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Pores and skin Care Errors That Are Unhealthy For Your Pores and skin
It occurs to one of the best of us – some days we're actually good about caring for our pores and skin, whereas different days (and nights!) finishing our skincare routine can look like an excessive amount of of a chore. If you happen to're noticing elevated pores and skin points like breakouts, extreme dryness or different indicators of irritated pores and skin, one in every of these frequent skincare errors may be the perpetrator. Learn on to search out out whether or not your habits are inflicting extra hurt than good, and what you are able to do to alter them and forestall untimely getting old, breakouts and extra.
Mistake #1: Using Dirty Linens | Mistake #2: Wearing Makeup To Bed | Mistake #3: Skipping SPF | Mistake #4: Ignoring Dehydrated Skin | Mistake #5: Over-Exfoliating | Mistake #6: Using Makeup Wipes | Mistake #7 Not Cleaning Makeup Tools
Mistake #1: Utilizing Soiled Linens
Most of us use linens each single day (and all night time lengthy), and don't actually give them a lot thought. Your pillowcase, for instance, is in touch together with your pores and skin for hours on finish. This nightly face time leads to a buildup of oils, grime and sweat, to not point out hundreds of pores and skin cells! Cotton pillowcases can harbor micro organism that may result in breakouts and allergic reactions. Specialists counsel flipping your pillow over after an evening of sleep after which washing the pillowcase each different day. Switching from cotton to different pure fibers like bamboo or silk can be useful, however an everyday laundry schedule continues to be a should.
Utilizing soiled face cloths is one other mistake that many make. Use a recent one each day to keep away from reintroducing yesterday's grime if you're making an attempt to cleanse your pores and skin. Appears easy, but it surely's price repeating.
Mistake #2: Sporting Make-up To Mattress
After an extended day or night time out, it may be tempting to hit the sheets with out washing your make-up off, however this skincare step is a non-negotiable. Your pores and skin produces oil and sebum naturally all through the day. When it combines with make-up, grime or micro organism which have been sitting in pores for hours at a time, there's a significant potential for breakouts. Clogged pores, a dull complexion and increased blackheads are just some of the concerns you might experience when you go to bed without washing your face. Skin renews itself while you sleep, and when you leave makeup on, you are preventing that from happening.
The best way to avoid these skin concerns is to do a double cleanse before calling it a night. An oil-based cleanser is best for breaking up and removing makeup. Follow that with a second cleansing using your favorite formula, which goes to work deep within pores to eliminate impurities and any trace remnants of makeup after the initial cleansing. It will only take a couple of minutes, and then you can apply your serums and drift off to sleep without guilt weighing on your mind – or dirt and oil clogging your pores and weighing on your skin.
Try our Calm Skin Chamomile Cleanser to remove the impurities of the day from your skin. Infused with chamomile, arnica and rosemary, this calming cream cleanser is perfect for sensitive skin prone to redness and makes a great second step in a double cleanse.
If you're fighting the appearance of breakouts, our Clear Skin Probiotic Cleanser is the best choice to remove excess sebum from your complexion. It's a clarifying cream-gel cleanser that treats oily and problem skin with cucumber and tea tree oil. Sweet almond milk and yogurt reduce the visible signs of problem skin without stripping the skin of moisture. In other words, it can help your skin recover from past "mistakes."
Mistake #3: Skipping Sunscreen
It's no secret that sun exposure and UV rays have the potential to cause a number of skin issues, including melanoma, fine lines, wrinkles, sagging skin and dark spots. Wearing sunscreen is essential for protecting the skin against harmful UV rays, and daily protection is crucial to the health of your skin.
Sunscreen helps to keep the skin protected from the dangers of sun exposure, including sunburn, sun damage and melanoma. It's also beneficial in minimizing the premature aging effects of UV rays, such as fine lines, wrinkles, sagging and rough skin.
There are different types of sunscreens, most notably chemical and mineral. Both protect your skin from the sun's powerful rays, but they provide that protection in different ways. Chemical sunscreens penetrate the skin, absorb sunlight and convert it to heat before releasing it. Mineral sunscreens sit on top of the skin's surface and block sunlight – reflecting the UV rays before they reach the skin's surface. Personal preference and skin type can be factors in choosing an SPF, but ultimately the goal is the same: to protect the skin.
If adding another step to your morning routine feels like too much work, save a step by using a moisturizer that contains an SPF, like Lilikoi Daily Defense Moisturizer SPF 40, an all-in-one lightweight daily moisturizer.
Mistake #4: Ignoring Dehydrated Skin
Signs of dehydrated skin include itchy patches, undereye circles, dullness and fine lines. Unlike "dry skin," which is a skin type (caused by a natural lack of oils), dehydrated skin is a condition caused by a lack of water. Dehydrated skin occurs when your body loses more water than it is taking in — for example, from not replenishing liquids after an intense workout or a long day outside in a warm climate. Really, dehydration can happen in any circumstance when not enough water is being consumed. A minimum of eight cups a day is a good baseline. And no, coffee doesn't count! (But herbal tea does).
To determine whether you are experiencing dry skin or dehydrated skin, pinch the skin on the back of your hand. If the skin fails to snap back, your skin could be dehydrated. Fortunately, reversing dehydration can be accomplished with a few lifestyle changes. Some of them include:
- Drinking alcohol in moderation (if at all)
- Limiting coffee and other sources of caffeine
- Stopping smoking
- Exercising regularly
- Replenishing fluids after you work out
- Getting plenty of sleep
- Eating more fruits, vegetables and other plant-based foods
Our Strawberry Rhubarb Hyaluronic Serum is a great option to deeply hydrate both dry and dehydrated skin, leaving it softer and smoother.
Mistake #5: Over-Exfoliating
Exfoliating your skin keeps the complexion soft and smooth while reducing the look of dullness. Exfoliating helps to remove dead skin cells by breaking the bonds that glue them together, allowing new cells to surface and resulting in the appearance of a "glow." When done right, exfoliation is one of the most important skin care habits you can adopt.
Too much of a good thing? While some exfoliating is good for the skin, too much can actually cause damage to the skin barrier and strip its moisture. There is a protective layer of oils and fats on the surface of the skin which helps seal moisture and keeps irritants out. When these protective properties are stripped away with excessive exfoliation, the result is a weakened barrier. The Charcoal Exfoliating Gel Cleanser is a great option as it washes away impurities, while leaving the skin balanced.
Everyone's skin is a little bit different, so you may have to try a few skin care products and routines to figure out what's best for you – but according to Healthline, most consultants advise that you just exfoliate two to 3 instances per week – so long as your pores and skin can deal with it.
Mistake #6: Utilizing Make-up Wipes
Whereas make-up wipes could look like a fast and simple method to take away your make-up and different buildup from the day (particularly after a late night time!) — assume twice about taking this shortcut. It may well appear tempting to actually wipe the break day in a single easy step, particularly earlier than mattress when exhaustion can overpower frequent sense (see Mistake #1).
Sadly, make-up wipes do not actually clear your pores and skin. What they do as an alternative is smear round no matter make-up, grime and useless pores and skin is in your face, leaving a greasy residue and clogging pores, or put merely: the precise reverse of what you're making an attempt to perform. It's a step that may do extra hurt than good, inflicting irritation and breakouts. On prime of that, many wipes comprise preservatives (to maintain them recent and bacteria-free of their heat, moist packages). A few of these preservatives embrace chemical substances that launch formaldehyde, in addition to solubilizers, surfactants and emulsifiers. And don't get us began on the affect of disposable wipes on the planet.
In line with Diana Felton, MD, state toxicologist with the Hawaii Division of Well being: "One group estimates that 20 million kilos of single-use wipes are disposed of day by day within the U.S. Many wipes are disposed of in landfills, and regardless of claims on the contrary, most usually are not biodegradable and don't quickly break down, creating an excessive amount of trash to slot in our landfills." If you happen to're reticent to present them up to your pores and skin, do it for the planet!
Mistake #7 Not Correctly Cleansing Make-up Instruments
When was the final time you cleaned your make-up brushes or gave your gua sha or jade curler scrub? If it's been longer than a month, and also you're coping with breakouts or boring complexion, soiled make-up and skincare instruments would be the perpetrator.
Make-up brushes and sponges take in oils, grime and micro organism from the pores and skin with every use. Think about going weeks or months with out giving them a correct cleanse! Soiled make-up brushes have the potential to introduce micro organism and buildup to pores, jeopardizing the general well being of your pores and skin. Wash all make-up brushes and reusable sponges at the least as soon as a month – and as soon as every week you probably have delicate or acne-prone pores and skin.
And whereas we're with reference to instruments, be sure to use a bit spoon or spatula when getting product and make-up out of jars. Scooping lotions out together with your fingers can introduce micro organism into the combination and on to your pores and skin. It may well additionally shorten the shelf lifetime of the product. And clear arms are a should. All the time wash your arms completely earlier than making use of something to your face or physique. One other easy skincare behavior that may go a good distance.
Watch Lead Pores and skin Care Coach Natalie Pergar stroll you thru extra frequent skincare errors and methods to repair them.
Acknowledge your individual habits on this listing? Go to your favourite Eminence Organics Spa Associate for extra recommendation on avoiding skincare errors and creating one of the best skincare routine for you.
This text was initially written in January 2020.


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- Uttam Mishra, Camille Lecoeuche
Transformations are hot but results are not
A recent research shows that 70% of digital transformation projects do not attain their objectives(3), which resulted in $900 billion wasted on failed digital transformation out of the $1.3 trillion invested in 2018 (4), and the impacts of failed transformation reach further than finances, they also waste time and impact expectations.
In our experience some of the primary challenges/reasons digital transformation project fail to achieve the original goals and objectives are.
Digital skills gap and lack of strategic external resourcing.
Clarity of future state
Legacy processes, systems and applications
Unrealistic and/or under-utilisation of emerging technologies
Before going any deeper it worth noting that digital transformation can represent a whole host of transformation projects and they are nothing new, most organisations small, medium or large are either actively planning for a transformation project or have undertaken some kind of transformation recently. The idea of innovation and growth is central to most business and digital transformations enable opportunities to improve their productivity and the operational efficiency in providing existing services, to save them time and money, or allows them to provide their customers with new lines of products and grow their business.
It's the potential impact of these transformations which is the primary driver and the reason why they remain top of the mind for most business leaders even with the associated risks and failures, as the same is synonymous with business.
Before the onset of Covid, the biggest priority for businesses in 2020 was digital disruption and obtaining the talent required for transformation, and this has only been magnified through the pandemic (15). Covid-19 has exacerbated the trend towards digital adoption, accelerating it by 5 years, by some estimates (1), as efforts for technologically driven cost efficiency and flexibility to allow business continuity have dramatically increased as a result of pandemic related challenges (2). Technology, though, only provides businesses the opportunity for growth and increased efficiency; technology alone cannot guarantee successful transformation.
Through these series of posts, we aim to explore the top challenges and share our recommended best practices to avoid these challenges. These are pillars of our Affix-3 methodology , which we use to deliver transformation using AI and machine learning. Affix-3 is designed and perfected over years of use not only to help businesses achieve these transformations successfully but also to guarantee outcomes.
If you are planning to undertake a transformation or actively engaged in a transformation journey, have a look at our readiness assessment tool here to evaluate your likelihood of success.

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Most patients (>80%) have no history of recurrent otitis media. Persistent otorrhea beyond 3 weeks is the most consistent sign that a process involving the mastoid has evolved.
The patient's fever may be high and unrelenting in acute mastoiditis, but this may be related to the associated acute otitis media (AOM). Persistence of fever, particularly when the patient is receiving adequate and appropriate antimicrobial agents, is common in acute surgical mastoiditis (ASM).
Pain is localized deep in or behind the ear and is typically worse at night. Persistence of pain is a warning sign of mastoid disease. This may be difficult to evaluate in very young patients. Hearing loss is common with all processes that involve the middle ear cleft.
For infants, be attentive to any nonspecific history consistent with infection, such as poor feeding, fever, irritability, or diarrhea.
In a study by Oestreicher-Kedem et al, the mean interval from onset of illness to mastoiditis was found to be 4.5 days. [17] Ear cultures most often grew S pneumoniae and P aeruginosa (23.7% each). Complications occurred in 15.8% of cases. The only factor differentiating children with and without complications was the white blood cell count (high in children with complications).
The findings in this study indicate that acute mastoiditis is not only a complication of prolonged infection of the middle ear but also may present as an acute infection of the mastoid bone that can progress within 48 hours. The complication rate remains high, and antibiotic treatment at the onset of symptoms does not prevent complications. A high white blood cell count on admission may serve as a predictive factor for complicated cases.
In a study by Niv et al of 113 patients with acute mastoiditis (128 episodes) treated between 1990 and 2002, the authors concluded that (1) a significant increase in the incidence of acute mastoiditis in infants had been recorded, although the reason for the trend was uncertain; (2) in most infants with acute mastoiditis, the disease arose after the infant's initial AOM episode, and most of the infants had not received prior antibiotic therapy; (3) infants showed more severe clinical signs and symptoms of acute mastoiditis than did older patients; (4) S pneumonia was the most common pathogen isolated in middle ear fluid cultures, but there was a greater involvement of S pyogenes in the cases of acute mastoiditis than had been reported for AOM. [18]
Physical Examination
Acute mastoiditis is a serious bacterial infection of the temporal bone and is the most common complication of otitis media. Frequent signs include mastoid area erythema, proptosis of the auricle, and fever. [3]
Tenderness and inflammation over the mastoid process are the most consistent signs of acute surgical mastoiditis (ASM). Periosteal thickening requires comparison to the other side, and some lateral displacement of the auricle may be present. Subperiosteal abscess displaces the auricle laterally and obliterates the postauricular skin crease. If the crease remains, the process is lateral to the periosteum.
Although the diagnosis of acute surgical mastoiditis can often be made on a clinical basis alone, computed tomography (CT) scanning may be performed for confirmation of the diagnosis, evaluation of potential complications, and surgical planning. Also keep in mind that it is possible to have mastoiditis with no history of otitis media, normal external anatomy, no tenderness, and no external signs of infection.
Otitis media is revealed on otoscopy, often with 1 of the following additional features:
Sagging of the posterosuperior canal wall (possibly a sign of ASM, although not as reliable in infants)
Nipplelike protrusion of the central tympanic membrane, usually oozing pus
Findings consistent with a complication of extension beyond the mastoid process and its covering periosteum or another intratemporal complication, such as facial palsy
In adults, the most common symptoms of mastoiditis are otalgia, otorrhea, and hearing loss, and the physical signs of mastoiditis (ie, swelling, erythema, tenderness of the retroauricular region) are usually present. Localization and enlargement of the pathological process within the middle ear spaces can be determined based on CT scan findings.
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We successfully recovered compensation for a family of 16 holidaymakers whose trip to Tenerife was ruined by illness.
Our clients, a large extended family, had booked a fortnight's holiday at the Luabay Costa Los Gigantes resort – which is now known as the Be Live Family Costa Los Gigantes resort. They were hoping for a relaxing break together as a family, but many started to suffer from gastric illness only a few days into the trip.
The whole family fell ill with serious gastric symptoms including diarrhoea, abdominal pains and vomiting. For some of the guests the symptoms persisted even after they got home. Two members of the group continue to suffer with problems.
There were several causes for concern at the hotel. The guests noticed that food was often served lukewarm and was frequently left uncovered for long periods of time. They were also troubled by the number of flies in the hotel restaurants during meal times.
We successfully secured compensation for all 16 family members despite the tour operator, TUI UK Limited, denying responsibility for the guests' illness.
Jennifer Mullins, a specialist international personal injury lawyer, represented the group. She said: "This big family holiday was completely ruined by gastric illness. Our clients are now understandably relieved to have received a settlement from the tour operator for the pain and suffering they endured. We hope this case acts as a reminder to all tour operators of the importance of keeping their holidaymakers safe and ensuring that appropriate health and hygiene standards are met."
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Four-time Grand Slam tennis phenom Naomi Osaka put herself first—becoming more of a hero for prioritizing her mental health and antagonizing those who hate when women exercise their agency. Especially Black women who have the nerve to do so. Japan's Osaka announced last week that she wouldn't be doing any press interviews at the 2021 French Open for the sake of her mental health. She found athletes subjecting themselves to post-match Q&As similar to "kicking a person while they were down." Knowing she'd be fined for reneging on this obligation, Osaka hoped that money would be donated to mental health charities. Osaka is arguably one of the franchise players in tennis, reportedly earning a historic $55 million in 2020. The Japanese-Haitian superstar is a box office draw. Still, she didn't flex and dictate diva demands. She wanted to protect her peace. But even when we explain ourselves nicely, the collective world still doesn't listen to Black women if we're not staying in our place. It's all about checking in with yourself until it's put into practice. Roland-Garros fined Osaka $15,000 after she won her first round in the competition. The tennis star was then threatened with expulsion from the French Open, and future expulsions from the Australian and United States Opens and Wimbledon, if she didn't participate in any news conferences. Roland-Garros applied even more pressure by seemingly mocking the second-seeded woman athlete with a since-deleted troll tweet about other tennis stars who "understood the assignment." These organizations can master the latest trends but don't have similar evolutions when it comes to the well-being of their star player. Osaka pulled out of the French Open on Monday, citing her depression and anxiety that resulted after her 2018 breakthrough U.S. Open win against Serena Williams, which catapulted her to worldwide fame. Several major women tennis players including Martina Navatalova, Billie Jean Young, Serena and Venus Williams have come to the defense of Naomi Osaka for her decision to protect her mental health.


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And as we trudged
My companion talked discursively
Of his days at the University.
He'd been, he told me, a mathematician,
Fighting the Cold War, breaking Czech
And Russian codes, until one day,
Stood at the window, gazing out
At a tub of jonquils across the quad,
He'd suddenly sickened at what he called
"My trade of killing men at a distance,"
And packing nothing, had gone that night
Like the scholar gypsy into the woods
And taken vows of knight errantry.
And while he spoke of these things, the trees
Slid past me like a projected backdrop,
Flat and unreal.
And then he stopped:
"They're here," he whispered, "Listen to them."
I halted behind him. Women's voices,
Confidential and gossipy,
Were wittering in the bushes round us,
Getting louder.
"There's one," he breathed,
"Let's show her that we're not impressed."
He shouldered his stick like a rifle. "Boom!"
And long skirts scuttered behind an oak.
He lit his pipe and we sauntered on
In a haze of tobacco. The moon had risen;
The greys and greens were silver now,
The shadows velvet.
A naked girl
Stood in our path, with pendulous breasts
And thin, black scars cross‑hatching her torso.
Her hair was red and her eyes so wide
You could see the white all round the iris.
"Are you my love?" she moaned; her hands
Groped out towards us. "O, are you he?
His nature is cold and heavy as
A sack of malt. He pleasures me
As none else can."
I felt such pity
I moved towards her, but as I did,
Pellinore barged in front and winking
Over his shoulder walked right through her
And where she'd teetered was empty space.


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CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Israel
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|Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides. The territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 war are not included in the Israel country profile, unless otherwise noted. On 25 April 1982, Israel withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Israel and Palestinian officials signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also known as the "Oslo accords") guiding an interim period of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial and other disputes with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace. In addition, on 25 May 2000, Israel withdrew unilaterally from southern Lebanon, which it had occupied since 1982. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations were conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives and Syria to achieve a permanent settlement. On 24 June 2002, US President BUSH laid out a "road map" for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which envisions a two-state solution. However, progress toward a permanent status agreement has been undermined by Palestinian-Israeli violence ongoing since September 2000. The conflict may have reached a turning point with the election in January 2005 of Mahmud ABBAS as the new Palestinian leader following the November 2004 death of Yasir ARAFAT.
|Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
|Geographic coordinates:
|Map references:
|Middle East
|total: 20,770 sq km
water: 440 sq km
land: 20,330 sq km
|Area - comparative:
|slightly smaller than New Jersey
|Land boundaries:
|total: 1,017 km
border countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km
|273 km
|Maritime claims:
|territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: to depth of exploitation
|temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
|Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
|Elevation extremes:
|lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m
|Natural resources:
|timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand
|Land use:
|arable land: 16.39%
permanent crops: 4.17%
other: 79.44% (2001)
|Irrigated land:
|1,990 sq km (1998 est.)
|Natural hazards:
|sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; droughts; periodic earthquakes
|Environment - current issues:
|limited arable land and natural fresh water resources pose serious constraints; desertification; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; groundwater pollution from industrial and domestic waste, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides
|Environment - international agreements:
|party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Marine Life Conservation
|Geography - note:
|there are 242 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the West Bank, 42 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 25 in the Gaza Strip, and 29 in East Jerusalem (February 2002 est.); Sea of Galilee is an important freshwater source
note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, more than 5,000 in the Gaza Strip, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2004 est.)
|Age structure:
|0-14 years: 26.7% (male 847,591; female 808,399)
15-64 years: 63.4% (male 1,976,539; female 1,954,782)
65 years and over: 9.9% (male 262,781; female 348,916) (2004 est.)
|Median age:
|total: 29.2 years
male: 28.3 years
female: 30 years (2004 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.29% (2004 est.)
|Birth rate:
|18.45 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|Death rate:
|6.19 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|Sex ratio:
|at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
|total: 7.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 7.96 deaths/1,000 live births
|Life expectancy at birth:
|total population: 79.17 years
male: 77.08 years
female: 81.37 years (2004 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|2.47 children born/woman (2004 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|0.1% (2001 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|2,400 (1999 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|100 (2001 est.)
|noun: Israeli(s)
adjective: Israeli
|Ethnic groups:
|Jewish 80.1% (Europe/America-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab) (1996 est.)
|Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.)
|Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
|definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.4%
male: 97.3%
female: 93.6% (2003 est.)
|Country name:
|conventional long form: State of Israel
conventional short form: Israel
local short form: Yisra'el
local long form: Medinat Yisra'el
|Government type:
|parliamentary democracy
|Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv
|Administrative divisions:
|6 districts (mehozot, singular - mehoz); Central, Haifa, Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv
|14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 14 May (1948); note - Israel declared independence on 14 May 1948, but the Jewish calendar is lunar and the holiday may occur in April or May
|no formal constitution; some of the functions of a constitution are filled by the Declaration of Establishment (1948), the Basic Laws of the parliament (Knesset), and the Israeli citizenship law
|Legal system:
|mixture of English common law, British Mandate regulations, and, in personal matters, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim legal systems; in December 1985, Israel informed the UN Secretariat that it would no longer accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
|chief of state: President Moshe KATZAV (since 31 July 2000)
elections: president is largely a ceremonial role and is elected by the Knesset for a seven-year term; election last held 31 July 2000 (next to be held mid-2007); following legislative elections, the president assigns a Knesset member - traditionally the leader of the largest party - the task of forming a governing coalition; election last held 28 January 2003 (next schedulde to be held fall of 2006)
head of government: Prime Minister Ariel SHARON (since 7 March 2001)
cabinet: Cabinet selected by prime minister and approved by the Knesset
election results: Moshe KATZAV elected president by the 120-member Knesset with a total of 60 votes, other candidate, Shimon PERES, received 57 votes (there were three abstentions); Ariel SHARON continues as prime minister after Likud Party victory in January 2003 Knesset elections; Likud won 38 seats and then formed coalition government with Shinui, the National Religious Party, and the National Union
|Legislative branch:
|unicameral Knesset or parliament (120 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held 28 January 2003 (next scheduled to be held fall of 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - Likud Party 29.4%, Labor 14.5%, Shinui 12.3%, Shas 8.2%, National Union 5.5%, Meretz 5.2%, United Torah Judaism 4.3%, National Religious Party 4.2%, Democratic Front for Peace and Equality 3.0%, One Nation 2.8%, National Democratic Assembly 2.3%, Yisra'el Ba'Aliya (YBA) 2.2%, United Arab List 2.1%, Green Leaf Party 1.2%, Herut 1.2%, other 1.6%; seats by party - Likud 38, Labor 19, Shinui 15, Shas 11, National Union 7, Meretz 6, National Religious Party 6, United Torah Judaism 5, Democratic Front for Peace and Equality 3, One Nation 3, National Democratic Assembly 3, YBA 2, United Arab List 2
|Judicial branch:
|Supreme Court (justices appointed for life by the president)
|Political parties and leaders:
|Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) [Muhammad BARAKA]; Green Leaf Party (no longer active) [Boaz WACHTEL and Shlomi SANDAK]; Herut (no longer active) [Michael KLEINER]; Labor Party [Shimon PERES]; Likud Party [Ariel SHARON]; Meretz (merged with YAHAD) [Zahava GALON]; National Democratic Assembly (Balad) [Azmi BISHARA]; National Religious Party [Ephraim "Efie" EITAM]; National Union (Haichud Haleumi) [Avigdor LIBERMAN] (includes Tekuma Moledet and Yisra'el Beiteinu); One Nation [David TAL]; Shas [Eliyahu YISHAI]; Shinui [Yosef "Tommy" LAPID]; United Arab List [Abd al-Malik DAHAMSHAH]; United Torah Judaism [Yaakov LITZMAN]; YAHAD [Yossi BEILIN]; Yisra'el Ba'Aliya or YBA (merged with Likud) [Natan SHARANSKY]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Israeli nationalists advocating Jewish settlement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip; Peace Now supports territorial concessions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; Yesha (settler) Council promotes settler interests and opposes territorial compromise; B'Tselem monitors human rights abuses
|International organization participation:
|BIS, BSEC (observer), CE (observer), CERN (observer), EBRD, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS (observer), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MIGA, OAS (observer), OPCW (signatory), OSCE (partner), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
|chief of mission: Ambassador Daniel AYALON
consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco
telephone: [1] (202) 364-5578
chancery: 3514 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
|chief of mission: Ambassador Daniel C. KURTZER
embassy: 71 Hayarkon Street, Tel Aviv 63903
mailing address: PSC 98, Box 29, APO AE 09830
telephone: [972] (3) 519-7369/7453/7454/7457/7458/7551/7575
consulate(s) general: Jerusalem; note - an independent US mission, established in 1928, whose members are not accredited to a foreign government
|Flag description:
|white with a blue hexagram (six-pointed linear star) known as the Magen David (Shield of David) centered between two equal horizontal blue bands near the top and bottom edges of the flag
|Economy - overview:
|Israel has a technologically advanced market economy with substantial government participation. It depends on imports of crude oil, grains, raw materials, and military equipment. Despite limited natural resources, Israel has intensively developed its agricultural and industrial sectors over the past 20 years. Israel imports substantial quantities of grain but is largely self-sufficient in other agricultural products. Cut diamonds, high-technology equipment, and agricultural products (fruits and vegetables) are the leading exports. Israel usually posts sizable current account deficits, which are covered by large transfer payments from abroad and by foreign loans. Roughly half of the government's external debt is owed to the US, which is its major source of economic and military aid. The bitter Israeli-Palestinian conflict; difficulties in the high-technology, construction, and tourist sectors; and fiscal austerity in the face of growing inflation led to small declines in GDP in 2001 and 2002. The economy grew at 1% in 2003, with improvements in tourism and foreign direct investment. In 2004, rising business and consumer confidence - as well as higher demand for Israeli exports - boosted GDP by 2.7%.
|purchasing power parity - $120.9 billion (2003 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|1.3% (2003 est.)
|GDP - per capita:
|purchasing power parity - $19,800 (2003 est.)
|GDP - composition by sector:
|agriculture: 2.8%
industry: 37.7%
services: 59.5% (2003 est.)
|Investment (gross fixed):
|17.2% of GDP (2003)
|Population below poverty line:
|18% (2001 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
|lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 28.3% (1997)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|35.5 (2001)
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|0.7% (2003 est.)
|Labor force:
|2.61 million (2003 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
|agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.6%, manufacturing 20.2%, construction 7.5%, commerce 12.8%, transport, storage, and communications 6.2%, finance and business 13.1%, personal and other services 6.4%, public services 31.2% (1996)
|Unemployment rate:
|10.7% (2003 est.)
|revenues: $44.98 billion
expenditures: $51.07 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)
|Public debt:
|108.6% of GDP (2003)
|Agriculture - products:
|citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
|high-technology projects (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, diamond cutting
|Industrial production growth rate:
|-0.6% (2003 est.)
|Electricity - production:
|42.24 billion kWh (2001)
|Electricity - consumption:
|37.82 billion kWh (2001)
|Electricity - exports:
|1.457 billion kWh (2001)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2001)
|Oil - production:
|80 bbl/day (2001 est.)
|Oil - consumption:
|260,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
|Oil - exports:
|Oil - imports:
|Oil - proved reserves:
|1.92 million bbl (1 January 2002)
|Natural gas - production:
|10 million cu m (2001 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|10 million cu m (2001 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2001 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2001 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|20.81 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
|Current account balance:
|$-174 million (2003)
|$29.32 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
|Exports - partners:
|US 38.4%, Belgium 7.4%, Hong Kong 4.8% (2003)
|$32.27 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods
|Imports - partners:
|US 15.6%, Belgium 9.3%, Germany 8%, UK 6.7%, Switzerland 6.1%, Italy 4.1% (2003)
|Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
|$26.32 billion (2003)
|Debt - external:
|$70.97 billion (2003 est.)
|Economic aid - recipient:
|$662 million from US (2003 est.)
|new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is the currency abbreviation; ILS is the International Organization for Standarization (ISO) code for the NIS
|Currency code:
|Exchange rates:
|new Israeli shekels per US dollar - 4.5541 (2003), 4.7378 (2002), 4.2057 (2001), 4.0773 (2000), 4.1397 (1999)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Telephones - main lines in use:
|3.006 million (2002)
|Telephones - mobile cellular:
|6.334 million (2002)
|Telephone system:
|general assessment: most highly developed system in the Middle East although not the largest
domestic: good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; all systems are digital
international: country code - 972; 3 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)
|Radio broadcast stations:
|AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998)
|3.07 million (1997)
|Television broadcast stations:
|17 (plus 36 low-power repeaters) (1995)
|1.69 million (1997)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|437,516 (2004)
|Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
|21 (2000)
|Internet users:
|2 million (2002)
|total: 640 km
standard gauge: 640 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)
|total: 16,281 km
paved: 16,281 km (including 56 km of expressways)
unpaved: NA (2000)
|gas 140 km; oil 1,509 km (2004)
|Ports and harbors:
|Ashdod, Ashqelon, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Yafo
|Merchant marine:
|total: 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 752,873 GRT/881,711 DWT
by type: container 18
registered in other countries: 40 (2004 est.)
|51 (2003 est.)
|Airports - with paved runways:
|total: 28
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 4 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
|Airports - with unpaved runways:
|total: 23
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 20 (2004 est.)
|3 (2003 est.)
|Military branches:
|Israel Defense Forces (IDF): Ground Corps (including Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal)), Navy, Air Force(including Air Defense Forces); note - historically there have been no separate Israeli military services
|Military manpower - military age and obligation:
|17 years of age for compulsory (Jews, Druzes) and voluntary (Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; both sexes are eligible for military service; conscript service obligation - 36 months for men, 21 months for women (2004)
|Military manpower - availability:
|males age 15-49: 1,581,883
females age 15-49: 1,532,234 (2004 est.)
|Military manpower - fit for military service:
|males age 15-49: 1,294,742
females age 15-49: 1,250,969 (2004 est.)
|Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
|males: 51,054
females: 53,515 (2004 est.)
|Military expenditures - dollar figure:
|$9.11 billion (FY03)
|Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
This page was last updated on 1 January 2003
This is a snapshot of the CIA World Fact Book as it existed on 26 March 2005


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Thoughts in Between
TiB 91: The biggest financial crime ever; why rich people feel poor; biological interventions; and more...
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The greatest financial crime in history?
What's the biggest financial crime of all time? According to Alex Danco, it may well be Bitfinex's alleged (mis)use of Tether to manipulate the Bitcoin price in 2017. Bitfinex is now being sued and the claimants put the damage at $1.4 trillion. It's one of the best stories I've read this year; read the whole thing here and here (I highly recommend Danco's newsletter; among not only the most perceptive, but also the most entertaining writers in tech)
The short version is that Bitfinex marketed Tether as a fully collateralised, dollar-pegged cryptocurrency. Allegedly, this was a fraud; Bitfinex in fact "printed" Tether at will and used it to prop up the Bitcoin price. In this account, this was the primary driver of Bitcoin's extraordinary price run from ~$1000 to ~$20,000 in 2017. Deliciously, this only came to light because Bitfinex were themselves defrauded by their bank, Crypto Capital Corp.
The affair illustrates how far short the crypto-economy falls from the vision of a real alternative to traditional financial services. As Danco shows, crypto lives and dies by its on- and off-ramps to the fiat economy. Trusted third parties are indeed security holes - and the crypto economy is full of them (Matt Levine talks about another one in the third item here: almost all the crypto exchanges use the same small fiat bank). I've not yet given up on crypto, but after ten years it's got less to show for itself than I'd have hoped.
Why do rich people feel so poor?
For me, the best critique of actually existing capitalism is that we don't have anything remotely like free markets; our economy is dominated by rent seekers, monopolists and "predators". It's a critique made on both Left and Right - so why is it so hard to build a political coalition for a reformed capitalism? Steve Randy Waldman has an interesting answer (and one of the best political economy essays of the year): "the people who are your predators financially are, in their turn, someone else's prey".
Waldman argues that the most expensive luxury good of all in the US is the ability to (re)produce membership of the upper middle class for your children. It's a good that keeps going up in price because its component parts - private schools, Ivy League education, etc - are positional goods whose supply is inelastic (Relatedly, this is a useful thread on why Harvard, etc, doesn't expand to meet demand, when they could).
To afford this in America today, Waldman says, requires market power: "the result is a strange precariat, objectively wealthy, educated and in a certain sense well-intended, who justify as a matter of defensive necessity participation in arrangements whose ugliness they cannot quite not see". This line of argument is coming to the UK too. Those of us who are capitalists need a better response than hoping a new Red Scare will save us.
What changes in a world where biology is mutable?
I've been thinking quite a lot about biology in recent months - partly because we've been funding a lot more biology companies in my day job, partly because there are exciting things happening in biology-meets-machine-learning in London and partly because it's increasingly clear that biology is mutable in ways that were hard to imagine even a decade ago.
If you Google, "biology is mutable", the first hit you get is this excellent Slate Star Codex essay, Society is fixed, biology is mutable from 2014. The author, Scott Alexander, points out that society has proven really, really hard to change, even in areas where we've poured billions of dollars and attempted wholesale social engineering, like fighting drugs or obesity. By contrast, there are some areas where we've had extraordinary success through essentially biological interventions - like banning lead or promoting vitamin intake.
The political implications are interesting. As Alexander notes, the Left generally sees social outcomes as mutable and social engineering as the mechanism to improve them. The Right sees outcomes as immutable and so social engineering as pointless. What if both are wrong: what if social outcomes are mutable, but biology is the best mechanism? Yet there's undoubtedly something "icky" about this. It's an interesting question of path dependence: if eugenics didn't have such an appalling history, might there be more appetite for biological interventions?
Quick Links
- Shrinking Apple. How much of the value in an iPhone is added in China today?
- Your friends don't like you. What's the correlation between self-assessment of morality and your friends' assessment? Sobering.
- Asymmetric warfare. Striking thread of videos of the (effective) use of laser pointers by protesters.
- The very rich are not like you and me... For one, they pay much more tax (in absolute terms) - amazing dataset from the IRS.
- Biological solutions needed. Air pollution is very, very bad for you.
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Currently in America, 5% of the population adheres to a vegetarian lifestyle and of that, 2.5% are vegan. A vegan, or strict vegetarian, has a diet that excludes the use of not only meat but all animal products including eggs, dairy, beeswax and honey. That number might not sound like a lot until you consider that 15,000,000 Americans do not eat meat! With vegan restaurants sprouting up all over Southern California, eating sans animals has never been easier and is gaining in popularity.
If you are vegetarian/vegan, or someone close to you is, you know how horrible the dreaded veggie meal can be at events and weddings. Of course at 24 carrots, we would never want any guest to have a dining experience that was anything less than fantastic. Seeing the demand, Chef Ashley has worked to put a brand new vegetarian menu together to accommodate our meatless friends. We were recently lucky enough to experience all the delicious new items and I'm excited that I can share some of my favorites with you. Our Wild Mushroom & Truffle Cappuccino and our Manchego & Sundried Tomato Stuffed Artichoke were two of my preferred tray passed hors d'oeuvres. For an entrée, Chef Ashley has created an amazing Stuffed Squash Blossom and a Ratatouille Neapolitan that is simply amazing. These menu items are so delicious that meat eaters and vegetarians alike are sure to love them!
Whether you, your guests or your clients are vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free or have special dietary requirements, please know that they can still have a delicious and amazing meal at your event. We are here to accommodate all your guests and to make sure that everyone is well fed – because that's what we do!


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was about 2.2% lower on Monday, but was still outperforming the Nasdaq Composite on Monday as riskier assets plunged.
The largest cryptocurrency was down 2.2% over the past 24 hours to around $21,011 on Monday, according to CoinDesk data. That compares with the Dow Jones Industrial Average
which plunged about 656 points, or about 2% to around 33,047, according to FactSet data. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite
dropped 332 points, or 2.6% to about 12,372.
"Normally on a day like today, Bitcoin's percentage loss would easily exceed the weakness hitting the S&P 500 index," Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda, said in emailed commentary. "Bitcoin may have some defending the $20,000 level, but it may be tough for that level to hold if king dollar continues to appreciate leading up to Fed Chair Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium."
Stock indexes tanked while 10-year Treasury yields spiked after more Federal Reserve officials reiterated their determination to bring inflation down while investors await the central bank's Jerome Powell to speak at the annual Jackson Hole Symposium on Friday.
The 2-year Treasury yield
on Monday moved up, close to its highest level in a decade.


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MUSIC NEWS: THE HARA Release New Single 'Black Soul Ceremony'
Photo Credit: Samantha Guess
THE HARA have released their brand new single Black Soul Ceremony, following their 2020 EP Play Dead.
"There comes a point in our life where we must free ourselves from all our vulnerabilities, I think there is a lot of beauty in doing so, just being completely undeniably yourself whether people hate it or love it," says leads vocalist Josh Taylor. "This song is our dark and twisted way to celebrate the demon inside , our fears and insecurities without being a prisoner to them. Instead , understanding who we can be to be truly free of those voices in our head and to kill the person we were told to be."
Check out Black Soul Ceremony below.
Like what you hear? You can stream or purchase Black Soul Ceremony HERE.
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The Hoverpod is Entecho's personal flight Compact Air Vehicle (CAV) and employs their patented radial drum fan lifting system. With its small footprint and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) ability, it is easily transported, can be launched from anywhere and fly over any surface; be it snow, water, sand or wetland.
The Hoverpod is the ultimate recreational vehicle, combining the freedom of the hovercraft and All-Terrain-Vehicles (ATV) with the performance of Personal-Watercraft (PWC) and Snowmobiles. The Hoverpod flies at a greater altitude than a conventional hovercraft, allowing it to pass over any terrain. The Hoverpod also enjoys the freedom to tilt and develop translational g-forces in any direction. This omni-directional ability makes the Hoverpod further unique compared to conventional recreational vehicles.
Top speed should be around 120kmh (75 mph), and an initial range of 3km (2 miles) will improve through development.
Entecho are building two models using the enclosed rotor technology. The first is the small, 11 pounds (5kg) unmanned Mupod, which can be used for a variety of UAV applications and measures 3 feet (60cm) in diameter. Entecho have already demonstrated a flying prototype of the Mupod.
The larger Hoverpod is a manned version with up to 3 seats. It's 5 feet (2.7m) in diameter and limited to fly 5 feet (1.5m) above ground – this doesn't make it the flying car everyone's holding out for, but it's a significant improvement on, for example, the standard hovercraft – and opens up a much wider range of passable terrains.
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Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) rolled-out Friday the first prototype of its KF-X fighter, officially christened "KF-21 Boramae," built under a 8.8 trillion-won (US$7.9 billion) project, South Korea's most expensive defence project to date that began in 2015. The KF-21 Boramae is scheduled to fly for the first time in 2022. KAI plans to build more prototypes and carry out flight tests from next year and to complete the development of the Block-1 system by June 2026. KAI plan to deploy 40 jets by 2028 and a total of 120 by 2032.
Based on this 4.5 generation platform, South Korea will be capable of building more advanced versions down the road. Around 65 percent of its components are being made indigenously, including the active electronically scanned array (AESA) rada. In addition, the EW Suite (Integrated Electronic Warfare Equipment), IRST (infrared search and track) pod and EO TGP (electro optical targeting pod). Given the national importance attached to the project, 16 of universities, 11 of laboratories and 553 suppliers are participating in the KF-X project.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in held talks with Indonesia's defense minister Prabowo Subianto on Thursday ahead of an official ceremony to roll out the KF-X fighter jet tomorrow; but failed to break a deadlock over Indonesia's continued participation in the KF-X project. Later, Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto held a meeting with his South Korean counterpart, Suh Wook, in Seoul on Thursday. The Indonesian delegations held discussions on "key issues in defense and security as well as exchanged views on regional security and bilateral cooperation."
The KAI KF-X 7is a joint South Korean and Indonesian multirole fighter aircraft development program with the goal of producing an advanced multirole fighter for the South Korean and Indonesian air forces. The airframe is stealthier than other 4th generation fighters, but does not carry weapons in one or more internal bays like 5th generation fighters. The KAI KF-X is South Korea's second domestic fighter jet development program, following the FA-50. The KF-X development program is also known as Boramae (ë³´ë¼ë§¤, Korean for "hawk"), and in Indonesia is sometimes referred to as IF-X.


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Take a peak at the different World rankings, the UCI ranking, CQ Ranking and our own Podiumcafe/FSA DS ranking, they all have one oddity in common: the year end leader is no longer Marianne Vos but instead someone else. So if nothing else that should give us the first of my own three nominees:
Emma Johansson
Having joined Orica-AIS Johansson racked up an impressively solid season. Her worst placing in a World Cup was 5th, she got a silver at Worlds, she won two major stage races (Thüringen and Emakumeen Bira). But apart from those two the major problem in calling her ROY remains: she doesn't win in the biggest races. She's rarely off the podium but she wins even more seldom. And the reason more often than not is........
Marianne Vos
So she didn't top the rankings but a major factor in this is her increased MTB focus. But, and it's a big but, when she shows up, she wins. A whopping five World Cup wins (Out of seven. She finished 6th in Binda and didn't go to China for Chongming) plus the World Championships in Florence to crown the season. The Giro was a bridge too far this year where she was beaten solidly by a superior climber but that's about the only missed opportunity this year.
Ellen van Dijk
In a year where some of the other stars struggled a bit, Van Dijk stepped up and assumed the leadership of Specialized-lululemon. Every bit as dominant as Tony Martin in the timetrials, she won practically everything in that event including Worlds and leading the lulus to the Team Timetrial World Championships. Beyond that she nearly mirrored Johansson's record in the World Cups and won two stageraces as well (Gracia Orlova and Energiewacht Tour). It's a good thing she stepped up to world class because the Netherlands had so few riders at the very top as it was.
Those are my obvious ones. Please add your personal favorites in the comments.


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I will confess that yet again I have concocted a look inspired by Kim Kardashian. I can't help it, the girl's got great style... or at least her stylists do.
Ive been looking for an occasion to wear that duster coat and seeing as how summer is almost over I had better figure it out. Although that coat is fabulous its not exactly the type of thing you show to a first date wearing. But then again that depends on the guy. Anyhoo! I have a radio convention coming up next week in Atlanta and I'm thinking that the after dinner could be the perfect opportunity. Can't let a good outfit go to waste!
Side note about those pants though. I had to cut out the pockets because they were showing through the material. A good pair of scissors and some imagination can save an outfit.
Until next time Fellow Fashion Addicts!
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Part of an automatic watch that winds the mainspring. A flat piece of metal swivels on a pivot with the motion of the wrist. Its rotation continually winds the mainspring of the watch. It turns freely in both directions and uses the force of gravity to wind the mainspring.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A suspect who led local law enforcement on a 75 mile car chase has been identified.
47-year-old Brian Robinson was arrested Monday afternoon after he led officers on a car chase from Beeville to the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. According to San Patricio law enforcement, they received a call around 5:20 a.m. about a pickup truck that was stolen from a Stripes store in Beeville. Deputies began pursuing the truck which took them over the Harbor Bridge down Ocean Drive to NAS-CC's north gate. The naval base's security system they call a denial device prevented the truck from getting onto the base.
Police say Robinson then jumped out of the truck and ran onto the base where he was later found. The naval base was on lock down for a little over an hour during the search for Robinson who was carrying a gun when he was found. The San Patricio Co. Sheriff's said two pistols were in the truck when it was stolen.
The Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms took Robinson into custody. He's facing charges of possession of a stolen firearm, at the least, according to the ATF.
NAS-CC's North Gate will remain closed, and will be until further notice.


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On Friday February 8th, I had the honor of attending the graduation class of the Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) program's cohort in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) launched this TAC training site in partnership with the University of Wisconsin.
This was a special day for the students who presented final projects incorporating the core competencies of TAC in C.A.S.E. Participants joined in honoring and spending time with Jockey International, Inc. Chairman and CEO Debra Waller, who funds the Wisconsin TAC site. Dr. Susan Rose, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, provided Debra with a special recognition for her unwavering commitment to TAC.
Debra shared her personal journey as an adoptee and her desire and commitment to support adoptive families through the Jockey Being Family Foundation, created to strengthen adoptive families through post adoption services. She stressed the value and importance of ensuring adoptive families have access to adoption competent mental health provider and raised the challenge to have all mental health providers in Wisconsin become trained through the prestigious program. Debra applauded the efforts the graduates had taken to broaden their knowledge and skills in working with adoptive families and was able to hear from them how TAC was impactful in their work.
It is wonderful to share that since the initial funding began 2.5 years ago, over 113 professionals in Wisconsin have been trained. We are excited about the expansion in Wisconsin adding two additional cohorts in 2019; one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, for the first time, one in the state of Illinois.
I wish to extend my appreciation to Debra Waller and the staff of Jockey Being Family, Will Waller and Sammie Lancia, for their commitment to TAC and to our incredible partners at the University of Wisconsin, Dr Susan Rose, Dr Jeanne Wagner and Mary Heller, who have led the effort to recruit and train a cadre of dedicated professionals.
It was an exciting day for me to see the impact we are
having in building an adoption competent workforce across the country!
Debbie Riley, LCMFT
CEO, Center for Adoption Support and Education


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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is an "artisan" distillery?
An artisan or "craft" distillery is a small distillery typically equipped with a small-batch potstill. Potstills are generally regarded as producing more flavorful spirits than the high rectification columns used by the large volume distilleries. Artisan distillers are dedicated to quality spirits as opposed to large industrial distilleries which are generally interested in producing large volume. Using no artificial flavors and relying on the skill of the distiller an artisan distillery can create spirits of tremendous variety and superior quality.
2. How is a hand crafted artisan vodka created?
Three key factors in making a small batch vodka are:
I. Selecting the right ingredients, whenever possible we use locally sourced ingredients. Making a good mash which is crucial to the outcome of a good vodka.
II. Making the proper "cuts". By this we mean knowing when to separate the undesirable "heads" and "tails" from the highly desirable "middle cut" of the distillation. In a large continuous type distillery this is determined with instrumentation. In a potstill it must be determined by the distillers senses.
III. Creating a filtering methodology to achieve the desired end result. Every distillery does it a little different. While we have a general guidline of how long filtering should take we rely on the distillers taste.
3. Why "Rehorst"?
Founder Guy Rehorst (Pronounced – Ray•Horst) is a fourth generation Milwaukeean. His ancestors- immigrants from Germany helped build the city as tavern and store owners, police officers, and machinists. They along with their contemporaries worked hard to build the city and with the same dedication we work hard to produce superior spirits. It is in their honor that we named our first product "Rehorst".
4. How many times do you distill Rehorst Premium Milwaukee Vodka?
One of the biggest marketing ploys in spirits is "Distilled _ Times." There are a lot of nerdy things that we could go into – but to keep it simple our vodka is distilled as many times as necessary to produce a superior vodka. The amount of times required has more to do with the efficiency of the distillers still and his/her technique than anything else. Typically more than three distillations is a waste of time and adds nothing to the final product except a good marketing story.
5. So why are some vodka's distilled 5, 6, or even 10 times?
Outrageous marketing claims are nothing new in the world of Spirits advertising. Simply put, distilleries try to differentiate themselves by claiming their product is distilled more than others. Will you fall for it? Why don't they talk about the quality of their grains? The characteristics that a copper pot still delivers? The superior taste of spirits comes from these things more than an industrial method.
6. What kind of ingredients do you use?
Some macro distillers add sugar or citric acid to their vodka to "smooth" them out. Federal law allows a limited amount to be added without having to list them as an ingredient. We think the only reason to do this is to cover up bad taste in an inferior distilled product. We use no additives in our spirits, what you taste is just the pure, 100% additive free product.
7. Are your products gluten free?
Several organizations that provide guidance on gluten free diets say that distillation separates gluten from the final spirit even when the source grain includes gluten (a good post highlighting these reports here). To play it 100% safe, Rehorst Vodka, Kinnickinnic Whiskey, Still & Oak Bourbon and Pumpkin Spirit are the only products we make that use gluten base ingredients.
8. Do you give public tours of the distillery?
Every day – here are the Tour times.
9. Where can I find Great Lakes Distillery Products?
Click here for Bars/Restaurants. Click here for Retail Locations.
10. I own/manage a bar, restaurant or liquor store and would like to carry Rehorst Premium Milwaukee Vodka, how can I get it?
If you're in Wisconsin our products are available through Capitol Husting and All State Liquor.
Contact them at (414) 353-1000


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Arguably the weekend's stand out Premier League fixture pits the two teams with a 100% record intact against each other at Anfield on Saturday evening. It's looking like an unmissable clash, and you don't have to if you follow our Liverpool vs Arsenal live stream guide.
Jurgen Klopp's side will be looking to maintain their early gap over league favourites Man City, while Arsenal will be keen to show they can at last win an away game against a top-six rival.
A clash between these two old foes usually delivers – with 155 goals across 54 games, it's the Premier League highest-scoring fixture. It also has the record for most hat-tricks, with six trebles chalked up in previous Liverpool vs Arsenal Premier League showdowns.
The home side will be hoping to maintain their excellent recent record against their North London opponents, having not lost any of their last eight encounters. The most recent meeting was a 5-1 humbling dished out by Liverpool at home, which the Gunners will do well to put behind them.
In terms of team news, record Arsenal signing Nicolas Pepe is expected to finally be let loose in the starting line-up for the Gunners today after coming off the bench in Arsenal's opening two matches, while Granit Xhaka looks set to make return from injury. With Alisson Becker the only major first team injury to contend with, expect Jurgen Klopp to field he's strongest eleven for what looks set to be an intriguing early season top of the table clash.
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