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Dickhead Contestants Are Ruining British Gameshows
They used to be awkward geeks, now they're over-confident berks.
by Joe Bish
15 June 2013, 7:00am
If you've had the misfortune to watch any of the new series of Catchphrase, you'll have noticed a few differences. For one, it is now presented by P&O-ferry-magician-gone-rogue Stephen Mulhern, and not silver Ulster comedian Roy "et's gewd but et's nat kwaite raide" Walker. The clues have changed too, presented now in creepy, early-internet 3D animation, giving it the feel of a learning game you'd have been disappointed to get with a magazine in 1998. These differences are only skin deep, though, and are for the most part tolerable. But there's something more sinister pervading the world of shitty TV gameshows that most people are too busy to actually care about.
Last time I watched it, this abomination occurred: during one of the rounds, a clue came up on the screen. The film showed a woman whose hair was flying away from her, and her leaping in an attempt to keep it on. Keep your hair on, yeah? Hard clue, right? Not really, but what do you, as a contestant, do? You have a think. If you don't know the answer, you leave it. You slap your thighs and kick yourself and Stephen Mulhern gives you a withering look that says "You really shouldn't have put yourself up to this." But what does one of these jokers decide to do? He buzzes in and shouts, "No idea!"
Watch it, it's in the video above at 24:43. The crowd erupts with laughter. Mulhern, with but a look and a smirk, shakes his fist at this comedian. Where did they find this guy?! He buzzed in without knowing the answer? What?!
And here's where the problem lies. I know that most people got bored of moaning about "talent" shows years ago. I know even the cynical speech marks I just put around the word talent are out-of-date and probably made you wince like off milk. But by pandering to the banal narcissism of the public – or at least that section of the public bored enough to apply to gameshows – Big Brother, Britain's Got Talent and all the other well-kicked pigs of weekend TV have created the sort of contestant who goes on a gameshow, and buzzes in when he doesn't know the answer. What was he expecting, a book deal and a Bafta? Mate, you're not the star, you're a prop with a working mouth.
In the same show, about ten minutes earlier (18.40), the other contestant – Debbie – wins a family season pass to just-about-better-than-a-funfair theme park Drayton Manor. And then she starts crying, on national television, because she'll be able to ride the Cranky the Crane Drop Tower for free whenever she likes, between the 15th of March and the 1st of November. I mean, they'd probably have to pay for travel themselves. It's hardly Derek Redmond's dad coming on to carry him across the finishing line, is it?
These people fail to realise that viewers don't watch gameshows for the contestants, but for the games themselves. The game is the star of the show, not you. And nowhere is this rule more flagrantly broken than Noel Edmond's pyschobabbling arsehole beehive Deal Or No Deal. A parade of shit-grinned ponces whipping a studio audience into a lacklustre frenzy to sate their own unjustified TV ego.
If you watch Challenge TV as much as I do, which isn't even that much, honest, then you'll be nostalgically proud of how contestants used to be: freakish, unfashionable, awkward, geeks. You wouldn't trust them to open a can of beans with a fool-proof industrial can opener, such was their look of total thickness. But that's how they're supposed to be, question-answering vessels, buzzer pressers, vicarious intellectual punchbags for us to sneer at when they assert that Courtney Love was married to Axl Rose, or that it was Princess Eugenie who died at the Battle of Hastings. They're not meant to be teeming with jokes and personality, they're just there to be glad to be there.
I suppose that's an issue as well. Back then being on telly was a frighteningly big deal. Now you have your face plastered on the news for dancing around Liverpool Street station with a bunch of other dickheads dressed as frogs. Once upon a time it was like being plucked out of the sky by the gods of fame but today, it's a bit like we're living in Iceland, where everyone in the country has been on TV at least 160 times.
Some would say that it's the fault of Americans, whose gameshow formats have cross-pollinated with our own like squaddies shoving their dicks up bored, sad wives from Nuneaton whose husbands are busy getting PTSD somewhere in a disgusting field in Benelux. The Yanks have an almost natural proclivity for showmanship, but it's not their fault that they're good at it. All white smiles and zany quips, that's their thing, not ours. We do awkward, stilted, unintentionally rude and deathly silent.
Remember Fifteen to One? A semi-circle of geriatrics battling for the last go on the mobility scooter. No talking, no "So what do you do?", just fucking questions and answers. William G Stewart holding it down in the manner his middle name suggests he would. Mastermind seems to be the last bastion of no-bullshit gameshow quizzes, but it's not really fair, 'cos that's the point of it: its "thing" is to be as stern and austere as possible, it's the gameshow equivalent of the Heygate Estate or a 12-inch by Shed.
Over-enthusiastic contestants make these shows unwatchable. It is toe curling to watch someone genuinely believe, during their 15 minutes of micro-fame, that they are who we've tuned in to see. That the game they're playing is just an opportunity for them to shine and that as soon as the applause rings out and the show's over, they'll be led backstage and away from the families they came to the studio with into the world of metropolitan showbiz oblivion that they were always really destined for. Do you know why Daryl from Weston-Super-Mare isn't presenting T4? Because Daryl's about as interesting as a fucking photo album of your cousin's wedding.
Leave it to the professionals and be happy with your holiday to Universal Studios. Or go on BGT, and live out your dream of being a forgettable scab on the face of entertainment in front of people who'll momentarily seem to give a shit about your "talent".
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Middle of May, Sun is shining again, Winter sleep is officially over!
Opening one eye, realizing the sun is shining, is the best beginning of the day for me. My daughter came in the room and told me I have to get out! No problem girl, mummy is coming!!
Straight away all ideas for the day formed in my head, but first coffee time!!
After my morning coffee and cuddles with my girls, I decided to do some DIY.
It was a while ago, I decided already the girls dresser needed some upcycling, and today seemed the best day for it!
Because of the move a month ago, I still had lots of buckets half full of paint left. Since my DYI-ing, I am turning in a bit of a hoarder, so obviously I didnt threw it out :).
The dresser the girls had was boring old white and My Mum-In-Law decided a couple of months ago together with Sofia that it would be nice to put some ' Hello Kitty ' stickers on it.. I thought what the heck, if my daughters like that, let them put the stickers on..
Ofcourse as Sofia sometimes get bored and therefor has destructive rages, Kitty turned out headless and armless and ugly..Poor Kitty..
So it was time to say ' Bye Kitty' !
While I started sanding the dresser, just to be sure that the paint would latch,and put the first layer on..
The neighbor boys Pera and Marti dropped in. They wanted to play with Sofia and Livia.
Eva, their mother ran screaming behind them , as she didn't realize that they were gone.
Then she decided that we should go with them to their summer house in the mountains of Montcada.
I thought why not.. dropped the paint brush, and off Sofia and me were..
Sofia loved the mountains ,and especially all the flowers on the mountain pad up.. Sofia and flowers is like asking for an extra hour walk, as she wont leave till all the flowers are in her hand..and mama's..and basically everybody who has hands..
We found some lovely poppy's and Eva showed the kids that the knobs ' pop' on your hand when you 'tick' them on your hand. Well call me a Nature monster.. I didn't even know that!
After an hour or two having a lovely time with the kids in the summerhouse, we went back home..
The kids were tired, so off to bed for a siesta and for me it was painting time again!!
After a couple of hours drawing and painting I was chuffed with the result!
I made a lovely butterfly on a green background, only to find out when I put the drawer back in the dresser, that the butterfly was upside down AAAARRGGHHHH!!!
So with a wet cloth and some extra paint I was entering this butterfly war!
After the dresser was done and everything ( including myself) was clean, Hubby already started cooking.. yummy panga fish with oven potatoes and grilled pepper and onion.. It was a nice meal after a nice productive day!
But wait.. I'm not in bed yet.. My crafty fingers are still tickling , so now i am off making some nice coasters for on the table..
Gorgeous dresser! And a lovely day with the mountain trip too, and nice dinner and crochet! Sofia is so sweet and Livia in the chair with the book!


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The Lena Pillars are a complex of vertically elongated rocks stretching for many kilometers, fancifully piling up along the Lena River in far eastern Siberia, a deep valley cutting through the Prilenskoe plateau. located in the Republic of Sakha, one of the subjects of the Russian Federation.
The site is marked by spectacular natural stone columns about 100 m high, along part of the course of the Lena River in Yakutia.The columns were formed by a phenomenon of erosion – called cryoclasty – because of the hypercontinental climate and its enormous thermal amplitudes (around 100 ° C) between winter and summer. Under the action of freezing and thawing, the water which penetrates from the surface digs deep gullies which have gradually isolated the harder parts of the rock, thus forming these "columns"
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The natural park "Lena Pillars" was established by a decree of the President of Yakutia on August 16, 1994. It includes two branches – Stolbove and Sinski. It has an area of 485 thousand hectares. The main goal of the park is the development of ecotourism. In addition to the Lenski Pillars, the park is home to sand massifs (tuculans), Neolithic stone tools, unique ecosystems of permafrost, remains of mammoths, bison and woolly rhinos.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012, since August 6, 2018, the Lena Pillars acquired the status of a national park of Russia.The Lena Pillars National Nature Reserve was established in 1995 and since then has attracted the attention of not only tourists, many of whom are foreigners, but also scientists. Visitors can have the opportunity to see these columns on the river when contacting any tour company located in the city of Yakutsk.
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The natural park "Lena Pillars" is located on the banks of the Lena River, in the Khangalassky and Olekminsky districts (ulus), in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), in the north-east of Russia / The natural park "Lena Pillars" can be reached in summer by motor ships, motor boats and speed boats, and in winter by car and snowmobiles (the distance to Yakutsk is 220 kilometers).
The Lena Pillars are a complex of vertically elongated rocks stretching for many kilometers, fancifully piling up along the Lena River in far eastern Siberia, a deep valley cutting through the Prilenskoe plateau. located in the Republic of Sakha, one of the subjects of the Russian Federation.The site is marked by spectacular natural stone columns about 100 m high, along part of the course of the Lena River in Yakutia.The columns were formed by a phenomenon of erosion – called cryoclasty – because of the hypercontinental climate and its enormous thermal amplitudes (around 100 ° C) between winter and summer. Under the action of freezing and thawing, the water which penetrates from the surface digs deep gullies which have gradually isolated the harder parts of the rock, thus forming these "columns" Natural Park : The natural park "Lena Pillars" was established by a decree of the President of Yakutia on August 16, 1994. It includes two branches – Stolbove and Sinski. It has an area of 485 thousand hectares. The main goal of the park is the development of ecotourism. In addition to the Lenski Pillars, the park is home to sand massifs (tuculans), Neolithic stone tools, unique ecosystems of permafrost, remains of mammoths, bison and woolly rhinos. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012, since August 6, 2018, the Lena Pillars acquired the status of a national park of Russia.The Lena Pillars National Nature Reserve was established in 1995 and since then has attracted the attention of not only tourists, many of whom are foreigners, but also scientists. Visitors can have the opportunity to see these columns on the river when contacting any tour company located in the city of Yakutsk.
The natural park "Lena Pillars" was organized on the basis of the decree of the President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) of August 16, 1994.
The area of the park is 1353 thousand hectares , the park consists of two branches – "Stolby" and "Sinsky". The main task of the park is considered to be the development of ecological tourism.
On the territory of the Tukulan site, scientists have discovered the remains of a mammoth, an ancient bison and an ancient rhinoceros.
For a long time this place was sacred for Yakuts and Evenks. Ordinary people were ordered to go there. They feared the wrath of the rock spirits. Many believed that the pillars are frozen statues of people created by unknown otherworldly forces. Only a select few, elders or all-powerful shamans, dared to approach these mysterious rocks.
On the rocks along the banks of the Lena and Sinyaya rivers, numerous petroglyphs were discovered – rock paintings made with yellow mineral paint by the ancient inhabitants of these places.
Activities : photo opportunities / excursion walks in Tuculana / Accommodation at camp sites / Guided tours to the Lena Pillars can be purchased at any travel agency in Yakutsk. / In summer months, rafting on the Buotama and Sinyaya rivers is possible.
Go next :An Ancient Paleolithic Man Site : Deering-Yuryakh / sand dunes "Tukulan" / the Elanka rocks, Nozdrevataya cave /
/ Yakutsk is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about 450 kilometers (280 mi) south of the Arctic Circle.
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Anna Stepanovna Demidova (en ), née le  à Tcherepovets dans l'oblast de Vologda et morte le  à Iekaterinbourg est une femme de chambre de l'impératrice Alexandra Fiodorovna. Elle était surnommée Niouta. Elle fut assassinée avec les membres de la famille impériale dans l'entresol de la maison Ipatiev.

Biographie
Issue d'une famille de la petite bourgeoisie russe, Anna Stepanovna Demidova naquit à Tcherepovets.

Jeunesse
Son père, Stepan Alexandrovitch Demidov, commerçant aisé de la ville de Tcherepovets était membre du conseil de la ville et membre du Zemski sobor. Anna Demidova avait un frère, N. Demidov, l'un des fondateurs à Tcherepovets d'une association caritative venant en aide aux pauvres, une sœur, Elizaveta Stepanovna Demidova.

Anna Demidova passait pour être une jeune femme blonde, grande et sculpturale.

Elle sortit diplômée de l'institut Iaroslav pour gens de maison et obtint à sa sortie un certificat d'enseignante. Elle parlait plusieurs langues étrangères et jouait du piano.

Service à la Cour impériale de Russie
Niouta était amie d'Elizaveta Ersberg, femme de chambre à la Cour impériale. L'impératrice Alexandra Fiodorovna remarqua les travaux manuels de Niouta lors d'une exposition au monastère Leouchinsky à Iaroslav et la fit engager au service de la famille impériale en 1901. Anna Demidova s'éprit pendant son service à la Cour du britannique Charles Sidney Gibbes (1876-1963) alors professeur d'anglais des grandes-duchesses, puis, à partir de 1913, précepteur du tsarévitch Alexis. (Concernant cette passion amoureuse aucune source sérieuse n'existe à ce jour)

Anna Demidova et sa famille furent anoblis pendant sa carrière à la Cour.

L'exil

Après l'abdication de Nicolas II, Anna Demidova continua à servir la famille impériale à Tsarkoïe Selo et elle accompagna la famille impériale dans son exil à Tobolsk. Elle la suivit encore le , à Ekaterinbourg. Elle confia un jour à Charles Sidney Gibbes : « J'ai tellement peur des Bolcheviks, je ne sais pas ce qu'ils vont faire de nous ».

Décès
Dans la nuit du 16 juillet au , Anna Demidova fut réveillée, comme les autres personnes détenues dans la villa Ipatiev, et reçut l'ordre de s'habiller. Niouta portait deux oreillers dans lesquels des bijoux avaient été dissimulés. Après la première salve de coups de feu tirée par les criminels, Anna Demidova, blessée, perdit connaissance. Revenue à elle, elle s'exclama : « Dieu merci ! Dieu m'a sauvée! » Ayant entendu sa voix, les assassins se tournèrent vers elle. Elle cria, elle pleura, elle tenta de se défendre, mais fut finalement poignardée à mort par des baïonnettes.

Inhumation
Quatre-vingts ans plus tard, la petite-nièce d'Anna Stepanovna Demidova, Natalia Demidova assista aux funérailles de sa grand-tante et de la famille impériale en la cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Paul à Saint-Pétersbourg.

Canonisation

Anna Demidova fut canonisée en 1981, comme nouvelle martyre, par l'Église orthodoxe à l'étranger. En 2000 après bien des débats, l'Église orthodoxe russe la déclara martyre de l'oppression de l'Union soviétique.

Réhabilitation des victimes de la Maison Ipatiev

Le procureur général de Russie réhabilita Anna Stepanovna Demidova à titre posthume, le . « Toutes ces personnes ont été victimes de la répression sous la forme d'arrestation, de déportation et soumises à une surveillance des organes du Guépéou sans raisons », - déclara le représentant de la Justice de la fédération de Russie

Les victimes de la Maison Ipatiev

Reconstitution de l'apparence des détenteurs de crânes
Le , une enquête fut diligentée par le procureur général de la Russie, le criminologue Sergueï Sergueïevitch Nikitine reconstitua l'apparence des détenteurs de crânes trouvés dans le puits de mine situé près du village de Koptiaki selon la méthode de l'anthropologue Mikhaïl Mikhaïlovitch Guerassimov (1907-1970).

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Naissance en janvier 1878
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Ending stigma and discrimination: A migrant returnee's perspective (Story)
Monday, 18 Oct 2021 by Mamina Jallow
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https://www.gambia.com/ending-stigma-and-discrimination-a-migrant-returnees-per…
Migration in The Gambia has existed for centuries. Since the creation of man, our ancestors have migrated in many different ways.
Before, when a returnee would come back to his or her community or country of origin, members of his or her family, friends, neighbors and the community at large greet them with joy and happiness, as long as they made it back safely, even if they failed abroad.
The only thing they consider is their well-being. The person will be given support morally and financially given courage and confidence that they can make it in their home country.
However, in the 21st century, many migrant returnees face stigma and discrimination, especially those who have gone through the irregular migration route known as the 'backway' in The Gambia.
If one comes back to The Gambia without money or without entering Europe, many face a lot of stress, stigma and discrimination, on top of all the trauma they faced on the journey. There is one thing that cannot not be erased from your memory until you die: the regret of not being able to enter Europe with all the resources lost.
The moment some returnees return back to their country or the community they came from, they are not well-received. People do not consider whether they came with a sound mind or in good health conditions. The dignity and respect they deserve will not be respected by some.
A number of returnees come back with health complications and trauma. The first thing that people would say is, "all his friends and companions entered Europe, while he came home with nothing." They will say the person is afraid, and they will also label the individual a loser and bad luck to the family and society. If the migrant is a woman, they might say she was involved in prostitution. If it is a man, they will say he was not trying.
Society might associate them with different bad behaviors. People will not even want to get closer to them or listen, despite all the experiences they had on their journey. Returnees might be categorized differently. Some people in the community and society will have a perception that they will not make it again in life.
For there to be a better world for migrant returnees in The Gambia, our family members, friends, relatives, and society should be a source of hospitality, not hostility. There should be proper mechanisms for migrant returnees to address their concerns and improve their situations.
In terms of their reintegration, family members and friends should welcome migrant returnees with open arms and accord them with love and respect. They should not be seen as guests but as ordinary people among them, who happened to travel and return. Having gone through a difficult past, they need support to achieve a good state of mind upon return.
It is time for people in societies to change their perceptions of migrant returnees, because migrants are their friends and family members first before they became migrants. Returning home does not mean you are a failure. What can be achieved beyond can be achieved within.
This story was written by Mamina Jallow, Migrants as Messengers (MaM) Volunteer in The Gambia.
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Q: Derivative of long expression renders Piecewise[…<<…>>…] in Jupyter notebook My mathematical problem is to solve the optimization problem:
$$ Max_{u} \quad \mathbb{E}[\gamma S-S^2]$$
where $$S= A_0 u X+a-\max(\alpha u X+b,0)$$
with $\gamma,A_0,a,\alpha,b$ some constants and $X\sim N(\mu,\sigma)$.
As a starting point, I was trying to compute the tedious expectation via
Expectation[gamma*(a0*u*x+a-Max[alp*u*x+b,0])-((a0*u*x+a-Max[alp*u*x+b,0]))^2, x \[Distributed] NormalDistribution[mu, sig]]

and here is the output:

using the Wolfram Engine (via Jupyter Interface).
After that, I was trying to take the partial derivative with respect to $u$ using
D[%,u]

and it renders a very strange output:

My feeling is that the expression is so long that it is unable to display it so the problem is not from the mathematical difficulty but more from the display. I searched on stackexchange but couldn't find a similar issue.
Do you know what the exact issue is and I can get the proper derivative ?
Thanks a lot !
Edit: The problem is now solved thanks to the solution below. Since some people comment that they can't recover my output, here is the full Jupyter output:

A: Clear["Global`*"]

To get the simplest form you need to tell Mathematica any constraints on the variables. For example,
$Assumptions = {mu ∈ Reals, sig > 0, alp > 0, u > 0, b > 0};

$Assumptions will automatically be used by any function that uses the option Assumptions (e.g., Expectation, FullSimplify)
expr = Expectation[
   gamma*(a0*u*x + a -
       Max[alp*u*x + b, 0]) - ((a0*u*x + a - Max[alp*u*x + b, 0]))^2,
   x \[Distributed] NormalDistribution[mu, sig]] // FullSimplify

(* 1/2 (-2 a^2 -
   b (b + gamma) - (-2 a0 (b + gamma) +
      alp (2 b + gamma)) mu u - (2 a0^2 - 2 a0 alp + alp^2) (mu^2 +
      sig^2) u^2 + 2 a (b + gamma + (-2 a0 + alp) mu u) -
   alp E^(-((b + alp mu u)^2/(2 alp^2 sig^2 u^2))) Sqrt[2/π]
     sig u (-2 a + b +
      gamma + (-2 a0 + alp) mu u) + (-b (-2 a + b +
         gamma) + (2 a alp + 2 a0 b - alp (2 b + gamma)) mu u -
      alp (-2 a0 + alp) (mu^2 + sig^2) u^2) Erf[(b + alp mu u)/(
     Sqrt[2] alp sig u)]) *)

Taking the derivative
D[expr, u] // FullSimplify

(* a (-2 a0 + alp) mu + a0 (b + gamma) mu -
 1/2 alp (2 b + gamma) mu - (2 a0^2 - 2 a0 alp + alp^2) (mu^2 +
    sig^2) u + (
 E^(-((b + alp mu u)^2/(2 alp^2 sig^2 u^2)))
   sig (-2 a0 b - alp (-2 a + gamma + 2 (-2 a0 + alp) mu u)))/Sqrt[
 2 π] +
 1/2 ((2 a alp + 2 a0 b - alp (2 b + gamma)) mu -
    2 alp (-2 a0 + alp) (mu^2 + sig^2) u) Erf[(b + alp mu u)/(
   Sqrt[2] alp sig u)] *)

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FYI, we have achieved our monthly target already. You can see our Trade Performance for May 2010. We have 80% for the month with a floating loss of 35%, so that is still a decent 45% in the bag. Note that the loss is hedged, so we will be closing our orders when the trend resumes it course down to parity. Since March 2010, we stand at approx. 120% in the bank.
The last week of May should be an interesting one. this week should set a precedence of what awaits us for the next few weeks. With both Europe and Britain announcing extensive austerity programs, along with the extravagant QE (but not really QE as per ECB), we should expect the markets to retreat some more against the overall trend.
We may not really see a drop to 1.2465, as 1.2500 proved to be a formidable support on Friday. Also, the anticipated ECB intervention may not allow this to happen. We plan to enter our trades at any point between 1.2525 - 1.2550.
Please use a MANUAL trail on the order, as we are not really sure how far this retrace will go. We anticipate at least 1.2900, and a max of 1.3300. Realistically, 1.3100 may prove the point at which it will resume the down trend. But we will see what the markets have in mind as things progress.
Few more possible trades for tonight/tomorrow.
You may want to increase the SL to 1.6300 to be safer, but that does not make it very interesting risk:reward trade. Also, if we are wrong, then we would much rather cut our losses early and move on!
We have entered the above EURUSD trade at 1.2465, but we will see how Asian market starts off. If we do not see much down side to the stock markets, it may be safe to get in at 1.2525'ish area.
Betrayed by the SNB, they were apparently selling their Euros to "diversify" - does not make much sense as they have accumulated Billions upon Billions of Euros in the past 24 months. Maybe they know something that we do not - and that is the scary part.
The signals account at Zulu took a massive beating as a result, but we will persevere. Of course, we were heavily exposed on the Euro longs, expecting that ECB intervention to come through. We do run into these market bending issues from time to time.
We are going to stay out of the markets for a day or so.
As a general idea, plan to short the Euro around 1.2450 levels, and keep you stops tight - around 1.2480 (30 pips). Target 30-70 pips.
Even though, it is due to over trading on my part, I am at a critical loss level for the month. The demo account is down 12%, which is very close to the 15% cut-off limit per month. So I need to tread cautiously. We have the open GBPUSD trade, which we will allow to run its course.
Sorry for the midday entry guys, but it looks like the ECB intervention is currently going on. Last week they purchased close to 10Billion in Euro Bonds that no one else would touch and then drained the additional liquidity form the markets. Considering that the market is facing a liquidity shortage, that caused a lot more panic, which weirdly enough led to a revival of sorts on the EURUSD pair. It looks like there may be a repeat of the same, as the ECB tries again to get a grip on the fast looming disaster. They tried to buy a couple of years to fix the problems, looks like it worked for approximately 2 weeks.
That said, I am ready to short the Euro at 1.2345 with a SL at 1.2345 TP 1.2100.
If the options barrier at 1.2100 does break, then, technically, that opens the flood gates right up to 1.18 and beyond. We have hit the 50% Fibo line of the Euro absolute peak to valley trading range which is at 1.2132 - we came as low as 1.2142. If you draw the fibo extensions at 161% - that line falls right around 1.18.
This does not mean it will go right there immediately (could happen, but we need to see), but with the circuit breaker trip this morning at the NYSE, this could be the sign that the proverbial socks is going to hit the fan and hard.
You may want to hold off on this trade, as we have what appears to be a double bottom. While it is NOT one, too many people misinterpret a double bottom, enough to cause an impact the markets.
We came very close, within 1 pip. I still feel I am right about the trade, nothing has changed really, just being extra cautious in view of our recent losses.
Levaz wrote: Sorry for the midday entry guys, but it looks like the ECB intervention is currently going on. Last week they purchased close to 10Billion in Euro Bonds that no one else would touch and then drained the additional liquidity form the markets. Considering that the market is facing a liquidity shortage, that caused a lot more panic, which weirdly enough led to a revival of sorts on the EURUSD pair. It looks like there may be a repeat of the same, as the ECB tries again to get a grip on the fast looming disaster. They tried to buy a couple of years to fix the problems, looks like it worked for approximately 2 weeks.
We will continue to tend to our existing trades, The EURUSD short was picked up earlier in the after hours surge, which must have obviously been the ECB buying. We will get a confirmation of this in a few hours or so. The stock markets closed in negative, and the Korean situation is just getting worse. So this should continue to bear heavily on the Asian markets, which should take us int eh right direction.
The GBPCHF trade is alive and kicking, all indicators are still consistent with a 1.6800 target.
Note that the SL and TP remain the same no matter which entry point we choose (get).
Looks like the bottom held yet again for the Euro, for now at least. I hope you guys got the 100 off pips from this trade.
Time to close the GBPCHF as well. We are in profit also - another 150 pips or so.
Dont know if any of you picked up the USDCAD trade, at the higher entry point, but it is currently around 20 pips down, went as far as 80 pips down. Let us see how that pans out.
I am waiting of the lower entry points for both USDCAD as well as the USDCHF. That would prove to be a nice 500 - 700 pip trade, if it ever does go that low.
Looks like the European Sh*t has hit the fan (or it will shortly, anyways). short of a direct intervention into the forex markets, the Euro should break the bottom of 1.2142 tonight.
While I feel it is unlikely that we will get either of our preferred entry points listed above due to the current shedding of the Euro by almost everyone and their uncles, we have several other options.
This will only work if you eye the Asian market tonight, as they are most likely to take the lead and drop the Euro. Unless there is some terrible disaster in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, (you get my point), it is almost a given that the Euro is going down. Tonight is as good as any other night.
Even China has decided to demand austerity from the erstwhile Rulers of the World. They have decided to rebalance their bonds portfolio, currently worth about USD 640 Billion (equal in Euros).
All Asian exporters have been buying their own currencies to shore up the value, and then turning around and selling the Euro. Even the SNB has been selling the Euros a little at a time. There are apparently no buyers!!
Coming to the point, you want to watch the pair and short it when it has comfortably crossed the "defined" low. So I would suggest that you get ready to place market orders at 1.2130'ish - DO not place pending orders. Keep your Stops VERY tight if you do this, you will have to risk an immediate comeback or two to 1.2142 FOR SURE. So go tot he lower Time Frames, and sell at the first instance it crosses 1.2130, set you SL to 1.2150 or 1.2155 and target is the same at 1.2000 The Signal to sell will be an official DENIAL from the Chinese that they are looking to re-balance their bonds portfolio.
There is a large option barrier there, so that will be the obvious target of the big players. Once accomplished, there may be a comeback (as they will withdraw their weapons as soon as they taste victory).
The official denial was done last night (during London trading) by both - China's SAFE (official USD 2.4 Trillion investment arm of the Chinese govt.) and CIC (China's aggressive USD 300 Billion Sovereign hedge fund). This was also followed by similar verbiage from KIA (Kuwait Investment Authority) which is Kuwait's Sovereign Wealth fund estimated at USD 200 - 500 Billion.
Such denials gave the EURUSD the extra room to push almost to our second Short around 1.2348 (actual came at 1.2344) and now languishing at the support line once again.
What does this mean - short of a guarantee, it means that the EURUSD is more likely than not headed down to 1.16-1.18 area in the next few weeks.
We are still hopeful for a retrace to the 1.2700 - 1.300 area - a short squeeze to get the smaller traders out and probably going long - before the big boys decide they have had enough fun and let the trend continue.
Wow, did you guys see the recovery of the RISK pairs. All this ONLY because China said they would still buy Euro bonds. They are quite a power house.
Based on the Daily charts and using the Trend line from peak 1.5140 on Dec 3, 2009 to 1.3678 on April 14, 2010, we arrive at a possible peak of 1.3200.
Using the 25, 50 and 100 day Moving Averages, we get a possible 1.3100 as of today. that will move based on the current prices until they eventually make contact.
The reason I mention these numbers is that these areas will be the critical positions to short the Euro and hold on to those shorts till it hits 1.1000 (predicted by others to occur before year end!!).
Start with small positions, using 100 pip Stop loss settings, and add positions every 200 pips ONLY on confirmation that there are no reversals due.
There are bound to be some losing trades with those first shorts, but that is the price you will have to pay in order to get in at the correct entry.
In the interim, we should be able to short the Euro again around 1.2750'sh, make a couple of bucks and see if it will go higher to meet the trend line and the MA.
The GBPCHF trade finally hit the target. Sadly, I believe it may have some more room, but we will wait for the turn around.
Looks like we will be waiting for these two to come into play soon. Do not use these levels as they are a day old already. Just be ready to get in on them around the demarcated area, +/- 50 pips or so. I will give you the signals when the time is right.
We will also be looking to short the Euro. I am considering 1.2500 - 1.2600 area for now. We need to see how strong this retrace proves to be. And the reaction to any further bad news.
As mentioned earlier, SAFE, CIC, KIA, etc. have all officially denied that they are re-evaluating their Euro positions/holdings/future investments - That is our SELL signal. "It is not really official till the first denial" I truly believe that the current surge in the Euro is a short squeeze, as as happened with the EURAUD and EURCAD last week. It is meant to shake out the weaker players, the smaller accounts, and even get those people to go int he new "trending" direction.
Remember, nothing has changed in the fundamentals - USD, EUR, GBP and JPY are all disasters that have only been postponed. The USD is not strong so much as the Euro / GBP are weak. The Yen has still not recovered from the 1980's bubble. And guess what lessons were learned from their mistakes and NOT repeated by both the US and ECB policy makers ??
I wait for the optimum entry points as specified. If i do not get picked up, I will wait for another chance which will come soon enough.
Hope that those of you that took the 1.2308 trade got your 100 pips and left.
I am still waiting for the 1.2228 entry, may revise that lower once I study the numbers tonight.
The GBPUSD trade has been picked up, and now we wait. Note that the 100 sMA has been providing us support at the current levels.


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Russell Westbrook stats prove Oklahoma City Thunder not good enough
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Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook is a freak of nature, posting incredible numbers that have not been seen in NBA history.
The big picture: Although Westbrook is able to post amazing numbers in the regular season, it's that same mindset that he plays with that ultimately dooms the Thunder from improving.
"Good Times": Westbrook has taken the league by storm since being drafted fourth overall by the Seattle Supersonics in the 2008 NBA Draft. On a team with future MVP's Kevin Durant and James Harden, and defensive powerhouse Serge Ibaka, Westbrook stood out because of his extreme intensity and his 100 mile-per-hour style of play.
With that quartet on the same team, they were able to take a fledgling Thunder squad to the NBA Finals in 2012, eventually falling to the Miami Heat in five games.
Although he wasn't the primary option on offense, Westbrook still managed to put up solid numbers:
A two-time All-Star (2011, 2012)
Averaged 19.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game.
Shot 42/28/81 percent from the field, 3-point and free throw line, respectively.
However, with Harden being traded to the Houston Rockets in 2012, Durant joining the Golden State Warriors in 2016 and Ibaka being traded to the Orlando Magic that same offseason, the Thunder gave the keys to Wetbrook, hoping he would drive them back to the finals.
Westbrook's world: As the last man standing, Westbrook elevated his game to an incredible level in 2017, posting career-highs in almost every category.
Since the 2016-17 season, Westbrook has:
Won the MVP in 2017.
Averaged a 30-point triple-double season in 2017, the second in league history after Oscar Robertson in 1962.
Averaged a triple-double in three straight seasons (2017, 2018, 2019).
During that span, averaged 26.6 points, 10.6 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game.
After trading for Indiana Pacers' star Paul George and Carmelo Anthony during the 2017 offseason, Oklahoma City looked primed to regain their Thunder as one of the elite teams in the league. Even so, that is easier said than done.
Playoffs? More like layoffs: It seemed like the inclusion of George and Anthony would allow the Thunder to challenge the Warriors and Rockets for Western Conference dominance. But that wasn't the case.
The Anthony/George/Westbrook pairing failed spectacularly, with Anthony proving to be unplayable in the Thunder's six game playoff defeat in 2018 against the Utah Jazz.
Soon after, the Thunder traded Anthony to the Atlanta Hawks. The pairing of George and Westbrook worked better during the 2019 regular season as George solidified himself as an MVP candidate. Nevertheless, playoff success has eluded the Thunder.
With Westbrook leading the charge:
The Thunder have won four playoff games in three seasons.
Failed to advance past the first round.
Outscored by 6.2 points per game by their opponents.
That same tenacity that Westbrook plays with has become a hinderance to the Thunder. He shot a career-worst 36 percent from the field with over four turnovers a game in the 2019 playoffs.
"Changes" featuring talent: If the Thunder want to keep advancing further into the postseason, changes obviously need to be made. As the leader of the team, it all begins with Westbrook and his demeanor.
While Westbrook is putting up amazing statistics on paper, the eye-test shows something different.
He is constantly falling asleep on defense, electing to chase rebounds instead of boxing out.
He tries to bulldoze his way to the rim and throws up a bad shot.
He often takes ill-advised shots, especially from 3-point land where he is a career 30 percent shooter.
He fails to make the proper plays on offense and defense.
Even though stats are important, Westbrook's intangibles need some work. All the talent in the world won't help if a player's basketball IQ is lacking. Nevertheless, if Westbrook is able to cede some of the control and temper his aggression, combining that with his otherworldly talent can yield great results for the Thunder in the future.
The bottom line: It's undeniable that Westbrook is a once-in-a-generation talent, able to perform incredible feats of wonder that 99 percent of the population can only dream of doing. That said, his recklessness and bravado has proven to be detrimental to the Thunder's success. Though he may be a Thunder legend, it may be time to dial back his intensity for the betterment of the team.
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Erratum for Cooper et al., Journal of the Geological Society, London, 168 (4) 837–850.
Age constraints and geochemistry of the Ordovician Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland: implications for the Grampian orogeny
M.R. Cooper, Q.G. Crowley, S.P. Hollis, S.R. Noble, S. Roberts, D. Chew, G. Earls, R. Herrington and R.J. Merriman
Journal of the Geological Society, 168, 1229, 30 August 2011, https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492010-164Err
M.R. Cooper
For correspondence: mark.cooper@detini.gov.uk
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S.R. Noble
S. Roberts
D. Chew
G. Earls
R. Herrington
R.J. Merriman
During typesetting the number 6 was introduced to values in the Age (Ma) column immediately before the ± symbol used in Table 2. The Publishing House would like to apologise for this mistake; the correct table is shown.
Calculated U–Pb zircon ages and additional information for analysed samples; previously published U–Pb geochronology for Tyrone Igneous Complex also included
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Although Animal Joy is the sixth album from Austin's indie quintet Shearwater, Jonathan Meiburg's voice remains completely unmistakable. From a bold roar to an angelic whisper, his vocals paint the details into the wonderfully rich and evocative music that backs him. Shearwater is, in short, a gorgeous sonic experience.
All That I Am – the debut novel from author of 2004's prize-winning nonfiction Stasiland – is based on the true story of three German anti-Nazi activists who risked their lives to inform the British government of Hitler's impending threat to Europe's safety. Richly woven in an unforgettable tale of love, ambition, courage and desire, Funder's debut is impossible to put down in every sense.
Michael Mann's 1981 neo-noir film is genius. James Caan plays Frank, the jewel thief trying to balance family life and crime. This is a "one last hit" story, and we all know those rarely go as planned - Thief is no exception. Caan scorches, and Mann delivers. Don't sleep on this one!
Your male anti-hero has arrived, in the form of Ryan Gosling and his satin cobra jacket. Director Nicolas Winding Refn gives us a love letter to '80s Michael Mann in the form of a tense, albeit violent, thriller. With a supporting cast that includes Albert Brooks as a sadistic villain, Bryan Cranston and Christina Hendricks, Drive is an instant classic.


History: Syafiq 'scolds' peckyong 'gaygeek', which causes anger to explode out of peckyong.As there are too much videos, i only put the links here in order not to cause lag.
Short Describtion:This video is the longest one, consisting mainly on the torture on syafiq.
This video concentrates on peckyong not allowing syafiq to escape... and torture.
This video concentrates on the broken shoe of syafiq's.. and torture.Screams can be heard throughout the video.
This video is the funniest of them all to me. Consist of schoolbag quarrels.. and torture.
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Pretty good speeches on MLK Day.
I would add the republican speeches if there are ones. However, given the near statistical certainty that Washington will give its electorial votes to the democrats, I have not spent the time looking for them. However, please feel free to link to any other candidate speeches.
by Erik on 1/22/2008 @ 11:18am Some great points.
Unteresting. Looks like the Tacoma caucus will be relevant to the election process after all.


May 26 — A group of toxic tort plaintiffs' attorneys in the Northwest have put a new, green spin on the old criminal law adage "Follow the Money," thanks to a recent government study.
And their updated mantra, "Follow the Moss," may be one that more environmental lawyers will be repeating in the days ahead.
The study, conducted by the U.S. Forest Service and based on samples of moss taken in 2013 and 2015, shows elevated levels of heavy metals in hotspots around the Portland, Ore., area.
The USFS study prompted the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to set up air monitoring systems which identified multiple manufacturing facilities with airborne emissions containing elevated levels of metals such as arsenic and nickel.
Two of those facilities are now named as defendants in class actions filed over the last two months by area residents who say their properties are polluted and their health jeopardized, in Resendez v. Precision Castparts Corp., Or. Cir. Ct., No. 16-CV-16164, filed 5/11/16 ; and Krueger v. Bullseye Glass Co., Or. Cir. Ct., No. 16-CV-07002, amended complaint filed 4/14/16 .
That litigation, and other local and federal regulatory action, could be just the start of a new wave of lichen-generated developments, attorneys and environmentalists interviewed by Bloomberg BNA say.
The study was published online in April by the journal Science of the Total Environment, 559 (2016) 84–93.
"It looks like a trend coming—in Oregon and throughout the Northwest," Loren Dunn with Riddell Williams P.S. in Seattle told Bloomberg BNA. Dunn practices environmental law, and represents regional and national companies throughout the country.
An attorney for the plaintiffs in the proposed class case against Precision Castparts Corp., Noel Lowney with Kampmeier & Knutsen PLLC in Portland, said he would not be surprised to see more suits.
"Using moss data to pinpoint toxin hotspots should allow for greater accountability against polluters in the future and that could involve additional litigation, like we're seeing in Portland," Lowney told Bloomberg BNA.
Mark Riskedahl, executive director of Northwest Environmental Defense Center, a non-profit environmental group, agreed more suits may come.
Riskedahl acknowledged, however, that plaintiffs will face hurdles.
"Lawyers are looking at other facilities where there are likely to be similar patterns of demonstrable harm," he said.
"But I don't know how attorneys will be able to show injury, and there may not be enough commonality," said Riskedahl, referring to one of the requirements to pursue a suit as a class action under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23.
"So it may be more related to evaluation of the property and getting the soil cleaned up," he said.
In addition, he said, many of the hotspots are not located near highly populated areas, and so are less likely to be the subject of class litigation.
The most recent suit, alleging trespass and nuisance, was filed against Precision Castparts, a Portland-based industrial goods and metal fabricating company recently acquired by Warren Buffett.
The proposed class of plaintiffs are homeowners in Multnomath County, Ore., who live near the manufacturer.
The complaint alleges the moss study shows high concentrations of arsenic and nickel in the vicinity of the facility, and the plaintiffs allege fear of the short and long-term health effects.
The earlier suit was filed in March against Bullseye Glass Co.—a maker of colored glass used by artists and architects—by nearby residents.
They allege nuisance, trespass and negligence. They want a halt to the use of arsenic, cadmium and chromium in Bullseye's glass production unless the company installs emissions controls.
The residents also seek medical testing, cleanup, damages and the establishment of a medical monitoring fund.
According to a summary of the study posted on the Forest Service website, the scientists who conducted the study "set out in a minivan armed with a ladder and collection equipment" and gathered 346 moss samples.
"Moss has been used to detect air pollution in forests since the 1960s," the USFS summary says.
"Moss doesn't have roots; it's like a sponge, absorbing moisture and nutrients from the air, as well as contaminants. These contaminants are stored in the moss tissues, making them a living record of pollution levels in the surrounding environment," it says.
After the Bullseye suit was filed, Gov. Kate Brown (D-Ore.) April 6 announced an initiative called Safer Air Oregon, under which the state will inspect hundreds of facilities.
The state's Environmental Quality Commission April 21 adopted temporary rules to address art glass makers, like Bullseye, which are not fully regulated under federal requirements. The state has proposed that those rules be made permanent.
On May 19, the governor took the unusual step of ordering the DEQ to issue a cease and desist order against Bullseye (31 TXLR 507, 5/26/16).
The Environmental Protection Agency has also begun to look at the art glass manufacturers.
In a February 25 memo, Janet McCabe, EPA acting assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, informed the EPA regional offices of the moss study.
McCabe also said the agency is investigating the applicability of 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart SSSSSS—National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Glass—to art glass facilities nationally.
The EPA conducted inspections of Georgia art glass makers in March, and in April the agency issued a finding of violation to Indiana art glass maker Kokomo Glass Co.
Smith & Lowney PLLC and Kampmeier & Knutsen PLLC represent the plaintiffs against Precision Castparts.
Keller Rohrback L.L.P. and the Law Office of Karl G. Anuta P.C. represent the plaintiffs against Bullseye Glass Co.
The Precision Castparts complaint is available at http://src.bna.com/feZ.
The Bullseye Glass complaint is available at http://src.bna.com/fjD.


Now that the website is getting an occasional hit, it occurred to me that some might be wondering about who wrote this stuff. Is he really crazy, or does it just appear so?
I may delete this tomorrow out of sheer embarrassment, but here's a little history, without the benefit of my image consultants. They are *so* expensive.
After I finished school and then training, and then getting a real job I started backpacking. I drifted away from it after 10 years or so, mostly from work pressures I suppose. When I retired at the age of 50, I started hiking a little, then a lot, then more. It was not long before I started going out each week, every week year round, one or two nights. For the 6 or 7 years, (or is it 7 or 8?) I've been spending maybe 110 days or more out in the mountains each year, about half on snow with skis, half booting it. Most of the time 200 k plus vert. per year. The rest of the time I amuse myself with related projects like this one, or inventing and making my own gear. Some of it actually works. OK, it does work, but probably only for me.
What's this "SRMC" stuff all about?
Every once and awhile, SMRC pops up in stuff that I do. I suppose an explanation is in order, or out of order as it may be.
SRMC originally stood for Sasse Ridge Medical Clinic, where I snow camp each week during the winter; the only clinic where the doctor is always out, and where no appointment is ever needed … because it would not make any difference if a person had one.
When I started making stuff for the wilderness rangers in the Cle Elum RD, SRMC became the Sasse Ridge Manufacturing Company, an industry leader in producing unnecessary but techie stuff, just what every wilderness ranger needs to get his pack weight up when it's too light.
And after I started documenting some of the winter wilderness patrols, SRMC became the Sasse Ridge Media Consortium, the third member of the Sasse Ridge group of fine companies.


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Acropolis Museum Opens Underground Archaeological Area
By TNH Staff July 1, 2019
The Acropolis Museum.(Photo by TNH/Andy Dabilis)
ATHENS – Visitors walking to the Acropolis Museum across a glass walkway and marveling at the ancient ruins displayed beneath will have a chance to explore them, traversing an ancient ancient Athenian neighborhood that survived from Classical to Byzantine times.
The museum's base rests on heavy pillars. Below it is a neighborhood of excavated homes, workshops, baths and streets. Most of the remains were found when the museum was being built.
The Acropolis Museum director, Dimitris Pantermalis, recently spoke about the newly opened area with Reuters reporters. "Visitors can come down and see ancient ruins of the city of Athens, especially in the area south of the Acropolis" he said.
Visitors will see some luxurious ancient houses, some of which included rooms where bathers could warm up before entering heated pools, part of the find under the museum that opened 10 years ago in a bid to persuade the British Museum to return the stolen Parthenon Marbles.
"It was fascinating, an amazing experience," Carol Hoover, a recent visitor from Colorado told the news agency the American state of Colorado. He said he was most interested in the special floor design and the complex drainage system of ancient Greece.
The Acropolis Museum has brought in more than 14 million visitors since it opened in 2009 and sits at the edge of the Acropolis hill in Athens. Inside are many sculptures created in ancient Greece, including works from one of the most influential buildings in Western civilization, the Parthenon, apart from the stolen marbles taken by Scottish diplomat Lord Elgin 200 years ago.
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The Shawl Society Chronicles
It's been two years since the last Shawl Society collection: I took a year out to make room for our family's move to Australia, and to "fill the well" of shawl inspiration again. Now we're very, very close to the launch of Season 5 (presales will begin Friday May 7th!) and before we dive into the future, I wanted to revisit the past.
The first Shawl Society was a big creative risk for me and for all the brave knitters who signed up for this crazy adventure. It was a risk that paid off: every one of us was surprised and delighted by what we could accomplish, knitting together. And the joy of that community and that sense of anticipation and mystery just built, year after year.
I can't wait to go back there with you and see what we can do this time.
If you've been down this secret path with us in years gone by, you might like to remember some of these favourite shawl projects. And if you're new to the Curious Crew and are wondering what's behind those Shawl Society 5 doors, you might want to have a peek at what's come before…
So, as we begin to ponder yarn choices and start getting excited for another season of shawls, here are the Shawl Society Chronicles so far…
The Shawl Society Season 1
Where it began: The very first season of The Shawl Society
Free spirited. Mysterious. Romantic
Images clockwise from top left: Amulet Shawl, Asana Shawl, Aurorae Shawl,
Sonder Shawl, Talisman Shawl, Quill Shawl
The first season of The Shawl Society was so, so exciting. Because I'd never done this before, the element of surprise was everything, and everyone really got into the spirit of the mystery, having absolutely no idea what to expect when they signed up. That took some courage! The theme for this season sprang up directly from the very idea of a mysterious secret society built around creativity and skill. I was inspired by the thought of a shadowy, enchanted group of magicians, meeting under the moonlight, and delighted by imagining what their magic might look like today, in the real world
The plot thickens: The Shawl Society 2
Ethereal. Enchanting. Unexpected.
Images clockwise from top left: Familiar Shawl, Fairyhill Shawl, Rune Shawl,
Sprite's Fen Shawl, Vila Wrap, Wishmaker Shawl
After such a successful first season, I couldn't wait to create another collection for the Society Members. This year, the theme leaned even more into the magical, drawing from folktales and myths and finding inspiration in new ways to look at old stories. It was another season of deepening community and connection among the Society Members, and I still see many of these patterns popping up on social media as new knitters discover the collection.
Escape to the Secret Garden: The Shawl Society 3
The whole world is a garden
Images clockwise from top left: Planting Seeds Shawl, Learning to Cry Shawl,
Wick Shawl, Whole World is a Garden Shawl, Ivy Over the Door, Maytham Shawl
Every collection I design has a special place in my heart, but this one was particularly lovely. It was personal, because the theme was based on The Secret Garden, a favourite book from my childhood that I was sharing with my own girls at the time. We also watched the stunningly beautiful 1993 movie directed by Agnieszka Holland, which offered so much aesthetic inspiration.
As I said at the time, this is "a story about the magic of nature, the power of the imagination, and the gift of friendship. The act of bringing something to life with the work of your own hands is always transformative, whether it is a lost and sleeping garden, or a skein of yarn waiting to blossom into a wonderful shawl." I think you can see that story in all of this season's designs.
Finding our happy place: The Shawl Society 4
One perfect day.
Images clockwise from top left: Sea Gleam Shawl, Floating Shawl, Sunset Skies Shawl, Gathering Driftwood Wrap, Rockpooling Shawl, In The Dunes Wrap
The most recent season of The Shawl Society was inspired by the idea of a perfect day spent in your happy place, whatever that means to you. At the time, I described it like this: "it's a place where time stands still, where everyday cares disappear, and where you can be wholly and happily yourself. It could be a mountaintop. It might be a cottage in the woods. Maybe a meadow. For me, it has always been the beach." All of the shawls this season were designed and named for specific moments during a dreamy day by the seaside.
If you're signed up for the Curious Crew email list, you'll know that this year's mystery collection is all about the wide-open feeling you get from days spent almost entirely outdoors.
No screens, no phones, no clocks, no deadlines, no demands.
Just you, the wind, and the hum of small contented things going about their simple little lives among the grasses and the trees.
Freedom, inspiration, and wide open spaces await.
While we wait for this new adventure to begin, I thought you might like to warm up with some of our past designs, so all of my shawl patterns and collections are buy-one-get-one-free on Ravelry this week (The sale runs from today until midday (AEST) on Friday, May 9th, 2021)
I thought you might want something fun to knit while we wait for the first design of The Shawl Society 5 to be revealed.
You can choose from any of the earlier Shawl Society designs above, Knivent shawls like Dust of Snow, standalone shawl patterns like Pebble Beach, or previous mystery knit along shawls like The Impressionists or Stillness Shawls.
Shop the Curious Handmade shawl BOGO SALE
No code is necessary, just put two or more of my shawl patterns or collections in your Ravelry cart and one will become free when you check out.
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28th season the Follies relies on the energy and talent.
Stepping into the Miners' Hall is always an invitation to think back to days gone by. But paying a visit to the gathering place (built just prior to the last century) for a live presentation set in those long-gone times is beautifully appropriate.
Gold Fever Follies is not new but it is as fresh as ever for the out-of towners who enjoy it as part of their visit here, as well as for locals who can't get too much of a good thing.
In its 28th season the Follies relies on the energy and talent of a gifted cadre of writers and performers – both dramatic and musical. A small but mighty contingent filled the first few rows last Thursday for the evening offering and the appreciation for the live show was evident on each face.
A number of historically appealing topics, heavily gold-rush-seasoned, are referenced in the script by Trail native Brian Turner. The effort is Turner's seventh on a Follies theme and the versatile cast brings it off the pages very well. Two shows a day, five days a week through to August 23 guarantee this experience will not be forgotten by the group.
"Off the Rails" is the title of this year's installment which deals with labour-management issues, and more.
All aboard for "Off the Rails," appearing Tuesday through Saturday, 3:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.


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Power systems are designed and operated so that for any normal system condition, including a defined set of contingency conditions, there is adequate generating and transmission capacities to meet load requirements.
However, there are economic limits on the excess capacity designed into a system and the contingency outages under which a system may be designed to operate satisfactorily.
For those rare conditions where the system's capability is exceeded, there are usually processes in place to automatically monitor a power system's loading levels and reduce loading when required. The load shed processes automatically sense overload conditions, then shed enough load to relieve the overloaded equipment before there is loss of generation, line tripping, equipment damage, or a chaotic random shutdown of the system.
To organize the discussion of load shedding, consider that the topic may be differentiated according to the following lists.
Those in which there is a real power shortage and in which the prime mover torque cannot meet the load torque and the generation begins to decelerate.
Those in which there is a reactive power shortage. This is manifested as voltage drops in line and transformer reactances that prevent power delivery to loads.
Those in which the condition arises and progresses rapidly, and in which the condition cannot be sustained or withstood and for which a high speed automated response is required.
Those in which the condition arises and progresses slowly, and in which the condition can be sustained or withstood for a short period. This condition allows for manual response by operators.
The material to follow stresss analysis of item 1 in each of the above lists, but every item in the lists is discussed in part. Following the analysis is review of load shed implementation strategies.
A very interesting phenomenon occurs when a large generating power plant feeds two or more transmission lines and one or more of it is/are lost.
In this case, the remaining will be submitted to overload.
Under this condition generating power must be shed by means of an order to remove one or more machines.


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A self-storage manager was indicted this week for allegedly embezzling $86,334 over nearly three years from a facility in Troy, N.Y. Anne Narzynski, 43, was arrested on Oct. 30, 2013, but released on bail. She's been charged with criminal possession of stolen property and falsifying business records for failure to record rent payments at Brunswick Self Storage, according to the source.
The self-storage owner became suspicious of Narzynski after noticing money wasn't being deposited, authorities said. Investigators allege the manager kept customer payments from Jan. 1, 2011 to Oct. 14, 2013, the source reported.
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Can Foxes Swim? When, How and Why Foxes Swim! and Which Ones
We all know how agile foxes can be, we see them climbing walls, fences, jumping high, and all kinds of acrobatics. But can they swim? And if so then how good are they?
In this article, we're going to cover the swimming ability of foxes. How fast they can swim and when and where they would swim.
But first, here's the quick answer, then we'll dive into more detail about the swimming ability of Foxes.
Do foxes swim? Foxes are much like cats, a fox can swim well, and does swim. However, foxes generally avoid water and prefer not to get wet. They shelter from the rain where they can. Being wet inhibits their fur's ability to retain warmth, removes oil from their fur, and adds weight making them less agile.
But, foxes are not afraid of swimming and are, in fact, good swimmers. There are plenty of times when a fox will swim, whether in seawater or freshwater.
When will a fox swim
There are a few main occasions when a fox will make the decision to swim, a fox has been known to swim for fun, but this is rare unless it's a very hot day and they want to cool off or if they're playing. But that aside, let's take a look at the occasions when they will need to swim.
A fox swims to get to food
A fox will enter the water if it believes that there's food available, either on the opposite bank or shore or within the water itself – a fox is an opportunist hunter, so if it can find food such as fish or ducks in the water and it can get to them, then it will go for it, provided it doesn't endanger itself in the process.
fox hunting for fish
image source: Creative Commons Zero – CC0
Food is a key driver for wild animals, they will often go through water and other terrains to reach it – depending on how desperate they are. If there's an abundance of food available without entering the water, then there's simply no need.
A fox swims for self-preservation
Like most animals, a fox will weigh up any risks before making a decision. If it came down to it, then a fox would obviously rather make a swim for it than get caught by a predator. So a fox would swim in order to save their own life – having weighed up the options. There have been occasions when a fox has been seen swimming in the sea to try to reach land.
Territorial reach
The only other occasion a fox might be pushed to swim is to do with territory. Their territories mainly stay within natural boundaries, however, if the fox's territory crossed a stream river they would swim across it. They have been known to swim across to different islands to get to a fresh food source.
All these occasions also depend on the climate situation. In cold weather, you're less likely to find a fox swimming unless their life depended on it, for survival purposes.
How do foxes swim?
Foxes swim like dogs, and they swim well. They will paddle in forward-motion circles with their paws. It's slow progress but they are good swimmers, swimming at around 2-3 miles per hour. They keep their muzzles out of the water and also their tails remain straight and just out the water surface.
As a fox generally avoids swimming, you're unlikely to find one swimming near your local lake. They will always look to traverse bodies of water, or even find some other route. They will even avoid large puddles rather than get their feet wet.
Do all foxes swim?
All fox species have the ability to swim, this includes the gray fox and the red fox. The least likely candidate to swim would be the Arctic Fox – but they still can are still good swimmers.
The reason for them being the least likely fox to swim – even though they live in an environment based on icy snows and frozen water.
But by getting wet, rain-soaked fur would be hugely impacted by the icy cold weather in the more extreme times of winter.
Their resistance to the cold and damp climates in the frozen north would be severely compromised. Therefore they're less likely to risk it than other foxes in milder climates.
Do foxes swim underwater?
When swimming, foxes – similar to dogs, will keep their faces out of the water. If foxes do dive underwater then this has never been captured.
If you wish to learn more about these most fascinating and adaptable creatures, at home, at school or homeschooling, then explore the resources we've found on amazon below…
Exploring the World of Foxes
Flows with story-like content which describes the various fox species, habitat, facts, and what it's like to be a fox pup!
Baby Foxes
Great for 1st to 2nd graders, this book introduces foxes and their young, it describes their physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, their caring behavior to their young, and differences from other similar animals.
Video footage of a fox swimming…
Urban foxes can divide opinions, ranging from those who see them as pests, to those who have them as pets. This documentary shows the two sides of love and hate for urban foxes!
We hope this has been useful in understanding whether foxes can swim, which ones, where they will win, and the reasons behind it. If you have any images or footage of foxes swimming then do let us know.


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Monday 16th March 2015: 6.57am. Six weeks have now passed with me staying up till 5am each night on top of the day job working on proposed Boost AFIO to finish it to a release quality for the v1.3 release. Probably 200 extra hours invested or so now on what was supposed to be almost ready to go, absolutely crazy. I had originally thought maybe a week or two maximum so get it out the door, I was in fact very wrong. Anyway tonight I "finished" the Windows release, all unit tests are green, regression benchmarks calculated and documentation finished. I assume some one of Linux, FreeBSD or OS X won't work tonight on Jenkins, so tomorrow night I'll get stuck into those too. Who knows, might finally release v1.3 tomorrow ... And then I'm going to sleep for a week I think. I am utterly worn out.


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