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Communications Plan
Overview: HealthyOut is a new mobile app that helps our users find healthy dishes at nearby restaurants, personalized to their diet preferences.
We soft launched our beta 3 weeks ago with no PR. We'll be releasing the next version in a few weeks as our 'official launch' and want to generate PR.
Goal: Generate PR related to:
a) Our upcoming launch of the next version of our app in ~3 weeks
b) Great app for trying to stay healthy during the holiday season and when we travel
c) In December/January, great app for helping us stick to our new years resolutions to lose weight and be healthy
1) Lifestyle / Female publications & blogs
2) Health & Fitness publications & blogs
3) Online tech publications & blogs
Press Release
Eat Healthy This Holiday Season, Wherever you Dine Out
HealthyOut iPhone App Offers Guide to Finding Healthy Dishes;
Named Among Top New Apps on iTunes
San Francisco, CA (November 14, 2012) – Wendy Nguyen, knows the one thing she won't leave home without this holiday season. The founder and CEO of HealthyOut will be sticking to her Low Carb diet via her company's new free iPhone app that helps diners find healthy, local restaurant dishes customized to their diet preferences.
Staying Healthy for the Holidays
"For many Americans, the holidays are a challenging time to maintain a healthy diet," said Nguyen. "Holiday feasts and second helpings can undermine our best-intentioned goals. Plus, when we're on the road traveling, it's harder to know where to go for healthy options and we often find ourselves eating fast food just because it's easy."
HealthyOut's free iPhone app seeks to solve these challenges by leading diners on a culinary journey to find healthy options, dish by dish. The app helps diners quickly search for local restaurant meals by calories and Weight Watchers points, by popular diets like Paleo and Low Fat, or by dietary restrictions like Gluten Free and Low Sodium.
Finding The Perfect, Convenient Dish
This unique app focuses on dish recommendations – not just restaurants – to help healthy diners find exactly what they're craving. After selecting nutrition criteria, HealthyOut also allows diners to set any cuisine, ingredient, and dish type preferences they're in the mood for. For example, a diner might search for Mexican, under 500 calories, and delivery, or search for Italian, Gluten Free, Fish and 'Not a Salad.' The app returns a personalized menu of dishes from multiple restaurants in the local area matched to the custom requests. Often, diners say that they are thrilled to learn of hidden menu gems or discover new restaurants in their area.
Many people can control what they eat at home, but are overwhelmed by restaurant menus or feel guilty after eating out. It can be especially challenging to find food options when following a specific diet. With two-thirds of American adults struggling with weight issues, developing solutions to help people eat healthier has never been more important.
"The key is fitting healthy choices into our busy schedules," said Nguyen. "Americans on average are spending 50% of their food dollars outside of the home. We are not asking people to change their lifestyles; rather we are helping people find healthy food that they love to eat, in a convenient way."
HealthyOut Removes the Homework
With the input of hundreds of nutritionists, dieters and healthy eaters, the HealthyOut team embarked on building a product that makes healthy eating easy and fun instead of a chore. Many nutrition-based apps focus on tracking every calorie consumed, which can feel a lot like doing homework after eating. With HealthyOut, users can quickly find dishes that match their diet, get insight into the food they are eating before stepping into a restaurant and easily look up nutrition information before ordering.
As eating out is a social experience, one of the company's priorities is to create a sense of community to support users trying to make healthier choices. After Thanksgiving, HealthyOut will release its next version, which allows users to save dishes, capture and share photos and submit healthy dish recommendations. Soon users will be able to follow friends and experts, such as nutritionists, within the app to share advice and encourage each other to eat healthfully.
About HealthyOut: HealthyOut was founded in San Francisco in June of 2012 with the mission to change the way Americans eat. The HealthyOut team is passionate about creating socially driven, beautiful, mobile products that make healthy eating, fun, simple and addictive. Currently HealthyOut has information about healthy choices at the dish level for chain restaurants nationally, as well as local non-chain restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, with plans to expand nationally for non-chain dishes soon. Available as a top new app in the food and drink section of the Apple App store, HealthyOut can be downloaded on the iPhone by visiting: http://bit.ly/HealthyOut. More on HealthyOut can be found on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HealthyOut or through Twitter at https://twitter.com/HealthyOut.
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Hi XXX,
I really enjoyed your recent piece about __, and wanted to reach with a related story I think your readers will find really helpful, especially during the holiday season.
At HealthyOut, we are launching a new (free!) iPhone app that helps our users find healthy local restaurant that they can customize to their own diet. It's like Yelp (but at the dish level) for dining out!
With the app, you can quickly search for restaurant meals by calories and Weight Watchers points, by popular diets like Paleo and Low Carb, or by dietary restrictions like Gluten Free and Low Sodium. It's the first of its kind to provide dish-level recommendations, and you can also customize the results to your personal taste preferences.
If you're interested, I can send you some additional information and would love to set up a short phone call.
Dan Myers
[email protected]
(415) 694-8676
Download HealthyOut! http://bit.ly/HealthyOut
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealthyOut
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Unless Rich Rodriguez picks up the hobby of basketball recruiting and sinks his
fangs claws into one of Purdue's basketball recruits in the next few months, it looks like Matty has signed the first three of his incoming class of 2014: Vince Edwards, Dakota Mathias and Jaquil Taylor.
If you read any of the recruting pages, our pals Brian Neubert at Rivals, Chris Emma at Scout and Eric Gardner at 247 have all told you about Purdue's three-man class. But if you're not big on reading up on recruiting, that's OK, we'll fill you in on what you need to know.
First off, Ohio's Vince Edwards is the guy that Painter really wanted to nail down and build around. Edwards was a bit more highly-rated a year ago, but landed as a high 3-star shooting forward with offers from Michigan, WVU, Xavier and others. His recruitment was a roller coaster ride, mostly because Edwards seemed to enjoy the limelight that came with it. He's very skilled, and at 6'7" has solid size for his ability. He's not the greatest shooter, but can create his own opportunities. It looked like he was a heavy UM lean at one point, but is now a boilermaker. If you're looking for a comparison, he's versatile like Hummel...but not as good of a shooter, a touch less length and with a better head of hair.
The first guy to verbal in the class was Mathias. Also offered by WVU and others, the 6'4" sharpshooter will draw some attention away from Kendall "The Kid" Stephens right away. He's an all-in guy; seems to love Purdue and is excited to get on campus. If you're looking for a comparison, he's a more-polished/developed Ryne Smith as a Freshman. Like Smith, he's out of Ohio.
Lastly, Jaquil Taylor is 6'9" and will provide depth behind Jay Simpson and co. should Hammons head to the league after this season. Painter has been pretty transparent, that he believe there's a good chance that Hammons is a two-and-done type of player if he works hard enough...but keep in mind that the NBA class for next season is ROBUST, to say the least. So if Purdue doesn't have a good-to-great season, I don't think Hammons will be a serious candidate to go. If he carries them to a very successful season, he gone. Back to Taylor- he probably needs the most development. He's long-armed and has decent athleticism and shot-blocking ability, but might struggle versus the bohemoths in the B1G. He's the first signee from Massachusetts for Painter.
As much as Edwards tried to will himself into the nation's elite during his recruiting, he stayed under that level...I don't really see any of the three of these guys being candidates to leave early. So for the program's stability and as Purdue has needs, all of these guys are very good fits. Plus, all are ready to get on campus.
Now, I really didn't like the way Edwards did more than flirt with other programs after calling Purdue a leader YEARS ago. But I will say this, he never really changed his story. In a way, we're witnessing a similar scenario with Tranquil (on the football side)...but since he started his dance with Notre Dame, I've been convinced he's not coming to Purdue.
I never really got that from Edwards...I think he just enjoyed the process of being recruited...a lot.
Purdue still has a lot of room for additional bodies...and the JuCo ranks and even unsigned players in the spring will be targets for Matty and Co. Since Taylor is a bit of project, Painter will seek a true big body to fill one of those spots...and Purdue will have a very large incoming class in '15 unless Hammons stays and gold falls from the sky in the form of a perfect fit.
I'm glad they're signed...because I hate recruiting.

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Hope everyone's doing well. In this week's Quote Codes Diaries, instead of diving deep into design and tech details, I would like to have a little heart-to-heart about why we chose Quote Codes to be our first App.
Now that we're almost 2 weeks post release, our stats have exceeded our initial beliefs. We thought Quote Codes was never a mass audience game and that it would appeal only to a smaller fragment of the general population
From a traditional game development point of view, Quote Codes would be a rather stupid idea because we have essentially blocked out all non english speaking markets. And within the English speaking markets, it isn't a game for the general masses. It is for those who love words, who love quotes, who love puzzles. We intend it to be for a relatively niche audience.
What we have to do is to keep it engaging. For the ones who have downloaded the game – we want you to know that we value our real estate on your screen. We also know that to remain there, we have to provide for an ever evolving app. That is why we chose to do Quote Codes.
Because we feel we can make it a cult classic provided we maintain high standards. Essentially, we wanted something that can grow. Something that we could update forever if required. New quotes, new animations, new themes – An experience that keeps evolving. We weren't going for a one hit wonder. We wanted a game that would endear.
That's a reason we made it free – we were concerned about a passionate user base which will remain loyal over the long term. We hope that Quote Codes has met those initial goals and will continue to achieve our expectations.
Till then please don't forget to download the game HERE, if you haven't already. Trust us you won't regret it.


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"It shall be mandatory for all persons, who are owners, lessees, or occupants of residential property, to separate newspapers, glass bottles and jars, tin and bi-metal cans, plastic containers, aluminum cans, and corrugated cardboard as hereafter defined from all other solid waste produced by such residence for collection and ultimate recycling of materials."
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BRAG ALERT....My "even" brained daughter....
My kids act like it is embarrassing to be featured on Mom's website. But I think secretly they get a big kick out of it!
My youngest, Katie, is seriously smart. She scored a 30 on her first shot at the ACT...and she is only 15! She is a whiz at math and science and one of the top debaters in the nation...so I always assumed she was very "left-brained"...you know, those analytical, smarty pants kinda people.
But she is also very artsy and creative! Earlier I featured an art piece (here) she made when she was in elementary school...I LOVE this picture!
It is one of those "things I love" and it just makes me smile when I look at it!
Recently she started working on a few new artsy projects. I went into the garage one day and she had cans of spray paint scattered all over the floor and was just spraying away!!! WHAT THE HECK!!!!
But the final results of her manic spray sessions turned out some really creative and beautiful pictures!
And she did EVERY bit of this with cans of spray paint! Just beautiful!! (Like her!)
It's nice to know that another one of my children got a tad of their mother's creativity. (She had a breath-taking solo in the spring concert last week....thankful she did NOT get her mother's voice!) And this proves to me that one can be very "left" brained and still have the "right" brain creativity! So even if you understand those math equations with letters in it, you can still be creative!!
I have asked her to create a few more of these...I was thinking about putting one in one of the wood windows....that would look soooo cool! And I definitely want to frame one and find someplace where it can be admired.
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The Causes of Brittle Nails and Slow-Growing Hair
Nails and hair are both made from keratin, and any changes in your body's keratin production will impact their health. For example, healthy hair and nails should have a certain amount of flexibility. Dehydration or any form of malnutrition can cause your nails and hair to become brittle and easily broken. Their growth rate could also be affected. Causes for brittle nails and slow-growing hair vary; you should consult your doctor to pinpoint the underlying causes and potential treatments.
Brittle nails and slow-growing hair can be an early indicator of more serious medical issues. For example, according to the National Institutes of Health, brittle nails and slow growing hair can be a symptom of hypothyroidism, a condition that affects the thyroid gland and causes it to stop producing the appropriate amount of thyroid hormone. Hypothyroidism is most prevalent among women over the age of 50 and can result in weight gain, fatigue, depression, joint pain and brittle hair and/or nails. In extreme cases, hypothyroidism can lead to a coma. Brittle nails and slow-growing hair can also be a symptom of other medical conditions including liver disease and renal failure.
Nutritional Deficiency
Brittle nails and slow-growing hair can also be an indicator of a nutritional deficiency. The National Institutes of Health report that approximately 20 percent of women have a common form of anemia caused by iron deficiency. One of the symptoms of iron deficiency anemia is brittle nails. Brittle nails, slow-growing hair, and lackluster skin can also be caused by a deficiency in omega-3 fatty acids or a deficiency in one of the B vitamins. The University of Maryland Medical Center reports early studies suggest that supplements of biotin, one of the B vitamins, can improve brittle nails and hair loss.
If you've never suffered from brittle nails or slow-growing hair, and have recently started a new medication, you should consult your doctor or pharmacist to determine if this could be a side effect of your medication. Accutane, a medication prescribed to treat severe cystic acne, is just one of the prescription medications which lists brittle nails as a potential side effect for patients.
If your mother, grandmother or other relative showed signs of brittle or thinning hair as they aged, you may find yourself genetically destined to following in their footsteps. Although you may not be able to completely avoid the problem, your doctor may be able to prescribe medication or supplements that can help improve your hair and nail condition.
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In an announcement earlier today, ABC purchased the rights to Untitled Rome Project (a working title, obviously), a semi-autobiographical comedy from Hollywood husband-and-wife team Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. The project has been in the works for some time.
Untitled Romeo Project follows the titular Romeo, a man of Dominican-American descent living in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Romeo struggles to relate to his father while creating his own identity, a "new vision of the American Dream." While Will Smith obviously didn't grow up in New York and isn't Dominican (you get absolutely zero points for knowing where he was born and raised) the show will draw on experiences in his life, including his struggles to please his father. The main character will be played by Romeo Santos, a popular Latin singer and Bronx native.
The project is in the early stages of development, with James Lassiter sharing executive producer duties with both Smiths. Lassiter has produced most of Will Smith's movies for the last ten years, including Seven Pounds, Hancock, I Am Legend and Hitch. Writers currently attached to Untitled Romeo Project include Chris Pappas and Mike Bernier of the single-season divorcee comedy Unhitched.
Both Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are well-versed in multi-camera comedies. Will Smith transitioned from a successful rapper to a major Hollywood star by way of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, where he played himself for six seasons. The show is still very popular in syndication. Jada Pinkett Smith starred in A Different World for three seasons, and went on to play in movies like Menace II Society, Scream 2 and The Matrix Reloaded. Jada Pinkett Smith took the lead role in TNT's HawthoRNe, which was cancelled earlier this year. The husband and wife co-produced the 2010 remake of The Karate Kid, which starred their son Jaden.
Speaking of which, Jaden Smith (13) and/or Willow Smith (10) may have parts waiting for them on the new project, considering their previous work in Will Smith's movies. Jaden starred opposite his father in The Pursuit of Happyness in 2006, and Willow had small parts in and I Am Legend and Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa (Jada Pinkett Smith plays Gloria the expressive hippo in both Madagascar movies and the upcoming Madagascar 3). Supporting parts for either or both Smith children seem likely.
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
African Solution - To Traditionalize or Modernize?
Why are strongmen still revered in African politics? Well, my question is can our traditional institutions provide us with answers to this question? My answer is, of course, yes! The Chinese have managed, in a way, to do this. We need to add the African characteristics to our politics and development agenda. As it stands now, we are so busy trying to produce flocks of 'westernized societies' inside Africa.
My thesis is part of the reason we have failed is the implicit resistance by our people. They are Africans through and through, they won't budge at our attempt to Europeanize them. Note that Europeanization is NOT modernization. I can argue that few among our elites know this!
Yours is a critique of the classic theory of modernization, which I also share. The theory essentially attempts to Europeanize/westernize the rest of the world in a one-size-fits-all style without paying attention to cultural and historical contexts of societies. It is ridiculous, the thought of it.
I am talking about this aware of the proposition that there are 'multiple modernities'- meaning there is no single model of modernization.
I also do not believe in the traditional-modern dichotomy. I believe that modernization is cyclic, not revolutionary. As such, traditional elements are an integral part of modernity. They mingle.
The idea of going back to the drawing board i.e the past/tradition does not mean we go there and stay there! The traditional is a frame of reference from which we abandon the bad, cherish the good and transmit it to our generation, and use it to respond to the challenges of our times.
Saying we can't mordenize the traditional is to dismiss it's fluidity and development. You are deductively assuming that the traditional is static, a fallacious era already committed by Western proponents of the classic theory of modernization.
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Monday, June 23, 2014
Introducing the 'Thinking Africa Blog'
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Uhakiki wa Riwaya ya Makuwadi wa Soko Huria
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Monday, June 16, 2014
The Rise and Fall of Budget Support in Tanzania ?
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
New Book on 'Nyerere: The Early Years'
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Tamasha la Vitabu vya Watoto Dar es Salaam 2014
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
Impact of Sexual Harassment on Women
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Friday, June 6, 2014
Children's Book Festival in Tanzania:12-14 June 2014
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Thursday, June 5, 2014
Invitation: Yash Tandon's Lecture on EPA & Africa
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Kwaheri Mwanaharakati Fides Chale
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Harvard Kennedy School Info Session in Tanzania
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Monday, June 2, 2014
Planners as Public Servants
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Buriani Shida Binti Salum
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Pfffff… back in my room. Still buzzing. What a night. Singing mantras all night. With happy, smiling, hugging people, who couldn't get enough of it. Love, happiness and hugs. A hot, Indian night. Far away from home, but with one of my best friends, who I met long ago. Just two boys sharing their passion. One moment in our lives our paths crossed, we decided to have another moment. A cup of tea at a beer brewery. We talked about magical India. Tonight we were here, together. Surrounded by beautiful people.
It was somewhere at the end of 2010. I was leaving for India in a few days when I met him. I was practicing yoga for more or less two years. My teacher had asked me several times to do a yoga teacher training and I finally agreed. The only thing was: I didn't want to do it in the Netherlands. I wanted to go to the source of yoga: India. I found a school – Sampoorna yoga – and was leaving within a few days. On my birthday, as I usually do. For some reason I love being in planes when I have my birthday.
Appropriate gift
My sister gave me an early birthday gift. A mindfulness training. Being a yogi she thought that was an appropriate gift. That's where I met Erwin. He was the mindfulness trainer. When we had the introduction round I told him about my India plans. Afterwards we spoke again. He was interested to got to India as well. He was curious how my trip would turn out and we agreed to meet up after my journey.
We did. We went to one of the most beautiful places in Tilburg: beer brewery De Schaapskooi. We non-drinkers having a cup of tea, talking about travelling and India. We're friends ever since. I admire his sense of freedom, his love for tantra, for sharing and for choosing his own path in life.
Being back home I opened a yoga school. He picked up a guitar and started singing mantras. He discovered AcroYoga first, I followed. It made our paths cross more and more and we became friends. During one Acro Yoga workshop Elena walked in our lives. She became first one of my students, then one of my friends and next Erwin's girlfriend. Now they are here together. She's studying yoga at Sampoorna to become a teacher, he's studying Thai yoga massage. And me? I'm teaching at Sampoorna.
Singing talents
When I still had my school, I invited Erwin to come and share his singing talents during one of my meditation classes. It was an instant success and he came by more often. The most memorable performance was with Christmas. On Boxing day we had a yoga workshop and 'left-over' dinner for people who had nowhere to go with Christmas. Erwin performed and made it an afternoon I'll never forget.
Tonight we were together again. At Sampoorna. Two Dutch boys in India, surrounded by a group of amazing students. Erwin playing guitar, singing out loud. Me singing out of tune as always, but happy as hell. I still remember the first time I sang mantras. It was on the biggest, Dutch Yoga festival. I was singing 'hare krishna, hare rama' and new for sure that if my mother would have been there, she would have thought I was going mental. But being there, singing together filled every cell in my body with happiness.
Sharing passion
Tonight I had the same feeling. No, not the same. It was stronger. Way stronger. Because I was there, with Elena, with Marion – who I met in Nicaragua when I was teaching at Pure Yoga – and with all this amazing students, sharing their love and energy. And I was with him. Erwin. One of my best friends. Two boys, just sharing their passion.


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This video of a six-year-old reciting ten Tea Party-esque criticisms of Obama just popped up on the Web and we're still trying to wrap our heads around it.
According to the video's description on The Patriot Update, the boy in the video is Isaac Anthony, a "conservative six-year-old who knows where he stands on political issues and the upcoming Presidential election."
Among Isaac's complaints against the President is that he "lets bad guys into our country" and "bows down to leaders from other countries."
To give some context to the video, The Patriot Update touts itself as "a free press for the Conservative revolution." Recent articles on the site include " US Main Stream News Agencies Are Controlled By Communists" and " Chick-Fil-A Attacks: The Hypocrisy of Left Wing Bullies."
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In 1687 Newton published the "Principia", in which he described his theory of gravity and the cosmos. His theory of gravity, as he saw it, provided a fundamental basis to explain "the System of the World". The hypothesis was that gravitation
was universal and mutual by degrees of the inverse squared, but throughout the "Prinicipia" and his lifetime the
cause of "gravity" remained unassigned, and he never measured it.
In fact, gravity, so-called, as a real
and active force in Newtonian physics, was not measured until 111 years after the "Principia", by Cavendish, with a torsion balance in 1798. From an experiment with a torsion balance, the empirical measurement of the supposed universal gravitational constant, there obtained, and that is written as "G", added to Newton's theory and would also form part of the basis for the equation of the force of gravity that is accepted
today, to wit:
F1 = F2 = G(m1m2)/r^2
F1 and F2 is the force of gravitational attraction between two particles, masses, or objects, of whatever in whatever kind, however it may be, and "G"
is the universal gravitational constant, and m1 and m2 are the two different masses, indeed the first and
second mass, and r is the radius distance between them, as such and so forth, also and/or of the two centers of the masses.
The formula for the expression of the force of
gravity involved in gravitation that is taken from Newton's "Principia" can be obtained from Propositions 74 and 75, and Theorems 34 and 35. In these passages the idea is that, "Every point mass attracts every single other point mass by a force
pointing along the line intersecting both points. The force is proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional
to the square of the distance between them."(1)
Since it is taught that according to the law of universal
gravitation, the attractive force (F) between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses (m1 and m2), and inversely
proportional to the square of the distance, r, (inverse-square law) between them:
F1 = F2 = G(m1m2/r^2)
may seem okay to some people, but what is "G" really, if it was obtained with a measurement taken from a torsion balance?
It must not be first or an independent
value as much as the number one of it, that divides everything, even the torsion balance, since a torsion balance
cannot measure "gravity" beyond its own tension, mass, pressure, balance, weight, density, structure and design. And whatever the torsion balance was supposedly measuring in terms of "G"
could have been measured with anything else, since all other things that could be used to measure gravity have weight, mass, density, tension, pressure, balance, structure and design too, as much as the number one of them or it, and "G", according to Newton and heliocentrism, is universal and ever present anyway.
If "G" really is the universal gravitational constant of proportionality, for gravity, why measure, "G", with a torsion balance,
when one can measure it with a pack of cigarettes or a little box of matches at the corner store?
Because Cavendish and his torsion balance in the laboratory give "G" better scientific cover, white coat bona fides, than a pack
of cigarettes at the corner or the liquor store.
skippy", they say, yet "it is a great mistake to suppose that scientific truths differ essentially from those of every day. An eye armed with a microscope is only a human eye after all. It sees more than the naked eye does, but not in any different way."-2
However, as significant as it has become, and as common as it is, it remains very difficult to measure "G" with any high degree of accuracy. A certain amount of density first is always needed in the test to measure gravity. If things are too rarefied,
one will not be able to get a good measurement.
get Newton's gravity, there is indeed some density required. For example, if one did want to measure gravity with a pack of cigarettes, rather than a torsion balance, at the liquor store, it will be better to examine "G" with the solid pack first, as something with required density, rather than with
the smoke. If one tries to measure gravity with the smoke, one will get more smoke ... obviously .. and mirrors perhaps ... than "gravity", because smoke does not fall down to the Earth
with much tension of force.
Also, do not
test the force of gravity too much with the light that comes from a short match by pointing the match down. Such a light is not moved by gravity, and the flame is an anti-gravity device that will go up the little stick and burn the fingers. The same thing
occurs with a fireplace: the wood stays down while the fire goes up. Therefore, wait and blow the flame of a lit match out first and test gravity with the burnt stick. The wood is denser than air and will yield a fair enough test of the forces of tension,
accomodation, and gravity in that case, as well as any torsion balance.
Ignis ardens, per proprietatem ascensionis suamet, deforis esse tractuum gravitatis: burning fire, by its own property of ascension, is outside the pull of gravity. A foot long match may be useful for testing the
proof further, since the flame will tend to go out early, before the end of the stick, unless one points it down. Once pointed down, however, a flame that was about to go out will increase and climb up, and up, getting more oxygen against gravity, and new
life, until it consumes the other end of the stick. A scientist can switch hands and hold the burnt end of a long match, and let the little fireball climb all the way up the
height at the other end. The fire naturally looks for the wood and air that it can find, as high as it may go to the treetops, et cetera.
Whether testing the force of gravity
with a torsion balance or cigarettes, the discovery will be that gravity is weaker than even the littlest refrigerator magnet in the whole wide world ... or the tiniest lovebugs, Bibionidae or Plecia neartica. In fact, even the chorus box of scientists
admit that it is by far the weakest of forces, and the weakest of the four fundamental interactions described in modernist physics; yet according to Newton and heliocentrism it is everywhere, high and low, and is what is keeping the grand symphony of cosmic
things together and in motion.
After testing these things scientifically, however, some investigators
perhaps would disagree, and reasonably conclude that Newton's "gravitation" is the vaguest thing possible that is not an act of complete disutility.
For instance, it could go without saying that gravity itself does not move itself alone -- "suamet ipse" -- as it is or would be strictly imposed simplewise by itself. Not moving itself alone,
and not set in motion by itself alone, therefore, its own supposed principle of operation among things does not move, except where there are first objects in the course. Surely there must be objects for gravity to move to set any force in motion, and since
there must always be objects -- otherwise there would not be gravity -- there must be objects first.
mere objects themselves are not in the category of first mover, but they always come before gravity, since gravity is after all objects that it would move, for where there is no principle
object there is no gravity. Even though hypothetical forms of Newtonian gravitation would set things in motion, supposedly, gravity does not move anything laterally anyway;
and it cannot move things only vertically, since the Earth and the cosmos are spherical. Since it is known that objects do not move themselves but are moved, whatever way they go, it is fair to say that gravity, or what is called Newtonian gravitation, does
not move objects, since what moves objects must come first.
And there once was a Hollywood
actress, a beauty queen who became famous for running up and down the beach almost naked, and flirting with short men. She was a sometime guest on talk shows, and during one it was discovered that she could not remember where she had gone to High School. For
all the talent and experience, she had forgotten about it almost totally, and it was obvious that school had not been a top priority. In fact, it was discovered that she had been a regular truant, and had been skipping school and going to the beach for
many days and days before she got lucky and became an actress.
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Thomas' bakery has been busy this year with limited-edition offerings of bagels and English muffin. Over the past few months, consumers have seen maple french toast-flavored bagels and cinnamon-vanilla English muffins, followed by cinnamon-redolent apple pie muffins and bagels.
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Social media, search and video will bolster online advertising spend in 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, CA April 22, 2009 –Online engagement by Internet users is deepening, according to a new report on the online landscape released today by The Nielsen Company. This increased engagement is in part a result of a shift toward video content and social networking as popular online subcategories. The full report was distributed at the ad:tech conference in San Francisco, CA.
"The Internet remains a place of continuing innovation, with users finding new ways to integrate online usage into their daily lives," said Charles Buchwalter, SVP, Research and Analytics, Nielsen Online. "In recent years the Internet has changed dramatically as people seek more personalized relationships online. In particular, time spent on social networks and video sites has increased astronomically. Advertisers are starting to positively re-assess the value of the online experience and create more meaningful relationships with consumers."
Since 2003, interests of the average online user have shifted significantly. Categories that consisted of portal-oriented browsing sites, such as Shopping Directories and Guides and Internet Tools/Web Services, used to be the top categories for user engagement. However, today the active Internet user tends to prefer sites that contain more specialized content. This change in preferences is seen in the fact that video and social networking sites have moved to the forefront, becoming the two fastest growing categories in 2009.
See downloadable pdf for chart.
Highlights of the report regarding the two fastest growing subcategories -- online video and social networks – include:
Online Advertising Down--But Not Out
With the global recession in full swing, online display advertising has plateaued at 20 percent of total online ad spend in the U.S. In particular spending on online display advertising by financial services, automobile and retail companies has declined steeply. On the other hand, several key, heavy ad-spending industries such as healthcare, consumer products and telecommunications appear to be moving even more spending online.
See downloadable pdf for chart.
The longer-term prospects for global online advertising continue to be brighter, Nielsen reported:
Nielsen's full report on the global online landscape can be downloaded on The Nielsen Wire: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/nielsen-news/online-global-landscape-0409/


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Time simply flew while we were busy with crafting activity. It is October and the year 2013 has entered it's last quarter, also the busiest quarter of the year, Fall, Halloween, Thanks giving and Christmas.. then New Year countdown.
This is my first Fall edible craft recipe, the Cinnamon Pumpkin Mantou. Mantou is a Chinese steamed bun. The classic plain steamed mantou is soft and fluffy in texture. Various mantou recipes with added ingredients have been adapted over the time, wheat mantou, various type of filled mantou (bao), sweet potatoes mantou, yam mantou, red yeast mantou and of course pumpkin mantou. Besides the variation in tastes, mantou also comes in lots of styling, classic rectangular shape, braided shape, rose shape and pumpkin shape etc…
So… if there is already an existence of pumpkin mantou recipe, what makes my pumpkin mantou different from others? Well…. In conjunction to the Fall season, I adapted my mom's traditional oriental mantou recipe and develop it into a more Westerner style and taste. I named this fusion cinnamon pumpkin mantou "When East Meets Wests In The Fall", it is has the creamy cinnamon taste in it, yummy! I love it and can't stop eating while I was fine tuning the recipe to the perfect taste I like.
Shaping of mantou is another interesting thing I have learned. Unlike play dough or clay dough, food dough like bao, mantou and bread are softer in texture. Due to the yeast effect, food dough will blow-up a bit during the shaping process. If the dough recipe is sensitive with shaping, the texture will collapse because it won't proof accordingly as it was being interrupted. It is a whole new challenge to me to make this pumpkin mantou into edible craft, it took me 3 batches of practice to make a successful mantou with pumpkin shape. Hope you like it and try this recipe! They are perfect to go with soup or eat them alone when warm. Perhaps you can also adapt this recipe to make pumpkin bao with pumpkin filling inside, just my 2 cents.
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Brum's parade is the best in the world - that was the view of families lining the streets in Digbeth.
Drawing a lot of "oohs" and "aahs" from the crowd was cute Cork terrier Moses, whose owners had decked him out in a little doggy Emerald and green coat, bootees and hat.
He proudly trotted alongside Roseann Donovan and her eightyearold daughter Georgia Dunn in the parade. Roseann, from Acocks Green, made the coat herself and bought the hat from America and painted it green.
"There are 50 of my family here today and we come every year," she said.
"We're all from Cork originally and wouldn't miss this for the world." Also taking part in the parade were Irish wolfhounds Shannon and Clancy with their owners Jenny and Sammy Eakins.
The couple, who run a stud farm in Beoley, near Redditch, and are originally from Cavan in Ireland, are regular visitors to the parade. Jenny said: "We love the atmosphere - you can't get better than this."
Sammy had also brought his donkey Jacko for the first time.
"Everyone kept telling me I should bring him along and this year I have and he loves it and isn't at all frightened by the noise and crowds." Carmel and Mark McGuire, from Small Heath, were with their sons Michael, aged 11, and Kyle, five, and daughter Colleen, two.
Carmel, whose family are from Dublin, said: "We come here every year - I remember being brought here by my parents when was a child."
Paramedics Barry Rudg and Mark Hayes had go into the spirit by festoonin their motorbikes wit shamrocks and Iris decorations.
The pair, who are based a Bournbrook Ambulanc Station, said: "We hadn't intended to decorate our bikes but the girls in the office pounced on us just before we left and stuck them all on."
Belfast-born Patrick Magee was there with his wife Annette, son Ciaran and niece Victoria, aged 10.
Annette said: "This is the first time in five years I've been and am really enjoying the great atmosphere."
Dressed as a Leprechaun was 22-year-old Sam McNally, from Stechford, whose family are from County Tyrone.
"I come here every year and thinks it's fun and a fantastic atmosphere," she said. Playing the bagpipes were Bill Grigg and his five-year-old son Oran.
Bill is a pipe major in the Birmingham Irish Pipes and Drum band and on Wednesday is off to New York with 70 other members to take part in New York's world-famous St Patrick's Day parade.
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I wanted a book of collected images, both my own and others, to keep track of themes in my work. Initially the idea was to create order out of chaos–I was feeling overwhelmed by all the images I was painting and drawing–but I think it will be more like herding cats.
This idea to have a place to review images is new, and I think it will be helpful. I copy images from various sketchbooks, some I have in my studio, others are portable, but they record themes, images, and ideas that surface again and again. I want to work these into oil paintings or larger works on paper. Gouache is a great favorite but I am constantly attracted to oils. Soon.


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The Universal Declaration is the cornerstone of international human rights law and its first article captures its very essence:
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The Human Rights Centre of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the National University of Timor Lorosa'e (UNTL) was inaugurated on 27 August 2019. The event took place in a highly symbolic year and moment for the country: the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Popular Consultation on Self-determination of 30 August 1999.
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Active engagement of youth in sustainable development efforts is key to achieving sustainable, inclusive and stable societies and to preventing challenges to sustainable development, including climate change, unemployment, poverty, gender inequality, conflict, and migration. However, truth be told, young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and continuously exposed to lower quality of jobs, inequalities, and longer school-to-work transitions.


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He had no parachute, he did not land in a soft spot like a haystack, but he was uninjured. How is that possible?
Clues may be found in a couple other photographs from the same dogfight, which came from Mrs. Gladys Maud Cockburne-Lange, widow of the WWI flying ace for the British Royal Flying Corps who strapped a camera to his plane and filmed this European sky action.
After the war, the widow Cockburn-Lange sold the photos to a magazine for $20,000. The photos are fake, however. In 1984, a donation to the Smithsonian by American pilot David Archer, who was also a Hollywood special effects ace, included evidence that he'd been in cahoots with the widow Cockburne-Lange, if she even was a widow, or even named Cockburne-Lange.
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Week 4 - Paul is Here and We Escaped
A day later than I have been posting but I didn't forget about you! The holiday season has officially started! Which means the Christmas tunes start! I love this time of year! A season of giving and spending time with your family! That is my favorite! For those of you who are at least closely acquainted with me then you know the best way to share love with me is to spend time with me! When it comes to love languages my meter is fully tipped to quality time! That's why I was so devastated by my canceled dinners two weeks ago! Thankfully those have been rescheduled and I am so glad to say that I will be over the next couple days be spending some time with those people! Now aside from being with my family for Thanksgiving last week I have lead a relatively boring working days for the last few days! Although last night my brother and I decided to go do an escape room! Which as a huge fan of classic mysteries like Agatha Christie & Nancy Drew Novels and a quality time person what is more fun than solving puzzles for an hour with your friends or in this case My bro (AKA: Best Friend & Business Partner)! A couple years ago I discovered escape rooms and Paul has been with me at almost all of the ones I have done and as of now we still stand undefeated! Yes! If you live in the Matthews North Carolina area then I highly recommend Escape Matthews. If you would like some recommendations I can tell you my favorite rooms in the DFW area! I might put them up on my Pinterest Boards for Things to Do. Now Last week I mentioned that my mom gave me a gift! It is one I want to share with you but it will get it's own post like the Home Sweet Home Sign! This week will be very busy! I have Dinner with Friends tomorrow night, a Christmas Tea with Grandma on Saturday, Paul Flies out on Sunday, dinner with more friends on Monday and then I will be packing up my car and heading to Florida on Tuesday & Wednesday! So I may update from the road on Tuesday or Wednesday! I will also note that this last week was Small Business Saturday and we visited a few local spots to Shop Small! Here are a few pictures from this week!


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There is simply nowhere in the world like Vaccaro's!
"I love this place. The Paninis and Mufalatos were huge and delicious. The cannoli are to die for. This is my new favorite place in Charm City.
Vaccaro's is exceptional. It's just a short walk from the aquarium at the inner harbor so if you want to stop for a bite to eat or for a delicious dessert and latte you won't be disappointed. Their portions are on the very generous side! I like to stop there every time I'm in Baltimore.
Needed something sweet after dinner and Trip Advisor didn't let me down! Easy walking distance from the hotel. Walked out w/6 cookies that were authentically excellent; as good as any I've had from the North End in Boston.
Yummy pastry shop-reminded me of some in New York... Amazing Football sized Eclair and lots of coffee drink choices (with or without alcohol) Brownie Sundae was good too, but really big-enough to share as well. Bring your sweet tooth or "eat dessert first!
I went there at 9pm and the place was packed! I got dessert to go and it was amazing! We order the chocolate and vanilla and plain vanilla napoleons and they were so good! We also order an individual order of their cannoli chips and dips and that was awesome too! I totally recommend this to anyone visiting!
Just go, there's so much there to choose from, your head will spin off your shoulders. Got the cheesecake, Dad got the cannoli.
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A quaint little cafe in Little Italy off Pratt street, its pastries are authentic and the staff are warm and friendly. Like you've met them before. I had the cappuccino papa: cappuccino with Kahlua, amaretto and whipped cream and my fiancé had the Lemoncello Granita and helped me with the cream puffs. We made the decision to skip dinner altogether and gorge ourselves on an apple napoleon (We came to win!) it was fantastic! I haven't had Italian pastry this decadent and authentic since culinary school. It's a great place and I will definitely be back!
Although there are a few branches of this pastry shop, it is fun to visit the original in the heart of Baltimore's "Little Italy". Once you step inside, the aroma of these baked goods is wonderful. There are all kinds of Italian cookies, cakes, cannoli and many flavors of gelatos. Having grown up in Baltimore I have sampled most everything from here at one time or another but my favorites are the cannoli, Napoleons and especially their scrumptious Rum Cake. Of course, now that I live in New York, there are many great Italian bakeries here. However, no trip back to Baltimore would be complete without a visit to Vaccaro's and a slice of their incredible Rum Cake. I have not had a match to it anywhere.
Whether you're eating in Little Italy or just stopping by for coffee or dessert, Vaccaro's is a must! Every restaurant in Little Italy totally understands when you pass up their dessert because you tell them you're walking to Vaccaro's. I'm pretty sure it's within walking distance from any restaurant in Little Italy. In my opinion Vaccaro's makes the best cup of cappuccino in the entire city. I've taken my Italian relatives her and they loved it! The Italian cookies are just like my Grandmother made! They were very impressed with the pastries and the homemade pastry cream! My kids love the waffles and gelato! There may be a little bit of a wait, but it's worth it! Fun and Delicious!


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For a while in 2017, it seemed as if the worldwide tide of populism, epitomised by Donald Trump, had reached its high-water mark. In a string of elections across Europe, the populist right and the left had failed to break through. Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France, and although not from any of the traditional mainstream parties, here clearly was a man of the centre. In the UK, Theresa May called a snap election while 20 points ahead in the opinion polls. Even days before the vote, senior Tory strategists were predicting a 90-100 seat majority.
The populist surge remains blunted in Europe, and Donald Trump may face a difficult mid-term election in a year's time in the US. But oh, how different things are here in the UK.
Jeremy Corbyn vs Theresa May – who's in the lead now?
Despite losing the popular vote and lagging the Conservatives by 55 seats in the election, there is no debate about which party is in the ascendancy now, Labour has a consistent opinion poll lead over the Tories of 2-3%. At the recent autumn Labour party conference, we saw a level of self-confidence absent since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader. Representatives of the party are now accorded a respectful ear in the halls of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and other business organisations.
A Theresa May vs Jeremy Corbyn poll, conducted by YouGov in early October 2017, showed a three-point gap between the Tory and Labour leader – down from eight points just two weeks earlier[1].
Jeremy Corbyn's chances of winning an election
The most successful populists, like Trump, have won largely by co-opting the machinery of an established party and building a rock-steady core base of support. Initially, it seemed Jeremy Corbyn would fail to replicate this, and his chances were dismissed as risible.
But in the June election, he managed to pull precisely the same trick as Donald Trump. He secured the support of those who tribally could not vote for the other side, including many that had recently defected to UKIP in the run-up to the Brexit referendum, and at the same time seized the votes of the previously apathetic young as his core base. If he can repeat this, Jeremy Corbyn seems electable, particularly faced with weakened opponents, even if we still don't think this likely.
The potential impact of Labour policies
Although policies can change over time, there are certain general constants that are likely policies of a future Labour government. Under Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour party is committed to:
- Nationalising, or at least socialising, a range of sectors, including the railways, water companies, the electrical power grid and the Royal Mail
- Placing restraints on the banking sector, including special plans for RBS
- Bringing Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts back under state control
- Raising the minimum wage
- Banning zero hours contracts.
There is a general commitment to more spending on infrastructure, health, social housing, education and sustainable energy, financed by higher taxation on companies and the top 5% of earners, and a clamp-down on tax evasion, as well as higher borrowing. Interestingly, there was also a commitment to balance the budget in the medium to longer term.
The effect of Jeremy Corbyn's policies on financial markets
Of course, Jeremy Corbyn still has to get himself elected, and his policies are likely to be put under sharper scrutiny by both the press and the Tories next time round.
However, if he were to be elected, what would these policies mean for markets? We think a mix of the following could occur as it became apparent Labour was going to win:
- Sterling would fall sharply – triggering a classic 'run on the pound'
- Government bond yields would rise
- Shares in banks, utilities, housebuilders, transport, support services, hotels and pubs, retailers and infrastructure trusts would fall
- Shares in overseas earners such as the energy companies, miners and pharmaceuticals would benefit from a lower pound and rise
- London house prices would come under pressure.
... and the effect of financial markets on Jeremy Corbyn's policies
Ultimately, markets are likely to constrain Prime Minister Corbyn's freedom of action. There are several examples in history of left-wing governments that have been forced to change direction in the face of crumbling currencies and rising bond yields.
A brief history of left-wing policies
Back in the early 1980s, François Mitterrand was elected President of France on a sweeping left-wing platform not dissimilar to Jeremy Corbyn's. It involved nationalising the banks, car makers and steel industry, higher taxation and higher spending. After 18 months he had to change tack, cut spending and embrace a more market-oriented set of policies, helping to kick-start a 15-year bull market.
More recently Alexis Tsipras was elected Prime Minister of Greece on a radical left-wing, anti-austerity agenda. Yet within months he had signed up to the package of austerity reforms forced upon him by the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Of course, in the meantime, the Athens stock exchange had fallen almost 50%, 10-year Greek government bond yields had shot up to over 19% (they're 5.4% today) and the banking system had been effectively decimated. Once he bowed to his creditors, the equity market rebounded, and is now up around 70% from its low.
Preparing for all eventualities
When it comes to an election between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn, we don't yet expect Corbyn will turn his current poll strength into a majority-winning position. However, we will monitor his progress with care.
In the meantime, we remain significantly underweight in UK equities, based on the poor economic and corporate fundamentals, even without the threat posed by a Corbyn victory. Recent history has taught us not to write off the seeming improbable in politics. We would have to debate the idea of reducing our UK exposure even further if Jeremy Corbyn's momentum strengthened from here. In the meantime, we are finding plenty of opportunities in equities outside the UK, where fundamentals look much more attractive.
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|Bikes on bridge: Runstraat Amsterdam
Jordaan is one of my favorite neighborhoods in Amsterdam and I spent a recent Thursday afternoon walking around there enjoying the city. I started by walking down Runstraat.
I was looking for a simple lunch so I stopped in at De Kaaskamer, which was offering a daily baguette for 5 Euros, why not? It was a local ham and soft goat cheese served on half a dark baguette. De Kaaskamer is one of those really great cheese shops where they sell hundreds of cheeses and the staff know everything about the different cheeses so they can point you in the right direction. The sandwich was great.
|At De Kaaskamer cheese shop Amsterdam
I returned to the shop later in the afternoon to buy cheese to bring home. Then I realized you really need their expertise to help choose. After tasting several I decided on two. Here's how they are described on their labels:
"'Brokkel de Brokkel' so do break off a piece of this very, very old cheese - impossible to cut with a cheese slicer. Invite some friends, open a bottle full bodied wine and enjoy this strong but sweet speciality. Break-a-breaker!"
"Deurninger Speciaal van het landgoed Kaamps - Special Dutch cheese made by farmer Herbert Nijland on his farm in the village of Deurningen near Hengelo. the cheese is treated with an Austrian mountain fungus. Special flavour!"I'm looking forward to a Dutch cheese-tasting evening at home!
Then on to the Cafe de Pels just down the street, a cafe we visited before. Very nice coffee, newspapers, darkish interior, and totally comfortable.
|Restaurant 't Stuivertje in Jordaan District Amsterdam
More walking, I was happy to find the great restaurant called t' Stuivertje on Hazenstraat 56 that we enjoyed so much last time we visited Amsterdam. I was glad to see it was still in business. Here's my review of Bistro 't Stuivertje from last time. I also found a very nice looking pizza place called pazzi (see my review) and a cool looking cafe, but to be honest, there seem like a million cool looking cafes in Amsterdam and especially in the Jordaan (maybe that's why I like it?).
|Amsterdam canal in winter
After walking around a little more it was happy hour, as my mother likes to say, and so I stopped in at a nice cafe at the corner of Elandsgracht and Prinsengracht overlooking the canal. I had a nice Heinekein beer and enjoyed the sun setting in the windows across the canal.
|Looking out from Jordaan cafe
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Of Culture and Anarchy: The Student Protests Were Not an Aberration but Part of Britain's Rich History of Public Protest and Direct Action. More Is to Come
Trilling, Daniel, New Statesman (1996)
"Drum and bass is playing and the beer is open." That was how the Sky News presenter Kay Burley ended a report on the student protests of 10 November, which culminated in the occupation of Tory HQ on Millbank in central London. The affected horror and banal sensationalism of her words encapsulate the mainstream media's reaction to the day's events.
The next morning, almost every national newspaper published an identical photograph of a masked man kicking at one of the plate glass windows that lined the ground floor of the building. (A wider crop of the same picture, circulated online several days later, showed the man surrounded by a throng of photographers.) How could a protest consisting of the "sons and daughters of Middle England", as one BBC reporter put it, be hijacked by "anarchists"?
The truth is that the protest was not hijacked. The occupation was a spontaneous display of the anger shared by many of the 52,000 people who had turned up to march that morning. Most of the several hundred teenagers and twentysomethings who streamed into the foyer and on to the roof of 30 Millbank were not hardened subversives. They showed themselves capable of distinguishing between minor property damage and violence directed at people, rounding on the idiot who threw a fire extinguisher from the roof, with boos and chants of "stop throwing shit".
What's more, the breakaway protesters had a clear, coherent political message. As one told a Guardian journalist at the scene: "We stand against the cuts, in solidarity with all the poor, elderly, disabled and working people affected. We are against all cuts and the marketisation of education. We are occupying the roof of Tory HQ to show we are against the Tory system of attacking the poor and helping the rich. This is only the beginning."
Those words could prove to be prophetic. In recent months, as talking heads have debated whether Britain could or would emulate the mass protests against spending cuts seen in continental Europe, we've been given the impression that social unrest is something that happens elsewhere. The prospect of its crossing the Channel has been invoked as if public protest were a foreign disease, picked up on summer holiday, perhaps, and brought home to wreak havoc in the winter months. Strikes, protests and riots are a speciality of the French and Greeks, so goes the suggestion, and not very British. That's not how we do things here.
Yet Britain, too, has its own submerged history of protest. In this country, as elsewhere, the great advances in democracy have been pushed forward by unrest; popular movements that the wealthy and their defenders in parliament or the press have sought to denigrate, dismiss and repress. "The thing that is frustrating," the historian Edward Vallance, author of A Radical History of Britain, tells me, "is the sense that mass demonstrations and riots are different from politics. They come from the same source. They are an extension of the kind of political developments that we think are part of politics--for example political parties, holding elections and electioneering."
Rise like lions
Vallance's point is well illustrated by the long struggle for votes of the 19th and 20th centuries. At St Peter's Field in Manchester in 1819, a peaceful crowd numbering well over 60,000 assembled to see the radical politician Henry Hunt demand universal suffrage. Soldiers charged the crowd on horseback, killing 15 people and injuring hundreds. The Peterloo massacre, as it became known, inspired Shelley's poem "The Masque of Anarchy", with its exhortation to "Rise like lions after slumber/In unvanquishable number!".
It seemed as if his call had been heeded a decade later when, in 1831, after the House of Lords voted against the Reform Bill, British cities erupted in violence. Nottingham Castle was burned to the ground and gangs of men armed with muskets took over the streets of Bristol. …


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LAS VEGAS — On the outskirts of the Las Vegas Convention Center's Central Hall, an expansive stadium, emblazoned with the Samsung Gear logo, was temporary erected for CES 2016. Long rows of computer-controlled seats were filled with people rocking out to, and rollicking through, virtual reality. Given the motion sickness that can still plague virtual reality, moving people around with goggles strapped to their heads might not be the best idea. Most, however, seemed to be having a good time.
The VR hype ahead of CES 2016 can be summed up into four key areas: 1) an explosion of inexpensive mobile headsets; 2) a lot of poorly executed content; 3) an emerging ecosystem; and 4) some really good experiences still waiting just around the corner.
VR Headsets Everywhere
Virtual reality headsets being strapped to people's heads was a major theme of CES 2016, even for those who really had nothing to do with VR. Not far from the Samsung arena was a much more sedate display from Sleep Number beds that employed VR to demonstrate the negative effects of sleep deprivation while showing off its new "it," app-controlled bed.
NASA thrilled attendees by strapping them into a haptic chair and lighting them up on a virtual journey atop its 5.5 million pound Space Launch System, or SLS, via the Oculus Rift.
CES was supposed to be the launch of the year of VR, but besides the end-of-year shipment of the Samsung Gear VR consumer edition (which dominated the VR element of CES by sheer quantity) and the show-timed announcement of pricing and availability of Facebook's Oculus Rift, most of the VR-related hardware and accessories weren't shipping yet, and those that were required either an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive Pre to run (which are currently only available in developer versions) or a Google Cardboard headset or equivalent.
If you wanted to wrap your phone in a construct of cardboard or plastic and push it up against your face to peer through a pair of lenses, CES 2016 afforded ample opportunity. As a promotion for their Pixpro SP360 4K Action Cam, Kodak was giving out a nicely packaged VR headset in a box. NASA fans could collect a NASA cardboard compatible headset. VR headsets were one of the cool giveaways at the show.
Cardboard and its ilk need a high-end Android or Apple iPhone to work, which means usually a minimum $700 investment before the headset is more than cardboard, velcro and plastic. And then Cardboard needs software, and that was the biggest issue for the demonstrations. Most of the software outside of the Oculus and Sony booths were low frame-rate, often combined with low resolution, which is very bad for VR, because it not only provides a negative experience, it can make people ill.
Google Cardboard inspired paper-based headsets were joined by more sophisticated versions of the egalitarian VR design with better optics, adjustments for improved fit, along with various knobs and pulls that perfect the alignment of the lens with there wearer's eyes and visual acuity. The best of these came from ImmersiON-VRelia with Go and from Homido, though several other companies like IC Real Tech's ALLieVR and Freefly VR also offered well-designed alternatives to Cardboard.
Is that as good as VR gets?
The difference between giveaways, basic headsets and high-end systems like Vive or Oculus system should not be lost. Mobile cannot yet compete with a PC or game console for rendering compelling experiences, but mobile is where ubiquity will occur and headset manufacturers need to set expectations about performance. There are a lot of bad VR experiences available on mobile devices, and just popping a phone into a headset and watching a Cardboard enabled video on YouTube will not be the best advertisement for VR's capabilities.
The one clear message out of CES 2016 was that VR needs more engineers and editors who know how to create good VR experiences, and fewer cameras generating stitched-together footage of people surfing, climbing mountains and rocking out. Note to the industry: low-hanging fruit gets rotten pretty quickly.
The future of VR as a platform, however, remains based on faith, and investments derived by the belief in personal and business value propositions for the technology that are just around the corner. The VR faithful are probably right, but the massive amounts of bad content can obscure the horizon between the consumer and business user, between missed opportunities and the good experiences. Oculus, HTC, Sony and Samsung need to take a leadership position that ensures that at least their curated experiences offer only the best content, which is not the case today.
VR has created an explosion of 360-degree cameras from established photography houses like Kodak, with their Pixpro SP360 4K, and from innovative start-ups like Vuze and Sphericam. Kodak's approach uses two cameras, mounted top-to-bottom to create a fully immersive capture. Vuze offers a puck-like device that fits on a stick and seems to draw in images from 360-degrees. Their camera promises VR videos for under $1,000. A more traditional approach is to mount several cameras together, and here $2,999 Sphericam reduces the footprint of these wildly multi-lensed cameras by creating a compact, solid metal "sphere" that includes multiple mounting points. It is both rugged and adaptive, capturing videos from its six lenses at up to 60 frames-per-second.
VR-ready cameras will be the new GoPro, and when they hit the sub-$250 price point, expect a flood of personal video. A market for consumer VR videos and streaming services will likely emerge that won't meet some arbitrary quality bar. Bad VR content like bad YouTube videos is inevitable. CES 2016 heralded that future as much as it did any more sophisticated applications of VR.
The Rise of the VR Ecosystem
The money being put into the VR market creates ripples, and those ripples become ecosystems that eventually help nurture nascent platforms. Early adopters are willing to buy other stuff that aligns with their passion, further shoring up the perception of momentum. Even before the major platforms ship, that means many companies are going to bet on the technology, to find the edges and gaps that require innovation — and discover desires and wishes that consumers will want fulfilled. That combination of activity, even if much of it doesn't hit the right spot, will fuel the market.
CES hinted that some were already betting on VR as the next accessory market.
My favorite experience, and the one that really demonstrated the potential for VR as an immersive distraction, arrived via the CES floor known as Eureka Park, home to startups, from a company called VIRZoom. VIRZoom's rather inexpensive folding exercise bicycle will be delivered with deconstructed game pad controls integrated into its handlebars. The demo plopped me into the Old West on a quest to apprehend hombres, it sat me in the driver's seat to drag race against some Labrador Retrievers, and it propelled me off the ledge of a cliff as I took the reigns of a flying unicorn. Yes, that is what I said: a flying unicorn.
I quickly mastered the software, which is important for a device with the real purpose of getting users to work up a sweat. The experience was enjoyable and delivered on its promise, despite my protestations that "I don't exercise." VIRZoom will support all major tethered VR headsets. The demo was running on HTC's Vive.
Also at Eureka Park was 3DRudder, a VR controller run completely by ones feet. 3DRudder supports complete freedom of movement for strolling and turning, and it facilitates movement along the Z axis, which means it can also be used to fly, but in a very different way than VIRZoom. 3DRudder is all about choreographing feet to kind of dance through VR. Tools like this will be important to business users who will need to navigate VR, but also keep their hands free to perform various tasks in VR, like optimizing layout for a new facility, or writing a comment on a conference booth design.
It may seem a stretch that VR scenarios support so much flying, but for business applications, this is akin to setting a camera position from above a target. If you are building a high rise or examining a new plane, VR's ability to fly is a cheap alternative to the real-world need to rent a helicopter or deploy a scissor lift — and its a whole lot safer and perhaps more useful because you can practice doing things, or test out ideas, in VR without worrying about the expense of rework. For many consumers, flying is probably the one ability where they feel humankind was most deprived in evolution's lottery. VR offer an entirely new way to experience personal flight in the safety of one's game room.
Gaining a sense of place is critical to many VR applications. In the real world, our relationship with space is augmented by what we hear. Anybody who has ever walked through the woods knows that the loud snap of twig from behind initiates an immediate turn of the head, not to mention accompanying increases in heart rate and respiration. Unfortunately, most VR cameras don't do a good job of capturing sound in the same way they capture images. Enter Arkamys and its 360-degree audio that helps oriented people to what is going on around them, even things outside of their field of view. With an Arkamys soundtrack and the right headphones sound becomes a spatial clue that augments the VR experience.
For those looking at a different take on VR, the kind the military uses to project images on surfaces and create VR "caves" for training experiences, enter France's Scale-1 Portal from SCALee, a scaled-down version of their industrial system designed for home use. Their systems uses a modified Microsoft Kinect to track people in their projected worlds. While it appears that headsets have won the day, projected VR remains a viable competitor. It is too early to dismiss technologies like the Scale-1 Portal as an anachronism in a world filled with headsets.
Now that you own a headset, what do you do with it? That was a question asked by designer Steve King of Prism Designs, maker of the Hand Stylus. Steve was showing off an initial run of precisely machined stands for the likes of the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. If you spend a lot of money on hardware, you will not only want to keep it hand, you will probably also want to display it.
Is 2016 the Year of VR?
As the pundits predicted, VR was hard to miss at CES 2016, but it was also not a technology ready for pickup at the local Best Buy or on that could be easily ordered from Amazon, unless you were just looking to experiment with one of the various Google Cardboard clones or Samsung's Gear VR. For those who donned mobile headsets they may have been a bit wowed, but they were exposed to suboptimal experiences.
Sony, HTC and Oculus remain the best systems for experiencing VR, though the intimacy and portability of mobile is clearly the future of the market. Smaller components and better displays may well arrive now for VR applications ahead of phones. The tethers that currently connect to PCs or game consoles may remain in order to channel ever-increasing GPU needs, along with power, but those components will eventually shrink to something wearable, first on a belt, then perhaps even on a head. When we see the Periscope equivalent of VR streaming live experiences at a distance, not from broadcasters, but from friends, then we will know the technology has fully assimilated into the lifestyle of Millennials and Virtuals.
CES is ultimately an industry show hawking goods that are about to ship, a show of near-ready prototypes still being tweaked, a display of devices poised on the dock of repeatable manufacturing processes, and cool designs waiting for underlying technology to catch up with the imagination of the designers. The VR hyped ahead of CES 2016 remains a promise. Only after HTC, Oculus and Sony actually enter the market will it be possible to begin discerning hype from reality, promise from commitment. Like the web and tablets, VR will be something entirely more that its early proponents can imagine, and perhaps less than they can deliver in the near term.
VR will only resonate and become part of the technological symbiosis of modern life if developers embrace it and make virtual reality at least as compelling as real reality, perhaps more so. It remains to be seen if our ability to translate imagination into executable experiences is beyond our collective capabilities, or if dense and deeply personal worlds created in VR will indeed spur the next development — not just in hardware and software, but in the relationship between humans and technology. VR may well provide us with alternative ways to experience reality, perhaps even force us to question the very nature of the word. That, however, will be a conversation for CES 2017.


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The number of rides taken on public buses, trains and subways is the highest since 1956.
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