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Cotton Picking Blues
Cotton picking blues
Ricarda Steinbrecher finds that Nature has a few tricks up her sleeve
when faced with biotechnology's attempts to control her.
There is a Gene Revolution going on. The 'revolutionaries' are promising a new kind of agriculture; one that will change the world so radically that nothing will ever be the same again. They see themselves as the advance guard in the war against the diseases, viruses and insects which attack our food crops.
'Green Biotechnology' is what they call it. It can alter and improve seeds and plants so that they can resist nature's onslaught. The new crops will also be able to tolerate certain kinds of weedkillers (herbicides) so weed control will become easier for farmers and the need for dangerous chemical cocktails will be reduced. At the same time, these new biotechnology developments will improve the environment, strengthen crops, create more sustainable farming practices and provide more and more of us with abundant, fresh food.
So who are these revolutionaries? You might have already heard of some of them: names like Monsanto, Novartis, Cargill. Unlikely guerrillas somehow – they are all transnational corporations. Their motivation? Higher yields, improving food, reducing hunger – and finding new markets in the Third World.
So what's the catch? Let's look at this Gene Revolution more closely. It is no coincidence that it sounds so much like the much-vaunted 'Green Revolution'; the promise to improve agriculture for the citizens of the Third World by selling them 'high performance' hybrid seeds together with tons of chemicals like fertilizers, high strength pesticides and herbicides. The so-called improvement to agriculture was a promise which left a trail of disasters in its wake.
Biotech companies intend to replace all our current crops with genetically engineered varieties of species like wheat, maize, oil seed rape, peanut, potato, squash, strawberries, trees and so on. They will shuffle the genes around, from flounder to strawberry, from human to pig, from virus to soya.
Whilst the art and knowledge of conventional plant breeding reaches back thousands of years, there is very little experience of genetic manipulation of plants, or knowledge about genes and their behaviour. Nor can the side effects of genetic engineering be predicted. Nature's own research and development program, otherwise known as evolution, has been going on for about 4.6 billion years and can tell us a lot about the unpredictability of nature and about the length of time needed to get good results for research. For example, the dodo seemed to be a really good prototype for a flightless bird until another species (humans) came to the island and the whole experiment failed.
The problem is that in nature there are always so many variables. Unfortunately humans seem to be the most problematic of all the variables, especially now that we are adding in a few extra ones of our own making.
Not surprisingly, whilst trying to emulate nature, biotech scientists have had equally unpredictable results. For example, when they took a gene for red pigmentation (colouring) from maize and put it into petunia flowers they expected, quite reasonably, that the petunia would go red. But life is not so simple: the plants did go red, but they also showed other unexpected characteristics such as more leaves and shoots and lowered fertility. In another similar field test petunias that were expected to turn a darker shade of red suddenly lost the red pigmentation completely on some flowers or petals. Others reverted back from red to white. These results raised all sorts of questions about the nature of genes. Do they behave differently depending on where they are and what their neighbouring genes are? Does it matter if there are one or more copies of the same gene in one plant?
There are some things which can be predicted. Nature has perfected flexibility and always reacts to changes and interference. All ecosystems and their member species are under constant pressure to adapt to new situations. If they fail to do so they go under or only survive in a particular niche. So the natural evolutionary response to the constant presence of the same weedkiller or pesticide is to develop tolerance or even resistance to it in order to survive. Thus an Australian farmer found that the rye grass on one of his fields wasn't reacting to Monsanto's all-purpose weedkiller Roundup any more, and he couldn't get rid of it. After only ten sprayings over a number of years the weed had developed resistance. Similarly, the new 'super-rice' developed by the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines is 'an agricultural horror story, not a panacea', according to the Genetic Resources Action Group (GRAIN). Not only did the rice not produce the high yield expected but farmers had to use high levels of nitrogen fertilizer. GRAIN says that the super-rice also presented 'serious concerns for pest control and disease management'. 1
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There is nothing special or unusual about these examples; it is an entirely natural response to an engineered situation, but it could create enormous problems for agriculture.
Insects too can become a problem. They are part of the ecosystem and their numbers are naturally controlled by the abundance or rarity of their food sources and of predators like birds. Our agricultural practices of producing uniform fields of a single crop sends out a loud and clear: 'Let's party...!' signal to insects that live on that particular crop. They turn up in swarms for the feast and this is when insects become 'pests'.
Pest control was formerly carried out by spraying insecticides but now genetic engineering is coming up with new 'designer plants' which produce their own insecticide so that whenever the offending caterpillar or insect takes a bite of a leaf or flower they get a mouthful of toxic poison from within the plant itself. In order to produce these designer plants, biotechnologists extract the 'poison' genes from scorpions, spiders or bacteria, alter them and splice them into plants or viruses. Currently biotechnology companies are using bio-toxin derived from the soil bacterium bacillus thuringiensis, known as 'Bt'. The naturally occurring Bt-toxin gene produces a crystallin protein that will cut into the gut of specific insects and kill them. The engineered Bt-toxin gene, together with other genes, has been spliced into cotton, maize, tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, walnut trees and others, killing off not only caterpillars and hungry insects but a wide range and number of insects and soil organisms, including those that are beneficial in building up soil fertility.
It is not simply a question of biotech companies waving their genetic wand for the pests to disappear. Genetically engineered cotton crops like Monsanto's NuCOTN failed miserably to live up to their genetic promise. Plants react to heat or cold, drought or salinity and will alter their behaviour as a result, often slowing down and growing the absolute minimum amount necessary for survival. Under the stress of a hot dry summer in the Southern US States the Bt-cotton couldn't produce enough Bt-toxin and failed to fend off the masses of bollworms and their friends. Many farmers had to resort to pesticides and some had their worst cotton crops in memory. Whilst Monsanto blamed the heatwave, scientists accused Monsanto of rushing their new product prematurely onto the market. Professor Fred Gould of North Carolina State University even reported that the Bt cotton is creating exactly the right conditions for the bollworm to develop resistance to Bt. A toxin that doesn't finish off all the insects will simply select for resistance in the survivors and hey presto! – the genetic wand produces the Superbug; an insect that is more robust and able to cope with toxins. Insects are notorious for being able to overcome serious insecticides – DDT for example.
So biotechnology companies are engineering crops with 'benefits' like disease and pest resistance that will only perform well for a short time – if at all. The creation of superweeds and superbugs will mean a need for more and stronger chemicals to get rid of them. This will also kill beneficial insects and soil organisms and damage the ecology of the soil.
And how will all this affect countries in the South? In its World Food Day brochure, even the FAO admits that 'several areas exist where modern biotechnology may hinder development or create serious hardship for rural communities.' Quite apart from the fact that the research, the corporations, and therefore most of the money, are based in the rich world, the biotech fix relies heavily on intensive agriculture and large fields of cash crops. This pushes out small farmers in the Third World who rely on a range of traditional and locally adapted crops to survive.
So why the big rush? Why don't they stop and evaluate the technology? Examine the global consequences? The quick answer is profit. Corporations have invested heavily in genetically engineered crops and need to make a return on that investment.
But safety, not profit, should be the main concern. And therefore we should be putting the brakes on genetic engineering and reflecting on whether we really want to go down this road before we discover that we are at the point of no return. Once the gene genie is out of the bottle we cannot call it back in.
In the short term the Gene Revolution, like the Green Revolution, is more likely to feed company pockets than the world's growing population. Existing food, soil and water will be polluted with even more chemicals. In the longer term we face collapsing ecosystems and loss of biodiversity. And we are setting our own unpredictable genetic time bomb.
Dr Ricarda Steinbrecher is a geneticist working with the Women's Environmental Network biotechnology campaign.
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Texas Exotic Hunting is a popular sport in this state. Hog hunting in Texas and dove hunting in Texas are both considered exotic.
Have you ever tried to hunt a hog? These wild pigs can be fierce and furious. Can you imagine a wild hog charging you with thunderous speed, hooves slashing with a head the size of Texas swinging back and forth in the air. I can!
This grunting and squaling pig is an awful beast! He came charging out of the brush right in front of me. Now being from up north this startled me, no it scared the …… right out of me. I dropped my bow and took off as fast as I could, climbing a small tree. Now I know that hogs can not climb trees, but as I sat perched in the tree the only thing running through my mind was the old phase "when pigs fly" and believe you me I was waiting for this pig to fly!
No, they can not fly can they? The nasty wild hog stomped around the base of this little tree waiting for m. As it stomped it rooted up the ground around the tree. I would image all the noise it was making was to let me that I was in his territory.
You are probably laughing at me as you read this. But I swear this was the largest meanest and wildest pig that was ever put on this planet!
Now not far far was a party of hunters who had heard all the racket and noise from me yelling and the pig snorting. They came running down the trail to see what was going on. It must have been a sight! What with me in the tree, my bow scattered thirty feet away, and this hog stomping around the base of the tree, just waiting to devour me.
I am not sure how long I was stuck in this tree, but it seemed like a life time. My Texas exotic hunting adventure was getting off to a fine start.
With the sound of the other hunters coming down the trail, the mean old hog must have figured it was out numbered because it charged off into the bush.
My new found hunting friends told me that Texas exotic hunting required a guide, and that these hogs could have been a helpful for the hunters who had little or no experience, especially if you were hunting with a bow. I'm thinking now someone tells me this.
They said that bows were OK for white tail, but with the short range of the bow one should really have a better weapon. They also mentioned that one should have a good understanding of wild hogs.
Picking up my bow I peered into the brush looking to see if my little friend was still around. I figured that I was pretty safe as the other four hunter all had rifles.
Just as I thought, the wild snorting hog had run away to fight another day and torment someone else. I had already decided my next trip would be with a guide as I was not ready to go and get cornered by a wild hog again.
The guide that was with the hunters gave me a card which had directions to his lodge. I told him I'd be in contact real soon!
Finding my jeep was no easy task but I did manage. I headed off to the guides lodge where I was met by a very friendly lady at the office. She explained all the costs for a guided trip.
As I signed all the paper work, I looked forward to my next experience. The hunters who had come to my aid had just arrived back at camp and they were still howling about my Texas exotic hunting experience.
That evening around a roaring camp fire I told my story about my encounter with the largest wild hog on the planet. Every one got a good laugh and I made a few good friends over this little incident.
Oh by the way I got my hog with the help of my guide. But that first first big one got to torment its next victim

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Chef Andy McFadden is the new kid on the block in the kitchen at one Michelin-starred restaurant, L'Autre Pied, a gastronomic jewel in bustling Marylebone, and the little sister to the celebrated Pied a Terre restaurant.
Andy grew up in Ireland, and exhibited a precocious talent for cooking. A Gordon Ramsay scholarship finalist and protogee of Pied a Terre, Andy has a great love and appreciation for provenance, creativity and celebrating British culinary traditions. On an icy day in January, Andy enthralled visitors to Borough Market, by cooking some of his favourite slow meat dishes, especially thrifty, underused Cinderella cuts, like this marvellous recipe for Slow Braised Pork Cheeks with apple, balsamic and hazlenuts.
" Our job as head chefs is to try and utilise the whole animal in the best way possible, not just using the rack or the fillet but to use the leg & the shoulder & these interesting cuts are absolutely delicious and feature on the menu at L'Autre Pied as canapes and lunch-time stars."
Andy prepared and cooked dishes using rare breed meat reared with love, passion and careful husbandry by The Ginger Pig on the unforgiving hills of north Yorkshire.
Andy McFadden is a member of the Chefs Alliance and supports the work of the Slow Food Movement.
Andy McFadden: Slow Braised Pork Cheeks a L'Autre Pied with Apple, Balsamic & Hazelnuts
2 tbsp olive oil
8 pigs cheeks
3 carrots
2 onions
1 red onion
2 sticks celery
4 cloves garlic
1 bunch thyme
1 peel of orange
3 bay leaves
400ml red wine
4tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 apple, cut into 2mm dice
100g hazelnuts, toasted
Warm a little oil in a heavy roasting tin over a moderate heat, then season the cheeks with salt and pepper and brown them lightly in the oil. Remove and set aside.
Cut the carrots into thick slices, peel and roughly chop the onions, cut the celery into short lengths and peel and slice the garlic. Add the carrots, onions, celery, orange peel and garlic to the pan in which you browned the cheeks, letting them soften and colour very lightly.
Set the oven at 160C/gas mark 3.
Return the cheeks to the pan, tucking them among the vegetables, season with salt and black pepper, then add the thyme, bay leaves and the wine.
Bring to the boil, cover loosely with foil or baking parchment, then bake for 2½ to 3 hours until tender. Check occasionally to make sure the liquid isn't reducing too far. When cooked, remove from the pan, reduce the cooking liquid to a glaze, add the balsamic vinegar & spoon over the cheeks. Serve with the fresh apple dice & hazelnuts.
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-- Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Found It!
So naturally, I had to immediately put it to use with the Blue River Glades. I was going to make a Fandango bookmark in this combination, and I still will someday, but for now I needed something that would work up a little faster. Also, I wanted to get into Martha Ess's Playing with Picots book that I just got.
The pattern is "Mirror, Mirror", which I thought was apropos as I've been watching the show Once Upon a Time on Netflix while I tat lately.
As I usually do with bookmarks, I added my own tail and improvised the end of it with a little doo-bob inspired by the pattern. Mostly it came out well, except for the very end. I decided to finish it with a double-core SSSR so I wouldn't have to work in the ends. Well and good, but I also decided I should knot the threads together first so the second thread would be more secure. The knot ended up just being another lock stitch, so the SSSR doesn't sit right against the rest of the doo-bob like I wanted it to, and it's a little off-center. It doesn't look too bad in the scan, but in person it looks kind of silly. Next time I'll take the risk and skip the knot.
On a different subject, does anyone know what this is? It belongs to a family friend, but she doesn't know anything about it. My first guess is hairpin lace, but I don't know whether that can be made round.
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I LOVE how those coors came out! Gorgeous bookmark!ReplyDelete
I wish I had a nickle for every time I found something in a place I had already looked. I'd probably have enough to buy another ball of thread!ReplyDelete
Your friend's piece is beautiful, but I have no idea what it is. Good luck finding out!
Hi There,ReplyDelete
I believe the lace piece is tenerife, made on a loom-like gizmo. I think the outer smaller circles are stitched with remaining thread from the larger circles. And of course, if someone knows better, I'll preemptively digress!
Heidi in MN
It sure looks like hairpin lace to me, and it can be made "round" - it's a strip of lace, with the inner picots all gathered together and the single crochet "spine" sewn (or joined) beginning-to-end. I see needle weaving in there, too - a really lovely piece of lacework!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2013 at 4:11 PM
It does look like hairpin lace. Hairpin lace can be made circular by gathering one side/edge of it. The outer edge can be crochet or tat around. Cheers.ReplyDelete
Thanks. I think Heidi is probably right about it being teneriffe lace, but it's certainly good to know that hairpin lace can be made round as well.ReplyDelete
Your bookmark looks awesome!!! :)ReplyDelete
Love your bookmark. The variegated thread contrasts nicely with the solid color thread in the split rings. Very nice effect.ReplyDelete
I saw a video on you tube of women making the teneriffe lace it's interesting it looks like a stiff card stock and they poke hole and place the spoke-like strings in then continue with needle and thread for the cross pieces on top. I love your book mark always great color and work you do so nicely!ReplyDelete
This piece is definitely Teneriffe. Our lace group is learning Teneriffe lace from one of our members. It is a lot of fun.ReplyDelete
Yep. Traditional Teneriffe Lace. Also called Sun Lace because the rounds look like little suns. The colored variant is called Ñanduti and is very popular in South America.ReplyDelete


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1333 – 'Introduction to Alpine Mountaineering (IAM)' – Alpes Pennie, Switzerland
This course was introduced four years ago to provide selected Cadet Force Adult Volunteer instructors and Senior Cadets (17+) the opportunity to utilise skills acquired on CCAT UK mountaineering and rock climbing courses and to give them experience in an Alpine mountain environment along with altitude.
The aim is to develop and broaden participants mountaineering experience by teaching them how to tackle differing Alpine mountain challenges. For the Adult Instructors in particular the purpose is to arm them with the essential skills to progress towards the Alpine Mountain Leader (AML) qualification. This year's course included 9 Senior Cadets (6 male/3 female) and 5 Cadet Force Adult Volunteer instructors (4 male/1 female).
Having set off from North Wales early on Saturday morning, picking team members up en route we arrived in Dover for the early afternoon ferry. With a fifteen hour drive to Switzerland we aimed to arrive at our campsite at around 6am on Sunday. We had booked in at the local Mischabel campsite in Saas Grund. As dawn broke and the campsite residents slept we quietly erected tents, grabbed a quick cuppa and snatched a couple of hours sleep.
There was much to do if we were to make the most of the training time. I briefed them on the area, the plan for the week, issued equipment, fitted crampons and refreshed them on basic mountain rope work. A hasty lunch was followed by a visit to the local Guide's shop for an up to date weather forecast and to hire the klettersteig equipment required for the first mountain challenge. It had been a busy day and after our evening meal everyone was ready for an early night.
Although the weather forecast was set fair for the first few days, there was a threat of thunder storms mid week so on Monday we decided that our first objective would be a mountain klettersteig. A klettersteig is a challenging mountain route where the technical difficulties are protected by a cableway and some stretches with ladders so that everyone is always clipped to a safety line. It is always great fun and took us five hours to complete the route to the summit of the Jegihorn at 3206m. This was their first experience of altitude and a vital part of the acclimatisation process. Acclimatisation is the key ingredient of a progressive training programme. The descent back to the cable car station was negotiated with care with the threat of a late afternoon thunder storm but overall an exhilarating day for the team.
Tuesday required a two hour drive for our next challenge. Having reached the Sidelen Hutte 2750m and consumed our coffee and croissant, we set off for an Alpine training rock ridge on the Kleine Bilenhorn 2950m. This ridge required the team to negotiate several small rock climbing pitches in a stunning setting, overcoming the exposure of a knife end ridge. The summit achieved, the track down to the hut focussed the mind, strewn with huge boulders and a indistinct route. Once back at the hut a well earned coffee and cake was the order of the day with time to reflect on a brilliant route.
Wednesday saw us undertaking glacier training and the first time utilising crampons and ice axes. The later start was appreciated with a two hour journey across two valleys to Lac Moiry. After a short trek to the snout of the Moiry Glacier we discussed glacier formation over lunch. We had a fun three hour session on the glacier teaching the team about use of crampons, the use of an ice axe and how to rope up for travelling across the glacier before undertaking a short glacier journey.
Next morning the weather forecast was uncertain but I decided to bring together all the skills training over the past three days in order to spend a night in an Alpine mountain hut and then undertake a traverse of a technically easy mountain with a glacier descent. We journeyed again to Lac Moiry and after a two hour ascent reached the Moiry Hut, 2805m. Mountain huts provide basic accommodation and food but can be expensive! We arrived just as the heavens opened but had stunning view from the glass fronted dining area of the mountains and the higher Moiry glacier.
After an early breakfast we prepared for our ascent. A leisurely walk led to a col and the start of our rock ridge which led to the summit of the Pigne de La Le 3396m. The summit achieved and photographs taken we descended a few hundred metres and donned our crampons, reconfigured the rope systems and descended the dry glacier to complete a circumnavigation of the mountain. We arrived back at the hut late morning and then descended back to the car park and were back at the campsite late afternoon.
All training objectives achieved, it had been a very successful expedition.
We offer our grateful thanks to the Ulysses Trust for their generous financial support towards the costs of the IAM course.


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Even the White House has a blog ! President Barack Obama can share his national and international events directly on this blog. It is at first sight a monologue, but you can subscribe to this blog, and receive an alert any time a new information comes up, but it also allows you to sort the articles by date, title, and source. You can also sort the article by period, whether they are from today's date, from yesterday, from the last seven days, from this month or from last month. Finally, each article has links that take you to another part of the White House Blog, but where you can read the entire transcription of the President's appearance, or takes you to another article that can complete the information you are looking for.
The important and some not so important issues are disseminated on the White House Blog. One bit of important news for those of you who enjoy edible cannabis & marijuana for medical and recreational use was the Jan 2014 headline on Reuters that said: Eric Holder Just Announced A Major Shift On U.S. Marijuana Policy . Because banks will not allow any businesses associated with cannabis to open bank accounts, proprietors of state-licensed marijuana distributors in Colorado and elsewhere have to purchase inventory, pay employees and conduct sales entirely in cash. Consequently they need to create elaborate and expensive security measures, since all their monies make them high risk robbery targets. In another bit of news regarding marijuana, the Obama administration is even willing to work with Congress, if (and that's a BIG IF" lawmakers want to take marijuana off the Schedule 1 drug list. We would like to see more posts about marijuana on the White House Blog. However, as Holder has said: "We're not blazing a new trail" in regards to the decision to prosecute only certain cases based on the Justice Department's limited resources since he has noted that much of marijuana law enforcement happens on the state and local levels. Nevertheless, any positive small shifts in the White House's and / or federal government's attitude towards marijuana will be welcomed.
At the White House Blog you will also learn about President Obama's international schedule, as well as learn more about Vice President Joe Biden's participation and role in the White House. For example, the latest news of this blog is just a few hours old (from June 8th, 2010, at 1:27 pm), and we're learning that Vice President Joe Biden is spending his second days in Kenya, and today, he's visiting the State House in Nairobi, Kenya, in presence of the Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, and Prime Minister Raila Odinga. We can also read that the Vice President and the second lady Dr. Jill Biden laid a wreath on the memorial stone in memory to those who were killed or injured in the 1998 embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya. Finally, we already know that the Vice President will give a major speech on Wednesday (tomorrow) on U.S. – Kenyan relations. This will take place at the Kenyatta International Conference Center.
We can also read that just an hour before the publication of the Vice President presence in Kenya, President Barack Obama has just talked to Senior Citizens about the Affordable Care Act – and Doughnuts…
Who said that there's no room for humor at the White House ?
If only we could get them to be so efficient with some of the more important problems that our country is facing we might actually be able to move in the right direction for once instead of always spinning our wheels. There are so many big issues that the people who have been elected by Americans could be working together to get accomplished but they are choosing to sit in Washington & squabble over the little things. For example, the president just shut down the entire government for 16 days because he did not want to budge on this health care system. That was not called for. Why should Americans be forced to purchase something that congress has voted themselves exempt from? That makes no sense.


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Wolf Creek 2 may have helped cement Australia's reputation as a scary place, but it's not damaged it.
International backpackers are flocking to the real Wolfe Creek crater in the West Australian Kimberley half-hoping to feel a tiny frisson of horror of the cinematic experience.
Most locals don't need the barely fictionalised spectres of Ivan Milat or Bradley Murdoch to regard the bush warily.
Ever since the arrival of the First Fleet, white European settlers have been bushwhacked by their new environment.
With the landscapes of their minds filled with rolling English hills and the chocolate box prettiness of Europe, the earliest colonial artists struggled to capture the light, colour and vastness of the Australian interior.
Early literature reinforced anxiety with the recurring motif of white settler children lost in the bush.
It didn't help new settlers to discover that the country was also home to a host of deadly creatures including nine of the top 10 most venomous snakes in the world.
Is it any wonder most of the population clings to the coastal strip, sandwiched between the deadly things of the interior and the deadly things of the sea?
But even here we are not safe.
This month an eight-year-old girl was killed and two other children and a teacher were injured when a large branch fell from a gum tree in the grounds of a Sydney school.
Less than two months earlier a four-year-old girl was killed and her mother paralysed when a branch came down while they were walking in a park in the central Victorian of Bendigo.
This has provoked an inevitable backlash with many councils reporting increased requests for removal of "dangerous" trees.
It doesn't matter that many, many more people are killed – in many cases as a direct result of their own stupidity – by driving into trees while speeding, texting, affected by drugs, alcohol or fatigue.
In the face of the community's helpless anger, eucalypts have become the pit bulls of suburban parks and gardens to be culled like the sharks off the coast of Western Australia.
But it's not flora or fauna that are our most dangerous enemies.
As Sea Shepherd's Australian director Jeff Hansen said at one of the many rallies to protest the WA Government's shark cull of the Great White: "If you want to know what causes the most destruction in terms of the ocean – you only need look in the mirror."
The Great White is the doctor of the ocean. It helps maintain the balance of the underwater world – it's natural habitat, not ours.
To kill them impoverishes the ocean upon which we rely for our own survival.
The people killed by sharks should be put in perspective of those who are not.
Similarly, if a branch falls in an empty park, no one would fear it.
It's more than than 120 years since Ethel Turner penned the The Seven Little Australians in which the beautiful, feisty Judy sacrificed her life by throwing herself bodily over the baby of the family to protect him from a widow maker.
The tree, however, was not the root of the problem at the heart of this classic Australian story. It was the pride of the patriarch Captain Woolcot who set off a chain of events which culminated in tragedy.
More contemporaneously, as Wolf Creek 2 reminds us, the worst kind of shark is man even if we can't always see it for the trees.


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The Zika virus, which is mainly spread by infected Aedes mosquitoes (or, alternately, by having unprotected sex), has stirred up a lot concern since its outbreak in the Americas earlier this year.
But here's some good news: Zika's been around since the 1950s and isn't quite as scary as its reputation might suggest. People rarely die from the illness and most don't get sick enough to even need to visit the hospital.
However, the virus is known for being linked to microcephaly - an illness that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads, oftentimes with brain damage. But, while we know all about how pregnant women and their babies may be affected by the disease, the question as to whether or not our dogs or cats can be infected is a fair one to consider.
For example, are pregnant dogs and their puppies in danger of contracting the virus after being bitten by an infected mosquito? Or can dogs be carriers of Zika and pass it on to their owners?
(I don't know about you, but these are the pressing questions that keep me up at night.) Thankfully, pet owners may have a reason to breathe easy.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there has been no evidence suggesting that household animals such as cats and dogs can catch and spread the Zika virus to their owners. This means your pets are likely safe to roam freely outdoors this summer without too much concern - unless you happen to have a monkey or ape (which you probably shouldn't in the first place).
Monkeys and apes can get infected with the virus, but it will likely only result in a mild fever that will eventually go away. There's also limited evidence that horses, cows, ducks, goats, bats and water buffalos could carry Zika as well - but that's a big maybe.
However, just because your pet isn't likely to become seriously ill from Zika doesn't mean he or she is totally safe from other diseases carried by mosquitoes - if your pet is bitten by a mosquito carrying the dirofilaria immitis parasite, they may be at risk of contracting heartworm disease.
Here are some great tips on how you can prevent that sh*t.
In short, let's all try our best to keep our pets safe and sound this summer, so they can be as happy as this pooch:
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Yes you are correct in the history of the Freedmen. Yet their are still families that are enrolled and consider themselves of both African American and Native American cultures. I have met many in California and would like to hear from others around the country via the net. Just curious about what their experiences have been like.
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Breaking: Hedi Slimane To Join Céline
In news released just moments ago, Hedi Slimane has been announced as Phoebe Philo's successor at Céline. With Phoebe's last collection for the brand, AW18, to show in Paris in March, Hedi will then take the Céline reins as Artistic, Creative and Image Director. And as if that wasn't exciting enough, Hedi is tasked with leading the brand into Menswear, Couture and Fragrance. MENSWEAR! COUTURE! FRAGRANCE! Because, of course, what's better than Céline? Even more Céline, that's what! And finally Céline for the boys! Now excuse us while we go and have a lie down- it's all too overwhelmingly exciting for a Sunday morning.


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Seahawks wrote:Palifan wrote:Spookedhippie wrote:If not I'll send it to you on memory stick,..fear not!
Thank you sir!
I'll DL all the parts and then try to figure out how to open them......I may well be back in touch
Definitely use Winrar to extract it once you have all the files downloaded. I got an error the first time I tried to extract, but worked fine the 2nd time.
I finished watching it last night and I was very impressed. I enjoyed it much better than the ANH version. The additional stuff added during the Hoth battle is excellent.
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As part of the Dual Side Mount Intercooler mod, I decided to relocate my Diverter Valve(DV) for the following reasons:
-Easy access at the time
-Recirculate cooled air vs warm air
-Faster DV response
-Less turbo spool down on shifts and off throttle
-Easy access to the DV (apparently these need to be rebuilt every oil change... ?)
-and apparently its louder!!
I sourced a DV from 034 for $120. Forge makes one too, 007, but comes with more pieces and is twice the price.


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I am about to get very serious about another passion of mine.
Getting into bed, snuggling up in a stupid amount of cushions and blankets, with a good cup of tea and a bowl of something chocolatey.
so here are 3 of my favourite films about food.. now they are not in countdown order because frankly, im rubbish at making decisions on stuff like this.. so im just going to give you them in any order starting with…
Burnt is a film staring Bradley cooper (i rest my case) as Adam Jones. A chef on the brink of a breakdown trying to go from 2 Michelin stars to 3. He suffers from drink and drug problems and is putting it lightly..mentally unsound. He hurls abuse at his staff, demanding perfection to the point of obsession. He hates everyone and has frequent episodes of violence both physically and verbally to his staff. he spends his life pushing a failing restaurant in London up to the standards of the highest french cuisine and just when you think he has done it.. he fucks it up again!! many reviewers (such as the guardian) didnt like it. not one bit. In fact the Times and the Telegraph both gave it 1 star out of 5, but this was wrong and i will tell you why. Adam Jones was based on Anthony Bourdian. who is a real chef, an excellent chef and a proper mental chef. the film was called out for being a dramatic and unrealistic portrayal of the food industry and the chefs in it. But if you know anything about Bourdain.. or have been lucky enough to work in a high end kitchen you will realise that 'this character' is more realistic than food itself. kitchens drive people to drug or alcohol abuse and destroys people who are not mantally strong enough, it brings out the raw animal insticts and Burnt shows the extremities of that. its realistic and its honest and that is why i love it.
On the other end of the spectrum is chef! Chef is a funky feel good film about a chef who decides to leave everything he knows and drive a food truck around America with his best friend and son. It is such an uplifting film! The cooking montages mixed with a badass soundtrack makes me want to get out of whatever slumber I'm in and cook up something sexy! It's a film about passion and creativity and exploring a new way of doing something you love so you don't end up hating it. However.. it also shares a lot of commonalities with BURNT. It starts with the main character Carl Casper and his creative struggle with his uptight restaurant owner boss who knows nothing about the trade and yet insists on making all the decisions. It also tackles issues of struggling with family and social situations and how sometimes you put your job first in kitchens and finally and probability most importantly.. it deals with criticism. From bosses, from food critics, from customers and from himself. It gives us an incredible insight into how harshly chefs are judged and judge themselves. If you ever thought cooking professionally wasn't stressful you should watch this!
And seriously.. the soundtrack is epic!
Ok ok.. before you start hear me out.. this is a great film! Disney + cute rat + chef = a recipe for an awesome cooking film (recipe.. geddit.. hahaha) I saw this film when I was first training as a chef and my tiny adorable brother looked it it and said "he is a chef like you" which was wonderful and obviously is gonna make me love it! But emotional sentimental moments aside it actually shares a lot of the same points as the previous films; facing adversities and dealing with criticism.. I mean come on! He is a rat! Of course people are judging his culinary abilities! He also has to deal with the other chefs I the kitchen who are stressed and determined and focus on their art. And a head chef who is really fucking mean! And in the end he really has to overcome his own self esteem and grow and learn to deal with all the struggles because he is the most passionate little rat you have ever seen and that passion makes his food fantastic!
Believe it or not all these films have happy endings because despite all the pressure and stress and crappy bosses.. the passion and the creativity and the excitement of doing what you love.. it's worth it!
P.s I love ratatouille so much I physically put him on my body. I tattooed him on me to remind me to believe in myself!
I know. I'm a loser.


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Dentistry From The Heart Set To Provide Free Dental Services To East Texans Saturday
For the past 9 years, Dr. Smith, a Tyler dentist, has participated in an event called Dentistry From The Heart. The event offers free dental services to those East Texans that can't afford dental care. This years' event is scheduled for Saturday, February 8th at the offices of Smith Dental Care in Tyler.
Dentistry From The Heart was founded in 2001 as a way to give back to the community and as a way to provide dental services to the growing number of people without dental insurance. Services that are performed during this special event are extractions, fillings and cleanings - all at no charge.
This annual clinic will open Saturday, February 8th at 5:30a, where Dr. Smith and other volunteer dentists along with their staff will be on hand to perform these dental procedures for free. In the past few years lines for this event form hours before the event begins (almost Black Friday like). To keep clients from having to wait in line in the cold weather this year, participants may stop by the office around 7p Friday night to receive a special ticket.
At last year's event, the dentists and hygienists were able to see 290 patients and their goal is 300 this year.
Important things to know about the event, the following services will not be performed: root canals, crowns, dentures, partials or bridges. In addition, minors will not be seen, so to receive a free service, you must bring along a driver's license and be prepared with medication information that you're on, if you're phobic or have a problem regulating your blood pressure.
For more complete details about Dentistry From The Heart check out Dr. Smith's website.


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Maybe in some of particular scenario, we found that the user wanted to manage user profile alone without using Farm Administrator Account and to keep the user with a minimal security access.
That way, we can configure User Profile Service Application to have particular user granted as User Profile Manager. So they can go to Central Administration website without touching other configuration.
How we can do this?
Go to the Central Administration Website, and navigate to Manage service applications.
Click the User Profile Service Application (without clicking its link, only the zone).
Add the desired user, click on it, and set the permission. Finally, click OK.
So, when they navigate to Central Administration website, they will only see link to User Profile Service Application, and they can't touch any configurations beyond that.
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This week began with some much needed relaxation time and I had a lovely couple of days not really doing a hell of a lot, just relaxing on the sofa, watching movies and catching up on missed sleep. I've been on a mission to reclaim my flexibility and I've been stretching every night for the last couple of weeks - I've already just about got my right leg splits back, and I'm working on the left. I've never been able to do box splits because of my stupid hips, but I'm glad to see that the flexibility I had in college hasn't gone too far!
On Wednesday evening I joined the fabulous Miss Danni Dee at Freedom in Soho as the guest of the The Danni Dee show. It was great fun, with a hugely enthusiastic audience, and Taz came along with Jess from Burlesque on Ice to cheer me along, which was lovely!
Montage from Jess!
Mirror Picture! With Miss Danni Dee!
At the weekend I was back with the House of Magic family for a Bloody Valentines themed show - I was singing before the main show and covered myself in blood from a heart I pulled out of my chest!
My Bloody Valentine!
I love working at the House of Magic - it's a glorious, bonkers, lovely place to be and it's so far from anything I've ever done that I can't help but adore every moment!
Selfie! With Beulah Bell!
And that's about all for this week - I have a couple of exciting plans coming up for the week ahead, and hoping that shortly some plans I put in motion a few weeks ago will finally reap rewards, but that's all in the future, and for now I'm going to curl up and attempt to fight off this imminent cold with lashings of Beechams and ibuprofen!


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By Jeet Suthar, The Tech Portal
Xiaomi is soon going to launch its flagship smartphone — Mi 6. But, the said phone is not going to see the daylight until April. However, there is another smartphone that the company is expected to launch this month — Redmi Pro 2. As per various reports, the phone will be launched ahead of Mi 6.
As the name itself suggests, the smartphone will be a successor to the Redmi Pro. The original Redmi Pro got attention mainly because it was the company's first smartphone to come with a dual-camera setup.
As per the reports, the camera setup on the back of the Redmi Pro 2 will be similar to that of its predecessor, meaning it will sport a dual-camera setup. While a few reports also claim the smartphone might feature a 12-megapixel sensor on the back of the Redmi Pro 2.
Further, the phone is said to pack a Helio P25 processor instead of a Snapdragon 660 chipset, which was earlier suggested to power the device. The SoC has an octa-core CPU that consists of four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 2.5GHz and another four that only go up to 1.6GHz. The display on the phone is expected to be 5.5-inches with full HD resolution.
It is also being speculated that Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2 might come in two variants as far as the memory department is concerned — one with 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage and another with 6GB RAM and 128GB of onboard memory.
Xiaomi has not yet confirmed anything about the Redmi Pro 2 smartphone. So, there is no concrete information available about the pricing and availability for the phone. But since the phone is slated to launch by the end of this month, it will not be a long wait.
Just to remind you, the Xiaomi Redmi Pro was announced last year. It featured a 5.5-inch OLED display, and the device was made available in three variants. The lower-end model had 3GB RAM, 32GB of internal storage and was powered by a MediaTek Helio X20 deca-core processor. The other two variants came with a MediaTek Helio X25 deca-core processor, 3GB or 4GB RAM and 64GB or 128GB of internal storage.


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Worker sues company for injury sustained while constructing Miley Cyrus's tour set
Charles Nicholas Sarris, a construction worker who had been hired to help erect a prop for actress and recording artist Miley Ray Cyrus's concert, has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles, California-based equipment supply company ShowFX, Inc., claiming he sustained major injuries in February when he hurt himself after the "equipment and tools provided to him failed."
Cyrus has been using the blown-up image of herself with an inflatable tongue functioning as a slide to make her entrances in her concerts for her Bangerz tour. Sarris was allegedly injured while trying to help set up this part of the stage set.
This was not the first instance that someone has been hurt due to the concert prop. Singer-songwriter Sky Ferreira fell while singing her first song during one show and sustained injuries to her leg in Anaheim, California.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Practice Report: There may be something to that long-breath-short-breath thing, after all
The interesting thing is, once I got into primary (starting from Paschimottanasana), my breath automatically regained the length it had in the Suryas without any effort on my own. Curious, don't you think?
In any case, I have Grimmly to thank for bringing my attention to these fluctuations of my breath during practice. Moral of the story? I don't know... do not be dismissive of other blogger's musings about practice?
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Can I take it that your wet towel is merely a moist flannel now Nobel? : )ReplyDelete
I noticed something curious in the Marchi twists. I hadn't noticed that my breath had become shorter although it's to be expected but i did notice that I'd subconsciously cut my mantra in half to compensate for the length of the breath, curious.
One of the senior teachers possibly on the kripula gig mentioned i think that Pattabhi Jois used to take Standing and finishing slower than the main series, many teachers seem to take the first couple of Sury's slow and then crank it up to full speed Ashtanga practice.
I do think this is an important issue, how do you go from a ten second inhalation as an ideal ( according to Jois and Krishnamacharya) to two or three seconds, hell Yoga is supposed to slow down our breathing and yet if you watch most of the videos on my post everyone is breathing faster than if they were just sitting down having a cup of tea. The breath is faster, the heart rate is faster. I take David G's point about balancing energy which is why I quoted it and kept it hovering in the background but more to suggest that perhaps we've got the balance wrong somewhat, and lost sight of perhaps THE key element of yoga practice in Krishnamacharya's tradition, long, deep, slow, full breathing ( like pouring oil). Sorry bit of a rant.Replies
"Can I take it that your wet towel is merely a moist flannel now Nobel? : )"Delete
Yes, and it's getting less and less moist by the minute :-)
Do you chant mantra while doing asanas? Very interesting. Do this have any noticeable effects on the length of your breath?
I'm all for taking one's time in the Suryas as well. I think doing this helps you to get in touch with all the muscular actions needed to engage the bandhas. Actually, i think that floating in the Suryas also helps to engage the bandhas; so floating is not just showing off :-)
I like the image of pouring oil. I've found that doing Sharath's led primary CD once a week is actually good for me, even though his count only allows for a two-inhalation, as you noted. I think doing it to his brisk count helps to build rajas in a sequence that is more or less inherently tamasic in nature (due to the number of forward bends). But then again, I don't suppose it would be a good idea to do it at this brisk pace everyday. Too much rajas.
yes Noble, I mentally chant a mantra/prayer, good way of regulating the breath. I've written about it hereReplyDelete
i'd like to offer this explanation for increased breath rate: it's simply a matter of your diaphragm (a muscle like any other) getting warmed up. the warmer a muscle is, the easier and more fluid its movement. if you clocked yourself throwing a baseball once when stone cold and again after being warmed up, the second time would be faster, would it not? seems to me that what's essential is not necessarily keeping to a set length of time for inhalation and exhalation (within limits, of course, you don't want to devolve into panting), but rather maintaining a calm mental state all the way through. that's why mentally doing mantram is a good idea, i think.ReplyDeleteReplies
Very interesting, Patrick. I like the baseball analogy. I thin you are right about maintaining a calm mental state being what's most important. But as of right now, I actually feel quite sore in certain places in my thighs and hips that I have not felt in a while. I think this is due to my practice yesterday (as described in this post); so I guess I must be doing something right in paying more attention to my breath in standing.Delete
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Peter Drucker once said, "What gets measured, gets managed." It's very true. Tracking the numbers is essential to running your business. But it's also important to not just calculate numbers. You need to have a good understanding of what they mean.
I've always enjoyed math and accounting, so I've never really shied away from formulas. But over the years, I've learned some very valuable lessons about how to appropriately use the information. Not just human resources metrics like turnover, cost per hire, etc. But the need to understand the metrics your CEO is paying attention to. There are some obvious ones like EBITDA, market share, and profit margin. And don't forget to look at industry indicators as well.
For example in the airline industry, on-time performance was (and probably still is) a key performance metric.
My career has primarily been as a human resources generalist, but I did spend a couple of years totally focused on recruitment. I had always hated recruiting up to that point and when my director gave me the role, I figured it was some sort of punishment. I was so wrong. I quickly realized that recruiting was about more than just interviewing people. There's a huge strategy component. And, as a recruiter, I needed to be keenly aware of what was happening in the business in order to be successful in my job.
I remember one day being in a meeting with a senior vice president of airline operations. We were discussing his future staffing needs and I thought I was dazzling him with my recruitment statistics about time to fill and onboarding completion rate. But, then he asked me a question. "What was yesterday's on-time performance?"
I didn't know the answer.
He proceeded to tell me the number. Then he explained to me (in a very stern way, I might add) why I needed to know that number. Because the last thing I ever wanted was to be responsible for a flight not going out on time – because I hadn't found the right person at the right time to fill the job.
Several weeks later, I was in a team meeting with that same senior vice president. People were talking about staffing, training, etc. and it was obvious he was getting frustrated. He asked the group, "What was yesterday's on-time performance?" No one responded. He looked at me directly and I answered the question. [Oh, I scored some major brownie points that day…]
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MCX Crude Oil to see fall as per Gann Time Cycle Study of April 2017
As per our WD Gann Time Cycle Analysis Crude can fall atleast 10% from the present high of 3,478, the fall is expected to continue for more than a month as per my study. I am watching 3,060 levels in April 2017 Futures, though I have positions in May 2017 Futures .
In the attached youtube Video I have mentioned 2,900 and 2,700 as further targets.
I have kept my stop above the high of 12th April 2017, 3,478 in April futures and 3515 in May Futures.
Crude has also made a double top @ 3,478 which is a technical confirmation of Gann study.


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According to the rumors, Microsoft may introduce a slimmer Xbox One at E3 this year. Xbox One slim version will be 40 percent smaller than the current console, and will likely to boost 4K gaming and VR with upgraded GPU. Upgraded console may also include a larger 2TB hard drive and VR support for Oculus Rift.
We will also see a larger software update to the Xbox One next year. Cheaper, slimmer, and smaller Xbox Console may arrive in 2017. Sony also planning to unveil a slimmer PlayStation 4. Slim PS4 will include upgraded GPU with 4K gaming and VR support.
Microsoft Xbox TV a streaming device may also come at E3. Xbox TV will be a Chromecast like device that will work for Xbox digital content. Xbox TV device would allow you to stream Xbox One console games to a second TV elsewhere in a house. New stream device could also be able to access universal apps and games from the Windows Store.
We will get more news from Microsoft E3 press conference on June 13th.


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You wouldn't think that a small piece of plastic could completely divide opinion between a nation's beer lovers. You'd be wrong. A sparkler is a small plastic nozzle that attaches to the end of the swan-neck spout on the hand-operated pump that pulls beer from a cask. It nebulizes the naturally occurring CO2 in the beer, aerating the liquid as it's squeezed through the holes in the nozzle. This produces smaller bubbles and, when poured correctly with the swan neck in the very bottom of the glass as the beer is pulled, will produce a frothy head of tight, creamy foam.
This tiny device is the cause of a longstanding debate between British beer lovers because of the way it's symbolic of a supposed north/south divide in the British beer community. Order a cask beer in the south of England and the bar staff probably won't even known what a sparkler is. Head north and you'll find that sparklers are attached to hand pumps religiously—removing them would be considered an offense by many beer aficionados.
Manchester is just two hours away from London by train—163 miles. But the gulf between these two cities, from culture to accents, is as vast as the differences between the Florida Keys and the Pacific Northwest. In order to experience these cultural differences, you really need to observe them in person.
The short train journey from London Euston station to Manchester Piccadilly is a delightful one, all open fields and provincial towns as Manchester's urban landscape envelops the horizon. Today I'll attend its first-ever Manchester beer week, and I'm due to meet its organizer, Connor Murphy, for brunch.
The Northern Quarter is a 10-minute walk from Piccadilly Station. This small area of Manchester's city center is home to the kind of condensed culture I sometimes wish we had in London. Instead, our food and drink culture is scattered among several hotspots, which means traveling between them can be a real pain. In Manchester, the Northern Quarter is vibrant hive of bars, restaurants, street art, and more. It's no surprise this area birthed the city's craft beer culture a few years ago.
I meet Murphy at one of the scene's most essential spots, A Place Called Common. Murphy, who's in his early thirties, is showing the kind of wear that comes a few days into running a citywide beer event. His hands are shaking, and his eyes are a little bloodshot and surrounded by dark circles. After breakfast and a few cups of coffee he's back in reasonable shape.
"I think Manchester was lagging behind," he says of the decision to hold a beer week. "The scene here has grown massively and completely organically in the last five years. The amount of breweries opening up is incredible and it made no sense that nobody had thought about pulling it together into a week of events."
Murphy's phone buzzes constantly. He's in the middle of organizing the week's grand finale, a huge beer festival inside a former television studio. Murphy's somehow run Manchester Beer Week practically by himself—and on top of a full time job, no less. "It's been hard," he sighs. "Hard but enjoyable and worthwhile. Finding the time is tough, it's a lot of getting home after work and then knowing that you've got another four or five hours of work to do."
It's more than a celebration of Manchester, though. Part of my reason for traveling up from London was to run an event at Beermoth, a tasting room and bottle shop just around the corner from Common. These "outsider" elements drew a negative reaction from a small corner of the Manchester beer scene, a reaction that was in its nature, typically and stoically Mancunian.
"Manchester can be funny in some ways, it's a very progressive city but then at the same time quite parochial," Murphy says. "Everyone seems to support the brewers around here, and a result of that is that a kind of 'us and them' attitude has appeared. Which is good in some ways, because it demonstrates that the city is immensely proud of what it's done. But I think we need to wary of not doing that at the expense of other experiences."
Like most large cities in the UK, Manchester has a storied beer history. It's home to several large, traditional breweries—J.W. Lees, Joseph Holt's, Hydes, and Robinsons. Each of these companies also owns a large estate of pubs in northwest England. You don't have to wander far down a Manchester street to come across one.
Manchester was once also home to the world famous Boddingtons Brewery—the straw pale and super bitter beer it used to produce typified the regional beer style. At its peak in the late '90s, Boddingtons was exported to more than 40 countries. In 2000, Whitbread—the company that purchased Boddingtons in 1989—was acquired by AB-InBev. Following the acquisition, Strangeways Brewery was closed in 2004, including the dismantling of its iconic chimney.
"That chimney really spoke to me of Manchester with the name proudly down the side," Peter Alexander says. Alexander's been the chairman of CAMRA's Rochdale, Bury and Oldham branch for more than twenty years. He's also the deputy organizer of the Manchester Beer & Cider festival, CAMRA's annual flagship event in the north. "Iconic is overused, but that was an icon if ever there was one."
"The loss of Boddingtons still rankles," he continues. "The bitter was, as it said on the pump clip, 'The Classic Cask Conditioned Beer of the North.' But we have plenty of fantastic replacements from our new crop of brewers."
One such example is The Marble Brewery's Manchester Bitter, which is pale, zesty, very bitter, and extremely sessionable at 4.2% ABV. It's probably the closest I'll get to tasting anything remotely close to the old Boddingtons. Marble—which has been brewing in Manchester since 1997—is an interesting brewery because its straddles the fine line between the classic and the modern.
I always make a point of visiting its original pub, The Marble Arch, which is just a short walk from the city center. The Marble Arch is about as traditional a pub as Manchester can muster, but the offering on the taps ranges from everything such as the aforementioned Manchester Bitter on cask to American IPAs infused with Earl Grey tea, which are as delicious as they sound. It's also famous for its sloping floor, the gradient of which increases the longer you stay in the pub.
In 2016 Manchester has more than 75 breweries that range from the very traditional Lees and Robinsons, to the incredibly modern Cloudwater, and Chorlton Brewing Company. Marble is special in that they manage to exist at the minuscule point where the Venn diagram overlaps. As an outsider, it feels like Manchester's two separate beer cultures exist in different worlds. Marble's Stephanie Shuttleworth disagrees.
"The Manchester beer scene is really inclusive and is largely built on favours," she says. "Lending a bit of malt here, borrowing a bit of knowledge there. Our neighbor, Blackjack Brewery, is even brewing on our old kit!"
Chorlton's founder and head brewer Mike Marcus agrees.
"I think CAMRA pisses off people who choose to brew non-traditionally," he says. "But the actual breweries get on well. It's less binary here than it is in London. Most breweries here sit somewhere in the middle ground between trad and craft."
The contrast between Manchester's traditional, city pubs and its modern bars is so stark it's almost startling. After a couple of pints in The Marble Arch I make my way back into town. Eventually I settle in at one of Manchester's newest bars, Café Beermoth, which was opened less than a year ago by the folks who run the bottle shop of the same name. In appearance, Café Beermoth is about as far removed from The Marble Arch as you can imagine. Tiled walls and vintage ceilings are replaced with large, plate glass windows, sleek lines, and smooth surfaces.
You can even peer right into the cellar, which is proudly on display behind the bar. There no branding from breweries displayed next to the taps, either, with the bar making its own, very plain signage to display what's on. Unusually, there isn't a Lager on tap—the house draught beer is Brasserie De La Senne's Taras Boulba Pale Ale. There are plenty of German classics stacked in the fridges along with bottles from all over the world, including plenty of rare stuff from the likes of AleSmith and Crooked Stave representing the U.S. There's also a solid line-up of cask beer amidst all the modernity.
Both Manchester and London's beer scenes are strongly rooted in tradition, though much more of London's has been dismantled than Manchester's. It feels like London had the jump on Manchester when it came to the development of a craft beer scene, with the likes of The Kernel and Camden Town having a couple of years on Manchester's first wave of craft brewers. But then there's Marble, who've been making bright, juicy, and hoppy beers here in Manchester for almost two decades. So maybe it was Manchester who started innovating in brewing, way before London ever did.
"When in London it is hard not to think of it as the centre of the universe," Emma Cole tells me. She should know, as she moved from London to work at Cloudwater. "I think folks are realizing that the same boom and growth is happening, albeit at different speeds and though different expressions everywhere. You have to earn your stripes in the beer community here, where London folks were more welcoming to try a new thing and see how it pans out. So many customers weren't interested in giving Cloudwater a shot until they knew it was popular in London, which was something I hadn't expected at all."
It's an attitude that some U.S. beer makers know all too well. Chicago's Off Color Brewing, for example, initially found popularity among the beer enthusiasts of the East Coast. Only after this seal of approval did its local market show some love. In Manchester, breweries like Cloudwater and Chorlton are feeling that same trend—an unfortunate parallel between the two regions' booming beer scenes.
The next day it's busy at Murphy's grand finale for Manchester Beer Week. Throngs of people are enjoying pints and bites from street food trucks parked outside the former TV studios. Almost symbolically, Cloudwater and J.W. Lees have their stands right next to each other, old and new working together as one. Murphy even managed to convince them to collaborate on a brew together for the beer week, a hoppy Amber Ale called Manchester Fold.
"Basically it broke the hop filter," he says of the collaboration, which used more hops in one beer than Lees would use in a week's worth of brewing. "It would've been easy to put together an event that sat within the craft bubble and not have any scope beyond that. Lees have over 150 pubs across the north of England. Getting into those pubs, and putting a Manchester Beer Week beer in front of the people that visit them is a big deal."
He's right. Not just for getting a Cloudwater beer into more than 100 very traditional pubs, but for getting a new generation of beer drinkers interested in one of the town's oldest and most important brewers. Perhaps if there's a divide between Manchester's beer culture it's simply because the new generation of drinkers haven't discovered the tradition it was founded on yet.
"Craft beer, if you want to call it that, has taken off in Manchester," Murphy says. "It's done so with a younger audience, and that's people like me or maybe even younger still. You look at the Northern Quarter at the weekend now, the amount of bars that have a quality beer offering and the people who are drinking it is vastly different to how it was five years ago."
For Peter Alexander, who has lived and enjoyed beer in Manchester for almost 30 years, the development of a craft beer scene and the boom in the general interest of beer is only a good thing. "Thirty years ago we essentially had bitter and milds, but now the whole range of beers from traditional to cutting edge can be found in Manchester," he says. "Want a sour beer? We do it with Chorlton Brewery specializing. How about beers from the wood? Beer Nouveau will sort you out. Belgian style, hazy American style, cutting edge Double IPAs? We have them and more. Still fancy a pint of bitter? No problem. Our family brewers are still there."
That this parallel between modern and traditional exists at all is why British beer culture in cities such as Manchester is so unique. One might even argue that this dichotomy is what held the UK back when U.S. craft beer culture began to gestate in the early 1980s—a time when folks in cities like Manchester were far more interested in breaking musical molds than beer ones. But now, this mixture of new and old combines to make a beer culture like Manchester's one of the most rich and diverse in the world.
I head out for one final beer before I catch the train back to London. Settling on Smithfield Tavern at the edge of the Northern Quarter, I sit in a quiet corner with my pint. One of the taps is pouring a rare keg of Belgian Lambic that's commanding what I would consider a reasonable price at £4 per half pint. The gentlemen at the table next to me are less than amused, though.
"Eight pounds a pint!" one of them exclaims. "This city's going to the dogs. It's almost as bad as London."


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Rockalily Style : Co-ords/
Last night I was off to the #motelvintage bloggers' event and I decided to finally brave the cropped top to this skirt. The outfit is from Collectif, and when they sent it to me, I adored it, but the top felt a little too scary for me! I've worn the skirt a few times, but it makes a much bigger kick as a co-ord (apparently that is what we call matching sets these days! He he).
I am wearing an XS, which surprisingly fits my boobs in, so it may be worth trying a range of sizes on if you're keen. Collectif are having a 50% off everything instore and online today, alternatively you can use REE10 for a smaller discount on any other days.


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Sun Ra and his Arkestra at the North Sea Jazz Festival – Saturday 17 July 1982.
A Sun Ra concert is something you will remember for the rest of your life: it is a mix between a big-band free-jazz concert, a religious ceremony and a trip to outer space. Long before UFO abduction stories had been heard of, Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount) had become convinced that his roots lay on the planet Saturn which he visited by spaceship and he developed "cosmic" philosophies and lyrical poetry as he preached "awareness" and peace above all in his music. No need to point out that the concert of Sun Ra and his Arkestra that I visited on the Roof Garden scene at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1982 was quite the spectacle with the space music, poem recitals and space costumes.


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Interaction Designer - UI/UX
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Our client is looking for a well-rounded UX professional with an emphasis on the UX/UI side of Interaction Design to join and become an integral part of the User Centered Design team. In this role, you will participate in all aspects of UCD to provide expertise and guidance in order to delivery superior application user experience to our business partners and external customers for web, mobile web and mobile apps. The ideal candidate has a passion for user centered design and has a wide breadth of experience across multiple types of products, channels and design methodologies
Participate in and lead highly collaborative design workshops and requirements gathering sessions with business and technology partners
Visualize ideas using professional design tools as well as sticky notes, sketch boards, white-board markers or whatever tools are necessary to rapidly work through research and ideation and move to the next stage
• Working with a UX researcher and at times on your own, plan, conduct and synthesize generative and evaluative research using standard methodologies and outputs including: personas, stakeholder interviews, contextual inquires, field studies, customer journey mapping, service blueprints, mental models, task analysis, card sorting, usability tests, cognitive walk-throughs, expert reviews, customer satisfaction monitoring, focus groups, brand audits, and competitive analysis.
• Drive the design of next generation, navigation schemes, design patterns, components and templates across the company's applications, insuring a consistent, appealing, intuitive user experience.
• As you move from concepts to more detailed designs, create low and high fidelity prototypes that allow you to collaborate and quickly iterate ideas with the project team and get designs in front of end-users for validation.
• Create final design documentation. At times Lean UX can be applied and at times you may need to be heavier on the documentation. Deliverables might include prototypes, wireframes, flow diagrams, constellation maps, detailed design specs, style guides.
• Identify gaps between the current and the ideal user experience. Continuously challenge the effectiveness of design, recommending changes, as appropriate.
• 8+ years of UX/UI interactive design and information architecture experience serving as a key member of the UX team through the product development lifecycle of several successfully launched web, mobile, kiosk or desktop applications.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams within large, complex, corporate environment
• Ability and desire to adapt design tools and methodologies to a fit for purpose UCD approach to align with various development practices, project sizes and scopes, and UX maturity across organizations.
• A team player who wants to collaborate and share the white-board marker with non-designers
• Strong ability to communicate your design, defend your design decisions, and respond quickly to business needs
• Extremely detail oriented, flexible to change, high tolerance for ambiguity and self-motivated
• Advanced understanding of Information Architecture and Interaction Design
• Advanced understanding of user-centered design methods and best practices
• Demonstrated ability and desire to mentor and lead junior designers.
• Ability and desire to coach and train non UX professionals
• BA/BS or equivalent work experience


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08 August 2012
the august break. day 8.
Back in April I got to test the new sensation from Lomo, their "movie" camera! This one above was my exactly first film. Starting in Spitalfieds Market, Shoreditch, through Regents Canal and finally home where I filmed my favourite part - the dinner!
Camera: Lomokino
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Paddington is coming to DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack on April 28, 2015! Featuring an All-Star Cast such as Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins and Nicole Kidman.
To celebrate this release,here are some fun activity sheets. Make sure to check out my Orange Marmalade Cream Cheese Dip inspired by the movie, too!
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T20 World Cup 2016 Australia vs Pakistan 26th Match Live Score Streaming Result Prediction : Today, an outstanduing match got held which is show the tendency of the both of the teams in Form, Like which team have more strength and will power to win the freaking most interesting match. Main thing is that in this tournament we will see that Pakistan played three matches but they will won only one match in this tournament due to this bad impression of this team and no wishes of winning this will indicates that they will not in good form and they are not come with the full potential of winning.
Match Details:
Match: Aus Vs Pak, 26th Match, Group 2, ICC World T20, 2016
Date: Friday, March 25, 2016
Time: 03:00 local |09:30 GMT | 10:30 CET | 14:30 PKT |
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh.
Australia Vs Pakistan Match Preview :
Australia is a very good Team in which the all of the players of this team will have the winning Power and the guts to show their attitude of winning, Now we will waiting for the attitude of this team today.
In this match, pakistan have to show their efforts of win all of because if they have to exit off from the tournament then the people or audience wants that please escape out but with some respects.
The match got held on 03:00 local | 09:30 GMT | 14:30 PKT | at the veneu of Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh. Now, we will see that who win the match today?
Australia Vs Pakistan 26th Match Live Streaming T20 World Cup
The match got held on 03:00 local | 09:30 GMT | 14:30 PKT | in the mid of the day, most of the people enjoyed that time because at this time people will free at his home and they will watch this match with ease of mind and totally free in condition.
These all of the matches are telecasted on Star Sports 1, Star Sports HD1, Star Sports 2 and Star Sports HD2 TV channels.
Australia Vs Pakistan 26th Match Team Squads
Shahid Afridi Captain,Ahmed Shehzad,Anwar Ali,Imad Wasim,Khalid Latif,Mohammad Amir,Mohammad Hafeez,Mohammad Irfan,Mohammad Nawaz,Mohammad Sami,Sarfraz Ahmed Wicketkeeper,Sharjeel Khan,Shoaib Malik,Umar Akmal,Wahab Riaz
Steven Smith Captain,David Warner Vice-Captain,Ashton Agar,Nathan Coulter-Nile,James Faulkner,Aaron Finch,John Hastings,Josh Hazlewood,Usman Khawaja,Mitchell Marsh,Glenn Maxwell,Peter evill Wicket keeper,Andrew Tye,Shane Watson,Adam Zampa
Prediction :
Pakistan : 21%
Australia : 79%