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The materialist shell game
Materialists sometimes argue that the mind is bound to succumb to naturalistic explanation, because everything else has. How could it be the only hold-out? As I have argued in several places (most recently and at greatest length in The Last Superstition), far from being the knock-out blow some materialists think it, this argument actually shows how very shallow and historically ill-informed much materialist thinking is. For, whether explicitly or implicitly, materialism is committed to the mechanistic conception of matter inherited from early modern thinkers like Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Boyle, and Locke, where the core of this conception – or the only part of it that has survived over the centuries, anyway – is the idea that neither goal-directedness or final causality, nor sensory qualities like color, odor, taste, sound, and the like as we experience them, exist in the objective material world, but only in the mind of the perceiver. Matter, that is to say, was simply defined in such a way that (a) mental properties were taken to be paradigmatically non-material, and (b) certain features that common sense and the Scholastic tradition regarded as inherent to matter were re-defined as mental. This both facilitated the giving of "naturalistic explanations" – since whatever wouldn't fit the naturalistic-cum- mechanistic explanatory model was simply defined away as a mere mental projection in the first place, not part of the material world at all – but also guaranteed that the mind would be uniquely resistant to the same sort of explanatory procedure. For the mind was made the rug under which everything that wouldn't fit the naturalistic model could be swept. By definition, as it were, the same "sweeping" strategy cannot possibly be applied to the mind itself.
Victor Reppert kindly draws his readers' attention to a passage in my book Philosophy of Mind where I made this point. But it is hardly original with me. Reppert also cites a passage from Richard Swinburne's The Evolution of the Soul which makes the same point. Thomas Nagel's famous article "What is it like to be a bat?" makes it too. (Most readers of this article wrongly focus on the bat example itself, quibbling over whether analogies with human experience coupled with neuroscientific knowledge might allow us to infer what it is like to be one. But in doing so they miss Nagel's deeper and more devastating point that it is the "objectivist" way in which contemporary philosophers tend to conceive of matter that makes a naturalistic explanation of mind – not just the conscious experiences of bats, but any "subjective" conscious mental state – impossible in principle.)
Indeed, the point is as old as modern philosophy itself. It was central to the thinking of the Cambridge Platonist Ralph Cudworth (1617-1689) and the Cartesian Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715), both of whom emphasized that the "mechanical philosophy" necessarily entails dualism. It is also at least implicit in Descartes and Locke. If you are going to insist that matter is comprised only of colorless, odorless, tasteless, soundless particles devoid of any inherent meaning or goal-directedness, then of course qualia and intentionality are going to have to count as immaterial, and color, odor, taste, sound, etc. understood as objective features of nature would simply have to be re-defined (in terms of patterns of motion in particles, or whatever). Hence the reason so few modern philosophers, until very recently, followed Hobbes in his materialism, is not because they were afraid to follow out the implications of modern science, but rather precisely because they did follow out its implications (that is, insofar as modern science tends to take a "mechanical" conception of matter for granted). And the reason so many recent philosophers have followed Hobbes is, I would suggest, that they have forgotten the history of their subject and not thought carefully about the conception of matter they are implicitly committed to. When a contemporary philosopher of mind with naturalistic sympathies does think carefully about this conception, he tends either to come to doubt that naturalistic models of the mind really can succeed (as e.g. Fodor, McGinn, and Levine do in their various ways), or to suggest that it is only by developing some radically new conception of matter that naturalism can be defended (as e.g. Nagel and Galen Strawson do in different ways), or to adopt some "naturalistic" form of dualism (as e.g. Chalmers does explicitly and Searle does implicitly, despite his best efforts to avoid it.)
The upshot is that the materialist's "everything else has been explained naturalistically" shtick is little more than a shell game. "Everything else" is "explained" only by hiding the recalcitrant features, like a pea, under the shell of the mind. The illusion only works precisely because there is a shell to hide things under, and thus requires dualism. To assume otherwise is like assuming that a shell game scam could successfully be carried out either by hiding, not only the peas, but also every shell under a shell (as reductionist forms of materialism effectively do insofar as they assume that the same strategy applied to explaining heat, color, sound, etc. – that is, carving off and "hiding" the subjective element and re-defining the phenomenon in mechanistic terms – can be applied to mental states themselves) or by getting rid of the shells entirely (as eliminative materialism effectively does). Not even the boldest sidewalk scammer would attempt such folly. For that you need an intellectual in the grip of a theory.
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Damien S June 24, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Do you mind saying more, re Nagel and Strawson, regarding this passage?
"or to suggest that it is only by developing some radically new conception of matter that naturalism can be defended (as e.g. Nagel and Galen Strawson do in different ways)"
Your discussion of this point in the TLS was one of my favourite bits of the book - I think you make the issue very clear.
Sorry, a superfluity of definite articles there!
Edward Feser June 24, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Hello Damien,
Re: Nagel, what I had in mind is his suggestion at the end of "What is it like to be a bat?" that even if physicalism is true, we are nowhere close to understanding how it can be true, and will not get close to understanding it unless we can somehow come up with a new conceptual apparatus to express the mental-physical relationship (which he thinks will probably require an appeal to concepts which are neither mental nor physical).
Re: Strawson, I have in mind his broadly Russellian view that physicalism, if it acknowledges the reality of conscious experience and identifies it with the physical, really entails a kind of panpsychism. See e.g. his book Real Materialism and Other Essays.
Tom Clark June 24, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Ed,
You say that naturalists subscribe to "the idea that neither goal-directedness or final causality, nor sensory qualities like color, odor, taste, sound, and the like as we experience them, exist in the objective material world, but only in the mind of the perceiver."
This suggests that anti-naturalists such as yourself would say that sensory qualities and conscious subjectivity are basic aspects of or elements within the objective, material world. But in what sense are red, pain, etc. material and objective, given that they are subjective (private, for my consciousness only) and not amenable to 3rd person descriptions with which we normally characterize material objects?
That subjectivity is correlated only with complex systems like ourselves, along with the possibility of multiple instantiations (neurons vs. silicon) suggests that it's a system property of some sort, not a basic material property.
www.naturalism.org/consciou.htm
Crude June 24, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Tom Clark, don't you find it odd that in one paragraph you talk about subjectivity being utterly private in experience/verification ("for my consciousness only"), and in the next you mention the sort of things subjectivity not only is correlated to ("complex systems") but would be correlated to ("silicon") to draw out a suggestion?
Aaron June 24, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Dr. Feser,
When you describe the early modern philosophers as those who reject Aristotelian formal and final causality, and claim that sensory experience exists only in the mind of the perciever - could a simpler way of saying all this just be that modern philosophers rejected a form of realism for a form of conceptualism?
Or would it be more accurate to say, "the early moderns rejected a form of realism for a form of conceptualism, *as well as* rejecting Aristotelian formal and final causes"?
J June 25, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Another theistic misconstrual of empiricism, really. Galilleo was not a metaphysician. Hobbes, who knew the scholastic tradition up and down, was more interested in the new experimentalism--including Galilleo's findings-- than regurgitating Aristotle. And he also was an early economist and political scientist (Leviathan a political work as much as metaphysical)--there's not much use in pondering metaphysics when the Monad has decided to set armies marching in the fields.
Instead of starting investigations from Aristotelian assumptions (like the so called final cause), they relied upon observation, hypothesis, testing. Newton himself confirmed his theories via inductive means. Experimentalism, however inelegant as metaphysics, obviously has produced useful knowledge, in medicine, physics, chemistry, economics etc. The proof's in the pudding. That's not to say science in itself is inherently good, but
even Padre O'Reilly calls a doctor and not the bishop when one of the flock has a serious injury or illness.
Had the orthodox catholics and/or puritans had their way, there would be no bio. or chem. departments, or econ. and social sciences, probably no physics. (And let's not forget those great examples of catholic family planning in latin america urban areas)
Just another mad Catholic June 25, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Your post almost interested me although I disagree entirely that there would be no science departments today If Europe had kept its Christian heritage Indeed as Thomas E Woods Jr points out the Catholic priests pretty much built Civilization. However any respect I had for your post disappered once you chucked in the ad hominum about Catholic Family planning, Why oh why did you do it ?
J June 25, 2009 at 10:20 AM
For that matter, assuming El Dios existed, He allowed the rise of empiricism, mechanists, Darwinism etc. (and all the Bad that followed from 'em, like social darwinisn, eugenics, so forth). Dios thus has a Dawkins manifest to........test Himself??
Unlikely, unless one modifies orthodoxy. Manichaeism of whatever sort not likely to appeal to PadreCo, however.
For that matter, even if I agreed that Dawkins and Co were reductionist, shallow, English in a bad sense, philistinish, they are not the villains of the world (nor was say Hobbes, even if he didn't take mass). The villains of the earth ....hmmmmmmmm. Maybe start with world leaders, wall street, muslim imams, jewish nationalists, and so forth.
(any rational Deity wants the Good enacted, even if non-believers do it)
Edward Feser June 25, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Hello Tom,
No, I wouldn't say that subjectivity is part of the objective world etc., at least not as those terms are usually understood. The reason is that, as an unreconstructed Aristotelian-Thomist-Scholastic, I reject that whole post-Cartesian way of framing the issue. The right way to approach the mind-body problem, in my view, is against the background of a general hylomorphist philosophy of nature, which means abandoning the usual assumptions contemporary philosophers of mind bring to bear on the subject. (This is a gigantic topic, of course, which I've explored elsewhere, e.g. in The Last Superstition.)
The point of the present post is just to suggest that IF one is going to buy a mechanistic picture of nature, one is unavoidably going to be led into some sort of non-naturalism – either some post-Cartesian variety of dualism (substance or property) or (this is something I did not get into here) some variety of idealism (Berkeleian, panpsychist, or whatever). (Or one could be an eliminative materialist, but in my opinion that view doesn't pass the laugh test, or shouldn't anyway.) What one cannot be is any sort of mainstream physicalist.
But then, one shouldn't buy a mechanical view of nature in the first place, in my humble (if radical) opinion. Again, see TLS.
Hello Aaron,
The second way of putting it would be better, but even then only with qualifications. The early moderns did reject formal and final causes almost to a man (with eccentric exceptions like Leibniz, though his view of final causes is itself very eccentric). Many of them embraced either nominalism or conceptualism too, but not universally. What was vehemently rejected was Aristotelian realism specifically. But Platonic realism in some form or other still had defenders here and there.
George R. June 25, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Your incessant and shameless hawking of your book has finally wore me down. I just ordered TLS, and I look forward to reading it.
Victor Reppert June 25, 2009 at 10:53 PM
You forgot this one. C. S. Lewis.
http://dangerousidea2.blogspot.com/2007/08/this-is-passage-from-c.html
Ismael March 17, 2011 at 1:35 PM
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[For that matter, assuming El Dios existed, He allowed the rise of empiricism, mechanists, Darwinism etc. (and all the Bad that followed from 'em, like social darwinisn, eugenics, so forth). Dios thus has a Dawkins manifest to........test Himself?? ]
NO but God does allow people to make free choices and, also to think and say stupid things.
Really, do we STILL have to discuss Dawkins as he would actually matter? He's just a noisy troll...
Dawkins is hardly any 'test' for any intelligent and informed person.
He is basically a crook, relying on people's ignorance lies, deception and ad hominems to make his nonsense points.
Even in Biology itself, where he's at least competent, his work is of minor importance and quite disputed among his peers.
No doubt hower D. is a goor writer and a good 'preacher', which accounts for most of the success of his books.
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On March 22, 1960, at the headquarters of the Basque Government in Exile in Paris, the first Lehendakari, and not just on the list of Basque Presidents, passed away. Jose Antonio Aguirre, who had been born on March 6, 1904, had just turned 56. His remains were buried in Basque soil after a funeral that the website Basque Kulture (which we're citing here) defined thus: "Ses obsèques, impressionnantes, eurent lieu le 28 mars après une messe en l'église paroissiale de Saint-Jean-de-Luz." (His funeral, impressive, took place on March 28 after a mass in the parish church of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.)
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The first direct image of a black hole, as produced by the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration
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Back in April the world got its first direct glimpse of a black hole. The blurry image shows a bright ring of material around a dark circle in the middle, confirming long-held assumptions about how they would look. Now the team behind this historic work is being rewarded with the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Unsurprisingly, black holes are notoriously hard to see, on account of their gravitational pull that's so strong light itself can't escape once it gets close enough. But what is very visible is the material surrounding the black hole itself. The intense pressures on this stuff cause it to heat up and shine brightly – up until it reaches the point of no return and vanishes forever. That creates a bright donut shape with a deep black center.
While this structure had been theorized for years, it had never been directly imaged. To do so, an international team of 347 scientists used radio telescopes across the world to create what's effectively an Earth-sized telescope. This Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) was then used to observe the supermassive black hole at the center of the Messier 87 galaxy.
And now, the work has earned the team the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Established in 2012 by Yuri Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and others, these awards are kind of like a showier version of the Nobel Prizes. Winners receive US$3 million in prize money, and the awards are handed out at a ceremony hosted by Hollywood celebrities, such as Morgan Freeman or Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.
Ultimately, the idea is to celebrate science and hopefully get more people, especially kids, excited about the field.
"It has been an honor to share this experience and the Breakthrough award with the EHT team," says Katie Bouman, one of the members of the team. "And the cherry on top of it all has been seeing so many excited and smiling faces from around the world whenever the black hole image is shown and its story told. I hope this picture continues to inspire the next generation of young scientists!"
Other prizes being awarded include one in Mathematics, awarded to Alex Eskin for "revolutionary discoveries in the dynamics and geometry of moduli spaces of Abelian differentials," and the Life Sciences Prize, which is going to Jeffrey Friedman for discovering a new endocrine system in the body that regulates food intake.
The eighth annual Breakthrough Prize ceremony will be held on Sunday November 3, at NASA Ames Research Center. It will be broadcast live on National Geographic.
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ChiliDog September 6, 2019 08:32 AM
It amazes me how much "factual" knowledge can be drawn from a blurry image of something that is at least 53 million light years away (53 million if you can believe data that is totally unverifiable). With absolutely no way to verify any of the "factual" conclusions that are drawn from the image, and maybe some other data, all that can be concluded from is conjecture at best. Are we suppose to blindly believe everything these people say when there is absolutely no way to verify what they say? Come on, that blurry image could be anything. How can anyone put so much confidence into something that can't be proven? I am so tired of these so called scientists presenting theory as fact.
Gilligans Islands September 6, 2019 08:51 AM
Looks like a Duncan Doughnut. In truth it is.
Aside from that they really us to believe that we can see a black hole that supposedly swallows light. This is what they told us for years. So, how can we see a black hole? We can't.
Edna Perez-Cardona September 6, 2019 09:26 AM
Is it me, or does this look like they just copy/pasted a picture from the movie "Lord of the Rings"??
Douglas Rogers September 6, 2019 10:39 AM
A stellar black hole passing near the line of sight to a star should cause large and rapid motion of the image. This is a very rare event.
Reid Barnes September 7, 2019 06:52 AM
How big a prize does it take to turn an elaborately concocted image Into one of a 'black hole', when the 'black hole' was erected from a theory that not only violates the basic laws of thermodynamics, but has turned out to be based on self-contradicting non-Euclidean geometry?
We have been fascinated by Stephen Hawking's black holes for over a third of a century, but eventually Hawking informed us they are not really black and there is no event horizon exactly. And how far must they go to perpetuate a gravitational model for cosmology based on Einstein's General Theory of Relativity? Belief in everything from 'black holes' and dark matter to dark energy and the accelerating expansion of the universe is propagated using Einstein's theory. Has it become a religion masquerading as science? Einstein claimed that the bending of light passing near the Sun, famously measured by Arthur Eddington during a solar eclipse, and also that the precession of the orbit of Mercury around the Sun were due to space-time deformation as characterized by his theory. In essence, he claimed that the explanation for the phenomena is that the geometry near massive objects is not Euclidean. Einstein said that "in the presence of a gravitational field, the geometry is not Euclidean." But if that non-Euclidean geometry is self-contradicting, then Einstein's explanation and his theory cannot be correct. How can it be correct if the title of the Facebook Note, "Einstein's General Theory of Relativity Is Based on Self-contradicting Non-Euclidean Geometry," is a true statement? See the Facebook Note at the link:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/reid-barnes/einsteins-general-theory-of-relativity-is-based-on-self-contradicting-non-euclid/1676238042428763/
ljaques September 7, 2019 09:57 AM
Chili, I'm right with you. I'm tired of these so-called journalists and so-called scientists presenting stretched theory as fact.
Pmeon September 9, 2019 12:57 AM
The outer part of the picture looks blacker then the centre. Where is the hole again, besides the gapping big one in the theory. The force of gravity is 10 to the 40th power less than electrostatic force. According to the theory a black hole starts off as a neutron star that is made of neutrons, only problem is a free neutron has a half life of 10.3 minutes. There are so many imaginary leaps of faith that must be made to explain a blackhole, none of those steps have been proven or observed. Calling MSU on this one.
neon-yellow September 11, 2019 05:16 PM
Looks to me that it could be a burned-out star. But what if it were a star that acts like a comet?
I suppose that could not happen because there would be too much friction for it to move through space.
It looks to me like it has burned out on the inside. It may be so massive a star that its center were vast enough not even to feel heat of its ring. You know how a lagoon can surround such fluidity of ocean with ocean bits & sand? Am suggesting that its illusion were product of its vastness.
So, a good question would be to inquire about its size, but it looks vaster than any body of our solar system. If it seems to have gravitational pull, then that could be where massive heat and cold of its bereft center collide.
For example, its outer ring could be distance between our sun and nearest sun, and its inner darkness could be size of our galaxy -- without being same thing together.
I'm thinking, there is no possible way that outer ring is not of gaseous disposition. Since its inner light trails down into it, I might think I'm looking at a 'gas volcano' on a planet that simply has no sun!!
As my conclusion goes, it looks like a semi-circular thing driving through space so rapidly that its outer edges glow from friction of some form, maybe silicon dust, and it seems gaseous if not molten. I think.that if computer performed analysis that it could detect the bright semi-circle to be reflected precisely to complete this circle effect. I can't fathom why the reflection looks as if in liquid.
At a low point, I had this disheartening notion that it was a peach cut in half and blasted with light.


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Perceptive Software's Interact for Microsoft Dynamics AX builds on the innovative AX 2012 platform with integrated document capture and retrieval technology that makes related information instantly accessible within any AX 2012 list page or detail screen. Built with the unique and powerful Content in Context™ approach that allows Perceptive Software to content-enable virtually any business software, Interact for Microsoft Dynamics AX displays related content within the familiar interface that AX 2012 users already know.
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Q: getting error while installing build in conanfiles I've got some problem with conan package manager When I run this command on my command line
conan install .. --build=missing

but i got some error in my conanfile.py

Hello/0.1@mohammad/stable: ERROR: Package '90ee443cae5dd5c1b4861766ac14dc6fae231a92' build failed
Hello/0.1@mohammad/stable: WARN: Build folder /home/mohammad/.conan/data/Hello/0.1/mohammad/stable/build/90ee443cae5dd5c1b4861766ac14dc6fae231a92
ERROR: Hello/0.1@mohammad/stable: Error in build() method, line 14 cmake = CMake(self.settings)
  ConanException: First argument of CMake() has to be ConanFile. Use CMake(self)

This is my conanfile.py
 import os, platform

 class HelloConan(ConanFile):
 name = "Hello"
 version = "0.1"
 settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"

 def source(self):
    self.run("git clone https://github.com/memsharded/hello.git")

 def build(self):
    cmake = CMake(self.settings)
    self.run('cmake hello %s' % (cmake.command_line))
    self.run('cmake --build . %s' % cmake.build_config)

 def package(self):
    self.copy("*.h", dst="include", src="hello")
    self.copy("*.lib", dst="lib", keep_path=False)
    self.copy("*.a", dst="lib", keep_path=False)

 def package_info(self):
    self.cpp_info.libs = ["hello"]

A: The error message clearly says what's wrong:

First argument of CMake() has to be ConanFile. Use CMake(self)

You are passing self.settings instead:
cmake = CMake(self.settings)

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The classic game of skill and chance bounces onto the DS with Peggle Dual Shot. Can the DS version captivate players the same way as its big screen sibling?
It's hard to slot Peggle Dual Shot into any specific category or genre. Although its most commonly referred to as a puzzle game, which is why you find it nuzzled along side Tetris and Puyo Pop on our site, it's also very much a game of luck. Peggle takes a large chunk of its inspiration from the game of Pachinko, the gambling game of choice in Japan. The aim of a level in Peggle is to clear all the orange pegs or bricks. You do this by firing balls at them from the launcher at the top of the screen. You can aim your shot left or right using the stylus or the d-pad, then fire the ball by tapping in the middle of the launcher. Holding the stylus on the screen will zoom in on the pegs, letting you fine tune that perfect shot.
As the ball bounces around the screen, any pegs it touches are removed. In any level, there will be a large number of blue pegs too. These increase your score but don't count towards clearing the level. Since you only have ten shots and there are 20 or more orange pegs, you have to carefully line up your shots so that the ball ricochets between pegs. Good shots will bounce and notch up your score, eliminating extra pesky orange pegs on the way. If you're extra lucky, the free ball bucket which moves along the bottom of the screen will catch your ball and add it back to your stash. If not, the ball falls off the screen and is lost.
As well as blue and orange, Peggle Dual Shot also has green and purple pegs. Purple pegs increase your score and award stars. Shots which score highly can award free balls, so a skillful bounce off a purple peg can reap rewards. The stars that are awarded for hitting purple pegs are new and unique to the DS version. We'll explain what they do later.
During your first play-through of the story mode, you'll be introduced to each of the Peggle masters. These colourful characters each have their own special ability, which you can activate by hitting the green pegs. Children's favourite Bjorn the friendly Unicorn has a "super guide", which shows you the trajectory of the ball after it makes its first bounce. French crustacean Claude the lobster will stick his lobster claws onto the screen and let you flip the ball back up into play. There are ten different super powers in total and once you graduate from the Peggle academy you can replay any level with any of the masters. Some powers, such as the Fireball, which carves through pegs without bouncing, initially seem super powerful. In actual fact no one power is significantly better than another and choosing a favourite is more a matter of taste.
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Atul Kochhar talks new restaurants, international outlets and recipe inspiration
At the forefront of modern Indian cuisine internationally, chef Atul Kochhar of Rang Mahal by Atul Kochhar at JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, explains why there's no strict methodology when it comes to cooking and educating diners about ingredients is the key to helping them understand the complexities of Indian cuisine.
During your career so far, you've revolutionised Indian cuisine, making it more contemporary. Is this something you set out to do at the start?
Every person has their own individual style. It's very much like fingerprints. Every person has their own fingerprints which are their very own and it's different from anyone else's. In the same context, the way that you would use your ingredients and the way you would make a concoction from them, would be your own unique way of doing it. When you read a recipe or when you see a chef cooking you only get the general idea of what they're trying to do but when you cook the same thing yourself, you do it with your own hands. In India there is a saying, "It's all in the hands". There is no strict methodology when it comes to cooking. I always tell my cooks, pour your heart into it and the more you love what you're doing, the better the end product is going to become.
Do you feel international diners of today understand the complexities of Indian food – or are at least getting better at understanding?
I think education on Indian cuisine is important but I don't think it needs to be emphasised more than any other cuisine. I think education on developing the understanding of ingredients in general is probably the most important aspect and that understanding develops over time. For example, if someone has never used parsley before, the first time they try it, they may not like it and think it's awful. But then, over time, they may try it again and start using it and they may begin to find that it works well with different ingredients –they might find it works well with butter, or that it works well with garlic and after experimenting like this, before they know it, they will be using parsley like they have been using it for ages. It's the same thing with spices. There are no boundaries, rules or regulations. Once you start experimenting, you will learn to know what works and what doesn't work. And then it gets easier and people will start to use them in their everyday cooking. I think people are already quite aware of Indian food but I feel that food education on understanding ingredients and learning how to experiment with them to create new flavours is important.
You trained with Oberoi Hotels in India, tell us about that experience…
I trained at Oberoi Hotel Management and worked for Oberoi hotels in India. During the process, I picked up the knowledge to cooking with different cuisines. I worked in different principles. I was posted in French fine dining and then Italian. I also did Chinese and Japanese and Thai cooking. Then I decided I think now I've learnt everything I could have and I would like to do my own food and that's where the Indian cuisine came along.
With restaurants internationally, how do you manage your schedule to ensure consistency across all of your outlets?
It is imperative to put in place effective strategies so that each outlet offers the same level of service, quality and consistency that guests have come to expect from them. This is possible only by personal intervention. Hence, I oversee all concept and design plans and work closely with the team to ensure that standards are kept at a high always. My quality assurance manager works with other staff to establish procedures and quality standards and to monitor these against agreed targets. It does mean that I travel a lot, interacting with our guests. However, I believe that listening and reacting to feedback always gets results. There must be a manager who can manage the staff efficiently and build a successful team, be it in the kitchen or on the restaurant floor. To me, it boils down to good training and hard work.
India itself is a melting pot of varied cuisines and specialities. Which region is your favourite in Indian for its culinary offering?
I travel to India at least three to four times a year for both social and professional reasons. Every time I go there the country doesn't stop to amaze me – for good and bad reasons. There is so much to learn from India because each and every state is a country by itself and each has its own cuisine. There are lots of things to learn about the different cuisines, it just amazes me. I try not to label a city in India as being my favourite as I would find myself going there again and again. I keep my mind open and like to explore different places and pick up different influences as I go along. I don't actually think that there is a single state in India that I haven't visited. I've been to each and every state.
If you could open a restaurant in any location around the world next year, where would you choose and why?
New York, it's very cosmopolitan and there is an upward trend for Indian food there.
When writing new recipes, where do you find inspiration?
Keeping the menu fresh with innovative dishes and my re-interpretation of some of the great Indian classics provides a dining experience that both delights and entices in equal measures. Sometimes the changes are a gentle and other times a more radical overhaul; my inspiration is mostly an evolutionary process, a gentle nudge from where I live, it could be something I have seen or an exciting new chef that inspires me.
For chefs looking to climb the ladder, what's the secret to successfully balancing an expanding business and family life?
The work/life balance is something I always and have always struggled to juggle. I want to spend more time with my family, but the opportunities of expansion puts a lot of pressure on anybody's personal life.
What are your thoughts on restaurants that tone down authentic Indian cuisine to suit varied palates?
This is something that all restaurants do, and maybe not even notice they do it. Particularly, Indian restaurants are serving food that has been adapted, but not authentically Indian.
You've mentored and continue to mentor chefs coming through the ranks. As a leader in the kitchen, what legacy do think is most important to leave chefs with?
1) Love your food. 2) Keep your head down, by being honest and doing what you're told. 3) Learn to respect ingredients. 4) Learn to respect people who are already in the industry because there's a lot you can learn from them – a lot of young kids learn a few things and become very arrogant, you should never stop learning. You learn every day.
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import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;

/**
 * Classe resprésentant une ressource REST LeaderBoard et l'action pour certaines
 * méthodes HTTP : - GET /leaderboard
 *
 * @author jermoret
 */
@Stateless
@Path("/leaderboard")
public class LeaderBoardRessource {

   @EJB
   ApiKeyDAOLocal apiKeyDAO;

   @EJB
   EndUserDAOLocal endUsersDAO;

   /**
    * Récupère le leaderboard actuel
    *
    * @param apiKey clé de l'application
    * @return réponse JAX-RS
    */
   @GET
   @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
   public Response getLeaderBoard(@QueryParam("apiKey") String apiKey) {
      ApiKey key = apiKeyDAO.findByApiKeyString(apiKey);

      List<EndUser> endUsers = endUsersDAO.getLeaderboard(key);
      List<EndUserDTO> endUsersDTO = new ArrayList<>();

      for (EndUser endUser : endUsers) {
         endUsersDTO.add(new EndUserDTO(
                 endUser.getId(),
                 endUser.getFirstName(),
                 endUser.getLastName(),
                 endUser.getScore()));
      }

      // Renvoie une liste de end users triée par ordre décroissant
      return SendUser.send200OK(endUsersDTO);
   }
}

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How to go Bulletproof®
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Head Strong
About Head Strong
From the creator of Bulletproof Coffee and author of the bestselling The Bulletproof Diet comes a revolutionary plan to upgrade your brainpower—in two weeks or less. For the last decade, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Asprey has worked with world-renowned doctors and scientists to uncover the latest, most innovative methods for making humans perform better—a process known as "biohacking." In his first book, The Bulletproof Diet, he shared his biohacking tips for taking control of your own biology. Now, in Head Strong, Asprey shows readers how to biohack their way to a sharper, smarter, faster, more resilient brain.
Imagine feeling like your mind is operating at its clearest and sharpest, and being able—possibly for the first time in your life—to do more in less time? What it suddenly became easier to do the very hardest things you do? Or if you could feel 100% confident about your intellect, and never again fear being the person in the room who just isn't smart enough, or can't remember something important? How would you treat people if the mood swings, short temper, and food cravings that disrupt your day could simply disappear?
In Head Strong, Asprey shows us that all of this is possible—and more.
What Can You Expect From Head Strong?
What would it feel like to have maximum energy to fuel your brain, your cells, and your every desire? To be more patient with the people you love, to make the best possible decisions, and to enjoy every minute of it? The Head Strong program is based on tens of thousands of hours of research, the latest scientific studies, and years of in-depth interviews with experts around the world to help you upgrade your brain in just two weeks – and the results keep building from there.
When that happens, you will not only have a high-functioning brain – at the same time, you will also become a better, higher-performing version of yourself, and practically everything you do will require less effort. That includes not only excelling at work and hobbies, but also making the best possible decisions, being more patient with the people you care about – and most importantly enjoying all these experiences more than ever. If you're already 100% happy with your current cognitive performance, or you're set in your current daily routine and you're not willing to make some tweaks just get get more out of your brain (and more out of your life)… then Headstrong is probably not for you.
On the other hand, if you're looking for something more – more of an edge than you have right now, more energy to "bring it" in everything you do, and a higher-performing brain than nature ever intended… then the few hours you invest in reading (or even just skimming) Head Strong will probably be some of the most rewarding time you spend this year.
PART I. It's All In Your Head
1. Head Start
2. Mighty Mitochondria
3. Become A Neuromaster: Own Your Neurons
4. Inflammation: The Muffin Top in your Brain
PART II. You Are In Control of your Head
5. Brain Fuel
6. Brain-Inhibiting Foods
7. Avoid Toxins and Improve Your Body's Detox Systems
8. Your Brain on Light, Air, and Cold
9. Sleep Harder, Meditate Faster, Exercise Less
PART III. The Two-Week Head Strong Program
10. Eat to Fuel Your Brain
11. Head Strong Lifestyle
12. Head Strong Supplements
13. Beyond the Limits
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Charles Williams, né le  à Albany, dans l'État de New York (États-Unis), et décédé le  à Hollywood (Californie), est un acteur et scénariste américain. Il apparaît dans à peu près 250 films (ou séries télévisées) pendant trois décennies, entre 1922 et 1956.

Biographie

Filmographie partielle

Comme acteur
1932 : Une femme survint (Flesh), de John Ford : Reporter sportif
1933 : Gambling Ship, de Louis Gasnier
1934 : Perdus dans la jungle (The Lost Jungle), de David Howard et Armand Schaefer
1934 : The Show-Off de Charles Reisner
1934 : L'Introuvable (The Thin Man), de W. S. Van Dyke
1934 : La Belle du Missouri ou J'épouserai un millionnaire (The Girl From Missouri), de Jack Conway
1937 : L'Amour en première page (Love Is News), de Tay Garnett : Joe Brady
1937 : L'Incendie de Chicago (In Old Chicago), de Henry King : Secrétaire / Témoin au mariage
1937 : Charlie Chan à Broadway (Charlie Chan on Broadway), d'Eugene Forde : Meeker
1941 : Une femme à poigne (), de Frank Lloyd : Greffier
1945 : The Man Who Walked Alone de Christy Cabanne : Moe
1946 : Le facteur sonne toujours deux fois (The Postman Always Rings Twice), de Tay Garnett : Le docteur
 1946 : Queen of Burlesque de Sam Newfield
 1950 : La Rue de traverse (Paid in Full), de William Dieterle

Comme scénariste
1935 : Grooms in Gloom, d'Al Christie
1935 : The Life of the Party, de William Watson
1935 : Only the Brave, de Charles Lamont
1935 : Fireman's Day Off, de William Watson
1935 : Gay Old Days, de William Watson

Liens externes

Acteur américain
Scénariste américain de cinéma
Naissance à Albany (New York)
Naissance en septembre 1898
Décès en janvier 1958
Décès à Hollywood
Décès à 59 ans

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Tekashi 6ix9ine continues to antagonize Chief Keef after challenging the drill rapper to kill him within 48 hours.
The polarizing artist reacted to Keef being involved in a shooting in New York, writing "No way…" The incident didn't stop 6ix9ine's trolling as he also shared videos of himself rapping along to Keef's song "Faneto" and dancing to Trippie Redd's "I Kill People" — a track featuring Keef and Tadoe.
During a livestream, 6ix9ine continued to brag about not being harmed within 48 hours and claimed nothing will ever happen. He noted he was a fan of Keef growing up but believes his new rival is all talk.
6ix9ine's attempts to provoke haven't gone unnotice. Lil Reese, who the rainbow color-haired rhymer specifically called out along with Keef, has responded by issuing a challenge of his own.
"Come [to] Chicago," Reese wrote on Instagram, along with the clown emoji.
6ix9ine was in Los Angeles when Keef was shot at in New York. The latter has since made his way to LA as well.


An office space should not only be equipped with all that is necessary to perform a good job, but it also needs to be a space that your employees could work in a stress free manner. And it is only if such a space is created that employees would be able to work better and contribute more towards the success of the firm. So here are some tips to help you out.
Imagine working in a closed space with only one tube light lighting the place. Not only does it already sound so depressing but it could also lead to serious eye sight issues as well. So as the employer running the place, it is your responsibility to care for your employees, and one of the basic things you should be providing him or her with is, a spacious and properly lit work space. However, there is also the problem of cost as well, so instead of spending thousands of dollars on high powered lights and electricity bills, work on streaming the natural light by installing high windows and window panes to control the light flow. You also need to create spacious work stations that allows the employee to work not only by himself but also with his team as well. Use the assistance and expertise of an interior design company Hong Kong and design the right workplace for yourself and your employees as well.
Today if any firm ever wants to succeed in the competitive markets, they ought to be able to introduce something new. And the only way to introduce something new is by being innovative. And so, if you want your employees to be innovative and think out of the box, you should be able to provide them with spaces that allows them to think out of the box. Why else do you think google has game rooms, slides instead of stairs and other cool workstations for its employees to work, have fun and think! So use famous office design ideas and incorporate them to your workplace as well, to create a place that helps any employee relax and think out of the box!
A messy work station could mean a messed up head with so much going on and very little focus on the work in itself. So make sure that you encourage your employees to maintain clean work spaces and do take action to maintain overall neatness in the workplace as well. This way there is more room for work to take place in an orderly manner as well.
Furniture is another important part of a company. Of course as a businessman you might be tempted to cut down on cost by setting up low graded chairs and table. But you need to understand that is you if you want your employees to work properly they ought to be able to first sit properly. So don't be stingy on this side, instead try your very best to supply your employees with the best furniture, and by doing so you could also expect them to perform well too!
Consider the above and design your firm to best suit your employees and their needs!


Water Quality of Golf Courses: What Does the Data Say?
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Registration for the 2019 Great Lakes School of Turfgrass Management is now open.
This online program gives over 20 hours of instruction from experts around the region, and runs January through March. The content is geared toward the beginner looking for the fundamentals as well as the old pro looking for a refresher or the opportunity to learn a new trick or two. Please pass this information on to anyone you know who might benefit from this type of course.
New this year, we are splitting the golf group off from the lawn/sports/parks/grounds group. The intent here is to give the golf group more customized information without bothering the general turf group with information that may not be relevant to those fields.
Please see the registration forms below for more information. All questions can be directed to Sam Bauer (bauersam@gmail.com).
Since 2014, Neil Radatz at Hawks Landing in Madison has been kind enough to let us play around with weed control strategies in native or non-mowed rough areas. We have received funding from the Wisconsin Golf Course Superintendents Association and the United States Golf Association for this work.
We have three studies at Hawks, one looking at the implications of mowing and returning vs. mowing and removing vs. not mowing. Another study is evaluating various herbicide effectiveness, and the third is looking at using low rates of glyphosate to thin out really thick stands of grass and weeds. One of the challenges of having native areas is that if they are in play, golfers can spend a lot of time searching for balls. Ideally, balls would be easy to find and not too difficult to play out of. But many of the the areas can get overgrown and are difficult to walk through let alone play out of. We've found some good success with low rates of glyphosate (1 to 2 lbs AI per acre) applied in May. I am always nervous about recommending applying glyphosate to actively growing, desirable grass, but the last two years of data are suggesting that it may be an inexpensive tool to thin out native areas and keep play moving along. However, note that your soils and grass species/cultivars may vary in tolerance to glyphosate. Try it out on a small section first!
The full report can be downloaded here (Weed control in native areas report 2016), but if you don't have time to read it all, the Table below shows the efficacy of glyphosate applied to these thick areas in May where we found significantly greater levels of bare soil, resulting in better playability ratings. Also, the percentage of weeds in these plots were among the lowest of all treatments.
It has been eight years since NR-151 took effect. Here are some documents and videos designed to help you update or create your nutrient management plan. These plans are a requirement for all fertilized turfgrass areas of 5 acres or larger. Please email djsoldat@wisc.edu with any questions.
Any investment in quality continuing education opportunities benefits employees and employers alike. The 2016 Great Lakes School of Turfgrass Science Online is designed to help meet the continuing education needs of any individual or organization. This 12-week program will have training sessions accessible live online on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 8pm (Central Standard Time) or the option to view the recorded sessions. This 12-week certificate program aims to provide participants with thorough and practical continuing education in turfgrass management. The course is directed by educators from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cites and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with 12 turfgrass scientists and educators from eight Land-Grant Universities.
Early registration is encouraged and pre-registration is required.
For Further Information: Contact Sam Bauer, Assistant Extension Professor – University of Minnesota Email: sjbauer@umn.edu Phone: 763-767-3518.
Professor Bill Kreuser at the University of Nebraska has recently updated the GDD tracker that he developed during his MS research here at UW. The new version is streamlined and gives the user the ability to choose their temperature units (Farenheight or Celcisu) and select from three growth regulators (trinexapac-ethyl, paclobutrazol, and prohexadione-Ca).
Turfgrass herbicides safe for new seedings – Zac Reicher, University of Nebraska, gives a detailed summary of some new (and not so new) herbicide options for newly planted areas.
With the drought abating in many parts of the state, we've seen lawns begin to green up. However, after the severe stretch of drought, nearly every lawn is expected to have some areas where the grass has died. These dead patches were likely undesirable species of grass, areas with very poor soil underneath, or weakened by another stress before or during the drought.
Figure 1. Dead grass usually takes on a grayish black appearance and is very soft and "mushy" to the touch.
Dead patches of grass take on a grayish, black coloration to the yellow or brown tissue and feel soft at the soil surface (Figure 1). Re-establishing some of these dead areas will be necessary in the fall. I recommend waiting until at least September 1st to begin the renovation process for a few reasons. First, Kentucky bluegrass has underground stems called rhizomes which can regenerate new plants. If you have a dead patch of lawn now, it is likely that the size of the dead area will be substantially smaller (or even gone) by September (Figures 2 and 3) as the bluegrass spreads to fill the voids. Second, September is the best time to establish new lawns from seed because the temperature and moisture stress is often lower and most weeds are no long germinating. Do not wait later than mid-September to begin renovation, as this may not be enough time for the seedlings to become strong enough to survive the winter. Sodding can be done successfully any time before the soil freezes.
Figure 2. This large brown patch of grass is mostly dead, but there are many single plants of Kentucky bluegrass interspersed throughout it. Expansion of these small plant and expansion of surrounding Kentucky bluegrass into the dead area is expected to dramatically shrink the size of this area by September, although it is likely some of this area will need to be re-seeded or sodded.
Kentucky bluegrass is the most common lawn grass in Wisconsin and an excellent choice for re-planting dead areas. Kentucky bluegrass is likely the best option for drought tolerance. It will turn brown faster than most other species, but can remain alive in that state for up to 60 days. In addition, it has underground stems which have the potential to generate new grass plants and fill in dead spots. Kentucky bluegrass is fairly difficult to establish from seed because it takes up to three weeks to germinate. To avoid the chance of an unsuccessful establishment by seed, sodding is a great option.
Tall fescue has potential to become a useful lawn grass in Wisconsin. It will not tolerate poorly drained areas where ice accumulates in the winter. However, it can retain a green color longer than any other lawn grass. That said, when tall fescue loses its green color it does not have much time left and requires irrigation for survival. Another drawback of tall fescue its relatively wide leaf blade, which will look like a weed if planted in patches into an already established lawn. If tall fescue is desired, it should be planted or sodded across the entire lawn, and not used to fill in patches.
Fine fescue (including red fescue, hard fescue, sheeps fescue, and Chewings fescue) – these closely related species have a strong reputation for being drought tolerant, however, this grass has a tendency to form thatch, which results in the growing point (or crown) rising above the soil surface. When this happens, fine fescue has a poor chance of surviving an extended period of dry weather. I have seen more dead fine fescue because of this year's drought than any other turf type (Figures 3 and 4). Because of these observations, I do not recommend planting fine fescue in areas that were killed by the drought. This is a dramatic departure from previous recommendations, but based on things I have seen over the past few weeks. Fine fescue remains a good choice for turf professionals who can control and manage the thatch production associated with these grasses. It is also a good a good choice for heavily shaded sites.
Figure 3. This lawn has a large amount of dead grass, most of which was fine fescue. The area that will need to be re-seeded or sodded is expected to be much smaller by September as the living grasses fill in.
Perennial ryegrass is an almost ubiquitous component of many lawn seed blends. It has poor cold tolerance and not well adapted to drought conditions. It is included in mixtures because it germinates in less than a week and provides a fast green cover. I recommend avoiding planting perennial ryegrass or keeping it a minor component (<15%) of a seed blend.
Annual ryegrass is another common component of (usually inexpensive) lawn seed mixtures. It is selected for its rapid establishment and vigorous growth. However, it has poor cold tolerance. Do not plant annual ryegrass, as it is unlikely to survive the winter.
Seed or sod? Seeding will cost less, but has a smaller success rate and takes a great deal more labor and care for success. If you have time (up to four weeks) and ability to care for newly seeded grass, purchasing seed is the way to go. If your time and ability are limited, sod is a great choice. Sod can be placed anytime when the ground is not frozen. However, regardless of renovation method, proper soil preparation is key. Check out Lawn Establishment and Renovation (UWEX Publication A3434) at the UW-Extension Learning Store for information on how to increase the chances of a successful lawn renovation.
Figure 4. Of all the turf types, fine fescue surprised me the most with its poor survivability. Fine fescues are considered more drought tolerant than Kentucky bluegrass in all the textbooks. However, the majority of non-irrigated fine fescue areas I've seen are dead. If fine fescue is planted along with Kentucky bluegrass, this is not a major issue as the bluegrass will fill in; but major renovation will be required of areas where fine fescues were the only species. I've noticed the areas where fine fescue has survived are those where no thatch exists and the crowns are underneath the soil surface. Because fine fescues have a tendency to form thatch, these grasses should not be planted unless thatch can be prevented – which is not an easy task for a non-professional turf manager. This lawn will likely need to be completely renovated because the living grass is not Kentucky bluegrass and will not fill in the vacancies left by the dead grass.
Weed control and fertilizationin September and early October will be key practices to speed and encourage the recovery of your lawn (Figure 5). Fertilizing and controlling weeds in the heat of the summer can sometime cause even more damage, so make sure you wait until cooler conditions arrive when the grass is under less stress.
Figure 5. Unfortunately, weeds can also fill in the voids where grass has been killed. In this case, the grass did not survive the drought because of the shallow, rocky soil from the construction of the road and sidewalk. Note the vigorously growing crabgrass near the mailbox. The lawn on the house side of the sidewalk (where the soil is better) is in good shape. Weed control will be a key factor in helping the living grass bounce back and fill in the majority of this area. In this case, renovation may not be required aside from controlling the weeds and fertilizing in September and possibly October to encourage the living Kentucky bluegrass to fill in.
Some lawn care providers use slow release forms of fertilizers that are appropriate for application in hot weather, but consumer fertilizers will work best when applied in September and October. For more information on best practices for lawn maintenance, check out Lawn Maintenance (UWEX Publication A3435) in the Learning Store.
 When in true dormancy, can take up to two weeks to green back up, but grass that wasn't completely dormant will green up in a few days.
There was an almost audible collective sigh of relief from around Wisconsin when some us finally received rain last week. It was a long time coming.
I lived through the hot and dry years of 1976 and 1988 and can remember working full days for weeks on end, to the point of not being certain whether it was Tuesday or Saturday. The growing season of 2012 could potentially be worse than either '76 or '88.
Our WTA Field Day is July 31, just a week away. Sometimes the best thing to do for yourself during a stressful period is to get away from the ranch and spend at least part of the day with friends who are going through what you are. Sharing experiences, problems and even war stories can put things in perspective and maybe make you feel a little better about your own situation.
The faculty have tailored their presentations to the season at hand, so there will be lots to learn. They will also be around to answer questions and give some help.
Until then, let's pray for some rain and a few days of normal temperatures. We'd all feel better.


Luxury yacht MIA is a unique custom Eagle 90 Raised Pilothouse built in 2009, she received a complete refit in 2011 and is available for deluxe crewed yacht charters in Florida. Her hull lines have sleek European styling while offering amazing volume of that of an American built yacht. MIA features full walk-around decks allowing for full access to all areas of the yacht.
The décor was selected to convey an open and lively ambiance throughout the yacht MIA. The salon and dining are an open plan featuring a comfortable lounge and seating for all 8 guests. Forward of the salon, the galley is to one side and a state of the art media room to the other, boasting exceptional sound quality. A day head is available and includes a full shower.
Exterior living is plentiful aboard the M/Y MIA, the aft deck offers an alfresco dining option, followed by an extended swim platform with access to the tender and toys garage. Above, the flybridge is perfect for entertaining with a full wet bar featuring a custom-made blue/ green glass bar top, BBQ and service area, alfresco dining option and large sunpad. Guests wishing for an intimate escape will find the double sunpad on the foredeck ideal.
Crewed charter yacht MIA is powered by 2 MAN engines providing speeds of 21 – 25 knots, she has a beam of 6.7m (22ft) and a draft of 1.8m (6ft).
The 90' Eagle yacht MIA's refit in 2011 included a complete paint to the hull and house, upgraded A/V package, totally new soft goods and complete decor.
The MIA motor yacht offers four staterooms below decks for up to 9 charter guests. The Master Stateroom is full-beam with its own unique feature, a dinette for two. Full-size windows to both port and starboard give you a dreamy, panoramic view. The Master Head has a beautiful blue granite sink and an exquisite tub that was made for pampering. The VIP Guest Stateroom is located forward and offers every comfort. One Guest Stateroom has three set bunks and a large head. To port is another Guest Stateroom with twin bunks and an en-suite with a rain shower.