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Due to Tribune Tower construction, we closed our doors on September 30th, 2018.
Please consider visiting our sister restaurant Sweetwater.
Whisky Week
Monday, April 22nd-Friday, April 26th 2013
In celebration of "Whisky Week" we're featuring a couple of flights for those bold enough to enjoy them.
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George Dickel Rye, Bulleit Rye and Templeton Rye
1 ounce pour of each
American, Irish and Scotch Flight / $22
Gentleman Jack, Bushmill's Black Bush and The Macallan 12 yr
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Ardent's Cafe
Ardent's Cafe is a themed cafe/bar at 80 Neil Road. They serve lunch, brunch on weekends, coffee and also alcohol at night. The outside is decked out in garden accessories, I think it's vaguely Greek. The inside is more luxuriant European.
Shu En was very excited to camwhore outside but alas, it was drizzling when we were there. Roger braved the rain for these photos.
If you're interested to check it out:
Ardent's Cafe Bar
80 Neil Road
Singapore 088842
Tel: 6325 7077
Fax: 6220 4144
Mon – Fri: 11am to 12am
Sat – Sun: 10am to 12am
P.S. My friend Roger does photo shoots so check out his portfolio!

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We have a number of originals, four of which are on the CD, and a few more
that have been written since the CD was recorded. In addition every member
of the band is bubbling over with songs they want to do, so our song list
increases nearly every week. Here are some of the songs from which we
Song Titles Recording Artists
Baby Shame On You
Wynonie Harris & Jac Ttanna
Baby Workout
Jackie Wilson
Jac Ttanna
Before You Accuse Me
Bo Diddley & Eric Clapton, Delbert McClinton.
Cadillac Baby
Roy Brown & Colin James
Cool Blues Walk
Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater
Jac Ttanna
Down The Road Apiece
The Rolling Stones & Jac Ttanna
Z Z Top
Further On Up The Road
Bobby "Blue" Bland, Eric Clapton, many more
Glamour Girl
T-Bone Walker, Duke Robillard, The Solid
Senders, etc....
Grinding Ridge Drive
Jac Ttanna
Heart Attack
Jac Ttanna
Hi Di Ho
Steve Ferguson & Jac Ttanna
I Ain't Buyin' Nothin' That's Been Stepped on
More Than Twice
Jac Ttanna
I Don't Believe
Janiva Magnis, Kid Ramos
I Don't Want No Woman
Bobby "Blue" Bland, Hubert Sumlin, Johnny
I Done Got Over It
Jimmy McCrackin, Finis Tasby, The Solid
Senders, etc.....
It Don't Get Better With Age
Jac Ttanna
It's Gonna To Be Me
Buddy Ace & Jac Ttanna
Juke Box Mama
Sonny Landreth
Jump From 6 to 6
Colin James
Life Is Hard
Johnny Winter & Jac Ttanna
Look Over Yonder's Wall
Elmore James, Freddie King, Paul Butterfield,
many more
Nothin' But The Blues
Jackie Wilson
Passin Thru
Jackie Wilson & Jac Ttanna
Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Reconsider Baby
Lowell Fulson, Eric Clapton, Doug Sahm,
Ride With Me
Long John Hunter, Lee McBee
Ring In His Nose
Savoy Brown
Rockin' Daddy
Howlin Wolf
Route 66
Bobby Troupe & The Rolling Stones
Shake 'Em
The Solid Senders
Shake Your Hips
Slim Harpo & The Rolling Stones
Stop Breakin' Down
The Rolling Stones
Tell Me
Howlin' Wolf & Stevie Ray Vaughn
Think It Over One More Time
Buckwheat Zydeco & Jac Ttanna
Tight Butts Drive Me Nuts
The Micho, Morgan Blues Band
Wasted Time
Jac Ttanna
Working Too Hard
Southside Johnny
Whole Lotta Love
B. B. King
Song List


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Last week I turned twenty-four!
I love birthdays – parties, celebrating, tasty food – it's all good! However, when it comes to birthday cake, I wanted something that was not only delicious and right for the occasion, but also healthy, nutritious and paleo. An added bonus is this is gluten, dairy and egg free, and vegan friendly, too, so a cake everyone can enjoy.
Being a family of chocoholics, the obvious choice was chocolate. I also liked the idea of icing. For this I decided to make a whipped creamy coconut milk berry smoothie, and then lather it on top.
Here is the finished result:
It is super easy to make, and extremely moreish. As it was all baked and ready on my birthday eve, admittedly much was consumed before the dawning of the actual birthday, and the remainder consumed for breakfast for the big day!
100g of dark chocolate
1 cup of chocolate tea
2 cup of ground flaxseed meal
1 mashed banana
2 heaped teaspoon of tahini paste
1 cup of frozen or fresh berries
1 cup of coconut milk (canned)
Melt 100g of dark chocolate. Brew 1 cup of chocolate tea. Mix in the flaxseed meal. Mashed the banana and tahini together and then mix in with the rest of the mixture. Add to a food processor and whiz until smooth. Add to a baking tin and bake for 20 mins at 200 C.
For the frosting, first take a can of coconut milk (it is best if you put the can in the fridge for a while first) and use the thick, creamy coconut milk at the top of the can. Place in a food processor with the berries and blitz lightly.
When the cake is baked, take out of the oven and ice with the berry smoothie mixture.
I feel so fortunate to be celebrating this many years. One of my friends once said, "Every birthday is special". This is so true! And although twenty- four isn't quite twenty- one, I must say I celebrated with equal gusto and will continue to for at least the next twelve months. 😉
Happy weekend readers! Hope you have a lovely one!


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This ancient vegetable hales from Southeast Asia. Laborers who built the pyramids in Egypt were paid with it. In Mexico a special night in December is dedicated to this veggie where they artistically carve the root. What vegetable is this? It's the radish.
We're all familiar with spring radishes and their red, purple, or white round or elongated crunchy roots. These easy to grow beauties love cool weather producing roots in a month or so.
But what about winter radishes? These take longer to mature and are harvested in fall. The roots are larger and flavor sometimes spicier than spring radishes. But they're unique. Once they reach their mature size, they stay tender and tasty holding in the garden for weeks.
Daikon is probably the best known with its white, elongated roots. Not only is daikon crunchy and sweet flavored, the roots can help break up clay soil. Some farmers sow daikon as a cover crop leaving the roots to rot in the soil and open up air and water spaces for the next crop.
For an unusual winter radish, try 'Black Spanish.' This handball sized root has black skin and a spicy white flesh. 'Watermelon' or 'Red Meat' can grow into the size of a baseball with green skin and deep pink colored flesh.
Plant winter radishes as you would spring radishes, but in early summer. Thin seedlings four to six inches apart. Use the thinned roots and greens in salads and veggie sautees. Harvest them anytime the roots have formed. To extend the harvest into winter, cover the roots in fall with a layer of hay or straw.
Next week on the Connecticut Garden Journal, I'll be talking about forcing flowering branches. Until then, I'll be seeing you in the garden.


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New Oakmont Bakery grand opening scheduled for next week
The new Oakmont Bakery's grand opening has been set for Tuesday.
Owners plan to open the doors of the new 19,000-square-foot facility at 9 a.m. pending state inspections.
It's located near the intersection of Third Street and Hulton Road, across Third from Riverview High School.
The current bakery, at 531 Allegheny Ave., will close its doors for good around 5 p.m. Monday.
The new two-story structure features floor-to-ceiling windows and parking lot that will accommodate 110 vehicles — a big improvement from the current lot that parks eight.
It also features Modern European interior decor selected by owner Marc Serrao and his wife, Susan, and designed by Desmone Architects. The contractor is PWCampbell of O'Hara.
An expanded indoor and outdoor seating area and food selection are also part of the new place.
Opening day hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Regular hours will be 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
More information about Oakmont Bakery is available at oakmontbakery.com.
Michael DiVittorio is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Michael at 412-871-2367, [email protected] or via Twitter @MikeJdiVittorio.
Michael DiVittorio is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Michael at 412-871-2367, [email protected] or via Twitter .


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Nursing home worker 'who performed lewd lap dance in front of a 100-year-old dementia sufferer' faces charges
Brittany Fultz, 26, was filmed pulling down her knickers and "mooning" the elderly resident
A NURSING home worker has been charged after she was caught on camera allegedly performing a lewd lap dance in front of a 100-year-old dementia sufferer.
Brittany Fultz, 26, was filmed pulling down her knickers and "mooning" the elderly resident before straddling his leg at the Ohio care home, police said.
She was heard on camera saying: "I can show you new things, I can show you new things.
"I won't tell if you won't. I'm a girl… you know what that means."
Fultz has been charged with gross sexual imposition, but she could face additional charges.
The video, shot by another former care worker who was in the room at the time, shows Fultz dancing provocatively and flashing the 100-year-old.
She could also be heard asking: "You going to buy me some?"
Police have accused Fultz of harassing the vulnerable elderly man inside his room at The Commons of Providence.
"It's disturbing," said Sandusky Detective Anthony Bath.
"She is touching him. This was not something he wanted.
"He has no way to defend himself because he's a hundred years old and diagnosed with dementia."
The video is understood to have been taken a few months ago, but it has only just surfaced.
Both Fultz and the other worker who filmed the mobile phone footage have been fired.
A spokesman for The Commons of Providence, said: "The employee was placed on administrative leave and has since been terminated.
"We are cooperating with local police who are handling the investigation and we will not comment further about the ongoing investigation."
Fultz is free on bond and due in court soon.


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Ready to rock the night away? Tickets are now on sale for Newseum Nights: On the Rocks, the third and final event in the 2015 Newseum Nights series! Explore the controversies that arise when rock 'n' roll artists use their First Amendment rights at a special after-hours party Tuesday, Nov. 10, featuring an open beer and wine bar, hors d'oeuvres, access to the Newseum's galleries, and historically groundbreaking music – including a live performance from famed '90s cover band White Ford Bronco.
Activities throughout the night allow you to get up close and personal with some of the Newseum's most popular exhibits. Listen in on gallery talks with museum curators, including an exclusive sneak peak at the revamped "Inside Today's FBI: Fighting Crime in the Age of Terror" exhibit three days before it opens to the public. You can also win door prizes, write a message about your favorite band on our glass elevator walls, create lasting memories in the Newseum Nights rock 'n' roll selfie station and photobooth, go home with unique Newseum Nights swag, and much more! Plus, all attendees will receive a $20 credit from Lyft for new users and an offer card for a complimentary mezze at Zaytinya by José Andrés.
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Today we've got a poem from Lynsey Rose, the voice behind the entertainment blog Exitainment. It's a meditation on memory, loss, and carrying on. Continue below the jump to read Prize…
The inflatable flower
that you won for me
the night we met
still sits on the floor in the bedroom
filled with air from your lungs
How can that thin red plastic
hold you- even now
eight years on
and six months since
your breath ran out
Today I cracked
and finally pried
the stopper open
I sucked you up
and breathed for the both of us
Afterwards, the flower lay
crippled on the floor
and I wished Id waited
another day, another month
another year.


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Can I Trademark a Color?
Last updated on September 23rd, 2018
You may trademark a color provided that the color plays an important part of your product or service's brand identity. A color trademark would not prevent a company in a different field from utilizing that particular shade, but it does prevent the use of that color in a way that would create brand confusion.
For example, a clothing company would not have any problem using UPS's particular shade of brown. However, if another package delivery company started using the color brown to market and brand their services, that would likely result in an infringement of UPS's trademark rights to the color brown.
Examples of Trademarked Colors
1. UPS Brown
The famous UPS brown was originally "Pullman Brown". In a NYT interview, Peter Fredo explains:
"They started out being Pullman brown," said Peter Fredo, U.P.S.'s vice president for advertising and public relations, when I ask him about the history of the brown trucks. The trucks have been brown since 1916. "The reason they picked up on Pullman," Mr. Fredo said, "is that it was the epitome of luxury and class at the time."
2. Tiffany Blue
As explained on the Tiffany & Co. website:
The color known as Tiffany Blue was selected by founder Charles Lewis Tiffany for the cover of Blue Book, Tiffany's annual collection of exquisitely handcrafted jewels, first published in 1845. Also referred to as robin's-egg blue or forget-me-not blue, this distinctive color may have been chosen because of the popularity of the turquoise gemstone in 19th-century jewelry. Turquoise was also a favorite of Victorian brides who gave their attendants a dove-shaped brooch of turquoise as a wedding day memento.
3. T-Mobile Magenta
T-Mobile has registered its trademark Magenta, which was upheld in a case against AT&T:
A squabble over who stole the magic marker seems more fitting for a classroom than a courtroom. But a federal judge has sided with T-Mobile in a recent trademark lawsuit, saying that Aio Wireless, an AT&T subsidiary, isn't allowed to use colors resembling T-Mobile's promotional "magenta" color.
The Texas court has ordered AT&T to stop using Pantone 676C, a.k.a "plum," over fears that it might cause consumers to confuse the two brands. According to the presiding judge, T-Mobile successfully argued that letting Aio continue to use a variant of magenta would cause it irreparable harm. (Source)
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Topic Page: South Korea
1 a republic in NE Asia: established as a republic in 1948; invaded by North Korea and Chinese Communists in 1950 but division remained unchanged at the end of the war (1953); includes over 3000 islands; rapid industrialization. Language: Korean. Religions: Buddhist, Confucianist, Shamanist, and Chondokyo. Currency: won. Capital: Seoul. Pop: 48 955 203 (2013 est). Area: 98 477 sq km (38 022 sq miles) Korean name: Hanguk
Country in East Asia, bounded north by North Korea, east by the Sea of Japan, south by the Korea Strait, and west by the Yellow Sea.
Government South Korea is a multiparty democracy with a presidential executive. Under its 1988 constitution, executive power is held by the president, who is directly elected by popular vote. The president is restricted to one five-year term of office and governs with a cabinet (state council) headed by a prime minister. Legislative authority resides in the single-chamber, 300-deputy national assembly, the Kuk Hoe, comprising 253 members directly elected for four-year terms by universal suffrage in single-member constituencies, and 47 elected through proportional representation nationally. The assembly has the authority to impeach the president and to override presidential vetoes. There is also a nine-member constitutional court which rules on impeachment proceedings. Guarantees of freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association are written into the constitution.
History For the history of Korea as a whole up to the end of the Korean War in 1953, see Korea: history to 1637 and Korea: history 1637– 1953.
The Republic of Korea was formed out of the zone south of the 38th parallel of latitude, the area occupied by US troops after Japan's surrender in 1945. The US military government controlled the country until, following national elections, an independent republic was declared on 15 August 1948.
Dr Sungman Rhee (Yi Sungman), leader of the right-wing Liberal Party, was the nation's first president in a constitution based on the US model. To begin with, the republic had to cope with a massive influx of refugees fleeing the communist regime in North Korea, in addition to problems concerning the repatriation of over a million forced workers who had been sent to Japan during World War II.
The Korean War In June 1950 the North launched a massive invasion of South Korea, with the aim of reunifying the country. This began the three-year Korean War (see also Korean history 1637–1953), which, after intervention by US-led United Nations forces (on the side of the South) and by China (on the side of the North), ended in stalemate. The 38th parallel was re-established as the border between North and South by the armistice agreement of July 1953, and a UN-patrolled demilitarized buffer zone was created. South Korea was devastated by the war, and lost 226,000 troops.
Park Chung Hee in power, 1961–79 South Korea's economic recovery was hindered under Syngman Rhee by poor planning and inefficient execution, involving widespread corruption. Syngman Rhee's government was overthrown by popular demonstrations in April 1960, and a Democratic Party prime minister, Chang Myon, came to power. A new parliamentary-style constitution gave greater power to the legislature, and the ensuing political instability precipitated a military coup led by Gen Park Chung Hee in May 1961.
A presidential system of government was re-established, with Park, who had meanwhile retired from the army, elected president in October 1963. Although in theory civilian government had been restored, South Korea remained a very closely controlled one-party state. Park was re-elected in May 1967, and, after amendment of the constitution, again in April 1971.
Opposition to the repressive Park regime mounted during the 1970s. In response, martial law was imposed. In October 1972 Park suspended the South Korean constitution and in November a national referendum approved what was called the Yushin, or 'Revitalisation', constitution, which strengthened the president's powers. A clampdown on political dissent, launched in 1975, was partially relaxed for the 1978 elections, but brought protests in 1979 as economic conditions briefly deteriorated. President Park was assassinated in October 1979 by the head of his intelligence service, and martial law was reimposed.
Economic development in the 1960s and 1970s From the beginning of Park's rule in 1961 successive economic plans were more capably worked out than in the 1950s, and implemented with increasing confidence. Capital was provided almost entirely by foreign loans, mainly from the USA and Japan. The resumption of diplomatic relations with Japan in 1964 was a major factor in this recovery.
From 1971 South Korea's industrial growth was one of the fastest in the world, particularly in international trade, with the country becoming a major exporter of light and heavy industrial goods. The Saemaul, or 'New Communities' campaign, inaugurated in the spring of 1971, spread the benefits of increasing prosperity into the rural areas.
Continuing tensions with the North In August 1971 North Korea proposed political discussions with the South, and the Red Cross Societies of the two halves of the country began talks on humanitarian problems arising from the division of Korea. Despite the establishment in 1972 of a North–South coordinating committee to promote peaceful unification, relations with the South remained tense and hostile. Border incidents were frequent, and in October 1983 four South Korean cabinet ministers were assassinated in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar), in a bombing incident organized by two North Korean army officers.
The perceived threat of invasion from the North continued to be a key factor in South Korean politics, helping to justify stern rule. The country devoted large resources to modernizing its armed forces, which were supported by more than 35,000 US troops, assuring US intervention in the event of an invasion. Political and economic relations with the USA have remained close – the USA currently provides a market for 40% of South Korea's exports – but anti-US sentiment has always been strong among opposition groups.
Developments after Park's death Following President Park's assassination in 1979 an interim government, led by former prime minister Choi Kyu-Hah, introduced liberalizing reforms, releasing opposition leader Kim Dae Jung in 1980. However, as antigovernment demonstrations developed, a new dissident clampdown began, involving the arrest of 30 political leaders, including Kim Dae Jung. After a severely suppressed insurrection in Kim's home city of Kwangju, President Choi resigned in 1980 and was replaced by the leader of the army, Gen Chun Doo Hwan. A new constitution was adopted, and, after Chun Doo Hwan was re-elected president in 1981, the new Fifth Republic was proclaimed.
Cautious liberalization in the 1980s Under President Chun economic growth resumed, but internal and external criticism of the suppression of civil liberties continued. Cautious liberalization was seen prior to the 1985 assembly elections, with the release of many political prisoners and the return from exile of Kim Dae Jung. After the 1985 election the opposition parties launched a campaign for genuine democratization, forcing the Chun regime to frame a new, more liberal constitution, which was adopted after a referendum in October 1987.
The ensuing presidential election was won by the ruling party's candidate, Roh Tae Woo, amid opposition charges of fraud. He took over in February 1988, but in the national assembly elections in April 1988 the ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP) fell well short of an overall majority. Only in February 1990, when the DJP merged with two minor opposition parties to form the Democratic Liberal Party (DLP), was a stable governing majority secured.
Continuing unrest In December 1990 the government launched a 'purification' campaign designed to improve public morals and reduce materialism. In May 1991 at least 250,000 people demonstrated and six attempted suicide in protests triggered by the beating to death of a student by police. Protests continued, and the police and security services were given emergency powers to deal with student-led unrest.
The country's two-party structure was restored in September 1991 when the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), led by Kim Dae Jung, and the small Democratic Party, led by Lee Ki Taek, merged to form the Democratic Party (DP), headed jointly by the two leaders. The ruling DLP lost its majority, and Roh resigned as leader.
Civilian government restored In December 1992 Kim Young Sam, candidate of the ruling DLP, won the presidential election, becoming the first president without a military background to be elected since 1960. The new civilian government pursued a strategy of gradual deregulation of South Korea's bureaucratic economy, including some privatizations, and pushed through reforms aimed at curbing political corruption. Despite a temporary slowdown in GDP growth in 1992–93, President Kim remained popular and the number of student protests diminished significantly.
From 1994 the government encouraged greater competition, privatization, and deregulation within the still booming economy, as part of a segyehwa ('globalization') initiative. However, in June 1995 the ruling DLP, which had been weakened by a split in its ranks March 1995, polled poorly in the country's first-ever local elections, with the opposition DP performing strongly.
In September 1995 Kim Dae Jung a new centre-left opposition party, the National Congress for New Politics (NCNP). It immediately attracted more than 50 defectors from the DP, making it the largest opposition party in the national assembly. In December 1995 the ruling DLP renamed itself the New Korea Party (NKP) but it lost its majority in elections to the national assembly in April 1996.
Corruption and treason charges In October 1995 former president Roh Tae Woo was charged with corruption, after having publicly admitted to having amassed 500 billion won (£400 million) in a party slush fund during his term in office and to having retained 170 billion won for personal use. He was arrested, along with former president Chun Doo Hwan, in November 1995, and in January 1996 both men were charged with treason for their alleged role in the massacre of more than 200 antigovernment demonstrators in the military rebellion that brought Chun to power in 1980.
Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo were respectively sentenced to death and 23 years imprisonment in August 1996. They were also fined, between them, more than $610 million for receiving bribes from industry while in office. Chun and Roh immediately appealed against the convictions, and in December Chun's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and Roh's to 17 years' imprisonment.
Economic crisis In December 1996 and January 1997 large-scale industrial unrest swept the car- and ship-building industries, and there were street protests against proposed liberalization of labour laws to make it easier for businesses to alter workers' hours and employ temporary staff. In January 1997 Hanbo, the country's second-largest chaebol ('conglomerate') based on steel-making, collapsed with debts of $6 million. Hanbo's collapse revealed widespread corruption which led, within a year, to the imprisonment of the son of President Kim Young San on charges of accepting bribes and tax evasion and to a jail sentence for the former president of the Bank of Seoul. The scandals weakened President Kim's authority and his approval rating fell below 20%.
The economic crisis continued through 1997. In April the Sammi steel corporation collapsed and in July Kia, the country's third biggest car maker, was in difficulties. In November the country faced a major currency crisis and submitted an application to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an emergency loan package of $60 billion. Patriotic Koreans responded to an official appeal by donating gold to be turned into hard currency to support the country's ailing financial structure. By April 1998 the won, which had stood at about 900 to the US$ in April 1997, appeared to be stabilizing at around the 1,400 level. But in 1999 Daewoo, a major car manufacturer collapsed, and by 2003 just over one-half of the 30 largest chaebol from 1995 remained.
Although South Korea's economic difficulties occurred in the context of major crises afflicting Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, its standing as the 11th greatest economy in the world meant that any major Korean collapse posed a greater threat to the stability in the South East Asian region. These political and economic developments were being played out against the background of mounting tensions with North Korea, arising out of the catastrophic famine gripping that country.
Relations with the North South Korea was admitted to the United Nations along with North Korea in September 1991. Despite concerns over North Korea's nuclear aspirations, the prime ministers of the two Koreas met in Seoul in December 1991 and signed a non-aggression and confidence-building pact, which provided for the restoration of cross-border communications, the reunion of divided families, and the free movement of people, commerce, and ideas. On 31 December 1991 a further pact was signed in Panmunjom in which both states agreed to ban the testing, manufacture, deployment, or possession of nuclear weapons. In response, the USA agreed to withdraw its nuclear weapons from South Korea and to reduce its troop strength, although in 1994, in response to a perceived threat from North Korea, it again stepped up its military presence.
In 1995 South Korea donated two 'safe' nuclear reactors to North Korea, in an attempt to persuade the latter to abandon its suspected atomic-weapons programme, and also supplied the North with emergency shipments of rice. US and North and South Korean officials began talks in March 1997 that mediators hoped would lead to peace on the peninsula. Delegations gathered in New York for a briefing by the USA and South Korea on proposals for talks aimed at formally ending the Korean War. It was the first time since 1972 that North and South Koreans had met for peace talks. Talks between North and South continued in Beijing, China, but collapsed in April 1998 over Seoul's insistence that aid for the famine-stricken North be linked to the reuniting of families divided since the 1950–53 Korean war.
Foreign affairs Notable developments in foreign affairs during the 1990s included the establishment of full diplomatic relations with the USSR in 1990, the beginning of diplomatic links with communist China in 1992, and the development of closer political and economic links with Japan. In January 1997 South Korea joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Kim Dae Jung becomes president in 1998 The veteran Kim Dae Jung won the December 1997 presidential elections and was sworn in as president in February 1998. One of his first acts was to confirm the release from prison of ex-presidents Chun Doo Whan and Roh Tae Woo ordered by outgoing president Kim Young Sam. Kim's goals as president were to revitalize the troubled economy, to implement political and economic reform, and to bring about reconciliation with the North, starting with an exchange of envoys and a summit meeting.
He appointed as prime minister Kim Jong Pil, the leader of the conservative United Liberal Democrats (ULD), who had agreed not to contest the presidential election in return for this position. The Grand National Party (GNP), formed in November 1997 through the merger of the DP and the NKP, which held 162 of the national assembly's 299 seats, opposed Kim Jong Pil's appointment, which was not ratified until August 1988.
During 1998 South Korea's economy contracted by 5% as a result of austerity measures agreed with the IMF. Unemployment rose and there was labour unrest as redundancies rose. This was helped by new labour laws, introduced in February 2008, which ended the Korean tradition of lifetime employment by allowing companies to introduce redundancies.
In March 1998 President Kim Dae Jung freed 2,304 prisoners, as part of a broader amnesty. These included 74 political prisoners, although an estimated 400 'prisoners of conscience' remained in jail.
Renewed North-South talks In October 1998 representatives of North and South Korea, the USA, and China met in Geneva in a renewed effort to bring permanent peace to the peninsula. However, it was not until April 2000 when both North and South Korea simultaneously announced the arrangement of the first summit meeting between the divided countries. Kim Dae Jung and the hereditary leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, planned to meet in June 2000 in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Just days after the announcement, South Korea's ruling party failed to secure a majority in parliamentary elections. When Kim Dae Jung was welcomed by Kim Jong Il, leader of North Korea, in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, the two leaders came to some agreement, including a plan for South Korea to speed up economic investment in North Korea, and a plan to open rail links between the two countries. Following the agreement that links between the two countries would be forged, in August 2000, 100 elderly people from either side of the border were reunited with their families from whom they had been separated for 50 years. In September 2000 the defence ministers of North and South Korea met for the first time in more than 50 years. Kim Dae Jung was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 13 October 2000 for his work in bringing about reconciliation with the communist government of North Korea.
In September 2001 South Korea's parliament passed a vote of no confidence in Lim Ding Won, the minister in charge of negotiations with North Korea, triggering the resignation of the entire cabinet. A government spokesman said that the policy of reconciliation with the North would still continue.
In June 2002, in the worst clash between North and South Korea in three years, naval vessels fired on each other in disputed coastal waters in the Yellow Sea. Four South Korean sailors were killed and 19 injured, while around 30 North Korean casualties were reported. The incident threatened to derail Kim Dae Jung's policy of engagement with the North.
Presidency of Roh Moo-hyun: 2003–08 The presidential elections of December 2002 were won by Roh Moo-hyun, the candidate of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), who narrowly defeated Lee Hoi-chang of the GNP. Roh pledged to continue the Sunshine Policy of engagement towards North Korea, to decentralize government, and to improve labour relations. Roh became president in February 2003 and broke away from the MDP to form a new party, the Uri Party (Our Open Party). But the Roh government was weakened by allegations of corruption and illegal electioneering and in March 2004 the National Assembly voted to impeach him on these charges. This move backfired on the opposition as a wave of public support and sympathy gave victory to his Uri Party in the April 2004 legislature elections. It won 152 of the 299 National Assembly seats to give a party of the centre a majority in the Assembly for the first time in more than 40 years.
In May 2004 Roh was restored to the presidency when the Constitutional Court overturned the Assembly's impeachment decision. However, his popularity began to decline, particularly as a result of his decision to deploy South Korean troops in Iraq, in a peacekeeping role. South Korea's economy grew annually by over 4% between 2003 and 2006, but the loss of a succession of by-elections led, in 2005, to the president's Uri Party losing its assembly majority. Roh struggled on and there were a succession of changes of prime minister, with five between 2005 and 2008. By the end of Roh's presidency, his approval rating stood at only 30% and, with corruption investigations continuing, he was to later commit suicide in May 2009.
Relations with North Korea were strained by the latter's test of short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan in 2006. But in October 2007 Roh and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il signed an eight-point peace agreement on issues of permanent peace, high-level talks, economic cooperation, renewal of train services, and highway and air travel. In April 2007 South Korea concluded a free-trade agreement with the USA.
Presidency of Lee Myung-bak: 2008–13 The December 2007 presidential election was won by Lee Myung-bak, a former head of the Hyundai industrial conglomerate and mayor of Seoul and a right-wing candidate of the GNP, with 49% of the vote. He campaigned on a programme of boosting economic growth to 7% per annum, to make South Korea the world's seventh largest economy within a decade, through deregulation, foreign investment, and infrastructure projects, including building a canal between Seoul and the port of Busan
He pursued a more assertive policy towards North Korea, with the aim of getting it to abandon its nuclear weapons programme, and developed closer relations with the USA. North Korea responded by scrapping the non-aggression agreement with the South in January 2009, declaring that the two countries were 'on the brink of war', and in May 2009 carrying out a further underground nuclear weapons test. Domestically, Lee had initial success when the GNP secured a majority of seats in the April 2008 elections to the National Assembly.
The global financial crisis of 2008–09 led to an abrupt economic slowdown to which the government responded with financial support to banks, small businesses, and low-income families. This averted economic recession and the economy secured a boost from a free trade agreement with the European Union, which took effect in 2010, and with the USA in 2011.
Park Geun-hye is elected South Korea's first female president In February 2012 the governing GNP was renamed the Saenuri (New Frontier) Party. It won the April 2012 parliamentary elections with a slim and reduced majority of 152 of the 300 seats. In December 2012 its candidate Park Geun-hye, the daughter of former president Park Chung-hee, was narrowly elected president, with 52% of the vote.
Park became the country's first female president and she pledged to give priority to national security and economic growth. On taking office in February 2013, she faced the challenge of heightened tensions with North Korea, which said it was preparing for a 'state of war' with South Korea and would restart is nuclear reactor. In March 2014 North Korea test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles for the first time since 2009, in violation of UN resolutions. It went on to carry out further tests during the Park presidency.
On 16 April 2014 the country was shocked by the sinking off the west coast of a Sewol ferry, killing nearly 300 people, mainly school students. Following criticisms of the disaster response, Chung Hong-won tendered his resignation as prime minister. He was replaced in February 2015 by Lee Wan-koo. Two months later, Lee resigned as prime minister amid a corruption scandal and in April 2015 justice minister Hwang Kyo-ahn became prime minister.
In the April 2016 national assembly elections, Park's Saenuri party lost its majority, amid voter concerns with faltering economic growth and high youth unemployment. While Saenuri won the highest share of the vote, 33% (down 9% on 2012), it won only 122 of the 300 seats. It finished one seat behind the liberal Minjoo Party of Korea (a successor to the DP/MDP). The centrist People's Party, which had been formed in 2016 by a defector from the Minjoo Party, held the balance of power with 38 seats.
President Park's is impeached following 'Choi Soon-sil-gate' scandal In spring 2016 Park's approval ratings were already low at 32%. From October 2016 they plummeted as the president became engulfed in the 'Choi Soon-sil-gate' scandal, which also undermined public support for the country's business elite and chaebol. This scandal, which centred around allegations of undue influence exerted by a personal friend of the president led, on 9 December 2016, to the national assembly voting to impeach Park by 234 votes to 56. Immediately her presidential powers were suspended and prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn became acting president while the constitutional court considered the case.
The roots of the scandal lay back in 1974, during her father's presidency, when Park's mother was assassinated by a North Korean sympathizer. Then 22 years old, Park became acting first lady and fell under the influence of Choi Tae-min (1912–94), leader of the Church of Eternal Life religious cult. Claiming that Park's mother had appeared in his dreams and had asked him to guide her, Choi and, after his death, his daughter Choi Soon-sil became Park's mentors. At the same time, they amassed considerable wealth and influence.
The scandal broke in October 2016 when Choi Soon-sil faced allegations of abusing her presidential connections to pressure major companies, including Samsung, into donating to foundations she controlled, and that she also received confidential government documents via an aide of Park. On 20 November 2016 Choi was charged with abuse of authority, coercion, and attempted fraud and placed under emergency detention. As the scandal deepened, with accusations of chaebol buying influence, there were massive demonstrations in the capital and other cities demanding Park's immediate resignation and a cleansing of politics and business.
2017 presidential election On 10 March 2017 the constitutional court upheld the impeachment and Park was removed from office and lost her immunity from criminal prosecution.
A new presidential election was held in May 2017 and was won by Moon Jae-in of the centre-left Minjoo (Democratic) Party, with 41% of the vote. Moon was a former human-rights lawyer whose parents had fled North Korea in 1950, before his birth. He took charge of the country at a time of escalating tension on the Korean peninsula, as North Korea became increasingly bellicose following an agreement by Park to allow the USA to deploy an advanced missile defence system, the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea – a system that China also strongly opposed.
Moon advocated dialogue with North Korea to reduce tensions, and in June 2017 announced suspension of full deployment of THAAD pending an environmental review. But in July 2017 North Korea launched tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and in August 2017 fired a missile over Japan. This led to intensification in a war of words and threats between Pyongyang and the new US president Donald Trump.
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Headaches can be caused by a number of things. While some headaches have an underlying cause, the majority of headaches are primary headaches, which means they are the only real concern (not caused by an illness or environmental factor).
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In the face of strong union and political opposition, United Airlines has partially backed off a cost-saving move affecting almost 500 flight attendants based in Las Vegas and Philadelphia, according to the Assn. of Flight Attendants (AFA) union.
UAL backs off flight attendant move
Shutting management offices in those two cities would have required flight attendants living there to relocate to other cities or commute to other starting points in their workday.
The proposal riled the union, which said it would save only $200,000 a year but disrupt the lives of hundreds of flight attendants, after the union had agreed to $314 million a year in concessions over six years to help pull United out of bankruptcy.
The union's opposition prompted Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., to write a letter earlier this month to Glenn Tilton, United's chairman, president and CEO, noting his strong support of federal aid for airlines in the past.
"Keeping a robust airline industry is essential to the economic health of the United States, nowhere more so than for my home state of Nevada, whose primary industry is tourism," said the letter from Sen. Reid, ranking Democrat on the transportation and infrastructure subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee and a member of the appropriations subcommittee on transportation. "My support has helped pave the way for direct subsidies, loan payments and most recently an airlines bailout package, all designed to ensure the well-being of your companies."
A compromise reached Tuesday will allow United to cut administrative costs in those cities by transferring management of flight attendant operations to Los Angeles and Newark and by making greater use of electronic communications with flight attendants, the AFA said in a message posted on its Web site.
"The Company believes that this agreement enables numerous opportunities to improve the overall efficiency of these operations through the expanded use of automation," the union stated. A spokesman for United's parent, Elk Grove Township-based UAL Corp., had no immediate comment.


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Angela Merkel's lifeboat is looking increasingly leaky. Here is the Daily Telegraph's Ambrose Evans-Pritchard with his latest take on the German chancellor's difficulties in drumming up support for further Eurozone bailouts:
German media reported that the latest tally of votes in the Bundestag shows that 23 members from Mrs Merkel's own coalition plan to vote against the package, including twelve of the 44 members of Bavaria's Social Christians (CSU). This may force the Chancellor to rely on opposition votes, risking a government collapse…
A CSU document to be released on Monday flatly rebuts the latest accord between Chancellor Merkel and French president Nicholas Sarkozy, saying plans for an "economic government for eurozone states" are unacceptable. It demands treaty changes to let EMU states go bankrupt, and to eject them from the euro altogether for serial abuses. "
An unlimited transfer union and pooling of debts for any length of time would imply a shared financial government and decisively change the character of a European confederation of states," said the draft, obtained by Der Spiegel.
True enough.
The director of the EFSF (the Eurozone's bailout fund) has reportedly described all the German grumbling as "hysteria."
Nope, it's just democracy, and some long overdue commonsense.
Evans-Pritchard quotes from comments made by German president Christian Wulff last week to the effect that Europe's headlong rush towards fiscal union strikes at the "very core" of democracy. "Decisions have to be made in parliament in a liberal democracy. That is where legitimacy lies."
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Metropolitan Police Department has released new surveillance video related to a fatal hit-and-run that happened on August 19.
The new video was taken from 21st St, NW & K St, NW, about two blocks away from the crash itself.
The crash left David Narvaez, 29, of Arlington, VA dead.
The MPD said around 2:40 a.m., Narvaez was crossing the street in the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, NW and M Street, NW when he was hit by a car heading south on New Hampshire Avenue, NW. The driver of the car did not stop.
Police are looking for a 2004-2008 Toyota Corolla S model. The vehicle has a light colored, possibly yellow, rear license tag, and the vehicle has damage to the drivers' side hood, fender, and windshield. The right front passenger is described as having a light complexion.
Friends DCW News at 10 spoke with said Narvaez had just finished a shift a Lucky Bar a few blocks away. They described him as really nice person on the cusp of doing more things with his life.
"Our family, as are so many others, is suffering deeply from the loss of David. We are proud of how much he accomplished in his life, while putting other people first. We are thankful for every day we got to spend with him and that he had the chance to meet his new niece and recently be in his sister's wedding. We are so appreciative of the outpouring of love for him from his friends and the larger community," said Narvaez's family said in a statement.
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This tattoo is for a character in a novel. It's a tattoo on his forearm that he got in the Navy in the late 1970s. While the tattoo is graphic, since I will share the image on my website when I talk about this character in a post, I need to cover the nipples with hair. Think PG-13 when drawing the voluptuous, naked woman--America freaks out about exposed nipples. This tattoo represents a man who is gay but in the closet. He got the tattoo in the navy, was kicked out, and is now part of a motorcycle gang, The Right Knights (hence altering the tattoo). So the tattoo represents his inner emotions, covered up by his facade as a "man enough" bad-ass. "Buzzard" is his gang nickname.
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Description from the book (and for the forearm): "His original tatt had been a naked, voluptuous woman leaning against an anchor with long dark hair, but he'd had the tattoo altered one year later to cover her head with a knight's helmet. The woman's hair poured from beneath the armor. A buzzard, twice her size, now perched on her bare shoulder; its talons indenting, but not puncturing, her skin. But the woman didn't buckle under the weight of the large beast, and instead, a strand of her hair tethered the bird's ankle." Updated: I'm learning as I go, so I'm gaining clarity along the way. Since I'd share the tattoo on my website when talking about the book, any nipples should be covered - probably with her hair? Ultimately, she needs a knight's helmet on her head (as if added a year later), and a piece of her hair should be wrapped around the buzzards leg - as if bound together. They are prisoners to each other. I imagined the anchor larger, but can be flexible.
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Engagement Check
Today is the 18th day of the 2018-2019 school year. The end of the week marks mid-term of the first quarter. We are one-eighth of the way into the BEST YEAR EVER. The presence of eager learners can be heard and seen throughout the district. Classroom and work routines are established. We are in the groove.
But I also know that as the realities of busy schedules and challenging work set in, so can disenchantment and weariness. The on-going struggle of balancing heavy responsibilities is real. It seems like a good time to step back and analyze how you are feeling about your work. It's time to ask an important question: AM I ENGAGED?
As noted at Convocation and according to Gallup research, employees in every organization fall into three categories:
- ENGAGED EMPLOYEES work with passion and feel a profound connection with their organization, team members and goals.
- NON-ENGAGED EMPLOYEES are checked-out and put neither energy nor drive into their work. They get through the day doing what they need to do to stay employed.
- ACTIVELY DISENGAGED EMPLOYEES undermine the efforts of engaged employees and spread their misery to everyone.
While I'd like to think that GFPS only has ENGAGED employees, the research tells us otherwise: every organization has all three types of employees.
With all that in mind, I ask you to check your engagement level. If your work behavior falls into Type 1 above, CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU! You make up the majority of GFPS employees. You are the engines that make our goals come true. You are the difference-makers. You are the "wildcards." You are the ones seizing every "chance" to do better and to do more.
If your work behavior falls into Type 2 or 3 as noted above, I think you have two choices: stop doing it (i.e. find another job) OR love the job you have with all your heart. Anything less is not only harmful to GFPS, but it is also harmful to yourself. It is unhealthy to spend hours per day being miserable. The good news is that humans can change our thoughts which changes our behaviors which changes our outcomes. Our brains allow us to love everything we do. If you can't change what you do, you can always change how you are doing it!
Our kids, our community and our future demand that you do what you do when you are at work with passion, integrity and enthusiasm. So, to all of you engaged employees out there, I hope you are being richly rewarded with all the progress and learning that is taking place around you. If I could, I would end each of your days with a personal pat on the back for a job well done. To everyone else, commit to new thinking today, and tomorrow, and for each of the 162 school days, and three and half quarters ahead of us. You have the power to take this chance to be the wildcard, to live this life, to start with yes instead of no…to make it the best year ever!
Take care. Be safe. Stay well.


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Broken Telephone, 2018 explores the manner in which we see ourselves through the perspective of others. Looking at how the opinions of those around us and outside forces shape how we perform for the public. The project began with an open call for drawings based on a description I wrote of my physical appearance and emotional traits, the focus group consisted of everyone from complete strangers to my mother and father. These drawings examined how others interpret my own biases, and how the biases of others effect their interpretation of my appearance. Within this project I play both the provoker and the provoked, first becoming the object then reclaiming these drawings/interpretations through the re-imagination of these characters through self-portraiture. Physically embodying others views of my own appearance.
Broken Telephone


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Want to make your Facebook photos in Photoshop?
This infographic makes it simple!
It's got the dimensions, resolution, and how to save your image all in one place. Great to pin and share!
I've been recommending a 600 pixel square for wall posts, but I'm not a big user of the Facebook mobile app. My Clever Agency (clever as they are!) has figured out that a 800 x 600 horizontal image looks best on mobile.
And as I've mentioned before, saving as a PNG-24 is critical if you have type in your Facebook photo. Facebook won't compress the heck out of it and make it look ugly, like it will with a PNG-8 or JPG.
Need more Photoshop pointers? I have a fabulous Photoshop training on sale til August 15 only! Do yourself a favor and check it out here. It'll open in a new window so you can come back and view the infographic on designing your Facebook photos in Photoshop!


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This cake offers you to unfold the taste of mysterious cherries with smooth classic cream. The thick layering of whipped cream won't allow you to resist the lure of this magnificent cake. It's made with the combination of juicy cherries, whipped cream, and smooth chocolate. Have it fast so that you would not regret at last.
Ingredients Used:
All-purpose flour, White sugar, Unsweetened cocoa powder, Baking powder, Baking soda, Salt, Milk, Vegetable oil, Vanilla extract, Sour cherries, Cornstarch, Whipping cream, Confectioners' sugar
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Very Delicious, Timely Delivery and Up to the Expectations
Ordered Egg less Black forest cake for my Wife's Birthday. Very good taste and timely delivery. Appreciate the commitment. I Recommend It.
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I wonder if there's there a reason behind this trend or is it a transitory phase as the wifi coverage improves. Based in a field in Galway there is poor access to mobile web but apps are great. Is it because they operate apart and update on reconnection. I think that if wifi coverage was always on and widespread then the pattern may mature and reverse back to web.
*Gratuitous field in Galway to break up the waffle*
As folk start to acknowledge the sheer amount of data being gathered via apps ( see Color, Facebook post) we may think again and revert to direct web.
As html5 becomes more widely used will the balance change? I think it will swing back to a new landscape, a universal connection. Whether you are accessing touch screen navigation or keying in on a laptop, there will be a degree of interoperability.
I can see a future where the mobile experience will be exactly the same as if on a pc lap top television touchpad whatever? So then why would we be downloading apps when chrome books take us 'live' on the net as it were. Chromebook style maybe?


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The hedge fund billionaire Louis M. Bacon's charitable foundation was a victim of a fraudulent scheme by the 39-year-old Wall Street executive Andrew Caspersen, the foundation said on Tuesday.
The Moore Charitable Foundation, a trust "established to protect our land, water and wildlife for the benefit of future generations," said in a statement that it was "lied to by Andrew Caspersen, a managing director at investment bank PJT Partners, regarding a potential investment related to the publicly announced restructuring of a private equity fund."
The foundation put $25 million into what federal authorities on Monday called a "brazen" scheme to defraud investors.
The Moore Charitable Foundation said that it "detected irregularities in a proposed follow-on deal" and then "swiftly notified PJT Partners' general counsel's office and cooperated with PJT in their investigation of the issue."
PJT contacted the United States attorney's office in Manhattan. The foundation is cooperating with an investigation by federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Fraud Charges for Financial Executive
The S.E.C. said that Andrew Caspersen, a partner at Park Hill, solicited $95 million to invest in a shell company.
Mr. Bacon, whose hedge fund is Moore Capital Management, founded the Moore Charitable Foundation in 1992 as a family foundation.
Authorities contend that Mr. Caspersen used fake emails and invented an investment vehicle that had a name similar to that of a real fund in which his firm Park Hill Group was involved in raising money.
The authorities said he lost much of the $25 million from the foundation in "aggressive options trading." As a condition of his bond, a magistrate judge ordered he get a mental health evaluation and alcohol testing and treatment.
Mr. Caspersen, who comes from a wealthy family and was successful in his own right, was well compensated at Park Hill. Prosecutors said in court that he earned $3.68 million in 2015 and $4.5 million in 2014.
The accusations against Mr. Caspersen shocked his former employers Coller Capital and Park Hill.
PJT Partners, an advisory firm that was spun out of Blackstone and owns Park Hill, said in a statement that it was "stunned and outraged" to learn of the allegations.
Shares of PJT, which tumbled nearly 11 percent on Monday, were down about 1 percent on Tuesday.
Coller Capital, where Mr. Caspersen worked for nine years before joining Park Hill, sought to distance itself from any scandal, saying that the firm had "no reason to believe there was any wrongdoing by Mr. Caspersen during his time of employment with Coller."


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Cleveland 588 RTX 2.0 Review
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What we say...
Rotex face technology offers 15% sharper grooves. New micro-milled grooves give the roughest face surface allowed by the USGA. Low, mid and full bounce options offer tons of versatility to fit your own game.
Our verdict:
Fairplay to Cleveland for going all in on the shot-stopping tech. The milled face, sharper grooves and micro etching performed beautifully on the launch monitor and golf course. There's no doubt the 588 is a tip-top wedge, we particularly liked how the Black Satin finish highlights the face tech and enhances focus at address. The sole width on the two lofts we tested (52deg and 58deg) was narrower than some which we felt was spot on for promoting an aggressive attack and nipping shots cleanly. But at the same time was not too thin to dig excessively in sand or on squelchy turf.
Bottom line:
Not the smallest headed wedge which is absolutely not a criticism, its confidence inspiring, versatile and feels really solid. Of course the 588 also comes from a superb wedge pedigree too.
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Beautiful looking wedges, very sleek, nothing flashy about the face, or the back. Nicely milled face that isn't too in your face either. I was fitted for them and work heartily recommend Studley Wood fitting as you really get a thorough treatment, finding out what you currently do and what would suit you. Expect changes as the fitters really know their game and will learn your game quickly.
Just wanted to start by thank TG and Cleveland for a wonderful fitting opportunity last week! Onto the wedge, by far the best I have tried and come across. The feel off the face is unbelievable, giving the feel of a forged MB but withiut the forged material. For me the spin numbers, matched with the KBS wedge shaft were perfect too. I was getting the distances i wanted, with an added extra wedge to fill the 25 yard gap I had, but gaining more feel. It's a soft feel of the face but at the same time you can feel the grip and bite of the groove as laser milled tech on the face. The look of the club is gorgeous, simple but elegant. It looks a classy club, and doesn't dissappoint once in your hands. The various loft, bounce and lie options too make this wedge for me one of the most adaptable and individual wedges on the market. With 2 different finishes (Tour Satin and Tour Black), 2 different heads (Blade and Cavity) and 3 different sole grinds there is a perfect wedge for every golfer. Can't recommend the fitting or the wedges enough.


text: A Look Back at 2018 Privacy Shield Enforcement By Liisa Thomas on January 14, 2019 Posted in EU Privacy, FTC, Privacy Shield Over the course of 2018, the FTC brought several actions against US companies for violations of the Privacy Shield program. The program, which as we have reported on previously gives participating US companies a mechanism to receive personal information from EU entities. The program is reviewed annually by the EU to determine if, from an EU … Continue Reading