PROFESSOR: Hi, and welcome back to the 14.01 problem solving videos. Today we're going to do Fall 2010 problem set 6, problem number 3.
Moldavia is a small country that currently trades freely in the world barley market. Demand and supply for barley in Moldavia is governed by the following schedules.
The demand is given by quantity demanded equals 4 minus p. The supply is given by the quantity supplied equals p. And the world price of barley is $1 per bushel.
Part A asks us to calculate the free trade equilibrium price and quantity of barley in Moldavia. How many bushels do they import or export, and on a well-labeled graph depict this equilibrium situation and shade the gains from trade relative to the autarkic no trade equilibrium in Moldavia.
So what we're going to be doing in this problem is we're going to be working with three different functions.
The first is the domestic demand. This is how much people in Moldavia want barley. The domestic supply tells us how much the suppliers within the country are willing to supply. And the international price is telling us if we open up the borders to trade without any tariffs or any barriers for trade. This is what the equilibrium price, or the new equilibrium price will become.
So let's pretend for a second that we're in autarky where there's no trade at all. In that case the supply function, which is our domestic supply, and demand function are going to be equal. And in this case we're going to have a quantity supplied that'll be right here at the equilibrium point.
Now what's going to happen is that we're going to have the international price come in when we open up or borders.
And it's going to function like a price cap. So instead of the price being way up here when we only have domestic suppliers, we're going to see that the price is going to shift down to p equals 1 to the equilibrium price.
And what's going to happen is consumers are going to be able to consume more out to this point which we'll calculate.
Suppliers domestically will only be willing to supply a quantity at this point. And that means that all of this in the middle, which in earlier problems we would have thought of as the excess demand. It's no longer excess.
These consumers can actually get a product. And the way they're going to get this product is through imports. And we need to calculate how much people are going to demand, how much the domestic suppliers will produce, and what the difference is made up by the international importers.
So to start off, let's think about what's going to happen when we have free trade. Well in free trade we're going to start off with our demand function. And instead of setting this demand function equal to the supply function, we're just going to plug in the international price for the free trade scenario.
So we can see that in free trade people are going to demand three of the products. Now at the price of one, however, the suppliers aren't going to be willing to supply these three.
So we can calculate how much they'll actually be willing to supply at the price of one. So just plugging in the price we find the quantity that they're willing to supply is going to be equal to 1.
So that means that the difference here is going to have to be made up by imports. So importers are going to be equal to 2.
Now compared to the autarky scenario, what we had is we would set the quantity demanded equal to the quantity supplied.


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From the Office of the County Clerk - G55: Astros versus Orioles
Brad Peacock (1-4, 5.20) versus Ubaldo Jimenez (2-6, 4.98)
The Astros continue an impressive run of form, in which they have won 12 out of their last 18 games - second in baseball to the slightly more impressive Toronto Blue Jays (14 out of their last 18, and 21 for 28 for the month of May). George Springer hit his seventh home run in seven games, tying him with Rudolph Preston York (1937) for the most in a seven game span by a rookie.
The Astros did what they have done so much of recently: starting pitching verging on dominant, timely power hitting, a lack of defensive miscues, and a non-crap bullpen closing the games out. Another solid win over a contending team (the 26-26 Baltimore Orioles) by a score of 3-1. On Dollar Hot-Dog night, too. Everyone's an overweight winner!
On the Mound:
Brad Peacock got his first start in 12 days, after he skipped a start due to forearm tightness. He showed no evidence of any rust, and had what is probably his best outing of the season: 6IP, 6H, 1R/ER, 8K. No walks. Five strikeouts looking (HP Ump Mike Muchlinski's bow-and-arrow got a workout), the remaining three swinging. His Game Score was a solid 64, easily his best of the month.
As we sometimes do, lets go through the strikeouts:
* J.J. Hardy, struck out looking on a 77mph curve, which just catches in inside corner, low, 0-2 count.
* Manny Machardo, struck out looking on a 74mph inside curve, mid-thigh, 1-2 count.
* Nick Hundley struck out looking on a 93mph fastball, 0-2 count.
* Chris Davis, looking, on a 81mph change up, 2-2 count, started inside on the lefty and ran back over the plate
* J.J. Hardy, swinging on an 0-2 curve, down and away
* Machado, swinging, on a 3-2 fastball down and away, 93mph
* Ryan Flaherty, swinging, on an 80mph, 1-2 curve, down and in.
* Chris Davis, looking, on a 2-2, 94mph fastball over the middle of the plate, but low in the zone.
The hits weren't exactly well hit, either. Pearce's lead off double to the left-field scoreboard was the hardest hit ball. He would later score on Nelson Cruz's other-way, against-shift, poke into right field on a fastball down and away, that possibly was designed to have been located further off the plate (although the catchers glove moved slightly away to catch the pitch). The other hits were of the bloop variety, or ground balls that found holes. Peacock's outing finished in the top of the sixth, when he retired J.J. Hardy on a groundout to short, with men on first and third.
Josh Fields relieved, and continued the dominance. He allowed one hit (a bloop single into left, just between Grossman and Villar) in two innings, striking out three. He was very economical with his pitches - 21 pitches needed for the two innings. Chad Qualls earned the save by striking out one in one inning pitched.
Impressively, the Astros pitchers struck out twelve while walking none, and allowing seven hits.
At the Plate:
More of the same. Altuve gets on and gets into scoring position (3-4, 2B, 2SB, twice standing on second with no outs, once with one out) and Springer hits a two run homer - this time to left field, dedicated to a lucky wheelchair-bound youngster. Line shot, just out, right over the Gallery Furniture sign between the scoreboards. George's shot came on a 3-2 low 84 mph slider off over-the-top thrower, Preston Guilmet. Guilmet's action dictates that his slider breaks down and not away, and George went down and got it, lining it just high enough into the Boxes. These two go-ahead runs were scored in the bottom of the seventh.
Prior to that, the score was nil-all when Jason Castro scampered home on a bases-loaded wild pitch to Robbie Bob Mike Grossman. It was a close play at the plate - Jiminez did a great job of covering home, and Nick Hundley, Orioles catcher, got to the bouncing ball quickly and flicked a great throw home. There was not enough evidence to overturn the ruling on the field (safe), and Castro was ruled to have scored. Interestingly, I think if Castro was ruled out and Bo had appealed, I am not sure there would have been enough evidence to overturn the call either. These are the calls that seem to have been going against the Astros over the last few years.
The Astros also threatened in the fourth - K, throwing error with one out, walk - but a fly-out, strike-out combination finished the inning with runners on first and second. In the fifth - Altuve infield single, stolen base, K, HBP (Fowler, an owie to the right knee), ground-out, K - again, runners on first and second. In the eighth, a leadoff walk (to Guzman) then two groundouts got him to third, but he was stranded on a Villar groundout.
We covered Jose Altuve's night above (again: 3-4, 2B, 2SB), and we should make note of his ML leading hit count (76, ahead of Melky Cabrera with 72), ninth equal in the ML in doubles, and 2nd in ML (first in AL) in stolen bases (19 to Dee Gordon's NL-leading 32). Only 3 caught stealing. He is having an impressive bounce-back season, after last years relative down-season.
Springer went 1-4, but the one hit was the decisive hit of the game, discussed in more detail above. The only other hit was a Matt Dominguez single. The Astros struck out nine times versus 4 walks, with one HBP and one ROE.
Turning Point:
Springer's home run in the bottom of the seventh came too late for Brad Peacock to get the win, but got the Astros the win. And for what seemed like the fiftieth time in the last week, Altuve got to cross home plate right before Springer. No wonder those fancy, congratulatory handshakes are so tight and well executed.
Man of the Match:
Some very good performances here, and obviously it makes sense to highlight the contributions of the pitching staff (Peacock, Fields and Qualls) and Aluve and Springer. If I had to choose one, it would probably be Jose Altuve, for another great game. I really like how Josh Fields looks, too.
Goat of the Game:
Who shifted on Nelson Cruz, dammit?? Interestingly, in Cruz's first at bat, he lined out on a hard line out to a jumping Jose Altuve... standing to the left of second base. So, when he hit a grounder right at where the second baseman would be, and Steve Pearce got to trot home from second, it was kind of poetic justice. The shifts giveth, and the shifts taketh away. Hopefully, they giveth more.
Well, this is exciting. The Astros are at 14-13 in May, and with a win in one of their next two games, they can not only take the series, but secure their first winning month since (I believe) September 2010. Being the second-hottest team in baseball is also fun.
In addition, the local blackout has been lifted for tomorrow's game, as it is the Civil Rights Game. It is also the MLB.tv free game. Anyone can watch via the inter-webs. Anywhere. Be there, or be a non-Astro supporter.
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«Love is a Camera» () — песня британской певицы Софи Эллис-Бекстор из её пятого альбома Wanderlust (2014). Эллис-Бекстор написала песню вместе с Эдом Харкортом, который также спродюсировал трек. Текст песни рассказывают историю женщины, которая фотографирует своих жертв и хранит их души в фотографиях. Музыкальная композиция включает в себя партии фортепиано, гитары, контрабаса, в целом смешение танго и барокко. Песня была выпущена в качестве третьего сингла с альбома 23 июня 2014 года.

Песня получила неоднозначные, но в основном положительные, отзывы музыкальных критиков. Для съёмок видеоклипа была приглашена Софи Мюллер; съёмочный процесс проходил в итальянском городе Флоренция. По сюжету Эллис-Бекстор олицетворяет двух персонажей, одна из которых является «соблазнительницей», а другая — ничего не подозревающей женщиной.

Существует оркестровая версия песни, которая вошла в сборник Софи The Song Diaries (2019).

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Az Én, a séf (eredeti cím: The Chef, franciául: Comme un chef) 2012-ben bemutatott francia filmvígjáték, melyet Daniel Cohen rendezett. A főszerepet Jean Reno és Michaël Youn alakítja. A film nemzetközi premierje 2012-ben volt a 62. Berlini Nemzetközi Filmfesztiválon, Magyarországon 2012. június 21-én mutatta be a Budapest Film.

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A fiatal Jacky Bonnot legnagyobb álma, hogy egy napon a főzéshez való veleszületett tehetségét olyan vállalkozássá alakítsa, amely lehetővé teszi számára, hogy maga mögött hagyja az általa tapasztalt nehézségeket, amelyek miatt a legkülönfélébb munkahelyeken dolgozott, és végül mindig kirúgták a kulináris hajthatatlansága miatt.

Alexandre Lagarde egy nagyszerű séf, akit az inspiráció válsága fenyeget. Étterme, a Cargo Lagarde három csillaggal büszkélkedhet, de a fiatal és ambiciózus tulajdonos, Stanislas Matter  arra készül, hogy leváltsa őt. Lagarde nem hajlik meg a vállalkozói politika előtt, amelyről az a véleménye, hogy az "innovatív konyha" elnevezés mögött a nyersanyagköltségek drasztikus csökkentésének vágya rejlik. Az étlap éves megújítása előtt Matter azzal fenyegetőzik, hogy leváltja Lagarde-ot, ha az étterem elveszít egy csillagot, és közben ellene fordítja a hagyományos beszállítóit, és elküldi két korábbi segítőjét.

Egy újabb kirúgása után Jacky Bonnot elfogad egy kényelmes hat hónapos festői állást egy idősek otthonában. Természetesen a főzés iránti vonzalma hamarosan arra készteti, hogy érdeklődjön az idős lakók ételei iránt, akik között van az idős Paul Matter, Stanislas apja. Lagarde meglátogatja Paul Matter-t, akitől megtudja, milyen újításokat vezetett be Jacky az intézmény konyhájában. Lagarde rögtön megérzi ennek fontosságát, és Jacky fizetetlen gyakornoki állást kap az étteremben. Jacky ezzel beteljesíti az álmát, hogy együtt dolgozhasson a séffel, akit mindig is imádott, de nem tudja, hogyan mondja el ezt élettársának, Béatrice-nak, aki első közös gyermeküket várja.

Jacky úgy dönt, hogy nem árul el semmit a társának, és Lagarde-dal kezd el dolgozni. Az elkerülhetetlen kezdeti civakodás után a dolgok remekül mennek. De amikor Béatrice rájön, hogy az étteremben dolgozik, elhagyja a férfit, és visszatér a szüleihez Nevers-be.

Az események gyors egymásutánjában Lagarde megérti, hogy mit is akar valójában az élettől, újra felfedezi a lánya, Amandine iránti szeretetét, és a fiatal és tehetséges Bonnot kezében hagyja éttermét, hogy ő új szakmai és magánéleti kalandba kezdjen Nevers-ben, ahol a gyönyörű Carole-lal, a város egyik éttermének tulajdonosával együtt találja meg a szerelmet és az inspirációt.

Jacky végre kibontakoztathatja addig ki nem fejtett kreatív tehetségét, és visszanyeri Béatrice szerelmét, aki időközben apává tette.

Paul Matter átveszi a családi vállalkozást, fiát pedig a konyhai munkára utasítja, hogy az tapasztalatokat szerezzen.

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New Book Released on Fidel Castro's Political, Economic Thought.
In addition to economics, the book also delves into Fidel's approach to questions of political ideology, science and humanism.
A new book exploring the political and economic thought of the late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has been released which collects the work of various intellectuals, scholars and journalists who explore the iconic leader's views.
African Unity Celebrated in Santiago de Cuba.
The celebrations, a wide variety of cultural and educational programs, as well as scientific and sports activities, are scheduled to continue until Saturday.
On Wednesday, the 54th anniversary of African Unity, the predecessor of the African Union, was commemorated by African university students and fellow Cuban students in Santiago de Cuba.
Prensa Latina reported that support for the event is being provided by the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples, Fernando Ortiz African Cultural Center, diplomatic representatives of the participating nations, and educational institutions in the city.
Revolutionary People's Candidate Lumumba Secures Crushing Win in Mississippi Capital.
Lumumba's win in the Jackson, Mississippi mayoral race sets an example for grassroots forces intent on breaking the neoliberal grip on the U.S. left.


Now that the summit is over we've moved onto Washington DC. Today we wandered up the mall taking pictures of all the monuments. Unfortunately none of the water features are turned on and no tripods are allowed. So we got harassed by security and got very grey pictures but it was a nice, warm day for wandering around.
There were some cool statues around to take pictures of.
We then wandered over to Arlington Cemetery and wandered through the many gravestones.


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Trx suspension training is great for women and men. One of the best trx oblique exercises is side planks with your feet in the trx system.
If you want to seriously work your obliques, trx side planks will definitely deliver a burn that you'll feel for days.
Because the trx is very unstable your oblique and lower back muscles will have to work overtime to keep your body stable.
If you're a beginner you should build up with regular side planks on the floor or bosu ball side planks.
Once you have a good base of strength then try more advanced exercises like the trx side plank.
Okay, below, you can see pictures and read a little more about this exercise.
Starting position: Simply start by securing your feet in the trx straps. After securing your feet, place your elbow on a mat and keep your elbow right underneath your shoulder, and place your opposite hand on your hip.
Form: Exhale and lift your body so that your body is parallel to the floor. Hold this position for 10-60 seconds, and repeat 2-3 times on each side.
Easier Variation: If you need a little extra support you can place your top hand gently on the floor to steady yourself.
The moving side plank is one of the toughest trx oblique exercises.
Once you master the static side plank, you can really challenge your obliques with the moving side plank.
The starting position is exactly the same, except during the moving side plank you lower your hip to the ground and then raise back up to the starting position.
Personal Trainer Tips: This exercise takes some time to get used to. The toughest part is learning to secure your feet in the straps so that you can focus on the obliques.
Start with the easier variations and build up your strength. Perform 5-15 repetitions at a time and do 1-3 sets on each side.
Exercises that work the obliques also challenge the lower back, so always listen to your body and build up the volume slowly over time.
If you don't have access to a trx try some other oblique exercises.
The Trx system is a fun and challenging tool to work your core and your entire body, and the cool thing is that you can set it up in your home with the door stop or take it out to the park for an outdoor workout.
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Why should I consider buying hose mandrels from Bell Plastics?
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What are the advantages of nylon vulcanisation mandrels?
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Which Bell mandrel material is best?
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What's special about Bell Plastics' nylon vulcanisation mandrels?
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What are the benefits of using UHMWPE in making rubber hoses?
UHMWPE has excellent chemical resistance, wear-resistance and low-friction properties. This makes it an ideal material for producing tough covers and resistant inner-linings of rubber hoses, quickly and easily. Some grades have other properties such as electrical conductivity or food approval that enable the hose-maker to create hoses with higher added-value than their regular products.
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It's hard to imagine that Tandy is two. On one hand, it seems like she's been with us so much longer, but on the other hand, she doesn't seem like she should be out of the baby stage. It was so much fun to celebrate her along with something she loves so much. Mary Poppins filled our thoughts and imagination for the day, and it was quite a jolly holiday.
You've seen the outfits and the invitations, now here's the rest. If you haven't watched the movie in a while, you might miss some of the tie ins, but I assure you everything was inspired by the Mary Poppins movie.
We started with a couple crafts.
The kite decorating kits set up in a carpet bag came from Oriental Trading Company.
We also made bird feeders similar to this tutorial.
A carpet bag center piece was a must. Thankfully a friend of a friend had one we could borrow. It's filled with a few items Mary pulled from her bag of tricks.
The snacks included peanut butter and jelly sandwiches cut with a penguin sandwich cutter, penguin crackers (Walmart), umbrella cheese, popcorn, and lemonade. I used some of the painted cocktail umbrellas to make the number 2.
The umbrella cheese is made from Babybel cheese rounds cut in half. I trimmed some black straws from Ikea to make the handles.
The Ikea cart I've been using in my sewing room made the perfect paper goods station. The lower shelves housed musical instruments and vintage Mary Poppins books.
Finally, we've arrived at the sweets table! I made the banner from copied book pages from our vintage Mary Poppins books.
We had dipped marshmallow chimney sweeps.
The Jell-O clouds were blue Jell-O topped with a homemade marshmallow dollop. I'll have more on those in a future post.
Can we pause for a moment and imagine those cute cups above adorned with one of the cocktail umbrellas like the photo below. Yep, somehow those got missed. Thanks for using your imagination instead!
Well, it wouldn't be a Mary Poppins party without a nod to the spoon full of sugar that makes the medicine go down. I bought these cute sundae spoons at Joann's on clearance. I'll try to do a quick post on the cake pop spoons in the future too.
I added some washi tape accents to my cupcake tower and topped it with the same image I used for the invitations. My favorite lemon cupcakes were a hit with both kids and adults.
The final table was home to the favors.
The sugar cookie garland spelled out Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I used this letterpress cookie cutter set to make all 34 letters.
Chocolate "tuppence", bird whistles, and sidewalk chalk rounded out the favors.
There's the birthday girl eyeing the gummy penguins her grandmother scored at Trader Joe's.
Big Sis was ready to lead the musical parade.
The older kids had a blast making their music while leading the younger guest around.
All in all, it was a very happy day!
Love this sweet photo of Tandy captured by Matt Bateman.
Pinterest, of course, provided tons of inspiration, so check out some of the ideas I found and more here.
What an adorable idea for a party! I love how much thought you put into all those details. Everything is fantastic!
Would you mind sharing source info for the cute vintage tablecloth?
Mine was a gift from friends that score the best thrift store finds around!
This is a visual spoonful of sugar. It's a cool way to decorate for a party for any child. I like all the little touches that make it special and remind guests of the ideas that were portrayed in Mary Poppins.
What an adorable party! I love the cookie garland! I've never seen anything like that. Great job on it all!
Hi! This party was put together so beautifully! Would you share the source of the signage you used, please?


This letter to Governor John St. John is from A. G. Shears. He is anxious to help the prohibition amendment cause and requests liquor statistics and supportive newspapers from Kansas Governor St. John to be used by county temperance unions. Shears is from Yates Center, Kansas.
In this letter, the publisher of the Salina Herald notifies Kansas Governor St. John that prohibition information and advertisements will soon be mailed out. He asks the Governor to influence the Secretary of State to support the Herald, the only paper in Salina County supporting St. John.
A letter from A. H. Dahlston in which he laments that Kansas Governor St. John could not speak at Salemsburg's recent temperance meeting due to ill health.
In this letter, attorney A.L. Coleman of Sabetha, offers belated congratulations to Kansas Governor St. John on his nomination, pledging his support for prohibition. The letterhead is for Sargent & Coleman: Law, Loan, Real Estate, Collecting.
In this letter, from A.L. Foster of the Chicago Urban League to the manager of Kelly's Hotel in Iola, Kansas, details Foster's experiences at the hotel in the winter of 1945. Foster, a passenger on a bus from Ft. Scott to Wichita, was asked to sit in the rear section of the restaurant solely because he was an African American.


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ALGODAILY
Why Take Your Time When You Can Go Faster?
What About Building a Great Career Slowly
How Do I Become the Tortoise?
Pursuing Deep Work Through a Slow and Boring Successful Career
It's not a new idea that people born in the times since, or just before the digital revolution have different brains than our predecessors. We lean towards stimulation, towards a certain variability in life. We fiend for the newest, the latest, and are constantly seeking the next great thing.
Concepts like FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) have developed as a byproduct. When there's so much in the world to consume and enjoy, why settle for anything less than the best?
This sounds great. But it's imaginary-- just fiction. The best is usually cultivated via an Instagram filter, Photoshop, blatant lying or exaggeration.
The public's attention has recently focused on the consequences of being in front of screens all day. Perhaps the attention deficit crisis does have implications for our day to day - we seem to have more stuff, but enjoy it less. Our desensitized brains clam up at the thought of anything lengthy - a 3 hour movie, waiting for that next bonus, a lifetime commitment. These things are scary because it limits our options.
What's worse is the lack of contentment it breeds. As the saying goes, you're comparing your practice footage to someone's highlight reel. This comparison happening dozens or hundreds of times a day can't be good for your mental health.
There are critics who'll say the benefits outweigh the negatives, and there is some truth to that. Name another time in history that the entire human population was this connected. Instead of being limited to the people and knowledge of your locality, we have unprecedented access to everything and anyone-- if you try hard enough.
What I'd like to argue is that elements of both are needed to optimize our living, but we as a collective society should definitely slow down.
It's never been better to be a software professional. Right now, we are some of the most sought after professionals in the job market. As the corporate world moved towards the digital age and realized that nearly all human thought could be mapped in 1's and 0's, the guys who wrote and sold these programs ended up becoming well rewarded.
As a result, for technology professionals (developers, engineers, killer sales reps, and others included), this makes us prone to being anxious. It's common to go online one morning and read about the millennials who launched a billion dollar company before 30, the newest and greatest JS framework, or even the "sexiest career of the 21st century". It seems we want everything fast, and we want it now.
There is nothing wrong with the current conditions of the job market, or of the speed at which the tech industry is moving. The pace at which people are advancing their careers and technology is greatly benefitting human society, and for that we should be grateful.
There are more opportunities for economic enrichment and job creation, better logistics for food and healthcare, and perhaps most importantly: a shift towards creating companies that solve big, hairy, audacious problems.
However, there is also a deep unhappiness that permeates within this realm. Job hopping works well in boosting your compensation until you find yourself at your 4th company in 5 years and "still don't feel like you're making an impact". Javascript or Leetcode fatigue is a real and counterproductive concept. Take a look at Blind for evidence of what happens when this unhappiness spreads and starts affecting real people's life decisions.
In a field where opportunities and the possibility for creativity are boundless, it's easy to only think about "what's next".
Let's analyze the word "slow". Merriam Webster's three definitions of "slow" include: 1) mentally dull; 2) lacking in readiness or promptness; and 3) moving without speed.
Notice a pattern? It's interesting that these all carry negative connotations - as though being slow is somehow a bad thing.
What if slow was good? What if, for certain things in life, being the tortoise was not just a nice thought, but actually necessary?
With regards to career progression, a quick scan of numerous biographies of successful people reveals that an amazing career takes time. Many of the presidential candidates in recent elections are in their 70's-- it often takes that long to build up the confidence, experience, and credibility.
Entrepreneurs and businesses are the same way. The majority strike it rich later in life-- most entrepreneurs are nearly 40 by the time they launch their first successful venture.
The Dropbox story is a good one. The data storage company, whose cloud service is one of the most used digital products in the world, launched on Hacker News on January 19, 2007. It went public this past year.
For those counting, it's been over ten years. In the world of software and the internet, that's a quite a long time. Since then, we've witnessed an economic recovery, a smartphone/app revolution, single page applications, and the proliferation of AI and machine learning. However, Drew Houston and the Dropbox team have consistently focused on their core mission and product throughout, and they may just be getting started.
Good things take time.
While wunderkinds like Mark Zuckerberg take control of their companies at an early age, that's the exception rather than the rule. In 2013, the average age for an incoming CEO was 53, while the average age for those on their way out was 63.
So the takeaway here seems simple: think long-term about your career and life goals.
But this doesn't really tell us what to do on a day to day to emphasize this. It's simply too easy to go back to regular life and become sucked in to the blazing speed that the rest of the world is engulfed in.
Instead, I'll leave you with some action items from leaders who've applied this mindset.
Satya Nadella has, perhaps objectively, done an amazing job at Microsoft since the start of his tenure. Here's what he has to say about career advice:
"Saying, 'Well, I'm waiting for the next job to do my best work' is the worst trap," he contends. "If you say, 'The current job I have is everything I ever wanted,' life becomes just so much more straightforward."
So one thing you can do is appreciate your current role. Sure, you may not be where you want to be just yet. But are you getting paid? Do you have healthcare? Do you get to solve problems with some degree of autonomy? If so, you're already doing better than a surprising amount of the world. And that's good enough.
Let's hear from Jeff Bezos too. He seems to be doing pretty well:
Our first shareholder letter, in 1997, was entitled, 'It's all about the long term.' If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you're competing against a lot of people. But if you're willing to invest on a seven-year time horizon, you're now competing against a fraction of those people, because very few companies are willing to do that. Just by lengthening the time horizon, you can engage in endeavors that you could never otherwise pursue. At Amazon we like things to work in five to seven years. We're willing to plant seeds, let them grow'and we're very stubborn. We say we're stubborn on vision and flexible on details.
Here's another method: set longer-term goals. If you can pay your bills and have time for personal activities, do you really need a promotion this cycle? What if you got it next cycle, or next year? Will your life really change that much, or do you just have more disposable income and more responsiblities?
This is not saying don't be ambitious. This is a gentle reminder that ambition takes time, and that your life will not dramatically change after you reach your goals. This is something DHH talks about quite a bit in this blog post.
Finally, a quote from Cal Newport, author of Deep Work, the book that got me thinking about this notion:
The happiest, most passionate employees are not those who followed their passion into a position, but instead those who have been around long enough to become good at what they do. On reflection, this makes sense.
Focus not on the next level, but getting really good at the current one. Ironically, taking a day by day view of your current job or function is the only way to truly do it. What are things you can do today to be just a little bit better?
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JILL FURMAN PRODUCTIONS seeks to produce groundbreaking commercial work that surprises audiences. Founded by two-time Tony Award-winning producer Jill Furman, JFP is currently represented by Hamilton on Broadway and in Chicago. Upcoming Hamilton productions include a National Tour and London's West End.
Additional Broadway and National Tour credits: In the Heights (Tony Award for Best Musical, 2008), Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, The Heiress, Seminar, West Side Story, The Drowsy Chaperone. Broadway: Sly Fox and Fortune's Fool. Off Broadway: On The Line and Adult Entertainment.
JILL FURMAN PRODUCTIONS executive produced the Pivot television series Freestyle Love Supreme and also produces the live version of the show.
Projects in development include a live musical on a cable network, an independent film, and a new musical. Jill Furman is a native New Yorker. She received a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia.


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Die mexikanische Formel-4-Meisterschaft 2018/19 (offiziell Fórmula 4 NACAM Championship 2018-19) war die vierte Saison der mexikanischen Formel-4-Meisterschaft.

Teams und Fahrer
Alle Teams und Fahrer verwendeten das Chassis Mygale M14-F4. Als Motor kam der Ford 1,6-Liter-EcoBoost zum Einsatz. Die Reifen stammten von Pirelli.

Rennkalender

Neu im Rennkalender war nach einer einjährigen Abstinenz San Luis Potosí, raus flogen Mérida sowie Toluca. Das Eröffnungsrennen fand im Rahmenprogramm des Großen Preises von Mexiko statt.

Wertungen

Punktesystem
Bei jedem Rennen bekamen nur die ersten zehn des Rennens 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 bzw. 1 Punkt(e). Es gab keine Punkte für die Pole-Position und die schnellste Rennrunde. Gaststarter wurden in der Fahrerwertung nicht berücksichtigt.

Fahrerwertung

Teamwertung

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website der mexikanischen Formel-4-Meisterschaft (spanisch)

2018/19
Motorsportsaison 2018
Motorsportsaison 2019


I have heard the same, though I have no clue as to the time table. New Caledonia has very strong diplomatic ties through out the Pacific, so assuming she does eventually gain independence she will get plenty of help from her neighbors getting on her feet as a new nation.
I think that the timetable for these two other referendums is 2020 and then 2022. I could be wrong about this, though.


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It's the loving that I love. Iranian female voices
| SACHLI GHOLAMALIZAD
On air and open for public Sunday 20.01.18 from 12h till 14h
For the selection of her two hour live radioshow, Sachli Gholamalizad (actress and theatre-maker) will let herself be guided by the main characters she honours in her third, upcoming, solo theatre performance. Strong Iranian female voices, from then and now. From two ground-breaking Iranian artists, Googoosh and Forough Farrokhzad, the women who with their words shaped the ways of her mother and grandmother, to contemporary feminist voices.
A meandering and enchanting investigation into what it means to be a woman today, through means of music, poetry, sung and spoken word.
A musical narration about the leading ladies who helped scaffold Sachli's struggle in womanhood.
+ Iranian brunch
> from 11h till 14.30h > WAV HQ, PIXEL museumcafé, FOMU Antwerp
> reservations: wav@wearevarious.popeye.cloud
> more info: facebook eventpage
Sachli Gholamalizad (Iran, ° 1982) is active in film, television and theatre. She studied dramatic arts at RITCS in Brussels and took acting classes with Jack Waltzer in Paris.
In 2013 she created her first play, A Reason to Talk, the first part of a trilogy. This production won several prizes, traveled around and abroad, and received critical and public acclaim. In 2016 she made her second play (Not) My Paradise. She is one of the faces of KVS (Brussels' Flemish city theatre), and for the next five years she's artist in residence at Vooruit in Ghent. In 2019 she will produce her third solo performance, for KVS.
After a dive into Sachli's family history with A reason to talk and (not) my paradise, her third creation takes a hesitant step towards the future. How can we rinse and peel off the judgements and interpretations of the outside world in order to return to the core of our being, our purest self? Supported by strong women from various traditions, and with a lot of questions at the back of her mind, Sachli samples different definitions for the future: about love, about friendship, about womanhood. A musical narration about the leading ladies who helped scaffold Sachli's struggle in womanhood.
Last year she acted in Domino (2018), Brian DePalma's last feature, and other (inter) national series such as Stockholm Requiem (2019), De Twaalf (2019), Loslopend Wild (2012-2018), and she played one of the leading roles in De Bunker (2015).
She continues to tour with theatre plays, acts in various international and national TV series and films, and has a column for Mo * Magazine.
"On Loving"
a Poem by Forugh Farrokhzad, translated by Sholeh Wolpé
Tonight from your eyes' sky
stars rain on my poem,
my fingers spark, set ablaze
the muteness of these blank pages.
My fevered, raving poem shamed by its desires,
hurls itself once again into fire, the flames' relentless craving.
Yes, so love begins,
and though the road's end is out of sight, I do not think of the end.
It's the loving that I love.
Why shun darkness?
The night abounds with diamond drops. Later, jasmine's intoxicating scent lingers on the spent body of night.
Let me lose myself in you
till no one can find my trace. Let your dewy sigh's fevered soul waft over the body of my songs.
Wrapped in sleep's silk
let me grow wings of light,
fly through its open door
beyond the world's fences and walls.
Do you know what I want of life?
That I can be with you, you, all of you, and if life repeated a thousand times, still you, you, and again, you.
Concealed in me is a sea: how could I hide it? How could I describe the typhoon inside?
I'm so filled with you
I want to run through meadows,
bash my head against mountain rocks, give myself to ocean waves.
I want to crumble into myself like a speck of dust, to gently lay my head at your feet,
cling fast to your weightless shadow.
and though the road's end is out of sight, I do not think of the end
for it's the loving I so love.
This poem is from the award-winning book 'Sin—Selected poems'. Farrokhzad, who died in a car accident in 1967 at the age of 32, was a poet of sensuous extremes. Writing during the 1950s and 60s, her poems were considered unconventional and scandalous, as they very well might have been considered so by Western readers of that era. Today, she is an icon and one of the most beloved and respected poets of twentieth-century Iran. Her work has inspired and continues to inspire many.
Source: http://loveandpomegranates.meghansayres.com
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Praised for 'heralding a "rebellious" new generation through their work,' Timbuktu Labs founders Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli share this year's highest PW Star Watch honor–and trip to the Frankfurter Buchmesse.
At a party this evening (September 12) at New York City's Marquee on 10th Avenue, Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli, co-founders of Timbuktu Labs, have been named the winners of this year's PW Star Watch .
The program is a collaboration between th Frankfurter Buchmesse and Publishers Weekly, and honors up-and-coming talent in the publishing industry. The dual winners of PW Star Watch will be flown to Germany for the Frankfurt Book Fair (October 10 to 14 this year), provided with full six-day Business Club tickets, and will appear in The Markets—the Buchmesse's agenda-setting conference on October 9—as well in other speaking engagements during the trade show.
Cavallo and Favilli are best known as the creators of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, (2016) and they raised more than US$1.2 million from some 25,000 backers in 75 countries for a crowdfunding campaign that used both Kickstarter and Indigogo InDemand to produce the book. That title profiled 100 women of accomplishment, both from history and from contemporary fame, from Elizabeth I to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a sequel (February).
A second book, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2, was released in February by the duo, with 100 more examples of terrific achievement by women "from Nefertiti to Beyoncé." That second volume's raised crowdfunded support totaling more than $866,100 from close to 15,500 backers on Kickstarter, and went on to chart as a New York Times' bestseller.
While declining to say whether a third Good Night Stories book is in the works, the two businesswomen say the brand has grown quickly in the last 18 months.
In a prepared statement, Frankfurter Buchmesse's Thomas Minkus, vice president for emerging media and English-language markets, is quoted, saying, "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is an international phenomenon, appealing to audiences everywhere.
The PW Star Watch program was initiated in 2015 by the Frankfurter Buchmesse and Publishers Weekly to honor and encourage talented up-and-coming members of the American publishing community and to give them international attention. The goal of PW Star Watch is to spotlight innovative members of the industry and provide them with further connections and additional mentorship, while also honoring their contributions.
As Publishing Perspectives has reported, the entry eligibility requirements for PW Star Watch were widened to include candidates from Canada, as well as from the United States.
More from Publishing Perspectives on PW Star Watch is here, and on Frankfurter Buchmesse is here.


Seth Klarman's Newspaperofrecord has won her three career starts by a combined 20 lengths, including last Saturday's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. The budding superstar daughter of Lope de Vega has trainer Chad Brown considering a trip to Royal Ascot for the Group 1 Coronation Stakes, according to Horse Racing Nation.
The filly is named in part for her dam, Sunday Times, but also as "a statement that we believe in searching out facts and that society needs to get back to facts and truth," per Klarman. She was a $278,019 purchase at the Tattersalls October yearling sale, and has now earned $706,750.
Read more at Horse Racing Nation.
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More US Soldiers Are on Their Way to Iraq
President Bush has called for an increase in troops for Iraq , but US forces are already stretched thin. The so-called "surge" means an escalation of 21,500 troops.
Roku and HBO Max finally cut a deal
Nearly seven months after WarnerMedia launched HBO Max, Roku users finally have access to the streaming service.
Dec. 25 from Hollywood Breakdown
PHOTOS: LA Trump supporters clashed with police and counter-protestors as insurrection erupted at US Capitol
Trump supporters gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday to protest the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory.
The latest on insurrection at US Capitol
In Washington D.C. today, at Donald Trump's urging, thousands of people protested the results of the November election. A mob stormed the U.S.
Political and religious violence at the US Capitol
Warren Olney talks about the U.S.
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It is necessary to relocate the debate in order to clearly perceive the legal questions at stake in the matter of the PNA Acceptance of Jurisdiction. I firmly believe that this action by the PNA is inherently intermingled with public law, and while public law and politics can coexist, criminal justice and politics cannot. The Statute is the result of a political legal compromise aimed at individual criminal liability, contrary to the ICJ which is aimed at state responsibility.
A relevant and appropriate legal debate regarding this matter should only touch on the following: the regularity of a prosecutorial referral per Articles 13(c), 12.3 and 15 the interpretation of the phrase "a state not a party to the Statute", as used in Article 12(3) and Rule 44, and the recognition of statehood by the ICC and its prosecutor. This is grounded in a number of reasons.
Firstly, as I argue in my article, although the Statute provides for mechanisms through which a non-State Party can accept the jurisdiction of the Court on an ad hoc basis, the PNA has yet to be officially recognized as a "state" previously to the lodging of a Declaration pursuant to Article 12.3, and as such does not fulfill the requirements of the Statute. Internationalists argue that the wording of Article 12.3 may be implicitly extended "to tacitly recognized states by international practice". Criminalists contest this contention based on the wording of the overarching relevant provisions used to in the Statute itself—most notably Articles 1, 4(2), 21(1)(a), and 13(c), 15 in junction with 12(3).
Secondly, in principle, the Statute indeed includes all international law sources that existed at the time of its ratification. However, this is one of the reasons the Statute demands that its core subject matters be strictly construed. Recognition of statehood is in direct connection with matters regarding the competence of the ICC, and the Statute clearly states that these matters are to be construed solely under Article 21(1)(a) because they are related to assignment of referral.2 If the Statute does not expressly say that it grants the Court the authority to make a determination on statehood, then the ICC and its Prosecutor cannot infer that this authority exists simply from the absence of such a provision.
In fact, the Statute's founders intentionally refrained from authorizing the ICC to perform such a duty. A close reading of the Statute's provisions leads to the conclusion that the limits of the jurisdictional scope of the Court cannot be expanded or restricted by the organs of the Court and its prosecutor, mainly because such an action negates the will of the framers to reject universal jurisdiction.
There indeed exists a solution in the Statute for such constitutional prejudicial questions, and this is done through the amendment procedures enumerated in the Statute. The Statute provides for amendment procedures under Articles 121, 122, and 123. This means that the question of the expansion or restriction of the notion of statehood should be dealt with by State Parties in a previous parliamentary determination. Until today, as Professor Bassiouni asserted, the framers' language in the Statute meant only a State Party or Non State Party could fall under the Court's jurisdiction. This is why it is not legally possible under the Statute to extract international instruments from secondary sources of law per 21(1)(b)—such as the Montevideo Convention for Statehood Interpretation—and apply them as if they were above the intent of the Statute framers.
Furthermore, the enumeration in Article 21 of "in the first place [the] Statute…," "in the second place, where appropriate, treaties and rules of international law", and "failing that, general principles of law", indicates that the Rome Statute also has superiority over other treaties, customs, and general principles applied by the Court.3 The PNA's Acceptance of Jurisdiction is thus, in my opinion, a blatant deviation from the limited scope of jurisdiction under the Statute.
Thirdly, the regulation of referrals under Articles 13, 14, and 15, is a subject matter related to the scope of jurisdiction and to the scope of the assignment of powers, by the Rome Statute, to the ICC and its Prosecutor pursuant to Articles 1 and 4(2). My reasoning leads me to maintain that the Montevideo Convention, and all other sources of law regarding armed conflict, should be interpreted in light of the provisions of the Statute under Article 21(1)(a). As such, I argue that the mechanisms used by the Prosecutor pursuant to Article 13 and Article 15 in conjunction with 12(3) clearly imply that Article 12(3) is included in the assignment of referral. Notably, in case of assignment of referral the statute confine the interpretation of such notion to be dealt by its text only. Therefore article 12.3 can be construed following the overarching provision of the statute, to avoid an unlawful expansion of the jurisdictional parameters.
From the Court's wording it follows that the notion of statehood is dealt with in the text of the Statute and confirmed by its commentators; therefore there is no room left for recourse of secondary sources of law (b) or (c). The Statute is exhaustive and conclusive on the subject matter of the limited jurisdiction pursuant to article 1, 4(2) and 21(1)(a).
It is clear, at least to me, that the lodging of the PNA declaration and the initiation of the preliminary examination in Gaza was ultra vires. The reconsideration of the Goldstone report is also evidence of the notion.5 The Gaza question arouses challenging legal questions basically because expert of international are confronted with conflicting sources of law which have not been studied by the academy. Undoubtedly, the law of the Statute will always prevail over general contested international criminal law sources. These cannot be resolved by principles of interpretation. The impasse requires a review of the statute.
Fourthly, if an entity is not officially recognized as a state, it cannot trigger individual criminal responsibility under the Statute. This is strictly a political matter. The Court works with consenting states only; it does not create duties for third states or entities. Contrastingly, certain politics and public law may create criminal responsibility to states not party to specific treaties. This is valid in cases where International or national criminal tribunals can exercise universal jurisdiction. However, this is not the case under the Rome Statute, as the compromise adopted by the majority rejected universal jurisdiction. The notion of statehood is directly connected to universal jurisdiction subject matter in public law, and the scope of jurisdiction under the Rome Statute excludes universal jurisdiction. In cases referred to the Court by the UN, the Security Council has the authority to trigger the ICC, not the victims or other actors. The same reasoning applies for prosecutorial referrals—it is not a declaration under Article 12(3) which triggers the Court, but the Prosecutor complaint himself. Even so, this faculty does not provide the Prosecutor with the certainty that he will be authorized to open a preliminary investigation under Article 15(3) and Article 53. Under the Statute, the victims and other actors can only refer to the OTP communication or information related to alleged crimes as stated in Article 15(1). The Rome Statute has opted for a State complaint solely.
Fifthly, a tacit recognition of Palestine cannot fulfill the requirement of Article 12(3), and the ICC has no power to recognize the statehood of Palestine. The ICC cannot make such a political determination.14 The Rome Statute states parties cannot make this recognition before it is made legitimate according to established international law. For the same reasons, states parties cannot define the crime of terrorism before its established international law officially defines it.
There are many notions which are not settled in international law. The notion of armed conflict, for example, has been extensively construed as to include terrorist attacks.15 This definition is thus included in the Statute. However, the ICC cannot create substantive general international criminal law. For this reason, although terrorism is a violation of the Geneva Convention and has been found as an its element of the crimes have been defined by the jurisprudence of the Sierra Leone criminal tribunal, it cannot be tacitly considered a punishable crime under the Statute. International experts must first reach a consensus about the nature of such a crime, and then submit a proposal to the assembly of state parties to amend or review the Statute in light of this.
In short, if you can find a provision that assigns the function of recognizing statehood to the Court and its prosecutor, or can prove that my legal findings per articles 1, 4(2) and 21(1) (a) violates internationally recognized human rights per Article 21(3), my central argument will be invalidated. Claims of such a nature are the only valid justifications of the Prosecutor's actions.
Notably, the recognition of Palestine by the ICC and its Prosecutor amounts to a change in statutory law. That is why change in law by the international community is not permitted under the Statute, especially with regard to subject matter concerning the parameters of the Court's jurisdiction. A deviation from what has been explicitly assigned to the ICC and its Prosecutor jeopardizes and subsequently weakens the validity of the Rome Statute. In the short term, it may seem to be just for the sole reason of the interest of victims, but in the long range the inclusion of an element of universal jurisdiction in the Statute will put an end to the ICC, and victims will lose a permanent Court. Additionally, such judicial deviation from the Statute violates Articles 21(1)(a) and 21(3).16 Moreover, if the PNA's Acceptance of Jurisdiction is considered legitimate, all other non-state entities ought to have the same treatment as the PNA.17 Surely you can see why such an extensive interpretation of the limited jurisdiction of the ICC is absurd and can lead to discrimination and human rights violations of other victims of international crimes which did not attract the attention of the ICC Prosecutor.


The turnover of the Big Data market will continue to grow this year with a 15% growth rate. More and more companies are convinced of the efficiency of use and the ability to generate information useful for the profitability and growth of the company.
Now enterprises are beginning to retrain specialists in order to get employees who understand the language and methods of working with Big Data. To succeed in this rapidly developing knowledge base is not easy and requires additional infrastructures. At what the new trend is the training of work with Big Data not only IT specialists, but also employees of all departments from accounting to marketing department.
Already there is a strong tendency to lose market share by those companies that are not able to implement and take advantage of the Big Data. Therefore, I wish to increase the productivity of work. Now the leading companies are ready to expand their staff.
The complexity and integration process of AI poses a new challenge for companies, which they must take in order to satisfy the end user's needs. For the end user, AI has already become part of everyday life and a necessarily attribute for communication. In 2018, Dell plans to integrate artificial intelligence into real life. After several years of active research and development, Dell EMC will introduce enterprises to new methods of machine and deep learning.
Most users are not sure about the security of their data and express their distrust of Big Data. Recently recognized Facebook leaks only confirmed the fears of people and companies. Therefore, it is not surprising that in 2018 the blockсhain technology are experiencing a development boom. The fragmentation of information storage protects the security of personal data processed by Big Data. In 2018, in areas where there are transactions with large data, for example, in the banking and healthcare sectors, more sophisticated methods of implementing block-technology will be used.


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How to discover a job you'll love: the story of Sandi Ball
July 05, 2014 / John STEPPER
Maybe you know someone who's bored, frustrated, or angry at work. Maybe they feel like a monkey trapped in some experiment. Maybe that someone is you. The good news is that the world of work has splintered into an ever-expanding set of opportunities. The bad news is that the traditional steps for finding work are designed for matching you to traditional jobs, not for connecting you to opportunities you'll love.
To make the most of the wider range of possibilities, you can learn a lot from a 25 year-old woman in Canada who has a passion for nail polish.
Jobs from Abbot to Zymurgist
You used to be able to name all the occupations. Farmer, doctor, lawyer. It was only in the 1930s that the concept of a white-collar worker even arose. Knowledge worker came about in the late 1950s. But since then, the sheer diversity of what people call work has changed dramatically.
In an in-depth study called The Changing Nature of Work, the National Research Council described the increasing heterogeneity of workers, work, and the workplace:
there is increased diversity in the workforce and within occupations
traditional occupational boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred,
the range of choices open to human resources managers and other decision makers about how to structure work appears to be increasing
It's not a small change. In the 1950 US Census, for example, there were only 287 kinds of jobs. By the year 2000, before many of the Internet tools we use today even existed, that number nearly doubled to 543 and it continues to rise.
As the number of different kinds of jobs increases, so do the odds that you can find works that suits your particular aptitudes and passions. But how would you find those jobs? How would they find you?
The story of cutepolish
As a young girl growing up in Alberta, Canada, Sandi Ball was fascinated with nail polish. Her mother would often help her decorate her nails. Then, when Sandi turned 12, her mother gave her a collection of 50 different bottles of polish. Sandi was hooked. Ten years later when she was a 22 year old student and part-time teacher, people would frequently compliment her on the way her nails looked. They also said it looked too difficult for them to ever do.
So Sandi started a YouTube channel. Wanting to keep work and her hobby separate, she didn't reveal her name and called the channel cutepolish. Originally she saw it as a creative outlet. She could combine her "passions in art, technology, and teaching…to film and edit instructional videos to show girls all over the world how fun and easy nail art could be."
She could have worked in a salon, or become a teacher or videographer. All fine jobs with familiar labels. Instead, she started making contributions that combined her different passions and might lead to more interesting possibilities.
Now, four years later, her videos have been viewed more than 240 million times and her channel has more than two million subscribers. She connects with thousands of fans on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and her popularity led to an invitation to appear at VidCon, "the world's premier gathering of people who make online video" where over 12,000 people attended to meet and learn from successful video makers like Sandi. There, the audience included YouTube producers and other influencers who could open doors she'd never have dreamed about growing up in Alberta, Canada.
Last month, as if finally embracing her success, she revealed her name in this charming Q&A video.
Was Sandi Ball lucky? My mother would say she made her own luck.
Her first video was a simple 4-minute video with a combination of still shots, text, and bits of video overlaid with low background music. More than fours years and hundreds of videos later, her latest contribution is professional and stylish, including her own narration and product placements from the cosmetics company Sephora. As one fan commented on the original video: "she has come a LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG way."
Sandi never heard of working out loud but that's exactly what she has been doing. She made her work visible, framed it as a contribution, built a purposeful network, and increased her chances of finding meaning and fulfillment.
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Zermatt lies at the foot of the Matterhorn. The town's touristic development is closely linked to what is most probably the world's most famous mountain. The vacation destination is a car-free zone, has preserved its original character and offers nearly unlimited possibilities as far as excursions are concerned.
Walking, cycling, climbing and high-Alpine tours are popular activities in summer and autumn. Every year, the four-thousand-metre summits attract many Alpinists. 400 km of walking trails also guide guests who are not overly adept at climbing through the mountainscape around Zermatt.
The cog railway operates between Zermatt and the 3089-metre-high Gornergrat. The summit offers up spectacular views of the Matterhorn, the glaciers and the Monte-Rosa massif.
At 3883 metres in altitude, Europe's highest vantage point able to be reached by cableway also offers a fascinating panoramic vista of the Matterhorn (4478 metres) and summits of the Swiss, Italian and French Alps. The glacier palace can be admired 15 metres beneath the ice surface. Six ski lifts as well as a cableway provide access to the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, the highest summer ski region of the Alps on the Theodul glacier.
In winter, the snow-assured ski region offers 360 km of pistes in three varied ski areas: the Sunnegga-Rothorn, Gornergrat-Stockhorn, Schwarzsee and Matterhorn glacier paradise. Snowboarders and freestylers are able to hone their skills in the Snowpark Zermatt in which Olympic hopefuls also train. A crossover to the Italian ski region of Breuil-Cervinia and Valtournenche is possible from the Matterhorn glacier paradise / Theodulpass.
Those in search of something different can try their hand at paragliding or off-piste heli-skiing accompanied by an experienced mountain guide.
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I cannot imagine how the crew felt behind the galley door.
It was about 7:30 at night off the eastern coast of Phuket, Thailand, and I was sitting at the regal dining table onboard the 172-foot motoryacht Taipan III. I was about to be served dinner—a formal, European-style affair to celebrate the end of our group's charter in a beautiful cruising ground well on its way to being rebuilt following the tsunami of December 2004. Four stewardesses, all but one of them Thai, smiled brightly as they poured sauvignon blanc into our wine glasses. At least on my side of the galley door, in the yacht's formal dining room, the stewardesses showed absolutely no hint of terror.
Taipan III is the first to call the Kingdom of Thailand home.
Oddly, considering we were in the heart of Southeast Asia, we'd first heard the news about a half-hour earlier when a charter broker from Florida started getting frantic e-mails on her Blackberry. Her mother and sister had awoken back in the States to reports of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake near where the big one had hit about three years ago, to the southwest of our cruising location. We quickly turned off Taipan III's stereo and turned on CNN. The early-warning system had been engaged. Tsunami watches were in effect well into Thailand's waters, where we were sitting down to our four-course meal.
I later learned that Taipan III's captain, a local man named Uthai Manksond, had been alerted to the quake by weatherfax about an hour before dinner was to begin. He had kept his crew calm by assuring them, as he then assured us guests, that we were in deep water well off the coast, the place where boats had been safe the last time the earth shook and the ocean crashed ashore to destroy homes and lives. The captain's composure set the tone, and I, like the crew, followed his lead. I knew he understood the fear that was racking his deckhands and stewardesses. He'd told me his own survival story just a few days earlier. Most of the crew had stories, which they shared through broken English with dazed eyes, still as raw as New Yorkers talking about 9/11 or New Orleanians telling of Katrina.
As it would turn out, we were never in any real danger. Despite a few more earthquakes that night, there were no tsunamis, and the captain was correct in telling his crew to simply continue the charter as planned without worrying us guests. That his crew remained professional with broad smiles throughout the evening is a testament to the strength of their desire to please charter clients onboard Taipan III. Like I said, I can't imagine how the crew felt behind that galley door. All I saw for the rest of that night was beautiful food, lovely smiles, and the flashbulbs of guests' cameras as they captured memories to take home.
Thailand is one of several exotic cruising areas that have welcomed an increasing number of crewed charter yachts in recent years. Southeast Asia in general is now receiving at least a half-dozen transient charter yachts during the prime cruising months between October and April. The trend comes as more marinas spring up to support larger vessels and as yacht owners look for alternatives to increasingly crowded and expensive Caribbean and Mediterranean waters.
Taipan III is an older build, a 1981 CRN, but her American owner fits the profile of those who have come to Southeast Asia looking for options beyond tipping dockmasters 30,000 euro for a slip, as is the case during events such as the Cannes Film Festival and the Monaco Grand Prix. Thailand's lower expenses were a key reason the yacht relocated from the Western Med, he told me as we fished onboard Taipan III's 25-foot center console near the island Ko Yao Noi. He also enjoys the friendliness of the Thai people, whom he's come to like quite a bit since marrying a local woman a half-dozen years ago.
As the yacht's central agent, Skip Mansfield of Emerald Yacht-Ship, put it: "One of the primary assets of this place is that the people like you. They want you here."
It also doesn't hurt that this cruising ground east of Phuket is spectacular both in scenery and in accessibility to the sea. If you enjoy watersports, you'll be in heaven, what with empty bays tailor-made for PWCs and water skis, not to mention gorgeous reefs ideal for snorkeling and scuba diving. I did just one dive during my visit, and during that 40 minutes underwater I saw at least eight species of fish, coral, and urchins that were new to me. It was one of the better dives of my life, followed by an afternoon of swimming in water as green and clear as a fine emerald.
Above the surface, the view is just as breathtaking. It's hard to comprehend exactly how these islands came to be. They look like giant rocks that fell from the sky, mammoth droplets from the tips of The Creator's fingers, only frozen vertically without slopes or beaches that actually connect with the water. In most places, there are crevices and caves full of stalactites where sandy stretches would otherwise be, nooks and crannies begging to be explored by kayak.
Where there are beaches, most are home to fine resorts with good-quality restaurants serving Thai and Western cuisine. The onshore eateries are worth a day or two of your time simply to get a bit of the local flavor, but I found the meals onboard our yacht better than what we ate ashore, thanks to the work of Taipan III's Swiss-German chef, Marcel Ackle.
Ackle is European-trained and has been working in Thailand since October 2004, primarily in high-class resorts that have allowed him to sort out which local provisioners he can trust to fly in everything from fine wines to quality meats. "Everything is available," he told me, "but some orders take three or four weeks' advance time. It's important that guests make their preferences known early, so I can put the orders in. The islands here that are inhabited, most of them are Muslim. You're lucky if you can find beer."
"Price for you, 1,400 bhat."
"Okay, for you, 1,000. You I like."
"Yes madame. For you, 800 bhat."
Seven-hundred bhat is about $20, the price of a large, hand-woven handbag that would go for $40 or $50 in the United States. Handmade silk scarves can be found here for just $6 or $7—and some of them are quite nice, with embroidery and sequins for formal occasions.
Bargaining is part of the culture in Thailand, a fact I mention because I think it's something you might consider doing when booking Taipan III herself. The experience she offers is a lovely introduction to this gorgeous kingdom, but she is an older yacht that's operating with mostly new crew who are at the beginning of their formal-service training in a destination where demand for charter is still emerging.
Specifically, Taipan III's base rate in the Mediterranean was $140,000 per week for 12 guests, and the owner is hiking it to $160,000 during the high season in Thailand. "We're exclusive here," Mansfield explained. "We think we can get it." Based on my experience, I'm not quite sold on that price point—and neither were the international charter brokers who were aboard with me. Taipan III's main guest areas are in nice condition, and she offers amenities such as zero-speed stabilizers and an onboard Thai masseuse, but parts of the yacht (such as the carpeting and overhead in some guest areas) are visibly tired, she lacks a few basics such as TVs in all the staterooms, and the local crew are still learning about the level of service that is required onboard large motoryachts, things such as bringing covered dishes instead of tin foil to the table when presenting meals to guests.
As I said at the beginning of this story, Taipan III's crew is composed of lovely, hard-working people who truly want guests to be happy. But at $160,000 a week, the service and decor should rival finer yachts in the Caribbean and Mediterranean. They should at least be on par with other yachts that are opening up exotic destinations for charter with well-trained local crew, including the much smaller, 115-foot, $62,500-per week Surprise in Fiji—where service and decor are both top-notch.
Having said that, I believe that with a price correction negotiated by a good charter broker, Taipan III, like Thailand itself, offers fantastic cruising vacation opportunities. I'd make a reasonable offer and go back in a heartbeat, tsunami potential and all.
And I'm certain that this yacht's crew would again greet me with bright smiles.