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Reducing Your Risk of Cancer
It's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! The statistics can be frightening and in our modern world disease is on the increase. A major study published in The BMJ earlier this year showed that people who integrate a lot of ultra-processed foods into their diet have a higher risk of cancer.
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3. Build meals around organically, locally grown whole foods.
4. Seek out plant-based versions of your favorite foods.
5. Diversify your diet, try new recipes, and enjoy your food.
6. Plan and prepare your meals ahead of time.
7. Explore different restaurants that have vegan options or options you can make vegan.
8. Watch documentaries like Forks Over Knives, Food, Inc., Cowspiracy, Earthlings, What the Health, and Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead – they will educate you and inspire you to keep going.
9. Keep a food journal and compare how you feel after you've eaten vegan meals compared with meat, dairy, and egg meals.
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The researchers' analysis suggested that women who ate more than five and a half servings of fruits and vegetables daily had an 11 percent reduced risk of developing breast cancer, compared with women who ate two and half servings or under of fruits and vegetables.
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QPR aim to blunt Blades and maintain unbeaten run
PUBLISHED: 16:00 11 January 2019
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Rs beat divisional rivals Leeds United in FA Cup last weekend
Queens Park Rangers visit Sheffield United in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday looking to build on a fine win over another Yorkshire side in the FA Cup last weekend.
The Rs made it through to the fourth round of this season's FA Cup with a 2-1 win at home to divisional rivals Leeds United on Sunday.
That made it six games unbeaten in all games for the west Londoners — a run they will look to take to seven against the Blades on Saturday.
Full-back Jake Bidwell is delighted with the recent form of the Loftus Road club, but knows they cannot allow any complacency to start to creep in.
"Things are going well at the minute, but we know the Championship is a division that will eat you up if you take your foot off the gas," he told the club website.
"We're pleased with how things are going at the minute, but we're always looking for more and always striving for more.
"We just have to keep working hard in training and hopefully rewrite a few more records before the end of the season."
Bidwell scored the winning goal for QPR last weekend as they got the better of Leeds in the FA Cup.
It was a first win in the competition for the Rs since January 2013, while it was also the first time in 22 years the west Londoners had won an FA Cup tie without the need of a replay.
Bidwell was delighted to play his part in setting those records straight and hopes the win against the Whites marks the start of a long run in the competition.
"It's very pleasing to be in the fourth round. The club's poor record in the FA Cup in recent years was something we were aware of before the game," he added.
"We were also aware of our poor record at Nottingham Forest last month and we set that record straight, so the cup form was another one we wanted to tick off the list.
"The lads performed well and a few that have been knocking on the door got a chance.
"It was a decent performance and we set a record straight, so hopefully it's the start of a decent cup run."
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This article shows how to scan a web application that requires authentication using the Website Vulnerability Scanner tool.
Learn how to configure the authentication options of the scanner such that it automatically passes the login page and performs in-depth scanning.
Note: To access the authentication options of the scanners you need to first log in to your Pentest-Tools.com account.
I. Why authenticated scans?
If authentication is not enabled, the web scanner covers only a small set of application functionality, the one exposed before the user has to authenticate. However, there may be other uncovered vulnerabilities that can only be identified after logging in to the application.
Another good reason for performing authenticated scans is that it mimics the activities of a malicious authenticated user, which has additional attack vectors. Authenticated users have access to more functionality than unauthenticated users.
II. Supported authentication methods
Our Website Vulnerability Scanner supports three methods for performing authenticated scans:
The following sections of the article show you how to configure the scanner and how to interpret the results when doing authenticated scans.
1. Form-based authentication
The Website Vulnerability Scanner provides two types of scans: Light and Full. Only the Full scan supports authentication.
Here is the web interface of the scanner that allows you to configure the authentication options:
In order to configure the authentication for a Full scan you have to:
- Insert the URL of the website that you want to scan (the target)
- Select the Full Scan
- Enable the "Authentication" option
- Choose
Login authentication
The "Login authentication" option allows the user to make an authenticated scan by having a valid pair of credentials in the target application.
You will have to provide the following details:
- The login URL of the application(for example [http://bank.pentest-ground.com/private-dev/signin.php]. This is usually different than the target URL and is needed to contain the login form.
- The correct username and password
At this point, you can test if the authentication works properly by pressing the
Check Authentication button or Start the scan directly. The Check Authentication functionality does not initiate the scanning process but it only shows a screenshot of the successful login page (cropped at 1280 x 720px).
Here is a sample configuration of the" Login authentication" option and a sample screenshot of a successful login:
2. Cookie-based authentication
HTTP Cookies are pieces of data that a web browser receives from the server and are usually used to identify the web session of a user (they are also called session cookies). After receiving a session cookie, the browser sends it with each HTTP request that it makes to that server. It is helpful to know that the request is associated with that particular user.
Our Cookie-based authentication option mimics the behavior of a web browser that already has a session cookie. It requires the user to insert a valid session cookie in the 'Cookie header' field. The session cookie must be taken from an already established web session (you need to manually login to your web app and get the cookies from your browser).
The web interface for this type of authentication looks like in the picture below:
3. Headers authentication
HTTP headers enable the communication between a client and the server carrying information about the client browser, the server, the accessed page, and more. Some applications use specific headers to create sessions for users (login). As a result, the headers' authentication method is required for users who need to scan these types of websites/applications (authentication).
The cookie-based method uses cookies, which are a special type of headers, but not every application is using cookies to authenticate users. There are applications that rely on other special headers as an additional layer of security, such as the token-based authentication (JSON web token)
In order to retrieve the headers needed, please follow the same steps described in the section above (cookie-based) and insert them in the format:
Header1 : the value of Header1
Header2 : Subheader1 = value of Subheader1; Subheader2 = value of Subheader2
III. How to get the session cookie?
First, you have to manually authenticate in the target web application using your web browser. Second, you need to get the session cookie string from the browser.
For example, using Google Chrome, you have performed the following actions:
- Enter Developer Tools – by Menu > More tools > Developer Tools (or Ctrl + Shift + I)
- Enter the 'Network' Tab
- Click on the 'Name' section, choose a URL that displays an additional 'Cookies' tab.
- Go to 'Headers' Tab (for that URL)
- Scroll to Request Headers and see the Cookie header
- Copy the string from the Cookie header and insert it as in the example below'PHPSESSID=a765feb13b4112f3d12f3dfa12e;_aa_id=ad4b654ad48f4d545a64d75ea' (a list with name=value separated by ";" and no spaces)
Here are the Developer Tools interface:
IV. Interpreting the results
Authenticated scanning covers more application functionality and pages than the unauthenticated scan. The "Check authentication" button is optional for the first two methods and disabled for the Headers method, so you can start scanning directly. You'll know that the authentication was successful if you get an additional "Authentication success" message in the final scan report, more exactly in the Spider results. Furthermore, the Spider results should contain more crawled URLs than the unauthenticated scan.
Results displayed for scanning with authentication
Results displayed for scanning without authentication
V. Behind the scenes
The main steps phases of a web vulnerability scan are spidering and active scanning. In order to perform these as an authenticated user, the scanner requires the user's session cookie. It will be used for every request and it will uncover more information than an unauthenticated scan.
The Login authentication option performs an additional step in order to obtain the session cookie. First, the scanner detects the login form from the URL provided and tries authenticating with the credentials. Second, the scanner tries to obtain the session cookie from the authenticated user and use it from this point in every request.
If you select just the
Check authentication option, a screenshot of the user's page is taken to help you visualize whether the authentication was successful or not. The spidering is not initialized and the scan stops.
In the Cookie-based authentication, having the session cookie already provided by you, the spidering and active scanning start directly. If the cookie is correct, the scan will result in more URLs discovered and analyzed for vulnerabilities.
Please note that the scanner cannot know if the provided cookie is correct or not. It will use it as is and it is up to you to validate if the scan has reached the desired parts of the application.
VI. Compatibilities
We currently also support performing authentication testing on Single Page Applications (SPAs) as our website scanner has been upgraded so that it is able to load, detect, and log in the user given the credentials. This method is available using the Form-based authentication method.
With the Headers-based authentication implemented, our Website Vulnerability Scanner now provides more accurate assessments and enhanced security for the application based on tokens (JWT).
You can find a step-by-step guide on how to perform an authenticated website scan with JWT in our Support Center.
Test your web application to discover hidden vulns using authenticated scanning
Authenticated scanning provides more coverage within a web application, as it discovers more dynamic URLs. When you perform a more in-depth scanning, there is a higher chance to find well-hidden vulnerabilities and render your web applications more secure.


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Having taught at Mt Pleasant Primary throughout their International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) school accreditation, she has had first-hand experience of what it's like to go through a whole-school system change. "It was great living and working through the gradual implementation of PYP, given that it's a strengths-based, inquiry-led, transdisciplinary programme. I'm lucky to have experienced, first-hand as a teacher, the changes a shift like that can make for schools, and the long-term benefits too for staff, students and our whanāu community. I'm now totally wedded to the advantages of taking a strengths-based approach, but it's also instructive to know that it takes time to embed meaningful change across the entire school system – as well as understanding what helped and hindered that progression from a teacher's perspective. Ultimately, it all comes down to making connections and building honest transparent relationships. They are the foundation of learning, that's what I loved most about teaching."
Sally previously worked as the Education Officer at the award winning International Antarctic Centre, and was the co-founder of LEARNZ (Linking Education and Antarctic Research in New Zealand). For the past three years she has been the Exam Centre Manager for NZQA at Christchurch Boys High School. Her love of detail and managing systems has equipped her well for this busy role, coordinating 50+ supervisors and the NCEA exam programme each year.
From 2013 onwards Sally's interest in strengthening student belonging and character pedagogy saw her become one of a small group of Wellbeing Champions in the Ministry of Education funded pilot wellbeing programme across Aupaki Kāhui Ako. Working with our director, Lucy Hone, she has strived to explicitly implement wellbeing and strengths education in her classroom since. She is currently studying for a Diploma in Positive Psychology and Wellbeing.
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Since the Canterbury earthquakes, Anna has been working as part of the All Right? Campaign, actively supporting wellbeing at a community level in fun, light and innovative ways. Her predominant work with All Right? is as the advisor, content writer and designer of All Right? Parenting and Sparklers, a free, online resource of school-based activities which actively teach and support tamariki mental health and wellbeing.
Anna is also working as part of the Canterbury District Health Board and Auckland University collaboration co-designing an app – Kākano (meaning seed) as a CureKids funded project. Kākano was developed to help Canterbury parents support their children with emotional dysregulation. After a successful trial in 2018, a randomised control trial has been approved to take place through 2019.
Anna and Dr Dean Sutherland also co-direct Real Parents Ltd and are South Island providers of the Incredible Years Parenting programmes for the Ministry of Education and regularly present parenting seminars in and around Christchurch. She has an undergrad degree in psychology and has previously worked with SKIP (Strategies with Kids, Information for Parents), the Ministry of Social Development and Core Education.
Anna specialises in child development, parenting and finding the fun in wellbeing training/application – and is currently working on developing a growth mindset with her skiing. Not easy when her three children are so keen to tell her how terrible she is!
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Rowan comes to us with 16 years experience in the education sector. Her most recent time as a Deputy Principal (at Otago Girls' High School) means she understands the challenge senior leadership roles can bring to team and personal wellbeing. Leading a team, staff, students, and supporting a parent community through change and challenge can not only be very rewarding, but also can test your emotions, energy levels, and resilience. Rowan worked in a number of roles in schools after graduating with a BA in English and Music from Otago, from classroom teacher, Head of Department, to Deputy Principal, and she appreciates the unique challenges that each role can bring. She is highly skilled in Restorative Practice methods from her extensive experience in youth and staff pastoral care, and utilises her knowledge of Positive Psychology from her Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology in all areas of her work. Learner and professional wellbeing through engagement is a special interest for Rowan. She introduced an innovative new Project Based Learning course to OGHS in response to overwhelming student voice requesting authentic learning contexts. Students who previously did not enjoy attending school, or who could not see a purpose in their learning before, thrived in 'Launch', Rowan's new PBL course. All the research indicates that wellbeing, engagement, and academic success are inextricably linked. In order to boost academic / learning success, you must start with the engagement and wellbeing of your learners. This is also true for professionals in the workplace. Leading change and challenging the status quo in a school or other workplace, from any position or role, can test your resolve. Rowan supports people to discover and utilise their strengths and harness strategies of collaboration, coaching and mentoring, and positive psychology to bring about the change they wish to see, whether it is large or small scale.
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Kim has always been fascinated by the science behind how people think, feel and act, and this is at the heart of how she helps people and organisations boost their wellbeing and resilience. As a highly specialised qualitative researcher, Kim spent 20 years helping blue chip companies, government agencies and charities to be more successful through better understanding the people they needed to engage with. Since discovering the emerging field of positive psychology in 2005, Kim has been on a mission to bring the practical application of positive psychology to workplaces everywhere. She brings a diverse yet complementary set of skills that makes her training both engaging for participants and effective for organisations. "I love how a shift in mindset makes such a huge difference to people, and also how across a team it creates a wave of positive change." Kim is particularly driven by the desire to help increase productivity in Aotearoa / New Zealand and bring greater social and economic prosperity by increasing levels of optimism and resilience. "It's often on the home front where we are tested the most though, by the people we love. I get a lot of practice in building resilience with my two teenage girls, both for myself and for them!"
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- Am I doing this for a pick me up? Make sure you are not dating out of fear of being alone. This is a time to enjoy your independence and discover who you are and what path you choose to go on after your divorce. If you are ready to get back into the dating world it is good to be prepared for anything. If you think that dating is all positive you might be let down if rejection happens. Dating can be very exciting and a confidence booster however you can occur speed bumps along the way.
- Am I looking for a serious relationship? This will determine your dating approach when getting back into the single scene. If you are looking for something serious it is a good idea to probe your potential date with the important stuff before hand. Ask them about things that are important to you before setting up a date to make sure you are both on the same page. If you are using online dating resources make it clear what you are looking for to avoid disappointment or wasting your time.
- What can I do differently this time around? Time to ask yourself the tough questions about your past relationship to determine what you did to help it fail. Understanding what your role was in your own divorce will help you figure out what you need to work on to make your next relationship successful. In order for you to build a better future you must learn from your past.
- Do I have time to date? If you have a job and kids it is hard to section off time for yourself nevermind planning a date. Of course your children are your priority but you deserve to make time for yourself to get out there and meet new people. Schedule a date night for yourself even if you don't have one lined up yet. If you don't have a date take this time to focus on improving your dating life.
- Am I looking to date multiple individuals at the same time? Tell your date if you are not interesting in a monogamous relationship to clarify what you are looking for. Honesty is the best policy and will help you maintain realistic expectations for your date. You do not want to waste anyone else's time if they are looking for something more serious when you are interesting in something short term. It is understandable to not be ready for something serious after freshly divorcing, give yourself time to get there.
- What are my deal breakers? Compromising comes with the territory of dating and being in a relationship with another individual. It is good to have an idea of what your deal breakers are so you can avoid investing feelings in someone that will not be the right fit for you. Now that you have gained life experience from the divorce it is time to set your standards and stick by them. You know who you are and what you want from a relationship so make sure you are not settling for anything less than what you deserve.
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I can't believe it's nearly December! For any sensitive soul who celebrates, well, anything at all – or is choosing not to, this festive period can sometimes pose a challenge when it comes to staying balanced and centered. I know I can get somewhat overstimulated by all the incessant commercial messages and expectations of what the holidays 'should' look like, if I'm not mindful. But there are ways to stay in your zen cave and still enjoy yourself!
Here's a guide for staying heart-centered during the holidays:
- Self-compassion, always. Set an intention for yourself going into the holiday season, whatever the role you're going to play. Whether you're hosting, visiting, staying alone, traveling – make it a priority to periodically check in with how you're feeling, and to tend to whatever comes up. Release all expectations of how any event or meeting with your family 'should' go. Release any expectation that you're supposed to feel magically 'Happy' on New Year's Eve or do something 'wild' (when it's never been something you wanted before) or conversely, to stay in when you really do want to go out! Release the pressure on how things should turn out, and remember that YOU count too. Pay loving attention to yourself.
- You can say 'No'. Let this be your cardinal rule. Say it nicely, say it gently, say it politely, gracefully, with tact, but always remember, you can decline. No to too much food, no to spending more than you can really afford, no to anything that pushes you beyond the zone of stimulation that's optimal for you. The rush of excess and indulgence in the air sometimes tricks us into thinking, 'Yeah! That's totally for me too!' but, it's probably best to check in to see if that's really true. For example, I always think that just because all that peppermint bark is on offer, means that I MUST eat MORE of it… But I always end up regretting it, because all that sugar makes me feel loopy and out of sorts. (Even if it is delicious.)
- You can choose not to respond. If the holiday season means more face time with relatives for you, then perhaps you may come up against someone you aren't all that fond of. But remember: you can choose not to respond. Especially when it comes to diatribes, snippy remarks, someone's meltdown; you also DON'T have to rescue an uneasy silence or awkward undercurrents in the conversation if you don't want to. You don't have to save the day. You don't have to put on a happy face if you're not feeling it just to make everyone feel better (if no one is actually playing nice). You don't have to take this opportunity to school anyone, or try to change anyone's minds. But you can smile, and understand that whatever this person is saying is just a reflection of them – not you!
- Are you triggered by any particular loved one? Take note of the emotion that rises. Let this be the year that you don't bite back OR let your mood be affected by it. Really. When you feel anger or annoyance rising, breathe, go for a walk, or say: "I'm really frustrated right now. I'm going to step out for a bit." Even taking a little pause before letting anything loose from your lips will help you be mindful of your response. Table this trigger and tell yourself you'll look at it later when things are calmer. Now is not the time for analysis. Also, if you have been doing any work on yourself, yet still find yourself getting triggered? Please don't beat yourself up for it. Remind yourself of #1. Forgive yourself.
- It's not always your stuff. During the holiday season, the collective tends to, well, feel more – reminisce more, release more, get triggered more – and all of that is in the air. So, remember that what you're feeling might not be really yours. Check in with your heart and mind to see if there's any reason for you feeling a certain way, and if not, release it!
- Focus on finding the joy, love, beauty and goodness in any situation you're in. Even if it's in the tensest, most awkward situation – take a breath and be grateful for that – that singular breath. For the ground under your feet that's always supporting you. For peppermint bark. For lessons that life is so graciously presenting to you, all to support your growth and evolution as a kick-ass soul on earth.
The people in our lives are mirrors, partners and fellow souls on a journey. I see the holidays as just markers in the passage of time to take stock of our growth and if we're lucky enough, to have people we love in our lives to enjoy this time of the year with (and also as a distraction from the fact that it's getting colder and darker, if you're in the Northern Hemisphere!). Here's wishing you a safe, centered and heart-filled season ahead!


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thinking of lost things, the mind naturally turns to an even more mysterious subject: lost body parts.
i count myself fortunate that thus far i have lost only the following: all of my baby teeth (believe it or not mr. noir still has some of his); 2 wisdom teeth; a few shoulder tendons; a good part of my pituitary gland; a sprinkling of really darling moles that i was quite attached to (ha ha); a chunk of my cervix; a pinprick from each earlobe; and part of my L4-5 disc. (this is nothing compared to what most of our pets have lost!).
one cool thing about losing body parts is that you often end up with interesting scars which can be good conversation starters in the locker room. i received an inquiry just the other day about my shoulder scar, decades old and rather attractive if i do say so myself. but fortunately, as of today, i retain possession of all my major organs, all my limbs and digits, my breasts and uterus, and even my tonsils and appendix! (is there such a thing as a phantom pituitary?)
i am happy to say that i can still have an mri, as i have not replaced anything with metal (i happen to love mri's, so if you ever need to have one be sure to talk to me). many of my friends have lost all sorts of parts and sometimes gotten new ones: titanium hips, artificial breasts, thumbs attached with metal screws….lois (age 90) just told me quite breezily that she was going in for "a little open-heart surgery." my father-in-law (called by mr. noir's high school friends "flash") and now dead lo these many years, used to boast about his "pig-valve". this is exactly what lois is getting so i gather they have not lost popularity over the decades. lois was mostly concerned about not being able to swim for several months.
now don't get me started on the loss of our youthful bodies. too bad there is not "body insurance". as nora ephron put it so succinctly, "anything you think is wrong with your body at the age of thirty-five you will be nostalgic for at the age of forty-five." as my 85 year old father has said (also quite succinctly) "it only gets worse." for some odd reason, i find thoughts like this interesting rather than depressing (usually). the message is this: whatever you have this second, enjoy it! and if you find my amethyst ring, email me right away. on that note, let's go shopping!
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I'm a Bodybuilder and I Don't Drink
We were invited to go out on a boat by someone (and her husband) who works with my wife, and because we haven't been invited to do pretty much anything since we have been here in Florida, I thought it would be fun. It was, for one of us.
I do not want to mislead here, either. I knew there would be drinking because that is what people do on boats. It is also what my wife does, and she wouldn't accept an invite if it didn't involve alcohol. This part was no surprise. After all, she's a professional drinker.
I am that guy who takes his food to get-togethers like this one. I figure it is a casual get-together and everyone will be eating and drinking so bringing my own small cooler of food should be no big deal. I have done this for years, and people can usually shrug it off considering I kind of look the part. I'm in shape; I'm more muscular than the average person; it should fit and usually does — no big deal.
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Slowly, it turned into a big deal — everything turned into a big deal.
I knew right away when I met the husband that this wasn't going to go well. The first thing they showed us in their home was their "bar room" and "overflow pantry." I am GUESSING there was anywhere from $2500 to $3000 of liquor. My wife might laugh and tell me I am way short, but that's my best guess. Yes, some people have an ample supply of liquor, but this was basically a dining room that was made into a makeshift "bar room" and the "overflow pantry" was what most of us would call a hall closet that in a normal house stores towels. His description was a stretch, even for a drunk masquerading as a 50-something, "life of the party."
Eventually, he asked me what I did for work. I pretended not to hear him.
He asked again (me in my head: FUUUUUCK).
I gave him the same generic response that I give everyone who asks me what I do when they don't give even one shit: "I work from home doing boring stuff on the internet."
This works for almost everyone.
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Not this guy. He prods a bit to get a better answer.
I tell him what I do, and I tell him I write for websites, have written for magazines, blah, blah, blah.
At least now he understands why I have my food and tells me it makes sense because, and I quote, "Your arms are as big as my legs." The problem is, he was roughly five foot six inches, so my arms TECHNICALLY were larger than his legs, but I didn't think it would bode well for me to point this out. After all, we were already in an officially unannounced, one-sided pissing match. He was hellbent on outdoing the big guy.
After a bit of small talk and me trying to prove to him that I am not a boring old guy with no vices, but no cool stories that involve the first line, "This one time when I was wasted...," we got all of our stuff in the boat and "set sail" or whatever the fuck you call it when you leave the dock in a boat.
I knew it was going to take a bit to get through the maze of channels to get to where we were going — roughly 45 minutes. We were going to watch a Christmas boat parade. However, it was nice weather, and I had a full cooler of prepared food from Fresh Market (Whole Foods but even more pretentious and expensive) that I had just picked up on the way and figured I was set. It would be fun. At this point, I figured I would start on my first meal. I mean, I had time, right?
I get about a chicken breast in, and my wife brings up the toilet on the boat. She mentions how cool it is that there is a bathroom and how convenient this is. Her work-friend responds with, "Yeah, it's cool. The guys go off the side, and the girls go in the bathroom." Melissa jokingly says, "Do the guys shit off the side of the boat, too?" The response was that no one shits on the boat.
I'm almost done with my chicken breast and look up dumbfounded, waiting for her to laugh and say she's just kidding. That didn't happen. Melissa says, "Well if I have to take a shit, I'm shitting in the bathroom." I'm paraphrasing here because Melissa doesn't "take a shit," she drops a deuce or something far less offensive. She tells Melissa, and I am not kidding, "Then we will have to get you a ride to shore to go to the bathroom."
DAFUQ? You have a bathroom, but no one is allowed to shit in it?
I didn't know what to say, but let's just understand each other here: If I keep eating my regular meals, I am going to have to take a shit, and apparently, I don't have a place to take a shit. Honestly, that almost made me have to take a shit right then and there. And just so that you have some kind of reference for time, it was roughly 5 p.m. when I was eating that chicken breast, and we were told we would be there until roughly 11 p.m. To say it went downhill from there would be a gross understatement.
I immediately stopped eating, walked over portside, or starboard side, or the fucking left side of the boat — whatever it is called — and spit my food into the water quite dramatically. OK, maybe not "quite dramatically" but more like a six-year-old who was tantrumming. I knew that there would be no eating of any kind until we "returned to port" (that term I know for sure). I also knew that drinking any fluids would be a bad idea — not because I was not allowed to piss; pissing was not forbidden because alcoholics absolutely MUST piss. However, having less fluid intake slows fecal progression. If I can paraphrase, it means that if you don't drink water and you don't eat, you have significantly less of a chance of shitting your pants on a boat.
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Now, I'm admittedly pissed off because I am going to not eat for at least six hours. To the normal person (and alcoholics), that doesn't mean a damn thing. It does if you train your ass off all week and know that not eating is an obstacle to your goals and progression. Plus, I was depleted and hungry, and this ass-clown was already on my nerves.
This is what happened in the next six hours, formatted in bullet-points for ease of reading:
- Most of the people on the boat are wasted, and the parade hasn't started yet.
- At least two people cannot walk by me without tripping on my feet or bumping into me while I am sitting, blaming it on the boat, of course. We will call these two people "boat husband" and "boat wife." They were veteran drinkers and veteran boaters, so I was not impressed with their inability to combine the two. Drunks are weird like this; they practice drinking for YEARS and yet never seem to perfect it.
- On the odd occasion that a drunk decided to talk to me due to feeling bad because I was not doing drunk-person things, the little seven-year-old "darling" would honk the fucking boat horn intermittently and repeatedly. If I wasn't already so pissed off about the equivalent of "the shitter's full," I would have either laughed at how well-timed her boat honking was, how funny it was to watch the drunk that I was talking to ignore the honking as if it wasn't even happening, or I was going to spin around and call that seven-year-old a bitch and tell her I was going to throw her ass overboard if she honked that fucking horn one more time.
- The boat husband made "creepy-old-man" comments about his wife all night including comments about the other woman there and plenty of sexual innuendoes aimed at my wife, as well. Apparently, two-fisting meant something completely different to him than holding a beer in each hand. Normally I would respect such bold immaturity, but not when I can't use your shitter you fuck of a fuck.
- The husband's Carlton-white-guy horrendous dance moves for the better part of an hour, including a well-timed cheesy slow dance as he sang a song to his wife and allowed at least two people to tell him how sweet they were, was nauseating. I thought it was amateuristic, at best, but I was also the only sober person on the boat — well, other than that seven-year-old-horn-honking bitch, but I digress. My point is that this guy is fast becoming the most irritating drunk I have encountered in a very long time. If you want to serenade your wife and have it be considered sweet, do it SOBER, asshole.
- There then was singing along to Maroon 5 and other songs that made me throw up a little in my mouth. It didn't help that my wife was now well on her way to being plastered and was right in there for the karaoke/lip synch battle. Keep in mind that to someone sober, drunk singing is like nails on a chalkboard. It was so painful that I kept looking around for ANYTHING else to look at, but there was nothing. I found myself sympathizing with Dexter and considered throwing at least one body overboard.
- One of the people on the boat was observed trying to raise a cushion on the seat in the back of the boat, but that cushion was not made to be moved. The cushion on the front of the boat, though, is made to be moved because it is the door down to the bathroom. If I could quickly do the math, two plus two equals my wife trying to find the toilet in the back of the boat and all the while it was only five feet in front her. Had she really thought about it, she likely would have remembered using it two times before this. She didn't really think about it, I guess. Imagine being so drunk that you can't find the bathroom you have used at least twice previously, in the space of roughly thirty square feet. I know you feel me.
- The music was so loud that the other boats were looking at us like we were douches. I was bothered by this until I figured out that, yes, we were, in fact, a boat full of douches.
- And let's not forget that all the while everyone is wasted, their 18-year-old son was on the boat, as well. He came along to drive us there and drive us back, thank GOD, and to listen to his Dad say gross things to his Mom, another woman, and my wife. The kid would then look not in disgust, but would smile as if saying, "My dad is so funny!" And it should be noted that the 18-year-old was drunk, as well. He just wasn't "mom and dad wasted."
When we got ready to leave the boat parade, we were asked if we wanted to take the regular route back that would get us there in 45 minutes or the long route that would take 90 minutes. My wife sat there and didn't say a word even though she knew how pissed I was. Apparently, her drinking instincts took over and the thought of another 90 minutes of drinking versus only 45 minutes made her freeze versus taking my side and making up an excuse. I burst out that I needed to take a shit so the shorter route would be appreciated. I felt that tact at this point would not be appreciated nor understood.
We arrived 90 minutes later. I am not kidding. They took the longer route.
What is my point to all of this?
There might not be one other than I was pissed off all night.
I do not like being around people who drink solely to get drunk. I don't care if you are my best friend, my wife, or my girlfriend when my wife is not around. I HATE people who drink too much. I think it is off-putting, immature, irresponsible, and most times, I am embarrassed by how they act. At the same time, I understand that sometimes people drink too much. It happens. That part isn't irritating, but when you drink all of the time, and you are proud of how fucked up you get, I DO NOT LIKE YOU. That's all there is to it.
Here's the kicker, though:
He didn't like me any more than I liked him and we knew it long before he got buzzed and long before I ate that first chicken breast. We were both good sports, and we were both congenial — almost to the point of seeing who could "out nice" the other person. Even my wife commented (both sober and then drunk) that I was a good sport the entire night. I HAD to be. If I weren't, I would have been that arrogant, egotistical "muscle guy" who was too good to eat their food and who couldn't have any drinks because he was too good and too healthy. And keep in mind that this woman works with my wife, so I knew going in that even if it was bad, I had to take one for the team.
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We are too different. He (they, really) has the things he does, and I have the things I do. We both irritate each other and don't like what the other person does. In fact, this clown even had the balls to comment saying, "Everyone has a vice, what's yours?" That isn't any of your business, dickhead. You're not my friend, and we aren't tight so it isn't any of your fucking business. Let me shit on your boat, and maybe we can talk. Until then, fuck you.
I am not "better" than he is and would never think that way.
I am just different. I am different because I am the odd man out. I'm the one not drinking on a boat full of drinkers. I'm the odd man out because I was the only one in shape on that boat. I am the odd man out because I needed to eat scheduled meals and I was going to have to take a shit, and the only way to get around it was not to eat. That is damn sure, not normal — different, but not normal.
I just know that next time I need to be more careful and not put myself in a situation like that. I don't need to explain to ANYONE EVER what I do or why I do it. I never once asked him why he drank so much or so often or had a room full of liquor. I feel that isn't any of my business. He, though, had no problem questioning the fuck out of me.
Drink your drinks, but if you like to get drunk, you and I aren't going to work.
I'm a bodybuilder and I don't drink.
I'm not better than you, we're just different.


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What is jazz?
Over a hundred years after it's origins in New Orleans we still don't have one answer that defines jazz. The legendary answers over the years has been Fats Waller's 'If you don't know what it is, don't mess with it', Louis Armstrong's 'Man, if you have to ask what it is you'll never know', Thelonius Monk's 'I don't have a definition for jazz, you're supposed to know it when you hear it' and these are just some of the vague descriptions courtesy the jazz legends themselves.
One reason why there will never be a singular definition for jazz is because it has always been an open, alive and continuously evolving form of music that embraces all other sounds of music along the way. It has reached a stage today, where it can be called 'world music' but that would be at the risk of hurting American sentiment. To me, jazz is a form of improvised music, the key element here is 'improvisation'. If improvised music is jazz then Indian classical music is a form of jazz with foundations laid over two thousand years before a hip name was coined for it. So jazz actually originated in India? No way, I can hear other countries chorus, improvised music always existed in many forms of ancient folk music around the world too. So let's just leave it at jazz has been around for much longer than we know, it's just that a new name was coined for it in New Orleans and I love the name. Today, jazz has grown into something much bigger than its name. It's not just about improvisation, it's about a meeting of minds and cultures.
My first encounter with jazz was very similar to the best way to learn how to swim, I was pushed into the deep end. In the early seventies every resident band in Mumbai's starred hotels played jazz standards predominantly among other night club standards. I was offered a job as a bass player in one of those bands without knowing a single jazz standard. My first night on the job I got a 'just keep walking' brief from the band leader and at that moment I thought I was being fired. It turned out, the term used for 'swing' bass was 'walking' bass and that was my first ever learning experience. The beginning of a lifetime journey towards reaching for the next level. One thing good that came from that experience was the fact that I got my ears trained through sheer fright. I learnt to hear around the corner, instinctively hitting notes that would not draw grimaces from my fellow band members. Every song that was thrown at me was a challenge and in retrospect, I have to admit I had the best on the job ear training. Ten years of six nights a week gigs gave me my foundation from where I learnt to 'walk', 'run' and then 'fly'.
Once I decided to take on music as a profession, I learnt how to read music and with the help of some great books, I got around to studying music theory and expanding my jazz vocabulary over the years. After my ten year 'internship' I went out into the world and experienced other genres of music performing all kinds of music with all kinds of musicians across India and around the world. Goa always topped my gig destinations while I was based in Mumbai. I always had this dream of someday moving back to my ancestral place where music flowed through everyones veins, musician or not. The dream came true in the year 2008 when I set up home, studio and bass (base) in a place called Sangolda. I am surrounded by rice fields with mongoose, squirrels and peacocks strutting around nonchalantly. An absolute paradise compared to Mumbai. I then went about spreading my first love jazz by setting up an organisation called 'Jazz Goa'. Within four years Jazz Goa had a database of over five thousand jazz enthusiasts and over a hundred jazz originals composed by local talent and produced by Jazz Goa. Many of these tracks reached No.1 on international internet charts and this only encouraged me to do even more.
Next thing I took in my stride was an offer to host a radio show on a premier international music radio station called Indigo 91.9 FM. Hosting a radio show was something I would never have even dreamt of but then that's show business, an absolute roller coaster ride. I immediately went about producing the two hour weekly episodes calling it 'Goa Grooves'. The show featured only originals by local talent and went on air as a first of its kind in India for western music. Next came television where I produced the same show this time centered around live performance videos shot at local venues, another first time for television in India. Both these shows generated a huge following with people looking forward to, tuning in and staying tuned to every episode.
So I was now performing, producing audio and video, hosting radio and television and running a website www.jazzgoa.com all at once. Something I'm sure would be humanly impossible if it weren't for my beautiful wife Diana who I met soon after moving to Goa. She works relentlessly by my side, taking on the role of Jazz Goa's official photographer and videographer and also managing the many bands I perform with. Together we document just about every stage of Jazz Goa's evolution and broadcast it world-wide, thanks to the internet. Local talent in Goa finally got a platform that launches them out to the rest of the world. And here's the best part, it's done absolutely free of cost. Just my way of giving back to a profession that gave me everything and more.
Jazz Goa has hosted the 'International Jazz Day' in Goa right from it's inception by the UNESCO in the year 2012. Every year on the 30th of April musicians from across India and around the world take the stage in Goa to celebrate this global sound of music. One of the high points in my career came when I got a phone call from a UNESCO official who wanted to explore the possibilities of having Panjim as host city for a future International Jazz Day. I went ballistic, this would mean just about every living jazz legend decending into Goa and performing here, putting us on the world jazz map. I gave them all the information they asked for and have my fingers crossed. Goa always has great visiting jazz artistes but this would be an absolute game changer for jazz in India.
Goa has produced internationally acclaimed jazz musicians right through it's history in India. Pianist Dizzy Sal, saxophonist Braz Gonsalves, trumpet player Chic Chocolate, drummer Leslie Godinho are just a few that come to mind off hand. One Goan musician Trilok Gurtu actually spearheaded the evolution of jazz, making it to the world's best percussionist in Downbeat polls for seven years, a record of sorts for any jazz musician. The Portuguese influence in Goa made western culture a way of life for Goans. In the early years, the Church Choir in Goa was where most Goan musicians got their solid foundations in music through what is called the 'solfegio' system. They then took it out into the world through bands, orchestras and bollywood. The Indian film's music industry had it's foundations laid by Goan musicians who taught them music notation and orchestration. Today the industry stands tall even in the international arena. Goan musicians spread out all over the world establishing themselves where ever they were, even while maintaining low profiles thanks to our inherent 'susegad' attitude.
Q: What is the dfference between a jazz musician and a pizza?
A: A pizza can feed a family of four!
Just one of the many jokes that sum up the story of most jazz musicians. What is it about jazz that makes a jazz musician stick to a form of music that record label A & R managers keep summing up as a sure route to starvation? One good reason is the fact that jazz allows me to be myself as opposed to pop that wants me to be a Madonna. I would rather be me than strut on stage wearing conical jocks. I remember a male Hindi pop singer's album, conceptualised by some genius A & R manager for sure, titled 'Mai bhi Madonna' ( I'm Madonna too ) with the artist dressed in drag on the album cover. Jazz as you will see if you have heard of 'Mai bhi Madonna', helps me retain my individuality and what's left of my sanity in this big mad world of music marketing. Jazz is the medium I choose to express myself and communicate musically with my audience. I know a lot of people in the audience may not understand my intense shoo-bee-doo-bee-doo-bop and emotive 'twidlee-didllee-doo-wop' but there's always the few who can 'feel' what they can't figure. Very often the message I communicate may read 'hey bro, i'm broke again, how about a loan?' but when I know even a few in the audience are enjoying my music I feel like a millionaire!
The highs and lows are many in my career spanning over four decades now. One high point for sure would be the Hennessey XO 'Smooth and Mellow' International jazz tour that my band was selected for. This world renowned tour only featured legendary artists signed on to the American Blue Note label. For the first time an unsigned Indian jazz band from Mumbai went on this tour thanks to one of the Hennessey head honchos who heard the band at a corporate event in Mumbai. Needless to say this was one tour that made us feel like stars, complete with personal limousines and stays at some of the world's best hotels. One low point would be performing at 'Jazz by the Bay' in Mumbai, the management had the habit of insulting the performers onstage by switching on cricket matches on a huge TV screen alongside the stage even while the band performed. Once after a particularly great rendition we were greeted with huge applause, we took a bow only to find out the applause was for a sixer that Sachin Tendulkar hit on the screen alongside us.
Talking about Jazz by the Bay here's a limerick I wrote that got published in the Bombay Times around the time when jazz was fading out of Mumbai.
It started as jazz by the bay
Then rock and pop joined in the fray
Now karaoke nights
Next hindi-pop frights
While jazz has been left by the way
Pretty much sums up the history of the one and only jazz club in Mumbai that kept changing it's name from 'Jazz by the Bay' to 'Not just jazz by the bay', and then it should have changed to 'hardly any jazz by the bay' and finally to 'pizza by the bay' when it all ended. Mumbai has been and will always be bollywood city. It's always an uphill task for jazz to survive in a country ruled by bollywood and cricket. But it has and always will, as long as there are people who remain passionate about this great form of music. Out of the dying embers of 'Jazz by the bay' leaped a 'Blue Frog' a live music venue that brought in some legendary jazz acts from around the world. So you'll always find jazz in some form or the other being sneaked in, in between 'choli ke peeche' and 'kajra re'. Anyway it was the year 2008 and it was time for me to move to Goa and a breath of fresh air after Mumbai. The only regret I have about moving to Goa is that I should have moved a long time before I did. Like most Mumbaite's I kept hanging on to a city that was turning into a social and cultural graveyard.
What's next?
I've always had a 'best is yet to come' philosophy with my music and also my life. So the answer to that will always be 'something better!'. The learning process for a musician is a never ending one, there is no such thing as a 'master' and i'm sure most legends would agree. Universities should stop dishing out those ridiculous 'master of..' degrees simply because there's always something more that can be learnt about anything in life. In retrospect I can say there are three stages in a musician's career - imitation, asimilation and innovation. We start off trying our best to perform like our idols, absorbing all that we learn from them and finally creating a sound of our own. One of the biggest compliments I got was when a fan came up to me and told me he was seated in the hotel lobby, he heard a band playing somewhere in the hotel, traced the sound and entered the restaurant because he knew I was playing bass and this person wasn't a musician. So that was most definitely the compliment of a lifetime and the one I'll never forget.
Today the internet offers us a world of knowledge and virtually the world itself. I produce a song and broadcast it to the whole world the same instant. The internet has done away with the middle man. Artists can create and showcase their work internationally even without being signed on to an artist management or record label. Technology has and will always be a part of evolution. My advise to youngsters starting off with music careers today is 'make use of technology but don't forget music is created by musical instruments and not by pressing the play button on a laptop'. Today EDM (electronic dance music) has taken over the world with thousands flocking to huge arenas to watch a DJ press 'play' on a gigantic stage built to accomodate a tiny laptop. Good for them, what's good for me is a small smoky nightclub where the lights are dim, the band is smokin' and the whisky is flowing. Out of sync with today's music scene but completely in sync with my soothed soul.
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If you follow my blog, you probably know that I grew up having "Vietnamese Sunday Dinner" at Mr. Lee's restaurant across town. Our family of five loved sharing the classic fresh rolls appetizer filled with savory meatballs or cooked shrimp. The crunchy veggies, bright herbs and tangy fish dipping sauce hits all of the right flavor notes.
Today's recipe is the result of making these delicious fresh rolls at home. Inevitably, I always end up with leftover "filling" and as a result, this salad was created. Like it spicy? Add more chili paste or experiment with fresh chilis or jalapenos. Want to keep it kid friendly? Skip the chili paste entirely. Make it a meal by serving with rice noodles.
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Vietnamese Shrimp Salad
- 8 oz cooked ready-to-eat shrimp sliced in half horizontally
- 1 c seedless cucumber thinly sliced
- 2 carrots grated
- 1/4 c fresh mint minced
- 1/4 c fresh basil minced
- 1 Juice of lime
- 2 tbs fish sauce
- 1 tbs rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbs sugar
- 1 tbs water
- 1 tbs chili garlic paste optional
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Place shrimp, cucumber, carrots, mint and basil in a medium bowl.
- Whisk together dressing in a small bowl then pour on top of the shrimp salad. Toss well to combine. Adjust for seasoning if needed.


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Pan-Seared Asparagus
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Heat oil in a skillet and add Asparagus.
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Cook until the Asparagus starts to darken on the outside.
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Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, has said that a sinister plan has been drawn up by India to reduce the numbers of Muslim electorate through new delimitation of the constituencies, land grab by non-Kashmiris through the use of banking laws and long-term leases to industrialists from India to "promote investment". The purpose of these moves, he said while addressing a press conference, was to flood Jammu and Kashmir with Indian nationals to change the demographic composition of the territory, marginalize Muslim population and crush the freedom movement.
The President said that additional 35,000 (fresh 100 companies) troops have been rushed to the IOK by special flights and convoys for preparing the ground for crushing protests against Indian moves to alter the special status of the IOK. He said that the number of troops now deployed in Kashmir has risen to more than 800,000 making it the largest concentration of armed troops in any occupied territory or any conflict zone, now or in the past.
India partially recognized the disputed status of the State by the insertion of Articles 370 and 35-A in its constitution. The latter recognizes the core identity of the State preserving the original Kashmiris' inherent rights to permanent residence, employment, acquisition of immovable property and educational scholarships.
In 1947, after massacres in Jammu and Kashmir, India deported hundreds of thousands of people to Pakistan and Azad Kashmir and, in the 1990s, it forcibly evicted and deported Pundits from the Valley of Kashmir and now it is trying to change the demography of the occupied territory. India is planning to establish settlements for Pundits, whom they had forcibly deported themselves in 1990, and colonies for former army personnel (called Sainak colonies).
In 1947, he said, the population of Muslims in Jammu was 61% and through planned pogroms and massacres the number of Muslims has been reduced to 33%.
Now India wants to do the same in the Valley of Kashmir. Village Defence Committees have been provided licensed arms to terrorize and persecute the local population in Jammu and Kashmir", he said.
The President condemned moves by extremist forces in the Indian government and a minority in the Indian Occupied Kashmir, who in collusion with Delhi, are trying to repeal Article 35-A of the Indian Constitutionto prepare the ground for influx of settlers from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Bihar, Bengal, Rajasthan and other parts of India. They, he said, are also trying to give permanent status to the so-called West Pakistan refugees who were pushed from other provinces of India to Kashmir in the late 1940s and early 1950s as temporary settlers.
President Masood said that the transfers of civilian population in the occupied territory by the Occupier are a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, a breach of Additional Protocol I and the Statutes of the International Criminal Court. This constitutes a war crime in international armed conflicts. The International Conferences of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent have declared that settlements in occupied territories are incompatible with Articles 27 and 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Attempts to alter the demographic composition in an occupied territory were condemned by the UN Security Council in its resolution 752 and it had asked the occupier for cessation of attempts to change the ethnic composition in the occupied territory. The UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Commission have also condemned the practice of settlements in the occupied territories and the "implantation of settlers".
The President warned India not to take steps to alter the demographic composition of the IOK and fully endorsed the stance taken by the Joint Resistance Leadership headed by Syed Ali Gillani, Mirwaiz Omar Farooq and Yasin Malik, adding that even pro-India parties like the National Conference and the People's Democratic Party as well as the BJP and the Congress in the occupied territory, reportedly, are also opposed to this move.
He went on to say that the Occupier's brutal repression against unarmed non-combatant civilians in IOK has already claimed 500,000 lives. By attempting to change the demography of the occupied part of the State, India would be setting Kashmir on fire and triggering yet another intense phase of freedom movement for self-determination.
"Over the past 70 years, the Kashmiris have been brutalized but they are not fatigued or tired. Reaction to the changes in demographic composition in Kashmir could set ablaze the IOK, India and South Asia. Such attempts add fuel to the fire", he told the press.
The President denounced unprovoked ceasefire violations across the Line of Control. He said that recent shelling has left behind a trail of death and destruction, adding that in addition to its scorched-earth policy inside IOK, India has targeted civilians across the LoC in Danna, Dudnial, Jura, Leepa, Shardha, Shahkot and other sectors killing 04 and injuring 40 including women and children. "They haven't spared houses, crops and livestock", he said and paid tribute to the Armed Forces of Pakistan for valiantly defending the State.
India, said the President, continues to raise tensions along the LoC so as to divert international attention from the crimes being committed by it in IOK and hide its moves aimed at demographic transformation in IOK.
This year, he said, has been deadly for IOK where more than 300 people have been gunned down while across the LOC India has committed 1824 ceasefire violations resulting in a heavy toll of 17 martyrs and 105 injured. Last year, we lost 58 civilians and 319 were injured as a direct result of 3038 ceasefire violations.
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Super GT teams reveal liveries for DTM wildcards
SUPER GT manufacturers Honda, Nissan and Lexus have revealed the liveries their GT500 cars will sport when they enter the DTM finale at Hockenheim as wildcards.
The trio of Japanese manufacturers have each nominated one car for the race, each inevitably going with their most successful car/team combination in recent years.
Jenson Button's Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT will run with largely the same livery with which he won the 2018 title with Naoki Yamamoto, albeit with more prominent ZF branding.
NISMO likewise has stuck with its classic all-red colour scheme for the #35 Nissan GT-R to be raced by Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda.
There are also few visual changes to the #37 TOM'S Lexus LC500, although it notably doesn't carry any branding from Red Bull, whose Japanese arm backs the team's drivers Nick Cassidy and Ryo Hirakawa.
All three cars will feature yellow patches on each side of the bumper to carry DTM's mandatory Deutsche Post branding.
Among other changes, all logos from SUPER GT-affiliated tyre manufacturers Bridgestone and Michelin will be replaced by Hankook, which will supply tyres to the entire field.
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In a Ted Talk, Gever Tulley, used a very interesting terms when teaching to children : "Knowledgeability".
The definition of this term is simple : Knowing that we can know.
That correspond exactly to how I define a teacher in the knowledge diagram.
The teacher makes someone knowing that he does not know, and the trainer makes someone knowing what he knows he does not know. We can't forget the teacher said, because it is rooted in our subconscious, but we can forget what the trainer said if we don't practice enough.
Knowledgeability is a really good terms, I don't think the speaker said it on purpose though.


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