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Mozart Don Giovanni opera to libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Directed 2006 by Vincent Boussard at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus. Stars Johanes Weisser (Don Giovanni), Marcos Fink (Leporello), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Donna Elvira), Werner Güra (Don Ottavio), Malin Byström, (Donna Anna), Sunhae Im (Zerlina), Nikolay Borchev (Masetto), and Alessandro Guerzoni (Commendatore). René Jacobs conducts the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Insbruck Festival Chorus. Designs by Vincent Lemaire; costumes by Christian Lacroix; lighting by Alain Poisson; directed for TV by Georg Wübbolt. Released 2008, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: B+
This show presents Don John as a big kid in a candy store. The young, attractive cast is refreshing, and all of them have had flourishing careers since 2006. This was a relatively low budget production with one really nice set plus whimsical costumes and props. The directing is successful at bringing out the humor in the work without being silly. René Jacobs keeps the Freiburger Barockorchester relentlessly moving forward with the raw sound period instruments. SQ, PQ, and video content are pretty good throughout. The screenshots below tend to look a bit dark, but this is no problem when shown in the HT.
The insatiable Giovanni (Johanes Weisser) briefs his servant Leporello (Marcos Fink), on his next conquest:
Leporello is forever complaining:
But this time Giovanni tries an assault instead of a seduction, and the adventure turns sour when Donna Anna (Malin Byström) cries out for help from her father, the Commendatore (Alessandro Guerzoni). Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore; here Donna Anna and her fiancé Don Ottavio (Werner Güra) try in vain to help:
We have just seen Giovanni's first murder. He is all but out of control now, and his end is near. But Donna Elvira (Alexandrina Pendatchanska) loves him so much that she will never give up. Suddenly their paths cross; now Elvira will stay on Giovanni's case for the short rest of his life:
Leporello tells Elvira about the many hundreds of Giovanni's seductions all across Europe. In this production there's no book; the names of the seduced are written out in the heavens:
Giovanni stumbles onto a wedding party of peasants. Our hero carries a noble's sword; but he is perfectly democratic and would not discriminate against a pretty girl just because she is a farmer's daughter. Nor would he turn down a girl just because she's getting married the next day. Here the bride Zerlina (Sunhae Im) is celebrating with her fiancé Masetto (Nikolay Borchev):
Don Giovanni crashes the wedding party and carries Zerlina away to his estate promising marriage. But after the murder of the Commendatore, Giovanni will never have another success with a women. Elvira interrupts his tryst with Zerlina and just manages to save the peasant girl from disgrace:
Next Don Giovanni happens to meet Donna Anna on the street, and he is quick to take advantage of that! But you can see from the look on her face that Anna is wondering, "Why does this voice sound so familiar?" Soon she realizes that she has found the murderer of her father:
Increasingly frustrated, John throws a party at his mansion. He orders Leporello to procure girls:
Donna Anna, Ottavio, and Elvira crash the party in masquerade:
The noose of fate is tightening around John's neck:
But, defiant and wary, he escapes from the trap:
More misadventures, this time with Elvira's maid:
Don Giovanni beats up Masetto, who is comforted by the always irresistible Zerlina (this image looks great as my current wallpaper on PC "Breakneck2"):
Totally exasperated with his run of bad luck, Don Giovanni throws a banquet for himself in a restaurant on the square. Surely he can sate himself for desert with some of the serving girls. But even this banal plan fails:
Elvira makes her brave last pitch and is cruelly mocked (this pic is my current wallpaper on PC "Hotrod3"):
And then an unexpected guest arrives: there is a statue of the Commendatore on the square, and the statue comes walking in:
Giovanni is swallowed up by Hell, thereby depriving the poor serving girls of the tips they expected:
And here's the moral of the story:
Don Giovanni is considered by many experts to be the best opera ever written. This production shows why with it's incredible succession of musical numbers of the highest quality and complexity. It's hard to demonstrate on the stage why Don Giovanni was so good with the girls: the infectious enthusiasm and charm of Johanes Weisser is as good a stab at this as any any we have in HDVD. My favorite character in this is, however, Sunhae Im as Zerlina---you could justify buying the disc just to see how delicious she in this. Marcos Fink is a masterful Leporello, and all the other singers at are also fine with the possible exception of Malin Byström as Donna Anna, who is a good actress but was maybe having trouble with her voice as this was recorded.
This version gets more laughs by far than any other Don Giovanni in HDVD, so it's still one of my favorites.I originally gave this an "A" grade, but I've reduced this to "B+" because there is no famous star and I think too much of the action happens in front of the curtain due to the limitations of the single set.


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Petrochemical industry leaders could expect less regulation and decreased enforcement of those regulations under the President Donald J. Trump administration, according to Kaiser H. Chowdhry, an associate with the Morgan Lewis law firm in Washington, D.C.
Chowdhry told attendees at the Houston Area Safety Council's 27th anniversary event held recently in Pasadena, Texas, that the administration would specifically encourage a more "business-friendly" environment, including review and scaling back of certain existing OSHA policies.
As an example, Chowdhry cited that on February 23, 2017, OSHA offices in Ohio renewed the partnership with Allied Construction Industries, a trade association representing more than 500 member companies. The partnership, Chowdhry explained, aims to better train and protect nearly 30 thousand of Ohio's construction workers. Chowdhry also indicated that some regulation policy adjustments could be delayed until the U.S. Senate approves and confirms appropriate department leaders.
Read this article in its entirety in the October issue of BIC Magazine.

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Marek Havlík
Club: Slovácko
Nationality: Czech
Position: Midfielder
Marek Havlík is (was?) a criminally underrated footballer, who stood in the shadow of teammates with 'bigger' stories.
At one point, a couple of years back, Slovácko were the embodiment of mediocrity; the Czech version of a modern-day Stoke City. The Uherské Hradiště-based club were never in any real fear of being relegated, possessed some good players and could bloody the nose of better opposition from time-to-time.
That statement still vaguely stands, though they are by no means the První liga's measuring stick. Their current crop of players is nowhere near as good as the vintages of 2014 and 2015 – when they had the goals of Libor Došek, the creativity of Luboš Kalouda and the gumption of Michal Trávník – but, crucially, it isn't bad group.
And one name who links the good side of a few seasons ago with the current one is Marek Havlík.
It's been a pretty average for Havlík – all things considered. But then again, it's been a pretty average year for Slovácko too, and we can't help but think that there's some kind of link between club and player.
The midfielder had a very good end to 2015, continued that form through into 2016 and ended the 2015-16 season with six assists and four goals. And just to add icing to the cake, he was Slovácko's most creative player, per the league's statistics. With Kalouda suffering from injuries and Trávník snapped up by Jablonec, Marek Havlík had certainly stepped up to bring imagination to an otherwise straightforward side.
This season though is a different story as during the summer, Svatopluk Habanec, Slovácko's manager of four years, left the club to try and wake up the Czech Republic's sleeping giants, Zbrojovka Brno.
Habanec's replacement, Stanislav Levý, has not had the best of times since arriving inUherské Hradiště. The former Blau-Weiß Berlin midfielder has had health problems and struggled to get a rather limited team playing with any potency until the end of November. This turbulence has, of course, affected Havlík. Whilst still a first-team regular, his performances have dipped massively. This season he has attempted fewer forward runs and completed fewer key passes in the final third compared to the same stage last season. His normally solid pass completion percentage has dropped as well.
Worryingly, he isn't just struggling with the attacking side of his game. Once, he used to nip around the field, win the ball quickly and take the occasional swipe at people's ankles. Now, he's being bypassed far too easily.
And the final blow? He's no longer a regular at Under-21 level.
A good start to the year wiped out by an abysmal end to it.
With nearly 100 top flight games under his belt at the age of 21, it's no longer good enough to simply be a first team regular. Havlík has the talent to dictate games; it's time he started pulling the strings of Slovácko's midfield once more.
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Stuffed shells with Sweet Potato, Spinach, and Gorgonzola
How am I supposed to pass on making this pasta? It has several of my top ingredients, it's so easy to make, and it involves stuffing things into pasta. I could eat some variation of this several times a week. As always, the best dishes come about when I think I have nothing to cook, and when I start making dinner after assuming we'll just get take-out.
- 1/2 large sweet potato, cut once lengthwise
- Olive oil
- Pepper
- 1 medium yellow onion, sliced
- 1 jalapeno, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups frozen spinach
- 1.5 cups tomato-basil marinara
- Red pepper flakes
- Gorgonzola cheese
- Salt
- 1 box jumbo pasta shells
Pre-heat your toaster oven (I am so glad I got this...as with everything, my mom was right when she said it would come in handy) to 400 degrees F. You could do this in a standard oven, but what's the point of heating up a giant oven when all you want to do is bake a measly half sweet potato?? There's no point. Just use a toaster oven. Anyway, season the sweet potato with freshly ground black pepper and olive oil and bake for 25 minutes. While this is baking, get the rest of your stuffing ready.
Cook pasta according to package instructions. Heat olive oil in a skillet and saute the onion and jalapenos. Next, add the garlic and stir until it becomes fragrant. Add the spinach and wait until it wilts. Pour in the pre-made tomato-basil marinara, add the red pepper flakes, and stir until everything comes to a simmer. Turn off the heat and add the gorgonzola cheese. Gorgonzola has a pretty strong flavor, so you don't need too much cheese to give the stuffing a robust taste. Sample it as you go and adjust the amount of cheese accordingly. Remove the sweet potato form the oven and scoop out the flesh. Stir this into the veggie/cheese mixture. Lastly, add salt. I usually add salt earlier in the process, but gorgonzola is salty already and you don't want to ruin the dish with giant amounts of NaCl.
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With a heavy heart I must announce the passing of a dear blogging friend, Paul Curran.
Paul had been on dialysis, suffering from long-term cancer.
Let's remember him for being a loving son of God,
a wonderful story teller,
a man who loved his neighbor,
a gentle man, a man of kindness,
peace and faith.
He was well loved.
The photo above was not the most current,
but my favorite,
showing his laugh lines
and his lightness of being.
Dear Paul,
Rest now, in the arms of your Maker.
You will be missed.


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It was one year ago today that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. And the downward spiral of the economy began, resembling a whirlpool (or perhaps a black hole) that sucked everything in.
Some will say that the economy actually began to deteriorate when the recession began sometime in December 2007.
There may be truth in that. In hindsight, there were warning signs that the economy was going sour — escalating food and energy prices, for example. People worried about them at the time, but when prices stabilized, they focused their attention on other matters.
But, after the economic meltdown that began a year ago, there was no longer any doubt. And you could come closer to pinpointing the actual meltdown. Identifying the starting point of the recession is harder. Such attempts tend to yield general results. But Lehman's bankruptcy happened on a specific date. The events leading up to it took place over a long period of time, but, like the outbreak of the Civil War, you could pinpoint the time when a serious situation was transformed into a crisis.
Here's a point that everyone can agree on: Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost their jobs each month since Lehman filed for bankruptcy. (If you want to read about the financial crisis in detail, I suggest visiting the New York Times.)
As this anniversary has approached, I've been wondering what to say about it. The truth is that there isn't much I can say except that I wish I had a firmer grasp on economic principles. I studied economics in college — it was a requirement in Arts and Sciences — but, judging from the grades I received, I was an average student — at best. My major was journalism, and nearly all of the journalists I have known had strong language skills, but they were weak in mathematics. I guess I was no exception.
But economics is more than the math. It's a set of principles. And that's the tricky part. I remember being told frequently as a child that numbers don't lie. That may be so. The problems seem to arise because economists so seldom agree on what the numbers actually mean.
If I took anything concrete from the time I spent studying economics, I guess it would be the certainty that, in the unlikely event that I ever become president, I will choose economic advisers who know what they're talking about. And I'll leave economic policy to them.
The incumbent president observed the anniversary with a speech on Wall Street. There were no new policy proposals, just an admonition: "We will not go back to the days of reckless behavior and unchecked excess at the heart of this crisis, where too many were motivated only by the appetite for quick kills and bloated bonuses."
That sounds good, but I am concerned by an article I read in the New York Times last week. In it, Alex Berenson reported that "[o]ne year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the surprise is not how much has changed in the financial industry, but how little."
Sounds like an argument in favor of regulation to me. But in 2009, I've heard about as much talk about regulating the financial industry as I've heard about job creation. I know things have been spread pretty thin, what with all the talk about wise Latina women and teachable moments, but I think finance regulation (and, yes, job creation) deserve to be priorities.
I admit, though, that I understand the arguments in favor of deregulation, and — in some sectors of the economy — deregulation makes sense.
But, if nothing else, the meltdown provided more than ample evidence of the need for regulation in the financial sector. Unchecked greed has resulted in millions of hard–working Americans losing their jobs.
In case you aren't aware of just how brutal things are for the unemployed today, here's a sentence from a recent New York Times editorial: "There are now nearly six workers available for every job opening, up from 1.7 workers per opening when the recession began in December 2007."
Berenson writes that the Obama administration is trying to take some important steps, but from what I can see, the administration hasn't been forceful enough. The Democrats have the votes they need, and they're likely to lose some of those seats in next year's midterms. Obama needs to be assertive on this issue. Now.
"The Obama administration has proposed regulatory changes," Berenson writes, "but even their backers say they face a difficult road in Congress. For now, banks still sell and trade unregulated derivatives, despite their role in last fall's chaos. Radical changes like pay caps or restrictions on bank size face overwhelming resistance. Even minor changes, like requiring banks to disclose more about the derivatives they own, are far from certain."
And so it goes.
Monday, September 14, 2009
A Year After Lehman
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Arni Sicam
Rotterdam Ophthalmic firstname.lastname@example.com
Involved in studies:
- Accuracy of total corneal astigmatism measurements with a Scheimpflug imager and a color light-emitting diode corneal topographer. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 2016, Volume 167, Issue , pages 72-78
- Value of posterior keratometry in the assessment of surgically induced astigmatic change in cataract surgery. Acta Ophthalmol 2016, Volume 94, Issue 5, pages 494-498
- Long-term changes in intraocular lens position and corneal curvature after cataract surgery and their effect on refraction. J Cataract Refract Surg 2016, Volume 42, Issue 1, pages 35-43
- Evaluation of keratometry with a novel Color-LED corneal topographer. J Refract Surg 2015, Volume 31, Issue 4, pages 249-56
- Wide-range calibration of corneal backscatter analysis by in vivo confocal microscopy. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2011, Volume 52, Issue 5, pages 2136-46
- Phase-stabilized optical frequency domain imaging at 1-µm for the measurement of blood flow in the human choroid. Opt Express 2011, Volume 19, Issue 21, pages 20886-903


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About the Book:
Living abroad is the best way to understand the world and its varied cultures. Recently divorced, Ann Marie decided to pursue her dream to live overseas, accepting a position as a prep school English teacher in Istanbul. She battled loneliness as she tried to make the most of her ex-pat existence, and her forays into the Muslim culture and the stunning landscape of Turkey brought them both close to her heart. Part travelogue, part adventure, and part romance, this memoir will transport you to Turkey as you glimpse Islam through an American lens.
About the Author:
A retired English teacher, Ann Marie Mershon lives on a woodland lake with her husband Jerry and their two dogs. She grew up in a wooded suburb of Minneapolis, and in her mid-twenties she and her husband moved north to the wilderness they'd always loved. She has two grown sons who live in California and Puerto Rico. After 30 years of teaching English in Minnesota, she moved overseas to complete her teaching career in Istanbul, writing weekly e-mail missives and posting blogs about her experiences there. Ann Marie discovered her passion to write in the late 1990's. She penned a weekly newspaper column for five years, wrote numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, and published two books. Her first was a middle-grade historical novel, Britta's Journey~An Emigration Saga, about the emigration of a family that settled near her home. Her second book, Istanbul's Bazaar Quarter, Backstreet Walking Tours, was a collaboration with Edda Renker Weissenbacher, a Turkish woman who guided small groups on walking tours through Istanbul. Ann Marie writes every day but always finds time for hiking, biking, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, skiing, or snowshoeing with her friends in the wilderness she calls home.


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A Conversation with EIPC Executive Director Kirsten Smit-Westenberg
November 29, 2017 | Pete Starkey and Patty Goldman, I-Connect007
The EIPC booth was a busy place during productronica, with several members and other organizations headquartered there, resulting in a constant stream of people stopping by to visit, get information and study the upcoming conference agendas. Overseeing the big, and even the little things, was Executive Director Kirsten Smit-Westenberg, who made sure important questions got answered, people stayed hydrated, and EIPC's magnetic pins found homes on shirt collars. She managed to find a few moments to sit down with Editors Pete Starkey and Patty Goldman to fill them in on the latest news from EIPC.
Patty Goldman: Kirsten, it's so very nice to meet you in person. Please fill in our readers on your position at EIPC and the latest news.
Kirstin Smit-Westenberg: I am the executive director, and have been for five years now. Before that, I was project manager, so I was responsible for all the events that we organized. The executive position is a little bit more than that, and includes doing the financials, taking the membership, recruiting new members, and continuing to organize the events.
Goldman: So what all is going on at EIPC?
Smit-Westenberg: What's going on now, for me, is organizing and preparing for our winter conference in Lyon, France, which will be held February 1 and 2, 2018, at Alstom SA, a train equipment maker in France. It is located a little bit outside of Lyon. This will be quite different from the other events that we organize, which are normally held in a hotel. This time, we were invited to have our conference at the Alstom facility.
Thursday and Friday of the program will be within the Alstom facility, including a tour to see some of their production line where they make railway engines. Unfortunately, we will not see the actual trains being built, but we will see some of the assembly lines. It's a technical conference, so we have a very interesting program scheduled and the theme is future trends for successful positioning of Europe's place in the global supply chain. We will divide our program into four sessions and a keynote session, with speakers from all over Europe and the U.S. We have Walt Custer again, to give a global market outlook and we have a bunch of interesting companies within Europe presenting, so I'm very happy with the program. Then in the evening we'll have a nice social program and dinner in downtown Lyon.
Goldman: That sounds excellent. I also understand that you're planning a special event for your summer conference.
Smit-Westenberg: Next year is our 50th anniversary—EIPC was founded in 1968. For our summer conference to be held on May 31 and June 1, we've decided to have a 50th anniversary conference and we'd like to do something special for our guests, so we've organized a social program, a dinner cruise on the Rhine River in Bonn, Germany. Our two-day conference will look similar, in a way, to our other conferences. It will be a technical conference on a Thursday and Friday, with two days of papers from companies all over Europe. We invited some of the founders of the EIPC, like Doctor Fassini, who has accepted. Hopefully, some other people who have been involved with the EIPC for 50 years will be present. We also will visit Radio Antenna, in Bonn. I am very much looking forward to this milestone and I think it will be a great event.
Goldman: It sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun, with a lot of reminiscing, and maybe an exceptionally large crowd.
Smit-Westenberg: I hope so. I hope that people will see this as something special and that we will extend our crowd from 80−100 to maybe 150 or more. We would be delighted to welcome all our members and more. Of course, you're invited to come, Patty. It would be a pleasure to have you experience your first EIPC conference.
Goldman: Yes, it would be. Of course, We usually have Pete Starkey attend and I'm sure he won't miss that one. Pete, how many years have you been in EIPC?
Pete Starkey: I'm thinking back to the days when I was doing presentations in EIPC conferences and I remember, in the late '80s and the early '90s, talking about first-generation photoimageable solder resists. I remember doing a joint presentation with Diethard Kapp-Schwoerer, who was with Ciba-Geigy at that time on liquid photoimageable innerlayer resists. At that time, I was in PCB manufacturing and was recounting my experience of new production technologies. But, really, for the last 15 years or so, I've attended the conferences as a journalist to produce a technical review of the proceedings, which people are always interested in reading. It's a big compliment when people say, "I wasn't able to attend the conference for whatever reason, but I have read your review and feel you've captured the essence of what was presented." And I've always been made very welcome. Thank you.
Smit-Westenberg: And we very much appreciate the excellent technical reports and the reviews that you do for the conferences. I get those responses as well.
Starkey: That's very encouraging for me and a great compliment, I think, to a lot of my colleagues at I-Connect007. We're pleased to help to publicize the outcome of these events.
Goldman: I understand that the PCB fabricators in Europe are very busy this year. I'm sure you're going to stay busy.
Smit-Westenberg: We will be. This productronica has been an interesting edition. It's been very busy and there has been a positive vibe for all four days. We experienced people being very optimistic for the near future. Of course, not the far future, but who can predict what will happen in five to 10 years? But, at least, two, three, or four years, they were very optimistic about that. And we can read from Walt's numbers that the economy in Europe is doing better than it has done for quite a while.
Goldman: Things are looking up.
Smit-Westenberg: Yes, and that reflects on all of us, so it's good for everyone.
Goldman: Kirsten, thank you very much for your time.
Smit-Westenberg: Thank you, Patty.
From Festivity to Resistivity
Having heard a choir singing Christmas Carols In a town square in November, one is inclined to the view that some people like to start early.
Starting early is not a bad idea when you are thinking about the post-Christmas period; you know, it's that flat period when the weather is rubbish, Spring seems a long way off and the countryside comes in shades of black and white.
If you want something a lot more colourful and uplifting then you could join the EIPC at one of their renowned Conferences, their members are as close as one can get to an angelic host; they are a clubbable lot, most convivial and enormously well-informed.
Two days with them and you'll be set fair for the year ahead.
They are getting together under the roof of one of Europe's leading OEMs, Alstom, (who make very large train sets), where their proceedings will be presented by an international band of good fellows and even better ladies from such luminary companies as AT&S, Ericsson, Bosch, iNEMI, UL, Atotech, FED, and many others.
To ensure your place, get in touch right away with EIPC's Executive Director Kirsten Smit-Westenberg at their office in Geleen on email@example.com
Programme highlights:
Keynote: Business, Technology & New Developments
Custer Consulting, Yole, AT&S
Session 1: Trends and capabilities in PCB fabrication
Robert Bosch, Wurth, Dyconex, Ventec, TTM, Ericsson
Session 2: Reliability
First EIE, PWB Interconnect Solutions, Gen3 Systems, Alstom
Session 3: Process improvements
iNEMI, Xact PCB, Atotech, Taiyo
Session 4: European needs for New Technology, Product Safety and Training
UL, Printed Electronics, CCI Eurolam, FED
Detailed conference programme is available on the EIPC website!
Conference location:
Alstom, Transport Information Solutions
3, Rue Henry Legay
69100 Villeurbanne, France
Recommended Hotel accommodation:
Ibis Lyon Centre
Lyon Centre Perrache
28 Cours de Verdun Perrache
69002 Lyon
Tel: +33-4126.96.36.199
Email: email@example.com
The EIPC has negotiated a special rate for a single room of € 110.- per night. You can reserve your hotel room directly at the hotel by contacting the hotel at +33-4220.127.116.11 or
firstname.lastname@example.com, please use the Hotel reservation form.
We look forward to welcoming you in Lyon!
Kind regards,
The EIPC Team
50 years of service, a century of conferences, a lifetime of excellence
EIPC will be marking the first 50 years of their existence in May next year with a rather special Conference to be held in Bonn, Germany on 31st May and 1st June 2018. Back in 1968 the PCB industry was coming of age; youthful and energetic companies had embraced the new technology, even if the origins could be traced back to the 1930's The need for an industry pillar of support gave rise to the formation of the European Institute of Printed Circuits in an age when men wore ties and boards were predominantly single-sided. Ties have now been discarded, holes have proliferated, the technology has become highly sophisticated, and the functionality of a PCB has increased as the boards have become smaller. Happily EIPC is no smaller than it was 50 years ago, indeed membership burgeons thanks to the continued industry support available to the members, and the bi-annual technical conferences which have imparted invaluable information and advice consistently at a truly European gamut of venues.
No exception this rule will be Bonn, one of Germany's oldest cities, and the secondary seat of the President and the Chancellor. Beethoven was born in Bonn, and Germany's present constitution was declared there in 1949. The city straddles the River Rhine, and is home to over 310,000 people. The history of the city dates back to Roman times. In about 12 BC, the Roman army appears to have stationed a small unit in what is presently the historical centre of the city. In May next year EIPC will be stationing another small unit in the same place, made up of a very peaceful tribal group dedicated to everything holey.
In line with their aim of keeping their members afloat, the occasion will be marked with a cruise down the river Rhine, during which something of a well-deserved celebration will take place. To book your place at the conference and on board as well, please contact Kirsten Smit-Westenberg at email@example.com or call +31-46-4264258.
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BeatrixAugust 4, 2014
Those of you who don't know about Beatrix are living half lives. No, really. Half lives. Lives deprived of crusty bread rolls full of flavour and bursting at the seams with slow cooked meat, herbs and garlic aioli. Lives deprived of cake, cake, and more cake. Let me enlighten you.
Beatrix has been one of my favourite cafes for several years now, and I'm a willing victim of owner Natalie's lunch rolls and all-American cakes. Not only does the woman have a great name, she's also a bloody great baker and flavour strategist!
In addition to two regular bread rolls per season, Nat puts on a special of the day, which includes any sort of crazy delicious fillings. Think seasonal, think fresh, think full of flavour. Below is a small collection I've pulled off my phone from various visits, and trust me, they're ALL good.
A BEA-L-T, with grilled bacon, ripe tomato, cos lettuce and apple aioli does wonders for your soul after a morning lecture. Nothing like a bit of bacon to hit the spot.
One of their earlier wintry offerings, the mushroom toastie, with garlic roasted mushrooms, smoked provolone and balsamic roquette.
I opted for the 'Just Chicken', a deceptively simple sounding roll chock-a-block full of Milawa free range chicken in a herb mayo with mustardy lettuce leaves and crispy bits of salty chicken skin, sensational.
Then there's this little number, the Yotam (named, I assume, after Mr Ottolenghi). Probably my favourite of them all, it's got slow roasted lamb shoulder, a salad of cucumber and tomatoes with baba ghannouj, pomegranate, labne, toasted pinenuts and a lemony dressed salad. I'm in love with middle eastern flavours at the moment, so I was all over this like you can't even imagine.
Another favourite of mine is one of the regulars, the Begbie, a bacon and egg roll sexed up with beetroot relish and dressed rocket leaves. It's get out of town good.
Oh yeah baby, beetroot and egg yolk, mm-hmm!
Some time ago I wrote a piece on Beatrix for a university magazine, and summed things up quite well:
"Beatrix doesn't do things by halves which it comes to baking. This is baking, American style. Bostom cream pie, mandarin chiffon cake, mascarpone and raspberry tartlets, coconut shag, quince brown butter tarts, red velvet layer cake, whoopee pies and gingerbread hula hoops all make regular appearances. If you're really lucky you'll be there on a day where Elvis cupcakes are available – banana cake with peanut butter cream and bacon praline." Feeling the need yet? Maybe a few more photos will get you in the right mood.
Whipped ricotta and raspberry tarts, beautifully light.
Rhubarb custard crumbles, as good as they sound.
The Shagg, one of my favourite pastimes…
I've never tried a piece of this cake but by God it looks heavenly.
Chocolate whoopee pie (is it a cake? is it a cookie?) and bruleed lemon tartlet.
Carrot cake and quadruple layer red velvet.
Red velvet and lemon tart… I'm sensing a theme here.
Finally, a perennial favourite of mine, the gingerbread hoola-hoops. Often I'll come to Beatrix for lunch and then buy one of these to munch on in an afternoon class. They never fail to inspire envy!
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Internal Democracy
While all the 4 MPs and a majority of the State MLAs are committing their support to Raje, how on earth the Party central leadership can ask her to quit. I was always told that in a democracy, you choose your own leader. With that being the case, I think Rajnath is making a fool of himself by asking her to relinquish her LoO in the State Legislature. And what is LKA doing in all this? Ofcourse, he lost his chance to being the PM of India. But does not he have a moral responsibility in atleast playing a mentoring role to the younger colleagues, in a party which he has helped build from the scratch. Like Tavleen Singh said in a column in Indian Express, BJP is not dead yet but committing slow suicide in full public glare.
And one wonder what purpose is the Chintan Baithak going to do in Shimla later this weekend? They have effectively killed all those dissenting voices of Sinha, Shourie, etc so that they only have a coterie which will act as if nothing is wrong with the party and continue to live with their heads immersed in the mud.
There is a big vacuum in the Indian political scene and BJP can effectively play a future role as the Right of Centre party, only if they choose to. Othewise they are better off abandoning their political career as well.
For this, they must redefine Hindutva in the lines of Cultural Nationalism and rid themselves off bigots like Bajrang Dal, etc. That way, they can atleast count educated, middle class youth as their loyal voterbase in the years to come.
The need of the hour is for the party to show effective leadership and dynamism and not resort to blame game like in Rajasthan now and Uttaranchal (remember Khanduri) earlier.
Is anyone in BJP listening?
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I agree with you on most of the views about the current predicament and the status of BJP.
With specific reference to Vasundara Raje, well she needs to go. I always believed democracy when becomes a populist democracy, it becomes a hypocracy. Just becoz she has the support of 4 MPs and all state MLAs doesn't in one bit means she is right or deserves to be there. During election just before counting, she bragged with these words, 'I delivered 21 when I was the chief minister, lets see how many Ashok Ghelot delivers' with pride in her face. We all know pride comes before fall, and fall she should now for what she has delivered in Rajastan. If only she was a good leader, she would have done better and infact bettered her results, like every other BJP chief ministers did excepting I think PC Kandhuri who is a small fry anyway. Had she done that, BJP might have ended up with a decent 130s instead of what it is now.
As far LKA, when he said he would resign, he should have meant it and said I shall not hold any post in the party or any of its governments anywhere but will work as a mentor and a guide for BJP's revival. He would have become a tall leader indeed apart from being a 6' few inches that he may well be now.
Lastly, BJP may be acting as if nothing is wrong throwing open its butt and stuck its face to the sand. Probably they thought politics is all bout posturing and posturing they do now.
Keep blogging.
Ram, London
The MLAs elect their own leader. Even if she had failed in the hustings, the Legislature Party chose her to lead them. So how can anyone sitting in Delhi overturn the decision. Also, then what is the point in letting the MLAs choose their leader. Like Cong & other Dravidan parties, they can as well appoint a puppet as they do. If they do, then there is no difference between Cong & BJP.ReplyDelete
I am not for one suggesting that Raje should not be blamed for the electoral reverses. But asking her to quit LoO is nothing but Rajnath trying to show who is the boss. If LS results are the reason for asking Raje to quit, is Rajnath the most culpable?
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Happy Tuesday! The other day at I was my local scrapbook store (why can't I buy 1 of everything?) ;) and I saw that Jolee's has glitter birdcages. Initially, I was like I want that! Now I do have to have a budget in mind when I got to the scrapbook store. And then I have to be able to go over that budget only so much...so I realized, no I couldn't get the glittery birdcages. Go here to see them.
So it hit me---I have the Tim Holtz bird cage Sizzix at home and plenty of glitter! So that is what I did. And that is what this Tidbit Tuesday is about. Making your own glittery embellishments so you don't have to break the bank!
So the grey cage is Tim Holtz's grundgeboard. I have the grunge paper, but only when I need it can I not find it. Then I took a yellow paper. Now I also took a green paper not picture here and made a bird cage with it.
I put the cages through the 5 inch Xron machine to make sure they had enough adhesive on them. I took a pair of scissors, but a pencil tip will work also, to get the glue out of the circles and spaces.
I used Martha Stewart's glitter-yellow barite- on the bird cages. Here they are. The one on the left is the grungeboard and the right is the yellow cardstock. I was afraid the cardstock one would not be substantial enough, but it works fine. I think this is brighter too.
Here's one I did in green. I used green paper to cut out the bird cage and ran it through the Xron machine. Then I used green glitter from Sparkle and Sprinkle. On both the gold and green paper bird cages I used a spray adhesive to lock in the glitter. There are some little glitter stragglers but not as much I think if I hadn't sprayed the adhesive. The only thing is you have to spray that outside because the fumes are so strong! Plus I had to keep my cage outside for a good 30 minutes to air it out. I had brought the gold one in and started to smell fumes...no no! Back outside you go! :)
If you have glammed up some diecuts from one of your machines--Let me see! In the comments section-leave your direct blog link to the project you used your fancy home-made diecut embellishment on, and I will stop by to see it! :)
Until next time my friends...get out the glitter and glue! :)
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tidbit Tuesday--Break out the Glitter!
Posted by Katy at 12:01 AM
Labels: Glitter, Tidbit Tuesday
4 comments:
- Carly said...
I still have not figured out how to use glitter, and avoid getting it everywhere!
- January 31, 2012 at 12:08 AM
- Tanya Ham said...
I have been wanting to try something like this, and haven't had the right project come along yet. Guess it's time to just PLAY! :) Great tutorial, Katy!
- January 31, 2012 at 8:58 AM
- ~mindi brown~ said...
Katy~ I love your ideas and work. I have passed the Liebster blog award to you! Check out my blog
- January 31, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- Khandrogos said...
it's amazing how different this looks. Being a straight guy I don't know too much about glitter, but this looks fabulous!
- February 5, 2012 at 8:28 AM
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Thank you so much for stoping by! Let me introduce myself.
My name is Hope Kauffman. I am a freelance photographer and brand consultant. My most well known social platform is Instagram (@hkcameraface) where I post daily content consisting of my photography, travels, and brand partnerships. I have a loyal and growing following of over 100,000 engaged followers.
I earned my Bachelor's degree from Emerson College in Marketing and Communications. I run my business remotely spending my time between Los Angeles and Whitefish, Montana while traveling anywhere from 6-8 months per year. I primarily shoot portraits, weddings, travel related photography, behind the scenes, and product photography. You can see my work and learn more about me on my portfolio website:
I do not define myself as a commercial photographer, a wedding photographer, or a fine art photographer. I am a hybrid: part marketer, part creative director, part stylist, part influencer, part photographer -- which has made me a member of the rapidly growing community of influencer photographers who are popping up all over!
With the recent rise of Instagram as an extremely important marketing tool, influencers who can create beautiful content AND have the social audience to generate awareness are a very valuable new group in this industry. Maybe you define yourself similarly, its a very new place to fit within this industry.
Being a photographer is, for me, truly a privilege. Getting to do what I love every single day is a huge point of pride for me. I have worked very hard and continue to work very hard every single day to be able to live as freelance artist in a very saturated market. I have no guarantee where my next paycheck is coming from which is something I have talked about extensively on this blog.This drives me to create the best content I can, challenge myself, network and collaborate with others, and think outside traditional methods of earning income through photography.
Yesterday, I posted a job on my alumni network via Facebook offering an opportunity to shoot for a very well known blogger with over 400K followers. The job was not paid, it was a chance to gain social promotion in exchange for images. I often post both paid and "unpaid" work on this group but the response to this post was monumental!
Here is the original listing:
As you can see, I said the job was "unpaid" which I see now was a huge mistake on my part. I should have said this job was for "trade" because the exposure from doing a job like this would be worth a large sum of money.
One could calculate this sum by going to www.socialbluebook.com - this website uses analytics to calculate the approximate value of posts from any individual with a social account based on the users following and engagement levels. When I said unpaid, I wanted to make it clear that there would be no monetary compensation for this shoot to avoid confusion. I did not want to upset any member of this group or the creative community as a whole. I urge artist and influencers looking for collaboration to word things very carefully and specifically to avoid any negative backlash.
After the social storm of negativity I received to my post, I replied to the group with the following message:
This is clearly an extremely emotional subject with very strong opinions surrounding both sides of the issue. I was so glad to see the out-pouring of passion on the subject whether the poster agreed with me or not, clearly they cared about this issue. However, I was really disappointed to see so many negative comments and personal attacks to not only me but to other people responding.
(and many many MANY many more...)
No matter who you are in relation to this issue: a creative, who as worked long and hard to be able to do make valuable content, an influencer who has worked to build personal brand and massive network, brands who are just starting or are already established, and as creative/influencer hybrids who both create, position, and expose others; OUR (meaning ALL of us) work isn't just "work" -- it's our ART, it's our BUSINESS, and it's a little piece of us which should be treated with the upmost dignity and respect.
Our work should ABSOLUTELY be valued, but VALUE does not just mean a check or a monetary sum. Value can be measured in many different ways -- exposure being one of them. We all have something to offer, so, to me, "trade," "exposure," or "unpaid" work is just as valuable as a paying job. Many times much MORE valuable because of the long-term reward it creates.
That being said, it would be unwise to not be wary for those who DO want to take advantage. Not EVERY "opportunity" is worth your time or your service, but that is for you to decide on a case by case basis. Some basic things I think about when deciding whether or not to collaborate with a brand or individual without monetary compensation is:
1. Does this person or brand align with my personal brand and my values as an artist and professional?
2. Do I like working with this person or brand? Sometimes it's just not worth it if you don't enjoy collaborating with the other party. My most creative successful work has come from brands and people I truly feel inspired by and connected to. Creativity and positivity feeds itself!
3. Will I gain something? Exposure, followers, referrals, networking, portfolio work etc.
4. Is it worth my time? How much time am I going to spend traveling, shooting, editing etc. This is different every time. Maybe its a lot of work but a big reward. Maybe you just care a lot about the product, the issue, the individual you are working with -- then that is worth it -- speaking out about what you believe it worth it!
Whether you are being paid or working for exposure - PROTECT YOURSELF! I use contracts even with "unpaid" or "exposure" jobs. Even for volunteer work! I make sure to cover my bases by stating that I maintain full creative control, which means I do not release RAW or unedited versions of my photos to anyone. I do not allow my images to be manipulated or filtered and distributed without my explicit permission. This doesn't mean it doesn't happen- sometimes it does! But I try to do everything I can to make sure I am protected.
This is not how every photographer has gone about running his or her business, which is OK! I am sharing that working with creatives, especially those with larger followings than myself is how I have grown MY business. This is how I have chosen to network and it has absolutely worked for ME in my personal experience. This is the only area I am an expert in- what I have experienced. This is the business model I follow and continue to redefine every single day.
I get so many emails and messages asking me for tips or how to make the leap from being someone who loves photography to a photography professional. I want SUCCESS for every person who takes the time to reach out to me and ask these great questions. I have and will continue to contact photographers who I want to emulate both creatively or from a business perspective and see what they do, what they believe, and what has worked for them. I take bits and pieces and tailor them to what works for me. I urge you to do the same!
I want to foster an open dialogue between creatives, influencers, industry professionals, and really anyone with an opinion on this subject. Everyone has a right to their thoughts on this matter and the right to share them, but I urge you to share and respond respectfully, even if you disagree! I ask for you to be kind when commenting to each other -- we are all artists, let's lift one another up not tear each other down!


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Oppenheimer clarified the mysteries surrounding expropriation without compensation and outlined the dire consequences for our country, at the Free Market Foundation in Bryanston last Wednesday.
"The people of South Africa need to know about the impact this would have on their lives," he said, insisting that this issue is the greatest threat we face as a nation.
Given the misconceptions which surround the issue of land reform, Oppenheimer listed and dispelled various myths being peddled for some time.
Myth one: the land has not been given back to its rightful owners
Oppenheimer stressed that if your land was taken from you unjustly, you are deserving of compensation. "If it was taken by the apartheid state, or you were in some way unjustly deprived of it, you have every right to be compensated," he said. Compensation can be effected in one of two ways: either the original land is returned to you, or you received financial compensation.
He emphasised that this process has been taking place. "Between 1995 and 2014, 1.8 million people who applied for compensation received money. People presented their cases, and 77 000 of some 80 000 cases were resolved." Although the time allocated to this process has ended and moves have been made to extend it, only a few cases remain unaddressed, he said.
Myth two: people are hungry for land
It is often repeated in the media that most of the population is desperate for land. The truth is, however, that possession of land itself matters little to most people, Oppenheimer said.
"During the compensation process, most people didn't ask for their land back," he said. "In some cases, the land was sacred or had symbolic significance, but this accounted for only 8% of cases. Ninety two percent of people preferred to receive money." Money represents freedom. With it, one can buy land that one really wants. If you're a modern person, a stretch of land in the Northern Cape is of little use to you.
According to the 2016 Survey of the South African Institute of Race Relations, the most pressing issue among South Africans is unemployment, followed by service delivery, and lack of housing. At the very bottom of the list, coming after poverty and corruption, is the matter of land redistribution at only 0.6%. Said Oppenheimer: "Almost no one sees this as an issue. We have a small minority that is incredibly vocal, and politicians have turned a non-issue into something which energises people. The average South African, however, is not interested."
Myth three: anyone can be a farmer
The common belief is that managing a farm is not unlike managing a vegetable garden. Not so, says Oppenheimer. "It's more than taking ownership of the farm," he said. "It's about the skills, the expertise, and experience gained through years of work. It's highly technical, and people can't simply step into it. Among farmers, hundreds of years of knowledge are passed down, and they make use of incredibly technical equipment which requires skills and training."
Citing a case study, Oppenheimer explained that in recent years, the government had spent R1.4 billion buying 264 farms in the Eastern Cape with the aim of redistributing them. What followed, he said, was a 90% failure rate. "Only 26 of them still function. The rest of failed completely. A farm is a very technical endeavour that needs the expertise of someone who knows what it involves."
Myth four: this law won't affect the economy
As much as President Cyril Ramaphosa may say otherwise, the fact remains that land reform would have a direct impact on our economy, according to Oppenheimer.
"If you remove property rights, you are sentencing the nation to failure. As exceptional as our story as a nation may be, we believe we can do things that other countries did and succeed where they failed.
"Dispossession without compensation has been tried in Zimbabwe and Venezuela. In Zimbabwe, not only farmers were affected. [The country] suffers from a 90% unemployment rate. Zimbabweans have found themselves driven to South Africa because of how that decision destroyed their economy. In Venezuela, the inflation rate is at 1.3 million percent. The country suffers from mass starvation. This was the richest country in South America, with the biggest supply of oil in the world. A terrible economic policy ruined this. Within 20 years, they've managed to destroy a nation.
"We believe that we're different here. When we do it, we won't [have an] impact [on] the economy. If we implement this policy, we can look forward to seeing the banknotes Zimbabwe rolled out here."
Myth five: paying compensation is unaffordable
The argument that the state cannot afford to pay compensation is an outright lie, Oppenheimer said. "[A total of] 0.3% of government expenditure is currently being spent on land reform," he said. "For an issue that has been consuming our press for more than a year, the government has allocated less than a percent of its budget. If it really was an issue, more money could be allocated from government funds."
He said this funding would have to come from taxes, which would mean less money would be available for all the other government initiatives and schemes. "This is one among many government initiatives, none of which will be able to be funded if we dedicate funds to this policy. And if this policy drives away tax payers and foreign investment, where will the funding come from?"
"Forced to abandon their property once it is seized by the state, taxpayers will leave in droves. Only 1% of our population earns more than R48 000 per month. If that 1% opts to leave the country because of land reform, the tax base will disappear. These people pay for roads, education, hospitals. You don't want to see them leave."
Myth six: the Constitution impedes land reform
Contrary to popular belief, our Constitution does not need to be reformed for justice to be dispensed, said Oppenheimer.
"People have called it a traitorous document, one which sold out the South African people to the National Party, and that true justice is possible only if we alter the Constitution to allow for land reform without compensation.
"Land reform is important. You are deserving of compensation if you are entitled to it. The Constitution is a roadmap for dealing with such issues, and contains relevant clauses to help resolve these issues." Oppenheimer explained that the Constitution's property clause section dealt with compensation, providing for expropriation.
"All states expropriate," he said. "They have to. The Constitution is equipped to handle redistribution of land that has been illegally taken, bought on loan, or acquired in almost any other way. Although in most circumstances it is just and equitable to pay compensation, there will be cases in which no compensation is paid, and this is provided for by the Constitution."
Oppenheimer said that it was imperative for us to make use of the avenues available to prevent the worst from happening.
"We have an ill-informed press that has supported expropriation without compensation in the name of justice," he said. "Few voices have pointed out how this policy will affect not only the wealthy but more importantly, the poorest members of our population. People need to express [their] views and share the real impact this policy would have. If you don't have a platform to share, support those who do, and share what they publish."
Additionally, he encouraged people to take the fight to the polls. "The Democratic Alliance, African Christian Democratic Party, Inkatha Freedom Party, Congress of the People, and Vryheidsfront Plus oppose the policy," he said. "They could be louder, but when Parliament took the vote to amend the Constitution, they opposed it. They're playing an important role. Though we may have to hold our noses to vote for them, they're the ones fighting for us."
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Set at the time of the Russian Revolution, the end of a centuries old dynasty, the rise of the Bolsheviks sent shockwaves around the world. This is the story of one man who was there. It's real history - about the riches and excesses, the glory of the Russian nobility, Nicholas and Alexandra, their haemophiliac son, Alexei, notorious Rasputin, Lenin and Trotsky who ruled from palaces where the Czars had once danced till dawn. The man was real too, his name was Arthur Ransome. He was a writer, accused of being a spy, perhaps even a double agent, and he left his wife and beloved daughter and fell in love with Russia and a Russian woman, Evgenia.
Fictionalising history and blending it with real life, part i is told as a fairy tale. Wise and foolish kings, princesses, enchantresses (characters more suited to fairy tale than reality), wishes and magic, Russia with its vast cold plains and mighty cities, its riches and poverty, all play a part in the downfall of the Czars and rise of the new order. Part ii is about betrayal - Ransome the spy, bleak and threatening. Part iii is a love story, a fairy tale, ending - of Ransome's love for his daughter, Tabitha, and for Evgenia.
|Publication date:
|29th May 2008
|Marcus Sedgwick
|Orion Publishing Co
|320 pages
|Suitable for:
|11+ readers, 13+ readers
|Historical Fiction
One of the World Book Day 2015 Authors Marcus was our Guest Editor in July 2010. Click here to see all his selections. Marcus began to write seriously in 1994, and his first book, Floodland, was published by Orion in 2000, and won the Branford-Boase award for best debut children's novel. Witch Hill followed in 2001, and was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award. The Kiss of Death was published in paperback in April 2009, and picked up a thread from his highly acclaimed My Swordhand is Singing (winner of the 2007 Booktrust Teenage Book Award). In between came what Marcus calls "my big ...More About Marcus Sedgwick
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If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.
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Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that experience, to offer it to, in the case of literature, its readers; to be, for a secular, materialist culture, some sort of replacement for what the love of god offers in the world of faith.
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How to forgive the world for its beauty, which merely disguises its ugliness; for its gentleness, which merely cloaks its cruelty; for its illusion of continuity, seamlessly, as the night follows the day, so to speak- whereas in reality life is a series of brutal raptures, falling upon your defenseless hands, like the blows of a woodman's axe?
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As I look back, I feel a touch of pride at my younger self's dedication to literature, which gave him the strength of mind to resist the blandishments of the enemies of promise. The sirens of ad-land sang sweetly and seductively, but I thought of Odysseus lashing himself to the mast of his ship, and somehow stayed on course.
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The World's Strongest Man 2009 final was broadcast 4 days ago (in the UK), so now it's time to look a bit closer at the numbers and see what we can gleam from that. First of all let's look at the points scored by all competitors across all the events. You can click the image for a bigger, more legible version.
One thing that stands out immediately is the 3 event victories by eventual winner Zydrunas Savickas, and when you see that he was runner up in a further 2 it's clear that he was destined to lift this year's trophy. If it wasn't for such a poor performance in the Boat Pull, where he placed 8th, then his lead would have been even more than the 5 points it ended up being.
Of the 4 events that Savickas didn't win, there were 4 different winners, which just go to show how open the field was this year. While it's surprising after the last 6 years that Mariusz Pudzianowski was only victorious in 1 event, it's just as surprising to me, given his form in last year's final, the Giants Live Tour and his heat, that Derek Poundstone didn't win any of the 7 events. In fact I'm surprised that Poundstone only finished 4th. Was he performing at his highest level or were the others just that much better on a more consistent basis?
Although he suffered from the flu during the heats, and it's possible he hadn't recovered by the time of the final, Travis Ortmayer was so good across all the other events that just one place better in the Giant farmer's Walk, where he came last, would have seen him overtake Poundstone for 4th place overall. In fact a few more places better and he'd have climbed up to 3rd place and snatched Brian Shaw's podium place. Speaking of Brian Shaw, what a fantastic performance in his first ever World's Strongest Man final. The other competitors just have to hope there is no Boat Pull in World's Strongest Man 2010 or that's a guaranteed 10 points for Shaw – he's that good.
The first 6 places are not too far apart, but the gap between Terry Hollands in 6th and Phil Pfister in 7th was a massive 12.5 points. Phil Pfister is no first timer at World's Strongest Man, if you remember he famously beat Mariusz Pudzianowski in 2007 to become the champion. The level of competition was furiously high for World's Strongest Man 2009, and Pfister's points haul is clear evidence of that.
After looking at the numbers I was interested to see how the positions changed from event to event as the final progressed, so I plotted all the numbers into Excel and this is what we get. As before, click the image for a bigger version.
What stands out straight away is that only 2 competitors stayed in the same position throughout the duration of the final; Zydrunas Savickas in 1st, and Louis-Philippe Jean in 10th. In fact there wasn't a great deal of position changing, most notable is Dave Ostlund's gradual decline from his 2nd place finish in the Fingal's Fingers to his eventual 8th place finish.
Travis Ortmayer dropped considerably after coming last in the Giant Farmer's Walk but you can see how he claws his way back to 5th place after the Overhead Lift, where he stayed until the very end. Looking at the graph, after his disastrous (by his standards) 6th place finish in Fingal's Fingers, Mariusz Pudzianowski was the most consistent performer. Had he performed better in that first event the whole competition could have gone a very different way, the psychological factor can never be under-estimated in World's Strongest Man.
It's interesting to see that after the Boat Pull the only position changes were that of Lauence Shahlaei overtaking Dave Ostlund for 8th place after the Deadlift, and then Ostlund retaking that 8th position again after the Atlas Stones. Those two aside, the positions for the 8 competitors stayed the same from the after the Boat Pull to the end.
If I can get access to the individual event results from previous competitions then I'd like to analyse those in a similar fashion. If you have those results then please email me or leave a comment. Any feedback, as always, is gratefully appreciated – I hope you enjoyed this different look at the World's Strongest Man 2009 final, I know I did!


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- AnonymousJune 12, 2011 at 3:27 PM
im falling in loveReplyDelete
That picture is pretty cool.ReplyDelete
Thanks Jen. It's a side of people I'm finding myself increasingly drawn towards, that storm brewing beneath the surface. The side most people don't show for fear of being seen as somehow 'broken'. I love it when people let me in. It's amazing.ReplyDelete
Lovely picture~ReplyDelete
As to your quote, well, let us say that there are some things I keep to myself, and some things that I share with others, including my family. Though it is nice to know the person inside and out, in reality, this may not be possible really. We are always changing, renewing and moving.
I can't argue this Heaven, however I find discovering to be as rewarding as knowing. The person who will always know us best is ourselves, although I believe there are others who will see things in us more clearly than we do.ReplyDelete
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I just received a heartfelt e-mail from someone I have a deep connection with and finally heard the two most important words I needed to hear right now....."I'm sorry."ReplyDelete
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I can't stop falling for the guy I like no matter what I try and do or say. I know it's not good for me to like him because hes not that nice to me but I just can't help it..ReplyDelete
Those few words are very powerful.ReplyDelete
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