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I have decided to take on Nuclear Oblivion in 2018. You can read more about that decision here.
Monday 26 June 2017
It was another slow day from a fitness training point of view, and, again, I only managed my plank.
- #StuIsAPlank – plank – 1 minute 30 seconds
Wednesday 28 June 2017
Having finished the excellent Run With Striders course, it was time for me to push on with something else myself, while looking to tie the St Albans Striders sessions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings into that programme. I had previously used a 10K training plan from Trail Runner magazine, and found it to be very good, so I decided to go with that again, and it would keep me going for the next 8 weeks, at least. I say 'at least' because when I am following a training plan, if I do not complete any given week then I go back and repeat that week. I have enough time to play with, so that will not be an issue here. In any event, at this stage I think slow and steady is the way to go with my running until I get back my fitness and stamina.
This first session of week 1 was a Tempo session. I began with a 10 minute warm up in Z1/Z2, followed by 40 minutes in Z3, and finished off with a 10 minute cool down. However, in reality, I spent practically all the run in Z3 and above. That will sort itself out as I get fitter and my stamina returns, because it seems to be a lot more about where my heart rate rushes to, rather than how I am actually feeling.
I did pick up a few Strava segments : PR on Batchwood Drive Anticlockwise, PR on Beech Rd W, and 2nd fastest time on Bluehouse Hill, and 2nd fastest time on Batchwood Golf to Roundabout. I also got an Extreme Suffer Score of 245.
I finished the day with some late night plank.
- 10K Training Plan (St Albans) – Week 1 Session 1 – 8 kilometres – 1 hour 00 minutes 03 seconds
- #StuIsAPlank – plank – 1 minute 45 seconds
Thursday 29 June 2017
- #StuIsAPlank – plank – 2 minutes
- St Albans Striders (St Albans) – 9.8 kilometres – 1 hour 17 minutes 20 seconds
Friday 30 June 2017
Saturday 01 July 2017
Sunday 02 July 2017
I was a marshall at Judgement Day and you can read more about that here.
Baselines :
- 5 kilometres : 32 minutes 09 seconds
- 10 kilometres : 1 hour 14 minutes 00 seconds


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Shirting Fabric is On-Trend!
Ralph Lauren, Diesel Black Gold, Derek Lam Stella Jean We saw it on Ralph Lauren's catwalk for SS16, and ever since not only are we craving it, but we also spotted it on other collections too! The crisp striped motif, as well as its monochrome version, runs through collections of ultimate confidence...January 27th, 2016 | Shopping | Read More
Ralph Lauren in a Vacay Mood… Me Too!
I'm lately in the mood of changing season! I know it's early enough, but can't wait to turn the page and wear happy colors, soothing neutrals, fresh and airy fabrics under the bright sun! Back in September, my favorite show at the New York Fashion Week was that of the King of All-American aesthetics,...January 26th, 2016 | News | Read More
NYFW Spring/Summer 2016 Day 8
The very last day of the shows started as always with the pivotal and iconic Ralph Lauren show at 10AM, attended by Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Jessica Chastain, Anna Wintour and other notables, and featuring some charming, timeless looks around the nautical theme. Marinière stripes, navy blue bodycon...September 18th, 2015 | News, Catwalk | Read More
Ralph Lauren FW15: Textural Opulence and Comfort!
Doing a short retrospective of my latest memorable attendance at the Ralph Lauren FW15 show during the NY Fashion Week, as a fashion writer covering the iconic designer's fabulous collections, I got down to the principles of this brand: the all-American spirit, fashion inextricably connected to a coveted...May 7th, 2015 | News, Catwalk | Read More
New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2015 Day 8
The last day of the shows is always sensational, full of big names on- and off-catwalk, and a collective finale show at Lincoln Center with other smaller designers aspiring to conquer the global scene. At Ralph Lauren, the Western-themed collection tapped into the brand's heritage in a very cozy...February 19th, 2015 | News, Catwalk | Read More
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I knew that it was the final day of the NYFW but I also knew that it would be a star-studded day. I needed to wake up early, dress up thoughtfully and celebrate in all kinds of ways the upcoming finale of the fashion week. From my window, early in the morning, I could see a 9/11 Memorial choreographed...September 12th, 2014 | News, Catwalk | Read More
New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015 Day 5
Oh my Gosh! That was a phenomenal day full of events that dominated the fashion week and were hugely discussed! And I'll start with the newly redesigned Salon, which after some shows this season, proved to be another amazingly customizable space at the Lincoln Center tents. You can have an elaborate...September 9th, 2014 | News, Catwalk | Read More
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It's fashion royalty, Hollywood royalty and actual British royalty, teaming up to save lives! Ralph Lauren is in London to announce the Ralph Lauren Centre for Breast Cancer Research and his philanthropic partnership with The Royal Marsden. Mr. Lauren also attended a charity dinner at Windsor...May 15th, 2014 | News, Events | Read More
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Now that the fashion month is approaching, let's draw some inspiration from what I saw last February at the MB Fashion Week catwalks in NYC! Since I'm also looking for the perfect outfits, my task is to guide you and recommend you trends and items that one could adopt during the upcoming...January 7th, 2014 | News | Read More
New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 Ralph Lauren
And the last day of the NY MB Fashion Week was dedicated to Ralph Lauren as I attended his amazing show and, later on, a presentation of the way a Ralph Lauren leather bag is being manufactured by super talented and experienced Italian artisans! The show and the collection was a complete revelation starting...September 14th, 2013 | Catwalk | Read More
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I love these beautiful shots from the Ralph Lauren Blue Label Summer 2013, a collection with nice leathers, cottons, and crochets in predominant position! It's all about effortless chic, great materials, loose forms and smart, easy-to-use accessories. We see the interplay of nudes and neutrals with...July 31st, 2013 | Shopping | Read More
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Because it is not the usual suspects demonstrating (farmers, unionized workers, leftie students...), but the middle class that normally do not do this and are not formally organized. It is not centrally organized, but rather loosely via modern communication (social media, email etc) as far as I can see. But I would still call it french deonstrations and not rioting. The riots of 1967 were bigger I think.
Are the non-union working class types involved? Along with small business, they are the ones most commonly clobbered by fuel taxes.
AFAIK yes. The unions are miffed that they have not been asked first of course. How dare anybody protest but them.


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Ohad Naharin to Receive 2009 Scripps/ADF Award
Ohad Naharin. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Since 1981, the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award has been bestowed annually on luminaries of the dance world. From Martha Graham (the first recipient) to Laura Dean (the 2008 recipient), selected choreographers have won this prize with their lifelong devotion to building and shaping their art form. The honorees have pioneered new techniques and ventured into unfamiliar compositional territory. Out of their experiments emerged choreography that was not only groundbreaking but masterful.
With the exceptions of Pina Bausch and Maguy Marin, the Scripps recipients have been American or based in the United States. This year, though, a third choreographer from abroad will receive the award: Ohad Naharin. The award presentation will take place on June 25th at ADF in Durham, North Carolina.
Naharin, the artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company, has left an indelible impact not only on the troupe he leads but on the larger Israeli dance scene. Yet as his selection for the Scripps award suggests, Naharin's influence is also felt beyond Israel's borders.
Indeed, Naharin's work has spread worldwide. Major companies including the Nederlans Dans Theater and the New York-based Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet have performed his critically acclaimed and captivating choreography. Juilliard students have learned several of Naharin's works over the years, while young dancers in Sweden recently presented Kamuyot. And of course, the Batsheva Dance Company itself has toured around the globe with a tempting menu of Naharin's visual delights.
Naharin's consistently well-crafted composition and clever challenges to choreographic convention would be enough to launch him into the stratosphere of contemporary dancemakers worthy of the Scripps award. But this artist also made his mark on dance training. The inventive movement which characterizes Naharin's work stems from Gaga, which the choreographer created and instituted as the Batsheva Dance Company's primary method of training. Daily Gaga classes in Israel and workshops around the world have introduced dancers – and non-dancers – to Naharin's movement language.
Naharin's choreography and innovative technique has caused ripples throughout the dance world, and his effect on a new generation of dancemakers is already visible. Many of Israel's independent choreographers danced for Naharin at Batsheva; though they have developed their own voices, their processes and products have at times been flavored by those of their former director. Meanwhile, in New York, Gallim Dance – founded by Batsheva Ensemble alumna Andrea Miller – is making waves. If the histories of previous Scripps honorees are any indication, Ohad Naharin's already far-reaching impact on the field of dance will be long lasting as well.
List of Scripps Award Recipients
(From the ADF Awards & Dedications Page)
1981 Martha Graham
1982 Merce Cunningham
1983 Paul Taylor
1984 Hanya Holm
1985 Alwin Nikolais
1986 Katherine Dunham
1987 Alvin Ailey
1988 Erick Hawkins
1989 In memory of Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and Jose Limón
1990 Twyla Tharp
1991 Anna Sokolow
1992 Donald McKayle
1993 Talley Beatty
1994 Trisha Brown
1995 In memory of of Pearl Primus and Helen Tamiris
1996 Meredith Monk
1997 Anna Halprin
1998 Fayard and Harold Nicholas
1999 Pina Bausch
2000 Pilobolus Dance Theatre
2001 Garth Fagan
2002 no recipient
2003 Maguy Marin
2004 Eiko and Koma
2005 Bill T. Jones
2006 Murray Louis
2007 Mark Morris
2008 Laura Dean
2009 Ohad Naharin
Related articles about Ohad Naharin's choreography on Dance In Israel
- "MAX – Connecting to Ohad Naharin's Choreography"
- "Getting to Know the Batsheva Ensemble"
- "Mamootot – Challenging the Performer-Spectator Divide"
- "Ohad Naharin's Deca Dance in Israel: A Cycle Completed"
- "Batsheva Dance Company Premieres Ohad Naharin's Hora"
Related Articles about Gaga on Dance In Israel
- "Going Gaga: My Introduction to Gaga Dance Classes"
- "Gaga: Ohad Naharin's Movement Language, in His Own Words"
- "Gaga: A Foreigner Explores Ohad Naharin's Movement Language"
- "Ohad Naharin on Gaga (Video)"
- "A Glimpse into the Gaga Workshop"


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The Thomas B. Fordham Institute invites you to an important and timely panel discussion of how school leaders can more effectively manage dollars, cut costs and improve finances overall. This critical topic is the focus of a new book, Stretching the School Dollar: How Schools and Districts Can Save Money While Serving Students Best (Harvard Education Press, 2010), edited by Frederick M. Hess of the American Enterprise Institute and Eric Osberg of the Fordham Institute.
We'll hear valuable thoughts and insights from Hess, Michael Casserly, J. Wm. Covington, and Karen Hawley Miles. Fordham Institute's Michael Petrilli will moderate. A light lunch will be provided and guests will receive complimentary copies of Stretching the School Dollar.
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Michael Casserly, Executive Director, Council of the Great City Schools
J. Wm. Covington, Superintendent of Schools, Kansas City, Missouri School District
Frederick M. Hess, Director, Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Karen Hawley Miles, President and Executive Director, Education Resource Strategies
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by Jim
My family wasn't much on parties. I don't remember any birthday party. The family was small and there was not much money. The only party I can remember was a graduation party. Mom was so proud of me, she had to have a party. I thought, "Big Deal. I got out of high school."
Years later I became engaged. WOW, another party. Both these parties were real good.
A few years went by (about 60). My son said, "Dad, it's time for you to move in with us." My daughter-in-law agreed. They have a big house and a huge yard with a pool.
I told a very good friend about this and she said, "Great, we will have a party. You invite your friends and I'll make flyers and all the food and beer. Oh, by the way, it will be at our house."
Well, that was the greatest party I've ever had. And the only other thing I have to say is:
Thank you, my friends!
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Tutor profile: Aswin A.
Subject: Physics (Heat Transfer)
A concrete wall, which has a surface area of 20 m2 and is 0.30 m thick, separates conditioned room air from ambient air. The temperature of the inner surface of the wall is maintained at 25C, and the thermal conductivity of the concrete is 1 W/m K. (a) Determine the heat loss through the wall for outer surface temperatures ranging from 15C to 38C, which correspond to winter and summer extremes, respectively.
Assumptions used here are: 1. One-dimensional heat conduction in the x-direction 2. Steady state conditions 3. Constant properties 4. Outside wall temperature is that of the ambient air Now using the Fourier's law $-\frac{dT}{dx} = -\frac{q_{x}''}{k}$ , is a constant if $q_{x}''$ and k are constants. k is approximately constant if it depends only weakly on temperature. The heat flux and heat rate when the outside wall temperature is $T_{2} = -15^{0}C$ are $q_{x}'' = -k\frac{dT}{dx} = k(\frac{(T_{1}-T_{2})}{L}) = 1.\frac{(25-(-15))}{0.30} = 133.3 W/m^{2}$ $ q_{x}=q_{x}''\times A = 133.33 \times 20 = 2667W $.
Subject: Trigonometry
Find the minimum value of 5cosA+12sinA+12?
This can be written as 13(5/13cosA+12/13sinA)+12. But we can find a value of B such that sinB=5/13 and cosB=12/13. Thus the question can now be written as 13(sinBcosA+cosBsinA)+12. That is, 13sin(A+B)+12. Now it's easy the minimum value of sin is -1. So the minimum value of the expression is -13+12 = -1
Subject: Aerospace Engineering
For isotropic materials show that the principal axes of strain coincide with the principal axes of stress. Further, show that the principal stresses can be expressed in terms of the principal strains as $ \sigma_{i} = 2\mu e_{i} + \lambda e_{kk} $.
If $\sigma_{i}$ and $n_{i}^{\sigma}$ are the principal values and directions for the stress, then $(\sigma_{ij}-\sigma_{i}\delta_{ij})n_{i}^{\sigma} = 0$. But for isotropic materials, $\sigma_{ij} = \lambda e_{kk} \delta_{ij} + 2\mu e_{ij}$ and thus $(\sigma_{ij}-\sigma_{i}\delta_{ij})n_{i}^{\sigma} = (\lambda e_{kk}\delta _{ij} + 2\mu e_{ij} - \sigma _{i}\delta _{ij})n_{i}^{\sigma } = 0. which implies that $(e_{ij} - \frac{1}{2\mu }(\sigma _{i} - \lambda e_{kk})\delta _{ij})n_{i}^{\sigma } = 0$. Now this can be written as $e_{ij}-e_{i}\delta_{ij})n_{i}^{\sigma} = 0 $ where $e_{i} = \frac{1}{2\mu }(\sigma _{i} - \lambda e_{kk})$. However the principal value problem for the strain can be expressed as $e_{ij}-e_{i}\delta_{ij})n_{i}^{e} = 0 $ where e_{i} and n_{i}^{e} are the principal values and the directions for the strain which shows that the principal axes of strain coincides with that of stress. That is $n_{i}^{\sigma} = n_{i}^{e}$. These results for the isotropic materials also imply that $ \sigma_{i} = 2\mu e_{i} + \lambda e_{kk} $.
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เนื้อเพลง Lil' Ghetto N*gga - J. Cole
เนื้อเพลง Lil' Ghetto N*gga
Yeah, uh
Uh, yea
Yea, uh
Fayettenam, n*gga
Hahaah uh
Carolina, n*gga
Yeah, Yea, let's bring it in
Yea, this is for my n*ggas in the struggle
Yea, this is for my n*ggas in the struggle
Uh, uh, uh,
Nothing but sweat, tears,
Just another perspective,
Yo, uh
Lifestyles of the young, black and genius,
Sons strapped with guns packed in jeans,
And the blunts got my lungs black as Jesus, (yea)
Play where killers hung at and slung crack for leisure,
And tell a n*gga run that get gun clap for sneakers,
Young n*ggas emulate what's coming out the speakers,
So everything we learn came from rappers, not teachers,
Cause if we can't relate, then how the hell you gonna reach us?
Surrounded by crooked cops and preachers, (yea) Who am I trusting?
No time to think about illegal when your stomachs touching,
By any means, n*gga, even if the gun is busting,
I see the world for what it is now,
I see the odds is looking slim for our kids now,
Cause, uh, it wasn't set up for my people to rise, (yea)
My n*ggas slang, but I see the pain deep in they eyes,
N*ggas living like they don't give a f*ck,
And I don't blame 'em, it's a cold world, live it up! (live it up)
The things that I've seen, (seen)
The dreams that I dream, (dream)
The rain in my sky,
The pain in my eyes
But know that it gets better baby,
Hope that it gets better baby,
Don't let this world break you, (you) naw, naw,
Don't let them break you, (you)
Yea, uh
I look up in the sky, see that ghetto birds circulate,
And rollers on the block, my n*ggas on the curb, cursin them, (f*ck)
Another day in the ville, do I stay in and chill? (no)
Or go play in the field?
Help my mother paying these bills, you tell me, n*gga!
We young, black, some strapped,
Them whites got they lunch pack for school, we had our guns packed.
And all a n*gga wanna do is take his mother from that,
But they'd rather lock us up and make sure we don't come back.
You kill a n*gga over beef and cheddar even better,
Just one less coon they won't have to arrest soon.
F*ck a crooked cop three times,
B*tch, I'm getting cake and ain't a n*gga finna eat mine,
That's why a n*gga looking like a street sign, (yea)
Posted on the corner 'til it's sleep time.
Wake up and it's feeling like somebody hit the rewind, (why)
Cause them ghetto birds circulate, my n*ggas still cursin em
Another day in the city, my n*ggas say it with me, yea!
The things that I've seen, (seen)
The dreams that I dream, (dream)
The rain in my sky,
The pain in my eyes
But know that it gets better baby,
Hope that it get better baby,
Don't let this world break you, (you) naw, naw,
Don't let them break you, (you)


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Day 1: Plank – A Great Core Stability Exercise
Day 2: Bridge – The Buns of Steel Exercise
Day 3: T-Plank – A Classic With a Twist
Day 4: V Sit Up Exercise – Flat Abs and Long Body in One
Day 5: Bird-Dog Exercise – Back Pain Buster
Day 6: Hip Rolls Exercise – Toned Abs and Butt
Day 7: Alternating Leg Squat – Strong, Powerful Legs
Day 8: Roll Up Exercise – Lean Beach Body
Day 9: Hundreds Exercise – Pilates Abs
Day 10: Sumo Squats – Toned Legs and Butt
Day 11: Swimming Pilates Exercise – Strong Sexy Back
Day 12: Side Plank Exercise – Slim Waist, Strong Body
Day 13: Leg Circles Exercise – Challenge Your Stability
Day 14: Single Leg Squat Exercise – Strong Lean Legs
Day 15: Single Leg Romanian Deadlift Exercise – Super Glute Activator
Day 16: Pulse Up Exercise – Beat the Belly Bulge
Day 17: Push Up Exercise – Toned Arms and Chest
Day 18: Jump Squats – Fat Burning Plyometrics
Day 19: Bicycles Exercise – Six Pack Abs
Day 20: Burpees – Calorie Blasting Plyometrics
Day 21: Back Extension – Solid Back & Stable Shoulders
Day 22: Spiderman Exercise – Full-Body Strength
Day 23: Mountain Climber – High Intensity Fat Burner
Day 24: Multi-Planar Lunges – Lean, Sculpted Legs and Butt
Day 25: Crab Leg Raise – Solid Core, Strong Butt
Day 26: Dorothies – Fun Cardio for a Toned Body
Day 27: Rotation Jumps -Powerful and Agile Body
Day 28: Inchworm Exercise – Grow an Inch Taller
Day 29: Plank Knee to Shoulder Exercise – Abs of Steel
Day 30: Quick Feet Exercise – Toned and Fast
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If you love waterfalls, then Milford Sound is the perfect destination for you! 'Chasing waterfalls' in Milford Sound is easy because there are just so many! Only a few of the waterfalls in Milford are permanent and you'll see them at any time of year in any weather. However, many of the smaller ones only come out during or just after it rains, so really the best time to visit Milford Sound is on a wet day or just after. All these waterfalls are better known to the locals as 'liquid sunshine'.
Endless waterfalls on a rainy day in Milford.
What are the main waterfalls in Milford Sound?
On a rainy day, there are literally hundreds of little waterfalls in Milford Sound! But, out of all of these waterfalls, there are a few that are especially brilliant and worth checking out.
Bowen Falls
Bowen Falls will likely be the first waterfall you see when you arrive in Milford Sound and is the highest at 161 metres. Bowen Falls is named after lady Diamantina Bowen who was the wife of the fifth Governor of New Zealand. Bowen Falls is one of the most dramatic waterfalls in Milford and can be viewed from the foreshore but you will get an even better view as you cruise past on a Milford Sound Cruise. Bowen Falls is particularly special as it provides hydro-electric power and water supply for all of Milford Sound.
Taking in the views of Bowen Falls as your cruise past.
Stirling Falls
Stirling Falls is the second tallest waterfall at a towering 155 metres high. This waterfall drapes off a steep cliff face highlighting the unique rock formations of Milford Sound. On a rainy day, Stirling Falls can be quite powerful, on a sunny day, there will be less water, but you will still be able to see it as it is the second of only two permanent waterfalls in Milford Sound. To really feel the full force of Stirling falls and to get a famous Milford 'glacial facial' make sure you grab your raincoat and stand on the front of our Nature Cruise.
Getting a glacial facial under Stirling Falls.
Fairy Falls
Smaller but beautiful, Fairy Falls makes for the perfect photo opportunity. Fairy Falls can only be reached from out on the water by boat. Fairy Falls is a semi-permanent waterfall meaning it takes a couple of days of dry weather for it to dry up completely. With Milford Sound getting over 250 days of rain a year, it is not very common for Fairy Falls to dry up and you likely get to check it out on your next trip to Milford! Our Encounter Nature Cruise likes to get right under it so we can fill up glasses with pure glacial water for our guests to taste.
Filling up glasses with pure glacial water under Fairy Falls.
Four Sisters Falls
After there has been some rain, one cliff face showcases a four-part line of waterfalls -the Four Sisters! The Four Sisters are waterfalls that are all parallel to each other. As small waterfalls, the Four Sisters require a decent amount of rain to be able to be seen but after a lot of rainfall they can be pretty impressive.
The four sisters looking very powerful after a lot of heavy rain.
The Chasm
The Chasm is special because it is actually along the road to Milford. Near the Holmer Tunnel, you will see signs on the edge of the road for the car park for the Chasm. Follow a short trial for about 20 minutes and you will be greeted with the mighty Chasm waterfall! The Chasm is also a permanent waterfall that only gets more powerful with heavy rainfall.
How to Best View the Waterfalls
If you really want to go chasing waterfalls, you'll have to do a few different activities to get the best views of them all!
Go walking
Some of the waterfalls can be viewed just by walking along the foreshore at Milford Sound. Bowen Falls is huge and visible right from the shore! The Chasm can only be reached by walking.
A walk along the foreshore is a great way to take in the views.
Take a boat cruise
For a better and more thorough chance to see waterfalls join one of our Milford cruises to get right up close to the waterfalls as well as view them from afar. There are many great photo opportunities from the edge of the boat. And the best part? Even if it is raining you can take in the views from inside the boat or underneath the sheltered deck.
Getting close to waterfalls in Milford Sound
Go kayaking
For those looking to explore Milford Sound waterfalls a little bit more then going kayaking is the perfect option! In a kayak, you are able to get right up close to the waterfalls. On our kayaking guided tour you will learn all about Milford Sound, and if you're lucky, you might have some visitors come and greet you in your kayak in the form of seals or dolphins!
For the best combination, join our Milford Sound Cruise and Kayak!
The truth is though, that no matter how you choose to explore the waterfalls in Milford Sound you'll be guaranteed to be impressed. The power of the falls, their beauty, and the sheer number of them will have you in awe!


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Since forming in 2006, Dove Haigh Phillips has earned a reputation for providing clients with professional and practical agency advice of the highest calibre in the UK property market especially in the North of England with our focus on Yorkshire and the North West.
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We are particularly client focussed and our agency service can respond to the bespoke requirements for each project, whether full exposure or a more discrete campaign is required.
We provide a dedicated property disposal service and our instruction base covers a wide range of industrial, office and mixed use property throughout the North of England and wider regions.
Advice is provided for each project following a property appraisal and a strategy is tailored to each client's needs relating to marketing, pricing and value optimisation taking into account the relevant markets and client requirements.
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At home in both ultra-fashionable and family settings, IKEA's Söderhamn series is a design enthusiast's dream. Read this review then learn how to give yours the style it deserves with a Bemz cover.…
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Adjusting to life after graduation in a new city can be an intimidating experience. Getting settled in a new job in addition to locating the best places to exercise, shop, or get a great meal can be a challenge. Welcome to the City is a happy hour social designed to bring together Longwood's newest graduates with alumni already established in the area. The event not only helps new graduates meet members of their local alumni networks but also get inside information on their new city.


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Pupil Premium is additional funding that the Government gives to mainstream and special schools in England to help children from low income families. The Pupil Premium Grant must be spent to help eligible pupils reach their full potential, both academically and socially, and the school will decide how best to spend this. If you want to know how your child's school spends the Pupil Premium you can look on their website or ask at the school.
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Green tech is red-hot: just ask Al Gore's Oscar. So this week, I decided to take a look at how some people are living green by moving into specifically eco-friendly buildings like The Solaire in lower Manhattan. I met with Anthony Pereira, president of altPOWER, which supplied the Solaire with its photovoltaic solar energy system. So, what are the pros and cons of environmentally-friendly high-rises? Just push "play."
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Getting Ready for Surgery Day
- Eye drops will be prescribed to a pharmacy of choice. You will be asked to bring them with you on the day of your surgery. Eye drops are essential to the healing process. Make sure that you use them as instructed.
- Driving. It is recommended you do not drive until your vision and balance between the two eyes are good enough to drive.
- Eye Make-Up. Please do not wear any eye make-up on surgery day and for at least 3 days after surgery, unless advised otherwise.
For the safe treatment of our patients, there are LASIK pre-operative instructions that MUST be followed. Click here for those set of instructions.
Going Home After LASIK Surgery
- Please go directly home and rest after LASIK surgery. You will feel best if you sleep for a few hours. If you are employed, you may need to take 1-2 days off from work.
- You may experience some discomfort on the evening of the surgery and possibly over the next few days. There may be a burning sensation and it may feel like sand or an eyelash in your eye(s). You may notice red spots on the white part of your eyes. These are normal after having refractive surgery.
- Your vision may not be clear the day after LASIK surgery. The vision is usually quite blurry initially and will fluctuate for several weeks.
- Bathing. On the day of surgery, be careful while bathing or showering. Protect the eye(s) from soap and do not spray water directly into your face. It is best to gently pat or wash around your eye(s) with a clean face cloth. Do not apply pressure to your eyelid.
- Your eye(s) will probably be tearing for the first day or two. Keep a tissue handy. Hand-washing is important. Do not rub your eye(s). Lubricant drops may relieve an itchy eye(s).
Post-Operative Instructions
- Your eye(s) may be sensitive to light for 1-2 days.
- UV protection sunglasses must be worn when in bright daylight for the first month following surgery.
- Reading is acceptable, but if you read or watch television excessively, you may experience eye fatigue. This may be uncomfortable, but does not harm the eye(s).
- Avoid going in the ocean, pool and hot tubs for one week. It is advised that no water go into your eyes. This will decrease the risk of infection.
- Avoid sports or hobbies (e.g., surfing, basketball) where you may be accidentally hit in the eye for one month after LASIK .
- Shield. You will be given plastic eye shields. We ask that you wear them over the operated eye(s) for seven (7) nights when you sleep. This will protect your eye(s) from inadvertently rubbing or other trauma when you are sleeping.
Special Instructions for Having Only One Eye Done
- Depth perception will be affected if you only had one eye treated. Pay special care in pouring hot beverages and other activities.
- If you had only one eye treated and wear glasses, you may want to remove the lens from the operated side. If you wish to have plain glass put in the frame for balance or for cosmetic reasons, most optical stores should provide this service for a nominal fee.
If any symptoms listed occur after LASIK surgery, please call our office immediately for advice and instructions.
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- Swelling
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- Visual Decline
- Light Sensitivity
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a Complimentary LASIK consultation, please contact our office at 808-735-1935 and we would be happy to assist you.


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Artificial intelligence (AI) has leapt off the pages of science fiction novels and into our daily lives. To millions in the US and around the world, coexistence with AI such as Siri and Alexa is as normal as ordering pizza and watching Netflix. Although the public does foresee major changes as a result of our new cybernetic future, perception is generally optimistic.
According to a recent survey by Conversica, three out of four respondents believe that artificial intelligence will have an overall positive influence in the years to come. Much of this feeling has to do with advances in education, medical science and safety, but there's also a strong belief that AI will improve our daily lives. AI can lower time spent on repetitive tasks and free up individuals for more rewarding activities.
If customers aren't resistant to change, retailers shouldn't be either, so it's worth exploring how AI is adapting to the commercial space - and how retailers can adapt to it. I sat down with Tarun Gangwani, an AI and cloud computing entrepreneur and the Head of Product at Grok, to share some insights on AI trends in retail. Here's what he had to say:
Improving Company Cultures
Most of the time, when we think about artificial intelligence as it relates to retail, we consider improved demographic and consumer behavior information and targeting, more efficient inventory processes, and the role of the likes of Siri and Alexa in the buying process. Rarely do we consider the role of AI in company culture, but according to Gangwani, it's worth noting.
"AI will change the way your employees interface with one another and the business," he says. "Today, HR relies on several manual processes to find the candidates that can provide a great face to a retailer's brand, have the right mix of work experience, and have a passion for the role."
With AI, the process is streamlined. "Several startups provide HR solutions looking to make life easier for retail employees and managers. Some solutions screen résumés for the characteristics that align with a retail brand. Other solutions make it easier for employees to connect with one another, increasing well-being throughout the organization."
What's more, AI can facilitate more rewarding work experiences for employees which may have implications on employee performance, engagement and loyalty. Companies like YouEarnedIt, an HR SaaS company, tout the ability to improve bottom-line performance metrics by enhancing the employee experience.
"For HR, the pattern matching capabilities of this technology can help eliminate unconscious bias from your recruitment efforts, identify people on your team who need attention, those who may be at risk, or even those who excel greatly, but may go unnoticed because of other factors," says C.K. Sample III, YouEarnedIt's Chief Product Officer. "Imagine taking that data and encouraging individual employees to take more ownership of their employment, to schedule a one-on-one with their manager, take a particular training or reach out to HR in a timely and meaningful way."
How does this relate to marketing, you might ask? At the heart of a retail brand are the people that build it. Gangwani continues, "AI can help companies foster an employee base into a workforce that evangelizes a brand and loves their work."
Strengthening Omnichannel Experiences
AI is also helping to bridge the gap between retail channels, creating a more seamless omnichannel customer experience. In the past, shopping experiences had been realized within silos of brick and mortar and e-commerce. "Now, customers are buying products within mobile and social contexts, laying the foundation for patterns that can be observed throughout a shopping experience," says Gangwani. "Companies are leveraging big data collected from brand awareness all the way through the completion of a purchase."
Companies like Softvision are responding to retailer demand with novel omnichannel approaches.
"Our team developed an interactive mirror bridging the physical and digital store to provide unique shopping experiences," says Andres Angelani, the CEO of Softvision. "We are currently working with one of the nation's leading 'athleisure' retailers to create a holistic customer experience using these interactive mirrors. This holiday season, customers will be able to fulfill transactions while also checking for new running routes, exercise classes, and other ways to engage socially that service an entire community."
AI algorithms can analyze data to uncover buying trends, customer behaviors and more. As a result, companies using machine intelligence have a competitive edge that drives more customers to become champions of their brand.
Bots, Customer Service & Sales
Thanks to advances in the field, in tandem with the huge amounts of data that programs can now draw from, artificial intelligence is able to serve in a customer service role that goes light years beyond the robo-calls of old.
"Automation, AI, and chatbots have become such an integral part of the customer service conversation, and we can really see how these will make a transformative impact in the retail space specifically—especially considering the upcoming surge in holiday sales," said Linda Crawford, CEO of Helpshift. "It's so important to help online shoppers instantly because making them wait around for help significantly risks losing their sale altogether. Maintaining the same level of quality service during such peak times like the holidays is both more challenging and more important in that regard, but these intelligent features allow companies to go above and beyond their consumer expectations, even during the busiest times."
According to Crawford, retailers that embrace AI may come out on top this holiday season for more reasons than enhanced customer service. In sales, products like AI sales assistants are starting to gain traction.
In the case of the AI sales assistant, the data is millions of samples of human sales interactions, which the assistant uses to engage with customers. Because it operates 24/7 and can handle an unlimited number of prospective clients, it can generate strong response percentages among leads. With a next-level tool like the AI sales assistant, leads are handled far more successfully, with consumers responding favorably, whether they know it's artificial intelligence or not. (Spoiler alert: they almost certainly won't).
Forward-thinking retailers will take a cue from consumers to embrace artificial intelligence. From freeing up key employees for high-impact tasks to improving efficiencies and relationships with employees and customers, alike, AI has a lot to offer. Moreover, if a significant percentage of consumers are expecting AI to add efficiencies to their lives, it's up to retailers to deliver the goods.


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Our highly qualified team is trained to deal with any problem you may have. Any complaints that you wish to make will always be dealt with in a prompt and professional manner.
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The first thing you need to do is contact us and let us know how we have failed to serve you. You can report your concerns to us by phone, in writing, by e-mail or through the contact form on our website. We will then aim to resolve any issues immediately.
If this is not possible, your details will then be escalated to our Complaints Manager, who will respond to your request within 2 hours.
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Forum Post: I was wrong
Posted 7 years ago on Nov. 23, 2012, 9:27 a.m. EST by mideast
This content is user submitted and not an official statement
I hoped Egypt's Morsi was the hero -
stepping up to reign in the Hamas terrorists.
power corrupts & absolute power corrupts absolutely
Morsi just signed itno law new laws that give him almost absolute dictatorial power in Egypt ( a pharoah ? or a dictator?)
I was hoping I could trust the Muslim Brotherhood
I was wrong
The world does not need more dictators.


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So far for me, this has been a wild ride. I've talked for years and year (and years and years...) about how I was going to be an author. Blah, blah, blah. It wasn't until I was asked to be a part of an anthology by an incredibly group of women that I've had the privilege of watching come into their own and become amazing authors, that I was finally brave enough to do something about it.
Writing with two young kids isn't easy. I've screwed up so many times with deadlines, and sending out information and fumbled all over the place as I learned the ropes of being an indie author. Marketing, promotions, who to contact, what to say, the actually process of writing, getting my first round of edits (and thinking I was going to die), and so on...
There's a hilarious meme I'd love to share about this, but I can't find it. Should I come across it, I'll come back and add it later. ;)
All of this has been amazing and I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Today, we made the USA Today Recommended Must-See Book Trailer list. USA Today. Y'all. I don't know whether to fan-girl, scream, cry, pop a bottle of champagne, or what. This. Is. Incredible.
If you haven't seen our trailer, you should watch it. Now. It's fabulous. I don't care to admit how many times I've watched it. Haha!


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Horror-comedy is a tough combo to execute well, after all you're trying to cater to two very different audiences. Venture too far to one side of the spectrum, and you risk alienating the other. It doesn't help either that the granddaddy of them all, Evil Dead 2 set the bar high in terms of what a quality horror-comedy should be. Over the years there have been numerous attempts to reach that same level of greatness, many of which were horrendous misfires, but a handful have come close, Shaun of the Dead, Tremors, Zombieland, Slither, to name a few, and of course the subject of today's post, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.
Written by Eli Craig, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil follows two well meaning rednecks who are mistaken for killers by a group of college students.
The film is an absolute delight. Craig went to great lengths to craft a well developed story that's equal parts gory, hilarious, and surprisingly sweet. It's packed with little nods to the films that inspired it, such as Friday the 13th, Unhinged, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the kill scenes are some of the most inventive I've seen in years, and at the heart of the bloody goodness is a love story that works better than it should considering the premise
Alan Tudyk, (otherwise known as the guy you loved from a bunch of movies, but never knew his name) and Tyler Labine, (Canadian heartthrob extraordinaire and Breaker High alum) have such an amazing chemistry as the bumbling rednecks you can't help but feel for them as the horror unfolds around them.
Quoted as being, "the best film no one's seen" Tucker and Dale vs. Evil had a hard time finding distribution after premiering to acclaim at a ton of film festivals, but thankfully was picked up by Magnet Releasing. If you're a collector like me, you can track down a copy on the cheap, or for the rest of you it's currently streaming on Netflix. Either way, check it out. You'll be glad you did.
That's all for tonight skiddies.
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Volcanologist discovers lost kingdom of Tambora
Radar Image, Mount Tambora
The eruption of Mount Tambora on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa in 1815, the largest volcanic eruption in human history, killed 117,000 people and extinguished the tiny kingdom of Tambora. After 20 years of research, a scientist has located the first remnants of a Tamboran village under 10 feet of ash and has unearthed the first clues about its culture.
In a six-week archaeological dig in the summer of 2004, URI Professor Haraldur Sigurdsson and colleagues from the University of North Carolina and the Indonesian Directorate of Volcanology excavated a Tamboran home where they found the remains of two adults as well as bronze bowls, ceramic pots, iron tools and other artifacts. The design and decoration of the artifacts suggest that the Tamboran culture was linked to Vietnam and Cambodia, and its language was related to that of the Mon-Khmer group of languages that are now scattered across Southeast Asia.


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Authored by: Ronk on Wednesday, September 14 2011 @ 08:33 pm ACST
I agree. I am quite shocked that the AFL did not do more to publicise the International Cup, especially in Sydney where the matches were played at Blacktown and it would be an ideal tie in with the launch of GWS.
The AFL is supposed to have great clout with the media but they didn't use it. I have an Indian friend living in Blacktown (where there is a huge Indian population) and he said he and many of his countrymen would have loved to see India in action if they had only known it was on. There was zero publicity in the ethnic media as far as I can tell.
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Authored by: Michael Christiansen on Thursday, September 15 2011 @ 06:51 am ACST
From the publicity perspective, the AFL has been great this time around, the AFL website carried much more content with frontpage links all the time. Brett Kirk spent the best part of the year roving the world and reporting back via his diary blog on footy outposts, and upon his return he did the media rounds - however, the local media in the main still doesn't know how to handle the International Cup, and 4 IC's in, people still have to stress 'No expats'.
The irony of course is were the AFL to run a 'world cup' like RU, RL and even soccer - then, expats playing, people playing on the basis of parentage or even grand-parentage - that's the norm.
Sadly too many people go on about what the IC isn't. Instead of focussing on what it is.
re ethnic based media coverage, from the Indian perspective, there were snippets in BeyondIndia (at least on line, I don't buy the paper!!). However, like many things, you often need to know about it before hand to look for it. This article shows that the local (Melb) Indian community was engaged with the side during the event. Where I work thelocal paper ran a story about the French Coqs in town. That there were events put on for visiting teams clearly shows that there was a level of knowledge/promotion prior to the event to facilitate the organisation. What needs to happen though is that more people educate their mates about it over the next 3 years in preparation for IC14. And perhaps the Indian community in Australia can do more to fund the Indian rep team rather than enthusiastic amateurs.
re 'affiliation', back in 2008, the AFL initially was trying to engage VAFA (VIc amo's) teams to 'host' international sides, but, progressively through the build up, the AFL clubs got more and more interested (despite the late Aug/early Sep timeslot - i.e. clashing with last rounds and early finals). However, Tonga for example, in Sydney got there 2 weeks out and trained and some players played with Campbelltown Blues in the local comp.
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A Queer History of Computing: Part Two
In this second part of our genealogy, we move not forward in time, but look back to an encounter that took place between two foundational figures in logic and mathematics, in an attempt to identify the conflicting role of contradiction, misunderstanding, failure, and disagreement in the queer history of computation. While again these figures are well known, the encounter between them is often dismissed as a missed connection and a failed opportunity. As such, it is often relegated to an uninteresting footnote in the history of mathematics. By reengaging this encounter I hope to blur the lines between computing, philosophy, and mathematics, and to disrupt the narrative trajectory that would see Turing as the single foundational figure within this history.
An Encounter
In the spring of 1939, Ludwig Wittgenstein taught a course at the University of Cambridge on the foundations of mathematics, a topic that occupied much of his work from 1922 through to the end of the Second World War. That same semester Wittgenstein was finally elected chair of philosophy at the university, acquiring British citizenship soon thereafter. At fifty years old, he was an established figure in analytic philosophy, having published his groundbreaking Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus almost twenty years prior, and having written extensively on the work of Gödel, Russell, and Whitehead. While Wittgenstein is considered by many to be the most important philosopher of the 20th century, he published very little in his lifetime, and much of his thought and character can only be derived from what survives of his lectures, notes, and seminars. Still less is known of his sexuality, and until the 1980s it was a subject rarely discussed among colleagues or in the many biographies written about his life and work.[i] Even now that Wittgenstein's homosexuality has been largely acknowledged, most scholars are hesitant to imply a connection between his philosophy and his sexuality – that is, between his work and his inner state, emotions, or personality. If, however, in a contemporary light we understand queerness as a structuring mode of desiring, we might view Wittgenstein's thought not as emerging from his sexuality, but as structured by the way in which it shaped his mode of being in the world.
Wittgenstein with Francis Skinner in Cambridge ca. 1933
Wittgenstein is widely regarded to have fallen in love with three men; David Pinset[ii] in 1912, Francis Skinner in 1930, and Ben Richards in the late 1940s.[iii] While it is clear these were relationships of love and affection, the extent to which they were physical is often contested. What seems to make many Wittgenstein scholars uncomfortable in confronting his homosexuality is that it conflicts with the ascetic, almost priestly view of a man so revered by contemporary philosophy. As Bruce Duffy suggests in a 1988 New York Times article on the life of Wittgenstein, "In their effort to put forth a plain, unvarnished record of what Wittgenstein did and said, some of these memoirs have almost the feeling of gospels – hushed, reverential, proprietary."[iv] The philosopher – or indeed, the mathematician – as a carnal, sexual being produces a seemingly irresolvable contradiction. Even those accounts that do concede his affection for other men often suggest that those feelings were purely aesthetic or emotional, and were never acted upon. That said, in perhaps the most controversial section of his 1973 biography of Wittgenstein, W. W. Bartley suggests that the philosopher frequently engaged in a kind of anonymous cross-class sexual contact facilitated by public cruising spaces such as parks and high streets.
By walking for ten minutes to the east . . . he could quickly reach the parkland meadows of the Prater, where rough young men were ready to cater to him sexually. Once he had discovered this place, Wittgenstein found to his horror that he could scarcely keep away from it . . . Wittgenstein found he much preferred the sort of rough blunt homosexual youth that he could find strolling in the paths and alleys of the Prater to those ostensibly more refined young men who frequented the Sirk Ecke in the Kärntnerstrasse and the neighboring bars at the edge of the inner city.[v]
These kinds of exceptional spaces as sites for anonymous sexual encounters continue well into the 20th century, and are instrumental in the structure of being and interaction that the author Samuel Delany identifies as contact:
[C]ontact is also the intercourse—physical and conversational—that blooms in and as "casual sex" in public rest rooms, sex movies, public parks, singles bars, and sex clubs, on street corners with heavy hustling traffic, and in the adjoining motels or the apartments of one or another participant, from which nonsexual friendships and/or acquaintances lasting for decades or a lifetime may spring . . . a relation that, a decade later, has devolved into a smile or a nod, even when (to quote Swinburne) 'You have forgotten my kisses, / And I have forgotten your name.'[vi]
Bartley's sources have been called into question by many historians, but it is less the detail of his description than the acknowledgement of an embodied sexuality that is significant to this history; it is the difficulty we often have in finding the sexual in the everyday, in the lived work of a person beyond these exceptional moments of contact. While such effects may be invisible or to a degree, unknowable, that does not mean they aren't real and do not have a direct effect on the world.
The Prater park in Vienna
In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein defines truth as a tautology, that is, a result achieved through the mere repetition of the same meaning. While he insists that there exist religious or ethical truths, he argues that they cannot be put into words, that they are unknowable through language, and that claims to express ethical truths through philosophy must fail. Wittgenstein summarizes the Tractatus with the maxim: "What can be said at all can be said clearly; and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence."[vii] What does it mean that for Wittgenstein truth is something that can be known but not discussed, that is indescribable? And how does he apply this critique to truths we understand to be beyond language – the truth of the body, or the truth of mathematics?
Missed Connections
Back at Cambridge in 1939, another young scholar and philosopher was also beginning his research at the university. After two years working under Alonso Church at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, Alan Turing took up a position as an untenured research fellow at Cambridge, having failed to acquire a full lectureship. Turing and Wittgenstein had been introduced the summer of 1937, but it was not until two years later in 1939 that they would have any meaningful interaction. That spring Turing was also teaching a course on the foundations of mathematics that shared the same name as Wittgenstein's lecture.[viii] Perhaps intrigued, Turing enrolled. Over the course of the semester, Turing engaged in a lengthy dialogue with Wittgenstein, challenging and outright refusing much of Wittgenstein's thoughts on logic and mathematics.[ix] Despite their disagreement, this seems a pivotal moment in the history of computing, in which two queer figures engage with the limits of knowledge and computability, questioning that which exists outside of or beyond.
As a young man, Wittgenstein had thought logic could provide a solid foundation for a philosophy of mathematics. Now in his fifties, he denied outright there were any mathematical facts to be discovered. For Wittgenstein, a proof in mathematics does not establish the truth of a conclusion, but rather fixes the meaning of certain signs. That is, the "inexorability" of mathematics does not consist of certain knowledge of mathematical truths, but in the fact that mathematical propositions are grammatical, a kind of language game through which meaning becomes fixed. One the first day of class, Wittgenstein begins by stating, "I shall try and try again to show that what is called a mathematical discovery had much better be called a mathematical invention."[x]
The Erkenntnis from the Königsberg Congress of 1930
A Queer History of Computing
Alan Turing, Letter to Dr. N. A. Routledge, AMT/D/14A Turing Archive
There are many ways of telling the history of universal computation, and many origins of the technologies we now consider computational machines. A longer history might begin with Gottfried Leibnitz and Isaac Newton's simultaneous development of modern calculus and the dream of a universal artificial mathematical language. Alternately, we might look to the history of calculating machines, beginning with Charles Babbage's Difference Engine or Herman Hollerith's Electric Sorting and Tabulating Machine.
Most every history would certainly include the contributions of Alan Turing, an English mathematician who is considered by many to be the father of computer science. In his relatively short career Turing formalized such concepts as "algorithm" and "computation," he helped crack the Nazi Enigma Machine during the Second World War, was a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, and developed early research on such concepts as neural nets, morphogenesis, and mathematical biology. Turing was also an openly gay man who, in January of 1952 was convicted of Gross Indecency by the British government under the 1885 Labouchere Amendment, made to undergo chemical castration, and ultimately committed suicide in June of 1954.[i] The subject of numerous books, films, and works of art, Turing is perhaps the most widely recognized computer scientist in the field's short history. He is also the most recognizable queer figure in this history. As such, it is necessary to begin with Turing, not simply for the visibility of his difference, but for the fundamental role he played in defining the limits of computation, and the possibility to look beyond those limits in identifying a queer history of computing.
Homosexuality was by no means unheard of in England at the start of the 20th century, and by some accounts it seems to have been common practice among many college-aged students in elite universities such as Cambridge, which did not admit women until 1948.[ii] Still, homosexual activity had been explicitly illegal since the end of the 19th century, when it was famously used in a pair of legal cases against Oscar Wilde beginning in 1885, leading to his imprisonment and eventual exile in 1897.[iii] Given this legal status, what is most striking about Turing is how open he was with his sexuality, which seems to have been common knowledge among friends and colleagues. As Elizabeth Wilson notes in Affect and Artificial Intelligence, Turing's relationship to his sexuality seems to be less one of repression and shame, and more a kind of naïve amusement. If this attitude was not shared by others at the time, it was at the very least tolerated among Turing's friends and associates.
Donald Michie, one of Turing's wartime colleagues at Bletchley Park,[iv] recalls that "Bletchley had some flamboyant homosexuals,"[v] and that, despite the assumption that homosexuality would be considered a national security risk due to blackmail and other threats, it does not seem to have impeded Turing's work for the government, at least not during the war. For many in those days, homosexuality was an open secret, if it was kept secret at all."[vi] But while Turing's sexuality is not in dispute, the effect it may have had on his life and work is much more speculative.
DUOX4Larkin at Artists Space
[Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez]
Archaeological in its meticulous arrangement of items, images, and ideas – within cases, wrapped in chords, laminated in plastic, or otherwise contained – DUOX4Larkin enacts a process of defamiliarization with corporate and retail objects, forming new connections and relations through Internet-informed practices of layering, connecting, enclosing, and manipulating objects.
DUOX is a collaboration between artists Daniel Wickerham and Malcom Lomax, MICA grads based out of Baltimore and New York City. The group has gained momentum in the past two years after several shows in Baltimore, leading to the Bard 2011 CCS exhibition Break My Body, Hold My Bones.
[Installation view, Artists Space, 2012.]
The show's title would appear to be a play on the collaborative X for Y schema that has become a popular way to make couture designers accessible to a broad audience (Missoni for Target, Lanvin for H&M, etc.). The double sided hanging displays of ten large print photographs that dominate much of the space resemble look books comprised of a collection of sporty, synthetic fabrics and colors. Shirts transform into dresses which are hung with laminated images and logos, over which Photoshop blur effects have been layered along with an arm captured mid-motion-blur in what appears to be a blue wetsuit with a sandal on its hand and the shadow of an eye on its forearm. This additive gesture (and…and…and…) dominates all pieces in the show, but rather than overwhelm, it flattens such details into a broader set of visual cues. It is a sophisticated collage that seems to both revel in and critique the consumer goods it deploys, repurposing and abstracting them.
[Part of the show's online component, a "Men Seeking Women" ad on Craigslist.]
Curiously absent from the show is the foregrounding of sexuality ...
General Web Content: Pronunciation Book vs Pronunciation Manual
[Pronunciation Book]
Pronunciation Book is a youtube channel that was registered on April 14, 2010, intended as a resource for "correct" pronunciations of a variety of words that were complex, foreign, or otherwise difficult to pronounce. Each video had a distinct aesthetic, consisting of a still frame with the word being pronounced spelled in a simple, black, sans-serif font on a white background with a copyright date and the channel's URL. Each word was repeated three times with different emphasis, and videos lasted no longer than 15 seconds. The videos are simple, even artistic in their presentation, reminiscent of On Kawara's date paintings from his Today series, each word concrete yet abstracted from its context. Early traffic was no doubt driven by sincere users looking for the proper pronunciation of various words. Indeed there exist a number of youtube channels that serve precisely that purpose, many of which are geared toward ESL viewers; but for whatever reason, Pronunciation Book rubbed many the wrong way, and soon the videos became a popular destination for trolling, spam, and rage. The comments section of each video range from angry corrections of the given pronunciation to outright mockery in the form of re-spellings, dislikes, sarcasm, and a strong undercurrent of racism and xenophobia. Commenters often defended regional pronunciations and accents, or simply mocked the need for such a guide in the first place.
Pronunciation Book would seem to have tapped into an essential truth of the Web and all it's presumed meritocracy: act like you know more or are better than people, and be prepared to drown in a sea of rage. Perhaps the most sophisticated response to the channel came exactly one year later in the form of a separate parody channel titled Pronunciation Manual. Pronunciation Manual adopts the visual ...
General Web Content: Cinematic FUIs
[The Net, 1995]
Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) are the primary means through which most users interact with computers; but while GUIs help us make sense of complex computational data and allow average users to navigate and manipulate computer systems, human-computer interaction does not easily translate to other visual media such as film and television. It is difficult to dramatize database queries or the kind of intensive and prolonged engagement many describe when programming and writing code. These actions exists on a different scale and in a different time frame, and when dramatized they seem awkward at best, if not simply dull and uninteresting.
Perhaps it is for this reason that film has invented its own form of computer visualization, a kind of visual language of computation that speaks to the language of film. This often involves a very particular set of visual tropes that are intended to signify computation: login screens, chat rooms, loading bars, criminal or business profiles, copying data (often clandestinely), large legible typefaces, 3D interfaces, wireframe models, maps and floor plans, voice interaction, etc. On film the failures of interface design are almost always absent, as protagonists are capable of using almost any UI, data can be transferred and read across multiple systems with ease, and intuition is often enough to accomplish the most elaborate tasks.
In some cases films will use existing GUIs and operating systems, particularly when funding is available through product placement. Often, however, movies will invent entirely new GUIs that accomplish the simple goals of filmic computation, or which appear sufficiently futuristic and foreign from the types of graphical interfaces we are accustomed to. In fact there is an entire sub-field of the graphic and interface design industry that produces Fake User Interfaces or FUIs, both for software mock ups and for the film industry. Below we've collected a series of images taken from the site Access Main Computer File, "a visual study of computer GUI in cinema" run by Steven Huynh. Spanning over four decades, these images not only point to this cinematic visualization of computation, they also serve as the promise of and inspiration for future technologies.


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I have valid excuses for everything!
There's a funeral to attend, a friend to visit, muffins to bake, a supper to cook (I avoid this usually, but can't today) and something else I forget, plus all the regular running around.
No writing yet. But next week, I think yes. I really do.


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Restaurant: [ONE] (Read a review)
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Why She's Amazing: Because after working with her co-chef Daniel Ryan in some of the world's most acclaimed kitchens, the duo is cooking up sublimely inventive food—like wild onion madeleines and savory pumpernickel macarons—at their very own spot.
Culinary School: Golden Gate University (Roseville, CA)
background: Internships at El Bulli (/sites/default/files/oses, Spain) and Mugaritz (San Sebastián, Spain); The Restaurant at Meadowood (St. Helena, CA); Per Se (New York City); Tru (Chicago)
Quintessential Dish: Beef tartare with cured egg yolk, puffed tendon and capers
On Working Side by Side with Daniel Ryan: "There's no competition between us. We're a team and it's more or less that we feed off each other."
Newly Discovered Ingredient: "I had never tasted a pawpaw before [coming to North Carolina]. To say I had never seen or tasted a product before from the US—that's pretty huge. It's custardy, with this velvety, mango flavor." She and Ryan use the fruit to make a pawpaw soda at One.
On the North Carolina Food Scene: "I believe wholeheartedly this could be the next scene."


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A claim that "Apple job listings suggest cameras coming to Apple TV" and that this is "hinting at motion controls" appears to be reading way too much into some standard wording used many times by Apple in the past.
The Apple TV is one of the few products in Apple's lineup that doesn't include an integrated camera, but that may change with future versions of the hardware, according to new job listings from the company, potentially paving the way for gesture-based motion controls in the living room.
The text in question, which appears in a number of job ads like this one, is this:
The Camera Software team provides the capture and camera foundation across all of Apple's innovative products, including iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, iPod, iTunes, and Mac OS
Well, let's see …
First, this is nothing new. Apple has used the exact same wording in job ads at least as long ago as last September.
Second, this is an ad for a software, not hardware, role. Not a single one of the hardware team ads mentions Apple TV. The software team likely works on everything photo-related, which on Apple TV would include Photo Stream and Airplay.
Third, you'll note that the standard wording used includes iTunes. Again, because iTunes needs software support for the camera to read gift certificates. Or perhaps iTunes is getting its own hardware camera too …
None of this is to say it's impossible (though it would perhaps be more likely for a full-on Apple television rather than the existing Apple TV box), merely that the job listings tell us nothing.
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Egypt Islamists, liberals form alliance ahead of polls. (AFP)
Egyptian activists want the September election delayed. They fear that Islamists and former regime members will turn the country into a cesspool.
The LA Times reported:
Sensing the revolution that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak is slipping from their grasp, activists and opposition groups are pressuring the ruling military council to postpone Egypt's elections in September amid fears that Islamists and members of the former regime will gain too much power.
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The attempt by fledgling political parties to win more time to organize coincides with a renewed push to draft a new constitution before the parliamentary elections so that no political bloc, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, will have unchecked influence to set the laws of the land.
The pressing concern among independents and secularists is that the Brotherhood, the nation's largest and best-organized party, may win about 25% of the seats in parliament and control even more through a coalition. This could give the organization the power to infuse the new constitution with conservative Islamic ideals to limit rights for women and non-Muslims.
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"The Brotherhood is tyrannical in its opinions and views, and I think they will take the side of the Islamist businessmen who fund it and have strict Islamic ideologies," said Khalid Sayed, a member of the Jan. 25 Youth Coalition. "Whatever constitution they might form would not fulfill the demands of Egyptians for civil rights and democracy."
The other worry is that members of the former ruling National Democratic Party will run as independents or merge with new parties. Mubarak, his sons and his Cabinet ministers are facing corruption trials, but many businessmen and tycoons at the core of the NDP still have the clout to manipulate clans and regional leaders to deliver votes from the Nile Delta to the southern deserts.