The weather sometimes makes it as hard and complicated to give birth to a new vintage as it must be to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. 2008 will remain a concentrated demonstration of how difficult, fascinating and also rewarding it is to be a vigneron in Burgundy.
We first became aware of these difficulties on Palm Sunday when a firm West wind blew for the whole week-end. The wind that blows on that day remains, practically every year, the dominant wind of the season. West wind brings rain. We knew then that we were heading for a challenging vintage. But at the same time, the cool spring weather helped the vines to produce grapes with small clusters and, most important, a lot of "millerand" berries: grapes ideally built to make a great vintage.
The flowering was late compared to most recent vintages. It began on June 1st and took three weeks to be completed. As a result, the veraison, two months later, also took three weeks. This was a setback, but the grapes still had their "great vintage" structure.
Unfortunately in June, July and August, the West winds brought frequent rain. This made the vines subject to attacks of all sorts: mildew, oidium and later botrytis. We managed to fight these victoriously while entirely keeping to our organic methods. This meant that we had to be ready to intervene every time the weather would offer us a "window". Any wrong step would have been severely punished.
Nature's last wicked attack was the severe rain it brought the second week of September. Botrytis was progressing and, if this weather had continued, we would have run the risk of losing the entire crop. It is at this time that, once more, what we call the "burgundian miracle" came to the rescue. From the morning of Sunday, September 14th, after the last day of rain on Saturday, the North wind set in, strong, cold, exhilarating for us as well as for the grapes. With it came a succession of cold nights and luminous days. This had a brutal effect on the botrytis causing it to dry up rapidly. The maturation slowly progressed and, under the action of the North wind, sugar and acidity were spectacularly concentrated. It is to be noted that these climatic conditions are quite similar to 1996 and had the same effect: a fast increase of the sugar content and a concentration of the acidity.
We waited until the end of September to pick, letting our grapes benefit for as long as possible from the wind and sun to heal their wounds. When we decided to pick on September 27th, the vines were at the end of their vegetative cycle. There was nothing more to gain. Botrytis was still there, but dry. It was up to our team of pickers to do the "haute couture" work of sorting that we have trained them to do.
It was hard work and a good part of the crop was left on the ground or discarded from the sorting table. The grapes that ended up in the vats were of the finest quality: small clusters and small black berries showing some of the highest sugar contents of these last years, as well as the high acidities that make long-ageing wines.
With a little more luck or help from the weather in July and August, 2008 could have been one of the greatest vintages ever. But with the help of the dry conditions in the 2nd part of September, we believe that we have saved the "heart" of the crop and that the grapes we have so carefully picked will show, if not all, at least a good part of their initial potential. Once more, in Burgundy 2008 is a "millésime de vigneron".
Montrachet was harvested on October 1st.
Contrary to the red wines where the yield, as shown above, is extremely reduced, the crop of Montrachet is normal (40 hl/ha). We had some noble botrytis, a lot of "millerand" berries and as a result, a high concentration of sugar. 2008 should produce very good white wines and a particularly great Montrachet. In the barrels the fermenting must shows already some penetrating aromas of sweet honey.
The vinifications have been oenological examples. The grapes being taken cold to the winery, the vats "simmered" for a good week before starting the fermentations. These lasted over three weeks and proceeded ideally: slow and regular increase of temperatures, good extraction of colour and tannins, winery full of penetrating aromas.
We have waited for the first "devattings" to be finished to send you this report. The colours are a bright and healthy red. Aromas are fine, delicate and noble. The first wines show a good minerality and a promising depth. It would be surprising if the North wind at the end of the season did not bring some firmness to the wines, but it is truly after the malolactic - which we shall certainly not hasten - that we shall be able to evaluate the real balance these wines have.


Shallum, son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section with the help of his daughters (Nehemiah 3:12).
Shallum, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, rebuilt a section of the wall with the help of his daughters. His daughters. Really?
To understand the role of Shallum's daughters in rebuilding the wall, we first have to understand why the wall was torn down. The Babylonians invaded Judah and captured Jerusalem in 587/586 B.C. The Jews were carried into exile. Seventy years later, the exile ended when King Cyrus began to allow the Jews to return home. But while the returning exiles began to rebuild the temple and restore their homes, the city's broken wall left Jerusalem vulnerable and undefended. God eventually made a way for Nehemiah to travel to Jerusalem to rebuild the wall with the king's full permission and support. Upon arrival, Nehemiah quickly got to work surveying the damage, rallying the people, and organizing the work. Nehemiah 3 lists the names of all those who rebuilt a section of the wall, and right there in the middle of his list Nehemiah included Shallum and his daughters.


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Who races around the city on ATVs during a blizzard? These guys.
Civil war soldiers, prohibition era barkeeps, and a few name-brand charterers hit the stage during the third annual NYC Beard and Mustache Competition at the Warsaw in Greenpoint, New York.
With Hurricane Sandy's winds briefly at a lull a game of touch football broke out in the streets of Queens.
One fan passed judgment saying, "That's the most metal thing ever." He wasn't referring to the pools of fake blood, or the vivisections of Christ and Hitler. He was referring to the arrival of the FDNY after GWAR's set.
Janelle Monae capped off the second day of the festival for the concrete half of the park. Her Red Stage grounds included the FreeCycle BMX quarter-pipe, the skate park, and most of the other interesting parts of the festival.
Our first joint-inclusion in a photo exhibit was the New York Photo Festival's "Feast Your Eyes" show, and both of our photos come from previous Texas BBQ Tours.


Alabama's All-Star Fred P drops his latest, and greatest, MixTape titled "Testimony." Honestly, this is the best thing i have heard from Fred P in awhile. This tape is packed with heaters and the "documentary" he dropped to show how the tape was made really adds to the tape. Fred P is real and has to be one of the hardest working rappers. I'm hoping this tape takes him over the top.
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The Beauty of the Word Is in the Ear of the Beholder – The Way It Seems…. is not always the way it is.
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A fellow blogger recently posted a piece based on the word "cute"–she hates it. It's a pet peeve word with her, apparently–one that she does not want to hear unless it applies to toddlers or puppies, she says. She particularly doesn't like the word if it's applied in any way to her or her husband–or, specifically a particular picture of her with her husband, both looking hail, hearty, happy and against what looks like a western U.S. wilderness background–they, presumably, just back from a hike. Some friend of hers had emailed her a one-word response to the photo, and the word was "cute." She was not happy, although she recognized the intent as positive.
"Fabulous" is another one I don't like–it sounds so over-the-top pretentious somehow. I know this must be me because a lot of people use this word and obviously don't have this problem with it. Words, like clothes or hair styles, are a matter of taste, not to be confused with the food references above.
"Easy-peasy" for some reason triggers a strong dislike in my brain too. Again, I don't know why, I just know that I don't like it–and it's not even a real word, just a made up combo made to rhyme with itself–maybe that's the problem.
One verb phrase phrase that has always made me cringe is "to do so"–you know, as in, "when she was asked to do so, she refused," referring to some specific task or deed that had previously been named. Again, it sounds somehow pretentious–is it me again? I prefer to say "to do that," because obviously, each phrase (to so so and to do that) requires that something has already been established as the action being referenced. So, in my example it would be, "when she was asked to do that, she refused." Ever so much better and much less (no) ostentatious(ness).
Another verb phrase that I will never use for similar reasons that I will never use "to do so," is "to come to fruition." I think it's partly because I associate that phrase with someone I knew about 20 years ago who used this phrase way too much. Once in a lifetime would maybe be okay, but she used it in casual conversations as if it were the phrase flavor of the month. It sounded so out of place and as if she were trying to pepper her everyday talk with business-y sophistication. The desired affect was lost on me, if that was in fact what it was, and to me it just made this person sound put-on, and therefore, silly.
I like words that sound like what they mean or refer to–like click, clack, crackle, cackle, crinkle, quack, pop. There are tons of them The name for this kind of word-with-sound-effects is one I also like–onomatopoeia, although I can't remember the last time I used it or heard it used, prior to writing about it here–it's fun to say.
An Atlanta author whose books I read in the 1980s when I was new to Atlanta, seemed to have a favorite word that appeared over and over in her work–multiple times in the same book, which was a bit of a distraction because I found myself skimming each new page for that word before I began to read. The word was 'ersatz.' Again, a bit over-the-top for me, especially after the second use of it.
Writing this, I know that the way these words seem to me may not be at all the way they seem to anyone else–that's the point. Nothing is absolute, even if it can sometimes seem that way.


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Bristol & West used to reside in this building but in 2011 the building was refurbished and this mural could have been lost at that time. We would love to hear from anyone who might have seen this mural or possibly rescued it before the Bristol & West branch closed.
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Friday 16th November 2018 is a National Fast Food Day. National Fast Food day originated in United States of America in the 1950's, since then the UK fast food market has grown along with takeaways and deliveries, the Brits are loving the fast food industry.
Do you ever think why people order fast food takeaways? easyFood took a sample of people and this is what they found: 52% of people found it was easier to order food, 50% of people ordered takeaway because they had a good experience from the previous time they ordered, 43% ordered a takeaway because they said the taste was good. I absolutely love how 41% of families found ordering a takeaway was a nice way for them to spend time together. 40% of people ordered a takeaway because of the app, which makes it convenient to order food. 39% of Brits ordered a takeaway because they enjoy having a weekly treat, which I am sure we all do. 36% of people ordered a takeaway to fit around a busy day. 28% ordered a takeaway because there was a good range of restaurants they could order from.
The number of fast food restaurants have grown in Birmingham with an increase of 12 per cent. Birmingham alone is home to 1,227 restaurants, surrounding areas such as West Bromwich has 399 restaurants, Dudley has 299 restaurants, Walsall has 288 restaurants, Wolverhampton has 267 restaurants, Solihull has 129 restaurants, Cannock has 116 restaurants, Bromsgrove 79 restaurants, Redditch has 73 restaurants, Lichfield has 59 restaurants, Tamworth has 57 restaurants and North Warwickshire has 49 restaurants, the number of restaurants has increased in all these areas apart from Wolverhampton. With a good choice of restaurants in the MIDLANDS be sure to order your take away online, visit www.easyfood.co.uk to find a restaurant near you, happy National Fast Food Day 2018.


Calling all pickle lovers! Get yourself over to Center of the Universe Brewing this Saturday May 14th for the Pickled & Fermented festival.
The festival will also feature a pickle themed beer: Pickle Gose Ale, COTU's first foray into sour beer.
Pickle Lovers Unite! The Artisan Pickle Club is hosting Pickled & Fermented – a celebration of all things pickled and fermented! We're talking more than pickled cucumbers here – we don't discriminate when it comes to pickled things. Pickled fruit, pickled veggies, hot sauce, kimchi, BEER, Kombucha… if it's pickled or fermented, we're celebrating it!
The Artisan Pickle Club is soliciting entries from any restaurant in the Richmond Region to compete for best pickle.
If you love to pickle at home, this competition is for you! In addition to naming the best local pickle, they will be naming the best local pickler.


I read a book a little while ago. Among the many things it talks about, is the significance and beauty of what cannot be seen. This really intrigued me, as it made me think about the silence in music, the empty space captured inside of a building, and what a story doesn't reveal. And then I thought about the moment when you close your eyes. In our world of sensory overload, the act of not seeing really doesn't get practiced enough, so I set out to do something about it. Sometimes it's what's not shown that completes the picture.
The book I read was In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki. Luminance is the human perception of brightness.
Qian Ma lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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Our Long Journey Into The Lifestyle, Part One
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Our Long Journey Into The Lifestyle, Part OneThe only way to really start this is at the beginning, though it takes us back a good 20 years. Right now, my wife Samantha and I are in our late 30s, but when we first met, we were teenagers in high school. I'm a year older, and had dated around a bit before we got together, had a few serious girlfriends I'd slept with, but she'd only had a couple of boyfriends, none of whom had gotten past "second base" (hey, we were k**s, that's what we called it back then). We hooked up when she was 16 and I was 17, and I was her first. I didn't know it at the time, but though she was different from all the stick-thin adolescents I'd been dating till then, she was what my ideal woman turned out to be — cute as hell, a little thick, amazing ass and tits, and, at 16, she was ready and interested in having a lot of fun. The first night we got together, I was already taking her further than she'd ever gone before, both of us buck naked, jerking and fingering each other for an hour the way only teens can, and I was even going so far as to get on a condom and start to try and enter her — and she was tight as a drum. I asked if she'd ever had sex before (assumed she had, because she was moving so fast with me that night), and when she said no, I backed off. Didn't want to start her off this way — so we took a few weeks to get deeper into foreplay, and then about bahis şirketleri a month after we started dating, we snuck out for a night (the old "I'll tell my parents I'm relaxing @ my best friends, you tell them you're at your best friend's" trick), got a hotel room. We were naked and in the shower together, she was jerking my cock hard, I had my fingers inside her, and she whispered in my ear, "Make love to me." Don't have to ask me twice! So I led her to the bed, and we did it for the first time. I took my time, made it right, and it started us off perfectly.From that point on, it was game on. We were fucking like bunnies, pretty much whatever chance we got, as teenagers will do. Learning about each others likes/dislikes/bodies, the works. She told me years later how she'd be sitting in class and looking around the room at everyone else, wondering how many of them were having sex, and feeling pretty damned good about herself that she was, well, more "adult" then them. Hell, the things you think about when you're 16…So, anyway, we stay together and find pretty quickly that we deeply love each other. I go off to college, she stays for one more year of high school, she comes to visit, etc., and when it's her turn to go to college, she joins me, and now we're practically living in each others' dorm rooms and, yeah, still screwing constantly. 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Her favorite thing to do (which I still love to watch) was to run the tub, lie down, put her legs on either side of the faucet, and let the heavy stream just hit her clit until she came. She said when I was in college and she was home, she'd do that every night, and her parents started to complain about the water bills, not knowing why she was taking such long baths (or they probably knew but were too embarassed to come right out with it). That moment opened up a lot for us, because, at 21 or 22 (can't quite mobilbahis güvenilir mi remember), we started being extremely open with one another about what we liked. That's when she started to take my hand and put it on her head when she was sucking me, to get me to power her to suck deeper — or when I was taking her from behind and, for the first time, lightly spanked her ass, and she moaned and said "harder"… So we'd try things and play and always in the heat of foreplay or fucking, when the inhibitions are down. A little holy water never hurt, either, and it was during one of these slightly takesen sessions when I came pretty fast — faster than usual — and it'd be a bit before I could get going again. I told her I felt bad, because I'd let her down without cumming. I suggested she use one of the vibrators I bought her, and she could play with herself, and I'd suck on her tits or help out how I could…So she starts playing with the vibrator, and she's moaning softly, and I don't even know where it comes from, and I said, "It's too bad there's not another cock for you here to play with." I wasn't expecting anything, didn't know where it would go, but she just sort of moaned softly and didn't say anything.Sam kept vibing her clit and dipping the vibrator in and out of her pussy, and after a few minutes said, "That's an interesting idea." "What is?" I asked. I thought I knew, but wanted to make sure. "Two guys at the same time," she said, and as she said it, I could see her hips bucking, as they do, and suddenly, right there, she came harder than I'd seen in a very long time. That was the first time we'd ever broached it. It would not be the last.
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Central government yet to consider resumption of group travel to Macau2020-11-23
The SAR government has been working with the central government in petitioning for the cross-border visits of Mainland tour groups to Macau. However, owing to the pandemic prevention and control measures required by national mechanisms, the central government is currently not considering resuming cross-border group travel at this point. According to the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Dire...
Accor hosts ALL Business Forum with key industry leaders to share insights towards the futures together2020-11-23
Accor successfully hosted its first ALL Business Forums in Shanghai and Beijing recently, leading the industry with a platform for sharing insights and experiences towards new business travel trends, whilst highlighting the benefits of ALL – Accor Live Limitless loyalty programme for corporate clients. Held at Swiss?tel Grand Shanghai and Sofitel Beijing Central, the events hosted over 300 indust...
China's duty-free island shopping boom drives 142% profit up2020-10-19
China's embrace of travel has spawned a clear corporate champion: the country's state duty free shop operator. China Tourism Group Duty Free announced this week that net income for the July-September quarter was up 142% year over year to RMB 2.23 billion ($ 331.1 million) as revenue rose 39 % rose to RMB 15.83 billion. "In particular, sales of high-margin luxury items such as bags, watches an...
China's domestic flight numbers top pre-COVID-19 levels in September2020-10-19
The number of domestic Chinese flights in September topped last year's levels, official data showed on Thursday, with passenger numbers indicating the local aviation sector is nearing a full recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were a total of 371,000 domestic passenger flights in September, up 3.5% from a year ago, Qiao Yibin, an official with the Civil Aviation Administratio...
Deutsche Hospitality's new CEO will take office in November2020-10-10
Deutsche Hospitality, an overseas subsidiary of Huazhu Group, will have its new CEO Marcus Bernhardt in office from November 1 this year, according to the company's announcement. Former chief Thomas Willms said in August that he will step down as CEO of Deutsche Hospitality and Steigenberger Hotels AG as of September 30. Mr. Bernhardt has held various leadership positions in the hotel branch in...
Thailand offers new extended-stay visas for Hong Kong, Macau2020-10-10
Thailand's consulate in Hong Kong has launched a visa programme that will allow residents from the city and Macau to stay in the country for up to nine months, though a mandatory 14-day quarantine means the offer is unlikely to move the dial on travel, a tourism sector lawmaker has said. The Tourism Authority of Thailand in Hong Kong revealed on Wednesday that permanent residents of the two citi...
China's revival of air travel, tourism offers hope for global sector2020-09-12
Travel and transport, among the most COVID-19-battered sectors, contribute a significant part to global services trade. China's current efforts to put its domestic air travel and tourism industries back on track could serve as a beacon of hope for a global industry revival, government officials and industry watchers said on Tuesday at a major services trade fair in Beijing. China's civil aviation...
Air Macau to boost flights to mainland from late September2020-09-12
Macau's flag-carrier airline, Air Macau, will later this month resume flights to a number of cities in mainland China, coinciding with the return nationwide on September 23 of the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) for tourists. The airline will also increase from October the frequency of flights to other Chinese cities, reported Chinese-language newspaper Macao Daily News. According to the report, A...
Beijing Tourism spearheads post-pandemic recovery with global online forum2020-09-12
As the world enters a new era of international travel, Beijing Tourism is leading the way with a two-part online forum series, "Beijing Culture and Tourism Global Online Strategic Forum - Restart Travel, Together with Beijing." Held on 22-23 September 2020, the forums are aimed at tour operators and travel agencies who manage and sell travel to Beijing, destinations and tourism businesses around ...
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The Maya Island Hotel Beijing(Mayadao Jiudian) is located within a short walking distance to a subway station and conveniently close to Beijing World Park. It is 50 kilometers away from Capital International Airport Opened in 2009, the hotel features 199 rooms and suites. Maya Island Hotel Beijing properties include business center, beauty salon, room service, laundry service, wake-up calls, free parking lot, concierge service, child care and free Wi-Fi in first and second floor.Beijing Maya Island Hotel is the first company in the Mayan culture-themed museum-style hotel, Maya Island Hotel Beijing through 1-2 layers of floors up to 5000 meters of cultural corridor, contains a variety of Mayan culture period figurines and sculpture so that guests seem to return to the mysterious Mayan period.


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Progress is the second and final album by American industrial metal band Ultraspank.  This is the only album to feature former Snot drummer James "Fed" Carroll. The 2nd and 6th tracks "Crumble" and "Click" are featured in the soundtrack to the 2001 PS2 racing video game ATV Offroad Fury.

Background

Album artwork
The album artwork used on this release is a picture of the Vacanti mouse, which had a growth of cartilage molded on its back to resemble a human ear.

Sales
Despite anemic sales, Progress nevertheless received positive reviews from critics both at the time of its release, and today.

Track listing
 "Push" - 3:52
 "Crumble" - 3:46
 "Stuck" - 3:34
 "Feed" - 4:12
 "Smile" - 3:59
 "Click" - 4:24
 "Jackass" - 3:40
 "Crack" - 3:31
 "Invite Yourself In" - 0:16
 "Thanks" - 3:03
 "Left" - 4:15
 "Where" - 10:40
 "Maybe Tomorrow" - hidden track that begins at 7:30 after "Where".

Personnel
Pete Murray - vocals, programming
Dan Ogden - bass guitar
James "Fed" Carroll - drums
Jerry Oliviera - guitar
Neil Godfrey - guitar
Peter Collins - production, mixing, mastering

References

2000 albums
Ultraspank albums

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STORY OF A MAGIC ROSE
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by Fairy Qu33n in TALES Tags: Castle, Fairy tale, fields, magic, Matteo, Rose, storytelling
Once upon a time in a distant country there was a family made up of father, mother and son. They were very poor and the father was forced to beg on the street. One day the man saw a rose different from the others, this one was of 7 colors: yellow, orange, red, purple, blue, green and white. He took it home to his wife and son who, seeing it, marveled at the beauty and strangeness of the color of the rose: it could be a magical flower so they began to make wishes hoping that the flower would grant them.
"I would like a huge table full of food, a huge house" said the wife and so it was; then the child said "I wish we were a family of nobles and that I had a room all to myself."
And this too came true, finally it was the turn of the father who asked "I would like to live partly with a family of nobles and have many servants".
All this came true but the little family realized that only one color remained in the magic rose: purple!!!! So they put the flower in a room, the highest in the castle protected by the strongest guards to ensure that the rose was not stolen. The years went by and the relations between the neighbors became more and more intense, they spent every afternoon together. Matteo, an orphaned boy, and his aunt Anastasia lived in the neighbor's house. Matteo had lost his parents when he was born to a sorcerer who had transformed them into frogs, but his aunt had told him that they had died in the war. Matteo spent his days in the orphanage except for Sundays which he spent with his aunt in the fields he owned. Not many years went by when the father of the family, which had become rich, was on the verge of death and asked his son to bring him the rose to ask for eternal life; but the son brought it to him late as the father was already dead. So they decided, mother and son, to leave the last wish to Matteo who wanted to know who his parents were. So he asked:
"Rosa, show me my parents!!!"
And immediately he heard voices:
"Son, help us, we're here!!!"
So he understood that his parents had been turned into frogs. The rose hadn't lost its color and Matteo asked:
"Rosa please make mum and dad return to humans"
And Matteo's parents became human again and hugged their son. Then they went to look for the sorcerer who had turned them into frogs and realizing that he had done it because he felt lonely, they forgave him and welcomed him into their home, living happily ever after.
STORY OF A SEAL
by Fairy Qu33n in TALES Tags: Animalstory, antarctica, friendship, Penguin, Seal, story, storytelling
So far away from us, in Antarctica, lived a colony of seals and one of penguins.
They lived close together, but they had no relations with each other: the young penguins all played together, and so did the seals, but never mingling with each other.
One day the seals decided to go for a swim, and shortly afterwards the penguins also dived into the water with a thousand splashes, from their iceberg.
At one point a shadow appeared from the deep sea, threatening and fast.
It got closer and closer, and the terrified animals fled in all directions.
Only a small seal could not escape, wedged somewhere in the thick seaweed.
The fochina asked for help, but no one heard it in that general stampede.
The sea monster was getting closer and closer, and everyone had already fled.
Only a little penguin, hearing the cry of the seal, stopped to help her.
He tried to pluck the algae with his beak, and one after the other he had torn off most of them.
But it wasn't over, and the sea monster was a stone's throw from them: a hungry whale, greedy for seals and penguins.
The whale had smelled the scent of those two cubs in the sea, and his mouth was already watering.
Finally even the last seaweed was uprooted, and the seal was free.
The whale had already opened its jaws when the seal yelled at the penguin to latch onto its tail.
He obeyed, and the seal launched into a mad and very fast race, escaping by a breath to the teeth of the hungry whale.
Seal and penguin darted away very quickly, chased by the increasingly angry monster, and slipped left and right, now high and now deep, while the orca closed its teeth in very dangerous jerks, always missing them.
Finally the two reached the iceberg from which they had started, and in an instant they climbed onto the ice floe.
The whale was left with a dry mouth!
The friends of the two animals were waiting for them very worried, and when they saw them they made a big round of applause: Onk! Onk! seals did, flapping their fins. My! My! My! the happy penguins shouted instead.
The little seal and the penguin embraced each other full of joy.
"Thanks for saving my life!" said the seal.
"Thanks to you: I would never have managed to escape from the orca at that speed" and from that moment they became inseparable.
Even today in that area of Antarctica penguins and seals live together, and their cubs all play together, because they have understood that by joining their forces there is no enemy that can win them.
STORY OF A CHILD AND THE WOOLF
14 Oct 2022 1 Comment
by Fairy Qu33n in TALES Tags: CHILD, family, mother, story, storytelling, village, Wolf
Once upon a time there was a child who lived in the forest in a small box with his mother and father. One day the boy, whose name was Alex, asked his parents if he could go outside to play. After some time Alex heard a noise behind the bushes, went to see what that noise was and saw a wolf cub playing with a piece of grass, Alex immediately fell in love with it. He took it and took it home. When the parents saw the wolf cub, they were frightened and said: "Alex, what is that?"
Alex replied: "It's a wolf pup I met in the forest."
The parents were surprised and asked: "My love, you can't keep a wolf in the house ..." Alex replied, "Why?"
"Because his mother will come looking for him and he won't be so happy that we took his son," replied his mother.
Alex said: "But, Mom, I've always wanted to have an animal to love ..."
The mother thought about it together with the father and together they said: "Okay, you can keep it, but only for a few days, until the cub is old enough to live alone". And the child cried out for joy.
After so many days the little wolf was starting to grow, the wolf was beginning to get attached to Alex and to protect him from dangers, but one day the parents said to their son: "Alex, you can't have the wolf in the house anymore".
Alex sadly said: "OK, but at least let me keep it just one more night ..."
The parents thought about it and said it was fine. Alex had packed a backpack and some food at night, and went off into the woods with the wolf.
The next morning the parents noticed that Alex had disappeared into the woods and immediately got dressed and started shouting: "ALEX, WHERE ARE YOU!"
But Alex was already too far away and couldn't hear his parents' screams until he saw a light in a cave; Alex went to see what that light was and saw a girl of about ten or eleven who was sick.
Alex asked her: "Who are you? Where are you from? What is your name?"
The little girl replied: "My name is Laura and I come from a very distant city".
Alex said, "How did you get here?"
Laura replied: "I was out for a walk and suddenly I saw that a bear was following me, so I started running and found myself here".
Suddenly Alex and Laura heard noises, they were scared, but it was only Alex's father and mother who were very scared, and asked: "Who are you?"
Alex replied, "She is a friend of mine who got trapped."
The sorry parents said: "Alex, if you want, you can keep your wolf." But at some point the wolf family came and they started cuddling each other.
Alex said, "Mom, I've made my decision: I want to leave my wolf with his family so they can live happily ever after." And then the wolf left with his family. The child returned home with his mother and father, Laura returned to her village and the wolf with his pack.
STORY OF A LUNCH
30 Sep 2022 1 Comment
by Fairy Qu33n in TALES Tags: fairy queen, Flamboyant, food, lunch, Storie, storytelling, TALES
It is seven in the evening and, on the fifth floor, Mrs. Kapoor is ready to devote herself to preparing dinner. Like every night. At that time, you will be able to see her busy in the kitchen. The first thing you'll notice through the open curtains is the flamboyant color of her Sari. Looking closely, you will notice the graceful decorative effect created by the folds, similar to the petals of a flower. In many years, I have never seen her dressed differently. It holds true to its traditions, despite having moved here to Venice for some time now. He does it with clothes and food. Every day, at seven in the evening, you will always find her there, struggling with the preparation of Roti. You will see her carefully knead all the ingredients, expertly dose the spices for the accompanying curry, divide the dough into many small balls of equal size, heat the usual old plate until it becomes hot, place each cooked disc in a cloth after having brushed it with oil and close the flaps with extreme delicacy. His are habitual gestures. Simple. Family members. Actions repeated almost mechanically every evening. Year after year. Mrs Kapoor, every evening, without knowing it, makes me feel at home.
Mrs. Kapoor is a certainty in a world full of uncertainties.
THE STORY OF A SAD TOAD
by Fairy Qu33n in TALES Tags: Fairy, storytelling, Toad
Once upon a time there was a pissed off toad who was always sad. He went around and said bad things to everyone. Nobody knew his story but one day a fairy asked him something.
But he replied very badly and told her that she too was bad for all the others.
The fairy ran away crying and flustered began to look at the river.
The fairy had always done spells to help everyone but this time she didn't know how to do it.
She felt really tired and was crying at being so badly judged.
While she was crying, a small puppy dog approached her asking for strokes. But she was very sad and apologized for not being able to caress him because at that moment he was sick. But she said to him "Come near here, I'll keep you with me while I cry." So the puppy came alive and started licking her tears. And as she cried the puppy turned into a wizard. And he asked her "What happened to you, sweet fairy?"
And the fairy replied "It was a toad, he told me bad things."
And the scowling wizard asked her "And why do you think she said all those bad things to you?"
The fairy thought about it and replied "Maybe because she is suffering, I hadn't thought about it, it must be so."
The magician took her hand and said to her: "You fairy have a good heart but at this moment he sees neither you nor your good heart. He is full of pain and he does not like his life. him. Go, go back to your house. "
But the fairy replied: "I can't be calm if I know that the toad is in pain. Maybe I got it all wrong and now I don't know how to fix it, I'm desperate. What can I tell him to make him feel good?"
The magician told her again: "He would not listen to you, whatever you would tell him for him now it would be all bad."
Then the fairy, disconsolate, threw herself into the nearby river. She could not swim and was immediately dragged to the nearby waterfall.
But at one point a huge toad leapt into the water and grabbed it. She was already passed out and did not notice what had happened. When she came to, she saw two big eyes staring at her in a sweet way and she said: "Excuse me, fairy, I treated you badly, you had nothing to do with it, it was not with you that I wanted to vent."
The fairy looked at him with her shy and sad eyes and then passed away. The toad didn't believe she could be dead. He tried to revive her but the fairy remained dead because this is not a Disney story but what happens in reality.
THE STORY OF A LADY
by Fairy Qu33n in TALES Tags: cat, Cat lady, fairy queen, kitten, lady, storytelling
The snow was falling in large, wide flakes as she struggled to move, sinking into the fresh snow. She raised her head, covered by the hood she had raised in an attempt to protect herself, and watched the house on the hill glow in the night. He pulled a large cloak against his body and kept walking until he reached the door.
When she entered the room she found herself enveloped in warmth. With a sigh he lowered the hood.
"Was it really necessary?" She asked the woman who, sitting in the armchair in front of the lit fireplace, was looking at her.
"Mmm ..." Only the woman muttered, as she stood up and walked over to an old turntable.
Music filled the air as a counterpoint to the sound of fir logs burning in the fire.
Outside, the snow storm did not seem to want to stop raging, but there, in that room, everything seemed to be quiet and harmony. The contrast was striking.
He took off his cloak and hung it on the side of the door, then walked over to the fire and stretched out his hands towards its warmth. She might also know that this place, that bubble, was just dream magic, it wasn't real, yet her brain kept telling her she was cold after climbing the hill in the snowstorm.
"You knew it was going to happen. It was inevitable. " He said, turning towards the woman.
The record was spinning, playing an old song: a female voice telling of a lost love.
"Unavoidable." The woman murmured. "I'll kill him." He then added and the way he said it contained no inflection, it was not a threat, it was simple reality.
"No you will not." She said, approaching her and wrapping her arms around her, leaning her face against the woman's back. "You'll resist, you'll watch him touch me, while you can't even touch my skin, you'll watch him marry me when you can't even talk to me, you'll watch him possess me, when you can't even ..." eyes and placed two fingers on her lips, stopping her.
"How silly." He murmured, his eyes closed. "The betrothed of the king and his court sorceress ..." He opened his eyes to look at her, and they were splendid green eyes, the green eyes that he had sought in his sleep that first night and that had attracted her there, in that bubble in which they had talked, for the first time and for many more nights after that.
"My chains and my freedom." The woman countered, a smile on her lips, the song rang out its last verses, so bitter yet so beautiful, so desperate and yet so sweet. "He can do what he wants with my body, he will never have my heart."
He saw the woman's eyes stiffen again and then surrender as she lifted herself up on her toes to kiss her.
"This dream will be enough for me, this fiction will be my reality and, out there, just a bad nightmare, from which I will wake up in your arms." The snowstorm stopped howling and in the night there was only the sound of the crackling fire in the fireplace and the scratching of the tip on the turntable.
STORY OF A BOX OF BUISCUITS
by Fairy Qu33n in TALES Tags: buiscuits, girl, story, storytelling, TALES, vip room, Waiting room
A girl was waiting for her flight in a waiting room of a large airport.
Since he would have to wait a long time, he decided to buy a book to kill time.
He also bought a packet of cookies.
She sat in the VIP room to be more quiet.
Next to her was the chair with the biscuits and on the other side a gentleman who was reading the newspaper.
When she began to take the first biscuit, the man also took one, she felt indignant but said nothing and continued reading her book.
Between her and her he thought "but look if only I had a little more courage I would have already punched him ...".
So every time she took a biscuit, the man next to her, without making the slightest nod, took one too.
They continued until there was only one biscuit left and the woman thought "ah, now I really want to see what he tells me when they are all finished !!"
The man before she took the last biscuit divided it in half!
"Ah, this is too much" I think and began to snort and indignantly took her things, the book and her bag and walked towards the exit of the waiting room.
When he felt a little better and the anger had passed, he sat in a chair along the corridor so as not to attract too much attention and avoid other sorrows.
He closed the book and opened the bag to put it in when…. when he opened the bag he saw that the packet of biscuits was still whole inside.
She felt so much ashamed and only then realized that the packet of biscuits like hers belonged to that man sitting next to her who had shared his biscuits with her without feeling indignant, nervous or superior unlike her who had snorted and even she felt a wound in her pride.
A SMALL SUVEY FOR YOU
22 Mar 2022 20 Comments
by Fairy Qu33n in CREATIVITY Tags: storytelling, writing
This is just a small survey, to take away some curiosities. I don't know the web very well, because I'm not on social media and I don't know many apps. I asked myself a few questions about reading texts. If you want to answer I will be grateful because I will understand some important things for my writing and maybe it will also be useful for your writing. It will only take you 5 minutes of your time to reply.
1-Do many of you read stories online?
2-Or do you only read bought or recommended books?
3-On which sites do you read stories online?
4-Have you ever read stories only in blogs?
5-Or do you prefer to read on fiction sites too?
6-What genres do you prefer to read?
7-Which online story sites are you familiar with?
I thank everyone for the answers you will give me and for your help. Thank you very much and have a nice day.
MY WATTPAD COVERS
by Fairy Qu33n in NOVELS Tags: covers, LEVANIUS, NOVELS, storytelling, wattpad
I spent a long time choosing some cute images to change my book covers on Wattpad. I tried to elaborate the writings in a way that makes them clear. Sometimes I can't do it because I have to keep some margins in order to make sure that the writing is fully visible. Now I'd like to have an opinion from you. Especially to know if you can see the book covers even if you are not subscribed to Wattpad. I did it all by myself and without anyone's help. I write everything myself, both the descriptions of the stories and the rest. I do everything myself and I'm not very good at making perfect covers for every story. Please give me your opinion so I can improve.
Tell me if you can see the link and also the page with my writings otherwise it means that I did something wrong.
https://www.wattpad.com/user/LEVANIUS
THE STORY OF THE OLD TOY
26 Jan 2022 2 Comments
by Fairy Qu33n in TALES Tags: AFFECTION, corner, entertainment, property, SOURCE, storytelling, vintage toys
And so, as usual, the old toy, now useless, past, believed unable to surprise again, to entertain, is replaced again.
Not thrown away or left free to be the source of joy for anyone who wants.
Left the corner.
A little out of affection, because after all they have been through a lot together, a little to have entertainment, however sincere in the event that the new toy breaks.
As already happened.
He watches and who knows what he's waiting for.
It was just laid there, the old man.
Think of the past years and the updates made, which in the end is not so obsolete, and strengthens itself.
He thinks that his only desire was to be the main source of joy.
Do you think that he would have been able, that he would have found the strength to become everything he needed.
Remember when it was like this.
He remembers when it was enough for him to look at him to make him smile.
He remembers when he was the one who had the place of honor in the bed, to bring affection and comfort in the dark of nights.
And he remembers the new little promises that were made to him, like the upcoming campground where it would take him.
Before the arrival of the new.
But not now.
Now it's in the corner.
Forced to watch the scene.
In silence.


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Q: Twisted transport.write Is there any way to force  self.transport.write(response) to write immediately to its connection so that the next call to self.transport.write(response) does not get buffered into the same call.
We have a client with legacy software we cannot amend, that reads for the 1st request and then starts reading again, and the problem I have is twisted joins the two writes together which breaks the client any ideas i have tried looking into deferreds but i don't think it will help in this case
Example:
self.transport.write("|123|") # amount of messages to follow
a loop to generate next message
self.transport.write("|message 1 text here|")

Expected:
|123|
|message 1 text here|

Result:
|123||message 1 text here|

A: I was having a somewhat related problem using down level Python 2.6. The host I was talking to was expecting a single ACK character, and THEN a separate data buffer, and they all came at once. On top
of this, it was a TLS connection. However, if you reference the socket DIRECTLY, you can invoke a
sendall() as:
self.transport.write(Global.ACK)

to:
self.transport.getHandle().sendall(Global.ACK)

... and that should work. This does not seem to be a problem on Python 2.7 with Twisted on X86, just
Python 2.6 on a SHEEVAPlug ARM processor.

A: Can you tell which transport you are using. For most implementations,
This is the typical approach :
 def write(self, data):
        if data:
            if self.writeInProgress:
                self.outQueue.append(data)
            else:
                ....

Based on the details the behavior of write function can be changed to do as desired.

A: Maybe You can register your protocol as a pull producer to the transport
self.transport.registerProducer(self, False)

and then create a write method in your protocol that has it's job buffering
the data until the transport call your protocol resumeProducing method to fetch
the data one by one.
def write(self, data):
    self._buffers.append(data)

def resumeProducing(self):
    data = self._buffers.pop()
    self.transport.write(data)

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While her peers were having the time of their life during the school holidays, this girl was busy making money by doing what she does best – homework!
A 13-year-old girl from Chongqing, China has gone viral after her service of helping other students do their school holiday homework surfaced online. In fact, she had so many orders that she made nearly 10,000 Yuan (approx. RM6,000) in just one long school holiday!
In order to get exposure and publicity, she used her mother's e-commerce account without her knowledge to get customers. She even provided samples as testimonials for her potential customers' reference. Smart!
Since her handwriting was so neat, the orders started flooding in and she became 'extra hardworking' in doing homework. In exchange for her hard work, she made quite a lot of money, even more than a fresh graduate!
Sadly, when the school reopened, one of the customers' teacher recognised the handwriting and found out that the students had indeed gotten their homework done by the girl. As such, the buyer requested a refund after they kena kantoi but the girl said she had spent the whole afternoon writing it and therefore a refund was impossible.
However, what baffled the mother most was that her daughter seemed to have zero remorse about her trade. She even defended herself, saying that there's nothing wrong earning money with her own skill and that she actually earned more than her mother! This little girl is savage!
Well, we've no doubt that she has talent in doing business but she may want to wait till she's old enough so that she can have her own online account on marketplace platforms.


Witch's Rock Surf Camp, founded in 2001, is located directly in front of Tamarindo's main surfing spot, as well as nearby many of Tamarindo's restaurants and shops. The camp has eighteen rooms, two restaurants, a micro brewery, and offers Tamarindo surf lessons as well as surf tours to prime surf destinations such as Ollie's Point. At the WRSC surf shop Endless Summer's Robert August shapes one of a kind custom boards, and holds surfboard shaping seminars. If you like surfing, you'll love Witch's Rock Surf Camp!


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Need a great way to get the kids to eat their veggies? Let them help with meal prep!! Plus, add a creamy sauce and flaky topping to all these veggies, and who isn't going to want to dig right in?! This pot pie is a great way to add any veggie you like to your dinner and still keep it simple. It's a one-dish meal that comes together by using a combo of fresh and frozen veggies, a simple homemade sauce and a flaky pre-made crust.


The fruits of a partnership between Australia's two oldest centres for craft and design – Sturt Gallery & Studios (1941) and Ernabella Arts (1948), are the subject of this exhibition. In the late 1960s, Elisabeth Nagel, who led the Sturt Weaving Studio for 50 years, made visits to Ernabella in far north South Australia with a desire to share knowledge of her craft. Subsequently, five young artists from Ernabella went to Sturt as part of a residency to learn new weaving techniques.
In These HANDS: Mara nyangangka tells the story of that residency, its impact on the generations that followed, and offers a showcase of the contemporary work of senior artists including Pepai Jangala Carroll, Rupert Jack, Tjunkaya Tapaya and Alison Milyika Carroll alongside emerging Indigenous artists.
In These HANDS not only tells the historical story of the link between these two famous centres, it celebrates the long tradition of craft and design in Australia while at the same time being testament to the positive partnership and understanding between an Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural institution sharing that same passion for 'making'.
Our drawings are inside us, they are part of us in the same way we are part of this country. Everyone works differently but we are all putting down our country and our stories.
We have strong law and culture, and this tells Anangu how to live. Our ways still remain the same, it never changes. Our law, our culture and the way we live – we would never want any of this to change. It keeps us strong.
Explore the room sheet and price list here.
Established in 1948, Ernabella Arts is Australia's oldest, continuously running Indigenous Art Centre. Ernabella Arts is in Pukatja Community, at the eastern end of the Musgrave Ranges in the far north west of South Australia.
Pukatja was the first permanent settlement on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY Lands). A craft room was established in 1948, and the first craft products were hand-loomed woven fabrics and hand-pulled and knotted floor rugs with a unique pattern that became known as 'the Ernabella walka' or anapalayaku walka (Ernabella's design).
In recent years, long after commencing working as artists, senior women decided to leave behind the walka of the early days and to depict their Tjukurpa (sacred stories of country and law).
The Centre's inimitable reputation lies in the adaptability and innovation of the artists who have been introduced to many different mediums since the craft room began. Ernabella Arts is an Aboriginal owned and run corporation which promotes and supports ethical practice in the creation and sale of Indigenous art.
Sturt was founded in 1941 by Winifred West (1881-1971) when she retired as headmistress from Frensham, an independent secondary school for girls established in 1913.
Interested in the value of relationships between individuals and communities, the links between hand and mind and 'the development of individual talents and personalities', Miss West's intent was to provide further education in crafts, music and drama for children who had left the local primary school, and for adults seeking useful and creative skills.
Sturt started with one building where, at weekends, six girls learned spinning and weaving, while two boys did woodwork nearby and adults came during the week. By 1949, 150 children were enrolled.
Eventually formal workshops were set up: Wood (1947), Weaving (1951), Pottery (1954), Jewellery and Metalwork (1965), Screenprinting (1973), Sturt School for Wood (1985), Design & Fabrication Studios (2014).
Today, Sturt is recognised nationally as a centre of excellence for the promotion, production and teaching of Australian craft and design.
Come and hear about the artists, their practices, and the history of Ernabella Arts in an illuminating conversation about the exhibition.


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Which Nude Shoots Cindy Crawford Regrets
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Cindy Crawford holds some regrets. The veteran model got honest in a recent magazine cover story, discussing her home life and her thoughts on the modeling industry. During the conversation, Crawford confessed there were times in her lustrous career where she didn't feel comfortable doing nude shoots. Now, she regrets not turning them down-- particularly as a mother. Crawford wishes she took those moments to instead empower her children.
Cindy Crawford got confessional about her history of nude shoots in Town & Country's upcoming May issue. Here's what Crawford told the magazine.
I've done nude photos, lots. The only ones I regretted were the ones that I kind of got talked into. I don't want my children to ever look back and think, 'Gosh, I wish I hadn't done that.' I want to empower them to just say, 'I'm outta here.'
The topic came up when Cindy Crawford talked about the #MeToo movement and reflected on her long modeling career and her family life with her husband, Rande Gerber, and her two children, 18-year-old Presley and 16-year-old Kaia. Crawford is thankful she doesn't have a painful story to share like many in the movement.
I'm really lucky, because I don't have a #MeToo story. As far as being a mother of two, young people going into fashion, of course I worry. But let's be honest, my kids are blessed in that business because they aren't coming in as unknowns. People will know I will come after them if they mess with my kids.
Cindy Crawford is incredibly thankful for her family, as it's made clear here. She admits that she's the type of parent who is always checking in on her children, catching up at every available moment. Her kids, particularly her daughter, have likely gotten used to her barrage of calls and texts.
We talk every day, at least, and text. If she doesn't text me back within 15 minutes, I do one in all caps and a lot of exclamation points. 'Just respond, OK? Or else I'm going to track you through your Uber account.'
Helicopter mom much? Thankfully, it's all from a place of love. Cindy Crawford clearly holds a great deal of admiration for her family, and she doesn't seem to regret the decisions that brought her to where she is today, especially if she's still celebrating a career in modeling at 52 years young. But as she notes above, no career is lead without regrets. While Cindy Crawford doesn't have a ton, she does have a few, at least, about her time spent away from her clothes. In any case, hopefully, Crawford uses opportunities like this interview to continue empowering her children in all their decisions in life.
Cindy Crawford was last seen in a Pepsi commercial during this year's Super Bowl. While she doesn't approve of all her nude choices, she at least seems pretty content with the time last year where she recreated one of her most famous music videos during a segment on Spike's Lip Sync Battle.
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The earliest known opal artifacts are dated to 4,000 BC. While they were found in a cave in Kenya, they were likely mined in Ethiopia. Multiple cultures believed opal was imbued with magical, protective and even "healing" powers. Arabic tales relay it came from the heavens in lightning flashes. The Aztecs believed it was a charm against the evil eye and curses. In ancient Greece, it guarded against disease. During the Middle Ages, it was the "eye stone" to promote good eye sight, as well as a talisman ladies would give to men when on Crusade, to bring him good luck and safe return.
Whatever it may symbolize for you today, we've outlined points to help you understand value and what to ask to make an informed decision on the opal you will LOVE!
These ideal opal specimens from Australia courtesy of Hopkins Opal for the purpose of education. They are untreated, 100% natural and ethically sourced.
The earliest known opal artifacts are dated to 4,000 BC. While they were found in a cave in Kenya, they were likely mined in Ethiopia.
Multiple cultures believed opal was imbued with magical, protective and even "healing" powers. Arabic tales relay it came from the heavens in lightning flashes. The Aztecs believed it was a charm against the evil eye and curses. In ancient Greece, it guarded against disease. During the Middle Ages, it was the "eye stone" to promote good eye sight, as well as a talisman ladies would give to men when on Crusade, to bring him good luck and safe return.
Natural opals that exhibit a black body tone with abundant "play-of-color" are the most coveted.
Opal classification is uniquely complex. There are two broad classes of natural opal: precious and common. Three types of natural opal are: solid (homogeneous in composition), boulder (solid, but naturally attached to host rock) and matrix (diffused in host rock).
What determines market value is the base color (black, dark or light) and transparency (transparent, translucent or opaque). Opal can occur in every color of the rainbow, with black being the most prized. It's ability to diffract light is distinctive, called "play-of-color". Factors of this "play" include the body tone, the arrangement of color patterns (ideally large and tightly oriented) and the more vivid and wide-ranging the colors are, the better.
Like other gems, clarity and inclusions factor into market value. For clarity, this differs based on the kind of opal. For black opal, an opaque background exhibits the best play-of-color, whereas for crystal opal, transparency displays the best play-of-color. Opals with milky or cloudy appearance are less appealing to experts. Along the lines of inclusions, opals can have blemishes or contain fragments of its host rock, as seen in matrix opals. Often this affects the value, but it can also be something that is uniquely beautiful to the eye of the beholder.
While Australian opals are the most prized by collectors, opals can be found around the world. Below is a list of countries and brief descriptions of opals found in these locations.
AUSTRALIA: Australia produces the world's largest supply of precious opals, including the most highly revered, rare black opal from Lightning Ridge.
ETHIOPIA: These hydrophane opals can be white, brown, yellow, orange or reddish in color with bright flashes of color. The best known are Welo opals from the Wollo Province. Always insist on disclosure, regarding if the opal is treated and untreated, as both exist in the market.
MEXICO: The most well regarded opal from Mexico is the fire opal. Their range is red, orange, yellow, or brown in body color and can be transparent to translucent. Also, they may or may not show play-of-color.
BRAZIL: These crystal opals vary from white, semi-transparent with unique pastel play-of-color to fully transparent body tone.
PERU: Known for their pink and blue common opal (versus precious), the stones are lovely even though they lack play-of-color.
OTHER COUNTRIES: Canada, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Hungary, Honduras, Indonesia, and the United States.
Opals can be treated to enhance their appearance and durability. Unlike other gemstones such as Sapphire, treating opals is not a commonly accepted practice. Natural Australian (apart from Andamooka Matrix), Mexican and Brazilian opals are very rarely treated. Ethiopian opals are the most treated from any location - and very unfortunately not always disclosed. All the more reason to buy from reputable sources and always ask if an opal is treated before purchase!
One treatment is a sugar treatment involving opals soaked in a sugar solution, followed by sulphuric acid. The process carbonizes the sugar, resulting in specks that blacken the body color and enhance the play-of-color.
Another treatment is smoking, which involves wrapping opals in paper, followed by heating and smoking them. Soot particles permeate the opal's surface with the same result.
Other treatments involve plastic, resin, wax, colorless oil, and wax to minimize crazing.
When natural opal material is thin, it can be "assembled" to make it stronger. A doublet is a thin opal backed with glass, obsidian or other semi-precious material. A triplet is a thin opal sandwiched between domed colorless quartz and the same aforementioned backing.
Knowledge is power and any of the above treatment impacts market value.
The Mohs scale of hardness is important to consider when choosing a particular stone for a particular kind of wear. Mohs scale is the degree of mineral "hardness", measured by the resistance which a smooth surface offers to abrasion: 1 (soft) to 10 (hard). For example, an 8 will scratch a gemstone that is a 7 or below. Simply put, the softer the stone, the more careful you need to be about wearing that stone in jewelry that may be exposed to more wear.
Opal, while still in the hard range, is a "5.5" - "6.5". As it is more susceptible to damage with accidental bumps, choosing kinds of jewelry (i.e. necklaces or earrings) that will encounter less contact with harder surfaces is a good option, as are cocktail rings. Opal is not the most durable gemstone for an everyday ring.
Because quartz is a "7" on the Mohs scale (harder than opal) and can be present in common dust, be sure to wash opal jewelry under warm water prior to wiping off dust to prevent scratching.
Be aware that opal is hydrated silica - containing up to 15% water. When it loses moisture, it can "craze" (a series of fine cracks). For this reason, do not leave opals exposed to bright light, direct sunlight, or excessively dry or hot conditions.
WEAR: When dressing for day or night, jewelry should be the last thing on and the first thing off. Contact with chemicals such as fragrance, hairspray, nail polish remover, household cleaners and chlorine can harm jewelry. Especially with opals! Remove jewelry when cleaning, gardening, swimming or playing sports, as contact with hard surfaces can damage them or loosen stones in prongs.
CLEANING: All precious metals, gemstones and pearls should be cleaned regularly, but require different care. For example, ultrasonic cleaners can crack opals, shatter pearls or diminish their appearance - especially so with opals and emeralds. For gemstones on the Mohs scale at 7 or above, a simple cleaning solution is warm water with mild soap and soft toothbrush. For those at 6 or below (this includes opal), replace the toothbrush with a soft cloth. Be sure the jewel is thoroughly rinsed and dry prior to storage. A soft polishing cloth will keep any precious metal looking its best.
STORAGE: Definitely keep opal jewelry individually stored in a pouch or box to avoid scratches and abrasions from other gemstones, as well as general tangles and dents. Chemicals, low humidity and excessive hot/cold conditions can cause opals to craze or crack - as mentioned above.


The Amazing Race host shares with BuzzFeed his personal adventures from a lifetime of travel.
In honor of Season 23 of The Amazing Race BuzzFeed Travel spoke to adventurer and TAR host Phil Keoghan to find out his favorite destinations from around the world.
"Rising 3,000 feet out of the Aeolian Sea, Stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. A few years ago, I took a chef to the top of the volcano for a five-star dinner that he cooked using the heat of the volcano."
"This is where I grew up for eight years. A beautiful Caribbean island that offers 365 beaches that are regarded as the world's best."
"Visiting Mongolia feels like going back in time. This enormous country is sparsely populated with 30% of the population being nomadic. Think about making your next adventure to this remote part of the world, where you can stay in a yurt, a portable house."
"If you love water [and water sports] make sure you put this place on your list. Crystal clear freshwater springs located in dense woodlands, and the water at a constant 72 degrees year round. This is where I did my cave diving certification but it also offers pretty much every water sport you can think of."
"The fish market is a seafood lover's paradise with a selection that is hard to beat. Just thinking about it makes me hungry."
"When I think of Hawaii I always think of Jurrasic Park and the lush jungles along the Hana Highway. As far as drives go, this one is hard to beat."
"I first visited Iquique, Chile, in the '90s to do my solo paragliding certification. Located on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and the Atacama desert this is a flying mecca. I can't wait to share it with the teams!"
"I was lucky enough to spend a night sleeping a hundred feet up in a tree of the Los Angeles Cloud Forest where I was woken up by the sounds of the jungle and fresh Costa Rican coffee before zip lining my way back to civilization. Costa Rica is considered by many to be the most bio diverse place on Earth."
"This is Italy at its finest. Five traditional villages along the rugged coast line of the Italian Riviera. Plus the wine and food are an equal match for the spectacular scenery."
"The opal capital of the world where more than 50% of the population live underground. This is mad max territory."
"Consistently voted one of the world's top beaches. There are no roads to this idyllic destination. It takes about 30 minutes to walk around the rugged coast line and a climb through the native New Zealand bush before you are rewarded with this spectacular national treasure."
"The adventure capital of the world! This is where I broke a world record bungee jump leaping with the commercial inventor Henry Van Asch. There are more adventure opportunities packed into this little town than any other place on earth."
"Niue is known as the rock of the Pacific, so remote that there is only one flight in and out every week. Ironically, this Pacific Island has no beaches but the water is so clear it makes this unknown escape the perfect place to scuba dive."
"Spending four years in Canada as a kid I had the privilege of driving across country with my parents in a Volkswagen camper van. One of those adventures included visiting every national park in North America and this park is the one I remember the most."
"Lalibela is a holy city in Ethiopia and a World Heritage Site. You may remember our Amazing Race visit to its 900-year-old churches carved into the rock."
"Indonesia is comprised of more than 17,000 islands and might be the most culturally diverse place on Earth. We could visit this surprising destination 100 times and still find something new and exciting for Amazing Race."
"Pagosa Springs was my favorite pit stop during my ride across America. I always say that places are about people, and that is certainly true of Pagosa Springs."
"Istanbul is the gateway between East and West, filled with spectacular mosques and inviting bath houses. If you are a foodie, this city is full of flavor. During one of my visits I made the crazy decision to swim one mile across the Bosphorus from Asia to Europe just so I could say I've done it."
"This medieval castle was built centuries ago and is now a five-star luxury hotel located on 350 acres of manicured gardens and beautiful park land. It's not cheap, but if you can afford it you won't regret a visit."
"Paris may be one of the most popular destinations on everyone's travel wish list and it certainly lives up to its promise. My favorite adventure in the city is with Fat Tire Bike Tours, they provide the perfect way to experience this breathtaking city."
"Bhutan is a landlocked country in the Himalayas. Every year they have an archery festival that has been on my list of NOW life list for more than a decade. Getting to this kingdom isn't easy but one day I am going to make the effort."
"I love getting unplugged and I did this once in Venezuela where I traveled up a remote river to meet with a chief and live among his people for a few days. I ate capybara (the world's largest rodent), green ants, and greasy freshwater stingray. In the end, I settled for the piranha stew. Apart from the risk of cutting your mouth on their teeth, they have incredible flavor."
"Jigokudani Monkey Park is hidden in the mountains of Japan. Watching a red-faced monkey bathing in the hot baths of Jigokudani Park might be one the funniest things I've ever seen. It's just an hour and a half by bullet train out of Tokyo and a mile-long hike up a snow covered mountain."
Be sure to watch Phil on The Amazing Race every Sunday on CBS at 8 ET/7 CT.


Welcome to the score of the year in college football, even if was just a halftime score.
The Citadel made a 48-yard field goal as time expired in the second quarter to tie No. 1 Alabama 10-10 entering halftime. Not only is it the first time all year that a team has been tied with Alabama at halftime of a game, it's the first time a team has been within fewer than two scores of the Tide at the break.
The Citadel tied the game at 7-7 earlier with a 45-yard touchdown run by freshman running back Dante Smith. It was the first touchdown scored against Alabama in over 170 minutes. Neither LSU nor Mississippi State scored at all against the Tide in Alabama's most recent two games.
The Bulldogs' social media feed took notice.
Alabama coach Nick Saban is probably secretly happy his team is getting a test from a smaller opponent. It gives him a chance to reinforce how the Tide shouldn't be complacent and fix mistakes and issues that the team has.
The FCS opponent is getting paid to be Alabama's opponent before the annual Iron Bowl against Auburn on Nov. 24. And, as we all imagined, the game became a rout in the second half thanks to two early third quarter Alabama touchdowns.


If you've put off your decision to buy property in central London until the outcome of Brexit is clear, think again. Political and economic conditions have finally tempered the historic runaway price appreciation of London property; a welcome state of affairs for anyone looking to make a sound investment in the capital. The prognosis is that the market is expected to return to growth, making now the time to purchase a luxury home in central London.
Whilst economic commentators have speculated that the luxury property market in central London is bearing the brunt of the collective nail biting that has followed Britain's decision to leave the European Union, the reality is markedly different.
While property prices have indeed adjusted, the demand for prime property has remained strong – especially across the capital's upmarket neighbourhoods. The stalwarts of desirable London living have maintained their status – in particular, property for sale in Chelsea and homes for sale in Mayfair have continued to outperform other areas of London.
But anyone tempted to take advantage of the current prices and devaluation of the pound to buy a luxury home in London needs to act fast. According to the Coutts London Prime Property Index, produced in partnership with data source LonRes, luxury property prices in London will rise quickly from 2020 as the market regains confidence.
Neighbourhoods in the London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and City of Westminster are traditionally the most sought after for luxury home buys. Both boroughs boast reputed schools, colleges and universities, famous shopping areas, beautiful parks, museums and a galaxy of restaurants, bars and clubs. Property for sale in Chelsea is especially popular with families looking to buy a house in Chelsea near good schools in a safe and welcoming neighbourhood.
Aside from their world-class amenities, these affluent boroughs are home to a spectacular diversity of prime properties, including houses to buy on garden squares in Kensington, flats for sale in Mayfair and lateral flats in new developments near Hyde Park.
If you're looking to buy a luxury property with authentic historical architectural features, you'll find Regency style white stucco facades, Queen Anne period moulded brickwork and sweeping staircases, elegant terraced mews buildings, and bay-windowed Victorian houses. From these superbly located properties, you can expect views over garden squares or parks and opulent refurbishments. In fact, buyers looking to buy period property in London remain a strong presence in the market.
If you'd rather buy a London property in a new development, a multitude of luxury new developments are available to buyers. Around half are in central, west and southwest London.
These residences range from serviced riverside tower blocks to flats for sale in Mayfair with luxury spa facilities and Kensington houses for sale with gymnasiums and private cinemas.
The current market has prompted some developers to boost the appeal of these exclusive apartments for sale in London by offering buyers free furniture, carpeting and cars.
Why invest in a London property?
The UK capital has long been one of the world's most desirable cities and a centre for banking and finance. It is therefore little wonder that the capital has been attracting international talent keen to buy property for sale in Chelsea and other prime neighbourhoods.


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Jurgen Klopp has excuses, Ozan Kabak has big questions and Jesse Lingard Milly rocks José Mourinho – EzAnime.net
He's wrong, and then he's losing to Everton at Anfield in the Merseyside derby for the first time in more than a decade.
This time last week, there was clandestine talk that Jurgen Klopp had left Liverpool. Of course, it wasn't true, but do you think King Kloppo might be starting to take that direction in his mind?
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Some Liverpool fans have called talkSPORT to demand Klopp's dismissal
You have to feel a bit for Ozan Kabak. I mean, how bad can Liverpool be if you wonder if life at Schalke is less depressing?
He's been released, and he was rightly hired to play a defense that has no central defenders, and he's looking around and wondering how they won the title last year.
And that's the point: this group didn't win the title last season. No matter how cool it looks to see Jordan Henderson sweep the ball onto the wing from a deeper position, it doesn't make him a center back.
He can get away with it for so long, but then he catches up, so Jurgey-lad insists on keeping him there (thus losing him in midfield) when he has real defenders who could play there is weird.
Kabak has had a difficult start at Liverpool
Instead of concentrating on that, Klopp reminded the world that it really is very windy in Liverpool and that 'God must be a Man City fan and you can't beat God. Well, not with Hendo as central, you can't.
Still, Carlo Ancelotti is already in Everton's folklore with the win, and rare credit goes to Jordan Pickford for not figuring out how to make the game more difficult than necessary.
And once again, Richarlison is a decent player if he can get through enough of a game on his feet and without rolling down the court.
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It meant a lot to the Everton players at the end, who will party like it's 1999
Man City seemed to be in high spirits for the first eight minutes against Arsenal before realizing that they really didn't need to try too hard to maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League table.
Kevin De Bruyne is back, which hardly hurts his chances and the way John Stones casually relieved Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang off the field towards the end of the game bodes well for the summer, if only Ruben Dias were more. English than Harry Maguire.
Now there are 18 victories in a row for Pep. Ten points ahead with no other team looking consistent enough to take advantage of any slippage. I doubt it's that simple.
Liverpool fan wants Jurgen Klopp to step down after Everton loss and suggests Sir Kenny Dalglish could be his replacement
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer certainly hopes he's ready and dusted. Manchester United beat Newcastle 3-1 at Old Trafford with Marcus Rashford and Daniel James scoring more, of course, Brunaldo's mandatory penalty.
But where City looks rock solid on defense, United have permanently injured Victor Lindelof and the aforementioned Maguire who, we must assume, was trying to get him into the corner rather than hand him over for Allan Saint-Maximin to return to. home.
Daniel James scored his fifth goal of the season in a win over Newcastle
Thomas Tuchel has made his first mark at Chelsea.
Hooking Callum Hudson-Odoi after 76 minutes after bringing him in just at halftime is the kind of managerial move that makes me really like a coach.
At this point, we have no idea where Hudson-Odoi stands on Stamford Bridge's player power rankings who have surpassed many coaches before Tuchel, but he didn't seem overly impressed as his numbers went up.
Takumi Minamino starred again for Southampton, scoring his second since his loan out from Liverpool and Mason Mount is likely to find himself in first place in the class with his new teacher following their draw based on penalties.
It was another lively afternoon on the bench for Tuchel, who was unhappy with Hudson-Odoi's performance.
It's amazing to think that when Tottenham were up 3-0 with ten minutes to go against West Ham earlier in the season, he was prepared to praise José Mourinho's comeback as something unbelievable and how the Spurs were very title challengers this season.
Those of you who have read this column for a few seasons (come on, there must be some of you) will know that this is not my worst advice, but it is not aging very well, I will give it to you.
West Ham are truly revitalized with the second coming of David Moyes and their victory over their rivals in London kept them in the Champions League places. Yes, that means they are in the top four. West Ham. Four. And well for that too, I can tell you.
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It was Lingard who had the final say on the day of the derby as it continues its resurgence in East London.
It is a pleasure to see the rebirth of Jesse Lingard and his end for the Hammers winner will be overlooked because he was wearing a West Ham jersey with Lingard on the back and not a United jersey with Fernandes on top of the number.
Everything was great Tottenham pushing hard at the end – remember the days when they did that at the beginning, led and then gave away a silly draw?
West Ham had good value for the win keeping my anticipated title winners in ninth place. Oh. It is also the first time that Moysaih has beaten José Mourinho.
Still, José's training methods remain unsurpassed according to, er, José.
Mourinho is under pressure at Tottenham to hand out trophies and European football
Leicester City managed to widen the gap between them and any other top-four contender with a 2-1 win over an Aston Villa without Jack Grealish.
That gave James Maddison a goodbye in the Grealish vs. Maddison undercard clash and he made the most of it by scoring the Foxes' second, which turned out to be the decider.
You'd think Sheffield United would have circled Fulham as a match they could win in order to have any chance of staying on top.
You know Fulham would have done the same, and it was Scott Parker's team that took all three points in a rare case of 'the player does a great exclusive pre-game interview in the newspaper and then plays well that afternoon' when Ademola Lookman seized the winner.
Ademola Lookman scored the only goal of the match for Fulham
Illan Meslier has made some mistakes this season, it cannot be denied. However, the French Leeds goalkeeper cannot be blamed for Adam Traore's piledriver hitting the bar, bouncing and hitting him on the rear before crawling over the line. Even for Leeds, this was a new way to lose.
Burnley and West Brom's goalless finish was far from the weekend's biggest surprise, I'm sure you'll agree.
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Watch: WTF Now? Race and Politics in Trump's America, with Jamelle Bouie and Christina Greer
Race, and racism, played central roles in the election of our next President. In a special Uncharted Festival event, two experts provided insight into how, why and what now?
by Tracey Taylor Jan. 17, 2017, 1:00 p.m. October 4, 2022
Why did white women vote for Donald Trump? What role did the media play in his victory, and what is their responsibility now? What are the the odds Trump will still be President four years from now? Who should we be reading and listening to in order to forge a path going forward? These were some of the many questions discussed at WTF Now? Race and politics in Trump's America, a special Uncharted Berkeley Festival of Ideas event put on by Berkeleyside on Monday, Jan. 16 at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley.
Jamelle Bouie, chief political correspondent of Slate.com, and Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University, were the evening's expert speakers. Bouie, also a political analyst for CBS News, was in conversation with Berkeleyside and Uncharted co-founder Lance Knobel, and Greer talked with PowerPAC+'s Aimee Allison. PowerPac+ works to elect progressive leaders to public office to reflect the country's multiracial majority.
The speakers were welcomed by Lauren Schiller, host of the radio show Inflection Point. After both conversations, the four took questions from the audience.
Watch the live-stream of the evening above. The annual Uncharted Berkeley Festival of Ideas, produced by Berkeleyside, takes place in October in downtown Berkeley. Learn more at BerkeleyIdeas.com
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The Super Bowl is the biggest annual sporting event in the world, known as much for its adverts as its on-field action.
Well this year things went slightly wayward with one ad causing users' tech to unwittingly spring into action.
Early in the game Google ran an add for its Google Home device, a voice-activated smart speaker much like the Amazon Echo.
As well as showing lots of hugging, laughing and general family loveliness, the ad also threw down a couple of "OK, Google" audio triggers.
These didn't just remain in the ad, however, with dozens of Google Home owners taking to Twitter to bemoan how their own speakers had been brought to life by the advert.
"That @Google home trailer made my google home have a meltdown," one disgruntled user wrote.
They weren't alone, either, with a raft of complaints quickly popping up on the social network.
Far from the first time voice-activated speakers have been accidentally triggered by TV references, last month a news broadcast caused a bunch of Amazon Echos to add items to shopping baskets.
Currently available in the States, Google Home has yet to launch in the UK.
Did you experience ad-based issues with your Google Home? Share your experiences in the comments.


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Villécloye is een gemeente in het Franse departement Meuse (regio Grand Est) en telt 226 inwoners (1999). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Verdun. Het plaatsje ligt aan de Othain.

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Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

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