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head (someone or something) off at the pass(redirected from head one off at the pass)
head (someone or something) off at the pass
1. Literally, to prevent someone or something from reaching or passing a certain point, especially to escape. If we take this route, we should be able to head them off at the pass, sheriff! Janet's going to spill the beans about our plan to the teacher. I think she's going through the library, so if we're quick, we can head her off at the pass.
2. By extension, to preempt or forestall someone from doing something or something from happening. The aim of this new treatment method is to identify the disease much earlier and then head it off the pass, rather than simply managing the symptoms it presents down the line.
head someone off at the pass
Fig. to intercept someone. (From Old West movies. Fixed order.) I need to talk to John before he gets into the boss's office. I'll head him off at the pass. The sheriff set out in a hurry to head Jed off at the pass.
head (or cut) someone or something off at the passforestall someone or something, especially at a critical moment or at the last possible moment.
Pass is used here in the sense of a narrow route through mountains.


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Stuffed chicken with lemon, capers & chilli
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal500
- fat33g
- saturates11g
- carbs7g
- sugars6g
- fibre3g
- protein42g
- salt1g
- 2 large chicken breasts, with skin on
- 4 tbsp ricotta
Ricotta is an Italian cheese made from whey and traditionally a by-product of…
- zest 1 lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 2 tbsp grated parmesan
Parmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…
- 1 tsp caper
Capers are the small flower buds of the Capparis shrub that grows in the Mediterranean. As they…
- 1 tsp crushed chilli flakes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 400g can chopped tomato
- small handful parsley
One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…
- boiled or mashed potatoes, to serve
The world's favourite root vegetable, the potato comes in innumerable varieties. A member of…
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cut a slit in the side of each chicken breast, then use your finger to make a pocket. In a small bowl, mix together the ricotta, half the lemon zest, Parmesan, capers, chilli flakes and some seasoning. Push the mixture into the pockets, then secure each opening with a toothpick.
Put the chicken in an ovenproof dish, drizzle over 1 tbsp of the oil and season. Bake for 15-20 mins until cooked through.
Meanwhile, make the sauce. Heat the remaining oil in a saucepan, add the garlic and cook for 2 mins until golden. Add the tomatoes, season and simmer for 10 mins more until thickened. Spoon onto 2 plates, top with the chicken and scatter over the parsley and remaining zest. Serve with potatoes, if you like.

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Stable Marriage Problem is the problem of finding a stable matching between two sets of elements given a set of preferences for each element. Formally, given a set M = {m1, m2, …, mn} of n men, a set W = {w1, w2, …, wn} of n women, a preference list (i.e., an ordering of n men) for each woman and a preference list (i.e., an ordering of n women) for each man, the problem is to find a set S of pairs (m,w) for some m ∈ M and w ∈ W such that
- Each m ∈ M and w ∈ W appears in exactly one pair in S
- If (m, w) ∈ S and (m', w') ∈ S, then it cannot be the case that m prefers w' to w and w' prefers m to m'
This problem comes up in several real-world scenarios from a self-enforcing college recruitment procedure to assignment of patients to hospitals. Mathematicians David Gale and Lloyd Shapley proved that, for any equal number of men and women, it is always possible to solve the problem and make all marriages stable. The Gale-Shapley algorithm, as described in Algorithm Design by Kleinberg and Tardos, is as follows:
It is easy to see that the algorithm terminates after at most n2 iterations and in fact, has a running time of O(n2).
Take a look at C++ implementation.
Try your hand at problem STABLEMP which uses this idea.
Reference: Algorithm Design by Kleinberg and Tardos


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According to the American Psychological Association, psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Since the founding of the field in 1879, it has provided insight into why people behave as they do. The need to understand human behavior and motivation has led to psychology's popularity as a major and field of study.
Career Opportunities
A degree in psychology opens the student to diverse career choices ranging from social worker to politician to CEO. With additional education, a psychology degree can lead to a career as a medical doctor, psychologist, psychiatrist or Ph.D.
A degree in psychology provides the learner with insight into human behavior and motivation. This knowledge helps to understand business, politics and entertainment.
Psychology heavily uses statistics to understand human behavior across populations. A major in psychology exposes the student to the practical use of statistics, although math might not be one of his strengths.
Human Development
From infancy through adulthood, psychology can answer questions about mental development. For example, psychology has provided studies of the cognitive skills of infants at birth, six months and 1 year old.
Critical Thinking
Studying psychology teaches the student to question assumptions and conclusions. Critical thinking is pertinent to psychology and should be used whenever information is presented.
New Discoveries
Compared with the traditional fields of study such as biology and anthropology, psychology is a relatively new field. It is just more than 120 years old, and there are numerous discoveries yet to be made.


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- Michael Healy
Six things I am contemplating about business
As many of you know, our company specialises in procurement and other related technologies, with an emphasis on growing people.
Like many small business owners our desire is to leave a legacy: To create employment, develop young people into good leaders, give our children the best education and support the under-privileged.
We understand that many of our customers owe their initial success to a unique strategic position involving clear trade-offs. All our activities were once aligned with that position. But I am wondering how many of us have compromised that alignment to synchronise with our rivals.
Although our company has only been around for four years I find myself drawn back to our founding place, to reconnect with our initial strategy.
Here are six things I am contemplating, that I hope will resonate with fellow procurement executives:
1 Do we understand what makes us unique?
That best practice or leading practice benchmarks are just ways of offering efficiency and, though critical, are not enough to create a sustainable strategic advantage over our rivals.
2 How are we tailoring our activities to those unique differentiators?
Does our culture reflect these? Are we investing in our people to ensure that it is achievable?
3 Are we clear on the trade-offs?
Do we know which activities are most valuable to our strategy? Are they clear to our procurement staff?
4 Are we offering end-to-end optimisations or are we stuck in solo mode with an isolated and skewed view of the value chain?
5 Are we creating activities that are sustainable or do we work inefficiently and disjointedly in some areas?
6 Do our customers understand and agree with our brand promise?
Please feel free to share with me your thoughts and challenges.


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play online now (flash)
download source code (flash builder/flixel)
[ there's a game of the same name by a one Perrin Ashcroft here ]
Are there any more levels?
If not, the concept was interesting either way. I wasn't expecting the diagonal directions to be an element. That was a nice surprise.
Great game. Took me a while to figure out the sliding mechanic. Thought it was a bug at first. Once I got it tho, I was in it for the long haul.
I enjoyed it immensely. There were some very nicely crafted puzzles in there and for some reason the logic really clicked with me, so unlike some of your other games, I completed this one without tearing out too many hairs. I got really stuck in the room with the second trinket though, arrrgghhh. I solved the second-to-last room purely by accident, I think that one might have caused me some trouble too.
Bug: if you accidentally enter this room from this entrance and direction, you're stuck in an endless respawn-death loop – http://i.imgur.com/V5uq9.png
You sir, are a master of puzzle games.
Another possible bug: it's possible to beat this one room without flipping gravity even once. *SPOILER* http://i.imgur.com/6KUPC.png *SPOILER*
This is so very excellent: finally the time- and space-quantized sequel to VVVVVV we didn't know we were waiting for.
Superb little puzzler. I'm curious; do you separate these games that use known symbols and mechanics from your games that incorporate less conventional formal elements? I know that from a player's perspective I can divide almost all your games into the groups "exercises in convention" and "exercises in experimentation," but I wonder whether the distinction exists in your development process.
I managed to find an infinite death loop, though you have to go out of your way to find it so whether it's worth fixing is debatable.
Make your way backwards from the final checkpoint to the second-to-last checkpoint, and upon touching that second-to-last checkpoint you will constantly fall to the right into the spikes.
Delightful. Feels like the perfect length for the gameplay: just long enough to progress through learning the mechanics, understanding how to make use of them, then finally to reasoning backwards from a goal to a sequence of moves. At the same time, it's not so long as to get boring.
Brilliant game! Quite addicting. Of course more levels would be great, but I'm not complaining. :')
This was more puzzly and less actiony than I expected! The loop in the left-middle room was a little frustrating, as I would die on the next room and have to do the whole sequence again. It's a nice mind twist! :)
have you ever played the game shift
Someone please tell me how to get the second trinket. At least give me a hint. I know I have to get on the left upper side of the second block but I'm not sure how to do it.
Nevermind, figured it out.
I BEAT IT! WOOOOO! This is the only game of yours that I've actually completed.
Great variation on VVVVVV! I wasn't convinced at first, but your twist soon revealed its depth. The puzzles have a good 'hard to solve, easy to execute' balance, and the problem-solving quickly submerges to a subconscious, visual level. Really cool.
Captivating little game, thank you. It was really hard and mind-twisting at first and you progressively get to master the rules.
I can't figure this out, at all. Can anyone give me a tip on how the diagonal platforms work?
I liked this one a lot. I played this over the course of actually a couple weeks, I'd play one or two screens, get stuck, close the window, come back two days later and get it the second time.
This game has genius puzzle design. I thought that VVVVVV had exhausted every possible permutation of gravity-flipping, so I was pleasantly surprised with how much milage you were able to get out of diagonal pieces. Well done.
Loved VVVVVVVV and will get around to checking this out :P
If VVVVVV was a bit of a bore with only two gravitations (don't get me wrong, i loved it!), this one is MUCH more interesting and harder to solve. The extra gravitations bring so much more to the game and you really have to plan your moves well. Took me a few minutes to get the mechanics, but it's not rocket science. The game is worth developing even further. I'd love to see a long version of it on Steam one day (maybe as an add-on to VVVVVV?)
Ahh… it's awesome to see a wonderful take/tribute on VVVVVV. I love how gravity is not just up and down. It's sideways, diagonal, dangerous, and sometimes unpredictable if one hadn't stopped to examine the room carefully before proceeding.
I started playing this a month ago, and I finally finished it! I wasn't playing it for that whole month, obviously.
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The word Siam was the original name of Thailand & with the covered courtyard outside the restaurant having an array of flowers the name Siam Garden was natural. We cook all our food freshly to order & prides ourselves on this as it would be easy to just make a few giant pots of curry & dish it out when ordered. This has been suggested to us by a few different people but it is not the way we do things & we refuse point blank to lower the quality of our food for a quick & easy method.
Siam Garden approached us to design & build them a new website to reflect the new ownership of the business. They already take orders online through a takeaway portal so needed a website to be able to appear in search results and attract people for bookings.


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Is it safe to say that spring is finally here? After all, the Girls' State Basketball Tournament in Iowa is over. It always snows during that tournament. My friend in Washington D.C. says that the cherry blossom trees in the Tidal Basin are thinking about blooming. But, the best indicator that I know is that the forsythia bushes are in bloom…and they are glorious! We had one outside the back door of our home in Iowa when I was growing up. It was one of those bushes that had been there for many years and it grew in a natural shape with branches that seemed to reach for the sky. Maybe they absorbed the sunshine and then reflected it back out again for us all to enjoy. What other than sunshine could be so yellow and so vibrant?
I want to share with you photos of these beautiful bushes…they make me happy just to see them and I hope that you enjoy them, too.


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blue-grey smoke rises
in a swirl about the light
ghosts disappearing
© Dicky J Loweman 2015
blue-grey smoke rises
in a swirl about the light
ghosts disappearing
© Dicky J Loweman 2015
Soft sands
Rolling ocean
All mine, to keep to myself
I could stay lost here, forever
calming breezes
Soaring gulls
Setting sun
Staring outward
Mindless drift
To be caught in the current
Rocking back in her wet arms
Orange skies
Purple clouds
Picturesque landscape
chilled waters
Rising moon
Soon will appear, a starlit map
Of all the worlds far away
Closed eyes
To remember
Easy living
© Dicky J Loweman 2015
The sunshine in the daylight can make you shiver
But you can sweat it out, in the dark of night
Especially when it's a view like that
Have you ever seen such a sight?
It stains the eyes, puts a burn mark on the brain
Hurry it up, we have to get there
Take you time, but hurry up
You're going too fast
Confused by all of this?
So am I, but that's how life gets
And just when you think you have it all figured out
Here comes 3,100 pounds of nothing you can decipher
Windtalkers can't write you out of this one, Joe Bob
Looks like we're here to stay
Thank our lucky souls
Stay and be put
And just to be put back again
Into the ground with the rest
All the used up, all the leftovers
All that is, which no one wants anything to do with
The worms, the soil, the 300 year old dog shit
But we'll just call it fertilizer
Still confused?
Yeah, me too
But stick around
The bargirl will be by with our orders soon
Things will even out
They always do, especially
In such a confusing world
© Dicky J Loweman 2015
Once in a while life can slow down to a halt
It freezes, right then and there
I can look around
And see everything at a standstill
The wind stops blowing, the sun hasn't got warmth
People stuck,
At that very moment in time
This sounds like it might be fun,
A little charm to the day
And maybe a way to pass some time
But, it rarely tuns out to be a good thing
When all of life can be broken down,
To a still frame, a nanosecond,
All the truths and ugliness can come pouring out
The people walking, only staring at their shoes
Or even worse, caught up in the electronic world
Of phones and tablets
The air fills with a vapid taste
A complete lacking of wanting simplicity and happiness in life
There is no sharpness, no flavor
This frozen life-frame is insipid, dull and flat
I think it's the reason
I'm always on the move
It takes just one of these 'lucky' glances
And I want out
I, in general, have a real distaste for people
I think most are out of touch,
Boring and just like all the others
Yes, that's it
Like cattle or sheep
Always in a group, longing to be or do,
What every other cattle or sheep is or does
Vapid people all crammed together
In a lifeless world
Where mundane and grey and boring
Are looked at as excitement
And I wonder why I always feel the need to get away,
To the mountains, the ocean, The desert
I don't think it's about the places I go to
I think it has more to do
With the places and people
I long to leave behind
© Dicky J Loweman 2015
Sometimes I think my life can be summed up in one word:
A complete and chaotic and unpleasant situation
At least that's how it sometimes feels
I'm heading in the wrong direction
Walking head-up,
Facing the wind, facing the rain
And all the glorious problems, Which so willfully follow,
Close behind
Take right now, for example
I'm stuck on a bus
Which has broken down
On my way to Olympia Heights
I'm not too sure what the problem is,
But it's taken out the A/C, along with my ride
I sit next to a fat man, who seems not the least bit worried
No, place to be, I guess
On his shirt it says
What a life
And the letters keep coming to me,
Asking me why I'm down
Asking if I'm ok
I could write them all back
But all those return letters
Could be summed up in one vile,
Uncaring and ugly word:
© Dicky J Loweman 2015
He let a shiver run through him
Staring down at his shoes
This world is what you make of it
And like an unmolded clump of clay
He hadn't made anything of it, yet
A jittering reminder of all the times
Good and bad
Razor sharp and kitten fur soft
So swollen are the memories
The ones she didn't take
So, hiding away seemed so much easier
Than walking the streets alone
Alone, and unarmed
The very streets she roamed
So, instead he chose to hide behind the mask
A planted seed which grew only when he wanted
She wouldn't know
She would have no cares, no control
He buried all the dead memories
In the basement, next to the boxes of her old clothes
And at night, he cringed at the thought of them all
Lying down below, festering, waiting, growing
Time is of the essence
Time was a live wire
And the dogs of hell
Were looking for him
Knocking, going door to door
Searching the homes
Room by room
But in all good time, the memories fade
Drinks of whiskey from the bottle
Tastes the same in a glass
So he no longer has the need for a glass
Now he reads the obituary pages for fun
Seeking out the names of the past
The names of the memories
Those buried deep in the basement
Which hide behind the mask
That he once wore
But the curtain is still drawn over the window
And there is no desire to see the outside
Because the obituaries don't speak of the moving
Only of those who lie still
In perfect harmony
With all the dust
And the cobwebs, which entombed them
They can't speak of what's still out there
What scours the sidewalks at midnight
And peers through moonlight, down through basement windows
In search of boxes
And the fattened memories they hide away
© Dicky J Loweman 2015
There is nothing quite like
Waking up to the sound of thunder
A day ahead,
Full of grey skies and rain
But brought to you,
With so much attention,
That it makes you smile
© Dicky J Loweman 2015
There is still a void
Still obstacles to jump over
But once the barriers are broken
And the ensuing battle ends
We will be left with something
Two deflated armies, both worn thin
Good for us
Now have at it, then
Go and try to piece this shattered mess
Back together,
Just like the last time
© Dicky J Loweman 2015
Kafka turned to Bukowski and said,
"You var an arsehole"
Bukowski took a swig of his wine,
And answered
"It takes one to know one, baby"
Then we just sat there
In silence
Not one of the three of us spoke
I watched the flame of a candle
The only light to this room
After a while,
Kafka shot a confused glare,
Straight at Henry
Hank responded by pounding the glass of red wine
I just continued to sit there
Without words to say
Taking it all in
Basking in their pissing contest,
But too small to interrupt
And let's face it —
No one was sure
Just how I got here
And although none of us admitted to it
We all knew the answer
I held the slightest chance,
Of getting out alive
© Dicky J Loweman 2015
Often, while bored
I think of all the people
In this world,
Who truly despise me
The people who
Would love to hear that
I have died,
Passed on,
Kicked the proverbial bucket
I drift back and think of all the ways
I have bothered these people
These same people
Who, countless times
Have bothered me, too
I often think it would be fun
To sit these people down
And ask each one
The same question
"If you could get away with killing me, how would you do it?"
I know this isn't 'normal' thought pattern,
But what the hell?
It brings me to a full smile
Especially when I think
Of all their creative ways
I imagine some people
Would want to kill me
Some more than once, I bet
I mean, with all the options
Only having one shot at it,
Kind of seems
Like a ripoff
But that's when the smile leaves
because there is always a follow-up thought
And this one, I don't much care for
It's the thought
Of those few people
Who wouldn't want to tell me
Their ideal way of
polishing me off
When I think of these few people,
I'm no longer smiling
And the reason is simple
These are the few people,
I believe,
Who have a real desire
To get rid of me
And that scares me
More than the dying part
Because one of those faces
Of the people who truly hate me
Might be the last face I see
And that alone
Is a reason to mix a drink
© Dicky J Loweman 2015


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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
back from the Makerie . . .
I'm back. Back at a regular altitude. Back from the wondrous Makerie retreat in Colorado. I had an amazing time with the most creative and giving people I've ever met and I'll do it again in a heart beat:). I've made some new friends and met some old ones (Marisa Anna - Creative Thursday). I already miss the tangible joy of making that was permeating the air at the Makerie.
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Labels: fun project, makerie, teaching
1 comment:
- carolyn Gavin said...
Glad you back! I missed you... looks like it was all great fun and very successful. Can't wait to see you in a month in NY. xxxx
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Since I – ever so sadly – cannot attend Book Expo America and the Book Blogger Convention in New York City this week, I've decided to join in on Armchair BEA again! Those of us who are participating in Armchair BEA are essentially putting together our own book blogger convention from the comfort of our own homes (or workplaces or wherever else we'll be). You can read more about Armchair BEA here.
Armchair BEA today includes a variety participant giveaways, and I've decided to join in! Last summer, I moved to the United Arab Emirates, and there's one book that's been recommended to me over and over again: The Sand Fish by Maha Gargash. Sadly, I haven't read it yet … but I'm giving you a chance to! I'm giving away one (1) copy to one lucky entrant. You do not have to be participating in Armchair BEA to be eligible!
About the Book:
Coming of age in the 1950s, seventeen-year-old Noora is unlike other women of the sun-battered mountains at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Though she shares their poverty and, like them, bears life's hardships without complaint, she is also fiery and independent. Following the death of her mother and her father's descent into dazed madness, Noora flees the threat of an arranged marriage, only to be driven back to her unwanted fate by disappointment and heartbreak. As the third wife to a rich, much older man, Noora struggles to adjust to her new home by the sea, thinking of herself as a sand fish—the desert lizard she observed in the mountains, which, when stuck in the wrong place and desperate to escape, smashed itself again and again into unyielding rocks. But then a light is shone into her miserable darkness, resulting in an unexpected passion, a shocking indiscretion, and a secret that could jeopardize Noora's life.
This giveaway is open until 12:01am on June 6th, 2012.
- Since my blog apparently decided to "miss" the scheduled posting time, and I was out of the house, I'm posting this now! The giveaway is now open until 12:01am (EST) on June 8th, 2012.
- Open internationally, to anywhere that The Book Depository ships.
- Fill out the Rafflecopter form below to enter (if you have trouble with it, leave a comment and I'll add your entry in manually).
- The winner will be contacted by email and has 24 hours to respond before I select another winner.


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The Dead Zebra blog just published a post detailing this year's limited edition Halloween Android collectible. Called Trickertreat, he's another design from Gary Ham and features two faces to choose from. As is the case with pretty much every limited run item, this guys likely to sell out rather quickly. Note that orders are limited to two per household and that credit cards are required.
Are those Robin Thicke's pants?
Prepare your pepo! Trickertreat will be available at the Dead Zebra Shop in two releases starting at 11AM (EDT) on Monday, October 21st and again at 11PM (EDT)! Shipping will begin on Wednesday.


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| 11.5°C Dublin
CHELSEA have been revived by Roberto Di Matteo, the interim head coach who has guided them to FA Cup glory and on Friday leads them on to a plane for Munich and Saturday''s Champions League final with Bayern. The man who has re-galvanised Chelsea's players gains his own inspiration from a special source.
"My family is where I get my strength from,'' said the 41 year-old, sitting in his office at the Chelsea training HQ at Cobham. Reminiscing about his career-ending leg break in 2000 and sacking by West Bromwich Albion last year, he added: "My family is my foundation. Family is important to me all the time, not just after my retirement as a player and not just after what happened at West Brom.
"When I go home it puts a smile on my face. We are lucky. We have a healthy family. Yesterday we had a visit here from an 18-year-old girl from the 'Make A Wish' foundation with a brain tumour. It can just hit anybody, any family. Every day you hear a new story. I am very appreciative that my children are happy and healthy.
"I'm a family man but, time-wise, I'm a football man first. This job absorbs 80 per cent of my time. The rest is family. I try to shield my children as much as I can from my profession because I just want them to see me as daddy. It's slightly easier with my daughters because they don't really follow football. My son's a bit more interested.
"They will come to Munich. It's fantastic. I'm very happy they are coming. But I hope they are proud of me not because of Saturday. I want them to be proud because they see me and their mother as good parents. It's a very difficult job to be a parent because of all the social networks that children have access to these days, and the information they have access to. We try to be strict.
"Hopefully we give them a good education, the love they need and we share with them the values that are important to us as a family. The values are to be respectful to each other, to be honest, to work as hard as possible at school and at sport and always to look after each other."
Di Matteo represented Italy, his children were born in England, so what happens when the two sides meet? "They support the winner,'' he laughed. "They have the English shirt and the Italian. They feel half-English, half-Italian. They will make their mind up. I will not force them to do anything. I speak Italian with my children. My wife is English from London, half-Irish, and speaks to them mostly in English.''
Di Matteo is a true polyglot. "I speak German, Italian and English. In my heart my home is Italy. I grew up in Switzerland so part of my heart is Swiss. I've been here now for 16 years. I'm pulled. I feel truly European. My personality is influenced by all these experiences in different countries. My father had to leave Italy and emigrate to Switzerland for work. He was an employee in a steel factory. My mum was a cleaner in some offices. We had a good childhood. We were very close as family, maybe because we were abroad.
"I was brought up in a small Swiss town – Schaffhausen – nothing extraordinary. I did a diploma in business administration. I guess I'd have worked in a bank if I hadn't done football. The town was fairly quiet. Maybe that was the beauty of it: there wasn't much distraction.
"I just played football. There was only Swiss TV but sometimes on a Sunday they showed a little bit of Italian football. I followed Juventus mostly. That was the time of Michel Platini and Zbigniew Boniek."
After playing in Swiss clubs, Di Matteo moved to Lazio, where he first encountered an English footballer. "I was very young when I joined Lazio and Gazza was already a star in European football. He was a character. He was a single person. He was always joking, taking the mickey. He was also a very talented footballer.
"I would love to see more English players playing abroad. You can experience a different style of football. In Italy, there is a lot of time that you use for very specific tactical work during the week. Learning a new culture and language makes you richer as a person and as a player as well."
Di Matteo's own travels continued in 1996 when Chelsea called. "The good thing about London is that people let you live quite a private life. That's the thing I enjoyed most when I came from Italy. I had my private life back.
"In Rome you are public property 24/7. If you went out for a meal, you were always bumping into supporters, who always reminded you: 'On Saturday you need to win for us.' If we won the Rome derby, we made a lot of people happy. If we lost, I would stay at home for a couple of days.''
Ensconced in London, Di Matteo loved his playing days at the Bridge, being immediately embraced by the fans, a relationship that remains as strong as ever. "I've had the bond with the supporters since day one. They made me feel very quickly at home. They have given me a lot and I have tried to repay them with performances. The fans in England are very loyal. They appreciate if you are an honest, hard-working guy."
After his playing days ended prematurely, Di Matteo began another career. "I did my coaching badges here with the FA. They have been very supportive. St George's Park will be a big help and support to the education of coaches and also because it will be centralised. I'm sure it will improve the level of education of future coaches."
Soon he had started the game of managerial snakes and ladders. "I enjoyed my time at MK Dons. I learned a lot about the UK geographically. We went from Carlisle to Yeovil, Hartlepool and Oldham. The hotels were so-so. The budgets in League One weren't great. But it was a good experience. I had a wonderful chairman in Pete Winkleman and the players were very good."
After his time at West Brom soured, Di Matteo had a four-month spell without work before becoming Andre Villas-Boas's No 2 and then replacing him as interim head coach. Now he is heading towards the Champions League final, bringing the best out of four players in particular, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Petr Cech.
"Ashley has been unbelievable for me. He's reached the highest level that we used to see Ashley play at. He's the first one out on the training pitch and the last one back. He's a fantastic professional, low maintenance, a very, very good character. I have enjoyed very much my relationship with him. Frank has the hunger. Frank again showed all his ambition, his talent and quality. We always say 'big games need big players' and Frank has shone in those big games.
"These guys have been successful because of their hunger, natural drive and ambition. Like Drogba. Petr has saved us a lot of times. He doesn't always get the credit. People focus more on the goal scorer. He's shown the best of himself. Great character. Very composed, very positive."
Di Matteo is at ease with such stellar names. "I was lucky enough to play with some fantastic players. One of the greatest players in the modern era was Paolo Maldini, who had a 20-year career and he was very humble. [Gianfranco] Zola was another talented player who was very humble."
Sir Alex Ferguson has often observed that man-management is more challenging now. "I agree with Sir Alex. Players are higher maintenance. Some on your team are lower maintenance but the requests and demands from players are much higher now.
"There's more attention on them with the financial explosion of the Premier League. The TV rights have been sold globally so there's much more interest in the players. They deserve the status because they are the ones who attract all the interest from people in the stadium and people in front of the TV."
Hundreds of millions will tune in on DSaturday for a final that could prove cagey initially. "I don't think either team is going to open up straight away. Bayern will feel they are playing at home, they know the environment, but I don't think there are any favourites. It's 50-50. It's there for both teams to grab.
"Our defensive organisation has to be right to cope with Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry. But Bayern also have Mario Gómez, who has scored 41 goals. Thomas Müller is a threat as well. They have midfielders Bastian Schweinsteiger and Toni Kroos who can score."
A huge test awaits. And afterwards? "Holiday. Absolutely.'' Family time.


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Physicists have a new theory on space travel, and it feels mighty familiar.
It's no secret that many modern technological marvels draw inspiration from works of fiction. Star Trek is, in many ways, the ultimate science fiction franchise, so we're always trying to emulate it. And why not? Transporters, holodecks, replicators -- who wouldn't want all of the above? And while mobile phones are fast becoming our own version of a tricorder, the most important aspect of Trek still eludes us -- warp drive.
Thank goodness physicists haven't given up hope. A while back, we mentioned the concept of a warp bubble as a means of traveling quickly through space. But warp bubbles are so last year! What have they cooked up this time?
Imagine this -- a vessel shaped like a football with two huge rings around it. Those rings would use an exotic type of matter that could, in theory, cause spacetime to contract in front of it and then expand behind it. Harold "Sonny" White explains the testing process in more detail this way:
We're looking for a change in path length of the photon on the interferometer, because that would be potential evidence that we're generating the effect we're looking for.
And it would look a little something like the image below.
The other part of White's puzzle involves a kind of electric quantum thruster that would create the negative vacuum energy needed to fuel the engines for warp drive. The thrusters would do in the vacuum of space effectively what the engines of a submarine do under water -- perturb the space around the engine in order to propel forward motion. Again, according to White:
The physics models that tell us how to construct a q-thruster are the same models we'll use to generate, design and build a negative vacuum generator. The quantum thrusters might be a propulsion manifestation of the physics, like the big ring around the spacecraft. If you looked in there, there might be 10,000 of these little cans that are the negative vacuum generators.
We know what you're asking -- can this really happen and how far along in testing are they? White says, "We have measured a force in several test devices which is a consequence of perturbing the state of the quantum vacuum." That's a nice way of saying it's very early days yet.
But this is still very, very cool. What's especially fascinating is that the ship itself would, in theory, never travel faster than the speed of light -- it's the space around the ship that breaks the warp barrier. We just hope they won't be any consequences (like ripping apart spacetime) should we ever actually be able to test this theory on a full scale!
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So this is how Dimaggio felt on game 57 eh? Or how Gretz felt after game 52. Or Ripken after game 2,131. Or perhaps the closest parallel in modern sport is how the Flyers felt on game 36 in 1979.
Ok, you've probably read it elsewhere by now since this is the age of instant information and since "#Blue Team Season Opening Winning Streak" has been trending ever higher on twitter for weeks (dare I say months?), I know what I'm writing here isn't news.
Yes, the Blue team lost it's first game of the season tonight. It was a good hockey game. An excellent game in fact. Down 3-1 late against a solid red team who had us off balance and were clearly the better team (well, some of the time anyway) we did rally late to tie it at 3 and give ourselves hope that the magic would continue and we might become hockey's equivalent of the 72 Dolphins. Alas, it wasn't in the cards and Scottie Richardson's rocket from the top of the circle along the ice was a worthy shot to lose by late in the game.
Moose was huge in the cage to hold us in when we were back on our heels and this one loss in no way damaged his march towards a league MVP award at Christmas and all the endorsements, women and celebrity that such an honour in the W brings with it.
It was fun while it lasted. The puck just kept going in. Game after game, team after team. The few times we were behind actually felt weird. And yet, these last couple of weeks saw us in the closest games of the season so we knew it probably wouldn't last much longer. And tonight, the jig was up. The weird thing was that the game felt so bloody normal. Sometimes the bounces went our way, sometimes they didn't. Up until this point in the season, it seemed like the bounces always, always went our way.
For two perfect months, September and October, the hockey gods gaveth to the Blue team. And tonight, they taketh away. Bob Harrison claims it may have been too much Halloween Candy. Seems plausible. Rich Rank traded his zebra stripes for a blue jersey on this night so perhaps it was all just biased refereeing in our favour in the preceding two months? Perhaps it was Mike Paola's absence (whom Rich was subbing for)? Perhaps the Red team just got to hate us so bad they handed it to us?
Oh well, this is a beer league and it's not about winning. But starting a season 41 win, no losses and 1 tie was pretty epic. It might be awhile before it happens again in any league.


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Introduction: CNC Laser Pointer
About a year ago I needed a project... With a lack of any actual good ideas I decided to make a CNC laser pointer. As you do.
The final product is almost completely useless, but it was a fairly entertaining process. I don't believe anyone else will actually ever want to build one of these but hopefully some parts of it might give people some ideas on other interesting things they might be doing.
I should probably also say that I'm not a great details kind of guy, rough enough is usually good enough. So if you're going to look closely your going to see some pretty ugly stuff going on, its all part of the character...
What is it i exactly? It's two stepper motors controlling a laser pointer. By telling the software the distance to the wall, the motors will rotate to sketch out an outline on the wall. Clear as mud? Maybe watch the video, hopefully all will be explained....
I'm not really sure what's polite on Instructables but I'm planning to publish my 'instructions' (actually just my ramblings) then add steps and info when I get time. Hopefully that's all good.
Step 1: What's Required?
- Raspberry Pi - I used a raspberry pi as the controller. Mainly because I wanted to learn a bit of python.
- 2 x stepper motors. I'm pretty sure I used 2 x NEMA 17 stepper motors that were bought from Ebay. They were 12V versions. The main thing was checking that they weren't going to draw too much current for the Pololu stepper motor drivers that I used,
- 2 x Pololu stepper motor drivers. Check out the Pololu website, they do a whole variety of drivers for different currents etc. These drivers are pretty sweet though, they make getting from the Raspberry Pi to the stepper motor a piece of cake. https://www.pololu.com/category/120/stepper-motor-...
- 2 x limit switches. Nothing fancy. These are used to set the laser to a datum before each run.
- Laser diode. Just a cheap job from Ebay.
- Some 3D printed brackets. I'll try to put my files on here but I'm sure the design could be improved on.
- Raspberry Pi protection circuit. Not sure how crucial this is but I used one to try and protect my raspberry pi from any accidents. I made one very similar to this http://www.wakdev.com/en/project/various/roverpi/2... but I see that you can buy a break out board now which I would do instead :)
- A power supply. I just stole one out of an old PC. It's really good, I think it does 3.3 V, 5V, 12V and 24V and enough amps for everyone. I have no idea how safe this is so you may want to do your own homework into that.
- A whole heap of wires and all the stuff that you need to talk to get your Raspberry Pi talking to you.
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Gray Area Firing
From a tangible angle, Sunday was a good day for Dave Littlefield. The ever-rebuilding Pittsburgh Pirates swapped a 34 year old free agent to-be for a player that finished a not-so-distant third in the 2003 Rookie of the Year voting. Unfortunately for Littlefield, currently in his fifth season running the Bucs, general managers are not always evaluated from a black-and-white approach. It's the speculation that could very well lead to Littlefield's firing.
There is no doubt many Pittsburgh fans will call for the axe of their GM, who arguably entered Deadline Week with as many bargaining chip pieces as any other seller. An organization that has gone 292-373 under his tenure was in desperate need of the yield that veterans like Jose Mesa, Mark Redman, Rick White, Kip Wells, Daryle Ward and Matt Lawton could have provided. Instead, Littlefield got just one of the six, much like the Bucs on their current road trip.
We have no way of knowing what transpired on Littlefield's cell phone in the past week, besides knowing it wasn't enough to convince him to pull the trigger. But it's hard to believe a market that paid two prospects for the likes of Ron Villone would not take a closer like Mesa. Or if Shawn Chacon of all people can net two players, there isn't anything that Redman or Wells would bring? Our educated guesses that contradict the front office may just be enough to bring an end to a legacy that has been spotty at best.
On the trade market, Littlefield has been very up and down since taking hold of the Pirates a few weeks before the 2001 deadline. Six times has he dealt players perceived as being very good on the market, twice of which ended fantastically. First was Todd Ritchie, in the 2001-2002 offseason, when Kenny Williams tried to solve the White Sox pitching problems by trading Kip Wells and Josh Fogg. Ritchie was nowhere near as valuable for the White Sox in 2002 than either Wells or Fogg was for Pittsburgh.
The Ritchie trade was the second of its kind, and followed Littlefield's first real disaster. Just seventeen days after Kevin McClatchy named him the general manager, Littlefield dealt the enigmatic Jason Schmidt to San Francisco. His return? None other than the still-horrible-after-steroids Armando Rios and arm problem riddled Ryan Vogelsong. Schmidt went on to put things together in San Francisco (with Barry Bonds), and led the Giants to a World Series, while the Pirates have received little-to-negative value for the package.
If we can say those two nullified each other, Littlefield can hope for the same of his midseason 2003 trades. Again, the first of the two was bad, when the Pirates packaged both franchise player Aramis Ramirez and Kenny Lofton together for the in-division Cubs. In return, Jim Hendry sent veteran and free-agent-to-be Jose Hernandez as well as minor leaguers Bobby Hill and Matt Bruback. Hill was a well thought of second base prospect that couldn't break Don Baylor's lineup, and Bruback a mid-grade pitching prospect. Since, Hernandez moved on quickly, Bruback didn't materialize, and Hill is only beginning to pay any sort of a dividend.
After that, July 31 came and passed in 2003 without Littlefield letting go of Brian Giles. The star outfielder had been rumored in trades for seasons, but the peak came that July. Towards the end of that August, a team finally met Littlefield's high demands, when the Padres claimed Giles in minors. Their payment for the saber-friendly outfielder was pitching prospect Oliver Perez, recently-acquired Jason Bay and Cory Stewart. Perez had been called by Barry Bonds as one of the game's best young lefties, and Bay was in the middle of a huge season at AAA. The two quickly became integral pieces for the Pirates in 2004, and figure to do the same well into the current rebuilding plan.
Since 2004, there have been two more trades, both with players that had been long-rumored like Giles. Kris Benson had a golden arm on Team USA as an amateur, but arm problems led to consistent underperforming. He finally was traded last July to the Mets, in an odd three-way, in which the Mets dealt Justin Huber to the Royals for Jose Bautista, so they could team him with Ty Wigginton and Matt Peterson in a trade for Benson. Wigginton quickly went on Lloyd McClendon's bad side after a horrendous start with the Pirates, playing himself out of long-term plans. Peterson looks to be a player in the same mold as Bruback and Stewart, which is hardly a compliment. The prize of the deal should be Jose Bautista, maybe the third baseman of the future, but still hardly as valuable as Huber. While this doesn't look like a great deal, the jury is still out here.
Finally, after these five, Littlefield felt it was time to step in the ring with the trade master: Billy Beane. Needing a high-OBP catcher for his rebuild, Beane quickly turned to Jason Kendall, who signed a too-costly extension with the Pirates that ownership did not like. So, Kendall was traded just for two veterans, Mark Redman and Arthur Rhodes. The latter was then quickly shipped off for Matt Lawton, who of course, brings us back to where we started. The Kendall deal wasn't awful either, but the inability to land one player under thirty was disappointing.
The next offseason, a reliever was needed, so the Pirates turned to the Expos' Matt Herges. The price? Chris Young, all 6-10 of him, who is now thriving in Texas. Finally, while it doesn't look so bad, I get the feeling in a few years we will look back negatively on Littlefield's acquisition of Benito Santiago for Leo Nunez. The Pirates pitching staff would sure look better with Marte, Young and Nunez than it does now, and would have more than allowed for some of the veterans to go.
In both Marte and Young, Littlefield and staff drastically underestimated the talents they had. This is a problem that has happened time and again for the current player development staff. This is a staff that waived Bronson Arroyo in need of a 40-man spot, and watched him go on to pitch in the World Series for the Boston Red Sox. Or how about Duaner Sanchez, another waiver wire claimee, this time by the Dodgers, who have since inserted Sanchez into some high-leverage situations.
They also have been pickpocketed a few times by the Rule 5 draft, when players were inexplicably left off the 40-man roster. The best example is Chris Shelton, the first player drafted by the Pirates in December of 2003. Shelton is now a middle-of-the-order hitter for the Tigers, while the Pirates found him to be about equal to the likes of J.R. House. Other players that stuck in opposing organizations after being drafted include D.J. Carrasco -- who put up one solid season in K.C. -- and Chris Spurling.
Still, it would not be fair to evaluate Littlefield without giving him credit for where the Pirates are headed. First of all, you like to see any organization have a plan for future success. And I'm told by a Pirates source that the club has certain preferences for players, tailor-made for PNC Park. They are:
1. Left-handed power hitters: Short porch in right field.
It also appears that the Pirates are sticking to this plan. In each of his last three drafts, Littlefield has spent a first round pick on a player that fits this criteria: Paul Maholm (LHP), Neil Walker (LH power), and Andrew McCutchen (speedy OF). We have also seen these preferences through other outlets, like Zach Duke and Mark Redman or Daryle Ward and Matt Lawton, and finally Jason Bay and Jody Gerut. The combination of an intelligent plan and dilligency to stick to it bode well for future success.
As does a very good young core, which is centered around Bay and Perez. Joining Oliver in the rotation will surely be Duke, who has been fantastic so far this season. Duke has been compared to Tom Glavine on numerous occasions now, and he has shown the ability to pitch without his best stuff. Ian Snell should also be there, after impressing the organization a great deal the last two seasons. The club also hopes Duke-like southpaw Sean Burnett bounces back from surgery successfully next season. Finally, the organization also has high hopes for former high picks Maholm and Gorzelanny, both pitching well at high levels.
On the offensive side, things look far less impressive. The middle of the infield should be Bobby Hill and Javier Guzman, both players that should boast modest OBPs in the future. The corners are looking like Brad Eldred and Jose Bautista, with the former joining Bay in the middle of the order. The club is definitely hoping Jody Gerut reverts to his old form in the outfield, where he should be with Bay and Craig Wilson. That is, if Wilson can ever stay healthy for 10 games. He will also be the first to be replaced should McCutchen rise through the system quickly.
Still, don't expect the base to be enough for Littlefield to salvage his job much longer. Ownership has put up with a lot in the past regarding the front office, and is still waiting for its first good post-Bonds team. After Sunday, they would be foolish to think that will happen soon with the same arrangement. While we'll never the details of Littlefield's last week, enough people will be guessing the same thing, and that should lead to a forthcoming replacement.
Excellent breakdown of Littleford's style. I am not of the opinion that he needs to be axed...he's not the best GM in the game but he's not the worst either. One question though...do you see Jose Castillo fitting into things?
Andrew, I always liked Castillo quite a bit as a prospect, but I'm undecided on his future as a player. I think he provides a nice bit of pop, but that is unimpressive when teamed with his walk rate. His batting average should go up a bit as he gets better, but to fit into future plans, Castillo must start drawing some walks.
I find it impossible to evaluate Littelfield without including some discussion of Pirate finaces. The Ramirez deal was clearly an owner ordered salary dump, the Kendall trade was powered by financial issues and the drafts, most notably passing on BJ Upton have been money driven. Even the rule 5 problems may have been related to a need to raise fash cash. On one hand this makes impossible to fairly evaluate the GM, on the other hand it may make him unfirable-he's taken too many bullets for his boss.
Something else to note about the Rule V losses is that Jose Bautista, the same one they traded for as part of the Benson deal, was himself a Rule V loss that previous offseason. They might have been able to get Huber for themselves except they blew it and lost Bautista then realized that they really wanted to keep him.
Ed, thanks for the comment. I agree that the economics have made Littlefield's atmosphere a very tough one to have success with. Still, multiple people need to take the fall for this string of unsucess, and I believe that should include members of the coaching staff and front office (notably the player development department).
The one issue I didn't touch on in this article was McClatchy, who is BY FAR more to blame for this organization's lack of success than Littlefield or McClendon. Mark Cuban is exactly what this team needs, and considering their beautiful stadium, this team might be the right investment for Mark Cuban.
Nice to see an interesting write-up of what has been one of the most boring teams (79 wins tops since Bonds) of the last decade. Still I'm wondering if the proposed "new" Pirates team is all that much better than the "old" Pirates they're replacing?
What I mean is, if all these prospects break right, reach their ceilings, fufill their potential -- isn't this still a 79 win tops team?
The Brewers seem like a team that could win 90 behind Weeks, Fielder, Sheets, etc. if "everything breaks right", but the Pirates less so.
Beyond Bay, Perez, Duke, and maybe Mike Gonzales are any of the prospects listed potential All-Stars? This team looks like the old Pirates but cheaper.
Of the "Build for 2007 & Beyond / Perennial Rebuilders" set, I feel like it goes:
Where were the Pirate prospects on your WTNY Top 75?


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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Obama Deals with Joe "Fredo" Lieberman
Despite backing John McCain, Barack Obama has forgiven Joe Lieberman and let Lieberman retain leadership of his committee. Obama made clear to his aides that nothing should happen to Joe Lieberman while Barack is in office. After that Obama will personally see to it that Lieberman takes a nice fishing trip out in a private lake.
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Brexit insights23 Jul 20
Brexit in a page - What do I need to know?
Tuesday brought an eventful day in Parliament. The terms of the EU Withdrawal Act as drawn mean that the government has 21 days to come back to…
Weekly reflection
Key dates
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13 December
EU Summit
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Primary legislation will be passed implementing the withdrawal treaty (assuming the deal is voted through Parliament)
- Tuesday brought an eventful day in Parliament. The terms of the EU Withdrawal Act as drawn mean that the government has 21 days to come back to parliament, in the event of the withdrawal deal being voted down, with a motion detailing its' 'Plan B.' However, an amendment to the parliamentary motion brought by Dominic Grieve was passed by 321 votes to 299 on Tuesday. MPs will now have the chance to amend the government's 'Plan B'.
- Tuesday also brought a drop in the UK pound to that of the April 2017 lows against the dollar following the government being found in contempt of Parliament for not publishing its full legal advice on the Prime Minister's Brexit deal. The drop was brief however, recovering after Dominic Grieve's amendment won favour in Westminster.
- Following a referral from the Court of Session (Scotland's highest court) to the European Court of Justice ("ECJ"), an Advocate General from the ECJ has opined that the UK Government are able to unilaterally revoke the Article 50 notice to leave the EU without ratification by the other 27 Member States. Whilst the opinion is not legally binding, the ECJ do usually follow such opinions. Advocate General, Manuel Campos Sanchez-Bordona believes that as the UK were able to unilaterally trigger Article 50, they should also have the power of revocation. Judgment is due on 10 December 2018.
- Meanwhile, the government has been held to be in contempt of parliament through their failure to release the full legal advice provided by the Attorney General on Brexit. A vote held in parliament this week saw the government defeated by 311 votes to 293. The government had released a summary of the legal advice prior to the vote but following the vote was obliged to release the entirety of the advice.
- Just this morning, we have heard the Prime Minister, Theresa May intimate that Parliament may be given a vote on whether there should be an extension to the transition period or enter the backstop if one of those options becomes necessary. The principle of choice has been negotiated by the Prime Minister and the EU 27 Member States and is recorded in the withdrawal agreement which provides that, if the customs arrangements coming into force after the transition period ends do not avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland, the UK government can decide to choose between extending the transition or entering the backstop.
- A poll has been undertaken by the National Union of Students which reveals that 71% of students surveyed favour a new referendum on Brexit to allow them to have their final say. Those surveyed believed that 52% of senior politicians were talking too much about the withdrawal from the EU, and 36% of students said that the issue of immigration was receiving too much attention.
- In the financial services sector, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance ("RSAI") has received its High Court approval on its Part VII transfer of business, making RSAI the latest major insurance firm to move its European business. From 1 January 2019, RSAI's European insurance business will be located in Luxembourg, together with its Global Risk Solutions or Commercial Risk Solutions businesses where there are related to EEA risks.
- The Nationwide House Price Index has reported that annual house price growth increased slightly by 1.9% in November 2018 which is an increase of 1.6% from October 2018. This comes at a time when Mark Carney, the Bank of England's Governor issued a warning that a no-deal Brexit could spark an economic crash.


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UK and China has an improved trade relations. A rising number of Chinese children are now being admitted in top schools along, which is among the key factors that drive Chinese investment in properties at prime central London.
W.A. Ellis, an agency in prime central London, made a research that stated the liberalization of China's currency, the Renminbi (RMB), has created a rising price of newly constructed residential properties in China's first tier regions and an increasing number of Chinese high net worth personas seek offshore investments. This adds attraction to London's real estate.
The agency's recent research pointed out that about £3.5B was spent exclusively on UK properties made by Chinese investors in 2013. The current Chinese currency strength means that the price of buying properties as assets in London is around 8% cheaper than it was a few years back.
The research done by Hong Kong-based property firm – Centaline – on the first quarter of the year 2013 emphasized the impact of around 15% tax introduced on foreigners that invest in Hong Kong. This resulted to four-year low decrease in the sales of luxury houses to mainland Chinese investors.
Lucy Morton – a senior partner and head of lettings at W.A. Ellis has returned from a trip to Hong Kong – said that there is confidence in the real estate market in London. Investors have become frantic to buy and the liberalization of RMB has immensely helped, which is partly the responsible for widening the profile of buyers.
She also stated that around 20 years before buying London properties are exclusive to the rich. Today, there are high net worth personas, in large numbers, who are interested in investing within the capital.
She highlighted the interest of buying through exhibitions. People are interested looking at exhibitions considering that they have researched about the area where they want to buy as well as the schemes and developers of the property they are going to buy. Deposits are made ready and so they leave right after making their purchase.
Morton also pointed that South East Asian investors have purchased new luxury property developments within central London, which are usually one or two bedroom apartment. There are majority, however, that are buying just one apartment but other high net worth families can spend millions.
Apart from the ones mentioned, she also explained that there has been an increase in property portals such as Juwai.com and search engines that are in Chinese dialect such as Baidu. She added that this has helped the marked and will play a major role in the near future.
According to Morton, education has prompted this residential investment. There are children who attend private schools in London and they are in greater numbers. Mandarin is currently becoming part of the curriculum in a lot of schools. When they reach university age, a lot of students arrive and because of this their families seek private rented sectors. The steady growth of South East Asian students' number has been seen, which also increased the rental numbers of centrally located properties.


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MPOV: Skiptrace
Hong Kong detective Bennie Chan (Jackie Chan) has been tracking notorious crime boss Victor Wong for over a decade. When Bennie's young niece Samantha/bái shū (Fan Bingbing) gets into trouble with Wong's crime syndicate, Bennie must track down the only man who can help him: fast-talking American gambler Connor Watts (Johnny Knoxville). Bennie races against the clock to bring Connor back to Hong Kong and the unlikely pair embark on an entertaining and perilous adventure from the snowy mountains of Mongolia to the windswept dunes of the Gobi desert.
The above taken from Wikipedia.
Overall, an entertaining movie with the usual Jackie Chan's slapstick comedy but with a slower paced action scene. The plots were also nothing new... same old, same old... predictable too. Usually it's logical but this time there were illogical scenes like when Samantha was ambushed at her home, the aquarium broke and water spilled. However, she was able to use the taser to electrocute/shock her assailants who had their shoes on in a puddle of little water??? Definitely didn't make sense for me. There were some irregularities but then... I just had to lower my expectations to enjoy the movie. Well, it was still entertaining overall hence the higher rating - more for the laughing factor :-)
IMDb rating: 6.4/10
My rating: 3/5
Director: Renny Harlin
Casts: Jackie Chan, Fan Bingbing, Johnny Knoxville
Rated: PG-13; a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese-American action comedy film
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Why second marriages fail
by Dr. Larry Waldman —
In the U.S., the divorce rate for first marriages has held at about 50 percent for some time. This is a national tragedy, and it means that many people have subsequent marriages.
Common sense suggests that someone who remarries is older and wiser, has learned from his mistakes and knows better what he wants and needs in a partner. Therefore, the divorce rate for second marriages would be expected to be substantially lower than the divorce rate for first marriages.
Despite common sense expectations, according to demographic data, the divorce rate for subsequent marriages is, in fact, significantly higher than that of first marriages — 65 percent, nearly two out of three. Why?
1. Money, sex and in-laws — These "big three" issues are the primary problems that plague most first marriages, but impact subsequent marriages even more so. The money problem becomes even more troublesome in second marriages due to child support and spousal maintenance payments. Second marriages feel the strain when money is tight and checks have to be sent to the first spouse.
The sex issue also gets interesting in subsequent marriages, if, for no other reason, one or both of the partners were previously in a committed relationship. Uncomfortable questions and comparisons are likely to arise.
The in-law situation becomes especially taxing in subsequent marriages, particularly when both partners bring a child into the relationship. Now you have the husband's and wife's parents, and husband's and wife's exes' parents. Whose house do you go to for Thanksgiving?
Statistically, two of these in-law couples could be divorced, so that can add another pair of in-laws that this new couple may have to appease. If one of the partners is marrying for the third time and had children with the previous two spouses, the mathematical number of permutations of potential in-laws increases.
2. Children — Children keep tenuous marriages together. While natural children are binding agents in first marriages, stepchildren are often divisive factors in subsequent unions. Many parents struggle with managing their natural offspring; nearly all stepparents are frustrated with dealing with their stepchildren. A major problem in blended families is partners not supporting each other with regard to the management of their respective natural children.
3. Exes — Some ex-spouses are pleased to see their ex enter a new relationship — especially if it could result in fewer legal motions being filed or reduced child support and alimony payments.
Some angry exes continue to take their ex-spouse back to court for various reasons long after the divorce is final. This adds emotional and financial tension to the new partnership. Another sad but common ploy is to negatively lobby the child against the new partner.
4. The speed at which we re-couple — When rejected by someone you once loved or deciding to end a committed relationship, attention from another possible suitor is quite intoxicating. The data shows that many separated individuals are in a new exclusive relationship before the ink on the divorce decree is dry.
We like to be coupled. A sizable number of persons will enter a new relationship as a means of extricating themselves from an unfulfilling marriage. Rushing into another relationship is foolish and does not provide the time to fully explore the new one before becoming emotionally committed to it. Once the infatuation wanes, the new relationship also could be in trouble.
5. Unconscious dynamics — Psychoanalytic theory holds that who we marry is predetermined. We are unconsciously attracted to individuals with certain characteristics. This attraction does not guarantee a healthy pairing and may lead to angst in the relationship.
If the marriage ends, we tend to put all the blame on our ex and rarely consider our role in that failed relationship. Thus, we unconsciously seek another partner with essentially the same dynamics of our ex — and the next relationship is in jeopardy.
I recommend that if you have left a committed relationship for any reason, you should immediately get into counseling for a minimum of nine months before you consider entering another exclusive relationship.
Larry F. Waldman, Ph.D., ABPP, is a licensed psychologist who has practiced in Phoenix for more than 35 years. He is an author and teaches graduate courses for the Educational Psychology Department at Northern Arizona University. 602-996-8619, email@example.com or topphoenixpsychologist.com.
Reprinted from AzNetNews, Volume 34, Number 3, June/July 2015.


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Worth noting… an interesting article in today's Globe and Mail Careers section about the "perfect coach". In light of Superbowl Sunday, Brian Christmas wrote a feature about Bill Belichick's success coaching the New England Patriots. I confess, I'm not an avid football fan but I love the article because it explored many of the traits in Belichick's successful leadership that are relevant to leaders of all kinds in today's workplaces.
Christmas interviewed experts who gave credit to Belichick for: drawing the players to his vision and keeping them focused week in and out; finding the right players to fit the various team roles; mentoring the talent; paying attention to detail while empowering team members to think on their own; having a solid competitive strategy; communicating clearly and giving feedback constructively (not personalizing)….and more.
One of the last quotes in the article really stood out for me. Professior John Phelan, an adjunct professor in Organizational Behavior at Queen's University School of Business spoke about Belichick's approach to empowering his team "From an employee's perspective, that shifts them from a compliance to a commitment."
The leadership team at Tribute Communities will love reading that one. "Commitment – Not Compliance" was one of the key guiding principles behind its employee engagement initiative (which earned the Prism award from International Coach Federation — read more here).
Another quote worth repeating: Chris Shultz, a football commentator for TSN said that it appears Mr. Belichick understands that "there's football players, and there's people who play football,"……implying that the coach focuses on the latter….i.e. coaching the person not the 'label'.
Coaching people as people….another theme and guiding principle that I distinguish regularly with many of my clients who are leaders and have responsibility for supporting and developing others.
Accountants aren't just accountants. PR professionals aren't just PR professionals. Construction folks aren't just construction folks.
A good coach recognizes they don't coach people's roles or titles. We coach who they are in the context of their work. There's a difference.
A big difference.
We are all more than the widgets we build or professions we represent.
Leaders who recognize this will be more effective at empowering, inspiring, challenging and growing their people.
Questions for Reflection:
What do you notice from some of your team sports observations and/or participation? What lessons can you draw for your own leadership? What leaders do you think stand out and why? When you support others in your team do you think of them as whole and unique individuals — or see them more narrowly – strictly through the lense of their 'job description' ?
Food for thought….perhaps after all the tailgating this weekend has subsided.
To a TGIM worklife and to leaders who get it right!
Tags: Bill Belichick, Brian Christmas, John Phelan, Patritos, Queen's University School of Business, Superbowl


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"After the next unnecessary war, after you cry over those who fell, make a Google search for the interview by Udi Segel with Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) on the 2nd of November 2012, where a courageous Palestinian leader offers a solution acceptable to most of the residents of Israel..."-- Maariv columnist and Israeli poet Yonatan Gefen slams his 'wall' of a leader.
- Ireland: Boycott of settlement products - Ireland's Foreign Minister announced his country was considering a full boycott of products from settlements. And as the next president of the European Union, Ireland will work to convince others to join. Israel's Foreign Ministery intends to call the ambassador in for rebuke. (Yedioth, p. 7 and Haaretz+)
- IDF gunfire kills Palestinian boy in Gaza clash, say medics - Palestinian medics said the boy, aged 12, was hit by machine-gun fire, either from Israeli helicopters or tanks that took part in the incident. (Agencies, Haaretz)
- Gaza vicinity communities demand peace (and quiet) - Southern residents to protest in Tel Aviv Thursday, demanding government to protect them from constant Qassam rockets fired at their region. (Ynet)
- EU's Ashton 'deeply regrets' new settlement building - European Union foreign policy chief criticizes decision to build 1,213 new homes in east Jerusalem; says move 'threatens two-state solution.' (Agencies, Ynet)
- Transportation minister: We will never give up Hebron - Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz inaugurates new 2.5 kilometer road connecting Kiryat Arba with Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Katz: This is our answer to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (Israel Hayom)
- Dennis Ross: Obama to focus on Iran - Obama's former advisor on Mideast policy believes White House will not allow Teheran to achieve nuclear capabilities; predicts a meaningful diplomatic solution as well as greater involvement in Syria. (Ynet)
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E-waste banned from landfillBy Lachlan Durling
IF IT has a plug, cord or battery, it can't be sent to landfill - but can be recycled free of charge.
Campaspe Shire is no longer accepting electronic waste (e-waste) in kerbside bins or landfill sites across the district with government regulations now in place to ensure the valuable materials are recycled.
Mayor Adrian Weston said recycling old electronic items allows for valuable materials to be re-used and aligns with the statewide ban that came into effect on July 1.
"Any item with a plug, cord or battery that is no longer required is e-waste and can be taken to any of council's transfer stations for recycling free of charge," Cr Weston said.
E-waste is accumulating up to three times faster than general municipal waste and it contains hazardous materials such as lead, mercury and cadmium which is harmful to the environment.
It does however contain valuable resources that can be reused such as gold, silver and copper.
"Up to 90 per cent of computers, phones and televisions can be recycled. In fact almost all parts in your old electronics can be used in something new," Cr Weston said.
Cr Weston said recycling e-waste reduces what is sent to landfill, minimises consumption of raw materials used to produce electronic products, and reduces greenhouse gases created in the production of new materials.
"We encourage the community to take their unwanted e-waste to any of council's eight transfer stations where collected materials will be diverted from landfill and recycled properly," he said.


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An antioxidant rich purple sweet potato and purple cauliflower soup that brings the nutritious power and colors of the rainbow to your plate.
While orange-colored pumpkin soups are in season for Halloween and Thanksgiving, I prepared a deliciously scary purple-colored soup instead, packed with antioxidants and nutritious properties. With all the candies and sweet treats your little ones will be eating for Halloween (by the way, if you are still looking for Halloween ideas, check my PB&J Mummy Hand Pies, everyone love them!), having a bowl of warm comforting soup for dinner will be much appreciated. But not a regular soup for once, a purple one! I will tell you more: a naturally purple-colored one!
When I first got the idea of making a purple soup, I went to my local farmers market in Lincoln Park and purchased a beautiful purple cauliflower. Purple cauliflower display vibrant violet hues on the outside florets, while the stem and core of the vegetable retain a white cream color. The purple color of purple cauliflowers is due to the presence of antioxidant anthocyanin, which can also be found in red cabbage and red wine. Its flavor is milder, sweeter, nuttier, and free of the bitterness sometimes found in white cauliflower.
Cauliflower nutritional value is also amazing: rich in vitamin C (half a cup of florets providing nearly half of ones daily requirement for vitamin C), it also provides a fair amount of fiber, vitamin A, folate, calcium and potassium as well as selenium, which works with vitamin C to boost the immune system. Cruciferous vegetables are also known for their high level of cancer-fighting phytochemicals. For more cauliflowers recipe ideas, check my Beet veggie pizza with cauliflower crust and my Vegan chickpea curry with cauliflower rice, both gluten free.
Back home, I made my first experiments in the kitchen pairing together my lovely purple cauliflower with some sweet potato to make a soup. What a stupid idea of mine! Purple + orange gives a brown color of course, so the purple color entirely disappeared in my soup. Failed attempted (the soup tasted good though)! I laughed at myself, remembering this children book I read when I was 6 and where it is explained how to pair colors. By the time I would not have made the same mistake. You never learn, Del!
Feeling amused by this beginner's mistake, I kept the soup for the week, and a few days later went to purchase another purple cauliflower, with purple sweet potatoes this time (yes it exists, unbelievable!) and purple carrots. This time, the color could only be purple, right? I was really excited when I came back home (yes I know, food bloggers have really weird reasons to feel excited about!). In my kitchen, everything was purple, and I somehow felt like Hansel & Gretel's witch, preparing the Halloween soup for the kids, haha!
This time, everything worked out just fine and I managed to get this amazing purple-colored soup I was looking for. Ok, but what the heck are purple sweet potato, and is it easy to find? As for the purple cauliflower, its purple shade is completely natural; the color comes from the same pigment that makes cherries and strawberries red. Commercialized since 2006 only, the purple sweet potato has some mysterious origins. According to the LA Times, a North Carolina farmer received some of the lilac-hued spuds as a gift from an unidentified woman, and he liked them so much that he started to cultivate them and eventually patented them with their own name: Stokes Purple.
Now, what if you don't find purple sweet potatoes but still want to make my purple soup? No worries, there are different varieties of purple potatoes (not sweet potatoes), such as All Blue, Blue Tomcat, Purple Majesty, or Purple Pelisse, that would do the job too! All of them have both a purple skin and a purple flesh.
Oh, and I forgot the purple carrots here (hope I didn't loose you in the way)! So if you are still reading this article, I will break the myth straight away: before the 17th century, almost all-cultivated carrots were deep purple in color, so this is not a new thing at all! Nowadays, the purple carrots are making a come back as health-conscious consumers are showing interest in this funky-looking heirloom vegetable. While purple carrots provide many of the same health benefits as orange carrots, they also offer some extraordinary nutritional benefits due to their high concentration of anthocyanin (again, these flavonoid pigments that give many blue, purple and black vegetables and berries their intense hues and strong health-boosting properties).
Now you know everything about this scary funky purple soup, 100% natural and with many health benefits. One more thing you probably wonder about: does it really taste good? You'll be surprised: it is indeed scary-yummy! The sweet potatoes are always a magical ingredient to me, and they do their job beautifully here, giving the soup a smooth velvet texture and a sweet comforting taste.Print
Purple Soup
- Prep Time: 45 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 mins
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Savory
- Cuisine: Gluten-free
An antioxidant rich purple sweet potato and purple cauliflower soup that brings the nutritious power and colors of the rainbow to your plate.
- 2 large purple sweet potatoes*
- 4 medium purple carrots
- 1 purple cauliflower, florets
- Salt & pepper
- 3–4 cups (180–240 ml) water (+ more as needed)
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) cream
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves, ground
- 3 Tablespoons extra virgin oil
- 2 Tablespoons thyme, fresh
- Peel and chop purple sweet potatoes and carrots into about 1-inch chunks.
- Place them in a large pot together with the cauliflower florets, a pinch of salt, and cover with 3 to 4 cups water.
- Add to boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium and continue cooking until vegetables are fork tender.
- Using a blender, mix the vegetables with the vegetable stock from the cooking.
- Return the soup to the pot, add the cream, and season with ground black pepper, nutmeg and cloves. Cook for 5 more minutes, stirring well and adjusting the seasoning as needed. If the soup is too thick, add more water until desired consistency.
- Drizzle some extra virgin olive on top, and garnish with fresh thyme.
* If you don't find purple sweet potatoes in your local market, replace them with purple potatoes (check all the varieties of potatoes with purple flesh and skins in the article above). You will need about 4 or 5 medium sized purple potatoes to replace the 2 large purple sweet potatoes.


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Will the Munchkins responsible for all the deletions on this forum please cut it out! You're giving the joint a bad name. As we said several times to others..."you don't like 'em...don't read 'em."
The world isn't made to order...it comes sloppy and messy and very very unfair. No one has the right or wisdom to decide who is good and who is bad. We asked Andreas to drop his one-liners and he did...that should have been enough. If he posts too often...you only have to look at the number of posts by this "parhad" fellow to compare.
If his posts are too heavily laden with articles where we would appreciate some original thoughts from him, then we could ask him to cut back on those or we could figure out some other way to accomodate him. But using any silly "power" this delete button gives us only makes us dependent on a crutch...you can't delete Andreas and his likes from this world. That's what his Grandpappy Adolf tried to do with those HE didn't like.
Let's work with the crum...for our OWN sakes.
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Visiting my phenology site today was bittersweet. So much has changed since the beginning of the semester, and buds of the winged euonymus are finally blossoming like I've never seen before.
Nature and culture intertwine at this place in many different ways. Students often come out to these woods and frolic or do work, and it is right next to pretty much every residence hall on Trinity Campus. The "Trinity Woods," as we call them, are a center to student life as well as biodiversity on campus.
I definitely consider myself a part of nature. Everything everyone does and contributes to and pays for affects nature, in terms of the food they eat, the recreation they partake in. I spend time at this place often even when not doing phenology assignments.
While the phenology assignment is over, this is not the last time I will have visited my spot. Next year I am living on Trinity Campus again and I will continue to embrace the intersection between nature and culture at this location.


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Imagine you are in a cave. A dark, shadowy, rocky cave, filled with razor-sharp rocks, endless pools, and calm plains alike. Some spots in the cave are easy to make it through – others, though, you struggle to reach the end of.
Then, imagine that you find a flashlight. The moment you accept the fact that it's impossible to get through the cave on your own, the flashlight turns on and floods the cave with light and understanding.
Those jagged, sharp rocks? Turns out, in the light, they were just little pebbles. Those dark pools of swirling waters? When the light hits them, you realize they were just puddles.
Life is like that cave, and God is like that light. When you put your trust in God and pray to Him, then His Light can shine on any situation!
"Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path". -Psalm 119:105
"…the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined." – Matthew 4:16


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