One theme Pollan has touched on repeatedly, in this book and his others, is the competition between Apollonian and Dionysian impulses in nature and society. Apollo representing order and control, Dionysus wildness and chaos, both being utterly necessary for civilization to be dynamic and persistent, for knowledge to increase and broaden through time. E.g. our Apollonian monocultures of Russet Burbank potatoes are vulnerable because of their uniformity, but are also productive and economically efficient. The Andean potato farmers of antiquity grew dozens of different varieties in different micro climates, all the while allowing the plants to hybridize with the local wild potatoes, maintaining a possibly less productive, but certainly more diverse and robust system of potato cultivation, in which new biological innovation was constantly taking place, and in which the farmers were well protected against catastrophic collapse in any one year… unlike the potato farmers of Ireland in the 1840s. The potato chapter in particular focuses largely on a very recent interaction with the potato: the introduction of a genetically engineered variety called the "New Leaf" by Monsanto, that produces Bt toxin to guard the plant against the Colorado potato beetle and other insect pests.
Science has traditionally been thought of as a purely Apollonian affair, but in my mind at least, this is changing now, as we press on in our investigations of complex, non-linear systems like climate and genetics, and as we wield ever more powerful and opaque computational tools in those investigations. Science is running up against a kind of Dionysian wall – or maybe more accurately, becoming entangled in Dionysian thickets. This is the same notion that Stuart Kauffman was talking about in his recent lecture at Caltech. There are some problems which are just inherently hairy, and cannot ever be expected to yield to reductionist investigation in the same way that light is described by Maxwell's equations, or gravity by Newtonian mechanics or general relativity, because in complex non-linear systems, even the vague overall shape of the solution can depend strongly on the small scale structure – the specifics – of the problem, and there are many problems with grotesquely non-repeating initial conditions. Who could have guessed that a small shrew-like nocturnal animal who lived 65 million years ago would have descendants capable of traveling to other planets, building nuclear reactors, and altering the climate of the Earth? Nobody. It wasn't predictable, just like the weather 100 years from now (even absent climate change) isn't predictable.
We need to be okay with that identifiable uncertainty when we come across it, and understand that sometimes even when we can't clearly recognize it, it may still be there. It's not clear to me that science as an institution realizes this. I'm not saying that all the reductionist investigations are finished, and I'm not saying we should stop trying to deepen our understanding of complex systems, but when it comes to making life-and-death decisions that cannot be rescinded, I think we should not make the blanket assumption that in the "future", we'll understand exactly how these troublesome things work, and so we'll be able to deal with it then. We should try and re-balance our conception of what science is to include Dionysian aspects, instead of only the strict control and determinism of Apollonian systems. No matter how great our impact on the world, there is an irreducible wildness within it, that is both creative and destructive.
Another place this is only starting to become apparent is in computation. Computational systems that are evolved or taught instead of being engineered have a kernel of the Dionysian creativity and unpredictability within them, like the evolving FPGAs that take advantage of analog signals passed via electromagnetic fields in the (otherwise completely digital) chip's viscinity. Scientists and engineers still usually don't think about approaching problems with systems that learn and function well, but which cannot be understood by their users, and which have no designers. The military has this problem: command and control vs. adapt and evolve. And companies too: Microsoft still doesn't 'get' the internet in the way that Wikipedia does (and not just because Wikipedia isn't trying to make money). The record companies don't get it. The scientific publishing companies don't get it. The government doesn't even realize there's anything to get! You can sometimes give up a measure of control, and in exchange get a disproportionate amount of creativity and dynamism. But you really do have to give up some control. Google seems to get this sometimes, but not always. The NRG talk that Frances Arnold gave seemed to get it… the alternating cycles of evolution and design in the pursuit of microbes capable of producing cellulosic biofuels. It's a beautiful process. It's knowledge gardening, not engineering. A collaboration with nature.
We need to do more collaborating with nature, and admit that occasionally we have to abandon hope of overcoming or even understanding her wilderness. It makes the Universe a richer place to live, and we don't actually have any choice in the matter.


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The Secrets Behind Shale Gas Technology
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Shale is a brittle sedimentary rock, formed when deep mud comes under pressure by the geography of the region. Shale is rich organically, and normally is porous, but has low average permeability, which means it won't allow the gas within to flow significantly in its natural state. For this reason, shale was not regarded as a reservoir rock, which stores gas and it also permeable. Gas produced from shale deposits is more difficult to recover, and thus, unconventional means of drilling, like hydraulic-fracturing, were developed.
There are reserves of shale gas many places in the world, including the Bowland Basin in the UK. Improvements in shale gas technology in the past 20 years or so has allowed energy companies to recover much gas that was previously not thought of as viable for commercial drilling. Shale gas now has international interest as a fuel source.
Technology has impacted the production of shale gas in the areas of fracking as a drilling method, as well as in seismic imaging. Directional drilling as it is used now is much improved since it became necessary to drill many wells from one platform offshore. In addition, hydraulic-fracturing is used to increase the gas output in areas of low permeability. Seismic imaging is helpful in mapping the shale deposits in 3D, to help in identifying formations which will be most productive.
Shale gas technology equipment used for exploration
The shale gas industry has enjoyed great success with the use of hydraulic-fracturing, or fracking, to obtain gas that was not previously believed to be recoverable. The technology that allows for horizontal drilling as well as vertical drilling allows fracking wells to be very productive.
China and the United States have been investigating their shale gas potential for the longest time, but other areas, including Poland and the UK, are also exploring their own possibilities. The technology includes the exploratory stage, where wells are drilled to check the shale formations.
The actual wells are usually drilled in three separate sections. During each phase, steel casings are installed and then cemented in place. This allows the well to retain integrity before hydraulic-fracturing begins. Most wells travel through shallow aquifers, usually several hundred metres down, to get to the deep shale formations.
Fracking equipment is used with fracturing fluid, which contains water, sand and some chemicals. This is injected at high pressure, fracturing the shale and freeing the previously trapped gas, giving it an outlet to the surface. The flowback water which also returns to the surface is contaminated, and it is disposed of. After exploration is complete, production begins and the fracking techniques are used to recover shale gas from the most viable shale formations.

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Are you having a tough time thinking clearly, or making sense when you speak? Do you feel like sometimes you see or hear things that might not actually be there? These symptoms can be scary, especially the first time you experience them, and they might be a sign of a mental illness called schizophrenia.
If you suspect you have experienced symptoms like these, it is important to consult your doctor. Schizophrenia may hinder your ability to make good decisions and affect your personal relationships, so it is important to share your experiences with a medical professional who can help.
Many people with schizophrenia can recover and live full lives when their condition is correctly diagnosed and treated. They are able to finish school, hold steady jobs, enjoy relationships, and live independently. But it's important to seek help as soon as possible.
It's important to discuss these signs with a doctor, as symptoms for schizophrenia can be similar to those of other mental health conditions.
Mindy joined the Navy, but her enlistment was cut short when she began having schizophrenic symptoms. After her military discharge, she began counseling at VA. Mindy's medical team helped her understand her condition and find ways to manage her symptoms. She is now able to find solutions for living well, thanks to consistent professional support.


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The Charles is a Detached Carriage Home with 1,672 square feet of lovely living. Grand foyer with dramatic tray ceiling and hardwood floors leading into great room with fireplace! Beautiful curved granite kitchen island. Covered patio that can be screened or options for sitting room, sunroom or den. Owner's suite includes dual closets, large luxury shower with bench and option to access laundry room from Owner's Suite. A Lower Level option is also available on certain home sites. Including potentially large multi-use space, 3rd bedroom with en suite bath, covered patio and storage space. Timely and lasting features include single level living, maintenance free exteriors, wide hallways and doors, lever door handles, no step owner's entry, no step thresholds, raised height vanities, comfort height toilets, shower benches, optional grab bars. All floor plans, renderings and elevations are for illustrative purposes only. Subject to change. Rooms sizes are approximate.


I'm a sucker for a good spring print, and when I saw this little bird print top hanging alone on a Forever 21 rack, I knew it had to be mine. I love that it's a little different and gives such a sweet touch to anything leather in my closet. I recently received this minty-aqua Rebecca Minkoff from Paula & Chloe (check the site for some serious handbag and accessory shopping), and well, it's simply springtime perfection. I've never been one for huge bags, so it's the perfect little size for me. Plus, I like the handle options. I wore this outfit for an event at Lucky FABB, but I had to recreate it with my new spring bag because I love the shades of blue together. What prints and accessories are you adding to your spring wardrobe?
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Americans Abroad Midweek Rewind: Gooch, Dest, and more
October 22, 2020 by Larry Henry Jr
Sunderland picked up its second straight league win on Tuesday with Lynden Gooch making an impact once again for the League One side.
Gooch registered one assist in the Black Cats 1-0 win over Crewe Alexandria at the Stadium of Light. It was the American's second-consecutive start for Phil Parkinson's side, which he also registered an assist. Gooch received the ball on the right wing in the 45th minute and whipped a dangerous cross into the box. Charlie Wyke headed home the cross for the lone goal in the win. The 25-year-old also won four duels and completed 88% of his passes as Sunderland moved to fifth place in the table with 14 points. Up next for Gooch and Co. is a highly anticipated home clash with Portsmouth.
Elsewhere, Sergino Dest started for Barcelona in a lopsided Champions League win while Ethan Horvath impressed in his first start since 2019. Geoff Cameron went the distance for QPR, but couldn't help the London club avoid a shutout loss. Terrence Boyd scored for Hallescher FC in a 3. Liga victory for the German club.
Here's a closer look at this week's Americans Abroad:
Ethan Horvath started, made TWO SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Club Brugge's 2-1 win over Zenit St. Petersburg on Tuesday.
Sergino Dest started and played 90 minutes in Barcelona's 5-1 win over Ferencvaros on Tuesday.
Christian Pulisic started and played 89 minutes in Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Sevilla on Tuesday.
Giovanni Reyna came off the bench, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 45 minutes in Borussia Dortmund's 3-1 loss to Lazio on Tuesday.
Tyler Adams came off the bench and played 32 minutes in RB Leipzig's 2-0 win over Istanbul Basaksehir on Tuesday.
Jesse Marsch and Red Bull Salzburg tied Lokomotiv Moscow 2-2 on Wednesday.
Zack Steffen dressed but did not play in Manchester City's 3-1 win over FC Porto on Wednesday.
Theoson Siebatcheu came off the bench and played 11 minutes in Young Boys' 2-1 loss to Roma on Thursday.
Timothy Weah came off the bench and played 10 minutes in Lille's 4-1 win over Sparta Prague on Thursday.
Richie Ledezma dressed but did not play in PSV's 2-1 loss to Granada on Thursday.
Henry Wingo did not dress in Molde's 2-1 win over Dundalk on Thursday.
Josh Gatt did not dress for Dundalk.
Chris Gloster did not dress for PSV.
Geoff Cameron started and played 90 minutes in QPR's 2-0 loss to Preston North End on Wednesday.
Duane Holmes came off the bench and played 27 minutes in Derby County's 1-0 loss to Huddersfield Town on Tuesday.
Matthew Olosunde came off the bench and played 21 minutes in Rotherham United's 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest on Tuesday.
Giles Phillips did not dress in Wycombe Wanderers' 1-0 loss to Reading on Tuesday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers did not dress in AFC Bournemouth's 1-1 draw with Cardiff City on Wednesday.
Indiana Vassilev started and played 90 minutes in Burton Albion's 1-0 loss to Rochdale on Tuesday.
Lynden Gooch started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 87 minutes in Sunderland's 1-0 win over Crewe Alexandria on Tuesday.
Marlon Fossey did not dress in Shrewsbury Town's 1-0 loss to Bristol Rovers on Tuesday.
Andrija Novakovich started and played 45 minutes in Frosinone's 0-0 draw with Virtus Entella on Tuesday.
Bobby Wood came off the bench and played 18 minutes in Hamburg's 3-0 win over Erzgebirge Aue on Wednesday.
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Bayern Munich II's 3-2 loss to Viktoria Koln 1904 on Wednesday.
Terrence Boyd started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 86 minutes in Hallescher FC's 4-0 win over Meppen on Wednesday.
Malik Tillman, Taylor Booth did not dress for Bayern II.
Matt Hoppe came off the bench and played 31 minutes in Schalke II's 3-0 win over Koln II on Wednesday.
Bryang Kayo started and played 83 minutes in Wolfsburg II's 3-1 loss to BSV Rehden on Wednesday.
Michael Edwards dressed but did not play for Wolfsburg II.
Nick Taitague did not dress for Schalke II.
Shaq Moore started and played 90 minutes in Tenerife's 1-0 loss to Ponferradina on Wednesday.
Romain Gall came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Orebro's 2-1 win over IFK Haninge BRB on Wednesday.
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Jonathan Suarez started and played 90 minutes in Pumas Tabasco's 2-1 win over Jaibos on Tuesday.
Marsch not getting a lot of minutes for Salzburg — can't get off the bench.


It was getting a little crowded in Heaven, so God decided to change the admittance policy. The new law was that in order to get into Heaven, you had to have a really bad day on the day that you died. The policy would go into effect at noon the next day. So, the next day at 12:01 the first person came to the gates of Heaven.
"No problem," the man said. "I came home to my 25th-floor apartment on my lunch hour and caught my wife having an affair. But her lover was nowhere in sight. I immediately began searching for him. My wife was half naked and yelling at me as I searched the entire apartment. Just as I was about to give up, I happened to glance out onto the balcony and noticed that there was a man hanging off the edge by his fingertips!
The Angel sat back and thought a moment. Technically, the guy did have a bad day. It was a crime of passion. So, the Angel announced, "OK, sir.. Welcome to the Kingdom of Heaven," and let him in .
A few seconds later the next guy came up. To the Angel's surprise, it was Donald Trump. "Mr. Trump, before I can let you in, I need to hear about what your day was like when you died." Trump said, "No problem. But you're not going to believe this. I was on the balcony of my 26th-floor apartment doing my daily exercises. I had been under a lot of pressure so I was really pushing hard to relieve my stress. I guess I got a little carried away, slipped, and accidentally fell over the side!
Luckily, I was able to catch myself by the fingertips on the balcony below mine. But all of a sudden this crazy man comes running out of his apartment, starts cussing, and stomps on my fingers. Well, of course, I fell. I hit some trees and bushes at the bottom, which broke my fall, so I didn't die right away.
As I'm laying there face up on the ground, unable to move and in excruciating pain, I see this guy push his refrigerator of all things off the balcony. It falls the 25 floors and lands on top of me, killing me.
The Angel is quietly laughing to himself as Trump finishes his story. "I could get used to this new policy," he thinks to himself. "Very well," the Angel announces. "Welcome to the Kingdom of Heaven," and he lets Trump enter.


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Renewed emphasis on the Grad at Grad
Matthew Marsh '20, Sports Editor|December 27, 2019
Conner Bunker '20 | Plank
For over a decade, the Examen prayer enriches each afternoon at Jesuit High School Sacramento, winding down every school day with a reflection rooted in Ignatian spirituality, but this past year the Daily Examen has seen a small change.
The Examen was formulated by the founder of the Society of Jesus, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who considered it an essential daily prayer. Mr. Paul LeBeouf, the director of Campus Ministry, shares Saint Ignatius' insight.
"I don't think that most people just take five minutes of their time to step back and think about their day," Mr. LeBeouf said. "I think [the Examen] is a good checkup, especially for students throughout their four years at Jesuit, being able to see where they are as seniors and where they were as freshmen."
There is no singular way to pray the Examen, and for years at Jesuit, it was prayed by students using a set of questions that stayed more or less the same from one day to the next.
This year, however, each week begins with a unique guiding theme that directs their daily contemplation throughout the week. Every day, students are reminded of the theme and are given questions that help guide them to explore and reflect on the theme more deeply.
The addition of the guiding questions is due in large part to Grant Houle '20, the religious coordinator, and Jonathan Fong '20, the diocesan pastoral council student representative.
Their purpose in altering the Examen was to draw students' attention back to integral principles of being a Marauder, something that Jonathan saw in danger of being forgotten.
"We added the questions to refocus the student body on the Grad-at-Grad principles because it is something that has been lost," Jonathan said. "This is part of our Jesuit identity, and we cannot afford to let it go."
The Grad-at-Grad is the expected profile of the Jesuit graduate at the time of graduation. The profile consists of five principles: being open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, loving, and committed to doing justice.
Using these principles, Grant and Jonathan formulated their questions which consider how one has moved toward or away from the profile of the Grad-at-Grad.
"We used the Grad-at-Grad principles and their respective subtopics to come up with the questions," Grant said. "We used the subtopics as stepping stones to become the ideal Grad at Grad."
Principal Mr. Michael Wood '99 is hopeful that this greater focus will enrich the time allotted for the Examen.
"It's my hope that using the Examen in this way and bringing the Grad at Grad to the forefront of that part of our day will make students mindful of the Grad at Grad," Mr. Wood said. "It's not an expectation, but a hope."
Changing the Daily Examen seems like a small revision, but it's a significant one, raising the collective awareness about a crucial aspect of being a Marauder.
Matthew Marsh '20, Sports Editor
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Drexel University's Kline School of Law has started offering free legal clinics at the Dana and David Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, located at 38th and Spring Garden, reports Damon Williams at The Philadelphia Tribune. The first clinic took place on September 5th. The next one is scheduled for this Friday.
Assistant professor Rachel López, JD will lead the effort.
Trial attorney Thomas R. Kline made the clinics possible through a $50 million donation.
Clinics will include sessions on bankruptcy law, employment discrimination, and foreclosure prevention.
Read the full story from The Philadelphia Tribune's Damon C. Williams.


The China-US 100-day action plan that was initiated after the two presidents' meeting at Mar-a-Largo in April has achieved new progress, and the two sides are discussing a one-year cooperation plan, President Xi Jinping said on Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 summit held in Hamburg, Germany, when he met US President Donald Trump, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Experts said on Sunday that the 100-day action plan has so far made a sound start and the two countries are expected to further open up sectors like finance, services and high tech in the future to boost bilateral economic and trade ties.
A total of 10 initial results were released under the plan on May 12 in sectors such as agricultural products, energy, banking and financial services.
For instance, as part of the plan, the US has pledged to issue regulations on the export of China-made chicken and poultry by July 16, and in turn China has agreed to lift a 14-year ban on beef imports from the US by the same deadline.
On June 27, the US accepted imports of cooked poultry from China.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine announced on June 20 that beef imports from the US were permitted in China. On June 27, US retail giant Wal-Mart's membership store Sam's Club in Shijingshan district Beijing, started selling beef imported from the US.
The initial results in improving trade ties have formed a basis for sound cooperation between China and the US, and the two countries are actively putting the initial plans into action, Gao Feng, spokesman of China's Ministry of Commerce(MOFCOM), told a press conference on Thursday.
"With the aim to further advance bilateral economic cooperation, China and the US are conducting intensive consultations about follow-up results under the plan, and new achievements are expected," Gao said.
"The 100-day action plan has so far made a good start. The 10 initial results are based on mutually opening-up markets, aiming to address trade imbalances between China and the US," Xu Hongcai, deputy chief economist at the China Center for International Economic Exchange, told the Global Times on Sunday.
China's trade surplus with the US was 640.5 billion yuan ($94 billion) in the first five months, up 12.2 percent year-on-year, according to data released by China's customs bureau on June 8.
"The 100-day plan not only targeted some results, but more importantly, focused on Chinese and US attitudes and accomplishments for tackling bilateral trade issues," said He Weiwen, Vice President and senior fellow at Center for China and Globalization (CCG), an executive council member at the China Society for the WTO.
"The key lies in whether cooperation in [bilateral trade] will continue," He told the Global Times on Sunday.
Experts also showed concern that the plan may face obstacles as the US continues to launch trade remedy investigations into Chinese exports.
In the first half of this year, the US launched 11 trade remedy probes into China-made products, accounting for about 30 percent of the total investigations that China faced from the world, data released by the MOFCOM showed.
In April, the US Commerce Department launched an investigation into aluminum imports from China under the rarely used section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 that allows restrictions on imports for reasons of national security, media reports said.
He said that it is normal to see the US launch trade remedy probes against China. But what matters is whether the final ruling complies with WTO rules or is based on US abuse of the trade remedy measures, He noted.
"Trade friction would harm the smooth advance of the China-US 100-day action plan," he said.
In a bid to promote bilateral trade and the economic relationship, the two countries are expected to open up more industries such as finance, services and high tech in the coming years, Xu said.
"More high-tech products imported from the US could advance the reforms of Chinese companies and help them improve competitiveness," the expert added.
Dr. Wang Huiyao, president of the Center for China and Globalization(CCG), a think tank based in Beijing, says the issue has to be looked at on all fronts, rather than just on the amount of goods across the border.


irector Scott Derrickson said that he wanted "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" to feel like a horror episode of "Law & Order." For better and for worse, that is precisely what he has made. The courtroom scenes have the same kind of outrageous statement-objection-snarky judge retort that the NBC juggernaut has honed into an art form, and the flashbacks that show the events at hand are far, far creepier than anything Jack McCoy or Lennie Briscoe (R.I.P.) has ever encountered. In the end, however, the courtroom drama, however competent, pales in comparison to the spook show, and the movie loses its impact as a result.
Laura Linney stars as Erin Bruner, a temporarily sidetracked rising star of an attorney who takes on the case of Father Moore (Tom Wilkinson), a priest accused of negligent homicide after one of his parishioners, a college student named Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Liv Tyler), begins to exhibit behavior indicative of demonic possession. The doctors who first examine her believe that Emily shows signs of both epilepsy and psychosis, a dangerous combination if ever there was one. However, the medication they prescribe to her isn't taking, and the symptoms continue to get worse. Father Moore refuses to take a sweetheart deal offered by the prosecution, because he wants the world to know what happened to Emily. Erin's firm, however, would rather muzzle the priest, knowing that prosecuting attorney Ethan Thomas (Campbell Scott), God boy that he is, nonetheless has the ability to make them all look like superstitious fools.
The alleged possession sequences are interesting to watch, because as they unfold, it's unclear if she is truly possessed or just tragically epileptic, which plays to the strengths of the courtroom scenes perfectly. Emily begs college friend Jason (Joshua Close) to stay with her one night, and the state she's in when he wakes up is unsettling, to say the least. Likewise, the eventual exorcism sequence has its share of scary moments, with Emily speaking multiple languages and spewing both historical and Biblical references that no 18-year-old would know. However, the movie tries so hard to be even handed about the subject matter that they undercut any tension that they've created almost as soon as it happens. The reason for this is no doubt due to the real life verdicts against the defendants (which included Emily's parents), but if the purpose of the trial was to entertain the possibility of demonic possession, the movie would have been well served to do the same. The abundance of cliché dialogue – predominantly the conversations between the lawyers – doesn't help matters.
Linney is her usual reliable self (her performance as Jim Carrey's bad-actress wife in "The Truman Show" remains one of the most misunderstood in recent memory), and Wilkinson handles the wronged holy man well, though he isn't given much to work with. Carpenter either has it really easy or really hard, depending on your point of view. She doesn't have much to do besides writhe, scream, and curl up like a contortionist. At the same time, those kinds of scenes can be very easy to screw up if you get too histrionic. Shohreh Aghdashloo is only onscreen for two minutes as an "expert' witness, making this a much easier paycheck than "24" or "House of Sand and Fog." If anyone is truly surprising here, it's Campbell Scott's prosecuting attorney character. His father George C. is surely smiling down on his son embracing the role rather than the career opportunity the role will provide. Director Derrickson, however, could stand to learn a few new tricks. As competent as the majority of the movie may be, it is also absent of personality.
Horror fans are likely to be disappointed with "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," since the movie isn't the horror movie the trailers make it out to be. At the same time, you'll be hard pressed to find anything quite like it, unless you generously stretch the boundaries to include something like "Devil's Advocate," you know, without all the Al Pacino Hoo-Wah. It's a noble experiment, but a little too even tempered to be either an effective horror movie or legal thriller.
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2008, Atlas & Co.
One of the great literary forces of her age, or any age, Germaine de Staël was born into the political and intellectual aristocracy of her time. The daughter of Jacques Necker, Louis XVI's finance minister, she married Sweden's ambassador to the French court and for two decades held the limelight as a political figure and prolific writer. Admittedly not a beauty, she was nonetheless notoriously seductive and enjoyed whirlwind affairs with some of the most influential men of her time. She was demonized by Napoleon for her forthrightness, her powerful intellect, and her prestigious salon, a hothouse of subversive ideas and sexual intrigue. The emperor exiled her, on and off, for the last two decades of her life. Madame de Staël - force of nature, exuberant idealist, and ultimate enthusiast - waged a lifelong struggle against all that was tyrannical, cynical, or passionless in her time, and left a legacy of enlightened liberalism that radiated throughout Europe during the nineteenth century.
Francine du Plessix Gray does a marvelous job in Madame de Stael, filling us in on the French Revolution as though it were (almost) easy to understand, recognizing de Stael's faults (delusions of grandeur, mostly), while steadfastly commending her talents, her sweet nature, her generosity. I loved this book!
Carolyn See, The Washington Post
Faithful to de Staël's incessant energy, Gray follows her movements at a forceful pace, masterfully commanding a wide cast of characters while streamlining the frantic narrative of her subject's life.
Publisher's Weekly
Gray's absorbing work joins only a handful of biographies dedicated to the life of this remarkable woman. Highly recommended for all libraries that support French history and literature collections.
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Phillip "Phil"Patrick Carroll, Jr.
Phillip "Phil" Patrick Carroll Jr. died on March 17, 2019, St. Patrick's Day, at 10:41 A.M. exactly 74 years to the day after he married his late wife Lillie Bernice Kelly Carroll of Gainesville who died in 1995. He died after a two-day downward physical spiral, and he was lucid until the end.
Phil was a native Floridian raised in Haines city. After graduating from the University of Florida College of Engineering in 1944, he enlisted in the Navy and served as Engineering Officer in USS Cony (DD-508). He then worked at Food Machinery Corporation in Lakeland developing food cropping machinery and then for Fosgates in Orlando building the first concertrated orange juice plant. As a DuPont Construction Division employee, he supervised the pipefitters building the Savannah River nuclear fuel plant. In 1955 he was transferred with DuPont to Wilmington, Delaware. He spent the rest of his career in engineering and management positions. He was a manager at the Mechanical Development Laboratory building one-of-a-kind machines primarily for the textile and shoe industry. He managed DuPont's Mechanical Consulting group. His last job was leading Engineering's Quality Assurance team, which consisted of over 300 engineers worldwide.
His best friends were the folks who worked for him and his neighbors. He and Bernice reveled in giving dinner parties at home. He always enjoyed a Manhattan before dinner. People describe him as a consummate Southern gentleman. Phil was known for his wit, wisdom and sense of humor. He was an avid card and poker player. His had a amazing workshop and enjoyed home projects and fixing Bernice's antiques. He and Marguerite spent many years seeing the world including Antartica, Africa, China, Pacific Islands, South America and Alaska. He was an avid Gator fan.
Phil is survived by their son Phillip "Flip" Patrick Carroll III of Bloomfield Hills, MI and grandson Phillip "Patrick" Carroll IV of Lakeland. Bernice and Phil's other child, Catherine Christine Carroll Smith died on June 6, 2017, but is survived by her husband Maurice Elmer Smith and daughter Sarah Christine Carroll Still and her husband Aaron Still. Phil was preceded in death by both of his siblings: Sr. Mary Michelle Carroll, Mother Superior in the Sisters of Mercy and Joanne Payne of Houston, TX. Phil's second wife, Marguerite Carroll preceded him in death on August 30, 2017 and is survived by her daughter Dyanne Hughes; son Neal Aker and wife Sharon Aker; and son Jim Aker and wife Debbie Aker. Marguerite's grandchildren are Logan Aker and wife Jennifer, Scott Aker, Keith Aker and wife Heather, and Kimberly Aker. Great-grandchildren are Stella, Nora and Maya.
Phil passed away with the same silver hair combed straight back that he gained in his 30's. He was a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be missed dearly.
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distilled spirits — a web serial
season 1 characters
sci-fi undercover
spicy san francisco
Caitlyn, distilled spirits, fiction, Geno, Glenn, Sidney, web serial, web series
Distilled Spirits: Ch. 4 — Glenn
What is Distilled Spirits?
Episode 1: "Distilled Spirits"
Like some people born into wealth, Glenn does a lot of charity work.
Like few of them, he actually enjoys it.
Like a lot of Americans who grow up in an era of war, recession, and signs of the apocalypse, Glenn wants to 'make a difference'.
Like most of those who feel this way, he doesn't really know what that means.
Responsibilities and decisions.
John Lennon lyrics and 60s ideals that mean more to him than his parents.
There's lots of good that Glenn can do, but what he doesn't want to hear is that there are some things that he can't change no matter what. Like the habits of friends, trending foreign dictators, and the price of a 40 oz. in liquor stores.
"Total is $4.72," the clerk said. "Sales tax went up last month. Where ya been?"
"Out of town." Glenn found a floating $5 bill in his pocket and laid it on the counter. "I bet Jose on 2nd St. still has these two bucks a piece."
The clerk pushed the two 40 oz. bottles in a brown paper bag away from him. "Go there next time then."
Glenn couldn't remember the clerk's name—he didn't usually come back this way from Sidney's. The young man behind the counter was Middle Eastern and already eying the next customer. Conversation between them was usually limited to exact change. Like a lot of the immigrants on this side of the harbor, the family running this store probably had dreams of living somewhere else.
The walk south toward Glenn's building followed the canal that divided Sidney's neighborhood—Tortilla Flats. In a couple of hours, the waterside path would be full of wandering couples, loose dogs, and cyclists who didn't feel comfortable on the roads. But for now he shared the afternoon with only a couple of high school skateboarders splitting a cigarette and resting on a bench. They eyed Glenn as he passed, probably deciding whether or not he was a cop in his simple slacks and button-up shirt.
Leaving the Flats at this hour was usually peaceful—the gentle slope up to Canal St. cut off a lot of the commercial noise. Yet some car honks filtered through the trees and the warm smell of taquerias preparing for dinner was inescapable.
Glenn's phone vibrated and he had a good idea of who it was.
"Hey, you on your way back yet?" Geno.
"Yeah. I'm at 12th or something."
"What's was up at Sidney's?"
"He's stressed about his new project and Caitlyn's out," Glenn said. He heard the skateboarding clatter begin again behind him. "Don't you work tonight?"
"I'm on in a couple of hours. You won't believe this gig I've landed."
"Does it have anything to do with what's happening to the bushes outside my building? My bushes?"
"Maybe. Hurry up—I need some inspiration."
Glenn stopped walking and leaned against the canal railing. "You mean 40s and Mario Kart?"
"Yup—don't leave the country for a while. I need you. Help someone here for once, will you?"
Glenn pocketed his phone and kept walking.
The comforting smell of tortillas faded, replaced by harbor water and . . . something else. It reminded him of summer, like clothes strung up outside to dry after a rainstorm—something Glenn had never smelled in his life.
Then he heard the gentle, easy to miss mechanical hum of washing machines.
Glenn turned the corner on 5th—the street that took him home—and met the stare of the one homeless man known to almost everyone on the north side.
Crazy Man Joe was in his usual 4 o'clock spot: beside the Salvadoran laundromat that marked the boundary between the Flats and the Inner Harbor. Glenn wasn't completely sure why no other homeless moved in on his territory when he was gone. It was prime real estate. A wide awning protected the sidewalk from the sun at most hours, a heating vent was nearby, and someone had given Crazy Man Joe a folding chair that was now chained in placed. A public bathroom and water was even across the street at the pupuseria.
It may have been a matter of seniority. Joe was a grey, balding man.
It may have been his past. Joe was a veteran with apparently indestructible combat boots.
But Glenn guessed it was because the man muttered to himself and carried a bamboo walking cane that ended, unnaturally, at a threatening point.
"Someone's using a new detergent," Joe said. He sniffed once—twice. "Tide." He sniffed again, nodding to himself. "Tide Summer Strong. Came out last week."
"You got a good nose," Glenn said, setting his heavy paper bag down and leaning against the laundromat window.
Joe looked at Glenn, eyebrows going in different directions. The old man cocked his head. "That bag of yours don't have any clothes." His eyes darted from the bottle caps sticking out to Glenn's face. "Why are you talking to me, kid?"
Glenn didn't have an answer and he wasn't sure why he didn't just keep walking. There wasn't any suspicion in the homeless man's eyes—if Glenn was right, it was curiosity on the man's face and voice. Glenn slid his back down the window and sat on the ground, five feet from Joe, wondering how many people passed on any given day. Did he bother anyone? Did he have any family? Loved ones? Did he have any regrets?
"My father dodged the draft," Glenn said abruptly.
Joe raised his cane at once, twirled it around, and speared a Styrofoam cup that was rolling past. He scraped it off using the edge of a nearby trash can. "Your dad was smart, kid. I was a coward and went to fight."
"Is that why you're here?" Glenn asked
"I don't blame the government," Joe said.
Glenn watched the man stab another piece of drifting litter and Glenn made a quick decision—he scooted his body closer and took out one of his 40s.
"Here." He handed Joe the paper bag with the remaining bottle. "Take the bag. Cops aren't gonna bother me."
Joe nodded but balled up the paper, tossing it in the bin. "Cops haven't bothered me for ten years. I don't cause no trouble."
They both unscrewed their bottles and took a swig. And another.
"Some things don't change," Joe said. "Like the taste of this shit. Why do you drink it?"
"My friend likes it," Glenn said.
Joe laughed, coughed hard, and laughed again. "Me too. Me too." He stared at Glenn then, 40 oz. halfway to his mouth. "So what is it—you want my story? You just another bored rich kid sharing booze?"
"Do you like scaring people?" Glenn asked.
"It's something to do. I ain't crazy—don't think that," Joe said. "I've been in an' out of everything. A fancy South Harbor clinic one time—that was the best 'till they kicked me out for getting with the nurses. Jail's not so bad—not like prison."
"Prison?"
"I punched a cop in the 80s," Joe said, rubbing his knuckles. "Broke my hand down by the bridge."
"I punched him a lot," Joe said. "I was angry back then."
"Now it don't matter." Joe shook his head. "Everything that mattered is done and over, I figure. Me too, soon enough."
"What—" Glenn cut the question off when he saw Joe's vacant stare, looking at nothing in particular across the street.
Nothing that passed seemed to catch Joe's attention as he tapped his cane against his knuckles—tap, tap—against a tarnished ring on his ring finger. His mouth moved silently.
Glen felt his pocket vibrate. "Shit," he said, taking a large gulp, "I gotta go."
Joe nodded a few times and snapped out of his trance. He raised his half-finished bottle. "Thanks for the drink, kid. Today's turning out just fine."
Glenn stood and stretched, figuring he could finish his 40 oz. in two or three blocks if he hurried it. He'd have to stop at Jose's store for more inspiration or Geno wouldn't play Mario Kart with him.
END OF EPISODE 1
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Distilled Spirits: Ch. 3 — Caitlyn | Devon Claytor
Distilled Spirits: Ch. 5 — Sidney | Devon Claytor
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Spicy San Francisco — The First Bite »
Distilled Spirits: [Season 2] Ch. 26 — Caitlyn
Distilled Spirits: [Season 2] Ch. 25 — Glenn
Sci-Fi Undercover — Esther Friesner / Unknown Artist
Distilled Spirits: [Season 2] Ch. 24 — Geno
Distilled Sprits: [Season 2] Ch. 23 — Sidney
Spicy San Franciso — Kadhai Chicken Burrito (Mission / Valencia)
Distilled Notes: Music of the serial, Season 2 to begin Monday
A Season Distilled: The Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics of a Web Serial
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Curlin ready to run in the Preakness
NEW YORK - Curlin will have another go at Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense in the Preakness. Trainer Steve Asmussen said yesterday that his third-place finisher in Sunday's Derby came out of the race in good shape and is set for the second leg of the Triple Crown on May 19.
NEW YORK - Curlin will have another go at Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense in the Preakness.
Trainer Steve Asmussen said yesterday that his third-place finisher in Sunday's Derby came out of the race in good shape and is set for the second leg of the Triple Crown on May 19.
"The only hesitation was waiting for him to go back to the track" after his first defeat, Asmussen said during a conference call. "I was curious where he would be mentally."
Curlin went for a one-mile jog at Churchill Downs on Wednesday. Asmussen thought his lightly-raced colt might be nervous on his first trip back to the track.
"He's not shown any indication of that," Asmussen said. "His appetite has stayed good. He's a very big, strong horse and we're very pleased how he came out of race physically. He was very relaxed going to the track, and I just wanted to make sure it was still him."
Curlin won his first three starts by a combined 281/2 lengths, and went off as the 5-1 second choice in the Derby behind Street Sense. Robby Albarado will again be aboard the colt.
Curlin finished 53/4 lengths behind runner-up Hard Spun and eight lengths back of Street Sense.
"I don't think Curlin could have come out in any better shape," Asmussen said. "And I think he is capable at this level."
Hard Spun also returns for the 13/16-mile Preakness, along with 17th-place finisher Teuflesberg. Others Preakness probables include C P West, King of the Roxy, Xchanger, Flying First Class or Starbase (both trained by D. Wayne Lukas), and Mint Slewlep.


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Q: Correct use of strcpy() and avoid read and write size errors in valgrind I have this code:
static void foo(char *string1, char *string2)
{
    char *string1_copy= malloc(strlen(string1));
    strcpy(string1_copy, haystack);

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valgrind --leak-check=full -v ./myProgram

I get this:
==20595== ERROR SUMMARY: 3 errors from 3 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)
==20595==
==20595== 1 errors in context 1 of 3:
==20595== Invalid read of size 1
==20595==    at 0x4C376F4: strstr (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==20595==    by 0x108CED: grep (myProgram.c:87)
==20595==    by 0x109023: main (myProgram.c:214)
==20595==  Address 0x522e3b3 is 0 bytes after a block of size 3 alloc'd
==20595==    at 0x4C2FB0F: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==20595==    by 0x108CA5: grep (myProgram.c:77)
==20595==    by 0x109023: main (myProgram.c:214)
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==20595== Invalid write of size 1
==20595==    at 0x4C32E0D: strcpy (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==20595==    by 0x108CBC: grep (myProgram.c:78)
==20595==    by 0x109023: main (myProgram.c:214)
==20595==  Address 0x522e3b3 is 0 bytes after a block of size 3 alloc'd
==20595==    at 0x4C2FB0F: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==20595==    by 0x108CA5: grep (myProgram.c:77)
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==20595== Invalid write of size 1
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==20595==    by 0x108C91: grep (myProgram.c:75)
==20595==    by 0x109023: main (myProgram.c:214)
==20595==  Address 0x522e362 is 0 bytes after a block of size 18 alloc'd
==20595==    at 0x4C2FB0F: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==20595==    by 0x108C7A: grep (myProgram.c:74)
==20595==    by 0x109023: main (myProgram.c:214)
==20595==
==20595== ERROR SUMMARY: 3 errors from 3 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)

which is exactly where I create those 2 copies with strcpy() and where I read them with strstr().
Is there a way to avoid this or am I not supposed to use strcpy() here? Is the strlen(string) not correct size of the string that I am passing?

A: Your allocate presents the classic Off-By-One problem. A string in C is always terminated with the nul-character. That is what distinguishes a string from a character array. To correctly allocate storage for a copy of the source string src, you must allocate strlen(src) + 1 bytes.
Your foo function makes little sense. Within foo, you allocate storage, e.g. char *string1_copy= malloc(strlen(string1)); but provide no way that your program can make use of the allocated memory after the function returns. A void function returns no value eliminating any way to determine success/failure of the copy, and there are no additional pointer-to-pointer parameters to provide any way to update the pointer at an original address. Further, after allocating storage, the function returns and you lose the pointers that hold the starting address for each allocation creating a memory leak.
When looking to duplicate two-strings, it makes no sense to write a function that duplicates both. That single-use function has little re-usability. Instead simply write a function that duplicates a single string, provides a meaningful return to allow a determination of success/failure and then call that function once for each string you need to duplicate.
That re-factoring of your function will not only allow you to adequately validate each allocation, but will also be reusable any time you need to duplicate a string. In fact POSIX provides a strdup() function that does just that, but you can easily write your own to ensure strict C standard compliance.
A reasonable implementation of such a function could be written as:
/* returns pointer to allocated copy of src, or NULL on failure */
char *dupstr (const char *src)
{
    size_t len = strlen (src);              /* get length of src */
    char *dest = malloc (len + 1);          /* allocate length + 1 bytes */

    if (!dest) {    /* validate EVERY allocation */
        perror ("dupstr() malloc-dest");
        return NULL;
    }

    return memcpy (dest, src, len + 1);     /* copy src to dest, return ptr */
}

(note: you can also add a check on if (!src) to insure the pointer passed is not NULL -- that is left to you)
It is a simple function that obtains the length of the original string (passed as const char*) and then allocates len + 1 bytes to provide adequate storage validating the allocation and providing an error on failure and returning NULL. The function then copies src to the destination string dest using memcpy() returning a pointer to dest
(note: there is no need to use strcpy(). At that point you have already computed the length of src and there is no need to scan for end-of-string again with strcpy()).
A simple implementation that duplicates and outputs all program arguments could be:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

/* returns pointer to allocated copy of src, or NULL on failure */
char *dupstr (const char *src)
{
    size_t len = strlen (src);              /* get length of src */
    char *dest = malloc (len + 1);          /* allocate length + 1 bytes */

    if (!dest) {    /* validate EVERY allocation */
        perror ("dupstr() malloc-dest");
        return NULL;
    }

    return memcpy (dest, src, len + 1);     /* copy src to dest, return ptr */
}

int main (int argc, char **argv) {

    char *copies[argc];                     /* VLA of argc pointers to char */

    for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {            /* loop over each argument */
        if ((copies[i] = dupstr (argv[i]))) {   /* duplicate in copies[i] */
            puts (copies[i]);                   /* output copy */
            free (copies[i]);                   /* free copy */
        }
    }
}

Example Use/Output
$ ./bin/dupstr my dog has fleas and my cat has none - lucky cat
./bin/dupstr
my
dog
has
fleas
and
my
cat
has
none
-
lucky
cat

Memory Use/Error Check
In any code you write that dynamically allocates memory, you have 2 responsibilities regarding any block of memory allocated: (1) always preserve a pointer to the starting address for the block of memory so, (2) it can be freed when it is no longer needed.
It is imperative that you use a memory error checking program to ensure you do not attempt to access memory or write beyond/outside the bounds of your allocated block, attempt to read or base a conditional jump on an uninitialized value, and finally, to confirm that you free all the memory you have allocated.
For Linux valgrind is the normal choice. There are similar memory checkers for every platform. They are all simple to use, just run your program through it.
$ valgrind ./bin/dupstr my dog has fleas and my cat has none - lucky cat
==6014== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==6014== Copyright (C) 2002-2017, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==6014== Using Valgrind-3.13.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==6014== Command: ./bin/dupstr my dog has fleas and my cat has none - lucky cat
==6014==
./bin/dupstr
my
dog
has
fleas
and
my
cat
has
none
-
lucky
cat
==6014==
==6014== HEAP SUMMARY:
==6014==     in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==6014==   total heap usage: 14 allocs, 14 frees, 1,086 bytes allocated
==6014==
==6014== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible
==6014==
==6014== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==6014== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)

Always confirm that you have freed all memory you have allocated and that there are no memory errors.
Look things over and let me know if you have further questions.

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The Grove and Skinny Champagne
Blog / The Grove and Skinny Champagne
12 September 2017 / Food /
Champagne: The next generation
Amanda Thomson, Thomson & Scott
Amanda Thomson, the brainchild behind Skinny Champagne, talks to The Grove about the success of her sugar-free wine brand.
Seduced by the romance of Champagne, Amanda Thomson can pinpoint the exact moment she decided to leave her high-flying job as a BBC broadcaster to launch a selection of sugar-free wines. "I fell in love with the glamour of Champagne at events early on in my career and I even met my husband at the Cannes Film Festival," she explains. "But in 2009 I had this real lightbulb moment where I realised that alcohol is one of the only things we consume without really knowing exactly what's in it."
As someone who grew up on a vegetarian diet and had sugar as 'a rare treat', Amanda understood the value of natural products long before clean eating made its way on to the UK's foodie map. From the global avocado fetish to our passion for spiralised courgettes, there's no doubt that people are more aware of their food choices than ever before. But while everyone knows how much salt is packed into a processed lasagne, they often have no idea how much sugar goes into the average bottle of wine. "I wanted to start my company Thomson & Scott to create a selection of wine and bubbly that tasted absolutely amazing, but was free from chemicals and added sugar," says Amanda. "It's not a health food product, because it still contains alcohol, but I do believe cutting out the additional sugar and chemicals is much better for you and it's more transparent- people know what they're drinking. It's also vegan and that's really important as more people become aware of veganism and want to support the movement."
Thomson & Scott officially launched its range of Skinny Prosecco, Skinny Champagne and Skinny Wine in April 2016 and is now a top seller in major UK department stores- but it didn't come without a slog.
After the lightbulb moment, Amanda decided to throw herself into the entrepreneurial journey feet first. On a quest to expand her knowledge, she and her family moved to Paris for three years in 2010, where she enrolled on a specialist wine course at the Cordon Bleu Cookery school. The first diploma of its kind, Amanda was able to learn about wine in a holistic sense, not just tasting but getting a wider understanding of the business through marketing, sales and vineyard visits. She describes the move as 'a huge gamble' as she had no back up plan if it failed. Thanks to several years of hard graft, endless phone calls and steely determination, the rewards are finally starting to show and the drinks brand is gaining a loyal following.
"Our consumers are around 70% female, but we do have a lot of male fans too," she explains. "The age range varies hugely but our most visible clients are millennials. They are the ones who share pictures of products on Twitter and Instagram and they often attend our events at fashion launches and department store pop-ups."
In terms of choosing partnerships, Amanda is very selective. "When I choose a partner to work with, I look at the customer and their journey and I work with a really wide range of companies and venues. The way I select people to work with is quite instinctive- I just get a feeling that it would be a good fit. Our customers might visit a five-star hotel one week, and then go to a trendy street food bar the next. Versatility and authenticity is really important." This diversity is also represented in the brand's events, which range from high-end dinners to product launches at vegan food festivals.
Inspiration and passion have been two of the driving forces behind the creation of the brand, something Amanda keeps in mind every day. From listening to Ted talks to gaining insight from motivational speakers like Simon Sinek, she is constantly searching for new ways to make the brand even more successful. "One of the things that Simon Sinek teaches about entrepreneurialism is to always think about 'the why'. Why do you need to launch this product or start this brand? Having a very clear objective has been crucial to my company's success- every brand needs a reason to exist."
As a former arts correspondent and a fashion and food fanatic, Amanda also takes inspiration from London's dynamic cultural scene. "There's some hugely exciting things happening in London on the food scene right now," she explains. "From street food to the amazing new chefs, it's one of the best cities in the world right now."
Owning a hot brand in a rapidly evolving food and beverage market isn't easy, and Amanda has no qualms talking about the challenges. From the early starts to the endless sales pitches and constant admin, it's the hardest thing she's ever done. "Starting a business is not for the faint-hearted and I spend pretty much every waking moment thinking about and working on the brand. If you go into this game just to make money, that's a really bad idea. You need a strong product that you're incredibly passionate about that people will really want."
While she's the first to admit there's no such thing as an easy ride in the world of business, Amanda wouldn't have it any other way. "It's amazing to have come so far and have this incredible brand of delicious products that people want to buy. I think every entrepreneur needs to really enjoy the moments of success that make all the hard work worthwhile."
Amanda will be hosting a Skinny Champagne and Prosecco dinner at Colette's on Thursday 26 October. Join us and experience fine-dining together with the taste of delicious, organic Italian Champagne and Prosecco.
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Jan Maase Bloomendal
Jan (Johannes) Maase probably was born during the 1690s. He probably was a member of the Bloomendal family but mostly was known as "Jan" or "Johannes Maase." He was a member of an Albany militia company in 1715. He may have been among those naturalized in July 1723. He was the brother of Albany resident Cornelis Maase.
In September 1718, he married Rebecca Fonda at the Albany Dutch church. By 1728, the marriage had produced six children who were christened in Albany where he was a regular baptism sponsor. His wife may have died following the birth of their last child.
In 1720, his name first appeared on Albany rolls when he was identified as a freeholder in the third ward. He was a mainline Albany resident for the next half century. This Maase family lived on the east corner of of Columbia and Pearl Streets. Jan Maase was a brazier with holdings of moderate value. He owned slaves and either lived with or next to his brother - who also was a brass worker.. Beginning in 1714 and as late as 1755, he served the community at various times as constable and firemaster.
In 1761, he witnessed the will of his brother. In 1767, his third ward property was valued substantially for a tradesman. Jan Maase Bloomendal may have lived into the 1770s.
Sources: The life of Jan Maase Bloomendal is CAP biography number 1480. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.
first posted 1/5/07; updated 7/25/13


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Wal-Mart to Ship Some Orders Free
Updated Nov. 12, 2010 12:01 am ET
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT -0.45% is offering free shipping on nearly 60,000 online items through the bulk of the holiday season, an attempt by the giant retailer to counter a similar but broader deal from archrival Target Corp. AMZN 1.34% and grab sales from e-commerce leader Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 1.34%
But the splashy promotion applies only to a fraction of Wal-Mart's items, meaning that consumers might still get a better deal shopping at other sites.
From Nov. 21 to Dec. 11, Target plans to offer free shipping on more than 800,000 items, on orders of at least $50. Amazon already includes free shipping on many orders over $25.
Sears Holdings Corp. said Thursday it would offer free shipping at its Kmart.com through the holiday season on all but its largest items, for orders totaling at least $59. The company estimates it offers free shipping on more than one million items through Kmart.com and Sears.com.
Wal-Mart's promotion, which began Thursday and lasts until Dec. 20, includes all electronics minus Apple Inc.'s iPads and iPods, but only limited items in categories such as toys, appliances and furniture. Wal-Mart estimated it applied to roughly a fourth of the merchandise it sells via its website. Like other online retailers, Wal-Mart offers tens of thousands of additional items from third-party sellers in exchange for a cut of the revenue, but those products are not eligible for the free shipping.
Wal-Mart boasted that its free-shipping deal had no minimum-price requirement, unlike those of retailers such as Target and J.C. Penney Co. But e-commerce experts said the distinction was largely moot because most of the items Wal-Mart will ship free also meet competitors' requirements for free shipping.
"Wal-Mart is doing what it typically does around the holiday season, which is to pick a few key categories and grab the attention of consumers," said Fiona Dias, executive vice president of GSI Commerce Inc., which runs e-commerce websites for about 100 brands. "The 60,000 is actually a tiny sample of what they offer on Walmart.com. Not a game changer, but something that will cause retailers to gnash their teeth until Dec. 21."
Numerous retailers offer free shipping, a trend that is increasing due to customer demand. A recent study by e-commerce researcher ComScore found that 41% of online transactions included free shipping, and 55% of shoppers said they would abandon purchases in the middle of transactions upon learning that shipping costs extra.
Overstock.com Inc. says it plans on Black Friday to start offering free shipping on everything except books, music and videos. "Everybody is going to free shipping—that's what consumers are getting used to," said Stormy Simon, the company's senior vice president of marketing and customer care.
If customers continue to expect free shipping, Wal-Mart and other retailers eventually may be forced to change their e-commerce models to make it standard instead of just offering it as a holiday promotion or subscription plan, analysts said.
Though some rivals saw Wal-Mart's move as defensive rather than an aggressive attack, the shipping promotion was another signal that the world's largest retailer is stepping up its competition with Amazon.
Wal-Mart last Christmas season launched a price war against Amazon by discounting best-selling books to $10, triggering dueling further reductions when Amazon matched the offers.
But though the gambit grabbed headlines, when the companies reported holiday earnings Amazon was the victor with a 42% increase in quarterly revenue compared to a 2% decline at Wal-Mart's overall U.S. business. Wal-Mart doesn't break out revenue for Walmart.com.
Amazon has attracted repeat customers with a program known as Amazon Prime that offers free shipping on most purchases for $79 a year. Most Amazon customers also don't pay sales taxes, as the company thus far has successfully argued that it has no physical presence in many states.
A fledgling consortium of retailers including Toys "R" Us Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc. and Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. is countering with a program called ShopRunner, run by GSI, that ships individual items free for an annual $79 fee.
—Geoffrey A. Fowler contributed to this article.
Write to Miguel Bustillo at miguel.bustillo@wsj.com


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Q: Is there an antonym for "capitalize" (as in letter-case)? A word that starts with a lower-case (lowercase?) letter can be capitalized, but what is the converse action?
Google has only one page in the top results that addresses this and the closest thing to a proposed answer is decapitalize, which trips spell-checkers, so de-capitalize.

A: The verb is lowercase- defined by Merriam Webster as:

"to print or set in lowercase letters."

A: While I'll caveat that some people aren't fond of it being used as a verb, lowercase is frequently used in the manner you're referring to.  For example:

Chicago style is to lowercase all of these. Chicago Manual of Style

or

Lowercase shortened, informal, or descriptive names of committees. KU University Style Guide

A: The standard options are "titlecase," "sentencecase," "uppercase," and "lowercase." Various abbreviations and marks for these are used in proofreading. It's somewhat specialized vocabulary because outside of publishing you rarely have cause to say things like, "this word needs to be lowercased."

A: If being proper / correct is not your greatest concern.. Say you simply wanted your listener to "Re-write this sentence withOUT Capital letters."… I'd wager a bet that asking them to decapitalize it - would give you as good a result - as any.

A: The alphabets may be referred as upper-case and lower-case. Another way to describe it is to say 'majuscule' (majuscular) for upper-case and 'minuscule' (minuscular) for lower-case.
Reference: http://www.synonyms.net/antonyms/majuscule

A: Wiktionary records uncapitalize with usage examples.

Verb
uncapitalize (third-person singular simple present uncapitalizes, present participle uncapitalizing, simple past and past participle uncapitalized)

*

*(transitive) To convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase; to make uncapitalized.
The easy way to uncapitalize text is to highlight it and press Shift+*F3*, — Stanley Zarowin, Journal of Accountancy, A Quick Way to Capitalize and Uncapitalize, 2004
Synonyms

*

*decapitalize

I would definitely prefer the prefix un- to de- to avoid any ambiguity. The word decapitalize already exists with a different meaning and usage in a different field.
See also: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/decapitalize

A: Majuscule/miniscule?
I just tried to write a few example sentences, but I can't make them suggest anything helpfully different to the above...

A: If a capitalized word is a word whose first letter is in uppercase/majuscule and any following letters are in lowercase/miniscules, then the opposite of that must be a word whose first letter is in lowercase/miniscule and any following letters are in uppercase/majuscules.
We have no term to describe that.

*

*"WASHINGTON" is in all uppercase.

*"washington" is in all lowercase.

*"Washington" is capitalized.

*"wASHINGTON" is . . .  in all uppercase save for its first letter, which is in lowercase.

For various reasons, Unicode defines three cases, not two; the third case is called titlecase, and it is specifically designed for the casing of the initial letter in a capitalized word.  That is, one with all lowercase letters save the first one. This doesn't make any especial sense in English in a way graphically distinct from an initial-uppercase letter:

*

*lowercased: little big horn

*titlecased: Little Big Horn

*uppercased: LITTLE BIG HORN

But in other languages and scripts it can make a difference:

*

*lowercased: ᾲ στο διάολο

*titlecased: Ὰͅ Στο Διάολο

*uppercase: ᾺΙ ΣΤΟ ΔΙΆΟΛΟ

Notice how in the first word (the article), the titlecased version has an iota subscript, but the all-uppercase version has the iota as a capital letter.  That is because when converting to all-caps, you have to change the iota from its diacritic form to its letter form.  It is unclear how much this really gets used or needed in Greek, but it is in the formal rules.  You can see why it doesn't arise in English.


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The Outsider (Unabridged)
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"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious man who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light. "The Outsider" is one of Lovecraft's most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in Weird Tales. "The Outsider" combines horror, fantasy, and gothic fiction to create a nightmarish story, containing themes of loneliness, the abhuman, and the afterlife. Its epigram is from John Keats' 1819 poem "The Eve of St. Agnes".
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