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|Sopinka, Heidi
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|FICTION / Historical
|FICTION / Literary
|FICTION / War & Military
|Penguin Canada
|February 2018
|8.25in x 5.62in
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|A novel of love, longing, and art set in interwar Paris, The Dictionary of Animal Languages will appeal to readers of All the Light We Cannot See and The Disappeared.
Ivory Frame is a renowned artist. Now in her nineties, the famously reclusive painter remains devoted to her work. She has never married, never had a family, never had a child. So when a letter arrives disclosing that she has a granddaughter living in New York, her world is turned upside down and the past is brought painfully to life.
Disowned by her bourgeois family, the young Ivory had gone to interwar Paris to study art, and quickly found her true home among the avant-garde painters and poets who crowd the city's cafes. In fellow painter Tacita, she finds the sister she never had. In the Zoological Gardens, she finds a subject for her art capable of fascinating her endlessly. And in Lev, the brooding, haunted Russian émigré painter fleeing the Revolution and destined for greatness, she finds the love that will mark her life forever.
But she loses all this, and more, when the Second World War sweeps away the life she has only just discovered. In her grief, she turns to the project she had begun in Paris, and which will consume the rest of her life: a dictionary of animal languages. Part science, part art, the dictionary strives to transcribe the wordless yearning of animals, the lonely and love-laden cries that expect no response.
By nature solitary, Ivory withdraws fully into herself as she pursues her life's work. Until the discovery of one of Lev's paintings from 1940, inscribed to Ivory and now worth a fortune, brings to light a secret from her time in Paris that even Ivory could never guess. Now in her nineties, she is forced to acknowledge afresh all she has lost, and also to find meaning and beauty in a world defined by longing.
Masterfully written, and emotionally charged, The Dictionary of Animal Languages is about love and grief and art and the realization that, like tragedy, the best things in life arrive out of the blue.
|Review Quote*
|"With stunning prose, lavish details, deep wisdom, and emotional precision, reading this book is like falling in love--my interest in everything else was lost." --Claire Cameron, author of The Last Neanderthal
"The Dictionary of Animal Languages is such a special book, suffused with an almost painterly intelligence. Sopinka's characters experience the world with an intensity we associate with children and visionaries. Watching them navigate the difficulties of the humdrum and the glamorous both is a distinctive, if unsettling, pleasure." --Rivka Galchen, author of American Innovations and Atmospheric Disturbances
|Biographical Note
|HEIDI SOPINKA has worked as a bush cook in the Yukon, a travel-guide writer in Southeast Asia, a helicopter pilot, a magazine editor, a columnist at The Globe and Mail, and is a designer and co-founder of Horses Atelier. Her writing has won a National Magazine Award and has appeared in numerous publications, including Toronto Life, Flare, Chatelaine, and The Believer. The Dictionary of Animal Languages is her first novel.

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- Travel to the Marsyangdi and Kali Gandaki Valleys
- Cross the breathtaking Thorong La Pass
- Hike through picturesque farming villages
- Incredible Himalayan mountain scenery
- Staying in family-run mountain lodges
- Visit the Annapurna Sanctuary & Base Camp
The classic Annapurna Circuit trek first became accessible to the world of adventure travelers as recently as 1977, when the Nepalese Government derestricted the Manang Valley, which had previously been closed on account of its proximity to the Tibetan border. Providing a combination of spectacular high mountain scenery, picturesque lowland farms and villages, a wealth of cultural interest and a challenging pass crossing, the Annapurna Circuit trek is justifiably popular. We start out from Besisahar, ascending the surprisingly wild and unspoiled Marsyangdi Valley to reach the north side of the Annapurna Massif. In terms of its sheer scale, the valley of the Marsyangdi is unsurpassed. Throughout our walk, we enjoy regular contact with friendly villagers, as well as ever-changing panoramas of some of the world's greatest peaks, including Manaslu and the Annapurnas.
Traveling from the Hindu-dominated farmland of Nepal's "middle hills" into the high alpine world on the north side of the Annapurnas, which is the domain of Tibetan Buddhism, this trip also offers exposure to the whole range of trekking environments for which Nepal is famous. Beyond the Tibetan Buddhist village of Manang, the high point of the trip is reached after a stamina-sapping ascent to the Thorong La (17,765ft / 5,416m). This new itinerary allows us to take advantage of the area's jeep roads in order to combine these two previously separate trekking routes – the valleys of the Marsyangdi and Kali Gandaki. This Ultimate Annapurna trek combines spectacular mountain scenery with a wide diversity of ethnic and cultural experiences as we travel through very different ecological life zones. This is without doubt, the ultimate Annapurna experience and is justifiably placed among the world's top treks.
During the trek, we will follow the 'New Annapurna Trekking Trail' (NATT) where possible. This new series of trails will not keep us off the dirt roads 100% of the time, but does significantly reduce the amount of time we have to walk on the dirt roads along the main Annapurna Trail.
In addition to the listed group dates, we are also able to arrange this trek beginning on any date during the months of late March through May and September through December for a group of 1 to 12 people. The Ultimate Annapurna Trek (Lodging Trips) is part of our Himalayan Classic Trek Series.
Day 1: Welcome to the Kingdom of Nepal and the Himalayas! Hotel.
Day 2: Morning sightseeing tour in and around the Kathmandu Valley. Hotel.
Day 3. Drive to Jagat Village. 4,200 feet. A 9 hour drive.
Day 4. Trek to Dharapani. 6,230 feet. 5 to 6 hour trek.
Day 5. To Chame. 8,760 feet. 5 to 6 hours of trekking.
Day 6. To Pisang. 10,335ft. 6 hour trek.
Day 7. To Manang. 11,550 feet. High route: 6 to 7 hour trek. Lower route: 4 to 5 hour trek.
Day 8. Acclimatization day in Manang.
Day 9. To Yak Kharka. 13,550 feet. 3 to 4 hours of trekking.
Day 10. Thorong La High Camp. 16,010 feet. 4 hour trek.
Day 11. Cross the Thorong La Pass (17,765ft) to Muktinath. 12,465 feet. 7 to 8 hour trek.
Day 12. Drive to Tatopani. 3,900 feet.
Day 13: Trek to Ghorepani. 9,430 feet. 7 to 8 hours of trekking.
Day 14. Morning sunrise on Poon Hill and then trek to Tadapani. 8,930 feet. 5 to 6 hour trek.
Day 15. Trek to Chomrong. 6,400 feet. 5 to 6 hours of trekking.
Day 16. To Dobhan. 7,000ft. 6 hour trek.
Day 17. To Machhapuchhre Base Camp. 12,205 feet. 6 hour trek.
Day 18. To Annapurna Base Camp. 13,545 feet. 3 to 4 hours of trekking.
Day 19. To Bamboo. 6,730ft. 6 hour trek.
Day 20. Trek to Nayapul. 3,610 feet. 5 to 6 hours of trekking.
Day 21. Trek to Thule Kharka (Australian Camp). 6,730 feet. 5 hour trek.
Day 22. A 1 hour hike to Kande and 1 hour drive to Pokhara. Fly to Kathmandu. Transfer to hotel.
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I've lived in New York for almost six years now, and have run into the same person from time to time in various different locations. This usually wouldn't be anything of note, except said person is Keenya from an early season of America's Next Top Model, which is probably still nothing of note.
The first couple of times I ran into her, I really had no more than a reaction of, "Huh." But one time, I spoke to her. We were sharing a pole on the subway, and there were a bunch of girls behind us obviously pointing and whispering about the semi-famous Miss Keenya. I couldn't resist asking her if the situation was weird, and she confirmed for me that it indeed was.
So fast forward to this past Saturday. I am in line at Forevs 21, and there she is again. This brings the Keenya Count to five or six. At this point we should at least be saying hi, but then again, this is Keenya we are talking about, so I will probably just say "Huh," and move on.


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The aim for this sub-topic is that you work very independently in order to master the key ideas and the evidence. We'll make a start in class and share ideas at the end: the middle phase is up to you.
Getting Started
Use the summary in your resources booklet as a starting point. You can also use this extract from a PBS programme first broadcast in 2001. Please note that some of the ideas for the next sub-topic, parental investment, are also dealt with here.
What is the evidence for the importance of good genes in mate selection in humans?
Use the evidence from Penton-Voak (1999) in your resources booklet. This evidence is dealt with towards the end of the PBS sequence.
Is there evidence for preferences across cultures which existed before humans separated and migrated?
Use the evidence from Langlois et al (2000), Singh (1993) and Buss (1989), all of which are summarised in your resources booklet.
Does sexual selection provide a valid explanation of mating behaviour and the development of traits in non-human animals?
To answer this question, you'll need to understand the theories of Joan Roughgarden. A good starting point is a TEDx lecture she gave three years ago. You can access an extract here or watch the entire lecture via the TED website. Next, you need to access part of a lecture she gave in Oklahoma earlier this year. Watch the introduction to sexual selection here. You can then see a discussion of some evidence here. You also need to consult the evidence in the articles by Morrell (2008) and Calloway (2011) in your resources booklets.
Can sexual selection theory explain effectively the paradox of the lek?
Roughgarden deals with the paradox of the lek here. It's quite a difficult idea so you may need to do a bit of web searching to clarify your understanding.
Does it make sense to distinguish between evolutionary and cultural influences?
No direct evidence here but this is a good time to do some revision on what we said about evolution and culture when we were looking at eating behaviour. Look back on what we did on lactase persistence. There's a tag on this blog which will take you to a post about it from earlier in the year.
This is designed to be an insight into what university study will be like. You are working independently and some of the sources you are using are aimed at an undergraduate audience. The questions are designed to be done in order but you don't have to stick to the order and you might want to share your work with someone else. Use the comment button to ask questions and offer insights you think are particularly useful so that other people can see what you have found. Good luck and enjoy.


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The integration of border management at the European level is expressly foreseen in EU primary law.
Article 77(2)(d) of the TFEU includes the progressive introduction of a European IBM system among the goals to be achieved by the EU policies on borders checks, asylum and migration
The European Integrated Border Management (EIBM) concept constitutes a part of the strategy that the EU has progressively elaborated "to compensate" for the abolition of internal borders within the Schengen areais. This concept is based on the assumption that strengthened operational and technical cooperation at the EU external borders is necessary for both facilitating the legitimate movement of goods and persons and for the detection, prevention and reduction of irregular migration and cross-border crime
The implementation and future development of the European IBM concept falls under the "shared responsibility or competences" between EU and Member States' actors. It must go hand-to-hand with Lisbon Treaty standards, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, and EU secondary (Schengen-related) legislation – and in particular the SBC
The Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399) provides the legal framework for a common approach within the Schengen area for internal and external border controls.
As of December 2018, 22 of the 28 EU Member States, excl. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania and the UK, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, participate in the Schengen Area.
The absence of internal border controls espoused in the SBC entails that all persons may travel freely within the Schengen area without being subjected to border checks (Art. 22 SBC). Member States remain entitled to police checks (as long as they do not have an equivalent effect to border checks), security controls at sea- and airports, and checks relating to the legal obligation to carry a valid papers and document (Art. 23 SBC).
Under exceptional circumstances, the Schengen Borders Code provides for the possibility to temporarily reintroduce controls at the internal borders (Artt. 25-35 SBC). Internal border controls may be temporarily reintroduced only as a last resort (Art. 25(2) SBC), must comply with the criteria for their temporary reintroduction (in accordance with Artt. 26 and 30 SBC), and must follow the proper procedure and limitations (under Artt. 27-29 SBC).
In March 2015, the European Council called on the HRVP to work together with Member States and EU institutions to "challenge Russia's ongoing disinformation campaigns".
In March 2018, a whistleblower from Cambridge Analytica revealed how the data analytics firm harvested personal information from mullions of Facebook profiles without permission. Using this personal information, Cambridge Analytica had built a system in order to profile individual voters, which was then used during the 2016 US Presidential elections and the UK Brexit Referendum in order to target voters with personalised advertisements (micro-targeting).
Following the revelations in the "Facebook/Cambridge Analytica" scandal, the European Commission issued in April 2018 its Communication on "Tackling online disinformation: a European Approach" (COM(2018) 236 final). The 2018 Communication followed a public consultation held by the Commission between November 2017 and February 2018 (on the prevalence, risks and strategies towards tackling online fake news), a Flash Eurobarometer on Fake News and Online Disinformation, structured dialogue with relevant stakeholders, as well as the report of the High Level Group on fake news and online disinformation.
In his State of the Union address in 2018, President Juncker of the European Commission presented a set of measures by the Commission in order to ensure free and fair European elections. The European Commission further submitted a Communication on securing free and fair European elections to the Leaders' meeting in Salzburg in September 2018.
In December 2018, the Commission together with the HRVP presented an Action Plan against Disinformation in the lead-up to the 2019 European Parliament elections.
The concept of travel authorisations, as easier and smoother procedures than visas, was developed in parallel of progress made on electronic visas, which application is entirely done online.
The idea of developing a European Entry and Exit System dates back to February 2013 with a first proposal published by the European Commission on a "Smart Borders Package" to better manage increase
An overview of twenty five technoclogies and their trends as relevant to societal security
5G - Next Generation Mobile Network, Agent-based Modelling, Augmented Reality Systems, Automated human behavior analysis, Biometric Recognition Technologies, Bioremediation, Blockchain, CRISPR/Cas, Earthquake Prediction, Emergency Management Information Systems, European Maritime Surveillance Systems, Homomorphic Encryption, Indoor Navigation, Internet of Things Security, Machine Learning for Security Applications, Nano Air Vehicles, Non-lethal electromagnetic weapons for crowd control, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Predictive Policing, Quantum Cryptography, Serious Games, Smart Grid, Swarm Robotics, Through-the-Wall Sensing, Whole Body Scanner,
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1 page sheet on the technology trends of Machine Learning for Security Applications. Machine learning (ML) is a subtopic of artificial intelligence (AI).
The e-handbook is an innovative educational tool for first responders managing crises in the area of societal security.
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Clearing takes place in a one-to-one, counselling-style setting and addresses areas that you are interested in working on. I guide you in the exact communication processes to resolve current problems, release the effects of trauma, and develop responsible well-being.
Clearing clients often report a sense of release and inner calm. They report feeling more authentic, having better relationships and being more able to get on with their life projects successfully.
Benefits of Clearing
Boundaries ~ Create and maintain healthy personal boundaries.
Communication ~ Increase communication skills and notice an improvement in all relationships, both business and personal.
Completing Projects ~ Learn where to begin, how to manage your time and resources. What is holding you back from starting or completing it.
Decision Making ~ Resolve difficult decisions regarding whether to end a relationship, quit a job, go back to school, etc.
Depression ~ Clearing offers an alternative in the form of processing, lifestyle changes, and guidance of both a conventional and an alternative nature that does not involve dependence on medication. For a long-term resolution of depressive tendencies, these processes, used over time, can also be a pivotal part of a successful program of gradual lifestyle changes, body balance strategies, personal development, and spiritual progress
Handling Current Problems ~ Address anything in 'current' life that is holding you up.
Karma ~ Free up the individual from deep guilt patterns, habits of denial, regrets, withholding in life, and victim states.
Life Events ~ Help in the transitions and changes that occur in marriage, divorce, career, retirement, death, etc.
Life Purpose ~ What really interests you? What are you here in life to do?
Money ~ Help in the areas of saving, spending, debt, retirement, etc.
Sex ~ Are you fulfilled in your sex life? Come to understand your truth in the areas of commitment, pleasure, love and intimacy. Is there resentment, fear, lust or embarrassment? Do you struggle with acceptance of yourself, of the other? What about masturbation or pornography?
Stability ~ Learn to build stable life points such as a steady income, a place to live, or a good relationship.
Trauma ~ This could include emotional, psychological, physical and sexual abuse or assault. Witness to violence, neglect, serious accident, disaster etc.


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A car manufacturer and supervisor in Ontario just learned this lesson. After a worker injured her arm, she was assigned to sort parts as a modified duty. She claimed that this assignment was disability discrimination and harassment as it was intended to humiliate her. In addition, she argued that a supervisor harassed her by discussing her disability and requesting medical information about it in front of others. For example, he asked her multiple times in front of her co-workers for verification that she'd gotten an MRI. The Human Rights Tribunal rejected the worker's claims about the job assignment. But it did rule that although the supervisor was justified in asking the worker for medical information about her injury, he shouldn't have asked for such information or discussed her injury in front of other workers. The Tribunal concluded that his public requests for medical documentation constituted harassment and ordered the employer to pay the worker $1,500 in damages [McNeil v. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc., [2013] HRTO 2111 (CanLII), Dec. 20, 2013].


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Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have been through three head-to-head debates. They have undergone close to two years worth of primary and general election scrutiny. And the people are about to render their decision – in Oregon, ballots are mailed today. But how might an Obama Administration or a McCain Administration affect small businesses? Bizjournals.com takes a close and even-handed look at their plans to deal with such issues as taxes, health care, energy and labor issues. While not complete (immigration issues are noticeably missing, as they were from all three debates), it's worth checking out.
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A POPULAR bike hire scheme is due to expand - despite uptake across the rest of the city being "lighter" than anticipated.
As previously reported the dockless YoBikes arrived in Southampton just months ago with 300 bikes now available to hire -and more being distributed in Woolston and Bitterne by the end of this week.
Now figures released by the company show that 15,000 rides are made every day with 40 new daily registrations.
But managers at the tech firm say various factors have resulted in less usage than they expected - with the city's cycling infrastructure worse than in other cities.
Operations director for Southampton Dave Munday said the city is behind Bristol - where the uptake of YoBikes has been higher. He said: "They are twice the size in terms of population but they have four times as many bike racks.
"Whether it's the infrastructure that drives the culture or people who drive the infrastructure is hard to say but they adapted to the scheme quickly and we have got work to do".
But he added that YoBikes is working with the city council to identify "geofenced" areas - areas where bikes can be left safely without being locked to a rack -with one on the corner of Bassett Avenue and Glen Eyre Road the first to be signed off.
And business development manager Jade Ebenezer said the company is working with private enterprises to get more signed up to the scheme, including those whose workers could use the scheme to commute.
He added that the uptake has been less than in Bristol because the scheme was launched in the autumn in Southampton rather than earlier in the year.
He said: "The numbers aren't fireworks but good enough to show that Southampton is a great city to be in".
He said the number of bikes on the streets depends on usage and can be changed according to need.
To expand the scheme parking locations are released first with more bikes made available in the most popular locations according to the GPS tracking.
A spokesperson for Southampton City Council said: "The levels of use reflect the scale of the pilot. The intention is to grow the scheme gradually proportionate to demand. We will continue to monitor the scheme and its progress.
"We are developing a good working relationship with YoBike and are encouraged by the week-on-week rate of growth. The scheme helps to support the city's transport policy objectives and provides a sustainable way for residents and visitors to get around the city."


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Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963), known professionally as Vanessa L. Williams or Vanessa Williams, is an American singer, actress, producer and former fashion model. In 1983, she became the first African-American woman crowned Miss America, but a scandal arose when Penthouse magazine bought and published nude photographs of her. She relinquished her title early and was succeeded by the first runner-up, Suzette Charles of New Jersey. Williams rebounded by launching a career as an entertainer, earning multiple Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award nominations. She is arguably the most successful former Miss America winner in the field of entertainment.
Williams released her debut album The Right Stuff in 1988, which spawned the hit "The Right Stuff", the crossover single was very successful and became a top five hit on the soul singles chart, as well as making the Hot 100. "The Right Stuff" also went to number one on the dance charts for one week. It peaked at no. 71 on the British Single Charts and re-entered the charts in 1989, this time peaking at no. 62 with remixes by Norman Cook (Beats International).
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Reviewing the cellar door experience across some of the world's greatest and most beautiful wine regions
If you have had a cellar door experience that you would love to share with us and your fellow winery loving community, be it at one of the 350+ cellar doors we have reviewed to date or any other cellar doors that you have visited around the world, please feel free to add your own comments and ratings in the comments boxes on each of our pages.
We would truly love to hear what you have to say!
In focus this month - Yamanashi, Japan
Whilst Japan may not be the first country that comes to mind when thinking about grape wine, there are a surprising number of wines made in Japan, with the the most commonly used varietal, Koshu, believed to have been introduced to Japan through the Silk Road around 1000 years ago!
Winemaking became more commercial in the early 1900's, with the most well know wine producing regions being Yamanashi, Nagano, Hokkaido and Yamagata.
Yamanashi is Japan's largest and most famous wine-producing region, producing around 40% of the nation's wine, and was the first Japanese region to be awarded a Geographical Identification by the Japanese government.
The Japanese wine industry actually originated in Katsunuma, a town in the city of Kōshū in Yamanashi. The grape variety Koshu is the most widely planted variety in Yamanashi, making up 95% of Koshu plantings in Japan. Other popular grape varietals include Chardonnay, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon and Muscat.
Situated within 2 hours of Tokyo by train, a lot of the wineries are within walking distance of the Katsunuma-budokyo train station. There are also a number of taxi's at the station as well as buses that stop off at many of the wineries. Please note that Japan has very strict rules around drinking and driving (or riding), therefore these are not options if you want to try the wines of this region. We caught a taxi to the furthest winery we were visiting and walked back to the station which made for a nice day out in the area (including a fabulous lunch at a local noodle restaurant).
We also note that there did not appear to be much accommodation in the area, so we actually based ourselves near Mt-Fuji to visit the region, but a train out from Tokyo is also an easy option.
While there are over 80 wineries in the prefecture, English is not as widely spoken as in other parts of Japan, therefore it is important to enquire as to the availability of an English speaking staff member and arrange your visit in advance if you are not fluent in Japanese.
We didn't quite know what to expect when we visited this region, but we really enjoyed the winery experience and the wines we tasted. If you are in the area and looking for a great day out, we would highly recommend a visit!
Refer to our Yamanashi page for detailed reviews and ratings of individual cellar doors visited.
In focus May 2019 - Coal River Valley, Tasmania
The Coal River Valley region is just 20 minutes from Hobart and has a good cross section of cellar doors ranging from a number of small family run establishments to one of the larger wine company's in Tasmania, Frogmore Creek.
Southern Tasmania's climate produces wines more like those of Europe than mainland Australia, with some amazing quality of both reds and whites on offer. Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon blanc are the main varieties here, however there is a broad range of other varietals on offer including some great Pinot Gris, Syrah and Merlot.
The region is also home to Richmond, a gorgeous historic town that is very popular on weekends and has some pretty shops, restaurants and a very beautiful bridge that was built by convicts (it is photographed in every tourist brochure of Tasmania, so you won't miss it!)
Located at the entrance to the Derwent River and set amongst the foothills of Mt Wellington, Hobart is a great city with a nice blend of historical buildings and modern conveniences. There are plenty of accommodation options here, a number of fantastic restaurants (including some beautiful winery dining options such as at Frogmore Creek and Riversdale Estate) and plenty to see and do. Take a walk along the iconic waterfront (be sure to pop by the many fishmongers and fish and chip shops and keep an eye out for the local sea lion!), explore Salamanca (including the fantastic Saturday outdoor market) or take a trip across to MONA for an interesting art experience, as well as a fantastic cellar door and restaurant experience (details of which can be found on our Derwent Valley Page). There are also a number of new waterfront bars and dining options that have popped up over the last couple of years, including the fantastic Lounge by Frogmore Creek.
If you are really motivated, a hike up to Mount Wellington is well worth it, but be sure to pack numerous layers of clothing if you are visiting in Winter!
This is a beautiful region that has something for everyone and we always look forward to visiting time and time again.
Congratulations to Craigow and Every Man and His Dog Vineyard who each received a "Hidden Gem" award, joining the regions previous award recipients.
Refer to our Coal River Valley page for detailed reviews and ratings of individual cellar doors visited on this and previous trips to the region.
In focus April 2019 - Alpine Valleys, Victoria
The Alpine Valleys wine region is situated in the north-east of Victoria and winds through the valleys at the base of Victoria's ski region. The area is known for it's stunning landscapes (including it's amazing Autumn leaves), premium cool climate wines and more recently, it's fantastic food culture.
Due to the many micro-climates in the area, the region is home to over 30 grape varieties, ranging from traditional varieties such as Chardonnay, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon to less common varietals, such as Sangiovese, Barbera, Nebbiolo, Vermentino, Savagnin, Teroldego and Marzemino.
The cellar doors in the area tend to be smaller, more family run offerings, providing for a great personal experience as well as offering a number of different dining options.
The town of Bright itself is a quaint little town that seems to have had somewhat of a food, bar and lounge revival with a number of great newer options in the area. We popped into a number of the local offerings including Tomahawks, Dr Mauve Bar and Lounge and Reed & Co. Distillery and had a great time at each.
The area is also extremely popular with cyclists and whilst surrounded by mountains, the bike tracks between a number of cellar doors in the area are actually quite flat, making it a great region to explore on bike.
The Alpine Valleys is a great place to spend a few days and also makes for a fantastic stop on your way to or from the ski fields. We definitely look forward to stopping in again and exploring what else the region has on offer!
Congratulations to Feathertop Winery who received a "2 Door" award, Ringer Reef who received a "1 Door" award and Billy Button who received a "Hidden Gem" award.
Refer to our Alpine Valleys page for detailed reviews and ratings of individual cellar doors visited.
In focus December 2018 - New Zealand - Central Otago
Central Otago is an informal name for the inland part of the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand. The area commonly known as Central Otago includes both the Central Otago District and the Queenstown Lakes District to its west.
The Central Otago District, which is the world's southern-most commercial wine growing region, is made up of a few different sub areas and is home to around 80 wineries.
The region is most famous for its production of Burgundy-style grapes, producing some world renowned Pinot-Noir. Outside of Pinot Noir the region produces Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Gris, and Gewürztraminer. Sparkling wine is made in the traditional style from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes.
There are a vast range of cellar door experiences in the area, but most still tend to be smaller, family run operations offering a more personalised tasting experience. One thing that stands out in this region are the views, with many of the cellar doors having amazing views of the magnificent backdrops of mountains, vines and lakes. A number of the cellar doors also offer dining options ranging from highly regarded restaurants to more casual food platters.
Outside of wine, there really is something for everyone in this region. Amazing ski fields situated within a short drive, beautiful and varied dining options, sensational vistas, a variety of hiking/walking tracks and for those a little more adventurous there are a multitude of adrenalin activities on offer.
When in the region we tend to stay in Queenstown which makes for a good base. While many of the wineries are a 30-45 min drive from here, they tend to be in clusters, so you can take a few day trips and cover off on a few at a time, leaving the ones closer to Queenstown for a shorter trip.
We really do enjoy coming to this area and if you haven't been, it is one of those places that really should be added to you must-do list!
Congratulations to Misha's Vineyard, Mount Edward and Wooing Tree Vineyard who each received a "Hidden Gem" award and to Amisfield and Wet Jacket who's ratings were upgraded.
Refer to our Central Otago page for detailed reviews and ratings of individual cellar doors visited.
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Ben Sisario, "As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow to a Trickle", New York Times (published Jan. 28, 2013). Link here.
Blurb from NYTimes: "Companies like Spotify and Pandora are catching fire, but the money paid to artists is often tiny, perhaps half a penny per play, which has the music industry on edge."
January 29, 2013
Royalties "Trickle" - New York Times
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Final results for Canstruction Orlando 2016 are in and we CAN feel the excitement!!!!
This Thanksgiving as you enjoyed your turkey (or like me, ordered out for something a little different!), we hope you'll remember how much you've done this year to help families in Central Florida. With your help this year, Canstruction Orlando has raised (drumroll) over 24,742 food items!
Besides the incredible amount of food raised, you've raised an equally impressive amount of additional funding for Second Harvest Food Bank… over $4000!
When you think that for every dollar raised, the Second Harvest Food Bank can provide $9 worth of food, that means that the Second Harvest Food Bank can provide $36,000 worth of grocery product for Central Florida families!!!!!
Thank you for all of your support, and we look forward to what will be in store for next year's Canstruction Orlando builds.
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U.S. stock futures advanced yesterday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in his testimony to the House Financial Services Committee set the stage for the central bank to lower interest rates.
Fed Chairman Powell said the economic outlook has not improved in recent weeks, and it appears that uncertainties around trade tensions and concerns about the strength of the global economy continue to weigh on the U.S. economic outlook.
There was additional support for stock index futures yesterday when the minutes from the Fed's June 19 meeting were released and showed many central bank officials saw a stronger case for a rate cut.
At 9:00 central time Fed ChairmanPowellwill deliver his semiannual monetary policy testimony to the Senate Banking Committee.
The consumer price index increased 0.1% in June from the prior month, which compares to expectations of unchanged and the consumer price index, excluding the volatile food and energy categories, rose 0.3% when an increase of .2% was anticipated.
Jobless claims fell last week to the lowest level since April. Initial jobless claims decreased 13,000 to 209,000 in the week ended July 6. Economists expected 224,000 new claims.
My view remains that the global reflation scenario is on track and easier credit conditions from most of the worlds central banks, including the Federal Reserve, are coming and will be the dominant fundamental that supports stock index futures in the long term.
The U.S. dollar index fell yesterday after Fed Chairman Powells dovish testimony and there is follow-through weakness today.
Interest rate differential expectations have turned slightly bearish for the greenback in light of Fed Chair Powells dovish congressional testimony.
The euro currency is higher even though the minutes of the European Central Banks monetary policy meeting of the governing council held on June 5 and 6 indicated the central bank will consider injecting new stimulus into the euro zone economy as a result of weak inflation data and increasing global uncertainties.
In addition to Fed Chair Powell, other Federal Reserve speakers today are New York Federal Reserve Bank PresidentJohn Williams at 10:00 and at 12:30, Federal Board of Governors Vice Chairman for SupervisionRandal Quarles at 12:30 and Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank PresidentNeel Kashkari at 4:00.
The Treasury will auction 30 year bonds.
Financial futures markets are predicting there is almost a 100% probability that the Federal Open Market Committee will lower its fed funds rate by 25 basis points or more at its July 30-31 policy meeting. A second rate cut is anticipated by financial futures markets later this year.
In the longer term, higher prices are likely for futures, as most major central banks are likely to embark on a new round of accommodation.
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14 MAR 2017 by ideonexus
Studies on Secular ParentingThe results of such secular child-rearing are encouraging. Studies have found that secular teenagers are far less likely to care what the "cool kids" think, or express a need to fit in with them, than their religious peers. When these teens mature into "godless" adults, they exhibit less racism than their religious counterparts, according to a 2010 Duke University study. Many psychological studies show that secular grownups tend to be less vengeful, less nationalistic, less militarist...
Folksonomies: parenting secularism humanism
Folksonomies: parenting secularism humanism
16 FEB 2015 by ideonexus
Benefits of a Secular UpbringingRecent research also has shown that children raised without religion tend to remain irreligious as they grow older — and are perhaps more accepting. Secular adults are more likely to understand and accept the science concerning global warming, and to support women's equality and gay rights. One telling fact from the criminology field: Atheists were almost absent from our prison population as of the late 1990s, comprising less than half of 1% of those behind bars, according to Federal Bureau...
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Folksonomies: secularism parenting
Prison data is based on 2008 Census data.
24 JAN 2015 by ideonexus
Science UnifiersNow it is generally true that the very greatest scientists in each discipline are unifiers. This is especially true in physics. Newton and Einstein were supreme as unifiers. The great triumphs of physics have been triumphs of unification. We almost take it for granted that the road of progress in physics will be a wider and wider unification bringing more and more phenomena within the scope of a few fundamental principles. Einstein was so confident of the correctness of this road of unificati...
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Folksonomies: science unification
13 AUG 2014 by ideonexus
Winter Means Things are Getting Better"Christmas, Kwanza, whatever you call it — I fucking hate it. But winter… that's different. I love winter. Here's why. My grandparents dreaded winter. Back when they were kids, winter always meant bad things. Meant another war. Meant foodlines, and power outages, and people their age dying alone in the cold. But when I was a kid, I looked forward to it. And not just because I like to see old people suffering. Because winter meant a new season's maker codes, and it meant ...
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Folksonomies: perception winter solstice positive outlook
19 JUL 2011 by ideonexus
Mother's Hormones Impact a Child's Propensity for ShynessAs we learn more about maternal hormones and their influence on the developing brain, scientists are beginning to propose actual biological mechanisms for the kind of folk prophecies that have been around for ages. One recent study, for instance, suggests that a child's shyness is determined, in part, by maternal hormone fluctuations during gestation. Researchers who interviewed several thousand preschoolers in both the United States and New Zealand noted a significant relationship between th...
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Folksonomies: pregnancy fetal development shyness shy social anxiety disorder
There appears to be a correlation between the amount of sunlight to which a mother is exposed mid-pregnancy and how shy her children are later on.
19 JUN 2011 by ideonexus
Cultural DifferencesThe Italian model has a sign like a wave, meaning, "Come here." Greek girls cause problems for non-Greek boys by saying "No" with a nod, not a shake, of their head. In New Zealand you can do one kind of V-sign but never the other. Americans look posh when they look neat; Europeans look posh when they look as if they've just come through a hedge backwards. A very fine linguistic example of model difference lies in the way the Irish and the English express themselves. Where the Britis...
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Folksonomies: culture communication expression
Examples of differences between various European countries in expressiveness.
19 MAY 2011 by ideonexus
Species Divisions are ComplicatedZoologists have traditionally divided the vertebrates into classes: major divisions with names like mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Some zoologists, called 'cladists',* insist that a proper class must consist of animals all of whom share a common ancestor which belonged to that class and which has no descendants outside that group. The birds would be an example of a good class. All birds are descended from a single ancestor that would also have been called a bird and would have sha...
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The ancestors are birds are reptiles, but in the fossil record where do we draw the line between them?
01 MAR 2011 by ideonexus
Self Control in Children is Predictive of Success as an A..."Children who had the greatest self-control in primary school and preschool ages were most likely to have fewer health problems when they reached their 30s," says Terrie Moffitt, a professor of psychology at Duke University and King's College London. Moffitt and a team of researchers studied a group of 1,000 people born in New Zealand in 1972 and 1973, tracking them from birth to age 32. The new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the best evidence yet...
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A study measuring children's self-control found a correlation between low self-control and problems later in life.


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Perfect for long-term reference, the Cook's Country 2009 Annual contains all six of the 2009 issues bound in one sturdy plaid-covered edition. Bound inside you'll also find an invaluable 2009 Recipe and Article Index to help search a year's worth of test kitchen recipes and cooking information- fast.
Recipe highlights include: Spicy Spaghetti Pie, Slow-Cooker Meatballs and Marinara, Make-Ahead Blueberry Pie, Cheesy Au Gratin Potatoes, Roast Lemon Chicken, Lemon Sour Cream Cookies, Stuffed Onions, Slow-Cooker Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs, and Icebox Strawberry Pie— all obsessively tested and retested by our test cooks (as many as 50 times!) until we are confident they will work in your kitchen. Every time you make them. As we like to say here in the test kitchen, "We make the mistakes so you don't have to."
You'll find these and more than 250 other recipes, taste-tests, equipment ratings and easy cooking solutions in the Cook's Country 2009 Annual.
2009 offered some startling (even to us) results from our blind taste tests of name brand foods . . . fresh, jarred, canned, frozen, "gourmet," as well as "natural". In our test of canned baked beans we made a sweet discovery that the best-tasting brands all contained this ingredient - don't buy any can without it! And we also made the not-so-surprising discovery that the best low-fat strawberry yogurts were the ones made with real strawberries. And you may be surprised to discover that your favorite brand doesn't contain any at all.
We also tested a huge range of kitchen equipment without any preconceived notions equating price to quality — and got eye-opening results that can save you substantial amounts of money. We wanted to see if any of the new 'high-tech' pie plates made from new materials like silicone could outperform grandma's old-fashioned pyrex (they can't), whether vacuum sealers are worth the money(only if you are bulk buyer), and whether any hand mixer could mix it up as well as a standing mixers (not really- they are fine for infrequent bakers).
Featured Discoveries from 2009 include:What's the secret to great Crispy Baked French Fries? Paper towels.
There has to be a better solution for fast fries at home than the dreary prospect of baking up a bag of frozen fries that taste more like a freezer than a potato. Classic French fries are fried twice- the first time to cook the interior, the second dip crisps the exterior. We wanted a simpler, fryer-free option. Before baking our fries, we tried pre-cooking them in a microwave oven, but our baked fries were still coming out of the oven wet and soggy. We peeled pounds of potatoes with poor results until we tried blotting the nuked potatoes with paper towels before baking. As simple as it seemed- it soaked up just enough moisture to allow the fries to crisp to potato perfection.
The road to our foolproof Roast Lemon Chicken is littered with lemon peels, bland chickens, and puckered lips.
Flavoring a chicken with lemon seems easy enough, but simply placing lemons in the bird's cavity, brining with lemon, or rubbing lemon butter under the skin still left our early birds with lackluster lemon flavor. But then we developed a surprisingly simple three-step technique that infused our chicken with the bright, deep lemon flavor we craved.
While barbecue styles vary by region- there is an all-American supermarket style of sauce- sweet tangy, smoky, tomato flavor. To find the best 'barbecue in a bottle , we tested eight national brands and sampled each sauce cooked (broiled on chicken thighs) and straight (as a dip for chicken nuggets). Sugar was the deciding factor- but not all sugars are created equal. The deciding factor depends upon the amount of this ingredient; and the more the better. While none of the sauces blew us away, we did find several that would do fine in a pinch. Our advice? Make it yourself- it's quick and easy- but if you are pressed for time, look for this ingredient.
Can any paper plate take the grease of a pizza slice and the heat (and weight) of a summer cookout?
These days, disposable plates may be made from crushed stone, sugarcane fibers, clay, even potatoes and corn. (That's the plate, not the meal.) Whatever the material, we wanted one large enough to hold food without crowding, strong enough to not buckle, substantial enough to keep pizza's moisture and grease at bay, and tough enough to prevent knives from shredding it. We put seven brands to the test by loading each plate with a pound of picnic fare: hot chicken, baked beans, potato salad, and coleslaw. Holding the plate in one hand, we even walked around the test kitchen to simulate mingling at a party (and ignored the stares of our colleagues). And our prize-winning paper plate? Paper-less.
With a full year of Cook's Country recipes, quick tips, and ratings in one convenient, comprehensive edition, the Cook's Country 2009 Annual is a great resource for the kitchen and an excellent addition to any cookbook library
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In some way I can understand if you want to burn some brigdes behind you, but I think burning all of them is almost mission impossible. Your past will catch up on you sooner or later. Especially if you have unfinished issues. But what I don´t understand is that you burn bridges in front of you. In my opinion, that is the most stupid thing a person can do. I am watching from a side as one person I know is doing exactly that. In the future, he will regret that. I´m sure of it.
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The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics was held at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 21st. Sports fans will remember the Rio Olympics for various reasons, including the stellar performance of the U.S. women's basketball team and the contrastingly disappointing behavior of Olympic medalist, Ryan Lochte, who falsely claimed to have been robbed at gunpoint at a gas station. Neither will stand out in my mind, however; going forward, the Rio games will define sportsmanship for me.
Sportsmanship, as defined by a simple google search, is "the ethical, appropriate, polite and fair behavior while participating in a game or athletic event." Sportsmanship, or the lack thereof, was called into question on August 7th when Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten unsuccessfully navigated a slippery curve in her pursuit of an Olympic medal, flipped off her bike, and crashed head first on the side of the road. Cyclist after cyclist sped by van Vleuten, casting doubt upon the existence of fair play. How on earth, I wondered, could those cyclists pass van Vleuten without rendering aid? Surely I would have stopped to help a person in such obvious distress...or would I? With an Olympic medal and potentially millions of dollars in endorsement deals at stake, would I have risked everything to stop my race and help a competitor? I don't know! After untold hard work and training, what Olympic contender would throw it all away on another athlete who, quite likely, would not stop to assist if the tables were turned? The Olympics, after all, is about winning, being the best; thus, sportsmanship takes a back seat to grabbing the gold.
On August 16th, just days after Annemiek van Vleuten's accident, two strangers collided, and sportsmanship usurped the pursuit of glory.
New Zealand distance runner Nikki Hamblin and US runner Abbey D'Agostino were laps away from the end of the 5000m in Rio when Hamblin stumbled and fell. D'Agostino, directly behind her, fell to Hamblin's side. D'Agostino jumped up and pulled Hamblin to her feet; the two strangers raced on. However, D'Agostino's leg was injured, and she went down again. Hamblin stopped running and reached for D'Agostino, telling her "we have to finish this." These two Olympic contenders did not think twice about helping one another. Falling behind and losing did not matter; offering assistance and encouragement to a fellow human in need was paramount. Thanks to the mutual kindness of two strangers, sportsmanship took center stage at Rio.
Why did the distance runners from New Zealand and the United States interrupt their race to Olympic gold to help one another? Was it natural instinct? Was it because of something their parents taught them? With so much at stake, who among us is certain he or she would do the same and forfeit a long held dream to help a total stranger? I'd like to think I would, but I can't say for certain. Regardless, the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics will forever define true sportsmanship. Let's learn and apply the definition!


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Chris Menist has worked as a writer, musician and DJ for over 17 years, and, with DJ Maft Sai, is the host of the 'Paradise Bangkok' events in Thailand, Japan and Europe. The pair also run the record label of the same name, which reissues underground gems from around the world.
He has co-curated the 'Sound of Wonder' series for Finders Keepers records, as well as 'Thai? Dai! The Heavier Side Of The Luk Thung Underground' alongside Maft Sai. They also put together 'The Sound Of Siam: Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz & Molam 1964 - 1975' for Soundway. Chris' most recent project is 'Qat, Coffee & Qambus : Raw 45s from Yemen' for Dust to Digital.
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Don't you simply love the warm and cozy feeling of laying back by the fire, watching those playful flames dancing softly above the burning logs? Nothing draws people closer than a fireplace heating their cheeks during those cold winter afternoons. There's something of a priceless old world charm about the whole thing, gathering around the hearth and having a good laugh with friends and family. Fireplaces serve both decorative and room heating purposes, are a symbol of elegance and style, and they often have a greater sentimental value than their actual price tag. Lately, new models are becoming, cleaner, more efficient, and eco-friendly, all the while without sacrificing that lovely burning flame we all love so much.
Forget everything you knew about fireplaces. Some do not even require a chimney anymore. Or wood for that matter. The following ultra-luxury hearths are no longer reserved for rustic cabins in the woods. If you have enough money to burn, here's a list of the most expensive fireplaces for the rich, from classic and retro to contemporary, high-tech, gold plated, and Swarovski studded hearths that will add value and charm to your humble abode.
10 Wodtke Gold Fireplace: $8,000
Those classic built-in stone fireplaces burning wood and making mess are history. Covered in 24-karat gold leaves, this elegant tall and narrow fireplace burns bio ethanol, without any smoke or chimney. Made by German manufacturer Wodtke, the compact eco-friendly hearth features a rusted stainless steel frame, with an LED module mounted inside for an intensified fire-burning experience. There are several finishes to choose from, so you can be sure that you'll find one that matches your room. Narrow and lightweight, it is easy to move the gold leaf plated fireplace from one place to the other, and you can even take it out into the garden.
9 Solaris See-Through Glass Fireplace: $12,000
Proclaimed the thinnest fireplace in the world, the Solaris See-Through Fireplace seems borrowed from a sci-fi movie. With an intriguing futuristic look, it can be mounted directly on a wall, and does not take up too much space. This circular direct vent gas fireplace is a fantastic piece of contemporary art. Inspired by the setting sun, it is safe to say that there is no other hearth quite like it on the market. Made by Heat & Glo, the innovative fireplace boasts a levitating flame, made possible thanks to the high-tech specialized venting system.
8 Boomerang Fireplace: $13,000
Definitely one of the most interesting fireplace designs, the boomerang-shaped hearth is the proud invention of EcoSmart Fire. The rather small curved frame is made from leather, wood, and stainless steel. The bio flame is enclosed by glass panels, which also separate the leather from the wood. With an out-of-the-box elliptical shape, the Boomerang Fireplace fits any contemporary living space like a glove. Plus, it is lightweight and sits on a stainless steel swivel base, making it easy to move around the house.
7 Swarovski Studded Fireplace: $13,000
Made by Napoleon, nothing reads glitter better than this limited edition Swarovski studded fireplace. The contemporary-designed hearth is one of the most luxurious fireplaces out there, fit for a king. Sitting on a bed of precious Swarovski crystals, the gas fireplace is available in white, black, and pewter finishes. The tray of precision-cut Swarovski crystals in front of the warm flames is the highlight of the limited edition fireplace, and it even comes with a certificate of authenticity. The thermostatic remote allows users to ignite the fire, adjust the flame and the temperature with great ease.
6 Swarovski Crystal Fireplace: $20,000
Designed by Justen Nadda, this lovely fireplace adorned with precious Swarovski crystals is the perfect fit for a house decorated in a 19th century style. If you want your livingroom to spell grandeur, you can't go wrong with this one. Custom-made from stainless steel, the hearth of this wood burning fireplace can be easily accessed through two doors in the form of bay windows. Above the hearth, royal red curtains inlaid with Swarovsky crystals seem to drop directly into the fire. If you already have a fireplace, Justen Nadda can custom-design a Swarovski crystal frame to fit your existing hearth, that will add unmatched charm to your home.
5 Pictofocus: $21,000
This enormous transparent fireplace with huge hearth stands as proof that simple equals elegance. The Pictofocus is a contemporary built-in fireplace with a full curved glass door making way for excellent views of the large fire burning inside the firebox. With an innovative look and clean lines, it stands to show that overwrought designs are no longer attractive, and that simple playful fire flames can truly embrace the entire room. Available in matt-black or and anthracite gray, the Pictofocus burns either wood or gas, and is also available with open or closed hearth.
4 Chesney's Beaumont Electric Fireplace: $22,000
High-end fireplace and stove manufacturer and established brand Chesney is seeking to dominate the market with its high-tech electric fireplaces combined with an elegant 18th century design. Hand-carved in Carrara marble, the fake logs and smoke Beaumont electric fireplace is quite realistic, and it doesn't even require a chimney or pipe work. Operated by remote control, it vaporizes water to create the effect of smoke rising from the fake logs, producing the Opti-mist effect, which uses ultrasonic technology to create illuminated mist resembling smoke and fire, all atop a glowing ash bed.
3 Vok's Multimedia Fireplace: $31,500
If you are looking for the ultimate entertainment experience for you and your guests, look no further. Equipped with an LCD television, BOSE sound system, DVD player, PC, and internet connectivity, all placed above the hearth, this Multimedia Fireplace incorporates the latest in entertainment technology in its cabinetry. The contemporary fireplace comes in several sizes, the largest with a price tag of $31,500, which can fit a 52 inch screen. Made by German manufacturer Vok, the electric fireplace comes in birch, oak, and rosewood finishes.
2 Aqueon Fireplace: $50,000
The first consumer hydrogen fireplace in the world, and currently the only one available for purchase, the Aqueon is a hi-tech, environmentally friendly, and modern fireplace. All it needs is access to tap water to produce a lovely open flame. Using electrolysis, a chemical process, the fireplace separates water into hydrogen and oxygen, burning hydrogen, and offering a clean flame. It doesn't even require a chimney. Designed and produced by Heat & Glo, with a rather metaphysical approach, the frame of the hearth comes in the shape of a burning flame.
1 Gold Iron Dog 05 Huraxdax: $4 million
Fireplaces were initially designed for heating and cooking purposes. While the manufacturers do claim that the Gold Iron Dog 05 Huraxdax is suitable for everyday use, I don't know if you'd want to burn wood inside a $4 million stove. Nevertheless, the relatively small fireplace, only 2.5 feet tall, can heat up to 1,000 square feet of space in your humble abode. Designed by sculptor Joseph Michael Neustifter, the fireplace is available in gold, silver, or cast iron. Of course, the gold version is the one that will cost you $4 million. Each one takes about two months to manufacture, and weighs almost 600 lbs. The word Huraxdax, written on both sides and back of the fireplace, actually means "decampment of joy." So how does staying warm by a $4 million fire sound?


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Aamir Khan's much-awaited Hindi movie Dangal has opened to good response at the box office, but the film has failed to beat the collection records of Baahubali: The Beginning.
The film, which released on Friday (23 Dec), opened to favourable reviews from the audiences. Based on the real-life story of Haryanvi wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his struggle to train his daughters Babita Kumari and Geeta Phogat to make them world-class wrestlers, Dangal has been performing brilliantly at the box office. The film however failed to match the Day 1 to Day 3 collection record set by Baahubali.
Dangal made a total three day collection of about 106.95 crores (Incl. Tamil & Telugu versions) - Fri 29.78 cr, Sat 34.82 cr, Sun 42.35 cr. Compare this to Baahubali's First day collection of 50.1 crore worldwide gross and 37.1 crores in Indian biz.
Though the US collections were also supposed to break the first day records set by Baahubali ($1,010,550) and PK ($ 1 million), the movie made a first day collection of just $282,280. While the total three day collection of Dangal is about 106.95 crores, it should also be noted that Baahubali made about 110 crores in just two days and became the fastest movie to reach the 100 crore mark.
Seems like Baahubali records can be broken only by Baahubali himself!


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I spent some time last year visiting a butterfly sanctuary in the cloud forest near Mashpi, Ecuador. In this sanctuary, local support staff have identified 300 species of butterflies and have been able to reproduce 50 of them in a research facility referred to as the Life Center, which is basically a large, screened-in habitat for butterflies. I watched intently ...Read More »
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Boost Your Creativity This Weekend With This
For many people, weekends present a chance to take a break from the rigors of work, relax and rejuvenate. A recent study suggests that spending that break in a specific way may result in a few positive side effects that will boost your performance when you resume your daily routine; namely, better creativity, insight, and problem solving. Researchers at the ...Read More »
Mimic Nature for Innovation
Nature can serve as a powerful source for innovation, as the increasingly prominent study of bio-mimicry in innovation can attest. The concept of mimicking nature to drive innovation dates as far back as Leonardo da Vinci. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Stephen Budiansky, a prominent historian of science, notes that Leonardo "was beguiled by the idea that nature holds ...Read More »
Think Like Nature to Innovate
Nature stores many business success lessons for those smart enough to see them. Companies that prove able to interpret and transfer creation's learnings to its own culture prosper on an on-going basis.Read More »
Innovation's Natural Force
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Salma Hayek, a Mexican actress, aspired to a place in Hollywood. She also dreamed of producing a movie about Frida Kahlo, a Mexican artist who made her own way, even when everyone was skeptical of her work.
When Salma was working on her movie, Miramax, Harvey Weinstein's company, was the studio producing all the top-quality movies. She fought to bring her movie to Weinstein, and when she succeeded, she felt like her dream had come true.
That was until Weinstein started sexually harassing and bullying her.
Salma tells her story in the New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein is my monster too, on NYTimes.com.
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G. Lombroso
Criminal Man
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This interactive digital edition contains a precise and detailed summary of Lombroso's thought about Criminal Anthropology. In this valuable book, there are many pictures and photographs of the original edition.
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Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), was an Italian criminologist, physician, and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology.
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- PART I. THE CRIMINAL WORLD (The Born Criminal; The Born Criminal and his Relation to Moral Insanity and Epilepsy; The Insane Criminal; Criminaloids);
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- "I'm not going anywhere!"
- —Brooke to the Savior lieutenants.[src]
Brooke is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. She is a member of the Saviors and a former worker.
Location Unknown
Nothing is known about Brooke's life prior to or as the outbreak began.
At some point in the apocalypse, Brooke somehow came into contact with a group named "The Saviors" which she subsequently joined as a worker.
Season 8
"The Big Scary U"
Brooke, along with José, Potter, and many other workers confront the Savior lieutenants, demanding power, water, and other amenities. She shouts at the lieutenants, demanding the whereabouts of Negan and that he is supposed to protect her and the other workers. When Negan starts whistling and makes his way toward the crowd, Brooke and the others quickly take a knee
"Dead or Alive Or"
Brooke is among the workers from the Sanctuary sent to Eugene's outpost, a machine factory designed to produce bullets for Negan's army.
Brooke remains at the bullet factory, producing bullets with the other workers. She listens on to Eugene's speech about meeting the minimum quota for Simon. Later, she is shocked to see Eugene return after his brief absence, covered in soot. She and the other Saviors are ordered to complete the entire bullet order in anticipation of Negan's final assault on the survivors.
Season 9
"Who Are You Now?"
Following the six year time jump, the Sanctuary fell apart as a community, with most of its residents integrating into Alexandria, Hilltop, and the Kingdom, though some chose not to join any of the communities. Since then, Brooke has not been seen among the communities after the Sanctuary fell, leaving her with an unknown fate.
Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Brooke has killed:
- Cam (Possibly; Indirectly Caused, Accidental)
- Wade (Possibly; Indirectly Caused, Accidental)
- Huck (Possibly; Indirectly Caused, Accidental)
- Dozens of unnamed Saviors (Indirectly Caused, Accidental)
- Possibly numerous counts of zombies
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Season 8
- "The Big Scary U"
- "Dead or Alive Or" (No Lines)
- "Worth" (No Lines)
- Brooke is named after the actress who portrays her, Brooke Jaye Taylor.
- Brooke, along with Gina, was not credited for her appearance in "Dead or Alive Or".


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Recently, a fFriend gently invited me to consider that the monthly meeting, no longer able to meet and nourish my spiritual needs, might be a rest stop along the Quaker journey that I am taking.
Once the remark of that fFriend sunk in, I had to be willing to consider that I had mistakenly thought I could gently hijack the meeting--the bus and the bus driver--and change the route of the bus in order to accommodate where I wanted to go and how I wanted to get there. What I needed to do instead was get off the bus and transfer to the bus that would get me to where I wanted to go. The monthly meeting was the rest stop and place of transfer where I could do that.
This same fFriend ministered to me that some meetings and worship groups have as its ministry its capacity to be a very fine rest stop for many a weary Quaker traveler who passes through, as well as being able to provide a longer respite for the settler who takes up residence there. Similarly, some Friends have the capacity to stay on a single bus throughout their Quaker journey.
I'm just not one of them, it seems.
Friends like me will ride one bus for awhile, learn what I can, and grow outside the lines. After considering where I am called to be and by what route I might get there, I just may have to transfer at the next stop and leave the meeting behind.
It has never been easy for me to say goodbye to a beloved community that has nurtured me and grown me for so long. It does not mean that I will never return; it may mean that I may be gone for quite a while in-between visits.
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P.S. Meredith shares a bit about her own journey among Friends, in a comment to a post at Beppeblog. I didn't feel I could post the above piece without lifting up Meredith's experience of being faithful to her measure of Light within her faith community:
I, like you, have gone through similar deliberations about whether I should continue to attend or simply fade away into some other manner of spiritual enrichment. I can remember thinking that in my small worship group there was something fundamentally very 'wrong' because we rarely spoke of anything spiritual. My Friends enjoyed talking politics, environmental subjects, and what they noticed in their garden or what they had heard on the radio that morning. But there was little to no discussion of God. In my own silence, I began to feel a strong leading. My own 'private practice' had recently become very spirit filled, and I longed to share this. My leading had to do with just that. Maybe my Meeting was waiting for just this opportunity. I began to share more spiritual content – my own experience, readings from Quaker writers, and Biblical and Faith and Practice queries. Now, our Meeting has become much more focused on the Presence of God, of the Christ within our midst. Since half of our Meeting time is discussion, we have a wonderful opportunity query, reflect, and share. Sometimes we utilize Quaker Dialogue practice, and sometimes a freer form of dialogue. Since this change, I have sense that others have had a renewed purpose for attending Meeting along with me.Given the journey I've been traveling, I guess I can end with the same thought:
I only mention this because of what I learned: my feelings of being on that 'leaving precipice' were truly the catalyst for change that was well received by the Meeting. It has lead to a deepening of the spiritual life of our Meeting, and an enriched spiritual relationship for each of us. Another thing that I learned was that I needed to stop wishing that my fellow Friends would be different than they are. It seems we all journey at our own pace, and our timing for growth and revelation is unique. My wishing that my Friends would be 'more spiritual' or more focused, or knowledgeable of the Bible simply led to frustration and suffering in the Meeting for me. Letting go of this, and moving simply as I felt led to do, has made all the difference.
Learning to let go of wishing that Friends would be more, and moving simply as I feel led, has made all the difference.


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Yay, I got to spend a whole day in the Valcanoes National Park. It was great!!! From Kona it was a 2 1/2 hour drive in the speed limit is low between 25 to 40 all the way there, and the road is really curvey. You go from sea level to around 4,000 feet.
If you visit I suggest you stop at the Visitor center - there they have maps based on how much time you want to spend in the park. We spent all day - which I thought would be enough to see everything and do a nice long hike, but it wasn't. We just had enough time to drive around to all the sites.
There was a community event at the park it was great lots of local people and crafts!!! We didn't stay long, but did get to see everything.
Then we followed our handy dandy map and went to the Sulpher Banks:
Jaggar Museum:
But because of High amounts of Sulphur dioxide gas in the air - we had to back track as half of the circular road that goes around the park was closed.
The coolest part for me was the Thurston Lava Tube! When you start driving to this area it looks like you are driving in one of the scenes of Jurasic park! My daughter kept saying it would be cool to prank someone with a life size T-Rex and I must admit that would be funny!
Once you get there you have a nice hike ahead of you and it's a bit steep. There is a good long part of the Lava Tube that is lit and has a walk way, then there is a part where you can either get out of it or keep going to a not developed part of it. We had our flashlights an were prepared so off we went Spelunking again!!! It was really really dark, we were able to get some cool pictures by shining both flashlights onto the surface we wanted to photograph.
We then got back in the car for another long drive to the 'End of The Road', This is a spot where Lava flowed over the road and consumed the whole area on it's way to the Ocean. It was wonderful a really amazing site!
On our way there we stopped at a few of the 'craters' on Craters Road but they weren't to exciting they are now filled with foliage. We had hoped to be able to hike to the Petroglyph's but it was .7 miles in and out and we were running out of Sun Light. We did see a few Petrogyph's (I know I have pictures but can't find them, sorry)
I was so glad that we didn't hike the Petroglyph's Trail - or there was no way we would have been able to see the Holei Sea Arch and enjoy it in the Dark.
That was the Day - My Day!
Warning: Come prepared! You need sturdy shoes, Long pants if you don't like funny things touching your legs, Lots of water, and Flashlights, it gets dark out there, really dark way up in the mountains with no city lights anywhere to be found!!


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I remember it as if it was yesterday. Well almost yesterday, as my memory gets easily muddled, but I began writing between third and fifth grades. I wrote and illustrated a book series out of printing paper, folded horizontally and stapled in the middle. I don't know why, maybe because it was the influence of my zodiac sign, the twins Castor and Pollux. Maybe because I longed to be a twin as well. Maybe it was because I'd started reading the Sweet Valley Jr High series. Or all the above.
Anyways, the main character of the first book were twins. And they weren't just ordinary twins. They were princesses. Identical twin princesses bred and raised in the ways of the monarchy, safely within the castle walls. Not once did they ever step outside and their only relations with other people were the same nobles attending the balls. Fed up with their gilded cages, they ran away while the servants and their parents were busy with another ball. They got the adventure they wanted and then some. Even met traveling twin princes who they later married. And in the end the twin royal couple gave birth to two adorable, mischievous twin princesses.
"A writer is nothing without a reader; a reader is nothing without a writer."-Anthony Liccione
There's a symbiotic relationship between a reader and a writer. And the best way to cultivate that relationship is to continuously answer their anticipations. How? By writing your next book. As a writer, you should always have another book as a possible project. Have a story idea that just floated into your head? Save it and file away for later. You can even use that information in your book proposal to show agents/publishers that you're not a one book wonder. And your readers would love you for it too.
Sure, you can market and promote your book, but it is your readers who get the word out. Or even go as far as lending their own copy of your book. They are your PR spokesperson, promoter and follower. They're the ones who'd make it their bibliophile mission to get your book into as many new hands as possible. And they're the ones waiting on pins and needles for your next work. So honor your readers by creating more worlds for them to step into. Break out your magic pen, outline, create and get to know new characters. Write your heart out, and revise, edit and polish, again and again.
Do you remember your first fan(s)? What are some ways have you rewarded them? Please share in the comments section below.


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-- J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
Jiddu Krishnamurti on the Significance of Doubt
-- J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
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I'm not sure if Krishnamurti meant it this way, but it seems to me that what is described here is nothing less then the force of conceptual evolution. The thoughts and ways of the previous leader establish a platform from which the next recognizes imperfections and inefficiencies to be corrected. Yet that previous leader also changed what had been passed down from his former leader.ReplyDeleteReplies
In a nutshell, TWF, you've just outlined how progress is made in intellectual matters, such as science and technology. I suspect Krishnamurti would have no problem with that.Delete
Yet, Krishnamurti used to distinguish between how we approach such things as science and how we approach such things as -- for lack of a better word -- "spiritual" understanding. For Krishnamurti, any reliance on authority is incompatible with spiritual understanding, and it is a mistake to approach spiritual understanding as you would approach understanding something in the sciences, etc.
Try thinking of spiritual understanding as a bit like getting a joke -- there is no progress: You either get it all at once, or you don't get it. There is quite a difference between laughing because you get the joke yourself, and pretending to laugh because some teacher, guru, or other authority has told you the joke is funny and that you should laugh at it.
So, I think what Krishnamurti is saying here is that in spiritual matters, unlike in science, etc, there can be no reliance on authority.
If you think about it, that is quite a radical departure from the teachings of most religions.
At least that's my 2 cents. I could be wrong.
I guess I should have done my homework a little bit to see where Krishnamurti was coming from! :-)Delete
I'm still a novice in the realm of spiritual teachings, but, from what I understand, your metaphor about getting a joke is spot on.
As I look at the quote from the spiritual perspective, I am haunted by that last sentence as being key to understanding it, but slipping through my fingers.
The significance of doubt...
It may be even a step beyond non-reliance on authority, but a recognition that external inputs will only get you so far? That personal doubt, introspective inquisition, is what takes you to that next level? What helps you get the joke?
Hmmm. Fun to ponder.
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 7:07 PM
Speaking for myself, I believe this self-examination yields the most insights, regardless of how much of a charlatan the former authority is/was. Moreover, it's absolutely crucial to putting the past behind us. Nice quote, Paul.ReplyDelete
I think that we're especially vulnerable to 'authority' when we feel insecure. When I'm feeling strong, confident, on my roller blades skating down the avenue, meeting friends, maybe I'm in less need of a father figure, an authority to guide me. I think about the huge crowds worshiping Hitler in Nazi Germany at a time of such national self-doubt. And I think of friends that have followed a guru at times in their lives when they were lost and confused.
I found the Krishnamurti idea you mentioned in the 1st comment so interesting - that with spirituality it's not about progress, but like a joke, you get it or not.
Descartes took the significance of doubt to an extreme with his "Method of Doubt."ReplyDelete
"The first rule is to accept nothing as true which I do not clearly recognize to be so; that is to say, carefully to avoid precipitation and prejudice in my judgements, and to accept in them nothing more than what was presented to my mind so clearly and distinctly that I could have no occasion to doubt it." -Descartes, Meditations
Brings to mind Thomas Kuhn's Structures of Scientific Revolutions, how knowledge does not develop in a linear fashion, but based on paradigm shift after paradigm shift dialectically.ReplyDelete
I read so much Krishnamurti, and saw his talks at Town Hall in NYC in 1972. He was a powerful, and gentle thinker who loved the essence of freedom. His ideas would free us of fear, which would free us of religion, bad government, bad relationships...What he says is clear and irrefutable, but few have ears for the truth.ReplyDelete
...I know, because largely I pick and choose.
Krishnamurti's insights were driven by these episodic but lifelong experiences which he called the "process" and "benedictions." I wish I also had the benefit of that catalyst to see more profoundly. I'm curious about the neurochemistry behind those experiences, ie what was causing those experiences. I also wonder if that state of mind could be accessed by the aid of psychedelics? I have glimpsed into this [I would call animist or spiritual] consciousness. I also suspect it is the Id consciousness, though that term has been somewhat abused by those who use it intellectually yet without insight. I think it is the animal consciousness we are born with but lose around the time of the "terrible twos," when conditioning begins to make an ego that buries the Id in the unconscious.ReplyDelete


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Theology Of Time is the best definition of the evolution of religion that I have ever heard – it started as astronomy that evolved into cryptic Myth (Mythology, Tales and Folklore) – and out of this mix has emerged our present day religious creeds. The fables that we call religious history are completely bogus in terms of actual history. The evolution of our modern Religious Concepts began with Astronomy, and evolved through Mythology and Astrology into modern religion. Jesus Christ , Moses , Abraham and all of the other so-called prophets of the Quran , Bible and Torah are cosmic myths – they never existed in actual history. They are the personifications of cosmic entities and their tales, in truth, are no less than a registry of astronomical phenomena written in a mythological format. The best term that I have ever heard as a description of religion is Theology Of time – that's exactly what religion is and has always been. Religious myth was born out of a system of Time-Keeping, its originators were primitive stargazers whose history goes back more thousands of years than I would like to count.
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Early Music Guild and Seattle Baroque Orchestra Complete Merger
The Early Music Guild of Seattle (EMG) and the Seattle Baroque Orchestra (SBO) are very pleased to announce a merger of their organizations, effective July 1, 2010. Under the name Early Music Guild, the combined organization will provide artistic and financial synergies that strengthen the high quality early music programming that audiences have come to expect from each. EMG's International Series and Baroque Opera offerings will join with SBO's concert series to present twelve world-class offerings in the 2010-2011 season. Highlights include a fully staged Baroque Opera production in partnership with the Seattle Theatre Group, Claudio Monteverdi's monumental 1610 Vespers at St James Cathedral, and Giovanni Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with vocal soloists Yulia Van Doren and Ian Howell.
The merger leverages complementary artistic missions and audiences, as well as the shared venue of Town Hall Seattle. The organizations have a common history: SBO was launched under EMG's Professional Affiliate program in 1994, then went on to form its own successful organization in 1997. Commenting on the merger, EMG Executive Director Gus Denhard said, "Everything came together this year among the boards and artistic directors. The consensus is clear that this merger is in the best interests of everyone – audiences, musicians, and funders." Both EMG and SBO will boast budget surpluses in their fiscal years closing June 30, and the July 1 merger will result in additional savings in administrative costs to be invested in programming.
Mergers are relatively rare among arts organizations, which often pride themselves on highly personalized artistic visions. By comparison, EMG's and SBO's visions are complementary, with EMG concentrating on international touring artists while most musicians in SBO, as well as its artistic directors, Ingrid Matthews and Byron Schenkman, are based in Seattle.
Denhard will serve as Executive Director of the merged organization. He will continue to program EMG's International Series while Matthews and Schenkman continue as Music Director and Artistic Director respectively of SBO. The boards of directors are merging, and Jeremy Johnsen, SBO's former Executive Director, is joining EMG's staff.
David Brewster wrote an article including this exciting news that appeared on Crosscut today:
It's also good tidings for early music in Seattle, one of the city's great strengths. After years of nudging from donors, two fine groups are merging, combining staff costs and creating a single new board, with members from both groups. Gus Denhard, the Early Music Guild executive director, will hold that post for the merged entity, also called Early Music Guild.
The entire article can be read here: http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19600/Updated:-A-new-baton-at-the-SSO,-a-marriage-in-early-music/
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Where did all the Americans come from tonight? After bemoaning the fact no one danced and that he'd have to tell 'the folks back home' Swift asked how many Americans were in the audience and as turned out nearly everyone was. It might have only been the few locals in the crowd who understood the irony.
Swift's support came from First Aid Kit who delivered a duet of sweet Joanna Newsom vocals, tributed the ubiquitous Fleet Foxes and 187'd Dylan. Also supporting were the polished and stripped down Leisure Society looking like credit-crunched-banker-folkers and professionally surging through some of the worst titled songs ever opening with Pancake Day But seriously, Leisure Society did put in a great effort as support, lilting rhythms flecked with flute and an array of stringed instruments.
Swift himself was clearly carried on a wave of self-confidence. Every step and line calmly assured and flanked by his band with a similar sense of confident stagecraft. As the current catalogue of Richard Swift crosses musical genres the set swayed from the slower jumpy numbers saturated with LA smog into coarse swamp rock leaving the crowd with no particular pace to follow. Perhaps the boldest move on Swift's part was to leave us on a down tempo one song encore which unexpectedly pulled the gig back from a dissappointing sub-Al Green end.
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