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Sorry, this is so late coming to you all! I wanted to make sure everything was turned in and graded before I posted anything. As a side note, before you read this paper, I do not think this is my best ever work. It is not meant to be researched since much of the references I make were to presentations that we were given. Please comment with any questions you may have and I hope you enjoy it!
Portuguese Political Economy and Culture
This trip was my first time abroad and I was surprised in many ways. Before coming to Lisbon, I had spent about a week in Paris. While Paris was absolutely lovely and I will be going back, I thought that Portugal seemed like a place in which people actually lived and worked instead of being the over the top city that I found Paris to be. I found Portugal more of a place that was centered in reality more than catering to tourists and merely putting up with them. I think that mentioning this is important as I was making comparisons between the two cities quite frequently, and while I did not speak to too many experts in French/Parisian culture, politics, and economics, my previous five years of studies in French made me familiar with some of these important issues. In contrast, my studies of Portugal had been condensed into about a month leading up to this trip. That being said, I was also still making the majority of comparisons to the United States since my sociological perspective is that of an American middle-class young woman. As I said above, Portugal surprised me in many ways and I will be discussing the thoughts I have around the non-government organizations, political economy, and culture there.
Reading the book The Concise History of Portugal before arriving was extremely beneficial to understanding the current situation that Portugal is in socially, politically, and economically. It made it especially important when considering Portugal's recent history and how it has gotten where it has. However, there was further reading required for further understanding the events that have happened since the book was published.
Knowing that the Portuguese democracy is younger than my mother made me recognize that some of the far-right rhetoric that is being used by politicians in other parts of Europe and in the United States would simply not take hold because the dangers of nationalism would be remembered and recognized as they are in the recent memory of the population. The politics in Portugal in many ways are much more complex (although admittedly, compared to the American system of politics, it is probably simpler to understand for most people) in the fact that there are more parties and have a parliamentary system in which, instead of voting for specific candidates, one votes for a party. This system, or some version of it, is a common form of a democratic republic. When discussing this topic with some of the speakers and some of the people we met on the street, in cabs, etc., they seemed to really like this system and shared their critiques on the American system of government. This included American policy positions on issues such as education, war, drugs, etc.
The system of government reflected the culture and economy quite well in Portugal as well. I thought that the hospitality in Portugal rivaled with American "Southern hospitality," and no one seemed unpleasant (at least not to our faces) while there. I think that this value of hospitality was reflected in the policy decisions that Portugal has made, been a part of, and where the Portuguese government decides to spend its money. For example, the handling of the refugee crisis, poverty and children's issues, and the financial crisis was responded to and the people's reactions to the policy decisions that were made are fantastic examples of this. These issues that I have mentioned were handled in a rather simple, problem-and-solution type of manner that has impacted the other social problems that policy makers often struggle to handle. With the refugee crisis, Portugal deciding to take and help refugees get back on their feet in any way that Portugal could do so within their means and while they are not taking in anywhere near the amounts that other countries are, the citizens did not seem to mind like they did in other countries. The reasons for this have been speculated upon, including geographic location and the state of the Portuguese economy. When handling poverty and children needing to not live with their primary caregivers for whatever reason, human dignity and individual autonomy are considered. They take measures to ensure that everyone can eat and have an actual decent life. With the last financial crisis, the government that was in charge at the time made hard choices such as cutting back on social programs, which is highly unpopular as everyone benefits from these programs. With that being said, it was explicitly for the best of the country that those choices were made; it was not for the large companies or any of the large money makers in the country, it was simply the best choice out of some terrible choices that had to be made.
Going to Portugal, I knew that how they dealt with social problems was extremely different, but I was shocked with how compassionate and empathetic people were. Perhaps it is just because I am so used to people turning a blind eye to people in need here in the United States, but I was still shocked that people and a government could stand together to try and make their country and their society a relatively better place. Having to come back to the United States and seeing the bills that are in the State and Federal legislatures that do not help the people that need it most has been, frankly, eye-opening. It has however, given me hope that with our vast amount of resources that could be used in so many ways to help others, that we will eventually use them.
During our visits to various organizations in Portugal, there were some significant differences with their Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) from ours here in the United States. For example, Champalimaud has been conducting medical research since its beginning in 2005. When we visited, they were doing groundbreaking research in vision-related ailments, neuroscience, and cancer treatment. While they are independent from the Portuguese healthcare system, they did explain that the costs that a patient would incur were not nearly as high as they would have been here. However, I think that the largest difference between the research that is done on people is the intensity of government regulation and the influence of the drug companies.
Normally, I am all for the regulation of industries in order to protect consumers of those goods. However, I think that in the United States, it is becoming more universally accepted that the pharmaceutical companies have a huge influence on policy regarding medical research and choosing whether or not to bring certain medicines to the market. The best way that this issue was displayed was how Champalimaud was treating cancer. It was explained that in Portugal, the regulations on medical research are not nearly as strict as they are in other countries, like the United States. This enabled them to do state of the art research, and since they were in Portugal, where the cost of operation is not as high in other parts of Europe, they were able to do it for a lower cost.
The other NGO that we visited was the Gulbenkian Foundation. I thought that this was quite similar to the large foundations here in the US. Gulbenkian's overall goal after all of the talks from different projects that the foundation had was to try and do some good in the world. The foundation outlined how it was able to do the work that it did and the major difference between NGOs in the United States and Portugal: most people in Portugal did not see it as their job to donate money to take care of citizens, it was the job of the state. This did not in any way present an issue for Gulbenkian, and they have been able to manage and grow the fund that they had started with in order to sustain their foundation.
One issue that probably stood out to me the most was the conflict that has been caused by the Eurozone. I did research regarding the Eurozone before leaving the U.S., so I knew that there were cracks and issues arising in certain countries throughout Europe. However, I don't think I realized the extent of the issues until I got there and we had talks with people that were knowledgeable about the fallout that took place after the European Debt Crisis.
During the recession, the United States fared okay when compared to other countries because of the ability to debt finance its economy in order to save it from collapse, which is all because it has monetary sovereignty. The main problem that I saw with how the single currency system worked was that the central bank tended to make policies that favored the Northwestern countries in Europe and, after the recession, did not treat countries such as Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece, with any grace in regards to saving their economies. These countries are also not seen as an asset to the European Union, but rather a burden, which impacts how people think of the EU.
When the recession started to hit Europe, Portugal's economy tanked and revenue severely declined, which resulted in the need for tough choices to be made. This included cutting the social programs, as they were the most expensive. As former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho mentioned in his talk, the Portuguese people did not want to see their social programs be cut or disappear and this ultimately resulted in the change of government that we saw in 2015. The problem that could be seen from this is that without the social programs to support those that are most impacted by the recession, a slew of problems were created for the entire population. These would include increased crime, an increase of obesity, lower overall health of a population, and all of these problems are very expensive problems to deal with. While the choices that he made were admirable with the situation that he found himself in, the worst of it could have arguably been avoidable if Portugal had control of their monetary policy.
This gets me to my next point: I do not think that the Eurozone is going to be sustainable into the future for much longer. Already citizens in the EU have animosity towards countries that "don't pull their weight" economically. This has arguably been one of the major reasons that there is an increase of recent nationalistic election rhetoric that is taking hold of Europe.
This problem could potentially be solved without the upheaval that would be caused by the dissolution of the European Union, which could cause economic problems not just in Europe, but throughout the world as so many economies depend on the EU in some way. When I posed the question of whether or not slowly transitioning from the Euro instead of a catastrophic event was politically possible, the gentleman that we had the opportunity to speak with did not think so.
In the same vein as the issues in the Portuguese economy, the recovery from the last recession has been slow to say the least. The Portuguese unemployment rate has consistently hovered around 10% in the best of times. This has been an issue because since people are unemployed they are unable to be active agents in the economy. The saying "one man's spending is another's income" is extremely applicable here. Unemployment impacts other people's incomes (because they can not spend on anything other than necessities) and the government's tax revenue (when large numbers of people make less money and taxes remain stagnant, overall revenue will decline). When I was walking around between sessions, boarded up businesses and buildings largely in disrepair were not uncommon. This issue will need to be resolved somehow in the future.
One last issue that Portugal is facing that I will mention is this: the trust of the media and its relationship to society and politics. As we found out from our media panel, the United States is not the only place experiencing an influx of fake news aimed to influence political opinion. Obviously, it has not been as large of an issue there as it is here, but with media revenues declining and the way people consume their news changing, the media personnel globally are facing challenges. Although Portugal is not exactly fertile ground for political extremism, there may be issues that come about in future elections due to false stories that circulate.
This leads me to my conclusion of where I think Portugal will be going in the next 5-10 years. They have all of the potential that they need to be a successful and beneficial corner of the world. They have NGOs that are doing amazing, groundbreaking work in so many fields that desperately need improvement. However, while I am optimistic that Portugal will succeed in the end as a European power and that their economy will grow as people discover Europe's best kept secret, I think that Europe and the global economy may be put through some very difficult times. Already, we are seeing changes in politics and philosophies on how the world should be run, and I do not think that this will just be in the United States and, and these changes will undoubtedly impact the economy.
While I can not make specific predictions on the Portuguese economy as far as time lines go, I think that the work that Gulbenkian and Champalimaud are doing is amongst the best in the world and will continue to succeed. The politics in the country seem to be arguably more stable and less polarizing than in many other democracies that we are witnessing and I think that it will continue to be that way. Overall, Portugal has itself set up that it can succeed. We will just have to see how they "play their cards." Ambassador Katz predicted that we would probably fall in love with Portugal in some way while we were there. For me that was definitely the case, and I look forward to go back again to see how they have progressed.


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Man-to-machine social networks take to the cloud
Man-to-machine connections and social networks were among the highlights at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. The company showed off connections between coke machines and social networks and jet engines and enterprise social networks.
In this video, Jeff Kaplan, managing director of Wellesley, Mass.-based THINKstrategies Inc., explains the importance of cloud computing when undertaking these sorts of initiatives.
He also talks about Salesforce.com's entry into the performance management realm with Work.com, and the identity management realm with Salesforce Identity and the Marketing Cloud. Find out what this week's announcements mean for Salesforce.com partners, customers and prospects.

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Web 2.0 is often described as the 'read-write web'. I use the term 'read-write learning' to characterise a form of constructivist learning which is not necessarily social but incorporates learning activities where learners generate knowledge in their own words.
My first real experience of read-write learning using computer software occurred in 1984. It was my second year of teaching, and I had a class of about 30 eight to nine year olds. One topic we were to study was the Solar System, a topic about which there were plenty of books for reference. I also set up a simple database which had a record for each planet, and entered some information about each planet. In those days, there were very few computers in school classrooms, so I used to take my Apple II computer in each day on the back seat of my car.
I found the students enjoyed using the database to look up information – in those days it was quite a novelty to have a computer in the classroom. They were also able to enter information which was missing and add to what became a communal store of information. The database soon held information drawn from a number of sources, and there was a sense of shared ownership of the information.
As well as paging through the planets or searching for one by name, students could view a table of all the planets. This table could be sorted in various ways: for example, alphabetically by planet name, or numerically by distance from the sun. This allowed students to investigate relationships such as that between distance from the sun and surface temperature. The database software made it easy to re-arrange information and compare records. While some students were content to access the information, others clearly exhibited curiosity and a greater desire for active enquiry.
Several unexpected learning processes took place. The first of these was when a student complained that the database was incorrect – Saturn had more satellites than shown. When we investigated how the error had occurred, we realised that his book had been published several years after the one originally consulted. Clearly, more satellites had been discovered by astronomers in the time between the publication of the two sources. This led to interesting discussion on a number of key questions:
- How do astronomers discover new satellites?
- How do we know any of our information is current? ('true')
Another interesting learning process took place when a student discovered that planets close to the sun had few satellites, while those further out had more. On investigation, it turned out that those furthest out also had very few satellites. This led to discussion as to why this was so – none of our books could help, but we did come up with some fairly plausible explanations.
These days, it's easy to use software such as Excel to make such relationships much more graphic:
What did the students learn though the whole process? Clearly they gained some skills in using a database to access information that they could then use. They also acquired factual knowledge about the subject, and this seemed to be deep rather than superficial learning. Just as importantly, however, they learned that:
- It was more important to know how and where to look for an answer than to memorise factual detail
- It was important to evaluate information. For example, 'scientific facts' can be out of date
- Science was a process of enquiry, not a collection of facts
- Scientific enquiry wasn't just for scientists
I was pleased that most of my students enjoyed browsing through and collaboratively updating the database. In addition, the process of enquiry in which some students became engaged emphasised for me the important role that software tools can play in promoting high-level learning.


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Medicinal Mushrooms - The Essential Guide Autor: Martin Powell
Taschenbuch: 64 Seiten
Verlag: Mycology Press
Sprache: Englisch
A highly accessible introduction to the health benefits of the main medicinal mushrooms, written by Martin Powell, author of Medicinal Mushrooms - A Clinical Guide. Practical and informative, Medicinal Mushrooms - The Essential Guide is based on the latest research and clinical experience and covers ten of the major medicinal mushrooms, as well as many of the most common health conditions.
64 pages in full colour covering the top ten medicinal mushrooms: Almond Mushroom (Sun Agaric - ABM), Chaga, Cordyceps, Coriolus, Lion's Mane, Maitake, Mesima, Reishi, Shiitake, Snow Fungus, cross-referenced with common health conditions, including: Asthma, BPH, Cancer, Candida, CFS, Dementia, Diabetes, Erectile Dysfunction, Hayfever, Hepatitis, Herpes, Hypertension, HPV, Infertility, Insomnia, Anxiety, Menopausal Syndrome, Nerve Damage, PCOS, Psoriasis, Arthritis.
About the author:
Martin Powell is a biochemist and Chinese herbalist who has worked with mushroom nutrition for over 20 years. He lectures at the University of Westminster and is the author of Medicinal Mushrooms - A Clinical Guide. As well as running a clinical practice, he continues to research mushrooms´ health benefits and run seminars on their clinical use for doctors and other healthcare practitioners in the UK and worldwide.
- Introduction
- How Medicinal Mushrooms Work
- Using Medicinal Mushrooms
- 10 Medicinal Mushrooms with detailed description
- Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms


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Google+ adds South African indigenous languages
Google has added two indigenous African languages, Afrikaans and Zulu, to their social network, Google+.
Google+ is available in up to 60 languages and they hope their latest move will drive users away from the Usain Bolt-like frontrunner Facebook. Swahili, Urdu and Tamil speakers can also now socialise online in their native tongue.
Facebook has over 800 million users, followed by Twitter which garnered 500 million users in February this year. Since its launch in June 2011, Google+ has trailed in the social networking race, but with 100 million users, it seems to be catching up.
While some brands such as the BBC and New York Times have established a presence on the social network, a Wall Street Journal article recently labelled Google+ a "ghost town". This came after research firm comScore revealed how little time users spend on the site.
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job well done, africans contribute so much in social networks.
well , I wonther that if they can also introdruce lingala one of the most popular speaking in africa !
This is a step in right direction, actually all spoken language must be included.
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Four-border region of Bad Radkersburg
Austria, Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia meet
The Bad Radkersburg region is at the outer edge of Styria but at the centre of the four-border region between Austria - Slovenia - Hungary. There is much to do here in this Styrian thermal region where all kinds of opportunities for walking, cycling, golfing and more are close at hand. Plus, the culinary and cultural offerings for holidays and tourism are diverse.
Discover the many destinations for excursions in the area surrounding the Romantik Hotel im Park. The historic old town of Bad Radkersburg is waiting to be visited. And at the end of an eventful day, recharge yourself in the Sinnreich realm of wellness.
Visiting neighbouring countries
Would you like to make an outing across the border to Slovenia to see what is there? Or a day excursion to Hungary? Or how about Croatia? It is easily possible from here.


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At Château La Nerthe, all the work in the vineyards is done using organic farming techniques.
Château La Nerthe
Terroir & Vineyards
The 222 acres vineyard of Château La Nerthe has a terroir of rock, sand, clay and loam soils. Much of the vineyards and the château are located southeast of the village. You can look at their vineyards as being placed in two large blocks. 148 acres of vines are adjacent and mostly in front of the chateau. There, you find more sand and clay in the terroir. The remaining 74 acres are behind the château and abut the plateau of La Crau, which has more rocks and stones, known as galets in the region. Similar to what is planted at Château Beaucastel, the vineyards of Château La Nerthe are planted with all 13 types of grapes allowed in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation. At Château La Nerthe, all the work in the vineyards is done using organic farming techniques. La Nerthe is one of the first estates to begin picking in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation.


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The Olympics aren't the only games being played this month.
The WorldSkills apprenticeship championships for the Australian national titles take place over three days in Sydney later this month and vying for top bricklayer are representatives from all States who have won their Regional WorldSkills titles.
A special feature edition of "Aussie Bricklayer" with profiles on all the Regional winners will be emailed to you soon.
(Register here if you're not already receiving Aussie Bricklayer)
I have been involved with WorldSkills for 20 years, helping lift the profile of bricklaying and it has been a true privilege. I'm looking forward to meeting the next generation of top Australian bricklayers at the national competition in Sydney and can't wait to see the competitors in action.
Over my 20 years, I've met many outstanding young competitors that will go on to become industry leaders and enjoy further successes. I have also shared ideas and concepts with the best teachers in Australia and the world and I love reinvesting this learning and experience into my teaching both with TAFE NSW and Worldskills Australia.
I particularly enjoy seeing the growth in competitors from young, keen apprentices and trainees to robust tradespersons ready to take on the world.
My role with WorldSkills involves organising competitions and developing elite training programs at various levels including regional, national and international events. Last year I was very pleased to be unanimously voted in as the Chief Expert for the International Competition in Germany, 2013. The vote was taken from international representatives from over 25 countries so it was a great honour to secure this role for myself and Australia.
ABBTF is about to publish an Honour Roll of bricklayer National WorldSkills winners over the last 30 years, in a special national edition of Aussie Bricklayer. You might be surprised to see that Glen Brasen representing bricklaying, won the first ever Aussie Gold medal across all trades, at the international WorldSkills in Japan in 1985, the first year our trade fielded an entrant and the second year Australia participated.
We went on to win Gold internationally in bricklaying in another two successive years but didn't again win a medal till very recently. Let's hope this year's Australian National delivers us a future international award winner but just getting to the international stage is a mighty win. So bring it on and good luck guys!
Troy Everett
A/Head Teacher – Civil Engineering, Surveying and Mapping
TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute, Wollongong Campus


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Minutes for June 30, 2011
Attending: Calvin, Jon, Steve, Matt, Mark, Geir, AlexAbsent: NoneAlso: Elizabeth Leddy for conference organizers
Plone Conference Organizers
Liz: SFSU is going to bring us onto their insurance policy for a not-unreasonable fee
Liz: Training rooms will also be done through SFSU
Calvin said he was surprised to see a training schedule announcement, and asked if an open call for trainers could be organized in place of the announced schedule.Mark and Calvin said they recalled no previous mention of independent organizing of talksJon and Steve recalled we had heard about it.Mark said he'd received complaints about lack of an open call for training and said all previous conferences he'd had any involvement with had open calls and that it was a serious problem that this one did not.Jon recalled that, of previous conferences, only Bristol had an open call. Jon noted that the reason training is organized early, usually without an open call, is to get it out there before folks are making travel plans. Calvin said that he felt that the process had excluded people.Liz noted that getting rooms in downtown SF is expensive, and five-person classes really won't work out.Matt said he generally liked the idea of an open call, but recalled that training cancellations after last year's open call were a real problem. (About half the training schedule was cancelled after poor registration.)Liz noted that it was out front from the very beginning that training was independently organized.Calvin said the foundation should step in to take control of the training.Liz argued too late now.Calvin said he accepted it might be too late.No motion or action.
Registrations so far: 57
Call for talks anticipated by end of next week
Liz off call at 12:30pm
Approve Minutes for June 16th, 2011 board meeting
Calvin moved approvalMatt secondedApproved with Mark abstaining due to no time to read
Committee Reports (marketing, membership)
No reports from Marketing or Membership
Old business
Plone roadmap - Plone 3.3.6 release date? Plone 5 roadmap document status
Pre-release out for 3.3.6Final release will include latest hotfix12:40Switched to Fuse due to problems with CalliflowerResumed at 12:52Lost Limi
Real Story CMS Market Analysis License Request
Discussion of possible sharing of report subscription within foundation; Geir has obtained subscription prices for 20 ($500 each) or 125 ($160). Full price is $1,950.Jon suggested we poll membership and see how many would pay. Steve noted we could mix foundation member subscriptions and important dev/marketing folks.Matt suggested using ChipIn. Calvin noted we could do it for a threshold like 14 or 15. Then, PF would buy the rest.Geir volunteered to do the setup/notificationCalvin moved to authorize purchase of up-to six copies for strategic distribution, the rest to go to other foundation members.Steve secondedUnanimously approved
Windows installer change
No movement on this
ZEA Indian Trademark Transfer
Dave Powsner e-mailed by Matt; He's still up for representing us. This is referred to him.Matt will ask for feedback on possibility of getting word mark protected.Matt will also ask him if we may refer a recent trademark question.
Possible trademark abuse
Matt will also refer this to Dave Powsner
Creation of a Roadmap Team
Geir suggested formalizing the discussion that is currently going on in informal groups.So, we'd make the existing informal group formal. Framework team would still have say on technical issues. This would be strategic.Possibles: Calvin HP, Mark Corum, Matt Hamilton, Geir Bækholt, David Glick, Hanno Schlichting, Laurence Rowe, Martin Aspeli. This would be a core that would seek additional representation.Division of labor with Framework Team would need clarity.Jon noted that he thinks the Framework Team already expects this division of labor.
Geir moved the formalization of a roadmap team including Calvin HP, Mark Corum, Matt Hamilton, Geir Bækholt, David Glick, Hanno Schlichting, Laurence Rowe, Martin AspeliMatt secondedUnanimously approved
The job of the roadmap team would be:
- Be the entity that keeps track of Plone direction from an end user and business perspective.
- Establish and maintain the roadmap for where Plone should be heading
- Stay in touch with the users of Plone and gather their wishes and problems
- Provide business cases and wishes for the framework team
- Provide the framework team with strategic guidance (like a board does to a company director)
- Encourage the community to assist in particular directions
- Present the roadmap externally
- Choose a spokesperson early
Mark left call
Licensing policy for Diazo themes
Steve and Jon had forwarded a draft policy to the boardDeferred due to meeting already running long
In-kind sponsor Acknowledgement Policy
Not ready to discuss
Homepage News
Not ready to discuss
New business
Security Patch Process
Calvin said he thought the security team had moved too fast to issue a notice on a vulnerability that already existed for some time and that he thought could have waited until longer after the previous announcements.Geir noted that the team has already discussed that they could have taken more time with this.Calvin asked that the team send a formal process to the board for approval.Geir said he didn't want it to look like the board was trying to control their process.Geir suggested letting this wait for a bit to avoid putting pressure on team.Calvin said the security team's perceived competence has been taken down a notch.Jon said that simple checklists could improve this. Geir said this is already being worked on.
No motion or actionAgreed to try Fuse for next meeting. Calvin will arrangeAdjourned at 2pm.


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Suppose you are an evaluator looking to put together a team of colleagues to bid on an evaluation of a program that primarily or exclusively targets members of your own 'culture' (ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, life/health/social history, profession or disciplinary roots, etc – yes, everyone is a member of several 'cultures'). What are the various reasons for including outsiders (people from outside that culture) on your evaluation team? What is the implicit "problem" or "challenge" you would be responding to with that rationale? In what roles would outsiders be involved? How would that influence your evaluation 'product' (the services and the report delivered?
Read the whole post –> A 'program logic' for including 'outsiders' in evaluation teams


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Twitchy mentions the Iron Dog race and quotes Governor Palin:
Todd's race winnings are donated to The Chris Kyle Memorial Fund. For the kids and me, we're proud of our Iron Dogger, especially his dedication to family and freedom.
This is yet another example of how the Palins lead by example. Conservatives do believe in causes that go beyond our own lives. We simply believe in the power of the individual to not only attain success for themselves and their families, but that they also recognize when a helping hand is needed. It will continue to happen in a better America where government is out of the individual's way and acts as servants of the people instead of their masters.
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Isn't there a way to electronically send books to your Kindle by sending them to your Kindle email address? I never tried the feature so I don't recall how it works. I thought you only got charged if the format had to get converted.
Isn't there a way to electronically send books to your Kindle by sending them to your Kindle email address? I never tried the feature so I don't recall how it works. I thought you only got charged if the format had to get converted.
From memory, it's got some crazy high res on it compared to other e-readers. (fake edit: It's an LG-made screen showing at 1024 x 768 instead of 800 x 600.) The page turning buttons are supposed to be easy to use, too, but they don't really look easy to get to.http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/07/140-google-ebooks-reader-iriver-story-hd-hits-stores-july-17.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
$140 Google eBooks reader, iriver Story HD, hits stores July 17
looks rather ugly
Synthetic Orange wrote: »Cy turned out to be much better in person.
$140 Google eBooks reader, iriver Story HD, hits stores July 17
looks rather ugly
DevoutlyApathetic wrote: »When Amazon releases ebooks does anybody know what time they do that? Are we talking 12:01 AM or at some more reasonable, sane time?
Exactly.TychoCelchuuu wrote: »http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/07/140-google-ebooks-reader-iriver-story-hd-hits-stores-july-17.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
$140 Google eBooks reader, iriver Story HD, hits stores July 17
looks rather ugly
Every time a new e-reader comes out that isn't big I die a little inside. I just want my giant eReader. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!
Also I don't know why anyone would ever buy that Google thing. I mean, $140 for a "worse than a Kindle" thing? What's the point?
edit: I guess higher resolution is neat? From what I've seen of eReader screens the resolution has been fine thus far though. Maybe if you read comic books this is nice. Or perhaps it makes reading small text (like a zoomed out PDF) easier?
It looks like it would be worlds better for anything with diagrams. If they made a DX sized reader it would probably be the first ereader that would work well for textbooks.
It isn't a great sign that a piece of it fell off while the guy was looking at it.
edit: and damn it is ugly even for something made by google.
warder808 wrote:Silly question time. If you have a big library of books, is there a cheap or free way to get them on to an ereader?
People don't exaggerate about how bad it is, it just varies dramatically from person to person. I personally can read books on a screen all day (although I get a bit of eyestrain after a while) but my wife can only handle about half an hour.Burden of Proof wrote:people exaggerate how bad reading on an tablet is
it's especially weird coming from who have no problem reading message forums all day
anyway I got the lighted cover for the kindle in the mail today, so now I don't have to worry about cleaning the damn thing so often
only downside is that the thing barely fits in my pocket now
Not that hard? You have toCentipede Damascus wrote:I don't know what those other guys are talking about, it's not that hard to scan your own books into PDFs, and it's completely legal.
I don't know about anyone else, but my problem is with the ergonomics of the flick or tap page turn, as opposed to physical buttons. But then again, I don't really get the whole capacitive screen thing anywayBurden of Proof wrote:people exaggerate how bad reading on an tablet is
it's especially weird coming from who have no problem reading message forums all day
TychoCelchuuu wrote:So I just found this program called k2pdfopt which stands for Kindle to PDF Optimizer or something and it's fairly neat. You drag PDF files into it and it spits out a PDF that is (usually) formatted for a Kindle. I just dragged 130 academic PDFs into it (and waited a while) and now I have a bunch of articles that, while sometimes not exactly perfect (footnotes tend to screw it up), are looking pretty good. Plus it was all automated.
Gizmodo wrote:You Can Rent Textbooks on Your Kindle for Cheap Now
Casey Chan —Buying textbooks in college are annoying! They're expensive, heavy, and instantly useless after finals. Amazon is trying to change the game with Kindle Textbook Rentals, it's a service that lets students rent Kindle textbooks to save tons of money.
Students can customize their textbook rental period (anywhere from 30 to 360 days) and from the looks of it, a semester-long rental is significantly cheaper than buying the book (I got a ~$50 rental on a $110 book). Amazon says it'll have "tens of thousands of textbooks" available for renting, all of which will use Kindle features like Whispersync, highlights, notes and the ability to use it on any Kindle app (iPhone, Android, etc.).
As much as this seems like the future of college textbooks, I'm not sure the regular Kindle is exactly the best tool for studying (can you imagine thumbing back and forth on that thing?). Good thing it works with the Kindle DX too. [Kindle Textbook Rental via TechCrunch]
marty_0001 wrote:Alright I am probably going to buy a kindle.
How long are they supposed to last? I can see the ebooks are cheaper than paper ones, but if I have to get a new kindle or battery every couple of years does that negate the savings?
Pricing aside it would be awesome to be able to read while eating my cereal in the morning, not having to hold a book open.
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The Audience of One You can check out Parts One, Two and Three Worship is a lifestyle but that lifestyle is rooted in a posture of the heart that comes before God to simply behold Him in reverence and awe and to thank and praise Him for who He is and what He's done. That... Continue Reading →
The Heart of Worship #3
Target Practice Check out Parts 1 and 2 HERE and HERE A few years ago I heard a worship leader from America, say something that put words to a problem I'd struggled to articulate. He said that whenever he attends worship leader conferences he hears a lot about how to make worship as enjoyable and... Continue Reading →
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The Heart of Worship Check out Part 1 HERE You've probably sung this classic worship song before but have you ever heard the story behind it? It's a really powerful message that I think I will always try to revisit and it's part of what's on my mind in writing this piece. The times we... Continue Reading →
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Look, we need to talk about worship. Okay wait let me change that. "I need to talk about worship." But since you're here, you might as well join in. It is a blog after all... Corporate Worship or Worship Incorporated? I came across an interview with musician John Mark McMillan, the writer who manages to... Continue Reading →
"Dear Church, THIS is the answer!"
Ephesians 4:13-16 Ever notice how preachers try to make their message the centre of your life? Ever wondered why? I think it's because often that's honestly how it seems to them. The Holy Spirit has so powerfully revealed something to them it often takes up their whole field of vision so they preach it as the singular... Continue Reading →
The Art of Deception – Part 1
Deception! Disgrace! Evil as plain as the scar on his face! ...Sorry this post has nothing to do with Simba's Pride...but there's a link at the bottom if that makes you too sad! So you hear your favourite celebrity might be a Christian or you hear that coffee is actually better for you than water.... Continue Reading →
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Sauber settles contract dispute with ex-driver Van der Garde
Former Sauber test driver Giedo van der Garde says he has settled his contract dispute with the team for ''significant compensation'' while accepting his Formula One career is effectively over.
Van der Garde had a deal to be one of the team's race drivers this season, but Sauber did not honor it, and legal judgments in Switzerland and last week in Australia before the season-opening race supported the Dutchman's claims.
He said on his Facebook page on Wednesday that the compensation meant ''my rights have finally been recognized and that at least some justice has been done,'' but said he was ''sad and disappointed'' that his F1 ambitions are over, and still bewildered at Sauber's decision-making.
''I had hoped at last to be able to show what I am capable of, driving a car for a respected midfield team in the 2015 season,'' Van der Garde said. ''This dream has been taken away from me, and I know that my future in Formula 1 is probably over.''
The settlement ends a long-running dispute that was a dramatic backdrop to the start of the season last weekend in Melbourne, Australia.
Having received the backing of a Swiss employment tribunal, Van der Garde took his case to the local Supreme Court of the state of Victoria, where he won the initial hearing and Sauber's appeal.
Pressing his claims further, Van der Garde filed contempt of court charges against the team for not immediately facilitating his installation as a driver in Australia. These charges threatened to impound the team's equipment and possibly lead to the detention of team principal Monisha Kaltenborn.
He finally agreed to drop that action, allowing drivers Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson to compete in Melbourne, where the team put in a surprisingly strong performance, with the cars finishing fifth and eighth.
Van der Garde said on Wednesday he dropped that contempt of court case because it would have ''wrecked'' the team's weekend, and hurt Nasr and Ericsson most of all.
''I decided I did not want to live with that idea, even though it was only the team's management that was responsible for the bizarre situation I found myself in,'' Van der Garde said.
His career supported through his billionaire father-in-law, he said his sponsor forwarded money to the team during 2014 for a 2015 drive.
''Effectively, it was my sponsor's advanced payments that helped the team survive in 2014,'' Van der Garde said.
''Sauber's financial decision-making in this case is bizarre, and makes no sense to me.''
He said his experience ''will serve as an example to illustrate what should change, and that new regulations will be implemented to help protect driver rights.''
''There are numerous examples of talented drivers with good intentions, but without the sort of professional support that I have had, who have been broken by Formula 1, and who have seen their careers destroyed.''
He said he will pursue opportunities in sports cars and touring cars.


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Tell us about the whole concept of Priority Health?
Priority health was conceptualised few months back, it has actually come out of a lot of learning that we had in the last year or so. La Femme being its own business vertical in the Fortis Healthcare group, we realised that till now woman's health in India has been viewed primarily with an obstetric focus. So when we talk about woman's health it is mostly about mother child health rather than comprehensive woman's health, so these clinics focus on other areas of a woman's life and actually nudge a woman to actually get check-ups and get preventative care if required. We launched this across our hospitals which are in four locations.
Why do you see the need to open these 4 specialty clinics (viz adolescent clinic, breast clinic, obesity clinic and menopause clinic)?
When we talk about woman's healthcare we talk purely about the birthing stage of their lives but woman are beyond their birthing stage, we exist as pre mothers and post mothers as well. The campaign came in the interest to actually cater to women of different life stages and to be able to provide them with comprehensive health solution for these stages of life. Like La femme, there are other hospitals in the country that say that they are women health hospitals but the primary focus for all of us has been obstetrics, during the birthing and delivery stage of a woman's life. We have taken this step to put together comprehensive care clinics with 360 degree care which is mental health, dermatology, endocrinology, gynaecology, nutrition and fitness because we are trying to tell women that you are important so start thinking yourself as important as well.
Statistics show a steep rise in PCOS which is a cause of concern for poor health of Indian women. How do you look at this situation?
PCOS is a prevalent problem all over the world, in India more so because of type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance. More women are being detected in their late teens with PCOS which is why we are looking at these clinics. We actually do corporate camps and our doctors address this issue of PCOS particularly because there is a grave need to give women the emotional, physical and clinical support that they require if detected with PCOS because there are definite health consequence to this condition. As we are detecting and diagnosing more and more PCOS, it is having an impact on Indian woman's health and it needs to be addressed.
Your approach to Breast cancer
Over the last decade or so breast cancer has become one of the most prevalent cancers in India and what is quit upsetting and shocking is that the presentation of breast cancer in India is at 3rd or 4th stages. The survival rate actually goes down and therefore the numbers of people which actually succumb to breast cancer are far greater. According to a WHO study that happened a few years back, in the US for every five or six women who have breast cancer one succumbs to cancer, in China it is one out of every four and in India it is one out of every two. So if we only took the care get preventative checkups, mammography, breast ultrasounds, if women invested in their health and we could catch the cancer at an earlier stage then the chances of them surviving would be far greater.
Early puberty
Puberty now in happening in girls as young as nine and that brings about a lot of emotional and physical changes. This is happening because of all the lifestyle changes that we are going through as a contemporary society today; the kind of food that we eat, the stress levels that exist and the exposure that we have to chemicals, pesticides, plastic products etc are shifting the line of puberty where it used to start later to an earlier stage and young girls find it very difficult to cope with this. So not only they but also their parents need the support on how to handle this particular phase of their lives.
Mental health
One in every four teenager in India by WHO statistics has depression. Depression as a mental disease is becoming more and more prevalent in Indians whereas earlier it was a globally recognised disease. Now there are more and more therapist and counsellors available, we are looking at mental health as it should be looked at, it needs that kind of support that any physical ailment or illness would need.
Importance of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding has come a long way in India because of the work that lactation counsellors do, the BPNI (Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India) does, the government, a lot of the doctors and there is a very strong movement amongst the mothers as well. Several groups across social communities exist on actually increasing breast feeding. We recently opened a breast milk bank and we are opening another one in Bangalore to encourage premature babies to be able to feed donated mother's milk if in case their own mothers don't lactate. So there is a huge breast feeding movement happening in India and women support systems have increased. We have our own breast milk bank in our Delhi facility in GK, we are opening one next month in Bangalore La Femme as well. Here women can donate breast milk if they have a surplus supply and women who are wanting to feed their babies but don't have that supply of breast milk can also take it. The idea is to be able increase the number of infants who actually get access to breast milk.


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4.10 Cultural Resources
Summary observation of this unit: It is deeply disturbing that FERC openly admits to relying so heavily on Transco to help it (FERC) fulfill its obligation to "take into account the effects of its undertakings" on historically and culturally significant sites. In what sense is Transco, the very company seeking to inflict potential harms on historical sites for its own financial profit, an objective agent to interact with SHPOs (State Historic Preservation Offices) in this way?
- Transco, on behalf of FERC, consulted with SHPOs in PA, VA, MD, NC, and SC. In PA, the SHPO (according to Transco) repeatedly "concurred" with Transco's proposed field survey methodologies and various survey reports (4-182). Question: Did Transco communicate to FERC—or the public—the points on which PA's SHPO did not "concur" with Transco's field survey methodologies?
- On June 2, 2015, Transco submitted a "revised plan for unanticipated discoveries during construction" to each of these states. "To date," however, "Transco has not filed the Pennsylvania [or Virginia, or Maryland, or North Carolina, or South Carolina] SHPO response to the revised plan." (4-182/3)
- In April 2012, Maryland and North Carolina each "entered into a categorical exemption agreement with Transco." No such agreement is mentioned for PA or SC. Question: On what basis did these SHPOs determine this project to warrant such an exemption? Was there any review mechanisms in place to challenge the eligibility of this project for such status?
- Transco is still "developing a plan" for crossing the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (4-183).
- Transco "continues to consult with the U.S. National Guard" for a route that avoids "known sensitive resources" across Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard Training Center (4-183).
- "To date, Transco has not filed a response from the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs regarding the project" (4-183).
- Transco contacted 20 federally recognized Indian tribes that they determined "may have an interest" in the cultural and historical impact of this project. According to the DEIS, mention is made only of those tribes either seeking to be listed as "consulting parties" (which all 20 of them are, according to FERC), and/or wish to be notified in the event of "unanticipated discoveries" (4-183/4).
NOTE: The DEIS misleadingly states that the Delaware Nation simply "requested mitigation of sites that cannot be avoided" by the project in Lancaster County (4-184). More accurately—with the letter in front of me right now—the Delaware Nation's letter to Transco (dated 12 March 2015) is, first and foremost, an appeal to protect the "large number of archaeological sites in and around Lancaster, PA, which constitute a re-route or avoidance." The primary, stated intention of the letter is not to mitigate damage to these sites (as FERC follows Transco in stating); rather, it's to keep the pipeline out of these areas altogether.
- The DEIS acknowledges sixteen (16) "archaeological sites" located in Lancaster within the APE (includes right-of-way and construction zone). Of these, only "one multi-component site (36LA1541) is recommended eligible by the PA SHPO; one other (36LA1540) has yet to be evaluated for eligibility. The DEIS claims that both sites "would be avoided" by the Conestoga River HDD (horizontal directional drilling). The other 14 sites, according to FERC, are not eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (4-184).
NOTE: Have the tribes themselves been consulted as to whether drilling under these two irreplaceable, recognized sites of cultural, historical, and religious significance is an acceptable mitigation strategy?
NOTE: Among the "other stakeholders" consulted for this project, including "state-recognized tribes," there appear to be some glaring omissions. Three notable omissions of Native American parties who should have been consulted include: the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe (who have extensive historical ties to eastern PA); Circle Legacy Center of Lancaster; and, the American Indian Movement (AIM) Lancaster PA Chapter.
- "In Pennsylvania, the cultural resources survey is about 60 percent complete for archaeological resources, with approximately 3,543 acres remaining, and 90 percent complete for architectural resources" (4-186). Question: How does FERC justify its issuance of this DEIS for a project based on a cultural resources survey that is only 60% complete? By any standard, this DEIS statement is flagrantly premature.
- In PA, Transco's archaeological field surveys identified 31 archaeological sites within the APE: 6 prehistoric sites, 12 historic sites, and 13 multi-component sites. PA SHPO has declared sites 36LA1541 and 36LE0536 as "potentially eligible for NRHP and should be avoided or Phase II site evaluation would be necessary" (4-187).
- Four hundred and ten (410) "architectural resources" in PA were documented within the project construction zone (APE). Six were previously determined to be NRHP eligible; the PA SHPO has recommended that 41 more of these sites deserve consideration for NRHP eligibility. See Table 4.10.2-1 (Archaeological Sites) and Table 4.10.2-2 (Architectural Resources).
- "Compliance with section 106 of the NHPA has not been completed for the Project. Cultural resources surveys of portions of the project and consultation with the Pennsylvania SHPO and other parties has not been completed. Additionally, two archaeological sites in Pennsylvania require avoidance or additional testing to determine eligibility for listing on the NRHP, and the Pennsylvania SHPO has not provided comments on the NRHP eligibility of three archaeological sites." (4-191, emphasis added)
NOTE: Again, given the flatly incomplete nature of Transco's own archaeological, historical, cultural, and architectural surveys for the ASP through PA, FERC's issuance of this DEIS appears to be grossly premature.


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Women from all the churches in Henley-on-Thames met at the Sacred Heart Church to celebrate the 2017 Women's World Day of Prayer on Friday March 3rd. This special day was started in USA in mid-1800 and has now spread to 170 countries with 3,000 people praying for women from the nominated country. This year it was the Philippines.
The main poster is the work of Rowen 'Apol' Laxamana-Sta.Rosa a 32 year old self-taught artist who loves depicting women because her work can reflect the struggles of being a woman. The picture shows fairness, balance and justice reflected and the more one looks at it, the more you can see. The right side is bright and colourful, the left – predominantly dark and dull showing the imbalance of life.
The Philippines was struck recently by Typhoon Haiyan which caused much destruction and so the people really value and need both prayers and any material support that we can offer.
The service was based on the parable of Jesus found in Matthew 20 v 1-16 about the landowner who hired workers throughout the day and when it came to paying them, the ones who worked all day were paid the same as the ones who only started later in the day. The challenge was given to the congregation to reflect on : "Was this fair?"
The parable was used to demonstrate the goodness of God in looking after the "last ones" in the community and to encourage people all over the world to be mindful of and to support those who are vulnerable in our communities.
For more information about the Women's World day of Prayer click here.
JESUS, the bread of life, sends you out to feed others
The GOD of justice sends you to plant the seeds of hope to become the fruits of liberation and love.
The HOLY SPIRIT sends you to be instruments of fairness, justice and joy.


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I was invited by Karl Hillbrick the head of sales of Lingual Consultancy and the sponsor of the Down Under Berlin, Australian & New Zealand Film Festival to attend the opening night with the screening of the Jasper Jones feature by Rachel Perkins an award winning director. Adults world is a complete mess so who do you call for help…not the GHOSTBUSTERS, but your growing up child just hitting the teenager age. Todays kids are smarter, stronger and have to carry responsibility that they should not yet have. Adults behaving like teenagers and children behaving like adults. There are many hidden details and messages in the movie so go to see the Jasper Jones.
I missed at the event some good down under beer. Karl told me, he knows where to find it. Karl, if you read this I await your call and we can combine business with pleasure maybe if not in Berlin than at MIPCOM.
(Photo: Vasja Mihelcic – Producer/Director, founder of in between media® Berlin, Chairmaine Gordon – CO-director of the festival, Karl Hillbrick – Head of sales of Lingual Consultancy and sponsor of the Down Under Berlin, Dat.: 13.09.2017)


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Release of the Gender Summary of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2013/4
- Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women, Australia (GEFI Champion State)
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WHAT: Release of the Gender Summary of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2013/4
A serious gender imbalance in global education has left over 100 million young women in low and lower middle income countries unable to read a single sentence, and will prevent half of the 31 million girls out of school from ever enrolling. These are among the main findings of the Gender Summary, which analyses data from the latest edition of UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report. The new summary, launched for International Womens Day in partnership with the United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI), calls for equity to be at the forefront of new global development goals after 2015 so that every child has an equal chance of learning through quality education.
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"A family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces must come together to rescue their youngest daughter after the apparitions take her captive."
Oh God, here we go with the unnecessary remakes again! 'Tis the season! Not that I'm opposed to every remake. Some of them have been better than the originals, particularly in nearly every case of the Asian horror movies which I once collected.
Yeah, some of those remakes are on the Ghost House Pictures label, the same company who are the producers of this movie, so you'd think that they would know what they were doing by now. You'd be wrong, of course. So very wrong.
Look, I'm sure that you know exactly what I'm going to say about "Poltergeist" before I even write it, so let's cut straight through the chase here.
The remake of "Poltergeist" is
complete and utter shite!
complete and utter shite!
Print that on the eventual Blu-ray slipcase!
I don't feel the need to back this up with any reasons. It's already bad enough that I wasted my time and money by watching this soulless piece of crap, and I don't want to torture myself more by writing about it. And no, it has nothing to do with nostalgia.
I've always disliked the original 1982 version because it only has one scene in it which even resembles real poltergeist activity, i.e. the stacking chairs one, and thus even the title of the movie was a bait and switch con job. Fundamentally, the rest of "Poltergeist" is a padded and updated ripoff of the "Little Girl Lost" episode from "The Twilight Zone" TV series anyway.
I can't stand the dope-smoking parents, or the irritating kids, and jump scares don't work on me. On top of that, the smug ghosthunting team and that awful Tangina thing grip my shit. The only two things which I care to remember fondly from the whole ordeal are JoBeth Williams' beautiful shiny legs. That's it.
In my opinion, the original "Poltergeist" is a stupid but fairly harmless, family-friendly Spielberg fantasy in everything but the director's name. I have no idea if Tobe Hooper really directed it or not. I don't care. I simply don't like "Poltergeist". I'm not an American, I don't connect with the suburban situation or the characters, and I have absolutely no nostalgic feelings about it whatsoever. Just waves and waves of bitter disappointment that it isn't actually about poltergeists.
And you know what? I don't like the sequels either.
"Poltergeist II: The Other Side" (1986) seems like an inferior ripoff of John G. Jones' genuinely terrifying "The Amityville Horror Part II" (1982) novel to me, and "Poltergeist III" (1988) is nothing but a badly made final cash grab which isn't worth piss. Back in the day, I only got through that mess of a movie because I didn't want to completely waste the VHS rental fee. It then turned into a waste both of money and part of my life. Fuck that movie too!
As for this "Poltergeist" remake. I've said all that I want to. If you need further validation, I recommend that you read round the other independent reviewers rather than the "big name" sites carrying those enormous "Poltergeist" advertisements. We all feel much the same way. There's probably nothing different on any of the free blogs which I wouldn't have said about "Poltergeist" myself if I even gave two shits about it, but the most condemnation that the shill sites will dare to write is "Well, it's not bad for a remake..." Fuck that noise!
Just watch the IMDb score drop over the weekend as more people find out the truth for themselves. It's only on 5.8 now! The comments on the official Facebook page are hilariously illuminating too. "Poltergeist is bad, it's really bad. It's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" remake bad! It's too modern, truncated, the ending is rushed, the acting/characterisation is horrible, there's no chemistry, no emotion, it isn't scary... Oh, you nearly got me there. No, I'm not doing this anymore. No more negativity!!! I'm outta here!
If you're really that desperate for a "Poltergeist" remake, try "Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive" (1992) or "Insidious" (2010) instead. I haven't reviewed them either.


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The asparagus are miniature trees, woody and white. Like baby birches tapering into golden spear-peaks. They fill the grocery's bins, and roadside stands sell crates overflowing with ghostly stalks. Cooking magazines sport bundles on the cover; they're in turn glistening with butter, flecked with green herbs, or soothed with a blanket of mustard sauce. On the streets, people whisper their favorite recipes to one another or debate proper preparation. When spring hits in Germany, you may as well shout it out: It's Spargelzeit!
Spargelzeit begins in mid-April and lasts until the 24th of June, the feast day of St. John the Baptist. In Germany, Spargel refers only to white asparagus. What Americans call "asparagus" earns its own differentiator here: "green asparagus." Here, real asparagus is white – those skinny, little green fingers are an aberration.
Yet, like dogs with chopped off tails, white asparagus isn't a natural occurrence. It's just another one of those ways in which we've altered nature for so long we've gotten used to it. White asparagus is cultivated by covering the shoots with soil as they grow (a process called hilling) to prevent exposure to sunlight. Without sun, the shoots never begin to photosynthesize, and remain white.
No matter the methods, people go nuts when Spargelzeit hits. The shops set up displays; there are special long pots for cooking Spargel, special ladles for fishing individual stalks from the boiling pot, special plates to set the Spargel on, not to mention myriads of Spargel peelers, all purporting to be the best.
But there might just be some grounds for the hysteria. White asparagus is milder and sweeter than its skinny cousin. The plump stalks are delicate and must be cooked gently to release their softly nutty flavor. Because the asparagus are so fragile, they must be quickly processed, sold, and eaten. The soil in Germany is ideal for growing white asparagus, which is perhaps why the Germans love them so much – they can be eaten fresh from the earth, close to where they're grown.
I bought my first Spargel of the season the other day and unpacked it from my bag just as the sun was beginning to set on Berlin. By the light's last rays, I peeled the asparagus. The stalks were heavy, cool, and damp in my hands. As they boiled, I whisked a quick dressing of Dijon, honey, lemon juice, and walnut oil and fried some bacon until the whole apartment smelled rich with it.
The flavor of asparagus is hard to pin down – it's so round and soft and mellow. There's a silky sweetness laced with bitterness and earth, a strange, subdued bite, like pepper plunged in milk.
I worked quickly, trying to capture the last of the light; in Berlin, we soak up every second of sunshine and store it away for the winter months. Dying sunlight glinted off the asparagus, pale harbingers of coming summer.
White Asparagus with Honey-Dijon Sauce
Normally, I'd say fancy oils can be substituted with something less fancy, but in this case walnut oil adds just the perfect, slightly bitter roundness to tone down the mustard and honey, and perfectly complement the sweet earthiness of the asparagus. So, for this recipe, walnut oil is worth it.
10 stalks white asparagus
1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1 tbsp. honey
Salt & pepper to taste
3 tbsp. walnut oil
1 tbsp. chopped chives
½ cup finely chopped bacon
Trim asparagus with a vegetable peeler (as you would a carrot). The bottom of the stalk might be a little woodier than the top, so make sure you remove all of the tough, woody outer fibers. When you run your fingers around the peeled asparagus, you shouldn't snag on any spots that feel wooden. Cut off the bottom ½ inch of your peeled asparagus.
Set a pot of salted water to boil and when it's at a rolling boil, add asparagus and boil for 12-15 minutes or until asparagus are tender. To test, remove a stalk from the water and cut a round off the bottom of the stalk.
In the meantime, make your sauce. Whisk lemon juice, Dijon, and honey together, then season to taste with salt and pepper. Slowly whisk in walnut oil, adding one tablespoon full at a time. Add chopped chives.
Fry bacon cubes over high heat until crunchy.
Remove asparagus from water and arrange on a plate. Top with dressing and bacon.Pin


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