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We've been talking about Volkswagen a lot lately, for pretty obvious reasons. And pretty often in all this talking, we've encountered a lot of references to VW's past, specifically the idea that the company was "founded by Nazis. :(" How true is this statement, really?
There's no denying the role of Nazi Germany and a certain failed artist with a funny mustache had in the creation of Volkswagen. Well, maybe VW denies it a little bit, since their Volkswagen Classics department (VW corporate's heritage collection) doesn't include any cars prior to 1950 and they really, really don't like talking about that era.
The truth is, of course, far more complicated than "the Nazis founded Volkswagen," because, really, that's not exactly true. The whole history of the Beetle and the company that was created to build the car and then, after the war, sell the car all over the globe is actually quite interesting, and, really, has less to do with Hitler than you think.
Also, as an aside, it should be mentioned that while VW tends to get most of the Nazi associations, they were hardly the only ones with dirty hands. It's worth remembering that nearly every picture of Hitler in a car has him in a Mercedes-Benz. It's also worth remembering that GM's Opel division wasn't shy about working for the Nazis, and that Henry Ford once received a birthday card from Hitler himself. Almost every industrialist from the leadup to World War II looks bad today.
So, before some other smug Portlander warms up their color printer and trots out this tired old meme, let's lay out the actual truth here. I'm going to break down Volkswagen into parts to be as thorough as possible:
The Concept
The fundamental idea behind Volkswagen, and the idea that gave the company its name, is the idea of a people's car. A car that's affordable and practical enough for almost everyone to own one. While it was certainly a goal of Hitler's, this idea is far older than Nazism itself, and has been around ever since mass-produced cars came around. The curved-dash Olds might be considered to be the first major attempt to make such a car, and the Ford Model T was the first car to really become a true people's car, starting way back in 1908.
Even in Germany, the people's car idea was well-established long before the Nazis. The very primordial Beetle-like Hanomag Kommisbrot from 1925 could easily be considered to be a people's car, for example.
Another Beetle ancestor, the Standard Superior, was even advertised using the word "volkswagen" because that word was already well-known and understood to mean an affordable small car for anybody. Basically, exactly what the Beetle would become.
So, conceptually, the idea of a 'volkswagen' is not Hitler's or any particular Nazi. It predates National Socialism by a good couple decades, at least.
The Fundamental Design of the Beetle
Another popular misconception that you hear often is that Adolf Hitler 'designed' the car that would come to be known as the VW Beetle. While Hitler did draw a couple sketches of what he thought a volkswagen should look like, those drawings do not look like the final Beetle (it really resembles a number of rear-engine designs of the era, such as the Mercedes-Benz 130H, and Hitler certainly wasn't an automotive engineer. So this just isn't true — Hitler did not design the Beetle.
Closer to the truth, but still not entirely accurate is that Ferdinand Porsche designed the car. Porsche certainly did (with the help of Erwin Komenda for the body design) design the car that would become the VW Beetle, with the familiar final design completed by 1938.
So while the particular final design was done by Porsche, that design didn't just leap from Porsche's fertile brains. The VW Beetle was really the culmination of a whole school of automotive thought happening in Europe — especially Germany — in the 1920s and 1930s, starting with Edmund Rumpler's rear-engined, streamlined cars.
The ideas of a backbone chassis, rear engine, air cooling, and a scarab-like, streamlined body were being explored by many people at that time. Josef Ganz, an automotive journalist and car designer, had started building prototypes of very Beetle-like cars for companies like Adler and later a production car, the Standard Superior. Ganz was a Jew, so the Nazis made sure that his input to the development of any German cars stayed unknown for years.
Mercedes-Benz had their 130H and 170H rear-engine cars, Zündapp commissioned Porsche before his involvement with the Nazi government for a rear-engined, Beetle-like car, and the Czech company Tatra was designing large, powerful V8 rear-engined, air-cooled, streamlined cars — and a smaller, very Beetle-like car — that were greatly admired by Hitler and provided Porsche with a lot of, um, inspiration. Inspiration that resulted in VW paying Tatra a 1 million Deutsche Mark settlement in 1965.
So, while Porsche definitely produced the final design that would become the Volkswagen, it's more fair to say that he created a design that was heavily based on work by many other companies and designers.
The Company
So how about the Volkswagen company itself, the company you can buy cars from to this day — wasn't that created by the Nazis, at least? The answer? No, not really.
See, when Hitler decided he wanted a people's car (not his idea), and got Porsche to design it (basing it heavily on the ideas of others), he needed a factory to build it and an organization to run it. The organization was called Kraft durch Freude which sounds scary in German but is even creepier in English: Strength-through-Joy.
Kraft durch Freude (KdF) was the German leisure organization, organizing tourist trips and resorts and probably prostitutes, if you knew who to ask. The people's car was seen as a way to improve the quality of life of German citizens, and so the car was renamed the KdF-Wagen and a savings-stamp scheme was started to let people save up for a car.
A whole town was built, called Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben, which means, "City of the KdF Car at Fallersleben." Catchy! A huge factory was built to build the cars, barracks to house the people, and all that.
So, based on this, you're probably thinking "See, Jason, you dipshit, the Nazis directly started Volkswagen!" But wait — I'm not saying I'm not a dipshit, I'm just asking you to hear me out. Here's the thing: under the KdF name and management, no civilian Beetles were actually ever sold. At all.
A little scuffle called WWII happened and pretty much killed KdF. The factory was converted to produce the VW-derived Kubelwagens and Schwimmwagens and other military hardware. A few Beetle/KdF bodies were made, usually on beefy Kubelwagen chassis, and used as command cars, with a few other variants. But, importantly, no basic passenger cars were ever sold.
After the war, the factory was a mess, but barely functional. Germany was an even worse mess, and the people of the town (soon to be renamed Wolfsburg) were desperate for food and work. It was under the British occupation that the VW factory actually started up again, under the leadership of Major Ivan Hirst.
So, the first cars to be actually built for non-military use and sold (or traded) to civilians all happened after the Nazis were out of the picture. The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ran the factory from after the war until 1949, when ownership was handed over to a decidely non-Nazi German government.
A former Opel guy named Heinz Nordhoff was put in charge, and that all started the juggernaut that would become the Volkswagenwerk AG that made all those Beetles and buses and Ghias and whom we're all so cheesed-off at right now because of this whole Diesel-cheating mess.
So, the company that built the TDI that our jackass note-printer in Portland decided to hassle was definitely not founded by Nazis, strictly speaking.
I hope this helps to see that at the very least, the Volkswagen story is way more complicated than just "founded by Nazis." There are absolutely roots in Nazi-era Germany there, and plenty of embarrassing photos, but if you want to be accurate, the Volkswagen we know today was not actually "founded by Nazis."
That doesn't mean you have to stop making Dieselgate parody videos with Hitler in them, of course.


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This is a black-and-white print that shows diggers (miners) at Forest Creek on the Mount Alexander diggings in Victoria lining up before the Gold Commissioner's tent to pay a licence fee. A policeman stands guard next to the tent while, in the foreground on the left, two policemen can be seen speaking to a digger. The print, which measures 15 cm x 24.8 cm, is from a sketch by Samuel Thomas Gill and is one of the plates in Gill's book 'The diggers and diggings of Victoria as they were in 1852' published in 1855.
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Calling All Competent ComplementariansBy Carrie Russell | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.10.2019
Dear sisters in the Lord, one of the greatest ways you can live out complementarianism to the glory of God is by growing in both competence and confidence.
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Of course, studying God's Word is always better than not studying his Word. But the best place to do this is with fellow members from your local church.
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Events and programs aren't bad. But when we depend on them to do all the work of discipling and relationship-building, we should expect them to eventually fail.
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Your friends the Smith's are at it again. Cruising this time around South America, we will visit 35 ports of call in 17 different countries as we transit through the Caribbean and Central America, through the Panama Canal, down the west coast of South America, down to Anarctica, up the east coast of SA, 1200 miles up the Amazon River and back out, then up through the Caribbean again to Ft. Lauderdale. It is a 66 day cruise while will take up into from the equator to the furthest south one can travel by ship without hitting the South Pole. From tropical rainforests to the Anarctic ice cap. From Mayan ruins to the famous Inca ruins of Machu Pichu. Come along with us and I will share our experiences and photos.
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ViSpring (also known as Vispring and Vi-Spring) is a British designer and manufacturer of luxury beds. Founded in 1901, ViSpring was a pioneer in the use of pocket coils in mattresses. The company boasts of ViSpring "handmade pocket-sprung mattresses" being on the HMS Titanic. Their Heritage Mattress was designed as a replica to commemorate the centenniel of that fateful voyage. A screenshot of the mattress's cutaway reveals the coil-on-coil construction.
Where did this firm get the name ViSpring? VI is six in Roman numerals. According to the company, 6 is the ideal number of turns [they say "coils"] for a spring. So "VI spring" means, in our terms, a six-turn coil spring.
Traditionally made, ViSpring innerspring mattresses have earned a reputation for the use of natural materials. After the steel springs, ingredients include British wool and fleece, silk, cashmere, horestail hair, linen, cotton, and coir (coconut fibers embeded in latex). Vispring claims to not use synthetic materials, including glues and foams. This results in about 50% more upholstery material in a ViSpring mattress than in a modern bed using conventional foams.
Vi-Spring boasts of bespoke design (for those of us in the United States, that is made-to-order). Since all of their beds are hand-crafted, automatic machines do not need to be re-configured for custom dimensions and shapes of mattresses. The ViSpring website displays an Island Bed, circular in shape. They also make mattresses for traditional four-poster beds, as well as special dimensions, making this company a perfect provider of mattresses for beds in luxury yachts and personal aircraft.
Eight mattresses are featured on the ViSpring website. The Masterpiece, The Signatory, The Sublime Superb, The Shetland Superb, The Classic Superb, The Regal Superb, The Coronet, and The Elite. Speaking about their website, each page has a center picture. On the left margin is a click-on index to that page. On the right are pull-out pages that open up a third of the way across the screen with detail information.
Britain and Europe are not the only markets for Vi-Spring luxury mattresses. For some time they have been available in North America. Two years ago, the UK firm established a partnership with E.S. Kluft, the U.S. manufacturer of Kluft and Aireloom luxury beds. This year, the Flex Group, based in Spain, completed acquisition of ViSpring and Kluft/Aireloom, making it the world's largest producer of upper end luxury mattresses.
In the Fall of 2015, Vispring launced its revised website. Suitable for a firm with an international market, the opening page asks for the viewer's region and language. The home page for US English has five tabs: About, Bed Collection, My Vispring, In View, and a magnifying glass icon (for Search). The bar with these tabs appears at the top of every page.
About tells about the company. There are several pages of material under three headings: Heritage, Craftmanship and Ingredients.
Bed Collection has four headings: Standard Range, Made-to-Measure, Finishing Touches, and Find a Bed. Under Standard Range are eight settings. Each setting features one model which is paired with a foundation:
Villa in Tuscany - Shetland Superb (Sovereign)
Victorian Townhouse - Tiara Superb (Sovereign)
The Hamptons - Sublime Superb (Sovereign)
Paris Mansion - Masterpiece Superb (Statesman)
Country Cottage - Classic Superb (Prestige)
Stately Home - Signatory Superb (Statesman)
New York Loft - Coronet (Deluxe / Premium)
The Riviera - Regal Superb (Prestige)
The revised Vispring website also has a revised listing of mattresses with nine models. It still has Classic Superb, Coronet, Elite, Regal Superb, Shetland Superb and Sublime Superb. Two models are upgrades: Masterpiece is now Masterpiece Superb and Signatory is now Signatory Superb. Tiara Superb is a new model.
Made-to-Measure has two sub-headings: Bespoke Mattresses and Yacht Range (apparently Vispring uses range to mean a series). Bespoke Mattresses are those which are custom designed, including special shapes and sizes. Yacht Range tell about the beds Vispring has made for yachts and luxury liners. This is followed by posting of articles featuring Vispring in Superyacht Design (July 2015), Style (June 2015), Solon Interior (May 2015), Harvest (January 2015), and five other publications.
Finishing Touches is linked to at the end of each model description. These are choices the buyer of a Vispring mattress has. They include headboards, fabrics, legs, toppers, accessories and other options.
Find a Bed has three categories of information: How to Choose, Compare, and Size Guide.
My Vispring has three headings: Register your guarantee, After-Sales, and Caring for your bed.
In View has three headings: Nights to Remember helps a site visitor to find the Vispring bed used in a hotel. In the Press has the magazine articles linked to in Yacht Range. Testimonies are the testimonials of Vispring mattress users.
At Your Service is the customer service tab. Under it are Contact us, Newsletter and Store Locator.
Clicking on the icon of a magnifying glass at the end of the tabs bar brings up a search box.
This is a good revision of the Vispring website. What you need to know is most likely there. Unlike the current editions of many other mattress manufacturers' websites (including several of the largest companies), Vispring does have listing of specific models complete with descriptions. These models are easily found on dealers' sites with more detail on some of them, again a contrast with some other firms where it is difficult to find and compare models. The site does lead you from page to page, often presenting a choice of pages for continuance. With the tabs bar alway at the top, it is easy to change directions. If I were rating websites, I'd give Vispring a high mark.


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Is it possible to use credit cards to pay off monthly student loan payments, in order to pay less interest and reap the benefits of earning credit card rewards? The answers might surprise you.
Can I Use a 0% Balance Transfer to Pay for My Student Loan?
It is possible to use a 0% APR balance transfer from a credit card to pay off a student loan. But — and this is a very big but — there will be a lot of hoops to jump through.
First, you will need to have an excellent credit score and be eligible for a 0% balance transfer credit card. Next, you need to talk with the credit card company to understand how you can use a transfer check.
Credit card companies want you to transfer debt from other credit cards, which is why they offer balance transfers in the first place. In order to use a balance transfer offer to pay off your student loan, you'll have to make a few calls to ensure you get a balance transfer check. You'll have to also make sure you understand what kind of fees are involved with using the check. Most cards charge a 3%–5% fee for each balance transferred.
Do not confuse a balance transfer check with a cash advance or "convenience" check! They may look the same, but a cash advance incurs interest immediately, and is never a part of a 0% promotional offer.
Before you go through this whole process, though, you have to calculate whether you can afford this move.
If you have $10,000 left on your student loan, transferring that balance to a 0% APR card and paying it off during the 0% promotional period (typically around 18 months) can save you a lot of time and money paid in interest. However, you will have to commit to paying $556 per month (more for any extra costs the card charges for the transfer) for 18 months to ensure you pay it off during the promotional period. Otherwise, the regular APR will kick in and a credit card's APR will be much higher than the interest charged on your student loan.
Can I Earn Rewards by Paying My Student Loan With a Credit Card?
It would be ideal to earn reward points on student loan debt, however, many lenders will not accept credit cards as a form of payment. Some may, but will tack on a fee. These fees will make your student loan even costlier, and the reward points will not be enough to cover them. For example, a credit card may offer 1% cash back, so paying 3% in fees for it doesn't make sense.
Don't be tempted to use those credit card checks to pay for your loan, either. Again, unless they are specific "balance transfer checks" those checks are considered cash advances, which incur interest immediately, and usually at a much (much!) higher interest rate than for regular purchases, which is even worse than getting hit with a fee for processing a credit card payment on your loan.
Student Loans Are Easier to Pay Than Credit Cards
Remember that it is easier to pay off $30,000 in student loan debt than $30,000 in credit card debt. Federal student loans are eligible for special repayment programs and forbearance and deferment programs. If you lose your job and cannot make your federal student loan payment, you will be able to apply for deferment for up to three years.
See also: 3 Private Lenders That Can Really Save You Money on Student Loans
This is not the case for credit card debt. Also, the high interest rates that come with credit card debt will make it nearly impossible to get rid of debt if you are only making the minimum payments.
Is it possible to use a credit card to pay off student loans? It can be if the credit card company and student loan lender agree to it. However, make sure you know all of the fees and risks associated with transferring your student debt to credit card debt.
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Q&A with the curators of the TAB Urban Installation Programme, Sille Pihlak and Siim Tuksam
At the center of the 3rd international Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) in 2015 was the theme of "Self-Driven City", an idea that looked at the effects of the potential third industrial revolution, i.e., how the evolution of the newest technologies will change architectural processes, urban planning, and daily social processes.
This year the 4th Tallinn Architectural Biennale, taking place September 13 to October 27, is titled bioTallinn, and it explores cityscapes as self-organizing systems. Claudia Pasquero, the main curator of the 4th TAB, takes a non-human-centered position towards urban space, focusing on biotechnology in architecture and urban planning.
The program of the Biennale consists of three main events and satellite programs under the theme of bioTallinn: The core includes the Curatorial Exhibition, the Symposium, and the Tallinn Vision Competition. The key TAB 2017 satellite programs include the Installation Programme competition exhibition and the TAB Schools Exhibition, bio.School.
Gilles Retsin Architecture, TAB2017
The TAB 2017 Installation Programme offers emerging architectural talent the opportunity to design and build an exploratory installation in the city center of Tallinn, on the space in front of the Museum of Estonian Architecture. The winning proposal by Belgian architect Gilles Retsin is characterized by outstanding aesthetics and a novel use of plywood. The concept of prefabrication of timber elements is gaining more and more traction in the timber industry, and new products combine low-grade materials such as OSB with higher grade timbers. Timber panels are a good reference for what is possible with CNC milling and relatively cheap timber products. Gilles' design for the TAB 2017 pavilion is based on a few simple elements – stiff, hollow timber boxes – which are easy to prefabricate and can be quickly assembled into a structure, just like LEGO.
Sille Pihlak and Siim Tuksam. Photo: Mark Raidpere
The curators of the TAB 2017 Installation Programme are the architects Sille Pihlak and Siim Tuksam (part.archi). This year the duo was awarded the Estonian Young Architect Award. In selecting them as the laureates, the jury highlighted their close cooperation with the Estonian wood industry, their widespread advocacy of wood as a building material, and their activities in the field of architectural education.
The installation in the area in front of the Museum of Estonian Architecture, made by Gilles Retsin, is taking the form of a wooden folly. Why exactly this architectural form and not something more functional? What is it about follies that inspires you?
Siim: I think function is way overrated in architecture...in capital-"A" architecture, that is. Function, as we think about it, mainly means its program, or how humans will inhabit the said architecture. But there are way more functions to it – there is the way in which it reacts to its environment, so a folly needs to function in terms of structure, in terms of environment; the only thing that is excluded is it having to have the function in which people go inside of it and do something specific in its interior space. This helps us to look at perhaps more experimental ideas about where architecture might be going – instead of solving issues of access and enclosure, and stuff like that.
How is Retsin's work specifically linked to the Biennale's overall theme of "bioTallinn"?
Sille: Retsin is a kind of interesting character in the field of architecture, as well as in this specific discourse, because he is quite strong in theory and practice. He is really cultural-discourse driven and tries to find answers to certain questions. He was distinguishable from all of the other architects because he was constantly anti-biomimicry, anti-making-things-look-biological, and against copying ideas from nature. We are not nature, so why we are trying to mimic something that is not there? He looks more modernist in his approach to man-made architecture. His approach is strong and bold, and interesting in the way that it connects to this year's Biennale. If we're talking about "bio", we should actually be talking about man-made nature and not about nature-made nature.
Also, there won't be much bio-mimicry in the main exhibition of the Biennale; this time it will be more focused on wastelands – how much untouched nature do we actually have left, and how much is man-made nature...
Siim: …or can we even make this distinction? Where I wanted to go with my previous comment about nature culture, is that follies used to be in those English parks in which they imitated a natural landscape and then imported an architectural piece of a Chinese temple, for example. We want to continue this discussion between man-made and nature. That is, if we can even make a distinction, because nowadays actually everything is affected by humans. And I think that this year's main topic also asks people to take a second look at it – from the perspective of separating real nature from the man-made. Shouldn't we start designing by keeping that in mind, and not by saying – this is preserved from nature and we're keeping our hands off of it, and this is what humans have made. Perhaps we can bring these things together and create a symbiosis of nature and human.
Could you please elaborate more on the aesthetics of Retsin's project?
Sille: He has built something bold and strong, with big elements that are assembled from smaller and thinner surface materials – boards. Instead of using raw material, he used boards of it and assembled them into seemingly bigger volumes that look as if it should be a bulky thing. It appears as if this construction would require intense technological assistance, a crane and a lift, but it doesn't. It was built right there, on site, from small units and with minimal technical support. Timber modernism is coming back. He believes that timber will be the 21st century's building material. He even gives lectures on this subject – that timber is the future. It is interesting to have someone who is so theoretically driven and who has come here to use our local industry, who combines it with his knowledge in order to showcase the potential of it.
Siim: In terms of aesthetics, I just want to add that it is a very fresh approach to so-called discrete architecture – using repeating elements to create complexity, or building up from smaller components, like Legos, that you can assemble in certain ways and create anything out of. In a way, it is like a toy. And it is a very topical discussion at the architecture school – how you go from digital to physical, and how we can build physical things in a digital manner when you have pieces that fit together in a certain way and that can be aggregated into bigger things.
It stands somewhere between sculptural work and architecture. In any case, it seems that this structure will elicit public debate...
Sille: It is already there. Everybody is trying to figure out what this thing is in front of the building [in reference to Sille Pihlak and Siim Tuksam's installation at the Museum of Estonian Architecture, which was part of Body Building, the main exhibition of the 3rd TAB]. They call it a spider, they call it a dinosaur… they need a name for it, but we never gave it a name. It is sort of like a cloud in which everyone sees what they see and they can name it as they wish. But it is more about showcasing the method, the idea about the kinds of things that you can do with fabrication tools and the fabrication machinery currently available. We showed how this object could be made from various elements.
It was at the starting point of the Biennale – it points in the three main directions and that's why it has three legs: it is pointing at the Viru, where the Vision Competition took place; it is pointing at the second floor of the Museum of Architecture building, where the main exhibition was; and it is pointing to the Culture Cauldron.
Siim: I think what is really great about this year's installation is that it is completely the opposite of what we were saying. It will show how standard elements can be configured. So, it is within the same paradigm of algorithmic architecture, but it is about a completely different idea.
The aim of the project is to promote synergy between designers and industry. What is practically going on at this level in Estonia?
Siile: We understood that the architectural sector focused on timber structures was very small. We usually cut down the trees and sell them abroad; we mill them a bit, but then we export them as a raw material. That timber has no architectural design value. And now, when we were creating this installation and making use of all of the industry connections we had, no one was really willing to come and say – "Yes, you can use our machine" – because these machines are very expensive. I think that the collaboration stage is not yet there, but I think that what we are trying to push with this installation, is that instead of timber being one of the biggest export goods for Estonia, we could get the timber industry involved in architecture or design ideas. Then we could create new and different economies – a design and culture part, and an industry part – and they would work together and both would gain from this previously export-only good. Perhaps we could start building in a more urban context and have more timber in the cityscape. We have a high potential to do that.
Siim: It is a very exciting time in this field because industries have the new technology, the machinery, and we have the tools that connect well to this machinery and which have been created to work together with it… What is still lacking is a willingness and a public demand for these kinds of projects. We are working on this now, through these projects. There have been collaborations between the wood industry and the Estonian Academy of Arts for eleven years – first-year students build shelter structures every summer, but until now, there hasn't really been a discussion about building, for example, civic buildings out of wood in the cityscape. Actually, this subject has also come up at the government level over the last few years.
Sille: We are working together with the Ministry of Finance to push the idea that, in the next ten years, 50 percent of the buildings that will go up through public competitions have to be constructed out of wood.
Recently we discussed what the maximum age of a building should be – how long should it stay there. If we pour it out of concrete, it will be there practically forever, and its eventual tearing down will be an enormous amount of work. There are changes in terms of needs. We don't need any more post offices or libraries, but we do need different kinds of places that are adjustable and flexible. Therefore, we should take advantage of timber's characteristic of being easily readjustable or changeable, and the relative ease of taking it down to make something else from it. We should take advantage of its light weight and material durability.
Siim: And even if you burn it, to get energy out of it, more wood will grow back.
Sille: There is that funny statistic that all of the timber necessary to build one family house, 80 m2 in size, can grow back in an Estonian forest within one minute.
Returning to the Installation Programme, how many proposals did you receive for this competition?
Siim: The competition was organized in two stages – in the first stage we only asked for a portfolio, so that we could select the participants. We had 200 portfolios come in, and we chose 16 in the first round.
Sille: This competition was for young emerging architects. We saw how dramatically these sorts of competitions were being organized for, say, the Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki. The huge amount of work that was invested by the numerous numbers of applicants – that was absolutely unnecessary! That's why we chose this method. Let's see what the architect has done so far, and we'll be able to tell if their work is suitable for this competition. And only these 16 were then asked to submit a project for the competition. We used architectural talent resources in a more efficient way, and the results were super-interesting. Knowing that they have to compete with 15 other architects, and not 116, they created their projects with much more care. The theoretical part, in which they had to give a statement in terms of bioTallinn and their thoughts on working with the timber industry, was also done much more thoroughly. We were happy with the results!
Such a large number of applications also gives insight about the kinds of ideas that are in the air at the moment. What are your conclusions from this competition?
Sille: For me, it seem that some of them, one half, was trying to deal with some kind of bio-mimicry. Because when you hear the term "bio" – you visualize that. You see some kind of complex structure that is somehow driven by certain kinds of biological systems – in terms of materials and resulting volumes.
Siim: I think it is really hard to come to any conclusions about the current environment based on just those 15 because we also selected people who were different. The selection was already curated to bring a different kind of result.
I think there were some approaches that were really heavy on the competition side – the designs were generative and based on algorithms, and some were so complex that they could hardly be constructed with today's means. Others looked more at fabrication technology. There was one project that looked at free-form glulam, which is something that is not really produced at the moment, but they are figuring out ways in which to double bent pieces of wood. It was a really appealing entry, but the industry just isn't there yet. But it was a very strong contestant.
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- Define what EQ is and why it matters at work
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Polestar on track to sell 50,000 EVs in 2022
Polestar, the electric vehicle maker that made its Nasdaq debut in June, said Wednesday it is on track to meet its annual sales target.
For the first half of 2022, Polestar delivered approximately 21,200 cars, more than twice as many as the 9,510 cars it posted for the same period in 2021. The company said it expects to deliver 50,000 cars this year.
That's a positive sign for the EV company, which spun out from Volvo and Geely by merging with Gorges Guggenheim, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAc), at a $20 billion valuation. Most EV manufacturers that have gone public through a SPAC instead of an IPO during the last two years have struggled shortly after launching on the stock exchange, missing their sales targets and sending share prices into freefall.
Polestar's share price has also declined since its debut, but the company still plans to scale its operations worldwide, boost production by adding a second shift at its factory in China and begin making a second model at Volvo's factory in South Carolina.
The automaker, which raised $890 million through its SPAC deal to fund its three-year growth plan, also benefits from access to Volvo and Geely's manufacturing expertise, facilities and connections. Those advantages set it apart from Faraday Future, Electric Last Mile Solutions, Lordstown Motors and others that have struggled to raise enough money to build their own EVs from scratch.
Currently, the Polestar 2 battery-electric sedan is the only model the automaker sells. The lineup will expand with the arrival of the Polestar 3 SUV in October and later include the Polestar 4 midsize crossover and Polestar 5 flagship sedan.
Analysts expect the Polestar 3 to generate significant sales as one of the automotive industry's fastest-growing and highest-margin segments.
Overall, the company plans to grow its presence to 30 countries by the end of 2023 and sell 290,000 cars annually by 2025 — about 10 times Polestar's 2021 sales.
Polestar said it has begun delivering the first vehicles to Hertz under a $3 billion deal to sell the rental car company 65,000 EVs over the next five years.


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Disney brings photo-realistic 3D animation to its remake of the animated musical "The Lion King" (2019, PG), featuring the voices of Donald Glover, Beyoncé, and James Earl Jones (reprising his role as Mufasa). Critics found the adaptation lackluster but audiences embraced it and made it one the year's biggest hits. Jon Favreau ("The Jungle Book") directs and Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Alfre Woodard costar. On Cable On Demand and VOD, also on DVD and at Redbox.
Eddie Murphy takes on his best role in years in "Dolemite Is My Name" (2019, R) as the notorious comedian and rap pioneer Rudy Ray Moore, who adopted the flamboyant alter-ego Dolemite in his nightclub act and low budget movies in the 1970s. Directed by Craig Brewer ("Hustle & Flow") from a script by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski ("Ed Wood," "Man on the Moon"), it comes direct to Netflix from a brief theatrical run.
"Watchmen" reimagines Alan Moore's groundbreaking graphic novel as a dystopian nightmare thirty years later, in a U.S. simmering with unrest where police have to don masks. This dense, dark, complex take on the superhero genre was developed for HBO by Damon Lindelof ("Lost") and stars Regina King, Jeremy Irons, and Don Johnson. New episodes Sunday nights on all HBO platforms.
Helen Mirren is "Catherine the Great" in the lavish four-part miniseries about the Russian monarch. New episodes Monday nights on all HBO platforms.
Lizzy Caplan takes the lead as young Annie Wilkes (of "Misery") in the second season of "Castle Rock," Hulu's anthology horror series built on the fictional world of Stephen King. Four episodes available now, new episodes each Wednesday.
And remember that Shudder is devoted to horror movies and TV, including Shudder Original anthology series "Creepshow," the gory thriller "Haunt" (2019, R) from the writers of "A Quiet Place," and British Gothic horror "Gwen" (2019, not rated) with Maxine Peake. You can try a free 7-day trial at shudder.com.
Classic pick: Tobe Hooper's original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974, R) is a brutal, primal landmark of transgressive 1970s horror. Streaming on Netflix.
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Kiersey Clemons stars in the desert island survival / horror film "Sweetheart" (2019, PG-13), produced by Blumhouse. Also new:
- psychological thriller "Angel of Mine" (2019, R) with Noomi Rapace, Yvonne Strahovski, and Luke Evans;
- urban sports drama "Sprinter" (2018, not rated) with Lorraine Toussaint and David Alan Grier;
- social documentary "Sisters of the Wilderness" (2018, not rated) about five Zulu women on a journey of self-discovery.
Available same day as select theaters nationwide is "The Kill Team" (2019, R), a military drama based on a true story, starring Nat Wolff and Alexander Skarsgård.
High school students face a world without adults in "Daybreak," an apocalyptic action comedy set in a Los Angeles turned into a "Mad Max"-like wasteland. 10 episodes now streaming.
A mother (Carmen Ejogo) must murder a stranger to save the life of her dying daughter in the thriller "Rattlesnake" (2019, not rated).
Natalie Portman directs and stars in "A Tale of Love and Darkness" (Israel, 2015, PG-13, with subtitles), adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amos Oz set during the birth of Israel.
Less serious is crime comedy "Free Fire" (2016, R) with Brie Larson and Armie Hammer and the original "Men in Black" (1997, PG-13) with Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith.
More streaming TV: Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin are back in the comedy "The Kominsky Method: Season 2." Also new:
- "Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner: Season 1" with David Chang exploring the cuisine of a new city each episode with a different celebrity guest;
- "Prank Encounters: Season 1" hosted by "Stranger Things star Gaten Matazzaro.
International affairs: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, and Colin Firth star in the military thriller "The Command" (Belgium, 2018, PG-13) about a crew trapped on a sunken nuclear submarine. Also new:
- martial arts action spin-off "Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy" (China, 2019, not rated, with subtitles) features Jin Zhang, Dave Bautista, and Michelle Yeoh;
- the horror film "Revenge of Pontianak" (Malaysia, 2019, not rated, with subtitles).
International TV: four maverick cops in 1970s Spain form a special narcotics unit to battle drug trafficking in "Brigada Costa del Sol: Season 1" (Spain, not rated). Also new:
- crime thriller "Brotherhood: Season 1" (Brazil, with subtitles) about a lawyer pressured to inform on her criminal brother;
- biographical drama "Monzon: A Knockout Blow" (Argentina, with subtitles) about Argentine boxing champion Carlos Monzón;
- baking series "Nailed It! France" (France, with subtitles) and "Nailed It! Spain" (Spain, with subtitles) .
True stories: "It Takes a Lunatic" (2019, not rated) profiles acting teacher Wynn Handman, whose students include Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, and Joanne Woodward and "Dancing with the Birds" (2019, not rated) observes mating rituals in the avian world.
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Cynthia Nixon is Emily Dickinson in "A Quiet Passion" (2017, PG-13), an intimate drama from Terence Davies. Also newly arrived:
- Oscar-winning mother-daughter drama "Terms of Endearment"(1983, PG) with Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger;
- crime drama "Another Man's Poison" (1952) with Bette Davis and her (then) real-life husband Gary Merrill.
Kid stuff: Halloween special "Just Add Magic: New Protectors" and the animated "If You Give a Mouse a Pumpkin."
Streaming TV: "Blackstone: Complete Series" (2011-2015) is a Canadian TV drama set in a Blackstone First Nations community.
HBO Now
M. Night Shyamalan's "Glass" (2019, PG-13) features Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson reprising their roles from "Unbreakable" as they meet the numerous identities of James McAvoy's villain from "Split."
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson return in "The Conjuring 2" (2016, R) to investigate a haunting in London.
True stories: "Saudi Women's Driving School" (2019, TV-PG) looks at a generation of women embracing a right and newfound freedom previously denied them.
The five-part true crime series "Leavenworth" (TV-MA) examines the story of First Lt. Clint Lorance, who was court-martialed for the murder of Afghan civilians. On Starz cable and streaming, with new episodes each Sunday. Also on Starz is the documentary "The River and the Wall" (2019, TV-14).
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Jessica Biel plays a journalist investigating the disappearance of over 300 people at a research community in Tennessee in "Limetown," adapted from the podcast created by Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie. Four episodes available, new episodes each Wednesday.
Morven Christie is a cop in a small seaside town investigating a disappearance in "The Bay: Season 1," a British crime drama with echoes of "Broadchurch." It makes its U.S. debut on Britbox, new episodes each Tuesday. Also new at Britbox is the comedy "Blandings" (2013-2014) with Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders, a series based on the stories of P.G. Wodehouse.
The Criterion Channel
Criterion Channel presents two vintage horror comedies starring Raymond Massey. James Whale's "The Old Dark House"(1932), costarring Boris Karloff and Melvyn Douglas, adds a sly comic dimension to Gothic horror and Cary Grant presides over a family with murderous history in "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944), directed by Frank Capra.
Also new to Criterion Channel is "Directed by Errol Morris," a collection of seven documentaries, including the deadpan cult classic of eccentric Americana "Vernon, Florida" (1981, not rated) and the Oscar-winning "The Fog of War" (2003, PG-13) with Robert S. McNamara, plus a selection of archival interviews with Morris.
Kanopy (free)
Emmanuelle Devos is revered French author Violette LeDuc in "Violette" (France, 2013, not rated, with subtitles), a drama set in the post-war Paris. It's now streaming on Kanopy. Also newly arrived:
- award-winning drama "The Third Wife" (Vietnam, 2018, R, with subtitles) about a 14-year-old bride in 19th century Vietnam;
- war drama "Girls of the Sun" (France, 2018, not rated, with subtitles) centered on a female battalion of Kurdish soldiers;
- Hong Sang-soo's dry comedy "Claire's Camera" (South Korea, 2018, not rated, with subtitles) with Isabelle Huppert;
- "Cosmos" (France, 2015, not rated, with subtitles), an absurdist intellectual comedy and the final film from Polish filmmaker Andrzej Zulawski;
- Elia Suleiman's wry, sometimes unsettling comedy "Divine Intervention" (Palestine, 2002, with subtitles);
- Amos Gitai's "Kippur" (Israel, 2000, not rated, with subtitles), a personal take on the 1973 Yom Kippur War;
- James Ivory's British dramas "Quartet" (1981, R) with Isabelle Adjani and Maggie Smith, based on the novel by Jean Rhys, and "Autobiography of a Princess" (1975, not rated) with James Mason.
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I had been wondering whether the name is correct since I am now in a stationary home. But for the sake of continuity, and since I have many other adventures to narrate, I'll keep it simple. The blog's name remains, even though I'm no longer boondocking, just blogging.
I have been derelict in posting—my apologies. Besides learning Spanish at an accelerated rate, I had a wee accident. My bum arm will remain forever deficient. So, as I was attempting to change a light bulb in the bathroom from a stepladder and stretched my arm farther than it could, I fell backwards and hit the back of my head HARD on the ceramic floor. After a few moments of blackout, I opened my eyes to Queenie nudging me, her expression one of worry. No blood, just a myriad of stars dancing with each step I took.
I went to my next door neighbour and asked him to drive me to the hospital, just a few blocks down the road. A young man, very solicitous, he offered me his arm to steady me along. Once there, I was checked for a skull fracture, but fortunately it was only a concussion. After a couple of injections and a few hours of observation, the excellent Dr. Rubio sent me home with meds and asked his nurse to drive me home. How's that for CARE? All it cost me was $600 pesos, or about $50.!!!
Every day that I live in Tequisquiapan, I come to adore my new place. The small private hospital down the road, run very efficiently by Dr. Rubio with the help of other medical staff, is within walking distance (except after a blackout...) There's even a dentist and a small pharmacy, as well as surgery facilities. Besides, where in the world would a lady be welcomed by her doctor with a handshake and a kiss on the cheek?


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With renewable energy an increasingly important part of the UK's ecological and energy supply strategies, wind-turbine and solar panel installations are becoming more and more prevalent around our shores and countryside.
As the establishing of these sites has increased Spencer has become more and more active in this sector and is now an established leader in providing a range of services that support the construction process of these major landmark projects.
Spencer's extensive experience of working with many of the country's major organisations in the construction, civil and private sectors meant the company was perfectly placed to offer services to the wind and solar energy industries from the outset and is currently involved with a number of extensive installations around the UK. For further details of some of these projects, see the stories contained in our latest news and case studies sections.
With sustainable energy a key feature of the government's 'green' policy, Spencer's environmental and ecological credentials make the company an ideal partner to work alongside the main contractors for renewable energy projects. Spencer follows a strict policy that ensures its work is carried out in the most environmentally sustainable way possible.
The company is certified to ISO 14001: 2015 and ISO 9001: 2015 and it is familiar with the requirements of working in protected and ecologically sensitive areas, such as SSSIs, SACs and National Parks. Spencer will also deal with disposal and recycling of the materials, manage and control wildlife, the protection of endangered species and the preservation of rare plants.
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Finding the ideal house can take some time. Tolerance isn't just a prudence, yet it's a deciding component when buying a home. The three most significant keys to home purchasing are, ensuring you are monetarily prepared, guaranteeing that you and your accomplice don't turn out to be genuinely appended to any home, and talking about with your accomplice your desires for a home preceding shopping.
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Kenny Lang is the President of Ridgewood Energy. He joined the firm in 2009 and re-focused Ridgewood Energy's Gulf of Mexico investing on opportunities in the deep water region. Mr. Lang has played a central role in building a highly experienced, world-class investment and technical team; forming key partnerships including with Riverstone Holdings; and raising over $3 billion for Ridgewood Energy's dedicated private equity funds. Under Mr. Lang's leadership, Ridgewood Energy's exploration track record in the Gulf of Mexico is among the very best in the industry.
Prior to joining Ridgewood, Mr. Lang enjoyed a 24-year career at BP where he ultimately served as Senior Vice President of BP's Gulf of Mexico business and a member of the Board for BP America. In that position, Mr. Lang led the creation of BP's deepwater Gulf of Mexico strategy and built the business into one of the company's largest revenue-generating units. He was responsible for managing 2,000 professionals in the Gulf of Mexico region and was accountable for all aspects of exploration, development, and production. In addition to his work in the Gulf of Mexico, Mr. Lang also previously held leadership roles on BP teams based in London, Aberdeen, and Alaska.
Mr. Lang is a former Member of the Board of the National Ocean Industry Association (NOIA), the nation's leading association of companies dedicated to the development of offshore energy for the continued growth and security of the United States. He is also a former member of the Board of Trustees for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Mr. Lang received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston.


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The AQ-435 is an attractive sink-top filter system. It incorporates a Dual-Hose Diverter Valve which returns your treated water to a dedicated spout on your faucet. There's no more messy leaks or drips, and the unit comes with an elongated hose which allows you to place the unit away from the sink area, free from clutter unlike most conventional models. The unit comes complete with cartridges included and is designed for you to install without tools, so simply hook it up and enjoy!
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In December of 2010, when Celebrity Infinity makes its way from the Panama Canal to South America, the voyage will mark the line's 11th year of sailing guests through the spectacular scenery of the region. The season will include visits to 13 countries via stops at a total of 30 ports. Rounding out the cruise offerings are a variety of available in-port shore excursions and in-depth, fully escorted land tour programs that can be combined with a cruise to create a cruisetour vacation for even richer exploration of this region. Celebrity opened its winter 2010-11 Panama Canal and South America cruises and cruisetours for sale today.
On September 24, Celebrity Infinity will begin her Canal/South America season with a 16-night repositioning cruise from Seattle, Washington to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by way of the Panama Canal. She will then sail four 14-night Panama Canal cruises between Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles, creating easy access ports for residents of both US coasts. The Panama Canal cruises in the 2010-11 season also include two 14-night "South America and Canal" voyages, two 14-night Canal cruises between Fort Lauderdale and San Diego, and a 16-night repositioning cruise back to Seattle on April 24.
Between the Panama Canal portions of the season, Celebrity Infinity will sail six 14-night cruises throughout South America. These voyages, taking place from mid-December 2010 through February 2011, include sailings "around the Horn" through the Straits of Magellan, between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Valparaiso, Chile, most of which feature an in-port overnight stay in Buenos Aires. For the second consecutive year, there will also be two roundtrip-from-Buenos Aires "Antarctica" cruises, named for the fact that they sail through the region, past several Antarctica islands. Each of these cruises feature a visit to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, as well as panoramic cruising by Elephant Island, Paradise Bay, and Gerlache Strait in Antarctica.
While onboard, guests may choose to purchase in-port excursions that can give them a richer sense of the region. In Puerto Montt, Chile, the "Petrohue Falls and the Chilean Lake District" excursion is a city tour that includes views of Puerto Varas and Lake Llanquihue, as well as a drive to Todos Los Santos Lake for views of the Osorno Volcano, and a walk along the Petrohue River to view the falls. Chile's Punta Arenas is the site of the "Magdalena Island Natural Penguin Reserve" excursion, where guests can visit one of the largest Magellan penguin colonies in southern Chile. In Buenos Aires, "Tango Show and Dinner" allows guests to immerse themselves in the spirit of Argentine Tango, with a visit to a tango house for dinner followed by a live tango show on the main stage. In Montevideo, Uruguay, "Day at the Estancia" takes participating guests to Estancia La Rábida, where they can experience the daily chores of the Uruguayan gaucho and learn about the agriculture, horse breeding, cattle raising and other activities at the ranch. A barbeque lunch, or "asado," is included, complete with Uruguayan wines and traditional songs and dance. Select voyages offer a "Cuzco and Machu Picchu Adventure," a three-day, two-night overland tour encompassing the city of Cuzco, Peru, and its famed archaeological relics as well as a day at Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas." The package includes overnight stays in Cuzco and train travel to Machu Picchu.
Travelers wishing to extend their time in South America can choose from several fully escorted land tours offered in combination with cruises departing from or arriving in Buenos Aires and Valparaiso. Celebrity offers two land tour packages in South America, each as a pre- or post-cruise option. Premium hotel accommodations, ground transfers, some meals, and ample time for independent shopping, dining and sightseeing are included in the cruisetour packages.
The five-day, four-night "Buenos Aires and Iguazu Falls" land tour package includes visits to a gaucho "estancia," Buenos Aires' old-city San Telmo region, and the city's trendy Puerto Madero neighborhood. The package also includes a short inland flight to Iguazu Falls, one of the continent's most stunning natural wonders, where guests spend two days exploring the massive waterfalls during included tours encompassing Devil's Throat, the lower and upper circuits of the Argentinean side of the falls, and a Zodiak ride along the lower Iguazu River.
The six-day, five-night "Machu Picchu Adventure" land tour package gives guests the opportunity to experience the Sacred Valley of the Incas in and around the Cuzco region, as well as the capital city of Lima. The package is highlighted by train travel to and from Machu Picchu, and over four hours of exploration time at the famed archaeological site. The tour also includes a tour of Cuzco and its walled Sacsayhuaman Inca area and the Cuzco Cathedral, as well as a city tour of Lima and several other activities that will enhance guests' South America vacation experience. Several inland flights are included.
Travel enthusiasts are encouraged to visit www.celebritycruises.com or contact their travel agent for more information. All shore excursions, tours and packages are available for an additional charge.


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20. 2007 - Tennessee 89 #18 Kentucky 85 (Knoxville)
As Bernard King's jersey went into the rafters, Bruce Pearl got his first win over Kentucky in Knoxville. Just over two weeks after the Cats blasted a Lofton-less Tennessee team in Lexington, the Vols got their payback: a spurt of five straight three pointers from Lofton, Jordan Howell, and Ryan Childress broke the game open late in the first half. The Vols led by as many as 16 in the second before UK did what UK does: the Cats came roaring back to tie it at 77-77 at the under four timeout. But the Vols used defense and free throw shooting to ice it: two turnovers in the final 90 seconds, and 5 of 6 at the line from Lofton always kept the Vols in front. "That's six in a row for Bernard," Pearl jabbed after the game. This was the first UT win over UK in Knoxville in five years and the last time the Vols would face Tubby Smith.
19. 2006 NCAA First Round - (2) Tennessee 63 (15) Winthrop 61
On our podcast a few weeks ago, we talked about Bruce Pearl's first team and the way it appeared to hit a wall in the home stretch: after starting 20-4 and winning the SEC East, the Vols went 2-4 in their final six games. The fact that this was a 2/15 game may take something away from it, and you can see that UT was taxed throughout this game, which shouldn't have been close on paper. But Winthrop pushed the Vols all the way, with nine ties and eight lead changes. The game was tied at 61-61 for more than two minutes at the end, with neither team able to make a play to take the lead. The Vols got the last real shot however, and Chris Lofton had one more big shot left in his sophomore season:
Though the Vols were bounced by Wichita State in the following round, this game was a nice epilogue to Pearl's magical first season, and was the Vols' first NCAA Tournament win in six years.
18. 2010 NCAA First Round: (6) Tennessee 62 (11) San Diego State 59
Four seasons later, the Vols scored an even more important first round victory. This one gets the nod over Winthrop both for degree of difficulty and because of what this win ultimately led to. After Seth Davis immediately picked the Vols to lose during the Selection Sunday telecast, the Aztecs looked to prove him right. SDSU built a 14-10 lead in the first eight minutes, but then the Vols opened it up to an eight point halftime advantage. Twice in the second half it looked like Tennessee was going to pull away, but twice the Aztecs came back. The second time saw San Diego State close to 57-56 in the final minute, but Melvin Goins - 4 of 5 from three on the night - buried one more from beyond the arc with 19 seconds left to give the Vols security. The Aztecs would miss a three at the buzzer to send Tennessee through to the second round. We found out this year exactly how good of a team we beat.
17. 2007: Tennessee 79 #14 Oklahoma State 77 (Nashville)
If you strip away rivalry and championships, this is just one of the most compelling individual basketball games I've ever seen. In the last six minutes there were six lead changes and three ties. This was a true maturation game for Pearl and the Vols: Tennessee couldn't shoot (4 of 23 from the arc) and couldn't make free throws (19 of 32), but still beat an undefeated Oklahoma State team. They did it with defense, forcing 22 turnovers. And they simply did it with heart - check out the work of Dane Bradshaw in the final minutes:
RTT: Blender set to discombobulation.
16. 2011 NIT Championship: #24 Tennessee 78 #7 Villanova 68
The 2011 season will always be remembered more for what happened off the court than on it, but don't forget how important this one was at the time. The Pittsburgh game would overshadow it a couple weeks later, but at the time this was a Tennessee team that once again looked distractions in the face and responded with its best basketball. Four players scored in double figures, something we wouldn't see from this team again. And Melvin Goins, the lone starter who didn't, forced Corey Fisher into six turnovers and limited Villanova's offense. This win ensured that each one of Bruce Pearl's teams had tangible success: three teams won the SEC East, and of the three that didn't, two made the Sweet 16 and this one won the first tournament of any kind for this program in ten years.


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Sensory Art for Children who are Visually Impaired
At first glance, art seems like a very visual medium. We appreciate art by looking at it, not touching it, right? Even tactile sculptures in museums are off limits to little exploratory fingers!
But there are so many different aspects to art and creativity that can benefit your child. It's certainly worth exploring how to adapt traditional art projects and curriculum into sensory art.
It's really not that hard to create a sensory art project. Most art easily moves beyond the visual: Craft projects almost always involve our hands and fingers as we touch the glue, paint, or other materials; sensory art will always have a very particular smell, whether that's the pungent odor of rubber cement or the sweet scent of potpourri; and our art projects can make sounds as we craft wind chimes or bells.
The possibilities are endless! Check out our list of Sensory Art Projects for some fun ideas.
Art Tips
The best way to get your kids excited about art is to have fun! Here are a few tips to keep the atmosphere light and happy:
- Play it Safe: Make sure to only use non-toxic materials. Art supplies will end up in places they're not supposed to be (like in the mouth or eyes) no matter how careful you are.
- Cover Up: Have your kids wear old clothes or a smock while creating their masterpieces. Cover the table with butcher's paper or have them work on an old surface you don't care about. If you're constantly worried about drops and spills no one is going to have any fun.
- Bring On the Cookies: If your child is the sort to put everything in their mouth (like mine) it's going to be difficult to convince them that paint brushes and glue really shouldn't be tasted. I keep a box of small cookies (like Annie's Bunny Grahams) on the table so Ivan can safely get his oral fix now and then.
- Get Creative: Think outside the box when it comes to art supplies. Try to find objects that have really interesting textures or scents. Herbs and spices (like cloves or cardamom pods) can replace macaroni in glue art projects; explore your fabric store's remnant section for unusual specimens; raid your kitchen pantry for neat things your kids can paint or glue together that are safe to play with and feel or smell different.
- Back Off: Your child will probably need a lot of help finding the art supplies and putting things together, but try to back up once in a while and just let them explore. Art can be a great exploration motivator!
- Talk About It: As your child touches the felt, mention that it is soft; as they touch the glue, tell them that it is sticky. Give your child the words they need to describe all these things they are touching. This is a fun way to build your child's tactual vocabulary!
Displaying Your Masterpieces
Once your child has created an array of wonderful art pieces, you'll want to show them off to everyone you know! We usually put paintings behind glass when we want to showcase them, but for blind kids this just makes the art off limits.
I love framing Ivan's work. It makes it easier to display and also shows Ivan just how important I think his art is. To do this I buy cheap black frames and pop the glass out. Ivan's art can then sit in the frame (which he can feel), but the tactual aspect of the piece is preserved.
You can also use double-sided tape to adhere the art work to the front of the glass. The frame is still intact, but the art is in front of the glass rather than behind it.
Another option is to get a big bulletin board and tack your child's art pieces to the board. It's another way to let them know that you think their art is special. Plus it's easy to update with new projects!
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Paul Tasker, FRCS, Harbans Sharma, MSc, PhD, DSc, Joan Braganza, DSc, FRCP. Manchester Royal Infirmary.
INTRODUCTION: Patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) not on pancreatic extract increased copper excretion in bile in response to intravenous secretin. Serum copper oxidase (caeruloplasmin, ferroxidase I) rose in proportion to the severity of pancreatic insufficiency (PI). Treatment with extract led to low levels of post-secretin biliary copper and serum copper oxidase. The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) on copper absorption in man.
METHOD: 64Cu absorption was measured by a computerised deconvolution program after separating 64Cu in serial blood samples from that bound to caeruloplasmin by elution through charcoal columns. The method was previously designed, validated, and tested for reproducibility using healthy volunteers.
RESULTS: 10-h absorption from 350-ml water for twelve healthy volunteers was 43.7 (±10.2) % (Mean ± SD) [1.94 ± 0.49%(10h absorption/BMI)]. Excluding three on oral contraceptives (OC+), 64Cu absorption was 42.3 (± 9.7) % (n=9) [or 1.84 ± 0.43 %/BMI]; 6 male, 3 female), and serum copper, caeruloplasmin, and 64Cu-caeruloplasmin and urinary 64Cu were all similar suggesting equivalent copper status on their habitual diet. In nine patients with CP, 10-h absorption was 35.9 (±12.8) %[ 1.71 ± 0.52]; 6 male and three female. Variation increased due to the inclusion of clinical pancreatic insufficiency (CPI) patients, who had pancreatic steatorrhoea. Lower absorption 26.9 (±7.5) % (n=5) [1.33 (± 0.33)] associated more with CPI (t= 4.078, P2 P<0.01) than with vagal transection (VT+) (n=3) (t=3.588, P2 <0.01). Non-CPI patients absorbed 47.2 (±7.3) % (n=4)[2.17 ± 0.18] . Without patients with achlorhydria (DM, DH), the CPI group 10h absorption was still low at 32.1 (± 3.1) % (n=3)[1.57 (± 0.11)]. In the CPI group, the three patients (DH, DM, and NK) had been on long-term supplements (LT+). VT+ (DH, DM, BJ) had lowest absorption; two (DH, DM) with achlorhydria absorbed least. When Nutrizym was combined with oral 64Cu dosein two, DM (total pancreaticoduodenectomy patient) increased his per cent absorption from 18.2 to 40.9% reversing the CPI trend, whereas a non-CPI patient, absorption remained unaltered (42.8 to 40.8%). In this patient cimetidine alone with the dose raised 10h-absorption to 60%. Two patients with primary biliary cirrhosis had 20% 10h absorption irrespective of the type of meal taken. With a protein meal (350 ml 7.14 % casein) 64Cu absorption decreased to 15.8 (±5.6) % in 5 patients with CP compared to 31.4% and 32.1% in controls.
CONCLUSION: The greater decrease in 64Cu absorption in CP with casein was due to both increased Cu status and reduced release of Cu from casein binding. Whereas 64Cu absorption from 350ml water reflected inversely only copper status. There was no evidence of direct inhibition of copper absorption by normal pancreatic secretion in man, but severe EPI appeared to result in decreased 64Cu absorption. On limited data, pancreatic extract appears to normalise absorption not increase it. Further work is needed to confirm this observation. Markers of CPI, such as this test, may be helpful in deciding those patients with EPI, who should be offered pancreatic supplement.


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Science Geek was an old-school, handmade zine about science, music and the Peace Corps. Doug, my friend and bandmate in Cuppa Joe, created the zine and wrote short stories and articles while I added illustrations and comics.
We supplemented the educational material with interviews of indie bands like Versus, Small Factory, The Wedding Present, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, and Superchunk and added book, magazine, and music reviews as well.
Doug and I first sold Science Geek at Cuppa Joe shows as well as through mail order via advertising in small press magazines. Eventually the publication was picked up by several distributors and achieved national and then international distribution. As we progressed from issue to issue, the zine gained a color cover, digital layout, and more professional printing and binding.
When Doug joined the Peace Corps in 1995 and started his service in Kenya, the focus of the articles shifted to life as an American living in Africa. We continued to publish cross-continentally, with Doug sending me typewritten pages and rolls of film negatives to convert into finished layouts. Eventually Doug returned to the U.S., got married, and began teaching and Science Geek came to an end with its fifth issue. You can download the full Science Geek archive from the first link below.
Praise for Science Geek:
"What a fantastic zine… Sometimes you find a zine and it seems like the publisher created it just for you."
Factsheet Five
"Buy this, even if it means raiding the money for mom's dialysis treatments. Some things are more important."
"…a delightful blend of science and music… great illustrations and a great comic."
"…smart science features, wonderful illustrations… Doug Larkin is an actual high school science teacher."
CMJ Monthly
"Any zine that makes sense out of quantum physics, bovine masturbation, and public high school is worth three bucks. Funny too."
"Yeah, this one's for eggheads, and I'm not afraid to admit this zine is cool."
"I'm a real sucker for indie rock and _____-type zines, but this is one of the best I've ever seen."
Pop Narcotic
"…it's a damn good thing that there's a zine like Science Geek… huge and funny and even educational… the hands-down coolest thing since computational biology."
"…clever band caricatures and science illustrations… make Science Geek stand out from the usual photo- and clip-art-illustrated zines."
"…I think what makes this zine so charming is Doug's ability to make such a dreaded subject like science fun and interesting."
Carbon 14
"This has got to be my absolute top pick as best zine of the year… excellent and interesting and completely different… kicks bum all over the place, there's nothing finer."
Power Toot
"Doug Larkin, high school science teacher, rock guitarist, non-slack boy wonder… that's right, they're doing the zine from Jersey and the Kenyan bush…"
Dame Leche
"This zine was mentioned to me by the members of Spent last November. They had nothing but good things to say about Doug and Science Geek. Highly recommended!"
You Could Do Worse
"Science is fun, damn it! But you'd never know it until you read this."
For Paper Airplane Pilots
"All sorts of incredibly technical facts about science…"
"…one of the few truly education titles in the small press… the preeminent journal of science and indie-rock…"
Caught In Flux
"…still makes my brain hurt."
Shoelace Fanzine
"…totally great… Doug's reviews and writing are without pretension and his enthusiasm for science is invigorating."
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New York has been one of the slowest states to embrace cannabis reform, but change may finally be in the cards now that the state's Democratic Party is reportedly planning to endorse marijuana legalization at its convention next week. Empire State Governor Andrew Cuomo has completely opposed legalization throughout his two terms in office, but as an increasing number of his opponents in this year's Democratic primary are backing full legalization, the governor is finally changing his tune.
Last month, Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon, who is running against Cuomo in the primary, announced that she was all for legalizing and regulating retail pot sales. A number of other prominent New Yorkers — including (now) independent gubernatorial candidate Joel Giambra and New York City Public Advocate Letitia James — have also recently announced their support for legalization.
According to an internal document obtained by the New York Daily News, the state's Democratic Party is planning to vote to officially endorse legal cannabis during its convention next week. A party insider anonymously told the New York Post that "Cuomo is OK with it if it's the party agenda for approval." The governor recently said that legalization is no longer a simple yes-or-no question, but a question of how and when. "The devil is in the details," he told local reporters on Monday. "If yes, under what circumstances?"
This January, Cuomo commissioned the state Department of Health to examine how legal weed might impact New York, and the results of this study are expected to be released "within days," according to Marijuana Moment. As noted in reporter Kyle Jaeger's analysis, the governor has already likely seen the results of this report, and the fact that he is still willing to endorse legalization after reading it suggests its contents are positive.
Cuomo has consistently come out in opposition to legal weed, previously calling it a "gateway drug," but more recently has come around to the point of view that legalization is inevitable. As several popular gubernatorial opponents began to stump for legal weed, the governor quickly reversed his stance on legal cannabis. In a recent interview, Cuomo explained that "the facts changed on this issue and the facts changed quickly."
The governor noted that legal weed will go on sale in Massachusetts this summer, and that New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has also promised to legalize this year. "You'll then have two border states where it would be legal," Cuomo said, according to the NY Daily News. "To say, well, it won't be in New York, I think is to avoid reality at that point."


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1. Emperor machine – Front man (Idjut – Girthus Maximus mix version)
2. Drivin Force – Rock this world (Vocal Acieed mix)
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4. Miles Maeda – Do the dance (Romance mix)
5. Level 42 – Starchild (Long version)
6. Roy Ayers – Running away
7. Blondie VS The Doors – Rapture Riders
8. Tero – Hot pants
9. Divine sounds – Dollar bill
10. Tom Browne – Crusin'
11. Family Tree feat. Sharon Brown – Family Tree (Norman Cook disco edit)
12. Sugardaddy – Love honey (Funk mix)
13. P. Lion – Happy Children
14. Rufus feat Chaka Kahn – Do you love what you feel ?
15. Ingrid – Easter parade
16. Freddy Fresh feat Fat Boy Slim – The dream
17. Asha Puthli – Money
18. Lex – Fourteen days
19. Birdy Nam Nam – Body, Mind, Spirit…
20. Galaxian – Herb
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