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A certain kind of politician is becoming a dwindling breed. I'm not thinking of the over-praised and frequently eulogized centrist, the kind who spends a career watering things down and gets lionized for having done so. I mean the bold, politically courageous people who make real the cliché, "Speak truth to power." The ones who are, perhaps, a little too righteous, who don't compromise easily, but who prove again and again a tendency to be correct. They are the ones who are harder to dismiss, no matter how much the pundits or corporate media try. They insert themselves into the national conversation, pushing their ideas and their vision into the debate.
Dennis Kucinich is one of those politicians. At least, he was. Last week, thanks in large part to Republican gerrymandering, he lost his bid for reelection. In his loss, the country loses something too. Whatever your view of Kucinich's politics or style, he mattered a great deal.
Kucinich was never afraid to take the positions that should have been at the core of the Democratic party. He opposed the Patriot Act when few brave Democrats would join him. He was opposed to the Iraq war from the outset, whipping his colleagues against it, with the result that three-fifths of House Democrats voted against that immoral, illegal invasion. Once it began, he called on Congress to defund it, when few in his party were willing to go along. Despite almost no political support, he introduced articles of impeachment against Vice President Cheney, accusing him (rightly, I believe) of lying to the American people to get us into the war in Iraq.
He railed against the expansion and abuse of executive authority, during both Bush's and Obama's terms. He called for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in America, modeled after those in South Africa, to shed light on the politicization of 9/11. He called forcefully for an end to hostilities in Gaza, deploring the killing of innocent civilians by Israeli soldiers. He warned, as he still warns, of fear-mongering that would lead to another war of choice, this one with Iran.
Kucinich is the co-author, with Rep. John Conyers, of the single-payer health care for all bill. He served as the third chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, an organization now headed by Rep. Raul Grijalva and Rep. Keith Ellison, which serves as progressives' first point of leverage inside the D.C. Beltway. And he stood unwaveringly for economic justice, on the side of labor unions, on the side of fair trade, on the side of all who believed that a battle against economic inequality was the war worth waging.
Even before redistricting, taking such positions put him at great political risk. As progressive political strategist Steve Cobble noted in The Nation in 2008, "No one else who shares most of Kucinich's positions — even those who are much less outspoken than he is — also has a district like his. He's not from Berkeley or Madison. He doesn't have a huge, liberal base constituency. Dennis Kucinich is consistently braver than his district would suggest he should be."
Kucinich was a frequent contributor to The Nation, and his political courage was often written about in its pages by people like Studs Terkel, Gore Vidal and our political correspondent John Nichols. I wrote about him many times myself, once in particular to defend him against a classic example of inside-the-beltway policing of the debate, when he was ridiculed by The Post's Dana Milbank for supporting Cheney's impeachment.
I have not always agreed with Kucinich's views or his tactics. But I have great respect for the courage he has displayed, and how hard he tried to move the conversation in Washington back toward the left. We lose something big and meaningful when outspoken progressives like Kucinich or Russ Feingold or Barney Frank no longer hold public office. We lose the counterbalance that we need against the powerful forces that have gathered on behalf of the 1 percent.
The truth is, members of Congress like Kucinich cannot just be replaced by those who quietly vote the same way. It's not just the numbers, but the principled, outspoken debate that stakes out the progressive positions, and thus helps define the true national center. Dennis Kucinich believes in the power of progressive ideas and ideals, and did his best to force the media to pay attention to them. That's what made him important to us. That's what made him matter more than the average congressman. Indeed, more than most.


text: Fifty years ago, there were five workers for every retiree; today the ratio is less than three to one - yet productivity is more than 2.5 times as high as it was fifty years ago [REUTERS]Washington, DC - There is a renewed drum beat in the media about the coming crisis in both the United States and elsewhere of an ageing population. The story goes that we will have too few workers to support a growing population of retirees - scary stuff. While this is probably good grist for the Washington cocktail party circuit, it is not the kind of thing that normal people need take seriously. The idea that we should be troubled by the prospect of a stagnant or declining population is almost laughable. This is like an overweight person being worried over the fact that they have lost 20 pounds. Under most circumstances this is good news. At the most basic level, the demography gang is trying to tell us that we are running out of workers. Really? Is that the problem we see in the United States with our 8.2 per cent unemployment, in France with 10.0 per cent unemployment, or in Spain with an unemployment rate of more than 24.0 per cent? Regardless of where we look, the problem is too many workers for too few jobs. If many of these workers suddenly chose to retire, what exactly would be the problem? In principle we should expect this downturn to end at some point, although most major forecasts show the United States and other wealthy countries experiencing excessive unemployment throughout the decade. As long as the economy is suffering from a problem of high unemployment it is difficult to see how the high ratio of retirees to workers is posing a problem. Supposing that we do get to a point where economies are again at full employment, it's still difficult to see why a shortage of workers will pose a serious problem. The 130 million jobs in the US economy carry varying degrees of importance. Some, like nurses, teachers and firefighters, are very important to the economy and society. Others, like the midnight shift at a convenience store, are considerably less important. If we get to a situation in which labour is in high demand, then the wages of nurses, teachers, and firefighters will rise relative to the wages of people working the midnight shift at convenience stores. The result will be that convenience stores may not be able to find workers for the midnight shift and therefore may have to close down from midnight until 5 AM. There are in fact tens of millions of jobs like the midnight shift in the convenience store. If we get a tight labour market then we might see hotels that only clean guest rooms every other day. We may see more cafeterias and less sit-down restaurants. Fewer clerks would be available to provide service in department stores. Cabs will become harder to find in major cities. Fewer hotels and restaurants would offer valet parking. Are you scared yet? This is what happens as an economy grows. Workers move from less productive jobs to more productive jobs. This is the reason that we have relatively few people employed in agriculture. Workers are more productive in manufacturing or the service sector, so they left the agricultural sector. China's ageing population As workers' productivity increases they can easily support a large population of retirees. Fifty years ago there were five workers for every retiree; today the ratio is less than three to one. Yet on average we enjoy far higher living standards today than we did fifty years ago. This is due to the fact that productivity is more than 2.5 times as high as it was fifty years ago. This is likely to be the same story going forward. That is why there is no reason that we should be scared by the prospect that the ratio of workers to retirees is projected to continue to decline. If productivity grows at a normal pace we will able to have a lower ratio of workers to retirees and still see a rise in living standards for both workers and retirees. It is especially entertaining to hear the claim about a demographic crisis in China. China has been seeing productivity growth of close to 8.0 per cent a year as workers leave relatively unproductive work in agriculture and take up much more productive employment in industry. At this rate, productivity is doubling every 9 years or so, meaning that over a generation an average worker's output will have increased fourfold. This means that even if there is a sharp fall in the ratio of workers to retirees in China, both will still be able to enjoy much higher standards of living than the preceding generation. The other part of this story is that the only practical way to prevent the ageing of the population would be to have more children. This would impose an enormous burden on the infrastructure and natural resources, especially given the problem of global warming. Insofar as the ageing of the population is associated with less crowding, we will be seeing gains that for the most part will not be picked up in standard economic measures: such as less crowded transportation, fewer traffic jams, easier access to sites like beaches and riverfronts. In short, the ageing of the US and world populations should be viewed as overwhelmingly positive. There is no reason to fear that it will impoverish either our parents or our children. Dean Baker is an American macroeconomist and co-founder if the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Follow him on Twitter: @DeanBaker13 SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dean BakerDean Baker is a US macroeconomist and co-founder of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research. @ DeanBaker13 Business & Economy US & Canada China France Spain

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Supplier Quality Management System II (SQMS II) is the next generation of a collaborative Supplier/IBM tool to collect, measure, and manage quality data and metrics for purchased commodities. Direct supplier and IBM manufacturing input of data combined with flexible, dynamic chart generation minimizes the manual effort in summarizing the data. The use of the Internet and the security of Websphere / DB2 are combined to allow the supplier to directly see their product's performance inside IBM's manufacturing lines, and the trend charts and reports that SQMS II generates. The use of this across multiple divisions and commodities in IBM has resulted in more consistent requirements to suppliers and IBM manufacturing sites, as well as a standard data summary tool for quality groups in IBM. Flexible data input formats, multiple target sets, and supplemental data attachments enhance the tool to serve as the cornerstone in any commodity quality system.
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Foster + Partners just announced that they have won a competition to design the new Ourense high-speed rail station in Galicia, Spain. The design incorporates transportation infrastructure with a new urban park that will serve as an important public green space while creating new pedestrian links across the city. The main concourse will be placed above the existing rail lines and covered with a series of translucent arched canopies that allow natural daylight to soak through. Airy, open and light, the new rail station seeks to improve transport in and out of the city while making the area more pedestrian-friendly.
Foster + Partners won the international design competition along with the help of engineers, G.O.C. and Cabanelas Castelo Architects with their proposal. The station itself will bridge the existing rail line and will add a bus station and a parking area below. Designed to be discreet and transparent, Ourense AVE Station will blend into the landscape becoming an important, yet unobtrusive structure that gives more weight to the surrounding natural environment and the mountains beyond. Daylighting plays a major role in the station's characteristics and light filters through the concourse's lightweight roof canopies. The underside of the canopy is reflective and bounces light back down onto the platform, while glazed linear openings in between them pull in even more light.
As part of the design, Ourense Station is complemented by a large new public park to the southeast of the concourse. Pools of water and a formal network of pedestrian walkways, which echo the orientation of the tracks, provide a much-needed urban public space. The park increases pedestrian links across the city and the tracks connecting the streets of Barrio del Puente to Barrio Veintiuno. Nigel Dancey, senior partner at Foster + Partners comments, "We are delighted to have been selected for our integrated design, which brings together high-speed rail and bus stations with a major new public space for the city. We look forward to working with ADIF and the City of Ourense as the project develops."
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A 385-metre-high viewpoint offering clear views of Pico Sacro, Lavacolla Airport, different parishes in Touro and the nearby Farelo, Candán and Barbanza mountain ranges. At the top, there is an oval-shaped "castro" (Celtic settlement) made up of an enclosure defined by an embankment and an entrance terrace in the north part.
In the past, the summit of Monte San Sebastián housed the chapel of San Sebastián, which is not located at the foot of the mountain, where the "Romaría do Coto de Loxo" festivity is held every first Sunday in July.
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June 23, 2016, 6:36 pm
The Grizzlies selected Vanderbilt point guard Wade Baldwin with the 17th pick in the 2016 draft.
Baldwin could have easily gone to the Kings at No. 13 and the Grizzlies are equally needy at the point guard position. Mike Conley might not want to stick around for a rebuild and either way they needed a backup, which is a safer projection for Baldwin. He hit 40 percent of his threes last season and got the line nearly six times per game, hitting 80 percent from the stripe. Those are the makings of a nice fantasy game but his ability to shoot a good percentage from the field is in question. He's not a huge steals and blocks guy and he doesn't project to be a big-time playmaker, so he probably has a late-round ceiling in most reasonable scenarios.
Fantasy News
July 15, 2019, 1:48 pmVincent PoirierC, Boston Celtics
The Celtics have announced the signing of Vincent Poirier.
Poirier joins the Celtics after six professional seasons in Europe and is believed to be on a two-year deal. Last season he averaged 10.5 points (61.6 percent shooting), 7.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.0 blocked shots in 73 games between EuroLeague and Liga ACB competition. Poirier figures to be battling Daniel Theis and Robert Williams for playing time behind Enes Kanter and doesn't have much fantasy appeal.
Source: Boston Celtics
July 15, 2019, 1:43 pmBen SimmonsPG, Philadelphia Sixers
Ben Simmons has agreed to a five-year, $170 max contract extension with the Sixers.
The Sixers reportedly offered up the deal a couple weeks ago and the sides have been ironing out the details since. It's not surprising that things resolved quickly, and Philly wasted no time in giving Simmons huge money. He's a jump shot away from being truly elite. For fantasy purposes, until we see Simmons either hit some threes or improve his free throw shooting, he remains a prime over-draft candidate. The stat set holes are simply too impactful to select the talented young guard before the third round.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
July 15, 2019, 1:34 pmWilliam HowardF, Utah Jazz
The Jazz have a verbal agreement to sign French forward William Howard, per Eric Walden of The Salt Lake Tribune.
Howard is a 25-year-old from Montbrison, France who spent the last two seasons with Limoges in France's LNB Pro A. He averaged 9.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.4 threes per game, shooting .411 from the field in 24.9 mpg. While last season saw Howard post career-low marks from deep, he is a .364 3-point shooter across five seasons in the LNB Pro A. It's unlikely that Howard plays much for the Jazz this season.
Source: Eric Walden on Twitter
July 15, 2019, 1:27 pmWesley MatthewsSG, Milwaukee Bucks
Michael Scotto of The Athletic is reporting that Wesley Matthews' deal with the Bucks is for two years and $5.3 million, with a player option on the second season.
Matthews was initially reported to be heading to Milwaukee on a one-year deal for the minimum, and that may still essentially be the case given the likelihood that Matthews opts out if he has a strong season. Either way, it's a nice piece of business for the Bucks, who get a 3-and-D wing player at a very affordable price. Matthews is shaping up as a low-end source of threes and steals, as he typically does.
Source: Michael Scotto on Twitter
July 15, 2019, 1:23 pmAndre IguodalaSF, Memphis Grizzlies
Shams Charania is reporting that the Clippers and the Rockets are the two teams still "strongly pursuing" Andre Iguodala in trade talks.
Charania adds that the Mavs and the Nuggets have also engaged Memphis but those discussions never gained much traction. The Rockets are hesitant to increase their tax bill while the Clippers don't want to part with Moe Harkless, who is the only player on the roster that represents a salary match. If either of these two teams wants to execute a trade, it looks like it will require another team.
Source: Stadium on Twitter
July 15, 2019, 12:43 pmAlize JohnsonPF, Indiana Pacers
The second-year option for Alize Johnson has been fully guaranteed.
Johnson, who put up an excellent performance at Summer League, will make $1.4 million this season. He is unlikely to play much but the Pacers have been consistent in their view that he is a player worth developing over the long-term.
Source: Indianapolis Star
July 15, 2019, 12:19 pmJR SmithSG, Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavs are expected to waive J.R. Smith on Monday if no last-minute trade emerges, per Joe Vardon of The Athletic.
It would be shocking if someone went out and traded for Smith, who will be guaranteed $4 million of his $15 million salary. The Lakers have already been mentioned as a potential landing spot, and Smith doesn't figure to have a ton of teams eager to sign him after the way last season went off the rails.
Source: Joe Vardon on Twitter
July 15, 2019, 12:13 pmDuncan RobinsonF, Miami Heat
The Heat will be picking up Duncan Robinson's $1 million guarantee for the upcoming season.
Robinson played well throughout Summer League and will now officially be on the roster. He only appeared in 15 games last season, and although he's showed some promise Robinson will likely need another trade to go down to open up a serious shot at playing time.
Source: Tim Reynolds on Twitter
July 15, 2019, 12:09 pmHenry EllensonPF, Brooklyn Nets
Henry Ellenson has signed a two-way contract with the Nets.
Ellenson left the Knicks in Summer League due to personal reasons, but the former lottery pick has resurfaced with the other New York team. He'll give the Nets someone who can provide stretch four play in a pinch, but odds are he'll spend most of his time in the G-League. Time is running out for Ellenson to establish himself as an NBA player.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
July 15, 2019, 2:08 amAnthony DavisPF, Los Angeles Lakers
Anthony Davis has decided not to participate in Team USA training camp and has withdrawn from FIBA World Cup consideration.
Davis has chosen to spend his offseason preparing for what he hopes is a championship run with the Lakers this season. AD is still a go for the 2020 Olympics and he'll be at training camp to support his teammates, but he won't be on the court with them. At least he's well-versed in that move from his days with the Pelicans.
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This was the birthday cake I made for myself last week.
I was planning to make a mousse cake with honeydew melon, coconut & pineapple.
But I didn't have time to get all the ingredients so I changed my plan at the last minute.
I flipped through piles of cookbooks cosily on the sofa.
I can't find the combo I like so I took a few recipes from Le Goût Authentique Retrouvé by Hidemi Sugino & that's how I got to this cake.
"Passion" has 4 layers: genoise, passionfruit creme, mango mousse & lemon cream cheese mousse.
The recipes I took from the book are passionfruit creme & cream cheese mousse.
There're less gelatine in Hidemi's recipes for a smoother & lighter texture.
The cake is light & fragrant with fragrant mango mousse, refreshing lemon cream cheese mousse & exotic passionfruit creme layer.
For the decoration, I simply used white chocolate shards & tied with a red ribbon for a festive look.
Recipe adapted from Le Goût Authentique Retrouvé by Hidemi Sugino


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Fred Lin is a creative artist from Singapore.
Since 2007, he has lived in the bustling and rapidly growing metropolis of Shanghai.
Creative and curious at heart. Fred's curiosity had often led him to question how things were created or achieved. Paired with a creative resolve, these virtues have led him to learn a variety of skills and in turn, created a multitude of works - from published recording albums to e-commerce platforms, from initial design sketches to the final semi-colon of code.
Fred embarked on his journey in Shanghai to become a sought-after web designer and front-end developer after leaving his Music Production job in 2008, giving up his adolescent dream of becoming a pop star.
Since then, Fred has taken on various roles encompassing various diverse fields of interests.
Fred Lin's eye for design has empowered him to become a well regarded graphic designer and a highly sought after user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) specialist.
Fred Lin had single-handedly designed the user interfaces (UI) for digital advertising firm, Avazu Inc's many end-user advertising platforms. In 2014, Fred revitalised the entire corporate identity of Avazu Inc with his new position as Head of Creative.
Fred Lin has designed and built over 50 websites, and in his earlier days, countless banners and promotional materials both print and screen for clients in Shanghai as well as globally.
In addition to his appointment as Head of Creative at Avazu Inc, Fred Lin currently runs FLINT Creative, his own digital creative agency in Shanghai.
One of Fred Lin's earliest projects in Shanghai was designing and developing the front-end code for nightlife social network, City Moments.
Since then, Fred Lin has grown exponentially in his thirst for knowledge to become an all rounded web designer and developer, mastering the nuances of web design and fronted development, while attaining a solid grasp of backend development with PHP.
The learning never stops, and keeps growing as technology advances;
Transitioning from table-websites to Flash Websites to Semantic HTML/CSS to Responsive Web Design.
From online booking systems to self sustaining e-commerce platforms.
CSS3, SASS, jQuery, Wordpress, Codeigniter, Laravel, Gulp, Node.js, RWD, the list of technologies go on.
Growing up with 2 cantonese parents in Singapore has made Fred a natural foodie.
Starting out in Shanghai with very little income had spured him to learn to cook, initially only to survive.
Over time, Fred realised his newfound joy of cooking. Together with inspiration and motivation from chef Gordon Ramsays' online videos and a rapidly growing foodie trend and awareness around the world, Fred started attaining a huge interest in cooking and the finer points of food. Till this day, Fred is constantly reading on the latest food and restaurant developments around the world, trying out and comparing new and famous restaurants, experimenting new recipes in the kitchen while whipping up familiar ones for dinner parties.
In 2013, he started his food blog, The Shanghai Kid, aimed at sharing his eating experiences - mostly in Shanghai.
Fred hopes to become an respected food consultant and a successful restauranteer some day.
Fred Lin was once an accomplished musician, having published piano albums under Warner Music Singapore. He plays the violin, piano and guitar, and is well versed in all aspects of music production, particularly music arranging.
Fred started violin lessons for over 7 years from a tender age, and subsequently taught himself to play the piano using his brother's piano at home from 13 years old.
Being an avid vocalist from an early age, Fred was the youngest member of his church's adult choir in his early teens. He later studied Speech Level Singing (the singing method that Michael Jackson practised) under Daniel Singh. Eventually, Fred started composing his own songs, drawing heavy influence from the pop icons of the 90s both in the western and asian cultures.
Fred Lin began his professional music career composing musicals in Singapore. His passion led him to self learn many of the mechanics of music production from books, magazines and countless hours of trial and error; From composing a tune, to writing the lyrics, arranging the music, mixing, mastering, recording. Fred has worked with and helped many similar aspiring music enthusiasts; Some of them are masters of their fields in the music industry today.
Listen to some of Fred Lin's works from the player below. For his full range of works and discography, visit http://music.fred-lin.com
Fred's first serious encounters with photography began when he left Singapore. Initially only to document his travels, Fred had since progressed from a compact zoom camera to his trusty Olympus EM-5 with a multitude of lenses.
His favourite subjects of photography are travel, street, landscape and food photography.
The highlights of his photographic journey were his vacation in Bali and Honeymoon in Hawai'i.
While he cannot claim to be an expert, photography remains as one of Fred's strongest interests as it allows him to freeze a beautiful moment/object in time, and treasure it forever.
Fred continues to read and learn new ways of becoming a better photographer.
Fred started FLINT Creative, a digital creative agency in Shanghai, in fall 2013.
Handling all aspects of managing a company, from finances to human resource, to the actual creative work and servicing.
His goal was to cultivate a team of like minded talents, while providing a greater, more complete creative service for his global clientele.
In December 2014, Fred fulfilled one of his wishes -- opening a restaurant of his own, together with his wife: Hello Miss Dong. Showcasing Singaporean dishes passed down to him by his mother, as well as personal creations, the restaurant quickly grew in popularity for great food and heartfelt service, despite the spacial constraints of a small shop-space. Fred literally conceptualized and created the entire restaurant, from the interior design, to the menu planning, graphic design, branding, concept and strategy, recipes and kitchen processes.
Fred is currently learning new skills, venturing into the mobile application field to challenge himself. Stay tuned for more products and ideas.


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• The Schedule
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
UCSB Gauchos at UC Irvine Anteaters
at UCI's Anteater Stadium
Live Stats available at UCSBgauchos.com
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.
UCSB Gauchos vs. Cal State Northridge Matadors
at CSUN's Matador Soccer Field
Live Stats available at UCSBgauchos.com
• Plenty Of Tickets Available
UCSB will return home mfor two of its final four games. On Oct. 16, the Gauchos host UC Riverside in a game that will kickoff at 5:00 p.m. and on Oct. 28, they host Cal Poly in a 7:00 p.m. contest. Tickets to all UCSB home soccer games, as well Gaucho basketball season tickets, are available from the Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus, by calling 805-893-UCSB or online by clicking here.
• The Gaucho Record
UCSB enters its Friday night Big West game at UC Irvine with an overall record of 5-7-2 and a Big West record of 0-2. The Gauchos dropped their first two Big West games last weekend, losing to Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton by identical 2-1 scores in overtime.
• This Week
UCSB will try to get back on track this weekend when it travels to 24th-ranked UC Irvine and Cal State Northridge. The Anteaters are the defending Big West regular season champion and went to the Sweet 16 in 2010.
• Not A Memory They Wanted To Relive
The Gauchos entered the opening weekend of the Big West schedule with a three-game unbeaten streak, their longest since opening the 2010 campaign with a 3-0 record. UCSB completed its first weekend of league play with a collective broken heart. On Friday night, the Gauchos battled Long Beach State to a 1-1 tie through regulation, but less than a minute into the first overtime period, a handball in the box resulted in a successful penalty kick for the 49ers. Less than 48 hours later, Santa Barbara scored a goal late to take a 1-0 lead over Cal State Fullerton only to see the Titans tie the score in the 89th-minute, sending the game to overtime. In the overtime, history repeated itself. Just three minutes in, UCSB was whistled for a, you guessed it, a handball in the box, resulting in a successful Titan penalty kick.
• Injury Bug Bites Hard...Again
Last week, sophomore midfielder Erica Shelton was named Big West Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career. On Friday, when her teammates took the field to play Long Beach State, she was in a knee brace with a season-ending knee injury. She went to the sideline tied for second on the team with two goals and tied for the team-lead with two assists. In addition to Shelton, UCSB has lost senior midfielder Cory Yoshida for the season, also to a knee injury. While Yoshida had just one goal on the year, she was generally considered one of the team's most integral midfielder.
• One Is The Loneliest Number
The Gauchos have a thing for one-goal games. UCSB has scored exactly one goal in each of its last five games, six of the last seven and nine times in 14 overall. The Gauchos scored a season-high three goals one time, a Sept. 2 win over Fresno State, but they have not scored two in a game and they have been shutout three times. In all, they have scored 14 goals in 14 games.
• Home, Not So Sweet Home
UCSB has struggled at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium in 2011. While the Gauchos have a respectable 3-1-2 record in games away from home, they have gone 2-6-0 in home games. Of the six losses, five have come by one goal and three came against nationally-ranked opponents. Taking the whole one-goal margins even further, both of Santa Barbara's home wins have come by one-goal as well.
• Oh, Henry!
Sophomore goalkeeper Makenna Henry did her part to keep UCSB in its games last weekend. She had three saves in the overtime loss to Long Beach and six in the OT defeat to Cal State Fullerton. She allowed just a pair of goals in the run of play, the other two coming on penalty kicks, and she was outstanding coming off her line and defending on corner kicks. Henry has played every minute of every match for the Gauchos this season. She enters the week with 1.31 goals against average and 40 saves.
• On The Stumpf
Paul Stumpf is in his 13th season as the head coach at UC Santa Barbara. He has a record of 121-102-31. His 121 wins are the most in school history. On Sept. 9, 2009 he became the school's all-time leader in coaching with as the Gauchos defeated William and Mary, 2-0. Stumpf has guided UCSB to two of the last three NCAA Tournaments. Prior to 2008, the Gauchos had not been to the tourney since 1991. 2008 also marked the fifth time that Stumpf has guided the Gauchos to at least 10 wins. He has led the program to records of .500 or better in eight of the last 12 seasons, including, at one point, four straight seasons of 10 or more victories, the first time the program had accomplished that feat since 1988-91. In 1999, Stumpf's first season as the head coach at UCSB, he took a team that was picked to finish last in the conference, and instead posted an 8-9-1 overall record and a 5-4 mark in the Big West. Following the season, he was chosen as the Big West's Coach of the Year. On two occasions, Stumpf's UCSB teams have won the Big West regular season title.


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Chris Lyal and Conrad Gillett last left us as they were returning to Beijing after a fortnight of weevil collecting in southern Yunnan. The final part of their blog details the last few days of their trip during which they were hosted by colleagues of the Institute of Zoology (IoZ) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing.
"After our collecting in tropical Yunnan, we arrived to a Beijing where spring had clearly sprung compared to the wintery scene we had left behind two weeks previously. The campus of the Academy of Sciences now looked decidedly green and flowery. We arrived in the evening and were quite tired from the journey and just wanted to get a good night's rest before a day in the collection the following day. We checked ourselves into the on-campus guesthouse, and managed to communicate with the lady at reception through her ingenious use of an online translation website - isn't technology sometimes wonderful!
After a good rest, the following morning we met up again with some of the entomologists at the Institute of Zoology. We were very hospitably looked after by Prof. Runzhi Zhang who is the principal investigator in the Group of Identification & Management of Invasive Alien Species. His colleagues Ren Li and Zhilian Zhang were also of great assistance during our stay.
The first thing to do was to sort, store and pack the weevils we had collected over the last two weeks. It is always interesting looking over the specimens again, as inevitably by the time a collecting trip is over, one has a faded memory of some of the early captures! The specimens were moved into fresh ethanol and all were carefully labelled and packed for the voyage home. We had a go at identifying some of the specimens, the Molytinae in particular, through comparison with preserved specimens in the IoZ collections, although with the limited amount of time we had, this proved a little frustrating and we ended up discovering a whole hoard of additional unidentified weevils as a result of our attempts! Chris's bright idea of "a short paper covering the Mecysolobini of China since we caught a fair number and there are only 8 species here" was slightly dented by his discovery of 40 distinct unidentified species in the collections. The taxonomist's work is never done!"
Chris boards our flight back to Beijing at Kunming airport, after the small debacle with his cabin bag detailed in part 2 of this blog!
The Institute of Zoology in Beijing - as can be seen, it is a very extensive and modern facility
Conrad and Chris sorting, labelling and packing specimens
" The IoZ collections are housed in very good conditions, in a climate-controlled modern room. The specimens are arranged in wooden drawers kept in metal cabinets that are in compactor racks. It all seemed quite well organised. There was a large amount of interesting 'accessions' material which contained lots of weevils that had been identified to tribal level by Miguel Alonso-Zarazaga the previous year, and rather more that he had not managed to get to.
The modern collection facilities at the IoZ, with metal cabinets in compactor racking
Chris and Ren Li studying weevils form the accessions material in the collections
The wooden drawers are housed in the metal cabinets
Did our colleagues get a chance to see anything of Beijing during their visit?
"We decided to take part of our last weekend in China off, having been on the go continuously for more than two weeks. One sight that we were both keen to see was the Great Wall of China and on Saturday morning we were very kindly taken there by three of the students in the department who were excellent guides (and translators!). We really would have struggled to make it there on our own as we were not keen on joining a big tourist guided tour. We were able to travel to a section of wall that remains mostly in its original state, which was preferable to the more easily reached sections that have been rebuilt. Our trip took place on a very misty Saturday, which whilst not being ideal for long uninterrupted views over the length of the wall's winding course, did impart somewhat of a mystical air to proceedings!
We eschewed the luxury of a cable car from the starting point to the Wall itself – had the mist been less we might have reconsidered this, but what turned out to be 1,400 steps later we made it to the top, and were able to explore more than two kilometres of the Wall itself .it must be said that after spending a few hours walking and climbing along the impressive structure (and then descending the 1,400 steps again) we were mostly pretty well spent! We both would like to thank Yang Ni, Zhang Jingjie and Xie Quanrong for a memorable visit to The Wall. And before you think to ask - yes we did find a beetle on The Wall (actually on Chris's back)- what a great data label that will have!"
Our lovely guides, left to right: Xie Quanrong, Zhang Jingjie, and Yang Ni who took us to and showed us around The Wall
Chris and Conrad on The Wall
"On the following day, Conrad decided to see a few more sights in Beijing, including Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. He eschewed the (cheap) taxis for a trip on the Beijing underground system which was very modern and efficient, in addition to being air conditioned and very easy to navigate for a non-Chinese speaker/reader - and all this for 20p per journey! For the equivalent of the London underground tube ticket prices, Conrad could probably have travelled by private helicopter around the city!"
"The Forbidden City, the former palaces of the Chinese Emperors, was a stupendous sight - it is absolutely enormous, seemingly expanding wider the further you walk through it! Even after more than two hours , Conrad did not reach the end before having to turn back to head to the final stop on his self-made tour. This was to be the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution as he has a penchant for the 'taxonomy' of military aircraft, and was pleased to be able to see some cold war era hardware, including a good number of fighter jets now peacefully gathering dust in their final resting places.
One entrance to the Forbidden City at Tiananmen Square - somewhat overshadowed by the acrobatic antics of the chap behind me!
Inside the (no longer) Forbidden City
Shenyang J-6 fighter gathering dust at the Military Museum
After the weekend it was back to work in the collections for a couple of days before returning to England. Chris met with the director of the IoZ to discuss future possible collaboration with the museum and discovered that the director has links with the UK because he spent time at the University of East Anglia, where both Conrad and one of Chris' daughters also study/have studied!
Runzhi Zhang also showed us around a laboratory and quarantine facility just outside Beijing which is used for pest-control research. The labs were very modern and equipped with very similar or identical equipment to what we have back home and is especially well set up for molecular genetics work. We were impressed not only by the modern PCR machines, gel-imaging cameras and freezers, but also by the cute pipette-tip bin! The facilities also included a large number of greenhouses where quarantine of pest interceptions can be undertaken.
Chris and Runzhi Zhang inspect the molecular laboratory in the pest and quarantine facility we visited - the cute pipette-tip bin is a nice touch!
"The Institute of Zoology has its very own Natural History Museum and we were able to make a short visit towards the end of our stay. The public galleries contained many well presented and labelled specimens and were very well maintained - it was impressive to see quite so many biological samples on show, mostly exhibiting the Chinese fauna. Insects were very well represented with a separate section for butterflies and one for beetles too - that is not common these days! Over the entrance to the beetle displays, a mammoth-sized bronze rhino beetle (Allomyrina dichotoma) was placed to welcome the visitor. Chris was particularly taken with the display of Zoraptera – possibly the only one in the World - which comprised a two-millimetre specimen inside a plastic vial positioned centrally in a large and otherwise empty case. Once inside, representatives of many beetle families were found in the wall-mounted displays, all neatly mounted and labelled.
However, even for both of us with decades-worth of beetle obsession behind us , it can hardly be denied that the most exciting, entertaining and bewildering exhibition was that in one of the temporary galleries. This gallery was presently in use housing the entries for an amateur taxidermy competition. That is something that you will not see every day! Although of course taxidermy has played an undeniably important role in natural history museum collections. The entries were remarkable and ranged from those portraying, in almost life-like realism, re-enactments of nature (with a definite bias towards fierce predators mauling their prey) to those that simply defy explanation, representing animals in decidedly unnatural poses, situations and even attire!"
The Institute of Zoology's very own Natural History Museum
A giant rhinoceros beetle guarding over the beetle collection!
A display on insect collecting, complete with net, collecting tubes, pitfall cups, setting boards and other entomological paraphernalia
A highly dramatic and realistic taxidermy display of wolves hunting an ibex
An equally dramatic but not-so realistic entry in the taxidermy competition. Readers who are able to explain anything in this picture are urged to write in
"Before we returned to England, we were to experience one last culinary delight courtesy of our ever-charming colleague Ren Li, who very kindly took us out to lunch on our last day in Beijing to experience a gastronomic speciality of Hubei province: donkey. We were taken to a restaurant that specialised in equine epicurean delights such as donkey-skin soup, donkey kebabs (sort of) and donkey hot-pot! It was mostly very tasty but Conrad did struggle with the soup!
Ren Li at a table covered in donkey-based dishes - we thank her for her generous hospitality and for widening our horizons!
"And so, having added the last species to our 'eaten it' list, and packed our specimens for travel we bid farewell to all our friends at the IoZ and set off on our long journey home after experiencing a unique country and culture.
We would like to especially thank Runzhi Zhang, Ren Li, Zhilian Zhang as well as all the other people that helped us during our visit to China and without whom it would have been an impossibility. We now look forward to studying the specimens that we collected and hope that they will advance our knowledge of the systematics of that most diverse group of insects, the weevils.
Photographs by Conrad Gillett, Chris Lyal and Ren Li


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It seems hard to believe that a scant two months have elapsed since the Seattle Cyclocross series opened beneath in warm sunshine of a Pacific Northwest Indian Summer. Time's wingèd chariot flying on as it ever does, halcyon skies turned to gloom and dank, the mercury gradually slid from balmy to chilly, the rough and knotty ground became muddy and sloppy. Sic transit gloria aestatis…
The grand finale to the 2011 SCX series took place for the third year running at the Evergreen Fairgrounds in Monroe WA, home of the annual Snohomish county fair known as the Evergreen State Fair. Though featured in previous editions of the event, the moto racetrack and the animal barns played no role this year's proceedings. Since the dirtbike aficionados and their RV's weren't competing for space, the course designers were able to take over the whole of the north field and parking area to create a 99% tarmac-free event – the knobby wheels would roll through almost nothing but mud: grassy mud, sandy mud, lumpy mud, soupy mud, and a very few traces here and there of slightly dehydrated mud. The additional space allowed teams to mount their tents course-side, whose proximity to the startline became a prized amenity given the weather.
The course began on the flat field with a few tight turns leading into a long straightaway for the roadies before climbing into the upper meadow. Once there, the course snaked back and forth through some tight turns and fast corners before arriving at its exit point from the meadow: a steep plunge straight down the embankment. The descent curved around a tree and back up to an off-camber path along the hillside that led back to the main field through a swooping 180-degree turn. Racers then had to shoulder their bikes for a struggle up a second muddy embankment that called for deliberate foot placement and occasional hand support. And then it was on to stretches of frothy ankle-deep mud that demanded a light pedal and a fast churn. Riders emerged from the bog onto the course's single solitary and short stretch of pavement for a quick spurt to a double set of barriers, returning off-road as the course zigged and zagged through two paddocks on its way back to the main field and a short straight dash to the finish line.
The descent of the embankment figured as a decision point for most racers: should one risk mishap on the way down, only to be forced to dismount as a result traction failure on the following upbound segment, or was it better to dismount at the top of the precipice for a run down and back up? The miscalculations and conflicts, with their inevitable consequences, proved a source of hilarity and schadenfreude for the gathered spectators and bell-ringers.
A faint simulacrum of dawn had barely broken somewhere above the leaden skies when David, Andrew, and Alex gathered at the shop for the trek out to the Snohomish valley beneath a constant drizzle. Once again, Alex piloted the trusty Recycled Cycles Sprinter safely to its destination, and we obtained a prime location right by the start line.
It was a day for miseries and lots of dry extra clothing. The rain kept falling until the early afternoon, along with the temperature. It was a day for hard-core fanaticism and commitment to cyclocross (or perhaps to an institution). Rob showed up for the early race in the still-warm rain, cheered on by wife Amanda and young ones Charlotte and Thomas, who seemed unfazed by the weather, sure sign of a cx destiny.
His morning race done, Rob took over the controls of the grill, and the air was soon filled with the smell of beef on the barbie, thanks to our fabulous meat sponsor Bill the Butcher.
Arriving with Julie for the afternoon event, Beth found her vehicle unexpectely locked, a problem only because the key was of course located on the wrong side of the door. Drama was avoided in extremis when her husband evaded the highway patrol's vigilance to arrive with another key and moments to spare. But in the meantime, Jeff had secured new numbers to pin on borrowed jerseys, and both ladies were thus seen dressed in white well after Labor day.
In the meantime, Alex had taken off at noon with the other elite racers for a hour of fun in the mud. But he was to returned unexpectedly and all too soon to the tent, wearing a stoic grimace after a bruising encounter with the ground forced him to abandon his pursuit. Despite his misadventure, Alex showed a consistency through the season that yielded a ninth place in the series final standings.
The rain had slowed to a thin drizzle by 1:30pm, when the successive waves of single-speeders, the cat 3 45+ men, and the elite women fields started off. David had another fine outing with the single-speeders, with a ninth place on the day that put him in the fifth slot in the final standings. He was joined by Rob who started and finished his second event of the day, a man on a mission to secure the ten starts that will allow him to upgrade into a field where the sandbaggers go even faster but don't fall down quite so much.
Starting with the 45+ men, Andrew didn't fall down, but his knee warmer did. Forced to stop to remove it, he eventually wound up losing another sprint for a mid-pack placing to the same guy as last time.
Beth came roaring past Andrew on the upper meadow, and he had a front-row position to watch her spectacular tumble when some other old guy forced her off her line down the embankment. Fortunately nothing was hurt, not even dignity as that gets left behind with the jackets on the start line. Beth finished with an outstanding sixth place, and a fourth place in the final standings. Dispensing with knee-warmers despite the increasing chill, Julie rode to an excellent eight place on the day, finishing sixth for the series.
Finally, it was 2:30pm and Cat 3 men took the start of the final race of the 2011 SCX series, with RCR's 2 Nicks joined by Jeff and Liam. By this time, the beer tent had opened and the festivities were in full swing, fueled by quantities of Nieuw Belgie's fine brews. Thus we can only report seeing Nick A's focused expression as he came down the hill, followed by Nick B. Jeff looked happy to be there. And we noticed Liam making an unscheduled service stop at the pit. Published results would later indicate that Nick A obtained a very fine ninth place, and an outstanding eighth place on final gc, where he's followed by Nick B who hung on to his ninth on the final standings.
Liam made up for a disappointing day of mechanical challenges by scoring a pair of wheels in the post race raffle.
Andrew managed to spill half his second beer, which turned out to be inadvertently clever since he would occupy the driver's seat in the van for the drive back to Seattle. All too soon, the party was over, the tents were folded and loaded, and the van set out into the fading twilight for the journey back to Boat Street.
For many of us, the season has drawn to a close, and it's time to take up winter sports such as skiing or knitting; but a few races remain for those still jonesing on cx and willing to travel to the far north or the far south. We offer our thanks to our fantastic sponsors who help make this all possible: our long-time title sponsor Recycled Cycles and bicycle partner Raleigh Bikes; Schwalbe Tires gives us great tread, Bill the Butcher keeps us fed, and PowerBar gets us gelled.


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Afghan Treasures in Paris: Saved from the Taliban, But Not Quite Ready for America
An Interview with Jean-Francois Jarrige,
Globalizing Museums Oui, Museums for Rent Non .
HH: These days, museums are increasing their presence worldwide. Is it a good thing, do you think? Is it the same problem for a museum like yours, where most of the works are not of French origin?
JFJ: You are perfectly right, our problem is totally different. The Louvre, or the Orsay Museum, or the Jeu de Paume, are in very heavy demand in the world, because they are vectors of European culture. Countries that today are very prosperous had, historically, no opportunity or desire to collect European art. These Arab countries among others today remind me of Europe and the United States in the 19th Century who launched universal expositions and created museums for universal themes, like Islamic art, Asian art, and Near Eastern archeology.
I know a controversy is currently raging about these projects. I think that the Louvre of Abu Dhabi, to name but one, was a decision of our minister and the President of the Louvre, Henri Loyrette. I think they know what they are doing, and I will not criticize my fellow museum directors, and they do not criticize me.
I can say this: it is a good thing for other countries to feel the need to have universal museums. We at Guimet have associated ourselves with a Taiwanese project. In Taiwan we were consulted on how to create institutions that would transcend Chinese art by reaching out to neighboring art, from Southeast Asia, and I hope one day Western art as well. Of course, in those countries universal art is primarily contemporary art, beause it is easier to purchase contemporary art than a Madonna by Raphael or a half-dozen Caravaggios.
HH: So do you foresee a Taipei Guimet?
JFJ: In our case, Taipei is not interested in our Chinese collections as they have their own magnificent ones. Of course, there was a French report on the subject, the "Jouyet report" [Rapport de la Commission sur l'économie de l'immatériel 2006 - Report of the Commission on the Immaterial Economy], to explain how many works sleep in storage and that few are exposed. Quantitatively it is true, but qualitatively it is totally incorrect. In other words, at Guimet we have no masterpieces in storage, except for a few paintings and prints (estampes), things we expose by rotation. We can only expose fragile works a few weeks per year, and so we need to have several hundred of them. And of course in a museum you sometimes have a room filled with 10,000 silexes, no one will ever want to borrow them from you, except perhaps for an archeology exhibition and they'd take a dozen at most.
HH: Have we entered into an era of museums competing to spread their storage rooms beyond national borders? Is this going to give ideas to the Met, the British?
JFJ: All the better if it does, cultural competition is not a bad thing. When I was appointed 20 years ago to head the museum, the politicians were rejecting the word "museum" as completely passé, and they would say "the word musée is totally has-been". Thereupon the Grand Louvre operation came into being, and other big operations in France and abroad. And now, 20 years later, the situation has come full swing: back then French museums has 4 or 5 million visitors per year, now it's between 18 and 20 million. The regional museums have been renovated, and museums have become a goal in themselves: the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Guggenheim ... newspapers are reporting these events ceasely.
It is too easy to say today that this evolution is market-driven, commercial Museums used to be sleepy institutions. I think that this newfound importance of museums is a good thing. Works of art only exist through the eyes of the visitor. What matters, at least in France, is that museums remain research centers, if only because our exhibitions require the editing of catalogues, for which we use academics, outside scientists, etc. The level in France is satisfactory, as it is in the United States where the highest level curators are recruited. What one might have feared has not happened: we did not end up with cultural mediators in lieu of curators.
HH: Is there a danger of transforming artwork into commodities? That loans would go to the highest bidder or that if an institution on the outer reaches of the world would invite only the cheapest offers?
JFJ: All cases exist. Let's not condemn out of hand. That a museum from a country without means, with important collections threatened by water seapage, should send their collections abroad in exchange for a subsidy, that does not bother me. What would really bother me is a system of catalogue rental. I think that using the collections to gather funds is acceptable if it is correctly explained, as in Kabul where evey visitor gives one euro for the creation of a new museum. I would be skeptical if such a system were adopted for a rich museum. If you consider the collections of the Orsay Museum, or the Jeu de Paume, the Japanese are willing to stand in line for hours to see a Van Gogh, and the big media like NHK or the Asahi Shimbun are sponsoring the event, and they make money from it, so the museum should be able to ask for a percentage. After all expediting works is a heavy task.
The thing to prevent above all: the paying loan. For example, we organized an exhibition on Khmer Treasures in Washington for the National Gallery, but without a fee, not a centime did we earn because it was an important event with a purpose: promoting knowledge of Cambodia after that country's long torment. I am talking about a political purpose. But conversely, were the Met to ask us to pay for some important work of theirs we wished to exhibit, I would find this improper.
All this must be spelled out openly. What we must oppose is the rental of the art work. These pieces were given to us by major collectors, and we are the representatives of French tax payers, they do not belong to us, therefore we should not turn them into objects of crude negotiation.
The Web: High on Pixels, low on Euros
HH: Web sites are becoming necessary complements of museums, what are the functions of a site? Education? Practical information? Games? What's the best site in your opinion?
JFJ: I wouldn't know. Of course, a site has many functions. It is a practical tool for our local public, a public of habitués, who need references and information on what is going on. But it is also something else: we realize that millions of people will never come to Paris, I'm thinking of the Chinese. They can see the virtual artwork. What we have is a museum accessible worldwide. Everybody should know what's in the Guimet Museum, and what is our history and structure.
Morever, we've added games, to attract young people, to elicit impressions, and to encourage the children to influence their parents. The games are never pure amusement, they have to show things and explain those things. The puzzle is a good example. Of course, the Web also helps people see what's in the museum: the idea is to look things up on our site, then visit the museum. You do not really see when you stroll through a museum, so by going on the website beforehand, you really see what you already recognize. What you don't know you don't see, as in the 18th Century nobody knew because nobody saw gothic art.
At the same time, the website is a great instrument for researchers, because the collections are on-line. Take the Grandidier collection, for example: it's very innovative and I hope we do the same to other collections. Moreover, the site gives an outlet to those of us who make museums live. The main thing is to have a web director and a team and editorial committees, so the site doesn't get scattered.
HH: Your site cost you a mere 60,000 euros! How did you do it?
JFJ: Because we are one of the least budget hungry museums on the world. We put on a great many of our exhibitions with no budget. The staff is very small and motivated. The fact that we are few can be limiting at times, but we've noticed that when there are too many people, much activity is wasted in overlapping efforts. Involuntarily, of course.
And of course we're also very show-off, if we feel something wouldn't be excellent we wouldn't do it. That's why when we saw the demo for this new site, with the desired image definition, we committed ourselves. In 3 or 4 years we'll have to start all over again!
HH: Now that you have entire collections on-line, will this have an impact on the black market? If every known object is on-line, objects that aren't on-line are by elimination fishy. You're created a instant worldwide catalogue.
JFJ: There's looting, with airplanes entirely packed with objects. But I know the Pakistanis who say "it is the foreigners who are looting us". Well, there isn't a foreign mission involved in this, and on the other hand I could reveal the names of all the traffickers, say Mister Bagha in Islamabad, with his contacts, etc, and there's not one foreigner. Even though foreigners do purchase at the end of the process. A good comparison is drugs: condemning the user is one thing, but that doesn't mean the producers and traffickers who convey them are totally innocent. That would be like saying "it is the consumer who is to blame".
The fact that things go on-line is a good thing for better documentation, because there's a very sizeable market for counterfeit works. And the availability on-line of works can help someone who's sincerely interested in purchasing at an antique dealer's to look at the works on-line in the museums. He can look at objects from the Gandhara, compare what's at the Met, at the British, at the Guimet. He can train his eye.
Afghanistan, Rediscovered Treasures
After Paris, Afghanistan, Rediscovered Treasures will be on view at the Museo di Antichitŕ in Turin, Italy from 25 May 2007 to 23 September 2007.
Harold Hyman is a Franco-American journalist, based in Paris, specializing in foreign affairs and cultural diplomacy. He has worked for Radio France Internationale, Courrier International, and Radio Classique (news section), and now works for BFM TV. He last wrote on Days of Glory: Valor, Racism and the Ingratitude of the French Republic for Culturekiosque.com .
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It is always great to travel for the holidays; unfortunately it can also be a very expensive adventure. If you are one of the thousands of people traveling this holiday, it is best to plan ahead if you want to save some bucks while still getting the chance to experience an enjoyable holiday vacation.
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· Shop Around
Shopping around the web is a good practice if you really want to avail of discounted holiday fares. There are lots of travel agencies, booking sites and auction houses online that offer travel holiday package deals. You just have to make sure that you get the best one by comparing the rates being offered.
Lex Sokolin, director of the fintech strategy of Autonomous Research, talks to Sara Sixstein, editor of Business Insider, about the importance of cryptocurrency in our increasingly digital world. The following is a transcript of the video.
Sara Silverstein: So in general, why do things like bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have value? What is it about the blockchain that is going to change the world?
Lex Sokolin: So there are a number of different reasons. The simplest is supply and demand. if people believe that it has value, it will have value and more and more. But they have their own use.
Do not book for flights going a day before the holiday. Try to fly at least a week before the holiday to avail of cheaper tickets. Avoid booking for December 24 and December 31.
If you only have a few days of vacation, fly on the day itself. Tickets will be so cheap during those dates. The problem with these dates though is that sometimes flight are cancelled or delayed because of very few passengers.
· Try to Fly Out of Alternate Airports
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If you can avoid major airports, you can save money and save yourself from the hassles too. Less popular and smaller airports actually have access to smaller airlines too, the ones that offer cheaper airfares. Just be vigilant in your search and you will surely find that alternate airport that will suit you just fine.
Part I, covers the basic tricks of airfare travel. These are the more common tricks that you may or may not already know about. Part II, covers the better tricks of airfare travel.
alaska airlines These tricks are less common to the general public. Part III, covers the advanced secrets of airfare travel. These tricks are rarely known to the general public. Part IV, covers miscellaneous travel tips. These tips do not deal directly with airfare, but will helpful in saving your money when you are traveling. Part V, covers the top secrets to cheap airfare. These tricks are known by very few.
allegiant air airlines Travelers have to utilize these tricks to squeeze out some of the most amazing bargains on airfare travel.
British Airways
British Airways is a strong contender among the top class airlines in the world. Business travellers call their experience with British Airways as truly unique. Flat-lay reclining seats with elaborate entertainment systems and a big caveat are the major features. Choose from hundreds of movies and television shows and watch them on a 10 inch flat screen with noise reduction headphones. The business class menu includes delicacies from various cuisines and a wide array of wine and other spirits.
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When you are travelling business class with British Airways you can gain free access to beautiful private lounges and luxurious health spas. The British Airways departure lounges are designed elegantly and offer free Wi-Fi, comfortable seating, scrumptious meals and mind boggling range of soft drinks and spirits. Business class travel with British Airways spells luxury and sophistication in every bit of your journey.
Most travellers are on the lookout for cheap flight rates; be it for a short journey like Mumbai to Dubai flights or a long cross-continental trip. It is wise to reduce the expenses of travelling and spend more at the holiday destination. american airlines Building up an itinerary well in advance can help in a number of ways while looking for cheap flights. Charting out an early plan necessarily implies that travellers will be able to book tickets for airlines in advance. This is the time when airfare is the cheapest according to experts in the aviation industry. As the rush is comparatively less at this time, the reservation rates are also cheaper. Travellers who book at least 21 to 30 days prior to the date of journey have a good chance of getting a good deal.
Even if someone is going for a trip all by himself, there are numerous smart ways to reduce the cost of a tour. People can opt for flight plus hotel booking,
Staying Healthy At Sea which is a popular facility provided by travel websites. Instead of looking for accommodation facilities after reaching the destination, it is better to have a hotel room booked in advance. Furthermore, people can rent a car at the destination while booking the flight ticket itself to travel without any hassle between its locations. This service not only cuts down the expense, but also comes of great use when travelling to a city for the first time.
Many people are familiar with the bad publicity that can occur when an angry traveler takes to social media to complain about their poor experience with an airline.
search for cheap flights In fact, a simple search on any social network of any major airline carrier's name will produce a wide variety of consumer complaints being broadcast via the internet. These can be everything from written complaints to traveler's actual pictures and videos of the problem. While these reviews shouldn't be discredited, this may not be an accurate picture of what most passengers experience.
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Many air travelers wonder what exactly are the safest airlines to use when they travel. Here are the winners according to several criteria:
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Likely the most important criteria for a safe airline is the amount of fatalities the airline has over a period of recent years. This may be the best way to judge the record of maintenance but also of personnel, including pilots and engineers.
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Qantas is a name well known to those interested in airline safety. Based out of Sydney, Australia, Qantas safety rating has plummeted as of late, but still ranks fairly high among other airlines of the world in terms of overall safety.
It's interesting to note that many smaller carriers may have a safer reputation than larger carriers simply because of the vastly larger amount of flights that larger carriers have each day. Quite simply, the more flights, the more chance that something will go wrong.
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Most Secure Airline
El Al airlines, Israel's national airlines, is considered to be the world's most secure airline company. This is due to their tight security measures and protocols used to prevent terrorism and hijackings on their planes. Founded in 1948, El Al airlines has a fleet of over 30 planes. El Al has prevented and stopped numerous attacks on their airlines from terrorists and has also managed to stop hijackers. El Al scrutinizes and interviews every passenger prior to boarding. Also, plain clothes security officers as well as uniformed officers patrol the areas where passengers gather to board.
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Delta Airlines is a major United States airline and its main hub is at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. It has eight domestic hubs and three international hubs. Its aircraft are manufactured by Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. Delta operates 4,932 flights every day and operates flights to London Heathrow and Gatwick airport.
Delta Airlines — Delta Airline pet policy is that they accept pets in the cabin, in the checked baggage, and in the cargo compartment. There are restrictions as to what type of pet is allowed in the cabin. They are dogs, birds, hamsters, guinea pigs, ferrets, and cats. The animals that are prohibited include mice/rats, sugar gliders, spiders, pot-bellied pigs, frogs, or reptiles.
cheap aer lingus Delta Airlines boasts safety and comfort for the pet but do have some guidelines for the size, etc of the pets. The pet(s) must fit in a carry-on kennel that fits under the seat in front or the seat the passenger is sitting on. The pet will not be able to travel in the cabin if the flight is going to Hawaii. Lastly the pet must be at least 8 weeks old.
American Airlines — The American Airlines pet policy is that pets are accepted in the cabin and as checked baggage. No more that 7 pets can be booked on one flight in the cabin so it is important to advise the airline ahead of time of the transport of a pet. However, checked pets do not need a reservation. Cats and dogs are the limit of pets that are permitted on the American Airlines.
Flight tracker is the program used by business, consumers and consumer rights advocated to keep tabs on which airlines are the best performers and which ones are giving the best value for their money.
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It is real and you can receive your updates on your flight in real-time as you rush out the door. It's just one of the business traveler best friends and using its capabilities is almost like seeing the future. Flight Tracker is able to return lists of found flights matching criteria by airline, depart location and arrive location, and in-flight information such as altitude, speed, tardiness, arrive and departure terminals.
It's a great resource to find with the aid of Google Maps where your flight is at any one moment.
The Pros of Flying Budget Airlines
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You usually get good rates. As previously stated, most budget airlines have cheap flights, but offer very few perks to travelers. This is an easy way to save money. If your goal is to cheaply get from point a to point b, you should have no problem flying on a budget airline. As for how much money you save, it depends on the airline in question, your travel dates, and your destination. On average, most travelers save at least $100 a trip by flying budget instead of well-known.
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You have a number of airlines to choose from. For the most part, budget airlines were a well-kept secret in the United States. Most air travelers were familiar with the big carriers, such as American Airlines and Delta. It wasn't until airfare skyrocketed that passengers started examining their options more. Most were pleased to see that not only did budget airlines exist, but there were quite a few to choose from. In the United States, just a few of your options include Southwest, Spirit, Virgin American, JetBlue, and Horizon Air. With a number of budget airlines to choose from, you have a good chance of saving money.
Some budget airlines load you down with fees. Southwest Airlines is well-known for being a good budget airline. Their website and commercials say "what you see is what you get." This means the price you see is actually the price you pay. Not all airlines are like this. Many have hidden fees and taxes, which you may not see until you are ready to pay for the flight. Always read the fine print of a budget airline. After doing so, you may see that their deals aren't so good after all.
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You have a limited number of airports to choose from. As previously stated, there are many budget airlines in the United States. Unfortunately, they service a limited number of airports.
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The reason why budget airlines are able to offer discounted flights is because they wisely choose their destinations. They know where travelers want to go and when. Unfortunately, if you want to travel to Kansas, it will be hard to find a budget airline that services state airports. On the other hand, if you want to travel to Florida, your options are virtually unlimited.
The airline industry is a tough place to survive in, with changing customer demands and competitive pricing, out of the box thinking has become the way to go. While some carriers are counting on acupuncture and organic food to woo customers, others like Spirit Airlines spirit flights have mastered the art of packing all the in-flight luxuries without burning a hole in your pocket. From implementing viral marketing advertising campaigns to kicking off the use of canned wines, you'll see innovation being implemented by this airline in every facet. The greatest thing about Spirit Airlines is that it gives its customers the leverage to choose the services they demand,
meaning you only have to pay for what you value. These are some of the factors that have helped the carrier revolutionize the aviation sector for the good.
Airlines set their ticket prices based on a number of different criteria. One of the primary sources the airlines use to set ticket prices is based on the popularity of the destination. For example, you will find the ticket price to Orlando, Florida; will not fluctuate from month to month and or from airline to airline.
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It also depends on demand to a certain destination, ticket prices to Europe in the summer will always cost more then then tickets in the winter because it's high season and people are willing to pay top dollars for that ticket.
While travel to Iceland in the winter is minimal, airlines will reduce the price of a ticket as much as possible.
There are a lot of variables that are out of the control of the airlines. The price of gas has a major factor in the setting of ticket prices, as well as the estimated amount of travelers to a certain destination. An airline that will fly with at 60% passenger capacity will need to adjust ticket prices to the point that the airline can break even. An airline that is operating at a full capacity of a flight, will often times discount that particular ticket price to achieve close to 100% capacity on that particular flight.
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As the airline industry grew, there was a need to make the process of selling, and storing information more efficient. For this the airlines invented the GDS (global distribution system). Today there is five global GDS systems and with each system there is a unique algorithm that calculates ticket prices.
It has become so complicated over the years, that no one has a clue how the systems calculate ticket prices and that why it sometimes cost less to fly from New York to Sydney then to fly from New York to Boston.
Why spend thousands upon thousands of dollars to travel abroad or visit a tourist ridden resort city? There are plenty of cheap exotic vacation destinations in Central and South America. Plus, the flights are shorter if you only have a week off (in comparison to European vacations) and the majority of the continent speaks Spanish, making communication easy. Here are some of the best and cheapest discount South American vacations.
Roatan Island, Honduras
Located thirty miles off the coast of Honduras, Roatan Island is an unspoiled Caribbean paradise. With blue skies, turquoise water, sandy beaches and year-round high temperatures in the 70's and 80's, Roatan Island offers everything a Caribbean vacation should.
orbitz vacation packages While Roatan Island is more expensive than mainland Honduras, it's a definite deal when compared to other Caribbean vacations. Plus the island has less street crime and violence than the rest of the country, making it safer.
With video marketing, you always want to put your best foot forward. Never do you want to just put out "mediocre" videos that are strictly designed to blatantly get you more traffic and leads. Because eventually, you will become a creature of habit, and the rest of your materials that you are marketing to your leads will be of low value.youtube downloader
The same practice can be said about marketing on YouTube. When marketing on YouTube, there are all kinds of videos that you can make and upload. But the real question is whether or not your viewer will get some information that can potentially change and impact their lives.
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is a type of internet marketing ploy that aims to promote company-based websites by mounting their visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs) through contextual advertising and user-based paid placement or inclusion. SEM is an umbrella term for website marketing that may include search engine optimization (SEO).
As the number of websites continues to increase since the 1990s, search engines started attracting people to find information in just a single click. SEM developed the use of online business modules in financing services like pay-per-click (PPC) programs.
Social Media Marketing (SMM) is a type of search engine marketing that involves the exploitation of social media in influencing consumers. One of SMM's theoretical advances is the Search Engine Marketing Management (SEMM) which is deemed relatable to various
What is SEO – Proven Strategies SEO activities – except that it primarily focuses on investment returns management instead of relevant web traffic building over certain mainstream SEO cases. SEMM has the capability to integrate organic SEOs while trying to gain payable means of getting into the top of search engines.
Dogs attract fleas. It is something all dog owners have to be aware of and tackle. Effective flea prevention is not that difficult these days and done properly it can protect both your dog and yourself from the unpleasantness which comes with flea infestation.
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As well as the general health of your dog, fleas cause the dog to scratch themselves to attempt relief from the irritation which tends to make things worse rather than better and a further possible side effect of that is hair loss and broken skin causing your dog more difficulty. Nobody wants that.
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Leona V. Loney of Lawrence, Kan., and formerly from Pilsen, Kan., died March 24, 2013, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence. She was diagnosed with lymphoma several years ago and died from effects of this illness.
Services will be at St. John Nepomucence Church of Holy Family Parish in Pilsen on Monday, April 1, 2013, with a rosary starting at 10 a.m. immediately followed by Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be at Pilsen Cemetery.
Leona was born June 12, 1927, in Pilsen to William F. and Christina A. Vinduska. She grew up in the farmhouse where she was born. She graduated from Marion High School in 1945.
She was married to James M. Loney on Sept. 23, 1946. They lived briefly in Herington, Kan., before moving to their longtime residence on a dairy farm a few miles from her childhood home. She and James moved to Marion in 1980 and then to Beloit, Kan., in 1983. They returned to Pilsen in 1987. Leona moved to Lawrence in 2004 and lived there until her death.
Leona is survived by her children, Dr. Linda Loney and husband, Dr. Thomas Cooper, of Boston, Mass., Dr. John Loney and wife, Teresa, of Sunrise Beach, Mo., Thomas Loney and wife, Betty, of Bristow, Okla., Patrick Loney and wife, Lori, of Derby, Kan., and Dr. Paul Loney and wife, Catrina, of Lawrence. There are also 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and her sister, Veronica Konecny, of Hutchinson, Kan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James M. Loney; daughters, Mary and Stephanie; and brothers, George and Sylvester.
Leona's favorite activity was her time volunteering at Lawrence Memorial in the escort service, especially when she could help a family go home with a new baby. She often voiced her hope that she could someday return to this service but her illness did not allow it. Another joy for her was following University of Kansas basketball, and everyone knew not to call during the game.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you consider a gift to a memorial in her name to either The Lawrence Memorial Hospital Auxiliary or to St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center. Please send in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th Street, Lawrence KS 66044.
Online condolences may be sent to http://www.warrenmcelwain.com.