a favourite movie I could share?
Enjoy your week.