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This U.S. sport organization just voted overwhelmingly to ban trans competitors
The group says it's not anti-trans, just against performance enhancing drugs.
By Daniel Villarreal Sunday, May 12, 2019
Garrett Blevins, a cisgender powerlifterPhoto: Instagram: USA Powerflifting
In February, USA Powerlifting (USAPL), the leading U.S. competitive group which organizes powerlifting competitions nationwide, issued a ban of all trans competitors from its events. After an outcry from trans people and allies, USAPL's national board of governors put the issue up to an official vote. It didn't go well.
The voted-on policy would've allowed trans people to compete in sex-specific competitions matching their gender identities. And though USAPL allowed people to speak for and against the policy before voting, the final vote was 46 to 4 against allowing trans athletes to compete.
On USAPL's page explaining their anti-trans stance, the group claims they haven't banned trans competitors but merely forbid anyone who uses hormone replacement therapy as a violation of their drug policy.
In a statement issued before the vote, USAPL president Larry Maile, Ph.D. says that the issue has increasingly made him and others a target in a heated debate:
"I have participated in multiple interviews that proceeded from an advocacy standpoint for transgender inclusion and have been misquoted, given several seconds to produce sound bites and set up as a straw man. I have been called transphobic, bigoted, racist, my family contacted directly. Our executive members have been harassed and family members threatened, and our elite level female athletes contacted and harassed as well. There is no point in trying to convince a partisan crowd. For our part, we will discuss this among our members, review all sides of the issue and come to what we feel is the best decision for our organization and in our sport…"
The LGBTQ sports site Outsports notes that Virginia powerlifter Mary Gregory had her record-breaking trophies and records taken away in light of the ban.
Outsports co-founder Cyd Zeigler writes that the "'bone density' red herring" describing physiological differences between male and female competitors is often used to disqualify trans women from competing even though the bone density of some black women has been found to be higher than that of white men. Lots of factors affect bone density and that alone shouldn't be worth disqualification, he writes.
In response to USAPL's anti-trans vote, the Women's Strength Coalition issued a statement which said:
"From the beginning of the National Governing Board (NGB) meeting, USAPL leadership made clear their gross misunderstanding of transgender people, healthcare, and well-being. Without any prior notification to the policy drafter and presenters, USAPL allowed Dr. Kristopher Hunt, USAPL's TUE Committee Chair, to present a powerpoint laced with anti-transgender rhetoric. Rather than focus on transgender participation in sports, Dr. Hunt compared cisgender men to cisgender women, dead named Mary Gregory, and mentioned that he and Larry Maile, USAPL President, have been working with Fair Play for Women, a U.K. based anti-transgender organization, to develop a transgender policy….
USAPL has continuously operated in bad faith throughout this process…. we question [their] intention and authenticity behind the offer…. but our fight for trans inclusion is not over. Women's Strength Coalition and Pull for Pride will not stop pushing for a trans affirming and inclusive policy until all are welcome on the platform."
Pull for Pride is a powerlifting group that raises money for LGBTQ youth.
Transphobia, USA Powerlifting
Brazil's homophobic president won't get a warm welcome when he visits Dallas
Conservatives got triggered by a Mothers Day commercial from Chips Ahoy!


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Imagine Dragons Land Ear-Pleasing 'Demons' in Trailer for RomCom about Sex Addiction
Gina Vespa
'Thanks For Sharing' — an upcoming romantic comedy centering around sex addiction — stars an exciting cast of Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo and Pink. The film is set to hit theaters this September, and its trailer features the ear-pleasing tune 'Demons' by Las Vegas alt-rockers Imagine Dragons.
The track is from their 'Continued Silence' EP, as well as their debut full-length studio release, 'Night Visions.' So far, the song has peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Its catchy beat and infectious melody make for quite an enjoyable listen — and according to a review by Consequence of Sound last year, it's one of two tracks "that give 'Night Visions' any sort of crunch and edge."
You can watch the music video for 'Demons' over at Imagine Dragons' official website. "Our friend Tyler Robinson, who had been fighting cancer for a few years, passed away unexpectedly while we were editing the video," said frontman Dan Reynolds. "He was only 17 years old and his courage was an inspiration to all of us."
In addition to appearing in the two-and-a-half minute clip (watch below), the song has also surfaced in a number of previous TV spots, including 'What to Expect When You're Expecting,' a trailer for the 2012 romance flick, 'The Words' and a YouTube promo for the TLC series 'Breaking Amish.'
Hear Imagine Dragons' 'Demons' in the 'Thanks for Sharing' Trailer
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Academy Awards – Best Visual Effects
Engineering Effects Award
1927-28 (1st) "Wings"
Special Effects Awards
[SA] = Special Achievement
1938 (11th) "Spawn of the North" [SA]
1939 (12th) "The Rains Came"
1940 (13th) "The Thief of Bagdad"
1941 (14th) "I Wanted Wings"
1942 (15th) "Reap the Wild Wind"
1943 (16th) "Crash Dive"
1944 (17th) "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
1945 (18th) "Wonder Man"
1946 (19th) "Blithe Spirit"
1947 (20th) "Green Dolphin Street"
1948 (21st) "Portrait of Jennie"
1949 (22nd) "Mighty Joe Young"
1950 (23rd) "Destination Moon"
1951 (24th) "When Worlds Collide" [SA]
1952 (25th) "Plymouth Adventure" [SA]
1953 (26th) "The War of the Worlds" [SA]
1954 (27th) "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
1955 (28th) "The Bridges at Toko-Ri"
1956 (29th) "The Ten Commandments"
1957 (30th) "The Enemy Below"
1958 (31st) "Tom Thumb"
1959 (32nd) "Ben-Hur"
1960 (33rd) "The Time Machine"
1961 (34th) "The Guns of Navarone"
1962 (35th) "The Longest Day"
Visual Effects Awards
1963 (36th)
1964 (37th) "Mary Poppins"
1965 (38th) "Thunderball"
1966 (39th) "Fantastic Voyage"
1967 (40th) "Doctor Dolittle"
1968 (41st) "2001: A Space Odyssey"
1969 (42nd) "Marooned"
1970 (43rd) "Tora! Tora! Tora!"
1971 (44th) "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"
1972 (45th) "The Poseidon Adventure" [SA]
1973 (46th) NO AWARD GIVEN
1974 (47th) "Earthquake" [SA]
1975 (48th) "The Hindenburg" [SA]
1976 (49th) "King Kong" | Logan's Run [SA]
1977 (50th) "Star Wars"
1978 (51st) "Superman" [SA]
1979 (52nd) "Alien"
1980 (53rd) "The Empire Strikes Back" [SA]
1981 (54th) "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
1982 (55th) "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
1983 (56th) "Return of the Jedi" [SA]
1984 (57th) "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"
1985 (58th) "Cocoon"
1986 (59th) "Aliens"
1987 (60th) "Innerspace"
1988 (61st) "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
1989 (62nd) "The Abyss"
1990 (63rd) "Total Recall" [SA]
1991 (64th) "Terminator 2: Judgment Day"
1992 (65th) "Death Becomes Her"
1993 (66th) "Jurassic Park"
1994 (67th) "Forrest Gump"
1995 (68th) "Babe"
1996 (69th) "Independence Day"
1997 (70th) "Titanic"
1998 (71st) "What Dreams May Come"
1999 (72nd) "The Matrix"
2000 (73rd) "Gladiator"
2001 (74th) "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
2002 (75th) "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
2003 (76th) "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
2004 (77th) "Spider-Man 2"
2005 (78th) "King Kong"
2006 (79th) "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
2007 (80th) "The Golden Compass"
2008 (81st) "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
2009 (82nd) "Avatar"
2010 (83rd) "Inception"
2011 (84th) "Hugo"
2012 (85th) "Life of Pi"
2013 (86th) "Gravity"
2014 (87th) "Interstellar"
2015 (88th) "Ex Machina"
2016 (89th) "The Jungle Book"
2017 (90th) "Blade Runner 2049"
2018 (91st) "First Man"
2019 (92nd) "1917"


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Bo Spellerberg (Gladsaxe, 24 de julio de 1979) es un jugador de balonmano danés que juega de central en el TSV St. Omar St. Gallen. Fue un componente de la Selección de balonmano de Dinamarca.

Con la selección ganó el Campeonato Europeo de Balonmano Masculino de 2008 y el Campeonato Europeo de Balonmano Masculino de 2012, entre otras medallas.
En España es conocido por su pase por el Club Balonmano Cantabria en 2008.

Clubes

  FC København HB (1997-2002)
  KIF Kolding (2002-2008)
  Club Balonmano Cantabria (2008) (cedido)
  KIF Kolding (2008-2012)
  KIF København (2012-2018)
  TSV St.Omar St.Gallen (2018- )

Palmarés

KIF Kolding

 Liga danesa de balonmano (4): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009
 Copa de Dinamarca de balonmano (3): 2005, 2007, 2008

KIF København

 Liga danesa de balonmano (2): 2014, 2015
 Copa de Dinamarca de balonmano (1): 2013

Referencias

Balonmanistas de Dinamarca
Balonmanistas del KIF Kolding

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I'm sorry that a lot of people are being rude about your Deadpool post.
Aw, thank you! But, I've criticised pop culture in public before. I know how it goes.
The thing is, it wasn't a bad film. I just really, really didn't like it. I think it was… kind of a distillation of the heart of everything that make me uncomfortable about the superhero genre. The thing that kind of rubs me wrong way is that I've seen it touted too often as being some kind of edgy subversion when… it's really not? It's just literally exactly the same film as every other MCU film, except more people make no-homo jokes in it. Which, yanno. If that's your bag baby, then that's your bag. I guess.


A bug is a problem that causes the crashing or malfunctioning of a computer program. Erroneous logic or insufficient data is often the cause of such crashes. A bug can be an error, defect or fault, which may deprive the user of obtaining the expected results.
While some bugs are caused by human errors and occur in source code or its design, there are other types of bugs that are created by hackers with malicious intent. Bugs can affect program functionality and can deliver incorrect results.
Some bugs are readily detected and can be removed without using any specialized processes. They can be cleared from the system using basic steps which are generally in-built by developers in the system. Some type of bugs can have serious effects on the functionality of the program while others can remain undetected within the system for a long time.
A program might crash when it is attacked by unidentified bugs which are tough to remove. Security bugs are those types which are created by malicious users. They are designed to bypass access controls and gain access to confidential information by persons unauthorized to have access.
Most bugs can be removed by a process called debugging which involves using specialized tools and programs.


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We do all of this because we believe simply that music changes the world. Craftspeople change the world. If your craft is what you do, let us help you share it with the world.
For any artist, no matter how "big" or small, that's what we do. We do PR.
Would any of these artists hire our team if they didn't believe that?
From Norah Jones, Sigur Ros, Shovels And Rope, Wilco, and REM, to established indie labels such as Dreamy Life Records, Cornelius Chapel, and Palo Santo, to self-released artists like Sufjan Stevens, The Gift, or Kazyak our goal is simple: get maximum exposure.
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We are a team of publicists and promoters with years of experience & a passion for music.
We have one simple philosophy. We only work with albums and artists we passionately believe in and feel we can make successful. When you work with Team Clermont you are part of the team. Always.
What separates Team Clermont from other PR firms and independent marketing companies is our ability to prioritize our records and pay special attention to the detail of each release. We keep a short client list and only work a handful of albums at a time so each recording and each client receives individual attention. Our artists never become one of many on a laundry list. We consult with our clients to develop the best marketing & PR plan and provide our results through detailed reports.
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This information is here because while normal maps are widely used they are not always understood. This is provided as assistance to emerging CG artists.
A normal map is a file that controls how surface normals appear on a model at render time. It works by manipulating the standard surface normal thereby "fooling" the renderer into behaving as if there is lots of detail.
The geometry surface normal (typically stored with every face of a model) is a mathematical construct used at render time to determine the orientation of a surface. The geometry normals are oriented perpendicular to each face (triangle) and vertex of the model. This is important for determining fundamental rendering properties such as shading and visibility. By manipulating this surface normal, the illusion of high detail can be created on a low detail model.
A normal map is stored as an image file but instead of RGB data the file stores XYZ data.
The red channel is left to right (X) calculated as -1 to +1, stored as 0 to 255.
The green channel is down to up (Y) calculated as -1 to +1 stored as 0 to 255.
The blue channel is height off the surface (Z) which cannot be negative, calculated as 0 to 1, stored as 0 to 255.
A normal pointing straight away from a surface has the values (128, 128, 256) for (x, y, z).
When viewed as an image, normal maps often appear pastel coloured with a bluish cast. This is because while there are large variations in the values of X (red) and Y (green), the Z (blue) value is always pointing directly away from the surface and doesn't vary much.
Most normal maps used in 3D rendering are stored as tangent space values, which means that the normals are always pointing away from the surface (perpendicular to the local tangent), no matter which way the surface is facing. This type of normal map is also referred to as being in object space.
Although you can view a normal map as an image, it is very difficult to paint them by hand. There are many ways to create normal maps including within most modelling programs and specialized software.
It is often desirable to combine two normal maps to get a richer result. For example: To create a "dragon skin" look you might want to add a leather-like normal map to skin folds you've created using Z-brush or Mudbox.
The method for properly combining normal maps to create more complex looks is not obvious and is often done wrong. Simply blending the two normal map images together gives a result that might appear OK at first glance, but used in a render will produce incorrect results. The fact is that the normals are mathematical vectors (not the colours you see) and to be combined correctly they be added together or subtracted from each other to get a correct result.
To properly combine maps, we need to add the positive values (> 128) together and subtract the negative values (< 128). Fortunately this can be done inside Photoshop using the channel mixer to properly combine each vector.
The following steps in Photoshop will properly combine two normal maps.
Open either of the two normal map images you wish to combine, and copy the layer to create two identical layers. Name one layer Add and the other Subtract.
To the Add layer: In the Levels window, adjust each channel separately, setting the red and green input levels to 128, 1, 255 and the red and green output levels to 128, 255. Set the blue output levels to 0, 0 to mute this channel.
To the Subtract layer: In the Levels window, adjust each channel separately, setting the red and green input levels to 0, 1, 127 and the red and green output levels to 0, 127. Leave the blue channel as is.
Use the Channel Mixer to shift the Add and Subtract layer pixel values to either side of the midpoint (128).
To the Add layer: In the Channel Mixer again operate on each output channel separately. For the red channel, set the source channel values to (+100%, 0%, 0%) for (r, g, b) and the constant to -50%. The green channel is similar, except that the source channel for green is set to +100% with the others at 0%. The blue channel has the source channel for blue set to +100% but the constant is set to 0%.
To the Subtract layer: Channel mixer values are similar to the Add layer except that the %'s are set to -100% for the source channels and +50% for the constant. For the blue channel, also set the source blue to -100% but set the constant to +100%.
For the Add channel, set the blend to Linear Dodge.
For the Subtract channel, set the blend to Difference.
Now, import the other normal map image as a layer below the Add and Subtract layers created in the steps above. Flatten the result and save as a TIFF or PNG file.
TIFF settings: use LZW compression and discard any layers.


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CAPE Programme: Landscape Initiatives
CAPE enables local level engagement and co-ordination through landscape initiatives. The CAPE partnership applies a landscape-level approach to biodiversity conservation, through "landscape initiatives" that take various forms, including corridor initiatives, mega-reserves and biosphere reserves. This approach provides for an appropriate scale at which to engage local role-players in the promotion of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Role-players, including government, conservation agencies, communities, non-governmental organisations and the private sector, co-ordinate strategically and undertake joint projects – working within and beyond protected areas to create a mosaic of land uses in which biodiversity compatibility is maximised.
Many parts of the fynbos biome are dominated by agricultural production or urban development, and it is no longer possible to set aside large, pristine areas to conserve biodiversity and sustain ecological processes. It is also not affordable for conservation agencies to purchase all the land identified as high priority in terms of habitat or threatened ecosystems to add it to our system of state-owned protected areas. A landscape-scale approach looks at sustainable management of various land uses, where people live and work in harmony with nature and within the natural resource limits of the landscape.
Central to this approach is the creation of corridors of continuous natural habitat across the landscape, which include formally protected areas as well as valuable biodiversity on privately owned land protected through biodiversity stewardship agreements, which can maintain or restore connectivity across the landscape, preserving biodiversity pattern and habitats. Corridors also play a vital role in the survival of species in the context of climate change, since species are enabled to move from a warmer to a cooler region, or vice versa, along an established corridor.
Priority Actions for 2011 – 2020:
Consolidate the achievements and successes of the landscape initiatives, and enable the sustained operation of their co-ordination mechanisms.
Continue to layer investments in the landscape initiatives in order to build co-ordinated implementation and sustained impact.
The Landscape Initiative Knowledge Exchange (LIKE) is a platform where all the landscape initiatives in the CFR come together bi-annually to support and encourage the sharing of lessons, information and experiences.
These landscape initiatives are all signatory partners to the CAPE MOU.
Agulhas Biodiversity Initiative
Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve
Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve
Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve
Garden Route Biosphere Initiative
Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve
Greater Cederberg Biodiversity Corridor
Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve
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Nigerian Police officers on duty
Police driver arrested in Osun over alleged car theft
The accused says he is not a thief as described by the police.
byAdejumo Kabir
A civilian driver with the Nigeria Police Force, Waheed Adewale, attached to the Federal Investigation Bureau, Special Tactical Squad, Lagos, has been arrested for attempting to sell a car snatched at gunpoint.
While Mr Adewale reportedly snatched the car in Lagos, he was arrested in Osogbo, the Osun State capital when he was about to sell off the car.
According to Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, the suspect was apprehended on January 20, 2021 "when he was looking for a buyer".
"One Waheed Adewale, aged 52, from Ikeja, Lagos State, was intercepted and arrested with a Toyota Camry with number plate, FKJ 818 DL, along llobu/lfon Road, where the suspect was trying to look for a buyer for a car.
"Further investigation revealed that the car was snatched at gunpoint opposite World Oil, Jakande area, Lekki, Lagos State. Efforts are already in top gear to apprehend other suspects. The suspect will be charged to court at the completion of the investigation," the police chief said while parading the suspect on Friday.
Meanwhile, the accused told journalists that he was not a thief as described by the police.
He claimed "to have tracked the car to Osogbo after it was stolen by unknown gunmen".
"I arrived at Osogbo late. The following morning, I called those that were 'keeping' the vehicle and they told me that they were at Isale Osun, Osogbo. When I met them, they said they could not get a buyer for it. I was arrested while we were looking for money to retain the vehicle. I am not a thief."
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Challenges For the New Service Chiefs, By Dakuku Peterside
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Following the announcement, Hogan unveiled Maryland's new license plate design, which will feature the Maryland flag front and center. The Maryland Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Administration will start issuing the new plate on Monday, Sept. 26, for all passenger cars, SUVs, trucks, motorcycles, and multipurpose vehicles.
"You would be hard pressed to find another state that has more pride than our great state of Maryland," said Governor Hogan. "Earlier this year we launched our newly redesigned, state-of-the-art, Maryland-themed driver's licenses, using our beautiful flag for inspiration. Now, Marylanders will have yet another way to show their state pride, with our new 'Maryland Proud' standard-issue license plate."
The new plate meets all state standards and has passed all law-enforcement testing for readability. The new standard-issue plate will replace the War of 1812 plate, but customers who want to keep their existing plates do not need to get the new plate. Those who want to replace their existing license plates will pay the current $20 replacement cost. Registration renewal costs remain unchanged. All vehicles purchased on/after September 26 will be issued the new plate unless customers want to transfer their existing plates to their vehicles.
"We think these beautifully designed plates will be very popular and strongly encourage our customers to skip the trip to the MVA and order them online," said Secretary Rahn.
The War of 1812 plate was first issued in June 2010 and was scheduled to be in circulation during the Star Spangled commemoration. It is standard practice to update the Maryland license plate every few years. All Maryland license plates are manufactured by Maryland Correctional Enterprises, a division of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. MVA issues approximately 740,000 sets of license plates per year.
To order the new Maryland Proud plate after Sept. 26, visit the MVA website at mva.maryland.gov and click Online Services.
Study: Bay Bridge backups to worsen
Md. Senate OKs bill to fund third bay bridge span study


I've been using Vuze for so long I still call it Azureus and all was well (apart from the occasional tweak) until mid-January when my VPN (IPVanish / OpenVPN) started to crash and not re-connect. I've been trying all sorts of things (with a little help from my on-line friends) without success.
The other day however, I ran a continuity test on the VPN and it ran seamlessly for hours. Then I tried Vuze and…crash! I went through the usual route of port forwarding but no change – light build moment – I had gone through the setup procedure on the Vuze website in January because I'd been having some problems and one of the things I'd done was to add DHT.
I wanted to record my finding here just in case someone else has the same problem.


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The app rightly prides itself on having a robust functionality. However, the accessibility of certain features and options depends on the subscription plan. Thus, its free version can only offer a limited array of features, which is still good if you are using it to test the app. Paid subscription plans have a lot more to offer: over 100 participants, commuter mode, use of drawing tools, screen-sharing, real-time document sharing, session recording and transcription, PIN-based login, meeting locks, and more.
Design – 4/5
The app designers paid great attention to the users' needs and expectations. The GoToMeeting's UI looks a little too flamboyant, yet very modern and professional. There is nothing here to confuse or divert the user's attention with bright colors or unnecessary flashy elements.
Usability – 4/5
The app is backed by a friendly user interface with straightforward and intuitive navigation. Logging in and getting a conference call started takes just minutes. If you are new to using such technology for your communications, there are links to training videos, virtual tours, and PDF tutorials, educating users on how to start working with GoToMeeting.
Based on the many GoToMeeting reviews, the app's customer support channels work flawlessly. So, whenever you are at a loss or need a little guidance, you can get in touch with them via phone or through the website for help.
Cross-platform use – 5/5
GoToMeeting is compatible with mobile devices geared by the Android OS version 4.4 and later. It also runs smoothly on PCs, Macs, and iDevices. With GoToMeeting, users can enter online conference rooms on the go via smartphones and tablets.
The app is available on Google Play at no cost. However, this free subscription plan has limited functionality compared to more advanced packages.
There are currently no in-app purchases, but you might run into rare ads that offer to upgrade your subscription.
GoToMeeting is a great tool designed to facilitate collaboration between remote participants who attend sessions from different devices and regions. Whether it is just a three-people team discussing the annual sales plan, or there are a hundred participants from around the globe, GoToMeeting has every need safely covered.
Thanks to GoToMeeting, organizing an international multi-participant online conference is effortless. Download GoToMeeting and enjoy all the advantages this app offers!
Pros : Enables large meetings;
Allows integration of third-party apps;
Dependable customer support.
Cons : Requires a good and stable data connection;
Premium subscription plans are costly.
Functionality 4.0
Usability 4.0
Cross-platform use 5.0
Average : 4.3
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one year after the release of United Kingdom Pulse'The European UnionMore than 6 in 10 UK voters believe that Brexit gone wrong or worse than they expected. It says. a survey published byObserver.
Opinium polls – a week after the resignation of the Johnson government's Brexit minister, David Frost (chief negotiator for Brexit-ed), revealed that 42% of those who voted in 2016 also indicated. "Relieve" There is a negative outlook today about how Brexit has gone so far.
Among the remaining voters, who conversely wanted to remain in the European Union, l'86% Said things got worse or worse than expected. Only 14% of the entire electorate believe that Brexit has turned out better than expected. Most surprising, Opinion's Adam Drummond explained, is that livers are now more hesitant about its benefits. Brexit than they previously believed.
"During the Brexit process, whenever the question arises" is Brexit good or bad? , relics They answered "bad" and all levers answered "good", effectively canceling each other out. "Now, however, the percentage of those who voted to leave the EU believe it has gone badly. Only 17% left. He replied: "I hoped it would go well and it did."
From 1 January 2022, more customs controls will also apply on goods exported from the EU to the UK, which could complicate trade, especially for small businesses in the food and agriculture sectors.
Office for Budget Responsibility, The non-governmental agency funded by the Treasury says that if the 2016 referendum rejects Brexit, the British economy will face a 4 percent drop from expected growth over time. The Financial Times has noted that the exact cost of the UK's exit from the EU is yet to be determined, both because of the short period of time and because the economic damage is "covered" by the crisis caused by the pandemic. But the debate is now on the extent of the damage, not the possibility that there are none and that Brexit has created or could produce a profit from a British point of view. An impression shared by voters appears to confirm the observer's turnout.
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Washi: Infinite Ideas in Traditional Techniques
"So why do they call it 'rice paper'?" one audience member asked. The answer came from a particularly authoritative source on the subject: the brothers Hironao and Osamu Hamada, makers of traditional Japanese paper and grandsons of paper-making Living National Treasure Sajio Hamada. The misnomer "rice paper," Hironao explained, doesn't reflect anything about the actual ingredients or procedure for creating traditional Japanese paper, or washi. That we had already learned, of course, from the presentations just seen: a lecture on the history of papermaking in Asia from Yona Warmin, director of Hiromi Paper Inc., and a documentary shot in the Hamadas' hometown, and the thousand-year home of washi, Ino-cho in Japan's Kochi prefecture. The latter revealed, in the actual workshop used by the Hamadas, every single step of Hironao's own process for creating his signature paper — all of them rice-free.
We would learn this even more vividly from the live papermaking demonstration the brothers would then give in the offices of the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles. They'd come to the city to begin a four-stop tour through California, New Mexico, and Utah, showing American audiences what it means to carry the legacy of artisanal papermaking into the 21st century. The evening taught us not just the how of washi, but the why of it in our age where industrial technology provides us with a seemingly limitless amount of a seemingly limitless aesthetic variety of paper. Confronting the declining demand for traditional Japanese paper at the International Paper Conference of 1983, the representatives of washi decided to turn toward collaborations with artists, with an eye toward making paper as artistically, and as much the product of human mastery, as the works of art it would ultimately find its way into.
But this mastery takes much to attain. Asked by someone else in the audience what they would have done in life had they not followed their grandfather, Osamu said he might have chosen a less time-consuming pursuit that would allow him more chances to go fishing. Hironao mentioned his own lifelong love of food, even after his intensive past decade of papermaking. After ten more years making washi, he joked, he could finally switch to making food. Perhaps the notion of "rice paper" comes from the centrality of rice to Japanese culture, or at least from Japanese food culture? Certainly washi itself once had not just a central place in Japanese art culture, but Japanese culture in general. But this latest phase of washi's evolution, one that has freed craftsmen like the Hamada brothers from the demands of the many, lets them explore the possibilities of new ideas and new technologies as yet untried in their medium's ten-century lifetime. Learning how best to execute them obviously has its trials, but it also has its pleasures. "In a way, I become half-human, half-machine", said Hironao as he showed us his techniques. "This releases me from all emotion, and from all reason."
Experience the living heritage of Japanese craftsmanship through washi, the verdant nation's supple and durable paper now used in art and art restoration worldwide. Young master artisans take up this rich tradition of papermaking, as brothers Hironao and Osamu Hamada demonstrate their treasured techniques and the infinite possibilities of washi.
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2013 @ 7:00PM
Speakers: Master papermakers Hironao Hamada and Osamu Hamada,
Yona Warmin-Hiromi Paper Inc.
Admission: EVENT IS FULL
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles (JFLA) invites master washi (Japanese paper) papermaking brothers Hironao and Osamu Hamada from Kochi Prefecture to the United States, in partnership with Hiromi Paper Inc. (HPI), the Kala Art Institute, the Church History Library, and the University of New Mexico, to give lectures and demonstrations on a four-city American tour through Los Angeles, Berkeley, Salt Lake City, and Albuquerque.
In this two-hour program, Yona Warmin of Hiromi Paper Inc. will explain the history, uses, and many varieties of washi. Hironao and Osamu Hamada will demonstrate their traditional papermaking techniques, sharing their latest innovations and ideas of washi in the art.
Hironao Hamada
Upon completing his apprenticeship with his grandfather Living National Treasure Sajio Hamada in 2011, Hironao now carries on the tradition of the "Wing of the Mayfly" Tosa Tengucho, said to be the world's thinnest paper, as a 4th generation paper maker. Along with traditional papermaking, he now explores new possibilities for Tengucho and other varieties of washi, collaborating with artists and designers and exploring inkjet printing on Tengucho. In addition to its use in a variety of artwork, his Tengucho is often used in restoration of paintings and other art pieces, including the restoration of books and ukiyo-e prints at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Osamu Hamada
Osamu entered into the world of papermaking in 2005 with his apprenticeship in Mino Washi. He now uses his own unique method of the "rakusui" water technique to make handmade lace papers. Along with producing rakusui paper, Osamu also produces handmade high-quality papers for art restoration upon request from domestic and foreign conservation studios. He also receives requests for heavyweight handmade papers for fine art.
Yona Warmin
Director of Hiromi Paper Inc., a Japanese paper retailer that has been providing fine quality Japanese handmade paper to artists, conservators, designers, and bookmakers in the U.S. for more than 25 years.
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September 21 (Sat 11am-1pm) - Berkeley, CA: Kala Art Institute
September 23 (Mon 1-3pm) - Salt Lake City, UT: Devereaux Mansion
September 24 (Tue 12-2:30pm) - Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico


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Old Town Revisited
© Victor, Stephanie 2005 Imvubu 17:3, 1.
With the assistance of the Friends of the Museum, the History Section, celebrated Heritage Day in style this year by hosting a special reunion for Old Town's erstwhile residents. At the luncheon, partly sponsored by ex-residents themselves, guests were encouraged to recall the history of Old Town and to share their memories and experiences.
Memories about Old Town were recalled with the aide of a specially prepared slideshow consisting of people and places that characterized this historic part of King William's Town. The slideshow was produced from the History Section's large photograph collection as well as from memorabilia collected from residents. Our guests were entertained by 'The Merrymakers', a wonderful group of musicians originating mostly from Old Town. The function was recorded on film for posterity.
Old Town, aptly named because it formed an historical part of our town, dates back to about 1865 when the first streets were laid out in King William's Town. The first main road, Smith Street, was the life blood of Old Town. Around this historical heart grew a close-knit, multi-racial community more especially during the twentieth century. During the Second World War (1939-1944), for example, the people of Old Town organized concerts for war funds. Residents recall stories about common interests, such as music, dancing and sporting activities. Landmarks like Pelham's Boarding House, the Masonic Hotel and the Welcome Café are also frequently mentioned.
Old Town was declared a European area in terms of the Group Areas Act of 1966. However, owing to a lack of alternative accommodation, no immediate action was taken by the local authorities to evict non-white residents. In 1975 the area was declared an urban renewal area, in other words a slum, and the first eviction notices were served in 1979 by the SA Department of Community Development.
Housing was also problematic for Old Town's Indian residents. During the 1980s, plans to develop a separate Indian suburb near Balassi fortunately never materialised, for moving out of the centre of town would have had dire consequences for the predominantly business-orientated Indian community.
Deeply opposed to the Group Areas Act, most Old Town residents were reluctant to be moved from their homes and closely-knit neighbourhood. Some residents were provided with better homes elsewhere that boasted electricity, water and conveniences they previously never enjoyed, but for others the move has meant a loss of place, self-identity and values that can never be replaced.
The King Borough Council started acquiring Old Town properties and slowly cleared what it termed 'slum' housing. In 1983 the last traces of Old Town disappeared and large sections of MacKinnon, Berkeley and Charles streets vanished. Soon, the development of a modern shopping complex would eventually eradicate every last vestige of their erstwhile homes.
As late as 1993, residents in historic MacKinnon Street living in council-owned houses, received eviction notices. They were the last residents to leave Old Town. Among them was Mrs Katy Izally, who also became known as 'the iron lady of the struggle'.
According to Council propaganda at the time, Old Town was not fit for human habitation and would be too expensive to restore. And now Old Town is no more. With the loss of place, the sense of self and community, the people of Old Town have had to deal with the painful loss of identity and were forced to start anew, facing increased rents and transport costs to and from Breidbach. Nevertheless, warm memories, a few landmarks and a sense of history remain as traces of a bye-gone past.


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Popes, Pitino & Pageantry: 5 Lessons From The Madness Of March
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The white smoke rose from the chimney and the camera locked in on the balcony. Commentators filled what seemed like an eternity with a mixture of hushed, reverent, hopeful speculation and facts regarding the unfolding ritual.
I seldom watch cable news, I'm not Catholic and I was not at all invested in the outcome of the papal election, or so I thought. But there I was, in the neighborhood pizza joint waiting for my lunch, and I couldn't take my eyes off that static, empty shot on the big screen TV above the counter. At that moment, nothing mattered more to me than the man who would soon be revealed to the adoring throng gathered below in St. Peter's Square.
And then – an old man dressed in robes emerges. The excitement level, already at fever pitch, rises decidedly. Is that the new Pope? No, the commentators tell us – he's just the one making the introduction. I discern the word "Francisco" from his announcement in Latin, but nothing else. Seems that none of the scholarly experts making TV chitchat can translate. Who will the new Pope be? Oh my – it's Cardinal Bergoglio from Buenos Aires! I was kind of rooting for an African, but a South American, that's great too! A thrilling victory for the New World! We're number 1!
Then the trance was broken by the arrival of my slice of pizza. What happened? Why did I care so much? Why had I followed every aspect of this story in the newspapers and online since Pope Benedict stepped down? How was it that the papal election commanded such an outsized share of my attention?
It can all be explained in one word. Theater.
The Cardinals arriving in Rome from around the world, the red robes, the processions, the chanting, the locking themselves away, cutting their ties to the secular world until their task is accomplished, the black or white smoke signaling failure or success. It's truly hard to look the other way as the drama plays out.
Electing the leader of over 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide is obviously a spiritually resonant event of enormous consequence. But the world's major religions leverage ritual and theater to elevate what could be considered mundane occurrences to the sacred as well. There are prayers and proscribed ways to say them for everyday meals and almost everything under the sun.
While marketing is decidedly secular, self-serving and capitalistic, the parallels with religion are striking. The essential goal of differentiating one brand from the next is also an exercise in elevating the mundane to the sacred, or at least something very special.
A college basketball tournament – no big deal for much of its existence – is now "March Madness," a three-week national celebration with rituals including team selection, bracketing, office pools to pick winners and viewing parties. It's not just a sporting event, but a gladiator-like, win or die effort to make it to the "Sweet Sixteen," "Elite Eight" and the "Final Four." Coach Rick Pitino and his powerful Louisville Cardinals (not the same Cardinals who elected the Pope) are seeded number one – but aren't we all rooting for the Gonzaga's and Butler's of the world, the David's who will knock out the Goliaths?
This is theater at it's best, riveting a broad cross-section of people, many of whom don't watch college basketball all season long until the tournament starts, to their TV's and smartphones.
Marketers have a lot to learn from religious and commercial institutions such as the NCAA who understand how to leverage theater to build stronger ties to their constituents. Here are some rules to follow in your brand building efforts.
1. Embrace Storytelling
Theater is all about story. Tune into the Olympic Games and you'll see nearly as many segments on the "hero's journey" of the athletes as actual sporting events. "A gritty kid with a dream moves from the family farm in Kansas. Having never been away from her parents or more than 10 miles from home, she hops a plane to Dallas, TX at the age of 5 to spend the next 10 years training with the most famous coach in the world. Overcoming childhood disease, injuries and the heartbreak of homesickness, the tears of loneliness and despair now turn to tears of joy as she competes for a medal here in London!"
The upcoming NCAA tournament promises to feature an abundance of similar stories. "These kids have worked so hard, they never gave up! (Fill in tales of woe and adversity overcome here.) Don't tell them they're not the top seed! They believed in themselves all year long!"
2. Be Mysterious
Steve Jobs rivaled the Vatican on this score. Apple kept its new products under wraps, strategically leaking a tidbit or two, and worked everyone up to a frenzy. It culminated in a highly theatrical, live presentation to introduce the new items. The press still loves to speculate on what Apple will come up with next and consumers fret that their iPhone 5's are obsolete a week after buying them.
The Academy Awards might be a dying brand, but the secrecy surrounding the voting serves to enhance the drama. According to the academy's website, "only two partners of PricewaterhouseCoopers (the global accounting firm) know the results until the famous envelopes are opened onstage during the Academy Awards presentation."
3. Exude Confidence
If you don't believe in your product or what you're doing, neither will anyone else. The rituals you create, the theater you produce, has to be taken seriously. Humor is fine, but self-deprecation can be ill advised. One likely cause of the Oscar telecasts' growing inability to connect with younger viewers is that the selection of hosts like Seth McFarlane, Ann Hathaway and James Franco has backfired. Younger viewers see right through their phony, self-conscious, Saturday Night Live type tongue-in-cheek performances.
4. Create Your Own Language
Powerful theater and storytelling create distinctive worlds with unique symbols and language all their own. The Church has us staring at a chimney, letting the color of smoke explain its inner doings. In the corporate world, think of In 'N' Out Burger, where you have to ask someone in the know or search on the web for how to order like an insider. There may be only four items on the menu, but the hardcore In 'N' Out-ers know how to order "secret items" such as a "Flying Dutchman," "Animal Style," "Protein Style" and other variations on the basic burgers and fries theme.
None of the first four steps will matter if your product or service doesn't deliver. Sure, a lot of theater is smoke and mirrors. But at the heart of every story with the power to move us is a truly meaningful and relevant message. A sense of the theatrical surly helped make NCAA March Madness what it is, but there's going to be some really great basketball coming our way over the next three weeks.


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Leslie Shelor is a native of Meadows of Dan and a 9th generation descendant of some of the first settlers in the area. She grew up in a home owned by the family for three generations, surrounded by music and by people that were artisans by necessity. Leslie played at her grandmother's feet as her grandma sewed, preserved fruits and vegetables and kept a busy household running smoothly. Nearby her grandfather was creating banjos, guitars and fiddles out of carefully selected curly maple from his farm. The house rang with music, sometimes from an old radio or record player but more often from a relative's hands. Books were everywhere, on shelves and in Leslie's hands from an early age. Her grandmother encouraged Leslie to read and had a bright, inquiring mind.
And as needles sped through cloth and tools shaped wood, stories flowed along with the work, reciting family and community events. Living in the area where generations of kin have shaped their lives can give a child a unique perspective. Leslie grew up listening to stories about Meadows of Dan that were repeated so often that she sometimes felt that she knew the people involved, even if she was separated from them by a century.
Leslie credits the family and community traditions of art, music, reading and storytelling for the directions her life has followed. She has always been interested in fiber arts, even before that term existed as a description. An older student taught her to crochet when she was in elementary school, and she learned many other types of needlework over the years. In the mid-1980s she learned to spin on a drop spindle while living in Maine. Great quantities of hair from a pet Samoyed dog inspired her to learn to make yarn.
After Leslie returned to Meadows of Dan in 1990, her mother gave her her grandmother's spinning wheel. Leslie learned to spin with this wheel and some rough wool from a fiber producer in West Virginia. She continues to spin and create at her shop in Meadows of Dan, a venture that grew out of her avid interest in fiber arts. She has demonstrated hand spinning at many events and venues and continues to work with fibers produced by local farmers. She has also learned to knit and designs crocheted and knitted items for sale at Greenberry House, the shop she owns on the family farm.


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Bodega Bay ist eine politisch unselbstständige Siedlung, die als census-designated place geführt wird,  an der gleichnamigen seichten Bucht des Pazifischen Ozeans an der Küste im Norden des US-Bundesstaats Kalifornien. Die Bucht und der Ort Bodega mit zusammen 1.077 Einwohnern (Stand 2010) liegen etwa 85 Kilometer nordwestlich von San Francisco und 32 Kilometer südwestlich von Santa Rosa. Die Region gehört zum Sonoma County.
Das Gebiet ist erdbebengefährdet, da sich unmittelbar vor der Küste unter Wasser  die San-Andreas-Verwerfung befindet.

Geschichte
Der spanische Marineoffizier Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra entdeckte die Bucht 1775; es lebten jedoch schon seit langem die Miwok- und Pomo-Indianer in dieser Region. Russische Pelzjäger errichteten 1809 einen ersten Stützpunkt, der sich ab 1812 zu einem wichtigen Ladehafen des etwa 30 km nördlich gelegenen russischen Handelspostens Fort Ross entwickelte und bis 1841 unterhalten wurde. Die Russen nannten die Örtlichkeit nach dem amtierenden russischen Außenminister und Reichskanzler Nikolai Petrowitsch Rumjanzew Rumjanzew-Bucht. Die verbliebenen Einwohner betrieben bis 1870 einen Hafen.

In Bodega Bay liegt das Meeresforschungsinstitut Bodega Marine Laboratory der University of California, Davis. Es erforscht die Meeres- und Küstenökosysteme Nordkaliforniens und gehört zur Bodega Marine Reserve und der Bodega Head State Marine Reserve, zwei Naturschutzgebiete des Bundesstaates Kalifornien, die im Rahmen des UC Natural Reserve System organisiert sind. Deshalb sind einige Bereiche der Küste nur eingeschränkt öffentlich zugänglich.

1953 fotografierte Anselm Adams die Kirche des Ortes mit der berühmten Aufnahme Church and Road.

Ende der 1950er Jahre wurde in der Bodega Bay ein Atomkraftwerk projektiert, an dem sich der weltweit erste erfolgreiche Anti-AKW-Protest entzündete.

Einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit bekannt wurde die Bucht als Drehort für Alfred Hitchcocks Spielfilm Die Vögel (1963). Das für Außenaufnahmen verwendete Schulgebäude befindet sich allerdings im etwa acht Kilometer landeinwärts gelegenen Ort Bodega. 1976 errichtete der Künstler Christo den fast 40 km langen Running Fence, ein Landart-Werk, das im Hinterland bei Valley Ford begann und bis an den Rand der Siedlung reichte.

Wirtschaft
Die meisten Bewohner des Ortes leben vom Fremdenverkehr. So ist die Bucht ein guter Ausgangspunkt, um die zweimal jährlich stattfindenden Walwanderungen zu beobachten. In Bodega Bay siedeln sich auch gut situierte Ruheständler an, darunter eine große Zahl an Akademikern und Professoren.

Drehort

Bodega Bay war der Drehort für verschiedene bekannte Filme:
 Die Vögel (1963); mit Ausnahme der in San Francisco gedrehten Eingangssequenz wurden die meisten Szenen und alle Außenaufnahmen in den beiden Städten Bodega und Bodega Bay gedreht.
 Die Meute – The Pack (1977); gedreht in Bodega Bay.
 The Fog – Nebel des Grauens (1980)
 Die Goonies (1985); manche Szenen wurden an der Sonoma Coast und in Bodega Bay gedreht.
 Puppet Master (1989); die ersten beiden, der vierte und der fünfte Teil spielen in Bodega Bay.
 Schlafwandler (1992); die Eröffnungsszene wurde in Bodega Bay gedreht.

Weblinks

 weiterführende Informationen und Bilder auf CityData.com (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Bucht in Kalifornien
Russische Kolonialgeschichte
Bucht (Pazifischer Ozean)


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Q: Django version 3.1.3 form not saving to model I am following this tutorial
I have gone back and written the code to match exactly. I have another form that works called category_add which is exactly the same as this form. But for the life of me I cannot figure out why bookmark_add doesn't update the database with the form entries.
Models.py
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class Category(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    description = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)

    created_by = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='categories', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

    class Meta:
        verbose_name_plural = 'Categories'

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title

class Bookmark(models.Model):
    category = models.ForeignKey(Category, related_name='bookmarks', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    description = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
    url = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)

    created_by = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='bookmarks', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title

View.py
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required

from .forms import BookmarkForm

@login_required
def bookmark_add(request, category_id):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = BookmarkForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            bookmark = form.save(commit=False)
            bookmark.created_by = request.user
            bookmark.category_id = category_id
            bookmark.save()
            return redirect('category', category_id=category_id)

    else:
        form = BookmarkForm()

    context = {
        'form': form
    }

    return render(request, 'bookmark/bookmark_add.html', context)

Forms.py
from django.forms import ModelForm

from .models import Bookmark

class BookmarkForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Bookmark
        fields = ['title', 'description', 'url']

Urls.py
    path('', dashboard, name='dashboard'),
    path('categories/', categories, name='categories'),
    path('categories/add/', category_add, name='category_add'),
    path('categories/<int:category_id>/', category, name='category'),
    path('categories/<int:category_id>/add_bookmark', bookmark_add, name='bookmark_add')
]

bookmark_add.html
{% extends 'core/base.html' %}

{% block content %}

Add link

    <form method="post" action=".">
        {% csrf_token %}
        {{ form.as_p }}

        <button type="submit" class="button is-primary">Submit</button>
    </form>

{% endblock %}

A: Solved this!
This was a dumb issue and an oversight on my end. Thanks to the content creator on youtube. I just needed to append "/" to the url path for add_bookmark.
Problem:
path('categories/<int:category_id>/add_bookmark', bookmark_add, name='bookmark_add')
The Fix:
path('categories/<int:category_id>/add_bookmark/', bookmark_add, name='bookmark_add')


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The weekly spin: Evaluating Andrea Tafi's improbable Roubaix return at age 52
by Neal Rogers
Traditionally, a 20th anniversary has been celebrated with fine china, though in modern days that has become platinum. On April 14, Andrea Tafi will be hoping for something else — granite. A granite cobblestone, to be exact, awarded to the winner of Paris-Roubaix.
Andrea Tafi is not going to leave the Roubaix velodrome with a cobblestone trophy. But his attempt, at age 52, is unprecedented. So let's discuss anyway.
Tafi won Paris-Roubaix in 1999, the last Italian rider to do so, and hopes to return to commemorate the 20th anniversary of that victory. In order to do this, he needs a pro team to buy into the idea. According to a November 14 report in La Gazzetta dello Sport, under the headline "The crazy idea of Tafi leads to South Africa," Dimension Data is that team. That has not yet been confirmed.
Reaction to Tafi's "mission impossible" dream has been mixed, but mostly skeptical, ranging from skeptical curiosity to rampant dismissal. I get it, but I think that's a bit short-sighted.
No, he won't win. Yes, it's a publicity stunt. He's acknowledged that a Belgian documentary crew would be filming his comeback.
But here's the thing — we're talking about a sport where the term "publicity caravan" is a regular part of the vernacular. Team funding (in most cases) comes from corporate marketing budgets. Riders in no-hope breakaways are commonly said to be "seeking TV time" — they know they won't succeed, but they're out there, putting on a show, getting their jerseys on screen, promoting their sponsors.
Why must an aging rider's improbable comeback be so different?
"Everyone says I'm crazy," Tafi told Het Laatste Nieuws, "but I do not think I am in my heart. I know how hard it is, I'm training and I'm going to see what's going to happen. It will be difficult, but it's something I absolutely want to do. It's something no one has ever done in cycling history."
Before we get to the reasons why Tafi won't win, let's explore what he's got going in his favor.
Andrea Tafi, pictured at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships in Florence, Italy.
CAN TAFI WIN? I MEAN, MAYBE
Regardless of what Tafi says, he knows he has an extremely slim shot at winning Paris-Roubaix. But I also have to think he wouldn't be doing this if he believed he was setting himself up for embarrassment.
Fact is, Andrea Tafi is still very fit. He reportedly rides nearly 20,000 kilometers (12,400 miles) per year, and competes at gran fondos and masters races. In July he raced in the UCI 1.2 Debrecen-Ibrany event in Hungary, finishing the 157km race in 37th place, 90 seconds behind a lead group of riders you have never heard of. The average speed was over 48kph (around 30mph). Tafi says he competed in his old Mapei Italian champion's jersey, which he insists fits as well as it did in 1999.
Before we proceed, a few obvious facts: Debrecen-Ibrany is not Paris-Roubaix; 157km is not 257km; 37th place is nowhere near the podium; staying lean is not the same thing as being ready to tackle the Queen of the Classics.
The reason I find this whole scenario compelling is because Paris-Roubaix might be the race on the WorldTour calendar that most favors endurance over speed. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Yes, the race oftentimes finishes with a small group sprint in the velodrome, particularly when there's a headwind, but for the most part it's not a race for the sprinters or TT specialists as such much as it is a true test of stamina. And while that explosive, top-end strength that wins races fades away as an athlete ages into his forties or fifties, the endurance aspect can remain intact for a long time — hence the expression "old-man legs."
Mathew Hayman was two weeks away from his 38th birthday when he won Roubaix in 2016. The race's oldest winner, Gilbert Duclos-Lassale, was nearly 39 when he won in 1993. Tafi was nearly 36 when he won the Tour of Flanders in 2002.
And while it depends on the course, and the field, events over 250km are often tests of endurance. Just look at Alejandro Valverde, the current world champion, who turns 39 in April.
Paris-Roubaix favors endurance, but it also favors experience. It's a race of chance — crashes, punctures, and weather often play a vital role — but skill over the cobblestones and key positioning both increase a rider's odds at success immensely. Some riders have what it takes to navigate the pavé; others do not. Tafi raced Roubaix 13 times, finished every time, and stood on all three podium positions. As he told La Gazzetta dello Sport, "I think I've earned a master's degree in this amazing race."
CAN TAFI WIN? COME ON
So Tafi may well have the endurance, experience, and skill set to put in a respectable showing at Paris-Roubaix at age 52. Will he have the physiology required to be competitive? Probably not.
Asked about Tafi's chances, Belgian coach Paul Van Den Bosch told Sporza he thinks it's "impossible" that the Italian would be able to play any significant role against top riders like Peter Sagan and Greg Van Avermaet.
"Someone aged 52 is no longer suited to train so hard and make such efforts," Van Den Bosch said. "It is well known that exercise and staying active is healthy for people, but from the moment certain limits are exceeded, it is no longer healthy. There are obviously riders who can perform well until the age of 40. But there is a big difference between 40 and 52. The impact of the years is great and there is a loss of capacity per year. It is unreal to think that someone at that age can still perform in Paris-Roubaix. That Tafi has won the race in the past does not matter."
Likewise, Giuseppe Miserocchi, an Italian professor of Human Physiology at the University of Milan Bicocca, told La Gazzetta dello Sport that he estimated Tafi would have lost about 14% of his maximum aerobic power between the ages of 32 and 52, citing the effects aging has on cardiac output. Paris-Roubaix may be more marathon than sprint, but a 14% loss in max power is going to be very difficult to get around.
There were also arguments made that Tafi will be out of practice when it comes to riding in the peloton, but I'm not buying that. He was a pro at the highest level for 17 years. He still rides, and competes. If he has trouble navigating his way through the field, it will because of his fitness, not because he's uncomfortable in the bunch. (Look for our own deeper analysis on how Tafi should be able to hold his own at Paris-Roubaix later this week.)
Mapei-Quick-Step swept the podium at the 1999 Paris-Roubaix, won by Italian champion Andrea Tafi. Wilfried Peeters (left) finished second, with Belgian national champion Tom Steels (right) in third.
Also, it must be said that Tafi won Roubaix during a period in pro cycling when the peloton was, shall we say, enhanced. He was never sanctioned for an anti-doping violation, but his name did appear on a list of doping tests, published by the French Senate in 2013, that detailed samples that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004. The tests were conducted in order to validate a new lab analysis that hadn't existed six years earlier; no sanctions were brought down on the basis of the results.
I don't bring this up to single out Tafi — there were 30 riders from that volatile 1998 Tour whose urine either showed traces of EPO or was labeled suspicious — but it is fair to say that regardless of age, a fully doped peloton would not necessarily yield the same podium as a clean peloton. Oxygen-vector doping affects different riders in different ways; a fully doped peloton doesn't level the playing field as much as it reshuffles the deck.
Questioning the legitimacy of victories from the late 1990s is a fool's errand, but when comparing a rider from that era to the modern peloton — which faces more stringent doping controls — it is worth consideration, even when setting aside the age debate.
It's also worth mentioning that when he won Paris-Roubaix in 1999, Tafi rode for Mapei, the cobbled classics super team that has been known as Quick-Step since 2003. On the podium he was flanked by teammates Wilfried Peeters and Tom Steels, both of whom now work as directors at Quick-Step. That's not to say Tafi wasn't the deserving winner — he also won Flanders and Lombardia during his career, earning him the nickname "The Gladiator" — but a victory at the Hell of the North certainly comes easier when you've got the advantages of depth, support, and tactical supremacy that come from riding for the best team in the race. It's fair to say he won't have anything like that at Dimension Data.
CAN TAFI WIN ROUBAIX: DOES IT MATTER?
In a recent conversation with Cyclingnews, Quick-Step team manager Patrick Lefevere, who oversaw Tafi during his peak years, said he "doesn't understand" the Italian's desire to race Roubaix again.
I would argue — and I have, in a recent column — that's because Lefevere is an old-school team manager who views success solely through the lens of race victories.
"We all were asking Andrea if he had a fever or something, or if he had become crazy. I don't understand it," Lefevere said. "He asked me, laughing, but half serious, if our team was interested, but you know the composition of our team. It's already a fight to make the seven riders for Paris-Roubaix and I don't want to invest in a project just for publicity."
Lefevere also mentioned that Tafi would be working with a Belgian film crew to produce a documentary about his comeback, and that it's "a commercial and business thing."
And that's just it. It's a commercial project that stands to benefit both Tafi — he runs a holiday rental business in Tuscany, Il Borghetto Andrea Tafi — as well as the team that signs him. That doesn't make it inherently negative any more than it makes it inherently positive. It's a publicity stunt. And it's working.
Under the headline "The crazy idea of Tafi leads to South Africa," La Gazzetta dello Sport reported last week that the Italian will race Paris-Roubaix for Dimension Data. That has not yet been confirmed.
If it's true that Dimension Data will sign Tafi, it can certainly be viewed as a clever move on their behalf. Their best cobbled classics rider, Edvald Boasson Hagen, was fifth in 2016 — fifth from the five-man group that saw Hayman beat out Boonen in the velodrome. That's a solid result, and Boasson Hagen would rightfully remain the team's leader at Roubaix, but it was the Norwegian's only top-20 finish in seven attempts. It's hard to see Tafi's spot on the team as impeding Dimension Data's chances of victory.
It's worth noting that Dimension Data was the lowest-ranked WorldTour team of 2018, with just seven victories on the season, and only two at the WorldTour level. Publicity is something that has been in short supply for the African team; the team will receive significantly more exposure at one of the biggest races on the calendar with Tafi wearing their jersey. It's also worth noting that Dimension Data's service course is in Lucca, a 45-minute drive from Tafi's home in Lamporecchio — convenient.
Tafi's former Mapei teammate Johan Museeuw, himself a three-time Roubaix winner and only one year older than Tafi, reportedly snickered when Tafi told him of his plans at Il Lombardia last month. "He started to laugh when he heard my plan, but not me," Tafi said. "I know what I'm doing. A champion like Johan could do it, too."
Perhaps, but this endeavor is unique for a reason. Cycling is among the hardest of all professional sports, and Paris-Roubaix is arguably the hardest day on the race calendar. Museeuw, who won Roubaix and Flanders three times each, as well as a world title and two World Cup titles, has nothing left to prove.
Is Tafi's return to Roubaix at age 52 a shameless publicity stunt? Yes, of course it is. Can he win? Come on. Will it be a spectacle? Absolutely.
That said, I suspect he'll do much better than most are anticipating. In some ways, he already has.
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You're a designer? I think it would be cool. More authentic.
Lol, no o. Just kidding with the design labels.
LOL. DRY season. Do we have Monsoon? That sounds fancier. My own thing is that as much as I LOVE fashion, it feels like we've been inundated with collection after collection for a few weeks - some of them have great and some pretty meh to say the least. How many fashion weeks did Naija do?????
Monsoon does sound fancy, but I don't think it's quite apt.
Lol, I know of only 1 fashion week here - Lagos Fashion and Design Week. Although it's possible there were other ones I didn't pay attention to. There are bunches of fashion weeks all over the world though. BUNCHES!
Agreed! I would love to see a harmattan collection!
I think your suggestions make more sense! LOL@ winter/fall season..
Lol, I like the titles though! The Jules by Berry Rain Collection sounds cool. The collection gotta fit 9ja rain because it's serious something mehn!
loool! I've thought of the titles too. And I'm pretty sure I'm likely to be one of those that made the comment -'' 'Which one is Winter collection? Do we have winter in Nigeria?' "
"What is Summer? It's always Summer in Naija jo!!!"Why deceive ourselves? Wetin concern us with spring/winter/summer collection for Naija. Like, why can't our movie industry be called something not so similar to Hollywood?!
I think the reason why Nigerian designers make collections by same seasons abroad is probably because they have plans to cater for the international market in future. JBL, LDA, CLAN, etc are all recognized internationally now; So young designers follow suit with the hope of breaking into the int'l scene. And if you want to make money all year round internationally, you best be making your collection with their climate in mind...lol.
That said , i love the sound of RAIN & HARMATTAN collection.
Rain and Harmattan DO sound lovely.
Berry, come and answer o. I came to read and I don't see anything o.


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Speaking during the cheque handover event, EABL Group Corporate Director Eric Kiniti said that reducing environmental impact is important for KBL as a business and is entrenched in their sustainability agenda.
"Environmental conservation is at the core of our business and is one of our key sustainability pillars. When we neglect our ecosystems, we not only destroy habitats for our wild and domestics animals, we make it harder for communities and businesses to operate. We, therefore, have to be more deliberate with our conservation and rehabilitation efforts", said Mr. Kiniti
"This is the second time that we are participating in the rehabilitation of the Mt. Kenya Forest. In partnership with nature Kenya, we have been able to restore 100 ha of the forest by planting 100,000 indigenous trees between 2017 and 2018. We have planted 67,000 trees in Hombe forest block, 23,000 at Kabaru forest block, 2,000 at Naromoru forest and 8,000 at Gathiuru forest" he added.
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So far, KBL has planted and nurtured over one million tree seedlings, whose success rate is 85% success rate.
Kenya Forest Service Chief Conservator of Forests, Julius Kamau, said that water towers across the country have been undergoing serious degradation and called on Kenyans to support the restoration of water catchments such as Mt Kenya Forest and Aberdare Forests.
"Taking action to restore Mt. Kenya and Aberdare is not a choice but an obligation. They provide fresh drinking water to over 2 million people. Over 70% of Kenya's electricity is from hydropower, half of it generated from Tana River, which originates from these water towers. In essence, Mt. Kenya and Aberdare are a crucial source for drinking water, food, electricity and jobs for millions of Kenyans," said Mr Kamau.
"Urgent action is needed. Down-stream water users including businesses, hydropower producers, crop farmers, and water transfer companies need to provide incentives for upstream stakeholders and forest protectors to halt forest loss, restore degraded areas and promote sustainable land management and production. We commend company's such as KBL that are actively involved in the restoration of water catchment areas" he added.
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Nature Kenya executive director Dr Paul Matiku said KBL's support had demonstrated that it was possible for businesses to catalyze forest restoration.Dr. Matiku urged other corporates to follow KBL's lead and make strategic commitments.
Kenya Forest Service also presented KBL with a certificate for completing the first phase of the Mt. Kenya Forest restoration project where they planted 100,000 trees, recognizing the project's contribution to environmental conservation.
Data released by Global Forest Watch in 2017 indicates that the world has lost over 400,000 square kilometres of forest cover. The15 per cent increase in carbon emissions recorded in 2017 has been also been linked to the high rate of deforestation.
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In Kenya, the forest cover stands at 7percent, with the government seeking to double this by planting over 1 million trees by 2022.