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Please find attached IsiZulu and English soundbites by the DA Shadow Minister of Social Development, Bridget Masango MP.
DA councillors in rural Eastern Cape have reported disturbing information of how people living in extreme poverty have to wait between 3 and 4 months to receive vital emergency food parcels from SASSA.
The Department of Social Development (DSD) is tasked with providing emergency food parcels to people living in extreme poverty, who have applied for a social grant but have to wait before receiving their first grant payment.
The Social Relief Assistance is often the only source of sustenance to those who have no source of income and are desperate to feed their loved ones.
The turnaround time for the Social Relief Assistance application, to be processed and granted, is meant to be 24 to 48 hours. However, DA councillors working in rural wards in the Eastern Cape say that in some instances, the turnaround time has been between 3 and 4 months.
This is an absolutely unacceptable state of affairs, considering that the Social Relief Assistance is meant to be an emergency relief intervention. Without these emergency food parcels, thousands of South Africans are left to suffer from hunger.
This crisis stems from the ill-fated decision by the DSD to award tenders to dubious companies based in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), rather than procuring these services from local producers who are near to crises points.
These KZN companies supply food parcels to recipients in KZN, Limpopo, Western Cape, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape. This essentially means that due to the vast distances service providers have to travel, food parcels take longer to get to other provinces, and additionally, these companies are not prepared to deliver less than 50 food parcels at a time.
This means that our people are left to starve for months on end.
The DA will now write to the Chairperson of the Social Development Committee, Rosemary Capa, to request that she urgently summon the Social Development Minister, Bathabile Dlamini, SASSA CEO, Pearl Bhengu, and the rest of the SASSA executive, as well as regional managers to request that they explain why the system was centralised, and how service providers were selected.
SASSA must immediately address the problems with the centralised procurement so that food parcels can be delivered within 48 hours to our most needy people in every part of this country.
What is clear from the lack of assistance for starving South Africans, combined with the social grants disaster, is that Dodging Dlamini and SASSA have completely lost touch with the people who depend on their department to improve their lives. They simply do not care about the suffering of our people at all.


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A Hygeia representative visited me in my home one evening a few years ago. He enthusiastically told me about the history of Hygeia, the virtue of their breast pumps and why my clients would love them. I listened, skeptical as always, and gladly accepted some products to try out with the help of my clients. Continue reading
Category Archives: Breast Pumps
Breastfeeding and Work–Alice's Story
Alice came to me concerned about how she was going to keep breastfeeding once she returned to her full-time career. In her workplace, there is no such thing as 9-5. Everyone is expected to put in long days. I talked to her about asking for what she needed and setting some limits. We also talked about creative ways to meet her baby's needs. She took my suggestions and ran with them—developing her own, unique style. Many thanks to Alice for sharing how she has managed to maintain her breastfeeding relationship and continue her fast-paced work life.
Christian is a big, healthy boy who is now enjoying solid foods in addition to mommy's milk. Here is her success story: Continue reading
Should You Buy a Used Pump?
Smart moms shop around and look for bargains. In order to save money when breast pumping, more of my clients are buying used breast pumps or borrowing pumps from friends or family. When buying items for the nursery and other baby gear, hand-me-downs are often as good as new and can save you a lot of money. If you'll be pumping frequently, the equipment you need is important. When researching the purchase of a breast pump, think twice about buying used or sharing with a friend.
New, professional grade breast pumps (meant to be used when mom is back at work or is breast pumping instead of breastfeeding) can cost as much as 400 dollars, so cost is definitely a consideration. Even the most expensive pump, however, is a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of formula. Infant formula can cost from $1500 to $2300 per year. So when you buy a high-quality pump in order to give your baby pumped breast milk instead of formula, you are actually saving money! Continue reading
Insurance Coverage for Breast Pumps
Breastfeeding does not require any special equipment. All you really need is a baby, and your breasts! But for a breastfeeding mother who needs to be away from her baby for work or school, a high quality professional-grade breast pump is essential! It can help her maintain her milk production, and provide breast milk to her baby, even though she can't always be there in person.
Historically, breast pumps were considered feeding equipment and not eligible for insurance coverage or tax deductions. Finally, after much pressure from the American Academy of Pediatrics and various legislators, the IRS has changed its classification. According to the new IRS guidelines, breast pumps are no longer considered feeding equipment. As of January 1, 2011, they are considered a medical device. This is great news for breastfeeding mothers all over the United States. It will now be easier for mothers to get insurance coverage for breast pumps. Continue reading
Can I Increase my Milk Supply?
Do you feel that you are breastfeeding "all the time"? Does it seem that your baby is never really satisfied at the breast? Is your baby wakeful? Fussy? Sometimes, despite doing all the "right" things, you may find yourself producing less milk than your baby needs. Here are some things you can try:
- First, check with your lactation consultant or pediatrician to get an accurate weight for your baby. Then you will know if your baby needs some extra nutrition while you are working on your supply. Continue reading

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Labor Relations
The Elements of Industrial Relations
I. Basic Premise of Industrial Relations
Industrial relations are a field of academic inquiry that looks at employee relations not just unions. It differs from Human Resources because HR looks at employment relations from a management perspective and industry relations looks at management from the employer perspective. Additionally, states that conflict between works and management is normal and natural, however, it gives rise to union formation.
Any one characteristic that describes a person can lead to the identification of a group of people having similar interests and forming a group to protect those interests, thus forming a union. Unions can also form around issues, for example the NFA who is a collective group of people working to protect gun usage. Workers form unions based on these thoughts to ensure that collective representation in the workplace occurs. Furthermore, people intentionally form groups of interest (unions) because they see themselves as different and want to promote and protect their different views from potential conflicts occurring within society.
The basic premise of industrial relations is that there is an inherent conflict between workers and management and that conflict exists with or without the use of unions. Unions can serve both good and bad purposes within an organization but are not always needed. They are not a sign of organizational downturn, rather a sign that you have different goals and objectives brewing between your current workers and management team. However, while workers and management may have notice mixed motives, these conflicts can serve as outlets for cooperation between the two. They must work to understand the conflict within the relationship before being able to correctly comprehend employee relations.
II. Key Elements
A. Management Efficiency – Cost Discipline
The starting point for industrial relations is management efficiency, otherwise known as cost discipline, where management has the initiative to govern the workforce at all levels. Each level of an organization deals with costs discipline and it is often referred to as the systematic planning, control, and supervision of organizational decisions according to some profit and/or costs standard. Thus, the goal of management is to achieve costs discipline at all levels of their organization resulting in capitalism, which leads to profit maximization.
In attempts to achieve costs discipline, we have realized there are both direct and indirect effects that may occur. Direct effects of costs discipline are seem most clearly between employees on their compensation levels and managements concern for labor costs control. Employees want to get paid more for doing less and management wants to pay less while receiving hardworking employees. Any other additional input in the production process would need to be economized from management perspective providing a surplus of income over labor costs. Indirectly, feelings of exploitations may occur which is a result of labor management interactions because every decision they make is driven by their costs discipline concern. For example, management must decide on economies of scale and how big it should be, the type of technology used in the production process, and how to divide the organization both vertically and horizontally; which are all driven by costs discipline initiatives. As the organization increases in size, the employers see themselves drifting away from the item they produce which leads to alienation within the organization. The implementation of technology that decreases the use of employee skills also leads to feelings of monotony while organizational divisions can create feels of subordination because of what the levels represent. Vertical divisions focus on specialization and are driven by limits on how much one person may know. They are also...
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Google+ races to 50!
Posted in Social context, media and advertising by Manas Ganguly on September 28, 2011
Radio Broadcasters took 38 years to reach an audience of 50 million. Television crossed this milestone in 13 years and internet took about 4 years to cross 50 million users. Facebook garnered its first 50 million users in 3.6 years. Twitter bettered Facebook numbers at 3 years for 50 million users. The high profiled launch of Google+ has enabled it to get past 50 million subscribers just 88 days (less than 3 months) after launch. Google+ has been adding .5 million and more users on a daily basis. While this growth would gradual taper down, but then Google+ has done what Google had set out to do- find a foothold in the social space!
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Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park, by Heike Schütze
This comprehensive guide to the mammals of the Kruger National Park is a product of Heike Schütze's passion for wildlife and awareness of the urgent and ongoing need for nature conservation.
Having had the privilege of travelling extensively throughout southern Africa, I decided to compile this book for two reasons: first and foremost, to promote nature conservation through wildlife awareness. Although there are numerous wildlife protection bodies, their long-term success depends on sustained, honest management, as well as sound wildlife education aimed at the general public. Conservation is everyone's responsibility. Gaining an understanding of African wildlife leads to an interest in its welfare, At the same time, it underlines the importance of ways in which habitat and resource needs can be met, not only of growing human populations, but also of wildlife. How unfortunate it would be if future generations could not experience African wildlife in all its diversity. Thus, the second reason for writing this book - to compile a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide aimed at wildlife experts as well as novices, offering insight into mammalian behaviour, and how mammals interact with one another and their environment. There is more to game-watching than simply keeping a checklist of sightings. If you stop to look and listen, immense rewards can be gained from observing animals in their natural environment. On one of my trips to the Kruger, I came across several tourists watching two impala rams sparring playfully. Suddenly, the rams' behaviour changed, and they seemed to start acting in a peculiar way: prancing with stiff legs, and jerking their heads while letting out loud snorts. While they were doing this, several of the tourist groups moved off to find 'the more glamorous species'. Yet if they had understood that they were witnessing impala signalling alarm, and had they waited a few more minutes, they would have had the opportunity to see a leopard not more than 30 metres away, stalking its prey! This book covers all the mammalian species known to occur in the Kruger National Park, which accurately represents a large proportion of the mammals found in the southern African region. Data for the smaller species (bats, moles, shrews and rodents) is grouped according to families or subfamilies. Many of these species cannot be differentiated with the naked eye, and without the aid of dental and/or chromosomal analysis, so no attempt is made to discuss them separately. Instead, a general background is given to the different families/subfamilies, providing the reader with an overall under-standing of these mammalian groups. To aid the reader in identifying the different mammal species of the Kruger, field signs and tracking data are tabulated in Appendix 1, and predator/prey relationships are elucidated in tables and graphs in Appendix 2. For more in-depth information regarding the different species found in the region, 'Suggested Further Reading' on p 214 can be consulted.
This is an excerpt from the book: Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park, by Heike Schütze.
Title: Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park
Author: Heike Schütze
Struik Publishers
Cape Town, South Africa 2002
Softcover, 15x21 cm, 220 pages, throughout colour photos
Schütze, Heike im Namibiana-Buchangebot
Field Guide to the Mammals of the Kruger National Park
A very good guide to all mammals known to occur in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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Kruger National Park: Questions & Answers
Kruger National Park: Questions & Answers is a compilation of the questions most frequently asked by visitors to the Park.
Atlas of Dive Sites of South Africa & Mozambique (MapStudio)
The Atlas of Dive Sites of South Africa and Mozambique is a comprehensive guide to some of the top dive spots in Southern Africa.
Shaping Kruger
Shaping Kruger provides fascinating insight into the lives, habits and behaviour of the larger animals that significantly affect the workings of the park.
Mammals of the Kruger National Park and surrounding Bushveld
This is a easy-to-use guidebook to mammals of Kruger National Park and surrounding Bushveld including information on skulls, spoors and droppings.
Grasses of the Kruger National Park and surrounding Bushveld
Expert Veronica Roodt introduces grasses of the Kruger National Park and the surrounding Bushveld.
Elephantoms: Tracking the elephant
Part meditation on an elusive animal, part evocation of the power of place, 'Elephantoms: Tracking the elephant' presents an alluring mix of the mysteries of nature and the wonders of childhood.


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Redefine Wellness
February 22, 2018
It Should Have Ended with Columbine
The Word Columbine Still Strikes Fear in my Heart.
American Horror Story, Murder House. The episode where Tate Langdon is killed because he went on a shooting spree at his high school, in 1994 (the year I graduated). He took the lives of 15 students who can come back and confront him on Halloween. We later find out he's as well as the students are spirits who can interact with living people on specific days, or in the murder house.
My immediate thought was Columbine. My thought is always Columbine, because it happened four years after I graduated high school, and only one year after my sister graduated. As an optimistic kid, I thought the adults would take care of it, but it happened again and again, and again: until finally it happened to five and six year olds.
This has to be the end, I told myself. I was still that optimistic truting kid. Then the mass shooting at Pulse, The Vegas Shooting, now Parkland. Within months. And it's taking children to raise their voices, to really get people to listen, where previous generations (mine included) have failed.
Generation X – The generation best known for Friends, Will and Grace, and Boy Meets World. Friends. I've heard the show described as "mean", but I can say that it mimics my friendships I cherish from childhood. I often describe my college days as a lot like the movie, Reality Bites. The days where a 32oz. Big Gulp of Diet Coke, a Marlboro Light and a Snickers Bar was considered lunch. I absolutely miss those days. I am eternally grateful those things were a part of my life.
As for Friends, one of my all time favorites. I've seen Ross described as a homophobe, but coming out was becoming more common, and so was more homophobia. Friends brilliantly had Ross married to a lesbian, and have a child together. He now needs to deal with being a divorced father of a boy with 2 moms. It was 1994. It made many people uncomfortable, but dealing with the issue through comedy, was a great way to send a message. Remember, Ross walked Carol (his ex-wife) down the aisle in her commitment ceremony to Susan, when Carol's parents refused to show up. Ellen DeGeneres came out on TV. So did many beloved TV characters. Now we have out and proud leading actors, in Television, Film and Stage. The world is truly changing. My childhood was filled with fears of being near AIDS patients; we grew, we educated ourselves, we know that information is false.
Look at Gen-X as the generation that outwardly began to accept and tackle issues that 10 years earlier were completely taboo. We have definitely helped pave the way. Now is the time to work together. We want to help finish the fight. I know I do.
I've read, that there is going to be a student walk out, on April 20th, the anniversary of the Columbine Shooting. I hope this walk out is true, and I want every student to know that I am on your side, and so excited to see a new generation pick up where we left off. Look to us for guidance. You may have the social media skills, but we have the wisdom, because we've been dealing with this for more than 3 decades. Find your teachers. Arm yourself with knowledge, because knowledge is power.
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Miami Beach, FL – February 16, 2019 – Lil Wayne and Alec Monopoly at STORY Nightclub. Captured by World Red Eye.
Since opening in 2012, STORY Nightclub has become an unparalleled, high energy nightlife experience located in the heart of Miami Beach. STORY Nightclub is the brainchild of nightlife mogul David Grutman and Miami Marketing Group, the company behind the world famous LIV at FontaineBleau.
The expansive 27,000 square foot space is equipped with a state of the art infinite hybrid sound system in addition to its concert style lighting and visuals which are truly unmatched by any other nightclub in Miami Beach.


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Hazelnut Growers of Oregon opens doors in Donald
Project Update • October 4, 2018
Since the first hazelnut tree was planted in Oregon in 1858, hazelnuts have become a staple in the state's economy. More than 20,000 acres of land have been allocated to over 180 hazelnut growers in Oregon, who are responsible for producing 99 percent of the crop in the United States. According to Oregon Hazelnuts, the total economic impact from the past five years of harvesting hazelnuts is around $250 million, and this year's crop is supposed to reach record numbers from around 50,000 to 60,000 tons. To keep up with the increasing output, Wilco Farmers Cooperative and Hazelnut Growers of Oregon (HGO) worked with VLMK Engineering + Design to build a new state-of-the-art hazelnut processing facility in Donald, Oregon.
The 240,000+ square foot concrete tilt-up building, half of which is home to the Wilco distribution center, boasts a clear height of 30 feet and includes 6,000 square feet of Class A office space. The HGO side of the building was designed to exceed the standards the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act established in 2011, and is working to meet future guidelines by following the high standards recently adopted in other countries. The facility can steam pasteurize more than 10,000 pounds of hazelnuts per hour, which removes 99.9% of the bacteria in unprocessed hazelnuts.
Working with Sutherland Development out of Seattle, HGO and Wilco Farmers Cooperative enlisted VLMK Engineering + Design and found Donald, Oregon to be a prime location for the industrial site due to the close proximity to the Willamette Valley, where most of the hazelnut growers are located. With the recent boom in hazelnut farms across the valley, HGO outgrew their processing facility in Cornelius, OR and needed a building large enough to accommodate future growth. This new facility includes approximately 70,000 square feet of conditioned warehouse space to house both raw and processed, ready-to-eat nut storage.
The processing facility is expecting an influx of hazelnuts to arrive in early October. With the ability to receive 160,000 pounds of hazelnuts per hour, the facility has the capacity to hold over 10 million pounds of hazelnuts in four massive silos. The silo yard includes covered canopies and numerous pieces of processing equipment, all of which required large concrete foundations and seismic anchorage design provided by VLMK.
Large pits in the drive aisle receive the nuts which then travel through a network of elevators and conveyors distributing the nuts to and from the storage silos and quality control bins throughout the facility. After the hazelnuts have come out of storage and gone through processing, portions are cracked open and the hazelnuts are sorted through several stages including sizing and quality control. The sorted nuts are sent through the steam pasteurization process to the staging and processing areas where the nuts are turned into some of America's favorite hazelnut products. Nuts are directed to separate processing areas for slicing, dicing, candy coating, roasting, and paste and butter and are then packaged and sent to the ready-to-eat warehouse which is kept at 55 degrees to preserve freshness.
The nut processing areas total more than 120,000 square feet inside the building and another 75,000 square feet outside the building. The nuts that are not cracked open are kept in the shell, packaged and sent to be stored in the raw hazelnut storage warehouse. Here they will be held until they are shipped to China to arrive in time for the Chinese New Year in early 2019 where consumption is at its highest.


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Dubai, United Arab Emirates; June 10, 2013: It's the perfect time to indulge on the best fashion buys as Candella Boutique announces its sizzling hot offer for the Dubai Summer Surprises sale!
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One of Dubai's first homegrown boutiques, Candella offers signature fashion pieces and trendy items that are designed and made by women of the region, providing support and a platform for up and coming designers to promote their talents. Among the brands carried by the boutique are Effa, Khawla & Roadha, Nihal Basha, Milavi Jewelry, and CeeCode, to name a few.
Candella Boutique is located at The Village Mall, Jumeirah Beach Road in Dubai, with telephone number +9714 3421961. www.candellatrading.com


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"Can you imagine standing in line for beer?" I asked a friend recently.
I can't, at least, not outside the context of a festival or a particularly poorly run bar. I meant more that waiting in line for hours, possibly even overnight, to buy beer strikes me as patently ludicrous. One of the very best things about the American craft beer renaissance is that there's great beer everywhere – why in holy hell would you want to queue up for an entire day to buy a few particular cans?
Well see there's this thing called FOMO, I guess, and among the galaxy of other execrable acronyms used by marketing companies to sell services to bewildered aging baby boomers, this one at least indicates something like an actual phenomenon: Fear Of Missing Out describes a condition under which the dead-eyed mindlessly seek out products and experiences they see their peers flacking on social media, so that they might flack themselves. FOMO is the idea that you're an absolute sucker if you're not experiencing what everyone else is (or seems to be) experiencing.
When Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery lately said that the NE IPA is the "first beer style based around Instagram culture," he was indirectly referencing the FOMO effect in craft beer: hundreds of people lining up for untold hours to buy a scant half dozen cans of inexpertly packaged opaque India Pale Ale, only to post poorly-lit pictures of their "haul" alongside shots of the glowing orange liquid.
The quality of the beer aside, why do people do this? For trade fodder, for the black market, yes, sure, but also to be part of something, to be visibly consuming something that's desired far and wide.
They sell every drop they make, typically on the day it's released."
Ticking culture has turned potential beer aficionados into mere collectors. Nobody seems to want to learn anything about beer, how it's made, where it came from, why it matters – they want to check in on Untappd and move on. The Pokemon Go phenomenon from two summers ago was immediately familiar to me: droves of ostensible grownups wandering around in a fugue using an app to chart incremental progress toward imaginary trophies? Sounds like just another Thursday night tasting at the local bottle shop to me. If only Pikachu could getcha drunk, catching him might approximate the rush of laying down $300 for a flat of Tree House cans.
Anyway, "whalez" have long been a part of the American craft beer experience—hunting them, trying them, boasting about them, deriding them, etc. Below is a selection of beers that have inspired many an intrepid consumer to new heights of self-abasement, as well as potential alternatives for when you just can't hack another night on the sidewalk in a lawn chair. Please enjoy!
The Alchemist/Tree House/Trillium/Tired Hands/The Veil/et al. – NEIPA
As suggested above, there's little in beer more controversial right now than New England (or, sometimes, "North East") IPA. These low bitterness, highly aromatic, typically turbid (or at least hazy) beers do not resemble any India Pale Ale that's come before, and the emergent style's proponents make a very strong case for it being a truly unique American beer innovation. Not simply an IPA recipe adulterated with new additives, the production processes for these beers differ radically from how most IPAs and other beers are made.
There's arguably nothing hotter in craft beer right now than canned (always canned, for some reason) NE IPA. The breweries listed above represent merely an influential sampling of the ones currently printing money with these beers: they sell every drop they make, typically on the day it's released. To get your hands on some, you'll probably have to wait in a long line, pay a steep premium, trade some other trendy beer for them, or some combination of the three.
The combination of rich chocolate, roasty coffee, & maple syrup flavors have made CBS a legend."
From the Alchemist's classic Heady Topper, to the juicy, soft and pillowy Tree House Julius, to the iconoclastic pine-bomb of the Veil's Crucial Taunt, these beers vary widely within a narrow range, if that makes sense. If you (like many) love the soft mouthfeel, intense aromas, and beautiful fruit flavors of these beers, I say: more power to you, friend! May your wait in line be short. If you (like me) enjoy them with some reservations – many of them are, well, gritty, not to mention harsh on the back of the palate – then there are certainly many other ways to experience this style that don't require sitting overnight in a camping chair.
For a decent approximation of what this style is all about, seek out the increasingly-widely distributed Lord Hobo; their Glorious Galaxy Pale is opaque, juicy, and decently aromatic, and you probably won't have to wait in line for it. Sierra Nevada also recently released their own take on the style, Hazy Little Thing, which has far wider distribution but really isn't much like the beers that made the style famous – still it's a beautiful, balanced, clean and highly drinkable IPA. If that's your thing. Mikkeller also has a recent worthy entrant with Murk Tyson, a cloudy, juicy and soft NEIPA that I would 100% buy on the name alone. This style is impetuous.
Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout
What Kentucky Breakfast Stout once was, CBS still is. At least for now. While Founders KBS bourbon barrel-aged coffee stout still brings many man-boys to the yard, it's dwarfed in desirability and limited-ness but its reclusive cousin CBS, colloquially "Canadian Breakfast Stout."
CBS is, like KBS, based on Founders' delectable Breakfast Stout recipe (one of my favorite beers of all time), but "imperialized," that is, cranked up in alcohol and intensity so better to endure its time in used bourbon barrels. The barrels used to age CBS add another layer of complexity and decadence, as these former bourbon barrels were also used to age maple syrup.
The combination of rich chocolate, roasty coffee, and maple syrup flavors have made CBS something of a legend; it was last bottled in 2011, and since then we've only seen it at the occasional (and very rare) tapping. Last December, Founders went wide with the release of CBS in 22oz bombers in all 46 states in which the brewery is distributed. Expectations were high, and rightly so – the bottles have a suggested retail of $24.99.
The merest rumor of a case of Cantillon Gueuze coming to market is enough to make retailers & customers preemptively angry."
While CBS itself may be somewhat difficult to approximate, at the end of the day we're talking about a big, sweet, viscous, barrel aged stout with flavors of chocolate and coffee, among others. One of the very best barrel aged stouts you can buy right off the shelf is Heavy Seas' Siren Noire, a bourbon barrel aged chocolate imperial stout that's totally fantastic and criminally overlooked. While lacking the coffee component (though with a good amount of coffee-like flavor from roasted malts), it still satisfies on a lot of the same levels as CBS, and at less than 1/3 the cost per ounce. Historically only in 22oz bombers, Siren Noire was just released in 12 oz bottle 4 packs for the first time.
Also worthy of your consideration is the long-venerated Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout, the barrel-aged stout that arguably started it all. Once nearly impossible to find, GI has increased production in recent years, and the plethora of new BA stout options for the consumer has meant that BCBS doesn't disappear from shelves with the rapidity it once did. BCBS "original" is as good a beer of this type as you're likely to find, the coffee variant might do for scratching your CBS itch, in a pinch.
Brasserie Cantillon — Assorted
Having technically sold Cantillon for some years, I'd say it's possibly the most misunderstood brewery in all of beer geekdom. People ask for it reflexively, without knowing what it is, where it comes from, how it's made, or even how to pronounce it. NEIPA aside, it is perhaps the epitome of FOMO beer.
Cantillon is a small, family-run brewery in the Cureghem district of Brussels, where the Van Roy family has been brewing lambics and blending gueuzes for four generations. From a base of organic barley and raw wheat, Cantillon creates traditional Belgian lambic beer, which is fermented spontaneously by wild yeast and bacteria in open vessels, and then aged in oak barrels.
Traditional, unblended lambic is still (that is, uncarbonated), delicately balanced between acidity and sourness, and hardly ever leaves Belgium – De Cam Oude Lambiek is one of the few commercial examples that makes its way to the US.
Gueuze is a blend of one-, two- and three-year old lambics refermented in the bottle, and Cantillon's Gueuze is prized perhaps above all others. It is effervescent, earthy, funky, spicy, oaky, spicy, acidic – in a word, complex. The merest rumor of a case of Cantillon Gueuze coming to market is enough to make retailers and customers preemptively angry, the demand so far outstrips the supply.
Pale Sour is an effervescent golden that balances malt sweetness and lactic tartness."
Brasserie Cantillon is one of an increasingly small number of breweries whose reverence for and observance of traditional method transcends the noise and buzz of trends and markets – which is why it's extremely disheartening to see how these beers have become valuable fodder in the oft-moronic world of online beer trading, haul photos, and black marketeering.
After a recent bottle release in Brussels, the brewery despaired on social media that "more or less half [of the beer] was purchased by people who didn't know anything about Lambic and even less about Cantillon. Most of those 'customers', sent by people trafficking our beers and reselling them online, couldn't even pronounce the name of the brewery or of the beers correctly." Cantillon beers are amazing and singular, but they share a common trait with all other beers in the world: they're not worth acting like a jerk to get your hands on them.
If you're dying to try a Cantillon but can't bring yourself to hang out in the lambic trading groups (nor should you), there are plenty of worthy alternatives out there, most of which can easily be found at a good bottle shop. Seek ye out some Boon Geuze Mariage Partfait, an 8% blend of lambics refermented in the bottle and bursting with fine effervescence, lemony tartness, and mushroomy funk – in a good way, I promise. Boon (pronounced "bone") also recently released a "Discovery Box" of geuzes each matured in a different foeder, which comes with a tasting manual for guiding you through the subtle differences.
If you'd like to try a sour beer at a slightly more accessible price point, look for Ommegang's new Pale Sour. This mixed-fermentation ale is the product of a collaboration between Brewery Ommegang and Liefman's, one of the best brewers and blenders of sour beers in the world. Pale Sour is an effervescent golden that balances malt sweetness and lactic tartness, which Ommegang describes as "like a fine white wine."
Three Floyds Zombie Dust
Which brings us to perhaps the Number One FOMO Beer of Yesteryear: Zombie Dust is a delicious Citra-heavy pale ale that clocks in at 6% alcohol by volume and has a great balance, body, and finish. It's lovely when fresh, and falls off quickly, like most beers of this type. That's about it.
So why does it move so many people to fall all over themselves to get it? It's a combination of quality (which is undeniable), scarcity (which is real), and cult status (which is earned): Zombie Dust has been at or near the top of lots of online beer rankings for a long time.
In recent years, general supply of Three Floyds beers has increased across much of the Midwest, but Zombie Dust remains relatively rare. It doesn't bring out the punters like it used to, but it's still hugely desirable – and desired. I've seen grown men (always men, of course) throw literal fits over this beer, when they could have probably had a local pale ale that was, if not just as good, probably fresher. If you see the Dust on tap, absolutely, grab yourself a pint; if you happen to see bottles out in the wild, pick up a six pack! But know, before you go ask your local bottle shop to special order you in a case, that you've just joined the ranks of people who ask for Pappy Van Winkle at the grocery store.
For a good approximation of Zombie Dust, I suggest seeking out the best and freshest Citra-heavy pale ale or IPA made in your home prefecture. The beauty of this beer is really in it balance, high drinkability, and massive hop flavor and aroma, which depend heavily on freshness. Or if the beer in your town sucks, you could always wait around for Revolution's Citra Hero, a lovely 7.5% IPA sometimes available in cans and mixed variety 12 packs.
For those in the Mountain West, look for Odell Brewing Company's Citra IPA, a single-hop beer whose bursting citrus aromas encapsulate what this hop is all about, and at 6.5% ABV clocks in just above Zombie Dust's relatively modest 6%.
Brewery Road-Tripping in the Time of Coronavirus
Armed with hand sanitizer and a mask, I wanted to see how the beer world was coping with our new socially distant reality.
What Does the Future of Rare Beer Look Like?
Is waiting in line outside of a brewery for hours on end to get your hands on that fresh hazy a thing of the past?
Beer Blending 101: The Art of the Layered Ale
While the most common combination is a layer of a dark beer atop a lighter one, some beer-lovers like to layer six or seven different beers in a single glass.


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I'm trying to do variant calling (SNPs, Indels) from exome-sequencing data, and the sequencing was done with paired end reads. I would like to use BWA for mapping/alignment, followed by PiCard and GATK to do variant calling.
The question now is how to do sequencing alignment with BWA. Should I use the short paired end reads to generate a single SAM file, like this:
bwa mem -M -v 1 -t 4 human_genome_ref.fasta read_For.fastq.gz read_Rev.fastq.gz > read_PE.sam
is this okay? or should I map individual reads to reference separately?
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Images of women of color and women with curvy bodies are often missing from yoga advertisements. The lack of representation of more diverse bodies can be discouraging to many people who may want to try yoga and who may benefit greatly from it.
That trend was tested with "Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love Your Body" by world renowned yoga teacher Jessamyn Stanley.
Stanley flips the script on the stereotypical representations of yoga practitioners by offering a guide to yoga that can appeal to all bodies.
"I wrote this book for every fat person, every old person and every exceptionally short person," Stanley writes. "I wrote it for every person who has called themselves ugly and every person who can't accept their beauty. I wrote it for every person who is self-conscious about their body."
As someone who has practiced yoga for six years, Stanley understands that yoga is beyond physical benefits. "
The real reason people become obsessed is because it is so therapeutic," she said.
Inside her book, readers will find easy-to-follow instructions as well as emotional accounts of struggles Stanley has faced throughout her life. As a teacher, it was important for her to be transparent with her students and followers.
"I had to talk about the other aspects of my life in order to really express why the practice has had such a strong impact on my life and why I continue to do it," Stanley said.
Stanley currently travels the world teaching yoga and is a body-positive advocate. She lives in Durham, North Carolina. To connect, online at jessamynstanley.com, Instagram: @mynameisjessamyn, Twitter: @JessNotJazz, Snapchat: @mynameisjessamy, Facebook: /mynameisjessamyn.
"Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love Your Body" is available for $16.95 at bookstores and on Amazon.com.


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Root and install CWM Recovery Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000
When it was released in 2011, the Samsung Galaxy Note was the first phablet that was released by a smartphone manufacturer. Initially, the device came with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but Samsung has since updated it to Android 4.1.2.
If you want to play around with your Galaxy Note's settings, you are going to need to root it and install a custom recovery. In this post, we're going to show you how to root and install CWM Recovery Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N700.
Before we begin, make sure of the following:
- You have charged your battery to over 60 percent.
- You have backed up all your important messages, contacts and call logs.
Note: The methods needed to flash custom recoveries, ROMs and to root your phone can result in bricking your device. Rooting your device will also void the warranty and it will no longer be eligible for free device services from manufacturers or warranty providers. Be responsible and keep these in mind before you decide to proceed on your own responsibility. In case a mishap occurs, we or the device manufacturers should never be held responsible.
Rooting Samsung Galaxy Note on Android ICS / JB:
- First, go to your Galaxy Note's Settings > About Phone.
- Check what your phone's Android version is, whether it is Android IceCream Sandwich (4.0.x) or Android Jelly Bean (4.1.2).
- Check your phone's Kernal version.
- Download the .zip file for your phone's kernel version here. Place the file on the phone's external sd card.
- Turn off the phone by either long pressing the power button or pulling off the battery. Wait for about 30 seconds. Now turn it on by pressing and holding down the Volume Up + Home + Power Keys.
- The phone should now boot into the recovery mode. While in recovery mode, you can move between options by using the volume up and down keys. To make selections, you can use the power key.
- Select: install update from external sd card.
- Choose the downloaded .zip file and select yes.
- The installation of the custom recovery should begin now and your phone will be rooted as well.
If you want to enter the custom recovery repeat the step 5.
If you want to check that you have root access, go to your apps menu and see if you have the SuperSu app. You can check by installing the Root Checker App from the Google play store.
Rooting the phone on Android Gingerbread:
NOTE: It is not possible to root a Samsung Galaxy Note running on Android 2.3.x Gingerbread, therefore; you need to flash a pre-rooted ROM. You can do so by following the steps explained
- First download the following:
- Download and Unzip Odin for PC.
- Download & InstallSamsung USB Drivers.
- Download and unzip Pre-Rooted Gingerbread ROM here
- OpenOdin
- Put phone in download mode, by turning off your phone either by pulling out the battery for around 30 seconds or long pressing the power button. Turn it back on by pressing and holding Volume Down + Home + Power Keys.
- Attach the phone to a computer using the original USB cable.
- The ID:COM port at the top left of Odin should turn either blue or yellow now
- Select PDA tab and select downloaded-rooted ROM
- Make sure the options selected in ODINshould be the same as shown below.
- Click on "Start" and the installation process will begin. When it is done, your phone should restart and you should have pre-rooted ROM installed with CWM Recovery Samsung Galaxy Note
Why would you want to root your phone? Because it will give you complete access to all the data which would otherwise be locked by manufacturers. Rooting will remove factory restrictions and allow you to make changes in both the internal and operating systems. It will allow you to install apps that can enhance your devices performance and upgrade your battery life. You will be able to remove built-in apps or programs and install apps which need root access.
NOTE: If you install an OTA update, the root access will be wiped. You will either have to root your device again, or you can install OTA Rootkeeper App. This app can be found on the Google Play Store. It creates a backup of your root and will restore it after any OTA updates.
So you have now rooted and installed CWM Recovery Samsung Galaxy Note
Share your experience in the comments box below.


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The Allman Brothers Band's final show - 5 years ago last night!
Five years ago today, the Allman Brothers Band played their final show at the Beacon Theatre. You can order a CD of the final show right here. FIVE F'IN YEARS?? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I covered the…
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RIP Robert Hunter, one of the all-time great songwriters
Eyes of the World: An interview with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter So very, very sad to hear that Robert Hunter has passed away. To honor the man, I present my 2015 (?) interview. An edited version ran on WSJ.com as part of a preview…
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RIP Dolph Schayes - an interview with the big man
Dolph Schayes died yesterday at age 87. He was one of the great early NBA players and a bridge to the modern game. He was also bright, reflective and analytical - all of which is apparent in this 2002 interview I did for Slam. RIP Dolph, and…


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And yet, day after day, people are making one drastic mistake in the world of dating, or, they're putting up with someone else who makes the same drastic mistake.
For the last 28 years, number one best-selling author, counselor and life coach David Essel has helped thousands of people to get clear and straight in the world of dating, giving them the best chance ever to attract the love of their life, into their life.
"So you're out on your first date. And you're attracted to this person . And it's going great. And then all of a sudden your date asks you the question "what was your last relationship like ?"
And you freeze. Or at least you should freeze. The number one error that we all make in the world of dating, is to share too much information, too soon about our former partner and/or partners.
It's a trap. It's an absolute trap. If you're the one asking this question, it's a form of manipulation.
If you're with someone who is asking this question, it is also a form of manipulation. And, worse than that, if you start sharing the dirt about your former partner and or partners, you are the problem, not the person who asked you the question, but you are the problem.
Why? Because bringing up the downside of any of your exes too soon in the world of dating, is going to label you a bitch and or a bastard.
Isn't that amazing? That the most powerful people in the world of dating are those who refuse to answer the question, and get sucked into the vortex of putting our past lovers down in order to feel more valid? More real? More available?
And yet, when we do this, it shows that we are emotionally unavailable at the moment. You see, when you're putting others down, you're living in the past. I don't care how terrible they were to you, it's nobody's business about what your past relationships were like, until you really get to know this new person, and make a decision that you want to go forward in a monogamous relationship.
Until then, avoid the question altogether.
And here's another number one red flag: if the person you're dating starts to bring up unannounced, what they hate about their former partners… Run. Don't walk, run out the door!
Don't bite the bait!
If I were you, and you're dating someone that brings up their past partner and what an idiot they were, I would absolutely change the subject.
"Hey, I'm sure you still have to work through some of your anger with your former partner, but that's not the kind a discussion that I want to have with you right now."
There you go, you're back in charge, and if they go down that pathway again all you have to do is repeat the same statement, free of emotion.
And if they don't like it? Walk away. Don't waste time with a victim. Someone who is still complaining about their past relationship has not healed from the past, and they're sure as hell not ready for love… Or any type a relationship whatsoever.
Run to a counselor and or therapist today, and start to work on releasing your past. Don't get sucked into these conversations, and if the other person is going down that road, don't stand for it.
If you find yourself as the person who's complaining about your exes, you've really got to look in the mirror and understand that until you're free of your past, and yes get ready for this right now, until you learn how to forgive all of your former partners regardless of how poorly they treated you, you're not ready for a new relationship.
But it's not going to happen, unless you do the work to let go of the two, four, or 10 former lovers who have mistreated you. That's the past, let's get into the present now."
David's 10th book, a number one bestseller is called "focus! Slay your goals… The proven guide to huge success, a powerful attitude and profound love."


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Jojoland Hat and Glove Magic PDF
$5.00 Each
Hat and Glove Magic is a wonderful three-in-one project. You get a hat, scarf and mittens all in one pretty project! Soft squishy triangles are connected to make this unique accessory.
This pattern is available as a PDF download.
Skill level: Intermediate
Finished measurements: 7.5" X 56"
Yarn: 7 balls of Jojoland Rhythm (100% wool, 110 yards per ball)
Needles: US size 7 (4.5mm)
Gauge: each individual triangle has an edge length of 6"


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HMR® 500 Chicken Soup provides the balanced nutrition of an HMR® 500 Shake. Comes in single-serving, easy-to-carry packets. Multivitamin/mineral tablets included. One box contains 18 servings.
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Bryan Baker added to Bellator's Season 6 Welterweight Tourney
Bryan "The Beast" Baker will make the move from middleweight to welterweight for Bellator's Season 6 tournament. The eight-man tournament which begins in March can be seen on MTV2.
Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney announced the news on Twitter earlier today, "The Beast is back! @BryanBeastBaker returns at "Welterweight" for Season 6 Tourney. Great fighter/role model. Great to have u back Bryan."
Baker (16-3) was a semifinalist in Bellator's Season 5 middlewight tournament. He would advance to the semifinals with a third round technical knockout of Jared Hess at Bellator 50. His quest for the tournament title would come to a disappointing end at Bellator 54 where he suffered a technical knockout to Vitor Vianna in just 54 seconds. The loss ended Baker's three fight winning streak which included victories over tough veterans Jeremy Horn and Joe Riggs.
Baker joins Jon "War Machine" Koppenhaver, Brian Foster, Carlos Alexandre Pereira and Karl Amoussou as the confirmed competitors in the welterweight tournament.


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Not at all, it the same palette loop for 7 or 15 colors, so both are supported. Blitting would be faster in 7 colors mode. But you have to consider the NES can display up to 25 colors at once when combining all background and sprites colors. So I'd recommend to just use the 15 colors mode. It's going to be slower bu you do it once since it's a bitmap. And in such a mode and game you don't need 60fps (IHMO).His version does basically negate the benefit of using 3bit colors though? I would say whether 3 or 4 bits, whatever makes sprite blitting fastest is best; I really think that is going the be the bottleneck on this one. You should have loads of free ram on the 644 and SPI ram no matter what.
In my proposed mode, the right section is indeed plain mode 5(like mode 1 but with 8 bit vram index) to allow enough free cycles to intertwine the preload of the next row pixel from the spi ram. The whole bottom part with the MOVE, would be mode 3 with sprites to allow arbitrary movement. So it's a 3-in-one video mode. The bottom part would be allowed to take the whole screen to handle title screen etc.There would be some complication involved with sprites that overlap the SPI and tiles area, and though it could be done, Alec's idea seems more like mode 1 tiles that are 8x8 with no ram tiles for sprites over tiles. I thought that was no loss, but since then I see I overlooked the "MOVE" area at the lower left of the screen. You can free move the cursor over that part to select a direction. I have not played through the game, but you could probably also do that part as "snap to tile" like the rest of the menu is? It would definitely be easier for video mode code, at least for now it would be easier to get the video mode up and running to build motivation. My humble 2 cents.
Lee's line buffer idea sounds pretty good and would indeed speed up the blitting.


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Schlosser Residence Hall
Schlosser residence hall, is one of the coed residence halls in the Dell community, and houses 200 men and women. Named after R. W. Schlosser and built in 1965, Schlosser is a community that many students choose to return to each year. Schlosser has two wings, East and West. Each floor has two restrooms. Schlosser rooms on the Dell side of the building have a great view of the lawn and gazebo. The building is air conditioned through a central HVAC system. Laundry, a community kitchen, and vending are located in the building. The main lounge has a wireless hot spot for student internet use and each room is equipped with high speed internet access. The main lounge offers students a large, vibrant gathering space with room to hang out in the TV area, study in one of the two study rooms, or simply socialize with friends. Schlosser is home to Honors housing, as well as Partners in Engineering themed housing.
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Budget gaming computer has been oxymoron for long time. Either you get budget computer or gaming computer, but not both at the same time. Alienware, the company known for its fast gaming rigs tries to combat this age-old dilemma with releasing Alienware Alpha ASM100-1580, a wallet-friendly desktop meant for gaming. Being penny pinchers, here at Tech For Pennies we were curious to see how such a cheap desktop performs. Is it true oxymoron or viable desktop for player ones?
Main things
The Alienware features components clearly intended for heavier than your typical everyday use. The processor is Intel Core i3-4130T, a dual-core processor of 2.9GHz clock speed. It does very well in benchmarks, although purists would probably want to see at least Core i5 in their gaming rigs. For the money, this processor is excellent choice and in this regards, the desktop beats its competitors of the same price range.
Not typical for lower-end desktops, Alienware Alpha ASM100-1580 has dedicated graphics card. Yes, you heard right. After all, it's meant for gaming and having good graphics is requirement. The graphics card is dubbed as "Custom Nvidia Maxwell GTX CPU" and should be comparable to the better known GeForce GTX 860M.
That card does thousand times better than integrated graphics chips (even with i3 CPU), and should be able to run any game, given that you use less than highest settings on some demanding titles like Thief and Battlefield 4.
The RAM amount is not outstanding at 4GB, however acceptable even for gaming computer. Alienware advertises the system as upgrade-friendly, so adding more memory is possible (although the maximum amount is yet unknown). Storage space is 500GB on 5400RPM hybrid hard drive which can host number of games easily.
The operating system is 64-bit Windows 8.1, although it's customized by Alienware to allow use without keyboard and mouse. The manufacturer wanted to make the system function like a gaming console: Xbox 360 gamepad is shipped with it, and is the intended input device for this computer.
Obviously, the system has HDMI output for connecting it to larger HDTV. There are also two USB ports available, although both are the older USB 2.0 type.
Otherwise, it's rather barebone system. There is no optical drive or media card reader, so installing data (like games) from those media is rather complicated. The system is heavily Steam-tied, and will probably be the main venue to download games to this computer.
To my knowledge, there is no Ethernet port so you must resort to using the Dual-Band WiFi. Also Bluetooth 4.0 is supported.
What else to keep in mind?
If you order Alienware Alpha ASM100-1580, you'll receive only the system unit. It doesn't come with a monitor or keyboard and mouse. As said above, the gamepad is the main input device for this computer, although traditional keyboard and mouse can be plugged to the two available USB ports.
The dimensions of the system unit are 7.8″L x 7.8″W x 2.1H. It weighs 4.5 pounds, around the same than laptop, so taking it with you when you're going somewhere is more possible than with traditional desktops.
Alienware Alpha ASM100-1580 is gaming computer all the way. It features components geared towards playing (capable CPU, dedicated graphics card) and the only input device shipped is Xbox wireless controller. This system is obviously no good for everyday users at home or work, but for gaming it should work well. There's enough performance to run most games fluently on med-high settings, and also considering the price this Alienware might be tempting alternative for some self-built gaming systems.


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Film in review: "Ready Player One"
April 4, 2018
If I were still a seven-year-old boy, I would have immediately rushed home from seeing "Ready Player One" so I could I dump out my bin of action figures and begin recreating battle scenes from the movie. My Batman would throw a Batarang towards Master Chief only to see it deflected out of the sky by the nunchucks of my favorite ninja turtle, Michelangelo, who would be knocked to the floor by the almighty staff of Gandalf the White. This hectic chaos would rage on for hours as Lara Croft, Godzilla and Darth Vader also join the fray, alongside countless other pop culture icons driving me deeper and deeper into the inner machinations of my imagination. The battle scene being recreated on the floor by seven-year-old me, although not entirely the same as the ones in the movie, is still miraculously consistent with much of the onscreen action we bear witness to in "Ready Player One." It really bursts at the seams with THAT many pop culture references and cameos. It is a euphoric dream world for nerds like me.
The film is set in the year 2045 when Earth, devastated from environmental neglect, overpopulation and corrupt government oversight, is a hopeless landscape. People escape the dread of reality through their only possible resource, the OASIS, a virtual reality world where nearly anything is possible. People can be whoever (yes, even Batman), go wherever and do whatever they want (within reason) through this new pinnacle of technology. When the genius mind behind this virtual reality software, James Halliday, passes away, he hides three keys throughout the OASIS that will grant ownership of it to the person who finds them all. The search is meticulous and overstuffed with cryptic clues based off 80's pop culture making its completion a highly difficult task for the generation of gamers living in the 2040's. The story takes off when our protagonist, eighteen-year-old Wade Watts, stumbles upon clues that lead him to becoming the first person to find one of Halliday's lost keys, elevating him out of his impoverished life and into a wild adventure through the OASIS (and the entire history of pop culture, in general).
The talent working behind "Ready Player One" is an impressive roster, headlined by one of the greatest directors of all time, Mr. Steven Spielberg. Spielberg's work with young actors has always been extremely strong, and in this film, he succeeds again. Out of the young cast, Tye Sheridan as Wade and Oliva Cooke as Wade's romantic interest, Art3mis, are particularly charismatic. The highlight of the whole cast however is not a kid, but rather the 58-year-old Mark Rylance, who as OASIS creator James Halliday, injects his character with a wonderfully memorable yet off-kilter personality. Although the performances bolstering the rest of the cast are all full of potential, they are greatly hindered by a narrative that gives the audience little time to get familiar with the characters.
The second the film kicks off, we are sprinting. Locations, character names and cameos crash down on us and flood the gates of the story Spielberg is attempting to tackle. The film really benefits from this explosive method of information overload during moments of visual emphasis, like the all-absorbing action sequences and eye stimulating explorations of landscapes in the OASIS. These flourish from uncountable amounts of creative and curious details. Although the scope of the world captured in "Ready Player One" is remarkably grandiose, the narrative weight of the story feels surprisingly restricted. Little time is spent exploring the characters' emotional reliance on the OASIS as an escape from the pain of the real world.
A filmmaker must achieve a balance between style and substance, and Spielberg puts more emphasis on the explicitly detailed texture of the world than the characters and their plight, unfortunately weakening the stakes of the film. "Ready Player One" could have benefitted extremely from more scenes establishing the friendships and relationships of the characters, but instead we are thrust into a high-octane quest that is so bulky that it puts the characters on the back burner.
The prospect of adapting the Ernest Cline's massively popular novel, "Ready Player One," was a very ambitious move by Spielberg and welcome return to exhilarating blockbusters. Lovers of the book will notice that the film is nowhere near a symmetrical adaption of Cline's work. The general premise of the book remains, but specific events are added, taken out and flipped around, similar to his adaptation of "Jurassic Park," a method that in reflection works less effectively this time. Also like "Jurassic Park" (and not to mention "Indiana Jones," "E.T." and "Hook," amongst others) he still proves to retain the innate ability of being able to capture the youthful sense of adventure. Younger movie goers, as a result, should have a blast in this film (although some of the adult jokes and 80's references will likely shoot over their heads). Yes, the film does not fulfill all its potential narratively, but the story it does tell is soaked in the modern culture of video games and geekdom, creating a uniquely relatable adventure for young audiences, while also managing to transmit a wise message about unplugging every once and awhile, a reminder we all need at some point or another.
Consensus: If you're interested in a visually striking, classic adventure film that, from the steadily guided hands of a great director, exudes nerdy pop culture and transports you to an immersive new world, then "Ready Player One" is the film for you. 3.5/5
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Happy fall!
The holidays are one of my favorite times of year. I love snuggling into a blanket and sipping on hot chocolate (or a chocolate peppermint latte). I was thinking about the change in weather and how this typically follows a changing the clothes in your closet as well. I'm personally a HUGE fan of fall and winter clothing. Even though I don't like the cold, I do love wearing sweaters. And it got me thinking about how important it is to wear clothes that truly make you feel comfortable.
Think about your favorite clothing item for a second. Mine is a really comfortable sweater that is incredibly fuzzy.
Pulling it out of my closet makes me so excited. Which means I am SO happy the weather is started to get a bit chillier. I can finally wear it 🙂 But, in diet culture, we're taught that it's important to fit into smaller clothing. And that after a certain point, it's bad to grow out of clothing. How many of us have kept jeans from a period of time when we were smaller? Perhaps they were our favorite pair of jeans. And we keep them in hopes of eventually being able to fit into them again. Even though they are uncomfortable to wear as our bodies are now, we wouldn't imagine ever throwing them out. Why?
In diet culture, it's a symbol of success to shrink your body to fit into those jeans again. And it's so easy for us to fall for that.
I get it. It can be super challenging to get rid of old clothes and buy new ones. Buying bigger clothes is often mixed with a sense of shame and failure for most of us, especially if you are living life in a larger body. It's hardly ever talked about how our bodies are actually supposed to change over the course of a lifetime. Weight gain is totally normal and healthy. Here are some things to think about if you're trying to make peace with your body and clothing:
1. Throw out (or donate) clothes that don't fit.
Clean out your closet. Although difficult, it can be really liberating to ditch the clothes that don't fit anymore. One of my favorite quotes is "I grew out of my jeans and instead of waging war on myself I bought new jeans because it's okay that my body is changing." There are so many other things to put your life's energy into.
2.Buy new clothes.
Little by little restock your closet with clothes that you love and feel comfortable with wearing. Sometimes it can be a hassle to head to the mall, spend money and time to choose some outfits. In the long run, it'll be worth it to live life in comfortable clothing.
Remind yourself, your body (and its size) does not define your worth. Despite what diet culture tells us, we are SO much more than our bodies.
I recognize I am writing this post based on my experience living life in a smaller/able-bodied body. And finding peace with wearing certain clothes and body size is a different journey for each person based on their own personal life experience.
To wrap it up……
Clothing is part of our routine ( we put it on daily, wear it daily, etct.) and it can impact how we feel as we go throughout our days. My final input is think about the clothing that makes you feel good. That makes you feel comfortable. And empowered. Ditch any item that makes you feel the opposite.And lastly, enjoy your favorite cold weather sweater 🙂
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"who has made very clear that his desire is to weaken the nation." – Liz Chaney While the world burns Obama plays golf (he set a record for presidential time golfing) and says our big new enemy is global warming (now known as climate change). In his commencement speech to West Point cadets Obama said: "spirit of cooperation needs to energize the global effort to combat climate change, a creeping national security crisis that will help shape your time in […]
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Below is a report by Clara Paillard of a meeting hosted by Merseyside CNWP on the fight for a working class political voice in France which was addressed by Marie-José Douet on 12 May 2008.
On the 12th May, 21 supporters of Merseyside CNWP welcomed Marie-José Douet, French socialist and member of Gauche Révolutionairre, at the Casa. She provided an inspiring insight into the political situation in France, 40 years after the May 68 revolution. Gauche Révolutionairre participates in the recent campaign for a new party in France. The Ligue Communiste Révolutionairre (LCR) has been leading the call but members of local organising committees are from many different groups and left radical tendencies.
Marie-José, also known as 'Dadou', has been touring England to give talks about May 68 and meet up with British comrades. On her way around England, she travelled by train and was shocked by the major differences between the state of different stations, depending on local wealth and the privatised rail companies. In France, the railways are still public but under constant attack by French government and capitalists, as are other public services, the hospitals, young people… "Who will defend the workers?" asked Dadou.
As in the UK, the lack of political alternative in France stops the struggles being translated into politics. Workers are not represented politically. "We said it for a long time: we need a New Workers' Party," says our French comrade.
Similar struggles are happening on both side of the Channel. Workers' rights are constantly undermined by the forces of global capitalism. For Dadou, the new party needs to defend workers' wages and jobs and show that the capitalist system is the global problem. A socialist alternative needs to be provided.
This new party is a tool for struggles; it should bring together different existing organisations and allow them to keep their identity as well as allow youth and new workers to join the party. It is crucial that new members are involved, can express their view and fully participate in the Party.
However, it is not that simple. Our French comrades are organising into local committees. Growth of the committees was cut across by the municipal elections, and numbers participating vary in different cities. The LCR is not homogenous; not everyone agrees on what main alliances should be made: with workers and youth in struggle, with the anti-Globalisation movement, or with the Greens. It seems important for existing groups not to dissolve themselves and keep their political identity whether revolutionary or otherwise.
Dadou said how important it is to grow numerically but also to discuss ideas for a future Party programme. We should not miss the chance to create a new workers' party and to change society. The developing crisis will provoke big struggles against the system, which can raise the question of revolution. 40 years ago, the biggest strike in France brought 10 million people into the street. Factories were occupied, trains were stopped, ports blocked, managers locked into their offices… It shows that workers can manage themselves without the bosses. Workers of today need to regain their confidence and create new parties that represent them properly.
The French comrade concluded with a quote from a worker involved in 1968: "We belonged to no-one, we belonged to ourselves. We thought that was socialism." Dadou added, "We need to put that question [of socialism] and confidence back on the agenda."
Many questions were asked, making a lively discussion and the event ended up around a pint of beer late that night. This talk was part of the City of Culture 08, an alternative programme to the main celebrations, which seeks to highlight the role of the working class in the history of the city of Liverpool. For more info, see blog www.myspace.com/cityofculture08
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Report reveals RAF Tornado's near miss with civilian aircraft
PUBLISHED: 10:51 19 May 2019 | UPDATED: 14:51 19 May 2019
An RAF Marham Tornado jet was involved in a near miss when it came within hundreds of feet of a civilian aircraft.
The UK Airprox Board has investigated the incident, which happened over Beverley Airfield on Humberside on December 17.
It said the Tornado was part of a formation of four jets, which were flying at low level. The warplanes had intended to avoid the civilian airfield by two miles.
The pilot of the jet involved in the incident believed it was a "minor aerodrome" where "see and avoid applies".
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Airfield. They are routinely subject to intrusions by Typhoons, Tornados, Tucanos (especially) and most recently Grob training aircraft."
It says the pilot of the civilian aircraft, a Cessna C172, heard the Tornado's engines and saw it pass above before it banked away.
The report says the aircraft came within 100ft in height of each other. The Cessna pilot assessed the risk of a collision as "medium".
The Tornado was retired from service at the end of March after 40 years of operational flying. It has been replaced by the new F-35 Lightning.
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Detroit Tearing Down 10 Vacant Schools
Detroit's public school system is tearing down 10 vacant schools this spring and summer in an effort to help clean up neighborhoods and reduce crime.
Detroit's public school system is tearing down 10 vacant schools this spring and summer in an effort to help clean up neighborhoods and reduce crime.
Newark, N.J.'s schools have partnered with a national union to develop "data rooms" that will help teachers focus on continuous improvement.
The Obama Administration's regulations for turning around low-performing schools, embedded in federal school-improvement grants, could force the firing of principals making progress in those schools and make recruiting turnaround leaders even harder, urban superintendents told U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at a Sunday luncheon. Each of the options the Education Department gives school districts under the regulations requires replacing the principal if that principal has been at a school in the bottom 5 percent of performance for more than two years. San Francisco schools superintendent Carlos Garcia voiced the frustrations of many in the room, asking Duncan why ...
Friday is here again as a welcome friend. Here's some of the district news you may have missed this week: The Memphis city school district wants its own police force, but the Memphis police chief doesn't think it should happen. The two sides shared their perspectives before legislative committees in Nashville this week. The district has been looking at this issue off and on since at least 2007. Speaking of Memphis, St. Patrick's Day pinches got two middle school boys suspended. Class sizes of 37 students may come to Chicago schools because of $700 million in potential budget cuts, schools ...
The Philadelphia school district may begin using a weighted-student funding formula in its schools.
A plan for Detroit's public schools seeks to dramatically accelerate the performance of students in what has been called the nation's worst school district.
Education news and views from around the nation.
All schools in the Minneapolis school district are on lockdown for a second day after a threat was received Wednesday that someone would shoot at an unspecified school in the city and then shoot himself.
Nearly half the public schools in Kansas City, Mo., will close, and $50 million will be slashed from the budget, if the board OKs a plan aimed at right-sizing the district.
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Ch 5: Systems Thinking
About This Chapter
Systems Thinking - Chapter Summary
For a portable and versatile review of systems thinking, employees can complete these lessons on their computer, tablet or smartphone. As they complete the lessons, they can also test their understanding of the material with the lesson quizzes. Our expert instructors have compiled these lessons and assessments to give users an effective way to improve their understanding of:
- Examples of systems thinking
- Applications of systems thinking
- Ways to practice systems thinking
- Context diagrams and mind maps
How It Helps
- Teaches new skills: Employees who review these lessons will have a better knowledge of how to use systems thinking and different ways to practice it.
- Builds awareness: These lessons discuss a few different ways systems thinking can be applied. Awareness of this knowledge will help employees utilize it more effectively.
- Improves productivity: Knowledge of systems thinking should improve employees' productivity when they are on a job.
Skills Covered
By the end of this chapter, employees will be able to:
- Utilize and practice systems thinking
- Understand models and archetypes of systems thinking
- Identify applications of systems thinking
- Make sense of system context diagrams and mind maps
1. What is Systems Thinking? - Definition & Examples
What is more effective: breaking a problem down into bite-sized pieces or taking a helicopter view? Learn about the systems thinking approach and the best situations in which to apply it.
2. Systems Thinking: Approaches & Archetypes
Many situations in life can appear very different because of surrounding contexts. Nevertheless, when analyzed from a holistic perspective, a lot of similarities between them can be found. Learn to recognize and understand the most popular systems thinking archetypes!
3. Systems Thinking in Healthcare
How can physicians ensure that a new prescription will not harm their patient and fit in within their existing healthcare regime? Can the waiting lines in hospitals be reduced? Explore the application of systems thinking in healthcare to find out!
4. Systems Thinking Education & Training
Check out your options for systems thinking education with this article. You can learn which program types offer campus-based or online learning and find a program to fit your scheduling needs and career goals.
5. System Context Diagram: Description & Examples
In this lesson, you will learn the three key elements of a system context diagram. In addition, this lesson will describe how you can use this powerful diagramming tool to help identify the scope of a system.
6. What is a Mind Map? - Definition & Examples
This lesson explores one of the most versatile types of graphical organizers, the mind map. Let's take a closer look at some of the practical applications of mind maps and how they can help you understand and organize your ideas.
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