First of all we have to say that thanks to my cousin Catherine SANDNER, who gave us a guide book of Istanbul. I'm really proud to say that she didn't only write this guide, but she managed this guide to be perfectly efficient ! It's amazing how small enough it is to be taken and read during the flight. There's a load of useful and easy Turkish words to learn in it !
We strolled with her around the city for a grand total of 20 hours, filling our eyes with Istanbul's wonders as much as we could !
but active members of a joyful and lively community, enjoying up to date infrastructure.
Alternately a greek, roman and byzantine city, Istanbul was conquered by the crusaders, who themselves fell a prey to the Ottoman empire's might. Even Nowadays Ankara is the capital city of Turkey, but Istanbul remained anyway the main city of Turkey, an Islamic republic since 1923.
Terraces fill up during the evenings, the streets come alive. Even if it's mere 8°C (46°F), turks still like living outside.
The city was built on either side of the Bosphorus, also named "the Golden Horn".
Fine, neat craftsmanship can be found there. The 1001 lamps shop was our favorite and amazed us at first sight !
Best of all are the onctuous turkish coffees, releasing their oriental magic with each sip. George Clowney would "what else" those all day!


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Recently retired Pat and John tell BBC Business editor Simon Jack their plans to travel around Europe in their motor home are on hold, while they await the outcome of Brexit.
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Toronto Marlies sneak out third home win, force Game 7 against Syracuse Crunch
The Marlies survive a tight game to earn the chance to fight it out for the division final in a Game 7 in Syracuse
By Species and scottcwheeler May 15, 2017, 10:45pm EDT
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It was Marlies coach Sheldon Keefe who set the tone for Monday night's game after a brutal 5-1 loss in Syracuse against the Crunch on Saturday. It was the third loss in three games on the road — a place they simply couldn't play their game or find a way to generate a win. Keefe summed it up by saying "we need to go now and earn ourselves the opportunity to come back here and get it right."
Tonight in Toronto they did, and it will now be one final game Wednesday evening that settles who is the champion of the AHL's North Division and will advance to the conference final.
Monday night's game wasn't pretty, but it was enough.
"We need to play better. We still didn't play the way we needed to play if we're going to win on the road. Today, we had a little bit of good fortune," said Keefe after the win.
The Marlies ran with the same lines they have for most of this series. The only change was a substitution of Rinat Valiev for William Wrenn.
Jake Dotchin returned to the Crunch lineup after serving a three-game suspension for his hit on Frederik Gauthier. The Crunch chose to run with seven defenceman and 11 forwards for the game.
The goalies were once again Mike McKenna and Kasimir Kaskisuo.
Keefe credited Kaskisuo for his growth as a first-year player.
"Garret Sparks, for me, is the MVP of the regular season but Kaskisuo has stepped in and given us a chance," Keefe said of his by-default starting goalie.
"As a hockey player, that's what it's all about: when it's all on the line and you're able to perform," Kaskisuo added after his 27-save night.
The game started off rough for the Marlies. Andrew Nielsen took the first penalty of the game, an interference call only 1:50 from the start. The Marlies killed it off easily, perhaps foreshadowing good fortune to come for Nielsen later on.
The teams then traded scoring chances back and forth. Yanni Gourde had a great chance that was stymied by Kaskisuo.
Things turned in the favour of the Marlies when Colin Greening got off a great shot, which was then followed by a dominant shift by the line of Trevor Moore, Sergey Kalinin, and Seth Griffith, with multiple scoring chances. It was the kind of energy not seen since the first few minutes of Saturday's game.
Even the fourth line got in on the action, with Rich Clune, Kerby Rychel and Brett Findlay working well together to generate chances.
Despite all that effort, no one for either team scored in the first period.
The Crunch started the period with a penalty by Erik Condra, one of six during the game, which surely crippled their ability to counter the Marlies offence, but, as they have twice previously in the series, the Crunch scored short-handed. This time it was Michael Bournival who out-skated a gassed Andreas Johnsson.
Another day, another shorty. #SYRvsTOR #FIN15H pic.twitter.com/thznCCdDV5
— Syracuse Crunch (@SyracuseCrunch) May 16, 2017
Carl Grundstrom's line had several opportunities throughout the game, but he finally scored on the power-play to tie up the game.
Carl Grundstrom has his third of the playoffs with a quick move from behind the net. #Marlies and Crunch tied 1-1.#MarliesLive pic.twitter.com/RVy3EhGMv0
— Toronto Marlies (@TorontoMarlies) May 16, 2017
It was his third elimination game of the year, after grinding through a pair with Frolunda in the Swedish Hockey League playoffs.
"It's fun to get a big goal and play some powerplay," Grundstrom said of his play. "They have not asked me to play one specific role. They just told me to play my game and be comfortable."
To wind up the period, Dotchin had his most notable moment of the game, when he was undressed by Steve Oleksy who beat him on a great play to generate another Marlies scoring chance.
With six minutes left in the period, Kapanen went down hard on the ice, looking like he injured his knee or leg. (He made it back to the bench with some help from the trainer.) He was visibly wincing in pain for some time until he was ordered out to the dressing room. His reaction was eerily similar to his injury on April 29, when he was clipped in the head by an elbow in the final game against the Albany Devils.
Eventually, he returned to his regular line for the start of the third period. It remains to be seen if he played through an injury through the rest of the game or if he is actually alright.
Grundstrom had another big scoring chance early in the period, but this time it didn't go in. Instead, Andrew Nielsen scored on a power play as the game's hero.
It was a classic Andrew Nielsen goal — a thunderous shot from way out in front of the net that sailed through traffic.
Andrew Nielsen and Seth Griffith play a little keep away before Nielsen connects on the one-timer to put the #Marlies ahead.#MarliesLive pic.twitter.com/qQbOVH7Cs6
And Nielsen, who had struggled for most of the game, needed the confidence.
"It's huge. Me and Valiev are playing together lately and we're not getting the big matchups or as much ice-time as the other four but we're still contributing and playing hard every shift," Nielsen said.
"Now we get the opportunity to get out on the road and play Game 7," Keefe finished. "Nothing better."

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Det. Del Rio's partner shares memories after 28 years of serving with him
Honoring Detective Del Rio
by: Aliah Williamson
Posted: Nov 8, 2019 / 11:16 PM EST / Updated: Nov 8, 2019 / 11:16 PM EST
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – A rock star and a super hero with a laugh as infectious as his smile– those are just some of the words being used to describe Jorge Del Rio just a day after the devastating loss of the Dayton police detective.
Del Rio succumbed to his injuries on Thursday. Friday, his detective partner for almost 28 years began to share his memories of Del Rio, his appearance is being concealed for safety.
"Jorge had a great sense of humor," his partner said. "He could take any situation and make it the best. He could make you laugh, and not only just laugh, but laughing to where you're crying."
Del Rio is survived by his wife, five daughters and three grandchildren with another on the way. His partner says Del Rio was well known for being a family man and helping people when he could.
"Jorge always gave it his all. When everyone would step back he's the one who would always step up until the very end. Jorge would always take care of other people too. He was always sensitive to everybody's needs and he would do it in a way that never hurt anyone's feelings. That was the type of person jorge was.
According to the Dayton Police History Foundation, detecive Del Rio is Dayton's longest-serving fallen officer. He dedicated 30 years and 8 months of his career to the police department.
Now, just days away from saying a final goodbye, Del Rio's partner, friend and brother lifts up one final message, from himself and the community:
"Thank you for everything that you've done for the family and for Dayton," he says.
Click here for information on the GoFundMe page created for the Del Rio family by the Dayton Fraternal Order of the Police.


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Q: Haskell State monad and monadic guard i have small task to emulate imperative loop in monadic code with state involved and there should be no IO, the task is to exit loop on condition and here is my attempt:
> execState (forever $ modify (+1) >>= \x -> guard $ x < 5 ) 1

So i expect to get something like 4 here, but instead getting this cryptic message:
<interactive>:1:43:
    No instance for (MonadPlus Data.Functor.Identity.Identity)
      arising from a use of `guard' at <interactive>:1:43-47
    Possible fix:
      add an instance declaration for
      (MonadPlus Data.Functor.Identity.Identity)
    In the first argument of `($)', namely `guard'
    In the expression: guard $ x < 5
    In the second argument of `(>>=)', namely `\ x -> guard $ x < 5'

Whole thing works ok without guard, but it seems completely hate guard for some reason.
UPD:
Finally i got it running, thanks to hammar for types hint. Despite it returns Nothing, i know it runs 5 times and this is cool, not sure how it can be useful for now.
runStateT (forever $ do { modify (+1); x <- get; guard $ x < 5 } :: StateT Int Maybe Int) 1

A: As the error message is trying to tell you, guard requires that the monad you're using must be an instance of the type class MonadPlus.
In this example, you're using the State monad, which is actually a StateT transformer on top of the Identity monad. There is a MonadPlus instance for StateT, but it requires that the underlying monad must be a MonadPlus as well, which Identity isn't.
For your example, you can try something like
> let loop = modify (+1) >> get >>= \x -> if x < 5 then loop else return x in execState loop 1

A: Not all monads support guard; only those in MonadPlus.  Looks like you're using the Identity monad (perhaps as part of execState).  What would you like to happen when the guard fails?

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I call these beauties Noble Messengers or Earth & Sky Spirits. They are all ONE OF A KIND CREATIONS, made with naturally shed feathers ranging from parrot, pheasant, peacock, guinea fowl, jay, magpie, raven, and more, all fastened to a crystal which is wrapped securely with faux sinew with a nice thick loop of buckskin in back to hang it from. We make them in many sizes, ranging from 5" by 5" up to 2ft by 2ft! They can be hung on a wall, door, in a window, placed on your altar or anywhere your brilliant mind can imagine!!
These pieces are Living Prayers for the Sacred Union of Heaven and Earth, Masculine and Feminine, Yin and Yang, Above and Below. They carry the wisdom and medicine of all the elements. Water, Earth and Air, and Fire. The Noble Messengers Invoke The Angels, Star Nations, Ascended Ones, Crystal Nations and Ancestors, that they might descend on the Rainbow Bridge upon Wings of Pure Light, transmitting The Eternal Wisdom of The Creator and The Elixirs of Awakening and Divine Remembrance to All. May they bless you in more ways than you can imagine and always serve to lift your thoughts, feelings, and actions to their highest potential while reminding you of the impeccable beauty and perfection with which we were all created! Fly High and Root Deep!!
WHAT I LOVE MOST IS MAKING CUSTOMIZED, PERSONAL PIECES FOR PEOPLE! THIS WAY I CAN PUT THE CLEAREST, STRONGEST PRAYER AND INTENTION INTO IT FOR YOU, WHILE GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO CO-CREATE WITH ME!! COME PLAY WITH COLORS, STONES, FEATHERS, BONES, AND DESIGNS!! Send me a msg if you have questions, ideas, or requests!
The winged ones are those who fly closest to the Heavens, and carry the purifying breath of the four winds in their wings and feathers. It is for this reason that feathers have been used for millennia as powerful healing tools and ceremonial instruments. Different birds carry different energies and vibrations and through learning from our teachers and elders, time spent sitting and meditating upon and with feathers, study and practice we can begin to learn some of these blessed gifts that they share. In using feathers, I sit quietly, coming to stillness and then silently or aloud speak my prayer and intention, giving thanks to The Creator and the bird people, asking humbly that they lend their spiritual gifts and healing medicines so that we might be lifted above our limited awareness and learn to always better ourselves and work for the well being of All Life. Feathers act as an energetic broom with which to clear away negative, stagnant energies in and around our bodies and environments, as well as to send our prayers of good will, healing, and love to The Creator, those who need healing, and out into the infinite Web of Creation.
I find a lot of my feathers wandering in nature, and others are naturally molted feathers I buy from private owners or bird rescue organizations. I have been walking a ceremonial path for years, as well as training in deep nature connection practices. It with great respect, reverence, and love that i use the gifts of our earth relatives to create these sacred instruments.
It is with such deep gratitude that the Noble Messengers come into form. For all the ways the bird tribes and the crystal people have come into my life to help me, heal me, and teach me so many lesson, I am eternally grateful. May they bless you and lift you into the highest states of awareness and love, that you might fulfill your greatest potential and take flight in your own way into the sky of your biggest most heartfelt dreams!
Thank you for loving and honoring the magic, power, and beauty of the birds, stone people, and all of Nature as i do, and for walking and flying in beauty! Blessings All Ways!


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MCIF Chapter - 43.1
MCIF Chapter – 43.1
43.1 The Whore's Secret
Due to the fact that she was about to stay in the same room as Nian Bing, Xue Jing's heart rate shot upwards at an alarming rate. Although she liked Nian Bing, she knew that as a young lady, staying in the same room as him was inappropriate. Still, she was hesitant because she felt that this was an opportunity that she did not want let go of. Now, because they were staying in separate rooms, Nian Bing and Xue Jing both released a breath. There was still however, some hope left in her heart.
"Nian Bing, then what about you? If I stay in your room then what will you do?"
Nian Bing gave a little smile and replied, "Don't worry about me. I will just rest on the sofas in the main hall for tonight."
Xue Jing glared violently at the night guard. With a snort, she went up the stairs.
Seeing Xue Jing go, the guard spoke to Nian Bing, "People are not allowed to stay in the main hall. If you want to stay here, please come again in the morning. I am closing the door now, so I request that you leave."
Nian Bing went blank. He wrinkled his brows and asked, "Are you targeting me? I have not committed any offence against you."
The guard said coldly, "I am just following the rules. Please leave."
Naturally, Nian Bing could not lower himself to the level of this ordinary citizen. Helpless to do anything, he could only once again exit the Orchid Fragrance Inn.
It was late at night, and Nian Bing could not help but shiver as the cool October wind blew. He hurried to mobilize the fire element to wrap around his body and immediately felt more comfortable. Although the night was cold, the lack of Xue Jing's presence allowed him to unwind his mind.
For Xue Jing to have secretly run away from home to find me confirms that she has feelings for me! Xue Jing likes me, and moreover, she is not as weak as Long Ling. If she wants to always be with me, what will happen on the road to the capital of the Profound Orchid Empire? Things that are outside of my control are really troublesome. I probably do not have any feelings for Xue Jing, but I definitely have some sort of longing. In front of beautiful girls, could I still remain so cold? Very difficult, very difficult.
Besides his mother, Nian Bing only had one woman's figure held deep in his heart. Towards Long Ling he felt pity, towards Luo Rou, admiration. Towards Xue Jing, although he still held fear of her crazy hysteria, there was definitely nothing that had evolved into love. Therefore, he he did not want to be in contact with these three girls for an extended period of time. Even if he did not sink into it, if Xue Jing's feelings for him deepened, it would be hard to resolve things. He could not hit her or chase her away.
Having thought this, Nian Bing's thoughts took a sudden turn and started thinking of a suitable method.
Suddenly, his heart thumped. Why did Xue Jing like me? Maybe it was because my appearance attracted her. If I could make her see some of my weak points, perhaps her feelings towards me would grow colder. Xue Jing is a girl who jumps from love to hate. Moreover, her temper is also similarly volatile. Xue Jing, sorry, but I have to do this.
With a strange expression on his face, Nian Bing walked through the darkness. Soon he found his destination. At this time of night, there was probably only one kind of store that would not have closed its doors. That was – a brothel.
"Oh, mister, have you come to play? Although it is a bit late now, we have plenty of ladies here." A thirty to forty-year-old heavily made up female bawd1 invited Nian Bing in.
This was a medium-sized brothel. When he entered, the strong smell of cosmetics assaulted Nian Bing's nose and made his head spin. He could not help but feel flustered; he had zero experience with brothels. He did not even know in what the purpose of brothels were. After all, when Zha Ji was teaching him culinary arts, the former could not introduce to him to brothels. He just knew of their existence and had once heard people talking about it once on the streets of Ice and Snow City.
It was a wife and husband couple. The husband was like a beaten up, moldy eggplant as he was cursed out by his wife. From their dialogue, Nian Bing gathered that the husband had gone to the place called a brothel, which his wife could not tolerate. It was extremely frightening when he recalled that scene. If murder was not a capital offence, he was sure that the wife would've used a kitchen knife to cut her husband to death. Afterwards, he had asked Long Ling what sort of place a brothel was. He had never seen Long Ling have a temper before, but right then, she had told him to get out with a red face. From then on, Nian Bing guessed that this was a place on the fringes that men liked and women hated. While he was travelling, he had passed some brothels so he was able to distinguish the building.
With a somewhat embarrassed cough, Nian Bing looked into the glittering eyes of the bawd. He said, "Is there a place where I can stay here?" When he had heard that couple arguing before, he had heard the wife curse the husband for staying out all night at the brothel. Presumably, a brothel was somewhere where people could stay.
Normally, Nian BIng's ordinary clothes would not be able to attract the attention of the bawd, but his looks were too handsome. They even made the bawd's heart. She thought, If I could sleep a night with such a handsome fellow, it would be worth it to pay instead of getting paid.
"Stay? Of course there is. Only, I don't know how sir would like to stay here! Ladies, a guest has arrived. Come and greet the guest."
It was late at night. The majority of the whores, if they hadn't already had a guest, were preparing to go to sleep. When they heard the bawd's summons, the whores without guests could not ignore it. Each of them came downstairs looking at the main hall with sleepy vision. But when their gazes fell on Nian Bing, all of the whores stopped what they were doing.
Nian Bing suddenly shuddered with his entire body. He looked at the seven or eight young women who had come from upstairs. Each of them were wearing flimsy clothing, their arms and thighs for the most part, exposed. Some were missing the front part of their clothes, exposing their full tits. He had not entered society for very long, so he had never seen such an alluring scene before. He immediately felt his blood start to boil over and his heart beat faster.
The whores finally responded. To use the world "flocked" would be the most appropriate to describe how, in only an instant, they surrounded Nian Bing. It seemed like they had martial art skills. Their thirsty gazes and seductive posture were arousing.
"Sir, come to my room. I am the famed pure beauty."
"Who's a pure beauty. Sir, you see how big I am here? Come, and tonight I will definitely look after you well. If not, I will give you an twenty percent discount, how about that?"
"Twenty percent? Sir, I will give you a forty percent discount, how's that? I'm so lonely tonight."
Sweat, cold sweat trickled down Nian Bing's forehead. Even when he faced off against the Golden-Backed Land Dragon King, Nian Bing had not felt this nervous. He suddenly realized that his idea was no good. Such an erotic place made a beginner like him sink into endless embarrassment. What to do? What should I do now? While thinking this, he was unable to say anything. Looking at the blushing women, he found that he was covered in a layer of goosebumps. Heavens! God! Save me
"Okay, okay. No need to squabble ladies. Let the mister pick himself. Sir, who will you pick?" The bawd had seen much of the world. One look at Nian Bing's embarrassed face, and she knew that this was the first time he came to this kind of place. If it were another person, she would be too lazy to pay attention. Since Nian Bing was handsome enough to actually tempt her, however, she took the initiative to help him out of his predicament.
The bawd directed the girls to stand in an orderly line. She stuck herself to Nian Bing's side and rubbed her ample chest on his arm. "Sir, which girl would you like to choose? If none of them catch your eye, then how about me?"
Nian Bing lowered his head to look at the bawd he was forced to admit that this thirty-year-old bawd had charm not inferior to any of the other girls. Moreover, she had much more experience. Her ample, brag-worthy figure in particular made blood rush to Nian Bing's nose. Heavens, this was a brothel? All of his intelligence seemed to disappear as he dumbly asked, "Th-this, how much does it cost to stay here for a night?"
Nian Bing's simple appearance made the bawd's heart itch, but she was unable to scratch it. Certain parts of her body started to change. "Whether you have money or not, for Sir to grace our establishment is our honor. If at any time you feel like choosing someone, there are many of us living here. You can pick as you wish."
"Keke2, then please give me an empty room. I will give you as much money as you wish. After staying a night, I will go." Nian Bing's words immediately garnered smiles from the women. The bawd kneaded the firm muscle in his forearm. "Oh, Mister, could it be that you do not fancy the girls here? For those who come here, why would we have a rule that says you must sleep alone! You should pick one to accompany you."
"Why is it so noisy. Mama, you haven't shut the doors when it's this late? No guest will come." A voice languidly called down from upstairs. Although it was speaking in a rebuke, one had to admit that her voice was extremely tempting.
The faces of the whores and the bawd next to him all changed. One of the whores mumbled to herself, "It's done, it's done. She has come and now this premium virgin definitely won't be mine."
Nian Bing directed to his gaze to the upper floor. He could only see a girl wearing a pink dress walk down from upstairs. Her figure was well-proportioned and fully developed, and her fair and pretty face only bore a smattering of make-up. An elegant fragrance was emitted from her body. She seemed to be a bit tired as she rested her hands on the railing as she descended the stairs. Her eyebrows creased, making people feel a different kind of beauty. Her appearance had immediately silenced all the girls. Although she was not an absolute beauty like Feng Nu, her looks were also top-quality.
The bawd sighed internally and smiled apologetically at Nian Bing. "Sir, as you see, this our queen of flowers3. Although she is a bit high-maintenance, she is definitely worth it! Ru Yi, a guest has come."
The girl lifted her head slightly. When her hazy gaze and Nian Bing's clear eyes met, her beautiful, large eyes immediately gleamed. Unlike the other prostitutes who had lost themselves before, she slowly descended. On her pretty face, her smile blossomed like a hundred flowers. She walked up to Nian Bing and said, "Hello Mister. My name is Ru Yi."
Nian Bing had already gradually become used to the atmosphere here. Unlike before he was not at a complete loss. He nodded his head slightly and said, "Hello."
Ru Yi turned her head to the bawd. "Mama, today let Ru Yi entertain this Mister, okay?"
The bawd wanted to say no, but Ru Yi was the lead player of this whorehouse. A plurality of the guests who came here, came for her face. If she had to offend someone, it would not be this money tree! Hurriedly she replied, "Okay, of course it is okay. Ru Yi, bring this Sir to your room."
A single woman was easier to deal with than a gaggle of woman. Although Nian Bing still did not fully understand what a brothel did, having an elegant maiden guide him gave him a more favorable impression. Going with her instead of a group of women wearing a lot of makeup was a lot better.
Ru Yi tugged on Nian Bing's hand. The two people had different feelings at the same time. Ru Yi felt that Nian Bing's slender hand was powerful but without callouses. His hand was very warm, but seemed to be as hard as steel. Nian Bing felt something else entirely. Although this was not the first time he had a girl hold his hand, Ru Yi gave him an entirely different feeling. Her hand was extremely soft, like it had no bone. What gave him the most deep impression was that her hand was ice cold. Her tiny hand was extremely supple, holding it was extremely comfortable.
Ru Yi did not say a word as they went up the stairs. She led him into the room on the far side of the corridor. The room was very large, decorated in things that were mostly pink. It was divided into an outer and inner room, but the inner room did not have a door separating it. Inside was a large bed, completely surrounded by curtains. The whole room gave off a special atmosphere.
"Please sit, Sir." Ru Yi's voice suddenly lost its previous gentleness. She tugged Nian Bing down next to the circular table in the outer room. She passed a cup of liquor to Nian Bing and sat next to him.
Nian Bing took a sip of the alcohol. A fiery sensation rose up from his belly, immediately calming his emotions. But still, he asked a dumb question. "Miss Ru Yi, there is only one bed here. Where will I sleep? Why do your rules here require go into a one-person room?"
Ru Yi went blank for a moment, lifting her head to look at Nian Bing. "We are a brothel."
"Then why are you asking this kind of question?" Ru Yi's eyes held a colder light.
Nian Bing forced a smile and said, "Honestly speaking, although I know this is a brothel, I don't know what you do in a brothel. Can you tell me?"
Ru Yi replied bluntly, "So then, what do you do?"
Like, female pimp ↩
Cough cough. ↩
Like, most famous whore ↩
Rovi Evangelista
lovelyxday
Slikrapids
antowibowo
Premium virgin…..
Nian Bing can kill a man but doesn't know what a brothel is…
seinky
Exactly what I was going to say! XD
premium virgin
Thanks for the translation!
Zeth
Ebzy
Can't those whores tell that this virgin smells different?
MCOIAF FAN
No they need to taste him first 😉
I doubt he will share his dish with them 😛
Perhaps they are both interested in tofu…!
But there is slight issue , if some one is wegan he isn t interested in women 😉
Ah yeah…being gay would make me love this novel…sadly harem master is straight…
How can being gay make novel better ?
Poque me gusta el yaoi
Thanks for chapter 😉
Welcome~~
thatbrodou
lolololol he might die if wild girl finds out the shit going down
Thanks as always
Hehe np
Papaxibé
I remember when I have the same mind as Ning Bing… I was nine years old… Ning are 18 years old!
Now I am feeling too precocious!
Haha…what happened when u were 10 o.o
Kingslayer19
Thanks for the chapter. 🙂
That title though,I had to look again to confirm.
Ehue prostitute just doesn't have the same feel ya know


I was able to see Natasha Kmeto open for Beacon at Kilby Court a few months ago and I was amazed at how solid her live performance was. Impressive voice, presence, and show. I picked up her albums, Crisis and Inevitable, on cassette and had a good chat with her. Lovely.


I receive daily emails from Chad Tacket who has a BS degree in exercise science & nutrition from Oregon State University (1994) and is certified as a Personal Trainer & Weight Management Specialist by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) My emails relate to important health and fitness information. Here is one of Chad's emails I received today. We should all be interested in our own health and I find the information Chad gives is useful and practical. Hydration is of the utmost importance and is critical for good health in general so here are 10 easy ways to drink more water every day.
4. Dilute sugary drinks with water and ice.
5. Keep a gallon jug nearby.
Filtered water can taste better than the liquid coming out of the tap or water fountain, as well as remove harmful chemicals and toxins.
Pouring this bubbly, zero-calorie drink is just as good for your body as drinking water—except it's got more pizzazz. Add a squeeze of lime juice, and it's basically like drinking a fancy cocktail (without the alcohol). You can also make your own sparkling water at home with a Sodastream (you can purchase on Amazon).
One sneaky way to increase the amount of water you consume on a daily basis: eat your H2O. Addfruits and vegetables with a high water content to your grocery shopping list. Some top picks include cucumber (96% water), zucchini (95% water), watermelon (92% water), and grapefruit (91% water). The FITera community site is loaded with healthy recipes that are high in water.
9. Stick to a one-to-one rule when drinking alcohol.
10. Use a marked water bottle.
A bottle that's marked with ounces or even hours can help you reach your personal water goal each day. Plus, you'll know exactly how many times you need to refill! Put three rubber bands around your wrist in the morning; each time you drink a full water bottle, remove one from your wrist and place around the bottle… until all three are around the water bottle.


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New 'self-calibrating MEMS' bringing accuracy to nanotech
April 7, 2017 July 11, 2012 by Brian Wang
Researchers have demonstrated tiny machines that could make possible super-accurate sensors and motors, with far-reaching applications from computer storage to altimeters, detecting petroleum deposits to measuring DNA-binding forces.
The machines are called self-calibratable micro-electromechanical systems, or MEMS. Although MEMS are in commercial use, the new device is the first of its kind capable of self-calibration, a step critical for applications requiring high performance and accuracy.
* a $15 chip is able to measure MEMS displacements better than a $500,000 electron microscope
* 30 percent of MEMS manufacturing costs are related to calibration
* Conventional gravity meters can cost over $200,000 and could be replaced with a small chip. They are used to find oil deposits.
* new self-calibration will improve the accuracy of atomic force microscopes
This picture shows a new device called a self-calibratable MEMS. Purdue researchers have demonstrated the tiny machines, which could make possible super-accurate sensors and motors with far-reaching applications. (Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center image/Jason Vaughn Clark)
"Self-calibration is needed because each MEMS device is slightly different due to variations that occur in manufacturing," he said. "Small variations in microstructure geometry, stiffness, and mass can significantly affect performance. Because of this variability, no two MEMS behave identically. Since conventional methods to measure MEMS properties are usually impractical, expensive, have unknown accuracy and large uncertainty, enabling MEMS to calibrate themselves is a game-changing innovation."
Clark previously developed the self-calibration theory. He and doctoral student Fengyuan Li have now created the device and conducted experiments to validate the theory. Findings are detailed in a paper to appear later this year in the IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, or JMEMS.
The peer-reviewed work received a grade of A for "innovation" and an A for "importance to the field," which testifies to the significance of the research, Clark said.
"I think it's important to note that in 1990 MEMS pioneer Richard Muller said research on the mechanical properties of the materials in these devices is needed to provide the engineering base that will make it possible to exploit fully this technology," he said. "And during a 2007 visit to Purdue, physics Nobel laureate John Hall said that without accurate and precise measurements, no reliable form of science or engineering is possible."
The self-calibrating technology makes it possible to accurately measure displacement, or how far a measuring device moves, on a scale of micrometers to less than a nanometer – a range that spans a fraction of the diameter of a human hair to a fraction of the width of an atom.
"The difficulty in accurately measuring small displacements represents a bottleneck in MEMS and nanotech advancements," Clark said. "Accurate metrology is a problem that has eluded researchers since the beginning of MEMS and nanotech in the late 1980s. Displacement is fundamental to science and engineering. We know that quantities like velocity, acceleration, force, stiffness, frequency, and mass can be related to displacement. Now, using a $15 chip that can fit on your fingertip, we showed that our technology is able to measure MEMS displacements better than a $500,000 electron microscope."
Introducing accurate measurement methods made the difference between alchemy and chemistry about 230 years ago, and self-calibrating MEMS might bring a similar transformation in the world if nanotechnology, he said.
"The ability to perform accurate measurements is of paramount importance to technological advancement," he said. "In the late 1700s, Antoine Lavoisier transformed alchemy to chemistry by introducing quantitative measurements. Today, some compare the state of micro and nanotechnology to alchemy, where nanotechnologists can precisely sense small signals, but they have not had a practical way to accurately measure most mechanical quantities. That is, no two nanotechnology labs have been able to show that they can measure the same phenomenon and obtain the same numerical result."
The heart of the self-calibrating MEMS are two gaps of differing size, electrostatic sensors and tiny actuators called comb drives, so named because they contain meshing comb-like fingers. These meshing fingers are drawn toward each other when a voltage is applied and return to their original position when the voltage is turned off. The comb drives measure the change in an electrical property called capacitance while gauging the distances of the two gaps built into the device. The fine measurements reveal the difference between the device's designed layout and the actual dimensions.
"Once you learn the difference between layout and fabrication, you have calibrated the device," Clark said. "Many MEMS designs with comb drives can be easily modified to implement our technology. Our research results suggest the days of inaccurate micro and nano-mechanical measurements are numbered."
MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes currently are being used commercially in products such as the Nintendo Wii video game, iPhone, automobiles, the Segway human transporter and walking robots. However, those MEMS don't require ultrahigh accuracy like those used in tactical- and navigation-grade inertial sensors, which must undergo a complex calibration procedure in the factory. The chips are tested using machines that translate, rotate, shock, and heat the devices.
"The new self-calibratable MEMS could eliminate or reduce the need for rigorous factory calibration, cutting manufacturing costs," Clark said. "Something like 30 percent of manufacturing costs are related to calibration."
The self-calibratable MEMS could lead to high-performance data storage technologies and advanced lithography to create next generation computer circuits and nanodevices.
Researchers will use the new self-calibration approach to improve the accuracy of atomic force microscopes, or AFMs, which are tools essential for nanotechnologists. Purdue operates about 30 AFMs, and Clark's research group will use the calibrated MEMS to calibrate AFM displacement, stiffness, and force.
The group also will use a calibrated MEMS to measure the difference in gravity between different heights above the ground. The ability to measure gravity with such sensitivity could be used as a new tool for detecting underground petroleum deposits.
"Conventional gravity meters can cost over $200,000," Clark said. "They consist of a large vacuum tube and a mirrored mass. Gravitational acceleration is determined by measuring the drop time of the mass in free fall. Since oil or mineral deposits have a different density than surrounding material, the local gravity is slightly different."
The bulky and expensive gravity meters could be replaced with a small and inexpensive MEMS chip. Another potential application is as an altimeter for aircraft. Conventional altimeters measure height by using air pressure, which fluctuates.
"These altimeters aren't really accurate," Clark said. "Having a sensor that could accurately determine height would be an asset while flying at night, through fog, or bad weather.
The self-calibratable technology also could allow MEMS to recalibrate themselves after being exposed to harsh temperature changes or remaining dormant for long periods.
Yet another potential application is the study of exotic phenomena such as forces between molecules and within tiny structures on the scale of nanometers.
"A more accurate MEMS device could make it possible to measure physical phenomena that have been beyond the resolution of conventional technology," Clark said. "To fully understand and exploit the attributes of the nanoscale, you really have to be able to accurately measure subtle phenomena. Without accurate measurement tools, it becomes difficult to discover or resolve these phenomena, to develop accurate physical models, and to subsequently use the models to explore possibilities leading to useful innovations."
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The Japanese love their curry. Introduced to the country by the British in the late 1800s, when Meiji-era Japan opened its doors to foreigners and their goods, curry rice or karē raisu is now so widely consumed that it can be considered a national dish--curry roux blocks and even boil in a bag curry packs are widely available in supermarkets.
Tokyo's C&C Curry Shop serves up this Japanese comfort food at it's best--sticky rice alongside a breaded and deep fried cutlet of some variety (katsu), all covered in a rich curry gravy. Oh so good. For less than $10, you can eat like an emperor with a rib sticking meal of chicken katsu curry and an Asahi to wash it all down.
We nicknamed the curry house "Chicken ATM", as you have to place and pay for your order on a machine located just inside the door. Some of the machines feature English translations beneath the Kangi but it helps to have your Kangi-English dictionary app with you in case they don't. You want to know what you are ordering. Or maybe you don't. Once you have figured out which buttons to push in the right order, the machine spits out corresponding meal tickets that you then hand to the server behind the counter.
The server will ask you how you like your curry sauce: mild, medium hot, or hot. The curry is not exactly India hot so don't be afraid to go all in if you like spicy food.Pickled vegetables, such as little onions or rakkyo and pickled ginger or beni shoga, sit in front of you on the counter as a garnish for your curry.
Find one of the 21 different C&C Curry Shop locations across Tokyo and you will find yourself seated next to businessmen looking for a quick meal before heading back to the office, or young people looking to fortify before a full night of karaoke.


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The Jan and Cora Gordon pages.
1 The seeds of obsession and a biographers problem
2 Jan Gordon early days, paris, marriage, life till 1914
3 Cora Gordon née Turner, her early life in paris before marriage
lady art students in paris
4 The Serbian adventure feb-nov.1915
5 1916 Back in London, and short of cash.
6 Jan Gordon and Dazzle camouflage 1917-1919
7 Jan Gordon's art as a commissioned war artist, Royal Naval Medical section
8 Books by Jan and Cora Gordon
9 Art of Jan Gordon
10 Art of Cora J Gordon,
A slide show of pre 1914 Paris as Jan and Cora would have known it
early radio and TV involvement
On Wandering Wheels, USA Eastcoast, Hollywood and a heart attack
Three Lands on Three wheels, a 2012 re edit
Old Najac in photos as Jan and Cora would have seen it 1923
Najac and the 2007 re-issue of Two Vagabonds in Languedoc
" Cafe des Roses" again a disguised auto-biographical yarn from the New Witness
"Gradus Ad Montparnassum" from Blackwoods Magazine, an auto biographical yarn from Jan
Jan Gordon's obituary from the studio and the Jack Bilbo connection 1944
Contact @janandcoragordon
Rue Cherche Midi and the Museum of the Worthless
2016 3 wheels
Welcome to the Jan and Cora Gordon pages .
This website, is dedicated solely to perpetuating and recording the life and works both artistic and literary of a truly remarkable couple who, between the years 1919 and 1940, were something of a publishing phenomenon, writing a long series of unconventional travel books which described their travels around Europe and the USA in a style uniquely their own. Eschewing the conventional impressions of the traditional traveler they recorded in some detail the everyday lives of the folk they met, always with kindness and understated humour.
This website is the result of one persons obsession with gathering as much material about them as possible over a period of almost 40 years. It has resulted in a huge amount of archive material that is the only source of primary research solely about Jan and Cora Gordon on the net or anywhere. I hold on my bookshelves the most complete set of their published and unpublished writings to be found anywhere, as well as a fine collection of original artworks which can be appreciated by viewing the 'art of...' box on the drop down menu, above, see'MORE'
A necessary word re copyright will be found on a page of its own after the last page
5/12/2018 Because I have a backlog of huge amount of revisions and additions due to these pages I beg the indulgence of any readers for the inevitable untidiness and odd repetition of text which will all be sorted out in time, hopefully. I am embarrassedly aware of its shortcomings, but consider it more important to get all my back up information about the Gordons on line.
A fruitful few months since I last edited this site with some great finds, some additions to my own collection and a couple of mysteries first,yet another of Cora's Portuguese paintings this one,bought at auction was donated to the now defunct branch of the Mayfair Soroptimists of which Cora was a founder member, I have been aware of this one but not its whereabouts for some years;Now its home.
Another interesting find with a mystery, it turned up in an auction in the USA I was unable to bid on it as it was withdrawn and I lost trace. Where is it now?
Titled Regent street exhibited Le Fevre gallery 1937 and bought by Oldham Art Gallery, or so it seems, They no longer have their one.
This is an intriguing find for me, The Bird Seller,depicting a street seller of canaries in Brick Lane east London mid 1930s, I have a record of it being exhibited as a smaller gouache but this is very much larger, almost 3ft wide and in oil, it is obviously unfinished compared to the gouache version. What is more interesting is that it is over painted on a canvas of Cora's work, which was the 'Nuns gate Obidos' This is the second reused canvas I have discovered and as this one is unfinished I wonder if it was one of Jans final works, certainly the re-use of canvas of unsold work indicates wartime necessity.
above is a Cora Gordon painting of Spain again, circa 1921/2. I was unable to buy this one when it was auctioned earlier in 2018 and it was absolutely filthy, but its new owner cleaned it and it is shown here by his permission.
A sad story here: on the left this nice painting of Castello de Vide by Cora was, with one other presented by her the late 1930s with one other, to an educational institute she was associated with in the late 1930s . Ignored and in store somewhere they have disintegrated appallingly,almost to the point of no return. Buying them is sadly not an option,so they just get worse.
Last picture find of 2015 is this super gouache by Jan, found in the Portobello road of all places just yards from their old home; It's now gone to New Zealand. A quick bit of detective work establishes it as being the bowling green in Hyde Park.Where the barrage balloon is is now the tennis courts.
Best find of 2016 so far is this portrait by Cora. Now identified as Cicely Emily Parr nee Shaw, wife of Sir Robert Parr KBE CMG who served with the British Military Mission to Serbia 1914-18. So Serbia would appear to be the connection with the Gordons. oil on canvas on board, a rare oil portrait by Cora which I am very pleased to have aquired.
Here is a cracker of a Painting by Cora, 'Spanish Entrada', it is a variation of the Frontispiece to their first Spanish book "Poor Folk in Spain".
Confirmed as being typically Murcian in aspect. It would date from 1920.
Hovering over MORE on the blue navigation bar above will open up a series of pages about the Gordon lives which is constantly being revised or added to, .
But first a little look at their Paris studio off the Rue Cherche Midi Paris 75006 where they lived from about 1913 to 1932
Most pictures on this site will enlarge if clicked on, I hope readers will gain as much enjoyment of the Gordons work as I have, their books are still to be found , and Two Vagabonds in Languedoc, arguably their finest book, was reprinted in 2007 by Benefactum Press with a preface and preamble by myself... K J Bryant,Wiltshire,UK.
Next are a couple of photos of Jan and Cora in their Paris studio tucked away in a alley off the Rue Cherche Midi, Paris 75006. Once the stables of the Parisian omnibus horses but converted into artists studios by the mistress of a politician as her nest egg. In their time these studios hosted some famous names, at least before they achieved success. Jan and Cora moved into them around 1912/3 as far as I can ascertain, and lived there very contentedly in quite primitive conditions until 1931. The primitive toilets, a la turque, are still there, albeit used as storage sheds, and must have required some nerve for the Gordons visitors to use; and only oil lamps and a communal water tap for the 6 studios in their alley.
In 1944 their studio received a direct hit from a shell or small bomb and was destroyed. As part of a set of historic buildings it was rebuilt on the same plan but set further back to comply with building regulations.
Other than that they are exactly as Jan and Cora knew them and the present owner [2002]was kind enough to invite me in for tea, taken on this exact spot but sadly half a century too late to share with Jan and Cora.
If you wish to visit them you'll have to do as I did, a a little detective work!
The studios are well described in 'On a Paris Roundabout' and again in part in 'The London Roundabout'.
These photos date from 1923/4 and the right hand one was used for their 1927/28 USA lecture tour brochure.
For me they are a mine of information; above, Cora is holding a Vielle d'Auvergne mentioned in both Paris Roundabout and London Roundabout ...the two large paintings are by Jan and are of Spain (location unknown) the two small ones on the wall are of Najac; the top one is a smaller version of one shown in Cora's art page, the smaller one is of the place of Najac...She is sitting on striped horse rugs, probably ones they managed to save from Serbia 1915, or from their 1922 Balkan trip..even the parquet floor gets a mention in one of Jan's short stories.
On the right we are seeing more of their 'museum of the worthless' ....the vielle is on its place on the stairs and Jan and Cora are playing their Spanish instruments, Cora is wearing one of her shawls from Spain, behind Jan is the ancient Walnut oil jar,given to them by Monsieur Tressol in Najac and the large inch thick pottery dish , decorated as Cora described, "... with blue and green rhythms, ...a cat recumbent..." that was given to them by La Merchora in Murcia 1920.
I wonder where that dish is now? I know it was recorded in their London flat after 1932.
The lute, the guitar and the Vielle are now in the iceberg of a storeroom of the Horniman Museum, South London, where, I am sad to say they have been badly neglected, at least when I last saw them in the mid 1980s.
The inset woodcut at right is from
'On a Paris Roundabout'.
On the following pages accessed via the drop down bar above, MORE, there follows much much more ..........
If you have any information about the Gordons, I would be very glad to hear from you, or even talk about them if you wish to know more via the contact link in the drop down or http://www.janandcoragordon.co.uk/-contact-janandcoragordon.html


Tommy Hearns arrives in Kronk's basement gym. He is dressed in dark clothing, bringing to mind the fabled aging gunslinger of Old West lore.
Hearns walks slowly, his movements are measured and labored; yet he has earned the right because there is no need for legends to hurry through life. After all, their legacy is firmly established, their place in the world secured and their deeds adulated and celebrated.
Hearns disappears in to the locker room and moments later, walks toward me in full boxing attire. He sits next to me on one of the red plastic chairs that run along the walls of the mystical gym. His manner is quiet and unassuming, yet one senses that he is a man who knows what he wants and does not mind paying the price to get it. This attitude has culminated in his winning seven world titles in four weight divisions in a pro boxing career that has spanned an incredible 26 years. And Hearns still clings to the ring, refusing to entirely abdicate his passion for competitive participation in a sport that has earned him such honor and prestige.
Steven Malik Shelton: What are the characteristics that a person needs to be a world champion boxer?
SMS: What initially interested you in the sport of boxing when you were a youngster?
TH: Well, my idol was Muhammad Ali. I always said that I wanted to box like him. I wanted to be like him and pattern myself after him. So when I first went to the gym I told the trainer, 'I want to learn how to box like Muhammad Ali. I want to get on my toes and learn how to box.' And they started training me, first at King Solomon's Baptist Church over on 14th and Ferry Park, and then I started boxing and learned how to stand and learned my footing for my jabs and everything and eventually I learned what I really wanted to do which was get up on my toes and move around. I learned how to jab, I learned how to use my right hand. Then I learned how to move from side to side. And when I learned how to do that, I was into something and eventually it all came together and happened for me. It really happened.
SMS: What do you think makes Kronk Gym a special place?
TH: Because of all the great fighters that we have produced out of this gym. Kronk has produced a lot of great fighters and many of them have gone on to make a lot of money in the ring. People see that and realize its uniqueness and they begin talking about this gym more than any other place.
SMS: What do you say to those who have criticized you over the years?
TH: Well, people are entitled to their opinions and usually they're going to think what they want. There were people who said that I never should have started boxing; they sized me up and said that I was too skinny to be a fighter, they said I was too small. But look at me now. It all depends on what God has put in you. When God has blessed you with certain skills and talent to do something then you can do it. As long as you remember that God is your leader, then what all the critics in the world say don't mean much. Don't never let nobody stop you from doing what you want to do. As long as it's positive, go on ahead and go for it.
SMS: Your son Ronald is a professional boxer. Do you train him?
TH: I watch over Ronald, I don't train Ronald.
SMS: What are some of the challenges that young fighters face today that were not present when you began boxing?
TH: There are always distractions but you got to learn how to see things and not see them. You have to make up your mind that you are not going to be a part of things that are not good for you and that are not healthy or helpful. If it's not going to help you, leave it alone.
SMS: Do you think that it's easier for a fighter today or harder?
TH: Well, it's always going to be difficult for a fighter because there's always a lot of challenges and tribulations and stuff in front of you that you have to deal with. You got to be a man. As long as you be a man and deal with it in a manly way then you won't really have no problem, but as soon as you back down and don't deal with it, that's when it grows. God put you here on this earth to be a man. If he wanted you to be a woman he would have made you a woman. All men are going to have problems; you just have to deal with them.
SMS: What was your toughest fight?
TH: My toughest fight was winning my fifth world title against Juan Roldan. He was a very tough guy and the fight went back and forth. I had Roldan cleanly out on his feet; all of a sudden he hit me with a hook and had me out. And I thank God that I had the ability to box. If I didn't have my boxing movements, I would have been out of there. I resorted back to my movements, to my boxing which carried me through the fight. I moved, I boxed and I held him. If it wasn't for that, I would not be a seven-time world champion.
SMS: So your toughest contest was not the Marvin Hagler fight?
TH: The Marvin Hagler fight wasn't my toughest fight. It was a tough fight because it was three durable rounds…just two guys who were determined not to quit, and that's what made the fight look difficult; but it wasn't as hard as the fight with Roldan when I won my fifth world title.
SMS: What are some of the activities that you are involved with apart from boxing?
TH: I want to be, more than anything else, I want to be a leader. Not just for my people but for all people from all walks of life. God made me a people's champion; he didn't make me a certain race champion. And I'm going to take what God gave me and use it to the best of my ability and try to educate other people and show them that they can do the same. If you just take control of your life and don't let other people run your life. You got to run your own life. This is your life. God gave you this life and you need to live it as you choose without going out there and doing anything wrong. Anybody can do something wrong, but how many of us can do the right thing and look good in the public eye? I don't ever want to be caught out there not looking right, because I know that there are a lot of people watching me. And there are some people that watch you that don't want to see you do good, they want to see you do bad. I want all my children to be respectable. I want them to always be involved in something good and right. You know, trying to help somebody. I want to start working more with youth to try and teach them what's right and what's wrong. They already know what's right and what's wrong but I'm trying to teach them even more positive things to help them get over and be successful and to give them opportunities so that they can help themselves.
Steven Malik Shelton is a writer and human rights advocate. He can be reached at: malikshelton19@aol.com.
bikermike - I think I'd heard MS say that hearns was so pumped up for that fight he was doing extra training on his own - running I assumed - anyway he certainly says on the legendary nights ep that Hearns came into that fight overtrained and paid for it with stamina issues.
I have been scratching my head about this one for a long time.
Why would Steward bring Hearns in at 145 ....for the Welter Weight unification Title bout with leonard….'specially with Hearns being about three stories tall anyway !!
one thing about Hearns, ...he hit so hard he suffered chronic hand damage…He had to eat…so he fought with sore hand ...cupla three times. Some viewed this as caution…......Now ..when his hands were good…he would…and could really punch.
Punchers come in all shapes and sizes. From spindly & downright bony fighters like Arguello, Jimmy Wilde, or Mark Breland, to fat, roly-poly types like Galento & Butterbean, to muscular types like Tyson or Mike Weaver.
As an amateur, Hearns could punch. It's just that he didn't want to. He wanted to be cautious, not wanting to engage, because he knew he could win simply by landing his jab and moving away. Michael Spinks had the same mind-set as an amateur—jab, move, and don't get hit. But Hearns, fighting pro, was a different story. Manny knew Hearns's cautious approach needed change. Steward saw Hearns's long, lean physique—much like Bob Foster's—and knew it was s a natural puncher's body—if taught properly.
eric - but how do you explain hearns then? as an amateur he couldn't knock the skin off a custard. his technique was adapted for him to be able to bang, not just improve a bit. I don't disagree that some fighters just naturally know how to hit hard - but I think that is much more about the technique of power punching coming to them naturally rather than some mystical quality only a few possess. It makes sense to me that its a technique issue albeit one that is just not easy to decipher and even less easy to master.
so its not surprising, that even top level fighters with top level coaches can't pick necessarily master power, because we see techniques flaws in loads of world class fighters many who continue to win despite these flaws (carl froch for example has terrible balance issues just to name one flaw but he makes up for that by having his heart and his chin and his endurance as his strengths). even the master combo puncher JMM has the bad habit when he throws a left hand (often the uppercut) where he turns his shoulders, so that his weight distributes evenly over his heels - he then becomes susceptible to the counter left hand and has been dropped loads of times because of it - the second pac fight I think, the katsidis fight definitely and also vs Floyd.
raxman… Respectively disagree. I'm sure all top notch pro boxers/fighters have been taught how to throw a proper punch, but not all fighters are devastating punchers. Maybe certain exercises or better technique can improve punching power to a degree but mostly it seems that punchers are born. When Charlie Goldman started making minor adjustments in the way Rocky threw those bombs, some think that it might have even taken something away from the power of Marciano's punches. Some claim that Marciano was an even more devastating puncher when he was crude, green, and just starting out.
Eric - I would've thought Hearns low ko % in the amateur compared to the legend banger he became in the pro's proves the opposite, that punchers can in fact learn.
I believe Hearns power in fact came from learning punchers technique. the transferal of weight through the twisting of core and hips combines with loose arms that create a "whip with a bowling ball tip" type of situation.
anyone interested in punching should read the articles re ballistic punching - mostly they come from Russian exponents of systema - and their philosophy moves away from using transferal of weight and instead just slinging the above mentioned whip arm. they argue that the average arm weighs about 15pound and if used properly can be the equivalent of hitting with a 15pound club. I'm not sure I entirely believe in not using all the body in the punch but I must say, having moved around with some systema guys that I've never been hit as hard. anyway the concept of the loose arm with only the fist clenched is something that harks back to old school boxing theory.
The thing with Hearns is that he was a feared puncher even when he moved up in weight. Hearns retained respectable power even in the cruiserweight divison. Other than Mark Breland, I have never seen a welterweight with skinnier legs than Tommy Hearns. Proof positive that punchers are born and not made. Have heard all kinds of theories on "punching power," how it generates from the ground up, the core, the hips, the snap, etc., bullsheet. Remember an article on Hearns's stablemate, Mickey Goodwin, Goodwin was a short, chunky, albeit devastating puncher in the 160lb division. The article stated that seeing Hearns & Goodwin standing next to each other was like looking in one of those carnival mirrors that either make you look tall & skinny or short and fat.
hearns corrects the author, he won titles in 5 divisions not 4. in order, he won 147, 154, 175, 160 and then was the inaugural wbo 168 titlist. as for the amateur record - I'd always believed hearns had 7stoppages as an amateur. now I see its disputed as 11 or 12.
Tommy was more like 6'2" or greater and had an 80" plus reach during a time when 7' plus basketball players would be listed as 6'11" to avoid the stigma of being freakishly tall. He hit like a Heavyweight….a hard hitting Heavyweight and he never landed a more flush shot right on the button than when he crushed Duran.
I've heard Hearns scored very few knockouts as an amateur also. According to this article, Hearns stated he wanted to box like Ali, and of course pros don't wear headgear or box 3 rounds. Didn't Aaron Pryor beat Hearrns in the amateurs? How fighters like Leonard & Hearns managed to avoid Pryor is a mystery. Of course, Leonard had retired in '82 the first time, and that was when Pryor was really making a name for himself. Pryor vs. Benitez, Hearns, Leonard, or Duran in the early '80's would have been a good one. Pryor vs Mancini? Puuuuleeeeezzze.
I heard from a reliable source out in Ohio that Hearns—who was a lethal puncher as a pro—but as an amateur with over 125 wins, was a jabber and mover who scored only 1 or 2 knockouts.
Irish…Those flying monkeys scared the hell out of me when I was a little kid. Never read any of the Wizard of Oz books by L. Frank Baum but that guy must have had a helluva imagination. Still love to hear Judy Garland sing, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," NO ONE COMES CLOSE to competing with Judy on that tune. I still watch that film every time it runs on the idiot box, and it usually runs around Christmas time for some strange reason. My favorite scene is the munchkins known as the "Lollipop Kids." Hell, the whole munchkin scene was great for that matter. Do you think someone like George Soreazz could be like The Wizard. Nothing but a powerless, aging, ordinary man, who everyone thinks is far more powerful than he really is? To get to Floyd, Manny needs to follow the yellow brick road. Go ahead, Manny, follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road…..
"I believe Archie Moore even stated the Yvonne Durelle hit him as hard or harder than Marciano."...LOL…Priceless, man…Peace.
Eric & Pete& Robert-Can't get in on Khan in Oz….so here goes….Terry the Cairn Terrier who "portrayed" Toto was the best actor in that film paws down!.....her scene with the well oiled and newly freed Tin Man (Jack Haley) was pure gold and Oscar worthy! I assert that she "knew" what she was doing (acting) somewhat like a race horse that "knows' that he/she is supposed to finish ahead of the other horses. Which reminds me…..look for Khan to get buzzed at least once in the fight on Saturday with the obligatory excuses to follow…..his excuse/rationalization that if other fighters walked into big shots like he did they'd get knocked down too was a doozy!
Pete… Another one is who is the hardest puncher a fighter ever faced or what fighter hit them the hardest. Bob Foster stated that Roger Rouse hit him harder than anyone he ever faced, and that includes Frazier. Maybe that is why Shavers is often seen as a harder puncher than Big George. Of course I think Shavers and George only have two common opponents in Lyle & Young, but Lyle credits Shavers as the hardest puncher he ever fought. My brother asked former title challenger, Ron Stander, who hit harder between Shavers and Frazier, and Stander said Shavers hit a great deal harder. Maybe why Shavers is often listed as a harder puncher than George considering Earnie was beaten by a lot more fighters. I believe Archie Moore even stated the Yvonne Durelle hit him as hard or harder than Marciano.
Eric/Irish, you guys are right…That's a loaded question for most fighters and the answer will almost always be against a guy they beat…Time for the interviewers to start re-phrasing these type questions ("of all your losses, which was the toughest?")...Though the response may very well be "They were all tough." you may get a 'however' or 'but' that can show a little more insight as to what they really felt was their toughest… If you ever listened to Manny Stewart, he always said that for Hearns, the First Leonard fight was both the toughest and the more devestating for Hearns to lose. In particular because he was ahead in that fight and basically had Leonard fighting with one eye…But hey, they're fighters, and bringing up losses I guess can derail an interview opportunity…Peace.
You would think that Hearns would list Leonard I or Hagler as his toughest fights, or even the Barkley fights. Like most fighters, Hearns, cites a fight he won as his toughest fight.


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UK's first 'postcode gardener' appointed in scheme to get more greenery into urban spaces
The pilot project forms part of Friends of the Earth's '10x greener' initiative
Kate Poland has been picked by Friends of the Earth to be its first 'postcode gardener' as part of its 1'0x Greener' project. (Photo: Friends of the Earth)
By Florence Snead
Assistant breaking news editor
November 16, 2018 9:49 pm(Updated October 9, 2020 5:28 pm)
The UK's first ever "postcode gardener" has got to work in east London as part of a scheme to bring more of the natural world into urban environments.
Allotment owner Kate Poland – who has won awards for her horticultural work in the community – has teamed up with Friends of the Earth for its new '10x Greener' project.
Over the next year, she will work with residents in Hackney's E5 postcode to give their gardens a makeover.
Her appointment marks the culmination of a community effort after more than 100 supporters successfully crowdfunded the £8,000 needed to pay for her position for its first year.
Community effort
Kate Poland starts today as the UK's first-ever postcode gardener in Hackney E5. Over 100 people funded her post to help the community enrich Homerton's streets with plants and wildlife. The next exciting phase of our #10xGreener project begins. pic.twitter.com/kKNwRFF1Y0
— Daubeney Fields (@Daubeneyfields) November 12, 2018
Ms Poland is already a well-known figure in the area through her time spent running Cordwainer's community garden.
She also runs the social enterprise Cordwainer's Grow, which delivers community gardening and nature projects across Hackney. Earlier this year, she launched a campaign to promote community gardens and protect them from development threats.
The keen gardener said she was really excited about her latest venture.
"The postcode gardener model is an exciting way to make our streets and estates far better for nature and people.
"You do not need to be a dedicated gardener. The pilot in Daubeney Road has shown that residents can come together and work with experts to make real differences to the community."
Gardening fitness
The project is aimed at helping people spruce up urban spaces with a bit of greenery, as well as boosting local wildlife.
But Ms Poland explained gardening also has lots of benefits for those doing it. "Even a little gardening can provide big physical and mental benefits so it's a win for everyone.
"I can't wait to bring grey spaces to life and try out ideas like seed banks, a 'signature' wildlife plant and even 'weed' champions'."
While it's still early days, Friends of the Earth said they are keen to roll out the scheme to other communities in 2019.
The next postcode gardener is expected to be appointed in Bideford, North Devon, following another successful bid to raise the necessary funds.
'Nature should be all around us'
Hugh Knowles, from Friends of the Earth, said: "We know that greener streets are better for people, nature and the environment. They boost our physical and mental health and help wildlife to flourish in urban areas.
"With over half of wild species in the UK having declined in the last 60 years we urgently need a different kind of urban environment – one with flourishing nature that brings benefits to us all.
"Nature can, and should, be all around us – not just in parks and the countryside."
Ms Poland will work with local groups ecoActive and Daubeney Fields Forever, the crowdfunders and other community partners.
The "postcode gardener" aspect of the 10x Greener project follows an initial pilot on Daubeney Road, Hackney, in which residents spent their weekends doing some planting.


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Police said Ashton Vanzant, 22, of Redding was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, child abuse and great bodily injury.
Redding police said they arrested the father of a 3-month-old girl who is being treated at UC Davis Medical Center for shaken baby syndrome.
Ashton Vanzant, 22, of Redding was booked into Shasta County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder, child abuse and great bodily injury inflicted during the commission of a felony, police said.
Officers went to Mercy Medical Center about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday after learning the infant was diagnosed with a suspected brain bleed.
Police said the injury appeared suspicious and suspected child abuse. They talked to the parents in the emergency room and said Vanzant's statements didn't match with the infant's injuries.
At first, the father said the baby hurt her head when he accidentally dropped her onto a piece of furniture. Investigators doubted Vanzant's story when they looked at his cellphone and saw recent searches for shaken baby syndrome and jail sentences for shaken baby offenders.
When confronted, police said Vanzant confessed to shaking the baby out of frustration when she wouldn't stop crying. The baby suffered a seizure, at which point Vanzant said he realized the girl was injured.
Examinations showed the infant was suffering from a brain bleed. The girl and her mother were flown by helicopter to the medical center in Sacramento for specialized care.
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'It's definitely batting': Virat Kohli highlights poor batting as main reason behind Test series loss in South Africa
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Virat Kohli highlights poor batting: The India captain didn't mince words in blaming the batting unit behind the loss of the Test series.
India Test captain Virat Kohli believes the "lapse of concentration" stopped his team at key moments in the recently concluded third match against South Africa in Cape Town.
Kohli, who praised the opposition for "performing better" in consecutive test matches to win the series, spoke about how India was unable to carry on the momentum, especially after winning the first test match at Centurion.
"I think it's a great show of test cricket for everyone to see. We played well in the first game to win, but South Africa recovered well in the second and also kept the momentum going in the third. There was also a lapse in concentration from us at key moments. I thought South Africa performed better in those key moments and totally deserved the win," said Kohli. supercar during the post-match presentation ceremony.
Well played @OfficialCSA , what a phenomenal series it has been. Best wishes to the Indian team for the upcoming ODI series. #INDvSA 🇮🇳
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) January 14, 2022
Virat Kohli highlights poor batting as the main reason behind Test series loss
Not shying away from blaming hitters for a series loss, Kohli admitted they need to look at the hitting department. Veteran batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, in particular, have been in the worst forms of their lives averaging under 25 over their last 10 Test innings.
"It's definitely hitting, no question about that. His bowlers were simply better in terms of execution and application of pressure. Batting is definitely something to watch out for.
"There are no excuses there. It's really disappointing for sure. We did well in Australia and England, but that doesn't guarantee success in South Africa. The reality is that we haven't won here in South Africa and we have to deal with it," Kohli said.
Before concluding, Kohli selected the positive aspects that India will take from this series. The pattern was lyrical about centurions Lokesh Rahul and Rishabh Pant as the two were the only batsmen to reach the triple-figure mark in this series.
"KL's [Rahul] batting as a starter [among positives]. Mayak [Agarwal] get stuck and then Rishabh [Pant] tickets of this game, these are some positive aspects that we can take home. Also, obviously our victory at Centurion was special," concluded Kohli.
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Obama is Playing The Long Game
Posted by David Giffin | May 21, 2013 | Presidency | 8 |
With the constantly-growing list of White House scandals we have been seeing parade across the news over the past few weeks, it's no surprise that some in the media who have been less than willing to entertain conservative arguments about government corruption and overreach under President Barack Obama's leadership are finally starting to see the proverbial light. Many have begun noticing the disturbing trend of government agencies using their power to intimidate or pressure political groups. MSNBC, of all networks, has had pundits actually agreeing that the recent controversies may in fact be tyranny, and Joe Scarborough even admitted that the scandals lend credibility to conservative concerns about the Second Amendment.
There have been two theories about the situation in the Obama administration that led to this situation. The first is that Obama is engaging in massive government overreach, bending or breaking the boundaries of government authority in order to realize his political agenda. The second is that President Obama is being hands-off and passive, favoring more grand problem-solving to daily management, and by not handling his administration's affairs directly has let his underlings run wild.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how those two theories are, on the surface, contradictions. How can someone engaging in massive government overreach and tyrannical authority be simultaneously passive and unengaged? Though this may be true if we solely look to the present, this contradiction makes much more sense if you consider the President's long game.
In January 2012, Andrew Sullivan penned a column for Newsweek in which he argued that Obama's long game will outsmart everyone. At the time, many people on the right ignored the story as an Obama fluff piece (indeed, Sullivan has at times seemed to take on a part-time second job as an Obama apologist). However, upon re-reading the story this past week, a section popped out at me that put our current controversies in perspective:
What liberals have never understood about Obama is that he practices a show-don't-tell, long-game form of domestic politics. What matters to him is what he can get done, not what he can immediately take credit for.
This is where the left is truly deluded. By misunderstanding Obama's strategy and temperament and persistence, by grandstanding on one issue after another, by projecting unrealistic fantasies onto a candidate who never pledged a liberal revolution, they have failed to notice that from the very beginning, Obama was playing a long game. He did this with his own party over health-care reform. He has done it with the Republicans over the debt. He has done it with the Israeli government over stopping the settlements on the West Bank—and with the Iranian regime, by not playing into their hands during the Green Revolution, even as they gunned innocents down in the streets. Nothing in his first term—including the complicated multiyear rollout of universal health care—can be understood if you do not realize that Obama was always planning for eight years, not four. And if he is reelected, he will have won a battle more important than 2008: for it will be a mandate for an eight-year shift away from the excesses of inequality, overreach abroad, and reckless deficit spending of the last three decades. It will recapitalize him to entrench what he has done already and make it irreversible.
There are two basic kinds of power that any leader can wield. The first and most straightforward one is hard power, the actual direct action someone takes through their abilities, leadership authority, or the apparatuses at their disposal. The second is soft power, the use of charisma, personality, and influence to achieve indirect action through others.
Obama relies VERY heavily on soft power. The cult of personality that he generated in the 2008 election cycle was essential to both of his election victories, as well as his ongoing efforts in the White House and his relative immunity in the press. He also, however, has begun to wield soft power within the confines of his own administration, and this exercise of soft power is critical.
Take, for example, the IRS's scrutiny of conservative groups. It's no secret that the IRS is a political office under the umbrella of the Department of the Treasury, and is thus officially nonpartisan. However, as Tim Carney pointed out recently, it is clear that the civil servants within the IRS are in fact politically more liberal. Tim Carney's reporting suggests that the Cincinatti IRS office – where the illegal extra scrutiny seems to be largely centralized – was potentially up to 75% liberal in its staff makeup.
Here's the result: an organization with members who have certain political leanings sees a sudden influx of groups who likely hold opposing views. During an election season, in which their personally highly-favored leader is already coming under attack from other groups who hold the same ideology, the members are already going to be antagonistic towards those new applications. It doesn't take much at that point to focus those feelings into action, and end up with the scenario that has now been uncovered. Obama's soft power was all that was needed as a catalyst: these workers probably thought they were doing a good thing by scrutinizing these conservative groups, and only now is the issue even coming to light as a problem.
But – and this is incredibly important – Obama didn't have to tell anyone specifically to do it. With politically-sympathetic IRS employees and a few loyal political appointees at the helm, the players were positioned well in advance for such a thing to occur naturally. The same goes for the DOJ's gathering of AP phone records, and the discovery of how the Benghazi talking points were doctored. President Obama doesn't have to tell his staff to intimidate the press over an unauthorized story, or tell State Department officials to manipulate the Benghazi talking points for political purposes, because they're all on the same page politically and would likely be willing to do it to support the President's broader agenda anyway.
Even when that system of soft power backfires, the President can still benefit. Obama, at that point, can stride in to visibly "fix" the problems and in doing so gain political bonus points by using his hard power, like he sought to do by demanding the resignation of the IRS Commissioner (who was set to retire anyway, but oh well). He can also use the political cover to push other issues in the background, like immigration reform.
Sullivan's 2012 piece in Newsweek was much more prophetic than a lot of conservatives gave him credit for at the time. Obama truly did set out to "fundamentally transform" American institutions when he took office in 2008, but he never planned on doing it all by himself. By depending on the loyalty and favor of workers under his employ, Obama can afford to tackle the "big" issues and be hands-off, while simultaneously still being able to accomplish a great deal of behind-the-scenes work and expand the scope of government via soft power.
Unless we find out more that can actually implicate him directly, President Obama is not going to lose much from these White House scandals except for maybe the blind support of the media. But what conservatives need to pay attention to is that this soft power system is not going away any time soon. President Obama will continue to benefit from the cult of personality that he has garnered for himself within the government, and will likely continue allowing his officials and their agencies to operate independently. These kinds of things are going to keep happening, and they are going to benefit President Obama far more than they hurt him.
We cannot limit ourselves to just drilling into these current White House scandals. We must keep our eyes forward as well, and look toward the long game.
David Giffin | Emory University | @D_Giffin
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David Giffin (@D_Giffin) is a recent graduate of the Wake Forest University School of Law, and also holds a Masters in Theological Studies from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been with TheCollegeConservative since early 2012, and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief. In addition to writing and editing for TCC, David has also written as an op-ed contributor for The Emory Wheel student newspaper, and served as the Candler legislative representative for the Emory Graduate Student Government Association. More recently, David served as the President of the Wake Forest Law chapter of the Federalist Society.
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docnick	on May 22, 2013 at 6:05 am
There may be another question we could ask… What is Obama's long game?
Reading his books you might think his long game is to change the government. A socialist government governs from the top down…. Our form of government is to govern from the bottom up . (Now that doesn't always work as we can see.)
Maybe more importantly to me is a sense of contempt for the country and laws that is expressed in all of his behavior.
I think the best that can be hoped for is for the conservative to gain control of the Senate and the House…. This would offer some controls…
Also, start a series of formal contempt cases against his appointed people in government departments. This would, I believe, keep these problems in the news and in front of the voters….
I liked you article…Write more.
docnick
Fred	on May 21, 2013 at 7:31 pm
I'm surprised I never heard a peep from conservatives when the "liberal" IRS was singling out liberal groups under the Bush administration for unwarranted and partisan purposes…but sure, let's pretend this is the first time the IRS has ever done something like this, and that's its never been used by conservative presidents against liberal organizations. Long live the echo chamber!
Mark	on May 21, 2013 at 9:36 pm
It was wrong when Nixon did it, it is wrong when Obama does it?
Do you have any citations for the Bush claim? I'd like to see them. If Bush did it, he's just as wrong.
We are so close to a police state and people don't even realize it.
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/when_the_irs_targeted_liberals/singleton/
Fred	on May 27, 2013 at 7:15 am
I think it's always significant when democratic institutions are abused and the rule of law is broken- and I care when anyone, regardless of party, breaches the public trust. But I don't get that impression from many conservative institutions/publications- because they often will not have any consistent values other than attacking the opposing party.
So they have very little credibility with me, since the evidence seems to say they don't care about finding the truth of problems, but only attacking one side and protecting theirs.
Amy	on May 21, 2013 at 11:06 am
This is definitely true. I find it amazing amazing how a President 50yrs would have easily been booted for what Obama has done and is doing. If you listened to the way he talked you'd always know he was a long-term guy. What I find most amazing about him is that he knows MOST people see things through the short term and the here and now, which is why most of his promises never come true, he knows they only matter in the moment because, up till now, his charisma has always covered over his lies, and since the majority of people blind themselves to the failures of their favorite anything, he will continue to be able to do so.
Christopher Rushlau	on May 21, 2013 at 9:38 am
Maine's governor got some good coverage for a change yesterday from the all-Israel, all-the-time main daily in the state, the Portland Press Herald (Israel doesn't like anybody to think for themselves, especially Israelis). A legislative committee was taking testimony and the governor showed up wanting to make a statement. The chairperson was quoted as saying that she had not expected him, and I believe she said that she wanted to keep politics out of it. This had to do with Obamacare. So he was not allowed to speak. The governor was quoted as saying afterwards, "The people are being played for patsies."
She needed to consult her higher-ups for something not covered in her instructions. That's why political machines die: their members get so hide-bound and doctrinaire that they can't help but sound like idiots, whether they follow the script or finally jettison it and try to extemporize: speak off the cuff.
The Israel lobby is finished in the US, and it's because its core membership are bored to heck with the whole idea of "American exceptionalism". That just doesn't work at all anymore. When the answer to every question is, "Well, this is a special case and you have to make exceptions," the people eventually decide that not only is the elite arrogant, it now has no idea at all what it's doing anymore, and so can be ignored.
There is a time for fairy tales–just before sleep–, and a time for reveille.
Hey Mods:
Time to give this guy a timeout or twelve. His post has nothing (as usual) to do with the topic of the opinion piece. As usual, it is another race-mongering, anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli screed.
Hey Rushlau:
It's time to get a life. Not everything that happens in the world is the "Joes" (to use your term) fault. The "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" has been proven to be a forgery, sorry to burst your bubble.
Face the fact that Israel is the only Western-style democracy in the Middle East. Not one Arab state can truly say that.


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