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|The Atchafalaya ("atCHAfalaya") Basin is a separate world, unlike anything you've ever seen before. It's a 150 mile long, 50 mile wide, three feet deep river flowing through a one million five hundred thousand acre Cypress forest teeming with wildlife. The Basin begins at Simmesport 30 feet above sea level and flows to the Gulf of Mexico, meaning it drops a mere two inches per mile and has a barely perceptible current. There are lakes, channels, old riverways, canals, backwaters, lagoons and bayous interspersed with long narrow ridges of land about a foot above the water. Some of these are manmade levees but many have been created by the water itself as it drops sediment. The Atchafalaya would be the main Mississippi River today except we built a diversion control structure in 1963 to make sure Baton Rouge and New Orleans were not stranded. As it is, 40% of the Mississippi water flow diverts and flows down the Atchafalaya.
|The Atchafalaya is a Paddler's Paradise but it's bewildering for a first time visitor. We have put a tremendous amount of thought into this. Our first recommendation is that you schedule a visit in late Spring or early Summer. The Atchafalaya is in flood at this time so the water has spread out to maximum coverage. You can access everything. Over the Summer and especially in Fall, water levels drop significantly. Islands appear everywhere. You will often find yourself stopped by emerging land and have to backtrack. You'll need to get out and drag your canoe over shallows, and you'll end the day soaking wet and covered in mud. All the photos on this page were taken in the Spring. The heat, humidity and mosquitoes are less oppressive. We have chosen two basecamp locations we believe are ideal for first timers and two linear routes we believe are ideal for the experienced.
|Our first recommendation is Lake Fousse Point State Park. This is one of the nation's greatest state parks and almost nobody outside of Louisiana knows about it. They have beautiful cabins right on the water. There is canoeing in the state park---four of the photos on this page were taken there---and you can paddle out of the park into the greater Atchafalaya Basin in every direction. To get there, follow I-10 to Henderson exit 115 (just east of Lafayette), head south into the swamp on highway 352 (which becomes Catahoula Levee Road, then Bayou Benoit Levee Road) and drive 19 miles. Use the cabin as a weeklong basecamp and canoe a different route every day. If you don't want to haul your own canoe, you can rent them at the park. You can paddle Lake Fousse, Dauterive Lake, over 100 side channels and canals, Benoit Bayou. Catahoula Bayou, and various tributaries. Take your groceies with you; there are no stores.
|For your second trip, we recommend McGee's Landing and Atchafalaya Basin Landing, adjacent to I-10 at exit 115, on the Henderson Levee. You can rent cabins here. There are groceries, restaurants, marinas and swamp tours. You can rent houseboats. One rents them moored to the dock. The other tows your houseboat to a remote location, moors you to a tree, and comes back for you at a day and time you choose. We urge you to seriously consider this option. It's a unique experience. However, whether you choose a cabin or houseboat, the Henderson Levee is a great central location. It sits at the intersection of a dozen bayous, coulees, canals, channels, lakes and tributaries. You could set off in your canoe every day for a month and never retrace a route. And, after a day on the water, you have a dozen outstanding Cajun restaurants within a few miles. To get there, turn left off the exit ramp, come under I-10, turn left onto 352, drive through Henderson, and turn right onto Henderson Levee Road. You'll come to Atchafalaya Basin Landing first. McGee's Landing is a few miles further. The half day guided swamp tours are one way to learn about the area before setting out on your own.
|Once you've come down for a couple of basecamping trips and learned the skills needed to find your way around the Atchafalaya, you're ready to try a weeklong cruise down one of the bayous. ("Bayou" is French for slow, shallow, meandering river.) The most famous of these is the Bayou Teche, a long, winding, beautiful waterway flowing along the west side of the Basin. It also has great historical significance. A strong Native American culture existed here. The original Cajuns (Arcadians; they came from Novia Scotia) settled along the banks of the Bayou Teche and fanned out across the Basin from here. Great early sugar plantations were carved out here. Several importsnt Civil War battles were fought here. This was the channel for the Mississippi about 4500 years ago. The Bayou Teche begins at Point Barre where five smaller bayous merge, and ends at Berwick, where it empties into the main Atchafalaya waterway. This means if you can paddle 25 miles in 10 hours, you can paddle the length of the Bayou Teche in a week.
|The Bayou Teche is the west boundary of the Atchafalaya Basin, and over four thousand years the silt has built up on the west side. In flood time, water spills over toward the east, toward the center of the Basin, but not to the higher ground to the west. In the last 300 years, that has allowed eight small towns to grow on the west bank. They make this trip unique : you can stop in the towns for lodging, restaurants and supplies. Each town has a motel, bed and breakfast and campground, and some have two or three. Shown at left is St. Martinville. Spending the nights in these towns allows you to immerse yourself in Cajun culture, a fascinating aspect of America with its own foods, language and traditions. Cajuns have learned to not only live with the Atchafalaya, but prosper. Their isolated towns are beautiful, and so far from the interstates that few tourists find their way here. To get to Point Barre, come in on I-10, take I-49 north, and turn east on state 190. But the truth is, you need an outfitter to drop you off and pick you up. For this, we recommend Pack & Paddle, 601 East Pinhook Road, Lafayette, 70501, 337-232-5854, email@example.com.
|The Bayou Teche towns and mileages from the previous town are as follows : Arnaudville 15 mi., Breax Bridge 15 mi., St. Martinsville 20 mi., New Iberia 24 mi., Charenton 20 mi., Franklin 15 mi., Berwick 27 mi. Remember there is no discernible current, so without the water pushing you, you'll be paddling more and for longer than usual. However, if you averaged only 2.5 miles an hour, you could push off at 9 a.m. and reach your next town by 7 p.m. And most paddlers in condition can average 3-4 miles an hour, meaning you would reach your next town every day by 3-5 p.m.
|The Atchafalaya Basin is one of the great wildlife preserves in the world. The Basin has as much variety of fish, reptiles, birds and mammals as anywhere in North America. Bald Eagles had always been plentiful. But heavy use of DDT in the midwest flowed down the Mississippi and into the Atchafalayan waters, contaminated the fish, which contaminated the Eagles, and caused their egg shells to crumble without hatching. By the 1980s their numbers had dropped to only 120. Then we outlawed DDT, and immediately the Eagles began coming back. Now, they're off the endangered list and as healthy as ever. These are magnificant birds. Their nests are 12 feet across and weigh several hundred pounds. They thrive here because of the plentiful fish and the tall trees with spreading branches where they can survey the surrounding water, as seen at left. Every last week of February an Eagle Festival & Exposition is held in Morgan City to honor the Bald Eagle. Airboat Eagle Viewing Tours, seminars in Eagles, and workshops in Eagle Art and Eagle Photography are held.
|The Alligator is the symbol of the Atchafalaya Basin. They're everywhere, watching, lurking, waiting. Alligators here grow to 14 feet long and a thousand pounds. The longest gator ever found in the world was in the Atchafalaya, 19 feet four inches long and 1200 pounds. A male gator can live into its 70s. Although Alligators live in eight other states, Louisiana has the largest population in the world with a million. Alligators are the apex predator in the Atchafalaya, meaning they eat everything else and nothing else eats them. However, Cajuns hunt and trap them, for the meat and the leather. Gator Etouffe is a famous Cajun delicacy. In April and May, the mating season, male Alligators can be heard bellowing loudly all over the Atchafalaya Basin every night. This is especially dramatic for visitors spending a night or two on rented houseboats anchored in the swamp. Alligators do not venture too far from water, 25 yards being the maximum ever measured. Although they do eat dogs, bear, cats and deer, Atchafalayan Gators live mostly on Nutria, Muskrat, Mink and fish.
|The Mink is the shy member of the Atchafalayan population. There are a lot of them out there, but they avoid people and are rarely seen. They're known mostly from their tracks and droppings. Mink sleep all day and hunt all night. They live primarily on fish, small mammals, birds, insects and reptiles, espedially snakes. Mink are particularly fond of rodents : rats, mice, voles, squirrels and chipmunks. A mink is a vicious hunter. It kills its prey by biting down hard and severing the prey's neck. But Mink are not aggressive around humans, and children along the Atchafalaya have been known to raise them as pets. Both Native Americans and Cajuns used to hunt Mink for their warm fur, but today mink are raised on mink farms so very little hunting is done in the Atchafalaya. A typical Mink is two feet long with small eyes and ears, a long thick tail and webbed feet. Its fur is what the mink is famous for. It is very thick and soft and has an outer coat of oily guard hairs which makes it waterproof. Mink dig dens in banks along waterways. They are outstanding swimmers and can dive 16 feet after prey. Canoeists or fishermen out after dark will often see Mink swimming along the surface scanning for prey. If attacked, a Mink, like a Skunk, will spray a predator with a powerful scent which also stings its eyes, nose and mouth.
|Otters are the clown princes of the swamp. They're famous for playful behavior. As you canoe near any levee or bank, watch carefully for Otters sliding down a mud chute they built. A group of otters will continually climb the bank, slide down, watch the others, then climb the bank again. When no levee or bank is available, Otters often play with stones. They'll collect them, lay them out on a sandbar or mud flat in a pattern, or stack them. Otters are adept at prying open shells. You may see one opening a crayfish, clam or crab, and eating the animal inside. They are also very good fishermen. Apparently unafraid of humans, Otters will come to within feet of your canoe and study you as you paddle by. Atchafalayan Otters average about five feet long and 40 pounds. They have webbed feet and are powerful swimmers. Their hair has two layers, trapping a quarter of an inch between them for insulation against the cold. The outer layer is oiled to keep water out.
|The easiest way to get to the Atchafalaya from Kentucky and the Ohio Valley is to drive down I-65 to the Gulf, turn West on I-10 and follow it to the Henderson or Lafayette exit. The best alternate route is to take I-65 to Nashville, turn West on I-40 to Memphis, then take I-55 down through Mississippi. Pick up I-12 to Baton Rouge, where it merges with I-10 on to Henderson and Lafayette. Either way, you'll cross the Atchafalaya Basin on this bridge, seen here in flood stage in the Spring. Either way, it's a two day trip. You might schedule an extra night in Nashville or Memphis, where you can visit the Grand Ole Opry or listen to some Jazz on Beale Street.


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What's Next, Aerial Pothead Hunting?
Letters / Anchorage Press / April 21, 2005
People of Alaska: First the wolves, now the grizzly bears, next who knows - probably pot smokers will be officially sanctioned to be shot from planes, baited (with cheeseburgers!) and killed for sport.
What's happened to you? Didn't you realize what a servant to special interests Murkowski is before you elected him? Are you blinded by the male bovine excrement offered by the Board of Game as an excuse for shooting wolves and brown bears?
"North to the Future"? Your state motto needs to be changed to "North repeating the same mistakes the Lower 48 made in the past." Geez!
To many of us, Alaska represents all the beauty that has been lost way down here. Alaska is the last untarnished jewel. Alaskans are the guardians of that jewel, or were.
Please, before Alaska becomes sterilized like the Lower 48, get off your derrieres and stand up against the fools who are selling you and the rest of America out to special interests, and vote murky-minded Murkowski out while boarding up the Board of Game in an enclosure where they can be hunted by the very arrogant super rich they are so subservient to. Or, just roll over and become another McState like we've done to ourselves down here.
Shame on you allowing such desecration to occur in your own back yard.
Grady James Lavawolf / Cartersville, Georgia
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But if they don't meet one of those requirements, they can graduate by meeting two of eight other options very similar to the 2018 and 2019 classes, including a 2.5 GPA, a capstone project, 120 work/service hours, a job-readiness seal and more.
MARCH STORY: ODE proposes graduation rules tied to strategic plan
• Classes of 2021 and 2022: The existing three-prong system listed for 2020 is still an option – state test scores, ACT/SAT scores, or job credentials/WorkKeys exam. But the eight alternative options from 2020 go away.
For these students, their alternative route to a diploma is the new 2023 system. That could require a quick adjustment for rising juniors and their schools, as some of the details of the 2023 system likely won't be final until the very end of those students' junior year.
• Class of 2023: These students will be governed solely by the new system the legislature just passed … unless the system is tweaked again, as it has been three times in the past two-plus years.
Importantly, the new law says special education students can continue to handle state testing and earn diplomas via terms of their individualized education programs (IEPs).
DECEMBER: Class of '19 diploma rules set, 6 months before graduation
The new graduation system was just unveiled in May by two education nonprofits (the Fordham Institute and the Alliance for High Quality Education) and a newly formed business group (Ohio Excels).
Lisa Gray, president of Ohio Excels, called attention to the law's requirement that schools identify by ninth grade those students at risk of not graduating, notify their families, and begin working on interventions. Gray acknowledged that many schools already do so, but called for best practices to be more widely shared.
The legislature chose the new system instead of a plan recommended by the Ohio Department of Education after a year of public meetings. ODE's system would have allowed students to earn a diploma by showing skills in a broader variety of ways, such as tests, GPA, projects, portfolios.
Gray argued that the new model still gives students non-test pathways to a diploma, but they are more extreme, requiring enlistment in the military, a heavy career-tech commitment, or earning college math and English credit – likely a challenge for students who didn't pass high-school competency tests.
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State Superintendent Paolo DeMaria said he thinks ODE's plan offered students better flexibility, but he is happy that the ensuing debate pushed the state to some form of flexible, multi-path diploma structure. He said it will be essential for ODE to work with "deliberate speed" to finalize diploma seal details and competency scores, so that the Classes of 2021 and 2022 can have enough time to make good decisions.
For more than a decade, through the Class of 2017, most students had to pass the Ohio Graduation Test to earn a high school diploma. The state moved to new, harder tests for the Class of 2018, but then softened the accompanying test-based graduation requirements when it appeared more students would fall short. For 2018 and 2019, students had graduation options similar to those for the Class of 2020.
For years, Ohio (and the nation) have debated whether standardized tests are the right measure of student readiness. In recent years, about a dozen states have required some form of proficiency test to earn a diploma.
Under the new system, two of the state's high school tests will be eliminated for 2023 – Geometry and English I.
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Black Friday Record Store Day - THE LIST
BLACK FRIDAY RECORD STORE DAY IS NOVEMBER 29th - THE LIST:
Strictly Discs will be�the�place to be this Post-Thanksgiving-Shopping-Melee-Day, also known as Black Friday.
And that's because certain indie stores across the country will be the place to get special releases created just for you, for giving and getting this holiday season, and they're scheduled for release on Black Friday, November 29, 2019.��
Now, this is not Record Store Day, Jr., but it is brought to you by the powers-that-be at Record Store Day. This is a group of special releases you can only find at certain independent record stores nationwide. The magic of these pieces (many uber-limited) is that every one of them is something someone will really LOVE to get, and you'll really ENJOY giving.� And you may have the added nice feeling of supporting a local, independently owned (Strictly Discs, Independently Owned since 1988) business during the holidays.
Our list of Black Friday exclusives can be found�HERE. You've got to register for our list or you can also jump over to the�RSD site�which shows the list (just without our pricing). And while we will try to have ample stock (one of the deepest in the midwest) of all items, please know that some of these products are extremely limited and will sell out quickly.
If you create a wishlist, it will be updated within our system prior to November 29, 2019. We expect that you will be in the store on November 29th to pick up any requested items. If you are unable to be here that day or want us to send any remaining stock after Record Store Day, please email email@example.com�now�to make those arrangements. And remember, a wish is NOT an order. Thank you!
Heading downstairs for this week's edition of the Used Vinyl Alert, we're happy to unveil a real exciting batch of records. Our Fall squirreling away of records has commenced, and we have a truly eye-popping collection of affordable, essential records, almost entirely in the best shape of their lives. Spruce up your collection this week from staples across the worlds of blues, jazz, new wave, folk rock and classic pop.
It�s a three-course meal for this week�s batch. We continue to unearth some country and folk gems, from the high and lonesome to the rollicking and raucous. More good stuff this week from Dolly, along with a trio from Rosanne Cash, three from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band �Circle� series and a pair from Hag. Look out for single-disc surveys from consummate craftsmen Tom T. Hall, Don Williams, John Stewart, Pete Seeger and Dwight Yoakam, as well as roots-adjacent sides from Dougie Sahm and Gram Parsons. Moving over to the rock section of town there�s tasty vitals like the expanded versions of �McCartney I� and Dave Crosby�s �If I Could Only Remember My Name,� along with sturdy standards like the White Album and the soundtrack to �Easy Rider.� Ol� Neil factors in heavy with 70s highlights �Zuma� and �On the Beach,� along with the earthier �Old Ways� and the recent archives release of his work with the International Harvester. Plenty of Garcia this week, covering his work with his eponymous band, his tenure in the New Riders of the Purple Sage and, of course, the Dead. We�ll close with another strong jazz selection. The Blue Note deluge continues, with lesser-seen dates from Tony Williams and Joe Henderson, along with a 3-cd Mosaic set from Horace Silver sideman Carmell Jones. In addition, pay particular attention to the material this week coming off well-regarded but undercirculated labels like Soul Note, Black Lion and Muse, proof that great jazz was still coming out whether attention was directed earwards or not.
This isn't the spot to lay down odds on the third race. OTB is where Others Talk Back and give you the lowdown on what they've been feeling lately. This one's for the customers.
The New Pornographers - �In the Morse Code of Brake Lights�� Hard to believe that this album is only their eighth album in nineteen years.� I had thought that the band has released more than just eight. While this indie Super Group� has shed a few members over the decades it is still basically the same band that released their first album in November of 2000,� And it is still basically the same style. You know, bouncy power pop with a slight idiosyncratic twist to the proceedings. And the New Pornographers have yet to make a bad album. Heck, they have never released even a boring album. � And �In the Morse Code of Brake Lights� is yet another stellar release. Just like all their other releases. - Ted
Tegan and Sara - �Hey, I�m Just Like You� Identical twins Tegan and Sara were looking through their archives during research for a book.� In the materials, they found cassettes from the beginning of their careers. The sisters then decided to rework some of the songs from the cassettes.� The good news is that the redone material is very reminiscent of the music from when they started. There are even loud electric guitars and acoustic guitars on this disc..� Listening to this album reminds me why I fell in love with their music so many years ago. And back in the nineties you had a special sort of a relationship with the sisters because they touched you so deeply.� I have to admit that I stopped caring several years ago about Tegan and Sara after a number of albums of dance music. But �Hey, I�m Just Like You� has got my attention again. I now care again. And I feel the same way now as I did so long ago. - Ted
Moon Duo - �Stars Are the Light� I knew we were in for a treat when I found out that Sonic Boom (of Spiritualized fame) was mixing the album.� Although normally classified as a psychedelic band, Moon Duo are so much more. The duo has a very noticeable Krautrock/Silver Apples electronic feel too.� And that is the side of the band that is more prevalent on �Stars Are the Light.� The band gives the electronics a more spaced out feel that only Moon Duo are capable of.� The band is definitely in an experimental mood on this album. Moon Duo even somehow venture into proto-funk territory. But they are such great musicians that they make even that so compelling.� �Stars Are the Light� is an intriguing and imaginative album that really gets better every time you listen to it. - Ted
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Father's Day Collection
Black Button Bourbon Cream Cheesecake
Another wonderful collaboration with our partners at Black Button Distilling!
We combined our Original cheesecake with their Four Grain Bourbon and Bourbon Cream to create one of our fan favorites. Topped with a bourbon infused caramel, and piped with our signature cream cheese frosting -- this is one we're confident that Dad will love!
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Banana Split Cake
Banana Split Cake
Cookie Crumb Layer:
1½ cups Flour
¼ cup Nuts, chopped (pecans are nice)
¼ cup Brown Sugar
¼ cup Butter
In a medium bowl combine above ingredients with butter. Press into a 9" x 13" pan. Bake 50 minutes at 375. Let cool.
2 Eggs
1 cup Butter
2 cups Icing Sugar
3 – 4 Bananas, sliced
1 (15 oz) can Crushed Pineapple, drained
2 cups Whipping Cream
¼ – ½ cup Nuts, chopped
In medium bowl combine eggs, softened butter and icing sugar. Beat 10 to 15 minutes until smooth. Spread over crust in pan. Slice bananas evenly over top of mixture. Spread crushed pineapple evenly over bananas. Top with whipped cream. Sprinkle with nuts. Refrigerate 3 to 4 hours. Makes 12 to 16 servings.
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Adp=NNonGov: Adpositions do not behave like verbs. Their complements appear in base form without inflection.
(1) pasan puŋəl-ən xoloďiľńik ōmǝs-əl.
table next_to-loc refrigerator sit-prs.3sg
'There is a refrigerator next to the table.' (S. O.)
(2) (mā) šanš-em-n išńi.
I behind-1sg-loc window
'There is a window behind me.' (S. O.)
In Synja Khanty, the nominal (1) and the pronominal (2) complements of postpositions are in their base forms (cf. Honti 1984: 80‒82, Nikolaeva 1999a: 36‒37, Onina 2009: 48‒49, S. O.).


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"It's a DeLorean!"
With those three simple words in Back to the Future, the DMC-12 solidified itself in the mind of every '80s kid as the coolest car ever made. With its iconic gull-wing doors and geometric stainless-steel exterior, the DeLorean is right up there with the Concorde as one of the most visually stunning vehicle fails of all-time, and its infamous creator finally has a documentary that's as ambitious as the car itself.
Framing John DeLorean, a hybrid documentary/biopic that stars Alec Baldwin as the titular car maker,showed at the Tribeca Film Festival last week and then at the Montclair Film Festival, where I saw filmmakers Don Argott and Sheena Joyce (The Art of the Steal, Believer) spiel about it along with producer Tamir Ardon, a DeLorean obsessive and one of the many Hollywood types that have been trying to get a John DeLorean movie made for years.
"Anyone you speak to in Hollywood has an hour-long story about how they were the ones who almost got DeLorean made," said Ardon, who has been a DeLorean owner for 22 years and has spent 15 of those years trying to get a movie made.
It's easy to see why DeLorean would attract the interest of, say, James Toback and Brett Ratner, whose biopic never came to fruition. He was the Elon Musk of his time: a dapper, headline-grabbing visionary who took on the big carmakers to build a handsome machine that might have been too ambitious for their own good. While Musk went down after setting Tesla stock at $420, allegedly to impress his younger celebrity girlfriend with a weed joke, DeLorean's celebrity wife left him after his trial for cocaine trafficking.
In the documentary, DeLorean's son Zach expresses surprise that a movie hasn't been made about his dad, since his story has "all the good shit in it: It's got cocaine, it's got fuckin' hot chicks, it's got sports cars; it's got fuckin' war-torn, bombed-out building overseas; it's got fuckin' Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, the War on Drugs; you got FBI agents, you got fuckin' hardcore drug dealers." Take out a few of those F-bombs and you've got the trailer for the movie.
Given that DeLorean is indeed synonymous with cocaine, it may come as a surprise that he was never actually convicted of trafficking; in 1984, a jury ruled that the FBI had entrapped him when, two years earlier, an undercover informant approached him about setting up a $24 million deal with a narco trafficker. DeLorean jumped at the opportunity to infuse money into his eponymous motor company, which was all but doomed by production delays, overly optimistic sales expectations, a recession, Margaret Thatcher's decision to cut off millions of dollars in government subsidies for the DMC's Belfast plant, and competition from the faster, cheaper Corvette.
In the documentary, Alec Baldwin, while getting his makeup done, says he once got a call from DeLorean requesting that he play him in one of the ultimately unproduced films. Baldwin is, indeed, a dead ringer for the automaker, even if he isn't always faithful to his measured, Midwestern drawl down.
Sheena Joyce said that DeLorean's "very flat" affect was one of the film's biggest challenges. "He was very, very even; he never got really mad, he never got really sad, and that's not a really dynamic person to show on film."
If you're wondering why exactly Baldwin is shown in the makeup chair, getting DeLorean's jet-black eyebrows and artificial chin put on him, well, this is a different kind of documentary. The film cuts between archival footage, including FBI surveillance tapes; reenactments starring Baldwin and others; behind-the-scenes footage showing Baldwin's process; and commentary from DeLorean experts, John's children, and former employees at DeLorean Motor Co. and General Motors, where, in the 1960s, DeLorean pioneered the "muscle car" with the Pontiac GTO.
Joyce explained that the hybrid approach was a response to the failed DeLorean films, each of which "had a very distinct point of view and was kind of aligned with a different person who claimed to have the real story and knew John better than anyone." The filmmakers decided to take a meta approach in order to reflect their conversations about "what is truth, and what is memory, and who has the real story, and who is the real person, and how can you claim to be the one to know the real person?"
While clever, the behind-the-scenes footage tends to put the doc into low gear. The film clocks in at 109 minutes, so it doesn't exactly move at Flux Capacitor speed (a period-appropriate synth soundtrack does, however, help move things along). Many viewers will want hardcore DeLorean porn, and they get it mostly in the form of photos and footage of the cars rolling off the assembly line at DMC's Belfast factory, amidst violent clashes between Catholics and Protestants. If you're hoping to dork out on minute details of the car's design and production, you're better off with the BBC documentary, Car Crash: The DeLorean Story.
Instead, Framing John DeLorean focuses on interpersonal drama: namely, the clashes between DeLorean and his more conservative colleagues at GM, DeLorean's fateful betrayal of his talented right-hand man, engineer William T. Collins, in favor of a crooked deal with Lotus founder Colin Chapman; and the complicated relationship between DeLorean and his family. (His son Zach and daughter Kathryn appear in the film; his wife, onetime top supermodel Cristina Ferrare, does not, although the filmmakers said she was supportive of it.) Home movies and reenactments portray DeLorean as a happy, adoring family man who was living his dream—dividing his time between a palacial Fifth Avenue apartment and a New Jersey farm— until he risked it all and got brought down by Reagan's War on Drugs.
DeLorean's children are still grappling with the repercussions of his brazenness. Zach, especially, "clearly still has some aspects that he needs to work through from the trauma that occurred," Ardon said. Footage of his self-described "shitty little apartment" drew audible gasps from an audience consisting mostly of residents of leafy Montclair, New Jersey. Not surprising, given that Montclair is a town of sprawling homes, some of which were actually used as locations for the reenactment scenes.
At one point, Zach expresses his fear that a Hollywood adaptation would end with DeLorean's triumphant victory in the cocaine trafficking case without acknowledging that his wife left him days later and ended up testifying against him in an embezzlement case that further ruined him (though he was acquitted there, too). DeLorean became a born-again Christian, declared bankruptcy in 1999, and moved into a small apartment in New Jersey. He died in 2005, before he could realize his dream of creating a DMC2.
The documentary doesn't mention it, but DeLorean suffered one final insult. His former Bedminster estate was turned into a golf course by, yes, the man Alec Baldwin famously impersonates. Who could've imagined that a story of '80s excess would lead to Donald Trump?


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Steak au poivre or pepper steak
A "mignon" dish:
Le steak au poivre (in English, steak with pepper) is a dish that counts among the staples of the French bistro cusine. In fact, one should rather say steak aux poivres or steak with peppers (plural) as the recipe commands to use a combination of different peppercorns coarsely cracked, known as mignonette, generally black and white pepper. Since the steak generally comes from the beef filet mignon*, this is why I call it a mignon (i.e. cute) dish.
In the recipe proposed, I take some (minor) liberties with the classic recipe and I avoid the most common mistake made when cooking a steak au poivre.
First liberty, I didn't use filet mignon, but bistro filet, a much cheapest cut, almost as tender and tasteful as the filet mignon.
My second liberty was the mignonette: I went a bit out of the box and used a combination of peppers: white pepper, pink pepper, Szechuan pepper, Guinea pepper, long pepper, Timut pepper (for its grapefruit taste), and also some coriander seeds… A spicy but also very flavorful mix.
Dont't burn the pepper
Last but not least, the mistake. For long, the usage is, or rather was, to rub the steak with the crushed peppercorns and to sear it with those corns. This was what was taught in culinary school till a couple of decades ago and this is also the recipe you found in some old cooking books, including some legendary ones as Julia Child's ones. Not surprising as she was an apprentice cook at the Cordon Bleu in Paris. Since then, cooking has learned a lot from science, and from chemistry in particular. Thus, it has been proven that, when exposed too long to high temperatures, the essential oils contained in the peppercorns burn, which results in a bitter taste. A quick math shows the problem: the essential oils start to burn and deteriorate after 45/60 seconds at high temperature. Since you need around 2 minutes to sear a steak on both sides, plus probably an additional two minutes to rest in the hot pan, the pepper is exposed to high temperature for around 4 minutes, much beyond the burning limit. The second disadvantage in my opinion is that, given that the steak is quasi-entirely covered by peppercorns, those are seared, and burned (see above) before the meat itself is seared and has a chance to benefit from the Maillard reaction. This is why, now, most of the French chefs recommend, in case of high temperature searing or grilling, to add the pepper at the end of, or after, the cooking. This applies to steak au poivre, but also to all dishes requiring a high temperature cooking. That said, it is also recognized that toasting and torrefying the peppercorns beyond their burning point contributes to enhance their flavors. This short toasting just allows to release all the pepper aromas of the essential oil contained in the corns, without burning it.
* or fillet mignon, I never know if we should double the "L" in English whereas there is only one in French
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Cooking time
1 hour
150 minutes
(incl. 2 hours for the celeriac)
2 servings
§ 1 bistro fillet
§ around 1/2 cup of mixed black pepper and white pepper, plus other optional pepper; here: Szechuan pepper, pink peppercorns, Timut pepper, Guinea pepper, long pepper, and also coriander
§ 1 shallot clove, thinly chopped
§ 2 tsp of grape or neutral oil
§ 2 tbsp. of butter
§ 1 tbsp. of flour
§ 2 tbsp. of crème fraiche (or heavy cream)
§ 1 shot of Cognac
§ 1 glass of red wine
§ salt
§ First torrefy the peppercorns for around 30 to 45 seconds maximum
§ Then roughly crush the toasted corns with a glass or in a mortar and spread them on a plate
§ Sear the steak trims in a mix of neutral oil and butter till they start to caramelize
§ Add the shallots and stir the whole together till the shallots start to become translucent
§ Add the Cognac and flambé it
§ Add 75% of the red wine and let it bubble so that it loses its alcohol (you can flambé it too)
§ Let reduce on low/medium temperature
§ Rub the steak, at room temperature, with fleur de sel (salt)
§ Sear it in a hot pan, with grapeseed or another neutral oil, around 1 minute on each side or to get a Maillard reaction and a nice brown color
§ Remove the pan out of the burner, add the butter and baste the steak for a couple of minutes, on each side, with the melting butter
§ Place the steak on a grid, let it rest a few minutes
§ Meanwhile, deglaze the steak pan with the rest of the red wine and add it to the sauce
§ Add the flour to the sauce to thicken it
§ Out of the burner, add the crème fraiche to the sauce, stir it up till obtaining a silky texture, and keep warm
§ Coat the steak with the peppercorns, on each side, pressing with your hand so that the peppercorns stick to the steak
§ Serve the steak with the sauce on it or on the side
§ It is traditionally served with mashed potatoes, but any other sides will make the job. For instance, I like to serve it with carrots as the combination of the carrot sweetness and the pepper heat is just phenomenal.


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as they race
I always knew I wanted my children to learn to ski when they were little. It is so much more difficult to learn as one gets older. I can honestly say that both of my children are already better skiers than myself. This is a great thing. I never really gave much forethought to ski racing, but now here we are.
Our winters have become consumed by dreams of snow, ski gear cluttering the whole house, the smell of wax in the garage, and nearly every day spent on one slope or another. I love the little hill that Drew and Phoebe have their clinics. It is as family friendly as it gets and I feel very safe dropping them off and sending them on their way. They get great exercise and time with friends and a good coaching staff. The focus is on fun and friendship for the littler kids. We do our best as a family to keep it light as well. We all know Phoebe is an athlete, and will be as she grows up. I struggle as I write this because I do not want to label her, yet it is so very apparent that this is who she is. The coaches are drawn to her and they see it too. She won this last race by 4 seconds (which is like 4 minutes in regular time) and she is getting a bit of a big head about her. I want to tread lightly here, I want to find the best things to say to her to keep her humble and gracious. I want to find the right words for Drew, who is a tremendous skier, but not bringing home the gold medals like his little sister. These are the things in parenting that fluster me, what to say, what not to say and how to just hold the space for them to communicate anything they need to say. I wish there was a manual for this part of parenting. As I write this Drew and Phoebe are clumping around in their ski boots getting ready to go ski with friends for the afternoon. I am taking a much needed day at home to play catch up on cooking and laundry and maybe a little knitting. Tomorrow we will be back on the slopes as a family, and I will be biting my tongue and searching for words and that mysterious manual, but most importantly cheering as loud as I can, as they race.


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"Telenor's geographical footprint covers both advanced and growing economies, offering growth opportunities and profitability as demonstrated in the second quarter. At the same time, regulatory issues remain a challenge, particularly visible in Bangladesh and India during this period,'' said Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO of Telenor Group.
Outlook maintained
"The Group's organic revenue growth improved from the first quarter combined with stronger margins. With these trends, we maintain the outlook for this year,'' said Baksaas.
More than five million new customers
"During the second quarter, Telenor gained more than five million new customers driven by strong growth in Asia. In Thailand, dtac's network investments and high customer uptake is resulting in solid revenue growth as our customers embrace new services enabled through 3G. In Norway and Sweden, we saw subscription growth picking up in the consumer segment as a result of new data centric offerings,'' said Baksaas.
Myanmar and Bulgaria
"Telenor was recently declared a successful applicant for a telecommunications licence in Myanmar, and we are currently awaiting the telecom law and final licence conditions from the local authorities. Our acquisition of Bulgaria's second largest telecom operator Globul has been approved by the EU Commission, and I am looking forward to welcoming our new colleagues in a region well known to Telenor,'' added Baksaas.
New buyback programme
"Telenor's operational performance and strong financial position enables healthy shareholder remuneration. I am pleased to announce that we are initiating another share buyback programme for approximately 1 percent of the outstanding shares, to be completed before the AGM in 2014," said Baksaas.
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The table below contains key figures for the second quarter of 2013, compared to the previous year.
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|25 357
|101 718
|EBITDA before other income and expenses
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|Adjusted operating profit[1]
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|4 508
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|Profit after taxes and non-controlling interests
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|Earnings per share from total operations, basic, in NOK
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|Capex excl. licences and spectrum
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|2 904
|12 299
|Capex excl. licences and spectrum/Revenues (%)
|Operating cash flow[2]
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|5 159
|20 549
|Net interest-bearing liabilities[3]
|33 082
*Organic revenue is defined as revenue adjusted for the effects of acquisition and disposal of operations and currency effects.
[1]Adjusted operating profit is defined as Operating profit less other income and expenses and impairment losses.
[2]Operating cash flow is defined as EBITDA before other income and expenses – Capex, excluding licences and spectrum
[3]Net interest-bearing liabilities is defined as interest-bearing debt excluding net present value of licence liabilities.
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Trevor Lykens is our Chief Operations Officer and has been a member of the Kleinschmidt family for 20+ years. He is a Senior Civil Engineer and Project Manager that has experience fulfilling clients' needs in many service areas. Trevor's technical capabilities include multi-disciplinary project management, completing hydrologic and hydraulic studies, dam breach analyses, turbine and penstock inspections, hydropower plant construction administration, and commissioning support.
He has managed civil, geotechnical, structural, mechanical, electrical design, and quality assurance staff, and functioned as a client manager for several of our foundational clients. Trevor acted as Project Manager on recent projects including Conceptual Design and Opinion of Probable Costs; Pumped Storage Development Phase I Design; Penstock Inspection Platform Design Evaluation; Nature Like Fish Passage Assessment; Penstock Replacement; Long Term Stabilization Concept Design.
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Nutri-Score and Carbone-Score labelling inform company employees in Spain on the nutritional quality and environmental impact of their meals
After having completed a successful trial period at a pilot restaurant in Barcelona, the Nutri-Score and Carbon-Score labelling systems are being gradually rolled out in Serunion restaurants in Spain. Nutritional and environmental information will be indicated in front of all canteen dishes offered firstly in the corporate sector, then in health establishments and schools.
The objective is to address public health issues while involving consumers in reducing carbon emissions. This initiative underscores the responsibility of Serunion whose ambition as leader in contract catering in Spain is to offer meals that are good for diners and the planet, alike.
Nutri-Score labelling provides nutritional information of meals
Nutri-Score was created in 2016 under the aegis of the French public health agency, Santé Publique France, and based on the work of the team of Professor Serge Hercberg, president of the National Nutrition Health Program (PNNS). Nutri-Score's color-coded labelling system informs consumers on the nutritional quality of their meal. Each product is graded on a scale of 5 levels ranging from:
- Grade A: products deemed the most nutritious, to;
- Grade E: products that are considered the least nutritious
The nutritional category of each product is indicated by the largest letter featured on the logo.
Nutri-Score therefore informs company employees on the nutritional value of their midday meal and, as such, make informed choices.
Carbon-Score labelling indicates the environmental impact of meals
Serunion also provides its guests with the carbon impact of cooked recipes, so as to guide diners' choices towards recipes which have a low environmental impact.
Measuring the carbon footprint of the ingredients is carried out according to the following criteria:
- Seasonality criteria
- The production method (organic, labels, etc.)
- The conservation method
- The average distance involved in sourcing supplies
These emission factors are then aggregated in proportion to the recipe so as to obtain the carbon impact of a dish, expressed as a multiple of 100g in carbon equivalent. The carbon impact of all restaurant meals can be indicated in a simple, readable and understandable way, by using a 5 color-coded chart ranking system.


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LilyPond 2.25.8 released September 16, 2023
We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.25.8. This is termed a development release, but these are usually reliable for testing new features and recent bug fixes. However, if you require stability, we recommend using version 2.24.2, the current stable release.
LilyPond 2.24.2 released! August 12, 2023
We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.24.2. LilyPond is a music engraving program devoted to producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
This version contains a number of fixes since the release of the previous stable version in February 2023. This includes an update of the library for garbage collection, addressing crashes when compiling very large scores (several hundreds of pages) on Windows. We recommend all users to update. Scores converted to or written for 2.24.0 will continue to work with this release. A list of added features and other user-visible changes for 2.24 can be found at https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/changes/. Among others, version 2.24.0 switched to Guile 2.2 and features a completely rewritten infrastructure for creating the official packages, finally allowing us to offer 64-bit binaries for macOS and Windows.
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NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAYS ARE NOT AS LONG AS IT SEEMES, and it's a pity to waste them on feeling unwell. We have compiled an instruction for those who could not stop on time and went over with alcohol the day before. How to recover as soon as possible, we figured out together with Zimba Danzanov, the chief physician of […]Read More
For people with cancer who come to Moscow for examination and treatment, the Podari Zhizn charitable foundation pays for the rent of apartments. In early December, it became known that residents of one of these houses were collecting signatures for the eviction of these people – because, in their opinion, cancer is contagious. "Cancer is a contagious infectious disease! .. […]Read More
Nowadays, people in some countries spend more time watching TV series, videos and shows about cooking than actually cooking. In 2016, in England alone, thirty million people a week watched culinary programs ; Netflix has aired nearly a dozen food TV series and is threatening to squeeze out the entire Food Network dedicated to cooking . Let's figure out what modern culinary programs look like and why everyone watches the show […]Read More
Gli scienziati hanno condotto studi che hanno stabilito che il consumo quotidiano di latte può raddoppiare la perdita di peso. I risultati del lavoro scientifico sono pubblicati in una fonte tematica straniera. Come si è scoperto, l' aggiunta di 2/3 bicchieri di latte al giorno alla dieta aumenta la perdita di peso di 4,5 chilogrammi in sei […]Read More
Un gruppo di ricerca internazionale ha discusso l'età in cui l'esercizio è più vantaggioso. Uno studio su larga scala dell'impatto dello sport sulla vita umana è iniziato negli anni '90 . Il Jama Network Open ha pubblicato i risultati di uno studio sulla forza degli effetti dell'esercizio sulla salute umana. L'argomento è stato studiato in dettaglio da un team di scienziati provenienti […]Read More
Sometimes turning on the voice recorder is not only useful, but also profitable. Better yet, do it before anesthesia, after annoying the doctors. A resident of the State of Virginia for the verdict will receive a $ 500 000 due to the fact that he left the recorder is turned on, when the fell asleep under general anesthesia, and […]Read More
Hello giktimes! We live in a very interesting, but at the same time very hectic time – dangers can lie in wait literally on every corner, and even those who do not attract attention to themselves. Walk around with a traumatic pistol, ax, or baseball bat all the time? Perhaps this will somehow help in overcoming some dark […]Read More
All kinds of techniques for increasing your own productivity are very popular now. Optimization of work execution, time management, prioritization – all this is intended to maximize labor productivity. But in the crazy pace of our modern life, many of us forget what rest and relaxation are. Even on weekends, our heads are often preoccupied with work problems […]Read More
This summer I was left on my own for a while – I sent all of my people away from the smoke, and without hesitation, I decided to improve my health a little. It's not just to sign up for a gym and pump up "squares" for the beach, but to be examined by some doctors […]Read More
I must say right away that such a system is not able to determine what youare sick with now, or what happened to your stomach, which does not like the contents of the last meal. However, this system, created on the basis of a webcam, is quite capable of determining the pulse, pressure and some other […]Read More


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The World's Worst Electronic Waste Offenders
The report mentions that waste that could have been recovered for recycling contained an estimated 16,500 kilotons of iron and 300 tons of gold, worth about $52 billion. Who were the worst offenders in 2014? Even though the United and States and China generated the most e-waste last year (32 percent of the global total), several countries famed for their strong environmental records lead the way on a per capita basis. Norway comes first for per capita e-waste, generating 62.4lbs per inhabitant in 2014. Switzerland is in second position with 58lbs while Iceland rounds off the top three with 57.3lbs.
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We all have our own unique ways of going through life and finding insight or meaning. We also, all have a certain level of drive to bring what we love to those we care about. But how does one take that first step from nothing to something? What do you do with inspiration when it hits? Where do you go with the idea, who do you take it to? And how can it actually turn into something real that you can share with others? I feel the best way to shed some light on this is to tell a little bit about Biologic, and how it developed from a sit down between Andrew and Josh, to what it is growing into today.
It all started with a few ideas that utilized our strengths, Andrew being a visual artist and Josh having a vast medical knowledge. No part of the project was together, and nothing said about how it would work other than some vague mechanic ideas as well as some thoughts on theme. So how did it evolve? Two words…the shower (aka time and space).
After sleeping on all the ideas and thoughts we had been discussing the night before, I (Andrew) went to take a shower with all the cluttered mess running through my head. It mashed with all the board games I have worked on and all the others that I have played. And it just hit me, the idea to create a game where the players worked together to take down a body from the inside. I borrowed some ideas from one game or another, only to totally scrap it and work from another angle. Josh was developing rules in sync with the way the body actually works and we began to adapt from the worlds greatest source of inspiration, real life.
Josh would throw ideas at me and I began to adapt them visually to the game. The board started as a circle, then a body, then it became tiles, there were cards, then no cards, then a million other options. At this point I was not worried about getting it right and more concerned with just putting something down on paper. As a visual artist, I know that sometimes you have to simply throw things at the canvas until what you want begins to appear. I was not attached to any particular idea and let the game evolve as we discussed further and further how everything would work out.
So with countless sketches, writings and notes (always put things down for reference), the game began to pull all the best features from each iteration. We soon had the perfect combination of visual reference and factual behavior that would work together to allow Biologic to develop. The idea went from a collection of thoughts, to a tangible idea that could be explained, tested and enjoyed.
We had ourselves a game, that someone could actually play. We took the idea, utilized our strengths and kept pushing until something emerged. Did we know where it would end up, no. That is all it takes to get your idea from the brain out into the world. You take your strengths and individual knowledge and apply it to your end goal, constantly adapting as you go. It does not matter what those strengths are, chances are your passions, education and abilities can be utilized if you keep your mind open and put down as many thoughts as you can. Soon enough, it will begin to work together and you will have yourself something to play with and explore. It's not about getting things perfect the first time, it's about getting something out there and molding it as you grow in knowledge and experience.
So if you have an idea and want it to become a reality, just start. Then keep going. Have fun, explore, discuss, write, draw, think and do everything you can to take part of who you are and put it towards what you want. It can be hard, it can be frightening, but in the end you are stronger for it and your project will get stronger as well.
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Fancy some post-race action? You could play for a share of $25,000 in tournament tickets at Chequered Flag Freerolls.
There's more. We want to celebrate the iconic partnership between two titans of the entertainment world – PokerStars and Oracle Red Bull Racing – with some mega value.
If an Oracle Red Bull Racing Driver wins a race, PokerStars will double the prize pool at Chequered Flag Freerolls. That means there'll be a massive $50,000 tournament tickets up for grabs.
Want to get involved? There are two ways to book your spot in these Freeroll tourneys:
You'll need to opt-in via your Challenges Window (before each race weekend) to be eligible for the next Chequered Flag Freeroll.
If it's a race weekend, there'll be a Chequered Flag Freeroll on the Monday after the race at 14:00 ET.
Embrace the race and join us for an epic ride. Are you in?
Players can claim a Freeroll tournament ticket for playing either a qualifier to the Sunday Million tournament or the Sunday Million tournament in the week(s) leading to the Monday Embrace the Race: Chequered Flag Freeroll.
Embrace the Race: Chequered Flag Freerolls will have a guaranteed prize pool of $25K worth of tournament tickets, doubled to $50K each time any of the Oracle Red Bull racing drivers win a race.
This offer runs from 08:30 ET on July 18, 2022 until 23:59 ET on November 21, 2022. Each weekly period will run from Monday to Sunday during week leading up to a race, unless specified differently in the Challenges Window.
Embrace the Race: Chequered Flag Freeroll will take place on any Monday following a race at 14:00 ET.
The offer is available to any player who holds an active and verified PokerStars real-money account.
Players must opt-in via their Challenges Window before each race weekend and then play a qualifier to Sunday Million or the Sunday Million tournament during that weekly period, in order to take advantage of this offer.
The offer is limited to one Freeroll entry per each tournament.
As long as players participate in a tournament that awards a ticket to the Sunday Million, or play the Sunday Million tournament itself, they will be eligible to receive an entry to the Monday Embrace the Race: Chequered Flag Freeroll.
Tournament payout structures (the prize pool percentage allocated to each position) vary from event to event. Players should visit the 'Structure' tab in the tournament lobby to view its payout structure.
Players must register for the next upcoming tournament they have won a tournament ticket for, otherwise they will forfeit their ticket.
Tickets issued as part of this offer are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash, T-Money or other tickets.
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The rise of hyper-e-commerce has been propelled by the emergence and rapid adoption of mobile devices.
The convenience, portability, and connectivity that these technologies have created a new era for e-commerce with opportunities to tap into markets where access had previously been limited.
SMS 2.0 Rich Media Messaging is one such opportunity.
A recent study shows that more than 90% of consumers prefer to shop via text messages over other methods because it's quick, easy, and convenient – all things which are crucial factors in today's fast-paced online shopping environment.
So, how can e-commerce and other businesses benefit from SMS-based rich communication services?
Let's take a deep dive into RCS Business Messaging and how it offers valuable propositions for future business growth.
What is Rich Media Business Messaging?
Rich Media Business Messaging is a recently developed service that offers customers an enhanced messaging experience by adding multimedia content – videos, images, pdfs, rich links, and other media types.
This includes interactive features such as location-based services and touch screen capabilities – making the whole process easier for both consumer and retailer.
In short: RCS relies on a standard set of communication protocols to offer richer messages which are more engaging than plain SMS text messaging alone.
What are its benefits?
For one thing, it's been confirmed people use Rich Media Messages five times longer than regular texts because they want to consume all the information available at their fingertips!
This has significant implications for e-commerce businesses that can now provide consumers with video demonstrations, personalized offers, instant checkout links, product recommendations, opt-ins, and much more.
Is RCS the Future of B2C Communication?
In short – Yes!
RCS Business Messaging or RBM is the future of business messaging because of one reason – everything boils down to a superior customer experience.
Moreover, rich media messaging is the perfect way for e-commerce businesses to get their products in front of customers without investing in expensive marketing strategies.
Here are some of the other reasons that make RBM a high-value proposition for future business communication;
- Access to nearly 100% reachable customers on Android and iPhone devices.
- Improved customer experience due to faster start time, higher quality videos and images, richer content types like product tags, reviews, etc., along with personalized messages.
Besides this, RBM is;
- Responsive and engaging
- Secure and relevant
- Faster and flexible
This makes it a promising alternative to traditional business communication channels like Email.
How can existing businesses leverage RBM?
RBM can let you send notifications. You might want to send something important, like an OTP or a QR code for getting a ticket. It is also possible to integrate it with a chatbot that will start dialogues. This could be when someone has questions, needs help, wants feedback on products and services- the possibilities are endless. RBM allows all of that – by just upgrading barebone text messaging to rich media messages.
RBM is more than just a set of the features mentioned above; it also provides Read receipts, Delivery receipts, and Intelligent customization features for the customer.
RCS Business Messaging is a flexible and universal platform that caters to different industries like retail, tours and travels, hospitality, entertainment, healthcare, etc. It offers adaptability for each of these sectors so that the communication experience for the customer is both fulfilling and rewarding.
RBM's key features that make it highly capable
Seamless conversations with customers are where quality customer service reigns. An alternative to one-off interactions, Rich media messaging adds value to every customer's journey.
This is precisely why RCS Business Messaging's unparalleled capabilities make it unbeatable when compared to other channels.
These capabilities are as follows;
1) Rich Media Capabilities
Rich media messages can be more meaningful because they contain video clips, emojis, gifs, and chatbot integration. This makes a simple message expressive because it uses words, among other visual elements, to create an engaging experience for the customer.
2) Suggested Replies and Actions
RBM makes instantaneous queries and responsive replies a breeze in the B2C communication lifecycle. With quick reply templates, customers can respond faster. In addition to that, suggested actions can easily guide them through the following steps.
3) Superior Brand Trust
Every text message you receive via a business' RBM channel is branded with their name and logo, adding credibility to the conversation.
4) True User Metrics
RBM provides companies with campaign insights based on individual conversation performance reports, including reading receipts, message open-time, and DLRs. So, brands can always map out what is working and not with an RBM channel campaign.
RBM, Marketing Automation & Personalization
When it comes to marketing automation, the possibilities are endless with SMS 2.0.
Imagine being able to send a customer an offer or coupon that they can redeem at their convenience wherever and whenever – all based on what a brand knows about them.
With responsive messaging as part of your RBM strategy, customers will feel appreciated for interacting with your company personally while receiving customized offers just for them (and not see this as annoying advertising).
This is one significant advantage of RBM over social media channels like Facebook & Twitter because each channel requires different posts explicitly tailored to that platform's audience, which leads brands to create more content than necessary and spend too much money on campaigns that yield insignificant results.
Closing Note
It is safe to say that now is the time for operators and aggregators, especially in India, to develop initiatives similar to CCMI or Message+ to enhance messaging ways in RCS and its implementation in RBM. Wigzo and Route mobile are proudly driving this transformative initiative forward in the country.
You can join the live webinar on 5th May 2021 to uncover deeper insights on RBM for enterprises. Register for the webinar on RBM for businesses here.
Stay tuned for hyper-growth!


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. . . EVERY move the Central Banks have made post-2009 has been aimed at avoiding debt restructuring or defaults in the bond markets. Why does Greece, a country that represents less than 2% of EU GDP, continue to receive bailouts instead of just defaulting?
[G]lobal leverage has exploded to record highs, with the sovereign bond bubble now a staggering $100 trillion in size. To top it off, over $10 trillion of this is sporting negative yields in nominal terms. . . .
The First Domino -- Italy
The likely outcome is that Italy's [prime minister] Renzi will be "forced" to take matters into his own hands and enact a unilateral sovereign rescue of the Italian banking system in defiance of the EU, unless he wins concessions soon from Brussels. Those who know him say he will not go down in flames for the sake of European ideological purity.
Behind the Italian Collapse: Brexit or Bail-ins?
The new bail-in reform this year has brought matters to a head, catching EU authorities off guard. It was intended to protect taxpayers by ensuring that creditors suffered major losses first if the bank gets into trouble, but was badly designed and has led to a flight from bank shares. The Bank of Italy has called for a complete overhaul of the bail-in rules.
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World Peace?, Deep State Losing Control Of Narrative
Former FBI says Rosenstein was not kidding when he wanted to record Trump. FBI admits using multiple spies in the Trump administration. Jude orders Mueller to prove that the companies were involved in election meddling. Khashogi a deep state operation to split the world and start a major event. Turkey ready to reveal all the evidence on Tuesday. Saudi's give Trump room to avoid take action against Saudi Arabia. France and Germany are going to meet Russia to talk about peace in Syria. The deep state narrative is falling apart, world peace is starting to creep in and the deep state will do whatever it takes to stop it.


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Jones, F, Stefan, A, Kay, A, Hyland, M, Morgan, R, Forsyth, N, Pisconti, A and Kehoe, O (2020) MSCs from syndecan-3 null mice exhibit enhanced adhesion to collagen type I, hyperactivation of the AKT pathway and increased efficacy in inflammatory arthritis. biorxiv.
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a debilitating and painful inflammatory autoimmune disease characterised by the accumulation of leukocytes in the synovium, cartilage destruction and bone erosion. The immunomodulatory effects of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) has been widely studied and the recent observations that syndecan-3 (SDC3) is selectively pro-inflammatory in the joint led us to hypothesise that SDC3 might play an important role in MSC biology. MSCs isolated from bone marrow of wild type and Sdc3 −/− mice were used to assess immunophenotype, differentiation, adhesion and migration properties and cell signalling pathways. While both cell types show similar differentiation potential and forward scatter values, the cell complexity in wild type MSCs was significantly higher than in Sdc3 −/− cells and was accompanied by lower spread surface area. Moreover, Sdc3 −/− MSCs adhered more rapidly to collagen type I and showed a dramatic increase in AKT phosphorylation, accompanied by a decrease in ERK1/2 phosphorylation compared with control cells. In a mouse model of antigen-induced inflammatory arthritis, intraarticular injection of Sdc3 −/− MSCs yielded enhanced recovery compared to injection of wild type MSCs. In conclusion, our data suggest that syndecan-3 regulates MSC adhesion and efficacy in inflammatory arthritis, likely via induction of the AKT pathway.
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As much as we may choose to ignore it, labels are constantly being forced upon us. Younger generations are told they're "too young" and "too entitled," while older generations are told they're "too old" and "irrelevant." This is especially true when it comes to activism. For far too long, our society has held onto the belief that only people of a certain age can create an impact — if you're under 30, you're "immature"; if you're over 50, you're "out of touch."
That's why we teamed up with AARP and two writers/activists of different ages — Michaela Angela Davis and Aija Mayrock — to talk about the prevailing issue of outdated toxic language and how everyone has the power to create change, no matter their age, gender identity, race, sexuality, or anything else.


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Congressman Rehberg's statement on Pell Grants: Rehberg Pushes Sustainability for Pell Grants Funding at Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Denny Rehberg, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services and Education today questioned Under Secretary Martha Kanter from the Department of Education about the long-term viability of the Pell Grant program and the underlying causes of increased post-secondary education costs. Rehberg supports Pell Grants, which make college possible for thousands of Montana students. ....... Without reform, Pell Grants run the risk of collapsing under their own weight. "Pell Grants open a lot of doors, but they rely on a solvent government," warned Rehberg. "Getting our deficit under control and making sure Pell Grants can be sustainably funded is the only way we can guarantee that they will still be around for the next generation."