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Intermedia students are creating art with nanocellulose
August 23, 2022 Arts, Outreach, Research
Editor's note: Intermedia students' nanocellulose art will be on public display on Aug. 24 from 4:30–6:30 p.m. at the Wells Conference Center.
Nanocellulose is a malleable material. In a mixture that is 97% water, nanocellulose looks like yogurt or paste. When freeze-dried, it has the consistency of Styrofoam. Fully dried, it's like a plastic tile.
The University of Maine is on the cutting edge of developing and using nanocellulose for scientific applications at the Process Development Center. Now, thanks to a partnership with Intermedia Programs, UMaine is forging a new frontier of using nanocellulose in art.
Graduate students in Intermedia Programs have partnered with the Process Development Center to use nanocellulose as material for art and creative projects. The collaboration not only gives artists a nontoxic and innovative material to experiment with — one that may be used by even more artists in the future — but also may help scientists learn more about this cutting-edge material.
Colleen Walker, director of the Process Development Center, says it all started when artists began calling her lab asking if they could buy nanocellulose. It wasn't an extraordinary ask; the center regularly distributes samples like this for research purposes. Walker says that because of its production capabilities, the facility is one of the only ones in the world that distributes nanocellulose by the pound (usually at a rate of $75 for a pound's worth in a 5-gallon bucket).
"There are companies on the commercial side that sell technology so organizations can produce their own material. This, however, is a multimillion dollar investment," Walker says. "We bridge that gap. We typically make 300 pounds of dry material in a batch, but will be able to produce two to four tons a day with our new system."
Still, Walker started noticing a pattern of artists asking for nanocellulose. Even the research manager at the Process Development Center, Donna Johnson, had experimented with the material in her own artistic pursuits in jewelry, fabric art and dyes.
Then, one fateful day, in walked Augusta Sparks Farnum, a graduate student in Intermedia Studies, looking for nanocellulose to use in her assignments.
Farnum had been making art for decades before she joined the Intermedia Studies program, but said she had recently felt jaded about the art world, in particular the lack of sustainability of art materials and practices. When she learned about nanocellulose in all its biodegradable, nontoxic glory, she snapped out of that feeling.
"I could make something and if it didn't work and instead of hauling it around for the rest of my life I could put it back in the forest and it would decompose," Farnum says. "Coming from the art world, that's not true of most things. You're dealing with plastics and chemicals. Nanocellulose is a wonderful gift."
Instead of simply sending Farnum on her way with her bucket of nanocellulose, Walker started asking questions about using nanocellulose in art — and how the Process Development Center could continue to help the partnership grow.
Soon, the Intermedia department was rustling with talks of this new material. Around the same time, School of Forest Resources professor Aaron Weiskittel had featured nanocellulose in a presentation he made for class in the program.
"I think what really drew us to it was the idea of the history of Maine and its link to forestry," says Susan Smith, director of Intermedia Programs at UMaine. "We still have this huge potential for a green economy for forest products. The idea of possibility was really what attracted us, as well as the fact that it was a brand new material. Artists naturally want to play with materials and experiment."
Smith formalized the partnership between the Intermedia Program and the Process Development Center, which donated buckets of nanocellulose to the artists to use. Smith thinks that the Intermedia Program is the perfect place for such experimentation, as its mission is to pursue "research-based art."
"The focus has really been on moving out of our silos and working collaboratively across campus," Smith says. "Often the role of art is to visualize science, but that can be reciprocal. We can learn from each other. If we're going to solve problems we're going to have to work together. It's great that people now have been open to those collaborations."
Smith coordinated a tour of the Process Development Center for Intermedia students in order to learn more about nanocellulose from the scientists who are studying it, like those UMaine researchers who are creating recyclable food containers from the material.
The artists were enthralled — and couldn't wait to get their hands on some nanocellulose for their own creative projects.
"This provides a possibility for art that is sustainable, but also local," Smith says. "Our dependence on unsustainable processes must change, and with this research, we are able to support the Process Development Center research, but also think in terms of innovations with our own processes."
The Process Development Center donated buckets of nanocellulose to the artists, who all had different ideas of what they would use it for. Smith says that she uses it as a nontoxic binder for natural pigment for her printmaking, which is preferable to those that are petroleum-based or made of acrylic polymers. Farnum experiments with cellulose armatures. Using tools of her art practice, she applied paint, as well as silver, gold and aluminum leaf. Furthering the material's innate luminosity, she has been adding a bi-product of seaweed to the nanocellulose which dries into ethereal shapes that catch the light just-so when hung on the wall.
"If you look at it closely, the nanocellulose looks like skin or bone," Farnum marvels. "We have this collaborative relationship. Sometimes it says, 'Oh, you thought I was done drying? Well, I'm not, and now I'm going to do this.' I am still in the experimenting stage."
Alex Rose, another intermedia graduate student, has been using nanocellulose as a coating for textiles and fibers. The dried nanocellulose gives recycled T-shirt strips a sense of gravity, and makes naturally-dyed material look foggy and contorts it into a crispy wafer.
"It's really interesting because it's very mysterious in how the end product will be," Rose says. "There's a sense of childlike surprise. It's kind of stepping back throughout the process and seeing what the material is saying it wants to do. It feels like a discovery every time you try something new."
The artists have been able to learn things about nanocellulose that they can share with the researchers, too. For example, though nanocellulose itself doesn't mold on its own, if it is contaminated in any way, mold can grow. Farnum learned this firsthand when experimenting with the material in a barn at her house with a black mold infestation.
"An artist is a researcher with a different set of rules," Farnum laughs.
The artists will display their works at the PDC Cellulose Nanomaterials Forum Aug. 23–25. Walker sees this as a potential debut for using nanocellulose in art more broadly.
"We hope that one day soon Maine will be providing this material to artists all around the world," Walker says. "This collaboration is an excellent way to broaden the research community working with this unique material."
As for the artists — whether they're sculpting, experimenting with dyes or mixing media — their exploration with nanocellulose has just begun.
"I'm so in it," Farnum says. "I'm excited about the opportunity to show the work at the end of the summer, but come on — I need five more years! The work keeps changing. Just last night I was researching new recipes and processes. A lot of them fail and a lot of them show me something else. I have so many more directions I want to go with it. This is just the beginning."
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Joe Weider's widow was presented with the honor at the 2014 Arnold Classic.
Fitness pioneer Betty Weider was inducted into the into the International Sports Hall of Fame last month along with Dan Gable, Lee Hany, Cynthia Rothrock and Jason Statham.
The induction ceremony took place during the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, and Muscle & Fitness Executive Editor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a memorable speech to honor all the inductees.
"She is very humble," says Arnold of Betty in his speech below. "But let me tell you something. I have seen it firsthand. Joe Weider got to a certain place, and it was a powerful place, and he did extraordinary work to make bodybuilding popular and to publish all those magazines and to promote them around the world. So did Ben (Weider), creating the Federation and getting it in all those different countries and so on. But when Betty Weider came into the game, and convinced Joe to have Shape magazine and to put more women's stuff into the magazine, that is when the business really took off."
Arnold goes on to talk about the crucial role that Betty played in the success of the Weider corporation (he even does an impression of Joe Weider, check it out). He also highlights her crucial role in inspiring the Weiders to bring their passion for fitness and working out not only "to the guys how want to lift 500 pounds" as Arnold says, "but to the guy who just wants to stay in shape."
Above all, Arnold highlights the incredible leadership role Betty played in the Weider family's contribution to creating fitness magazines for women and to advancing the fitness crusade of inspiring people to work out and take care of themselves.
He also reminisces about doing photo shoots with Betty, and reminds all present that in one shoot on the beach, his bicep was one inch bigger than Betty's waist! Arnold talks about Betty round the six-minute mark in the speech below.


The Ontario Disc Sports Association has unveiled its new project for the holiday season, our online shop. In an effort to reach out and provide Ontario disc golfers with affordable equipment, while at the same time subsidizing our community projects, we've developed the online shop under the banner of our re-investment strategy. Every cent of profit generated from our online shop will be put towards development and advocacy costs for ongoing and future ODSA disc golf course projects and community development events. The best part: players with flex tour credit can use the site as well! Visit the CREDIT PAGE to view all current amateur balances and instructions on how to use your credit online.


The move was the latest in an escalating crisis over the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount.
The extra security provoked days of unrest, with violent clashes on the streets of East Jerusalem.
"[You are] taking care of your al-Aksa Mosque, your land, your dignity, your people, your religion and your holy sites". Mr Abbas said he will maintain the freeze on contacts with Israel, including security co-ordination, unless all measures go back to what they were before July 14th. He said if they are there then "we reject it".
The Palestinians were furious about the metal detectors, accusing Israel of violating freedom of worship and trying to seize control of the third holiest place in Islam.
It was unclear whether Israel's removal of the railings and overhead bridge would meet the demands, but Palestinians danced, chanted "God is Great" and set off fireworks early Thursday.
Despite the removal Tuesday morning of the metal detectors, Muslim worshippers have continued to stay away.
In order to put an end to this violence, Israel made a decision to remove the metal detectors and security cameras from from the Lions' Gate, the eastern entrance to the Old City and the Temple Mount.
Israeli authorities said the metal detectors were needed because the July 14 attackers smuggled guns into the site and emerged from it to attack the officers. The Palestinians claim Israel exploits the issue of security as a way of consolidating its illegal occupation. Even the smallest perceived change to delicate arrangements pertaining to the site sparks tensions.
Once the metal detectors were put in place, Muslims refused to enter the Temple Mount, instead praying outside of its gates, leading to clashes and the deaths of at least 5 Palestinians in recent days.
The continued standoff highlighted the deep distrust between Israel and the Palestinians when it comes to the holy site.
The area is called the Temple Mount by Jews and is the holiest site in Judaism.
Muslims believe the site marks the spot from which the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven.
In the statement, Saudi Arabia stressed on the right of Muslim people to pray and perform their religious duties at the Al-Aqsa mosque in peace.
A senior member of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government has criticized Israel's dismantling of security devices outside a major Jerusalem shrine.
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Chizfilm Jewish Movie Reviews
"Holy Rollers": Sometimes Jews Go Bad
As much as we might like to deny it, Jews occasionally commit some pretty heinous acts. From Arnold Rothstein, Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel; to Heidi Fleiss, Amy Fisher, and Eliot Spitzer; to Ivan Boesky, Jack Abramoff, and Bernie Madoff; to Jack Ruby, Yigal Amir, and David Berkowitz; we collectively cringe every time a member of the tribe becomes notorious and embarrasses the community.
We tell ourselves Jews are morally upstanding, yet Jews like these remind us we're not as holy a community as we like to think. Still, despite those less-religious members, we put faith in the ultra-orthodox; surely the Hassidim, isolated from the modern world, are immune from the temptations of money and power. But as it turns out, even Hassidim can be criminals, such as the shochets who were arrested for mistreating animals and illegal immigrant workers in Potsville, Iowa, or the rabbis who laundered money in New Jersey several years ago.
And there was another incident—perhaps you may not have been aware of it—but in the late 1990s, a group of Hassidim were arrested for drug smuggling. Pretty shocking. Actually, I was not aware of this—perhaps it was kept out of national news or perhaps I was preoccupied at the time—until a recent movie came out which was inspired by this event.
The movie, called "Holy Rollers," was released last year, and stars Jesse Eisenberg as Sam Gold, a young Hassidic man who, despite his devotion to Hashem's laws, is unsatisfied with his prospects in life. He'd like to be a rabbi, but he's not a great yeshiva student; he'd like to have more material comforts for his family, but his allowance working for his poor tailor father (Mark Ivanir) is skimpy; he'd like to be married but potential wives are turned off by his mediocrity.
Enter Yosef (Justin Bartha), his next door neighbor and older brother of his best friend Leon (Jason Fuchs). Yosef offers Sam a deal that's too good to pass up: for a very nice sum of money, take an all-expenses-paid trip to Amsterdam to bring back some "medicine." Being somewhat naïve, Sam senses nothing nefarious in this; he jumps at the chance and brings Leon along. Only after they return to America do they realize they've been smuggling drugs.
At first, both are highly offended, incensed, and pray for forgiveness; but when Yosef tells Sam he did a great job and that his Israeli boss, Jackie (Danny A. Abeckaser), the head of the operation, is impressed with him, Sam parts ways with Leon and begins to embrace the seductive, dark world of drugs, sex, and lots of money.
Slowly heading down that slippery slope, Sam begins to embrace the wild parties, dangerously flirts with Jackie's girlfriend Rachel (Ari Graynor), improves the drug distribution operation with business savvy, and eventually organizes his own little group of young Hassidim to help him smuggle drugs on several trips from Holland to the US.
He begins to feel that he's on top of the world, that he's controlling the game, and that he can even straddle both worlds—that of the illegal drug lords and that of the close-knit religious community he was born into. Though obvious to the audience, Sam doesn't realize that this can't continue indefinitely.
The plot may be a bit old—I think I've seen the story of an innocent man seduced by a drug culture in two or three other films—but the twist of the Hassidic element helps make this a bit more unique. There are certainly some interesting Jewish motifs. For one, we hear the echoes of a rabbi's sermon about the temptation in the Garden of Eden while Sam unsuccessfully fends off Rachel's seductive charms. Another scene, in which Sam cuts off his payess, is highly symbolic.
Another interesting motif is the tefillin. Near the beginning we see tefillin used in the regular way as Sam prays. Later in the film, at the peak of his drug-smuggling career, he actually hides the pills inside his tefillin box. Oh, how sacrilegious! Toward the end of the film, as he is beginning to break down, Sam is approached on the street by a Lubavitcher who asks him if he has prayed today; he helps Sam perform the mitzvah of laying tefillin. This clearly touches Sam deeply and you can see a reawaking of conscience.
But beyond the Jewish symbolism, what really strengthens this film is the relationships that are created. Sam relates very strongly to Yosef, Jackie, Rachel, his father, and Leon; and how they react to him touches Sam deeply. To me, the most effective scenes in the film are those involving Sam's relationships with these people: Sam and Yosef playfully racing across the Brooklyn Bridge, Jackie thanking Sam for reminding him that it's Shabbat and he should call his mother, Rachel's emotional look when Sam suggests they run away together, Sam's father bitterly accusing his son of being a criminal, and a scene near the end where Leon just silently sits down next to a very frightened Sam as the weight of their strained friendship comes crashing in.
To me, this is what makes a movie; the characters and their relationships to each other. If they are believable, it doesn't matter whether or not the plot is credible. After all, we might think, who could believe in Hassidic drug smugglers? Jews don't do that.
But actually, though, they really did. No matter how much we're tempted to deny it. Yes, sometimes Jews—even Orthodox Jews—go bad, just like everyone else. We're forced to admit it with a painful wince. But perhaps, maybe through our religion, we can eventually find redemption.
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On August 14th, 2020, the Town of Bristol unveiled its new Town of Bristol website. For more information about the project, please see below.
Do you have a recommendation to improve the website's user experience?
Site Goals
Learn more about the design and development goals for the Town of Bristol's website.
The Town of Bristol website should be easily navigable and intuitive.
Regardless of which web page a user is visiting, the Town of Bristol should provide a uniform user experience.
As more information and services move online, the Town of Bristol must have a platform that had the necessary features and capabilities.
WordPress has 50,000 plugins, and counting.
The Town of Bristol website management should be cost/time efficient.
The Town of Bristol website must have the protections in place to ensure site/content integrity. The Town of Bristol should own its website and content.
Platform Performance
The Content Management System used by the Town of Bristol should have a proven record serving government agencies.
According to W3Techs, WordPress powers 37% of all websites on the internet.
Learn more about the primary color scheme used for the Town of Bristol website.
HEX: #15232c
RGB: 21, 35, 44
This dark blue is used for typographic headers, and as way to add contrast and weight to lighter pages. This color is used for the Town's official site header and footer background.
Dodger Blue
HEX: #2091e1
RGB: 32, 145, 225
This light blue is used for buttons and to help certain body element stand out on the page. This color is complimented with white text.
HEX: #e22658
RGB: 226, 38, 88
This rich red is used to identify links in the body and footer section. These links can redirect users to different Town web page or to a external website.
HEX: #f9f9f9
RGB: 249, 249, 249
This light gray is used as a secondary background color in the body section of the website. This color helps separate different sections of content.
Logos and Seals
Learn more about Bristol's official town logo and seal.
Town of Bristol Official Seal
This seal should be used when the Town needs to be the symbol of authority, such as on bills and non-digital forms. The Town Seal as been used on official town documents as early as 1880.
Request Use
Town of Bristol Digital Seal
Bristol's digital seal is used in place of the official seal on all digital properties and communications. The seal was created to work better at small sizes and on screens. There will also be times when a cleaner, more modern interpretation of the traditional seal is needed for print pieces.
Website Development Team
Chris Vitale
William Robertson
Consultant, Web Development
Steven Fern
Web Development Intern, Roger Williams University
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Evolving electronic fixed income venues will play a significant role in providing liquidity in the U.S. corporate debt market.
Boston, April 23, 2015 – In the U.S. corporate debt market, low interest rates have spurred massive new issuance, and regulation has curtailed banks' secondary market operations. Asset managers and banks are now turning to electronic solutions to solve the perceived liquidity gap, and new waves of electronic trading platforms are sweeping the fixed income markets.
This report is based on 12 Q4 2014 and Q1 2015 phone interviews and face-to-face meetings with market participants and covers the status of the U.S. corporate bond market, electronic fixed income trading, market liquidity, and new entrants into electronic corporate bond market trading. It introduces fixed income trading platforms from OpenBondX, Bondcube, Liquidnet, ITG, Electronifie, and TruMid.
This 17-page Impact Note contains five figures and two tables. Clients of Aite Group's Institutional Securities & Investments service can download this report.


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MapSPAM Global Spatially-Disaggregated Crop Production Statistics Data for 2010 v2.0
[dataset] MapSPAM Global Spatially-Disaggregated Crop Production Statistics Data for 2010 v2.0
Using a variety of inputs, IFPRI's Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) uses a cross-entropy approach to make plausible estimates of crop distribution within disaggregated units. Moving the data from coarser units such as countries and sub-national provinces, to finer units such as grid cells, reveals spatial patterns of crop performance, creating a global grid-scape at the confluence between geography and agricultural production systems. Improving spatial understanding of crop production systems allows policymakers and donors to better target agricultural and rural development policies and investments, increasing food security and growth with minimal environmental impacts. (2020-07-14).
Dataset Provenance
Metadata as JSON
Metadata as RDF-Turtle
Data and Resources
spatial database
spatial distribution
global-spatially-disaggregated-crop-production-statistics-data-for-2010-version-2-0
https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/12/3545/2020/essd-12-3545-2020-discussion.html
Liangzhi You (IFPRI), Ulrike Wood-Sichra (IFPRI), Jawoo Koo (IFPRI)
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7930-8814, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0546-2074; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3424-9229
Dataset DOI
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PRFF8V
Information Website
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Theme / Vocabulary / Ontology
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Popular Hawaiian Drinks
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The partners who launched cirque Polynesia on Maui last year are bringing that show to Oahu. They also plan to produce at least two new traveling circuses in Hawaii and southeast Asia where they already have booked 1,500 shows through next year. Cornell "tuffy" Nicholas, a producer and veteran circus performer, and Doug Harris, president and CEO of the Harris agency, recently formed Nicholas Harris entertainment, a company that will specialize in acrobats and illusion.
When you vacation in Hawaii, you surely will be urged to try one of those colorful, fruit-slice-filled, tiny-umbrella-embellished concoctions served up at every restaurant, lounge and visitor gathering on every island. There's probably nowhere in the world where a tropical drink is more appropriate than in hawaii. The exotic colors and flavors that typify tropical drinks were inspired by the palette of colors in the hawaii sky and landscape.
These are some of the more popular ones:
the king of all tropical drinks has to be the mai tai. Consisting of rum and triple sec or orange Curacao with lime, almond syrup and grenadine, the mai tai is the quintessential tropical drink. The recipe has been adjusted over the years, but most variations are still close to the original. Also mixed with a rum base are the Blue Hawaii (rum and pineapple juice), the pina colada (rum, cream of coconut and pineapple juice), and the scorpion (rum, orange, grapefruit and pineapple juice).
Blue Hawaii
invented by Harry Yee at the Hilton Hawaiian village
Harry Yee was a bartender at the Hilton Hawaiian village resort and spa when in 1957 he was asked by a representative of bols to create a new drink using the company's new blue Curacao liqueur. The blue Hawaii was born. There are numerous variations of this recipe, many using crème de coconut, but this is the authentic recipe.
A delicious blend of pineapple juice, rum and coconut cream.
There are numerous variations for making a lava flow. This biggest difference is that some recipes use 1 oz. Of light rum and 1 oz. Of malibu® coconut rum. When malibu® coconut rum is unavilable you can use 1 1/2 oz. Of light rum and 1/2 oz. Of coconut cream.
This delicious blend of fresh hawaiian pineapple juice, tequilla, orange liqueur and grenadine is popular at many waikiki bars.


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THE ULTIMATE SAFARI
Unique approach
Comments from our guests
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A FEW TRIP REPORTS
We are a Connecticut-based enterprise specializing in arranging customized African Safaris for discerning clients in the United States.
Book of Rhymes for all
Beyond the Smoke
Beyond the Migration
Water in the Wild
Rhino Rescue or Ripoff?
Pink Hippo Milk?
Avoiding the Traffic
Luxury in the wild
New Safari Guide
Telling the Tooth
GOING GREEN AT GREAT SAVINGS
ARE WE SAFE?
WHAT ABOUT EBOLA
MARA WITHOUT MASSES
BEST PLACES TO GO
TYPICAL DAY ON SAFARI
GORILLAS IN OUR MIDST
PHARAOH OF FECES
FLORIDA FAUNA
Hunting days
Les de Villiers grew up in a farming district in the Great Karoo region of South Africa where he learned to appreciate nature. Horse riding and hunting were rites of passage.
His hunting days came to an abrupt end in the seventies when he found his trigger finger trembling with a huge kudu bull in the sight. He fired a shot in the air, sold his rifles and bought a good camera. He has been shooting many meters of film before the advent of digital photography and now enjoys the luxury of picking through gigabytes of material gathered during safari trips.
Two silverbacks in the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda
After a diplomatic career that involved negotiations with decision makers and heads of state in Africa, Europe and the United States he moved to New York in the late seventies to become vice-chairman of a management consulting firm and subsequently established his own company. He runs a publishing firm, specializing in Africa books, and a specialist safari operation.
He has a doctorate in economic history and has written more than a dozen of books on economics, politics, conservation and one on travel in South Africa (with golfer Gary Player and the late heart-transplant pioneer Dr Chris Barnard). AFRICA 2018, part of a series produced together with the prestigious Washington-based Corporate Council on Africa, is in its eighteenth edition. Still popular is THE THIRD EYE AND OTHER ANIMAL RIDDLES, a quiz book written a few years ago with his then eight year old son, Andries. He has also authored THE ULTIMATE SAFARI GUIDE. His latest is AFRICAN ANIMAL ALPHABET, an illustrated fun book with richly illustrated verses about Africa's fascinating animals from Aardvark to Zebra. All these titles and his book about his daughter, LIFE WITH LAUREN: AN ODYSSEY INTO AUTISM, are available at amazon.com and www.businessbooksusa.com.
A self-declared safari addict and enthusiastic conservationist, De Villiers travels to wildlife sanctuaries in Africa several times year for his fix while checking out properties. His Boston-born wife Ruth accompanies him whenever she can break away from her real estate business. They live in New Canaan, Connecticut.
He has appeared on television and has been a guest lecturer on several Marco Polo and Silversea East African cruises. He speaks regularly before select audiences about wildlife and the joys of an African safari.
For several years he has been arranging customized safaris for clients in the United States together with a team of carefully selected associates in Africa. It is his policy only to include destinations approved by himself on a first-hand basis in accordance with high standards developed through years of experience.
Visiting with the gentle giants in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
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Abstract The transferrer consists of motor, shaft, axial-flow fan blades, water inlet pipe, water distributing bend, stuffing rotor, water baffle, filtering net, water collecting disc and casing. In the transferrer, the motor is fixed onto the shaft, the axial-flow fan blades are fixed onto the shaft, the shaft penetrates the hole in the water distributing bend fixed onto the casing, the stuffing rotor has three or four axial annular sleeves fixed to the rotor, the water baffle is installed below the stuffing rotor in the casing, the filtering net is below the water baffle and the water collecting disc is in the bottom inside the casing. The present invention has small gas and liquid flow resistance, no dead space of jet, low fan power consumption and other advantages.


Nowadays, festival shopping in Bengaluru is no longer about rushing to crowded malls and grabbing that last piece of discounted product off the counter. One cannot think of a single product that cannot be bought over the internet. Sitting at the comfort of your home, you can order just about anything, ranging from electronics, clothes, cosmetics, jewellery, medicines, home needs, toys, books to even pets and plants.
The online shopping fever hasn't spared anyone. As payment and replacement guarantee are in place for most products, even kids buy what they like with the 'Cash on Delivery' mode. Sudha, a resident of Malleshwaram says that her 14-year-old son once ordered a video game online and she did not know about it till the product was actually delivered.
Well, is online shopping as simple as it is made out to be? Not always. An online shopper who bought two LED lights from an e-commerce website shares his experience on MouthShut.com. He says he got junk delivered to his doorstep. When he raised the issue with customer care, he was promised a refund of Rs 100, as opposed to the Rs 670 he had paid for the product. When he questioned them, he was offered a replacement which he did not receive for a long time. This example calls for a deeper understanding of online shopping and extra care to be taken on the part of the buyer.
Online shopping is convenient. You no longer need to wait in queues, or worry about parking, or battle through the traffic on the roads.
Easy and multiple payment options are available.
Cashless transactions are possible too.
Guarantee on the product quality and replacement—reputed websites typically promise delivery of original products and give 100% replacement guarantee.
Many shopping websites offer attractive deals, discounts and offers on specific products.
Online shopping helps save time and money.
There are many international brands which have ventured into Indian markets the online way.
For families staying in different cities, gifting is convenient through online shopping. Your relatives could be at any part of the country and you can send them presents—wrapped and customised.
People typically choose to purchase books, electronics and clothes online. Shopping for groceries is also increasingly becoming common, especially for working executives who might be short on time.
Here are some tips that will help you out if you opt to shop online.
There is a huge demand for electronics on online shopping websites—laptops, mobiles, pen drives, headsets, home appliances and accessories—there's plenty available. Some new products even get launched online before they hit the retail stores. Some others are exclusively sold online.
Amazon, Flipkart, Jabong, HomeShop18, Snapdeal, Junglee and eBay are some of the leading online portals that act as one stop destinations for all electronics. Free shipping, cash on delivery and exchange/replacement are some of the benefits they offer.
One of the biggest advantages of buying electronics online is the cost and convenience. Products are usually priced lesser than those available at retail stores. The offers provided online are also better than retail stores.
The burden of carrying a heavy TV or refrigerator home and getting it installed is eliminated.
With only a few clicks, one can compare prices effectively, place an order for the product and have them functionally installed as well. Price and model comparison too has never been so easy. With consumer reviews, the decision to buy is more informed.
A useful website service that allows you to compare products and prices for electronics is FindYogi. it also connects you with expert bloggers for personalised advice.
So what could be the risk in buying electronics online? To give an example, Ashwin, a resident of Malleshwaram, bought an expensive phone online when it was being sold at a throwaway price. He was happy that he had saved Rs 7,000. A month later, he dropped the phone in water and it got damaged. The service shop refused to replace it, and asked him to pay Rs 4,000 to get it repaired. "My regular offline mobile shop would have given me insurance against damage caused by water, which I will not get from a shopping website. Never again will I buy a mobile online," he repents.
Check the terms and conditions before placing the order. Do not miss reading the starred (*) terms and conditions.
Compare prices offline and online, and check what is on offer.
Find out what repair and exchange policies are in place.
In websites that offer a marketplace for various sellers, the seller details are sometimes not given completely. The invoice shows your billing details, address, and the product and portal details. The online portal here is just a dealer and not the manufacturer. A manufacturer is the company that made the product and the dealer is the person responsible for selling the same. The dealer may even be from your city or neighbourhood. Knowing this kind of information is helpful in case of repair or exchange requirements. One can search for the seller details on the website, if it is not directly mentioned.
You can use credit cards (over net banking and debit card options) for online payment, as they have fraud coverage.
An area that is picking up off late is the sale of clothing and accessories online. There are many fashion brands from India and abroad, that are selling their merchandise online. Some of the reputed ones are Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra, Jabong, Yebhi, Koovs and Zivame.
Exposure to eclectic brands and collections from across the world, which was otherwise inaccessible.
Opportunity for new designers to sell their products through the online marketplace.
Size matters. The grouse most people have with online shopping for clothes is that sizes vary from brand to brand. A size "S" in one brand could mean size "M" in another.
What the buyer finally receives may be different from the image shown on the site. It is vital for a buyer to crosscheck the credibility of a shopping website.
Even though exchange policies are in place, the buyer ends up getting frustrated on receipt of the wrong item—different colour, wrong size, etc. The exchange process too is rather cumbersome.
It is difficult to differentiate between original brands and fake ones.
Look out for starred marks on display pages that might have hidden terms and conditions.
In this case many people still prefer trying out the clothes or seeing the product for real before buying it. Radhika Srinivasan, a counsellor from Yelahanka, admits that she gets confused as to which size to pick, as her size varies from brand to brand and therefore, prefers going to a shop.
If the website has the 'home trial' option, opt for it. This enables you to try out the selected clothes at your home before you pay for them.
Go through the size chart mentioned for each item before buying. Check the measurements for each size to ensure what you buy fits you well.
Working professionals are the biggest beneficiaries of websites that allow for online grocery shopping. All forms of household needs, fruits, vegetables and other such items can be bought over the internet. Some of the trending websites here are BigBasket and ZopNow.
The tendency to overspend on groceries reduces. Customers will generally have a list and buy accordingly.
Comparing prices of the various brands of oils, pulses, juices etc is easier as against going to a supermarket and physically examining them.
Searching for an item no longer means running through various sections of the supermarket. It is only a few clicks away.
Long billing queues can be avoided, and so can parking issues.
During peak hours, getting a delivery slot becomes difficult. One has to plan in advance to obtain the desired delivery slot.
Once an order has been finalised, it is not possible to add more items to it. The customer will need to place a new order.
Extra delivery charges could be application in case the minimum order requirement is not met.
The quality and freshness of perishable items like fruits, vegetables, meat and so on may not always be up to the mark. There is a risk of ending up with expired groceries.
Order via popular websites which have good customer service.
Once the goods are delivered, consumers must check each item on the bill and the expiry date carefully.
Be prompt in returning the items which are not of acceptable quality.
If some items ordered are not delivered, make sure the final amount to be paid is adjusted.
The best way to shop for groceries online is to set a budget and not cross it.
It is better to opt for cash on delivery option for groceries, as price adjustment for items returned or replaced can be done effectively. This may take a few more days if the customer has already paid via online banking, as the seller has to credit the amount back and the process takes time.
While online shopping has certainly made life much simpler, shoppers need to take care that they do not overspend. The marketing strategies employed by shopping websites are sometimes so appealing, that customers may end up buying much more than they need. It can be addictive. This can be true especially with low cost items like groceries, discounted clothes and electronic accessories and combo offers. While offers like 'deal of the day' might appear economical, there are chances the product cost has been hiked up and then discounted; the product may even be defective or fake.
Here are some general guidelines for you to follow when you shop online.
Ensure that the website address bar reads "https:" for a safe financial transaction.
Compare the prices of the same product on various websites. Real user reviews on review websites like Mouthshut.com or on social media pages of the websites are reliable.
Do a bit of research to see if the product is really worth the money.
There are some sellers who insist that once the seal is broken or packet is opened, the product cannot be taken back. So next time you shop online, take special care to familiarise yourself with the rules, policies and legal terms of the seller's items.
Review the return, refund, and shipping and handling policies.
Check about the minimum amount of purchase for door delivery, and calculate the cost including delivery charges to make sure it works out right.
Check with customer support if you will get any solution if you discover a problem or if you are not completely satisfied with the product.
Ensure there is someone to collect the order in case you are not present at the time of delivery.
Examine your purchase for any defects as soon as you receive it, before the courier staff moves out.
Ensure the warranty card is activated.
Always remember: When something seems too good to be true, it probably is not!
With trusted websites, shopping can be done any time, anywhere. Today there are attractive Easy Monthly Instalment options too. While all this may online shopping seem easy, convenient and reasonable even, it is important to not get carried away. Read the fine print, place the order safely and start exploring the massive world of online purchases. Happy shopping!
Updated 27th March 2015 with reference to FindYogi.
It's very useful information, we are also e-commerce for ladies dresses, it will help to understand the process.
4. shipping charges or extra charges if applied..
Here, there is no risk and I get my order within 2 days.
Nice article about shopping things to take care. Get delivered your favourite dressing to your wardrobe for men and women with latest collection of ethnic and western wear from coolbuy.
Yes I Agree. Before shopping online, must check the portal reputation. Scan a barcode with ValueTag and you're locked into information from retail and online stores.Also automatic coupon apply in cart during payment checkout on every shopping.
I also request you to write blogs and articles on Lingerie as still in India Girls are feeling Awkward while shopping for lingerie at store where they find male shopkeeper and gazing them and hardly fulfil their desire to shop good lingerie.
In India, consumer awareness is at the lowest level. Most of the white goods being traded online are bought by those who are computer savvy and have a lots of money to splurge. They are used to 'use and throw' syndrome. They do not care or dare to file complaints because of the hassles and puzzles of consumer rights and responsibilities. Even if a product is within a warranty or guarantee period, they do not bother to return the product or claim – reasons – as above. Not all online products are good and not all online products are bad. Some products shipped do not contain booklets or brochure that must explain details on how to use/take care. Ultimately, it is the consumer who undergoes the loss. There appears to be an urgent need to regulate these online trading which is basking under unfair trade practices.
"Check the terms and conditions before placing the order. Do not miss reading the starred (*) terms and conditions" – There is no way you will buy anything if you read the terms and conditions, because the e-tailers and retailers have the game loaded against you. You dont need high powered lawyers to draft the T&C, simply put down all the terms and conditions where your company has complete discretion on everything. Here is where the protector of citizens, the government is supposed to step in and require fair terms and punitive measures against powerful business who misuse their powers; but that is unlikely. Like you say Buyer, beware!


California Question: Does an out of state college student need to get her car smogged?
I ask because the car in question is an Arizona-registered 1979 Volvo. It has never been registered in CA, and is unlikely to have compliant emissions. The student is legitimately in CA only temporarily for school.
How does that work, especially given the age of the car, etc.?


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Q: How to prove that the dual of any set is a closed convex cone? In page 3 of https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10107-005-0690-4.pdf . It is stated that "The dual of any set is a closed convex cone". I want to know how to prove this. We formulate the problem as follows:
Given a set $K\in\mathbb{R}^n$, the dual of $K$ is defined as
$$K^*=\{w\in\mathbb{R}^n:x^Tw\ge0,\forall x \in K\}$$
The problem is how to prove that $K^*$ is a closed convex cone?
My thinkings
We should prove close and convex respectively.
For closeness, we can follow this: dual cone is closed , which states that each $x^Tw\ge0$is a half space, therefore, $K^*$ is a intersection of halfspaces.
But how to prove convex?

A: Let $v,w \in K^*$, $x \in K$, and $\lambda \in [0,1]$.
Since $x^Tw \ge 0$ and $x^Tv \ge 0$, we have that
\begin{align*}
x^T(\lambda v + (1- \lambda)w)&= \lambda x^Tv + (1-\lambda)x^Tw \\
&\ge 0.
\end{align*}
$x$ was arbitrary, so it must be that $\lambda v + (1- \lambda)w \in K^*$.

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SOLO is a stunner. I watched as a young woman entered this new Hauppauge restaurant. She stopped short, frozen in mid-step with eyes wide and mouth slightly open. Solo is as unexpected as it is beautiful. Located in a commercial area of Hauppauge (with a furniture factory outlet next door), it is an unlikely spot for one of the Island's most gorgeous restaurants.
The original Solo, a storefront in Smithtown, was also attractive, but the similarities stop there. The new venture is at least three times larger, with one wall dominated by an antique, mirror-backed, wooden bar that is crowned with cascading green plants. A massive, back-lighted mural, which glows with vibrant colors, is its counterpoint on the opposite wall.
The painting evokes the Moulin Rouge and 1890's Paris. The restaurant also boasts a baby grand piano, (live music at dinner), white-cloth covered tables graced with bouquets of roses and tulips, a chandelier with crystal tear drops and gold-beaded shades and potted palms discreetly peeking out from behind velvet banquets. Unfortunately, when that room fills up, the scene is shattered by the intrusive noise level.
Servers are well-trained professionals who are constantly on the move. One evening our waitress was super but overworked. That night she had to bus her own tables.
The big news at Solo, though, is not the eye-pleasing dining room or the competent staff but the talent in the kitchen. The chef is Kevin Rushkoski, who was previously at Napa in Huntington and Octopus Garden in Port Washington. His food is exciting and soul-satisfying. Witness a couple of specials: a melange of escargots, tomatoes, and roasted garlic artistically layered with puff pastry and a bowl of alligator gumbo chock full of sausage, ham, bacon, alligator meat, carrots and other vegetables that would make Emeril jealous.
As enjoyable as dinner is, lunch is even more appealing. Solo has emphasized it from the beginning, adding evening dining a night at a time. The restaurant is currently open only four nights (Wednesday through Saturday) but five days (Monday through Friday). Lunch entrees cost $3 to $6 less that they do at dinner and include a few super-stars not available at night. Among them are a juicy burger on a sourdough roll with shoestring sweet potatoes and housemade fries and a standout appetizer of grilled lahvosh pizza, as thin and crisp as a cracker, adorned with homemade mozzarella, springs of fresh basil and both tomato sauce and chopped fresh tomato.
An added bonus at lunch is the three-tier tray of complimentary appetizers. It holds an individual round loaf of bread, deliciously oozing crushed-tomato butter, (also served at dinner) and a variety of salads: sweet-sour cucumbers, marinated white beans, a pasta mixture and mesclun tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette. Another day there were portobello mushroom slices sprinkled with lemon and greens dressed with a raspberry vinaigrette. No other appetizer is needed.
Desserts, the same at lunch and dinner, are extravaganzas. Even a serving of homemade ice cream is an attention-getter. The ice cream is presented in a cookie tuille, set over creme anglaise, with whipped cream and assorted berries on top. Other spectacular sweets include a satiny creme brulee under a pyramid of spun sugar, a brownie Napoleon with fresh strawberries, whipped cream and a decorative fan of molded chocolate, and a sensational cranberry-apple crumble served warm with maple macadamia ice cream.
Back to the main event, two homemade pastas garnered applause: a special of basil fettucine with shiitakes and grilled asparagus and large light ravioli filled with shrimp and goat cheese atop a vibrant sun-dried tomato sauce. Fork- tender medallions of pork with maple whipped sweet potatoes and a green apple-sun-dried cherry chutney, grilled mignonettes of beef enhanced with a wild mushroom ragout, and a stylized cassoulet containing duck confit, slices of rosy grilled meat, garlic sausage, tomato, caramelized onions and white beans were all splendid. Only a black pepper seared salmon, which tasted a bit old, failed to please.
Solo has a short, sketchy (no vintage years or countries of origin) wine list that, nevertheless, contains some little-seen possibilities. Typical is Vouvray, the buttery, ripe, almost tropical French white. This vibrant semi-sweet 1996 Nicolas Bougrier ($18) is a good choice. Another worthy pick is the silky, plummy, medium-bodied 1995 Clos Du Val merlot ($32).
Service Competent and hard working.
Recommended dishes All desserts, escargots, alligator gumbo, grilled pizza, basil fettucine, ravioli, hamburger, medallions of pork, beef mignonettes, cassoulet of duck.
Price range Lunch, entrees $8 to $16. At dinner, appetizers $5 to $10; pastas $15 to $18; entrees $16 to $25; desserts $7; ice creams $5.50.
Hours Lunch, 11:30 A.M. to 3 P.M. Monday through Friday. Dinner, 6 to 10 P.M. Wednesday and Thursday, till 11 P.M. Friday and Saturday.


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Royal Caribbean CEO, Richard Fain has resigned, Jason Liberty to succeed him
Richard Fain, who served for more than 33 years as Royal Caribbean CEO, will step down in January 2022
Richard Fain decided to resign as CEO of Royal Caribbean effective January 3, 2022, the company announced on November 9.
Chief Financial Officer Jason Liberty will succeed him as CEO and join the board of directors. Richard Fain, who served for more than 33 years as Royal Caribbean CEO , will remain as chairman of the board of directors.
As the third longest-serving CEO among current S&P 500 leaders, Fain's storied career is defined by the innovations he championed that involve all aspects of the cruise – from revolutionary ship design to leading sustainability efforts, the innovative technologies and features that enriched the onboard experience for millions of guests.
Under Fain's leadership, Royal Caribbean Group introduced distinctive new ship categories, with a wide range of amenities and experiences that transformed the nature of cruising. Fain, in collaboration with Liberty, will continue to participate in the group-owned shipbuilding program.
"Richard has been a visionary leader, making countless and remarkable contributions to our company and our industry," said Bill Kimsey, Senior Director of the Board. "More recently, managing him during the COVID pandemic marks him as one of the great CEOs of his generation. The cruise community and all of us at the company owe him a debt of gratitude to him."
Jason Liberty to succeed Richard Fain as Royal Caribbean CEO
Liberty joined Royal Caribbean Group in 2005 and held various financial, strategic and operational roles before becoming CFO in 2013. Her operational roles have expanded over the years and have gone well beyond normal responsibilities. associated with a finance officer.
Liberty is also responsible for Silversea Cruises, the group's joint ventures with TUI Cruises and Hapag Lloyd Cruises, as well as the Royal Caribbean Group's strategy, technology, supply chain, port operations and legal functions.
The company also announced that Naftali Holtz will become CFO when Liberty assumes the role of CEO. Holtz is currently Senior Vice President of Finance for Royal Caribbean Group, responsible for corporate, capital and income planning and analysis, implementation planning, risk management and treasury.
Fain has guided the company through the global pandemic and was a driving force behind the creation of the Healthy Sail Panel, a group of renowned health experts who established safety and wellness protocols to restore confidence in cruise ship safety. .
Fain explained that he and the RCG Board of Directors had developed a careful succession planning process for when he decided the time was right to resign.
After more than three decades with Richard D. Fain at the helm of one of the world's top cruise companies, the business – and the cruise industry – has gone through a remarkable transformation.
"There are no words to express my admiration and appreciation to the people of Royal Caribbean Group, who have been the true drivers of our success; and my deep appreciation for the support and guidance of the Board of Directors during good times and bad through of this long period of sustained growth. "
Fain said that with most of the group's ships operating, a full cruise return approaching and the group's brands under the leadership of exceptional CEOs, it was the right time to step down.
"Given the great depth and breadth of our leadership, and the positive outlook for our business, this is the right time to step aside and have Jason take charge," said Fain. "He is a highly versatile and strategic leader, who has been an integral part of all aspects of the company's achievement and performance."
Fain further explained that Liberty and Holtz "have done an exceptional job organizing more than $ 12 billion in funding during this challenging period. They did it in a remarkably careful and methodical way, which will serve us well for years to come."
"Our success as a company has been based largely on our culture and the values that we hold dear," Fain said. "Jason embodies those values, and I know he will work to build them in this ever-changing world. I couldn't be happier to have such an excellently qualified and principled leader succeed me as CEO. Jason will lead the group to new heights. ".
Kimsey noted that Liberty has played "an important role in all the important initiatives the company has undertaken over many years, and was instrumental in helping to overcome the pandemic. The board enthusiastically and unanimously elected him to be Royal's next CEO. Caribbean Group ".
Liberty explained that he was honored and honored to become the CEO of the Royal Caribbean Group. "Our incredible people and culture, combined with our leading brands and the world's most innovative fleet, are what make our organization so successful. I am grateful to both the board for selecting me and to Richard for his friendship, mentorship and guidance. I look forward to building on the company's remarkable track record for years to come. "
Liberty continued, "Naftali has demonstrated his ability to lead the finance organization and is well prepared to take on the important role of CFO.
Adventure of the Seas begins its new season from the Port of Galveston
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Joins Marriott Bonvoy


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BLC v.5 :: The Family Fockler!
Our run of luck with superloverlygorgeous families continued, as we welcomed the one and only (well, the only at our studio this past Wednesday night) Family Fockler to the FunCenter for some goodoldtimey (and no, calling them old-timey does not mean that they dressed up in old outfits and all had guns and they got back a sepia-toned print that we would look back upon and chuckle at, although there may be a sepia print, it's küül sepia, not lame sepia – got it?) family snaps!
We have worked with the ladies of this family many times before, so we knew that they were going to be rockstars of the highest order, but what we didn't know was that if you put daddio in the mix, it only increased their powers of awesomeosity by the power of sixteen or so. Yeah. You heard me. Sixteen.
Well, I'm not just going to stand over here in the corner and blather on and on about these snaps like some sort of a madman, oh no. I'm gonna just give some love to this wonderful family for making a little time for o&j, and to all you all you all you all out there in blog land – Enjoy!
Jess! These are so cute! I love the one of monkey upside down, true to the name that she looks like a monkey in this picture. Cute Cute Hope I get to see the rest!
ohhh focklers!!! these are great i love them all!!! the middle one is so funny yu are all laughing so i can about imagine what aaron had just said!! the outside one is saaaweet if i do say so myself and the top on is cute..
Next time bring in a tape recorder. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall during that one.
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I was president of the Environmental Science Club my junior and senior years, Opinion editor for the school paper my senior year, and was off and on associated with the theater club/classes throughout my middle and high school years.
Regularly caused trouble for people by writing letters and protesting things.
What junk food is your weakness?
There are just too many. I'm so weak. Mini chocolate candy bars in the jar at work have been the latest, but I also jump on potato chips like a mad person, especially if there's onion dip involved. Oh god, I'm salivating.
Traveling to new places with people I love, would be the tip-top.
It's gonna be tough naming off everything else.
What's been on your mind a lot lately?
Lord Vulkas Mormonus
High Xeodent of Xeomerica.
From: North Carolina, United States. World, Sol System, milky way
Since last post: 567 days
Last activity: 151 days
Finding a job, mostly. I'm about to graduate college, so I'm hoping to start working while also running my own business on the side.
What's the longest you've been without sleep?
Something in the ballpark of 36-48 hours, but I'm sure there's been worse somewhere down the line for me. It was while I was working my first Rocky Horror convention, which we'd held in Vegas 11 years ago.
As a techie, we got no sleep and were constantly having to work while all the rest of cast spent most of the time prancing around and schmoozing, while still complaining they had more work and effort than the techies. Motherfuckers took a group nap while we were setting up a ballroom with all the cables and lighting.
What was the last costume you wore?
Last costume: Inquisitor Lavellan... well, a really cheapie version at least.
Longest without sleep: About 26 hours.
What's been on my mind a lot lately: Finding a teaching job, worrying about the cats adjusting to the new place and each other, adjusting to having a new roommate and a much much smaller place... among other things.
What makes you happy: Feeling like I matter.
Junk food weakness: dark chocolate, hands down.
Extra-curriculars in high school: Vice President of the Science Club, member of GLASSA, Friday Night Live (volunteer club), CSF (honor society) and Drama Club... and assistant director of the Oklahoma! my senior year.
Last strange food: Um... I honestly don't know.
Cammy: No, I don't.
Favorite Park: Not really.
Fruits or Veggies: Probably fruit
Okay, now that I am all caught up... what new release, either game or movie, are you looking forward to most this year?
Out of games and film, "Dishonored 2" would be the only thing, I guess, since there really aren't many movies I'm all that thrilled about (maybe the new "Star Trek"?)
I am on pins and needles for several forthcoming TV shows, though.
What has been your least favorite sequel/season/volume/etc within your favorite franchise?
Yeah, I figured TV was a bit too broad... but if you want to share that one as well, feel free my friend.
Hmn... least favorite sequel... well I suppose there are a few of those...
Video game franchise: Dragon Age II. Overall it wasn't a bad game, and the story was important to Inquisition... but the limitations put on the character choice (human only) and the fact that critical plotlines and a whole character were made into DLCs kinda pissed me off. Granted, I guess you can say the same of the Tresspasser DLC from Inquisition for the importance to the next game... but at least that whole DLC served other purposes... like wrapping up the game, whereas Legacy was just something that you could play at any point of DA2 and had no importance to the plot of the actual game.
TV franchise: Season 5 of Game of Thrones... don't get me wrong, I still love the series... but the deviations in last season bothered the hell out of me. Especially Sansa.
Movies: Pretty much everything going on with DC right now. I know there are a lot of complaints with Marvel movies, but overall I have been happy with them. The Snyder DC films, though? No. Just no.
Books: Kitty Saves the World (90% sure this is the one). I have been a big fan of the Kitty Norville series, and am a bit behind on the books, but this final volume apparently jumps the shark in ways that made me not even want to finish the series.
What are you opinions on pickles? Like them? Hate them? Have a favorite type?
I'm, eh, OK with them, but I won't necessarily order them on anything. I've stopped picking them off my burgers and chicken sandwiches. Whenever we go to Jewish delis and they drop a couple of them on table before your food comes, I do eat one. However, if I get one with a sandwich anywhere else, I usually just give it to Brandon or my dad.
What's a deal-breaker for you that would make you stop following a fandom altogether?
Probably major intolerance that was defended by the fandom in general. Closest thing I have seen wasn't in a fandom per se... but the Bernie Bros basically making me stop really following Bernie Sanders.
If you could try one dish that you've read about, real or fictional, what would it be?
There's a lot, but for some reason the thing that always comes to mind when I think of fictitious foods to try is mushrumps, fried in butter and garlic, as described by Neil Gaiman in "Stardust."
The other thing I'd love to eat are the Cornish pasties he wrote about in "American Gods." I've only had one amazing pasty out of all the ones I've tried over the years.
I'm sure there's tons of George R. R. Martin and Tolkein foods I'd love.
What are 10 things in your room that you have that most other people wouldn't?
The answer to all 10 is probably dice sets... I still haven't gotten all of my stuff out of boxes so it's kinda hard to answer that.
Ok... dice set, goblin plushies, a dragon egg, a flower made out of pages from a book, a sihedron medallion, an Inquisition tank top, squirt bottle for evil demon felines... and the other three are more dice sets. Seriously, I have a problem.
What is your dream car if all costs were not an issue?
The International Harvester Scout II.
When was the last time you felt exhausted, but filled with an intense feeling of satisfaction at the same time?
Last week after hauling down a bunch of trash by myself in one trip. Four flights of stairs, across a courtyard, up two more flights and then up the hill of the parking lot to the dumpster. Then I went and bought a coffee.
What is the weirdest injury you've ever had?
I've had my fair share. I guess I'll go with the dick-shaped giant purple bruise on my ass from falling down the stairs the second time. Looks like my stairs gave me a the cockslap to end all cockslaps.
You've got a serious cold. What do you do to treat it?
After the last one I had, alka seltzer. Stuff tastes like absolute shit, but damn it works.
Guilty pleasure snack food?
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Difficult to say since there's so much crap I love to eat. I guess if it's something that I'd be ashamed to admit to people, it would be those $5 pack of three cookies Whole Foods sells. They're huge and packed with chocolate chunks and flavor and glorious SUGAR. I'm shy to tell people I spent $5 for them, seeing as you could pay that at a regular market and get a whole tray of crappy cookies.
So yes, molten chocolate chip cookies with a $4 little carton of Blue Bottle coffee. Good times.
What's the silliest/strangest sight you would like to visit around the world?
Cat Island in Japan... it just sounds like a nice place to visit and is definitely kinda silly compared to the rest of my list.
Would you ever consider using a sensory deprivation tank?
I have actually. I just worry about who might have used that water last and so on. Supposedly there are some great places to do it in Venice Beach, but I get concerned about germs and possible infections.
Yeah, I'm strange.
Has a book ever changed your life?
My one friend went to a place in Orange called Awaken Float Lounge... they seem very hygienic.
I suppose you could consider the Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook the number one book that changed my life... it helped shape me into the nerd I am today and probably kept me out of a lot of trouble in my teenage years. The other one would have to be Wicca Craft by Gerina Dunwich since it is the book that introduced me to Paganism and helped me start down the path that felt right for me... even if I don't consider myself a true Wiccan anymore.
Similar question... if you had to give up every book you owned except one, which book would you choose to save?


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Dale Earnhardt was one of the most amazing and best loved NASCAR drivers in the history of the sport. He won seven Winston cups and was a four-time IROC winner. He won the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400, and many others. He had a huge passion for racing and did it his entire life. His son, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., followed in his father's footsteps and also became a NASCAR champion driver. Unfortunately, NASCAR driving is an extremely dangerous sport; the cars are speeding down a track at terrifying speeds and horrible — even deadly — accidents are frequent. This is what took Dale's life. The depressing truth is that Earnhardt was in a deadly car accident on February 18, 2001, in Daytona Beach, Florida. While driving in the Daytona 500, Dale was involved in a three-car accident in the final lap, where Earnhardt died due to head trauma.
What happened was a terrible accident and the community will always remember it, but the show must go on, and the drivers who love to race must race. Dale's death impacted the racing community and brought the issue of safety front and center. Due to the accident, NASCAR has changed some rules and added new ones to make the sport safer so the fans and drivers can enjoy the races more.
It has now been 15 years since Dale Earnhardt's death and North Carolina has planned a candlelight vigil as a memorial. According to WNCN, The candlelight vigil will be at Dale Earnhardt, Inc. where anyone is welcome to come and remember the late and great Dale Earnhardt. There has been a vigil every year since Dale's death, but for many family members, friends, and fans, this one is a big deal. The family especially sees the importance of the vigil as they remember the last 15 years lived in the of absence of a father, husband, and son. To many young fans, Earnhardt is just a story, but to the people who had the ability to watch him race, he is the king and always will be. Dale dramatically impacted the history of NASCAR, and if he had won that final race in Daytona, he would have set a new record for the most Daytona 500 cups won by a single racer.
Since the accident, Dale Earnhardt's son, Earnhardt, Jr., has continued racing and also owns car dealerships. According to the NASCAR website, Earnhardt, Jr. reflected on his history with his dad the week of the 15th anniversary of Dale's death. He told of how he had worked in the service department and changed oil for a living. He said Earnhardt never fed him with a silver spoon and it has made him a better person. He also said that for two and a half years he worked in his father's dealership and was grateful for the time spent there. Throughout his driving career, no one has ever told him he changed their oil. Perhaps people were so overwhelmed that they were in Dale Earnhardt's dealership that they didn't even notice Dale's son was changing their oil!
The family and all of the fans will solemnly remember Dale Earnhardt as they ponder the fact that he has been gone for 15 years today. The candlelight vigil is sure to draw a crowd as the world spends some time just to remember him and the great man he was. While he died at a young age, only 49, he enjoyed his life and loved racing. He died doing the one thing he loved, but he is at peace now even as he is greatly missed here on earth.


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Know where 'Lakshman Rekha' begins, SC tells media
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the media should know where the 'Lakshman Rekha' of reporting sub-judice matter begins while the Editors' Guild of India questioned the court's jurisdiction to frame guidelines for journalists.
Journalists must know their limits: Apex court
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday said it wanted journalists to know their limits in reporting court proceedings even as the central government favoured framing of guidelines for the media, claiming that the right to freedom of speech and expression was for the benefit of people and not the press.
Plea questions reporters' right to access court proceedings
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) An NGO Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the media does not have a fundamental right to access courts and report their proceedings.
Videograph court proceedings to ensure accurate reporting: Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan has told the Supreme Court that to ensure fair and accurate reporting, proceedings of the Supreme Court and of the high courts should be videographed and made publicly available, as is done for parliament.
Curb reporting on police probes, apex court urged
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Thursday pleaded before the Supreme Court for restraining the media from reporting on matters related to police probes in criminal cases for protecting the rights of the accused.
Newspaper society opposes fresh norms on court reporting
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Indian Newspapers Society (INS) Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there was no need for any "further or fresh guidelines" on regulating media reporting on sub-judice matters and any violation of an accused's right to free and fair trial by reporting could be addressed through the existing laws.
'Right to fair trial can't overshadow freedom of speech'
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A person's right to free and fair trial enjoys no primacy over the right to freedom of speech and expression of the media, senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the Supreme Court Tuesday.
From London to Sirdargarh, a Guyanese Indian's journey
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Just about a hundred years after her father left India for Guyana, Enid Whitehouse made an emotional journey to a small village in Rajasthan's Ganganagar district to learn more about her father's life.
'Apex court can't regulate reporting of cases'
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court is not empowered to frame guidelines on media reporting of cases and anyone fearing denial of a fair trial due to news coverage of the proceedings could move a petition to seek preventive relief, a senior lawyer contended Tuesday.
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"Demonstrators are expected to descend onto Budapest's streets tonight for a sixth night of anti-government protests. Last night we witnessed displays of unnecessary and excessive force against peaceful protesters that included the use of tear gas. This must not be repeated again. The police must use force only when strictly necessary and only when all other means to contain the violence have failed," said Massimo Moratti, Deputy Director for Europe at Amnesty International.
The Hungarian government's crackdown on dissenting voices received further international condemnation today when the Venice Commission, one of Europe's most prominent advisory bodies on constitutional law, issued an opinion criticizing Hungary's 'migration tax' law. The law forces civil society organizations considered to be supporting migration to pay a 25% tax on any foreign funding.
On the same day, the parliament adopted a new piece of legislation which created a new administrative court system that would be under control of the Minister of Justice, rather than operate as an independent judicial institution, as is the norm elsewhere in Europe.
In addition to their call to repeal the "Slave Law", protesters issued a series of other demands including an independent judiciary and independent public media.


Copenhagen - the capital of Denmark - has attractions and sights to suit every taste and interest. We have picked a few must-see spots.
Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fairy tale about her, Disney produced the movie, and Copenhagen maintains a statue in her honour. The Little Mermaid continues to be the most popular tourist attraction in Denmark and one of the most photographed statues in the world.
In 1909 the founder of Carlsberg, Brewer Carl Jacobsen attended Hans Beck's and Fini Henriques' ballet -The Little Mermaid - based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale by the same name.
Deeply impressed by this performance the brewer asked sculptor Edvard Eriksen (1876-1958) to create a sculpture. The bronze statue was unveiled at Langelinie on 23 August 1913 as a donation from Brewer Jacobsen to the City of Copenhagen.
Tivoli, the highly popular amusement park, was founded in 1843 and is a beautiful, romantic park with la unique atmosphere.
Tivoli Gardens are situated only few minutes walk from the City Hall Square in the centre of Copenhagen and offers everything a tourist may desire from a fairytale garden: 32 restaurants, 26 amusements, 400.000 flowers, 110.000 lamps, concerts, artiste shows and the Tivoli Boys Guard.
Amalienborg Palace, the royal couple's winter residence, is a major architectural work and probably the most outstanding piece of Rococo architecture in Denmark.
Amalienborg comprises four palaces and was originally conceived as town mansions for families of the nobility at the beginning of the 1750's. In 1794, after the fire at Christiansborg Castle, the mansions came into the possession of the Royal Family.
At Amalienborg Palace the Royal Guard is on duty for 24 hours. The relief takes place every day at 12 o'clock noon.
The National Museum is Denmark's largest museum of cultural history. The museum's main domicile is a classical 18th century mansion near 'Strøget' at the center of Copenhagen. The National Museum is the museum for all Denmark, where you can follow the history of the Danes right down to the present day. And you can get around the world from Greenland to South America.
The museum's do-it-yourself guides only take an hour, and make it easy to get an overview of the 10,000 square metre exhibition area.
Statens Museum for Kunst, the Danish national gallery, is the only place in Denmark which features 700 years of Western art and cultural history under one roof. The museum houses a large collection of Danish and international paintings, sculptures, drawings, and installations. The museum is located in central Copenhagen near the Nørreport and Østerport stations.
Copenhagen's largest shopping area is centred on Europe's longest pedestrian shopping street, Strøget, and the streets that surround it.
Strøget is Denmark's premier shopping street. International titans like Prada, Max Mara, Louis Vuitton, Cerutti, Mulberry, Chanel, Marlboro, Karen Millen, Hermès and Boss are represented at the Kgs. Nytorv end of Strøget, but if you are shopping on a budget, head further down the pedestrian street, where you will find excellent value clothes in shops like Hennes & Mauritz.
Strøget is also a popular venue for street performers.
A tour on the old canals is one of the biggest tourist attractions and an experience you should not miss. The boats take you through all parts of the old city and pass many of the most famous sights.
The Round Tower was built on the initiative of King Christian IV (1588-1648). The tower was the first stage of the Trinitatis complex, which was to gather three important facilities for the scholars of the seventeenth century: an astronomical observatory, a student's church and a university library. The tower was completed in 1642.
The Tower is built in the old Latin Quarter and right in the heart of Copenhagen.
A 209-metre-long winding passage leads to the platform and the Observatory at the top of the tower from here you have a magnificent view over the old town, house roofs and church towers.


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Speaking of family separations: Chicoms remove Hong Kong protester kids from their parents
The Chicoms' all-out war on Hong Kong's freedom-loving people has hit a new, and very communistic, low.
They're stealing protester kids from their families, stripping parents of custody — and putting the kids in government homes, something that carries more than a whiff of Red China's sick Maoist "re-education" camps. Where, again, are those kids going? According to Breitbart News, citing RTHK:
Hong Kong's juvenile courts are stripping custody from parents of minors who have participated in pro-democracy protests, the city's RTHK broadcaster reported this week.
Many of the pro-democracy movement's most prominent members were teenagers when the Umbrella Movement of 2014 began. The current series of protests have attracted even younger demonstrators and resulted in the arrests of individuals as young as 12 years old.
Here are the particulars:
RTHK reported on Saturday that the Juvenile Court at the Kowloon City Magistracy forced three children, ages 13 to 15, into a "juvenile home" after the children were arrested near the Sham Shui Po police station last week. The children were near the vicinity of a public screening organized by protesters of the documentary Winter on Fire, which tells the story of the anti-Russia movement that expelled President Viktor Yanukovych.
"[M]agistrate Joseph To expressed doubt, and questioned why they had to watch the documentary out on the streets, when there were plenty of videos available online. He added that 'there must be a reason' why [the children] had been arrested by police," RTHK reported.
The three children, two girls and a boy, argued that they were walking home when they were arrested and that the gas mask one of them had in their possession was necessary even when not participating in protests because police had become so liberal in spraying tear gas in public. Their arguments did not dissuade the court, however, which decided that "their parents had failed to keep them in check," according to the broadcaster.
The custody battle sends a chilling message to parents in Hong Kong: allowing your child to speak freely, or even be in the vicinity of someone speaking freely, could result in the loss of legal custody.
Message to parents: Let your kids protest, lose your kids. And us being Chicoms, we will ship them to re-education camps. We did it during the Cultural Revolution. We're doing it to millions of Uighurs now. Think we can't do it to you?
It's horrifying, because the possibilities here are all too real and Hongkongers know it. What's worse, the protests are led by very, very young kids to a large extent — little 12 year, olds and some even younger.
This is a heckuva far cry from the hullaballoo the Democrats have put up over the issue of family "separations" in the U.S. for illegal aliens violating the U.S. border and then willingly turning themselves in to U.S. authorities in order to spuriously claim asylum, something they've always been free to reverse by leaving the country. That isn't even happening now.
Democrats, with few exceptions, have been silent on Hong Kong and the outrageous tactics Beijing has employed to keep the tiny enclave from becoming Red China. Some of them, such as socialist Bernie Sanders, have a downright soft spot for the communist regime. China has "done a lot of things for their people," he said just a few days ago. Meanwhile, The Nation — repeat: The Nation — denounced Democrats for not taking any serious stance on Hong Kong. "The American Left Is Failing Hong Kong: Why is Marco Rubio doing more than the Democratic Party to support the people of Hong Kong?" reads The Nation's headline and tease, in a story published less than two months ago.
Now the Chicoms doing family separations in the name of quashing free speech, quite a bit more seriously than the border spectacle they made such a holy stink about. Democrats have never liked free speech anyway, so maybe that explains some of it. But the big thing it goes to show is their hypocrisy on family separations. For them, only some family separations matter.


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The Richest Self-Made Woman in America Is a Pizza Entrepreneur Worth $5.1 Billion
The richest self-made woman in America invested her life savings in a pizza store in Michigan in 1954. Her name is Marian Ilitch, and the restaurant that she and her husband Mike opened turned into the Little Caesars pizza chain—which now generates over $3 billion in sales annually.
Today, Ilitch has a net worth of $5.1 billion, putting her at the top of the third-annual "America's Richest Self-Made Women" list from Forbes, which was released this week.
The other wealthy women who made the cut earned their fortunes in a variety of fields, including tech, retail, entertainment, fast food, and fashion. (Women such as Walmart heir Alice Walton and Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs, are actually richer, but they're not included on the list because their wealth was inherited.)
There are now 18 self-made American women who are billionaires, up from 16 last year. The top 10 are all worth $2 billion or more, with Ilitch in the top spot. Diane Hendricks ($4.9 billion), the cofounder and chair of the wholesale building supplies distributor ABC Supply, is second on the list, followed by a tie for third place between gas station and convenience store chain founder Judy Love and entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey—both at$2.9 billion.
Rounding out the top 10 are Gap co-founder Doris Fisher ($2.6 billion); Epic Systems founder and CEO Judy Faulkner ($2.5 billion); Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman ($2.5 billion); trucking entrepreneur Johnelle Hunt ($2.3 billion); casino co-founder Elaine Wynn ($2.1 billion); and Lynda Resnick ($2 billion), who alongside her husband Stewart owns huge farms and the Wonderful Company, the company behind brands like Fiji Water and Pom Wonderful.
Facebook COO and best-selling author Sheryl Sandberg and Spanx founder Sara Blakely are also in the billionaire club, with net worths of $1.6 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively. (Women such as Walmart heir Alice Walton and Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, are actually richer than anyone on Forbes' new list—but they're not included because their wealth was inherited, not self-made.)
Among the other names on the list that many people will find familiar:
• Vera Wang ($630 million)
• Tory Burch ($600 million)
• Madonna ($580 million)
• Marissa Mayer ($540 million)
• Donna Karan ($470 million)
• Celine Dion ($400 million)
• Barbra Streisand ($390 million)
• Beyonce ($350 million)
• Judy Sheindlin, a.k.a. "Judge Judy" ($300 million)
• Taylor Swift ($280 million)
At the age of just 27, Taylor Swift is the youngest woman on Forbes' list. The oldest is 90-year-old Alice Schwartz, who launched the biotech firm Bio-Rad Laboratories with her husband David in 1952, and is now worth an estimated $950 million.


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March 11, 1978 – the continuing saga of the Coal Miners Strike – the on-again/off-again negotiations and the finger pointing racked up yet another day of closed mines, stranded shipments and out of work miners.
Citing the Taft-Hartley Act, Federal officials were busy attempting to hand out Return To Work orders to striking mine workers and Union Officials. But since it was Saturday, virtually none made their destination. And those Union officials being served were making themselves scarce.
It was turning into a fiasco on many levels, and the government was getting stuck with much of the blame for not adequately carrying out the edicts of the Taft-Hartley law. On top of that, were reports from Indiana that government agents had re-directed carloads of coal to bypass key strike areas.
But it was still back to the bargaining table – and the order back-to-work was being issued, and a number of mines were complying- but it was far from a unified measure – and the longest running Coal Strike in U.S. history was lumbering along.
On Capitol Hill – President Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance were slated to meet and discuss the potentially difficult issue of the Middle East, ahead of a State visit by Israel's Manachem Begin in the coming week. Also, Vance was getting ready to meet with Rebel leaders in Rhodesia, including Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, in an attempt to iron-out terms of a negotiated settlement between Government and Rebel forces to end the civil war.
In South Africa – Ten Black dissidents were released from jail, including a prominent newspaper editor who spent 5-months in jail. None of the ten who were detained had ever been charged with a specific offense. While the release of the ten was welcomed, the South African government was blasted for not releasing the rest of the some 300 so-called Political prisoners they were holding.
Further North – The State Department received word that Cuban troops were being withdrawn shortly from the Ogaden region of Somalia where fighting had been going on since February. Together with Ethiopian troops and Soviet advisers, the Ethiopian and Cuban forces took the disputed Ogaden region and Ethiopia issued a demand that Somalia give up the Ogaden as any sort of condition for a ceasefire.
Meanwhile, in Europe – President Valeri Giscard d'Estaing took to the airwaves in an attempt to stave off a political disaster as voters were heading back to the polls in France, following a sudden-surprise upset in elections over previous days. The initial reports of voters turning to the right was quickly reversed, as voters turned out on droves and reversed the trend.
And that's a small slice of what went on, this very busy March 11th in 1978, as reported by the CBS World News Roundup.
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