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No sleigh rides again this year at Hardware Ranch
Written by Rod Boam
A file photo of Chance Getz one of the sleigh operators and guides stops to talk to his passengers about the elk at Hardware Ranch in Dec. 2019,
HYRUM – Hardware Ranch will not be doing sleighrides this year due to the longstanding drought that has taken its toll on the feed grown to feed the elk during the winter. Last year the worldwide pandemic cause Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to cancel sleigh rides.
Jonathan Gomez from We Paint in Salt Lake City puts a fresh coat of paint on the walls of the Wildlife Education Center at Hardware Ranch Monday Nov. 23, 2021.
Brad Hunt, the manager of the 14,000-acre Wildlife Management Area, said they raised about a fifth of the feed they usually do.
"We used all of our water rights early and even purchased some extra water rights. We still didn't have enough water to grow what we needed," he said. "We thought it was better to conserve what we had for our disease surveillance program."
They hope to trap 25 male and 25 female newborn elk this year and collar them with radio collars to track their migration.
Year after year hundreds of families have enjoyed riding in horse-drawn sleighs while guides teach their passengers about the wild wapiti. Though sleigh rides will not be offered at the popular winter destination, Hunt invites the public to see the new education center.
"We are making changes to the visitor center and calling it the Wildlife Education Center," Hunt said. "We are adding displays, paintings and putting out spotting scopes and binoculars for people to see the elk up close from a distance."
Hardware Ranch 16 miles east of Hyrum up Blacksmith Fork Canyon cancelled their annual sleighrides through the Elk due to the prolonged drought in Cache Valley.
The education technicians will be there to teach about a variety of subjects and have worked with schools in the past. They will be prepared to teach on subjects like predators, prey, migratory patterns, antlers, horns and things like that.
For those who want to witness the elk from a moderate distance, the drive to Hardware Ranch is just 16 miles east of Hyrum up Blacksmith Fork Canyon on State Route 101. Officials suggest dressing warm and packing a lunch.
"The Education Center will be open from Dec. 10, 2021 until February 13, 2022, from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p. m.," he said. "We are also working on podcasts that people can turn their radio to a station and hear what they would hear if they were on a sleigh going through the elk."
In past years DWR has held an Elk Festival, but it became so popular they didn't have space enough for the crowd.
"We are spreading out the Elk Festival," Hunt said. "We will do something different every month or weekend instead of cramming it all on a set day."
A COVID mask on an elk at the Wildlife Education Center at Hardware Ranch on Monday, Nov. 23, 2021.
In the past, the visitor center has had a full calendar of school busses bring students to learn about Hardware Ranch.
The DWR will not be offering school programs at Hardware this year but will be offering opportunities for the general public to join education specialists on guided walks, scavenger hunts, crafts and storytime twice daily at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. during the winter season.
The two viewing areas outside the center will provide great views of the elk every day of the week.
In addition to viewing elk and the activity, hiking the Curtis Creek Trail at the Wildlife Management Area is a great way to get away and enjoy the beauty of the area. Great trout fishing is also available in the Blacksmith Fork River, which flows through the canyon leading to the ranch.
Posted in Local, Local, NewsTagged Blacksmith Fork Canyon, Blacksmith Fork River, Brad Hunt, Curtis Creek Trail, Elk Festival, Hardware Ranch, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Wildlife Education Center, Wildlife Management Area
skeetr November 29, 2021 at 9:44 am Reply
If you want to see various wild beasts in their natural habitats stop by the north walmart around 11:30pm or so
skeetr November 29, 2021 at 10:20 am Reply
If you still want to see wild beasts in their natural habitat then go to the north walmart around 11:30pm or so
War hero K November 30, 2021 at 11:06 am Reply
Actually, just go to Walmart. You can critter watch all day and night in that place.


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World Cup 2018: Japan first team to qualify for last 16 through 'Fair Play'
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Japan finished second in Group H behind Colombia (Reuters Photo)
Japan became the first team to qualify for the round of 16 of the World Cup with the help of 'Fair Play' regulations on Thursday.
The Asian side trumped Senegal, who also had four points from three games in Group H, because of one yellow card less conceded.
Japan committed the least number of fouls in the group stages with 28 and were shown only five yellow cards while the Senegalese saw six from three games and committed 44 fouls.
Japan and Senegal started on top of their group before the last round of fixtures in the group stages with four points from two games and same goal difference.
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They were both handed out 1-0 draws by Poland and Colombia respectively and therefore, there was no movement in the standings. With the match between the two teams ending in a 2-2 draw as well, the only deciding factor was 'Fair Play' and the Blue Samurais trumped the Senegalese because of their better disciplinary record.
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A draw for both the sides today would have ensured their qualification for the next round but neither of the teams could score or stop their opponents from scoring.
Senegal didn't deserve to qualify, says coach Aliou Cisse
Once Colombia had scored in Samara, Japan knew it had done enough to advance even though it was losing late in its match. The Japanese players slowed play down to almost nothing, softly passing the ball back and forth in little triangles in their own end to waste time.
"My decision was to rely on the other match," Japan coach Akira Nishino said. "I'm not too happy about this but…I forced my players to do what I said. And we went through.
"It was an ultimate decision for me to make. We did not go through with victory, but we just relied on the other match and I feel that it was slightly regrettable but I suppose at that point I didn't have any other plans."
FIFA World Cup 2018: Who plays who in the round of 16
The fans at the Volgograd Arena showed their displeasure by booing and whistling loudly over the final minutes. Poland, happy to get a victory after two losses, did little to pressure the opposing side.
Colombia, Japan in last 16, heartbreak for Senegal
Speaking about the rule and their elimination, Senegal coach Aliou Cisse said: "I don't know if the regulation is cruel or not, but I can't ask my players to go on the pitch in order to avoid yellow cards. You have to be in contact with other players when you play football. This is how you play football. It worked against us."
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Modern classical and avant garde concert music of the 20th and 21st centuries forms the primary focus of this blog. It is hoped that through the discussions a picture will emerge of modern music, its heritage, and what it means for us.
Bartok, Violin Concertos 1 & 2, Isabelle Faust, Swedish Radio Symphony
Bartok's Second Violin Concerto is a favorite with music lovers. His First is less well known. It was lost and only rediscovered after the composer's death. Plus it was written 30 years before his 1930s No. 2, so it goes back to the early days of his composing career. Isabelle Faust, a violinist with whom readers of this blog will be well acquainted, went back to the original manuscripts to make sure the performance edition she used was truly the authentic version.
The result is Isabelle with the Swedish Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding in a new recording of the two concertos together (Harmonia Mundi). It is manna for Bartok enthusiasts; indeed beautiful music for anyone with ears.
The first concerto reflects Bartok's love for a young violinist of his acquaintance at the time, and so understandably has some tenderness and a romantic quality. It is fascinating music regardless, not flying quite to the heights of the second, but sounding ravishing enough with Ms. Faust and the Swedish Radio Orchestra giving it a passionate reading.
The second concerto has some of the most sublime and moving moments of any 20th century violin concerto, and that's saying quite a bit when you think of how many beautiful scores were created last century. Isabelle Faust is wholly simpatico with the music, reaching a contemporary high water mark in versions of the work, with a passionate attack that integrates the technical difficulties of her part with the broad sweep of the music. She sounds otherworldly. The Swedish Radio Symphony do a good job with Daniel Harding at the helm sounding fit and fully committed to the demands of the music.
The second concerto in Ms. Faust's hands reminds us that great music takes humanity well beyond the rather mundane biological animals we all too often are. It is what transcends all, that recreates us for a time as beings that dwell in the clouds.
Go there with this recording!
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Roman Catholic elects Argentina's Bergoglio as new Pope Francis I
Posted on March 14, 2013 by Jafria News
JNN 14 Mar 2013 Vatican City : Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, and said he would take the name Francis I.
Pope Francis, 76, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica just over an hour after white smoke poured from a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel to signal he had been chosen to lead the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.
The choice of Bergoglio was announced by French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran with the Latin words "Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum. Habemus Papam" ("I announce to you a great joy. We have a pope"
Francis becomes the 266th pontiff in the Church's 2,000-year history at a time of great crisis and difficulty. Although a conservative he is seen as a reformer and was not among the small group of frontrunners identified before the election.
He also went against one of the main assumptions before the election, that the new pope would be relatively young.
He is the oldest of most of the possible candidates and was barely mentioned in feverish speculation about the top contenders before the conclave.
FIRST JESUIT POPE
He is the first Jesuit (a Roman Catholic religious order engaged in missionary and educational work worldwide. The order was founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola in 1534 with the objective of defending Catholicism against the Reformation ) to become pope.
The decision by 115 cardinal electors sequestered in a secret conclave in the Sistine Chapel came sooner than many experts expected because there were several frontrunners before the vote to replace Pope Benedict, who resigned in February.
The cardinals faced a thorny task in finding a leader capable of overcoming crises caused by priestly child abuse and a leak of secret papal documents that uncovered corruption and rivalry inside the Church government or Curia.
The wave of problems is thought to have contributed to Benedict's decision to become the first pontiff in 600 years to abdicate.
Thousands of people sheltering from heavy rain under a sea of umbrellas had occupied the square all day to await the decision and the crowd swelled as soon as the white smoke emerged.
They cheered wildly and raced towards the basilica as the smoke billowed from a narrow makeshift chimney and St Peter's bells rang.
The excited crowd cheered even more loudly when Francis appeared, the first pontiff to take that name. "Viva il Papa (pope)" they chanted.
"I wasn't expecting it, but I'm absolutely delighted. It's a very unique moment. There is a great sense of unity here. It's great they have come to a decision about who will lead the Church," said John Mcginley, a Scottish priest from Glasgow who traveled to see the conclave.
"It's a great moment in history, something I can tell my mum," said David Brasch, 30, from Brisbane Australia. "He's got to get the child abuse under control, I don't know how they're going to do that. He's got to unite 1.2 billion people."
Bands from the Italian armed forces and the Vatican's own Swiss guard army paraded in front of the basilica before the new pope appeared.
The secret conclave began on Tuesday night with a first ballot and four ballots were held on Wednesday. Francis obtained the required two thirds majority in the fifth ballot.
Following a split ballot when they were first shut away amid the chapel's Renaissance splendor on Tuesday evening, the cardinal electors held a first full day of deliberations on Wednesday. Black smoke rose after the morning session to signal no decision.
The previous four popes were all elected within two or three days.
Seven ballots have been required on average over the last nine conclaves. Benedict was clear frontrunner in 2005 and elected after only four ballots.
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Friedrich Reimann
1931–1933 Bauhaus student
Portrait of Friedrich Reimann, Photo: Jacobsen, around 1932. © Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin / Margareta Raabe, Nachlass Friedrich Reimann.
Born on 22.2.1912 in Deuna, Province of Saxony (German Reich) | today Germany
Died in 2008 in Duderstadt, Deutschland
Friedrich Reimann was born on 22 February 1912 in Deuna, Thuringia and was raised in Fuhrbach in the administrative district of Göttingen. After an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, in summer 1931 Reimann began to study at the Bauhaus Dessau. Here, the preliminary course directed by Josef Albers consisted of material and texture studies and figurative drawing. Reimann attended the classes 'abstract form elements' and 'analytical drawing' with Wassily Kandinsky. He also attended the latter's free painting class until he left the Bauhaus. Reimann was taught typography by Joost Schmidt, mathematics by Willi Saemann and chemistry and technology by Wilhelm Müller. In the preliminary course, the letterpress printing master Willi Hauswald taught the mathematics of printed matter, typography, and printing and reproduction methods. These subjects were continued into the winter term, when Reimann also began to study in the printing and advertising workshop. Here, he attended among others classes in typographic design, figure drawing and life drawing with Joost Schmidt, figurative drawing with Josef Albers, descriptive geometry with Alfred Arndt and colour theory with Hinnerk Scheper. Reimann also sat in on guest lectures in psychology by Karlfried Graf von Dürckheim and learned photographic techniques in Walter Peterhans' photography workshop.
When the Bauhaus was forced to leave Dessau in 1932, Reimann moved with the school to Berlin. Joost Schmidt no longer taught at the school, meaning that the third Bauhaus director Mies van der Rohe now headed not only the department of architecture, but also the department of advertising, with the assistance of the painter and graphic designer Hanns Thaddäus Hoyer, who taught typography. Reimann attended Willi Hauswald's advertising and placard discussion workshops, Walter Peterhans' photography class and Hinnerk Scheper's class, which now also included life drawing. As one of the Bauhaus' last students, Reimann was awarded the Bauhaus Diploma No. 117 by the advertising department on 1 April 1933. Ten days later the Gestapo raided, sealed off and shut down the Bauhaus; on 20 July 1933 Mies van der Rohe closed the school for good.
In spring 1934 Reimann collaborated on the elaborate graphic design for a stand for the propaganda show 'Deutsches Volk – Deutsche Arbeit'. Walter Gropius and Joost Schmidt designed the structure of the stand for the 'Non-iron metals' department; Gropius had commissioned the former Bauhausler Werner Funkat to realise the design and he had hired Reimann in turn. Reimann worked as a commercial artist in Berlin until 1940; he also sat in on student workshops and classes in art schools, among them Walter Zuchor's art school. He spent the first three years of his military service as a weather service assistant in Norway. He was married in 1943 and deployed thereafter as a guard and radio operator.
After the end of the war Reimann returned to Eichsfeld in south-eastern Lower Saxony, where he worked from 1950 to 1975 as an art teacher at the Ursuline schools and the university-track school in Duderstadt. He was active at the same time as a freelance artist, graphic designer and sculptor and was a member of the Federal Association of Artists BBK.
Public works by Reimann include the Ursuline monument in Duderstadt, stained glass windows in the Friedhofskapelle Fuhrbach, a pietà sculpture in Neu-Bösekendorf and the 'Friedensglobus' in Duderstadt. Other works by Reimann, for instance oil paintings, drawings, watercolours and small sculptures, have been shown in numerous general and joint exhibitions, for instance in Berlin, Bremen, Bonn, Dortmund, Duderstadt, Fuhrbach, Göttingen, Hildesheim, Northeim and Combs la Ville, France. Friedrich Reimann died on 3 January 2008 in Duderstadt. [BK]
· Ute Brünung (1995): Das A und O des Bauhauses, Berlin.
· Magdalena Droste (1991): bauhaus 1919–1933, Berlin.
· Kulturserver Niedersachsen – Stiftung kulturserver.de gGmbH (1990): Persönliche Aufzeichnungen Friedrich Reimann.
· Friedrich Reimann (um 1991): Sehen ohne Grenzen, Duderstadt.
· Hans M. Wingler (1975): Weimar Dessau Berlin, Schauberg.
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Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. Collection online
Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Collection online
Database of the Research Center for Biographies of Former Bauhaus Members (BeBA)
Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin / Margareta Raabe, Nachlass Friedrich Reimann.
'Letters in different colours', Printing and Advertising Workshop, Author: Friedrich Reimann, 1932.
Bauhaus Archiv Berlin / Margareta Raabe, Nachlass Friedrich Reimann.
'Display of objects', Printing and Advertising Workshop, Author: Friedrich Reimann, 1931-1932.
Change of effects in elements of the same shape by changing their size, Class by Joost Schmidt, part of a series of 52 exercises – No. 32, Author: Friedrich Reimann, 1932.
'die bauhaustapete – die neue Wandbekleidung, Gebr. Rasch & Co', Design for advertisement of Bauhaus wallpapers, Class by Joost Schmidt, Printing and Advertising Workshop, part of a 52-pieces exercise series – No. 38, Author: Friedrich Reimann, 1931–1932, 42 x 59,5 cm, tempera, three shades of grey.
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Discussion in 'Physics & Math' started by Q-reeus, Jun 9, 2018.
Some novel features - gravitons are not fundamental but composite objects formed of massless fermion/anti-fermion pairs. Similar proposal for photons.
Has the imo absolutely essential feature that for a spherically symmetric mass the metric has exponential form just as in Yilmaz theory. No horizons thus no BH's.
And just as Stan Robertson showed for Yilmaz theory, the current theory automatically predicts accelerated expansion for universe of the correct magnitude - without requiring any free parameter.
The one thing not to my liking is it assumes a prior background Euclidean/Minkowski metric.
The final arbiter though will hinge on whether his finding that LIGO/Virgo etc. GW signatures actually rules out GR-type GW's and rules in vector GW's continues to hold up. There is certain to be savage criticism from GR community, at least for quite some time.
Will be very interesting to follow developments.
Wow - such interest here - not.
Evidently what got it over the line recently re publishing, is the refinements especially specific predictions that have deeply impressed enough GR buffs.
I intend to update pending further results especially newer combined detector GW analyses. And of course the long awaited EHT results.
I am most interested and thank you for taking your time to present a very interesting post.
Unfortunately I am not able to comment but I follow your comments with high interest.
I expect there will be others like me who are interested but unable to comment.
Please dont lose your enthusiasm.
Thanks Alex. Exciting times are at hand me thinks. I initially held little regard for claims GW 'astronomy' would yield anything really new. That outlook has now changed with a vengeance!
What is the new vector theory?
Please read #1 where relevant links are provided for your convenience!
Please summarise in brief how it is superior to GR or how it challenges GR.
It naturally predicts the correct value for accelerated Hubble 'constant', or equivalently 'DE' fraction = 2/3, without any ad hoc free parameter involved, unlike GR's Lambda.
It passes all the current observational tests as per Clifford Will's PPN framework (mentioned in both Editorial and main theory paper).
According to Svidzinsky's detailed reanalysis of a previous finding re LIGO/Virgo GW data, the table are turned - only his vector theory is consistent with the data. Not GR.
IF that is further confirmed, GR is dead.
There are no singularities or horizons - thus no conundrums like 'information paradox' or 'firewalls' etc. to fret over, since there is no Hawking radiation in the first place.
I suggest reading at least the Editorial article linked to, after reading just the intro to the second linked article re reanalysis of LIGO/Virgo GW data. Then if you have some specific criticisms of Svidzinsky's theory, let's have it.
As you say it has potential to kill GR. Only GR or big bang also?
If big bang also then prediction of correct accelerated Hubble constant seems odd, means where does expansion come from if no big bang type origin.
And nice in turn to get some positive response. This place is typically a flaming playground.
I have to rely on the opinion of expert reviewers as to it's tentative correctness. As you may have read in Editorial piece, it got a thumbs-up from some at least.
The problem is adhocism does not end in astrophysics. This vector theory may solve something but then unwittingly gets into standard model graviton photon fermion anti fermion. And you know at least graviton has no observational evidence, it is sticky physics. What I like most about present models is that all alternative seekers are trying some changes here and there, none is coming up with something different from scratch. They close the leak at point A but then the point B becomes leaky, kind of back to square one.
Well the Editorial article reviewers cited there acknowledge that it tentatively solves all such issues from a first-principles basis. No ad hoc Lambda or inflaton has to be tacked on. The quantization aspect yes is required to deal with BB inflationary phase 'naturally', but accelerated expansion post inflationary stage is entirely a classical aspect, as discussed in that article. The 'longitudinal gravitational field' component that is not quantized in Svidzinsky's theory. If it really interests, I suggest studying all that article in detail.
Precisely, the longitudinal gravitational field component is not quantized, and thus the difference in probable explanations for GW. I am of the opinion that the gravity as such does not have any inherent transverse component, this could be due to spin of the object only, kind of frame dragging effect.
OK to consider such a situation, but note that Svidzinsky's theory, built from first principle postulates, does require quantized transverse components that allow GW's, and explains BB inflationary phase. Again, his reanalysis of LIGO/Virgo GW data looks set to confirm his vector theory. Always, we must let confirmed observation/experiment be the ultimate arbiter. As per my #1 post. I'm a fan of Mach's principle which on a natural reading allows no fixed background. However, it may still survive in a modified form even if his theory is finally confirmed correct. Time will tell.
Just a question. Suppose there is no singularity, which is highly unrealistic and non intuitive, in that scenario would the Gravitational Wave maths change? From the GR perspective pl.
The black hole represents weird spacetime in GR, under such eventuality what exactly do we mean by black hole merging?
Not sure exactly what you mean by singularity re standard GR BH's. Any supposed singularity at r = 0 is wrt outside universe an event that in classical (no Hawking radiation etc.) GR only exists in the infinite future. In fact initially infalling matter just getting to the EH takes infinite time wrt external observers. I laugh at GR expert standard responses when such problems are posed. Which is that there is no problem because only the proper time of an infaller matters, and sans tidal destruction, such infaller sails past EH and on to 'singularity' in perfectly finite proper time. That the rest of the universe is infinitely old in just getting to the EH is side-stepped as merely an 'optical illusion' linked to extreme redshift.
Anyway re GW's, in GR merger scenario 'singularities' play no part but merging of EH's does. It's all done using numerical methods given any realistic binary BH merger will have typically high individual BH spins at arbitrary initial relative orientations. Fierce maths with no hope of analytical solutions. LIGO site iirc will list papers going into the gory details. It has to be said that using such heavy number crunching based on GR, quite good agreement between theory and observation is had. At least if their 'template' system used for matching particular scenarios with detected events hasn't introduced biases that wrongly exclude alternate theories.
A you know, Svidzinsky claims his theory has one big advantage wrt GR - much better fit to GW polarizations. This is still to be settled.
I don't buy it but it may satisfy you.
Contd from your links/comments in that infinity thread.
With whatever I know of GR and metric theories, one thing is for sure that Einstein could associate the gravity with some kind of spacetime metric.
People are free to inject their own ideas and fiddle with metric, would that not be an exercise in futile or at the best mathematical jugglery.
By definition a suitable exponential function will not enter into infinities while a simple 1/r based function would, and maths can be created such that both the functions provide similar maths in limiting scenario; what does it mean? May be the common sense desire to pick the one which does not get into infinities! But dear sir, what is the meaning of a space or spacetime following exponential metric? Can you relate this with reality of the universe? What are you modelling with exponential metric and what reality it represents?
People are free to inject their own ideas and fiddle with metric, would that not be an exercise in futile or at the best mathematical jugglery. By definition a suitable exponential function will not enter into infinities while a simple 1/r based function would, and maths can be created such that both the functions provide similar maths in limiting scenario; what does it mean? May be the common sense desire to pick the one which does not get into infinities!
Stop right there. Are you saying that e.g. Yilmaz gravity or Svidzinsky vector gravity are nothing more than the result of folks 'fiddling with metric' with pure motivation to avoid infinities? Then you are making an unwarranted supposition. Why not go to the original source articles and find out how the theories were actually motivated and formed?
Even if 'avoiding infinities' were a prime motivator, what matters is does the resulting theory cohere internally and agree with observation. Agreed?
But dear sir, what is the meaning of a space or spacetime following exponential metric? Can you relate this with reality of the universe? What are you modelling with exponential metric and what reality it represents?
Understand I have no theory of my own. Merely looked for theories that were internally consistent and, as a welcome consequence, infinities never appear in such self-consistent theories. And btw did you actually study the material I linked to in both this thread and that other one? Because your response above here suggests not. If you have a deep commitment to GR as The Truth, just say so.
No, I do not have any deep commitment to GR, like many I may have some fondness to Newtonian, nothing more.
My curiosity on this arose when you responded on that reality of infinity thread. What I am earnestly asking is to what this exponential metric relate to in reality. Exponential metric or for that matter any metric cannot be anything more than a mathematical abstraction, unless it is associated with some physical reality (or entity), and what is that reality? I am not hinting that it's your proposition, just asking since you appear to understand this better.
My curiosity on this arose when you responded on that reality of infinity thread. What I am earnestly asking is to what this exponential metric relate to in reality.
It unequivocally predicts an EH at perfectly finite r > 0 where time 'comes to a full stop' wrt outside observers. That's the GR time component of metric in action.
For corresponding exponential metric, the exponential form guarantees time never stops wrt outside for any finite r > 0. No fundamental temporal divide that separates an exterior from an interior region.
Apart from radial lengths going to zero wrt outside in Schwarzschild metric at EH where r > 0, vs finite values for all spatial components in exponential metric for all r > 0, the spatial metric components Schwarzschild vs e.g. Yilmaz metric, have a more subtle distinction that can be shown for a thin spherical mass shell. Basically, the former calls for an unphysical jump in the radial metric component in passing from outside to just inside the shell. Some think that issue can be avoided via a coordinate transformation but it can't. No such unphysical jump occurs for the exponential metric. Everything is smooth and reasonable. There is a further inconsistency re Schwarzschild metric in shell scenario that I won't expand on here.
Exponential metric or for that matter any metric cannot be anything more than a mathematical abstraction, unless it is associated with some physical reality (or entity), and what is that reality? I am not hinting that it's your proposition, just asking since you appear to understand this better.
See above. The basic premise is that matter effects clocks and rulers as encapsulated in the notion of gravity as spacetime curvature. But not necessarily just spacetime curvature.


The main Hall at the Yaya 26 Mahasen Primary School and Sunday School in Attanakadawala, Polonnaruwa, was declared open under the Gammadda 100 Day Initiative on Friday October 21.
The building which provides shelter for nearly 300 students of the Mahasen Primary School has been in a dilapidated condition for a long period of time.
Parallel to the renovation, a PA system and a water filter system that the school was much-needed, was also gifted today. Books were also gifted for the school's library.


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Lealand, G. (2012). What anniversary? New Zealand "Celebrates" fifty years of television. In K. Darian-Smith & S. Turnbull (Eds.). Remembering Television: Histories, Technologies, Memories (pp. 228-248). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
The first official transmission beyond experimentation began on 1 June 1960. As a consequence, this became a very significant date in New Zealand television history, marking the fiftieth anniversary of its introduction, the celebration of which is primary focus of this chapter. However, it is important to put this history in context, given that the late arrival of television had a persistent influence on the structure and purpose of the medium in New Zealand.
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La série était prévue pour être une anthologie dans laquelle chaque saison aurait été indépendante et aurait disposé d'un début et d'une fin ainsi que de son propre univers/thème mais son annulation fait que uniquement une seule saison aura été produite.

En France, la série a été diffusée entre le  et le  sur Sérieclub et rediffusée entre le  et le  sur MCM. Elle reste à ce jour inédite dans tous les autres pays francophones.

Synopsis
A la fin des années 1980, Deborah Carpenter décide de rouvrir le camp de vacances de son enfance, Stillwater, et s'apprête à accueillir les nouveaux vacanciers pour l'été. Mais lors de la soirée d'introduction des nouveaux animateurs, des événements étranges vont avoir lieu, prenant notamment pour cible la jeune Amy Hughes. Ce qui s'annonçait comme un été chaud et amusant va se transformer en cauchemar quand les secrets de la petite ville qui abrite le camp vont commencer à surgir dans la nuit...

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Acteurs principaux
 Elizabeth Mitchell  : Deb Carpenter
 Elizabeth Lail  : Amy Hughes
 Amber Coney  : Carolina « Cricket » Diaz
 Alberto Frezza  : député Garrett « Townie » Sykes
 Eli Goree  : Joel Goodson
 Mark Indelicato  : Blair Ramos
 Ronen Rubinstein  : Alex Powell / Alexi Fayvinov
 Zelda Williams  : Drew Reeves / Andrea Dalton
 Paulina Singer  : Jessica « Jessie / Braces » Tyler

Acteurs récurrents
 Zachary Gordon  : Jason « Blotter » Cohen
 Charles Mesure  : shériff Boyd Heelan
 Tony Todd  : Holyoke « Le grand homme »
 Andrew James West  : Damon Crowley
 Donnie Cochrane  : Parker
 Dylan Neal : Keith Jones
 Janet Kidder : Mrs. Sykes
 Allan Daniel Fisher : Anton Melnikov
 Sharon Leal  : Renee Tyler

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En ,  annonce avoir commandé directement la nouvelle série des créateurs de , sans passer par la case pilote, pour une diffusion sur , leurs nouvelle identité.

Quelques jours avant le lancement de la série, les créateurs annoncent que la première saison de la série aura un début et une fin car en cas de renouvellement, la série deviendrait une anthologie. Chaque saison serait indépendante et se déroulerait à une époque différente avec de nouveaux personnages et une nouvelle histoire.

Le , Freeform annonce l'annulation de la série en raison des audiences décevantes.

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Le casting principal a eu lieu en janvier et février 2016, dans cet ordre : Mark Indelicato (), Paulina Singer (Gotham), Ronen Rubenstein, Zelda Williams (), Alberto Frezza (), Eli Goree (), Amber Coney, Elizabeth Mitchell (, ) puis Elizabeth Lail ().

Après le début de la production, d'autres rôles ont été attribués à Zachary Gordon et Charles Mesure.

Tournage
La production de la série a débuté le  à Vancouver en Colombie-Britannique au Canada.

Épisodes

Ils ont été diffusés originellement entre le  et le .

 Bienvenue à Stillwater (Patience)
 Le rêve américain ()
 Le vilain petit canard ()
 Je suis un garçon ()
 Lune de sang ()
 Les clochards célestes ()
 Mauvaise graine ()
 Malphas ()
 Le Mal incarné ()
 L'Ange de la Mort ()

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My client had decided to turn her large lounge situated at the back of her beautiful home in Dulwich Village into a modern handleless kitchen which would overlook her back garden.
This client is a keen cook with teenage daughters who also love to bake, so the kitchen needed to be stylish but practical too with plenty of storage and workspace.
The room is light and airy with modern handleless Linear cabinetry painted in Farrow and Ball's Wevet. The worktop is Caesarstone Organic White 30mm with a waterfall effect either side of the island. The cabinetry is extra tall to suit the very high ceiling in the room. My client wanted to have a downdraft (pop up) extractor and the biggest challenge of the entire project was figuring out how to vent this. Thankfully, we achieved this and my client's downdraft extractor is a fabulous feature in the kitchen.
I'm delighted with the final kitchen and I hope my client and her family enjoy many years of happy baking in it.


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Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York (Hardcover)
By Amy Hill Hearth
Starred reviews hail Streetcar to Justice as "a book that belongs in any civil rights library collection" (Publishers Weekly) and "completely fascinating and unique" (Kirkus). An ALA Notable Book and winner of a Septima Clark Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies.
Bestselling author and journalist Amy Hill Hearth uncovers the story of a little-known figure in U.S. history in this fascinating biography.
In 1854, a young African American woman named Elizabeth Jennings won a major victory against a New York City streetcar company, a first step in the process of desegregating public transportation in Manhattan.
This illuminating and important piece of the history of the fight for equal rights, illustrated with photographs and archival material from the period, will engage fans of Phillip Hoose's Claudette Colvin and Steve Sheinkin's Most Dangerous.
One hundred years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Elizabeth Jennings's refusal to leave a segregated streetcar in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan set into motion a major court case in New York City.
On her way to church one day in July 1854, Elizabeth Jennings was refused a seat on a streetcar. When she took her seat anyway, she was bodily removed by the conductor and a nearby police officer and returned home bruised and injured. With the support of her family, the African American abolitionist community of New York, and Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Jennings took her case to court. Represented by a young lawyer named Chester A. Arthur (a future president of the United States) she was victorious, marking a major victory in the fight to desegregate New York City's public transportation.
Amy Hill Hearth, bestselling author of Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, illuminates a lesser-known benchmark in the struggle for equality in the United States, while painting a vivid picture of the diverse Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan in the mid-1800s.
Includes sidebars, extensive illustrative material, notes, and an index.
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"[A] gem of a story...illustrations from the era and extensive notes and references help readers follow the story. Those interested in the myriad origins of the civil rights movement will be fascinated by the case and how it galvanized the black community of its day."
"Weaving together historical background with a portrait of Jennings, Hearth has created a compelling account of the court case Jennings vs. Third Avenue Railroad Company—an early landmark case in desegregating New York City transit. ... A superb mentor text . . . brings the story of Elizabeth Jennings to vivid life."
"[A] fascinating book chronicling a little-known but important chapter of the battle for civil rights...This is a fine addition to the growing body of excellent books form children about the long battle for civil rights in the U.S."
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This week our self-confessed transport nerd, Laurie Winkless, visited TfL's traffic control centre and tells us more about the intricate traffic systems that run our capital.
Well, the maths behind traffic lights tells a very different story! In fact, switching traffic lights in a large complex network (like a city) is what's called a computationally intractable problem. This means that it's not something that we can solve, just by throwing money and computing power at it. All we can hope to do is find a compromise that keeps traffic flowing as much of the time as possible.
On my recent visit to Transport for London's traffic control centre, I learned about the many tools available to those managing our roads. One is called SCOOT (Split Cycle Offset Optimization Technique) and it uses magnetic sensors in the road called inductive loops, to monitor the flow of traffic at each traffic junction. Glynn Barton, who runs TfL's SCOOT system, told me that this data is monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from 4200 traffic lights in the capital. This is then fed back to the TfL "core", where it is analysed, in real-time, by a combination of computers and experienced traffic engineers. Where areas of high congestion are identified, engineers can intervene to change the switching pattern of the traffic lights, giving vehicles longer to get through the lights where needed.
But TfL have recently taken SCOOT to a whole new level. Successful trials using a combination of radar systems and thermal cameras, have shown that it is possible to detect the presence of pedestrians and cyclists at key junctions throughout the city. When the sensors detect large volumes of pedestrians waiting to cross, the timing of the traffic lights will automatically update, to give them longer to cross. For cyclists, longer-term, this will mean that if there are lots of you at a particular junction, the traffic signal timings will be adjusted, to give you an official 'head-start'.
So, it's good to know that improvements are constantly being made to the system. To be honest, I was completely staggered by the sheer volume of incredible engineering and mathematics hidden in traffic control! There are even ambitions to develop a system that 'learns' – where measured data can be put back into the computer model to make it ever-more accurate. It's important to remember that these systems won't ever be perfect (blame maths for that), but to know that there's so much going on behind the scenes will definitely give me pause for thought when I next try to cross at a junction.


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Xian Holidays
An intoxicating fusion of culture, history and cuisine, your tailor made holiday in Xian provides the perfect chance to uncover and experience China's ancient and intriguing past.
Located in the south central region of Shaanxi Province, historic Xian once marked the end of the Silk Road and has been called the birthplace of Chinese civilisation. The oldest of China's four great capitals (the others are Luoyan, Nanjing and Beijing), Xian has served as the capital of no less than 13 Chinese dynasties over an illustrious 1,100 year period dating back to 221 BC.
Awe-inspiring holidays in Xian bring ancient Chinese culture to life
Xian's rich history can be seen throughout its labyrinthine streets. The city is framed by its imposing walls, which remain intact after thousands of years and make a great vantage point for spectacular views by day or at sunset.
In the Muslim Quarter, tree-lined lanes are home to a myriad of market stalls, often run by members of the Hui community. Take an afternoon to browse the many shops, pausing for breath at the nearby Grand Mosque.
Practice your chopstick skills: Xian is known as much for its food as for its history, and if you are hoping to sample some traditional Chinese dishes then you won't be disappointed. The smell of fragrant spices fills the air around the Muslim Quarter, as street food vendors sizzle and stew a variety of meats, noodles and dumplings, which are then served steaming hot.
Your bespoke holiday to Xian is incomplete without a visit to the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, better known as the Terracotta Warriors. This UNESCO World Heritage site was unearthed in 1974 and arise located 22 miles north-east of Xian. Around 8,000 soldiers, each one unique and intricately carved, stand guard at the tomb of Emperor Qinshihuan.
While there is plenty to do in the city, Xian serves as an ideal base for exploring Mount Huashan; one of five sacred Taoist mountains in China and situated a two hours drive away. Why not take a day trip here on a shorter 30 minute high-speed train journey? Mount Huashan is an amazing place to immerse yourself in the ancient culture and take in spectacular natural views.
See the Terracotta Warriors; an army of 8,000 clay soldiers discovered underground and untouched for more than 2,000 years
Visit the spectacular Big and Small Wild Goose Pagodas; two of the most significant pagodas of the Tang Dynasty
Browse the markets, sample authentic street food, and soak in the atmosphere of the bustling Muslim Quarter, home to the city's Bell Tower
Dance along at a Tang Dynasty music and dance show, featuring folk dancers in traditional dress
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The ancient city of Xi'an has seen the rise and fall of many Chinese Dynasties and it is this wealth of history that draws visitors to this fascinating city to this day. From the famous Terracotta Warriors of the Qin Dynasty to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda there is plenty to see and do in Xi'an.
Take a bicycle tour of the City Wall – the most complete city wall to survive in China, visit the Great Mosque – one of the oldest, largest and best preserved Islamic mosques in China, stop at the Yangling Mausoleum – the joint tomb of Liu Qi, the fourth Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty and his Empress Wang, or spend some time at the picturesque Huaging Hot Spring.
Considering the city's rich history, it is no surprise that Xi'an is home to an array of museums. The Banpo museum, built on the Banpo excavation site portrays a typical Neolithic matriarchal community with two exhibition halls displaying the unearthed relics. The Shaanxi History Museum showcases the fascinating history of the region. The Beilin Museum, initially founded in the 2nd year of the Yuanyou Dynasty, has an impressive collection of stone tablets showcasing the changing calligraphy styles over the changing Chinese dynasties.
No visit to Xi'an would be complete without seeing the Tang Dynasty show – a performance of Changan music and dance which originated over a thousand years ago in the Chinas Tang Dynasty.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Located in the heart of the Da Ci'en Temple complex, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was originally constructed during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty in 652. The pagoda was built for eminent monk Xuan Zang to house the Buddhist sutras and relics which he collected on his 17 year journey across India. The well preserved Big Wild Goose Pagoda still contains many Buddhist relics and is considered a holy place for Buddhists. Why not visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda on our full day tour?
Terra Cotta Warriors
A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are one of the most significant archaeological excavations of the 20th century and work continues on this site to this day. Built as the funeral project for China's first emperor, Qin Shi huang, explore the life size terracotta figures of warriors and horses arranged in battle formations and dressed in their ceremonial garb. Over 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and even weapons have been unearthed from the site, most of which have been restored to their former grandeur.
Shaanxi History Museum
Also known as the Provincial History Museum, the Shaanxi is China's first large scale modern nation museum. The Shaanxi Province is known as the birthplace of the ancient Chinese civilization and Xi'an has been the capital city in 13 dynasties which lasted over 1100 years. Consequently, the ancient history of Shaanxi is to some degree the ancient history of China. The museum is home to more than 1,700,000 cultural relics and the permanent exhibition includes three halls displaying artefacts from 115,000 years ago to 1840, offering a unique insight into the history and lifestyle of ancient cultures. Why not experience the Shaanxi History Museum on our private half day tour?
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"For the best views of Xian, take a leisurely stroll around the ancient city walls - or if you're feeling more adventurous - hire a bike and cycle around."
"Xian at night is magical. Locals and tourists flock to the North Square to watch a mesmerising music and light show at the fountain beneath the square's pagoda. The Bell Tower and Wild Goose Pagoda are also spectacularly lit at night, making them a must-see during your holiday in Xian"
Rou Jia Mo (Shaanxi Sandwich)
Rou Jia Mo is a street food staple that originated in Shaanxi. Today you'll find it eaten all over China. The Chinese equivalent to a hamburger and bursting with flavour, pork is minced, stewed and seasoned with spices before being stuffed into a flatbread. It's deliciously moreish.
Yangrou Paomo (Crumbled flatbread and mutton stew)
Yangrou Paomo is a Shaanxi speciality that sees chunks of steamed leavened bread swimming in a fragrant lamb soup, and is usually eaten with pickled garlic or chilli sauce. Legend has it that Yangrou Paomo was created by the founder of the Song Dynasty, so it's steeped in history as well as flavour.
Liang Pi (cold noodles)
There are many variations of Liang Pi, a local cold-noodle dish. Ask for this during your Xian holiday and you'll usually be served stretchy, wheat flour noodles in a tangy, spicy sauce - with a handful of vegetables and herbs thrown in for good measure.
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Housebuilder Hill, which has offices throughout East Anglia, has joined forces with Clarion Housing Group to purchase a new residential site to the west of Cambridge.
The scheme currently has outline planning approval for 155 new homes and is to be built in the village of Hardwick, just six miles from the centre of Cambridge and within the rapidly evolving Oxford-Cambridge arc corridor.
The development has a Gross Development Value (GDV) of around £55 million and will include a mix of one, two and three-bedroom homes. 40% of the homes will be affordable tenures, with Clarion Housing managing 43 shared ownership properties and 19 homes for affordable rent. The remaining 93 properties will be for private sale.
Hill is expected to begin building work in the autumn of 2020, subject to final planning approval.
Rob Hall, Deputy Managing Director of Hill, said: "We are thrilled to be partnering with Latimer again to deliver what is set to be a fantastic addition to Hardwick. As a company, we strive to build distinctive and high-quality homes, with Cambridgeshire being a big area of focus for us."
"We look forward to the continued expansion of our portfolio in the region and we're excited to see our ambitions for this project come to life when we begin construction later this year".
Richard Cook, Group Director of Development for Latimer, Clarion Housing Group's development arm, said: "We are delighted to be in a joint venture with Hill on a scheme that will deliver a new mixed community in a region of the country where there is high demand for homes of many different tenures."
"Alongside homes for the private sale, this development will deliver much-needed affordable rent and shared ownership homes, enabling more people to benefit from all that Cambridgeshire has to offer."
Latimer aims to help tackle the housing crisis by building high-quality homes and creating sustainable and thriving communities. The profits from Latimer schemes are reinvested into Clarion Housing Group to build more affordable homes, improve and maintain existing homes and support communities through the Group's charitable foundation, Clarion Futures.
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The 2012 MTV Movie Awards Postmortem
I'll just admit right now that I was very excited to watch the 2012 MTV Movie Awards because of Russell Brand. Haha. Russell Brand is HILARIOUS!!! All the digs he made about Justin Bieber, Charlie Sheen, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian were priceless!! LOL. I must give kudos to Charlie Sheen for being such a good sport though.
TWILIGHT! HUNGER GAMES!
LOL! Love that guy.
Anyway, as usual, there were loads of plugs for up coming movies throughout the show. The highlight of it for me has to be the cast of Batman with Christopher Nolan premiering the "Dark Knight Rises" trailer. That is looking like an awesome movie but I'm still not sure about Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.
While at the live screening of the MTV Movie Awards at the MTV Asia office, when Twilight won "Best Kiss", there was this one girl who quite practically screamed "WHAAAAAT!?!?!" and gave all of us a shock. Hahahaha. I thought that it would be common knowledge by now that MTV Awards are about popularity and is not representative. She apologized for her outburst but still, it was pretty funny! Haha.
I also need to mention Johnny Depp on guitars with The Black Keys and Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of the Aerosmith presenting to him the Generation Award after that. OH. MY. GOD. Nearly died. 3 legends on the same stage!! I can't even….
Anyway, TWILIGHT! HUNGER GAMES!
Here are the winners at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards and congratulations to everyone:
BEST ON-SCREEN DIRTBAG
Horrible Bosses (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
The Descendants (Fox Searchlight)
Josh Hutcherson
The Hunger Games (Lionsgate)
Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO
21 Jump Street (Sony Pictures) during the house dance party
BEST KISS
Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (Summit Entertainment)
GENERATION AWARD
BEST FIGHT
Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson vs Alexander Ludwig
BEST CAST
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST HERO
BEST ON-SCREEN TRANSFORMATION
MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Director: Bill Condon
Producers: Karen Rosenfelt, Wyck Godfrey, Stephanie Meyer (Summit Entertainment)
Here are the repeat broadcast details for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards:
05 June 2012: 10 am (ID) / 11 am (SG/HK/PH), 12 pm (MY)
06 June 2012: 2 pm (ID) / 3 pm (SG/HK/PH), 4 pm (MY)
08 June 2012: 11 pm (ID), midnight (SG/HK/PH)
09 June 2012: 1 pm (ID), 2 pm (SG/HK/PH), 1 am & 3 pm (MY)
11 June 2012: 1 am (MY)
For more information please go to ma.mtv.com or www.mtvasia.com.
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Kaiāwhina Stakeholder Engagement Survey Summary APRIL 2015: Summary of an on-line survey that was developed with the purpose of seeking support for the Kaiāwhina Workforce draft actions.
Background to the Development of the Health and Disability Kaiāwhina Workforce Action Plan: The document brings together the stages of phase one: i.e. the purpose and vision, how the action plan came about, framework, domains and outcomes. It also highlights the next stage of the programme.
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HWNZ Strategic Plan – Statement of Intent 2014- 2018: The Health Workforce New Zealand(HWNZ) Strategic Plan; Statement of intent describes the HWNZ strategic approach to working with key workforces to develop a healthcare workforce that is sustainable, flexible and fit for purpose.


Dissolved minerals in water deposit on sinks and toilets, building up over time and leaving gray or white streaks and stains. Ordinary household cleaners and scrubbing don't remove these hard-water stains, but acid breaks them down. Household vinegar dissolves mineral deposits well, but its acid may etch the surface of porcelain-enamel sinks and toilets over time, and should be used with care.
Pour undiluted vinegar on a sponge. Scrub the sink and toilet with the vinegar-soaked sponge.
Sprinkle 1/4 cup baking soda in the sink or toilet and scrub again. Rinse thoroughly.
Soak a paper towel with undiluted vinegar.
Place the paper towel over faucets and other metal fixtures.
Wait one hour, then wipe the fixtures with a damp paper towel to remove the vinegar. Dry thoroughly to shine.


A close up image of a sheet from a material safety data sheet packet for herbicides.
The egg was colored orange and then dripped over with an intense color of pink. , giving it that running color look.
A trio of eggs colored in bright pink, blue and green.
A basket of pastel colored Easter eggs laying on top of bright red tissue paper for a fun bit of contrast.
Red, blue, black and yellow translucent game cubes lined up and group in an organized set.
Colored translucent cubes grouped and organized with a shoot taken on an angle to provide interest and a little bit of movement.
Sun peeking through snow covered trees.
A picture of the sun rise as it peeks through the branches of snow covered pines and spruces.
This is an image of a woodpecker gripping the bark of a tree at one of our local parks.
One ladybug over a wooden surface with divots. The photo has many warm colors which makes it feel very homely and inviting.
A photo of an american yellow finch at the park. He is perched on top of an iron works facing the sun.


In these days of globalization and high technology, the styilist Tao Kurihara, the productive collaborator withComme des Garçons, presents a futuristic collection, where the main characteristic is not inspired by cyberelements, but is drawn from the infinite ethnic possibilities. Dresses evoke different epochs, traditions and cultures, but the audacious matching of fabrics and colours distort the original inspirations so much, they cause a bewilderment of time and space. The resulting subject is a new anthropological model, a hybrid, contaminated femininity, that is hanging on a present day open to further layers. The space-time disorientation and the fortunate result achieved by the project can coexist, thanks to the skilled combination of conscious contrasts: precious and simple fabrics, vivid patterns and plain colours, deconstructed shapes, large volumes and severe symmetries.


"Why don't we say what we mean?"
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An interview with Pranav Anand and Jim McCloskey.
"How do you say what you mean—without saying what you mean?


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What Ain't So Can Hurt You
American Institute for Economic Research
We all say we admire honesty. But whenever we actually have to choose, we pick the person who tells us what we want to hear. In economic policy, especially, that means that we can get hurt, when we pick promises over prudence.
Macroeconomists need to imagine what causes what, and then choose measures that allow those causal relations to be identified and compared. I am reminded of the famous Josh Billings quip: "I honestly beleave it iz better tew know nothing than two know what ain't so." (Spelling original. This quote is almost always misattributed, often to Mark Twain; that's actually delightful, when you think about it).
This sentiment dates back at least as far as Plato's Apology, where Socrates claimed he was wise because he believed that he knew nothing, while others are ignorant even of their own ignorance. But my own modest experience, both in academics and in politics (I have run for elective office several times now), indicates that the value judgment implied in the Billings aphorism is simply incorrect.
"Knowing things that just ain't so" is the heart of the modeling enterprise. All models are false, by construction, in the sense that the model intentionally abstracts from a prohibitively complex reality to allow the representation of relationships, and the simulation of different policy alternatives, to determine which is "better" in a given situation. That's fine as long as we realize that we are using a model, instead of believing the model and pretending we live inside the reality that it projects, where we have imagined that one variable "causes" another.
The problem is most acute when it is time to make policy recommendations, of course. Those of us who use models, but who know that the "predictions" of the models are likely misleading and the world is more complex, are at an extreme disadvantage. Consider two situations:
Economist trying to get tenure in an academic job: Is it better to know we don't actually know anything, or is it better firmly to believe things that "just ain't so"? Those who recognize that our ability to forecast financial crises or fine-tune the business cycle are unlikely to be able to publish much in journals. But folks who make predictions to the second decimal place ("Growth will be 2.61 percent in the second quarter, according to the best estimates") are published and promoted at much higher rates. It is far better, in fact, to know—or pretend to know—things that just ain't so.
Candidate seeking political office: Is it better to say that these problems are hard, and that most things that the government can do will likely make matters worse? Believe me, I've tried that, and it gets you quickly ignored. The way to win public office is to pretend that all problems are simple, and all solutions are obvious. Sure, sometimes my solutions fail, but that's because you people didn't do enough of the things that I suggested. Next time, if we just run a bigger deficit, or impose much stricter regulations, things will be better. Vote for me!
The Dynamic Problem: It WAS So, But Now It Ain't
Macroeconomist measure aggregate phenomena to discover what appears to be a regularity. But measures, such as "inflation," do not have constant relations to other aggregates, such as "unemployment." Knowing what ain't so really can hurt us.
The most famous theory connecting "the" inflation rate and "the" unemployment rate is called the Phillips Curve. (I'm using quotes around "the" because prices differ across sectors, and unemployment differs across sectors, so measuring these by a single rate is dumb, but that's what the models do). The Phillips Curve is an empirically observed relation between changes in the price level and changes in how many people are employed; so far, so good.
But the empirical correlation morphed into a policy tool that could be used to fine-tune the economy. If the unemployment rate is "too high," we can increase employment by expanding the money supply and raising the price level. Or if the price level is growing too rapidly, we can "cool off" the economy at the cost of some temporary increases in unemployment. "Knowing" about the Phillips Curve helped two generations of economists get tenure and helped two generations of Progressive politicians sound like they were smart and active and would make good elected leaders.
The problem is the general difficulty that was pointed out by Charles Goodhart, in a maxim that has come to be known as Goodhart's Law: "Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes." When policy-makers attempted to use inflation to reduce unemployment in the 1970s, they were successful in increasing the price level, but unemployment stayed stubbornly high, leading to the "unexpected" result called "stagflation." But it was really the result of widespread belief in something that just wasn't so.
Examples abound. Suppose well-educated people do well on a certain kind of test. If we use that test to evaluate teachers, the resulting level of educational achievement falls rather than rises, because we are trying to exploit an observed statistical relation for control purposes. College rankings used a number of metrics that appeared related to the quality of the school, but when the colleges began focusing on those numbers instead of on the business of education the quality of instruction and achievement fell off quickly.
I am stumped by what a solution to this problem might look like. We ignore people who (rightly) point out that simple solutions to political and economic problems make things worse, not better. We vote for, and reward, charlatans who pretend to know the answers, and zealots who actually believe their own superficial galimatias. Ultimately, it's a collective action problem: it would be better for society if our leaders were humble and honest about how little they actually know. But it's better for the candidates for leadership if they pretend to be committed to a whole dog's breakfast of truths that just ain't so.
This article, What Ain't So Can Hurt You, was originally published by the American Institute for Economic Research and appears here with permission. Please support their efforts.
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Celtics guard Marcus Good, ejected from Saturday's sport towards the Hawks, has been fined $35,000 "for aggressively pursuing an opponent in an try to escalate a bodily altercation and failing to go away the courtroom in a well timed method following his ejection," the league introduced Monday.
The incident befell after Good was assessed his second technical foul and ejected with 7:35 remaining within the third quarter of the Celtics' 113-105 victory over the Hawks in Atlanta.
Good, who was whistled for a technical foul by official Scott Foster earlier within the quarter after calls that went towards him and the Celtics, bought right into a verbal alternate with DeAndre' Bembry whereas jockeying for place on a leap ball.
The 2 had a quick alternate when official Phenizee Ransom whistled every participant for a technical foul.
As each gamers have been separated by gamers and safety officers readily available, Good made a touch towards Bembry and appeared to throw a punch in his path.


Social strategist Lauren Gibbs is calling on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take a stand against the social media censorship of cannabis businesses and consumers.
Perhaps this has happened to you: You wake up one morning, make your coffee, and log onto your social media accounts, only to find that you no longer have an Instagram feed. You try to login a few more times, on the chance that you've incorrectly input your password or the app was experiencing a glitch. Still no luck. So you begin to come to terms with the fact that you've been shut down, that while you were sleeping someone in the internet ether revoked your ability to connect and communicate, that all of your photos, followers, and likes are gone.
Seemingly at random, social media platforms are disabling accounts that contain cannabis content, many of which belong to state legal cannabis businesses and consumers in legal states. In addition to serving as an outlet for free speech, social media plays a fundamental role in the lives of these companies and individuals: driving sales, creating community, pushing activism, and ensuring safe access to medicine. When an account is deactivated, time, money, and important connections are lost.
As the pace of these shutdowns surges, one social media guru vowed not to stand by and wait for it to happen to her. On 4/20, Rise Above Social founder Lauren Gibbs, who has directed social content for companies such as Women Grow and Willie's Reserve, published an imposing and impressive open letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on The Cannabist. She applauded Zuck's commitment to connecting humanity through social media and pressed him to respect the freedom of expression of cannabis-related accounts and to grant cannabis companies the same advertising terms, with age restrictions and geo-tracking that serve alcohol companies. Zuckerberg, Gibbs noted, has been an outspoken critic of the racist war on drugs and could use this as an opportunity to lend his voice to dismantle it.
In the weeks following, her op-ed gained tons of traction on Facebook, but she had yet to hear from its CEO.
Gibbs decided to turn the screws a bit. Earlier this month, she launched the #EndtheSocialCannaBan campaign, organizing and rallying others in the cannabis space to flood social media with memes that demonstrate the significance of this movement and the groundswell of support behind this mission. We got the lowdown on the campaign from Gibbs, who wouldn't stop working to #EndtheSocialCannaBan, even as she was bedbound with bronchitis.
WRK: What motivated you to launch the campaign? Did you see a particular strategic opportunity or had you simply had enough?
LG: Over the past two years, I have participated in the explosive growth of the legal cannabis industry. I have seen firsthand how legitimate businesses have become a powerful force in changing perceptions, and laws. Meanwhile, arbitrary shut downs of social media accounts and limitations on advertising severely limit our voices – and the pace of progress.
There have been a number of media reports about shutdowns, and occasionally I would see a knee jerk petition launched. But nothing was changing. It became clear that the industry needed an organizing force behind this effort for us to be heard by Facebook and Instagram.
Mark Zuckerberg has been outspoken about two relevant issues: the racial bias of the drug war, and the power of community building to bring positive change. But his companies serve to reinforce the status quo of the drug war. I had to call him out it.
WRK: What's your ideal outcome? How likely is that you'll achieve this goal?
LG: I would like to see Facebook and Instagram adapt their terms of service to accommodate cannabis businesses that are operating within the laws of their states. I simply want access to the same geo-targeting and age restriction technology that alcohol companies use to advertise their products in compliance with local laws. Plenty of tech companies are already quietly bucking the status quo of the drug war every day to work with cannabis businesses. I want to see Zuckerberg lead on this issue.
Optimism and tenacity are job requirements for success in the cannabis industry. I cannot promise a specific outcome, but I am determined to get @Zuck's attention.
WRK: What level of support have you received from the cannabis industry?
LG: After launching the campaign, my inbox was flooded with notes of gratitude from my peers in the cannabis industry. My open letter to Zuckerberg has been shared over 4,000 times on Facebook, and in the first week of the campaign, over 1,000 cannabis business supporters have shared my memes designed to spread the word.
Leafly published Jane West's op-ed in support of #EndTheSocialCannaBan, and The Kind featured the campaign as well.
WRK: How can others get involved with the campaign?
LG: This is the beauty of social media – everyone can easily get involved! If you are sick of seeing cannabis social media accounts shut down capriciously, join us in making some noise! Everyone can participate on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter by using the hashtag #EndTheSocialCannaBan. We have created graphics to help you spread the word more powerfully, and will be releasing new ones every week. Every single share counts!
Remember – always use the hashtag #EndTheSocialCannaBan!
Posted in Features, Out of the Basement and tagged #EndtheSocialCannaBan, cannabis, cannabis industry, Facebook, Instagram, lauren gibbs, Mark Zuckerberg, Rise Above Social, social media, Twitter, Willie's Reserve, women grow, Zuck.


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