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Otis is the world's largest manufacturer and service center for elevators, escalators and moving walkways. The company belongs to United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX).
Zollner has been working with Otis since 2000. During a November, 2017, audit, the EMS service provider achieved a total score of over 90 percent and exceptionally satisfied all UTC-defined Gold questions. Otis awarded the prize during a ceremony in Zandt.
Within OTC, Zollner is another service provider receiving this award and the only one who achieved it while collaborating with Otis. The Supplier Gold Award applies to the E1 Production Area; however, Production Area E1V should also soon satisfy the conditions. This should also strengthen the long standing customer relationship with the high-revenue Otis Elevator Company.


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High prices despite 'oversupply'
The crude price slumped as the New York Mercantile Exchange reopened Apr. 18 with Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali I. Al-Naimi claiming the global oil market is oversupplied.
Sam Fletcher
OGJ Senior Writer
The crude price slumped as the New York Mercantile Exchange reopened Apr. 18 with Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali I. Al-Naimi claiming the global oil market is oversupplied. Saudi production fell by 800,000 bbl in March, "coinciding with a fall in demand from Japan after last month's devastating earthquake," said analysts in the Houston office of Raymond James & Associates Inc.
On Apr. 15, the May contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes climbed as high as $110.10/bbl in intraday trading before closing at $109.66/bbl, up $1.55 for the day as revolution continued to disrupt Libya's oil production.
In London, analysts at the Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES), observed, "Oil prices are rising to levels that are beginning to affect demand; yet the world is being told once again that markets remain 'well-supplied' with crude and that the upward march of prices does 'not reflect the realities of supply and demand.'"
Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries have not replaced oil production lost to the conflict in Libya, creating a 1 million b/d shortage last month. CGES analysts emphasized, "Oil demand cannot continue to grow over time without the supply to satisfy it. If OPEC will not raise output, then demand growth will eventually have to fall, and that will only be brought about by oil prices rising to levels high enough to begin destroying demand—exactly as happened in 2008. While the balance of fundamental factors driving oil prices upwards may differ from those in 2008, their net effect may be horribly similar."
No demand reduction
High oil prices have yet to trigger a major reduction in oil demand and prices either in or out of the show any considerable impact on oil demand, either in or out of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Within the OECD, "especially in the US, $4/gal gasoline does represent a psychological barrier, and in the past has been associated with a significant compression in demand," said Amrita Sen, assistant vice-president of commodities research at Barclays Capital.
"In the current backdrop," Sen said, "the threshold for a substantial price-driven demand reaction seems to have been pushed higher somewhat. Compared to the previous cycle, the demand reaction to pushing through $3/gal US gasoline has not been replicated this time around, even with prices nearing $4/gal in many states. In fact, gasoline demand in the US has stayed around 9 million b/d and is running higher year-over-year by 1.3% in the year-to-date.
"Moreover," Sen said, "current oil demand boasts of significantly altered global income and price elasticities. In particular, permanent changes in transportation behavior have tended to be more gradual. In terms of market impact, not only has the response of OECD demand been only one fifth of its post-1979 response in absolute quantity terms, the ability of non-OECD demand to compensate for OECD weakness is dramatically greater now than it was 30 years ago. In that context, the price levels at which global oil demand is choked off have not been truly tested yet."
CGES analysts noted, "Oil market fundamentals have been tightening since the middle of 2010. Inventories have been declining since the end of the first quarter in 2010, falling at a rate of more than 1.4 million b/d during the second half of the year.
Although energy ministers and some investment banks claim prices were driven up by speculation, CGES disputed that cause. While speculative long positions may have set new records, the CGES' index of speculative intensity—which measures the volume of 'pure' speculative activity that is not offsetting opposite positions taken by "hedgers"—is close to its lowest point since the beginning of 2007, they said.
Disruptions in the Middle East and North Africa "may take a turn for the worse providing further supply outages," Sen said. "It is premature to weigh in on either side of those risks as the determining factor in the coming weeks."
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moon time essentials
writer: Jutta joki
Picture: Ona Rihu
As I'm typing these words I'm on my period. And I am loving it!
After years of seeing my menstrual phase as the necessary evil I have now found new respect for this phenomenon that makes me so wonderfully feminine. This is my love letter to "that time of the month" and an invitation for you to change the way you see your period. There is a deeper meaning behind our bleeding. It is a sign of us being able to birth whether it be new ideas, projects, or a baby. And with birthing there comes pain, both emotional and physical. Our moon time can stir up emotions of frustration, anger and discontentment. That is why it is a sacred time for deep reflection and evaluation. As we are shedding our uterine linings, we will benefit from thinking: what else can we shed? The things we want to release and let go of begin to surface. I find that this state of introspection (where both brain hemispheres are equally active) enables transformative, deep work. I find it easier to concentrate and immerse myself in new ideas. I tap into this clarity and wisdom. In chinese medicine, period pain is considered as stagnation of blood or energy. I have yet to crack the code to a pain-free period, but in the meantime I make sure to get my needs met with plenty of self-care.
This is how I navigate my moon time:
3 mellow days –
I do my best to schedule three days for doing nothing, but resting and making myself as comfy and cosy as possible. This usually looks like a pillow and blanket fort with an ample suply of comforting warm drinks. I will lighten my work load as much as possible. I make alone time my priority and ensure I have fewer social engagements if any.
nourishing, warming food –
This is important on the week leading to my cycle and also during my period. Opting for warm meals with grounding root vegetables and healthy fats is a good idea. Steering clear of cold smoothies and other cold food/drink is imperative.
thinx period panties –
As one preferring to flow more freely, instead of a period cup, I opt for other sustainable ways to ride my crimson wave. Period panties are my #1 way to go. They are super comfy and work well on my lighter days. On my heavy days I use washable organic cotton cloth pads in addition as needed.
raspberry leaf and nettle infusion –
herbal infusions are a great way to add minerals and some plant magic to your period. I use raspberry leaf to tone the uterus and nettle to replenish the iron lost during the bleeding.
oat heat pack –
I use an oat heat pack to keep my lower abdomen warm and cosy. It increases the blood flow, eases cramps and feels oh so comforting!
essential oils and magnesium spray –
a lot of essential oils have warming, cramp relieving and hormone stabilizing effects. I usually go for clary sage, basil or francincense. I dilute the essential oil in a carrier oil and rub it on my stomach using slow, circular movements. I often add magnesium spray and top the whole thing off with the heat pack. Period bliss!
journaling and tarot -
journaling is the perfect use for that inward energy during menstrual phase. I concentrate on intuitive and reflective writing. Sometimes I like to throw in an impromptu tarot card session too.
This is something I find works for me. Something else might work for you. Be sensitive to your own individual needs and care for yourself gently. Even if you are not currently experiencing a normal female cycle (missing your period for some reason), I invite you to be sensitive and alert as you too might also find a more introspective time of the month. Whatever the case may be, let yourself soften, turn inward and celebrate this special time of the month.
BONUS TIP: If you want to undertand your cycle better, I highly recommend the book Womancode by Alisa Vitti.


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Negative attacks, they say, have long been part of politics. In "Going Dirty: the Art of Negative Campaigning" by David Mark, we're told that in the 1828 presidential election, Andrew Jackson's political allies nicknamed John Quincy Adams "the Pimp," a reference to "a rumor that while he was ambassador to Russia a decade earlier, he had coerced a young woman into having an affair with a czar."
From county commissioner to Colorado governor, Jeffco voters face very crowded ballots this year, and as the primary election approaches on Aug. 10, our opinion pages will no doubt become more crowded as well.
Before the usual avalanche of political letters to the editor — and the subsequent phone calls asking why some letters haven't appeared — I'd like to review our policy.
• All letters must be accompanied by a verifiable name, along with information that allows us to contact the author.
Looking back on the just completed "Arts Alive Evergreen," it's remarkable how many opportunities to participate in the arts there are in a community of this size.
Did you ever have a really great teacher? Someone who changed your life?
I've been lucky to have more than one. In elementary school, I wasn't the easiest kid — you could say I was pretty tough. These days I'd surely be diagnosed with ADD (actually, to say I had an attention deficit is a huge understatement). But Mrs. Arnold and Mrs. Ballangee stuck with me. It would have been easy to ignore this rowdy kid, but they put in extra hours, helping me learn what I couldn't have learned on my own. I'm grateful they did.
Legal access to marijuana in Colorado seems to be a constantly moving target. As new medical marijuana laws go into effect in our state, a number of other things are coming together as well.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is considering a more flexible definition of post-traumatic stress disorder at virtually the same time as the state health department is being asked to add PTSD to the list of medical conditions for which medical marijuana could be prescribed. If both these things come to pass, it would liberalize access to medical marijuana for PTSD sufferers.
Wake up, America: Even France gets it
Leaders of the world's 20 industrial economies recently met in Toronto to discuss global economic problems, including the worrisome developments in European sovereign debt. The meetings resulted in a group statement announcing a concerted effort to reduce government spending.
"Advanced economies have committed to fiscal plans that will at least halve deficits by 2013 and stabilize or reduce government debt-to-GDP ratios by 2016," G-20 leaders announced last week.
One of Congress' fundamental responsibilities under the Constitution is budgeting. With large majorities in both houses of Congress, the only hurdle Democrat leaders have in developing and garnering support for the annual budget resolution is themselves.
Yet, this past week House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer officially announced during a speech that Congress will make no attempt to develop and pass a budget this year.
By any account, Colorado has a robust citizen initiative process. Both by law and practice, we are asked to vote on more proposed constitutional amendments and initiated laws than people in other states.
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RTC Region by Region Tidbits: 03.16.10Posted by rtmsf on March 17th, 2010
Each day this week during the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament we're asking some of our top correspondents to put together a collection of notes and interesting tidbits about each region. If you know of something that we should include in tomorrow's submission, hit us up at email@example.com.
South Region Notes (Patrick Sellars)
- The first "upset" of the tournament occurred in the South Region when SWAC champion Arkansas Pine-Bluff took down the Big South tournament champion Winthrop, 61-44. The Golden Lions earned the right to play top seeded Duke on Friday night.
- When #9 Louisville takes on #8 California on Friday night, Louisville head coach Rick Pitino says he'll be ready for the Bears' "organized chaos." There is also an interesting quote in the article from Cardinals' guard Edgar Sosa that says he has heard Cal referred to as "poor man's Marquette".
- Utah State's leading scorer, junior guard Tai Wesley, broke his nose in the WAC tournament final on Saturday when the Aggies got pounded by New Mexico State. He will play in the Aggies' upcoming game versus Texas A&M, but you have to wonder what kind of effect it will have on USU's star. On TAMU's side, they will have Dash Harris back in the lineup after he missed the Big 12 Tournament with a bone bruise in his right wrist. Head coach Mark Turgeon said that if his team wants any chance to win this weekend, they will need Harris healthy.
- Fran McCaffery is not letting his Siena team think they can beat Purdue by just showing up in Spokane on Friday. He says Purdue is by far the best team Siena will face all season even without Robbie Hummel. You'd have to think a Butler Bulldogs fan would think otherwise.
- Here is an interesting article from The Times-Picayune which highlights the #3 Baylor vs. #14 Sam Houston State game. Not only are the two teams from Texas, but they have two New Orleans natives returning to their home town for the first round. Star senior guards Tweety Carter (Baylor) and Ashton Mitchell (Sam Houston State) both played their high school ball in The Big Easy.
- Villanova head coach Jay Wright told the Philadelphia Inquirer about his team's lackluster play in first round games the past two seasons. Wright said "we've survived first-round games, but we really haven't played well in first-round games."
East Region Notes (Ryan Restivo of SienaSaintsBlog)
- The biggest upset of this region might be that #1 Kentucky has a chance to keep John Wall, as John Calipari said Monday on the Dan Patrick Show. Then Calipari came to his senses and said Wall is leaving. Meanwhile, #16 East Tennessee State overcame a real tragedy to get to where they are.
- A columnist from the Charlotte Observer lashed out at #8 Texas, calling them "fragile" but acknowledged that #9 Wake Forest coach Dino Gaudio has yet to win a postseason game in three years with the Demon Deacons.
- Many more stories about the two coaches, #5 Temple's Fran Dunphy and #12 Cornell Steve Donahue's relationship over the years in what will probably be the most mentioned storyline of the game. Meanwhile the AP profiles Jon Jaques' rise to a star for the Big Red.
- #4 Wisconsin and #13 Wofford have something in common: they both like to go to Minnesota to get recruits. The Wofford Terriers might be motivated by one of their fallen alums, Eric Marshall, who died two years after leaving Wofford due to an enlarged heart.
- #11 Washington's Quincy Pondexter and #6 Marquette's Lazar Hayward have a brief history: they both played together on the USA Team in the World University Games. It appears the Huskies will have to go after Marquette inside to have a chance to win this game.
- #3 New Mexico arrived in San Jose today. Coach Steve Alford was raving about JUCO transfer Darington Hobson. "Just his maturity as a basketball player has been amazing," Alford said. Will #14 Montana pull off the upset? It's not impossible.
- The Big 12 and ACC play each other in three first-round games this year. #7 Clemson's Trevor Booker worked with #10 Missouri coach Mike Anderson last year at the World University Games. "He didn't back down from anybody," Anderson said. "He just utilizes his body in a great way, his game speaks for itself." Meanwhile Lawrence Bowers, who was recruited by Oliver Purnell, has postponed his wrist surgery for after the season.
- Before you pick #2 West Virginia to go all the way, understand they are vulnerable. One columnist calls for the Mountaineers to find more consistent scoring.
- #15 Morgan State guard Troy Smith said he thinks his team is better than teams seeded higher than them. Always enjoy the confidence from the lower-seeded teams.
West Region Notes (Andrew Murawa)
- Vermont's Nick Vier found an interesting way in which to use the net that the Catamounts cut down after their America East title last weekend.
- The NABC today announced their Division I All-District teams which includes the players who will be eligible for the State Farm D-I All-America teams, and 12 of the 16 teams in this region placed players on one of these teams, highlighted by Syracuse junior forward Wesley Johnson, UTEP junior forward Derrick Caracter, Xavier sophomore guard Jordan Crawford and BYU junior guard Jimmer Fredette. Gonzaga (senior guard Matt Bouldin and freshman forward Elias Harris), Butler (sophomore forward Gordon Hayward and sophomore guard Shelvin Mack) and Oakland (senior guard Jonathan Jones and junior forward Keith Benson) put two players each on their district's first team, while Murray State had sophomore forward Ivan Aska and junior guard Isacc Miles make the District 19 first team and junior guard B.J. Jenkins make the second team.
- Speaking of Hayward, while he is definitely a hot NBA prospect, if that whole basketball thing doesn't work out for him, he may have another career on hold. Or not.
- While players and coaches get plenty of press all season long, there are other more behind-the-scenes people who help contribute to a team's success over the season, especially down the stretch here where bodies get banged up and aren't quite ready to go on quick turnarounds. And when Oakland senior forward Derick Nelson was experiencing severe back pain prior to the Grizzlies' Summit League Championship game last week, "biomedical expert" Shawn Sherman was able to get him back into game shape with treatment. Nelson went on to score 36 points on the way to tourney MVP honors as Oakland advanced to the NCAA tournament.
- For North Texas to have a chance to stick around in their opening round game against Kansas State for longer than a half, the Mean Green will have to focus on Jacob Pullen. Or maybe they need to stop his backcourt mate Denis Clemente instead. Either way, they're going to have their hands full with this talented backcourt.
- In our effort to take a look at the lower seeds in the tourney before they disappear, let's get a quick primer on Vermont.
- This is Jordan Crawford's first season of eligibility with Xavier, but he's already got some NCAA tournament experience under his belt. Although he is hoping his second go-round will be more memorable than his first.
Midwest Region Notes (Tom Hager)
- The Wall Street Journal analyzed the last 40 upsets of #11 over #6 or greater, and found that turnover margins, not three point shooting, was the main factor in the upsets. According to the WSJ, this means that Murray State has a great chance of beating Vanderbilt, while pointing out that fan favorite San Diego State is careless with the ball.
- According to Seth Davis, San Diego State will upset Tennessee based on their ability to rebound and control the pace. In Ken Pomeroy's pace adjusted rankings, the Aztecs rank #43 on offense and #42 on defense. Not only does Andy Katz agree with Davis' SDSU pick, he also says they are the most likely double-digit seed in the region to reach the Sweet Sixteen. San Diego State's head coach Steve Fisher should know the importance of pace more than anybody. He was Michigan's coach when they gave up 149 points to Loyola Marymount in the 1989-90 NCAA Tournament.
- The San Diego Union-Tribune's Tim Sullivan said that the Volunteers were a second tier team in a first tier conference. In that same article, Fisher analyzes the pace SDSU needs to play at to win. "We can't win walking the ball up the floor," Fisher said. "And we can't win playing racehorse basketball every single possession and shoot it as fast as we can. We have to blend the two: know when to run, how to run, and know why we're running. That will be the challenge for us."
- Ken Pomeroy has given his odds for each team making each round of the tournament. According to Pomeroy, Michigan State, which has been to five of the last eleven Final Fours, has just a 3.7% chance of making it again this year.
- The Detroit Free Press gives a good look at New Mexico State's early season problems: For the first three months of the season, the Aggies were without their third leading scorer, Troy Gillenwater, due to academic ineligiblity. Their fourth leading scorer, Wendell McKines, missed their first 10 games of the year due to academic inelgibility. In that time span, the Aggies went just 4-6.
- According to Houston coach Tom Penders, Maryland's offense is run around Greivis Vasquez the same way the offense was run around Juan Dixon. High praise, indeed.


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War memorials and museums are temples to the god of war. The hushed voices, the well-tended grass, the flapping of the flags allow us to ignore how and why our young died. They hide the futility and waste of war. They sanitize the savage instruments of death that turn young soldiers and Marines into killers, and small villages in Vietnam or Afghanistan or Iraq into hellish bonfires. There are no images in these memorials of men or women with their guts hanging out of their bellies, screaming pathetically for their mothers. We do not see mangled corpses being shoved in body bags. There are no sights of children burned beyond recognition or moaning in horrible pain. There are no blind and deformed wrecks of human beings limping through life. War, by the time it is collectively remembered, is glorified and heavily censored.
A war memorial that attempted to depict the reality of war would be too subversive. It would condemn us and our capacity for evil. It would show that the line between the victim and the victimizer is razor-thin, that human beings, when the restraints are cut, are intoxicated by mass killing, and that war, rather than being noble, heroic and glorious, obliterates all that is tender, decent and kind. It would tell us that the celebration of national greatness is the celebration of our technological capacity to kill. It would warn us that war is always morally depraved, that even in "good" wars such as World War II all can become war criminals. We dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Nazis ran the death camps. But this narrative of war is unsettling. It does not create a collective memory that serves the interests of those who wage war and permit us to wallow in self-exaltation.
The detritus of war, the old cannons and artillery pieces rolled out to stand near memorials, were curious and alluring objects in my childhood. But these displays angered my father, a Presbyterian minister who was in North Africa as an Army sergeant during World War II. The lifeless, clean and neat displays of weapons and puppets in uniforms were being used, he said, to purge the reality of war. These memorials sanctified violence. They turned the instruments of violence—the tanks, machine guns, rifles and airplanes—into an aesthetic of death.
These memorials, while they pay homage to those who made "the ultimate sacrifice," dignify slaughter. They perpetuate the old lie of honor and glory. They set the ground for the next inferno. The myth of war manufactures a collective memory that ennobles the next war. The intimate, personal experience of violence turns those who return from war into internal exiles. They cannot compete against the power of the myth. This collective memory saturates the culture, but it is "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
I think Hedges makes some very interesting points about collective amnesia. The late folk musician Utah Phillips has a quote that always sticks in my mind where he states that the most radical idea in America is a long-term memory. I think that there is a lot of insight in that quote and this article by Hedges speaks to one reason why the collective memory of this country has the ability to not only forget historical lessons, but create mythical memories of more complex events.
The brutality of war is often more understated than it is represented accurately. Take a look at the recent example of the war on Iraq in 2003 to see a prime example of this. Newscasters focus on the "awesome" technological advancements of warfare all while sanitizing images of bloodied children and refusing to air the images of coffins returning back to the United States. While this strategy may be easier on the eyes and conscious of the American public, it does not represent reality.
Just as the news coverage of war often does not take into account essential elements that would paint a more realistic picture, war memorials are guilty of the same. They help to sanitize and perpetuate myths about soldiers and about the very nature conflicts that are far too complicated to capture in an inscription. While war memorials may help us collectively feel better both about the actual conflicts as well as the sacrifice of soldiers, they do not help to portray a realistic account of said conflicts. Myths then are perpetuated and society ends up with a much different recollection of the events than actually happened at the time.


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Tuesday 18th August 2015
The second day opened with two papers addressing the architectural development and planning of Chandigarh. Iain Jackson (Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Liverpool) explored the overlooked and quotidian portions of the city in his paper, 'Chandigarh Dwellings: Ghastly Good Taste or Flamboyant Modernism'. Departing from the over-cited work on the city by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew, he detailed his early research into private developments which have avoided similar ossification.
His documentation of these private dwellings showed idiosyncratic modification contra to the city's founding vision. Discussing this independence from the Government's arbitration of taste and aesthetic agenda, Jackson proposed a series of classifications including Punjabi Baroque. He stated that this peacock flamboyancy and non-utilitarian adaptation showed Chandigarh remained open, unresolved and signalled the failure of modernist notions of 'home'.
Melissa Smith (Banduksmith Studio/Visiting Faculty, CEPT Ahmedabad) spoke on 'Chandigarh plans un-planned' The paper focused on the un-planned nature of Chandigarh as an enriching force often overlooked by the predominance of Le Corbusier's unjustifiably inflated legacy. Looking at architecture as the beginning of the evolving city organisation, Smith detailed the Banduksmith Studio Ageing Modernism project. Her research on shop typology showed that the city had accommodated and adapted these regulated spaces. The city manifested interesting and pleasant surprises which reinvented austere forms, swerving away from Le Corbusier's concrete rigidities.
The discussion opened to the floor and addressed Chandigarh's other authors, those transforming the space contravening central regulation. Religious communities and informal economies were acknowledged for their interaction in the city. Whilst religion was assimilated, migrant labour was maintained at a distance from Chandigarh, which held onto its claim as a 'slum-free city'.
The next session introduced Goa as a city of complexity and point of overlapping and multiple identities. Jonathan Gil Harris (Professor of English, Ashoka University) introduced 'Goa and the Sixteenth Century Judeo-Muslim Nexus'. Velha Goa of this period, one of the largest cities in the world, was a palimpsest combining Christian structures and Bijapur Sultanate traces. With transnational intimacy, the city fostered unexpected inhabitants and linguistic multiplicity followed. Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and Konkani languages were used by Andalusian and non-Andalusian 'new Christians', Muslim merchants, and Sephardic Jews. The paper focused on the Judeo-Muslim network of trade, and the publication of Garcia da Orta's Colóquios dos simples e drogas he cousas medicinais da Índia at Goa in 1563. Goa was, as Harris stated, a place of 'connected histories' and timeless geography, where borders and linguistic identities merged, notions of state and culture were inverted, and 'Christian' surfaces bore traces of a covert Judeo-Muslim connection.
Rochelle Pinto (Research Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi) presented 'Collective commerce – the city of Bombay, the village in Goa'. Utilising Konkani newspapers from the late nineteenth century Bombay, her paper looked at the newsprint realism and the place of Goa's print voice following migration to Bombay. Advertisements addressed to Goan migrants appeared like a map of the condition of displacement and assimilation. Though laying claim to dispossession, the production of text by Catholic Goans Pinto argued, would have weighed towards the upper castes. The close reading of the newspapers established that the place the print voice claimed were the street of Bombay and the village in Goa.
Animesh Rai (Alliance Française de Pondicherry) concluded the morning addressing the historical relationship of the French in Pondicherry. 'To be, or not to be, French: the balancing act of Pondicherry' analysed the nature of French influence in the region using the theory of creolization. Looking at the historic and contemporary city, the paper discussed the conflictual nature of this juxtapostion of cultures. Rai stressed the relative nature of creolization and the importance of recognising the larger context of India as a nation state.
The audience discussion considered the dietary practices of sixteenth century Goa and the means by which pork was used as a tool of the inquisition. The body, Harris remarked, was an important part of da Orta's engagement with the city and his own was the site of experimentation for his researches. He reinforced the statelessness of Goa which, as highlighted by further conversation, found articulation in the rhetoric of Pondicherry's Auroville.
The afternoon opened with Dhrubajyoti Ghosh (Special Advisor, Agricultural Ecosystems, Commission on Ecosystem Management, IUCN). 'My Tryst with Trash: A Community of the 'Vandals'', presented a case study of Kolkata's Dhapa, a space used as the municipal dumping ground. Started in 1985, his research charted the historiography of the site and methods employed to make the space feasible for agriculture. Taking example from Shri Bhabanath Sen's initiative in breeding fish in waste water, which created a new landscape for eco-recycling wastewater and trash collection, Ghosh focused on the contemporary character of the site. Regarded as 'vandals', the marginal communities who make their livelihoods from salvaging waste are denied civic rights. His recent fieldwork detailed the political challenges and strategies employed by current trash-diggers and garbage farmers.
Ghosh described the livestock rearing which took place in Dhapa. Both pigs and cows subsisted on the site and created an informal source of income for the community. The cows' milk was excessively creamy and whilst not drunk by the owners, was sold to goalas (milk merchants). He posited that these communities and their livelihoods could be understood in terms of creating 'positive ecological footprints'.
Following apologies sent from Aditi Mukherjee (PhD scholar, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University), the afternoon continued with Durgesh Solanki (M.Phil Scholar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai), on 'Cast(e)ing life: The Experience of Staying in a Caste Quarters'. From ethnographic research, Solanki presented the political and social complexities encountered by Bombay's Meghwal community. Employed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as conservancy workers, they were historically assigned segregated living quarters. The paper explored how this relationship was reinforcing caste hierarchy. Through the uncertain provision of housing, Solanki argued that the state was maintaining Brahmanical notions of purity and pollution and furthering inequality.
Sarover Zaidi (PhD Scholar, Max Planck Institute, Department of Religious Diversity) continued with an anthropological study, 'Religious Moderns: architecture and selfhood in Bohra Shias of Bombay'. Her on-site research at Bhendi Bazaar charted the development of this modern architecture and perceptions of the area in relation to the heritage of the colonial city. Describing the organisation of this Shia community as a 'strongly urbanised sect', she argued that architecture was a formative part of this 'self consciously cultivated' statement.
Two current development projects; Saifee Burhanee Upliftment Plan and the Saifee Hospital reinforced this distinct identity. One of the biggest urban redevelopment plans undertaken in India, this initiative around the Rouza (mausoleum) envisions a site of highrises and sky scrapers alongside aspects of Fatimid architecture. Zaidi commented on the propagation of their isolation within Bombay and the moving registers of 'religious modern' rhetoric. The bricolage of styles, contingent upon sacred geography provided a medium from which to understand Bohra subjectivity. Zaidi concluded that these plans and her fieldwork established the complex relationship with modernity was built on a deep base of piety and intense sense of being Shia.
Residential patterns and the envisioning of a global city were explored by Anushka Sen and Dalia Chakraborty (Departments of English and Sociology, Acropolis Project, Jadavpur University). '"Live in New York in New Town": Kolkata's own Global City', focused on life-styles in the planned township, Rajarhat-Newtown in the Northeast of the city. Utilising advertising campaigns and a close reading of the text, a promise of ultra-urban and ultra-modern living was analysed.
Key terms including leisure, security and convenience provided an entry point from which the hybridity of these aspirational sites could be read. Described as 'unambiguously Continental or American or even Western', the blurring of rhetorics by promoters and the researcher's ethnographic work in the area established an elusive imagined model of real and hypothetical lives.
Discussions of the papers questioned the nature of 'global modernity' and the qualities it embodied. 'What was being aspired to?' Professor Supriya Chaudhuri asked, and 'what direction did it take?'A continuous projection forward was identified and a movement of terms was suggested as at once maintaining a distance and enclosing these communities. This was contextualised by the recent adoption of 'curated boutique living' in Kolkata.
The conference concluded with readings of Kolkata through its representation in nineteenth century literature and the 20th century auteur cinema of Mrinal Sen. Abhishek Sarkar (Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jadavpur University) discussed early precepts about criminology using detective memoirs. 'Crime and the City: Two Detective Officers in Nineteenth-Century Kolkata', discussed the work of R. Reid (1887) and Priyanath Mukhopadhyay (1892) and depicted a trans-cultural complex of investigation and surveillance.
Somak Mukherjee (E-QUAL Project RA and PhD Scholar, Jadavpur University) discussed Kolkata's streets as spaces of multiplicity. 'Infernal Encounters: Street and (Non)-Interpretation in Mrinal Sen's Calcutta Quartet' posited Sen as 'the definitive chronicler' of the city's streets. Utilising clips and stills from 'Interview', Mukherjee stated that Sen captured the street as an 'unobtrusive space of fluidity' which defied locatedness. Framing the 'street as the structure' which was particularly pervasive in a city such as Calcutta, the paper emphasised Sen's subversion of the street as a self enclosed totality.
The gender dimensions of the street informed the ensuing discussion. The contemporary politics of the street were considered in terms of surveillance and its presence/non-presence in the Indian city. As an inherent component of the 'global city', its application warranted further investigation.
The workshop was drawn to a close by Professor Supriya Chaudhuri who thanked all involved for their inputs and contributions to a stimulating workshop. She stated that the ETIC project will continue online and will be producing a source book. She welcomed contributions to the website and hoped that from the discussions and presentations new collaborations would form.


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by Harold Pollack
I published a piece in the New Republic today examining America's failures in HIV prevention.
AIDS has already killed more Americans than the combined total of combat deaths in World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Despite treatment advances, the deaths keep coming. In 2006, the most recent year with good records, we lost 14,627 of our fellow citizens to this terrible disease. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if our government, our most heavily affected communities, and our entire society had mobilized more quickly and more effectively.
From the very beginning, social conservatives often showed palpable disregard for the main victims of this epidemic. So it is easy to chalk up our failures to the simple cruelty of social conservatives. Such cruelty was certainly terrible, but it was not the only problem. Our continuing failure to execute public health interventions was also lethal. Public health is almost always treated as the disfavored stepchild of the biomedical enterprise. In AIDS, this has brought especially tragic results....


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If I am being honest, I admit I am not the biggest fan of Christmas. I try every year to make it something that I can really get into but every year I end up feeling like the whole thing is a bunch of hassle and wondering what the point is. I get what it is supposed to be, but we all know it isn't that any longer. But I'm not here to whine about consumerism.
Growing up in a dysfunctional, broken family meant that there was always family members missing and family members fighting. It meant mom had to work and dad may or may not call. It meant playing quietly so we didn't upset anyone and being grateful for whatever we got. Growing up in a dysfunctional, broken family means as an adult I reject tradition and anything that evokes warm, fuzzy feelings. It's called a defense mechanism.
As an adult, I don't understand how people have the kind of Christmas I see in movies. Do people really sing and aunts and uncles and grandparents come in from out of town with a troupe of cousins to eat a big dinner? I never had anything like that, but I'm not here to whine about my childhood either.
I'm here to say that every year I do my best to find the thing that makes this time of year so wonderful for other people and every year I get it a little bit more. Before I felt like I was looking in on a bizarre ritual I wanted no part of, and while I am still looking in from the outside, I at least want to be a part of it now.
Christmas has gotten better for me now that I am an adult, even being with my family has become something I look forward to. We'll have gifts and a dinner, and there are more of us to be merry with. Maybe I already have the Christmas I longed for as a kid, and maybe tomorrow I will be reminded of that.
I am not here to complain I swear. I just want to say that I am getting better and that means I wish you all the kind of Christmas that you see in all the movies. I hope you all can see that family does mean something and so do the decorations, and the food, and the gifts. I hope you enjoy a holiday of hope, love, and giving.
Merry Christmas dear readers.


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A New Website Just In Time For The Holiday Season/
With many people and companies having events this holiday season, I wanted to put up a new website specifically to attract holiday event planners.
This website is more of a test than anything else. It's also a work in progress, so there will be many changes in the upcoming weeks, so please come back to take a look at my progress.
I still have my main website at www.LouSerrano.com, which is where I get most of my online traffic. With this website I'm trying some new things to see if I'm able to engage more people. I think it represents my personality a little better than my main site, so it will be interesting to see what kind of results I receive.
In the meantime, if you have any upcoming event for the holiday season, please contact me. I'd love to be of service.
Happy Holidays!
Lou Serrano


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Retailers in China, the world's hottest consumer market, face some pretty big obstacles in succeeding there. The country's demographics are changing rapidly, and businesses have to figure out how to appeal to customers.
There are two classes of consumers in China--mainstream young people who are picky about designers and brands, and the emerging middle class which is just looking to upgrade on basic needs.
In order to succeed, businesses have to impress both groups, according to a story by Debra Bruno in Women's Wear Daily. Bruno's story drew from a recent McKinsey report on China.
"There's a growing divide" between the more affluent consumers and the middle-class ones, according to Bruno. "Companies have a double-edged challenge."
"They have to figure out ways to reach both traditional and these new mainstream customers, which means they'll need 'more diverse portfolios of brands and niche products,' including items that are highly functional as well as those that appeal to consumer's emotions," Bruno writes.
This means offering both basics, like blue jeans, and more extravagant items like accessories.
China's emerging middle class is made up of hundreds of millions of people and is rapidly changing the market there.
Taking the changing Chinese demographic into consideration is important for any international business' success.
DON'T MISS: Amazon May Have Had A Huge Earnings Miss, But It's Still Revolutionizing Retail >


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PODROOF® Gallery
Welcome and thanks for visiting our gallery! Here you can get an idea of what some of our completed roof kits look like and what companies are using them for. You can also view some of the construction processes. Enjoy!
Gable Gallery
Our standard Gable kits are available in five designs with gutter and paint options.
Gambrel Gallery
Our standard Gambrel kits are available in three designs with gutter and paint options.
Construction Gallery
Here you can view some of the steps during the construction process.


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"Knight Rider…a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michael Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law."
-Knight Rider's opening narration.
In Knight Rider's (1982 – 1986) two-part episode, "Goliath," Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff) challenges a villain who has the same face: Garthe Knight (also played Hasselhoff).
The evil Knight, is son of the Knight Foundation's philanthropist, Wilton, and in cahoots with his mother, Elizabeth (Barbara Rush) on a secret mission.
Specifically, Garthe and Elizabeth hope to steal the plans for K.I.T.T.'s "molecular bonded shell plating," the very aspect of the advanced car that makes him so impervious to damage and attack.
The evil duo plots to build a new vehicle, a giant, 22 ton semi-truck called "Goliath," and -- once it is equipped with the shell plating -- penetrate a top secret base in the desert, one that possess dangerous missiles.
Michael and K.I.T.T. attempt to stop Garthe and his plans, but Garthe feels that Michael is a "living, breathing insult" to his existence, and plots to destroy him.
K.I.T.T. battles Goliath in a dangerous and ill-fated first engagement, but comes back strong for a second time…even as Garthe and Michael go head to head…
You just have to love a series in which cars and people alike possess evil doppelgangers or twins.
Earlier in the week, I reviewed one of the episodes featuring K.I.T.T.'s nasty twin, K.A.R.R., but today I remember this epic two-parter, which establishes the goatee-wearing Garthe Knight as Michael's "antithesis," his twisted, evil reflection.
In the case of "Goliath," there's actually a good reason why Michael so closely resembles Garthe. Garthe is the son of Wilton Knight and has been spending time in prison…three life sentences to be precise. Michael's face, you my recall, was reconstructed by the Knight Foundation in the pilot episode. We learn in this episode that the model for that surgery was…Garthe.
That's a good explanation, and it doesn't rate as terribly unbelievable. Since Michael has Wilton's last name, it makes sense, in some way, that he would also have the face of his benefactor's beloved (if wayward…) son too. Michael is the son that Wilton wanted; Garthe is the one that he ended up with.
"Goliath" is structured so that a major battle recurs.
At the end of part one, K.I.T.T. and Goliath play chicken, headed straight for one another on a desert road. K.I.T.T. gets struck by heavily armored truck, and is damaged badly. "I'm afraid we zigged when we should have zagged," he reports to Michael.
Echoing the earlier confrontation, the finale of the second part features a rematch between the two vehicles (and their crack'd mirror drivers). In this case, of course, K.I.T.T. is triumphant, utilizing a laser to pinpoint Goliath's weak spot. The results of the duels (in both cases) are not unexpected, and yet they are well-orchestrated, and surprisingly suspenseful. I remember film and critics of the 1970s and 1980s complaining endlessly about the ubiquitous nature of car chases and car crashes back in the day, but today these clashes are welcome. For one thing, there's no C.G.I. And for another the stunts are beautifully executed and filmed.
Rationally, of course, the audience knows Michael and K.I.T.T. will eventually carry the day, and yet when K.I.T.T. is knocked over on his side and left for dead in the desert, you feel it in your gut.
Just a car? No…he's a driver (and a kid's…) best friend.
The most intriguing moment of the whole two-part episode occurs following K.I.T.T.'s injury. He makes a heart-felt query to Michael: "Do you think it is possible I could cease to exist?"
We thus see the self-aware vehicle (personality) reckoning with the idea of his own mortality, and what that could mean.
The Garthe vs. Michael rivalry in "Goliath" is handled with flair, and good stunt doubles for the most part. As Garthe, Hasselhoff actually seems to stand taller, and similarly, is a snazzier dresser. Perhaps it's just that director Winrich Kolbe picks good angles to show-case the villain, often featuring him in motion, or capturing his action from a slightly lowered (and therefore more imposing) angle.
I watched Knight Rider regularly when I was twelve and thirteen years old, so my affection for it is nostalgic (it brings back good memories), but also technical: I love K.I.T.T. The best stories, I always felt, where those in which K.I.T.T. and Michael had to go up against a vehicle that rival ed K.I.T.T.'s strength. Hence my focus this week on K.A.R.R. and Goliath.
I'm pleased to say that today, "Goliath" retains its entertainment value, and comes off as…very well-assembled.


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May 28, 2001, Section B, Page 1Buy Reprints
With his unauthorized exorcisms and faith healings, Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo has long rankled the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church. But his action yesterday at a New York hotel may represent his final break with the Vatican: he was married in a group wedding presided over by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
In a ballroom of Hilton New York in Midtown Manhattan, the renegade archbishop stood with his new bride as Mr. Moon sprinkled holy water on them and about 60 other couples and blessed the marriages as if they were no more remarkable than a weekend wedding in the park.
But the 71-year-old archbishop from Zambia made it clear at the outset that he intended his marriage as a shot at the Catholic leadership, which he maintains has lost touch with the lay people whom it is supposed to inspire and the religious hierarchy it is supposed to command.
''The sacrifice of the celibate life has fulfilled its purpose,'' he said in a statement handed out at the ceremony. ''The vocation of marriage and its original, holy purpose has been resurrected.''
After the ceremony, Archibishop Milingo sat as a married man with his new wife, Maria Sung, 43, an acupuncturist from South Korea, who had been chosen just a few days before by Mr. Moon to be the archbishop's bride. The couple laughed and snuggled, and the septuagenarian priest said that he planned to start a family.
''If God permits,'' Archbishop Milingo said to the laughter of those around him, pointing out that the biblical figure Abraham fathered children when he was 100.
Archbishop Milingo said that he had no intention of leaving the Catholic Church, and that he was merely trying to set an example for others. He said that he decided to have Mr. Moon perform his wedding because he had been inspired by the teachings of Mr. Moon, whom the Vatican has denounced.
''His whole teaching is based on the Bible,'' Archbishop Milingo said.
For their part, representatives of Mr. Moon said that they were happy to preside over Archbishop Milingo's wedding, and that they intended no offense toward the Catholic Church.
''We did not ask for this, and we did not push this,'' said Rev. Phillip Schanker, a spokesman for the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, the central organization in Mr. Moon's movement. ''He was inspired and moved by Reverend Moon's vision.''
Known for its mass weddings, Mr. Moon's movement teaches a unique brand of Christian theology that emphasizes the sanctity of marriage.
The movement has been beset by controversy, including accusations by critics that it is a cult, and that it has used deceptive recruiting tactics.
In 1982, Mr. Moon was convicted of tax evasion and spent about a year in prison.
Officially, the Vatican has not yet publicly said how or whether it would penalize the archbishop, who could be stripped of his position in the church. ''We hope it isn't true,'' said Joaquín Navarro-Valls, a Vatican spokesman.
Once seen as a rising star in the Catholic Church's hierarchy, Archbishop Milingo has been a pariah for years. Born into a poor family in a small village in Zambia, he became, at age 39, one of Africa's youngest bishops.
He began falling out of favor in 1973, when he performed his first exorcism, trying to help a woman thought to be possessed. He quickly gained a reputation as a healer and exorcist, and became known among Italians as a ''witch doctor bishop.''
In 1982, he was summoned by Pope John Paul II to the Vatican and later forced to resign from his post as archbishop of Lusaka, in Zambia. He continued saying Masses and doing healings across Italy, and in 1996 was forbidden to celebrate Mass or perform exorcisms without approval, which Italian cardinals refused to give.
Two years ago, Archbishop Milingo retired to the small Italian village of Zagarolo, where he continued to celebrate Masses and receive believers. In 1997, he cut his own record, ''Gubudu Gubudu'' -- a Zambian term describing a drunkard's motion -- which sold 12,000 copies.
The ceremony yesterday was meant to cap a 52-city tour by Mr. Moon intended to emphasize the restoration of the family.
Most of the couples at the group wedding were clergy members of other faiths reaffirming their marriage vows. Only a handful of couples who married yesterday were members of the Unification Church.
Also among those married yesterday was George Augustus Stallings Jr., who left the Catholic Church in 1989. He founded the Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation in Washington.
Many of the couples praised Archbishop Milingo for his courage, and at a banquet that afternoon, he received a standing ovation.
While Mr. Schanker said that Mr. Moon's matchmaking was nowadays only intended as a recommendation, the archbishop said he relied entirely on Mr. Moon to choose his mate.
''The match depends on Mr. Moon,'' he said.


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Book Worms
Five books to transform your kids from TV tranced consumers to budding young gardeners. Including the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Gardening with Children and Sharon Lovejoy's Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots. Treehugger
Career Change
Although the unemployment is climbing dangerously close to 9.2 percent, a recent look at the increase in job postings under the "sustainability" category may suggest that the green job market is faring better. Grist via the Wall Street Journal
Slash the Fast Food
Research suggests that providing grocery stores to areas identified as "food deserts" does not necessarily lead to healthier eating habits. Instead, solving the rampant issue of obesity may mean eliminating cheap fast food altogether. GOOD
Cracking Big Egg
The Humane Society of the United States and the United Egg Producers have joined together in a revolutionary push for legislation that would be the "first federal law address the treatment of animals on farms." The legislation proposes less cramped conditions, and environments that will allow birds to express natural behaviors. Congress must still make the (presumably drawn out) decision to approve the legislation, and if it is passed stringent monitoring of the United Egg Producers is in order. Mother Jones


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In a statement on Tuesday, the DND clarified that the missile deal, aimed to bolster the country's defenses against China, has yet to be finalized. Due to this, it said, the funds were instead invested in countering local armed groups like the Abu Sayyaf.
"We would like to address a published report on the alleged "realignment" of the Shore-Based Missile System (SBMS) of the Philippine Army (PA) under the Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization program," the statement read.
"The SBMS project is merely a proposal at this time, and as such, there is no "realignment" but rather a reprioritization of the said project in favor of the urgent need of our PA troops for individual force protection equipment," it continued.
The DND also said there was no truth in the report that said the P6.5-billion missile deal was scrapped because it was a government-to-government deal, meaning there would be no commissions for Defense officials and the Army's top brass.
It added that everything was considered and due process was followed when investing the funds in the other modernization program.
"The reprioritization was a collective decision by Defense senior leaders, which was submitted to the President after going through the required processes in the Defense System of Management, which took into consideration the dynamics of the country's ever developing security environment," it said.
The Israel Military Industries IMI Lynx Autonomous Rocket Launcher.
Lynx Weapons & Weapon Systems.
The Lynx is a cost-effective multiple launch rocket/missile system (MLRS) can be configured to carry a variety of rockets in two sealed pod containers: 40 (2 pods x 20 rockets each) 122mm Grad rockets with a maximum range of 20-to-40 kilometers; 26 (2x13) 160mm LAR-160 or ACCULAR rockets with a maximum range of 45 kilometers; or eight (2x4) 300mm EXTRA rockets with a maximum range of 150 kilometers. Besides, this artillery system can be launch platform for the Delilah-GL precision attack weapon and maybe the LORA tactical ballistic missile which has a maximum range of 280 kilometers.


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The Same, But Different: Midleton's Irish Whiskies
It's always interesting to talk rye and Irish whiskey with customers in the store because I'd say at least 25% of the time these folks are completely shell-shocked by what I have to tell them:
"Yes, Bulleit rye, Templeton rye, Dickel rye, High West rye, Redemption rye, Lost Republic rye, James E. Pepper rye and a number of others are all technically the same whiskies."
"Sir, are you OK?"
"What do you mean they're the same?"
It's not that they're literally the same whiskey, it's just that all those brands source their rye from the same distillery: Indiana's MGP facility. They're all made the same way, they're probably all relatively the same age, and they're all created with the same recipe, it's just that they're blended differently. Some of them are at different proofs and some of them are smaller batches than others. Of course, this is old news to many of you. Generally, I try to talk about the way a whiskey tastes by starting with where it was made. We can then talk about the recipe, the production methods, and the way those factors affect the ultimate flavor. In the case of the brands listed above, they were all distilled in the same place.
"But they all taste different from one another!"
Yes, they do. Just like the Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare Bourbons taste different from one another even though they're technically the same whiskies, too. It's amazing what happens when you blend whiskies in different ways! While all of the above-mentioned rye whiskies are owned by different brands, there's often carryover within single distilleries as companies look to expand their equity within the market. Look at Heaven Hill as an example. They must have over 200 different Bourbon labels in the market even though most of those expressions are just different versions of the same whiskey: Elijah Craig, Henry McKenna, Evan Williams, etc. The ages may vary, the batches may be different in size, but ultimately you're working with the same product.
The Irish whiskey shelf at K&L is particularly entertaining to talk about because just about everything we have comes from two distilleries: West Cork and Midleton. There's Bushmills, of course, but we stopped carrying the brand after they were purchased by Jose Cuervo. There's Cooley as well, now owned by Beam-Suntory, which makes the Tyrconnell and Coonemara expressions. West Cork is an independent, but tough brand to categorize because some of their whiskies are self-distilled, but others were married together with whiskey purchased from either Cooley or Bushmills. Midleton, however, is not only Ireland's premiere whiskey distillery, it has what I think might be the most impressive line-up of single distillery whiskey expressions in the entire world. You wanna talk about variety in depth, price points, flavor profiles, and character; Midleton has it in spades and it's a feat made even more impressive by the fact that its whiskey is one of the mellowest and most straightforward in the business. It's easy to showcase variety when you can use peat as a flavor modifier, but Midleton does just about everything with two types of distillation and various types of wood. Let's take a walk through some of their brands, shall we? I need a little catch-up myself!
The story of Midleton is a bit like DDL in Guyana where the El Dorado rums are made. There used to be a number of distilleries down there, like Uitvlugt and Enmore, but those facilities were closed and their equipment was eventually consolidated in the Diamond distillery where all the rums are made today. In the case of Midleton, it was back in 1966 that the Powers, Jameson, and Cork distilleries decided to merge together into what would become Irish Distillers. The various distilleries decided to consolidate into one homebase (Midleton in County Cork was chosen as it had the most space) and closed their separate operations. Today the facility pumps out a serious amount of booze on three column stills and three pot stills, kind of like having a grain distillery and a malt distillery all in one place. The company, owned by Pernod-Ricard, has numerous brands that are all in essence just different versions of the same whiskies: Jameson (of course), Redbreast, Paddy, Powers, Green Spot, Yellow Spot, and the eponymous Midleton. But while they're all made in one building, they're all quite different in flavor. I'll break it down as fast as I can.
The big difference between Midleton's Irish whiskey and the other Irish distillates mentioned above is that Midleton does not produce a single malt. Bushmills, Cooley, and West Cork, on the other hand, do have whiskies made from 100% malted barley just like in Scotland. The tradition of using unmalted barley in the pot still recipe dates back to a British-imposed tax in the 18th century that raised the tariff on malted barley. The Irish being the Irish (I can say that because I'm Irish) decided to switch to unmalted barley for their whiskey-making needs in response and told the British exactly what they could do with their tax. Today a mix of both malted and unmalted barley is used in the mash for their pot-distilled whiskies, while an unmalted grain recipe is run through the column stills to create the grain expression. From what I've been told, however, Midleton doesn't use just a single recipe for their pot-distilled whiskies, but rather a few different variations that switch up the ratio of malted/unmalted in order to create different profiles within that singular style (much like a Bourbon distillery can play with the ratio of corn to rye, or visa versa).
When we talk about the difference between blended Scotch and single malt Scotch, the difference is easy: blended Scotch combines both grain and single malt whiskies, while single malt simply stands alone. Since Midleton doesn't produce a single malt, its blends are a combination of grain whisky and the pure pot still recipe in various ages, recipes, and ratios. All of the Jameson whiskies are blends of this type, as is the Paddy and the Midleton Rare edition. The Powers, Redbreast, Green/Yellow Spot, and some of the higher end Midleton releases like the Barry Crockett and the Daer Ghaelach are made from combinations of only the pure pot still whiskies. So while all of these whiskies do indeed come from one distillery and technically are made with the same components, they all vary just a bit in their age, their blending, and the ratio of their recipe. The Redbreast 12 is technically the same whiskey as the Yellow Spot 12, as both are 12 year old pot still editions; although the mash bill of malted to unmalted barley may vary. The big difference is that the Yellow Spot uses a combination of Bourbon, Sherry, and Malaga casks for maturation. The Powers 12 year old is technically the same whiskey as well. Aged in both Bourbon and Sherry casks, it's basically just an older version of Green Spot. The same; but different.
The cask treatment is ultimately the biggest demarcation between the various Midleton editions. For example, in the Redwood City store we currently have the standard Jameson, as well as the Jameson "Caskmates" aged in beer barrels, along with the Jameson Cooper's Croze that uses virgin oak, seasoned Bourbon casks, and ex-sherry butts in a combination. I had actually never tasted the Cooper's Croze until this past week and I was very, very impressed. The richness and the weight of the whiskey is a huge step up from the standard Jameson editions and it offers an incredible depth of oak and spice. The Midleton Barry Crockett is aged in both new and used American oak barrels, while the Daer Ghaelach is finished in Irish oak called Grinsell's wood. In all honesty (and I don't say this lightly), the Daer Ghaeloch is not only the best Irish whiskey I've ever had (in terms of complexity and the "wow" factor), it's also one of the best whiskies I've tasted in the last few years on the whole. Aged between 15-22 years in ex-Bourbon casks before spending a year in the native wood, the whisky runs the full gambit of sweet, spicy, oaky, savory, creamy, and decadent. It's an absolute party from the nose to the finish.
When budding Irish whiskey enthusiasts discover that Redbreast is just Jameson, and that Green Spot is Jameson, and that Powers is also Jameson, and that ultimately Midleton is also just a fancy version of Jameson, they often turn a bit somber. There's this part of us that wants to believe the Irish whiskey world is this big cornucopia of small distilleries with dozens of producers and loads of variety. Learning that 90% of our selection is mostly the same thing can be a bit deflating. But the fact that all of these fantastic brands are all made in the same place from the same whiskies shouldn't deter you. I've never been someone who compares origin to origin. For example, I don't think a single cask of Macallan from an independent bottler is the same as the branded Macallan, nor do I think you can look at any whiskey's inherent quality simply by where it was made. After learning the logistics of our rye selection, people inevitably say things like:
"Well if the Bulleit and the Redemption ryes are the same whiskies, then I should just get the cheaper one."
They may be the same, but they don't taste the same. Flavor is ultimately what we're after, right? Not just provenance? The variety of flavor that Midleton distillery is able to offer is in my opinion unparalleled by any other whiskey distillery in the world. You're definitely not just paying for the same thing in a different bottle. You're getting a serious spectrum of style and sophistication. I still think regular old Jameson hits the spot after a cold beer at the pub. I'm planning to buy a bottle of the Daer Ghaelach on the other hand for a special occasion with friends. I could destroy a bottle of the Redbreast 12 with a few buddies over the course of a summer evening, whereas I might sip on the Yellow Spot over the course of an entire winter. Of course, with St. Paddy's Day coming up you'll have to choose which Midleton fits the bill for you. They may all be from the same distillery, but they're not quite the same in the end.
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What Did You Want to Be When You Grew Up? Plus, Books to get you inspired
What did you want to be when you grew up? When I was little, I teetered around a few ideas of what I wanted to be. First, I wanted to be a veterinarian. I have always loved animals and caring for them just made me so happy. Next, I wanted to be a hair stylist. My best friend during the first and second grade had the idea to open a hair salon - it is interesting how even back then I wanted to work for myself. Then I wanted to be a marine biologist, because I love the ocean, but I realized there was a lot of math involved - math and I have never really gotten along too well. Then in college, I had the intention of becoming a beauty editor, which is where I did my internships.
Life is funny, there are twists and turns that Inevitably lead you to the path and direction that you didn't think possible. One of the best things that I rediscovered was to be open to trying new things that can give you different skills. I have always loved beautiful things and writing, so after much searching, trial and many errors, tears, frustration - I have finally uncovered that 'thing' to become.
It is never to late to change. Dream bigger than you think possible. Here are a few books to give you inspiration to do so. Make 2017 a year about living this way, good things are possible.
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I teach an undergraduate health policy class at Duke University. Recently, my students asked me whether states potentially hurt themselves by offering generous health care benefits when neighboring states don't offer such benefits. Then I got home and pulled out a recent issue of Health Affairs, and read the results of a study suggesting that this problem is, at least in the short term, pretty limited. The researchers looked at four states that had recently expanded their Medicaid programs – Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts and New York. They tested whether low income people from neighboring states moved into these generous states more often than low income people in those generous states moved out – in other words whether in-migration exceeded out-migration. Their results are pictured below:
No obvious pattern here, which to the research team suggested that there is no clear migration caused by Medicaid expansion.
This is one look at a very complex topic. And there are clearly many things other than Medicaid benefits that influence people's migratory patterns. But for states concerned that expanding Medicaid in accordance with the Affordable Care Act will be severely punished, the study is reassuring. Expanding Medicaid does not clutter the borders with low income people who want medical care.


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Luzaan with her husband and children.Luzaan in the church on the day of her childrens baptism
Bitterwasser has reached its peak. The lodge is fully booked. Yesterday we had great conditions. High cloudbase. Strong thermals. Fast lines to the horizon. You find 25 flights over 1000km from Bitterwasser. It was very comfortable to fly. No thunderstorms, no cloud cover. In the night every table in the restaurant was surrounded by happy pilots talking about their flights.
Obwohl der gestrige Wetterbericht nicht besonders gut war, hatten wir dennoch einige große Flüge. Die "kleinsten" Strecken bewegen sich um 600 km und es gab sogar sieben Flüge über 1000km im OLC.
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Todays weather forecast is very promising. It seems as if we have typical Bitterwasser weather again. We already have some cumulus clouds in our area. Only one glider is still on the ground. As I said - lunch is very good at Bitterwasser. So eat first, than fight your way through the pack in perfectly developed weather ;-)
Although yesterdays weather hasn't been forecasted too good, we had numerus big distance flights. You can find some 600km flights and even seven 1000 km flights on OLC.
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On 20.Nov.2017 Richard "Richie" Paul did his first, registered solo 1000 km flight from Bitterwasser. The ticket to an "exclusive club". The club of palm owners. For many years it is a tradition to plant a palm tree when you've done an outstanding flight. Over the years an impressive palm tree alley was created. Now there's a new one in the row. He has planted the palm tree with his hands during a great ceremony. So a small dream came true. Probably it is a dream to many pilots to fly at least once in a lifetime in Bitterwasser and enjoy the incredible good weather conditions. Actually it has been the dream flight of one of Richies friends. That friend called him and said that the weather is going to be good - he should do that 1000km flight. And so he did. But it wasn't as easy as you might think. Richies comment in the OLC on that: "First two legs went very good. Especially the second one was fast thanks to 30km/h of tailwind. Third leg was crossed by a massive cloud cover. Managed to gain some altitude in the shade to than cross the cloud cover. Finally got to some sunny spots and made it home to Bitterwasser." It has been this seasons first palm tree and it was a nice evening with lots of cold drinks and live music. Hopefully it wasn't the last one this year.Foto: BornholdtFoto: BornholdtFoto: BornholdtFoto: Bornholdt
This season Roland is our chief mechanic in the flight office. In his normal daily life he runs a light aircraft company and flight school in Mengen, Germany. In Bitterwasser Roland cares for anything a plane needs. In general he is an expert for powered planes, but he is a real talent and manages gliders, too. There's no work to hard. He always finds a solution. That is part of the care free package Bitterwasser is offering. In the workshop you also do find any spare parts you'll need. The workshop is that good, even other Namibian pilots come to Bitterwasser to get some parts for their gliders.
Bitterwasser is like any other airfield at home - there is always something to repair. Sometimes it's a vee-belt and sometimes it is a discharge valve. Roland also ensures that oxygenen bottles are refilled and pilots are using the correct runway.
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Epsilon Mu Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa to Celebrate Founding
EThe Epsilon Mu chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, Katy ISD, will celebrate the founding of their sorority in October. Alpha Delta Kappa is an international honorary organization for women educators. To be eligible for membership, women must be employed full-time in teaching with at least two years classroom experience, have a degree in education or a teacher certification and receive recommendation from a member.
Alpha Delta Kappa has over 40,000 members and more than 1,410 chapters in every state in the United States and Puerto Rico as well as Australia, Canada, Jamaica and Mexico.
Around the world, Alpha Delta Kappa members combine their energies and talents to enrich their lives and the lives of others through thousands of heart-warming, community-based altruistic projects. Nationally, members and their foundation gave over $14.4 million in scholarships and other gifts and more than 2 million hours to educational and charitable causes. Epsilon Mu chapter is comprised of 35 women teachers in the Katy ISD who have supported many charitable and altruistic activities in our community. The chapter celebrated the 25th year of its charter with a dinner meeting in May. Three of its members have also attained the Silver Sister recognition for being members for 25 years.
Recent donations have been given to the Texas Alzheimer's Research Consortium and Project S.A.V.E which built an elementary school in in Ta Rinh Viet Nam. The group has also donated items to the Threads of Love group, the Smile Train, Katy Christian Ministries, participated in the St. Jude's Walk and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Projects. A scholarship is given annually to a graduating senior from the District. In October, the group will visit the Oakmont Facility to socialize with the residents and play Bingo. The members will also meet with other chapters for a District IX Founders' Day Luncheon at the River Bend Country Club in Sugar Land.
Elizabeth Stelevich, Epsilon Mu president, represented the chapter by recently attending the International Convention in Chicago. More than 2,000 members met to celebrate Alpha Delta Kappa and its accomplishments. More information on the Sorority can be obtained by visiting the website alphadeltakappa.org or by contacting Mrs. Stelevich at firstname.lastname@example.com. The first meeting of the school year will be held at the Hayes Elementary School, Monday, Sept. 12 at 4:15 p.m.
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WINNER Gold Hugo (Best Film), Chicago International Film Festival 2013 SPECIAL MENTION Achievement in Directing Hiner Saleem, Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2013 Nominated Un Certain Regard Award, Cannes Film Festival 2013 Nominated Best Performance by an Actress Golshifteh Farahani, Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2013
"A superb revisionist western." Peter Galvin, SBS Film
"John Ford in the Middle East" Int. Cinephile Society
"Kurdish cinema has come into its own...a delightful, poker-faced takeoff on the cowboy movie set on the Iraq-Turkish border." Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter
"A luminous performance by Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani balances the Wild West humor, adding a note of serious appreciation for the plucky Kurdish women who refuse to bow their heads." Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter
"Visuals favour Sergio Leone-style closeups along with stunning landscapes featuring pink-tinged sunsets and ravines like Utah canyons, showcasing Kurdistan's natural beauties. Music features a smile-inducing mix of tunes ranging from Elvis to Western twangs to rockabilly, tied together by the multitalented Farahani's own playing on the steel hang." Jay Weissburg, Variety
Country of Origin: Iraqi Kurdistan/France/Germany Language: Kurdish/Turkish with English subtitles Duration: 95 minutes Rating: M Director: Hiner Saleem Starring: Korkmaz Arslan, Golshifteh Farahani, Suat Usta Australian release: May 22, 2014
After the fall of Saddam Hussein, Baran (Korkmaz Aslan), a Kurdish independence war hero, resolves to accept a position in a godforsaken village at the borders of Iran and Turkey, an illegal trafficking Mecca. There he meets Govend (Golshifteh Farahani), a beautiful young woman who has come to work as the teacher in the newly opened school despite her twelve brothers' hostility to the idea.
My Sweet Pepper Land features an eclectic soundtrack which ranges from Elvis Presley to Golshifteh Farahani's skilled performance of the steel hang and a score reminiscent of Ennio Morricone.
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