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Energy usage by the Bitcoin network currently uses more power than some countries and is set to triple by the end of 2018, a research study by a leading economist has revealed.
Alex de Vries, founder of crypto blog Digiconomist, estimates that computers part of the bitcoin blockchain, or miners, are currently calculating 26 quintillion hashes, in the first peer-reviewed article quantifying bitcoin energy consumption.
The economist says this means miners are using 2.55 gigawatts of power–almost as much as Ireland–and will surge to 7.7 gigawatts by the end of the year, the same level as Austria and a half per cent of the world total.
"To me, half a percent is already quite shocking. It's an extreme difference compared to the regular financial system, and this increasing electricity demand is definitely not going to help us reach our climate goals," he says.
De Vries finds that Bitcoin's burgeoning energy needs have already doubled since 2017, due to both an increased interest in bitcoin and also because it takes more energy to mine the undiscovered bitcoins still remaining.
Mining was once done at homes using a personal computer before evolving into specialized farms where rows of machines carries out blockchain calculations on a mass scale.
De Vries' numbers points to a single bitcoin transaction using about as much electricity as a typical household in a developed country such as Canada or the United States, with some 200,000 transactions a day worldwide.
"Bitcoin has a big problem. And it is growing fast," wrote the economist.
'Two sides to a story'
While De Vries argues that energy consumption will rise and threaten the efficiency of crypto mining, others say he has missed key factors in the present day and for what is coming in the future.
News BTC's Tim Copeland argues that access to cheap electricity in certain geographic areas–naming Canada, Iceland and some U.S. regions as examples–along with the rise of renewable energy could make the study "a trivial issue".
While admitted that Bitcoin mining will need increasingly more electricity, Mr. Copeland says that "existing hardware combined wth renewable energy sources will not affect the world's energy consumption all that much."
One such company that sells hobbyist mining rigs is looking to raise some $2 billion in an initial public offering, or IPO.
However, Canaan is expected to present itself to investors not as a bitcoin or crypto company, but as a chip designer focused on developing markets in artificial intelligence and blockchain, reported Reuters news agency on Monday.
The company's profits multiplied sevenfold last year during the bitcoin value boom from $1,000 in January last year to more than $19,000 in December, before dropping to its current status where one bitcoin is worth about $8,400.
"Their customers happen to be bitcoin miners. But they are a chip company, not a bitcoin company," a source with knowledge of the upcoming Canaan IPO told Reuters.
While bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general may be fluctuating in terms of its value, the industry for digital currency continues to surge in some underdeveloped countries and become more present in developed nations.


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It's widely believed that men have higher body temperatures than women. The observable truth is rather more complicated: there's not a noticeable difference in core temperatures for males and females, so the difference we observe is due to different skin temperatures and varying sleep patterns.
Picture by Bryan Brenneman
Over at The Conversation, Merlin Thomas explains how research demonstrates that adult male and female core temperatures are extremely close, typically hovering around 37 degrees Celsius. Female core temperatures can vary in pregnancy (or when taking hormonal contraceptives), but that variation is typically less than 1 degree.
Where we see variation is in skin temperature, which can range from a typical 33 degrees down to 25 degrees on cold nights for uncovered skin on extremities. In this arena, female temperatures are often lower by around 3 degrees. Differing sleep patterns also influence the gap.
Our perception of other people's warmth (or lack thereof) will generally reflect skin temperature, which is how the belief presumably came into being and also influences behaviour:
By having cooler skin, women appear to be more sensitive to incremental skin cooling, meaning it takes less (cold) to reach a point at which skin sensors "feel the cold", say enough is enough, and reach for the extra blanket.
The important lesson? It doesn't particularly matter what gender you (or your partner) is. If you feel cold, wrap up and don't blame your chromosomes.
Monday's medical myth: men are hotter than women [The Conversation]

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Mally Mall's leased Ferrari might not be his for much longer because the leasing company claims he's behind on his payments and now they want their money and their ride.
According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Ferrari Financial Services claims the rapper/producer leased a 2014 Ferrari California back on August 18, 2014. They claim the deal called for Mally Mall to pay $2,712.03 per month for five years.
The company claims the deal states that if Mally misses his payments, they are allowed to take possession of the vehicle.
They are not specific about how many payments the "Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood" star skipped, except to say he "made a few payments" and then "failed and neglected, and continues to fail and neglect, to make the lease payments."
Ferrari Financial claims they are owed $160,072.22 and says they have asked Mally Mall to return the car but claim he "has refused to do so."
They are suing for the money they are owed and want a court to order him to return the car.
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Speaking out about early-stage Alzheimer's
Chicago has a wonderful resource in the early-stage support group for Alzheimer's patients at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.
I visited this group four years ago while preparing an article on early-stage Alzheimer's and was struck by how rich and deep the conversation was.
The men and women there talked frankly about adjusting to their diagnosis, their longing to remain involved with their communities and their desire to be treated with respect.
In that 2004 article, I described how the patients were beginning to speak out about their experiences with Alzheimer's, which afflicts 2.2 million people in its early stages.
Another round of reporting on Alzheimer's last week brought me in touch with the group's former leader, Darby Morhardt, who told me about a booklet its members published.
The booklet, "What Happens Next?", is available free of charge (click here) at the National Institute on Aging's Web site.
Included at the end is a list of resources that can help people with early-stage Alzheimer's connect with support groups and other resources in their communities.
Most moving are the comments of the Northwestern support group members, who are identified only by first name. Their comments are a window into what Alzheimer's feels like, from the inside out. I include some of them below:
"This is a major attack on your confidence. You think 'This isn't fair, why me?' It helps to talk to others who are going through the same thing – to understand how they are experiencing it." – Gerrit
"I want to do something and I can't. I want something I can do." – Evelyn
"I'm fighting it (accepting my diagnosis). Deep down I know I'm wrong, but I'm still fighting it." – Al
"I'm still me with kinks." – Joan
"I have found it extremely positive to find out as much as I can about others who are affected." – Jenny
"You are going to be shaken out of your boots." – Elizabeth
For those of looking for a support group in the Chicago area, click here for a list, courtesy of the Alzheimer's Association's local chapter.


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In the city of inspiration and wonder, lived a certain someone. A human who, despite his hatred of the world, loved it so much too. The human was a man, no more than twenty-five or so. This man seemed to be normal. He lived normally, acted normally, and talked normally. He had goals, dreams, and hopes like everyone else in the city that he grew up in. However, to a few, he wasn't that normal at all. The man had black hair and crimson eyes and seem to wear the same jacket everywhere he went. But he didn't care that much, he had spares. And to the ones that knew this man, He had this mystery and wonder backed up to him and as a result, people who were hypnotized by his glances and smirks follow his every move.
They followed him on social media, as a chance to get to know him without ever leaving the house. They knew his name, age, location, his past, they knew everything about him and got new information about him as days past, weeks, maybe months. He couldn't tell or care otherwise. The one thing that disturbed the man though was how they took advantage of him and the opportunity of stalking him around. They started drawing him out to be this demon. A demon of lust, and envy. Someone or something that he was not. And whoever "they" were, he would be glad to tell him to stop. But he couldn't of course, there were too many of them. Too many of them to even bother. He had to stop them at some point. And he thought that way about them until one day, where everything changed for the better of "they" and for the worse for the man.
The man actually had brown hair and hazel eyes, and had a more pale, light tone of skin than what they depicted. He did wear the same jacket every time but not the jacket that they portrayed he had. And the whole "cell phone" thing, well they were correct about that, weren't they? I mean, the man did stomp on people's cell phones out of anger and rage. But he didn't enjoy it nor like doing it. It was just a impulse control thing and nothing more. The man sighed and started to check his media feeds for anything of the sort that "they" were trying to do to him this time around. And to his shock and surprise, he received an e-mail from an unknown. The sender was from Japan as he could tell from the address. The subject was in Japanese but the message was in English. Confused, the man read the message. All it said was the following;
"You may not know me as of yet, but I know you. Where you are right now, you don't belong there. You belong here, and it is obvious why that is. - Simon"
"Who the hell is Simon?" The man asked to himself before realizing that there was an attachment in the e-mail he just received. The attachment was a .jpg file, an image file with a Japanese name that was obviously written in Hiragana. He clicked on the file out of curiosity but it didn't take him long to realize it was a virus so he immediately deleted it from his computer. It was already too late by the time he did though.
A message popped up on the screen. It was some sort of chat application. Knowing it was playing a trick with him. He closed the application, it closed successfully but then the computer crashed soon afterwards. He threw himself to the bed in rage as he tried to calm himself down. He looked at the screen and sighed. I'm just overreacting. He said to himself as he got back up and reset the computer. What happened next confused him. The application from before opened on starting up the computer. It was the chat application from before! Shocked and worried, he tried to close the application, but it wouldn't close. He tried ending it with task manager, but it wouldn't work either. It looked as if he had to use it. And he did, for a bit.
He made an account for whatever this application was and logged in with the newly opened account. He successfully logged in to the application as he was taken to the chat interface.
Three people were online. All of them male and around the same age range. But before he could talk to these people to call them out of what previously occurred. He checked his profile. The profile had already been filled out for him. This made him furious and he wanted to know what was going on.
He started typing into the chat box furiously wanting to know what the hell had been going on with the computer. Someone had private messaged him. He agreed to open the pop-up and read the message. The message that was sent to him not only confused him but gave him this feeling of fear for some reason. It just didn't make sense and he needed to read it to understand it more clearly.
"Well then, it's about time you came here to talk to us."
He read the message and he still didn't understand the message clearly at all. But he didn't know exactly why somehow. Was the user not being specific enough with the statement the user just typed out and sent? Was the user implying something that he, himself couldn't get in a certain amount of time? None of it made sense to him and it took a toll on his mind very quickly. He became paranoid. He started hearing voices telling him to press onward. All of it was illogical to him, but he had to press forward. So he replied back.
"I'm not exactly sure what you'll trying to imply here, can you be more specific for me?"
He sent the message and waited. But as time went by, he was unaware that he was actually being drawn closer to the users themselves and their location. But surprisingly, it didn't take too long for the user to respond back. But what was sent to him unnerved him to the extent of starting up the madness which "they" had been spreading all around social media. Plus, there was some sort of reference being hinted in there, but he couldn't get it out. But at the same time, he knew what the message meant as well. The message read:
"Implying that at this point, you're just handing yourself over to us with time."
"Us, what did the user mean by "us"?" he thought. What the user was trying to say to him in context he could barely recognize or understand. He thought of leaving the application alone but he had this fear built up inside of him that they were watching him through the monitor and that they needed him to respond back. And with the fear becoming more and more clearer and more recognizable than before. He snapped in a bitter-sweet, yet confusing rage as he replied back to the user in fear and unpredictability of what he would spew out next.
"I didn't want this, I don't want this. Leave me alone, you bastard!!!" He typed back to the unnerving user.
Just then, at the peak of his anxiety, a knock could be heard from the door of the apartment. He sighed, while being impatient from stress caused by the chat application, He checked to see who was out there. However, to his dismay and shock, there was no-one out there. He began to get more paranoid. He didn't want to be stalked by "them," he didn't want all of this attention and fame go up to him. A web of thoughts came flashing through his mind soon after, a web of "what if's." He thought about the situation for a bit before realizing that the user had replied to him. He checked the monitor to see what the message was. To his surprise though, the user sounded out as if he knew him already.
"Wait, what?" The user replied. Then a few seconds later he sent another message.
"Well, that's ironic coming from you seeing as you're an attention whore with no sense of morality."
He had had it with the user. He wanted this nightmare to stop. And as soon as he finished reading the user's message, the sooner the computer started to lose control. The application closed by itself and with that, a pop-up message appeared. Right before the computer crashed once again, he was able to read the message. The message read in a serious manner;
"You are not who you think you are. We know who you really are."
The computer then crashed again but this time, he couldn't start it back up no matter what he did. He stared at the monitor in shock, fear, and disbelief. What the user meant by what he said he had no intentions of ever knowing the answer to. Because by the end of the day, "they" would come for him and take him away from this reality. Either way, it was pointless to go back for the monitor. He wanted to go outside and take as much time he needed to calm himself down. But as soon as he got back up, he heard a knock at the door. He checked who was outside his apartment door and there was somebody there this time. But he couldn't get the courage or confidence to open the door because it might've been the user who was talking to him a couple of minutes ago.
He just stared at the other guy for a moment. The guy seemed to be a decade younger than him, maybe around freshman year of high school. He had blonde hair that was obviously dyed and he had brown eyes. The guy's skin to his surprise and dismay was a light, tan colour. And It was obvious to him now that he was of Asian descent. As the other guy looked up and turn his head to face him, he backed away from a door a bit. The other guy then started walking towards him and bashed his fist against the door while screaming out sentences in another language, probably Japanese by the sounding of it.
He couldn't help however but open the door right then and there but yet, he didn't want to either. He still felt the paranoia from before. However, he really needed to know what the teenager wanted from him and alas, he went up to the door and opened it slightly.
"Who are you and what do you want from me?" He asked the teenager.
The kid just smirked at him like the teenager thought he was stupid for asking him that question. And seeing as he is able to speak Japanese and spoke his question in that language, he could understand him.
"Don't you remember me?" The teenager responded. "You've always pushed me around like I'm your pet."
He became baffled and confused at this point, not that he didn't get what he was saying, but because he did not know why he said it. It became clear to him however that there was no turning back at this point and just as the teenager became anxious himself for him not responding. He immediately gave in to him being unwilling to fight back because it was pointless to do so.
"What do you want from me?" He asked the teenager once again.
The teenager was glad he asked that because he was now fully aware of why he was doing the things he was doing. The teenager gladly responded to his request and said it in a happier tone than before.
"Oh, you lost your memory I see." The teen responded. "That's what I thought."
The kid then injected him with some kind of medical substance. He then passed out in front of the teenager a few seconds later with the knife appearing in his hand shortly afterwards. The boy just stared at him before jumping excitedly like a kid in a candy store with his eyes set on a certain type of candy. The teenager then abruptly stopped and smirked once again when he woke up. He had changed both physically and mentally as he looked around the room.
He now had black hair that was messy in all of the minor places, he now had crimson eyes like "they" had been talking about on social media. He also now had the exact skin tone as the teenager. He grabbed the knife and placed it in his coat pocket. What he wanted to do now he had no idea but at least everything was normal once again and with the boy just staring at him waiting for a response. He turned to face him, smirked and responded.
"Kida? What the hell are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with the others or something?"
Kida quickly replied.
"I guess so, Izaya. Whatever keeps you going."


text: Weekly Economic Commentary | Week of June 9, 2014 posted 6/13/2014 in Investments Highlights The latest edition of the Fed's Beige Book indicates that the negative headwinds that have held theU.S. economy back over the past five years may be declining. The rebound in our Beige Book Barometer is consistent with the Fed's view that the contraction ineconomic activity was mostly weather related. We continue to expect that the U.S. economy (as measured by real GDP) may grow at 3.0% in 2014. Uncertainty and lack of confidence around fiscal policy that dominated the Beige Book in 2013 is fading, but health care is still a concern.Beige Book: Window on Main StreetModest-to-Moderate Economic Growth ContinuesThe Beige Book is a qualitative assessment of the U.S. economy and each of the 12 Federal Reserve (Fed) Districts. We believe the Beige Book is best interpreted quantitatively by measuring how the descriptors change over time. The latest edition of the Fed Beige Book, released last Wednesday, June 4, 2014, ahead of the June 17 - 18, 2014 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, once again described the economy as increasing at either a "modest" or "moderate" pace, while "prices of both inputs and finished goods and services were mostly steady to up slightly" and wage pressures were "generally subdued." The modest-to-moderate description of the overall economy has now been used in the last nine Beige Books, andin 10 of the past 11 dating back to March 2013.Sentiment SnapshotTo provide a snapshot of the sentiment behind the entire Beige Book collage of data, we created our proprietary Beige Book Barometer (BBB) [Figure 1]. The barometer ticked up to +102 in June 2014 from +87 in April 2014 and +62 in March 2014. At +102, the latest reading is the highest since the April 2013 Beige Book (+112), and more importantly, the barometer is now finally back above the October 2013 reading of +97, which was released just prior to the onset of the harsh winter weather that gripped much of the United States in December 2013 and most of the first quarter of 2014. The +102 reading on the Beige Book Barometer in June 2014 is the second-highest reading in the history of the data -- only the +114 reading recorded in January 2005 was higher. The rebound in our Beige Book Barometer is consistent with the Fed's view that thedrop in economic activity -- real gross domestic product (GDP) contracted at a 1.0% annualized rate in the first quarter of 2014 -- was mostly weather related. In addition, we found that the word "weak" or its variants appeared just 25 times in the June 2014 Beige Book, half the long-term average of 50 mentions. This suggests to us that the negative headwinds that have held the economy back over the past five years may be declining. Weather was a big driver of the weakness in the Beige Book in the winter of 2013 - 14, but the arrival of more "normal" weather this spring held the weather mentions to just 35 in the latest Beige Book, with two-thirds of those mentions used in a positive context. Looking back, weather was mentioned 103 times in the April Beige Book, but only about 60% of the mentions were in a negative context; the remaining 40% were in a positive context, in many cases describing how economic activity rebounded after poor weather held down activity inprior months. The 103 mentions of weather in the April 2014 Beige Book compared favorably to the 119 mentions in the March 2014 edition. Note that of the 119 mentions of weather in the March 2014 Beige Book, almost all were in a negative context.To put the 119 mentions of weather in the March 2014 Beige Book in historical context, weather was mentioned only 48 times in the Beige Book released just after Superstorm Sandy hit the U.S. East Coast in October 2012. Weather was mentioned a total of 61 times in the three Beige Books released during the unusually cold and snowy winter of 2010 - 11. On balance, the 119 mentions of weather in the March 2014 Beige Book -- along with 31 mentions of the word "cold," 24 of "snow," and 35 of "severe" -- suggest that the weather's impact on the economy in the early part of 2014 was widespread and significant. This reinforces our view that the 1.0% drop in real GDP in the first quarter of 2014 was almost entirely weather related.Looking ahead, we expect the improvement in the economic data to continue throughout the second quarter of 2014. We continue to expect that the U.S. economy (as measured by real gross domestic product [GDP]) may grow at 3.0% in 2014 -- accelerating from the sub-2.0% growth rate in 2013 -- based on the drags from 2013 reversing (tax hikes, government spending cuts, Europe recession) and a modest improvement in business spending, which would simply equal the average pace of real GDP growth since the end of WWII.The data released thus far in the second quarter of 2014 (employment, Institute for Supply Management [ISM], vehicle sales, retail sales, industrial production, Index of Leading Economic Indicators) suggest that the economy may expand at a pace well above its long-term average in the second quarter, a snapback from the weather-induced weakness in the first quarter of 2014. The GDP report for the second quarter of 2014 isdue out at the end of July 2014. Please see our upcoming Mid-Year Outlook 2014 publication for details about our forecast for the second half of 2014. Uncertainty Fading; Health Care Still a ConcernThe uncertainty and lack of confidence around fiscal policy (fiscal cliff, debt ceiling, sequester, government shutdown) that dominated the Beige Book for most of 2013 is now clearly fading [Figure 3]. In both the April and June 2014 editions of the Beige Book, there were only 12 mentions of the words noted above, after 18 mentions in the March 2014 Beige Book, and 26 mentions in the January 2014 Beige Book. These words were mentioned 65 times, on average, in each of the eight Beige Books released in 2013. As we wrote in our Outlook2014: The Investor's Almanac, we continue to expect concerns over government policy to fade over the course of this year. Good weather or bad, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and health care in general, has remained a consistent source of concern among respondents to the Beige Book, although the impact has faded a bit recently. The ACA (and health care in general) received just six mentions in the June 2014 Beige Book, down from 17 mentions in the April 2014 Beige Book and 22 in the March 2014 edition. On average, the ACA/health care saw 22 mentions per Beige Book in 2013. We continue to expect this topic to appear frequently in the Beige Book in the quarters ahead as businesses and consumers adjust to the rollout of the legislation. The midterm congressional elections and the approach of the start of the open enrollment period for 2015 (November 15, 2014) may cause an uptick in concern around health care in the Beige Book. How the Barometer WorksThe Beige Book Barometer is a diffusion index that measures the number of times the word "strong" or its variants appear in the Beige Book less the number of times the word "weak" or its variants appear. When the Beige Book Barometer is declining, it suggests that the economy is deteriorating. When the Beige Book Barometer is rising, it suggests that the economy is improving. Beige Book: How It WorksThe Beige Book compiles qualitative observations made by community bankers and business owners about economic (labor market, prices, wages, housing, nonresidential construction, tourism, manufacturing) and banking (loan demand, loan quality, lending conditions) conditions in each of the 12 Fed districts (Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Kansas City, etc.). This local color that makes up each Beige Book is compiled by one of the 12 regional Federal Reserve districts on a rotating basis -- the report is much more "Main Street" than "Wall Street" focused. It provides an excellent window into economic activity around the nation using plain, everyday language. The report is prepared eight times per year, ahead of each of the eight Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. The next FOMC meeting is June 17-18, 2014.The word clouds or text clouds on page 2 are a visual format useful for quickly perceiving the most important words in a speech, text, report, or other transcript. They are culled from the Fed's Beige Books published last week (June 4, 2014), the prior report (April 16, 2014), and the report from a year ago (June 5, 2013). In general, the more often a word appears in a speech, text, report or other transcript, the larger that word appears in the word cloud. The word clouds show the top 50 words for each of the three Beige Booksmentioned above. Similar words are grouped together and common words like "the," "and," "a," and "is" are excluded, as are words that appear frequently in all Beige Books (federal, district, loan, level, activity, sales, conditions, firms, etc.).IMPORTANT DISCLOSURESThe opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. 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Hermès Printed Constance for SS17
Hello lovelies, and welcome to the first blogpost of 2017!!! This year, I thought I'd start the year with something bright, cheery, and bold, from an ultra-luxe brand, so here's the Hermès Constance III bag in an "On a Summer Day" print on Swift calfskin!
It really is great that Hermès has a happy piece like this as part of its seasonal collections, because it really isn't often that we see something like this on their bags, isn't it? There was that Tattersall canvas Constance that was offered as part of the 2016/17 Fall-Winter Collection , and now this "On a Summer Day" motif one from the upcoming Spring/Summer 17 collection, so could Hermès be starting to introduce more happy-printed bags as part of their seasonal offerings? Whether they are, or aren't (I'm rooting for the former!) remains to be seen, but don't you just love the bold and vibrant hues on this print designed by British artist Nigel Peake (who works very closely with Hermès) that is said to be inspired by a "summer stroll through the city"? I know I certainly do, and besides, the print reminds me of those beautiful modernist street art walls.
Then again, I know that this type of print is something that you'll either love or hate, because I know that there are many Hermès purists out there, who prefer the more clean and Classic look that the Maison has come to be recognised for. With my love for prints and colour (haha no surprises here!) I embrace the fun side of this bag with arms wide open. What about YOU?


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Valentin De Boulogne : Beyond Caravaggio (HB)
Focusing on the emergent naturalistic painter Valentin de Boulogne in the years following Caravaggio's death, this divulging monograph on one of the great founders of modern painting is the first of its kind to be published in English.
This new edition expands on its source material with a variety of essays written by an international team of experts, examining the influences of Caravaggio's radical style in Valentin's depictions of life in seventeenth-century Rome. Featuring over fifty lavishly illustrated paintings by Valentin, the authors offer a tantalising look at the rise of modernity through the lens of an often under-recognised artist.
Offering a range of comparative works to help situate his oeuvre, Beyond Caravaggio is an appealing read for those with an interest in both Valentin and Caravaggio.
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|October 2016
|Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Berlin 1945.
Watch the film about a group of young ladies, transported to 1945 Berlin. Those young ladies volunteer for the ATS service (I'll tell you more about this service in a minute).
It's summer 1945. The war ended on May 8.
Since then, the city of Berlin has been divided into different sectors, controlled by the Soviets, the Americans, the British and the French armies. The mood is divided – of course, people are tremendously happy that war is over.
On the other hand, most of the Germans are grieving because they lost friends and relatives during the war – who either died as soldiers while fighting in Russia, France, Italy, the Balkans, Greece or at one of the other frontlines. Or they died during the bombing of German cities.
The city is severely damaged – many houses are uninhabitable. Piles of "Trümmer" (that's what ruins and the debris are called in German) are characteristic during those 1945 days. The Berlin inhabitants face serious malnutrition, and struggle to scrape together food for their families each and every day. (Not to justify things! Just a list of challenges posed by the post-war situation, and how a German person would have experienced it in 1945.)
After 12 long years of Nazi education, propaganda and brainwashing, all Nazi-related things are suddenly now forbidden.
The citizens of Berlin are faced with the fact that their city is now populated – and ruled – by foreign soldiers: Black soldiers from the US, black North African soldiers from the Maghreb or from France. Russian soldiers are also frequently seen in the streets. The Germans have yet to learn how to come to terms with this new situation. Up until that moment these people were "enemies" – and suddenly they now have to work out how to live side by side. Having been opponents in war for over five years – worlds now collide as those foreign soldiers populate the city.
Whereas the official rules for soldiers forbid any private contact with German civilians, people actually do MEET, speak, trade food and cigarettes, visit each other and, eventually, even fall in love …
(Sidenote: You may not forget that there were an estimated number of around 150,000 German women who were raped by foreign soldiers!)
The British Army, however, tries to limit the contact between their soldiers and the citizens of Germany. Private meetings and visits are actually forbidden – "fraternisation" is the term for this ban.
In this setting, a group of British ladies arrives.
Protected and guarded by British male soldiers, they are wandering around like tourists in the shattered city of Berlin.
Describe how they move around, and what they see …
… the Nazi emblems mounted on the walls of former Nazi palaces (especially, in the film footage around minute 0:50 and 1:52!)
… the great piles of rubble where famous Berlin grand hotels had previously stood for decades and decades.
… how the women stand together in a group, smoking cigarettes and chatting.
→ What else do you see, and want to include in your scene?
Then add a CONFLICT.
Describe how a German woman approaches the ATS ladies, and shouts insults at them. Place yourself this German woman's shoes, and explore her frustrations: How she – an inhabitant of Berlin for years and years – sees those British ladies walking around her city. She sees them observing and inspecting everything with detached interest, as if they're viewing exotic animals in a zoo. Roaming around the city as if it were theirs .
Let the German woman reveal all of what she experiences: the hardships. The hunt for food. The fear of being raped every night. How it is to live in a damaged house. How it is NOT to know if your husband will ever return from Russia, if he's a prisoner of war – or if he's actually dead.
Let the German woman SHOUT at the British group.
Her goal is to let those British ladies – as protected as they are – know how she suffers. She wants them to have an unfiltered glimpse of what post-war Berlin is actually like.
However, the British ladies, too, are no strangers to the misery of war.
Several of the young women have served as volunteers in an anti-aircraft gun battery, or worked with Service Vehicle Maintenance on motor vehicles or even tanks. Some of those British ladies experienced the bombing of Great Britain, and lost friends and relatives during the London Blitz.
→ Write a heated, testy, petulant conversation between the German lady, and the British group.
Narrate how they battle with words.
How they argue.
Let the worlds COLLIDE.
Want prompts like these every Tuesday?
If you need more background information about those British ATS ladies, here it is.
- Read how a former ATS girl remembers Berlin in 1945
"My friend Peggy Quinney and I were the first two ATS girls to enter Berlin after the fall in 1945 …" Read this breathtaking eyewitness report.
It's a report for the "WW2 People's War. An archive of World War Two memories – written by the public, gathered by the BBC". Contributed by brssouthglosproject, Article ID: A5325392, uploaded on August 25, 2005.
People mentioned in this report: Hilda L Witchell, Peggy Quinney
Quote: "My lasting memories of Berlin are of a city with no birds or cats as they had been eaten by the starving survivors …"
- If you need yet another setting, try this one: Several ATS girls and soldiers visit Hitler's Palace called "Reichskanzlei", now lying in ruins.
- Want to know how ATS ladies actually served during WWII?
Browse these image databases, so that you can write about their backgrounds – how they were trained, and what they experienced during the war.
Also, explore what their motivation was to sign up for voluntary service with an institution like the ATS. View the 1940s-1944 posters that motivated those women to join forces:


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If you remembered and appreciated the classic and epic gameplay from PC title, Syndicate, then you're in luck as developer, 5 Lives Studios, is bringing back to "life" its very essence which the early release of Satellite Reign on Steam. The visuals are pretty amazing for first impressions as the setting takes place in a cyberpunk environment. Presented in a zoomed-out isometric view from above, the atmosphere gives a nice array of colors from this futuristic city.
You'll get the chance to send commands to your four agents as they hack open doors, take out guards, and become invisible in order to infiltrate a building in a point-and-click fashion. But each has their own set of functions. For instance, one is an expert as a shooter, while another is considered a healer for the group. Then you have an agent effective in stealth while the last is good at hacking machines and people. In effect, there's quite the mix of puzzles, action, and strategy implemented here so far.
To date, this early access to Satellite Reign will allow you to play the downtown district. Keep note that this title is still at development. While there are some bugs that 5 Lives Studios are still working through, this game is looking very promising.
Considering that Satellite Reign has quite the path to take before it reaches its final release, you shouldn't expect a long enough time spent in terms of gameplay. Nevertheless, if you want to take a preview and be on the constant insight in the game's development, it wouldn't be a bad idea to get the early access on steam to this ambitious title. I'm very excited to see how Satellite Reign develops in the future.


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Jefferies Group dramatically reduced its gross exposure to Europe over the weekend.
The firm sold off $1.1 billion of both long and short positions on the sovereign debt of Italy, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, and Spain. The firm says that is 49.5 percent reduction in its gross holdings since the close of business Friday.


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The College of Optometrists and Public Health England have mapped the College-accredited Professional Certificate in Medical Retina to the new level three Diploma for Health Screeners (Diabetic Eye). The alignment will allow optometrists who study for the updated Professional Certificate in Medical Retina to cover all requirements for the level three Diploma for Health Screeners (Diabetic Eye), with the exception of the diabetic retinopathy imaging unit, without carrying out the majority of the NHS England diabetic eye screening programme (DESP) training.
Jackie Martin, director of education at the College of Optometrists explains, "This is a great development for those who complete the Professional Certificate in Medical Retina. Optometrists with our revised qualification will be automatically exempt from the majority of the NHS England DESP training. It means if you have the revised College-accredited qualification, and you are working where optometry-based diabetic retinopathy screening programmes are commissioned, you could be part of the local service pathway with a qualification specifically aimed at optometrists, rather than completing a course designed for a range of healthcare professionals. We're expecting that this alignment will make the Professional Certificate more attractive to a range of optometrists; those practising in areas where DESP schemes are commissioned, using optometrists and hospital optometrists looking to get involved with secondary and arbitration grading and optometrists who have an interest in medical retina and diabetic retinal imaging."
Patrick Rankin, national programme manager of the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening (NDESP) said, "NDESP are pleased to have worked in collaboration with the College to provide this additional route for optometrists to work within the Screening Programme. It recognises the key role optometrists continue to have in the provision of the screening programme whilst also acknowledging their role as independent regulated practitioners. Diabetic eye screening reduces the risk of sight loss among people with diabetes by detecting diabetic retinopathy early when treatment is most effective. Thanks in part to the screening programme, diabetic retinopathy is no longer the leading cause of blindness in England. We look forward to working closely with the College on future projects to further contribute to the role of optometry within the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme."
The Professional Certificate in Medical Retina is part of a growing collection of higher qualifications developed by the College in order to enable optometrists to provide extended services in key areas such as contact lens practice, glaucoma, low vision and paediatric eye care. Courses are undertaken on a part-time basis and are designed to fit with life in a busy practice or hospital department.
Optometrists interested in enrolling to complete the revised Professional Certificate in Medical Retina should contact one of the three providers of this qualification for more details about when the revised version will be available. For optometrists who already have this qualification there may be opportunities to upgrade to the new version with the relevant training provider.


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When Arkansas-based Cara Brookins escaped her abusive marriage, she couldn't afford the home of her dreams for herself and her four kids. With a resilient spirit, a "mile-wide stubborn streak," and the help of YouTube, this mom pulled off the ultimate DIY project – she built the house herself. Check out this heartwarming story from our friends at Real Simple.
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They built their home from the ground up using YouTube tutorials. [MUSIC] Purchasing a home was financially impossible, but that didn't stop Cara Brookins from giving each of her children their own rooms. And we just had the idea, well, what if we build one. We can afford to buy all the supplies, so we could just put it together ourselves. With no prior knowledge, they used YouTube. [MUSIC] I've learned that I can do anything. Do something big, take a big leap and just set an impossible goal. And with enough determination, you can do it. [MUSIC]


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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Afghanistan war soldier and whistle blower tells what he witnessed.
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- abbykautt said...
This just breaks my heart, to think that these young men are being turned into heartless killers of men, women and children.
God help us, and thank you for posting!
- August 17, 2010 at 8:07 AM
The police forces here pretty much operate the same way. They just have to be more careful here and not do it as openly.
- August 18, 2010 at 7:04 AM
Even if the police get caught in an incriminating video, the police officer will just get a free paid vacation and a pat on the back.
- August 18, 2010 at 7:04 AM
Exactly Mr. Daniel. Police in this country are above the citizens and above the law. They are lawless and wicked people. These soldiers are the same people that come home and become cops to terrorize the citizens here.
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Tibetball (also called Xizangball by the Chinese) is an autonomous region of South-West Chinaball and also an ethnocultural region. It is the second largest Chinese division but the least inhabited one.
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Commenting on the commission, Adam MacDonald, director of Sky 1, said: "After two successful series, it's extremely exciting to be bringing back Yonderland to Sky 1 for a third adventure.
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Extend System C Drive
Extend system C: drive in Windows Server 2012 non-destructively
The same with previous Windows editions, After running Windows Server 2012 for a long time, you'll find that the system C drive becomes full and no free space to install Windows updates or applications. New technology make things easier, nowadays, you can extend the system C drive directly without starting from scratch. This page introduces how to extend system C: drive under Windows Server 2012 Disk Management console and using 3rd party partitioning software.
Extend C: drive in Server 2012 Disk Management
In Windows Server 2012 Disk Management console, you'll see the disk partitions that connected to this server, furthermore, you can do basic management, such as create, delete, format partition, etc. Beside the basic functions, the built-in "Extend Volume" and "Shrink Volume" can do some advanced partitioning operations. "Shrink Volume" is used to reduce the size of a partition and release unused space from it. "Extend Volume" can be used to extend a disk partition, however, there is limitation.
If there is adjacent Unallocated space behind, you can extend the system partition easily. Right click C: drive and select "Extend Volume", complete the Extend Volume Wizard.
The scenario CANNOT extend C drive
You cannot extend a partition if there is no adjacent Unallocated space, such as below: (the Extend Volume function is grayed out when you right click drive E:)
If you reduce drive E by Shrink Volume, the Unallocated space is behind E, which cannot be used to extend system C drive or the data partition F. So the only choice to extend system C drive in Disk Management is deleting the adjacent data partition to get Unallocated. It is NOT a good idea? The task becomes much easier if you use server partitioning software such as NIUBI Partition Editor.
Extend system partition with partitioning software
The first thing you should concern when selecting a 3rd party software for a server is its safety and stability. The server keeps the connection of your organization with the users, and it stores important data, so nobody would like to see damage caused by 3rd party program. NIUBI Partition Editor integrated unique Roll-Back Protection technology, which is able to roll back the server to the status before resizing partition, even if power failure or any other hardware issue occurred. So don't worry about Operating System and data safety.
Furthermore, the optimized file-moving algorithm helps resize partition 30% – 300% faster than ANY other tools, which is strictly tested.
Steps to extend C: drive in Windows Server 2012
Step 1: Download NIUBI Partition Editor, right click D: drive and select "Resize/Move Volume".
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Click OK and back to the main window, where you'll see 20GB Unallocated space created behind C: drive.
Step 3: Drag the right border rightwards to hold the Unallocated space.
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"For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it." Luke 9:25
On this Veteran's Day 2010, I want to pay tribute to those who have served to protect and preserve my freedom to write in this blog and your freedom to read it! I am very grateful that there have been millions of brave troops who were willing to risk their lives to defend the American way of life.
They remind us that there are some things that are worth dying for. That alone is worthy celebrating! Why? Obviously, if there was nothing worth dying for their would be nothing worth living for.
What makes America great is what makes it worth dying for - FREEDOM!
Patriot, Patrick Henry expressed it in his immortal declaration, "Give me liberty or give me death!" That is the spirit that has motivated brave young soldiers to leave their cities, and villages, and farms to go to war in far away lands. Far too many never returned.
The highest tribute you can pay is to be good stewards of the freedom for which they shed their blood. And there is no greater freedom than spiritual freedom!
Freedom, with all its blessings, also provides opportunities to do wrong and harmful things. The rights that come with freedom must be balanced by the responsibilities it brings. Our culture is at risk today because so many have lost sight of their responsibilities in a quest to claim their rights. All great empires have crumbled under the weight of the irresponsible abuse of rights and neglect of responsibility.
The veterans we honor today are worthy of respect for this very reason, they surrendered some of their rights and took their responsibilities! That is the very value Jesus is teaching His disciples. If you cling to your rights above your responsibilities you will lose both. If you regard your rights as more important than doing right, you will cease to be free.
Will you be true to your responsibility to God and your nation today? Will you do the right thing and place your responsibilities over your rights?


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Food Preparation & Nutrition - Year 10
AQA FOOD PREPARATION AND NUTRITION specification number 8585
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The Food Preparation and Nutrition GCSE course has been designed for students who are interested in Food making, tasting, developing and investigating it. Students will develop a greater understanding of nutrition, food provenance and the working characteristics of food, they will master culinary skills and appreciate the science behind food and cooking. The course will build on the many skills learnt during Key Stage 3. Equipment required will be basic stationary items, students will be required to provide the majority of the ingredients.*
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During Year 10 students follow a course gaining as many food preparation skills as possible. The twelve practical skills will be covered through a mixture of practical and investigation lessons:
General practical skills: accurate measurement of liquids and solids and use of a temperature probe
Knife skills: including peel, slice, dice, batons, julienne fillet a fish and portion a chicken.
Preparing fruit and vegetables: including blanching, piping, blending and preparing garnishes.
Use of the cooker: including baking, roasting, casseroles and/or tagines, braising.
Use of equipment: including a blender, food processor, mixer, pasta machine, microwave oven.
Cooking methods: including steaming, dry frying, shallow frying, stir frying
Prepare, combine and shape
Sauce making: starch based, reduction and emulsions
Tenderise and marinate
Dough: bread, pastry, pasta
Raising agents: Eggs as a raising agent, chemical raising agents, steam as a raising agent, biological raising agents
Setting mixtures
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One lesson per fortnight is dedicated to theory. This covers a wide range of topics with a clear focus on answering examination style questions. Topics to be covered include nutrition and health, food science, food safety, food choice and food provenance.
Assessed in trial exam style questions. Trial examinations and final examination.
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Since the plastic bag the shirts arrived in had several rips and tears, I could not use it for a return. Guess I'm stuck with being able to use One of the Two shirts I paid for....
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|15th January 2014, 10:45
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
A full face helmet is any day better over any other type of helmets, other than having maximum safety it also protect us from sun and pollution on city roads.
I feel naked if I start my bike without wearing a helmet Or should I put it as, I feel like a Knight/Solider without his Armour/Vest when I'm not wearing one.
Two wheelers are always unique and its how we ride them makes it dangerous or fun.
Lets gear up with right stuffs and enjoy the real thrill!
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
In addition to the safety aspect IMO, Full face helmets inculcate better riding manners to the wearer in due time.
The rider uses RVM's, Indicators more (due to slightly lesser field of vision) which keeps his attention ahead instead of always craning his neck sideways !
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
It could be a personal thing but I was in a very bad crash on my Bullet and the car actually hit me from behind. It was twilight and I was checking the rwm and there was nothing in it. But within a few seconds I realized I was being dragged under a car and its engine was whining full throttle only millimeters above my head.
That day has since left a impression on my driving habits and I try to be as attentive about the potential dangers from behind as from ahead - what lies ahead one has a reasonable chance of spotting.
However this is my personal perspective on this.
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
Anyway, the most I've ridden at a stretch is almost 24 hours and I can assure you that the full face helmet was nowhere a source of discomfort. By the way, when I say full face helmet, I'm assuming you understand that I'm referring to a snug fitting good helmet and not the cheap ones that roll around the rider's head causing more discomfort than good.
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
Another reason why you should JUST STOP wearing a open face helmet in India:
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
A picture tells a 1000 words.
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|15th January 2014, 14:44
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
I have had my shares of crash's & luckily survived all with minor bruising or just some scratches, but then I have been using a helmet since I first used a 2 wheeler at aged 16 ; been 19 years !
Attached are pictures of my modular/flip-up helmet that saved my jaw a few months back from a crash at speeds of around 30 Kmph. Just as bblost mentioned a picture tells a 1000 words!
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
Great thread. I think Rehaan was actually looking to talk about the tin-can helmets that the Harley riders seem to be using these days.
I mean, in the US, the Harley riders are pretty notorious for showing the big-boy attitude - with black leathers and only a can for a helmet. But sad to see that most Harley riders here in India are doing the same. And also bad - the RE riders are following suit. I have seen the "Nazi" helmet being worn since it looks cool. My question always to them is - will your face look good after the accident?
Hope this creates some awareness for people who know the effects and choose to ignore it. For me that is the worst thing a human being can be!
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|15th January 2014, 16:19
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
Interesting article. I have been advocating to my friends and colleagues to use helmets in first place while riding.
Personally I use a full face helmet which is my best companion on all my rides.
Here is an interesting safety information on how to select helmets. Might be useful to the riding community!
Stay Safe - Wear Helmet every time you ride.
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I agree cent percent with the usefulness of full-face helmets. In my bike-riding days I had two bad accidents. Both the times I was saved by the helmet. They had cracks and couldn't be used any more after the accidents. In both cases they were from STUDDS.
The chin impact also has a special relevance for me. In the second accident the chin area of my helmet hit the edge of the footpath while falling down. The helmet took most of the impact but rode up a little. As a result I got a deep cut in the chin. Thankfully no broken bones but the cut needed a stitch to mend it up.
Usually I carry that stitch mark like a battle scar from my riding days. The only time it rankles me is when I have to carefully shave over it.
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
Ideally our govt should ban these open helmets, half helmets, miner helmets etc for bike/two wheeler riding. Only helmet allowed must be the full faced one.
As it is our govt is capable of making and enforcing laws on the most personal of matters, and this issue frankly concerns with road safety and ever increasing road deaths.
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
Back on this post: [My other view on page 2]
We are mostly assuming younger population, metro cities, and faster vehicles as we speak about this
But, there is the other group, the older people. My father, father in law, and my uncle, and their views:
All three of them wear a half faced one.
My father rides in Bangalore, and wears a half faced one with a visor.
The other two ride in Mysore, and My father in law wears a half faced helmet, with no trace of a pre existing visor.
My Uncle, wears a construction kind of helmet.
All three are extremely against the full faced theory.
They say, they cannot see anything, hear anything
How are their riding styles?
They are pretty slow, never cross beyond the 50 mark (My FIL's old Activa's accelerator would not even budge. It was only turning half a circle [])
They are pretty unaware of anything that is happening behind them, with or without the helmet
My FIL even completely turns OFF, and starts a discussion on some topic, while riding.
Honk at every given instance, sometimes even at squirrels.
They are unaware of their high beam is switched ON or OFF.
They expect one to honk at them as well.
Never slow down even at blind turnings, just honk and speed through.
And, all of them ride the Scooter version, where only a small half faced helmet fits. (And the boot has umpteen other things, tool kits, insurance papers, sunglasses, Coriander...)
I, was going too far, generalizing and, ridiculing them, but there are 60% of riders who are of this kind. Aged 60+, slow, and in need of some assistance.
Half faced helmets are best for them.
Sometimes, the riding style, the vehicle you ride, also might come in the way of one buying a full faced helmet. Not that I am pro Half faced. (Read my previous post)
Also, not to compete with the other posts which are pro half faced on this thread.
This was one of my sleepy thought that I wanted to share.
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Excellent. As much as people stare at us for wearing a good approved helmet or riding up all geared, it's imperative they know why and when.
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Talking of proper safe helmets, the international brands follow 'Dot' certifications where as our local brands like 'Vega, Studds, Steelbird' etc follow the ISI only. Not that theses are inferior but the local brands don't match up to these international brands and hence the vast gulf in pricing. Add to this the local cops not understanding the difference have fined a few of my friends for not using Indian ISI helmets as against the more expensive DOT certified international brands. The only Indian manufacturer making helpmates for the international (read European) market is Steelbird (inputs from my brother who runs his biking gear boutique) but under A-Style brand.
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Re: Open Face vs. Full Face Helmets : How Safe are they?
Just to add onto this excellent thread, a full face helmet gets it strength from the "completed circle" made by the mouth piece going around and hence there are no open ends whereby the vast majority of the strength is lost as in case of open face helmets. Its akin to a convertible car and a normal one. The roof provides the maximum strength to the vehicle as the "loop" is completed.
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A MAN is facing a series of charges after he was stopped by police at Woodburn on Thursday.
Police from Richmond Highway Patrol stopped a car on Richmond St about 2pm and spoke to the 27-year-old driver, who was from Corindi Beach.
"He gave police a false name several times," Richmond Police District crime prevention officer, David Henderson, said.
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