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What Use Is A Gatekeeper Without A Gate?by Alan Devey on 04/10/19
I was reading a letter from an academic in the Atlantic recently in which she mentioned the fascinating results of a lifetime spent analysing success. Her research found that the most important attribute indicating achievement in a chosen sphere was a positive self-image. As someone who has struggled with self-esteem his whole life (mainly due to my economic background and upbringing), this very much resounded with me. I noticed long ago how the confidence that exudes from the most renowned often isn't justified, and is only occasionally linked to ability or intelligence. You only have to look at the current state of our government to realise that.
But there is a third element in that triumvirate of qualities most likely to enable success, especially in an artistic field. This is more important than flawless self-perception or unshakeable self-belief, and it's become very apparent to me through recent years. This attribute is contacts. I wish someone had pointed this out to me long ago, the way that, to be a success in your chosen field, hard work and the attainment of skills along with persistence and a modicum of talent often mean little. You'll only go unheard without the ear of the right person; someone who holds a position of power that can push your work onward; as a writer, artist, musician or whatever.
Obviously it helps to have high levels of belief instilled in you from the start, to possess faith you're entitled to a place at the table and not suffer from the 'imposter syndrome' that stymies so many from humble backgrounds. A springboard of guts and fearlessness is obligatory if you want to put your work out there, overcome the embarrassment that comes with exposure and the inevitable criticism that will result. But even if someone with artistic inclinations gets past all this, they still encounter the gatekeepers of taste and content blocking their way. Even today connected people at the top hold immense power over what's released into our culture then publicised across the public realm.
Of course, some will say the internet has democratised everything in recent times. Now you CAN be successful as a one-human band, set up a record label or Instagram-influencing feed, earn a living through self-publishing to bypass the gatekeepers, once and for all; just look at E.L. James. I suppose this is true in a few cases where writers have managed to by-pass the major networks, but for thousands of authors who release books every year, most will be received with a deafening silence. Without the infrastructure of a name publisher or any way of guaranteeing the quality of their work for readers (beyond a few Amazon peer reviews), success is too big of an ask. Do we really expect the casual browser to sort through everything that's available on the Kindle, trying to find hidden gems within an avalanche of unexpurgated prose?
Marketing a book is a full-time job, even if you possess the chutzpah to approach online bookworms who won't know you from Adam. An author can offer deals of course, thereby reducing the pittance they will make from sales still further, or knock themselves out day after day in search of an elusive readership, even as the circles they move in are more likely to contain other writers than open-minded readers, all vying for a sliver of attention. Self-publishing is one great, unregulated free-for-all; an ever-expanding ocean of material, much of which stays close to just one person's heart. I love the possibilities, don't get me wrong, but it isn't the answer for the majority of authors, not in my experience. Writing fiction isn't like playing in a band, some group of musicians who build a fanbase by touring and can negate the absence of record sales or major label interest. For the moment, writers still need to approach the industry by winning over gatekeepers that are busy with other things, powerful people who tend to ascend from a very narrow demographic. While the majority of literary agents will take unsolicited prose, 99.9% of submissions are either ignored or rejected out of hand and this isn't always about quality. Agents are generally less receptive to unsolicited work too; samples from writers they've never heard of and which, to be fair, will often turn out to be substandard. In order to stand out from the digital mountain of that insultingly-named 'slush pile', an author needs to grab their attention instantly and, from all I've seen, this can either be accomplished by writing that's reassuringly similar to the recently successful ("It's a twisty domestic crime thriller with an unreliable female narrator!") or invoking what the film industry calls a 'high concept'. The latter would involve mashing-up two elements an agent is familiar with from the wider cultural firmament, perhaps with a slight twist - 'One Day meets Gravity' for example, or 'like Room, but with a female psychopath'.
When explaining this situation I realise I may come across as a failed non-entity with a chip on his shoulder. After all, I've spent more than twenty years endeavouring to get a literary agent and, through that time, I've had close to a thousand rejections (if you include submissions that were ignored altogether). I'll happily admit that, for the first decade or so, my work was promising at best, but it would have been hugely encouraging had an agent recognised how committed I was to my path and seen the potential there. Even today I wouldn't claim I was somehow entitled to representation, that's the worst kind of presumptive narcissism. But I can't go on foisting my work on agencies who decline by return of email without looking beneath the blurb, that's just incrementally soul-destroying. For a long time I thought it was just me, that's until I heard stories from more talented friends and acquaintances.
Here's one: While I was doing a post-graduate course my fellow student Mona Dash brought in some compelling heart-on-sleeve life writing for group appraisal. It detailed her familial experience in a way that was profoundly moving and, I felt, could offer succour to parents who found themselves in a similar predicament. Several of our group encouraged Mona to expand her short piece into a book-length memoir and I was fortunate enough to have editorial input into her manuscript, when it was readied for submission. Fate then appeared to intervene as, at a book launch, Mona found herself talking with a Booker-nominated author who showed genuine interest in her story. This author was emotionally engaged by Mona's pitch and offered to pass her details on to his agent.This is the moment all writers dream of, am I right? A foot in the door that is more usually slammed in our face. It's the implied promise in all our networking; the chance to have an elevated gatekeeper objectively assess work we truly believe in.
Well, no, as it turned out, that wasn't the way this would go.
Without reading a single word of Mona's manuscript this renowned literary agent (who shall remain nameless but regularly styles herself as "nice" in publicity material) sent her Booker-nominated client away with a flea in his ear. She told him: "while the proposal does sound good, I wonder if the author can possibly write a story like this".
There's quite a bit to unpack here, so bear with me. The obvious response would be: "You could at least read a chapter or two for yourself, just to be sure", but this agent must be too important to dilly-dally with the emissions of the hoi polloi. Myself and Mona mused on a number of theories why the agent would assume an independently published novelist-slash-poet, one whose work has been read widely across India, wasn't the right person to commit her own story to paper. Did she not graduate from the right university? Was Mona's ethnicity a problem in the marketplace? To me, the whole shameful episode encapsulated a mindset among certain agents toward unsolicited authors. The belief goes like this: if the person submitting material was good enough, she would have made it already and I'd know of her, because my finger is on the pulse of the literary industry. Ergo, I can happily ignore her manuscript, because no one else has expressed an interest (probably for similar reasons). So round and round in circles we go, with the gatekeepers unwilling to take a chance on new writers who haven't yet found a place in the public eye. Many gifted authors will get no further because of this attitude; originality and the ability to craft a compelling tale count for little when those who act as custodians of the literary world are not willing to read a single word you've written.
Thankfully this story has a happy ending. Mona persisted and her wonderful memoir 'A Roll of the Dice' is available imminently from the independent Linen Press, with heartfelt endorsements from notable literary and cultural figures across the jacket and an introduction by a pioneer in gene therapy. Mona's work has made it out there on merit, as it deserves to, but no thanks to that literary establishment or the breath-taking condescension of one agent in particular. This kind of injustice resonates with me in a number of ways, so I really hope her memoir proves to be an unmitigated success.
I've been thinking about this a lot recently, as I harvest one last round of rejections for that book I've just completed, one I fully expect to be the final novel I write on spec. There's clearly a disconnect within the creative world, and it's something that, I believe, can be summed up by William Goldman's famous quote on the film industry: "No one knows anything". I would include myself in this, absolutely, and I'm not saying marvellous individuals aren't at work in the book world with the best of intentions. But even an outsider will see how problems come when agents are responsible for finding all the books that are sold on to publishers. Then those same agents have to know exactly what publishers will want, and both sets of professionals need to know what is going to sell. They can't, of course, not every time. That's why the success of certain books which aren't like anything that has come before – 50 Shades, for example - regularly take them by surprise. Often a rejection email will tell a writer "I can't place this with a publisher", a strange admission of defeat when the agent hasn't even tried. More pertinently, such a response tacitly admits that taking on a book has little to do with its quality. Rather the approach is to assess how sellable a product will prove in the global marketplace. That's why bookshops continue to groan under the weight of Jeffrey Archer, Dan Brown and Lee Child. It's not because these writers are churning out anything with artistic merit, even their fans wouldn't argue that.
This is all a roundabout way of telling budding writers who might read this what they're up against, when trying to raise interest for a novel or work of non-fiction. The current business model is far from meritocratic and means that wonderful books are regularly dismissed out of a hand. A notable example would be Eimear McBride's debut 'A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing'. It took McBride nine years to get thiswork published, her book finally ending up on the tiny indie Galley Beggar Press before going on to win multiple literary awards. Today critically-acclaimed authors across Britain will continue to submit to small presses directly, proving themselves worthy of an agents' attention only after they've done what a good agent is meant to do, which is place their book with a publisher in the first place. The odds are stacked against you but there are initiatives trying to correct the closed shop attitude and right an institutional bias against those from difficult backgrounds who are trying to accomplish something of artistic worth. Perhaps in future we'll get past this country's embarrassing focus on fiction from the straight, while, upper middle class milieu; careerists who write of relationship difficulties suffered by men and women of a certain age while occupying big houses, all across Hampstead. I hope we can progress instead to a situation where compelling writers from outside the established order will no longer be ignored by their contemporaries, and those fictional outpourings they labour over will not be consigned to the dustbin of history, regardless of how much they have to offer.
In the meantime, you'll just have to do it for yourselves I'm afraid, whether that's through self-publishing or finding a receptive independent press. Commit to this writing life, settle in for the long haul, aim for one hundred submissions a year and try not to let the frustration of continual rejection get you down. I was absolutely convinced a mystery novel I wrote a couple of years back had enough about it to get published and now the book has finally been picked up, after approximately 150 rejections. I had a few nice comments along the way, with one agency even calling the full manuscript in, only to baulk when they discovered there wasn't enough violence or implausible twists for them. But 'Beyond The Bailey' has recently been taken for publication by an independent publisher, based out of the United States. They believed in the novel, just as I did, in fact they love it. So this year, more than two decades after I finished the final draft of a book, I'll have a novel published by someone who isn't me for the first time. I've done it the hard way, but that's only because there was no other route open to me. Hopefully future generations of working class, BAME, LGBTQ+ and other minority writers with few options open to them right now will find nothing but open doors instead. They won't spend their whole lives wondering if they should even try. Perhaps, by then, things will have changed.


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Monday 16 February 2015
The Rio Velez in Torre del Mar was definitely the place to be last Saturday. I had a fascinating email last night from visiting UK birder Andrew Allport who is out here for three months (but not sure how far into his stay he is at present). He celebrated St Valentine's day at our local patch and was well-rewarded for his several hours of observation.
Not only did Andrew record both Bluethroat and Penduline Tit, no doubt in addition to the "usual range" of species at the Rio Velez, he also saw all five of our Spanish hirundines (Crag Martin, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow and House Martin) and heard both our wintering Reed Warbler and a Savi's Warbler. Wonderful sighting and songs and, I wonder, what influence may have been placed on their presence following the heavy rain last Thursday and then the strong winds of Friday.
However, the pièce de résistance was the sighting of a close Spotted Crake and the opportunity to actually get a photograph. Well done and congratulations, Andrew; now if only I could replicate your sightings!
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Our client Vastardis introduced us to Conifer, shortly after the merger between the two companies took place. We were tasked with creating a cohesive identity for the merging of the two firms Vastardis and now Conifer Financial. In the logo we displayed the Conifer tree in a digital way, playing up the technological aspect of their business while at the same time the overlapping lines represent the multi-layered organization that they are today.
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Once we established the core identity items we moved swiftly to redesigning their; pitchbook, MS Word templates, specialty printed items, e-mailers & video announcement creating one cohesive identity package.
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This title has been borrowed from Bernard Rudofsky, a Moravian-born American writer, architect, and social historian who published an influential book of the same name in 1964. It has the subtitle 'A short introduction to non-pedigreed architecture', suggesting that the 'buildings' Rudofsky describes have no lineage or provenance. The subject matter is truly vernacular in that it is architecture which is domestic and functional, but includes habitation (or at least occupation) of rocks, trees and landscapes as well as man-made structures. Essentially, each subject matter is produced not by specialists but by the endeavours of a particular community, where this resultant 'primitive' architecture has a beauty of its own. And we shouldn't confuse primitive with low intelligence, as the book readily illustrates.
Whilst in Iceland recently, I was reminded of this book for two reasons: the first was the relationship between many of the modest subjects of Rudofsky's essay to their vast landscape settings. Iceland's rural interior contains huge expanses of inhospitable terrain, dotted by remote safe havens for habitation or work. The sparseness of its population (334,000) relative to the area of the country (103,000 sq km) is startling; roughly equating to 3 people per square kilometre. The capital city of Reykjavik only has a population similar to that of High Wycombe. Compare this to the UK: 65 million people across 243,000 sq km, equating to 267 people per square kilometre. These numbers may be crude statistics, but they are quite tangible when experienced firsthand. There is a definite sense of selective habitation rather than total domination of the land in Iceland. Of course there are parts of the UK where one can feel remote from the crowd too, but there is always the feeling that the crowd is waiting just around the next inconvenient geological feature which happened to get in the way of more development.
The second reason why the book came to mind, and related to the first, was the effortless way these modest rural buildings are set in their lava fields, valleys and mountainsides. Whilst I am certainly no expert on Icelandic planning law, I understand similar rules to ours apply, and permissions are sought and consented at different municipal levels. So there is some control, yet each example I came across appeared effortlessly located with such modest aspiration and yet with such logical placement. The simple rules of 'home as shelter' seem to have been observed, where the 'design' is a direct response to nature in terms of sun and wind orientation, natural screening, lee side locations, ground conditions and flood levels etc. Of course, the need to tiptoe around steaming fields, 100 year eruptions, lava flows and the occasional ash cloud does focus the mind a little.
In terms of material, these buildings have a charm of their own too. Honest weathering materials such as corrugated steel and timber boarding are chosen for low cost, ease of transportation and simple replacement when the elements really do decide to punish.
A good friend of mine recently insisting on interrupting my own reading with some incisive passages from the excellent The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell. Many of the extracts she chose had real resonance (no random selection on her part I should add), but one section in particular where the author describes how she stumbled on a lightbulb moment partway through her year that one's immediate environment can affect one's mood struck a particular chord with me. There is little ugliness I can find in nature, but we are masters of creating physical nightmares of our own and I can genuinely get quite despondent in the poor environments we humans have created. I may be odd, but I suspect I'm not alone in this.


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Newcastle were easily beaten by SC Braga 4-0 tonight in our fourth friendly of the season and our first defeat.
It was a hot night in Portugal with the temperature a high 30 degrees centigrade – about 86 degrees Fahrenheit at the end of the game.
This was the end of the six-day training camp in Portugal and after the defense played well on Saturday night to get a 0-0 draw against Porto, SC Braga were just too good for Newcastle in the second half tonight.
Both Shelvey and Kenedy were not involved at all, and we looked fairly ordinary.
But we held our own in the first half and created a few chances, but we were nowhere to be seen in the second half – which is a little unusual for a Rafa Benitez side.
Action between SC Braga and Newcastle tonight
But it's only a friendy in the preseason, and we are told the results don't matter (but only when we lose!) and what the players need to do is learn from this game and get match fit.
And what Rafa is worried about with the squad is there's a lack of depth and now we have almost exactly eight full days as of now – to strengthen the squad in this transfer window.
Mike Ashley cannot take any risks or gamble to save some money – because as Rafa has said – another relegation for Newcastle and we could be in really big trouble.
It was 0-0 at the half, but then in the second half, it was all Braga who ran away with the game with four goals.
Newcastle started the following side with the substitutions shown – so a few of our players did play the whole game.
Newcastle: Dubravka (Darlow 62); Yedlin (Joselu, 70), Lascelles (Schar, 46), Clark, Dummett; Diame, Hayden (Ki, 62); Ritchie (Roberts, 80), Perez (Longstaff, 80), Atsu (Murphy, 62); Gayle.
Subs not used: Elliot, Manquillo, Sterry, Yarney, Fernandez, Armstrong.
Only Roberts and Longstaff of the youngsters saw some playing time, and that was only in the final 10 minutes.
Dwight Gayle played the whole game, so maybe he is staying at Newcastle for next season?
Clark, Dummett, and Diame also played the full game with Matt Ritchie and Ayoze Perez getting a good 80 minutes under their belt.
Fabian Schar was the only change at the half, and he got a decent 45 minutes.
But this defeat shows Newcastle do not have the necessary strength in depth.
It will further help Rafa's claims that we need four more players brought in by next Thursday at 5:00pm and Mike Ashley should not be gambling on Newcastle's future by trying to save a few bucks.
Like he's done in the past.
We need those players Rafa wants brought in and signed – and quickly too.
Rafa wants a center-back, left-back, an attacking midfielder, and another striker signed.
And none of this last minute stuff this time around – there has been plenty of time to get the players through the door this summer.
And finally, we see that West Ham have agreed to sign Lille's 21-year-old Brazilian midfielders Thiago Maia for £20M – another player we couldn't afford.
Somebody needs to ask Mike Ashley where has all the money gone – with Newcastle making a £25M profit so far this summer.
We are being outspent by almost every Premier League club and some Championship clubs too.
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Answers to my earlier questions
Now it's getting serious, not that it wasn't before
At least Keith Downie is reporting the reality of the situation through Sky as opposed to the usual PR managed press release. We need this truth more widely accepted and covered within the media. Talksport show today on Rafa offered to Spain was a great platform for fans to get the reality out there nationally and come across with well articulated views.
Some one please tell me who is going to get us goals during open play? In the final third we are a very poor team and lack any genuine quality.
This will be are downfall during the coming season unless cashley opens his wallet and let Rafa buy some attacking quality which costs a little more than we sold Mitro for!
Geremi's Prosthetic Leg Fund all hell will bake lose haha pie in the sky mate these fans will not leave there seats for nowt ashleys got them just where he wants them but some of the lads on here will stand up and giving him something shit to think about only bright point is he got no more money off me seat gone i will be back when hes gone.
as fans you have to look at yourselves in this too. you roll up every match day and say, i'm turning up for Rafa, i'm turning up for the players, this is my club.
Talk about boycotting this and that, but what you mean is you want others to boycott but your not going to miss out on turning up match day to see who didn't turn up, you don't want to miss out on those cheap trainers from sports direct, your still going to buy this seasons shirt because you support the team.
Ashley is doing what's best for him and his share holders, and it is never going to change.
it's YOU who has to change your habits.


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"Let the Wonk One In" is the fifteenth episode of the second season (and sixty-seventh episode overall) of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja and the third Halloween-themed episode of the show. It premiered on October 17, 2014.
Randy unleashes the terrifying orange Halloweenja suit from the Nomicon and soon discovers that it's a force he can't control.
- The title is a spoof of the 2008 horror film Let the Right One In.
- List of the characters in Halloween Costumes.
- This is the third Halloween episode, the previous two being "Dawn of the Driscoll" and "Night of the Living McFizzles".
- This is the second time to take place entirely at night. The first was "Night of the Living McFizzles".
- The Forbidden Knowledge of the Shadow Warrior in the NinjaNomicon reappears, previously appearing in "Dawn of the Driscoll".
- The part where Randy throws the NinjaNomicon and sucks the Halloweenja suit into it is reminiscent of the film Ghostbusters.
- It's revealed in this episode that McFist is creeped out by retro Halloween music.
- This is Rachel's second speaking appearance and first main appearance.
- The Halloweenja's magic circle is a reference to the Disney cartoon Gravity Falls.
- In the background, a plastic figure snowman is wearing the same hockey mask of Jason Voorhes from the "Friday the 13th" franchise.
- Braedon's Halloween costume reference to Billy the Puppet from Saw (franchise).
- Halloweenja's minions in this episode are similar to the Yin Yang Yo! episode "The Howl of the Weenie where Terroweenie's Weaknesses is Cuteness.
- In the background, a plastic figure snowman is wearing a hockey mask similar to that of Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise.
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… and that's why they supposedly oppose the public option, then why are they throwing money at government programs that don't work? That's right. The Senate Finance Committee yesterday rejected two amendments to its health bill which would have added the public option. But what amendment did the Republicans and Blue Dog Dems vote for? Providing more money to abstience education programs: … Read More
Friedman's Must-Read
NYT columnist Thomas Friedman recalls not too long ago when Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was accused by his political opponents of being a socialist, a Nazi, a treasonous villian, etc. That all pretty much ended when Rabin was assassinated in 1995. Friedman today writes that what we're seeing in America now is much the same thing: Others have already remarked … Read More
My Take On Roman Polanski
Yes, the 13 year old victim, now in her 40's, has long since forgiven him. Yes, the victim's mother at the time was apparently some freaked out fame wannabe, and put her daughter in that position. Yes, it was a long time ago. Yes, he's famous. But here's the thing. A crime is a crime. He committed a crime. He pled … Read More
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Pancake Porn
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Red Sox In Postseason
Losing five in a row will get you a wild card spot only because Texas lost three in a row. Not awe-inspiring, but I'll take it. Still, they will have to get their mojo on as they face Anaheim post season. No slouching across the finish line against guys like that.
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I graduated from Tufts University, as did my sister and brother-in-law. And my nephew attends it now. So this caught my eye: Tufts University, just outside Boston, has issued a new policy for the 2009-2010 school year regarding sexual activity in dorms. Here's the key update in the revised campus handbook: You may not engage in sexual activity while your … Read More
Who's Afraid of the Public Option?
The Senate Finance Committee is debating whether a public option amendment should be added to their bill. As expected, Republicans and Blue Dog Dems are opposed. But, listening to their debate here in the background all day, their arguments against the public option are all the same: government-imposed rationing, long wait times, bureaucrats making treatment decisions, etc. In other words, … Read More
Has-Been Kirk Cameron's Latest Hijinx
The former Growing Pains star, who has gone full-blown creationist now that the plum roles are no longer coming his way, has teamed up with other anti-evolutionists in what he imagines to be a clever ploy to teach people about how bad evolutionary science is: The 'Growing Pains' alum released a video last week announcing that on Nov. 19, he and other … Read More


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How to Convert Kilograms to Pounds
Converting Kilograms to Pounds
Hey guys!
Welcome to this video on converting kilograms to pounds.
Converting kilograms to pounds is really very straight forward. For every 1kg you have 2.2lbs.
So, in order to convert kilograms to pounds all we have to do is multiply our kilograms by 2.2lbs/kg. Now, here is something that is important to know. If you were to just multiply your kilograms by 2.2, then your units would still be in kilograms. It is very important to make the distinction between kg x 2.2 and kg x 2/2lbs/kgs. In our second option, kilograms cancel out and leave us with pounds for our units. Which is what we need to happen in order to convert kilograms to pounds. Now, let's look at some examples.
Convert the following masses to pounds.
47kg, 9.78kg, and 29.521kg
47kg x (2.2lbs/kgs) = 47
kg x (2.2lbs/ kgs)= 103.4lbs
9.78kg x (2.2lbs/kg) = 9.78
kg x (2.2lbs/ kg)= 21.516lbs
29.521kg x (2.2lbs/kg) = 29.521
kg x (2.2lbs/ kg)= 64.9462lbs
If you wanted to convert pounds to kilograms then you just flip your ratio.
Let's take a look.
Convert the following masses to kilograms.
91lbs, 65lbs, and 73.92lbs
91lbs x (1kg/2.2lbs) = 91
lbs x (1kg/2.2 lbs) = 41.36kg
65lbs x (1kg/2.2lbs) = 65
lbs x (1kg/2.2 lbs) = 29.55kg
73.92lbs x (1kg/2.2lbs) = 73.92
lbs x (1kg/2.2 lbs)= 33.6kg
Converting kilograms, or really any unit of measurement is typically very simple as long as you know the ratio. So, remember, for every 1kg you have 2.2lbs.
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The next phase of upgrades to the visitor experience at The Hangar Flight Museum is going to include replacing the Tent Hangar with a more permanent structure. We are working with the City of Calgary and YYC Airport Authority and other partners to discuss options about the future. We are developing a strategy to give us direction in designing a new building and future expansion. Once we have further details about this structure, and future plans, we will provide you with updates.
This fundraising campaign will be a long-term project with many moving pieces and logistics to map out, but we're excited to get a head start on raising funds because of the scope of the project. Currently, our last major fundraising project, the restoration of the CF-100 Canuck has begun. When this aircraft returns approximately three years from now we would like to have this new structure complete so that the Canuck can return under shelter from the elements.
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Bong Joon-ho completism. This one is from 2009 or so. Over several sittings as it didn't really grip me. Something of of Twin Peaks small-town epic: a popular (?) girl gets murdered, a mentally-deficient bloke gets hooked for it and his everloving mother does the necessary to get things sorted out. I wasn't engaged enough to figure out how his playmate rolls: is he a cop? a stringer? the murderer? Everything always ends up in the bottom of the rice barrel. Set (? - at least shot) in Busan, in the deep south of Korea. Lush cinematography, sometimes bit dark. The lead actress (Kim Hye-ja) is magnetic.
Roger Ebert uses it as a vehicle to rail against the mouse. Manohla Dargis. Dana Stevens.


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October 31, 2017
Update: Latino Victory has already pulled this ad from their YouTube and Twitter, this is a mirror.
We're all used to shrieking colored people and Jews reducing all political discussion to the level of a kindergarten special ed class, whether on social media, on the grounds of our educational institutions, and as talking heads on the cable news, so it should come as no surprise that this level of moronic faggotry has metastasized into an actual political ad produced by a beaner political action committee.
This bit of puerile fear-mongering is an open and obvious attack on the GOP nominee for Virginia Governor, Ed Gillespie, President Trump, the Alt Right in general, and by extension, White America.
We see several non-White kids suddenly menaced by a White man driving a pickup truck bearing a Confederate Flag, a Gadsden Flag license plate, and a Gillespie for Governor bumper sticker, and they just intuitively know he is there to run them down in cold blood, per the false narrative the left has created around the death of Heather Heyer. Then, alas, the poor chilluns awake, and Thank God, or Allah, depending on the child, it was just a nightmare. But a perfectly reasonable one. Then a quick cut to the Charlottesville Torch Walk with Gillespie's name displayed and that's pretty much it.
This is what these people want the voters to believe actually happens…
In so doing, it takes only a few seconds to connect several things in the minds of low IQ, couch potato viewers: That Southerners, Tea Party conservatives, and GOP voters are all White racists with a bloodlust for killing non-White children, and that Gillespie and Trump not only are okay with this, it is part of their plan.
Before you write this off as a bunch of shrieking from hyper-melanated social justice warriors, take a look at who is behind this. They are well organized, well-funded, and rather sinister.
The video was produced by an organization called "Latino Victory," (their Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube), and they are a well organized group comprised of Hollywood celebs such as Eva Longoria, and a large array of connected government insiders and career racial agitators.
The Latino Victory Fund is a progressive political action committee with the mission of growing Latino political power by increasing Latino representation at every level of government – from the school board to the Senate to the White House. Latino Victory identifies, recruits, and develops candidates for public office while building a permanent base of Latino donors to support them. Partnering with leading organizations, it shapes public discourse in a way that reflects the growing influence of the Latino community while also building cross-constituency alliances that can move the country forward.
What they're saying is that they want more power in the government, so that Whites have less say in how our country is run.
After all, you can't have a "Latino Victory" without a "White defeat," now can you?
Artist's rendition of a "Latino Victory" about to happen.
Virginia is what's known as a "purple state," or a state that can pretty much go either way in any given election. It's off-year gubernatorial presents the perfect opportunity for a trial balloon like this. If this ad works, this is pretty much all you're going to see from the left in the 2018 mid-term elections. That makes this a perfect trial balloon for a moneyed anti-White, pro-illegal invasion PAC that seeks to disenfranchise Whites in the nation their forefathers built for them.
A quick perusal of Latino Victory's Founders, and Staff pages reveal a bunch of, well, Latinos.
But when you go to the Board page, yep, there it is!
Funny how they don't mention he is also president of the "Jewish Labor Committee."
Once again we see the International Jew, neck deep in other non-White racial advocacy groups, helping direct them to better work against the interests of the White people who have been foolish enough to let them enjoy the benefits of living in their nations.
So the question remains: Will this work?
A lot of the pundits don't seem to think so.
Group's ad depicts pickup truck with Gillespie sticker chasing and trying to run down kids. Don't ever lecture about "divisiveness" again. https://t.co/Fxyu65T9Qj
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) October 30, 2017
This ad is so desperate it makes me think Gillespie is going to win. https://t.co/krwdybCcsd
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) October 30, 2017
Less than two weeks ago Obama was campaigning for Northam in the name of "rejecting the politics of fear." Now Northam allies run this ad: https://t.co/2ZEQ6dre1i
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) October 30, 2017
But time will tell.
Regardless of what happens, we should take note of the tactics this organization uses when not trying to scare the bejeezus out of their core constituency: Getting our people to run, getting them elected from local and county to state and national offices, registering our people to vote, and making sure they go do it.
It's time to start getting involved if we hope to bring real American Nationalism to fruition.
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When you hear the word "cryotherapy," there's a chance you may initially think of rich old dudes freezing themselves in the hope that science will enable them to wake up in the future. But this article is NOT about that whatsoever. A growing body of research suggests that plunging your body into -140 degree celsius temperatures could be the game changer that separates the elite from the rest when it comes to faster recovery (decreased soreness), decreased pain, increased sleep quality and body composition. But before you google the closest cryotherapy facility and go running over there after your next gym session, read on for everything you need to know about this trending health hack.
What is cryotherapy?
In very basic terms, cryotherapy is "cold therapy." You have no doubt used some form of cryotherapy in your life… whether it was applying an ice pack to a sprained ankle, or jumping into a ice-bath after intense football practice. The odds are you plunged into these freezing cold temperatures to decrease pain and discomfort, ironically.
Whole body cryotherapy is like an ice pack to the extreme. It consists of exposing your entire body to very low (subzero) temperatures, sometimes below negative two hundred degrees Fahrenheit, for a few minutes (typically between 2 and 4 minutes). Often, you'll stand in a tank, in your underpants and be bathed in liquid nitrogen or refrigerated cold air…like taking the ultimate cold shower.
The benefits of cryotherapy go beyond pain relief
Cryotherapy has been linked with extra energy, increased metabolism, blood oxygenation, muscle toning as well as reduced DOMS. People also report feelings of euphoria and assertiveness.
Just how does cryotherapy have such a fantastic health impact?
After repeated sessions, the cold air triggers a decrease in inflammation, increase in adrenaline, endorphins and increase in HDL. These have all been linked to decreased muscle soreness, increased energy, mood and increased muscular strength.
.Cryotherapy isn't a one size fits all.
There is no one size fits all approach; your routine can be highly individualized. Some folks like to shoot for 1 cryotherapy session per week, to help reset their body for less tiredness and pain, while professional athletes Cristiano Ronaldo, Usain Bolt and Conor McGregor use it ritually; everyday after practice to help recover for their next workout, and increase energy.
While you should by no means drop $100 everyday on a session, keep in mind that the benefits will add up as you use it more frequently. A clinical study showed 3 sessions separated 3 days apart, helped elite athletes dramatically reduce fatigue and pain after a 45 minute run. But the 3 sessions were not enough to reduce inflammation. However, after 6 sessions, there was a significant reduction in interleukins-6 (IL-6), an inflammatory marker linked to delayed onset muscle soreness. And still after ten sessions, one every twenty-four hours, runners experienced a decrease in oxidative stress, inflammation and an increase of HDL – a lipoprotein linked to increased skeletal strength following intense exercise.
It can help with aging skin and muscle tone, but it may not work for everyone.
Hey, it helped Daniel Moore and Alicia Keys who swear it keeps them looking young, and Daniel Craig swears by it. In preparation for his role as James Bond in "Skyfall," the England native is said to have turned to cryotherapy to maintain his physique.
Yet, according to Einar Ottestad, M.D., clinical assistant professor at Stanford University Medical Center's Systems Neuroscience and Pain Laboratory, "there is no good evidence to show that anything resembling… this… occurs" in these tanks to substantiate such claims.
You also don't know how you will react physically and mentally to negative one-hundred forty degree temperatures, he adds. "You may not know how your body will respond" Ottestad says. But most people find the session to be piece of cake, and then suddenly your overwhelmed by feelings of euphoria, energy and might.
The bottom line? "You have to consider how you personally are affected by the treatment," he says.
For maximal results all sessions should be kept between 2.5 and 3 minutes, and be for temperatures of -110* to -140* Celsius. And make sure your cryotherapy is whole body. Partial body cryotherapy, where you leave out your face, will short-change you on the benefits (according to clinical studies).
You should talk to a doctor before trying cryotherapy
Your lifestyle is just one factor to consider before you try cryotherapy; your overall health is another.
Whether you're thinking about trying cryotherapy for peak mental and physical performance or as a treatment for pain, a doctor should be involved, Doctor Kuehne says "There are many factors that must be considered, like your current health, or whether you have any chronic conditions."
Also, it's important to determine the credibility of where you choose to go. Do your research and make sure the facility you choose is highly rated and is run by certified experts. If there's reason for you to have an ounce of doubt in your mind; choose another location.
A typical person may benefit from only one session a week," Doctor McFarlin, conductor of the clinical studies on runners, explains. "But an athlete seeking significant results in their skin, muscle recovery, and immune system may see more improvement by doing it more regularly – 4 to 5 times a week."
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Three motion pictures set in mountains: the French Alps; imagined mountains; and Appalachia (Blowing Rock, NC).
- Force Majeure (2014), 1/23 -- Introduced and discussion led by Fulbright scholar Christian Quendler of the University of Innsbruck and Josh McClenney, graduate student in Appalachian studies.
- Snowpiercer (2013), 2/5 -- Introduced and discussion led by Ellie Dudding, graduate student in Appalachian studies.
- Goodbye Solo (2008), 2/26 -- Introduced and discussion led by Ian Kirkpatrick, graduate student in Appalachian studies.
All showings at 6:00 p.m., Belk Library, Room 114. Free and open to the campus and community.
This Mountain Film Series supports Appalachian's International Mountain Studies Symposium to be held Tuesday, March 12, 2019 on the fourth floor of Plemmons Student Union. This day-long, interdisciplinary academic event will bring fifteen international mountain studies scholars to campus to engage with students, faculty and staff. The invited international scholars will present mountain-focused research alongside members of our campus community whose work intersects with mountain studies. This symposium will highlight the growing field of mountain studies and encourage comparative studies and exchanges between the Appalachian Mountains and other mountain regions around the world.
Proposals (350 words max) for papers, presentations, and creative endeavors related to the Appalachian Mountains and/or other mountains from any academic discipline are due January 28, 2019. Advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty members, and staff at Appalachian State University are invited to propose group sessions (one hour and fifteen minutes) or individual presentations (twenty minutes). Poster presentations are welcome. Members of our campus community who have participated in or have led study abroad in mountain areas are encouraged to submit proposals to share perspectives on those experiences. Send proposals with the subject line "IMSS proposal" to Katherine Ledford email@example.com. Send questions to her, as well. The symposium is supported by the Center for Appalachian Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of International Education and Development.


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This one's just depressing. The Baneblade, which is the most bad-ass super-heavy tank in all of the Imperium, and possibly all of science fiction, and it only has eleven freaking guns?! What the heck, GW! You could totally fit more on there!
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| 19.6°C Dublin
When my uncle, Páidí, was a garda stationed in Limerick, the Kerry County Board used pay for him to have a steak three times a week.
A simple arrangement. The few bob handed across at training with a blunt proviso 'Get the good stuff into you this week Páidí, no garbage!' We're talking about the seventies here, an era that in some eyes seemed to amount to little more than a time of footballers running endless laps and sculling pints.
You'd think the game had no relationship with personal responsibility, that the heroes of the time all lived some kind of Brendan Behan existence, their talent straining desperately to survive the severity of hectic social lives.
The truth is that Kerry and Dublin stretched away from the rest of football in that era by coming to roughly the same conclusion. Mick O'Dwyer and Kevin Heffernan both deduced that a good, fit team would always get the better of a good, half-fit team. So they got their players to train accordingly.
And I suppose Páidí getting sponsored steaks was the equivalent of what Kerry do now, laying out a big buffet of food after Tuesday night training and supplying the players with containers into which they are to place their lunches for the following day.
I bring this up because I've been hearing all manner of stories about what it is that Dublin do, from home deliveries of pre-cooked meals to players' houses, to personal chef demonstrations of how to cook healthily, to booking each player a three-week course down with Darina Allen in Ballymaloe. Actually, I made that last bit up. But you'll get my drift.
Dublin have changed the face of the GAA apparently. They've gone vaulting off into the distance with the rest just swallowing their dust like fellas still doing their homework by candlelight. And all I can hear is whining. Someone even used the expression 'financial doping' and it seemed to me that one of the greatest problems we face in a GAA life is the curse of short memories.
Lord God, suddenly it's breaking news that Dublin have more players than the rest, more coaches and more money. Well, please tell me when life was any different. Please tell me of a time when they couldn't attract bigger sponsors or generate greater revenue, when their whole financial reality didn't dwarf those they were competing against. Just don't go back beyond Heffernan's early management years when you do so, because anything before '74 doesn't really count in my book.
And when you've failed that test, then solve one small riddle for me. Explain how between 1983 and 2011, Dublin only managed to win the Sam Maguire once. That's one All-Ireland in 28 years.
Something that Dublin are doing better than most today is they're putting the right people in charge of the right teams. This, in my view, is helping them keep other sports at bay, something that's not too big of an issue where I come from in West Kerry.
There's far too much whining coming out of certain counties, counties who should be more concerned with getting their own houses in order rather than giving out about someone else's. If other counties feel they don't have enough resources, then come up with a plan for how to get them.
Generally, county boards are improving in this regard, but I believe Dublin and Kerry have got a run on most of them. John Costello is a massive presence in the background of the Dublin set-up and, I believe, an integral part of their current success. I know he is a full-time paid CEO, but it's so obvious that he's absolutely on the same page as the football management and players too.
That harmony is something you also see in Kerry and Kilkenny and a big reason behind their strength on the field of play. The Dublin GAA machine is so well-run now, right down to foot-soldiers at the bottom, but maybe nothing is more important than the absence of ego.
Let's get something straight here though. This Dublin team is a special group and that's not down to money or the number of coaches in the city. Think about when Stephen Cluxton quits or Cian O'Sullivan quits or Bernard Brogan, Paul Flynn or Michael Darragh Macauley.....we're talking once-off players here.
Do you honestly believe that there'll just be some seamless kind of hand-over to men of a similar standard? If you do, can I ask you what's the weather like in Cloud Cuckoo Land?
Look, no-one would like to see this Dublin team knocked off their perch more than I would, but it doesn't stop me recognising them as one of the most outstanding GAA teams of all-time. I like the way they conduct themselves. I like how Jim Gavin manages them. I like the sense of humility you get from the group, something that hasn't always been the case with Dublin football teams.
Yes the Dubs are hugely aware commercially as the appointment of Mossy Quinn as, essentially, their brand manager illustrated. Yes, the sums they've been getting in Games' Development payments may make others green with envy. But that's because Dublin have got their act together. They're progressive in how they conduct their business. But remember one thing. They're not exactly winning things by a country mile here.
Disregard Leinster which is a bit of a farce of a province right now and consider how the Dubs have drawn with Mayo in the last two Championships, how they beat Kerry by two points this year and how they lost to Donegal in 2014.
Consider how three of the four All-Ireland finals they've won in the last six years have been by a one-point margin. So spare me the hysteria following them around like an echo.
I mean Kerry have just won three All-Ireland minors in a row. Why? Because of the likes of Donal Daly and Pat O'Shea at Games Development level, the likes of Mike Quirke, Sean O'Sullivan, and Tommy Griffin.
I'm not trying to build my own county up for a fall because under-age success guarantees nothing at senior, but the counties that have their houses in order are still giving these Dubs a run for their money. Do you honestly believe the likes of Mayo and Tyrone and Donegal see Dublin as unbeatable?
Me neither.
Look anywhere you have bigger numbers, you'll have bigger investment. That's the way of the world. Get over it.
Seems to me nobody had much problem with the GAA investing in Dublin until the Dubs started winning. Now there's a whole heap of whining going on.
Are Tipp not an example to all here? Hurling is obviously the main sport there, rugby is making big inroads, but look at their achievements in football recently - winning a minor All-Ireland and getting to a senior semi-final this year. That didn't come from just flicking a switch. It came from an amount of work put in over the years.
It came from being willing to swim against the tide of people telling them they were wasting their time.
Tipp will probably get a couple of football Allstars this year which should be an inspiration to every other county, at least every other county that has their eyes open.
If you crave change, go do something different to make it happen.
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Udall, Heinrich To EPA: Halt Methane Standards Roll Back
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of the public comment period that began this week for a proposal to weaken methane standards, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet along with 19 of their Senate colleagues in a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend the public comment period for the rule and provide adequate justification for modifying the national standards.
In 2016, the EPA adopted the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for methane emissions from oil and gas sources following a 75-day comment period. The senators requested that the same 75-day comment period be provided for any modifications to the NSPS, and that the comment period be delayed altogether until the EPA provides written answers to questions regarding the modification's effects on the public health and the cost of the rule.
"There is clear and compelling evidence that the current NSPS rulemaking is cost-effective, improves air quality, and increases public health," the senators wrote to EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler.
The senators expressed concern about the precedent the proposed changes could set, resulting in more pollution across neighboring states. They also opposed modifying-or completely removing-EPA's methane regulations, especially given the Senate's recent vote to retain the Bureau of Land Management's authority to regulate methane emissions on public lands.
In addition to Udall, Heinrich, and Bennet, the letter's signatories include U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jack Reed (D-RI), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tina Smith (D-MN), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).
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Thanks to a now deleted listing on BBC America online store to pre-order the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas special, the first full synopsis for Twice Upon A Time has been revealed.
"Two Doctors stranded in a forbidding snowscape, refusing to face regeneration. And a British army captain seemingly destined to die in the First World War, but taken from the trenches to play his part in the Doctor's story.
This is the magical last chapter in the Twelfth Doctor's epic adventure. He must face his past to decide his future. And the Doctor will realise the resilience of humanity, discovering hope in his darkest frozen moment.It's the end of an era. But the Doctor's journey is only just beginning."
While that doesn't give us much more information than what was in the trailer, it does confirm (in a roundabout way) that Capaldi's finale will also serve to fill in the gap of William Hartnell's last adventure. As hardcore Whovians will know, Hartnell's final serial (The Tenth Planet) was the first story to introduce the Cybermen and features the first-ever regeneration.
However, owing to a plethora of errors from the BBC, the story remains incomplete as the final episode is still missing. Fragments of the episode including the regeneration to Patrick Troughton exist online, but the low-quality footage is all that remains of the original filmed episode. For the DVD release back in 2013, Planet 55 Studios created an animated version of the fourth episode to offer fans their first chance to see the full story.
Twice Upon A Time is truly an end of an era as head writer Steven Moffat will hand over the keys to the TARDIS to new showrunner Chris Chibnall. The highly anticipated special will also feature the debut of Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor ahead of her first full series next year.
Twice Upon A Time will be broadcast on Christmas Day on BBC One, US fans can catch it on BBC America.


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By Helene Szabados
Peaceful World Foundation has finished its first round of mid-year visits to our 2017 grantees. The organizations we have visited so far included Dalai Lama Fellows, The Cultural Conservancy and Holistic Underground. We would like to share our appreciation for the efforts these organizations have contributed to building a more peaceful world.
We started our mid-year meetings with a visit to Dalai Lama Fellows, an organization devoted to cultivating a global movement of young leaders by applying universal values to solve global challenges. We funded Dalai Lama Fellows' transition to an interactive online platform to build a stronger and broader connection between their Fellows. Through the platform they have been able to improve progress tracking and to receive feedback from the fellows about the curriculum. The fellows have also been able to make connections with each other through the online platforms. The success of Dalai Lama Fellows' platform has furthered interests and partnerships with the University of Virginia to incorporate their mindful leadership building curriculum into a college program.
Following our visit with the Fellows, we reunited with The Cultural Conservancy, a returned 2016 grantee. The Cultural Conservancy is an organization protecting and restoring indigenous cultures through the direct application of traditional knowledge and practices on their ancestral land. Peaceful World Foundation has funded The Cultural Conservancy's Native Youth Guardians of the Waters Program for two consecutive years. They have recently found the youths' shift in interest from activism to self-care and are working to find ways to implement more self-care into their program. They are also working to find ways to create internships for their guardians, turning the program into an alternative way of building college credits.
Our most recent mid-year visit was with Holistic Underground, an organization creating an integrative model for community development by uniting the arts, social justice and holistic health. We have seen Holistic Underground blossom over the past few years since their first grant application in 2016. Although we did not accept their first application, these young entrepreneurs showed resilience and perseverance when they re-applied in 2017.
At a Peaceful World Conversation, Holistic Underground made a lasting connection with Commonweal, one of Peaceful World Foundation's 2016 grantees. The connection would go on to serve Holistic Underground with many tools to navigate the nonprofit world. Commonweal, a collaboration of local organizations and individuals with a mission to establish community, became Holistic Underground's fiscal sponsor and took on a mentorship role for the young organization.
In 2017, Holistic Underground came back with a new enthusiasm for the Peaceful World Foundation grant cycle. We funded Holistic Underground's HeartSpace Program and are proud to report the progress we have seen develop from these young motivated community builders. They work with a diverse group of people, everyone from homeless to wealthy tech, introducing their curriculum for Holistic Organizational Development Service. With our grant they have been able to strengthen their organizational core and broaden the network of people they work with. They are seeking new ways to relate to the new technological world of business.
Visiting our grantees, re-establishes Peaceful World Foundation's purpose of supporting organizations who foster a culture of global peace. Our grant funding process goes beyond funding, as we unite organizations working toward the same goals to further the efforts of building peace in the areas of art, education and holistic well being.


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Follow these easy steps to bake a perfect cake that is moist and tender. Your cake will rise flat every time and there is no special equipment required.
Once upon a time I thought I wanted to bake wedding cakes for a living. It turns out wedding cakes, or more specifically baking them for brides, gives me nightmares. It also made me a little bit crazy for about a week each time I had to do a cake. At some point before I figured this out, I made a LOT of cake.
I still love to bake cakes and sometimes I even make a wedding cake as a gift. I just don't try to sell them anymore.
I have baked cakes in cheap pans and expensive pans. At the end of the day, the most important part of HOW you bake a cake is the wet towel you use to wrap the pan.
In the oven, a cake will bake from the outside edge in towards the center. This means that the outside finishes cooking while the middle is still raw. Something has to be done in order to prevent the cake from getting hard and dry at the edge and growing a mountain in the middle.
I use a wet towel wrap to insulate the outside and force it to bake more slowly. This causes the cake to rise evenly while remaining moist and tender from the outside all the way to the middle! I have experimented by baking one batch with a towel wrap and one without. The cakes with the towel wrap are always flatter and significantly taller. Sometimes they are as much as one inch taller than identical cakes baked without towel wraps! That means you have more cake to serve from the same ingredients and the cake you have to serve is fluffier!
Print out the instructions below and save them with your cake pans. Next time you bake a cake, give this a try!
A Note on High Altitude Baking: I now live at about 3,000 feet above sea level. Sometimes I have to fight the altitude when I'm baking. The wet towel wrap can be helpful if you are having problems with your cakes falling. It is not always a perfect solution but I find it significantly reduces falling caused by altitude issues.
How to Bake a Perfect Cake
- wax paper or parchment paper
- 1 old towel
- two safety pins or paper clips
- Line each pan with circles of wax or parchment paper. I like to place the pans on the paper, draw a circle, and then cut it out.
- Butter the sides of the pan generously. If the liner is trying to curl up, use a smear of butter to tack it down so that it will stay flat.
- Fill the cake pans with batter according to the recipe.
- Take an old towel that you don't care about anymore and cut it into strips that fit the height of the cake pans. If your cake pan is 2" tall you need a 2" wide strip of towel. Each strip needs to fit at least once around the pan once plus a few inches. If the towel is very thin and threadbare, cut 2-3 strips for each pan. If the towel is very thick, cut 1-2 strips. I use 2 strips of thin towel for my pans.
- Get the towel strips sopping wet in the sink and then squeeze them until they are wet but not dripping everywhere .
- Wrap one towel strip around the pan until the ends overlap. Start the second strip on top of the exposed end of the first. Wrap it around the bottom strip. Secure the strips with a safety pin or paperclip.
- Bake the cake as directed in the recipe. When the cake is 3-5 minutes from being done, remove the towel strips and put the cake back in the oven. This allows the edge of the cake to finish baking. If you do not do this, the edge will remain so moist that the frosting will fall off.
- You can hand wash your towel strips and use them over and over again for many years.
- Let your cakes rest according to the directions in the recipe. When it is time to remove the cake to the rack, loosen the sides with a silicone spatula. Use a plate or flat platter to flip the cake over unto its top. Thump the bottom of the pan once or twice and the cake should fall out of the pan. Lining the pan allows the cake to release easily and prevents most broken cakes.
- Put the cake (rack and all) in a clean, unscented trash bag to finish cooling. This will help the cake remain moist throughout the cool down process.
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thank you so much i now know what i was doing wrong… you are so nice to share your story 🙂 thanks 🙂
I want you to know that I have been singing your praises since last Thursday! I tried this trick out on 2 layers that I baked in springform pans and they were the most beautifully flat layers that I have ever baked! I only used 1 layer of towels so the edges weren't as pretty as yours, but they were still moist. I don't know how in the world you came up with this, but it is genius! I would love to share this on my blog with links back to you and of course, all of the GENIUS credit – if that's ok with you? Just can't thank you enough. I will never back another layer cake without doing this!
Just a thought I have while reading this. I wonder if those cloth headbands would work for easy on and off . they are terrycloth maybe 1 or 2 together for the thickness. Just a thought.Thank You so much for this tip .
Just a quick question, can you reuse the strips over and over? I have serious cake issues so I'm hoping this help! Thank you.


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Two weeks from WWE TLC, AJ Styles' pursuit of the "New" Daniel Bryan led him into a showdown with The Miz. Plus, Samoa Joe continued to antagonize Jeff Hardy, and the contract signing for the first-ever Women's Triple Threat TLC Match resulted in a reluctant tag team partnership between Charlotte Flair & Asuka.
With SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch looking on, her two WWE TLC challengers, Charlotte and Asuka, reluctantly joined forces against Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville.
Despite obvious tension between The Queen & The Empress of Tomorrow, who attempted to outdo each other from the start, the tandem seemed strong for most of the bout. However, Flair kicked Asuka off the apron -- apparently by accident after she seemingly believed it was Mandy Rose -- and Asuka returned fire on her own partner with a sliding knee that was 100 percent on purpose and allowed Deville to pin Flair.
Lynch raised her title over her head in a moment of pure defiance, as all three Superstars stared daggers through one another.
In the wake of his 20th anniversary celebration last week, a reinvigorated Jeff Hardy reignited his rivalry against Randy Orton one week after The Viper unleashed a brutal assault on Rey Mysterio.
Just after Hardy dropped Orton with a back suplex on the announce table and ascended the ropes looking to crash down onto The Viper, Samoa Joe suddenly appeared on the TitanTron from a bar, callously mocking The Charismatic Enigma and keeping him distracted long enough for Orton to level his opponent with the RKO for the victory.
As Hardy recovered, Joe added insult to injury be mocking Hardy with a "public service announcement" on the dangers of drinking in excess.
After being dropped with a Skull-Crushing Finale earlier in the night, AJ Styles looked for retribution in a one-on-one match against The A-Lister, as WWE Champion Daniel Bryan sat in on commentary and continued to renounce The "Yes!" Movement and the WWE Universe.
When the action moved outside the ring during the hard-fought main event, Bryan distracted his WWE TLC opponent and allowed The A-Lister to run Styles into the steel steps and drop him with the Skull-Crushing Finale back inside the ring. After Styles kicked out at two, Bryan again interfered by grabbing his adversary's leg. Nevertheless, Styles shook him off and locked his opponent in the excruciating Calf Crusher, forcing a frantic Miz to tap out.
Not to be outdone, the WWE Champion wasted little time dropping Styles after the bell and unleashed an absolutely brutal assault on his WWE TLC challenger, targeting his knee and driving him into the ring post. After forcing the ring announcer to announce him as "WWE Champion, the NEW Daniel Bryan!" the condescending Bryan mocked the WWE Universe by calling them "fickle" over and over and asking them why they don't like the "new" Daniel Bryan. The Beard ran back into the ring and once again took Styles down with a chopblock and locked him in a Heel Hook as SmackDown LIVE concluded.
In other action … The Women's Triple Threat TLC Match Contract Signing transformed into girl interrupted … Jey Uso def. Xavier Woods and Cesaro in a Triple Threat Match … and AJ Styles confronted WWE Champion Daniel Bryan on "Miz TV".


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Kirsters Baish| According to the Gateway Pundit, twice demoted Justice Department official Bruce Ohr's testimony may mean that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's witch hunt against President Trump will be coming to a close. During his closed-door testimony, Ohr revealed significant corruption within the Department of Justice.
This past Thursday, Fox News Network investigative journalist Catherine Herridge reported that Bruce Ohr had been in contact with Andrew Weissmann in 2016. Weissmann had been a colleague of Ohr's at the time, however he is now one of Robert Mueller's top deputies. Herridge also claimed that Ohr had been in contact with other top FBI officials regarding the infamous (and fabricated) Trump "dossier."
This is a major development, which could mean the end for Mueller's corrupt investigation.
Earlier in the week, Ohr stood in front of Congress to testify in a closed-door hearing.
Fox News legal expert Gregg Jarrett said. "This should KILL the Mueller investigation!"
Jarrett stated, "This is a dramatic and stunning development that should effectively end Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation. And in fact he should immediately fire Andrew Weissman and terminate his special counsel probe."
Take a look at the clip from Hannity:
FOX News reported:
The sources said Ohr's outreach about the dossier – as well as its author, ex-British spy Christopher Steele; the opposition research firm behind it, Glenn Simpson's Fusion GPS; and his wife Nellie Ohr's work for Fusion – occurred before and after the FBI fired Steele as a source over his media contacts. Ohr's network of contacts on the dossier included: former FBI agent Peter Strzok; former FBI lawyer Lisa Page; former deputy director Andrew McCabe; Weissmann and at least one other DOJ official; and a current FBI agent who worked with Strzok on the Russia case.
Fox wrote that Weissmann knew what was going on and was "in the loop" regarding the dossier, as reported by sources close to the matter. This was during the time that Weissmann was serving as chief of the criminal fraud division. Now, Weissmann is working on Mueller's team.
There are numerous names on the list who have been talked down on by President Donald Trump as he tries to put the Russia allegations to bed for good. The President has been hard on Bruce Ohr specifically, due to the fact that Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS in the past. Trump claims that there was clear bias against him coming from within the DOJ. This past Thursday, the President took to Twitter to talk about Nellie Ohr's work for Fusion GPS. He wrote, "Bruce was a boss at the Department of Justice and is, unbelievably, still there!"


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Steering committee to deliver redevelopment plan for Box Hill Station and bus interchange
VICTORIAN Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan last week announced the establishment of a Box Hill Transit Interchange Steering Committee, which will work towards a business case for the redevelopment of Box Hill Station and bus interchange.
According to Ms Allan, the committee will build on the work of the Ministerial Advisory Group that was established in 2015 to provide options to the Minister to improve the commercial and transport hub in Melbourne's east.
"This steering committee will give locals a voice, and help get the planning right for the Box Hill interchange redevelopment. I thank and acknowledge the work of the Box Hill Ministerial Advisory Group, which means we can now get on to developing a business case for the project," the Minister said.
Ms Allan said the government has already made a range of upgrades to the interchange since being elected, such as adding the Route 201 bus service – a direct link for students and locals between Box Hill Station and Deakin University.
Other upgrades include improving passenger safety in the bus interchange by adding pedestrian crossings and repainting bays, installing better ramps and additional signage to increase accessibility, fixing the roof and downpipes and expanding the presence of staff and security. By the end of 2017, works will be completed to replace old lighting with brighter LED lamps.
Photo: Box Hill Station / Brian Yap (葉) / Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC 2.0 / Photo has been cropped.


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Ilaris and Uveitis
People who have certain conditions that cause inflammation throughout the body may benefit from Ilaris® (canakinumab). This medication is available by prescription and is specifically approved to treat a group of rare genetic conditions called cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS). It is also approved for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA).
People with CAPS have an inherited mutation in a gene that causes an autoinflammatory response. This means the immune system attacks the body's own tissues, leading to inflammation. The inflammation then causes symptoms of the disease. Symptoms of CAPS can include but are not limited to:
- Eye inflammation, such as:
- Conjunctivitis (swelling of the membrane lining the eyelids or conjunctiva)
- Uveitis (swelling of the uvea, the middle layer of the eye)
- Fever
- Headache
- Fatigue.
(For more details on this drug, click Ilaris Uses. This resource describes the specific uses for this medicine, explains how it works, and discusses whether it is safe for use in children.)
List of references (click here)
Ilaris [package insert]. East Hanover, NJ: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation;2013 May.
Ilaris Web site. Available at: http://www.ilaris.com/. Accessed December 17, 2011.
Toker O and Hashkes PJ. Critical appraisal of canakinumab in the treatment of adults and children with cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS). Biologics 2010; 4: 131-138.
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How much true value do companies lose when employees are sick? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends measuring the cost savings of workplace health programs against real business metrics such as absenteeism, reduced overtime to cover employee absences, and employee training replacement costs. Their example of just one type of wellness indicator's effect on absenteeism, obesity, shines a strong light on the value of healthy employees, as obesity is linked to more days away from work than normal weight ranges. Employees and employers benefit in many ways when health promotion programs are in place.
When it comes to assessing the value of healthy employees, it pays to look at how they contribute to the company's competitive edge. Customer service suffers, longer hold times on the phone, delayed paperwork and services, and overwhelmed supervisory staff may result from sick employees. Wellness benefits such as health fairs with nutritional counseling, onsite gym equipment, and walking clubs may outweigh the cost (in dollars, morale, and reputation) lost to understaffing because of illness. Understaffing can result in many sales can being lost when key salespeople are out, important projects can get delayed, deliveries may be delayed, etc.
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January 9, 2013
Ingenico Partners with Shift4 to Provide Merchants with a Processor-Neutral, Secure P2PE Platform
ATLANTA and LAS VEGAS (Marketwire) Wednesday, January 9, 2013 — Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING), leading worldwide provider of payment solutions, and Shift4 Corporation, the world's largest independent payment gateway, today announced a partnership that brings Shift4's neutral, merchant-centric gateway solution to Ingenico's open portfolio of Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) offerings.
"As a dominant Point-of-Sale retail hardware provider to merchants in the U.S., we want merchants to take full advantage of the added values that accompany P2PE schemes by providing a range of choices that best fit with their processing needs," commented Scott Tubbs, vice president of Retail and Channel Sales at Ingenico North America. "What Shift4 has done is develop a uniform platform that allows merchants to switch banks and/or processors without changing their infrastructure – a truly processor-neutral solution."
P2PE answers merchants' needs for secure mobile payments. Prior to this technology, merchants using mobile solutions were often storing unencrypted data on their devices and sending it over relatively unsecure mobile networks.
"P2PE offers merchants the ability to limit their sensitive card-data environment to literally the size of the swipe device," said Shift4 CEO Dave Oder. "They no longer have to worry about bringing their work stations, networks, and servers into PCI compliance, which used to be an expensive and time-consuming process."
Ingenico's latest Telium 2 series devices combined with the P2PE solution remedy both of these merchant concerns. Not only does their P2PE capability reduce previous PCI-compliance concerns, their wide range of multi-lane signature capture, retail PIN pad, and mobile payment devices cover the full spectrum of merchants' needs, allowing them to securely accept and process all forms of payment including magnetic stripe, EMV chip card, contactless, and NFC-enabled mobile transactions.
Adding Shift4 to the equation means not only are merchants free to adopt mobile solutions or prepare for future technologies, but they can make the strategic business changes necessary to fully capitalize on these new capabilities.
"Partnering with Ingenico gives us access to their excellent line of PCI-approved SRED Telium 2 series devices, which goes a long way towards Shift4 being listed as a PCI-validated P2PE solution provider," said Shift4 VP of Business Development Bob Lowe. "That certification is what our merchant customers have asked us to obtain, and we believe that Ingenico is the best possible choice to help us fulfill that request and address our customers' future security needs."
As a European company, Ingenico's devices already support EMV. The U.S. Chip-and-PIN (EMV) mandate for 2015 enables partners such as Shift4 to make a seamless transition for their merchants.
Both companies will be attending and exhibiting at the National Retail Federation's Annual Convention EXPO in New York next week (January 14-15, 2013). Merchants interested in taking advantage of the opportunities this partnership provides can stop by Ingenico's booth #1653 or visit Shift4 in booth #740. Those not attending NRF this year can request a list of supported devices by calling 702.597.2480 (option 3) or e-mailing email@example.com.
About Ingenico (ING)
Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING) is a leading provider of payment solutions, with over 17 million terminals deployed in more than 125 countries. Its 3,600 employees worldwide support retailers, banks and service providers to optimize and secure their electronic payments solutions, develop their offer of services and increase their point of sales revenue. More information on www.ingenico.com and www.ingenico.us.
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