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SALMAN KHAN: I have some footage here of one of the most exciting moments in sports history. And to make it even more exciting, the commentator is speaking in German. And I'm assuming that this is OK under fair use, because I'm really using it for a math problem. But I want you to watch this video, and then I'll ask you a question about it. [CHEERING] COMMENTATOR: [SPEAKING GERMAN] SALMAN KHAN: So you see, it's exciting in any language that you might watch it. But my question to you is, how fast was Usain Bolt going? What was his average speed when he ran that 100 meters right there? And I encourage you to watch the video as many times as you need to do it. And now I'll give you a little bit of time to think about it, and then we will solve it. So we needed to figure out how fast was Usain Bolt going over the 100 meters. So we're really thinking about, in the case of this problem, average speed or average rate. And you might already be familiar with the notion that distance is equal to rate or speed-- I'll just write rate-- times time. And I could write times like that, but once we start doing algebra, the traditional multiplication symbol can seem very confusing because it looks just like the variable x. So instead, I will write times like this. So distance is equal to rate times time. And hopefully, this makes some intuitive sense for you. If your rate or your speed were 10 meters per second-- just as an example. That's not necessarily how fast he went. But if you went 10 meters per second, and if you were to do that for two seconds, then it should hopefully make intuitive sense that you went 20 meters. You went 10 meters per second for two seconds. And it also works out mathematically. 10 times 2 is equal to 20. And then you have seconds in the denominator and seconds up here in the numerator. I just wrote seconds here with an s. I wrote it out there. But they also cancel out, and you're just left with the units of meters. So you're just left with 20 meters. So hopefully this makes intuitive sense. With that out of the way, let's actually think about the problem at hand. What information do we actually have? So do we have the distance? So what is the distance in the video we just did? And I'll give you a second or two to think about it. Well, this race was the 100 meters. So the distance was 100 meters. Now, what else do we know? Do we know-- well, we're trying to figure out the rate. That's what we're going to figure out. What else do we know out of this equation right over here? Well, do we know the time? Do we know the time? What was the time that it took Usain Bolt to run the 100 meters? And I'll give you another few seconds to think about that. Well luckily, they were timing the whole thing. And they also showed that it's a world record. But this right over here is in seconds. It's how long it took Usain Bolt to run the 100 meters. It was 9.58 seconds. And I'll just write s for seconds. So given this information here, what you need to attempt to do is now give us our rate in terms of meters per second. I want you to think if you could figure out the rate in terms of meters per second. We know the distance, and we know the time. Well, let's substitute these values into this equation right over here. We know the distance is 100 meters. And it's equal to-- we don't know the rate, so I'll just write rate right over here. And let me write it in that same color. It's equal to rate times-- and what's the time? We do know the time. It's 9.58 seconds. And we care about rate. We care about solving for rate. So how can we do that? Well, if you look at this right hand side of the equation, I have 9.58 seconds times rate. If I were able to divide this right hand side by 9.58 seconds, I'll just have rate on the right hand side. And that's what I want to solve for. So you say, well, why don't I just divide the right hand side by 9.58 seconds? Because if I did that, the units cancel out, if we're doing dimensional analysis. Don't worry too much if that word doesn't make sense to you. But the units cancel out, and the 9.58 cancels out. But I can't just divide one side of an equation by a number. When we started off, this is equal to this up here. If I divide the right side by 9.58, in order for the equality to still be true, I need to divide the left side by the same thing. So I can't just divide the right side. I have to divide the left side in order for the equality to still be true. If I said one thing is equal to another thing, and I divide the other thing by something, in order for them to still be equal, I have to divide the first thing by that same amount. So I divide by 9.58 seconds. So on our right hand side-- and this was the whole point-- these two cancel out. And then on the left hand side, I'm left with 100 divided by 9.58. And my units are meters per second, which are the exact units that I want for rate, or for speed. And so let's get the calculator out to divide 100 by 9.58. So I've got 100 meters divided by 9.58 seconds gives me 10 point-- this says we've got about three significant digits here-- so let's say 10.4. So this gives us 10.4. And I'll write it in the rate color. 10.4-- and the units are meters per second-- meters per second is equal to my rate. Now, the next question. So we got this in meters per second. But unfortunately, meters per second, they're not the-- when we drive a car, we don't see the speedometer in meters per second. We see either kilometers per hour or miles per hour. So the next task I have for you is to express this speed, or this rate-- and this is his average speed, or his average rate, over the 100 meters. But to think about this in terms of kilometers per hour. So try to figure out if you can rewrite this in kilometers per hour. Well, let's just take this step by step. So I'm going to write-- so let me just go down here, start over. So I started off with 10.4. And I'll write meters in blue, and seconds in magenta. Now, we want to get to kilometers per hour. Right now we're meters per second. So let's take baby steps. Let's first think about it in terms of kilometers per second. And I'll give you a second to think about what we would do this to turn this into kilometers per second. Well, the intuition here, if I'm going 10.4 meters per second, how many kilometers is 10.4 meters? Well, kilometers is a much larger unit of measurement. It's 1,000 times larger. So 10.4 meters will be a much smaller number of kilometers. And in particular, I'm going to divide by 1,000. Another way to think about it, if you want to focus on the units, we want to get rid of this in meters, and we want a kilometers. So we want a kilometers, and we want to get rid of these meters. So if we had meters in the numerator, we could divide by meters here. They would cancel out. But the intuitive way to think about it is we're going from a smaller unit, meters, to a larger unit, kilometers. So 10.4 meters are going to be a much smaller number of kilometers. But if we look at it this way, how many meters are in 1 kilometer? 1 kilometer is equal to 1,000 meters. This right over here, 1 kilometer over 1,000 meters, this is 1 over 1. We're not changing the fundamental value. We're essentially just multiplying it by one. But when we do this, what do we get? Well, the meters cancel out. We're left with kilometers and seconds. And the numbers, you get 10.4 divided by 1,000. 10.4 divided by 1,000 is going to give you-- so if you divide by 10, you're going to get 1.04. You divide by 100, you get 0.104. You divide by 1,000, you get 0.0104. So that's just 10.4 divided by 1,000. And then our units are kilometers per second. So that's the kilometers, and then I have my seconds right over here. So let me write the equal sign. Now, let's try to convert this to kilometers per hour. And I'll give you a little bit of time to think about that one. Well, hours, there's 3,600 seconds in an hour. So however many kilometers I do in a second, I'm going to do 3,600 times that in an hour. And the units will also work out. If I do this many in a second, so it's going to be times 3,600, there are 3,600 seconds in an hour. And another way to think about it is we want hours in the denominator. We had seconds. So if we multiply by seconds per hour, there are 3,600 seconds per hour, the seconds are going to cancel out, and we're going to be left with hours in the denominator. So seconds cancel out, and we're left with kilometers per hour. But now we have to multiply this number times 3,600. I'll get the calculator out for that. So we have 0.0104 times 3,600 gives us, I'll just say 37.4. So this is equal to 37.4 kilometers per hour. So that's his average speed in kilometers per hour. And now the last thing I want to do, for those of us in America, we'll convert into imperial units, or sometimes called English units, which are ironically not necessarily used in the UK. They tend to be used in America. So let's convert this into miles per hour. And the one thing I will tell you, just in case you don't know, is that 1.61 kilometers is equal to 1 mile. So I'll give you a little bit of time to convert this into miles per hour. Well, as you see from this, a mile is a slightly larger or reasonably larger unit than a kilometer. So if you're going 37.4 kilometers in a certain amount of time, you're going to go slightly smaller amount of miles in a certain amount of time. Or in particular, you're going to divide by 1.61. So let me rewrite it. If I have 37.4 kilometers per hour, we're going to a larger unit. We're going to miles. So we're going to divide by something larger than one. So we have one-- let me write it in blue-- 1 mile is equal to 1.61 kilometers. Or you could say there's one 1.61th mile per kilometer. It also, once again, works out with units. We want to get rid of the kilometers in the numerator. So we would want it in the denominator. We want a mile in the numerator. So that's why we have a mile in the numerator here. So let's once again multiply, or I guess in this case we're dividing by 1.61. And we get-- let's just divide our previous value by 1.61. And we get 23 point-- I'll just round up-- 23.3. This is equal to 23.3. And then we have miles per hour. Which is obviously very fast. He's the fastest human. But it's not maybe as fast as you might have imagined. In a car, 23.3 miles per hour doesn't seem so fast. And especially relative to the animal world, it's not particularly noteworthy. This is actually slightly slower than a charging elephant. Charging elephants have been clocked at 25 miles per hour.


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US-based Eastman Chemical will seek to leverage its "compelling, innovation-based organic growth model" to generate over double the average growth rate of underlying markets in its specialty products business, and grow earnings per share by 8-12% annually through 2020, its CEO said on 6 February.
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Eastman embraces complexity, as its seven technology platforms that can be applied across seven target markets creates an infinite range of solutions, providing competitive advantage, he said.
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It was approached by auto original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Mahindra & Mahindra in India to solve the problem of fading paint and gloss on vehicle exteriors from weather exposure. Customers were demanding better performance.
A polyester coating typically offers excellent scratch resistance, chemical resistance, but not weatherability. However, Eastman started modifying polyester with other materials to achieve the latter as well.
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Eastman has since delivered its Tetrashield product to around 300,000 painted sports utility vehicles (SUVs), he said.
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Overall, Eastman aims to boost its new business revenue from around $300m in 2017, to about $500m by 2020 with new product launches across multiple platforms. Eastman's total revenue in 2017 was $9.55bn, up by 6% from 2016.
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"Textiles is an area in need of material innovation – it's a value-rich target for harnessing molecular design across the value chain," said Steve Crawford, chief technology officer at Eastman.
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In textiles, Eastman relies on its copolyesters and cellulose esters technology platforms.
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The Healthy Living Award is one such scheme that is well worth looking at. It's free to participate in, it's open to most catering businesses and its based on teh principles of a healthy balanced diet, for example, using healthy ingredients and preparation methods. For example:
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Salmon has become one of the most popular fish to serve (not to mention one of my favorite fish to eat). People love the taste, and salmon cooks quickly, making it a great option for both weeknights and weekends.
Besides convenience, salmon is an excellent source of high-quality protein, containing all the essential amino acids, making it a great source of nutrition for the young and old alike.
If you want to prepare salmon, remember to purchase the freshest fillets you can. Keep the fish refrigerated until you are ready to cook it, and always prepare it on a clean, dry surface. In order to eliminate a strong oily taste, remove the skin as soon as possible.
If you are looking for a great way to liven up your salmon dish, you may want to try my Salmon Magic. This seasoning blend is a flavorful combination of dill, mustard seed, herbs and spices with just the right amount of salt and sugar, creating a versatile blend for all salmon recipes.
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How to Spice Up Your Next Salmon Dish With Da Spokesman:The Recipe To Change Your Taste Bud's Life
(Makes 1 serving)
1 salmon fillet
2 tablespoons Da Spokesman's Magic Sauce
Unsalted butter, melted
Heat oven to 450 F. Lightly brush the top and sides of the salmon fillet with melted butter. Lightly brush a small sheet pan with melted butter.
Season the top and sides of the salmon fillet with the Da Spokesman Magic Sauce. If the fillet is thick, use a little more Salmon Magic. Press the seasoning in gently.
Place the fillet on the sheet pan and bake until the top is golden brown, and the fillet is just cooked through. In order to have moist, pink salmon, do not overcook. Serve immediately.
Cook time: 4 to 6 minutes.
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Welcome to the Mission Consolidated Independent School District
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By Shane Thomas
NOTE: Please bear in mind, that the predictions in this piece may change, and are based on the squads on the respective teams as of 13th August.
The Premier League season begins, and there's no Sir Alex Ferguson in sight. For many journalists, pundits, and even a few fans, I imagine they're put in mind of how the late comic, Spike Milligan used to end many of his comedy sketches, by staring at the camera and uttering, "What are we going to do now?"
Well, Ferguson may be gone, but the juggernaut that is the Premier League continues. And it appears that the race for the 2013/14 title will be a race between three clubs; Manchester United, Chelsea, and Manchester City.
United are used to approaching a season under intense scrutiny, but the attention - while no less severe - is a contrasting type of pressure. Much like when the death of El Cid gave the Almoravids the belief that Valencia was ripe for the plundering, clubs will now look at Manchester United as a kingdom without a strong leader.[1]
With David Moyes now in charge at Old Trafford, many have looked at his record as Everton manager, and surmised that he's not the man to continue the success that seemed to be amaranthine under Sir Alex Ferguson.
However, while I view that as somewhat unfair - and from an objective viewpoint, I want to see Moyes succeed[2] - I still agree with the bulk of the punditocracy who expect United to finish third in the league come the season's end. This has less to do with Moyes, and more with the current personnel.
While United have a number of senior professionals who can be relied on to ensure that the winning mentality remains, there are question marks around all of them. Can United count on Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic to play on a regular basis, as both are ageing and have ongoing fitness issues. The days when Ryan Giggs could play three times a week passed a few years ago. Patrice Evra had an impressive outing in the Community Shield win over Wigan, but he has been on a downward spiral since 2010.
And while Robin Van Persie remains the division's best centre-forward, asking him to drag United to the title again is a huge ask, especially as one wonders how long he can go on before the injury problems that blighted his earlier career make a return.
This leaves a United core of players like Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling. Bar Van Persie, Michael Carrick may be the closest thing United have to an experienced regular in the first XI. And it's those aforementioned reasons why I suspect United will be well in the title race for most of the season, before dropping a few too many points with roughly 5 or 6 games to go.
It seems that the safe bet on the 2013/14 champions are Chelsea. That largely seems to be based around the return of Jose Mourinho. The man who established one of the most formidable teams in the history of British football appears to have made a timely return to England. His Chelsea side, circa 2006 would romp the current Premier League, but what chance does the current incarnation have?
While Mourinho's success in England was based on physicality, athleticism, discipline and ruthlessness, this Chelsea appear to have a more fluid, cavalier approach. The high energy of the Lampard/Essien/Drogba era has been swapped for a more impish, pass & move strategy embodied by the likes of Oscar and Juan Mata.
However, the focus on "the three amigos" (Oscar, Mata & Eden Hazard) overlooks Chelsea's main two problems; they (currently) lack a reliable centre-forward - although Fernando Torres, Demba Ba and Romelu Lukaku are more than capable of getting 30 goals between them.
The centre of their defence also looks vulnerable. John Terry has passed his peak, and can't be relied upon to play every week. Which means that a lot will depend on David Luiz continuing his maturation as a defender.
This leaves us with Manchester City. While they gave the second-most moribund defence of the Premier League in recent memory[3], it shouldn't be forgotten the already-imposing strength of their squad, bolstered further by some of the best transfer business in pre-season.
Fernandinho is a player made for the Premier League, and a potential centre-midfield partnership of the Brazilian and Yaya Toure should fill the rest of the division with dread, Stevan Jovetic will take the creative burden off David Silva, while Alvaro Negredo will ease the goalscoring strain on Sergio Aguero.
And in Jesus Navas, City have one of the world's premier wingers. Not a wide-midfielder. A winger. Navas is something of a throwback in the age of "between the lines" type players. The Spaniard simply wants to get the ball, beat the full-back, and get a dangerous cross into the box. While his propensity to go to ground easily will irk many, he's likely to be a reservoir of assists for his teammates[4].
Combine these new signings with the addition of Manuel Pelligrini as head coach, who will be a uniting and genial presence, in contrast to the choleric and intense disposition of Roberto Mancini, and I make City as favourites to lift the Premier League trophy next May.
We shouldn't forget that the standard of defending in England has dipped alarmingly since 2010. Goals are easier to come by, which means that the destination of the title will likely come down to firepower. And more than any other club, it's Manchester City who have come tooled up.
P.S. While I haven't the time to do a detailed club-by-club preview for the new Premier League season, I'll give you something to throw back at me come next May. Here's how I see the final league table ending up:
1) Manchester City
2) Chelsea
3) Manchester United
4) Tottenham
5) Arsenal
6) Liverpool
7) West Ham
8) Norwich
9) Everton
10)West Brom
11) Fulham
12) Sunderland
13) Aston Villa
14) Newcastle
15) Southampton
16) Swansea
17) Cardiff
18) Stoke
19) Hull City
20) Crystal Palace
[1] Chelsea's confidence in signing Wayne Rooney, for example. The Daily Mail's, Martin Samuel touched on this.
[2] If Moyes' reign ends in ignominy, what chance does any up-and-coming British manager have of getting a high-profile Premier League job in the foreseeable future?
[3] Blackburn in 1995/96. Now that was a shambolic title defence.
[4] Just to show I'm not jumping on a bandwagon, I've thought highly of Navas for a while.
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So I've been a tad AWOL for the…entirety of this year. Apologies! As I've begun to enter my final years of high school and the work has become increasingly demanding, I've been forced to spend the time I would have previously spent on this blog revising for Maths tests and organising my Art folio. But good news! I've been tapping away at my laptop and planning some posts so that hopefully there will not be another six month hiatus in the near future of this website. It's good to be back – hopefully some of you are still around!
Anyway, I've been working away at a massive thinkpiece about a very special concert I saw several weeks ago for a little while now, and hopefully that should go up in the next few weeks or so – and on top of this, I have plenty of other half-formed drafts to keep me going until the school holidays afford me some free time! But in the meanwhile, I thought I'd update you on what I've been listening to lately, and give you some teasers as to what the next few months over here might involve…
'Birdland' – Patti Smith
If you've been reading this blog for a couple of years, you'll know that I really, really, really love Patti Smith – her work has affected me so much, and I consider her to be my greatest hero maybe only second to Bowie. So I can't imagine you'll be overly surprised to hear that, a few weeks ago, I flew to another city to stand twenty metres away from her while she performed Horses – and that I consider that night to be among the most beautiful and incredible experiences of my life to date. I'll be exploring this event and its effect on my life in further detail in the aforementioned thinkpiece, but it was just so enthralling and moving and massive to be dancing down the aisles like I haven't since I was six while my greatest living hero stood mere metres away from you and sang lyrics that have changed my life! There was this especially incredible moment when she was performing 'Birdland' that just cemented to me just how surreal and amazing what I was seeing was – Patti was just surrounded by this aura of stage lighting, and the song was reaching peak intensity, and everyone in the stalls just rushed enmasse, at once, to the stage, and Patti was yelling these incredible improvised lyrics into the microphone, and the entire audience were convulsing to the beat. It was beautiful. Read more about it in a few days or so when I finally finish and publish my post!
'No Plan' – David Bowie
This song is here for three reasons: a) I travelled to England a few months back, where I was beyond lucky enough to see Lazarus at the King's Cross Theatre. Although I'd wanted to see it ever since its original New York run was announced, I never really thought that I actually would – not to mention the extra meaning the musical undoubtedly has carried since January 2016 – so to say that I found this to be an incredibly special and moving experience would be an understatement. The above was one of the three new songs that he wrote specifically for it, and I even hung off listening to the soundtrack when it was released several months before I saw the show so I could experience these new tunes just how Bowie wanted. All of these songs are amazing – Bowie's original versions of them even more so – but 'No Plan' might be my favourite of them all… b) I preordered the No Plan EP (the release in which these original versions are housed) in its fanciest vinyl incarnation – the vinyl is white and it's numbered and it comes with fancy lithographs – many, many months ago, and it's supposed to arrive this week!!! And c) because it's nearly a year and a half since Bowie passed away, so I plan on finishing and publishing the post on him that I meant to write in January but didn't have mange to finish in time then. I also plan on showing you guys some of my pics from England, so watch this space!
'Shadow' – Chromatics
Has anybody else been watching Twin Peaks: The Return? I certainly have! One of my many, many favourite parts of the new series (Andy and Lucy's son and "Helloooooo!" notwithstanding!) is the way that each episode ends with a different band performing a suitably Angelo Badalamenti-esque tune at The Roadhouse – it's so removed from the insanity that is the rest of the show's events, giving us a chance to debrief, and it's just a really cool way to showcase some new tunes! The above is probably my favourite of the ones that have been showcased so far – the song is pure floaty, synthy dream pop (think Julee Cruise's 'The Nightingale' from the original series), and singer Ruth Radalet looks so much like Nico I did a double-take when I first saw her onscreen, and Shelly's (sarcastic?) remark that "James has always been cool" during its performance helped a bit too… I can't wait to see where the series goes from here, though – and my excitement about it means that a post about it will probably be forthcoming in the somewhat near future!
'Leaving LA' – Father John Misty
When Father John Misty released I Love You, Honeybear back in 2015, I was kinda confused as to why the entirety of the music press was so obsessed with it – I mean, it sounded pretty enough and all, but at the time, fuzzed-up psychedelic rock (which, of course, is still my thing too!) interested me a lot more than existentialist piano ballads, and up until a few months ago I always thought that it was a little overrated. Anyway, we recently acquired a copy of the aforementioned Honeybear, and something just clicked – something about the lyrics and the melodies and the production and just the essence of each song welled up and burst into one of the most beautiful things I'd ever heard. 'Leaving LA', from this year's Honeybear-followup Pure Comedy, somehow manages to supersede what I thought would be the near-impossible task of bettering its predecessor. My first listening of it easily became among the most magical and incredible 13 minutes of my life, and it – in all of its beautiful instrumentation, and oh, among the most literate and incredible lyrics of the past twenty years – undoubtedly deserves a place in pop music's grandest songbooks alongside 'Stairway To Heaven' and the rest. It's also restored my interest in new music – something which my aforementioned school-related busy-ness has prevented me from discovering as much as I'd like – and so there might just be a post on some of my current faves sometime soon, too!
'I Don't Wanna Be Too Cool' – Kate Fagan & 'Button Up' – The Bloods
Although I haven't been discovering as much music this year as I'd like, I have been researching and unearthing some obscure American postpunk gems over the past few months. Unlike its oft-poppier English counterpart (which I also love – don't get me wrong!), this incarnation of the movement was edgier than punk itself, incorporating obscure and abrasive instrumentation, primal rhythms, droning vocals, objectively bad production techniques, weird intellectualist lyrics, even oddly-juxtaposed disco guitar licks – and it's just the absolute coolest thing ever! It was no surprise to me to learn that many of these musicians were also underground visual artists and filmmakers as well – their music easily fits as an extension of the ideas and aesthetics explored within these. Another aspect of the movement that I also particularly love was its empowerment of women; every single one of the bands I've discovered had at least one female member, and it's really quite something to see how these artists could be as overtly feminine as they wished and still be considered every bit as valid as their male colleagues – especially after realising that it seems like we've almost backpedalled on this a bit in comparison. The above songs are two that I feel best exhibit the movement in all of its noisy, feminine glory, and I haven't been able to stop listening to them – 'Button Up' especially! – for ages… Maybe I'll compile my finds into a post sometime soon as well, if you like!
'Hospital' – The Modern Lovers
The other band that I've really gotten into over the past few months is The Modern Lovers. Founded by a Lou Reed-obsessed Jonathan Richman in Boston in the early '70s, they were no more by 1974 and their only album was released in 1976 – but they, like The Velvets (and Big Star), have gone on to be credited with inventing much of what we call "alternative music" today. The main reason, though, that I've come to love them so much is the way that they contrast nerdiness with edginess, and how relatable I find this – while I adore the music and lyrics of Reed/Alex Chilton/Iggy Pop/Patti Smith/et al, I'm the first to admit that I otherwise fit the stereotype of the socially awkward goody two shoes perfectly, this something that tends to be derided in the music that I like. It's nice to find a similar band from this era that not only revels in this kind of nerdy awkwardness, but acknowledges that you can both be this way inclined AND love edgy underground music – they're pretty much the most relatable band I've ever discovered! I especially love this particular song, and I haven't really stopped listening to it for the past few weeks…
'Let's Go To Bed' – The Cure
Not particularly related to anything other than the fact that I started working at my school's canteen one day a week, and the woman who runs it very kindly gave me a copy of The Cure's Greatest Hits – meaning that I now own this song and can jump around my living room to it any time I wish! This makes me very pleased indeed…
Here's some "old" faves that I may or may not have mentioned before on here that have also been in high circulation on my record player/stereo/YouTube account, too:
Anyway, it's nice to be back – hopefully I'll be posting and chatting to you guys a lot more again soon! Feel free to let me know what you've been listening/watching/reading/whatever-ing, lately, too! 🙂


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Republic of Moldova has obtained the title of "country with open doors in the paradise of wine", because wine production is the basic occupation of Moldavians. "History footprints" are felt everywhere.
In 1952 was founded one of the most fascinating wonders of the world - Cricova cellars. They are situated under of the small Cricova town and those cellars create a truly real underground city. The basements were formed after limestone extraction from the mines. Later, from cellars winemakers formed avenues and streets with wine which are stored in the surrounding niches: Cabernet, Aligote, Sauvignon and many more are the names of the streets and avenues. These avenues and streets have a length of 120 km in total. The constant temperature is about 12 C degrees and humidity that does not exceed 97-98% are the most favorable conditions for the storage of 30 million liters of quality wine. Today, the wooden gate of Cricova winery is open to everyone. You have an undeniable chance to penetrate into the mysterious wine making process and taste good quality Moldovan wine.
After the excursion at the winery, our guests will enjoy the city tour excursion in Chisinau – the capital of the Republic of Moldova, a modern economic and cultural center. Chisinau, like Rome, is spread out over seven hills. Its population is about 730,000 residents of different nationalities. The first mentioning about the city, we find in 1436 in the charter of Moldovan magistrates Ilyash I. On the right bank of the river Byk arose the settlement, which gradually rose up above the slope.
Architecture of the historical center is perfectly combined with the new post-war buildings on the main streets. On whole neighborhoods, administrative building's facade are decorated with stone carvings and colored ceramics. The city acquired a modern view of capital. In the center of town at the entrance of oldest park there is erected the monument of the Moldovan ruler Stefan cel Mare si Sfint. In 1885, in this park unveiled the monument to Alexander Pushkin.
The residents of the capital treat with due care on the military past. In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Second War Victory, in 1975 was built the Memorial of Military Glory "Eternity". Every year, on May 9 to the memorial come hundreds of thousands of residents and guests to pay tribute to those who died.
Every year, in Chisinau are held: Folklore Music Festival "Martisor", international festival of opera and ballet "Invite Maria Biesu", festival of jazz bands "Ethno-Jazz", "National Day of Wine" and " City Day ". The wonderful stories and legends of our region, historical and ethnographic museums, art galleries and exhibitions, national celebrations and colorful fairs are offered.
Chisinau is open to everyone and everyone can discover Chisinau!
📍 The duration of the trip: 6 h;
📍 Time registration: 09:00;
📍 Start time: 09:15;
📍 Meeting point: 7, C. Negruzzi bd. The parking in front of "Chisinau" Hotel.
The route:📍 Chișinău (7, C. Negruzzi bd.)📍 Cricova winery📍 Chisinau car city tour excursion📍 Chișinău.
The excursion includes: all transfers per program. Excursion at "Cricova" winery with wine tasting (4 types of wine) and snacks. Chisinau car city tour excursion. Guide services during the tour (ROU/ RUS/ ENG).
ATENTION! Minimum number of persons is required.
Technical information: round trip distance – 50 km, total duration of the trip – 6 h (included transfers round trip).
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Week 7 of the Skogg Kettlebell System upped the ante to "Level 3" and brought with it yet another milestone.
The increased reps of level 3 had me somewhat nervous so I was surprised to find that in the Ladders and Flow routines I was able to keep up with the video during the first half of both. For the second half of each, I just paused the DVD and completed at my own pace. I was pleased that I could do all the reps and it gave me confidence that I should be able to complete this program up to the final Level 4 when asked to do so.
But while getting to Level 3 is a source of satisfaction to me, it doesn't rise to the level of being a "milestone."
So what's the big event?
It came during one of my many yoga sessions I have for my stretch days. When it came time to do the crow pose, I opted instead to do a headstand. No big deal, I guess, except I hadn't done a headstand since maybe the fifth grade. And I don't know exactly what motivated me to try it. It kind of just popped in my head as a natural move to compliment crow, which has gotten very easy and routine for me. Well, I was surprised to find I could in fact do a headstand. And I actually think the kettlebell work helped give me the confidence to try, since good core stability was certainly involved in pulling off the move.
I also played and won my second singles tennis match of the season. Again, I felt strong with excellent endurance. Again, (since I won) Skogg Kettlebell gets full credit.
On to week 8.


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I have listed a new property at 9 5545 PEACH RD in Sardis.
Great family neighbourhood This 3 level home features hardwood floors, tile, crown molding, triple driveway, and stainless steel appliances. Larger deck and lower patio offer a comfortable but low maintenance yard. Professionally finished suite has own entrance, heat and laundry with additional sound proofing between floors, can be converted to a 2 bedroom suite by using the additional bedroom downstairs. Gas BBQ outlet on deck, in-window Venetian blind, stamped concrete drive, sidewalk & patio, 125 amp service. Huge bedroom up could easily be converted to 2 bedrooms. Close to parks and recreation.


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We have classes on Tuesdays at 7.30pm with Louise and Thursdays at 6.30pm with Calum.
Our classes are open to puppies under 20 weeks at their first class and are open enrolment which means you can start as soon as you want. No waiting for a course to start – join as soon as we have a space; each class covers a specific real world topic, so you can learn how to give your puppy the best start in situations you face on a daily basis. It doesn't matter when you start or what order you do the classes – each class is designed specifically to support you and your puppy to learn what you need.
Going to the Park
Dinner Time: Dogs and Humans
Visiting the Vets
Handling & Grooming
Friends for Coffee
Going to the Pub / Cafe
Brain Games & Being a Dog
The course lasts 7 weeks and our focus is on teaching life skills – such as self control, being calm, being able to listen and having good manners – rather than basic obedience, although you will still finish the course with a good sit / down / recall etc and the knowledge to progress them further if you wish.
The course includes a copy of the book Life Skills for Puppies, handouts for the class sessions, and a goody bag and there are no more than 4 puppies in each class. We try to use as much of our secure outdoor space as possible so you practice what you're learning in the real world too.
The cost is £140 for 7 weeks including all the above.
If you would like to watch any of our classes before booking then that's great – just let us know so we can set aside some time to chat to you on the day.
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Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Last Bastion of the Living: A Futuristic Zombie NovelI am so pleased to have author Rhiannon Frater here today to answer some questions - and then give away an ebook copy of the book!
The Last Bastion of the Living: A Futuristic Zombie NovelA walled city surrounded by lush land, protected by high mountain summits, and fortified by a massive gate to secure the only pass into the valley, The Bastion remained humanity's last hope against the fearsome undead creatures known as the Inferi Scourge. On one fateful day, the valley gate failed and the Inferi Scourge overran and destroyed the human settlements outside the walls, trapping the remaining survivors inside the city. Now, decades later, the last remaining humans are struggling to survive in a dying city of dwindling resources…and dwindling hope.
Rhiannon Frater
Release: June 12, 2012
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Rhiannon Frater
Release: June 12, 2012
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Vanguard Maria Martinez has lived her entire life within the towering walls of steel. She yearns for a life away from the overcrowded streets, rolling blackouts, and food shortages, but there is no hope for anyone as long as the Inferi Scourge howl outside the high walls. Her only refuge from the daily grind is in the arms of Dwayne Reichardt, an officer in the Bastion Constabulary. Both are highly-decorated veterans of the last disastrous push against the Inferi Scourge. Their secret affair is her only happiness.
Then one day Maria is summoned to meet with a mysterious representative from the Science Warfare Division and is offered the opportunity to finally destroy the Inferi Scourge in the valley and close the gate, reclaiming the lost lands and energizing the populace with renewed hope for the future. The rewards of success are great, but she will have to sacrifice everything, possibly even her life, to accomplish the ultimate goal of securing the future of humanity and saving it from extinction.
For this interview I went with some fun questions that will let us get to know Rhiannon - that zombie and vampire goddess that we all know and love - a little better!
1. Fast Five:
Favorite food: My mom's lasagna. It's so good!
Favorite horror/scary movie: I don't have just one. My favorite zombie movie is Night of the Living Dead. My favorite vampire movie is The Vampire Lovers. The movie that gave me the most nightmares was The Ring. And Psycho made me afraid of showering for YEARS, so I enjoyed bubble baths.
Favorite recent read: Endgame by Ann Aguirre. She let me read the final book in the Sirantha Jax series (it's out in August) and it rocked!
Favorite place to visit: Italy. I would go there in a heartbeat.
Favorite guilty pleasure: Buying Betsey Johnson purses!
2. Reading and Writing Habits:
Where do you do most of your writing? I write in my office. If I hit writer's block, I might wander around the house until I find a good spot.
Which authors inspired you as a writer? I would say Bram Stoker, Charlotte Bronte, Victoria Holt, and Agatha Christie.
Who are your favorite authors to read? Right now I'm very much into Scot Westerfeld, J.L. Bryan is now an auto-read, I love Susan Kay Quinn's Mindjack Trilogy (can't wait for book 3), and I really enjoyed Jessica Meig's The Becoming.
What is the first book you remember loving? The Witch of Blackbird Pond is the first book I reread obsessively and just loved with all my heart.
What would you be doing if you weren't an author? I haven't the slightest idea. It's a nightmarish thing to imagine.
3. Who would win in an epic battle between zombies and vampires?
Depends on what type of zombie and what type of vampire. Traditional vampire vrs traditional zombie…I would give it to the vamps. They're faster, meaner, more cunning, and stronger.
Rhiannon Frater is the award-winning author of the AS THE WORLD DIES zombie trilogy and the author of several other books: the vampire novels PRETTY WHEN SHE DIES and THE TALE OF THE VAMPIRE BRIDE and the young-adult zombie novel The Living Dead Boy and the Zombie Hunters. All three books in her zombie trilogy, THE FIRST DAYS and FIGHTING TO SURVIVE, and SIEGE are available now in bookstores.
Thank you so much to Rhiannon for being here today!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/astheworlddies
Twitter: twitter.com/rhiannonfrater
Blog: rhianonfrater.blogspot.com
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THE COLLECTED TALES OF WALTER DE LA MARE (467 pp.)Edited by Edward WagenknechtKnopf ($4.50).
Every man has the books he deserves, says Boston University's Edward Wagenknecht in his introduction to this collection"We find, inevitably, the things that were destined for us." Thus, Wagenknecht and Britain's Walter de la Mare have proved to be made for each other. In fact, Wagenknecht paid his idol what is perhaps the highest compliment that can be given an author: he took him along to read on his honeymoon.
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All economic development organizations can find value in metrics that drive outcomes - we believe this to be true, especially given our work in more than 190 communities around the world. Metrics are only going to grow in importance as investors continue to ask: "What have you done for me lately?" And, as public funding continues to decrease, private funders will move to fill the gap, but will need impact metrics to commit to their investment long term.
There are hundreds of metrics your organization can track, but there are four that we believe are the most important, and relevant, in economic development. These four metrics create a better focus for economic developers, they help create a better vision, and they allow an EDO's staff to make better business decisions for the future.
Every year, we deploy our High Performance Economic Development benchmarking survey to industry professionals all over the world in an effort to ascertain these metrics. Why? So we can help each EDO establish a baseline for performance. We also provide a custom report to every participating organization that gives them a true sense of the health of their EDO. The report compares their organization to others, and paints a transparent picture of where they stack up against the competition.
Thousands of organizations have completed the survey since its inception, and every year, hundreds of EDOs submit their data. So what did the survey results tell us this year?
Detailed results can be found in our annual white paper. Download it here.
Three organizations came out on top for the four metrics we gathered. Drum roll please...
- Most website visits received for any participating organization: Frisco Economic Development Corporation
- Most conversations (inquiries) generated for any participating organization: Prince William County Department of Economic Development
- Most jobs announced for any participating organization: Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
- Most capital investment announced for any participating organization: Frisco Economic Development Corporation
There are also winners for each of these categories, broken out by population, and those can be found in our annual white paper, just released.
Many of our winners were recognized at the International Economic Development Council's Annual Conference in Cleveland, where we held an after party to celebrate so many hard working individuals in the economic development industry. It was a great event and conference, and we look forward to honoring some of the same - and hopefully many new - organizations in the profession next year.
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Emily's celebrating her eleventy-first blog post with a contest, and the more comments she gets, the more prizes she'll award! Leave your comment with a link to your favorite blog post by December 7.
Lucia's having a contest – identify which Barbara Walker stitch patterns she used for her charity knitathon blanket squares. Contest is open until someone identifies all the squares or until December 4.
Do you think Chaos and Mayhem were studying up on superpowers? The book you can barely see underneath May is Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman; it's next on my reading list.
"Neener, neener, May – I'm going to have a better superpower than you – I'm going to be able to remove the bungee cords from the closet doors AND get the food container open!" -Chaos
"Hmph." -Mayhem
You may or may not remember how easily amused I am by signage and its unintended messages. This first picture was from a walk I took a few weeks ago. Embiggen, and pay particular attention to the yellow sign and its location… 🙂
I took a rather chilly walk around Lake of the Isles Wednesday. The warming house was already out! I guess the Park & Recreation Board believes in being very prepared, since the ice probably won't be safe until late December or early January. Maybe this year the ice will sturdy enough so I can skate around the islands.
You'd have to be completely crazy to go out on the ice right now even without this warning sign, since there wasn't any ice on Sunday. Also, based on the signage, if you are crazy enough to go out and fall through the ice, there's a high probability that you will be eaten by a giant, sure-to-be-ravenous muskellunge. It'd serve you right, eh? 😉
For those of you following along at home, here's my annotated guide to Lake of the Isles:
As I was breaking down the case from my beloved gluten-free New Grist beer, I noticed that it, too, was annotated…


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After a new pipe organ is installed at a Boston church, an organist vanishes
An infant crawls in the dark, up the cold stone steps of Boston's Church of the Commonwealth. It is a miracle that Alan Starr notices the child, so focused is he on the church's new organ, whose pipes he is about to hear for the first time. He takes the baby in his arms and goes inside to inspect the magnificent new instrument, designed to the specifications of the church's master organist, mentor to Alan and to Rosalind, the baby's mother. When Alan takes the child to his neighboring home, he finds blood on the floor and no trace of Rosalind. In what should be the church's finest hour, tragedy has struck.
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Barnes & Noble users will now have an edge over Kindle Fire owners, in that there will be both a curated app store and a complete app store on Nook tablets. This move adds Android staples such as and Neflix and Google Music.
However, in a slightly odd move, this also means readers and video watchers will have to choose whether to get content from the bookseller or from Google. According to the company, this move does pose some risks, but Barnes & Noble is confident that opening up the device to a wider audience will ultimately offset the dangers of lost content revenue.
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Hello Halong Bay!
From the upper deck on our luxury Paradise Cruises junk.
The limestone islets are incredible…
There are thousands throughout the bay…
The little boats that trail the cruising junks are floating shops selling all sorts of stuff
Here's our Paradise Cruise luxury junk looking fine in the distance…
We had a little excursion to the Sung Sot Caves…
…and another little excursion to Ti Top Island
Where we had a lovely relax on the beach
So beautiful…
Travel notes:
How to get there?
Halong Bay is about 160km from Hanoi but as the route is via local roads the drive takes around 3 & a half hours.
We loved the chaotic journey there and back seeing lots of the countryside, small towns and villages.
The private car we booked through our hotel was worth every cent (US$25 per person).
Not keen on a long road journey? There is another option for reaching Halong Bay. Fly direct to Hai Phong. The airport is about an hour from Halong City.
Airlines offering direct flights to Hai Phong include Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar.
Which cruise to choose?
We did the 2 day/1 night cruise on Paradise Cruises and it was excellent.
Trying to decide which cruise to book can be overwhelming as there are so many to choose from.
Best to do lots of research, read reviews & triple check.
Hotels in Hanoi will help book a cruise but it is best to email ahead of arrival and thoroughly check out the cruise companies they recommend. There are some dodgy cruises out there and no one wants to get stuck on a junky junk.
Paradise Cruises luxury cruise cost about $300 per person. Including transfers from Hanoi, all meals, twin cabin en suite accommodation plus excursions.
When to go?
Early September when we visited the weather was just perfect. Warm enough for swimming. Clear skies.
The wet season is from May to October when it will be hot and humid and there may be rain.
The dry season is November to April, with colder weather during the winter months.


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That's right, as part of a tasty selection of Boxing Day discounts, Amazon has decided to take a rather pleasing 13 per cent off the cost of this powerful gaming notebook, bringing the price down from £749.99 to just £649.99.
But the specs right? That's the clincher after all. Well the good news is that you are well catered for, with the MSI GL62 gaming notebook coming packed with an Intel Core i5-6300HQ CPU, GeForce 940MX (2048 MB), 128GB SSD, 8GB of DDR IV RAM, a 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 resolution screen and a lovely fresh copy of Windows 10.
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Sayen had returned to her feet quickly, but not quickly enough that she would have been able to catch her bounty before he'd made off. Thankfully her new compatriots were on the ball. Hassim was once again seated firmly in the dirt and Anakita was now tending to the raptor. The report of the man's abuse of his mount was most distressing. She couldn't imagine mistreating her mount. He was an intelligent creature - he rode with her as one - like minded and with the same goals. Almost as if he were tapped into the Dream as well, though Sayen knew that was well-nigh impossible. Well, probably impossible.
The sylvari strolled over to where Hassim lay in the dirt - Shrike standing over him with a sword to his neck. She stood quite close and looked from the man's terrified eyes, up the length of the sword to Shrike's intense face, then back down to the felon.
"You know, the bounty didn't say 'dead or alive'," Sayen started thoughtfully, "but I don't think they'd really mind either way."
Hassim's face grew even paler and he swallowed carefully, keenly aware of the trickle of blood running down his neck. He lifted his left hand slightly, fingers splayed. "H...hey now. Outlander, you are not aware of our customs..." The man let out a terrified squeal as Shrike's blade pressed in. "Of..of course. My apologies...oh wise and benevolent...raptor. There...now, you let me live, yes?" Hassim's voice shook with fear even as he gestured to Anakita. "If you want the animal take him, and blessings. He has given me nothing but trouble..." The man seemed to want to go on, but one more look at the pirate in front of him seemed to make him change his mind. "I am ready for you to take me in, Outlander. Just...get me out of here!"
The raptor settled as Anakita approached, but continued to flinch and keep its eyes on Hassim - until the man released him. Immediately, the huge reptile relaxed. His head swung around to regard Anakita once more and he shifted to bring his body closer to her. He seemed to want something from her, but what?
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Soon after 4 years, Premiere Networks and Jay Mohr have mutually decided to conclude production and syndication of Jay Mohr Sports, efficient quickly. Right after the Big Ten released the commence instances for their homecoming games , I attempted to match up which games FOX Sports could not carry based on the released start instances for their college football schedule. In 2013, they divorced, and Troy lives in Dallas..Blessed with a resounding voice and ability to evaluation plays, he has worked for Fox Sports Network given that 2001. Yet women inside Fox News said that concerns of harassment and intimidation at the network went beyond Mr. Ailes.
This video will certainly have spoilers, which I do not mind, but if you like keep your fox a fox of mystery, give Nick's comparison video a skip. As usual, Fox aired the episodes out of their intended order and then switched the night it aired from Friday to Thursday with no bothering to promote the switch – that all spells CANCELLED! Joy Taylor, FS1 host and former morning drive personality at 790 AM The Ticket in South Florida, will join FSR's Mark Willard on Saturdays from 1 p.m. – four p.m. ET. In addition, NBA All-Star and Slam Dunk Champion Cedric Ceballos will group up with FSR's Brian Noe on Saturdays from 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET, whilst FS1 NBA Analyst and 14-Year NBA veteran Jim Jackson joins Ryan Field on Sundays from 1 p.m. – four p.m. ET.
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Today, the Chicago White Sox promoted center fielder Adam Engel from Triple-A Charlotte, where he was hitting .221/.312/.463. Engel takes a roster spot vacated by utility man Tyler Saladino, who is on the 10-day disabled list with "sciatic nerve related stuff." Engel got a hit in the eighth inning of a 4-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers while making his major-league debut.
Manager Rick Renteria says Engel has "potentially the ability to hold his own at the plate," according to Vinnie Duber of CSN Chicago.
In other Pale Hose news, the team celebrated the signing of a teenager out of the Uncanny Valley.
Disclosure: The author of this piece has been provided Gordon Beckham's used footwear by the Chicago White Sox, and has been sent a Hawk Harrelson alarm clock by a White Sox enthusiast. His opinions are his own.


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Madiran Wine:A Good Winter Warmer
by Ian Blackshaw
It is that time of the year, once again, when the major French supermarkets, such as Auchan, Carrefour and Intermarche, have their wine fairs (foire aux vins) and tempt punters in with all kinds of offers. For example, buy two cartons of a particular wine and get the third one free!
It is also that time when, amongst the well-known French wines, such as those from Bordeaux and Burgundy, they often feature less well-known, but also very good wines. I noticed that in one supermarket there were offers on Madiran red wine – a wine that I do not really know, so I was tempted to buy some and was not disappointed, being a Bordeaux aficionado.
Madiran wine is produced in two styles – white and red – around, not surprisingly, the village of Madiran in Gascony in South West France, between the Dordogne and the Pyrenees. This area also produces Armagnac, which is considered by some connoisseurs to be just as good as a fine cognac!
Madiran acquired its AOC status for its two styles of wine in 1948. The area of production of Madiran red wine comprises 3,200 acres of vineyards and covers three Departments: Gers; Hautes-Pyrenees; and Pyrenees-Atlantiques. The main grape variety used in its production is Tannat, which, as its name suggests, gives the wine its distinctive tannin characteristics, which, according to some medical authorities, makes Madiran red wine one of the most healthy reds that you can drink, helping, it is claimed, to reduce high blood pressure and lower cholesterol!
Although some of the top Madiran reds are made from 100% Tannat, most are a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Fer. Probably the best Madiran red is that produced by Alain Brumont, the proprietor of Chateau Montus, his 1998 reputedly being a fine example. However, the everyday Madiran red is eminently quaffable and does not break the bank either!
Madiran red goes down very well with hearty winter stews and casseroles (the season is fast approaching!) and also smelly French cheeses, such as Epoisses de Bourgogne.
So, look out for Madiran red in the wine sales; or, better still, buy some in situ. Gascony has been described by some travel writers on France as unspoilt and a haven of tranquillity fit to calm the most jangled nerves. It is the least populated area of France – 28 inhabitants per square kilometre – full of history (does the Battle of Castillon on 17 July, 1453 at the end of the Hundred Years War ring any bells?) with many medieval fortified villages (known as bastides) and fine castles – there are more than 500 of them. One of them, the Fifteenth Century Chateau de Fources has been converted into a very good Hotel, offering, on reservation, dinner with dishes typical of the region, such as duck confit!


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As a person not afflicted by an affiliation with any political party as mentioned previously I don't have a problem with the current administrations missile strikes in Syria if the information is correct.
What's always interested me though and I do have a problem with is the unswerving devotion of those affiliated with the Trump administration either as advisor, cabinet appointee, or supporter is their willingness to go for the proverbial fried bananas and in the process cast personal dignity and any respect for facts aside.
The norm has been when an issue comes to the fore to create a diversion, hold a "campaign" rally, trot out Conway with some "alternative facts", enlist the services of a media outlet like Fox News to misdirect, make some bogus claims, or with an individual like Hannity show their ass on twitter.
They take their cue from Trump, and in doing so look every bit as untrustworthy as he does.
When the backlash related to "healthcare reform" swelled the misdirect became Trump's now thoroughly discredited claim that Obama had wiretapped him.
This claim was intended to divert attention from the healthcare debacle, and it did, but not in the desired manner.
In fact it backfired as the Russian attempted influence in the previous election led to multiple investigations and discovery of associations between Trump campaign minions and appointees.
Another diversion became necessary, something to stir the patriotic fervor of the diehards – enter the recent military actions and talking tough.
Trump and this administration would have you believe they are all about human rights, all about the welfare of civilian populations, children, and "beautiful babies" inspite of their approach to defund any and everything related to the welfare of children in this country.
If you actually believe a word of the rhetoric you'll probably be receiving a coupon in the mail from the Trump administration for a complimentary serving of those fried bananas.
There's an independent film by the name of Barfly that features Mickey Rourke as a hopeless drunk, at one point Rourke's character offers the observation that it takes endurance to be a drunk, and I suppose it must as would any self destructive pursuit.
I think the same could be said of the "make America great crowd" – they might not have anything else but they've got endurance, believing that endurance is more important than the truth.
From the film and Rourke's character Henry Chinaski:
Henry: Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth.
Here's a link the Trumpkins will want to avoid talking about: