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Pochettino tweaks his tactics to boost Tottenham's prospects
The international break has come at a rather inconvenient time for Tottenham, halting their momentum after five successive victories in all competitions.
Mauricio Pochettino's side have underlined their strength in depth by reeling off notable triumphs despite the absence of key players but just as interesting is the recent change of tactics, which has made Spurs even more positive and dangerous.
Pochettino has generally favoured a 4-2-3-1 formation yet there has been a subtle shift lately. He has sacrificed a holding midfielder and fielded another creative player behind the striker instead, using a 4-1-4-1 set-up.
That enabled Erik Lamela, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli and Moussa Sissoko to play on the same plane against Manchester City on Sunday and Alli got into the box to score a goal and win a penalty in the impressive 2-0 home win.
After the game Pochettino said: "The design to play is not only [for] today. We played against CSKA [Moscow] and against Middlesbrough and different games with only one midfielder holding. I think that the future and the project of the team is to play with only one."
It is an enticing prospect. The 4-2-3-1 system can look too reserved, especially when Tottenham are facing lesser teams that are content to sit deep and play for a draw.
At the start of this season, Eric Dier and Victor Wanyama were sitting in front of the back four together and it felt like Spurs were playing with the handbrake on. Notably, the equaliser against Everton on the opening day came moments after Vincent Janssen had replaced Dier and, at Stoke, three of Spurs' four goals came after Pochettino swapped Wanyama for Lamela.
It seemed Pochettino learned his lesson because the new 4-1-4-1 system seemed to be in operation in the following game against Monaco at Wembley. Although the reason was unclear at the time, Alli -- who was initially thought to be playing a holding role -- actually operated in advance of Dier in the first half that night, moving up alongside Eriksen, Lamela and Son and trying to have an impact in the final third.
On the one hand, Alli's adventure brought back memories of Tottenham's gung-ho spirit under Harry Redknapp in their previous Champions League campaign. On the other, Spurs' approach against Monaco also looked a little naive. Alli was caught on the wrong side of the ball a few times before the French side broke away to score the opening goal, before going 2-0 up in the first half.
He faced criticism from some quarters after that defeat -- some felt the 20-year-old had abandoned his post and got carried away by the occasion. Yet it now appears he was probably following orders after all, and that this was an early manifestation of a bolder approach.
It has needed some refinement and that defeat to Monaco highlighted the risks -- but the latest three victories over Middlesbrough, CSKA Moscow and particularly Man City have also underlined the rewards.
On Sunday the dangers of committing too many men forward and leaving Wanyama exposed were mitigated by the dedication of Spurs' attacking midfielders in dropping in to help their Kenyan colleague. One of them was always there when Tottenham were out of possession, while the others pressed.
There is no reason why that model cannot work from now on. Tottenham's creative players have the necessary work ethic in abundance and they are used to rapidly switching positions. The new system merely adds an extra element of rotation.
It may be that the tactical switch has been Pochettino's solution to Mousa Dembele's absence. The Belgian is a pivotal figure who importantly fulfils both defensive and attacking functions, but he has only been able to start one game this season due to suspension and injury.
Dembele is almost impossible to replace -- a holding player is too defensive and limited while a creative player like Alli is largely wasted in the role, having to curb his attacking instincts.
It will be interesting to see what Pochettino does when Dembele returns, and whether he reverts to a 4-2-3-1 set-up -- but the 29-year-old could easily fit into the new formation. He started last season as an attacking midfielder, on the right flank, and he scored in three successive games 11 months ago.
Whatever happens, few can criticise Pochettino of a lack of tactical flexibility or a Plan B at the moment -- and the thought that Sunday's stunning victory over Manchester City was achieved with a relatively new system, which can be developed and honed to unlock even more of Tottenham's potential, is exciting indeed.
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When freedom doesn't last forever: the landless nomads of Cholistan
A mere 70 years ago, the nomadic peoples of the Cholistan Desert still wandered between Rajasthan in India and the Punjab in Pakistan. But after the founding of the state of Pakistan, their freedom to move around was increasingly restricted. Over time, their traditional lifestyle has changed. Photos by Usman Mahar
Women get ready to go to the well to fill their jars with water
Herds of camels are not an unusual sight around the Cholistan Desert, otherwise known as the Rohi region of southern Punjab in Pakistan. They constitute an important source of income for the people here, who breed and use them in the desert.
They are bought by so-called "buparies", either directly from the nomadic communities or from the markets in the nearby cities of Marot, Khaipur Tamewali, Yazman, Liaquatpur, Ahmadpur East, Khanpur, Rahim, Yar Khan and Bahwalpur.
Heavily laden carts are the primary means of transportation in the rural regions of Punjab. They are pulled by camels and donkeys and frequently transport whole families to the nearest market in the next city, where they sell fruit, corn, sugar cane and homemade blankets.
More than 110,000 nomads live in the Cholistan Desert. They usually live in communities in the vicinity of a water source. The wells, sometimes up to 40 metres deep, are surrounded by clay houses.
For centuries, the nomads roamed the desert regions of Cholistan and Rajasthan without restrictions. With the founding of Pakistan in 1947, however, they were forced to choose whether to live inside or outside the borders of the new state. Since then, some of the nomadic families live across the border in India. Pictured here: men sitting on a charpoy
On hot days, the men sit together on so-called "charpoys", bed frames on which they can relax and sleep. Sharing a water pipe, they discuss family life and work.
Water is often scarce. It generally rains during the monsoon months of July, August and September. Pools such as the one in this photo, in which children can play, are a real rarity. It is hard to believe that the Cholistan Desert was once a fertile, green valley.
Once, the Hakra River flowed through the Indus Valley. However, changes in the region's ecology and climate transformed it into sand dunes centuries ago. Potable water, which is usually drawn from underground wells, is stored in water containers in shady spots alongside the back walls of the houses, such as here.
Nevertheless, the heat is not completely unwanted. The containers pictured here, which are also used for cooking, are hung up to dry.
Just like camels, cows and sheep are an important source of income in the Cholistan Desert. In the markets of nearby cities, the nomads sell not only milk and meat products, but also wool.
The back courtyard is for work and play: while children play in the evening, the women often prepare bread dough in large bowls, which can be seen here beside a small granary.
Most families have both an outdoor and an indoor hearth. Depending on the weather, they fry eggs, bake parathas and boil up milk tea here.
Elders claim that life in the desert is less egalitarian and there is less solidarity than in the past. They point to changes in how people access water. It used to be the case that rich and poor, brothers and cousins, all drank from the same well in an oasis. Now, almost everyone has a water pump at home and it is far less likely that people from different social strata rub shoulders at the well.
This is not an issue for the young people of the community: they play together and take care of their younger siblings while their parents work.
Since 1947, the rights to properties that once belonged to the nomads – but which was never registered anywhere – have been held by the Pakistani and Indian authorities. At the time, all lands that lacked documentation clearly naming the owner were declared property of the state. Many nomads regard themselves as landless and regret that they did not purchase property in time. Few of them could possibly have foreseen that where once they roamed free, borders would one day limit their freedom.

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The Chaser filled an entire Melbourne tram with coffee cups to make a bloody good point
The Chaser has previously declared War On Everything, but now they've narrowed their focus to all the junk we throw out.
While it might not be quite as red-hot as that time they infiltrated APEC dressed as Osama Bin Laden & Co, their latest stunt is certainly more important.
Australia is one of the highest per capita producers of waste in the world.
Every year we burn through 18 million tonnes of waste, kill over 100,000 birds, seals, whales and turtles, and use enough plastic bags to stretch around the world 24 times.
So it's high time that we try to put significant effort into reversing this pretty disturbing trend.
Craig Reucassel from The Chaser has taken on this burden himself with his three-part series, War On Waste.
While the show's airdate is yet to be announced, we've gotten a sneak peek into the shenanigans you can expect.
Melbournians got a bit of a shock yesterday as one of their beloved trams (we get it, you have amazing public transport) were filled to the brim with disposable coffee cups and driven around the city.
Supporting environmental sustainability with @ABCTV 50,000 cups reach landfill every 30 minutes – enough to fill a tram #BYOCoffeeCup pic.twitter.com/oMSrA57RkF
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Melbourne tram joins the fight against disposable coffee cups #byocoffeecup #arethoseusedcups @calhoops @PlanningMel pic.twitter.com/lMbdx99wJ9
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If you're using it once and throwing it away it's probably a waste. #BYOCoffeeCup #WarOnWasteAU pic.twitter.com/5GudpsQJZh
— Craig Reucassel (@craigreucassel) February 21, 2017
Every 30 minutes, 50,000 coffee cups are dumped in a landfill – enough to fill a whole tram. That's 52 trams a day across Australia, just because we're too lazy to get a Keep Cup.
Photos of Craig screaming at passers-by on a megaphone have been circulating across Twitter, but we'll have to wait for the premiere to cop the full version of the stunt.
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As she sat in the waiting room outside the ER, waiting for the doctors to finish sewing up her husband, Charlene said to herself "I'm done." She wasn't sure whether or not this was true, and as was typical when she let these words slip, there was no one around but her to hear them. It was true that she had found herself saying the words with increasing frequency as of late, but she had not yet contemplated their full weight and meaning. It was strange, she thought, how they became easier to say each time, and it was also remarkable how little saying them affected her anymore.
The first time, she said it unthinkingly, and for days afterward she assured herself she hadn't really meant it, that it had only been a slip of the tongue. This was shortly after Robert had announced — without introduction or preamble — that he would no longer be taking his medications. They left him, he'd said, feeling lifeless and dull, but during their argument, Robert had proven to be as reliably cutting and focused as he always was. After he finished elucidating his points — which left Charlene thinking of a long, didactic lecture or sermon — Robert had returned to his study. Charlene stood at the kitchen sink, turning the argument they'd just had over and over again in her mind, saying aloud the points and counterpoints that she had been unable to say at
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Switch WAN optimization appliances to software for simpler mobile WAN
Choosing WAN acceleration software over appliances can simplify enterprise WAN for branch offices and mobile workers. Companies like Expand Networks, Riverbed and even Cisco are leading the WAN with products designed to work with and without an on-site appliance.
Wide-area network (WAN) optimization appliances might become rarer as enterprises discover that a software approach to WAN acceleration can boost not just the branch office but also the mobile WAN, particularly as IT managers in the branch demand less hardware to manage, and the competition in the sales channel becomes tougher to break through.
The trend toward WAN acceleration via software, versus dedicated optimization appliances, is not new: For years, key vendors like Cisco and Riverbed have been looking to extend the benefits of WAN optimization from the branch office to remote workers with small software clients installed on laptops and smartphones.
"For the remote user, a laptop user, or if they work in a small office where it's going to be tough to justify a full appliance … appliance-less is a great way to do it," said Matthias Machowinski, a directing analyst with Infonetics Research.
Some relative newcomers to the WAN optimization field are finding success by telling companies they can even eliminate WAN optimization appliances at larger branch sites by replacing them with WAN optimization software running on servers or by embedding the WAN acceleration software on existing branch office hardware such as routers or multi-service gateways.
This is the tack taken by Expand Networks, and it has earned the company some fans: Expand won "Best of Interop" in the WAN performance optimization category this year, and it was recently ranked the most complete offering in a study by the Aberdeen Group on WAN optimization.
However, software-based WAN acceleration products that do away with expensive appliances for branches and end users are neither new nor unique to Expand Networks. "Traditionally the [WAN optimization] market was completely appliance based, but it's moving more toward software," Machowinski said. "IT managers would like to manage less stuff rather than more stuff. Cisco has been able to capture decent market share this way with the Cisco ISR [Integrated Service Router]."
With the ISR, a branch office can have a router, Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS), and other functionality all embedded in a single device, meaning the IT organization has fewer unique appliances to contend with when trying to manage a branch remotely.
Vendors have recognized the market demand for the simplicity of the software approach. Riverbed recently inked a deal with HP, for example, which will place its software on HP's ProCurve ONE switches in a blade server form factor.
The company also offers WAN acceleration software for laptops and desktops that performs almost as well as its appliances, according to Nik Rouda, product marketing manager for Riverbed.
"Because the core architectures are the same, the improvements in speed are about the same," he said. "You can see about 85% to 90% reduced data throughput."
But Rouda said that there are still some benefits to having WAN optimization appliances, which come down to speed and scalability.
While both platforms, for example, will speed up traffic for documents repeatedly accessed by a user, the WAN optimization appliance can store terabytes of historical data. If one branch office user downloads a video file, that video is cached. A week later, a second user will have near-instantaneous access to that same video when he tries to download it. Users of Riverbed's mobile client, on the other hand, would have to re-download the video each time.
Expand Networks is trying to work around this by having clients in a branch office intelligently detect one another and team up: If one laptop has the video file, for example, another can download it directly from within the branch without having to go back to the original source.
Advances like these, and the maturing WAN optimization market, are driving the shift away from dedicated WAN optimization appliances. As more WAN optimization vendors try to sell their products as software, partnerships of multi-purpose products like Cisco's ISR are becoming even more important, Machowinski said.
"Riverbed is generally seen as one of the top companies in this space, HP is the No. 2 or 3 switch vendor, so that's the big alliance," he said. "It definitely seems like Blue Coat could be helped by another alliance with a technology vendor that has a broad slice of the market."
Independent analyst Nick Lippis had a few theories about who that technology vendor partner could be.
"Juniper doesn't really have a WAN optimization play yet. That would be one company where there could or should be collaboration," he said.
A pause in the WAN optimization market
Adding urgency on all sides to these partnership, both vendor and customer, is the state of the economy.
Although the WAN optimization market was flat in the first quarter of 2009, Infonetics will soon publish new findings which reveal that the market dipped 14% in revenue in the second quarter, Machowinski said.
That decline is not as bad as some other networking market segments, he said. And he expects WAN optimization to bounce back or at least remain flat for the year compared with 2008.
"We've seen a slowdown in WAN optimization, but it is still doing better than any other related network equipment areas," he said. "I think for WAN optimization it's easy to make the case that … if you have to buy more WAN bandwidth, [you have] added expenses. In the first quarter, there was quite a pause in the market overall."


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Jessiica Howell's passion for fashion began in middle school in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois. She began making headbands and ponytail holders for her friends as a way to keep their hair away from their faces in school. Her business sense came alive when the demand increased for her hair accessories.
After moving to Texas, Jessiica continued her passion by studying fashion design in high school, which led to a fashion design scholarship upon graduation. Several garments Jessiica designed were featured in a number of local fashion shows.
After attending Texas Tech University and studying a combination of Fashion Design and Human Development, Jessiica put her passion for fashion on hold to begin a career in corporate America.
In 2011, an epiphany convinced Jessiica to return to what she loved and in 2012, Jessiica Howell Fashions, LLC was born. To ensure that her company was unique, Jessiica wanted to focus on what was important to women. When asked how she selects her own clothing, she stated, "I really enjoy wearing clothing that no one else has, so I look for something different, or I try to make a popular item unique." With that in mind, Jessiica created the custom line within Jessiica Howell Fashions, LLC.
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Before starting my Master degree, I had the opportunity to do a 5-month internship abroad. On this period I worked at Brooklyn United, a Brooklyn based (as crazy as it sounds) digital interactive agency. Not only the cultural experience was amazing but I discovered an incredible work environment and some of the best people to work with. I learned new design processes, new team management philosophy and improve my communication and integration skills within a team.
The actual very first project I worked on was the fashion Zip Zap App for kids. The idea came from the amazing Big Idea Week project, which allows students from grade 4 to 8 to develop their ideas and eventually collaborate with professionals to build a prototype.
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Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), Hyundai Motor India and Renault India have reported a rise in domestic car sales in March 2016. Maruti Suzuki's sales have gone up 14.6 percent, while the Indian arm of the South Korean car maker saw volumes increase 4.2 percent and Renault India recorded 160 percent growth, according to statements issued by the companies Friday.
Domestic car sales
MSIL sold 118,895 cars in India last month as against 103,719 units sold in March 2015. The mini-car segment comprising Alto and WagonR registered 8.7 percent decline, while all other segments (compact, super compact, mid-size and utility vehicles) saw volumes rising during the month. The utility vehicle segment volume sales more than doubled to 13,894 units.
Hyundai Motor India's domestic car sales stood at 41,201 units, up 4.2 percent from 39,525 vehicles the company sold in March 2015.
Renault India sold 12,424 units, up 160 percent from 4,782 cars in March 2015. Renault India Pvt. Ltd. is a fully owned subsidiary of Renault S.A.S. France.
Mahindra & Mahindra reported 21 percent increase in passenger vehicles at 26,885 units from 22,183 vehicles in March 2015.
Honda Cars India sold 17,430 units, down 23 percent from 22,696 units sold in March 2015.
MSIL exported 10,450 cars in March 2016, up 33.4 percent from 7,836 units in March 2015, while Hyundai's outward shipment in March 2016 was 10,251 units, a marginal increase from 10,215 cars sold in March 2015.
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MSIL's domestic car sales stood at 13.05 lakh units in 2015-16, up 11.5 percent from 11.70 lakh units sold in the preceding financial year. Total volume sales, including export of 1.24 lakh cars, grew 10.6 percent to 14.29 lakh units in fiscal 2016 as against 12.92 lakh units in fiscal 2015.
Hyundai Motor India's domestic car sales rose 15.1 percent to 4.84 lakh units in financial year 2015-16 from 4.21 lakh units in the preceding financial year.
"Hyundai for FY '15-16 achieved an all-time highest volume of 484,324 units with 15.1% yearly growth with highest-ever market share of 17% plus on the strong performance of models like Creta, Elite i20 and Grand i10," said Rakesh Srivastava, Sr. Vice President Sales and Marketing, Hyundai Motor India Ltd.
Honda Cars India sold 192,059 units in financial year 2015-16, up 2 percent on a year-on-year basis.
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The company was established 2009 and is located in Cavite Economic Zone, Rosario, Cavite – South of Manila the capital city of Philippines. Committed to provide quality fabricated precision tooling, jigs, fixtures and metal parts.
The company has grown fast in recent year because of customer satisfaction which is the main focus of the company's quality policy. Alpha Techno Precision is a ISO 9001:2015 certified company by URSP (United Registrar of Systems Philippines).
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Czech Technical University in Prague
The Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the biggest and oldest technical universities in Europe. CTU currently has eight faculties (Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering, Architecture, Transportation Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Information Technology) and about 21,000 students.CTU offers its students about 123 study programmes and 464 fields of study within these programmes.
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University of Stuttgart
The University of Stuttgart is an outstanding research university with an interdisciplinary profile and a focus on science and engineering.
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Graz University of Technology
In global competition with comparable institutions, the Graz University of Technology teaches and conducts research at the highest level in the areas of engineering and science.
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Politechnico di Milano
The Milan Polytechnic Institute is a public technical university with a focus on engineering located in the northern Italian city of Milan.
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Ensa de Paris-Belleville
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville.
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Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
With 18,300 students and a scientific staff of 3,200, the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava is the largest institute of technology in Slovakia
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University of Prague
The Charles University in Prague is the largest university in the Czech Republic and the oldest university north of the Alps. Of its 17 faculties, two are located in Hradec Králové and one in Pilsen. The Charles University boasts an enrolment of more than 53,000 students.
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University of East London
The University of East London is a large public university in London. Its facilities are located in the boroughs of Stratford and Barking, and in the Docklands right at the Royal Albert Dock.
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University of Wuppertal
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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University of Coburg
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University of Tübingen
The Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen is among Europe's oldest and most renowned universities.
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The Vienna University of Technology
The Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) is Austria's largest research and educational facility with a focus on science and technology.
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Bauhaus University in Weimar
The Bauhaus University in Weimar specialises in creative and technical areas.
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University of Rosenheim
As the most important educational institution in the south-eastern part of Upper Bavaria, the University of Rosenheim combines a versatile and innovative profile with strong regional roots and an international reputation. Our main goal is to closely connect the university, industry and research.
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'Asean way': Still the way to go?
Speaking at the opening of the 31st Asean Summit on Monday, President Duterte made specific mention of three things against which he urged the members of the Association of Southeast Nations to unite: extremism, piracy and illegal drugs.
"Terrorism and violent extremism endanger the peace, stability and security of our region because these threats know no boundaries," he said. "The menace of the illegal drug trade continues to endanger the very fabric of our societies," while piracy and armed robbery "put a dent on our growth and disrupt the stability of both regional and global commerce."
No doubt all three are valid, urgent issues, but their very mention highlights the one great issue that was not brought up, deliberately or otherwise: the continuing aggressive expansionism by China in the South China Sea, which most international observers agree is at or nearing flashpoint levels, and constitutes the biggest security concern threatening both the Asean region and the international community.
As Paul Dibb, professor emeritus of strategic studies at the Australian National University, wrote in a July 2017 article for the think tank East Asia Forum, "The lack of decision-making by Asean and the ARF (Asean Regional Forum) comes at a time when the regional security outlook is looking ominous, particularly in Northeast Asia. Asean itself risks being side-lined as China militarizes the South China Sea and ignores territorial claims by Asean countries. There has been little progress over 15 years towards a robust code of conduct for the South China Sea that is legally binding."
Dibb added: "China will continue to play on the weaknesses that separate the 10 members of Asean. Cambodia and Laos are in the pockets of China, as increasingly so are Thailand, the Philippines and even Malaysia."
From the start, Asean has been defined by a marked emphasis on a consensual, quiet, nonconfrontational mode of diplomacy between and among the member-countries.
Noninterference was the byword — which, it could be argued, has been the linchpin of the bloc's success in avoiding conflict among its member-states and turmoil in the larger region.
Despite the multiple crises that have buffeted this part of Asia in the last 50 years — the anticommunist conflicts from Indonesia to Indochina, Thailand's successive military coups, Cambodia's civil war, the increasing radicalization of neighboring zones in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, the Asian currency meltdown—Asean has held together, and is even working on further economic and trade integration along the lines of the European Union.
And yet… Asean's aversion to tackling issues head-on with more transparency and open debate among its members has also exposed its weaknesses.
As the years-long impasse with China has shown, Asean is prone to dither, slow to arrive at a workable consensus — and has no mechanism to monitor and compel the member-states' compliance with principles and agreements reached among them. The Asean Charter, for instance, commits the members to the pursuit of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
But Asean countries have, of late, "been going backwards in democratization and human rights," as the publication The Diplomat has noted.
Strong-arm governance is present in Cambodia and Thailand (and, increasingly, the Philippines), Myanmar has been condemned by the world for its military's brutal campaign against the Rohingya minority, and xenophobia and extremism are rising in Indonesia.
But no official pointed words of concern about these developments have emanated from Asean — the countries' domestic realities, no matter how potentially destabilizing to the larger region, still officially off-limits to the bloc's radar.
Is the "Asean way" still the way to go as the region confronts grave new challenges—or is it time for a new approach?
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Last month, Greubel Forsey delighted the North American market with its unveiling of the $1.1 million U.S-exclusive watch: the Double Tourbillon 30° Technique Sapphire watch. The sapphire case of this limited edition (8 pieces) watch was milled from a single piece of sapphire, revealing the 396-part movement. This watch is exemplary of the new direction many watch brands are taking when it comes to utilizing high-tech materials such as sapphire for watchcases.
It should be noted that over the years, certain brands, such as Corum (the Golden Bridge) and Cartier (Mystery), have used sapphire crystals, case sides and casebacks to showcase their movements to the fullest. However, those watches also typically included a bit of metal as the "glue" – so to speak – holding it all together.
Over the past few years, though, the move into totally transparent watchcases has progressed by leaps and bounds. Make no mistake; a full sapphire case is not "common." However, a handful of top brands now offer a timepiece housed in a see-through sapphire crystal case — without metal edging.
These cases are incredibly difficult to build. The sapphire crystal is so hard that it is typically machined using diamond tipped equipment. Additionally, depending on if the watch is milled from a single block of sapphire, or assembled using multiple sapphire pieces, it can take as long as five months to machine a single case.
As such, these watches are usually made as either a one-of-a-kind or as very limited editions. Because of the time, effort and money involved in making a sapphire watch case, these timepieces command top prices – with retail tags of more than half a million to nearly two million dollars.


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It's really interesting to see how a company will market itself so differently to various countries. Obviously, there are social mores and cultural values that will affect how an ad will be received. Ads that run for ages to great acclaim in Scandinavia would make most conservative North Americans completely shit their pants.
For an example of a drastic shift in cross-Atlantic advertising, we need look no further than Schweppes. Following the subtle, visual brilliance of their gorgeous slow-mo Australian spot "Burst" comes the fruit-laden psychadelic mind trip of France's "Sensation".
I'm not sure how something this colourfully awesome could be so weirdly bad. Drop a tab and let its technotronic waves of babealicious lust slowly wash over your genitals…
(Agency: FFL Paris. Director: Warren du Preez. Production: Stink.)
WTF? I'm all for ads that get artsy for no apparent reason, but this one just seems majorly hokey to me. Plus, I'm endlessly intrigued by how the French will use lesbionic powersex to sell pretty much anything. My favourite part is when the twins rub the bright yellow strawberry between their cheeks…
Oh, but they're just getting stared. I guess there was some fear that perhaps the ad was too subtle and the sexy party vibe wouldn't get across, so to really drive the point home they've also got a girl rubbing a carcinogenic raspberry on her lips. That's right… rubbing berries on her lips. Have we run out of "9 1/2 Weeks" food sex clichés? All she's missing is a pearl necklace and some clear heels.
These girls are SO HORNY! And that… makes me want soda pop? Like I said, I'm all for purely experiential ads, but I don't get this one.
Plus, if you ever wanted to talk about subliminal imagery in advertising, I give you the following screenshot to peruse:
That's right. It's a vagina. It's a big, French, Schweppes-loving vagina. And to prove it, it's filled with three glowing Schweppes power-balls. That's how you know this vagina loves Schweppes.
Don't get me wrong, despite how incredibly terrible I think this ad is, the production value is totally awesome. The colours are crisp and vibrant – you can tell this is high quality shit. But there's just something that's so overtly sexually bizarrely weird about it. I think they might have been trying to achieve a throw-back 80s Robert Palmer "Simply Irresistible" feel of some kind, but it's just not working for me.
Especially at the end when the embracing naked girls are swirled up into the vortex of a Schweppes bottle. Like a genie. Waiting until a guy comes and rubs off again…


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MV LOFOTEN To The Rescue
Hurtigruten ships, especially the 1964-built classic MV LOFOTEN, stick to a very tight schedule on their continuous passenger and cargo runs between Bergen and Kirkenes on the Norwegian coast. This morning, the LOFOTEN was an hour late on arrival at Trondheim, having experienced a detour at approximately 12:15 AM when the ship received a distress call and had to alter course. A small boat had struck a reef and foundered, leaving two people and their dog stranded in chilly waters. When the LOFOTEN reached the scene, veteran captain Eivin Lande launched a zodiac that safely rescued all three and brought them to the ship. All were well-tended to, including the dog, which was given three baths by the ship's crew in efforts to remove oil from its fur. They disembarked in Trondheim this morning, shortly after the ship arrived at 7:30 AM. LOFOTEN will complete her voyage in Bergen on Monday, August 25, where she is due to arrive at 2:30 PM.
We'll be posting a full series of Sea Treks and a Decked! feature about the exquisite MV LOFOTEN in due course. By coincidence, we were covering the southbound sailing of the LOFOTEN this past week.
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Baby Bathing - Time To Sleep
Baby Bathing is a great game for girls who want to rehearse being a mom. In this game, you will bathe a baby before putting it to sleep. Many different settings ensure that the nursery appears in great colors. The skin color of the baby can be individually adjusted as well. Likewise, the color of the carpet and the bathtub can be changed so that everything is exactly to your liking. Once the nursery corresponds exactly to your likes and everything matches in color, you can start to fill up the tub with water. Simply click on the faucet of the tub. Once the tub is full of water, you can start bathing the baby. To the right of the tub, you will find a large cabinet in which all kinds of bathroom accessories are stored. From sponges to soap and other great accessories, you can click on everything and use it to bathe the baby. Different fruits will fill the room with an amazing aroma and you can also add flowers to the water, of course. Depending on what you add to the water, it will change its color. Navigating this game is really quite easy – bathing your real baby later on will surely be much harder. After all, real babies are a lot more work than this bundle of joy. But is sure is a great way to practice before you have a baby of your own. After the bath, you will take the baby out of the tub, carefully dry the baby and lovingly put your baby to bed.


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This morning, Professor Ann Marie Carlton and graduate student Khoi Nguyen met with Dena Seidel, Director of the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking, and Film Certificate students Jamie and Stephanie to go over documentary logistics for SOAS. Jamie and Stephanie will be coming to Alabama for two weeks to uncover and film exciting narratives about SOAS researchers and projects. Welcome aboard!
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Here is something that has been under my skin for the past year.
Notice the rust? I have 3 light fixtures in front of my house that have been taunting me with their rustiness. They distracted me every time I pulled into the garage. So, what's a girl to do? Buy spray paint of course!
Here is what one would need if they have pesky rusty lights. A metal brush to sand down the rust, painters tape, spray paint (I used the metallic finish) and don't forget your Dr. Pepper!
One can never go wrong with Rust-oleum. Now, I know there are many blogs that have been paid to feature this spray paint. But not me. I advertise for free, baby! I just use it because it works well to cover and resist rust.
After I cleaned the lights (and by clean I aimed my garden house in the general direction) I used the metal brush to remove the rust. I didn't spend a lot of time on this, just brush, brush, brush, and I'm done. Now I taped off what I didn't want to paint. I did spend a lot of time on this, just tape, tape, tape, and 2 hours later I'm finally done. This was seriously the worst part of the project.
And because I love the taping process so much I taped up some paper. It was at this point that I began to wonder what the neighbors were thinking of me and all my tape. Hello, I have blue tape and I know where to put it! And then I began to wonder what the neighbors thought of me taking pictures of my tape.
Don't they know I'm a blogger!
I primed that bad boy! Or girl. Whatever your sex your lights claim to be.
And then I painted it. Twice, because I'm married to an engineer who will notice any uneven painting.
After the paint dries, I excitedly removed the low stick adhesive tape and stood back to admire my work. Wait! What's this? Do you mean to tell me the low stick adhesive tape removed the paint from your house?
This can't be!
This can't be!
Oh, it be!
The previous owners left the clearly marked house paint for us in our basement, bless their hearts!
So, I was able to touch up this near disaster.
So, I was able to touch up this near disaster.
Okay, now I can stand back to admire my work.
I am not longer taunted by their rustiness!


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Shoveling Mandate in Central Mass.
(NECN: Katie Daly) - Cleanup is key after any snow storm. Some towns require you to shovel your walkway, while others don't.
In Worcester the law requires residents to clear snow from their property ten hours after snow fall. The ordinance has been in effect for three years, but recently has been strictly enforced. Residents who do not clear their sidewalks face a $75 fine.
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Light and love and laughter
slip through a summer's afternoon
as the tractor service
delivers its passengers
to the slide.
All is ice lollies and smiles
when only three years ago
it was surgery and terror.
How sweet it is to survive.
Light and love and laughter
slip through a summer's afternoon
as the tractor service
delivers its passengers
to the slide.
All is ice lollies and smiles
when only three years ago
it was surgery and terror.
How sweet it is to survive.
Bruises bloom purple
as we celebrate
the first daffodil
in its brave defiance
of freak hailstorms.
I peel snowdrop plasters
from my hands.
My veins are tiny
but they're tough,
pumped full of spring.
I burrow my way
towards the light.
The anaesthetist asks
about Disney World.
The magic of making
plans again. How it will be
to introduce my little boy
to Mickey Mouse,
to a summer free of surgery,
free of pain, free of fear.
Last October I decided to try running for the first time. My friend Jenny recommended the couch to 5K app so I downloaded it on my phone. My second mastectomy plus reconstruction back in March had knocked me sideways but now I was ready to start feeling a bit more like myself again. I decided to take photos on my run and then write a verse of a poem as soon as I got in from running. I used the canva app to put the verse and the photo together to share on Instagram. I'd never put poetry on Instagram before but it seemed like a great way to reach out to people. Also I figured if I made a public commitment, I'd be less likely to give up!
In December I reached 5K. I also had an MRI scan on my spine as I've been getting a lot of pain in my back and neck. On January 2nd I got my results saying I was all clear. The pain is not cancer coming back, it's just side effects from Tamoxifen. Best New Year's present ever! I still feel a lot of fear, anxiety, confusion, and loss of self confidence as a result of breast cancer. But I also have so much hope and appreciation for the future I am so lucky to have.
Today I started the 10K app. When I was sick I received a great many messages of love and support from people I knew as well as strangers. They were an invaluable source of support. A friend I hadn't seen in many years who'd had cancer himself wrote saying 'it's very tough but I promise you life will be sweeter afterwards because of it.' It stuck in my mind which is why I've been using the #lifewillbesweeterafterthis. Here's the poem from Week 1 of my running. If you like it, please follow me on Instagram – aoifemannix. And a very happy New Year and all the best for 2018!
Week One
The eye of you with the pine
shaking hands with the beech.
Golden morning, a blue sharp
as your letters painting new October.
Running the line of the field,
each footstep bringing me back to health.
Clouds accuse me of city crackling.
The radio out of tune. The caw caw
of crows calling on the telephone,
a hawk humming for the line man.
The sky pinned to a tree, a map
of how little I know these woods.
The wind racing in the trees,
yellow rags tossed into tractor tracks.
The low howling of an autumn morning.
What divides the hedgerow from the road,
what unites the surprise of the bridge home.
I'm back in the deck chair in the garden
as you build your zookeeper spaceships
around me. I sip a banana milkshake
as a pheasant eyes me from the steps.
His feathers glint Japanese in the light.
Here we are safe from shotguns, needles,
bone scans. Of course there is still
a burning in my chest, muscle cramps
that catch the breath, the challenge
of getting out of the chair when my arms
won't hold the weight they're supposed to.
I watch a bee buzz inside a flame of flower.
You have made me a necklace
of rainbow pasta. You tell me you wish
you had a nurse gun to make everyone better.
You feed us chocolate and suck the layers
of colour from your ice lolly while asking
if I know more than you. A little bit,
I reply, while thinking how much there is
to learn from recuperating in the sunshine
with a small boy and his shining lego.
The daffodils in the window
hold in their white yellow halos
the soft wonder of being home
after hospital. As if they know
that ten hours surgery
leaves your skin petal torn
and stitched with pain.
Fragile as a fallen blossom.
Yet holding all the power
of a new morning
where the birds are singing
of spring and the light
is a phoenix blessing
splashing across the shadows
on the window sill.
The man at the reception desk
tells us he doesn't actually work here.
There are corridors within corridors,
stairs you have to go up
in order to come down,
my name lost in the system.
But there is also kindness
drawn with a black marker,
a sense that all this
has been done before.
After the needles and the stitches
and the reconstruction,
I will emerge hungry from my cocoon.
My wings tattooed with the start
of a beyond surgery.
The address is hand written
but that red private and confidential
always makes me shiver.
Turns out it's not surgery
but a study in what's gone wrong
with my history. Of course I will agree
to the braille of my blood
being read by storytellers in white coats.
It is the least I can do for the future
though the mystery of repeating grief
sometimes sits in my throat like a stone.
This brand new year I will try to open myself
to the double helix of resolution.
A candle held up to scratched glass,
a tale that twists in the telling.
I am not the narrator but then again
nor am I a helpless spectator.
After The Op – recording of my poem on One Stage At A Time, a poetry project for people affected by cancer. We are currently looking for submissions.


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|The UK is still part of the EU for now, since the vote to leave hasn't been implemented yet.
Map by Evan Centanni, from blank map by Ssolbergj. License: CC BY-SA
What is the European Union?Europe's continental union is probably most famous to outsiders for its euro currency and Schengen free travel area. But it's actually much more than that. After all, the UK is preparing to leave the EU, but it's not even in the Schengen Area or euro currency zone anyway!
What unites the countries of the European Union is a set of laws that all members are required to share. Mostly these are laws about things like the economy, trade, natural resources, and immigration (a major sticking point in Britain). Some countries or territories have exemptions from certain laws, but overall, being an EU member means agreeing to follow a set of rules set out by the collaborative union government in Brussels.
The idea is that Europe can do better economically, and better guarantee basic rights and standards of living, if all the countries work together as one. Needless to say, not everyone in Europe agrees this is a good thing (or that it works), and that's how Britain has ended up headed for the exit. But at the same time, many other countries are still scrambling to join.
Which Countries are in the European Union? (Full List of EU Members)The European Union currently has 28 member countries. The UK is still a member for now, but is expected to leave in about two years.
List of EU Member Countries
Czech Republic
Denmark (except the Faroe Islands and Greenland)
France (except some overseas regions and territories)
Netherlands (except Caribbean islands)
United Kingdom (UK)** (not including Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, or overseas territories except Gibraltar)
*The Republic of Cyprus holds EU membership on behalf of both southern and northern Cyprus, though the north is controlled by the unrecognized breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, where EU law is considered to be "suspended" until the dispute can be resolved. Two British military bases on Cyprus's southern coast, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, are considered territories of the UK and are not part of the EU. Incidentally, it is arguable whether the whole island of Cyprus is even located in Europe, but it was allowed in on the basis of its shared cultural history (78% of the population is ethnically Greek).
**In June 2016, the UK voted to exit the EU. Though the country has already been excluded from some high-level EU meetings, it has not yet begun the legal process of leaving. Once it does, there will likely be around two years of exit negotiations before it fully separates itself from the union.
Which Countries are in Line to Join the EU?European Union membership is open any "European" country (a fuzzily-defined concept) that can convince existing members it will meet the standards of EU membership. These include being free and democratic, respecting human rights, and having a "functioning market economy" (basically anything except total economic chaos or communism). New members also have to adopt all the EU's laws before joining, prepare to efficiently implement new EU laws made after joining, and have the "capacity to cope" with having their economies basically merged with all the other member countries. Normally, they're also required to plan on adopting the euro as their currency, but not right away after joining.
List of Official EU Candidate Countries
Joining the EU requires years of negotiation with the existing member countries, and the EU has a list of official candidate countries that are working on it now.
Turkey applied all the way back in 1987, but is still struggling to get approval from the existing EU members. The other candidate countries are mostly at early stages of membership negotiations, or haven't even formally started yet.
List of Potential EU Candidate Countries
The EU also has an official designation for "potential candidates" that haven't been fully invited to apply yet:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
What Other European Countries Aren't in the EU?So which countries are left, that aren't in the European Union and aren't even applying for membership? There are actually quite a few. Some may hope to apply further in the future, while others have decided not to apply at all.
List of European Countries That Aren't EU Members, Candidates, or Potential Candidates
San Marino
Vatican City
*Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland have all applied for EU membership in the past, but later suspended or withdrawn their applications
**Russia is located partially in Europe and partially in Asia, but its historical center and the majority of its population are on the European side
List of Arguably European Countries That Aren't EU Members, Candidates, or Potential Candidates
There are some cases where it's not clear if a country is in Europe or not. The countries of the Transcaucasia region are sometimes considered culturally European, and sit right along the most commonly-used line between the European and Asian continents (following the divide of the Caucasus Mountains). Meanwhile, Kazakhstan is rarely treated as European, but part of it also lies on the European side of the line (here following the Ural River).
Armenia (physically on Asian side, but within Transcaucasia)
Azerbaijan (in Transcaucasia, mostly in Asia with small parts in Europe)
Georgia (in Transcaucasia, mostly in Asia with small parts in Europe)
Kazakhstan (mostly in Asia, with a small part in Europe)
These lists exclude several unrecognized or partially recognized breakaway states that the European Union doesn't even consider to be countries: Northern Cyprus, Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh, the Donetsk People's Republic, and the Lugansk People's Republic.
The disputed Republic of Kosovo, claimed by Serbia and only recognized by 56% of the world's countries, is generally acknowledge as a country by the EU, which is why it was allowed to become a "potential candidate" country.
Who Will Join or Leave Next?The future is impossible to predict, but you can stay up to date on European Union membership by checking back frequently with Political Geography Now, or by signing up for email updates from the box on the right-hand side of this page! You can also view all European Union articles, or follow PolGeoNow on Twitter for even more news and facts!
Map of How Britain Voted in the Brexit Referendum
9 Geography Facts You Should Know About the Brexit and Britain's EU Membership
Photo Essay: British Territory Gibraltar and the Brexit Referendum
Article by Evan Centanni. Country flags and associated HTML code from Wikipedia (licensed under CC BY-SA).


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Maintaining an active lifestyle as a student-athlete, minor league player, professional player, or just training to stay fit is a priority to millions of people. When an injury causes a person to halt the training or participation in the sport, the desire to return becomes a feeling of urgency. Athletic and sports injuries may occur due to a variety of circumstances including the type of training or sport of choice.
Orthopedic Doctor for Athletes
A specialized orthopedic doctor for athletes will work closely with the injured person in an individualized manner to achieve an optimal outcome.
Sports Medicine
Sports medicine works on different levels by helping a person:
- Achieve peak performance
- Recover from all types of injuries
- Prevent future injuries through training and education.
Seeking an orthopedic doctor for athletes is essential. The orthopedic specialist understands a person's dedication for a chosen sport or fitness activity. With the extra training and credentials, the orthopedic doctor for athletes will design the best treatment program for an injured person to allow for the fastest recovery.
Seeking Out Help
Finding the best orthopedic doctor for athletes and sports injuries will depend on a variety of contributing factors. Start by making a list of the orthopedic specialists within a specific geographic location. Ask friends, coworkers, family members, and others to make a referral. Or, use the Internet to check out online reviews. Find out the orthopedic doctor for athletes area of expertise.
Fractures, severe sprains, and overextension are common injuries for athletes. Other injuries require specialities of orthopedic practice.
- Shoulder: arthroscopy, rotator cuff, impingement
- Knee: ACL, MCL, PCL injuries and torn cartilage
- Hip: cartilage injury, tears, bursitis, tendon tears
- Elbow: MCL injuries, impingement,
- Ankle and foot: tendon repairs
Accurate Diagnosis
Treating the various orthopedic problems and injuries for athletes begin with an accurate diagnosis. The best orthopedic doctor for athletes will begin with a complete medical history. Before the initial consultation, a patient may want to write down information to help with the process. The smallest detail of past injuries may help identify an overtraining technique or other source contributing the present problem.
Along with the complete medical history, a physical examination and testing will be done. The testing may be done with x-rays, MRIs, or other imaging techniques. After all the medical information is gathered, the orthopedic specialist will design a treatment program to best fit the athlete's needs to return to an active lifestyle.
Treatment Approaches
Each athlete will have a different treatment approach due to the individualized nature of the injury. When the injury is less severe, non-invasive methods are implemented.
- Rest
- Physical therapy to strengthen muscles and restore function
- Over the counter, prescription, and injections to help ease the pain and reduce inflammation to promote the healing process.
- Change in fitness routine to help in the prevention of future issues
- Bracing, or splints to support the injured area, during the healing process
When the non-invasive methods do not yield the desired results or the injury is too severe, an orthopedic doctor for athletes will recommend Arthoscopic Surgery to repair the damage.
Best Orthopedic Doctor for Sports Injuries
Understanding the unique needs of athletes, Dr. Howard Marans will work with each patient to find the best treatment approach involving the shortest amount of recovery time possible. Please click below to schedule your consultation or call us at 714.979.8981.


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I look up at the stars every night, searching the heavens for that one bright light that could take me back to yesterday. I know it's a hopeless wish now, but I just want to change everything and everyone, to keep them from this sad state of being. I wish I had done something with myself in the classroom instead of sitting in the back, trying to avoid everyone else.
Maybe if I had interacted more, or made friends more easily, things would be different. Perhaps I would have had a girlfriend, or been popular in a clique of my own. But the truth is I was too scared and shy. I don't know why this is, or why it has taken death for me to want to talk to others and make friends. I find myself wishing to communicate now, whereas before I just wanted to be left alone. I didn't want to be picked on by the bullies. I didn't want to be teased by the giggling girls. I didn't even want to be called on in class. But all of those things happened anyway. And now I can't seem to even leave the school grounds.
Another great cosmic joke. School was hell for me in a lot of ways and now it seems to have become my personal purgatory. I tell myself if I could only get out of here then my spirit could roam free the way it's supposed to. Or at least that's what I assume spirits are supposed to do when they no longer have a live body. Perhaps that's it then, I need a live body to inhabit. Hmm.


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Video game levels may often seem like absurd places. Who'd build a walkway there? Why didn't anyone clean this up? Yet as with most things in life, truth is often just as strange as fiction.
This gallery on Bored Panda is called "31 Haunting Images of Abandoned Places That Will Give You Goose Bumps", but in my eyes, it's more like "31 places that are video game levels, have inspired video game levels or should be video game levels".
Some of those that are levels include Pripyat's abandoned carnival, star of Modern Warfare's famous sniper mission, while Hashima Island, the inspiration behind a similar locale in the latest Bond movie, also features.
I'm more intrigued by those that I've never seen, though. Some, like the Salto Hotel in Colombia, look like they fell straight out of an Uncharted game, while others like Michigan Central Station look positively apocalyptic, and would be right at home in something like The Last Of Us.
My favourites though are the two boats. The Antarctic one really does look haunted, while the Sydney wreck is gorgeous. I can't belive I lived there for years and this is the first I'm hearing of it!
[Valley of the Mills, image credit]
31 Haunting Images of Abandoned Places That Will Give You Goose Bumps [Bored Panda]


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I have a lot of fun with my current setup, but I am living in Canada (it's pretty hard sometimes to go everywhere because of the sideways and the street bad conditions.) and Winter is coming! Because I want to ride on the snow and in any street of Montreal, I am working on a mountain board version, with dual motor setup and a higher battery capacity.
My requirements are:
- A light and durable board with spring trucks
- 200 mm tires able to go on the snow and to go on the dirt
- 2 motors with more torque but capable of high speed
- Be able to be attached to the board with ratchet bindings so I can have stronger brake and higher speed
- Waterproof setup
- Better wiring and enclosures, and so a cleaner build
I compared a lot of mountainboards and I choose to buy a 35º HOLYPRO TRAMPA – 690 BLACK MOUNTAINBOARD because all the reviews show the overall quality is very high, the board is very light and almost indestructible. It looks easy to add a pulley to the wheels hubs on this board as there are 6 spokes and I will be using the spokes' screws to fix the pulleys to the hubs. The trucks anger is squared and again, it looks easy to create a motor mount for these.
The components I will use are:
- dual 245kv motors
- dual Hobbywing EZRun Max6 ESC (160A)
- 4 x 4s LiPo 5200 mAh (2 packs of 2 battery in parallel and then 2 packs in series, so one 8S Lipo 10400 mAh LiPo at the end)
- Nano remote control
- A Waterproof box for the ESC
- A red led bar for the rear and a powerful white led torch for the front
- 2 accurate lipo checkers
I am waiting for all components, but as soon as I start building it, I will publish an update.


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With exhibitors facing a looming industry deadline of September 30, 2012 to join a Virtual Print Fee (VPF) Program, Christie® announced that it has put its VPF Program for North American exhibitors "on the fast track," to ensure exhibitors are quickly signed up and guaranteed reimbursements as they make their move to DCI Compliant digital cinema projection systems.
"Christie has initiated 'Fast Track' handling at all levels within the administrative process to insure that exhibitors can take advantage of the industry's most simplified plan for making the move to DCI Compliant digital cinema," said Craig Sholder, vice president of Christie's Entertainment Solutions. "It's important for exhibitors to sign up on or before September 30, 2012 but once onboard they will still have until October 31, 2013 to make the physical conversion. During that time, they'll have complete flexibility in choosing the best financing option for their needs, thanks to Christie's highly flexible VPF program. We offer the widest financing options available, from self-financing to working out terms with one of our financing partners."
Sholder added: "The sooner one begins the conversion, the better, since VPF revenues will not be earned until one has converted at least 50 percent of one's complex. Exhibitors have nothing to lose and everything to gain by signing up with the Christie VPF program."
To read more about this story, click here for the full press release.


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This sale Includes 5 parcels of land totaling 6.41 acres. It will be sold as one piece of land. Lots back up to the Lone Star Park, QuikTrip Park and Verizon Theatre area which host 200+ events a year. There are currently a couple of multi-million dollar projects planned on Beltline between I-30 and W Hunter Ferrell Road that are zoned for retail and commercial uses. Parcels are currently zoned as light Industrial but can be changed to planned development to accommodate multi-family, hotel or retail space.
Listing courtesy of Keller Williams Realty DPR.


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The essentially crossoverless design gives the 901 an unmistakable coherence, the model's greatest strength. Its incredibly wide dispersion comes in a close second. The Bose 901s sound great anywhere in the room, After extensive listening, the Bose 901s strike me as being damn good. They have some limitations, but don't all $1,400 speakers? For that matter, what $10,000 speakers are perfect? They are so smooth and musical.
The Bose 901s are equally highly musical and easy to listen to for hours without fatigue, characteristics many other speakers fail to deliver. Indeed, my audiophile buddies that I bribed into my listening room with IPAs are still shocked at just how good the 901s sound.
To make this conclusion as perfectly clear as possible and stave off any confusion: A handful of speakers in the $1,400 range reproduce music more accurately than the Bose 901. But—and like Pee Wee Herman likes to say, "Everyone has a big but"—the 901 gets the essence of the music right.. The ease with which it yields solid results makes the Bose 901 very attractive to both the normal music lover and budding audiophile. Mix the Bose 901s, a $150 vintage receiver, and a TURNTABLE and you've created a rocking system. you'll be shocked at the sheer musicality of the combination.
Yes, every speaker design involves compromise. Considering that this model is aimed more at the mass market than the audiophile, the 901s possess more than enough virtue to be considered an excellent value. They are certainly one of the most fun speakers I've had the pleasure to hear. Isn't that what this is all supposed to be about?
So forget all the folklore you've heard about the Bose 901s, these are serious speakers. I'm seriously considering keeping the review pair for my beach house – they will fit right in with the Eames Lounge chair and Noguchi table.
if you are using a receiver, the EQ must be placed in a tape-monitor circuit, or between amp and preamp if you have separates. The supplied pair of three-foot RCA patch cords gets the ball rolling. The EQ features a two-position button: position one offering a flatter response, and position two adding a slight bass bump, not unlike the loudness button on a 70s receiver. Finally, there are two sliding controls for mid-bass and mid-treble, the latter claiming the most control over the overall tonal balance.