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Invented by the English
If it was invented, it was probably invented by an Englishman
The citizens of many countries have always had a way of looking at things in black and white. (South Africa and the southern states of the US in particular). However for the English this has never been the case. What may seem straightforward to others is a little more complex to the advanced mind of the Englishman.
For example, war. What is it good for? Well, sure it has its knockers but the English have always found it a handy way of expanding the empire and learning new and exciting cooking techniques.
Or love. Considered to be generally a 'good thing' but doesn't it lead to all that tedious, sweaty procreation business with the inevitable mess and embarrassment?
No, for the English there needed to be a middle way. A choice more in line with the English weather, English complexion and colour of English boiled potatoes and so it was that in 1952 Henry Thorpe invented grey. It turned out to be the defining creation of the decade and soon became a firm favourite of the English.
I think we all know who looked the most sophisticated in this special Anglo-Italy-US episode of Blind Date first aired in 1983.
Related non-invention:
Gray (Non-invented by the Americans): No Lance, you can't spell it and you can't carry it off. Stick with your gaudy colours. That's right, colours!
Up until 1962 the world had been satisfied with the cat and the mouse as two distinct animals.
The mouse was the ideal animal for when you needed some cheese eating, some squeaking or there was a housewife who needed to be scared up onto a stool, skirt gathered round her knees.
The proud parents share a tendor moment.
The cat didn't really have a purpose. They would lounge around, occasionally half-heartedly chase a mouse or pull an amusing face in the hope of a photograph being uploaded to the internet with a witty caption.
It took the genius of Wilfred Stevenson to realise the advantage of combining these two animals. Wilfred was a prolific inventor having previously invented the LSD smoothie and the "Quiche Insane", a quiche containing magic mushrooms and hallucinogenic frog meat.
Wilfred had a dream of a conventional small rodent but with the bushy luxuriant tale of a cat. In March 1962 he initiated a mouse/cat breeding program. There were some teething problems, the cat trying to eat the mouse, the mouse hitting the cat over the head with a frying pan so large you would have imagined the mouse would be unable to lift it, that kind of thing.
Eureka! The first squirrel, Tony
However, Wilfred fell back on his medical knowledge and started giving the two participants varying amounts of Ecstasy and poppers. Soon he had the breakthrough he had been dreaming of, and in August of 1962 the first offspring was born. The squirrel had been invented!
Grey squirrel (Non-invented by the Americans): As often is the case the Americans made a bigger, crasser version of the original and tried to pass it off as something new. Close, Chad, but no cigar.
Whilst the rest of the world was still using its fingers to eat food as late as 1953, the English had long since recognised the benefits of an intermediary between dinner and digit. The invention of the sandwich in 1751 highlighted the advantages of keeping the fingers clean of grease, gravy, Marmite, etc., but it wasn't for another 63 years that the logical next step was taken.
And Jesus spake thus unto the waiter "I haveth not cutlery" and the waiter thus respondeth "You're too early mate, the English don't invent cutlery for another 1800 years or so"
In the Autumn of 1814 Edgar Ramsbottom was in his parlour tuning his piano when is wife brought him a platter of fine pickles. Edgar was in a quandary because although he was hungry and loved the piquant taste of a well preserved gherkin he also knew the dangers of getting strong malt vinegar on the keys or body of his piano. Inspiration struck in a flash and taking the tuning fork he had been using, a C-128, Edgar skewered a particularly large gherkin and transferred it to his mouth without despoiling either his hands or piano with vinegar.
Edgar, sensing the enormity of his breakthrough, immediately gave up his job as a government approved leach healer and dedicated the rest of his life to perfecting his invention. He experimented with the number of tines. He found that 2 tines gave a better note when striking the food however 10 times ensured that even the most persistent live shrimp was restrained. He eventually settled on 4 as the optimum number, suitable for spearing all but the largest of morsels but still giving a pleasant tone when struck against the table top.
The fork was an excellent start but proved frightfully slow for eating soup and inadequate for slicing the larger gherkins into smaller mouth-sized pieces. He rapidly added the spoon and knife to his inventions and the classic cutlery combo was formed.
Chopsticks (Non-invented by the Chinese): Hold on Huang, chopping the top off the fork doesn't invent a new form of cutlery. What you have just non-invented is the "not fork".
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The English have a proud tradition of rotundity having invented fatness back in Medieval times. Then it was frowned upon for the local Baron not to weigh more than his largest livestock and hence the English nobility were the envy of all of Europe.
As the English had not yet invented divorce Henry VIII fanously ate his second wife, Anne Boleyn
During the countless times the English defeated their foreign neighbours in battles, wars and dust-ups it was not an un-common site for the English King to be carried onto the battlefield in a sedan chair borne by 4 elephants. The defeated King Louis VIII of France, having had his royal backside handed to him on a platter by Henry III during the Saintonge War, muttered the now-famous last words: "Mon deui, il a les buttocks d'un hippopotamus".
However, as English adventurers discovered the new worlds of America and the South Pacific, it became clear that there was serious competition out there and if England were to retain its title of "Portliest Empire" it would have to step up its game. This led to the government of the time forming the Institute of the Big-Boned where top scientists and dieticians worked together to solve this crisis.
These scientists scoured Europe in the course of their research and by combining key elements from the cooking of Scotland, the physical fitness regime of the Italian army and the genetics of Greek women were able to unveil, in 1723, the first of a new breed of super-fatty: Stanley Orpington.
Stanley Orpington considers a snack before lunch.
Stanley weighed 43 stones and although measuring techniques were more primitive in those days it was recorded that "upon being rolled juste one time, from back to bellie and once more to back, he was transported from outside of the front doore of Mrs. Gordon's Gyn Shoppe to the steppes of the Underprivileged Orphans Workhouse/Knocking shoppe, a distance of quite some yardes".
England's top scientists had prevailed and soon the chair-breaking techniques used to produce Stanley were used throughout the kingdom and the girth of the Englishman was once again the envy of the whole World.
Morbid obesity (non-invented by the Americans): If you weigh more than your sofa you should be feeling a tad gloomy, Bubba. Whimsical obesity, now that would be an invention.
Welsh Rarebit (Non-invented by the Welsh): Oi Aled, if you are going to nick an English meal and pretend it's Welsh at least add a bloody leek.
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Cheese on Toast / Pizza
In October 1912 Mr Wilf Chumbly, of Halton near Lancaster, was looking for a warm meal with all the delicious taste of the cheese sandwich (with maybe only 50% of the bread). He had the idea to create a piece of toast and then to put cheese on top of it. Wilf called his new creation "Cheese on toast".
The traditional Skittle's 12 inch "pizza" cheese on toast
His creation became wildly popular with his friends and relatives and soon he had opened the first home delivery food service, "Skittles" (named after the game he would play down at his local pub). Any resident of Lancaster, or the surrounding area, could call up Skittles and Wilf would cycle round to their house with a steaming hot piece of cheese on toast in a cardboard box.
When phoning in their order the broad Lancaster accent of Wilf's customers meant that the phrase "Can I have a 12 inch piece of cheese on toast please, Wilf" would sound like "Can I have a 12 inch 'pizza' cheese on toast please, Wilf" and so in 1924 he renamed his company "Skittle's Pizza" and created the famous logo known around the world.
Wilf developed his product line to start adding extra ingredients to his cheese on toast and soon he had a variety of popular favourites, one of the most popular being the ham and Pineapple "Morecome", named after the local seaside town due to its proximity to both several pig farms and the Del Monte canning plant.
Soon rip-offs of Wilf's "pizza" had started appearing around the world and just like had happened with football and the squirrel previously it was the Americans who took a good idea and ruined it. Instead of keeping the traditional square shape they decided to make it round, meaning that a customer ordering a 12 inch pizza, instead of getting 144 square inches of cheese dripping goodness would instead get a meagre 113.097 square inches. It is this ridiculously shaped sham-pizza that is now more prominent but true pizza aficionados still seek out the Skittle's authentic version and add a splash of Lea and Perrin's sauce before eating.
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The cocktail
The English invented the first recorded cocktail when in 1832 a Mr Campbell Johnson of Basildon, Essex asked for a pint of beer with "just a splash of lemonade" in it.
The "lager top" had been created and soon the classic English cocktails the "shandy", the "lager and lime" and the "snakebite and black" were the most popular drinks at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, the Waldorf in New York, the Dingo's Nuggets in Sydney and all other colonial back-waters.
Tom Cruise prepares a Lager Top, his signature cocktail in the film "Cocktail"
Cocktail onion (Non-invented by the Californians): It's just a small onion. You don't put onions in your drinks Keanu!
In 528 B.C., having just invented the first language (English), the English went on to invent talking.
Not stopping there the English went on immediately to invent the first ever question ("How are you, old chap?"), the first ever reply ("Mustn't grumble.") and the first ever platitude ("That's good to hear."). Although invented by Englishmen it was Englishwomen who went on to excel in talking and really took it to the next level.
Two English women practising talking in 1982. By this time many other countries had started talking themselves (with varying degrees of success).
Rapping (Non-invented by the Americans): Talking whilst wearing oversized trousers does not make it a new form of communication, Dwayne
Football was invented by an English schoolboy at John Port School, Etwall.
Whilst playing rugby in 1865, Herbert Blackwell dropped the ball and proceeded to kick it with his feet rather than carry it in his hands. Continuing to the try line he kicked the ball between the posts and below the bar scoring the first ever "goal". He then proceeded to run along the touch line cupping his hand to his ear before pulling his shirt over his head. Unfortunately in those days all sport was played in a thick woollen all-in-one leotard and Herbert later that afternoon also invented soprano singing.
The 1865 England Football team shown here waiting for some other countries to start playing the game
Aussie rules football (Non-invented by the Australians): Playing it on a cricket pitch in tank tops doesn't make it a new sport, Bruce
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The neck tie
The neck tie was invented by the English in 1352 when it was realised that there needed to be an easy way to distinguish an English gentleman from jonny foreigner. Other nationalities were forbidden from wearing the tie until 1826, and then only bowties.
Whilst playing Bond, Roger Moore naturally wore a tie however Sean Connery (a Scot) had to wear a bowtie.
The cravate (Non-invented by the French): Tying a handkerchief roughly round your neck isn't fashion, Jean-Pierre
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The scotch egg
The scotch egg was invented by the English, and not as suggested by the name, the Scottish.
The addition of a sausage layer to the outside of a boiled egg came first, in 1354, but it wasn't until 1782 that the breadcrumbs were added (by Mr George Percey of Bromsgrove) creating the staple of wedding buffets we've come to love.
A scotch egg (plus another half scotch egg): Combining egg and pork sausage doubles your chance of salmonella


While its name may sound exotic, this recipe from our new chef Hideyo Yamada makes it easy to experience the revitalizing goodness of Japanese cuisine prepared right in your kitchen. Simply roast zucchini, carrots, eggplant, red bell peppers and shiitake mushrooms and toss them in a dashi sauce marinade to enjoy the deep fried flavor of this nutritious Japanese favorite.
All over Turkey, some form or another of savory—not sweet—yogurt is served at practically every meal. Caçik, the classic yogurt-based dish, is made from thick yogurt mixed with garlic and salt to which diced cucumber and mint is added. Rumi, the great Sufi mystic and poet of the thirteenth century, mentions this dish in his writings, so we know that savory yogurt dishes are rooted in a long tradition. The dish can be part of a mezze platter or can be served alongside a meal.
Caçik starts with thick yogurt. You can use Greek style, which is already thick, or you can take a thinner yogurt and thicken it yourself. To thicken the yogurt, place it in a cheesecloth-lined strainer for a few hours. You'll get a lot of whey dripping into your bowl, which you can use for other dishes. The longer you strain the yogurt, the thicker it gets. If you strain your yogurt overnight, and it is as thick as cheese, simply whisk a few tablespoons of water into it to thin the yogurt to the desired consistency. Sheep's or cow's milk yogurt both are traditional; in the video I make the classic caçik with strained cow milk yogurt, and the variations with a Greek-style sheep's yogurt.
Besides the classic caçik, lots of variations are relished as well. One striking variation is made with diced fresh beets. The dish starts the same way, with yogurt, salt and garlic. A couple of cups of beets stirred in turns the yogurt a luminescent pink. It's also common to stir into the garlicky yogurt a pile of wilted chopped greens. I've used spinach in the video, but other greens such as chard are tasty as well. Make sure to squeeze out the excess water from cooking and chill the greens to room temperature before mixing them in.
Purslane, a leafy green that in the states is rather unusual—it's found in green markets June through October—is more of an everyday vegetable in Turkey. It has round slick leaves with a singular nutritional profile; besides being high in vitamins and minerals, purslane is high in omega three fatty acids. In Turkey, handfuls of raw purslane are stirred into the garlicky yogurt base and enjoyed as part of a mezze platter.
Use your imagination and vary the vegetables. It's amazing how tasty something so simple can be.
Enjoying hiking in the woods, walking in the park, lifting a child or dancing until dawn all depend on durable bones. Strong, resilient bones are essential to healthy, joyful living. Unfortunately, weak bones are far too common as evidenced by increasing rates of osteopenia and osteoporosis (bone loss).
Bones are not stoic or fixed structures. Our body's bony architecture is dynamic and ever dependent on a constant supply of nutrients and body weight movements.
1. Power up your plate with plant foods. Achieving "8 a day" (vegetable & fruit servings) produces a more alkaline physical environment favorable for bone health.
2. Pour on some extra virgin olive oil. It is a mega food for the bones as indicated by research on the Mediterranean diet.
3. Go green! Sip on a green smoothie, stir up some Swiss chard or kale, or enjoy a raw green salad. Greens are rich in vitamins and minerals that support bone strength.
4. Give sea vegetables a try. They contain a blend of bone strengthening minerals such as boron, magnesium, calcium and more.
5. Soak up some rays. This will boost your vitamin D intake. Just a few minutes of incidental sunlight can perk up the bones. For a tasty calcium/vitamin D pairing you can also try some tasty sardines.
6. Enjoy some fermented organic soy foods. Fermented soy foods such as tempeh are packed with bone-friendly phytoestrogens.
7. Snack on some fresh fruit (a sweet source of boron) and raw nuts/seeds (calcium, magnesium, zinc).
8. Avoid bone robbers such as excess alcohol, caffeine and sugar.
9. Perk up your meals with herbs and spices for added flavor and minerals instead of dousing them with salt, which is a calcium mugger.
10. Avoid a product if it is loaded with sodium. Scan your food labels for high sodium. This competes with calcium at the cellular level.
11. Consider a better bone check up especially if you're at risk including: bone density scan, bone resorption assay, vitamin (D, K, B12) and mineral levels (calcium, magnesium).
12. Move, lift, play. Stay active with weight bearing and strength building exercises whether it's in a yoga class, circuit training workout or playground!
We'd like to welcome our latest addition to our family of chef's, Hideyo Yamada. She is a trained sushi chef from Japan and a graduate from the Natural Gourmet Institute's Chef Training Program and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. As a holistic chef, cooking instructor and a certified Holistic Health counselor, Hideyo specializes in delicious, gluten-free cooking that energizes and restores health and vitality. She's contributed numerous Japanese inspired recipes to MyFoodMyHealth such as the featured recipe for Roasted Age-Bitashi. Foods like Roasted Age-Bitashi, provide a fun and flavorful glance into the Japanese diet and are full of nutrients that make them some of the most powerful medical foods around. Try the featured recipe from Hideyo and see just how simple it is to enjoy the healthy and delectable flavors of Japanese cuisine.
At MyFoodMyHealth we encourage people to enjoy foods in season at their peak of freshness. Not only are foods in season at their most flavorful and nutritious, but they are also at the most affordable when in season. To inspire you to eat seasonally, we've updated our home page with warm and cozy seasonal recipes you can enjoy this fall and winter. Check the new sample recipes out on our home page MyFoodMyHealth.
Do you have a pollen allergy? Do you also notice itching, burning, tingling and occasional swelling of the lips, mouth, tongue and throat where the fresh fruit or vegetable touched? Chances are you have oral allergy syndrome. More than half of the people with a pollen allergy also react when they eat some fruits and vegetables. The reaction is caused from proteins in the fruit which are similar to the allergy-causing proteins found in certain pollens.
For many people with pollen allergies the best thing to do is to avoid foods that might cross-react. Cooking fruits and vegetables can also help because they usually will not cause symptoms.
The latest book from the renowned pioneer in integrative medicine, Andrew Weil, M.D., is a beautiful cookbook filled with 125 original recipes for nutritious, international dishes from Dr. Weil and chef Michael Stebner served at True Food Kitchens. This inspiring cookbook also includes helpful and informative essays to make it fun and easy to follow a healthy, seasonal and sustainable diet at home.


Senior executives are among the favorite targets of malicious hackers and other bad actors, in part because they are more likely to hold valuable information — or have a high level of access to such data.
That's why it's so important for organizations to make sure C-level officers and other top executives are adhering to the strictest data protection standards and are using appropriate security technologies whenever possible, including when they travel to high-risk locations.
via Safeguarding your biggest cybersecurity target: Executives – CIO.


Before I do the review I feel its helpful to say what kind of angler I am. I would consider myself a casual angler, not that I don't go a lot just I don't do massively long sessions like some of the bank tramps of our carp generation. I go roughly on average three times a week, mainly just short sessions during evening bite times with the odd day and night trips. I won't go into why I don't go more as it doesn't help this review. I have been fishing for around 15 years, I've grown up watching the carp scene develop into the cash cow it is now. My skills are average, I know how to tie a decent rig plus from my sort sessions I have increased my water craft, due to it being essential for me to catch.
Ok now you know who is reviewing this bait lets get into it. I received a parcel from Royaly Boilies two weeks ago which was exciting, however I was instantly disheartened by the amount I got to test. I received around half a kilo along with half a pot of pop up hook baits. I'm going to be completely honest and say this instantly decreases the accuracy of the review since I only fished with the bait for one three hour session.
Soon as I opened the bag of bait I could smell the instant aroma of fruit with a softer creamy ending, reminding me instantly of classic carpy smells such as scopex, Ib, fruit and sweetness. I wasn't told the exact combinations of attractors but all smelt good to me. I even tasted the bait which tasted very sweet on my tongue.
Being hand rolled gave the bait a rugged unpolished look, an advantage over mainstream bait due to there not being one shape for a carp to be scared off, but makes it hard to use these boilies with a throwing stick. A deep orange colour with specks of shiny particles which look to me like edible glitter, I class this as gimmick to fool the angler rather than aiding a carps choice to eat the bait, giving no nutritional value to the fish.
Texture is firm with a slight give if squeezed, finally crumbling in your finger tips which is perfect. No crunch factor was present in the bait, I'm a believer that for carp to get addicted to a bait a crunch dramatically helps. You can use the standard boilies as hookbaits they're already hard enough.
Pop ups in my mind were bang on. Hand rolled bright pink, pungent, very boyant pop ups. Perfect everything you could ask from a pop up they give.
Within a hour and half my rod screamed into action just as the light levels dropped on the single pop up. Striking into a angry fish who was stripping line of my reel trying to head round the island, I instantly knew it was a good fish. After a ferocious fight the carp was landed. A short but very fat mirror was in the net. Great hook hold in the bottom lip and the weight was a cracking size for this lake, 17lb so I was chuffed and happy to catch on a new bait.
I conclude that this bait will catch carp consistently well from day ticket waters because of the instant strong attraction the bait clearly has along with the cracking pop ups. £9 per kilo is on the expensive side for the basemix you are getting however it is expected since they are hand rolled making the manufacturing process slow and time is money. I wouldn't advise this bait to be used for a baiting campaign on a low stock water. I have doubts over the nutritional value of the bait and big carp will notice and not want to eat the bait, also Id say the company would struggle to roll the amount of bait you would require. I caught a good fish using the bait so I would use it again however with just 3 hours and half a kilo I couldn't commit to using the bait over what I can get for £9 of my money.


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Born on the 15th of November 1968, Miguel Saraiva concluded his studies in architecture at the Universidade Lusíada, Lisbon, in 1995. In 1996 he founded the studio, today known as Saraiva + Associados, which has experienced a rapid process of expansion. Miguel Saraiva was the mentor and continues to be the driving force of this dynamic team, personally getting involved in all projects and the group's strategy and processes of globalisation.
Alongside his intense activity in the company, Miguel Saraiva was vice-president of the Southern Regional Section of the Ordem dos Arquitetos (Portuguese Architects Association), in the three-year period 1998-2001. Among other awards and honourable mentions in the field of architecture, in 2011, on behalf of Saraiva + Associados, he received the prize for Best Architecture Studio awarded by the Portuguese magazine Construir. In 2013, the same publication awarded him the prizes for Best Private Project 2013, Best Studio 2013 and Architecture Personality of the Year 2013. In 2015, he was given the award for Career Distinction by the SIL (Portugal Real Estate Exhibition).
Miguel Saraiva is frequently invited to participate as a speaker in seminars, master classes and symposiums at architecture schools in various countries, as well as in workshops and debates about economy and globalisation.
José Campos Forte
Born in Mozambique on the 10th of November 1949, José Campos Forte graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, in 1974/75. In 1976-77 he completed a refresher course in Sanitary Engineering at DGSB, the General Directorate for Basic Sanitation; in 1995-96 he completed a post-graduate degree in Business Management at the ISCTE in Lisbon and, in 1998-2000, he got a post-graduate degree in Construction and Real Estate Management from the Faculty of Engineering at Minho University. He began his professional career in 1967 as a secondary school teacher. Between 1974 and 1981 he was the chief engineer for the regional basic sanitation units of Vila Real and Bragança, the regional branches of the General Directorate for Basic Sanitation. He then moved into the private sector, taking on the roles of construction manager, technical and commercial director, production coordinator and administrator in various renowned construction companies. In 2009 he joined Saraiva + Associados as an engineering consultant and currently serves on the company's executive board.
Born in Lisbon on the 14th of January 1978, Bruno Pereira completed his architecture degree at the Universidade Lusíada, in Lisbon, in 2002. In 2000, he began his career at Saraiva + Associados as an apprentice, becoming part of the team as an architect in 2002. His architectural production is characterised by the programmatic and dimensional variety of his projects in the fields of architecture and urbanism. In 2008, he went on to coordinate numerous projects as team leader and, in 2011, he became an associate director of S+A.
Born in Lisbon on the 19th of June 1970, Luís Barros concluded his architecture degree at the Faculty of Architecture of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, in 1994. Between 1991 and 1997 he specialised in programming, advanced CAD and BIM, completing with great success various courses in these fields. Between 1992 and 1994 he did an apprenticeship at an architecture studio and in 1994 he began his professional practice as a qualified architect. After spending some time in Macau, where he collaborated on a range of local and international projects, he joined S+A in 2000. Since then, he has been involved in the company's projects as an architect, with a particular focus in the field of hospitals and planning, while also defining and implementing the group's information systems. In 2006 he became an associate director at S+A and is now in charge of the area of healthcare buildings and information systems.
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Born in Lisbon on the 17th of February 1973, Nuno Mona graduated in architecture from the Universidade Lusíada, in Lisbon, in 1998. That year he also developed various projects on a freelance basis and collaborated with a prestigious Portuguese architect on projects in the field of sustainable architecture. In 1999 he joined another Portuguese architecture studio, eventually joining S+A in 2000. Since 2006, he has been an associate director. In the S+A group his work is particularly focussed on the Algerian and Middle Eastern markets.
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Henrique Cayatte
Born in Lisbon in 1957, Henrique Cayatte is a designer, illustrator, professor and design consultant. He was a consultant for the special design projects for EXPO '98 and he developed its integrated signing and communication system. In 1999, he was awarded the National Design Prize for this global project. Later on, he was responsible for the conception and design of the Pavilion of Portugal – EXPO 2000, in Germany, and for the Pavilion of Portugal – EXPO 2005 in Aichi, Japan. Since 2004 he has been a guest professor at the University of Aveiro. He was commissioner-general and author of the general design of the exhibition 1990-2004 | Architecture and Design in Portugal, at the Milan Triennale. From 2004 to 2012, he was the president of the Portuguese Centre of Design and, since 2007, has been a board member of the Ibero-American Design Biennial.
From 2008 to 2014 he was a member of the executive board of BEDA (Bureau of European Design Associations) and, in 2006, was in charge of designing the Portuguese electronic passport and identification card. In 2016, he joined the S+A group and became founding partner of S+A Concept Design, which links design with architecture and the public space.
Ghaouti Bekhechi
Born on the 30th of July 1950, in Hennaya, Algeria, Ghaouti Bekhechi was awarded a scholarship to study at the University of Champaign Illinois, in the USA, in 1976. He began his professional career in 1979, in a well-known studio in San Francisco, USA. A DPLG architect licensed by the French government in 1981, that year he also became chief of department at the Institut National du Batiment au Ministère de l'Habitat, in Algeria. In 1983 he established an architecture studio in Oran and, in 2009, he became founding partner of S+A Algeria.
Marcelo Montoro
Born on the 13th of October 1967 in São Paulo, Brazil, Marcelo Montoro completed his architecture and urbanism degree at the Catholic University of Santos in 1991. In 1998 he developed a range of projects for a leading Brazilian company in the field of architecture. He won first place in an ideas contest with a project for the historic centre of São Paulo. He developed and participated in significant projects for the city, such as the Praça da República's underground car park and CPTM (São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company) train stations. He also participated in studies for the metro of Lima, Peru. In July 2010 he joined S+A group and became founding partner of S+A Brazil.
Born in 1976, in Coimbra, Ricardo Silva graduated in Architecture from the Architecture Department of the University of Coimbra. His international experience starts in 2003 working in some renown architectural offices in Barcelona, while there he co-founded and runned a 3D architecture visualisation business. By 2011, Ricardo moved to Asia, working in Hong Kong and Shanghai, where he conducted and supervised architectural design teams on a range of local and overseas projects. In 2017 he moved to Ho Chi Minh City collaborating with top South East Asian architectural offices. In 2019 he becomes founding partner of S+A Vietnam.
Sérgio Silva
Born in 1979, in Lisbon, Sérgio graduated in Architecture from Lusíada University in 2004, and is a LEED Accredited Professional currently taking a PhD in Social Sustainability and Development. He has developed the architecture practice in Portugal until 2011, having started his international career first in Vietnam, then in Algeria, Hong Kong and Macao, enrolling directly in projects related to urban planning, hotels and resorts, health, retail, entertainment and science parks. In 2019 he becomes a founding partner of S+A Vietnam.
Alexandre M. Pereira
Born in Lisbon, in 1962, Alexandre Marques Pereira has a degree in architecture from the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. He has taught at the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa since 1993 and, in 2006, was visiting professor at Auburn University, USA. In July 2012 he completed his doctorate in architecture, at the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, concentrating on project relationships between Northern and Southern Europe. Alexandre Marques Pereira is frequently invited to participate as a speaker in seminars, conferences and symposiums at universities and public institutions. He is the founder of AMP Arquitetura which, in 2017, was integrated into the S+A group.
João F. Caires
Born in 1953 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, João Francisco Caires made Funchal, Madeira, his residence, after which he became a Portuguese national. In 1976 he graduated in architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. He completed a specialised course in urban and regional studies in 1977. Since then he has established his own studios in Funchal and Lisbon and has developed joint projects with internationally renowned architects. In his studio he was the chief architect and coordinator, specialising in projects for collective housing, public facilities, urban planning and hotels. In 2011, in the context of S+A's process of international expansion, he joined the team as a senior partner.
Liliana Soares
Born in 1981, in Lisbon, Liliana Soares graduated in environmental engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico. She has a diploma of advanced training in construction from the same institution. She also has international credentials for consultancy in certifying sustainable building projects with the BREEAM, LiderA and SBTool systems. She is currently senior partner of S+A Green Lab, coordinating the departments of sustainable building, materials and urban planning. She has carried out various projects in consultancy and certification of sustainable buildings in Portugal, Mexico, Brazil, Kazakhstan and the Dominican Republic. She was also in charge of managing participation in co-financed, national and European R&D projects focussed on the development of new materials and innovative construction solutions for the sustainable building market. She has experience carrying out regional sustainability plans with public state entities, analysis of the life cycle of materials and technical and economic evaluation of sustainability measures. She also supported the globalisation efforts of the company, in particular in Brazilian and Mexican markets.
Paulo Reis Silva
Born in Lisbon on the 30th of April 1965, has several degrees in Architecture, Environmental Planning, and Project Evaluation and Management. For the past 15 years, he was Development Director of a real estate investment company, where he was responsible for programming and developing touristic projects. He is also Auditor of the Portuguese sustainable construction certification scheme, LIDER.A. In 2018, he established PRS Arquitectos, part of the S+A group.
Miguel Rocha
Born in Mozambique on the 1st of October 1962, Miguel Rocha completed his architecture degree at the Faculty of Architecture of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa in 1989. He began his career in the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau of Macau (DSSOPT) between 1989 and 1991, collaborating on various urban development plans. He returned to Portugal to work in two architecture offices in the period between 1991 and 1996. In 1996 he established Rocha & Saraiva (now Saraiva + Associados), where he remained until 2005. Between 2005 and 2016 he collaborated with the company of a Portuguese group interested in the area of real estate. Later, in 2017, he became part of the S+A group and in 2019 Miguel takes the position of International Markets Coordinator.
Rui Carvalho
Born on the 1st of June 1981, in Lisbon, Rui Carvalho completed his architecture degree at the Faculty of Architecture of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa in 2005. In 2006 he did a nine-month academic placement in Rome, in the field of restoration and interior design. In March 2007 he joined Saraiva + Associados as an apprentice, subsequently becoming part of the studio's production team. In 2008 he was given a permanent position in Algeria, overseeing projects in the fields of housing, industry and commerce. In February 2010, with the opening of the Oran office, he took on the position of Country Manager for Algeria. In 2017 he moved to Malaysia and Singapore as regional coordinator of Asian markets.
Susana Ramalho
Born on the 30th of October 1984, in Alcobaça, Susana Ramalho graduated in urban planning architecture in 2007, from the Faculty of Architecture of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. She also undertook a course in landscape architecture in 2006, at the University Institute of Architecture in Venice. She began her professional career as a sustainability specialist. In 2009, she gained a post-graduate degree in sales and marketing management, in Lisbon. She attended various specialised training courses in sustainability, specifically the course for SBTool PT-H qualified assessors, in 2010, the LEED course in 2012, and more recently, in 2015, the BREEAM training course, in London. She joined the S+A group in 2014, in S+A Green Lab and later became country manager of Kazakhstan and Project Leader of S+A Green Lab in the same country. In 2019 she took on the position of regional coordinator of Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern European markets.
Sava Yovich
Born in Belgrade, Serbia, on the 16th of October, in 1987, obtained a master's degree in architecture and urban planning from the University of Belgrade in 2011. That same year he collaborated in a symposium at ETH Zurich University. By 2013, Sava moved to Nur Sultan, where he was responsible for several projects across Kazakhstan. Since the beginning of 2018, he has carried out the role of country manager in Kazakhstan, for his former company, and in 2019 joins S+A as country manager for the same country.
Vera Fonseca
Born in Portugal on 24 January 1991, she completed her undergraduate degree in architecture at the Lusíada University of Porto in 2015. Her international experience starts in the same year, working in several renown architectural offices in Kuala Lumpur. By 2018, Vera moved to London, where she was responsible for programming and developing luxurious retail spaces. She joins the S+A group in 2019 carrying out the role of country manager in Malaysia.
Andres Cerón
Born in 1982 in Bogotá, Colombia, Andres Cerón graduated with a degree in architecture from the Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, in 2005 and, later in 2008, completed a master's in housing of the 21st century at the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona, Spain. Between 2005 and 2013, he worked in two important architecture studios, where he had the opportunity to develop very diverse projects. In 2013 Andres Cerón joined the S+A group, in Colombia. Motivated in particular by social housing projects, his priority is the relationship between the project and the final client. With an architectural production characterised by the dimensional variety of his projects in the areas of housing, offices and retail, he currently coordinates S+A Colombia, as partner.
Miguel C. Fernandes
Born in 1970, Miguel Castro Fernandes graduated with a degree in international relations from the Universidade Lusíada, in Lisbon. He has vast experience in commercial sectors and trade marketing and has been commercial and general manager in various American multinationals such as Network Associates and Symantec. He joined the S+A group in March 2011 as manager of new business in the São Paulo office. He was responsible for supervising the development of new business in Brazil and Latin American countries locally and also provided consultancy for clients in the commercial sector. In 2017 he was invited to take on the role of regional market coordinator for Latin America, as a partner.
Paulo de Sousa
Born on the 12th of January 1976, Paulo de Sousa completed his degree in architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of Universidade Moderna de Lisboa, in 2000. He was then invited to develop a doctoral thesis at the IUACC (Institute of Architecture and Building Science) in Seville. That same year he began to work at an architecture studio between Lisbon and Macau, and collaborated with Hong Kong University Faculty of Architecture. In 2007 he joined S+A where, since then, he has been an architect for company projects, specialising in the area of office buildings. After previously focussing on the West African market, he is now the S+A group's regional coordinator for European markets.
Pedro Guedes
Born in Lisbon, in 1967, Pedro Guedes completed his degree in architecture at the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, in 1994. Since 1989, he has collaborated with various studios and, in 1996, he had the opportunity to carry out a placement in a distinguished office in Washington DC, USA. From 1996 to 2011 he was part of the team of an architecture studio in Portugal, reaching the level of project manager in 2002. Between 1999 and 2012, he led his own office and, in 2012, he joined the team of account managers in a construction brokerage and management company; in 2014 he became its director. In 2015 he was invited to develop S+A's globalisation study in the United States of America as partner of the group.
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Many of my assignments throughout the year are based upon conflict in one form or another and I thought today, Christmas day, might be as good a day as any to consider where this comes from. All over the Christian world, people are driving to family re-unions. Some, however, will stay away, feeling either uncomfortable or unwelcome or possibly simply not willing to confront memories of the past.
From the moment we can walk, we are taught to control our emotions. Society likes us to act and respond in safe and predictable ways. Show too much emotion and we become ridiculed, too little and we're considered cold and inhuman. On Wednesday I am giving a speech in Brussels on an emotional topic and I sincerely hope that I can do it while staying in control. But how can I be sure?
The answer is 'Emotional discipline'. The great pianist Alfred Brendel once said that the difference between an amateur and a professional pianist is emotional control. He believes that the professional knows how to balance their intellect with just the right amount of emotion; too much and it becomes sentimental and slushy, too little and it becomes dry and uninteresting.
Standing up in front of a crowd and talking on a personal topic is never easy but I have learned that it becomes easier if the speech is pre-written and well-rehearsed. But what if you are like me and prefer to improvise rather than read from a script, what then?
The beauty of improvisation is that you can connect with your audience in your own words in an honest and natural way, adapting and embellishing as the mood fits. When you do it well, the audience is not just listening, they are deeply concentrated and connected; feeding back their energy to you. In this scenario you are skating on the thin layer of ice that separates intellect from emotion and it can be very dangerous indeed. This is why going to a live concert is so much more powerful than just watching the DVD at home, you feel and believe that anything can happen.
In the work place, our emotions are expected to always be under control but sometimes I wish that we could share them a little more. I am not advocating a box of Kleenex in every room and regular group hug sessions, God forbid, but I believe that by keeping them in a tightly shut box we can never really understand just how important a person feels about a specific topic or what they are going through inside. Some say this is good but I am not always so sure.
Women don't like negotiation it seems?
I heard a professor on the radio sharing her opinions as to why women are worse off than men when it comes to pay. According to the professor, it was not down to a blatant natural injustice but the fact that women do not like to negotiate in the way that most men do. To understand the subtlety of what she was saying I had to force my mind back many years to my 40th birthday party.
It was the early summer of 1997, I had organized a go-kart race and because there were so many of us we split into two groups, women and men. After the first round the men had crashed, bashed and pushed their way around the circuit, clocking up rather impressive lap times. However, the slowest of the men was still ahead of the fastest of the women. In the first round, the women had been gracefully letting each other pass, making way for the less slow ones coming through. They were dignified, united and comfortable in their collective approach, ensuring that everyone passed the finish line in safety and good spirits.
The difference between the men and women's in lap times was so great; the organizers gave us all a pep talk. To the men they warned that if the aggressive behavior continued they would stop the race. To the women they said that unless they became much faster and more assertive, for safety reasons, they would not be able to race against the men in the final. The coaches threats and motivational talks did very little to change behavior, and although the women were significantly faster the second time around, only one or two of them showed any signs of real competitiveness and of wanting to push their kart as fast as it could possibly go.
So what was happening here, I wondered. My findings coincided with those of the professor that said that for the majority, women do not compete in the same way as men do. That while most men are happy to negotiate terms and conditions, the majority of women dislike negotiation so much that they tend to accept what is offered to them. And human nature being what it is, it is unusual for anyone to offer more than they think they can get away with.
This situation seems to be universal in the western world and is a real problem because women are supposed to be 'competing' with 'the men'. But as I sit an reflect this theme in a hotel room in Luxemburg I have to ask myself, do I want to live in world where women, over time, learn to adjust their behavior to that of men or do I want men to become more like women, or indeed to keep things just the way they are? What a dilemma.
The professor on the radio suggested that women needed to go on negotiation courses to learn how to win a fairer deal and indeed, I can see no harm in that at all. However, perhaps men should also be encouraged to go on humility courses, where they could learn how to deliver results without having to be so competitive? Just an idea!


Angela France has had poems published in many of the leading journals and has been anthologised a number of times. Her publications include Occupation (Ragged Raven Press, 2009), Lessons in Mallemaroking (Nine Arches Press, 2011), Hide (Nine Arches Press 2013) and The Hill (Nine Arches Press 2017). She has an MA in Creative and Critical Writing and a PhD from the University of Gloucestershire. Angela teaches creative writing at the University of Gloucestershire and in various community settings. She runs a reading series in Cheltenham, 'Buzzwords'.
Robert Walton's first collection, Workings (Gomer), won the Welsh Arts Council's New Poet Award back in 1978. He stopped writing for twenty years but resumed in the late 90s, working with artists in music, dance, film and storytelling, recording a CD, Nomad '64, with cult band Mopti. His chapbook, Waiting for the Wave (Pighog), appeared in 2012 and his long-awaited second collection, Sax Burglar Blues (Seren) has just been published. He recently completed his PhD, is a member of Bristol-based poetry workshop and performance group The Spoke, and teaches Creative Writing at Cardiff University.
"There is a comfort in shortening days, / in dark-at-five and damp roads shining" begins Angela France's poem Cold Comfort, from her new collection The Hill, and there was comfort indeed in settling down in the Coach House at the Swan in January to experience Angela's excellent show based on and around the book. The show is a layering - of Angela's readings, images and recordings, some about the natural details of the geographical feature in question, Leckhampton Hill, near Cheltenham, and others the enormously effective voicings of archive material surrounding the true - and celebratory - story of how ordinary people reclaimed the land beneath their feet. The book's clamour of voices (including fox and 'brock') and the shape of language on the ear, makes for a rich and rewarding narrative - gorgeous to listen to and see, then a real treat to read and savour later. And there was more mesmeric sound from Robert (Bob) Walton, whose gorgeous poetry, lyrical and witty by turns, shared the platform with song, saxophone and finger piano (all his!) for a set that also made a point of being 'celebratory, against the current grain'. Particularly memorable was Making a Herringbone Harris Tweed Garment, from his new collection, Sax Burglar Blues, which is also a layering, this time of repeated lines, of colour and of things from the natural world - "She sews the black and grey and blue, the dye / of the mussel-bed, the myrtle, the kittiwake, / wave, machair and sky". And as if this wasn't enough, we also had a truly impressive collection of voices in the open mic (an honour, in fact, to present them all) - thank you to Pey Oh Colborne, Stephen Payne, John Hawkhead, Rachael Clyne, Mark Sayers, Michelle Diaz, Crysse Morrison, Rosie Jackson, Anne Gregson, Paul Brokensha, John Powell and Peter O'Grady.


In case you hadn't jumped onto the bandwagon during that special time when comic book movies were in that silver, pre-Avengers, pre-Dark Knight age, then you may have missed a few gems from 'back in the day'. Namely I speak of Sin City!! Based on the amazing Frank Miller series and directed by renaissance man Robert Rodriguez, this flick changed the game for this genre before some of you even knew the game was being played. The news that he has decide to return, with much of the original cast, to the material is exciting in of itself (yay, more Rosario!!) and this little teasing pic of what's to come makes it that much more exciting!! Thank the make for Twitter that allows one to follow the genius of aRobert Rodriguez as well as feeling a connection to fit and talented birds I'd never have a shot at like Tricia Helfer!! But, I digress, @Rodriguez tweeted the Ridiculously Awesome pic below that makes me wanna pop in that Sin City dvd and watch that joint…..TONYGHT!!!!!


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Vicente Fernández Reappeared After The Sexual Harassment Scandal To Celebrate His Birthday.
The singer posted a video of a new song on his Instagram account
Singer Vicente Fernández reappeared on his birthday to present a preview of his next record material and a few days after starring in at least two scandals of a sexual nature related to his fans.
"El Charro de Huentitán" used his Instagram account to post a preview of the musical theme that will soon be formally released and just after being accused of touching the bust of more than one follower and even sexually abusing the Mexican singer- American Lupita Castro.
"I'm here to sing a bit of a song that will come out soon," he said in a video posted on his social networks.
The singer appeared with the interpretation of the song My father's horse, whose main axis is the inheritance that his relative left him after he died and whose audio was released at the end of last year.
A post shared by Vicente Fernández (@_vicentefdez)
Fernández did not give more details of his next premiere, but he can be seen with a serious and sometimes rigid face, despite the fact that this announcement was made on his 81st birthday.
The video has received great support from the followers of the Mexican singer. So far it has been reproduced just over 204,876 times and obtained thousands of likes, as well as some comments made to congratulate the interpreter for this new return to the Sun.
And it is that the date went unnoticed neither by his family nor his fans and from very early they have spoken to celebrate the one born in Huentitán el Alto, Guadalajara.
The recent scandals have not tarnished the long career of the interpreter of These Jealousy or My Way, who for a few weeks has been accused of unduly touching his fans and even sexually assaulting Lupita Castro.
For a few weeks, he has been accused of unduly touching his fans (Photo: @Miranda Hdez / TikTok)
The complaints against Fernández appeared on TikTok, where they quickly went viral. In the social network, several images of the singer were published touching the bust of his fans, who met him in search of memory next to one of the greatest exponents of the Mexican region.
After the virtualization of these accusations, Vicente Fernández showed his face in an interview with the journalist Mara Patricia Castañeda who, more than calming down spirits, only intensified the attacks.
"I saw the photo and, indeed, yes. I put my hand, first on the stomach, and said 'in the stomach, you will feel offended' and I raised my hand and they take the photo. But I never did like this', if I have something is to respect the public. But I do want to apologize to all the media because they have always treated me very well throughout my career … I admit that I was wrong, I don't know if it was joking, it was a joke … I don't know, "acknowledged the interpreter.
"I do not remember, there were many people (with whom I took photos), I do offer an apology with all my heart, but I did not do it with the intention. If I had done it with the intention, I don't do it there … I would have taken her to the stables. I don't even remember how it happened, "Vicente continued from his ranch in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and with tears in his eyes.
After this pronouncement, the first young woman to show the harassment she suffered, condemned the behavior of the famous Mexican: "This happened with four more women and if it were an accident it wouldn't happen so much. His apology felt that it was not sincere and it was for the media, not us, "he commented in an interview with Despierta América.
To these testimonies was added that of Lupita Castro, who assured that she was raped by Alejandro Fernández's father.
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Ideatore del tema Herlin, simile al tema indiano, ma mentre in quest'ultimo il pezzo che dovrà essere intercettato si trova già aulla linea della batteria, nel tema Herlin il pezzo si trova su una diversa linea. Il tema è illustrato dal primo problema in basso.

Grande esperto di musica, fu presidente dell'Accademia musicale di Lilla, della quale scrisse una breve storia per il periodo 1816-1883. Di professione era un commerciante.

Bibliografia
 A. Chicco, G. Porreca, Dizionario enciclopedico degli scacchi, Mursia, Milano 1971

Collegamenti esterni
 63 problemi di Théodore Herlin  sul PDB Server

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Hear ye! Hear ye! All ye Kings and Queens, Knights and Nobles! The Noble Grape will be closed this Monday, September 1st for Labor Day. But fear not! We shall be open from 12-10 Sunday for all of your libation needs. So come by and stock up for a lovely Monday of celebrating the social and economic achievements of American workers.
This Wednesday, Andrew from H2Vino will be sampling out Matias Verdelho, Mas de Gourgonnier Rosé, and Murua Tempranillo amongst others! Mas de Gourgonnier Rosé is light, bright orange in color with expressive aromas of fresh red berries and citrus pith. Energetic and precise in the mouth, offering tangy red currant and strawberry flavors and a hint of white pepper. With its racy, dry finish, this is ridiculously easy to drink and perfect for parties.
Then on Friday, The Noble Grape will have a double header tasting with wine up front and beer in the back. Featured wines will include De Meye Shiraz Rosé, Iona Sophie Le Rouge, and Mr. P Knows Pinot Noir. Mr. P Knows has a nose of morello cherries, strawberry, violet and cranberry. The palate is light and attractive, raspberry, cherry and pepper spice. Velvety tannins and silky acidity lend an elegance to this wine which is often hard to find in a Pinot at this price level.
In the back of the shop, P.J. from Arcade Brewery will be pouring their popular William Wallace Wrestle Fest Scotch Ale and Grapefruit IPA. Arcade Brewery has crafted the very session-able Grapefruit IPA featuring citrus hop aroma and the addition of grapefruit; creating an awesome balance between hop bitterness and the citrus bite. A fine balancing act of biscuit malts allows a long hop finish which won't fatigue taste buds; allowing the second drink to build off the first. An immensely sessionable ale, Grapefruit IPA will win over all drinkers and give IPA lovers a new take on the incredibly popular style.


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Darjeeling? - The Tea
Many tourists form all over the world has discovered Darjeeling
Visiting Darjeeling:
It's knocking at the door 4 in the morning:
- Your jeep for Tiger Hill, Sir!
I'm in Darjeeling, the tea town in India, at 2134 meters or 7000 ft above the sea in the northern Indian mountain landscape Himalaya
From the top of Tiger Hill at 2660 meters you can see the most beautiful sunrise in India. From here you can see the mighty "Mountain of the Gods", called Kunchenjunga at 8.598 meters. It's tibetan name is: Khang Chen Dzod Nga. You see a large mountain with seven peaks and the highest and most famous of them all is the Kunchenjunga.
Its getting crowded at Tiger Hill just before the sunrise: Lots of tourists and local people gather, and when the sunrise came cameras click all over the place.
The highest railway in the world.
The good old steam trains from the opening in 1881 are still working in Darjelling. The trains are puffing its beauteous way up linking altitudes varying from 1,828 meter (6,000 ft) at Manibhanjan, to 3,657 meters (12,000 ft) at Phalut and Sandakphu. This English made train was opened in 1881 by the on a gauge of 2 ft, the maximum gradient being 1 to 20 the distance of 82 km - that is 51 miles - is covered in seven hours when the world's most beautiful scenery passes before you. After a straight run of eleven kilometres at Sukna the train begins its ascent, at very sharp zig-zag turn a fresh landscape, each more enchanting than the other comes into view as various plants replace stately forests. Ghoom Station at 2.438 meters the highest station in the world is passed just before the train enters end stop at Darjeeling Railway Station. Even though the bus is faster, most tourists naturally prefer the train.
Mt. Everest at Nuptse 8.848 meters
Observatory Hill
Darjeeling has about one million inhabitant if you include the surrounding areas. Beside Indians you find larger groups of people from Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet inhabiting the town.
The town is built in three floors. On top floor called the Observatory Hill you find the hotels for the tourists, the fine shops, the nice big and wealthy houses of the well to do people in Darjeeling.
Originally a Tibetan monastery was built on Observatory Hill. This monastery was called Dorje Ling that gave the place its name: Darjeeling. Dorje Ling means the place of lightening.
Next floor belongs to the Indian inhabitants: Special Indian hotels and shops like any other Indian town.
Then on the ground floor you find the lowest social rang: Here lives the tibetans, the buthanese and the nepalese. This is the most colourful but poor part of the town with its crowded marked places and the people with the most colourful clothes. These marked places are very popular and you can buy handcrafts, silver and a lot of the local hand made things here. At Market Square you can hear all the languages: Nepalese, Buthanes, Tibetan, Indian languages like Hindi and English.
The Tea industry
Darjeeling became a town thanks to the British colonists: the first Europeans came here in 1829. In 1841 Campel started the tea industry and the Darjeeling climate was perfect for tea. The summer temperature varied from 9 to 15 C and the winter temperature between 1 and 6 C. This is quite different from other Indian temperatures. The climate was also the reason why many British settled there during the occupation. This shows on the English architecture on Observatory Hill.
Darjeeling is often called the Indian answer to Switzerland because it's nicer and more clean than most Indian towns. Many rich Indians come to Darjeeling for their holiday because of the climate. The last years many tourists form all over the world has discovered Darjeeling
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Tamié is far away from stress of all kinds. It's a perfect place for peace and reflections.
James Island!
The Spanish Captain points with his knife roaring to the rower.
- Ci ci, captain, the black rower answers.
Are you driving to Germany? Read this before you go there.
It's knocking at the door
4 in the morning:
Kathmandu: The Holy
Temple of the Living Goddess.
The Queen of Coastal Steamers: The most beautiful sea journey in the world
If you want to celebrate Tibetan New Year then you have to wait until the 27th of February.


In last week's column, I noticed that many of the comments that followed sought further clarification about how Medicare works in conjunction with the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. This week, I'll address some of those questions.
What was not specifically mentioned in this article is the effect on your current FEHBP premiums if you enroll in Medicare and pay Medicare premiums. Do your premiums paid to your FEHBP plan decrease because they are now the secondary payer?
Premiums for FEHBP plans are determined by computing the cost of covering all participants in the plan. Consider the following question: Why do large families pay the same premium for their health insurance as families with only two people? It's because the premiums are determined based on all enrollees in that plan.
One of the factors that can increase or decrease the cost of a particular health plan is the kind of enrollees the plan attracts. When more retirees in an FEHBP plan enroll in Medicare, the costs of the entire enrollment of that plan are reduced, since Medicare takes over as primary payer. There are a number of retirees older than 65 who are not enrolled in Medicare (either because they chose not to enroll, or because they retired prior to 1983 and are not eligible for premium-free Part A). If a plan has a large number of older retirees who are not enrolled in Medicare, this helps explain the reason why these plans will have higher premiums even though the benefits aren't that much different from other similar plans.
More and more doctors and medical groups (Mayo Clinic in Arizona, for example) are opting out of participating in Medicare altogether, or will not take any new Medicare patients because of the low payment reimbursements they receive from the program. As this trend seems to be spreading, wouldn't it be wise to just stay in the FEHBP program without Medicare Part B? At least one could get care from all physicians, even if the reimbursement would be limited to what Medicare would have paid.
I still think Medicare Parts A and B combined with an FEHBP plan can be an excellent choice for retirees over 65. If you opt out of Medicare then you might subject yourself to potentially higher out-of-pocket expenses for health care should you develop problems that require expensive medical treatment -- especially when those providers are not part of your FEHBP network. While it's true that some doctors don't see Medicare patients, there are also many doctors who are not included in your FEHBP plan network. This can be true especially when you need emergency medical care and don't have time to search for a preferred provider.
It is possible to find providers who accept Medicare (even if they don't accept Medicare Assignment), but you might have to broaden your search. The Medicare website provides a list of enrolled doctors. Other sources are state medical societies and local hospitals, most of which have online directories of doctors. Of course, that's no guarantee they will see new patients.
Can you please explain for Blue Cross customers what this statement means: "So if you choose not to enroll in Medicare, your FEHBP insurance will continue to cover you. (But by law, your insurance plan must limit its payments for inpatient hospital care and physician care to what you would be entitled to if you had Medicare.)" I am specifically interested regarding Part B.
Are you seeing a preferred provider?
Does your provider participate with Medicare and/or accept Medicare Assignment?
Your lowest out-of-pocket expense will occur when you use preferred providers who participate in Medicare, even if you are not enrolled in Medicare. In this case, you will be responsible for meeting your annual deductible plus any co-payments and co-insurance. If the provider participates in Medicare but is not a preferred provider, then you will be responsible for your normal out-of-pocket expenses plus any additional amount up to the Medicare limiting charge. If the provider is neither participating in Medicare nor is a preferred provider, then you will be responsible for all deductibles, co-insurance and co-payments. Remember, under Basic Blue Cross using nonpreferred providers will cause you to be responsible for all charges.
What bugs me most about buying Medicare Part B is that unless you have a Social Security check from which to pay the premium, the premium can go up far above the annual cost of living adjustment. This year, a Civil Service Retirement System retiree who does not have a Social Security annuity because he or she worked for the federal government for an entire career will have an increase in their premium. But Social Security recipients will not have an increase because the COLA will be zero. Over the years and decades, that can really hurt.
There might be some relief on that front. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has pledged to introduce the Medicare Premium Fairness Act when the Senate convenes for the lame-duck session next week. The bill would protect all Medicare beneficiaries -- including federal civil service annuitants who are not eligible to receive Social Security -- from an increase in their Part B premium in 2011, when they will not receive any COLA.
Your column stated: "Medicare Parts A and B alone are not adequate health insurance because they do not offer catastrophic protection and have gaps in coverage that can result in large out-of-pocket expenses. If you have to make the choice, FEHBP alone is a better bargain than Medicare alone." Not so, according to an-ex Medicare lawyer. A and B do offer catastrophic protection. I was a recipient of such protection when I suffered an accident five years ago in Antioch, Calif. I, of course, had GEHA protection also.
In 2011, Medicare Part A offers up to 60 days of inpatient care with a deductible of $1,132 (with no co-insurance) for each benefit period. If the benefit period is beyond 60 days (up to 90 days), then you would pay $283 per day out of pocket. You have up to 60 days of "lifetime reserve days" after you have exhausted the 90-day benefit period, but during those 60 days, you would pay $566 per day. After you exhaust those lifetime reserve days, you pay all costs. To me, this is not catastrophic protection.
If you are covered by any FEHBP plan along with Medicare, you will not be responsible for these out-of-pocket Medicare expenses. Your federal plan will cover them and offer you catastrophic coverage so that you areresponsible only up to a specific dollar limit, usually much less than $10,000. You had that protection through GEHA.
I will turn 65 in February 2012. My wife will not turn 65 until Feb 2016. I currently have Blue Cross Blue Shield standard option and also TRICARE standard through the military. When I become eligible for TRICARE for Life at 65, should I enroll in Medicare Parts A and B and suspend my FEHBP, or should I continue my FEHBP until my wife turns 65?
At 65, you will be adequately covered through Medicare A and B along with TRICARE for Life. But you should consider maintaining your FEHBP coverage for your wife, who will turn 65 four years after you. If you were to suspend your FEHBP when you turn 65, you would be leaving your wife with only TRICARE standard coverage.
Is there a list of the national FEHBP plans that waive co-payments if a retiree has Medicare Parts A and B? Or do I have to read every plan?
The fee-for-service FEHBP plans will provide waivers of deductibles and co-insurance when Medicare becomes your primary coverage. Each plan varies in how this works, and also in other factors, such as prescription drug coverage, so I do suggest reading the plan brochures. There are only six fee-for-service plans that are open to all FEHBP participants and a handful of others that are open to specific groups. HMOs, consumer-driven plans and high-deductible health plans also coordinate their coverage with Medicare, so you should consider them too.
Choosing the best health plan for you and your family could provide more than $200 a month in savings, so I consider this a worthwhile exercise for everyone. The Office of Personnel Management has a variety of online tools designed to make this chore a little easier.


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About Ray Obiedo
Smooth jazz guitarist Ray Obiedo was born and raised in Richmond, California, where as a child he frequently traveled to nearby San Francisco to take in free concerts by the likes of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream; still, he did not pick up the guitar until age 17, also drawing considerable influence from acts including James Brown, Miles Davis, and Earth, Wind & Fire. At the outset of his career, Obiedo regularly shifted between jazz and R&B, working with a variety of artists including Herbie Hancock, Julian Priester, and Sheila E.; he also led the fusion unit Kick as well as the rock outfit Rhythmus 21. After signing to Windham Hill, Obiedo made his solo debut with 1989's Perfect Crime, followed two years later by Iguana; with 1993's Sticks and Stones, he reached the Top Ten on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz charts. After 1995's African-influenced Zulaya, he resurfaced two years later with Sweet Summer Days, and 1999 saw Obiedo move to the Domo label for the release of Modern World, a hybrid of R&B, pop, and Latin jazz. ~ Jason Ankeny
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Swiss Re shareholders approve all proposals put forward by the Board of Directors at Swiss Re's Annual General Meeting
Published on: 17 Apr 2019, Zurich
Shareholders approved a 12% increase in regular dividend to CHF 5.60 per share
Shareholders approved new public share buy-back programme consisting of two tranches of each up to CHF 1.0 billion purchase value
Shareholders re-elected all proposed Board members; Walter B. Kielholz re-elected as Chairman of the Board
Swiss Re's shareholders approved all proposals put forward by the Board of Directors at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Zurich today. This included a 12% increase in the regular dividend to CHF 5.60 per share and the authorisation of a new public share buy-back programme consisting of two tranches of each up to CHF 1.0 billion purchase value. The shareholders also approved in a binding vote the compensation of the members of the Board of Directors and the Group Executive Committee.
1 205 shareholders participated in this year's Annual General Meeting. Of the total voting shares 65.2% were represented and the company's annual and consolidated financial statements for 2018 were approved. In addition, the shareholders discharged all members of the Board of Directors serving in 2018. Swiss Re's shareholders also authorised the new public share buy-back programme consisting of two tranches of each up to CHF 1.0 billion purchase value. Furthermore, shareholders also approved the reduction of the share capital by CHF 1 121 476.10, from CHF 33 861 946.50 to CHF 32 740 470.40 for the purpose of cancelling 11 214 761 shares repurchased on the second trading line under the public share buy-back programme authorised by the 2018 AGM.
The shareholders also approved the renewal of the authorisation to issue shares under authorised capital for another two years up to 17 April 2021 and the corresponding amendments of the Articles of Association.
Speaking at the meeting, Swiss Re's Chairman, Walter B. Kielholz, said: "Even though the current global economic situation harbours numerous uncertainties, we are optimistic for Swiss Re. We are well positioned to act quickly when needed and to achieve our strategic goals thanks to our capital strength, a global presence, and the expertise and innovative capabilities of our employees."
All proposed members of Board of Directors re-elected
The Annual General Meeting re-elected the following members of the Board of Directors for a one-year period.
Walter B. Kielholz (simultaneously re-elected as Chairman)
Raymond K.F. Ch'ien
Renato Fassbind
Karen Gavan
Trevor Manuel
Jay Ralph
Joerg Reinhardt
Eileen Rominger
Philip K. Ryan
Sir Paul Tucker
Jacques de Vaucleroy
Susan L. Wagner
Larry Zimpleman
In addition, the following members of the Board of Directors were, as required by the Articles of Association, re-elected to the Compensation Committee:
At the constituent meeting of the Board, Renato Fassbind was re-elected as Vice-Chairman and as Lead Independent Director.
Compensation of the Board of Directors and Group Executive Committee approved
Shareholders approved the maximum aggregate amount of compensation for the members of the Board of Directors for the term of office from the AGM 2019 until the completion of the AGM 2020 with 89.98% of the votes cast. In addition, shareholders approved the maximum aggregate amount of fixed and variable long-term compensation for the members of the Group Executive Committee for the following financial year (2020) with 87.59%. Shareholders also approved the aggregate amount of variable short-term compensation for the members of the Group Executive Committee related to the preceding financial year (2018) with 89.57% of the votes cast.
In a consultative vote, the shareholders approved the 2018 Compensation Report with 89.92% of the votes cast.
Shareholders also re-elected PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd, Zurich, as auditor for a one-year term of office. In addition, Proxy Voting Services GmbH, Zurich, was re-elected as Independent Proxy for a one-year term of office until completion of the next Annual General Meeting.
The speeches by Walter B. Kielholz, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Christian Mumenthaler, Group CEO, are available online.
Cautionary note on forward-looking statements
Certain statements and illustrations contained herein are forward-looking. These statements (including as to plans, objectives, targets and trends) and illustrations provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to a historical fact or current fact.
Forward-looking statements typically are identified by words or phrases such as "anticipate", "assume", "believe", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "foresee", "intend", "may increase", "may fluctuate" and similar expressions, or by future or conditional verbs such as "will", "should", "would" and "could". These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the Group's actual results of operations, financial condition, solvency ratios, capital or liquidity positions or prospects to be materially different from any future results of operations, financial condition, solvency ratios, capital or liquidity positions or prospects expressed or implied by such statements or cause Swiss Re to not achieve its published targets. Such factors include, among others:
the frequency, severity and development of insured claim events, particularly natural catastrophes, man-made disasters, pandemics, acts of terrorism and acts of war;
mortality, morbidity and longevity experience;
the cyclicality of the insurance and reinsurance sectors;
instability affecting the global financial system;
deterioration in global economic conditions;
the effect of market conditions, including the global equity and credit markets, and the level and volatility of equity prices, interest rates, credit spreads, currency values and other market indices, on the Group's investment assets;
changes in the Group's investment result as a result of changes in the Group's investment policy or the changed composition of the Group's investment assets, and the impact of the timing of any such changes relative to changes in market conditions;
the Group's ability to maintain sufficient liquidity and access to capital markets, including sufficient liquidity to cover potential recapture of reinsurance agreements, early calls of debt or debt-like arrangements and collateral calls due to actual or perceived deterioration of the Group's financial strength or otherwise;
any inability to realise amounts on sales of securities on the Group's balance sheet equivalent to their values recorded for accounting purposes;
changes in legislation and regulation, and the interpretations thereof by regulators and courts, affecting us or the Group's ceding companies, including as a result of shifts away from multilateral approaches to regulation of global operations;
the outcome of tax audits, the ability to realise tax loss carry forwards, the ability to realise deferred tax assets (including by reason of the mix of earnings in a jurisdiction or deemed change of control), which could negatively impact future earnings, and the overall impact of changes in tax regimes on business models;
failure of the Group's hedging arrangements to be effective;
the lowering or loss of one of the financial strength or other ratings of one or more Swiss Re Group companies, and developments adversely affecting the Group's ability to achieve improved ratings;
uncertainties in estimating reserves;
policy renewal and lapse rates;
uncertainties in estimating future claims for purposes of financial reporting, particularly with respect to large natural catastrophes and certain large man-made losses, as significant uncertainties may be involved in estimating losses from such events and preliminary estimates may be subject to change as new information becomes available;
extraordinary events affecting the Group's clients and other counterparties, such as bankruptcies, liquidations and other credit-related events;
legal actions or regulatory investigations or actions, including those in respect of industry requirements or business conduct rules of general applicability;
changes in accounting standards;
significant investments, acquisitions or dispositions, and any delays, unexpected costs, lower-than-expected benefits, or other issues experienced in connection with any such transactions;
changing levels of competition, including from new entrants into the market; and
operational factors, including the efficacy of risk management and other internal procedures in managing the foregoing risks and the ability to manage cyber security risks.
These factors are not exhaustive. The Group operates in a continually changing environment and new risks emerge continually. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Swiss Re undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
This communication is not intended to be a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and does not constitute an offer for the sale of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in any jurisdiction, including the United States. Any such offer will only be made by means of a prospectus or offering memorandum, and in compliance with applicable securities laws.
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Viacom Grants Verizon Wireless Nationwide Rights for TV Service
By Todd Spangler
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NY Digital Editor
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Verizon Communications and Viacom have reached a pact under which the programmer — whose properties include MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central — has granted national rights to distribute Viacom content to Verizon Wireless customers.
Neither company would elaborate on what programming, exactly, will be available to Verizon Wireless. The telco expects to launch a wireless TV service late in the first half of 2015, which would combine broadcast networks and an a-la-carte collection of cable and digital media channels, CEO Lowell McAdam said at an investor conference last month.
The agreement is part of a larger renewal agreement, which covers continued carriage of 25 Viacom networks on FiOS TV and additional rights for Verizon's pay-TV service.
According to Verizon, Viacom is among several "major programmers" that have entered rights deals for the forthcoming Verizon Wireless service. A spokesman for the telco declined to identify those or provide additional details.
SEE ALSO: Verizon to Join 'Virtual MSO' Fray in Mid-2015 with Wireless TV Service
In September, Viacom announced a deal with Sony to license live and on-demand programming for at least 22 cable networks, including Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central, for Sony's forthcoming over-the-top TV service in the U.S.
"We're glad to have reached an agreement with Verizon that covers the full spectrum of viewing options for their customers across platforms, including wireless, and extends our longstanding and productive partnership," Samantha Cooper, SVP of content distribution for Viacom Media Networks, said in a statement.
Verizon's planned wireless TV service will be based on tech developed by Intel's OnCue OTT division, which the telco bought for about $200 million earlier this year after the chipmaker abandoned plans to launch a service competitive with traditional pay-TV packages.
"Disruption in the TV marketplace is happening and Verizon wants to reach agreements with content providers like Viacom that reflect that reality and give people what they want," added Ben Grad, Verizon's executive director of content strategy and acquisition. "We are thrilled to extend our long-term distribution partnership with Viacom Media Networks, delivering some of the most recognizable and popular kids, music and entertainment programming available to our customers anytime, anywhere on a variety of platforms from TV to wireless."
Deal comes as Viacom is locked in a standoff with midsize cable operator Suddenlink Communications, which as of midnight Oct. 1 lost access to the conglom's cable channels.
Under the deal between Verizon and Viacom, FiOS TV will continue to carry 25 networks, including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET, VH1, Spike, TV Land and CMT, as well as Viacom joint-venture services Epix and Aapka Colors.
Additionally, Verizon FiOS customers will have access to all of Viacom's networks — live and on-demand — in and out of the home, starting in early 2015, via the FiOS Mobile app. FiOS customers can already access live feeds of most of the Viacom networks inside the home via the FiOS Mobile app. Also under the new agreement, Verizon FiOS will enable dynamic ad insertion across all of Viacom's TV Everywhere and VOD content.
Finally, the deal also lets Verizon distribute Viacom channels "to better match content packaging with consumer preferences," according to the companies. It's not clear exactly what that means, but presumably FiOS TV can now move lesser-watched Viacom nets like MTV Hits, Palladia and VH1 Classic to higher-priced tiers.


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What Is The Chemical Reaction For NaCl+KNO3?
Sodium chloride reacts with potassium nitrate to form sodium nitrate and potassium chloride. The valency...
What Is The Product Of This Chemical Reaction CaCO3 + HC2H3O2?
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What Effect Do Acid And Bases Have On The Enzyme Catalase?
Enzymes are effected by hydrogen ion concentration.the conformation of most enzymes is dependent on the...
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What Is The Chemical Reaction Of MgCO3?
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[TRANS] Met Mr. Kim Jaejoong at my friend's introduction.
[TRANS] I went to work part time at a graduation ceremony, and Kim Jaejoong was in military band. Unbelievable! No photo was allowed coz he is a soldier. So I just had handshake and received his autograph instead. Satisfied! Cute autograph. Handsome soldier Kim Jaejoong.
[TRANS] My acquaintance whose son is serving with kim Jaejoong received his autograph.
[TRANS] I was into Jaejoong's former group's japanese songs lately, and my younger sibling all of sudden got me an autograph, as if he knew! Received a selfie also but I better not share it, because he is still serving his military duty.


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Q: table join order is changed between w/ and w/o keys I found the query plan is changed between w/o and w/ keys.
CREATE TABLE `data` (
    `name`  TEXT,
    `value` NUMERIC,
    PRIMARY KEY(`name`)
) WITHOUT ROWID;

CREATE TABLE `ranges` (
    `begin` TEXT,
    `end`   TEXT,
);

explain query plan select distinct t1.name as name from data t1, ranges t2 where t1.name between t2.begin and t2.end order by name;

"0" "0" "1" "SCAN TABLE ranges AS t2"
"0" "1" "0" "SEARCH TABLE data AS t1 USING PRIMARY KEY (name>? AND name<?)"
"0" "0" "0" "USE TEMP B-TREE FOR DISTINCT"

If I defined begin and end as keys,
CREATE TABLE `ranges` (
    `begin` TEXT,
    `end`   TEXT,
    PRIMARY KEY(`begin`,`end`)
);

the query plan is changed to the following.
"0" "0" "0" "SCAN TABLE data AS t1"
"0" "1" "1" "SEARCH TABLE ranges AS t2 USING COVERING INDEX sqlite_autoindex_ranges_1 (begin<?)"

The first query plan is better because in my case data table is much larger than ranges.
I read https://sqlite.org/optoverview.html. It says join order is defined by sqlite's default choice w/o analysis results. Does adding those keys change the default choice? Is there any other trick to let SQLite use the first query plan w/o providing stat data?
Also, is the default choice non-changed? Will it be changed later? I use 3.22.
I also notice that if I do not use order by and distinct, it always uses the first plan
explain query plan select t1.name as name from data t1, ranges t2 where t1.name between t2.begin and t2.end;

"0" "0" "1" "SCAN TABLE ranges AS t2"
"0" "1" "0" "SEARCH TABLE data AS t1 USING PRIMARY KEY (name>? AND name<?)"

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Q: using the (.) operand to declare methods in other classes I am trying to print out the area of a rectangle using the following code
  System.out.println("Area of rectOne: " + rectOne.getArea());

however since the method getArea is defined in another class shouldn't it be
  System.out.println("Area of rectOne: " + rectOne.NameOfClass.getArea());

A: This answer assumes rectOne is reference to instance of the class which has getArea() method.
getArea() is instance method, so, you need reference to instance of this class to access getArea() method.
Rectangle rectOne = new Rectangle(); //Here you are getting reference to Rectangle instance.
rectOne.getArea();

A: rectOne has the information of which class it is, therefore rectOne.getArea() has enough information to find the method.
Only static methods acan and should be accessed via the class name.

A: If you had a declaration
Object rectOne = new Rectangle();

then you'd need
System.out.println("Area of rectOne: "
                   + ((Rectangle)rectOne).getArea());

Notice the syntax; it's different from your proposal. But, since you probably have
Rectangle rectOne = new Rectangle();

the compiler already knows what class you are involving when calling a method on rectOne so the compiler mercifully allows you to call the method without further ado.