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The Mountaineer Announces Transfer of Ownership
KEENE VALLEY. NY – Adirondack Park
October 12, 2018
The Mountaineer is excited to announce a transfer of ownership from the McClelland family to the Wise family.
The iconic, nationally renowned mountaineering shop was opened in 1975 by the McClelland and Miller families in heart of the Adirondack "High Peak" Mountains. The McClellands cut timber from the site and surrounding area – milling it locally to build the roughhewn, barnlike Sid Miller design in 1975. The Mountaineer has thrived as a small business, prospering through the years due to the amazingly loyal customers who rely on the shop for highest quality equipment and gear purveyed by a knowledgeable and professional group of long-time employees.
"The Mountaineer has been the pride and joy of the McClelland family for many years, and it is time to open up another chapter in the life of this renowned emporium of fine mountaineering equipment and gear. Time to get younger leadership at the helm and infuse the business with new ideas and energy," Vinny McClelland reflected. "Of utmost importance to our family was finding the right buyer – an outdoor enthusiast that shares our appreciation for these mountains, the community, and our amazing staff… Charlie and Nancy Wise checked all the boxes. They have a long history with Keene Valley and the Adirondacks, a wonderful family, and have the enthusiasm and smarts to ensure that The Mountaineer not only survives but thrives. They also recognize how important the shop's annual community events have become and the enormity of the shop's philanthropic efforts over the years."
"We are thrilled to extend the proud, 40+ year legacy of The Mountaineer," stated Charlie Wise. "Vinny's leadership, friendship, and dedication to a strong transfer of ownership have played a huge role in this process. Nancy and I are excited to begin this next chapter. The McClelland family's continuing support will be a natural part of this."
Ensuring that the transition will be seamless, Vinny will stay on for a year to work alongside Charlie, introduce him to the business' many longstanding vendor partners and affiliates, and, most importantly, assist in the transition with the longstanding staff, customers and friends who support the business so loyally.
The Mountaineer will remain committed to its core mission of outfitting its customers in the highest quality gear for serious mountaineers, expeditionists, hikers, fly fisherman, backcountry skiers, trail runners, and rock and ice climbers. The shop also recognizes its important role properly equipping and educating the ever-increasing base of users throughout the Adirondack High Peaks.


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We will forever miss our friend and colleague Andrew Fisher, who passed away in 2009.
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A third generation native of Colorado, Mr. Fisher received his undergraduate and legal education at the University of Colorado in Boulder, graduating in 1987 and 1990, respectively. After graduation, Mr. Fisher served as the law clerk to Jefferson County District Court Judge Ruthanne Polidori, before joining the firm. He was a devoted husband and father, and was a lifelong sports fan and supporter of the University of Colorado's football team.
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The family-run company started when Gordon Cheetham produced a range of child safety harnesses in the late 1950s. The Clippasafe brand quickly evolved into a whole world of child safety products, and they haven't looked back since.
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4 Cults You Might Not Know About
by Kara Kovalchik – February 16, 2010 – 2:05 PM
Some cults get all the publicity. The Manson Family, the Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate—everybody's heard of them. But last week's arrest of Goel Ratzon in Israel reminds us that there are many cults that continue to attract followers and have managed to flourish due to a lack of publicity. Here are four such cults you might not have heard of.
1. The Savior cult– Goel Ratzon (his first name means "Savior" in Hebrew) was arrested in Tel Aviv last week and charged with enslavement, rape and incest. But his victims weren't the ones who blew the whistle on their savior; it was Israeli social services and police who'd launched an investigation when they'd heard rumors of children living in overcrowded conditions and possibly being abused. They found out that Ratzon had been head of a bizarre cult he'd founded about 10 years ago.
The 60-year-old self-described "healer" had 17 women and dozens of children (all of whom he'd fathered) crammed into in three small apartments in the Hatikvah area of Tel Aviv. (The total count of his offspring may never be known, as some of them were allegedly sired via his own daughters, and they are keeping mum to avoid additional charges.) He monitored their activities via closed circuit TV, dictated their modest mode of dress, and collected the wages they earned from their day jobs (mostly as cleaning women). Oh, and he issued them cell phones so that they could text him when they were ovulating. A TV documentary aired on Israel's Channel 10 last year presented a tableau that would make your blood boil. The women and children all had Goel's name tattooed on their bodies and took turns brushing his hair and spoon feeding him.
Why wasn't the "Messiah" arrested immediately after that mind-boggling broadcast? Actually, authorities did launch their investigation shortly after the program on the grounds of child endangerment. But what with the women so slavishly devoted to their collective husband and protective of him, it took some time to gather the necessary evidence. While Ratzon sits in jail awaiting trial, most of his harem have remained loyal to their leader and have told the press that outsiders just don't understand their guru, this Perfect Man.
2. Children of God David Berg, who called himself Moses David, founded the "organization" called Children of God in 1968. The so-called Jesus Movement was gathering steam in the late 1960s and a lot of disenfranchised hippies were ripe for the picking. Berg started his first "colony" in Huntington Beach, California, and similar colonies soon sprung up in other states, as well as Europe and South America.
Members were required to relinquish all their worldly possessions to the commune and cut off all ties with their families. In the beginning, members panhandled or busked to earn money to pay for food and other supplies. But as their numbers increased, Moses decided they needed to earn dollars, not spare change. With so many young attractive women ready to do his bidding, the answer was simple – why not exploit the world's oldest profession? Berg called this fund-raising effort "flirty fishing" as a result of his unique interpretation of Matthew 4:17. Flirty fishing was officially banned by Berg in 1987 (mainly due to the escalating AIDS epidemic). Watch Berg's daughter explain the practice:
Children of God has changed its name several times in recent years after a barrage of bad publicity, including accusations of incest and other abuse. Berg passed away in 1994 and the group, now known as The Family International, is led by Steven Kelly (who calls himself King Peter).
3. The Ant Hill Kids ant-hill The majority of Canadians consider Roch Thériault to be one of their country's most notorious criminals, but his devoted followers still call him "Moses." In 1979, Thériault set up a safe camp in Burt River, Ontario, in preparation for the apocalypse. Charismatic and politically savvy, Roch attracted a small group of followers he called "The Ant Hill Kids," all of whom were looking for spiritual salvation and a pure existence. The nine female members were his concubine and were required to be subservient to the few male members of the sect. Over 20 children were born to the group in the ensuing years, many of which were sired by Roch.
The group earned money by selling baked goods door-to-door. Because Moses had officially registered his commune as a church, provincial officials were unable to do much about the primitive living conditions the members were subject to; they could only ensure that the children had warm clothing and proper nutrition. Thériault had a drinking problem and a superiority complex and demanded absolute obedience from his followers. Such unquestioning submission led to the death of one of his "wives" when she allowed him to operate on her for a stomach ailment. Another female follower risked his wrath when she fled to a hospital after he chopped off her forearm with a cleaver in a fit of anger.
It was that act of brutality that finally brought authorities swooping down on the Ant Hill. Thériault was found guilty of murder in 1993 and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was denied parole in 2002, but has fathered three more children during his years in jail as a result of conjugal visits with some of his remaining faithful few.
4. The Source Family cult- What Jim Baker had that other cult leaders did not was timing and (as realtors say) location, location, location. Retired medal of honor-winning Marine and judo champion Baker first headed to Los Angeles after the end of World War II to work as a movie stunt man with his eye on becoming filmdom's next Tarzan. When that dream didn't pan out, he fell in with a local group of beatniks called the Nature Boys, strict vegetarians who lived according to "Nature's Laws." Baker flourished in the hippie lifestyle to the extreme—he studied philosophy and religion and became a follower of Yogi Bhajan. Like all good gurus-to-be, Baker eventually left Bhajan and formed his own religion. He also adopted a more spiritually-jazzy name, Father Yod. He called his new religion the Source Family and opened an organic vegetarian restaurant in Laurel Canyon called (what else?) The Source.
Religion plus natural food plus nubile young servers in colorful robes equaled celebrity cachet in the early 1970s. Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty, Frank Zappa, Julie Christie and many other famous people made The Source the hip place to dine. As a result, Father Yod was able to rent a small home in which to house his devoted followers, which numbered about 160 at its peak.
In addition to the sex and drugs typical of most communes of that era, Yod also embraced rock and roll. He and his faithful formed an ersatz band called Ya Ho Wa 13, which ultimately released nine albums (recorded in a home studio and mostly sold via his restaurant). The recordings were a mixture of an avant garde acid rock-type background while Father Yod chanting his wisdom.
All seemed groovy until Father Yod's natural treatment of whatever ailed his minions failed, and a Source baby had to be taken to a local hospital due to a severe staph infection. In anticipation of The Man swooping down on his kingdom to investigate the possibly unsafe environment in which children were being raised (more than 100 people in a three-bedroom house), Yob moved his "family" to Hawaii. In 1975, a totally inexperienced Baker decided to try his hand at hang-gliding, and his first flight was his last. The Source Family pretty much disintegrated after his death.


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Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl"
This has been around for a bit and lord knows it's all over TV. Still, if a boring Jessica Simpson video can inspire 58 posts, surely this can inspire a little. Topics may include:
a 35-year-old woman who pretends she's still in high school her gang of subservient Asian women
predictable use of a marching band she says "shit" over and over again
... still, it is an effective clip.
wow! gwen is totally down with black people AND asian b-grls. she is like totally cool like that you know?
i think it's amazing how cash dollas buys legitimacy in music. got a few million for a fat neptunes beat? okay! now you're totally hip hop! we'll even throw in a pharrell cameo fo free.
Oh crap, this is where all the Grad students deconstruct this thing like its James Joyce. Fresh video.
who's deconstructing the video? i was talking about the economic and social forces informing it.
I'll deconstruct it! This crap is gonna look so cheesy five years from now, but do "hard earned dollars" deserve more? Wardrobe change, Pose!
The video for Holla Back Girl is a poetic meditation on our collective lost innocence, which artfully uses a ghostly high school setting to explore the bankrupted soul of Gwen, a disillusioned 35 year old slave owner. Like the tragic march of Death in Bergman's 7th Seal or the ghostly parade in Fellini's 8 1/2, Gwen leads a troupe of high schoolers to what we can only assume is their ultimate death and eternal damnation.
Also, It's funny how she sticks her butt out when she says "It's my shit." As if the song and the video are literally being pooped out onto my screen and into my ears.
hilarious, hjed.
Remember a few years ago when she was rocking the Bindi?
See also: Orientalism
this is the best video to come out of the LAMB album, there is no point in posting anything here that isnt on that earnest, white people, indie rock, look at me Im so different tip. (Im really sick of that tip, its played out). And regarding dickensian-hero's comment re the neptunes, anyone making a pop album who can afford certainly should use them, they are the best producers available, they make the hottest shit, period.
i dunno shut up, that lachapelle video on the pirate ship set is pretty phat n fresh.
Yeah, and I'm Korean so whatever.
wait, shut up, did you mean to write that anyone making a "poop" album should use the neptunes? because sometimes i forget the extra "o" too.
surprised cataracts hasnt driven this wench to suicide yet. Time.
Shes Hot Anything this girl does Stings!
U wanna see and discuss Leonardo type genius, I suggest u buy a ticket n head for the Louvre
Sum of the comments 'ere sound like they've escaped from Mark's Jentina page on www.neonbubble.com
What that poor girl did to be attacked like that I don't know
Oh yes I do, now I come to think of it
She made a couple of records
Wotta crime worse than Bush, Blair and Saddam all rolled into one
... and dont miss the Diplo remix of Hollaback Girl


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Caspar Gray on Maximizing the Success of Games | Casual Connect Video
While speaking about negotiating with publishers at Casual Connect USA, Caspar Gray of The Arsenal Agency advised, "Think carefully about what you want before you start the process. Identify your pressure points and think about what their pressure points are." In his talk, Caspar gave details about how to zero in on a good idea, get people excited about it, negotiate smartly and sign a fair contract. To learn more, see the full lecture below.
Caspar Gray, now working in Developer Representation at The Arsenal Agency, had previously worked for more than a decade as acquisitions point man for major publishers Eidos and Square Enix. When Square Enix closed this division, Caspar was approached by Tina Kowalewski, who had just founded The Arsenal Agency. She suggested that Caspar come on board.
The Arsenal Agency works with a select group of talented developers to help them secure publisher funding, as well as advising them on many aspects of their business. Developing a game is quite different from pitching that game or networking and negotiation. But Tina and Caspar have decades of the experience that helps their clients sign good deals, avoid pitfalls and maximize the success of their games.
Understanding Both Games and People
In Caspar's time at Eidos and Square Enix, he saw many talented developers struggle with business development and pitching his games. Now Caspar is enjoying the career change that allows him to use his knowledge to help developers. He is also attracted to succeeding or failing by his own efforts rather than being subject to decisions made by a large corporation.
To anyone who would like to follow a career similar to his, Caspar emphasizes the importance in being interested in people as well as games. It is essential to be both honest and kind. Don't just think about how to get ahead, think "how can I improve and enhance things for my clients and my contacts".
Playing to Strengths, Compensating for Weaknesses
When working with developers, it is important to find ways to play to their strengths while compensating for their weaknesses, Caspar emphasizes. And when a developer is looking for a publisher, it is important to find one who 'gets' the game and who can reliably cover the aspects you need help with but doesn't interfere where it isn't necessary. They insist, "The quality of people assigned to your game as producer and brand manager is much more important than you think, and it doesn't matter what your hypothetical royalty rate is if the publisher isn't well positioned to make the game a success!"
The biggest challenge Caspar has faced in working at The Arsenal Agency was building up a network of contacts in California after moving from the United Kingdom. Social meetups such as GameDev DrinkUp and VG Supper Club were a great help in overcoming the problem, so Caspar is very grateful to the organizers of these events.
Understanding Games and Gamers
Fortunately, this career also has moments of great satisfaction. Caspar remembers especially the first time he closed a publishing deal for a client. Although it was "a small deal for a small developer with a small publisher", it meant a great deal to them. They love being able to help with something that otherwise wouldn't make it to market.
Caspar, as a lifelong gamer, certainly understands what gamers are all about. He plays almost every day, particularly enjoying strategy and management games that require sorting through information and making decisions. So he has played thousands of hours of Football Manager, Crusader Kings 2, XCOM and Stellaris. But Caspar is open to trying almost any game if someone he respects recommends it. In product acquisitions he has been exposed to games from every genre and believes it makes no sense to prejudge.
The history of science is something that interests Caspar, particularly after studying this in college. If he could create a game without any limits on time or resources, it would explore how people investigated the natural world and discovered such things as what plants could be used for medicine, what electricity was and what causes illnesses.
Finding a balance between work, family and, of course, gaming is always difficult. Fortunately Caspar's wife is also a gamer and, as a result, is very understanding. But it can be more difficult to find that balance when playing games is part of the job.
The Next Trend: Better AR and VR
When Caspar considers what is emerging as the important trend in the next few years in the game industry, he believes both AR and location-based gaming will have people rushing to chase the hype. But in a few years these will settle into being key pieces of the larger games ecosystem. The Arsenal Agency is working with people who have been active in AR and location-based gaming for years (not just since the success of Pokémon Go), so they are well placed to take advantage of the massively increased attention now being given to these sectors.
VR is now farther along this curve, according to Caspar. The excessive hype is dying down and a second wave of better quality experiences is now being made by teams who have mastered the space and who know how to get the best from newer, more powerful hardware.
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I hate hate hate empires, and those who try to build them and force people to be enslaved to them.
Therefore as of today I am starting to remove Amazon links and affliliate crap from this blog.
Have a look at the Library Thing blog, and read about how Amazon wants LT basically to be a mouthpiece for Amazon books only, and never point anyone to any other bookseller except on some secondary page somewhere. Library Thing pretty much has no option but to comply with THEIR AMAZON MASTERS because they've built their whole system around people being able to display cover photos provided by Amazon. They can't destroy their own site, so they're stuck. Amazon wins. Though LT is trying their darnedest to get around the problem as creatively as they can.
I agree with the assessment of things on the LT blog:
Together with a new request-monitoring system, banning iPhone applications that use Amazon data, and much of their work on the Kindle, Amazon is retreating from its historic commitment to simplicity, flexibility and openness. They won through openness. Their data is all over the web, and with it millions of links to Amazon. They won't benefit from a retreat here.
Amazon believes it has enough of a monopoly now that it can rule with an iron fist and nobody has any recourse but to obey them.
Amazon has gone all corporatist insane, and I want nothing more to do with them if it's humanly possible to avoid them. Somebody has to fight empires, no matter how inevitable they think they are.


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Sunday, 7 November 2010
Laurel Canyon
Another film set in Los Angeles depicting a dysfunctional family with an absent father figure! Oh happy day. The other half of today's members' free screening at Harbour Lights. This one is from 2002 and no doubt was chosen to sit alongside Cyrus.
Sam (Christian Bale) and Alex (Kate Beckinsale) are bright PYT's at Harvard. They jet off to LA where Sam is to undertake a residency as a Psychiatrist whilst Kate completes her Ph.D. dissertation on genomes of Fruit Flies. Gripping stuff. The plan is for them to stay at Sam's mum's place - she should be away. When they arrive, they find that she is in residence with a British rock group - she is a record producer of some repute and the house is equipped with its own studio.
The basic story is that Sam is tempted by Sarah a second year intern from Israel but worried for Alex's peace and quiet as she studies. Sam encourages Alex to find a place for them to live - near where Sarah lives. Meanwhile, Alex is gradually drawn to the drugs and sex and rock n' roll lifestyle of the house's other occupants and begins to discover a side she never knew she had.
Sam fights off the demons of his attraction to Sarah only to confront Alex in a state of undress at a party in the penthouse of a local hotel with British rock group's lead singer who is having a fling with Sam's mother. This is just at the point when Sam's mother calls a halt to a menage-a-trois but that doesn't stop Sam from jumping to conclusions and having a go at the Brit. A big punch up involving all four main characters follows which spills into the foyer of the up-market hotel. Miraculously all comes good, Sam and his mother are reconciled and the film concludes with Sam ending a call with Sarah saying he would call her right back. Inconclusive.
The only glimpse of something real and tangible is when Sam breaks professional protocol and calls in the mother of a 16 year-old patient he is treating in an attempt to offer some basic relationship support in the hope of heading off a full-scale spiral into drugs and psychotic behaviour. The rest of film deals with passions and desires that never quite as real or believable.
I felt the story was self-indulgent and never really got away from predictability and pretentiousness. Christian Bale turned in his hallmark half-whispered performance and lacked any real spark of life or conviction. A moribund performance in a moribund film. It left me feeling very frustrated. The way in which temptation was offered and faced, made sense only if Harvard and New England were devoid of temptations and a move to the state of Californication opened up endless possibilities. That Sam and Alex had progressed to the age they had and lacked the vocabulary, wit and motivation to articulate their feelings towards one another only serves to demonstrate that even PYT's don't know which side of their bread is buttered! The stereotypical portrayal of Sam's mother as the archetypal rock groupie chic and the Brit rock band as philandering pot-heads probably satisfied American box offices, but on a chilly November Sunday afternoon in Southampton UK, it left me as cold as the East wind.
I'm ever more glad that this screening was free. Don't bother going to see it - there are much better stories and performances out there.
I'll give it 5/10.
10 comments:
- Unknown said...
Umm..I am American and hated it just as much as you, TT hank you very much!
- 2 September 2013 at 02:29
- Duncan Strathie said...
Kelly - thanks, always happy to have my stereo-typing challenged. But it is a poor film.
When a story in search of meaning is so embedded within a culture, it is almost inevitable that the story and the culture will, by implication, attract similar ratings.
It always intrigues me when an older review reiggers a response. The website stats say 2 people have looked at this in the last day - I wonder what prompts people. Perhaps they catch it on TV or a friend watches the DVD. Classics I can understand but the more routine and poorer films still have a life of thier own! Just shows other views are available - whihc is good news really.
Thanks again.
- 2 September 2013 at 13:42
Just saw the movie on tv. I wish I can get that time in my life back. I'm a nice critic but this movie was horrible is an understatement.
- 17 January 2014 at 10:34
- Duncan Strathie said...
With you all way dude!
- 20 January 2014 at 19:24
- suz said...
Thought the acting was superb. I just want to know what the ending meant!
- 15 June 2016 at 21:31
- Blair said...
Wow, what a pompous reviewer.
- 24 July 2017 at 00:55
- Unknown said...
bought it hook line and you know what... it seduced me possibly because i am a huge Bale fan... that said the first reviewer was right... Chris and Kate ovviously did. not live in an east coast vacuum...certainly didnt need to wait for california to act out adolescent attractions which they could have exorcized elsewhere and earlier in their marriage bound relationship... case of pre marriage cold feet? obviously... a case of last chance heebie jeebies? maybe..... definitely a coming of arrested age story about 4 people who should have been beyond all of this years ago... ... i loved the movie on a visceral level but the character issues.seemed weightless and without point... possibly Bale's character should have spent more time unthawing his fiance with a hot hair dryer....that tree needed a hug... liberal pun intended.. ...
- 19 October 2017 at 03:30
I have a totally different viewpoint on the move. I believe you were watching two people that have lived a predominately structured life, from the opening sex scene to finding out both were doctors who worked very hard to get where they were and continue to be encompassed by there goals. Than to be thrown into a totally different life style and situations that were new to both of them. This happens to all of us in one way or another with out us ever realizing it and yet I have read a number of reviews where this was not realized by the viewer. We were left to make a conclusion at the end of the movie as if we were part of the ending. What would yo have done?
- 16 May 2018 at 18:17
- Duncan Strathie said...
I need to watch this film again.
when I first saw it I was unaware of the role of Laurel Canyon in the developing music/cultural scene of the time and the creative and unstructured way of being that folk in the neighbourhood were engaging in.
always happy to take a second look.
- 19 May 2018 at 13:54
Ok, not perfect, but I kinda loved the messiness and the vacuousness and the disjointed-ness mixed with the realer meatier moments. We're not all perfect, grounded, self-aware, fully-embodied beings. Kinda like the movie. Sure, maybe that wasn't intentional but I enjoyed it anyway. It had the weird spaciousness of some earlier 70s movies. I loved the intimacy of the reconciliation of son and mom aknowledged by their fingers and toes hug at the pool. I loved the boat going by towing the boyfriend and the moms shrug and smile. Life is fucked up and ludicrous sometimes and sometimes when we think things are resolved there's something else to mess it up. Sometimes we have it all sewn up and sometimes it's ripped apart with no immediate neat repair available. There is no ending.
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Hey guys, it's been a couple of years since I last posted on this website. You know, i remember when I was in the third grade looking over at my best friend tiffany reinders at the time and telling her i was going to grow up to be a writer and she was going with me. That was 16 years ago. How times have changed. Since the last time I have posted, i divorced my husband. 21 and divorced, but don't cry for me sweet world. Not everything is meant to last forever and not all endings are meant to be tragic. I feel that in my short life i have taken many windy paths and each one has lead me to a different lesson which i have cataloged and stored away in my memory to save as advice someday for my future children, advice which i know will fall on deaf ears but i will give anyways. During these trials and tribulations i have written several songs which i feel express me in my journey towards life. Though they have been somewhat poorly recorded due to the fact that the only recorder i have is my $14 to go phone i picked up at wal-mart, i hope you might enjoy them and i sincerely wish to share them with anybody who cares to lend an ear or an eye if you're reading the lyrics. The website to listen to them is
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Today I'm going back to basics and re-making an old favourite: Chilli Con Carne. A meat-free version, of course.
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- 2.tablespoon.olive oil.
- 3.cloves of garlic.diced.
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- 2.celery stalks.carefully chopped.
- 2.tool carrots.peeled off and also carefully chopped.
- 2.red peppers.about sliced.
- 1.tsp.ground cumin.
- 1.tsp.chili powder.
- Salt as well as pepper.to taste.
- 800.g.tinned sliced tomatoes.
- 400.g.tin of red kidney beans.drained and also rinsed.
- 100.g.dried red lentils.
- 400.g.icy soy dice.
- 250.ml.vegetable stock.
Optional add-ins.
- 1.tsp.miso paste.
- 2.tbsp.balsamic vinegar.
- A huge handful of fresh coriander.roughly chopped.
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- Additional sliced coriander.
- A press of lime juice.
Warm the olive oil in a.big pan..
Saut\u00e9 the garlic, onion, celery, carrots and peppers for a few minutes, on a medium heat, until softened.
Include the cumin, chilli powder, salt and also pepper and also mix.
Put in the chopped tomatoes, kidney beans, lentils, soy mince and also veggie supply. Include the added flavourings, if making use of.
Simmer for 25 minutes.
Serve with some fit to be tied basmati rice, some fresh torn coriander and also a capture of lime juice. Take pleasure in!
Freezes well. Keeps for up to 4 days cooled.
Recipe Notes.
Keep in mind: The only point that quits this recipe from being gluten-free, is that most soy-mince brand names I have actually seen tend to have barley in the active ingredients.
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Jun 21, 2018
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"An ideal industrial strain of cyanobacteria would need to be fast growing, naturally transformable and tolerant to high levels of temperature, light, carbon dioxide and salt. Therefore, as a first step, we have isolated a cyanobacterial strain from India that fulfils these requirements. The strain has been deposited with the Pasteur Culture collection of Cyanobacteria (PCC) as Synechococcus sp. PCC 11801. Genome sequence of PCC 11801 shows identity of ~83% with its closest neighbor S. elongatus PCC 7942. Interestingly, the new isolate can be readily adapted for improved tolerance to various abiotic stresses. In terms of synthetic biology tools, we have characterized a number of native and synthetic promoters that can be used to express heterologous pathways. We have demonstrated the production of a number of platform chemicals such as 2,3-butanediol and succinic acid in PCC 11801 by using the native promoters. In parallel, we have developed a workflow for isotopic non-stationary 13C-MFA of cyanobacteria. The isotopic 13C labeling or the mass isotopologue distribution (MID) of over 100 intermediate metabolites and their fragments has been quantified with SWATH tandem mass spectrometry. This in turn provides a high resolution flux map, which aids the model based design of strains and efficient channeling of carbon toward the product of interest. Overall, our results show that PCC 11801 is a strong candidate for photosynthetic production of fuels and chemicals at industrial level.
Additionally, I will briefly touch upon our ongoing work in other related areas that include photo-physiology of industrial strains of microalgae and bio-catalysis for chiral synthesis of compounds of pharmaceutical interest."
Pramod Wangikar received his B. Chem. Eng. degree from ICT Mumbai (formerly UDCT Mumbai) and Ph.D. from University of Iowa. Currently, he is Professor of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay. Additionally, Dr. Wangikar is the coordinator of two virtual centers, "Wadhwani Research Center for Bioengineering", IIT Bombay and "DBT PAN IIT Center for Bioenergy". The latter is spread across five IITs with participation of 21 investigators. His research is at the interface of engineering and biology with ongoing work on (i) Investigations into cellular metabolism by 13C Metabolic Flux Analysis, (ii) Bioprocess development for therapeutic proteins and enzymes, (iii) Biocatalysis for chiral synthesis, and (iv) Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria. He has undertaken several projects sponsored by industries such as Hi Tech BioSciences Ltd., Reliance Industries Ltd., JSW Steel, Lupin Ltd., Persistent Systems Ltd and Terra Biologics (USA).
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Letters to the Editor: March 20
Stand up to shutdown
Regarding the article Car-free campus may mean car-free bridge (March 17).
It's a little rich to call the use of University Drive a shortcut when a city the size of London has no east-west route between Richmond Street and Wonderland Road in a five-kilometre stretch from Oxford Street to Fanshawe Park Road.
As someone who pays taxes at three levels of government to support Western University, I don't see how it can arbitrarily decide it's no longer going to allow vehicle traffic.
Perhaps it's time for the grown-ups at city hall to either stand up to the university or, better still, extend Windermere Road to Gainsborough Road.
Sue Gavin
Hike the river?
Regarding the article Full steam ahead on city riverfront redo (March 15).
Isn't it comforting to see London will proceed with the forks of the Thames River project? Realizing there will be no Springbank Dam, completing the Thames project will allow summer visitors to gaze out upon the large boulders, general debris and stark riverbanks in the absence of much flowing water. Activity will be reduced to a kayak ride in a trickle of water while navigating creek-bed obstacles. Even the Blackburn Memorial Fountain can't operate consistently due to limited water.
Maybe a hiking path in the river basin might be an activity option.
John Peake
Blocked view at Bud
My husband and I recently went to a concert at Budweiser Gardens. This was my husband's first concert and my first concert attending in a wheelchair.
Our tickets were on the first row of the floor. We understand we were attending a rock concert and that people want to stand up when their favourite band comes on. However, when you're in a wheelchair and these people stand up you can't see anything. My husband tried to speak with the people blocking my view. Some cared, others didn't. Nor did the attendants working at the event.
People with accessibility issues are entitled to enjoy a concert as much as the next guy.
Budweiser Gardens needs to find a better solution so that everyone can enjoy a concert, and be able to see the stage properly.
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The question was what was the significance of the numbers 3, 2, 8, 4. 3 and 8, 3, 6, 6, 2, 6, 8 and the answer (which quite a few people emailed me with) was that it is David Tennant spelt out on a standard telephone keypad. For example the number 2 has the letters A, B and C on it and the number 3 has D, E and F and so on.
The reason I thought that Americans in particular may have been more likely to guess it is that lots of companies there will advertise their number with their name e.g. 1-800-GO-FEDEX which translates as 1-800-46-33339 for the courier company Fedex.
Back to today and the David Tennant Treat 4 Today is David Tennant's appearance on Through The Keyhole in March last year. This was part of 24 Hour Panel People where David Walliams did a series of panel programmes for 24 hours to raise money for charity
As well as an edited version being broadcast about a week later on UK television, lots of David's fans were able to watch the recording of the programme almost live on the internet.


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Here are the rules that I think will be best for this:
#1.) Photo must contain something that can identify you, preferrably your car or motorcycle or other form of transporation.
#2.) Photo must contain some sort of identifiable landmark, I.E. a unique or remarkable building, structure, or feature.
#3.) Photo must emulate "tagged" photo as much as possible. I.E. try to pose your picture the same as the previous picture you are tagging. Sometimes this is not possible, but do your best.
#4.) After you tag a photo you must take a new photo somewhere else to be tagged. Ideally far enough away from the original to have some variety of location. POST THE NEW PHOTO WITHIN 24 HOURS or your find doesn't count.
#5.) Photos must be taken INSIDE the 694/494 loop.
#6.) No posting in this thread other than images. It will be much easier to organize and see whats going on [-Kris]
Discussion/Hints Thread is here: http://eurowerks.org/showthread.php?t=2889
#7.) If possible, provide a link to a google map once you've found someone else's spot and post your own photo.
If anyone comes up with some other ideas for rules we can modify these, this was just what I came up with.
This will be a great excuse for me to adventure around the metro area on my motorcycle.
Alright, I'll start it out with something easy.... Sorry for the crap picture my camera kinda sucks. It takes better pictures in the light.


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This Interwar Mediterranean Bathing Pavilion was built in 1933 by the Manly Steamship Company as a change room and tea room for bathers who arrived by ferry from the city to swim in the netted harbour bathing pool.
The adaptive re-use of this building for purposes of a restaurant and function space involved restoration works that included the demolition of previous unsympathetic additions, structural repairs, the rebuilding of the archways in the original tea room, repair and replication of terrazzo staircases, ceramic fountains, urns, tiles and bronze light fittings and painting of the building.
The new restaurant has a timeless quality. By taking cues from the 30's Mediterranean pavilion and by using materials in their natural state, it relates well to the surrounding harbour landscape.


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Tiropita Strifti (Feta Cheese Pie with Homemade Phyllo)
Posted in Baked, Beginner, Delicious cheese pies, Intermediate, Main Courses, Mainland Greece, Our hand picked recipes, Pastry recipes, Traditional Greek Feta Cheese Recipes, Traditional Greek Taverna Recipes, Vegetarian Originally published on September 18, 2013 Last updated on December 8, 2019 By Eli K. Giannopoulos Cuisine: Greek
Tiropita Strifti (Feta Cheese Pie with Homemade Phyllo)
The most easy and delicious feta cheese pie with some extra crispy homemade phyllo! It is very common in Greece to make homemade phyllo dough, but it requires a lot of experience. Follow our recipe step by step and succeed on your first time!
For the phyllo
- 300g all-purpose flour (10.5 ounces)
- 5 tbsps olive oil
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp salt
- 130-150g water (1/2- 3/4 of a cup)
For the filling
- 350g feta cheese, crumbled (12 ounces)
- 350g graviera, or any hard yellow cheese, grated (12 ounces)
- 50g butter (2 ounces)
For the topping
- 50g melted butter (2 ounces)
- sesame seeds
- In the large bowl of on electric mixer add the flour, the vinegar, the olive oil and the salt. Using a dough hook, mix the ingredients in high speed for 10 seconds and then add 130g of water and continue mixing. The dough may or may not need some extra water. After mixing for a while the dough should become an elastic ball. If the dough is still crumbled, you should add a few drops of water and mix.
- Wrap the dough with elastic wrap and let it rest for 30 minutes. Divide the dough into half and place on a floured surface. Use rolling pin to work each ball, until it becomes a very thin round pastry; the thinner, the better. You may find it easier to roll a little bit the dough with the rolling pin, and then lift it with your hands and hold it by the edge with your fists, shaking a little bit, while the rest hangs and stretches out, re positioning your hands around the perimeter of the dough and repeating (like a pizza dough).
- Place the dough on a large, floured kitchen towel and spread half the filling. You could use any kind of cheese you like. Add some pieces of butter for extra taste. Grab the kitchen towel by the edges lengthwise and lift it, so that the dough rolls. Turn it forming a snail and then place it on a baking tray. Butter with some melted butter and sprinkle sesame seeds. Repeat with the second ball of dough, experimenting into different shapes if you like.
- Bake in preheated oven at 180C for 60 minutes, until nicely colored and crispy.
- Tips: This recipe is very easy, because the dough stretches out really easily. The most important thing is to stretch the dough as thin as possible. Don't worry if it breaks, creating holes. It will still taste delicious! Add some fresh herbs in the filling, some fresh dill, parsley or basil for extra taste.


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The statistics presented here are current up to the end of the Sri Lanka-India ODI series. Only results against the eight oldest Test-playing nations are considered in all data presented here
This article follows on from this one, which asked how Virat Kohli ranked in comparison to ODI greats of the past, such as Sachin Tendulkar and Viv Richards.
A central reason for the high regard in which observers hold Virat Kohli is his record in run chases, which is, without question, superb. At the time of writing, in successful run chases, Kohli averages 95, an all-time high for any player who has participated in at least 20 successful run chases. In all run chases, he averages 64. This is also an all-time high. AB de Villiers averages 90 in wins and 60 overall. MS Dhoni also averages 90 in wins. In terms of raw numbers, these are phenomenal. It is impossible to achieve these numbers without belonging in the most elite group in any era so far.
While consistency is one reason why many observers rate Kohli to be exceptional, they rate him above Sachin Tendulkar for a different reason. The perception is that Kohli tends to finish run chases while Tendulkar didn't in his day; judging by the raw numbers, they are not unforgivably wrong in thinking this. When Kohli plays in chases, India have won 55 and lost only 36 ODIs. When Tendulkar played in chases, they won 97 and lost 97. Fans like winners. And they remember players who were there at the end. In this, cricket fans are not abnormal, and are affected by the availability bias. Wins and winning moments are memorable; hence they seem to be more significant in later assessments.
India have now had a very successful ODI side for a dozen years under Rahul Dravid, Dhoni and now Kohli. The captaincy eras of Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Azharuddin and Tendulkar are a distant memory. Under each of those captains, India had a losing record, with 134 wins and 174 defeats overall. Under Dravid, Dhoni and Kohli, India have a combined record of 147 wins and 110 defeats.
The outstanding player of the outstanding era must be exceptional. Before Kohli, it was Dhoni. Before Dhoni, it was Tendulkar. But there has always been an asterisk against Tendulkar's name. It seemed to affect him too. More than once, in interviews, the acknowledged supreme batsman of his day would earnestly say that he wanted to win games for India. This in an era in which it was the norm for India to lose, for every opponent who visited Indian shores to be a contender to be reckoned with, and for every overseas limited-overs series to engender hope rather than the expectation that India would be competitive. Those were not the days of India handing out five-nil thrashings to anybody.
"If you want to see exceptional individual performance over a period of time, then this is far more likely to be found in a struggling team than in a successful team"
In reality, Tendulkar and Kohli have had the same amount of (limited) influence on India's results. It is the players at the other end who account for the difference between the results achieved in Tendulkar's era and those achieved in Kohli's. Here are the figures to prove it.
The table below shows the average target, wins and losses for 11 different players in run chases involving these players. It also shows the player's record and that of the player's team-mates in these chases. To enable ready comparison, the player's average and scoring rate have been converted into an expected total over 300 balls faced, and the number of balls faced per dismissal is listed. As long as the player's dismissal rate is better than 30 balls faced per dismissal, the expected total is simply the scoring rate over 300 balls. In other cases, it is ten times the batting average. The same has been done for team-mates. The final two columns show the extent to which the player or his team-mates exceed or fall short of the average target.
For example, in chases involving Dhoni, the average target was 266. In these chases, Dhoni scored at a rate that would produce 241 runs in 300 balls. At the other end, the scoring rate was 288 runs per 300 balls. However, Dhoni was dismissed once every 58.3 balls, while at the other end, a wicket fell every 32.3 balls. The pattern of chases under Dhoni saw him effectively anchoring the chase, letting the scoring risks fall to the other end. Much of the risk-taking often happened before Dhoni got to the wicket. His apparent mastery in the run chase was made possible by the hitting firepower at the other end. His own hitting ability was a in a sense, a reserve. The result was 79 wins and 58 defeats.
Michael Bevan was similar to Dhoni as a player, capable of scoring boundaries (he once made 185 in 132 against Wasim Akram, Chaminda Vaas, Anil Kumble, Muttiah Muralitharan and Abdur Razzaq) but better known for playing a measured game. When Bevan played for Australia in run chases, the average target they faced was 230. At the end of his career, Bevan scored at a rate of 204 runs per 300 balls, 11.3% slower than the target demanded. However, at the other end, the runs came at the rate of 229 runs per 300 balls, almost the asking rate.
It is expected that the figures for a given batsman and team-mates can fall short of the average target score in this table. This is because chasing teams score only one run more than the target when they win, but they can lose by any number of runs.
At the other end of the spectrum from Dhoni and Bevan we find Virender Sehwag and Adam Gilchrist - two openers who were willing to take a fast scoring rate with a higher failure rate. On average, Sehwag faced a target of 262 and scored at a rate that would produce 302 in 300 balls. But he was also dismissed once every 33.2 balls. At the other end, the runs came at the rate of 230 runs per 300 balls, 12.2% slower than the requirement; but the dismissal rate at the other end was a full over lower than that of Sehwag.
Gilchrist faced an average target of 233 and scored at a rate that would produce 296. As in Sehwag's case, the runs at the other end came at a slow rate, 224, but with greater consistency. Australia won 73 and lost 34 of these chases. Gilchrist and Sehwag played more or less in the same era. Much of the difference between the target (233 for Gilchrist, 262 for Sehwag) is due to Australia's superior attack. Some of it is also because Australian grounds were significantly bigger, especially in the early part of Gilchrist's career.
In chases featuring Kohli, India have faced an average target of 270. Kohli's scoring rate would produce 280 runs per 300 balls. At the other end, the performance has been strong - producing 252 in 300 balls at a respectable dismissal rate of 36.6. In other words, Kohli's run production would produce 103.7% of the total, while the run production at the other end would produce 93.3% of the total.
De Villiers has an even more impressive record. The average target faced by South Africa in run chases involving him has been 262. He scores at a rate that is a full 25 runs better while nearly matching Kohli for consistency (a dismissal every 62.8 balls). At the other end, South Africa produce 248 runs at a respectable dismissal rate of 36.1.
Chases involving Kohli have been won by India 55 times and lost 36 times. Chases involved de Villiers have been won by South Africa 52 times and lost 37 times. These records are nearly identical. Yet, despite these facts, the popular perception is the Kohli is an expert at the run chase while de Villiers is not. De Villiers has remained undefeated 26 times in 87 chases and South Africa have won 25 of these games; Kohli has remained undefeated 21 times in 93 chases and India have won 20 of these games. It is not the case that Kohli stays until the end more frequently than de Villiers; perhaps the popular conventional wisdom about de Villiers is wrong.
Tendulkar played ODI cricket for India over four separate decades. The average target India faced in chases involving him was 253. In these games, Tendulkar scored at a rate that would produce 263 runs in 300 balls, and he was dismissed once every 45.6 balls. Left to themselves, the batsmen at the other end would have reached only 220 - 33 runs short on average. Tendulkar's career spanned the whole of the Azharuddin, Ganguly, Dravid and Tendulkar captaincy eras, and the majority of Dhoni's captaincy. From 1989 to 2005, India faced an average target of 249 in run chases involving Tendulkar. In these chases, he scored at a rate that would produce 267 runs per 300 balls. The other batsmen would have produced only 212. This meant that despite Tendulkar, India had a losing record in chases from 1989 to 2005.
From 2005 to 2012, after Dravid and Greg Chappell took the problem of chasing by the scruff of the neck and India had found powerful middle-order players like Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni, Tendulkar's contribution to chases declined. He went through an injury-plagued period around 2005 (remember the "Endulkar?" headlines). He then returned, and despite his reduced output (adjusted for inflation), India won 36 and lost only 24 chases during the following seven years. The wins include a World Cup final where they chased; they also won a triangular tournament in Australia chasing a target (Tendulkar made a century in the first final).
In his prime, Tendulkar was an exceptionally brilliant batsman in the run chase. The support at the other end was significantly weaker than it has been for Kohli. This not only meant that Tendulkar had to do a significantly greater amount of heavy lifting compared to Kohli. It also meant that he was hampered in this task a great deal more than Kohli has been.
Put simply, Kohli scores 17 runs more per 300 balls than Tendulkar. But Kohli's colleagues score 30 runs more per 300 balls compared to Tendulkar's colleagues. If we consider the Indian side until 2005, Kohli manages 13 runs more per 300 balls than Tendulkar did, and Kohli's colleagues score 40 runs more per 300 balls compared to Tendulkar's colleagues. Overall, scoring rates have increased by a margin of 21 runs per 300 balls (comparing targets). The difference between Kohli and Tendulkar is the support at the other end. It is this support that explains the improved results. If the two are compared as individual run chasers, then Tendulkar was actually better than Kohli is.
This idea, alongside the evidence from Dhoni's and Bevan's records, and all the others in the table above, point to an essential truth about chases in ODIs. The match-winner as a creature of habit is an illusion. As a rule, chases cannot be successfully completed from one end. Strong, successful sides have superb players (like each of the 11 in the table above), but if you want to see exceptional individual performance over a period of time, then this is far more likely to be found in a struggling team than in a successful team. In successful teams, by definition, the tasks for individual players are simpler.


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It was not possible to determine who originally posted the video. A group of men could be heard discussing the incident in natural sounding conversation. One man spoke Ukrainian, another spoke Russian with what appeared to be a southern accent.
The terrain seen in the video was consistent with the area in which the aeroplane came down.
Earlier Ukraine said that the passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down on Thursday as it flew over the country.
Both the government and the pro-Russia separatists who have been fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane.
Source: APTN / Новороссия Новоросы


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Sexual assault is a crime of violence, not a crime of passion. All crimes have two components: motive and opportunity. Sexual assault crimes usually involve motives of dominance or control, rather than sexual gratification. Motive is in the mind of the offender. Since we cannot know the mind of others, we must concentrate on removing opportunities for crime and changing the social climate that contributes to victimization. Opportunity for sexual assault varies depending upon the crime.
Most victims of sexual assaults know their perpetrators. However, the most dangerous offenders seem to randomly choose their victims. Perpetrators of sexual assault have no regard for others and seek to fulfill their desires and feed their egos. Victims are chosen because of their vulnerability. Usually, age, race, and physical appearance DO NOT matter to the perpetrator.
There is no "typical" perpetrator. They come from all economic, social, and ethnic backgrounds. Friends, acquaintances or dates may have the potential to harm you. Most sexual assaults are committed by someone the victim knows – a date, a co-worker, a supervisor, an ex-partner, a family member, a neighbor. Many perpetrators are married or have sexual partners. At the same time, a significant number of perpetrators don't know the victim they assault. They may observe a potential victim and plan the assault, or choose victims randomly. Many sexual assaults are committed by teenagers and young men, but people of all ages commit sexual assaults.
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Building the Right Environment to Support AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning
A report from the research division of AppNation holds good news for the mobile development industry. It predicts that the app economy will double in the next four years, growing to $151 billion.
The firm considers paid apps, app-enabled purchases of goods and services, and in-app advertising all to be part of the "app economy." Currently, app-enabled purchases of goods and services accounts for the largest chunk of the total, while paid downloads account for relatively little—less than $1 billion.
"Despite the massive popularity of apps and a saturated marketplace in the U.S., the overall growth rate in the app economy is still accelerating and will [continue to accelerate] until at least 2015," said AppNation CEO Drew Ianni. "With the number of apps used per day by U.S. consumers still expanding, and as time spent on mobile devices shifts more to use apps versus other media, it is clear that there is still a lot of runway ahead of and across all key sectors of the app economy."
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