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In conversation with Lizzie Nunnery
Following their hugely successful touring productions of Plastic Figurines and Chip Shop Chips, Manchester theatre company Box of Tricks is set to visit HOME Manchester from Tuesday 31st January–Saturday 4th February with last year's critically acclaimed new play, Narvik, by award-winning playwright Lizzie Nunnery.
By Manchester's Finest | Last updated January 31st '17
Along with director Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder, Nunnery brings to life tales told by naval veterans, and stories of her grandfather's time in the Navy.
Nunnery's latest play brings to life a powerful story of love, guilt, heroism and betrayal.
How special has it been for you to create something that was inspired by your Grandfather?
It's been really special, for quite a number of years I've wanted to write something that was inspired by his story of World War II and the Arctic convoys. I'm really grateful to Box of Tricks for encouraging me to explore these stories further and to ask my Grandfather lots more questions. He died in February 2015 but it meant that we actually had lots of brilliant conversations that we wouldn't have had otherwise. There were a lot of questions I probably wouldn't have got to ask him if I wasn't working on the play.
So it feels really lovely now to bring these stories to the stage and to be inspired by the accounts he told me.
Is there anything in particular from your Grandfather's telling of his experiences that was the driving force behind your inspiration?
He was part of the flotilla that brought crowned Prince Olav back to Oslo at the end of the Second World War after the Nazi occupation of Norway. The Prince had been hiding out in London during the war; the British Navy sailed back to Oslo with him and that was a moment my Grandfather talked a lot about. He was very proud; he talked about how glorious it was.
In a way the play was inspired by a mix of those kinds of positive memories and more horrific memories that he also talked about. At one point he had to follow orders and close off the deck of his ship that had just been hit. The lower decks were flooding so they were ordered to close the hatches and seal them off even though there were still men down there. My Grandad could hear the men banging on the pipes as they tried to get out. The experience obviously really traumatised him and so it was the contrast of those two kinds of emotions that fascinated me and drove me to write the story.
What was your process of growing Narvik from script to stage?
We did a ten minute version of it at the Everyword Festival four years ago – Liverpool Everyman's new writing festival.
So I wrote a couple of scenes and a song, working with Hannah as director and working with Martin Heslop and Vidar Norheim on music. We were really excited by the audience's response and Hannah and I then did lots of research into World War II. We went to museums and we read lots of other first-hand accounts of men who had been in the Arctic convoy and in Norway during the war. We did a workshop week where we developed about 50 minutes of it and invited an audience; we received feedback and from there I went away and wrote the first full draft. I was really lucky to have a lot of support and it was a really collaborative process from the beginning.
You've said before that the story of Norway's occupation is a complex tale to tell especially when finding a way of representing English, German, Norwegian and Russian voices. How did you eventually master this and what was your research process?
It was written over a long period of time, so went through that developmental process where we saw and learned other people's perspectives which made it easier to construct such a complex story. It was really important from the beginning to write an international story that wasn't just going to be about Britain.
Through explaining one man's war, a play that's partly about Norway and Germany with parts even set in Russia we were able to write a collection of voices and I love the idea of that.
When they're on the ship within the play, the main character Jim works in the wireless rooms so he hears all kinds of different voices coming through on the radio. We used that device really to help make sense of why there would be songs in different languages in the play as well.
Would you describe Narvik as a musical or a play which features musical numbers?
It's got music almost throughout rather than just musical numbers. There's a live soundtrack that almost never stops during the 1 hour 20 minutes of the production.
This was our ambition from the beginning, to make a play with music and that didn't separate out the two art forms. It allowed the music and the dialogue to really interact and have one to support the other.
There are songs within it but there's also a lot of soundtrack, compositions running under dialogue and under monologues and it creates quite an intense experience.
In a way you could call it a musical but the only reason we haven't is because that carries a certain expectation about its style.
Is there anything in this production that you're particularly proud of?
I think the second to last scene is probably my favourite, which is quite a strange thing to say, because it's quite harrowing really, as it often is when you almost get to the end of a story. It's when all of the characters confront the truth and have to look at these difficult things within themselves.
It's also a scene which features the Norwegian character Else who the central character Jim falls in love with. I really did enjoy writing her and it felt very special to me that I was getting to bring that particular Norwegian and female perspective to the stage.
It's taking a look at these women who lived in an occupied country for over four years while they're own men basically disappeared. I find that really compelling and moving as a true story and wanted to bring some of that to life through that character. It also really looks at some of the moral difficulty that comes with living under occupation as well.
Is this your first production to run at HOME?
It is and I'm so excited about the play opening there; it's such an incredible venue and such an amazing thing for the North West to have. It has brilliant theatre spaces.
You have two other productions set to run later this year – how difficult has this been to manage and are there any similarities between Narvik and the other two pieces of theatre?
There are links and themes – the show I've got at the Royal Exchange (The People are Singing) in April is developed and directed by the Ukrainian director Tamara Trunova and definitely takes a theme of identity and conflict which are also strong themes in Narvik.
We've taken a very different perspective on The People are Singing – it's a bit of a dark fairy tale and in some ways it's a bit more symbolic in style than Narvik.
The Son which is playing at the Everyman Theatre is very different because it's set in present day Liverpool and it's in no way about war. It does look at outsiders and underdog characters and also looks at survival when people in authority deliver difficult orders – so I'd say that's probably the link between all three shows.
Do you have any more productions planned for the future?
I've got a show at the Unity in July which is more of a live piece of poetry and music which is inspired by the Mersey poets and in particular Adrian Henry. I'm creating that with Martin Heslop and Vidar Norheim who I worked with on Narvik.
Beyond that I would love to do more work with Box of Tricks. Hannah and I have got lots of ideas we'd like to explore. I was saying earlier about how proud I am of the Else character and the story she inspired, so Hannah and I would like to further explore the role of women in the war and their forgotten stories that have been written out of history. That's a project for the future I think.
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Christmas Ballet Season All Wrapped Up at Cardiff's St David's Hall
Posted byAndy Howells December 18, 2021 Posted inTheatreTags:Dance, December 2021, January 2022
Cardiff's St David's Hall has got the festive season all wrapped up with four enchanting productions performed by the prestigious Russian State Ballet of Siberia and accompanied by the Russian State Ballet Orchestra in partnership with Raymond Gubbay Ltd.
The Christmas Ballet season at St David's hall features four ballets performed by performed by the prestigious Russian State Ballet of Siberia and accompanied by the Russian State Ballet Orchestra
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Hot 100 Retailers
2019 Hot 100 Retailers
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Three of the first four businesses on STORES Magazine's Hot 100 Retailers list are supermarket chains ultimately owned by foreign-based companies. At the top of the chart is Lidl, part of Lidl Siftung & Co., based in Neckarsulm, Germany. In the No. 3 slot is Grupo Comercial Chadraui, Mexico's third-largest retailer whose stores in the United States operate under the El Super banner. Right behind at No. 4 is Don Quijote, Japan's largest discounter, which bought the Hawaiian chain Time Supermarkets two years ago.
Breaking the run of supermarkets at the top of the chart is No. 2 Rue Gilt Groupe, formed when online apparel and home goods site Rue La La acquired the Gilt flash sales site from Saks Fifth Avenue in June of last year. No. 5 Boxed.com is an ecommerce merchant dealing in prepacked wholesale quantities of merchandise.
Rounding out the top 10 are home goods retailers Wayfair at No. 6 and No. 8 At Home; Dublin, Ireland-based Primark at No. 7; AT&T's storefront operation at No. 9; and Five Below, the quirky small format discounter aimed at young shoppers, at No. 10.
Grocers represent the largest slice of retailers on the chart, with another 19 listed including such major operators as Kroger and H-E-B, smaller operators such as Rouse's and Coburns and niche retailers like online grocer Fresh Direct and Asian-oriented H Mart.
Tory Gundelach, vice president of retail insights at Kantar, says supermarkets have evolved in two major areas — digital capabilities and in-store experience. "Most supermarkets have now rolled out online fulfillment capabilities either of their own or through a partnership with a third party like Instacart," she says. "This allows supermarkets to fit into shoppers' lives even when it's not convenient to go into the store."
As consumers change their grocery-shopping patterns, making more frequent trips to the supermarket and spending less time on each visit, research from retail services firm JLL shows companies are opening smaller stores and featuring more local products. James Cook, director of retail research at JLL, says nearly twice as many new grocery stores opened than closed last year.
"In 2019 we're seeing more grocery stores rolling out their smaller format stores as they battle razor-thin margins in prime locations while still serving evolving consumer needs," Cook says.
The growth of grocery
The three supermarkets at the top of the chart each took a different path. Chadraui's El Super caters to Hispanic shoppers, while Don Quijote is a more traditional supermarket operator with a few flourishes added from its Japanese discount stores.
Lidl is a hard discounter on prices, stocked with private-label goods — a trail blazed in this country by No. 51 Aldi. Lidl opened 15 new stores last year after entering the U.S. mid-Atlantic market in June 2017. It has since expanded into Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Lidl has also acquired the Best Market chain, giving it more sites in the New York suburbs, and plans to open 25 new stores this year.
"We often work with local government agencies and apply for available investment programs when we expand into new markets, including on sites that require remediation or rehabilitation," says Lidl spokesman Will Harwood. "This is only one aspect of our decision-making process — the most important factor for us is finding the most convenient locations to serve our customers."
Lidl is teaming up with Boxed.com to test online sales; the pilot project involves stores in Staten Island, N.Y., and Powder Springs, Ga. Consumers living near those stores can view Lidl's offerings on Boxed's website, place their orders and get same-day delivery in as little as three hours.
The test began in June and is scheduled to continue through December. Fulfillment is being handled by Boxed Express, which specializes in perishable deliveries. Lidl also has teamed with Shipt for deliveries from most of its other stores.
Boxed, which was founded in 2013 and has yet to become profitable, serves both consumers and small businesses who can order goods comparable to warehouse club offerings without the cost of a membership fee.
Following its deal with Lidl, Boxed hopes to broaden the market for its proprietary technology that includes order management systems, mobile technology, robots capable of transporting goods though warehouses and software that tracks expiration dates.
"As a retailer, Boxed has taken a unique position as an 'online club' model," says Rachel Dalton, a consulting division director for Kantar. "While developing in-house end-to-end logistics, it built a sophisticated network that allows moving bulky items to homes."
Continued investments at home
Even as home goods retailers face increased competition, both online seller Wayfair and ecommerce-eschewing At Home achieved high sales gains last year.
"In recent years, post-Great Recession, key macroeconomic factors have been in favor of more home-related spending, including continued improvements in incomes and strength in jobs, as well as rising home values — which sends the message to consumers that investing in their homes could yield a return," says Laura Kennedy, vice president of the consulting division of Kantar.
Wayfair has been growing by double-digit bunches since being launched as CSN Stores in 2002 by Steve Conine and Niraj Shah. With backing from venture capitalists and hedge funds, Wayfair held its first public stock offering five years ago. The money from the stock helped the company advertise more widely, acquire new customers and keep its technology infrastructure up to date.
One thing Wayfair hasn't done is make a profit. "Wayfair, at this point, is interested in increasing market share rather than operating in the black," says Dave Marcotte, head of insights at Kantar. Right now, Wayfair is making more money through investors than from shoppers but "eventually they'll have to make money," he says.
Last year Wayfair created Way Day, offering special bargains for a limited number of hours. Building on the inaugural edition — its biggest sales day in history, the company says — this year's event was expanded to 36 hours. It generated 11 percent more orders, 9 percent more customer volume and a 5 percent increase in order value over last year's event, estimates Edison Trends.
Wayfair, which has opened pop-up stores in past holiday seasons, plans to open a more permanent location this fall in Natick, Mass. That is in addition to a closeout outlet in Florence, Ky., and more pop-up stores this year.
Opening 31 new stores in one year was enough to help At Home drive up sales 23 percent. The company does not sell online but uses its website to preview merchandise available in its stores. Nearly three-quarters of its home décor and related items are unbranded, private label or exclusive to At Home.
At one point the price of At Home's stock shares was down 40 percent over a 12-month period, prompting reports that the company was looking to sell itself. Yet it remains in expansion mode with plans to open 32 new locations, billing itself as the "Home and Holiday Décor Superstore." The company will open a new distribution center in Carlisle, Pa., next January to supplement its lone warehouse at headquarters in Plano, Texas.
The value proposition
Value retailers from a variety of retail sectors are well-represented throughout the Hot 100 Retailers. "Dollar stores are a basic needs store for shoppers living from pay event to pay event, and despite the strong economy, about 26 percent of American households are what we call 'cash flow statement' shoppers, managing their lives through the cash they have in their wallet," says Bryan Gildenberg, Kantar's chief knowledge officer.
"Costco sells primarily to 'balance sheet shoppers' — the 34 percent of U.S. households that view wellbeing more through wealth than income," he says. "Costco basically acts as an outsourced value shopper for affluent consumers who don't want to spend more than they need to, but don't have time to shop around. TJX creates value for women by enabling them to buy two outfits for the price of one at a department store and lets women with their own sense of style explore that at low price points."
The U.S. operation of No. 7 Primark is only four years old, but management characterizes it as strong and "driven by excellent trading." The stores, scattered among Atlantic Seaboard states, have yet to generate profits, and the retailer has been adjusting to American tastes and shopping behavior.
"With its roots in Europe, and primarily the U.K., Primark's expansion in the U.S. remains small, but growing," says Tiffany Hogan, senior analyst at Kantar. "It continues to profess that it can operate at lower prices, its hallmark, without investing in ecommerce and focusing on stores only."
No. 9 AT&T Wireless sells smartphones and other mobile communications devices as well as accessories through its network of company-owned stores. AT&T boosted sales, in part, by eliminating discounts on devices; this year, it offered consumers promotions on service rather than equipment to retain subscribers at a higher level than industry watchers had anticipated.
Rounding out the Top 10 is Five Below, an experience-driven retailer where nothing costs more than $5. Aimed at teen and tween consumers, the stores stock such items as candy, tech gadgets and accessories, beauty kits, sports equipment, remote-controlled cars and gag gifts.
Five Below does operate online but continues to add stores at a quick clip: The retailer opened its first Arizona store in May and will cut the ribbon on another four in the state before the end of 2019. These are part of the 145-150 stores the company plans to open this year.
"Five Below's experience-rich stores have driven strong comp growth for the retailer amidst other channel players' continued expansion of digital strategies," Hogan says. "A relatively new player, Five Below has positioned itself as the 'yes' store for centennials, millennials and their parents alike."
Five Below has tripled its store base in the last six years (the company was founded in 2002), and management feels there is room for as many as 2,500 stores around the country. Unlike many fast-growing chains in the past, opening new stores is not a drag on Five Below's financial performance. Each new store costs about $300,000 to open and yields about $450,000 in operating income in the first 12 months, with a payback period of about seven months. Mature Five Below stores generate about $2 million in sales annually.
"The treasure hunt concept has proven to be durable and compelling, and so perhaps it's not surprising that having one for younger consumers would be successful also," says Mark Ryski, chief executive of business analytics firm HeadCount. "The fact is, none of the products that Five Below offers is special or unique — the real magic is the store experience they deliver."
Pureplay retailers
For all of the excitement and disruption digital commerce has created over the last decade, only 10 retailers ring up a predominant share — or all — of their sales online. These include Top 10 performers Rue Gilt Groupe, Boxed.com and Wayfair, as well as ASOS, Amazon.com, Build.com, FreshDirect, 1-800-Flowers, Overstock.com and Sony Electronics.
Apple does not provide a breakdown of retail sales made through its bricks-and-mortar stores and sales through iTunes, Apple Music, Book Store and its various app stores.
"The Apple Store's biggest challenge is the Apple Store, and there look to be three issues," says Gildenberg. "First, the Apple store was designed for shoppers who were discovering and falling in love with Apple's products and ecosystem. Shoppers still love Apple — but in the same way that a multi-decade marriage is different than falling in love, managing an ongoing relationship with the Apple ecosystem requires different skills than courtship. The Apple Store doesn't know you well enough when you walk in and doesn't let you manage your relationship to the Apple ecosystem efficiently — other retailers are getting much better at this.
"Second, the store is a clutter of trips and intention — largely crowded by shoppers needing service or assistance, it becomes difficult to shop efficiently and quickly," he says. "The new Nike flagship store in New York has an entire floor dedicated to shoppers who don't want the full Nike experience but just want to get in and out quickly. Apple Stores need to find a way to let shoppers choose when to engage."
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Timeline of Mongolian history
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History of Mongolia
Before Chinggis Khan
Mongol Empire
Chagatai Khanate
Golden Horde
Ilkhanate
Yuan Dynasty
Northern Yuan
Oyirad
Jüün Ghar Empire
Independent Mongolia
Buryat Republic
Kalmykia
1911: Mongolia declares independence under Bogd Khan.
1913: Mongolia signs a treaty with Tibet.
1919: Mongolia occupied by the Republic of China
February 1921: Baron Ungern drives Chinese troops out of Urga and becomes Mongolian dictator
March 13, 1921: Provisional Government declares independence of Mongolia
Spring-Summer 1921: Suhbaatar with help of the Red Army defeats Ungern's forces in Mongolia
May 31, 1924: U.S.S.R. signs agreement with Peking government, referring to Inner Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China," whose sovereignty therein the Soviet Union promises to respect.
May-September 16, 1939: Large scale fighting takes place between Japanese and Soviet-Mongolian forces along Khalkhyn Gol on Mongolia-Manchuria border (Battle of Halhin Gol), ending in defeat of the Japanese expeditionary force. Truce negotiated between U.S.S.R. and Japan.
October 6, 1949: Newly established People's Republic of China accepts recognition of Mongolia and agrees to establish diplomatic relations.
October 1961: Mongolia becomes a member of the United Nations.
January 27, 1987: Diplomatic relations established with the United States.
December 1989: First popular reform demonstrations. Mongolian Democratic Association organized.
January 1990: Large-scale demonstrations demanding democracy held in sub-zero weather.
March 2, 1990: Soviets and Mongolians announce that all Soviet troops will be withdrawn from Mongolia by 1992.
May 1990: Constitution amended to provide for multi-party system and new elections.
July 29, 1990: First democratic elections held.
September 3, 1990: First democratically elected People's Great Hural takes office.
February 12, 1992: New constitution goes into effect.
April 8, 1992: New election law passed.
June 28, 1992: Election for the first unicameral legislature (State Great Hural).
June 6, 1993: First direct presidential election.
June 30, 1996: Election of first noncommunist government.
July 2, 2000: Election of the former communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP); formation of new government by Prime Minister Nambaryn Enhbayar.
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Is it possible to consume webservices that are available over https / require a client certificate?
You can take a look into the enhanced web references extension but I believe that to use client certificates you'll need to install them in the server and create an extension to use them. Check this Microsoft knowledge base article on How to call a Web service by using a client certificate for authentication.
I played a bit with the enhaced web references extension, but found no way to use certificates.
Looks like I'll have to write an extension for it.
I have used the article below, to communicate with an SSL-webservice, and implemented it as an extension.
The Extension i created, is a wrapper around the P4 interface (Batch and Individual) and we are now certified for it, so the P4 Application and Extension is working correct.
But when we started to communicate with the first CTS (webservice endpoint from Regional GridOperator), it didn't work, the extension was not able to start an SSL Communication with the webservice endpoint (running Apache 2.2.x).
As workaround, we now run the extension outside OutSystems and IIS, from a console application.
Maybe others have trouble communicating with SSL and have a solution for this? I think the problem is in the Apache / OpenSSL environment, but we (Oxxio, the GridOperator and an external SSL specialist) didn't find it yet.
Hmm, sounds like a challenge. I'm looking into communicating with the CSS.
I might do it in .net first, and then convert it to an extension.


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PESHAWAR - The Peshawar High Court (PHC) Tuesday declared illegal the chief minister's decision to hand over a major portion of the University of Peshawar's (UoP) Botanical Garden to set up two other universities in Azakhel, Nowshera.
The decision came in the light of the writ petition filed by the Peshawar University Teachers Association (PUTA) on March 8 against the chief minister's ordered in February last that 577 kanals of the garden should be given to the Islamabad-based Air University and a Technical University.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Musarrat Hilali announced the decision in the writ petition after hearing arguments. On March 14, the court had issued the stay order in this regard.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Advocate General Abdul Lateef Yousafzai appeared for the provincial government and submitted that the PUTA has no right to file the writ petition, as the aggrieved party was the University of Peshawar, not PUTA.
He said that major portion of the land given to the UoP was barren as the university had used 77 kanals of the total land and the provincial government was using it for educational purpose.
Petitioner's lawyer Mohibullah Kakakhel submitted that the chief minister had no lawful right to give a major portion of the land of the Botanical Garden to two other private sector universities.
Meanwhile, Peshawar University Teachers Association (PUTA) has welcomed the Peshawar High Court ruling regarding retention of Azakhel Botanical Garden as its own property. President PUTA Dr Fazli Nasir and General Secretary Fayaz Ali jointly congratulated all the PUTA members, university employees, civil societies organisation and lawyer community for their undaunted support.
The president PUTA said that Azakhel Botanical Garden is University's premier research centre for planting biodiversity and annually 200 students get benefit from it.
He said they moved to court as a last resort after repeated requests and appeals to the chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and PTI Chairman Imran Khan for a sitting were turned down. "The University of Peshawar has suffered multiple times in the past when its multiple wings were cut to establish universities like UET, AUP," he said, adding the University was never compensated and therefore, it was necessary to knock the courts for justice," he added. "We expect from provincial government and PTI leadership to take keen interest in providing alternative spaces and resources for the injustice made in the past to this great seat of learning and mother of all universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," he added.


This may be a touchy subject because I know how many avid Vitamin Water drinkers are out there, especially in our increasingly health-conscious (but misinformed) society. However, it's time to face the facts!
Vitamin Water gives the illusion of a healthy, hydrating, and rejuvenating miracle elixir. The bottles are beautiful, colorful, and the text on them is snappy and clever. They have empowering flavor names like "endurance," "energy," "essential," and "focus." There is no question that there is some genius marketing at hand.
However, nothing makes me cringe more than the sight of someone downing a bottle of "charge" or "balance" as though they are truly replenshing their body. The cold, hard truth is... Vitamin Water is fortified sugar water. Check the label yourself.
I went online to find the official nutrition info for Vitamin Water for this post. The Glaceau (company that owns Vitamin Water, Smart Water, and Fruit Water) website was beautiful and sleek, but of course did not offer any nutritional information. So, I found the information elsewhere after a good search. Let's take a look at "defense."
First, let me point out that this product contains NO juice. None. Now that we have that out of the way, let's factor in that one bottle of Vitamin Water is 2.5 servings, therefore, nutrional information should be adjusted accordingly (unless you're really only going to drink less than half of the bottle at at time). That makes one bottle of Vitamin Water contain 125 calories and 33 grams of sugar. (Remind me again why they try to call this a form of "water"?) That's more calories and sugar than a 12 ounce serving of Coke (12 oz of coke equates 110 calories and 30 grams of sugar). Now, Coke contains high fructose corn syrup and is not fortified, but nutritionally, you're still getting sugar and calories from both drinks.
And don't be enticed by "crystalline fructose," the second ingredient on the Vitamin Water ingredient list. It's their own fancy name for their form of sugar, and it's the most prominent ingredient after water!
The whole "vitamin" aspect of Vitamin Water is irrelevant. So, they fortify their sugar water with chemically synthesized vitamins. You can now purchase "Diet Coke Plus," which is fortified Diet Coke. Because vitamins are added to a beverage, does that make it healthy? Vitamins can't undo the sugars and additives in a beverage, and you are much better off gaining these nutrients from your diet (or a multi vitamin if necessary). Of course adding vitamins to a drink doesn't do any actual harm, but it confuses consumers into thinking that the beverage is a healthy choice. Remember, these companies don't really care about your health and well-being... they're trying to win you over! Our society now has become somewhat obsessed with healthier choices, and the smart companies know how to appeal to that crowd. They boast that their drink is full of essential vitamins and will somehow make you perform your daily tasks more efficiently. Trust me on this: downing a bottle of sugar water is going to do nothing but give you a sugar crash later.
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#BRACKCHAT: The Role of Activism and Arts: Are Most People Silent?
Ethan Leong January 3, 2019 Conversations
This article is a response from Ethan Leong after a visit to her exhibition and a Skype conversation with Sim Chi Yin in September 2018 about her recent photography exhibition, Most People Were Silent. He shares his reflections on the arts and advocacy here.
Sim Chi Yin's Most People Were Silent was held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts from 20 July to 10 October 2018. Find out more about the exhibition here.
People who are familiar with photographer-artist Sim Chi Yin's work may have been surprised by how her work was characterised in Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong's 2018 National Day Rally Speech, when he said:
This is Sim Chi Yin. She is an award winning documentary photographer and artist. She was commissioned as the Nobel Peace Prize photographer last year, the first Asian to be chosen, and travels to places like North Korea to pursue her very adventurous projects [bold by writer].
It was an undoubtable reference to her exhibition commission for the Nobel Peace Prize 2017, Fallout. The exhibition was reconfigured for LASALLE's Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, and curated by Caterina Riva.
I found the prime minister's speech remarkable in its omission of Sim's earlier work—from the heart-rending examination of the effects of pneumoconiosis on Chinese miners, to the subterranean struggles of Beijing's new migrants—constructing powerful narratives of society's underclass has been a hallmark of Sim's practice. Her latest exhibition Most People Were Silent, however, marked a departure from a human interest angle.
Chi Yin Sim (@chiyin_sim) photographs a decommissioned B52 Bomber at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Boneyard in Tucson, Arizona on November 20, 2017. B52 bombers were designed to carry nuclear weapons and are still in service in the United States Air Force today. This particular aircraft is one of several dozen that provide parts for the B52s still being flown. // Photo by Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft (@gabrielellisonscowcroft).
When I stepped into the Earl Lu Gallery on a weekday afternoon to visit Most People Were Silent, the first sight I noticed was the vast space. Suspended on screens 106.7 x 160 cm in dimension were Sim's photographs, the cautious distance between them more palpable than the absence of physical demarcation, more perceptible than the lack of text explaining her work. The sound of a Geiger counter crackled its greeting at the end of the gallery, the impatient clicks a seeming reminder of the grim urgency of the exhibition's subject.
Most People Were Silent contained photographs from a series of diptychs Sim had produced for a previous exhibition, which juxtaposed scenes from the United States and the North Korean border. Like a portent of a post-apocalyptic future, the photographs conveyed a distinct sense of dereliction. Sim revealed that it was a conscious choice for her to extract the sense of desolation in the places she explored. As a visitor to the exhibition, it seemed then that the absence of mankind—in the work of an artist known for featuring people and undressing the human condition—was a striking statement by the artist. When I pressed further, Sim shared that addressing denuclearisation through a human interest story could be compelling, but could also be reductionistic if it was presented through a singular, individual perspective, given the scale of such an extensive geopolitical issue.
Given Fallout's commission by the Nobel Peace Prize, observers may have predicted the exhibition adopting a pacifist approach against nuclear armament. Sim explains that the exhibition could have taken a more didactic turn to explicitly portray the devastating effects of nuclear weapons on mankind, featuring the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The present approach paid dividends; Sim shared the positive reception to Most People Were Silent; the good turnout included some elderly, surely an atypical demographic. During a public discussion, former employees at nuclear facilities praised how the body of work captured the complexities of their profession and, Sim was impressed by the quality of discourse.
From "Fallout", 2017, 35mm digital. An anti-ballistic missile defense radar facility, North Dakota, November 2017. / The pyramid-shaped Missile Site Control Building stands in the middle of the Stanley R Mickelsen SAFEGUARD Complex. This anti-ballistic missile defense site — the only one to be built in the US — was designed to detect and intercept attacking nuclear warheads from Soviet missiles coming over the North Pole. Nuclear-tipped Sprint and Spartan anti-ballistic missiles were deployed at the site to shoot down the incoming Soviet missiles. The facility, built in the early to mid 1970s at a cost of US$5.7 billion, near Langdon, North Dakota, was fully operational for only a day in October 1975 before Congress voted to shut it down. At the time it had one of the most advanced radar systems, and boasted one of the most powerful computers, in the world. Because of its effect as a deterrent to the Soviets, it is seen as having been a bargaining chip for the US in the SALT treaties. Picture by Sim Chi Yin for the Nobel Peace Center/2017
The challenge in the time of social media for documentarians like herself isn't to preach to the converted, but to spur interest among people with different mindsets.
One important consideration in reaching a wide audience was taking a neutral position and an open-ended approach as opposed to a moralistic one. Sim recalled learning a valuable lesson from her previous project, Day Off. The collaboration with migrant worker rights group TWC2 was meant to address misconceptions about the entitlements of domestic workers. Sim featured domestic workers on their day off: doing everyday activities that a typical Singaporean would on weekends such as shopping and hanging out with their friends.
Even though the work enjoyed high visibility in public places, the lukewarm reception suggested that explicit activism was not something that Singaporeans are receptive to. Despite this, Sim believes that the arts can reach people in a transcendental way. The challenge in the time of social media for documentarians like herself isn't to preach to the converted, but to spur interest among people with different mindsets. Although Sim is wary of being overly prescriptive in Most People Were Silent, she feels it is important for a piece of work to carry a point of view.
Chi Yin Sim (@chiyin_sim) photographs the air intake and exhaust stacks of the underground power station at the Stanley R. Mickelsen Site outside Nekoma, North Dakota on November 17, 2017. The Stanley R. Mickelsen Site's purpose was to intercept incoming Soviet missiles. The complex was designed to withstand anything but a direct nuclear hit and contained a vast underground structure from which personnel could manage the site's computers and radar. // Photo by Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft (@gabrielellisonscowcroft).
I wonder about the parallels between the observers of the Trinity nuclear test, and the bulk of present-day society's attitudes toward activism and art, as J. Robert Oppenheimer had once said, "Few people laughed, few people cried, most people were silent." Does the phrase "most people were silent" indicate most people's apathy towards global and social issues today?
I struggle to remember if Oppenheimer's interview was being played on a loop at the exhibition, my aural memory obfuscated by the dispassionate crackling of the Geiger counter.
* Lee, H.L. "Better Home, Brighter Tomorrows." Press Statements and Speeches, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, n.d.. Web. 26 November. 2018.
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Israel-Hamas war deals blow to schools in Gaza
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The jewel of Gaza's bare-bones education system — a U.S.-style school on lush grounds overlooking the Mediterranean — is now a mound of broken concrete. The territory's only laboratory for genetic testing, at a Gaza university, lies in ruins.
With 37 primary and secondary schools destroyed or damaged by air strikes, and 18 others still serving as refugee shelters, learning in Gaza has become even more of a struggle.
Israel says the attacks on schools struck militants and a weapons lab during its three-week war against Hamas. Gaza educators say Israel hasn't provided proof to back up its claims, adding the strikes on some of its best educational institutions set back efforts to develop the impoverished territory.
Even before the offensive, overcrowding had forced most of Gaza's 380 primary and secondary schools to run morning and afternoon shifts of no more than four hours each to accommodate 450,000 students.
The American International School of Gaza, near the northern town of Beit Lahiya, stood apart from the rest. Sitting on an 8-acre plot, it was an oasis in dusty and crowded Gaza, with its lawns, palm trees and roses.
Founded by Gaza academics in 1999, the school taught in English, followed a U.S. curriculum and offered field hockey and American football along with academics, to children from kindergarten through 12th grade.
"This was a great school," said Shareefa el-Helou, 17, who now crams for SATs in math and biology at an uncle's home because her family's apartment was damaged in the fighting. "We used to do fun days, sports days, bake sales."
Since 2004, suspected Islamic extremists repeatedly targeted the school, presumably over its Western outlook and coed system. Assailants burned five of the six school buses and mortar attacks destroyed the administration offices, art room and cafeteria.
Still, the school kept going. This year it had 220 students, who were on Christmas break when the offensive began Dec. 27.
A week later, an Israeli warplane flattened the two-story school building.
During a recent visit, glass shards were scattered across the ground. Tank treads were still visible, leading from a crushed gate to a flattened slide in the kindergarten playground.
Shredded books stuck out from rubble. A copy of the 2006-07 yearbook lay amid broken concrete, dusty but intact. "Our leaders of tomorrow," read the caption under the school photo, showing students sitting on bleachers, dressed in white shirts and navy pants.
Senior Maise Hakoura, 17, said her paperwork is buried under the rubble and that she is worried about getting her high school transcripts to three Canadian colleges on time.
Israel's military says Gaza militants used the campus to launch rockets, turning it into a legitimate target. The military said Monday it was looking into a request for evidence, such as video from unmanned spy planes showing militants in the area.
Israel says it has the right to defend itself, even at the cost of disrupting lives.
Several empty schools and kindergartens in southern Israel were struck by rockets fired from Gaza during the fighting, said Yuval Steinitz, a legislator from the hawkish Likud Party.
"If Hamas is shooting or hiding rockets to shoot from such places (schools) ... would you like us to sit down and see our children getting killed, and not to react?" Steinitz asked.
Other Israelis, however, question the scope of the destruction.
Dovish former Education Minister Yossi Sarid said Gaza's schools should have been off limits unless they were proven militant strongholds. "Since I'm not convinced that this was the case, as far as I'm concerned schools and other educational institutions are not targets for soldiers to shoot at," he said.
Mohammed Nairab, the principal of the international school, said he couldn't prove militants didn't use the compound during the break. But he said the destruction was counterproductive.
"I do see it (the school) as a bridge between the Arab culture and the American culture, and it serves American culture in this respect," said Nairab, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.
Gaza's other private schools have a Christian or Islamic affiliation.
The American school will resume classes next week in a three-story building with a small garden in Gaza City. Nairab said the school will eventually rebuild.
In another strike, Israeli warplanes hit the science and engineering labs of the Islamic University in Gaza City, the territory's oldest and biggest college-level institution, with more than 20,000 students.
The university has long been considered a Hamas stronghold. Many of the group's leaders have taught there, from Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to strongman Mahmoud Zahar. At the height of internal Palestinian fighting February 2007, Fatah forces loyal to Hamas' rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, attacked the university.
During a recent tour, a poster showing 24 Hamas fighters killed in the war was seen pinned to an outdoor bulletin board.
Israel targeted the school because of military activities there, Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said. "Hamas was using it as a command and control center, and the labs were used to construct weapons," he said.
University President Kamalain Shaath challenged Israel to prove that weapons were produced in the labs, which he said provided unique services to the community, such as genetics and environmental testing. He claimed Israel was trying to hold Gaza back by targeting some of its most advanced institutions.
Many students at Islamic University are not Hamas followers, but go there because it offers courses not available elsewhere in Gaza, Shaath said.
Mkhaimar Abusad, who teaches political science at the school's main rival, the Fatah-linked Al Azhar University, said the destruction of the labs amounts to collective punishment. "Basically, by destroying one building, it (Israel) is not punishing Hamas, but an entire community," he said.
Associated Press writer Ibrahim Barzak in Gaza City contributed to this report.
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16/04: What Is The Best Embroidery Machine This Year ?
Are you looking for the answer of that kind of question? Get the answer on this article.
The position of first best sewing and embroidery machine is definitely taken by Brother Project. This company already showed superb work related to the world of sewing and embroidery. To begin with, the LB6800PRW series has 70 designs and frame patterns as well as fonts. The workspace is in 4 x 4 inches. This size makes user have the right size of any personalized design.
The top innovation of this series, compared to the previous products, is that this one completed with better bobbing winding system. This feature allows you to wound the bobbin only in a single minutes within simple steps. A fitting rolling bag is also another feature you can enjoy from this series.
For more, this sewing and embroidery machine also completed with LCD display to ease your work in choosing the design. If what is offered cannot suit your taste, you can connect it to PC as well to import your desired design. USB cable, embroidery hoop, embroidery bobbin thread, and sewing feet are some pieces that you will get on the set.
If you are looking for sewing and embroidery machine with superior level of control and powerful features, this one is definitely the best choice to pick. Firstly, this machine is completed with bobbin winding motor. It means that this machine is able to make new bobbin winded even though the machine is working a certain design.
Second, as its title suggest, this machine has four needle machine. It is compatible with Tajima hoops manufactured by this company. Besides that, it also gives four hoops in the making process. This feature makes Janome MB 4S compatible with many designs format including DST. Moreover the embroidering speed can reach 800 spm.
Regarding the workspace, this machine provides easy use and user interaction in the utmost level. Editing and controlling anything will be easier as there is Remote Computer Screen as well. Last, this machine also has LED lights to make your work even better when you work in the low light or demand clearest result.
On the last list, this sewing machine is undoubtedly can give perfect result of sewing and embroidery. Besides that, the price is also affordable. Among all of the features offered, the ease of threading sits on the first position. It is because this machine is completed with automatic needle threader in just six second.
Besides that, the bobbin system also provides clear cover to monitor the supply of bobbin thread. As a result, you will get smoother process when using this machine. For more convenient, this machine also provided LED light. It will illuminate your workspace area. Moreover, the bulb is specially designed to stay cool even if you use the machine for a long time.
Those are all the answers regarding what is the best embroidery machine.
If you are a graphic designer, you must have the best laptop for graphic design. In fact, different laptops may have different specs so that not all laptops are good enough for graphic design. Therefore, you have to know the tips how to find the best one. There are some tips that you need to consider. Then decide the best one based on your desire. Here are the tips that I can share to you all.
Firstly, what you have to decide is the screen size. As we know, laptops come in various screen sizes. So, in relation to the purpose of graphic design, it depends on your desire. However, you have to make sure that the screen size is big enough so that you can use it comfortably. There are many people who say that 13 inch laptop is the most ideal size of laptop. However, it will not good enough for you who want to use it for graphic design.
If you buy a 13 inch laptop and you use it for graphic design, you may regret it later quickly. In fact, 13 inch screen is not big enough for this purpose. So, the best graphic design laptop must have the larger screen than 13 inches. Most graphic designers prioritize 15 inch and 17 inch laptops. However, you can also consider the bigger options. With big screen, you can see the images on the screen clearly and you can work in graphic designing well. That is why you have to decide the screen wisely.
Today, portability is very important. That is why there are so many laptops that come with light weight. Commonly, chassis that is made from aluminum is lighter in weight rather than one that is made from metal. Portability does not only relate to the weight. It relates to anything that makes the laptop easy to move and carry to anywhere. In this case, you have to pay attention to the battery life, too. Thebest laptop for graphic design must have at least 8 hour battery life. It eases you who often use it for travelling or different places.
Next, we should choose the display. Basically, there are 2 options of display. They are glossy and antiglare. Which one is appropriate for the best laptop for graphic designing? For your information, glossy display usually produces more vivid color. However, some people say that antiglare is better. Is it true? It is right that antiglare display produces less vivid color. However, it is much more accurate. Because of that, we can conclude that laptop that comes with antiglare display is more recommended for graphic design use. So, it becomes an important feature to consider.
When you want to buy a laptop, you certainly decide whether you will buy a used laptop or a new one. It also happens to graphic design laptop where you need to decide this, too. Actually, it depends on your budget. If you have small budget, a used laptop may be the more reasonable choice because it is certainly less expensive. However, you have to make sure that you buy it from the trusted seller. It will be better if you ask for the warranty or the laptop still has long warranty. Anyway, if price does not matter for you, I suggest you to buy the new one.
Operating system is very important, too. It affects the comfort and the performance when you use the laptop. Basically, there are most popular options. They are Windows and Mac OS. So, which one is better? If you use the laptop for general uses or standard uses, Windows becomes the better operating system option. However, it is not good enough for graphic design. The best laptop for graphic design commonly uses Mac for the operating system. That is why Mac is more recommended than Windows in graphic design purpose. Today, there are so many laptops that come with Mac OS so that you can find it easily.
Laptops also come in different models. There are pure laptop and 2 in 1 laptop. If you only use the laptop for graphic design, pure laptop becomes the better choice. However, if you also like using tablet, 2 in 1 laptop will be a good choice because you can transform it from laptop to tablet and vice versa. So, you do not need to buy both laptop and tablet because it can function as either laptop or tablet.
If you ask about the best laptop for graphic designer, pure laptop is surely better than 2 in 1 laptop. However, considering 2 in 1 laptop is also allowed. Today, there are so many laptops that come with 2 in 1 design. Actually, 2 in 1 laptop is divided into 2 categories. The first is hybrid laptop or detachable laptop where you can detach the screen from the keyboard whereas the second one is convertible laptop where the screen can be rotated so that it functions as a tablet.
After we discuss about the tips how to buy it, it will be interesting to know the best option available in the market today. There are so many options but most professional graphic designers use Apple MacBook Pro 15" with Retina Display. It comes with a big screen, portable design, Retina display, and Mac Operating System. So, all the requirements of graphic design is fulfilled.
Nowadays, graphic design is very important. That is why there are many people who want to be a graphic designer. To be a professional graphic designer, you need to prepare everything including a laptop. In this article, we will discuss about the buying guides to find the best laptop for graphic design. In fact, you cannot buy a laptop carelessly because different laptops may have different specs. Therefore, you have to pay attention to the following considerations.
Firstly, you have to pay attention to the RAM offered. In fact, graphic designing requires you to install many apps and program related. If the RAM is not spacious enough, you cannot install them and the performance will also usually slow down especially when you use it for multitasking or heavy duty tasks. That is why you have to make sure that the laptop you want to buy has big enough RAM. The bigger the RAM offered, the better it will be for graphic design. Anyway, RAM has an important role to decide whether the laptop can be a good choice for you or not.
So, how big RAM should be for your purpose? To get the best laptop for graphic design, it should have at least 4 GB RAM. Any kind of RAM is not a problem as well as it has big enough space. Today, there are so many laptops who have RAM with big capacity. Even more, there are many other laptops that come with bigger RAMs. So, if you have much money, you can consider buying a laptop that has 8 GB or more spacious RAM. The performance will be more powerful and you can use the laptop more comfortably.
As we know, the best laptop for graphic design must have a powerful performance. So, you cannot only focus on the RAM but also other specs. There are many specs that affect the performance. One of the most important specs is the processor. What is the processor used for your desired laptop? Can it meet your need of graphic design? There are many types of processor available. Based on the type of processor, we prefer Intel to other processors. Intel is well known with its quality and performance so that you will not be disappointed with it.
Intel processor comes in various models and different models may also have different generations. Anyway, if you want to buy the best laptop for graphic designers, I suggest you to choose one that comes with at least Intel Core i5 processor. Any generation does not matter as long as it is not lower than Intel Core i5. However, if you have more money, it will be better for you to consider buying the higher processor like Intel Core i7. It will be more powerful and can meet your need to graphic design uses.
Graphic design laptops need so many features. One of the most important features for graphic design laptops is graphic card. This feature functions to produce much better visual for graphic design laptops. So, if you want to buy a laptop for graphic design, you have to make sure that the laptop you choose is equipped with this feature. Today, there are various graphic cards from low, mid range, to high end that are available for various laptops. So, you have to prioritize the high end graphic card. It does not only optimize the visual but also adds the graphic experience of using the laptop.
So, what kind of graphic card that belongs to high end? In this case, there are 3 leading categories that are available and I will mention them one by one. The first is NVIDIA. It can be considered as the best one. NVIDIA GeForce comes with various models and you should choose the highest option based on your budget. Besides, AMD also belongs to the most recommended graphic cards available. Then, you can also consider choosing a laptop that features Intel graphic card. Choose one of them based on your desire carefully to get the best laptop for graphic design.
Then, you also need to pay attention to the storage offered. It is usually called as hard drive. There are 2 types of hard drive. They are Hard Disk Drive and Solid State Drive. To buy the best graphic designers' laptop, you have to decide the better one. HDD is commonly less expensive but SSD has the better speed. So, if you have enough budgets, I suggest you to go with SSD rather than HDD. The speed can affect when you transfer data, for example.
256 GB hard drive capacity.
Lastly, you will get the best option if you pay attention to the display and resolution. These factors cannot be separated each other. In relation to the display, a graphic design laptop should have Full HD display. Besides that, it should also come with IPS display. It will optimize the image quality so that you can use it for graphic design comfortably.
Resolution also relates to the image quality produced. So, it should be considered as well. To get the best laptop for graphic design, you have to make sure that the laptop is able to produce images at least in 1,280 x 800 pixels. However, it is just the lowest option. I recommend you to find the higher resolution such as 1,800 x 1,200 pixels or higher. Hopefully this will help you to find the best choice.
Description: Best laptop for graphic design should be chosen carefully. You have to pay attention to some considerations related to the RAM, processor, graphic card, storage, and display.
Men like to have the beard as it increases the perception of masculinity. Indeed, they try to look attractive in front of people. However, to keep the good looking of the long beard is not easy. You need great techniques and devices as well. As a result, you will need best beard trimmer for long beards. Though the shop sells many kinds of beard trimmer. Yet, as we have listed the options for you, you can find the top and best beard trimmer for long beards below.
The first option for getting best beard trimmer for long beards is the one named Remington PG6025 All-in-1 Lithium Powered Grooming Kit. This device is known to have 8 attachments of the package including the full-size trimmer, the nose, ear, and detail trimmer, foil shaver, 3 beard and stubble combs and hair clipper comb with 8 length settings.
What is great from this product is the presence of self-sharpening and surgical steel blades which are useful for the long lasting durability. Also, it has the powerful precision in trimming the hair, especially for long beards. Indeed, as it is called as one of best beard trimmer for long beards, then it is completed with the great features in it.
For instance, it is easy to be washed and has the lithium power with up to 50 minutes. Indeed, by using this best beard trimmer for long beards product you can achieve the style you desire and it is safe for your skin. Also, by buying this product, you will get a travel pouch to bring it everywhere you go.
If you try to find the most comfortable and safe experience while trimming the hair, then having Philips Norelco Multigroom 3100 with 5 attachments is a great way to be chosen. As the consequence, let's have a look at the highlight features of this best beard trimmer for long beards below.
The feature of this best beard trimmer for long beards is just so wonderful as it is made from the chromium steel self-sharpening blades. As a result, this feature enables the long-lasting performance and prevent the skin irritation as well. Moreover, there are 5 tools which are included in one package. There are a full trimmer, nose trimmer, beard and mustache trimmer, detail trimmer, and the stubble comb. The perfect combination of its features allows you to have the precision in beard trimming.
Not only for that, it is built by the 18 length settings which let you have the desired trimming option. This features will allow you to reach the precise point for trimming the long beards. Also, it has the rechargeable battery for 35 minutes of trimming use per 10 hours of charging. What is also great is the way it is valuable for both wet and dry purposes.
Next, you can choose Panasonic ER224S Men's Cordless Wet/Dry Hair as your option for having best beard trimmer for long beards. It is known that this product can work greatly for your the sake of your long beards trimming. Moreover, this product applied the advanced technology of Japanese art of crafting for the blade technology.
The features of this product are very great as it has the waterproof technology and the great stainless steel blades. What is even greater is the way it provides 14 quick-adjust settings for the less time in using the trimmer. Also, as one of best beard trimmer for long beards, it allows you to have the high performance of grooming action due to the presence of cordless hair clipper length. For this reason, it is valuable to help you trimming the long beards to achieve the good looking result. Furthermore, it is designed to be beneficial for wet and dry purposes so that it is fully washable and designed to be a waterproof device. Indeed, by buying this product, you will have the slim and ergonomic beard trimmer for sure.
The last product we recommend you to have as the best beard trimmer for long beards is the one named Remington MB4040 Lithium Ion Powered Men's Rechargeable Mustache Beard and Stubble Trimmer. This product offers you the advanced technology by providing great features. As the consequence, you can check the features of this product below.
Do you need the best beard trimmer for long beards which has the great and sleek design? Then, you can have this type of Remington products as an option. Designed with titanium coated blades, this one is very worth to be used as the daily beard trimmer. With the 3 precision ground blades and 9 length settings, they work together to obtain the great trimming results. Indeed, for those who wish to achieve the perfect trimming for long beards, then it is time to choose this great device. Not only for that, it has Lithium-ion powered and the cordless 120 minutes of run time so you can use it for a longer time than before.
As the conclusion, you can choose the one of best beard trimmer for long beards options above. Make sure to choose the one that fit in your preferences. All of the products above are great, yet, you can choose one that makes you interested in buying. Then, by having one of best beard trimmer for long beards, you will get the unforgettable experience while doing the trim for sure.
When I have to write about the best men's razor for men, I would instantly type 'The Best men's Razor In The World' and the results come up in less than 5 seconds without needing me to try them one by one and go shiny bald. If you're wondering about the result that I got.
1.	Philips Norelco QC5580/40. Being on the top of the list due to its practicality, one that's totally a must when you want to do head shaving on your own. It won the listdue to the price and also the unique design.
2.	Skull Shaver Bald Eagle Smart. Unique design and easy to use, move easily due to its design and with the simple and 'fit in your hand' design, this shaver would make it easier for you to use and can be controlled perfectly. Perfect for face and head shaving.
3.	Philips Norelco Shaver 4500. Good and easy to use for dual purpose, be it for your head and for your face. Not really comfortable due to the non-rotating shape, might be better if you get a help to use it but still easy to use on your face.
4.	Panasonic ES-RT97-S Arc3 Electric Razor. Another all-purpose shaver. Easy ro be cleaned, to be charged, but might be a little bit difficult to use if you want to go all bald.
5.	HeadBlade Sport Razor(purchase it. If unique shape is a must for you then choose this one. Shaped like an ATV, this razor is for head use only.
Those are the top five razors that might meet your need. But as I'd written in an article before, choosing a razor, either for your face or for your head, is very personal what you need (and what suit you) might not even be on the list.
There are two types of shaver, whether you want an all-purpose, which can be used as a face and head shaver or a trimmer, or you can choose a head only shaver. HeadBladefor example is a head only shaver that has been designed uniquely to guarantee a clean and shiny bald head for you. And if you want to talk about the best shaver, you might need to consider getting an all-purpose shaver. Not everyone wants to trim or shave their own head. But think about it, if you have some obsession with having a bald and shiny head, but your hair growing like a weed, you might think about learning to shave your own head. It will actually shave you the cost of having to go to the barbershop, although it might not be as easy as shaving or trimming your facial hair.
It's actually need to be considered whether you want to purchase an electronic shaver for your own use or if you're using it for your business. If you want to use it on your own, especially for head shaving, you might need consider to purchase a shaver that can rotate and more flexible. A shaver with 180 degreesrotation might be what you need to make it easier for you to shave the back of your head, and flexibility is something you need to pay close attention. While an L, traditional shape shaver would be a better use if you want to shave others'. An L shape shaver would allow you to grasp it nicely and easily move it, while it might not be the best shape if you want to do your own shaving. Although might not be a good choice for head shaving, an L shape shaver would still be a good choice for facial trimming or shaving.
Choosing the best kind blade for you is also important. You can either choose a rotary blade, foil, or clipper for convenience sake and the best result.
A rotary blade, as I have written above would guarantee more convenience when you shave your own head. Equipped with 3 or four rotating blades, this is the perfect kind of shaver for guys with longer, thicker, and faster-growing hair as the blades would cut your hair from different directions. Not only for your head, this kind of shaver also great for your face. Though efficient, anyone with more sensitive skin need to be more careful as the fast-moving and sharp blade might cause irritation easily. And this is only recommended for anyone who wants clean shaving and not for precise shaving, for example if you want to leave a little bit of hair for sideburns or goatee. For this category, a Philips Norelco, is the best choice.
Foil Shavers is the best choice for anyone with sensitive skin as this kind of blade would minimize skin to blade contact. This blade would lift your hair before cutting it so you wouldn't need to worry that the blade might harm your sensitive skin. Although, foil shaver might not be as flexible as other kinds of shavers so keep it in a straight line when you want to use this kind of shaver. Braun Series is the best choice for this kind of shavers.
Trimmer/Clippers. Okay, not every guys are aftering a clean, smooth and shiny result. You might want to leave a little bit of hair either when you shave your beard or your head. That's why you need a clipper if you don't want to go all bald but still look trim and clean. but again, this is only for those who want to leave a little bit of hair, not go all smooth, because if you're forcing yourself, you might end up hurting your skin.
As I have mentioned before, though the list above might have given quite a variety of sshavers you can choose, it would still be wise if you choose based on your needs. Because the best on the list doesn't always mean the best for you.
Whenever you're trying to find an electric shaver, for any needs, even for sensitive skin and for women, it's impossible to not hear the mighty name of Philips Norelco. But why? Is it really that good for shaving? All the reviews regarding shaving products, almost all of them, always put Philips Norelco as the top of the best shaver in many categories. Any male grooming sites and any men-stylists would recommend Philips Norelco as once of your shaving kit. Again, this question should be asked. Is it really that good? Or just an overrated shaver that is actually…. not that good? And you can always find a better brand than Philips Norelco. Apparently, thing wasn't always good for Norelco shaver. Far before Norelco shaver existed, Schick (yes, that Schick), had been the pioneer of electric shaver since 1928. While Philips, at the time, a Netherland company was already a big hit on the area of lightbulbs and radios and surviving the horror of 1930's economic depression. Not until 1935, a young Dutchman called Alexandre Horowitz, who's a designer for Philips, came to the US and decided, he had to change the future of electric shaving. Horowitz then came out with the idea of the first rotating blade and launched he very first Philishave during spring 1939. The first philishave was undoubtedly beautiful and practical, even for today standard, with cigar shape and size and elegant black colour. Unfortunately, thing wasn't so good not only for Philips but also for the world as in 1939, the World War began.
Immediately, at the end of the war, Philips put the philishave as one of the main production and needed an innovation. The new innovation came out as Philishave came with a different shape, rather than the old and elegant black cigar shaped shaver, the shaped was changed into a more ergonomic, egg shaped, with a larger shaving head. This product was launched in 1946 and became a hit with Mr. Steelbeard was the mascot for Philishaver. until it was launched in The US at 1948. Philishaver was struggled during it was first launched but regain its market in 1951. Philshaver was known as Norelco in The US market. Philshaver was always the first on his class. It was the first to introduce the flip top cleaning system. The iconic triangle shaped head was introduced. Philshaver was also the first to introduce built in trimmer so now you can get both a shaver and a trimmer at once. This was also the first to introduce cordless shaver, and not until the 1980's the rechargeable shaver was introduced.
Highly innovative, that must be one of the reason why philishaver is always identified with modern electric shaver. In 1992, Stefano Marzano, head of Philips Corporate Design, introduced the new rounded designs, giving a better quality and finishing result. Philishaver immediately respond to the trend of wet shaving in the 1990s. it came with the new Cool Skin design, means a waterproof, reflex action and could be used during shower, and a small amount of Nivea for Men shaving lotion could be applied directly during shaving.
It is completely useless to talk about quality if no award was presented to prove that this shaver is the leading brand. Philips shaver S5370 for example, was awarded with 2015 Design Award. Not to forget Philishaver HS190 which won the same award on the previous year. Being innovative wouldn't be enough if Philishaver or Philips Norelco cannot respond to the needs of its consumer. Norelco read that men are not the only one potential market for modern shaver. Women need to shave too and here Norelco came to fulfill the needs.
Philips Norelco Moi for Me is a product made special for the ladies. While most of men shavers are shaped like an egg with three blades, Norelco Moi for me came with the cute shape of manual razor and a beautiful blue color, with pivoting head. The curves and contours allow user to shave difficult area such as area below your calves. This razor could be used for either wet or dry situation, means the ladies need not to worry when they want to shave during shower or using cream or lotion product. Women are more sensitive toward irritation, so rather than using a rotating blade shape, Norelco Moi for Me came with shaving foil that minimize the contact between skin and blade, also the hypo allergenic shaving foil also helps to prevent rashes and irritation. Jojoba glider improves skin comfort and reducing skin friction.
Philips Ladyshave Electric Shaver is also another product from Philips for women. While more elegant and sophiscated with sleek design, Ladyshave came with the guarantee from Norelco quality. Ladies are not the only 'special costumers' for Norelco. Not only the ladies, there are also male costumers with sensitive skin problem. Norelco responded to this need by creating Norelco Shaver 7300 for Sensitive Skin.Came with anti-friction microbead which coated the blade, resulting smooth glide. And with gentle precision blade system, this shaver will protect your skin while cutting very close to your skin. Unique aquatec technology allows this shaver to be used in both wet and dry situation, and shave to be used alongside shaving cream or other anti-irritation skin care products.
And what's the best feature from Norelco Philips? Of course, being the pioneer for rotary shaver, Norelco can actually brag about being the best rotary shaver. Take a look at one of its best design, Philip Norelco SensoTouch 3D. Being a rotary shaver, means that this shaver is good for both head and facial shaving. Norelco SensoTouch 3D is designed with 3 independent round foils which really sticks and moves along your face that can help to reach your hairs and stubbles easily.