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What is Natural Wisdom?
Natural wisdom prompts me to take a nap in the afternoon because I'm tired. My body, made up of trillions of cells, has the ability to create, recycle, learn, improvise, heal, and inspire. All that is required of this inhabitant, known to me as "myself," is to listen, feel and follow.
Natural wisdom is simple and available to everyone. It is there in every breath, all that is required is attention to it and the guts to follow it. Totally free and available, yet no one can give it to you.
Following natural wisdom has become a challenge for many of us steeped in western values. Western society produces research on mind blowing "new" realizations about the benefits of taking a walk, being happy, meditating, eating a fresh apple, allowing employees some creative license, letting children play without a schedule, allowing pets in nursing homes, holding infants, massaging elders, calling medical patients by name, and allowing sunlight in office buildings. Western science is also contemplating the notion that emotions and physical health may be linked.
Take a moment to consider these research ideas and how they influence your confidence in your own knowing.
Listen to the call, urges, feelings of your body and cells, your heart speaking directly to you about your life. If you allowed yourself to respect your voice above all others what would happen? What choices about your life, your daily habits, and your way of living would you pursue?


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"Women in Politics in the American City systematically examines an important question—the impact of gender on municipal government—in a far-reaching way and at a time when we may expect women to be more likely to enter politics in the near future. The findings are compelling and represent a developing area in the scholarship on representation from a democratic theory perspective. There is simply no other work that examines women at this level of government so thoroughly."
Melissa Deckman, Louis L. Goldstein Professor of Public Affairs and Chair of the Political Science Department at Washington College in Maryland
How do female municipal leaders influence policymaking in American cities? Can gender determine who gets a say in local politics or what programs cities fund? These are some of the questions raised and answered in Mirya Holman's provocativeWomen in Politics in the American City.
This book provides the first comprehensive evaluation of the influence of gender on the behavior of mayors and city council members in the United States. Holman considers the effects of gender in local, urban politics and analyzes how a leader's gender does and does not influence policy preferences, processes, behavior, and outcomes.
Through her effective use of original survey data to evaluate policy attitudes, along with observations of city council meetings and interviews with leaders and community members, Holman demonstrates the importance of considering the gender of leaders in local office.
Women in Politics in the American City reveals not only that the involvement of women in local politics matters but also that it has significant consequences for urban policy and for state and local democracy.
Excerpt available at www.temple.edu/tempress
"Holman poses an unusual question on a topic few have studied: Does electing women to municipal office make a difference in policy decisions? The author answers that women mayors and council members bring a neglected perspective to policymaking and support women's issues...more frequently than men in local office.... Holman's research relies on interviews and surveys, and the book is replete with tables and diagrams, copious notes, an extensive bibliography, and several appendixes."
Library Journal
"The underrepresentation of women in American politics at both the state and national levels has been addressed by many scholars.... In this extraordinarily researched work, Holman extends this line of inquiry to American city politics.... Holman employs rich survey, interview, and textual data to help us understand the ways in which female leaders at local levels make a difference in urban politics.... The book impressively speaks to an important issue in political science with both methodological rigor and a clear-cut analytical framework.... Holman shows us directly that women can make a positive difference in local politics."
Political Science Quarterly
"Using surveys, interviews, and observations of council meetings, Holman analyzes whether gender matters in the policies local governments pursue. She finds that 'women's issues'—such as education, social welfare, and violence against women—are more likely to be high on the public's agenda when women lead cities, especially when female mayors are supported by high proportions of women on city councils. In contrast, men tend to focus on development and crime.... Holman offers a meaningful analysis of how gender impacts local policy.... Summing Up: Recommended."
"Women in Politics in the American City is a welcome addition to the literature on women elected officials in the United States. Holman tackles the formidable empirical challenge of studying women in local government, while providing a useful reminder of the historic connection between women's activism and commitment to 'municipal housekeeping.' Drawing on a variety of sources, Holman systematically and carefully examines the role of female mayors and their impact on policymaking at the municipal level.... [T]his book offers concrete evidence of the significant consequences of women's representation in local government."
Journal of Women, Politics & Policy
"Holman reminds us of the long history of American women's activism and influence on a variety of 'urban women's issues' concerning children and education, welfare and poverty, affordable housing, and violence against women. Then, by rallying a veritable treasure trove of original data, she shows how women holding local office in 21st century America carry on in this tradition.... Holman's contribution is not simply a thoroughly vetted and unexpected new 'data point' demonstrating the impact of women in public office. Rather, her analysis is most interesting when she cautions against overly simplistic theories of descriptive and substantive representation and argues that 'sheer numbers' of women in local office is often not enough."
Perspectives on Politics
1. Urban Government, Democracy, and the Representation of Gender in the United States
2. She Says, He Says: Gender and Policy Attitudes
3. Gender, Power, and Policy Making in American Cities
4. The More Democratic Sex? Deliberative Democracy, Gender, and Urban Governance
5. Sex and the City: Policy Outcomes and Urban Leadership
6. For the Good and the Bad of the City: Female Leaders and Urban Interests
Chapter 2
A: Hundred-City Survey
B: Three-Hundred-City Survey
Chapter 3
A: Coding of City Council Minutes' Subject Matter
B: Interview Questions for Mayors and City Council Members
C: Mayoral Gender and Community Discussions
Chapter 4
A: Organizations and Individuals Active in Cities
B: Questions for Citizens Active in the Community (Paper and E-mail Questionnaire)
Chapter 5
Budget Coding Information
Mirya R. Holman is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University.
Political Science and Public Policy
Women's Studies
Urban Studies
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I forgot to harvest these Red Onions in the Pathside Edge Bed in the Kitchen Garden. They have re-sprouted tender new growth which I pick (just the leaves) and use as Green Onions in salads etc.
Easier than establishing spring onions.
Temperatures this week:
Lowest Min 7C
Lowest Max 24C
Highest Max 29.2C
No Recorded Rainfall
Lowest Max 24C
Highest Max 29.2C
No Recorded Rainfall
What's the weather been like in the garden?
We had drizzle all day last Sunday but not enough to register a reading in the rain gauge! Since then we have had beautiful clear Autumnal days and the nights are getting cooler.
Daylight saving ends this weekend which tends to mark the end of the hot weather here as we head into winter.
The sacred Weather Charts give us a high chance of rain this week...we shall see!
Planting out:
Garlic Monaro Purple (Italian) from Select Organic
In the Garden This week:
The last of the Casper Eggplants have been picked
and the plants removed from Bed 1.
This will allow for some Silverbeet to be planted
after the soil/compost has been topped up.
and the plants removed from Bed 1.
This will allow for some Silverbeet to be planted
after the soil/compost has been topped up.
The garlic bed with shoots emerging already!A trench was dug in the ground at the base and next to the Fence Wicking Bed in the Main Vegetable Garden.
Into the trench went some old chook manure, then the soil replaced and rock minerals and blood and bone were added.
Inline dripper hose was attached into the watering system. As this has drippers spaced every 15cms a clove of Garlic (Monaro Purple) was placed at each outlet. Easy!
The back Pergola area has been cleared, cleaned and we now have plans for some food growing tubs to be placed in the area. These will hold herbs for the BBQ and greens for inside use. Placed just outside the back door (and Kitchen) they will be easily harvested in any weather.
...it just keeps coming back!
Weekly Harvest Tally:
Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making.
Capsicum- Hungarian Yellow Wax***576g
Eggplant- Casper***530g
Zucchini- Black***806g
Apple- Golden Delicious***2313g
Apple- Jonathon***1512g
Watermelon- Sugarbaby***1526g
Plus a mixture of leafy greens for stirfries and salads including:
Chervil, Garlic Chives, Kale, Lettuce, Mangel-wurzel leaves, Parsley, Perpetual Spinach, Red Choi, Silverbeet, Tatsoi.
10 from the Farmyard Ferals
8 from the Barnevelders (2 are now laying)
Thank you everyone for your kind words and thoughts regarding Luckydog.
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Recovering alcoholics find nicotine more "rewarding" than people who have no history of drinking problems, and probably need special help in trying to quit, according to new research.
Although between 80 and 95 percent of alcoholics smoke cigarettes, a rate that is three times higher than the general population, and 70 percent of alcoholics are heavy smokers compared with just 10 percent of the population, very few studies have been done about the association between the two.
However, a new study in the November issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research closely examined this association to see if smokers with a past history of alcoholism are more nicotine dependent than smokers with no problem drinking history.
Hughes, professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont and lead author of the study in a news release. "Some studies suggest that the same genes that predispose people to alcoholism also predispose them to smoking. Some have thought there is an 'addictive personality' that becomes addicted to many things, but research suggests this is not so."
"Another idea is that since smoking stimulates and alcohol relaxes, smokers use alcohol to prevent over-stimulation from smoking and alcoholics use cigarettes to prevent sedation," he said. "Yet another idea is that those who become alcoholics are people who use substances for the drugs within them, for example, to get high or to cope with life. This theory would predict that alcoholic smokers use tobacco mostly for the nicotine in it."
Using nicotine gum, Hughes' study examined if smokers with a past history of alcoholism would self-administer nicotine more often and in greater amounts than non-alcoholic smokers. They found that smokers with a history of alcoholism said they didn't enjoy nicotine more, but they did more often choose to use pure nicotine, and ingested greater levels of nicotine than smokers without this history.
"It may seem unusual," explained Hughes, "that we found a difference between the self-administration or rewarding effects of nicotine and the subjective effects or the liking of nicotine. Usually these two go hand in hand, but not always. In fact, many smokers state they can't understand their use of cigarettes because they feel they really don't get much out of it. Sometimes we can like something but not be able to express what it is we like about it."
But Hughes said recent data shows that smoking kills more alcoholics than alcohol does. According to the American Cancer Society, smoking is the most preventable cause of death in American society. Nearly one in five deaths in the U.S. results from the use of tobacco; more than 400,000 die from smoking in the U.S. each year.
"What this means," said Hughes, "is that we need to get alcoholics to stop smoking either while stopping their alcohol or soon after. Our study suggests these smokers especially need to use medications that fight nicotine dependence, like the patch, gum, an inhaler, or Zyban."
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It is so hard for me to break a sweat. I can feel my body resisting it, and it is not uncommon for me not to sweat until my workout is almost complete. In the meantime, I am a furnace. I feel like I am cooking. So, to try to break this cycle, I have started to go into the sauna for about 5 minutes to try to open the floodgates. I have not been a sauna person in the past, mostly because the idea of being in a sweat box with a bunch of strangers is not all that appealing. However, I think I like it. I am definitely sweating more, which is a good thing.
I tripled the physical activity that I did last week. BIG WIN.. RAH!
I count physical activity calories (PA), using a chart that HMR gave me. Essentially, it factors in my current weight, the intensity of the workout, and the time. So, since I walk, it is considered medium intensity. For my weight, I get 9 PA for every minute of medium activity. For high intensity, I get 16 PA per minute. The goal is to get at least 2000 PA's a week.
If you would like to use the calculation, go the walk o meter link to check it out. It highlights walking, but if you click the button that says 'Calories for Any Activity' it will break down other fitness intensities too. I like it. It is a nice tool to confirm with yourself that you are moving.
I would like to begin to add some weight training to my activity, so that will be my goal as I move into week three. Week 2 weigh-in tomorrow! Fingers Crossed!
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To continue my travel budgeting series around Asia, next up is Myanmar!
Myanmar can be a wild card when it comes to budgeting. Although you can research and read blog posts like the one you're currently reading about what to expect, you can never be too sure when it comes to this country. Prices are constantly changing, as well as the information on Myanmar as a whole.
I wrote up a post on 12 things to know before you go to Myanmar, and it's a good reference to base your 2017 and later travels. I came across so many posts from 2014 and 2015 in my research, and almost all of them were already out of date.


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One of the benefits of artEAST membership at the Artist Level is being able to teach art-related workshops for artEAST. Therefore, all instructors must be current members of artEAST. Membership will be verified; approved instructors will NOT be added to the upcoming workshop schedule unless their membership fees are paid and current. Instructors can renew or join here.
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Administrative Fee: Instructors will be charged an administrative fee of $60 per class hour to cover the cost of room rental, promotional development, accounting and marketing by artEAST. Fifteen minutes of prep and setup time will be given for each course. Additional time will be charged at the rate of $21 per hour.
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In at least some circles, the term structured ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) has come to mean any ASIC that has at least one fixed layer of metal. Typically, all layers from contact down are also fixed. One difference between structured ASIC's and traditional gate arrays is that, with a structured ASIC, users can pay for fewer custom masks for their ASIC's, and more of the fixed masks can be shared between end-user designs.
Traditionally, creating an ASIC involves several steps, including synthesis, placement, and routing. A traditional ASIC router is capable of reading either LEF (library electronic format) files and DEF (design electronic format) files (a Cadence Design Systems, Inc. specific format), or GDSII (graphical design system 2). These files describe where components have been placed, and which connections the router needs to make to complete circuits. These connections are traditionally made on the configurable layers of metal by laying down metal traces on the various configurable metal layers, and vias between adjacent layers of metal to connect traces on different layers.
Traditionally, an ASIC router can use any configurable layer of metal, and route anywhere there is not already metal, so long as design rules (DRC or design rule checker) rules are met. DRC rules typically define minimum distances between isolated conductors on the various metal layers, and minimum width of these conductors, and often other DRC rules specific to the wafer fabrication process. Fixed metal typically occurs on the configurable layers for various reasons. For example, power trace routing is done as a pre-process to routing described above, and the power conductors are already defined on the configurable layers before the router runs as described above.
While many structured ASIC's are designed to reduce the number of configurable layers used in routing (thus reducing achievable circuit density), some structured ASIC fabrics are designed to use predefined fixed metal traces on the fixed layers of metal to conduct signals between the user's components. Using fixed metal in this way can improve circuit density. For example, a device disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,580,289 makes use of wires on fixed metal layers to connect components, but the entire device can be configured using a single via layer.
Because traditional ASIC routers do not extract traces from the fixed layers of metal and make use of them in routing, techniques are used that rely on manual intervention, such as the use of customized scripts or even the manual creation of routing graphs. These approaches can lead to mismatches between the routing graph and the actual device, and resulting DRC rule errors. Additionally, the custom development effort increases the cost of the process.
Embodiments of the invention can enable a structured ASIC router that uses fixed metal routing traces. Such a router can be supported with generic place-and-route tools. Embodiments of the invention can automatically extract a routing graph for a structured ASIC, where the routing graph represents available routing resources on fixed metal layers. The routing graph can be extracted as a pre-process, and saved in a technology file for later use by the router. Additionally, each unique fixed metal wire type found in the layout can be characterized with a master wire definition, including resistance and capacitance estimates. In some embodiments, a global-routing graph can further be extracted from a detailed routing graph.
According to example embodiments of the invention, customization of a structured ASIC can begin by examining a physical layout for the structured ASIC in an automated fashion. Nodes can be created based on the physical layout, the nodes representing routing paths through layers of the structured ASIC. At least some of the routing paths can use fixed metal traces. Edges can also created based on the physical layout. The edges represent opportunities to connect the routing paths as represented by the nodes, so that a routing graph for the structured ASIC is created. The ASIC can then be routed using the routing graph to produce a design for a configured device.
In at least some embodiments, routing paths can use both fixed metal traces and empty space, and edges can represent configurable metal traces. In some embodiments, edges can alternatively, or in addition, represent potential locations for vias. In some embodiments, edges are created by ANDing together metal layers to determine where vias can be placed.
In some embodiments, an initial routing graph is a detailed routing graph and a global routing graph can further be created from the detailed routing graph. The creation of the global routing graph can include defining a plurality of master wires, each master wire representing a plurality of associated fixed metal wires having substantially similar conductivity and connectivity. A global routing graph can make use of the master wires to represent the associated fixed metal wires to use in routing.
Additionally, in some embodiments, one or more bundles of wires can be created to represent connectivity to a node of the global routing graph, and each bundle of wires can include at least some of the fixed metal wires as represented by the plurality of master wires. Electrical characteristics of the fixed metal wires, for example, resistance, capacitance, inductance and the like, can be extracted and stored in a technology file or technology files with the routing graph or routing graphs. Extraction of electrical characteristics can be done in many ways, including the use of a lookup table of master wire neighbor capacitance and a wire's status as between driven and floating. Finally, master bundles can be used to represent multiple bundles of wires in a fashion similar to the way in which master wires represent multiple wires.
With at least some embodiments, the various steps of the routing and extraction processes can be performed partially or completely on a processing platform such as workstation or other computer system. Computer program products including computer program code instructions in combination with the hardware form the means to carry out embodiments of the invention. In addition, appropriate technology files can be stored in the system, on either a fixed or removable storage medium.
The present invention will now be described in terms of specific, example embodiments. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the example embodiments disclosed. It should also be understood that not every feature of the semiconductor devices described is necessary to implement the invention as claimed in any particular one of the appended claims. Various elements and features of devices are described to fully enable the invention. It should also be understood that throughout this disclosure, where a process or method is shown or described, the steps of the method may be performed in any order or simultaneously, unless it is clear from the context that one step depends on another being performed first. Also, the time between steps of a method can vary.
It should also be pointed out that references may be made throughout this disclosure to figures and descriptions using terms such as top, above, beneath, within, on, at, vertical, horizontal, and other terms which imply a relative position of a structure or portion. These terms are used merely for convenience and refer only to the relative position of features as shown from the perspective of the reader. An element that is placed or disposed atop another element in the context of this disclosure can be functionally in the same place in an actual product but be beside or below the other element relative to an observer due to the orientation of a device or equipment. Likewise, the numbering of layers of a device are also meant in relative terms. Any discussions which use these terms are meant to encompass various possibilities for orientation and placement.
It may be helpful for the reader to have understanding of ASIC routing concepts and terms as used in the context of this description. A routing graph as discussed herein is typically a data structure used by an ASIC router to represent portions of metal that can be used by the router. In a routing graph, for example, blank areas on a layer can be represented by nodes and edges can be defined between blank areas that overlap, and can thus be connected by vias. The router in such a construct can be used to find a minimum distance path through the routing graph to connect two points.
With the above concepts in mind, the reader can appreciate how a routing graph extractor according to embodiments of the invention determines the fixed wires on the fixed layers of metal, and creates nodes for these. Edges are created between wires to represent when it is possible to short two wires using a configurable layer of metal, such as a via layer. Note that a wire can span multiple layers, so long as fixed vias can be used to connect all the traces that make up the wire.
Returning to
To further illustrate the logical ANDing of layers as discussed above,
The algorithm as described so far is sufficient at least for smaller structured ASIC's. However, some structured ASIC's can support designs with over 1 million gates. Such devices can have many millions of fixed metal wires, and the number of possible connections between them will be proportionally large. The amount of memory required to represent such a device can be prohibitively large. In addition, routing with such a large routing graph can be quite slow.
In order to address the above issues, it may be desirable to use two types of routers to route an ASIC. A router that handles a wire-level routing graph can generally be referred to as a detailed router. To help speed up routing, a higher level router, called a global router, can be used to determine approximate paths for routes. A detailed router is then used to determine exact routing paths for each signal within the routing channels specified by the global router.
According to at least some embodiments of the invention, as a post-process to extracting a detailed routing graph, a determination is made as to which wires have similar electrical conductivity and connectivity, and these wires are grouped together into routing bundles, which can then be used as nodes in a global routing graph. Thus, provisions can be made for automatic routing of very large structured ASIC's in relatively short periods of time, while making use of fixed metal.
Routing graphs representing fixed metal can be combined with traditional routing graphs as well. Fixed wires correspond to nodes on fixed metal layers, while empty spaces available for routing correspond to nodes on configurable layers of metal. When nodes can be shorted with configurable metal, edges can be added to the routing graph to represent these nodes.
Following the example above, to help reduce memory usage without losing information, the preprocesses disclosed herein can make use of the fact that, indeed, most fixed wires in a structured ASIC are replicated many times across a die. Wires that have substantially identical shapes and connectivity to vias or configurable metal are described by master wires. The connection points, such as legally configurable via locations, are represented on the master wires. (By legally configurable, what is meant is that they can be configured without violating design rules.) For example, returning again to
Further, in a similar fashion, the need to represent the locations of all the wires within each bundle by detecting all nodes in the routing graph can be eliminated by recognizing the existence of substantially identical wire structures. For example, in
Since there are typically a fairly small number of master wire types (perhaps thousands) compared to the number of distinct wire shapes found after running a traditional ASIC router, a true three-dimensional field solution can be evaluated in a reasonable amount of time to accurately determine the resistance of each master wire type, and the capacitance between the various master wire types when they are instantiated as wires next to each other. Depending on whether or not a wire is used in a signal net, or if the wire is floating, different amounts of capacitance can be applied to neighbor wires. In example embodiments, these determinations are made with a table look-up, as opposed to using two-dimensional or "2.5D" extraction techniques. ("2.5D" is a marketing term for solvers which use special two-dimensional techniques that can approximate the accuracy that would result from a true three-dimensional field solution but with less computational complexity.) The use of a look-up table results in more accurate capacitance and resistance estimates, while reducing the run-time of any estimation tool that implements an embodiment of the invention. Inductance can also be represented and extracted in a similar manner.
All of this processing of the layout of a structured ASIC in order to create a routing graph can take a lot of memory and run-time. Thus, in some embodiments, these steps are performed only once for each structured ASIC base, and the resulting routing graph and any needed wire or bundle definitions are saved in a technology file for later use by the router. Users of the structured ASIC can then simply load the technology file, and skip the extraction step.
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Computer program elements of the invention may be embodied in hardware and/or in software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.). As shown above, the invention may take the form of a computer program product, which can be embodied by a computer-usable or computer-readable storage medium having computer-usable or computer-readable, program instructions or "code" embodied in the medium for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system. Such mediums are pictured in
Specific embodiments of an invention are described herein. One of ordinary skill in the semiconductor arts will quickly recognize that the invention has other applications in other environments. In fact, many embodiments and implementations are possible. The following claims are in no way intended to limit the scope of the invention to the specific embodiments described above.
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Reciprocal Clubs
Membership of Guards Polo Club allows you entry to these clubs around the world. So if you find yourself in a far flung place with some time to spare then contact the Membership Department (01784 434212) which will personally arrange your visit. Please note that all reciprocations must be validated by our Membership Department in the first instance.
Apes Hill Polo Club
1. Barbados
The venue for some world-class polo and home to the patron of Apes Hill polo team. The club also boasts an excellent golf course that offers unrivalled views over the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Argentario Polo Club
2. Monte Argentario, Italy
This Club is located on the Mediteranean sea, in Tuscany, at Monte Argentario. Just over an hour from Florence or Rome, the club's polo field and stables are in beautiful countryside with a wonderful view of the sea and in the middle of an execllent 18-hole golf course. Matches are played between May and October.
Auckland Polo Club
3. New Zealand
The Auckland club was one of the first polo clubs to be formed in New Zealand. The club has its own grounds and plays polo at least four times a week. The polo captain is Sam Hopkinson, a familiar name to polo in the UK.
Berliner Polo Club
4. Germany
One of the oldest polo clubs on the European Mainland. Berliner Polo Club offers polo from May through to October. Established in 1906 it offers a variety of tournaments in the German capital.
Campo Argentino de Polo
5. Palermo, Argentina
The home of the greatest polo in the world - the Argentine Open - this polo ground in Palermo was built in 1928 - the world's fifth oldest polo tournament - and is affectionately known as the cathedral of Polo. Just 10 minutes from the centre of Buenos Aires this venue is different from other clubs in this list as it is a polo venue rather than a club. The great contest is held from mid November to early December.
Chantilly Polo Club
6. France
Built in the grounds of the Ferme D'Aprement, in the shadow of the chateau of Chantilly, the Chantilly Polo Club opened its doors in 1995. The club, whose president is Patrick Guerrand Hermes, offers a wide choice of polo and strives to be a centre of excellence where all are welcome.
Eldorado Polo Club
7. Indio, California, USA
The club has been offering first class polo for more than 50 years. Known as an informal players' club, matches are played from November through to April. The club offers a unique mix of old and new, tradition and innovation, champagne and long-neck Coronas, that has come to be known as polo, desert style.
Genghis Khan Polo Club
8. Orkhan National Park, Mongolia
Situated in the heart of the Mongolian Steppes, this club offers polo from early June to September. Visitors are accommodated in traditional Mongolian yurts (tents) and can choose from some 50 polo ponies and riding horses. In addition to the polo the club offers riding through the magnificent Orkhan National Park with its hot springs and volcanoes as well as the opportunity to sample kendo, yoga, fishing and archery.
Helvetia Polo Club, Brazil
9. Brazil
Helvetia Polo Club is the leading polo venue in Sao Paulo with 45 full size grounds. Such facilities mean that the Club is able to offer excellent sporting fixtures from March to October. In addition to some great polo, Helvetia Polo Club is also able to offer polo lessons within its own polo academy as well as other equestrian opportunities among the stunning Brazilian countryside. Helvetia Polo Club's wonderful Clubhouse is, of course, the perfect place to relax after a great day of polo.
Hurlingham Club
10. Buenos Aires, Argentina
This leading Argentine polo and golf club is named after the Hurlingham Club in London and was the first place to host polo in Argentina. The club itself boasts five polo fields, stabling for 300 horses, plus an 18-hole golf course, 18 tennis courts including six grass courts, a cricket pitch, two swimming pools, three paddle tennis courts and an indoor sports complex with a gym and squash courts.
Jaipur Riding & Polo Club
11. India
Home to polo, be it with ponies, camels or elephants, the club was founded by Col Garcha, one of India's best known polo players and a former coach of the Indian national team. Under the patronage of the Maharani Gayatri Devi and located in the country said by many to be the cradle of modern polo, the Jaipur Polo and Riding Club offers an exciting polo playing experience as well as a relaxing resort atomsphere. Competitive polo is played during December
Kurland Polo Club
12. Western Cape, South Africa
The exclusive Kurland estate is situated outside Plettenburg Bay, on the Western Cape's internationally renowned Garden Route. As well as extensive polo facilities, there is also a comprehensive network of soft roads through forests and pastures, making it the ideal venue for leisure riding too.
Santa Maria Polo Club
13.Sotogrande, Spain
Polo in Sotogrande dates back to 1965, when the first polo ground was built in the area, the mythic "La Playa" ground. Today, the Club hosts games throughout the year and major tournaments include the International Summer Polo as well as the Easter Season. www.santamariapoloclub.com
Singapore Polo Club
14. Singapore
The Singapore Polo Club is one of the oldest sporting and social clubs in Singapore. Founded in 1886 by the officers of the King's Own Regiment, the 1st Battalion, the Club has a distinguished heritage and remains rich in its traditions of camaraderie and sportsmanship. Competition is played from March through to December. www.singaporepoloclub.org
St Moritz Polo Club
15. Switzerland
The first polo field was laid out in St Moritz in 1899 on the initiative of a group of British cavalry officers, who used to play polo as part of their training and to while away the time. In 1959 the St Moritz Polo Club was founded and has staged numerous tournaments. In 1984 it became the venue for the world's prestigious winter polo tournament, the Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow.
Tang Polo Club, Beijing
16. China
Tang Polo Club has been created by one of China's leading players Liu Shilai. Situated within an hour of Beijing's city centre, Shilai has created a centre of excellence for polo, offering two excellent grounds, a first-class Clubhouse, a boutique hotel as well as a growing membership list. Shilai's experience of the game, including playing in the UK and Argentina, has enabled him to establish standards of excellence both on and off the field. Tang Polo Club is also home to the Cartier International China Polo Challenge, which is managed by the core team here at Guards Polo Club. Reciprocal status with Guards Polo Club will allow our members to attend events at Tang Polo Club at the same rates as Tang's own membership and we look forward to welcoming Tang'smembers to enjoy watching games here at Smith's Lawn.
Thai Polo and Equestrian Club
17. Pattaya,Thailand
The beautiful setting of Pattaya, 150kms from Bangkok, is the location for this impressive club. Owned by Guards patron Harald Link, it opened in 2003 and has helped confirm Thailand as an international centre for polo. Included at the Club is the Rege Ludwig Polo School, where both experienced and novice players can learn to improve their game, as well as a La Martina Store. Key tournaments include the BMW B Grimm Thai Polo Open.www.thai-polo-club.com
Tortugas Country Club
18. Tortugas, Argentina
This leading South American club is home to one of the most famous polo tournaments in the world - attracting the cream of the sport's players. During September and October the club hosts the Tortugas Open, the first leg of the Argentine Triple Crown.


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The dream is still alive for the Upper Cape Tech football team.
The Rams (8-0, 4-0 Mayflower Conference Small) are coming off a 34-22 win over West Bridgewater on Saturday, and have just one more league game this week against Holbrook in what is likely a "win and your in" situation. That means the playoffs begin Saturday at 11 a.m. on the road.
The dream is still alive for the Upper Cape Tech football team.
The Rams (8-0, 4-0 Mayflower Conference Small) are coming off a 34-22 win over West Bridgewater on Saturday, and have just one more league game this week against Holbrook in what is likely a "win and your in" situation. That means the playoffs begin Saturday at 11 a.m. on the road.
"Right now it looks like win or go home," said head coach Mike Hernon. "They have one league loss already, so we could get into some possible tiebreaker scenarios, but we're going in like it is a win and you're in scenario. We have been in playoff mode for four weeks though in the league. Once you get that first league loss it's tough to get in."
Holbrook (5-1, 2-1 Mayflower) lost to South Shore 42-26 Oct. 20 and South Shore lost was to the Rams 22-14 Oct. 13.
Last weekend's big win over West Bridgewater put the Rams in this win-or-go-home position. That victory avenged last season's 25-0 disappointing loss. Jon Dumont and Dylan Derby both rushed for more than 100 yards. "I thought we played our most complete game offensively and defensively," said Hernon. "Our offense was clicking on all cylinders. When we get both of our backs going like that, we are a tough team to stop. I thought the offensive line played great. Jon and Dylan get the accolades, but those guys have carried the load this year."
That line is made up of co-captain Andrew Fisher at left tackle, left guard Tyler Igo, center Kyle Boyle, right guard Dan Neal and co-captain right tackle Greg Hill. "We wouldn't be having the year we are without those guys," said Hernon. "They have been solid and really carried the load all season."
Derby had a pair of rushing touchdowns behind that offensive line, while quarterback Edgar Eldridge added one of his own.
At the beginning of the season, it was the Upper Cape rushing attack that was giving their opponents fits. As the season has gone on however, Eldridge has been given the green light to throw the ball a little more, and has responded picking up a pair of touchdowns through the air last weekend. "As the games have gotten more important, we've expanded the playbook and added a few wrinkles," said Hernon. "When we have needed him to throw he has stepped his game up, as have our receivers."
Nick Strawn and Chris Cummings each had a touchdown reception last weekend.
But it all comes down to Saturday for the tournament berth. Holbrook has been in this position before going down to Nantucket last season to play for a tournament bid. Although Holbrook lost the game, their squad is a little more tournament tested than the Rams. "They are like a pro-style team and like to throw the ball," said Hernon. "But they have a good strong back as well. They are balanced so we are going to have to play well in the secondary but also be stout up front if we are going to have a chance.
Holbrook leads the league in both points per game, and points allowed, but are followed very closely by Upper Cape in both categories. "If we play like we have the last few weeks especially defensively, we have a great chance," said Hernon. "If we show up, we can take it."
In just their second full season as a varsity program, many people didn't expect this Rams team to be this competitive this quickly. But they are. Said Hernon, "We're preparing this week like it is a playoff game.


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Ok Michigan fans, I want you to know that I'm a Virginia Tech fan born and raised in Richmond, VA, and I joined this message board for the sole purpose of telling you a lovely story about Thad Matta.
Back before Coach Beilein was at WVU, he coached the University of Richmond. Matta, at the time, was at Xavier. Both play in the A-10. One conference game in Richmond between the Spiders and Xavier turned ugly at the end, when Xavier came back from a large deficit to win near at the end. Star player David West (N.O. Hornets) immediately leaned over the railing restraining the student section to taunt and talk. He was pulled back before the students could get to him.
Both teams exit through the same tunnel to get to their locker rooms. According to a friend of mine who was the team manager at the time, and who was standing in the tunnel as it happened, Xavier players instigated a brawl with Richmond players. While Coach Beilein was in the middle of it, attempting to break things up, Matta was leaning against the wall, laughing at the scuffle, soaking up his glory.
When Coach Beilein noticed this, he quickly approached Matta, put a finger in his face and yelled for him to take his classless bunch of thugs and get the hell out of Richmond. Of course, you can imagine that the words Coach Beilein used are not appropriate to be printed in this forum.
Anyways, I assure you, though I am only a transplant Michigan basketball fan thanks to my favorite coach in America, I hate Thad Matta just as much as all of you, and I have for about 10 years now.
You stay classy, Ohio State.


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If you fancy yourself a seasoned traveller, you take pride in using a few tricks of the trade — what's known as "travel hacks". And of all the travel hacks out there, one of the biggest and best is getting paid not to fly.
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A lot of U.S. travellers cash in time and again on this little bonus, but I live in Canada, where things like this are rare. So in all my years of travel, it's never happened to me.
Until recently. After a 12-hour flight from Beijing to Detroit, my friend Brian and I were waiting in the departure lounge for our connecting flight to Toronto. As we sat there, we heard the Delta Airlines people announcing one overbooked flight after another. And the amounts they were offering for getting "bumped" were amazing — in one case, a voucher worth $1,200.
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My eyes lit up. At last, I was going to get a shot at the holy grail. It meant arriving home a day late, but that's the beauty of being retired: what did I care? I was in.
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That makes for a long, long day, and the morning flight they were offering took off at 7 a.m., so I'd be up before 5. I didn't fancy the short night's sleep. Plus, I'd have the pleasure of a second run through the airport's aggressive security system — the one that even objected to the Kleenex in my pockets.
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A few minutes later the agent came back. They could get me on a 10 o'clock flight, he said. I was still a bit reluctant. Maybe I could up the ante. Would they go to $500? The answer was no. "But I can give you a first-class ticket to Toronto," he said.
His supervisor came over. The first-class ticket was out, he said: the seat had to be in coach. The agent hesitated a moment. Then he surrendered: "I'll give you the $500," he said.
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Literature indicates that culture influences consumers' expectations on a product or service, how they perceive performance, handle disconfirmation resulting from the comparison of expectations and perceived product or service performance, as well as their satisfaction. The study compares the confirmation/disconfirmation-paradigm between Chinese and U.S. American consumers. The influence of Hofstede's (2001) cultural dimension on disconfirmation and satisfaction is examined. The results show that the process of customer satisfaction differs across national borders. For U.S. American consumers the perceived performance has a stronger effect on satisfaction than for Chinese consumers. A direct influence of expectations on satisfaction can be observed only for Chinese consumers. Uncertainty avoidance and power distance influence customers' disconfirmation and satisfaction. The findings of the study contribute to current marketing literature and management practice in order to explain differences in cross-cultural consumer behaviour. The implications relate to the management of expectations, product development, and quality management.
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The outcast is the individual that stumbles on to a way of thinking, that goes against the crowd. If not for Gandhi and many like him, there would still be a social caste system in India. But the caste system remains, for the ivory tower dictates all. Because I think I know something, I know nothing and so on, ad-infintum, infinitum. Every moment is an eternity, especialy when we dwell in our minds. Just think about it and get back to me.
You appear to be obsessed with ivory and towers.
I see the workings of my own mind only and if I sell myself to it, I have just put myself on a pedestal. To me, that is no way to live.
Are you any against the caste-system?
Absolutely. To alienate others is to miss the point all together.
Do you have good knowledge about the caste-system? Just curious.
I grew up in a Sufi, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian household. It gave me many angles with which to start from.
Start from the Hindu angle.
The Hindu caste system starts with the Brahman, the highest order. Then to the Kshatriyas, the warrior class. Follwing the order is the Sudras, the unskilled workers and finally the Pariah, the untouchable.
Is that hierarchy logical?
It was 75, 80 years ago.
What element has disturbed the logic?
Ghandi. It is the work of people that changes things and aspects of perception. Perceptions will remain the same if one does not point out the illogicality of it.
What logic justifies war?
None. Fighting over logic is illogical.
Hey, I got double-click. I know I hate to be a hair-splitter. But all of the caste-system may not be that bad. It's inhuman to have kept up the outcasts, but what about the rest?
They are systems of thinking and what we think isn't always right.
My form of logic will always be different from another, but the middle ground is in accepting it. People don't like to just accept things, for they feel they will be proven wrong by it. This is an example of clinging and desire, in one's own rightness.
Then, it isn't logic.
Well, I have been playing game. But the thing is, I am a Brahman myself, so I got some race-factor. I know it's not universally acceptable, and all human beings under the sun are equal. But are they really?
If you turly want them to be, race has nothing to with it. I am as I am, no matter what I come from. The same can be said of all things, people and time. It is as it is, we only think it's not.
Certain things only exist in philosophy. Or in the minds of people.
m - Ghandi didn't accept the caste system and tried to change it. He was afraid of being proven wrong according to your statement.
GB - all humans have equal potential energy but not actual energy.
Interesting. Could you elaborate a little?
Thank you for your response. In theory, our infinite form is pure energy which cannot be created or destroyed. In that sense humans are all equal, with the same amount of energy (think of energy as what is at the heart of the atom). In our current physical form as flesh, we give off different amounts of current depending on our physical health. If we use food as an analogy, we know that live food can be measured in electrical current and dead food has no measurable electrical current. Brain scans show some brains being far more 'alive' than others due to lack or abundance of electrical pathways, all part of our general health/physical condition.
When was Socrates so elegant in biology? -I am joking :-) Thanks for the reply. "If thou two open a .."
Ah, yes. The Socratic thinker listens and is open to all views. (In our world, reads alot) then uses his own discernment. "Think for Yourself"
Tell me, do you think some people are born to rulers?
If that is what they seek, but there will always be dissension.
How will that dissension be dealt with?
It doesn't have to be. What you see as logical may differ from my form of logic. It is only opinion when we force it on others.
The earth is a small place to hold the logic of each of us.
In some ways, yes. Individual interpretations are the guiding force of the mind. We relly only think we are different, but from another angle, we are all the same.
That's perhaps one of the origins of true religion- *unity of all of life*.
Things to do and only now to do them. Talk to you when I can later. Peace
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Q: When did you start working at Cox Farms?
A: Oh my gosh! In 2001!
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This is why cyclists enrage car drivers?
Tom Stafford wrote a piece for the BBC in 2013 that is still good for a bit of discussion. He argues that cyclists enrage car drivers because it's in our DNA. It's evolution. It's a natural, deep seeded response to free-loaders and cheats.
This is one of those arguments that gets people on the defensive. "I'm not a free-loader! I ride legally and responsibly, and if motorists don't like it, they can get stuffed!", you say. That is most certainly a reaction I could feel boiling up when I read certain lines in the article. You would be correct (or would you?), but that is unfortunately irrelevant to the explanation.
Whatever you think about the evolutionary science behind it, I have been thinking about the strangely irrational, automatic response that motorists have towards cyclists for a while now. The mere presence of a cyclist in the vague vicinity of some motorists is enough to send them into a rage whether or not they have any direct interaction with them at all. It offends some motorists sense of morality. Sense of order. Sense of fair play.
But not their sense of reasonableness, empathy, responsibility, or logic.
This line of thought is something that I have had brewing for months now, but have not had time to edit into smaller chunks fit for the format of this website. I'll get to it as soon as I have some time, but for now, just read the article and leave a comment here with your reaction to it – good or bad.
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Forget all of the rest of 2016's 'Annus Horribilis', because rambo is riding free once more.
Back in March of 2016, the story of Rambo the 'motorcycling alligator' gained international attention, it was a sad, woeful story and one in which it looked like he was about to be evicted from his home with 'owner' Mary Thorn.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had told Thorn that Rambo was too large for the property that she owned and would have to be moved to an area of land measuring at least 2.5 acres – by law all alligators over six feet are required a specific amount of land if they are to be kept on a property.
Mary Thorn had argued that Rambo had an immune disorder that makes him sensitive to sunlight; Rambo stays indoors primarily, is docile having lived with Thorn since birth and even requires sunblock to be applied to him liberally during the hotter months.
Now though, news reaches us of a holiday miracle!
Rambo has been allowed to stay with Mary. So the motorcycling alligator rides again… Although Thorn isn't allowed to exhibit him in public without tape around his mouth anymore.