My name is Eric Satre, Tourism Director, with the Inver Grove Heights Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB). I'm new to this role but I live in South St. Paul so I'm familiar with the south metro area.
Pop quiz: What Minnesota industry generates $15 billion in gross annual sales, $969 million in state sales taxes, and employs 265,000 workers?
Answer: If you said the leisure and hospitality industry, you are correct!
Within the industry's travel and tourism sector is the Convention & Visitor Bureau (CVB). Cities across the country, and the globe, have a CVB to promote tourism. In large downtown areas, CVBs usually operate independently from a chamber of commerce, while smaller cities such as Inver Grove Heights co-exist with a chamber, in this case, the River Heights Chamber of Commerce.
The CVB mission is: To market and promote Inver Grove Heights to visitors; to maintain and stimulate the community's economic vitality.
Quite simply, when visitors stay in a city, visitors spend money and the entire city benefits. When we share our story and invite leisure and group travelers to experience our city, impact on the local economy is able to grow. A CVB is at the forefront of those efforts.
Prior to joining Inver Grove Heights CVB in January, I spent the previous 11+ years at Visit Saint Paul in downtown St. Paul. Working in the sales department, my job was to secure conventions at Saint Paul RiverCentre and hotels. I accepted the position as Tourism Director because I'm invested in the south metro and I see a lot of potential for tourism growth. Our community has a lot to offer, we just have to share it.
In doing so, it's important to think about our identity as a tourist destination and how we can strategically market our city. What makes us unique? What are our strengths as a visitor destination? Why would someone choose to stay in the south metro versus another area of the Twin Cities?
We have resources available to communicate our message. The VisitIGH.com CVB website is a great resource for all things Inver Grove Heights. I'm also building up our social media presence. Side note: have you liked our Facebook page yet? I'll be compiling a centralized event listing, from special events at Veterans Memorial Community Center to Inver Grove Heights Days, to serve as a one-stop-shop for things to do.
Another great resource is the CVB visitor guide, which is available in both print and digital format. The visitor guide is a FREE brochure highlighting hotels, attractions, golf courses, restaurants, and things to do. Visit the website to request your copy.
Additionally, the CVB markets the city for group travel whether we're hosting the event or we're providing a hotel room block for an event nearby. One example is the Ice Sports Industry (ISI) 2019 Synchronized Championships at Doug Woog Arena on April 12-13. The Inver Grove Heights CVB, Eagan CVB, and City of South St. Paul partnered together to secure this event that will draw 600 competitive skaters from 10 states. Shameless plug—we invite you to check out Saturday's competition, admission is FREE! Visit www.skateisi.org (National Competitions page) for the event schedule.
Finally, here is my call to action. Engage in local events wherever you live and help tell the story of your community. Take advantage of local options—restaurants, shopping, hotels, attractions, parks and trails, educational events, sporting events, and event facilities (birthdays, reunions, wedding receptions, corporate meetings, etc.). Keep the CVB in mind for resources too and share your experiences with us on social media @VisitIGH.
Inver Grove Heights is a city neighboring the Mississippi River, boasting robust parks and trails, family-friendly activities and events, unique venues and quality hotel accommodations at an affordable price. Just minutes from downtown Saint Paul, Mall of America® and Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) International Airport, Inver Grove Heights is closer than you think!


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Metering of customers is considered good practice. It allows customers the opportunity to influence their water bills, and provides utilities with tools and information to allow them to better manage their systems.
The indicators provide two separate perspectives on the issue, both of which are relevant in their own right. Taken together the indicators provide insights into the effectiveness of a metering installation strategy (the ratio of indicator (7.2)/(7.1) indicates the extent to which a utility is targeting large water users as the highest priority).


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The beginners commence gradually in groups with a maximum of 3 students, with calm and reliable horses suitable for even the most timid of students.
The middle level gains a solid base for mounting a horse with particular attention to the disposition of the rider, to working on the flat and slopes to the technical characteristics.
The advanced level practices the balance technique on the horse and refinement by helping the rider whether it is jumping, in handling and in the countryside, and that of dressage.
For those more expert it is possible to opt for individual lessons, but given the care with which we follow our students, these are considered for only those who really have an advanced level.
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Al has been participating in the Winter Trail Ambassador Program for the last 3 years since the program's inception. He is an avid XC skier and regularly patrols Game Creek, Nelson/Putt-Putt Trail and Cache Creek Areas. Al has lived in Jackson Hole for 45 years. He worked for 8 seasons as a park ranger in GTNP and then was employed for 35 years by Teton County, the majority of it as the parks superintendent for the Teton County/Jackson Parks and Rec. Dept., retiring in the spring of 2014.
When Al was asked why he became a Winter Trail Ambassador he explained: "When I was with the Parks and Rec. Dept. we used to groom snowmobile trails for the State of Wyoming. One of the trails I groomed was Cache Creek up to Noker Mine Draw. Later on, I managed the department's winter trail grooming program for many years. Because of this history I have a special attachment to these trails and wish to have a hand in their stewardship.
I continue to be an ambassador because I think the program is making a positive impact on the user's experience despite increasing numbers of users. Additionally, since winter is my favorite season being a winter trail ambassador fits with my passion not only to ski Cache and Game Creeks but also to ski tour around the valley while at the same time giving back, in a small way, to the community that has given so much to me. In my role as an ambassador I enjoy talking with folks out on the trails. When asked what the most rewarding and most challenging aspects of the ambassador program are, Al said; "I find it most rewarding that the presence of ambassadors out on the trails contributes to maintaining the environmental quality of these two drainages and, by making positive trail user contacts, helps to educate users on trail etiquette and the importance of protecting wildlife when we are in such close proximity to these animals on their critical winter range".
Finally, Al shared that the program can continue to be improved by further providing awareness and education to users of these special places through effective signage, public service announcements and social media outlets.


With our money-oriented approach towards life, our necessities are increasing day by day and so far the prices of necessary commodities including medicines and cosmetics. We have developed a tendency to take medical treatment for the least case of illness and ignoring the available home remedies.
Unfortunately, we have always underestimated the power of simple and natural home remedies that are not only effective but do not cause any side effects as well. Fortunately, the outlook is now changing, and people are resorting to home remedies for maintaining their beauty and health.
Fact is that growing financial system is also a contributing factor to the rise in popularity of the natural remedies, as most of the remedial ingredients are right in your kitchen. Home remedies are not a simple fashion, but have been discovered through years of research, and hence, shouldn't be used at random without proper knowledge. Home remedies valve the potential of various natural substances like fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs and condiments, which are easily available in home and make optimum use of their curing and healing capacities. Home remedies are gentle and cause no side effects, and most important of all- they are reasonable.
Natural home remedies also help in strengthen the immune system and maintain overall health of body.
As above mentioned natural remedies work wonderfully for maintaining health and beauty also. On the other hand, health and beauty are interconnected and many times remedies for one show beneficial for the other. Other situation in which these natural remedies can be effectively used are- treating bee stings (an injury caused by the venom of bees), skin rashes, scars, shoe bites, etc.
Home remedies give a variety of health benefits and cures. There are simple home remedies that include consuming certain foods while other remedies include preparing various infusions and concoctions, extracting juices for consumption and at times preparing pastes or pasting. Sometimes, the healing process includes boiling of herbs or other chosen ingredients and mouthful of air of the vapor.


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'Italy is also close to the end'
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John Ioannides at the Bologna Festival of Medical Sciences, in the live broadcast with an intervention entitled "Lessons in Epidemiology at the End of the Epidemic". The Stanford University epidemiologist, one of the world's most important scientists, acknowledges: "Projections about Covid are often wrong, but some countries are closer to the end than others, such as Italy and the most vaccinated countries. And soon we will have more protection from Covid than the flu."
The errors are also caused by "often insufficient data, lack of transparency combined with experience and knowledge, but we are getting better," said Ioannidis, convinced that we are on the verge of endemicity: "Italy has excellent vaccination rates, especially with regard to that over 65 groups, It is the group most at risk of severe consequences."
Risk grading is one of the concepts that Ionides focuses on the most: "There are age groups that display a risk difference 10,000 times greater than younger groups, such as children. The disease fatality rate is very variable: if the average is 0.15 percent, we rise to 0.4% in Europe, where the population is on average older, to fall to less than 0.1% in Africa.So, in order to secure the most vulnerable, from the elderly to the sick, it is an essential duty, if we want Work on the horizon of precision medicine.
On vaccines: "It was a very important achievement, even on a psychological level because it finally showed us a possible end to the epidemic. Today we are 40% of the world's population immunized, I doubt we will be able to reach 70% in the short term, but vaccines can lead us To an endemic state in which we risk less infection with SARS-CoV-2 than influenza, provided, of course, that no new mutations occur."
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Difficulties in keeping the epidemic under control are related to the role of asymptomatic "invisible" virus carriers. "Even if – says Ioannidis – strict measures, such as lockdowns of entire countries, have not led to significant improvements, while, for example, stopping major events has proven effective." Iannidis also cites two randomized trials he conducted on the usefulness of masks: "Their use leads to a 10% reduction in risk, which is not very important." In addition, Ioannidis highlights the potential secondary consequences of Covid: "There is no doubt that the epidemic has been a crash test for the health of health systems, especially those that have experienced cuts in recent years, like yours in Italy. It also indirectly led to an increase in Deaths under the age of 75 attributable to deficiencies in the health system." But surely, Covid gave a lesson: "If we are able to act with the same iron fist even with regard to other avoidable deaths, we can, for example, save many more deaths related to smoking. There is a lot to do in terms of education, health and prevention." On closing schools: "It was a wrong choice, given the devastating impact on the well-being of children and their families."
John Ioannidis: Professor of Medicine, Health Research, Policy, and Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University School of Medicine and Professor of Statistics in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University
John Pa Ionidis is Professor of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Professor of Biometric Data Science in the School of Medicine, Professor of Statistics in the College of Humanities and Sciences, and Co-Director of the Stanford Meta Research Innovation Center (METRICS) of Stanford University. He is also the Director of the Center for Meta-Research Innovation in Berlin (METRIC B).
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Here are the nominees for the 2019 Golden Globe Awards
Katie Rife
PublishedDecember 6, 2018
So who are the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, anyway? A topic to ponder another time, as this morning, just one day after announcing hosts Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh (who's now both a host and nominee, thanks to Killing Eve) for this year's ceremony, the HFPA unrolled its list of nominees for the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the traditional, ungodly hour of 5:10 a.m. PT.
Leading this year's nominees in the TV realm is The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, which walked away with six nominations; it's matched in the film arena by Vice, which also scored six nominations. Adam McKay's satirical look at the life and career of Dick Cheney is closely followed by The Favourite—whose core trio of Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz were all nominated—as well as A Star Is Born and Green Book. All of those got five nominations each.
In terms of surprises, we're tickled to see Billy Porter honored for his wonderful work on Pose and Elsie Fisher nominated for her wise-beyond-her-years performance in Eighth Grade, even if she has basically zero chance of winning. And the HFPA's comedy/drama binary continues to divide dramedies in interesting ways, as BlackKklansman was nominated for Best Drama (which, it should be noted, is how director Spike Lee and star John David Washington categorize the film) and Green Book for Best Comedy.
Congratulations to all awakened by a celebratory phone call, and to all whose slumber remains undisturbed by show-business ambition. The 2019 Golden Globe Awards will air live on January 6 on NBC.
Best Actress In A TV Movie Or Limited Series
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
Patricia Arquette, Escape From Dannemora
Connie Britton, Dirty John
Laura Dern, The Tale
Regina King, 7 Seconds
Best TV, Musical Or Comedy
The Kominsky Method
Never Look Away
Best TV Movie Or Limited Series
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Best Supporting Actor In A Series, Limited Series, Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Édgar Ramírez, American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Henry Winkler, Barry
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam McKay, Vice
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Best Actor In A Series, Limited Series, Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Antonio Banderas, Genius
Darren Criss, American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Daniel Brühl, The Alienist
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Best Supporting Actress In A Series, Limited Series, Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Penelope Cruz, American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace
Thandie Newtown, Westworld
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid's Tale
Best Film Score
Best Actress In A TV Series, Comedy Or Musical
Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown
Alison Brie, GLOW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Deborah Messing, Will & Grace
Best Actor In A TV Series, Comedy Or Musical
Sacha Baron Cohen, Who Is America?
Jim Carrey, Kidding
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
Best Animated Feature Film
Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks The Internet
Best Actress, TV Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Julia Roberts, Homecoming
Keri Russell, The Americans
Best Actor, Musical Or Comedy
Christian Bale, Vice
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Robert Redford, The Old Man And The Gun
John C. Reilly, Stan & Ollie
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, BlackKklansman
Best Actor, TV Drama
Stephan James, Homecoming
Richard Madden, Bodyguard
Billy Porter, Pose
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Best Supporting Actor In A Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlackKklansman
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Best Actress, Drama
Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike, A Private War
Best Actress, Comedy Or Musical
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron, Tully
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
Best TV, Drama
Best Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Best Original Song In A Motion Picture
"All The Stars," Black Panther
"Girl In The Movies," Dumplin'
"Requiem For A Private War," A Private War
"Revelation," Boy Erased
"Shallow," A Star Is Born
Best Actor, Drama
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate
Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington, BlackKklansman
If Beale Street Could Talk


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What Is Organic Calcium?
Low-fat yogurt offers high levels of organic calcium.
Organic calcium is derived from plant sources, as compared to calcium derived from minerals such as limestone.
Salmon is high in calcium.
Bananas contain calcium.
Sardines -- a type of small fish in the herring family -- are rich in calcium and other minerals, vitamin D, and omega-3 fatty acids.
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Edited By: E. E. Hubbard
Organic calcium is calcium derived from plant sources such as algae, in comparison to calcium derived from limestone or other mineral sources. Though technically calcium is an inorganic mineral regardless of its source, calcium supplements are based on compounds of calcium, not the pure element. In this regard, ordinary limestone-derived calcium is, in fact, calcium carbonate, and organic calcium is usually calcium phosphate or calcium citrate.
Calcium supplements that are labeled as organic calcium are often in the form of calcium chelates. A chelate is an organic compound with hydrogen bonds that is bound to a metallic ion such as calcium. Though calcium is not often thought of as a metal because of the forms it is seen in as supplements, it is indeed one. A common calcium chelate that is marketed as organic calcium is calcium citrate.
Calcium citrate's benefits are that it is highly soluble and it is absorbed better by the human body than mineral forms of calcium, such as calcium carbonate. The chemical bond in calcium citrate is one of calcium bound to citric acid, another compound considered beneficial to human health. Approximately 21% of the compound is actual calcium.
Other forms of calcium supplements are also marketed, including calcium ascorbate and calcium orotate. These compounds are recommended for people with osteoporosis, a deteriorating bone disorder, or low levels of stomach acid, as a supplement that will build up bone strength quickly. Calcium carbonate must be ionized by the body before it can be absorbed, and this can limit its absorption rate to only about 4% of the total supplement taken for people with low stomach acid levels. If acid levels in the stomach are normal, 22% of calcium carbonate will be absorbed. In contrast to this, people with low stomach acid levels taking organic calcium supplements like calcium ascorbate can absorb 45% of the compound, so it is much more effective.
After the human body absorbs a calcium compound into the bloodstream, it must be used to build up bone structure. With calcium carbonate once again, much of this is instead excreted in urine. More beneficial formulations such as calcium ascorbate also contain vitamin C, which helps increase collagen levels that are required to form bone structure, and it is not as highly excreted in the urine. Many of the organic calcium products on the market are also labeled as pesticide-free calcium sources, which is another important factor to consider when purchasing supplements.
Aside from obtaining calcium in pill form to help build up bones, many organic calcium sources exist in the food supply. Calcium-rich foods at the top of the list include dairy products, such as skim milk, low-fat yogurt, and cottage cheese. Vegetables that are rich in calcium include white and black beans, soy products, and vegetables in the cabbage and broccoli family. Sardines and salmon are also a very high source of calcium.
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Odean Pope (* 24. Oktober 1938 in Ninety Six, South Carolina) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist.

Leben und Wirken
Pope wuchs in Philadelphia auf, wo er die Benjamin Franklin High School besuchte und u. a. bei Benny Golson, Archie Shepp, Ray Bryant und Max Roach studierte und mit Hasaan Ibn Ali probte. Er war auch Schüler von Kenny Clarke in Paris und besuchte die Berklee School of Music in Boston. Er arbeitete in dieser Zeit u. a. mit Jimmy McGriff, McCoy Tyner, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Chet Baker und Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers.

1967–1968 unternahm er mit Max Roach eine Europatournee. Von 1971 bis 1974 leitete er die Gruppe Catalyst, mit der er vier Alben aufnahm. Außerdem war er für Archie Shepp, Grachan Moncur III, Dizzy Gillespie, Grover Washington junior und Reggie Workman tätig. 1977 gründete er den Saxophone Choir, eine Band aus acht Saxophonisten und einer Rhythmusgruppe, mit dem er in den USA, in Deutschland und beim North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland auftrat.

1979 wurde er Mitglied des Max Roach Quartetts, mit dem er sieben Alben einspielte. 1981 gründete er ein Trio mit Gerald Veasley und Cornell Rochester. Sein erstes Album als Bandleader Almost Like Me nahm er 1982 auf. In den 1990er Jahren gründete er mit Tyrone Brown und Mickey Roker (später Craig McIver) ein weiteres Trio. 1991 wurde er von der International Association for Jazz Education ausgezeichnet. Er studierte an der Philadelphia Midway Music School und der Granoff School of Music und wurde Artist in Residence am Community College of Philadelphia, am Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, am Amherst College und an der Philadelphia Performing and Creative Arts High School.

Er trat weiterhin mit Jazzmusikern wie Miles Davis, Clark Terry, Lee Morgan, Elvin Jones, aber auch mit Aretha Franklin oder Stevie Wonder auf.

Diskographie
 Almost Like Me (1982)
 Saxophone Shop (1985)
 Ponderer (1990)
 Out for a Walk (1990)
 Epitome (1993)
 Ninety Six (1996)
 Collective Voices (1996)
 Ebioto (1999)
 Changes & Changes (1999)
 Nothing Is Wrong (2004) (mit Khan Jamal)
 Two Dreams (2004)
 The Misled Children Meet Odean Pope (2008) (mit Misled Children)

Literatur
 Martin Kunzler: Jazz-Lexikon. Band 2: M–Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Bd. 16513). 2. Auflage. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9.

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Q: How to make table that returns average grade of students with button? I have been trying to make a table with names and grades of people, while using a button that when clicked it will calculate the average of all the grades that were put inside the table until then.
first I tried just to sum it but with no sucess.
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My codepen is here

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So far on PintLog, I've tried three beers from the Victory Brewing Company out of Pennsylvania, and I've given them all grades in the "A" range. This makes Victory one of the highest rated breweries on the site, and puts a little pressure on Prima Pils, the next Victory brew up for review.
Heaps of hops give this pale lager a bracing, herbal bite over layers of soft and smooth malt flavor. This refreshing combination of tastes makes Prima a classy quencher in the tradition of the great pilsners of Europe. Dry and delightful, this is an elegant beer.
Will Prima Pils be the fourth Victory brew in a row with an "A" on it's report card? Let's pop it open and see.
Appearance: Exceedingly pale lemony-yellow, hazy body under a generous white head that leaves gorgeous clumpy lacing. A rather pretty presentation.
Aroma: Lemony and earthy hops over a honey malt base. A unique and intriguing profile.
Taste: Crisp lemony hops in charge, with plenty of honey malt in the base. Not particularly bitter, but grassy and slightly minty at times. Well balanced.
Mouthfeel: Medium-light body with crisp carbonation. Dries a little in the finish.
Drinkability: Nice and refreshing, this goes back rather quickly.
Verdict: Prima Pils is a very solid Pilsener and another very solid offering from Victory. Rather unique and quite sessionable, this is well worth a try if you're in the mood for something light. Victory is one of those breweries who can brew great beers from all parts of the spectrum, from this pale Pilsener to Storm King, their Russian Imperial Stout.


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Michael Dunn (Lecturer in Health and Social Care Ethics, The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford) Books
Books by Michael Dunn (Lecturer in Health and Social Care Ethics, The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford)
Tony Hope recently retired as Professor of Medical Ethics at the University of Oxford. He developed the teaching in medical ethics at the University of Oxford and founded the Ethox Centre, a world-class centre in medical ethics research within the medical faculty at Oxford. He is also Emeritus Fellow at St Cross College, Oxford. In addition to over 200 research papers he has co-authored a number of books including a general textbook of medicine, a self-help psychology book, and several books in medical ethics and law. Michael Dunn is a lecturer at the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, where he also acts as the Director of Undergraduate Medical Ethics and Law Education within the Clinical School. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, an Editorial Board member for Ethics and Social Welfare, and a member of both research ethics committees and clinical ethics committees across the UK. Michael has published two co-edited books in addition to being the author of over 50 peer-reviewed papers and chapters in the fields of bioethics, medical, social welfare and family law, and health/social services research.
Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introductionby Michael Dunn (Lecturer in Health and Social Care Ethics, The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford)
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Health Ombudsman highlights systemic failure of former NHS Trust to tackle repeated failings following deaths
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has today (12 June) published a deeply critical report into the deaths of two young men, Matthew Leahy and 'Mr R', at the Linden Centre in Essex. The findings of the report, Missed opportunities: What lessons can be learned from failings at the North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP), has led PHSO to call for a review into the controversial mental health Trust.
The Ombudsman report summarises their new investigations into the care and treatment of two young men, who both died shortly after being admitted into the care of NEP. It points to a systemic failure of the Trust to tackle repeated and critical failings over an "unacceptable period of time", and highlights inadequacies in initial investigations into the deaths.
Matthew was 20 years old when he died on 15 November 2012, whilst under the care of NEP run Linden Centre. The Ombudsman investigation found numerous serious failures in the care provided to Matthew, including that there was no care plan in place, he was not adequately observed, he did not have an allocated keyworker, and that there was an inadequate response when he reported being raped. They also found that record keeping was not robust, paperwork was lost, and that Matthew's care plan was written after his death.
These findings were in stark contrast to the first investigation into Matthew's death, which concluded that the care and treatment was of a good standard. The initial investigation was carried out internally by the NEP in the form of a Serious Incident Report, and informed other subsequent post-death procedures including the inquest. The Ombudsman has branded that investigation "inadequate" and "not robust enough" on the basis that:
It contains inaccurate information about how Matthew's care plan was reviewed.
It lacks credibility because it was written by a member of staff who was later found to have been involved in the falsification of Matthew's care plan.
Matthew's family were not as involved in the investigation as they should have been.
The conclusion stated that overall care was of a good standard, but this did not reflect the critical findings in the content of the report.
The Ombudsman now calls for a review to examine the potential failings by former North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) to address issues of patient safety, stretching back more than a decade. NHS Improvement will be undertaking the review, which will also consider whether there is sufficient evidence for a public inquiry to be held.
The investigation by the Ombudsman comes after years of campaigning by the families of those who have died. The Leahy family have launched a parliamentary petition calling for a full public inquiry, which now has over 3,500 signatures.
Melanie and Michael Leahy, Matthew's parents, said: "It's been a long debilitating seven years to get to this point. The passing of our son Matthew James Leahy has left a void that nothing can fill. Not a day passes when we do not miss him and despair at the thought of how his life was cut short, so needlessly.
The Ombudsman has shown that the serious incident report authored by the Trust after Matthews death, is not fit for purpose. A report that has been used as evidence with the police, the coroner and every investigation to date, into our son's death. Now proving every one of those investigations is flawed and inaccurate.
The call for another review does not impress. Witnesses must be compelled to give evidence under oath. Time is of the essence. Patients continue to die. More paper shuffling just delays necessary changes to be made sooner. Continued failings have eroded public confidence in services and a public Inquiry is the only way to bring it back."
Deborah Coles, Director of INQUEST said: "The Ombudsman's report once again exposes a system of investigation that is fundamentally flawed. This system allowed the North Essex Partnership University NHS Trust to ignore and repeat dangerous practices for over a decade.
If it were not for the dedication and persistence of bereaved families to get to the truth, these failings would never have come to light. It is time that those families are listened to.
A national system of independent investigations into deaths in mental health settings is urgently required, to minimise bias like that identified by the Ombudsman, and move closer to a process which can establish truth and accountability."
For further information, interview requests and photos, please contact Sarah Uncles on 020 7263 1111 or [email protected]
Melanie Leahy, mother of Matthew, has launched a petition calling for a public inquiry into her sons death. Follow the Justice for Matthew Leahy campaign page on Facebook.
The Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) was established on 1 April 2017 following the dissolution of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT).
Since 2004, six inpatients have died by hanging at the Linden Centre, run by North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP).
Denise Gregory died at the Linden Centre run by NEP in 2004. Following her death, written advice was issued by the Trust to the management recommending that wardrobe handles should be integrated into the door and doors should be fitted so that they open both ways with safety hinges.
BM died aged 20 in December 2008 using the wardrobe handles as a ligature point despite the recommendations following Denise's death.
Matthew Leahy died aged 20 in 2012 at the Linden Centre. An inquest into Matthew's death in 2015 had highlighted multiple failings and missed opportunities in his care and the Coroner had recommended the trust to conduct an independent inquiry into Matthew's death.
There was a further self-inflicted death at the Linden Centre in 2012.
John Martin Beecroft, 57, died in February 2015 whilst under the care of NEP at the Linden Centre.
Richard Wade, 30, was found hanging in the Linden Centre in May 2015.
In May 2017, Essex Police launched a corporate manslaughter investigation into series of deaths prompted by Matthew's family campaign highlighting repeated deaths at the Linden Centre and lack of learning especially in relation to Care Quality Commission inability to promise but not implement vital changes to save lives. This investigation was however later dropped due to insufficiency of evidence.
INQUEST highlighted concerns about the failing structure for learning and oversight, with reference to a series of deaths at the Lindon centre, in our evidence submitted to the CQC review of investigations into deaths in NHS Trusts in October 2016.
INQUEST is also aware of the following deaths in other mental health units run by NEP:
Margaret Richardson died in September 2015. She had suffered at least five falls whilst a patient on a mental health ward run by NEP and the inquest found there were failings in the implementation of NEP's prevention and management of falls policy on the ward. The coroner issued a report to prevent future deaths.
Dorota Kijowska died in March 2015. Her death was self-inflicted The jury found there was a failure to provide a safe environment at the mental health unit run by NEP and the coroner issued a report to prevent future deaths.
Iris Scott, 73, died a self-inflicted death in March 2014 whilst on a mental health unit run by NEP.
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Shipstone Court is a collection of 4 beautiful properties created from the former miners welfare in Codnor, they feature the original restored brickwork and welsh slate roof. The four properties have been lovingly crafted to keep their original features and heritage whilst using modern building techniques to provide low running costs.
Shipstone Court are located in Codnor, which is close of Ripley. It offers good transport links to Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield. The thriving local real ale pub the Poet & Castle is a particular draw to the area..
There are many opportunities for walking, fishing and other recreational activities close by, ormonde fields golf club is located at the end of Goose Lane, anyone wanting to go for a walk just needs to step out of their front door. Codnor has a good sized Tesco Express as well as many other local shops, the Sainsbury's in nearby Ripley is large & close by too. The local regular bus service stops at the end of the road with services to Ripley, Eastwood & Nottingham, the derby bus stop is just 100 meters further on.
The miners welfare was built in 1923 by the local butterly company. With the decline in coal mining the miners welfare had fallen out of use recently and for was sold off in 2012 for development. The previous occupiers – codnor boys cricket & football team gained funding from the football association for the construction of a purpose built facility.
The miners welfare had 2 major beer suppliers, one was the Mansfield brewery and the other the Shipstone brewery of Nottingham, it is after the latter that we have named the development.
Swallow Hill Homes acquired the building in the summer of 2012, gained planing permission to remove the later extensions and each wing will be split into just 2 houses.
Codnor is just 2 miles away from the town of Ripley Mansfield. Nottingham & Derby are both a 12 mile drive, the nearest train station is Langley mill, just 2 miles away which features direct trains to Nottingham, Sheffield, London, Junction 26 of the M1 is 7 miles away, Sheffield 30 miles and Chesterfield 12 miles.
For peace of mind all properties feature a new 10 year Build zone warranty, fully accepted by the council of mortgage lenders. Swallow Hill Homes are registered with the Federation of Master Builders. As new properties the homes are ready to move in with immediate vacant possession.


The UNI Panther women's basketball team came back from the Hoosier state with a pair of weekend road wins, boosting their Missouri Valley Conference record to 5-2.
Friday, UNI didn't allow a made field goal until 8:02 left in the second quarter while building a 24-1 lead on the way to a 74-46 victory over Evansville. By halftime, the Panthers were up 37-17.
Abby Gerrits came off of the bench to score a game-high 11 points. Ten UNI plays saw 10 or more minutes on the court. The Panthers gave up a season-low eight turnovers.
The Panther offense kept rolling on Sunday, hitting 54 percent of field goal tries in a 71-51 triumph against Indiana State.
It was a 11-point lead at intermission, and UNI led 48-38 after three closing with a 12-2 run over the final four minutes of the game for the 20-point win.
Taylor Hagen scored a team-high 18 points, Karli Rucker added 14, and Mikaela Morgan added 13.
The Panthers are home for games against Southern Illinois Friday at 7 p.m. and Missouri State next Sunday at 2 p.m.


Welcome to New York, Abel Ferrara's thinly disguised dramatization of the Dominique Strauss Kahn scandal starring Gerard Depardieu and Jacqueline Bisset, has predictably been a lightning rod for controversy since premiering direct to video-on-demand in France last May. The film begins with a series of debauched sexual encounters (let's just say that champagne and ice cream are put to creative use) between Depardieu's "Mr. Devereaux," an international financial bigwig, and hired prostitutes — before culminating in a recreation of Kahn's alleged sexual assault of a Guinean hotel maid (for which the IMF chief was exonerated but nonetheless forever sinking his Presidential hopes). If you can make it past the chaos of this opening 30-minute bacchanal, which not only avoids titillation but feels awkward and depressing by design (courtesy of Ken Kelsch's cool and distanced camerawork), the film then fascinatingly shifts registers for its second and third acts. Next up are lengthy scenes showing Devereaux being arrested, booked and taken from one holding cell to another by real police officers — some of whom were involved in Kahn's actual booking. This sequence is practically a documentary and contains the only moments in the movie where one is likely to feel sympathy for the monstrous Devereaux (especially when the now-morbidly obese Depardieu is forced to strip naked). The final act sees Devereaux, free on bail, being joined by his wife, Simone (Bisset), in a New York townhouse and engaging in a series of electrifying domestic arguments in which the Gallic thesps are really allowed to let it fly. Many critics have drawn comparisons between Welcome to New York and Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street since both films use sexual depravity as a metaphor for the decadence of late capitalism. The differences between the directors' approaches, however, are probably more instructive: while I find nothing immoral or irresponsible about Scorsese's making a dark screwball comedy out of a real-life tragedy, I have to confess that Ferrara's take — an uncompromising "feel bad" venture in the vein of Pasolini's Salo — is probably more apposite. One measure of its effectiveness? Kahn and his wife are suing the filmmakers.
IFC Films will release Welcome to New York in a censored R-rated version in the U.S. next year. Ferrara's original version can be illegally downloaded via the usual places.
Gary Newman (The Good Wife's Josh Charles, superbly understated) is a Silicon Valley executive who travels to France on business and, while bivouacking at the Paris Hilton, experiences a panic attack that will alter his destiny forever. His story is intercut with that of Audrey Camuzet (Anaïs Demoustier, dangerously cute), a young, working-class student and hotel maid whose job both pays the bills and affords her the opportunity to improve her English by conversing with the guests. While the parallel editing between these narrative threads serves to clue viewers in that the characters' lives will eventually cross, exactly how, when and why this happens is in a manner so eccentric that that no first-time viewer will ever see it coming. Pascale Ferran's whimsical comedy/drama takes such a bizarre left turn at about the one hour mark, in fact, that even many of the viewers who have admired it up to that point are likely to mentally check out. Those who are searching for something delightfully different, however, may find themselves rewarded by an eccentric character study that ends up being less interested in realism than it might first appear. The history of the cinema is in many ways the history of showing how lonely souls connect; I, for one, am grateful to Ferran for presenting her particular version within the context of a broader allegory about the desire for human transcendence. When viewed in this light, much of the film's first half makes a different kind of retrospective sense — such as the way the filmmakers casually eavesdrop on passengers' conversations on a commuter train, and the way a child looks up with amazement — of a kind that the mature, "adult" Newman is no longer capable of — at the awe-inspiring sight of a plane taking flight.
Bird People is currently available for "rent" on various digital platforms including iTunes and Amazon.com.
In commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the first World War, film scholar Michael Smith will examine cinematic depictions of the "Great War" from a variety of perspectives. Film clips will include portrayals of the conflict as seen by Hollywood in the silent (The Big Parade) as well as the sound era (Lawrence of Arabia), not to mention responses from France (Grand Illusion), Russia (The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty) and Germany (where the reaction was more "coded" through the bleak movement known as Expressionism).


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DECA Wins Big At States
Photo courtesy of Grace Shang
State High DECA members with top-six scores in their events pose after becoming Mini Award Winners at the PA DECA state conference.
Jenny Yu, Features Editor
After months of preparation, State High DECA members headed to Hershey for their first in-person states competition in two years. From Feb. 16-18, 2022, more than 50 DECA members participated in the Pennsylvania state competition at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. DECA is a career and technical student organization that specializes in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management, with competitions at the regional, state, and international levels.
Leading up to the competition, tensions were high as members eagerly prepared in hopes of placing well.
"I'm super excited but also nervous," junior Sam Ikenberry said. "Because I am a junior, this is the last time I'll be able to compete at the state level and have the results impact my college application, so this year matters a lot for me."
Ikenberry competed in both the Financial Services Team Decision Making and the Male Modeling events. As a result, his February days consisted of "poring over practice exams and memorizing every question PA DECA has asked on a Finance exam."
Senior Madeline Krentzman, who competed in the Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making events for her fourth year, had similarly intense preparations. Beyond doing many practice tests, she also "worked individually and with [her] partner to practice the roleplay component of the competition."
Competing in the Financial Services Team Decision Making event with Ikenberry was junior Grace Shang. However, her preparations extended beyond the competition itself.
"I'm running for state office, which is actually my main source of stress for DECA states this year," Shang said. Shang and a few of her fellow State High DECA officers headed to the conference a day early to help campaign for Shang's position in the PA DECA State Executive Council.
Despite their varying goals, all DECA members looked forward to the conference being held in person, in contrast to last year when competitions were held virtually.
"I'm excited to be able to go back to the competition live and do a real in-person event, and I'm confident in PA DECA's ability to do it safely," Krentzman said.
At the conference, DECA members participated in roleplays and scholarship interviews (testing portions of events were virtually conducted weeks before the conference). Ultimately, their hard work came to fruition. Shang won her campaign for the State Executive Council, and Shang, Ikenberry, and Krentzman all placed first in the state in their events.
"We had more people qualify for internationals this year than ever before, and the officer team is very proud of them," Shang said.
Moreover, State High DECA won the PA DECA cup for raising the most amount for charity, having raised over $3800 for the Make A Wish Foundation.
With the state competition over, the next step will be the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) this spring. It will be held in Atlanta, Georgia at the end of April, with around 20 people from State High attending. They will visit attractions such as Six Flags, the Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coke, and the College Football Hall of Fame during their stay. This will be the first in-person international conference since 2019, and DECA members are already eagerly undergoing further preparations.
Results from the PA DECA State Competition are listed below:
Grace Shang & Sam Ikenberry – 1st Place, Financial Services Team Decision Making
Elizabeth Songer & Madeline Krentzman – 1st Place, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
Avi Mazer & Abigail Sparrow – 1st Place, Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
Amber Kissinger & Madison Fraley – 1st Place, International Business Plan
Clarissa Theiss – 2nd Place, Human Resources Management Series
Josh Fragin – 3rd Place, Marketing Communications Series
Jake LeVan & Chris Petrick – 3rd Place, Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
Diana Tsarnakova – 4th Place, Principles of Business Management and Administration
Jenny Yu is a senior currently serving as Features editor for the newspaper. She's a part of Ocean Bowl and Hack Club at school, and enjoys reading (whether...


After Duluth's snowiest April ever, signs of spring.
That holds true everywhere we publish, analog or digital. Anyone can sling content — and on the web, everyone will — but an article out of context is no more useful than a printed book chock full of typed-out URLs, which would be screwy, intrusive, frustrating and a distraction from the reading I'd want to do. Context can elevate content, but the wrong frame can tear it down just as easily.
But what does context mean on the web? There's no single answer, and that's the very crux of the internet: The web is whatever we need it to be, just as water changes shape when poured into a new glass. The web is more than a medium for publishing or communications or commerce — it's a customer service medium, and websites and services sprout to fill every possible need.
I'm going to limit the scope here to magazines, simply because, well, that and the web are what I know.
Let's consider a printed magazine, maybe a small regional publication about a certain lifestyle, history and culture. You know the type, I'm sure.
Then flip to a section like, say, travel reviews, punchy little things with an overview and maybe a recommendation. Is a reader of this section looking for a new place to visit? Quite possibly. Sure, many folks read travel stories like fiction, as a way to mentally get away. But a lot of people clip out the intriguing destinations or save whole magazines for future reference. It's a casual, mostly passive act: That sounds interesting, I'll have to try it sometime.
So now this magazine's next issue is going to press, and the web editors have a whole book full of stories to parcel out on the website. (This works in reverse, too, in a digital-first workflow, where the print editors must put web content onto a different platform with a different context.) The simple solution — and, sadly, the one I see way too often — is the cut-and-paste: InCopy to CMS to website to social media. Repeat. But what about context?
Let's consider the travel section again, this time on the magazine's website.
Don't call me a reader or user, no, here I'm a hunter of information. I'm planning a trip and I've come to your website to do it. I know what I want: Someplace family-friendly, and outdoors, in a three-state radius; it's only a long-weekend trip, plus the kids'll kill each other if they're in the car together for too long. Alright, I'll click on the travel section and see what matches… What? A long list of travel-related magazine stories?
A magazine reader is not the same as a web user; it's a casual vs. mission-driven act. On the web, I want those travel reviews sliced and diced, sorted and tagged; I want the facts; I want the metadata. And, without the space restrictions of print, why limit the review to a few paragraphs, a link and a photo? Tell me a story about the experience, relate to people, and encourage your community of readers to do the same. That's how you build a useful web resource — and best serve your customers.
But enough about travel sections. What do you do with a feature? The default response these days — especially in magazines' tablet editions — is, "Add multimedia!" And I'm not fundamentally opposed; why shouldn't we take advantage of all the different ways to tell a story on the web? But it has to make sense. A video produced just to have a video doesn't serve anybody. Multimedia have to add a new dimension to the storytelling.
I love the work of Jonathan Harris. In other hands, his latest project, Balloons of Bhutan, could have been a drab, text- and statistics-heavy story of a tiny nation. But by giving faces and voices to the men and women of Bhutan, he's created something powerfully human, something printed words can never match. And that's the best way to use multimedia on the web.
How about the feature itself? Often, the text of a good magazine story transcends the medium. You can (and should) add links, restore photos cut for space, spin off sidebars into full-bodied articles of their own, or even embed a YouTube video instead of describing it, but a compelling story — the core of the article — is no less compelling whether in print or on the web.
What's so often left behind, though, is the design of the feature. Print designers don't lay out stories just for fun. Great editorial design is as much a part of the story as the text: It sets the mood, elevates the drama, and inserts critical elements like photographs precisely when and where they're needed. In short, the design adds context. When you funnel a story through a CMS into the same template as a 200-word blog post, you've lost all of that.
At the Chronicle, I've tried to champion, and web-ify, that ethos. In print magazines, I love the full-bleed photos, the careful typography, the feeling you get when you open up a gorgeous spread.
Why can't I feel that way when I read a web feature, too?
Long live context. Long live the king.
A thing I made: @infinite_words, a word a day from David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, delivered via Twitter.
So, follow @infinite_words on Twitter, and soon you too can elicit baffled looks from family and friends by dropping the day's word into casual conversation.
This so-called "frictionless sharing" has big problems.
The fact that my friend read an article is not useful without knowing more. Did he like it? Did he think I would like it? Did it make him laugh, cry, gasp or sigh? Did he read it because his boss or his teacher told him to, or because he was genuinely interested?
Sonderman's right: on the level of the individual, frictionless sharing is totally creepy. I don't want all of my Facebook friends reading over my shoulder, and I don't know anyone who would.
But what about an anonymized aggregate of that information? Imagine a section on the site where your friends' consumed media are collected and weighted, stripped of the stifling personal information. Now that'd be interesting — and much more useful, too.
Frictionless sharing, so implemented, won't replace active sharing. They'll simply exist on two different planes.
So you're out for a countryside stroll, basking in the warm sun and fresh air. You stop to pick a few flowers for the new vase in the kitchen. You spot a small daisy, perfectly shaped and white as cream, which you know would look lovely tucked behind your wife's ear. And as you bend down to pluck it from the earth, a two-foot-tall, 40-pound rat leaps from the nearby bushes and chews a large hole in your face.
You chase the thing away and spend the next month shuttling between the hospital and the plastic surgeon, who tells you matter-of-factly that a nose isn't really necessary anyway. Still haunted by the attack, you acquire a fearsome companion — a young fire-breathing dragon — and, on doctor's orders, head to the coast to convalesce. You string up a fishing pole and park your chair on the dock, cold beverage in hand and little dragon at your side. The rising sun only sweetens your bliss, until something terribly strong takes your bait and yanks the pole from your hands. You see something streak through the water toward you, and then you're in the water, debris all around, the dock shattered and gone, a monstrous serpent towering 20 feet above. You pass out, to wake hours later on the shore, beside the half-eaten and fly-covered carcass of your fiery little pal. For once you're thankful you no longer have a nose.
Six years later. You've barricaded yourself and your family in an underground lab, where you work to create the ultimate fighting monster. With such a creature under your control, you'll never be afraid or threatened again. Inspired by The Fly, you merge flesh with machine and create tortured beasts which even Dr. Moreau would have called twisted. Predictably, they turn on you, and you flee, leaving your wife and children to their gruesome fates.
You return to your old home, in your old town. It's where you were happiest. The house is empty now, full of dust and dead dreams. The vase still sits barren on the kitchen table. In it you leave a small white daisy, and then you walk deep into the countryside to a welcome death.


Q. We were watching your teaching on Revelation.
We did not catch the last episode. I have always wondered why so many preachers and teachers teach that the battle involving Gog and Magog is soon to happen when it says it will happen at the end of the millennial kingdom. What can you tell me about this?
A. Although the terms Gog and Magog appear in proximity in both the book of Ezekiel (Eze. 38:2-3; 39:1-11) and the book of Revelation (Rev. 20:8), a comparison of these passages indicates two different historical events are in view.
The Ezekiel invasion is from the north, the rebellion in Revelation 20 is from the entire earth.
The Ezekiel invasion requires seven years to dispose of weapons, whereas the Great White Throne judgment immediately follows the rebellion in Revelation 20.
The Ezekiel invasion occurs before the establishment of the kingdom, whereas the event in Revelation 20 occurs afterwards.
The Ezekiel invasion is destroyed on the mountains of Israel, whereas the Revelation 20 force is destroyed around Jerusalem.
In my course Israel Through the Eyes of Scripture, I discuss some of the issues related to chapters 38 and 39 of Ezekiel in the 11th session titled Gog of the Land of Magog. Andy Woods also has an excellent presentation on the topic titled Islamic Invasion of Israel. See also Q91 answered by Andy Woods.
 King James Version Study Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1988), Eze. 38:1.
 Freedman, D. N., The Anchor Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1996, c1992), 2:1056.
 Alva J. McClain, The Greatness of the Kingdom (Winona Lake, IN: BMH Books, 1974, c1959), 187.
 Walvoord, J. F., The Prophecy Knowledge Handbook (Wheaton, Il: Victor Books, 1990), 191.


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34 year old Aussie working in Tampere, looking for share accommodation with cool people.
19 years old girl, looking for a shared room/apartment in Tampere.
Hiya! I'm Caitlin, and I'll be sudying for the whole year at UTA studying English Literature and Langauge. I'll be living just North of the university's campus.
Hello, I'm studying Business Management. I'll study in the UTA the second semester and I'd like to know some people who will also go to the city to hang out and have fun!
Hi guys! I'm thinking about Tamper as a possible destination for my Erasmus experience. I'm studying philosophy too! Did you find an accomodation easily? How much did you spend? Is it the university good? And the city?
Hi, I´m Luis from Valladolid (Spain) and I will arrive to Tampere on January 2nd. I´m gonna study in TAMK and my room is in Lapinkaari. Someone else going on the spring term?
I was thinking to applying with TOAS too, it seems to be the easiest and fastest way. I'll choose soon!
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Henri Cartier-Bresson - 18 artworks - photography.
The Decisive Moment is an 18 min documentary film produced in 1973, which features a selection of Henri Cartier-Bresson's iconic photographs, along with a rare commentary by the photographer himself. Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35 mm film.
A new exhibition entitled Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment examines Magnum co-founder Henri Cartier-Bresson's influential publication, widely considered to be one of the most important photobooks of the twentieth century. Pioneering for its emphasis on the photograph itself as a unique narrative form, The Decisive Moment was described by fellow co-founder Robert Capa as "a Bible.
For 62 years, only the most fortunate of photographers and photo book collectors could peruse Henri Cartier-Bresson's masterpiece The Decisive Moment. This is about to change as German publisher.
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Cartier-Bresson resisted the label of journalist, however he was both deeply interested in and possessed of a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of photojournalism, which he laid out in the introduction to his book The Decisive Moment; "To me photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of.
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment (above) is an 18-minute film produced in 1973 by Scholastic Magazines, Inc. and the International Center of Photography. It features a selection of Cartier-Bresson's iconic photographs, along with rare commentary by the photographer himself.
Summary of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Cartier-Bresson's work spanned photographic genres for the entirety of his long career. He is regarded as a pioneer of candid and street photography but he is also well-known for having produced some of the most compelling photographic portraits of notables ranging from Jean-Paul Sartre and Leonard Bernstein to Marilyn Monroe and Malcolm X.
Available for the first time in sixty years, Henri Cartier-Bresson's Decisive Moment still sizzles with taut, kinetic energy. From the Matisse-designed cover through the tightly edited image selection, it's a brilliant mix of street photography and reportage, photos that, despite being perfectly composed, feel very alive.
Within the canon of European photography books it would be difficult to find one more famous, revered and influential as Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment, wrote Jeffrey Ladd in Time LightBox, in a feature on Steidl's new edition of this ultimate photobook classic.Originally published in 1952, this collection of Cartier-Bresson's best work from his early years was embellished with a.
What Cartier-Bresson understood by the decisive moment is best explained by the famous quote from his lengthy introduction to the book: "Photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a.
Magnum Photos is a photographic cooperative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer members. With powerful individual vision, Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities.
The Decisive Moment. The publication of the book The Decisive Moment in 1952 was one of the most crucial events of Henri Cartier-Bresson's career. Henri Matisse designed the book's cover, and the 126 photos it featured drew from his portfolio of images from all around the world. Henri Cartier explained how he chose the title of the book.
When Henri Cartier-Bresson would talk about "The Decisive Moment" he said sometimes it would be spontaneous but others times he had to be patient and wait for it. Regardless he was very methodological when he would go out and shoot, and would only keep his images if every element of his image (people, background, framing, and composition) were perfect.
Henri Cartier-BressonHenri Cartier-Bresson is one of the world's most influential photography Masters. With his small hand camera he unobtrusively photographed people's lives around the world. He was solely responsible for bridging the gap between photojournalism and art.
Henri Cartier-Bresson 1908. I first became aware of Cartier-Bresson when I was 14. Cartier-Bresson was fortunate to make his reputation at what might be called photography's decisive moment.
Henri Cartier Bresson photographed very ordinary things of the time period, but because he was documenting an era, whereas Terence Donovan photographed fashion at the time. The world in which these differing artist's were raised and brought up in is definitely apparent in there images especially those taken in there native Cities, England and France.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, a filmmaker and co-creator of the photo agency Magnum, established photojournalism as an art form. Read more about Cartier-Bresson's life and career at Biography.com.
If Henri Cartier-Bresson isn't my favorite photographer, he's certainly in the top two or three. And while many of his images don't speak to me, those 20 to 25 that do continue to amaze. If ever there was a genius in 20th Century photography, it was this man. The most well-known photographic concept attached to (Read More).


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Funny how? (Is America ready for a white First Lady?)
Posted byOlmeda March 22, 2012 Posted inPolitics
Did it amuse you? I'm talking about Robert De Niro's joke while introducing First Lady Michelle Obama at a recent Obama fundraiser in New York. You missed it? Here's what he said: "Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney… Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?"
Newt Gingrich demanded an apology from President Obama (who didn't make the statement and wasn't there when it was said, but whatever). And some people seriously agreed with him and seriously called for apologies from De Niro and the White House. And got them!
Have we all gone mad?
A friend of mine posted on Facebook, favorably, an article calling out De Niro for his insensitive joke (which I contend is inoffensive and, if anything, says something FAVORABLE about America). What follows is the dialogue between my friend and me, with his name and irrelevant comments removed. Enjoy.
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Me: De Niro's comment was ironic and funny. The right is constantly lecturing the left to get a sense of humor, yet they pick on THIS joke to get indignant? Puh-leeeze.
Friend: If it was ironic and funny as you say, then why would the flack for Michele Obama, who De Niro was complimenting, call the comment 'inappropriate?' If she didn't have a problem with it, then I'm sure she would have defended De Niro. Regardless of the context of the joke, why bring in race? I mean, I love De Niro, but he has to go there to be humorous? Really? Not to mention that the comment was absolutely stupid from a PR standpoint, considering the timing.In fact, I'd argue that if a right-leaning A-list celeb (Adam Sandler, Clint Eastwood, etc.) flips this around a…nd says something to the effect of, 'Michelle Obama. Do you really think our country is ready for another four years of a black first lady?' in the same gist that De Niro said his joke, they'd be crucified and painted as flaming racists. But it's OK for De Niro to say it because he's poking fun at possible first ladies who are white? Nope. There's no place for it dude, by either side. Sorry.
Me: The difference is we've had 230 years of white first ladies, so De Niro's comment is obviously absurd. The converse is not true, and without the inherent absurdity, there's nothing funny about it. To equate De Niro's comment with its converse (or is it inverse?) would be disingenuous. De Niro's comment is funny precisely because it's ridiculous. Lighten up!
Friend: Rafi, I get what you're saying. I got the joke when I first read what he said. But to propose the converse (I think you're right, it's not inverse) isn't really disingenuous when you consider recent history dude. I mean, it's a hypothetical that, in a way, I hope would actually occur just to prove my point that such a double standard really does exist.
Me: A statement that America is not ready for another 4 years of a black first lady threatens to resurrect and/or inflame racism as applied to the first family. It is not funny. To joke that America is not ready for a white first lady is patently absurd with the added benefit of bolstering and complimenting America on its acceptance of the current first family. It is funny. The two jokes are thus nothing alike. Therefore, disingenuous is exactly the right word. America does not have a history of anti-white racism that would compel anyone in his right mind to take De Niro's comment seriously. The history of anti-black racism, if we can call it history as opposed to current events, doesn't have the same claim to innocuousness (if that's a word). [emphasis added for this blog]
Friend: How many people do you think understood his joke?
Me: For the record, I think everyone got De Niro's joke except for those looking for evidence of a double standard. Not saying a double standard doesn't exist. Am saying, emphatically, that this is not an example of it.
Friend: Michele Obama's flack calling the comment 'inappropriate' leads me to question that statement, unless you think she said that to quell the uproar from the right. (But I do understand how De Niro meant it.)
Me: Bingo.
Friend: Then that doesn't say much for Michele Obama. If she knows De Niro meant no disrespect by it, why not stand up for him? Hell, if that's the case, she may have missed an opportunity to argue the exact point you just did and turn this against the right.That said, I still think someone on the right who makes a similar joke gets lambasted. And I'm not necessarily saying that because I'm Republican or dislike Obama. I thought – and still think – Rush Limbaugh is an idiot.
Me: Someone on the right makes a similar joke would be blasted because it wouldn't be funny.
Friend: What's the difference between the two sides?
Me: Asked and answered.
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Body of Edwin Rivera Jr. struck by CSX train in Taunton
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Authorities have determined a man struck by a train late Monday night on the tracks behind Cushman Street in Taunton died of gunshot wounds. Edwin Rivera Jr., 24, of Taunton, was struck by a CSX train Monday night.An autopsy determined Rivera died as a result of gunshot wounds.The Bristol County District Attorney's office would not release specific details about the homicide, but said an arrest in the case was made. Flavio Daveiga, 21, was arrested Wednesday and charged with accessory to murder before the fact and the obstruction of justice portion of the witness intimidation statute, the District Attorney's office said. Daveiga was arraigned in Taunton District Court and ordered held on $2 million cash bail.No additional information was immediately released.
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Authorities have determined a man struck by a train late Monday night on the tracks behind Cushman Street in Taunton died of gunshot wounds.
Edwin Rivera Jr., 24, of Taunton, was struck by a CSX train Monday night.
An autopsy determined Rivera died as a result of gunshot wounds.
The Bristol County District Attorney's office would not release specific details about the homicide, but said an arrest in the case was made.
Flavio Daveiga, 21, was arrested Wednesday and charged with accessory to murder before the fact and the obstruction of justice portion of the witness intimidation statute, the District Attorney's office said.
Daveiga was arraigned in Taunton District Court and ordered held on $2 million cash bail.
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#TouringCarMadness – The V10 Powered Alfa Romeo 164.
Back in 1988, the idea to recreate the ProCar series as seen in 1979 and 1980 as support races for Formula One Grand Prix weekends came arround. Back in the days, the idea was put together by BMW Motorsport and Jochen Neerpasch to put together a grid of identical cars, with touring cars and sportscars stars to race against the best of the Formula One grid. Of course, the mighty BMW Motorsport baby, the M1 "ProCar" would be used for a fantastic marketing project which proved very successfull to the drivers and crowds but which only lasted two season and 18 races altogether but that's another story…!
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Bernie was the man behind the project as he was also the man behind the commercial aspects of the sport already through the FOCA. The project was although backed and announced by the FIA as well. The idea was to resurrect the ProCar series as a championship for major manufacturers supporting the Grand Prix weekends and using Formula One powertrain, the 3500cc formula in what was to be a "Silhouette" series, yes, the car would look like production one but would share all technical aspects with the Formula One regulations. Centrally located engine, carbon fibre brake, state of art chassis. Only the aerodynamics would have to remain as stock appart from a wing which could be fitted at the back.
In a way, the idea was great, it would allow manufacturers to race in both series, one to use the "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday" theory through the ProCar and the other was to attract them to race in Formula One as engines were basically the same. Unfortunatelly that never materialized and the series never happened as it proved too expensive to participate. The reason was simple, it was to be a serie of Formula One with a bodywork so all technologies were as expensive and for that sort of money, Formula One had more appeal. The other fact is also that touring car racing was then at its peak with the ETCC and national championship such as DTM proving to be a much better playing field and cost effective formula for the manufacturers..!
Talking about the car now. Well, the Alfa Romeo 164 is typical of the 80's italian design. Square and elegant, well, that's what they thought back in the days. Funny about the car and Bernie involvement in the project is that it is said to have been developped with help from Brabham and that the engine was sourced through his old tie with the Italian marque from the days they powered the Formula One team.
The barely dressed ProCar Alfa Romeo 164.
Technically, the chassis was a monocoque made of aluminium honeycomb and nomex reinforced with carbon-kevlar as was the trend in sportscar racing and also Formula One. Front suspension consisted of lower and uper wishbone with pushrod activated in-board mounted dampers and the same for the back except that the dampers were mounted to the gearbox casing as for most Formula One design of that period. The car also featured carbon brake discs at four corners. The engine was the Alfa Romeo illborn 3500cc engine designed for Formula One purpose, a 73°V with 4 overhead camshafts and 40 valves, 4 per cylinder with Bosch ignition and fuel injection. Gearbox was a 6 speed Hewland manual gearbox.
Bodywork had to remain stock and if you look carefully it did look stock appart from that rear wing fitted to the trunk. All that body was made of carbon fibre to add lightness. The doors, bumper, rear-view mirrors were exactly the same as production one but made of a lighter material. That is the reason the whole concept had to stand on 17-inch wheels and Michelin tyres, the body was too small for Formula One wheels and tyres.
Basically if you've read that article, you now understand why it couldn't work. Formula One technology everywhere so huge costs to build a car and run a team and no one interested. It is said to have cost Alfa Romeo more than 350 000 $ at the time and that was huge money in 1988 ! But one thing, with that aero and the power of the engine, it would have been a fantastic series with a simple look at the figures, 605 HP, 750 kg and a top speed of 350 km/h. What comes to my mind thinking about that is one simple thing, #OhGod ! See it at speed here.
If one day I can afford to buy and find it, that will be my ride to the grocery store #OhYeah !
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Microsoft's Depressed Stock Price Attracts Flock of Value Investors
This is the sixth in a series of articles covering "unpopular" larger companies. Benjamin Graham believed that such companies may present opportunities for enterprising investors. We discussed the Graham approach in more detail in a recent article.
At the turn of the century, few observers could have possibly foreseen that Microsoft would become a favorite bargain purchase for value investors in 2010. The dot com boom was in the process of peaking and any company even vaguely associated with software or technology traded at stratospheric multiples of earnings.
Microsoft was certainly no exception. The company earned $0.85 per share in fiscal 2000 and traded at well over fifty times earnings when Steve Ballmer assumed the CEO position in January of that year. While the company has increased profits at a moderate clip and reached earnings per share of $2.10 in fiscal 2010, the stock price is now at well under half of the peak levels seen in 2000 and is firmly in "value" territory trading at ten times trailing earnings when adjusted for excess cash on the balance sheet.
Bargain Valuation Not Unnoticed
Microsoft's bargain valuation has not gone unnoticed among value investors who have flocked to the stock in recent months. Some of the prominent investors with significant positions in Microsoft include Arnold Van Den Berg, Wally Weitz, David Einhorn, Bill Miller, and Whitney Tilson. (For a list of fund managers currently holding Microsoft stock, click on this link to view Dataroma's database.)
Of course, the fact that many value investors have positions in Microsoft does not mean that it is intelligent to blindly follow but it is intelligent to use the positions of successful investors to generate ideas for further independent research. In the case of Microsoft, the value becomes quickly apparent with a brief review of the key facts.
From Cutting Edge to Stodgy in Ten Years …
We presented much of the bullish case for Microsoft in a recent article regarding Steve Ballmer and will not repeat all of the details here. To sum up the past decade, Microsoft continued to deliver strong results but suffered a downward revision in valuation so extreme as to deliver negative returns for investors who purchased stock a decade ago. Earnings advanced from $0.85 to $2.10 over the ten year period which amounts to a compound annual growth rate of 9.5 percent. During the decade, the company introduced a regular quarterly dividend and paid a one-time $3.00 per share special dividend in 2004. Profit margins have declined over the ten year period but net profit margin of 30 percent in fiscal 2010 still signals the presence of a very strong franchise. (Download Value Line's report on Microsoft for more useful statistics. The report is one of Value Line's Free Dow 30 stock reports.)
The main problem facing the company is the inability of management to profitably break into a new line of business beyond the core Windows and Office franchises. Mr. Ballmer is facing a great deal of criticism regarding the failure of Microsoft to break into an entirely new line of business that will deliver new profit streams and potentially mitigate an eventual decline in the core Windows and Office franchises.
One cannot help but compare Microsoft's performance to Apple Computer particularly given the fact that Apple recently overtook Microsoft in terms of market capitalization. Steve Jobs has succeeded in creating entirely new categories of products such as the iPod and iPad and he revolutionized the mobile phone industry with the iPhone. Meanwhile, Microsoft has introduced lukewarm products like the Zune music player and disastrous products like the Kin mobile phone that was taken off the market only months after its introduction earlier this year. Even successful products like the XBox have not resulted in large sources of profit compared to the company's core Windows and Office business. Microsoft has obviously failed to break into new areas successfully and, as a result, the company has taken on a stodgy image.
But Count the Cash …
Despite the well publicized difficulties facing Microsoft, the company continues to generate significant cash flow and had approximately $36.8 billion of cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2010 ($4.12 per diluted share). The company generated over $22 billion of free cash flow for fiscal 2010, paid $4.6 billion in dividends, and used $11.3 billion for share repurchases. Microsoft is clearly still a cash flow machine. At a recent price of $23.47 and a market capitalization of $203 billion, the overall valuation of the company is clearly depressed.
Microsoft is even cheaper than the "headline" price/earnings ratio suggests when one considers the excess cash on the balance sheet. The exact amount of excess cash is open to debate, but it appears that at least half of the cash on the balance sheet could be safely distributed to shareholders. Adjusted for excess cash, Microsoft trades at ten times trailing earnings and less than nine times estimated fiscal 2011 earnings of $2.40 per share.
If someone had told you in August 2000 that Microsoft would be available for under nine times forward earnings one day, it is unlikely that you would have believed them.
Cloud Risks Are Exaggerated
Cloud computing is a long term threat that could erode Microsoft's Windows and Office franchises over time. Products such as Google Docs have gained some traction, but Microsoft still controls well over 90 percent of the office market. The slow moving conservative nature of most information technology departments all but guarantees that Microsoft will retain a very large share in both operating system and office sales for many years to come even if cloud based solutions begin to take more share.
While Microsoft was initially slow to respond to the cloud computing threat, the company has not ignored the risks entirely. Office Web Apps and related online services are intended to directly address the threat from solutions like Google Docs. While Microsoft may not be entirely successful in retaining share on the cloud, many risk averse companies could be convinced to stick with a known quantity. Making a move from desktop based Office products to Microsoft's web solutions could be seen as a more conservative approach for IT managers concerned with career risk issues.
Tablets Beyond iPads
With three million iPads sold through June 30, Apple has proven that the tablet computer has finally arrived, but it would be a mistake to assume that Apple will "own" this market. One very surprising aspect of the iPad's introduction, apparently even to Apple executives, has been the adoption of the device in business environments. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that businesses are adding the iPad as a rapid clip. Some executives are using the iPad as a substitute for laptop computers for tasks such as email, reading documents, and even giving presentations.
One of the possible reasons behind Microsoft's recent stock price weakness is the fear that the iPad will erode sales of traditional laptop computers running Windows. However, it is very likely that business users have adopted the iPad as a supplement to their laptops rather than as a replacement. In addition, new tablets running Windows and Android will be released in the very near future.
There are some doubts regarding whether tablets are well suited to run Microsoft's Windows operating system. Although Windows 7 does have touch screen capabilities, will it provide a good user experience in the tablet form factor? One potential solution may be the upcoming Windows Phone 7 software which is scheduled for release in October. Windows Phone 7 has received some positive reviews (click here for one example) and may be better suited for tablet devices.
While no one can predict the market shares different players will have in tablet devices once the market matures, it is very likely that Microsoft will generate significant market share given the strength of Windows Phone 7 and the relationships the company has with corporate users.
Microsoft is one of the "least loved" companies in America today. Investors have become disillusioned by the company's failure to break into highly profitable lines of business beyond the core Windows and Office franchises. The emergence of highly successful products such as the iPad have generated fears that Microsoft's moat in operating system software may be facing a more rapid decline than previously assumed. From an intangible perspective, Microsoft is simply no longer in fashion.
Despite the negative headwinds and many real challenges facing Microsoft, the company does not deserve to trade at current depressed valuations based on its demonstrated earnings power and formidable cash flow. Windows and Office still have dominant markets shares and enjoy high margins that validate the presence of a significant moat. The current corporate refresh cycle will help generate record earnings for fiscal 2011 and the company is not standing still in cloud computing, mobile phones, or tablets. A company with this profile does not deserve to trade for nine times likely fiscal 2011 earnings.
Whitney Tilson summed up the bullish case very well in a recent presentation (pdf). Mr. Tilson assumes fiscal 2011 earnings per share of $2.40 and assigns various multiples to arrive at a valuation (adjusted for cash/share of approximately $4). At a modest 10x multiple, Microsoft should trade at approximately $28 per share which would imply an upside of nearly 20 percent from current levels. A more reasonable 12x multiple would imply a share price of approximately $33 for an upside of 40 percent. In addition, the company has a 2.2 percent dividend. Barring an unprecedented collapse in Microsoft's earning power over the next few years, the risk of permanent impairment of capital seems remote given the company's current valuation.
Disclosure: The author of this article initiated a position in Microsoft Corporation today at an average cost $23.67. This article is for entertainment and informational purposes only; do your own research before making any investment decisions.
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Health & Fitness Ice baths, cryosaunas, sleep trackers: If it feels good, should you do it?
The central dilemma of exercise recovery is encapsulated in the results of a mischievous Australian study from a few years ago.
Athletes who soaked in a lukewarm tub spiked with "recovery oil" felt better and regained their strength more rapidly than normal in the days following a hard workout; those who shivered in an ice bath also experienced similar benefits.
The catch is that the recovery oil was plain old bath soap – a placebo chosen to demonstrate that the much-touted benefits of ice baths are all in your head. And the dilemma is that, whatever the mechanism, both the ice bath and recovery oil groups sped up their recovery compared to doing nothing. So what advice should an intellectually honest but performance-driven coach (or newspaper columnist) give to athletes?
Recovery used to be a passive state – something that happened to athletes between their workouts. These days, in contrast, it's anything but passive. Athletes "do" their recovery, and they spend significant amounts of time, energy and money on their ice baths, compression garments, recovery shakes, cryosaunas, sleep trackers and so on. One industry analyst pegs the athletic-recovery sector at hundreds of millions of dollars a year and growing.
But, as the recovery-oil study illustrates, the science underpinning this recovery boom is slipperier than it seems. What exactly are recovery aids aiming to accomplish, and do they deliver on their promises? These are the questions that science writer Christie Aschwanden takes on in a new book, Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery – and the answers she delivers are less straightforward that either true believers or hardened cynics might expect.
There is, to be sure, plenty of debunking to be done. If you're not convinced that Tom Brady's recent Super Bowl victory can be attributed to the bioceramic powder in his eponymous $260 TB12 infrared recovery pyjamas, you'll enjoy Aschwanden's deconstruction of how the sleepwear takes your body heat and reflects it back at you as, well, heat.
Sensory-deprivation chambers are tanks filled with 750 litres of water and 500 kilograms of Epsom salts, allowing you to float in the dark in a state of suspended animation for an hour at a time.
As lead science writer for the data-crunching website FiveThirtyEight, Aschwanden is a natural skeptic. I met her a few years ago at a sports science conference we were both covering, and we quickly bonded over our shared impatience at the combination of bold claims and scanty evidence that are common in the field.
In that spirit, much of the book takes aim at the distortions caused by industry-funded research, celebrity endorsements, multilevel marketing and outdated physiological concepts such as "flushing the blood" after a workout.
But just when you start to take the debunking for granted, Aschwanden flies to San Francisco to try out one of the float tanks made famous – or at least notorious – by basketball star Stephen Curry. Once known as sensory-deprivation chambers, these tanks are filled with 750 litres of water and 500 kilograms of Epsom salts, allowing you to float in the dark in a state of suspended animation for an hour at a time. You can sense the mockery to come as Aschwanden prepares for the experience – but then, unexpectedly, she loves it.
The whole point of recovery is to give your body the opportunity to adapt to the stress of training. And, as one scientist tells Aschwanden, "stress is stress – it doesn't matter if it comes from a session of intervals or from the emotional strain of a romantic breakup." Relaxing in the float tank gives Aschwanden both a mental and a physical break, and she comes to believe that the two are both important, and more intertwined than we realize.
That epiphany extends to other recovery aids such as massage, and even the high-tech pneumatic compression boots that gymnast Simone Biles sported at the last Olympics. As with ice baths, the physiological benefits of these techniques remain murky – but they feel good, and if they help you carve out the time and mental space to relax, they may serve a valuable purpose.
Will any of these techniques really accelerate your recovery compared to, say, Netflix and chill? Maybe, for athletes in the frenetic modern world who are constantly being tempted to train more, work longer and stay logged in, that's the wrong question.