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I'd never heard of Elizabeth A. Lynn when I saw her name on the list, and it was a surprise to me that Watchtower, the first book in her Chronicles of Tornor had won the World Fantasy Award in 1980.
When I looked for some information on her I discovered that she was notable for being an early author to focus on lesbian and gay relationships in speculative fiction. There is actually a lesbian couple in Watchtower, but they're not the main characters and their relationship is simply part of the story and not played up or sensationalised in any way, which I thought was very well done.
On the face of it Watchtower is a pretty standard tale of conquest and revenge, but it's really more about a clash of cultures and the challenging of long held beliefs.
The story is quite simple. The small kingdom of Tornor is conquered by a brutal warlord called Col Istor, and the main character is a loyal captain or Tornor's guard; Ryke. Ryke remains in Tornor to try and ensure that the prince Errel remains alive and possibly ascend to his father's throne. Ryke and Errel flee Tornor and seek assistance from another kingdom. They learn that kingdom's style of fighting and eventually return with an army to overthrow Istor and take back what is rightfully theirs.
It fit quite neatly into what people call 'gritty' fantasy these days, popularised by writers such as George R.R Martin, Joe Abercrombie and Glenn Cook to name three. It's very low on magic, dealing more with the different cultures that make up the world and often examining Ryke's reasons and motives. The brevity of the book (it's not much over 200 pages) don't allow for a lot of world building or even much character development. I found the characters very black and white and rather bland. It's an easy enough read and rather predictable. It's sequel (The Dancers of Arun), published in the same year was also nominated for a World Fantasy Award, and the final book (Northern Girl) came out in 1980. Despite the two sequels Watchtower is quite self contained and wraps all it's storylines up, so there's no need to read on.
A series that I did enjoy which also dealt with the issues of gay relationships in a fantasy setting was Mercedes Lackey's Last Herald Mage trilogy, beginning with Magic's Pawn. The theme of the hidden prince trying to regain his birthright was something that I saw pop up in Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana, and I also kept being reminded of Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns with the bleakness of the book's setting and situation.


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Hieroglyphics Introduces Clothing line
The early-to-mid-'90s was a great time for hip-hop–especially in the realm of fashion. Who could […]
The early-to-mid-'90s was a great time for hip-hop–especially in the realm of fashion. Who could forget the oversized denim with Timberlands? But hip-hop style has developed in many different ways throughout the years (see one gold tooth as opposed to grills), in ways that have ultimately become adorned with larger fits, more colors, and a much higher price tag (with the exception of the white tee). But if one hip-hop ensemble has managed to retain the vibe of old-school hip-hip flavor, it's been Oakland's Hieroglyphics collective.
Founded by Del tha Funky Homosapien, Hieroglyphics has achieved legendary status in the indie hip-hop game. Now, the collective is taking its mission one step further with a new clothing line–Hiero Jeans. With just about every mainstream rapper selling everything from energy drinks to sweat suits, it was only a matter of time before the underground troop had its way with fashion.
Hiero's co-owner and conceptual designer Casual aims to bring back the spirit of the '90s with sturdy denim, loose-fits that, according to a press release, "prevent the dreaded 'drag' that wearers constantly battle with other jeans." Awesome.
Whether or not Hiero's mission is really bent on denim-utility or capitalizing on vintage hip-hop style remains to be seen, but indie kids will presumably be psyched given the popularity of "Hiero Face" tees.
The men's-only line will be available online in August and available internationally in boutiques and retail chains shortly after.
For more information go to Hiero Jeans.

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The Huntington Campaign
Weapon Breakage
According to the 4th ed. Pendragon rules, a weapon that is not a sword automatically breaks during combat when the wielder rolls a fumble, or ties in combat against a sword-using opponent. In fights involving characters with weapon skills of 20 of less, this means each round there is a 5% chance of breakage (i.e., 1 in 20 chance of a fumble), or 10% if the opponent has a sword (i.e., 2 in 20 chance of a fumble / tie). At first glance, this seems fair because the increased benefits of a non-sword ought to come at a cost (otherwise, everyone would use maces, axes, etc. and sword smiths would go out of business). Unfortunately, I think the system starts to break down with weapon skills in excess of 20, at least in terms of combat against a sword-wielding opponent, because of the much greater chance of a tied roll. In light of this, I will start playtesting a new system in which one rolls percentage dice to see if a breakage occurs. The percentage is based upon the weapon skill of the non-sword (I could have other things factor in, but I want to keep the rule quick and simple so as not to slow down combat).
Weapon Breakage During Fumble
The 4th ed. rule concerning fumbles is still in effect. In other words, a fumbled roll with a non-sword automatically results in it breaking. This, in and of itself, insures the popularity of swords in the Huntington Campaign (especially in light of my House Rule where a "natural 1" is always a fumble, regardless of bonuses). Note that Damascene and magic weapons still have Fumble Resistance rolls and Shatter Resistance rolls.
Non-Sword vs. Sword
The below-listed skill concerns the weapon skill of the non-sword. Moreover, one considers the skill at its base value (i.e., prior to any bonuses or penalties, or the division of the skill between opponents). The idea is that the higher someone's expertise is with the weapon, the harder it is for it to be broken in a tied roll against a sword. In the case of a Damascene or magic weapon, even if the below percentage roll indicates breakage, the weapon still gets its Shatter Resistance roll.
Weapon Skill and Percentage Chance of Breakage:
4 or less: 70%
5 – 7: 60%
8 – 10: 50%
11 – 13: 40%
14 – 16: 30%
17 – 19: 20%
20 or higher: 10%


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Year: 1995
Directed By: Mel Gibson
Written By: Randall Wallace
This was the first epic movie I fell in love with. Like all boys I had a fascination with sword fighting, battles, and the medieval era. There were other movies that captured these qualities before but in 1995 Braveheart was the biggest and the best of its genre. I still love the genre but Braveheart has been replaced as my favorite time and time again. In 2000 Gladiator replaced it, followed almost immediately by The Lord of the Rings trilogy from 2001-03, and now in 2011 I have yet a new favorite again. HBO's Game of Thrones is now my favorite epic medieval story. While only a TV series, it has easily beaten out all the others and if you have not seen it I suggest you call your cable company, add HBO, and get caught up before season 2 starts. Better yet go to your closest book store and buy the book, I will come back to Game of Thrones later.
To be perfectly honest Braveheart isn't a movie that I'm really interested in at all anymore. It is a fantastic movie but now I feel like I have outgrown it. This most likely stems from either watching this movie too many times or maybe because it's so hard these days to imagine that I ever liked Mel Gibson. He was a great filmmakers and actor but talk about a far fall from grace. A lot of the stars from that time have gotten a little crazy as they got older. Mel Gibson isn't alone, he has Charlie Sheen making an ass of himself as well, and even Nicolas Cage is acting crazy from time to time. There are many movies I find it impossible to watch too many times so I doubt that is the problem with this one. I think that a truly special movie is one that you like more each time you watch it.
This movie offers intense action, captivating drama, love and romance, and best of all, revenge. Being the closet dork that I am I went beyond the film with Braveheart and also read the book by Randall Wallace when I was a kid. The book is simply a novelization of the film and while this film is historically based you have to take it with a grain of salt. I have said it before and I will say it again, there are no historically accurate major motion pictures and this one is way off from what I understand. That doesn't really matter though does it? Braveheart is badass through and through with incredibly violent and satisfying battles scenes full of blood and gore. There is nudity too, although Sophie Marceau disappoints us there. Catherine McCormick didn't let us down though.
Mel Gibson was great both behind the camera and swinging a variety of lethal medieval weapons on the other side of it. If I remember correctly he accepted two Oscars for this film for Best Direction and Best Picture. He was on top of the world when this film came out and rode that success for a long time. I will admit that I was a big fan for a long time and I can still enjoy some of his movies but I cannot stand a bigot. He made a couple of decent movies after this but as far as his acting goes he peaked with this movie and has yet to make anything else at its level. Brendan Gleeson has a big part in the film as William Wallace's childhood friend Hamish. I am not a fan of Gleeson's, and he has to be one of those guys that pops up everywhere. I cannot deny that he is great in this film though, he has a natural place in movies like this. It could be argued that this was his best film but one must consider Gangs of New York, and several others that I'm sure would come to mind if I gave it more thought. Patrick McGoohan is fantastic as Edward the Longshanks, sinister and evil to the core. He has such an important part in this film because the villain can make these movies just as much as the hero can. The villain must inspire fear and anger to make you love the hero more, it is a challenging part to play. This movie does coincidentally have a connection to Game of Thrones as James Cosmo plays a part in both, in this film as Hamish's father and in the HBO series as Lord Commander Jeor Mormont. What's really amazing is that he manages to look younger 16 years later.
One of the reasons I love doing this blog is because it gives me a reason to watch some of my movies like this one that I probably wouldn't watch again otherwise. I own a lot of movies that I don't watch anymore but have because they meant something to me at one time in my life. I might not love this movie like I used to but that doesn't mean it isn't a great movie and that it isn't worth your time. This is a long movie at just shy of three hours but that's nothing for an epic. This movie may be a mini epic, but it still fits the bill. This was considered the best movie of 1995 at the Academy Awards and for good reason, I hope you give it a chance yourself and enjoy it.
Now to venture off topic for a moment and discuss the HBO series Game of Thrones. A while back Amber and I decided that we were so satisfied with our HBO TV shows that we would give any new series a chance. When Game of Thrones was being advertised I was obviously really excited but Amber was reluctant. She said she would give it one episode. We are now currently both about half way through the FIFTH book in the Game of Thrones series, A Song of Fire and Ice by George R. R. Martin. To put it to you this way, we have read somewhere in the neighborhood of 4,000 pages of this story collectively. We wouldn't give that much time to anything if it wasn't worth it and I hope to encourage you to give it a chance. Martin has written a really powerful story that is out of control awesome all the time. I am amazed how daring he is, he has created many incredible and interesting characters, and he will kill any one of them at any time without hesitation. However it seems that for every great character he kills he creates at least five more interesting characters in their place. HBO has invested a lot of capital into this series and it is the production that makes or breaks this kind of story. Costumes, locations, sets, casting, and all the little things that so many of us know nothing about. Both Braveheart and Game of Thrones have great production work, but I wouldn't be writing about them if they didn't. I cannot truly tell you how awesome Game of Thrones is, it's something that you will have to find out for yourself, and I hope that I have encouraged you to do so.
One final note about Braveheart too, I didn't mention it but there was actually some controversy surrounding the film when it came out. There was some question as to whether or not horses were killed on set during the first battle scene when the Scots dramatically raise spears at the last moment in defense against the charging English Calvary. I think this was an easy thing for Mel "I'm on top of the world" Gibson to get out of in 1995 but 16 years later we all know how crazy the man really is, and you just have to wonder….. Watching it now I'm wondering if those actually were real horses, it looks pretty damn real. I bet psycho Mel Gibson actually killed many horses when making this movie.
I was actually feeling bad that I had nothing to say about this movie. I don't really like it. I know that is a crazy thing to say when so many people like it, but I hate it. But, after seeing the novel that Ryan wrote in review of this film, I am going to leave it at that. I don't like this movie.
NEXT MOVIE: Burn After Reading (2008)


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Through the Instagram you can send photos and video sharing social networking services which are owned by Face book created by Kevin in October 2010 this version is useful for Android devices followed by feature Limited website interface also applicable for Windows 10 mobile and Windows 10 respectively. This app allows users to upload photos and videos to the services you can edit and have filters organized with tax and local information in this app. Many posts can be shared publicly and approved by followers. Can browse others users content and view trending content of photos and newsfeed.
Instagram also has service of other messaging features and the ability to include multiple images or videos which is available in a single post and also stories which are similar to Snap chat it also allows users to post photos and videos which is accessible only for 24 hours. Although Instagram has many advantages it is also subject to criticism for a policy interface and allegations of censorship updated and uploaded by the users.
Instagram has also launch website profile which has the users to get newsfeed from their web browsers. An interface with notable emissions including many applications. Instagram keep updating their latest versions so that the users are able to get a Quick look at their favorite app.
The Android app, on the other hand, has to measure exclusive updates for Instagram which significantly improve to perform and responsive on a wide variety of Android devices. The app upgraded to window 10 mobile supporting videos and direct messages also personal computer and tablets the second update introduced that you can use it on offline mode with content previously loaded and newsfeed available without internet connections you can save media on following users and also use a different application in an offline mode. The Instagram has also updated it status, with new technology the Instagram stories feature is focused alongside other popular Instagram stories. Features of subject and photos background are available.
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Dinner at Les Fous de l'Île & Concert at La Sainte-Chapelle
Treat yourself in a unforgettable evening in old Paris with a unique dining experience in the atmospheric Ile Saint-Louis followed by a superb performance in one of the most beautiful Chapels in the world.
'Les Fous de l'Ile' has already seduced locals and international visitors with their eclectic and original fusion of traditional French Cuisine and eclectiv creative recipes.
After a three-course meal in a delightful atmosphere, you will be joining the Sainte-Chapelle in 15 minutes strolling through the most beautiful streets of historical Paris.
Among the colorful stained glass windows and Gothic arches, some of the most talented soloists of the classical orchestral scene of Paris will perform some of the most inspired rendition of Classical and Baroque music's masterpieces.
Reduced prices (with valid ID)
- All children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Students can only order in the category admission.
Please present your ticket at the restaurant Fous de l'île at 17:30.
33 Rue des Deux Ponts, 75004 Paris.
We recommend that you arrive at the Sainte-Chapelle no later than 19:15. Please note that there is a 15 minutes walk between the Restaurant and the Sainte-Chapelle. Many taxis are available at that time if your party prefers not to walk.
The Sainte-Chapelle is located at 8 Boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris, France
Please note that the doors close 5 minutes before the beginning of the concerts and visitors who arrive late will NOT be admitted to the concert.
Ticket includes a three-course meal at 17:30 at the Restaurant Les Fous de l'Île and an admission to a concert at La Sainte-Chapelle at 20:00
33 Rue des Deux Ponts
75004 Paris
Three-Course Menu:
Appetizers (Choose one):
Creamy organic carrot soup, dates & hazelnuts
1/2 burratina , eggplant confit & nuts
Starter of the day
Main courses (Choose one):
Farmed Guinea fowl leg from Normandie, organic spelt risotto
Fillet of Pollack, turmeric leeks, French grapes
Pasta with the famous ham of « Prince de Paris », parmesan & chicken sauce
( Additional +6€ ) Beef rib steak Black Angus, herb better sauce, purple mashed potatoes
Desserts(Choose one):
Mont Blanc stuffed pastry chou
Lime & passion fruits cheesecake & speculoos
Hazelnut shortbread, creamy chocolate and caramel, tonka cream, candied clementines
Rocamadour AOP, Hibiscus pear & apple chutney, toast & salad
Drinks are not included in the price.
Do not hesitate to mention your restrictions and allergies.
The Sainte-Chapelle is located within the perimeter of the Palace of Justice of Paris, in order to ensure the safety of visitors, the monument applies the preventive measures decided by the government for public administrations.
All visitors are subject to a mandatory security check - X-ray machines, and corporal scanning for the detection of metallic objects. It is forbidden to enter the palace with metal and/or pointed objects (knives, scissors, pliers...) motorcycle helmets, glass bottles. Confiscated items will not be returned to the owners.
Schönbrunn Palace: Evening Concert
| |Vienna, Orangerie Schönbrunn
Casa del Arte Flamenco: Traditional Dance in Granada
| |Granada, Casa del Arte Flamenco
Palace Concerts Mirabell
| |Salzburg, Schloss Mirabell
Chopin Concerts in Chopin Gallery Kraków
| |Krakow, Chopin Gallery
La Casa del Flamenco: Traditional Dance in Seville
| |Seville, La Casa del Flamenco
Casa del Arte Flamenco: Traditional Dance in Granada & Dinner
| |Granada, Casa del Arte Flamenco
The Three Tenors in Rome Neapolitan mandolins Orchestra and ballet
| |Rome, Chiesa di S. Paolo entro le Mura
Sydney Showboat Dinner Cruise
| |Sydney, King Street Wharf
Golden Era Film Music Festival in Krakow
| |Krakow, Wierzynek Restaurant
Rome's Spaghetti Opera Dinner Show - A Bella Notte
| |Rome, Ristorante Calabascio


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Power Ministry had launched the Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) in November last for revival of debt ridden power distribution companies (DISCOMs) in different states.
The special securities under UDAY are being issued by governments of Bihar, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab and Rajasthan.
"The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked market participants who are interested in subscribing to the Special Securities under UDAY Scheme through private placement route to approach the Internal Debt Management Department, RBI, Central Office latest by March 30, 2016," the central bank said in a statement.
Under the scheme, the Centre allows state governments, which own the discoms, to take over 75 per cent of the debt as of September 30, 2015 in two years and pay back lenders by selling bonds. For the remaining 25 per cent dues, discoms have been allowed to issue bonds.
The scheme is expected to help discoms save around Rs 1.8 lakh crore in the next three years. The cumulative debt of discoms is Rs 4.37 lakh crore.
Sources said banks have been allowed to keep UDAY scheme bonds under the held-to-maturity (HTM) category.
This will ease pressure on bond yields and debt market, sources said.


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Javier Vazquez has seen his share of ups and downs since breaking in to the major leagues since 1998. But he said he reached a milestone tonight in terms of frustration.
After lasting just 2 1/3 innings in his debut last Sunday, he had a not-again sensation tonight after the Astros scored three runs off him in two innings.
The tipping point came in the second inning, when he gave up an RBI double to pitcher Bud Norris.
"I don't think in my career I have (ever) been so flustered (as) after that second inning," said Vazquez, who got the win in Florida's 7-5 victory.
"It was little frustrating because the pitcher got a hit and then I thought I had (No. 2 hitter Angel) Sanchez struck out and then he got a hit. When I went to the dugout I was little bit pissed off."
He says he didn't slam any water coolers, but he apparently reached within himself to gather his composure. He retired the next six in a row and allowed one more run en route to his first win for the Marlins.
"I don't swear," he said. "I know when I'm pissed off. I don't like to show it.
"Definitely it felt good eing able to keep the team in the game and let them come back the way they did."
Manager Edwin Rodriguez said: "Javy Vazquez, without his best stuff he hung in there and kept us in the game and eventually he got the win. That's what good pitchers do."


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Aligned with the calendar months, you will be able to read in real time, discovering what happened during 1915/16 and learning a little of the history along the way.
Come back on Anzac Day, April 25, to read the first story and then follow on each month as he goes through a year of war. Lest We Forget.


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O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, for all the intentions of Your most Sacred Heart, in union with the most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in reparation for my sins, for the intentions of all, and in particular for intentions of our Holy Father. I wish to gain all the indulgences attached to the prayers I shall say and the good works I shall perform this day. Amen.
How can teenagers respond to Jesus'' call to discipleship? Give this Stewardship and Teenagers brochure to teenagers and help them learn how to identify the gifts God has given them in love. Show them how they can transform the lives of others by sharing their talents. Help them answer Jesus'' call to discipleship and become responsible stewards of Christian love. Click this link for ordering information:
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Stewardship and Teenagers


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Breivik complains about face cream and cold coffee
PRISON does not appear to agree with Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian who massacred 77 people.
It appears that the far-right extremist finds the conditions 'inhumane'. He has listed his bitter complaints in a letter to the prison service: his coffee is served cold, he doesn't get enough butter for his bread and he is not allowed moisturiser. Breivik is serving a minimum 21-year sentence for the bombings and shootings in Oslo and Utoya island last July.
The Norwegian authorities have not commented on the letter. However, his lawyer said that the details of the 27-page document leaked to Norway's 'VG' newspaper are authentic.
Breivik is being held in almost complete isolation -- 23 hours a day, he says -- at Ila prison outside Oslo.
His cell includes three sections, one to sleep, one for study and a third for exercise -- each measuring 8 sq m. In the letter, he complains that the cell is poorly decorated and has no view. "I highly doubt that there are worse detention facilities in Norway," he writes.
Among his other complaints are: the handcuffs he wears when being moved around the prison "are too sharp and "cut in his wrist", the cell is too cold, forcing him to wear three layers of clothes, he has to rush his morning shave and brushing of teeth, and the light and television switches are outside the cell, so he has to ask for help to change channel or sleep.
Ila is an all-male institution which "houses some of the country's most dangerous men", its website says.
However, it differs markedly from other maximum security jails in western Europe. The staff is half men and half women. None are armed.
Breivik massacred 77 people, most of them teenagers at a youth camp.
His 21-year sentence can be indefinitely extended for as long as he is considered a danger to society.
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If you need to do debt consolidation to properly manage multiple debts, you can easily find online lenders to help you out. However, if you want to do it with a bank, that's also possible especially when you have an existing relationship with a local bank.
So how do you find which banks offer the best debt consolidation programs:
Reasonable APR
APR or annual percentage rate is different from your interest rate. They're linked but not the same. Your APR is a combo of your interest rate and your origination fee. So, for example, if you are seeking for a $10,000 loan, it will be difficult to compare different lenders if you will base it on interest rates and origination fees. It's like comparing oranges and apples. However, if you know the APR, you will be able to easily see what's OK and not.
The APR will also vary depending on your credit. So, take that into consideration when shopping for a debt consolidation package.
Origination Fees
If you can find a list of which banks offer the best debt consolidation, and you have a bank that does not have origination fees, then go with that bank. Remember, origination fees will be the biggest chunk that will determine how the payments will be easy (or not) for you.
It might be quite challenging to find banks without origination fees so just go for the best option.
Fixed Interest Rates
When you are doing debt consolidation, you want something that's predictable so you do not have to deal with any surprises. A fixed interest rate will be a good thing to consider if you are looking for a debt consolidation loan.
Good Range of Loan Amounts
Whether you are looking to consolidate a few thousand dollars of debt or something that's bigger, having a lender that gives you a good range of loanable amount is always good. However, this is not the deciding factor as everything will still depend on you ability to pay back and your income.
Hidden Fees
Most lenders will have hidden fees. You have to face that reality. You have to determine which ones offer reasonable fees and which banks do not try to hide these fees in the fine print.
You have to deal with late payment fees, which are actually reasonable ones since you're borrowing money and you have to be responsible enough to pay on time.
Then you have prepayment fees. Funny as it may sound, lenders can charge you for paying up earlier than expected. They do this because they lose the interest they can earn when you pay them back before a predetermined schedule.
If you want to pay using checks, then expect some processing fees to come on top of your other fees.
Show You Options Without Hurting Your Credit
When you shop for loans, you can get several dings on your credit score when lenders pull up your information. If you can find a lender that will tell you the interest rates that you have to deal with without pulling your credit score down further, then add that lender to your short list.
Not all Debt Consolidation Programs are made equal. Check out which banks offer the best debt consolidation programs and see what best fits your needs.


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"Uberization" will not change the 3PL industry, but blockchain will
Much has been said about the impact "Uberization" will have on the trucking industry, but at the end of the day, these digital brokers are just brokers with technology. What if the future of freight was not a mobile app freight broker, but rather a blockchain-enabled digital 3PL?
To make it easy to understand how this technology could work, I produced an example:
Tech Freight (our broker) and JB Express (our carrier):
Tech Freight has a load that is going from Chicago to Dallas. It posts a smart contract load offer on a blockchain enabled load board.
Tech Freight has created a very demanding set of requirements for handling this load. In this case, we are dealing with a load of high-value goods. Tech Freight wants instant updates every 15 minutes, from tender to arrival. They are looking for team transit and want to ensure that the carrier has two drivers in the truck- not just one. They require $500k in cargo insurance and $2M in vehicle insurance.
JB Express bids on the load for $2000. Instantly, Tech Freight knows that JB Express is qualified to meet their stringent requirements.
Tech Freight and JB Express know nothing about each other, but in a blockchain world, they know everything they need to know. JB Express' carrier underwriting file has been written into the blockchain. Tech Freight has everything they need before the load is tendered and they don't have to worry about JB Express creating fake carrier paperwork, because it has been validated by the blockchain. Tech Freight has a copy of JB's Insurance info, Safersys record, operating authority, etc. Tech Freight also knows that JB has an ELD device that is able to transmit location Information in real-time and circle of service information.
JB has its own set of requirements. It wants to be paid detention after two hours without having to collect it, fill out forms, or even call in. It wants to be paid a TONU if Tech Freight cancels it and it wants to paid a fuel-advance as soon as the load picks up and paid in full the instant the consignee signs the POD.
JB sees that a shipper has posted a load (at this point, they don't know it's Tech Freight- they only know that this shipper has a contract that meets BiTA standards and instantly knows what is required of them- no funny business and Tech Freight can NOT change the terms of the contract after it is accepted). JB bids on the load.
Tech Freight sees JB's bid and immediately accepts it. Tech Freight also knows that JB will do everything required because it has been written into the contract, or he will pay a penalty. If JB fails to pick-up on time, not only will Tech Freight know that, but they can also penalize JB immediately financially. If Tech Freight fails to load the truck in time or were to cancel the load after tender, JB would be paid detention or a TONU.
As soon as the load is tendered, Tech Freight is notified that JB has accepted it. The load gets assigned to a truck and Tech Freight is notified of what truck number is coming (and because JB is rocking Blockchain- Tech Freight has instant info on the actual driver of the load- not just the company);
As soon as the JB's truck arrives, Tech Freight is notified that he has arrived. It takes 4 hours to get loaded, so JB instantly receives the detention on the load and the 30% cash-advance, the moment the truck leaves the lot. Throughout the process, JB's ELD device is sending Tech Freight updates every 15 minutes. JB's truck is running late, so Tech Freight is paid a penalty by JB of $100 for failure to arrive on-time.
JB arrives at shipper a few hours late, but it still takes the consignee six-hours to unload the freight. JB is paid 4 hours of detention at $50/hr. As soon as JB gets the POD, they receive payment in full for the load.
The assumption to someone that has never studied markets is that this would "destroy" the freight brokerage industry, but that is not the case at-all. The fact remains that the vast majority of carriers lack the ability to develop their own digital technology and require service providers to build these offerings for them. The likely winners in all this are the digital brokers and 3PLs that have a deep tech stack or are able to ingest this technology into their own systems. They will be required to partner with a number of technology providers, using consistent message protocols and standard.
All of these independent disparate companies will be writing universal protocols to a blockchain, where anyone can take advantage of the framework and create their own contracts, using industry-wide accepted standards.
We are likely to see a future where different digital 3PLs, shippers, and carriers create different standard smart-contracts, each with its own niche in structure. This is great. This means that the competition for the next generation of brokerage will be less dependent on the personalities and drive of humans and more on the digital 3pl's ability to engineer blockchain contracts and use machine learning to affect outcomes.
The companies that are constructing this future have formed an alliance called the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance (BiTA) and over 300 companies have applied for membership. Any company that is involved in the freight business are encouraged to join and participate.
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By Simone Milasas
What if BUSINESS is the ADVENTURE of LIVING? What if BUSINESS was JOYFUL and FUN? What if it was so much more than you ever perceived possible?
With major contributions by Gary Douglas
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A few weeks ago, the Cayla doll was getting a lot of attention because of its security risks and shorty thereafter we've seen news about smart teddy bears who's data was compromised by hackers.
We are talking about 800,000 user accounts for which the hackers have asked for ransom. Apparently, nobody would have thought that someone might be motivated to steal these accounts, but guess what, it happened.
The Cayla dolls have a microphone and Bluetooth connectivity and if a kid asks a question, the dolls can go online to search for the answer. The teddy bears developed by CloudPets allow parents to talk to their children when they are at work or whatever. Everything's great, but the messages along with sensitive information were stored in an unprotected data base.
Actually, these are not the first security problems the smart toys have dealt with. Back in 2015, a researcher from the United States proved that the Wi-Fi network of the house can be accessed using a Hello Barbie doll.
The truth is that we're living in a super connected word. We have constant internet connection on our phones, watches, at home. At home we have devices that go online such as Smart TVs, alarm systems, baby monitors. Even in the kitchen we have smart refrigerators, smart espresso maker, we have even smart washing machines and smart cars! Accessories manufacturers are also trying to keep up with the trend and they're building smartwatches and smart fitness bracelets. We are super connected, indeed.
"Smart" is the magic word that companies are using to sell us just about everything. Companies are releasing "smart" products like crazy and consumers are buying them without actually spending the time thinking if they really need a device or not.
But let's not go off topic and ask ourselves: are smart toys a must have ? We get that parents can't spend all of their time with their children, they're trying to compensate or they are trying to make things easier with the help of technology. However, these smart toys come with serious security risks and everything can be compromised by hackers. Hackers can even compromise your home network with the help of such a smart toy.
Until manufacturers will pay more attention to security when building smart toys, parents should think twice before buying such a toy.
Firstly, parents who decide it's worth buying a smart toy should research the specific toy on the internet to see if there are known security risks and if the company responsible has fixed the problems fast or not.
Secondly, parents should check which information the smart toy sends back to the manufacturer and if this can be stopped. How will be information be stored ? Is the info going to be sent to a third party also ? if your information is being sent to multiple sources, the security risks are increasing.
If a smart toy requests you create an online account for your child, you as a parent should consider using fake data, if not to keep your child's data private at least to get rid for unsolicited advertising.
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c'est le genre de oque j'aime bien faire car j'apprécie le graphisme que donne ce cadrage. Belle lumière et bon résultat.
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The whiteboard and the chicken scratch are back, with Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings giving the low-down on how the House would run under "regular order ," as opposed to the disordered mess it's fallen into in recent years. Will Speaker Paul D. Ryan keep his promise to bring order back to the House?
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Her room is immaculate, save for the papers and notebooks on the desk. The chime of a dream catcher on the wall is interrupted as Tara closes the window and sits down, cross-legged, on her bed. Some of her drawings are up on the cupboard, with a gemstone chart stuck on her door. Looking at it, I can identify some of the stones on her windowsill. A tinge of citrus lingers in the air, and Tara moves to tidy her bed, which she thinks is less than presentable.
"Art is the only thing I focused on."
Tara the Artist
Tara Dena Jack is an artist. She always has been. From her days in nursery school, to high school at Hellenic, and now studying towards her Bachelor of Fine Art. That she was meant to be an artist, Tara never doubted that. "It (art) has always been a strong point, since I'm not really academic." Tara points to the paintings stacked on top of her bookcase as proof. Even when she's meant to be studying, her fingers itch for pen and paper and Tara draws instead. "Art is an outlet for me."
As happy as she is with her degree and career path, art wasn't always her first choice. For a time, music held sway. "I started music when I was 4 or 5, and I started playing the clarinet when I was 14, so in Form Two," Tara says as she adjusts her legs to get more comfortable. "I also taught myself basic piano, so I can play a few tunes." When it came down to choose between art and music, the decision boiled down to what gave Tara more creative license. Art it was.
"I can express myself more with art. Art is more liberating."
What of her art itself? Tara scrolls through her Instagram and flips through her book of doodles as she talks about her style and what she's created. I notice a lot of pencil work and inking, but not much in the form of paintings. A slight frown on her mouth as she readjusts her seating again and ties up her hair. "With painting, I don't have a style that I've developed. With my pencil work, it's more detailed. I like stuff like pencil work and pen work, stuff that you can control." Her pencil work is stunning. Images of skulls and candles flit across her phone screen. Tara's proud of her pieces, but she admits that her work is dark. "In O Level, I did kitsch, still-life, like 'pretty pretty girly stuff'. But I find skulls more interesting. You think about a painting of a skull more than just a painting of a flower."
"I always try incorporate a hidden meaning in my art."
Tara fiddles with her hairbands as she talks about her plans for the future. She wants to get her art out there for people to see – something she hasn't been doing. She thinks back to her art teachers in high school and how they've shaped her life so far, and continue to play a role in deciding her future. "Most of my role models are my art teachers. They see what I'm capable of, they're more confident in my abilities than I am." It was Greg Shaw, her high school art teacher and artist in Harare, who pushed Tara to develop her skills as an artist. It was her O Level art teacher who convinced Tara to study Fine Art at Rhodes University. Their influence has motivated Tara to pay it forward and become an art teacher and artist.
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Would she work in Zimbabwe? Tara pauses, and takes a breath before responding. "I'm drawn to political stuff." She tilts her head in inference. "Political stuff that I wouldn't be able to do that. And I can't do kitsch stuff either." I ask her the question again. She looks up, frowns and responds, "I don't know."
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Fuck Off 2 – Images from Finland is Jörn Donner's sequel to his film Fuck Off! Images from Finland (1971) and an attempt to depict the enormous change that has taken place in the Republic of Finland during these 45 years. The fundamental question is: in today's Finland, is it worth living, dying, or fucking? In the centre of this subjective and egocentric story is the filmmaker himself. Fuck Off 2 - Images of Finland is connected to its predecessor through music. Many of the songs from the first film have now received new arrangements and new performers, but the lyrics have remained unchanged: they are just as current today as they were in 1971.
Jörn Donner (born in 1933) has had a distinguished career as a film director, producer, writer, and politician. His works have influenced Finnish society for almost half a century and he still keeps working as one of the most controversial personalities in the Finnish cultural field. Donner's most famous films include Portraits of Women (1970) and Fuck Off! Images from Finland (1971). He has also won an Academy Award for a film produced by him and directed by Ingmar Bergman: Fanny and Alexander (1982).


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MILFORD -- A New Haven woman, saying she had a gun, threatened and robbed a woman and her two children at a gas station, police said.
Shortly after noon Wednesday at the Pilot Travel Center, 433 Old Gate Lane, Maureen Beem, 47, of 503 Dixwell Ave., second floor, approached a customer who was with her children, both under 10, while she was pumping gas, police said.
Police Officer Jeffrey Nielsen said Beem at first claimed to have car trouble as she approached the family, and never actually produced a gun.
Nielsen said Beem threatened to harm the woman and her children if she did not hand over money. The victim gave her $20, and Beem drove off, police said.
Beem was found later Wednesday at the northbound Interstate 95 rest stop during an unrelated incident and arrested.
Officers were on anti-crime patrol around 4 p.m. at the rest stop.
Beem and Scott Kustra, 47, also of 503 Dixwell Ave., second floor, New Haven, were arrested for soliciting money from customers in the parking lot. Beem had crack cocaine and related drug paraphernalia, police said.
Nielsen said the robbery is worrisome as it occurred in broad daylight and the victim had two small children with her.
"A family getting robbed buying gas at a travel center is concerning," Nielsen said. "At that time of day, around lunchtime, usually there are more people around. It's definitely alarming."
Beem is being held in lieu of $50,500 bail. She was charged with first-degree robbery, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and sixth-degree larceny. She was also charged with first-degree trespass, possession of crack cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Kustra was charged with first-degree trespass and held in lieu of $500 bail.
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I see lots of tourists on the railroad and in the towns - leading one to wonder why the towns don't have better food, although Jingtong has one decent coffeeshop with a singularly awful name - but few ever think to go hiking there. I have students who didn't even know you could go hiking there, and don't know the names of any of the mountains there, either.
Good coffee, but I guess they don't realize what they are implying about the flavor of their coffee.
As for foreigners, a lot of great hiking in Pingxi was covered in Taipei Day Trips I and II - I do wonder why fewer people check it out. Even Lonely Planet (the old, crappy edition) covers some options there. We've been on several trails in that area and never once seen another foreign hiker. What's more, the locals seem to be in-town locals, not domestic tourists.
Below is a short run-down of my three favorite hikes in the Pingxi area - two in Jingtong and one in Pingxi itself, which is next to yet another beautiful hike that I haven't tried yet.
1.) Shulongjian
Shulongjian (also known as "Little Fuji" for its conical shape, reminiscent of Mount Fuji in Japan) is visible from various points in Jingtong. After our hike, as storms began rolling in from Muzha, we watched the clouds grazing the peaks from our guesthouse on the edge of town. There are two routes to the top - one via a back-end trail and the other up lots of stairs as is usual in Taiwan. Only the stair route is well-marked and well-known. The other route, though much more challenging, has a troupe of monkeys that hang out in the early morning and late afternoon not far from the top.
Another bonus of this mountain are the abundant and beautiful butterflies, mostly yellow and black or light purple and black, though I saw two bright blue ones and at least one that I believe was a monarch.
Another bonus is that you can see Taipei 101 from the top - that's effin' cool considering how far away it is. You can also watch storms rolling in from Muzha, which is what we did until it got too close for comfort.
To get to the stair route, follow the Pingxi-Muzha road away from Jingtong town in the direction of Muzha. The entrance is near a small shed-like building, leading through a small parking area and to a flight of stone steps. The steps pass through a village before beginning their ascent.
To get to the other route, find a local to help you.
2.) Stone Bamboo Mountain
Stone Bamboo Mountain - we think
OK, full disclosure: we never actually made it all the way up this one. We started too late in the day, hadn't packed enough water and were feeling vaguely ill...and were not sure why. The view over it is beautiful, though. While Lonely Planet claims it's visible from Jingtong, we couldn't see it when we arrived.
The trail to Stone Bamboo (we do know how to get to it, we got pretty far) starts off the same as the trail to Shulongjian, but after awhile you come to a T-junction and have to head in the opposite direction. This trail is not stairs all the way; there are entire sections of actual trail. Made of dirt. That you have to hike up, instead of step up! Wow. After the first bout of "real hiking" there is another T-junction - on the right is the trail to Stone Bamboo mountain, which heads downhill for awhile. To the left is a short trail that ends at a cell phone tower, near which you'll find a good place to break for lunch.
If you want to climb both peaks but don't want to do it on the same day, there is one guesthouse we know of in Jingtong run by the Wang family. It's outside town, follow the road past the old Japanese teahouse restaurant and turn right, the guesthouse is on the left. It's next to the site of the first mine (coal or gold, I forget) opened by the Japanese. Their two black Formosan dogs, Da Wang and Xiao Wang, are very friendly. They have two rooms and are not cheap at $1600 kuai a night (the rooms are quite nice though), which includes free Taiwanese breakfast on the patio.
3.) Dutiful Son Mountain (Xiaozishan, which I'm too lazy to key into my bopomofo keyboard)
Joseph at the rocky precipice near the final climb to Xiaozishan's peak
Xiaozishan is a beauty - and the craziest part of that beauty is that nobody seems to know it's there except for the Taipei Day Trips guy, and one old guy in Pingxi who likes to take pictures of it.
It's not a hard climb, easily done in half a day or less. The top is a jagged pinnacle of rock - literally a pinnacle - like something out of a Road Runner cartoon - accessible only because of a system of carved steps, metal handles and ropes. Most of it was put in by one of Chiang Kai-shek's old bodyguards as a hobby. There are two ways up - one will probably kill you and the other probably won't. Just in case it does, however, there are lots of statues of Guanyin and other deities to make sure your mangled corpse is watched over by the right folks and your soul goes to the right place:
The other plus is the gorgeous view of other jagged, stunted, pinnacled and cut-up peaks in the area, framing the skyline. It's especially compelling on a misty day, though I wouldn't attempt this in the rain (we did, but we're dumb).
To get there, take the bus or train to Pingxi. From Pingxi town, go to the Pingxi-Muzha road and turn left (across the street from the creek). There is a sign for Ruifang and just after that, a small bit of stone steps next to a tiny waterfall. Walk up this to a giant temple with a friendly, fat white cat and a monk who loves to feed people sweet potatoes, and after that hang a left. You'll find yourself in a clearing with several trail options. To the left is Xiaozishan. To the left is Cimushan (Loving Mother Mountain).
Earlier on (towards Muzha) there is another entryway if you are driving, turn right just before Pingxi town and you'll find yourself at a convenient trailhead where five trails converge.
4.) Loving Mother Mountain (Cimushan)
That one's next. Trailhead is right next to the one for Dutiful Son.


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Another Suitcase Another Hall with satirical punk poet/accordionist Geoff Berner on this A World in London! Click: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-wo ... -may-2018/
When we spotted Geoff Berner's suitcase in the corridor at Resonance FM our first suspicion was that our guest might be staying overnight, but as he explained later, our show was the rather tasty filling sandwiched between gigs in Wales and Brighton. That's life on the road for you, and with Geoff it's songs in the key of life with the soul of klezmer and the pogo of punk. His accordion is his melodic partner in wondrous wordplay around insightful and astute observations on the world social order – ''my mind absorbs music through the lyrics before my body feels it.'' On this AWIL you'll hear from Geoff's new album Canadiana Grotesquica, plus freshly improvised material conjured up in our studio, highlighting his sharp-witted skills as a songwriter. Geoff also has a unique ability to connect with the many us that are not in the 1% club of financial elites, so that we're all rooting for revolution, and for once, really are 'all in this together'. Join that revolution tonight at Balabam in London when Geoff Berner takes to the stage at Chilli Fried, alongside comedian Jeremy Hardy, and the Kosher Nostra DJs!
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STANDARD (OSLO) is proud to present its first exhibition of objects and photographic works by Paris-based artist Oscar Tuazon. "I'd Rather Be Gone" continues the artist's yearlong examination on how personal liberty can be embodied in architecture. Drawing on the early building experiments of the hippy commune Drop City as well as current practices in 'dwelling portably', Tuazon's work questions the conditions for sustainability and self-suffiency.
"When I attended Deep Springs College in the mid-90s, the Greyhound would stop at an intersection in the middle of the desert, 50 miles from the college. You had to wait there until someone drove out to get you, which sometimes took a few hours. The only other thing at that intersection was a whorehouse in a doublewide. (In Nevada, prostitution is legal.) On hot days, the Madame of the house would sometimes invite us inside and offer us a cold drink. The only way in and out of the college is through the whorehouse." Tuazon's works and writings continuously return to the ideal of the bare minimum – put forward by the writer Henry David Thoreau in the novel "Walden" (1854) – and thus also return to the question of whether isolation from civil society may gain a more objective understanding of it.
Since graduating from Whitney ISP Tuazon has produced a series of sculptures composed of urban debris: cardboard boxes, wooden pallets, printing plates, OSB boards from building sites, or melanin boards from defunct kitchens – materials gathered from the area of his Paris studio or near the various venues of his exhibitions. In an initial phase these sculptural works would take forms of geodesic domes and draw on such typologies as indigenous building techniques, DIY architecture, as well as a more determined dedication to structural clarity, advocated by the engineer R. Buckminster Fuller. More recently the works have taken on the character of full-scale building prototypes, such as the work "1:1" at the center of the show.
This assemblage of melanin boards and wooden pallets is constructed to serve as a corner of the house Tuazon planning to erect near Portland, Oregon. Approaching the building project through a series of trial products rather than drawings, the exhibition context becomes a chance to test rather than portray this situation. At the same time Tuazon exposes the shortcomings of the works as prototypes, which continuously seem to be balancing between actual functionality and a possible transcendent materiality as sculptures. Tuazon draws attention to the disjuncture of forcing one space (the un-built house) onto another space (the gallery), and underscores the impossibility of really modelling something accurately in the context of an exhibition. Adding to these sculptures are four folded and framed photographs, rendering tableaux of temporary architecture from the woods of Portland. The photographs become a surface for exploring another kind of space, while being folded also modulating the distances within the image, between one space and another.
Oscar Tuazon (b. 1976 in Seattle, Washington) received his education from Cooper Union and the Whitney ISP in New York. His works were earlier this year shown in solo exhibitions at Bodgers and Kludgers, Vancouver and at castillo/corrales, Paris. His recent group exhibitions include "Down By Law", The Wrong Gallery for the Whitney Biennial, New York; "The Elementary Particles (Paperback Edition)", STANDARD (OSLO); and "Minotaur Blood" at Jonathan Viner / Fortesque Avenue, London. "Metronome no. 10", which Tuazon co-edited with Clementine Deliss, will also be included in the Documenta 12 Magazines project.
For further information please visit our webpage: www.standardoslo.no or contact Eivind Furnesvik at email@example.com or +47 917 07 429 / +47 22 60 13 10. STANDARD (OSLO) is open Tuesday-Friday: 12.00-17.00 / Saturday-Sunday: 12.00-16.00.
Upcoming projects:
Matias Faldbakken: "A Hideous Disease / Art Basel 38 / Statements / 11.06.-17.06.2007
Gardar Eide Einarsson: "South of Heaven" / Frankfurter Kunstverein / 27.07.-16.09.2007


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Some friends gave us a couple of bottles of minced and shaved black truffles in olive oil. They were allowed to go beyond their "best by" date, so we needed to put them to quick use, and hope that a slightly diminished aroma and flavor wouldn't be terribly noticed. Not to worry, the truffles were as pungent as ever and worked really well in this quick pasta sauce that we threw together in just minutes. To make, we got the pasta water on high heat and salted it generously when it came to a boil. We didn't have any spaghetti, so we cooked some linquine instead. For the sauce, mince some onions and let them saute in some olive oil and butter. Once soft and translucent, add in chopped fresh mushrooms (we had button mushrooms and some shiitakes in the fridge) and let this saute over medium high heat…
…add some heavy cream, a bit more butter and generous amounts of minced truffles, in this case, roughly 2 tablespoons worth for four large servings. Season with salt and pepper. Add the pasta and stir to combine well. Turn off heat and serve immediately with generous amounts of freshly grated parmiggiano reggiano on the side. So easy, so simple, and the results were better than most versions of this dish in restaurants that tend to use synthetic truffle oil because of the prohibitive cost of real truffles.
That looks sooooo good!
Jul 23, 2013 | 7:29 am
In time maybe I will acquire the taste but as for now the smell is too pungent for my nose…..yeah, I know I am missing something ;)
Jul 23, 2013 | 9:38 am
Defintely better than those sold in restaurants which only use truffle oil and costs an arm and a leg.
Jul 23, 2013 | 5:12 pm
Just curious. How much is truffle oil here in Ph?
Jul 23, 2013 | 7:38 pm
So timely! Some friends have just given me a small bottle of whole truffles. This article certainly inspires :-)
Jul 23, 2013 | 9:01 pm
We once bought a half kilo of French summer truffles for around 15k. Had very little flavor so we shaved it on pasta and added some truffle oil to amp up the flavor. It did impress the hell out of our guests who thought the real deal tasted so good. Didn't have the heart to tell them that the truffle flavor really came from the oil.
I talked to an Australian truffle farmer who said the summer truffles' mild flavor easily dissipates unless eaten right away. Having been in restaurants that have truffle festivals around this time of the year, I can sadly say that that farmer knew what he was talking about. With winter truffles costing 200k to 300k per kg, most of us would rather reach for that bottle of truffle oil for that earthy flavor fix.
Jul 24, 2013 | 1:43 am
I once saw a feature on Chinese truffles and how it is marketed as the French or Italian truffles or mixed in and sold at extremely low price! Of course the flavor is non comparable to the authentic. Now I wonder, if almost all dish spiked with truffles that is served in the metro, and priced low, that couldve been from China and not the real deal!
Here's the link: http://youtu.be/6NDVh_hNEE0
Jul 24, 2013 | 8:40 am
have some truffles in olive oil at home and am gonna try this recipe this weekend. btw, i just noticed that when i click on the picture on the homepage, it directs me to the picture and not the article. not sure if that was the real purpose but it would better if it redirected me to the article page rather than the picture. clicking on the picture on the article page should direct me to the picture page (which is what is happening on this page).
Jul 24, 2013 | 9:35 am
I'll agree with that overwhelming scent. there were these truffle honey that had savings of truffle that was just enough to fit a fingernail, and I can barely taste the honey already.
Jul 24, 2013 | 3:15 pm
Sgboy, the Chinese truffles use to sell here for P6,000 per kg, compared to summer truffles at 30k and winter truffles at 200k. Even at "just" 6k per kg., shaving cardboard on pasta would probably be a tastier choice. I don't know if they still sell the Chinese stuff here though since you can't fool people with that junk forever.
Jul 24, 2013 | 4:35 pm
I've always felt that truffles smelt "gassy" and I'm reminded of "gaseous" fruits, namely cempedak, kuini( mangifera odorata ) or bachang( mangifera foetida ). So, I'm thinking, what if one of these were packed with eggs, dried mushrooms, short grained rice or butter to have its smell absorbed? Would there be an approximation of truffles when these foods are cooked?
Jul 25, 2013 | 3:54 pm
Where can I buy truffle oil here in the Metro?
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There's a lot of information on this page, since it's currently how I spend most of my time. At the top you can read about my guitars. Lower down are links to many guitar resources, including builders (both UK and elsewhere), accessories, music and guitar related software, some recording information and finally links to interesting guitar related places (including several pages about RMMGA). Right at the bottom are links to some tunes I've written. If you have a listen, please drop me a line and let me know what you think :-)
If you're looking for something in particular, please type it into the box and you should go straight there :-) If there's a link to an interesting builder or resource that I've missed, please let me know and I'll include it.
I bought a nice Taylor 610 in February 1998, but soon decided that it
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Anyone in the UK thinking of buying a fine guitar may well be thinking about buying an import. If so, *stop there* and think about getting a British luthier to make one for you instead. It's a bit of a wait, but on the other hand you get to choose the sound, the woods, the decoration and just about everything else. And you'll almost certainly end up paying significantly less than you would for that imported guitar.
If you don't want to wait then think about contacting the British makers to see what they might have ready to go. It's usually difficult to find their stuff in the shops, other than locally or at a few places in London, but all the guitar makers I've come across are very happy for potential customers to go over and have a look at what's available, and even happier when someone buys something and takes it home with them :-)
If you'd like to contact Northworthy then you can do so via email by clicking here. There's also a web site, and snail mail is at Northworthy Musical Instruments, Main Road, Hulland Ward, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The telephone number is 01335 370806 (or +44 (0)1335 370806 if you're outside the UK): ask for Alan Marshall.
If you'd like to contact Brook Guitars then their email address is here, direct to the workshop. Snail mail is Easterbrook, Nr Hittisleigh, Exeter, Devon, EX6 6LR, and their telephone number is 01647 24139 (which is +44 (0)1647 24139 for those outside the UK). Ask for Simon or Andy. The website is here.
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Check out the online poster exhibit "A Place For All People". This was curated by kYmberly Keeton, who I recently interviewed for a Success Story blogpost!
"A Place for All People: Introducing the National Museum of African American History and Culture" is a commemorative poster exhibition celebrating the opening of the Smithsonian's newest museum that opened Sept. 24, 2016. Based on the inaugural exhibitions of the museum, the posters highlight key artifacts that tell the rich and diverse story of the African American experience. ART_library deco was chosen alongside a host of cultural institutions in the United States to share this body of work with the public. "A Place for All People" is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with the museum.


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GSoC 2018 weeks 3-4 - understanding BTRFS internals
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This two weeks I was diving into btrfs structures and on-disk layout. Writing an ASM program from scratch is not that simple so I decided to convert a VirtualBox image with BTRFS filesystem in it to raw file and write a python script to parse and show internal filesystem structures.
It was also useful for understanding how files are stored in FS, because information on btrfs.wiki.kernel.org was not enough for me to understand some corner cases.


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On 1 October 2018, the International Court of Justice issued its Judgment on the Merits in Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile), finding, by 12 votes to 3, that Chile "did not undertake a legal obligation to negotiate sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean" for Bolivia and rejecting all other submissions of Bolivia. While the Judgment minutely and carefully scrutinizes each treaty, exchange of notes, and statements of the parties for well over a century on the issue of access to the Pacific Ocean for landlocked Bolivia – and I have no difference with the Court's individual scrutiny and interpretation of each document and piece of evidence indicated in its Judgment on the Merits – it is remarkably curious that the dispute involving Bolivia's assertion of Chile's obligation to attempt good faith negotiation on access to the Pacific Ocean did not refer to nor invoke human rights or sustainable development needs as a possible basis to substantiate the urgency of cooperation necessary for both countries. As seen from the image below (source here), Bolivia's landlocked situation is a permanent feature of its territory:
Both countries are parties to the American Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Both countries voted in favor of the 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development and the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. And yet, the fundamental issue of Bolivia's massive underdevelopment (as one of the poorest countries of Latin America) for lack of any maritime access to the Pacific Ocean, in contrast to Chile's exponential economic development (remarkably succeeding in reducing poverty from 26% to 7.9%), seems to be an inherent inequality on which international legal proceedings have been silent. As reported in a World Bank study, landlocked developing countries (such as Afghanistan, Burundi, the Central African Republic, among others) face higher transport costs, delays, higher consumer and food prices, less trade, such that "being landlocked is a major reason why 16 of the world's 31 landlocked developing countries are among the poorest in the world".
In today's understanding of human rights and sustainable development (and further considering that we provide for the regime of "common heritage of mankind" for all coastal and landlocked countries in regard to the marine resources in the Area), is it still an acceptable and legitimate outcome for human rights and sustainable development that landlocked countries (or Bolivia in particular, for well over a century) are denied any access whatsoever to the oceans as an inevitable result of loss of territory, peace treaties, or sheer accident of natural geography? If compensated negotiated access to the Pacific Ocean can eventually be achieved for Bolivia, does human rights and the right to sustainable development have anything to say about the degree of compensation that Chile can exact for granting such access, so as not to make it too cost-prohibitive for Bolivia to obtain such access? In this post, I briefly summarize the October 1, 2018 ICJ judgment below, and suggest some aspects of human rights and sustainable development commitments of both countries that might spur more urgency to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean after the glacial pace of failed diplomacy for well over a century.


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Want to be a billionaire? If you follow our World's Billionaires list, you know there's no single way to get the job done–you can get rich on energy drinks or yoga pants just as well as hedge funds.
But for those who like to read the tea leaves, we'd point out something that is probably fairly obvious to most: the tech industry is probably the best place to roll the dice.
Technology is now the second-most common way American billionaires made their fortunes. Fifty-one of the 425 Americans on the World's Billionaires List (12% of U.S. billionaires) are rich thanks to this industry. (Number one is the hodge-podge category of investments, which includes hedge fund tycoons but also a wide assortment of others like Warren Buffett who have interests in a multitude of industries).
That's a change from 10 years ago, when tech and software ranked third among industries that produce billionaires. In 2002, 26 of the 243 Americans on the Billionaires List made their fortunes in technology. Today they are almost double. Here's the list as it stands in 2012:
Top 10 Industries Producing U.S. Billionaires
1. Investments: 100 billionaires
2. Technology: 51 billionaires
3. Media: 37
4. Energy: 35
5. Food and Beverage*: 31
5. Service*: 31
7. Fashion and Retail: 28
8. Real Estate: 27
9. Manufacturing: 18
10. Sports: 15
Worldwide, the industry rankings look a lot different: investments retains the number one spot (as it does in the U.S.) with 143 billionaires, followed by fashion and retail (123 billionaires) and real estate (102 billionaires). Tech ranks number 5. (See the full list at bottom).
But even that number is greatly skewed by Americans. Of the 90 tech billionaires in the world, 57% are Americans. Looked at another way: While 12% of U.S. billionaires made their fortunes in tech, just 5% of non-American billionaires did.
This is a trend that could be picking up speed, particularly as MBA students move away from Wall Street.
"There's definitely a movement among my MBA students—and among MBA students in general–a little away from finance, which has been somewhat compromised by the crisis and by Dodd-Frank," says Steven Kaplan, a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. "We're seeing big winners in technology. Finance isn't going away, but I think finance probably peaked in 2007."
Peter Wendell, a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a venture capitalist, says that it's not a matter of if tech, but which tech.
"One area that continues to get interest is so-called Big Data," Wendell says. "Some of the brighter and more forward-thinking ones are focused on tools for analyzing data, tools for storing data."
Wendell also sees smart students choosing are cloud computing, social media, mobile, and video.
Not a techie? Not to fear: industry may be less important than inspiration. "My reading of the stories of people like Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak and even Steve Jobs is that they were driven by passion," says Teresa Amabile, a Harvard Business School professor and co-author of The Progress Principle, who has studied the diaries of successful business people.
"I am confident in saying that they are more productive and creative when they are working on something that they find meaning in, that there's a sense of purpose, that they're contributing to something they value, when they're in an environment that allows them to make progress."
Who could argue with that? Nonetheless, here are the ones that have worked across the globe:
Global Top 10 Industries Producing Forbes Billionaires
1. Investments: 143
2. Fashion & Retail: 123
3. Real Estate: 102
4. Diversified: 97
5. Technology: 90
6. Manufacturing: 85
7. Energy: 78
8. Finance: 77
9. Food & Beverage: 69
10. Media: 64


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A year later, Gasson infected his own implant with a computer virus, one that he could pass on to other computer systems if the building's networks were programmed to read his chip. As Gasson breezed around the the workplace, spreading the virus and corrupting computer systems, certain areas of the building became inaccessible to his colleagues.
At the time of the experiment, theoretical physicist and author of "The Future of the Mind" Michio Kaku told FOX News that demonstrating the ability to spread infection was an "important point" because "we're going to have more chips in our body and clothing."
Thousands of Americans already have implanted medical devices, including pacemakers, which are inserted into the chest to treat abnormal heart rhythms, and cochlear implants, which help deaf people to hear.
But the future, Gasson says, is going to focus on implantable technology for healthy people. Part of the reason is that we continually look for ways to make our lives easier. The question is whether we're willing accept both the unintended and unknown consequences that come with giving up partial control of our bodies to technology.
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Implantable microchips provide a more intimate connection with technology than that of any other portable electronic device, like a cell phone or iPod, because the tag becomes a direct part of us when it's inserted into our body. Implants "have the potential to change the very essence of what it is to be human," Gasson said at a 2012 TEDX Talk.
The susceptibility of human microchips to cyber attacks is one worry, but Gasson wanted to explore issues beyond common concerns related to privacy and security.
That's why he conducted the experiment in two stages: A surgeon initially inserted a clean computer chip into his hand, and the computer virus was unleashed a little over a year later. During that time, Gasson and his team were particularly interested in studying the psychological implications of implanted devices.
"There's an underlying feeling that [having an implantable device] is an alien phenomenon," said Gasson, a cybernetics expert. The only way to properly explore the psychological aspect was to have the device himself, he said.