It's been a big year for enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. As the new year carries on, what trends can we expect to see take shape? Here's a look at three predictions for ERP in 2018 and the impact they will have on businesses.
The buzz surrounding cloud ERP has been growing in recent years, and yet many businesses have been reluctant to make the leap into this new and somewhat uncharted territory. That said, though, the major ERP vendors—all knowing full well where the technology is headed—are heavily promoting their cloud solutions. Eventually, businesses are going to decide whether they are willing to part from the familiar on-premises model that has served them for so many years. In all likelihood, you'll see more of them beginning to opt for cloud ERP. According to Data Bridge Market Research, the global cloud ERP market is estimated to reach a compound annual growth rate of 11.8 percent between now and 2024.
While we're on the subject of those legacy ERP systems, we can expect some changes in 2018 where they are concerned, too. It only follows that an increase in cloud ERP adoption will trigger a corresponding decrease in investment for legacy ERP systems. Because they have long been known for being significantly resource intensive to run and maintain, especially when customizations are part of the mix, it's understandable that some businesses might balk at the prospect of walking away from the considerable investment that they have made over the years.
Business will likely also recognize the opportunities that the shift toward a cloud model offers them, both in terms of flexibility and scalability and in terms of integration with other major business platforms they may be using. Compliance may be a factor, too; according to IDG, the potential cost and risk of noncompliance with licensing terms in addition to effort spent on compliance will increase the cost of maintaining on-premises ERP by more than 25 percent come 2018. Depending on their unique requirements, many companies may well be at a point where they perceive a worthwhile return on investment in making the switch to the cloud.
Inherent in both of these trends is the need for strong change management, something that many businesses may find challenging to handle amidst their many competing priorities in a competitive marketplace. That said, it will continue to be the case that businesses pursuing digital transformation strategies will absolutely have to address the people and processes on which their ERP implementations rely, whether that's in the cloud, on-premises, or somewhere in between. The leading innovators in this space will recognize that change management is a task they must take up with gusto, but they may encounter difficulties locating an ERP partner—whether that's a vendor, a consultant, or a systems integrator—that can help them succeed.
Businesses are without a doubt facing a transitional year ahead with regard to their ERP implementations. Some will boldly embrace the change that's upon them; others will continue to proceed with caution and wariness. But, there's no question that the future of ERP lies increasingly in the cloud, so we can expect that more companies will begin to seriously plan for—and move toward—cloud ERP in earnest in 2018. With that transition, they will need to carefully consider how to manage the change that shift entails.


Coliseum Panoramic Rooms is located in the heart of ancient Rome in front of the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Domus Aurea. Going down a small flight of steps we soon found himself on the charming Via dei Fori Imperiali where, with a wonderful walk, you can reach the most important areas of the city: Piazza di Spagna and Via Condotti, the Campidoglio, Piazza Venezia, the Palazzo del Quirinale, the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and the Trevi Fountain.
Coliseum Panoramic Rooms, offers its guests the chance to stay in this room with a panoramic view of the Colosseum and the Roman Forum.
All rooms in our hotel have their own bathroom, air conditioning, TV, fridge, safe, free WIFI and Italian breakfast included (served at the downstairs bar with cappuccino and croissant).


Happy holidays from the BRG !!!
The Block Research Group is thankful for a successful 2018 and wishes everyone a grand start of 2019!
Invited by Prof. J. Meejin Yoon, Prof. Block has been appointed Visiting Professor at the Department of Architecture at MIT. As part of the 150 Years Architecture at MIT programme, he will, together with Prof. Philip F. Yuan, teach a one-month design-build workshop in Shanghai in January 2019.
The "Doctoral Programme in Architecture & Technology", organised by the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA), offers three PhD fellowships (full-time, fully funded positions). If you are interested in joining the BRG, certainly apply!! Deadline for applications is January 31, 2019.
Hosted by Nottingham Trent University (NTU) on behalf of the ArcInTex Network, Mariana Popescu will be giving the keynote at the "Knitting the Gap: Textiles meets Architecture meets Textiles" conference on Dec 6-7.
Invited by the Laboratoire Navier, Prof. Block will on Nov 27 hold a research colloquium at the École des Ponts ParisTech.
Invited by Prof. Marc Mimram, Prof. Block will on Nov 27 give a department lecture at the School of Architecture of Marne-La-Vallée in Paris.
Dr. Tomás Méndez Echenagucia invited for lecture on November 22nd at the Department of Architecture of the Universidad de Granada, Spain.
BRG co-director Dr. Tom Van Mele will on Nov 15 give a lecture on the open-source COMPAS framework in the Theatre at Autodesk Univesity 2018 in Las Vegas.
Prof. Block is proud to speak at the Diploma Ceremony of ETH Zurich's Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG) on Sat Nov 10.
Lecture by Dr. Matthias Rippmann at Treffpunkt Science City ETH Zurich "Meine Stadt"
Dr. Matthias Rippmann will give a lecture at Treffpunkt Science City "Meine Stadt" at ETH Zurich on Oct 28. ETH Zurich's Treffpunkt Science City is a science programme designed for everyone. Running over five weeks in spring and autumn, each programme tackles a different theme and offers something of interest for adults, young people and children. Every year there are over 20'000 visitors. Link to video of the presentation.
Invited by Profs. Eike Roswag-Klinge and Matthias Müller, Prof. Block will speak at the Think.Design.Build 2 – Type, Typology and Typogenesis conference on Nov 8-9 at TU Berlin.


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Tag Archives: DC Comics
Joker (2019) Review
Directed by Todd Phillips
Based on Characters by DC Comics
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy
Music by Hildur Guðnadóttir
An origin story set in 1981, the film follows Arthur Fleck, a mentally ill failed stand-up comedian who turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City.
I guess it's about time I review this? As it came out in October, I didnt review it as I was only posting horror movie reviews. Plus I didn't really have the energy to review it while everyone was freaking out about it on Twitter. While people were using the phrase "toxic white males" yet again (as if ALL humans aren't toxic pieces of shit) and while America was freaking out about people potentially being shot in cinemas showing Joker since America allows everyone to walk around like armed vigilantes. Do I swear too much?! When I tried typing "cinemas" just now my spellchecker changed it to "cuntbags". Anyway, while things have calmed down a bit, I'll now review this. Can't wait for the next Shitstorm when this is up for Oscars!
This is a good film with a great performance. Is it a masterpiece? Not in my opinion but I wouldn't argue with those who did love it as I can see the reasons why. I have to admit I'm sick of "comic book" movies but especially sick of Batman & the Joker. I haven't really liked either character since Tim Burton's versions in 1989. I'm even almost starting to hate Christopher Nolan's films as they're SO overhyped by obsessive fans (although I did think Heath Ledger was very good). Okay – I don't know Mark Hamill's version but do love the guy so would likely enjoy his Joker. I have NO knowledge of the comics or these characters beyond what's been shown in movies. I admit that. This review is based only on my opinion as a lover of film.
What I did like, not being a comic fan, is that Joker didn't feel at all like a comic book or DC movie. Hell, it barely felt like the Joker character to me. It truly is more like a Martin Scorsese film (specifically The King Of Comedy, as everyone knows). I think Scorsese's films are very good, although he's not a favorite director of mine as his movies aren't usually my type of thing. I did a Scorsese Top Ten list (HERE). I do really like my top five or six and The King Of Comedy is one of them, so I did enjoy Joker's homage to that film and its brilliant use of Robert De Niro. I liked the film's tone and its score was perfect for it. I did think Joaquin Phoenix was fantastic and absolutely deserves to be nominated for an Oscar for his performance (even if it sounds like he's a pain in the ass diva to work with). Yeah, yeah – Actresses aren't allowed to be "difficult" while actors are called brilliant when they behave that way. I totally agree there's a double standard there and it's unfair. I think all artists should be allowed to be difficult (within limits, obviously) if it produces great results. I guess it worked in the case of Joker as it's certainly Joaquin's performance of a lifetime. I don't care – I'll never work have to work with him! I preferred River Phoenix anyway (R.I.P. – I'll forever be sad about that one the way younger people still aren't over Heath Ledger).
I suppose I better address some of the controversy. I'm still a little baffled by it. I can see people thinking the movie may encourage people who feel fucked-over by society to engage in violent and destructive behavior. But movies like this one have existed for years. Why are we suddenly worried that a movie will push some people over the edge? Or is it because of social media that we just hear the complaints more these days? I remember it being controversial but did people freak out quite as much when Natural Born Killers came out?
I think the issue here may be that people think the Joker was portrayed as a sympathetic character and one who disturbed people may see as a sort of hero. I admit that I did feel somewhat sympathetic toward his character to start with. But that was gone by the end. People don't like that the movie is blaming society for the seeming rise in violent & dangerous men. But, well, it IS to blame. Is it not? Gotham City in this film looks and feels no different than any big American city now. The movie is also trying to make a point about failing those with mental health issues.
Well. Whatever. I don't give a shit about any controversy. I think there are far more offensive and far more destructive films out there. This is probably the best movie that has the Joker it it. I just wish it wasn't the Joker. I'd rather it was a regular, non-comic book guy who gets pushed too far. But it's a very good film. It's better than most comic book movies. The fact that it is still a comic book movie to me probably keeps me from seeing it as an instant classic the way some people are seeing it. Maybe I'm snobby like Scorsese.
Tagged 2019, 7.5/10, Batman, DC, DC Comics, Film, Frances Conroy, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Review, Reviews, Robert De Niro, Todd Phillips, Zazie Beetz
Shazam! (2019) Review
Shazam! (2019)
Directed by David F. Sandberg
Based on Characters from DC Comics
Starring: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou, Faithe Herman, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Marta Milans, Cooper Andrews
Plot Synopsis: (via IMDb)
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word – SHAZAM. – this streetwise fourteen-year-old foster kid can turn into the grown-up superhero Shazam.
I'll keep this short since I'm scared to review this after seeing death threats on Twitter when people have given this a negative review. Yikes. But I have to keep my promise to myself to at least review the films that I see in the cinema. My anal retentiveness wins out over potential harassment from trolls!
I enjoyed Shazam. Shazam!, I mean. I'm not using that exclamation mark every time – it's annoying. This film was an odd one, though, and the tone was all over the place. I'm not saying that the whole "lighthearted combined with dark & evil" thing doesn't work sometimes (it works in Deadpool) but it was a bit too jarring in Shazam. This is partly due to it being promoted as a somewhat family-friendly superhero movie whereas Deadpool, with its higher rating, made it very obvious that kids shouldn't watch it.
I wanted to like this film more as there were parts that I thought were really funny and the characters (well, the good guys) were so damn likable and very well-developed as far as superhero movies go. I loved them. A special shout-out especially to the adorable Faithe Herman as Darla & a strong performance from Jack Dylan Grazer, who was also great in the fantastic It. Kids are so good in films nowadays. Remember the 70's & 80's when child acting usually sucked? Why was that?! I'll be honest – I think the above characters as well as the other foster kids & their foster parents are what really made this film as they gave the movie some heart. Without them, the movie would feel too cruel and dark. Zachary Levi & Asher Angel were also very good (and very funny) as our main hero but they needed these other characters to round-out the main character and to make us care about him. How much does Asher look like Arya Stark, though?! It was very distracting once I realized.
Now for the bad… Mark Strong gives the villain his all but the character feels like every other baddie we've seen in these superhero films. To be fair, a lot of this is due to my own personal superhero movie fatigue. I enjoy them when they're good but this isn't my favorite genre and I want to see more than just superheroes and sequels in the cinema. And, as I said, the movie goes a little too dark with his character. I'm not saying dark is bad. I love dark when done right. Hell, if I had to pick a favorite "comic book" movie, I'd choose The Crow. I freaking love that film. But The Crow sure as shit isn't a family film. There's no lightness and certainly no adorable little girl named Darla.
Okay – I was going to keep this short! Well, I did enjoy Shazam. It has some very strong good-guy characters and I loved how well they worked together in this film. You care about them. That's not something that all superhero movies are able to achieve with their characters. The "light" bits also felt a little like something we don't see in EVERY SINGLE SUPERHERO MOVIE. So I did very much appreciate that and I had some good laughs during the movie. However, that positive is undone slightly by the too-generic and too-dark baddie. Which is a shame. Just be aware of the warnings before you take kids who are a little too young to this one. As always, it depends on each individual kid and if you think they can handle the violence. I tend to read the parent's guide before films such as these (which does suck when trying to avoid spoilers!).
Are there scenes after the credits? Yes. One scene during the credits and a more lighthearted one at the very end. Worth staying for if you're a DC fan but the first one had no meaning to me…
Oh fuck it. I'll just say it. Honesty is my best (& worst) quality. I preferred Wonder Woman and possibly even Aquaman. I'm in trouble now! I also preferred Captain Marvel. Oh man – I'm in so much trouble now!!!
Tagged 2019, 7/10, Asher Angel, Captain Marvel, Cooper Andrews, David F. Sandberg, DC Comics, Djimon Hounsou, Faithe Herman, Film, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Jack Dylan Grazer, Jovan Armand, Mark Strong, Marta Milans, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Review, Reviews, Shazam!, Superhero, Zachary Levi
Aquaman (2018) Review
Directed by James Wan
Based on Aquaman by Mort Weisinger & Paul Norris
Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman
In Aquaman, Arthur Curry, the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, must step forward to lead his people against his half-brother, Orm, who seeks to unite the seven underwater kingdoms against the surface world.
Well, this was fun! I wasn't expecting to like this all that much since DC films tend to suck (other than Wonder Woman). I now like two DCEU movies! Why can't the others be like this one? Superhero movies should be fun, not dreary and dark and depressing as shit. But maybe that's just me: I prefer them to all be like Guardians Of The Galaxy.
Aquaman is a bit silly, though, so I'm sure it won't be for everyone. I loved the silly. It gets a bit more bonkers as the movie goes on, which I also loved. Weirdass giant sea creatures were fun to see in a DC film and the whole underwater thing worked well and gave the movie a different feel from other superhero films, which are all becoming WAY too damn similar. Jason Momoa was also a lot of fun to watch, mainly because you can tell that he's having a lot of fun playing this character. Okay – and he's also hot. But my heart still belongs to Thor. Chris Hemsworth is still the ultimate hottie.
The two main female roles were also very strong, which is becoming more popular in movies. We don't want wussy, useless women. Amber Heard & Nicole Kidman kick ass. Who ever though Kidman would kick ass?? And Amber Heard's character was cool – I wasn't sure how I'd feel about her as I've never thought she was the greatest actress. Hell, I even really liked the love story between Aquaman's parents. I don't normally go for that sort of thing but all the characters were so likeable in this that you wanted everyone to live happily ever after. I can't say I give the slightest shit about either Superman or Batman in these DCEU films. The characters need to be likeable if we're going to care about what happens to them! Hollywood still hasn't quite figured this out.
Beyond that, I don't know what else to say about this movie. I always struggle to "review" superhero movies. They're fun & I enjoy them while watching them but it's not a favorite genre of mine. I don't expect anything Oscar worthy from them, though – I just want to switch off for a couple of hours & be entertained. Aquaman was definitely entertaining and I may have possibly liked it even more than a few of the MCU movies(!!). It was the final movie I went to in the cinema in 2018 and it was a good one to finish the year. I really enjoyed it (as did the hubby & the kid, so it was a good family movie too).
I'll try to post my December Roundup next week followed by all my 2018 Year-End Top Ten lists. So I may sneak in a viewing of Roma this weekend in case it's worthy of the top ten (I'll just pretend I watched it in 2018!). For now, these are all the movies I watched in 2018. Yikes. I'm actually going to cut down in 2019…
Tagged 7/10, Amber Heard, Aquaman, DC Comics, Dolph Lundgren, Film, James Wan, Jason Momoa, Mort Weisinger, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Paul Norris, Review, Reviews, Superhero, Willem Dafoe, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Captain America: Civil War (2016) Review
**SPOILER-FREE (but not much of a review – I mostly just talk about all these damn superhero movies that keep coming out & where I'd rank them…)**
Directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Based on Captain America by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby
Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Frank Grillo, William Hurt, Daniel Brühl, The Kitchen Sink
In Captain America: Civil War, an act regulating superhuman activity fractures the Avengers into opposing factions, one led by Steve Rogers and another by Tony Stark.
Superheroes Shmuperheroes. I'm sick of saying I'm sick of superhero movies. In the three & a half years I've had this blog, I feel like I've spent half my time writing superhero movie reviews as so many have come out in that time! I'm tired. I can't do it anymore!
I have to be honest: I can't be bothered to write much of a "review" for this. Mainly, I'm going to just talk about all the various superhero movies & where I'd rank them all now. I always struggle with writing about these movies as I'm just a casual fan & have zero knowledge about any of the comic books. I put time into running a movie blog so I do clearly geek out about movies more than the average person but I just don't have the spare time & energy to devote to watching the thousands of hours worth of superhero sequels, prequels, spin-offs, TV shows, etc etc. I'm old & I'm tired & I have a hubby & a kid. I watch the big cinematic superhero releases when they come out & that's it. I've not even managed to re-watch any, which means I'm always a little lost with each movie as I have to remember minor characters & plots from movies I watched just once at the time of release. It drives my hubby nuts when I have to constantly ask who so & so is and if I should remember them from previous movies. These superhero movies are becoming like Game Of Thrones – too many damn characters & stories to keep track of!
Okay – after getting that little rant out of the way, I have to say that I have really enjoyed these current Marvel films with the various Avengers. A few haven't been all that great but, overall, they're very solid films. And, with this one & the fantastic Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the Captain America films are now easily the best of the bunch (including the full-ensemble The Avengers & Avengers: Age Of Ultron). I loved the first Iron Man and would have said that one was my favorite at the time but after Iron Man 2 & Iron Man 3 were so weak, I'd have to say that Captain America has now jumped ahead overall as the sequels have been so great.
You were afraid I was going to trash this movie, weren't you? 😉 I won't. It's very good! But I just can't review it. I don't know what to say. I've done so many of these superhero reviews. I'm done. For now. I'll attempt to review X-Men: Apocalypse but I honestly have no hope for that one after Days Of Future Past was such a mess. Let's just discuss all the various superhero films that are out there.
How I'd Now Rank All The Superhero Movies (remember that I always rank things according to how much I like a movie, not according to what I necessarily think is the best film):
Every time another one of these movies comes out, I say I'll update this list HERE of My Top Ten Superhero Movies. I desperately need to as it's extremely different now. For one, I was way too easy on Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy. The Dark Knight would probably drop way down to the lower half of the ten now (I was too swayed by loving Ledger in it) while the other two would be knocked out completely.
I'd also move up some older classics I'm no longer ashamed of loving (it was the early days of my blog & I suppose I knew you were all younger than I am. You kids are Nolan-obsessed). 😉 So the 1978 Superman would go way up as would Tim Burton's Batman (and it would move to a position higher than The Dark Knight).
Then there are the first two X-Men movies. Those came out when I was much younger & had spare time to watch movies & geek out over things and I really bought into those characters & that world. Back then, the superhero movie thing wasn't big like now & it seemed like those films came from out of nowhere. I loved them & I'm still very fond of them but every movie since has been a huge disappointment, including the prequels which I haven't been able to buy into at all. The various Avengers films have been so much better than the current X-Men films so I'd probably have to move the first two X-Mens down the list as they've now been ruined for me somewhat.
So where would I place Captain America: Civil War in a Top Ten? I think it's too soon to say where but it's definitely in the ten. I'll fully update & re-post my list after X-Men: Apocalypse (even though I think that has zero chance of being on the list). I think a lot of where it will ultimately sit also depends on how good the next Avengers film is (whenever the hell that's meant to be?!). At the moment, I'm trying to decide if it's better than The Winter Soldier. I think it may be once we get more of the story but, at the moment, I think I'd rank The Winter Soldier higher. So! For now, and subject to change as I change my mind A LOT, I'll rank things accordingly:
10. TIE: Deadpool & X-Men
9. The Dark Knight
7. Batman (1989)
6. X2
5. Captain America: Civil War
4. Iron Man
2. Superman (1978)
1. Guardians Of The Galaxy
Defining "superhero movies" is quite difficult, though. I'd make it a list of just "comic book movies" but that would further complicate things as there are plenty of non-superhero comic books. For now, I'm leaving out animated films like The Incredibles & Big Hero 6 but I may add them. Also… What about things like Dredd & The Crow? Do they qualify? What do you all think? Because if I start adding in things like those, the list would be very different (for the record, The Crow would easily be my number one as that's an overall favorite film of mine). Let me know, superhero fans! I really do want to do a proper list, probably where I rank all of the superhero films I've seen.
Either way, these various current Marvel films will take plenty of places in my Top Ten as they're all very strong & seem to be getting better & better. The better they get, the more the other superhero movies pale in comparison & will end up getting knocked out of the list. Way to go Marvel! Unlike DC Comics, eh? As much as I complain about all these damn superhero movies, I always go to them. Until Batman Vs. Superman, that is. After the terrible Man Of Steel, I really couldn't be bothered to watch it. And from the sound of things, I'm not missing much!
Summary (where I'll actually say a tiny bit about Captain America: Civil War!):
I have to say that I liked the new characters that have been added to this one. Black Panther is cool (I love those claws) and I really liked Spider-Man! Could we finally have a Spider-Man that fans don't bitch about?? I have no idea but I really liked him plus my hubby seemed to think they did a very good job with him this time & hubby is a little bit of a comic book fan unlike me. I can't say I've exactly loved any of the Spider-Man movies yet so let's hope Marvel get things right with their own Spider-Man film. I'm looking forward to it now!
It was great seeing so many Marvel characters together, some of whom haven't been together in a film yet. However, my one small complaint about the ensemble Avengers films is that there are too many characters, which means that it's hard for anyone to get much character development. This one is clearly the Captain America & Iron Man show but they didn't do too bad spending a decent amount of time with some of the other characters. I'd like to see Scarlet Witch get a little further development – they seem to possibly be headed in that direction for the next film.
Okay – I've just looked into it as I had zero clue what films are being made next! Apparently the next full Avengers one is Infinity War in May 2018 & 2019 (split into two damn parts one year apart!)?! Long wait until those… That's made me lose the will to live again with these damn movies!! I don't think it's a spoiler to say that this Civil War story is clearly going to be carried on into the next films… I guess I've just given away that we don't get full closure on this story? No surprise there, though – there are 282 more films coming in which to further develop it! Anyway, I still can't help but slightly prefer some of the stand alone films as we get so much more time to get to know just one main character but it's still fun seeing them all interacting with each other.
The action in this was also a little too much at first (but not at ridiculous Man Of Steel levels). I also thought it got off to a slow start but I was much more into it by the halfway point. It's a big story so is taking its time to develop over the course of several films. I guess. Yeah. Ugh. I just can't handle thinking about them all. Oh, but Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 is May 2017!!! THAT I'm excited about (it's my number one by quite a lot).
Well, for all my bitching, Marvel really are getting better & better at this superhero movie thing & are putting other superhero movies to shame. I'll continue to watch them all even though I'm superheroed-out but I'll never geek out over them like my young & carefree twentysomething self may have. But they're thoroughly entertaining popcorn movies. And although Civil War is obviously getting into darker & moodier territory, it still maintains some of the humor and the less-serious attitude that have made me far prefer the Avengers films to the dark & brooding shit like Batman Vs. Superman appears to be. Screw that emo bullshit! It looks like things will get even more serious for Infinity War, I imagine, but they did a good job getting the balance right in this one and not making a film that's too depressing to be at all enjoyable. Keep up the good work, Marvel! On all ten films you have planned between now & July 2019. Good (star) Lord…
Is There A Scene After The Credits?: HA! Hahaha! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Duhhhhhhh….. Yes. Two. This is Marvel. They're worth staying for, though. In my opinion. The more "important" one is halfway through the credits while the fun "teaser" one is at the very end (that's the one I liked).
Stan Lee Cameo: It's cute! I always love them. Maybe I should start rating those too…
The Muscular Arms On Chris Evans: Whoa, boy! I'm a Thor girl & have never really gone for Captain America but I very much appreciated those biceps when he was holding onto the helicopter. Yeah, baby! I may look away from Thor occasionally in the next film you're both in together…
**Hey, I know I didn't really talk about this movie but I'll happily discuss it with anyone in the comments. I really do want to know all your opinions! Especially those of you who are big fans of these films. 🙂
Tagged 7.5/10, Anthony Mackie, Anthony Russo, Captain America, Captain America: Civil War, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Daniel Brühl, DC Comics, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Emily VanCamp, Film, Frank Grillo, Jack Kirby, Jeremy Renner, Joe Russo, Joe Simon, List, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Paul Bettany, Paul Rudd, Ranked, Review, Reviews, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Superheroes, Tom Holland, Top Ten Superhero Movies, William Hurt

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Pina-Vaz C1, Sansonetty F, Rodrigues AG, Martinez-De-Oliveira J, Fonseca AF, Mårdh PA.
Ibuprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, exhibited antimicrobial activity against Candida albicans and non-albicans strains. At 10 mg/ml, ibuprofen showed a rapid cidal activity against exponential growth phase C. albicans, accompanied by rapid and extensive leakage of intracellular K+, permeation to propidium iodide, lysis of spheroplasts and severe membrane ultrastructural alterations. These results indicate that the killing of Candida cells is due to direct damage to the cytoplasmic membrane. At 5 mg/ml, ibuprofen inhibited growth; however, it did not kill the yeasts and did not directly affect the cytoplasmic membrane. Evaluation of yeast metabolic vitality with the fluorescent probe FUN-1 showed that growth inhibition induced by the fungistatic drug concentration was due to metabolic alterations. The combination of ibuprofen with fluconazole resulted in synergic activity with eight of the 12 Candida strains studied, including four of the five fluconazole-resistant strains. The MICs of fluconazole for the fluconazole-resistant strains decreased 2-128-fold when the drug was associated with ibuprofen. When in combination with fluconazole, MICs for ibuprofen decreased by up to 64-fold for all the 12 strains studied. These results point to the practicability of using ibuprofen, alone or in combination with azoles, in the treatment of candidosis, particularly when applied topically, taking advantage of the drug's antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties.


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Flo Williams - Inspiring change via sport
July 05, 2022 Giulia Iannucci / Flo Williams Season 2 Episode 11
Jul 05, 2022 Season 2 Episode 11
Giulia Iannucci / Flo Williams
In this episode we talk with Flo Williams, an elite rugby player both for premiership clubs (currently Wasps) & internationally capped with Wales, as well as the Women's Sports Lead with MATTA, a marketing sports agency.
With Flo we discussed her journey as a female sportswoman in a traditionally male sport like rugby, the challenges she faces but also the amazing opportunities that come with playing in a team at an elite level.
We discussed what kept her going when the challenges kept on coming and how these experiences have shaped her as a professional woman.
Finally, we talked about the importance of role models and what an impact sports marketing is having in showcasing inspiring women.
Find out more about Flo here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flo-williams/
And about MATTA here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/matta/


member of the club; Mr B T Greening.
1937 - Men's Handicap Trophy; presented by Mr D C Larg who was Club Champion in 1930 and 1935, and represented Herts County.
compete for the Eadie Cup again.
1966 - Men's Pairs; presented by Mr A Brearley; who, in 1954 won the Eadie Cup.
1971 - Bennett Cup; qualifiers are men over the age of 65. It was presented by Mr Wally Bennett, who was made a Life Member in 1976.
1975 - Ladies' Pairs; presented by Mrs Lillian Morrison, wife of the Club President of that year.
1975 - Mixed Pairs Trophy; presented by Mrs Betty Stevens, Ladies' Captain of that year.
1976 - Ladies' Senior Citizens Plate; presented by Gwen Ward, who was Ladies' Secretary the previous year.
1980 and won the Ladies' Senior Citizen's Plate in 1976 and again in1981.
1979 - Men's Over 65 Pairs; presented by Mr Sam Stevenson, whose wife became Ladies' Secretary the following year.
Captain in 1981, won the Ladies' Handicap the same year, and the Ladies' Senior Citizens Plate in 1979 & 1980.
1979 - Ladies' Handicap; Inaugurated by the Club, but without a named sponsor.
1981 - Grant Cup; presented by the daughters of Mr Arthur Grant as a tribute to his memory.
1992 - Two Wood Pairs; also known as The Jersey Bowl, it was presented by Mr Clive Lewis, who went on to become Men's Captain in 1995.
from a hat. Each team plays 3 games of 6 ends. The winner is the team with the highest positive shot difference.
sessions of the same day. The final takes place on Finals Weekend.
bought by the club in our Centenary Year.
outdoor Club Singles Championship in 1999.
evening in accordance with "Aussie rules". Kevin was Green Keeper from 1985 to 2007, Men's Captain in 1999 and President in 2001.
1982 and was in the team winning the County Triples in 1987 (Worthing representatives).
The list for the outdoor season now contains 23 trophies compared with a single trophy for the first 19 years. Clearly, the ladies' game had the effect of doubling the number of trophies during the 70s, but even so, this was a decade when competitions and trophies really took off.
Leagues and Club Friendly games to play as well, not to mention Galas and Special Matches.


REVIEW: PETE GARDINER IS READY TO DROP HIS BRAND NEW SINGLE 'THE MIDDLE' ON OCTOBER 12TH AND I GOT A SNEAK PREVIEW.
Pete Gardiner is a Northern Irish singer songwriter based in London and is definitely one to watch. 'The Middle' is out via The Animal Farm'.
This new song from Pete gives him side you haven't seen before, it has a more slower feel which brings out his vocals like no other track. The country feel hits you straight away which instantly has you drawn in.
Its a story of a journey Pete has been on with his 'suitcase from the attic ' and ' the last train out of town' this gives you so many ways to really understand what Pete is talking about but definitely both messages I get just instantly has me smiling song because its sang and performed so beautifully.
A journey of travel but also a journey of relationship, you need to hear this, dropping on the 12th, I will have links live on the day of release.


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Avengers (1963 series) #296-300 [SET] — The Beginning of the End
from Marvel Comics
Betrayed by one of their own, The Avengers ar NO MORE!
But if There are No Avengers...
Who can stop the Coming "Inferno"?
Be here for the Fall and Rise of Earth's Mightiest Heroes brought to you by the Incomparable Team of Walt Simonson & John Buscema and Tom Palmer.
Collecting issues #296-300.
The Avengers (1963 series) #296
By Walt Simonson & John Buscema / Tom Palmer.
"Hearts of Oak and Heads to Match"
The Avengers are betrayed by Dr. Druid in this 25th anniversary spectacular! And wait'll you see the shocking reason why!
"Futures Imperfect"
The Avengers have broken up! Thor's gone his own way. The Black Knight is the victim of an ancient curse. The She-Hulk has left in disgrace. And Dr. Druid is being controlled! Could this be the last chapter in Avengers history?
"Disaster!!!"
The Avengers are gone! And the threat of Inferno is on the horizon! Without Earth's mightiest heroes to defend it, could this be the beginning of the end?
"I Love N.Y."
Captain America's back, and he's looking for a few good Avengers! But the big question is...which Captain America is it? You won't want to miss the beginning of the Avengers' "Resurrection!"
"Inferno Squared"
The giant-size spectacular you've been waiting for! Witness the rebirth of the Mighty Avengers--and just wait till you see who they are! Also: An unusual look at the formation of the original Avengers...from the guy who caused the team to form - Loki, the God of Evil!
100 Bullets (2013 mini-series) #1-8 [SET] — Brother Lono
100th Anniversary Special (2014 one-shots) #1-5 [SET] — 100 Years Later... (All Regular Covers)
100th Anniversary Special (2014 one-shots) #1-5 [SET] — 100 Years Later... (All Variant Covers)
18 Days (2015 series) #01-8 [SET] — Volume 01: The War Begins (All Regular Covers)
18 Days (2015 series) #09-15 [SET] — Volume 02: Heroes and Legends
1963 (1993 Mini-Series) #1-6 [SET] — Alan Moore's Comic-Book Nostalgia


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My black pants are from Cheap Monday and they are really really highwaisted and really stretchy but they fit SO nice, not like they are really comfortable but I get a lot of compliments when I'm wearing these. Make sure they look good on your shape. My black pants are also really skinny, that is because I really like the look of really skinny black pants and black chelsea boots, but that's just my personal taste.
My denim pants are from BDG and they aren't as stretchy as my black pants. In fact there isn't much stretch in them at all. The good thing about these pants is that they hold shape really well, so you don't have to wash them every time you have worn them. Not that I do that with any of my pants.
* for some reason I can only find these in black, but maybe you can find them in store!


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Contributors to Everett Potter's Travel Report
Ann Abel is a travel writer and editor, and was a senior editor at ForbesLife. She writes for Forbes, Departures, Conde Nast Traveller, Robb Report, Afar, National Geographic Traveler, Islands, Hemispheres, Brides, Modern Bride, Well + Good NYC, and other print and online publications."In the name of lifestyle journalism, " she says, " I've gotten a tattoo in Bora Bora, been bitten by a massage therapist, and flown small aircraft above three continents." She lives in Lisbon.
Cathie Arquilla, a fashion stylist and travel writer, searches out style in both the unexpected and the typical, especially while "on location." Formerly a celebrity stylist, who dressed the likes of Cindy Crawford, Bill Joel, Natalie Merchant and Midori, Cathie now provides private shopping and personal styling direction to clients at the Carlisle Collections Showroom in New York City. Her love for travel is equal to her passion for fashion and as a writer she is a hybrid of the best sort, inspiring us to notice details, textiles, shape and form, while telling us about what is cool and fun to do. Cathie is a regular contributor to Travelgirl, Healthy Aging and GoNOMAD.com. Check out her Travel + Fashion blog at cathiearquilla.com.
Geri Bain, a widely published travel writer and editor, is the co-author of The Complete Guide to Vow Renewals, an ebook released in December, 2018. She has written about more than 60 countries and contributed to publications including inc.com, about.com, N.Y. Daily News and Robb Report. While travel editor at Modern Bride magazine, she wrote an acclaimed guide to Honeymoons and Weddings Away. She is a past president of the New York Travel Writers Association and former editorial director of Endless Vacation magazine.
Amiee White Beazley is the editor of edibleASPEN, founding contributor of Aspen Peak magazine and food columnist for the Aspen Daily News. Her food and travel writing has been featured in Yankee Magazine, Coastal Living, 5280, Aspen Magazine and The Providence Journal among others. A mother of two, her first children's book, Snowmastodon! Snow Day Adventure was published by People's Press in 2011. www.awbeazley.com
Bart Beeson is a Burlington, Vermont-based freelance travel writer and photographer. He is a regular contributor to Travel Weekly, and has published in The Washington Post, Foreign Policy and other media outlets. When he's not travelling, Bart can be found hiking with his dog Kesey or spending time at his family's New Hampshire lake house.
Eleanor Berman, a New York freelance writer and award-winning author of a dozen travel guides, has covered 82 countries and all 7 continents. She has written for many national publications, including Travel & Leisure, Ladies' Home Journal, Diversion, Robb Report, Boston Globe, Atlanta Constitution, Denver Post, Miami Herald, and the New York Daily News. Among her guide book awards are a Lowell Thomas award for Traveling Solo, Thomas Cook Book of the Year for Eyewitness Guide to New York, and Independent Publishers IPPY award, best guide of the year, for New York Neighborhoods.
Marian Betancourt has written about travel and food for Associated Press, American Heritage, Travel & Leisure, Irish America, and many others. She is the author of several books, and has co-authored two regional cookbooks based on her travels. She is working on a book about New York harbor to be published in 2016 and lives in New York City. Visit www.marianbetancourt.com
Deborah Loeb Bohren is a fine art and travel photographer. Photography has been Deb's passion since her father put a camera in her hand when she was only five years old. Today she combines that passion with her love of travel, using her camera to capture the intersection and interplay of light, line and color to create visual stories from the flea markets of Paris to the dunes of Morocco and from Machu Picchu to Havana and beyond. She lives in New York.
Monique Burns is a longtime travel writer and editor, and a European Correspondent for Jax Fax Magazine, a travel magazine for U.S. travel agents. A former Travel & Leisure Senior Editor, she travels frequently to Europe, but can sometimes be found in far-flung locales like India and Asia. After more than 30 years in the travel business, she still appreciates the world's many cultural differences and can honestly say that she's never met a place she didn't like.
"Chez"' Chesak is a travel writer, tourism consultant and 15-year veteran of the travel industry. He focuses on adventure travel and family travel. He's lived all over the U.S. and traveled to some 35 countries but has the most fun when he's exploring with his wife and two daughters.
Brian E. Clark is a Madison, Wisconsin-based writer and photographer who contributes to the Chicago Tribune and LA Times on a regular basis. He also writes a weekly travel column for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. A native of Iowa, Clark is a University of Colorado, Boulder, graduate who focuses on adventure travel. He's a veteran whitewater kayaker and skier who has lived in Norway, Sweden, Brazil and Bolivia. He worked for newspapers in Washington State and California for 25 years, including the San Diego Union-Tribune, before returning to the Midwest. He manages to head back West several times a year when he's not off in other corners of the globe. Or poking around Wisconsin.
Melissa Coleman has written for publications including the New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, and National Geographic Traveler. She is the author of This Life is In Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres and a Family's Heartbreak, a New York Times bestselling memoir and finalist for the New England Book Award, about growing up during the 1970s back-to-the-land movement. She lives in Maine and can be found at melissacoleman.com.
Barnaby Conrad III, a former Editor-at-Large at Forbes Life, has written ten books of non-fiction including Absinthe: History in a Bottle (1988), The Martini (1995), and The Cigar (1996). After living in Paris for five years, he wrote an acclaimed on-the-road memoir Ghost Hunting In Montana (1994), followed by PAN AM: An Aviation Legend (2000), which was reprinted in 2014. Born in San Francisco, Mr. Conrad graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts from Yale University. He was a founding editor of Art World newspaper in New York, served as senior editor of Horizon, and has written monographs on many twentieth century artists. His articles have appeared in Town & Country, GQ, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, London Sunday Times, and Smithsonian. An avid skier, scuba diver, bicyclist, museum-goer, and fly fisherman, he is a member of the Anglers Club of New York. He and his family live on a farm near Accomac, Virginia.
Patrick Cooke spent 15 years as executive editor of ForbesLife magazine (formerly Forbes FYI) Among the publications his journalism, satire and criticism has appeared in are The New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, Architectural Digest and Rolling Stone. He is a regular contributor to the Review section of the Wall Street Journal.
Helen Cordery is a freelance writer and guidebook author from New Zealand who currently lives in Chile. Her blog detailing her adventures in Chile can be viewed here: www.queridarecoleta.com
Iseult Devlin is a widely published travel writer who specializes in winter sports. A former staff editor at Skiing Magazine, she has contributed to several publications including The Boston Globe, Vermont Ski and Ride Magazine, The Record and Outside Magazine. She is also the author of Winter Sports: A Woman's Guide. In her spare time, Iseult teaches skiing part-time at Stratton and Breckenridge. You can follow her @iseult_snow
Mary Anne Evans is a former magazine editor and now a freelance travel writer living in London but partly spending her time at her 400-year old house in the remote French area of the Auvergne. She is the author of guide books to Brussels, Bruges and Stockholm, and contributes to Frommer's Guides to London and France. She also writes extensively about Scandinavia and the Nordic countries. Her website is Mary Anne's France.
Shari Hartford is the former managing editor for Diversion magazine, where she wrote about travel in the northeast and cruising. She is currently a freelance writer and editor based in her hometown of New York City.
Karen Glenn is a freelance writer, poet, and photographer based in Carbondale, Colorado. Her writing and photography have appeared in Diversion, McCall's, Edible Aspen, Seventeen, Savvy, Good Food, Self, Aspen Magazine, The New York Times, Mademoiselle, and many other places. Her poem Nightshift was featured on NPR's All Things Considered.
Buzzy Gordon. Over the course of a 40-year career that has spanned more than 80 countries, award-winning journalist Buzzy Gordon has been a reporter, editor, and travel writer on five continents. His work has appeared in USA Today (where he was a regular travel columnist), National Geographic Traveler, The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, among other leading publications. Buzzy is the author of Frommer's Jerusalem Day by Day Guide and a contributor to publications in Israel and the United States.
Julian I. Graubart, a longtime resident of Washington, DC, published books in the medical field there for 24 years. Now a freelance writer, he also conducts tours of the Library of Congress and the Newseum. He authored the book Golf's Greatest Championship: The 1960 U.S. Open.
Cari Gray has traveled the world– initially as her parents' excess but well-loved baggage on overseas work assignments, later as a wide-eyed explorer. For over 15 years, Cari worked for Butterfield & Robinson in the luxury active travel business, crafting and guiding custom trips annually for high net worth individuals and corporations. Her many roles at B&R included directing global marketing and public relations. She's since started Gray & Co., applying her in-depth knowledge and personal experience to create custom high-end active journeys around the world with the best global array of hotels, resorts, villas, events, guides, tour operators and industry consortia.
John Grossmann has written about food and travel for The Art of Eating, Departures, Eating Well, Gourmet, Cigar Aficionado, Saveur, and SKY. He was a finalist in the food journalist category of the 2010 Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards. He is the co-author, with acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, of the book One Square Inch of Silence, (Free Press).
Michaela Guzy is the founder and chief content creator of the travel, food and philanthropic content site OhThePeopleYouMeet. Michaela also is the producer, writer and host of the original travel web video series Michaela's Map, which has been featured on Everett Potter, The Daily Meal, OTPYM channels, CTV/Associated Press World News and YahooTravel. Michaela is often asked to speak as an industry expert at conferences such as International Luxury Travel Market, the Adventure Travel Trade Association and Travel+SocialGood. In her former corporate life, Michaela served as the VP/Global Travel and Strategic Development for American Express Publishing. Follow her journey on Instagram @Michaelaguzy and @OTPYM, Facebook: OhThePeopleYouMeet and Link with her on LinkedIn Michaela Guzy.
Linda Hayes is an Aspen-based freelancer who writes about culinary travel, architecture/design and the luxury lifestyle. She has been a long-time contributor to Luxe Interiors & Design, SKI, Association News, Aspen Magazine, Mountain Living, Stratos, genconnect.com and gardenstotables.com, and has written for Western Interiors, Elle Deco, Hemispheres, Hawaiian Style, Robb Report and others. When she's not on the road, Linda makes her home in an architect-designed, modern straw bale house with elk and deer for neighbors. She lives with her husband, Kelly J. Hayes (a wine writer and spotter for NBC's Sunday Night Football), a black Labrador named Vino and a sourdough starter named Rosemary.
Rob Holmes is Founder and Chief Strategist at GLP Films, the leading content marketing agency dedicated to authentic storytelling and digital content strategy within the travel industry. Rob has a diverse background in multimedia production, storytelling, sustainable tourism, conservation, marketing, and entrepreneurship. In his work with GLP Films, Rob has spearheaded partnerships with global travel brands, including National Geographic, UNWTO, leading NGO's, international tourism boards, and numerous media networks. Learn more at www.glpfilms.com or follow on social media at @glpfilms and @robertbholmes.
Sara Hudston is a British writer living in rural Dorset, UK. She contributes to the Guardian newspaper's Country Diary column and writes freelance features for a spread of magazines and newspapers. A member of the Society of Authors, she has written books on art, the Victorian theatre and islands. She is also a freelance editor at Little Toller Books, an independent UK publisher specialising in nature writing. See her website www.sarahudston.co.uk
Steve Jermanok Working as a columnist for National Geographic Adventure, contributing editor at Budget Travel, and regular contributor for The Boston Globe, Men's Journal, and Yankee Magazine, Steve Jermanok has written more than 1500 articles on 80 countries. He's also authored or co-authored 11 books, including Outside Magazine's Adventure Guide to New England and Men's Journal's The Great Life. With his wife, Lisa Leavitt, Steve launched a boutique travel agency, ActiveTravels.com, in May 2012. His clientele includes many people in the travel business, including Steve Kaufer, founder of TripAdvisor (designed his honeymoon to Turkey), and Mark Snider, owner of The Winnetu Resort on Martha's Vineyard and The Nantucket Hotel on Nantucket. You can follow him @ActiveTravels
Evelyn Kanter is a journalist with more than two decades experience as a newspaper and magazine writer, radio & TV news producer & reporter, and guidebook and smartphone app author – all focusing on travel, automotive, the environment and your rights as a consumer. Visit ecoXplorer
The author of five books, Ruth J. Katz was the style/travel editor of Promenade magazine for eight years. She has written extensively for both The New York Times and New York magazine and has served as an editor or contributing editor at numerous magazines, including Redbook, Classic Home, Golf Connoisseur, and The Modern Estate. She has visited over 80 countries (and counting).
Mary Alice Kellogg, a New York-based writer and editor, is a recipient of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award for Consumer Reporting. A contributor to many national publications, including Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, Bon Appetit and GQ, she has reported from 120 countries and five of the seven seas to date… and counting.Visit MaryAlicekellogg.com
Michael Kiefer is an award-winning journalist, formerly of The Arizona Republic and The USA Today Network. He has mostly covered crime and punishment, but he's also reported extensively from Europe and North and South America and has written for dozens of magazines including Playboy, Esquire, Self and Outside, where he was an associate editor. He is the author of six books, including Into Umbria.
Laura Knudson is Marketing Director and Associate Producer for GLP Films. She has developed strategic marketing and distribution campaigns for travel industry clients across the USA and globally, and established successful partnerships with media publications, NGO's and travel brands. Laura is a writer, editor, and content specialist focused on strategic storytelling and video production. See her work at www.glpfilms.com or follow on social media at #travelunscripted and @lauramknudson.
Marc Kristal is an architecture, design and travel writer. Kristal, a contributing editor of Dwell and a former editor of AIA/J, and has written for The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Wallpaper, Surface, and numerous other publications. In 2003, he curated the exhibition 'Absence Into Presence: The Art, Architecture and Design of Remembrance' at Parsons School of Design, and in 2009 he was part of the project team that created the award-winning Greenwich South planning study for the Alliance for Downtown New York. His books include Re:Crafted: Interpretations of Craft in Contemporary Architecture and Interiors (2010) and Immaterial World: Transparency in Architecture (2011), both from The Monacelli Press. Also a screenwriter, Kristal wrote the film Torn Apart. He lives in New York.
Rochelle Lash is a career newspaper and magazine editor/writer in lifestyles and news. She has written about travel for the Montreal Gazette/Postmedia Group, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Robb Report, The New York Times and Town & Country. A Montrealer, she has an M.A., in Journalism from Univ. of Missouri, Brad Pitt's alma mater (he dropped out). When not traveling, she is skiing, cycling, paddle-boarding and reading. rochelle@rochellelash.com
Bobbie Leigh has written for many national publications including The Wall Street Journal, Travel & Leisure, and Departures. Currently she is a New York correspondent for Art & Antiques.
Alexander Lobrano grew up in Connecticut, and lived in Boston, New York and London before moving to Paris, his home today, in 1986. He has written about food and travel for The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Saveur, Travel & Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler. He is the author of Hungry for Paris: The Ultimate Guide to the City's 109 Best Restaurants (Random House), which was published in a second edition in 2014, and is a Contributing Editor at Saveur Magazine. His latest book, Hungry for France, was published by Rizzoli in April 2014. Visit his website, www.alexanderlobrano.com (Photo by Steven Rothfeld).
For more than twenty years, Julie Maris/Semel has photographed adventure travel. Her work features people, landscapes, and wildlife from Asia to the Arctic. As a photojournalist, she has produced articles for national tourist boards and editorial clients. Her images have appeared in magazines and on Nikon's website and reflect the challenges of capturing the brief second between subject and camera, as well as the quality of light and color.www.juliemarissemel.com
Mark McCall Dublin-born Mark is a London based award winning professional photographer with over thirty years experience. He travels extensively in the UK, Ireland and internationally on assignment. Portrait photography is his speciality with subjects captured as diverse as Rebecca Miller, Daniel Day Lewis, Alek Wek, Margaret Atwood & Sir. Michael Gambon. Visit his website Mark McCall Photographs People
PJ McCarthy Originally from West Cork in Ireland, PJ McCarthy lives in Sussex England. A designer, consultant and writer he is currently working on a collection of short stories.
Kim D. McHugh has written about travel, snow sports, hotels, local restaurants and chefs, architecture and interesting people since 1986. A former associate editor at Rocky Mountain Golf magazine, the Lowell Thomas award-winning freelance writer is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America. Based in Colorado, he enjoys sharing those "I-didn't-know-that" revelations with readers in articles that have appeared in the San Francisco Examiner, the Denver Post, SKI, Hemispheres, 5280, Luxury Golf & Travel, Colorado Expression, Tastes of Italia, Vail/Beaver Creek and Colorado AvidGolfer.
Jeanne Muchnick covers Food & Dining for The Journal News/lohud in Westchester County, New York. The former Travel Editor of Woman's World Magazine, she's also written for The New York Times, Endless Vacation, FamilyFun, Parents, and Westchester Magazine. She's also the author of Dinner For Busy Moms and loves food as much as she loves travel. Follow her on Instagram at @jeannemuchnick.
Effin Older is an author, writer, photographer, editor, videographer and app-creator.
Jules Older: PhD, psychologist, medical educator, writer, editor, app creator, videographer, ePublisher. Big awards, big adventures, big fun.
Award-winning travel journalist Larry Olmsted is the author of "Real Food, Fake Food." He is a Contributing Editor to Cigar Aficionado Magazine and "The Great Life" columnist for Forbes.com.
Josephine Parr is a freelance writer who is passionate about adventure travel, ethnic food, and a good glass of red wine. She has been published in The New York Times, AFAR magazine, Travel Age West, Town & Country, Runner's World and other publications. She lives in New York City.
Tom Passavant is a former editor-in-chief of Diversion magazine. Now a freelance travel and food writer based in Colorado and Hawaii, his work has appeared in Aspen Magazine, Gourmet, Four Seasons Magazine, Town & Country Travel, ForbesTraveler.com, Ski, Powder, Luxury Living, and many other places. He is the co-author of "Playboy's Guide to Ultimate Skiing." A former president of the New York Travel Writers Association, Passavant has won a Lowell Thomas Award for his travel writing and has served as judge for the James Beard Journalism Awards. See more of Tom's work at TomPassavant.com.
Jeff Ryan, a Maine-based author, speaker and photographer, has a contagious passion for exploring the outdoors, particularly on foot. Jeff has hiked thousands of miles including his first "trip of a lifetime", a 6 1/2 month hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. In 1985, Jeff began "section hiking" the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend (a journey that would take 28 years to complete and culminated in his first book, Appalachian Odyssey: A 28-year Hike on America's Trail ).
Catherine Sabino has worked for magazines in Italy and the US, and was editor-in-chief of Forbes Special Interest Publications, Gotham Magazine and Four Seasons Magazine, a travel and lifestyle publication. In addition to living and going to school in Italy, she has written two books on Italian design, published by Crown/Clarkson Potter, and has produced features from many regions in Italy and countries in Europe. Her focus is on travel in Italy and Western Europe.
Kim Brown Seely is a contributing editor at Virtuoso Life magazine and 2016 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year. She has written about far-flung places for National Geographic Adventure, Travel & Leisure, Town & Country, Outside, Coastal Living, and Sunset. When she's not on the road she divides her time between Seattle, Washington, and Hailey, Idaho, and can be found at kimbrownseely.com.
Julie Snyder lives in Portland, Oregon. As a writer, editor and publisher, she's contributed to a variety of lifestyle, in-flight and travel publications, and produced award-winning catalogs for Backroads travel company. Among her passions are animal welfare, walking, travel and the Green Bay Packers.
Christopher Solomon is a contributing editor at Outside magazine and Runner's World. His work has appeared in "The Best American Travel Writing" anthology and will appear this fall in "The Best American Sports Writing."
Beverly Stephen, the former executive editor of Food Arts magazine, is a principal of the culinary travel company Flavor Forays.
Stevenson Swanson is a New York-based writer and editor. A former national correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, he has written about the environment, science, international affairs, culture, travel, and business, among other subjects.
Gerrie Summers Gerrie Summers is a New York based freelance writer and has been writing professionally for several years in the areas of entertainment, beauty, lifestyle, travel and wellness. She is currently the Style Editor for New York Lifestyles Magazine where she also writes about wellness and travel, and a regular contributor to Real Health magazine and Sisters from AARP. Her travel features have appeared in Luxury Living Magazine, Foxnews.com, Trip Savvy, For the Bride and Today's Black Woman. She also writes the blogs SummersRetreat and The Tranquil Traveler.
Mark Thompson. A member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and New York Travel Writers (NYTW), Mark Thompson is an editor, journalist, and photographer whose work appears in various periodicals, including Travel Weekly, Metrosource, HuffPost, OutThere, OutTraveler, and MRNY. The author of the novels Wolfchild (2000) and My Hawaiian Penthouse (2007), Mark has been awarded fellowships and residencies at various artists' colonies, including The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center. He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies.
William Triplett is the former DC bureau chief for Variety. Triplett has written about various destinations, from Scotland's Inverness and Paris's Pere Lachaise Cemetery to Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon and the Beatles' old haunts in Hamburg. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Baltimore Sun,and Capital Style.
Gary Walther, the former editor-in-chief of Departures and ForbesLife, now writes "The Hotel Detective" column on Forbes.com
Richard West spent nine years as a writer and senior editor at Texas Monthly before moving to New York to write for New York and Newsweek. Since then, he's had a distinguished career as a freelance writer. West was awarded the National Magazine Award for Reporting in 1980 and is a member of Texas Arts & Letters. He lives in Amsterdam.
Ed Wetschler is Caribbean Editor of Recommend magazine and Executive Editor of Tripatini. He has written for The New York Times, Delta Sky, Frommers, Gadling, bank magazines, and other print and new media. He is a past chair of the Northeast Chapter of SATW and former editor-in-chief of Diversion magazine who can navigate Greenwich Village without a GPS. In a previous life he played backup piano for Jay and the Americans as well as The Toys, whom he considers the consummate interpreters of Mozart.
David McKay Wilson, a veteran journalist who lives in New York's Hudson Valley, is an avid cyclist, skier and swing dancer. His travel writing has taken him around the world, with his work appearing in The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hartford Courant, and several Gannett daily newspapers.
Neil Wolkodoff, PhD, is a Sport Scientist in Denver, Colorado who has worked with golfers over the last 15 years. During the rare free times, he travels to exotic golf destinations to see how golf, culture, cigars and local geography mix in different locales. He has penned articles for Colorado Avid Golfer, Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. In his travels, he has golfed with royalty, tour professionals, the local duffer, and the occasional goat. See his work at travelandgolf.info.


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Sanam Luang now packed with hundreds of thousands of mourners coming with one heart for the beloved Great King
Sanam Luang, the huge open field in front of the Grand Palace where all Thais from across the country are heading to, is slowly narrowed down with the influx of human wave coming with one same heart to sing the Royal Anthem together to pay tribute to their late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at 1.00 pm.
The open field is capable of holding 100,000 persons.
But by noon today the large open field has no space left for late comers as mourners have occupied the place since late last night.
More and more people are on their ways to Sanam Luang with all roads in the vicinities fully occupied.
All trains and buses coming from upcountry today were packed with mourners in black clothes.
The government has arranged shuttle buses at several locations in Bangkok outskirts and at Bangkok Railway Station to take all of them into Sanam Luang to join in the historic singing for the late King.
According to government spokesman and acting director-general of the Public Relations Department, Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd, the mass singing of the Royal Anthem will be broadcast live on NBT Channel.
He said the live broadcast is aimed to share the heartfelt moment to those unable to travel to the crowded Sanam Luang on the day.
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He made clear that since the event today is not a royal ceremony, other channels may broadcast the event but it is not mandatory to do so.
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The Trump baby blimp is coming to Ireland for the visit of US president Donald Trump in November.
The organisers of the original blimp said they will "definitely" be bringing it to Ireland for President Trump's visit and are working with several groups to decide how, and where, it will be used.
"We have had expressions of interest from a number of different groups and we have yet to say conclusively who we will work with," said Kevin Smith who calls himself one of the Trump "babysitters".
The orange blimp features Mr Trump as a crybaby and wearing a nappy. The €10,000, 6m-high installation was crowdfunded and massively oversubscribed. It flew in Parliament Square during the president's visit to the United Kingdom in July.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, who is one of the organisers of the Irish protests, said the blimp will be part of a programme of events around the Trump visit.
He said the protests aimed to do something visually striking that will convey to the American television networks that Irish people do not want Mr Trump visiting Ireland. Mr Ryan said the protests may include a nighttime candlelit vigil in Dublin and will have an "Irish twist".
Mr Ryan said it is unlikely there will be any protests outside Mr Trump's resort in Doonbeg where the president is expected to make a private visit.
However, he said he would like to do something at Daniel O'Connell's statue in Ennis. "I think it is that tradition. We have that tradition of mass rallies going back to the 19th century," he said.
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Q: Help with computing Galois group of $x^4 - 3$. Let $f(x) = x^4 - 3$. I believe $Gal(f(x)) = Gal(\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{3}, i)/\mathbb{Q})$, and then we have
$$\sigma_1 =
          \begin{cases}
          \sqrt[4]{3} \rightarrow \zeta^n\sqrt[4]{3}, n = 0,1,2,3\\
          i \rightarrow i
          \end{cases},$$
and complex conjugation as another automorphism. Then our group is of order 8? How do I determine where $\sigma_1$ takes $\zeta$? And does that help me determine the group? I'm not sure how to handle it from here.
Thanks!

A: Well note that first we need to extend into $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{3})$ so that we write
$$
x^4-3 = (x^2 - \sqrt{3})(x^2 + \sqrt{3})
$$
and then we need to extend into $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{3},\sqrt[4]{3}) = \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{3})$ since
$$
(x^2 - \sqrt{3})(x^2 + \sqrt{3}) = (x - \sqrt[4]{3})(x + \sqrt[4]{3})(x^2 + \sqrt{3})
$$
Now if for the sake of seeing where to extend to next, let's work in $\mathbb{C}$ and use the quadratic formula to find the linear factors of $x^2 + \sqrt{3}$:
$$
x_0 = \frac{\pm\sqrt{-4\sqrt{3}}}{2} = \pm i \sqrt[4]{3}
$$
so clearly we need to extend into $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{3},i)$.
Now note that this is a separable polynomial (since in it's splitting field there are no repeated roots). This tells us that, denoting $E$ the extension field and $F$ the base field we have
$$
\left| \mathrm{Gal}(E/F) \right| = [E : F]
$$
Since for this polynomial $E = \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{3},i), F = \mathbb{Q}$ and we have
$$
[\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{3}) : \mathbb{Q}] = 4, [\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{3},i) : \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{3})] = 2 \implies [\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{3},i) : \mathbb{Q}] = 8
$$
Now an explanation for these above equalities would be needed for a valid proof, I'll leave that to you, but a hint would be to think of the minimal polynomials of the elements that are being adjoined.
So now we know that the size of $\mathrm{Gal}(\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{3},i) / \mathbb{Q})$ is $8$.
Now for the automorphisms, note that $i \to \pm i$ so you automatically have two automorphisms. Now we have that $\sqrt[4]{3}$ can be sent to any other fourth root of $3$. So since there are four choices for our roots, and two choices for $i$ we have our $8$ automorphisms. Note that defining the automorphisms for just $i$ and $\sqrt[4]{3}$ are sufficient for defining the entire automorphisms (why?). These automorphisms are as follow:
$$
\begin{pmatrix} 3^{1 / 4} \to 3^{1 / 4} \\ i \to i \end{pmatrix}
\begin{pmatrix} 3^{1 / 4} \to i3^{1 / 4} \\ i \to i \end{pmatrix}
\begin{pmatrix} 3^{1 / 4} \to -3^{1 / 4} \\ i \to i \end{pmatrix}
\begin{pmatrix} 3^{1 / 4} \to -i3^{1 / 4} \\ i \to i \end{pmatrix} \\
\begin{pmatrix} 3^{1 / 4} \to 3^{1 / 4} \\ i \to -i \end{pmatrix}
\begin{pmatrix} 3^{1 / 4} \to i3^{1 / 4} \\ i \to -i \end{pmatrix}
\begin{pmatrix} 3^{1 / 4} \to -3^{1 / 4} \\ i \to -i \end{pmatrix}
\begin{pmatrix} 3^{1 / 4} \to -i3^{1 / 4} \\ i \to -i \end{pmatrix} \\
$$
I hope this helps you understand how to determine the group. I usually find the size of the group to see how many elements I need to look for. Next I would think about where the adjoined elements can go. From there we can create any possible automorphism.
Also another comment: If you put $s = \begin{pmatrix} \sqrt[4]{3} \to i\sqrt[4]{3} \\ i \to -i \end{pmatrix}, r = \begin{pmatrix} \sqrt[4]{3} \to i\sqrt[4]{3} \\ i \to i \end{pmatrix}$ we see that this group is isomorphic to $D_4$!

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Q: Fuzzy search and fail trying to create an entity in Orion Does the new version (0.24) of Orion let fuzzy search (approximate string search) over entities properties?
In addition, I tried to create an entity with an empty string, but althought the server is returning a 201 code, the entity is not created.
//url to create entity (POST)
http://some.ip:port/v2/entities
//payload:
{
  "type": "Test",
  "id": "Test.1",
  "nombre": ""
}
//reponse
code 201

//url to list entities (GET)
http://some.ip:port/v2/entities?type=Test
//response
[]

A: This case doesn't work in Orion 0.24.0 due to a bug that has been recently solved in the develop branch. The fix will be available in the version next to 0.24.0, either 0.24.1 or 0.25.0 (number not yet decided at the moment of writting this) by the end of september 2015.

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The Evolutionary Basis of Religious Conflicts
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Religions are psychological units in humankind that form in order to devise a way of propagating humanity generation after generation. Religions have arrived independently in different regions of the world and have led to the proliferation of the human species worldwide. They are all different and evolved in their locations in accordance with local needs and circumstances. When these peoples come together however through passive migration or colonisation the differences between how the groups live cause conflicts. That is very natural.
Religions and philosophies are human constructs some facilitated by God through divine inspiration. Although vast sections of humanity live under the umbrella of certain religions they do shift and change their religious beliefs to varying extents depending on the strength of the religion. This is because the individual is guided by guna-consciousness and evolution takes place under it as described here: http://dispersalofhumanityfromhomoegaster.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/the-characteristics-of-human-evolution-through-consciousness/. Thus, all human beings belonging to a particular religion do not behave in the same way in their day to day lives and do not conform to the philosophy prescribed by the religion. Only their macro actions are religious in nature.
The strength of a religion is its ability to survive these associations between religions when people end up living in the same geographic area. When humans of different religious persuasions come together, there is competition that takes place between them as to which group will survive in the long term. The weaker philosophy disappears in the course of time and the stronger one survives. That is evolution as it affects the human species.
Most major world religions have holy books written for the people to follow. It is a form of coercion and mental slavery to get people to conform to the goals of the religion. This has been permitted and tolerated by God because God wished a quick way of humans multiplying so that they occupied the whole Earth. The religions ensured that humanity proliferated and spread throughout the world. Today we have 7 billion people on Earth as a consequence. That was God's plan. But as people multiplied and had to migrate and find niches for themselves the units of religious groups had to adapt within themselves and interact with other beliefs. Thus, even within Islam different sects fight each other and kill in vast numbers to assert themselves. Some like the United Kingdom developed multiculturalism instead of coercing the entire population to live according to fixed principles in a single homogenous religious or non-religious culture. Is this sustainable? I believe not as seen in the rise of the Engish Defence League, the British National Party and now the United Kingdom Independence Party. People living in a particular geographical area will eventually live to a common culture for they have to reproduce and produce the next generation with or without marriage. One or the other groups will have to dominate or a new grouping will emerge.
Religions are not cast in stone for their persistence through all eras of humanity. They serve purposes in time and place according to God's vision. We have now entered an era where individual religions are being increasingly compared and scrutinised publicly. When we approach the optimal world population in a globalised world community the question will arise as to which religion is appropriate in which part of the world or for the entire global population. Has Buddhism got the legs to take the world into that era where nations are going to be judged on how humane they are and demonic states will be marginalised out through sanctions and wars? Some in western nations are now describing themselves as a Judaeo-Christian grouping? Will it survive the Islamic onslaught from its migrant Muslim populations? Islam is a proactive religio-culture that seeks world domination through civil war if necessary to impose itself on society while Christianity is more meek and altruistic. How will these nations adjust? Or will Sikhism or Hinduism or some other new religion come to the fore in western countries?
Hinduism has something very important to tell humanity. It does not go by any particular holy book because it encourages individual thought and analysis. That is why Speakingtree.in has come about where people share their knowledge and experiences. That is how Hinduism has prospered and propagated itself though time immemorial: from writings and discussions of people who have truly experienced life. They talk and write about self-improvement through yoga, a central aspect of Hinduism being that it is never too late to improve oneself from learning and experiencing truth. I have used the term satya-advaita to describe this as truth accommodation: to learn what is good for oneself and society and change oneself to optimise oneself to perform the role that one is able in society within the framework of the acceptance of reality. This is actually the 'dharma' that Hinduism instills. As has been written Dharmo rakshati rakshita: if you practice dharma dharma looks after you as an individual. It draws on traditional Hindu beliefs. Hinduism is a secular religion that is tolerant of other belief systems so allows multiculturalism in that it appreciates that it is not the business of secularism to prevent or curtail the expression of any faith, no matter how extreme it is perceived to be: this is the idea of the acceptance of reality. It has therefore been described as a way of life, rather than a religion. Will Hindus change their outlook and practices in the future? – there is nothing indicating that this could happen for it is perfection of living in my opinion.
Apart from religious groupings humans are now contained within nation states. With globalisation in the internet age the period of diverse religious faiths will come to an end as human values become more homogenous. The question that will emerge for the globalised world in which global population has got to be just maintained at the planet's sustainable level rather than be allowed to increase will be which nations practice what kinds of government and nationhood and whether eventually the global human population will follow a single popular religion whatever it might be. Nation states may be run on the basis of religions as Islamic states are or they can be run to a different criteria in which humans are living for cultural interaction with each other. The latter allows freedom to the individual and so is more humanistic. Nationhood requires people to describe themselves as a nation of human beings interacting socially with each other and not according to their religious beliefs to meet obligations and compulsions of God service. The basis of this nationhood is economic and cultural development in terms of values that are important to the people of a given region whose needs are assessed and met. Within it, it is more desirable that people have a choice on what religions beliefs they hold and practice within the limits of the nationhood that is declared in the state's Constitution. India should not be a Hindu state any more than other nations should be an Islamic state or Jewish or Christian or Buddhist state. But it is for each nation to determine its own future. Through this interaction of religion and the state the future of humanity will play itself out in the course of time.