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Are all phenotypes normally distributed
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John Cook, in his blog https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2015/03/09/why-isnt-everything-normally-distributed/, writes that many aren't:
Adult heights follow a Gaussian, a.k.a. normal, distribution [1]. The usual explanation is that many factors go into determining one's height, and the net effect of many separate causes is approximately normal because of the central limit theorem.
If that's the case, why aren't more phenomena normally distributed? Someone asked me this morning specifically about phenotypes with many genetic inputs.
The central limit theorem says that the sum of many independent, additive effects is approximately normally distributed [2]. Genes are more digital than analog, and do not produce independent, additive effects. For example, the effects of dominant and recessive genes act more like max and min than addition. Genes do not appear independently—if you have some genes, you're more likely to have certain other genes—nor do they act independently—some genes determine how other genes are expressed.
Height is influenced by environmental effects as well as genetic effects, such as nutrition, and these environmental effects may be more additive or independent than genetic effects.
I have two questions regarding this. First, I can't come up with any obvious example of phenotypes that don't follow a normal distribution. Could anyone help me? And second, his claims seem to contradict this other paper: https://www.uvm.edu/~dstratto/bcor102/readings/4_Evol_of_Phenotypes.pdf
To understand the genetic basis of quantitative traits, it is important to think about the effect of a particular allele, not simply its presence or absence. A single locus can produce three discrete phenotypes, but as more and more loci contribute to a trait the phenotypic distribution comes closer and closer to a normal (bell shaped) distribution
Who is right here? Does the fact that genes are digital rather than analog really make a difference? And what about the second argument that they aren't independent. Is that really necessary (second paper seems to indicate otherwise if I am understanding properly).
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$\begingroup$ What about the most obvious Mendelian traits? Those would be phenotypes that follow a bimodal distribution, because they are caused by a single gene with just two alleles. Many other phenotypes also follow a bimodal distribution for the same reason. As you add in more modulatory or regulatory genetic variation you will smear the distribution and it will become more normally distributed. That is exactly what your references are telling you. $\endgroup$ – Bryan Krause♦ Jun 9 '17 at 21:53
Many phenotypes might be normally distributed assuming a large enough population size and many QTL (Quantitative Trait Loci) as the normal distribution is a simple result of the CTL (Central Limit Theorem). If it is unclear to you, you should definitely have a look at the central limit theorem.
Typically, if the number of loci is too low, the phenotype may for example follow some kind of continuous approximation to a Poisson distribution. Of course, if the allelic effects are correlated among loci or if there is some linkage disequilibrium or if the phenotype is bounded or discrete, or nominal, you may not end up with a normal distribution of phenotypes but all of that is a discussion for another time.
I can't come up with any obvious example of phenotypes that don't follow a normal distribution
As, the second quote says, think of any phenotype that is discrete. Here are a few examples
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Now if you want a quantitative phenotype that is not normally distributed, then height (which is the bad example of your first quote) is very slightly bimodal due to an average height difference between male and females (look at Are males taller than females in humans?). You can also think of any phenotypes that are bounded. For example running speed. Athletes will cause a very long right tail, while people in wheel chairs will make a big stack of probability mass in 0 km/h.
There is a lot of things to consider when trying to guess whether a is normally distributed or not in a population. It will take some good knowledge of statistics and good knowledge of the genetics of the population.
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$\begingroup$ Thanks for this clear answer! I've never been convinced by the "height can't be normally distributed because it can't be negative" argument, since it can still be approximated reasonably well by a normal. Running speed seems like something you can't approximate with a normal then, but I didn't know it's considered a phenotype! Any explicit example for something that follows a poisson distribution? $\endgroup$ – samlaf Jun 11 '17 at 14:47
$\begingroup$ Pretty much anything can be a considered a phenotype. A phenotype is whatever effect the genotype has on the world around it which mainly include all the characteristic (behaviour, anatomy, physiology, ...) of the body. I should have said "some kind of 'continuous approximation' to a Poisson distribution'" (now edited). It is just some theoretical reality of a model where there are few loci all biallelic with allelic effect 0 or 1, then you would see Poisson distributed trait. I can't give a specific example. $\endgroup$ – Remi.b Jun 11 '17 at 14:53
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Kyle Korver, will you return to the NBA this season? 'I don't know'
By Kurt HelinFeb 5, 2021, 9:00 PM EST
In a league where the premium on shooting has never been higher, one of the game's all-time great shooters sits at home.
Kyle Korver is okay with that. The 17-year NBA veteran is not bored, he's spending time with family and doing appearances on TNT's The Arena. But could Korver return, knock down some clutch threes, and be the solid veteran presence every contender needs in the locker room? Mark Medina of the USA Today asked Korver that and got basically a long-winded shrug as an answer.
"I'm not sure [about a return]. I've talked to a few teams about it. Coming out of the bubble, I believe in honoring the game. I believe you honor the season with a good offseason. Coming out of the bubble with the quick turnaround, I didn't feel I really did that. So I don't want to cheat the game. If I want to go play, I want to go play well. I haven't signed any paperwork. My wife asks me this question every day. It's one I have a hard time finding my exact words for. So I haven't signed paperwork yet. I've enjoyed being with my family, and it's been a challenging season across the board for the league and for the players. But we'll see. I don't know."
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For more than a century and a quarter Marxism has occupied an important position in American social criticism, but never a dominant one. For most socialists between the 1870s and World War One, Marx had set forth primarily an analysis of the laws of capitalist exploitation and accumulation, which predicted the downfall of a social system that most of the literature advertised in their journals condemned on moral grounds. The ascendency of Leninism produced parties looking to Marxism for theoretical guidance on physics and painting, as well as the road to power, and precipitated earnest quests for a correct position on each and every issue. None of those parties, however, captured a hegemonic role in the workers' movement, let alone in the country's intellectual life. The New Left arose on campuses that were devoid of any form of class analysis. Only in the civil rights movement were there significant continuities of personnel and styles of thought from Marxist movements of the thirties, and even they were carefully disguised. White student activists, scanning bookstores for critiques of a society that had alienated them, usually discovered Marxism either in little red books of exhortations to struggle or in fat, ponderous volumes of cultural criticism. Those two very different forms of presentation, however, proved to be as well suited to the needs of the revolutionaries of 1967 as Wage Labour and Capital had been to their predecessors in 1907 or Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder in 1937. Once again Marxism had assumed an historically specific role in American radical discourse, without providing the dominant mode of thought.
Paul Buhle is well situated to analyse the long and complex interaction between Marxism and radical social movements in the United States. footnote1 A prominent activist in Students for a Democratic Society during the sixties, he was a founder of the monthly Radical America—which has promoted non-parliamentarian social struggles and investigated their historical roots—and was the guiding spirit behind the occasional issues of Cultural Correspondence. From C.L.R. James, Buhle learned to view popular culture as a source of confrontations with hierarchical authorities as important as conflicts at the point of production, and indeed inseparable from them. From his comrade Mari Jo Buhle, author of the path-breaking Women and American Socialism, 1870–1920, he learned to consider women's liberation and women's solidarities as central to the struggle for socialism, rather than tangential as most American Marxists had thought. footnote2 From his years of directing the Oral History of the American Left project he learned to appreciate the diversity of American Marxisms and their deep roots in immigrant cultures. All these experiences have helped Buhle write a history of Marxism in the United States that is simultaneously committed to the heritage of the American Left and critical of it. It is both a highly personal (at times idiosyncratic) encounter with that heritage and a perceptive analysis designed and demanding to be shared with others.
Buhle sets out on a path different from most existing histories of socialist thought because he dismisses Engels's Anti-Dühring out of hand. Unlike Marxist chroniclers from F.A. Sorge and Morris Hillquit to the present, Buhle refuses to think in terms of a utopian phase that was subsequently repudiated, followed by a protracted struggle to create a true vanguard party. footnote3 On the contrary, he argues: 'Immigrant Marxism and utopian radicalism . . . came to share a common ground neither could have anticipated' (p. 14). Nineteenth-century American workers and middleclass reformers who 'interpreted industrial degradation and centralized financial power as rents in the social fabric' to be repaired by 'still further democratization' (p. 23), learned to think about class and socialism from their immigrant comrades. That does not mean that the former came to accept the view that the sole object of the movement was to organize workers to capture the machinery of state, so that it might expropriate the expropriators. The Americans' efforts to instruct the largely-German bearers of Marxism in the decisive importance of the battle against racial oppression, of women's struggles for citizenship, and of popular self-activity within civil society made a major contibution to the worldwide movement for socialism. Not only did they contribute significantly to the ambience of Debsian socialism; they also anticipated by as much as a century the 'new social forces' that have surfaced in European Marxist writings during the last two decades.
Although I am not persuaded of the distinctly American origins of this encounter, I do share Buhle's evaluation. Even the German–American social revolutionaries of Chicago and elsewhere in the 1880s escaped the Kautskyian mould that was then being impressed on the Social Democrats in their homeland. Buhle's narrow and negative assessment of the German influence prevents him from exploring this comparison, but it would seem to underscore, rather than challenge, his argument that there was no historic defeat of utopian by scientific socialism.
Buhle has no interest in Engels's philosophy of nature. On the contrary, he celebrates the persistent influence of religious sensibility, spiritualism, temperance, Christology, and liberation theology, positing, as the goal of the popular struggle against capitalism, a universal 'cultural experience rendered both holy and fun' (p. 263). Buhle's insistence keeps the reader's mind focused on the motivations that have impelled individual men and women to rebel against social injustice. Few of us will die for the sake of a correct analysis of economic forces, much as we need it to keep us from a futile death. Nevertheless, Buhle's dismissive attitude toward Marxist conceptions of science (and toward the intellectual impact of modern science itself) obscures the importance of the Enlightenment's heritage, of personal battles against religious obscurantism, and even of Darwin in the process by which those who would change the world have changed themselves. Just think how many Italian anarchists named their sons Bruno, or consider the liberating effect of Robert Ingersoll's agnosticism on late nineteenth-century radicals in the Middle West. All that is part of the 'common ground', whose configuration is traced in this book.


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'I just try to see it and hit it.'– Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants, opened the season with a pair of two-homer games.
Barry Bonds seems destined to destroy his home-run record – by the All-Star break. Looking unstoppable, Bonds hit two more long homers at Dodger Stadium, leading the San Francisco Giants over Los Angeles 12-0 on Wednesday night.
The man who made 73 a magic number last year joined Hall of Famer Eddie Mathews as the only player in history to open a season with a pair of two-homer games. Mathews did it for the Milwaukee Braves in 1958. "I'm strong enough," Bonds said, "to hit it out of the ballpark. I'm just trying to stay consistent and hit it." Bonds' two homers – both over 440 feet – gave him 571 overall, two behind Harmon Killebrew for sixth place on the career list.
It just didn't seem right to see Michael Jordan limping through games as a backup. It was also jarring to watch Jordan end this season scoring just two points against his former coach, Phil Jackson.
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CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, has publicly admitted to being "supportive" of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, saying: "Yes, so flat out, yes, I do." The billionaire revoked his previous promise to Bloomberg that he would not be revealing which candidate he is backing by telling CNN host Fareed Zakaria: "I'm supportive of Hillary Clinton," on Sunday's episode of 'GPS'. "I'm supportive of Hillary Clinton," Blankfein said. "Yes, so flat out, yes, I do. That doesn't say that I agree with all of her policies. I don't. And that doesn't say that I adopt everything that she's done in her political career or has suggested that she might do going forward." Clinton's close relationship with Wall Street has been criticized by both ends of the political spectrum. Well America with Wikileaks coming out this month about Clinton getting paid millions by Goldman Sachs, the CEO of Goldman Sachs now has to admit his backing of Hillary Clinton. This should show America once and for all that Hillary Clinton is the chosen puppet of banking industry. Funny how Hillary Clinton to this day will say she is against Wall Street, but she gets the full support of the Wall Street clientele in way of the banking industry in America. Maybe even Hillary supporters will see this as a problem and leave the Hillary team, but they were all stupid enough to back her...So that probably won't even happen. This should really piss Bernie Sanders supporters off the most, since one of their main wants was to take down the banks...But then Bernie Sanders went off to back the banker puppet Hillary Clinton. So with the revelation that Hillary Clinton is in the pockets of the banks, could Donald Trump garnish million of supporters who we thought would never change their minds?


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Academic journal article Journal of Higher Education
"A Fly in the Buttermilk": Descriptions of University Life by Successful Black Undergraduate Students at a Predominately White Southeastern University
By Davis, Mitzi; Dias-Bowie, Yvonne; Greenberg, Katherine; Klukken, Gary; Pollio, Howard R.; Thomas, Sandra P.; Thompson, Charles L.
"And so a lot of times I felt out of place, because you see all white
faces. You know I'm the only fly in the buttermilk, so that took
some getting used to ..."
These words, shared by a black student during an interview for the present study, poignantly reflect the essence of the experience of being a minority student on a predominately white university campus. The impetus for this study of that experience was our realization that the graduation rate for black students was lower than the total rate for the university (four-year graduation rates are 19.6% versus 16.8%; five year rates are 36.1% versus 50.7). Available data provided no ready explanation for this discrepancy, although preliminary information from a research project concerning graduates of the university's nursing program indicated painful and alienating experiences among black students (Thomas & Davis, 2000). These early results led to a decision to enlarge the research team and to broaden the study to include students in other undergraduate majors. The purpose of this study was to obtain the first-person perspective of the students themselves, a perspective missing from most of the literature about the academic experience of black students.
Minority groups in the United States currently constitute 25% of the overall population, and it is projected that before the year 2015 one-third of the population will consist of individuals culturally and ethnically different from the white majority (American Council on Education, 1988; U.S. Census Bureau, 1993). This national pattern of cultural change is also reflected on college campuses where increasing numbers of minority students are enrolling and, far too often, dropping out. Predominantly white institutions of higher education, in fact, often devote intensive efforts to minority student recruitment but find that subsequent retention is a significant problem. In predominantly white institutions, 70% of black students do not complete baccalaureate education compared to 20% of those from historically black institutions (National Center for Education Statistics, 1992; Steele, 1992). Throughout the 1990s the national college dropout rate for blacks was 20-25% higher than that for whites (Steele, 1999). This discrepancy is often explained by inferior academic preparation of black students prior to college entry. Extant data, however, strongly suggest that academic concerns are not paramount in the high attrition of black students (Echols, 1998) and certainly not the sole reason for their premature departure from campus (Steele, 1999). Given this possibility, attention must be given to nonacademic factors that influence attrition.
In a meta-analysis of 113 studies covering research on minority students from 1970 to 1997, a number of social, academic, family, and institutional factors were found to be linked to academic success (Echols, 1998). Over 1500 institutions and 46,000 minority students (Hispanic Americans and Native Americans as well as black students) were represented in Echols' analysis. Supporting a theory proposed by Tinto (1975, 1987)--regarding the importance of social integration in promoting graduation--this analysis revealed that integrative experiences were a highly significant predictor variable. Negative or nonintegrative experiences (loneliness, alienation, and so forth) were positively correlated with voluntary withdrawal from college whereas positive or integrative experiences enhanced minority student persistence. Fostering educational attainment were factors such as an ability to be bicultural yet also maintain a cultural identity and to avoid becoming disheartened by racist events.
Several authors suggest that the predominately white university campus does not present a hospitable atmosphere for minority student learning. If educational offerings are Euro-centric, culturally different students may feel unappreciated or come to devalue their own cultural group (Sue, Bingham, Porche-Burke, & Vasquez, 1999). …
Publication: Journal of Higher Education
Publication date: July-August 2004
Davis, Mitzi
Dias-Bowie, Yvonne
Greenberg, Katherine
Klukken, Gary
Pollio, Howard R.
Thomas, Sandra P.
Thompson, Charles L.
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Margery Urquhart  (27 August 1912 - 9 May 2007) worked as the Deputy Director of Social Work at Grampian Regional Council but unknown to her colleagues she had an earlier career as a Special Branch agent. She was possibly the first female agent to be recruited by Special Branch; furthermore she was the first female officer to become an Inspector in the Surrey Police Force. Urquhart took part in counter-espionage before and during World War II.

Early life and education
Urquhart was born in Patagonia, Chile. Urquhart's parents, Alexander and Betsy Urquhart, were originally farmers in Milton of Culloden, Scotland, who ran a beef business in Chile. Her early education was carried out by her mother on the ranch. When she was 11 years old the family moved back to Milton of Culloden, Inverness.

She attended The University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1935 with a BSc in Agriculture. This achievement made her the first female to graduate with a degree in Agriculture from the University. After her graduation she moved to Hampshire where she worked on a farm.

Career

It was while working on the farm in Hampshire in 1936 that Urquhart decided on a major career shift and subsequently joined the Metropolitan Police Force. She was recruited by the Special Branch and it has been suggested that she was involved in covert work monitoring the IRA. By 1946 she had transferred to the Surrey Police Force and had been promoted to become the first female Inspector in the force.

At this point Urquhart once again decided on a change of career and undertook training as a probation officer. By 1949 she was once again in Aberdeen taking on the role of a children's officer. She was the only full-time employee working in childcare. She was responsible for over 400 disadvantaged children and carried out much pioneering work. By the late 1970s Urquhart had risen to become Deputy Director of Social Services at Grampian Council. Urquhart retired in 1977.

After retiring, Urquhart immediately embarked on a political career as Conservative Councillor for the Aberdeen seat of Hazlehead.

Honors
Urquhart was awarded an OBE in the 1977 New Year Honours.

Personal life
Urquhart had developed a particular interest in mental health and subsequently took on several tasks as a retiree including being director of Seabank House, a care home in Aberdeen, from December 1990 to October 1997. She was also a director of the Aberdeen Association of Social Service from June 1986 to March 1989. She was also a director of Mental Health Aberdeen from October 1989 to October 1990.

She spent her final years in at the Fairview Nursing Home. In 2007, she died in Bridge of Don, Scotland at the age of 94 years.

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December	26	2019
Harry Joseph Peterson
Harry Joseph Peterson of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away at 9:14 p.m., Saturday, December 21, 2019 in West Plains, Missouri at 90 years old.
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was the only child of Howard Peterson and Alice Newell. Mr. Peterson is respectfully remembered as Colonel Harry J. Peterson, a retired, decorated war veteran, having served in the United States Air Force as an accomplished fighter pilot for 27 years. He proudly flew and served his country during both the Korean and Vietnam wars. His love of flying began as a child, dictated his life's career, and continued throughout his retirement. His passion for flying was matched only by his love of sailing. He was a talented and intelligent craftsman who built his own aircraft and several sailboats, including one large enough to sail the world. He also loved words, but the written ones spoke to him the most. He was an avid reader, especially the Bible. He was committed to providing for his family and having a strong relationship with God. He was married to one woman for life, Maurine Richardson, who passed before him on February 8, 2016. They married on January 25, 1953, and raised four children together: Dwight Peterson (deceased), Robert Peterson (deceased), Carole Peterson and Susan Peterson, who will dearly miss him. He taught by example — how to work hard, be committed to what you want, and keep your faith and convictions. He earned two master's degrees from the University of Corpus Christi, now Texas A&M Corpus Christi — one in business and one in computer science. He stayed very active and enjoyed playing racquetball until his late eighties.
He is survived by his two daughters: Carole Moody and husband, John, of Gainesville, Missouri and Susan Gooris Masten of Bedford, Texas; two daughters-in-law: Nancy Peterson and Jo An Peterson; eleven grandchildren: Christopher Gooris, Micah Peterson, Kristi Peterson, Dylan Wilson, Sandra Bueno, Jover De Los Reyes, Justine De Los Reyes, Sarah Post, Kasey Covington, Josh Hoppes and Nathaniel Hoppes; and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
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'Made in America': Watch Irvin and Claire the bald eagles on U.S. Steel's new live cam
90.5 WESA | By Katie Blackley
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Irvin and Claire are a bald eagle couple nesting at the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant in West Mifflin. They can now be watched 24/7 on a new livestream cam.
Take a "beak" inside the lives of Irvin and Claire, the bald eagle couple that's made its nest next to U.S. Steel's Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant in West Mifflin. The company launched a 24/7 live camera today to observe the nest of the family in a Sycamore tree.
"I could not wait for today to share it," said Don German, Irvin Plant manager, who oversaw the project. The pair moved in next door to the plant in 2019, German said, and have had three eaglets fledge the nest so far.
Earlier this year, German said coworkers started talking more about how "cool" it was to have eagles on the property. Inspired by the Hays eagle nest camera roughly 8 miles away, German contacted Pix Cams, who provided the live footage. After getting approval from the state Game Commission, the installation was planned and debuted live Tuesday.
The juxtaposition of bald eagles and a steel mill is not lost on German.
"I have 32 years with U.S. Steel: Made in America, mined and melted here in Pennsylvania. And to have America's bird on our site and to call it home, it's amazing," he said.
Irvin, named after the plant, and Claire, named for U.S. Steel's Clairton plant, have typically had eaglets in March. As their family grows, German asked that people not try to visit the nest in person due to safety concerns, but rather watch the livestream on the company's website.
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First of all, I totally agree with your remark that the many unfortunate examples of the attempted marriage of circus and theatre necessarily condemn all current striving to bring these two worlds together. Two weeks ago you came to see ANECKXANDER, the performance I co-created with Alexander Vantournhout at the London Mime Festival. This work is, among other things, an attempt at bringing circus and theatre closer together. It is 'theatrical' in the sense that it tries to unfold in a linear way (which one might call narrative) – without using other features of 'dramatic theatre' such as fourth wall-characters in a distant time and place. Instead, it tries to uncover the constant shifting and balancing of the circus artist between 'pure presence' and 'theatrical representation'. This might connect to what you describe as: "Circus is very good at metaphor, simultaneously both real in the present and conveying a representation of wider relationships." I wonder if this is what you meant?
I agree with your assertion that over the last ten years or so, contemporary circus has developed a focus on the identity of the performer –and that this tendency risks creating "self-obsessed navel gazing"-performances. However, when the focus on the identity of the performer is connected to an understanding of circus as a medium in which the performer constantly balances between 'presence' and 'representation', I think that circus can be an interesting tool to reflect on how the contemporary subject undergoes that same oscillation between sincerity and representation of the self. To my feeling, however, this is only possible when a circus performer does not 'hide' behind his or her technique/object and 'dares' to be open to his/her own (physical and mental) experiences in the here and now of the performance.
In the light of the above-mentioned balancing between presence and representation, I would like to come back to the notion of authenticity that you touch upon. Authenticity is a much-used term in the discourse of many contemporary European circus artists. It is also a term that shapes much of our contemporary behavior (travelling, buying, eating, drinking, …) and experience of what we find beautiful (design, fashion, literature), in the sense that we seem to be collectively longing or searching for authenticity. This is not my idea. It comes from two Dutch cultural theorists (Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin Van den Akker) who frame the desire for sincerity as a symptom of what they call 'metamodernism'. Metamodernism is, in their words, an emergent structure of feeling which oscillates between postmodern irony and modern hope and enthusiasm. (If you're interested I can send you some reading links. The website www.metamodernism.org is very interesting.) I also refer to this in the Open Letter. They talk about 'performative sincerity'. And I think that this is a much more useful term then authenticity when it comes to circus. 'Authenticity' bothers me because it obscures the romantic desire and the fictional mechanisms that are so crucial in a lot of circus performances. (And in the construction of discourse around circus practice as a whole.) Circus is not authentic. Rather, it is the 'lieu par excellence' where our fundamentally romantic desire for 'realness' and 'sincerity' is staged. Again, the balancing of (the body of) the circus artist between presence and representation is an interesting tool in uncovering the romantic mechanisms that are at work in the production of discourse in and around circus practice: when we label something as 'authentic', we stage it as something 'real' – and therefore it ceases to be sincere or real.
I can understand that my attempt at (re)defining the circus come across as "rather Modernist in its centrism and its notion of progression." I hadn't thought of it, but I think you're right: it is. It is a reflection of where we are at this moment in European circus practice: on the shifting point between modernism and postmodernism. As you indicate, the tendency of mono-disciplinary performances and technical skill can be seen as the circus-version of the meta-theatrical wave of theatre performances in the 80ies. That is also what I mean when I polemically state that contemporary circus is not contemporary, nor in its aesthetic strategies or in the subjectivities that it stages. Maybe circus is currently in the last stages of Modernism? Maybe what we call contemporary circus should rather be called modern circus?
Yes I'm very pleased that this discussion continues. In such a complex area, the amount that we appear to agree is perhaps more significant than where we diverge. And divergence is inevitable as we come from different starting points. And coming from different starting points our understanding of certain terms may not exactly accord but I want to try and avoid a quest for tight definitions, even as we explore the complexities of metaphor, authenticity realness and sincerity.
I find your questioning of the notion of authenticity fascinating. I found the material on Meta-modernism interesting and I agree with its general thrust of finding a way out of the cynicism of Modernist approaches and the apathy caused by Post-Modernism. However I'm uncomfortable with some of their premises, as stated in the website you cite, perhaps because their meaning has suffered in translation. For example, the statement that 'All things are caught within the irrevocable slide towards a state of maximum entropic dissemblance' (www.metamodernism.org) is only one side of the story according to Complexity (Chaos) Theory, in which evolutionary natural selection is cited as an example of order emerging from chance occurrences. However I agree that the notion of the search for authenticity is the driving force behind much contemporary culture. I also agree that any rehearsed or repeated actions cannot be accurately described as authentic. I would go further, to question the purity of 'presence' in performed openness/vulnerability. Just as an habituation to particular kinds of risk lowers the level of risk of the performer, if not the perception by the spectators, so openness and vulnerability in the present moment can become synthesised through experiencing repetition. I have seen this process in Clown and Fool work over many years.
Watching our 3rd year students Practice-as-Research presentations, I was struck by the similarities of conclusion of a juggler and an aerialist. One talked about the real level of difficulty being unappreciable to non-jugglers and the other talked about the real level of pain and risk being unappreciable. In both cases their conclusion was to select more obviously difficult/risky/painful actions and accentuate these qualities. I presume this an example of your notion of 'constant shifting and balancing of the circus artist between "pure presence" and "theatrical representation" '. How can we gauge the relative sincerity of 'truth' in a circus performance when even technical physical actions are not what they seem? As Gregory Bateson indicates, it may be impossible to unpick the finer complexities. He talks about the differences between 'real' (presence) and representation in terms of the differences between a sacrament and metaphor, using the example of a dancer in Swan Lake.
The swan figure is not a real swan but a pretend swan. It is also a pretend-not human being. It is also 'really' a young lady wearing a white dress. And a real swan would resemble a young lady in certain ways… We are after all talking about the performer or the artist or the poet or a given member of the audience. You ask me how I tell the difference between a sacrament and a metaphor. But my answer must deal with the person not the message. You ask me how I would decide whether a certain dance on a certain day is or is not sacramental for the particular dancer… It's something one cannot tell. (Bateson 1972: 37, 36 (2000)).
However we may be able to talk about levels or degrees of simulation. (I found it interesting that in ANECKXANDER, despite the predominance of raw, stripped-back material there were two illusions, one that was revealed as such (the tongue) and one that was left as a mystery (the final swaying)).
Moving on to another of your points, I agree that most contemporary circus is Modernist. I myself sometimes feel quite isolated within European circus education because I resist the purist tendencies of many peers and I actively encourage a range of cross-discipline approaches in Circomedia's pedagogy. I have always found it paradoxical that the form of classic big-top circus, with its disassociated sections, non-linearity, multiple viewpoints and recycling of pop culture was so post-modernist in its essence. In this sense the more cohesive forms of contemporary circus can be seen as an attempt to impose order on this (Pre-modernist?) chaos. If we can agree that circus as a form is decades behind music and visual art, for example, then the next question is why this should be so. Is it because of the encumbering weight of its tradition (in the way that treatment of Shakespeare suffers in the UK because of veneration)? Is it because the advance of circus over the last thirty years has been powered by European institutions, which themselves are progressive, utopian and centralising in attitude? Or is it because the focus on specialist craft inevitably tends towards preserving older forms?
Bateson, Gregory (1972) Steps To An Ecology of Mind. Chicago & London, University of Chicago Press (2000).


When I was young, I was a tomboy. I wore the same red baseball cap every day for years and refused to wear skirts or dresses. Not kidding, I even joked with family and friends that I would wear pants to my wedding someday. Playing with bugs was one of my favorite pastimes and in general I spent most of my time outside whenever possible.
Observing Carina's budding personality has been almost like a flashback for me. I see so much of myself in her. She wants to explore everything: from rocks to sticks to leaves to insects. She would rather poke and prod at dirt - and sometimes eat it, too - than play with dolls. She much prefers to be outside and trying to get her to come in has become a challenge!
Her new favorite thing to do? Climb. On everything. Up and down the stairs at the playground over and over again...Momma can't keep up with her anymore.
Thanks to KneeBees for letting Carina run and climb to her heart's content without worrying about booboos. Oh man, did I really just type "booboos"? ::shakes head at self:: I've gone soft.
Were you a tomboy growing up? And/or are your girls turning out that way?
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Acreage property on Smith Mountain Lake! Enjoy the lake, and your privacy, from this charming home situated on 10 waterfront acres. Turn into the property and relax as you make your way down to the home. Step through the front door, and the first thing you'll notice is the stunning stone fireplace, flanked by walls of windows. The space is open and inviting, and filled with light. The house has been painted inside and has beautiful wood floors. The deck has been stained, and a new patio added. Come and make it your own!
Montilago subdivision on Smith Mountain Lake. Potential development property, corporate retreat or family estate. Many opportunities provided with this offering of 9 of the 10 tracts in Montilago. Totaling 38 acres with 2,250 feet of waterfrontage, classified as High Density Commercial by AEP Shoreline Management located near Halesford Bridge. Three homes on property selling as-is.
Acreage tract in Franklin County VA with long frontage on Pigg River and just minutes from Smith Mountain Lake. Incredible recreational property with abundant wildlife, large river bottom crop fields, and 135 acres of recently thinned pines, planted in 1996 and managed to promote growth. Excellent income potential in timber sales just a few years away. Quality Deer Management Program in place and outstanding hunting opportunities. Ample state road frontage as well as interior roads make this property easy to navigate and/or subdivide. Views of Smith Mountain. Owner is listing agent.
RARE RIVER FRONT PROPERTY!! Trout Fishing, Kayaking, Canoeing!! 1541' frontage on the scenic Pigg River. 3443' frontage on Snow Creek Rd. and Ramsey Memorial Road. Located only 15 miles from Rocky Mount. It offers good stands of planted pine from 9 to 19 years old, 25 acres of mature pines, and hardwood. The rolling to steep terrain gives you good views. Great for hunting/recreation or permanent home.
Three acres on Route 40 in Union Hall. Zoned B2. Entrance in place.
Nice wooded 4.79 acre with stream, zoned agricultural, build your dream home located in a very nice subdivision. Within 2 miles of downtown Rocky Mount. Has public water and cable.
681.386 Acres of Recreational Land in Callaway VA, of Franklin County VA near Boones Mill VA, Bent Mountain VA, and Callaway VA. Property is great for hunting, recreation or retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Property is within a short commute to Rocky Mount VA, Roanoke VA , and Boones Mill VA. Directions From Roanoke, Highway 221 South to Bent Mountain, VA, left on Callaway Road (SR # 602), Left on Gap Gate Road (SR # 739), Left on Dug Spur Road (SR # 742), Property on Left just past Lark Drive and before Middle Ridge Drive. Property is between 1215 Dug Spur Road, Callaway VA and 1597 Dug Spur Road Callaway, VA.
This unique find of 332.4+/- acres is in the historic Shooting Creek area of Franklin County, VA.. Shooting Creek is a native trout stream. This rare gem is the perfect place to build your family recreation getaway. ATV, trail riding, hunting and fishing are awaiting with privacy and seclusion. State road frontage. Land is shaped like a half of bowl with Shooting Creek on the east end and goes up a valley to the top of the mountain on the west. Several small branches and cabin sites. NEED A 1031 EXCHANGE?
Channel Marker R-66. Great view of Main Channel. Deep Water Cove with a great building site. Within 15 minutes of Roanoke and Westlake. Previously approved for 2 slip dock. Purchaser must install well and septic.
116.56 Acres of Land in Three Tracts in Franklin County VA for Sale. The acreage is mostly wooded and would be a great Hunting or Recreational Retreat. The Property is located near Rocky Mount VA and Smith Mountain Lake. Also within commuting distance to Roanoke VA and Rocky Mount VA. Directions to Property. From Rocky Mount VA take 40 East / Old Franklin Turnpike to a left on Route 655 / Webster Road, Left on Route 834 Brooks Mill Road, Right on Route 965 Tall Tree Road, Property is on the left beside 423 Tall Tree Road, Wirtz Va 24184. Refer to survey and interactive aerial map to see boundary. Property is in Three tracts of 35.46 Acres, 56.2252 Acres, and 24.87 Acres. Seller will consider selling property by the tract.
160.786 Acre Land Tract located near Ferrum in Franklin County VA for Sale. The acreage is mostly wooded but has a nice cleared area with mountain views. Property is a great land tract for hunting and recreation or a Blue Ridge Mountain Retreat. The Property is located near Ferrum College in Ferrum VA. Also within commuting distance to Martinsville VA, Roanoke VA and Rocky Mount VA. Directions to Property. From Ferrum VA take Right on Route 865 / Timberline Road to a left on Route 772 / Marshall Hill Road, Property is on the right beside 772 Marshall Hill Road, Ferrum Va 24088.
100 Acre Land Tract located in Franklin County VA for Sale. The acreage is mostly wooded but has a nice cleared area with mountain views. Property is a great land tract for hunting and recreation or a Blue Ridge Mountain Retreat. The Property is located near Ferrum College in Ferrum VA and Philpott Lake. Also within commuting distance to Martinsville VA, Roanoke VA and Rocky Mount VA. Directions to Property. From Ferrum VA take 40 West / Franklin Street to a left on Route 605 / Jamison Mill Road, Property is on the right beside 600 Jamison Mill Road, Henry Va 24102. Refer to survey and interactive aerial map to see boundary. Seller recently surveyed 5 acres off to neighbor which is shown on maps.
41.47 Acre Land Tract located near Philpott Lake in Franklin County VA for Sale. The acreage is mostly wooded with mountain views. Property is a great land tract for hunting and recreation or a Blue Ridge Mountain Retreat. Property consists of 2 tracts. The Property is located near Philpott Lake. Also within commuting distance to Martinsville VA and Rocky Mount VA. Directions to Property. From Ferrum VA take 40 West / Franklin Street to a left on Route 788 / Thompsons Ridge Road, To a right on Route 787 / Welcome Valley Road, to a right on Otter Creek Drive, Property is located across street from Turkey Ridge Drive. Refer to survey and interactive aerial map to see boundary. Property consists of 2 tracts totaling 41.47 Acres.
Looking to build, hunt or have a private getaway? 10.5 /- acres conveniently located just minutes off 220. Cleared area in back of homesite. Nice Creek. Call today!
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Here a user could see the overview of a client budget. Following are the fields in this page.
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While Chris uses Photoshop to recreate the images today, he says this hobby of his began 35 years ago, way before Photoshop even existed. In an interview he gave to Uni Watch, he shared that he began doing photo restoration in the 1980s, while he was still in college. His first digital colorization was a photo of his dad sitting in his jet in Korea. He was pleased with the results, so he went on doing it with other photos, mostly old ones from the family album.
Even though Chris is American, he's been living in Far East, Thailand and Hong Kong since 1983. The roots of his Photoshop skills are in Hong Kong. He used to make video games there, which gave him a solid knowledge of the software. Thanks to this, he found the digital restoration work easy to master. Paired with his previous experience in photo restoration, no wonder his baseball images are brought back to life with such great results.
When it comes to the colorization and restoration process, Chris points out that he couldn't imagine doing his work without the Wacom pen and tablet. I am a colorization newbie, and one of the tips Chris gave me is to buy the pen and tablet as soon as I can. As he says in his post on Bored Panda, finishing one photo can take more or less time, depending on the image. Sometimes, a portrait of a player can be done in a single day, if it's in a good condition. With photos of entire teams or those in bad condition, it can take several weeks or as long as a month. But even when the task is easy, it still takes some preparation, education and research.
Like every good colorization artist, Chris tries to find the historical facts that will make the colors in his photos as accurate as possible. He uses a website for baseball uniforms where he can get a lot of information. Parks are more difficult to work on, but he says that sometimes old color postcards can give you an idea. Since the players and the uniforms are the most important, Chris concentrates on getting them right. Since the colorization work is done in many layers, he goes back and fixes colors whenever he finds more info.
For Chris, photo colorization started as a hobby, but he's doing it more and more professionally. He runs a website called Man Cave, where you can see more of his work and buy museum-quality prints. So if you're looking for some awesome baseball posters to decorate your man cave, you know where to look. And I'd like to thank Chris for sharing his work with us, as well as some tips and tricks about the entire process.
Chris Whitehouse is an American restoration and colorization artist, but he's been living in Far East, Thailand and Hong Kong since 1983. If you'd like to see more of his work and buy prints, check out his website. You can also like his Facebook page and follow him on Twitter.


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Rep. Barbara Lee: key health care votes
HR 986: Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019
Status: House passed
In 2018, the Trump Administration relaxed the rules that apply to 1332 waivers. H.R. 986 is a one-page bill that would reverse the Trump Administration's guidance and prevent similar guidance from being issued in the future. [more]
Rep. Lee voted Yes, which we score as a pro-consumer vote.
HR 1628: American Health Care Act of 2017
On Passage: H R 1628 American Health Care Act [more]
Rep. Lee voted No, which we score as a pro-consumer vote.
HR 3: A budget resolution to begin the process of repealing the ACA.
On Agreeing to the Resolution: S CON RES 3 Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026 [more]
HR 3762: House vote to override President's veto of H.R. 3762
Status: House failed
Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding: H R 3762 An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016 [more]
HR 3762: Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment: H R 3762 An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016 [more]
HR 1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015
On Passage: H R 1190 Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 [more]
HR 160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015
On Passage: H R 160 Protect Medical Innovation Act [more]
HR 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
On Passage: H R 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 [more]
HR 596: To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes
On Passage: H R 596 To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes [more]
Rep. Lee did not vote..
HR 30: Save American Workers Act of 2015
On Passage: H R 30 Save American Workers Act of 2015 [more]
HR 3522: Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2013
On Passage: H R 3522 To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes [more]
HR 2575: Save American Workers Act of 2014
On Passage: H R 2575 Save American Workers Act of 2014 [more]
HR 4118: SIMPLE Fairness Act
On Passage: H R 4118 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to delay the implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate [more]
HR 3350: Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013
On Passage: H R 3350 Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013 [more]
HR 2668: Fairness for American Families Act
On Passage: H R 2668 Fairness for American Families Act [more]
HR 45: To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
On Passage: H R 45 To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 [more]
HR 6079: Repeal of Obamacare Act
On Passage: H R 6079 To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 2010 [more]
HR 1213: Repealing Funding for State Health Benefit Exchanges
To repeal mandatory funding provided to states in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges. [more]
HR 2: Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act
1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]
HR 4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
These were House amendments to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, making financing and revenue changes. It made some adjustments to the health reform bill to mollify House Democrats who had sought a more aggressive reform bill [more]
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Meet Page - Interior Designer In Jacksonville - J Turner & Co.
Page, a native of Jacksonville Florida, currently resides in South Jacksonville Beach with her family.
Her husband, Liam is a Neptune Beach police Sergeant. Mathis, her 11-year-old son and Ruby, 9 attend St Paul's Catholic School.
Page has an Associates of Art and Design and a Bachelors of Science and Communications from Jacksonville University. After several years of refurbishing and rehabbing homes along the Jacksonville coastline, Page has found her home at J Turner & Co. designing homes throughout the greater Jacksonville area.
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We had a great holiday thanks to our excellent guide and driver..
Excellent vegetarian food at all hotels. The occasional power cuts were not confined to the hotels and their own power generators remedied the situation in each case, save for at Chitwan, where the storm had caused damage. This did not reduce our enjoyment of the trip, and did not diminish the helpfulness nor amicability of anyone with whom we came into contact.
I was pleased with all of the hotels, the facilities were great and were good value. The drinks prices were madly expensive but I expect they have to make money somehow!
Excellent trip, your Tour Guide and Driver were very good.
All hotels were in good locations. Hotel Himalaya and Fishtail Lodge in Nepal, City Hotel (Thimphu) and Tashi Phumstock (Paro) were excellent, with high standards and good locations. The Hotel in Bandipur was OK, but I felt claustrophobic in the room. The bathroom at Rhino Lodge smelt, and there was no hook for the shower head which made washing awkward; the bedroom was fine, The food, was amazing except for Chitwan where the toast was like warm bread, and not a lot of selection.
Good overall value and well organised. We enjoyed all the hotels and the guides and drivers were brilliant. It was a good sized group and the meals were excellent.
Once again, a lovely holiday - the elephant ride was a highlight for us!
Travelling from Kathmandu to Heathrow on Jet Airways we were only offered spicy food. I cannot eat spicy food so was hungry!
All hotels were well picked by Mercury, the staff and food at all the hotels was in my opinion perfect. Everything went well.
Travelling from Delhi to Agra, this 3 night extension takes you on a tour through India's capital as well as the magnificent Taj Mahal.
Travelling from Delhi to Agra then Jaipur, this 6 night extension tour of the Golden Triangle takes you through India's most famous sights. Ride a rickshaw around Old Delhi, marvel at the Taj Mahal and discover the Pink City of Jaipur.


Minitab is a statistics package developed at the Pennsylvania State University by researchers Barbara F. Ryan, Thomas A. Ryan, Jr., and Brian L. Joiner in 1972. It consists tools that are essential for Six Sima application. Six Sigma is a disciplined and data-driven method used in eliminating defect in any process. Using minitab, you can perform data analysis, make basic graphs, pareto charts, run charts and histograms.
Minitab software helps in various minitab data analysis work such as regression analysis, measurement system analysis that includes factor, correspondence, cluster analysis and others, analysis of variance which is used in determining the distinction of data points, and also in statistical process control.
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Third workshop for 2018 is a great success.
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Fellows gather for three days in Cambridge, U.K.
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Kerstin is recognized for her work to protect giant manta rays.


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Having sponsored The World's 50 Best Restaurants for many years, in this difficult moment S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna are proud to be the main partners of the 50 Best for Recovery project, helping relaunch the restaurant sector and within the context of the wider S.Pellegrino #SupportRestaurants movement.
As an additional initiative, S.Pellegrino is also contributing to the 'Bid for Recovery' Auction offering some unique gourmet and lifestyle experiences.
Stefano Marini, CEO Sanpellegrino Group, says: "Over the last 120 years, the Sanpellegrino Group has always been close to the gastronomy industry family. In such a challenging time we want to be even closer, to help it restart stronger than ever."
S.Pellegrino is backing 50 Best Recovery with an important donation and participating in the auctions that are part of the fund-raising activities included in the program. The aim is to provide financial relief and create helpful resources for restaurants as they emerge from the pandemic.
Opening on 3 July, the 'Bid for Recovery' Auction will raise funds by giving food and travel enthusiasts the opportunity to bid for over 100 out-of-this-world lots, including the following unique three experiences offered by Sanpellegrino.
Want to Discover the World of Chef Massimo Bottura? You can bid for this unforgettable immersion in the gastronomic treasures and enchanting atmospheres of the chef's beloved hometown of Modena. Staying two nights at the delightful Casa Maria Luigia including a tour of its artworks with Lara Gilmore Bottura and dinner at Francescana at Maria Luigia, the winning bidder will also have the chance to dine at the Osteria Francescana, twice winner of The World's 50 Best Restaurants, and savour lunch at its vibrant younger sister Franceschetta 58.
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Also up for auction is a unique VIP invitation for two to the 2021 Grand Finale of the S.Pellegrino Young Chef competition in Italy's dynamic fashion and design capital, Milan. Over two days of intense competition, the successful bidder will be able to rub shoulders with the world's top young chefs and their mentors – senior chefs of acclaim - while enjoying a series of exclusive taste experiences, including the glamorous Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony, as well as a visit to San Pellegrino Terme and its magnificent Art Nouveau casino.
Another highlight is the Acqua Panna Experience at Villa Panna, three amazing days immersed in the rolling hills and charmed lifestyle of Tuscany, featuring a private Tuscan barbecue hosted by a Michelin Chef, a private vineyard tour and extensive wine tasting, and an exclusive visit to the Acqua Panna source and natural reserve. This priceless Tuscan experience culminates in a stop in Florence for an aperitivo on a boat in the river Arno, with the famous Ponte Vecchio as a backdrop, followed by an incredible starred dinner at Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura.
The 'Bid for Recovery' Auction will be conducted online at www.50BestForRecovery.com. Potential bidders can view the full selection of lots from 29 June, with the auction opening on 3 July and running until 12 July.
Click here to discover how the 50 Best Recovery Fund will allocate its resources
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